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made arrangements, at the request of the 

 Bontgen Society, for the examination of mate- 

 rials employed for the protection of X-ray 

 workers. 



We learn from the British Medical Journal 

 that the late Miss Mary Hamilton, of Glas- 

 gow, left £165,000 to Scottish institutions, in- 

 cluding £30,000 to the "Western Infirmary, 

 Glasgow, for a Hamilton ward and £7,500 for 

 ordinary purposes; £10,000 to the Glasgow 

 Eoyal Infirmary for ordinary purposes; £7,500 

 each to the Glasgow Hospital for Sick Chil- 

 dren and the Edinburgh Eoyal Infirmary; 

 £7,500 to the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow; 

 £5,000 to the Eoyal Edinburgh Hospital for 

 Incurables; and £1,000 each to the Glasgow 

 Ophthalmic Institution, Glasgow Hospital for 

 Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, and the 

 Glasgow Eye Infirmary. 



It is stated in Nature that at the meeting 

 of the City of London Court of Common 

 Council, on July 20, it was resolved: (1) That 

 in view of the great advantages which would 

 accrue to British commerce in foreign markets 

 by the use of the decimal system of coinage 

 and weights and measures, in the opinion of 

 this court it is desirable that steps should be 

 taken to ensure its immediate introduction, so 

 that it may be already in operation at the 

 conclusion of the war; (2) that in view of the 

 fact that England and the Allies are entering 

 into arrangements for concerted action with 

 regard to future trade matters, it would be of 

 immense value if one language could be recog- 

 nized as the commercial language, and taught 

 in all schools, here and abroad. By so doing, 

 English, French, Eussian, Esperanto or any 

 other language decided on would form the 

 basis of communication on business matters 

 throughout the world. 



At the fifty-third meeting of the American 

 Chemical Society, to be held in New York 

 City during the last week of September, the 

 division of biological chemistry will hold, on 

 Wednesday morning, September 27, a joint 

 session with the division of physical and in- 

 organic chemistry to discuss theoretical col- 

 loid chemistry. On Thursday morning a joint 



session with the division of industrial chem- 

 ists and chemical engineers will be held to dis- 

 cuss the practical applications of colloid chem- 

 istry. On Friday and Saturday mornings the 

 division of biological chemistry will meet for 

 the presentation and discussion of the papers 

 of its regular program. Papers on colloidal 

 chemistry are as follows : 



D. B. Lake, "Irreversible Absorption of Dyes." 

 A. B. Macallum, ' ' Surface Tension of Proto- 

 plasm. ' ' 



G. H. A. Clowes, "Phase Relations in Biological 

 Systems. ' ' 



W. D. Bancroft, "Displacement of Equilibrium 

 of Catalytic Agents. ' ' 



E. P. Parnan, "Stabilization." 

 E. L. Mack, "Showerproofing." 



J. M. Ball, ' ' The Photographic Developer. ' ' 

 Irving Langmuir, ' ' Structure of Liquids with 

 Particular Reference to Surface Tension. ' ' 

 T. E. Briggs, "Electrical Endosmose. " 

 Charles Baskerville, ' ' Refining of Oils. ' ' 



C. J. Pink, "Relation between Chemical Com- 

 position and Eleetrical Resistance." 



T. R. Briggs, "Paints." 



L, A. Keane, ' ' Yellow Bricks. ' ' 



D. Spence, "Vulcanization of Rubber." 



A. W. Davison, "Adsorption of Chromium Hide 

 Powder. ' ' 



A. W. Pisher, "Adsorption of Sulphuric Acid 

 by Hide Powder." 



Clifford Richardson, "Asphalt." 



L. A. Keane, ' ' Plaster of Paris. ' ' 



Jerome Alexander, "Selective Adsorption and 

 Differential Diffusion. ' ' 



H. W. Gillett, ' ' Emulsion and Suspensions with 

 Molten Metals." 



C. L. Parsons, ' ' The Purification of Kaolin. ' ' 



W. D. Bancroft, ' ' Pritting and Pusing. ' ' 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



The University of Chicago has received a 

 fund to create the Edith Barnard Memorial 

 Fellowship in Chemistry. Miss Barnard, who 

 was instructor in the department of chemis- 

 try when she died, had received three degrees 

 in science from the university, that of bachelor 

 of science in 1903, that of master of science 

 in 1905, and that of doctor of philosophy 

 in 1907; and she had been connected with the 

 department for ten years. 



