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The climbing equipment includes an oxygen 

 apparatus specially devised for the occasion. 

 The photographic outfit is very complete, 

 including three cinematograph cameras, of 

 which one is equipped with a battery of lenses 

 up to 20-inch focal length; two panoramic 

 cameras, of which one rotates through the com- 

 plete circle; four cameras for glass plate, 

 including one T^-inch by 5-inch, all fitted with 

 telephoto lenses; one stereoscopic camera, and 

 five Kodaks, besides a variety of private cam- 

 eras belonging to different members of the 

 party. The dark-room equipment includes all 

 that is required for developing cinematograph 

 films in the field. 



General Bruce, with his two assistants. Cap- 

 tain Geoffrey Bruce and Captain Morris, are 

 at Darjeeling making j)reparations for the 

 start of the expedition at the end of the month. 

 They will be especially concerned with the two 

 most important matters, first, the organization 

 of the special corps of Himalayan coolies en- 

 listed from Nepal and the borders of Sikkin 

 and Tibet, and, secondly, with transport ar- 

 rangements, which require careful and method- 

 ical planning, for the expedition is larger this 

 year than last, and is more fully equipped. 



Telegrams will be dispatched from the expe- 

 dition describing its progress, and will be pub- 

 lished in The Times. A book containing a full 

 account of last year's reconnaissance, with a 

 new map and illustrations, is now going 

 through the press, and will be published by 

 Edward Arnold by the end of next month or 

 the beginning of May. The Geographical 

 Journal will contain monthly notices of the 

 progress and results of this year's attempt to 

 reach the summit. 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The American Chemical Society, which will 

 meet in Birmingham, Ala., from April 3 to 7, 

 expects an attendance of from 700 to 1,000 

 ehemists. It was planned to leave Washing- 

 ton, D. C, on March 30. March 31 will be 

 spent at Kingsport, Tenn., where the Clinch- 

 field Portland Cement Plant and several large 

 extract plants and tanneries are located, to- 

 gether with numerous other chemical industries. 

 April 1 will be spent at Chattanooga, Tenn., 



and April 2 will be spent at Muscle Shoals, 

 Ala., the site of the large government cyanamid 

 plant and the Wilson power dam. The special 

 train will arrive in Birmingham on April 3. 



The following divisions of the society will 

 meet and discuss technical and scientific prob- 

 lems and developments: Agricultural and 

 Food Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Dye 

 Chemistry, Industrial Engineering Chemistry. 

 Organic Chemistry, Chemistry of Medicinal 

 Products, Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, 

 Rubber Chemistry, Water, Sewage and Sanita- 

 tion Chemistry, Sugar Chemistry, Cellulose 

 Chemistry, Petroleum Chemistry, Chemical 

 Education and History of Chemistry. 



Dr. Edgar F. Smith, president of the Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society, will turn over to the 

 society dies for the Priestley Medal together 

 with funds which have been donated for the 

 purpose of presenting every two years a medal 

 for the most distinguished service to the sci- 

 ence and industry of chemistry, and will make 

 the address of welcome. 



Dr. Van H. Manning, former chief of the 

 Bureau of Mines, will present a paper on "The 

 pioneer's field in petroleum research." Dr. 

 Charles L. Eeese will give a paper on "Infor- 

 mational needs in science and technology," and 

 Dr. W. C. Geer will speak on "Recent develop- 

 ments of the chemistry of rubber." 



Meetings of the various divisions will occupy 

 Wednesday April 5, and Thursday, April 6, 

 concluded with a banquet at the Hotel Tutwiler 

 on Thursday night. Friday, April 7, will be 

 spent in excursions to the steel, by-product, 

 coke and other industries in and around Bir- 

 mingham. George Gordon Crawford is the 

 honorary chairman and J. F. Carle, of the 

 SouLhern Testing Laboratories, is chairman of 

 the executive committee in Birmingham in 

 charge of the local arrangements. 



Permission to visit the nitrate plant and 

 water power development at Muscle Shoals has 

 been limited by the government officials to 

 American citizens and to those who have no 

 personal connection with or financial interest 

 in the manufacture of cyanamid. 



One of the avowed purposes of the meeting 

 is to gather support, by writing congressmen 

 and senators, for the passage of the reclassifi- 



