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[N. S. Vol. XLIX. No. 1273 



Wesleyan, author of "Prinoiples of Economic 

 Zoolo^," died on February 28. 



Fernand Priem, the French paleontologist, 

 has died at the age of sixty-two years. 



The deaths are announced of the Danish as- 

 tronomer, Hans Emil Lau, and of A. M. Lia- 

 pounoff, professor of applied mathematics at 

 the Academy of Petrograd. 



We learn from Nature there was held re- 

 cently a conference of chemists in Paris at- 

 tended by Professor Chavanne (Belgium), 

 Professors Moureu and Matignon, M. Kestner 

 and M. Poulenc (France), Senator Patemo 

 and Dr. Pomilio (Italy), Mr. Henry Wiggles- 

 worth, Col. ISTorris and Dr. Cottrell (United 

 States), and Sir William Pope, Professor 

 Louis and Mr. Chaston Chapman (Great 

 Britain). It was decided to form an inter- 

 allied confederation for pure and applied 

 chemistry which should organize permanent 

 cooperation between the various countries, and 

 coordinate scientific and technical knowledge 

 as well as contribute to the advancement of 

 chemistry in its fullest extent. The inter- 

 allied council is to consist at the moment of 

 six representatives from each of the nations 

 mentioned above. The first meeting, will be 

 held in London on July 15—18, vrhen the inter- 

 allied council will be the guests of the Society 

 of Chemical Industry. For the time being 

 the secretary of the inter-allied federation will 

 be M. Jean Gerard, 49 rue des Mathurins, 

 Paris. Particulars of the London meeting 

 can be obtained in due course from Dr. 

 Stephen Miall, 28 Belsize Grove, N. W. 3. 



The Salters' Company has established an 

 Institute of Industrial Chemistry to assist in 

 promoting the training and welfare of stu- 

 dents who desire to pursue an industrial 

 career, and of workers engaged in the chem- 

 ical industry. The London Times states that 

 during the present interval of reconstruction 

 the committee of the institute is awarding 

 several post-graduate fellowships to young 

 chemists whose training has been, interrupted 

 by some form of war service, and who con- 

 sequently require to devote an appropriate 

 period to further study, in order to equip 



themselves for an industrial post in a manner 

 calculated to render them useful to their 

 future employers. In pursuance of this policy, 

 fellowships have been awarded to Messrs. W. 

 H. Gough, B.Sc, and W. A. Haward, B.Sc. 

 (Imperial College of Science and Technology), 

 Captain L. J. Hudleston, B.Sc. (Beading Uni- 

 versity College), Lieutenant K. H. Saunders, 

 M.C., and Mr. Gordon M. Wright, B.Sc. (Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge), Mr. P. N. WOliams, 

 B. Sc. (University of Liverpool), and Lieu- 

 tenant Dudley 0. Vining (Finsbury Technical 

 College), who will continue their training at 

 the university college indicated. Substantial 

 support in the work of the institute has been 

 received from firms prominent in the chemical 

 manufacturing industry. 



Through the generosity of the late Mr. Wm. 

 H. Graflin, of Baltimore, a scholarship, to be 

 known as the Graflin Scholarship, and three 

 assistantships for the year 1919-20 have been 

 established in the department of chemistry of 

 the Johns Hopkins University. The Graflin 

 Scholarship will be awarded annually to a 

 candidate having a training equivalent to that 

 leading to the Ph.D. degree and who there- 

 fore has had experience in research. It may 

 be awarded twice to the same candidate. The 

 holder of the scholarship will receive $1,000 

 a year and will be expected to devote his 

 entire time to research. The three research 

 assistantships each pay $750 a year and are 

 open to chemists having the equivalent of a 

 Ph.D. degree. The holder of a research as- 

 sistantship will not be required to do any 

 formal teaching but will be given the oppor- 

 tunity to devote his entire time to research 

 and to assist in the direction of research. 

 Applications for the above position for the 

 year 1919—20 should be sent to the department 

 of chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 321 

 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Md., before 

 August 1. 



The University of Arizona through the Ari- 

 zona Bureau of MJines is offering an eight 

 weeks' summer course in field geology and min- 

 ing, to begin July 1 and end August 18, 1919. 

 The work will be under the supervision of 

 Professor C. J. Sarle, of the department of 



