NOVEMBEB 2, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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The American Chemical Society has now 

 reached a membership of more than three 

 thousand, and after a careful consideration of 

 the questions involved the council of the so- 

 ciety has decided that a set of abstracts should 

 be furnished to the members of the society in 

 the same manner that this is done by the other 

 large chemical societies. The society has ac- 

 cordingly undertaken the publication of such 

 abstracts in the form of a separate journal, 

 which will appear under the name Chemical 

 Abstracts, beginning with January 1, 1907. 

 The journal will be published semi-monthly. 



The corps of those in charge of the various 

 divisions of the journal is already well organ- 

 ized and work upon the abstracts has been 

 commenced. It is intended to include in the 

 journal abstracts of all new work in chemistry 

 published in the world after October 1, 1906. 

 Chemical patents issued in the United States, 

 Germany, France and England after July 1, 

 1906, will be included. The abstracts will be 

 classified under the following divisions, the 

 selection of abstractors and the oversight of 

 each division being placed in the hands of the 

 persons named: 



Apparatus: W. H. Walker. 



General and Physical Chemistry: G. N. Lewis. 



Photography: L. H. Friedburg. 



Electrochemistry: W. R. Whitney. 



Radioactivity: H. N. McCoy. 



Inorganic Chemistry: Alexander Smith. 



Analytical Chemistry: L. M. Dennis. 



Mineralogical and Geological Chemistry: W. F. 

 Hillebrand. 



Metallurgy: J. W. Richards, Henry Fay. 



Acids, Alkalies and Salts: T. L. Briggs. 



Glass and Pottery: G. E. Barton, Albert V. 

 Bleininger. 



Cements and Mortars: Harry Drew. 



Fuel, Gas, Coke: J. D. Pennock. 



Organic Chemistry: M. T. Bogert. 



Petroleum, Asphalt, Turpentine, Wood Prod- 

 ucts: S. S. Sadtler. 



Cellulose, Paper : A.^ D. Little. 



Explosives: C. E. Munroe. 



Dyes, Textile Fabrics, Bleaching, Inks: L. A. 

 Olney. 



Pigments, Resins, Varnishes, India Rubber: A. 

 H. Sabin. 



Fats, Fatty Oils and Soap: W. D. Richardson. 



Sugar, Starch and Gum: C. A. Browne, Jr. 



Leather, Glue: J. H. Yocum. 

 Biological Chemistry: L. B. Mendel. 

 Foods: W. D. Bigelow. 

 Nutrition: C. F. Langworthy. 

 Water, Sewage, Disinfectants, Insecticides: L. 

 P. Kinnicutt. 



Fermented and Distilled Liquors: Robert Wahl. 

 Pharmaceutical Chemistry: A. B. Stevens. 

 Soils and Fertilizers ; F. P. Veitch, J. H. Pettit. 

 Patents: W. H. Seaman. 



In order to cover the expense of the new 

 publication the dues of the society will be 

 increased from five to eight dollars per year. 

 It is expected for the first year or two at least 

 the cost of the abstract journal will be con- 

 siderably greater than the increased receipts 

 from dues, but the vote of the society upon 

 the matter has given evidence of such a strong 

 desire for the establishment of the journal 

 that it is hoped that the increase in member- 

 ship will be sufficient to support the enterprise 

 financially within a very few years. 



The Journal of the American Chemical 

 Society will be continued and will contain 

 original articles, book reviews and reviews of 

 recent progress in the various fields of chem- 

 istry. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. Ch. Wardell Stiles, of the Public 

 Health and Marine Hospital Service, has been 

 named one of the experts to be sent to Ger- 

 many to investigate customs tariff complaints. 



The sum of about $5,000 has been sub- 

 scribed for the foundation for the advance- 

 ment of geographical study in honor of Dr. 

 von Neumayer. 



Dr. Otto BiJTCHLi, professor of zoology at 

 Heidelberg, has been elected an associate of 

 the Royal Academy of Belgium. 



Dr. Heinrich Bruns has celebrated the 

 twenty-fifth anniversary of his directorship 

 of the Leipzig Astronomical Observatory. 



Dr. Wilhelm Waldeyer, professor of anat- 

 omy at Berlin, and secretary of the Berlin 

 Academy of Sciences, has celebrated his 

 seventieth birthday. 



Dr. L, a. Bauer, assisted by Messrs. P. 

 H. Dike and E. H. Bowen, of the Depart- 

 ment of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie 



