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SCIENCE 



[X. S. Vol. XXXI. No. 801 



" Filtration through Collodion Sacs," Edna 

 Steinhardt. 



" The Activation of Pancreatic Extract," A. R. 

 Dochez. Eugene L. Opie, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 

 NEW YOEK SECTION 



The seventh regular meeting of the session of 

 1909-10 was held at the Chemists' Club on Fri- 

 day, April S. 



Dr. F. D. Dodge read a paper entitled " Notes 

 of the Determination of Essential Oils." 



The remainder of the program consisted of a 

 symposium on leather, arranged by Dr. Allen 

 Rogers, which included the following papers: 



" General Outline of the Industry," Allen 



" The Process of Bating," Alan A. Claflin. 



" Vegetable Tanning Materials," John H. Yoeum. 



" Recent Advances in Chrome Tannage," Otto 

 P. Amend. 



" The Coloring of Leather," F. E. Atteaux. 



" Oils used in the Leather Industry," Edgar 

 A. Prosser. C. M. Joyce, 



Secretary 



THE UTAH academy OE SCIENCES 



The third annual meeting of the academy was 

 held at Salt Lake City, on Friday and Saturday, 

 April 1-2, 1910. 



The sessions opened at 8 p.m. Friday evening 

 and 2 P.M. Saturday afternoon. President W. C. 

 Ebaugh occupied the chair. 



At the annual election held on Saturday after- 

 noon, the following officers and members of the 

 council were chosen: 



President — Dr. E. D. Ball, Utah Experiment 

 Station, Logan. 



First Vice-president— C. C. Spooner, Salt Lake 

 High School. 



Second Vice-president— Dr. S. H. Goodwin, Proc- 

 tor Academy, Provo. 



Secretary— A. 0. Garrett, Salt Lake High 

 School. 



Treasurei — John B. Forrester, Salt Lake City. 



Councilors-at-large — Professor Marcus E. Jones, 

 Dr. C. T. Vorhies, A. F. Greaves-Walker. 



The following papers were read at the annual 

 meeting : 



" A General Survey of the Jurassic of South- 

 eastern Utah," John B. Forrester, Salt Lake City. 



" Mendelism," Dr. E. D. Ball, Utah Experiment 

 Station, Logan. 



President's address. Dr. W. C. Ebaugh, Univer- 

 sity of Utah, Salt Lake. 



" Preliminary Report on the Animals of Great 

 Salt Lake," Dr. C. T. Vorhies, University of Utah, 

 Salt Lake City. 



" Recent Analyses of Water from Great Salt 

 Lake," Wallace Macfarlane, Salt Lake City. 



" Preliminary Report of the Plants of Great 

 Salt Lake," L. L. Daines, University of Utah, Salt 

 Lake City. 



" Recent Progress in Economic Entomology," 

 Professor E. G. Titus, Utah Agricultural College, 

 Logan. 



" Efflorescence or Scum on Brick Work," A. F. 

 Greaves- Walker, Salt Lake City. 



" A Reported Occurrence of Native Iron in 

 Utah," Dr. W. C. Ebaugh, University of Utah, 

 Salt Lake City. 



" The Composition of Solids Precipitated from 

 the Atmosphere during ' Salt Storms,' " Dr. W. 

 C. Ebaugh. 



A. O. Gakbett, 



Secretary 



ST. LOUIS section, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 

 ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The following papers have been presented before 

 these two affiliated chemical societies, at the 

 meetings held in January, February, March and 

 April, 1910. 



" Timber Preservation," Messrs. A. L. Kam- 

 merer and E. B. Fulks. 



" The Action of ISIagnesium upon the Vapors 

 of Organic Compounds," Professor E. H. Keiser. 



" The Extraction of Glycerine from Soap Lye," 

 Mr. Clarence B. Cluflf. 



" Chemistry in America and Germany," " Elec- 

 trolytic Preparation of Hydrazine," Mr. R. F. 

 Weber. 



" Terpeneless Extract of Lemon, and Methods 

 of Analysis thereof," Dr. S. H. Baer. 



" A Rapid Method of Estimating Iron in Iron 

 Ores," Dr. LeRoy McMaster. 



" Ozone in Water Treatment," Mr. W. F. Mont- 

 fort. 



The two societies also have visited the plants 

 of the Laclede Gas Light Company and of the 

 N. K. Fairbanks Co., the plant of the latter com- 

 pany, in St. Louis, being engaged in the manufac- 

 ture of laundry soap and washing powder. 



R. NoREis Shreve, 

 Sec. St. Louis Sec. Amer. Chem. Soc. 

 Geo. Lang, Jr., 

 Rec. Sec. St. Louis Chem. Soc. 



