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[N. S. Vol. XXIII. No. 599. 



Fragments of • Californian Ethnology : ' A 

 Mortuary Ceremony and other Matters,' Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam ; ' Human Illusions,' A. E. 

 Spofiord. At the closing meeting for the 

 year, obituary notices of deceased members 

 were read as follows : 



Dr. Washington Matthews, by James Mooney. 



Dr. Swan M. Burnett, by Dr. D. S. Lamb. 



Col. Weston Flint, by J. D. McGuire. 



Mrs. Hannah L. Bartlett, by Mrs. Marianna P. 

 Seaman. 



Mr. S. H. Kauffmann, by Professor W. H. 

 Holmes. 



Mr. W. H. Pulsifer, by the general secretary. 



The society proceeded to the election of 

 officers, with the following results: 



President — Mr. J. D. McGuire. 



Vice-presidents — (a, somatology), Dr. A. 

 Hrdlicka; (b, psychology), Dr. J. Walter Fewkes; 

 (e, esthetology), Professor W. H. Holmes; (d, 

 technology), Dr. Walter Hough; (e, sociology), 

 Mr. James Mooney; (f, philology), Mr. J. N. B. 

 Hewett; (g, sophiology), Miss Alice C. Fletcher. 



General Secretary — Dr. Walter Hough. 



Secretary to the Board of Managers — Dr. John 

 E. Swanton. 



Treasurer — Mr. George C. Maynard. 



Curator — ^Mrs. Marianna P. Seaman. 



Councilors — F. W. Hodge, J. R. Swanton, J. W. 

 Fewkes, I. M. Casanowicz, Paul Beckwith, J. B. 

 Nichols, J. N. B. Hewett, James Mooney, W. E. 

 Safford and Mrs. Sarah S. James. 



Walter Hough, 

 General Secretary. 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. NEW YORK 

 SECTION. 



The eighth regular meeting of the New 

 York Section was held Friday evening, May 

 11, at the Chemists' Club, Dr. F. D. Dodge 

 presiding. The following papers were read: 

 The Insoluble Chromi-Cyanides : F. V. D. 



Cruser and E. H. Miller. 



The paper reviews the work done many 

 years ago on the chromi-cyanides, gives an 

 improved method for the preparation of potas- 

 sium chromi-cyanide and describes the prop- 

 erties and analysis of this salt. The only in- 

 soluble chromi-cyanides are those of silver, 

 cadmium, mercurous mercury, nickel, cobalt, 

 cupric and cuprous copper, zinc, manganese 



and ferrous iron. These precipitates were 

 found to have the normal composition whether 

 Cr(CN)6 or cathion was in excess. 

 The Dissociation of Water Vapor and Carhon 

 Dioxide at High Temperatures: Irving 

 Langmuir. 



It is shown that, when carbon dioxide 

 or steam is passed slowly over glowing plati- 

 nvun wires, these gases are dissociated to an 

 extent corresponding to the true chemical 

 equilibrium at the temperature of the wire. 

 The degree of dissociation was determined 

 with considerable accuracy for temperatures 

 ranging from 1,000° to 1,300°, and was found 

 to agree closely with the van't Hoff formula. 

 The temperature was determined from the 

 change of electric resistance of the glowing 

 wire, the temperature coefficient having been 

 determined in an electric furnace. 

 The Condensation of Jf-Nitro Acetanthranil 

 with Diamines: W. Klaber and M. T. 

 Bogert. 



4-nitro acetanthranil can be prepared rap- 

 idly and readily, in any desired amount, from 

 o-toluidine. It was condensed with hydrazine 

 hydrate, ethylene diamine hydrate, and with 

 guanidine. With hydrazine, both amino 

 quinazoline and diquinazolyl were obtained. 

 With ethylene diamine and guanidine, various 

 quinazolines and intermediate amides were 

 isolated. 



The Synthesis of 6-Nitro-2-MethyH-Ketodi- 

 hydro quinazolines from 5-Nitro Acetan- 

 thranil: E. P. Cook and M. T. Bogert. 

 The authors prepared 5-nitro acetanthranil 

 from 5-nitro acetanthranilic acid, and, by con- 

 densing this anthranil with various amines, 

 obtained the 6-nitro-2-methyl-4-ketodihydro- 

 quinazoline, together with its 3-methyl, 3- 

 ethyl, 3-phenyl and 3-amino derivatives, as 

 well as the diquinazolyl corresponding to the 

 latter. Both the amino quinazoline and the 

 diquinazolyl carry acetic acid of crystalliza- 

 tion. 



On the Alhyl Oxygen Ethers of Alpha Oxy- 

 quinazolines and the Isomeric S-{,N)-Alhyl 

 Derivatives of the Corresponding Alpha 

 Quinazolons : H. A. Seil and M. T. Bogert. 

 On treating various alpha oxyquinazolines 



