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the metliod of .using the same and sold it, he 

 requested the secretary to read the report of 

 the Perkin Medal Committee, and to speak 

 about the meaning and importance of the 

 Perkin Medal. 



The secretary then delivered his address, 

 " History of the Perkin Medal and Report of 

 the Coinmittee for its Presentation." 



The chairman then called iipon Professor 

 M. T. Bogert to speak on the subject allotted 

 to him, " Stimulus given Chemical Research 

 and Invention by Suitable Recognition." 



Then Mr. H. A. Metz folio-wed with his ad- 

 dress on " Services rendered by the Chemist 

 in the Development of the Coal Tar Industry," 

 and then Professor S. A. Tucker spoke on 

 " Electricity as applied to Industrial Chem- 

 istry." 



Professor Charles F. Chandler then pre- 

 sented the Perkin Medal to Mr. J. B. F. Her- 

 reshoff, vcitli an appropriate and extremely in- 

 teresting address. 



Mr. HerreshofE in a well-chosen speech 

 acknowledged the honor conferred upon him. 



The ceremonies were concluded by an ad- 

 dress by Dr. William H. Nichols, in which he 

 described the intimate association between the 

 recipient of the Perkin Medal and himself for 

 the last thirty years. He also read a cable 

 which he had just received from England, in 

 which Lady Perkin and her daughters con- 

 gratulate Mr. Herreshoff on receiving the 

 medal. 



Mr. J^ B. F. HerreshofE was born in Bristol, 

 E. I., and is a brother of the well-known 

 yacht desig-ner and builder; received his col- 

 lege education at Brown University and in 

 1870 was assistant instructor in chemistry for 

 two years. After that he was chemist with 

 Professor Charles A. Seely in New York and 

 after that chemist for the Silver Spring Dye- 

 ing Establishment and chemist with William 

 Habershaw at New York. In 1875 he was 

 made Superintendent of the Laurel Hill 

 Chemical Works of W. H. Nichols & Co. In 

 1890 he was made vice-president of the cor- 

 poration of the Nichols Chemical Co. In 

 1900 he became the vice-president of the 

 Nichols Copper Co. and consulting engineer of 



the General Chemical Co., and is still occupy- 

 ing these positions. H. Schweitzer, 



Secretary 



THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OP WASHINGTON 



The 180th regular meeting of the Washing- 

 ton Section of the American Chemical Society 

 was held at the Cosmos Club on Friday, Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1908, at 8 p.m. The attendance was 

 44. The following papers were presented: 



E. T. Allen: " The Role of Water in Tremo- 

 lite and certain other Minerals." 



H. C. McNeil: "Some Metallic Salts of 

 Guaiacol." 



F. W. Smither : " A Sample of Ferro-phos- 

 phorus." J. A. LeCleec, 



Secretary 



' THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. NEW YORE 

 SECTION 



The fifth regular meeting of the session of 

 1907-8 was held at the Chemists' Club, 108 

 West 55th Street, on February 7. 



Professor Chas. Baskerville read the first of 

 a series of three papers relating to the chem- 

 ical department of the College of the City of 

 New York, his title for the evening being 

 " Laboratory Organization." 



Dr. A. S. Cushman, of the Office of Public 

 Roads, read a paper on " The Extraction of 

 Potash from Feldspathic Rocks." 



The electrolytic method described was of 

 scientific value only, but Dr. Cushman hoped 

 it might lead to some commercially possible 

 process. He described a practical method of 

 rendering the rock itself available for fertiliz- 

 ing purposes and finally called attention to 

 the great advantage this country would derive 

 from having a cheap domestic source of 

 potash. C. M. Joyce, 



Secretary 



THIRTEENTH ANNUAL WINTER MEETING OF THE 

 VERMONT BOTANICAL CLUB 



This meeting was held January 17, 18, 

 1908, at the University of Vermont, Burling- 

 ton. The following papers were read : 



" Progress in the Forestry Movement," by Dr. 

 L. R. Jones, University of Vermont. 



