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members. Titles of papers have already been 

 received from Messrs. Adams, Case, Eastman, 

 Hay, McGregor, Loomis, Matthew, Merriam, 

 Osbom, Patten, Scott and Williston. It is 

 earnestly desired that all. who are interested 

 in the progress of the science may be jaresent. 

 Communications regarding the meeting may 

 be addressed to the secretary. 



S. W. Williston, President. 



O. P. Hay, Secretary. 



AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. NORTHEASTERN 

 SECTION. 



The forty-seventh meeting of the section 

 was held in the Lowell Lecture Hall, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology, Friday, No- 

 vember 27, at 8 P.M.; President A. H. Gill in 

 the chair. Seventy members were present. 



The following officers for 1903-4 were 

 elected : 



President — W. H. Walker. 



Y ice-President — Henry Howard. 



Secretary — A. M. Comey. 



Treasurer — W. E. Piper. 



Executive Committee — Henry Fay, H. A. Torrey, 

 J. R. Marble, A. E. Leaeh and W. K. Kobbins. 



Councillors — John Alden, C. R. Sanger, H. P. 

 Talbot. 



The treasurer's and auditor's reports were 

 presented. 



President A. H. Gill reviewed the history 

 of the section during the past year, and gave 

 an address on ' Some Limitations of Technical 

 Analysis,' showing 'some of the difficulties in 

 the detection and separation of substances 

 which have not yet been overcome. 



Dr. Peter S. Burns followed with a paper 

 entitled ' Some Experiments on Colloids,' 

 showing by numerous experiments the various 

 methods of preparing colloidal solutions, and 

 their behavior under different conditions and 

 with different reagents. The lecturer also de- 

 scribed the various theories that had been pro- 

 posed to account for the phenomena observed, 

 and propounded a new theory as a tentative 

 explanation of the same. 



Arthur M. Comey, 



Secretary. 



SPECIAL meeting OF THE WASHINGTON CHEMICAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the Washington 

 Chemical Soaiety was held in the chemical 

 lecture room of the Columbian University at 

 8 P.M., November 23, 1903, for the purpose of 

 taking appropriate action upon the death of 

 Dr. H. Carrington Bolton. 



The meeting was called to order by the 

 president, who made a few remarks concern- 

 ing the Christian spirit, gentlemanly conduct 

 and unique work of the late Dr. Bolton. Dr. 

 Cameron was followed by Professor Monroe, 

 who read from the ' Bolton Genealogy,' which 

 contained a short history of the life of Dr. 

 Bolton, and was compiled by Dr. Bolton and 

 his cousin. The account of Dr. Bolton's life 

 showed him to have received exceptional edu- 

 cational advantages, having studied with 

 such men as Bunsen, Wohler, Von Hoffman 

 and others. He traveled extensively. He 

 taught at the School of Mines of Columbia 

 College and held the chair of chemistry at 

 -Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., for ten 

 years. He strove to impart Icnowledge in an 

 attractive way. H-e is the author of more 

 than one hundred and fifty scientific and lit- 

 erary contributions. 



Dr. Marcus Benjamin then responded with 

 a few recollections of his extended acquain- 

 tance with Dr. Bolton, and called especial 

 attention to the enthusiasm with which Dr. 

 Bolton undertook any work in which he be- 

 came interested. 



Dr. Clarke recalled a number of instances 

 in the course of his friendship with Dr. Bol- 

 ton. Lie emphasized particularly the value 

 of Dr. Bolton's work upon the bibliography 

 of scientific literature. 



Dr. Wiley then spoke of his associations 

 with Dr. Bolton, especially with reference to 

 his knowledge of him as a man. He men- 

 tioned particularly his personality, his geni- 

 ality and verity of friendship, sincerity and 

 simplicity of mind and character. 



Eemarks were also made by Professor Long, 

 president of the American Chemical Society, 

 and also by Dr. Warder. 



Letters of regret and personal interest in 

 the motive of the meeting were received from 



