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SCIENCE. 



{N. S. Vol. XX. No. 497. 



Section 6, Mechanical Engineering. — Chairman: 

 President Alexander C. HumphreySj Stevens In- 

 stitute of Teelmology. Speakers: Professor A. 

 Kiedler, Konigliche Technische Hoehschule, Ber- 

 lin; Professor Albert W. Smith, Leland Stanford, 

 Jr., University. 



Section c, Electrical Engineering. — Chairman: 

 Professor Arthur E. Kennelly, Harvard Univer- 

 sity. Speakers: Signor G. Marconi, Italy; Pro- 

 fessor Michael I. Pupin, Columbia University. 



Section d, Mining Engineering. — Chairman: Mr. 

 John Hays Hammond, New York City. Speakers: 

 Professor Robert H. Richards, Massachusetts In- 

 stitute of Technology; Professor Samuel B. 

 Christy, University of California. 



Section e, Technical Cfeemistrj/.— Chairman : 

 Professor Charles P. Chandler, Columbia Univer- 

 sity. Speakers : Professor Otto N. Witt, Konig- 

 liche Technische Hoehschule, Berlin; Professor 

 William H. Walker, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. 



Section f, Agriculture. — Chairman: Honorable 

 James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington. Speakers : Professor Lgon Lindet, Na- 

 tional Agronomic Institute, Paris; Professor 

 Liberty H. Bailey, Cornell University. 



THE THIRTIETH GENERAL MEETING OF 

 THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The thirtieth general meeting of the 

 American Chemical Society was held in 

 Providence, R. I., during Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, June 21-23, the place of 

 meeting being Rockefeller Hall, on the cam- 

 pus of Brown University. At the opening 

 session President Wm. H. P. Faunce, of 

 the university, delivered an address of wel- 

 come, and this was followed by a response 

 on behalf of the society by its president. 

 Professor A. A. Noyes. The members of 

 the local section gave themselves without 

 reserve to providing for the comfort of 

 the visitors, and their hospitality received 

 full appreciation. Luncheons were served 

 in Sayles Memorial Hall on Tuesday and 

 Wednesday by the courtesy of two local 

 companies, T. P. Shepard & Co., and the 

 Rumford Chemical" Works. The University 

 Club extended its house privileges to all 

 members of the society during the entire 



meeting, and on Tuesday evening enter- 

 tained them at a most enjoyable informal 

 reception. On Thursday afternoon, the 

 members of the local section invited the 

 visitors to attend a Rhode Island clambake 

 at the Pomham Club, on the shore of Nar- 

 ragansett Bay. This 'crowning event' of 

 the meeting was closed by a series of im- 

 promptu speeches, when Professor J. H. 

 Appleton, the chairman of the local com- 

 mittee, proved himself a very entertaining 

 toastmaster. 



In addition to the regular morning ses- 

 sions, an open lecture was delivered on 

 Wednesday evening by Dr. H. W. Wiley, 

 of Washington. This was the first public 

 announcement of the results obtained in 

 his important series of experiments upon 

 the effect of the food preservatives, boric 

 acid and borax, on metabolism. A sum- 

 mary of these results appeared in all the 

 leading newspapers in the issue of June 23. 



At the close of the last session a hearty 

 vote of thanks was extended to Professor 

 Appleton and his associates and to the 

 various local organizations by whom 

 courtesies were shown to the visiting mem- 

 bers. The list of manufacturing concerns 

 that opened their doors to the various after- 

 noon excursion parties is too numerous to 

 be included here. 



The number of members in attendance 

 was 128, of whom 104 were visitors. The 

 next nieeting will be held in Philadelphia, 

 beginning December 27. 



REPORTS FROM INSTITUTIONS. 



A new feature was the presentation of 

 reports from various institutions upon the 

 research work which has been in progress 

 during the past year. Lack of space for- 

 bids the reprinting of these reports in full, 

 and the following brief summaries, which 

 may serve to give a general idea of the 

 progress of such work, are by no means ex- 

 haustive. It should also be said, in justice 

 to those who presented the reports, that 



