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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
Am.'.Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1904. 
nesia  is  soluble  in  carbonic  acid  water  and  insoluble  in  water.  How 
much  has  the  utilization  of  these  facts  to  do  with  the  extensive  chemi- 
cal plant  at  Ambler  ?  " 
Professor  Kraemer  called  attention  to  the  following  specimens : 
Three  sets  of  cocoa  in  its  various  stages  from  the  bean  to  the  pow- 
der, showing  the  shells,  cocoa  butter,  etc.,  which  were  received  from 
the  Croft  &  Allen  Company,  of  this  city,  and  which  he  intended  to 
distribute  in  the  several  departments  of  the  College;  samples  of 
thirteen  crude  drugs  which  were  grown  by  the  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  in  connection  with  drug-plant  investigations. 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand  exhibited  a  portable  assay  balance  in  a  metal 
case — intended  especially  for  the  use  of  assayers  when  traveling 
through  the  mining  regions — made  by  Henry  Troemner.  The  entire 
case  with  contents  weighs  but  19^  ounces;  measures  7  inches  in 
height,  4^  inches  in  breadth  and  2  inches  in  depth.  It  is  sensitive 
to  the  of  a  milligramme.  The  case  is  provided  with  set  screws, 
so  as  to  make  it  set  level.  The  firm  have  just  received  an  order  from 
the  Chinese  Mint  for  a  bullion  balance  capable  of  weighing  10,000 
ounces  of  silver  at  a  draft,  and  is  to  be  sensitive  to  of  an  ounce 
when  carrying  the  load  of  20,000  ounces.  They  also  received  an 
order  for  eighteen  adjusting  balances  for  the  same  establishment. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  the  several  speakers  and  those 
who  sent  specimens. 
The  following  provisional  programme  has  been  arranged  for  the 
next  meeting,  on  April  19th: 
"  A  Pharmacist's  Impression  of  the  Orient,"  by  E.  Ross. 
"  Notes  on  Italian  Olive  Oil,"  by  A.  Angusto. 
"  The  Manufacture  and  Commerce  of  Honey,"  by  Wm.  A.  Selzer. 
"  The  Pharmacist  and  the  Pharmacopoeia, "  by  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
"A  New  Prescription  File,"  by  John  W.  Outerbridge. 
Henry  Kraemer,  Secretary. 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. — The  report  of  the  Registrar 
of  the  Society,  for  1903  {Pharmaceutical  Journal^  February  6,  1904),  contains 
some  figures  which  are  of  more  than  local  interest.  The  total  strength  of  the 
Society  is  stated  to  be  as  follows  :  Life  compounders,  459  ;  annual  subscribers, 
composed  of  members  and  student-associates,  6,188.  The  number  of  persons 
registered  as  "apprentices  or  students  "  is  194.  The  number  of  pharmaceutical 
chemists  on  the  register  is  2,141,  and  of  chemists  and  druggists,  13,436.  Four 
hundred  and  nine  cases  of  alleged  infringement  of  the  Pharmacy  Act  (186S) 
were  investigated  during  the  year,  and  proceedings  instituted  in  151  of  these. 
