SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
The following are the results of analyses of bark (No. 1), and dis- 
tillation products of dried wood (No. 2) grown in the Nilgiri Experi- 
mental Plantation :— 
No. 1. Leather Industries Laboratories, 
London, 14th September, 1917. 
Tanning matters absorbed by hide .. Ag .. 42.3% 
Soluble non-tanning matters .. Ae Ps .. 10.8% 
Insoluble (at 60° Fahr.) rs a a .. 34.1% 
Water Fs A me +H vy, ¥; 12.8% 
No. 2. Indian Institute of Science, 
Bangalore, 15th May, 1919. 
(Calculated on 100 lbs. of wood.) 
Free water in wood ... Ae. : Sy EE 
Charcoal A¢ mA Pet 3: rr .. 82.0% 
are ie = a ie ie on ey. 0% 
Total acetic acid mA hf ay a ye 0:89 
Methyl alcohol Be 7 ce .. 1.43% 
The important requisites for industrial research are often 
unconsidered by manufacturers, who, in endeavouring to select a 
research chemist, are likely to regard every chemist as a qualified 
scientific scout. The supply of men capable of working at high 
efficiency as investigators is well below the demand; and chemists 
having the requisites and spirit of the researcher are indeed 
difficult to find by ones experienced in the direction of research. 
All research professors know that the finding of a skilled private 
assistant—one who possesses not only originality, but also sound 
judgment and intellectual honesty—is not easy, because it frequently 
involves the gift of prophecy on the part of the searcher. It has 
been truly said that the “seeds of great discoveries are constantly 
floating around us, but they only take root in minds well 
prepared to receive them.” 
—RAYMOND F. BACON. 
“The Administrator of Industrial Research Laboratories.”’ 
