NEW MEMBERS ELECTED OCTOBER 29, 1898. Conner, Samuel D., Nulltown, Fayette Co., Ind. Edgerly, D. W., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass. Fischer, Louis A., U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. Henderson, William E., Athens, O. Jackson, George, 33 Curtis St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Kauffman, Wm. P., Gov. Lab., Georgetown, Demerara, Brit. Guiana. Lazell, Dr. Ellis W., N. H. College, Durham, N. H. Walker, Charles A., 517 Delaware St., Indianapolis, Ind. ASSOCIATES ELECTED OCTOBER 29, 1898. Haidencamp, H. W., care John Johnson & Co., Franklin Sq., N. Y. Weissmann, Frederick Wm., 221 Molitor St., Cincinnati, O. NEW MEMBERS ELECTED NOVEMBER 21, 1898. Hill, Henry B., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. Kelly, William E., Zeta Psi House, New Brunswick, N. J. Lipman, Jacob G., New Brunswick, N. J. Liska Anton, 74 Bunker St., Chicago, Ill. Loos, Hermann A., 119 E. 115th St., N. Y. City. Mathewson, E. P., Guggenheim Sm. Co., Perth Amboy, N. J. Miller, W. Lash., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canad. Peckham, Stephen F., 1489 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Penfield, Samuel L., Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. Riederer, Emil J., 145 W. 94th St., N. Y. City. Rosenberg, M. A., 108 E. 101st St., N. Y. City. Scherr, Emilius W., Jr., 2067 Seventh Ave., N. Y. City. Schoch, Eugene P., Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex. Simmons, Ward W., 206 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Smith, Frank M., care United Sm. & Ref. Co., Smelter P. O., Great Falls, Mont. Somermeir, E. E., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O. Taylor, Sherburne F., 1283 Columbus Ave., N. Y. City. Wilson, Edwards F., Woodward, Ala. Workman, Henry C., U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C. Beck, Oscar C., 45 St. Marks Place, New York. Smith, Burnett, 144 W. 73rd St., N. Y. City. CHANGES OF ADDRESS. Allison, Win. O., 100 William St., N. Y. City. Cotter, Jno., Capt. 15th Infantry, Puerta Principe, Cuba. Foote, Henry B., 2628 Hackberry St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hopkins, Erastus, 177 State St., Boston, Mass. Jone, Hugo, 2249 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, Ill. Mabery, C. F., Cleveland, Ohio. Mellen, Edwin D., 1590 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. Millwood, Jas. P., Rosebank, Staten Island, N. Y. Moran, George A., South Framingham, Mass. Nicholls, Geo. A., Deadwood, S. D. Parmelee, H. C., 1924 Corby St., Omaha, Nebr. Thompson, Firman, Sugar Experiment Station, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, U. S. A. Tibbals, W. I., 99 Cass St., Detroit, Mich. Thomson, Miss Mary J., 119 W. Grand St., Elizabeth, N.J. Watkins, Willard H., 189 Water St., N. Y. City. ADDRESSES WANTED. Andrews, F. H., formerly of Bristol, R. I. MEETINGS OF THE SECTIONS. WASHINGTON SECTION. The regular monthly meeting was held on October 13, 1898. The first paper of the evening was read by H. W. Wiley, and was entitled "Preliminary Report on the Vienna Congress of Applied Chemistry." Dr. Wiley gave an interesting account of the proceedings of the Third International Congress of Applied Chemistry. Some of the more important papers which were presented, were mentioned. The two most notable papers were those on the synthesis of albumen by Lilienfeld and on fermentation without cells by Buchner. The entertainments afforded to visiting congressists were also described. A full report will soon be published in the Journal of the society. The second paper of the evening was read by H. C. Bolton, and was entitled "Chemical Bibliography." The author described in an interesting manner the methods pursued by him in the collection of bibliographic references and related some of his experiences in Europe. Mr. Tassin called the attention of the members to a new solution for determining high specific gravities which consists of a solution of acetylene tetrabromide in benzene or toluene. It has the advantage of being stable, cheap and easily made, has a high refractive index and does not decompose with metallic oxides or metals. WILLIAM H. KRUG, Secretary. CINCINNATI SECTION. The sixty-second regular meeting was held Saturday, October 15, 1898, in the Chemical Lecture Room of Hanna Hall, University of Cincinnati, conjointly with a meeting of the Engineers' Club, of Cincinnati. A brief business meeting was held by the section previously in the Physical Lecture Room, President O. W. Martin in the chair. The secretary read a communication from A. C. Hale, wherein the final decision with regard to the boundary line of the territory of this section was set forth. Dr. Alfred Springer was elected by unanimous vote to represent the Cincinnati Section in the Council of the society. After the discussion of some minor matters the meeting adjourned and was resumed in the Chemical Lecture Room at 8.15 P.M., Prof. O. W. Martin, and Mr. G. W. Kittredge, president of the Engineers' Club, presiding. Twenty-six members of the section. were present, and about seventy persons in all. After some brief addresses of welcome to the engineers by the president and by Prof. Norton, Dr. Alfred Springer read, in full, the paper on "Etherion," a new gas discovered in the atmosphere by Mr. Charles F. Brush, of Cleveland, Ohio, who courteously permitted the paper to be presented at this meeting. Owing to the absence of the author, a discussion of this important paper was not in order. Both societies assembled adopted a resolution expressing a vote of thanks to Mr. Brush for having granted them the opportunity to listen to this remarkable paper. In addition, the following papers were read: "The Chemical Training of the Engineer," by Thomas Evans; "The Chemical Problems of the Engineer," by H. B. Schmidt; "Some Engineering Anomalies," by W. B. Ruggles. These interesting papers elicited some discussion in which Dr. Newman, Mr. Ruggles, Prof. Lloyd, and Mr. Kittredge participated. After the adjournment of the meeting and the partaking of some light refreshments, inspection was made of the chemical, physical, and engineering laboratories of Hanna Hall. The sixty-third regular meeting was held on Tuesday, November 15th, in the Lloyd Library, with President Martin in the chair, and twenty-five members present. Prof. George Jackson read an exceedingly interesting paper on "The Recently Discov ered Elements Neon, Metargon, Krypton, Xenon, Coronium, Polonium, and Monium." Mr. J. M. Bursner then gave a most entertaining talk on the manufacture and uses of liquide arbonic acid, with elaborate exhibitions of apparatus, etc. In connection, Miss Wessling demonstrated the critical point for carbonic acid on a specimen contained in a sealed glass tube; the warmth of the hand was sufficient to gasify the liquid. Mr. Pilhashy finally made an informal report on the Boston meeting of the American Chemical Society. NEW YORK SECTION. S. WALDBOTT, Secretary. The November meeting of the New York Section was held on Friday evening, the 11th, at the College of the City of New York, Dr. Wm. McMurtrie presiding and seventy members present. The following papers were read: (1) "A New Apparatus for the Determination of Volume," by C. F. McKenna. (2) Chemical Glassware," by R. M. Atwater. (3) "The Present Status of the Periodic Law," by F. P. Venable. A communication from the general secretary was read stating that the invitation from the section to the society at large to hold the winter meeting in New York had been accepted by the council, and the date fixed for December 27. The chairman reported that favorable progress had been made in regard to establishing the chemical club, and it was hoped that before the expiration of the next ten days definite action would be possible towards securing the very suitable rooms which were still held for the committee's decision. DURAND WOODMAN, Secretary. |