The Washington herald., 1912-09-01

President Taft. Mrs. Taft. Secretary OF
Agriculture James Wilson. and coterie
of the most distinguished men In the
United States, will greet the 600 foreign
delegates to the eighth annual Congress
Of Applied Chemistry. scheduled to con-
yene in this city next Wednesday.
Following the speech of welcome by
President Taft and other distinguished
members of the reception committee. the
visiting party of chemists will be enter
tained at a lawn party given by Mrs.
Taft and the ladies of the diplomatic
corps This entertainment will be the
first of a gay round OF banduets. lunch
cons. receptions. concerts, and excursions
which will greet the delegates during
their lengthy stay in America
In addition TO the 6O0 foreign visitors
to the Applied Chemistry Congress over
ZOO OF the most prominent manufactur-
ing chemists In the United States VIII
attend the deliberations of that body. The
meeting in Washington, while the first
upon the schedule of the congress is more
In the nature of a social event than one
OF actual business. The first regular ses-
sions of the chemists will be held at Co
Iumbia University. New York. on Septem-
her 6. terminating on the 18th OF the
month, during which time every phase
and angle Of manufacturing chemistry
will be discussed and explained by both
the foreign and American masters or the
science.
Many Prominent Visitors.
Among the many prominent foreigners
who will be present here on Wednesday
are Sir William Ramsay, X. c. b.. +.
r. s., the great authority on raoiunh'
Sir Boverton Redwood, d. Sc. who has
visited every mineral oil district IN the
world, and is the leading authority on
petroleum: Sir Robert A. Hadheld, ID.
Met, F. r. s., who developed manga
nose nickel and other methods of hard
ening steel; DR.. Samuel Eyde, OF Nor
way. who developed the electrical pro-
ces of extracting nitrogen form the air
for the manufacture Of fertilizers; Prof.
NJ I. Lindet, representing the French
Ministry of Agriculture, and Prof. VIII
m Fl Perkin Of the Victoria Cniver-
sity Of Manchester. England who Is the
father of the analine dye industry.
From the standpoint OF the manufac-
turing chemists the most interesting
features of the congress will be staged
in Columbia University, New York. Here
commissions appointed at the London
congress will report on the unification OF
methods of food analysis, the unifica-
ton of terms for reporting the analyticis
of soils. fertilizers and ash; the stan
dsrdiza tion of analytical methods to be
applied to resins: the Standardization oil
tests for the stability of explosives:
the establishment of central bureau
of fermentation organisms; greater uni
formity in the commercial supply OF
potent drugs. and the means for de-
termining the same: approximation in
the pharmacopoeias OF the world to COM
mon standards of activity and uniform
patent and trade-msrk leg
,slation.
To discuss all these varied subjects
the international congress has been d.
vided into twenty-four sections, each
section having direct bearing upon
some distinct feature of manufacturing
chemistry. To accelerate and demonstrate
the addresses and theories advanced
laboratories within riding dis
tance of Columbia University, have been
to the visitors.