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GEORGE F. kUNZ, Phi. D..
The last court Of appeal of the United
States government ON the valuation
and appraisement Of precious stones.
kers is Belgian and was a professor of
chemistry in various Belgian institutions
of learning before coming to the United
States. Like many other chemists OF
the day, he has given much attention to
that branch OF synthetic chemistry which
consists of transforming liquids into sol
ids. One Of his new materials thus pro-
duced is merely solidified carbolic acid
and formaldehyde. hyposulphite OF soda
being used as an arbitrator in the mix
ture. The solid is a mass nearest of all
substances to pure amber, which 1t re-
sembles in many respects and for which
it Is now being substituted commercially.
At a stage in the process when the two
chemicals have been reduced to a thick.
sirupy liquid it is beautiful golden-col-
ored varnish. Applied to wood and thor
oughly steamed, 1t hardens into a lac
quer.
and especially in color photography. are
expected to be reported by Prof W. D.
Bancroft of Cornell. one of the great
chemists Of photography.
A special figure in the congress will be
DR.. George F. Kunz of New York. who
occupies place Of his own in scientific
America He is the last court OF appeal
of the United States government as to
the quality of precious stones. crude as
we'll as cut. He has been the gem expert
since 1879. and special agent in charge of
precious stones of the United States geo
logical survey since 1898. He is curator
of precious stones of the American -
scum of Natural History of New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

York University In 1870. with the degree
of B. s., receiving the degree of NJ s.
from the same university in 1873. Colum-
bia University and Lafayette College
have conferred upon him the honorary
degrees of Sc. D. and LII. D., respectively.
in acknowledgment of his services to
science and the advancement of knowl-
edge.
Early in his career DIR. Nichols special
lied on copper, its refining and smelling,
and out of the development of his ideas
and discoveries grew the modern methods
now in use. For a number Of years DR..
poration of the Polytechnic Institute of
Brooklyn. In 1904 and 1905 he was presi-
dent Of the Society of Chemical Industry
one of the most important foreign scien-
tific organizations. DR. Nichols is a
member Of many foreign scientific bodies.
Then there Is the story of DR.. f. G..
Acheson OF Niagara, who has been called
the chemical wizard of the United States.
the Edison Of chemistry" Curiously
enough. he was identified in his early ca
reer with Edison. DR.. Acheson is the in
ventor of carborundum, which was the
natural outgrowth of his development of
intense heat in electrical furnaces. He
found that any carbonaceous refuse, such
as sawdust, coal dust or the like. when
mixed with sand and subjected to intense
heat, would come out in the form of
exquisitely beautiful blue crystals. These,
when ground. produced carborundum, the
hardest substance known next to da
monds.
On a visit to North Carolina he noticed
that streams in forest lands were contin
uously muddy, whereas the same streams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
Canned Ostrich PIumes.

NTHERE is no place like a pawnshop
for picking up useful hints" said
the improvident man. Every time my
circumstances compel me to patronize one
/ CLEAN some item Of general information
that almost reconciles me to the neces-
sity Of being there. On my last visit I
saw a man redeeming ostrich feathers
Our uncle brought them out tightly sealed
in glass jar.
What did you can them for?' the
man asked.
so they wouldn't SPOIL said the
pawnbroker. A glass jar is the safest
thing on earth to keep feathers in Moths
and dust cannot get at them: besides,
you can keep an eye on them easily. and
any trouble that might have been breed
ing when the feathers were brought in
can be. discovered and nipped in the bud
THAT hint I consider worth going to
II pawnshop for. The way things look
now nobody belonging to me will ever
have any ostrich plumes to take care OF.
but IL we ever do have any shall know
what to do with them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
An Analysis.

A NALYZING the empty church" evil.
: Bishop Sanford Olmsted said the
other day in Denver:
"Of course, where the moving picture
houses are open Sunday empty churches
are almost inevitable.
Il heard the other day of a youngster
who was taken to a moving picture show
for the first time. On his return home his
mother said to him:
Well. how did you like the movies?
Muvver. he answered. with solemn
enthusiasm. IL you once go TO the movies.
you won't never want to waste no time on
church again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
A Reproach Returned.

THEODORE DRESSER, who. at tho
age OF forty. has produced but two
novels. believes in slow, painstakng COM
position.
A novelist OF another type reproached
Mr.. Dresser for the ten years OF silence
that lay between "Sister Carrie" and
Jennie Gerhard"
Why" this individual said-''why. Drei-
ser. I'll write novel in three weeks and
think nothing Of IL.
And the rest OF the world. | suppose.
will think the same" said Mr.. Dresser.
coldly.
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ing along certain lines get together. One
of the large purposes is to secure uni
formity in the practices of chemists in
analyses and in terms. For example, at
the session in London three years ago
commission was appointed to report
on a method of obtaining greater uni
formity in the comm ercial supply of po-
tent drugs and the means OF determining
the same, and also to report on plan
to secure approximation in the pharma-
copeias of the world to common stand
ardization of activity.
Another purpose of the congress is to
bring about greater publicity of the re-
suits obtained in commercial laboratories
TO the end that the worlds knowledge
may be increased No chemical manufac-
turer or manufacturer in whose plant
applied chemistry has part operates
solely with knowledge created and as
covered by himself alone. Dnusion OF
knowledge is Indispensable to progress
On these basic facts are based the eff
forts of the congress to secure wider
publicity Many Of the larger American
manufacturers are falling In with the
idea and are throwing open their facto-
ries to the visitors for inspection. going
farther In this direction than they ever
have gone before They are not entirely
unselfsh in this, because the inspection
by the worlds great leaders in chemistry
NAV bring forth suggestions and ADVICE
that will be of benefit to them.
The congress proper is divided into
twenty-four sections and subsections. In
addition there are to be numerous gen.
eral lectures for the whole body. One of
the lecturers IS Prof. DR.. Carl Duisburg.
president Of the German Chemical So
ciety, which is sending $50 chemists to
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tiers of the country, visiting and inspect
ing factories.
This international congress meets at
intervals OF three years. 1t has certain
well defined purposes, aside from the
mere benefits to be derived from the fric-
ton of ideas when men who are think
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

EIGH T H international
- Congress of Applied
Chemistry to Be Held in
Capital Beginning the First
Week in September-Ses-
sions Will Then Be Taken
Up in New York-Marvels
Performed by Modern Chem
ists-Many w h in G IN
Chemists Will Take Pronli-
nent Part in the Congress
Over Six Hundred Foreign
Chemists to Attend.
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stances as rubber iron. coal tar and Pc
troleum are part Of the history of civlli-
Zation The story of his achievements Is
one of romance and color and wonder.
His research has made millionaires and
his industry has transformed that which
once was waste into worthy servants of
humanity He has wreSted from the air
its many constituent gases and set them
about their eternally appointed, but here
tofore undiscovered. high and more spe-
cialized tasks Radio activity he has es-
tablished as a fact. His endeavors touch
human life on many sides.
Because of this there is peculiar interest
In the coming session of the Eighth In
ternational Congress of Applied Chenis-
try TO be held in Washington beginning
the first week in September. Twenty
four nations of the world sending
their most famous chemists to participate
in the congress. In all fully six hun
dred scientists are to come here from
foreign countries. Some are already on
the ground. In addition approximately
two thousand American scientists will
attend and participate
The inaugural session of the congress
will be held Wednesday, September 4.
President Taft will return from Beverly
10 preside over the meeting. and later
will entertain the delegates at a lawn
party on the White House grounds. The
actual proceedings of the congress will
begin at Columbia University Friday.
September g. continuing 10 Friday, Sep
TENDER 49, Following the congress the
delegates will leave New York for ex-
tended tours of the manufacturing CEN
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He found by experimenting with a cup
of tea that graphite could be held IN So
luton by tannic acid. From that he de-
veloped the process of holding graphite
in solution in iubricating oil. thus per-
fecting a graphite liquid lubricant.
DR. Leo Hendrick Baekeland Of Yon-
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RADIO: Jacob Hasslacher. New York; A. C.
Humphreys, Sc. D.. LII D.. New York;
George F. Kunz Phi. D.. New York; A.
.. Little. Boston; Morris Loeb, Phi. D..
New York: c. E. Munroe, Phi. D., George
Washington University, Washington, D.
c.; Edmond O'Neill, Phi. B.. Berkeley, Cali
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Bernoulli pointed out that when a
liquid or gas squirts out of a tank under
pressure through jet the velocity or
the liquid or gas in the jet is greater
than in the tank. This seems like a self
evident statement: everybody knows that
the liouid or gas in the tank is not
moving perceptfbly. whereas in the jet
1t II moving very rapidly indeed. So 1t
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It is the same with a base ball when
1t is thrown without spinning, or with a
very slow spinning motion. The ball
goes straight forward for some distance.
Then it "breaks.'
The reason Is this:
Compressed air accumulates ahead of
the ball. This state of affairs Is I'M
stable, like q pencil standing on end. The
least disturbance may cause the ball to
be DETECTED to one side Of the compress
ed air just as the slightest disturbance
may topple the pencil over.
How control this jump to one side !?
That was the problem which confronted
pitchers Q few years ago. To show how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

DIR. j. A. HOLMES.
Director of the bureau of mines and
president Of the section ON political
economy and conservation mt the In
ternatiOnal Chemistry COngrens.
years ago made him the commandant Of
the order of Medjidjo for his contribu-
lions to the science Of explosives.
DR.. Allerton S. Cushman. who is at the
head of a research laboratory in Wash
ington. is a member of the executive
committee who will have much to do with
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y the human drama
of today no man
plays a larger part
than the chemist,
He has worked
revolutions in ag-
riculture and in
dustry. The mar
wells he has per
formed are almost
unbelievab BILE W hat
lie has done with
such crude sub
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the affairs OF the convention. He heads
the section on silcate industries. ma
tive of Rome. Italy. although OF Ameri-
can parents. DR. Cushman took his A. "
at Harvard in %, after having studied
at Frseberg and Heidelberg and after
having been an assistant at Harvard and
an assistant professor AT Rryn Mawr he
entered the government service as
chemist in the division ~ tests. bureau
OF chemistry. and later he was chemist In
the Office OF public roads. where he spe-
cialized on road materials, clays and cs-
ments.
One OF the most active men in connec-
ton with the congress is DR.. David 4.
Day. specialist on oils. gas and asphalt
In the United States geological survey.
DIR. Day was on the committee which
succeeded in bringing the congress 10 this
tee on ARRANGEMENTS in Washington, ana
is also president Of the section on fuels
and asphalts In the absence of Dr. Wiley
from Washington considerable 90 the
work OF preparation has fallen on Or
Day.
DR. Edward William Morley tho hon.
orary president OF the congress. Is re
garded one OF the grand old men or
chemistry in the United States Since he
was graduated from Williams In 1900 he
has been teaching chemistry 10 several
generations. One OF his achievements was
devising improved apparatus for gas
ANALYSIS He is the author Of many
papers and monographs.
DIR. W. d. Bigelow. who is AT the head
of the section on bromatology is chief
OF the division OF foods. Department OF
Agriculture, and is a. noted authority on
food chemistry. The section first named
is devoted to that subject. DR.. Bigeiow
is a native OF Kansas and has been with
the Department of Agriculture for twenty
years. Following his graduation from,
and professor in various schools and col
leges prior to entering the government
service.
DR.. J. A. Holmes. president OF the Sec
ton on political economy and conserva-
ton of natural resources. has been di-
rector OF the United States bureau OF
mines ever since it's establishment in
1911. DR.. Holmes is a native of North
Carolina and was graduated from Cor
nell in 1881. For years he was connected
with the North Carolina geological sur
vey and in 1905 entered the United States
geological survey as fuel-testing expert
Among the more notable OF the foreign
out specially. For example there Is Sir
Robert A. Hadfeld. the inventor OF man
ganese steel. who also has contributed
many other inventions to the steel in
dustry. For many years he was presi-
dent OF the British Iron and Steel Insti-
tute and is member Of many American.
German and French societies of mining
engineers, architects and the like
Sir William Ramsay X. C. b., whose
researches into radium are we'll known
and whose name 10 50 intimately CON
nected with argon. a new constituent OF
the atmosphere. and helium, lrypton.
neon and xenon, three new atmospheric
gases. is to he a prominent visitor. Sir
iiliam and Lady Ramsay are about 70
sail for this country and will land at
Montreal. Following the congress they
VIII visit relatives in the United states
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w. ID. BIGEIOW, PHI. D..

w. ID. BIGEIOW, PHI. D..
OF the Department of Agriculture. An
authority on brOmatOIOgy-puref food.
near their outlet to the sea We're clear
Experimentation showed him that it was
the presence Of tannic acid from the Car
DINA hard woods seeping into the streams
that held the mud in solution, but that
Immediately upon a trace Of salt touch
ing the solution the mud was precipitated
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small ball OF cork or pith can be
made to describe very sharply curved
path in this way. Also such a ball can be
thrown by the thumb. as a marble Is
thrown, so that a spinning motion will
be impaired to 1t which will cause it to
describe curved path much more marked
than the curve which it would naturally
follow were 1t not spinning.
So much for ordinary curves The
scientific explanation OF the spitball. as
given by Prof Franklin in his lecture. is
equally simple.
He starts his illustration by taking not
a base ball, but an ordinary marble. Sup
pose he says that you drop this marble,
without spinning 1t. into a tall jar of
water. The marble will move straight
downward for foot more and then
will suddenly jump sideways and follow
an irregular zigzag path to the bottom Of
the jar. The person dropping the marble
cannot tell which way the marble will
lump when 1t breaks from the straight
line of descent; sometimes it may go
one way, sometimes another.
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is quite easily seen that an increase of
speed Is accompanied by q decrease of
pressure. the pressure in the jet being
much less than the pressure in the tank.
Conversely, a decrease of speed is accom-
panied, by an increase OF pressure. pro-
vided the decrease has not been produced
by friction.
To cite concrete case let us imagine
a fire engine pumping water through a
hose against a hole In tank. The hose
would send the water into the tank even
against an opposing pressure. but the
water coming through the hose would
lose in velocity. In other words. the flow
of the water into the tank where the
pressure would be great, would be ac-
conpanied by a decrease Of velocity or
speed in the hose.
Stated in mathematical terms. Ber-
noullis principle is as follows: Wher-
ever the velocity v is great in a mass
Of liquid or gas the pressure Is small
and wherever the velocity v is small the
pressure P is great, friction and gravity
being neglected.
Now. that can be applied to the curved
fight Of a spinning base ball exactly as
we'll as to liquid or gas in a tank.
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When a ball moves forward through
still air the latter exerts certain forces
on the ball; these forces are exactly the
same as the forces which would be ex-
erted by a blast Of air on a stationary
ball. If a person imagines himself trav-
cling along with moving ball it would
seem as if the air were blowing past in
the form of blast.
Take a ball that is spinning and again
imagine yourself travelling along with 1t.
Things will be different this time. The
spinning motion of the ball will cause
whirling motion in the surrounding air
quite different from the blast blowing
past the ball that was not spinning
The modification OF the air blast to an
air wheel constitutes the type Of motion.
In short. all this condemnation Of
s.pressures'' and ''velocities" simply
causes that the Fan" knows as an up
shoot"
The best way to throw a balla small
one-in order to notice the way 1t spins
Is to place it In a pasteboard tube, and
move he tube quickly. The ball will roll
up the inside Of the tube, and. in leaving
the open end OF the latter, will spin rap
idly.
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HE finest thing in the world
is 10 save lives I've de-
voted my entire life to 1t.
and / find that 1t pays. A
man uS4,o knows that he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

THE fellow who asks for a girls
hand is very often surprised to find
himself under her thumb.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1912-11-30

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role ipielt Der nilsBr5eihrrte acHi.
fer Matf. acnneou. er beiibt eincn
cdtcu, muuohabmlihcn Sumior. Sbnl
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nod acnonnt fperoen, onberoem
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idlulmouolI, m~aanetiid) mo bc5all.
Gerno.
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Erpbcnm Sgeatcr.

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meit norgeidrittett, bot ooS tbcaters
liebaitoe Gllblifum oo6 bereits 10
teoeutenOe gluiiiibrlungcn geiebe1,
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ben Sd)auipiclerinncn Bertha aa-
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9eriibmtbeiteu.
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ipiel 0Ebe autiqlte @irl" sur Nuf-
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rci5cnoe MISUNDERSTANDING, uao
lire &oitpletS iiib boil bon Sl.
NOR uib @it. Cine grobe Scrtig.
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mag.
9eion0ers 1erporgebobet mcroci1
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Gbieroreiieur fonrte Die Gbiere 10
reit bringen.
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ahmhIerfuniert i'm grnnOeiS

Gin muiifoliider @enuB, iuie Elm
icld)er IN Omaha icIten 9eboten
miro, bictet iid) an Iienita0 Rad)
mittng 3. Gc5embcr. I'M grnnocis
5leatcr. Die MiimirfenOen iino
Der berilbnte Soloceuiit 9rrnlo
Steinoel BON Sbomos Orheitcr BON
Chicago, Der nils9e5eitncte Yianiit
Mar Sanoop mo Die riibmlidlit be.
tcrllte Sopronidngprin Srl. Marp
Miindoii. 0ieies aiinitlcrtrio Be.
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fiinitleriidlen Grrmgcnifoitrn oes,
iclben Iaiien 8orte ilbcriliiiiis ct.
ifcinen.
Cine Ser idoniteu Ilunnern ocs
programmes lit 5lpciiclloS Die
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Su boren lit Elm GlmitgemiB erIteil
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aompciitionen Der arobten &onlpo-
niltell. Bad, Beethoven, Chopin,
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