Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-07

Made to Entertain Visitors to Con-
gress of Applied chemlstry-Many
Points of Interest viii Be Visited
BY the Delegates.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 31.-Presi-
dent Taft, Mrs. Taft, Secretary of Ag-
riculture James Wilson and a coterie
of the most distinguished men in the
United States, it became known today,
will greet the 500 foreign delegates to
the Eighth Annual Congress of APP
piled Chemistry, scheduled to con-
vene 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 win be
entertained at lawn party given by
Mrs. Taft and the ladies of the diplo-
matte corps. This entertainment will
be the first of a gay round of banuets,
luncheons, receptions, concerts and
excursions which win greet the dele
America.
In addition to the GOO foreign visit
ors to the Applied Chemistry Con-
gress, over 1000 of the most promi-
nent manufacturing chemists in the
United States will attend the DELHI
erations of that body The meeting
in Washington, while the first upon
the scheduled of the congress is more
in the nature of a social event than one
of actual business The first regular
session of the chemists will be held
at Columbia University, New York, on
September g., terminating on the Is
of the month, during which time every
phase and angle of manufacturing
chemistry will be discussed and ex-
planned by both the foreign and Amerl-
can masttrs of the science.
Among the many prominent foreign
ers who will be present here on We'd
nesday are Sir William Ramsay, K. G..
b., F. r. S. the great authority on rad
ium; Sir Boverton Redwood, d. Sc,
who has visited every mineral oil dis
trict in the world and is the leading
authority on petroleum; Sir Robert A.
Hadfield, d. Met. F. r. s., who devel-
oped manganese niokle and other
methods of hardening steel; DR.. Sam
uel Eyde, of Norway, who developed
the process of extracting nitrogen form
the air for the manufacture of fertil-
izers; Professor M. l.. Lindet, repre-
senting the French Ministry of Agri-
culture and Professor William II. Per-
kinkin, of the Victoria University of
Manchester, England, who is the faith
err 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 analy-
sis, the unification of terms for report
ing the analyticis of soils, fertilizers
and ash; the Standardization of analy-
tical methods to be applied to resins
the standardization of tests for the
stability of explosives; the establish
ment of g central bureau of fermenta.
ton organisms; greater uniformity in
the commercial supply of patent drugs
and the means for determining the
same; approximation in the pharmaco
pias of the world to common standards
of activity and uniform international
patent and trade mark legislation.
To discuss all these varied subjects
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divided into twenty-four sections, eacl
section having a direct bearing upor
some distinct feature of manufactur
ing chemistry. To accelerate anC
demonstrate the addresses and theor
les advanced chemical Laboratories
with in riding distance OF Columbit
University have been thrown open t.
the visitors.
The sectional division Of the Con
gress is as follows:
Analytical chemistry, Inorgani,
chemistry; metallurgy and mining: ex
plosives, silicate industries; organic
chemistry coal tar colors and dye
stuffs; industry and chemistry of su
gar; India rubber and other plastics
fuels and asphalt; fat, fatty oils ant
soaps; paints, drying oils and varnish
es; starch, cellulose and paper fer
mentation; agriculture chemistry. by
giene. pharmaceutical chemistry;
5romatology physiological chemistry
and pharmacology; photochemistry
electrochemistry; physical chemistry
and political economy and the conser
walton of natural resources.
A trip of thirty-six days has beer
decided upon as fitting climax to the
coming convention. This tour will be
participated in by all of the visiting
chemists and will have on it's itiner
airy Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Niagara
Falls, Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, Den
yer, Glenwood, Colorado, Salt Lake
City, Bakerfeld, CAL; San Francisco
Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado and Arizona, Ell Paso Texas
Fort Worth Shrpvenort n Nam Or