Evening star., 1912-09-01
OF CHEMISTS
MEETS HERE WEDNESDAY
After Day in Capital Meetings
Will Be Continued in
New York.

Wednesday will see the opening i'm
this city of series of notable scien-
tic gatherings. The eighth International
Congress of Applied Chemistry is to be
the first, its delegates convening here this
week After a day here the convention
will be adjourned to meet in New York
September +. Its sessions will end Sep
| tember Ii.
The program of the congress, it is de-
clared, is complete demonstration Of the
extent to which chemistry affects every
business.
The list of the section meetings follows:
Section 1-Analytical Chemistry, with
six topics.
Section 2-Inorganic Chemistry, with
nineteen topics.
Section 3a-Metallurgy and Mining, with
twenty-four topics.
Section 3b-Explosives, with nine topics
Section 3c-Silicate Industries, with nine
topics.
twelve topics.
Section 4a-Coal tar. colors and dye-
stuffs, with fourteen topics.
Section 5a-Industry and chemistry of
sugar. with eleven topics.
Section 5b-India rubber and other
plastics. with five topics.
Section 5c-Fuels and asphalt, with
four topics
with six topics.
Section 5e-Paints, drying oils and var
nishes, with seventeen topics.
Section 6a-Starch. cellulose and paper,
with fifty-two topics.
Section DIFFERENTIATION with three
topics.
Section 7-Agricultural chemistry. with
nine topics.
Section sa-Hygiene. with five topics
Section Sb-Pharmaceutical chemistry,
with seven topics.
Section Sc-Bromotology, with eleven
topics.
Section sd-Physiological chemistry and
pharmacology. with twelve TOPICS
Section 9-Photochemistry, with four
topics.
Section 1oa-Electrochemistry, with six
Section 1ob-Physical chemistry. with
thirtN-one topics.
Section 11a-Law and legislation affect
ing chemical industry. with six topics.
Section 11b-Political economy and con-
servation of natural resources, with
twenty topics.
Joint Sessions.
The following joint sessions have
been announced to date:
(a) Analytical chemistry with phar-
maceutical chemistry, with electro
chemistry.
(b) Inorganic chemistry. with physi-
cal chemistry, electrochemistry and
silicate industries.
tc) Metallurgy and mining with elecS
trochemistry.
I'D Fuels and asphalt with political
economy and conservation OF natural
resources.
(e1 Fats, fatty oils and soaps with in
organic chemistry and paints. drying
oils and varnisheS.
90 Starch, cellulose and paper with
electrochemistry. explosives and India
rubber and other plastics.
tg) Fermentation with industry and
chemistry Of sugar and starch. cellulose
and paper. -
(h) Photochemistry with paints, drying
oils and varnishes.
ID Electrochemistry with inorganic
chemistry and starch, cellulose and pa
% Electroche0stry with inorganic
chemistry and nfetalurgy and mining.
tk) Electrochemistry with inorganic
physical chemistry and agricultural
chemistry.
Invited by Taft.
This congress, which Is the eighth of
the series, was invited to this country
by the President Of the United States at
the solicitation of more than 1900 Ameri-
can chemists. The printed report of the
congress is expected to contain upward
of !, 600 pages.
The following statistics may be helpful
in obtaining an idea of the scope of some
of these congresses in the past:
Berlin, 19o3-Thirty-e countries rep
resented. 2.533 members, 479 papers, |
4 ,O44 pages in final report.
lone, J906-Forty countries represent |
cd c.375 members, 56S papers, $500 pages |
in final report
London, 1909-Fifty-one countries rep
resented, 4.1CO members 9S5 papers, 4, ,173 |
pages in final report