New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-25
10000 Savants, in City for
Convention, Have Dead
ly Display Outdoors
BIG EXHIBITION OF
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
Meetings Every Day for
Week of as Allied Sci
entihC Societies

This is science week. when nearly TO-
900 savants will gather here for the
annual, convention OF the American As.
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Sci
cncc and the sessions Of forty-seven
Inflated societies. In connection with
The meetings Of these bodies there will
he numerous lectures. 10 which the pub
lie will be admitted, and an exhibit of
scientific preparedness at the American
Museum Of Natural History, which will
be open TO the public from December
81 to February 1.
From the fourth floor Of that build
ing a safe view is 10 be obtained Of
poison gases and tear bombs such as go
rolling across the plains Of France and
Flanders when the wind favors either
combatant. To preclude the possibility
OF broken jar filing the museum with
gas and tears, these dangerous vspors,
each in sealed container. have been
placed In a case on the outside Of the
building close to windows Of the fourth
foor.
Through the courtesy of Lady Ram
say the original group OF elements dis
covered by the late Sir William Ram
say. helium, Xenon, kripton and neon,
will be displayed in glass tubes when
still bear their names as scrawled in
blue soap By their discoverer.
Most of the Elements on Exhibition
Not only will the assembly OF scien-
lists be one Of the most impressive IN
the history Of the country, but the
chemical elements on display Will be
the largest group ever collected here.
Seventy-four of Che eighty-ive will be
on exhibition. One group Of nineteen
consists Of those never found uncom-
bined in nature. With the metallic
elements may be seen the earliest
known coins made from them, with the
palladium coin combined with 800 times
It's bulk in hydrogen, which was struck
by Thomas Graham. master of the
Philadelphis Mint. in 1860.
The impetus which the war gave 70
industrial chemistry in this country is
demonstrated in the coal tar exhibits,
which include dyes and medicinal prod
ucts. Twenty-four young women from
Hunter College nave volunteered TO act
% guides The exhibition is given UNI
der the auspices OF the American Mu-
scum OF Natural History and the New
York sections o. the American Chemi-
cal Society. the Eleetro-Chemicsl So
Gety and the Society of Chemical In
dustry and The Museums Of the Peace
iul Arts.
Registration headquarters will be At
Earl Hall, Columbia, where prelim-
mary announcements and programmes
may be obtained tomorrow morning.
Mayor Mitchell will deliver an address
o. welcome at the opening OF the gen
ersl session OF the convention. which
will be at S o'clock tomorrow evening
i'm the auditorium OF the American Mu-
scum OF Natural History.
On Wednesday there Will be ad-
dresses for the sections Of chemistry.
botany. anthropolopy, education and
agriculture. a scientific exhibit and con-
versazione in University Hall. Colum-
bia. from - 70 8 q. m. and in the even
ing a reception at the Aquarium by the
New York Geological Society 10 the
members Of the sections o. Zoology
and botany OF the American Society OF
Naturalists. Of the American Society
II biologists. Of the American Society
IL Anatomists and of the American
Physiological Society.
Dr. Simon Flexner, director Of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search. will speak on "infantile Pa
ralysis and the Public Health" al =
O'Clock Thursday afternoon at Have
MEYER Hall. Columbia. and the scien-
tifc exhibit and conversations will be
continued At the same hour as on
Wednesday. On Thursday evening
Professor Arthur A. Noyes, of the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
will make a public address on Nitro
gen and Preparedness" on the fourth
floor of the American Museum Of Nat
ural History.