Evening star., 1921-07-17
MAI. l.. A. FISCHER.

until 1905. when he was appointed
| chief chemist of the bureau of stand
! ards.
! DR. Hillebrand enjoys the reputa-
! tion of being one of the most accu-
rate analytical chemists in the coun-
try. if not in the world. and. through
| his untiring efforts. the bure@u has
prepared standard samples of pure
materials. which are distributed to
those individuals and industries hav-
ing use for them in their work. They
have become the standards of the
world. These samples of pure MA
terials. are used in the chemical lab
| oratories of thcs" firms to check
up their work. and the importance of
accurately analyzing the samples be
be appreciated.
DR. George X. Burgess chief OF
| the metailursical division. was born
| in Newton. Mass. in 1874. He re
| MASSACHUSETTS, institute of Techno'-
| ogy in 1895. and in 1901. in i'aris.
! was awarded the degree of Sc II.
! Previous TO this latter year he was
; assistant professor Of physics "a, al
! achusetts institute from 1895 70
1895 He was an Instructor at the
! University of Michigan from 1900 10
| 1901. in which year he was connect
with the University of Ca!li"rn!::'
staving at that institution unit! i.'"'..
! when he was appointed aSsrStH"t
| physicist in the bureau of stahditr'iS'
| Two years later he became aSs"cia'Ij
physicist. For the past elSht ErAi
! he has been physicist ana chtel ..
! An phases of .metallurgy. with the
exception of the getting of the ore
| out of the groUrd and its pr"hnli-
| nary treatment. are dealt Win ps it:
Burgess division. The laboratories "t
! this division of the bureau have been
4 .p,tinnei fllf the bureau
| is preparod to conduct metallurslcat
| Investigations on a more extensive
scale than any other research orSahi-
zation DIR. Burgess has ever been 4
| firm believer in practical rSsear,i
work holding that it is an absolute
necessity. The result is that his dirl-
sion has foundry. rolling mill. forg-
ing press and various types OF iur-
naces, etc. Possession of these per-
mits the studying of the working OF
metals under actual manufacturing
conditions.
OWING to the fact that many office
" buildings. business structures.
apartment. houses and hotels are
either in the course of construction
or will be erected during the coming
decade, the attention of municipal
authorities throughout the land has
, been brought to The danger OF hre
and water as .Slatcd 10 these different
! buildings Upon the manner Of co..
s;ruction deacnl thr i.vcs Of many
who are either Lmpi"ycT IN thtS"
buildings or lnaEs tn apartment
houses their homes. Tina liic may ""
properly SafrGu&rdcl is n4r oil th"
problems "n which the bureau mas
been working for some time, ana huh-
drcds; OF experiments haze been con-
Quoted to asrcrtsin th" uit::i:l1" re-
SiStanca against fire OF protected or
| unprotected columns as used IN the
! interior OF buildings: their resistance
| against in:pac: and sudden cool
i inC, from hose streams when in a
| mighty heated condition.
Willie every one knows tha. columns
3, ia:T;l most important eieihent IN the
Strength: OF =. building. there have been
| but few tests made in thc>fSiSt 2S To
| their ability to suppor; = loai waen cN-
posed to fire. The natural consequence
! has been that there are Gr.a; differ
enccs in the require enicnts relating To
the, protection c. columns as&in>t fire.
differences i'll n,anit,i:ai code. :.:ld oihr:
! regulations, sind tha barc:iu 81 standard:
; ia cTdeavoriEg 70 Biac" III the E2nu. .!
lcvcry contractor. :.at! builder data that
: will enable. hifn 10. see just villa; is
needed in tnS- 1l1tIrr of construction.
/ THIS infor,:ia ti0ifstas also bctG f3rIt.:'h
! ed TO municipal x,ficlal: in order thar
/ they may ernGoklY In their bu!.!ia. codes
! such regulatiofS as 'wii! protect the 2co-
! pie. - 80 >.
Proper standards os construction may
no; only save many lives, hut VII save
many millions of deil:irs. In HE burear
! are numerous tlnSic,,s used 10 ;cs: the
? strength OF the. Columns anG othe" pa:iS
: of StructureS,3 inAr;:m'nts tina: n:easG':'
dcforma:icI. 'he;ft RESISTANCE, stani.l:}
under p-cs:s.:r.., etc. Nr:acroas unl@o
tecsed steel co.nbins siiuy bcrSirc AZ:
buckling, while the columns pre-: :ectc'!
present an entirely different asar.';.
Ii,cre il no doub: that within the ms,
/ three or four months some eNtrcm.i
valuable Imagination will be given :"
those interested in this very Important
subject So
! The bureau D: standards is the only
one of its kind In The world. Before the
late war Germany had an institution 81
! a somewhat sif9ilar character. but is
scopc and operation were ,iirite':. Eng
land hi. ii.t.in ~ .ssslrcau ter enc Snrt -:
research work. E.s.;c fc: for :.i:cth"r
branch Of ariiy:isek ana n laird ;o' 81.
another r,7,aeh TraSlsn ard ita.y be-:
4 n,aiptaia ipsti:u.Ers w"rr.' :, sm.i:
m:nnurt oil Wo1... ataaa" tu that perform
/ !. a. III Tasi,:ngtcs isc;l. ia'! ~. :,a; noa..
/ OF 10. coli;,l liS5ssEsltS:Gs IL .A'' Unit
! ;;:,fss i:aye v;la .St+ai,y is: 4. bureau
s.ontlreas. Il; siIs.fr.t iisan nIobab'..
! :b,it foreign s.i1srfa; IN tt.cii anA:l;:'
(: ciou. a spnsiy fehNbl.tation will under
! take az: IN taii,s ktr tc organize and
;,,n;niair pir@aus sttcrced after ours.