Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-02
HAS DONE FINE WORK.

HAS UONt FINE WYNN.
There has been no organization in
the history of our State that has done
and IA doing more for the propagation
of sound scientific knowledge than the
Delaware section Of the American
Chemical Society. During the past
year. thA organization has brought
to Wilmington some Of the foremost
men In the scientific world and has
extended mn invitation not only TO the
members OF the section. but also TO
tho general public. TO hear them.
At tho April meeting here. last
month. they had. for example, DIR.
Irving 1ansmuir. OF the Research De-
partment OF the General Electric Co..
Who has been working continuously
on most important subjects. lie
talked here on the structure OF atoms
aud although this might appear TO be
=
eecded in making tho lecture a most
interesting ono from the point of
view of the lsyman. The practical ef-
feet Of Dr. 1angmuir's research work
IL shown by the fact that as the re-
suit OF tho work Of the men in his de-
psrtmcnt have come such important
Developments rs the present Mazda
lamp. improved X-ny tuhes. and cleo
trical equipment widely used IN wire
i.ss apparatus.
For tho March meeting. the section
had as It's speaker. Or. Elmer Werner
McCoium OF Johns Hopkins Medical
School. perhaps the foremost eIpon-
ent Of the theory cf vitAmines IN this
country. He is q man q international
reputation and HIS theories have been
widely excepted both hsre and abroad
Magazines and publications have been
full OF the discussions on vitamines.
The topic OF his talk Wa. Recent
Advances IN Nutrition" and was of
importance not only TO doctors. den
lists. nurses and dietitisns. but TO
the public at large.
The January and February meet
inss wcre devoted TO speakers who
discussed the highly important topics
of petroleum conservation and the
r.. wiison OF the Research Laboratory
OF Applied Chemistry o; the Massa.
chusctts Institute OF Technology. q
very important man IN the ecientinc
wurid. delivered = talk on why
Oils Lobricaie.- The subject matter
wss Of imm~diate Importance to bust.
ness men, A. an added point OF inter,
o., t might be said that this tall
was based on a paper which wa,
the joint effort of Professor Wilson
and Daniel i. Barnard. 4th, resi-
dent OF this city, who did much Of tn
experimental work The subject mat
Ter of this lecture was presented in
paper and published by the Society o
Automotive Engineers OF New York
Al the January meeting there wa
an address by Thomas Midgely, Jr
chief engineer OF the Motor Fuel Sec
tion OF the General Motors Co.. VIII
discussed the petroleum situation, tn
amount Of unmined petroleum sti
remaining In the country and the i'm
portnnce OF the conservation OF thi
motor fuel. He also discussed meth
DDS OF 80 conserving II.
This was another speaker OF grea
importance. In fact. after he ha
left Wilmington the same subjec
matter which had been discussed her
was made the basis OF news stor
originating from the West and wa
given world wide prominence. II ha
been followed by series OF editori;
discussions In most Of the leading news
papers Of the United States. TIL
matter OF the conservation OF mote
fuel IL SO important that 1t ranks q
one OF the most pressing question
before the American people. The di,
cassion OF this highly important que,
tion took place in Wilmington befol
local audience before it receive
such widespread newspaper notice
the world
Among other speakers who ha'
been here within the past sever
months have been DIR. II. l.. F'ishe
chemical director OF the +. r. Goo
rich Co. who spoke on Rubber Chen
isiry. Particularly That Relating
Nulcanizatioa and Its Acceleration
Dr. James W. McBain. professor