The Washington times., 1936-11-12
THOUSAND MEN
OF SCIENCE TO
MEET HERE

One thousand leaders of science,
engineering and industry will cele-
brate the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the founding Of the Ameri-
can patent system in washington
on November %, it was announced
by the National Centennial Com
mittee of which DR.. Charles F. Ket-
tering, president Of General Motors
Research Corporation, has been
named chairman.
Industrial heads who are ar
ranging for the event, include Wal
ter S. Clifford, president Of the
American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company; william A. Irwin,
president of the United States
Steel Corporation: Gerard Swope,
president Of the General Electric
Company; Thomas j. watson, pres
ident of the International Business
Machines Corporation: w. A. Har-
riman, chairman of the board Of
the Union Pacific Railroad; La.
mot Du Pont, president Of the E,
I. Du Pont de Nemours Company,
and Harper Sibley, president Of
the Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States.
Program Shaped
DR.. Edward Barlow, president
of the American Chemical So
ciety; William L. Bait, president OF
the Society of Mechanical Engi'
neers; Colby M. Chester, president
of the National Association OF
Manufacturers, and Walter S.
Tower, executive secretary of the
American Iron 81 Steel Institute,
are among the representatives OF
scientific and engineering societies
and trade groups which are aiding
in shaping the program. The an
nouncement says:
"The asSemblage will repre-.
sent the host of inventors who
have given to the world electric
power, radio, the automobile, the
airplane, the typewriter, the fast
printing press, new textiles and
plaSticS, agricultural machinery,
and thousands of other devices
accepted as commonplace today
but unheard Of a century ago."
In addresses and demonStra
ticns, the Nations inventive
achievements since original patent
No. was granted to Senator Johr
Ruggles of Maine for cog gear:
which he called traction wheels,
will pass in review.
New Inventions
New inventions, forecasting con
tinued advances in industry anc
science, will feature the centen
nial. These developments, the an
nouncement points out, indicate
a rising trend of invention which
will bring about practical tele
vision, possibly wireless tranSmis
sion of power, glass paints for ar
portraits, a revolutionized farm
industry in which one acre will
produce the equivalent of so to
day, and synthetic motor fuel
and a multitude of other triumph
which will elevate the STANDARD
of living.
The centennial events will be
gin at 10 o'clock in the morninl
at the National Academy of Sci
ences with addresses b Thoma
Ewing. former Commissioner o
Patents, "The American Paten
System; Robert E. Wilson, vic
chairman of the Pan American
Petroleum and Transport Com
pany, This Is Not the End"
Dean. Dexter S. Kimball, Colleg
of Engineering, Cornell University
THE Great Inventions of tn
Century" and DR.. Harrison T
Howe, editor of Industrial an
Engineering Chemistry, "Impol
tance Of Inventions to Civilizs
ton"
In the evening a patented
dinner will be held at the MAY
flower Hotel. DR.. Kettering vii
be toastmaster. Among the speak
ers will be Daniel C. Roper, Secre
tary of Commerce, and Conway F
Coe, Commissioner of Patents.