Evening star., 1951-01-07
| Science Calendar
Technical Society
Meetings Listed

Sclentlf1c ana IeCnnlcal society
meetings have been announced for
this week by the Joint Committee
on Press Relations of the District
Council of Engineering and Archi-
tectural Societies and the Wash
ington Academy of Sciences. All
meetings listed are open to the
public unless otherwise listed.
Tomorrow.
American Society for Metals,
Washington Chapter-Dinner
6:15 pm; meeting 8 pm. at
Dodge Hotel. phase Transfor-
nations in Precipitation Hard
ening," by John H. Hollomon,
Metallurgy and Ceramics Div,
Research Laboratory. General
Electric Co.
Tuesday.
American Society of Safety Eng.-
neers, Washington Safety So
ciety Chapter Dinner, $50
pm; meeting 8 pm. at Naval
Gun Factory. Safety in the
Foods We Eat and the Drugs
We USE" by DR.. V. j. Vos,
pharmacologist, Food and Drug
Administration. Also, an ex-
hibition of adulterated products.
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, Wash
ington-Dinner meeting, $50
- pm. at Hotel 2400. More Min
erals for Defense-How to Get
Them in the United States and
Abroad" symposium con-
Quoted by DR.. James Boyd. Head
of Defense Minerals Admins
tration, Bureau of Mines.
Wednesday,.
Geological Society of Washington
-8 pm. at Cosmos Club. Three
papers: "Facies in the Glass
Mountains, Texas" by G. Ar
thur Cooper; "Faulting in the
Anthracite Fields of Pennsyl-
vania," by Howard E. Rothrock,
and "MonaZite Deposits of the
Southeastern Atlantic States"
by j. B. Mertie. jr.
Thursday.
American Chemical Society,
Chemical Society of Washing
ton-8:15 pm. at Cosmos Club.
hydrocarbons from Petroleum"
by Frederick D. RosSini, Head of
Chemistry Department, Carnegie
Institute of Technology.
Joint Meeting: American Institute
of Electrical Engineers, Wash
ington Section, and Institute of
Radio Engineers, Washington
Section-8:15 pm. in Interior
Department auditorium. Three
demonstration lectures: Micro
wave Spectroscopy with Appli-
cations to Chemistry, Nuclear
Physics. and Frequency Stand
ards" by L. j. Rueger, r. G.
Nuckolls, and Harold Lyons,
Bureau of Standards: Record
ing Atmospheric Index of Re-
fraction at Microwaves" by
George Birnbaum, S. j. Kryder,
and r. r. Larson. Bureau of
Standards, and Measurement
of Microwave Field Patterns
Using Photographic Techniques"
by w. E. Kock, Bell Telephone
Laboratories. This is one of the
sessions of the Second Joint
Conference on High Frequency
Measurements. jointly sponsored
by the National Bureau of
Standards.
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Washington Section
3 pm. in Pepco auditorium.
Engineering Registration-Its
Aims and Objects" by Col.
Walker L. Simpson (RetD, fol-
lowed by panel discussion on
professional engineering regis
tration in Maryland, Virginia
and the District.
American Society of Tool Engi-
neers, Potomac Chapter No. 48
3 pm. in Room l, School of
Government Building, George
Washington University. In
dustrial Diamond Tools" by H.
L. Strauss, jr., general manager,
International Diamond Labora-
tories.
Friday.
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, Washington Section
luncheon meeting, noon in
Room 1862, South Building, De-
partment of Agriculture. The
Agricultural Engineer in Soil
Conservation Service. by Jeffer-
son C.. Dykes. assistant chief,
Soil Conservation Service, De-
partment of Agriculture.
Philosophical Society Of Washing
ton-8:15 pm. at Cosmos Club.
Application of Thermochemis-
try to Geophysical Problems"