โ Scribed by Lowry, T. Martin
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Associatioii of Clicniists. Both tlicsc liitlicrto distinct organisations Iiarc nintlc i t their business to wntcli over tlic mntcrinl rntlier tliaii tlic intcllcctunl re\vnrcls of workers niitl tllc niccting to bc held 011 Nay 8, under thc presidency of Air. C. S. Garland, one of our few cliciuicnl Ncnibcrs of l'nrliniiiciit, will probably be largely nttcntlctl. 13lsc1vl1crc is a rcfcrcncc to tlic mccting of the Fcdcrnl Council ant1 tlic 1 i ~l i i C S of fully iL SCOI'C of otlirr societies, institutes nntl nssoci:Ltions arc of frcqucnt occurrcncc. Alniost all tlic criticisnis we hnrc reccivcd, inclurling tliosc letters mis sing with faint-we forgct tlic csnct quotntioii-coiiiiiiciit 011 the fact tl1nt we hn-c derotctl too niucll spacc to tlint type of article or news ivhicli tlic rcatler is not specially tlcvotctl to nntl too little t o thnt 1-nricty which a1q)cnrs t o liini to bc requirctl. Xone tlic less we value siicli lcttcrs and Iinvc froiu tinic to tinic ndoptctl suggcstioas inntlc to us mid ns we gropc about trying to fccl our way into tlint position wliicli sucli a jouriinl as this ~lcnin~itls, ivc (lo so with increased cl~cc~-fulncss, knowing tlint tlie cooperation of our rcndcrs will in tinic ciinblc us to continuc an iniprownient yliicli our vanity lcads us to tliiiili is already bcginning.
Oiic who contributes crcry ~vcclc to a clieiuical journal is ncver short of n subject ; tlicsc exist in profusion. \'lint is somctimcs lacking is tlic inclinntion to write 011 tlie topics which arc most urgently ncctled. Instcad of settling clown and doing tlic ordtiinetl work one finds " 'tis swcct to sit eiitra~iccd, and niusc tliereon, i n mclniiclioly aiitl gorllilic indolcncc." Tlicrc is D feeling tlint the tliviiic inspiration is so~nchow lacking arid tlic cbutlgc uliosc busiiicss is iiicrcly to eondcnsc soltic article of five coluniiis into four iiiclics likes, ~inturdly c11011g11, to consider liinisclf 011c of tliosc inspirctl I J ~ i~ IIIUSC.
He repcats to liinisclf :-Bcliovc rno tlicro nrc tiiiiclws t h y ~, JVlicn iicitlicr riiurblo, briir;s nor vcllum JVould profit rriucli IJY tiny ltrys Tlint liuunt tho poet's ccrobcllurii.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Wcnicr's co-ordination theory, now over thirty years old, has been rclcgatcd by most British chemists, Prof. Lowry, I think, among them, until rccently to thc limbo of lost causcs.
OHEMJSTRY AND ISDUSTRY \vnstc-l)iipcr hiskct , iiiitl they lie nboii t tlie lioiise iriitil tliry nttiiiii tlint coiitciiipt which is tlir rcsiilt of fniiiiliiirity. 1'roItiit)ly they licive in this \viiy niiswcrctl tlicnir ~ttir~iosc. l k t \\lint n siitldcii niitl igiioiiiiiiioiis fate is iii stor
Conclcnpiitioii l)roducts which 1i:~vc found soino npplicnt.ioii i i i t,lic Grriiinii pniiit niid niriiisli industry niny IJO ninclc froiii ~i:iphtha-Ienc niitl fori~i~ildcliy-tlc, :i misturc of turpc~itiiie or rcfiticd t:ir with tlic product. l.wiiig cui~~loy).cil.