AMERICAN ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Tliu :innu;il niccting of tlic Society wns licltl ill hloiitrcal on Scptcmbor 21 nritl 211. Dr. C. G. Sclilucdcrbcrg, of I'ittsbnrgli, I'n., prcsidclit of tlio Socict.y, gnrc nn ntltlrcss upon ' I EIcctmcIic~~iistry nnd tho l~lcctrocliciiiist," i n tlic coursc of wliieli IIC said: " 1\11 clcctrmllc~nist is n cosniopolito in tlio trucst sciiso of tho tcriu. 110 inlist bo :in ciigiriccr, clicniist, inotnlliirgist, riinniifnctrirer, and 1111 nII-ror~nd scientist. I n order tlint tic may lcccp nbrenst of tlcrclopniciits lie iniist IIC brondri~i~itlctl, progrcssivo nncl nggrcssivc." I'npcrs wcrc rc:ld " On Nlcctric Elorit; its gcncrntion, prop:ig:itioii n ~i t ~ ~ipplic~:ition t o iiiclustri:1l I)roccsscs,'J by 15. F. Colliiis ; I ' On tho IDrinciplcs of lligli Tcnipornturo 1hriinc.o Dcsig~i,'~ by I<. L. Sni;ill~.y; " Solno Elcctricnl Propcrtics of Alloys :it Iligli 'I'cnipcriitnrc," by l\r. A. I-Iiintcr nnd A. Joiics; rind on I L llcsistivitics of sonic Orqriiilnr Itcsistor Cnrbons," by c. E. 1Villi:iins. Of tlic tcclinicnl pnpcrs prcsclitctl on tlic 2211t1, tlint 1j.y 1'. S. Gregory, of tlic Sli:iwinig;i~i 1V:itcr and I'on.cr Co., upon '' EIcctric Cciicrntors ant1 tlicir ; \ p p l i c n t i ~n , ~~ was of grcntcstilocnl intorcut. It wns folloivcd by n vcry good disciission, fruitful of iiii:eli ~cncrcil iiiforni:itio11 upon tlio subject, wliicli is consitlcrcd onc of tlic inost iniport:int in clcctrocliciiiistry. Tho
typo of gonorator WII by tho ~n c ~i i l ~c r s of tlio Bocicty of C1ic11iic:d Industry during tlicir visit to SI~:iwiuignn in 1921 , 1111s bccii furtlicr clcvclopcil and iinprovccl nntl inndo more :ipplic:iI~lc to contlitions in Cnniidn by F. T. Kndiii, (c/. J., 102 0-1 11, 41211). By t l ~o adoption of tlicso clcctric gc 3 criitors, nnd utilisiitioii of tlio " off pc:ilc 1) liours, tlic two 1:irgo indnstrinl fnctorics of tlic Lnrircntitlc I D d p nncl l'npcr Co. u i d tho &lgo-C:iii:i~Ii:iu Pulp iintl Pnpcr Co. nro saving 400 tons of co:il tlnily. In tho cnsuing discussion, Prof. \V. I). Bnncroft dcclnrcil tlint soinc cIny tho clcctric fir iug of porceliiin woiild bring wtistic nnd ilccorntivo porcclniu to n very ~nucli Iiiglicr strito of pcrrcctioll t1i:in wis for~iicrly tlioiigli t ~)ossiblc. SAFEGUARDING OF INDUSTRIES ACT CALLlC ACID On Scptcnihr 20 N r . Cyril ~itlii~isoii, tlio OfficinI Ilcfcrcc, hcnrtl tho coiiip1;iiiit ni:idc by N r . J . L. Itosc, clioniicnl iiinnufncturor, of b r l t i n g , tlint tho Uonrd of 'I'rriclc lind inipropcrly rcniovctl girllic w i d froni tlio list or cliciniciils siil~jcct t~ iiiiport t l u t ~ iindcr ID:irt I of tho Act. Tliu pnrtics were iiot ro~~roscntctl by coiinsc1, :iiid tlic liciiriiig war; LPriiiiiiiitcd wit11iii tlirco l~ocirs. Mr. W. .J. U. \'oolcock,