CIIEI\IISTRY AND INDUSTRY
991 dcvclopmcnt mny irltinintcly laid to :inotlm important ndvnncc, nnmcly, tlic ut,ilizntion of voliitilc prodiwts mliicli crcntc so niucli t'roablc in t,hc vnrnisli thctory. It is 1i110\vn tlint tlicsc consist Inrgcly of tcrpenic bodics, nntl thcrc is every rcnson t o bclicvc that such bodies, if systcmnticnlly collected :tnd scicntificnlly stwlied, woirlcl prow to hc cnpnblc of conversion into iisefiil products.
(3) 'l'hcre reinnin slicllnc :ind lric prodiicts gcncrnlly. l c r c T am rtwlly going to I.IC brief, :is tlic 1'1:istics Group in n joint, session with the I,riiitlon Section of thc Socict,y of Clicinicril 1 ntliistry Iiiis t i n cvcning :illottc~il to :I clisriissinn on l:ic rcwnrcli i n Pcl)rii:iry, 1935. fjiillicc it. to say 111:it. rcscnrdi is Iwing nctivcly pursrircl iit. : ((1) '1'11~ Iiitlinii Im licwnroli Institntc, Rnnclii (controllcd lip the Indiiin Lac Ccw Coiiitnittw, Intlin), and iiinny of yo11 I;iio\v the I)iilletiiis :incl piiiiplilvts which Iinvc cin:inntctl from t litit. irist.it,irtion iintlcr the riip:il)lc direction of Nrs. I). Xorris. (1)) Tlic TAontlon Slic*llii(~ 1tcsc:trcli Iliircriii, Iiiiliii 1 rollse (controllctl by tlic Intlinn Lnc Ccss Coiiiniittcc, Tndiii), with rcseiircli ccntrw : i t tlic h i n t R(asciirch Stat ion, 'l'cildingtoii, untlcr tlic tocliniciil coiltrol of our cli:iirinnn, Dr. 1,. A. Jortliin : :it t,lic licscnrch Inborntorics of Mcssrs. Tlie Rritisli 'rlioinsoii-1 loiistoii Co., T,td., Ilrigby, under the tcclinicnl control of BIr. \V. lhylcy-l'iirkcr, cliicf cliciiiist ; rind a t the Trnpcrinl Irisbit,utc iriitler t,lic supervision of I)r. Furlong arid niysclf. 'l'cclinicnl p p c r So. 1 of thc 1,ontlon Ihrciiu on tlic *' Isolrit-ion of l'urc Lnc Itwin " is j i i p t going to press. (c) Tlic Xcw York Slic4ltir liesciircli I~urcnu, Brooklyn Yolytechiiic, Ihooklgii, Xeiv York, U.S.A., cont,rollcd by t,lic Uiiitctl Stittcs Slicllnc Iiiiportcrs' hociiit.inii with n siil~siilizcd rcseiircli pooling ngrccnient wit11 tlic Intlinn l m Ccss Coininittee, Intlin, iindcr tiic dircction of' I h .
Win. lfo\vlett Giirdncr i t n d his co-workcrs. 'l'lii! Arnericnn p p c r s on " 'l'lic hmtiire :inti C'nnst,itiition of Slicllnc " tirc ivoll known ~1 1 d Iinve I)cwi rind tire I)cing pul~lislieil in t h 1 slioultl I)c guilty of it grnvc iiijristice w r c I to omit; from tliis I)ric!f refircnco to slicl1:ic rcwxtrcli t,lie sterling work tloiio in this field, niriinlp in cliicitliition of tlic piire clicniistry of this complex nntl elusive J o n r , / d of I ,,d,rslritr/ ft,lt/, fh]inPer;n!/ Clrcnzisfry. substance, by Tscliircli and his co-workcrs in Switzor-Innd nnd Gcrniany, Fnrner, Schncfcr, Lncdp, \rcriicr Nagcl, I3niininnn, IT. I'olff, nnd Hillcr, to inention only a few. I ~c ~c , ns in nil tlic natiirnl resins, thc pivotal position is tlic clicinicnl const,itiition of thc resin, : i d wlierc slicllnc is concerned tile cuphorlnl woiilrl be vcry empty and bnrc intlcctl hut for thc efforts of the iihovc persistent and indcf:itignhlc it-o rkors .
AIiwli iiiorc iiiiglit IN s:iid about the progress mnde in tlic study and iisc of nnturnl rcsiiis. I t is crident, Iiowcvcr, t Iiiit tlioiigh tlic dcvclopmcnts briefly outlined do not lend tlicniselvcs, pcrllnp.9, to :in imposing imiy of pntciits or scnsnt.ionn1 nniioiinccincnts in tlic press, :i ~)rofountl clinnpc Iiiis occurred iind is still going on I)ot,li i n tlic scientific Ntutly of nntiirnl resins ;tiid in their intlustriiil npplicntion, :inti tlint, so far froni being *' pliiyed ont," tlic niorc iinportimt arc eiitwing upon n new ern of utility i n i t iniicli widcr ficltl tlinn over I)efore ; not, it must IJC iitldctl, nlwiiys