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SPECIFICATIONS FOR REAGENTS Editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: In the belief that a valuable service can be rendered both to the

manufacturers and to the users of reagents and apparatus, through standardization, the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY appointed a committee which is now organized and at present is collecting data regarding the quality of reagents now on the market.

It seems that in general the experience of users agrees with that of the Bureau of Chemistry as reported by Mr. H. E. Buc at the Philadelphia meeting of the Society (p. 1140, this issue). The chief complaints appear to be in regard to the lack of re- liability of the. analyses rather than unsatisfactory purity of the reagents themselves. It is also evident that in many instances impurities which have caused dissatisfaction could have been removed by exercising sufficient care in production.

Insufficient knowledge on the part of the producer, both as to requirements and acceptable methods for testing, has been one cause for dissatisfaction relative to reagents. Some makers have signified a willingness to follow standard specifications and methods of testing, and the committee therefore proposes to begin work on the specifications for sulfuric, nitric and hy- drochloric acids, and ammonia. This. will be followed with specifications for other reagents.

It is requested that suggestions be sent to the secretary of the

committee, W. D. Collins, Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C., indicating the specifications which would be acceptable, the uses to which the reagents are put in any special case and the methods which are satisfactory in determining the purity of the reagents and the presence and amount of objectionable impurities.

In the near future cooperation in the standardization of lab- oratory apparatus will be sought.

W. D. BIGELOW, Chairman Committee on Guaranteed

Reagents and Standard Apparatus WASHINGTON, D. C.

October 27, 1919

PLATINUM THEFTS Thefts of platinum have occurred recently in the chemical

laboratories of several universities. Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, reports the

loss of over 300 grams of platinum ware, including 6 crucibles, 3 dishes, wire and sheet platinum, and a few grams of gold.

At Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Michigan, I 700 grams of platinum were stolen from the laboratory, includ- ing 26 crucibles and 40 dishes.

CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE The Board of Directors of the American Electrochemical

Society has approved and ordered sent to members of Congress and the officials of the War Department the following resolution concerning the Chemical Warfare Service:

WHEREAS, The development of science and research is of paramount importance not only to the military establishment of the United States, but to the welfare and security of the entire nation; and

WHEREAS, The bill introduced into Congress for the re- organization of the Army (Senate 2715-66th Congress) is not only clearly destructive of the Chemical Warfare Service, but is so drawn as to belittle all scientific and technical work in the Army and make it, subordinate to the unscientifically trained officer :

Therefore, be i t Resolved, That the American Electrochemical Society urges strongly that any legislation for the reorganization of the Army shall provide for the continuing of the Chemical Warfare Service as a separate staff bureau as a t present; shall provide for the commissioning of staff officers in the corps and departments in which they are to serve; and shall in general accord to the technical man full recognition and opportunity throughout every grade and department of the military estab- lishment.

PROBLEMS AND METHODS IN AGRICULTURAL RE- SEARCH-CORRECTION

In the article under the above heading [THIS JOURNAL, 11 ( r g ~ g ) , 10561 the following corrections should be made on page 1056:

First column, first paragraph, last line, the word “importance” should read “opportunity.” Third paragraph, eighth and ninth lines, “Muntz” and “Deherain” should be “Muntz” and “DehCrain;” same paragraph, last line, “Voelecker” should read “Voelcker.”

Second column, &st paragraph, seventh line, “McCullon” should be “McCullum.” H. J. WHEELER

I WASHINGTON LFTTER I B y J. B. MCDONNBLL, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C.

Congress, when it convenes in regular session in December, consider tariff legislation at-this session. Included among the will face the task of disposing of several measures of importance measures which must be further considered before they are to the chemical industry of the country. written into law are the Longworth dyestuffs bill, the army

Debate on the Treaty of Peace was an effective barrier to reorganization bill, and tariff measures dealing with sulfur and final action on many measures and many others were held up pyrites, potash, barium chemicals, wood chemicals, starch, because of the refusal of Republican leaders in the Senate to talc and soapstones, and chromium compounds.