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Jan 1, 1947

Jan 1, 1887

By Charles A. Schaeffer

IN the early part of last year I received a small amount of powdered mineral from Williamson County, Texas, to be examined for silver. The specimen proved to be limestone, slightly colored

Jan 1, 1883

Plans are now being made for the formation of the American Meteorological Society, which has for its object the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of meteorology and climatology said the broadening of their applications in public health, agriculture engineering, industry and commerce. Information regarding the society may be obtained from Charles F. Brooks, Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C.

Jan 12, 1919

By E. Gybbon Spilsbury

In a paper* read at the last meeting of the Institute, in Scranton, Pa., I referred to the proposed introduction at the Haile gold-mine, South Carolina, of a novel method of chlorination. I have since

Jan 1, 1888

Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo Museum of Science, Humboldt Park, Buffalo, N Y. Of the many scientific bulletins issued by the Society only one of those now available is of particular interest in this directory. Vol 7 (1901), Bulletin 1, Guide to the geology and paleontology of Niagara Falls and vicinity, by A. W. Grabau, $1 unbound or $2 bound. The bulletins are distributed through the Research Librarian at the above address

Jan 1, 1933

By D. J. Sellmyer

In order to orient single crystals by the back-reflection method it is necessary to know the angles between the various crystallographic planes. These angles have already been published for the hexagonal close-packed metals magnesium, zinc, and cadmium.'

Jan 1, 1965

The following list contains the names of members of whose deaths notices have been printed in MINING AND METALLURGY during the year ending April 1, 1939. Biographical sketches published in MINING AND METALLURGY are indicated in the last two columns.

Jan 1, 1944

Jan 1, 1949

By Ellison C. Means

Many Virginia furnaces are troubled with a small percentage of zinc in their stock, this element being present, although the chemist may have failed to report it, either in the ore or in the limestone.

Jan 1, 1889

By R. W. Heckel

It has been shown previously that the effect of applied pressure on the density of a metal powder may be expressed by a relationship of the form:

Jan 1, 1962

Jan 1, 1938

Climax Molybdenum Co. has contracted with the Government to operate its property at Climax, Colo. at maximum capacity for five years. Substitution of synthetic lubricants, polyalkylene glycols and their derivatives, for petroleum products in certain industrial applications is yielding substantial savings in production costs and improved operation of mechanical equipment.

Jan 1, 1951

For the year ending February, 1919 PRESIDENT SIDNEY J. JENNINGS NEW YORK, N. Y. PAST PRESIDENTS L. D. RICKETTS, NEW YORK, N. Y. PHILIP N. MOORE ST. Louis, Mo. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT C. W. GOODALE, BUTTE, MONT. TREASURER GEORGE C. STONE, NEW YORK, N. Y. SECRETARY EMERITUS ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, NEW YORK, N. Y. SECRETARY BRADLEY STOUGHTON NEW YORK, N. Y.

Jan 11, 1918

Jan 1, 1938

By H. B. C. Nitze

Monazite is a phosphate of the rare earths, cerium, lantha num, and didymium (Ce, La, Di)PO,. It also contains thoria (Tho,) and silica, which are present in varying percentages, probably as impurities.

Jan 1, 1896

James W. Neill, Salt Lake City, Utah: Mr. Keller observes, in his interesting paper, that his copper mattes show a constant tenor of 21 to 23 per cent. sulphur; and continues," Many of these analy-

Jan 1, 1894

Jan 1, 1910

A Progress Report of The Engineering Foundation, which is a history of the Foundation and a report of its activities, has been printed. A limited number may be obtained by members of the Institute by writing to the office of the Institute or to the Secretary of the Foundation.

Jan 11, 1919

New Mexico School of Mmes, and State Bureau of Mmes and Mineral Resources, Socorro, N. M E. H Wells, President and Director Available publications of the State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources of the New Mexico School of Mines are: Bulletin 4, Fluorspar in New Mexico (1928), 60 cents; 5, Geologic

Jan 1, 1933