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Hours in a dentist's chair are in themselves unpleasant, but they bring a sense of security, of satisfaction that time could not be better spent. Now comes the word from Germany that these visits are the causes of new misery. Some time ago, Professor Stock, famed Berlin chemist, published an article on the dangers of using amalgam* for fillings. One Professor His then decided to study the problem in his medical clinic. He took a group of workmen who had contact with mercury in their daily occupation, a group of patients whose only contact with mercury...
...Hugh Stott Taylor of Princeton University, in the opinion of his chemist-colleagues, has been engaged in research which was the "most original," and the "most stimulating to further research." Accordingly, he received last week the Nichols Medal, coveted by all chemists. Industrial problems had suggested to Dr. Taylor the study of catalytic agents-those substances which accelerate, retard, or even cause chemical change, while remaining themselves unchanged. Catalytic agents are used to vulcanize rubber. Chemist Taylor's experiments have been with substances which prevent rubber from rotting, dyed materials from fading, oil from becoming rancid...
...Monds, originally a Jewish family from Cassel, Germany, have fixed themselves most solidly in the industrial and political life of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The first Mond in England was Ludwig (1839-1909), great chemist, who migrated in 1862 and five years later became a naturalized British subject. First he worked in a chemical factory. A fellow worker was John Tomlinson Brunner (1842-1919). They formed the partnership which became Brunner, Mond & Co., and which has long dominated the British chemical industry. Brunner's second son, Roscoe, chairman of the company, killed himself and his wife a year...
...chemist of the future will turn from his humble task of providing the conveniences of life and gain control of life itself. He may mold stature and character as the sculptor molds his clay...
Fuel Acids. Chemist H. C. Mougy of the General Motors research staff pointed out that the U. S. oil industry could save 50 millions per annum in refining costs if motor designers could safeguard motors against fuels containing a higher percentage of sulphur than is now left in good grade gasoline. Motor designers aim to protect motors from sulphuric acid corrosion by eliminating condensation of the water vapor from burning fuel...