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Approximately 100 members of the Chemistry Department attended the lecture by Professor James W. McBain of the University of England on "Adsorption and Sorption" given yesterday afternoon in Boylston 9. He described the action of lubricants in modern machinery and said that only a very small percentage of the oil applied is actually of service and absorbed...
...absorptive power of charcoal for gases. It has been only in very recent years that its importance has been realized when absorption has been responsible for dyeing cloth with ease and economy, and gas masks were invented, depending solely on the principle of the absorption qualities of charcoal. Professor McBain exhibited very many interesting examples of dyeing showing very peculiar colors and shapes that resulted from tests applied to find the absorption qualities of commercial dyes...
Professor James W. McBain of the University of Bristol, England, will speak in Boylston 9 at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. His subject will be "Adsorption and Sorption". Professor McBain delivered the address at the dedication of the new Brown University Chemical Laboratory and delivered a course of lectures there for two weeks...
Professor McBain holds the professorship for colloidal chemistry established by Lord Leverhulme. He has gained the reputation of being the greatest living authority on colloidal chemistry...
Before returning to England Professor McBain will speak at Yale, Princeton, and one or two smaller colleges...