Science: Chemists

Last week, at Los Angeles, the American Chemical Society held its 70th annual convention.

Matter. Two years ago, Dr. Willis R. Whitney, head researcher for the General Electric Co., addressed the Society on The Vacuum—There's Something in It. Last week his title was Matter—Is there Anything in It? Very little, was the answer. Though a drop of water contains some three billion trillion (21 ciphers) hydrogen atoms, there is little that is really "solid" present. If each atom became as large as a raindrop, "they would cover the earth with a foot of water."...