Science: All Chemistry

To Columbus, Ohio, seat of Ohio State University, there swarmed last week a swarm of some 2,000 chemists−the 77th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. To the public, chemistry is chemistry. To initiates there are dozens of kinds of chemistry. All kinds were represented and talked about at Columbus: Organic chemistry and physical chemistry; photochemistry, electrochemistry; medicinal, biological, agricultural and food, cellulose, boiler-room, petroleum chemistry.

Some of the matters discussed and propounded at Columbus:

Dr. Treat Baldwin Johnson told of studies in the causes of cell growth...

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