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THE Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society has been established for nearly three years; during this period the Society has been very prosperous, both as regards the number of its members and the importance of the papers read at its monthly meetings. The members were fortunate enough to secure the services of Mr. Lowthian Bell as their first president, and of several experienced gentle men as members of the committee, a fact which must have contributed materially to their success. The papers which have been read before the Society since its commencement, relate, as might be expected, principally to technical chemistry and analysis. Amongst them we find Mond βOn the Recovery of Sulphur from Alkali Waste,β followed by an interesting discussion. Dr. Lunge has contributed several valuable papers to the volume; they are chiefly abstracts of the more important analytical methods published on the Continent. The papers on the analysis of technical products constitute the principal part of the book, the number of those on original subjects being very small. The inaugural address by Mr. Bell contains an interesting historical sketch of the various chemical manufactures on the banks of the Tyne, showing how rapidly they have grown, until they have now reached an enormous magnitude. There is also a paper by Mr. Clapham on the commencement of the manufacture of soda on the Tyne, which contains a sketch of the difficulties that had to be overcome by the founders of this industry. Among the other papers may be mentioned several by Dr. Wright, and one by Mr. Swan, describing an improved form of anemometer.
Transactions of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society.
Vol I. (1868β1871.)
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P., A. Transactions of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society . Nature 4, 284 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004284b0
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