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THE Society of Chemical Industry has done wisely in following the example of the Chemical Society in initiating the compilation and issue of annual reports. on the progress of the various sections of applied chemistry dealt with in its journal. Its action is most opportune, for there can be no question that such a publication, if well and judiciously carried out, will have a profound effect on the development of that branch of technology which it is the special function of the society to foster. Valuable as the present volume undoubtedly is, we venture to think it furnishes only a partial indication of what such a work, if loyally supported, is destined to become., It would not be fair to its projectors to infer its ultimate character from the issue before us. It is confessedly incomplete, and covers only a portion of the sections of the classification followed in the societys journal. This has, no doubt, arisen from the circumstance that many of those best qualified to report on the missing sections have, owing to the special conditions of the time, been wholly engaged upon more pressing occupations. Indeed, this circumstance has probably reacted upon the production of the work generally, and is a sufficient explanation of its somewhat belated appearance. It was a bold venture to carry out such an undertaking in circumstances so unpropitious, and the editor and the Publication Committee are to be congratulated on the measure of success that has attended their efforts under such untoward conditions.
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The Society of Chemical Industry and the Progress of the Chemical Arts . Nature 99, 307–308 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099307a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/099307a0