International Journal or Small-Town Newspaper?

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (11), p 1476
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1476
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1999

Abstract

The back pages of issues in Volumes 1-9 contained Local Activities and Opportunities (later called Contemporary News in Chemistry and Education), which posted summaries of goings-on in chemistry departments, ACS sections, and foreign scientific organizations. These news clips are valuable sources of anecdotal information from the 1920s and early 1930s.

Contests Revisited

Only one brave soul responded to last April's challenge. To refresh everyone else's memory, From Past Issues reprinted a diagram from the What Is Wrong Here? series of 1929 and 1930. The picture showed a faulty laboratory set-up for the synthesis of nitric acid. The contest alsoasked for suggestions for the identities of "chlorazene" and the "corrosive sublimate", used in the Spriggins' family hen house in the skit Chemistry Saves the Day.

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From Past Issues
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