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Excerpt from Proceedings, 1919, Vol. 1: Report of the Council for the Year Ending 3rd March, 1919; Financial Statements for 1918; Building Fund; Proceedings of the Council (Dec. 1918-Jan/1919)
The Council of the Institute in presenting this Report cannot refrain from expressing their thankfulness on the victory of the Allied Arms and the prospect of peace. Before, however, dealing with the work of the Institute during the past year, the Council desire to place on record a brief resume of those activities connected with the war in which the Insti tute, its Fellows and Associates, and British chemists generally have taken a part.
In September, 1914, the question of securing adequate supplies of chemical reagents, laboratory glass and porcelain, and filter paper claimed the early attention of the Institute and the Society of Public Analysts. Joint meetings of the Councils of the two bodies were held to consider the matter. A Committee from the two bodies was formed to deal with the question of reagents, and a List of Reagents for Analytical Purposes, with notes indicating the standard of purity regarded as necessary for analytical work, was produced and circu lated to manufacturers, some of whom undertook to provide reagents complying with the tests prescribed.
In October, I914, the Council of the Institute appointed a Glass Research Committee, the primary object of which was to provide formulas for the manufacture of laboratory ware. Their work was subsequently extended to embrace many other varieties of glass and has continued until practically the date of the armistice. The valuable results attained arefamiliar to the Members of the Institute from the reports which have appeared in the Proceedings from time to time.
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