Maison de la Chimie, Paris

Abstract

THE inauguration of the Maison de la Chimie by the President of the French Republic, which had been postponed for a month owing to the assassination of the King of Yugoslavia at Marseilles, took place on December 1. An international gathering of unusual brilliance witnessed this important step towards the co-ordination of scientific endeavour. Twenty-four countries were represented, and among the delegates from Great Britain were Prof. H. E. Armstrong (Royal Society and Federal Council of Chemistry), Mr. W. A. S. Calder (Institution of Chemical Engineers), Prof. C. S. Gibson (Royal Society), Dr. T. A. Henry (Wellcome Research Institution), Mr. Emile Mond (Federal Council of Chemistry and Chemical Society), Sir Robert Robertson (British Government), Mr. Richard Smith, Mr. Edwin Thompson and Prof. J. F. Thorpe (Institute of Chemistry), Mr. Thomas Pearson, of the International Chamber of Commerce and Sir Robert Cahill of the British Embassy. An excellent copy of the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence of Sir Humsphrey Davy was given to the “Maison de la Chimie” by a group of English chemists, whilst Mr. and Mrs. Emile Mond presented a replica of the bust of Faraday, the original of which is at the Royal Institution.