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FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: June 29 -July 3, 1936 DOC#: WRG021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1936 American Society for Testing Materials Annual Meeting Opening Session Notes THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING 0? AMERICAN SOCIETY POE ' TESTING MATERIALS. ATLANTIC CITY. '-JUKE S-JULY ' Queuing S essio n and Marburg Lecture At the 'fir s t session ," h e ld a t 10:30 a .n . on June 30, 1 5 3 , the Secretary-Treasurer presented the Report of the r e c u r ir e Committee, and th e P r e sid e n t, H .S.V assar, d e liv e r e d an a d d r e s s . e n t it le d ; "The T estin g o f Non-M aterials". R eprints o f t h e s e are available. . H. P . Parmalee, E d ito r, Engineering" and Mining J o u r n a l, read a paper on " R elationsh ip o f A.S.T.M. to Modern D evelopm ents in Chemical Engineering". This was a very general r e v ie w 'd e a lin g mainly w ith p la s t ic s which were d ivid ed ln to three groups: (1) c e l l u lo se d eriv a tiv es,. (2) sy n th etic resin s, and'(3) rubber d e r iv a tiv e s . and ru b ber-lik e compounds. Mention was a ls o cade, o f carbon as a m aterial o f co n stru ctio n , o f the new d eterg en ts, and o f m e ta ls and a llo y s . In d is c u s s in g the la t t e r , p a r tic u la r m ention was "made of tellu riu m le a d , fo r which th ere was claim ed g r e a te r t e n s i l e strength and. more r e s is t a n c e to fa tig u e and corrosion .than was found in other chem ical le a d s . The paper i s p rin ted in f u l l in th e July B u lletin o f A.S.T.M. . The Marburg Lecture was d e liv e r e d by Dr. Arthur L. Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie I n s titu tio n o f on Ju?y 1 s t. The su b ject was: "Developing American G lass ' outlining the h isto ry o f the development of the g la ss indu the-United S ta te s, Dr. Day used many personal ex p erien ces illu str a te the various sta g es in th is development. It was o f 191^-1913 which stim u la te d American research which le d important advances. P a r tic u la r mention was made o f th e d a cent of Pyrex g la ss and glass-m aking machinery. The pour 4 the 2G0-iach mirror for the Mount Wilson Observatory was d Several r e e ls of n o tio n p ic tu r e s and numerous s lid e s were o st el cf ssed v .. *0 >$ * c. J> '9:,'P " tro in no- u X p O --^ b appihdix i . - - i . Interviews _ A.S.T.H. Annual Heetlnr, 1?~6. *X1 *' --u - * B radley Dewey, P r e s i d e n t , Dewey and A iry C l e r i c a l " ~ Company, Cambridge, Haas. I lad. an op p ortu n ity to ta lk to Hr. Dewey a f t e r th e n e stin g of Committee G -l on Cement'. His company u sed t o own th e Multibeatos Co., which they r e ce n tly so ld .to the R aybestos-. Manhattan group, and con sid erab le work on asb esto s has been done in t h e i r la b o r a to r ie s, which, I was g iv e n t o understand, are w e l l eq u ip p ed and have a s t a f f .of about 60 . They have been s p e c i a l ! r i n g i n co llo id a l phenocena w ith p a r tic u la r regard-to d isp e r sio n and' w ettin g . Hr. Dewey. m entioned, th a t they were doing some work fo r I JohnE -hanville, and i t wan h i s opinion th a t the s u b j e c t . o f d u s t f would soon be one o f the most important- problems in th e a s b e s t o s . / in d u stry. He thought th a t t h is dust was d e f in it e ly harm ful', th e (; Russian.asbestos being, perhaps the worst in th is r e s p e c t. For the !/ present th is information (or opinion) should be kept c o n fid e n tia l* "} A cordial in v it a tio n to . v i s i t t h e ir la b o ra to rie s was e x te n d e d . ...2',.., Hr. E.H. .G reid er. -D ir e c to r --o f:Researcb, -P h ilip Caret* - -. - - ' Hanufacturning Co., Lockland," Ohio".- . - * . . . Hr. C-reider gave a paper (w ith G.A. F a so la ): "C om parison o f Abrasion Test Hethods fo r embedding of granular m in era l s u r - . facing-on Asphalt -Roofing"i at the sessio n devoted to Bitum inous M aterials. A fter the s e s s io n I had a-short ch a tw itja him , d-uring- 'which he to ld me th a t t h e ir work c o n siste d mainly o f t e s t i n g amd in vestigation s r e la tiv e to the procuota they m anufacture. There - ' was p r a o tic a lly no resea ro h on f i b r e . Hr. Greider s t a t e d t h a t t h e reports which we is s u e to th e Producers fin d t h e ir way t o h is ' o f f ic e v ia Hr. Spafford. . . 3. Hr. G.A. A l b e r t , P h e n o l i t e Di via ion, F a tte n all- V u l c a n i n e d ...',,"7 ' ~ ` Fibre Co., Henneth Square, Penn. ' Had'a t a l k w i t h t h i s man while v*yaiting f o r cne o f t h e subcommittee meetings to b e g i n . His company uses c o n s i d e r a b l e a s b e s to s , but would l i k e t o use more because cf i t s r e s i s t a n c e t o heat and d e t e r i o r a t i o n - i n g e n e r a l . ' The ' e l e c t r i c a l i n s u l a t i o n p r o p e r tie s would have, to be improved, however. , They, w ould b e glaxi to discuss, th is problem a t any tim e. * 7 V. .Hr. J .S . Adams, B a k e l i t e C o r p o r a tio n , ,Bound Brook, Hio company, Hr. Adams s t a t e d , , was very much i n t e r e s t e d in the uoo of a s b e s to s as a f i l l e r . He suggested t h a t a v i s i t t o t h e i r p la n t and an I n t e r v i e w w ith Hr. 7.7. Zeinian would b e mutually advantageous. .