Dr. Maximilian Toot, an American gentleman of a singularly versatile nature, has-been in Shanghai this wack on his _Wway to Peking at the invitation of the Chinese Government to give, a E: ries of ectires at the Peking technical College. Dr. Tech ig the vice president "of Alessrs. Toah vos, the well known New York anuiacturers of paints. colours
Cooper Union Professor of In-varnishes, and be also is the dustrial Chemistry, and an export in photography and cement processes. Formerly he was Sident of the Now York Chemiste' Club and his attainments bhava gained him recognition also} in Great Britain, where he is Fellow of tha Royal Photograghic Society, a Fellow of the Chemical Society. 'a. vice-presid-out of the Paint & Varnish So ciety of London and a. vice-pre sident of the London Society. of Chemical Industry.
Even those not _particwtarly with commdreinl mat.
know that one of the mos valuable of China's uro duets is wood oil, or, to sive it the proper name, tung oil, one the component parts of Tech Bros'. wares.
expone under thix rail average $100,000,000 a year, Wit fas. is the case with so mans things in China, the industry is managed in stich a crude Way) hat it. ix on the road to, extine. tion. Already, in America, ex-Rerimiental aréag have been est Ablished With i view to transfer. ring thy industry to thas coun-fey. but tha Chines. for ence showing a degree of advance. ment, have appealed to Dr. Tach, who wrote the first treatise on th subject, to explain them the most up-to-date methods of clarifying, refining, shipping 00d] and every ig else te sla with the industry. Dr. Tech says that there is no doubt that, un: Tse the Chinese ncquive some such infermtien and. act upon ft, they will Tone this He bw this country. He Fins) ted to dor 30, but say9)
ree of the rave mater ar fo widely parated and the means of trans.) portation so slow and uncertain] that the finished "nrodnct can be shippd from other countries mora spenlily and cheaply. than it could be manufactured here.
YROM COLOUR TO CHEMISTRY, In Peking Dr. Tech will
cement, photography, colours "and pigment, varnishes, oils and.' industrial chemistry. So fay no arrangements have been made regarding Shanghai, but Mr. J. J. Keegan, the firm's special representative here, hopes to arrange with enggineering and other societies for course of lectures. Dr. Tech also proposes to investigate the Chinese cement industry, which he tis greatly interest, During the interview a casual ro. mark happened to be mide regarding the carious effect China mud seems to have on motor ear mudguards, apparenity eating into them.' Dr. Tech was all in: terest in a minute and said would make some experiments under. that head, 7s0, Daring the Great War, Dr. Tech wae appointed chief of the United States camouflage s: rvice and he superintended fie eamon: flinging of one-fifth of the American ships and all the fortifientions., Ho tells some. very interesting stories of this work and says that he would not have ex-hanged that' 18 inionths Experi. ence for all his previous Tit, as. it was the most fascinating employment ho could imagine.
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