Journal . ned that Sheffield Universityprovided quite as good a training as the conti-nental one Dr. Prideaux had mentioned. He didnot think there was a university in the worldwhich gave such a good metallurgical was inclined to ask whether the chemist of thefuture was going to spend the greater part of histime in the laboratory or in the works. If in thesteel or blast works he did not seem satisfiedto remain a chemist. The reason was lack ofproper remuneration. His position as a chemisthad never been properly valued. Dr. Prideaux, in reply, urged that the bestincentive a man could
Journal . ned that Sheffield Universityprovided quite as good a training as the conti-nental one Dr. Prideaux had mentioned. He didnot think there was a university in the worldwhich gave such a good metallurgical was inclined to ask whether the chemist of thefuture was going to spend the greater part of histime in the laboratory or in the works. If in thesteel or blast works he did not seem satisfiedto remain a chemist. The reason was lack ofproper remuneration. His position as a chemisthad never been properly valued. Dr. Prideaux, in reply, urged that the bestincentive a man could get was a scientific interestin a problem. If a man in a works had atheoretical problem to investigate he would seethe business aspect of it fast enough in the interestof his employers. The best thing would be tofollow a university trairung with two years in atechnical high school, but that course was toolong and expensive and therefore they had to fallback upon practical pohtics, at all events Vol TLXXrr., no. 10.] OBITUARY. 1.—GENERAL PLANT; MACHINERY. 637 The Shore Scleroscope. Mr. ) ( gnvi a description of theShore Sclei-osrope, iiiiil ileinoiistrateil its is particuliirly in (;augin);; the liardness ofcase-liartltiu-il st«el parts. Briefly, thi- instrumentIoiisLsts of a .small hainiuer, the striking face ofwhich is a tliaiiiund. The hammer is .allowed (ofall a certain distniioe (.alioiit ten inches) down avertical j^lass tuhe on to llu- to !»• the back of the glass tube is a scale dividedinto 1-tO divisions, the figur«^ of 100 representinga well hardenetl tool steel. After striking thematerial under test, the hainnier rebounds andthe height of reboiiml as read olt on the scaleut the back of tube is the hardness number. illustration of the instrument aiipears onthe preceding page. Obituary. O. A. B. TENNANT. Second Lieutenant (. A. K. Teunant, who waskilled near Ypres un .May 0th, was educated atlOl
Size: 1390px × 1797px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectchemist, bookyear1882
