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FILE NAME: Kohler (KOH) DATE: 1933 DOC#: KOH002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Bulletin - American Ceramic Society r of the American Ceramic Society , , A Monthly Publication Devoted to Proceedings of the Society Discussions of Plant Problems Discussions of TechnicalScientific, and Art Questions, and Promotion of Cooperative Research V o i. 12, 1 9 3 3 JULY-DECEMBER Edited by the Secretary of the Society, Ross C. P urdy Assisted , ( E m ily C. V a n Schoick ? j M ary J. Radclite Assisted by the following officers of the Industrial Divisions: . X.. E. B arringer E. deF. Curtis A. I. Andrews W. N . H arrison H. H. Blau 5 . R. Scholhs C. H. Brown C. H. Peodrice. J r. Enamel J Materials and f Equipment R. A . Heikcl R. B . Sosu AN J. O. Everhart W. C. Ruecicel R. F . Grady, J r. H. E . Davis Louis N avtas R. F . GelLer | Refractories Structural Clay Products j- Terra Cotta J- White Wares Officers of the Society Trustees John C. H ostbttbr. President Corning; Glass Works, Com ing, N . Y. L. J. Trostel, Vice-President General Refractories Co., Baltimore. Md. H. B. Henderson, Treasurer 1445 Sum m it S t , Columbus, Ohio R o ss C. PURDY, General Secretary and Editor . V. Esxbsek E. P. Posts C. L, Seeking W. C. Lindenann F . C. Flint V, V. Kelsey J- M . M cKinley R. B. Kefuncbr R. L. Clare D . P . F orst Committee an Publications: L ou is N avxas, Chairman; M . F. Beec h es, L. J . T rostel. R . M . K ing, R oss C. P urdy Editorial and Advertising Offices: 2525 N orth High Street, Columbus. Ohio Publication Office: 20th and Northampton Streets, Easton. Pa. NOTES AND NEWS SILICOSIS Racketeer lawyers and doctors have added to industrial hazards the liability of unwarranted financial losses, as thoujh it were not bad enough to have the possibility of workmen contracting silicosis in spite of every possible warning and precaution. Silicosis and all other lung troubles classified under the more general term "pneumoconiosis" have, no doubt, always afflicted those who were at all active in factories, in streets, cr on farms. Science and science methods have disclosed these lung troubles. An accumulation of data and case histories has made more evident the causes and results. With increasing facilities and the acquisition of authentic scientifically exact observations there has been on the par: of plan: managers a growing sense of responsi bility and the need for protective devices for their em ployees. As a reward for these humanitarian disclosures and efforts, the rackeleering lawyers and doctors have seen the chance for making easy money. It behooves every ceramic manufacturer to prepare a defense against silicosis damage suits. The plant must be as free from fine air floating dust as is possible and the men m ust be warned and provided with dust masks. But these precautions are not sufficient. The plant managers must be prepared to show medical and X-ray records. .is further evidence1 of the seriousness with which the scientists have studied the matter of silicosis the following one hundred and thirty-five references are given from a report by H. X. Pancoast and E. P. Pendergrass.* Con cerning these references the authors make the following statement: The references we have been obliged to consult were very numerous. The literature during the past lew years has been replete with articles dealing with the various phases of dust inhalation, Wc are obliged to restrict our list of references to those articles which present particular points of interest to the roentgenologist. We have been obliged to om it many of the references included in our previous presentations. References E. Arnould. Is anthracosis a disease entity? Preste mid., 37, 1624-26 (1929). C. B ackasi. Studies of Industrial Hygiene Ho. 13. Notes on a fine type of fibrous pneumoconiosis produced by silicates and other minerals. .Extract from Rept. of Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales, for year ended Dec. 31, 1927. C. Badham. H. E. G. R aynbr. and H. D. Broose. Studies in Industrial Hygiene N o. 12. Dust sampling in Sydney sandstone industries. Ibid. J. B. Brreto. P. Drijocer. J. L. Finn, ano R. M. Thomson. M asks and respirators for protection against dusts and fumes. Jour. Ind. Hye-, 9, 26-41 (1927). T . H . B elt. Pathology of silicosis of the lung. Can. Pub. Health Jour.. 20, 494-509 (1929). 1 See Editorial on "The Silicosis Racket,'* Bull. Amer. Ceram. S o c . 12 {5!. 127-34 (1933). 1 Am er. Jour. Roenttenology and Radium Therapy, Vol. X X V I. No. 4. October (1931). J. J. Bloomfield. Study of efficiency of dust-removal systems in granite-cutting plants. Pub. Health Rept -u 2505-22 (1929). ' M. G. Bohrod. Pulmonary siderosis; two cases with reticulo endothelial siderosis. Arch. Path., 10, 179-96 (1930). G. C. Brine and A. R-- R iddell. Personal communi cation. H. M. Carleton. Effects produced by inhalation of haematite and iron dusts in guinea pigs. Jour. H yr.. 26. 227-34 (1927). W. I. Clare. Dust hazard in abrasive industry; second study. Jour. Ind. H y[., 11, 92-96 (1929). E. H. Culver. Progress and present status of indus trial hygiene in the Union of S. Africa. Ibid.. 11, 194-215 (1929) . International Silicosis Conference. Jour. Med. Assn. .S'. Africa. Sept., 1930. E. L. Collis. Annual Report Chief Inspection of Factories and Work Shops for England and Wales, 1910. (Quoted by Simson.) Statistical characteristics of dust phthisis (pulmonary silicosis). Jour. Ind. H yt., 8, 457-65 (1926). E. L. Collis and J. C. Gilchrist. Effects of dust upon coal trimmers. Ibid., 10, 101--10 (192S). E. L. Collis and K. W. Goadsy. Dust inhalation and iron ore mining. Ibid., 12, 266-80 (1930). W. E. Cooke. Fibrosis of the lungs due to the inhala tion of asbestos dust, Brit. Med. Jour., 2, 14" (1924), Pulmonary asbestosis. Ibid., 2, 1024-25 (1927). Asbes tos dust and the curious bodies found in pulmonarv as bestosis. Ibid.. 2, 5TS-S0 (1929). Correspondence. Jour. Amer. Med. .4jin., 95. 2S8 (1930) . S. L. Cummins. Effects of coal dust upon the silicotic lung. Jour. Path, o' Boot., 30, 615-19 (1927). Editorial. Brit. Med. Jour., 2. 504 (1929). L. Edljng. Contributions to roentgenology of pul monary anthracosis. A cut radial., 6, 369-90 (1926). J. E wing. Neoplastic Diseases. 2d ad. W. B. Saun ders Co.. Philadelphia and London, 1922. p. 808, J. W. Fshnel. Study of silica dust in hard rock drilling in New York City. Jour. Ind. f/yg., IL, 69-81 (1929).. B. M. Fried. Origin of histiocytes (macrophages) in the lungs; an experimental study by use of intratracheal injections of vital stain. Arch. Path, d Lab. Med., 3, 751-67 (1927). L. U. Gardner. Studies on relation of minimal dusts to tuberculosis. I. Relatively early lesions in experi mental pneumakoniosis produced by granite and their influence on pulmonary tuberculosis. Ainmhearl.aRtieotnt. Tuberc., 4, 734 (1920). Appendix on Pathological Studies. U. S. Pub. Health Bull.. No. 187 (July- 1929)- U. S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Studies on experimental pneumokomosis. V. Reactivation of heal ing primary tubercles in the lung by inhalation of quartz, granite, and carborundum duscs. Amer. Rev. Tuberc., 20, 833-75 (1929). Will inhalation of siliceous dusts activate a partially healed focus of tuberculous infection? Experi mental study. Pub. Health Rept., 45, 282-88 (1930). S. R. Glovnh, Presence of asbestos fiber in lesions of asbestos workers. Tubercle, 10, 404-407 (1929). Re action of tissues to asbestos fiber, with reference to pul m ona A. r y a L. s be C stosi ray s . a Ib nd i d ., J . 1 1 , 1 L. 5 1T 53 ab (1 b. 9 30). Pne u m o c o n i o s i s ; report of cases. Va. Med. Month., 49, 647-49 (1923). W. E. G ye and E. H. K ettle. Pathology of miners' phthisis. Lancet, 2, 855-56 (1922). W. E. Gyk and W. J. Purdy, poisonous properties of colloidal silica; effects of parenteral administration of large doses. Brit. Jour. Expt. Path., 1, 75-85 (1922). Poisonous properties of colloidal silica; effects of repeated NOTES AND NEWS A. E- Russell. Personal communication. Dust and rtitmonarv disease. Jour, .inter. Med. A n n .. 95, 1714-17 Fl930) A. E. Russell. R. H. Britten, L. R. T hompson, and j. J. Bloomfield. Health workers in dusty trades. If. jposurc to siliceous dust (granite industry). L'. S. pub. Health Bu.1.. No. 1ST (July. 1929). R. R. S a v ers Lr. S. Bur. Mines Circulars, Nos. 6039, 5196, 6245, 64139. Silicosis among miners. L`. S. Bur. Alices Tech. Paper, No. 372. R. R. Sayers and F. V. M eriwether. Miliary lung disease due to unknown cause. Pub. Health Rept., 45, 2994-3009 (1930). A. Schlossmann. Anthracosis and tuberculosis. Klin. Wochschr., 5, 1736-87 (1926); abstracted in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 87. 1955 (1926). H. E- Seiler. Case of pneumoconiosis; result of in fla tio n oi asbestos du st.' Brit. Med. Jour., 2, 982 (1923). F. W. Simson. Pulmonary asbestosis in S. Africa. 3rf. Med. Jour., 1, 385-37 (1928). A. R. Smith. Silicosis among the rock drillers, blasters, ind excavators in New York City. Jour. Jnd. H yg., 11, 29-69 (1929). Personal communication. W. S. Smith a n d E. L. Collis. Report on mar.ufac- :ure of silica brick. H. M. Stationery Office, 191". Quoted by Heffeman.) H. F. Smyth and H. F. Smyth. Jr. Spray painting aazards as determined by the Pennsylvania and the 1N6a3t-i2o1n4al(1S9a2f8e)t.y Council surveys. Jour. Ind. Hyg,, 10, W. B. Soper. Pulmonary asbestosis; report of a case ind a review. Amer. Re?. Tubctc., 22, 571-84 (1930). South African Silicosis Act. experiences in administra tion oi. Ind. Doctor. 2, 124 (1925). J. V S p .v r r s . Personal communication. Spray painting in Pennsylvania. Dept. Labor and Industry. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. HarrisDurg, Special Bull.. No. 16 (1926). M. J. Stewart and A. C. Haddow. Demonstration at the peculiar bodies of pulmonary asbestosis ("asbestos bodies ') in material obtained by lung puncture and in the rputum. Jour. Path. B ad.. 52, 172 (1929). The imme diate diagnosis of pulmonary asbestosis at necropsy. 3rit. Med Jour.. 2, 509 (192S). C. L. Sutherland and S. B ryson. Occurrence of disease oi the lungs from dust inhalation in the slate industry in the Gwyrfaj District. H. M. Stationery Office. 1930. Abstracted in Jour. Ind. Hyg , 12, 199 (1930). N . T attersaLl. Occurrence and clinical manifesta tions of silicosis among bard ground workers in coal mines. Jour. Ind. K yi-. 8, 466-50 (1926). L. R. Thompson and R K, Britten. Silica dust hazard in granite cutting industry. Ibid.. 12, 123-47 (1930). L. R- T hompson and D. K. Brundage. Study of exposure to calcium dusts generated in the manufacture of Portland cement. Ibid., 11, 132-93 (1929). Respira tory diseases in a Portland cement plant. Ibid., 11,266-77 (1929). L. R. Thompson, D. K. Brundage, A- E. R ussell, and J. J. Bloomfield. Health of workers in a Portland cement plant. U. S. Pub. Health Bull., No. 176 (April, 1928). J. M. Wajnwkight and H. J. N ichols. Relation be tween anthracosis and pulmonary tuberculosis. Amer. Jour. Med. Set.. 130, 386-99 (1905). W. WatxinS-Pitcmford. Silicosis of S. African gold mines, and changes produced in it by legislative and administrative efforts. Jour. Ind. Hy&.. 19, 109'-39 (1927). Diagnosis of silicosis. Med. Jour. Australia. 2, 382-84 (1923). A. H. Watt. L. G. Irvine, J. P. Johnson, and W. Stewart. Silicosis (Miners' Phthisis) in the Witwatersrand. Miners' Phthisis Prevention Comm, of S. Africa. Pretoria, Appendix No. 6. 1916. T. W edekind. Anthracosis and pulmonary tubercu losis. Klin. Wachschr., 7, S90--95 (192S); abstracted in Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 91, 214 (1928). H. S. Willis. Pulmonary effect of over three years' exposure of guinea pigs to silica dust, Amer. Ren. Tuberc.. 17, 253-67 (1928). Pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis. Medicine, 4, 413-506 (1930), C.-E. A. W inslow and L. GreenbUrc. Study of dust hazard in wet and dry grinding shops of an ax factory. Pub. Health Rept., Oct. 8, 1920. (Quoted by Russell. Britten. Thompson, and Bloomfield.) W. B. Wood. Pulmonary asbestosis: radiographic appearances in skiagrams of the chests of workers in asbestos. Tubercle, 10, 353-63 (1929). W. B. Wood and S. R. Gloyne. Pulmonary asbes tosis. Lancet, 1, 445--48 (1930). W. B. Wood and D. S. Pace. Case of pulmonary asbestosis. Tubercle. 10, 457-60 (1929). Workmen's Compensation Act, Ontario, with .Amend ments to 1923, Toronto, 1928. CERAMIC SCHOOL NOTES NEW YORX STATE COLLEGE OF CERAMICS AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY Dedication Exercises for the New Ceramic Building, at Alfred, New York, June 12, 1933 Introductory Remarks by Dean Major E. Holm es I should like to call attention to the background of these dedication ceremonies which our friends have made pos sible for us to arrange for today. The New York State College of Ceramics, recently d e rated ,to that status from the status of a school, is the only institution in New York devoted to higher education in cerxnv.cs. For the current year its enrollment is 247. this figure representing a 40% increase over that of the preceding year. There is a staff of twelve instructors, each a specialist in his line of work. The Colfegc is or ganized on the basis of three departments, that of General Technology and Engineering, Glass Technology, and Ce ramic Art. The courses of study embrace all fields of the ceramic industries m their three essential aspects of tech nology. engineering, and art. The school now consists of three buildings including the new one to be dedicated to day, and affords 40,000 square feet of floor space devoted to lecture rooms and laboratories. New, up-to-date equipment worth 340,000 has been installed in this new building during the past year and 515,000 worth will be installed in the coming year. This large expansion program of the past year has more a c t iv it ie s of t h e so c ie t y . "WIN W ITH W ISD O M " CORPORATION M EM BERS* Paid Corporation Members of the American Ceramic Society yi. Engineering Co.. 50 Church St., New York. N. Y. ri. F. Kleinfcldt) Spark Plug Co , Flint, Mich. (T. G. McDougal) on Porcelain Co., Akron. Ohio {F. W. Butler) encan Encaustic Tiling Co.. Zanesville, Ohio (H. F. jew) encan Gas Assn., 420 Lexington Ave.. New York, N. Y. C. G- Segeler) encan Lava Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn. (P. J. Kruesi) encan Potash 3c Chemical Corp., 233 Broadway, New rork, N. Y. (C. M. Dennis) .encan Rolling Mill Co.. Middletown, Ohio (F. J. Sut- ihen) erican Smelting & Renriing Co.. Maurer, N. J. (W. F. iross) erican Stove Co., 2001 S. Kingshighway Blvd,, Sti ,,cuis, Mo. (Arthur Stockstrom, Quick Meal Stove Co., St. Louis. Mo.) lsler-Morton Co., T20 Fulton Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. | ,P. L. Geer) lantic Terra Cotta Co.. Perth Amboy, N. J. (J* W. Hixson) i bcock & Wilcox Co., 130 Cedar St.. New York. N. Y. .11Brothers Co., Muncie, Ind. (G. A. Ball) dtimore Enamel fit Novelty Co., Box E-4. Baltimore Ud. (H. B. Little) lUSCh & Lomb Optical Co.. Rochester, N. Y. (Murray i Scott) i rach Enameling Co.. Coshocton, Ohio (H. L. Beach) Iden Brick Co.. Canton. Ohio (P. B. Belden) arniot Co . Canton. Ohio (B. T. Bonnot) uffaio Pottery Co., Buffalo. N. Y. {L. H. Bown) innousburg Pottery Co., Cannonsburg. Pa. (W. C, George) onton Stamping Sc Enameling Co.. Canton. Ohio (E. F, Hoerger) arborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y. (F. J. Tone) j rr-Lcwrey Glass Co.. Baltimore. Md. (C. 3 . McComas) eramic Color i Chemical Mfg. Co.. New Brighton. Pa. (\V. F. Wenning) hampion Spark Plug Co.. Ceramic Division. Butler Ave. and Grand Trank R.R., Detroit, Mich. (J. A. Jeffery) Chattanooga Stamping Sc Enameling Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. (W. T. Mahoney) '.lay Products Assn., 11 West Washington Blvd.. Chicago, III. (G. D. Lenth) Hay Products Co., lac. ol Indiana. Braxil. Ind. (George Shoemaker) Mlumbian Enameling fit Stamping Co.. Terra Haute, Ind. (W. M. Gorby) Zoors Porcelain Co.. Golden. Colo. (A. Coors. Jr.) Zorhart Refractories Co., Inc-. 16th St Lee Sts,, Louisville, Ky. (F. S. Thompson) Corning Glass Works. Coming, N. Y. (J. T. Littleton) Cortland Grinding Wheels Co., Chester, Mass. (C. B. Tilton) Crane Enameiware Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. (A. M. Nel son) Crossman Company. South Amboy, N. J. Crown Potteries Co.. Evansville, Ind. (J- P. Wendt) Detroit Electric Furnace Co.. 325 West Elizabeth St.. Detroit. Mich. (E. L. Crosby) Devilbi Mfg. Co.. Toledo. Ohio (E. F. Frey) Joseph Dixon Cruahle Co.. Jersey City, N. J. (H. P. Smith) Draken/ejd Sc Co., B. F-, 45-47 Park Place. New York, N. Y. (S. J. Courtney) Edgar Plastic Kaolin Co., Metuchen. N. J. (D. R. Edgar) Empire Steel Carp., Mansfield, Ohio (C- H. Stamm) Engelhard. Inc., Charles. 90 Chestnut S t . Newark. N. J. <W. O Hebler) %NKames of voters are in parentheses. English China Clays Sales Corp.. 551 Fifth Ave.. New York, N. Y. Eureka Flint fit Spar Co.. Box 266. Trenton, N. J. (H. D. Thropp) Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta Co.. Perth Amboy, N. J. Fostoria Glass Co.. Moundsville. W. Va. (W. F. Curtis) General Ceramics Co.. 71 West 35th St-, New York. N. V'. (P. D. Heiser) George Pottery Co., \V. S., East Palestine, Ohio (W. S. George) Giltmder Bros.. Inc.. Port Jervis. N. Y. (James Gillinder) Gladding, McBean fit Co., 660 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. (Athol! Mc3ean) Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co., 59 54th St., Maspeth. N. Y. (C. H. Tiebout) . Glenwood Range Co.. Taunton, Mass. (J. L. Anthony) Golding-Keenc Co.. Keene. N. H. (C. E- Golding) Golding Sons Co.. Trtnton Trust Bldg., Trenton, N. J. (H. P. Margerum) Great Lakes Steel Corp.. Tecumseh Rd., Encourse. De troit. Mich. (C. \V. Given) Green Fire Brick Co.. A. P.. Mexico, Mo. (Ai P. Green) Haeger Potteries. Inc.. Dundee, III. (E. H. Haeger) Hall China Co.. East Liverpool. Ohio (M. W. Thompson) Hanovia Chemical Sc Mfg. Co., Chestnut St. & N. J. R.R. Ave.. Newark. N. J. (W. Riehl) Hardinge Co.. Inc.. York. Pa. (F. E. Finch) Harshaw Chemical Co., Intelligence Service Div., Cleve land. Ohio (D. G. Pierce) Hartford-Empire Co., Hartford, Conn. (F. G. Smith) H azel-A tlasG lass Co.. Wheeling, W. Va. (J. H. McNash) Hommel Co., 0 ,, 209 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. (O. Hommel) Houzc Convex Glass Co-, L. J.. Point Marion, Pa. (R. J. Home) Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.. 705 Olive St.. St. Louis. Mo. (S. H. Ivery) Industrial Publications. Inc.. 59 E. Van Buren St., Chi cago, III. (F. A. Guignon) International Lead Rennirtg Co. (Anaconda Zinc Oxide Dept.). 151st St. & McCook Ave.. East Chicago, Ind. (F. O. Case) Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co., Paris. Tean. (R. C. Meeker) Knowles China Co., Edwin M.. Newell. W. Va. (J. W. Hepplewnite) Kohler Company, Kohler. Wis. (C. J. Kohler) Koppers Research Corp.. 162S Koppers Bldg.. Pittsburgh, Pa. (O. O. Malleis) Ladedc-Christy Clay Products Co.. 1711 Ambassador Bldg., St. Louis. Mo. (W. J. Westphalen) Lapp Insulator Co.. Inc.. Leroy, N. Y. (G. W. Lapp) Laughlitx China Co., Homer. East Liverpool. Ohio (Joseph Wells) Lee Clay Products Co., Cleiriield, Ky. (M. S. Bowne) Libbey Glass Mfg. Co.. W. & L. E. R.R. and Ash Sts.. Toledo. Ohio (H. R. Black) Lindemann Sc Hoverson Co.. A. J.. Milwaukee. Wls. (W. C. Lindemaun) Locke Insulator Corp.. Box A, Baltimore, Md. (F. H. Reagan) London Brick Co. fie Forders, Ltd.. Africa House, Kings- way. London. W. C. 2, England (C. W. D. Rowe) Ludowici-Celadon Co.. 104 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago III. (H. F. Beyer) McLain Fire Brick Co., Wellsville. Ohio (J. B. Blewett) Macbeth-Evans Glass Co., Charleroi. Pa. (H. H. Blau) Mansfield Vitreous Enameling Co., Mansfield. Ohio (D. S Beal) Maryland Glass Corp.. Morrell Park Sta., Baltimore. Me (L. C. Roche) Matawan Tile Co., Matawan, N. J. (B. K. Eskesen)  i J Q *-tJ-O vP JU r* u icin dicine Acknowledgements The Editors nre indebted to the E. . du Pont de Nemours fit Company for permitting them to draw upon du Pont Company records, material, and experience in the preparation of this book. VVe are grateful to Mrs. Irene Ingrain, Mrs. Barbara Ferrara and Mrs. Constance M. Bohm, of our central Medical Division office, for their bind assistance in. the preparation of these manuscripts. The Editors W ilmington*, D elaware ( t