Technikatörténeti szemle 22. (1996)

Papers from the Second International Conference on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Industry (Eger, Hungary, 16–19 August, 1995) - Vámos, Éva Katalin: Contributions to the History of the Association of Hungarian Chemical Industrials

By such and similar information the Association tried to influence the further development of the industrial companies, steering them, instead of unnecessary competition, towards existing market demands. The Association founded 1904 had, from October 1906 on an own journal, the Vegyészeti Lapok (Chemical Gazette), which bore the subcaption "Official Bulletin of the Association". Its starting was given its reason, in the opening announcement in Issue No. 1 of Volume 1 (October 20, 1906), by a quotation from the 1905 memorandum of the Association: "The prosperity of a chemical factory depends, to an extent much greater than that of any other branch, on the level of the theoretical and practical knowledge of its technical director." Therefore:

"... the country that cannot grant its chemists a proper living for their studies and education will never have an independent, self-relying chemical industry and chemical technology." Further on, the announcement makes it clear that chemists and the industry are dependent on each other and should, therefore, co-operate.

16 The gazette appeared until 1919, reporting fortnightly on questions of interest to the Association. In 1919 only two issues had appeared, then the gazette was discontinued. Every volume had a subject index which gave the contents of the volume according to columns. Its disposition is shown in Table 6>.

17 IndiOvidual issues begin with the "Official Part". This contained the invitations to the general assemblies of the Association and the pertinent points of the agenda, the invitations to the sessions of the Board or other news related to the Association. Everything else was published in the "Nonofficial Part". Among the original publications there were scientific papers, exclusively from the field of applied chemistry, but there were also review articles. These reviews and papers were often written by well-known scientist or experts. The subject index enlisted these articles in alphabetical order of the authors as well as according to topics. The column "Economical News" contained information from abroad and from Hungary, the "Technical News" published information on the lives of other associations (e.g. the sessions of the Royal Hungarian Society for Natural Sciences = Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat), sometimes the latter column contained also personal news (e.g., the appointment of university professors). The column "Professional Literature" informed about books that had appeared in Hungary or abroad. The column "Patents" recommended, through patent agents, patents issued in Hungary or abroad for utilization. The column of "Industrial Copyright Protection" dealt with the Hungarian patent legislation. In the columns "Trivia" there often appeared readers' letters' and also the editor's answers. Practically every issue published the advertisements of chemists seeking jobs.

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