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
Table 6 Columns of the Subject Index of the Volumes of the Chemical Gazette (Vegyészeti Lapok) 17 Original Papers a/ in alphabetical order of the authors' names b/ arranged according to subjects Economic News Technical News Personal News Professional Literature Industrial Copyright Protection (Patents) Trivia On the whole, the journal is very colourful and interesting even looked at with today's reader's eyes. It always gives ample publicity to questions of interest to the society of chemists (in their wording "the chemical faculty" ="vegyészi kar"). E.g., as far back as in Volumes 1 and 2, the polemics about the training of technical chemists (chemical engineers) in Hungary and about Hungarian chemists' domestic possibilities of obtaining jobs was trailing on. 18 Remarks to the discussion were added not only by domestic experts, but also by such working in foreign countries. 19 This shows that the gazette was well read abroad, too (even overseas). Although in the course of the discussion Ignác Pfeifer rejected the accusations levelled against the training at the Technical University, 20 apparently the advice was followed upon, as already in issue No. 19 of the year 1907 we can read about the extension of chemical lectures at the Technical University. 21 The "Chemical Gazette" cannot be treated here in detail. The varied character of the journal should be expressed by mentioning some publications picked out at random. The January 10 issue of 1908 22 writes about the employment of emigrated workers returning from America. In Volume 1910 (No. 24,) 23 we can find a sharp criticism of the entries related to chemistry of the first volume of Révai's Great Encyclopedia (Révai Nagy Lexikona) that had just appeared. Objection was raised to the fact that among the 500 "most outstanding Hungarian scientists" only 16 chemists had been mentioned, from which Buchböck, Fabinyi, Béla Lengyel, Wartha and Winkler were omitted. In issue No. 17 of the same volume 24 the title of a report reads: "The question of the Hungarian Museum of Technology still does not seem to make progress." Pages 103-105 of Volume 1914 report on the general assembly of the Association that elected Dr. Adolf Kohner as president. 25 A quotation of his inaugural speech:"Without a society of chemists well equipped for the performance of their duties I cannot imagine any Hungarian chemical industry."
