LibGuides: World War I, Chemistry and the Chemical Industry: Journals

WWI Chemistry & Chemical Industry Journals

Annual chemical directory of the United States
- First edition published in 1917; Othmer Library has the 2nd edition (1918) and 3rd edition (1919)
- "The Annual Chemical Directory is intended to be thoroughly comprehensive of all matters relating to chemical development, whether industrially, technically, or scientifically..." - The Annual Chemical Directory, 2nd ed.
- Directory is divided into nine sections with each section containing a list of relevant information:
I. Chemicals & Allied Products
II. Manufacturers & Dealers of Chemicals & Allied Products
III. Equipment
IV. Manufacturers & Dealers of Equipment
V. Industrial Chemists & Chemical Engineers
VI. Laboratories (Industrial, Institutional, Federal & State, Municipal, Commercial)
VII. Societies & Associations (Agriculture, Bacteriology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology & Mineralogy)
VIII. Publications (Technical & Scientific Journals and "Important Books")
IX. News & Notes
Armed Forces chemical journal
- Official publication of the Armed Forces Chemical Association
- Began publication with v.3 (July 1948) and ceased with v.18 (December 1964)
- Issued on a quarterly basis
- Available from Othmer Library in microform only
Chemical age (New York) 1919-1920
- Began publication with v.1 no.1 (July 1, 1919) and ceased publication with v.2 no.4 (April 1920)
- "Chemical Age is to be an authoritative journal for the business man and the chemical engineer who are actually on the job in the chemical plants and manufacturing industries of the country." - H.F. Pomeroy, Chemical Age, July 1, 1919
Chemical age (New York) 1920-1925
- Began publication with v.28 no.5 (May 1920) and ceased publication with v.33 no.2 (February 1925)
- "...an independent monthly journal of chemical enterprise in America" published with the intention of providing "constructive service" to all those involved in American chemical industry - Chemical Age, v.29 no.12, December 1921, p.507
Chemical age (London)
- Began publication with v.1 (June 21, 1919), and ceased with v.105 no.2773 (September 8, 1972)
- A weekly journal devoted to industrial and engineering chemistry
Chemical corps journal
- Began publication with v.1 (October 1946) and ceased with v.2 (April 1948)
- Official publication of the Chemical Corps Association
- From October 1946 until April 1947, publication issued under the Association's earlier name: Chemical Warfare Association
- Available from Othmer Library in microform only
Chemical engineer
- Began publication with v.1 (November 1904) and ceased publication with v.28 no.4 (April 1920)
- A monthly journal of practical, applied, and analytical chemistry dedicated to serving the needs of the industrial chemist - Chemical Engineer, v.24 no.6, December 1916/January 1917
- Starting with February-March 1917, volumes contain an advice section titled "Chemical Investigation: Efficiency & Control" in which "questions relative to manufacturing processes subject to chemical control" are answered by Charles B. Davis, "research chemist of wide experience in all branches of industrial chemistry, chemical and patent causes, and special machinery" - Chemical Engineer, February/March 1917, p.33
The Chemical trade journal and chemical engineer
- Began publication with v.38 no.972 (January 6, 1906) and ceased publication with v.158 no.4105 (February 10, 1966)
- Weekly publication dedicated to the commercial aspect of the chemical and allied industries

Citations

The following citations may be useful starting points for those researching World War I chemistry and chemical industry:*

Armour, B. R. (1917). American dyes - after the war. Chemical Engineer, 27(1), 26-28.

Auld, S. J. M. (1918). Methods of gas warfare. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10(4), 297-301.

Atkins, P. (2014). War and peace. Chemistry & Industry, 78(8), 38-43.

Baker, N. D. (1919). Chemistry in warfare. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(10), 921-923.

Buc, H. C. (1919). Chemicals received by the Bureau of Chemistry during the war. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(12), 1140-1141.

Burrell, G. A. (1919). The Research Division, Chemical Warfare Service, U.S.A. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(2), 93-104.

Carleton, P. W. (1919). Anti-dimming compositions for use in the gas mask. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(12), 1105-1111.

Chemical Warfare Service. (1918). Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10(9), 675-684.

Dewey, B. (1919). Production of gas defense equipment for the Army. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(3), 185-197.

Fieldner, A. C., Teague, M. C., & Yoe, J. H. (1919). Protection afforded by army gas masks against various industrial gases. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(7), 622-623.

Fitzgerald, E. F. (1960). Gas!. Armed Forces Chemical Journal, 14(6), 14-19.

Freemantle, M. (2016). Chemistry and war: How chemistry underpinned the great war. Chemistry International, 38(1), 8-12.

Goss, B.C. (1919). An artillery gas attack. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(9), 829-836.

Government recognizes the importance of chemistry in the war. (1918). Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10(3), 234-236.

Herty, C. H. (1916). The expanding relations of chemistry in America. Chemical engineer, 24(4), 154-158.

Hopkins, O.P. (1918). Effect of the war on American chemical trade. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10(9), 692-700.

Howe, H. E. (1919). The origin, work, and plans of the National Research Council. Chemical Age, 1, 15-19.

Kevles, D. J. (1969). George Ellery Hale, the First World War, and the advancement of science in America. Isis, 59(4), 427-437.

Kevles, D. J. (1971). Federal legislation for engineering experimental stations: The episode of WWI. Technology and Culture, 12(2), 182-189.

LeMaistre, F. J. (1918). Conditions of the French chemical industries during 1919. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10(6), 421-423.

Norris, J. F. (1919). The manufacture of war gases in Germany. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(9), 817-829.

Norton, T. H. (1917). After the war: What of the export trade in chemicals? [Editorial]. Chemical Engineer, pp.161-165.

The organization of national industrial research [Editorial]. (1917, July) Chemical Engineer, pp. 201-204.

Report of the Alien Property Custodian on the chemical industry. (1919). Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(4), 352-365.

Roland, A. (1985). Science and war. Osiris, 1, 247-272.

Sibert. W. L. (1919). Chemical warfare. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(11), 1060-1062.

The trade agreement of Great Britain and her allies. (1916). Chemical Engineer, 24(1), 42-43.

Trumpener, U. (1975). The road to Ypres: The beginnings of gas warfare in World War I. Journal of Modern History, 47(3), 460-480.

Webster, J.C. (1919). The first gas regiment. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 11(7), 621-622.

*This list of citations is not meant to be comprehensive. Its intent is to provide a sample of journal articles relevant to the study of WWI chemistry and chemical industry.

Useful Subject Headings

When searching for resources on WWI chemistry and chemical industry in the library's catalog, try using the following subject headings to refine your search:

· Chemical agents (Munitions) -- History.

· Chemical industry.

· Chemical industry-- Europe -- History.

· Chemical industry -- History.

· Chemical industry -- Periodicals.

· Chemical warfare -- Bibliography.

· Chemical Warfare -- History.

· Chemical warfare -- Periodicals.

· Chemical weapons -- History.

· Chemistry, Technical.

· Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use.

· World War, 1914-1918.