Australia organic history

A volume that comes halfway between a chemical biography and a thematic history is one on William Prout and the nature of matter, taking the subject to 1985, long after Prout s demise.91 Another combines biography with national trends in chemistry. This is a life of the Melbourne chemist D. O. Masson, contriving at the same time to provide a helpful analysis of the growth, organization, and professionalization of the subject in Australia.92... 

Another significant event in the history of plastics standards was the first meeting of Technical Committee 61 on Plastics of the International Organization for Standardization in New York on September 8 and 9, 1951. Representatives from Australia, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States met to consider the establishment of testing methods and nomenclature for international use. The second meeting of ISO/TC 61 on Plastics was held in Turin, Italy, on October 2 to 4, 1952, and it is anticipated that this committee in the near future will be ready to recommend the first international testing methods on plastics to the member standards bodies of the various countries. 

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