1913] INSTITUTE ÀFFÀlkS Ì63 and Wehnelt interrupters, etc., with the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS aid of lantern slides. He said that the A meeting of the University of Kansas X-ray could not be reflected by a Branch was held on February 19. Mr. mirror, a magnet or a lens. He classified F. P. Ogden, 1911, traffic engineer of the the X-ray under three heads; 1, the Bell telephone system in Topeka, spoke " hard " ray, which has high penetrating on the duties of the traffic engineer. At power, but low chemical effect; 2, the the close of his address Messrs. L. E. low ray, which has low penetrating Brown and C. V. Fowler of the junior power and high chemical effect; and 3, class gave abstracts of current electrical the medium ray, intermediate between literature. the two. It is the latter class of ray which is commonly used in medical LAFAYETTE COLLEGE treatment. Dr. Stover then demon­ A meeting of the Lafayette College strated the Tesla type Crookes tube Branch was held on February 13. Mr. portable X-ray machine. He discussed Fishel of the senior class read a descrip­ the effect of X-rays on operators, stating tive paper, illustrated with slides, on the that fifty operators had died of cancer, generating station of the Interborough resulting from improper use of the X-ray. on West 59th Street, New York City. With over one hundred slides taken in Mr. Andrews of the senior class then his own practise, Dr. Stover explained presented a paper on the theory of the the curing of various diseases by X-rays, Ambursen type of dam, explaining the the location of foreign substances, points of difference between it and other fractured bones, etc., in the human body. designs. He mentioned the most recent There was an attendance of over 135 development, the placing of the power at the lecture. house inside the dam proper. Mr. Laros of the junior class, then discussed COLORADO STATE COLLEGE the use of current-limiting reactances in A meeting of the Colorado State Col­ connection with large alternators to pro­ lege Branch was held on February 25, duce a time lag in the current rush occa­ when the members discussed the thesis sioned by severe short circuits, sufficient of Messrs. Colson and Work of the senior to allow the circuit breakers to open be­ class on " Hydroelectric Power in fore the armatures are wrecked or seri­ Colorado." The chief subject of dis­ ously charred. cussion was the methods of calculating the total hydroelectric power available The next meeting of the Branch was in the state. held on February 25. Mr. La Barr of IOWA STATE COLLEGE the senior class presented a paper on the The Iowa State College Branch held Gary plant of the United States Steel a meeting on February 19, when Pro­ Corporation, treating particularly of fessor M. I. Evinger presented a paper the large producer gas engines used for ön " The Hydrology of Water Power." the drive, the system of double ignition, He made clear the various factors that methods of starting, and operating con­ must be considered in estimating the ditions. Mr. Mitchell of the junior amount of power that can be developed class presented a paper on " The profitably in a given project. The lec­ Single-Phase Locomotive with Constant ture was illustrated with many slides. Current Rectifier," describing a French locomotive with two rectifiers acting in STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA opposition. These are of the rotary A meeting of the State University of type similar in construction to synchron­ !JWa Branch was held on February 25. ous motors. The third paper was pre­ Γ· F. H. Guldner presented an illus­ sented by Mr. Shimer of the junior class, trated paper on " The Rock Island on " Reflectors and Their Light Distri­ Ar senal." bution," comparing the various types 164 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. Ë. Ë. [April

of reflectors and shades and demonstrat­ in charge of all construction and opera­ ing their respective distribution of light tion of the Amherst Power Company by means of projection on the screen. and allied companies. His office is at Greenfield, Mass. Personal MR. PHILIP H. ZIPP, recently with MR. ALTON M. FROST has resigned the Trinity Dredging Company at from the engineering department of the Minersville, Cal., has taken a position Crocker-Wheeler Company to accept with the construction department of a position with the General Electric the General Electric Company, Phila­ Company at Harrison, N. J., in the delphia ofhce. Moore light department of the develop­ ment laboratory. Prior to his connec­ MR. E. 0. SESSIONS retired on March tion with the Crocker-Wheeler Company 1 from the consulting engineering firm he was an engineer with the Moore Light of Woodmansee, Davidson and Sessions Company of Newark, N. J. of Chicago. Mr. Sessions will announce his plans for the future in an early issue. MR. ALVIN SCHLARBAUM has severed his connection with Messrs. Smith, MR. JAMES F. MEISTER has resigned Kerry and Chace, as assistant engineer his position as industrial engineer with on the Healey Falls development, the Kansas City Electric Light Com­ Ontario, to accept the position of hydro­ pany, and has opened an office as con­ electric engineer for the Riordan Pulp sulting engineer at 706 Victor Building, and Paper Company, of Hawkesbury Kansas City, Mo. and Merritton, Ont. This company purposes developing· about 9000 h.p. MR. J. W. KifcKLAND has been elected on the Rouge River, near Hawkesbury. president of the South African Insti­ tute of Electrical Engineers for the MR. THOMAS M. ROBERTS, who re­ „ current year. The South African In­ cently resigned his position as profes­ stitute of Electrical Engineers has its sor of electrical engineering at Dela­ headquarters in Johannesburg, and has ware College, has been appointed chief a membership of about 350. electrical engineer of the Edison Stor­ age Battery Company, Orange, N. J. MR. FRANK F. FOWLE recently Prior to his connection with college severed his connection with the McGraw work the past year, Mr. Roberts was for Publishing Company as one of the ten years engineer with the General editors of the Electrical World, and has Electric Company at the Boston district resumed his consulting electrical engi­ office. neering practise, with offices at 68 Maiden Lane, New York. MR. HAROLD G. PAYNE has recently become associated with Mr. N. J. Neall MR. ORLANDO MCCLURE has resigned of Boston as his assistant in consulting as superintendent of the Idlewild Elec­ electrical engineering and the manage­ tric Light, Heat and Power Company, ment of electrical utilities. For the of Federalsburg, Md., and has accepted last four years Mr. Payne has been a a position as salesman with the Rumsey member of the engineering staff of D. C. Electric Company, Limited, of Phila­ and William B. Jackson and engaged delphia, Pa. in electric power and allied engineering in Boston and Chicago. MR. FRED L. HUNT recently resigned as assistant district engineer of the MR. WALTER E. HOLLAND has re­ General Electric Company at Boston, signed the position of chief electrical and has been appointed chief engineer engineer of the Edison Storage Battery 164 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. Ë. Ë. [April

of reflectors and shades and demonstrat­ in charge of all construction and opera­ ing their respective distribution of light tion of the Amherst Power Company by means of projection on the screen. and allied companies. His office is at Greenfield, Mass. Personal MR. PHILIP H. ZIPP, recently with MR. ALTON M. FROST has resigned the Trinity Dredging Company at from the engineering department of the Minersville, Cal., has taken a position Crocker-Wheeler Company to accept with the construction department of a position with the General Electric the General Electric Company, Phila­ Company at Harrison, N. J., in the delphia ofhce. Moore light department of the develop­ ment laboratory. Prior to his connec­ MR. E. 0. SESSIONS retired on March tion with the Crocker-Wheeler Company 1 from the consulting engineering firm he was an engineer with the Moore Light of Woodmansee, Davidson and Sessions Company of Newark, N. J. of Chicago. Mr. Sessions will announce his plans for the future in an early issue. MR. ALVIN SCHLARBAUM has severed his connection with Messrs. Smith, MR. JAMES F. MEISTER has resigned Kerry and Chace, as assistant engineer his position as industrial engineer with on the Healey Falls development, the Kansas City Electric Light Com­ Ontario, to accept the position of hydro­ pany, and has opened an office as con­ electric engineer for the Riordan Pulp sulting engineer at 706 Victor Building, and Paper Company, of Hawkesbury Kansas City, Mo. and Merritton, Ont. This company purposes developing· about 9000 h.p. MR. J. W. KifcKLAND has been elected on the Rouge River, near Hawkesbury. president of the South African Insti­ tute of Electrical Engineers for the MR. THOMAS M. ROBERTS, who re­ „ current year. The South African In­ cently resigned his position as profes­ stitute of Electrical Engineers has its sor of electrical engineering at Dela­ headquarters in Johannesburg, and has ware College, has been appointed chief a membership of about 350. electrical engineer of the Edison Stor­ age Battery Company, Orange, N. J. MR. FRANK F. FOWLE recently Prior to his connection with college severed his connection with the McGraw work the past year, Mr. Roberts was for Publishing Company as one of the ten years engineer with the General editors of the Electrical World, and has Electric Company at the Boston district resumed his consulting electrical engi­ office. neering practise, with offices at 68 Maiden Lane, New York. MR. HAROLD G. PAYNE has recently become associated with Mr. N. J. Neall MR. ORLANDO MCCLURE has resigned of Boston as his assistant in consulting as superintendent of the Idlewild Elec­ electrical engineering and the manage­ tric Light, Heat and Power Company, ment of electrical utilities. For the of Federalsburg, Md., and has accepted last four years Mr. Payne has been a a position as salesman with the Rumsey member of the engineering staff of D. C. Electric Company, Limited, of Phila­ and William B. Jackson and engaged delphia, Pa. in electric power and allied engineering in Boston and Chicago. MR. FRED L. HUNT recently resigned as assistant district engineer of the MR. WALTER E. HOLLAND has re­ General Electric Company at Boston, signed the position of chief electrical and has been appointed chief engineer engineer of the Edison Storage Battery 1913] ÎNSTÏTUTE AP FAIRS 165

Company to take a position as research modified in accordance with some prin­ engineer with the Anderson Electric ciples illustrated in the present com- . Car Company, Detroit, Mich. Mr. muni cation. Holland has been affiliated with the Professor F. Lori—Education of en­ various Edison interests for some ten gineering students. years, and was closely associated with The author, who is professor of elec­ Mr. Thomas A. Edison in the pioneer trical engineering and head of the school development work on the alkaline stor­ of applied engineering at Padua, dis­ age battery. cusses the important question of the education of engineering students. The engineering firm of McMeen and He proposes to discuss the following Miller, which has existed for the past matters: ten years as a partnership between 1. What must be the high school MR. SAMUEL G. MCMEEN and MR. instruction of the engineering student. KEMPSTER B. MILLER, has been incor­ 2. The extent and method of teach­ porated under the same name. The ing scientific subjects (mathematics, new firm is composed of Mr. McMeen, physics, chemistry). senior member and vice-president, and 3. The limit of specialization. Mr. Miller, president, and, as a new 4. The limits and method of technical member,. MR. LEIGH S. KEITH, instruction in its relation to professional secretary-treasurer. Mr. Keith has practise. been connected with the firm for a The answers which the author gives number of years in the capacity of are as follows: managing engineer. The organization 1. The high school course prepara­ of the company has been increased so tory to the engineering course must be as to include a full corps of engineers classical. The author gives a defini­ to handle every detail of a consulting tion of this classical instruction. The electrical engineering business. term " classical " refers more to the method than to the choice of subjects Abstracts of Proceedings of of instruction. Foreign Engineering A classical course may be given in Societies modern languages as well as in ancient. ASSOCIAZIONE ELETTROTECNICA ITALI­ A classical method is one which does not ANA—NOVEMBER, 1912. limit the extent and choice of arguments Professor F. Lori—Presentation of to the immediate positive result which the bust of Joseph Henry given by the must be attained with the more simple American Institute of Electrical Engi­ means (writing, speaking a language, neers. knowledge of mathematical and physical E. Conti, L. Ferraris, A. Bianchi manipulations, etc.), but is the method (presented by)—Remarks on the second which prepares the student for a higher group of amendments to the resolution culture based on psychologic and general of January 18, 1912. foundations. The author holds the The Italian Government has ap­ view that an engineer who has followed pointed a commission for the purpose the classical courses is better prepared of investigating eventual modifications for the directive functions and for enter­ of the present taxation of the electric ing the higher classes of society, and energy used for lighting and heating. that he has more means to live a happier The A. E. I., by its resolution of life, with the enjoyment of intellectual January 18, proposed to substitute for it pursuits. a tax on the illuminating bodies. 2. A full connection must be estab­ The A. E. ].. in case the government lished between the higher studies of does not accede to such a substitu­ scientific subjects and those of technical tion, asked that the present law be matters. The scientific instruction 166 PkOUEÊDlMGS OF A. I. É. Ë. [Aprii must be distributed through all the The author derives for a direct-read­ years of the course, reserving for the ing dynamometric wattmeter equations last years some general monographic which show the influence exerted at high course, e.g., a course on vibratory move­ frequencies by the self-induction of the ments, the purpose of such a plan being movable coil and its mutual induction to prevent the students from being with the stationary coil, whether in overloaded by theoretical matter during the case of a sinusoidal voltage or of one the first years, and forgetting it all of any other form. He then describes during the last years, and also to make and discusses several devices for elimina­ room in the first years for some technical ting or correcting the two errors consi­ subjects, like surveying, which interest dered, more simply than by applying the students and bring them face to general formulas. face with practical questions. The x scientific courses must be specially DECEMBER, 1912. arranged for engineering students, and C. Palestrino—Modern single-phase not be general for several classes of commutator motors for industrial pur­ students. poses. 3. The author is against specializa­ This paper is only a simple review tion. He accepts only the division of of the progress made during the last engineers into three branches: civil, years in the construction of single- industrial, and architectural. He wants phase motors for purposes for which the every student to be free to select in his usual asynchronous motor cannot be last year the technical subject in which applied. he proposes to specialize. By means of fairly simple devices 4. At the school a complete practise single-phase motors have been construc­ of engineering, such as the medical ted with characteristics analogous to practise provided in medical schools, those of direct-current series, compound is impossible. The author proposes or shunt motors, and besides, a new that each student, before graduation, field has been opened for applications be received for a period of at least six where there is required not only a large months into one of the technical estab­ torque at starting, but also an adjust­ lishments of the State (Civil Engi­ able speed. neering Department, Mines, etc.) for a It is clear'that no questions are here real practise in the field selected by him. discussed as to the application of single- The paper contains also a preliminary phase motors for electric traction, a discussion of the meaning of the term field which is largely developed already, " engineer." The author believes that and has attained a considerable prac­ many of the works done in Italy by en­ tical application. gineers ought to be done by experts having simply a high school education. JANUARY, 1913. An engineer must be employed for work Engineer U. Cassitto—Naples elevated requiring a superior culture, and in railway. which a directing spirit is required. The author, after having indicated With this in view the author insists the origin of the project of the elevated on the necessity of increasing the number railway, describes the project lately of technical high schools which, different approved by the official bodies con­ from the technical colleges, should be cerned, and which formed the basis specialized; the difficulty of the higher for the concession signed the 18th of technical education should be increased, January last by Minister Sacchi and and only the most powerful minds be the representatives of the Franco- admitted to it. Italian Company of the Naples Ele­ A. Dina—On the use of dynamo- vated Railway, a company capitalized metric wattmeters at high frequencies. at 16,000,000 francs. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 167

This project covers: 1. A metropolitan induction of the tubes excludes the line starting from Piazza Sannazzaro hypothesis of a resonance. and terminating at Corso Garibaldi He observed in 1904 the same phe­ near the Circumvesuviana railroad nomenon in an alternating-current circuit station. On this line there are 15 sta­ feeding incandescent lamps, when a tions: Piedigrotta; Quattro Stagioni; spark of increasing length has been Amedeo-Grifeo; Vomero ; Cariati; placed in series. This is due to the tube Chiaia; San Ferdinando; San Giacomo; or spark stopping the current as long Canta; Piazza Dante; Cliniche; Duomo; as the difference of potential is not suffi­ Tribunali; Piazza Garibaldi; Circumve­ cient, and then the condenser suddenly suviana. The stations situated more taking the load corresponding to this than 12m. above the level of the street difference of potential. This load deter­ are provided with elevators, others have mines the working current, the magni­ stairways. tude of which increases with the re­ 2. A suburban line starting from the sistance of the arc or tubes. On the Vomero station of the metropolitan contrary, the average current measured- line. This line, after a brief run under­ Q ground, comes above ground at the by t decreases with the difference Ponte di Soccavo where it branches off. The main line follows the coast and of potential which is taken up by the goes as far as Camaldoli with a rise of condenser. In the circuit containing 452 m.; the other line, on an independ­ both the tubes and incandescent lamps, ent structure, follows the Milano the brilliancy of the lamps, depending Agnano road and goes as far as the on the square of the current, or / actual, Agnano baths. There are stations along increases, while the brilliancy of the both lines. tubes, which is affected by the average /, All the galleries are for two tracks of decreases. By these means it can bcre- normal width. On the metropolitan cognized whether a given phenomenon line some of the gutters and water and depends on the average or actual /. gas pipes have to be shifted, especially along the Via Roma. JANUARY, 1913. The line will be operated with trains M. Lablanc. of three cars each, the first and last The author describes a converter pro­ motor cars, and second class; the trailer duced by the combined application of will be a first class car. a mercury lamp with multiple anodes The electric equipment of the motor and a single cathode, and a transformer cars will consist of four motors, with in which the central point of the second­ multiple unit control. The current ary winding forms the negative pole to be used is not below 1000 volts. of a direct-current circuit. The total outlay, not including ad­ For outputs larger than 40 amperes, ministration expenses, directors, etc., several coils in parallel are used, with is expected to be some 28,000,000 lire. an additional transformer uniformly distributing the current between them. SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ELEC­ TRICIENS—DECEMBER, 1912. The voltage limit of the continuous M · Claude—Pseudo-resonance ob­ current attained at present is 10,000 served in neon tubes. volts. The author shows that in alternating- Advantages: The voltage tall in the current circuits containing a capacity, coil being independent of the output, tlK" magnitude of the current first in­ the efficiency increases with the voltage cases with the increase of the number of the direct current delivered. From Ulbcs Placed in series, and then de­ 80 per cent at 110 volts it rises to 90 ceases. The low magnitude of the self- per cent at 220 volts. 168 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [April

The voltage of the direct current can Electromagnetic Radiation and the Mechanical be regulated by a self-induction coil. Reactions arising from it. By G. A.. Schott. Cambridge, 1912. (Purchase.) Applications: 1. Charge of storage Die elektrischen Spielzeug-und Kleinmaschinen batteries at constant potential regula­ für Gleich-und Wechselstrom. By Karl tion without resistance, by changing the Moritz. Leipzig, 1912. (Purchase.) the point of taking the current on the Elektrochemie Geschmolzener Salze. By Rich. Lorenz and F. Kaufler. Leipzig, 1909. primary of the transformer. (Purchase.) 2. Use of d-c. arcs on alternating- Elementary Principles of Electricity and Magnet­ current circuits, without incurring losses ism for Students of Engineering. By R. H. in resistances (application of arc lights Hough and W. M. Boehm. New York, Macmillan Co., 1913. (Gift of Publishers.) in cinematographs). Price, 11.10. 3. Feeding of series arcs at constant This textbook treats entirely of the numerical potential by an automatic variation relations of the principle quantities employed, of the ratio of transformation with the and is entirely lacking in descriptive matter. It is designed to be used in connection with a variation in the number of arc lights. series of lectures. Problems are given to illus­ trate the formulas developed. W. P. C. Library Accessions General Descriptive Circular of Telephonic The following accessions have been made to Apparatus and Supplies of the Western the Library of the Institute, since the last Electric Company. New York, 1883. acknowledgment. (Gift of Frank F. Fowle.) American Street Railway Association. Report. Handbuch der Téléphonie. Ed. 2. By Victor 1, 3-23, 1882-1905. V.p. 1882-1905. (Gift Wietlisbach and Robert Weber. Wien- of H. A. Robinson.) Leipzig, 1910. (Purchase.) Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Indus­ " The King's English " being an address delivered trie. Band 4. By Conrad Matschoss. Dec. 27, 1912 at a meeting of the Insurance Berlin, 1912. (Gift of Vereines Deutscher Society of New York, by H. W. Eaton. Ingenieure.) N.p.n.d. (Gift of Insurance Society of British Columbia. Minister of Lands. Report New York.) 1912. Victoria, 1913. (Gift of Victoria Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Elektrotechnik. Band Lands Dept.) I-II. By K. Zickler. Leipzig-Wein, 1906, Calculs techniques et économiques des lignes de 1910. (Purchase.) transport et de distribution d 'Energie Lehrbuch der Dratlosen Télégraphie. Ed. 2. électrique. Pt. 2. By C. Le Roy. Paris, By J. Zenneck. Stuttgart, 1913. (Purchase.) 1913. (Gift of A. Herman et Fils.) Die maschinenfabrik R. Wolf Magdeburg-buckau Canadian Electrical Association. Proceedings. 1862-1912. By Conrad Matschoss.Magde­ 21st Annual Convention. Toronto, 1912. burg, 1912. (Gift of R. Wolf.) (Exchange.) Methods of Measuring Electrical Resistance. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Depart­ By E. F. Northrup. New York, 1912. ment of Terrestrial Magnetism. Annual (Purchase.) Report of the Director, 1912. N.p. n.d. NewHBuilding Estimator. Ed. II. By William (Gift of Carnegie Institution of Washington.) Arthur. New York, 1913. (Purchase.) Catalogue of the Periodical Publications in the New York State Street Railway Association. Library of the Royal Society of London. Report 1883-1906. V.p. 1883-1906.(Gift of London, 1912. (Purchase.) H. A. Robinson.) Central Electrical Stations. Ed. 2. By C. H. Notions Générales sur la Télégraphie sans fil et Wordingham. London, 1903. (Purchase.) la téléphonie sans fil. Ed. 5. By R. de Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche. By Ettore Valbreuze. Paris, n.d. (Purchase.) Morelli. (Pp. 641-836, vol. I.) Torino, Psychology and Industrial Efficiency. By Hugo 1913. (Gift of Società Elettrotecnica Münsterberg. Boston-New York, 1913. Italiana.) ■ (Purchase.) Design of Polyphase Generators and Motors. Railway Routes in Alaska. Message from the By H. M. Hobart. New York, 1913. President of the United States transmitting (Purchase.) report of Alaska Railroad Commission. Der Dynamobau. By T. H. Apestrand. Strelitz, Washington, 1913. (Gift of U. S. Depart­ 1912. (Purchase.) ment of the Interior.) Electrical Instruments and Meters in Europe. By H. B. Brooks. (Dept. of Commerce & Ratgeber für die Gründung elektrischer Uber- Labor, Special Agents Series—No. 66.) landzentralen. By A. Vietze. Berlin, 1911. Washington, 1913. (Gift of Department of (Purchase.) Commerce & Labor, Bureau of Statistics.) Steam, its generation and use. Ed. 27. New Electrical Machine Design. By Alexander Gray. York-Babcock and Wilcox Co., 1893. (Gift New York, 1913. (Purchase.) of Frank F. Fowle.) 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 169

Stone and Webster. Electric Railway and Macbeth-Evans Glass Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.— Lighting Properties, 1913. Boston, 1913. Ornamental Street Lighting with Gas. 15 pp (Gift of Stone and Webster.) Shades and Globes. Catalogue no. 42. Taschenbuch für Mathematiker und Physiker. 106 pp. 3 Jahrgang 1913. By P. Auerbach und R. Price List Edison Mazda and Edison Gem In­ Rothe. Leipzig, 1913. (Purchase.) candescent Lamps. Effective Oct. 1, 1912. Téléphonie. Du Téléphone Bell aux Multiples- 32 pp. Automatiques. By Albert Turpain. Gre­ noble-Paris, 1910. (Purchase.) Price List No. 5268. G.-E. Steam Flow Meters. Transformers. By H. Bohle and D. Robertson. Oct., 1912. 7 pp. London, 1911. (Purchase.) Price List no. 5269. Portable Cables. Nov., Treatise on Electro-Metallurgy. Ed. 3. By 1912. 5 pp. W. G. MacMillan, and W. R. Cooper. London, 1910. (Purchase.) Monash-Younker Co., Chicago, 111. Monash The Trollhättan Hydro-electric power plant. noiseless system of vacuum heating. Description published by Allmanna Svenska National Electric Lamp Association., Cleveland, Elektriska Aktiebolaget. Vasteras, Sweden, Ohio. Bull, no. 102. Proper lamp voltages. 1912. (Gift of Publisher.) Jan. 1, 1913. Les Turbines a Gaz. By L. Ventou Duclaux. Paris, 1912. (Purchase.) Pettingell-Andrews Co., Boston, Mass. Juice. University of Illinois. Engineering Experiment Feb., 1913. Station Bulletin. Vols. 6-7. Urbana, 1911- Sprague Electric Works, New York. Bull. No. 1912. (Gift of University.) 115. Electrical equipment for buildings. Vollständigere Theorie dei Maschinen, die durch 23 pp. Redaktion des Wassers in Bewegung ver­ setzt werden. By L. Euler. Leipzig,1911. No. 241. Motor drive for electrotyping and (Purchase.) stereotyping machinery. 31 pp. Die Wechselstromtechnik. Band IV, Ed. 2. Catalogue No. 327. Electric fans. 39 pp. By E. Arnold, Berlin, 1913. (Purchase.) Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Die Weist âdte und der elektrische Schnellver­ East Pittsburgh, Pa.—Cat. 3001. Sect., kehr. By P. Wittig. Berlin, 1909. (Pur­ D. S. 90, 238, 522, 606, 778, 779, 938, 1405, chase.) 1410, 1411, 1457, 1706. Index and discount Zeitschrift für Kleinbahnen. Statistik der Klein­ sheet. Jan., 1913. bahnen im Deutschen Reich, 1911. Berlin, 1913. (Exchange.) Catalog 3001, Sect. D S 267. Type G A oil circuit breakers. Feb., 1913. TRADE CATALOGUES ——Sec. D S 739. Alternating current flame Century Electric Co., St. Louis, Mo. Bull. No. carbon arc lamps. Feb., 1913. 19. " Invincible " split phase constant Sect. D S 1412. Type J D three wire D. C. speed motors. Jan., 1913. switchboard panels. Feb., 1913. Electrose Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Insulation standard of the world. " Safety Strain " —-Sect. DS 1456. Types G A, GB, G C, high-tension insulators. 24 pp. rotary converter switchboard panels. Feb., General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 1913. Bulletin No. A4069. Portable and Stationary Sect. D S 2118. Portable ozonizers. Feb. Air Compressor Sets. Dec, 1912. 8 pp. 1913. ——4850c. G. E. Edison Mazda Lamps /or Standard Lighting Service. Dec, 1912. Westinghouse Machine Co., East Pittsburgh, 26 pp. Pa.—Circular W. M. 507. Small turbine 4994. Type H Form K Subway Trans­ driven outfits. Nov., 1912. 18 pp. UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY formers. Nov., 1912. 6 pp. International Association for Testing Materials. Large Area Lighting. (T-210.) 6th Congress, 1912. Bulletin Nos. 1-5. Hollow Concrete Pole Co., Oklahoma City, Committee Circular Nos. 1-5. Officiai Oklahoma. Catalogue illustrating uses of Guide. (Gift of International Association concrete poles. for Testing Materials.) Johns-Manville, H. W. Co., Cleveland, O. New York Library Club. Manual 1913. New York, 1913. (Gift of W. P. Cutter.) J-M Power Expert. Feb., 1913. Electric Club, New York. Papers No. 13, 19, Johns-Manville Co., New York City—J-M. 1888-89. (Gift of Dr. Leonard Waldo.) Roofing Salesman. Jan., 1913. Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Ed. Leeds & Northrup Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Bull. 6. By Melvil Dewey. Boston, 1899. (Pur­ chase.) No. 217. Enclosed type lamp and scale for An Appreciation of Two Great Workers in Hy­ use with galvanometers. 4 pp. draulics. Giovanni Battista Venturi, born ^-^Double arm exploring mirrors. 3 pp. 1746, Clemens Herschel, born 1842. By W. Portable insulation testing galvanometer. 4.PP. G. Kent. London, 1912. (Gift of author.) 170 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [April

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I9Î2-Î9J3.

PRESIDENT. (Term expires July 31, 1913.) RALPH D. MERSHON.

JUNIOR PAST-PRESIDENTS. DUGALD C. JACKSON. GANO DUNN.

VICE-PRESIDENTS. (Term expires July 31, 1913.) (Term expires July 31. 1914.) DAVID B. RUSHMORE. A. W. BERRESFORD. W. G. CARLTON. WILLIAM S. MURRAY. CHARLES W. STONE. SEVERN D. SPRONG.

MANAGERS. (Term expires July 31, 1913.) (Term expires July 31, 1914.) (Term expires Ju y 31, 1915.) H. H. BARNES, JR. F. S. HUNTING. COMFORT A. ADAMS. R. G. BLACK. NORMAN W. STORER. J. FRANKLIN STEVENS. W. S. RUGG. WILLIAM S. LEE. WILLIAM B. JACKSON. CHARLES E. SCRIBNER. FARLEY OSGOOD, WILLIAM McCLELLAN.

TREASURER. (Term expires July 31, 1913.) SECRETARY. GEORGE A. HAMILTON. F. L. HUTCHINSON.

PAST-PRESIDENTS.—1884-1911.

•NORVIN GREEN, 1884-5-6. CARL HERING, 1900-1. •FRANKLIN L. POPE, 1886-7. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, 1901-2. T. COMMERFORD MARTIN, 1887-8. CHARLES F. SCOTT. 1902-3. EDWARD WESTON, 188^-9. BION J. ARNOLD. 1903-4. ELIHU THOMSON, 1889-90. JOHN W. LIEB. JR.. 1904-5. •WILLIAM A. ANTHONY. 1890-91. SCHUYLER SKAATS WHEELER, 1905-6. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. 1891-2. SAMUEL SHELDON. 1906-7. FRANK JULIAN SPRAGUE, 1892-3. HENRY G. STOTT, 1907-8. EDWIN J. HOUSTON, 1893-4-5. LOUIS A. FERGUSON. 1908-09. LOUIS DUNCAN. 1895-6-7. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, 1909-10. FRANCIS BACON CROCKER. 1897-8. DUGALD C. JACKSON. 1910-11. A. B. KEN NELLY. 1898-1900. GANO DUNN. 1911-12. •Deceased.

HONORARY SECRETARY. GENERAL COUNSK^. RALPH W. POPE. PARKER and AARON. 33 West 39th Street, New York. 52 Broadway, New York, 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 171 STANDING COMMITTEES. Revised to April 1, 1913.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SECTIONS COMMITTEE. RALPH D. MERSHON, Chairman, PAUL M. LINCOLN, Chairman, 80 Maiden Lane, New York. P. O. Box 911, Pittsburgh, Pa. COMFORT A. ADAMS, Cambridge, Mass. H. W. CROZIER, San Francisco, Cal. GEORGE A. HAMILTON, Elizabeth, N. J. S. G. McMEEN, Columbus, Ohio. WILLIAM S. MURRAY, New Haven, Conn. GEORGE F. SEVER, New York. W. S. RUGG, New York. J. FRANKLIN STEVENS, Philadelphia, Pa. CHARLES W. STONE, Schenectady, N. Y. Chairmen of Sections. Ex-officio Members. A. M. SCHOEN, Atlanta, Ga. FINANCE COMMITTEE. J. B. WHITEHEAD, Baltimore, Md. CHARLES W. STONE, Chairman, F. P. VALENTINE, Boston, Mass. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. RALPH H. RICE, Chicago, 111. A. W. BERRESFORD, Milwaukee, Wis. E. J. EDWARDS, Cleveland. Ohio. W. S. RUGG, New York. J. J. WOOLFENDEN, Detroit, Mich. T. W. BEH AN, Fort Wayne, Ind. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. O. S. MORE, Indianapolis. Ind. SAMUEL SHELDON, Chairman, E. L. NICHOLS, Ithaca, N.Y. 1981 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. G. A. DAMON, Los Angeles, Cal. FREDERICK BEDELL, Ithaca, N. Y. W. A. HALL, Lynn, Mass. PHILANDER BETTS, Newark, N. J. E. H. KIFER, Madison, Wis. DUGALD C. JACKSON, Boston, Mass. H. S. FOLEY, Mexico, D. F., Mex. MALCOLM MAC LAREN, Princeton, N. J. T. E. BARNUM, Milwaukee, Wis. A. L. ABBOTT, St. Paul, Minn. MEETINGS AND PAPERS COMMITTEE. H. A. HORNOR, Philadelphia. Pa. W. S. RUGG, Chairman, E. L. FARRAR, Pittsburgh, Pa. 165 Broadway, New York. W. C. SMITH, Pittsfield, Mass. H. W. BUCK, New York. H. R. WAKEMAN, Portland, Ore. A. F. GANZ, Hoboken, N. J. H. W. CROZIER, San Francisco, Cal. W. C. L. EGLIN, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN B. TAYLOR.Schenectady. N.Y. JOHN M. HIPPLE, Pittsburgh, Pa. J. D. ROSS, Seattle, Wash. S. G. McMEEN, Columbus, Ohio. JOSEPH A. OSBORN, St. Louis. Mo. H. H. NORRIS, Ithaca, N. Y. JOHN B. FISKEN, Spokane, Wash. E. W. RICE, JR., Schenectady, N. Y. GEORGE E. KIRK, Toledo. Ohio. F. J. SPRAGUE, New York. F. A. GABY, Toronto, Ont. H. G. STOTT, New York. A. M. BUCK, Urbana, 111. PERCY H. THOMAS, New York. F. D. NI MS, Vancouver, B. C. JOHN B. WHITEHEAD, Baltimore, Md. JOHN H. FINNEY, Washington, D. C. GEORGE R. WOOD, Philadelphia, Pa. STANDARDS COMMITTEE. EDITING COMMITTEE. A. E. KEN NELLY, Chairman, LEWIS T. ROBINSON, Chairman, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mat«. COMFORT A. ADAMS, Secretary, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. ALBERT F. GANZ, Hoboken, N.J. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mast. W. C. L. EGLIN, Philadelphia, Pa. CARY T. HUTCHINSON, New York. H. W. FISHER, Perth Amboy, N.J. A. S. MCALLISTER, New York. E. R. HILL, New York. WALTER I. SLICHTER, New York. PETER JUNKERSFELD, Chicago, 111. NORMAN W. STORER, Pittsburgh, Pa. B. G. LAMME, Pittsburgh, Pa. W. L. MERRILL, Schenectady, N.Y. BOARD OF EXAMINERS. W. S. MOODY, Pittsfield, Mass. H. ST. CLAIR PUTNAM, Chairman, W. H. POWELL, Milwaukee, Wis. 100 Broadway, New York. CHARLES ROBBINS, Pittsburgh, Pa. WILLIAM McCLELLAN, New York. CHARLES F. SCOTT, New Haven, Conn. PERCY H. THOMAS, New York. J. FRANKLIN STEVENS, Philadelphia, Pa. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, Schenectady, N.Y. CODE COMMITTEE SAMUEL W. STRATTON, Washington, D. C. FARLEY OSGOOD. Chairman, 763 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. LAW COMMITTEE. J· C. FORSYTHE, New York. CHARLES A. TERRY, Chairman, H. B. GEAR, Chicago, 111. 165 Broadway, New York. «· N. MÜLLER, Pittsburgh, Pa. CLIFTON V. EDWARDS, New York. A. M. SCHOEN, AtUnt». Ga. FRANCIS BLOSSOM, New York. GEORGE F. SEVER, New York. W. G. CARLTON. New York. JOHN B. TAYLOR, 8eheaeetody. N.Y. GEORGE B. CRU8B. New York. 172 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [April

SPECIAL COMMITTEES· Revised to April 1, 1913.

RAILWAY COMMITTEE. INDUSTRIAL POWER COMMITTEE. FRANK J. SPRAGUE, Chairman, JOHN M. HIPPLE, Chairman. 165 Broadway, New York. W. E. & M. Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa A. H. BABCOCK, San Francisco, Cal. H. B. EMERSON, Methuen, Mass. FREDERICK DARLINGTON, New York. R. S. FEICHT, Pittsburgh, Pa. C. E. EVELETH, Schenectady, N. Y. E. FRIEDLANDER, Braddock, Pa. GEORGE GIBBS, New York. E. H. KIFER, Madison, Wis. CARY T. HUTCHINSON, New York. C. D. KNIGHT, Schenectady; N. Y. DUGALD C. JACKSON, Boston, Mass. J. C. LINCOLN, Cleveland, Ohio. EDWIN B. KATTE, New York. R. S. MASSON. Los Angeles, Cal. RICHARD McCULLOCH, St. Louis, Mo. W. H. POWELL, Milwaukee, Wis. WILLIAM S. MURRAY, New Haven, Conn. BARTON R. SHOVER, Youngstown, Ohio. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, New York. R. H. TILLMAN, Baltimore, Md. B. F. WOOD, Altoona, Pa.

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE. TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY HENRY H. NORRIS, Chairman, COMMITTEE. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. S. G. McMEEN, Chairman, C. R. DOOLEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1001 Wyandotte Building, Columbus, Ohio W. A. HILLEBRAND, Corvallis, Oregon. F. F. FOWLE, New York. JOHN PRICE JACKSON, State College, Pa. H. M. FRIENDLY, Portland, Ore. O. W. LAMKE, St. Louis, Mo. BANCROFT GHERARDI, New York. C. L. MEES, Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. GRISWOLD, San Francisco, Cal. A. J. ROWLAND, Philadelphia, Pa. F. J. MAYER, Madison, Wis. ROBERT SIBLEY, San Francisco, Cal. H. MOURADIAN, Philadelphia, Pa. WALTER I. SLICHTER, New York. L. M. POTTS, Baltimore, Md. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, Schenectady. N.Y. HENRY L. REBER, St. Louis, Mo. ALLARD SMITH, Columbus, Ohio. HIGH TENSION TRANSMISSION J. L. WAYNE. Indianapolis, Ind. COMMITTEE. GEORGE J. YUNDT, Atlanta, Ga. PERCY H. THOMAS, Chairman, 2 Rector Street, New York. H. E. BUSSEY, Atlanta, Ga. ELECTROCHEMICAL COMMITTEE. MAX COLLBOHM. Madison, Wis. ALBERT F. GANZ, Chairman, G. FACCIOLI, Pittsfield, Mass. Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N.J. P. T. HAN SCO M. San Francisco. Cal. E. R. BERRY, Maiden, Mass. JOHN HARISBERGER. Seattle, Wash. CHARLES E. BONINE, Philadelphia, Pa. R. F. HAYWARD, Vancouver, B. C. C. F. BURGESS. Madison, Wis. HAROLD PENDER, Boston, Mass. C. F. ELWELL, San Francisco, Cal. NORMAN ROWE, Mexico City, Mex. A. McK. GIFFORD, Pittsfield, Mass. C. S. RUFFNER, St. Louis, Mo. CARL HERING, Philadelphia, Pa. DAVID B. RUSHMORE, Schenectady. N. Y. W. R. WHITNEY, Schenectady, N.Y. HARRIS J. RYAN, Stanford University, Cal. P. W. SOTHMAN, Toronto. Ont. ELECTROPHYSICS COMMITTEE. ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMMITTEE. JOHN B. WHITEHEAD, Chairman, W. C. L. EGLIN, Chairman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1000 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Pa. L. W. CHUBB, Pittsburgh, Pa. R. G. BLACK, Toronto, Ont. W. S. FRANKLIN, South Bethlehem. Pa. K. H. HANSEN, St. Louis. Mo. EDWARD P. HYDE, Cleveland. Ohio. SIDNEY HOSMER, Boston, Mass. CARL KINSLEY, Chicago, 111. PETER JUNKERSFELD, Chicago. 111. EDWARD L. NICHOLS. Ithaca, N. Y. J. A. LIGHTHIPE, Los Angeles, Cal. E. F. NORTHRUP, Princeton. N. J. S. J. LISBERGER, San Francisco, Cal. G. W. PIERCE, Cambridge, Mass. H. W. PECK, Schenectady. N. Y. M. I. PUPIN, New York. T. S. PERKINS. Irwin, Pa. EDWARD B. ROSA, Washington. D. C. D. W. ROPER. Chicago, 111. HARRIS J. RYAN, Stanford University, Cal. L. E. SINCLAIR, Washington, D. C. H. CLYDE SNOOK. Philadelphia, Pa. W. F. WELLS, Brooklyn. N.Y. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, Schenectady, N.Y. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 173

POWER STATION COMMITTEE. RELATIONS OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS. HENRY G. STOTT, Chairman, LEWIS B. STILLWELL, Chairman, 600 West 59th Street, New York. 100 Broadway, New York. C. L. DEMURALT; Ann Arbor, Mich. FRANCIS BLOSSOM, New York. GLENDOWER DUNBAR, Seattle, Wash. W. K. DUNLAP, Pittsburgh, Pa. j. H. HANNA, Washington, D. C. FRANK R. FORD, New York. HENRY A. LARDNER, San Francisco, Cal. E. W. RICE, JR., Schenectady, N. Y. H. ST. CLAIR PUTNAM, New York. FRANK J. SPRAGUE, New York. SEVERN D. SPRONG, New York. F. A. VAUGHN, Milwaukee. Wis. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. W. F. WELLS, Brooklyn, N.Y. H. CLYDE SNOOK. Chairman. 1210 Race Street, Philadelphia. Pa. COMMITTEE ON USE OF ELECTRICITY IN E. A. BALDWIN, Schenectady. N. Y. MINES. F. J. BULLIVANT, St. Louis. Mo. GEORGE R. WOOD, Chairman, S. K. COLBY. San Francisco, Cal. Arcade Building, Philadelphia, Pa. MAURICE COSTER. New York. C. W. BEERS, Wilkesbarre, Pa. HENRY FLOY. New York. H. H. CLARK, Pittsburgh, Pa. ROBERT T. LOZIER. New York. C. T. HENDERSON, Milwaukee, Wis. C. E. MAGNUSSON. Seattle, Wash. W. E. MOORE, Pittsburgh, Pa. K. C. RANDALL. Pittsburgh, Pa. A. J. NICHT, Chicago, 111. E. P. ROBERTS. Cleveland. Ohio. K. A. PAULY, Schenectady, N. Y. A. M. SCHOEN, Atlanta, Ga. W. A. THOMAS, Pittsburgh, Pa. C. E. SCRIBNER, New York. H. M. WARREN, Scranton, Pa. CODE OF PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE. CONDUCT. CALVERT TOWNLEY, Chairman, 165 Broadway, New York. B. A. BEHREND, Chairman, JOHN J. CARTY, New York. 200 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mas·. C. C. CHESNEY, Pittsfield, Mass. JOHN F. KELLY, Pittsfield, Mass. JOHN H. FINNEY, Washington, D. C. H. ST. CLAIR PUTNAM. New York. HENRY FLOY, New York. LEWIS T. ROBINSON, Schenectady, N. Y. W. W. FREEMAN, Brooklyn, N. Y. GEORGE F. SEVER, New York. C. F. LACOMBE, New York. HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMITTEE. L. A. OSBORNE, Pittsburgh, Pa. T. C. MARTIN, Chairman, E. W. RICE, JR., Schenectady, N. Y. 29 West 39th Street, New York. PATENT COMMITTEE. JOHN J. CARTY, New York. BION J. ARNOLD, Chairman, CHARLES L. CLARKE, New York. 105 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. LOUIS DUNCAN, New York. C. S. BRADLEY. New York. E. W. RICE, JR., Schenectady, N. Y. F. F. FOWLE, New York. CHARLES F. SCOTT, New Haven, Conn. PETER COOPER HEWITT, New York. FRANK J. SPRAGUE, New York. JOHN F. KELLY, Pittsfield, Mass. H. WARD LEONARD, Bronxville, N.Y. INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONGRESS, M. I. PUPIN, New York. SAN FRANCISCO, 191«. W. E. WINSHIP, New York. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COMMITTEE B. F. WOOD, Altoona, Pa. ON ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ON SECTIONS PARTICIPA­ CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, President, TION IN CONDUCT OF INSTITUTE General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. AFFAIRS. CHARLES F. SCOTT, First Vice-President, E. A. BALDWIN. Chairman, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. A. E. KEN NELLY, Vice-President on Program, DUGALD C. JACKSON. Boston. Mass. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. W. S. LEE, Charlotte, N. C. C. O. MAILLOUX, Vice-President on Inter­ PAUL M. LINCOLN, Pittsburgh, Pa. national Relations, 90 West Street, N. Y. s · G. McMEEN, Columbus, Ohio. HENRY A. LARDNER, Vice-President on CHARLES F. SCOTT, New Haven, Conn. Pacific Coast Relations, Alaska-Commercial CHARLES P. STEINMETZ, Schenectady, N.Y. Building, San Francisco, Cal. PERCY H. THOMAS, New York. EDWARD B. ROSA, Secretary, JOUBERT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. C. O. MAILLOUX, Chairman, PRESTON S. MILLAR, Treasurer and Business 90 West Street, New York. Manager, 556 East 80th Street, New York. COMFORT A. ADAMS, Cambridge. Mas·. INDEXING TRANSACTIONS COMMITTEE. ^ARL HERING, Philadelphia, Pa. £ « SCRIBNER, New York. GEORGE I. RHODES, w. D WEAVER, Charlotteeville, V». 111 Devonshire Street, Boston, Ma··. 174 PROCEEDINGS OF A, I. E. E. [April

INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL HEW YORK RECEPTION COMMITTEE. COMMISSION. A. H. LAWTON, Chairman, united States National Committee. 55 Duane St.. New York. C. O. MAILLOUX, President, H. H. BARNES. JR. 90 West Street, New York. F. C. BATES. A. E. KENNELLY, Secretary, H. M. BRINCKERHOFF. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mai· W. G. CARLTON. COMFORT A. ADAMS. Cambridge, Ma··. MAURICE COSTER. B. A. BEHREND, Boston, Mass. H. W. FLASHMAN. LOUIS BELL, Boston, Mass. HENRY FLOY. FRANCIS B. CROCKER, New York. J. W. LIEB. GANO DUNN. New York. R. T. LOZIER. W. C. L. EGLIN, Philadelphia, Pa. O. S. LYFORD, JR. H. W. FISHER, Perth Amboy. N. J. C. O. MAILLOUX. BANCROFT GHERARDI. New York. WILLIAM McCLELLAN. JOHN W. HOWELL, Newark, N. J. W. E. McCOY. PETER JUNKERSFELD. Chicago. 111. F. A. MUSCHENHEIM. B. G. LAMME, Pittsburgh, Pa. FARLEY OSGOOD. W. S. MOODY, Pittsfield. Mass. C. E. SCRIBNER. EDWARD B. ROSA, Washington, D. C. GEORGE F. SEVER. CHARLES F. SCOTT. New Haven, Conn. SAMUEL SHELDON. SAMUEL SHELDON. Brooklyn, N. Y. S. D. SPRONG. C. E. SKINNER, Pittsburgh. Pa. P. H. THOMAS. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ. Schenectady, NY, CALVERT TOWNLEY. W. F. WELLS. CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMITTEE WILLIAM S. MURRAY, Chairman SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION N. Y. N. H., H. R. R., New Haven. Conn. OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. W. G. CARLTON, New York. H. G. STOTT, Chairman, F. L. HUTCHINSON, New York. 600 West 59th Street, New York. DUGALD C. JACKSON. Boston, Mae·. COMFORT A. ADAMS, Cambridge, Mass. PAUL M. LINCOLN, Pittsburgh, Pa. H. W. BUCK, New York. H. ST CLAIR PUTNAM. New York. P. M. LINCOLN, Pittsburgh, Pa. LEWIS T. ROBINSON. Schenectady. N. Y. H. S. PUTNAM, New York. CHARLES F. SCOTT, New Haven. Conn. CHARLES E. SKINNER, Pittsburgh, Pa. PAST-PRESIDENTS TESTIMONIAL LEWIS B. STILLWELL, New York. COMMITTEE. CHARLES W. STONE, Schenectady. N. Y. HENRY G. STOTT, New York. W. S. RUGG, Chairman. JOHN B. TAYLOR. Schenectady. N. Y, 165 Broadway, New York. PERCY H. THOMAS, New York. W. G. CARLTON. New York. CALVERT TOWNLEY. New York. SEVERN D. SPRONG, Brooklyn, N. Y. EDISON MEDAL COMMITTEE Appointed by the President for terms of five years. Term expires July 31. 1917. Term expires July 31. 1916. A- E. KENNELLY. Cambridge. Mass. FRANK J. SPRAGUE. New York. H. WARD LEONARD, Bronxville. N.Y. SCHUYLER SKAATS WHEELER, Ampere. N.J. ROBERT T. LOZIER, New York. W. D. WEAVER, Charlottesville. Va. Term expires July 31, 1915. Term expires July 31, 1914. ELIHU THOMSON. Chairman, PHILIP P. BARTON. Niagara Fall·, N.Y. Swampscott, Mass. JOHN J. CARTY. New York. JOHN W. LIEB, JR., New York. JAMES G. WHITE, New York. EDWARD L. NICHOLS, Ithaca, N.Y. Term expires July 31, 1913. COMFORT A. ADAMS. Cambridge, Mas·. C. C. CHESNEY, Pittsfield, Mass. RICHARD N. DYER. New York. Elected by the Board of Directors from its own membership for terms of two years. Term expire· July 31, 1914. Term expires July 31, 1913. FARLEY OSGOOD, Newark N. J. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, New York. W. S. RUGG, New York. H. H. BARNES, JR.. New York. CHARLES E. SCRIBNER, New York. SEVERN D. SPRONG, New York. Ex-Officio Members. RALPH D. MERSHON, President. New York. GEO. A. HAMILTON, Treasurer, Elizabeth, N.J. F. T.. HUTCHINSON, Secretary, New York. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 175

INSTITUTE REPRESENTATIVES·

Revised to April 1, 1913.

ON BOARD OF AWARD, JOHN FRITZ MEDAL. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, New York. GANO DUNN, New York. DUGALD C. JACKSON, Boston, Man. RALPH D. MERSHON. New York.

ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY. H. H. BARNES, JR., New York. GANO DUNN, New York. CHARLES E. SCRIBNER, New York.

ON LIBRARY BOARD OF UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY. SAMUEL SHELDON. Brooklyn. N. Y. DUGALD C. JACKSON. Boston. Mass. FREDERICK BEDELL, Ithaca, N. Y. MALCOLM MACLAREN, Princeton, N. J. F. L. HUTCHINSON. New York.

ON RESUSCITATION COMMISSION. A. E. KENNELLY. Cambridge, Mass. ELIHU THOMSON, Swampscott, Ma··.

ON ELECTRICAL COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. The Chairman of the Institute's Code Committee, Farley Osgood, Newark, N. J.

ON ADVISORY BOARD OF AMERICAN YEAR-BOOK. EDWARD CALDWELL, New York.

ON COUNCIL OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE W. S. FRANKLIN, South Bethlehem, Pa. G. W. PIERCE, Cambridge, Mate.

ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ENGINEERING SOCIETIES. CALVERT TOWNLEY, New York. W. W. FREEMAN, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ON JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION. CHARLES F. SCOTT, New Haven, Conn. SAMUEL SHELDON, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ON AMERICAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION'S COMMITTEE ON JOINT USE OF POLES. FARLEY OSGOOD, Newark, N.J. F. B. H. PAINE, Buffalo, N.Y. PERCY H. THOMAS, New York

ON BOARD OF MANAGERS, PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, 1915. A. M. HUNT, San Francisco, Cal. J. G. DEREMER, San Francisco, Cal. And the PRESIDENT and SECRETARY of the Institute.

TAX.W LOCAL HONORARY SECRETARIES. JAMES S. FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM G. T. GOODMAN, HOft G. P. O. Perth, Australia. Adelaide, South Australia. Sali K FIELD PARSHALL, ROBERT JULIAN SCOTT. L Aw? House· London Wall, E. C, London. Christ Church. New Zealand. CLAÔ» RDT' McGiN University, Montreal, Qtie.HENRY GRAFTIO. St. Petersburg, Russia. ARE P· BEAMES. RICHARD O. HEINRICH, Bangalore, Mysore Province, India. Genest-str. 5 Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany A. S. GARFIELD, 67 Avenue de Malakoff, Paris, France. 176 PROCEEDINGS OF A. 1. E. E. [April LIST OF SECTIONS. Revised to April 1. 1913.

Name and when Organized. Chairman. Secretary.

Atlanta ...Jan. 19. •04 A. M. Schoen. H. M. Keys, Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore ... Dec. 16, •04 J. B. Whitehead. L. M. Potts, Industrial Building, Baltimore, Md. Feb. 13, •03 Fred. P. Valentine. Leavitt L. Edgar, 39 Boylston St.. Boston, Mass. ..1893 Ralph H. Rice. E. W. Allen, 1028 Monadnock Building. Chicago, 111. 27, •07 E. J. Edwards. R. B. Chillas, Jr., National Carbon Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Detroit-Ann Arbor. Jan. 13, •11 J. J Woolfenden. Ray K. Holland, Cornwall Building, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fort Wayne...... Aug. 14. •08 T. W. Behan. P. H. Haselton, Fort Wayne Electric Works, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Indianapolis-Lafayette. Jan. 12, •12 O. S. More. Charles A. Tripp, 710 Majestic Building. Indianapolis. Ind. 15, •02 E. L. Nichols. George S. Macomber, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 19, •08 G. A. Damon. E. R. Northmore, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company, Los Angeles, Cal. Lynn ... Aug. 22, •11 W. A. Hall. E. R. Berry, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. Madison ...Jan. 8, •09 E. H. Kifer. F. A. Kartak, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wie. Mexico 13, •07 H. S. Foley. James Carson, Mexican Light and Power Company, Mexico City, Mexico. Milwaukee ...Feb. 11. •10 T. E. Barnum. L. F. Reinhard, Mechanical Appliance Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Minnesota ... Apr. 7. •02 A. L. Abbott. Fred A. Otto, St. Paul Gas Light Co., St. Paul, Minn. Philadelphia... , Feb. 18, •03 H. A. Hornor. H. F. Sanville, 1326 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh ...Oct. 13, •02 E. L. Farrar, M. C. Turpin, Department of Publicity, W. E. and M. Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittai ield ... Mar. 25, •04 W. C. Smith. W. W. Lewis, General Electric Company, Pitt «field, Maes. 18, •09 H. R. Wakeman. G. P. Nock, Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co., Portland, Ore. San Francisco.. ... Dec. 23, •04 H. W. Crorier. A. G. Jones, 819 Rialto Building, San Francisco, Cai. Schenectady...... Jan. 26, •03 John B. Taylor. J. A. Dewhurst, Gen. Elee. Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 8eattle ...Jan. 19, •04 J. D. Ross. M. T. Crawford, 608 Electric Bldg.. Seattle, Wash. 8t. Louis ...Jan. Π, •03 Joseph A. Osborn. F. J. Bullivant, 6400 Plymouth Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 3, •07 George E. Kirk. Max Neuber, j Care of Cohen, Friedlander dt Martin, Spokane ....Feb. 14, •13 J. B. Fisken H. B. Peirce, Toledo, 0. 1 Box 1436, Spokane, Wash. ... Sept .30, •03 F. A. Gaby. H. T. Case, Continental Life Bldg., Toronto, Ont. Urbana Nov. 25, Ό2 A. M. Buck. F. G. Willson, University of Illinois, Urbana, IU. VancouTsr...... Aug. 22. •11 F. D. Nims. IE. M. Breed. Ailis-Chalmers-Bullock. Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. Washington, D. C.Apr. 9, •03 John H. Finney. H. C. Eddy.Interstate Commerce Commission* 1 Washington, D. C. · Total, 29. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 177 LIST OF BRANCHES. Revised to April 1, 1913.

Name and when Organized. Chairman. Secretary.

Agricultural and Mechanical S. E. Bowler. E. S. Lammers, Jr. College of Texas Nov. 12, '09 College Station, Texas.

Arkansas, univ. of Mar. 25, '04 W. B. Stelzner. G. W. Watkins, Room 25, Buchanan Hall, Fayette ville Ark. Armour Institute Feb. 26, '04 W. Fryberg. R. L. Walsh, Armour Inst. Tech., Chicago, 111. Bucknell University May 17, '10 B. M. Richards. Robert L. Rooke, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. California Univ. of Feb. 9, Ί2 Charles Grunsky. C. I. Kephart, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Cincinnati, Univ. of Apr. 10, Ό8 S. Perry. A. H. Davis. Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Clemson Agricultural Col­ lege Nov. 8, *12| J. H. Kangeter. H. J. Bomar, Clemson College, S. C. Colorado State Agricul­ tural College '. Feb. 11, '10 Robert O. Sewell. R. K. Havighorst, Colorado State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo Colorado, Univ. of Dec. 16, '04 Harry McKinney. Seizo Uyeda, 1075 12th St., Boulder, Colo. Highland Park College.. Oct. 11, '12 J. W. Spooner. Ralph R. Chatterton, Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa Iowa State College Apr. 15, '03 H.C.Bartholomew| F. A. Robbins, Iowa State College, Arnes, Iowa.

Iowa, Univ. of May 18, '09 L. F. Hatz. A. H. Ford. University of Iowa, Iowa City, la. Kansas State Agr. Col.... Jan. 10, Ό8 C. A.SLeech. W. C. Lane, Kansas State Agric. Col., Manhattan, Kan. Kansas, Univ. of Mar. 18, Ό8 S. S. Schooley. k. J. Fecht, Univ. of "Kansas , Lawrence, Kan.

Kentucky, State Univ. of Oct. 14, Ί0 R. B. Pogue. W- M. Lane, 216 Rose Street, Lexington, Ky. Lafayette College Apr. 5, Ί2 F. W. Maue. W. O. Hay, Jr. Lafayette College, E astori, Pa.

Lehigh University Oct. 15, Ό2 W. J. Dugan. E. F. Weaver, Lehigh University, S. Bethelhem, Pa. Lewis Institute Nov. 8, Ό7 Ralph Kilner. A. H. Fensholt, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 111. Maine, Univ. of Dec. 26, '06 Howard O.Burgess1 J. Larcom Ober, S. A. E. House, Orono, Maine. Michigan, Univ. of Mar. 25, '04 Ward F. Davidson] Edward A. Koeser. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Missouri, Univ. of Jan. 10, '03 H. B. Shaw. E. W. Kellogg. 9 Engineering Building, Columbia, Mo.

Montana State Col May 21. Ό7 Lawrence Wylie. J. A. Thaler, Montana State College, Bozeman, Mont 178 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [April

LIST OF BRANCHES.—Continued-

Name and when Organized. Chairman. Secretary.

Nebraska, Unir, of Apr. 10, '08 Olin J. Ferguson. V. L. Hollister, Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska. New Hampshire Col.... .Feb. 19, '09 Robin Beach. Clayton W. Work, New Hampshire College, Durham, N.H. North Carolina Col. of S. B Sykes. |J. W. Johnson, Air. and Mech. Arts...Feb. 11, Ί0 N. C. College of A. and M. Arts. West Raleigh, N. C.

Ohio Northern Univ Feb. 9, Ί2 F. M. Billhimer. D. W. Yambert, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. Ohio State Univ Dec. 20, '02 R. E. Kinkead. T. O. Farmer, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma Agricultural A. P. Little, J. W. Harvey, and Mech. Coll Oct. 13, '11 416 Hester Street, Stillwater, Okla. David E.Renshawl Leo H. Gorton, Oklahoma, Unir, of Oct. 11, '12 526UniversityBoulevard,Norman,Okla. Lance Read. Charles E. Oakes, Oregon Agr. Col Mar. 24, '08 Oregon Agric. Col., Corvallis, Ore. R. H. Dearborn.| C. R. Reid, Oregon, Univ. of Nov. 11, '10 Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. K. P. Fuhrman. I. S. Nippes, Pennsylvania State College, Penn State College Dec. 20. Ό2 State CollegeCo" , Pa. C. F. Harding. N. Topping, Purdue Univ Jan. 26, *03| Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. E. D. N. Schulte.) W. J. Williams, Rensselaer Poly. Inst..Nov. 12,'09 Rensselaer Poly. Institute, Troy, N. Y. S. Irwin Stocking Joseph E. O'Connell, Rose Polytechnic Inst...Nov. 10, '11 457 N. 8th Street, Terre Haute, Ind.

Rhode Island State Coll. Mar. 14, Ί3 Linford C. Lull, Jr. Walter J. Dodge, Stanford Univ Dec. 13, '07 Stanford University, California. W. P. Graham. R. A. Porter, Syracuse Univ Feb. 24, Ό5 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. J. A. Correli. IJoseph W. Ramsay, Texas, Univ. of Feb. 14, Ό8 University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Ray Gerhart. R. W. Parkinson, Throop Poly. Inst Oct. 14, Ί0 Throop Poly. Institute, Pasadena, Cal. George Tripple. S. R. Shave, Univ. of Washington Dec. 13, Ί2 Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Vermont, Univ. of Nov. 11, Ί0 Walter L. Upson. O. Krupp, 65 North Bend St., Burlington, Vt. Virginia, Univ. of Feb. 9, Ί2 Walter S.Rodman] Henry Woodman Clark A. X. P. House, University .Virginia. Wash., State Coll. of... .Dec. 13. '07 M. K. Akers. H. V. Carpenter, State Col. of Wash., Pullman, Wash. Washington Univ Feb. 26, '04 C. E. Wright A. S. Blaattermn, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Worcester Poly. Inst...Mar. 25, Ό4 Harry B. Lindsay.) George I. Gilchrest, Yale University Oct. 13, '11 R.H. Willard, Jr, Worcester Poly. Inst.. Worcester, Mat«. M. R. Wibberley, 136 Vanderbilt-Scientific, New Haven, Conn. Total, 47. li) 13] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 179

PROCEEDINGS session in the auditorium, the meeting OF THE will adjourn for the usual smoker in the rooms of the Institute on the 10th floor, American Institute where light refreshments will be served.

Electrical Engineers. A. I. £. E. Annual Convention The plans for the Annual Convention of the Institute to be held at the Hotel published monthly by the A. I. E. E., at 33 W. 39th O-te-sa-ga, Cooperstown, New York, St., New York, under the supervision of during the week of June 23, are nearly THE EDITINO COMMITTEE completed. President Mershon has appointed the following members of GEORGE R. METCALFK, Editor the Institute Convention Committee for 1913: S. D. Sprong, Subscription. $10.00 per year for all countries to which the bulk rate of postage applies. chairman, E. L. Nichols, All other countries $12.00 per year. Comfort A. Adams, H. H. Norris, Single copy $1.00. # F. C. Bates, Farley Osgood, Subscriptions must begin with January issue. A. W. Berresford, A. M. Schoen, Changes of advertising copy should reach this H. W. Flashman, W. C. Smith, office by the 15th of the month, for the issue of the following month. W. A. Hall, Paul Spencer, H. A. Hornor, J. F. Stevens, Peter Junkersfeld, C. W. Stone, Vol. XXXII May, 1913 No. 5 J. W. Lieb, Jr., J. B. Taylor, P. M. Lincoln, J. B. Whitehead. Annual Meeting ofthe Institute in New York, May 20,1913 The above committee, in conjunction The Annual Meeting of the American with the Meeting and Papers Commit­ Institute of Electrical Engineers will tee, is preparing an attractive program be held in the auditorium of the Engi­ which will be published in full in the neering Societies Building, 33 West 39th June issue of the PROCEEDINGS. A Street, New York, on Tuesday, May large number of manuscripts of technical 20, 1913, at 8:15 p.m. The Board of papers is now in the hands of the Meet­ Directors will present its report for the ings and Papers Committee to be con­ fiscal year ending April 30, 1913. The sidered for presentation at the Con­ report will include a detailed statement vention. The committee has not had of the financial status of the Institute, time to examine all of these manu­ and a summary of the work accom­ scripts, but the following papers have plished by the standing and special com­ been accepted, up to date, and the mittees during the year. balance of the papers to be selected At this meeting the report of the Com­ will be announced later: mittee of Tellers on the election of Standardization of Method for Deter­ officers for the ensuing administrative mining and Comparing Power Cost year will be presented. of Steam Plant, by H. G. Stott and W. S. Following this a technical session will Gorsuch. be held, under the auspices of the Rail­ The Electric Strength of Air—IV, way Committee of the Institute. Two by J. B. 'Whitehead and T. T. Fitch. Papers are to be presented: 2400- Volt The Positive and the Negative Corona, Railway Electrification, by H. M. Hobart, by W. W. Strong. an(i Trunk Line Electrification, by A Theory of Rupture, by F. W. Charles P. Kahler. Both these papers Peek, Jr. are printed in the May PROCCEEDINGS. An Oscillograph Study of Corona, Upon the conclusion of the technical by Edward Bennett. 180 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. . [May

Test of an Artificial Aerial Telephone amendments creating an additional Line at a Frequency of 750 Cycles per grade of membership. Second, by A. E. Kennelly. The plaintiffs claim that the records The Behavior of Synchronous Motors of all applicants should be examined during Starting, by F. D. Newbury. by the Board of Examiners as a neces­ The Industrial Use of Synchronous sary step before final action by the Motors on Central Station Lines, by Board of Directors; in other words, J. C. Parker. that the procedure should be the same Automatic Substations, by H. R. as that followed with applications made Summerhayes. under the regular sections of the Con­ A symposium of short papers in­ stitution. The view of the Board of cluding the following titles, submitted Directors is that the transfer of all by the Educational Committee: applicants under the Special Section Introduction, by H. H. Norris. is obligatory upon the Board, provided New National Association of Cor­ the applicants refer to the required poration Schools, by Wm. Henderschott. number of Members or Fellows who, Legislation in Vocational Education, upon inquiry, certify that the applicants by W. I. Slichter. meet the requirements of the desired Results Obtained by the Pennsylvania grades as defined in tlie Constitution. Railroad in Its New Apprentice School, The argument upon the application by J. P. Jackson. for a preliminary injunction was heard A Special Feature of Vocational School before Justice Page in the Supreme Work, by A. J. Rowland. Court, New York, on April 24, and a Vocational Training in the Far West, decision is expected at an early date. by Wm. Sibley. Further information will be published in the PROCEEDINGS later.

Pacific Coast Convention Radioactivity Lecture» The Pacific Coast Convention Com­ The last of the series of five lectures mittee, whose appointment was an­ on "Radioactivity " before the A. I. nounced in the April PROCEEDINGS, is E. E. was given by Professor Edwin actively engaged in preparing a pro­ Plimpton Adams on April 16 in the gram of technical papers and other auditorium of the Engineering Societies features for the Pacific Coast Conven­ Building, New York. tion of the Institute, to be held in Van­ This course of lectures marked an couver, B. C, September 9-11, 1913. innovation in the activities of the In­ We hope to be able to announce a stitute which was highly appreciated tentative program for the convention by all who were able to attend the in the June issue. lectures. President Mershon and the Electrophysics Committee, under the· Suit Against the Institute chairmanship of Dr. J. B. Whitehead, A suit has been brought by Messrs. are to be congratulated upon the success Louis Duncan, Francis B. Crocker, of this innovation. and Michael I. Pupin against the In­ Commencing with the discovery of stitute and its Board of Directors. radioactivity by Becquerel about 17

The object of the suit is # to enjoin years ago, Professor Adams described further transfers under present pro­ in a lucid and interesting manner the cedure, and to have declared illegal subsequent experiments and discoveries the transfers already made, to the which have modified our former ideas grades of Member and Fellow under the on construction of matter and led to a Special Section of the Constitution, new conception of atomic structure. which was adopted in May, 1912, at The whole text of the five lectures is the same time as the constitutional given in Section II of this issue of the 180 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. . [May

Test of an Artificial Aerial Telephone amendments creating an additional Line at a Frequency of 750 Cycles per grade of membership. Second, by A. E. Kennelly. The plaintiffs claim that the records The Behavior of Synchronous Motors of all applicants should be examined during Starting, by F. D. Newbury. by the Board of Examiners as a neces­ The Industrial Use of Synchronous sary step before final action by the Motors on Central Station Lines, by Board of Directors; in other words, J. C. Parker. that the procedure should be the same Automatic Substations, by H. R. as that followed with applications made Summerhayes. under the regular sections of the Con­ A symposium of short papers in­ stitution. The view of the Board of cluding the following titles, submitted Directors is that the transfer of all by the Educational Committee: applicants under the Special Section Introduction, by H. H. Norris. is obligatory upon the Board, provided New National Association of Cor­ the applicants refer to the required poration Schools, by Wm. Henderschott. number of Members or Fellows who, Legislation in Vocational Education, upon inquiry, certify that the applicants by W. I. Slichter. meet the requirements of the desired Results Obtained by the Pennsylvania grades as defined in tlie Constitution. Railroad in Its New Apprentice School, The argument upon the application by J. P. Jackson. for a preliminary injunction was heard A Special Feature of Vocational School before Justice Page in the Supreme Work, by A. J. Rowland. Court, New York, on April 24, and a Vocational Training in the Far West, decision is expected at an early date. by Wm. Sibley. Further information will be published in the PROCEEDINGS later.

Pacific Coast Convention Radioactivity Lecture» The Pacific Coast Convention Com­ The last of the series of five lectures mittee, whose appointment was an­ on "Radioactivity " before the A. I. nounced in the April PROCEEDINGS, is E. E. was given by Professor Edwin actively engaged in preparing a pro­ Plimpton Adams on April 16 in the gram of technical papers and other auditorium of the Engineering Societies features for the Pacific Coast Conven­ Building, New York. tion of the Institute, to be held in Van­ This course of lectures marked an couver, B. C, September 9-11, 1913. innovation in the activities of the In­ We hope to be able to announce a stitute which was highly appreciated tentative program for the convention by all who were able to attend the in the June issue. lectures. President Mershon and the Electrophysics Committee, under the· Suit Against the Institute chairmanship of Dr. J. B. Whitehead, A suit has been brought by Messrs. are to be congratulated upon the success Louis Duncan, Francis B. Crocker, of this innovation. and Michael I. Pupin against the In­ Commencing with the discovery of stitute and its Board of Directors. radioactivity by Becquerel about 17

The object of the suit is # to enjoin years ago, Professor Adams described further transfers under present pro­ in a lucid and interesting manner the cedure, and to have declared illegal subsequent experiments and discoveries the transfers already made, to the which have modified our former ideas grades of Member and Fellow under the on construction of matter and led to a Special Section of the Constitution, new conception of atomic structure. which was adopted in May, 1912, at The whole text of the five lectures is the same time as the constitutional given in Section II of this issue of the 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 181

PROCEEDINGS. Reprints in pamphlet 15, and in Western Engineering for form will be available later at a nominal April, 1913. price. It is the intention of the committee, Professor Adams kindly offered to through the sub-committee on publicity, answer any questions at the close of to furnish the technical press from time each lecture and this offer was fully to time information concerning the taken advantage of during the course. nature of the work in progress and any At the close of the series, on motion results which may be considered final. of Mr. C. 0. Mailloux, a rising vote This publicity is given with a view to of thanks was accorded Professor interest engineers throughout the Adams for his delightful and in­ country in offering such constructive structive lectures. criticism and suggestions as will further the work of the Joint Committee. Joint Committee on Inductive Interference Pittsburgh Meeting of the A number of cases of inductive inter­ A. I, E. E. ference between power lines and com­ The 282d meeting of the Institute was munication lines have been brought held at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, before the railroad commission of the on April 18 and 19. The meeting was State of California for settlement, and held under the auspices of the Commit­ as it was recognized that comparatively tee on the Use of Electricity in Mines, little is known as to the quantitative being the first meeting held to consider effect of different factors on disturb­ subjects exclusively related to the work ances in telephone and telegraph cir­ of that committee. cuits, the railroad commission invited E. L. Farrar, chairman of the Pitts­ companies owning and operating power, burgh Section, called the meeting to telephone and telegraph lines to meet order on Friday morning, extended the informally and discuss the question at welcome of the Pittsburgh Section to issue. the delegates in attendance, and then A conference was held December 16, introduced President Mershon. 1912, at which five representatives were After expressing his pleasure in being selected by the power interests, five present, President Mershon referred to by the communication interests, one the fact that the inauguration of each by the railroad interests, and four were new technical committee meant in­ appointed by the commission, making a creased activity on the part of the In­ total of fifteen. These representatives stitute and greater specialization along organized under the name of the Joint the particular line of work with which Committee on Inductive Interference, the committee was identified. This in and the committee has been empowered turn created additional expense in the by the railroad commission to conduct conduct of the affairs of the Institute. tests and experiments, the results of It was true that the inauguration of any which shall serve as a basis for future new work would mean the acquisition regulations of the commission. of some new members, but such addi­ The committee appointed a number tional membership would not be suffi­ °f sub-committees to handle various cient to offset the added expense. branches of the work. The sub-commit­ The President further referred to the tee on tests has made a report indicating fact that the Institute was confronted the methods which will be used in test- with the problem of either limiting its lr*g telephone circuits, telegraph circuits, activities in the work of some of the and railroad signaling circuits. An comnvttees, or providing additional abstract of the report of the test commit- sources of income which, of course, can ^e has been published in the Journal only come mainly from new member­ °f Electricity, Power and Gas for March ships, or curtailing some of the expense 182 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [May which was now incurred in the printing Edison TalKing Picture· and distribution of the PROCEEDINGS. A demonstration of the Edison talk­ He outlined several plans which had ing moving pictures was given to mem­ been proposed to reduce the expense bers of the American Society of Mechan­ in connection with the printing and ical Engineers, American Institute of distribution of the PROCEEDINGS, the Mining Engineers, and American Insti­ principal single item of expense, one tute of Electrical Engineers, in the audi­ of the plans proposed being that the torium of the Engineering Societies papers to be presented at any meeting Building, New York, on Friday evening, shall be printed and distributed only at April 4, 1913. that meeting, or sent only to members Mr. JoTin W. Lieb, Jr., was chairman requesting them, and not printed in the of the meeting and he outlined the de­ PROCEEDINGS and sent to all members velopment work in stroboscopie phe­ as at present. Another suggestion was nomena, especially as exemplified in to have the papers sent only to those motion pictures. Mr. Miller Reece members specially interested in certain Hutchison, chief engineer of the Edison subjects, the membership being classi­ Laboratory, explained some of the fied into groups for this purpose. No problems involved in making motion definite action had been taken on any picture films of an educational nature of the suggestions offered, but they and called attention to the highly were being considered by the Board of satisfactory results now obtained in Directors, and all members were invited combining the phonograph with the to express their ideas, by communica­ motion picture machine. Under Mr. ting with the Institute, as to how the Hutchison's direction a number of the curtailment of expense in connection educational films were shown, followed with the printing and distribution of by a demonstration of the talking the papers could be best accomplished. pictures. George R. Wood, chairman of the The meeting was arranged under the Committee on Use of Electricity in auspices of the New York local commit­ Mines, then took the chair and presided tees of the three societies named above throughout the sessions of the meeting. and was attended by a large and appre­ All of the authors of the eight papers ciative audience. were in attendance and presented their papers. The Question Box proved a Directors' Meeting April 9,1913 popular feature and a number of ques­ The Board of Directors of the Insti­ tions were asked through this medium tute held its regular monthly meeting· on and answered by the members on the Wednesday, April 9, 1913. floor. There were 270 present, and the There were present: Ralph D. Mer- interest in the proceedings was excel­ shon, President, New York; Past-Presi­ lently sustained throughout the meeting, dent Gano Dunn, New York; W. G. the attendance being full and constant. Carlton and S. D. Sprong, New York, The meeting was a pronounced success. A. W. Berresford, Milwaukee, Wis., and More than 100 were present at the W. S. Murray, New Haven, Conn., Vice- Dutch Dinner on Friday evening. Ow­ Presidents; H. H. Barnes, Jr., W. S. ing to the lack of time remarks were Rugg, Charles E. Scribner and William made only by Chairman Farrar of the McClellan, New York, N. W. Storer, Pittsburgh Section and President Mer- Pittsburgh, Pa., Farley Osgood, New­ shon. The work of securing new mem­ ark, N. J., C. A. Adams, Cambridge, bers for the Institute, in the opinion of Mass., J. Franklin Stevens, Philadel­ the president, was the duty of the phia, Pa., and William B. Jackson, Sections, and he hoped the Pittsburgh Chicago, 111., Managers; George A. Section would be the first to inaugurate Hamilton, Elizabeth, N. J., Treasurer, an active campaign for new members. and F. L. Hutchinson, Secretary. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 183

The action of the Finance Committee and standards appertaining to or applicable in in approving monthly bills amounting electrical engineering, or in the allied arts and sciences, is desirable, and it suggests that the to $9,322.61 was ratified. Standards Committee shall take no action on my Messrs. Maurice Coster, A. S. Mc­ subject matter outside of the field of electrical Allister and Walter I. Slichter were or magnetic standardization, and within the field appointed members of the Board of of the Standards Committee of another national society, before coming to an agreement with the Examiners to succeed Messrs. H. S. Standards Committee of that society, provided Putnam, Cary T. Hutchinson, and that a reciprocal courtesy is extended by such George Gibbs, resigned. Mr. Percy H. Standards Committee of such society. Thomas was made chairman. Upon the recommendation of the Transferred to the Grade of Fellow April 9» 1913 Board of Examiners the following Mem­ bers were transferred to the grade of The following were transferred to the Fellow under the regular provisions of grade of Fellow of the Institute at the the constitution: Otto T. Blathy, Buda­ meeting of the Board of Directors on pest, Hungary, Lawrence L. Gaillard, April 9, 1913. New York, and Harry N. Latey, New RECOMMENDED FOR TRANSFER BY THE York. BOARD OF EXAMINERS The special committee appointed in BLATHY, OTTO T., Advising Engineer, January to examine applications for Ganz Electric Co., Budapest, Hun­ transfer to the grades of Member and gary. Fellow, filed under the special section of LAWRENCE LEE GAILLARD, Vice-Presi- the constitution, reported a list of 27 dent and General Manager, New Eng­ applicants for transfer to the grade of land Engineering Co., New York, Fellow, and 86 applicants for transfer N. Y. to the grade of Member, whose applica­ HARRY N. LATEY, Electrical Engineer tions had been examined by the commit­ with General Electric Co., New York, tee and found to comply with the re­ N. Y. quirements of the special section. On motion it was voted to transfer TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH these 113 applicants. THE SPECIAL SECTION OF THE Upon the recommendation of the CONSTITUTION Special Committee on Organization of ADSIT, CHARLES G., Engineer, Northern Technical Committees, the Board au­ Contracting Co., Tallulah Falls, Ga. thorized the President to appoint a BECHTEL, ERNEST J., Electrical Engi­ Committee on Marine Electrical Engi­ neer, Hodenpyl, Walbridge & Co., neering. New York, N. Y. The Public Policy Committee re­ BURT, BYRON T., Resident Electrical ported recommending the appointment Engineer, Chattanooga & Tennessee <>f an Institute representative upon the River Power Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Advisory Board of the National Con­ EASTWOOD, ARTHUR C, President, Elec­ servation Congress, and the President tric Controller & Mfg. Co., Cleve­ was authorized to appoint such repre­ land, Ohio. sentative. ENSIGN, ORVILLE H., Chief Electrical The Public Policy Committee recom­ Engineer, United States Reclama­ mended the passage of the following res­ tion Service, Los Angeles, Cal. olution for the guidance of the Stand­ OILMAN, FRANCIS L., Superintendent, ards Committee, the resolution having Western Electric Co., Hawthorne, 111. been suggested by the latter committee: GREENIDGE, CHARLES A., Electric Resolved, that it is the sense of this Board that Lighting Manager, J. G. White ^-operation between the Standards Committee ^ the Institute and the Standards Committees Management Corporation, New other national societies dealing with units York, N. Y. 184 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [May

HUMPHREYS, CLIFFORD W., Consulting Transferred to Grade of Mem­ ber April 9, 1913 and Designing Engineer, Chicago, The following Associates were trans­ 111. ferred to the grade of Member of the KENNELLY, ARTHUR E., Professor of Institute at the meeting of the Board Electrical Engineering, Harvard Uni­ of Directors on April 9, 1913. versity, Cambridge, Mass. KLINCK, J. HENRY, Manager Industrial TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH & Power Division, Westinghouse THE SPECIAL SECTION OF THE Electric & Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N. C. - CONSTITUTION KNOX, CHARLES E., Consulting Engi­ ABADIE, E. H., Consulting Engineer, St. neer, New York, N. Y. Louis, Mo. LANSINGH, VAN RENSSELAER, General ACRES, HENRY G., Hydraulic Engineer, Manager, Holophane Works of Hydro-Electric Power Commission, General Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Toronto, Ont. LEE, WILLIAM S., Vice-Président and ADAMSON, DANIEL, Engineer, Hyde, Chief Engineer, Southern Power Co., Cheshire, England. Charlotte, N. C. ALBRECHT, FREDERICK C, Manager LEONARD, H. WARD, Inventor, Bronx- Industrial & Power Division, Westing- ville, N. Y. house Electric & Mfg. Co., Pitts­ MOORE, WILLIAM E., Manager, West burgh, Pa. Penn Traction & Water Power Co., ALLEN, ARTHUR E., Commercial Engi­ Pittsburgh, Pa. neer, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. MORITZ, CHARLES J. H., General Super­ Co., New York, N. Y. intendent, Aluminum Company of ARCHBOLD, W. K., President, Archbold- America, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Brady Co., Syracuse, N. Y. MORSS, EVERETT, President, Simplex ASHWORTH, E. M., Secretary, Toronto Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Mass. Electric Commission, Toronto, Ont. NOEGGERATH, J. E., Consulting Engi­ BARKER, JAMES E., Engineer, Board of neer, New York, N. Y. Public Utilities, Los Angeles, Cal. PUFFER, WILLIAM L., Consulting Elec­ BENNETT, EDWARD, Associate Profes­ trical Engineer and Expert, Boston, sor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. Mass. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. ROBB, W. L., Professor of Electrical BICKFORD, EDGAR F., Assistant to the Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Electrical Engineer, Bay State Street Institute, Troy, N. Y. Railway Co., Boston, Mass. SHELDON, SAMUEL, Professor of Electri­ BLACKWELL, OTTO B., Engineering cal Engineering, Brooklyn Poly­ Dept., American Tel. & Tel. Co., technic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. New* York, N. Y. STITZER, ARTHUR B., Electrical Engi­ BRACONNOT, CHARLES P., Director of neer, Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York, Cys. Forca, Luz de -Campos, and N. Y. Ferro Carril Campista, Rio de STORER, SIMON B., Consulting Electrical Janeiro, Brazil. Engineer, Syracuse, N. Y. BURKHOLDER, CHARLES I., General TEMPLE, W. E. S., In charge of Electrical Manager, Southern Power Co. and Engineering Dept., Univ. of Penn­ allied companies, Charlotte, N. C. sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. BURR, E. GODFREY, Electrical Engineer, THOMSON, ELIHU, Electrical Engineer. Montreal, Que. General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. BURTON, PAUL G., Engineer, Chesa­ VAUGHN, FRANCIS A., Consulting Engi­ peake and Potomac Telephone Co., neer, Milwaukee, Wis. Baltimore, Md. WEAVER, WILLIAM D., Editor, Char- CASE, SAMUEL L., Stone & Webster lottesville, Va. Engineering Corporation, Boston, Total, 30. Mass. 184 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [May

HUMPHREYS, CLIFFORD W., Consulting Transferred to Grade of Mem­ ber April 9, 1913 and Designing Engineer, Chicago, The following Associates were trans­ 111. ferred to the grade of Member of the KENNELLY, ARTHUR E., Professor of Institute at the meeting of the Board Electrical Engineering, Harvard Uni­ of Directors on April 9, 1913. versity, Cambridge, Mass. KLINCK, J. HENRY, Manager Industrial TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH & Power Division, Westinghouse THE SPECIAL SECTION OF THE Electric & Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N. C. - CONSTITUTION KNOX, CHARLES E., Consulting Engi­ ABADIE, E. H., Consulting Engineer, St. neer, New York, N. Y. Louis, Mo. LANSINGH, VAN RENSSELAER, General ACRES, HENRY G., Hydraulic Engineer, Manager, Holophane Works of Hydro-Electric Power Commission, General Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Toronto, Ont. LEE, WILLIAM S., Vice-Président and ADAMSON, DANIEL, Engineer, Hyde, Chief Engineer, Southern Power Co., Cheshire, England. Charlotte, N. C. ALBRECHT, FREDERICK C, Manager LEONARD, H. WARD, Inventor, Bronx- Industrial & Power Division, Westing- ville, N. Y. house Electric & Mfg. Co., Pitts­ MOORE, WILLIAM E., Manager, West burgh, Pa. Penn Traction & Water Power Co., ALLEN, ARTHUR E., Commercial Engi­ Pittsburgh, Pa. neer, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. MORITZ, CHARLES J. H., General Super­ Co., New York, N. Y. intendent, Aluminum Company of ARCHBOLD, W. K., President, Archbold- America, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Brady Co., Syracuse, N. Y. MORSS, EVERETT, President, Simplex ASHWORTH, E. M., Secretary, Toronto Wire & Cable Co., Boston, Mass. Electric Commission, Toronto, Ont. NOEGGERATH, J. E., Consulting Engi­ BARKER, JAMES E., Engineer, Board of neer, New York, N. Y. Public Utilities, Los Angeles, Cal. PUFFER, WILLIAM L., Consulting Elec­ BENNETT, EDWARD, Associate Profes­ trical Engineer and Expert, Boston, sor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. Mass. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. ROBB, W. L., Professor of Electrical BICKFORD, EDGAR F., Assistant to the Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Electrical Engineer, Bay State Street Institute, Troy, N. Y. Railway Co., Boston, Mass. SHELDON, SAMUEL, Professor of Electri­ BLACKWELL, OTTO B., Engineering cal Engineering, Brooklyn Poly­ Dept., American Tel. & Tel. Co., technic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. New* York, N. Y. STITZER, ARTHUR B., Electrical Engi­ BRACONNOT, CHARLES P., Director of neer, Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York, Cys. Forca, Luz de -Campos, and N. Y. Ferro Carril Campista, Rio de STORER, SIMON B., Consulting Electrical Janeiro, Brazil. Engineer, Syracuse, N. Y. BURKHOLDER, CHARLES I., General TEMPLE, W. E. S., In charge of Electrical Manager, Southern Power Co. and Engineering Dept., Univ. of Penn­ allied companies, Charlotte, N. C. sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. BURR, E. GODFREY, Electrical Engineer, THOMSON, ELIHU, Electrical Engineer. Montreal, Que. General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. BURTON, PAUL G., Engineer, Chesa­ VAUGHN, FRANCIS A., Consulting Engi­ peake and Potomac Telephone Co., neer, Milwaukee, Wis. Baltimore, Md. WEAVER, WILLIAM D., Editor, Char- CASE, SAMUEL L., Stone & Webster lottesville, Va. Engineering Corporation, Boston, Total, 30. Mass. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 185

CASTLE, S. N., Engineer, General Elec­ GALUSHA, D. L., Electrical Engineer, tric Co., New York, N. Y. Stone & Webster Engineering Cor­ CHAPMAN, DAVID A., Mechanical Super­ poration, Keokuk, Iowa. intendent, William Filene's Sons Co., ^GOLDSMITH, CLARENCE, Assistant Engi­ Boston, Mass. neer, Public Works Dept., Boston, CHRISTIE, CLARENCE V., Assistant Pro­ Mass. fessor of Electrical Engineering, Mc- GOODING, H. C. L., Electrical Engineer, Gill University, Montreal, Que. Cananea Consolidated Copper Co., CLARK, ORA A., Assistant Electrical Cananea, Sonora, Mex. Superintendent, General Electric Co., HALL, H. CURTIS, Sales Engineer, Schenectady, N. Y. General Electric Co., New York, CLOKE, PAUL, Assistant Professor of N. Y. Electrical Engineering, Rhode Island HALL, WALTER D., Superintendent, St. State College, Kingston, R. I. Clair Tunnel Co., Port Huron, Mich. COOPER, WILLIAM JOHN, Superintendent HALLBORG, HENRY E., Engineer, of Power, Mexican Light & Power Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Co., Necaxa, Puebla, Mexico. Brooklyn, N. Y. CORNING, JOHN W., Electrical Engineer, HARING, JAMES Y., General Superin­ Boston Elevated Railway Co., Boston, tendent, N. Y. & Queens Electric Mass. Light & Power Co., Long Island City, CRANE, ALBERT S., Vice-Président, J. N. Y. G. White Engineering Corporation, HENRY, IRA W., Consulting Electrical New York, N. Y. Engineer, New York, N. Y. DATES, HENRY B., Professor of Electri­ HILL, J. B., Assistant Professor of Elec­ cal Engineering, Case School of trical Engineering, State University Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. DAVIS, RAE W., Electrical Engineer, HOMMEL, LUDWIG, L. Hommel & Co., Allis-Chalmers Co., West Allis, Wis. Pittsburgh, Pa. DAVOUD, V. Y., Electrical and Mechani­ HOPKINS, NELSON S., Electrical Engi­ cal Engineer, Utah Power & Light Co., neer, Providence, R. I. Salt Lake City, Utah. HORTON, ALBERT J., Engineer, Cutler- DEFFENBAUGH, HOMER C, Assistant Hammer Mfg. Co., New York, N. Y. Cost Engineer, Rochester Railway HUTCHINSON, F. L., Secretary, Ameri­ & Light Co., Rochester, N. Y. can Institute of Electrical Engi­ DOWIE, HORACE, Industrial Electrical neers, New York, N. Y. Engineer, Westinghouse, Church, Kerr INCH, S. R., General Superintendent, & Co., New York, N. Y. Utah Power and Light Co., Salt DOWNS, EDGAR S., President and Lake City, Utah. Treasurer, E. S. Downs Co., Newark, JOHNSON, CLARENCE A., Assistant Pro­ N.J. fessor of Electrical Engineering, Uni­ EATON, R. W., Electrical Engineer, Con­ versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. necticut Company, New Haven, KALENBORN, A. S., Engineer of Distri­ Conn. bution, Oro Electric Corporation, ELDEN, LEONARD L., Electrical Engineer, San Francisco, Cal. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of KASSON, C. L., Electrical Testing Engi­ Boston, Boston, Mass. neer, Boston, Mass. FIRMAN, LEO D., Assistant Chief, Elec- LAMB, RICHARD, Chief Engineer, Birm­ tric-d Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa. ingham Water, Light & Power Co., Birmingham, Ala. M)ULKES, THOMAS, Commissioner, Board of Public Utilities, Los Angeles, LAXTON, F. M., Tucker and Laxton, Cal. Charlotte, N. C. 186 PROCEEDINGS OF A. I. E. E. [May

LEE, CLAUDIUS, Associate Professor of RUGG, H. V., District Superintendent, Electrical Engineering, Virginia Poly­ Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., technic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. LEWIS, WALTER W., Engineer, Trans­ SCHLUEDERBERG, CARL G., Commercial former Dept., General Electric Co., Engineer, Switchboard Dept., West­ Pittsfield, Mass. inghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Pitts­ MCNIECE, IRWIN, Allis-Chalmers Co., burgh, Pa. Milwaukee, Wis. SCLATER, I. H., Designing Electrical MESSICK, CHARLES, Engineer and Engineer, General Electric Co., West Patent Attorney, New York, N. Y. Lynn, Mass. MILLER, ELAM, Transmission and Pro­ SELDEN, PAUL B., Chief Electrician, tection Engineer, American Tel. & United Electric Light Co., Springfield, Tel. Co., New York, N. Y. Mass. MORSE, ERNEST C, Sales Engineer, SHEPARD, BERT H., Division Sublicense Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Manager, New York Telephone Co., Boston, Mass. Syracuse, N. Y. MURRAY, J. FRANK, Superintendent of SMITH, H. L. H., Chief of Testing Meters and Lamp Dept., United Bureau, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Electric Light Co., Springfield, Mass. System, Brooklyn, N. Y. NEXSEN, RANDOLPH H., Electrical Engi­ STEVENS, W. C, Sales Engineer, Cutler- neer, New York, N. Y. Hammer Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. NORDSTRUM, L. D., Designing Electrical TWINING, WILLIAM S., Consulting Engi­ Engineer, Fort Wayne Electric Works, neer, Ford, Bacon and Davis, New Fort Wayne, Ind. York, N. Y. NORSA, RENZO, Consulting Electrical VREELAND, FRANK P., Railway and Engineer, Milan, Italy. Traction Engineering Dept., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. NORTHMORE, E. R., Superintendent of Electrical Distribution, Los Angeles WAGNER, JEAN R., General Foreman, Gas & Electric Corporation, Los Meter Dept., New York Edison Co., Angeles, Cal. New York, N. Y. PEEBLES, LEIGHTON H., Engineer, J. WALTON, JAMES A., Electrical Engineer, G. White Engineering Corporation, Edison Electric Illuminating Co., New York, N. Y. Boston, Mass. PERRY, J. W., General Manager, Elec­ WICKENDEN, WILLIAM E., Assistant trical Dept., H. W. Johns-Manville Professor of Electrical Engineering, Co., Madison Ave. & 41st St., New Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ York, N. Y. nology, Boston, Mass. POWELL, E. B., Mechanical Engineer, WIEGAND, HENRY J., General Superin­ Stone & Webster Engineering Cor­ tendent, Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co., poration, Boston, Mass. Milwaukee, Wis. RADLEY, GUY R., Electrical Engineer, WILLSON, F. G., Instructor in Electrical Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Engineering, University of Illinois, Wis. Urbana, 111. REED, HARRISON P..Electrical Engineer, WINSLOW, I. E., Consulting Engineer, Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co., Milwau­ London, E. C, England. kee, Wis. WOODBURY, E., Engineer Electrical REINHARD, LOUIS F., Chief Engineer, Construction, Pacific Light & Power Mechanical Appliance Co., Milwau­ Corporation, Los Angeles, Cal. kee, Wis. Total 86. 1913] INSTITUTE AFFAIRS 187

Applications for Election Masuda, M., New York, N. Y. Applications have been received by Metz, G. F., Hazelton, Pa. the Secretary from the following candi­ Miller, F. C, Jr., Powell River, B. C. dates for election to membership in the Mitchell, C. W., Brooklyn, N. Y. Institute. Unless otherwise indicated Moreland, CM., Pedro Maguiel, C. Z. the applicant has applied for admission Moulden, E. S., Adelaide, S. A. as an Associate. If the applicant has Oswald, W. A., Vancouver, B. C. applied for direct admission to a higher Pearce, W. R., Edmonton, Alta. grade than Associate, the grade follows Plowman, R. C, Mexico City, Mex. immediately after the name. Any Pospisil, L. J., Spokane, Wash. member objecting to the election of any Purton, T. A., Salt Lake City, Utah. of these candidates should so inform the Rohrbach, F. L., Spokane, Wash. Secretary before May 30, 1913. Romig, Eugene, Los Angeles, Cal. Barron, G. F., Norwood, Ohio. Scouler, G. T., Vancouver, B. C. Behnke, R. E., Brooklyn, N. Y. Seldomridge, C. H., Los Angeles, Cal. Blair, S. A., Tuscaloosa, Ala. Stark, L., Budapest, Hungary. Brant, C. A., Toms River, N. J. Stevens, J. F., University, N. D. Brown, H. M., Philadelphia, Pa. Tagholm, G., Chicago, 111. Bubke, H. P., Spokane, Wash. Templin, A. G. W., Detroit, Mich. Bucher, P., San Francisco, Cai. Tucker, John, Jr., New York, N. Y. Canifï, S. W., Toronto, Ont. Van Norman, M. A., Detroit, Mich. Carlson, F. W., Helena, Mont. Waterhouse, J. K., Damariscotta, Me. Christian, G. W., New York, N. Y. Weintraub, E., (Fellow) West Lynn, Chryssidy, S. S., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mass. Cole, A. E., Roxbury, Mass. Wilkinson,L. C, Wappingers Falls,N.Y. Cook, J. W., Vancouver, B. C. Winter, T. G., Vancouver, B. C. Csanyi, H., New York, N. Y. Wright, R. V., Hagerstown, Md. de Souza, E. E., Sao Paulo, Brazil. Total, 64. Dozier, J. G., Palmer, Mass. Elmore, F. H., Jr., Washington, D. C. Annual Baxicttiet of the Pitt·· Elwell, David, Arlington, Mass. burgH Section Gillespie, F. M., San Jose, C. A. The seventh annual banquet of the Godfrey, H., New York, N. Y. Pittsburgh Section A. 1/ E. E., which Guise, H. B., Mishawaka, Ind. was held on February 8 at the Hotel Hamlin, E. J., Cape Town, S. A. Schenley, Pittsburgh, was enjoyed by Harford, A. K., San Francisco, Cal. some four hundred electrical engineers Heissler, L. J., Canajoharie, N. Y. and their guests. Among those at the Hendry, L. G., Vancouver, B. C. speakers' table were Mr. S. L. Nichol­ Henry, W. J., Vancouver, B. C. son, Dr. Walter Riddle, Chancellor Hepburn, H. M., (Member) Honolulu, S. B. McCormick of the University of T. H. Pittsburgh, Mr. James D. Murray, Hitchcock, E., Wellington, N. Z. Vice-Presi dent William S. Murray, Mr. Hollyday, J. E., Philadelphia, Pa. H. E. Longwell, Mr. Norris Knowles, Hughes, A., Jr., Braddock, Pa. Mr. P. M. Lincoln, Mr. C. W. Park- Hunt, W. V., Vancouver, B. C. hurst, president of the Association of Jenson, J. S., Chicago, 111. Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers, Johnstone, G. A., (Member) Anderson, and Mr. E. L. Farrar, chairman, and Ind. Mr. M. C. Turpin, secretary, of the Kempton, G. R., Buffalo, N. Y. Pittsburgh Section. Kramer, F. E., Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Longwell, consulting engineer, ^tinier, J. S., East Hamilton, Ont. of the Westinghouse Machine Company, L°ng, H. D., Rome, Ga. was toastmaster. It has been the M^cke, C. J., McCleary, Wash. custom of the Pittsburgh Section to 188 PROCEEDINGS OF A. L E. E. [May have the president of the Institute as cornet solo by C. L. Mason, a vocal the guest of honor at its banquets, but solo by H. L. Wing, and a chorus of President Mershon was on the Pacific twelve voices led by Mr. Watson Davis. Coast at the time, and his place was Dr. Steinmetz was toastmaster, and taken by Vice-Presi dent William S. called upon the following for short Murray, whose subject was " The speeches: Ralph D. Mershon, " The Institute." Mr. Murray spoke of the Institute;" T. C. Martin, " The Na­ importance of the work of the Institute, tional Electric Light Association;" B. and the high sense of responsibility G. Lamme, " Co-operation;" S. H. felt by the Board of Directors in the Blake, " Bowling as a Side Issue;" conduct of its affairs, and concluded Joseph Instill, " Responsibility;" H. by proposing a toast to President W. Tobey, " The Sunny South;" F. R. Mershon. Whittlesey, " Promises." Chancellor McCormick was another Mr. W. C. Smith, chairman of the speaker, having for his topic " The Pittsfield Section, announced an excur­ First Arc Light." Mr. Morris Knowles, sion to Shelburne Falls on Patriots' civil engineer, president of the Water Day, April 19, to visit the large hydro­ Utilization Association of Pennsylvania, electric power development at that made an address on " The Relation place. between Hydroelectric Development and Water Conservation." He said that a Past Section Meetings comprehensive national and state plan of water utilization is needed, based on BALTIMORE complete knowledge and careful study. The March meeting of the Baltimore Dr. Walter Riddle, vice-president of Section was a smoker, held at Wegner's the Sterling Varnish Company, was Restaurant, on March 28. There were scheduled on the program for an address 21 present, and the chairman, Dr. J. on " Entropy and Its Relation to the B. Whitehead, presided. Mr. J .B. Scott Ultimate Disappearance of Energy," gave a talk on " Problems of a Consult­ but his talk proved to be in a humorous ing Engineer." Mr. Scott spoke partic­ vein and not as formidable as its title. ularly of the ethical questions en­ countered by the engineer. A general Annual Dinner of the Pittsfield discussion followed. Section The fifth annual dinner of the Pitts- BOSTON field Section was held on April 3 at the The regular meeting of the Boston Hotel Wendell, Pittsfield, Mass., and Section was held in the auditorium of was attended by about one hundred the Engineers' Club, 2 Commonwealth members of the Section and their Avenue, on April 3. Professor Harold friends. The guests included the Pender, vice-chairman of the Section, president of the Institute, Mr. Ralph presided. There was an attendance D. Mershon of New York, two past of about one hundred. presidents, Mr. T. C. Martin of New Professor Dugald C. Jackson of the York and Dr. C. P. Steinmetz of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Schenectady, and Mr. B. G. Lamme addressed the meeting on " Compari­ of Pittsburgh. sons between English and American The menu took the form of a " mate­ Electrical Construction." rial list," and included " transil oil," His address was illustrated by stere- " resin treated maple," "arc lamp opticon views. Afterwards this paper carbons " and other items which proved was discussed generally by many of to be entirely edible, despite their those present. After the discussion a names. The diners were entertained smoker was held, and light refreshments with music by Gorman's orchestra, a were served to the members.