No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Additions to membership since last report, 8. Mr. Charles E. Bonine, chairman of the Committee on Science and the Arts, reported the condition of the work of the committee.
The paper of the evening was presented by George R. Otshausen, Ph.D., of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., and was entitled "The Testing of Engineering Materials." The work done by the Bureau of Standards in cc6peration with other organizations was described and detailed information was given of the elaborate series of tests on the strength of columns which were conducted at the Bureau. The apparatus used in these tests and the various types of columns tested were fully described and the results given in detail.
Experiments and investigations made with other materials, such as glass, steel rails, and bolts, were outlined.
After a discussion by Professors Marburg, Lanza, and others the thanks of the meeting were extended to the speaker.
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Additions to membership since last report, 13. Mr. William C. Wetherill, chairman of the Committee on Science and the Arts, reported the condition of the work of the committee. Charles Baskerville, Esq., Ph.D., Director of Chemical Laboratories, College of the City of New York, presented a communic
The total registi-ation for the year was four hundred and eighteen, an increase of t2 per cent. over that of the previous year.
Proccrdillys of the Stated dlrctilry held M'cducsduy. d-lag 7, 1919.) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. PHILADELPHIA. May 7, I()I~. MR. BENJUIIN FR,\NKLIN irr the C/lair.
IN conformity with the general policy of the Government in restricting expenditures wherever possible without serious detriment to the public service, the Bureau of Standards has, during the fiscal year ended June 3 ยฐ , 192I, confined its activities to the more urgent research problems and testing.