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(~I~;N'I'LtgMEN :--The Electrical Section has}lad a successful year, if interest in, and attendance oll its meetings, is any criterion.
The memlmrship at the beginning of the year was II6 ; and at the present date it is I4O, showing a gain of twenty-four for the year.
Not only have there been interesting papers for each meeting, but also the members have shown their interest in them by vigorous discussion.
The papers read at the meetings have been as follows : Meeting of January 2o, I899, w. It. Tapley, of the Uuited States Government Printing Office, at Washington, I). C., "Practical Application of the Electrical Motor to Printing Press Machinery." February 28th, demonstration evening, Prof. \Β₯. S. Franklin, of Lehigh University, showed and described some forms of the Nernst Lamp that he had made ; he also showed that heated glass is an electrical conductor by sending a current of e,ooo volts A. C. through a glas~ tube after heating it with a Bunsen burner. The current resulting from this voltage melted the tube.
Mr. l~;lmer G. Willyoung showed the construction and operation of the electrolytic interrupter, in connection with a coll and X-ray tube. iVir. :Balderston, of Williams, Brown & Earle, exhibited a new form of statie X-ray machine in operation.