Institution of mechanical engineers

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1939
• Weight: 135 KB
• Volume: 58
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000583712

✦ Synopsis

Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. As a gcncral rulc tlic corrosion or rusting of inctals is duo to an clcctrochcmical reaction. Thc Wcdncsdxy morning scssion covered elcctroclicniical subjccts of a gcncral naturc including tho clcctroinctallurgy of lend, silvcr, nickcl, inangnncsc and arscnic. A papcr which lias attracted much attcntion in this country is onc on thc cadmium-nickel storngc battery. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Nonday, Scptcmbcr 11, was set aside by thc New York World's Fair authorities as Electrochemical Day. In the afternoon Prof. I3radlcy Stoughtoii of Lchigh Univcrsity guvc x popular illustrntcd addrcss on "BIodcrn I I a r ~d s of Elcctroinctallurgy." Thc incctiiig WRS held in tlic Scicncc ant1 Education Building a t tlic World's Fair Grouiids and NOS open to tlic public. On Tucsday evcning was tlic Edward Goodrich Acheson Medal Dinner at the Hotel Commodore. Tlic Achcson RIcdnl irnd $1000 Prize W C ~C bcstowcd upon Ilr. Francis Coalcs Frary, Dircctor of tlic Rcscarch JAoratorics of tlic Aluniinuin C o m p i y of America.