Proceedings of the stated meeting held Wednesday, March 18, 1914

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1914
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 45 KB
• Volume: 177
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(14)91095-x

✦ Synopsis

Additions to membership since last report, 6. Dr. George A. Hoadley, on behalf of the Committee on Science and the Arts, introduced Mr. George W. Loggie, treasurer of the Kinkead Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, to whom had been awarded the Longstreth Medal of Merit for their apparatus for aligning and levelling shafting. The chairman then presented the medal to Mr. Loggie.

After the transaction of the above business a joint meeting was held with the Philadelphia Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, President Clark and Chairman Cheyney presiding jointly.

It was announced that because of death in his family Dr. Edwin F. Northrup, who had been scheduled to speak on " The Problem of Electrical Conduction," found it impossible to be present.

Mr. H. A. Hornor, Electrical Engineer of the New York Shipbuilding Company, presented an interesting communication on "The Marine Applications of Electricity." The many and varied uses of electricity on board ship were fully described, including its applications in signalling to and from various parts of a vessel, as an adjunct in gunnery for range finding and other purposes, for lighting, heating," baking, and for communication between vessels and land. The subject was illustrated by lantern slides.

After a vote of thanks to the speaker, the meeting adjourned. R. B. OWENS,