✍ Scribed by Edward P. Hyde
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THE rapid, unparalleled development of .the science and art of illuminating engineering is in itself an unanswerable argument for the necessity and value of this, the most modern of the engineering professions. Seven years ago illuminating engineering was but a name known to a few enthusiasts who foresaw the wonderful possibilities in the development of the science of illumina'tion and in the application of that science to the design of illumination installations. The Illuminating Engineering Society of the United States was organized in the early part of the year 19o6 , and the total number of charter members amounted to only 8 9 . Now, seven years later, the society has an enrolmen~ of 14oo members, scattered throughout the United States, with a few in Europe, and among its members are to be found physicists, physiologists, psychologists, ophthalmologists, architects, decorators, and representatives of other professions, in addition to those engineers who either directly or indirectly are interested i~ the application of lighting. On ks committees are men of international reputation who are giving their efforts to the development of the science of lighting and to the spread of the gospel of good illumination. The initiative in 'the movement which resulted in the adoption of a common unit of candlepower for the photometry of gas and electric lamps in this country and in an international agreement on a common unit of candle-power for England, France, and the United States was taken by the Committee on Nomenclature and Standards of
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