SOCIETY AFFAIRS

N o. 1838
SOCIETY A FF A IR S
T H E SPRIN G M EETIN G
Atlanta, Ga., M ay 8 to 11
r P HE 1922 Spring Meeting was the first to be held in the South
since the one at New Orleans in 1916. Because of local
interest in these subjects, textiles and hydroelectric power
development were stressed a t the meeting. The local committee
took advantage of A tlanta’s geographical situation to arrange for
excursions to Greenville, S. C., for an inspection trip to textile
mills and bleacheries on Friday, M ay 12, to the Duncan Mills, the
Branden Mills, the Judson Mills, the American Spinning Co., the
Woodside Mills, and the Union Bleachery and Finishing Co. An
excursion to Birmingham, Ala., on Friday, M ay 12, was arranged
for the inspection of the American Cast Iron Pipe Co., and of the
Ensley and the Fairfield Plants of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railfoad Co. On Saturday, M ay 13, an excursion was arranged
to Muscle Shoals, Ala., for the inspection of the nitrate plants and
the Wilson Dam.
Previous to the meeting, under the auspices of the Virginia
Section, a meeting was held a t Charlottesville, Ya., on M ay 5 and
6 at the University of Virginia. At the morning session Charles
H. Fish of the Virginia Chapter of the Institute of Architects de­
livered an address on How to Organize an Engineering Problem.
In the afternoon there was held a joint session of this Society and
the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. The
subject of this meeting was How Can the Industries Aid Engineer­
ing Education. In the evening Dean Dexter S. Kimball, President
of the Society, delivered an address on The Contents of a Liberal
Education. On Saturday, M ay 6, there was an automobile trip
through the environs of Charlottesville with a visit to Monticello
and a tour of the grounds and laboratories of the University of
Virginia.
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
Registration for the Spring Meeting at Atlanta opened a t the
Piedmont Hotel, 8:30, Monday, M ay 8. A meeting of the Coun­
cil, a conference of local sections’ delegates and a meeting of the
Nominating Committee constituted the business of the morning
while thei afternoon w,as devoted to a business meeting. At the
business meeting the proposed new Constitution was presented for
its first reading and with a few slight amendments was ordered
submitted to letter ballot of the membership sixty days before the
Annual Meeting of the Society in Decemlber. At the conclusion
of the discussion on the Constitution Professor Christie, Chairman
of the Committee on the Joint Code of Ethics, made a report for
his Committee. I t was moved th a t the revision of the Code be
referred to members for letter ballot.
On Tuesday morning simultaneous sessions were held on tex­
tile machinery and on materials handling. There was also a
general session and a public hearing upon the Power Test Codes.
On Wednesday morning there was a second session on textile
machinery held simultaneously with a second general session and
a session on fuels under the auspices of the Fuels Division. On
Thursday morning there were three sessions on management and
power under the auspices of these divisions respectively and a
symposium on welding under the auspices of the A.S.M.E. Boiler
Code Committee and the American Welding Society.
Tuesday afternoon was devoted to local excursions to points
of interest around Atlanta. Wednesday afternoon was devoted
to a barbecue a t the E ast Lake Country Club which was followed
by an eighteen-hole golf match and an exhibition of boxing. On
Thursday afternoon there was a student branch conference and a
theatre party at the Howard Theatre.
Throughout the meeting a number of Atlanta ladies were
present a t the headquarters hotel, and the visiting ladies were
accorded every courtesy. Impromptu automobile trips were
organized and social gatherings arranged during the mornings when
the technical sessions were in progress. The crowning social
event for the ladies was the serving of tea a t the Piedmont Driving
Club on Tuesday.
The assistance rendered by the students of the Georgia School
of Technology is worth special mention. Throughout the meeting
they gave dependable service a t the Information Bureau, at the
Registration Desk, in the various railroad stations and in the
actual conduct of the meeting.
S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
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The general local committee in charge of the Atlanta meeting
consisted of H. E. Bussey, Chairman; R. S. King, Vice-Chairman;
J. T. Wikle, Secretary; E. A. Brooks, Robert Gregg, N. C. H ar­
rison, H. E. Lindley, Thomas M. Nalon, and Earl F. Scott. Chair­
men of the sub-committees were as follows: Earl F. Scott, Finance;
N. C. Harrison, Entertainm ent; Mrs. Earl F. Scott, Ladies Social;
W. H. Holby, Transportation; W. J. Neville, Hotels; R. S. King,
Inform ation; Earl F. Scott, Publicity; Earl F. Scott, Reception.
PROGRAM
Monday Morning, M ay 8
Opening of Headquarters and Registration Bureau.
Council Meeting.
Conference of Local Sections’ Delegates.
Meeting of the Regular Nominating Committee.
Monday Afternoon
BUSINESS M EETING
Announcement of result of ballot on amendments to the Constitution;
first reading of proposed new Constitution; report of Special Committee on
Code of Ethics; report on American Engineering Council-.
Monday Evening
I nform al D a n c e.
Tuesday Morning, M ay 9
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
TEXTILE M ACHINERY ( i )
C o tton-G in n in g
M a c h in e r y ,
S. E. Gillespie.
MATERIALS HANDLING
M a t e r ia l H a n d l in g
I n d u s t r y , F . L. Leach.
E q u ip m e n t
as
U sed
in
the
I ron
and
Steel
GENERAL ( i)
T h e A c c u r a c y o f B o il e r T e s t s ,
Alfred Cotton.
U s i n g E x h a u s t E n e r g y i n R e c ip r o c a t in g E n g i n e s ,
C. Trump.
Public hearing on Power Test Codes.
Tuesday Afternoon
L oca l E x c u r s i o n s .
Tuesday Evening
D in n e r
D ance.
J. Stumpf and C.
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
Wednesday Morning, May 10
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
TEXTILE M ACHINERY ( i l )
W e a v i n g M a c h i n e r y , L . B . J e n c k e s .1
E x t r a c t io n
M odern
F.
E.
O il
of
Shop
from
V eg etable
P r a c t ic e i n
M atter,
B u il d in g
the
of
J. Davidson.2
R e v o l v in g
F lat C a rds ,
Banfield, Jr.2
FUELS
R e d u c t io n o f F u e l W a s t e s i n
the
S teel I n d u stry , F .
G. Cutler.
B o il e r - R o o m P e r f o r m a n c e a n d P r a c t ic e at C o l f a x S t a t io n , D u q u e s n e
L ig h t C o ., C . W. E. Clarke.
T h e C o n t r o l o f B o il e r O p e r a t io n , E . A . U e h l i n g .
GENERAL ( i l )
C e n t r if u g a l C a s t i n g s ,
The
M u s c le
S h o a ls
Leon Cammen.
P la n t
and
th e
N itro g e n
S u p p ly ,
M a j.
J. K.
Clement.1
H eat L o sse s fr o m
per a tu r es u p to
800
B ar e a n d
degi. f a h r .,
R.
C overed W r o u g h t I r o n
H.
P ip e
at
T em ­
Heilman.
T h e E v a p o r a t io n o f a L iq u id I n t o a G a s ,
W. K. Lewis.
Wednesday Afternoon
Barbecue and golf exhibition match at the East Lake Country Club
Thursday Morning, M ay 11
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
MANAGEMENT
M a n a g e m e n t A p p l ie d to T e x t il e P l a n t s , G e o r g e S .
Harris.1
F. H . Neeley.2
T h e S o u t h e r n W o r k e r — H i s H is t o r y a n d C h a r a c t e r ,
POWER
Chas. G. Adsit.
C. A. Mees.2
John A. Sirnit.
P ow er D ev elo pm en t in t h e S ou theast,
E c o n o m ic s o f W a t e r - P o w e r D e v e l o p m e n t ,
H y d r o e l e c t r ic P o w e r - P l a n t
R ep o rt
U pon
E ffic ie n c y
T r ip le - C y lin d e k S te a m
1 Published in
2 Published in
3 Published in
D e s ig n ,
T e s ts
T u rb in e ,
of
a
60,000- k w ., C r o s s - C o m p o u n d ,
H. B. Reynolds and W. F. Hovey.
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
June 1922.
May 1922.
July 1922.
S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
SYM POSIUM
7
ON W ELDING
S t r e n g t h o f E l e c t r i c a l l y W e ld e d P r e s s u r e C o n t a i n e r s ,
Som e P rin c ip le s o f t h e
S . W . M i l l e r .2
C o n s tr u c tio n o f U n fire d
S t e e l f o r F o rg e W e ld in g , F .
R. J. Roark.1
P r e s s u r e V e ss e ls,
N. Speller.
Thursday Afternoon
Meeting of regular Nominating Committee.
Student Branch Conference.
Theatre Party.
TH E ANNUAL M EETIN G
New York, N. Y., December 4 to 7
The forty-third Annual Meeting was notable for its wellbalanced, diversified program with papers and discussion. The
four days of the meeting, December 4 through 7, 1922, formed a
very intense period, however, for during th a t time there were
twenty-four sessions, fifty-three committee meetings, and four
social events. This was followed by the National Exposition of
Power and Mechanical Engineering which opened on Thursday,
December 7, at one o’clock at the Grand Central Palace. I t was
a remarkable week and the 1836 who registered left the meeting
with a feeling of having attended a very successful affair.
The presidential address of Dean Dexter S. Kimball attracted
wide attention and gave mighty inspiration in its challenge to the
engineer to assume his proper responsibility in maintaining and
developing civilization. He was given an ovation at its presenta­
tion on Monday evening of the meeting.
Perhaps the most interesting session of the meeting was th a t
on Engineering and Economics held on Wednesday evening,
December 6. President Dexter S. Kimball presided over a pro­
gram arranged jointly by the A.S.M.E. Management Division and
the American Economic Association. Papers were presented by
Dr. W. C. Mitchell on M aking Goods and M aking Money, and
by E. M. H err on The Human Problem in Industry; and H. R.
Seager, E. F. DuBrul, F. J. Miller, and' J. L. Harrington con­
tributed to the discussion.
1 Published in
2 Published in
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
April 1922.
June 1922.
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
The Council met on Monday to transact routine business, and
on Friday to install the new officers and consider questions arising
from the proceedings of the business meeting.' John Lyle Harring­
ton was formally introduced as President; as were the new VicePresidents, W. S. Finlay, Jr., W. H. Kenerson, E. F. Scott, and H.
H. Vaugihan; and Managers, A. G. Christie, J. H. Herron and R.
V. Wright.
This Annual Meeting was also the scene of a very remarkable
conference of Local Sections Delegates which lasted throughout
the week. On Monday the delegates met all day to talk over
Local Sections problems, breaking the gathering, however, for
luncheon with the Council. During the rest of the week the Local
Sections Delegates met with the various Standing Committees of
the Society for the discussion of national Society problems, and
on Friday they attended the final meeting of the Local Sections
Delegates.
On Monday afternoon, December 6, the annual business ses­
sion 1 was held. Its feature was the presentation of the report of
Calvin W. Rice, Secretary of the Society, on his recent trip to
South America.2 Mr. Rice preceded this report by his customary
summary of the work of the Standing Committees of the Society.
The formal report of the Tellers on the ballot for the new Con­
stitution and Code of Ethics was read.
Life membership in the Society was also presented to Prof.
R. C. H. Heck for a paper on Steam Formulas 3 which was ad­
judged by the Committee on Awards and Prizes as the best one
appearing in the 1920 volume of Transactions. The Junior prizes
were awarded to R. H. Heilman of Pittsburgh for his paper 4 on
H eat Losses from Bare and Covered W rought-Iron Pipe at Tem­
peratures up to 800 Deg. Fahr., and to F. L. Kallam of Los
Angeles, Cal., for his paper on The Investigation of the Thermal
Conductivity of Liquids.
E. S. Carman, Junior Past-President and Chairman of the
A.S.M.E. delegation to the American Engineering Council, em­
phasized the fact th a t the organization of national, state, and
local societies composing The Federated American. Engineering
Societies is concerned more particularly with those engineering
activities th a t are of great civic import.
1
2
s
*
See M e c h a n ic a l , E n g i n e e r i n g , January 1923, p . 59.
See M e c h a n ic a l , E n g i n e e r i n g , January 1923, p . 72.
See Trans, vol. 42, p. 711.
Published in this volume of Transactions
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L. W. Wallace, Executive Secretary of the Federation, gave
a convincing report of the activities of the Federation.
Following Mr. Wallace, Rudolph P. Miller gave a report on
the National Board of Jurisdiction Awards in the Building In ­
dustry.1
On Wednesday afternoon, December 6, Dr. William H.
Kenerson presided over a gathering of representatives of 36 Stu­
dent Branches at which a number of problems relating to the
activities of the Branches and their relation to the Society were
given careful consideration.
The' meeting furnished its usual quota of valuable oppor­
tunities for good-fellowship. Although the President’s Reception,
usually held on Tuesday evening, was held this year on Monday,
it was exceedingly well attended. The informal dinner and
smoker on Tuesday evening gave the desired opportunity for the
men to get together, and on Wednesday afternoon the ladies served
tea. The dinner dance Thursday night was a success from every
point of view.
Throughout the week a ladies’ committee was in attendance
at the building and large groups of visitors were taken to the
Museum of N atural History, to a private gallery of modern
American paintings, to inspect the Pictorial Review building, the
Hecksher Foundation and the Museum of the American Indian,
and to a Fashion Show' at W anam aker’s where tea was served.
The more technical excursions included visits to the Hell Gate
Station of the United Electric Light and Power Company, the
Broadcasting Station WEAF of the American Telephone & Tele­
graph Company, and the plant of the Wheeler Condenser Com­
pany a t Carteret, N. J. Large groups visited the McGraw-Hill
building for luncheon on Thursday, and the Battleship M aryland
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Friday. A very interesting
demonstration of Christie’s amphibious gun mount was held
on Tuesday afternoon, when this new device traveled over smooth
roads on wheels, over broken country on its caterpillar tread, and
then propelled itself across the Hudson.
1 See
M e c h a n ic a l , E n g i n e e r i n g ,
January 1923, p. 75.
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IR S
PROGRAM
Monday Morning, December 4
Conference of Local Sections’ Delegates.
Council Meeting.
B o il e k C o d e : Public Hearing on Power-Boiler Section.
Monday Afternoon
Joint Session with American Society of Refrigerating Engineers.
D e s i g n o p C o o l in g T o w e e s , C . S. Robinson.
E c o n o m ic
T h ic k n e s s
op
In s u la tio n
in
R e frig e ra tin g
F ie ld ,
Percy
Nicholls.
Monday Evening
Dexter S. Kimball.
Report of Tellers of Election.
Introduction of President-Elect Harrington.
Reception.
Tuesday Morning, December 5
P r e s id e n t ia l A d d r e s s ,
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
MANAGEMENT
L. P . Alford.
Wallace Clark.1
Progress Reports of Committees on Standardization of Terminology
and Standardization of Graphics.
T e n Y e a r s’ P rog ress i n
M anagem ent,
R e l ie v in g I n d u s t r y o f B u r d e n ,
MATERIALS HANDLING
A sh
John Hunter and Alfred Cotton.
H a n d l in g ,
M A C H IN E SHOP
A
N ew
P laners,
System
op
H e l ic a l
I nvolute
G e a r in g
fo r
U se
on
M etal
F. E. Cardullo.
S p h e r ic a l G e a r s , C .
H. Logue.
T e s t in g I n v o l u te S p u r G ea rs, M .
A p p l ic a t io n
op
H y d r a u l ic
Estabrook.2
T r a n s m is s io n
V a r ia b l e
S pe e d
D r iv e
to
Walter Ferris.
F. A. Parsons.
M a c h i n e T o o l s a n d M a n u f a c t u r in g P r o c e s s e s ,
P o w e r R e q u ir e d f o r R e m o v i n g M e t a l ,
PUBLIC HEARINGS
P ow er T est
C odes:
Feedwater Heaters, Reciprocating Displacement
Pumps.
B o il e r C o d e :
1 Published in
2 Published in
Heating Boiler Section.
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
December 1922.
January 1923.
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IK S
Tuesday Afternoon
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
E d u c a t io n a n d T r a i n i n g f o b t h e I n d u s t r i e s
W. W. Nichols, Chairman.
R epo r t o p C o m m it t e e ,
James A . Moyer.
Richards.
L. Sackett.
R epo r ts o n : E x t e n s io n a n d C o r r espo n d en c e S c h o o ls,
I n d u s t r ia l E d u c a t io n a s R e p r e s e n t e d i n S c h o o l s , C . R .
S c h o o l s fo b A p p r e n t i c e s a n d S h o p T r a i n i n g , R .
PUBLIC HEARING
B o il e r C o d e :
Heater Boiler Section.
RESEARCH
A
N ew
M ethod
D e t e r m in in g
of
S t r e n g t h o f G ear T e e t h ,
E ffect
the
of
S peed
U pon
the
Wilfred Lewis.1
E f f e c t o f P u l s a t io n s o n F l o w o f G a s e s ,
H. Judd and D . B. Pheley.
J. M . Spitzglass.
O r i f ic e C o e f f i c i e n t s -»■ D ata a n d R e s u l t s o f T e s t s ,
T o r s io n o f C r a n k s h a f t s ,
S. Timoshenko.
S t e a m D is c h a r g e s f r o m B o il e r s — Report
of Research Committee on Sudden Initial Pop Lift of Safety Valves.
E ffects
L arg e S u d d e n
of
GENERAL I
R e f i n e r y a n d P i.ol.u n g M i l l f o r M o n e l M e t a l , H u n t i n g t o n ,
W.
V a .,
W. L. Wotherspoon.
T h e S iz e o f a D r y -V a c u u m P u m p to E m p l o y i n a G iv e n C a se , E .
Noyes and H.
V.
W.
Sturtevant.
D ie s e l E n g in e
C lutch
U sed i n
G erm an
S u b m a r in e
U-117, William
H. Nicholson.
STEAM TABLES
D is c u s s io n o f P r og ress i n
R esea rc h es.
Tuesday Evening
S m o ker and D in n e r .
Wednesday Morning, December 6
SIM ULTANEOUS SESSIONS
FUELS
S y m p o s iu m
on
Sto k ers:
A. Marsh.
I. Bouton.
S t o k e r s , H . F. Lawrence.
D e v e l o p m e n t a n d U s e o f t h e M od ern C h a i n G rate, T .
O verfeed S t o k e r s o f t h e I n c l in e d T y p e , G .
D e s i g n a n d O p e r a t io n o f U n d e r f e e d
C h r o n o l o g ic a l
D ay,
A.
H.
H ist o r y
of
Stoker
D evelopm ent
to
the
Blackburn.
1 Published in
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
December 1922.
P resent
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S O C IE T Y A F F A IH S
RAILROAD
S t e a m D is t r ib u t io n i n
the
G. H. Hartman.1
F. H. C. Coppus.
R. Eksergian.
L o c o m o t iv e ,
M e c h a n i c a l D r a f t f o r L o c o m o t iv e s ,
S tresses in
L o c o m o t iv e F r a m e s ,
D e s ig n
F lyw heels
GENERAL II
of
for
M o tor - D r iv e n
I m pulse
M a c h in e s ,
C.
D ia m e t e r ,
C.
O. Rhys.
S tresses
in
C y l in d r ic a l
S h aped
R otors
'
■S t r e s s D i s t r i b u t i o n
m in e d by t h e
U n if o r m
of
M. Laffoon.
in
E l e c t r ic - R a iia v a y M otor P i n i o n s
P h o t o - E l a s t ic M e t h o d ,
Paul
H eym ans
and A. L.
as
D eter­
K im b a ll,
Jr.
Wednesday Ajtemoon
B u s i n e s s M e e t in g .
S t u d e n t S e s s io n .
L a d ie s ’ T e a a n d R e c e p t io n .
Wednesday Evening
ENGIN EERING AND ECONOMICS
M a k in g
G oods a n d
M a k in g
T h e H u m a n P ro b le m
in
C.
M o n e y , W e s le y
M.
In d u s try , E .
M i t c h e l l .2
H e r r .2
Thursday Morning, December 7
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
POWER
T ests of a T y pe
W
S t ir l i n g B o il e r a t t h e
H o u s e o f t h e D e t r o it E d i s o n C o m p a n y , P a u l
W.
C onnors
C r e e k P ow er
T h o m p so n .
Linn Helander.
B. N. Broido.
Sabin Crocker and S . S . Sanford.
F e e d H e a t in g f o r H i g h T h e r m a l E f f ic i e n c y ,
H ig h - T em per a tu r e a n d H ig h - P re ssu r e S tea m L in e s ,
T h e E l a s t ic it y o f P i p e B e n d s ,
T he
in
the
C o m m e r c ia l E c o n o m y o f H ig h
C e n t r a l S t a t io n ,
P ressu r e and
Geo. A. Orrok and W.
S.
H ig h
S uperhea t
Morrison.
SAFETY ENGINEERING
S a f e t y C odes,
M. G. Lloyd.
S a fet y E n g in e e r in g i n
C o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e C o m p r e s s io n o f G a s e s ,
A. D. Risteen.
S a fet y C ode for G r in d in g W h e e l s , G .
E. Sanford.
John A. Dickinson.
S o m e H aza rd s o f t h e L o g g in g I n d u s t r y ,
1 Published in
2 Published in
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
December 1922.
January 1923.
SO C IE T Y
A F F A IR S
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S T A N D A R D IZ A T IO N
P r o g r a m f o r t h e S t a n d a r d iz a t io n o p P a p e r a n d P r i n t i n g M a c h in e r y ,
Wm. J. Eynon.
S iz e
S t a n d a r d iz a t io n
P referred
by
N u m bers,
C. F. Hirshfeld and
C. H. Berry.1
Thursday Afternoon
S IM U L T A N E O U S
S E S S IO N S
ORDNANCE
M o t io n P i c t u r e s : S o m e R e c e n t D e v e l o p m e n t s o p M o b il e O r d n a n c e
M a c h i n i n g a n d L a p p in g V e r y D e e p H o l e s ,
M e t h o d s U sed i n
M a n u fa c tu r e of G u n
J. B. Rose.
M e c h a n is m ,
R. A. Vail.
A E R O N A U T IC S
Black.2
Upson.
Brunner.
. I n f l u e n c e o f D e s ig n o n C o st o p O p e r a t in g A ir p l a n e s , A .
T h e A i r s h i p f o r L o n g H a u l H e a v y T r a f f ic S e r v ic e , R . H .
N i g h t F l y in g i n
A i r N a v ig a t io n ,
A i r w a y s , H . R . Harris and D . L .
R. W. Wilson and M. D. Hersey.
F O R E S T PR O D U C T S
N ew
D e s ig n ,
F a c to r s
W h ic h
A re
I n f l u e n c in g
W o o d w o r k in g
M a c h in e r y
S. Madsen.
C o n t r o l o f L u m b e r C u t t i n g W a s t e a n d P r o d u c t io n , C . M .
Bigelow.1
S o m e E n g i n e e r i n g A s p e c t s o f t h e D e s i g n o f M u s ic a l I n s t r u m e n t s ,
W.
B. White.
L u m b er D ry K il n s ,
Thos.
L u m b e r S t a n d a r d iz a t io n ,
D . Perry.
F. F. Murray.
Thursday Evening
D in n e r D a n c e.
1 Published in
2 Published in
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g ,
January 1923.
December 1922.