EDITED BY THE SECRETARY, Under the DIRECTION OF OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA.: 1902. 2610 Entered according to Act of Congress, by the in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. The Society is not responsible, as a body, for the statements and opinions advanced in its publications. 456 v. 2 ENG.... LIBRARY CONTENTS. PROCEEDINGS. Summary of Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting.. Annual Address by the Retiring President, Henry M. Howe.. Proposed Modifications of the Standard Specifications for Steel Rails Is it Desirable to Specify a Single Grade of Structural Steel for Bridges of Ordinary Spans?-Topical Discussion Formal Discussion-A. P. Boller, T. L. Condron, Theodore PAGE Finishing Temperature and Structure of Steel Rails-Albert Sauveur 79 Discussion of the Two Preceding Papers The Ethics of Testing-Paul Kreuzpointner Standard Cement Specifications—R. W. Lesley. The Advantages of Uniformity in Specifications for Cement and A Quick and Automatic Taper Scale Test-Asa W. Whitney. High Strength of White Iron Castings as Influenced by Heat Treat- 115752 APPENDICES. Appendix I. Report on the Buda-Pesth Congress-Henry M. Appendix II. Bibliography on Impact Tests and Impact Testing Machines-W. Kendrick Hatt and Edgar Marburg. Rules for Standard Tests of Materials Formulated PAGE CHARTER, BY-LAWS, LIST OF MEMBERS, ETC. Charter of the American Society for Testing Materials. (a) The International Association for Testing Materials (b) The Organization of the American Members ... Officers, Members of the Executive Committee and Standing Com- VI. The Relation between Tensile Strength of Cast Iron and the 266 SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. Atlantic City, N. J., June 12, 13, 14, 1902. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Section of the International Association for Testing Materials (now the American Society for Testing Materials) was held at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, N. J., on June 12, 13, 14, 1902. The total attendance at the meeting, including guests, was about seventyfive. The following members were present or were represented at the meeting: W. A. Aiken, Ajax Metal Company, represented by G. H. Clamer; American Bridge Company, represented by C. C. Schneider; American Steel and Wire Company, represented by William L. Hirsch; Joseph W. Bramwell, W. H. Broadhurst, H. H. Campbell (also representing The Pennsylvania Steel Company), Carnegie Steel Company, represented by John McLeod; Robert A. Carter, Charles S. Churchill, James Christie, W. C. De Armond, J. Allen Colby, T. L. Condron, W. O. Dunbar, W. C. Du Comb, Jr., Charles B. Dudley, M. Ward Easby, Ernst Fahrig, A. Falkenau, Stanley G. Flagg, Jr., J. E. Greiner, Edward M. Hagar, William K. Hatt, Henry M. Howe, Richard L. Humphrey, Charles L. Huston (also representing the Lukens Iron and Steel Company), Illinois Steel Company, represented by P. E. Carhart, J. Y. Jewett, Robert Job, C. Kirchoff, Paul Kreuzpointner, Gaetano Lanza, Lathbury & Spackman, represented by E. W. Lazell; Robert W. Lesley, Charles Major, Edgar Marburg, Richard K. Meade, Charles M. Mills, Richard G. G. Moldenke (representing also the American Foundrymen's Association), Tinius Olsen, Alex. E. Outerbridge, Jr., Clifford Richardson, Albert Sauveur, H. W. Spangler, William Purves Taylor, George E. Thackray (representing also the Cambria Steel Company), David Thomas (representing also the Reading Iron Company), The Iron Trade Review, represented by A. I. Findley; S. S. Voorhees, Samuel Tobias Wagner, George S. Webster, William R. Webster, Thomas D. West, J. W. Whitehead, Jr., Asa W. |