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AMERICAN SOCIETY

FOR

TESTING MATERIALS.

AFFILIATED WITH THE

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TESTING MATERIALS.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NINTH ANNUAL MEETING

Held at Atlantic City, New Jersey,

June 21, 22, 23, 1906.

VOLUME VI.

EDITED BY THE SECRETARY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY.

1906

Entered according to Act of Congress, by the

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS,
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.

PROCEEDINGS.

Summary of Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting...

The American Society for Testing Materials-Its Past and Future,

Address by the Vice-President, Robert W. Lesley...

Report of Committee A on Standard Specifications for Iron and

Steel, embodying recommendations for the revision of the

Standard Specifications for Steel Rails......

Proposed Standard Specifications for Steel Rails...

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Report of Committee B on Standard Specifications for Cast Iron and

Finished Castings.......

Report of Committee E on Preservative Coatings for Iron and Steel

Discussion.....

Report of Committee F on the Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel..

Report of Committee G on the Magnetic Testing of Iron and Steel.

Report of Committee H on Standard Tests for Road Materials....

Report of Committee I on Reinforced Concrete.....

Report of Committee J on Standard Specifications for Coke..

Discussion ... ..

Report of Committee K on Standard Methods of Testing.

Report of Committee L on Standard Specifications and Tests for

Clay and Cement Sewer Pipes ..

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Report of Committee M on Standard Specifications for Staybolt

Iron.....

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Report of Committee O on Uniform Speed in Commercial Testing.

Discussion....

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Report of Committee P on Fireproofing Materials.

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Discussion....

Report of Committee Q on Standard Specifications for the Grading

of Structural Timber..

Report of Committee R on Uniform Specifications for Boilers

Report of Committee S on Waterproofing Materials.....

Report of Committee T on the Tempering and Testing of Steel

Springs and Standard Specifications for Spring Steel.....

Discussion

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The Corrosion of Structural Steel as Affected by its Chemical

Composition-J. P. Snow .....

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The Electrolytic Corrosion of Structural Steel-Max. Toch...

The Relative Corrosion of Wrought Iron and Steel-H. M. Howe..

The Corrosion of Iron and Steel-General Discussion..

Standard Specifications for Ship Material-General Discussion ..

Experiments on the Segregation of Steel Ingots in its Relation

to Plate Specifications-C. L. Huston...

An Experimental Double-muffle Gas Heating Furnace, for Study-

ing the Laws of the Heat Treatment of Steel-H. M. Howe ..

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