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Society for adoption as Standard Specifications. A list of the Standard Specifications thus far adopted by the Society is subjoined under Publications.

Representation on the International Council.-The American members are entitled to one representative on the International Council. By the new Statutes of the Association (1901): "the members of Council shall be proposed by the members of each country; their final appointment being confirmed by the Congress." According to the By-Laws of the American Society the President becomes, "ex officio, the nominee for American Member of the Council of the International Association."

Meetings. The Society meets annually at a time and place fixed by the Executive Committee. Special meetings may also be called in accordance wth the provisions of the By-Laws.

Annual meetings have been held in past years as follows: First Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., House of Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, August 27, 1898.

Second Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, Pa., Rooms of Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, August 15, 16, 1899.

Third Annual Meeting, New York, N. Y., House of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, October 25, 26, 27, 1900.

Fourth Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, N. Y., International Hotel, June 29, 1901.

Fifth Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., Hotel Traymore, June 12, 13, 14, 1902.

Sixth Annual Meeting, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Hotel Kittatinny, July 1, 2, 3, 1903.

Seventh Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., Hotel Traymore, June 16, 17, 18, 1904.

Eighth Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., Hotel Chalfonte, June 29-July 1, 1905.

Membership. The number of American members at the time of the organization meeting in 1898 was 70. The membership reported at the successive annual meetings was as follows: (1899) 128, (1900) 160, (1901) 168, (1902) 175, (1903) 349, (1904) 485, (1905) 677, and it is now (November, 1905), 759.

Methods. The operations of the Society are conducted in part under the auspices of the International Association and in part independently.

The number of American representatives on international committees is fixed by the International Council. These American sub-committees are authorized, however, to increase their number

at pleasure, subject always to the approval of the Executive Committee of the American Society. The sense of these enlarged subcommittees on all questions is determined by majority vote; but on the international committees the representation and the number of votes allowed remain as originally fixed by the International Council.

The American Society appoints other committees at its discretion entirely independently of the International Association. On committees concerned with subjects involving commercial interests, the policy is to accord equal numerical representation to engineers or scientists, and to manufacturers.

The Committees of the American Society are now as follows:
A. On Standard Specifications for Iron and Steel.

B. On Standard Specifications for Cast Iron and Finished Castings.

C. On Standard Specifications for Cement.

D. On Standard Specifications for Paving and Building Brick.
E. On Preservative Coatings for Iron and Steel.

F. On Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel.

G. On the Magnetic Properties of Iron and Steel.
H. On Standard Tests for Road Materials.

I. On Reinforced Concrete.

J. On Standard Specifications for Foundry Coke.

K. On Standard Methods of Testing.

L. On Standard Specifications and Tests for Clay and Cǝ

ment Sewer Pipes.

M. On Standard Specifications for Staybolts.

N. On Standard Tests for Lubricants.

O. On Uniform Speed in Commercial Testing.

P. On Fireproofing Materials.

Q. On Standard Specifications for the Grading of Structural Timber.

R. On Boiler Inspection.

S. On Waterproofing Materials.

T. On the Tempering and Testing of Steel Springs and Standard Specifications for Spring Steel.

U. On Standard Specifications and Tests for Wire Rope. Publications. The publications of the Society appeared originally at irregular intervals in the form of bulletins. Twentyeight (28) bulletins, containing a total of 266 pages, were thus issued. In 1902 it was decided to publish the Proceedings thereafter in the form of annual volumes. In passing to this new plan

of publication the twenty-eight bulletins previously issued were counted collectively as Volume I. The first of the annual volumes, designated Volume II and issued in 1902, contains 388 pages; volume III, issued in 1903, contains 490 pages; volume IV, issued in 1904, contains 655 pages.*

A notable work of the Society is the framing and adoption of Standard Specifications for important commercial products. The list of standard specifications thus far adopted by the Society is as follows:

1. Standard Specifications for Structural Steel for Bridges.
2. Standard Specifications for Structural Steel for Ships.
3. Standard Specifications for Structural Steel for Buildings.
4. Standard Specifications for Open Hearth Boiler Plate
and Rivet Steel.

5. Standard Specifications for Steel Rails.

6. Standard Specifications for Steel Splice Bars.

7. Standard Specifications for Steel Axles.

8. Standard Specifications for Steel Tires.

9. Standard Specifications for Steel Forgings. 10. Standard Specifications for Steel Castings. II. Standard Specifications for Wrought Iron.

12. Standard Specifications for Foundry Pig Iron.

13. Standard Specifications for Cast Iron Pipe and Special

Castings.

14. Standard Specifications for Locomotive Cylinders.

15. Standard Specifications for Cast Iron Car Wheels.
16. Standard Specifications for Malleable Castings.
17. Standard Specifications for Gray Iron Castings.
18. Standard Specifications for Cement.

*For Table of Contents and Price List of Previous Publications, see PP. 533-539.

OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS.

PRESIDENT,

CHARLES B. DUDLEY.

VICE-PRESIDENT,

R. W. LESLEY.

SECRETARY-TREASURER,

EDGAR MARBURG.

Office: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

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LIST OF MEMBERS

OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS.

Affiliated with the International Association for Testing Materials

Members holding membership also in the International Association are distinguished thus (*).

Contributing members are distinguished thus (†).

ELECTED.

1904. *ABBOTT, L. S. Industrial Engineer, 770 West Adams Street, Chicago, Ill.

1902. ACKERMAN, ERNEST R. President, Lawrence Cement Company, I Broadway, New York, N. Y.

1904. ACKERMAN, IRA J. Chemist for Pratt and Lambert, 79-97 Tonawanda Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

1905. ADAIR, ARTHUR P. Civil Engineer, Room 327, Sonna Block, Boise, Idaho.

1904. ADAMS, HUGH W. Eastern Agent, Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, 15 Beekman Street, New York, N. Y. 1898. *AERTSEN, GUILLIAEM. General Manager, Latrobe Steel Company, 1200 Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 1904. AIKEN, CHARLES W. Consulting Engineer, 82 Washington Street, New York, N. Y.

1902. AIKEN, W. A. General Inspector of Material, Rapid Transit Railroad Commission of New York, 613 Empire Building, Pittsburg, Pa.

1902. AJAX METAL COMPANY. G. H. Clamer, Second Vice-President and Secretary, 46 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1904. ALLCOTT, F. L. Engineer of Tests, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Milwaukee, Wis.

1903. ALLEN, A. W. Superintendent, Steel Department, Pencoyd Iron Works, 267 Rochelle Avenue, Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa.

1905. ALLEN, HENRY C. Special Deputy State Engineer, DeGraaf Building, Albany, N. Y.

1904. ALLEN, WALTER H. Civil Engineer, United States Navy, Navy Yard, New York, N. Y.

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