SECTION D.

MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

Problem 22.-Considering that the resolutions formed by the International Conferences of Munich, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna and Zurich, for the purpose of attaining unity in the methods of testing materials, and the report of the Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers do not agree in many points with the decisions arrived at by the French commission, it is proposed that the Council appoint a commission which shall prepare a report upon these differences, and proposal for ways and means of abolishing them.

Committee:

Chairman, N. Belelubski, Rue Serpouchowskaya 4, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Vice-Chairmen, A. Martens, Kgl. Materialprüfungsamt, Charlottenburg, Germany; E. Sauvage, l'Ecole des Mines, Paris, France.

American Members, Albert Ladd Colby, Gus. C. Henning, R. Moldenke, George F. Swain, George S. Webster, W. R. Webster, Walter Wood.

Problem 24.-On uniform nomenclature of iron and steel. (Resolution of Council, February 3, 1901.)

Committee:

Chairman, H. M. Howe, 27 West Seventy-third street, New York. N. Y.

Vice-Chairmen, L. Lévy, Rue de La Rochefoucauld 19, Paris, France; D. Tschernoff, Rue Pessatschenaia 25, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Secretary, Albert Sauveur, 446 Tremont street, Boston, Mass. American Member, H. H. Campbell.

Problem 34.-Fixing a uniform definition and nomenclature
of the bitumens. (Proposed at the Buda-Pesth Congress, 1901.)

Committee:

Chairman, G. Lunge, Eidg. Polytechnikum, Zurich, Switzerland.
Vice-Chairman, Jenoe Kovacs, Tataros (Post Mezoe Telegd),
Hungary.

American Members, A. W. Dow, Clifford Richardson.

American Society for Testing Materials.

Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the -, 520

Officers, Members of the Executive Committee, and Standing Ccm-

Hard The Theory of One of its Causes. H. Souther, 218.

Standard Specifications for Steel —, 53.

Cement (see also Concrete).

British Standard Specifications for Portland, with Introduction.
R. W. Lesley, 363.

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Collective Portland Exhibit and the Results of Tests at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. R. L. Humphrey,
388.

Normal Consistency Tests of Neat

cussion, 312.

R. S. Greenman, 308. Dis-

vs. the Ordinary
Aiken, 318. Dis-

Low-pulling Early-stage Rotary Portland
Early-strength-developing Product. W. A.
cussion, 322.

Report of Committee C on Standard Specifications for—, 75.
Combined Stresses.

Preliminary Report on the Effect of, -. on the Elastic Properties of
Steel. E. L. Hancock, 179. Discussion, 187.

Committee Reports.

Auditing Committee, 528.

Committee A, on Standard Specifications for Iron and Steel, 30.
Summary of Action on Same, 46.

Committee B, on Standard Specifications for Cast Iron and Finished
Castings, 63.

Committee C, on Standard Specifications for Cement, 75.
Committee E, on Preservative Coatings for Iron and Steel, 79.
Discussion, 91.

Committee G, on the Magnetic Testing of Iron and Steel, 101.
Committee H, on Standard Tests for Road Materials, 102.
cussion, 104.

Dis-

Committee I, on Reinforced Concrete, 105.

Committee K, on Standard Methods of Testing, 130.

Committee M, on Standard Specifications for Staybolts, 134.
cussion, 136.

Dis-

Committee N, on Standard Tests for Lubricants, 138.

Committee O, on Uniform Speed in Commercial Testing, 139. Dis-
cussion, 144.

Committee P, on Fireproofing Materials, 146.

Committee Q, on Standard Specifications for the Grading of Struc-

tural Timber, 147. Discussion, 150.

Committee R, on Boiler Inspection, 154.

Executive Committee, Annual Report of the, 520.

Concrete (see also Cement).

Economical Mold for Forming Compressive Test Pieces for
Clifford Richardson and C. N. Forrest, 316.

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