LIBRARY AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY WILLIAM P. CUTTER, Librarian The Library of the above-named Societies is open from 9 A.m. to 10 P.M. on all week-days, except holidays, from Sept. 1 to June 30, and from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. during July and August. The Library contains about 55,000 volumes, including sets of technical periodicals and the publications of scientific and technical societies. Members of the Institute, with few exceptions, are forced to spend a portion of their time in localities isolated from sources of information. To these the Library can render valuable service through correspondence; letters requesting information willreceive special attention. The Library is prepared to furnish references and copies of articles on mining and metallurgical subjects; to determine the existence of mining maps, and to furnish general information as to the geology and mineral resources of all countries. All communications should be made as definite as possible so that the information received may be what is desired and not include collateral matter which may not be of interest. The time spent in searching for such collateral matter will be saved, and the information will be sent more promptly and in more usable shape. The members of the Institute can be of service to the Library by forwarding copies of mining reports, maps privately issued, and similar material, which will be classified, indexed, and made available to other members. Suggestions for additions to the Library, either by purchase or personal solicitation as gifts, will be welcomed. It is hoped that members while in the city will use the Library freely, and assurance is given that most careful service will be rendered to them. LIBRARY ACCESSIONS PARTIAL LIST CLASSIFIED BY SUBJECTS Mining and Metallurgy ELECTROTHERMIC SMELTING OF IRON ORES IN SWEDEN. Canada. Department of Mines. Mines Branch No. 344. Ottawa, 1915. EXPLOSIVES; THEIR MANUFACTURE, PROPERTIES, TESTS AND HISTORY. By Arthur Marshall. London, 1915. FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION OF SOME ORE-FORMING COMPOUNDS AT MODERATE TEMPERATURES. Bull. No. 609, U. S. Geological Survey. Washington, 1915. EXPLOSIBILITY OF ACETYLENE. Technical Paper 112, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. FUSED SILICA, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF. Compiled by A. E. Marshall & W. W. Winship. New York, Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., 1915. (Gift of Publishers.) INFLAMMABILITY OF MIXTURES OF GASOLINE VAPOR AND AIR. Technical Paper 115. U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. MINES AND MINING, ABSTRACTS OF CURRENT DECISIONS ON. October, 1914 to April, 1915. Bull. 101, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. PHYSICAL METALLURGY, INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF. By Walter Rosenhain. New York, 1915. POCKETBOOK FOR MINERS AND METALLURGISTS COMPRISING RULES, FORMULAS, TABLES AND NOTES FOR USE IN FIELD AND OFFICE WORK. Ed. 3, London, 1914. REPORT OF THE SELBY SMELTER COMMISSION. Bull. 98, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. SAFETY IN STONE QUARRYING. Technical Paper 111, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. Chemistry and Physics ANALYSIS OF NATURAL GAS AND ILLUMINATING GAS BY FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION AT LOW TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHEMISTRY OF GAS MANUFACTURE. Technical Paper 120, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN IN COAL. Technical Paper 64, U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, 1915. HANDBOOK OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Cleveland, The Chemical Rubber Co., 1914. (Gift of Publishers.) Price $2. [NOTE.-Contains tables of chemical and physical constants, measures and units, wire tables and mathematical tables. Compiled by W. R. Veazy and Charles D. Hodgman of the Case School of Applied Science. A useful little handbook. W. P. C. Geology and Mineral Production AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. Annual Statistical Report, 1914. Philadelphia, 1915. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1914 WITH SUBJECT INDEX. Bull. 617, U. S. Geological Survey. Washington, 1915. ALASKA. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA. Report on progress of Investigations in 1914. Bull. 622, U. S. Geological Survey. Washington, 1915. CALIFORNIA. GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES OF THE WEST BORDER OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NORTH OF COALINGA, CALIFORNIA. Bull. 603, U. S. Geological Survey. Washington, 1915. CALIFORNIA. MINERAL PRODUCTION OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1914. Bull. No. 70, California State Mining Bureau._California, 1915. FLORIDA. PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA. Bull. 604, U. S. Geological Survey. Washington, 1915. ILLINOIS. COAL MINING IN ILLINOIS. Bull. No. 13, State Geological Survey. Urbana, 1915. NEW YORK. MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE. N. Y. State Museum, Bull. 178, Albany, 1915. (Gift of University of State of New York.) ONTARIO. ONTARIO BUREAU OF MINES. List of publications including reports, maps and bulletins, revised to Aug. 1, 1915. Bull. No. 25, Toronto, 1915. (Gift of Ontario Bureau of Mines.) WISCONSIN. PEAT RESOURCES OF WISCONSIN. Bull. No. XLV, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. Madison, 1915. AUSTRALIA. CANBELEGO, BUDGERY AND BUDGERYGAR MINES. Part II of the Cobar Copper and Gold-field. Mineral Resources, No. 18, New South Wales. Department of Mines. Sydney, 1915. BRAZIL. RESOURCES OF MINAS GERAES (BRAZIL). By A. F. Calvert. LondonN. Y., 1915. NEW ZEALAND. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BULLER-MOKIHINUI SUBDIVISION, WESTPORT DIVISION. Bull. No. 17, n. s., New Zealand Geological Survey Branch. Wellington, 1915. PHILIPPINE ISLAND. Mineral Resources, 1914. Manila, 1915. General CARGO HANDLING METHDOS AND APPLIANCES. By H. McL. Harding. n. p. 1915. (Gift of author.) ELEMENTS OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING. By Arthur H. Blanchard. New York, J. Wiley & Sons, 1915. (Gift of Publishers.) Price $3 net. [NOTE. Designed for one semester course in highway engineering. W. P. C.] By Robert L. Streeter, New York, 1915. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION. Ed. 9, 1915. N. Y. Lake Placid Clud, 1915. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY. Abridged Scientific Publications from the Research Laboratory, 1913-14. Rochester, n. d. (Gift of Eastman Kodak Company.) Gift of Hill Publishing Company AMERICAN ZINC, LEAD AND SMELTING COMPANY. Annual Report, 1914. EXPLORAÇÃO DO RIO GRANDE E DE SEUS AFFLUENTES, 1913. São Paulo, 1913. MOUNT MORGAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LTD. Reports and statements of accounts, NEW SOUTH WALES. Royal Commission. Report of on Mining Industry at Broken Hill, 1914. Sydney, 1914. SINTICH, VICTOR ESTUDIO DE LA FUERZA HIDRÁUlica de los RIOS COLORADO, BLANCO Y RIO DE CHIUTA CON ANTEPROYECTOS PARA LA INSTALACIÓN DE CENTRALES HIDRO ELÉCTRICAS. Valparaiso, 1915. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Department of Mines and Industries. Statistics for the month of August, 1915. SVERIGES OFFICIELLA STATISTIK. Bergshantering berättelse för ar 1914 av Kommerskollegium. WALLAROO AND MOONTA MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, LTD. Reports and statements of accounts. 25th Annual Report, 1914. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Perth, 1914. Government Statistician's Office. Statistical Register, 1913. Trade Catalogues BUFF AND BUFF MANUFACTURING Co., Boston, Mass. Quality talk. CONNERSVILLE BLOWER CO., Connersville, Ind. Bull. 23, Connersville Boston type blowers. July, 1915. DEANE STEAM PUMP CO., Holyoke, Mass. Horizontal single acting triplex portable mine pumps. Pot valve pattern. DENVER FIRE CLAY CO., Denver, Colo. Bull. 100, Metallurgical Clay goods. HARRISON SAFETY BOILER WORKS. Philadelphia, Pa. Finding and stopping waste in modern boiler rooms by the use of Cochrane meters. 1915. 68 pp. INGERSOLL-RAND Co., New York, N. Y. Form 9201. Calyx Core Drills. July, 1915. Catalog 76. Water lighted by compressed air. MASHEK ENGINEERING CO., New York, N. Y. machinery and plants. SMITH ENGINEERING WORKS. Milwaukee, Wis. breaker. July, 1915. Catalog. No. 3, Coal briquetting Sectional view of Telsmith Primary SPARTA IRON WORKS Co., Sparta, Wis. Sludge bucket. Nov., 1915. MEMBERSHIP NEW MEMBERS The following list comprises the names of those persons who became members during the period Nov. 10 to Dec. 10, 1915: .Box 552, Tulsa, Okla. BARTH, ERNEST, Petroleum Geol.. 17 Battery Pl., New York, N. Y. BLIEK, PIERRE FRANCISCO, Mgr., Compania Minera de Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia, So. Amer. 1076 1st Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah. BULKLEY, RALPH G., Mine & Mill Supt., The Montezuma Mines & Mills Co., Montezuma, Colo. BURRAGE, ALBERT Cameron, JR., Met. Engr. ; Director, 85 Ames Bldg., Boston, Mass. CABELL, CHARLES ARNOLD, Vice-Pres. DITTMANN, C. O. ADOLF, Cons. Engr., Beer, Carbon Coal Co., Carbon, W Va. Producers Oil Co., Houston, Tex. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Paris, France. . American Zinc Co., Mascot, Tenn. Sondheimer & Co., Inc., . Santiago, Chile, So. Amer. DOWELL, GRANT H., Asst. Genl. Mgr., Copper Queen Cons. Min. Co., Douglas, Ariz. DOYLE, DONALD B.. Min. Engr., Care Mr. S. H. Ball, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. GARTUNG, FREDERICK HERMAN, Min. Engr.; Supt., Miami Zinc and Lead Co., GLOBE, ALEXANDER R., Asst. Genl. Mgr., Canadian Mining & Finance Co., HEALY, RALPH LUCIUS, Min. Engr., Perseverance Mine, Miami, Okla. Timmins, Ont., Canada. Alaska Gastineau Gold Min. Co., Thane, Alaska. LANTZ, GROVER B., Mining.. .Colton, Cal. LAWRY, RAYMOND GEORGE, Engr. Colliery Construction, 7252 Yale Ave., Chicago, Ill. LOWDEN, HUGH B., Met. .Secy., Colorado Iron Works Co., Denver, Colo. MCCOY, JAMES COMLEY, Banker, Treas.. Colorado Mining Co., Nayatt, R. I. McLaughlin, WARNER, Met. Engr., Nipissing Mining Co., Cobalt, Ont., Canada. MAYCUMBER, WILLIAM R., Mill Supt., Care Tigre Mining Co., Esqueda, Sonora, Mex. MEAD, WARREN J., Prof. of Geology..... University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. SKEELS, FRANK HENRY, Min. Engr.; Mgr., Red Mountain Mine, Cornucopia, Ore. TEDDY, FREDERICK THOMAS, Min. Engr., Tennessee Copper Co., Ducktown, Polk Co., Tenn. TEMPLEMAN, JOHN L., Lawyer, Mine Owner and Operator, 226 South Excelsior Ave., Butte, Mont. URQUHART, CHARLES HOWARD, Met. Engr.... Yates Hotel, Joplin, Mo. ZEIGLER, WILLIAM Le Verne, Mill Supt.......Success Mining Co., Sunset, Idaho. Associate Members CANTWELL, HARRY JAMES, Lawyer.... Buckingham-Annex Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. SCHIEREN, CHARLES ALBERT, Mfr., Pres., Charles A. Schieren Co., 34 Ferry St., New York, N. Y. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.-The Institute desires to extend its privileges to every person to whom it can be of service. On the other hand, it is not desirable that persons should be admitted to membership in classes for which they are not qualified. Members of the Institute can be of great service if they will make a practice of glancing through the list of applicants and promptly notifying the Committee on Membership, or the Secretary of the Institute, of any persons whom they think should not be classified in accordance with the list given. The following persons have been proposed during the period Nov. 10 to Dec. 10, 1915, for election as members of the Institute. Their names are published for the information of Members and Associates, from whom the Committee on Membership earnestly invites confidential communications, favorable or unfavorable, concerning these candidates. A sufficient period (varying in the discretion of the Committee, according to the residence of the candidate) will be allowed for the reception of such communications, before any action upon these names by the Committee. After the lapse of this period, the Committee will recommend action by the Board of Directors, which has the power of final election. Members William R. Allen, Butte Mont. Proposed by Walter Harvey Weed, Arthur B. Clark, J. D. Irving. Born 1871, French Gulch, Mont. Montana Common Schools and College. 1902-06, Supt., French Gulch Dredging Co. 1903 to date, Pres., Allen Gold Min. Co. 1907 to date, Pres., French Gulch Min. Co. 1912 to date, Pres., Boston Montana Dev. Co. Engaged in mining for 25 years. Present position: As above. Rupert Hiram Bailey, Pierce, Ida. Proposed by James McD. Porter, Robert N. Bell, L. K. Armstrong. Born 1889, Nebraska City, Nebr. 1910, Grad., Univ. of Nebraska, B. S. 191113, General contracting and Bridge work, Genl. Mgr., Wilson-Bailey Construction Co., Walla Walla, Wash. 1913-15, Owner and operator, Pierce Co., Ltd., dredge at Pierce, Idaho. Mgr., Idaho Placer Mines Co., hydraulic placer operation, Newsome, Idaho. Present position: Pres. & Genl. Mgr., Pierce Co., Ltd. Frank Lincoln Bitler, Philadelphia, Pa. Proposed by Henry S. Drinker, C. S. Robinson, John L. W. Birkinbine. Born 1865, Philadelphia, Pa. Private, Public and Central High School, Philadelphia, B. A. in 1883 and M. A. in 1888. 1885-1915, Asst. to John Birkinbine, Cons. Engr. 1889-91, Expert Special Agent on Iron Ores for Eleventh Census. 1903-04, for Twelfth Census. 1906, Special Agent, U. S. Forest Service on Mine Timbers. 1889-1906, Engaged in collection of statistics of annual production of iron ores in U. S., also of manganese ores from 1896-1906. In these capacities visited iron ore mines in the principal iron ore producing States of the Union, also in Cuba. Collected and compiled figures in regard to the production of iron and manganese ores in this and foreign countries, also of iron ore reserves. Aided in iron ore mine arbitration, valuation and litigation, the extension of large iron and steel works, also water supplies. Present position: Member, Birkinbine Engineering Offices. Edward Mead Bordwell, Fairview, Nev. Proposed by E. E. Carpenter, H. M. Alley, Robert G. Davies. Born 1886, Jackson, Mich. 1893-1901, Grammar School. 1901-06, High School, Riverside, Cal. 1907-09; 1910-12, Univ. of Cal., Berkeley, Cal. 1904, 1905, 3 months each Greene Cananea Copper Co. 1906-07, Greene Cananea Copper Co. 1909-10, Forest Service, U. S. Government. Present position: 1912 to date; Shiftboss in Mill and Cyanide plant, Nevada Hills Min. Co. George O. Carpenter, St. Louis, Mo. Proposed by Philip N. Moore, H. A. Wheeler, Elias G. Gatch. Born 1852, Wakefield, Mass. 1863-65, Park Latin School. 1866-68, English High School. 1869-70, Mass. Inst. of Tech. 1871-77, various office positions, Chemist and Asst. Supt. 1877-90, Secy., Vice-Pres. and Pres., St. Louis Lead & Oil Co. 1891 to date, D rector, Mgr., Vice-Pres., National Lead Co., St. Louis Branch. 1904 to date, Vice-Pres., St. Louis Smelt. & Ref. Co. Present position: Vice-Pres., National Lead Co.; St. Louis Smelt. & Ref. Co. André Chastel, Paris, France. Proposed by F. Ledoux, A. R. Ledoux, E. Gybbon Spilsbury. Born 1867, St. Etienne, France. 1888, Grad., School of Mines, St. Etienne, Civ. Engr. 1890-96, Eng., Ste. Miniere et Metallurgique de Penarroya. 1898-99, Engr. of works, Cie des Mines d'Anzier. 1898-1908, Chief Engr., Ste. Miniere et |