OF THE

INTERNATIONAL

ENGINEERING CONGRESS, 1915

INDEX VOLUME

SESSIONS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 20-25, 1915

The Committee of Management of the Congress does not assume responsibility for any of the
statements made or opinions advanced in the published transactions

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PRESS OF THE NEAL PUBLISHING COMPANY

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

1916

PREFACE

This volume, which in the announcements concerning the
Congress has been designated as the "Index Volume", is divided
into three sections:

I.

Historical and Statistical.

II.

Abstracts of Papers.

III. Table of Contents and Author Index.

Section I contains the following:

(1) A brief history of the inception and development of the

Congress.

(2) An outline of the organization under which it was con-

ducted.

(3) Names of the officers, membership of the various commit-

tees, names of delegates, registered members, and contribu-

tors to the guarantee fund subscribed by the engineers of

the Pacific Coast.

(4) Full reports of the opening and closing general sessions

of the Congress.

(5) Certain statistical matter relating to its transactions,

membership and finances.

Section II contains a brief abstract of the subject matter of
each paper published in the transactions.

Section III contains a table of contents of each of the eleven
volumes of the transactions, together with an alphabetical
author index which includes also the names of those who took
part in the discussions.

The historical and statistical matter which appears in
Section I is presented for the double purpose:

First of giving to the members of the Congress, the sup-

porting societies and the profession at large, as a matter of

general professional interest, as clear an indication as possible

of the origin, character and purpose of the Congress, the nature

of the organization under which it was conducted and the

amount of work involved.

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