UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN S5SS5 lslpss= «r^5:,arr- JAMES WATT PORTRAIT BY SIR WILLIAM BEECH/ THE JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND ACCOUNT OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS WITH THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Birmingham and London, 1910 NOV 2iZ i*18 By Calvin W. Rice, Secretary The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/jointmeetinginenOOjoin JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1697 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, PRESIDENT The American Society of Mechanical Engineers * JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1699 JOHN A. F. ASPINALL, PRESIDENT The Institution of Mechanical Engineers THE JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND By Calvin W. Rice TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Officers and Council of the A.S.M.E 1703 Committee of Arrangements 1704 Official Party 1705 Other Members and Guests in Attendance 1707 Officers and Council of the Institution 1708 Birmingham Reception Committee 1709 Members of the Institution in Attendance 1709 Invitation from the Institution and Acceptance 1712 Arrangements for Trip 1714 Events on Shipboard 1715 Welcome in Liverpool and Arrival in Birmingham 1721 Dinner given by President Aspinall 1723 Opening of the Joint Meeting: Welcoming Addresses 1724 Presentation of Watt Letter 1725 Papers on Locomotive Terminals 1726 Excursions and Trips 1726 Garden Fete 1730 Second Professional Session: Telegram from Mr. Westinghouse 1730 Papers on High-Speed Tools and Tooth Gearing 1731 Resolutions of Thanks 1731 Excursions and Trips 1732 Reception in the Council House 1733 Departure from Birmingham 1734 Excursions 1734 Conversazione in Institution House 1744 London Professional Session: Address of Welcome 1745 Papers on Electric Traction 1745 Resolutions of Thanks 1745 Garden Parties and Visits 1747 Institution Banquet 1747 Trips to Windsor and Marlow 1748 Dinner given by Sir Wm. H. and Lady White 1749 Service in Westminster Abbey 1749 Dinner given by Mr. Swasey 1750 Conclusion of Meeting 1750 OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS President George Westinghouse, Pittsburg, Pa. Vice-Presidents Geo. M. Bond, Hartford, Conn. F. M. Whyte, New York W. F. M. Goss, Urbana, 111. R. C. Carpenter, Ithaca, N. Y. Charles Whiting Baker, New York E. D. Meier, New York Past-Presidents John R. Freeman, Providence, R. I. Frederick W. Taylor, Phila., Pa. F. R. Hutton, New York M. L. Holman, St. Louis, Mo. Jesse M. Smith, New York Managers Wm. L. Abbott, Chicago, 111. Henry G. Stott, New York I. E. Moultrop, Boston, Mass. J. Sellers Bancroft, Phila., Pa. Alex. C. Humphreys, New York H. L. Gantt, New York W. J. Sando, Milwaukee, Wis. James Hartness, Springfield, Vt. H. G. Reist, Schenectady, N. Y. Treasurer William H. Wiley, New York Chairman of the Finance Committee Arthur M. Waitt, New York Secretary Calvin W. Rice, 29 West 39th Street, New York COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS Ambrose Swasey, Chairman Chas. Whiting Baker, Vice-Chairman Geo. M. Brill John R. Freeman W. F. M. Goss Members Ex-Officio George Westinghouse, President F. R. Hutton, Honorary Secretary William H. Wiley, Treasurer Calvin W. Rice, Secretary Willis E. Hall, Chairman Meetings Committee Sub-Committee on Entertainment George M. Brill, Chairman Mrs. George M. Brill George A. Orrok Mrs. F. R. Hutton Mrs. Jesse M. Smith Sub-Committee on Printing and Publication F. R. Hutton F. R. Low Sub-Committee on Acquaintanceship W. F. M. Goss, Chairman L. D. Burlingame H. R. Cobleigh Wm. C. Dart James M. Dodge Worcester R. Warner H. L. Gantt A. M. Greene, Jr. F. R. Hutton C. T. Plunkett F. H. Stillman Sub-Committee on Transportation Charles Whiting Baker Calvin W. Rice Sub -Committee on Finance William.H. Wiley Sub-Committee on Sports Spencer Miller, Chairman Alex. W. Moffat Spencer Miller, Jr. Karl Dodge Theodore Main MEMBERS AND GUESTS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS IN ATTENDANCE Official Party Sailing on White Star S.S. Celtic PAST-PRESIDENTS Dodge, James M., Philadelphia, Pa. Freeman, John R., Sc.D., Providence, R. I. Hutton, F. R., C.E., M.E., Ph.D., Sc.D., New York Smith, Jesse M., New York Smith, Oberlin, Bridgeton, N. J. Swasey, Ambrose, Dr. Eng., Sc.D., Cleveland, Ohio Warner, Worcester R., Dr.Mech.Sc., Cleveland, Ohio VICE-PRESIDENT Goss, W. F. M., Dr. Eng., Urbana, 111. MANAGERS Gantt, Henry L., New York Hartness, James, Springfield, Vermont TREASURER Wiley, William H., M.C., New York HONORARY SECRETARY Hutton, F. R., C.E., M.E., Ph.D., Sc.D., New York Secretary Rice, Calvin W., New York Commander, A. E. S. Hambelton, Lieut. R.N.R. Surgeon, A. Hopper Purser, G. H. Brewer Chief Steward, G. Roberton Asst. Purser, L. L. Delacour Chief Engineer, C. C. Lapsley Adams, Miss, New York, with Hon. and Mrs. Wm. H. Wiley Aldrich, John G., Providence, R. 1. Alford, L. P., New York Alford, Mrs., New York Armstrong, Miss, Elizabeth, N. J., with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Moore Baldwin, Abram T., Detroit, Mich. Barnes, Howel H., Jr., New York Bevin, Sydney, Walden, N. Y. Bevin, Mrs., Walden, N. Y. Brill, Geo. M., Chicago, 111. Brill, Mrs., Chicago, 111. Brill, Elliot M., Chicago, 111. Brill, G. Meredith, Chicago, 111. Brooks, J. Ansel, Providence, R. I. Bump, Burton N., Syracuse, N. Y. Bump, Mrs., Syracuse, N. Y. Burlingame, L. D., Providence, R. I. Burlingame, Mrs., Providence, R. I. Burlingame, Miss, Providence, R. I. Bursley, Jos. A., Ann Arbor, Mich. Bursley, Mrs., Ann Arbor, Mich. Calder, John, Ilion, N. Y. Calder, Mrs., Ilion, N. Y. Camp, Geo. E., Utica, N. Y. Clarke, C. W. E., New York Cobleigh, H. R., New York Coffin, Mrs. Charles H., New York, with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Smith 1706 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Corbett, Charles H., Brooklyn, N. Y. Corbett, Mrs., Brooklyn, N. Y. Dart, Wm. C., Providence, R. I. Davis, Chas. Ethan, Muncie, Ind. Davis, Mrs., Muncie, Ind. Dean, F. W., Boston, Mass. Dodge, Mrs. James M., Philadelphia, Pa. Dodge, Miss, Philadelphia, Pa. Dodge, Karl, Philadelphia, Pa. Durfee, Walter C., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Durfee, Miss, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Foster, Miss, New York, with Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Smith Freeman, Mrs. John R., Providence, R. I. Galloupe, Francis E., Boston, Mass. Galloupe, Chauncy Adams, Boston, Mass. Gantt, Mrs. H. L., New York Gilbreth, Frank B., New York Gleason, Wm., Rochester, N. Y. Goss, Mrs. W. F. M., Urbana, 111. Goss, Miss, Urbana, 111. Greene, Arthur M., Jr., Troy, N. Y. Greene, Mrs., Troy, N. Y. Hallenbeck, Geo. E., Toledo, Ohio Hamilton, Chester B., Jr., Toronto, Can. Hartness, Mrs. James, Springfield, Vt. Hartness, Miss, Springfield, Vt. Hartness, Miss Helen E., Springfield, Vt.] Higgins, C. P., Roselle, N. J. Higgins, Mrs., Roselle, N. J. Hillyer, Geo., Jr., Atlanta, Ga. Honsberg, August A., Cleveland, Ohiol Hutton, Mrs. F. R., New York Johnson, A. L., Muncie, Ind. Johnson, Mrs., Muncie, Ind. Keep, W. J., Detroit, Mich. Keep, Mrs., Detroit, Mich. Keep, Miss, Detroit, Mich.\ Klepinger, J. H., Great Falls, Mont. Klepinger, Mrs., Great Falls, Mont. Klock, Frank B., Syracuse, N. Y. Latham, H. M., Worcester, Mass.] Leland, Henry M., Detroit, Mich. Leland, Mrs., Detroit, Mich. Lewis, Wilfred, Philadelphia, Pa. Lodge, William, Cincinnati, Ohio Lodge, Mrs., Cincinnati, Ohio Low, F. R., New York Low, Mrs., New York McCreery, J. H., New York Main, Charles T., Boston, Mass. Main, Mrs., Boston, Mass. Main, Miss, Boston, Mass. Main, Theodore, Boston, Mass. Marburg, L. C., New York Miller, Spencer, New York Miller, Spencer, Jr., New York Moore, S. L., Elizabeth, N. J. Moore, Mrs., Elizabeth, N. J. Morrin, Thos., San Francisco, Cal. Morrin, Mrs., San Francisco, Cal. Nelson, James W., New York O’Neil, J. G., Chicago, 111. O’Neil, Mrs., Chicago, 111. Orrok, Geo. A., New York Parson, Charles H., New York Parson, Mrs., New York Platt, John, New York Plunkett, Charles T., Adams, Mass. Plunkett, Chas. T., Jr., Adams, Mass. Reed, E. Howard, Worcester, Mass. Reed, Mrs., Worcester, Mass. Reid, Joseph, Oil City, Pa. Richmond, Knight C., Providence, R. I. Roe, J. W., New Haven, Conn. Sague, J. E., Albany, N. Y. Sague, Mrs., Albany, N. Y. Sague, Miss, Albany, N. Y. Sanford, Geo. R., Syracuse, N. Y. Scott, Charles F., Pittsburg, Pa. Smith, A. Parker, New York Smith, Mrs., New York Smith, Augustus, New York Smith, Mrs., New York Smith, Mrs. Jesse M., New York Smith, Mrs. Oberlin, Bridgeton, N. J. Stillman, F. H., New York Stillman, Mrs., New York Struckmann H., St. Louis, Mo. Struckmann, Mrs., St. Louis, Mo. Such, Miss, New York, with Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Smith Swasey, Mrs. Ambrose, Cleveland, Ohio Thompson, B. L., Syracuse, N. Y. Thurston, Edw. D., Jr., New York Thurston, Mrs., New York Turner, Charles P., New York Waldo, Leonard, New York Warner, Mrs. Worcester R., Cleveland, Ohio Wells, F. O., Greenfield, Mass. Wells, Mrs., Greenfield, Mass. Wells, Miss, Greenfield, Mass. Wheeler, Seth, Albany, N. Y. Wheeler, Mrs., Albany, N. Y. Wiley, Mrs. Wm. H., New York York, L. D., Portsmouth, Ohio York, Robert, Memphis, Tenn. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1707 Members and Guests of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Going by Other Routes or in Europe PAST-PRESIDENT Taylor, Frederick W., Sc.D., Philadelphia, Pa. VICE-PRESIDENTS Baker, Charles Whiting, New York Meier, E. D., M..A.I.M.E., New York CHAIRMAN, MEETINGS COMMITTEE Hall, Willis E., New York HONORARY MEMBERS Unwin, W. Cawthorne, Ll.D., F.R.S., London White, Sir William H., K.C.B., Ll.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., London Adamson, Daniel, Hyde, Cheshire, Eng. Angstrom, C. J., Worcester, Mass. Baker, Mrs. Charles Whiting, New York Baker, J. Wheeler, New York Bates, Edward P., Syracuse, N. Y. Bell, James R., Kent, England Bourne, G. L., Chicago, 111. Brown, J. J., Elizabeth, N. J. Christie, A. G., Madison, Wis. Clark, Frank Henry, Chicago, 111. Clark, Mrs., Chicago, 111. Clark, Miss, Chicago, 111. Clark, Harold, Chicago, 111. Cooke, Thomas F., Buffalo, N. Y. Cooke, Mrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Crawford, D. F., Pittsburg, Pa. Crawford, Mrs., Pittsburg, Pa. Cromwell, J. C., Cleveland, O. Cullingsworth, George R., New York Dietz, Carl F., Boston, Mass. Dirks, Henry B., Urbana, 111. Dixon, W. F., Moscow, Russia Eyermann, Peter, Austria Ferris, Charles E., Knoxville, Tenn. Fry, Lawford, H., Paris, France Garratt, E. A., London, Eng. Garratt, Mrs., London, Eng. Hall, Mrs. Willis E., New York Hanson, George, Sterling, 111. Hanson, Mrs., Sterling, 111. Heap, Douglas T., Kent, England Hering, Rudolph, New York Hess, Henry, Philadelphia, Pa. Hess, Mrs., Philadelphia, Pa. Hess, Miss, Philadelphia, Pa. Hess, H. Lawrence, Philadelphia, Pa. Katzenstein, Martin L., New York King, Frank B., Washington, D. C. Kirchhoff, Charles, New York Kothny, G. L., Manchester, Eng. Kroto, G., London, Eng. Lange, P. A., Manchester, Eng. Lee, F. V. T., San Francisco, Cal. Longstreth, Charles, Philadelphia, Pa. Marks, L. S., Cambridge, Mass. Marks, Mrs., Cambridge, Mass. Marks, Miss, Cambridge, Mass. Mathot, R. E., Brussels, Belgium Mesta, George, Pittsburg, Pa. Meier, Miss M. Alice, New York Meier, Miss Clara E., New York Moreton, Geo. W., Wilmington, Del. Morgan, L. H., Cheshire, Eng. Morgan, Mrs., Cheshire, Eng. Orcutt, Harry F. L., Birmingham, Eng. Reid, John S., Chicago, 111. Richards, Charles R., New York Righter, A. A., Chicago, 111. Ripsch, C. W., Dayton, O. Scott, Arthur C., London, Eng. Scott, Mrs., London, Eng. Serle, Mrs. M. E., with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hess, Philadelphia, Pa. Simpson, C. C., New York Sinclair, Angus, New York Sinclair, Mrs., New York Smith, Alton L., Worcester, Mass. Sunstrom, K. J., Stockholm, Sweden Taylor, Frank H., London, Eng. Taylor, Mrs., London, Eng. Taylor, Mrs. Fred. W., Philadelphia, Pa. Taylor, Miss, Philadelphia, Pa. Trube, G. A., Manchester, Eng. Tyler, Willard C., London, Eng. Van Der Willigen, T. A., Brussels, Belgium Vernon, P. V., Coventry, Eng. Voorhees, G. T., New York Ward, Charles, Charleston, W. Va. Watson, William, Boston, Mass. Willhofft, F. O., Kingston, Can. Willhofft, Mrs., Kingston, Can. OFFICERS AMD COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS President Aspinall, John A. F., Manchester Past-Presidents Johnson, Samuel Waite, Notting- ham Kennedy, Sir Alexander B.W., Ll.D., F.R.S., London Martin, Edward P., Abergavenny Maw, William H., Ll.D., London Richards, E. Windsor, Caerleon Riches, T. Hurry, Cardiff Westmacott, Percy G. B., Ascot White, Sir William H., K.C.B., Ll.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., London Wicksteed, J. Hartley, Leeds V ice-Presidents Davey, Henry, Ewell Lewis, Sir William T., Bart., Ellington, Edward B., London K.C.V.O., Aberdare Harris, H. Graham, London Tannett-Walker, A. T., Leeds Keen, Arthur, Birmingham Members of Council Allen, William H., Bedford Barr, Archibald, D.Sc., Glasgow Barry, Sir J. Wolfe, K.C.B., Ll.D., F.R.S., London Churchward, George J., Swindon Donaldson, H. F., C.B., Woolwich Hadfield, Sir Robert A., F.R.S., Sheffield Hele-Shaw, H. S., Ll.D., F.R.S., London Hopkinson, Edward, D.Sc., Man- chester Hoyle, J. Rossiter, Sheffield Ivatt, Henry A., Doncaster Lea, Henry, Birmingham Hon. Treasurer Huson, Arthur Longridge, Michael, Manchester Matthews, Robert, Manchester Pirrie, The Right Hon. Lord K.P., P.C., Ll.D., Belfast Pitt, Walter, Bath Reay, Thomas P., Leeds Robinson, Mark H., London Sankey, Captain H. Riall, R.E. ret., London Thornycroft, Sir John I., Ll.D., F.R.S., London Unwin, Professor W. Cawthorne, Ll.D., F.R.S., London Worsdell, Wilson, Gateshead Auditor McLean, Robert A., F.C.A. Secretary Worthington, Edgar JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1709 Birmingham Reception Committee Chairman The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor, Alderman W. H. Bowater V ice-C hairman Alderman Sir George H. Kenrick Sir Oliver J. Lodge, D.Sc., Ll.D., F.R.S. Henry Lea, Esq. George Tangye, Eqs. Honorary Treasurer Alexander Fyshe, Esq. Honorary Secretaries Howard Heaton, Esq. • Fred. M. Lea, Esq. MEMBERS Adamson, Daniel, Hyde Adamson, Joseph, Hyde Addy, George, Sheffield Ahmed Pasha, Vice-Admiral, Constantinople Allcard, Harry, London Allen, Harold Gwynne, Bedford Ames, Richard, London Ashbury, Thomas, Manchester Astbury, A. J., Birmingham Aston, John W., Birmingham Atherton, William Henry, Derby Attwood, Jabez, Stourbridge Awdry, W. L., Birmingham Baldwin, Arthur Hugh, Manchester Bale, Manfred Powis, London Balkwill, Alfred John, Selby Barker, Thomas Perronet, Birmingham Barker, T. Birkett, Warwickshire Barrow, Louis, Birmingham Bayliss, T. R., Birmingham Bell, Major Charles Thornhill, R. A., Cossipore, India Beiliss, John, Birmingham Beswick, F. A., Manchester Bettany, John Thomas, Birmingham Bilbie, John, London Billetop, Torben Christian, Newcastle-on-Tyne Bird, William Hobart, Coventry Brackenbury, H. I., Newcastle-on-Tyne Braithwaite, Charles C., Elstree, Herts. Bromiley, William J., Bolton Brown, Andrew, London Brown, William, London Brunton, J. F., Karachi, India Bryce, William Edward, Wolverhampton Budenberg, Christian Frederick, Manchester Butterworth, Joseph, Manchester Cantrill, W. L., London Causer, William George, Birmingham Challen, S. W., Birmingham Chalmers, John Reid, London Chamberlain, John, London Chatterton, Alfred, Madras, India Child, George Thomas, Stoke-on-Trent Clark, William Frederick, Birmingham Clarkson, Charles, Edinburgh Clarkson, Thomas, Chelmsford Clayton, J. A., Bombay, India Cleland, William, Sheffield Cochrane, John, Glasgow Conaty, George, Birmingham Cook, William Hall, Manchester Cormack, Prof. J. D., London Cosser, Thomas, Karachi, India Cottrell, Stephen Butler, Birkenhead Cowan, P. J., London Cox, Job, Birmingham Crompton, Col. R. E. B., London Crosta, Lorenzo William, Nottingham Darling, John William, Keighley Darlington, Seymour Nance, London Davidson, Albert, Sheffield Davidson, John McKenzie, Karachi, India Davies, Edmund Joseph, Ipswich Davison, John Willliam, Pontyprydd Deakin, Walter, Birmingham Dean, Frederic William Charles, Woolwich Dickinson, James Clark, Sunderland Dickinson, R. H., Birmingham Dixon, Walter, Glasgow Dixon, W. F., Podolsk, Moscow Govt., Russia Douglas, George Cameron, Dundee Dronsfield, James, Oldham Dugard, William Henry, Birmingham Dumas, Robert, Rugby 1710 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Duncan, John, London Dunn, Hugh Shaw, Kilmarnock Echevarri, Juan Thomas Wood, London Edmonds, Major Richard James, A.O.D., London Edwards, Albert Edward Alexander, Birming- ham Etherington, John, London Everett, Professor Wilfrid Hermann, Howrah, Bengal Fielding, John, Gloucester Fish, Sylvester Robert, Lisbon, Portugal Fowler, Henry, Derby Fraser, Patrick, Arbroath Fry, L. H., Paris Gadd, Wm., Limerick Gardner, J. C., London Garratt, E. A., London Garratt, H. W., Manchester Gerebiateff, Col. John Theodore, I.R.A., St. Petersburg, Russia Ginsom, Arthur James, Leicester Goodchild, Walter Cullingford, Derby Griggs, W. J., Elstree, Herts. Grimshaw, James Walter, London Haden, W. N., Trovv bridge Hadley, Walter, Oldbury, Birmingham Haines, Charles James, London Hall, Thomas Bernard, Birmingham Hall, J. W., Birmingham Harrison, George, London Hartness, James, Springfield, Vt., U. S. A. Hawksley, Charles, London Hawksley, Kenneth Phipson, London Heap, Ray Douglas Theodore, Woolwich Heath, Ashton Marler, London Heaton, William Henry, London Higginbottom, Lloyd, Manchester Hobbs, Charles James, Chester Honiball, Charles Roland, Liverpool Hookham, John Albert, Stoke-on-Trent Howie, J. M., London Howl, Edmund, Tipton Howlett, Francis, London Hughes, George, Horwich, Lancs. Humpage, Thomas, Bristol Humphrey, Herbert Alfred, London Humphryes, James Hulse, London Ingram, Alfred, London Innlss, J. J., Birmingham Instone, Thomas, London Ireland, W. C., London James, Thomas, Derby Jefferiss, Thomas, Birmingham Jolly, C. E., Birmingham Jones, Arthur Dansey, Horwich, Lansc. Jones, Edward, Birmingham Jones, Frederick Robert, Tunbridge Wells Kenrick, John Archibald, West Bromwich Kidd, John William, Stoke-on-Trent Kirkaldy, William George, London Kroto, George, London Lacy-Hulbert, Charles Edward, London Lange, P. A., Manchester Lea, Frederick Mackenzie, Birmingham Lee, S. E., Limerick Legros, Lucien Alphonse, Watford Low, Professor David Allan, London Lucy, Arthur John, Stourport MacCarthy, Samuel, London Mackenzie, Thomas Brown, Motherwell Mano, Professor Bunji, Tokyo, Japan Mapplebeck, Edward, Birmingham Marks, Edward Charles Robert, Birmingham Marshall, William Bayley, Malvern Massey, Harold Fletcher, Manchester Massey, Leonard Fletcher, Manchester Mathot, R. E. Brussels, Belgium McFarlane, John Alexander, London McFarlane, Lauchlan Grant, Barrow-in-Furness Mellanby, Prof. A. L., Glasgow Metcalfe, James, Manchester Miller, John Smith, Nottingham Mills, Wm., Sunderland Mitchell, Geo., London Mitton, Edward Moss, Birmingham Morcom, R. H., London Morton, A. H., London Mower, George A., London Mueller, Otto Hildebert, London Munro, Hugh, Kilmarnock Muntz, Sir Gerald Albert, Bart., Birmingham Niblock, F., Singapore Nicholson, Hy., Manchester O’Brien, John Owden, Manchester Oglethorpe, William Allan, Liverpool Okolski, Stanislaw Jan, Warsaw, Russian Poland Orcutt, Harry Fred Lee, Sutton-on-Sea, Lines. Oxlade, Henry John Wilson, London Pain, A. C., London Parrott, T. H., Birmingham Pedley, Heber Isaac, Birmingham Pendred, Loughnan St. Lawrence, London Penn, William Cooper, London Platt, F. J., Stroud, Glos. Pooley, Henry, Disley, Stockport Reavell, William, Ipswich Rendell, Alan Wood, London Renold, Hans, Manchester Ridley, C. O., London Ringquist, Justus Magnus, Thornaby-on-Tees Riseley, H. L. Newcastle-on-Tyne Roberts, Charles Thomas, Mysore Province, India Roberts, David Evan, Cardiff Roberts, Hugh Jorwerth, Liverpool Robertson, Leslie Stephen, London Robson, William Henry, Birmingham Ronald, Henry, London Rudder, Frank Percy, Derby Ryder, George Albert, Bolton JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1711 Sanders, Henry Conrad, Southall Saxon, Alfred, Manchester Saxon, James, Manchester Schontheil, Theodore, Cardiff Scott, Charles Herbert, Goucester Seaman, Charles Joseph, Worcester Sharp, Robert Gordon, Leeds Sheldon, Joseph, Sheffield Shin, Tsuneta, Tokyo, Japan Shortt, William Llewellyn Everett, Colchester Simpkin, Frank Henry, Sheffield Sirri, Major M., Constantinople Sisson, Arthur White, Gloucester Smallman, Herbert Spencer, Wednesbury Smart, Lewis Anderson, London Smith, R. T., London Smith, John, Burton-on-Trent Somers, Walter, Birmingham Spencer, John, Wednesbury Spencer, Thomas Harris, Wednesbury Spooner, Prof. Henry John, London Stirk, Greenwood, Halifax Stone, Sidney, London Strong, E. S., London Swasey, Ambrose, Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. Sugden, Thomas, London Tartt, William, South Godstone, Surrey Taylor, Joseph Samuel, Birmingham Tearoe, James, London Thornbery, William Henry, Birmingham Titley, Arthur, Birmingham Tomkins, John APred, R.N.R., Johannes- burg, Transvaal Turner, Alfred, Birmingham Urie, William Montgomerie, Glasgow Vaux, Walter, Liverpool Vernon, Percy Venables, Coventry Waddington, Richard, London Wailes, Reginald Percy, London Wainwright, John William, London Waister, William Henry, Swindon Walker, Joseph Griffin, Walsall Wall, Charles Henry, Birmingham Warden, Walter Evers, Birmingham Warden-Stevens, Frederic J., London Watson, Frank Leslie, Pershore Watson, Henry Burnett, Newcastle-on-Tyne Wearing, John Evenden, Birmingham Wicksteed, Charles, Kettering Widdowson, John Henry, Manchester Williams, Charles Edward, London Williams, W. H., Swindon Winder, Oliver, Wednesbury Wood, Edward Malcolm, London Woof, Thomas, London Worsley, Philip John, Jun., Birmingham Wright, Thomas, Manchester Yates, Harry James, Birmingham Young, Smelter Joseph, Sheffield ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Allen, T. F., Wednesbury Arnold, Arnold Attwood, Glasgow Aston, Edward Backland Stuckey, London Atkins, Evan Arthur, Liverpool Atkins, Harry Frederick, Shipley, Yorks. AughtUs, Herbert, London Bailey, Duncan, Wakefield Perry, Frederick, Bolton Blissett, Percival Thomas, Dublin Bolton, Henry, London Boot, Horace Louis Petit, Tunbridge Wells Boultbee, Henry Arthur, Birmingham Boulton, Percival Raymond, Birmingham Bourne, Ernest Spencer, Runcorn Boys, Sidney James, Walsall Bretell, J. O., Worcester Bridge, Arthur George, Rochdale Brown, Edward George, Birmingham Bruce, Archibald Kay, Hatch End, S.O. Midds. Burn, Chas. Wm., West Bromwich Burgess, Gerard Herbert, Birmingham Carrington, George, Birmingham Carter, Walter, Sheffield Castle, Frank, Birmingham Christmas, E. B., London Clarkson, Sydney Samuel, Manchester Cleaver, William, Port Talbot Collyer, Percy Nicholson, Birmingham Conradi, Charles Guthrie, Derby Crawford, J. F., Liverpool Crosier, Edward James, Newcastle-on-Tyne Crossley, John, Birmingham Cuthbert, Harold Parker, Birmingham Dale, Robert Davidson, Birmingham Davis, Thomas Jessop, Ennlscorthy Douglass, Alfred Edwards, Birmingham Drury, Harry James Hutchison, Swansea Ellington, Noel Bayzand, Chester Engholm, Alexander Goldie, Birmingham Etchells, E. F., London Forward, Ernest Alfred, London Gamble, George Martin, Birmingham Gledhill, Arthur Henry, Halifax Green, Bernard Joseph, Kidderminster Greenwood, Vladimir Edward, Birmingham Griffiths, Edward Meredith, London Griffiths, Harold, Birmingham Guest, George Nevill, Birmingham Harben, G. A., London Harris, F. G. R., London Harris, William Robert Alexander, Wooburn, Bucks Hartness, John Anton, London Hatton, James, Burton-on-Trent Hayward, Joseph William, Montreal, Canada Hibberd, Frederick Charles, Slough Hicks, Frederick George, Birmingham Hilton, N. L., Coventry 1712 OINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Hudson, Ernest Victor, Birmingham Hurd, Milner, Dudley Inkson, N. L., Jalampur, India Jackson, Robert Hiram, Manchester James-Carrington, Henry, Birmingham Jewson, Herbert, Dereham Johnson, Frederick Samuel Lovick, Sylhet, Assam, India Ketley, Chas. Boswart, Birmingham Lack, Charles Tibbit, Cambridge Lake, C. S., London Lane, Norman Augustus, Birmingham Leach, Harry, London Lewis, Paul Alexander, Wolverhampton Lewis, W. Y., London Lindop, William, Tipton Lockwood, Bunce Y., London Longhurst, Henry Alexander, London Mackintosh, Donald Grant, Birmingham March, S. H., Manchester Marks, Alfred Pally, Birmingham , Maw, Henry, London Maw, Robert Lewis, London Maw, Thomas Frederick, London McLaren, William David, Roorkee, N.W.P., India Meaden, Albert Edward, Kuala Lumpor, Se- langor, F.M.S. Moody, George Henry, Bradley, Bilston Morgan, D. H., Felstead, Essex Nasmith, John, Birmingham Nettlefold, Godfrey, Birmingham Parker, John, Tipton Parsonage, William Rawlett, Birmingham Pinfield, William Vicary, Birmingham Pochin, Edward Arnold, Manchester Podesta, John James, Wolverhampton Porter, Ralph Classon, Birmingham Poulton, Wm., Sheffield Pritchard, William Elias, Bangor Pullin, Joseph Alexander, Birmingham Radcliffe, John James, Rochdale Redman, Sydney George, Newcastle-on-Tyne Reynolds, Alfred Milward, Birmingham Richey, William Frederick Albert, Birmingham Robertson, Rudolph Alexander, Assam, India Robey, Ernest William, Birmingham Rosevere, Gerald Rhodes, Birmingham Rosher, Noel Burn, Birmingham Rushworth, David, Chesterfield Scott, Woolby Lockwood, Ipswich Scott-Linsley, Herbert Llewellyn, Worcester Shapton, Norman William, London Shepherd, James Horace, Wolverhampton Smith, Dempster, Manchester Smith, Louis William, Lincoln Smith, Thomas John, Hanley, Staffordshire Spencer, Henry Wilmot, London Steven, James Dunlop, Birmingham Suffield, Frank Wilson, Birmingham Sunderland, Wallace, Leeds Sutton, Frederick Bass, Birmingham Swan, E. M., Cardiff Symons, James Francis, London Taylor, Charles Albert, London Tomes, William Jameson, Jamalpur, Bengal Utting, Samuel, London Vickers, Ernest John, Birmingham Wade, F. R., Birmingham Wainwright, Walter Hepburn, London Walker, Alfred, London Walter, D’Arcy Joseph, Birmingham Warner, Francis George , Birmingham Watson, Herbert Edward, Calcutta Whitehead Richard David, Derby Whitehouse, George Henry, Tipton Williams, John Robert, Sheffield Williams, N. C., Birmingham Williamson, Edward, London Willis, Edward, London Wright, Isaac Henry, Coventry ASSOCIATES Allen, William Edgar, Litt.D., Sheffield Foster, George, Rotherham James, Albert Alfred, West Bromwich Kennan, Williams Thomas, Dublin GRADUATES Algar, S. C., London Ansell, Arthur Molloy, Toong, Bengal Aykroyd, John Kenneth, London Baker, Edward, Rotherham Bamford, J. I., London Bentall, A. F., Chelmsford Brander, James, Bristol Brown, Ernest William, Leighton Buzzard Bumpus, Frank Arnold, Loughborough Carrick, Joseph Ernest Cecil, S. Milford, Yorks. Currall, Edward Percy, Birmingham Eid, Abd-el Fakah, Liverpool Gledhill, Gilbert, Halifax Guy, Henry Lewis, Penarth Head, George Bruges Digby, London Hillhouse, John Paton, Birmingham Jordan, F. W., London Kendall, Alfred Harold, Birmingham Kingsmill, V. H., London Lightfoot, Kenneth, London Lloyd-Parton, Fred, Wolverhampton Mann, Ernest Leonard, Lincoln Maw, Arthur Ernest, Lincoln Mercer, George Henry, Birmingham Moss, F. C., Rotherham O’Brien, George Holme, B.Sc., Manchester Reeve, Edward, Birmingham Shearman, John, Jun. London Smith, Charles St. Vincent, Stoke-on-Trent Somers, Frank, Birmingham Symons, Angus Bryant, London Vicars, Theo., Jun., London Vining, Roy Veitch, London Walker, Charles Albert, London Wallbridge, C. S., London THE JOINT MEETING, 1910 By Calvin W. Rice, Secretary The American Society of Mechanical Engineers In the Spring of the year 1909, Sir Robert Hadfield, a member of the Council of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, brought to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, on one of his fre- quent trips to America, the first intimation of a Joint Meeting to be held in England the summer of the following year. This was con- firmed in September by the following formal invitation from our sister organization: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Storey’s Gate, St. James Park, Westminster, S. W. 17th September, 1909. Dear Mr. President: At a Meeting of the Council of this Institution held today, the following Reso- lution was unanimously passed : “That a very hearty invitation be sent to The American Society of Mech- anical Engineers to participate in a Joint Meeting in England with the Insti- tution of Mechanical Engineers, and that the Meeting be held in the Summer of 1910, if possible during the last week in July.” I need scarcely say how warmly the subject was supported by those present, especially as the Council had learnt from the Committee appointed to confer with Mr. H. deB. Parsons, the special representative of your Society, the cor- diality with which the idea had been taken up by your Members. We hope that we may be favored with the presence of yourself, your Council, and many of your Members at the proposed Meeting. With all good wishes, we are, Yours very truly, John A. F. Aspinall President Edgar Worthington Secretary The President The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 29 West 39th Street, New York, U. S. A. 1714 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Former gatherings of a like nature had taught not only the value, but also the great pleasure to be derived from such a meeting of the two national mechanical engineering organizations, and by the unani- mous vote of the Council of the Society the following reply was despatched : • The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 29 West 39th Street, New York, U. S. A. Dear Mr. President : The Council of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has con- sidered the very cordial invitation of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, to hold a j oint meeting in England in the Summer of 1910, conveyed by your let- ter of September 17. The Council was unanimous in the acceptance of the invitation and bids me convey to you its action as follows : “ Resolved, — That The American Society of Mechanical Engineers accept the very cordial invitation of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, to hold a joint meeting in England in the Summer of 1910. The Council feels that the interests of Engineering throughout the World will assuredly be advanced by the giving and the acceptance of this invitation; — an evidence of an increasing cooperation among the various societies representing the Profession of Engi- neering.” In conveying this resolution of the Council permit us to inform you of the universal cordiality with which the invitation has been received both by the Council and by the Members of the Society. It is the expectation that a repre- sentative delegation of the Society will be present at the meeting. Please accept our expressions of sincere good will. Jesse M. Smith President Calvin W. Rice Secretary To The President The Institution of Mechanical Engineers London, England The preliminary work of announcing this action to the membership was assigned to the Executive Committee of the Council as well as the tentative arrangements for transportation, whereby an option, expiring March 1, was secured upon the entire first cabin of the White Star Steamship Celtic, sailing July 16 for Liverpool. The Committee of Arrangements immediately upon its appoint- ment by the Council in the Spring of 1910 took up the task of per- fecting these and other details , producing, under the able Chairman- ship of Ambrose Swasey, Past-President Am.Soc.M.E., a result which made this meeting an event in the history of the Society. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1715 NEW YORK TO BIRMINGHAM The Celtic with the official party of 144 members and guests steamed from the White Star dock in the North River at two o’clock in the afternoon of July 16, under a cloudless sky, good augury of the voy- age ahead. The Committee on Acquaintanceship which, with the characteristically energetic generalship of Dr. W. F. M. Goss, met immediately after dinner the same evening and remained continu- ously on duty until the end of the voyage, soon made the individual members of the party known to one another. Invitations, on which was embossed and colored the emblem of the Society, were also issued to the other members of the first cabin, cordially urging their participation in the events arranged for the week on shipboard, a thoughtful act suggested by Professor Hutton and Mr. Brill which was greatly appreciated. The entire group was thus at once brought into a friendly relationship not usually secured until the end of the journey. The first day out, which was Sunday, was spent quietly in resting and visiting, religious services being conducted by the Right Reverend William D. Walker, Bishop of Western New York. On Monday, pre- liminary games were begun on deck. In the evening the officers and past-presidents of the Society, together with the officers of the Celtic, received the first cabin passengers on the upper promenade deck, thus bringing the party and the other voyagers into closer acquaintance. This is believed to be the first occasion in the history of the Celtic, if not of the steamship line, in which the officers of the ship participated in receiving the passengers. A dance followed the reception. The lecture given on Tuesday evening by Worcester R. Warner, Past-President, on What are the Astronomers Doing, was not only entertaining but instructive, and was finely illustrated by lantern views, many of which were new and shown for the first time to any audience. The musicale arranged for Wednesday evening proved one of the most enjoyable features of the trip, displaying to advantage the ver- satility of the Society’s membership. The success of those in charge in enlisting the participation of the other passengers was exemplified in the acceptance of the chairmanship of the evening by Mr. Everett P. Wheeler, well-known in legal and political circles in New York City. The program follows: 1716 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Selection Guglielmo Tell Rossini Orchestra Vocal Solos a The Flower Song from Faust. . . .Gounod b Ask Me no More Tosti Miss Grace Burlingame Cello Solos a Romance Davidoff b Largo Handel Dr. Leonard Waldo Monologue The Village Dressmaker Wiggin Mrs. Jesse M. Smith Vocal Solos a The Skipper of St. Ives Roeckel b Three for Jack Squire D. J. Edmonds Piano Solo Song Without Words Mendelsohn Miss Alice M. Main Reading The Limerick Tigers Edwards Prof. F. R. Hutton Selection Three Dances Henry VIII German Orchestra The appreciation felt by the first cabin passengers of the enter- tainments arranged by the Society was expressed by Mr. Wheeler at the conclusion of the musicale. On Thursday evening, John R. Freeman, Past-President, gave an interesting illustrated address on the Construction of the Panama Canal, of which it is well known Mr. Freeman speaks with authority through his official connection with the Board of Engineers appointed by President Taft to visit the canal in 1909. Slides of a different character were afterward thrown on the screen, showing among other views a portrait of Captain Hambelton, and a reproduction of the menu card of the dinner given by Ambrose Swasey, then President of the Society, at the time of the last visit of the Institution to America in the year 1904. As the words of God Save the King were shown, the audience joined in singing the British national song. Friday evening was devoted to dancing. A bridge- whist contest was held Thursday afternoon, and on Fri- day the sports took place, miscellaneous games being also in progress, during the entire week. Saturday evening had been set apart for the awarding of prizes to the winners of these various tests of skill and for a gathering of a more informal nature than those of pre- ceding evenings. Prof. F. R. Hutton presided over the occasion, and after an orchestra had rendered a selection, Geo. M. Brill, Chair- man of the Entertainment Committee, announced the following JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1717 awards: 1st prize in bridge-whist, to J. D. C. Darrell, a pair of flat brushes in a leather case; 2nd prize, to John Calder, a pigskin travel- ing case for collar buttons, etc. ; 3rd prize, to Mrs. W. K. Carr, a hat pin; 4th prize, to Mrs. M. B. Orde, a bridge set; 1st prize in shuffle- board contest, to Karl Dodge, “Satchel Guide to Europe”; 2nd prize, to Theodore Main, “My Trip Abroad”; to the winner of the pillow fight, H. M. Klingenfeld, a knife on a small pillow; to the winner of the men’s potato race, A. Wise, a coin purse; of the ladies’ potato race, Miss H. E. Armstrong, a silver coin holder, and Miss Gertrude Baker, a silver pencil; and to the winner of the obstacle race, Karl Dodge, a coin purse. A so-called endurance prize, a fan, was also given to Mrs. Jesse M. Smith, the last lady to stay in the game of shuffleboard. A consolation prize, consisting of a doll, was contributed by friends to Frank B. Gilbreth, who lost in the final round of shuffle- board, and also as a mark of appreciation of his efficient service as Chief of Police in maintaining order during the games. Prof. F. R. Hutton received a loving cup, of the telescopic variety. As each winner came forward to receive his or her prize, a speech was de- manded, thus eliciting a number of impromptu remarks which greatly added to the merriment of the evening. Most of these prizes, chosen with characteristic good taste, had been appropriately engraved or stamped with the name of the Society and the occasion, through the thoughtfulness of Mr. and Mrs. Brill. James M. Dodge, Past-President, followed with a humorous lecture, entitled An Exhaustive Review of the Formation of the Earth and its Oceans, with Some Conclusive Educational Remarks on the Solar System and Prognostications on the Ultimate End of the Uni- verse, in which he assumed to controvert the theories of all other scientists. A jury consisting of Ambrose Swasey, John R. Freeman, William H. Wiley, Oberlin Smith, Jesse M. Smith, George M. Brill, Calvin W. Rice, H. L. Gantt, Prof. W. F. M. Goss, Prof. Arthur M. Greene, Jr., James Hartness and F. H. Stillman, had been chosen to sit in judgment on his arguments and, clad in the robes of office, filed in with due solemnity as Mr. Dodge began his address. Mrs. E. B. Danforth, eighty years of age, then rendered a piano solo, and A. T. Baldwin read the following “Engineer’s Reverie,” written by Granger Whitney, Superintendent of the Detroit Iron and Steel Company, a member of the Detroit Engineering Society: 1718 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND WHAT’S THE USE By Granger Whitney, Detroit, Mich. What’s the use of running levels on a hillside that is steep? What’s the use of building railroads through the valleys that are deep? With your cantilever bridges, with record breaking spans, Your aids to navigation, your ship locks and your dams. Oh, the hydrostatic pressure at the Sault, it gives me chills, And the dusty, smoking tunnel running through the Hoosac hills Makes me weary with existence; the canal at Panama Seems a labor of utility thats hardly up to par. Oh — What’s the use? What’s the use of doubling up your work on multiple machines Till the weary brain is pinioned to a rack of grasping schemes? Your indicator card will show expansion of the head, Exhaustion of the intellect, the cut-off finds you dead. With monoplane and gasolene you navigate the air, Your differential valve gear drives a man to deep despair, With many new inventions you strive till you obtain The ecstatic culmination of an epicylic train. Oh — What’s the use? What’s the use of sinking shafts six thousand feet at Calumet? What’s the use of stoping out the Colorado sulphurets? Now it’s conical drum engines and ventilating fans, Then the cyaniding process and amalgamating pans, Steam shovels do your digging in a most efficient way, Six hundred tons of Bessemer you’re smelting in a day. It’s economy and saving with gas seal and double bell, Eighty-five percent Mesabe and your tops blown all to hell. Oh — What’s the use? What’s the use of putting bilge keels on an ocean going ship, Let her roll and let the lubbers seek their bunks or miss the trip. There’s forced draft on your boilers, you have sixty feet of beam, You move with two propellers and a trinity of steam. With twelve-foot center hatches and twelve thousand tons below How your rivets groan and tremble when the wind comes on to blow. Three days from Escanaba to Conneaut, your goal, And there you fuss and fidget till you’re sailing north with coal. Oh — What’s the use? If you’re going to be a pessimist there isn’t any use Of building ships or mining ore or generating juice. If your ultimate ambition is to roll a ton of rails, To build an automobile or to make a keg of nails You will find that life’s a burden, you will find existence stale, JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1719 If you live by rule and precedent you pretty sure will fail, And if you only work and sleep and take three meals a day Why there isn’t any answer and it really doesn’t pay. So — What’s the use? It’s the friends you’ve got in Denver, it’s your life out on the hills, It’s the men you met at Panama, your record with the drills, It’s the girls you’ve met on ship board at Harrisburg, the friends you left at home, It’s that plutocratic feeling when you’re hiking down from Nome. It’s the people up in Scranton, it’s the folks you met in Lynn, It’s your cronies out in Pueblo, it’s the places you have been, It’s the life you led at Phoenix when you crossed the great divide, It’s the work you did at Jarrow, it’s your record on the Clyde. It’s the golf you played at Birmingham, your San Francisco spree, It’s when you saw the springtime clothe the hills of Tennessee, It’s the drinks you drank in Pittsburg in your youthful days of joy, It’s that forty mile excursion from Schenectady to Troy, It’s the days you spent in Helena, your luck at Cripple Creek, It’s the gang at South Chicago that never went to sleep, It’s the fellows at Altoona, it’s the men that sing and laugh, It’s the men you’ve known and lived with from Newport News to Bath. It’s when the day is over and your work is all well dene, It’s when the campaign’s ended, it’s when the battle’s won, Then friendship keen, and memory of many happy days Bring the glorious satisfaction that a life of action pays. That’s the use — That’s the use — And we’ll drink a toast to energy and raise a merry song, We’ll lead a life that’s strenuous, we’ll work a day that’s long. And when that day is ended and our work is damned well done We’ll meet around the festal board, we’ll have a little fun. That’s the use. Ambrose Swasey, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, expressed briefly the Society’s appreciation of the courtesy and friendliness of the ship’s officers, which had added so much to the week’s voyage, and as a memento of the trip presented to Captain Hambelton a silver case, beautifully chased and engraved with the words, PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN A. E. S. HAMBELTON, COMMANDING S. S. CELTIC, BY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL engineers, July 23, 1910; and to Chief Engineer Lapsley an electric desk lamp, with Tiffany favrile glass shade, similarly engraved. These tokens came as a great surprise to their recipients, who expressed their thanks in a few graceful remarks. 1720 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Professor Hutton brought the program to a close with the following poem written by him for the occasion: AN -ODE; WITH KATH-ODE By F. R. Hutton, New York Honorary Secretary of the Society THE AN ODE There once was a “Gang” transatlantic Up to all sorts of lark and of antic; The Celtic’s so steady That each one is ready For play, spite of sea rough and frantic. They have heard about comet and star, In dancing, they’ve scampered afar, At the “Tigers” they’ve smiled, Been by “Bell-buoy” beguiled, And learned, too, about Panama. We have Swasey to act as our Boss, We have chuckled with Hartness and Goss, And with Miller, (T. Spencer), As stunt-scheme dispenser The trip’s end seems much like a loss. One lad used a big megaphone; Perched aloft, with a loud brassy tone, He told us who scored When they played shuffle-board With a glee which is just Dodge’s own. One uses a lot of his breath We all like to hear what he saith: His nonsense is fine I wish like it for mine But can he be “wasting,” Gilbreth? Nor must we forget our police So great in preserving the peace; Were “face-making” a crime, Then “gum-chewing’s” sublime, And grave misdemeanours must cease. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1721 THE KATH ODE We seem to be nearing the shore When our larks for a while will be o’er But we’ll never forget; And the friends we have met Will be mem’ries of joy ever more. So here on our last festal night And with Ireland almost in sight, We sing “Hail to the Chief”! (To Lapsley, in brief) Who has handled our engines’ great might. But to Hambelton — bless heart and head — Our last friendly word shall be said: “Good luck” and “Good-bye,” We unite in the cry: From the sea he has lifted all dread. After singing My Country ’tis of Thee, appropriately followed by God Save the King, the company dispersed amid many expressions of appreciation. During the evening a collection was taken for the Seamen’s Charities of Liverpool and London. The program of Saturday evening, which was characterized through- out by a spirit of goodfellowship, brought to a close the unique and delightful series of events provided by the Committee on Entertain- ment, to whom as well as to the general committee so much of the pleasure of the trip was due. Indeed too much praise for the perfec- tion of the entire series of entertainments cannot be accorded the Chairman and his committee, who not only followed out various sug- gestions made by the membership, but so elaborated them as to make the best possible provision for the pleasure of the voyagers. The friendships formed on such a journey, which must remain a source of satisfaction long after the details of the trip are forgotten, and which contribute so much to the welding together of the Society’s member- ship, were, it is needless to say, a feature the importance of which cannot be measured. The greatest regret was expressed on every side at the unavoidable absence of President and Mrs. George Westinghouse. The entire trip was remarkable for fine weather and smoothness and was made comfortable and pleasurable to all by the excellent service. At six o’clock Sunday evening, July 24, the Celtic entered the River Mersey, where she was met by the White Star tender Magnetic, 1722 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND bringing a deputation from the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The party consisted of Deputy Lord Mayor, Henry Lea, Esq., a member of the Council of the Insti- tution and formerly Lord Mayor of Liverpool; J. A. F. Aspinall, President of the Institution; Prof. W. H. Watkinson of Liverpool University, a member of the Institution; Edgar Worthington, Secre- tary of the Institution; and several others, all of whom brought to the American Society the official greetings of the city of Liverpool and of the British organization. In the absence of President West- inghouse, Vice-President Goss and other officers of the Society received the guests in the saloon of the Celtic. The Deputy Lord Mayor in a cordial speech regretted the unavoidable absence of the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, on whose behalf he bade them wel- come as brethren both in blood relationship and in professional inter- ests. America, he had found in his own visits to that country, a delightful place inhabited by delightful people, and he hoped that England might prove both enjoyable and profitable to the visitors. Mr. Aspinall then tendered the welcome of the English Institution, which had so long been anticipating the visit of its American brothers. Great Britain, he said, was a somewhat acquisitive nation and it was hoped that the visitors would leave behind them a great volume of good mechanical ideas, and that they would find the visits to British works of as great interest and value as he had found those which he had made in America. In the United States, he understood, university work for engineers was ahead of that in Great Britain, and the gradu- ates from these colleges were so numerous and energetic that they were spreading themselves over the British colonies. Professor Watkinson followed with a few remarks regarding Ameri- can colleges, describing his recent visit and the kindly treatment he had received, and expressing himself as deeply impressed by the mag- nificent equipment and the enormous research work being done. He concluded with a cordial welcome from the engineering department of Liverpool University. Edgar Worthington, a friend of long standing of the American Society, was also called upon for a few remarks. Mr. Fothergill, representing the management of the White Star Line, made a short speech placing the facilities of his company at the disposal of the travelers upon arrival. §| These hearty greetings were acknowledged by Vice-President Goss, who expressed the gratification of himself and of his American friends, and their keen appreciation of the coming events. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1723 After the welcoming delegation had departed, the Celtic was towed to her dock to remain over night, the party landing in Liverpool the next morning and, after the necessary formalities of the customs, proceeding at once to the Lime Street Station where special dining coaches waited to convey them to Birmingham. President Aspinall of the English society, together with Mrs. Aspinall and their daughters, and also Fred. W. Taylor, Past-President of the Society, and Mrs. Taylor who had reached England some days earlier, were onboard the train to greet the party. At Birmingham, Messrs. Howard Heaton and Fred. M. Lea, Honorary Secretaries of the Local Committee, received the party upon their arrival and escorted them to motor omnibuses which con- veyed them to their respective hotels. So thoroughly had the Committee on Transportation, Charles Whiting Baker and the Secretary, done its work that not only had hotel accommodations for each individual been arranged in Birmingham and London, but no one from the time of the departure of the Celtic to the close of the meeting in London, was obliged to concern himself in the least regard- ing the disposal of baggage. On Monday evening President Aspinall tendered a dinner at the Queen’s Hotel to the Past-Presidents and Council of the American Society, to which were also invited the Council and Past-Presidents of the Institution. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman W. H. Bowater, was the guest of honor. There were also present, Dean W. F. M. Goss, Sir William H. White, Sir Oliver J. Lodge, Charles Whiting Baker, Arthur Keen, Ambrose Swasey, Sir Gerard A. Muntz, Bart., James Mapes Dodge, William H. Maw, Jesse M. Smith, Sir George Ken- rick, Oberlin Smith, Edward P. Martin, Prof. F. R. Hutton, J. Hart- ley Wicksteed, Prof. R. C. Carpenter, Josephs. Taylor, Walter Pitt, J. C. Vaudrey, Henry Lea, Henry L. Gantt, H. A. Ivatt, Robert Matthews, H. Graham Harris, Worcester R. Warner, H. F. Donald- son, William H. Allen, Howard Heaton, Alderman Sir Hallewell Rogers, John R. Freeman, Prof. W. Cawthorne Unwin, Arthur T. Keen, Edgar Worthington, James Hartness, Hon. William H. Wiley, Loughnan Pendred, Mark H. Robinson, Fred. M. Lee, E. B. Ellington, Frederick W. Taylor, F. Dudley Docker, George M. Brill, Michael Longridge, George Tangye, Edward Hopinkson, George Robert Jebb, Capt. H. Rial] Sankey Reginald K. Morcom, Godfrey Nettlefold, Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw, Eric M. Carter, and the Secretary. Toasts were given to the King, the President of the United States, and to the Guests. Respecting the latter, Mr. Aspinall spoke of his gratifi- 1724 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND cation at the welcome which the city of Birmingham had accorded to the American visitors and of the great regret felt by all at the absence of Mr. Westinghouse, to whose coming all had looked forward, some in appreciation of him as a friend and a splendid host, and all in admira- tion of him as an engineer known from one end of the world to another. It was most appropriate that the societies should gather in Birmingham where the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was founded in 1847, under the leadership of its first president, George Stephenson, in a hotel of the same name, if not the very building in which this dinner was now held. Referring to the Joint Meeting now in progress, it had for an object, he said, not only the study of the work of our brother engineers, but the widening of acquaintance with one another. Dr. Goss, as acting President, responded to this toast on behalf of the Society, and brief remarks were also made by Ambrose Swasey and other members. TUESDAY, JULY 26 The Joint Meeting was formally opened on Tuesday, July 26, at 10 o’clock, in the Lecture Hall of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. The officers of the two societies who had assembled in the Institute Board Room previous to the meeting, entered the hall in a body at the beginning of the session, and took their assigned seats on the platform. The American Society was repre- sented by Dr. W. F. M. Goss, James M. Dodge, John R. Freeman, F. R. Hutton, Jesse M. Smith, Oberlin Smith, Ambrose Swasey, F. W. Taylor, Worcester R. Warner, Charles Whiting Baker, E. D. Meier, Henry L. Gantt, James Hartness, Wm. H. Wiley, Willis E. Hall, and the Secretary. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman W. H. Bowater, heartily welcomed the members to the city on behalf of the Reception Committee, whose chairman, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was prevented by a slight accident from being present, and expressed the hope that the American visitors would feel when the time came for their departure that they had been treated not as strangers but as members of the same brotherhood. It was very fitting that Birmingham, the birthplace of the English Institution, considered the very center of mechanical engineering, should have been selected for so important a gathering as the present meeting. Some people did not think it a very beautiful city, but its own inhabitants were delighted with the darkness of the atmosphere and the ever- present smoke because the more plentiful the smoke the greater the volume of business in the workshop. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1725 The Lord Mayor was followed by Mr. George Tangye, Vice-Chair- man of the Reception Committee, who as custodian of the Boulton and Watt relics, offered to the Society a framed letter written by James Watt in 1777, as a memento of their visit to Birmingham. President Aspinall of the Institution in expressing his own apprecia- tion of this gift by Mr. Tangye to the American Society referred to the close connection between the two nations as illustrated by the fact that Boulton and Watt sold to Robert Fulton his first engine. Bir- mingham had thus played its part in engineering work on both sides of the Atlantic. Another of its citizens, James Wyatt, invented the first cotton-spinning machine in 1741 and the first hanks of cotton produced by it might be viewed at any time in the city museum. Engineers recognized, he said, how much they owed to Birmingham and how much the city had done and was doing, not only in scientific advancement by means of their great university, but by the hard- headed constructive knowledge and ability of the people who fought to keep in British hands by the peaceful weapon* of commercial con- quest a fair share of the world’s trade. Dr. W. F. M. Goss expressed the hearty thanks o r the American Society for the welcome accorded them and to Mr. George Tangye for his generous gift. This was the third official visit of the Society to England and previous experience had taught the members how great a privilege it was to be the guests of the Institution. Entering Eng- land with a recognition of how many practices of the profession had their beginning here, they were already in full enjoyment of everything found in the country, from the green of the trees and meadows to the permanency and beauty which characterized so many of the engineer- ing structures. Under present-day conditions the engineer had become the world’s great civilizer and in the transforming process in which men had been given new occupations and the world of their fathers re- placed by a new world, the engineers of England and America had had a large part. National boundaries no longer affected them for, thanks to the English shipbuilders, the ocean between them had become an easy means of communication. The spirit of the two organ- izations, if not the organizations themselves, might be federated, and to such a result this Joint Meeting was sure to prove a contributing factor. Mr. Tangye’s generous gift had quite taken them by surprise and they would not forget the giver in their enjoyment of the new possession. The inscription on the frame of the memorial was then read : 1726 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND PRESENTED TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS BY GEORGE TANGYE AT THE JOINT SUMMER MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM in July, 1910. Dr. Goss added that the letter was both written and signed by James Watt, and was very legible and well preserved in every respect. A photograph of the letter, showing the two sides, is given herewith. Mr. Aspinall then took the chair and at his request a telegram of regret was sent to Mr. Westinghouse. After the transaction of some routine business the following papers were read and jointly discussed, the chair being alternately occupied by Mr. Aspinall and Dr. Goss on this and succeeding days : English Running-Shed Practice, by Cecil W. Paget, Member I. Mech.E., General Superintendent, Midland Railway, Derby ; Handling Locomo- tives at Terminals, Frederic M. Whyte, Vice-President Am.Soc.M.E., General Mechanical Engineer, New York Central Lines, New York; Engine-House Practice, F. H. Clark, Mem. Am.Soc.M.E., Chicago, 111.; American Locomotive Terminals, William Forsyth, Mem. Am. Soc.M.E., Railway Age Gazette, Chicago, 111. ; and Handling Engines, by H. H. Vaughan, Member I. Mech.E. and Am.Soc.M.E., Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, Can. The discussers were George Hughes, James M. Dodge, Henry Fowler, Henry L. Gantt, Arthur D. Jones, J. E. Sague, F. H. Clark, Cecil W. Paget, William Forsyth, F. M. Whyte and H. H. Vaughan. Tuesday Afternoon and Evening After luncheon, which through the courtesy of the Lord Mayor, was served in the Town Hall, the visitors scattered to enjoy the vari- ous trips to places of professional and historical interest in and about Birmingham, arranged by the local Reception Committee for both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. One of these was a trip to Dudley Port, Tipton, where inspection was made of the works of the South Staffordshire Mond Gas Company, under the guidance of the Managing Director, Edmund Howe, Esq., Member I. Mech.E. This company distributes gas for po wer and heating purposes over an area of about 123 sq. mi., in what may be termed the industrial heart of England. The plant comprises eight producers, each capable of gasifying 20 tons of fuel per day and generating sufficient gas to drive gas-engines of 2000 h.p. continuously. Here also the testing station of the Pump and Power Company was visited, which contains four Humphrey pumps of various types, the largest of which is 4- JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1727 cycle, delivering 250,000 gal. per hr. to a height of 35 ft. H. A. Humphrey, Esq., Managing Director, Member I. Mech.E., conducted the party. Another excursion was that made to the works of the Austin Motor Company at Northfield, under the guidance of H. Austin, Esq., Governing Director, where the range of models manufactured com- prises the 4-cylinder engine of the 25 to 30 h.p. type; a smaller model of 18 to 24 h.p.; a 15-h.p. 4-cylinder model in two forms, one having the engine in front and with narrowed frame used for taxicab work, and the other the engine under the driver’s seat, used for landaulet or coupe carriages, or light delivery vans to carry loads up to 15 cwt. ; a 7-h.p. single-cylinder; a 50-h.p. 6-cylinder; and an 18 to 24-h.p. 4-cylinder of a special type fitted with detachable wire wheels. The works of the company occupy over six acres, one building being devoted to the machine shops, and the other departments being the grinding section, hardening shop, power house, engine test-house, plating and polishing sections, erecting shop, copper and tinsmith’s shop, chassis test-house, wheel building shop, finishing shop, pattern- maker’s shop, carriage building shop. The restaurant of the com- pany, where the guests had tea, is shown herewith. A third party, conducted by the Managing Director, Percy Wheeler, Esq., Member I. Mech.E., visited the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company at Saltley, which covers 20 acres and comprises a smith, smithy power house, steel under-frame shop, machine shop, power house, boiler house, foundry, saw mill, gantry, wagon building shop, car body shop and paint shop. These works are lighted by electricity generated on the grounds and employ about 3000 men. The Frankley Filter Beds to which a trip was also arranged, are situated near Northfield, and form a portion of the Elan Supply Works designed to furnish eventually 72,000,000 gal. per day. Points of especial interest are the reservoir, filter washing, pure water reser- voirs, pumping station, and the mains and meters. The resident engineer, F. N. Macaulay, Esq., acted as escort. On all of these trips tea was served at the works, usually in the employees’ mess room, commonly found in English workshops. An excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon included visits to Shakes- peare’s birthplace, the Church, the Memorial Theatre, Anne Hatha- way’s Cottage, and other points of interest. Tea was served at the Shakespeare Hotel. Many of our party were interested in the fact that The Piper, a play written by one of our own country- 1728 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND women, the wife of one of our members, Josephine Preston Peabody (Mrs. L. S. Marks), of Cambridge, was to be produced for the first time on Wednesday evening at the Memorial Theatre, having been awarded the £300 prize in a world’s contest. A number of the mem- bers of the Society were present at this initial performance which received much favorable criticism. A trip was also made to the historic town of Worcester, “The Faith- ful City,” where at the Guildhall the Mayor, Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, and the Corporation of Worcester, welcomed the party. At the Cathedral, on the eastern bank of the Severn, the Dean, the Very Reverend Dr. W. Moore Ede, gave a brief historical address, tracing the growth of the group of buildings from their be- ginning as a small Benedictine Monastery in 680 A.D., through the building period fostered by the Normans in the eleventh century, their vicissitudes under Henry VIII and again under Cromwell, to their final restoration in 1874. This great cathedral of the Western Midlands is simple in plan, and while the restoration has of necessity removed much of the “atmosphere” of antiquity so dear to the American visi- tor, the interior has a wonderful perfection of design, and gives proof of the most reverent care. The party also visited the Worcester Porcelain Works which were founded in 1751 by Dr. John Wall, a distinguished physician and artist who succeeded in producing one of the most beautiful of the porce- lains and to whom in 1788 King George III granted a patent which gave to Worcester the first royal porcelain works in England; as well as the quaint Hospital of St. Wulstan, commonly called the Com- mandery, which dates back to the 11th century. The entire place is rich in historical associations, intimately connected with the Civil War, and is full of carvings, furniture and objects of art. Some of the party also visited Stoneleigh Park where after a view of the ruins of the old Cistercian Abbey built in the 16th century the party proceeded to Kenilworth, seeing the Castle and having tea at the Abbey or Kings Arms Hotels. All of these trips were arranged by the Committee with the greatest care and forethought for the welfare and pleasure of the visitors, special trains or motor buses as well as guides being supplied in every case, and provision being made for both luncheon and tea. On the technical excursions these were furnished through the courtesy of the companies. Birmingham itself contains so many places of professional interest that many of the guests took advantage of the opportunity to inspect JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1729 some of the engineering works located in the city, among the most prominent of which are James Archdale and Co., Manchester Works; Aston Manor Corporation Electric Power Station; Birmingham Cor- poration Electric Supply Station; James Cartland and Son; Elkington and Co.; General Electrical Co., Witton Works; Joseph Gillott and Sons, Metallic Pen Manufactory; National Telephone Co.’s Ex- changes; F. and C. Osier; Taylor and Challen, Derwent Works; H. W. Ward and Co.; Webley and Scott; E. G. Wrigley and Co., Foundry Lane Works. The older part of the city is crowded with these workshops and ware- houses, but the modern part is well built and full of fine specimens of architecture. Most of its municipal undertakings date back to 1875 when Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, then its Mayor, inaugurated the new era. A Ladies’ Committee, consisting of the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. W. H. Bowater, Chairman, Mrs. Horatio Lane, Honorary Secretary, and Mesdames C. G. Beale, George Beech, Eric M. Carter, James Chatwin, George Vonaty, A. E. Cutler, David Davis, H. Ashton Hill, E. C. Keay, E. Antony Lees, Sheffield, J. D. Steven, William Tangye, J. C. Vaudrey and Miss Yaudrey, W. E. Warden, and Philip J. Worsley, on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings escorted the visit- ing ladies to various points of interest in the locality, providing special omnibuses for the trip. Many of the members also accepted Mr. George Tangye’s kind invitation to visit the Watt room in Heathfield Hall which, formerly the home of James Watt, has been occupied by Mr. Tangye for the past 25 years. The room is in every detail of its contents just as Watt left it, and all who appreciated the splendid genius of this early engineer could not but view with reverence the hun- dred-year-old stove, containing the ashes of the last fire burnt in it while Watt lived; the chest of drawers full of odd bits of metal, scraps of wood, mathematical instruments and the like; the first copying press, one of Watt’s inventions, now standing with the dust of years upon it; his lathe with its lamp and tools untouched and the leather apron hung up where he left it; and many perfected or half-perfected processes or machines, all showing so clearly his instinct and passion for invention. The curator of these relics, which Mr. Tangye long ago presented to the city of Birmingham, made the visit doubly interesting by his personal guidance and explanation. A copy of the portrait of James Watt, painted by Sir William Beechy, which hangs in the dining room at Heathfield, is here reproduced through the kindness of Mr. Tangye. 1730 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND The brilliant garden fete given by the Birmingham Reception Committee on Tuesday evening in the Botanical Gardens at Edgbaston, and attended by more than 5000 guests, was remark- able for the lavishness of its hospitality as well as for the splendor of the entertainment afforded and the scenic effect produced in the grounds. On every hand strings of miniature lamps and Japanese lanterns cast a radiant glow upon the paths and the awnings of the conservatories and lawn. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Alderman and Mrs. Bowater, Alderman Sir G. H. Kenrick, Sir Oliver J. Lodge, Mr. Henry Lea and Mr. George Tangye, received the members and friends in the Floral Hall which was especially decor- ated for the occasion. Music was furnished by the band of the Royal Marines of Portsmouth and during the evening a series of fine fire- works was displayed, including a set piece showing the British and American flags crossed in the air. An elaborate luncheon was served in the tents and the American guests were conveyed to and from their hotels by special motor omnibuses. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 The meetings in the Midland Institute were resumed on Wednes- day morning at 10 o’clock, when the following cablegram was read from President Westinghouse in reply to that of Mr. Aspinall sent on Tuesday: “ Express my deep appreciation to Lord Mayor, Aspin- all, Goss and Members both associations for their expressions of regret because of my absence and for their good wishes. I have the highest hope that the Joint Meeting will be of permanent value in fur- ther cementing the relations between the societies, and in promoting cooperation between the engineers of the two countries.” The following papers were then presented and discussed: High- Speed Tools and Machines to Fit Them, by H. I. Brackenbury, Member I.Mech.E., Elswick Works, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whit- worth & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Rapid Production in Machine Work; Abstract of Data Collected by The American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, read by John Calder, Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., Manager, Remington Typewriter Works, Ilion, N. Y. ; Data on Manufacturing Methods with Machine Tools, by Luther D. Burlingame, Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., Chief Draftsman, Brown & Sharpe Co., Providence, R. I.; and Development of High-Speed Drilling Machines, by L. P. Alford, Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., Engineering Editor American Machinist, New York They were discussed by J. Hartley JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1731 Wicksteed, William Lodge, Dempster Smith, Frank B. Gilbreth, H. I. Brackenbury, Daniel Adamson, George Addy, Alexander Taylor, W. F. M. Goss and John A. F. Aspinall. Papers on Tooth Gearing, by J. D. Steven, Associate Member I. Mech.E., Messrs. E. G. Wrigley & Co., Soho, Birmingham; and on Interchangeable Involute Gearing, by Wilfred Lewis, Mem.Am.Soc. M.E., President Tabor Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, and Chairman of the Committee on Standards for Involute Gears, were also read in abstract, and were discussed by P. V. Vernon, C. R. Gabriel, Luther D. Burlingame, Daniel Adamson, Thomas Humpage, R. M. Neilson, J. R. Williams, and Wilfred Lewis. President Aspinall moved that the following resolutions of thanks to their hosts and to the many people in and around Birmingham for the great hospitality which they had extended to the members of the two organizations be accepted: That the best thanks of the Members of the Institution of Mechanical En- gineers and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in this meeting assembled be given: To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman W. H. Bowater, for his welcome of the President, Council, and Members of the two institutions to the city of Birmingham; for his and the Lady Mayoress’s kind invitation to a Reception in the Council House; also for his courteously lending the Town Hall for the purposes of the luncheons. jP To the Ladies’ Committee for so kindly entertaining the lady visitors. ; To the Chairman of the Reception Committee, the Lord Mayor; the Vice- Chairmen, Alderman Sir George H. Kenrick, Mr. Henry Lea, Sir Oliver J. Lodge, D.Sc., LI. D., F.R.S., Mr. George Tangye; the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Alexander Fyshe; and the members of the Birmingham Reception Com- mittee, for the attractive programme they have prepared for the meeting and excursions, and for their [hospitable entertainment [of the members at the garden fete. To the Chairman and Directors of the South Staffordshire Mond Gas (Power and Heating Co.), the Pump and Power Co., the Austin Motor Co., the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Mr. F. W. Macaulay, Messrs. E. G. Wrigley and Co., Messrs. Mitchells and Butlers, Messrs. Walter Somers and Co., and the numerous proprietors of places of engineering interest in Birmingham, Coventry, Rugby, and neighbourhood, for their kindness in throwing open their Works for the visits of members and for hospitalities; also to the Birmingham and Midland Institute, the Birmingham Association of Mechanical Engineers, and various clubs and the Birmingham Exchange for the extension of hospitable facilities. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick for inviting the members andjadies to visit Warwick Castle. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon for permitting the members and ladies to visit Kenilworth Castle. 1732 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND To the Right Hon. Lord Leigh for permitting the members and ladies to visit Stoneleigh Abbey. To the Mayor and Corporation of Worcester for their civic welcome; to the Very Rev. Dean of Worcester for permission to visit the Cathedral; to the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., for permission to visit their works; and to Mr. Joseph Littlebury for his reception and address at “Ye Antient Command* ery”; and to Mr. C. J. Seaman for arranging the visit to Worcester. To the Very Rev. Dean of Lichfield for permission to visit the Cathedral; to Councillor Charles Harradine, chief verger, for conducting the members and ladies over the Cathedral; to Councillor William A. Wood, Chairman of the Johnson Birthplace Committee, for conducting them over Dr. Johnson’s house; and to Alderman Herbert M. Morgan, for inviting them to the Old Grammar School house, Lichfield. To the Council of the University of Birmingham for the reception and entertainment of the members and ladies at the new buildings. To Mr. George Tangye for his invitation to visit the Watt room at his residence. To Messrs. Alfred Herbert, the Daimler Motor Co., and to the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., for inviting the members to visit their works, and for their kindness in entertaining the members at luncheon. To the Honorary Local Secretaries, Mr. Fred. M. Lea and Mr. Howard Heaton, for planning numerous visits to places of interest in Birmingham and neighbourhood, and for the admirable arrangements which their fore- thought and energy have provided during the meeting. To the London and North Western, the Great Western, the Midland, and other railway companies of Great Britain for special traveling facilities con- nected with the meeting. The Secretaries of the two societies were instructed to transmit these resolutions to the various corporations and individuals and Professor Hutton voiced their support by the American members. The reso- lutions were carried by acclamation. Wednesday Afternoon and Evening Wednesday afternoon, after luncheon again served in the the Town Hall, was also spent in sightseeing. Many availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the new buildings of the University of Birm- ingham, opened in July 1909 by the late King Edward, which is splendidly equipped for the study of chemistry, physics and mechani- cal, civil and electrical engineering. No small part of the formation of this, the leading technical college in Great Britain, was due to the genius and untiring efforts of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, who in 1898 in a public announcement planted the seed of which this great group of buildings is now the harvest. It was at the suggestion of an JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1733 American citizen, Mr. Andrew Carnegie, by whom a donation to the fund was made, that a committee was sent to investigate the work done in America, as a result of which the American system of engineering was introduced into the University by its Council. Sir Oliver J. Lodge, a man of broad sympathies and of world-wide scien- tific reputation has as its Principal done much by his remarkable personality to realize Mr. Chamberlain’s ideal that the University “be not only a school of general culture but practically assist the prosperity and welfare of the district by attention given to teaching science in connection with its application to local industries and manufacturies.” On arrival at the University the party were received on the steps by Sir Oliver J. Lodge and in the rotunda by the Vice- Chancellor, Alderman C. G. Beale the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Alderman F. C. Clayton; the Vice-Principal, Prof. It. S. Heath, and the Profes- sors. The buildings and grounds were fully inspected and after tea served on invitation of the Council of the University in the Great Hall, a magnificent edifice in which all public ceremonies are held, the guests returned to Birmingham in the special, motor omnibuses provided for the trip. A trip was made by others to the brewery of Messrs. Mitchells and Butlers, at Cape Hill, Smethwick, under the guidance of the deputy Chairman, W. Walter Bulter. The malt used in the manufacture of beer is produced on the premises, and the beer when finally manufac- tured is run into casks by a special apparatus which ensures absolute cleanliness. A display of the company’s Volunteer Fire Brigade, which has won several prizes, was given in the presence of the visitors. The directors provide for the recreation of their employees in bowling greens, cricket grounds and a football field, as well as rooms for ambulance practice, lectures, etc. Conveyances and refreshments were offered to the sightseers through the courtesy of the company. The reception given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in the Council House on Wednesday evening, was largely attended and much appreciation expressed of the beauty of the floral decora- tions and the excellence of the music. The Council House con- tains a large reception room and art gallery besides the Council Chambers, and all of these were thrown open to the guests. Refresh- ments were served in the gallery at the conclusion of the reception, and the guests conveyed to their hotels in special motor omnibuses. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, who personally attended the 1734 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND various functions, not only contributed much to the occasion by their presence but very effectively emphasized the cordiality of our recep- tion. THURSDAY, JULY 28 Both organizations bade farewell to Birmingham on Thursday morning with many expressions of appreciation of their delightful sojourn and regret at leaving the many friends who had made them welcome. The entire day was devoted to sightseeing, all the plans, which provided for four alternative excursions, having as an objective point the arrival of the members in London that same evening, where on Friday and Saturday the final sessions of the Joint Meeting were to be held. The guests on one of these trips visited Coventry where the Edgwick Works and Foundry and also the Head Works of Messrs. Albert Herbert were inspected under the personal guidance of Mr. Herbert himself, Member of the Institution. This firm manufac- tures horizontal and vertical milling machines, capstan lathes, automatic screw and turning-machines, light drilling-machines and universal grinding machines. Piece work is employed throughout, a separate price being given for each operation. [On Mr. Herbert's invitation the party took lunch in the new building of the company. Some of the party on arrival in Coventry went instead to the works of the Daimler Motor Company where they were escorted through the buildings by Percy Martin, Esq., Member of the Institution, and were interested in viewing the thirteen different trades brought into operation at these works, namely, machining, fitting, engine-testing, erecting, copper-smithing, electro-plating, etc., the whole occupying in shops alone 8J acres of floor-space. The company had provided luncheon for the party which was served at the works. From Coventry the party proceeded to Rugby, where one group visited the works of Messrs. Willans and Robinson, under the guidance of the general manager, James C. Peach, Esq., Member of the Insti- tution, the principal output of these works being steam turbines, steam and oil engines, condensing plants and pumps. Others in- spected the works of the British Thomson-Houston Company, with the chief engineer, H. N. Sporborg, Esq., as escort. This company manufactures electrical apparatus and Curtis turbines for traction, lighting and power purposes. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1735 S.S. Celtic, White Star Line, the Official Ship Capt. A. E. S. Hambelton, Commanding S.S. Celtic 1736 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Scene on the Dock at Departure and Views on Board Ship JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1737 The Sports on Board the Celtic 1738 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Midland Institute, Birmingham, and Motor Buses which Conveyed Members and Guests to and from their Hotels JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1739 The Watt House at Heathfield Group of Members and Guests Entertained by Mr. Tangye 1740 JOINT MEETING IN DNGLAND On the Thames River, on^Board the “ Empress of India 1 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1741 On the Thames River, on Board “His Majesty” 1742 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Visit to the Works of Alfred Herbert, Ltd., Coventry The Employees’ Dining Room where the Party had Tea JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1743 Another trip took the sightseers to Lichfield, stopping at Hammer- wich en route, where under the guidance of the engineer, H. Ashton Hill, Esq., they visited the Pipe Hill Pumping Station of the South Staffordshire Water Works Company, which supplies a population of nearly three-quarters of a million. At Lichfield they were shown through the finely-proportioned three-spired cathedral one of the best existing types of the fourteenth century English church, by the chief verger, Councillor Charles Harradine. This edifice is constructed of red sandstone and the western facade, the principal entrance, has a wonderful richness of decoration. In this same town also, Dr. Samuel Johnson was born and the party were fortunate in viewing his birthplace under the guidance of the Chairman of the Johnson Birth- place Committee, Councillor William A. Wood. In the middle of St. Mary’s Square, facing his father’s house, is a colossal statute of of the doctor himself, which looks down upon the spectator from a pedestal ten or twelve feet high. Alderman Herbert M. Morgan, ex- May or of Lichfield, took the visitors through the Old Grammar School, where Johnson, Addison, Elias Ashmole, Garrick and Darwin once sat upon the rude benches and no doubt spent many uncom- fortable hours. Other members of the Society visited the works of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company at Adderly Park, about two miles from the centre of Birmingham, which devotes exclusive attention to the manufacture of motor-cars and petrol engines for marine, aeroplane and various purposes, and is equipped with high-class machine tools. The rest of the travelers made a trip to Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, one group proceeding first to Kenilworth, thence to Guy’s Cliff and Warwick, and concluding with a visit to Stratford; and the other going first to Stratford and from there to Warwick and Kenilworth, the two parties passing each other en route. In one case luncheon was procured at Warwick, and in the other at Stratford, in the old Red Horse Hotel which an American finds it impossible not to associate with our own Washing- ton Irving. At Kenilworth the party viewed the magnificent ruins of the old castle, so full of memories of the days of Elizabeth and of her courtier, the Earl of Leicester. The picturesque Guy’s Cliff, which contains the cave in which Guy, first Earl of Warwick, is fabled to have passed his latter days and to have been buried, formed a fitting introduction to the gray towers of Warwick which King 1744 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Cymbeline is said to have founded at the beginning of the Christian era. The river Avon, which flows before the castle, so perfectly re- flects it in its depths that Hawthorne’s fancy with regard to the reality of the mirrored image and the unreality of the upper structure seems amply justified. Through the courtesy of the Earl of Warwick the castle with its many historic relics and architectural beauties was thrown open to the visitors. At Stratford-upon-Avon, now a successful place of business and often for that reason a disappointment to the visitor because of its “ newness,” the party visited Shakespeare’s birthplace where the beholder must always marvel at the humble surroundings of the man whose splendid imaginings have so peopled our world; the church in which stands his tomb engraved with the famous “ curse”; Anne Hathway’s Cottage of much the same rude order as Shakespeare’s house; and the Memorial Theatre, a more modern structure. On all of these excursions as on the previous day, the amplest provision and care had been made for the conveyance and refreshment of the travelers. More than 800 guests, even after this strenuous day, assembled in the evening at the delightful Conversazione given in the rooms of the Institution. This building, which has been erected since the former visit of the American members to England in 1889, was much admired by all for the beauty of its architecture and decorations and for its fine site overlooking the waters of St. James Park. Presi- dent and Mrs. Aspinall received the guests in the large hall which is decorated with Hungarian oak panellings, surmounted by red walls and enriched ceilings. During the evening, music was rendered here and in the library by the band of the Royal Artillery and by several fine vocalists. A short lecture illustrated by lantern slides was given by Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw, on Stream Line Experiments Illustrating Aeroplane Stability. Refreshments were served in the Marble Room. [4$ FRIDAY, JULY 29 The concluding professional session of the Joint Meeting was held on Friday, in the Institution House of the Civil Engineers, which is diagonally opposite the headquarters of the Mechanical Engineers. On account of the fatigue of the previous day the attendance was small, but those who were present were repaid by the opportunity JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1745 of meeting in the dignified rooms of the Institution and of participat- ing in the discussion of especially able papers on Electric Traction. The societies were welcomed by Mr. Alexander Siemens, Senior Vice- President, who expressed the Institution’s great pleasure in thus offer- ing to the Joint Meeting the use of their theatre. President Aspinall responded and in expressing his thanks spoke of the improbability that another such gathering would be held in the historic building, because of the early occupation by the Institution of their new home. Dr. Goss, on behalf of the American members, spoke of the charm such a building had for those from a newer environment and of their appreciation of being able to gain some acquaintance with the In- stitution. The following papers were then read in abstract: Electrification of Suburban Railways, by F. W. Carter, of Rugby; The Cost of Electrically-Propelled Suburban Trains, by H. M. Hobart, of Lon- don; Economics of Railway Electrification, William Bancroft Potter, Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., Engineer, Railway and Traction Department, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., presented by H. H. Barnes, Jr., of New York; The Electrification of Trunk Lines, by L. R. Pomeroy, Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., J. G. White, Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.; The Electrification of Railways, by George Westing- house, President Am.Soc.M.E., Pittsburg, Pa., presented by Charles F. Scott, of Pittsburg. These were discussed by Charles F. Scott, H. F. Parshall, J. Dalziel, Sidney Stone, Edgar Worthington, H. M. Hobart, Angus Sinclair, J. G. Wilson, F. R. Hutton, F. W. Carter, H. H. Barnes, Cary T. Hutchinson, and J. R. Williams. The following resolutions of thanks were then put to vote and carried by acclamation: To Dr. and Mrs. Maw and Sir John and Lady Thornycroft for their kind invitations to the members and ladies to attend garden parties. To The Times for the invitation to visit their printing works. To the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers for so kindly placing their lecture hall at the disposal of the members for the purposes of the London meeting. To His Worship the Mayor of Windsor, Councillor C. F. Dyson, for cour- teously lending the Guildhall for the purposes of the luncheon in Windsor; also to His Worship and Mr. George Mitchell, Mr. Christopher Sainty and Mr. George Willis for conducting the members and ladies at Windsor. That the Secretaries of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers be severally instructed to transmit the above resolutions to the various corporations and individuals who have 1746 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND done so much to make the Joint Meeting enjoyable and memorable on both sides of the Atlantic. Prof. F. R. Hutton made the concluding remarks of the session, speaking at some length of the enjoyment of the American members of the Birmingham and London meetings, and offering the following additional resolutions : The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, present by invitation at the closing session of the Joint Summer Meeting of 1910 with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, asks permission to offer for record the following minute’ and requests its Acting President to put the resolution to vote: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has been enveloped in an atmosphere of courteous, friendly, and devoted attention from the moment that the vessel which carried the official and organized party entered the River Mersey at Liverpool. Beginning with a reception on the steamer, at which the President and Secretary of the Institution officially welcomed the party, in conjunction with representatives of the city and other interests of that pro- gressive corporation, and continuing through the arrangements for comfort- able and convenient transportation by train to the place of first meeting; pro- viding on arrival for prompt and satisfactory hotel accommodation, and for organizing, in a masterly way, which extended even to the most minute details for the enjoyment of the visitors on excursions, in affording opportunities to visit works, for transportation, and for motor drives in the historic Midlands of England, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has placed The American Society of Mechanical Engineers under an obligation which no mere words or resolutions are an adequate medium to discharge. The visitors can only assure the home Society, its President, its Council, its Secretary and its organ- izing committee that just because they are themselves organizers and doers they are able most thoroughly to appreciate such work well done. The American Society also appreciates most sincerely the generous purpose which has spared no sacrifice when the desired object of the hosts has had to be met by the ordinary commercial procedure as respects outside parties. Hence the Society moves and seconds the following resolutions: Resolved, that The American Society of Mechanical Engineers desires, in addition to the resolutions passed in Birmingham thanking those who had put both bodies under a pleasant debt of obligation, to put on record the follow- ing special resolutions of thanks : Resolved, that The American Society thanks the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, its President, Council, Secretary and Committee for their cease- less, unremitting, and painstaking effort for the pleasure and success of the Joint Meeting of 1910 in Birmingham and London. Resolved, that this Joint Meeting will be a memory of delight and pleasure for all the Americans who have been privileged to share in it. Resolved, that The American Society of Mechanical Engineers desires to thank the Birmingham Reception Committee for certain special considera- tions at their hands, which were extended exclusively to the American mem- bers of the Joint Party, and requests the Institution to be the channel for con- veying such action of thanks. JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1747 Resolved, that The American Society of Mechanical Engineers desires by this action to express for the ladies, who have accompanied the members, some- thing of the appeciation of both members and ladies for the delicate and con- siderate attention which has made their participation a delight and a possi- bility. The members feel that international friendships springing from these days of close and enjoyable .association are sure to last forward into future happy years. Resolved, that The American Society of Mechanical Engineers requests the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to incorporate this minute and action as part of its record of the Proceedings of the Joint Summer Meeting of 1910. These were carried by the rising vote cf all the Americans present. Friday Afternoon and Evening Two very enjoyable garden parties were given on Friday after- noon, one at the home of Dr. William H. Maw, Esq., Past-President of the Institution, and Mrs. Maw, at Addison Road, Kensington, and the other at Eyot Villa, in Chiswick Mall, the home of Sir John Thornycroft, Member of the Council, and Lady Thornycroft, at both of which the visitors were given a delightful glimpse of English home life. A number of members also inspected the British Museum, and the Times Office in Printing House Square through which they were conducted by the Chief Engineer, J. P. Bland, Esq., Member I.Mech.E. These offices stand on the site of the building from which the paper was first issued in 1785. An event to which the American members had looked forward with much delightful anticipation was the banquet given by the Institution on Friday evening in the Connaught Rooms, the largest dining hall in the city of London. After the usual toasts to the Crown had been given, President Aspinall proposed The President of the United States, which was acknowledged by the American Ambassador, the Hon. Whitelaw Reid. Mr. Reid said that he re- garded this toast not only as a tribute of high regard for the personal character of the present occupant of the Presidential chair, but also a token of profound respect for the whole country over which he ruled, and that he believed the material conquests which had created and developed the great empire of America, occupying more than one-quarter of the habitable surface of the globe and comprising nearly one-third of its inhabitants, were due to no class more largely than to the mechanical engineers of the two countries represented at this gathering. 1748 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Sir William H. White in giving the toast, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, recalled the fact that it was founded but 30 years ago and yet had now a membership of about 4000. He referred particularly to the long years of service for the Society of Prof. F. It. Hutton, who, he said, had together with the present Secretary, promoted the Society’s growth and success, and that by virtue of their ideals for its welfare the American organization was safe in their hands. Professor Hutton in responding said that the present gathering was the culmination of a series of meetings of mechanical engineers on both sides of the Atlantic, and that the profession which they represented underlay the civilization of the Anglo-Saxon race. The American was much at home in the United Kingdom because he and his host had a common ideal. A toast to Our English Guests, proposed by Edward B. Ellington, Vice-President of the Institution, was acknowledged by Dr. It. T. Glazebrook, Director of the National Physical Laboratory; and the final toast of the evening, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, given by Dr. W. F. M. Goss, was answered by President Aspinall. Among the guests of the evening were James M. Dodge, Oberlin Smith, A. H. D. R. Steel-Maitland, M. P., Dr. Worcester, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hartley Wicksteed, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Maw, Charles Hawksley, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Windsor, E. P. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Swasey, Charles Kirchhoff, J. L. Griffiths, United States Vice-Consul, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Freeman, Sir Gerard and Lady Muntz, Henry Lea, C. F. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James Hartness, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Wiley, Calvin W. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Willis E. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Gantt and Dr. Hele-Shaw. Music was furnished during the evening by the Imperial Orchestra. SATURDAY, JULY 30 All-day excursions to Windsor and Marlow occupied Saturday, half of the party leaving London by special train for Windsor and proceeding by the special steam launches, Empress of India and Majestic, to Marlow, and the other half going by train to Marlow and thence to Windsor by the launches, His Majesty and Princess Beatrice, the two groups passing each other on the river. A view of the two parties is given herewith. In one case luncheon was served in Windsor at the Guildhall, with tea at the Compleat Angler and George and Dragon Hotels in Marlow, a picturesque fishing resort; JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1749 while in the other the party had luncheon on the launches and tea in the Guildhall. The trips on the launches were most enjoyable and gave a complete idea of life on the Thames, including the famous Henley regatta, then in progress. At Windsor, the Lord Mayor, Councillor C. F. Dyson, Alderman George Mitchell, Mem. I.Mech.E., Christopher Sainty, Mem.I.Mech.E., and George Willis, Assoc. Mem.I.Mech.E., personally conducted the party about this favorite residence of the English monarchs. On Saturday evening Sir William H. White, Past-President of the Institution and- an Honorary Member of the Society, together with Lady White entertained the Councils of the Institution and the Society at dinner in the Garden Club, which overlooks the grounds of the Japan-British Exposition at Shepherd’s Bush. The pictur- esque Japanese Gardens, with their flavor of old-world romance, and the fine exhibits of ancient and feudal Japan, contrast strongly with the wonderful modern enterprise of both nations, and make the spot vastly interesting. Many Americans took advantage of the oppor- tunity to see this Exhibition, assembling later in the room which had been especially set aside for the purpose by those in charge. SUNDAY, JULY 31 Interest has long been manifested by the Society in the Sir Benja- min Baker Memorial Window in Westminster Abbey, which was unveiled on Dec. 3, 1909, and it was a pleasure to have an oppor- tunity on Sunday evening of viewing it. The window, which is situated on the north side of the Nave, contains two lights having the figures of King Edward III and Abbot Simon Langham, under canopies, both lights being framed with borders containing niches which hold twelve statuettes and as many shields. Below these is the inscription on tablets held by the figures of angels: in MEMORY OF SIR BENJAMIN BAKER, CIVIL ENGINEER, FORTH BRIDGE, assuan dam. b. 1840. d. 1907. The members assembled in the Dean’s Yard and were conducted through the Abbey with its many famous spots by the Sub-Dean, the Very Reverend Dr. Duckworth. At the Vesper Service in the Nave, at seven o’clock, seats had been assigned to the representatives of the two societies and in his sermon the Bishop of Lewes gave a special greeting to the American visitors, of which 250 were present. Taking his text from I Cor. xxii. 5, “ There are differences of admin- istration, but the same Lord,” the Bishop declared this to be the 1750 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND exact opposite of the theory that everybody ought to be alike. Each had his special place and value, which were appraised differently by men but not by God. There were also differences of method, and not all seemed unsuccessful. Here amidst the memorials of the mighty dead we were never allowed to forget for one moment the vast range of God’s workings in the life of men. Men great in war and great in peace, men far from perfect, each humanly weak, were here, but here because of the power of ministration that was in them. Differing widely in gift, method, opportunity, they were united in being searchers after the truth, interpreter’s of God’s. plans and pur- poses for man, men who tried to serve their generation by the will of God. Sir Benjamin Baker was such a worker in the field of engi- neering service. The builder of Forth Bridge hardly needed any further remembrance, but as a man of noble character, as well as a scientific genius, he belonged among those who shared his talents and his strenuous life to interpret God’s plans to men. This service was regarded as the benediction of the Joint Meeting in England, which could not have been more appropriately ended. On Monday evening, on the eve of departure on their second world tour, Ambrose Swasey, to whose forethought, wonderful tact and administrative ability it is not too much to say that a great part of the success of the Society’s trip to England is due, together with Mrs. Swasey gave a dinner to the members of the Council of the American Society in the Hotel Russell, London. Leave takings were general on every side, some of the party going on to the Conti- nent and others returning at once to America. Among the kindly messages received during the Joint Meeting was the following telegram from the Junior Institution: “ President Sir Henry Oram and Council Junior Institution Engineers desire join expressions welcome American Society Mechanical Engineers on visit Great Britain.” Every member also received from the Presi- dent of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers a very handsome brochure, containing portraits of the Presidents of the two organi- zations represented at the Joint Meeting, and brief biographical sketches of George Stephenson, Matthew Boulton, James Watt, Richard Trevithick, Robert Fulton, and William Symington, pro- fusely illustrated with portraits and with quaint designs reproduced from Stuart’s Anecdotes of Steam Engines, published in 1829. Such an account as is here presented can give but a glimpse of the visit to England, remarkable for its comfort and sociability and for the vast entertainment provided by the English Society, presenting JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1751 as it did a happy combination of the technical and social features which were all blended together in the increased mutual regard, as removed from rivalry, of these two great national organizations. As no American can find himself a stranger in this land of his fore- fathers and his traditions, so no member of a professional organiza- tion on this side of the water can come in contact with those of a similar vocation in England without experiencing a sense of common ideals and common aims. Of the wonderful hospitality accorded by the English Institution too much cannot be said; nor can thanks ever express to the British members the gratitude and pleasure of their American guests. Not the slightest detail seems to have been omitted, the machinery of the entire gathering moving so perfectly as to be practically invisible. The finely prepared program, with its maps covering every inch of the ground to be traveled during the meeting, was an illustration of this wonderful attention to detail, including information, in addition to fullest data of meetings and trips, which met every possible want of the traveler, from res- taurant locations and cab fares to the dates of departure of steam- ships carrying mails. The many welcoming hands held out on every side made the meeting a homecoming rather than a visit, to be looked back upon by all as a red-letter season in the life of the Society. The greeting of the English engineers when they shall next come to American shores, in a way worthy of their own wel- come, is already joyfully anticipated by our members. Watt Letter Presented to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers by Mr. George Tangye in Birmingham, July 26 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1753 Council House, Colmore Row, Birmingham Colmore Row, Birmingham 1754 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND University of Birmingham JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1755 Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston Coventry, Showing the Spires of St. Michael’s, St. Mark’s and St. John’s 1756 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Lichfield Cathedral from Minster Pool, showing the Three Spires, Ruins of Kenilworth Castle JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1757 Stratford-upon-Avon The Shakespeare Memorial Building appears at the right and the Church containing the Tombs of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway at the left. * » Warwick Castle on the River Avon 1758 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Shakespeare’s House, Stratford-upon-AvoN Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1759 Lichfield Cathedral, Showing the West Door, Its Main Entrance 1760 JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND Worcester Cathedral JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1761 Windsor Castle from the Thames v Westminster Abbey, West Towers JOINT MEETING IN ENGLAND 1763 V Mr. George Tangye, Esq. 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