Membership.-578 active (annual dues, $5), of whom 129 are also members of the Laboratory section; 1 life; 4 foreign; 4 honorary. Publications. PUBLIC HEALTH PAPERS AND REPORTS. v. I-XXXI. Presented at the 1st-33d annual meeting . . . 1873-1905. Columbus, Ohio, [etc.], 1875-1906. 8°. Title varies slightly. Publisher's lettering: Public health.-Reports and papers of the American public health association. v. 20-23 called Quarterly series, v. 1-4; issued as Journal . . . v. 1-3 pub. at New York; v. 4-8 at Boston; v. 9-23 at Concord, N. H. Public health. The Lomb prize essays. Award made at the 13th annual meeting . . . 1885. Concord, N. H., 1886. 8°. Contents: 1. Healthy homes and food for the working classes. By V. C. Vaughan.-2. The sanitary conditions and necessities of school-houses and school-life. By D. F. Lincoln.-3. Disinfection and individual prophylaxis against infectious diseases. By G. M. Sternberg.-4. The preventable causes of disease, injury and death in American manufactories and workshops, and the best means and appliances for preventing and avoiding them. By G. H. Ireland. Appendix contains list of authors and titles of papers in Public health papers and reports, v. 1-10. Each essay also issued separately as a pamphlet. no. 3, rev. ed., pub. 1900. Disinfection and disinfectants: their application and use in the prevention and treatment of disease, and in public and private sanitation. By the Committee on disinfectants, appointed by the . . . association. Concord, N. H., 1888. 8°. Contains the 3 annual reports presented to the association 1885-87, with bibliography and index. Practical sanitary and economic cooking adapted to persons of moderate and small means, by Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel. The Lomb prize essay [for 1888]. Rochester, N. Y., 1890. 12°. Reprinted, with additions, 1900. Procedures recommended for the study of bacteria, with especial reference to greater uniformity in the description and differentiation of species. Concord, N. H., 1898. 8°. o. p. Distribution.-On sale by the Treasurer. American Railway Association. Address.-24 Park Place, New York City. Secretary: W. F. Allen. History.-National organization formed April 14, 1886, under the name of the General Time Convention, by the union of two bodies, the General Time Convention, dating back as far as 1872, and the Southern Railway Time Convention, organized in 1877. Present name adopted in April, 1891. Ref.: Proceedings, v. 1, p. 2-7, and appendix. Object.-Discussion and recommendation of methods for the management and operation of American railways. Meetings. Regular sessions on the 4th Wednesday of Apr. and Oct. of each year, at such places as the association may determine. Membership. Its membership consists of common carriers which operate American steam railways. A company or group of associated companies, under one general operating official, is eligible to one membership only, unless the aggregate mileage of such company or companies exceeds 1,000 miles, one additional membership being allowed for each additional 1,000 miles. Companies which operate less than 50 miles are admitted as associates only. Annual dues: of members, $10, and such other sums as may be assessed by the executive council on the basis of the number of roads operated, leased, or controlled by each member; of associates, $20 (no assessments). Published semi-annually, and reprinted in following form: 4°. v. I has title: Proceedings of the General time convention and its successor, the American railway association, Apr. 14, 1886-Oct. 11, 1893, inclusive, with appendix containing proceedings of the earlier organizations known as the General time convention (1872-1885) and the Southern railway time convention (1877-1885). v. 4, 1903-06, to be issued during 1907. Prices: Semi-annual issue, $1 per copy; reprint v. 1-3, $5 per vol. Special publications consist of codes of train rules, block-signal rules, etc. Distribution.-Sold by the association at the above address. Printed list on application. American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association. Address.-1562 Monadnock Block, Chicago, Ill. Secretary: L. C. Fritch. History. Meeting of preliminary organization, Oct. 21, 1898; permanent organization, Mar. 30, 1899; incorporated under laws of Illinois, July, 1899. Object.-Advancement of knowledge pertaining to the scientific and economical location, construction, operation, and maintenance of American railroads. Meetings. Annually in Chicago, Ill, on the third Tuesday of March, usually 3 days in duration. Membership.-465 active (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $10); I honorary (limited to 10). Publications. BULLETIN. no. 1-76, Nov. 1900-June 1906. [Chicago, 1900-06]. 8°. Price: 50c. a number. PROCEEDINGS of the 1st-6th annual convention. v. 1-6 [Chicago], 1900-05. 8°. Price: $2, $2.50, and $3, respectively, for paper, cloth, or half-morocco bound Distribution.-Exchange with technical papers, magazines, etc. On sale by the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. Address.-Secretary: J. W. Taylor, 390 Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill. History. Founded in 1868; incorporated in 1891. Object.-Advancement of knowledge concerning the principles, construction, repair, and service of the rolling stock of railroads. Meetings.-Annually in June, at time and place selected by a joint committee of this association and the Master Car Builders' Association. Membership.-Active membership open to those above the rank of general foreman, having charge of the design, construction, or repair of railway rolling stock; general foremen, if their names are presented by their superior officers; two representatives from each locomotive and car-building works. Associate membership (limited to 20) open to civil and mechanical engineers or other persons having such a knowledge of science or practical experience in matters pertaining to the construction of rolling stock as would be of special value to the association or railroad companies. Annual dues not to exceed $5. Publications. Report of the proceedings of the [1st]-38th annual convention ... no. 1-2, 5-19 pub. in Cincinnati; no. 23-24 in Newark; no. 25-29 in New York. Index of the Proceedings, v. I-XXXIII, inclusive. Comp. by G. L. Fowler. Chicago, 1901. 8°. Note.-The association maintains 4 scholarships at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J., awarded on examination. Candidates must be sons of members or of deceased members of the association; or, if there is not a sufficient number of such applicants, railroad employees or sons of railroad employees. American Social Science Association. Address.-General Secretary: Fred. Stanley Root, 291 Orange Street, New Haven, Conn. History.-Organized in Boston in 1865 as the American Association for the Promotion of Social Science. Present name since 1869. Incorporated 1899. Object. The objects of the society are classified in 4 departments: Education and art, health, social economy, jurisprudence; its field being the investigation and discussion of all subjects pertaining to the progress of human society. Meetings.-Annual convention at such time and place as may be determined by the council or the association. Membership.-762 active and 100 associate (annual dues, $5); 36 life ($100); 33 hon orary. Publications. Documents published by the association. pt. I, II. Boston, 1866-67. 8°. Contents: [pt. I]: Constitution, address, and list of members, to which are added minutes of the transactions of the association, July, 1866.-pt. II: Address before the association at the fifth general meeting, New York, Nov. 19, 1867, by Samuel Eliot, to which are added lists of papers [read at the 3d, 4th, and 5th general meetings and at department meetings], members, etc., December, 1867. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, containing the Transactions (later Proceedings) of the American association. no. I-XLIII, 1869-1905. Boston and New York, [1869]-1905. 8°. irreg. Transactions (or Proceedings) separately paged since no. 8. no. 6 and 7 are paged consecutively and have common index; no. 10, Dec., 1879, erroneously marked no. IX. Prices: $1 per number. Some of the earlier numbers, now rare, $1.50 each. no. 1-4, 8-9, o. p. Extra no. [1-3]. Proceedings of the 2d-4th conference of charities, held in connection with the general meeting of the . . . association. 1875-77. Boston, [etc.], 1875-77. 8°. See National conference of charities and corrections. See also list of publications, with contents, in recent nos. of Journal. Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; Damrell & Upham, Boston; Boston Book Co., Boston. American Society for Testing Materials. Address.-Secretary-Treasurer: Edgar Marburg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. History. Organized June 16, 1898, as the American Section of the International Association for Testing Materials. Incorporated in March, 1902, under present name. Ref.: American society for testing materials, affiliated with the International association for testing materials. 1904. 8°. (Pamphlet containing charter, by-laws, general information, list of members, etc.) Object.-Promotion of knowledge of the materials of engineering, and the standardization of specifications and the methods of testing. Meetings.—Annual meeting at time and place fixed by the executive committee. Special meetings on call. Membership.-759 (of whom 241 are also members of the International Association). Annual dues, $5; contributing members, $50. The additional sum of $1.50 per annum is required for membership of the International Association. Publications. PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-V. [Philadelphia], 1899/1902-1905. 8°. v. I issued as Bulletins 1-28, Apr. 1899-May, 1902. Prices: Bulletins 1-4, 0. p.; 5-28, 15c. each; v. 2-5, $5 each to non-members, $3 to members. 20 per cent discount to libraries. Distribution.-Invitations for exchange of publications usually accepted. American Society of Civil Engineers. Address.-220 W. 57th Street, New York City, N. Y. Secretary: Charles W. Hunt. History. Instituted Nov. 5, 1852, as the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects; inactive 1855-67; present name since Mar. 4, 1868; incorporated April 17, 1877. Library of about 50,000 volumes, primarily for the use of members, but practically free for consultation to the public. Present building of the society occupied since 1897. Ref.: Historical sketch of the American society of civil engineers, by C. W. Hunt. New York, 1897. 8°.-The first fifty years of the American society of civil engineers, 1852-1902, by C. W. Hunt. (In Transactions, v. 48, p. 220-226). Object. The advancement of engineering knowledge and practice and the maintenance of a high professional standard among its members. Meetings. 1st and 3d Wednesdays of each month, July and Aug. excepted, at above address. Annual meeting in New York on 3d Wednesday of Jan.; annual convention in some other place, at date not fixed (usually in June or July). Membership.-Number and entrance fee in each class: 27 fellows ($250); 1,795 members ($30); 903 associate members ($25); 127 associates ($20); 340 juniors ($10); 9 honorary; 2 corresponding. Annual dues: Resident members and associate members, $25; non-resident, $15; resident associates and juniors, $15; non-resident, $10. Compounding fee for non-resident dues only: Members and associate members, $250; associates $150. Additional compounding fee for resident dues: Members and associate members, $75; associates, $40. Publications. TRANSACTIONS v. I-LV, 1868/71-1905. New York, 1872-1905. 8°. v. 1-2, p. 221, issued in separate papers (no. 1-57); from Nov. 1873 to Dec. 1895 issued (under same cover with Proceedings, v. infra) in monthly numbers forming 2 vols. yearly from 1877 to 1895 (Jan. 1876 |