Abstract :
Success seems assured by the program which has been planned for the Annual Convention of the Association of Iron & Steel Engineers, to be held at Philadelphia, September 14th-19th inclusive. The Committee in charge has worked most unceasingly and have been rewarded with the fine promise of the program developed. Oil circuit breakers in connection with high tension Switching will be one of the subjects to come before the convention, and some others will be frog-leg armature windings; Report of the Electric Heating Committee, their subject being “From the Ingot to the Finished Material” auxiliaries and auxiliary drives for steam electric generating sttaions; extending the heat cycle in boiler operation by the use of preheated air combustion. The Committee invites questions on any or all of these subjects as well as any information that will tend to give breadth of application and success to the carrying out of the convention program. There will be an informal dance Monday evening and the regular Annual Banquet Thursday evening, the Philadelphia Section having charge of the entertainment schedule.
