THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.

STATED MONTHLY MEETING. DECEMBER 18, 1940

The regular menthly meeting of The Franklin Inst i tute was called to order at 8:~5 o'clock, by Dr. Henry Butler Allen, Secretary and Director.

The minutes of the November meeting were approved as printed in the December issue of the Journal.

The presiding officer then introduced Dr. John D. Mahoney who gave a short talk on the United Charities Drive in Philadelphia and asked for co6peration of the members of the Inst i tute .

Dr. Allen then announced, with profound sorrow, the great loss suffered by The Franklin Inst i tute in the death of Mr. Alfred P, igling, for fifty-eight years Librarian, and Assistant Secretary and Assistant Editor since 19o8. He stated tha t the Resolution adopted by the Board of Managers would appear in the next issue of the Journal.

As Secretary Dr. Allen then stated tha t this was the regular monthly meeting of the Insti tute, and gave the following additions to membership since the report of last month:

Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I2 Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

In accordance with Article IV, Section 4, of the By-Laws, which states tha t nominations should be made in writing at this meeting, he then read the following nominations for Officers and Managers for the term beginning January, I941, giving the names of the sponsors:

President

(to serve one year). Philip C. Staples

Vice-Presidents

(to serve one year). Walton Forstall W. Chat t in Wetherill S. S. Fels Richard W. Lloyd

Treasurer

(to serve one year). M. M. Price

Members of the Board of Mana cers

(to serve three years). G. H. Clamer Clarence L. Jordan l.eonard H. Kinnard Conrad N. Lauer Lionel F. Levy Richard T. Nalle Charles Penrose Philip H. Ward, Jr.

(to serve two years). Edward Warwick

(to serve one year). Charles S. Redding

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Dr. Allen then introduced Dr. Alexander Silverman, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, who addressed the meeting on "Glass: Today and Tomorrow."

The speaker described the history of glass making, present manufacturing methods, mirrors, case hardening glass, stresses and strains, glass cloth, and the art side of the industry.

His lecture was profusely illustrated both with lantern slides and experiments. A room with furniture and hangings all made of glass, recently displayed at the World's Fair in New York, was set up in the lecture hall, while a beautiful evening gown made of glass was displayed by a living model.

The meeting was adjourned with a rising vote of thanks to the lecturer, after which the audience spent some time in examining the interesting exhibits.

HENRY BUTLER ALLEN,

Secretary.

LIBRARY NOTES.

The committee on Library desires to add.to the collections of the Institute any technical writings of members who have had occasion to publish such material.

Literary contributions from author-members will be gratefully acknowledged, properly inscribed and noted in the Journal of the Institute.

Photostat Service. Photostat prints of any material in the collections can be supplied on request. Orders received in the morning are filled the same day. The average cost for a print 8½ X I I inches is forty cents.

The library and reading room are open Mondays, Tuesdays, Fr idays and Saturdays from nine o'clock A.M. until five o'clock P.M., Wednesdays and Thursdays from two until ten o'clock P.M.

R E C E N T A D D I T I O N S .

AERONAUTICS,

DAY, KARL S. Instrument and Radio Flying. 1938. gETTER, ERNEST G. Aeronautics Simplified. I94O.

U. S. Hydrographic Office.

BRUCE, WILLIAM CABELL,

1917.

ASTRONOMY.

The Sumner Line of Position. 193o.

BIOGRAPHY.

Benjamin Franklin Self-Revealed.

CROWTHER, J . G . Men of Science. I936.

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY.

Chemical Engineering Catalog. Twenty-fifth Annual Edition. MARK, H. Physical Chemistry of High Polymeric Systems.

mers. Vol. 2. PIERCE, WILLIS CONWAY, AND EDWARD LAUTH HAENISCH.

sis. Second Edition. 194 ° .

Two Volumes.

1940. 194o. High Poly-

Quantitative Analy-