TABLE OF CONTENTS ix 



DEPARTMENT XVIII TECHNOLOGY 



The Fundamental Conceptions which enter into Technology . . . 535 



HENRY TAYLOR BOVEY 



SECTION A CIVIL ENGINEERING. 



The Relations of Civil Engineering to Other Branches of Science . . . 555 

 JOHN ALEXANDER Low WADDELL 



The Present Problems of Technology 571 



LEWIS MUHLENBERG HAUPT 



Short Paper 590 



SECTION B MECHANICAL, ENGINEERING. 



The Relations of Mechanical Engineering to Other Branches of Engineering 593 



ALBERT WILLIAM SMITH 



Short Papers 602 



SECTION C ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. 



The Relations of Electrical Engineering to Other Branches of Engineering 605 



ARTHUR EDWIN KENNELLY 



Electrical Engineering Problems of the Present Time . . . . .617 



MICHAEL IDVORSKY PUPIN 



SECTION D MINING ENGINEERING. 



The Relation of Mining Engineering to Other Fields .... 633 



ROBERT HALLOWELL RICHARDS 



Present Problems in the Training of Mining Engineers .... 644 



SAMUEL BENEDICT CHRISTY 



SECTION E TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY. 



The Relations of Technical Chemistry to Other Sciences .... 671 



CHARLES EDWARD MUNROE 



Some Present Problems in Technical Chemistry 686 



WILLIAM HULTZ WALKER 



Short Papers 700 



SECTION F AGRICULTURE. 



The Relations of Agriculture to Other Sciences 715 



CHARLES WILLIAM DABNEY 



Some Present Problems in Agriculture 727 



LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY 







Works of Reference for the Department of Technology .... 739 



Works of Reference relating to the Section of Agriculture . . . .741 



CONTENTS OF THE SERIES 742 



