40 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Ref.: American society for testing materials, affiliated with the Interna- 

 tional 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 standard- 

 ization 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 Associa- 

 tion). 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. i899-May, 1902. 



Prices: Bulletins 1-4, o. p.; 5-28, 150. each; v. 2-5, $5 each to non-mem- 

 bers, $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 En- 

 gineers 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 Transac- 

 tions, v. 48, p. 220-226). 



Object. The advancement of engineering knowledge and practice and the main- 

 tenance of a high professional standard among its members. 



Meetings. ist and 3d Wednesdays of each month, July and Aug. excepted, at above 

 address. Annual meeting in New York on 3d Wednesday of Jan. ; annual con- 

 vention 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 resi- 

 dent 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 



