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Preceded by Statuten und Mitglieder-Liste (nach dem Stand vom I. Aug. 

 1885) and Jahresbericht, Statuten und Mitglieder-Liste (nach dem Stande 

 vom I. Aug. 1886), 1885-86, which contain no scientific papers. 



Up to the end of 1895 "Der Techniker" (New York, 1878-94; Philadelphia, 

 1894-96) was the official organ of the association. 



Continued as : 



The TECHNOLOGIST. Mitteilungen . . . v. I-X, Feb. i896-Dec. 1905. 

 Washington, D. C., 1896-97 ; New York, 1898-1905. 8. 



Bi-monthly, Feb. 1896- Aug. 1900; monthly (except June and Aug.), Oct. 



1900-Dec. 1904; monthly, 12 nos. a year, from Jan., 1905. 

 v. 1-5 have title : Mitteilungen . . . 

 Price: $r per annum. 



Distribution. Exchange with technical journals. On sale at the office of publi- 

 cation, 290 Broadway, New York. 



Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund. 



A trust fund for the advancement and prosecution of scientific research in 

 its broadest sense. Created by Dr. C. S. Minot with $25,000 given to 

 him in 1885 by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson of Stamford, Conn., for unre- 

 stricted use in the promotion of science. Administered by a board of 

 five trustees, whose policy is (a) to promote researches of general rather 

 than of local importance, and to give preference to those which can not 

 otherwise be provided for; (b) to make many small rather than a few 

 large grants. 



Up to Mar., 1905, 124 grants had been made, the amount of each not, as 

 a rule, exceeding $300. 



Address. Secretary: Dr. Charles S. Minot, Secretary of the Harvard 

 Medical School, Boston, Mass. 



Engineering Association of the South. 



Address. Room 2, Berry Block, Nashville, Term. Secretary-Treasurer: 



Howard M. Jones. 

 History. Organized in Sept. 1889 as the Engineering Association of the 



Southwest; present name adopted Dec. 1890; incorporated Feb. 25, 



1892. Sections in Birmingham and Nashville. 

 Object. Professional improvement of its members, advancement of engineering 



knowledge and scientific practice, and the maintenance of a high professional 



standard among its members. 

 Meetings. The local sections meet monthly, July and Aug. excepted; the annual 



meeting of the Association is held in Dec. 

 Membership. 216 (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $3). 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-XVI, 1889/90-1905. Nashville, Tenn., 1891- 

 1905. 8. 



v. 1-5 have title Publication; v. 6-8, Papers. 



