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BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Address. Carnegie Library, Schenley Park, Pittsburg, Pa. Secretary: 



John A. Shafer. 

 History. Organized in 1886. Herbarium deposited in the Carnegie 



Museum. 



Object. To bring into communication those who are interested in botany, to advance 

 their knowledge of the subject, and to create a more wide-spread interest in the 

 study of plants. 



Meetings. Monthly, 1st Thursday, at above address. 



Membership. About 125 (annual dues, $i). 



Publications. None. 



Electric Club. 



Address. 2d floor Hammett Building, 735-737 Penn Avenue, Wilkins- 

 burg, Pittsburg, Pa. Secretary: C. E. Downton, P. O. Box 911, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



History. Organized March 19, 1902. Consists principally of appren- 

 tices and engineers of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing 

 Company. Library and reading room. 



Object. Social recreation, mutual benefit and improvement, and more particularly 

 dissemination of electrical and engineering knowledge among its members. 



Meetings. General meeting for election of Board of Directors, on or about May I. 

 Weekly lectures. Frequent meetings for discussion of engineering subjects. 



Membership. 560 (annual dues, $6; engineering apprentices, $3, and 3 or 4 year 

 apprentices, $1.50 per year). 



Publications. 



ELECTRIC JOURNAL, v. I-III, Feb. i9<D4-Dec. 1906. Pittsburg, Pa., 

 1904-06. 8. m. 



v. ! and v. 2, no. 1-5 have title Electric club journal. 



Prices: Current subscription, $1.50 in U. S. and Mexico, $1.75 in Canada, 

 $2 in other countries ; back vols., $4 each ; single nos., 4oc. 



-Three year topical index . . . with index to authors. Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., [1907]. 8. 



Distribution. Exchange with technical journals. Sold by the Manager. Ad- 

 dress the Electric Journal, P. O. box 911, Pittsburg, Pa. European edition: 

 17 Bouverie St., London, E. C., England. 



Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania. 



Address. 803 Fulton Building, 6th Street and Duquesne Way, Pittsburg, 



Pa. Secretary : F. V. McMullin. 



History. Organized and incorporated in 1880. Chemical, mechanical 

 and structural sections. Maintains a technical library. 



Ref. : " Our Society," response to a toast at the annual banquet, February 

 21, 1902; by C. F. Scott. [Pittsburg, 1902]. 8 



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