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Object. Advancement of engineering in its several branches, professional im- 

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 of practical science. 



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PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-XXII, Jan. i88o-Jan. 1907. Pittsburg, 1882- 

 1907. 8. m. 



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Railway Club of Pittsburgh. 



Address. Pittsburg, Pa. Secretary : J. D. Conway, General Offices, Pitts- 

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History. Organized Oct. 18, 1901. 



Object. Mutual intercourse and professional improvement. 



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Western University of Pennsylvania. 



Address. Allegheny, Pa. Chancellor: Samuel Black McCormick. 

 History. Incorporated in 1787 as the Pittsburg Academy ; reincorporated 

 in 1819 under present title; removed from Pittsburg to Allegheny in 

 1882. In 1892 the Western Pennsylvania Medical College was amal- 



