SOUTH AMERICA 487 



Congreso Cientifko Latino-Americano. 



History. Initiated by the Sociedad Cientifica Argentina; ist meeting at 

 Buenos Aires, Apr. 10-20, 1898; 2d at Montevideo, Mar. 20-31, 1901; 

 3d at Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 6-16, 1905. The next congress will be Pan- 

 American and will assemble under the auspices of the government of 

 Chile at Santiago during the ten days beginning Dec. i, 1908. 

 Publications. 



i a -2 a reunion . . . 1898-1901. Buenos Aires, 1898/99; Montevideo, 

 1901/02. 8. 



Each vol. issued in 4 pts. : i. Organization y resultados generales. 2. Cien- 

 cias exactas e ingenieria. 3. Ciencias fisico-quimicas y naturales. 4. 

 Ciencias medicas. 



ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



BUENOS AIRES. 



Centro de Ingenieros y Arquitectos . 



Address. Avenida de Mayo 733, Buenos Aires. 



History. Founded in 1895 ( ?) as Centro Nacional de Ingenieros ; pres- 

 ent name since 1906. 



Publications. 



LA INGENIERIA. Ano I-X (i. e. num. 1-207), agosto i897-dic. 1906. 

 Buenos Aires, 1897-1906. fol. 



Issued monthly to Mar. 1899, since then semi-monthly. 

 Price: 15 pesos a year. 



Indice . . . por materias desde su fundacion hasta el 31 de 



diciembre de 1902. 

 Ferrocarril a Bolivia; estudios de sus diversos trazados. Conferencias 



dadas en el Centro nacional de ingenieros, por A. Castano. Buenos 



Aires, 1898. 8. 



Centro Naval. 



Address. Calle Florida 659, Buenos Aires. 



History. Founded in May 1882. Maintains a library and reading room. 



Object. Technical, professional and social. 

 Membership. About 425 (monthly dues, 5 pesos). 



"Sociedad de Ingenieros Civiles de la Republica Argentina, which published El 

 ingeniero civil (ano I. Buenos Aires, 1888. fol.), is no longer in existence. 



