THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



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may be able to print a special article 

 on the subject in due time. In the 

 meanwhile there is given above an 

 article by Professor Turner on our 

 present knowledge of earthquakes. 

 There is also printed in this number 

 of the Monthly a paper by Major 

 Dutton suggesting a hypothesis to ac- 

 count for the allied phenomenon of 

 volcanoes. Those of our readers who 

 wish to inform themselves on the na- 

 ture of earthquakes and the methods 

 of recording and studying them should 

 read the book on the subject by Major 

 Dutton, recently published in the ' Sci- 

 ence Series ' by the Putnams. 



THE ENGINEERING BUILDING OF 



NEW YORK CITY 

 The corner stone of the United Engi- 

 neering Building in New York City, 

 already more than half completed, was 

 laid on May 8 by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, 

 to whose munificence the building is 

 due. It will be remembered that, in 

 view of Mr. Carnegie's gift of one and 

 one half million dollars, the United 

 Engineering Society was incorporated 

 on May 11, 1904, under the legislature 

 of the state of Xew York for " the ad- 

 vancement of the engineering arts and 

 sciences in all their branches, and to 

 maintain a free public engineering 

 library." The ' Founder Societies ' rep- 

 resented in the corporation are the 

 American Institute of Electrical Engl- 

 neers, the American Institute of Mi nine 

 Engineers and the American Society of 

 Mechanical Engineers. The building 

 of the United Society will provide 

 permanent headquarters for these three 

 national engineering societies and for 

 the Engineer's Club, and also places of 

 meeting and office room for such other 

 engineering and scientific societies as 

 may from time to time be admitted as 

 " ;i"oeiates.' Power to administer the 

 trust is invested in a board of trustees 

 of nine members, consisting of three 

 representatives elected by each of the 

 Pounder Societies. The expense of 

 maintenance must be shared by the 

 three societies participating in the 



foundation, in accordance with regula- 

 tions imposed by the United Society. 

 The following are the charter members 

 of the corporation: Charles F. Scott, 

 Bion J. Arnold and S. S. Wheeler, of 

 the American Institute of Electrical 

 i Engineers; C. \Y. Hunt, F. R. Hutton 

 J and James M. Dodge, of the American 

 Society of Mechanical Engineers; A. R. 

 Ledoux, Charles Kirchoff and Theodore 

 Dwight, of the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers. 



The building of the new society is 

 in process of erection on the north 

 side of thirty-ninth street, between 

 Fifth and Sixth Avenues, the site cover- 

 ing five city lots with a total front of 

 12:> feet and a depth of 100 feet. The 

 new building utilizes only 115 feet of 

 the front and as it controls the other 

 side, space is left on all sides of the 

 granite pile of thirteen stories, which 

 thus presents an imposing monumental 

 appearance. The plans are entrusted 

 to Messrs. Hall and Rogers, and Henry 

 Gr. Morse, associate architects, for the 

 three engineering societies and Messrs. 

 Whitfield and King for the Engineering 

 Club. The building, as shown in the 

 illustration, is a notably worthy prod- 

 uct of the modern science and art of 

 building construction that may well 

 serve to typify the purposes for which 

 it was conceived. 



Primarily it must serve the con- 

 venience of the individual societies 

 which enter it as founders. To this 

 end a floor provides adequate rooms for 

 each of the societies, as shown in the 

 case of the electrical engineers in the 

 accompanying plan. In addition meet- 

 ing rooms and auditoriums are to be 

 furnished for the regular and special 

 meetings of the societies and for scien- 

 tific lectures anil demonstrations. Other 

 assembly rooms have been specially 

 adapted to suit the various uses for 

 which they may be required. 



There is one large auditorium with 

 accommodations for 1,000 persons, on 

 the first floor above the street. The 

 foyer and corridors afford ample space 

 for withdrawal from the assembly hall, 



