INDEX TO PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS. 



Thursday, November 13, 1919. 



Method of Construction of Concrete Ships : 1 



By R. J. Wig, Esq., Visitor. 

 Development of Shipyards in the United States During the Great War: . 29 



By Captain R. E. Bakenhus, C. E. C, U. S. N., Member. 

 Steel Ship Construction from a Management ViEVkfPOiNT: 47 



By Creighton Churchill, Esq., Member. 

 An Analysis of the Isherwood System of Ship Construction : . . . 59 



By John Flodin, B. S., M. E., Associate. 

 Economical Cargo Ships: "" 



By Alfred J. C. Robertson, Esq., Member. 

 Non-Rolling Passenger Liners — Observations on a Large Stabilized Ship in 

 Service, Including the Plant and Economies Effected by Stabiliza- 

 tion : 99 



By Elmer A. Sperry, Esq., Member. 

 Submarines in General — German Submarines in Particular: . . . . Ill 



By Commander E. S. Land, Construction Corps, U. S. N., Member. 



Friday, November 14, 1919. 



The Propulsive Efficiency of Single-Screw Cargo Ships: 127 



By Commander William McEntee, Construction Corps, U. S. Navy, Member. 

 Buoyancy and Stability of Troop Transports: 137 



By Professor William Hovgaard, Member. 

 The Application of Standardization and Graphical Methods to the Design 



of Cylindrical Return Tubular Boilers: 163 



By Henry C. E. Meyer, Esq., Member. 

 New Developments in High Vacuum Apparatus: 175 



By G. L. Kothny, Esq., Member. 

 Launching of Ships in Restricted Waters: 201 



By Captain H. M. Gleason, Construction Corps, U. S. N., Member, and Lieu- 

 tenant Commander H. E. Saunders, Construction Corps, U. S. N., Member. 

 The Propelling Machinery of the U. S. S. Leviathan: . . . . . 215 



By Ernest H. B. Anderson, Esq., Member. 

 Standard Lubricating Oil System for Geared Turbines : 243 



By J. Emile Schmeltzer, Esq., Member, and B. G. Femald, Esq., Member. 

 Elpctric Propulsion of Merchant Ships: 277 



By W. L. R. Emmet, Esq., Member of Council. 



