INDEX TO PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 



Thursday, November 14, 1918. 



The DeLamater Iron Works — The Cradle of the Modern Navy : . . . . 1 



By Holbrook Fitz John Porter, M. E., Visitor. 

 Revival of Wooden Shipbuilding as a War Industry : 33 



By Carlos de Zafra, M. E., Associate. 

 Application of Buoyancy Boxes to the Steamship Lucia for the United States 



Shipping Board: 41 



By W. T. Donnelly, Esq., Member. 

 Progress in Turbine Ship Propulsion : . ; 59 



By Francis Hodgkinson, Esq., Visitor. 

 Notes on Launching : 89 



By William Gatewood, Esq., Member. 

 Side Launching of Ships on the Great Lakes : 97 



By Frank E. Kirby, Esq., Honorary Vice-President, and Edward Hopkins, Esq., 

 Member. 



Friday, November 15, 1918. 



Structural Steel Standardized Cargo Vessels: 103 



By Henry R. Sutphen, Esq., Member. 

 On Vibrations of Beams of Variable Cross- Section: Ill 



By N. W. Akimoff, Esq., Visitor. 

 Experiments on Simplified Ship Forms: 157 



By Professor H. C. Sadler, Member of Council, and T. Yamamoto, Esq. 

 Variations of Shaft Horse-Power, Propeller Revolutions, and Propulsive Co- 

 efficient With Longitudinal Position of the Parallel Middle Body in a 

 Single-Screw Cargo Ship: 163 



By Naval Constructor William McEntee, U. S. N., Member. 

 Recent Developments in Shipyard Plants : 175 



By Naval Constructor S. M. Henry, U. S. N., Member. 

 Present Status of the Concrete Ship : 185 



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

 The Application of Electric Welding to Ship Construction: 199 



By H. Jasper Cox, Esq., Member. 

 Hog Island, the Greatest Shipyard in the World: 243 



Bv W. H. Blood, Jr., Esq., Visitor. 



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