INDEX TO PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 



Thursday, December 11, 1913. 

 Relative Resistances of SIome Models With Block Coefficient Constant and 



Other Coefficients Varied: 1 



By Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor, U. S. N., Vice-President. 



Resistance of Bilge Keels : _ . . 9 



By Professor C. H. Peabody, Member of Council. 

 On the Possibility of Building a Large Passenger Liner That Would Not Under 

 Any of the Known Mishaps at Sea Lose Her Buoyancy or Stability and 



Sink: 25 



By George W. Dickie, Esq., Vice-President. 



Structure of Vessels as Affected by Demand for Increased Safety: .... 31 

 By William Gatewood, Esq., Member. 



A Substitute for the Admiralty Formula: 49 



By E. A. Stevens, Jr., Esq., Member. 



Construction and Operation' of Western River Steamers :...... 59 



By Richard Clarke Wilson, Esq. 



The Influence of National Policies on Ships' Design: . . . . . . 67 



By Captain W. L. Rodgers, U. S. Navy. 



General Consider.\tion of Navy Yard Design, Location, Capacity and Mainte- 

 nance, With Plan and Description of a Large, Efficient Yard Properly 



Located: 75 



By Captain L. S. Van Duzer, U. S. Navy, Associate. 



Notes on the Performance of the S. S. Tyler: 87 



By E. H. Rigg, Esq., Member. 



Friday, December 12, 1913. 



The Evolution of the Lightship: 97 



By George Crouse Cook, Esq. 

 Strains in the Hull of a Ship at Sea and Those Measured While Receiv- 

 ing Cargo: 119 



By James E. Howard, Engineer-Physicist, Bureau of Standards. 



Stability of Lifeboats: 133 



By Professor H. A. Everett, Member. 



Change of Shape of Recent Colliers : 145 



By Naval Constructor Stuart Farrar Smith, U. S. N., Member. 



Notes on Chain Cables: 155 



By Assistant Naval Constructor John E. Otterson, U. S. N., Member. 



Model Experiments and Speed Trials of 60-Foot Motor Cruiser Kathmar II : . 177 



By A. E. Luders, Esq., Member. 

 Some Graphic Studies of the Active Gyro Stabilizer: 181 



By Elmer A. Sperry, Esq., Member. 



Electric Propulsion on the U. S. S. Jupiter: 191 



By W. L. R. Emmett, Esq., Member. 



