22 RESISTANCE OF BILGE KEELS. 



In the cases which I have reported, we had all the tests made under the eyes of an ob- 

 server who had spent four years in learning just how to run speed trials under ideal condi- 

 tions, where the slightest variation which would throw an influence into the work was ob- 

 served and could be checked from the collation of results after the tests were made. So I 

 am sorry that we cannot attribute any of our defects to that source. 



The Chairman : — I am sure you all desire me to voice our appreciation of Professor 

 Peabody's paper by extending to him the thanks of the Society, which I now do. 



At the council meeting yesterday a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions of 

 respect and S3mipathy on account of the death of our late honored Vice-President, 

 Mr. George W. Quintard, and I will ask Past-President Taylor, who is on that committee, if 

 he will kindly read the resolution. 



Memorial to Vice-President George W. Quintard. 



Mr. Stevenson Taylor presented the following: — 



At the annual meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held 

 in New York on December 11, 1913, it was noted that on April 2 last there passed to the 

 hig'her life George William Quintard, in the ninety-second year of his age. 



Mr. Quintard was one of the original members of The Society of Naval Architects 

 and Marine Engineers, and due to his activity in the merchant marine of the United States, 

 as well as his own strong personality and influence, he was at the outset made one of the 

 Vice-Presidents of the Society. 



He was annually re-elected Vice-President until 1911, when the additional office of 



Honorary Vice-President was formed, and he was duly elected as such, continuing until his 



death. ' 



As long ago as 1847 he became identified with the well-known Morgan Iron Works 



. of New York City, remaining there as one of the proprietors until the works were sold to 



John Roach, the noted shipbuilder. 



In 1869 he took over the Quintard Iron Works and resumed the construction of 

 marine engines and appurtenances as well as miscellaneous machinery. 



In the Morgan Iron Works he built many engines and boilers of the vessels of the "old 

 navy," and at the Quintard Iron Works were built some of the engines, boilers and appur- 

 tenances of the more modern naval vessels, notably the machinery of the battleship Maine 

 destroyed in the harbor of Havana on February 15, 1898. 



His activities were not confined to manufacturing. He was a steamship owner and a 

 director in many financial institutions and railroads. 



He also served his fellow citizens of the City of New York as Immigration Commis- 

 sioner and as Park Commissioner, declining all other tenders of public office. 



His unusual temperament, his charming manner and courtesy, and his untiring interest 

 in all that concerned his many activities, more especially the iron works and steamship lines 

 with which he had been so long connected, commanded the admiration and esteem of all 

 who knew him. 



The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers deplores its loss and tenders 

 to the 'bereaved family its sincere condolence. i 



The Chairman : — I believe it would be a very fine courtesy, as well as a desirable 

 thing, if a motion were made to adopt the report of the committee. I assume that such a 



