Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-26
CONVENTION or ELECTRICIANS.
American institute of Enpinccrs TO
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American Institute of Engineers TO
Meet Here During the Week.
The electricians of Omaha have made ar
engagements for the reception Of the dele
cation of visiting brethren who will arrive
here Monday morning to hold the fifteenth
general meeting of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers. The three days
session will bring together a thoroughly
representative body of men from all parts
of the country. Papers will be read Mt
the meeting which may be expected to at
tract widespread attention, besides being
of great interest and profit to those present.
About $50 engineers are expected to reach
the city on the early train on the Burlington
from Chicago. The general headquarters Of
the convention have been established at
the Willard, and those who stop there Will
be escorted by a committee appointed to
look after them. A general committee on
reception and entertainment has attended
to all the details for the entertainment OF
the visitors during the daily meetings. This
committee consists of j. j. Dickey. chair
man; Andrew Rosewater, l.. II. Korty, w.
+. White, Frank Murphy. w. S. Dimmock.
C. o. Fuller, Luther Drake, Hon. j, A.
Creighton, C. Il. Yost. IL. Vance Lane. f. A.
Nash, e. f. Schurig, A.. S. Rogers, w. w.
Umstead, Henry Rustin, Israel Lovett. Prof.
r, y. Owens.
The convention will meet at 10 o'clock
Monday morning in the Royal Arcanum hall
in The Bee building. The outline OF the
local program will be rs follows:
Monday a. m, business meeting at con-
vention hall; . p. m, visit to the smelling
works and the Union Pacific shops; 1880 p.
m. complimentary visit to the Coliseum
and complimentary initiation into the order
of the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Tuesday, a. M, business meeting; 1870
p. m, start for the exposition and spend the
evening there.
Wednesday, IA. M, business meeting;
1870 D. m, trip to South Omaha; evening,
trolley party.
Among the special points of interest for
the visitors will be the electrical exhibits
in the Machinery building at the fair and
the scheme of lighting and decorations on
the buildings and grounds. The feature OF
interest at the car shops will be the pneu-
matte plant.
The following papers will be read before
the convention in succession until the con-
clusion of the institute:
Inaugural address, President DR.. a. L..
Kennedy of Philadelphia.
1.-The Dielectric Strength of Air by G.
u. SteinmetZ of Schenectady, N. !.
"Two-Wire Distributing systems ana
Lamps at 22o-24O Volts by John w.
Howell of Newark. N. j.
"A Capillary Electrometer for Electrical
Measurements" by Charles T.. Burgess Of
Madison. Wis.
alternating Current Transformers from
the Station Managers Viewpoint by w. Il.
White Of Omaha, Neb.
The Graphical Treatment Of Alternating
Currents in Branching Circuits, with Spe-
cial Reference to the Case of Variable
Frequency by DR.. II. T.. Eddy of Minne-
apolis, MINI.
Some Phases of the Rapid Transit
nectady, N. Y.
THE Evolution Of the Line Signal" by
Arthur V. Abbott of Chicago.
The Communicated Curve Of a Composite
Wound Alternator." by D.. c.. Jackson Of
Madisons Wis.
Alternate Current Working for Labora-
tory and Testing Purposes" by Harris j.
Ryan of Ithaca.
High Voltage Power Transmission" by
Charles i. Scott of Pittsburg. Pa.
"~Preliminary Report of Committee on
Croker, chairman.
Transmission and Distribution of Power
for Railway Service by Ernst J. Berg Of
Schenectady. n. Y.
The Education of Electrical Apprentices
and Journeymen," by Arthur A. Hamer-
schlag of New York City.
Air Gap and Core Distribution-The
Magnetic FluX and Its Effect Upon Regula-
ton and Efficiency of Dynamo Electric Ma
chinery," by w. Il. Goldsborough of La
fayette. Ind.
THE Imperial Electric Light. Heat and
Power Plant of st. Louis" by George A.
Damon Of Chicago.
Some Tests with an Induction Genera
tor by A. +. McKissick of Auburn. Ala,