Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-08-28
NOTED SCIENTISTS
TO HOLD SESSION
Wor|d-FamOuS Men Will
Discuss Problems Affecting
The Entire Civilized
World

and engineers of worldwide repute,
who are indirectly responsible for the
safety of the millions of people of
the earth are to convene in this coun-
try September to discuss and pre-
sent solutions for the serious prob
lens that have arisen in engineering in
the last few years by reason of the
tremendous advancement in the meth
ode by which industry and commerce
are carried ON.
The technical experts, who will
include representatives of the various
foreign governments are members of
The International Association for
Testing materials and are coming to
attend the congress of the association
which viii open in New York Sep
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The sessions of this association
promise to be of farreaching import
ance to every civilized country in the
world. Al no time has so eminent
body Of engineers gathered in the
United States and at no time have
such momentous problems been press
ing.
With The remarkable industrial de
vclopmcnt throughout s+he world, but
more especially in the United States
and the great competition for the
worlds markets have come modern
methods Of meeting the new condi-
lions and these have imposed the
problems upon the engineers. The
trains that haul the products are big
ger and heavier than ever, necessi-
tating heavier and more powerful To-
comOtivcs to haul them. The heavier
trains demand stronger bridges and
stronger rails The failure of steel
rails with the consequent heavy loss
OF life in the United States within
the last year has added impetus to the
associations endeavor to find safe
,.o IA AND tl,a ,,uoctiou ,,,i1I ba dfoc,,cg
ed in several important papers
The disgraceful waste of property
by fire in the United States each year.
amounting to more than two hundred
million dollars and the waste Of scv-
eral thousand human lives through
these fires, will provide channel
for discussion of the construction Of
buildings from materials that have
nrcrcsstng qualities Scientific tests
Of the ability Of various materials to
withstand fire have been made during
the year in different government ana
private laboratories and the findings
will be- given at the meetings Of the
association. There are indications
that the scientists viii give TO the
world The true type Of fireproof fire
resisting structures
The use of concrete has been more
rapid than the science and many un-
known problems of the strength Of
this material still have to be solved.
A number of these will be taken up
by the members in papers Of great
practical importance to the entire
world.
The association is generally inter
ested in worlds standards in the Test
ing of materials and the leading sci
urday, September 7, and on SUNDAY
the members start il specially
equipped hotel train for Washington
where they will he received by The
President of the Unitad States and
where they will visit the government
testing laboratories. The same train
will take the members to Pittsburgh
where they will witness demonstra,
lions at the Experiment Station Of the
entifc men of Great Britain, Germany
France, Belgium, Russia and Japan
will compare notes with the engineers
of the United States on many mooted
questions. These engineers are the
men who determine what is known
in engineering as "the fact2r of safety"
which means that the steel columns
in skyscraper have sufficient