The first Year Book gave the proceedings of the International meeting which began in New York on Friday, October
14, 1910, and was continued in Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh
and Washington. <...> In 1911 the Institute held no general meetings. <...> The second Year Book gave the proceedings of the two
general meetings held in 1912, the May meeting in New York
and the October meeting in Pittsburgh. <...> The third Year Book gave the proceedings of the two
general meetings held in 1913, the May meeting in New York
and the October meeting in Chicago. <...> The present volume contains the proceedings of the two
general meetings held in 1917, the May meeting in New York
and the October meeting in Cincinnati. <...> JAMES T. McCLEARY, Secretary.
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OFFICERS
ELBERT H. GARY - President
POWELL STACKHOUSE - First Vice-President
WILLIS L. KING - Second Vice-President
CHARLES M. SCHWAB - Third Vice-President
EDWARD BAILEY - Treasurer
JAMES T. McCLEARY - Secretary
DIRECTORS
Term expires 1918. <...> LEOPOLD E. BLOCK, Chicago, Ill.
ALVA C. DINKEY, Philadelphia, Pa.
JAMES A. FARRELL, New York, N. Y.
ELBERT H. GARY, New York, N. Y.
ROBERT HOBSON, Hamilton, Canada. <...> CHARLES M. SCHWAB, New York, N. Y.
POWELL STACKHOUSE, Philadelphia, Pa.
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AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE
TWELFTH GENERAL MEETING
New York, May 25 and 26, 1917
The Twelfth General Meeting of the American Iron and
Steel Institute was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New
York City, on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, 1917. <...> On the next page will be found the program of the Friday sessions, at all of which the President of the Institute, Judge
Gary, presided. <...> ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT ELBERT H. GARY
Chairman, United States Steel Corporation, New York
Gentlemen, I bid you heartiest welcome. <...> The Institute
is entitled to congratulations for the great success which it has
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YEAR BOOK OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE <...>
Yearbook_of_the_American_iron_and_steel_institute,_1917.pdf
YEAR BOOK OF THE AMERICAN IRON
AND STEEL INSTITUTE
1917
MAY MEETING - NEW YORK
OCTOBER MEETING - CINCINNATI
Published by the AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL
INSTITUTE
61 Broadway, New York
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.....................................................................5
TWELFTH GENERAL MEETING..................................7
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT ELBERT H.
GARY ............................................................................. 7
UNAITED STATES DID NOT SEEK WAR................. 9
A COLOSSAL UNDERTAKING................................ 10
RIGHT MAKES MIGHT VS. MIGHT MAKES
RIGHT........................................................................... 11
WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOB.............................. 12
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION
OF TAX
BURDENS.................................................................... 13
GOVERNMENT IS CO-OPERATING WITH
BUSINESS.................................................................... 14
IKON AND STEEL FRATERNITY PATRIOTIC....... 17
RECENT INSTALLATIONS OF LARGE TURBOGENERATORS...............................................................18
RICHARD
H. RICE...................................................... 18
THERMAL EFFICIENCIES OF A COMPLETE
STATION...................................................................... 38
SPECIFICATION
FOR BLAST FURNASE
PLANTS........................................................................ 44
BLAST FURNACES.................................................... 45
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PLANT.......................................................................... 48
FOUR-FURNACE COMBINED GAS-ENGINE
PLANT WITH STEAM RESERVE. ............................ 49
BOILER PLANT FOB GAS ENGINE STATION....... 50
GAS ELECTRIC STATION......................................... 50
POWER DISTRIBUTION IN K.W.............................. 51
GAS BLOWING STATION......................................... 52
PUMPING STATION................................................... 52
FOUR FURNACE ALL GAS ENGINE PLANT......... 53
FOUB-FURNACE STEAM TURBINE PLANT.......... 53
TURBO-ELECTRIC STATION................................... 54
TURBO-BLOWING STATION................................... 56
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HEAT BALANCE FOR COMPLETE STEAMTURBINE
PLANT........................................................ 58
SEGREGATED GAS ELECTRIC STATION.............. 59
SEGREGATED STEAM-TURBINE ELECTRIC
STATION...................................................................... 60
RECENT INSTALLATIONS OF LARGE TURBOGENERATORS...............................................................60
DISCUSSION
BY DAVID S. JACOBUS.................... 60
RECENT INSTALLATIONS OF LARGE
TURBO-GENERATORS.............................................. 65
DISCUSSION BY ALEX DOW...............................................65
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL CASTINGS........ 69
ROBERT P. LAMONT.............................................................69
DEVELOPING THE INDUSTRY IN EUROPE.......... 70
EARLY DIFFICULTIES WITH MOLDS.................... 75
GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT...................... 76
STEEL CASTINGS FOR RAILROADS...................... 78
THE QUEBEC BRIDGE DISASTER. ......................... 81
MERITS OF DIFFERENT METHODS. ...................... 82
NEED OF ANNEALING.............................................. 88
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL CASTINGS...........89
DISCUSSION BY R. F. FLINTERMANN.................. 89
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL CASTINGS...........94
DISCUSSION BY SAMUEL P. BUSH........................ 94
AFTERNOON SESSION ............................................. 96
TAKING CARE OF DEPENDENTS OF
ABSENTEE EMPLOYEES WHO ENLIST FOR
NATIONAL SERVICE................................................. 97
EDMUND A. S. CLARKE........................................................97
SUMMARY................................................................ 101
NOTES........................................................................ 103
THE
RELATIVE MERITS OF FORMING
STEEL BY PRESSING, HAMMERING OR
ROLLING................................................................... 105
JOHN LYMAN COX..............................................................105
THE HAMMER.......................................................... 108
THE
RELATIVE MERITS OF FORMING
STEEL BY PRESSING, HAMMERING OR
ROLLING................................................................... 138
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DISCUSSION BY E. O’CONNOR ACKER ..........................138
SURGICAL DISCOVERIES OF THE WAR AND
THEIR APPLICATION TO INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS, HUMANITARIAN AND
ECONOMIC FEATURES.............................................141
WILLIAM O’NEILL SHECKMAN, M. D................. 141
SURGICAL DISCOVERIES OF THE WAR AND
THEIR
APPLICATION TO
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS, HUMANITARIAN AND
ECONOMIC FEATURES .......................................... 148
DISCUSSION BY JOHN A. PENTON...................................148
CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF IRON SMELTING.....151
WALTHER MATHESIUS ......................................... 151
DISCUSSION BY H. P. HOWLAND........................ 163
EVENING SESSION.................................................. 168
CO-OPERATION
HAS BEEN ADOPTED
ABROAD.................................................................... 177
THIRTEENTH GENERAL MEETING........................199
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT................................200
ELBERT H. GARY..................................................... 200
THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD............................ 204
PRUSSIAN GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE
AMBITION................................................................. 205
CINCINNATI AND ITS INDUSTRIES .......................218
DANIEL B. MEACHAM ........................................... 218
MODERN ELECTRIC MOTORS IN STEEL
MILLS............................................................................222
SAMUEL S. WALES ................................................. 222
THE PROBLEM OF CONTINUITY OF
OPERATION.............................................................. 224
COST OF EQUIPMENT ............................................ 229
COSTS OF OPERATION........................................... 230
HISTORICAL............................................................. 231
MODERN ELECTRIC MOTORS IN STEEL
MILLS............................................................................232
DISCUSSION BY WILFRED SYKES ...................... 232
MODERN ELECTRIC MOTORS IN STEEL
MILLS............................................................................238
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DISCUSSION BY K. A. PAULEY............................ 238
IRON AND STEEL SCRAP..........................................240
W. VERNON PHILLIPS ............................................ 240
AFTERNOON SESSION ........................................... 248
FIFTY YEARS OF IRON AND STEEL.......................250
JOSEPH G. BUTLER, JR. .......................................... 250
THE "BESSEMER" PROCESS BEGINGS AGE
OF STEEL................................................................... 255
THE USE OF FURNACE GAS INTRODUCED....... 260
HERE BY GERMANS............................................................260
IMPROVEMENTS
IN
MINING AND
TRANSPORTATIONS............................................... 280
FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE GOOD.................... 316
EXCELSIOR............................................................... 320
MALLEABLE IRON AND ITS USES.........................321
HENRY F. POPE........................................................ 321
MALLEABLE IRON AND ITS USES.........................324
DISCUSSION BY ENRIQUE TOUCEDA................ 324
DISCUSSION BY FRANK J. LANAHAN................ 326
DISCUSSION BY FRANK E. NULSEN................... 329
DISCUSSION BY JOHN C. HASWELL................... 331
THE EXPORT TRADE AS AFFECTED BY THE
WAR..............................................................................333
EUGENE P. THOMAS............................................... 333
PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS FOR
PARTISIPACION IN FOREIGN COMMERCE........ 337
EVENING SESSION.................................................. 343
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