CONTENTS

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Conventions of the Association

Presidents of the Association

Honorary Members

Member Companies—Class A.

Members—Class B

Associate Member Companies—Class D

Associate Members—Class E.

Officers and Executive Committee

Committees to Report to the Thirtieth Convention

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First Session

Opening of the Convention.

Address of President Williams

Announcements

Report-Committee on Progress. T. Commerford Martin.

Paper-Accidents. By Paul Lüpke .

Paper-Power-Factor Correction by Synchronous

Motors. By F. D. Newbury

Question Box. Paul Lüpke, Editor .

Report-Insurance and Kindred Matters.

W. H.

Blood, Jr. . .

Report-Committee on the Fire Hazard of Electricity.

C. E. Skinner, Chairman .

Executive Session.

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Second Session

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Announcements

Report-Committee on a Uniform System of Accounting.

H. M. Edwards, Chairman .

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Paper-Legal Justification for Differential Rates. Ву

George Whitefield Betts

Paper-Commercial Development of the Mercury Recti-

fier. By Frank Conrad

Paper-Recent Developments in Protective Apparatus.

By D. B. Rushmore

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Third Session

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Paper-New Developments in Arc Lamps and High-

Efficiency Electrodes. By G. M. Little .

Paper-Indefinite Candle-Power in Municipal Contracts.

By E. Leavenworth Elliott

Paper-Indefinite Obligations in Municipal Contracts.

By Henry Floy.

Report-Committee to Consider Specifications for Street

Lighting. Dudley Farrand, Chairman

Report-Committee on Protection from Lightning and

Other Static Disturbances. Alex Dow, Chairman

Resolution--Rating of Arc Lamps

Påper-Electric Heating Without Special Concessions

from the Central Station. By C. D. Wood, Jr.

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Fourth Session

Paper-Efficiency of Various Vethods of Illumination.

By E. A. Norman

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Paper-The Frequencies of Flicker at Which Variations

in Illumination Vanish. By A. E. Kennelly and S. E.

Whiting

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Paper--Application of Gas Power to Central-Station

Work. By J. R. Bibbins

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Paper- The Future of the Gas Engine. By Lewis Nixon. 374

Paper-Lightning and Lightning Protection. By C. P.

Steinmetz.

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Executive Session

Election of Nominating Committee

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Fifth Session

Paper—Gas Engines and Producers for Central Stations.

By Robert T. Lozier

Report-Committee on Amendments to Freight Classifi-

cation. Ernest H. Davis, Chairman

Paper-Recent Steam Turbine Developments.

W. L. R. Emmet

Paper-Balancers versus Three-Wire Dynamos. By B.

Frankenfield .

Paper—The Effect of Frosting Incandescent Lamps. By

Edward P. Hyde and F. E. Cady.

Paper—Some Electric Power Experience. By S. M.

Sheridan

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Sirth Session

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Report-Committee on Membership. J. Robert Crouse,

Chairman

Paper-Opportunities for the Sale of Current for Charg-

ing Electric Automobiles. By H. H. Rice

Report-Committee on Electric Heating. James I. Ayer,

Chairman.

Report-Committee on Relations with Local Associations.

S. R. Bradley, Jr., Chairman

Report-Committee on Grounding of Alternating-Cur-

rent Circuits. W. H. Blood, Jr., Chairman

Report-Committee on Relations between Manufacturers

and Central Stations. Henry L. Doherty, Chairman

Presentation of Gavel to President Williams

Report-Committee on Public Policy. Everett W.

Burdett, Chairman

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Seventh Session

Paper—Methods of Charging for Electric Motive Power.

By Guido Semenza

Report-Committee on Standard Rules for Electrical

Construction and Operation. Ernest H. Davis,

Chairman

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Appendix A-Report of Committee on Public Policy.

Everett W. Burdett, Chairman

Appendix B-Paper-Electric Lighting in Germany.

By G. Klingenberg

VOLUME II

Commercial Programme
Question Box

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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Alberger Condenser Company
Albert and J. M. Anderson Manufacturing Company
Allis-Chalmers Company
American Circular Loom Company
Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Company
Chase-Shawmut Company
Electrical Review
Electrical Testing Laboratories
Electrical World .
Electric Appliance Company
Electric Service Supplies Company
Fort Wayne Electric Works
General Electric Company
Habirshaw Wire Company
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Holophane Company
J. G. White and Company, Incorporated
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Link-Belt Company
National Carbon Company
National India Rubber Company
Otis Elevator Company
Pope Motor Car Company
Sanderson and Porter
Sprague Electric Company
Stone and Webster
Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation
The Adams-Bagnall Electric Company
The Babcock and Wilcox Company
The Electric Storage Battery Company
The Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company
The Hemingray Glass Company

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