Proceedings of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress: (section V) Engineering. W. H. Bixby, chairman

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Afternoon session of subsection 4 of Section V December 28 1915
97
Reservoirs for municipal water supply by Alfred D Flinn
108
Afternon session of subsection 5 of Section V December 28 1915
128
Agricultural implements and machinery by E B McCormick
144
Joint Session of Sections III V and VII December 28 1915
151
Morning session of subsection 1 of Section V December 29 1915
161
Vertical lift bridges by J A L Waddell
170
Joint session of subsection 3 of Section III and subsections 3 and 4
185
State regulation of water powers by Harold Erickson
225
The status of waterpower development by H W Buck
240
Industrial applications of electricity by Philip Torchio
262
Joint session of subsections 1 and 5 of Section V December 29 1915
303
Observaciones generales sobre el régimen de los cursos de agua de la República
322
Joint Session of subsection 3 of Section III and subsection 3 of Sec
326
Improvements for the mouth of the Magdalena River by Miguel Triana
336
El estuario del Plata by Francisco P Miranda
349
Contracting and regulating works at mouths of rivers by Elmer L Corthell
362
New York State canals by William B Landreth
375
Transportadores aéreos en el interior de los depósitos del puerto de Montevideo
386
Work of the United States National Bureau of Standards by S W Stratton
397
Afternoon session of subsection 1 of Section V December 30 1915
410
Joint session of subsection 4 of Section III and subsection 4 of Sec
421
The best type of construction for piers and quays in water fronts of great depth
428
Morning session of subsection 3 of Section V January 3 1916
444
Joint session of subsections 5 and 6 of Section V January 3 1916
566
Chronocyclegraph motion devices for measuring achievement by Frank
574
Una nueva propiedad involutiva de polígonos afectos a una cónica by José
581
Método de notación diagonal by Rodolfo Aguilar Batres
592
Shallowdraft boats and barges for inland navigation by Col L H Beach
605
Morning session of subsection 1 of Section V January 4 1916
624
Obras de desagne de la región sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires by Augustín
634
Harbor and port facilities and works by H McL Harding
663
Employment and behavior of concrete and reinforced concrete in fresh
674
Morning session of subsection 3 of section V January 4 1916
689
Some recent development in telephony and telegraphy by Frank B Jewett
698
The electrification of transportation lines by Norman Wilson Storer
713
La radiotelegrafía en el Uruguay by Bernardo Kayel
721
Physical aspects of radiotelegraphy by John L Hogan jr
743
Joint session of subsection 4 of Section V and subsection D of Section
754
Street cleaning by J W Paxton
766
Afternoon session of subsection 1 of Section V January 4 1916
774
Discusión sintética del trazado del eje hidraúlico by Ramón Salas Edwards
784
Brief statement concerning mathematical geography in Colombia by Melitón
790
Engineering and other scientific work of the United States Coast and Geodetic
796
Morning session of January 5 1916
802
Cuál es la trocha que más conviene a la red férrea de Chile by Santiago Marin
808
Uniform gauge of railways by F Lavis
818
Morning session of subsection 6 of Section V January 6 1916
832

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TitleProceedings of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress: (section V) Engineering. W. H. Bixby, chairman
Volume 6 of Proceedings of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress: Washington, U. S. A., Monday, December 27, 1915 to Saturday, January 8, 1916, Glen Levin Swiggett
PublisherU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917
Original fromCornell University
Digitized26 Sep 2012
  
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