PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9174, 14 October 1915, Page 7

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

ANNUAL MEETING OF TECHNOU). GICAL SECTION.

The annual meeting of the 'technologic i cal section' of tbo WeUington hPbiIOSOV ; phioal Society was held last s evening at the Dominion Museum, there being a good attendance of members- Mr BW. Holmes was in the chair. 1 ; ■ The report showed that ■ the * active!, , membership was about fifty,. apd anl average attendance of about Awenty-fivc( ;; : had been the rule. Papers aa follow! wore read during the year" Technical Education" (Mr W. S, La Trobe. M-A.)» "The Collection of Meteorological Data" (Mr F. W. Furkert, A-M. Inst. C.E.) j “The Flow of Liquids in Pipes” ' (Mr) E. Parry. B.Bc.); "Tho Theory of Elec-( trio Comxllcfcioll i, (Pnictior Mariden) v ■ "The Governing of Water Turbines") (Mr C. H. H. Cook, M.A-); "Some Heal; Insulation Bccords 11 (Mr G. B* and '(The Manufacture of Iron and Steel” (Mr S. H. Jenkineon). AH the papers had been of a high character) and interesting nature. -The question! of a technical library in* Wellington) was under consideration, and there were good prospects that a defipite . result - , would ensue next year, a* a .practical scheme had-been formulated. The seo-i tion felt that its coordination wit» the. society was now on • better foot* ing and that- it had outlived -and- dio-i proved the comments of those,- who, in all good faith, doubted tho wisdom of allowing tho formation of such « secTho election of officer* resulted ae follows Chairman, Mr E. Parry; vice chairmen, Messrs J. Marchbanks and F. W. Furkert; secretary, Mr 8- H..; JenkinsOn; committee. Professor Marsden, and Messrs W, Ferguson, H. gladden, A. Atkins, W. H. Morton, and E- W. Holmes. •