Volume 5

Title Page

Contents

Officers and Members

Rules

Plates

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS

MEETING	DATE
Easton	May, 1876
Philadelphia	June, 1876
Philadelphia	October, 1876
New York	February, 1877

PAPERS:

PHILADELPHIA MEETING June, 1876

TITLE	AUTHOR
Deflection of Girders	W.S. Ayres C.E.
On the Hot Blast, with an Explanation of its Mode of Action in Iron Furnaces of Different Capacities	I. Lowthian Bell M.P. F.R.S.
The Mineral Wealth of Southwestern Virginia	C.R. Boyd
Partial Reconstruction of a Furnace Crucible while in Blast	J.H. Bramwell
The Composition of Flue Deposit	J. Blodget Britton
Water in Coals	J. Blodget Britton
The Southeastern Missouri Lead District	Prof. G.C. Broadhead
Endurance of Iron Rails	W.E. Coxe
The Kind-Chaudron Process for Sinking and Tubbing Mining Shafts	Julien Deby C.E.
Boracic Acid in Lake Superior Iron Ores	Prof. T. Egleston Ph.D.
A Study of the Specular and Magnetic Iron Ores of the New Red Sandstone in York County, Pa	Prof. Persifor Frazer Jr.
A Study of the Igneous Rocks	Prof. Persifor Frazer Jr.
An Analysis of a Specimen of Silver-gray or Glazy Iron	Edward Hart
An Account of an Explosion of Fire-damp at the Midlothian Colliery, Chesterfield County, Virginia	Oswald J. Heinrich
Note on the Manufacture of Forged Iron Wheels. Arbel's Process	Prof. Adolph Henry
A Century of Mining and Metallurgy in the United States	Hon. Abrams S. Hewitt
Some things that Influence the Production of Carbonic Acid in the Blast Furnace	Charles Himrod
A History of the Bessemer Manufacture in America	Robert W. Hunt
The Hematite Ore Mines and Blast Furnaces East of the Hudson River	James F. Lewis
The Mineral Wealth of Japan	Prof. Henry S. Munroe E.M.
Cost and Results of Geological Explorations with the Diamond Drill in the Anthracite Regions of Pennsylvania	Lewis A. Riley
The Nomenclature of Iron	Dr. Hermann Wedding
Some Points in the Treatment of Lead Ores in Missouri	Prof. Charles P. Williams Ph.D.

PHILADELPHIA MEETING October, 1876

TITLE	AUTHOR
Thoughts on the Thermo Curves of Blast Furnaces	Henry M. Howe, A.M. E.M.
Can the Commercial Nomenclature of Iron be reconciled to Scientific Definitions of the Terms used to Distinguish the Various Classes?	William Metcalf
The Character and Composition of the Lignite Coals of Colorado	Prof. W.B. Potter E.M.
The Coal Production of the United States	Richard P. Rothwell M.E.
The Determination of Carbon by Magnetic Tests	Charles M. Ryder
The Volumetric Determination of Sulphur and Ammonia in Illuminating Gas	H.E. Sadler and Prof. Silliman
An Outline of Anthracite Coal Mining in Schuylkill County, Pa	J. Price Wetherill
Notes on the Method of Preparation of Zinc Oxide	Prof. Charles P. Williams Ph.D.

NEW YORK MEETING February, 1877

TITLE	AUTHOR
Note upon the Cost of Bessemer Steel Rails	P. Barnes
Note upon the Methods of Drawing Metric and Other Scales upon Engineering Plans	P. Barnes
American Students of Mining in Germany	J.C. Bartlett A.M.
The Properties of Iron alloyed with Other Metals	G.H. Billings
Pumping Engines	John Birkinbine
The Use of Anthracite Waste	John F. Blandy M.E.
Atlanta District	Joshua E. Clayton
The North Shore of Lake Superior as a Mineral-bearing District	W. M. Courtis M.E.
The Commercial Analysis of Furnace Gases	Prof. T. Egleston Ph.D.
The Position of the American New Red Sandstone	Prof. Persifor Frazer Jr.
The Hollenbeck Shaft, Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, Luzerne County, PA.	John Henry Harden
Chart showing the Production of Anthracite Coal in the Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Wyoming Regions; Anthracite, Bituminous, and Charcoal Pig Iron in the United States, and Petroleum in Pennsylvania, from 1820 to 1876	John Henry Harden
Shaft Sinking and Salt Mining at Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Canada	John Henry Harden
Technical Education	Prof. Lewis M. Haupt
The Nomenclature of Iron	Henry M. Howe A.M. M.E.
The Goderich Salt Region	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D. F.R.S.
Notes on a Metallurgical Campaign at Hall Valley, Colorado	J.L. Jernegan Jr. M.E.
Determination of Carbon in Iron and Steel	Andrew S. McCraeath
The Franklinite and Zinc Litigation, concerning the Deposits of Mine Hill at Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, N. J.	Joseph C. Platt Jr.
The Allouez Mine and Ore Dressing as practiced in the Lake Superior Copper District	Charles M. Rolker E.M.
The Manufacture of Ferro-manganese in Blast Furnaces	Willard P. Ward
The Specific Gravity of Certain Leads	Prof. Charles P. Williams Ph.D.
Heat Requirement and Gas Analysis at Cedar Point Furnace, Port Henry N.Y.	T.F. Witherbee

INDEX

TITLE	AUTHOR
Index To Authors Volume 5
Index to Papers Volume 5
Index To Authors Volume 1-5
Genaral Index Volume 1-5