International Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Abstract

THE first international meeting of naval architects and marine engineers to be held in the United States takes place in New York on September 14-19, at which papers will be read dealing chiefly with safety of life at sea and large Atlantic liners. The Dominion of Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain and Sweden are sending delegations at the invitation of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of New York. The British delega tion, under the leadership of Lord Stonehaven, president of the Institution of Naval Architects, and Dr. J. T. Batey, president of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, will number about a hundred, including ladies, and will represent the Institution of Naval Architects, the Institute of Marine Engineers, the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, and the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders.