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The Structural Engineer, Volume 11, Issue 3, 1933
We regret to announce the death, which occurred on the 6th February, of M. Augustin Mesnager, who was an Honorary Member of the Institution since 1913. M. Mesnager was born in Paris in 1862, and studied civil engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique. He rapidly rose to the highest positions, and in 1900 was appointed Professor at the Ecole des Ponts et Chausskes, being given charge of the testing of structural material used in civil engineering work throughout France.
Mr. A. R. WARNES (Associate) said:-"That the subject of stone decay is of importance to the structural engineer is obvious, and Mr. Power is to be congratulated in bringing this subject before the members.
In his paper The Handling and Storing of Grain with special reference to Canadian Methods, read at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, on January 27th last, Mr. H. H. Broughton, M.I.Mech.E., emphasised he importance of grain silos by reminding us that the wheat of which the bread is made comes from the ends of the earth into this country at the rate of about 120,000 tons per week, and that, if the machinery responsible for such movement had to fail for any cause for a time reckoned in weeks, famine would inevitably result in this country because Britain has safe storage accommodation for only a small fraction of the wheat she consumes. T.J. Gueritte