Mortar Tests as a Guide to the Strength of Concrete

IN olden days there was little distinction between an engineer and an architect, and Leonardo da Vinci, for example, was the greatest engineer as well as the greatest architect of his time, but he probably would have been very surprised if anybody had attempted to separate these two functions of his activity. Oscar Faber

MR. EWART S. AKDREU’S, B.Sc., M.1nst.C.E.. (Vice- President), proposing a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Helsby for his interesting paper, said he had read a number of papers on the subject of welding, but in this paper Mr. Helsby struck entirely new ground, and had given much interesting and helpful information. Presumably he had not considered it within the scope of the paper to state the relative costs of a riveted and a welded structure, but no doubt many members of the Institution would be very interested to have some information on that matter.

This is Fred May’s impression of some of the members and guests present at the Annual Dinner of the Institution, which was held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, W., on the 23rd March. The sketch is reproduced by courtesy of “The Architects’ Journal.”