Approximate Strut Formulae

IN foundation work the problems involved are, the carrying capacity of the ground, the difficulties of reaching the chosen depths presented by the geological formations, possible disturbance by future work, and protection of adjacent shuctures during construction. H.J.B. Harding

THIS year it is a member of the Yorkshire Branch who has been elected President of the Institution. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Horace Fox, O.B.E., B.Sc., F.S.I., was born at Halifax on the 1st August, 1892, and was educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax, and Denstone College,Staffordshire. He graduated at London University,taking the degree of B.Sc. (Engineering)with Honours in 1912,and in the same year he distinguished himself as First Prize Medallist in Structural Engineering at the City and Guilds of London Institute.

It is with deep regret we have to announce the death in Calcutta of Mr. James Moyes Jardine (Member), who was the Institution’s representative in India (Bengal). Mr. Jardine was born in Edinburgh in 1882, and was educated at George Heriot’s School and the Heriot Watt College.