The Stress-ribbon Bridge Concept in Steel

The doubts expressed by Mr. Gorzelany about plated timber roof trusses (February 1977) are reflected by Mr. R. A. Gill who writes : The probability of a national outcry against the fear that at some time in the future the combination of all adverse effects from excessive moisture, unprotected teeth etc. may affect the strength of plated timber roof trusses is not as remote as some people may think. Verulam

President's Diary The President and Mrs. Eastwood Will receive some 700 members and their guests at the Institution's Annual Dinner at Grosvenor House, London on Thursday, 5 May, among them Sir Charles Villiers, MC, Chairman, British Steel Corporation and Sir Roy Marshall, CBE, Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, with their ladies. Sir Charles will be proposing a toast to the Institution, to which the President is to reply; Sir Roy will respond to the toast to 'The Guests' proposed by Mr. Peter Dunican, CBE (President-Elect).

Errata The paragraph covering 'cost' on page 382 of the original paper has suffered a couple of printing errors and you may well wonder at such exotic items as 'tar piles' and the finishes to 'structural desks' (lovingly carved with WL/8 no doubt). These should read 'test piles' and 'structural decks' of course!