Proceedings Volume 14, No. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...Standard Definitions of Terms used in Paint Specifications, which were printed in the last report of Committee D-l,1 and are appended to this report. Proceedings, Am. Soc. Test. Mats.. Vol. XIII. p. 403 (1913). All of the sub-committees have been active during the past year and many of the reports appended show the results of much labor and thought. Those sub-committees which report only progress have not by any means been idle, but simply considered it better to defer publication until certain doubtful points have been cleared up by more work. The reports of Sub-Committees II and IV, indicate that both the Havre de Grace Bridge and the Atlantic City Steel Plate Tests will soon become matters of history. Sub-Committee I--the Advisory Committee--has held two meetings, but as it acts only when it is not advisable to call a meeting of the whole committee, it has no formal report to render. Detail reports are appended from the following sub-committees: Sub-Committee II on Inspection of Havre de Grace Bridge; Sub-Committee III on Testing of Paint Vehicles; Sub-Committee IV on Inspection of Steel Plates at Atlantic City; Sub-Committee V on Linseed Oil; Sub-Committee VIII on Methods of Analysis of Paint Materials; Sub-Committee X on Inspection of White-Paint Test Fence at Washington, D. C.; Sub-Committee XI on Paint Thinners other than Turpentine; Sub-Committee XII on Turpentine; Sub-Committee XIII on Shellac. These reports will be presented by the chairmen of the respective sub-committees. The following sub-committees have no formal reports to submit, but will continue their work and will doubtless present detail reports at the next meeting of the Society: Sub-Committee VI on Definitions of Terms Used in Paint Specifications; Sub-Committee IX on Varnish. This rep...