Abstract :
A delegation of seventeen French executives and engineers arrived in New York, September 30th under the direction of the Compagnie Francaise Thomson-Houston. A six weeks investigation of American power-plant practise and illuminating engineering is planned. On Saturday, October 3, the delegates visited the Engineering Societies Building, New York, where they were taken to N. E. L. A. headquarters and thence to visit the rooms of the A. I. E. E. Past-President C. O. Mailloux delivered an interesting address to them in French regarding the organization and work of the Institute and its relation to the electrical industries of the country.
