Abstract :
THE Handbook Sub-Committee of the Electric Power Committee was created at the instance of President Mailloux to consider the feasibility of the Institute´s compiling a handbook to be issued to its members, and also to present the idea for discussion, in order thereby to determine the feeling of the members at large regarding such a project. As pointed out in the remarks by Mr. Thomas, Chairman of the Engineering Data Sub-committee, the question presented to the Handbook committee was that of the collection and presentation of exact data, which would include formulas, physical constants, or other commonly accepted standards. The suggestion that the Institute bring together such information is not entirely new, but there has been little recorded discussion upon the matter.
