Excerpt from British Engineering Standards Association: Incorporated 1918;, Formed in 1901 as the Engineering Standard Commitee The Committee on Ships Sections was appointed by the Main Committee on July 19th, 1901. Having, in conjunction with the Committee on Bridges, and the Committee on Railway Rolling Stock Underframes, completed the Standard Lists of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes, the Committee next dealt with Standard Specifications for Steel and Iron Material used in Shipbuilding. For this purpose the Committee was considerably enlarged and, under the title of the sub-committee on Tests for Steel and Iron Material used in the Construction of Ships and their Machinery, has held nine meetings. The Specification for Structural Steel for Shipbuilding was approved at a meeting on October 20th, 1903, and, at the request of the sub-committee, was referred by the Main Committee at their meeting on October 23rd, 1903, to the Committee on Bridges, and the Committee on Railway Rolling Stock Underframes. It was further considered by the sub-committee on Tests for Steel and Iron Material used in the Construction of Ships and their Machinery at a meeting held on November 18th, 1904, and finally adopted. This Report was approved by the Main Committee at their meeting held on December 8th, 1904. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.