Various Types of Wharves and Marine Structures Recently Carried Out in France

During the last two decades considerable attention has been given to prestressed concrete, and these two words have become almost inseparable. Actually, prestressing is a physical principle which has been used for thousands of years, although it was not recognised as such, and this physical principle is not confined to concrete. Felix J. Samuely

A joint meeting of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the British Section of the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France was held at 11, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, 12th November, 1953. Lt.-Colonel R. F. Galbraith, M.C., B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., President of the Institution, was in the Chair.