The A. I. E. E. technical committee on electrical machinery

The Technical Committee on Electrical Machinery was appointed in 1917 by Mr. E. W. Rice who was then President of the Institute. It comprised six members. The late Professor Alexander M. Gray was Chairman. Its first annual report is given at p. 720 of Vol. XXXVII (1918) of the Transactions. The concluding paragraph of this first report is of such interest that it is given below: