Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

APRIL MEETING, 1938

519

The following contracts, supplemental contracts, and purchase
orders made or accepted by the Department of Engineering Research
were placed on record (p. 486):
Contracts
With the Schwarze Electric Company, Adrian, for a study of the causes of
failure of automobile horns; at an estimated cost of $500 (p. 381)
With the Eaton Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, for investigation of
various types relative to products made by the Company as covered by
specific authorizations; at an estimated cost of $7,500 (p. 411)
With The Eimco Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, for research on filtering;
at an estimated average cost of $300 a month, for a period of at least
six months
Supplements
With The Dow Chemical Company, covering work on the theory of evaporator
design, Project M151; at an estimated cost of $750 (p. 433)
With The Dow Chemical Company, for development of a nonaqueous heating
medium to replace high-pressure steam, Project M 165; at an estimated
cost of $1,000 (p. 463)
With The Dow Chemical Company, for study of the causes of corrosion of dry
cleaners' machinery, Project 1M87; at an estimated cost of $500 (pp.
252 and 101)
With Toledo Scale Company, for continuation of their research program on scale
investigations (c), Project M125-C; at an estimated cost of $1,000 (p. 487)
With J. W. Mortell Company, for continuation of research on sound-proofing
materials, Project iM106; at an estimated cost of $1,000 (p. 411)
With the Shakespeare Company, for work on noise study in fishing reels, Project
M133; at an estimated cost of $170 (p. 411)
With the Eaton Manufacturing Company, for additional work on Project M105-2;
at an estimated cost of $200 (p. 411)
With the Cobre Minerals Corporation, for further work on obtaining the acoustic
properties of the insulating tiles which have been developed in connection
with Project M167; at an estimated cost of $60 (p. 487)
With the Houdaille-Hershey Corporation, to institute additional work on the
protective value of hot dipped coatings, such as hot tinning or tin-lead
alloy coatings on steel; at an estimated cost of $2,000 (p. 236)
Purchase Orders
From the Michigan State Highway Department, for tests on gasoline sample
38B-191; at an estimated cost of $25 (p. 487)
From the Michigan State Highway Department, for tests on gasoline sample
38B-168; at an estimated cost of $25 (p. 487)
From the Michigan State Highway Department, for tests on gasoline sample
38B-164; at an estimated cost of $25 (p. 487)
From the Michigan State Highway Department, for tests on gasoline sample
38B-159; at an estimated cost of $25 (p. 487)
From the Michigan State Highway Department, for tests on gasoline sample
38B-142; at an estimated cost of $25 (p. 487)
From the Niagara Alkali Company, Niagara Falls, N.Y., for chemical analysis
and determination of strength characteristics of a chlorine valve body steel;
at an estimated cost of less than $35
From The Detroit Edison Company, Detroit, for time-elongation tests at 925 F.
and 1100 F., DM and carbon-molybdenum steels; at an estimated cost of
$910 (p. 325)
From the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Wyandotte, for an examination of three valves; at an estimated cost of $100 (p. 487)
From the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Wyandotte, for an analysis
of the failure of an angle valve from a chlorine car; at an estimated cost
of $50 (p. 487)
From the Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for profilograms
on three samples of steel; at an estimated cost of $37.50 (p. 381)
From the Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for building or
remodeling of equipment for installation in the spectrographic laboratory
in connection with the development program on spectrographic analysis
being carried on for them (p. 381)