Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Present; Sir Richard Southwell, Chairman; Ssir Alfred Egerton; Dr H J Gouogh; Mr C N H Lock; Sir Geoffrey Taylor; Mr L Woollaard Professor A J S Pippard attended by invitation Matters discussed; 1. Minutes of the first meeting, held on 22 March 1948, were confirmed 2. Second International Conference on Soil Mechanics 3. Statutes of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 4. Membership fo the National Committee 4 May 1948