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THE autumn meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute was held on Tuesday the 6th inst. and Wednesday the 7th inst., under the presidency of Sir Frederick Abel. After the excitement of last year's meeting in the United States, the gathering of last week fell rather flat. As our readers are aware, it is the custom of this Society to hold two meetings each year—the first, in the spring, being in London, and the second, in the autumn, either in the provinces or abroad. This year it was proposed that Birmingham should be the place of meeting, but the great town of the Midlands does not appear to have responded to the overtures made, and, no other invitation being forthcoming, the Council was thrown back on the metropolis. In one point, at any rate, the meeting was a success, as on Tuesday a larger number of members travelled down to Woolwich, where a visit had been arranged to the Royal Arsenal, than perhaps have ever been got together before on an excursion.
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The Iron and Steel Institute. Nature 44, 578–580 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/044578a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/044578a0