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THE Institution of Mechanical Engineers held their annual summer meeting at Middlesborough, under the presidency of Dr. William Anderson, F.R.S., during last week. The meeting commenced on Tuesday, August 1, and lasted until the following Friday. Two sittings were held for the reading of papers, four of which were read and discussed, as follows:—On recent developments in the Cleveland iron and steel industries, by Mr. Jeremiah Head, past president, chairman of the reception committee.—On the Middlesborough salt industry, by Mr. Richard Grigg, of Middlesborough. Communicated through Mr. E. Windsor Richards, vice-president.—On some engineering improvements in the River Tees, by Mr. George Clarke, of Stockton, engineer to the Tees Conservancy Commission. Communicated through Mr. Thomas Wrightson, M.P., chairman of the works committee of the Tees Conservancy Commission.—Description of the electric rock-drilling machinery at the Carlin How Mines in Cleveland, by Mr. A. L. Steavenson, of Durham. Communicated through Sir Lowthian Bell, Bart., F. R.S., past president.
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Nature 48, 356–357 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048356b0
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