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his own name in that vote of thanks, but he (Mr. M.) would ask 

 them to pass a hearty vote of thanks to their friend, Dr. Siemens, 

 for the paper he read yesterday, and on which, with Mr. Bell's 

 they had had such an interesting discussion, although the two 

 were opposed to each other on certain points. He was quite sure 

 that if his (Mr. B.'s) process was to be successful, he must go 

 hand-in-hand with Dr. Siemens, and use his open hearth for 

 converting the material which he was modest enough to say he 

 was purifying for the purpose of using it in the shape of iron. 

 He was quite sure that his (Mr. Bell's) meaning was to make steel, 

 and, if he was going to make steel, he must go hand-in-hand with 

 Dr. Siemens and use his open-hearth furnace. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to the President by acclamation. 



On the presentation of 



THE BESSEMER MEDAL 

 To PROFESSOR VON TUNNER, 



THE PRESIDENT * (MR. C. "W. SIEMENS) observed that, thanks 

 to the liberal provision of our past President, Mr. Bessemer, it 

 was the pleasurable duty of the President of the Iron and Steel 

 Institute, at the ' beginning of each year of office, to present 

 this medal to any gentleman who, in the opinion of the Council, 

 had highly distinguished himself in that branch of science which 

 the Institute specially cultivated. 



The choice of the Council had this year fallen on a gentle- 

 man who, all would agree, was fully entitled to the distinction. 

 Members of the Institution all knew Professor Tunner by repute, 

 and those who did not know him personally would also be pleased 

 to learn that this compliment was paid to a gentleman who, 

 although drawing towards the close of the average period of active 

 life, yet retained all the energy and all the active interest in his 

 work that made it still productive of useful results a gentleman 



* Excerpt Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1878, pp. 8-10. 



