/'/' 



All the re.-ult- whii-h are <l -teel \\e:e al>o obtained 



with Lowmoor iron. The hardening by ovet.-fain and the tempering 

 of soft Lowmoor iron only flittered in detail from the analogous harden- 

 in^ and tem|>ering of steel. 



The iron ami steel employed in thi> resean-h \\ere al>o examined, 

 when in various conditions of hardnes.>, by mean* of the mici" 

 and micro-photographs arc reproduced in the pajer. The ordinary 

 methods of relief polishing and of etching by dilute nitric acid were 

 employed, and a new method of staining steel. by rubbing with ordi- 

 nary moistened cocoa. w a> made use of and i> described in the paper. 



13, 1900. 

 Sir WILLIAM MUGGINS, K.C.P.., D.C.L.. President, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the talle, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



In pursuance of notice sent to the Fellows, an election was held to 

 fill the vacancy upon the Council caused ly the retirement of Sir John 

 Wolfe Barry. 



The statutes relating to the election of the Council, and the statute 

 relating to the election of a Memler of Council upon the occurrence of 

 a vacancy, were read, and Professor Dewar and Mr. Godman having 

 l>een. with the consent of the Society, nominated scrutators, the votes 

 of the Fellows present were taken and Mr. Joseph Wilson Swan was 

 declared duly elected. 



The President made the following statement concerning the Inter- 

 national Catalogue of Scientific Literature: 



As stated in the Report of Council presented to the Society at the 

 Anniversary Meeting, the President and Council offered to l>ecome the 

 Publishers of the proposed International Catalogue, on l>ehalf of the 

 Intel-national Council, and to advance the capital sum needed to start 

 the enterprise. 



" I have now the pleasure of announcing that the International 

 Council of the Catalogue, which met yesterday and to-day in the rooms 

 of the Society, has accepted the offers of the Royal Society, and that 

 this great undertaking, which has for several years engaged the earnest 

 attention and demanded the continued labours of the Royal Society, a? 

 well as of other scientific bodies abroad and in this country, is now well 

 on its way. The International Council has laid down all the necessary 

 regulations, and piejKired all the necessary instructions, for carrying 



