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An Intet-national Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel. — 

 Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor W. C. 

 KoBERTS-AusTEN (Chairman), Sir F. Abel, Mr. E. Kiley, 

 Mr. J. Spiller, Professor J. W. Lajigley, Mr. Gr. J. Snelus, 

 Professor Tilden, and Mr. Thomas Turner (Secretary). (Draivn 

 wp by the Secretary.) 



In the previons report of this Committee it -was mentioned that, so far as 

 the original four steel standards were concerned, the work of the British 

 analysts -was completed. It -was also stated that the American Committee 

 had nearly finished its labours on these standards, and hoped to publish 

 the results in a few months. Owing to the long distances over which the 

 members of the American Committee are scattered, and the fact that some 

 of the members of the Committee have still been labouring at the question 

 of methods of carbon determination, it was not found possible to hold a 

 meeting as originally intended, but the results of the analyses were to be 

 communicated to, and the questions raised discussed at, the World's Con- 

 gress of Chemists at Chicago. Professor Langley has, however, forwarded 

 an advance report of the analyses, which is appended, together with the 



