xxxvi. Proceedings. [April 27th, 1897. 



Secretaries : Reginald Felix Gwyther, M.A. ; Francis 

 Jones, F.C.S. 



Treasurer: J. Jackson Ashworth. 



Librarian: W. E. Hoyle, M.A., M.Sc, M.R.C.S. 



Other Members of the Council : Harold B. Dixon, M.A., 

 F.R.S.; Horace Lamb, M.A., F.R.S.; Alexander Hodgkin- 

 son, M.B., B.Sc. ; Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S.; John Edward 

 King, M.A. ; R. L. Taylor, F.C.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 27th, 1897. 



Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



Dr. Arthur Harden read a paper " On the composition 

 of some ancient Bronze and Iron Implements found 

 in Thebes." 



Among the implements examined were two iron chisels, 

 apparently dating from about 600 b.c. ; both the implements 

 contain a very small amount of carbon, and could not be 

 rendered very hard by tempering. 



A specimen of bronze dating from about 1500 b.c. 

 was found to resemble modern bronze in its composition 

 consisting of copper alloyed with tin. 



The paper is printed in full as a Memoir. 



It was stated that a paper on " The Principles and 

 Policy of the Patent Law" would be contributed by Dr. 

 Pankhurst and Dr. F. E. Bowman conjointly. 



