Reports of Poeliitgs. 
GENEKAL. 
T the first meeting of th« Session, 1889“3, held on October 
-ljL 5th, papers were read by Mr. T. Morgans, C.E., and by 
Professor H. S. Hele Shaw. Mr. Morgans’ paper was on 
“ Steel.” A resume was given of the principal methods of pre- 
paring steel from iron, and the author pointed out in what 
respects our information on this subject is still somewhat 
defective. At a subsequent meeting Mr. Morgans showed a 
specimen of blister steel, which exhibited a peculiar arrangement 
of the blisters. Professor Shaw then gave an account of the 
proposed bridge over the Firth of Forth. He show^ed diagrams 
of its construction, kindly lent for the purpose by Mr. Baker, 
but as it is not possible to reproduce these here, it would 
perhaps be unprofitable to give a lengthy description of the 
paper. We may, however, refer our members to the “ Report 
of the British Association,” 1882, p. 419, for a full account 
of the bridge, which has appeared since Professor Shaw read his 
report. 
At the second meeting, in November, Mr. A, M. Worthing- 
ton described his apparatus for observing the splash of a drop. 
This is printed in full, with a diagram, in the present Part. 
At the meeting on December 7th, Mr. Barrett Roue, M.D., 
read a paper on ‘‘ Comets and Comet-seeking.” The subject was 
treated somewhat exhaustively from an historical point of view, 
special reference being made to the probable constitution of 
