HE histpry of the orgatiizatioii ailtl work of tliese coiii-T xnittees up to the preseiit \.ear is 1)riefly as follows : In the summer of I S M it \vas the fortune of the present \niter to present the subject of tlie tlesirnl)ilit>, of establisliiii~ a :jet of samples of steel ~vliicli shonld IE :irial!.zeti tvitli cztre:m care. in order that they niiglit l~ecoiiie stniidnrtls to ivliicli scieiitific and coniniercial analyses of iron :itit1 steel could be subsequeiitl!. referred ; also, that greater unif iriiiit?. i i i the results of ntial!ws might be brought about, since t i w e staiitlartls would h : i r towards analjtical tnetliods soine\vh;it the positioii \vhicli tlic original units of weight and leiigth. the grain aiirl nieter, or tlie pound and yard, do to the mechanical arts. T h e plan met with heart). cooperation , ivith tlic result that coniniittees were appointed iri Slveden, Gerniaiiy. Frauce, Eiixland, and America to receive the material arid necessary analyses were executed These committees were cotistitiitetl a s follon 111 Sweden, Prof. Richard iikerniaii : in C;erinati>-, \)y the authority of the niitiistcr of pii1)Iic works, the execution of the analyses has been entrusted to the Konig-liche Clieiiiisch 'I'echnischen ~ersuchungsaiistalt, i n Iierliii : i i i France, >loris. Fertl. l K e a d hefoic the \Vorld'i C o i i~r c .
ked, the confetti are read y for t he batt l e, based on the appreciation of others, but on the conwhich, although innocent, would become more agree-* Delivered before the Royal Society on Thursday, March 16,l893.
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