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THE autumn meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute was held this year at Manchester, on August 15 and 16, under the presidency of Sir William Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., and was attended by an unusually large number of members. The meetings were held in the Town Hall, the members being welcomed to Manchester in eloquent speeches by the Lord Mayor and by Mr. S. R. Platt, chairman of the Executive Reception Committee. In acknowledging the words of welcome, the President referred to the services rendered to metallurgy by Dalton and Joule, and by such great engineers as Fairbairn, Whitworth and Daniel Adamson, Manchester's distinguished sons. The programme was a long and varied one, no less than ten papers being on the list. The first read was by Prof. J. Wiborgh, of Stockholm, whose contribution, which was translated and read by Mr. H. Bauerman, dealt with the use of finely divided iron ore obtained by concentrating processes. By the introduction of such methods of separation, the power of enriching iron ores has been greatly increased; but the advantages are qualified by the circumstance that the product obtained is usually in the form of fine powder, which limits its utility to the smelter. The question of how such material can best be applied is one of importance, and the author shows how the material may be utilised by direct addition to the charges in the blast furnace, by agglomeration previously to charging in the blast furnace, as a refining or softening material in the open-hearth furnace, and for the production of sponge iron for use in the open-hearth furnace.
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Iron and Steel Institute. Nature 60, 402–403 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060402b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060402b0