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AT the annual general meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers held on February 16, the annual report was adopted and the ballot for the election of officers declared, Mr. C. Day becoming president for the ensuing year in succession to Mr. A. E. L. Chorlton. Honorary life membership, it was announced, had been conferred upon Mr. L. St. L. Pendred and the Right Hon. Lord Invernairn. The report showed a net increase in the roll of membership of 61 names, the total number of members now being 11,356. The total revenue of the Institution was £34,074. During the year the meeting hall had been much improved and the library accommodation increased. A standing Committee, entitled the Inventions Advisory Committee, had been formed to assist members, while another comniittee, entitled Works of National Importance Committee, had been established to consider proposals for works of national importance which could be submitted to the Government for consideration with the view of lessening unemployment. The report contains short reviews of the work done by the various research committees, the awards for papers and the results of the examinations for National Certificates and Diplomas in Mechanical Engineering. For these examinations there were 2,989 candidates in England and Wales, 226 in Scotland and 37 in Northern Ireland; a greater number than in any previous year. Twenty National Diplomas (Air) in Mechanical Engineering were awarded jointly by the Institution, the Board of Education and the Air Ministry.
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Nature 133, 322 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133322c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133322c0