North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers—meeting at Glasgow

Abstract

AFTER having had an existence of some fifteen or sixteen years, during which it has done a large amount of scientific and thoroughgoing practical work, this North Country Institute has just deviated from its usual practice of holding its meetings in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and, With the co-operation of the Scottish Engineers and Shipbuilders' Association, has held a very successful meeting in Glasgow, the centre of the great Scottish coal-field, and the head-quarters of the mining and engineering industries of Scotland, and of the shipbuilding industry of the United Kingdom. The meeting began on Tuesday, the 9th of August, and extended over four days. On the opening day the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow received and formally welcomed the members of the North of England Institute in name of the citizens and the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; and thereafter the chair was taken by Mr. E. F. Boyd, President of the North of England Institute, and the business of the meeting commenced.