Council Minutes 1893-1896

20 Apr 1893-29 Apr 1896

Meetings held at the Institution headquarters, 19 Victoria Street, London. Items of note include: Council declines to intervene in the training of Marine Engineers and discussions on the field; Douglas Galton to represent Institution at International Congress of Hygiene and Demography; railway investments for example, Investment in Great Western Railway; discussions on the work of the Alloys Research Committee; consideration of steam-engine experiments of Bryan Donkin; advice sought for development of iron resources in Madras; communications from Research Committee on the Value of the Steam Jacket; and a Grant to Steam-Engine Research Committee.