Volume 12
Title Page
Contents
Officers and Members
Showing the Officers of the Institute from its Organization to the Present Time
List of the Meetings
Publications
Rules
Plates

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS

MEETING DATE
Proceedings of the XXXVIth Meeting, Roanoke, Va. June, 1883
Proceedings of the XXXVIIth Meeting, Troy N.Y. October, 1878
Proceedings of the XXXVIIIth Meeting, Cincinnati Oh. February, 1884

PAPERS:

ROANKE, Va. MEETING June, 1883

TITLE AUTHOR
The Iron Ores of the Valley of Virginia A.S. McCreath
The Ores of Cripple Creek, Virginia C.R. Boyd
Leaching Gold and Silver Ores in the West Thomas Egleston Ph.D.
Copper Slime Treatment F.G. Coggin
The Geological Position of the Philadelphia Gneisses Prof. C.H. Hitchcock
The Determination of Manganese in Spiegel, Ferromanganese, Steel, etc Magnus Troilius
The Volumetric Determination of Manganese J.B. Mackintosh E.M.
An Hypnotisms of the Structure of the Comer Belt of the South Mountain Dr. Persifor Frazer
The Copper Deposits of the South Mountain C. Hanford Henderson
Cast-Iron of Unusual Strength Edward Gridley
The Langdon Gas-producer N.M. Langdon
The Shelf Dry-Kiln C.A. Stetefeldt
Gold-Mining in South Carolina E. Gybbon Spilsbury
The Blast Furnace of the Crozer Steel and Iron Co., at Roanoke, Va. J.P. Witherow
Porosity and Specific Gravity of Coke. Fred P. Dewey
Biographical Notice of Louis Gruner, Inspector-General of Mines of Furnace T. Egleston Ph.D.
Geologico-Geographical Distribution of the Iron Ores of the Eastern United States John C. Smock
Contributions to the Geology of Alabama E.J. Schmitz

TROY MEETING October, 1883

TITLE AUTHOR
Smelting Notes from Chihuahua, Mexico W. Lawrence Austin Ph.D.
Some Canadian Iron Ores Fred P. Dewey
Boilers and Boiler Settings for Blast Furnaces F.W. Gordon
The Physical Properties of Coke as a Fuel for Blast-furnace Use John Fulton
An Account of a Chemical Laboratory Erected at 'Wyandotte, Michigan, in the year 1863 W.F. Durfee
A Systematic Nomenclature for Minerals H. M. Howe A.M. M.E.
The Bessemer Plant of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company at South Chicago Robert Forsyth
Roessler's Method of Manufacturing Sulphuric Acid and Sulphate of Copper Arthur F. Wendt
Experimental Working of Silver-ores by the Leaching Process. J.H. Clemes
The Determination of Manganese in Spiegel G.C. Stone
The Colorimetric Determination of Combined Carbon in Steel Alfred E. Hunt
Some Notes and Tests of an Open-hearth Steel Charge made for Boiler-plate. Alfred E. Hunt
Differential Sampling of Bituminous Coal-seams Dr. James P. Kimball
The Northern Serpentine Belt in Chester County, Pennsylvania Dr. Persifor Frazer
The Peach Bottom Slates of Southeastern York and Southern Lancaster Counties Dr. Persifor Frazer
A Water-gas Furnace at Elgin, Illinois P. Barnes
Roasting Iron-ores; John Birkinbine
Some Researches on the Amalgamation of Gold and Silver T. Egleston Ph.D.
Note on the Fire Creek coke of West Virginia Fred P. Dewey
The Law of the Apex R.W. Raymond

CINCINNATI MEETING February, 1884

TITLE AUTHOR
The Apatite Deposits of Canada T. Sterry Hunt LL.D. F.R.S.
The Quemahoning Coal-field of Somerset County, Pennsylvania Dr. J.P. Kimball
Improvements in Coal-washing, Elevating and Conveying Machinery S. Stutz M.E.
Note on the Presence of Lithia in Ohio Fire-clays Prof. N.W. Lord
Note on some Highly Phosphuretted Pig-irons Prof. N.W. Lord
Sulphur Determination in Steel Magnus Troilius
Tables for Facilitating the Heat Calculations of Furnace-gases containing CO2, CO, CH4, H, and N. Magnus Troilius
Further Determination of Manganese in Spiegel George C. Stone
Note on the Determination of Phosphorus in Iron Frank Julian
Note Concerning a Grade of Iron Made from Carbonate Ole Edward Gridley
A Process for making Wrought-iron Direct from the Ore Willard P. Ward A.M., M.E.
The Pyrites Deposits of Louisa County, Virginia W.H. Adams M.E.
Certain Silver and Iron Mines in the States of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, Mexico Dr. Persifor Frazer
The Torsion-balance Dr. A. Springer
Tamping Drill-holes with Plaster of Paris Frank Firmstone
The Iridium Industry W.L. Dudley
The Beneficial Fund of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company J.S. Harris
Improvements in Methods for Physical Tests Arthur V. Abbott C.E.
A New Mineral N. W. Perry E.M.
The Distribution of Steam in Cities W.P. Shinn
Note on Iron-ore Deposits in Pitkin County, Colorado W.B. Devereux
Note Concerning Certain Incrustations on Pig-iron Kenneth Robertson and Frank Firmstone
Biographical Notice of Sir C. W. Siemens D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. George W. Maynard
Physical and Chemical Tests of Steel for Boiler and Ship-plate for the United States Government Cruisers Pedro G. Salom
The Law of the Apex. Appendix R.W. Raymond

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