The New International Encyclopædia/Iron and Steel Institute, The

IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE, The. An English association, organized by the iron trade of the north of England, the first meeting taking place in London, February 25, 1869. Its object is the discussion of practical and scientific questions connected with the manufacture of iron and steel. There are two general meetings each year, one in May, in London, and the autumn one in other cities, not always in Great Britain, for the institute has met in Paris, Vienna, Brussels, and New York. Since 1874 it has annually presented the Bessemer gold medal, for some invention or notable paper. The Institute publishes the semi-annual Journal of Iron and Steel Industry, containing original papers and abstracts from other publications.