Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-08

tinguished member of the institute. Following
his inclination he became an engineer. and in
1852 he entered the Butterfly Iron Works, and
became general manager of the concern IN
1857, a position which he retained until lSSO.
making all their contracts and designing and
putting to work their new machinery. He has
designed important works and made many val
liable improvements in mill machinery. Sir
John Alleyne was one of the first promoters OF
the Iron and Steel Institute, and has been
Vice President from the early days of its life.
A distinguished journalistic authority upon
metallurgy is j. Stephen Jeans. He is now Al
years of age, and up to 1877 was actively en-
gagged In newspaper work in Scotland. In that
year he was appointed Secretary to the Iron
and Steel Institute. At that time the institute
had between 800 and 800 members. Now 1t has
l,600. Mr.. Jeans is the author of numerous
works relating to the iron and steel industry,
besides having contributed valuable papers to
various societies. scientific and otherwise.
DR.. Herman Wedding will be remembered in
connection with the Centennial of 1875. DR..
Wedding was one of the German Commission
ers to the Exposition. Many Americans, too,
have attended his lectures at the Royal School
of Mines, Mt Berlin, where DR.. Wedding has
filled the chair of metallurgy for more than
quarter of a century. DR.. Wedding entered
the Government mining service, but soon De-
came attached to the School of Mines, at Ber-
lin. He has been an acknowledged leader In
all questions affecting the metallurgical inter-
ests of Germany.
Prominent Among Iron Founders.
c. Iuengst occupies prominent place among
the prominent iron founders of Germany. he
is full bearded and wears spectacles and looks
the scientist that he is. He is on the sunny
side of 60. He graduated at the Royal School
of Mines at Clausthal, in the Hartz Mountains,
and entered the service of the Government of
Hanover. When the Kingdom of Hanover
was Incorporated with Prussia, in 1856, he was
transferred to the service of the latter. and in
lS7l was placed in charge of the Government
furnace on the continent was blown in the year
being 1897. The works now produce annually
5000 tons of foundry iron, possess large
foundry for general architectural, machine
castings and for pipe, and a large machine
shop, making specially of mining machinery.
NJ. A. POurcel is the leading French engineer
and metallurgist In attendance at the session
of the American Institute. which has just
closed in New York. His work in connection
with the development of the steel industry in
France has made him celebrated in that
country, and he is the medalist of number of
engineering societies.
A distinguished scientist and engineer of the
party is Professor Alfred X. Huntington, who
was born in 1852 and received his early educa-
ton partly in England and partly in France
He occupies the chair of Metallurgy in Kings
College, London. Among many other re-
searches Professor Huntington has for many
years made, in conjunction with firm of en-
glneers special study of complex bronze
allows.
James Dredge, who delivered the address at
the unveiling of the Holley monument IN New
York the other day, is the distinguished editor
of Engineering, the leading journal of its kind
in Great Britain. In his appearance MIR. Dredge
resembles Frenchman rather than a thor
oughbred Englishman, which he is. Mr.. Dredge
was one of the British Commissioners to the
Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
e. Windsor Richards is well known in this
country personally, having some years since
travelled through our leading iron making dis
tricts in company with E. P. Martin.