LONDON. Institute of Metals (Annual General Meeting), March 8. H. A. SLOMAN: Alloys of silver and beryllium. The constitution of the whole range of alloys in the silver-beryllium system has been redetermined by thermal and micrographic analyses. Modifications and amplifications of Oesterheld's original con stitutional diagram are proposed. A description is given of new tarnish-resisting silver alloys obtained by the addition to silver and to some ‘standard’ silvers of very small quantities of beryllium. C. E. PHILLIPS and J. D. GROGAN: Transverse tests of sand-cast aluminium alloy bars. The transverse test in the measurement of the ductility of alloys of low elongation does not yield information concerning ductility which is not obtained equally readily from the tensile test when a high degree of accuracy of measurement is available. D. HANSON and E. G. WEST: Constitution of copper-iron-silicon alloys. The solubility of iron in copper is decreased by the presence of silicon. Over the greater portion of the range of compositions examined, iron exists in the alloys as such; its solubility in the solid state decreases rapidly with fall of temperature and be comes very small below 700 ° C. Within certain ranges of composition, iron and silicon combine to form another constituent, probably FeSi, which forms a series of alloys with the a solid solution. FeSi also appears to form systems of alloys with the alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon constituents of the copper-silicon series. The shape of the liquidus and solidus curves has been determined. R. TAYLOR: Transformations in the copper-palladium alloys. The determination of the electrical resistance-temperature curves has been carried out with a much slower change of temperature than had pre viously been used. The occurrence of two trans formations at 10-30 atomic per cent and 35-50 atomic per cent, respectively, and associated with different types of electrical resistance curve, has been confirmed. OWEN W. ELLIS: The malleability of nickel and of monel metal. A discussion of the effect of annealing temperature on the hardness of two rods, in. and 1 in. in diameter, respectively, of cold-drawn nickel, which were the subject of malleability tests at temperatures varying from 250 ° to 1,100 ° C. The relationship between energy of blow and per centage reduction in height of normal J-in. samples is demonstrated, as is the influence of the initial hardness of the same material on its resistance to deformation at 750 ° C. JOHN L. HAUGHTON and J. M. PAYNE: Alloys of magnesium research. (1) The constitution of the magnesium-rich alloys of mag nesium and nickel. The constitution of magnesium alloys containing up to 50 per cent nickel has been studied by thermal and microscopic methods. Magnesium forms a eutectic with the compound Mg2Ni at a temperature of 507 ° C. and a com position of 23-5 per cent nickel. The solubility of nickel in solid magnesium is less than 0-1 per cent.