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 the establishment of Cooper's Hill College, he was particularly successful in the preparation of young men for the Public Works Department of India; whilst later, he had many articled pupils, most of whom are now filling important engineering appointments, either at home or abroad.

Mr. Shelley was for some time associated with the late Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart.; and in conjunction with Mr. T. M. Goodeve, M.A., he wrote a work descriptive of the "Whitworth Measuring Machine." He was engaged upon the designs for an Ironworks which was erected at Shrewsbury. He also acted as Arbitrator in many important law disputes respect in the infringement of patents.

Mr. Shelley was for many years one of the Assistant Examiners in Steam and Mechanies at the Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum. He also set the Papers, and was Examiner in those subjects, for the Royal Military College at Woolwich. He was the Author of a very useful little book, entitled "Workshop Appliances," which was well received, and went through six editions, being also translated into Spanish.

Mr. Shelley was elected an Associate of the Institution on the 19th May, 1857, and was transferred to the class of Member on the 7th of January, 1879. He was a Fellow of King's College, London, and a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, to which Society's proceedings he contributed a valuable Paper on "Rope-making."

A gentleman of the strictest integrity and honour, Mr. Shelley was a clever, and, in some respects, a remarkable man; thorough in the accomplishment of everything he undertook, accurate alike in the execution of little things as well as large. He died at Bromley, in Kent, on the 16th of June, after a short illness, although his general health had been failing for some time past.