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1932 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Index

From Graces Guide
1932. January-June.
1932. January-June.
1932. July-December.
1932. July-December.

Note: This is a sub-section of 1932 Institution of Mechanical Engineers

1932. January-June

  • List of Council and Officers
  • List of Branch Committees
  • List of Past-Presidents and Past-Vice-Presidents.
  • Proceedings, Extra General Meeting, 8th January
  • THOMAS LOWE GRAY LECTURE "MODERN TYPES OF PROPELLING
  • MACHINERY FOR MERCANTILE MARINE USE "; by Sterry B. Freeman, C.B.E., M.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.
  • Annual Institution Dinner
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 29th January:—
  • Decease of Sir Alfred Yarrow
  • Election of Sir Joseph J. Thomson, O.M., LL.D., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S., Sir Vincent L. Raven, K.B.E., and Sir Henry Fowler, K.B.E., LL.D., D.Sc., as Honorary Life Members
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • Nominations for Election to the Council
  • "THE MECHANISM OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES"; by J. D. Twinberrow, M.I.Mech.E.
  • Annual Report of the Council for 1931
  • Proceedings, Annual General Meeting, 19th February:—
  • Deceases of Professor W. H. Watkinson, A. T. P. Kersey, Sir Arthur M. Duckham, and J. D. Twinberrow
  • Election of W. H. Patchell and William Reavell as Honorary Life Members
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • Presentation of Prizes
  • Adoption of Annual Report
  • Election and Appointment of Members of Council
  • Induction of William Taylor, O.B.E., as President
  • "TESTING OF MATERIALS FOR SERVICE IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE STEAM-PLANT"; by R. W. Bailey, B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., and A. M. Roberts, B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E.
  • "AN ACCELERATED TEST FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LIMITING CREEP STRESS OF METALS"; by W. Barr and W. E. Bardgett, B.Sc.
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 18th March:—
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • " THE MACHINABILITY OF STEEL AS INDICATED BY ITS MACROSTRUCTURE"; by F. E. Robinson, M.I.Mech.E., and C. T. Nesbitt
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 22nd April:—
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • Appointment of Honorary Treasurer
  • "THE FILM LUBRICATION OF THE JOURNAL BEARING"; by R. O. Boswall, B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Sc.Tech., A.M.I.Mech.E., and J. C. Brierley, M.Sc.Tech., A.M.I.Mech.E.
  • Proceedings, London Spring Meeting:—
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • Informal Soiree
  • "RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT OF THE PORTOF LONDON AUTHORITY"; by Asa Binns, M.I.Mech.E.
  • Excursions
  • "CAMBERS FOR BELT PULLEYS"; by H. W. Swift, M.A., D.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.Mech.E.
  • " HIGH-SPEED HEAVY-OIL ENGINES THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND THE TREND OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT"; by S. J. Davies, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.Mech.E.
  • THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUEL IN MULTI-CYLINDER PETROL-ENGINES"; by Professor E. A. Allcut, M.Sc., M.E., M.I.Mech.E.
  • Memoirs
  • Index


1932. July-December

  • Portrait of William Taylor, O.B.E., President Frontispiece
  • List of Council and Officers
  • List of Branch Committees
  • List of Past-Presidents and Past-Vice-Presidents
  • Proceedings, Canadian Summer Meeting:-
  • Reception
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • Votes of Thanks
  • " THE GENERATION AND DISTRIB17TION OF POWER IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WORK OF THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMISSION OF ONTARIO"; by F. A. Gaby, D.Sc.
  • Excursions
  • Notices of Works Visited
  • Annual Institution Dinner
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 28th October
  • ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, William Taylor, O.B.E., M.I.Mech.E.
  • Proceedings, Extra General Meeting, 4th November
  • THOMAS HAWKSLEY LECTURE: "ATOMIC PROJECTILES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS"; by Professor Lord Rutherford, 0.M., M.A, LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 18th November:-
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • "MODERN HYDRAULIC OPERATION OF MACHINE-TOOLS"; by H. C. Town, A.M.I.Mech.E
  • Proceedings, Extra General Meeting, 2nd December:-
  • Decease of William H. Patchell
  • THOMAS LOWE GRAY LECTURE: EIGHT YEARS' SALVAGE WORK AT SCAPA FLOW"; by E. F. Cox
  • Proceedings, General Meeting, 16th December:—
  • Election of Members, etc., and Transferences
  • "PISTON TEMPERATURES IN A SOLID-INJECTION OIL-ENGINE"; by G. F. Mucklow, D.Sc., A.I.Mech.E.
  • "EXPERIMENTS WITH A SUPERCHARGED SINGLE-CYLINDER HIGH-SPEED PETROL ENGINE"; by G. F. Mucklow, D.Sc., A.I.Mech.E.
  • "ELASTIC HYSTERESIS IN CRANK-SHAFT STEELS"; by S. F. Dorey, D.Sc., M.I.Mech.E.
  • "MECHANICAL BRAKING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON WINDING EQUIPMENT"; by John F. Perry and D. M. Smith, D.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E.
  • "CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CHARACTERISTICS PERFORMANCE, CONSTRUCTION, AND COST"; by T. Y. Sherwell, M.I.Mech.E., and R. Pennington, B.Sc.Tech.
  • "THE HEAT CONDUCTIVITY AND HARDNESS OF CARBON AND HIGH-SPEED STEEL, ALSO THE DURABILITY OF THESE STEELS WHEN CUTTING BRASS"; by Professor Dempster Smith, M.B.E., M.Sc.Tech., M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council), and Arthur Nield, A.M.I.Mech.E
  • "THE APPLICATION or GAS TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIES"; by W. Clark Jackson, A.M.I.Mech.E.
  • " AN ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD or MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF BOILER TUBES IN SITU"; by B. M. Thornton, M.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., and Professor W. M. Thornton, O.B.E., D.Sc., D.Eng.
  • "SKILL"; by Major F. L. Watson, M.C., T.D., M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council)
  • "THE IMPORTANCE OF METALLURGY TO THE ENGINEER"; by Professor C. H. Bulleid, O.B.E., M.A., M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council)
  • "THE STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOUR OF STEELS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES"; by W. H. Hatfield, D.Met., M.I.Mech.E.
  • "THE TESTING OF STEAM-TURBINE GENERATING SETS"; by A. R. Clague, B.Eng., S.I.Mech.E.
  • "SOME CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING DOCK EQUIPMENT"; by R. M. Dymond, B.Sc. (Eng.), G.I.Mech.E.
  • Memoirs
  • Index


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