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1940 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Index

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Note: This is a sub-section of 1940 Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Vol. 143. January-June 1940

  • Portrait of the President, Asa Binns Frontispiece
  • List of Council and Officers vii
  • List of Committees of the Specialized Groups . viii
  • List of Committees of the Local Branches . viii
  • List of Past-Presidents and Past-Vice-Presidents xi
  • Minutes of the Meeting held in January . 1
  • Minutes of the Meeting held in February . 5
  • Annual Report for 1939 11
  • The Admiralty Cathode Ray Oscillograph Engine Indicator, by F. D. Smith, D.Sc , B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E., E. H. Lakey, B.Sc.(Eng.), and H. Morgan 39
  • Basic Principles in the Design of Cathode Ray Oscillograph Engine Indicators, by F. D. Smith, D.Sc., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E 48
  • The Manufacture of Seamless Ferrous Tubes, by C. Billingsley, G.I.Mech.E. 61
  • Discussion on the Examination and Tests of Welded Parts for Steam Power Plant, by A. H. Goodger, M.Sc Tech 73
  • Alterations to By-laws 81
  • The Lubrication of Steam-Turbine Driven Electric Generators, by F. J. Cowlin, A.M.I.Mech.E.. 83
  • Plastic Yielding and Fatigue of Ductile Metals. A Criterion and its Application, by R. W. Bailey, D.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.Mech.E. 101
  • Exhaust Pipe Effects in a Single-Cylinder Four-Stroke Engine, by G. F. Mucklow, D.Sc., A.M.I Mech E 109
  • Recent Developments in the Use of Hydraulic Power, by H. C. Town, A.M.I.Mech.E. 129
  • Memoirs (published in vol. 143, No. 2) . 143
  • Minutes of the Meetings held in March . 145
  • The Circulation of Water and Steam in Water-Tube Boilers, and the Rational Simplification of Boiler Design, by W. Yorath Lewis, M.I.Mech.E., and Struan A. Robertson, B.Sc (Eng ) 147
  • Discussion in London on 1st March . 175
  • A Survey of Present-Day Gas Engineering Practice, by W. Clark Jackson, M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council) . 211
  • Man-Power, by A. Roebuck, M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council) . 215
  • Discussion in Manchester on First Report of the Research Committee on High-Duty Cast Irons for General Engineering Purposes . 218
  • Memoirs (published in vol. 143, No. 3) . 221
  • Minutes of the Meetings held in April .. 225
  • Refrigerator Performance: An Investigation into Volumetric Efficiency, by E. Giffen, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., and E. F. Newley, M.Sc., G.I.Mech.E. 227
  • The Static and Fatigue Torsion Strengths of Various Steels with Circular, Square, and Rectangular Sections, by E. G. Holley, M.Sc.(Eng.), Ph.D., Wh.Sch. 237
  • Report of the Subcommittee Appointed to Report on the Accuracy of the Refrigeration Research Committee's Charts .. 261
  • Discussion in Manchester, and Communications, on the papers on the Admiralty Cathode Ray Oscillograph Engine Indicator, by F. D. Smith, D.Sc., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E., E. H. Lakey, B.Sc.(Eng.), H. Morgan, and C. A. Luxford, B.Sc. 279
  • Memoir (published in vol. 143, No. 4) 288
  • Elections and Transferences of Members, etc.. 313
  • Power Transmission by Belting, by J. G. Jagger, M.A., M.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., and F. Sykes, A.M.I.Mech.E. 318
  • Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture: Fifty Years of Marine Engineering, by Professor A. L. Mellanby, D.Sc., LLD., Hon.M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council) . 328
  • Communications on An Investigation into the Occurrence and Causes of Locomotive Tyre Failures . 349
  • Communication on Recent Developments in the Use of Hydraulic Power . 363
  • Memoirs (published in vol. 143, No 5) 364
  • Index 369

Vol. 144. July-December 1940

  • Institution Coat of Arms Frontispiece
  • List of Council and Officers . vii
  • List of Committees of the Specialized Groups viii
  • List of Committees of the Local Branch. viii
  • List of Past-Presidents and Past-Vice-Presidents xi
  • Fuel Injection in Oil Engines in Relation to Combustion, by G. W. A. Green, B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E. 2
  • Communications on the Yield of Mild Steel, with Particular Reference to the Effect of Size of Specimen . 33
  • Communications on Exhaust Pipe Effects in a Single-Cylinder Four-Stroke Engine . 42
  • Memoirs . 46
  • Minutes of Proceedings of the Meetings held in October . 49
  • Address by the President: Mainly the Port of London . 50
  • The Creep Properties of a 0.31 per cent Carbon, 0.54 per cent Molybdenum Cast Steel, by H. J. Tapsell, A.M.I.Mech.E., and L. E. Prosser, B.Sc. 91
  • Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting held in November . 107
  • Vortex Pumps, or, Slip in the Centrifugal Pump: Reply to communications, by the author, Owen A. Price, M.I.Mech.E. . 125
  • Fatigue Tests of Structural Steel Flats and Bars cut from Butt-Welded Boiler Plate, by F. C. Lea O.B.E., D.Sc., Wh.Sc., M.I.Mech.E. (Vice-President) and J. G. Whitman, Ph.D., M.Eng. 132
  • Memoirs . 140
  • Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting held in December . 145
  • Investigation of Steam Turbine Nozzle and Blading Efficiency, by F. Dollin, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E. . 147
  • Some Notes on Printing Machinery, by W. O. Skeat, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E. 165
  • Communications on the Lubrication of Steam-Turbine Driven Electric Generators . 175
  • Communications on the Circulation of Water and Steam in Water-Tube, and the Rational Simplification of Boiler Design.
  • Memoirs 191
  • Presentation of the James Watt International Medal 193
  • Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting held in January 196
  • The Physical Aspect of Steam Generation at High Pressures and the Problem of Steam Contamination, by R. F. Davis, M.S. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E. 198
  • Communications on the Elements of Pendulum Dampers . 217
  • Memoirs . 231
  • Index 233

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