1950 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Index

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Contents. Vol. 162. January-December 1950

• Portrait of President, 1950-51, Dr. S. F. Dorey, C.B.E., Wh.Ex., F.R.S. Frontispiece
• Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture Some Considerations in the Provision and Operation of an Overseas Mail Service, by James Gray, C.B.E, B.Sc
• Research on the Compression-ignition Engine and its Fuels, by P. E. B. Vaile, S. I .Mech.E. 13
• The Thermal Efficiency of a Hand-fired Natural-draught Lancashire Boiler, by T. F. Hurley, 0.B.E., B.Sc. (Eng.), and W. J. Spark., B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E. 20
• The Influence of Certain Factors on the Performance of a Lancashire Boiler, by E. G. Ritchie, D.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., and N. Y. Kirov, M.Sc. 27
• Discussion 33
• Communications 37
• The Provision of Technological Courses in Universities, Technical Colleges, and National Colleges, by D. S. Anderson, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Member of Council) . 43
• Discussion 46
• The Engineering Implications and Economics of Surface Preparation of Mild Steel Prior to Fabrication, by W. A. Johnson, MA., M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council). 49
• Discussion . 56
• Communications . 64
• The "Lost W." Process of Precision Casting, by J. S. Turnbull. 66
• Discussion. 70
• Communications. 73
• Furnace Design and Practice, by Professor R. J. Sarjant, 0.B.E., D.Sc. 75
• Discussion. 86
• Communications. 90
• Annual Report of the Council for the Year 1949. 93
• Minutes of Meetings held in January and February 127
• Memoirs. 136
• Combustion in Diesel Engines, by Sir Harry Ricardo, B.A., LL.D., Hon.M.I.Mech.E., F.R.S 145
• An Investigation of the Performance and Design of the Air Ejector Employing Low-pressure Air as the Driving Fluid, by Professor L. J. Kastner, M.A., M.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., and J. R. Spooner, M.Sc. Tech., Wh.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E. 149
• Communications. 160
• Some Factors in the Use of High Temperatures in Gas Turbines, by T. W. F. Brown, D.Sc, , M I Mech E 167
• Discussion 179
• Communications . 182
• Simplification Creates New Problems for Top-management, by H. E. Merritt, M.B.E., D.Sc. (Eng.) (Member of Council) . 186
• Discussion . 191
• Communications . 196
• High-pressure Vessels in the Chemical Industry, by J. J. Granville, M.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.Mech.E. 199
• Some Means of Surplus Heat Recovery and Utilization, by W. A. Johnson, M.A., M.I.Mech.E. (Member ef Council) . 205
• The Application of Gas-turbine Technique to Steam Power, by J. F. Field, B.Sc, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E. . 209
• Discussion. 224
• Communications. 228
• The Full Application of Motion Study, by Anne G. Shot, M.A. 239
• Discussion. 244
• Communications. 248
• Minutes of Meetings held in March, April, and May 250
• Memoirs. 261
• Minutes and Proceedings of Birmingham Summer Meeting. 273
• Reception at the Birmingham Summer Meeting. 273
• Elections and Transferences of Members. 274
• Vote of Thanks at Birmingham Summer Meeting 1950. 278
• Mechanical Engineering in the Midlands, 1925-50, by F. Vincent Everard, M.I.Mech.E. 279
• Discussion . 286
• Excursions and Social Functions at the Birmingham Summer Meeting . 291
• Notices of Work . 292
• The Effect of Tapered Toads on the Motion of Overhead Travelling Cranes, by E. L. Diamond, M.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., and A. M. Frankau, M.A. 313
• Discussion. 321
• Communications. 324
• Education and Training in Engineering Management, introduced by H. G. Nelson, M.A., A.M.I.Mech.E. (Informal Discussion at meeting on 5th May 1950) . 327
• The Practical Application of Frequency Response Analysis to Automatic Process Control, by C. I. Rutherford, M.A. 334
• Communications . 344
• Dust Deposition from Chimney Stacks, by C. H. Bosanquet, M.A., W. F. Carey, M.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., and E. M. Halton, B.Sc. 355
• Communications 365
• Presidential Address by Dr. S. F. Dorey, C.B.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.S. 368
• The Particle Size Analysis of Crushed Products, by A. Ratcliffe, B.Sc. Tech., A.M.I.Mech.E. 378
• Communications 384
• Fair Copying Declaration 392
• Memoirs 393
• Minutes of Meetings held in October, November, and December . 401
• Elections and Transferences of Members . 401, 409, 413
• Annual Institution Dinner 416
• Thomas Hawksley Lecture: The Supercharging of Internal-combustion Engines, by Sir Harry R. Ricardo, BA, LL.D., F.R.S. (Past-President) . 421
• Mechanical Engineering at Collieries (Chairman's Address), by J. M. Reynolds, M.I.Mech.E 429
• James Clayton Lecture: The Aviation Engine, by Air Commodore F. R. Banks, C.B, O.B.E., M.I.M ech.E. 433
• Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture Thirty Years' Development of Opposed-piston Propelling Machinery, by W. H. Purdie, M.I.Mech.E. 446
• Efficiency in Industry and Elsewhere (Chairman's Address), by E. G. Phillips, O.B.E , Ni.I.Niech.E . . 465
• The Development of Air and Gas Compressing Plant (Chairman's Address), by E. S. Legat, A.M.I.Mech.E. 468
• Memoirs

Contents. Vol. 163. W.E.P. Nos. 55-62, 1950

• An Experimental Investigation of Plastic Stress—Strain Relations, by Professor J. L. M. Morrison, D.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., and W. M. Shepherd, D.Sc.
• Communications.
• Caustic Cracking: Stress-corrosion Tests in Sodium Hydroxide Solutions at Elevated Temperatures, by C. D. Weir, Ph.D., B.Sc.
• Communications .
• The Use of Mild Steel for Service at Sub-zero Temperatures, by F. H. Keating, and E. V. Mathias, B Sc. 27
• Discussion . 36
• Gas Cooling and Humidification Design of Packed Towers from Small-scale Tests, by W. F. Carey, M.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., and G. J. Williamson, B.A., M.I.Mech.E. 41
• Discussion . 64
• Communications . 72
• A Contribution to the Theory of Natural Draught Cooling Towers, by B. Wood, M.A., A.M.I.Mech.E., and P. Betts, B.Sc.
• Discussion
• Communications
• Unveiling of the Joseph Bramah Portrait
• Thin Aerofoil Theory and the Application of Analogous Methods to the Design of Kaplan Turbine Blades, by S. P. Hutton, M.Eng. . 81
• Discussion . 89
• Communications .93
• The Friction of Flexible Packings, by D. F. Denny, B.Sc. (Eng.), Ph.D., S.I.Mech.E. 98
• Discussion . 103
• Communications . 108
• Recent Developments of the Mechanism of the Hydraulic Variable-pitch Aircraft Propeller, by H. L. Milner, Wh.Sc. . 111
• Discussion . 121
• Communications . 122
• An Experimental Crank Press, by E. C. Seed, A.M.I.Mech.E., and Professor H. W. Swift, M.A., D.Sc. (Eng.) (Member of Council) . 125
• Communications . 132
• Relations between Roll-force, Torque, and the Applied Tensions in Strip-rolling, by Rodney Hill, M.A., Ph.D. 135
• Discussion . 144
• A Theoretical Investigation of Roll Flattening, by D. R. Bland, M.A. 141
• Discussion . 144
• The Effect of Macro-roughness on the Performance of Parallel Thrust Bearings, by M. E. Salama, Ph.D., M.Sc. (Eng.), G.I.Mech.E. 149
• Communications . 158
• Gear-tooth Stresses at High Speeds, by W. A. Tuplin, D.Sc., M.I.Mech.E. 162
• Discussion 167
• Communications 171
• The Variation of the Coefficient of Static Friction with the Rate of Application of the Tangential Force, by R. C. Parker, Ph.D., B.Sc., W. Farnworth, G.I.Mech.E., and R. Milne. . 176
• Communications . 184
• The Gas Turbine in Perspective, by Hayne Constant, M.A., M.LMech.E., F.R.S. 185
• The Regenerative Heat Exchanger for Gas-turbine Power-plant, by M. Cox, B.Sc., and R. K. P. Stevens, A.M.I.Mech.E. . 193
• The Problem of Burning Residual Oils in Gas Turbines, by P. Lloyd, M.A., and R. P. Probert, M.A. 206
• The Cooled Gas Turbine, by A. G. Smith, B.Sc., and R. D. Pearson, B.Sc. (Eng.), G.I.Mech.E. 221
• Overall and Stage Characteristics of Axial-flow Compressors, by A. R. Howell, M.A., and R. P. Bonham, A.M.I.Mech.E. . 235
• Some Fluid Dynamic Research Techniques, by A. D. S. Carter, B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., S. J. Andrews, B.Sc. (Eng.), G.I.Mech.E., and H. Shaw, A.M.I.Mech.E. 249
• Form Grinding by Mechanical and Optical Methods, by E. A. Cooke, A.M.I.Mech.E. 265
• Discussion . 278
• Some Problems in the Manufacture of Experimental Gas Turbines, by L. H. Leedham, 281
• Discussion . 290
• Flexural Stresses on Curved Beams of I- and Box-sections, by C. G. Anderson, M.Mech.E. (Melbourne), A.M.I.Mech.E . 295
• On the Solution of Beam-on-elastic-foundation Problems by Means of a Mechanical Analogue, by A. A. Wells, B.Sc., Ph.D., S.I.Mech.E 307
• Analytical Investigation of Certain Types of Machine Frames Cut from Steel Plate, and . . . . . Results by Photo-elasticity, by N. Sag, 311
• Discussion 316
• Communications 320

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