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Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor.
Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor.
Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor.
Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1884 Jul-Dec: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • “A REPORT on Water Meter Tests”—B. H. Thwaite, M. Soc. Ind. Mulhouse, 10
  • Admiralty Shipbuilding- Contracts—Navis, 522
  • Arrow-Root Machinery—J. G. S., 5C5
  • Asphalte Floors—Hugo Schmidt, 522
  • Automatic Injectors—Holden and Brooke, 372
  • Awards for Ventilators at t-he Health Exhibition — Robert Boyle and Son, 452, 496, 544, 589
  • Awards for Ventilators at the Health Exhibition —W. P. Buchan, 589
  • Awards for Ventilators at the Health Exhibition —D. K. Clark, 484
  • Bar of the Mersey, The—Russel Aitken, 405
  • Batteries, Secondary—Electrolyte, 522, 588
  • Batteries, Secondary—El well-Parker, 544
  • Batteries, Secondary—A. Reckenzaun, 564
  • Batteries, Secondary—John S. Sellon, 496, 564
  • Blast Process, Sand—J. E. Matthewson, 72
  • Board of Trade and Electric Lighting, The—R. Campbell, 496
  • Boilers, Inspection of—Roger Smith, 498
  • Brake Failures, Continuous—Clement E. Stretton, 130, 233, 267, 326, 372, 386
  • Brake, Vacuum—G. Mitchell, 386
  • Brake, The Westinghouse Automatic — T. E. Harrison, 71
  • Brakes, Continuous—An Express Driver, 326
  • Brakes, Continuous—Another Express Driver, 266
  • Brakes, Continuous—Albert Kapteyn, 175
  • Brakes, Continuous—A. G. R., 154
  • Brakes, Continuous, Inefficient—James Williams, 295
  • Brakes, Continuous, Pressure or Vacuum for ?— Dux, 452
  • Brakes, Pressure or Vacuum?—E. R. Calthrop, 498
  • Brakes, Pressure or Vacuum? — Clement E. Stretton, 484
  • Brakes, Railway—Richard B. Martin, 334, 372
  • Brakes, Railway—F. S. Snowdon, 371
  • Brakes, Railway—H. W. T., 544
  • Buenos Ayres, Engineering in—Common Sense, 589
  • Bursting of Hose Pipes, The—Hose Pipe, 295
  • Butt Joints, Double-Rivetted—W. I. Ellis, 438
  • Butt Joints, Double-Rivetted—H. MacCoU, 438
  • Cardiff Floating Dock, The—J. A., 106
  • Carriages, Ladle—Free Trade, 438
  • Condensers, Distilling—Spes, 130
  • Continuous Brakes—An Express Driver, 326 Continuous Brakes—Another Express Driver, 266
  • Continuous Brakes—Albert Kapteyn, 175
  • Continuous Brakes—A. G. R., 154
  • Continuous Brake Failures—Clement E. Stretton, 130, 233, 267, 326, 372, 386
  • Continuous Brakes, Inefficient—James Williams, 295
  • Corliss Valves—William Inglis, 437, 565
  • Corliss Valves—John Musgrave, 522
  • Corliss Valves—R. Winder, 386
  • Design of Ironclads, The—R. N., 386
  • Designing, Girder, A Question in—W. C. Kernot, 335
  • Development of Italian Industries, The—C. C., 565
  • Disaster, The Penistone—A. Kapteyn, 106
  • Disposal of Sewage—John Howard Kidd, 588
  • Distilling Cojidensers—Spes, 130
  • Dock, The Cardiff Floating—J. A., 106
  • Double Butt Strap Joint—H. MacColl, 371
  • Double Butt Strap Joint—Peter Samson, 371
  • Double Butt Strap Joints—John Thom, 386
  • Double-Rivetted Butt Joints—W. I. Ellis, 438
  • Double-Rivetted Butt Joints—H. MacColl, 438
  • Driving Dynamo-Electric Machines—T. D., 564
  • Dynamos with two Brushes, Multipolar—A. Cazzon, 372
  • Eccentrics, Reversing—Henry J. Coles, 36
  • Eccentrics, Reversing—Geo. Hunter, 72
  • Eccentrics, Reversing—J. Jensen, 36
  • Eccentrics, Reversing—Matthew Paul and Co., 9
  • Electric Light at the Health Exhibition, The— H. Justus Eck, 267
  • Electric Light at the Health Exhibition, The. Multipolar Dynamos with Two Brushes — Charles, W. Vincent, 326
  • Electric Lighting Act, The — Henry F. Joel, 588
  • Electric Lighting and the Board of Trade—R. Campbell, 496
  • Electricity, Train Li’ghting by—R. E. Crompton, 589
  • Electricity, Train Lighting by — Gisbert Kapp, 589
  • Electricity, Train Lighting by—W. H. Massey, 544
  • Engine, Trevithick’s—Observer, 543 Engineering College, Royal Indian—H. S. Hele Shaw, 483
  • Engineering in Buenos Ayres—Common Sense, 589
  • Engines, Mill—John Ashworth, 10, 72
  • Engines, Mill—Hermann Kuhne, 36
  • Engines, Mill—William Sharpies, 36
  • Floors, Asphalte—Hugo Schmidt, 522
  • Fountain Display at the Health Exhibition, The —J. and W. E. Archbutt, 106
  • Fuel, Liquid—Perry F. Nursey, 154
  • Gas and Oil Wells in Pennsylvania—T. J. Ri- carde-Seaver, 577
  • Gaseous Illumination and Health—M. Sijmons, C.E., 72
  • Gaseous Illumination and Health, B. W. Thwaite, F.C.S., 36
  • Girder Designing, A Question in—W. C. Kernot, 335
  • Gun Construction, Wire—J. A. Longridge, 437 Gun, The Maxim—Hiram S. Maxim, 522
  • Gun, Sir Joseph Whitworth’s Nine-Inch—Jas. A. Longridge, 72
  • Health Exhibition, The Fountain Display at the —J. and W, E. Archbutt, 106
  • Health and Gaseous Illumination—M. Sijmonds, C.E., 72
  • Health and Gaseous Illumination—B. W. Thwaite, F.C.S., 36
  • Heat, The Mechanical Equivalent of—H., 106, 202, 245, 437
  • Heat, Mechanical Equivalent of—G. Pinnington, 10, 36, 154, 234, 335
  • Hose Pipes, The Bursting of—Hose Pipe, 295
  • India-Rubber, The Properties of—Frank West, 327
  • Indian Public Works Department—Civil Engineer, 72, 234
  • Indian Public Works Department—A Civilian Engineer, not a Cooper’s Hill Man, 9, 202
  • Influx Injector, The—Fairburn and Hall, 245, 295, 335
  • Influx Injector, The—Holden and Brooke, 326
  • Influx Injectors—Charles Dixon, 267
  • Information Wanted—Screw Pile, 106
  • Injector, The Influx—Fairburn and Hall, 245, 295, 335
  • Injectors, Automatic—Holden and Brooke, 372
  • Injectors, Influx—Charles Dixon, 267
  • Inspection of Boilers—Roger Smith, 498
  • Inventions at Exhibitions, Unpatented-
  • Whiteman, 372
  • Iron and Metal Trades in Italy, The—C. C., 544 Ironclads, The Design of—R. N., 386
  • Islands, Queen Charlotte’s—T. A. H., 233 Italian Industries, The Development of—C. C., 565
  • Italy, The Iron and Metal Trades in -C. C., 544
  • Ladle Carriages—Free Trade, 438
  • Law, The Patent—Thomas Moy, 81
  • Law, The Patent—J. K., 71
  • Library, Patent Museum, South Kensington—An
  • Aggrieved One, 334
  • Light, The Electric, at the Health Exhibition—
  • H. Justus Eck, 267
  • Light, Electric, at the Health Exhibition, The.
  • Multipolar Dynamos with Two Brushes—
  • Charles W. Vincent, 326
  • Lighting Act, The Electric—Henry F. Joel, 588
  • Liquid Fuel—Perry F. Nursey, 154
  • Machinery, Arrow-Root, J. G. S., 565
  • Machinery, Nail-Making—Nails, 245
  • Machines, Driving Dynamo-Electric—T. D., 564
  • Manby, The Late Mr. Charles—A. R. Hood, 154 Maxim Gun, The—Hiram S. Maxim, 522 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, The—H., 106, 202, 245, 437
  • Mechanical Equivalent of Heat—G. Pinnington, 10, 36, 154, 234, 335
  • Mersey, The Bar of the—Russel Aitken, 405 Metal and Iron Trades in Italy, The—C. C., 544 Military Railways, Working—J. T. Bucknill, 483 Mill Engines—John Ashworth, 10, 72
  • Mill Engines—Hermann Kuhne, 36
  • Mill Engines—William Sharpies, 36
  • Milling, Roller—Sanderson and Gillespie, 106
  • Milling, Roller—Henry Simon, 81, 405
  • Milling, Roller—Thompson and Williamson, 106
  • Multipolar Dynamos with Two Brushes — A. Cazzon,372
  • Nail-Making Machinery—Nails, 245
  • Navigation, Ocean Steamship—J. C. Hoadley, 371
  • Navy, The State of the—Duplex, 405
  • Navy, The State of the : Shipbuilding Contracts —Duplex, 545
  • Nile, Stern-Wheel Steamer on the—Yarrow and Co., 522
  • Notes from South Africa—P. France, 453
  • Ocean Steamship Navigation—J. C. Hoadley, 371
  • Oil and Gas Wells in Pennsylvania—T. J. Ri- carde-Seaver, 577
  • Ordnance, Reconstruction of—George Fawcus, 326
  • Patent Law, The—Thomas Moy, 81
  • Patent Law, The—J. R., 71
  • Patent Museum Library, South Kensington—An
  • Aggrieved One, 334
  • Penistone Disaster, The—A. Kapteyn, 106
  • Polytechnic Society, The Royal Cornwall—H.
  • Somerset Mackenzie, 202, 245
  • Polytechnic Society, The Royal Cornwall—One of the Judges, 106
  • Polytechnic Society, The Royal Cornwall—Richd. Tangye, 154, 233
  • Pressure or Vacuum Brakes?—E. R. Calthrop, 498
  • Pressure or V’acuum Brakes? — Clement E. Stretton, 484
  • Pressure or Vacuum for Continuous Brakes?— Dux, 452
  • “Pressure, Wind”—T. A. G., 81
  • “Pressure, Wind”—G. Pinnington, 10, 106
  • Prints, Transfer—J., 565
  • Properties of India-Rubber, The—Frank West, 327
  • Public Works Department, Indian—Civil Engineer, 72, 234
  • Public Works Department, Indian—A Civilian
  • Engineer, not a Cooper’s Hill Man, 9, 202
  • Queen Charlotte’s Islands—T. A. H., 233
  • Railwa}^ Brakes—H. W. T., 544
  • Railway Brakes—Richard B. Martin, 334, 372
  • Railway Brakes-F. S. Snowdon, 371
  • Reconstruction of Ordnance—George Fawcus, 326
  • Reversing Eccentrics—Henry J. Coles, 36
  • Reversing Eccentrics—Geo. Hunter, 72
  • Reversing Eccentrics—J. Jensen, 36
  • Reversing Eccentrics—Matthew Paul and Co., 9
  • Roller Milling—Sanderson aad Gillespie, 106
  • Roller Milling—Henry Simon, 81, 405
  • Roller Milling—Thompson and Williamson, 106
  • Royal Indian Engineering College—H. S. Hele Shaw, 483
  • Russia, Trade with—Merry weather and Sons, 72
  • Sand Blast Process—o. E. Matthewson, 72
  • Secondary Batteries—Electrolyte, 522, 588
  • Secondary Batteries—Elwell-Parker, 544
  • Secondary Batteries—A. Reckenzaun, 564
  • Secondary Batteries—John S. Sellon, 496, 564 Seismometer—John Hodgson, 484
  • Sewage Disposal—John Howard Kidd, 588
  • Sheaf Binder Trials—IL J. A. King, 175 Shipbuilding Contracts, Admiralty—Navis, 522 Slag, The Utilisation of—Frederick Ransome, 233
  • Society, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic—One of the Judges, 106
  • Society, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic—H. Somerset Mackenzie, 202, 245
  • Society, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic — Richd. Tangye, 154, 233
  • South Africa, Notes from—P. France, 453
  • State of the Navy, The—Duplex, 405
  • State of the Navy, The : Shipbuilding Contracts —Duplex, 545
  • Stern-Wheel Steamer on the Nile—Yarrow and Co., 522
  • Strap Joint, Double Butt—H. MacColl, 371 Strap Joint, Double Butt—Peter Samson, 371
  • Strap Joints, Double Butt—John Thom, 386
  • Trade with Russia—Merryweather and Sons, 72
  • Train Lighting by Electricity—R. E. Crompton, 589
  • Train Lighting by Electricity—Gisbert Kapp, 589
  • Train Lighting by Electricity—W. H. Massey, 544
  • Transfer Prints—J., 565
  • Trevithick’s Engine—Observer, 543
  • Trials, Sheaf Binder—H. J. A. King, 175 1 Unpatented Inventions at Exhibitions—W. T. Whiteman, 372
  • Utilisation of Slag, The—Frederick Ransome, 233
  • Vacuum Brake—G. Mitchell, 386
  • Valves, Corliss—William Inglis, 437, 565
  • Valves, Corliss—John Musgrave, 522
  • Valves, Corliss—R. Winder, 386
  • Ventilators at the Health Exhibition, Awards for—Robert Boyle and Son, 452, 496, 544, 589
  • Ventilators at the Health Exhibition, Awards for—W. P. Buchan, 589
  • Ventilators at the Health Exhibition, Awards for —D. K. Clark, 484
  • Wanted, Information—Screw Pile, 106
  • “Water Meter Tests, A Report on” — B. H.
  • Thwaite, M. Soc. Ind. Mulhouse, 10
  • Westinghouse Automatic Brake, The—T. E. Harrison, 71
  • Whitworth, Sir Joseph’s Nine-Inch Gun—Jas. A. Longridge, 72
  • “ Wind Pressure”—T. A. G., 81
  • “Wind Pressure”—G. Pinnington, 10, 106 Wire-Gun Construction—J. A. Longridge, 437
  • Working Military Railways—J. T. Bucknill, 483


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