Engineering 1885 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

Engineering 1885 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1885 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1885 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1885 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

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Letters to the Editor

• Act, The Patent—V., 59
• Another View of the State of the Navy—A Captain, R.N., 97
• Application of Electricity, A New—II. F. Broughton, 646
• Application of Electricity, A New—J. C. Jones, 646
• Application of Electricity, A New—Oliver Lodge, 697
• Assessment of Factories, The—Victims, 682
• Automatic Boiler Feeding—Automatic, 98
• Automatic Cut-Outs—J. D. F. Andrews and Co., 404
• Auxiliary Rudders—Walter Anderson, 197
• Awards at the Health Exhibition — T. G. L. Miller, 249
• Ball Bearings, Grinding Balls for—Tricycle, 324
• Ballooning, Military—Henry Coxwell, 323
• Ballooning, Military—R. E., 324
• Balloons, Hot Air and Gas—Henry Coxwell, 352
• Barring Engines—H. Hodgson, 148
• Batteries, Secondary—Elwell-Parker, Ltd., 17, 56
• Batteries, Secondary—G. F., 288
• Batteries, Secondary—F. Geere Howard, 17, 56
• Batteries, Secondary—F. Maxwell-Lyte, 40, 99, 147, 223, 273
• Batteries, Secondary—A. Reckcnzaun, 40
• Batteries, Secondary—John S. Sellon, 16, 40, 55, 197, 249, 274
• Bessemerising Copper Mattes—Cuprum, 288
• Bessemerising Copper Mattes—Jno. Dixon, 198
• Bessemerising Copper Mattes—J. Holloway, 376
• Boats, Torpedo—Hanna, Donald, and Wilson, 352
• Boiler Explosion, The Beckenham—H. A. B. Cole, 404
• Boiler Explosion at Cork—Richard Hartland, 97
• Boiler Explosion, The Rotherham—M.D., 122
• Boiler Explosion, The Rotherham—J. Swift, 98
• Boiler Explosions and the Board of Trade—Boiler Inspector, 149
• Boiler Explosions and the Board of Trade—Joseph Cauthery, 149
• Boiler Feeding, Automatic—Automatic, 98
• Boiler Flues, Explosion of Gas in—Joseph Twi-bill, 274
• Boiler Incrustation—J. A. Longden, 528
• Boilers, Feeding—B. H. Thwaite, 148
• Boilers, Steel for—Boilermaker, 624
• Boilers, Steel for—Colonial, 562
• Boilers, Steel for—B. Dean, 562
• Boilers, Steel for—Horatio Phillips, 562, 600
• Boilers, Steel for—Edward Reynolds, 528, 576
• Boilers, Steel for—Veritas, 576
• Bore Hole, Finding a—Ch. Ziethen Running, Min. Eng., 274
• Bore Hole, Finding a—E. F. Macgcorge, 98
• Brick Tank—Anxious, 172
• Bridge Building, Iron for—W. C. Kernot, 418 British Units and the Metrical System—Edward Fisher Bamber, 99
• Brush Secondary Battery, The—A. J. H., 100
• Buda-Pesth, Pumping Engines at—W. A. K., 647 Bye-Products and the Coking of Coal—Henry
• Simon, 681
• Chairs, Rail Joint—Observer, 16
• Chimney Construction—R. M. Bancroft, 173
• Coal Whips, Colonial—John Lynn and Co., 697 Committee, The Electric Lighting Act — E.
• Garcke, 16
• Compound Engine, The Willans—P. W. Willans, 419
• Compound Engines of the Paddle Steamer “ Normandy”—A. Normand, 376
• Compound Engines, Small—R. M. Bailey, Jun., 148
• Compound Marine Engines, Governing—Durham, Churchill, and Co., 600
• Compound Marine Engines, Governing—A. Stirling, 576
• Compound Steam Engines—William Sisson, 121
• Condensers for Steam Launches—Simpson and Denison, 41
• Construction of Chimneys—R. M. Bancroft, 173
• Construction of Railway Bridges—J. A. L.
• Waddell, 288
• Coppee Coke Ovens, The—A. L. Steavenson, 600
• Copper Mattes, Bessemerising—Cuprum, 288
• Copper Mattes, Bessemerising—Jno. Dixon, 198 Copper M attes, Bessemerising—J. Holloway, 376 Copper, The Metallurgy of—Thos. Bolton and
• Sons, 274
• Copper, The Metallurgy of—“Cuprum,” 223
• Copper, The Metallurgy of—Metallurgical, 250
• Corliss Valves—William Inglis, 42, 96, 148
• Corliss Valves—W. Walker, 17, 55, 121
• Corrugated Furnaces, Fox’s—Boiler, 174
• Coupling Engines to Shafting—W. and J. Galloway and Sons, 682
• Covinto, Roller Mill at—W. W. Stevenson, 528 Cruto Incandescence Lamp, The—Taddei Girolamo, 528
• Cut-Outs, Automatic—J. D. F. Andrews and Co., 404
• Disposal of Sewage—John Howard Kidd, 17, 55, 173, 224
• Disposal, of Sewage—A Novice, 17, 121
• Disposalof Sewage—Henry Rogers, 174
• Dynamo Machines; Multiple Wire System— C. L. R. E. Menges, 617
• Eccentricities of Patent Office Practice—A Patent Agent, 562
• Efficiency of Marine Boilers, The—James How-den, 404
• Electric Lighting Act Committee, The —E.
• Garcke, 16
• Electricity, Heating by—John S. Sellon, 98
• Electricity, A New Application of—II. F.
• Broughton, 646
• Electricity, A New Application of—J. C. Jones, 646
• Electricity, A New Application of—Oliver Lodge, 697
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—R. E. Crompton,
• 121, 148 , X. V TT T 4- V 1 41 '
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—H. Justus Eck, 41
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—Heenan and Froude, 41, 58,100 .
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—Inquirer, 99
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—A Lady Traveller,
• 58
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—W. Langdon, 41,
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—W. H. Massey, ' 1G 58 121
• Electricity, Train Lighting by-Traveller,16
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—P. W. Willans,
• Electricity, Train Lighting by—R Woodley, 16, 41
• Engineers in the Navy—George A. Goodwin, 562
• Engines, Barring-H. Hodgson, 148
• Engines, Compound Steam—William Sisson, 121
• Engines, Triple Compound—Charles D. Holmes and Co., 249 .
• Engines, Triple-Expansion—M. Demoulin, 224
• Engines, Triple-Expansion—Douglas and Grant, 273
• Engines, Triple-Expansion—J. F. Redman, 173
• Engines, Triple-Expansion—R. A. Ziese, 224
• Estimates, Navy—J. Shipley Ellis, Jun., 376
• Examination Questions, Students —M. M. L., 274, 288
• Exhibition, The Inventions—Goodfellow and Matthews, 324
• Explosion, Boiler, The Beckenham—H. A. B.
• Cole 404
• Explosion, Boiler, at Cork—R. Hartland, 97
• I Explosion, Boiler, The Rotherham—M. D., 122
• 1 Explosion, Boiler, The Rotherham—J. Swift, 98
• Explosion of Gas in Boiler Flues—J. Twibill, 274 Explosion, Oldham Economiser—Joseph Twibill,
• l 122, 174, 224 , e
• 1 Explosions, Boiler and the Board of Trade Boiler Inspector, 149
• I Explosions, Boiler, and the Board of Trade Joseph Cauthery, 149
• Factories, The Assessment of—Victims, 682
• Feeding Boilers—B. H. Thwaite, 148
• Finding a Bore Hole—Ch. Ziethen Bunning, Min.
• Eng., 274
• Finding a Bore Hole—E. F. Macgeorge, 98
• Fire at the Inventions Exhibition—J. Alfred
• Fisher, 682
• Firing Experimental Fuzes—C. A. McEvoy, 274
• Fish Torpedoes, Steering—Albert E. Adlard, 197
• Fish Torpedoes, Steering—R. Paulson, 197
• Fish Torpedoes, Steering—E. S., 172
• Forced Draught, The Willans System of—Mark
• H. Robinson, 418
• Forgings, Stern-Frame—David Purves, 418
• Fox’s Corrugated Furnaces—Boiler, 174
• Fuzes, Firing Experimental—C. A. McEvoy, 274
• Gas, Water—J. Emerson Dowson, 418
• Governing Compound Marine Engines—Durham, Churchill, and Co., 600
• Governing Compound Marine Engines—A. Stirling, 576
• Grate Surface of Locomotives—H. Chapman, 352
• Grinding Balls for Ball Bearings—Tricycle, 324
• Guns, Strength of—J. A. Longridge, 376
• Health-! Exhibition, Awards at the—T. G. L.
• Miller, 249
• Heating by Electricity—John S. Sellon, 98
• Heating by Radiation—William Gorman, 249
• Heating by Radiation—One Interested, 274
• Heating Surface, Vertical v. Horizontal—G. T., 123
• Hot-Air and Gas Balloons—Henry Coxwell, 352
• Hotchkiss Machine Gun—Hotchkiss and Co., 12
• Hydraulic Lifts—American Elevator Co., 406, 528, 576 „ „ _
• Hydraulic Lifts, The Cost of Working—E. B. Ellington, 419, 562
• Incrustation, Boiler—J. A. Longden, 528
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—
• Candor, 96
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—Eight
• Midland Members, 58
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—Z. H., 96
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—A
• Member, 96 ,„
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The
• M.I.M.E., 59.
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—An
• Old Member, 59.
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The— Another Old Member, 96
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—Provincial, 96
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—A
• Voter, 59
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The— Another Voter, 95
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The—R.
• Price-Williams, 95
• Institution of Permanent Way Inspectors —
• Robert Marriott, 223
• Inventions Exhibition, The — Goodfellow and
• Matthews, 324
• Inventions Exhibition, Fire at the—J. Alfred Fisher, 682
• Iron for Bridge Building—W. C. Kernot, 418
• Lamp, The Cruto Incandescence—Taddei Girolamo, 528
• Lathes, Vertical—A Turner, 647, 682
• Launches, Steam—W. T., 41
• Library, Patent Office—C. E. Easther, 174
• Library, Patent Office—F. C. Fairholme, 224
• Library, Patent Office—Edward Field, C.E., 250
• Library, Patent Office—William Warren, 197
• Lifts, Hydraulic American Elevator Co., 406, 528, 576
• Lifts, Hydraulic, Cost of Working, The—E. B.
• Ellington, 419, 562
• Locomotives, Grate Surface of—H. Chapman, 352
• Machine Gun, Hotchkiss—Hotchkiss and Co., 12 Machinery for Preparing Peat Moss Litter—C. P.,
• 288
• Machinery, Quartz Amalgamating — Jos. M.
• Perrin, 249
• Machinery, Repairs of—W. Hope Campbell, 250 Machinery for Wood Cutting—M. Powis Bale,
• 352
• Machines, Dynamo; Multiple Wire System—
• C. L. R. E. Menges, 647
• Machines, Packing—Alex. Chaplin and Co., 17
• Machines, Sand-Papering—Shipbuilder, 274
• Machines for Sand-Papering—Frederick Young and Co., 324
• Mansion House Subway, Proposed—H. H. Bridg
• man, Architect, 646
• Manufacture of White Lead—S. S., 122
• Marine Boilers, The Efficiency of—James
• den, 404
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution
• Another Voter, 95
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution
• Candor, 96
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution
• Eight Midland Members, 58
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution of—Z. H.,
• How-of — of — of —
• 96
• Mechanical Engineers, Member, 96
• Mechanical Engineers, M.I.M.E., 59
• Mechanical Engineers, Old Member, 59
• Mechanical Engineers, I *.* Another Old Member, Mechanical Engineers,
• The Institution of—A The Institution of — The Institution of—An The Institution of — 96
• The Institution of—Pro
• vincial, 96
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution of—A Voter, 59
• Mechanical Engineers, The Institution of—R.
• Price-Williams, 95
• Memorial and no Monument, Trevithick—Hyde
• Clark, 646
• Memorial, The Trevithick—John Davis, Lieut.-Col., Hon.-Sec., 682
• Metallurgy of Copper, The—Thos. Bolton and
• Sons, 274
• Metallurgy of Copper, The—“ Cuprum,” 223
• Metallurgy of Copper, The—Metallurgical, 250
• Metrical System, The, and British Units—Edward
• Fisher Bamber, 99
• Military Ballooning—Henry Coxwell, 323
• Military Ballooning—R. E., 324
• Military Wire-Rope Railway—G.Fawcus, 647
• Molecular Motion in Steel—S. S. C., 600
• Mud Receiver, Powell’s—William B. Bryan, M.
• Inst. C.E., 98
• Mud Receiver, Powell’s—W. B. Powell, 148
• Navy, Engineers in the—George A. Goodwin, 562
• Navy Estimates—J. Shipley Ellis, Jun;, 376
• Navy, The State of the—A Captain, R.N., 274
• Navy, The State of the—J. C., 147
• Navy, The State of the, Another View of—A Captain, R.N., 97
• Navy, The United States -An American, 123
• “ Normandy,’1 Compound Engines of the Paddle Steamer—A. Normand, 376
• Notes from South Africa—P. France, 600
• Office, The Patent—J. C., 250
• Office, The Patent—A Patent Agent, 324
• Office, The Patent—V., 250
• Oldham Economiser Explosion—Joseph Twibill, 122, 174, 224
• Ovens, The Copp6e Coke—A. L. Steavenson, 600
• Packing Machines—Alex. Chaplin and Co., 17
• Paper Rolls or Bowls—T. and W. Summers, 41
• Patent Act, The—V., 59
• Patent Applications, Remarkable Titles to—A
• Patent Agent, 697
• Patent Office, The—J. C., 250
• Patent Office, The—A Patent Agent, 324
• Patent Office, The—V., 250
• Patent Office Library—C. E. Easther, 174
• Patent Office Library—F. C. Fairholme, 224
• Patent Office Library—Edward Field, C.E., 250
• Patent Office Library—William Warren, 197
• Patent Office Practice, Eccentricities of—A
• Patent Agent, 562
• Peat Moss Litter, Machinery for Preparing— C. P., 288
• Permanent Way Inspectors, Institution of-
• Robert Marriott, 223
• Petroleum Fuel, Small Boiler for—O. B. L., 324
• Pneumatic Strephometers—David Salomans, 17
• Powell’s Mud Receiver—William B. Bryan,
• M. Inst. C.E., 98
• Powell’s Mud Receiver—W. B. Powell, 148
• Preservation of Timber—Russel Aitken, 562, 624
• Preserving Timber—S. B. Boulton, 528, 576
• Pumping Engines at Buda-Pesth—W. A. K., 647
• Putting Bolts through a Retaining Wall under Water—C. Reynolds, 647
• Quartz Amalgamating Machinery—Jos. M. Perrin,
• Radiation, Heating by—William Gorman, 249
• Radiation, Heating by—One Interested, 274
• Rail Joint Chairs—Observer, 16
• Railway Bridge Construction-J. A. L. Waddell, 288
• Railway, Military Wire Rope—G.Fawcus, 647
• Railway Rates—Edward Hayes, 16, 41
• Recording Train Speeds — Thomas Urquhart, M.I.M.E., 123
• Regnault’s Determination of the Specific Heat of Water—J. MacfarlaneGray, 42
• Regnault’s Temperature—J. Macfarlane Gray, 288 . . ,
• Remarkable Titles to Patent Applications A Patent Agent, 697
• Repairs of Machinery—W. Hope Campbell, 250 Roller Mill at Covinto—W. W. Stevenson, 528 Rolls or Bowls, Paper—T. and W. Summers, 41 Rudders, Auxiliary—Walter Anderson, 197
• Sand-Papering Machines—Shipbuilder, 274 Sand-Papering Machines—F. Young and Co., 324 Secondary Batteries—Elwell-Parker, Limited, 17, 56
• Secondary Batteries—G. F., 288
• Secondary Batteries—F. Geere Howard, 17, 56
• Secondary Batteries—F. Maxwell-Lyte, 40, 99, 147, 223, 273
• Secondary Batteries—A. Reckenzaun, 40
• Secondary Batteries—John S. Sellon, 16, 40, 55, 197,249,274
• Secondary Battery, The Brush—A. J. H., 100 Sewage Disposal—John Howard Kidd, 17, 55, 173, 224
• Sewage Disposal—A Novice, 17, 121
• Sewage Disposal—Henry Rogers, 174
• Shafting, Coupling Engines to—W. and J. Gallo-way and Sons, 682
• Ship Railway, Tehauntepee—Robert A. Lee, 99 Ships, Triple—William Coppin, 576
• Small Boiler for Petroleum Fuel—O. B. L., 324
• Small Compound Engines—R. M. Baily, Jun., 148 South Africa, Notes from—P. France, 600
• State of the Navy, The—A Captain, R.N., 274
• State of the Navy, The—J. C., 117
• Steam Launches—W. T., 41
• Steam Launches, Condensers for—Simpson and Denison, 41
• Steel for Boilers—Boilermaker, 624
• Steel for Boilers—Colonial, 562
• Steel for Boilers—B. Dean, 562
• Steel for Boilers—Horatio Phillips, 562, 600
• Steel for Boilers—Edward Reynolds, 528, 576 Steel for Boilers—Veritas, 576
• Steel, Molecular Motion in—S. S. C., 600
• Steering Fish Torpedoes—Albert E. Adlard, 197
• Steering Fish Torpedoes—R. Paulson, 197 Steering Fish Torpedoes—E. S., 172
• Stern Frame Forgings—David Purves, 418 Strength of Guns—J. A. Longridge, 376 Strephometers, Pneumatic—David Salomans, 17 Students’ Examination Questions—M. M. L., 274, 288
• Suakin Expedition, Tanks for the—John Bellamy, 324
• Suakin, Tanks for—Fraser and Fraser, 376
• Subway, Proposed Mansion House—H. H. Bridgman, Architect, 646
• Sugar—W. Eathorne Gill, 99
• Supply, The Water, for the Suakim - Berber Route—S. Owens and Co., 250
• Tank, Brick—Anxious, 172
• Tanks for the Suakin Expedition—J. Bellamy, 324 Tanks for Suakin—Fraser and Fraser, 376 Tehuantepec Ship Railway—Robert A. Lee, 99 Temperatures, Regnault’s—J. Macfarlane Gray, 288
• Templeton, Miss—Henry C. Waters, 516 Thermodynamics—J. Macfarlane Gray, 197 Timber, Preservation of—Russel Aitken, 562, 624 Timber, Preserving—S. B. Boulton. 528, 576 Torpedo Boats—Hanna, Donald, and Wilson, 352 Tram Lighting by Electricity—R. E. Crompton,
• Train Lighting by Electricity—H. Justus Eck, 41 Train Lighting by Electricity—Heenan and
• Froude, 41, 58,100
• Train Lighting by Electricity—Inquirer, 99
• Train Lighting by Electricity—A Lady Traveller, 58
• Train Lighting by Electricity—W. Langdon, 41, 100, 148 ° ’
• Tram Lighting by Electricity—W. H. Massey, 16,
• Train Lighting by Electricity—Traveller, 16
• Tram Lighting by Electricity—P. W. Willans, 16, 58
• Train Lighting by Electricity—Robert Woodley, 16, 41
• Train Speeds, Recording—Thomas Urquhart, M.I.M.E., 123
• Trevithick Memorial, The—John Davies, Lieut.-Col., Hon. Sec., 682
• Trevithick Memorial and no Monument—Hyde Clark, 646
• Triple Compound Engines—Charles D. Holmes and Co., 249
• Triple-Expansion Engines—M. Demoulin, 224
• Triple-Expansion Engines—Douglas and Grant, 273 *
• Triple-Expansion Engines—J. F. Redman, 173
• Triple-Expansion Engines—R. A. Ziese, 224
• Triple Ships—William Coppin, 576
• United States Navy, The—An American, 123
• Valves, Corliss—William Inglis, 42, 96, 148
• Valves, Corliss—W. Walker, 17, 55, 121
• Vertical v. Horizontal Heating Surface—G. 123
• Vertical Lathes—A. Turner, 647, 682
• Wall under Water, Putting Bolts through a Retaining—C. Reynolds, 647
• Water Gas—J. Emerson Dowson, 418
• Water, Regnault’s Determination of the Specific
• Heat of—J. Macfarlane Gray, 42
• Water Supply for the Suakim-Berber Route The —S. Owens and Co., 250
• White Lead, Manufacture of—S. S., 122
• Willans Compound Engine, The—P. W. Willans 419
• Willans System of Forced Draught, The—Mark H. Robinson, 418
• Wood-Cutting Machinery—M. Powis Bale, 352