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Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1885 Jul-Dec: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • Addresses, Patentees’—Thomas Moy, 576
  • Air Currents, Experiments with—H. C. Ahr-becker and Son, 287
  • Air Currents, Experiments with—Horatio Phillips, 200, 253
  • Atkinson’s Differential Gas Engine—J. C. R. Okes, 200
  • Awards, Jury—George Kent, 200
  • Awards, Jury—J. A. Muller, C.E., 185
  • Awards, Jury—Alex. Turnbull and Co., 382
  • Bell Buoys—S. B. Goslin, 383
  • Bessemer Steel, Large Output of—W. H. Greenwood, 445
  • Bessemerising Copper Mattes—Cuprum, 200
  • Bichromate Batteries—W. N., 408, 445
  • Bichromate Batteries—H. Twyford, 422
  • Boats, Submarine—Cochran and Co., 360
  • Boiler Explosion, The Tourcoing—G. G. M. Hardingham, 7
  • Boiler Explosions Act, The—Observer, 526
  • Boiler Insurance—Michael Longridge, 494
  • Boiler Insurance—Roger Smith, 525
  • Brakes, Railway—G. Mitchell, 326
  • Brakes, Railway—Henry Prince, M.S.A., 326
  • Brakes, Return, The Continuous—Clement E. Stretton, 311, 360
  • Bridge-Building, Iron for—Walter Shellshear, 114
  • Bridge, The Cabin John—M. C. Meigs, 408
  • Bridge Work, Novel Method of Erecting— Hubert Bland, 164
  • Bridges, Designing Highway—J. A. L. Waddell, 114
  • British Commerce, The Future of—Survival of the Fittest, 128
  • Buoys, Bell—S. B. Goslin, 383
  • Cabin John Bridge, The—M. C. Meigs, 408
  • Canal Lifts—W. Howard White, 359
  • Canal, The Suez—G. T., 549
  • Chatham Pier, Collapse of—Richard Hartland, 164
  • China, Engineering in—J. W. C. Haldane, 164
  • Chinese Industrial Progress—Hathorn, Davey, and Co., 550
  • Chinese Industrial Progress — W. Lawford, M.I.C.E., 550
  • Chinese Industrial Progress—Liang Poo Chan, 527
  • Chinese Progress—C. W. Kinder, C.E., 576
  • Chronometers, Errors in—Francis Mason, 7
  • Clock, The Great, at Lucknow—W. G., 275
  • Coal Whips—John Duckitt, 7
  • Collapse of Chatham Pier—Richard Hartland, 164
  • Compound Locomotives—Argus, 251, 309, 349, 358, 406, 419, 479, 491, 548, 597
  • Compound Locomotives—R. M. Baily, Jun., 494
  • Compound Locomotives—William H. Booth.
  • 274, 326
  • Compound Locomotives—Brazilian, 200
  • Compound Locomotives—Duplex, 445
  • Compound Locomotives — Charles J. Ennor, A.M.I.C.E., 382, 445, 574
  • Compound Locomotives—Eupatoria, 612
  • Compound Locomotives—Druitt Halpin, 274
  • Compound Locomotives—Henry Harrison, 327
  • Compound Locomotives—Thos. Hunt, 310
  • Compound Locomotives—Inquirer, 382, 444, 526, 575, 612
  • Compound Locomotives—L., 359
  • Compound Locomotives—Learner, 359
  • Compound Locomotives—F. Lister, 327
  • Compound Locomotives—P. M., 445
  • Compound Locomotives—Marine Engineer, 359
  • Compound Locomotives—Junius Minimus, 422
  • Compound Locomotives—Henry Monk, 478
  • Compound Locomotives—Observer, 310
  • Compound Locomotives—An Old Subscriber of
  • Twenty Years’ Standing, 382
  • Compound Locomotives—M. P., 612
  • Compound Locomotives—Alexander Remeolchs, 421
  • Compound Locomotives—Robert H. Smith, 4(8
  • Compound Locomotives—Taite and Carlton, 445
  • Compound Locomotives—J. A. Timmis, A.M., Inst. C.E., 274
  • Compound Locomotives—Traveller, 237, 403
  • Compound Locomotives—Thomas Urquhart, 478
  • Compound Locomotives—H. E. W., 421
  • Compound Locomotives—X., 237, 274, 359, 382, 408, 526, 612
  • Compound Locomotives—Z., 274
  • Compound Locomotives—R. Ziese, 252, 480
  • Condensers, Evaporative Surface—Novus Homo, 676
  • Condensers, Evaporative Surface—W. R. Pidgeon, 527
  • Continuous Brakes Return, The—Clement E.
  • Stretton, 311, 360
  • Copper Mattes, Bessemerising—Cuprum, 200
  • Copper Regulus, Pneumatising—John Dixon, 186, 527
  • Cork-Cutting Machinery—J. W. Hawdon, 8
  • Couplings, Railway—Clement E. Stretton, C.E., 422
  • Crank Axles, Locomotive—George Brown, 310, 525
  • Crank Axles, Locomotive-Clement E. Stretton, 327
  • Crank-Pins, Lubricating—R. and W., 81
  • Crank-Pins, Lubricating—Geo. B. Richard, 114
  • Crank-Pins, Lubricating—Trier Bros., 114
  • Cruisers, The New United States—An English Traveller, 360
  • Curious Electro - Chemical Phenomenon, A — John E. Chaster, 360
  • Curious Electro-Chemical Phenomenon, A—B. H.
  • Thwaite, 327, 408
  • Currents of Air, Experiments with—Aeronaut, 186
  • Currents of Air, Experiments with—H. C. Ahr-becker and Son, 237
  • Currents of Air, Experiments with—Thomas Moy, 186, 237
  • Dalzell Steel Works, The—Robert Harvey and Co., 477
  • Deacon’s Waste-Water Meter System—J. A., 528, 576
  • Deacon’s Waste-Water Meter System—W. D., 528
  • Designing Highway Bridges—J. A. L. Waddell, 114
  • Draught in Large Steamers, Forced—G. B.
  • Richards, 113
  • Drysdale v. Gwynne—John W. W. Drysdale, 128
  • Drysdale v. Gwynne—John Gwynne, 114, 164
  • Effects of Stress, The—X. Y. Z., 275
  • Electric Lighting—Alfred Jonas, 550
  • Electro-Chemical Phenomenon, A Curious—John
  • E. Chaster, 360
  • Electro-Chemical Phenomenon, A Curious—B. H.
  • Thwaite, 327, 408
  • Engineer Services, The Indian—Civil Engineer, 7 Engineering in China—J. W. C. Haldane, 164 Engineering Profession, The—B., 526
  • Engineering Trade of Sunderland, The Strike in the—John Haswell, 576
  • English and American Railway Speed—H. B., 186 English and American Railway Speed—Edward
  • Bates Dorsey, M. Am. Soc. C.E., 164
  • Errors in Chronometers—Francis Mason, 7
  • Evaporative Surface Condensers—Novus Homo, 576
  • Evaporative Surface Condensers—W. R. Pidgeon, 527
  • Experiments with Air Currents-Aeronaut, 186
  • Experiments with Air Currents—H. C. Ahrbecker and Son, 237
  • Experiments with Air Currents—Thomas Moy, 186, 237
  • Experiments with Air Currents—Horatio Phillips, 200, 253
  • Explosions Act, The Boiler—Observer, 526
  • Exports, Home—Thomas Robertson, 383
  • Factories, Steel Gun, in the United States— W. H. Jaques, 200
  • Flying Machines—Walter F. Bell, M.I.C.E.I., 575
  • Flying Machines—Thomas Moy, 600
  • Force and Tension—E. Aldred Williams, 311
  • Forced Draught in Large Steamers—G. B.
  • Richards, 113
  • Forgings, Heavy—J. M. Tulloch, 598
  • Frames, Stern—J. F. Hall, 550
  • Future of British Commerce, The—Survival of the Fittest, 123
  • Gardner Machine Gun, The—The Platt and Whitney Company, 253
  • Gas Engine, Atkinson’s Differential—J. C. R. Okes, 200
  • Girders, Launching Continuous—Robert Totth, 527
  • Gold, The Volatilisation of—V. W. Delves Broughton, 477
  • Governor, Marine Engine—Fridolf Frson Alm-qvist, 408
  • Governor, Marine Engine—C. Burnett, 445
  • Governors, Marine Engine — A. A. Common, F.R.S., 419
  • Great Clock at Lucknow, The—W. G., 275
  • Guildford, Sewage Purification at—S. Geoghegan, 526
  • Gun, The Gardner Machine—The Platt and Whitney Company, 253
  • Gwynne v. Drysdale—John W. W. Drysdale, 128
  • Gwynne v. Drysdale—John Gwynne, 114, 164
  • Heavy Forgings—J. M. Tulloch, 598
  • Heavy Forgings, The Manipulation of—P. W. Ramsay, 576
  • Home Exports—Thomas Robertson, 383
  • Ice-Making Machinery—Arch. H. Farquharson,
  • Imperial Defences for Protection of Commerce— George Fawcus, 58
  • Improvements, Railway—Albert E. Adlard, 36, 128
  • Improvements, Railway—Thos. H. Gibbon, C.E., 7, 57
  • Incandescent Lamps, Tests of—Woodhouse and Rawson, 576
  • Indian Engineer Services, The—Civil Engineer, 7 Indicator, The Reflecting—Fred. R. Low, 186 Industrial Progress, Chinese—Hathorn, Davey, * and Co., 550
  • Industrial Progress, Chinese—W. Lawford, M.I.C.E.,550
  • Industrial Progress, Chinese—Liang Poo Chan, 527
  • Institute, The Iron and Steel—F. J. R. Carulla,
  • t Rniler—Michael Longridge, 494
  • Insurance, Boi ei smith, 525
  • Insurance, Walter Shellshear, 114
  • Iron for The—F. J. K. Carulla,
  • Iron and Steel Institute, me
  • 253
  • Jury Awards—GeorgeKent, 200 ,
  • S Awards—Al^' Turnbull and Co., 382
  • Kingdon’s Tandem Engine -Simpson and Deni-son, 81
  • La Guaira and Caracas Railway, The-J. W.
  • Grover, M.I.C.E., 399 Green-
  • Large Output of Bessemer Steel-W. 11. ureen
  • Law? The New Patent-An Associate of the Royal
  • School of Mmes, 444 ■n«».ninv
  • Law, The New Patent-Gem-ge A. Barchay, a28
  • Law, The New Patent—A. T. Booth, ,548 „
  • Law, The New Patent— Caveat Emptor, 4--
  • Law, The New Patent-William C ark, 422, 4/7 Law The New Patent-Edward Held, C.E., 422 Law, The New Patent—Wm. Gresham and Da' les,
  • 478
  • Law, The New Patent—G. G. M. Hardingham, 444
  • Law, The New Patent-F. W. Haydock, 4/8
  • Law, The New Patent—Thomas Hunt, 7, 58
  • Law, The New Patent-A Patentee, 408,,528
  • 1 Law, The New Patent-J. Richardson, 30
  • 1 Law, The New Patent—S. J. 8., 548
  • 1 Law, The New Patent-Jas. Swinburne, 36
  • i Law and Providence—R. Hartland, 237
  • i Life of a Shallow Water Cable, The—The Author of “ Telegraph and Travel,” 408
  • Lifts, Canal—W. Howard White, 359
  • Lighting, Electric—Alfred Jonas, 550
  • Locomotive Crank Axles—George Brown, 310, 525
  • Locomotive Crank Axles—Clement E. Stretton, 327
  • Locomotive for the Paulista Railway—Dlibs and
  • Co., 275 .
  • Locomotive for the Paulista Railway—D. M.
  • Fox, 253
  • Locomotive for the Paulista Railway—Walter J.
  • Hammond, 527
  • Locomotives, Compound—Argus, 251, 309, 349, 358, 406, 419, 479, 491, 548, 597
  • Locomotives,Compound—R. M. Baity, Jun., 494
  • Locomotives, Compound—William H. Booth, 274, 326
  • Locomotives, Compound—Brazilian, 200
  • Locomotives, Compound—Duplex, 445
  • Locomotives, Compound—Charles J. Ennor,
  • A.M.I.C.E., 382, 445, 574
  • Locomotives, Compound—Eupatoria, 612
  • Locomotives, Compound—Druitt Halpin, 274
  • Locomotives, Compound—Henry Harrison, 327
  • Locomotives, Compound—Thos. Hunt, 310
  • Locomotives, Compound—Inquirer, 382, 444,526, 575, 612
  • Locomotives, Compound—L., 359
  • Locomotives, Compound—Learner, 359
  • Locomotives, Compound—F. Lister, 327
  • Locomotives, Compound—P. M., 445
  • Locomotives, Compound—Marine Engineer, 359
  • Locomotives, Compound—Junius Minimus, 422
  • Locomotives, Compound—Henry Monk, 478
  • Locomotives, Compound-Observer, 310
  • Locomotives, Compound—An Old Subscriber of
  • Twenty Years’ Standing, 382
  • Locomotives, Compound—M. P., 612
  • Locomotives, Compound—Alexander Remeolchs. 421
  • Locomotives, Compound—Robert H. Smith, 408 Locomotives, Compound—Taite and Carlton, 445 Locomotives, Compound — J. A. Timmis,
  • A.M. In$t. C.E , 274
  • Locomotive*, Compound—Traveller, 237, 408
  • Locomotives, Compound—Thomas Urquhart, 478
  • Locomotives, Compound—H. E. W. 421
  • Lo<CA°=m?.V/e,S’.,Compound—X-, 237, 274, 359, 382, 408, 526, 612
  • Locomotives, Compound—Z., 274
  • Locomotives, Compound—R.*Ziese, 252, 480
  • Locomotives on the Paulista and St. Paulo Railways—D. M. Fox, 549
  • London Sewage—Thames, 383
  • SX?8’”-r"“ls
  • Lubricating Crank-Pins—R. and W., 81
  • Lubricating Crank-Pins—Geo. B. Richard 114
  • Lubricating Crank-Pins-Trier Bros,, 114
  • Machinery, Cork-Cutting—J. W Hawdon 8
  • Machinery, Ice-Making-Arch. II. Farquharson,
  • Machines, Flying-Waiter F. Bell, M.I.C.E.I.,
  • Machines, Flying—Thomas Moy, 600 “alS.* H“” The—b. w.
  • -PHOoM Freon Alm-
  • Marine Engine Governor-C Burnett 44n
  • Marine Engine Governors A a’ o F.R.S. 419 crnors—A. A. Common,
  • Marine Engines, The Nominal Horse-Power of— Wm. Bury, 599, 613
  • Marine Engines, Triple-Expansion—The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works, 327
  • Marine Engines, The Weight of—Tyneside, 275 Meters, Water—J. A. Muller, C.E., 253
  • Midland v. North-Eastern Railway—Novo Castrum, 58
  • Milling, Roller-Henry Simon, M.I.M.E , 550 Moy’s Steam Boiler-Thomas Moy, 495
  • Naval Reserve, The Royal—George B. Richards. 613 ’
  • New United States Cruisers, The—An English Traveller, 360
  • Nominal Horse-Power of Marine Engines, The — Wm. Bury, 599, 613
  • North-Eastern Railway v. Midland—Novo Castrum, 58
  • Notes from South Africa—P. France, 322
  • Novel Method of Erecting Bridge Work—Hubert Bland, 164
  • Overwork on Rail wavs : A Public Danger— Clement E. Stretton, C.E., 477
  • Patent Law, The New—An Associate of the Royal School of Mines, 444
  • Patent Law, The New—George A. Barclay, 528
  • Patent Law, The New—A. T. Booth, 548
  • Patent Law, The New—“ Caveat Emptor,” 422
  • Patent Law, The New—William Clark, 422, 477
  • Patent Law, The New—Edward Field, C.E., 422
  • Patent Law, The New—Wm. Gresham and Davies, 478
  • Patent Law, The New—G. G. M. Hardingham,
  • Patent Law, The New—F. W. Haydock, 478
  • Patent Law, The New—Thomas Hunt, 7, 58
  • Patent Law, The New—A Patentee, 408, 528
  • Patent Law, The New—J. Richardson, 36
  • Patent Law, The New—S. J. S., 548
  • Patent Law, The New—Jas. Swinburne, 36
  • Patentees’ Addresses—Thomas Moy, 576
  • Paulista Railway, Locomotive for the—Dtlbs and Co., 275
  • Paulista Railway, Locomotive for the—D. M. Fox, 253
  • Paulista Railway, Locomotive for—Walter J. Hammond, 527
  • Paulista and St. Paulo Railways, Locomotives on the—D. M. Fox, 549
  • Petroleum, Transportation of—J. H. Harris, 326 Petroleum, The Transportation of—Pengwern, 550
  • Pneumatising Copper Regulus—John Dixon, 186, 527
  • Preserving Timber—Henry Aitkin, 58
  • Profession, The Engineering—B., 526
  • Progress, Chinese—C. W. Kinder, C.E., 576 Protection of Commerce, Imperial Defences for— George Fawcus, 58
  • Providence and Law—R. Hartland, 237
  • Pumps, Ships’—H. G. Gourlay, 81
  • Railway Brakes-G. Mitchell, 326
  • Railway Brakes—Henry Prince, M.S.A., 326
  • Railway Couplings—Clement E. Stretton, C.E., 422
  • Railway Improvements—Albert E. Adlard, 36, 128 •
  • Railway Improvements—Thos. H. Gibbon, C.E., 7, 57
  • Railway, The La Guaira and Caracas—J. W. Grover, M.I.C.E., 399
  • Railway Signal Lights—A. Hamilton Smythe, 327
  • Railway Speed, English and American—I LB., 186
  • Railway Speed, English and American—Edward Bates Dorsey, M. Am. Soc. C.E., 164
  • Railways, Overwork on : A Public' Danger-Clement E. Stretton, C.E., 477
  • Reflecting Indicator, The—Fred. R. Low, 186 Roller Milling-Henry Simon, M.I.M.E., 550
  • Royal Naval Reserve, The—George B. Richards, 613
  • Sewage, London—Thames, 383
  • Sewage Purification at Guildford—S. Geoghegan, 526
  • Shallow Water Cable, The Life of a—The Author of “ Telegraph and Travel,” 408
  • Ships’ Pumps—H. G. Gourlay, 81
  • Signal Lights, Railway—A. Hamilton Smythe, 327
  • South Africa, Notes from—P. France, 322
  • Steam Boiler, Moy’s—Thomas Moy, 495
  • Steel Gun Factories in the United States—W. II.
  • Jaques, 200
  • Steel Works, The Dalzell—Robert Harvey and Co., 477
  • Stern Frames—J. F. Hall, 550
  • Stress, The Effects of—X. Y. Z., 275
  • Strike in the Engineering Trade of Sunderland, The—John Haswell, 576
  • Submarine Boats—Cochran and Co., 360
  • Submarine Torpedo Boats—Polaris, 383
  • Suez Canal, The—G. T., 549
  • Swadlincote Accident, The; the Two-Minute Brake—Clement E. Stretton, Hon. Mem. A. S. Railway Servants, 186
  • Sydney Tramways, The- Arthur N. Rowan, 326
  • Tandem Engine, Kingdon’s—Simpson and Denison, 81
  • Tension and Force—E. Aldred Williams, 311
  • Tests of Incandescent Lamps—Woodhouse and Rawson, 576
  • Timber, Preserving—Henry Aitken, 58
  • Torpedo Boats, Submarine—Polaris, 38.3
  • Tourcoing Boiler Explosion, The—G. G. M. Hardingham, 7
  • Tramways, The Sydney—Arthur N. Rowan, 326
  • Transportation of Petroleum—J. H. Harris, 326
  • Transportation of Petroleum, The—Pengwem, 550 ,
  • Triple-Expansion Marine Engines—The Risdon
  • Iron and Locomotive Works, 327
  • Two-Minute Brake, The ; the Swadlincote Accident—Clement E. Stretton, Hon. Mem. A. S. Railway Servants, 186
  • Velocities, Wind Force and—M.LM.E., 81
  • Velocity, Wind Force and—Horatio Phillips, 58
  • Vertical Lathes—Egbert P. Watson, 58
  • Volatilisation of Gold, The—V. W. Delves Broughton, 477
  • Waste-Water Meter System,Deacon’s—J. A., 528, 576
  • Waste-Water Meter System, Deacon’s—W. D., 528
  • Water Meters—J. A. Muller, C.E., 253
  • Water Supply, London—Francis Bolton and Percy T. Frankland, 576
  • Weight of Marine Engines, The—Tyneside, 275
  • Whips, Coal—John Duckitt, 7
  • Wind Force and Velocities— M.I.M E., 81
  • Wind Force and Velocity—Horatio Phillips, 58


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