Engineering 1887 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

Engineering 1887 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1887 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1887 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1887 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

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Letters to the Editor

• Acme Water Meter, The—Municipal Appliances Company (Limited), 505
• “Ada Melmore” and “ Kapunda,” The—Steuben H. Terry, M.I.C.E., 238, 334
• Andmogdne, Rougerie’s-Dr. H. Zimmermann Z8o’
• Armour Plates, Steel for—John Brown and Co John D. Ellis, 34’
• Artillery in the United States—Harry Revere 190’
• Atkinson and Otto Gas Engines, The—James Atkinson, 469, 554, 606
• Atkinson and Otto Gas Engines, The—Crosslev Brothers, Limited, 456, 527
• Atkinson and Otto Gas Engines, TheW c Unwin, 469, 554
• Basic Process, Chemistry of the — Alexander Bobrownick i, 189
• “Basic Slag,” Raw, as a Manure — Alexander Bobrownicki, 528
• Batteries, Secondary—Linklater and Co., 58
• Batteries, Secondary—John S. Sellon, 31
• Battery Problem, A Voltaic—Augustus A. Sadd 35 ’
• Beam Engines, Compounding—R. Hartland, 345 468
• Beam Engines, Compounding— H. M., 393
• Beam Engines, Compounding—W., 334 Beam Engines, Compounding—X. X., 345 Bearing Bolts, Nuts for—C. S. Drewry, 580 Bearing Bolts, Nuts for—A Chief Engineer, 554 Boats, Fire—Merry weather and Sons, 58 Boats, Fire—Shand, Mason, and Co., 91 Boats, Torpedo—Fly-by-Night, 58
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—Thomas Alexander; Arthur W. Thomson, 283, 299, 334, 380, 455, 528
• Boilers, Helical Joints for — Boilermaker and Sons, 334
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—W. H. Booth, 248, 299, 334, 348, 393
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—James E. Caine, 348, 380, 469, 504, 553
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—FantOme, 527
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—R. Hartland, 190, 248, 299, 348, 392, 428, 455, 504, 528, 579
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—John T. Nicolson, 429, 455, 469, 504
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—P. J. R., 249
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—C. E. S., 238, 299,380, 428
• Boilers, Helical Joints for—D. Wulff, 248, 605
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—Inspector, 237
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—Loco., 237
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—Railway Man, 211
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—Midland, 212
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—F. Sanders Morris, 212
• Brake, The Interchangeable Automatic—Wilfrid Stokes, 165
• Brake, The Use of the Westinghouse Automatic, on Inclines—The Westinghouse Brake Company, Limited, 505
• Brakes, Continuous—Clement E. Stretton, 249 Bridge Question, A—W. C, Kernot, 31
• Cartridge, A New Safety Mining—M. Walton Brown, 91
• Cast Steel, Tempering—Alex. E. Tucker, 6 Castor Oil, Extracting, by Screw Presses—T. and W. Summers, 212
• Cement, Portland—W., 298
• Centrifugal Pumping Machinery—J. and H. Gwynne, 7
• Centrifugal Pumps—W. H. Tozer, 238
• Chemistry of the Basic Process—Alexander Bobrownicki, 189
• Close Castings, Mixtures for—Hydraulic, 298 Coal Pit, The Deepest—J. C. S., 393 Compounding Beam Engines—R. Hartland, 34o, 468
• Compounding Beam Engines—H. M., 393
• Compounding Beam Engines—'W«»334
• Compounding Beam Engines—X. X., 345
• Continuous Brakes—Clement E. Stretton, 249
• Cupola, The Herbertz-Percy J. Neate, 529 Cylinders, Locomotive, Proportions of—Charles Blackwell, 347 •
• Cylindrical Boilers, Joints for—Boilermaker and Sons, 92 „ , , ~
• Cylindrical Boilers, Joints for—Robert Coey, 91 Cylindrical Boilers, Joints for—A. T. . Orr,loo Cylindrical Boilers, Joints for—David Rollo and Sons, 58
• Cylindrical Boilers, Joints for—D.
• Deepest Coal Pit, The—J. C. S., 393 Development of Great Powers, Measuring tne
• Development of Great Powers, Measuring the W. Schbnheyder, 211 .
• Dissociation in the Steel Furnace ■*
• Crowe, 33, 106, 164
• Dissociation in the Steel Furnace Fred Siemens, 106
• Dissociation in the Steel Furnace-B. H. Thwaite, 58, 106,163
• Dissociation in the Steel Furnace and in Gas Motors—B, II. Thwaite, 190
• Dryers, Grain—John Whitmore, 249
• Duplexing;, Single-Needle—And. S. Dunn, 346, 393
• Duplexing, Single-Needle—Arthur E. Gilbert, 334, 381,430
• Dynamos, Testing—R. P. Fuge, 35, 141, 190
• Dynamos, Testing—H. D. Wilkinson, 106, 165
• Education, Technical—J. F. D. Donnelly, 211
• Employers’ Liability; A Broken Chain—Harland and Wolff, 347
• Engine, The Portable—W. H. Smith, 580
• Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society’s, at Newcastle—Henry D. Marshall, 379
• Engineers, The Institution of Civil—Joseph Newton, 298
• Engines, Compounding Beam—R. Hartland, 345
• Engines, Compounding Beam—H. M., 393
• Engines, Compounding Beam—W., 334
• Engines, Compounding Beam—X. X., 345
• Engines, Triple-Expansion, and Marine Engine Governors—J. D. Churchill, 469
• Engines, Triple-Expansion, and Marine Governors —A Marine Superintending Engineer, 348
• Engines, Triple-Expansion, and Marine Governors —A Managing Owner, 298
• English v. American Locomotives—Anglo-American, 189
• English v. American Locomotives—Robt. H.
• Burnett, 164, 189, 578
• Englisht;. American Locomotives—T. D., 164, 505
• English v. American Locomotives—W. F. Dixon, 333
• English v. American Locomotives—G., 107, 333
• English v. American Locomotives -H. M., 579
• English v. American Locomotives—Mechanicus, 189, 578
• English v. American Locomotives—Observer, 578
• English v. American Locomotives—Angus Sinclair, 333
• English v. American Locomotives—Frank C.
• Smith, 140, 454, 468, 505
• English v. American Locomotives—Stoker, 141, 237, 430
• Expansion of Structures by Heat—John Keily, 456
• Extracting Castor Oil by Screw Presses—T. and W. Summers, 212
• Eyesight, The Testing of—Clement E. Stretton, 430
• Fire Boats—Merry weather and Sons, 58
• Fire Boats—Shand, Mason, and Co., 91
• Firebricks—W., 212
• Fittings, Pipe, in the United States—Geo. M.
• Bond, 347
• Fog Signals—C. Kragenbuhl, 606
• Freezing, The Use of Glycerine to Prevent—
• A. T. S., 107
• French Wire Nails—Engineer, 529
• Furnaces, Regenerative Gas—John Head, 527
• Galvanising Sheets, Machinery for—X., 238
• Gear, Toothed—Discipulus, 35,91
• Gear, Toothed—Toothed Gearing, 34
• Gear, Toothed—R. Hartland, 6, 59, 91, 107
• Gearing, Toothed—W. H. Booth, 141
• Gearing, Toothed—Sinclair Couper, 107
• Gearing, Toothed—John W. Logan, 91
• Gearing, Toothed—Millwright, 59
• Gearing, Toothed—Omicron, 59
• Glycerine, The Use of, to Prevent Freezing— A. T. S.,lv7
• Governing Mill Engines—Consulting Engineer, 529, 580, 605
• Governing Mill Engines—R. and T. Groom and Sons, 580
• Governing Mill Engines—Hermann Kuhne, 554, 605
• Governing Mill Engines—J. B. Moscrop, 580
• Governors, Marine Engine, and Triple-Expansion Engines—J. D. Churchill, 469
• Governors, Marine, and Triple-Expansion Engines—A Marine Superintending Engineer, 348
• Governors, Marine, and Triple-Expansion Engines—A Managing Owner, 298
• Grain Dryers—John Whitmore, 249
• Guns, Magazine—W. H. W., 34
• Gwynne Pumps—A. A. Brooks, 238
• Gwynne Pumps—J. and H. Gwynne, 249
• Gwynne Pumps—S. S. Webber, 238
• Heat, Expansion of Structures by—John Keily, 456
• Herbertz Cupola,-The—Percy J. Neate, 529
• Institution of Civil Engineers, The —Joseph Newton, 298
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The — Inspector, 237
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The—Loco., 237
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The—Railway Man, 211
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The—Midland, 212
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The — F.
• Sanders Morris, 212
• Interchangeable Automatic Brake, The—Wilfrid Stokes, 165
• Italian Government, Turrets for the—G. C. Warden and Co., 505
• Joints for Cylindrical Boilers—Boilermaker and Sons, 92, 334
• Joints for Cylindrical Boilers—Robert Coey, 5, 91
• Joints for Cylindrical Boilers—A. T. Orr, 165
• Joints for Cylindrical Boilers—David Rollo and Sons, 58
• Joints for Cylindrical Boilers—D. Wulff, 6
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—Thomas Alexander ;
• Arthur W. Thomson, 283, 299, 334, 380, 455, 528
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—W. H. Booth, 248, 299, 334, 348, 393
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—Janies E. Caine, 348, 380, 469, 504, 553
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—FantOme, 527
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—R. Hartland, 190, 248, 299, 348, 392, 455, 504, 528, 579
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—John T. Nicolson, 429, 455, 469, 504
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—P. J. R., 249
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—C. E. S., 238, 299, 380, 428
• Joints, Helical, for Boilers—D. Wulff, 248, 605
• Jubilee of Railways, Paris, 1887—Alf. Louis, 35
• “Kapunda,” The, and the “Ada Melmore”— Stephen H. Terry, M.I.C.E., 238, 334
• “Kapunda,” The Loss of the—Reginald E. Middleton, 381
• Liability, Employers’; A Broken Chain—Harland and Wolff, 317
• Library, The Patent Office—H. Borns, 238
• Lights, Ships’—S. H. Terry, 555
• Locomotives, English v. American—Anglo-
• American, 189
• Locomotives, English v. American—Robt. H.
• Burnett, 164, 189, 578
• Locomotives, English v. American—T. D., 164, 503
• Locomotives, English v. American—W. F. Dixon, 333
• Locomotives, English v. American—G., 107, 333
• Locomotives, English v. American—H. M., 579
• Locomotives, English v. American—Mechanicus, 189, 578
• Locomotives, English v. American—Observer, 578
• Locomotives, English v, American—Angus Sinclair, 333
• Locomotives, English v. American—Frank C. Smith, 140, 454, 468, 505
• Locomotives, English v. American—Stoker, 141, 237, 430
• Locomotives for New South Wales—Free Trade, 283
• Loss of the “ Kapunda,” The—Reginald E. Middleton, 381
• Macaroni, The Manufacture of—M., 165
• Macaroni, The Manufacture of—J. Wetter, 190
• Machinery for Galvanising Sheets—X., 238
• Magazine Guns—W. H. W., 34
• Magazine Rifles—John Shipley Ellis, Jun., 456
• Manufacturers, Railway Companies as — Fair Play, 188
• Manure, Raw “ Basic Slag” as a—Alexander Bobrownicki, 528
• Measuring the Development of Great Powers— M., 190
• Measuring the Development of Great Powers— W. Schbnheyder, 211
• Mill Engines, Governing-Consulting Engineer, 529, 580, 605
• Mill Engines, Governing—R. and T. Groom and Sons, 580
• Mill Engines, Governing—Hermann Kuhne, 554, 605
• Mill Engines, Governing—J. B. Moscrop, 580
• Mining Cartridge, A New Safety—M. Walton Brown, 91
• Mixtures for Close Castings—Hydraulic, 298
• Nails, French Wire—Engineer, 529
• Navigation, Submarine—John P. Holland, 579
• New South Wales, Locomotives for—Free Trade, 283
• Notes from South Africa—P. France, 132
• Nuts for Bearing Bolts—C. S. Drewry, 580
• Nuts for Bearing Bolts - A Chief Engineer, 554
• Otto and Atkinson Gas Engines, The—James Atkinson, 469, 554, 606
• Otto and Atkinson Gas Engines, The—Crossley Brothers, Limited, 456, 527
• Otto and Atkinson Gas Engines, The—W. C. Unwin, 469,554
• Patent Office Library, The—H. Borns, 238
• Petroleum-Carrying Steamers — Reginald A.
• Smith, 6
• Piers and Abutments of Bridges, Stability7” of— James G. Shepherd, 393
• Pig Iron, Silicon in—Thomas Turner, 33
• Pipe Fittings in the United States—Geo. M. Bond, 347
• Piston Valves—John Hay thorn, 606
• Portable Engine, The—W. H. Smith, 580
• Portland Cement—W., 298
• Propeller, The Screw—Horatio Phillips, 580
• Proportions of Locomotive Cylinders—Charles Blackwell, 347
• Pumping Engines, Underground — A North Country Collier, 298
• Pumping Machinery, Centrifugal—J. and H.
• Gwynne, 7
• Pumps, Centrifugal—W. H. Tozer, 238
• Pumps, Gwynne—A. A. Brooks, 238
• Pumps, Gwynue—J. and H. Gwynne, 249
• Pumps, Gwynne—S. S. Webber, 238
• Question, A Bridge—W. C. Kernot, 34
• Railway Companies as Manufacturers—Fair Play, 188
• Railway Sleepers, On the Length of—L. L. K., 580 Railways, Jubilee of, Paris, 1887—Alf. Louis, 35 Regenerative Gas Furnaces—John Head, 527 Rifles, Magazine—John Shipley Ellis, Jun., 456 Rougerie’s An6mog5ne—Dr. H. Zimmermann, 283 Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, The at Newcastle—Henry D. Marshall, 379
• Screw Propeller, The—Horatio Phillips, 580 Secondary Batteries—Linklater and Co., 58 Secondary Batteries—John S. Sellon, 34 Ships’ Lights—S. H. Terry, 555
• Sight, Testing, of Drivers and Firemen—W. B.
• Johnson, 469
• Signals, Fog—C. Kragenbuhl, 606
• Silicon in Pig Iron—Thomas Turner, 33
• Single-Needle Duplexing—And. S. Dunn, 346, 393 Single-Needle Duplexing—Arthur E. Gilbert, 334, 381, 430
• Sleepers, Railway, On the Length of—L. L. K., 580
• South Africa, Notes from—P. France, 132
• Stability of Piers and Abutments of Bridges-James G. Shepherd, 393
• Steam, The Action of, in Steam Jackets—A. H.
• Tyler, Stud. I.C.E.,605
• Steam Engine Experiments, Witt’s — Bryan Donkin, Jun., 554
• Steam Jackets, The Action of Steam in—A. H. Tyler, Stud. I.C.E., 605
• Steam Steering Gear—John Hastie and Co., 7 Steamers, Petroleum-Carrying — Reginald A.
• Smith, 6
• Steel for Armour Plates—John Brown and Co.
• John D. Ellis, 34
• Steel Furnace, Dissociation in the—Edward Crowe, 33, 106, 164
• Steel Furnace, Dissociation in the—Frederick Siemens, 106
• Steel Furnace, Dissociation in the — B. H Thwaite, 58, 106, 163
• Steel Furnace, Dissociation in the, and in Gas Motors—B. H. Thwaite, 190
• Steering Gear, Steam—John Hastie and Co., 7 Submarine Navigation—John P. Holland, 579
• Technical Education—J. F. D. Donnelly, 211 Telegraph Instruments, Duplexing Single-Needle
• —Arthur E. Gilbert, 334
• Telegraph and Telephone Wires—R. Cooper Willis, 107
• Tempering Cast Steel—Alex. E. Tucker, 6 Testing Dynamos—R. P. Fuge, 35, 141, 190 Testing Dynamos—H. D. Wilkinson, 106, 165 Testing of Eyesight, The—Clement E. Stretton, 430
• Testing Machine, The Watertown—A. S. Alden, 393
• Testing Sight of Drivers and Firemen—W. B. Johnson, 469
• Timber of Western Australia, The—Oswald Brown, M.I.C.E., 107
• Toothed Gear—Discipulus, 35, 91
• Toothed Gear—Toothed Gearing, 34
• Toothed Gear—R. Hartland, 6, 59,91, 107
• Toothed Gearing—W. H. Booth, 141
• Toothed Gearing—Sinclair Couper, 107
• Toothed Gearing—John W. Logan, 91
• Toothed Gearing—Millwright, 59
• Toothed Gearing—Omicron, 59
• Torpedo Boats—Fly-by-Night, 58
• Turrets for the Italian Government — G. C. Warden and Co., 505
• Underground Pumping Engines—A North Country Collier, 198
• United States, Artillery in the—Harry Revere, 190
• Valves, Piston—John Hay thorn, 606
• Voltaic Battery Problem, A—Augustus A. Sadd, 35
• Water Meter, The Acme—Municipal Appliances Company (Limited), 505
• Watertown Testing Machine, The—A. S. Alden, 393
• Watt’s Steam Engine Experiments — Bryan Donkin, Jun., 554
• Western Australia, The Timber of — Oswald Brown, M.I.C.E., 107
• Westinghouse Automatic Brake, The Use of the, on Inclines—The Westinghouse Brake Company, Limited, 505
• Wires, Telegraph and Telephone—R. Cooper Willis, 107'