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Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1889 Jan-Jun: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • Admission of Assistant Engineers into the Royal Navy—H. S. Hele Shaw, 238
  • Aluminium, Electric Smelting of—F. J. Jones 141
  • Anti-Corrodant, Zinc as an—B. H. Thwaite, 736
  • Armour-Clad Ships— B. II. Thwaite, 545
  • “ Atkinson” and “ Otto” Gas Engines, The, at the Society of Arts—Crossley Brothers, Limited, 545
  • Automatic Controlling Valves for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—Berlin-Anhaltische Maschi-nenbau-actien-Gesellschaft, 325
  • Automatic Controlling Valves for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—Archd. Smith and Stevens, 312
  • Automatic Controlling Valves for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—R. H. Tweddell, 274
  • Barometer, On the Cause of the Diurnal Oscillation of the—Franz A. Veschow, 31
  • Batteries, Gas—Alfred Treeby, 736
  • Board of Trade Unseaworthiness—Arthur R. Liddell, 545
  • Boiler Flues, Collapsing Pressure of—W. I. Ellis, 19
  • Boilers, Multiple—Atlas, 599
  • Bombs, Poisonous—J. T. B., 182, 239
  • Bombs, Poisonous—J. C. T., Jun., 215, 239, 263
  • Brakes, Continuous—A. M. Bushell, 20
  • Breakdowns of Marine Engines—Propeller, 30
  • Bristol and English Channel Canal, The, v. the Great Western Ship Canal—Jno. E. Thomas, 238
  • Canal, Kioto and Biwa—Thomas Alexander, 141 Canal, The Trans-Scotland—A former President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 183
  • Carver’s Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus—Coates and Carver, 183
  • Cast-Steel Guns—C. Danielson, 213
  • Centrifugal Pumps—Alfred Hanssen, 325
  • Centrifugal Pumps—W. Schonheyder, 274
  • Centrifugal Pumps and Triple-Expansion Engines —Alfred Hanssen, 182
  • Civil Engineers, The Institution of—A Country Associate Member, 68
  • Classification of Marine Engines—Sydney A. Reeve, 31
  • Collapsing Pressure of Boiler Flues—W. I. Ellis, 19
  • Compound Engines for Manufacturing Purposes —Chas. T. Main, 383
  • Compressed Air, The Popp System of, in Paris— E. Hospitaller, 183,216
  • Continuous Brakes—A. M. Bushell, 20
  • Conveyor for Feeding Automatic Stokers— Abram Lyle and Sons, 697
  • Cruiser, The Fairfield—E. J. Reed, 142
  • Defences, The National—J. T. B., 166
  • Denmark, Patents in—Robert R. Schmidt, 141
  • Diagrams, Slide Valve—Victor Thallmayer, 263
  • Diurnal Oscillation of the Barometer, On the Cause of the—Franz A. Veschow, 31
  • Draught, Forced—Fan tome, 30
  • Dredging—Kuphus, 697
  • Duerden’s Paper Bag Machine at the Paris Exhibition—Pearson, Richmond, and Co., 697
  • Economy in the Transmission of Power—P. A. Ransom, 19
  • Electric Smelting of Aluminium—F. J. Jones, 141
  • Electrical Engineers, The Institution of—Converter, 142
  • Electrical Engineers, The Institution of—Pro vincial, 118
  • Electrical Engineers, The Institution of—F. W. Webb, 92
  • Engine Building at the Royal Dockyards—R. N. 215
  • Engine Trials, Marine: s.?. “Meteor” — Free Edwards, 599
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—James Atkin son, 349, 561, 665
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—Crossley Brothers, Limited, 545, 614
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—Engineer Student, 408
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—A Gas Engineer, 736
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—J. H. Hamilton, 325, 383, 407, 613, 697
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—An Ok Millwright, 652
  • Engine Trials, The Society of Arts—W. H. Preece 349, 408
  • Engineers, Inspecting—Engineer, 651
  • Engineers and Technical Education—A. Brunner 67
  • Engineers, The Training of—George S. Scott, 93
  • Engines, Compound, for Manufacturing Purposes—Chas. T. Main, 383
  • Engines, Petroleum, at the Windsor Show— Priestman Brothers, 312
  • English Railway Work—Charles Rous Marten, 325
  • Excavators, Steam—N. P. Kapteyn, 274
  • Fairfield Cruiser, The—E. J. Reed, 142
  • Feeding Automatic Stokers, Conveyor for— Abram Lyle and Sons, 697
  • Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus, Carver’s—Coates and Carver, 183
  • Flowage of Water in Pipes, On the—G. H. Hamilton, 68,118
  • Flowage of Water in Pipes, On the—H. D. Pearsall, 118
  • Forced Draught—Fantome, 30
  • Foreign Trade of Japan, The; “Audite Alteram Partem”—T. Grant Birch, 544, 598
  • Frankfort-on-the-Maine, The Sewerage of—J. Gordon, 183
  • Frankfort-on-the-Maine, The Sewerage of—L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, 216
  • Gas Batteries—Alfred Treeby, 736
  • Gas Motors—A. L. Steavenson, 599
  • Gas, Water—Edward Brook, 67
  • Gas, Water-Gas, 349, 408, 544, 561, 598
  • Gas, Water—Thomas Piggott and Co., 141
  • Gas, Water—W. S. Sutherland, 183
  • Gas, Water—B. H. Thwaite, 324, 383
  • Gas, Water—Jas. W. Vickers, 141
  • Gas, Water and Coal—F. Whaley, 92
  • Gas, Water (a Mixture of Hydrogen and Carbonic Oxide)—Alfred Wilson, li8
  • Governors for Marine Engines—Typhoon, 263
  • Great Western Ship Canal, The—F. A. Owen, 165
  • Great Western Ship Canal, The, v. the Bristol and English Channel Canal—Jno. E. Thomas, 238
  • Guns, Cast Steel—C. Danielson, 213
  • Guns, Quick-Firing—Economist, 166
  • Guns, Quick-Firing—F. F. F. F., 166, 238
  • Guns, Quick-Firing— Thorsten Nordenfelt, 183
  • Guns, Quick-Firing—Philip H. B. Salusbury, 140, 214
  • Guns, Wire—Jas. A. Longridge, 274
  • Harbour and Port Defence—P. H. Colomb, 68
  • Hornsey Sanitary Depot; Tall Chimney Shaft— R. M. Bancroft, 92
  • Hydraulic Machinery at the Paris Exhibition— William Carter, 664
  • Inspecting Engineers—Engineer, 651
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, The —A Country Associate Member, 68
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers, The—Converter, 142
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers, The—Provincial, 118
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers, The—F. W. Webb, 92
  • Irish Railways—Bowman Malcolm, 92
  • Japan, The Foreign Trade of; “ Audite Alteram Partem ”—T. Grant Birch, 544, 598
  • Kioto and Biwa Canal—Thomas Alexander, 141
  • Large Sheerlegs—Day, Summers, and Co., 20
  • Life of Screw Propellers, The—Cast Iron, 93
  • Lights, Ships’—V. de Michele, 68
  • Lights, Ships’—Reginald E. Middleton, 20
  • Locomotive Question, The, in New South Wales— Another who Knows, 32
  • Locomotive Question, The, in New South Wales— Australasia, 166
  • Locomotive Question, The, in New South Wales— Colonial, 19, 167, 262
  • Locomotive Question, The, in New South Wales— Justicia, 18, 31,167, 239, 274
  • Locomotive, The “Strong”—WilliamHy. Booth, 661
  • Locomotive, The “ Strong,” G. A. Bremme, 599
  • Locomotive, The “ Strong”—R. Hoffmann, 697
  • Locomotive, The “ Strong”—David Joy, 665
  • Locomotive, The “ Strong ”—Long Tom, 599
  • Locomotive, The “Strong”—Walter Payton, 652, 736
  • Locomotive, The “ Strong ”—Geo. S. Strong, 665 Locomotives, Twin, for theSind-Pishin Railway —Francis R. F. Brown, 665
  • Long Tows—Alfred Watkins, 118
  • Machinery, Hydraulic, at the Paris Exhibition-William Carter, 664
  • Machinery, Packing, for Shipment—En Vedette, 18
  • Machinery, Packing, for Shipment-T. Pank, 30
  • Marine Engine Trials: s.s. “Meteor”—Fred Edwards, 599
  • I Marine Engines, Breakdowns of—Propeller, 30
  • | Marine Engines, Classification of—Sydney A. Reeve, 31
  • Marine Engines, Governors for—Typhoon, 263
  • j Mercantile Naval Auxiliaries—R., 238
  • I Milling, Rice, in Japan—A. A., 544
  • Motors, Gas—A. L. Steavenson, 599
  • Multiple Boilers—Atlas, 599
  • National Defences, The—J. T. B., 166
  • Naval Auxiliaries, Mercantile—R., 238
  • Naval Ordnance—J. O. Hopkins, 312
  • Naval Warfare—J. T. B., 93
  • Naval Warfare—J. C. T., Jun., 166
  • New South Wales, The Locomotive Question in —Another who Knows, 32
  • New South Wales, The Locomotive Question in —Australasia, 166
  • New South Wales, The Locomotive Question in —Colonial, 19,167, 262
  • I New South Wales, The Locomotive Question in —Justicia,18, 31, 167, 239, 274
  • Non-Conducting Coverings for Steam Pipes-Albert Haacke, 599, 664
  • Ordnance, Naval—J. 0. Hopkins, 312
  • “ Otto” and “Atkinson” Gas Engines, The, at the Society of Arts—Crossley Brothers, Limited, 545
  • Packing Machinery for Shipment—En Vedette, 18
  • Packing Machinery for Shipment—T. Pank, 30
  • Paper Bag Machine, Duerden’s, at the Paris Exhibition—Pearson, Richmond, and Co., 697
  • Paris, The Compressed Air System in—E. Hospitaller, 216
  • Patents in Denmark—Robert R. Schmidt, 141
  • Permanent Way and Public Safety—J. T. B., 166
  • Petroleum Engines at the Windsor Show—Priestman Brothers, 312
  • I Piles, Sinking, by Water Jtts—Chas. E. L. B. Davis, 736
  • Poisonous Bombs—J. T. B., 182, 239
  • Poisonous Bombs—J. C. T., Jun., 215, 239, 263
  • Popp System of Compressed Air, The, in Paris— E. Hospitalier, 183, 216
  • Port and Harbour Defence—P. H. Colomb, 68
  • Public Safety and Permanent Way—J. T. B., 166
  • Pumping Engines, Triple - Expansion — Alfred Hanssen, 118
  • Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion—Crank, 93
  • Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion—Ignoramus, 165
  • Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion—A Mechanical Engineer, 141
  • Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion — W. H. Tozer, 118
  • Pumps, Centrifugal—Alfred Hanssen, 325 Pumps, Centrifugal—W. Schbnheyder, 274
  • Quick-Firing Guns—Economist, 166
  • Quick-Firing Guns—F. F. F. F., 166, 238
  • Quick-Firing Guns—Thorsten Nordenfelt, 183
  • Quick-Firing Guns—Philip H. B. Sainsbury, 140, 214
  • Racing of Screw Propellers, The—A. G. Greenhill, 736
  • Racing of Screw Propellers, The—W. C. P., 697
  • Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, The, and Second-Hand Machinery Rates—Charles D. Phillips, 141
  • Railway Race to Scotland, The—L. N. W. Driver, 215
  • Railway Work, English—Charles Rous Marten, 325
  • Railways, Irish—Bowman Malcolm, 92
  • Rice Milling in Japan—A. A., 544
  • Royal Dockyards, Engine Building at the—R. N., 215
  • Royal Navy, Admission of Assistant Engineers into the—H. S. Hele Shaw, 238
  • Sanitary Depdt, Hornsey ; Tall Chimney Shaft— R. M. Bancroft, 92
  • Scotland, The Railway Race to—L. N. W. Driver, 215
  • I Screw Propellers, The Life of—Cast Iron, 93
  • Screw Propellers, The Racing of—A. G. Greenhill, 736
  • Screw Propellers, The Racing of—W. C. P., 697
  • Second-Hand Machinery Rates and the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888—Charles D. Phillips, 141
  • Sewerage of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, The—J. Gordon, 183
  • Sewerage of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, The—L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, 216
  • Sheerlegs, Large—Day, Summers, and Co., 20
  • Ship Canal, The Great Western—F. A. Owen, 165
  • Ships, Armour-Clad—B. H. Thwaite, 545
  • Ships’ Lights-V. de Michele, 68
  • Ships’ Lights -Reginald E. Middleton, 20
  • Sinking Piles by Water Jets—Chas. E. L. B. Davis, 736
  • Slide Valve Diagrams—Victor Thallmayer, 263
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—James Atkinson, 349, 561, 665
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—Crossley Brothers, Limited, 545, 614
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—Engineer Student, 408
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—A Gas Engineer, 736
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—J. H. Hamilton, 325, 383, 407, 613, 697
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—An Old Millwright, 652
  • Society of Arts Engine Trials, The—W. H. Preece, 349,408
  • Steam Cylinders, Thermo-Dynamic Processes in —Frank T. Marshall, 118
  • Steam Excavators—N. P. Kapteyn, 274
  • Steam Pipes, Non-Conducting Coverings for— Albert Haacke, 599, 664
  • Strength of Furnace Tubes, The—D. K. Clark, 93
  • “Strong” Locomotive,The—William Hy. Booth, 651
  • “Strong” Locomotive, The—R. Hoffmann, 697
  • “Strong” Locomotive, The—David Joy, 665
  • “ Strong” Locomotive, The—Walter Pay ton, 736
  • “ Strong” Locomotive, The—Geo. S. Strong, 665
  • “Strong ” Locomotive, The—Long Tom, 599
  • “Strong” Locomotive, The Valve Gear of the— Gustav A. C. Bremme, 599
  • “Strong” Locomotive, The Valve Gear of the— Walter Payton, 652
  • Technical Education and Engineers—A. Brunner, 67
  • Thermo-Dynamic Processes in Steam Cylinders— Frank T. Marshall, 118
  • Tows, Long—Alfred Watkins, 118
  • Training of Engineers, The—George S. Scott, 93 Transmission of Power, Economy in the—P. A. Ransom, 19
  • Trans-Scotland Canal, The—A former President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 183
  • Triple-Expansion Engines and Centrifugal Pumps —Alfred Hanssen, 182
  • Triple-Expansion Pumping Engines—Crank, 93
  • Triple - Expansion Pumping Engines — Alfred Hanssen, 118
  • Triple-Expansion Pumping Engines—Ignoramus, 165
  • Triple-Expansion Pumping Engines—A Mechanical Engineer, 141
  • Triple-Expansion Pumping Engines—W. H. Tozer, 118
  • Tubes, Furnace, The Strength of—D. K. Clark, V3
  • Twin Locomotives for the Sind-Pishin Railway— Francis R. F. Brown, 665
  • Unseaworthiness, Board of Trade—Arthur R. Liddell, 545
  • Valve Gear of the “ Strong ” Locomotive, The— Gustav A. C. Bremme, 599
  • Valve Gear of the “Strong” Locomotive, The— Walter Pay ton, 652
  • Valves, Automatic Controlling, for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—Berlin-Anhaltische Maschi-nenbau-actien-Gesellschaft, 325
  • Valves, Automatic Controlling, for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—Archd. Smith and Stevens, 312
  • Valves, Automatic Controlling, for Hydraulic Pumping Engines—R. H. Tweddell, 274
  • Warfare, Naval—J. T. B., 93
  • Warfare, Naval—J. C. T., Jun., 166
  • Water and Coal Gas—F. Whaley, 92
  • Water Gas—Edward Brook, 67
  • Water Gas—Gas, 349, 408, 544, 561, 598
  • Water Gas—Thomas Piggott and Co., 141
  • Water Gas—W. S. Sutherland, 183
  • Water Gas—B. H. Thwaite, 324, 383
  • Water Gas—Jas. W. Vickers, 141
  • Water Gas (a Mixture of Hydrogen and Carbonic Oxide)—Alfred Wilson, 118
  • Water in Pipes, On the Flowage of—G. H. Hamilton, 68, 118
  • Water in Pipes, On the Flowage of—H. D. Pearsall, 118
  • Wire Guns—Jas. A. Longridge, 274
  • Zinc as an Anti-Corrodant—B. H. Thwaite, 736


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