Engineering 1890 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Abt System, The, and Steep Railways—Charles Fairholme, 509
Accident on Board H.M.S. “Barracouta,” The —Artisan, 508
Accident on Board H.M.S. “ Barracouta,” The—A Retired Engine Driver, 508
Accident, The Carlisle—E. Gobert, 631
Accident at Carlisle, The —High Pressure, 600
Accident to the “City of Paris,” The—Clydebank, 486
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—E. Griffiths, 561
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—H., 561
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—J. H. Harris, 444.
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—F. T. Marshall, 539
Accident to the “City of Paris,” The—B. G. Nichol, 507
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—J. A. Normand, 444
Accident to the “ City of Paris,” The—George Quick, 507
Accident to the “City of Paris,” The—Verax, 444
Accident to H.M.S. “Barracouta,” The—J. T. Bucknill, 445
Accident on the Lartigue Railway, The— T. B. Behr, 45
Admiralty Coefficients, On the Corrected Form of the—Wm. Bury, 536
Admiralty Coefficients, On the Corrected Form of the—Robert Mansel, 365
“Aldersgate,” The, and the “City of Paris”— H. W. Dillon, 507
Aluminium Process, The Grabau—Ludwig Grabau,45
American Railway Speeds—Zulu, 673
Anemometrical Experiments and Wind Pressures—J. W. Black, 423
Automatic Stokeholes—Abram Lyle and Sons, 139
Automatic Stokeholes—New Conveyor Company, 113

“Barracouta,” H.M.S., The Accident to—J. T. Bucknill, 445
“ Barracouta,” H.M.S., The Accident on Board-Artisan, 508
“Barracouta,” H.M.S., The Accident on Board— A Retired Engineer Driver, 508
Battle of the Brakes, The—Compressed Air, 516, 572
Battle of the Brakes, The—An Engineer, 423, 444, 546, 600
Battle of the Brakes, The—E. Gobert, 516, 546, 572, 601
Battle of the Brakes, The—Frederick Thos. Haggard, 572
Battle of the Brakes, The—A L. B. and S. Coast Passenger, 325, 444
Battle of the Brakes, The—M.I.M.E., 300, 572
Battle of the Brakes, The—W. M., 423, 573
Battle of the Brakes, The—A Railway Man, 365
Battle of the Brakes, The—The Son of an Engineer, 423
Battle of the Brakes, The, in India—Clement E. Stretton, 44
Behaviour of Steam in the Cylinder during Expansion—D. K. Clark, 204
Benzoline Lamps—J., 113
Boiler Explosion, The Halifax—J. Duncan, 561
Boiler Explosion, The Northwich—Samuel Boswell, 300
Boiler Explosions and the Board of Trade— Horatio Phillips, 44
Boiler Inspection—R. Charles Longridge, 301
Boiler Inspection—John Swift, 96
Boiler, A Large Locomotive—Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., 205
Bourdon Gauges; Compressed Air Tramcars— W. C. Unwin, 534
Bourdon Pressure Gauge, The — Frank Wm. Dodd, 534
Bourdon Pressure Gauge, The—A. G. Greenhill, 648
Bourdon Pressure Gauge, The—J. H. Hamilton, 301
Bourdon Tube, The—W. C. Unwin, 673
Brakes, The Battle of the—Compressed Air, 516, 572
Brakes, The Battle of the—An Engineer, 423, 444, 546, 600
Brakes, The Battle of the—E. Gobert, 516, 546, 572, 601
Brakes, The Battle of the—Frederick Thos. Haggard, 572
Brakes, The Battle of the—A L. B. and S. Coast Passenger, 325, 444
Brakes, The Battle of the—M.I.M.E., 300, 572
Brakes, The Battle of the—W. M., 423, 573
Brakes, The Battle of the—A Railway Man, 365
Brakes, The Battle of the—The Son of an Engineer, 423
Brakes, The Battle of the, in India—Clement E. Stretton, 44
Brakes, Railway, in India—Another who Knows, 600
Brakes, Railway, in India—Charles Fairholme, 571, 632
Brakes, Railway, in India—One who Knows, 545, 571, 600
Brakes, Railway, in India—W. B. Thompson, 571
Brass Cartridge Cases—C. W. Kinder, 672
Bridge, The Forth—M. C. Meigs, 6
Bulkheads, Water-Tight—George Fawcus, 508
Bulkheads, Water-Tight—J. L. Sinette, 508

Cable and Electric Street Railways in the United States—J. Buckland Smith, 508
Caledonian Engine “No. 123’’ — Cowlairs, 423
Caledonian Engine “No. 123”—B. C. Forangel, 423
Caledonian Engine “No. 123”—Leave on her Name Plate, 422
Caledonian Engine “ No. 123”—Locomotive, 422
Caledonian Engine “No. 123”—L. B. S. C. R., 423
Caledonian Engine “No. 123”—Hyde Park, 365
Caledonian Engine “No. 123”—Edward Snowhall, 325
Caledonian Engine “No. 123” — Clement E. Stretton, 365
Carlisle Accident, The—E. Gobert, 631
Carlisle, The Accident at—High Pressure, 600
Cartridge Cases, Brass—C. W. Kinder, 672
Cartridges—J. W. de V. Galwey, 300
Centrifugal Force and the Theory of Propulsion —H. C. Vogt, 535
Charlesworth Boiler Explosion, The — Michael Longridge, 68
“ City of Paris,” The—X. Y. Z., 764
“City of Paris,” The Accident to the—Clydebank, 486
“ City of Paris,” The Accident to the—E. Griffiths, 561
“ City of Paris,” The Accident to the—H., 561
“City of Paris,” The Accident to the—J. H. Harris, 444
“City of Paris,” The Accident to the—F. T. Marshall, 539
“ City of Paris,” The Accident to the—B. G. Nichol, 507
“ City of Paris,” The Accident to the—J. A. Normand, 444
“City of Paris,” The Accident to the—George Quick, 507
“ City of Paris,” The Accident to the—Verax, 444
“ City of Paris,” The, and the “Aldersgate”— H. W. Dillon, 507
Civil Engineering as a Profession—Progress, 113
Coal Mines, The Ventilation of—John G. Winton, 206, 366
Coast Lifeboats—J. Corbett, 509
Code, The New, a«d Technical Instruction—Geo. Halliday, 730
Colliery Explosions—A Colliery Manager, 325
Colliery Explosions—John G. Winton, 301
Colour Blindness on Railways—A. Fournet, 139
Colour Blindness on Railways — Clement E. Stretton, 139
Colour Sight, The Testing for—A. Fournet, 168
Competition, A Great Locomotive—Obscurus, 44
Competition, A Great Locomotive—George E. Watson, 6
Compound Locomotives—Harold Hawkins, 672
Compound Locomotives—Hope and Co., 731
Compressed Air, Low-Pressure, for Tramcars— D. K. Clark, 366
Compressed Air Tramcars—Arthur Rigg, 632
Compressed Air Tramcars ; Bourdon Gauges— W. C. Unwin, 534
Consultative Committee, Lloyd’s New—Artisan, 166
Corrected Form of the Admiralty Coefficients, On the—Wm. Bury, 536
Corrected Form of the Admiralty Coefficients, On the—Robert Mansel, 365
Corrosion of Screw Shafts, The—H. Adolph Salvesen, 139
Crane, A 100-Ton, at Belfast—Geo. Russell and Co., 113, 325
Crane, A 100-Ton, at Belfast—James Taylor, 301
Decorticating Machines for Ramie—H. II. Doty, 168
Decorticating Machines for Ramie—J. W. de V. Galwey, 301
Decorticating Machines for Ramie—John Ronald Shearer, 204
Department, The Science and Art—Wm. G. Halliday, 45
Disposal of London Sewage, The—Hassard and Tyrrell, 700
Edinburgh Exhibition, The—George E. Watson, 486
Edinburgh International Exhibition, The, and American Locomotives — George E. Watson, 205
Education of Engineers, The—Anglo-Saxon, 95
Electric and Cable Street Railways in the United States—J. Buckland Smith, 508
Electricity on Shipboard—Chief Engineer, R.N., 673
Emery Cloth, Machinery for the Manufacture of — Blue Corundum, 97
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—Cowlairs, 423
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—B. C. Forangle, 423
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—Hyde Park, 365
Engine, ’Caledonian, u No. 123”—Leave on her Name Plate, 422
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—Locomotive, 422
Engine, Caledonian, “No. 123”—L. B. S. C. R., 423
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—Edward Snowhall, 325
Engine, Caledonian, “ No. 123”—Clement E. Stretton, 365
Engine Trials and Triple-Expansion Engines— Geo. A. Newall, 6
Engineer Officers, Naval—Another Engineer, 631 Engineer Officers, Naval—Engineer, 545
Engineering, Civil, as a Profession—Progress, 113
Engineers, The Education of—Anglo-Saxon, 95
Engineers in India—G. K. Scott Moncrieff, 509
Engines, Gas—Crossley Brothers, 139
English Machinery for Export—Sidney II. Farrar, 537
English Machinery for Export—W. H. Furlonge, 139, 538
Exhibition, The Edinburgh—George E. Watson, 486
Exhibition, The Edinburgh International, and American Locomotives—George E. Watson, 205
Exhibition of the Royal Meteorological Society, The, and Wind Pressures—Horatio Phillips, 444
Explosion, The Charlesworth Boiler—Michael Longridge, 68
Explosions, Boiler, and the Board of Trade— Horatio Phillips, 44
Explosions, Colliery—A Colliery Manager, 325
Explosions, Colliery—John G. Winton, 301
Eyesight Testing, Railway—Railway Alan, 113
Flying Machines—J. H. K., 701
Flying Machines—Geo. Crosland Taylor, 701
Formulas for Model Experiments — Horatio Phillips, 205
Formulas for Model Experiments—H. C. Vogt, 9 5
Forth Bridge, The—M. C. Meigs, 6
Forth Bridge, The Steel of the—F. J. R. Carulla, 324
Gamble in Pig Iron, The—Ferrum, 205
Gas Engines—Crossley Brothers, 139
Gas, Water-Gas, 423
Gauge, Bourdon—F. W. Dodd, 534
Gauge, Bourdon—A. G. Greenhill, 648
Gauge, Bourdon—J. H. Hamilton, 301
Gauges, Bourdon—W. C. Unwin, 534
Gauge Glasses, Water, for High Pressures—Conrad Knap, 539
Goldfields, The Transvaal—Assoc. Mem. Inst. C.E.,649
Grabau Aluminium Process, The — Ludwig Grabau,45
Halifax Boiler Explosion, The—J. Duncan, 561
Heavy Locomotives—A. Brunner, 445, 730 Height of Ocean Waves, The—Horatio Phillips, 68
India, Engineers in—G. K. Scott-Moncrieff, 509
Industrial Partnership—A. Huet, 300
Influence Machine, The Wimshurst—E. Darke, 167
Influence Machine, The Wimshurst—J. Wimshurst, 204
Inspection, Boiler—R. Charles Longridge, 301
Inspection, Boiler—John Swift, 96
Iron Smelting with Liquid Fuel—Enquirer, 45
Iron Smelting, Liquid Fuel for—B. H. Thwaite, 69
Lamps, Benzoline—J., 113
Lartigue Railway, The Accident on the—T. B. Behr, 45
Leather-Working Machinery—G. P., 97
Library, The Patent Office—Satisfied, 673, 731
Library, The Patent Office—Subscriber, 649, 700
Lifeboats, Coast—J. Corbett, 509
Liquid Fuel, Iron Smelting with—Enquirer, 45
Liquid Fuel, Smelting by—C. A. Sahlstrom, 113
Liquid Fuel for Smelting Iron—B. H. Thwaite, 69
Lloyd’s New Consultative Committee—Artisan, 166
Locomotive Boiler, A Large—Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., 205
Locomotive Competition, A Great—Obscurus, 44
Locomotive Competition, A Great—George E. Watson, 6
Locomotives, American, and the Edinburgh International Exhibition—George E. Watson, 205
Locomotives, Compound—Harold Hawkins, 672
Locomotives, Compound—Hope and Co., 731
Locomotives, Heavy—A. Brunner, 445, 730
London Sewage—Richard F. Grantham, 649
Low-Pressure Compressed Air for Tramcars—D. K. Clark, 366
Machinery, English, for Export—Sidney H. Farrar, 537
Machinery, English, for Export—W. H. Furlonge, 139, 538
Machinery, Leather-Working—G. P., 97
Machinery for the Manufacture of Emery Cloth— Blue Corundum, 97
Machinery, The Rating of—A British Workman, 139
Machines, Decorticating, for Ramie—H. H. Doty, 168
Machines, Decorticating, for Ramie—J. W. de V. Galwey, 301
Machines, Decorticating, for Ramie—John Ronald Shearer, 204
Machines, Flying—J. H. K., 701
Machines, Flying—Geo. Crosland Taylor, 701
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, The—John Swift, 205
Manchester Steam Users’ Association, The : Its System of Inspection and Guarantee—Lavington E. Fletcher, 138
Manoeuvres, The Naval—Chief Engineer, 445
Manoeuvres, The Naval—Sam. Long, 424
Marine Engine Trials—Lavington E. Fletcher, 648
Marine Engine Trials—Alex. B. Wilson, 673
Marine Engineering, Retrogression in — Wm Bury, 169, 205, 324, 365, 535
Marine Engineering, Retrogression in-Index. 324, 535
Marine Engineering, Retrogression in—Naval Architect, 324
Marine Engineering, Retrogression in—John II Slade, 205, 365
Miners’ Wages and the Price of Coal—Colliery Manager 387
Miners’ Wages and the Price of Coal—Inquirer 573
Miners’ Wages and the Price of Coal—Septrio-nalis, 387
Model Experiments, Formulas for—Horatio Phillips, 205
Model Experiments, Formulas for—H. C. Vogt, 95
Motion, The Sun and Planet—Alex. Murdoch, 97
Murdoch, William—Alex. Murdoch, 113
Murdoch, William—Robert H. Murdoch, 139
Naval Engineer Officers—Another Engineer, G31
Naval Engineer Officers—Engineer, 545
Naval Manoeuvres, The—Chief Engineer, 445
Naval Manoeuvres, The—Sam. Long, 424
Northwich Boiler Explosion, The—Samuel Boswell, 300
Note on Trial Data of Torpedo Boat “Sunderland”—Robert Mansel, 95
Notes from South Africa—P. France, 356
Notes, Supplementary, on Bremme’s Valve Gear —Gustav A. C. Bremme, 102
Nuisance, The Smoke—Alfred E. Fletcher; Herbert Philips, 730
Ocean Waves, The Height of—Horatio Phillips, 68
Partnership, Industrial-A. Huet, 300
Patent Office Library, The—Satisfied, 673, 731
Patent Office Library, The—Subscriber, 649, 700
Pig Iron, The Gamble in—Ferrum, 205
Pressure Gauge, The Bourdon—Frank Wm. Dodd, 534
Pressure Gauge, The Bourdon—A. G. Greenhill, 648
Pressure Gauge, The Bourdon—J. II. Hamilton, 301
Propeller, The Screw—Horatio Phillips, 649
Propeller, The Screw—H. C. Vogt, 673
Propeller, Screw, Oh Various Theories of the—Geo. A. Calvert, 509
Propulson, Steamship, &c.—Robert Mansel, 290, 364
Radial Valve Gears—James Dunlop, 96
Radial Valve Gears—Walter Pay ton, 96
Radial Valve Gears—John Weir, 96
Railway Brakes in India—Another who Knows 600
Railway Brakes in India—Charles Fairholme 571, 632
Railway Brakes in India-One who Knows, 545, 571, 600
Railway Brakes in India—W. B. Thompson, 571
Railway Eyesight Testing—Railway Man, 113
Railway Speeds, American—Zulu, 673
Railway Wagons, Tubular Frame — M. R. Jefferds, 325
Railways, Colour Blindness on—A. Fournet, 139
Railways, Colour Blindness on—Clement E. Stretton, 139
Railways, Steep, and the Abt System—Charles Fairholme, 509
Railways, Underground-John G. Winton, 301
Rating of Machinery, The—A British Workman, 139
Relation of Power to Speed in Steamships, The —F. B. Edmonds, 169, 206
Retrogression in Marine Engineering—Wm. Bury, 169, 205, 324, 365, 535
Retrogression in Marine Engineering—Index, 324, 535
Retrogression in Marine Engineering—Naval Architect, 324
Retrogression in Marine Engineering—John II. Slade, 205, 365
Science and Art Department, The—Wm. G. Halliday, 45
Scottish Main Railway System, A Suggestion for a New — Eon Strathaar, 700
Screw Propeller, The—Horatio Phillips, 649
Screw Propeller, The—H. C. Vogt, 673
Screw Propeller, The Theory of the—James Howden, 538, 571
Screw Propeller, On Various Theories of the— Geo. A. Calvert, 509
Screw Shafts, The Corrosion of—H. Adolph Salvesen, 139
Sewage, London—Richard F. Grantham, 649
Sewage, London, The Disposal of—Hassard and Tyrrell, 700
Shipboard, Electricity on—Chief Engineer, R.N., 673
Smelting Iron with Liquid Fuel—Enquirer. 45
Smelting Iron, Liquid Fuel for—B. H. Thwaite, 69
Smelting by Liquid Fuel —C. A. Sahlstrom, 113
Smoke Nuisance, The—Alfred E. Fletcher; Herbert Philips, 730
South Africa, Notes from—P. France, 356
South Metropolitan Gas Works, The Strike at the—Frank Livesey, 366
Standard of Efficiency in Steam Engines, The— G. R. Bodmer, 364, 422, 560
Standard of Efficiency in Steam Engines, The— A. C. Elliott, 363, 443, 561, 648
Standard of Efficiency in Steam Engines, The— Robert H. Smith, 443
Standard of Efficiency in Steam Engines, The— P. W. Willans, 324, 364, 422
Steam Engines, The Standard of Efficiency in— G. R. Bodmer, 364, 422, 560
Steam Engines, The Standard of Efficiency in— A. C. Elliott, 363, 443, 561, 648
Steam Engines, The Standard of Efficiencj7 in— Robert H. Smith, 443
Steam Engines, The Standard of Efficiency in— P. W. Willans, 324, 364, 422
Steam, Behaviour of, in the Cylinder during Expansion—D. K. Clark, 204
Steam Users’ Association, The Manchester-John Swift, 205
Steam Users’ Association, The Manchester: Its System of Inspection and Guarantee—Lavington E. Fletcher, 138
Steamship Propulsion, &c.—Robert Mansel, 299, 364
Steamships, The Relation of Power to Speed in— F. B. Edmonds, 169, 206
Steel of the Forth Bridge, The—F. J. R. Carulla, 324
Stern Tubes—Henry T. Davis, 768
Stokeholes, Automatic—Abram Lyle and Sons, 139
Stokeholes, Automatic—New Conveyor Company, 113
Strike at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, The —Frank Livesey, 366
Suggestion, A, for a New Scottish Main Railway System—Eon Strathaar, 700
Sun and Planet Motion, The—Alex. Murdoch, 97 Supplementary Notes on Bremme’s Valve Gear —Gustav A. C. Bremme, 102
Technical Instruction and the New Code—Geo. Halliday, 730
Testing for Colour Sight, The—A. Fournet, 168
Theory of Propulsion, The, and Centrifugal Force—H. C. Vogt, 535
Theory of the Screw Propeller, The—James Howden, 538, 571
Three-Cylinder Engines, Valve Gear for—Charles H. Scott, 113
Three-Cylinder Engines, Valve Gear for—Shand, Mason, and Co., 206
Tower, The Watkin-A. B., 649
Traincars, Compressed Air—Arthur Rigg, 632
Tramcars, Compressed Air—W. C. Unwin, 534
Transvaal Goldfields, The—Assoc. Mem. Inst. C.E., 649
Trial Data of Torpedo Boat “Sunderland,” Note on—Robert Mansel, 95
Trials, Marine Engine—Lavington E. Fletcher, 648
Trials, Marine Engine—Alex. B. Wilson, 673
Triple-Expansion Engines and Engine Trials— Geo. A. Newall, 6
Tube, The Bourdon—W. C. Unwin, 673
Tubes, Stern—Henry T. Davis, 763
Tubular Frame Railway Wagons—M. R. Jefferds, 325
Underground Railways—John G. Winton, 301
Valve Gear for Three-Cylinder Engines—Charles H. Scott, 113
Valve Gear for Three-Cylinder Engines—Shand Mason, and Co., 206
Valve Gears, Radial—James Dunlop, 96
Valve Gears, Radial—Walter Payton, 96
Valve Gears, Radial—John Weir, 96
Ventilation of Coal Mines, The—John G. Winton, 206, 366
Wages, Miners’, and the Price of Coal—Colliery Manager, 387
Wages, Miners’, and the Price of Coal—Inquirer, 573
Wages, Miners’, and the Price of Coal—Septrionalis, 387
Water Gas—Gas, 423
Water Gauge Glasses for High Pressures— Conrad Knap, 539
Water-Tight Bulkheads—George Fawcue, 508
Water-Tight Bulkheads—J. L. Sinnette, t08
Watkin Tower, The—A. B., 649
William Murdoch—Alex. Murdoch, 113
William Murdoch—Robert H. Murdoch, 139
Wimshurst Influence Machine, The—E. Darke, 167
Wimshurst Influence Machine, The—J. Wimshurst, 204
Wind Pressures and Anemometrical Experiments —J. W. Black, 423
Wind Pressures and the Exhibition of the Royal Meteorological Society—Horatio Phillips, 441

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