Engineering 1890 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor

Engineering 1890 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1890 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1890 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Engineering 1890 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

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Letters to the Editor

• Accident, The Taunton—A. G. R., 633
• Accuracy (?) in Engine Trials—M.I.N. A., 554
• Aluminium and Sodium—W. Maynard Hutchings, 311
• American Navy, The—Sindoro, 602
• Argentine Cruiser “25 de Mayo,” Note on the —Robert Mansel, 601
• Armour Plates—Charles Weston Smith, 554
• Atlantic Steaming; the s.s. “Normannia”— Laird Brothers, 279
• Australia, Manufacturing in—Evacustes A. Phip-son, 51
• Australia, Railways in—Evacustes A. Phipson, 157
• Automatic Vacuum Brake, The Thermodynamics of the (See Vacuum Brake)
• Babcock and Wilcox Boiler, Trial of—Boilermaker, 96 ; Economy, 96; Michael Longridge, 157 (See under General Index)
• Barr and Stroud’s Range - Finders—Archibald Barr, 406
• Barrus’ Draught Gauge—A. N. D., 97
• “ Bellona” Speed Trials of H.M.S.—Engineer, 727 “ Blake” and “Blenheim,” H.M. Ships—W. H.
• Johnson, 70
• Blocks, Pulley—John Griffiths, 280
• Boat Lowering Gear—Edward J. Hill, 758
• Boiler Construction, Defective—W. H. Martin, 228, H. E. Newton, 250 ; W. H. Martin, 280 ; P. H. Saddler {re Kaiser Wilhelm), 280 ; W. H. Martin, 311 ; H. E. Newton, 334 ; W. H. Martin, 375 ; H. Highet, 375 ; D. C., 406
• Boiler Explosions—Henry Hiller, 51 ; Mich.
• Longridge, 70
• Boiler Inspection v. Boiler Insurance—An Engineer, 96 ; Henry Hiller, 156; M.I.M.E., 157
• Boiler, Lentz’s Stayless Locomotive—Gustav Lentz, 724
• Boiler Trials (See Babcock and Wilcox Boiler)
• Boilers, Defective Staying of—H. Highet, 375 ;
• D. C., 406 (See also Boiler Construction, Defective)
• B jilers, The, of the s.s. “ Kaiser Wilhelm II.”—
• P. H. Sadler, 280 (See also Boiler Construction) Boys, Our—A Parent, 23 ; N. M, P., 51
• Brake Power, Defective—Railway Traveller, 554;
• South-Western, 601
• Brake, The Vacuum (See Vacuum Brake)
• Brakes, Continuous, for Goods Trains—A Railway Traveller, 190
• Brakes, Railway, in India—Indian Engineer, 50
• Brewers’ Coppers—Brewers’ Engineer, 51
• Bridge, The Hawkesbury River—Henry N. Maynard, 427
• Centrifugal Force and the Theory of Propulsion— H. C. Vogt, 50
• Centrifugal Pump, The Inventor of the—A. Huet, 758
• “Chicago,” The United States Cruiser—J. S.
• Sheets, 427
• “City of Paris,” The—John Watt, 23; Otto H.
• Mueller, 49
• “ City of Paris,” Lessons from the—Oberlin Smith, 130
• Civil Engineers,The Social Status of—Scientia,49 ;
• J, Duncan, 70
• Ch de Coast Service, The (s.s. “ Cobra”)—Truth, 70
• Coast Defences- J. T. Bucknill, 694
• “Cobra,” S.S. (Clyde Coast Service)—Truth, 70 Combustion Chambers, Staying the Tops of, E.
• Newton, 250, 334 (See Boiler Construction, Defective)
• Compound Locomotives—C. K. Dumas, 758
• Continuous Brakes for Goods Trains—A Railway Traveller, 190
• Cooper’s Hill Students in India—C. H., 758
• Coppers, Brewers’—Brewers’ Engineer, 51
• Corrosion of Water Pipes—James Horsfall, 229 ;
• Chas. King, 250
• Crankshafts on Steamships—R. M‘Dowell, 661
• Defective Boiler Construction (See Boiler Construction, Defective)
• Defective Brake Power—Railway Traveller, 554;
• South-Western, 601
• Defences, Coast—J. T. Bucknill, 694
• Deposits, The Petroleum, of Peru—Eduardo Fowks, 190
• Double-Bogie Express Tank Locomotive (See Locomotive)
• Draught Gauge, Barrus —A. N. D., 97
• Draught, Induced, in the French Navy — J. H E. 583
• Dredging, Hydraulic — Robt. A. E. Scott, 583 ; B. H. Thwaite, 602
• Earliest Velocipedes, The — C. Purcell Taylor, 519 Economy, Marine Engine—Brodick, 71
• Edinburgh Exhibition, The Railway Court at the —E. B. D., 22
• Education of Boys, The—A Parent, M.I.N.A., 23; N. M. P., 51
• Education of Engineers, The — J. A. Osborn, 130; P., 130 ; M. R., 156 ; John C. Trautwine, Jun., 250 ; Ohm, 333; W. H. Allen, 333; Cantab, 404
• Efficiency of Steam Jackets, The — J. G. F. Rooker, 68 ; W. H. Tozer, 97
• Electric Locomotives—A Provincial Subscriber to your Invaluable Paper for very many Years, 23
• Electric Tramcar Propulsion—W. Crompton, 23
• Electrical Engineers, The Institution of—F. W. Webb, 23
• Engine Economy, Marine—Brodick, 71
• Engine Trials, Accuracy (?) in—M. I. N. A., 554
• Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society’s, at Plymouth—Adams and Co., 50, 97; Simpson, Strickland, and Co., 50, 70
• Engineer, The Education of an (See Education of Engineers)
• Engineers in India—An Indian Engineer, 50
• Engineers, The Royal Naval—Whitworth Scholar, 131; Observer, 157
• Engineering, Marine, in the Navy—Quien Sabe, 695
• Equilibrium Slide Valves—A. E. A. Edwards, 374 Erosion, Hydraulic Pressure—B. H. Thwaite, 70 Evers’, Dr., Steam and Prime Movers and his
• Critic—Henry Evers, 405 (See also Mechanical Work)
• Exhaust Steam Injectors—R. G. Brooke, 695
• Explosions, Boiler—Henry Hiller, 51 ; Mich. Longridge, 70 (See also Boiler Inspection)
• First Steam Carriage or Locomotive Model, The Alex. Murdoch, 634
• Flying Machines — Charles F. Hitchens, 22; Fred. W. Brearey, 22 ; Lawrence Hargrave, 758
• Foreign Tariffs and the Taxation of Machinery—
• G. Humphreys Davies, 456
• Gas Engine Ignition Tubes—Jas. D. Roots, 427
• Gas, Water—E. Ross, 695; Joseph von Langer, 726
• Gauges, Pressure, for Gases Stored under High Pressures—O. F. Budenberg, 726
• Gear, Boat Lowering—Edward J. Hill, 758
• Girders with Parallel Flanges—Puzzled,280; B.M., 333 ; Puzzled, 374 ; W. Campbell, C.E., 426 ; B. M., 426 ; N. D. Y., 426; Puzzled, 518 ; B.M., 582
• Grist Mill Trials at Plymouth—The Agricultural Mill Company, 23
• Hawkesbury River Bridge, The—Henry N. Maynard, 427
• Heating Methods, The Siemens—Frederick Siemens, 660
• H.M. Ships “Blake” and “ Blenheim”—W. H. Johnson, 70
• Hydraulic Dredging—Robt. A. E. Scott, 583 ; B.
• H. Thwaite, 602
• Hydraulic Pressure Erosion—B. H. Thwaite, 70
• Ignition Tubes, Gas Engine—Jas. D. Roots, 427 India, Engineers in—An Indian Engineer, 50 Induced Draught in the French Navy—J. H. E., 583
• Injectors, Exhaust Steam—R. G. Brooke, 695 Inspection, Boiler v. Boiler Insurance—An Engineer, 96 ; Henry Hiller, 156; M.I M.E., 157
• Institution of Electrical Engineers, The—F. W. Webb, 23
• Inventor of the Centrifugal Pump, The—A. Huet, 758
• Jackets (Steam), Efficiency of—J. G. R. Rooker, 68 ; W. H. Tozer, 70
• Keying System, The Woodruff—Geo. Richards, 495
• Kinzua Viaduct, The—A. Bonzano, 661
• Lentz’s Stayless Locomotive Boiler—Gustav Lentz, 724
• Lessons from the “City of Paris”—Oberlin Smith, 130
• Library, The Patent Office (See Patent Ofice)
• Locomotive Boiler (Stayless)—Gustav Leiitz, 724 Locomotive, Double Bogie Express Tank — A.
• Brunner, 374 ; W. B. Thompson, 406; Chas. R.
• King, 427 ; O. W. Kennaway, 582
• Locomotives, Compound—C. K. Dumas, 758
• I Locomotives, Electric—A Provincial Subscriber to your Invaluable Paper for very many Years, 23
• Loop, The Steam—A. N., 22 ; R. N. R., 23
• Lubricating Shafting—T. S. Clemenshaw, 726
• achineTools, Shipyard (SeePunchingM aching) achinery Taxation-G. Humphreys Davis 456 achines, Flying—Fred. W. Brearey, 22 ; Charles F. Hitchens, 22 ; Lawrence Hargrave, 758 anufacturing in Australia—Evaoustes A. 1 hip-
• son, 51 . .
• Marine Engine Economy—Brodick, 71
• Marine Engineering in the Navy Quien Sabe,
• Mechanical Action of a Steam Digger, The-Jobn Henry Knight, 406, 456 ; Frank Proctor, 426
• Mechanical “Work,” What is?-F«=i m V- , 1; The Writer of the Review, 71; Toonam, 96; B.M., 97 • F s=Jin, »2, 97 ; Reflex, 130 ; The Writer of the Review, 137 ; Toonam, 157 ; Henry Evers,
• Milla, Grist, at Plymouth-Agricultural Mill Co., 23
• Mines, Submarine—G. S. Clarke, 674 ; J. T. Bucknill, 726 . mi „
• Munton System of Tyre Making, The—P. R.
• Jackson and Co., 518 ; James Munton, 727
• Nails, Tapered Steel Cut—Cut Nail, 375
• Natural Gas, Restriction in the Supply of—
• Joseph von Langer, 634
• Naval Works, The, Southampton—T. R. Oswald, 583
• Navy, The American—Sindoro, 602
• Navy, Engineers for the—Whitworth Scholar, 131; Observer, 157
• Navy, Engineering in the—Quien Sabe, 695
• Note on the Argentine Cruiser “25 de Mayo”—
• Robert Mansel, 601
• Ocean Racing—J. T. Bucknill, 279
• Our Boys (Education)—A Parent, 23; N. M. P., 51
• Parallel Flanges, Girders with (See Girders)
• Patent Office Library, The—Subscriber, 22; A Patentee, 51; Edward Gobart, 97 ; Eon Stra-thaar, 280
• Patent Specifications—Thomas Moy, 495; W. N., 519 ; Patentee, 519
• Petroleum Deposits of Peru, The — Eduardo Fowks, 190
• Petroleum for the Sind-Pishin Railway—Sind, 334
• Plates, Armour—Charles Weston Smith, 554
• Plymouth, Grist Mills at; Agricultural Mill Co., 23
• Pressure Gauges for Gases Stored under High Pressures—O. F. Budenberg. 726
• Privilege in the Royal Navy—Unprivileged, 250
• Propeller, The Vogelsang—J. A. A., 24; Alex.
• Vogelsang, 51
• Propulsion, Centrifugal Force and the Theory of —H. C. Vogt, 50
• Protection of Trade—Robert A. E. Scott, Rear Admiral, 661
• Pulley Blocks—John Griffiths, 280
• Punching Machine (Shipyard Machine Tools)—
• Joseph Adamson and Co., 426 ; The Writer on i Shipyard Machine Tools, 456; Coleman Sellers, I E.D., 494 ; Daniel Adamson, 519
• Racing, Ocean-J. T. Bucknill, 279
• Railway Brakes, Defective—Railway Traveller, 554 ; South-Western, 601
• Railway Brakes in India—Indian Engineer, 50
• Railway Court, The, at the Edinburgh Exhibition —E. B. D.,22
• Railways in Australia—Evacuates A. Phipson, 571
• Raiyan Reservoir, The—Josiah Harding, 695
• Range-Finders, Barr and Stroud’s—Archibald
• Barr, 406
• Reservoir, The Raiyan—Josiah Harding, 695
• Restriction in the Supply of Natural Gas—Joseph von Langer, 634
• Royal Agricultural Society’s Engine Trials, The, at Plymouth—Adams and Co., 50, 97, Simpson, Strickland, and Co.50, 70
• Royal Navy, Engineers for the—Whitworth Scholar, 131; Observer, 157
• Royal Navy, Privilege in the—Unprivileged, 250
• Service, The Clyde Coast (s.s. “ Cobra”)—Truth,
• Shafting, Lubricating—T. S. Clemenshaw, 726
• ^eanng Strains on Wrought-Iron Pulleys— Pulley, 405
• Shipbuilding at Southampton—Day, Summers, and Co., 70
• Shipyard Machine Tools (See Punching Machine) biemens Heating Methods, The — Frederick Siemens, 660
• Sind-Pishin Railway, Petroleum for the—Sind, 334
• ikl?;J'T81 EquJJibrium—A. E. A. Edwards, 374 Social Status of Civil Engineers, The-Scientia,
• 49 ; J. Duncan, 70
• Sodium and Aluminium—W. Maynard Hutchings, 311
• Southampton, Shipbuilding at—Day, Summers, and Co., 70
• Specifications, Patent—Thomas Moy, 495 ; W. N., 519 ; Patentee, 519
• Speed Trials of H. M.S. “ Bellona”—Engineer, 727 Speeds, Train—W. C. H. Church, 229
• Staying the Tops of Combustion Chambers (See Boiler Construction)
• Steam Carriage or Locomotive Model, The First—Alex. Murdoch, 634
• Steam Digger, The Mechanical Action of a—John Knight, 406, 456 ; Frank Proctor, 426
• Steam Jackets, The Efficiency of—J. G. F.
• Rooker, 68; W. II. Tozer, 97
• Steam Loop, The—A. N., 22 ; R. N. R., 23
• Steam and Prime Movers, Dr. Evers’ and his Critic—Henry Evers, 405 (See also Mechanical “ W'ork,” What is ?)
• S.S. “ Kaiser Wilhelm II.” The Boilers of the— P. H. Sadler, 280
• S.S. “ Normannia,” The ; Atlantic Steaming-Laird Brothers, 279
• Steamships, Crankshafts on —R. M‘Dowell, 661 Strains, Shearing, on Wrought-Iron Pulleys—
• Pulley, 405
• Steel Tyres—P. R. Jackson and Co., 518 ; James Munton, 727
• Students, Cooper’s Hill, in India —C. H., 758
• Submarine Mines—G. S. Clarke, 694 ; J. T. Bucknill, 726
• Tank Locomotive, Double-Bogie Express (See Locomotive.)
• Tapered Steel Cut Nails—Cut Nail, 375
• Taunton Accident, The—A. G. R., 633
• Taxation of Machinery, The, and Foreign Tariffs —G. Humphreys Davies, 456
• Test of Babcock and Wilcox Boiler (See Babcock) “ Teutonic,” The—B. W. G., 758
• Theory of Propulsion, The, and Centrifugal Force—H. C. Vogt, 50
• Thermodynamics, The, of the Automatic Vacuum Brake (See Vacuum Brake)
• Timber, The Preservation of—Wilson and Watson, 661
• Torpedo, The Victoria—J. T. Bucknill, 280 ; G.
• Read Murphy, 334
• Trade, The Protection of our—Robt. A. E. Scott, 661
• Train Speeds—W. C. II. Church, 229
• Tramcar Propulsion, Electric—W. Crompton, 23 Trial of Babcock and Wilcock Boiler (See Babcock)
• Trials, Grist Mill, at Plymouth—The Agricultural Mill Company, 23
• Trials, Speed, of H.M.S. “ Bellona”—Engineer, 727
• Type-Writers—Higgins and Jenkins, 726
• Tyremaking, The Munton System of—P. R.
• Jackson and Co., 518 ; James Munton, 727
• U.S. Cruiser “Chicago”—J. S. Sheets, 427
• Vacuum Brake, The—A Practical Engineer, 190 ;
• L. Archbutt, F.I.C., F.C.S., and R. M. Deeley,
• M. I.M.E. F.G.S., 228; A. C. Elliot, 249 ; R. G. S., 249; Clement E. Stretton, C.E., 250; An Old Loco. Driver, 279 (See Indian Brakes, 315); R. M. Deeley and L. Archbutt, 404; A.
• C. Elliot, 425; C. E. Stretton, 426 (See Westinghouse Brake, 460); R. G. S., 494; R. M. Deeley and
• L. Archbutt, 494 ; W. M. 495 ; A.C. Elliot, 518 ; Clement E. Stretton, 519; Railway Traveller, 554; An Old Loco. Driver, 555; W. M., 555;
• R. G. S., 555; R. M. Deeley and L. Archbutt, 556; Clement E. Stretton, 582 ; J. C. Elliot, 582 ' South Western, 601 ; L. Archbutt and R.
• M. Deeley, 601; R. G. S., 602 (See Brakes, under General Index)
• Velocipedes, The Earliest—C. Purcell Taylor, 519 Viaduct. The Kinzua—A. Bonzano, 661
• Victoria Torpedo, The-J. T. Bucknill, 280; G. Read Murphy, 334
• Vogelsang Propeller, The-J. A. A., 24; Alexander Vogelsang, 51
• Water Gas—F. E. Ross, 695; Joseph von Langer, 726
• Water Pipes, Cast-Iron, Corrosion of —Jas. Horsfall, 229 ; Chas. King, 250
• What is Mechanical “Work?” (See Mechanical “ JForifc”)
• Woodruff Keying System, The—Geo. Richards, 495
• Works, The Naval, Southampton—T. R. Oswald, 583
• Wrought-Iron Pulleys, Shearing Strains on— Pulley, 405