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Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1891 Jan-Jun: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • ADMIRALTY Speed Constant, The. E. G., 683
  • Air Compressors at Paris Works. John Sturgeon, 376
  • American and European Bridges. Pontifex, 495. See also Hawkesbury Bridge, 173, 473
  • American Hydraulic Machinery. Arch. Smith and Stevens, 112
  • American Sailing Ships. A. R. Barrow, 742. See also Atlantic Records
  • Armaments, Our Naval. A Practical Gunner, 69, 110, 132
  • Artillery. See Guns, Our
  • Artillery Steel. B. H. Thwaite, 625
  • Atlantic Records. Dr. A. Gurlt, 472 ; George Hichens, 472 ; A. Hurt, C.E., 503 ; Woolwich, 603 ; Chas. Inman, 503 ; Greyhound, 626 ; B. W. 0. G. De Courcy, 654 ; A. R. Barrow, 742 ; Traveller, 770. See also " Teutonic"
  • Atlantic Steamers, Early. See Atlantic Records Australia, Western. H. C. Mais, 494
  • Beams (Iron) and Concrete, Tests of. Fred. G. Edwards, 683
  • Bevel Gear, Helical. P. E. J., 742
  • Boiler Construction for Forced Draught. See Construction, dc.
  • Boiler, A Dangerous House. H. Highet, 441
  • Boiler Inspection, Compulsory. See Boiler Registration Bill
  • Boiler, Lentz's Stayless Locomotive. N. N., 48 ; Gustav Lentz, 133
  • Boiler Registration Bill (Houldsa orth's). R. Charles Longridge, 375, 440 ; Ed ward G. Hiller, 44 ), 684 ; John Swift, 742 ; Herbert Coward, 742
  • Boiler, Stanley. H. B, Buckland, 683
  • Boilsrs, Circulation in. John Thom, 602 ; Adam Mi ler. 527 ; B. H. Thwaite, 527 ; Jas. Keller, 704 ; John Thom, 704 ; Adam Miller, 741; B. H. Thwaite, 741
  • Boilers in the Navy. J. Davenport, 169
  • Boilers, The St-ength of Short. See The Strength of Short BoPers
  • Bolivia Tin Mines. Wm. Jones, 627
  • Box-Shap. d Ships, Llo3d's Numbers and. Arthur R. Liddell, 441
  • Brake, Schmi it. See Schmidt
  • Bridges, European and American. Pontifex, 495. See also Ilawke,bury Bridge, 173, 473
  • Bridges, Eyebara for Link. Braithwaite and Kirk, 243 ; Patent Shaft and Axle-Tree Company, Limited, 288
  • Bryce-Douglas and David Greig, Hydraulicus, 474 ; Professor Archibald Barr, 595. See also Theory and Practice
  • Centrifugal Pump, The Inventor of the. J. Eliot Hodgkin, 48
  • Chilian Naval War. W. A. Martin, 705 ; W. R. H., 741 ; W. A. Martin, 770. See also Whitehead Torpedo in Action
  • Circulation in Boilers. John Thom, 502 ; Adam Miller, 527 ; B. H. Thwaite, 527 ; James Keiller, 704 ; John Thom, 704 ; Adam Miller, 711 ; B. H. Thwaite, 741
  • " City of Paris," The. Jas. Howden. 696
  • Colour, A Standard of. Joseph H. Lovibond, 683
  • Compound Locomotives, Lindner System. Hope and Co., 13
  • Compound Locomotives in Russia. Thos. Urquhart, 603, 705
  • Compressors, Air, at Paris Compressed Air Works. John Sturgeon, 376
  • Concrete in Harbour Works. Stanger and Blount, 602 ; N. D. Y., 502 ; M., 696
  • Concrete, Iron Beams and, Tests of. Fred. G. Ed wards, 683
  • Constant, The Admiralty Speed. E. G., 683
  • Construction of Boilers for Forced Draught. J.
  • C. Park, 376 ; Jas. Horsfall, 408 ; W. A. Martin, 408
  • Contraction of Zinc. Scrutator, 441
  • Copper-Depositing Process, Elmore's. Cuprum, 170
  • Coat of Defence, The. J. E. E., 110 ; Sydney Thompson, 170
  • Cutters, Speed of Milling Machine. Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 133
  • Defence, The Cost of. J. E. E., 110 ; Sydney Thompson, 170
  • Deposits, Phosphate of Lime. Jas. E. Pickering, 473
  • Economics of Electro-Fusion, Notes on the. B. H. Thwaite, 503
  • Electric Safety Lamps. M. Walton Brown, 376
  • Electric Traction Data. A. Reckenzaun, 243
  • Electric Transmission of Power. A. Reckenzaun, 243
  • Electrofusion, Notes on the Economics of. B. H. Thwaite, 603
  • Elmore's Copper Depositing Process. Cuprum, 170
  • Engine Governors. J. Stannard, 495
  • Engineering in the Navy. R. A. Ziese, 110
  • Engineers in the Royal Navy. R. N., 69. (See R. A. Ziese, 110) ; B. A. NV., 111: E. 0., 111; Another Engineer, 132 ; Tortoise, 288 ; Mechanicus, 407 ; Engineer, 408 ; A Landsman, 440
  • Engines, Steam, v. Gas Power. C. H. Openshaw, 527
  • European and American Bridges. Pontifex, 495. See also Hazokesbury Bridge, 173, 473
  • Expansion Gear (Variable) for Compound Locomotives. James Dunlop, 196
  • Eyebars for Link Bridges. Braithwaite and Kirk, 243 ; Patent Shaft and Axle-Tree Company, Limited, 288
  • Feed-Water Heaters, Weir's. James H. Cotterill, 170
  • Flying Machines. John H. Knight, 112; George Crossland Taylor, 112 ; Law. hargreave, 6S4 Forced Draught Boilers. See Comb action, de. Forced Draught, Navy Boilers and. J. Davenport, 169
  • Fuel, Wood as, A. C. P., 742
  • Furnace Crowns, Overheated. Frederick J. Smith, 318
  • Gas v. Steam Power. C. H. Openshaw, 527
  • Gas, Water. See Water Gas
  • Glasses, Jena. See Jena
  • Governors, Engine. J. Stannard, 495
  • Greig, David, and Bryce-Douglas, Hydraulicus, 474 ; Professor Archibald Barr, 595. See Theory and Practice
  • Guns, Heavy v. Light. George Quick, 681
  • Guns, Our. A Practical Gunner, 2t4.8 ; B. H. Thwaite, 318 ; Lewis Bayley, Lieutenant R.N., 318 ; Samuel Long, 408. See also Naval Armaments
  • Hammer, Rigby. Richard G. Ross, 13
  • Harbour Works, Concrete in. Stanger and Blount, 502 ; N. D. Y., 502 ; M., 596
  • Harbour, Yokohama, The Designer and Engineer of the Works, 632. The Writer of the Article, 633
  • Hawkeabury Bridge. W. Ewald, 173 ; Oscar Reichenbach, 473. See also European and Emerican Bridles 495
  • Heavy Guns v. Light Guns, &c. George Quick, 684
  • Helical Bevel Gear. P. E. J., 742
  • H.M.S. " Philomel," Notes on the Trials of. Robert Manse!, 494
  • Hoellenthal Railway, The Schmidt Brake. Charles Fairholnie, 376 ; John Place, 441
  • Hours of Locomotive Drivers and Firemen. Clement E. Stretton, 169
  • House Boiler, A Dangerous. H. Highet, 941
  • Hydraulic Machinery, American. Arch. Smith and Stevens, 112
  • " Iona's" Trials. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Bumstcd wrid Chandler, 683
  • Iron Beams and Concrete, Tests of. Fred. G. Edwards, 683
  • Japan as a Market. John Birch and Co., 684
  • Jena Glasses. Frederick W. Griffin, Ph.D. (Jena), 625
  • Joy's Assistant Cylinder for Marine Engines. John Thom, 654. See also Whitehead Torpedo in Action, 705
  • Knots, Use of. G., 741; J. H. Slade, 770
  • " Latona," Trial of H.M.S. B. A. W., 196 ; Robert Manse!, 196 ; The Writer of the Article, 218 ; Robert Mansel, 288 ; The Writer of the Article, 318 ; Robert Mansel, 473. See Erratum, 491. See also H.M.S. " Philomel "
  • Leaky Tubes. See Construction of Boilers
  • Lentz's Stayless Locomotive Boiler. N. N., 48 ; Gustav Lentz, 133
  • Lime Deposits, Phosphates of. Jae. E. Pickering, 473
  • Lindner System of Compound Locomotive. Hope and Co., 13
  • Lloyd's Numbers and Box-Shaped Ships. Arthur R. Liddell, 441
  • Locomotive Boilers, Lentz's, Stayless. N. N., 48 ; Gustav Lentz, 133
  • Locomotive Drivers' Hours. Clement E. Stretton ,169
  • Locomotives, Compound, Lindner System. Hope and Co., 13
  • Locomotives in Russia, Compound. Thomas Urquhart, 603, 705
  • Locomotives, Variable Expansion Gear for Compound. James Dunlop, 196
  • Loss of the " Utopia," The. J. II. Ritchie, Memb. Inst. N.A., 407
  • Machinery, Taxation of. W. H. Houldsworth, 196 ; G. Humphreys Davies, 218, 654
  • Machines, Flying. John H. Knight, 112 ; Geo. Crossland Taylor, 112 ; Law. Hargreave, 684
  • Marine Engineering in the Navy. R. A. Ziese, 1 10
  • Melbourne Patent Office. Thomas Paul Webb, 494
  • Milling Machine Cutters, Speed of. Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 133
  • Mineral Resources of Bolivia, Tin Mines. Wm. Jones, 627
  • National Defence, The Cost of. J. E. E., 110 ; Sydney Thompson, 170
  • Naval Armaments, Our. A Practical Gunner, 69, 110, 132
  • Navy Boilers and Forced Draught. J. Davenport, 169
  • Navy Engineers, Conditions of Employment. See Engineers in the Navy
  • Navy, Engineers in the Royal. See Engineers in the Royal Navy
  • Navy, Marine Engineering in the. R. A. Ziese, 110
  • North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. John Duckitt, Secretary, 376
  • Officers' (Army) Pay. Sydney Thompson, 170
  • Official v. Other Patentees' Rights (not Nautical). T. P. Williams. 473
  • Oil Proofing. Mercator, 742
  • Optical Glasses, Jena. See Jena
  • Ordnance, Heavy. A Practical Gunner, 69. See also Our Naval Armaments
  • Overheated Furnace Crowns. Frederick J. Smith, 318
  • Paris Compressed Air Works, Compressors at the. John Sturgeon, 376
  • Paris Exhibition Diplomas. H. T. Wood, 68
  • Parent Office, Melbourne. Thomas Paul Webb, 494
  • Patented Machines, The Repairs of. Alpha A., 440 ; Frank Wm. Dodd, 473
  • Patentees' Rights, Official u. Other (not Nautical). T. P. Williams, 473
  • Pay and Rank of Navy Engineers. See Engineers in the Navy
  • Phosphate of Lime Deposits. Jas. E. Pickering, 473
  • Practice and Theory. See Theory and Practice Pressure, Relation between Pressure and Temperature in Steam. P. T. H. J. Estler, 494 Pump (Centrifugal), The Inventor of the. J. Eliot Hodgkin, 48
  • Railway Servants' Hours. Clement E. Stretton, 169
  • Railway Wagons, Tubular-Framed. See Tubular-Framed Railway Wagons
  • Rating of Machinery, The. W. H. Houldsworth, 196 ; G. Humphreys Davies, 218, 664
  • Registration Bill, Boiler (Houldsworth's). See Boiler Registration
  • Relation between Pressure and Temperature in Steam. P. T. H. J. Estler, 494
  • Repairs of Patented Machines, The. Alpha A., 440 ; Frank Wm. Dodd, 473
  • Rigby Hammer. Richard G. Ross, 13
  • Royal Show, Thrashing Machine Trials. Mark Garrett, 770
  • Safety Lamps, Electric. M. Walton Brown, 376
  • Sailing Ships, American. A. R. Barrow, 742. See also Atlantic Records
  • Schmidt Brake, Hoellenthal Railway. Charles Fairholme, 376 ; John Place, 441
  • Sewage Purification. Frank Candy, 655
  • Shipyard Machine Tools ; Righy Hammer. Richard G. Ross, 13
  • Speed Constant, The Admiralty. E. G., 683
  • Speeds, Steamship. G., 741; J. H. Slade, 770
  • Standard of Colour, A. Joseph H. Lovibond, 683
  • Stanley Boiler. H. B. Buckland, 683
  • Steam, The Effect of Throttling. Throttling, 442
  • Steam v. Gas Power. 0. H. Openshaw, 527
  • Steam, Relation between Pressure and Temperature in. P. T. H. J. Estler, 494
  • Steel Artillery. B. H. ThwaitP, 625
  • Strength of Short Boilers. J. C. Spence, 502 ; G. H. Bryan, 526 ; J. C. Spence, 527 ; John G. Hudson, 595 ; J. C. Spence, 595 ; J. C. Spence, 625 ; A. C. Elliot, 654
  • Sturgeon Air Compressors. John Sturgeon, 376
  • Taxation of Machinery, The. W. H. Houldsworth, 196 ; G. Humphreys Davies, 218, 664
  • Temperature in Steam, Relation between Pressure and. P. T. H. J. Estler, 494
  • "Teutonic," The S.S. Engineer, 48 ; B. W. Gunsburg, 68 ; Engineer, 112 ; White Star, 317 ; Another Engineer, 442 ; White Star, 495 ; Old Sol, 683 ; White Star, 704 ; G., 741; F. P., 770
  • Theory and Practice (see Hydraulicus, 474, Bryce-Douglas and David Greig), D. J. Murray, t02 ; Professor Archibald Barr, 595 ; A. Linton Logan, 655 ; Hydraulieus, 655 ; T. B. F., 684 ; Herbert A. Garratt, 705 ; C. Purcell Taylor, D.Sc., 741; A. Linton Logan, 741 ; Harry Curtois, Wh. Ex., 770
  • Thom's Circulator for Boilers. John Thom, 502. See Circulation in Boilers
  • Thrashing Machine Trials, Royal Show. Mark Garrett, 770
  • Throttling Steam, The Effect of. Throttling, 442
  • Tin Mines in Bolivia. Wm. Jones, 527
  • Torpedo in Action, Whitehead. Sextus, 705 ; David Joy, 705 ; T. W. R. H., 741
  • Traction Data, Electric. A. Reckenzaun, 243
  • Trial of H.M.S. " Latona." See " Latona," Trial of
  • Trial of H.M.S. " Philomel," Notes on the. Robert Manse', 494
  • Tubular - Framed Railway Wagons. C. W. Kinder, 472 ; M. R. Jefferds, 682 ; An Unconverted Englishman, 770
  • Typewriters. W. Richardson, 13
  • Tyre-Rolling Mills. S. Higgins, 69
  • " Utopia," The Loss of the. J. H. Ritchie, Memb. I.N.A., 407
  • Wagons, Tubular-Framed Railway. See Tubular-Framed Railway Wagons
  • War in Chili. W. A. Martin, 705 ; T. W. R. H., 741:
  • W. A. Martin, 770. See also Whitehead Torpedo in Action
  • Water Gas. F. E. Ross, 13 ; John Head, 13 ; Joseph von Langer, 111 ; John Head, 195 ; F. E. Ross, 195 ; Joseph von Langer, 288 ; John Head, 375 ; Leonard Cooper, for Von Langer Company, 441; John Head, 472 ; Leonard Cooper, 654 ; John Head, 704 ; Leonard Cooper, 770
  • Weir's Feed-Water Heaters. Jas. H. Cotterill, 170
  • Western Australia. H. C. Mais, 494
  • Whitehead Torpedo in Action. Sextus, 705 ; David Joy, 705 ; T. W. R. H., 741
  • Wood as Fuel. A. C. P., 742
  • Yokohama Harbour. The Designer and Engineer of the Works, 632 ; The Writer of the Article Criticised, 633
  • Zinc, Contraction of. Scrutator, 441


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