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Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1898 Jan-Jun: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • Africa, Notes from South. P. France, 560
  • Air Injector. Injectors, 508
  • Air Liquefaction of. W. Hampson, 377 ; J. A. Ewing, 396; Arenel, 396 ; W. Hampson, 474 ; Arenel, 508 ; W. Hampson, 541; Robert Lennox, 542 ; W. Hampson, 573; Robert Lennox, 607; W. Hampson, 795
  • Aluminium Castings. Enquirer, 542
  • Aluminium Melting Point of. C. B. M., 56; R.
  • I. Roman, 75: G. M. Clark, 75; James Grahame, 122; G. A. Haig, 153; Charles Weiss, 186; James Grahame, 186 ; H. L., 312
  • Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Marine Engineers. An Engineer, 250
  • American Society of Civil Engineers. Charles Warren Hunt, Secretary, 670
  • Armour-Plates. W. F. Hindson, 795
  • Automobile Fiasco. Evacustes A. Phipson, 75
  • Balanced Locomotive. Gilbert C. Nicholson, 54; J. D. T., 55 ; J. Parry, 75 ; J. D. T., 122 ; George S. Strong, 152; Novoye Vremya, 153; T. Wittenberg, 249, 312 ; Novoye Vremya, 312 ; J. E. Johnson, Jun., 573
  • Baltic and Black Sea Canal. Target and Co , 248
  • Bays and Rivers, Dockising. Thomas Moore, 22 Bicycle, Tests of. Henry Souther, 607
  • Black Sea and Baltic Canal. Target and Co., 248
  • Boiler Diagrams, Wingfield’s Straight Line. C. H. Wingfield, 508, 607
  • Boilers, Corrosion and Scale in. H. M. IL, 248 ; Maxwell Williams, 272. See also Water-Tube Boilers
  • Canal, Black Sea and Baltic. Target and Co., 248
  • Cars, Automobile. Evacustes A. Phipson, 75 Cars, Motor. H. W., 736
  • Cars, Six-Wheeled Motor. Alfred J. Allen, 757
  • Cathode Rays, Heating Effects of. A Student, 670
  • Centrifugal Governors, F. B , 640. Rhys Jenkins, 736
  • Circulation in Water-Tube Boilers. Perplexed, 377 ; R. D., 508
  • Competitions. Engineering, “Conger,” 795
  • Coppering Ships. Leopold Roper, 508 ; George Herbert Little, 542 ; Leopold Roper, 572
  • Corrosion and Scale in Steam Boilers. II. M. IL, 248 ; Maxwell Williams, 272
  • Cremation of Dust-Bin Refuse. II. E. Kershaw, 217
  • Cripplegate Fire. Expert, 22
  • “ Cristobal Colon.” J. Gilliard, 249; Fratelli Orlando, 272
  • Destruction of United States Battleship “Maine.” R. H. Thurston, 508 ; A Civil Engineer and an Expert in Explosives, 541; A. P. Niblack, 541; W. S. Moxley, 572 ; An English Engineer, 572 ; An Old Civil Engineer and Expert in Explosives, 607 ; R. H. Thurston, 640 ; A. C. J. Vreedenberg, 670
  • Destructors, Refuse. II. E. Kershaw, 217 Dockising Bays and Rivers. Thomas Moore, 22 Drop Figures. Charles E. Benham, 640
  • Drying Washed India-Rubber. Emil Passburg, 396
  • fleets of the Engineers’ Strike. Sud-Americano, 607
  • lectric Generators. Henry W. Ravenshaw, 122 lectric Ignition, Gas Engine. Edward Butler, 441 lectricity and Mr. Raworth. Enquirer, 122; John S. Raworth, 153 ; Enquirer, 185 ; Arthur Herschmann, 217; John S. Raworth, 313; Arthur Herschmann, 346
  • lectrolytic Zinc. Sherard Cowper-Coles, 154 ngine, Gas, Electric Ignition. Edward Butler, 441
  • Engine, Gas, White. Bryan Donkin, 153
  • Engines, Multiple-Cylinder Steam. George I. Rockwood, 273
  • Engineering Competitions. “Conger,” 795
  • Engineers’ Lock-out. Richard Tangye, 346 ; A
  • Working Man, 395 ; Another Workman, 411; A Working Man, 473
  • Engineers’ Strike, Effects of the. Sud-Ameri-cano, 607. See also Amalgamated Society
  • English v. United States Track. E. E. Russell Tratman, 508
  • Entropy and the Science and Art Department. Ajax, 670
  • Exhibition, Madrid, 1898. Antonio M. Regidor Yuoadoy, 313
  • Fire, Cripplegate. Expert, 22
  • Fireboxes, Staying of Locomotive. Q. E. D., 21;
  • S. Rendell, 21; B., 55 ; J. Wittenberg, 153
  • First Steam Launch. Inquirer, 312
  • French Lighthouses, Luminous Power of. Andre E. Blondel, 313
  • Gas Engine, Electric Ignition. Edward Butler, 441. See also Engine, Gas
  • Gauge, Invention of the Steam. Sydney Smith and Sons, 249 ; H. R. de Salis, 273
  • Goliath Rail, Sandberg’s. C. P. Sandberg, 441
  • Governor, Origin of the. Frederick Bramwell, 640; Rhys Jenkins, 736
  • Governors, Centrifugal. Rhys Jenkins, 736
  • Great Northern Railway Run. O. R. Walkley, 377 ; Clement E. Stretton, 395 ; O.wR. Walkley, 441
  • Heating Effects of Cathode Rays, &c. A Student, 670
  • Hydraulically-Expanded Tube Joints. G. W. de Tunzelmann, 185
  • India, Iron Resources of. Madras, 670
  • India-Rubber, Drying Washed. Emil Passburg, 396
  • Indian Public Works Department and the Royal Engineers. See Royal Engineers.
  • Injector, An Air. Injectors, 508
  • Invention of the Steam Gauge. Sydney Smith and Sons, 249
  • Irish Railway Property. M. Atock, 273
  • Iron Resources of India. Madras, 670
  • Launch, First Steam. Inquirer, 312
  • Lighthouses, French, Luminous Power of. Andre E. Blondel, 313
  • Lighthouses. John A. Purvis, 346 ; A Working Man, 395
  • Liquefaction of Air. W. Hampson, 377 ; J. A. Ewing, 396; Arenel, 396; W. Hampson, 474. Arenel, 508; W. Hampson, 541; Robert Len nox, 542 ; W. Hampson, 573 ; Robert Lennox 607
  • Locomotive, Balanced. Gilbert C. Nicholson, 54; J. D. T., 55; J. Parry, 75; J. D. T., 122; George S. Strong, 153 ; Novoye Vremya, 153 ; T. Wittenberg, 249, 312 ; Novoye Vremya, 312; J. E. Johnson, Jun., 573
  • Locomotive, Compound, for the Northern Railway of France. Du Bousquet, 757
  • Locomotive, Early. William Kent, 542
  • Locomotive Fireboxes, Staying of. Q. E. D., 21;
  • S. Rendell, 21 ; B., 55 ; J. Wittenberg, 153
  • London Water Supply. Crawford Barlow, 152
  • Luminous Power of French Lighthouses. Andre
  • E. Blondel, 313
  • Madrid Exhibition, 1898. Antonio M. Regidor Yuoadoy, 313
  • Magnetic Observations, Curious. J. E. Newby, 186 ; George Herbert Little, 249 ; J. E. Newby, 312
  • “Maine” Disaster, United States Battleship. R. H. Thurston, 508 ; A Civil Engineer and an Expert in Explosives, 541; A. P. Niblack, 541; W. S. Moxley, 572; An English Engineer, 572; An Old Civil Engineer and Expert in Explosives, 607; R. H. Thurston, 640; A. C. J. Vreedenberg, 670
  • Marine Engineers and the A.S.E. An Engineer, 250
  • Melting Point of Aluminium. See Aluminium Meter, Venturi. W. W. F. Pullen, 313
  • Motor Cars. Six-Wheeled. Alfred J. Allen, 757. See also Cars
  • Multiple-Cylinder Steam Engines. George I. Rockwood, 273
  • Nickel Steel, Co-Efficient of Expansion of. Austral, 56
  • Origin of the Governor. Frederick Bramwell, 640. Rhys Jenkins, 736
  • Patent Cases, the Trial of. J. Sinclair Fairfax, 473
  • Patent Fees in South Africa. G. G. M. Harding-l ham, 75
  • Peace Employment of Royal Engineer Officers. See Royal Engineers
  • Pipes, Water Hammer in S.E., 758
  • Propeller Blades. Horatio Phillips, 21; Expects Cuncta Suberne, 75 ; Karl Lundkvist, 250 Expecta Cuncta Suberne, 273
  • Purdue University. W. F. M. Goss, 55
  • Rail, Sandberg’s “ Goliath.” C. P. Sandberg ; 441
  • Rail Sections, Joining Different. C. P. Sandberg 55
  • Railway Property, Irish. M. Atock, 273
  • Railway Run, Great Northern. O. R. Walkley 377 ; Clement E. Stretton, 395 ; O. R. Walkley 441
  • Railway Track, English v. United States. E. E Russell Tratman, 508
  • Railway Unpunctuality. Norman D. Mac Donald, 757
  • Raworth and Electricity. Enquirer, 122 ; Joh S. Raworth, 153; Enquirer, 185; Arthu Herschmann, 217; John S. Raworth, 313 Arthur Herschmann, 346
  • Refuse Destructors. H. E. Kershaw, 217
  • Rivers and Bays, Dockising. Thomas Moore,
  • Royal Engineer Officers. Another Interested Onlooker, 185 ; Civil Engineer, 218; A Royal Engineer Officer and Late of the Indian Public Works Department, 756. Eureka, 794. A Civil Engineer, late of the Indian Public Works Department, 795
  • Sandberg’s “ Goliath ” Rail. C. P. Sandberg, 441
  • Scale and Corrosion in Steam Boilers. M. M. H., 248 ; Maxwell Williams, 272
  • Schneider, Obituary of Henri. Bennett H. Brough,757
  • Schneider Plant. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth,-and Co., 573
  • Science and Art Department, Entropy and the. Ajax, 670
  • Self-Propelled Vehicles. II. W., 736. See also Cars
  • Ships, Coppering. Leopold Roper, 508 ; George Herbert Little, 542 ; Leopold Roper, 572
  • Softening Water. The Lawrence Patent Water Softener and Steriliser Company, 670, 757 ; Sidney Tebbutt, 736; R. Stone, 757 ; Sidney Tebbutt, 795
  • South Africa Patent Fees. G. G. M. Harding-ham, 75
  • Steam Gauge, Invention of the. Sydney Smith and Sons, 249 ; H. R. de Salis, 273
  • Steam Pipes, Water Hammer. S.E., 758
  • Steel. See also Nickel
  • Steel Plant in France. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., 573
  • Taylor’s Hydraulic Air Compressor. W. G. Walker, 610
  • Telpher Lines. Vick, 607
  • Torpedo-Boat Destroyers. T. B. D., 22
  • Train Unpunctuality. Norman D. Macdonald, 757
  • Tube Joints, Hydraulically-Expanded. G. W. de Tunzehnann, 185
  • United States Battleship “ Maine,” Destruction of. R. H. Thurston, 508; A Civil Engineer and an Expert in Explosives, 541; A. P. Niblack, 541; W. S. Moxley, 572; An English Engineer, 572: An Old Civil Engineer and Expert in Explosives, 607; R. IL Ihurston, 640 ; A. C. J. Vreedenberg, 670
  • United States v. English Track. E. E. Russell Tratman, 508
  • Vehicles, Self-Propelled. H. W., 736. See also Cars
  • Venturi Meter. W. W. F. Pullen, 313
  • Wall-Paper Lettering Machine. Paper-Maker, 542
  • Water-Hammer Action. S. E., 758
  • Water Softening. The Lawrence Patent Water Softener and Steriliser Company, 670, 757 , Sidney Tebbutt, 736; R. Stone, 758 ; Sidney Tebbutt, 795
  • Water Supply, London. Crawford Barlow, 152
  • Water-Tube Boilers, Circulation in. Perplexed, 377 ; R. D., 508
  • White Gas Engine. Bryan Donkin, 153
  • Wingfield’s Straight-Line Boiler Diagrams. C. H. Wingfield, 508, 607
  • Workman’s Compensation Act. Director, 607
  • Zinc, Electrolytic. Sherard Cowper-Coles, 154

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