Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor




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- Agricultural Engineers, Proposed Institute of Scott Mason, 55
- Alternating - Current Working, Capacity in. M. I. E. E., 248
- American v. British Coal at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
- American Competition. Anglophile, 87 ; AngloAmerica, 88 ; Vulcan, 121 ; H. Harrap, 247 ; see British Inertia, 247 ' • W. H., 280 • ' William Cattell, 280 ; Britisher Abroad, 313; W. Osborne, 473 ; T. H. Minshall, 742 ; Chas. Baddeley, 801.
- American Mechanic. W. Osborne, 473
- Armour-Piercing Projectiles, Capped. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383 ; P. M. Staunton, 452
- Assistant Cylinder, Joy's. Fred Edwards, 518
- Australia, Patents in Federated. Phillips, Ormonde, and Co., 65 ; E. P. Alexander and Son, 164
- Automatic Machine Tools. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen, Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 13 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
- Avenarius, Carbolineum. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
- Ball Bearings v. Roller Bearings. The Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Limited, 539 ; Empire Roller Bearings Company, Limited, 648 ; Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Limited, 69 ; Empire Roller Bearings Company, Limited, 742
- Behr Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
- Belleville Boilers in the Navy. See Water-Tube Boilers
- Blast-Furnace Gas Engine. H. A. Humphrey, 3 ; Reducing Friction, 51 ' • Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 7 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; J. W. Hartley, 339 ; W. Robinson, 382 • James Dunlop, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518.
- Blocks, Commercial Strength of Pulley. S., 383 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419 ; S., 452
- Boiler, Double-Tube, Noble and Irving's Patent. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 •, John Irving, 538
- Boiler, Dtirr Water-Tube. Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabrik Vorm. Diirr and Co., 419
- Boilers in the Navy, Water-Tube. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Durr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
- Boilers and Pipes, Mica as an Insulator for. Jones and Horsfield, 339
- Bricks, Standardising Size of. H. D. SearlesWood;-518
- Bridge Contract for the Uganda Railway. C., 47
- Britain to Switzerland by Steamer. Anglo Tetitonicus, 154
- British and American Coal at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
- British Electrical Superannuation Fund. E. Garcke, 121
- British Inertia and Foreign Competition. ObserVer, 247
- British Railway Working, Results of. J. D. Twinberrow, 216, 248
- Bullets, Drift. of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 79
- Cables, Dielectric Hysteresis, Losses in Long. T. Mather, 248
- Canadian Pacific Railway Cements, Tests of. II. Irwin, 88
- Capacity in Alternating - Current Working. M.LE.E., 248
- Capped Armour-Piercing Projectiles. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 452, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383
- Car, Motor, Vehicle Trials at Liverpool. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 801
- Carbolinenum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
- Cars, Motor, Central Driving for Military. Alfred J. Allen, 618
- Cement in Canada, Tests. H. Irwin, s8
- Central Driving for Military Motor Cars. Alfred J. Allen, 618
- Central London Railway, Vibration on. Frank Trier, 216
- Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merryweather, 79
- Chimneys, Discharge of Dust from. Papyrus, 53 ; H. Stafford Rayner, 473
- Chimneys. William C. Coffin, 122
- China Railway, Pekin-Pao Ting Fu. T. J. B., 16
- Cleaning, Street. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. . C. Standage, 154
- Clients, Engineers and Contractors, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 539
- Coal, British and American, at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
- Competition, United States. Anglophile, 87 ; Anglo-America, 88 ; Vulcan, 121; H. IIarrap, 47 ; See British Inertia, 247 ; William Cattell, 80 ; W. H., 280 ; British Abroad, 313 ; Wr Osborne, 473 ; T. H. Minshall, 742 ; Charles Baddeley, 801
- Conservatories, Heating. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 618
- Contract for Uganda Railway Bridges, 247
- Contractors' Association, Scottish Electrical..James M. Davies, Jun., Sec., 154,183
- Contractors, Clients, Engineers and, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 539
- Cooper's Hill Trouble. E. A. S. 247
- Cornish Iron Mines. Seamew, 712
- Councillors, Urban and Municipal, Trading. Kenric B. Murray, 21
- Couplings, Experiments in Railway. Farnley, 247
- Crane, 120-Ton Derrick (the Origin of the First Steam Crane). J. M. H. Taylor, 712 ; George Russell and Co., 743 ; J. M. H. Taylor, 779
- Cycles, Frictional Resistance of. S. D. Carothers, 88 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
- Cylinder, Joy's Assistant. Fred. Edwards, 518
- Derrick Crane, The First Steam (120 - Ton). J. M. H. Taylor, 712 ; George Russell and Co., 43 ; J. M. H. Taylor, 779
- Dielectric Hysteresis Losses in Long Cables T. Mather, 248
- Diesel Oil Engine. Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
- Discharge of Dust from Chimneys. H. Stafford Rayner, 473 ; Papyrus, 453
- Double-Tube Boiler, Noble and Irving's Patent. John Irving, 538 ; G. G. M. Hardingham, 518
- Dover and Calais Passage, Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merry weather, 779
- Drawing Plan of Roads, Apparatus for Automatically. M. M. Giltay, 832
- Drift of Projectiles. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 779
- Ditrr Water-Tube Boiler, Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabrik Vorm. DUrr and Co., 419
- Dust from Chimneys, Discharge of. Papyrus, 53 ; H. Stafford Rayner, 473
- Efficiency of Condensing and Non-Condensing Engines. A Student Content with His Lot, 24
- Electric Alternating-Current Working, Capacity in. M. I. E. E., 248
- Electric Cables, Dielectric Hysteresis Losses in Long. T. Mather, 248
- Electric Tunnel Railway, Vibration on. Frank Trier, 216
- Electrical Contractors' Association. James M. Davies, Jun., Sec., 154, 183
- Electrical Engineering Works, Situation of Richard V. Lynn, 618
- Electrical Locomotives and Multiple - Driven Axles. Frank J. Sprague, 183
- Electrical Superannuation Fund, British. E. Gareke, 121
- Electricity in the Steel Trade. T. H. Minshall, 42
- Engine, Diesel Oil, Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
- Engines, Efficiency of Condensing and Non-Condensing. A Student Content with His Lot, 24
- Engine, Gas, Brake Test, Stockport. M.I.C.E., 13
- Engine Governors, " Hunting " of. A M.I.C.E., 83 ; Practice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 216 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
- Engines, Painting. Exhibitor, 419
- Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
- Engine Working, Gas. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Fairplay, 54 ; Reducing Friction, 54 ; Gas, 7 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 •, J. W. Hartley, 339 ; James Dunlop, 382 ; W. Robinson, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518
- Engineering Students. Walter Bagshaw, 618
- Engineers and Contractors. Clients, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 639
- Engineers, Position of Naval. Progress, 122 ;
- Efficiency, 801 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
- Engineers, Proposed Institute of Agricultural. Scott Mason, 55
- Engineers, Royal. Sperans, 669
- Engineers, Young, Position of. Anglo-America, 8
- Experiments in Railway Couplings. Farnley, 247
- Fireboxes, Security of Locomotive. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
- Formation of Hail. J. M. Baxter, :382
- Formula for Size of Chimneys. William C. Coffin, 122
- Foundry, Oil Fuel in a. II. F. Jurs, 313
- Fraudulent Engineering Beggar : A Warning A Member of the Inst. C.E., 280
- Fraud Revived, An Old. M. Powis, Bale, and Co. 832
- French v. British Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merry weather, 779
- Frictional Resistance of Cycles. S. D. Carothers, 8 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
- Fuel, Liquid, in Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 31.3
- Gas Engine Working. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Reducing Friction, 54* •, Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 87 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; ' J. W. Hartley, 339, 55 ; W. Robinson, 382, 518 ; James Dunlop, 82
- Gas Works, Retort Ascension Pipes. Edward A. Harman, 151
- Governors, " Hunting" of Steam Engine. A.M.I.C.E., 183 ; Practice, 216 ; James S Ninburne, 16 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
- Greenhouses, Heating. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 18
- Guns, Naval, Accident to Italian. Verax, 280. See Erratum, 375
- Hail, Formation. J. M. Baxter, 382
- Heating Greenhouses. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 18
- "Hunting " of Steam-Engine Governors. A M.I. C.E., 183 ; Pracuice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 16 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
- "Inchdune " and " Inehmarlo," Marine Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
- Institute of Agricultural Engineers, Proposed Scott Mason, 55
- Insulator, Mica as a, for Boilers and Pipes. Jones and Horsfield, 339
- Iron Mines, Cornish. Seamew, 712
- Irving and Noble, Double-Tube Boiler. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
- Italian Guns, Accident to. Verax, 280. See Erratum, 375
- "Journal " of a Shaft. James A. M. Murray, 5, 87
- Joy's Assistant Cylinder. Fred Edwards, 518
- Lambeth, Sea Water at. William Thomason, 12
- Lathes. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen,
- Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 313 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
- Legal Question as to Commercial Strength of Pulley Blocks. S., 383 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419; S., 452
- Legal Relationship, Clients, Engineers, and Contractors. Cynic, 539
- Lifeboats, Safety of. Navis, 54. See H. C. Standage, 154
- Liquid Fuel in a Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 313
- Liverpool Heavy Motor Trials. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 01
- Locomotives, Electrical, and Multiple-Driven Axles. Frank J. Sprague, 183
- Locomotive Fireboxes, Security of. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
- London, Pure Water for. W. H. Booth, 313
- Lubrication of Large Gas Engines, Reducing Friction, 55. See also Gas Engine Working
- Machine Tools, Automatic. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen, Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 13 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
- Marine-Engine Performance. H. van Meerten, 48
- Measuring the Rolling of Ships. J. A. Normand, M.I N.A., 473
- Mechanic, American. W. Osborne, 473
- Metals, Structure of. Em. Am. della Santa, 83
- Metric System (Weights Found Wanting). W. T. S. B., 779 ; A. R. M., 832 ; J. W., 832
- Mica as an Insulator for Boilers and Pipes. Jones and Horsfield, 339
- Micro - Structure of Metals. Em. Am. della Santa, 183
- Military Motor Cars, Central Driving for. Alfred J. Allen, 618
- Mines, Cornish Iron. Seamew, 712
- Mond Gas in Gas Engines. See Gas Engines
- Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
- Motor Cars, Central Driving for AI.litary. Alfred J. Allen, 618
- Motor Vehicle Trials, Liverpool. H. S. HeleShaw, 801
- Multiple-Driven Axles, Electrical Locomotives and. Frank J. Sprague, 183
- Municipal Trading. Kenric B. Murray, 24
- Nagasaki, Japan, British and American Coal in An Old Resident, 801
- Naval Engineers, Position of. Progress, 122
- Naval Engineers, The Position of. Efficiency, 01 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
- Naval Guns, Accident to Guns in Italy. Verax, 80. See Erratum, 375
- Navy, Water-Tube Boilers in the. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Dtirr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
- Noble and Irving, Double-Tube Boiler. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
- Non-Conducting Covering for Boilers. See Insulator.
- Oil Engine, Diesel. Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
- Oil Fuel in a Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 313
- Paint, Timber - Preserving, Carbolineum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttmann, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
- Painting Engines. Exhibitor, 419
- Patents in Federated Australia. Phillips Ormonde and Co., 55 ; E. P. Alexander and Son, 54
- Pekin-Pao Ting Fu Railway. T. J. B., 216
- Photo-Micrography, Structure of Metals. EmAm. della Santa, 183
- Pipes and Bolters, Mica as an Insulator for Jones and Horsfield, 339
- Pipes, Gas Retort Ascension. Edward A. Harman, 154
- Plan of Road, Apparatus for Automatically Drawing. H. M. Giltay, 832
- Port of Rosario. J. Duclout, 54
- Position of Naval Engineers. Progress, 122 ; Efficiency, 801 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
- Producer Gas Engine. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Reducing Friction, 64 ; Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 87 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; J. W. Hartley, 339 ; W. Robinson, 382: James Dunlop, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518
- Projectile, Capped Armour-Piercing. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 452, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383
- Projectiles, Drift of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 779
- Pulley Blocks, Commercial Strength of. S., 83, 452 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419
- Pure Water for London. W. H. Booth, 313
- Railway, 'Central London, Vibration on Frank Trier, 216
- Railway Couplings, Experiments in. Farnley, 247
- Railway, Pekin-Pao Ting Fu. T. J. B., 216
- Railway Working, Results of. J. D. Twinberrow, 216, 248
- Refinery, Sugar, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure Steam in. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
- Resistance, Frictional, of Cycles. S. D. Carothers, 88 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
- Results of Railway Working. J. D. Twinberrow, 16, 248
- Retort Ascension Pipes, Gas Works. Edward A. Harman, 154
- Rifle Bullets, Drift of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A Wilcox, 779
- Road Plans, Apparatus for Automatically Drawing. H. M. Giltay, 832
- Rolling of Ships, Measuring of. J. A. Normand, M.I.N.A., 473
- Rosario, Port of. J. Duclout, 54
- Royal Engineers, Sperans, 669
- Safety of Lifeboats. Navis, 54. See H. C. Standage, 154
- "Sayhueque," Speed of. Forrestt and Sons, Limited, 247
- Scottish Electrical Contractors' Association. James M. Davies, Junr., Sec., 154, 183
- Sea Water at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
- Security of Locomotive Fireboxes. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
- Shaft " Journal." James A. M. Murray, 55, 87
- Ships, Measuring the Rolling of. J. A. Normand, M. I. N. A . , 473
- Situation of Electrical Engineering Works. Richard V. Lynn, 618
- Speed on Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
- Standardisation. Chas. Baddeley, 832
- Standardising Size of Bricks. H. D. SearlesWood, 518
- Steam Crane, the Origin of J. M. H. Taylor, 12, 779 ; Geo. Russell and Co., 743
- Steam Engine, Hunting of, Governors. A .M. I.C. E. , 83 ; Practice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 216 ; A. G. Greenhill, 246
- Steam, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure for Sugar Refinery. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
- Steam Pipes, Mica as an Insulator for. Jones and Horsfield, 339
- Steamer Service to Switzerland from London. Anglo Teutonicus, 154
- Steamers, Channel. J. Compton Merryweather, 79
- Steel Trade, Electricity in. T. H. Minshall, 742
- Stockport Gas Engine Brake Test. M.I.C.E., 313
- Street Cleaning. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. C.
- Standage, 154
- Strength, Commercial, of Pulley Blocks. S., 83 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419 ; S., 452
- Structure of Metals. Em. Am. Della Santa, 183
- Students, Engineering. Walter Bagshaw, 618
- Sugar Refinery, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure
- Steam in. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
- Superannuation Fund, British Electrical. E. Garcke, 121
- Superheated Steam, Marine Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
- Switzerland by Steamer from Britain. AngloTeutonicus, 154
- Technical Education. Walter Bagshaw, 618
- Thames, Sea-Water at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
- Timber Preserving Paint, Carbolinem Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
- Tools. See Machine Tools
- Trading, Municipal. Kenric B. Murray, 24
- Tunnel Railway, Vibration on Central London. Frank Trier, 216
- Uganda Railway Bridge Contract. C., 247
- Vibration on the Central London Railway. Frank Trier, 216
- Warning, Fraudulent Engineering Beggar. A Member of the N.C.E., 280
- Washing Streets. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. C. Standage, 154
- Water, Pure, for London. W. H. Booth, 313
- Water, Sea, at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
- Water-Tube Boiler. Dttrr, Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabric Vorm. Dtirr and Co., 419
- Water-Tube Boiler, Noble and Irving's Patent. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
- Water-Tube Boilers in the Navy. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Dtlrr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
- Weights Found Wanting (The Metric System).
- W. T. S. B., 779 ; A. R. M., 832 ; J. W., 832
- Wood-Preserving Paint, Carbolineum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 164 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustave Diechman, 216
- Word " Journal " of a Shaft. James A. M. Murray, 55, 87
- Works, Situation of Electrical Engineering. Richard V. Lynn, 618
- Works, Situation of. Richard V. Lynn, 618
- Young Engineers, Position of. Anglo-America,
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