Engineering 1901 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor








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Letters to the Editor
- ALLIS Engines at Glasgow. R. W. Blackwell and Co., Limited, 25. Britisher, 648. See also Glasgow Tramway Power Engines
- American v. British Engine Design for Electric Traction. R. W. Blackwell and Co., Limited, 25 ; Britisher, 648. See also Glasgow Tram¬way Power Engines
- American Locomotive Competition. Fairplay, 551, 587
- Ammonia Compressors. Horace A. Coulson, 227 ; D. Lindsay, 296
- Annealing of Iron. A. L. Steavenson, 227
- Architectural Side of Engineering. H. Heathcote Statham, 753, 784
- Armour-Piercing Projectiles. P. M. Staunton, 128
- Artillery, Modern French. A. Deport, 551
- Australian Patents. Reginald W Barker, 263
- Balancing Engines. John H. Mcalpine, 47 ; Marine Engineer, 92 ' A. E. Seaton, 92 ; John H. Macalpine, 128 ; H. Techel, 589 ; John H. Macalpine, 626
- Balancing Locomotives. Libra, 753
- Beams, Resistance of, &c., Moments of. Diogo A. Symons, 753 ; Harold H. Broughton, 783 ; Herbert A. Garratt, 783 ; Edward J. M. Davies, 783
- Belleville Water-Tube Boiler Trials. A. B. C., 371. See AV. E. Ash, 296
- Biddell, The late Mr. G. A. J. E. Ransome, 47 Boilers. See Water-Tube Boilers
- Bribery, Prevention of. No Lawyer, 191
- Bridge, Tal-y-Cafn. D. Evans, 264 ; Dawson and Fyson, 296
- Bridges, Design and Architecture of. H. Heath-cote Statham, 753, 784
- British v. American Engine Design for Electric Traction. R. W. Blackwell and Co., Limited, 25. Britisher, 618. See also Glasgow Tramway Power Engines
- British Railway Practice. J. K., 589
- Brunn-Lowener Water Sof tenor. Lassan and Hjort, 681
- Cantilever Bridge at Tal-y-Cafn. D. Evans, 264 ; Dawson and Fyson, 2P6
- Capped Armour-Piercing Projectiles. P. M. Staunton, 128
- Cars. See Motor Cars
- Cement Separation, Apparatus for. Robert Moody, 47 ; Will. F. Goreham, 93
- Chilled Cast-Iron Ploughshares (the late Mr. G. A. Biddell). J. E. Ransome, 47
- City and Guilds of London Institute, List of Books. William Thompson, 405
- C3al, South African. E. R. Cummins, 619
- " Cobra," Gyrosccpic Action and the Loss of the. See Gyroscopic Action
- Collecting Discharge from Cupolas. Richmond
- Gas Stove and Meter Company, Limited, 25 Colonial Patents. Patentee, 47 ; George y C. Douglas, 93
- Competition, Foreign. John Rankin, 528 ; Fair
- Play, 551, 587 ; A Business Man, 814 Compressors, Ammonia. Horace E. Coulson,
- 227 ; D. Lindsay, 296
- Cordite and the Erosion of Guns. A Gunnery Sergeant, 47 ; Colonel W. Hope, 92 Corruption, Prevention of. No Lawyer, 194
- Cupolas, Collecting Discharge from. Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Company, Limited, 25
- Cyprus, Patents in. Harris and Mills, 681
- Destroyer " Cobra," Gyroscopic Action and the Loss of the. See Gyroscopic Action Dictionary, Foreign Technical. Dr. Hubert Jansen, 92
- Difficulties of Superheated Steam. J. B., 128 ; Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, 162 Dowson Gas Testing. Anthracite, 589 ; Stoker, 626 ; Anthracite, 681
- Drift, The, of Projectiles. Canon Gauche, 47, 93 Dttrr Water-Tube Boiler. J. C. R. Okes, 194 R. A. Ziese, 263 ; DtIrr, 296
- Dynamo Tests. J. J. Warden-Stevens, 681
- Economical Speed of Ships, Limits of. Major G. Rota, 296
- Education, Technical. E. H., 263
- Electric Dynamo Tests, Engine v. Turbine. J. J. Warden-Stevens, 681
- Electric Generators. Val. A. Fynn, 458
- Electric Motor for Hoe Printing Machine. British Electric Plant Company, Limited, 296
- Electric Traction and Transmission, Large Power Steam Engines for. Britisher, 648. See also 25, and Glasgow Tramway Power Engines
- Electrification of the Metropolitan Railway. Brown, Boveri, and Co., 626 ; Robert S. Dobbie, 649 ; C. T. Alfred Hanssen, 783
- Engine Design for Electric Traction, British v. American. Britisher, 648. See also 25, and Glasgow Tramway Power Engines
- Engine, Gas, Research. H. B. Graham, 680 ;
- James Dunlop, 681. See also DOU18011 Gas Engine v. Laval Turbine Steam Dynamo Tests.
- J. J. Warden-Stevens, 681
- Engine Vibration. John H. Macalpine, 47 ; A Season, 92 ; Marine Engineer, 92 John H. Macalpine, 128; H. Techel, 589; John H. Mac-alpine, 626. See 753
- Engines of the Glasgow Power Station. R. W. Blackwell and Co., Limited, 25 ; Citizen, 296 ; Citizen, 405 ; Hugh Dunbar, 457 ; D. Stewart and Co., Limited, 681. See also 648
- Engines, Quadruple-Expansion. Salvatore Orlando, 371; Simpson, Strickland, and Co., Limi¬ted, 405
- Engineers, Royal. More to Follow, 753 Engineers' Shop Flooring. Inquirer, 783 ; H. F. L. Orcutt, 814
- Engineering, Architectural Side of. H. Heath-cote Statham, 753, 784
- Erosion of Guns. A Gunnery Sergeant, 47 ; Colonel W. Hope, 92
- Explosives, Compound, Development of. Ragnar Sohlman, 25
- Explosives, Nitro, Continental, 457
- Explosives for Projectiles. Hiram S. Maxim, 195 ; A Projectile Gauger, 228
- Express and Local Railway Services. Alfred J. Allen, 481
- Feed Water Purification. Lassan and Hjort, 681
- Field Gun, Schneider-Cadet. A. Deport, 551
- Flooring for Engineers' Shops. Inquirer, 783 ; H. F. L. Orcutt, 814
- Flourometer. Robert Moody, 47 ; William F. Goreham, 93
- Foreign Competition. John Rankin, 528 ; Fair Play, 551, 587 ; A Business Man, 814
- Foreign Technical Dictionary. Dr. Hubert Jansen, 92
- French Artillery, Modern. A. Deport, 551
- Gas Engine Research. H. B. Graham, 680 ; James Dunlop, 681. See also D0208071. Gas
- Gas-Producer and Gas Engine, M. Mathot's Test of a Gas-Producing Gas Engine. Disappointed, 753 ; Satisfied, 814
- Gas, Testing Dowson. Anthracite, 689 ; Stoker, 626 ; Anthracite, 681
- Generators, Performance of Electric. Val. A. Fynn, 458
- Girder Resistance, Moment of. Diogo A. Symons, 753 ; Harold H. Broughton, 783 ; Herbert A. Garratt, 783 ; Edward J. M. Davies, 783
- Glasgow Autocar Trials. Thomas Dunn, 626
- Glasgow Tramway Power Engines. R. W. Blackwell and Co., Limited, 25 ; Citizen, 296, 405 ; Hugh Dunbar, 457 ' • D. Stewart and Co., Limited, 681. See also 648
- Glasgow University Laboratories. Archibald Barr, 371
- Goods Train Loads. W. M481
- Gun, Schneider-Canet. A., Deport, 551
- Guns, Erosion of. A Gunnery Sergeant, 47 ; Colonel W. Hope, 92
- Guns and Projectiles. See Projectiles
- Gyroscopic Action and the Loss of the " Cobra," Ignoramus, 481 ; Girder, 481; Hiram S. Maxim, 528 ; Edward W. Serrell, jun., 528 ; E. F. Cassel, 551; Edward W. Serrell, jun. 551;
- Hiram Stevens Maxim, 588 • James F. darter, 589 ; G. S. Odliog, 589 ; E. F. Cassel, 623 ; J. Macfarlane Gray, 623 ; William Leighton Jordan, 624 ; C. A. Matthey, 625 ; H. J. Bingham Powell, 647 ; K. Y. 647 ; Henry J. Davis, 647 ; William Leighton Jordan, 647 ; Hiram S. Maxim, 680 ; Experientia Docet, 680 ; H. J. Bingham "Powell, 680 ; C. A. Matthey, 719 ; William Leighton Jordan, 720 ; Ernest Hahn, 752 ; William Leighton Jordan, 753 • K. Y., 783 ; 0. A. Matthey, 813 ; Wm. Leighton Jordan, 814 ; Experientia Docet, 814 ; Win. Leighton Jordan, 847
- Heat and Light Radiation from Polished and Dull Surfaces. J. T. Bottomley, 626
- Heating Large Workshops. Inquirer, 405 ; H. F. L. Orcutt, 456 ; William Tatters 11, 456 ; Alfred Hanssen, 456 ; S. A. Ward, 457
- Height of Shallow Underground Tramways. Alfred J. Allen, 814
- High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure Steam in Sugar Refinery. .1. W. Chambers, 227 ; Francis N. G. Gill, 262 ; W. Price Abell, 296 ; Francis N. G. Gill, 371
- Hoe Printing Machine at Glasgow Exhibition. British Electric Plant Company, Limited, 296
- Hyacinth v. Minerva Trials. A. B. 0., 371. See also A. E. Ash, 296
- Indian Locomotive Standardising Design. John Rankin, 528; Fair Play, 551, 587 ; A Business Man, 814
- Inventions, Masters and Servants and the Right to. W. Lloyd Wise, 128
- Irish Channel Tunnel. E. F. W. Grimshaw, 457; James Barton, 981
- Iron, Annealing. A. L. Steavenson, 227
- Iron in Spain. A., 648
- Laboratories at the Glasgow Univercity, Engineering. Archibald Barr, 371
- Laval Turbine v. Engine, Steam Dynamo Tests. J. J. Warden-Stevens, 681
- Light and Heat Radiation from Polished and Dull Surfaces. J. T. Bottomley, 626
- Limits of Economical Speed of Ships. Major G. Rota, 296
- Loads of Goods Train. W. M., 481
- Local and Express Railway Services. Alfred J. Allen, 481
- Locomotive Balancing. Libra, 753
- Locomotive Design, British Practice. J. K., 588 Locomotive Manufacture and Standardising.
- John Rankin, 528 ; Fair Play, 551, 587 ; A
- Business Man, 814
- Locomotives, Compound. J. D. Twinberrow, 92 Loss of the " Cobra," Gyroscopic Action and the. See Gyroscopic Action
- Machinery, Naval. Alf. E. Ash, 296
- Masters and Servants and the Right to Inven-tions. W. Lloyd Wise, 128
- Mathot's Test of a Gas Producer and Gas En-gine. Disappointed, 753 ; Satisfied, 814
- Mechanical Engineers, Research on Gas Engine, Institution of. H. B. Graham, 680 ; James Dunlop, 681
- Metric System, Weights found Wanting. W. T. S. B. 93
- Metropolitan Railways, Electrification of. Brown, Boveri, and Co., 626 ; Robert S. Dobbie, 649 ; C. T. Alfred Hanssen, 783
- Military Self-Propelled Lorries. Electrical, 128 Mineral Wealth of Spain. A., 648
- Minerva v. Hyacinth Trials. A. B. C., 371. See A. B. Ash, 296
- Moment of Resistance. Diogo A. Symons, 753 ; Harold H. Broughton, 783 ; Herbert A. Gar-rott, 783 ; Edward J. M. Davies, 783
- Motor Car Trials, The Glasgow. Thomas Dunn, 626
- Motor Cars for Military Purposes, Heavy. Elec-trical, 128
- Navy v. Merchant Ships' Speeds. Alf. E. Ash, 296
- New Zealand, Foreign Competition in. John Rankin,528
- Nitro Explosives Compounds. Hiram S. Maxim, 195 ; A Projectile Gauger, 228
- Nitro Explosives. Continental, 457
- Nitro Explosives and the Erosion of Guns. A Gunnery Sergeant, 47 ; Colonel W. Hope. 92
- Patents in the Australian Commonwealth, Reginald W. Barker, 263
- Patents in Cyprus. Harris and Mills, 681.
- Patents, Masters and Servants and the Right to. W. Lloyd \Vise, 128
- Patents in South Africa. A. W. Ackermann, 720
- Performance of Electric Generators. Val. A. Fynn, 458
- Ploughshares, Chilled Cast-Iron (the late Mr. G. A. Biddell). J. E. Ransome, 47
- Powder. See Explosives Compound Develop¬ment. Ragnar Sohlman, 25
- Prevention of Corruption. No Lawyer, 194 Printing Machine at Glasgow Exhibition.
- British Electric Plant Company, Limited, 296
- Producer - Gas, and Gas Engine, M. Mathot's Test of Gas-Producing Gas Engine. Disap-pointed, 753 ; Satisfied, 814
- Producer-Gas, Testing of. Anthracite, 589 ; Stoker, 626 ; Anthracite, 681
- Projectiles, Capped Armour-Piercing. P. M. Staunton, 128
- Projectiles, Explosives for. Hiram S. Maxim, 195 ; A Projectile Gauger, 228
- Projectiles and Guns. A Projectile Gauger, 228; L. 263 ; A Projectile Gauger, 296
- Purification of Feed-Water. Lassan and Hjort, 681
- Quadruple - Expansion Engines. Salvatore Orlando, 371 ; Simpson, Strickland, and Co., Limited, 405
- Radiation of Heat and Light from Polished and Dull Surfaces. J. T. Bottomley, 626
- Railway Practice, British. J. K., 588
- Railway Services, Express and Local. Alfred J. Allen, 481
- Railway Signalling, Modern Practice in. Saxby and Farmer, Limited, 551
- Railway-Train Loads. W. M., 481
- Railways, Electrification of the Metropolitan. Brown, Boveri,. and Co., 626 ; Robert S. Dob-bie, 649 ; C. T. Alfred Hanssen, 783
- Refrigerators, Ammonia Compressors. Horace E. Coulson, 227 ; D. Lindsay, 296
- Roofing and Construction, " Texyl." H. C. Marillier, 128
- Royal Engineers. More to Follow, 753
- Schneider•Canet Field-Gun. A. Deport, 55] Scotch and Irish Tunnel. E. F. W. Grimshlw, 457 ; James Barton, 481
- Self Propelled Lorries for Military Purposes. Electrical, 128
- Separation Apparatus for Cement. Robert Moody, 47 ; Will. F. Goreham, 93
- Shallow Underground Tramw,13 s, Height of. Alfred J. Allen, 814
- Ship - Model Experimental Tank. Robert W. Maxwell, 128
- Ships' Speed, Limits of Economical. Major G. Rota, 296
- Shop Flooring, Engineers'. Inquirer, 7Z•3 ; H. F. L. Orcutt, 814
- Signalling, Modern Practice in. Saxby and Farmer, Limited, 551
- Smokeless Powder Development. Ragnar Sohl-man, 25
- South Africa, Patents in. A. W. Ackermann, 720 South African Coal. E. R. Cummins, 649
- Spain, Mineral Wealth of. A., 648
- Speed of Ships, Limits of Economical. Major G. Rota, 296
- Standardising Locomotive. Fair Play, 551, 587. See also John Rankin, 528 ; A Business Man, 814
- Steam, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure, in Sugar Refinery. J. W. Chambers, 227 ; Francis N. G. Gill, 262 ; W. Price Abell, 296 ; Francis N. G. Gill, 371
- Steam, Superheated, and its Difficulties. J. B., 128 ; Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, 162 Sugar Refinery, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure Steam in. J. W. Chambers, 227 ; Francis N. Gill, 262 ; W. Price Abell, 296 ; Francis N. G. Gill, 371
- Superheated Steam and its Difficulties. J. B., 128 ; Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, 162 Surfaces, Dull and Polished, Heat and Light Radiation from. J. T. Bottomley, 626
- Tal-y-Cafn Bridge. D. Evans, 264 ; Dawson and Fyson, 296
- Tanks, Experimental. Robert W. Maxwell, 1:.'8 Technical Dictionary, Foreign. Dr. Hubert Jansen, 92
- Technical Education. E. H., 263
- Testing Dowson Gas. Anthracite, 589 ; Stoker 626 ; Anthracite, 681
- " Texyl " Roofing and Construction. H. C. Marillier, 128
- Train Loads, Goods. W. M., 481
- Tramways, Height of Shallow Underground. Alfred J. Allen, 814
- Trials of Motor Cars at Glasgow. Thomas Dunn, 626
- Tunnel, Irish Channel. E. F. W. Grimsliaw, 457 ; James Barton, 481
- Turbine-Driven Destroyer " Cobra," and Gyroscopic Action. See Gyroscopic Action Turbine, Laval, v. Engine, Steam D3 nano Tests. J. J. Warden-Stevens, 681
- Vibration of Engines. John H. Macalpine, 47 ; A. E. Seaton, 92 ; Marine Engineer, 92 ; John H. Macalpine, 128 ; H. Techel, 589 ; John II. Macalpine, 626. See 753
- Water Softening and Purification. Lassan and Hjort, 681
- Water-Tube Boiler, The Dt%rr. J. C. R. Okes, 194 ; R. A. Ziese, 263 ; DUrr, 296
- Water-Tube Boiler Trials. A. B. C., 371. See also A. B. Ash, 296
- Water-Tube Boilers in the Navy. Alf. E. Ash, 296
- Weights Found Wanting, Metric System. W. T S. B., 93
- Workshops, Heating Large. Inquirer, 405 ; Alfred Hanssen, 456 ; William Tattersall, 456 ; H. F. L. Orcutt, 456 ; S. A. Ward, 457
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