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Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1910 Jul-Dec: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • Accelerometers, Design of W. E. Wimperis, 697
  • Accident, Railway, Willesden Junction. L.Legros, 794
  • Admiralty and Commercial Propagandism. L 580
  • Aerial Propellers, Tests of. Edgar E. Wilson, 208 John Kirkby, 242 ; Stephen Domok, 580; Herbert Chatley, 641 ; Horatio Phillips, 663, 825
  • Aeronautics, Data of, Lifting Power of Plates in Air-Currents. Horatio Phillips, 373, 510
  • Aeronautics. See also Aeroplanes, Balloons, and Aerial Propellers
  • Aeroplane, Davidson Gyropter. Edgar E. Wilson, 697
  • Aeroplane Design, Lifting Power of Plates in Air Currents. Horatio Phillips, 373, 510
  • Aeroplane Propellers. See Aerial Propellers
  • Aeroplanes, Advantages of Flexibility. Edgar E. Wilson, 697
  • Aeroplanes, Bracing of Monoplanes. Edgar E. Wilson, 697
  • Aeroplanes, Efficiency of Narrow Planes. Horatio Phillips, 510
  • Aeroplanes, Limits of Size. Horatio Phillips, 510
  • Aeroplanes, Reactance Tubes for Propulsion. Student, 277 ; R. A. Baxter, 299
  • Aeroplanes, Stability of. A. W. Johns, 98;
  • Herbert Chatley, 395
  • Air Currents, Lifting Power of Plates in.
  • Horatio Phillips, 373, 510
  • Airships. See Balloons, Dirigible
  • Alternating-Current Motors. See Three-Phase Motors
  • Alternating Stress Tests of Steel. T. E. Stanton, 61
  • Architects, Royal Institute of British; Town Planning Conference. John Burns, Leonard Stokes, Aston Webb, and John W. Simpson, 299 ; Jonn W. Simpson, 395
  • Association of Consulting Engineers. Herbert Laws Webb, 277
  • Australian Immigration. T. Hudson Beare, 824 ;
  • G. H. Reid, 824
  • Australian Railway Economics. T. Hudson Beare, 824 ; G. H. Reid, 824
  • Auxiliary Machinery. See Marine Auxiliary Machinery
  • Ball-Bearings, Lubrication and Preservation of. G. F. Barrett, for Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 373
  • Balloons, Dirigible, in Bad Weather. Horatio Phillips, 641
  • Barge Canal, New York State. Terminal Commission ; A. R. Smith, Secretary, 26
  • Barr’s Experiments : Flow of Water over Triangular Notches. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • Battleship Design ; Oil-Engines for Propulsion.
  • C. A. St. George Moore, 329 ; W. R. Cummins, 511, 598 ; E. G. Izod, for Willansand Robinson, Ltd., 546
  • Bearings, Ball. See Ball-Bearings
  • Boats, Hydroplane, Possibilities of. G. Greenhill, 277
  • Boiler Design ; Tests of Nicolson’s Theory. John T. Nicolson, 795, 856 ; Charles Erith, 825, 901
  • Boilers, Yarrow, for Warships; Feed Heating. British Niclausse Boiler Co , Ltd., 732 ; Yarrow and Co., Ltd., 778
  • Brazilian Metre-Gauge Railways ; Loading Gauge.
  • William Lachlan, 663
  • Bridge New, over Thames, London, and Street Improvements. G. A. P. Middleton, 901
  • British Architects, Royal Institute of; Town Planning Conference. John Burns, Leonard Stokes, Aston Webb, and John W. Simpson, 299 ; John W. Simpson, 395
  • Canals, Terminal, Facilities for Freight. A. R. Smith, Secretary, Barge Canal Terminal Commission, New York State, 26
  • Cement, Portland, Quantity of Lime in. H. Kelway Bamber, 98
  • Characteristic Energy Diagrams, Locomotive.
  • See Locomotives
  • Chloride of Lime, Action on Metals. G. R. S., 512
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, Admission to.
  • See Production, Principles of
  • Coal Conservation, Central Electric Power Scheme. W. W. S., 795
  • Coating for Hot-Water Pipes. “ Pipes,” 26
  • College Training, Utility of. R. T. Crane, 599
  • Columns, Design for Varying Loads. W. Hanna, 208
  • Commerce. See Production, Principles of
  • Conservation of Coal, Central Electric Power Scheme, W. W. S., 795
  • Consulting Engineers, Association of. Herbert Laws Webb, 277
  • Critical Speeds of Shafts. See Shafts
  • Gutter-Guards for Milling-Machines. P. V.
  • Vernon for A. Herbert, Ltd., 277 utting-Angles for Lathe-Tools. A. E. Dins more, 241. See Erratum, 264
  • yhnders, Thick, Strength of Arthur Morlej 511, 580; Horatio Phillips, 511; Arthur G Warren, 546: C. A. M. Smith, 546, 599
  • Davidson Gyropter. Edgar E. Wilson, 697
  • Diagrams, Characteristic Energy, Locomotive.
  • See Locomotives
  • Diesel Engines for Warship Propulsion. 0. A. St. George Moore, 329; W. R. Cummins, 511, 598; E. G. Izod, for Willans and Robinson, Ltd., 546
  • Dirigible Balloons. See Balloons
  • Dredger, Suction, “ St. Lawrence,” with Spiral Cutters, X., 511
  • Education, Higher, Utility of. R. T. Crane, 599 Education. See also Production, Principles of Electric Lightingof London Streets. H. B. Penwick, 511
  • Electric Motors. See Three-Phase Motors
  • Electric Power Distribution and Coal Conservation. W. W. S., 795
  • Electric Power-Station. See Power-Stations
  • Electric Power, Utilisation in Iron and Steel Industry. See Three-Phase Motors
  • Energy Diagrams, Locomotive. See Locomotives Engines, Gas, Thermal Efficiency, Radiation
  • Losses. R. H. Pearsall, 856
  • Engines, Marine, Economical Working, Effect of Vacuum. D. B. Morison, 794, 825 ; W. Weir, 794, 825
  • Engines, Marine Steam, Nominal Horse-Power F. Hovenden, 732
  • Engines, Oil, for Warship Propulsion. C. A. St. George Moore, 329 ; W. R. Cummins, 511, 598 ; E. G. Izod, for Willansand Robinson, Ltd., 546
  • Engines, Petrol, Thermal Efficiency. R. H. Pearsall, 856
  • Engines, Steam and Gas, for Generating Stations.
  • T. Roland Wollaston, 778
  • Engine, Steam, Stumpf. H. Bonin, 93 Engineering Education. See Education Engineers, Consulting, Association of. Herbert
  • Laws Webb, 277
  • Engineers, Utility of Higher Education to. R. T. Crane, 599
  • Experimental Research, Reward of. See Production, Principles of
  • Factory Inspectors and Machine - Guards. Manager, 26
  • Ferranti, S. Z. de, on Electric Power and Coal Conservation. W. W. S., 795
  • Flight. See Aeroplanes and Balloons Flying-Machines. See Aeroplanes
  • Furnaces, Steel, Siemens’ Open Hearth, Combustion in. Alleyne Reynolds, 580, 641
  • Gas-Engines. See Engines, Gas
  • Gas-Lighting of London Streets. H. B. Penwick, 511
  • Gearing, Tooth. J. D. Steven, 242
  • Generating Stations. See Power Stations
  • Grease for Ball-Bearings. G. F. Barrett, for Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 373
  • Guarding Machinery; Factory Inspectors’ Requirements. Manager, 26
  • Guards, Milling Cutter. P. V. Vernon, for A. Herbert, Ltd., 277
  • Guns, Strength of. See Cylinders, Thick Gyropter, Davidson’s. Edgar E. Wilson, 697 Gyroscope, Elementary Theory. Walter Long-land, 361 ; R. H. Pearsall, 61; C. E. Wolff, 61, 98
  • Heat Transmission in Boilers. See Boiler Design Herbert’s Milling-Cutter Guard. P. V. Vernon, for A. Herbert, Ltd., 277
  • High-Speed Steel. See Tool Steel
  • Hot-Water Pipes, Coating for. “Pipes,” 26
  • Hydraulic Pipes, Strength of. See Cylinders, Thick
  • Hydraulics, Flow of Water over Triangular Notches, Barr’s Experiments. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • Hydroplanes, Possibilities of. G. Greenhill, 277
  • Indian Locomotives, Standardisation. Seymour
  • B. Tritton, 663 ; William Lachlan, 663
  • Indian Metre-Gauge Railways, Loading Gauge. William Lachlan, 663
  • Industrial Progress. See Production, Principles of
  • Inland Navigation. See Canals
  • Institution of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers
  • Involute Gearing. J. D. Steven, 242
  • Iron and Steel Industry, Utilisation of Electric Power. See Three-Phase Motors; Speed Regulation
  • artel System in Industry. See Production Principles of
  • abyrinth Packing, Steam Leakage L M. 376
  • uathe Tools, High-Speed Steel, Standard Cutting Angles. A. E. Dinsmore, 241. See Erratum 264
  • Lifting Power of Plates in Air Currents. Horatio Phillips, 373, 510
  • Lighting, Gas and Electric, London Streets. H. B. Penwick, 511
  • Lime, Chloride of, Action on Metals. G. R. S., 512
  • Lime in Portland Cement. H. Kelway Bamber, 98 Loading Gauges, Indian and Brazilian Metre-Gauge Railways. William Lachlan, 663
  • Locomotives, Indian, Standardisation. William Lachlan, 663; Seymour B. Tritton, 663
  • Locomotives, Steam, Characteristic Energy Diagrams. F. L., 511; Lawford H. Fry, 641 ; T. Robins, 901
  • London Street Improvements, New Bridge Scheme. G. A. P. Middleton, 901
  • London Streets, Gas and Electric Lighting. H. B. Penwick, 511
  • Lubrication of Ball-Bearings. G. F. Barrett, for Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 373
  • Machine-Tools, Cutter • Guards for Milling-Machines. P. V. Vernon, for A. Herbert, Ltd., 277
  • Machine-Tools for High-Speed Steel. A. E. Dinsmore, 241. See Erratum, 264 ; Dempster Smith, 241
  • Machinery Guards, Factory Inspectors’ Requirements. Manager, 26
  • Manufacture. See Production, Principles of Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Economical Working. D. B. Morison, 794, 825 ; W. Weir, 794, 825
  • Marine Engines. See Engines, Marine
  • Marine Propulsion, Oil-Engines for. See Engines, Oil for
  • Metre-Gauge Railways, India and Brazil, Loading Gauges. William Lachlan, 663
  • Metropolitan. See London
  • Milling-Cutter Guards. P. V. Vernon, for A.
  • Herbert, Ltd., 277
  • Monoplane. See Aeroplane
  • Motor-Car Construction, Special Steel for. P. Richardson, for Sheffield-Simplex Motor Works, Ltd., 26
  • Motors, Electric. See Three-Phase Motors Motors, Petrol. See Engines, Petrol
  • Naval Construction, Competition in. L., 580 Navigation, Inland. See Canals
  • New York State Barge Canal. Terminal Commission ; A. R. Smith, Secretary, 26
  • Nicolson’s Theory of Heat Transmission in Boilers. See Boiler Design
  • Notches, Triangular, Flow of Water over, Barr’s Experiments. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • )il-Engines. See Engines, Oil
  • Peking, Labyrinth, Steam Leakage. L. M. H., 373
  • Petrol Motors. See Engines, Petrol
  • Pipes, Hot-Water, Coating for. “ Pipes,” 26
  • Pipes, Hydraulic, Strength of. See Cylinders, Thick
  • Plates, Lifting Power in Air Currents. Horatio Phillips, 373, 510
  • Portland Cement. See Cement
  • Power, Electric, and Coal Conservation. W.W.S., 795
  • Power-Stations, Steam and Gas. T. Roland Wollaston, 778
  • Principles of Production. See Production, Principles of
  • Production, Principles of. An Individualist, 127, 241; An Imperialist, 162 ; S. N. D., 162 ; Stud. Inst. C.E., 208 ; Elsmere Harris, 208
  • Propellers, Aerial. See Aerial Propellers Propulsion of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes
  • Railway Accident, Willesden Junction. L. A. Legros, 794
  • Railways, Australian, Economics. T. Hudson Beare, 824 ; G. H. Reid, 824
  • Railways, Indian, Standardisation of Locomotives. William Lachlan, 663 ; Seymour B. Tritton, 663
  • Railways, Metre-Gauge, India and Brazil, Loading Gauges. William Lachlan, 663
  • Reactance Tubes for Propulsion of Aeroplanes. Student, 277; R. A. Baxter, 299
  • Research, Reward of. See Production, Principles of
  • Reynolds’ Experiments on Alternating Stress. T. E. Stanton, 61 oyal Institute of British Architects, Town-Planning Conference. John Burns, Leonard Stokes, Aston Webb, and John W. Simpson 299 • John W Simpson, 395
  • Schooling See Education
  • Scientific Research. See Production, Pun ciples of
  • Shafts, Torsional Vibrations, Critical Speeds for Arthur Morley, 901
  • Ship Propulsion, Oil-Engines for. See Engines, Oil, for Warship Propulsion
  • Ships, Dimensions and Speed. G. Greenhill, 277 Siemens’ Open-Hearth Steel Furnaces, Combus
  • tion in. Alleyne Reynolds, 580, 641
  • Speed of Ships. G. Greenhill, 277
  • Speed-Regulation, Three-Phase Motors. J. J
  • Elink Schuurman, 697
  • “St. Lawrence,” Suction Dredger, with Spiral
  • Cutters. X., 511
  • Stability of Flying-Machines. See Aeroplanes Standardisation, Indian Locomotives. Seymour
  • B. Tritton, 663 ; William Lachlan, 663 Steam-Boiler Design. See Boiler Design Steam-Engines. See Engines, Steam Steam-Turbines. See Turbines
  • Steamers, Dimensions and Speed. G. Greenhill, 277
  • Steamers, Economical Working, Effect of Vacuum. D. B. Morison, 794, 825 ; W. Weir, 794,825
  • Steamers, Nominal Horse-Power of Engines
  • F. Hovenden, 732
  • Steel Furnaces, Siemens’ Open-Hearth, Combustion in. Alleyne Reynolds, 580, 641
  • Steel, High-Speed, Machine-Tools for. A. E. Dinsmore, 241; See Erratum, 264; Dempste* Smith, 241
  • Steel, High-Speed Tool, Cutting Angles for Lathe Tools. A. E. Dinsmore, 241. See Erratum, 264
  • Steel, Tests under Alternating Stress. T. E Stanton, 61
  • Steel and Iron Industry, Utilisation of Electric Power. See Three-Phase Motors, Speed Regulation
  • Steel for Motor-Car Construction. P. Richardson, for Sheffield Simplex Motor Works, Ltd., 26 Street Improvements, London, New Bridge
  • Scheme. G. A. P. Middleton, 901
  • Street Lighting, London, Gas and Electric. II
  • B. Penwick, 511
  • Stress, Alternating. See Alternating Stress Struts. See Columns
  • Stumpf Steam-Engine. II. Bonin, 98 Suction-Dredger. See Dredger
  • Technical Education. See Education
  • Test Specimens, Axial Loading of. E. Tindall Cook, 511
  • Tests of Aerial Propellers. See Aerial Propellers Tests, Steel, under Alternating Stress. T. E.
  • Stanton, 61
  • Thick Cylinders, Strength of. See Cylinders Three-Phase Motors, Speed Regulation. J. J.
  • Elink Schuurman, 697
  • Tool-Steel, High-Speed, Cutting-Angles for Lathe-Tools. A. E. Dinsmore 241; See Erratum, 264
  • Tool-Steel, High-Speed, Machine-Tools for. A. E.
  • Dinsmore, 241; See Erratum, 264 ; Dempster Smith, 241
  • Tooth-Gearing. J. D. Steven, 242
  • Torsional Vibrations of Shafts. See Shafts Town-Planning Conference, Royal Institute of
  • British Architects. John Burns, Leonard
  • Stokes, Aston Webb, and John W. Simpson, 299 ; John W. Simpson, 395
  • Training. See Education
  • Triangular Notches, Flow of Water over, Barr’s Experiments. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • Trusts in Industry. See Production, Principles of
  • Turbines, Marine Steam, Nominal Horse-Power. F. Hovenden, 732
  • Turbines, Steam, Leakage through Labyrinth Packings. L. M. H., 373
  • V-Notches, Flow of Water over, Barr’s Experiments. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • Vacuum, Effect on Marine-Engine Economy.
  • D. B. Morison, 794, 825 ; B, Weir, 794, 825 Vibrations, Torsional, of Shafts. See Shafts
  • Warship Construction, Competition in. L., 580 Warship Design, Oil-Engines for Propulsion.
  • C. A. St. George Moore, 329; W. R. Cummins, 511, 598 ; E. G. Izod, for Willans and Robinson, Ltd., 546
  • Water, Flow of, over Triangular Notches, Barr’s Experiments. T. P. Strickland, 598
  • Water-Tube Boilers. See Boilers
  • Willesden Junction Railway Accident. L. A. Legros, 794
  • Wohler’s Tests of Steel. T. E. Stanton, 61
  • arrow Boilers for Warships; Feed-Heating
  • British Niclausse Boiler Co., Ltd., 732 ; Yarrow and Co., Ltd., 778

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