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Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1911 Jul-Dec: Index

Letters to the Editor

Accident, “ Olympic Hawke” Collision. See “ Olympic”

Adiabatic Expansion, Steam. Frank Foster, 798 ; A. G. Warren, 798

Aeronautical Research, Air-Pressure on Plates. A. W. Johns, 255

Aeronautical Research Society, East London College. R H. Walters, 398

Air, Compressed, Power Transmission, Collieiits. Jas. Dunlop, 876

Air-Pressure on Plates. A. W. Johns, 255

Air Supply, Steam Boilers, Effect of Mo’sture. T. B. Morley, 191

Alternating-Stress Tests, Comparisons of Cycles. C. H. Wingfield, 731

Alternating-Stress Tests, Effect of Annealing. IT. 50, 840

Annealing and Fatigue Endurance, Metals. IT. 50, 840

Armour for Ships. Chas. H. Jordan, 104

Armoured Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete

Army, Territorial, Engineer Officers. E. S. Sinnott, 398

Art and Science, Relative Values. See Science and Art

Belfast Technical Institute, Fuel-Economisers.

D. Rushworth, for the Clay Cross Co., 798

Boiler Furnaces, Smokeless Combustion. Fraser and Chalmers, Ltd., 431

Boiler Insurance Companies and Power Plant Specifications. See Power-Plant Specifications

Boilers, Steam, Effect of Moisture in Air Supply.

T. B. Morley, 191

Bonus for Hemp Machinery. John Holmes, 574, 875

Bridge, St. Paul’s, London. O. B. I. T., 30, 79

Callendar’s Researches, Properties of Steam.

Frank Foster, 798 ; A. G. Warren, 798

Carbon Deposits, Cylinder Ports, Traction-Engine. James W. Harris and Son, 877

Case-Hardening, Dr. Giolitti’s Process. F. J.

Clinch-Jones, 711 ; Federigo Giolitti, 763

Civil Engineers, Institution of, Procedure at Meetings. Railway Member, 763

Clutch, “ Vulkan ” Magnetic, Planing-Machine Drives, Short-Stroke Work. W. Hargreaves, 840

Coal-Mines. See Colliery

College, East London, Aeronautical Research Society. R. H. Walters, 398

Collieries, Pneumatic Power Transmission. Jas.

Dunlop, 876

Colliery Power-Stations, Gas-Engines for. Jas.

Dunlop, 876

Collision, “ Olympic Hawke.” See “Olympic”

Combustion, Smokeless, Boiler Furnaces.

Fraser and Chalmers, Ltd., 431

Compressed-Air Power Transmission, Collieries.

Jas. Dunlop, 876

Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete

Cranes, Large. J. W. Brown, for Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Ltd., 30

Curtis Turbines, Test Results. F. Samuelson, for British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 540;

H. Zoelly, 631

Cylinder Ports, Traction - Engine, Carbon Deposits in. James W. Harris and Son, 877

Discussions at Engineering Institutions. C. Reginald Enock, 540

East London College, Aeronautical Research Society. R. H. Walters, 398

Economisers, Belfast Technical Institute. D.

Rush worth, for the Clay Cross Co., 798

i Education and Training, Engineers’, Heniy Spooner, 79 ; W. Morgan, 79; Stanley de Brath, 104 ; Experience, 164

Efficiency of Ste\m-Turbines. See Turbines

Eiffel’s Experiments, Falling Plates. A. W. Johns, 255

Electric-Drive Planing-Machines, “Lancashire.” W. Hargreaves, 840

Electrical Engineers, Institution of, New Articles of Association. R. Orsettich, 632

Endurance of Metals. See Alternating Stress

Engines, Gas, Colliery Power-Stations. Jas. Dunlop, 876

Engine Specifications. See Power-Plant Specifications

Engines, Steam, Carbon Deposits in Cylinder Ports. James W. Harris and Son, 877

Engineers’ Education. See Education

Engineer Officers, Territorial Army. E. S. Sinnott, 398

Engineering Societies, Papers for Discussion.

C. Reginald Enock, 540

Expansion, Adiabatic, Steam. Frank Foster, 793 ; A. G. Warren, 798

Falling Plates, Eiffel’s Experiments. A. W. Johns, 255

Fatigue Tests. See A Iternating Stress

Ferro-Concrete Sun-Dial. W. J. Bremner Davis, 875

Fire-Floats, Hydraulic - Jet Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion

Flange-Wear, Railway Wheels. W. Knight, 731

Force-Fits, Stresses from. A. Bremberg, 255

Foundry Moulding Machine, Pridmore, Invention of. Ernest Samuelson, 540, 574; Joseph Horner, 540

Fuel-Economisers, Belfast Technical Institute.

D. Rushworth, for the Clay Cross Co., 798 Furnaces, Boiler, Smokeless Combustion. Fraser

and Chalmers, Ltd., 431

Gas Engines. See Engines, Gas

Gilbreth’s System, Labour Saving. See Motion Study

Giolitti’s Process, Case-Hardening. F. J. Clinch-Jones, 711; Federigo Giolitti, 763

Great Northern Railway, Superheater Locomotives. L. A. F., 329

“ Hawke ”-“ Olympic ” Collision. See “Olympic ”

Heat Treatment and Fatigue Endurance, Metals. IT.50., 840

Hemp Machinery, New Zealand Government Bonus. John Holmes, 574, 875

H.M.S. “ Hawke,” Collision with S.S. “Olympic.” See “ Olympic ”

Hydraulic Jet Ship Propulsion. Merry weather and Sons, Ltd., 596; Rankin Kennedy, 631

Indian Patent Act, New. Chas. B. Ketley. 574

Institution of Civil Engineers, Procedure at Meetings. Railway Member, 763

Institution of Electrical Engineers, New Articles of Association, R. Orsettich, 632

Institutions, Engineering, Papers for Discussion. O. Reginald Enock, 540

Insurance Companies, Boiler, and Power-Plant Specifications. See Power-Plant Specifications Iron, Case - Hardening, Dr. Giolitti’s Process.

Jet Propulsion, Ships. Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., 596 ; Rankin Kennedy, 631

Labour Saving. See Motion Study

F. J. Clinch-Jones, 711; Federigo Giolitti, 763

“ Lancashire” Electric Drive, Planing Machines.

W. Hargreaves, 840

Literature and Science, Relative Values. See Science and Art

Locomotives, Superheater, Great Northern Railway. L. A. F., 329

London, St. Paul’s Bridge. O. B. I. T., SO, 79

Magnetic Clutch, “ Vulkan,” Planing-Machine Drives, Short-Stroke Work. W. Hargreaves, 840

Marine Propulsion, Hydraulic Jet. Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., 596 ; Rankin Kennedy, 631

Marine Propulsion, Residuary Resistance.

Ernest Saxton White, 632

Marine Propulsion, Ships on Parallel Courses, Effect of Propeller Wake. See “ Olympic"-“ Hawke" Collision

Metals, Endurance of. See A Iternating Stress

Military Engineers, Territorial Forces. E. S.

Sinnott, 398

Mind and Matter. See Science and Art

Mine, Coal. See Colliery

Motion Study, Labour Saving by. Frank B. Gilbreth, 573; H. L. Gantt, 730 ; William D. Ennis, 731

Moulding-Machine, Pridmore, Invention of. Ernest Samuelson, 540, 574 ; Joseph Horner, 540

Neo-Philistinism. See Science and Art

New Zealand Government Bonus, Hemp Machinery. John Holmes, 574, 875

“Olympic”-"Hawke” Collision, Effect of Propeller Wake. B. P. Haigh, 711; Lieut.-Col.

J. T. Bucknill, 876 ; R.N. Retired, 876

Papers for Discussion, Engineering Societies.

C. Reginald Enock, 540

Patent Act, New Indian. Chas. B. Ketley, 574

Planing-Machines, “ Lancashire” Electric Drive.

W. Hargreaves, 840

Planing-Machines, “Vulkan ” Magnetic Clutch Drive, Short-Stroke Work. W. Hargreaves, 840

Plates, Air Pressure on. A. W. Johns, 255

Plates, Falling, Eiffel’s Experiments. A. W.

Johns, 255

Pneumatic Power Transmission, Collieries.

Jas. Dunlop, 876

Power-Plant Specifications. M. I. Meeh. E., 763 ;

Mechanicus, 798 ; Another M. I. Meeh. E., 798

Power-Stations, Colliery, Gas-Engines for.

Jas. Dunlop, 876

Power Transmission, Pneumatic, Collieries.

Jas. Dunlop, 876

Pridmore Moulding - Machine, Invention of. Ernest Samuelson, 540, 574; Joseph Horner, 540

Prizes. See Bonus

Propellers, Screw, Interaction between, of Steamers on Parallel Courses. See “ Olympic”-“ Hawke ” Collision

Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion

Railway, Great Northern, Superheater Locomotives. L. A. F., 329

Railway-Wheel Tyres, Flange Wear. W. Knight, 731

Reinforced Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete

Resistance, Residuary, of Ships. Ernest Saxton White, 632

Royal Engineers, Territorial Force. E. S. Sinnott, 398

Science and Art, Relative Values. Norman Davey, 711, 763 ; A. A. Campbell Swinton, 731 ; John Case, 731, 763

Screw Propellers. See Propellers

Ships, Armour for. Chas. H. Jordan, 104

Ships. See Steamers

Smokeless Combustion, Boiler Furnaces. Fraser and Chalmers, Ltd., 431

Societies, Engineering. See Institutions Specifications, Power Plant. See Power Plant St. Paul’s Bridge, London, 0, B. I. T., 30, 79 Steam, Adiabatic Expansion. Frank Foster, 798 ; A. G. Warren, 798

Steam-Engines. See Engines

Steam-Power Plant Specifications. See Power Plant.

Steam-Turbines. See Turbines

Steamer, “ Olympic,” Collision. See “Olympic”

Steamers on Parallel Courses, Interaction between Propellers. See “ Olympic • Hawke” Collision

Steamers, Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Steamers, Residuary Resistance. Ernest Saxton

White, 632

Steel, Alternating Stress Tests. See Alternating Stress

Steel, Case-Hardening, Dr. Giolitti’s Process. F. J. Clinch-Jones, 711; Federigo Giolitti, 763

Stresses Produced by Force Fits. A. Bremberg, 255

Stress, Alternating. See A Uernating Stress

Sun-Dial, Ferro-Concrete. W. J. Bremner Davis, 875

Superheater Locomotives, Great Northern Railway. L. A. F., 329

Technical College, East London, Aeronautical Society, R. H. Walters, 398

Technical Institute, Belfast, Fuel Economisers.

D. Rush worth, for the Clay Cross Co., 798

Territorial Forces, Royal Engineers. E. S. Sinnott, 398

Tests, Alternating Stress. See Alternating Stress

Traction-Engine, Carbon Deposits in Cylinder Ports. James W. Harris and Son, 877

Training, Engineers’. See Education

Transmission, Power, Pneumatic, Collieries. Ja?.

Dunlop, 876

Turbine, Steam, Curtis and Zoelly, Comparisons of Tests. F. Samuelson, for British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd , 540 ; H. Zoelly, 631

Turbine, Steam, Zoelly, Efficiency of. M. G. S. Swallow, 223, 329; Alan E. L. Chorlton, 255 ; F. Samuelson, for British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 540 ; H. Zoelly, 631

Tyres, Railway Wheel, Flange Wear. W. Knight, 731

“Vulkan” Clutch, Planing-Machine Drives, Short-Stroke Work. W. Hargreaves, 840

Warships, Armour for. Chas. H. Jordan, 104

Warship, H.M.S. “ Hawke,” Collision with S.S.

“ Olympic.” See “ Olympic"’

Wave Resistance of Ships. Ernest Saxton White, 632

Wheels, Railway, Flange Wear. W. Knight, 731

Wind Pressure on Plates. A. W. Johns, 255

Works Management, Labour-Saving. See Motion Study

Zoelly Steam-Turbines, Efficiency of. M. G. S. Swallow, 223, 329; Alan E. L. Chorlton, 255 ; F. Samuelson, for British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 540; H. Zoelly, 631

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