The Engineer 1857/08/14

1857 August 14th PDF

Main Subjects

• Atlantic Telegraph, p121.
  • George Saward, secretary
  • William Whitehouse, electrician
• Atkin and Miller's Machine for Folding Lace, Paper, p122 (Illustrated).

• British India, p111.

• Comparative Tests - Wire Vs Hemp Ropes, p121.
  • Potter Brothers
  • Garnock, Bibby and Co
  • Captain Cornforth
  • Mr Beach of New York
  • Mr Kendal
  • Captain Wakeham
  • Captain Boyd
  • Mr. M'Donnell
• Doings in Newgate, p121.

• Editorial, p119.
  • Public Offices
  • Ashton Colliery Explosion
  • Westminster Bridge
  • Cotton Supply
  • Grubbing Vs Ploughing
  • Harvest
• Heather' Improvements in Ferry Boats, p115 (Illustrated).

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham, p111.
  • William Fairbairn
  • W. P. Marshall
  • Henry Maudslay
  • John Inshaw
  • James Clarkson Kay
  • John Wilson
  • Joseph Whitworth.
• Lee's Portable Printing Apparatus, p122 (Illustrated).

• Letters to the Editor, p115.
  • John W. Hackworth
  • Joseph Willcock.
• Life and Land, p113.
  • W. Bridges.
• Mareschal's Improvements in Hydraulic Presses, p118 (Illustration).

• Nani's Improvements in Childrens Toys, p114 (Illustrated).

• New Instrument for Measuring Velocities - George H. Andrews, p114 (Illustrated).

• North of India Iron Works - Assays of Ores and Experiments on the Iron of Kumaon by W. Sowerby, p112.

• Parliamentary Intelligence, p113.

• Petrie and McNaught's Improvements in Steam Engines, p115 (Illustrated).

• Railway Competition, p112.

• Railway Traffic, p112.

• Scrive's Apparatus for Preventing Steam Boiler Explosions, p122.

• Stephens' Lathe for Jewellers, p114 (Illustrated).

• Sherrif's Pipe Moulder, p118.

• Wellington Monument, p113.
  • W. Calder Marshall
  • W. F. Woodington
  • Edgar G. Papworth
  • Alfred Stevens
  • Mathew Noble
  • Thomas Thorneycroft of Stanhope St, London.

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