The Engineer 1866/08/31

1866 August 31st PDF

Main Subjects

• Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, James Glaisher, p 149
  • William Fairbairn.
  • Francis Herbert Wenham.
  • Dr. Diamond.
  • A. Follett Osler.
  • Mr. Beverley Fenby.
  • Magnus Ohren.
  • J. McConnell.
  • Duke of Argyll
  • Lord Dufferin
  • Mr. James Nasmyth
  • Duke of Sutherland
  • Mr. Westcar
  • Mr. Wright
  • Fred. Brearey (hon. sec.)
• An Improved Coal-Cutting Machine, by William Elliot Carrett, p 149. (Illustrated)
  • Carrett, Marshall and Co.
• Captain Osborne's Report on the Royal Sovereign, p 153.

• Centrifugal Governor, p 147. (Illustrated)

• Editorial, p 159.
  • British Association at Nottingham.
  • Mont Cenis Locomotives.
  • The Contract system.
• Experiments on the Difference between the Resistance of Water to Floating and to Immersed Bodies, British Association, p 152.
  • John Scott Russell.
  • James R. Napier.
  • W. J. Macquorn Rankine.
  • William Froude.
• Locomotive Engines and Carriages on the Centre Rail System for Working on Steep Gradients and Sharp Curves, as Employed on the Mont Cenis Summit Railway, by Mr. Fell, p 156 - p 158. (Illustrated)

• Midland Boiler Inspection and Assurance Co, G. J. Parker, President, p 149.
  • Edward Bindon Marten.
• Newly Invented System of Ordnance, W. D. Gainsford, p 151. (Illustrated)

• Patent Journal, p 167.

• Recent Improvements in the Application of Concrete to Fireproof Construction, by J. Ingle, p 151. (Illustrated)

• Report on the Penetration of Steel and Other Projectiles into Iron, by Captain W. H. Noble.

• Strains Upon Wrought Iron Work, No. 3, p 148.

• Treatment of Melted Cast Iron and its Conversion into Iron and Steel by Pneumatic Process, by Robert Mushet, p 161.
  • Henry Bessemer.
• Valedictory Address to the Mechanical Section, Charles Vignoles, p 153.

• Victoria Bridge, Battersea, Sir Charles Fox and Sons, Engineers, p 154 and p 155. (Illustrated)
  • Edmund Wragge.
  • Peto and Betts.
  • Ormerod, Grierson and Co.

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