The Engineer 1914/12/11

1914 December 11th PDF

• Contents, p 559.

Main Subjects

• An All Metal Diving Dress, p 554 and p 558. (Illustrated)

• British Patent Specifications, p 571.

• Editorial, p 559.
  • Some Railway Problems.
  • Engineer Salesmen.
  • Power Plant Testing.
  • The Distant Signal Problem.
• Effects of Bends on Electical Conductors, British Westinghouse Gazette, by P. Jackson. p 556. (Illustrated)

• Enemy Owned British Patents, Fourth List, p 553.

• Failures or Breakdowns of Locomotives, No. 1, by Robert Weatherburn.(Illustrated)

• Faraday Society, Annual General Meeting, Elected Members Listed, Sir Robert Hadfield, President, p 565.

• French Howitzer, p 562. (Illustrated)

• German Cruiser Scharnhorst, p 561. (Illustrated)

• High Vacuum Reciprocating Air Pump, D. B. Morison, Contraflo Condenser and Kinetic Air Pump Co, p 563. (Illustrated)

• Launches and Trial Trips, p 563.
  • Pilot Launch No. 1, Builts by Simpson, Strickland and Co.
  • SS Rosalie, Built by William Gray and Co.
  • Tug, Built by Cox and Co.
  • Southerndown, Built by William Doxford and Sons.
  • SS Homer City, Built by Ropner and Son, Engines by Blair and Co.
  • SS Nirefs, Built by Craig, Taylor and Co, Engines by Blair and Co.
  • SS Clutha River, Built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Co, Engines by Richardsons, Westgarth and Co.
• Letters to the Editor, p 564.
  • The British Banking System, Henry Meulen.
  • Coal for the Enemy, K. F. Knudsen.
  • A Pernicious Practice, Jacob T. Wainwright.
• Loetschberg-Simplon Railway Bridge, over the Bietsch Valley, p 549. (Illustrated)

• Manganese Steel Rails, American Institute of Mining Engineers, by Sir Robert Hadfield, p 564. (Illustrated)

• Miners Electric Safety Lamps, p 548.

• New Zealnd Railways, p 563.

• Polarity Tester, British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co, p 550. (Illustrated)

• Power Plant Testing, Institution of Electrical Engineers, by W. M. Selvey, p 555. (Illustrated)
  • Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
• Povincial Letters, p 565 - p 569.

• Pumping Machinery, by William B. Bryan at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, p 570.

• Screwing Projectiles, A. A. Jones and Shipman, p 556. (Illustrated)

• Smithfield Club Show, p 551. (Illustrated)
  • Robey and Co.
  • Worthington Pump Co.
  • Blackstone and Co.
  • Petters and Co.
  • Keighley Gas and Oil Engine Co.
  • Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies.
  • J. and F. Howard.
  • Martin's Cultivator Co.
  • John Fowler and Co.
  • Worthington Pump Co.
  • Richard Garrett and Sons.
  • William Allchin.
  • Foden.
  • Yorkshire Commercial Motor Co.
  • Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co.
  • William Tasker and Sons.
  • Aveling and Porter.
  • Charles Burrell and Sons.
  • Campbell Gas Engine Co.
  • A. Dodman and Co.
  • Richard Hornsby and Sons.
  • International Harvester.
  • Ivel Agricultural Motors.
  • Sanderson and Mills.
  • George Stephenson and Sons.
  • Walsh and Clark.
  • A. and E. Woodward.
  • W. J. Bates and Co.
  • Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co.
  • William Foster.
  • Fairbanks and Co.
  • Fairbanks, Morse and Co.
  • H. Edward Hope and Co.
  • United Brassfounders and Engineers.
  • Watson, Laidlaw and Co.
  • W. H. Willcox and Co.
  • J. and E. Wright.
  • W. and T. Avery and Co.
  • A. C. Bamlett.
  • E. H. Bentall and Co.
  • Robert Boby (Company).
  • Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Co.
  • R. Hunt and Co.
  • R. A. Lister and Co.
  • Samuelson and Co.
  • Smith and Grace Screw Boss Pulley Co.
  • Wexford Engineering Co.
  • S. M. Wilmot and Co.
  • Pilter and Co.
• Three German Cruisers Sunk, p 561. (Illustrated)

• War Items, W. L. Hichens, of Cammell, Laird and Co, p 554.

See Also

• The Engineer 1914 Jul-Dec