Engineering 1877 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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AMERICAN Mails, The—J. Evelyn Williams, 230
Automatic Expansion Regulator, Hartnell's—Wilson Hartnell, 30, 112

Bessemer Steel Manufacture in America—H. Umelin, 47
Bessemer Steel Manufacture in America—Karl Bergmann, 76
Bill, The New Patent—Ralph II. Tweddell, 147
Bill, The Patent, and Preliminary Examination—Edmund Hunt, 162
Bill, The Patent, and Preliminary Examination—George Roly, 163
Board of Trade, The—An Extra Master, 15
Boiler Explosions—Robert Wilson, 293
Boilers, The Proper Circulation in—Frederick John Rowan, 314, 343, 361, 382, 419
Boilers, The Proper Circulation in—John Watt, 325, 382, 399, 462
Boilers, Steel for—F. W. Webb, 342
Boilers, Water-Tube — J. Fortescue Flannery, 350
Boilers, Welded—David C. Hamilton, 439
Bourry's Differential Screw Pipe Joint—W. W. Harris, 399
Brake Curves, Railway, Reduction of—W. C. Unwin, 56
Brakes, Continuous—D. M. Yeomans, 97
Brakes, Continuous Railway—George Westinghouse, Jun., 130
Brakes, Continuous—J. Edwards, 382
Brakes, Continuous — Linklater and Company, 97
Brakes, Continuous Railway—W. Campbell Muir, 112
Bridge, The Proposed New, across the Thames—J. Stannah, 19
Bridge, Proposed, over the Thames near the Tower—T. Claxton Fidler, 478
Burgh's Pocket-Book on Compound Engines—Geo. Wilson, 163
Burgh's Pocket-Book on Compound Engines—N. P. Burgh, 163

Cables, Submarine, The Life of—Investor, 130
Centrifugal Force and Unbalanced Force—T. Claxton Fidler, 272, 324, 398
Centrifugal Force v. Unbalanced Force—C. G., 293,361
Centrifugal Force v. Unbalanced Force—Robert D. Napier, 210, 230, 293
Centrifugal Force v. Unbalanced Force—W. B., 210
Centrifugal Force v. Unbalanced Force—Z. H, K., 185, 210
Circulation in Boilers, The Proper—Frederick John Rowan, 314, 343, 361, 382, 419
Circulation in Boilers, The Proper—John Watt, 325, 382, 399, 462
Citadel Ships—Michael Scott, 274
City Sanitation—The Silicated Carbon Filter Company, 30
Cleveland Iron v. Steel—Cyclops, 28, 112
Cleveland Iron v. Steel—X. Y., 18, 97
Coal Cargoes--Henry '1'. Scott, 174
Compound Engines, Burgh's Pocket-Book on —N. P. Burgh, 163
Compound Engines, Burgh's Pocket-Book on—Geo. Wilson, 163
Compound Marine Engines—N. P. Burgess, 163
Construction of the Heptagon, The—U. P. H., 207
Construction of the Heptagon, The—J. v. H., 166
Construction of the Heptagon, The—Joseph A. Galbraith, 207
Construction of the Heptagon, The—S. D., 130
Continuous Brakes—D. M. Yeomans. 97
Continuous Brakes—J. Edwards, 882
Continuous Brakes —Linklater and Company, 97
Continuous Railway Brakes—George Westinghouse, Jun., 130
Continuous Railway Brakes— W. Campbell Muir, 112
Cotton Mills, Rope Driving in — J. D uric), 399

Deep Well Boring—Alf. A. Langley, Engineer, 343
Development of Railways in Austria, The —L. Hajnis, 109

Earthwork Quantities in Sidelong Ground—Walter Hutt, '275
Eighty-One Ton Gun, The—James Longridge, 342
Emery Wheels—The St. Pancras Iron Work Company, 112
Engine, The Willans—Hunter and English, 75
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—An Admirer of the Council, 294
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—An Associate, 244, 313
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—" Associate," 1.0.E., 245
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—A.I.C.E., 439
Engineers, The Institution of Civil— Cid, 245
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—An Engineer of Many Years' Standing, 245
Engineers, The institution of Civil—Engineer, 274
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—Fight-Fair, 313
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—John Dixon, 248
Engineers, The Institution of Civil—" Original Charter," 245, 274
Engineers, The Institution of Civil —Rochefoucauld, 245
Engineers, The Institution of Mechanical—M.I.M.E. and Assoc. Inst. C.E., 47
Engineers, Naval—Justitia, 96
Engineers, Naval—A Naval Engineer, 30
Engineers, The Society of Telegraph—M.I.T.E., 19
Engines and Boilers,: Perkins'—J. Fred. Spencer, 274
Engines and' Boilers, Perkins', at the United Service institution—Lux, '294
Engines and Boilers, The Perkins' —Lewis Olrick, 462
Engines and Boilers, Perkins' Water Tube, 313
Engines, Defects of Certain Single-Acting, and a Remedy —A. Pope, 148
Engines, Defects of Certain Single-Acting, and a Remedy—D. K. West, 111, 148
Engines, Defects of ,Certain Single-Acting, and a Remedy —P. Wm. Willans, 46, 129
Engines, Defects of Certain. Single-Acting, and a Remedy—R. E. Crompton, 75
Engines. Defects of Certain Single-Acting, and a Remedy—Thomas Messenger, 97, 129, 166
Engines, Defects of Certain Single-Acting, and a Remedy, —W. Walicer, 111, 148, 185
Engines, Four-Cylinder—NV. Payton, 19 Engines, Multiple Cylinder— A. Sedley, 47
English Commission at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, The— Ralph II. Tweddell, 97
Exhibition, The Shipwrights'—Geo. Scott, 501 Exhibition at Vienna, Au—Stocringen, 462
Explosions, Boiler—Robert Wilson, 293 Explosion on the " Sidonian," The—George W. Macalpine, 438

Fish-Bites in Submarine Cables—R. T. Brown, 438
Fish-Bites in Submarine Cables—Thos. T. O. Bruce Warren, 293
Force, Centrifugal v. Unbalanced Force—C. G., 293, 361
Force, Centrifugal, and Unbalanced Force—T. Claxton Fidler, 272, 324, 398
Force, Centrifugal, v. Unbalanced Force—Robert D. Napier, 210, 230, 293
Force, Centrifugal, v. Unbalanced Force—W. B. 210
Force, Centrifugal, v. Unbalanced Force — Z. H. K., 185, 210
Force of Gravity, The—J. B., 315
Force of Gravity, The—Robert D. Napier, 360
Force of Gravity, The—S. Tolver Preston, 324, 398
Force and Motion—Robert D. Napier, 185
Force, Professor Tait on—Robert D. Napier, 273
Four-Cylinder Engines—W. Payton, 19
Friction Gear—U. F. Hill, 147

Gas Engines D. Hydraulic—E. B. Ellington, 343, 382
Gas Engines v. Hydraulic—J. Mackenzie, 343
Gas Engines v. Hydraulic—Robert Wilson, 324, 343, 360, 399
Gas Making—R. H. Patterson, 207
Gas Making—W. L., 130
Gear, Friction—G. F. Hill, 147
Governor, Hartnell's—C. G., 18, 96
Governor, Hartnell's—Wilson Hartnell, 30, 112
Grass, Hanal—O. J. B., 313
Gravity, The Force of—J. B., 315
Gravity, The Force of—Robert D. Napier, 360
Gravity, The Force of —S. Tolver Preston, 324, 398
Great Northern Telegraph Company, The—H. G. Erichsen, 207
Gun, The 81-Ton—James Longridge, 342
Gunpowder Pile Driver—Philip Syng Justice, 500

Hanal Grass—C. J. B., 313
Harmen's Automatic Expansion Regulator—Wilson Hartnell, 30, 112
Hartnell's Governor—C. G., 18, 96
Harvey and Roe's Permanent Way—P. A. M., 163, 363, 382
Harvey and Roe's Permanent Way—Harvey and Roe, 112, 276
Harvey and Roe's Permanent Way — James Livesey, 163
Heat of Steam, The Specific—J. C. Graham, 101
Heptagon, The Construction of the—C. P. H , '207
Heptagon, The Construction of the—J. v. H., 166
Heptagon, The Construction of the—Joseph A. Galbraith, 207
Heptagon, The Construction of the—S. D., 130
H.M.S. "Thetis"—An Engineer, 418
H.M.S. "Tourmaline"—Brotherhood and Hardingham, 313
High-Pressure Steam—W. H. Northcott, 501
High-Pressure Steam—Robert Wilson, 479
Hydraulic v. Gas Engines—E. B. Ellington, 343, 382
Hydraulic v. Gas Engines—J. Mackenzie, 343
Hydraulic v. Gas Engines—Robert Wilson, 324, 343, 360, 399
Hydraulic Hauling Machinery, Jenkins's—Hayward Tyler and Company, 399

Institution of Civil Engineers, The—A.I C.E., 439
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—An Admirer of the Council, 294
Institution of Civil Engineers, The— An Associate, 244, 313'
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—" Associate," I C.E., 245
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—Cid, 245
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—Engineer, 274
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—An Engineer of Many Years' Standing, 245
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—Fight-Fair, 313
Institution of Civil Engineers, The — John Dixon, 248
Institution of Civil Engineers, The—" Original Charter," 245, 274
Institution of Civil Engineers, The — Rochefoucauld, 245
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The —M.I.M.E. and Assoc Inst. C.E., 47
Iron Plates, The Strength of—C. Graham Smith, 382
Iron v. Steel, Cleveland—Cyclops, 28, 112
Iron v. Steel, Cleveland— X. Y., 18, 97

Jenkins's Hydraulic Hauling Machinery—Hayward Tyler and Company, 399

Lex Non Scripta—Engine Driver, 248
Local Government Board, The, and the Liernur Sewerage System—Adam Scott, 418
Locomotive Fireboxes, Repairing — Thomas Urquhart, 462

Machine Tools at the Philadelphia Exhibition—George Baker, 148
Machinery, Stone-Dressing—Brunton and Trier, 314
Machines, Shaping — W. Collier and Company, 314
Machines, Shaping—Ferris and Miles, 462
Mails, The American—J. Evelyn Williams, 230
Making Gas—R. H. Patterson, 207
Making Gas—W. L., 130
Marine Engines, Compound — N. P. Burgess, 163
Motion and Force—Robert D. Napier, 185
Motion, The Origin of—C. F. H. H., 185, 207
Motion, The Origin of—E. J. Sillem, 29
Motion, The Origin of—L. Hajnis, 148, 207
Motion, The Origin of—R. Sheward, 108, 163
Motion, The Origin of—The Writer of the Article; 15, 56
Multiple Cylinder Engines—A. Sedley, 47

Naval Engineers—Justitia, 96
Naval Engineers —A Naval Engineer, 30
Negative Slip—Propeller, 185
New Thermo-Pile, The—Cecil Wray, 18

Origin of Motion, The—C. F. H. H., 185, 207
Origin of Motion, The—E. J. Sillem, 29
Origin of Motion, The—L. Hajnis, 148. 207
Origin of Motion, The—R. Sheward, 108, 163
Origin of Motion, The—The Writer of the Articles, 15, 56

Paris Exhibition of 1878, The English Commission at the—Ralph H. Tweddell, 97
Patent Bill, The, and Preliminary Examination —Edmund Hunt, 162
Patent Bill, The, and Preliminary Examination—George Roly, 1631
Patent Bill, The, New—Ralph H. Tweddell, 147
Patents, Suggestions on, by an American Inventor—Hugh Frazier Boss, 381
Perkins' Engines and Boilers- J. Fred. Spencer, 274
Perkins' Engines and Boilers, The—Lewis Olrick, 462
Perkins' Engines and Boilers--Water Tube, 313
Perkins' Engines and Boilers at the United Service Institution—Lux, 294
Permanent Way—Harvey and Roe, 112, 276
Permanent Way—James Livesey, 163
Permanent Way—P. A. M., 163, 363, 382
Permanent Way, Seaton's—T. J. W. H. 343
Permanent Way—William Seaton, 275, 501
Pile Driver, Gunpowder—Philip Syng Justice, 500
Portland Cement, Testing— Arch. B. Allan, 163
Pressure between Valve Surfaces—C. G. Major, 459
Pressure between Valve Surfaces—Thos. Adams, 479
Professor Tait on Force—Robert D. Napier, 273

Quantities, Earthwork, in Sidelong Ground—Walter Butt, 275

Railway Signals —John Cooke, 30
Railways in Austria, The Development of—L. Hajnis, 109
Reduction of Railway Brake Curves —W. O. Unwin, 56
Registration of Trade Marks, The—H. Faija, 109
Repairing Locomotive Fireboxes—Thomas Urquhart, 462
Rope Driving in Cotton Mills—J. Durie, 399

Sanitation, City—The Silicated Carbon Filter Company, 30
Screw Pipe Joint, Bourry's Differential—W. W. Harris, 399
Seaton's Permanent Way—T. J. W. Ii., 343
Sewerage System, The Liernur, and the Local Government Board—Adam Scott, 418
Shaping Machines —Ferris and Miles, 462
Shaping Machines—W. Collier and Company, 314
Ships, Citadel—Michael Scott, 274
Shipwrights' Exhibition, The—Geo. Scott, 501
" Sidonian," The Explosion on the—George W. Macalpine, 438
Signals, Railway—John Cooke, 30
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy—A. Pope, 148
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy—D. K. West, 111, 148;
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy—P. Win. Willans, 46, 129
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy—R. E. Crompton, 75
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy—Thomas Messenger, 97, 129, 166
Single-Acting Engines, The Defects of Certain, and a Remedy —W. Walker, 111, 148, 185
Slip, Negative—Propeller, 185
Society of Telegraph Engineers, The—M.I.T.E., 19
Soiree, The University College—P. Robin, 479
Specific Heat of Steam, The—J. C. Graham, 101
Steam, High-Pressure—Robert Wilson, 479
Steam, High-Pressure—W. H. Northcott, 501
Steel for Boilers—F. W. Webb, 342
Steam on Tramways—G. P. Harding, 361
Steel Manufacture in America, Bessemer—Karl Bergmann, 76
Steel Manufacture in America, Bessemer—H. Gmelin, 47
Stone-Dressing Machinery—Brunton and Trier, 314
Strength of Iron Plates—C. Graham Smith, 382
Submarine Cables, Fish-Bites in—Thos. T. O. Bruce Warren, 293
Submarine Cables, Fish-Bites in—R. T. Brown, 438
Submarine Cables, The Life of—Investor, 130
Suggestions on Patents by an American Inventor —Hugh Frazier Ross, 381

Telegraph Company, The Great Northern—H. G. Erichsen, 207
Testing Portland Cement—Arch. B. Allan, 163
Thames near the Tower, Proposed Bridge over the—T. Claxton Fidler, 478
Thames, The Proposed New Bridge across the — J. Stannah, 19
Thermo-Pile, The New—Cecil Wray, 18 "Thetis," H.M.S.—An Engineer, 418
Tools, Machine, at the Philadelphia Exhibition—. George Baker, 148
Tourmaline," H.M.S.—Brotherhood and Hardingham, 813
Trade, The Board of—An Extra Master, 15
Trade Marks, The Registration of—H. Faija, 109
Tramways, Steam on—G. P. Harding, 361

University College Soiree, The—P. Rubin, 479

Valve Surfaces, Pressure between—C. G. Major, 459
Valve Surfaces, Pressure between—Thos. Adams, 479
Vienna, An Exhibition at—Stocringen, 462

Water-Tube Boilers —J. Fortescue Flannery, 350
Way, Permanent— William Seaton, 275, 601
Welded Boilers—David C. Hamilton, 439
Well Boring, Deep—Alf. A. Langley, Engineer, 343
Wheels, Emery—The St. Pancras Iron Work Company, 112
Winans Engine, The—Hunter and English, 75

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