Engineering 1888 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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AERIAL Lille Wires, Renewal of - Arthur E. Gilbert, 247
Air Drying - Scale, 116
Alloys - E. Herisse, 163
American Competition in South Africa - M. S. B., 410
American Locomotives, The Cost of - Francis It, F. Brown, 162
Arch, The - Allan Cunningham, 371
Arch, The - A. H. Mason, 337
"Ariete," The Torpedo Boat - John I. Thornycroft, 612
Axle Rolling Machine - T. Loveband, 660

Beesley's Furnace Boiler - W. and J. Beesley, 74, 115
Beesley's Furnace Boiler - E. Cockin, 115
Beesley's Furnace Boiler - R. Collenette, 44, 96
Belgian v. English Rolled Girders - C. W. Barnett, 630
Belt Casings in Mills - Walter Bagehaw, 114
Blast Pipes, Vortex - Thomas Urquhart, 639
Boiler Explosion, The Dudley - T. Boswell, 48
Boiler Explosion, The Dudley - Experience, 96
Boiler Explosion, The Dudley - John Swift, 20, 72
Boiler Explosion, The Friedenshtitte - Donald M. D. Stuart, 370
Boilers, Marine, The Strength of - Marine Boiler, 309
Boilers, Marine, The Strength of - Rankin and Blackmore, 331
Boilers, Marine, The Strength of - Edward Reynolds, 334
Boilers, Steel - Henry &miner and Co., 623
Boilers, Steel - Geo. B. Wood, 491
Brakes, Continuous - Clement E. Stretton, 285
Brazing and Welding, A New Departure in - Thos. Fletcher, 74
Brazing and Welding. with Oxygen Gas - Thos. Fletcher, 136
Brazing and Welding with Congo!: Gas----I I oward Lane, 116
Breakdowns of Marine Machinery - W. I I ope Campbell, 97
Bridge, The Cabin John - M. C. Meigs, 210
Bridge, The Manhattan - Theodore Cooper, 660
Bridge, Tho Proposed Channel - M.I.C.E , 623
Bridge, The Sukkur Cantilever - William I'arsey, 285
Bridge, Tho Sukkur Cantilever - Westwood, Bailie, and Co., 262
Bronze Coins - Bronze, 687
Burning Street Sweepings at Bombay - Manlove, Alliott, Fryer, and Co., 310

Cabin John Bridge, Tho - M. C. Meigs, 210
Cast-Iron Rollers, The Strength of - Mangle, 97
Cement, The Influence of Sugar on - R. A. Yerbury, 137
Cement, Sugar in - A. Nelson Barnes, 103
Channel Bridge, The Proposed - M.I.C.E., 623
Channel Steamers, A "Course Corrector" for - W. B. Thompson, 114
Coating, Paper, for Pulleys - J. R. Russell, 10
Coins, Bronze - Bronze, 687
Collapsing Pressure of Copper Pipes, The - A Workman, 103
Collapsing Pressure of Iron Tubes, The - W. I. Ellis, 18, 71
Collapsing Pressure of Iron Tubes, The - It. Hartland, 44, 97
Competition, American, in South Africa - M. S. B., 410
Compound Locomotives - A. Brunner, 370
Compound Locomotives - A. Mallet, 432
Compressed Air Locomotives - Robert Hardie, 601
Compressed Oil Gas--W. Pope and Son, 398
Condensing Water, Cooling - Hot Water, 398
Continuous Brakes - Clement E. Stratton, 285
Continuous Brakes Return, The - Clement E. Stretton, 456
Cooling Condensing Water - Hot Water, 398
Copper Tubes - Goodwin and How, 137
Corliss Engine, The - Robert Douglas, 338, 410
Corliss Engine, The - An Engineer, 398
Corliss Engine, The - William Inglis, 467
Cost of American Locomotives, The - Francis It. F. Brown, 102
" Course Corrector," A, for Channel Steamers - W. B. Thompson, 114
Crampton, The Late Mr. Thomas Russell - R. S. Newall, 457
Crampton's Locomotives - Edward ()obort, 432 Cupolas, Fettling for - A Reader, 337

Dalrymple-Hay Curve Ranger, The - Harley H. Dalrymple-Hay, 19
Defences, The National - H. Boughton, 130
Defences, The National - J. T. Bucknill, 130 Design, Warship - Ludwig Benjamin, 830
Diagrams, Slide Valve - T. T. D., 116
Diagrams, Slide Valve - A. N. Somerscales, 162
Diagrams, Slide Valve - Victor Thallmayer, 47, 102, 190, 261, 586, 013
Diagram, Thailmayer's Valve - V. Thallmayer, 48
Dickinson's Propeller - A. Verey and Co., 491
Draught, Forced - J. R. Fothergill, 371, 522
Draught, Forced - James Howden, 330, 491, 549
Draught, Forced - R. A. !lege, 548
Draughtsman's Provident Society, The - O. A. T. Middleton, 10, 586
Drawing Board, Vertical - Bryan Donkin, Jun., 47
Drying Air - Scale, 115
Dudley Boiler Explosion, The - T. Boswell, 48
Dudley Boiler Explosion, The - Experience, 95
Dudley Boiler Explosion, The - John Swift, 20, 72

Electric Lighting of the Newcastle Exhibition, The - Clarke, Chapman, Parsons, and Co., 115
Electric Lighting of the Newcastle Exhibition, The - William Garnett, 114, 137
Electric Lighting of the Newcastle Exhibition, The - Robey and Co., 97
Electric Tramway System, The Lineff - A. L. Lineff, 210
Electrical Locomotion - Radcliffe Ward, 337
Electrical Transformers - Emilio Magatti, 285
Electrical Transmission of Power - A. L. Steavenson, 73
Electrical Transmission of Power - A Student, 74
Electrical Transmission of Power - Sydney F. Walker, 9
Electrical Transmission of Power - Radcliffe Ward, 10
Electrical Transmission of Power in Mines - Sydney F. Walker, 114
Electrical Welding - Killingworth Hedges, 114
" Electricity Applied to Engineering" - Wm. Wilkinson, 189
Engine, The Corliss - Robert Douglas, 336, 410
Engine, The Corlist - An Engineer, 398
Engine, The Corliss - William Inglis, 457
Engine, A New Type of - C. Brown, 638
Engine, A New Type of - G. F. Buck, 586, 638
Engine, A New T3 pe of - A Clyde Engine Fitter, 613
Engine, A New Type of Land - An Onlooker, 457
Engine, A New Type of Land - Rankin and Blackmore, 49
Engine, The Perkins - A Constant Reader, 639
Engine, The Sulzer - C. D. Ziegler, 190
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - Achibald Barr, 20, 46
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - Brake, 46, 71, 96
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - Bryan Donkin and Co., 20 Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - C. H. Gale, 45
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - J. and II. McLaren, 19
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - One who has Made Many Engine Trials, 45
Engine Tria14, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at; Newcastle - W. Schonheyder, 45, 71
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - W. H. Shaw, 19, 45, 72
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - J. Strachan, 96
Engine Trials, The Royal Agricultural Society's, at Newcastle - P. W. Winans, 45
Engine, The "Zephyr" - Q. E. D., 639 Engineering Design, Marine - R. S. Boyer, 74
" Engineering, Electricity Applied to" - Win. Wilkinson, 189
Engineers, Foreign, in Ruzsia - A. L. L. A., 337
Engines, Gas - James Atkinson, 491
Engine', Single - Cylinder Compound - Danl. Easton, 74
English v. American Locomotives - R. Atkinson, 371
English v. American Locomotives - Francis R. F. Brown, 371
English v. American Locomotives - Looker-on, 47
English v. American Locomotives - J. C. M., 47
English v. American Locomotives - Observer, 1 62, 210, 612, 613
English v. American Locomotives - Verax, 74
English v. Belgian Rolled Girders - C. W. Barnett, 639
Exhibition, The Paris, of 1889 - F. H. Webb, 114
" Existence, The Struggle for" - Walter Chambers, 189
Experiments, The Kriegstetten, on Electrical Transmission of Power - E. Manville, 587
Experiments, The Kriegstetten, on Electrical Transmission of Power - A. L. Steavenson, 650, 638
Explosion, The Steam Pipe, on the s.s. " Elbe" - James Bower, 262
Explosion, The Steam Pipe, on the s.s. " Elbe" - Nelson Foley, 44
Explosions, Steam Pipe - Francis It. F. Brown, 371
Explosion', Steam Pipe - Gebrudcr Heucken and Co., 371

Ferry, The Greenwich - Appleby Bros. ; Sydney T. Mowbray, 189
Fettling for Cupolas - A Reader, 337
Fire Office Risks - Salutis Gratia, 398
Fire Office Rules - A Contractor, 261
Fire Office Rules - Wm. Rawlins, 623
Forced Draught - J. R. Fothergill, 371, 522
Forced Draught - James Howden, 336, 491, 549
Forced Draught - It. A. 'Giese, 648
Foreign Engineers in Russia - A. L. L. A., 337
Friction of Hot Air in Pipes, The - W. B., 74
Friction of Hot Air in Pipes, The - FamtOme, 96
Friction of Hot Air in Pipes, The - V. Gianelli, 45
Friction of Hot Air in Pipes, The - Heater, 95
Friction of Hot Air in Pipes, The - F. R. S., 21
FriedenshUtte Boiler Explosion, The - Donald M. D. Stuart, :370
Fuel Testing Laboratory, A - J. B., 587
Fuel-Testing Station for London, A Proposed - Bryan Donkin, Jun., 560
Furnace Boiler, Beesley's - W. and J. Beesley, 74, 115
Furnace Boiler, Beesley's - E. Cockin, 115
Furnace Boiler, Beesley's - R. Collenette, 44, 96
Furnace and Fuel-Testing Station for London, A Proposed - D. K. Clark, 612

Gas Engine, The Griffin - Lewis Poynder, 398, 410
Gas Engines - James Atkinson, 49
Gas, Natural, at Peterborough - J. T. R., 136
Gases, Wage, from Coke Ovens - J., 410
Gearing, High-Speed - Alexr. Gardner, 285
German Swedish Steel - J. 0. Lietke, 370
Gold Extraction Company, The Newbery-Vautin (Patent), Limited - W. Bohm, 432
Grant, The Late Mr. John - John Phillips, 410
Greenwich Ferry, The - Appleby Bros. ; Sydney T. Mowbray, 189
Griffin Gas Engine, The - Lewis Poynder, 398, 410
Gun Mountings - Robert A. E. Scott, 72
Guns, Our--A Gunner, 210
Guns, Our - B. H. Thwaite, 190
Guns, Pneumatic--Roht. A. E. Scott, 136
Guns, Rapid-Firing - H. S. Maxim, 137

High-Pressure System, The Perkins - Fred. Power, 613
High-Speed Gearing - Alexr. Gardner, 285
Hot Air, The Production of - The Author of " Air as Fuel," 523
Hydrophone, The - F., 136

Indexes, Patent Office - William Clark, 210
Influence of Sugar on Cement, The - R. A. Yerbury, 137
Instrument, Transit - J. V. W. A., 114
Inventor, The True and First - A Patent Agent, 309
Iron Ore - Trent, 310

Kriegstetten Experiments on Electrical Transmission of Power, The - E. Manville, 587
Kriegstetten Experiments on Electrical Transmission of Power, The - A. L. Steavenson, 550, 638
Kutter, The Late Professor - John C. Tra,utwine, Jun., 587

Laboratory, A Fuel Testing - J. B., 587
Land Engine, A New Type of - An Onlooker, 457
Land Engine, A New Type of - Rankin and Blackmore, 494
Lead-Lined first-Iron Pipes - T. M. W., 523
Legislation, Steam Boiler - Thomas Beeley, 457 Lifeboats, Our - F. Johnson, 74
Light Railway, The Wolverton and Stoney Stratford - A. E. A , 530
Light, The " Wells" - A. C. Wells and Co , 612
Lighting, The Electric, of the Newcastle Exhibition - Clarke, Chapman, Parsons, and Co., 115
Lighting, The Electric, of the Newcastle Exhibition - William Garnet, 114, 137
Lighting, The Electric, of the Newcastle Exhibition - Itobey and Co., 97
Lineff Electric Tramway System, The - A. L. Lineff, 210
Loaded Disc, The Stress on a - A Student, 523
Locomotion, Electrical - Radcliffe Ward, 337
Locomotives, Compound - A. Brunner, 370
Locomotives, Compound - A. Mallet, 432
Locomotives, Compressed Air - Robert Hardie, 561
Locomotives, Crampton's - Edward Gobert, 432
Locomotives, English v. American - R. Atkinson, 371
Locomotives, English v. American - Francis R. F. Brown, 371
Locomotives, English v. American - Looker-on, 47
Locomotives, English v. American - J. C. M., 47
Locomotives, English v. American - Observer, 162, 210, 612, 613
Locomotives, English v. American - Verax, 74 Lubrication - Wilfrid S. Boult, 560

Machine, Axle Rolling - T. Loveband, 560
Machinery for Making Papier Macho Hollow Ware Vessels - H. F., 45
Manganese Steel - Metallurgist, 285
Manhattan Bridge, The - Theodore Cooper, 560
Marine Engineering Design - R. S. Boyer, 74
Marine Machinery, Breakdowns of - W. Hope Campbell, 97
Materials for Propeller Blades - Browne and Roby, 519
Materials for Propeller Blades - Eugene H. Cowles, 492, 649
Materials for Propeller Blades - P. M. Parsons, 398, 493, 523
Materials for Propeller Blades - W. C. Wallace, 398, 409, 432
Meteorites, A Query on - A. H. Mason, 371
Meteorites, A Query on - W. M. S., 398
Mill Engines, Triple-Expansion - Triple, 623
Mills, Belt Casings in - Walter Bagshaw, 111 Mineralogy of Mine Prospectuses, The - Edwin J. Ball, 97
Moisture, Removing, from Rooms - G. T. H., 310 Mountings, Gun - Robert A. E. Scott, 72

National Defences, The - H. Boughton, 136
National Defences, The - J. T. Bucknill, 136
Natural Gas at Peterborough - J. T. R., 136
Newbery-Vautin (Patent) Gold Extraction Company, Limited, The - W. Bohm, 432
Nicol's Shortened Sprengel Air Pump - W. W. J. Nicol, 163

Office, The Patent - Fel. Inst. P.A., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., 44
Office, The Patent - Just a Little One, 96
Office, The Patent - M. J. Jackson, 18
Office, The Patent - A Patent Agent, 44
Office, The Patent - A Solicitor of the Supreme Court, 96
Offices, The Patent and Trade Marks - Practitioner, 71
Oil-Gas, Compressed - W. Pope and Son, 398
Ore, Iron - Trent, 310
Our Guns - A Gunner, 210
Our Guns - B. H. Thwaite, 190
Our Lifeboats - F. Johnson, 74

Paper Coating for Pulleys - J. R. Russell, 10
Papier Machd Hollow Ware Vessels, Machinery for Making - H. F., 45
Paris Exhibition of 1889, The - F. H. Webb, 114
Patent Office, The - Fel. Inst. P.A., Assoc. M. Inst. C E , 44
Patent Office, The - Just a Little One, 96
Patent Office, The - M. J. Jackson, 18
Patent Office, The - A Patent Agent, 44
Patent Office, The - A Solicitor of the Supreme Court, 96
Patent Office Indexes - William Clark, 210
Patent and Trade Marks Offices, The - Practitioner, 71
Patents, The Telephone - A. A. C. Swinton, 457
Patterns. Toothed Wheel - Grafton and Co., 262
Perkins Engine, The - A Constant Reader, 639
Perkins High - Pressure System, The - Fred. Power, 613
Photo-Zincography - A. S. Cattel, 561
Pipes, The Friction of Hot Air in - NV. B., 74
Pipes, The Friction of Hot Air in - Fantame, 98
Pipes, The Friction of Hot Air in - V. Gianelli, 45
Pipes, The Friction of Hot Air in - Heater, 95
Pipes, The Friction of Hot Air in - F. R. S , 21
Pipes, Lead-Lined Cast-Iron - T. M. NV., 523
Planing on Both Strokes - J. H. Wickersteed, 1 63
Pneumatic Guns - Robt. A. E. Scott, 136
Power, Transmission of - C. E. L. Brown, 457
Power, Tranmission of, by Water and Air - W. Donaldson, 456, 522, 587
Power, Transmission of, by Water and Air - Alfred Hanssen, 409, 493, 560
Pressure, The Collapsing, of Copper Pipes - A Workman, 163
Pressure, The Collapsing, of Iron Tubes - W. I. Ellk, 18. 71
Pressure, The Collapsing, of Iron Tubes - R. Hartland, 44, 97
Production of Hot Air, The - The Author of " Air as Fuel," 523
Professor Kutter, The Late - John C. Trautwine, Jun., 587
Propeller Blades, Materials for - Browne and Roby, 549
Propeller Blades, Materials for - Eugene H. Cowles, 492, 649
Propeller Blades, Materials for - P. M. Parsons, 398, 493, 523
Propeller Blades, Materials for - W. C. Wallace, 393, 409, 432
Propeller. Dickinson's - A. Verey and Co., 494
Prospectuses, Mine, The Mineralogy of - Edwin J. Ball, 97
Provident Society, The Draughtnian's - G. A. T. Middleton, 10, 586
Purification of Water during Freezing - Ed (yard Reynolds, 371

Query on Meteorites, A - A. H. Mason, 371
Query on Meteorites, A - W. M. S., 393

Railways, Russian - Timonoff, 653
Rapid-Firing Guns - H. S. Maxim, 137
Removing Moisture from Rooms - G. T. H., 310
Renewal of Aerial Line Wires - Arthur E. Gilbert, 247
Resistance of Square Bars to Torsion - T. I. Dewar, 310
Return, The Continuous Brakes - Clement E. Stretton, 456
Risks, Fire Office - Salutis Gratia, 393
Rolled Steel Railway Tyres - Hansell and Co., 457
Rolled Steel Railway Tyres - Tramcar, 522
Rolled Steel Tyres - Hansell and Co., 550
Roof, Victoria Station, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway - C. H. Gale, 639
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - Archibald Barr, 20, 46 Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - Brake, 46, 71, 96
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at
Newcastle, The - Bryan Donkin and Co., 20
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - C. H. Gale, 45
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - J. and H. McLaren, 19
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - One who has Made Many Engine Trials, 45
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - W. Schonheyder, 45, 71
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - W. H. Shaw, 19. 45, 72
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - J. Strachan, 96
Royal Agricultural Society's Engine Trials at Newcastle, The - P. W. Winans, 45
Rules, Fire Office - A Contractor, 261
Rules, Fire Office - Wm. Rawlins, 523 Russian Railways - Timonoff, 653

Screw Threads - John M. C. Paton, 136
Signals at Sea - Joseph Sturge, 410
Single-Cylinder Compound Engines - Danl. Easton, 74
Slide Valve Diagrams - T. T. D., 115
Slide Valve Diagrams - A. N. Somerscales, 1G2
Slide Valve Diagrams - Victor Thallmayer, 47, 162, 190, 261, 586, 613
Sprengel Air Pump, Nicol's Shortened - W. W. J. Nicol, 163
Station, A Proposed Fuel and Furnace Testing, for London - D. K. Clark, 612
Station, A Proposed Fuel Testing, for London - Bryan Donkin, Jun., 560
Steam Boiler Legislation - Thomas Beeley, 457
Steam Pipe Explosion on the s.s. " Elbe," The - James Bower, 262
Steam Pipe Explosion on the s.s. "Elbe," The - Nelson Foley, 44
Steam Pipe Explosions - Francis R. F. Brown, 371
Steam Pipe Explosions - Gebruder Heucken and Co., 371
Steel Boilers - Henry Bessemer and Co., 523
Steel Boilers - Geo. B. Wood, 494
Steel, German Swedish - J. 0. Lietke, 370
Steel, Manganese - Metallurgist, 285
Street Sweepings, Burning, at Bombay - Man-love, Alliott, Fryer, and Co., 310
Strengrl of Cast-Iron Rollers. The - Mangle, 97
Strength of Marine Boilers, The - Marine Bailer, 309
Strength of Marine Boilers, The - Rankin and Blackmore, 334
Strength of Marine Boilers, The - Edward Rsy-nolds, 334
Stress on a Loaded Disc, The - A Student, 523
Strokes, Planing on Both - J. H. WickersteeJ, 163
" Struggle for Existence, The" - Walter Chambers, 189
Sugar in Cement - A. Nelson Barnes, 163
Sukkur Cantilever Bridge, The - William Parsey, 285
Sukkur Cantilver Bridge, The - Westwood, Bailie, and Ca., 262
Sulzer Engine, The - C. D. Ziegler, 190

Telephone Patents, The - A. A. C. Swinton, 457
Thallmayer's Valve Diagram - V. Thallmayer, 4S
Threads, Screw - John M. C. Paton, 136
Toothed Wheel Patterns - Grafton and Co., 262
Torpedo Boat " Ariete," The - John I. Thorny. croft and Co., 612
Torsion, Resistance of Square Bars to - T. I. Dewar, 310
Transformers, Electrical - Emilio Magatti, 235
Transit Instruments - J. V. W. A., 114
Transmission of Power - C. E. L. Brown, 457
Transmission of Power, Electrical - A. L. Steavenson, 73
Transmission of Power, Electrical - A Student, 74
Transmission of Power, Electrical - Sydney F. Walker, 9
Transmission of Power, Electrical - Radcliffe Ward, 10
Transmission of Power, Electrical, in Mines - Sydney F. Walker, 114
Transmission of Power by Water and Air - W. Donaldson, 456, 522, 537
Transmission of Power by Water and Air - Alfred Hanssen, 409, 493, 560
Triple-Expansion Mill Engines - Triple, 523
True and First Inventor, The - A Patent Agent, 309
Tubes, Copper - Goodwin and How, 137
Type of Engine, A Now - C. Brown, 63S
Type of Engine, A New - G. F. Buck, 536, 638
Type of Engine, A New - A Clyde Engine Fitter, 613
Tyres, Rolled Steel - Hansell and Co., 550
Tyres, Rolled Steel Railway - Hansell and Co., 457
Tyres, Rolled Steel Railway - Tramcar, 522

Vertical Drawing Board - Bryan Donkin, Jun., 47
Victoria Station Roof, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway - C. H. Gale, 639
Vortex Blast Pipes - Thomas Urquhart, 639

Warship Design - Ludwig Benjamin, 336
Waste Gases from Coke Ovens - J., 410
Water, Purification of, during Freezing - Edward Reynolds, 371
Welding and Brazing, A New Departure in - Thos. Fletcher, 74
Welding and Brazing with Oxygen Gas - Thos. Fletcher, 136
Welding and Brazing with Oxygen Gas - Howard Lane, 115
Welding, Electrical - Killingworth Hedges, 114
Welding, A New Departure in - W. L. Wildy, 97
"Wells" Light, The - A. C. Wells and Co., 612
Wolverton and Stoney Stratford Light Railway,
The - A. E. A., 550

"Zephyr" Engine, The - Q. E. D., 63)

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