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Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Index: Letters to the Editor

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Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.
Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Letters to the Editor Index.

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1901 Jan-Jun: Index

Letters to the Editor

  • Agricultural Engineers, Proposed Institute of Scott Mason, 55
  • Alternating - Current Working, Capacity in. M. I. E. E., 248
  • American v. British Coal at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
  • American Competition. Anglophile, 87 ; AngloAmerica, 88 ; Vulcan, 121 ; H. Harrap, 247 ; see British Inertia, 247 ' • W. H., 280 • ' William Cattell, 280 ; Britisher Abroad, 313; W. Osborne, 473 ; T. H. Minshall, 742 ; Chas. Baddeley, 801.
  • American Mechanic. W. Osborne, 473
  • Armour-Piercing Projectiles, Capped. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383 ; P. M. Staunton, 452
  • Assistant Cylinder, Joy's. Fred Edwards, 518
  • Australia, Patents in Federated. Phillips, Ormonde, and Co., 65 ; E. P. Alexander and Son, 164
  • Automatic Machine Tools. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen, Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 13 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
  • Avenarius, Carbolineum. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
  • Ball Bearings v. Roller Bearings. The Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Limited, 539 ; Empire Roller Bearings Company, Limited, 648 ; Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Limited, 69 ; Empire Roller Bearings Company, Limited, 742
  • Behr Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
  • Belleville Boilers in the Navy. See Water-Tube Boilers
  • Blast-Furnace Gas Engine. H. A. Humphrey, 3 ; Reducing Friction, 51 ' • Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 7 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; J. W. Hartley, 339 ; W. Robinson, 382 • James Dunlop, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518.
  • Blocks, Commercial Strength of Pulley. S., 383 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419 ; S., 452
  • Boiler, Double-Tube, Noble and Irving's Patent. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 •, John Irving, 538
  • Boiler, Dtirr Water-Tube. Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabrik Vorm. Diirr and Co., 419
  • Boilers in the Navy, Water-Tube. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Durr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
  • Boilers and Pipes, Mica as an Insulator for. Jones and Horsfield, 339
  • Bricks, Standardising Size of. H. D. SearlesWood;-518
  • Bridge Contract for the Uganda Railway. C., 47
  • Britain to Switzerland by Steamer. Anglo Tetitonicus, 154
  • British and American Coal at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
  • British Electrical Superannuation Fund. E. Garcke, 121
  • British Inertia and Foreign Competition. ObserVer, 247
  • British Railway Working, Results of. J. D. Twinberrow, 216, 248
  • Bullets, Drift. of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 79
  • Cables, Dielectric Hysteresis, Losses in Long. T. Mather, 248
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Cements, Tests of. II. Irwin, 88
  • Capacity in Alternating - Current Working. M.LE.E., 248
  • Capped Armour-Piercing Projectiles. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 452, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383
  • Car, Motor, Vehicle Trials at Liverpool. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 801
  • Carbolinenum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
  • Cars, Motor, Central Driving for Military. Alfred J. Allen, 618
  • Cement in Canada, Tests. H. Irwin, s8
  • Central Driving for Military Motor Cars. Alfred J. Allen, 618
  • Central London Railway, Vibration on. Frank Trier, 216
  • Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merryweather, 79
  • Chimneys, Discharge of Dust from. Papyrus, 53 ; H. Stafford Rayner, 473
  • Chimneys. William C. Coffin, 122
  • China Railway, Pekin-Pao Ting Fu. T. J. B., 16
  • Cleaning, Street. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. . C. Standage, 154
  • Clients, Engineers and Contractors, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 539
  • Coal, British and American, at Nagasaki. An Old Resident, 801
  • Competition, United States. Anglophile, 87 ; Anglo-America, 88 ; Vulcan, 121; H. IIarrap, 47 ; See British Inertia, 247 ; William Cattell, 80 ; W. H., 280 ; British Abroad, 313 ; Wr Osborne, 473 ; T. H. Minshall, 742 ; Charles Baddeley, 801
  • Conservatories, Heating. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 618
  • Contract for Uganda Railway Bridges, 247
  • Contractors' Association, Scottish Electrical..James M. Davies, Jun., Sec., 154,183
  • Contractors, Clients, Engineers and, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 539
  • Cooper's Hill Trouble. E. A. S. 247
  • Cornish Iron Mines. Seamew, 712
  • Councillors, Urban and Municipal, Trading. Kenric B. Murray, 21
  • Couplings, Experiments in Railway. Farnley, 247
  • Crane, 120-Ton Derrick (the Origin of the First Steam Crane). J. M. H. Taylor, 712 ; George Russell and Co., 743 ; J. M. H. Taylor, 779
  • Cycles, Frictional Resistance of. S. D. Carothers, 88 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
  • Cylinder, Joy's Assistant. Fred. Edwards, 518
  • Derrick Crane, The First Steam (120 - Ton). J. M. H. Taylor, 712 ; George Russell and Co., 43 ; J. M. H. Taylor, 779
  • Dielectric Hysteresis Losses in Long Cables T. Mather, 248
  • Diesel Oil Engine. Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
  • Discharge of Dust from Chimneys. H. Stafford Rayner, 473 ; Papyrus, 453
  • Double-Tube Boiler, Noble and Irving's Patent. John Irving, 538 ; G. G. M. Hardingham, 518
  • Dover and Calais Passage, Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merry weather, 779
  • Drawing Plan of Roads, Apparatus for Automatically. M. M. Giltay, 832
  • Drift of Projectiles. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 779
  • Ditrr Water-Tube Boiler, Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabrik Vorm. DUrr and Co., 419
  • Dust from Chimneys, Discharge of. Papyrus, 53 ; H. Stafford Rayner, 473
  • Efficiency of Condensing and Non-Condensing Engines. A Student Content with His Lot, 24
  • Electric Alternating-Current Working, Capacity in. M. I. E. E., 248
  • Electric Cables, Dielectric Hysteresis Losses in Long. T. Mather, 248
  • Electric Tunnel Railway, Vibration on. Frank Trier, 216
  • Electrical Contractors' Association. James M. Davies, Jun., Sec., 154, 183
  • Electrical Engineering Works, Situation of Richard V. Lynn, 618
  • Electrical Locomotives and Multiple - Driven Axles. Frank J. Sprague, 183
  • Electrical Superannuation Fund, British. E. Gareke, 121
  • Electricity in the Steel Trade. T. H. Minshall, 42
  • Engine, Diesel Oil, Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
  • Engines, Efficiency of Condensing and Non-Condensing. A Student Content with His Lot, 24
  • Engine, Gas, Brake Test, Stockport. M.I.C.E., 13
  • Engine Governors, " Hunting " of. A M.I.C.E., 83 ; Practice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 216 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
  • Engines, Painting. Exhibitor, 419
  • Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
  • Engine Working, Gas. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Fairplay, 54 ; Reducing Friction, 54 ; Gas, 7 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 •, J. W. Hartley, 339 ; James Dunlop, 382 ; W. Robinson, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518
  • Engineering Students. Walter Bagshaw, 618
  • Engineers and Contractors. Clients, Legal Relationship. Cynic, 639
  • Engineers, Position of Naval. Progress, 122 ;
  • Efficiency, 801 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
  • Engineers, Proposed Institute of Agricultural. Scott Mason, 55
  • Engineers, Royal. Sperans, 669
  • Engineers, Young, Position of. Anglo-America, 8
  • Experiments in Railway Couplings. Farnley, 247
  • Fireboxes, Security of Locomotive. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
  • Formation of Hail. J. M. Baxter, :382
  • Formula for Size of Chimneys. William C. Coffin, 122
  • Foundry, Oil Fuel in a. II. F. Jurs, 313
  • Fraudulent Engineering Beggar : A Warning A Member of the Inst. C.E., 280
  • Fraud Revived, An Old. M. Powis, Bale, and Co. 832
  • French v. British Channel Steamers. J. Compton Merry weather, 779
  • Frictional Resistance of Cycles. S. D. Carothers, 8 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
  • Fuel, Liquid, in Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 31.3
  • Gas Engine Working. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Reducing Friction, 54* •, Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 87 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; ' J. W. Hartley, 339, 55 ; W. Robinson, 382, 518 ; James Dunlop, 82
  • Gas Works, Retort Ascension Pipes. Edward A. Harman, 151
  • Governors, " Hunting" of Steam Engine. A.M.I.C.E., 183 ; Practice, 216 ; James S Ninburne, 16 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
  • Greenhouses, Heating. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 18
  • Guns, Naval, Accident to Italian. Verax, 280. See Erratum, 375
  • Hail, Formation. J. M. Baxter, 382
  • Heating Greenhouses. A Puzzled Nurseryman, 18
  • "Hunting " of Steam-Engine Governors. A M.I. C.E., 183 ; Pracuice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 16 ; A. G. Greenhill, 248
  • "Inchdune " and " Inehmarlo," Marine Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
  • Institute of Agricultural Engineers, Proposed Scott Mason, 55
  • Insulator, Mica as a, for Boilers and Pipes. Jones and Horsfield, 339
  • Iron Mines, Cornish. Seamew, 712
  • Irving and Noble, Double-Tube Boiler. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
  • Italian Guns, Accident to. Verax, 280. See Erratum, 375
  • "Journal " of a Shaft. James A. M. Murray, 5, 87
  • Joy's Assistant Cylinder. Fred Edwards, 518
  • Lambeth, Sea Water at. William Thomason, 12
  • Lathes. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen,
  • Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 313 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
  • Legal Question as to Commercial Strength of Pulley Blocks. S., 383 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419; S., 452
  • Legal Relationship, Clients, Engineers, and Contractors. Cynic, 539
  • Lifeboats, Safety of. Navis, 54. See H. C. Standage, 154
  • Liquid Fuel in a Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 313
  • Liverpool Heavy Motor Trials. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 01
  • Locomotives, Electrical, and Multiple-Driven Axles. Frank J. Sprague, 183
  • Locomotive Fireboxes, Security of. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
  • London, Pure Water for. W. H. Booth, 313
  • Lubrication of Large Gas Engines, Reducing Friction, 55. See also Gas Engine Working
  • Machine Tools, Automatic. Humpage, Jacques, and Pedersen, Limited, 280 ; John Ashford, 13 ; J. H. Wicksteed, 339
  • Marine-Engine Performance. H. van Meerten, 48
  • Measuring the Rolling of Ships. J. A. Normand, M.I N.A., 473
  • Mechanic, American. W. Osborne, 473
  • Metals, Structure of. Em. Am. della Santa, 83
  • Metric System (Weights Found Wanting). W. T. S. B., 779 ; A. R. M., 832 ; J. W., 832
  • Mica as an Insulator for Boilers and Pipes. Jones and Horsfield, 339
  • Micro - Structure of Metals. Em. Am. della Santa, 183
  • Military Motor Cars, Central Driving for. Alfred J. Allen, 618
  • Mines, Cornish Iron. Seamew, 712
  • Mond Gas in Gas Engines. See Gas Engines
  • Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
  • Motor Cars, Central Driving for AI.litary. Alfred J. Allen, 618
  • Motor Vehicle Trials, Liverpool. H. S. HeleShaw, 801
  • Multiple-Driven Axles, Electrical Locomotives and. Frank J. Sprague, 183
  • Municipal Trading. Kenric B. Murray, 24
  • Nagasaki, Japan, British and American Coal in An Old Resident, 801
  • Naval Engineers, Position of. Progress, 122
  • Naval Engineers, The Position of. Efficiency, 01 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
  • Naval Guns, Accident to Guns in Italy. Verax, 80. See Erratum, 375
  • Navy, Water-Tube Boilers in the. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Dtirr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
  • Noble and Irving, Double-Tube Boiler. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
  • Non-Conducting Covering for Boilers. See Insulator.
  • Oil Engine, Diesel. Mirrlees Watson Company, Limited, 453 ; D. J. M., 453
  • Oil Fuel in a Foundry. H. F. Jurs, 313
  • Paint, Timber - Preserving, Carbolineum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttmann, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
  • Painting Engines. Exhibitor, 419
  • Patents in Federated Australia. Phillips Ormonde and Co., 55 ; E. P. Alexander and Son, 54
  • Pekin-Pao Ting Fu Railway. T. J. B., 216
  • Photo-Micrography, Structure of Metals. EmAm. della Santa, 183
  • Pipes and Bolters, Mica as an Insulator for Jones and Horsfield, 339
  • Pipes, Gas Retort Ascension. Edward A. Harman, 154
  • Plan of Road, Apparatus for Automatically Drawing. H. M. Giltay, 832
  • Port of Rosario. J. Duclout, 54
  • Position of Naval Engineers. Progress, 122 ; Efficiency, 801 ; Engineering Pupil, 832
  • Producer Gas Engine. H. A. Humphrey, 23 ; Reducing Friction, 64 ; Fair Play, 54 ; Gas, 87 ; J. H. Hamilton, 248 ; J. W. Hartley, 339 ; W. Robinson, 382: James Dunlop, 382 ; J. W. Hartley, 453 ; W. Robinson, 518
  • Projectile, Capped Armour-Piercing. P. M. Staunton, 336, 339, 452, 784 ; Jacob Holtzer and Co., 383
  • Projectiles, Drift of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A. Wilcox, 779
  • Pulley Blocks, Commercial Strength of. S., 83, 452 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419
  • Pure Water for London. W. H. Booth, 313
  • Railway, 'Central London, Vibration on Frank Trier, 216
  • Railway Couplings, Experiments in. Farnley, 247
  • Railway, Pekin-Pao Ting Fu. T. J. B., 216
  • Railway Working, Results of. J. D. Twinberrow, 216, 248
  • Refinery, Sugar, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure Steam in. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
  • Resistance, Frictional, of Cycles. S. D. Carothers, 88 ; H. E. Wimperis, 122
  • Results of Railway Working. J. D. Twinberrow, 16, 248
  • Retort Ascension Pipes, Gas Works. Edward A. Harman, 154
  • Rifle Bullets, Drift of. G. R. Dair, 743 ; F. A Wilcox, 779
  • Road Plans, Apparatus for Automatically Drawing. H. M. Giltay, 832
  • Rolling of Ships, Measuring of. J. A. Normand, M.I.N.A., 473
  • Rosario, Port of. J. Duclout, 54
  • Royal Engineers, Sperans, 669
  • Safety of Lifeboats. Navis, 54. See H. C. Standage, 154
  • "Sayhueque," Speed of. Forrestt and Sons, Limited, 247
  • Scottish Electrical Contractors' Association. James M. Davies, Junr., Sec., 154, 183
  • Sea Water at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
  • Security of Locomotive Fireboxes. J. D. Twinberrow, 539
  • Shaft " Journal." James A. M. Murray, 55, 87
  • Ships, Measuring the Rolling of. J. A. Normand, M. I. N. A . , 473
  • Situation of Electrical Engineering Works. Richard V. Lynn, 618
  • Speed on Monorail. F. B. Behr, 742
  • Standardisation. Chas. Baddeley, 832
  • Standardising Size of Bricks. H. D. SearlesWood, 518
  • Steam Crane, the Origin of J. M. H. Taylor, 12, 779 ; Geo. Russell and Co., 743
  • Steam Engine, Hunting of, Governors. A .M. I.C. E. , 83 ; Practice, 216 ; James Swinburne, 216 ; A. G. Greenhill, 246
  • Steam, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure for Sugar Refinery. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
  • Steam Pipes, Mica as an Insulator for. Jones and Horsfield, 339
  • Steamer Service to Switzerland from London. Anglo Teutonicus, 154
  • Steamers, Channel. J. Compton Merryweather, 79
  • Steel Trade, Electricity in. T. H. Minshall, 742
  • Stockport Gas Engine Brake Test. M.I.C.E., 313
  • Street Cleaning. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. C.
  • Standage, 154
  • Strength, Commercial, of Pulley Blocks. S., 83 ; C. Harvey Lamb, 419 ; S., 452
  • Structure of Metals. Em. Am. Della Santa, 183
  • Students, Engineering. Walter Bagshaw, 618
  • Sugar Refinery, High-Pressure v. Low-Pressure
  • Steam in. Francis N. G. Gill, 778
  • Superannuation Fund, British Electrical. E. Garcke, 121
  • Superheated Steam, Marine Engine Performance. H. Van Meerten, 648
  • Switzerland by Steamer from Britain. AngloTeutonicus, 154
  • Technical Education. Walter Bagshaw, 618
  • Thames, Sea-Water at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
  • Timber Preserving Paint, Carbolinem Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 154 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustav Diechmann, 216
  • Tools. See Machine Tools
  • Trading, Municipal. Kenric B. Murray, 24
  • Tunnel Railway, Vibration on Central London. Frank Trier, 216
  • Uganda Railway Bridge Contract. C., 247
  • Vibration on the Central London Railway. Frank Trier, 216
  • Warning, Fraudulent Engineering Beggar. A Member of the N.C.E., 280
  • Washing Streets. Henry Cunliffe, 54 ; H. C. Standage, 154
  • Water, Pure, for London. W. H. Booth, 313
  • Water, Sea, at Lambeth. William Thomason, 712
  • Water-Tube Boiler. Dttrr, Dusseldorf-Ratinger Rohrenkesselfabric Vorm. Dtirr and Co., 419
  • Water-Tube Boiler, Noble and Irving's Patent. G. G. M. Hardingham, 518 ; John Irving, 538
  • Water-Tube Boilers in the Navy. T. W. Brown, 83 ; Dtlrr and Co., 419 ; Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, 668
  • Weights Found Wanting (The Metric System).
  • W. T. S. B., 779 ; A. R. M., 832 ; J. W., 832
  • Wood-Preserving Paint, Carbolineum Avenarius. M. Inst. C.E., 164 ; Oscar Guttman, 183 ; Gustave Diechman, 216
  • Word " Journal " of a Shaft. James A. M. Murray, 55, 87
  • Works, Situation of Electrical Engineering. Richard V. Lynn, 618
  • Works, Situation of. Richard V. Lynn, 618
  • Young Engineers, Position of. Anglo-America,

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