Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Band 4

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Vols. 39-204 (1874/75-1916/17) have a section 3 containing "Abstracts of papers in foreign transactions and periodicals" (title varies); issued separately, 1919-37, as the institution's Engineering abstracts from the current periodical literature of engineering and applied science, published outside the United Kingdom.

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Seite 409 - Memoirs and accounts of the Works and Inventions of any of the following Engineers:— Sir Hugh Middleton, Arthur Woolf, Jonathan Hornblower, Richard Trevithick, William Murdoch (of Soho), and Alexander Nimmo.
Seite 62 - Moved by the Right Honourable Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., seconded by Sir Alexander Johnstone, Knt., and resolved unanimously, ' That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzclarence, for his great and successful exertions in favour of the Oriental Translation Fund.
Seite 409 - The principal subjects for which Premiums will be given, are— "1st Descriptions, accompanied by Plans and explanatory Drawings, of any work in Civil Engineering, as far as absolutely executed; and which shall contain authentic details of the progress of the Work. (Smeaton's Account of the Edystone Lighthouse may be taken as an example.) "2ndly.
Seite 19 - Papers to be written in the third person, on foolscap paper, on one side only of each page, leaving a clear margin of an inch width on the left side.
Seite 157 - Archimedes, when the speed she attained was 8 '375 knots. Although on neither of the trials numbered 5, 6, and 7 with this screw, was so great a speed of vessel attained as on that first named, it is important to draw attention to the fact, that the slip was reduced to a very small quantity. But the...
Seite 32 - Alderson, MA An Essay on the nature and application of Steam, with an historical notice of the rise and progressive improvement of the Steam Engine.
Seite 173 - ... Curtis having been employed under Sir Edward Belcher, in his surveys in the Pacific, when the distance run by the vessel had to be determined with the greatest precision, might, perhaps, be permitted to make a few remarks on this subject. The velocity of a ship being determined with the ordinary log, by ascertaining how much of the line, attached to the log, ran out in a given time, it was essential, that both the time and the distance should be correctly measured ; but that was seldom the case,...
Seite 159 - As it is very troublesome to lift large cylinder covers, manholes are made in them, and in the piston, so that the bottoms of the cylinders can be easily examined. The large diameter given to the steam cylinders was purposely with a view to working very expansively, and on the trial recorded the steam, being at 4 Ibs. pressure in the boiler, was throttled on its passage and cut off by the expansion valve at l-6th of the stroke, that is, 1 foot from its commencement.
Seite 166 - Western,' had clearly proved the correctness of his views. His opinion of the advantage of the screw as a mode of propulsion was decided, and he thought, that it would, for sea-going vessels, supersede paddle-wheels. During the worst part of the voyage, with the ' Great Britain,' the screw was never more than one-half of its diameter out of the water, and the other half was acting efficiently at the same time ; whereas, under similar circumstances, with such a cross sea, the leeward paddle-wheel...
Seite 112 - ... resting against the bottom cill, and the swinging beam, thus forming a weir, which raised the water in the stream about 5 feet high; the boards were then rapidly withdrawn, the swinging beam was turned back, and all the boats which had been collected above, were carried by the flash over the shallows below.

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