Proceedings, Issues 3-4Institution [of Mechanical Engineers], 1914 - Mechanical engineering Includes supplements. |
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adiabatic air-pump apparatus armature articulated locomotive automatic axles balance boiler cab-signalling cent coal coefficient coefficient of performance Committee compound compound locomotives compression compressor condenser connexion constant construction cooling water curves cycle cylinders DANGER diagram diameter discharge DISTANT signal driver efficiency electric engine evaporation exhaust expansion experiments feet four-stroke cycle gear give given heating surface high-pressure increase installation Institution internal-combustion engine kilograms lever load locomotives London low-pressure mechanical Member Messrs millimetres Niclausse Nord nozzle obtained operation orifice Paper piston Plate position practice pressure pumps rails Railway ramp refrigerating refrigerating machine revolutions per minute route indicator semaphore speed square inch square metres steam steam-engine steam-turbine substance superheated superheater supply temperature tests Thomas Hawksley tons total heat train train-stop tubes turbine two-stroke cycle unit vacuum valve vapour velocity water-tube boilers weight wheels
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Page 640 - Institution of Civil Engineers. the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers — should unite in forming a Battalion of Engineers for service at the Front.
Page 634 - Institution in 1872 ; he [THE was also an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Member of the French Society of Civil Engineers, of the Iron and Steel Institute, and of other Societies.
Page 379 - That the best thanks of the Members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in this Meeting assembled be given : — To the Right Hon.
Page 679 - Between these two there is a certain degree of dryness which gives a slightly higher coefficient of performance than either. This may be shown by taking a succession of points for various...
Page 575 - CHAIRMAN a unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to the author for his interesting paper.
Page 1016 - ... being carried on by his son, Sir John E. Thornycroft, who was trained as an engineer, and acted as a technical director under the father's leadership. Sir John Isaac Thornycroft became an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1873, and was transferred to class of Member in 1877. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1876. In 1881 he joined the Institution of Naval Architects, of which he was made Member of Council in 1882, Vice President in...
Page 1020 - Institution in 1871 ; and was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Page 648 - ... calory being the amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1° C.
Page 637 - Philadelphia association; he is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the University and Art Clubs of Philadelphia, and the City Club of New York.
Page 637 - He was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He died suddenly at Elstree, Middlesex, on 19th May 1931.