Bridge, Newark Dyke, on the Great Northern railway, description of the, 601.
-Consists of two trussed girders, constructed on Warren's principle, as developed
by Mr. C. H. Wild, 601.-Details of girders, 601.-Tests to which the bridge
was subjected, 604.-Table I., showing the amount of deflection in each pair of
triangles, when the weight was equally distributed among the thirteen compart-
ments, and was each applied to each pair successively, 605.-Table II., showing
the amount of deflection when the loading was commenced at one end compart-
ment, then the second, &c., till the whole weight was put on, and observations
when load was removed, 605.-Table III., showing the amount of deflection,
under different circumstances, when the bridge was completed, 607.
Brockedon W., remarks as to vulcanized india-rubber valves, 458.-Ditto as to
gutta percha, 458.
Brooks, W. A., on the improvement of tidal navigations and drainages, 1.—
Remarks as to ditto ditto, 21.
Brunel, I. K., V.P., remarks as to processes for preserving timber, '233.-Ditto as to
action of the 'regenerator' in Ericsson's caloric engine, 349, 350.-Ditto as to
importance of good quality of iron, 379.-Ditto as to effects of compression and
extension upon vulcanized india rubber, 457.
Brunlees, J., elected member, 109.
Brunton, R., memoir of, 149.
Brydges, C. J., elected associate, 109.
Burleigh, B., elected associate, 272.
Burt, H. P., on the nature and properties of timber, with descriptive particulars of
several methods, now in use, for its preservation from decay, 206.-Remarks as
to process of creosoting, and its effects upon timber, 223.
Bust of Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., by E. H. Baily, R.A., presented to the Insti-
tution, 111.
Caloric engine, on the, 558.-Examination of Ericsson's new engine by M. Galy-
Cazalat, 558.-Extract from Ericsson's English specification, 558.-Elastic power
of gases, 559.-Deduction from physical laws directly at variance with asserted
performance of the caloric ship ‘Ericsson,' 560.-To find the mean temperature
of the 'regenerator,' before and after the passage of the air, 562.
Caloric, or heated-air engine, on the principle of the, 563.—The 'regenerator' or
'economizer' based on true principles, 563.-Principle of the regenerator' as
described by the Rev. Dr. Stirling, 564.—Originality of the invention, 567.—
Extract from Dr. Stirling's specification of an air-engine, patented in November
1816, 567.—Respective merits of Stirling's and Ericsson's engines, 569.—Details
of Stirling's engine, worked at Dundee Foundry for two years and nine months,
Vide also Air-engine and Heat.
Calvert, F. C., on the increased strength of cast iron, produced by the use of
improved coke; with a series of experiments by W. Fairbairn, 352.-Remarks
as to the present state of the manufacture of iron, 379.-Ditto as to the necessity
for the employment of some medium for neutralizing the effect of sulphurous
slags, 380.-Ditto as to removal of sulphur from coal during the process of
coking, 380.
Cawley, J. E., remarks as to substitution of pipe-drains made of fire-clay, for all
sewers of less than two feet diameter, at Manchester, 79.-Extract from a letter
from Mr. J. Francis as to the state of the pipe-drains at Manchester, 80.
Cayley, Sir G., Bart., on the use of heated air as a motive power, 332.
Chesil Bank, description of the, with remarks upon its origin, the causes which
have contributed to its formation, and upon the movement of shingle generally,
520.-Description of Bank as it now stands, 521.-Past condition, according to
Leland, Camden, Smeaton, and others, 524.-Origin, or source from which the
shingle is derived, 526.-Causes which have contributed to the formation of
the Bank, 528.-Progress of the shingle not attributable to the action of the tidal
currents, but to the effect of the wind-waves, 530.-Prevalence of west and south-
west winds in this latitude, 530.-Form of the Bank, 532.-Disposition of the
shingle, 536.-Recapitulation of the chief points noticed in the paper, 541.-
Violence of the sea breaking upon the Bank, during heavy gales of wind from
the south-west, 544.-Changes which take place, from time to time, upon the
Bank, 544. -Appendix A. Sloop Ebenezer' ran directly on the Bank, when
unable to weather' Portland, and was launched into Portland Roads, 545.-
Ditto B. Description of the boats, called 'lerrets,' 545.
Cheverton, B., on the use of heated air as a motive power, 312.
Children, J. G., memoir of, 137.
Cholera in England, quotation from report by the Registrar-General, on, 27.
Cini, T., memoir of, 151.
Clark, D. K., experimental investigation of the principles of the boilers of loco-
motive engines, 382.-Remarks on ditto ditto, 414.-Ditto as to manner of
arriving at conclusion, that 1 lb. of carbon is capable of evaporating 12 lbs. of
water into steam, 423.-Ditto that his formula was derived, directly, from
tabulated results, 423.-Ditto as to Mr. McConnell's new engine, 424.-Ditto as
to proof of practically complete combustion of coke in the fire-box, 427.-Ditto
as to result of a recent experiment in reducing the area of the fire-grate, 428.-
Ditto as to curve of expansion in locomotives, 598.
Clark, W. T., memoir of, 153.
Clarke, J. A., elected associate, 432.
Cliff, J., remarks as to large-sized pipes, or tubes, made at the Wortley Fire-brick
Works, 78.
Coddington, Capt., R.E., remarks as to the improvement of rivers, 13.
Coke; on the increased strength of cast iron, produced by the use of improved,
Colby, Major-Gen. T. F., memoir of, 132.
Collins, J., elected associate, 352.
Conversazione, President's, notice as to the, 612.
Coode, J., description of the Chesil Bank, with remarks upon its origin, the causes
which have contributed to its formation, and upon the movement of shingle
generally, 520.-Remarks as to line of demarcation between the shingle and the
sand, 547.-Ditto as to the tide stream, up to Wyke from the Start Point, and
tide in the Race of Portland, 547.—Ditto as to position of different-sized pebbles
on a beach, 554.-—Ditto as to formation of Chesil Bank, 554.—Ditto as to origin
of ditto, 555.
Cooper, J. T., remarks as to the decay of wood by dry-rot, 230.-Ditto as to
examination of specimens of timber variously prepared for preserving it from
decay, 231.
Council, list of the attendances of the members of, read, 110.-Annual Report of,
read, 110.-Vote of thanks to, 111.-Ballot for, 111.-List of, and officers for
1853-, 112, 205.-Remarks as to balloting list for, 122.
premiums awarded, 110, 115, 169.-Subjects for, 1853-54, 170.
2 s
Court, S. C., elected member, 206.
Cowper, E. A., remarks as to new arrangements of the ring valve, 456.-Ditto as
to indicator diagram taken from an engine without a steam-jacket, 598.-Ditto
that steam, or gases, in expanding, give out heat, and lose power, 598.
Crampton, T. R., remarks that rapid combustion is the most economical in loco-
motive boilers, 414.-Ditto as to relations between the area of the heating-surface
and the grate area, 414.-Ditto that marine engineers should study railway
practice, 415.-Ditto as to experiments to determine the best form of locomotive
engine boiler, 424.-Ditto as to depth of fuel in locomotives, 426-Ditto as to
non-durability of gutta percha when exposed to air and light, 457.
Creosoting timber for preserving it from decay, and from the attacks of the worm,
218 et seq.
Crispe, G., remarks as to Sir G. Cayley's caloric engine, 325.-Ditto as to the
Rev. Dr. R. Stirling's' air-engine, of 1816, 325.-Ditto as to Messrs. R. and J.
Stirling's engine erected at the Dundee Foundry, in 1843, 326.-Ditto as to
Parkinson and Crosley's air-engine, 326.-Ditto as to Ericsson's air-engine,
327.-Ditto as to the caloric ship 'Ericsson,' 327.-Ditto as to the 'regenerator
in ditto, 329.-Ditto as to the practical objections to the general arrangement
of Ericsson's engine, 331.
Cubitt, J., description of the Newark Dyke bridge, on the Great Northern rail-
way, 601.
Davison, R., remarks as to system of creosoting timber, 235.-Ditto as to process
for desiccating timber, by means of heated air, 235.-Ditto ditto employed for
seasoning gun stocks for H. M. Board of Ordnance, 237.-Ditto as to effect of
currents of hot air upon wood, 239.
Discharge of water through pipes of small and of large dimensions, remarks as
Vide also Water-works.
Donaldson, G., remarks as to causes of partial failures of earthenware-pipe sewers,
42.--Ditto as to failures of pipe sewers at Croydon, 42.
Doull, A., jun., notice as to Forbes' cylindrical ship life-boat, 24.
Doulton, -,
remarks as to manufacture of earthenware pipes, 59.-Extract from
a letter from Mr. Phillips, as to drainage of Rugby, 62.— Remarks as to, and
results of, a series of trials, for ascertaining the strength of pipes, 63.
Drainage of towns, on the, 25.-Town drainage considered historically, politi-
cally, and socially, 25.-Extension of towns in Great Britain, and effect in
producing disease, 26.—Quotation from report by the Registrar-General, on
Cholera in England, 27.-Discrepancy of practice in town drainage works, 27.
-Primary considerations in town drainage, 28.-Rules relative to town sewers,
29.-Town sewers should not receive suburban waters, or excessive suburban
rain-fall, 31.-Questions to be considered in arranging a system of town
drainage, 32.-Best form for sewers and drains, 34.-Materials of which sewers
may be constructed, 35.—Dimensions of house-drains, 35.—Modes of jointing
earthenware-pipe sewers, 36.-Use of man-holes in a system of sewers and
drains, 38.-Trapping of street-gullies, 38.-Ventilation of sewers, 39.--Rules
for town drainage, 39.
Drainages and navigations, tidal, on the improvement of, 1.—Influence upon the
drainage of a country, of works constructed for the improvement of naviga-
tions, 11. Vide also Navigations.
Dublin exhibition, notice as to the, 243.
Duncan, -
remarks as to stoppage of line of pipe sewer at Kilburn, 69.
Duncan, T., description of the Liverpool Corporation Water Works, 460.
Ebrington, Lord, M.P., remarks as to pipe-sewerage at St. Thomas, Exeter, 44.
Edington, -,
remarks as to mill on fire-proof construction at Newry, 268.-Ditto
as to safest construction for warehouses, 269.
Ellicombe, R. R., elected associate, 109.
'Ericsson,' remarks as to the caloric ship, 327 et seq.
Errington, J. E., remarks as to Scotch larch sleepers, 241.
Evans, J., elected associate, 272.
remarks as to the working of the pipe-drain system at Salford, 81.
Exhibition, Dublin, notice as to the, 243.
Fairbairn, W., experiments on the strength of cast iron smelted with purified
coke, 360.-Remarks that Calvert's process of purifying coke has a beneficial
effect on the iron produced by it, 375.-Ditto as to manufacture of iron, 377.
Faraday, Dr., remarks as to the use of heated air as a motive power, 348.
Field, J., remarks as to the comparative proportions and effect of a locomotive
boiler, and of a tubular marine boiler, 416.
Finance; abstract of the receipts and expenditure from the 1st Dec. 1851 to 30th
Nov. 1852, 124.
Fire arrangements at Liverpool, 477.
at Manchester, remarks as to, 503.
Fire-proof buildings, on the construction of, 244.-Iron-girder and brick-arch
system, 246.-Fall of cotton-mill, at Oldham, in 1845, 247.-Objects sought to
be accomplished by Barrett's system of fire-proof construction, 248.-Prin-
ciple of ditto ditto, 248.-Application of system to dwelling-houses and similar
buildings, 251.-Family dwellings in Mile End New Town, erected upon this
principle, by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings &c.,
253.-Application of system, with both girders and joists of cast iron, 253.-
Combination of wrought-iron boiler-plate girders and cast-iron joists, 254.-
Application of wrought iron, exclusively, for both girders and joists, 255.
-Floors on fire-proof principle, at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester,
256.-Experiments as to transverse strength of the rolled-iron joists, 258.-
Cost of fire-proof construction, 259.-Practical value of concrete, in resisting
the effects of intense heat, 259.-Desirableness of fire-proof construction, 261.
-Appendix: estimates of cost based on London prices, approximate cost of
floors for dwelling-houses, 263.-Ditto ditto, estimated cost of the floor of a
mill, or factory, 264.
Fitzroy, Capt., R.N., remarks as to the 'regenerator' in Ericsson's caloric engine,
350.-Ditto as to the direction of the currents on the south coast, near the Isle
of Portland, 553.-Ditto as to movement of shingle, 553.
Flanagan, T., elected member, 432.
Forbes' cylindrical ship life-boat, notice as to, 24.
D., elected associate, 272.
"" J., elected associate, 520.
Forster, F., memoir of, 157.
Forsyth, J. C., elected member, 601.
Fox, Sir C., remarks as to cause of asserted bad quality of iron, 379.-Ditto as t
the Newark Dyke bridge, on the Great Northern railway, 608.
Francis, A., remarks as to unglazed earthenware pipe-drains, 78.
J., extract from a letter from, as to the state of the pipe drains at
Manchester, 80.
Fuels, on, and on locomotive engine boilers, 432.-Different steaming powers of
different fuels, 433.-Standard value of 1 lb. of various fuels, 434.-Results
obtained from differently-formed boilers, and with different fuels, 434.-Table
of the relative heating surface and evaporative power of various locomotive and
other boilers, 436.-Details of Mr. McConnell's new engine, and of the results
obtained, 436.-As to the position of the tubes, 437.-Gauge trials, 439.—
Rapidity of evaporation as essential as economy of fuel, 439.-Table of the
draughts of steam, and the time allowed for the absorption of the heat, for
different-sized driving wheels, and different velocities, 440.-Wear of the
tubes, 440.-Table of the results of some comparative trials with different
engines, 441.-Power of a cubic foot of water, as steam of different temperatures,
445.-Proportion of tubular and fire-box surface may be varied, 446.-First
locomotive constructed at Paris, from the designs of M. Cugnot, in 1769-70,
446.-Safe strength of boilers, 446.-Cases of passenger engines, or trains,
running off the rails, 448.-Conclusions, 448.
Gallez, M., elected member, 109.
Galy-Cazalat, M., examination of Ericsson's new engine by, 558.
Gibbs, J., remarks as to drainage works, especially of towns, 94.-Ditto as to
importance of keeping mines continually full of fresh air, 306.-Ditto as to
mining schools for the education of "overmen," 310.-Ditto as to process of
iron-making, and as to working of blast-furnaces, 376.-Ditto as to the supply
of water to be derived from the sandstone, 504.-Ditto as to movement of
shingle, and as to travel of beach, 551.
Gildea, J. N., elected associate, 520.
Goodeve, T. M., elected associate, 432.
Gordon, A., remarks as to terms choke-damp, fire-damp, and after-damp, 297.—
Ditto as to age of Cornish miners, 309.
Grainger, T., memoir of, 159.
Guest, Sir J. J., Bart., M.P., memoir of, 163.
Gurney, Goldsworthy, remarks as to the use of heated air as a motive power, 332.
-Ditto that the destruction of the heating vessel is the principal difficulty, 338.
-Ditto as to using economically the power of air expanded by heat, 338.
Gutta percha, remarks as to, 456 et seq.
Harbour in a travelling beach, remarks as to conditions under which it may be
maintained, 548.
Harbour of Newhaven, formed by the outfall of the River Ouse, remarks as to
the, 15, 17.-Extracts from reports of Yarranton, in 1677; of Collins, in 1698;
of the Commissioners on the Harbours of the South-eastern Coast, in 1840; of
the Harbours of Refuge Commissioners, in 1844; of Mr. Walker, in 1843 and in
1846; and of others, relative to ditto, 15.
Hawes, W., elected associate, 109.
Hawkshaw, J., remarks as to the effect produced by the 'pouch' in a tidal river,
18.-Ditto as to processes for preserving timber, 229.-Ditto as to combustion
of fuel in locomotive engine boilers, and as to Mr. McConnell's new engine,
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