Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Band 12Institution of Civil Engineers, 1853 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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 78
Seite v
... Improvement of Tidal Navigations and Drainages . W. A. Brooks . 1852 Nov. 9 1 Discussion on ditto • Ships ' Life - boats · 880 Drainage of Towns • Discussion on ditto ( 8 woodcuts ) Election of Members • Annual General Meeting ...
... Improvement of Tidal Navigations and Drainages . W. A. Brooks . 1852 Nov. 9 1 Discussion on ditto • Ships ' Life - boats · 880 Drainage of Towns • Discussion on ditto ( 8 woodcuts ) Election of Members • Annual General Meeting ...
Seite 1
... Improvement of Tidal Navigations and Drainages . " By WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROOKS . M. Inst . C. E.1 THE chief object of this Paper is to afford , to members of the Institution , an opportunity of offering their observations , and to ...
... Improvement of Tidal Navigations and Drainages . " By WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROOKS . M. Inst . C. E.1 THE chief object of this Paper is to afford , to members of the Institution , an opportunity of offering their observations , and to ...
Seite 4
... improvements would have for their object , to enable the tide to flow up the channel , with the height due to it , from the rise at sea , after allowing a small slope to exist at low water ; but this latter will be found to be very ...
... improvements would have for their object , to enable the tide to flow up the channel , with the height due to it , from the rise at sea , after allowing a small slope to exist at low water ; but this latter will be found to be very ...
Seite 11
... improvement of navigations , the Author considers , that this subject has not received the attention which its importance merits . Drainage works have , unfortu- nately for the country at the back of them , been generally un- dertaken ...
... improvement of navigations , the Author considers , that this subject has not received the attention which its importance merits . Drainage works have , unfortu- nately for the country at the back of them , been generally un- dertaken ...
Seite 13
... improvement of the river was also merely a question of time , and it would naturally be asked , why not build full - tide walls immediately , instead of losing time in the construction of groynes , the line of whose points would ...
... improvement of the river was also merely a question of time , and it would naturally be asked , why not build full - tide walls immediately , instead of losing time in the construction of groynes , the line of whose points would ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action adopted air-engine amount appear application bars boiler Bootle brick sewers caloric carbonic acid cast-iron cent Chesil coal coke collieries combustion considerable construction cost creosote cubic feet cubic foot cylinder D. K. Clark Deflection depth Ditto drainage economy effect employed engine Ericsson evaporative power expansion experiments feet 6 inches feet per minute fire-damp firebox floor foot fuel furnace gases girders grate Greenlane groynes heat heating-surface hour inches inches diameter inches in diameter increased Inst iron JAMES MEADOWS RENDEL joists laid length Liverpool locomotive London means ment Messrs miles mines observations ordinary oxygen Paper pipe drains pipe sewers piston practical present pressure produced proportion pump quantity of air Railway regenerator render Report river Robert Stephenson sensible heat sewerage shingle square steam stroke supply surface Telford Medal temperature timber tion town Tract tubes valve velocity ventilation Vide weight whilst wood
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 175 - 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. Original Papers, Reports, or Designs, of these, or other eminent individuals, are particularly valuable for the Library of the Institution. The communications must be forwarded, on or before the 30th of January 1855, to the house of the Institution, No.
Seite 193 - An address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 19th of February, 1841 ; and the announcement of the award of the Wollaston medal and donation fund for the same year.
Seite 176 - Practical Essays on subjects connected with Civil Engineering, such as Geology, Mineralogy, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanic Arts, Statistics, Agriculture, &c.; together with Models, Drawings, or Descriptions of any new and useful Apparatus...
Seite 181 - Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, near Naples, with an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface In remote periods, and to prove that those causes continue in action at the present time; Proceedings of the Geological Society, 1847.
Seite 172 - ... the principal dimensions of the Engines and Vessels, draught of water, tonnage, speed, consumption of fuel, &c. 23. The best forms for river and seagoing Steam Vessels ; with practical examples.
Seite 398 - ... grates were commonly thought to be an unmixed good, and being generally recommended were usually adopted ; still they might be made too large ; not that their extension affected the quality of combustion, but that the economical evaporative power might be reduced. Concentrated and rapid combustion was, alike, the true practice for the largest and the smallest boilers ; and in locomotives where lightness, compactness, and efficiency were primary objects, the boilers should be designed for the...
Seite 181 - RESULTS OF THE MAGNETICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, IN THE YEAR 1881 ; under the direction of SIB GB AIRY, KCB, and WHM CHRISTIE, MA, FRS 1888.
Seite 225 - ... and its antiseptic properties prevented putrefaction. If, then, the operation of injection was well performed, there was every reason to anticipate the perfect success of the system. He found that by forcing at least seven pounds of creosote oil into each cubic foot of timber the process was perfect.
Seite 196 - PENROSE'S (REv. JOHN) Faith and Practice ; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post Svo. Ss. 6d. (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey. With 40 Plates. Folio.
Seite 194 - the Government School of Mines, and of Science applied to the Arts...