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Volume 24, Issue 8, October 1945

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JAMES FORREST LECTURE, 1945. SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN FERROUS METALLURGY.
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- pp. 315–348
- Author: C SYKES
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.12264
- SYKEB ON SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN FERROUS METALLURGY 815 JAMES FORRgST LECTURE. 1945 . The President said that the James Forrest Lecture was founded in 1891 in honour of thelateJames Forrest. whowas Secretary of The Institution from 1859 to 1896 and Honorary Secretary from 1896 until his death in1917. The Lecture to be delivered wgs the fifty-first of the series. The Lecturer. Dr . Charles Sykes. had been Superintendent of the Metallurgy Department of the National Physical Laboratory from 1940 to 1944. and during part of that time he had been Superintendent of Terminal Ballistics Branch of the Armament Research Department...
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REPAIRS TO RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER LONDON ROAD, BRIGHTON, AFTER DAMAGE BY ENEMY ACTION IN MAY 1943.
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- pp. 353–367
- Author: A H TOMS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.12265
- TOMS ON REPAIRS TO VIADUCT RAILWAY OVER LONDON ROAD, BRIGHTON. 353 Paper No. 5484. `` Repairs to Railway Viaduct over London Road, Brighton, after Damage by Enemy Action in May 1943." By ARMAND HUON TOMS, B.Sc., Assoc. TABLE OF CONTENTS. M. Inst. C.E. PAGE Description of viaduct Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage 1. First-aid works . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage 2. Erection of steel trestles and strutting of piers and arches of first system of waybeams Stage3.Erection demolished pier Stage 4...
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ELECTRO-CONCRETE.
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- pp. 368–378
- Author: K BILLIG
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.12266
- 368 BILLIG ON ELECTRO-CONCRETE. Paper No. 5477. `` Electro-Concrete." By KURTBILLIG,Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. (Ordered by the Council to be published in abridged form.)? TABLE O F CONTENTS. frost Concrete work during .. Electro-concrete : general data . Thermal and electrical data .. Electrodes and electrical equipment Costs of treatment . . . . . Aoknbwledgement . . . . . . . . . . ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 368 370 372 375 377 378 CONCRETEWORK DURING FROST. INGreat Britain concrete work has to be done only occasionally at temperatures below freezing-point...
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OBITUARY. SIR WILLIAM HENRY ELLIS, G.B.E., (PAST PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT), 1860-1945.
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- pp. 379
- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.12267
- OBITUARY. 379 OBITUARY. Sir WILLIAM , H E N R Y ELLIS, G.B.E., was born a t Pitsmoor, Sheffield, on the 20th August, 1860, and died a t Sheffield on the 4th July, 1945. He received his scientific training a t the Yorkshire College, Leeds, and entered the works of Messrs. Tannett, Walker & Co., of Leeds in November 1878. He passed through the various shops and the drawing office and became foreman of the erecting shop a t Leeds...
CORRESPONDENCE. SOME NOTES ON THE DISCARDING OF MINE WINDING-ROPES.
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- pp. 383–388
- Authors: K PATERSON; T M CAREY; W H KELLY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13940
- JOURNAL OF THEINSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS O C T O B E R 1945 : SUPPLEMENT CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERSPUBLISHEDIN NOVEMBER 1944 JOURNAL Paper No. 5396. Some Notes on the Discarding of Mine Winding-Ropes."? PATERSON, (Eng.), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. B.Sc. By KENNETH Correspondence. Mr. T. M. Carey observed that theNew South Wales Mines Inspection Act required that the factor safety innew ropes over 2,000 feet, in length of should be not less than 6 hauling men and 5 hauling ore...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE DESTRUCTION OF CONCRETE BY FROST.
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- pp. 388–395
- Authors: A R COLLINS; A G B BUCHANAN; T W MORAN; A E SEDDON; M SPINDEL
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13941
- 388 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CONCRETE BY FROST. He wished to draw attention t o a n error on p. 22. I n line 14 from the bottom the dimension " 15 inch " should have been given as `` 1% inch." Paper No. 5412. `` The Destruction of Concrete by Frost."i By ARTHUR RICHARD COLLINS,MSc. (Eng.), Ph.D., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Major-General A. G...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE LOCATION, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMERLOH-MARAN ROAD, PAHANG, FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
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- pp. 396–405
- Authors: J J BRYAN; J E L CARTER; G M KHAN; E D KIBBLE; F W MAGER; A H RICHARD
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13942
- 396 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE LOCSTION, DESIGN, AND CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1944 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5389. The Location, Design, and Construction of the Temerloh-Maran Road, Pahang, Federated Malay States. JEFFERIS BRYAN, B.Sc., M. Inst. C.E. By JOHN Correspondence. Major J. E. L. Carter observed that he had been engaged on rather similar work inthe tropical Crown Colony of Trinidad,British West Author (1940-1942), Indies (latitude 10 degrees N.) at thesame time as the and hadalso been in a position to observe the work of American contractors, both in Trinidad and in theneighbouring territory of British Guiana...
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CORRESPONDENCE. STRESSES IN DOCKS
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- pp. 406–412
- Authors: D H LITTLE; E J EVANS; A L HARVEY; R G KEEVILL; J W LOWDON; D E ROBERTS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13943
- 406 CORRESPONDENCE ON STRESSES IN DOCKS. Paper No. 5421. (I Stresses in Docks."? By DONALDA Y I S H LITTLE, H B.Sc. (Eng.), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., and ELVET JOSEPB EVANS, B.Sc., A.M.1.Struct.E. Correspondence. A. L. Harvey observed that the Authors' calculations dealt fully with the three usual loading conditions which had to be investigated in design, but omitted mention of a fourth condition, which might be very important, namely, the loading conditions while the dock was being built...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE DESIGN OF LAND AIRPORTS FOR MEDIUM AND LONG-DISTANCE CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT.
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- pp. 412–424
- Authors: A S MACLAREN; H J COATES; F W DAWKES; W R GREATHEAD; J K THORPE; J K WILKINS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13944
- 412 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE DESIGN OF LAND AIRPORTS FOR as sound. That method was essentially one of " hitand miss " and begged the question of indeterminacy by making sufficient assumptions to reduce the problem to one of plain statics. Because the assumptions were really a confession of ignorance, it was necessary to make different assumptions on a " trial anderror " basis in order to assess the consequences of an error in any one assumption. They agreed that with such a method it had t o be admitted that there was some danger of a rather excessive overall factor of safety, and the only remedy against that was the experience and judgement of the designer...
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CORRESPONDENCE. TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF ROUNDABOUTS AT ROAD INTERSECTIONS.
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- pp. 424–426
- Authors: A J H CLAYTON; H W S HUSBANDS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13945
- 424 CORRESPONDENCE TRAFFIC ON CAPACITY OF justified, but instead to strikea middle course based on a careful investigation of aircraft performances and trends. That seemed to lead straight to the provision of the minimum which was necessary for safety without incurring expenditure and producing difficulties for which there was no valid reason. The figure of 94 per cent. for the usability of one NE-SW runway direction in the London area with a maximumcross-wind factor of 15 miles per hour seemed a little high. Similar calculations which the Author had made gave only 88 per cent...
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CORRESPONDENCE. ACTUAL AND ESTIMATED IMPACT RESISTANCE OF SOME REINFORCED CONCRETE UNITS FAILING IN BENDING.
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- pp. 427–430
- Authors: L G SIMMS; A C VIVIAN
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13946
- CORRESPONDENCE ON ACTUAL BND ESTIMATED IMPACT 427 RESISTANCE OF SOME REINFORCED CONCRETE UNITS FAILING IN BENDING. CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 1945 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5422. '' Actual and Estimated Impact Resistance of some Reinforced Concrete Units Failing in Bending."? By L. G. SIMMS, B.Sc. Correspondence. Mr. A. C. Vivian observed that the Author had provided some very informative test data on the impactresistance of reinforced-concrete units. He had,however, offered a correlation between static andimpact measurements based on elastic considerations to which Mr...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE MAINTENANCE OF PLANT USED FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.
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- pp. 430–433
- Authors: T B SMITH; R W BELL; W H KELLY; F L KING
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13947
- 430 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE UINTENANCE OF PLANT The work done in compressing elastically the top surface of a slab of concrete subject to uniform bending moment would be of the same order of magnitude. It was clear that, with the simply supported slabs which the Author had described, the work done elastically on the concrete and the steel would be considerably less than those small amounts of 75 lb.-inches and 0.3 lb.-inches respectively, so that it was a fair deduction that the work done elastically was negligible. Although Mr...
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CORRESPONDENCE. CHARING CROSS RAILWAY BRIDGE: TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO DAMAGED RIVER SPAN.
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- pp. 433–435
- Authors: E K BRIDGE; P S A BERRIDGE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13948
- USED FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION. 433 tothePlant Engineer, whowould examine thetest figures from the theoretical and practical angle, to be sure that the performance of the machine was up to its rated standard. If approved, the test sheet should then be signed, and only then should permission be granted to dispatch the machine t o site work. That procedure was a very good check on the repairing mechanic's work ; it avoided the necessity for inspectors to be constantly around the machines underrepair, and it avoided disputes between workmen of roughly equal position...
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CORRESPONDENCE. RURAL WATER SUPPLIES.
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- pp. 436–448
- Authors: S R RAFFETY; F H BULLOCK; H P HILL; C HOGG; E J MACKAIG; R MARSHALL; S J RICKETTS; J H F SHARKIE; A W STONEBRIDGE; B WHITTERON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13949
- 436 CORRESPONDENCE ON RURAL WATER SUPPLIES. CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERSPUBLISHEDIN MARCH 1945 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5455. `` Rural Water Supplies."? By SIDNEY ROBERT RAFFETY, Inst. C.E. M. Correspondence. Mr.F. H. Bullock observed that the health and happiness of two million dwellers in Rural Britain would be greatly enhanced, if the work of providing ruralwater supplies was carried out wisely. The total cost of providing those supplies might exceed ;E50,000,000, which provided another reason for widest possible discussion of the subject...
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CORRESPONDENCE. PUMPING-STATIONS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LAND DRAINAGE AND STORM-WATER DISPOSAL.
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- pp. 449–455
- Authors: C CLAY; W S HUNT; E A G JOHNSON; J M LACEY; W RIGBY; R A SUTHERLAND; P O WOLF
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13950
- CORRESPONDENCE ON PUMPING STATIONS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LAND DRAINAGE AND STORM-WATER DISPOSAL. 449 Paper No. 5458. Pumping-Stations, with Special Reference to Land Drainage and Storm-water Disposal."./By CECILCLAY, B.Sc. (Eng.), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Mr. W.S. Hunt observed that, in the case of electric motors, the chance of an extended interruption of current was very slight at the present time, but if continuity of service was so important, a stand-by pump, driven by an internal combustion engine, could be used...
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CORRESPONDENCE. DREDGING MACHINERY.
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- pp. 456–467
- Authors: H CHATLEY; G COUTTS; A R B EDGECOMBE; D W LOW; J MITCHELL; E W PARR; W SMITH
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13951
- 456 CORRESPONDENCE DREDGING ON MACHINERY. 'CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERS PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1945 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5450. Dredging Machinery. ''T BY HERBERT CHATLEY,D.Sc. (Eng.), M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Mr. George Coutts observed that the Author had dealt a t some length with drag suction dredging, and had mentioned several dredgers of that type which were operating in Iraq. The total annual output of the fleet was about 5,000,000 cubic yards, thematerial dredged being mostly alluvium mud with various proportionsof fine sand and clay silt...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE PROBLEM OF SWAY IN COMPLICATED RIGID FRAMES.
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- pp. 467–479
- Authors: J L MATHESON; R J CORNISH; A J FRANCIS; S J MAZUR; E SHEPLEY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13952
- CORRESPONDENCE ON DREDGING MACHINERY. 467 The interchangeabilityof bucket-dredger parts raised all the difficulties of standardization and it would be necessary for makers to agree and for such standards tobe used in allnew dredgers. Mr. Mitchell's argument for the gear drive did not seem to cover the need for elasticity in the mechanism, which the belt provided. His remarks aboutthe behaviour of sandinbuckets accorded with theAuthor's experience and suggested that if much of that had to be dredged a special form of bucket was required. The Author agreed that comparison of dredger builders, contractors, and harbour authorities was odious, but there were cases of complacency, which were not the less objectionable for being very British...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE AGGREGATE CRUSHING TEST FOR EVALUATING THE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF COARSE AGGREGATES.
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- pp. 479–481
- Authors: A H D MARKWICK; F A SHERGOLD; G STEWART
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13953
- SWAY IN COMPLICATED RIGID FRAMES. 479 operation, but involved the application of anarbitrary displacement followed bythe determination of the force required t,o produce the displacement. The second point was that the Author's method did, in fact, give a picture of the way in which the frame was functioning, since it depended on the idea of combining the results of different types of distortion. It was easy to visualize the forces needed to produce those distortions without actually working out their numerical value. Indeed the extra steps involved in such evaluation might well cloud the picture...
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CORRESPONDENCE. SOIL STABILIZATION FOR ROADS IN TANGANYIKA TERRITORY.
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- pp. 482–487
- Authors: A J MITCHELL; H WALLHOUSE; J WILLIAMSON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13954
- 482 CORRESPONDENCE ON SOIL STABILIZATION FOR Paper No. 5459. `` Soil Stabilization for Roads i Tanganyika Territory."? n By ARTHUR JAMES MITCHELL, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Mr. Harold Wallhouse observed that it was a truism that, ability t o measure was the first essential towards exact knowledge and, whilst the system of soil classification outlined by the Author in a Pape,r which concentrated much intensive investigation into a small compass could not be classed :M exact measurement, the principles formulated should provide a sound foundation forthe accretion of fundamental knowledge on the roadmaking characteristics of the soils in Tanganyika in particular and East Africa in general...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE FLOOD PROBLEM IN IRAQ.
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- pp. 488–504
- Authors: E V RICHARDS; E BATCHELOR; ARB EDGECOMBE; A M HAMILTON; A F LAMBERT; A D LEWIS; G E MEADE; A E REID; B D RICHARDS; V J SEVIAN; D M WHITEHOUSE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13955
- 488 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE FLOOD PROBLEM IN IRAQ. Paper No. 5457. " The Flood Problem i Iraq."t n By EDWIN VERNEY RICHARDS, (Eng.), M. Inst. C.E. B.Sc. Correspondence. Mr. E. Batchelor observed that at a date not more remote than the Glacial epoch, the Euphrates discharged into the sea near Hit and the Tigris near Samarra. Lower Iraq was the product of the erosion of the catchments of those rivers and of those of the Dyalah, Karkeh, and Karun...
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CORRESPONDENCE. THE DESIGN AND ERECTION OF THE BIRCHENOUGH AND OTTO BEIT BRIDGES, RHODESIA.
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- pp. 505–515
- Authors: H S SMITH; H SHIRLEY SMITH; R FREEMAN; S R BANKS; C H GRONQUIST; S MCCONNEL; F A PARTRIDGE; F J SALBERG
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13956
- CORRESPONDENCE ON THE DESIGN ERECTlON AND OF THE BIRCHENOUGH AXD OTT0 BEIT BRIDGES, RHODESIA. 5% CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERSPUBLISHED IN M-4Y 1945 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5463. `` The Design and Erection of the Birchenough and Otto Beit Bridges, Rhodesia.' '7 By HUBERT SHIRLEY SMITH, B.Sc.(Eng.), M. Inst. C.E., and RALPH FREEMAN, jun., M.A., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Mr. S. R...
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CORRESPONDENCE. CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND ITS FUTURE.
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- pp. 516–535
- Authors: W H GLANVILLE; W L CAMPBELL; A J H CLAYTON; A W H DEAN; C G EVANS; J T EVANS; R HEYWOOD; G LACEY; R F LEGGET; A S MACLAREN; T W MORAN; A J S PIPPARD; A R THOMAS; J G THON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13957
- 516 CORRESPONDENCE ON Paper No. 5482. '' Civil Engineering Research and its Future."? By WILLIAM HENRY GLANVILLE, C.B.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., M. Inst. C.E. Correspondence. Mr.W.L. Campbell observed that anoutstanding problem in road and runway construction was the evolution of a design method for what the Americans called " flexible pavements " ; the term " pavement " included the whole structure-surface and base or base courses. The road design formulas mentioned by the Author on p...
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CORRESPONDENCE. A SLIP IN THE WEST BANK OF THE EAU BRINK CUT.
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- pp. 535–553
- Authors: A W SKEMPTON; W E DORAN; W L LOWE BROWN; K TERZAGHI; W H WARD; E WILKINSON; G WILSON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1945.13958
- CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND ITS PUTURE. 535 I n conclusion he wished to thank all those who had taken part in the discussion. I n doing so, he ventured to express the hope that the Paper had stimulated the interest of civil engineers in research and had shown the need for improved facilities to help them with their manyproblems. Paper No. 5469. l` A Slip in the West Bank of the Eau Brink Cut."t By ALEC WESTLEY SREMPTON, M.Sc., Assoc. M. Inst. C...
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