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Volume 31, Issue 1, November 1948

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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF SIR JONATHAN DAVIDSON, CMG, PRESIDENT 1948-1949. (INCLUDES PLATES AND APPENDIX ON CHELSEA WATER WORKS).
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- pp. 1–32
- Author: J DAVIDSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13376
- I SINCERELY appreciate the honour conferred on me by my election as President of this great Institution, and trust that,w ith the support of the members, I may be able to maintain the dignity and prestige of the office. The selection of a subject for a Presidential Address is an almost more difficult task than its preparation and I must confess that when I examined the long list of previous Presidents and noted particularly the names of those giants who were pioneers in that branch of engineering in which I have been more closely engaged, I, at first, derived but little comfort from my study...
FLOW OVER SHARP-EDGED WEIRS: EFFECT OF THICKNESS OF CREST. (INCLUDES PLATES AND AMENDED FORMULAE AT END OF ARTICLE).
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- pp. 36–55
- Author: JAMESON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13377
- NOMENCLATURE. Q denotes discharge in cubic centimetres per second . . L3T-1 g ,, acceleration due to gravity (981 centimetres per h ,, head over weir in centimetres . . . . . . L p ,, height of weir above upstream floor . . , . L b ,, breadth of weir in centimetres . . . . . L t ,, thickness of crest of weir in centimetres . ' . . L T ,, temperature of liquid in degrees Centigrade . . - Dimensions. second per second in London) ...
THE EFFICIENCY OF CONCRETE MIXING PLANT. (INCLUDES PLATES AND PHOTOGRAPHS).
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- pp. 56–81
- Author: Leonard John Murdock
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13379
- INTRODUCTION. THE efficiency of concrete mixing plants can be judged by (a) the quality and uniformity of the concrete produced ; (a) the speed of operation ; (c) the freedom from mechanical troubles. The quality and uniformity of the concrete, with which this Paper is principally concerned, are dependent on 8 large number of factors, involving the method of proportioning the materials, the measurement and control of the water entering the mixer, the design of the mixing drum, the possibility of errors due to poor arrangement, and the efficiency of the plant operator...
THE RECONDITIONING OF A DEFECTIVE ARCH IN STOCKPORT VIADUCT
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- pp. 82–90
- Author: E H Morris
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13380
- INTRODUCTION. TEE original Stockport viaduct, on the Birmingham and Manchester Railway, was built in 183940; the engineer was George Buck and the contractors were Messrs. Tomfinson and Hyde. It consists of twenty-six semi-circular arches, of which twenty-two are of 63 feet span ; the total length is 1,780 feet ; the width over all was 31 feet, with a clear width between parapets of 28 feet. The piers are 10 feet thick. The structure is of brickwork, except the bases of the piers and the parapets, which are of masonry, and ashlar springers ; the arches are 3 feet thick...
ABSTRACT. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHIFT IN RELATION TO TRANSITION CURVES FOR ROADS.
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- pp. 91–92
- Author: L M SMITH
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13382
- COMBINING the basic dynamical equations for the centrifugal ratio p and the rate of change of radial acceleration C with the approximate geometric length of a transition curve, the Author deduces the relationship that S= L400L 3 , where S denotes the shift. C2 If constant values for p and C are assumed, then a constant value for S is obtained, applicable to all circular curves developed to a speed value represented by V=dl-, where V denotes the speed, in miles per hour, and R the radius of the curve, in feet...
INGENUITY COMPETITION 1948, THE CLOSING OF THE BREACH AT OVER, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, IN THE 1947 FLOOD. (INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH)
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- pp. 93–98
- Author: M NIXON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13383
- The waters of the river Great Ouse are prevented from flooding the South Level fen area, which has its centre at Ely, by a barrier bank running from the high land at Over, Cambridgeshire, to the sea. During the floods of 1947 this bank failed during the night of 16-17 March, so endangering the whole of 9,OOO acres of the Haddenham and Over fens (Fig. I ) . The breach increased in size quickly and immediate steps were taken to drive steel sheet-piling protection at its extremities in order to prevent any further enlargement...
OBITUARY. SIR ROBERT RICHARD GALES, 1864-1948.
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- pp. 99–99
- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Other
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13384
- SIR ROBERT RICHARD. GALES was born at Littlehampton, Sussex, on the 31st October, 1864, and died in London on the 25th July, 1948. He was educated privately and at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, and received practical training on the Forth Bridge. In 1886 he was appointed to the Indian Public Works Department, and in 1895 he became Assistant Manager of the North Western Railway, and subsequently Assistant Manager of the East Coast Railway, and Deputy Manager of the Eastern Bengal Railway...
OBITUARY. SIR CLIFFORD COPLAND PATERSON, FRS, 1879-1948.
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- pp. 99–100
- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Other
- DOI: 10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13386
- SIR CLIFFORD COPLAND PATERSON, F.R.S., was born at Stamford Hill, London, on the 17th October, 1879, and died at Watford on the 26th July, 1948. He was educated at Mill Hill School, the Finsbury Technical College, and Faraday House. In 1901 he entered the National Min. Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, vol. clxxiv (1907-08, part iv), p, 1. J. Instn Civ. Engrs, vol. 10 (1938-39), p...

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Volume 31, Issue 1, November 1948