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Minutes of the Proceedings

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Volume 193, Issue 1913, January 1913

The first volume of the Institution's Proceedings was published in 1837. Entitled the Minutes of Proceedings, these contained not only papers but also Institution matters such as annual reports, announcements and membership grade transfers as well as abstracts of papers published in other contemporary journals.

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DURBAN HARBOUR, SOUTH AFRICA (INCLUDING PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 1–31
- Author: C W METHVEN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17499
- THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL NGINEERS. E SESSION 1912-1913..-PART .. ~~ ~~ 11 1. SECT. I.-MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS, 11 February, 1913. ROBERT ELLIOTT-COOPER, President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 3875.) `` Durban Harbour, South Africa." By CATIICARTI L L I A M W METHVEN, M. Inst. C.E. " The Harbours of South Afrim" which the Author presented toTheInstitutionin 1905 contained only a general reference to the harbonr-works at Durban, of which for a period of 7 years he was Engineer-in-Chief...
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NATAL HARBOUR WORKS. (INCLUDING PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 32–53
- Author: C J CROFTS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17500
- CROFTS ON NATAL IIARBOUR-WORKS. [Miuutes of (Paper No. 4006.) " Natal Harbour-Works." By CHARLES JAMES CROFTS, Inst. C.E. M. INA q u s t , 1895, the Author was called upon by the Natal Governhad menttotake charge of the harbour-works at I h r h a n ; he previously been engaged as Assistant Engineersince May, 1884, and while holding this office had served for a period of 13 months (July, 1887, to August, 1888) as Acting Engineer...
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DISCUSSION. DURBAN HARBOUR, SOUTH AFRICA.
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- pp. 54–77
- Authors: R E COOPER; J W BARRY; A G LYSTER; W T DOUGLASS; A SCOTT; A BINNS; J M DOBSON; C W METHVEN; C J CROFTS
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17501
- 54 DISCUSSION ON DURBAN HARBOUR, [Minutes of Diacussion. The President. Sir John '``lfe Barry The PRESIDENT a rote of thanks to the Authors for their moved Papers. Sir JOHN WOLFE BARRY, K.C.B., Past-President, observed that it had given himmuch pleasure to hear these two Papers, contributed by men who had spent many years of active life in South Africa. H e had taken thegreatest interest in Durban since 1895, when friend, Charles his Sir Hartley, and himself were asked by the Natal Government to make an exhaustive report as to what should be done at Port Natal or Durban Harbour...
CORRESPONDENCE. DURBAN HARBOUR.
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- pp. 78–122
- Authors: R ADAM; R S W BARNES; W R BELL; H BERRIDGE; G C BUCHANAN; A E CAREY; W D CAY; G H HALLIGAN; J H HEENAN; W W HARTS; D C LEITCH; H H G MITCHELL; W T OLIVE; J S OWENS; J PRICE; J RAINNIE; I A RIDGWAY; L H A SHADWELL; T H SMITH; F SPRING; F S TATHAM; C J R WILLIAMS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17502
- CORRESPONbENCE ON bdRBAN HARBOUR. [iVfinubes of Correspondence. 3Ir. Adnm. Mr. R. ADAM observed that engineers, particularly those who had made the design andconstruction of harbours a speciality,were greatly indebted to the Authors for details of a very interesting port; but the value of the Papers would be greatly increased if further information on some points were given. Mr. Methven had certainly proved his case against Harbour the Board. It was unfortunatethat it had been necessary t o do so, for had the Author's ideas been carried more out promptly, considerable economywould certainlyhaveresulted,astheworks could have beencarried outsteadilyfromthetime of histaking office...
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THE ERECTION OF THE BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT, CANADA.
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- pp. 123–132
- Author: P L PRATLEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17503
- Pruceedings.] PRATLEY ON BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT, CANADA. 123 25 February, 1913. ROBERTELLIOTT-COOPER,President, in the Chair. (Payer No. 4 0 1 3.) " The Erection of the Boucanne River Viaduct, Canada." By PHILIP LOUIS PRATLEY, M.Eng., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THENational Transcontinental Railway crosses the Boucanne River a t a point 167.2 miles east of the Quebec Bridge, which is the St. Lawrence River crossing of the same line. Both crossings are situatedintheProvince of Quebec, in the " B " district of the eastern division of the railway...
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DISCUSSION. THE ERECTION OF THE BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT, CANADA.
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- pp. 133–144
- Authors: R E COOPER; G E W CRUTTWELL; E MATHESON; A H SHIELD; R J G READ; F HUDLESTON; B MOTT; H F DONALDSON; W H THORPE
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17504
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSIOX ON THE BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT. 133 Discussion. The PRESIDENT, in proposingavote of thanks to the Author, The President. regretted that he was not present. It was very gratifying to receive from members who were abroad accounts of works of importance which they were carrying out, and he hoped the discussion would show The Institution's appreciation of the Paper. Mr. G. E. W. CRUTTMELL, having undertaken a good deal of &fr.Cruttwcl bridge-work in British Columbia, desired to make a few remarks on the Paper...
CORRESPONDENCE. THE ERECTION OF THE BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT, CANADA.
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- pp. 145–163
- Authors: V E DE BROE; W J DOAK; A HUNTER; J HUSBAND; R F UNIACKE; P L PRATELY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17505
- Proceediugs.] BOUCANNE RIVER VIADUCT, CANADA. 145 Correspondence. Mr. V. E. DE BROE remarked that for the centre spanof 150 feet, Mr. do Bro& withthe loadings mentioned, the formula used forthe impact allowance involved an additional 59 per cent. on the live load. For a span of this length the RailwayBoard of the Government of India, who had adopted the Pencoyd formula, 300 I=----L 300' would enforce 67 per cent. additional on the live load, This difference would not result in anyappreciable disparity in the design and weight of the girders...
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DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM WHITE.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17506
- 164 DEATII OF SIR WILLIAM WHITE. [Minutes of 4 March, 1913. ROBERTI ELLIOTT-COOPER, President, in the ClfiLir. The PRESIDENT the members were met that evening under said the shadow of the great loss that The Institution had sustained by thedeath of SirWilliamWhite, whose intenseinterestinThe Institution had beenone of the features of hislife.Probablyno onetook a keenerinterestinitswelfarethanhedid. As was well known,he was a constantattendant at the meetings,and, as a Member of Council, andafterwards as President and PastPresident, he rarely missed attending the meetings at which The Institution's businesswasconducted...
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NOTES ON CITY PASSENGER-TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES. (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 168–236
- Author: G D SNYDER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17507
- 168 SNYDER ON CITY PASSENGER-TRANSPORTATION [Minutes of Associate Members. ARTHUR ALDRED, Stud. Inst. C.E. CHARLES FREDERICK ASHDOWN,Stud. Inst. C.E. GUYKENYON BELL,Stud. Inst. C.E. HOBERT TANNAHILL COLQUHOUN. BSc. ALFREDEDGARFLETCHER,(Leeds), Stud. Inst. C.E. WILLIAM GEXDIILL, Inst. C.E. Stud. THOMAS HARVEY, (Victoricc). B.Sc. EDNUND TREGENNA HENNINQ, E.E. (SYdWY). JANES WHITAKER HUNTER, (EngiBSc. neering) (Lond...
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DISCUSSION. CITY PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- pp. 237–265
- Authors: M FITZMAURICE; R E COOPER; C O BURGE; S P SMITH; S R LOWCOCK; A ROSS; A YORKE; P DAWSON; C L MORGAN; W WILLOX; G D SNYDER
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17508
- IN TIIE CSITED STATES. Discussion, The PRESIDENT moved a vote of thanks to the Author for his Thehesiden Paper. Mr. C. 0. BURGE suggested that the amounts given in the Paper Mr. Burge. in dollars should be stated also in English money, so as to render them more readily comprehensible to English members. Sir MAURICE FITZMAURICE rem:rrked that the Paper was rather g z :; . b %;: je different in many ways from some of the Papers which were brought forward at theInstitution. A good deal of it referred to work carried out some time ago, which had already been described intheveryinterestingPapers of Messrs...
CORRESPONDENCE. PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- pp. 266–279
- Authors: H BERRIDGE; L CALISCH; A J COUNTY; G GIBBS; H B SEAMAN; P W SHAW; A ZOLLINGER; G D SNYDER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17509
- 266 CORRESPONDENCE ON PASSENGER-TRANSPORTATION [Minutes of Correspondence. Mr. Berric*w. Mr. H. BERRIDGEremarkedthathis experience of the subject was limited principally to fightinghis way inandout of ca,rs during "rush " hours on the elevated and surface car systems in Greater New York about 10 years ago. His surviving impression was one of admiration for the organization which effected the transport of suchimmense numbers of people a t amarvellously cheap rate, coupled with a feeling of de.r.out thankfulness that he was no longer one of the human units so transported...
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AUTHOR' S REPLY TO CORRESPONDENCE. THE CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY; CHINESE SECTION.
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- Authors: F GROVE; B T B BOOTHBY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17510
- 280 COGRESPOSDEKCE ON THE (Paper No. 3997.) " The Canton-Kowloon Railway : Chinese Section." By FRAXK GROVE,M. Inst. C.E., and BASIL TAXSFIELD BERIDGE BOOTHBY, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Azcfhors' Replies to the Cowespondence.1 m. Grove. Mr. GROVE, reply, stated that the contraction of the waterways in in the East River valley was only noticeableat the East River bridge and the Tung Kun River bridge, especially the former. The speed of thestream,namely, 5 miles perhour,duringhigh flood, 11-as only experienced at theformerstructure,and was a little less than through the town higher up, where the contraction was even greater...
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A METHOD OF FINDING THE FORCES IN FRAMED RIBS WITH FIXED ENDS. (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 283–298
- Author: W MASON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17511
- SECT. 11.-OTHER SELECTEDPAPERS. (Paper No. 4037.) " A Method of FindingtheForcesinFramedRibs with Fixed Ends," By WILLIAM MASON, M.Sc., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THE elasticarched rib with fixed ends has received mathematical treatment by several authors; and, indeed, methods of stress determination in such a rib have been given in engineering textbooks. The general Iines of such methods, however, have been indicated rather than put in such a form as to be practically useful...
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THE STRENGTHENING OF WROUGHT-IRON BRIDGES ON THE CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 299–330
- Author: J MACKENZIE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17512
- papers.] MACKENZIE ON TIIE STRENGTHENING OF BRIDGES. 299 (Paper No. 4022.) `l The Strengthening of Wrought-Iron Bridges on the Cape Government Railways." By JANES MACKENZIE,. Inst. C.E. M ABOUT years ago, in 1892-3, the late Mr. W. H. Woodcock was 20 appointed by the Colonial Governmentto make an inspection of the bridges and culverts throughout the whole system of railways then owned and worked by the Cape Government. As the result of his report it was found necessary to replace by newbridges a few of thestructuresonthe oldersection of the western main line inthe vicinity of Cape Town, and the on Midlanc! system, in the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth ; but as all the bridges on the newer portions of the line had been originally built with a considerable margin of strength, no general scheme of strengthening was at that timeconsidered necessary...
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BRIDGES ON THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE NAGDA-MUTTRA STATE RAILWAY. (ABRIDGED).
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- Author: J K ROBERTSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17513
- Papers.] ROBERTSON ON NAGDA-MUTTRA RAILWAY BRIDGES. 331 (Paper No. 402G.) " Bridges on the Northern Section of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway.'' By JOHN KERRRORERTSON, ASSOC. inst. C.E. M. [Abridged.] THEopening of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway to through traffic in October, 1909, marked the completion of an important addition tothe railway system of India. Leaving the Godhra-RutlamNagda Railway a t Nagda, the new railway runs almost due north, through Central India and the Rajputana States, to Muttra, where it forms a junction with the Agra-Delhi chord railway...
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ABSTRACT. WATER-SUPPLY FOR CALIFORNIA OILFIELDS (INCLUDING APPENDIX).
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- pp. 347–358
- Author: A W PURCHAS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17514
- Papera.] PURCHAS ON CALIFORNIA OILFIELDS WATER-SUPPLY. 34'1 (Paper No. 4028.) " Water-Supply for California Oilfields." (Abstract.) BY ARTEUR WILLIAM PURCHAS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. account is given of a water-system installed under the Author's supervision to supply the property of the CaliforniaOiEelds,Limited, in the CoalingaDistrict, California. The demand on the old system had been as high as 340,000 gallons per day, so the new system was installed with a capacity of 420,000 gallons per day, in order to meet future requirements...
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OBITUARY. GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH, 1839-1913.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17515
- Obituary.] GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH. 359 OBITUARY. GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH, born a t Southport the on 31st August, 1839, died a t Liverpool on the12thJuly, 1913. Having served hisapprenticeship with Messrs. Hick,Hargreaves and Company, of Bolton, he eventually became a member of the firm of Robert Daglish and Company, engineers and founders, of St. Helens, of which his uncle was senior partner.From 1866 until his retirement in 1882, he was responsible for the design and manufacture of colliery machinery, gold-mining stamps and chemical plants...
OBITUARY. THOMAS DUNCANSON, 1852-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17516
- Obituary.] GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH. 359 OBITUARY. GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH, born a t Southport the on 31st August, 1839, died a t Liverpool on the12thJuly, 1913. Having served hisapprenticeship with Messrs. Hick,Hargreaves and Company, of Bolton, he eventually became a member of the firm of Robert Daglish and Company, engineers and founders, of St. Helens, of which his uncle was senior partner.From 1866 until his retirement in 1882, he was responsible for the design and manufacture of colliery machinery, gold-mining stamps and chemical plants...
OBITUARY. RICHARD HASSARD, 1820-1913.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17517
- Obituary.] GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH. 359 OBITUARY. GEORGE HEATON DAGLISH, born a t Southport the on 31st August, 1839, died a t Liverpool on the12thJuly, 1913. Having served hisapprenticeship with Messrs. Hick,Hargreaves and Company, of Bolton, he eventually became a member of the firm of Robert Daglish and Company, engineers and founders, of St. Helens, of which his uncle was senior partner.From 1866 until his retirement in 1882, he was responsible for the design and manufacture of colliery machinery, gold-mining stamps and chemical plants...
OBITUARY. NEIL KENNEDY, 1850-1913.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17518
- 360 NEIL KENNEDY. [Obituary. third year. Educated at Mount Radford School, Exeter, he adopted the engineering profession, and early turned his attention to hydraulic works. Amongst the principal undertakings in Ireland with which he was associated were the Dublin (Vartry)Waterworks, and similar works a t Rathmines, Rathgar, Sligo, Dundalk, Enniskillen, Cavan, Newry and other towns. FOF several years he was chief assistant to the late Mr. G. W. Hemans, Vice-President Inst. C.E., in the survey and construction of various railways in Ireland, including the Newry and Armagh, the Portadown and Dungannon, andother lines...
OBITUARY. HENRY LEA, 1839-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17519
- 360 NEIL KENNEDY. [Obituary. third year. Educated at Mount Radford School, Exeter, he adopted the engineering profession, and early turned his attention to hydraulic works. Amongst the principal undertakings in Ireland with which he was associated were the Dublin (Vartry)Waterworks, and similar works a t Rathmines, Rathgar, Sligo, Dundalk, Enniskillen, Cavan, Newry and other towns. FOF several years he was chief assistant to the late Mr. G. W. Hemans, Vice-President Inst. C.E., in the survey and construction of various railways in Ireland, including the Newry and Armagh, the Portadown and Dungannon, andother lines...
OBITUARY. GEORGE HENDERSON MACKAIL 1864-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17520
- Obituary.] GEORGE IIENDERSON MACKAIL. 361 the firm of Henry Lea andThornbery, latterly Henry Lea and Son. I n t h a t capacity he was responsible for the design and erection of machinery, mechanical and electric-lightingplants,including the original installation a t Birmingham Town Hall, and other work. Mr. Lea was elected a Member of The Institution on the 2nd May, 1893. GEORGE HENDERSON MACKAIL, born on the 15thDecember, 1864, died a t Edinburgh on the 27th October, 1912. After passing through Cooper's Hill College, he entered thePublic Works Service of India in 1887 and was employed successively until 1903 on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, the Bengal and North Western Railway and the East Indian Railway, on the survey and construction of branches, and the design of buildings and other works...
OBITUARY. WILLIAM STOPFORD SMYTH, 1831-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17521
- Obituary.] GEORGE IIENDERSON MACKAIL. 361 the firm of Henry Lea andThornbery, latterly Henry Lea and Son. I n t h a t capacity he was responsible for the design and erection of machinery, mechanical and electric-lightingplants,including the original installation a t Birmingham Town Hall, and other work. Mr. Lea was elected a Member of The Institution on the 2nd May, 1893. GEORGE HENDERSON MACKAIL, born on the 15thDecember, 1864, died a t Edinburgh on the 27th October, 1912. After passing through Cooper's Hill College, he entered thePublic Works Service of India in 1887 and was employed successively until 1903 on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, the Bengal and North Western Railway and the East Indian Railway, on the survey and construction of branches, and the design of buildings and other works...
OBITUARY. FREDERICK STAFFORD; 1847-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17522
- Obituary.] GEORGE IIENDERSON MACKAIL. 361 the firm of Henry Lea andThornbery, latterly Henry Lea and Son. I n t h a t capacity he was responsible for the design and erection of machinery, mechanical and electric-lightingplants,including the original installation a t Birmingham Town Hall, and other work. Mr. Lea was elected a Member of The Institution on the 2nd May, 1893. GEORGE HENDERSON MACKAIL, born on the 15thDecember, 1864, died a t Edinburgh on the 27th October, 1912. After passing through Cooper's Hill College, he entered thePublic Works Service of India in 1887 and was employed successively until 1903 on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, the Bengal and North Western Railway and the East Indian Railway, on the survey and construction of branches, and the design of buildings and other works...
OBITUARY, FREDERICK ROBERT STENT, 1851-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17479
- 362 of Monte Video. JULIUS STANKE. [Obituary. Subsequentlyhe was employed on the Ceylon Government Railways, and in Western Australia as Engineer SUCcessively of the Great Southern Railway and the Midland Railway, afterwards practising as a Consulting Engineer in Perth. Mr. Stafford was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 4th December, 1877, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 14th October, 1884. JULIUS STANKE, born a t Neustadt, Moravia, on the 7th April, 1840, died a t Rio de Janeiro on the 27th November, 1912...
OBITUARY. EDWARD WADHAM, 1828-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17480
- 362 of Monte Video. JULIUS STANKE. [Obituary. Subsequentlyhe was employed on the Ceylon Government Railways, and in Western Australia as Engineer SUCcessively of the Great Southern Railway and the Midland Railway, afterwards practising as a Consulting Engineer in Perth. Mr. Stafford was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 4th December, 1877, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 14th October, 1884. JULIUS STANKE, born a t Neustadt, Moravia, on the 7th April, 1840, died a t Rio de Janeiro on the 27th November, 1912...
OBITUARY, JULIUS STANKE, 1840-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17523
- 362 of Monte Video. JULIUS STANKE. [Obituary. Subsequentlyhe was employed on the Ceylon Government Railways, and in Western Australia as Engineer SUCcessively of the Great Southern Railway and the Midland Railway, afterwards practising as a Consulting Engineer in Perth. Mr. Stafford was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 4th December, 1877, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 14th October, 1884. JULIUS STANKE, born a t Neustadt, Moravia, on the 7th April, 1840, died a t Rio de Janeiro on the 27th November, 1912...
OBITUARY. WILLIAM WARD-SMITH, 1850-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17525
- Obituary.] WILLIAM WARD-SMITH. 363 appointedmineral agenttotheDuke of Buccleuch's estatesin Furness, and from that time until his death he wa? prominently associated with the mineral and industrial development of Barrow r4nd district, being a director of the Barrow Hematite Company, the Walney Exploration Company, the Furness Railway Company and other undertakings. He was also three times Mayor of Barrow, and filled many other local offices. Mr. Wadham was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 6th December, 1853, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 17th December, 1866, being thus connected with The Institution nearly 60 years...
OBITUARY. ARTHUR ANDERSON WEST, 1827-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17526
- Obituary.] WILLIAM WARD-SMITH. 363 appointedmineral agenttotheDuke of Buccleuch's estatesin Furness, and from that time until his death he wa? prominently associated with the mineral and industrial development of Barrow r4nd district, being a director of the Barrow Hematite Company, the Walney Exploration Company, the Furness Railway Company and other undertakings. He was also three times Mayor of Barrow, and filled many other local offices. Mr. Wadham was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 6th December, 1853, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 17th December, 1866, being thus connected with The Institution nearly 60 years...
OBITUARY. PERCIVAL ROBERT AUGUSTUS WILLOUGHBY, 1868-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17527
- Obituary.] WILLIAM WARD-SMITH. 363 appointedmineral agenttotheDuke of Buccleuch's estatesin Furness, and from that time until his death he wa? prominently associated with the mineral and industrial development of Barrow r4nd district, being a director of the Barrow Hematite Company, the Walney Exploration Company, the Furness Railway Company and other undertakings. He was also three times Mayor of Barrow, and filled many other local offices. Mr. Wadham was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 6th December, 1853, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 17th December, 1866, being thus connected with The Institution nearly 60 years...
OBITUARY. THOMAS EASTON DEVONSHIRE, 1858-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1913.17528
- 364 THOMAS EASTON DEVONSHIRE. [Obituary. occupied successively the posts of Engineer to the Dooars Company of Bengal, Assistant the Engineer to City of Cardiff, Deputy Engineer of Merthyr Corporation, Engineer to the Dowlais Iron Company, andEngineerand Architect toPontypridd Municipal Council. I n 1908 Mr. Willoughby was appointed Director of Public Works, Jamaica,in succession tothelate Mr. Valentine Bell,l and largely rebuiltthecity of Kingstonafterthegreat earthquake and fire. He returned to England in 1912 to undergo a serious operation, to the effects of which he succumbed. Mr...
OBITUARY. SYDNEY ALBERT EVERETT, 1869-1913.
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- 364 THOMAS EASTON DEVONSHIRE. [Obituary. occupied successively the posts of Engineer to the Dooars Company of Bengal, Assistant the Engineer to City of Cardiff, Deputy Engineer of Merthyr Corporation, Engineer to the Dowlais Iron Company, andEngineerand Architect toPontypridd Municipal Council. I n 1908 Mr. Willoughby was appointed Director of Public Works, Jamaica,in succession tothelate Mr. Valentine Bell,l and largely rebuiltthecity of Kingstonafterthegreat earthquake and fire. He returned to England in 1912 to undergo a serious operation, to the effects of which he succumbed. Mr...
OBITUARY. CHARLES TURNER FIRTH, BSC. 1880-1913.
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- Obituary.] CHARLES TURKER FIRTH. 365 CHARLESTURNERFIRTH, B.%. (Victoria), born a t Idle, Bradford, on the8thJune, 1880, died in London on the12th March, 1913. Trainedunder Mr. Joseph Garfield and employed by him on sewerage works a t Bradford, he was afterwards engaged on Herne Bay pier-works under Mr. Ewing Matheson, and until within a short period of his death was on the staff of Messrs. J. G. White and Company, Contractors. Mr. Firth was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 7th March, 1911...
OBITUARY. JOHN EDWARD HARGROVE, 1838-1913.
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- Obituary.] CHARLES TURKER FIRTH. 365 CHARLESTURNERFIRTH, B.%. (Victoria), born a t Idle, Bradford, on the8thJune, 1880, died in London on the12th March, 1913. Trainedunder Mr. Joseph Garfield and employed by him on sewerage works a t Bradford, he was afterwards engaged on Herne Bay pier-works under Mr. Ewing Matheson, and until within a short period of his death was on the staff of Messrs. J. G. White and Company, Contractors. Mr. Firth was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 7th March, 1911...
OBITUARY. JOHN IRVINE, 1876-1913.
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- Obituary.] CHARLES TURKER FIRTH. 365 CHARLESTURNERFIRTH, B.%. (Victoria), born a t Idle, Bradford, on the8thJune, 1880, died in London on the12th March, 1913. Trainedunder Mr. Joseph Garfield and employed by him on sewerage works a t Bradford, he was afterwards engaged on Herne Bay pier-works under Mr. Ewing Matheson, and until within a short period of his death was on the staff of Messrs. J. G. White and Company, Contractors. Mr. Firth was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 7th March, 1911...
OBITUARY. THOMAS HENRY MAKINSON, 1861-1912.
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- Obituary.] CHARLES TURKER FIRTH. 365 CHARLESTURNERFIRTH, B.%. (Victoria), born a t Idle, Bradford, on the8thJune, 1880, died in London on the12th March, 1913. Trainedunder Mr. Joseph Garfield and employed by him on sewerage works a t Bradford, he was afterwards engaged on Herne Bay pier-works under Mr. Ewing Matheson, and until within a short period of his death was on the staff of Messrs. J. G. White and Company, Contractors. Mr. Firth was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 7th March, 1911...
OBITUARY. JOSEPH OATES, 1875-1912.
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- 366 JOSEPH OATES. [Obituary. and later in estate-development there. Returning to England in 1892, he was employed first by Messrs. Heenan and Froude, Manchester, and subsequently by Great the Central Railway Company on dock work and railway construction and maintenance until his transfer in 1906 to Marylebone, where he remained until his death. Mr. Makinson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 1st December, 1896. 1875, died at JOSEPH OATES, on born the February, 15th Bournemouth on the 21st May, 1912...
OBITUARY. JOSEPH PRICE, 1844-1913.,
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- 366 JOSEPH OATES. [Obituary. and later in estate-development there. Returning to England in 1892, he was employed first by Messrs. Heenan and Froude, Manchester, and subsequently by Great the Central Railway Company on dock work and railway construction and maintenance until his transfer in 1906 to Marylebone, where he remained until his death. Mr. Makinson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 1st December, 1896. 1875, died at JOSEPH OATES, on born the February, 15th Bournemouth on the 21st May, 1912...
OBITUARY. JOHN WILLIAM RANDELL, 1850-1913.
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- 366 JOSEPH OATES. [Obituary. and later in estate-development there. Returning to England in 1892, he was employed first by Messrs. Heenan and Froude, Manchester, and subsequently by Great the Central Railway Company on dock work and railway construction and maintenance until his transfer in 1906 to Marylebone, where he remained until his death. Mr. Makinson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 1st December, 1896. 1875, died at JOSEPH OATES, on born the February, 15th Bournemouth on the 21st May, 1912...
OBITUARY. ERNEST OSWALD ROWLEY, 1886-1913.
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- Obituary.] ERNEST OSWALD ROWLEY. 367 andHaggerstonin 1885. Laterinthat year he was placed in charge of the two stations and retained that position until 1902, when he was transferred to Fulham, where he remained until his death. Mr. Randell was elected an Associate Member ctf The Institution on the 30th May, 1876. ERNESTOSWALDROWLEY, born anthe 31st July, 1886, died a t Nagpur, India, on the 3rd April, 1913. Educated a t Dulwich and at King's College, London, he was first employed on the engineering work of the First Garden City, Letchworth, and was subsequently engaged under Messrs...
OBITUARY WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SCOTT, 1857-1913.
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- Obituary.] ERNEST OSWALD ROWLEY. 367 andHaggerstonin 1885. Laterinthat year he was placed in charge of the two stations and retained that position until 1902, when he was transferred to Fulham, where he remained until his death. Mr. Randell was elected an Associate Member ctf The Institution on the 30th May, 1876. ERNESTOSWALDROWLEY, born anthe 31st July, 1886, died a t Nagpur, India, on the 3rd April, 1913. Educated a t Dulwich and at King's College, London, he was first employed on the engineering work of the First Garden City, Letchworth, and was subsequently engaged under Messrs...
OBITUARY. HENRY EDWIN SIMPSON, 1859-1912.
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- Obituary.] ERNEST OSWALD ROWLEY. 367 andHaggerstonin 1885. Laterinthat year he was placed in charge of the two stations and retained that position until 1902, when he was transferred to Fulham, where he remained until his death. Mr. Randell was elected an Associate Member ctf The Institution on the 30th May, 1876. ERNESTOSWALDROWLEY, born anthe 31st July, 1886, died a t Nagpur, India, on the 3rd April, 1913. Educated a t Dulwich and at King's College, London, he was first employed on the engineering work of the First Garden City, Letchworth, and was subsequently engaged under Messrs...
OBITUARY. HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY, 1956-1912.
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- 368 HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY. [Obituary. subsequently, as a consulting engineer in independent practice, he was associated with the design and construction of many tramways andlight railways intheUnited Kingdom. Between 1890 and 1900 he built tramways andother works in Buenos Aires, a t Huelva, Spain, and at Lagos, West Africa. Mr. Simpson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 8th January, 1889. HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY, born on the 23rd April, 1856, died a t E n o rHoek, Sir Lowry's Pass, Cape Colony, on the 1stDecember, 1912...
OBITUARY. EDWARD HYDE ROBERTS WYBRANTS WADE, 1867-1913
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- 368 HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY. [Obituary. subsequently, as a consulting engineer in independent practice, he was associated with the design and construction of many tramways andlight railways intheUnited Kingdom. Between 1890 and 1900 he built tramways andother works in Buenos Aires, a t Huelva, Spain, and at Lagos, West Africa. Mr. Simpson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 8th January, 1889. HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY, born on the 23rd April, 1856, died a t E n o rHoek, Sir Lowry's Pass, Cape Colony, on the 1stDecember, 1912...
OBITUARY. GEORGE DIGBY WYBROW, 1844-1913.
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- 368 HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY. [Obituary. subsequently, as a consulting engineer in independent practice, he was associated with the design and construction of many tramways andlight railways intheUnited Kingdom. Between 1890 and 1900 he built tramways andother works in Buenos Aires, a t Huelva, Spain, and at Lagos, West Africa. Mr. Simpson was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 8th January, 1889. HUBERT LE GAY SOLLY, born on the 23rd April, 1856, died a t E n o rHoek, Sir Lowry's Pass, Cape Colony, on the 1stDecember, 1912...
OBITUARY. SAMUEL LUCAS TURNER, 1842-1913.
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- Obituary.] SAMUEL LUCAS TURNER. 369 and, after passing through the various grades, attained the rank of Executive Engineer of the first class in 1887. Later, he was promoted to Superintending Engineer in Madras, and in 1894 he retired from the service. His principal work was done in connectionwith theirrigation of the valleys of the Godavery and Kistna rivers. Mr. Wybrow was elected an Associate of The Institution on the 7th May, 1878, and was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members. SAMUEL LUCAS TURNER, born a t Stratford-on-Avon on the 17th December, 1842, died in Californiaon the 26th February, 1913...

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Volume 193, Issue 1913, January 1913