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Minutes of the Proceedings

E-ISSN: 1753-7843

Volume 195, Issue 1914, January 1914

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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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF ANTHONY GEORGE LYSTER; SOME REMARKS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF PORT AUTHORITIES AS AFFECTING THE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PORTS.
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- Author: A G LYSTER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16785
- 4 ADDRESS OF ANTHONY GEORGE LYSTER, PRESIDENT. [Xnutes of he had very considerable misgivings as to his fitness and capabilities for fulfilling theduties of the office satisfactorily. A t t h e same time he desired to assure them that he would use every endeavour to mrry out his duties worthily, and to maintain the high traditions and prestige of the Chair; and he trusted that, with their kind consideration, with the assistance of the Council-amongstwhom he numbered many kind friends-and also with the help of their good friend Dr...
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 'WHITE STAR' DOCK AND ADJOINTING QUAYS AT SOUTHAMPTON (INDLUDING APPENDIXES AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 42–68
- Author: F E W SHEILDS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16786
- 42 WENTWORTH-SHEILDS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF [Minutes of 11 November, 1913. ANTHONYGEORGELYSTER,M.Eng.,President, in the Chair. said The PRESIDENT he was sure the members had learned with deep regret of the death of their Past-President, William Sir Preece, who was well knownto a11 present.SirWilliamhad L : long record of public service, and held a very distinguished position inthe profession. Among the audience were notonlya,dmirers but also many personal friends of the deceased, and he was sure he was expressing their feelings when he said that they regretted very sincerely Sir William's death...
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DISCUSSION. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ""WHITE STAR"" DOCK AND ADJOINING QUAYS AT SOUTHAMPTON.
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- Authors: A G LYSTER; T SIMS; F E W SHEILDS; F PALMER; J M MONCRIEFF; SIR J GRIFFITH; G E W CRUTTWELL; C S MEIK; A T WALMISLEY; A SCOTT; B H BLYTH; M F WILSON; J M DOBSON; G FITZGIBBON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16787
- Discussion, The PRESIDENT, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Author for The PreFident his P q x r , said lle w a s sure members the would congr:xtlIlate Mr.Galbraitll and theAuthor on their successful solution of :L very difficult problem. The experience which engineers other nature of the foundations at Soutl-mmpton hnd had of the mustcertainlyhave caused themtofacewith some anxiety the of the works described in Paper. the It design execution and odd be within memory the of many members serious that a t Southampton, and it TVM failures occurred in the earlier work thereforeverygratifyingtonotethatthepresentundertaking had ncllieved such satisfactory results...
CORRESPONDENCE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 'WHITE STAR' DOCK AND ADJOINING QUAYS AT SOUTHAMPTON.
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- Authors: A T BEST; A BINNS; G W BRENAN; G C BUCHANAN; F G CARRON; W D CAY; C COLSON; H P R COPELAND; G E B COULCHER; SIR W ELIOT; S H ELLIS; W H HUNTER; D C LEITCH; W T OLIVE; H C REID; J J ROBSON; G H SCOTT; H WILDING
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16788
- 116 The Author. 1)ISCUSSION OS` TIIE CONSTRUCTION OF Lbfinutes of of progress w:as good. A good deal l1atl been said about t,he suitaright bility of the dock to :accommoclate larger ships. Mr. Scott wt~s ill supposing that it was quite possible for the " Imperator " to enter the (lock, but his suggestion that she would lose llnlf a day by doing so was mislcading. The `` Impemtor " had l~ithertopicked u p her passengers by tender at Cowes, ml~ichwas only 3 11our distant frml 8onth:anlpton...
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THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY.
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- Author: B H HENDERSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16789
- ~roceedings.1 IIENDERSON ON THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY. l51 Associute Xcmbers-continued. JOHN REIDSYITH, Stud. Inst. C.E. JOSEPH WILLIANTURNER, Stud. Inst. ERIC HANILTOX SMYTHE. C.E. WILLIAM FRANK STANTON, (Engi- JAlIES URQUHART. l3.S~. neering) (Lond.). LOUIS JOSEPH ADOLPHE VALLET. GEORGIC STEWART, Stud. Inst. C.E. W I L L I A M GEOFFRY A R D , B.%. (lhgiW THOXAS BRUCE QTETVART. I neering) ( h n d ...
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DISCUSSION. THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY.
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- Authors: A G LYSTER; B H HENDERSON; J CARRUTHERS; R S G MOORE; SIR F FOX; D SIMSON; O BURY; M CLARK; F J WARING; F SHELFORD; R H BURNETT; F W BACH
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16790
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY. 159 Discussion. The PRESIDENT, in moving a vote of thanks to the Author for his President. The Paper, remarked that it was a matter for congratulation that this important connection of the two coast-lines of the South American continent had been designed and carried out by British engineers and, he understood, British contractors. The AUTHOR pointed out that the Paper was almost entirely a The Author. record of facts. To give in words an idea of the exceedingly rough nature of the country through which the railway passed was almost some lantern-slides impossible ; the photographs on the table and which he had would show this better than any verbal description...
CORRESPONDENCE. THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY.
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- Authors: R ABT; S J BERG; F G CARRUTHERS; C CORNER; G W EVES; G L GOOD; J HARDING; G R HEARN; F R JOHNSON; KELLER; W T LUCY; J POLLOK; A H SHIELD; A ZOLLINGER
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16791
- Proceedings.] CORRESPONDENCE ON TRANSANDINE RAILWAY. 191 a railwaysuchas t h a t described, it wasnecessary not only to Tha Author. Ptudy t h e hills,rivers,etc., i n t h e usualfashion, but also, and morecarefully t h a n usual,theclimaticconditions.Thewind,as Mr. Clark had said, had a powerful effect i n keeping the rail clear of snow, which was of great importance, particularly where there was a rack. Themethod of protectionbyhurdlesmentionedby Mr. Shelford been on Transandine had tried the Railway...
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LOS ANGELES HARBOUR, CALIFORNIA.
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- Author: H HAWGOOD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16792
- Papera.] HAWGOOD ON LOS ANGELES HAKIIOUR, CALIFORNIA. 213 SECT. 11.-OTHER SELECTED PkPERS. (Paper No. 4015.) " Los Angeles Harbour, California." By HARRY HAWGOOD, M. Inst. C.E. THE harbour of Los Angeles is a n instance of the successfulconstruction on a sandy coast of a deep-water harbour for commerce As a port is it destined from its commercial and and refuge. geographical position to be prominent the in readjustment of Pacific traderoutesthat will inevitably follow theapproaching opening of the Panama Canal...
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IMPROVEMENTS IN LOS ANGELES HARBOUR, CALIFORNIA.
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- Author: G PURCELL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16793
- Papers.] PURCELL ON LOS AXGELES HARBOUR, CALIFORNIA. 235 (Paper No. 4035.) " Improvements in Los Angeles Harbour, California." By GERVAISE PURCELL, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. BA., THEobject sought in the improvements carried o u t a t Los Angeles harbour by the Outer Harbour Dock and Wharf Company was the reclamation of 156 acresfrom the submergedlandslyingbehind the United States Government breakwater San in Pedro Bay, and the provision, along the boundary lines of the land reclaimed, of wharfage to the extent of about 14,000 lineal feet, or 700,000 square feet, when completed...
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DISCHARGE OF MAIN DRAINS IN LOWER EGYPT. (INCLUDING APPENDIX).
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- Author: F NEWHOUSE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16794
- (Paler No. 4038.) " Discharge of Main Drains in Lower Egypt.'' By FREDERIC NEWHOUSE, B.Sc., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THEreclamation of thewastelands of Lower Egypt involved :L careful study of the question of drainage as well as of irrigation. No figures were available as to the actual discharge i n cubic metres per feddanl per day from perennially-cultivated land. I n designing drains, hitherto, empirical figures and a large margin of safety had been used, but as the proposed drainage schemes involved the construction of drainage pumping-stations, these rough and ready methods were no longer economically applicable...
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HIGH-PRESSURE FIRE-SERVICE, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.
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- Authors: H R C BLAGDEN; J WORMALD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16795
- 258 BLAGDEN ANI) 1VOI:MALD ON [Selected (Paper No. 4051.) `` High-Prexsure Fire-Service, Alexandria, Egypt." INa previous Paper' the pumping and filtration p1:tnt installed bp tile \Vater CompanyfordealingwiththesupplytothcCity of A1exnntlri:L Ins been tlescrilml in sonle detail.This service has proved fully adequate to a11 the purposes for wllich i t was intended. The supply has been constant, the quality of the water excellent, and the pressure in the mains sufficient for all ordinary clonlestic :md manufacturingrequirements. More recently, however, there 11ns arisenademand(theoutcome of circumstanceshereinafter described)for a high-pressure fire-service, and t h e object of this Erper is t o describe how that demand lms been met...
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TABULATING THE RESULTS OF STEAM-ENGINE AND BOILER TRIALS, 1913.
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- Author: H R SANKEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16796
- REl'OIiT O N STEAM-ENGIXE AND BOILER TRIALS. 265 Report of the Committee on Tabulating the Results of Steam-Engine and Boiler Trials: 1913. Menhers n the Committee : f *Captain 11. RIALI,SANKEY, (ret.), Choirnmn. R.E. *H. 11. J. BLI~,S.~ALL. 1 *Sir GUILFORD & ~ o L E S W O I ~ T H , L. l'rofessor 11. L. CALLEXUIII, 1 K...
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OBITUARY. JAMES BARTON, 1826-1913.
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- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16797
- 36s [Obituary. OBITUARY. J A M X S BAILTON, a prominent Irish engineer, whose name mill be especially identified with the project for : physical connection L between Ireland ant1 Great Britain, died a t Dundalk on the 13th Jnnu:wy, 1913, at the aclvancecl age of 87. The son of thelate Atr. John Barton, of Stonehouse, County Dublin, he was in enrly life associated with the late Sir John McSeill, one of the pioneers of milwayconstruction in Ireland.Amongstotherrailwaysupon which Mr. B u t o n was engaged nmy be mentioned the Dundalk and Xnniskillen, Derry Central, Clogher Vdley, Dundnlk and Greenore, EnnbridgeExtension,light rai1m;tys in Donegal,mcl theBelfast Junction line, whichincluded the construction of the well-known Boyne Viaduct, built on the then novel lattice-girder principle...
OBITUARY. EDWARD GOLDING BARTON, 1852-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16798
- Obituary.] EDWARD GOLDING BARTON. 369 EDWARDGOLDINGBARTON, a son of JamesBarton, was born on the 28th January, 1852, and died in India in January, 1913. After graduating and in Arts Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin, he served a pupilage to his father, m d was subsequently employed as ResidentEngineer on the construction of several railways in the Korth of Ireland. I n 1884 he was appointed Resident Engineer on a section of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, and on its completion became District Engineer at Darbhanga, Bengal, in charge of public works...
OBITUARY. ALFRED PANCOAST BOLLER, 1840-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16799
- Obituary.] EDWARD GOLDING BARTON. 369 EDWARDGOLDINGBARTON, ason of JamesBarton, was born on the 28th January, 1852, and died in India in January, 1913. After graduating and in Arts Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin, he served a pupilage to his father, m d was subsequently employed asResidentEngineer on the construction of several railways in the Korth of Ireland. I n 1884 he was appointed ResidentEngineer on a section of theBengal-Nagpur Railway, and on its completion became District Engineer a t Darbhanga, Bengal, in charge of public works...
OBITUARY. CHARLES EDWARD BOTLEY., 1848-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16800
- 3'70 CHARLES EDWARD BOTLEY. [Obituary. various bridges for the City of New York, cantilever bridges for the Wabash Railway across the Monangahela River at Pittsburg and across the Ohio River at Mingo Junction, Montreal the River viaduct, the Connecticut River bridge at Saybrook for the State of Connecticut,andthe Mississippi bridge at St. Lonin. They were also Consulting Engineers for the steel construction of the Singer and Metropolitan buildings. Mr. Holler, or his firm, were frequently retained as Consulting Engineers by theUnitedStatesGovernment,theState of New York, and the City of New York, as well as by many other cities and railway corporations...
OBITUARY. JAMES WARNE CHENHALL. 1854-1913,
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16801
- Obituary.] JAMES WARNE CHENHALL. 371 J A M E S W A R N E C H E N H A L Lborn on the 23rd February, 1854, , died a t Totnesonthe26thSeptember, 1913. Trainedunderhis J. S. Chenhall, in the mining branch of the father, the late Mr. profession, he was, fornearly 20 years,manager or engineer of various copper, tin and zinc mines in England and Wales. In 1884 hewasentrustedwiththeconstructionandmanagement of the Anaconda Smelting Works, Montana, the then largest coppersmelting plant in existence, and subsequently became a consulting he engineer mining and expert, visiting reporting mining and on properties in all parts of the world...
OBITUARY. DUGALD DRUMMOND, 1840-1912.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16802
- Obituary.] JAMES WARNE CHENHALL. 371 J A M E S W A R N E C H E N H A L Lborn on the 23rd February, 1854, , died a t Totnesonthe26thSeptember, 1913. Trainedunderhis J. S. Chenhall, in the mining branch of the father, the late Mr. profession, he was, fornearly 20 years,manager or engineer of various copper, tin and zinc mines in England and Wales. In 1884 hewasentrustedwiththeconstructionandmanagement of the Anaconda Smelting Works, Montana, the then largest coppersmelting plant in existence, and subsequently became a consulting he engineer mining and expert, visiting reporting mining and on properties in all parts of the world...
OBITUARY. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL ELLIOTT, DSC, 1861-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16803
- 372 AKCIIIBALD CAMPBELL ELLIOTT. [Obituary. for express traffic. Another direction in which his skill found full scope was in thedesignandconstruction of steam rail-motors, which he succeeded i n making powerful and commodious and well adapted to their particular purpose. During his tenure of ofice the locomotive works were removed from Nine Elms to Eastleigh, where the new shops were designed byMr.Drummond.Asanemployerhe was justandkind,and enjoyed the affection and esteem of his workpeople, whose interests he had always a t heart. Possessing an abnormal capacity for work, he was a man of strictest integrity and high moral worth, and his numerous cllarit,:~ble actions were always done in the closest privacy...
OBITUARY. ALFRED SHARMAN GILES, 1866-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16804
- 372 AKCIIIBALD CAMPBELL ELLIOTT. [Obituary. for express traffic. Another direction in which his skill found full of steam rail-motors, scope was in thedesignandconstruction which he succeeded i n making powerful and commodious and well adapted to their particular purpose. During his tenure of ofice the locomotive works were removed from Nine Elms to Eastleigh, where the new shops were designed byMr.Drummond.Asanemployerhe as justandkind,and enjoyed the affection and esteem of his workpeople, whose interests he had always a t heart. Possessing an abnormal capacity for work, he was a man of strictest integrity and high moral worth, and his numerous cllarit,:~ble actions were always done in the closest privacy...
OBITUARY. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, 1851-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16805
- Obituary.] HAMILTON. ARCHIBALD 3i3 Engineer, Blackburn, a.nd Manager of the Corporation tramways. Subsequently he became General Manager and Engineer of the Cape Town tramways, and Managing Director to the Camps Bay Tramways Company. At the time of hisdeath,he was Directorand Chief Engineer of the electric tramway system of Lisbon. Mr. Giles was elected a Member of The Institution on the 1st March, 1910. ARCHIBALDHAMILTON,bornatMotherwellonthelGth January, 1851, died at Glasgow on the 24th July, 1913. H e served his apprenticeship to Mr...
OBITUARY. DANIEL LEAN HUTCHISON, M.SC, 1864-1913
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16806
- Obituary.] HAMILTON. ARCHIBALD 3i3 Engineer, Blackburn, a.nd Manager of the Corporation tramways. Subsequently he became General Manager and Engineer of the Cape Town tramways, and Managing Director to the Camps Bay Tramways Company. At the time of hisdeath,he was Directorand Chief Engineer of the electric tramway system of Lisbon. Mr. Giles was elected a Member of The Institution on the 1st March, 1910. ARCHIBALDHAMILTON,bornatMotherwellonthelGth January, 1851, died at Glasgow on the 24th July, 1913. H e served his apprenticeship to Mr...
OBITUARY. ROBERT TREFUSIS MALLET 1837-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16807
- 3 74 EOBERT TIlEPUSIS MALLET. [Obituary. ROBERT TREFUSIS MALLET, born in Dublin on the 6th March, 1837, died at South Kensington on the 15th November, 1913. I I e first went to India in 185G, when he W:LY employed for some years on the East Indian Railway. After gaining further experience in Europe, he returned to India in 1868 and was appointed Fxecutive Engineer on the Punjab Northern State llailway, where he built theRavibridge.lSubsequentlyhe was transferredtotheIndus ValleyRailwayasXngineer-in-chief,andafterwardsactedin a similar capacity on the Rewari-Ferozepur Railway, designing and buildingtheFerozepurBridge,andontheKorthWesternStnte Railway...
OBITUARY. EDWARD MANISTY 1844-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16808
- 3 74 EOBERT TIlEPUSIS MALLET. [Obituary. ROBERT TREFUSIS MALLET, born in Dublin on the 6th March, 1837, died at South Kensington on the 15th November, 1913. I I e first went to India in 185G, when he W:LY employed for some years on the East Indian Railway. After gaining further experience in Europe, he returned to India in 1868 and was appointed Fxecutive Engineer on the Punjab Northern State llailway, where he built theRavibridge.lSubsequentlyhe was transferredtotheIndus ValleyRailwayasXngineer-in-chief,andafterwardsactedin a similar capacity on the Rewari-Ferozepur Railway, designing and buildingtheFerozepurBridge,andontheKorthWesternStnte Railway...
OBITUARY. DAVID MORRIS, 1842-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16809
- Obituary,] DAVID MORRIS. 375 appointed Chief of the staff to Messrs. C. H. Walker and Company, contractors, a position which he retained until his death. Mr. Manisty was elected an Assockte of The Institution on the 34th May, 1870, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members and was transferred to the class of Members on the 17th January, 1893. ~ ~~.~~ ~~~ ~ ~~ . . ~~ ~ DAVID MORRIS, born a t dmmanford, Carmarthenshire, on the at that place on the 22ndMay,1913...
OBITUARY. JOHN THOMAS NICOLSON D.SC, 1860-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16810
- Obituary,] DAVID MORRIS. 375 appointed Chief of the staff to Messrs. C. H. Walker and Company, contractors, a position which he retained until his death. Mr. Manisty was elected an Assockte of The Institution on the 34th May, 1870, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members and was transferred to the class of Members on the 17th January, 1893. ~ ~~.~~ ~~~ ~ ~~ . . ~~ ~ DAVID MORRIS, born a t dmmanford, Carmarthenshire, on the at that place on the 22ndMay,1913...
OBITUARY. CHARLES DONALD NAPIER PARKER, 1850-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16811
- 37G CHARLES IKlN.\LD PAERER. NAPIER [Obit,uary. CHARLES IIONALT) N A P I E RP A R K E R , horn on the 16th October,1850, died a t Ttmbritlge & \e 's l ontlle20thJune, 1913. He served a pupilage with Messrs. M:tudsl;Ly, Sons :and Field, and W;LS nfterw:wcls engaged o n the J)erly waterworks contract at Littlc E:Lton, on mainten:mce works at Leit,ll lhcks, and as assist:mt t o theBoroughKngineer of Sdford...
OBITUARY. WILLIAM BRISTOW, 1881-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16812
- 37G CHARLES IKlN.\LD PAERER. NAPIER [Obit,uary. CHARLES IIONALT) N A P I E RP A R K E R , horn on the 16th October,1850, died a t Ttmbritlge & \e 's l ontlle20thJune, 1913. He served a pupilage with Messrs. M:tudsl;Ly, Sons :and Field, and W;LS nfterw:wcls engaged o n the J)erly waterworks contract at Littlc E:Lton, on mainten:mce works at Leit,ll lhcks, and as assist:mt t o theBoroughKngineer of Sdford...
OBITUARY. THOMAS COATES, 1842-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16813
- 37G CHARLES IKlN.\LD PAERER. NAPIER [Obit,uary. CHARLES IIONALT) N A P I E RP A R K E R , horn on the 16th October,1850, died a t Ttmbritlge & \e 's l ontlle20thJune, 1913. He served a pupilage with Messrs. M:tudsl;Ly, Sons :and Field, and W;LS nfterw:wcls engaged o n the J)erly waterworks contract at Littlc E:Lton, on mainten:mce works at Leit,ll lhcks, and as assist:mt t o theBoroughKngineer of Sdford...
OBITUARY. WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, 1877-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16814
- Obituary.] WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, 377 WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, born at Greenwichonthe9th March, 1877, died a t Wokingham the August, on 30th 1913. Trained in the Harbour Engineer's Oflice, Dundee, he was for a time an assistant to Mr. G. C. Buchanan, until appointed to the staff of the Hubour Engineer, Aberdeen. He next joined the staff of Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners, and from 1909 until his death he served under the Commissioners of the Port of Rangoon, latterly as Executive Engineer for the river-trainingworks...
OBITUARY. SOPHUS SIMMELKJOER, 1836-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16815
- Obituary.] WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, 377 WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, born at Greenwichonthe9th March, 1877, died a t Wokingham the August, on 30th 1913. Trained in the Harbour Engineer's Oflice, Dundee, he was for a time an assistant to Mr. G. C. Buchanan, until appointed to the staff of the Hubour Engineer, Aberdeen. He next joined the staff of Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners, and from 1909 until his death he served under the Commissioners of the Port of Rangoon, latterly as Executive Engineer for the river-trainingworks...
OBITUARY. RUSSELL TIPPETTS, 1874-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16816
- Obituary.] WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, 377 WILLIAM GREGORY KEAY, born at Greenwichonthe9th March, 1877, died a t Wokingham the August, on 30th 1913. Trained in the Harbour Engineer's Oflice, Dundee, he was for a time an assistant to Mr. G. C. Buchanan, until appointed to the staff of the Hubour Engineer, Aberdeen. He next joined the staff of Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners, and from 1909 until his death he served under the Commissioners of the Port of Rangoon, latterly as Executive Engineer for the river-trainingworks...
OBITUARY. EHRET WAY, 1877-1913.
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- 317s EIIHET WAS. [Obituary. ELERET WAY, son of the late Colonel G. A. Way, C.B., and :L great-grandson of Sir William Cubitt, Past-President, was born in India in 1877, ancl died a t Yroadstnirs o n thc 20th August, 1013. Trained on the Tan' Vale Railway, he gained practical experience i nt h e Mslay States, in and 1904 became temporary Assistant in Indian the Public Works Depmtment. He was employed successively on Nagdn-Muttrs Railway, North the State the at Western Railway the and Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bhusawal, where it is believed he contracted enteric fever...
OBITUARY. MAXIMILIAN RICHARD WESTERN, 1850-1913.
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- 317s EIIHET WAS. [Obituary. ELERET WAY, son of the late Colonel G. A. Way, C.B., and :L great-grandson of Sir William Cubitt, Past-President, was born in India in 1877, ancl died a t Yroadstnirs o n thc 20th August, 1013. Trained on the Tan' Vale Railway, he gained practical experience i nt h e Mslay States, in and 1904 became temporary Assistant in Indian the Public Works Depmtment. He was employed successively on Nagdn-Muttrs Railway, North the State the at Western Railway the and Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bhusawal, where it is believed he contracted enteric fever...
OBITUARY. EDWARD WILLEY, BSC, 1884-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16819
- 317s EIIHET WAS. [Obituary. ELERET WAY, son of the late Colonel G. A. Way, C.B., and :L great-grandson of Sir William Cubitt, Past-President, was born in India in 1877, ancl died a t Yroadstnirs o n thc 20th August, 1013. Trained on the Tan' Vale Railway, he gained practical experience i nt h e Mslay States, in and 1904 became temporary Assistant in Indian the Public Works Depmtment. He was employed successively on Nagdn-Muttrs Railway, North the State the at Western Railway the and Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bhusawal, where it is believed he contracted enteric fever...
OBITUARY. EDWARD TYER, 1830-1912.
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- Obituary.] EDRARD TYER. 345 E D W A R D T Y E R , who will be remembered for the many importantcontributionswhichhemadetothedevelopment of railway signalling and telegraphic science, died a t Tunbridge Wells on the 25th December, 1912, in his 83rd year. Horn in Kennington on the 6th February, 1830, he was educated first a t the City of London School and afterwards privately. After spending a short period in his uncle's City office, he decided to turn his attention definitely to thedevelopment of electrical appliances, workfor which hehad already shown considerable aptitude...

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Minutes of the Proceedings

Volume 195, Issue 1914, January 1914