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Volume 198, 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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SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMERCIAL MOTOR-VEHICLES (INCLUDING PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- Author: T CLARKSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16308
- THE INSTITUTIQK OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. O F PROCEEDINGS. SESSION 1913-1914.-PART IV. SECT.1.-MINUTES 24 March, 1914. J O H N S T R A I N , Vice-President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 4102.) Some Recent Developments in Commercial Motor-Vehicles." ByTHOMASCLARKSON, Inst. C.E. M. DURING the period which has elapsedsince the subject of motorvehicles was last reviewed before The Institution,l remarkable developments have taken place in this department of engineering, not only i n regard to the quality the vehicles, but also in the magnitude of of their operations for the transportof passengers and merchandise...
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COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS OF TRAMWAYS AND RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION.
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- Author: T G GRIBBLE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16309
- 34 (Paper No. 4071.) " Comparative Economics of Tramways and Railless Electric Traction." By THEODORE GRAIIAM GRIBELE, Inst. C.E. M. of trmsportation variously designated as " Railless Electric Traction," the " Trolly-Bus," or " The Trackless Trolly," already forms a n extension to the tramways, and numerous applicationsfor the authorization of similar lines are before Parliament. The several varieties of this compzmtively new form of electric traction have been described frequently in technical journals, and it is not proposed to describe themfurtherinthisPaper...
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DISCUSSION. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES AND RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION.
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- pp. 58–93
- Authors: J STRAIN; T CLARKSON; R E CROMPTON; SIR A KENNEDY; W W BEAUMONT; H E JONES; T B BROWNE; A J LAWSON; R RYVES; H H GORDON; S SELLON; M R LAWRENCE; H M SAYERS; GRIBBLE
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16310
- 5s DISCUSSION ON COJIMERCIAL MOTOR-VEHICLES [hlillutes of Discussion. m e Chairman. Mr. Clarkson. colonel `rompton. The CHAIRMAN moved a vote of thanks to the Authors. Mr.CLARKSONexhibitedseverallantern-slidesillustrative of the subject of his Paper. Colonel R. E. CROMPTON. regrettedthatpressure of business had prevented him from preparing himself to take part in the discussion as fully as he would have liked, but it was perhaps fitting that he should open the discussion, as he was the Author of the last Paper, read at the Institution in February, 1907, on practically the same subject ; and also because he had known Mr...
CORRESPONDENCE. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES AND RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION.
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- Authors: E A CALVERT; A I GRAHAM; P T HARRISON; E P HOOLEY; P W SHAW; G D SNYDER; H E YERBURY; T G GRIBBLE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16311
- Proceedings.] AND IMILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION. 93 Ci:ibblc. portation had already attained, 24d. per car-mile meant 34 millions Mr. sterlingperannumonthetotal. Economics,however,were not everything.Thetrsthetic objection to overheadwires was always It had,however,beensuborworthy of respectfulconsideration. dinated to utility in the past, and would be so also, he believed, in thefuture. H e didnot clitim forraillesstractionwhatthe enthusiasts of the tramcar and motor-bus claimed for those vehicles -that i t was a panacea for all the ills of congestedpopulations. H e claimed,however, that its economic advantages must win for it a wider field than its opponents indicated...
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THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS IN CANADA AND MONTREAL HARBOUR. (INCLUDING APPENDIXES AND PLATES AT BACK OF BOOK).
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- pp. 104–151
- Author: F W COWIE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16312
- 104 C>OJ$'IE ON TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM IN CANADA, [Minutes of (Paper No. 41l l . ) The Transportation Problem in Canada, and Montreal Harbour." By FREDERICE. WILLIAM COWIE,B.A.Sc., M. Inst. C.E. INTRODUCTION, THE population of the Dominion of Canada is about 8,000,000. Thetotalannualforeigntrade is about $1,000,000,000. Canada has, therefore, a foreign trade per capita of $125. Thepopulation of Montreal,includingtheconnectingmunicipalities is about 600,000. The foreign trade is about $370,000,000 per annum...
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DISCUSSION. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM IN CANADA AND MONTREAL HARBOUR.
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- Authors: F W COWIE; B H BLYTH; C CORNER; C M JACOBS; C S MEIK; M F WILSON; A J LAWSON; C R S KIRKPATRICK; G FITZGIBBON; M FITZMAURICE; F E W SHEILDS
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16313
- 152 DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM [Minutes of Discussion. The AUTHOR exhibited number of lantern-slides illustrating the a subject of the Paper. Thechairman. The CHAIRMAN, moving a vote of thanks the in to Author, remarked that the members would probably agree that it was one of themostimportantPapersthathndever been read in the of the valuable engilnstitntion ; important not only on account neering information it gave, but also because it dealt with one of the greatest subjects that would have to be considered in the new future. It was well known that Canada would be one of the main sources from which the United Kingdom would derive its whentof thegrainonits supply,andanyfacilitiesforthehandling journey from the West to the ports on the East and for its tra...
CORRESPONDENCE. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS IN CANADA AND MONTREAL HARBOUR.
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- Authors: W R BELL; R D BROWN; M F COCHRANE; E L CORTHELL; W H HAMER; C H HEATHCOTE; G W HUMPHREYS; L LUIGGI; R J MONEY; M MOWAT; J V NIMMO; G G OMMANNEY; P SEUROT; W A TAIT; E WRAGGE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16314
- 172 The Author. CORRESPOSDENCE ON TRANSPORTATION I'KOIILEM [Minutes of power. H e thought the futurewas much brighter than Mr. Lawson In conclusion, he could only say he was proud as a had suggested. Canadian member to have visited the Institution, and much gratified t o have been received with such grent courtesy. Correspondence. Mr. Bell. Mr. W. REID BELLobserved that,having beenconnectedwith the preparation of the plans for the report on Montreal Harbour made in 1877 by Messrs. Bell, Kewton, and Fleming, he was keenly interested in the Author's description of the progress made in the greatCanadianport...
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THE JAMES FORREST LECTURE 1914, THE FLYING MACHINE FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT.
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- Author: F W LANCHESTER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16315
- Extra Meeting.] LANCHESTER THE ON FLYING-XACHINE. 245 EXTRA MEETING. 5 May, 1914. ANTHONYGEORGELYSTER,M.Eng.,President, in the Chair. THE " JAMES FORREST" LECTURE, 1914. THE PRESIDENT,he had great pleasure in formally introducing said theLecturer,although Mr. Lanchesterreallyrequirednointroduction, because he was alreadyknownto the members-if not personally, a t alleventsbynameandreputation-asone of the highest authorities in any country the subject of Aeronautics. H e on was glad to see from the large attendance that the subject of the lecture had evoked so much interest...
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OBITUARY. WALTER HUNTER, 1840-1914. (VICE-PRESIDENT).
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16316
- Obituary.] WALTER IIUNTEB. 339 OBITUARY. WALTER HUNTER, aVice-President of The Institution,and well known as a water engineer, died on the 9th September, 1914. Born a t Bow in 1840, he was educated at the Stepney Grammar School, afterwards at King's College School, and at the College du HOvre. He was articled to his father, of the firm of Hunter and English, mechanical engineers and millwrights, of Bow, Mr. Walter Hunter subsequently became head of the firm, andretained the direction until 1896, when he retiredin order to devote himself to general practice...
OBITUARY. THOMAS RICHARD BAYLISS 1838-1914.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16317
- 340 WALTER HUNTER. [Obituary. practical judgment, which was allied to a logical and lucid power of expression, early marked him out for public service, and he successivelyrepresentedhisdistrictasMember of the PoplarDistrict Board of Works, as and Member of the first London County Council in 1889. Whilst on the Bridges Committee of the latter he was instrumentalin securing the adoption of a larger and more efficient scheme for the Blackwall Tunnel than was at first intended, t o the great benefit of the districts so connected. Mr. Hunter was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex in 1886 andfortheCounty of Londonin 1389...
OBITUARY. HENRY JOSEPH BUTTER, 1835-1914.
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- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16318
- Obituarg.] HENRY JOSEPH BUTTER. 34 1 1859 he wasemployed by Mr. John Abraham, forwhom he designed machinery for the manufacture ammunition and later erected the of AdderleyParkRolling Mills and Metal Works. On the transfer of this business totheBirminghamSmallArms Company, Mr. Bayliss became managing director of that establishment, retaining the position until 1889, when he founded the King's Norton Metal Company. H e designed and erected improved machinery for metalworking, ammunition-making, etc., and laid out important extensions of the works at Abbey Wood, Kent...
OBITUARY. JOHN CARRUTHERS, 1836-1914.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16319
- Obituarg.] HENRY JOSEPH BUTTER. 34 1 1859 he wasemployed by Mr. John Abraham, for whom he designed machinery for the manufacture of ammunition and later erected the Adderley Park RollingMillsandMetalWorks. On the transfer of this business totheBirminghamSmallArmsCompany, Mr. Bayliss became managing director of t h a t establishment, retaining the position until 1889, when he founded the King's Norton Metal Company. H e designed and erected improved machinery for metalworking, ammunition-making, etc., and laid out important extensions of the works at Abbey Wood, K e n t ...
OBITUARY. ROBERT KAYE GRAY, 1851-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16320
- Obituary. J ROBERT XAYE GRAY. 313 and construction of the Coolgardie Water Supply and other works. From 1903, he practised i n conjunction with Mr. J. D. Elliot and his son, Mr. F. Gilbert Carruthers. H e died on the 2nd September, 1914, aged 78. Mr. Carruthers waselected a n Associate of The Institution on the 9th January, 1866, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 16th May, 1871. R O B E R TK A Y EG R A Y died from heart failure at Brighton on the 23rd April, 1914, in his sixty-third year...
OBITUARY.ALBERT GROTHE, 1841-1914.
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- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16321
- Obituary.] GROTHE. ALBERT 345 Robert Gray was :L man of high character, integrity and uprightness: honesty of purpose was his guiding principle. By those who knewhimintimatelyhe will always remembered be for his kindly and genial nature and his readiness to lendhelping a hand any in case that seemed t o him really worthy. He was unfailing in his generosity to many good causes, and in particular to hospitals and charitable institutions, especially those devoted to the welfare of seamen, with which he was associated as a governor or inother ways...
OBITUARY. JOSEPH HALL, 1851-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16322
- Obituary.] GROTHE. ALBERT 345 Robert Gray was :L man of high character, integrity and uprightness: honesty of purpose his was guiding principle. By those who knewhimintimatelyhe will always remembered be for his kindly and genial nature and his readiness to lend a helping handinany case that seemed t o him really worthy. He was unfailing in his generosity to many good causes, and in particular to hospitals and charitable institutions, especially those devoted to the welfare of seamen, with which he was associated as a governor or inother ways...
OBITUARY. HERBERT SEPTIMUS HARINGTON 1855-1913.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16323
- 246 IIEBXERT SEPTIMUS IIAIUNGTON. [Obituary. and discharged the duties of this important post until 1910, when he commenced practice Consulting as Engineer, Architect and Valuer. H e was also Government Assessor on the Appeal Tribunal and Examiner in Engineering to Bombay University. Mr. Hall was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 4th July, 1879, and was transferred t o the class of Members on the 29th April, 1902. H E R B E R T SEPTIMUS HARINGTON, born on the 20th April, 1855, died at Patiala,India,inNovember, 1913...
OBITUARY. JOHN HENRY EUSTACE HART 1833-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16324
- 246 IIEBXERT SEPTIMUS IIAIUNGTON. [Obituary. and discharged the duties of this important post until 1910, when he commenced practice Consulting as Engineer, Architect and Valuer. H e was also Government Assessor on the Appeal Tribunal and Examiner in Engineering to Bombay University. Mr. Hall was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 4th July, 1879, and was transferred t o the class of Members on the 29th April, 1902. H E R B E R T SEPTIMUS HARINGTON, born on the 20th April, 1855, died at Patiala,India,inNovember, 1913...
OBITUARY. HORACE JOHN MANNERING, 1844-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16325
- Obituary.] IIOItACE JOHN MANSERIKG. 317 HORACE JOHK MANK'ERIWG,bornonthe25thJune, 1844, died at Purley on the 9th July, 1914. H e was articled in 1860 t o the late Mr. F. D. Banikter, then Chief Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and was subsequently appointed an engineer the in Company's service, in which he passed the whole of his professional career,attainingtheposition of Chief AssistantEngineer,andretiring in 1910. During this period he wasassociated withalltheimprovementsandextensionscarried out on the Brighton system, supervised contracts, and prepared the Parliamentary plans and estimates...
OBITUARY. CHRISTER PETER SANDBERG, 1832-1913.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16326
- Obituary.] IIOItACE JOHN MANSERIKG. 317 HORACE JOHK MANK'ERIWG,born on the 25th June, 1844, died a t Purley on the 9th July, 1914. H e was articled in 1860 t o the late Mr. F. D. Banikter, then Chief Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and was subsequently appointed an engineer the in Company's service, in which he passed the whole of his professional career, attainingthe position of Chief AssistantEngineer,andretiring in 1910. During this period he was associated withalltheimprovementsandextensionscarried out on the Brighton system, supervised contracts, and prepared the Parliamentary plans and estimates...
OBITUARY. WILLIAM GEORGE SCOTT 1839-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16327
- 348 WILLIAM GEORGE SCOTT. [Obituary. authorities, and he acted as Consulting and Inspecting Engineer to both the Chinese and the Siamese Government railways. I n recognition of his public services he received decorations from his native country, and from France, Belgium, Russia, and China. Indefatigable in research, he was no less industrious in giving the .results of hislabours to the world. H e was a frequent contributor to the proceedings of scientific societies, both in Europe and America, as well as to the columns of the technical press...
OBITUARY. JAMES STEWART, 1833-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16328
- Obituaq-.] JAMES STEWART. 349 JAMESSTEWART died a t Auckland on the February, 12th 1914, aged 81 years.Born in Perthshire, he left this country in 1859 for New Zealand, where he a t oncecommenced engineering practice. I n 1862 he was appointed Engineer the to Auckland City Board of Works, but on the outbreak of war received a militia command, and carried out various special works. Subsequently he was appointed Joint Engineer of the Auckland-Drury Railway, and later an Inspector under the Marine Department. For several years he also actedas DistrictEngineer of Auckland Province...
OBITUARY. FRANCIS JAMES TREWENT, 1850-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16329
- Obituaq-.] JAMES STEWART. 349 JAMESSTEWART died a t Auckland on the February, 12th 1914, aged 81 years.Born in Perthshire, he left this country in 1859 for New Zealand, where he a t oncecommenced engineering practice. I n 1862 he was appointed Engineer the to Auckland City Board of Works, but on the outbreak of war received a militia command, and carried out various special works. Subsequently he was appointed Joint Engineer of the Auckland-Drury Railway, and later an Inspector under the Marine Department. For several years he also actedas DistrictEngineer of Auckland Province...
OBITUARY. HENRY VALPOT FRANCIS VALPY 1834-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16330
- 350 IlENrLY VALPOT FRAKCIS VALPY. [Obituary. HENRYVALPOTFRANCISVALPY, born on the1st Ma.y, 1834, died in London on the 26th August, 1914. He was a pupil nnd afterwards an assistant to Mr. Thomas Page, the Engineer of Westminster Bridge. I n 1859 he to went Paraguay, and was appointed Government a Engineer. I n conjunction with Mr. P. Burrell he carried out railways and other public works, and after the revolution of 1870, Mr. Valpy ancl Mr. Burrell practised together in Westminster...
OBITUARY. MORGAN BRANSBY WILLIAMS, 1825-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16331
- 350 IlENrLY VALPOT FRAKCIS VALPY. [Obituary. HENRYVALPOTFRANCISVALPY, bornonthe1st Ma.y, 1834,died in London on the 26th August, 1914. H e was a pupil nnd afterwards an assistant to Mr. Thomas Page, the Engineer of Westminster Bridge. I n 1859 he went Paraguay, to and was appointedaGovernmentEngineer. I n conjunction with Mr. P. Burrell he carried out railways and other public works, and after the revolution of 1870, Mr. Valpy ancl Mr. Burrell practised together in Westminster. I n 1886 Mr...
OBITUARY. CYRIL HOLM BISS 1866-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16332
- Obituar~-.] CYKIL H O L M BISS. 351 Chairman during long years of varying fortune, his work culminating in the conclusion of a satisfactory working arrangement with the Great Western Railway Company. H e wasalso a Director of the Metropolitan Bank of England and Wales. In local administration and affairs he took an active and keen interest. H e was a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant of theCounty,and filled theoEce of High Sheriff in 1894. I n politics he was a Liberal, and although he more than once declined Parliamentary honours, was a prominent supporter of Liberalism in Glamorgan...
OBITUARY. HAROLD ST. GEORGE BOWN HAYES. 1882-1914.
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1914.16333
- Obituar~-.] CYKIL H O L M BISS. 351 Chairman during long years of varying fortune, his work culminating in the conclusion of a satisfactory working arrangement with the Great Western Railway Company. H e wasalso a Director of the Metropolitan Bank of England and Wales. In local administration and affairs he took an active and keen interest. H e was a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant of theCounty,and filled theoEce of High Sheriff in 1894. I n politics he was a Liberal, and although he more than once declined Parliamentary honours, was a prominent supporter of Liberalism in Glamorgan...

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Volume 198, Issue 1914, January 1914