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Volume 205, Issue 1918, January 1918

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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ADDRESS OF HARRY EDWARD JONES, PRESIDENT, 1918.
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- Author: H E JONES
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15829
- Proceedings.] ADDRESS OF IIARRY EDWARD JOXES, PRESIDENT. 5 The PRESIDENT delivered the following Address :then GENTLEMEN,-It f a h t o me now to address you, and in the first instance I may say 1 am struck with an abiding regret in mv own mind that o u r dear friend Mr. Worthington was debarred by illness from taking the place that P occupy to-day. H e represents a great industry in the country, and his personal qualities have endeared him to every Member of the Council he has worked with so long...
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THE HARDINGE BRIDGE OVER THE LOWER GANGES AT SARA. (INCLUDING APPENDICES AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 18–67
- Author: SIR R R GALES
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15830
- 1s GALES ON THE BARDINGE BRIDGE [Minutes of 20 November, 1917. H A R R Y EDWARD JONES, President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 4200.) `` The Hardinge Bridge over the Lower Ganges at Sara." By Sir ROBERT RICHARD GALES,F.C.H., M. Inst. C.E. THEHardingeBridgeconnectsthestandard5-foot6-inchgauge system of the Eastern Bengal Railway south of the Ganges with It comprisesfifteen themetre-gaugesystemnorth of theriver. girder spans of 345 feet 13 inch, with three land spans of 75 feet a t eachend...
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DISCUSSION. THE HARDINGE BRIDGE OVER THE LOWER GANGES AT SARA. (INCLUDING PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME),L
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- pp. 68–79
- Authors: H E JONES; F PALMER; SIR B LESLIE; E BENEDICT
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15831
- 6s Discussion. The President. The PRESIDENT, in moving a vote of thanks the to Author, remarkedthatthepresentationtoTheInstitution of so full a description of a work of the magnitude of the Bridge Sara deserved the warmest acknowledgment. Mr. palmer. Mr. FREDERICK PALMER havingshown,ontheAuthor'sbehalf, some lantern-slides illustrating the work, remarked that t t e bridge was one of the finest engineering works of recent years. H e had beenassociatedwith thebridge at twostages:thefirst was in of India to a 1907,when he was nominated by the Government Committee (of which the Author was also a member) appointed to determinethesiteforthe bridge...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE HARDINGE BRIDGE OVER THE LOWER GANGES AT SARA.
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- pp. 79–99
- Authors: SIR J BENTON; W B FARR; J N D LA TOUCHE; W O LEITCH; SIR F SPRING; E W STONEY; W H THORPE; F J WARING; SIR R R GALES
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15832
- Proceedings.] CORRESPONDENCE ON THE HARDINGE BRIDGE. 79 should term " wing abutments," or `I wing bunds." That was the Mr. Benedict. purpose of the protective two banks a t each end of the Sara far intothestream, Bridge,buttheyhad been putmuchtoo :tnd were much too long. The late Mr. J. R. Bell's " balloon " spurs had not been adopted. It should always be remembered that the channels of the rivers in Bengal were muchmoredangerous as they developed at low level than they were a t t h e flood level...
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BY-PRODUCT COKING.
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- pp. 104–138
- Author: G B WALKER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15833
- 104 BLAliE WALKER ON EECENT DEVE1,OPIIIENTS [Minutes of (Paper No. 4202.) l` Recent Developments in By-product Coking." GEORGE BLAKE A L K E R , M . Inst. C.E. W WJIEX the Author's previous Paper1 WRS presented, about 17 years itgo, the subject of By-product Coking was somewhat new in this country, although great progress had been made abroad, especially in Belgium andGermany.Sincethen a complete revolution has taken place in coking practice in England. By-product ovens have very largely taken the place of old beehive ovens; scarcely any of these have been built recently, and they are destined ere long to pass into the limbo of superseded appliances...
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DISCUSSION. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BY-PRODUCT COKING.
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- pp. 139–150
- Authors: H E JONES; B G WALKER; C C CARPENTER; W H ELLIS; T H BAILEY; A LUPTON; T GLOVER
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15835
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSION ON BY-PRODUCT COKING. 139 Discussion. The PRESIDENT,movingavote in of thankstotheAuthor, m President e observed that, at the present time, when the economical development of all the value resident in coal had been brought so prominently before the world, thePaper could not dootherwise than arrest attention and give useful information. The AUTHOR remarked that he had given particular attention to The Author. the development of the utilization of coke-ovens for the production of power gas.Therewerepossibilities of veryconsiderable extension of that in the future. He was convinced that an immense amount of power was being wasted to-day in connection with the manufacture of coke, whichshould be made use of for providing so much...
CORRESPONDENCE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BY-PRODUCT COKING.
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- pp. 151–164
- Authors: W COLQUHOUN; W HAWDON; C HUNT; J A LONGDEN; A D MITTON; T H NAYLOR; W H PATCHELL; R PEEL; H WILSON; B G WALKER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15836
- Correspondence. Mr. W. COLQUHOUN observed that it would add to the value of the Paper if it were made clear that the surplus gas from regenerative ovens was not surplus energy. Both the waste heat and regenerativetypeshad first to furnish power todrivethe coal- . washer, crushers, gas-exhausters, pumps, and charging and disthat charging machinery. There was no real "surplus " until demand been had satisfied. I n a.ddition to this first call, no inconsiderable amount of energy in theform of steam was necessary, for which a portion of the gas must be allocated, or its equivalent...
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BUENOS AIRES WESTERN RAILWAY TUNNELS UNDER THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES. (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 165–204
- Author: W L L BROWN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15837
- Proceedings.] LOWE BROWN ON BUENOS AIRES TUNNELS. 165 18 December, 1917. HARRY EDWARD JONES, President, in the Chair. `` Buenos Aires Western Railway. Tunnelsunder the City of Buenos Aires." By WILLIAM EOWE LOWE BROWN, M.Sc., M. Inst. C.E. ' THE Buenos Aires Western Railway Tunnels consist of :A Goods Tunnel, concrete lined, with a single track, 4 * 7 kilometres (3 miles) long, together with 140 metres of open approach...
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DISCUSSION: BUENOS AIRES WESTERN RAILWAY TUNNELS UNDER THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES.
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- pp. 205–208
- Authors: H E JONES; C M JACOBS; E BENEDICT; G W HUMPHREYS; J S BRODIE; W L L BROWN
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15838
- Discussion. The PRESIDENT, i n moving a vote of thanks to the Author for The President. hisPaper,remarkedthathehadbeenextremelyluckyinthe materialhehadtotunnelthrough,andtheconditionswere so exceptional as almost to amaze an engineer accustomed to work in Europe. M, Mr. Jscohs. Mr. CHARLES JACOBS thoughtthePresidenthadtouched upon,hemightalmostsay,themostremarkablefeature of the work, namely, the geological formation through which the tunnels it was almost amazing had been built. As the President had said, a conglomerate than a rock t o consider a formationmorelike or rocky material, i n which tunnels could be built such with success...
CORRESPONDENCE ON BUENOS AIRES WESTERN RAILWAY TUNNELS UNDER THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES.
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- pp. 209–214
- Authors: J BROWN; J L BUSFIELD; C S CHURCHILL; W L L BROWN
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15839
- Proceedings.] OORHESPONDENCE ON BUENOS AIRES TUNNELS. 20`3 Correspondence. Mr. JAMES BROWN rathersurprisedtoreadtheAuthor's was Mr. Drown. shtementthat a cast-iron-linedtunnel would have cost 30 per cent.morethanonelinedwith concrete. Thelate Mr. Edward Manisty, M. Inst. C.E., to whose report of October, 1906, reference was made onp. 169, after carefully studying the tunnel scheme along withtherailwayauthoritiesinBuenosAires,had advised the adoption of cast-iron-linedtunnels of 17 feet 3 inchesinternal diameter, and estimated their cost at S65 per lineal yard, or about $71 per metre...
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RECORD OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION. (ADDRESS BY THE SECRETARY IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTION ON 2 JANUARY 1918),L
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- pp. 216–225
- Author: J H T TUDSBERY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15840
- 216 TUDSBERP ON TIIE 0I:IQIN AND PROGXESS OF [Minutes of The PRESIDENT then requested t l ~ oSec7rrt:zry to present the of following statement in comrnernor:~tio~~the cstnblishutent of T l ~ u Institution on the 2nd January, 1818 :- Record of the Origin and Progress of The Institution. By J. H. T. TUDSBERY, DSc., M. Inst. C.E., Secretary. THE IsswTuuox OF CIVIL ENGISEERS founded the was on 2nd January, 1818, at a meeting held :)utthe Kendal Coffee House in Fleet Street...
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RAIL-CREEP
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- pp. 227–242
- Author: F REEVES
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15841
- REEVES ON RAIL-CREEP. 227 (Paper:No. 4213.) Rail-Creep." By FRAXK REEVES, Inst. C.E. M. IT occurred totheAuthor some yearsago thatlightmight be thrown on the cause of rail-creep by making a few simple experiments. H e began by laying a planed white-pine lath about 14 inch by inch, and about 2 . 5 metres (8 feet) long on a planed hardwood bench (Fi!/s. l ) ; upon passing a wooden wheel about 12 inches by 2 inches over it several times in succession, in one direction, the lath was found t o have moved bodily about 2 millimetres in the direction of travel, the total amountof the latter having been about 14 metres...
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CREEP OF RAILS.
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- pp. 243–253
- Author: H P MILES
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15842
- Proceedings.] MILES ON CREEP OF RAILS. 243 " Creep of Rails." By HAIXY POWELL MILES,M. Inst. C.E. OSE of the many difticultieswith which the railway maintenance engineer has to contend, in the efEcient and economical maintenance of the roads under his charge, is dealing with, and preventing as far as possible, the creeping or movement of the rails in a longitudinal direction. In recent years, owing to the increased volume of traffic andthegreater weightand speed of, thetrains,this difficulty has become more acute...
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DISCUSSION. RAIL-CREEP.
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- pp. 254–267
- Authors: H E JONES; H P MILES; W W GRIERSON; A W SZLUMPER; W WILLOX; C J BROWN; E BENEDICT; W MARRIOTT; H WILMER; E TREACHER; A W HILL
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15843
- 254 DISCUSSION QN RAIL-CREEP. [Minutes of Discussion. The President. x r , &1iles. Mr.Grjerson. The PRESIDENT a vote of thanks to the Anthors. moved Mr. MILES exhibited a number of lantern slides illustrative of the subject of the Papers. Nr. W. W. GRIERSON remarkedthat while some of the causes of creep perhaps were not fully understood, there was in his opinion no doubt to as the more important. It wns a matter of common observation thatduringthe passage of a train t11e portion of a rail immediately under and on each side of :I, wheel assumed which shape a might be compared with tht? trough of a shallow wave ; the wheel always had infront of it a slight obstructionthe in form of >L miniature gradient, it never succeeded in surmounting, but) which, in one sense, it...
CORRESPONDENCE ON RAIL CREEP.
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- Authors: J B BALL; W G COUGHLIN; W DAWSON; R W EGERTON; A W ELDER; J M R FAIRBAIRN; C P HOGG; H JACKSON; P H JOHNSON; A E LANGLEY; J N D LA TOUCHE; SIR B LESLIE; C W L JONES; E J NEACHELL; A C RENTON; J ROWLANDSON; R E SEXTON; H SHERLOCK; E W STONEY; J G SULLIVAN; C H SUMMER; J S TODD; REEVES; MILES
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15844
- Proceedings.] CORRESPONDENCE ON RAIL-CREEP. 267 just referred could be looked upon as having a yielding bed, whereas Mr. Miles the chalk formed a more substantial bed ; and yet the creep was greater in the middle third than in the other two sections. With regard to changes of temperature, no doubt they had a very great effect on creep, hut not so much, perhaps, as some people imagined. H e had underhischargeseverallongtunnelsranging in length from 33 miles to 2 miles, and he found that although the temperature was more uniform in those tunnels the creep was about the same ; in fact there was more creep a t the centre of the long t,unnels than at the ends...
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THE COOLGARDIE WATERSUPPLY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INCLUDING APPENDIXES AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME)
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- pp. 310–359
- Authors: P V O BRIEN; J PARR
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15845
- 3 April,1917.* Sir MAURICE PITZMAURICE, C.M.G., President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 4182.) `` The Coolgardie Water-Supply, Western Australia." By PERCY VINCENT O'BRIEN, Inst. C.E., and JOHN M. PARR, B.Sc., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THE construction and the maintenance for the first few years of the works to supply the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie Goldfields with water from the Darling ranges formed the subject of a Paper read before TheInstitution by Mr...
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WATER-SUPPLY IN THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INCLUDING APPENDIXES AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 360–385
- Author: P V O BRIEN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15846
- 360 O'BRIEN ON WATER-SUPPLY IN THE [Minutes of (Puper No. 4183.) " Water-Supply in the Interior of Western Australia." By PERCY VINCENT O'BRIEN, Inst. C.E. M. PHYSIOGRAPHICALLY theState of WesternAustralia, considered, the largest in the Commonwealth, having an area of 976,000 square miles, falls naturally into three fairly well-marked divisions, namely, the coastal plain, the hill ranges, and the plateau and plains of the interior(Fig. 1, Plate 9). Thelines of separationbetweenthese divisions cannot always be verysharplydrawn,butcan be said to lie within certain limits...
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DISCUSSION. WATER-SUPPLY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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- pp. 386–395
- Authors: SIR M FITZMAURICE; W C UNWIN; W J E BINNIE; F W MACAULAY
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15847
- Discussion. Thr President. The PRESIDENT, in moving a vote of thanks to the Authors, remarked that themembers would regret that, the time being so short, the Papers had had to be read in abstract, as it was quite impossible to judge from any abstract the great value of the Papers, particularly that dealingwith the Coolgardie water supply in Western Australia. To those connected with water-supply it was one of the most interesting Papers that had been read in The Institution, because it dealt in a very frank way withevery failure that had occurred o n the line and described the methodswhichhadbeen adopted to put things right, and even went so far as to d h a t was say likely to happen in the future...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE WATER-SUPPLY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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- Authors: A W BRIGHTMORE; S C CHAPMAN; F R JOHNSON; G B KERSHAW; G E LAW; D C LEITCH; C S R PALMER; G W WILLCOCKS; P V O BRIEN; J PARR
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15848
- Proceedings.] WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 395 to be covered with a thin slime of chalk. The origin of this was Mr.Macaulsy. that, owing to slight erosiveactionwhich the Elan waterhad onnewlead pipes, chalk in the proportion of to grainper gallon was added at the inlet to the aqueduct.This was some 65 miles from the steel pipes, and on that length are several places (siphon inlets and outlets) where surplus chalk collected in slack water.Whenthewater reached the steel pipes it had a total alkalinity of 1 9 to 2 1 parts of CaCo, per 100,000, Thisslime he considered a great protection against corrosion...
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RAIL-CREEP ON INDIAN RAILWAY-BRIDGES.
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- pp. 413–418
- Author: E W STONEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15849
- STOSEY ON RAIL-CREEP ox INDIAN RAILWAP-BRIDGES. 413 SECT. 11.-OTHER SELECTED PAPERS. (Paper No. 4251.) " Rail-Creep on Indian Railway-Bridges." By EDWARD WALLER STONEY, C.I.E., M. Inst. C.E. to experienceson the MadrasRailway,upon which the Author spent 36 years, first as a District Engineer, and finally as Chief, On the original system of the railway there were some miles out of a total of 850, of a standard type of bridge, consisting of spans of 70 feet centres, continuous over every other pier...
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A PRACTICAL COLUMN-DIAGRAM, WITH PROOF (INCLUDES APPENDIX).
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- pp. 419–427
- Author: R W HAWKEN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15850
- P;WrS.] HAWKEN ON A PRACTICAL COLUMN-DIAGRAM. 419 (Paper No. 4207.) `` A Practical Column-Diagram, with Proof." By ROGER WILLIAM HAWPEN, B.A., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. B.E., THE Author proposes to give inthisPaperan analysis of the stresses in a column, and to submit a diagram deduced therefrom, that will provide the designer and investigator with a simple and accurate method of knowing what happens when a column is loaded. Some experimental results will be also given, to showhow the results as measured agree with those calculated ; it will be shown thatthe agreement is close, andfurther investigations arein progress to verify the theoretical deductions...
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REPAIRS TO DOCK ENTRANCES .
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- pp. 428–444
- Author: J L CALVARD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15851
- 428 ~ A L V A R T ION REPAIRS T O DOCK-ENTRANCES. [Selected (Pnper No. 41 F5.) " Repairs t o Dock-Entrances." By JAXES LOISCALVARD, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THE repairsdescribedinthisPaperwerecarriedout at West Hartlepooland at theTyne Dock. Theconditionsineach case present departures ordinary from practice, and methods the adopted may be of interest engineers to having deal to with similarcontingencies. COALDOCK, E S T HARTLEPOOL. W The 60-foot entrance to theCoal Dock from the West Harbour at West Hartlepool was constructedin1880 ; after about 30 years' service, the gates were found to be in such a condition, from wear and exposure, as to be no longer safe, and it was decided to renew is of the olderform,havingbattered walls them...
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LIMITING VACUUM FOR STEAM TURBINES WITH TESTS OF LARGE TURBO-GENERATORS AND AIR-COMPRESSORS ON THE RAND.
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- Author: G M CLARK
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15852
- Papers.] CLARK ON LIMITING VACUUM FOR STEAM TURDINES. 445 (Paper No. 4 1 25.) Limiting Vacuum for Steam Turbines, with Tests of Large Turbo-Generators and Air-Compressors on the Rand." By GEORQE MUIRHEAD CLARK, M.A., M. Inst. C.E. THE supply power to thegold mines of the Witwatersrand area in of South Africa is in thehands of two companies, namely, the Victoria FallsandTransvaalPower Company, Limited,founded in 1906, and the Rand MinesPowerSupplyCompany,Limited,founded about 2 years later; but as the capital of the latter company is provided by the former, and as the two companies are worked by t h e same management and staff, they may for the purposa of this Paper be included under the parent title...
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NOTES ON THE CONDITION OF STEEL WATER-MAINS AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SERVICE.
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- Author: A E B HILL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1918.15853
- (Paper No. 4258.) ((Note on the Condition of Steel Water-Mains after Twenty-Five Years' Service." By ARTHUREDXUND BRETON HILL, Inst. C.E. M. Is 1892 theAuthorcontributedtothe Proceedings1 an account of the New Westminster Waterworks, British Columbia, describing the manufacture, coating, and laying of a main inches 14 in diameter, made of steelplates of B.W.G. Nos. 9, 10, 11, or 12 (0.148, 0,134, 0.120 or 0.109inchthickness),according to the pressure,and a ...
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Minutes of the Proceedings

Volume 205, Issue 1918, January 1918