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Volume 210, Issue 1920, January 1920

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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RESTORATION OF A CYCLONE-DAMAGED BREAKWATER-END, IN MADRAS HARBOUR.
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- pp. 1–26
- Author: F J E SPRING
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15004
- THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. SESSION 1919-1920.-PART 11. SECT. I.-MINUTES PROCEEDINGS. OF 24 February, 1920. Sir JOHN PURSER GRIFFITH, President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 4301.) (`Restoration of a Cyclone-Damaged Breakwater-End, in Madras Harbour." By Sir FRANCIS JOSEPH EDWARD SPRING, K.C.I.E., M.A.I., M. Inst. C.E. INTRODUCTION. THE outer end of the Korth-East sheltering breakwater of Madras Harbour having been wrecked by a cyclone in November, 1916, in circumstances which have already been described by the Author,l it wasquickly decided tomake a newouterbastion for it by sinking in the sea-bed a caisson well, on the principle of the Lower Gangesbridge caisson,2 with a sunk revetment of rubble around 3 months, assurance came England the from that it...
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COASTAL SAND TRAVEL NEAR MADRAS HARBOUR.
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- pp. 27–28
- Author: F J E SPRING
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15555
- 27 (Paper No. 4300.) "Coastal Sand Travel Near Madras Harbour." By Sir FRASCIS JOSEPH EDWARD SPRING, K.C.I.E., M.A.I., M. Inst. C.E. IN replying to the discussion on hi:
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DISCUSSION ON MADRAS HARBOUR.
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- pp. 29–38
- Authors: SIR J P GRIFFITH; S PRESTON; A I SLEIGH; F J WARING; L H SAVILE; SIR S B TRITTON; A S NAPIER; SIR M FITZMAURICE
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15556
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSION ON MADRAS ITARBOUR. 29 Discussion. The PRESIDENT remarked that all, especially those who had been The President. engaged in work of the kind described, would join in thanking the Author for having brought before The Institution another descrip'This was thethird or fourth tiveaccount of MadrasHarbour. in its various stages, contribution he had made on that harbour and together these Papers formed ab consecutive history of a great work. The great charm they had for him was that they recorded faithfully the diEculties and failures that had occurred...
CORRESPONDENCE ON MADRAS HARBOUR.
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- pp. 38–52
- Authors: G W BRENAN; A E CAREY; J C FERGUSSON; SIR A GIBB; G R HEARN; J M LACEY; J C LARMINIE; J MITCHEL
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15554
- 38 CORRESPOSbENCE ON MADRAS IIAP,&OUX. [bfinutes of The Author. the apron. But the Author knew of no practicable method of first setting up and afterwards sinking suchpiles o r small wells in a heaving seaway on a bottom 40 feet deep. I n reply to Mr. Waring, an analysis of the sand or mud, or whatever it might be called, composing the sea-bed at the site of the breakwater end had been given in a previous P:Lpcr.l As fully explained in tlle Paper under discussion, it was very clifficult indeed to dig a great cavity in the sea-bed, some 300 feet in diameter and 10 to 15 feet (not 10 feet) ancl over 6,000 tons of deep...
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DISCUSSION. THE WORK OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN THE GREAT WAR.
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- pp. 84–90
- Authors: SIR G M HEATH; SIR J P GRIFFITH; SIR A KENNEDY; SIR B HOWORTH; E M PAUL; SIR A STUART; SIR H A LAWRENCE; P G GRANT
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15536
- 84 Discussion. The AUTHOR exhibited and explained a number of lantern-slides illustrating work the described inthePaper,and in doing so called upon Rlnjor-General Sir William Liddell and Lieut.-Colonel C. E. P. Sankey to supplement the description of particular slides. The President. The PRESIDENT, inmoving a verycordialvote of thanks to the Author, observed that the Paper wasthestory of awonderful organization, a story of which everymember of The Institution could be proud, and The Institution was very greatly indebted to the Author for the Paper. Many of its young members had taken partinthework,andhethoughtthelastwords of thePaper should sink deeply into the mind of everyone, " that the bond which has been established in thesestrenuousyearsbetweenthe Civil Engineers of Great Britain, the Dominions and Colonies, and the RoyalEngineers of the Regular Army, may ever remain a close one, our to mutual advantage, professionally and socially, but efficient use beingmade of above all with a view tothemost ourvastengineer resources...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE WORK OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN THE GREAT WAR.
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- pp. 90–93
- Authors: F M G DU PLAT TAYLOR; SIR A LEETHAM; G E PECK; SIR G M HEATH
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15537
- 90 COBRESPOSDEXCE O X THE \YORK OF THE [ & h u t e s of ~ ~ $ ~ ~ of work@ him during the battle ~ , r for J of the Somme, and the only objection he had tothat officer was thathe made a habit of getting hit ! The Author. The AUTEIOR, reply,remarked,thathehad in looked upon the SpecialReserve, as Sir AndrewStuart hadsaid, as part of the had mentionecl inthePallerthatwhat Regulararmy,andhe theArmy was short of was engineering lmowledge in sonle of theTerritorialunits...
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THE WORK DONE BY RAILWAY TROOPS IN FRANCE DURING 1914-19.
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- pp. 94–147
- Author: D LYELL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15538
- 94 LYELL ON WORE: bONE BY PAILWAY TROOPS [Minutes of 23 March, 1920. Sir J O H N P U R S E RG R I F F I T H , in the Chair. M.A.I., President, The PRESIDEXT, in announcing the death of Mr. A. G. Lyster, Past-President, remarked that to him the loss was a personal one, for and he Mr. Lyster had friends many been for years, and were actually boys togetherHolyhead. both in They learned of their profession ontheHolyhead practically beginnings the breakwater, of which Mr...
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DISCUSSION. THE WORK DONE BY RAILWAY TROOPS IN FRANCE DURING 1914-19.
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- pp. 148–154
- Authors: SIR J P GRIFFITH; R E COOPER; B HENDERSON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15539
- Discussion. The president. The PRESIDEST, in movingvote a of thanks the to Author, observed that the Paper described a vast amount of work of which the profession should be very proud, and the members were grateful to the Author for having presented to them a record of such magnificent achievement. a The AUTHOR exhibitednumber of lantern slides illustrating the subject of the Paper. Sir Robrrt Elliott-Cooper. Sir ROBERT ELLIOTT-COOPER, K.C.B., Past-President, no said one appreciated more than he did the importance the works described of successful concluby the Author in helping t o bring the war to a sion...
RICHBOROUGH MILITARY TRANSPORTATION DEPOT. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 156–207
- Author: J K ROBERTSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15540
- 156 ROBERTSON ON RICIfBOROUGII hlILITARY [Miuutes of ilssociate Mentbers. ERNESTDENNIS AVERAY,B.Sc. I FREDERIC ARTHUR HARPER, M.A. (Eng.) (Lond.). (Cantab.). HOWE, B.&. (Eng.) (Lond.). SIDNEY NORXAN BARRON, O.B.E., EDGAR NORMAN SINCLAIR JEFFREY. M.C., B.%. (Manchester). SYEDMTJJTABA ALI BILGRAMI. , ROBERT OXELL, M . C . , B.Sc. (Eng.) CHARLESERIC BOAST. HENRY JAMRS NORRISON COTJSENS, LEO VINCEST PEREIRA...
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THE WAR DEPARTMENT CROSS-CHANNEL TRAIN FERRY. (INCLUDES PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 208–238
- Author: F O STANFORD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15541
- (Paper No. 4 3 2 6 . ) " The War Department Cross-Channel Train Ferry." By FREDERICK STAKFORD, OWEX O.B.E., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. TEIE Train Service Ferry between England France and was established i n 1917 by the War Department as a "war service," to meet the demands and requirements of military transport, which had become acute under the conditions which then existed. There was, at that time, both a serious shortage of shipping a,nd a great congestion a t t h e ports,particularlyontheFrench side, which delayed the turn-round of the ships employed on this traffic...
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DISCUSSION ON RICHBOROUGH MILITARY TRANSPORTATION DEPOT AND FERRY.
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- pp. 239–251
- Authors: SIR J P GRIFFITH; R E COOPER; SIR B H HENDERSON; SIR A GIBB; M ROBINSON; J K ROBERTSON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15542
- Froceedings.] DISCUSSION OX TRANSPORTATION DEPOT. 230 Discussion. The PRESIDEKT, in.moving a vote of thanks to the Authors, said he would like to express his admiration for the manner in which in the face of great difficulties and the work had been carried out in theworkand also t h e in a veryshorttime.Manypoints selection of the site might be criticized, but it had to be taken into account that the country had been in the midst of a great war, and everything had had t o be done as: quickly as possible...
CORRESPONDENCE ON RICHBOUROUGH MILITARY TRANSPORTATION DEPOT AND TRAIN FERRY.
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- pp. 251–267
- Authors: A J A WILLIAMS; N G GEDYE; S H HUNTER; W E SIMNETT; J A WICKHAM; J K ROBERTSON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15543
- I'rocce(~i~y~.] TRAXSPOIll'hTIOX DEPOT AND TRAIN FERRY. 251 complete the story of the train ferries. The principle underlying Mr. Robortson. the conception and execution of the whole project had been that it was a war work; had the workbeendesignedfrom the point of view of a commercial port,the whole undertaking would undoubtedly have taken a very different form ; and it was submitted that the work done a t Richborough could not be regarded as detracting from any claims which Sandwich Haven might have as a potential commercial harbour...
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THE 'JAMES FORREST' LECTURE 1920: COAL CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (INCLUDES PLATE).
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- pp. 268–295
- Author: SIR D CLERK
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15544
- ?GS 20 April, 1920. Sir J0.tIS PURSER GRIFFTTH, I'resitlent, in the Chair. THE " JAMES FORREST" LECTURE, 1920. THEPRESIDEXT the Members had met t h t evening to listen to said the Twenty-Sixth James Forrest Lecture, delivered by Sir Dugd(1 Clerk, on Coal Conservation in the United Kingdom. Tl1e Jnstitntion \V;LS highly favoured by Sir Dugald'x presence, bec;Lnse h r d l y wns snre t,hc anyone could speak with greater authority, and he 3 embers looked forward with much ple:wn-e to what lie Eud to say...
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SOURCES OF ERROR IN PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEYING
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- pp. 327–348
- Author: W N THOMAS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15545
- SECT.11.-OTHER SELECTEDPAPERS. (Paper No. 4327.) " Sources of Error in Photographic Surveying." NORNAX THOMAS, M.Sc., B.Sc., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. By WILLIAM THE object of the Paper is to investigate briefly the chief sources of error in photographic surveying, to and consider what preof cautions should be taken in order to obtain the highest degree accuracy. Thetype of instrument considered, isthatmostfamiliarto British surveyors, namely, theBrid,ges-Lee pattern of photo-transit, and the plan is assumed t o be plotted directly from the negatives or prints, without enlargement, or without any special expensive plotting apparatus...
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COASTAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN AUSTRALIA : THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 349–368
- Author: J F RAMSBOTHAM
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15546
- (Paper No. 4297.) `I Coastal Aids t o Navigation jn Australia : their Administration and Recent Developments.'' By JOSHUA FIELDEN RAMSBOTHAM, Inst. C.E. M. THEAuthor proposes t o deal generally with the recent additional of Australia, leaving the to aids navigation the to on coasts District Engineers, Messrs. H. A. Jackson, B.C.E., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., C.E., and M. W. Mehaffey, B.E...
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CAPE DON LIGHTHOUSE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. (INCLUDES PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 369–382
- Author: H A JACKSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15547
- Papers.] R69 (Paper No. 4298.) `` Cape Don Lighthouse, Northern Territory, Australia." HERUERT ALFREDJACKSON, Assoc. M. Tnat. C.E. TIIEimportance of a light at CapeDon was recognized bythe Commonwealth Government of Australia upon tllnt Government's assumption of control of coastal lighthouses, and its construction of newlightsrecommendedinconnection wrnefirstonthelist with a comprehensive scheme Inid down for improving the lighting of the Australian coast-line. work The was accordingly commenced on the 17th May, 1915, and the light was first exhibited on the 15th September, 1917...
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NEW LIGHTHOUSES IN QUEENSLAND.
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- pp. 383–393
- Author: M W MEHAFFEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15548
- Papers.] MEHAFPEY ON LIGHTIIOUSES IN QUIUNSLAND. 383 (Paper N o . 4299.) (`New Lighthouses in Queensland." By MAURICE WILLIAM MEHAFFEY, B.E., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THE Great BarrierReef extends from Thursday Island southwards for over 1,000 miles, the distance of its outer edge from the coastline varying from about 100 miles at its southern end to20 miles a t its northern end, but for the northern 400 miles i t mostly consists of innumerable reefs and islets that extend from coast for about the 20 miles into the Pacific Ocean, the channel lying close to the land...
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WATER-INJECTION IN A GAS-ENGINE AND ITS EFFECT UPON HEAT-DISTRIBUTION.
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- pp. 394–406
- Authors: W J WALKER; R KOIVULEHTO
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15549
- 394 WALKER AND KOIVULEHTO ON WATER INJECTION IN [Selectecl (Pnper No. 4353.) `` Experiments on Water-Injection in a Gas-Engine and its Effect upon Heat-Distribution." By WILLIAMJOHN WALKER, Ph.D., B.Sc., Assoc. M. In&. C.E., and R. KOIVULEHTO, M.Sc. (Tech.). INTRODUCTION. THE experiments described in this Paper were projected in 1914 by one of the Suthors, but were postponed during the war. AS, however, most of the necessary apparatushad been constructed before it was decided to defer the work, theopportunity was taken to use it for post-graduate research work in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the College of Technology, Nanchester, during the 1919-20 session...
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EXPERIMENTS ON GREASE-INTERCEPTORS.
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- pp. 407–417
- Author: H E THOMPSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1920.15550
- Paper$.] THOMPSOX OX GREASE-INTERCEPTORS. 407 SECT. 11.-OTHKR SELECTED PAPERS. ( P q e r No. 4322.) (Abridged.) " Experiments on Grease-Interceptors." By HEKRP EDGAR THOMPSON, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. INTRODUCTORY. TEESE experimentswerecarriedout for the War Office by &h, A. A. G. Malet, M. Inst. C.E., Sanitary Adviser to theChief Engineer of the Southern Command, the Author being in directcharge of the investigations...
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Volume 210, Issue 1920, January 1920