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Volume 215, Issue 1923, January 1923

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 1923. DR. W.H.MAW, 7 NOVEMBER 1922.
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- Author: W H MAW
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15701
- 2 OPEXISG MEPTIKS, SESSION 1922-1923. L.\Iiuutes uf President, andthe members for the mannerinwhichtheyhad passed the resolution. He would never forget the kindness oi i h e members 4 years ago, to which he owed the opportunity of serving The Institution as President. His year of Presidency had been one of fairly hard work, but work made easier and more pleasant by the encouraging help and interest of his colleagues on the Council, for which hecould notthankthemtoo much, and also bythc unwearying helpfulness of Dr. Tudsbery in the earlier part of the feel that year, and Dr...
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UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE KENT COALFIELD. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME)
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- pp. 27–65
- Author: E O FORSTER BROWN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15702
- Proceetlings.] FOCSTElt BCOX'X OX KEST COAL-FIELD. 27 21 November, 192,2. WILLIAM HENRY &TAW, LL.D., President, in the Chair. The am-ards made by the Council for Papers printed in Section 1 1 of the Proceedingsfor Session1921-22, and also for Papers read before Meetings of Students were announced. (Paper No. 4432.) '' Underground Waters in the Kent Coal-field and their Incidence in Mining Development." By EDTARD OTTOFORSTER BROWN. INTRODUCTION. THEKent coal-field was discovered in 1890 by a borehole put down at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover...
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DISCUSSION. UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE KENT COALFIELD.
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- pp. 66–95
- Authors: EO FORSTER BROWN; SIR W B DAWKINS; J S FLETT; SIR F FOX; T H BAILEY; H LAPWORTH; H E STILGOE; A P I COTTERELL; E A BORG; W WHITAKER; J W D ROBINSON; SIR J DEWRANCE; E O F BROWN
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15703
- 66 Discussion. The Preddent. The PRESIDENT avote moved of thanks to the Author for his Paper. The Author. The AUTHOR remarked that 'ono or two new features had arisen since he wrote the Paper, which had an important bearing on the subject. I n August, 1922, a new inrush of water occurred a t Tilmanstone colliery in one of the West Rise districts shown in Fig. 30, about 3,600 feetfrompoint A in Fig. 9. Therewereone or two curious points about that inrush. There was no break in the roof, as far as couldbeascertained...
CORRESPONDENCE. UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE KENT COAL-FIELD.
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- pp. 95–114
- Authors: W R BELL; M DEACON; L DOLLE; S R KAY; D H MCDOUGALL; P PRUVOST; S A TAYLOR; R C S WALTERS; C M YOUNG; E O FORSTER BROWN; E O F BROWN
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15704
- Proceedings.] I THE KENT COAL-FIELD. S 95 of the boreholes put down for other than coal purposes actually The Author. penetrated t,he Oolite sands. He quite agreed that the water fromthe collieries could be renderedavailableforwater-supply purposes. run into Chalk. It At present it was allowed to away the was mixed water, from various sources, and as mixed, might not should be suitable for water-supply purposcs ; butanattempt certainly be made t o ascertain whether it was so or not. It was very satisfactory to him to find t,hat Mr...
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STRENGTHENING OF THE FLOOR, ETC., OF THE FORTH BRIDGE. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME)
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- pp. 120–142
- Author: W A FRASER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15705
- 120 FXASER OX STRENGTIIESIRG OF THE FLOOR, ETC., [Minutes of Associate ,?lenlbers-continued. MAURICE S r r L o r a x , B.Sc. (Fng.) (Lond.). NESSY WILLIAM STANLEY1-AUGHAN, R.Sc. (Eng.) (Lonzd.). ARMAND DOUGLAS R D . WA HUGHEDWIY B B , B.A. (Cantab.). WE GEORGE f A U R I C EY E L L S . h \ HA4RRYXI'ILLIAMS. TV.4LTOK. MARTINRICHARD FURNEAUX HEN- ROBERT STUART...
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DISCUSSION. STRENGTHENING OF THE FLOOR, ETC., OF THE FORTH BRIDGE.
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- pp. 143–154
- Authors: T B GRIERSON; C GRIBBLE; C J BROWN; C F BENGOUGH; R C MACDONALD; G A GARDNER; J S WILSON; G FITZGIBBON; W A FRASER
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15706
- Proceedings.] OF THE FORTH BRIDGE. 143 Discussion. The PRESIDENT moved a vote of thanks to the Author for his The Preeident. Paper. The AUTHOR exhibited and explained a number of lantern slides The Author. illustrative of the condition of the old steelwork of the floor, and of the strengthening operations. Mr. T. B. GRIERSON remarked that a very good Paper on the Mr. Qrierson strengthening of Cannon Street Bridge was read at the Institution, describingworkwhich had becomenecessary on account of the increase in the weight on the driving-wheels of the locomotives...
CORRESPONDENCE. STRENGTHENING OF THE FLOOR ETC., OF THE FORTH BRIDGE
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- pp. 154–164
- Authors: H F CORNICK; A C GARDNER; G LIDENTHAL; J H NICHOLSON; W A TAIT; T G H THOMAS; J C L TRAIN; W A FRASER
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15707
- 15-2 The Author. CORRESPONDENCE ON STRENGTHENING THE FLOOR [bIinutes of remarks, he would not go so far as to say that the trough actually was sealed, but a great improvement had been made, and very little water could now get The drip in. two pipes provided inthe bottom channel would drain away any water which might get in. He had been very glad t o hear Mr. MacDonald's practical remarks. Messrs. k r o l hadcarriedouttheir workwith greatcredit', and although they met with many difficulties, they had overcome them skill very well...
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EXTENSIONS AT TILBURY DOCKS 1912-1917. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME ).
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- pp. 165–180
- Author: F M G DU PLAT TAYLOR
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15708
- Proceedings.] DU-PLAT-TAYLOR ON TILIHJRY DOCKS EXTENSIOKS. 165 19December, 1922. CHARLES LANGBRIDGE MORGAN, C.B.E., Vice-President, in the Chair. (Paper No. 4338.) " Extensions at Tilbury Docks, 1912-1917." By FRAXCIS MAUEICE GUSTAVUS DU-PLAT-TAYLOR, Inst. C.E. M. EARLY 1909 the Tilbury docks, in common with other docks on in the Thames, were taken over from the dock-owning c,ompanies by newly-constituted the Port of London Authority. In 1910 Mr...
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DISCUSSION. EXTENSIONS AT TILBURY DOCKS 1912-1917.
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- pp. 181–191
- Authors: SIR C KIRKPATRICK; M F WILSON; H J DEANE; P J H UNNA; J W TWINBERROW; F M G DU PLAT TAYLOR
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15709
- ~rocect1itlgs.1 DISCUSSION ON TILBURY DOCKS EXTENSIONS. IS1 Discussion. The CHAIRXIANmoved a vote of thanks to the Author for his Thechairman. Paper. The AUTHOR exhibitedseverallantern-slidesillustratingthe The Anthor. execution of the work described in the Paper. Sir CYRIL KIRKPATRICK regretted t.hat his old friend and former Sir Cyril Rirkpat.rick. chief, Mr. Palmer, was not present, as he had been responsible for the design of the work. The Author gave an interesting account of a work that had not been entirely free from difficulty. When it was commenced there was no reason to anticipate that it would not be possible to reach the gravel by means of a coffer-dam and closed trench...
CORRESPONDENCE. EXTENSIONS AT TILBURY DOCKS 1912-1917.
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- pp. 192–200
- Authors: T H E COAD; N G GEDYE; L LUIGGI; E F ROBERTS; SIR F SPRING
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15710
- 192 CORRESPONDENCE ON TILBURY DOCKS EXTENSIONS. [Minutes of Correspondence. Mr. T. H. E. COAU remarkedthat,in view of tllcquestion of thestability of quay-walls,latelydiscussedbyTheInstitution, as to how the perhapstheAuthorwouldgivesomeinformation first 80 feet of wall,shown in Fig. 7 , Plate 3, had withstood the tendencytomoveforward.Thematerial at the front and back of the walls,shown in Figs. 6 and 7, Plate 3, appeared to be of the same nature, and in the designshowninFig. 7 the presswe had been dealt with by means of inclined piles, numbering fourteen in a length of 80 feet, or about 6 feet apart from centre to centre, whereas in the wall shown in Fig...
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ELECTRIC TRACTION ON THE LONDON, BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
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- pp. 203–232
- Author: H W H RICHARDS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15711
- Proceedings.] RICKARDS ON ELECTRIC TRACTION. 203 (Paper No. 4441.) " Twelve Years' Operation of Electric Traction on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway." By HENRY WALTER HUNTINGFORD RICHARDS. INTRODUCTIOK. THE European War temporarily put an end to `the development of various schemes of railway-electrification inthiscountry ; and since its termination divers factors prevented have the rapid extension of electric traction. This period of comparative inaction, however, has enabled valuable experience in the practical operation of electric traction to be gained, especially as unexpectedly heavy traffic has been handled with diminished engineering facilities...
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DISCUSSION. ELECTRIC TRACTION ON THE LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
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- pp. 233–263
- Authors: SIR W H ELLIS; H W H RICHARDS; SIR P DAWSON; SIR W FORBES; F A CORTEZ LEIGH; R SMITH; H E O BRIEN; J DALZIEL; S P SMITH; G W PARTRIDGE; H W H RICHARDS; F A C LEIGH; S PARKER SMITH
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15712
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSION ON ELECTRIC TRACTION. 233 Discussion. The CHAIRMAS, moving a vote of thanks to the Author, said TheChdrman. in that the Paper was most opportune. The development of electric traction on railways had been a slow process and had presented great a party of difficulties t o engineers. When visiting Berlin with engineers in l882 he rode from Berlin to Charlottenburg on the railway then just installed ; and after an interval of 40 years he found that the development had reached that fine system which many had had the opportunity of seeing and examining on the Loetschberg line in Switzerland, Brigue from to Kandersteg...
CORRESPONDENCE. ELECTRIC TRACTION ON THE LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY
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- pp. 263–264
- Authors: G WUTHRICH; H W H RICHARDS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15713
- Proceedings.) CORRESPONDENCE ON ELECTRIC TRACTION. 263 The .iuthor. comments with regard to flexibility and reduction in arcking on switch-gear were fully borne out by the particulars given in the Paper. Correspondence. Mr. G. WUTHRICH congratulatedtheAuthor upon theable Mr. Wiithrich. manner in which he had demonstrated, by many years' practical operation, t'he suitability of high-tension single-phase traction, even for suburban traffic. The, efficiency wibh which apparently he organized and handled the maintenance-department showed what excellentresults could be secured with that system,evenunder conditions not particularly favourable to its use...
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RAILWAY ECONOMICS FOR EXTRA-EUROPEAN RAILWAYS. (INCLUDES APPENDICES).
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- pp. 265–294
- Author: H STRINGER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15714
- I'rocecdings.] STRISGER ON RAILWAY ECOXOMICS. 265 (Paper N o . 4219.) " Railway Economics for Extra-European Railways." By HAROLD STRIKGER, B.A., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. EXTRA-EUROPEAS countries nou- needing railm-aJ:s can be divided into two classes :(l) Those sparsely populated and inhabited by uncivilized peoples, semi-nomadic in character. ( 2 ) Those thickly populated by partially civilized peoples. Tropical Africa, Persiaand Mesopotamia aretypes of the first, and China and India of the second class...
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REINFORCED CONCRETE ON THE CHINESE RAILWAYS. (INCLUDES APPENDIX).
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- Author: H STRINGER
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15715
- Proceedings.] STRINGER ON CONCRETE. REINFORCED 295 (Paper No. 4289.) `I Reinforced Concrete on the Chinese Railways." By HAROLD STRINGER, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. B.A., THE increased cost of timber in recent years and the destructive action of the climate on all woodwork have compelled the adoption of reinforced concrete most on of the Chinese railways, more particularly the Peking-Mukden Railway. The reinforcement most generally used is scrap, consisting of either old rails, boiler-tubes, round or square bars, corrugated iron, or telegraph-wire, according A few experimental beams, with tothetype of workinhand...
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DISCUSSION. RAILWAY ECONOMICS AND REINFORCED CONCRETE.
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- pp. 317
- Authors: W MARRIOTT; F J WARING; W W GRIERSON; SIR B HENDERSON; H W S HUSBANDS; T R JOHNSON; D P RICKETTS; H STRINGER
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15716
- Proceedings.] DISCUSSION O N RAILWAY ECONOMICS. 317 Discussion. The PRESIDENT, in moving a vote of bhanks to the Author for his President. The Papers, regretted that he was unable to be present that evening, being in China. Mr. Wm. MARRIOTT remarked that he was disappointed with the w . M a r r i o t t * Paper on reinforcedconcrete. It describedmethodsknown many years ago, which engineers had abandoned. Reinforced concrete now was a highly scientific system of construction, and material could be put exactly where it was required ; for that reason he deprecated stronglythe use of concentratedreinforcement, and hethought most engineers would probably agree...
CORRESPONDENCE. RAILWAY ECONOMICS AND REINFORCED CONCRETE.
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- Authors: W B EDWARDS; F R JOHNSON; R J MONEY; T R NOLAN; D H REMFRY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15717
- Proceedings.] CORRESPONDEFCE ON RAILWAY ECONOMICS. 327 A~~thor- suggestions only. As stated by Mr. Ricketts no span exceeding 15 feet had been tried. Prolonged trial with the concrete pipes had indicated that they were an experiment not to be repeated. Correspondence. Mr. W. B. EDWARDS thanked the Author for compiling much Mr Edwards. useful information in a form convenient for reference. No hard andfast rules could belaid down on aquestionembracing all no one would dispute the countries outside Europe. Probably conclusion that rail-weight was about the last item on which to economize, but a range of weights between 40 lbs...
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OBITUARY. JOHN CLARKE HAWKSHAW, PAST-PRESIDENT, 1841-1921.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15718
- OBITUARY. 341 OBITUARY. JOHN CLARKEHAWKSHAW, (Cantab.)., Past-President, M.A. who died a t Hollycombe, Liphook, Hants, on the 12th February, 1921, aged 80 years, was t h e son of Sir John Hawkshaw, PastPresident. He was born on the 17th August, 1841, in Manchester, and was' educated a t Westminster School andTrinity College, Cambridge, graduatinginthe Mathematical Tripos. I n 1865 he became a pupil of his father for 3 years, and was then engaged on the Albert dock a t Hull as Assistant Engineer and as Resident Engineer untilJuly, 1869, when the works were completed...
OBITUARY. ALEXANDER ROSS, PAST-PRESIDENT, 1845-1923.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1923.15719
- 14LEXANDER EOSS, Past-President, so11of John Ross, of Laggan, Inverness-shire, was born on the 20th dpril, 1845, and died on the 3rd February, 1923, a t Hampstead, London. After being educated in Aberdeen andatthe Owens College, Manchester, served he 5 years' pupilage on the Grcat Korth of Scotland Railvay undcr Nr. A. Fraser,andthen for 5 years was principalEngineering Assistant on the same railway. I n 1871 he joined the staff of thc on which heremaincd for LondonandNorthWesternRailway, 2 years...

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Volume 215, Issue 1923, January 1923