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Volume 220, Issue 1925, January 1925

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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DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA.
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- Author: B D RICHARDS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15551
- THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. 2. SESSION 1924-1925.-PART MINUTES O F PROCEEDINGS. 10 February, 1925. BBSIL MOTT, C.B., President, in the Chair. The following Paper was submitted for discussion, and, on the of motion of the President, the thanks The Institution were accorded to theAuthor. (Paper No. 4427.) " Considerations in the Development of Water-Power, with Special Reference t o India." By BERTRAM DARELL RICHARDS, B.Sc., M. Inst...
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DISCUSSION: DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA.
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- pp. 14–33
- Authors: SIR D CLERK; A DICKINSON; J W MEARES; B MOTT; T STEVENS; A V H VON HEIDENSTAN; E S LINDLEY; R A RYVES; E BATCHELOR; B D RICHARDS
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15552
- 14 DISCUSSION ON DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER. [Minutes of Discussion. Sir Dugald Clerk. Sir DUGALD CLERK remarked'that he had read the Paper with much interest and was very glad indeed to find that so much work was being done in India. During the war he had been Chairman of a Committee of the Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies of Britain, which was dealing with water-power in the British Empire. The Committee, which sat for about 3 years, was fortunatein getting information from every part of the Empire. It came to certain conclusions, which were interesting in view of the Paper before the meeting...
CORRESPONDENCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA.
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- Authors: J A BALFOUR; M F COCHRANE; F A GABY; N C GROVER; S K GURTU; G E LILLIE; C M NORRIE; W L STRANGE; R C S WALTERS; B D RICHARDS
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15553
- 54 CORRESPONDENCE ON DEVELOPMEKT @inutes of Correspondence. Mr. R a ~ o u r . Mr. J. A. UALFOUR agrced with the Author that the prospects of dcvclopment of power fromirrigationwater were notgenerally favourable. He had had occasion to investigate several proposals of this nature, which appeared, on t,he face them, tobe attractive ; of but the proposal to develop electrical power as an adjunct of the irrigationprojecthad,ineachcase, tobeabandoned.Thetwo objects were really antagonistic, for, generally, a n irrigation reservoir, t o besoundeconomically,should be drawn down to a low level each year ; thus, owing to the reduced head, the power availof able towards the end the irrigationseason and bcfore the replenishment of the storage, became only a fract,ion of that due to a full reservoir...
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THE DEMOLITION OF THE HARBOUR AND DEFENCE WORKS OF HELIGOLAND. (INCLUDES APPENDICES AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 55–83
- Author: L H SAVILLE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15558
- Proceedi11gs.I SAVILE ON DEMOLITION OF HELIGOLAND HARBOUH. 55 24 February, 1925. BASIL MOTT, C.B., President in the Chair. The following Paper was submitted for discussion, and, on the motion of the President, thanks the of The Inst'~tutionwere accorded to the iluthor. (Paper No. 4531.) " The Demolition of the Harbour and Defence Works of Heligoland." By LEOPOLD HALLIDAY SAVILE, C.B., M. Inst. C.E. BY Article115 of theTreaty of Peacebetween the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, signed a t Versailles on the 20th June, 1919, it was decided that the harbour and defence works a t Heligoland (Fig...
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DISCUSSION. THE DEMOLITION OF THE HARBOUR AND DEFENCE WORKS OF HELIGOLAND.
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- pp. 84–94
- Authors: L H SAVILLE; SIR E CHARLTON; M F G WILSON; J C MATHESON; SIR A GIBB; G H LITTLETON; G E DUTTON; A L ANDERSON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15559
- Discussion. The Author. Admiral Chsrlton. The AUTHOR, exhibitinganumber in of lant,ern-slides, pointed out that a portion of the west mole had been allowed to remain, BO as to give a cert.ain amount of protection to smaller boats and the fishing-fleet in the roadsteadeastward of the harbour.The actual removal of the reclaimed ground had not been undertaken, as, the seaplane quay having been blown down, it was considered t,hat the action of the sea would gradually render the area useless. It was a great satistaction to him, and he was sure to all the members, that Admiral Sir Edward Charlton, who had been head of the Inter-Allied Commission, was able to be present that evening, and that other members of the Admiralty staff who had been employed on the workwere also present, as well as a representative of the War Office who had been connected with the work before the demolition was carried out...
CORRESPONDENCE: DEMOLITION OF THE HARBOUR AND DEFENCE WORKS OF HELIGOLAND.
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- pp. 94–96
- Authors: O FABER; J MITCHELL; L H SAVILLE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15560
- 94 The ~ u t h o r had . DISCUSSION ON DEMOLITION OF THE HARBOUR [Minutes of to be abandoned became there was a layer of a sort of semifluid concrete whichfilled up quickly. It was thought that when concret'ing had been stopped at the end of a shift, a layer of silt had been deposited on the concrete andhadnot been cleared off before the next shift recommenced concreting. As to t,he total cost of tJhework, he had questioned Lieut.-Colonel Warren, who replied that it was quite impossible t o give it, because the Germans were verysecretive aboutthe cost in money, andat that time the mark varied enormously ; but a fair indication might be obtained by adding up the number of men employed each month and making certain allowances for explosives which were used...
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MEASUREMENTS OF DISCHARGE OVER A ROCK-FACED DAM.
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- pp. 98–109
- Authors: S M DIXON; F W MACAULAY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15561
- SAMUEL ALFRED WALTER KKIGHT. B.&. DAVID LLOYD, K E n g . (L'pooZ.) ( E n g . ) (Lond.). (Stud. I n s t . C.E.). LEONARD ONSLOW COPE. ~ E G I N A L D ~ ~ I L ~ A M H ~ ~ E CEDRIC ~ SS ,E R , O C Z T H K A.F.C. E HERBERT WILLIAM TEE (Stud. Inst...
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DISCUSSION. MEASUREMENTS OF DISCHARGE OVER A ROCK-FACED DAM.
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- Authors: SM DIXON; WC UNWIN; FC LEA; RE TICKELL; ES LINDLEY; MK RICE OXLEY; DH THOMSON; C BATHO; CH ROBERTS; SC LEWIS; FW MACAULAY
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15562
- 110 DISCUSSIOX ON MEASUREMENTS O F [Xhutee of Diacnssion. Pro[. Dixon. Professor DIXOHexhibited several lantern-slides showing the model installation at the Nant-y-Gro dam. Dr. Unwin. Dr. W C. UNWIN, . Past-President, remarked that the Paper was so complete that it did not lend itself to very much discussion. It described one of those admirable pieces of experiment.al work by up. He whichwhat wasknown about hydraulics had been built did not think it wouldhavebeenpossible,withoutcarryingout the experiments describcd, to determine satisfactorily a coefficient to use inmaking a calculation of the dischargeover the Caban an interestingcomparison of dam...
CORRESPONDENCE ON MEASUREMENTS OF DISCHARGE OVER A ROCK-FACED DAM.
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- Authors: J A BALFOUR; H J F GOURLEY; J D JUSTIN; F C TEMPLE; S M WOODWARD; S M DIXON; E W MACAULAY
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15563
- 124 COBRESPOSDEKCE O N ilIEASUREMENTS OF [Minutea o f Correspondence. 311. Bslfour. m BIr. J. A. BALFGUR rc;uarlrcd thnt the Paper was of imnediate F?g. I practicalvalue to the hydhulic engineer.Thcsectionsin nnd in Fig. 7 : Plate 1, of Vol. CXC of the Frocecdings,invited attention to the increase ill discharge over a spillway obtainable by roundin:, t o Q fairlylargc radius, bsth thp upstrmm and ci0~11stream edges of the crezt. In the cnse of a rescrvoirconstructcrl by Mr...
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THE LARGE WATER-TUBE BOILER.
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- pp. 129–159
- Author: R W ROBSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15564
- I'rucecdings.] KOBSON ON THE LARGE WATER-TUBE BOILER. 129 24 &larch, 1925. Sir R l L L I h M H E N R Y ELLIS, G.B.E., D.Eng., Vice-President, in the Chair. The CHAIRMAK,in announcing the death of Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, said that the following resolution had been passed by the Council, which, he felt sure, would be endorsed by thc members :- `` That thc C`ouncil record thc deep regretwith which they have learned of thedeath of the Marquis Curzon of Kcdleston, K...
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DISCUSSION. THE LARGE WATER-TUBE BOILER.
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- pp. 160–183
- Authors: SIR W H ELLIS; W H PATCHELL; SIR R B DIXON; J H GIBSON; SIR J KEMNAL; H E YARROW; C T A HANSSEN; S B DONKIN; R E B CROMPTON; C E STROMEYER; H R SANKEY; P V MCMAHON; A S TRESILIAN; L M JOCKEL; C ERITH; R H PARSON
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15566
- 160 DISCUSSION ON THE LARGE WATER-TUBE BOILER. [Minutes of Discussion, rheChainnm. The CHAIRMAN, in moving thevote of thankstotheAuthor, remarked that the subject of the Paper was of great importance, and The Institution welcomed a Paper of that nature, as affecting the interests of many of the members. In the latter part of bhe Paperthequestion of pulverizedfuel was referred to. His own fecling was that the problem of the large boiler was big enough to occupy attention a t one sitting, and that the question pulverized of fuel was really important enough to justify its treatment, say, next Session, in a separate Paper, which The Institution would welcome...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE LARGE WATER-TUBE BOILER.
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- Authors: W BURNSIDE; H P GAZE; E M LACEY; H L QUICK; W M THORNTON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15567
- Proceedings.] CORRESPOXDENCE ON LARGE JVATER-TUBE BOILER. 183 had been said by the various speakers which diminished the force meauthor. of this contention. On the contrary, Mr. Parsons and Mr. Jockel, of generatingwho were directly concerned withtheoperation stationplants,took it as a matter of course thatthe concentration of a givenboiler-power within a much smaller floor-area than was a t present the case must mean a substantial reduction in first cost and therefore in capital charges. The attitude of those two speakers should be distinguished from that of the others who had questioned any gain in working efficiency fromlarge boilerunits as against the same aggregate power in a larger number of smaller units...
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BRISTOL WATERWORKS: CHEDDAR SUPPLY (INCLUDES APPENDIX).
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- pp. 192–208
- Author: AM PATERSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15568
- 192 PATERSON ON BRISTOL VATERWORKS. Associate Members. [Minutes of ERNESTEDWIN BAILEY, 13.8~. (Eng.) I PHILIP RUSSELL J~EREDITH, A1.C. (Lond.). B.Sc. (Edilz.). EDWARD FREDERIC BATES,Stud. , ARNOLDO'HANLONMORRISON. WALTER R N O L D CorLAND A PERRY, Inst. C.E. HENRY LEATHAM BCRDETT. B.A. (Cantab.). DOUGLAS COURTKEY BURN, B . A . I JAXES RYAX, B.Sc., B.E.(b'atiOnal). (Cantab...
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THE WATER-SUPPLY OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN. (INCLUDES PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME).
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- pp. 209–229
- Author: G MITCHELL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15569
- Proceedings.] ABERDEEN WATER-SUPPLY. 209 (Paper No. 4536.) "The Water-Supply of the City of Aberdeen." By GEORGEMITCHELL, Inst. C.E. N. HISTORICAL. THE water-supply of Aberdeen, a city with a present population of 160,000, andapresentconsumption of 45 gallons per headper day, has had a somewhat unusual history ; and it is proposed in the following Paper to set forth briefly the main points and describe to the new water scheme carried out under the Water Orders of 1916 and 1920...
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DISCUSSION. THE WATER SUPPLIES OF BRISTOL AND ABERDEEN.
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- pp. 230–237
- Authors: E P HILL; H J F GOURLEY; G MIDGLEY TAYLOR; C H ROBERTS; A M PATERSON; G MITCHELL
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15570
- Discussion. 3Ir. Hill. hlr. E. P. III,L rcmarkecl t,llatthe Papcrs wcrc intcrcsting ancl carcfnl tlcsc:ript,ioms ol csccutcd work. He would likc Nr. Mitchcll t,o say what part. of the 45 gitllons per head consumpt~ion was for domestic purposes, and how much was ~netereci water. It was rcmarliable that, the consumption in Scottish towns was very much higher than in Englishtowns. A few yearsago,onlookinginto t'he question, he found that the consumpt,ion, for domestic purposes alone,ranged from a maximum of 105 gallons to a minin~umof 33 gallonsper head per diem...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE WATER-SUPPLIES OF BRISTOL AND ABERDEEN.
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- pp. 237–248
- Authors: F W MACAULAY; J MITCHELL; R NEILSON; E G RITCHIE; F C TEMPLE
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15571
- Proceedings.] BRISTOL AND ABERDEEN. 237 wire jointing were satisfactory, but that, on the whole, the use of Mr. Mitehell. leadwire was preferable. It was quite true that neither of those materials was as completely satisfactory as a n engineer would like. Pneumatic caulking hart been found quite efficient. There had been no cracked sockets. Pipes 25 feet long had been used only in very opencountry, where there were few bends, so the question of flexibility did not arise. He quit,e appreciated that in following a curvedroad it would arise...
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THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY.
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- pp. 250–279
- Author: D PATERSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15572
- 250 PATERSOX ON THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY. [Minutes of Bssociate Hembers. JACK COHEN, B.&. (Cape). HAROLD CLAYTON PLATTS,N.C,. KENNETH JANES COWAN HILL, B.&. (Eng.) (Lond.), Stud. Inst. B.Sc. (Edin.). C.E. JAMES MUIRHEAD, Stud. Inst. DONALD SMITH. WILLIAM TREGEA. HERBERT BSc. C.E. (Birmingham). The following Paper was submitted for discussion, and, on the the motion of the President, the thanks of The Institution were accorded t o t h e Author...
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DISCUSSION. THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY.
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- Authors: M F G WILSON; SIR C KIRKPATRICK; L H SAVILE; SIR M MACDONALD; N G GEDYE; SIR B HENDERSON; W L LOWE BROWN; SIR E JONES; G W HUMPHREYS; RD GWYTHER
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- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15573
- 280 DISCUSSION ON THE JOTIOIIE CAUSEWAY. [Miuute~ of Discussion. Jwm. Mr. MAURICE F.-G. WILSONwished toadd a few remarks in explanation of certain peeuliaaities of the tides in theneighbourhood of Singapore, to which theAuthor referred. I n Singapore Strait (andin Johore Strait before the causeway was made) thetidal continuouslyfor currents at certain periods of thelunationran 16 hours in one directionand 8 hours inthe other. Similarly, a t Johore since the causeway had been made, the " head " of water remained for about 16 hours on the east side and 8 hours on the west...
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY.
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- Authors: W T HALCROW; F W MAGER; D PATERSON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15574
- I'roceedings.] DISCUSSION ON THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY. 287 work from the quarries, the contractors had found great difficulty Mr. Gwytller. in getting enough stone to provide the coping on the top of the rubble pitching. He did not think one could count on being able t o dress the Pulau Ubin granite. The stone was too brittle. There were places in the pitching where the stone hadcracked, a,pparently due t o variationintemperature. Thehigh-water and low-water levels had been taken over 1 year. He had spent some time trying to solve the tidal problem, and he thought the only thing to do was t o consider the two separate tidal waves, one on the east and one on the west, and regard the original tide as being the result of...
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JAMES FORREST LECTURE 1925: HEAVY-OIL ENGINES OF THE SELF IGNITION TYPE.
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- pp. 291–316
- Author: H R SANKEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15575
- [Extra Meeting.] SANKEY ON HEAVY-OIL ENGINES. 291 EXTRA MEETING. 5 May, 1925. ~ I WILLIAM R HEERY ELLIS, G.B.E., D.Eng., Vice-President, in the Chair. THE " JAMES FORREST " LECTURE, 1925. THE CHAIRMAN, after expressing the President's regret that he was prevented from presiding that evening, said he thought every member would feel, in welcoming Captain Sankey, that the annual " James Forrest '' Lecture was becoming anevent of historic interestto The Institution...
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OBITUARY. HARRY EDWARD JONES, PAST-PRESIDENT, 1843-1925.
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- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/imotp.1925.15576
- OBITUARY. 349 OBITUARY. HARRY EDWARD JONES, Past-President, second son of Mr. Robert Jones, N . Inst. C.E., was born in Chester on the 26th April, 1843. He was educated at the City of London School and Stepney Grammar School. He was art,icled in 1857 to Mr. J. H. Beattie, M. Inst. C.E., serving his pupilage in the locomotive shops of the London and South Western Railway. On completion of his apprenticeship, in 1860, he assisted his father in the erection of new gasworks, being resident engineer a t small works for Toddington, Harlow, and Sawbridgeworth...

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Minutes of the Proceedings

Volume 220, Issue 1925, January 1925