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Volume 3, Issue 3, January 1840

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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES, AND THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THAT POWER AT DIFFERENT VELOCITIES.
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- pp. 183–196
- Author: P BARLOW
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24363
- W.-An Investigation into the Power qf Locomotive Engines, and the E f e c t produced by that Power at dzferent Velocities. By PETER BARLOW, F.R.S., C r Mem. Inst. France, of the Imp. and Roy. Academies of o. St. Petersburg and Brusseh, Hon. M.Iast. C.E.,&c. &c. MY object in this paper is to make a comparison between the actual power expended by a locomotive engine, and the effect produced by that power under different circumstances, particularly at differentvelocities, and with engines varying considerably in weight and in evaporating power...
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DESCRIPTION OF A SAWING MACHINE FOR CUTTING RAILWAY BARS (INCLUDING PLATE).
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- pp. 197–199
- Author: J GLYNN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24364
- V.-Description o a Sawing Machine f o r Cutting Railway Bars. f By JOSEPH GLYNN, F.R.S., M. Inst. C. E. THEadvantages of railway bars being of equal and uniform length, and having their ends cut as nearly square as possible so that they may abut truly against each other, are so well known and appreciated that it wouldbeneedless to enlargeupon them. To ensure these advantages several attempts havebeen made, but none have been so successful as the mode of cutting off the ends bymeans of circular saws ; this system has beenadopted by the Butterley Company at their Iron-works in Derbyshire, and was first used there in the manufacture of the rails for the Midland Counties Railway...
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ON THE EXPANSION OF ARCHES.
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- pp. 201–218
- Author: G RENNIE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24365
- VI.-On the Expansion o Arches. f By GEORGE RENNIE, F.R.S., &c. THE expansion of solids has excited the attention of mathematicians and of heat and coldupon a rod of iron,down to the philosophers ever since the year 1688, when La Hire investigated the effects elaborateexperiments of between high and low Mr. Daniel1 on the law of dilatation of metals temperatures, published in the " Philosophical Transactions" for the years 1830 and 1831. Between periods these we have the experiments of Ellicot, Smeaton, Roy, Ramsden, and Troughton, in our own country, and Muschenbrock, Borda, Lavoisier, Laplace, Dulong, andPetit, on the Continent...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT MONTROSE, AFTER IT HAD BEEN RENDERED IMPASSABLE BY THE HURRICANE OF THE 11TH OF OCTOBER, 1838; WITH REMARKS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT AND OTHER SUSPENSION BRIDGES, IN REFERENCE TO THE ACTION OF VIOLENT GALES OF WIND. (INCLUDING PLATE).
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- pp. 219–227
- Author: C W PASLEY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24366
- VI1.-Bescription of the State o the Suspension Bridge at Montrose, after f it had been rendered impassable by the Hurricane of the 11th o Octdber, f 1838 ; withRemarks on theConstruction of that- and otherSuspension Bridges, in reference to the action o f violent Gales o f Wind. By C. W. PASLEY, C.B., Colonel Royal Engineers, F.R.S., Hon. M. Inst. C. E., &c. IN the afternoon and night of the11th of October, 1538, I travelled from Perth to Inverness by the mail, in extremely boisterous weather, which I afterwards learned had nearly approached to a hurricane, having torn up a great number of trees, swept away the produce of whole fields of corn, and otherwise caused extensive damage to property over the whole of the North of Scotland...
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ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER FROM ARTESIAN WELLS IN THE LONDON BASIN, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING OF THE WELL AT THE RESERVOIR OF THE NEW RIVER COMPANY, IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD. (INCLUDING PLATE)
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- pp. 229–244
- Authors: R W MYLNE; W C MYLNE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24367
- VII1.-On the Supply o Water front Artesian Wells in the London Basin, f with an Account o the SinRing o the Well at the Reservoir o the New f f f River Company, in the Hampstead Road. By ROBERT W. MYLNE. is a subject in which inhabitants the of London have taken considerable interest during the last few years, and public Companies have been projected for the purpose of supplying a portion of the Metropolis with pure and soft water by that means. Theconstruction of ArtesianWellsis now generallyunderstood,many having been sunk England, in as well as on the Continent, where they obtained name, their from having been originally adopted inthe French province of Artois, calledbytheRomansArtesium...
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ACCOUNT OF THE GRAVESEND PIER. (INCLUDING PLATES).
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- pp. 245–256
- Author: W T CLARK
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/itrcs.1840.24368
- IX.-Account of the Gravesend Pier. By WILLIAM TIERNEY CLARK, F.R.S., M. Inst. C. E. PREVIOUS introduction of steam packets on the River Thames; Gravesend to the was a place of resort for many persons from London in the summer months ; the passage by the sailing packets, or tilt boats, as they were anciently called, presented an agreeable uncertain but conveyance. This transit was never attempted except with the tide, and frequently the passengers, being becalmed, were compelled to land at some place short of the vessel's sdestination, or to remainon board untilthe following tide;and it was not uncommon to be detained on the water throughout the night, especially when the journey commenced after mid-day...
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ICE Transactions

Volume 3, Issue 3, January 1840

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES, AND THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THAT POWER AT DIFFERENT VELOCITIES.

DESCRIPTION OF A SAWING MACHINE FOR CUTTING RAILWAY BARS (INCLUDING PLATE).

ON THE EXPANSION OF ARCHES.

DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT MONTROSE, AFTER IT HAD BEEN RENDERED IMPASSABLE BY THE HURRICANE OF THE 11TH OF OCTOBER, 1838; WITH REMARKS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT AND OTHER SUSPENSION BRIDGES, IN REFERENCE TO THE ACTION OF VIOLENT GALES OF WIND. (INCLUDING PLATE).

ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER FROM ARTESIAN WELLS IN THE LONDON BASIN, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING OF THE WELL AT THE RESERVOIR OF THE NEW RIVER COMPANY, IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD. (INCLUDING PLATE)

ACCOUNT OF THE GRAVESEND PIER. (INCLUDING PLATES).