INDEX

TO THE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS,

1837.

A.

Advertisement, 3.

Air, friction of, in pipes, 43.

Annual Report, 5.

Arch, elliptic, a practical method of forming the stones, 45.

B.

Bald, W., on the velocity of the water in Belfast harbour, 37.-Account of some
blasting operations through the white limestone on the Antrim coast-road,
in the north of Ireland, 40.-Further observations on ditto, 41.-On a practical
method of forming the stones of an elliptic arch, 45.

Ballard, S., description of a method of breaking ice, as practised on the Here-
fordshire and Gloucestershire Canal in the winters of 1834, 35, and '36, 18.
Balls, method of forming truly spherical, 22.

Beamish, R., account of the Thames Tunnel, 32.

Beams of wood, researches into the best forms, 30.

of iron, 45.

Belfast Harbour, 37.

Blasting operations through the white limestone on the Antrim coast-road, in
the north of Ireland, account of the, 40.-Further observations on ditto, 41.—
Quantity of gunpowder used, 42.

Blunt, Mr., notice of surveying signals employed in America, 19.—Observations
on American steamers, 21.

Boring wells, description of an apparatus for, 18.

Bramah, F., observations on various kinds of cements, 20.-Ditto on the strength
of materials, 29.-A series of experiments on the elastic weight and strength
of cast-iron beams, 45.

Bray, W. B., on the strength of iron girders, 29.

Bridge, Chester, notice of the centering employed in the construction, 35.

wooden, over the river Calder, at Mirfield, Yorkshire, 27.

Brunel, M. I., account of the Thames Tunnel, 33.

Bull, W., notice of the wooden bridge over the river Calder, at Mirfield, York-

shire. 27.

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C.

Canal, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, description of a method of breaking
ice, in the winters of 1834, '35, and '36, 18.

Carnegie, W. F. L., notice of Hunter's stone-planing machine, 38.

Cash account, 7.

Cements, observations on, 17, 19, 20.

Centre of Chester Bridge, 35.

Chapman, W., MSS. to be presented to the Institution, 37.

Coffer-dam, method of forming, in stony ground, 35.

Cottam, E., observations on the strength of materials, 28.-Ditto, on warming
and ventilating, 43.

Council and officers, list of, 15.

D.

Deceases, resignations, &c., 7.

Denison, Lieut., on experiments on the strength of various kinds of American
woods, exposed to a transverse strain, 26.-Experiments on the strength of
materials, 28.

Donkin, B., description of Mr. H. Guy's method of giving a true spherical figure
to balls of metal, glass, agate, or other hard substances, 22.-Observations on
the strength of materials, 29.

Drops at South Shields, 37.

E.

Edwards, G., on a steam expansion table, 24.
Engines, Boulton and Watt, duty of, 41.

Cornish, duty of, 31-38.

Crank, duty of, 31.

locomotive, observations on,

and the means of supplying them with

steam, 20.-Vibrations of the soil caused by their passage, 31.

on the Stanhope and Tyne railway, observations on the

Gibbs, Mr., observations on forming a coffer-dam in stony ground, 35.

Guy, H., description of a method of giving a true spherical figure to balls of
metal, glass, agate, or other hard substances, 22.

H.

Harbour, Belfast, on the velocity of the water, 37.

Harrison, J., description of a proposed levelling machine, 35.

T. E., notice of the Drops at South Shields, 37.-Observations on the

fuel and fire-boxes of the locomotive engines on the Stanhope and Tyne
railway, 38.

Hawkins, J. I., observations on cements, 20.—Ditto, on the strength of materials,
28.-Ditto, on the friction of air in pipes, 43.

Hays, W. B., account of a machine for cleaning and deepening small rivers, in
use on the Little Stour river, Kent, 26.

Hodgkinson, E., notice of his experiments on the strength of iron girders, 29, 30.
Holdsworth, A. H., resignation, 7.

Horne, J., results of experiments, made with a view to determine the best figure
and position for wooden bearers, so as to combine lightness and strength, 30.—
On warming and ventilating, 42.-Observations on a lamp for illuminating
lighthouses, 45.

--breaking, as practised on the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire canal, in the
winters of 1834, '35, and '36, 18.

Iron beams, a series of experiments on the elastic weight and strength of cast, 45.
girders, on the strength of, 29, 30.--Remarks on Mr. Hodgkinson's experi-
ments, 30.

K.

Koehler, H., on a peculiar form of rail, and the construction of railways in
America and Germany, 25.

Lamp for lighthouses, 45.

L.

Landale, C., deceased, 7.

Levelling machine, description of, 35.

'Lewis,' description of a new form of, 26.

Library catalogue, 7.

Light-houses, on the methods of illuminating, and on a reciprocating light, 44,

45.-Lamp for, 45.

Locomotives, see Engines.

Lowe, G., observations on the formation of cements, 19.

M.

Macneill, J., observations on a method of laying down railway sections, 36.
Maps; observations on maps made to represent the nature of a country, as to
levels and slopes, 37.

Materials; experiments on the strength of, 27.-Observations on ditto, 28, 29.
Members; total number of, 7.

Oldham, J., observations on warming and ventilation, 43, 44.
Original communications, list of, 9.

P.

Page, Mrs., present of books and MSS. of the late Colonel Page, 6.

Palmer, G. H., on the application of steam as a moving power, considered espe-
cially with reference to the reported duties of the Cornish and other engines,
38.-Observations on the friction of air in pipes, 43.

W., resignation, 7.

Pasley, Colonel, observations and experiments on cements, 17.-Ditto on various
kinds of artificial cements, 19.

Perkins, J., on locomotive engines and the means of supplying them with
steam, 20.

Pholas Dactylus, 42.

Premiums, Telford, first production of the medals for, 7.-List of subjects for
1838, 46.

Presents, particularly noticed, 6.-Catalogue of, 11.

Price, H. H., observations on cements, 19.

R.

Rail, on a peculiar form of, and on the construction of railways in America and
Germany, 25.

Rails, trough-shaped bearing for, 23.

Railway sections, observations on a method of laying down, 36.

Stanhope and Tyne, observations on the fuel and fire-boxes of the
locomotive engines on the, 38.

Railways of continuous bearing, on the construction of, 22.-Notice of discussion
on ditto, 23.

Raising water; on the comparative merits of the single-acting engine and of the
crank engine in, 31.

Resignations, deceases, &c., 7.

Reynolds, J., on the construction of railways of continuous bearing, 22.

River-cleaning machine; account of, 26.

Robertson, H., description of a new form of lewis,' 26.

Signals, surveying, 19.

S.

Simpson, J., on the comparative merits of the single-acting engine and of the
crank engine, for raising water, 31.

Smith, Captain, M.E., on the methods of illuminating lighthouses, and on a reci-
procating light, 44.

Spherical figure to balls of metal, glass, agate, or other hard substances; descrip-
tion of a method of giving a true, 22.

Statement of the number of deceases and resignations, and the total number of
members of all classes, 7.

Steam, as a moving power, the application of, considered especially with
reference to the reported duties of the Cornish and other engines, 38.-Obser-
vations on the results obtained by Mr. G. H. Palmer on ditto ditto, 41.

expansion table, 24.

supply of, to locomotives, 20-Power of transferring caloric, 21.

Steamers, American, observations on, 21.

Stone-planing machine, notice of, 38.

Surveying signals; notice of those employed in America, 19.

T.

Telford premiums, first production of the medals for, 7.-List of subjects for
1838, 46.

Thames Tunnel, account of the, 32.-Notice of various failures, 32.-First pro-
ceedings adopted by Mr. Brunel, 32.-Irruption of 1827 noticed, 33.-Aban-
donment of works for seven years, 33.-Removal of old, and introduction of
new, shield, 33.-The nature of the strata below the river, 33.-The new
shield described, 34.-The difficulties encountered and means adopted for con-
quering them, 33.-Reason for the form adopted, 33.- Description of the con-
struction, 34.-Irruptions of water and sand into, 35.-Ventilation, 35.
Timber, experiments on the strength of, 26, 27.-Observations on the decay of,
when in contact with stone, 28, 29.

Transactions, publication of the first volume of, 5.

Trubshaw, J., present the model and notice of the centering employed in the
construction of the Chester bridge, 35.

V.

Ventilating and warming, 42--44.

Vibrations of the soil from the passage of locomotives, coaches, &c., 31.

W.

Walker, J., present of Philosophical Transactions, 6.

Warming and ventilating, 42-44.

Water, on the velocity of the, in Belfast Harbour, 37.

raising of; on the comparative merits of the single-acting engine and of
the crank engine for, 31.

Webster, T., on experiments on the strength of materials, 27.-On Mr. Hodg-
kinson's experiments on cast-iron girders, 30.-On the results obtained by
Mr. G. H. Palmer respecting the maximum duty of a given quantity of
atmospheric steam, 41.

Wells, apparatus for boring, 18.

Wooden bearers, results of experiments, made with a view to determine the best
figure and position for, so as to combine lightness and strength, 30.

Woods exposed to a transverse strain, experiments on the strength of various
kinds of American, 26.

Wyld, J., deceased, 7.

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