Proceedings, Issues 1-2Institution [of Mechanical Engineers], 1908 |
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Associate Member Bertram Hopkinson boiler efficiency Brislee Burstall's calculated calorific value calorimeter carbon carbon-dioxide carbon-monoxide cent charge CO₂ coal coal-gas compression constant Council cubic foot curve cylinder diagram Dugald Clerk entropy evaporation exhaust experiments explosion feet fire-box fly-wheel foot of Grate fuel full load gas-engine gas-valve gases given heat lost heating surface hit-and-miss ignition increase indicator indicator diagram Institution live-steam feed-water heater locomotive London loss of heat mean effective pressure mean pressure Mechanical Engineers Messrs method mixture motor obtained pallet Paper pedal Pennsylvania Railroad percentage piston Plate pound of coal products of combustion Professor Burstall quantity Railway ratio Report scavenging shown in Fig simple harmonic motion smoke-box specific heat speed square foot square inch standard cubic foot steam stroke suction Table taken temperature tests thermal efficiency total heat trials tube unburnt coal valve variation volume weight
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Page viii - The fourth paragraph of this Memorandum is a condition on which a licence is granted by the Board of Trade to the Association in pursuance of Section 23 of the Companies
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Page xiii - Special business shall include all business for transaction at a Special Meeting, and all business for transaction at every other Meeting, with the exception of the reading and confirmation of the Minutes of the previous Meeting, the election of Members, Associate Members, Graduates, and Associates, and the reading and discussion of communications as prescribed by the By-laws, or by any regulations of the Council made in accordance with the By-laws.
Page vii - To promote the science and practice of Mechanical Engineering and all branches of mechanical construction, and to give an impulse to inventions likely to be useful to the Members of the Institution and to the community at large.
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Page xxv - It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the direction of the Council, to conduct the correspondence of the Institution ; to attend all meetings of the Institution, and of the Council, and of Committees ; to take minutes of the proceedings of such meetings ; to read the minutes of the preceding...