OF

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.

ESTABLISHED 1847.

PROCEEDINGS.

1902.

PARTS 1-2.

PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTION,

STOREY'S GATE, ST. JAMES'S PARK, WESTMINSTER, S. W.

The right of Publication and of Translation is reserved.

CONTENTS.

1902.

PARTS 1-2.

iii

List of Past-Presidents

List of Officers

Articles and By-Laws .

PROCEEDINGS, 17TH JANUARY—

Nomination of Candidates for Council

Election of New Members

Transferences

PROCEEDINGS, 31ST JANUARY.-Business

"Modern Machine Methods"; by H. F. L. Orcutt (Plates 1-8)

GRADUATES' MEETING, 10TH FEBRUARY—

Gas-Engine Developments"; by T. H. Beare

PROCEEDINGS, ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 21ST FEBRUARY

Transferences

Annual Report

Presentation of Graduates' Prizes

Election of Officers

Appointment of Auditor

SPECIAL MEETING.-Alteration of Rules

Triple-Expansion Steam-Engine Trial"; by C. J. Hobbs

Memoirs

SPECIAL MEETING, 10TH MARCH-

Confirmation of Alteration of Rules

PROCEEDINGS, 21ST MARCH-

Decease of Mr. Bryan Donkin

Election of New Members

Appointments to Council

203

205

206

207

PROCEEDINGS, 4TH APRIL.-Business

"Fencing of Steam- and Gas-Engines"; by H. D. Marshall (Plate 9)

Guarding of Textile Machinery"; by S. R. Platt (Plates 10-17)

"Protection of Lifts"; by H. C. Walker (Plates 18-21)

Guarding Machine Tools"; by W. H. Johnson (Plates 22-26)

Standardization of Flanges"; by R. E. Atkinson (Plates 27-40)

303

Conversazione

372

Turning Mirrors for Search Lights"; by A. E. Pettit (Plate 41)

Memoirs

373

377

Index to Proceedings 1902, Parts 1-2

PLATES, 1-41.

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PAST-PRESIDENTS.

GEORGE STEPHENSON, 1847-48. (Deceased 1818.)

ROBERT STEPHENSON, F.R.S., 1849-53. (Deceased 1859.)

SIR WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, BART., LL.D., F.R.S., 1854-55. (Deceased 1874.)

SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH, BART., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 1856-57, 1866. (Deceased 1887.)

JOHN PENN, F.R.S., 1858-59, 1867-68. (Deceased 1878.)

JAMES KENNEDY, 1860. (Deceased 1886.)

THE RIGHT HON. LORD ARMSTRONG, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 1861-62, 1869

ROBERT NAPIER, 1863-65. (Deceased 1876.)

(Deceased 1900.)

JOHN RAMSBOTTOM, 1870-71. (Deceased 1897.)

SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 1872-73. (Deceased 1883.)

SIR FREDERICK J. BRAMWELL, BART., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 1874-75.

THOMAS HAWKSLEY, F.R.S., 1876-77. (Deceased 1893.)

JOHN ROBINSON, 1878-79.

EDWARD A. COWPER, 1880-81. (Deceased 1893.)

PERCY G. B. WESTMACOTT, 1882-83.

SIR LOWTHIAN BELL, BART., LL.D., F.R.S., 1884.

JEREMIAH HEAD, 1885-86. (Deceased 1899.)

SIR EDWARD H. CARBUTT, BART., 1887-88.
CHARLES COCHRANE, 1889. (Deceased 1898.)

JOSEPH TOMLINSON, 1890-91. (Deceased 1894.)

SIR WILLIAM ANDERSON, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., 1892-93. (Deceased 1898.) PROFESSOR ALEXANDER B. W. KENNEDY, LL.D., F.R.S., 1891–95.

E. WINDSOR RICHARDS, 1896–97.

SAMUEL WAITE JOHNSON, 1898.

SIR WILLIAM H. WHITE. K.C.B. LL.D. D.Sc., F.R.S., 1899-1900.

SIR FREDERICK J. BRAMWELL, BART., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., London.
SIR EDWARD H. CARBUTT, Bart.,

SAMUEL WAITE JOHNSON,

PROFESSOR ALEXANDER B. W. KENNEDY, LL.D., F.R.S.,

E. WINDSOR RICHARDS,

JOHN ROBINSON,

PERCY G. B. WESTMACOTT,

SIR WILLIAM H. WHITE, K.C.B., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.,

London.

SIR BENJAMIN BAKER, K.C.M.G., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.,..

London.

SECRETARY.

Edgar WORTHINGTON,

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers,

Storey's Gate, St. James's Park, Westminster, S.W.

Telegraphic address:-Mech, London. Telephone:- Westminster, 261.