The Contribution of Manchester Researches to Mechanical Science

Dalton J. “Experiments and Observations on the Power of Fluids to Conduct Heat,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1798–1802, vol. 5, page 373.

Dalton J. “Experiments and Observations on the Heat and Cold produced by the Mechanical Condensation and Rarefaction of Air,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1798–1802, vol. 5, page 515.

Dalton J. “Experimental Essays, on the Constitution of mixed Gases; on the Force of Steam or Vapour from Water and other Liquids in different Temperatures, both in a Torricellian Vacuum and in Air; on Evaporation; and on the Expansion of Gases by Heat,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1798–1802, vol. 5, page 535.

Dalton J. “On the Absorption of Gases, by Water and other Liquids,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1805, vol. 1, page 271.

Reynolds O. “Memoir of J. P. Joule,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1892, vol. 6, page 1.

Thomson W. Sir “On the Absolute Thermometric Scale founded on Carnot's Theory of the Motive Power of Heat,” Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc., 1848.

Joule J. P. “On the Changes of Temperature produced by the Rarefaction and Condensation of Air,” Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1846; abstract in Proc. Roy. Soc., 1844.

Joule J. P. “On the Effects of Magnetism upon the Dimensions of Iron and Steel Bars,” Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1847, vol. 30, pages 76 and 225.

Joule J. P. “On the Electric Origin of the Heat of Combustion,” Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1842, vol. 20, page 98.

Joule J. P. “On the Heat evolved during the Electrolysis of Water,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1846, vol. 7, page 87.

Joule J. P. “On the Calorific Effects of Magneto-Electricity and on the Mechanical Value of Heat,” Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1843, vol. 23, pages 263, 347 and 435.

Joule J. P. See reference 7.

Joule J. P. “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1845, page 31; Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1845, vol. 27, page 205.

Joule J. P. “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, as determined by the Heat evolved by the Agitation of Liquids,” Brit. Assoc. Report, 1847, page 55; Phil. Mag., Series 3, 1847, vol. 31, page 173.

Joule J. P. “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat and on the Constitution of Elastic Fluids,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1848, page 21.

Joule J. P. “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1850.

Joule J. P. “On the Fusion of Metals by Voltaic Electricity,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1857, vol. 14, page 49.

Joule J. P. “On the Surface Condensation of Steam,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1861, vol. 61, page 133.

Joule J. P. “Determination of the Dynamical Equivalent of Heat from the Thermal Effects of Electric Currents,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1867, page 512.

Joule J. P. “New Determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1878, vol. 27, page 38.

Fairbairn W. Sir “On the Strength and other Properties of Cast Iron Obtained from the Hot and Cold Blast,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1837, page 377.

Fairbairn W. Sir “An Experimental Inquiry into the Strength of Wrought-Iron Plates and their Riveted Joints as Applied to Ship-building and vessels exposed to severe strain,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1850, vol. 140, page 677.

Fairbairn W. Sir “An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges with a complete history of their progress,“ Weale and Longman, London, 1849.

Fairbairn W. Sir “Strength of Screwed and Riveted Copper Stays and the Resistance of Flat Stayed Surfaces,” “Useful Information for Engineers“ (First Series), Appendix II.

Memorandum Manchester Steam Users’ Assoc., 1904, page 5.

Fairbairn W. Sir “On the Tensile Strength of Wrought Iron at Various Temperatures,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1856, page 405.

Fairbairn W. Sir “On the Resistance of Tubes to Collapse,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1858, page 389; abstract in Brit. Assoc. Report, 1857, page 215.

Fairbairn W. Sir Tate T. “Experimental Researches to Determine the Density of Steam at all Temperatures and to determine the law of expansion of Superheated Steam,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1860, page 185; see also Brit. Assoc. Report, 1859, page 233.

Fairbairn W. Sir “Experiments to determine the effect of Impact, Vibratory Action and a long-continued Change of Load on Wrought-Iron Girders,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1864, vol. 154, page 311.

Hodgkinson E. “On the Transverse Strain and Strength of Materials,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1824, vol. 4, page 225.

Hodgkinson E. “On the Forms of the Catenary in Suspension Bridges,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1831, vol. 5, page 354.

Hodgkinson E. “On the Chain Bridge at Broughton,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1831, vol. 5, page 384.

Hodgkinson E. “Theoretical and Experimental Research to ascertain the Strength and Best Forms of Iron Beams,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1831, vol. 5, page 407.

Hodgkinson E. “On the Collision of Imperfectly Elastic Bodies,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1834, page 534.

Hodgkinson E. “Impact upon Beams,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1833, page 421.

Hodgkinson E. “On the direct tensile Strength of Cast Iron,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1833, page 423.

Hodgkinson E. “Experiments to prove that all bodies are in some degree Inelastic, and a proposed Law for Estimating the Deficiency,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1843, page 23.

Hodgkinson E. “Experimental Researches into the Strength of Pillars of Cast Iron, and other Materials,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1840.

Reynolds O. “On the Suspension of a Ball by a Jet of Water,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1871, vol. 4, page 279.

Reynolds O. “On the Theory of Lubrication and its Application to Mr. Beauchamp Tower's Experiments, including an Experimental Determination of the Viscosity of Olive Oil,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1886, vol. 177.

Reynolds O. “An Experimental Investigation of the Circumstances which Determine Whether the Motion of Water shall be Direct or Sinuous, and of the Law of Resistance in Parallel Channels,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1883, vol. 174.

Reynolds O. “On the Motion of Water,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1883, vol. xxxv, page 84.

Reynolds O. “On certain Laws Relating to the Regime of Rivers and Estuaries and on the Possibility of Experiments on a Small Scale,“ Brit. Assoc Report, 1887, page 555.

Reynolds O. First, Second, and Third Reports of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Action of Waves and Currents on the Beds and Foreshores of Estuaries by means of Working Models, Brit. Assoc. Report, 1889, page 327; 1890, page 512; 1891, page 386.

Reynolds O. “Improvements in Turbines and Centrifugal Pumps“ (From Pat. Spec. No. 724, 1875), “Scientific Papers,” vol. 2, page 141.

Reynolds O. “On the Flow of Gases,” Phil. Mag., 1886; Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1887, page 164.

Reynolds O. “On the Extent and Action of the Heating Surface for Steam Boilers,” Proc. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1874, vol. xiv, page 7.

Reynolds O. “On the Condensation of a Mixture of Air and Steam upon Cold Surfaces,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1873, vol. xxi, page 275.

Reynolds O. “The Causes of the Racing of the Engines of Screw Steamers Investigated Theoretically and by Experiment,” Trans. I. N. A., 1873, vol. xiv, page 56.

Reynolds O. “On the Effect of Immersion on Screw-Propellers,” Trans. I. N. A., 1874, vol. xv, page 188.

Reynolds O. “On the Steering of Screw-Steamers,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1875, page 141.

Reynolds O. “On the Investigation of the Steering Qualities of Ships,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1876, page 70.

Reynolds O. “On the Effect of Propellers on the Steering of Vessels“ (Report of Committee), Brit. Assoc. Report, 1877, page 200.

Reynolds O. “On the Effect of Propellers on the Steering of Vessels“ (Report of Committee), Brit. Assoc. Report, 1878, page 419.

Reynolds O. “On the Steering of Ships” (Results of observations and experiments on the steering qualities and turning powers of H.M.S. “Minotaur” and “Defence”), Brit. Assoc. Report, 1880, page 699.

Reynolds O. “On Methods of Investigating the Qualities of Lifeboats,” Proc. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1886–7, vol. xxvi, page 61.

Reynolds O. Brightmore A. W. “On the Theory of the Indicator and the Errors in Indicator-Diagrams,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1885, vol. lxxxiii, page 1.

Reynolds O. “On the Triple-Expansion Engines and Engine-Trials at the Whitworth Engineering Laboratory, Owens College, Manchester,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1889, vol. xcix, page 152.

Reynolds O. “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1897, vol. 190, page 301.

Smith J. H. Reynolds O. “On a Throw-Testing Machine for Reversals of Mean Stress,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1902, vol. 199, page 265.

Stanton T. Sir “On the Passage of Heat between Metal Surfaces and Liquids in contact with them,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1897, vol. 190, page 67.

Dunkerley S. “On the Whirling and Vibration of Shafts,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1894, vol. 185, page 279.

Stanton T. Sir “Experiments on the Relation between Uniform Stress and Permanent Strain in Wrought-Iron and Steel,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1893, vol. 8, page 2.

Wilson G. “Conjugate Pressures in Fine Sand, and their Variation with the Presence of Water,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1901, vol. cxlix, page 208.

Cook G. Robertson A. “The Transition from the Elastic to the Plastic State in Mild Steel,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1913, vol. lxxxviii, page 462.

Cook G. Robertson A. “The Strength of Thick Hollow Cylinders under Internal Pressure,” Engineering, 1911, vol. 92, page 786.

Cook G. “The Distribution of Stress in a Flanged Pipe,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1921, page 299.

Lander C. H. “On the Application of Graphical Methods to the Solution of Problems on Struts and Tie-Rods with Lateral and Non-Axial Loads,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1914, vol. 27, page 203.

Lander C. H. “Stresses in the Main Spars of Monoplanes,” Memoirs Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1915, vol. 59.

Robertson A. “The Strength of Struts,“ Inst. C. E., Selected Papers, 1925, No. 28.

Robertson A. “Strength of Tubular Struts,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1928, vol. cxxi, page 558.

Atkinson J. “Governing and the Regularity of Gas-Engines,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1908, vol. i, page 383.

Petavel J. E. Sir “The Pressure of Explosions—Experiments on Solid and Gaseous Explosives,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1905, vol. lxxvi, page 492.

Petavel J. E. Sir “A Recording Manometer for High-Pressure Explosions,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1902, vol. 3, page 461.

Gibson A. H. Gwyther R. D. “The Effect of Varying the Degree of Saturation of the Air-Supply to a Suction-Gas Producer,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1908, vol. clxxvii, page 264.

Petavel J. E. Sir Asakawa G. “On the Effect of Compression Ratio on the Efficiency of a Gas Engine,“ Brit. Assoc. Report, 1913, page 599.

Gibson A. H. Baker H. W. “Exhaust-Valve and Cylinder-Head Temperatures in High-Speed Petrol Engines,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1923, vol. ii, page 1045.

Gibson A. H. “Piston Temperature and Heat Flow in High-Speed Petrol Engines,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1926, vol. i, page 221.

Mucklow G. F. “The Effect of Reduced Intake-Air Pressure and of Hydrogen on the Performance of a Solid Injection Oil Engine,” Proc. I. A. E., 1926, vol. xxi, page 25.

Gibson A. H. “Water Hammer in Hydraulic Pipe Lines,“ Constable, London, 1908.

Gibson A. H. “On the Depression of the Filament of Maximum Velocity in a Stream flowing through an Open Channel,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1909, vol. lxxxii, page 149.

Gibson A. H. Ryan A. “The Resistance to Rotation of Disks in Water at High Speeds,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1909, vol. clxxix, page 313.

Gibson A. H. “The Flow of Water through Pipes and Passages having Converging or Diverging Boundaries,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1910, vol. lxxxiii, page 366.

Gibson A. H. Labrow S. “The Efficiency of Regain in Straight and Bent Draught-Tubes,“ Inst. C. E., Selected Papers, 1926, No. 34.

Lander C. H. “Surface Friction: Experiments with Steam and Water in Pipes,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1916, vol. xcii, page 337.

Gibson A. H. “The Flow of Water in a Corrugated Pipe,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1925, vol. 50, page 199.

Heywood F. “Flow of Water in Pipes and Channels,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1924, vol. ccxix, page 174.

Cramp W. “Pneumatic Conveying of Materials,” Engineering, 1920, vol. 110, page 322.

Gibson A. H. “The Investigation of the Surge-Tank Problem by Model Experiments,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1924, vol. ccxix, page 161.

Nicolson J. T. “Report on Experiments with Rapid-Cutting Steel Tools,” Trans. Manchester Assoc. of Engrs., 1903, page 228.

Nicolson J. T. “Experiments with a Lathe-Tool Dynamometer,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1904, vol. ii, page 883.

Smith D. “First Report of the Lathe Tool Research Committee,“ H.M. Stationery Office, 1922.

Smith D. “Lathe Tool Research Committee Report,“ Trans. Manchester Assoc. of Engrs., 1924–5, page 337.

Smith D. Hey I. “Some Hardness Observations of a Tool Steel and Cutting Trials with Extremely Fine Cuts,“ Trans. Manchester Assoc. of Engrs., 1923–4, page 201.

Smith D. Leigh A. “Report on Experiments with Lathe Tools on Fine Cuts,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1925, vol. i, page 383.

Smith D. Poliakoff R. “Experiments upon the Forces Acting on Twist-Drills when Operating on Cast Iron and Steel,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1909, vol. i, page 315.

Nicolson J. T. “The Laws of Heat-Transmission in Steam Boilers, as Deduced from Experiment,” Proc. Jun. Inst. Engrs., 1909, vol. xix, page 199.

Nicolson J. T. “Boiler Economics and the Use of High Gas Speeds,” Trans. Inst. Engrs. and Shipbdrs. in Scotland, 1910, vol. liv, page 64.

Mellanby A. L. “Investigation to determine the Effects of Steam-Jacketing upon the Efficiency of a Horizontal Compound Steam-Engine,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1905, vol. ii, page 519.

The Steam-Nozzles Research Committee, First Report, Proc. I.Mech.E., 1923, vol. i, page 1; Second Report, 1923, vol. i, page 311; Third Report, 1924, vol. i, page 455; Fourth Report, 1925, vol. ii, page 747; Fifth Report, 1928, vol. i, page 31.

Smith D. Walker W. J. “Orifice Flow,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1923, vol. i, page 35.

Smith D. Walker W. J. “Weir Flow,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1923, vol. ii, page 819.

Stoney G. Steam-Nozzles Research Committee, Discussion on Second Report, Proc. I.Mech.E., 1923, vol. i, page 360.

Stoney G. Boswall R. O. Massey J. “The Thickness and Resistance of Oil Films in High Speed Bearings,” Engineering, 1922, vol. 113, page 249.

Popplewell W. C. Carrington H. “The Failure of Short Tubular Struts of High-Tensile Steel,” Proc. Inst. C. E., 1917, vol. cciii, page 381.

Carrington H. “The Moduli of Rigidity for Spruce,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1921, vol. 41, page 848.

Carrington H. “Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio for Spruce,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1922, vol. 43, page 871; vol. 44, page 288.

Carrington H. “The Elastic Constants of Spruce,” Aeronautical Journal, 1922, vol. 26, page 462; see also Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1923, vol. 45, page 1055.

Carrington H. “The Buckling of Deep Beams,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1920, vol. 39, page 220.

Carrington H. “The Frequencies of Vibration of Flat Circular Plates fixed at the Circumference,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, 1925, vol. 50, page 1261.

Herbert E. G. “Testing of Files and Tool Steel,“ Trans. Manchester Assoc. of Engrs., 1908–9, page 317.

Herbert E. G. “Measurement of Cutting Temperatures,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1926, vol. i, page 289.

Herbert E. G. “Cutting Temperatures; their Effect on Tools and on Materials subjected to Work,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1927, vol. ii, page 863.

Herbert E. G. “Machinability,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1928, vol. ii, page 775.

Stromeyer C. E. Baron W. B. “An Inquiry into the Working of Various Water-Softeners,” Proc. I.Mech.E., 1903, vol. ii, page 835.

Stromeyer C. E. “The Ageing of Mild Steel,” Journal Iron and Steel Inst., 1907, vol. lxxiii, page 200.

Stromeyer C. E. “Further Experiments on the Ageing of Mild Steel,” Journal Iron and Steel Inst., 1907, vol. lxxv, page 86.

Stromeyer C. E. “The Ageing of Mild Steel and the Influence of Nitrogen,” Journal Iron and Steel Inst., 1909, vol. lxxix, page 404.

Stromeyer C. E. “The Determination of Fatigue Limits under Alternating Stress Conditions,” Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 1914, vol. xc, page 411.

Memorandum Manchester Steam Users’ Assoc., 1924.

Memorandum Manchester Steam Users’ Assoc., 1928.