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James, F A J L70:21998-99'The Civil-Engineer's Talent': Michael Faraday, science, engineering, and the English lighthouse service, 1836-1865
James, F A J L75:22003-04How big is a hole? The problems of the practical application of science in the invention of the miners' safety lamp by Humphry Davy and George Stephenson in late Regency England
James, J G471974-76Ralph Dodd, The Very Ingenious Schemer
James, J G501978-79The Cast Iron Bridges of Thomas Wilson
James, J G521980-81The Evolution of Iron Truss Bridges to 1850
James, J G541982-83Russian Iron Bridges to 1850
James, J G591987-88Some Steps in the Evolution of Early Iron Arched Bridge Designs (18th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
James, J G591987-88Thomas Paine's Iron Bridge Work 1785-1803
Jardine, R W641992-93James Jardine and the Edinburgh Water Company
Jarrett, F E C561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - Application of the Steam Turbine to Marine Propulsion
Jarvis, A69:11997-98Theory versus Practice in Dock Engineering
Jasuik, J491977-78Scottish Engineers and Engineering Symposium - Scottish Technicians in Polish Industry and Agriculture in the First Half of the 19th Century
Jefferson Smith, P74:12002-03On Ship Motions and Waves in Navigable Channels with Particular Reference to the Experiments of John Scott Russell: 1834-1835
Jenkins, R11920-21The Rise and Fall of the Sussex Iron Industry
Jenkins, R31922-23Notes on the Early History of Steel Making in England
Jenkins, R31922-23Savery, Newcomen and the Early History of the Steam Engine, Part 1
Jenkins, R41923-24 A Sketch of the Industrial History of the Coalbrookdale District
Jenkins, R41923-24 Savery, Newcomen and the Early History of the Steam Engine Part II
Jenkins, R51924-25Letters of Marc Isambard Brunel
Jenkins, R61925-26Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean
Jenkins, R71926-27Observations on the Rise and Progress of Manufacturing Industry in England
Jenkins, R71926-27Thomas Newcomen, A Note on His Handwriting
Jenkins, R81927-28Stourbridge and Dudley: a Sketch of the Industrial History of the District
Jenkins, R91928-29A Chapter in the History of the Water Supply of London: A Thames-side pumping installation and Sir Edward Ford's patent from Cromwell
Jenkins, R101929-30The Art of Water Drawing
Jenkins, R101929-30Civil Engineering in 1595-7: The Building and Destruction of a Pier at Hastings
Jenkins, R111930-31Fire Extinguishing Engines in England, 1625-1725
Jenkins, R111930-31Jonathan Hornblower and the Compound Engine
Jenkins, R111930-31Francis Thompson's Visit to the Cardiganshire Mines, 1788
Jenkins, R121931-32The Oliver: Ironmaking in the 14th Century
Jenkins, R121931-32Coke: A Note on its Production and Use, 1587-1650
Jenkins, R131932-33A Cornish Engineer, Arthur Woolf, 1766-1837
Jenkins, R141933-34The Reverberatory Furnace with Coal Fuel, 1612-1712
Jenkins, R141933-34Historical Notes on some Derbyshire Industries
Jenkins, R151934-35Shrinking on
Jenkins, R151934-35The Hollow Sword Blade Company and Sword Making at Shotley Bridge
Jenkins, R171936-37The Heat Engine Idea in the Seventeenth Century - A Contribution to the History of the Steam Engine
Jenkins, R171936-37Industries of Herefordshire in Bygone Times
Jenkins, R181937-38The Society for the Mines Royal, and the German Colony in the Lake District
Jenkins, R181937-38Hammer Mills in Cornwall
Jenkins, R191938-39Ironfounding in England, 1490-1603
Jenkins, R191938-39Industries of Suffolk: A Historical Sketch
Jenkins, R221941-42The Silica Brick and its Inventor, William Weston Young
Jenkins, R231942-43Early Engineering and Iron Founding in Cornwall
Jenkins, R251945-47The Zinc Industry in England: the early years up to about 1850
Jenkins, R441971-72Early Gunfounding in England and Wales
Jenkins, R241943-45Copper Smelting in England: Revival at the End of the l7th century
Jenkins, W J81927-28Early History of Coal Mining in Dudley
Jespersen, A311957-59Danish Windmills
Johnson, H R and Skempton, A W301955-57William Strutt's Cotton Mills, 1793-1812
Johnson, W J661994-95Early research in linear motors for manufacturing machinery
Johnsson, K69:21997-98The Swedish petroleum industry from oil mill to refinery
Jones, A72:12000-01The 'OLD CHESTNUT' - The introduction of electricity in Abergavenny
Jones, A V76:12000-01Towards Safer Working: The Hazards and Risks of Introducing Electrical Equipment in British Coal Mines up to about 1930
Jones, L J531981-82Wind, Water and Muscle-Powered Flour- Mills in Early South Australia
Jump, P351962-63The Cotswold Countryside: An Engineer's Thoughts on the Past and Present (Presidential Address)
Keil, I341961-62Building a Post Windmill in 1342
Kemp, E L491977-78Thomas Paine and his 'Pontifical Matters'
Kenny, E J A371964-65Vacuum Theory and Technique in Greek Science
Kenny, E J A & Hills, R L361963-64The Steam Pumping Engine at Stretham, Cambridgeshire
King, P W73:12001-02Sir Clement Clerke and the Adoption of Coal in Metallurgy
Kinns, R & Abell, L79:12007-08The Contribution of Maudslay Sons & Field to the Development of Time Balls in Australia
Kirby, R S161935-36 William Weston and His Contribution to Early American Engineering
Kirkham, N331960-61The Draining of the Alport Lead Mines, Derbyshire
Kirkham, N371964-65The Ventilation of Hillcarr Sough
Kirkham, N381965-66Steam Engines in Derbyshire Lead Mines
Kirkham, N411968-69Early Lead Smelting in Derbyshire
Knecht, W74:12002-03Some Historical Steps in the Development of the Common Rail Injection System
Knowles, J A61925-26The History of Copper Ruby Glass
Kramer, J B141933-34The Early History of Magnetism
Krige, J76:22004-05Critical Reflections on the Science-Technology Relationship (26th Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Laithwaite, E R671995-96The development of the linear induction motor (22nd Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Lanchester, G H301955-57F W Lanchester, LLD, FRS: his life and work
Langdon, W C181937-38Stonington Railroad Centennial
Law, R J481976-77A Survey of Tank Boilers down to 1850
Lawton, B76:22004-05Building the Wilts and Berks Canal, 1793-1810 ABSTRACT
Lawton, B79:12007-08The Characteristics of Technology
Lee, A S70:11998-99The English Electric gas turbine locomotive GT3
Lee, C E211940-41Early Railways in Surrey
Lee, C E131932-33The Centenary of the London Motor Omnibus
Lee, C E251945-47The World's Oldest Railway
Lee, C E261947-49Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland
Lee, C E271949-51Adrian Stephens, Inventor of the Steam Whistle
Lee, C E271949-51Rise and Decline of the Steam-Driven Omnibus
Lee, C E321959-60Early Industry and Transport in East Yorkshire/TD>
Lee, C E331960-61Some Railway Facts and Fallacies (Presidential Address)
Lee, C E341961-62Summer Meeting in North Wales, 1962
Lee, C E341961-62The Slate Industry and Transport in North West Wales
Lee, C E351962-63The Haytor Granite Tramroad
Lee, C E361963-64Railway Engineering: Its Impact on Civilisation (6th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Lee, C E401967-68The Easingwold Railway
Lee, C E431970-71The Tower Subway, the First Tube Railway in the World
Lee, C E451972-73The Pneumatic Despatch Company's Railways
Legget, R401967-68The Ottawa River Canals and Portage Railways
Leggett, R F311957-59The Jones Falls Dam on the Rideau Canal, Ontario, Canada
Lewis, C501978-79Josiah Clowes (1735-1794)
Lewis, C G76:12004-05Hugh Henshall, 1734-1816
Lewis, M J T561984-85Roman Methods of Transporting and Erecting Obelisks
Liffen, J71:11999-00The development of cash handling systems for shops and department stores
Lindqvist, S501978-79THOMAS NEWCOMEN: commemorative Symposium - The Work of Martin Triewald in England
Lindqvist, S551983-84The First Newcomen Engine in Sweden (1726-1728) and its Hoisting Gear: A Closer look at the Triewald Drawings
Linney, A G161935-36 Crowley's Wharf, Greenwich
Llewellyn-Jones, F511979-80Steam and the Mumbles Railway
Lones, T E21921-22Mechanics & Engineering from the Time of Aristotle to that of Archimedes
Lones, T E111930-31The South Staffordshire and North Worcestershire Mining District and its Relics of Mining Appliances
Lones, T E131932-33The Site of Newcomen's Engine of 1712
Lones, T E201939-40A Précis of "Metallum Martis", and an Analysis of Dud Dudley's Alleged Inventions
Longley, K M411968-69Origin of the Smock Mill
Lord, W M251945-47Development of the Bessemer Process in Lancashire
Loree, L F41923-24 The Four Locomotives imported into America in 1829 by the Delaware and Hudson Co
Loree, L F101929-30The First Steam Engine of America
Loree, L F81927-28Steamboats of Lake Champlain
Loveridge, D W501978-79Robert Stirling - Preacher and Inventor
Macfarlan, J51924-25George Dixon: Discoverer of Gas Light from Coal
Macnair, M78:22006-7Emile Bachelet (1863-1946): The Showman and the Flying Train
Mainstone, R J381965-66The Structure of the Church of St Sophia, Istanbul
Mainstone, R J421969-70Brunelleschi's Dome of S Maria del Fiore and Some Related Structures
Major, J K & Boyes, J571985-86Rex Wailes; A Bibliography
Major, J K601988-89The Horse Engine in the 19th Century
Malcolm, L W G141933-34Early History of the Streets and Paving of London
Mansa, H H291953-55The History of the First Steam Engine in Denmark
Marples, E A101929-30Ancient Civilisations
Marsden, B76:12004-05Superseding Steam: The Napier and Rankine Hot-air Engine
Marshall, C F D21921-22The Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Marshall, C F D231942-43Notes on the Aeolipyle and the Marquis of Worcester's Engine
Marshall, C F D71926-27A Note on Whistler, the American Engineer
Marshall, C F D91928-29The Rainhill Locomotive Trials of 1829
Marshall, C F D131932-33Motor Omnibuses a Century Ago
Marshall, C F D161935-36 The Germs and Development of some Mechanical Inventions (Presidential Address)
Marshall, E L79:12007-08The Quest for Thermodynamic Efficiency: Atkinson Cycle Machines Versus Otto Cycle Machines ABSTRACT
Mart, J N181937-38The "Iron Bellows" of Duddon Furnace, Cumberland, 1775
Mason, W W121931-32Trevithick's First Rail Locomotive
Matkin, R B481976-77The Construction of Ramsgate Harbour
Matschoss, C21921-22A Holograph Letter of Newcomen
Matsumoto, M71:21999-00A Hidden Pitfall in the Path of Prewar Japanese Military Technology
McCutcheon, W A391966-67Water Power in the North of Ireland
McKirdy, A621990-91The Engineering of the Organ
McNeil, I471974-76Hydraulic Power Transmission: The First 350 Years
McNeil, I511979-80The Publication of Works on the History of Engineering and Technology (Diamond Jubilee Meeting)
McNeil, I541982-83George Constantinesco, 1881-1965, and the Development of Sonic Power Transmission
McNeil, I601988-89Blast: From Blowpipe to Blowing Engine
McOwat, P76:12004-05The Design and Performance of the King Edward Turbines
McWilliam, R C75:22003-04The First British Standards: Specifications and Tests Published by the Engineering Standards Committee, 1903-18
Meade, M & Saint, A661994-95The Marquis de Chabannes, pioneer of central heating and inventor
Meikle, W P211940-41Highway Repairs in the 18th Century
Mercer, S261947-49Trevithick and the Merthyr Tramroad
Millingen, R D van651993-94Torquemeter Applications (21st Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Mitchell, C M281951-53Bygone Handicrafts of York
Mitchell, J M561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - The Development of the Steam Turbine Generator and the Ultimate Eclipse of the Reciprocating Steam Engine
Mitman, C W191938-39Col. Stevens and his "Porcupine" Boiler, 1804
Moher, J G581986-87John Torr Foulds (1742-1815): Millwright and Engineer
Morgan, F C231942-43Some Old Tools in Hereford Museum
Morgan, F C231942-43Prices of Iron and Steel in 1578
Morris, P R651993-94A Review of the Development of the British Thermionic Valve Industry
Morton, A Q651993-94Men and Machines in Mid-18th Century London
Moss, M & Hume, J for the late Douglas MacLennan72:22000-01Bridge building achievements of P & W MacLennan & Co (1850-1914)
Mosse, J401967-68The Albion Mills, 1784-1791
Mosse, J621990-91The Firefly Locomotive of 1839
Mott, R A151934-35Dud Dudley and the Early Coal-Iron Industry
Mott, R A271949-51Early Ironmaking in the Sheffield Area
Mott, R A311957-59Abraham Darby (I and II) and the Coal-Iron Industry
Mott, R A311957-59The Coalbrookdale Group Horsehay Works: Pt 1
Mott, R A321959-60The Coalbrookdale Group Horsehay Works: Pt 2
Mott, R A351962-63The Newcomen Engine in the 18th Century (Newcomen Tercentenary)
Mott, R A371964-65English Waggonways of the Eighteenth Century: Pts 1 & 2
Mott, R A421969-70Tramroads of the 18th Century and Their Originator, John Curr
Mott, R A491977-78Dry and Wet Puddling
Muggeridge, D W251945-47Windmills of Hanover
Nasmith, F61925-26Fathers of the Machine Cotton Industry
Nasmith, F131932-33Richard Arkwright: Bicentenary Lecture
Naumburg, R E61925-26Two American Textile Pioneers
Needham, J301955-57The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China (2nd Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture - Precis only)
Needham, J351962-63The Pre-Natal History of the Steam Engine (Newcomen Tercentenary)
Needham, J361963-64China and the Invention of the Pound Lock
Newbould, G T151934-35The Atmospheric Engine at Westfield, Yorks
Newby, F591987-88John G James: An Appreciation
Newby, G A661994-95Samson Fox`s American venture and the development of the pressed steel railway vehicle/TD>
Newby, G A641992-93Behind the Fire Doors: Fox's Corrugated Furnace 1877 and the 'High Pressure' Steamship
Nichols, J S201939-40Amédee Bollée: Pioneer of Mechanical Road Locomotion
Nicol, H101929-30Agricultural Sources of Mechanical Information
Nixon, F311957-59The Early Steam Engine in Derbyshire
Nuvolari, A & Verspagen, B77:22005-06'Lean's Engine Reporter' and the Development of the Cornish Engine: a reappraisal
O'Dea, W T201939-40Electrical Invention and Re-invention
Orrok, G A151934-35Engineering Recollections
Orrok, G A111930-31Pearl St Station, the First Steam Power Station in America
Otter, R A & Thomas, J H72:22000-01William and Edward Mackenzie as railway contractors; the evidence of J H Watel`s ofice diaries from 1849 & 1850
Otter, R A73:22001-02The Construction of Dry Docks: Some Nineteenth-Century Perspectives
Otter, R A74:22002-03The Construction of Dry Docks to World War 1: The Evidence of the Engineer

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