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Paisley, T B361963-64The Fowells of St Ives, Engineers and Traction Engine Makers
Palfrey, H E81927-28Early Stourbridge Industries
Pallett, J E451972-73The Contribution of William Froude to the Development of the Oblique Bridge with Mechanically Correct Spiral Tapered Courses.
Parker, A271949-51Samuel Skey (1726-1800) and Chemical Industry in Bewdley
Parker, J F451972-73Some Notes on the Tangye Family
Parsons, N C561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS: A Symposium - The Origins of the Steam Turbine and the Importance of 1884
Paull, C V131932-33South Crofty, Past and Present
Paxton, R A491977-78Menai Bridge (1818-26) and its Influence on Suspension Bridge Development
Pearson, C E211940-41The History of the Hydraulic Extrusion Process
Pendred, L St L151934-35The Order Book of the New Wire Company, Cheadle
Pendred, L St L11920-21The Mystery of Trevithick's London Locomotives
Pendred, L St L21921-22A Note on Brunton's Steam Horse, 1813
Pendred, L St L41923-24 The Value of the History of Technology (Presidential Address)
Pendred, L St L91928-29Eulogy upon Newcomen
Pendred, L St L131932-33Richard Trevithick. A Eulogy
Penrose, C181937-381838 - April Fourth - 1938 : Centenary of Atlantic Steam Navigation.
Petree, J F151934-35Maudslay, Sons and Field as General Engineers.
Petree, J F391966-67Charles Wye Williams (1780-1866): A Pioneer in Steam Navigation and Fuel Efficiency
Petree, J F291953-55Presidential Address
Petree, J F401967-68Some Reflections on Engineering Biography. (8th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Petrie, Sir F51924-25Glass found in Egypt.
Pickering, O S601988-89The Re-Emergence of the Engineering Reports of John Grundy of Spalding (1719-83)
Pinkerton, J M M681996-97Evolutiion of construction methods from radios to computers
Pols, K van der461973-74Early Steam Pumping Engines in the Netherlands
Porter, J & Loadman, J77:12005-06The Cast Iron Beams at Kew Bridge Pumping Station - Faithful Friends or Fickle Enemies? ABSTRACT
Powell, T E661994-95The disappearance of horizontal watermills from Ireland
Press, M H261947-49The High Mill, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Pugsley, Sir A531981-82The Engineering Development of Rigid Airships (15th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Pyne, A381965-66From Hawkesbury to Dartmouth: The Removal of the Newcomen Memorial Engine.
Pyne, A431970-71The Kitson-Still Locomotive.
Quellmalz, J651993-94Thermodynamic Aspects of the Design of German Standard Steam Locomotives
Radley, J361963-64Peak Millstones and Hallamshire Grindstones
Radley, J391966-67York Waterworks, and Other Waterworks in the North before 1800
Rae, J B491977-78Scottish Engineers and Engineering: Symposium - Scottish Engineers in America.
Raistrick, A71926-27Notes on Lead Mining and Smelting in West Yorkshire.
Raistrick, A141933-34The London Lead Company.
Raistrick, A171936-37The Steam Engine on Tyneside, 1715-1778
Raistrick, A191938-39The South Yorkshire Iron Industry, 1698-1756
Raistrick, A261947-49The Malham Moor Mines, Yorks. 1790-1830
Raistrick, A291953-55The Mechanisation of the Grassington Moor Mines, Yorkshire
Ramsey, A R J251945-47The Thermostat or Heat Governor: an outline of its history
Ramsey, A R J281951-53The Development of Postal Franking Machines
Ramsey, A R J411968-69The Origin and Development of the Incandescent Paraffin Lamp
Randall, H A381965-66Some Mid-Gloucestershire Engineers and Inventors
Read, T R201939-40The Earliest Industrial Use of Coal
Reddaway, T F191938-39London Bridge Waterworks after the Great Fire of 1666
Rees, D M481976-77The Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum
Rennison, R W681996-97The pumping stations of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
Rennison, R W521980-81GEORGE STEPHENSON: A Commemorative Symposium - The High Level Bridge, Newcastle: Its Evolution, Design and Construction
Rennison, R W541982-83The Impounding Reservoirs of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co. 1845-1905
Rennison, R W621990-91The Improvement of the River Tyne, 1815-1914 (Presidential Address)
Rennison, R W651993-94The Development of the River Tees, 1808-1914
Rennison, R W72:22000-01The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and its Engineers; 1829-1862.
Rennison, R W70:21998-99Richard Cail ( 1812-1893 ): Victorian contractor and man of many parts
Rennison, R W74:22002-03The Civil Engineering History of Four Coal-Shipping Ports in North East England, 1717-1821
Reynolds, T S76:22004-05The Phoenix and its Demons: Waterpower in the Past Millennium
Rhodes, J N411968-69Some Early Newcomen Engines in Flintshire
Rhodin, J G A71926-27Christopher Polhem: the Archimedes of the North
Richardson, C72:22000-01Brindley`s Norwood Tunnel (1771-1775) - Twin of Harecastle
Richardson, C76:22004-05James Brindley (1716-72): His Simultaneous Commercial Development of Mills, Steam Power and Canals
Riemsdijk, J T van431970-71The Compound Locomotive, Part I, 1876-1901
Riemsdijk, J T van441971-72The Compound Locomotive, Pt. 2, 1901-21.
Riemsdijk, J T van451972-73The Compound Locomotive, Part 3
Robbins, M561984-85Thomas Longridge Gooch (1808-1882)
Roberts, J & Hargreaves, M73:22001-02Stephen Switzer, Hydrostaticks and Technology in the Country House Landscape
Robinson, E351962-63The Lunar Society: Its Membership and Organisation
Robinson, J C491977-78Scottish Engineers and Engineering: Symposium - John Robertson, Builder of the Engine for Henry Bell's Comet
Roe, G E et al77:12005-06Ink Reservoir Writing Instruments 1905-2005ABSTRACT
Roe, J W171936-37Interchangeable Manufacture
Rolt, L T C331960-61The Talyllyn Railway
Rolt, L T C421969-70The History of the History of Engineering (9th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Rowatt, T51924-25Notes on Original Models of the Eddystone Lighthouses
Rowatt, T81927-28Railway Brakes
Rowe, A131932-33Pumping Engines on Great Wheal Busy
Rowlands, M B411968-69Stonier Parrott and the Newcomen Engine.
Rudd, W R61925-26The Strangers in Norwich, a Page in the History of our Textile Industry.
Ruddock, E C471974-76The Building of the North Bridge, Edinburgh, 1763-1775
Ruddock, T71:11999-00Galashiels wire suspension bridge, 1816
Russell, J241943-45Millstones in Wind and Water Mills
Russell, P521980-81John Frederic La Trobe-Bateman - Water Engineer
Rydberg, S601988-89Stora Kopparberget: The Great Copper Mountain
Rynne C70:21998-99Horizontal mills in mediaeval Ireland
Sahlin, C81927-28Thomas Lewis and Samuel Owen; Two British Pioneers of Mechanical Engineering in Sweden
Sanders, L241943-45Evolution of the Pivot, with Special Reference to Weighing Instruments
Sandford, H A41923-24 A 16th Century Tread Wheel for Raising Water
Sargent, E601988-89Frederic Eliot Duckham, MICE, and the Millwall Docks (1868-1909).
Satchell, V M671995-96Early use of steam power in the Jamaican sugar industry, 1768-1810
Saul, G M591987-88John Rennie (1761-1821) : One of His Contributions to Waterworks Technology
Scaife, W G601988-89Charles Parsons' Experiments With Rocket Torpedoes-The Precursors of the Steam Turbine
Schofield, R B531981-82The Construction of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 1794-1811
Schofield, R B571985-86The Design and Construction of the Cromford Canal - 1789-94
Schofield, R B & Martin, L A74:12002-03Before Bazalgette: The Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers 1800-1847
Schubert, H R281951-53Early refining of Pig Iron in England
Schukardin, S V491977-78Scottish Engineers and Engineering: Symposium - The Influence of Scottish Engineering on Russia
Schurer, H281951-53The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention
Scott, E K191938-39Old Water-Wheel at Seacroft, Leeds
Scott, E K191938-39Smeaton's Engine of 1759 at New River Head, London
Scott, E K191938-39A Relic of Priestley
Scott, E K201939-40Three Joseph Priestleys
Scott, E K111930-31Memorials to Pioneer Leeds Engineers
Scott, E K121931-32Early Cloth Fulling and its Machinery
Scowen, F471974-76The Automatic Telephone Exchange
Scowen, F481976-77Transoceanic Submarine Telegraphy
Scowen, F491977-78Summer Meeting in East Kent, 1978
Semmens, P W B551983-84SOME ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 1900-1939: A Symposium - Chemical Process Engineering at ICI Billingham
several351962-63TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THOMAS NEWCOMEN (1663-1729)
several521980-81GEORGE STEPHENSON: A Commemorative Symposium for the 200th Anniversary of his Birth
several581986-87André Chapelon, Locomotive Engineer: A Survey of His Work. André Chapelon: A Symposium
several621990-91Babbage-Faraday Bicentenary Conference, Cambridge, 5-7 July 1991
Seymour-Jones, A11920-21The Invention of Roller Drawing in Cotton Spinning
Shelton, P W; Clark, E F; Heward, P & Almond, J K73:12001-02Metallurgical Evaluation of the Tyre of Lion Locomotive
Sheriff, T C481976-77The 1901 Westinghouse Engines at Waterside No.1 Power Station, New York
Sheriff, T C521980-81The Early Development of the Ljungström Radial Flow Steam Turbine
Sidebotham, A G451972-73Summer Meeting in Cardiff, 1973
Sieveking, A F41923-24 Notes on Evelyn's "Circle of Mechanical Trades" 1661
Singer, C291953-55The Happy Scholar (1st Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Skeat, W O291953-55The Decapod Locomotive of the Great Eastern Railway
Skeat, W O421969-70The Great Eastern Railways "1500 Class" Locomotives
Skempton, A W251945-47Alexandre Collin (1808-90), pioneer in soil mechanics
Skempton, A W291953-55The Engineers of the English River Navigations, 1620-1760
Skempton, A W321959-60The Boat Store, Sheerness (1858-60) and its Place in Structural History
Skempton, A W351962-63Portland Cements, 1843-87
Skempton, A W461973-74William Chapman (1794-1832), Civil Engineer (11th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Skempton, A W471974-76A History of the Steam Dredger, 1797-1830
Skempton, A W501978-79Engineering in the Port of London, 1789-1828(Presidential Address)
Skempton, A W531981-82Engineering in the Port of London, 1808-1833
Skempton, A W551983-84Engineering on the Thames Navigation, 1770-1845
Skempton, A W & Wright, E C441971-72Early Members of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
Skempton, A W & Andrews, A481976-77Cast Iron Edge Rails at Walker Colliery
Smart, I H601988-89The Dartmouth Residences of Thomas Newcomen and his Family
Smith, A491977-78Steam and The City: The Committee of the Proprietors of the Invention for Raising Water by Fire, 1715-1735
Smith, A501978-79THOMAS NEWCOMEN: commemorative Symposium - The Newcomen Engine at Passy, France, in 1725: A Transfer of Technology which did not take place
Smith, A501978-79Edward Elliott: Fire Engine Proprietor
Smith, A631991-92'Engines Moved by Fire and Water': The Contribution of Fellows of the Royal Society to the Development of Steam Power (Summary)
Smith, A661994-95Engines moved by fire and water
Smith, C77:22005-06'Dreadnought' Science: the Cultural Construction of Efficiency and Effectiveness
Smith, C A491977-78Sherard Cowper-Coles: A Review of the Inception of Sheradising
Smith, D431970-71The Humphrey Pump and Its Inventor
Smith, D451972-73The Houses of Parliament: Structure and Building Services, 1835-70
Smith, D69:11997-98James Walker (1781-1862): Civil Engineer
Smith, D P471974-76The Professional Correspondence of John Smeaton
Smith, D P481976-77Structural Model Testing and the Design of British Railway Bridges in the Nineteenth Century
Smith, D P521980-81David Kirkaldy and Engineering Materials Testing
Smith, D P581986-87Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891): Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works
Smith, D P631991-92The Works of William Tierney Clark (1783-1852)
Smith, D P77:12005-06Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822-99) and the Administration of Victorian Engineering ABSTRACT
Smith, E C21921-22The Centenary of Naval Engineering: A Review of the Early History of our Steam Navy
Smith, E C81927-28Some Episodes in Early Steam Navigation
Smith, E C91928-29Thomas Newcomen: 200 years of Steam Power.
Smith, E C101929-30Pioneer Vessels of the Atlantic Ferry
Smith, E C131932-33Joshua Field's Diary of a Tour through the Provinces 1821, Pt 2
Smith, E C131932-33Log of Steamship "Enterprize", 1825
Smith, E C181937-38The Centenary of Transatlantic Steam Navigation
Smith, E C191938-39Samuel Hall and His Inventions
Smith, E C191938-39The First Twenty Years of Screw Propulsion, 1838-58, Part 1
Smith, E C201939-40The First Twenty Years of Screw Propulsion, 1838-1858, Part 2
Smith, E C221941-42The Normands of Havre, Shipbuilders and Engineers
Smith, E C231942-43Some Pioneers of Refrigeration
Smith, E C281951-53Memorials to Engineers and Men of Science
Smith, N A F411968-69The History of Spanish Dam-Building
Smith, N A F491977-78Roman Canals
Smith, N A F511979-80Diamond Jubilee Meeting, 1980 - The Study of the History of Technology
Smith, N A F551983-84The Origins of Water Power: A Problem of Evidence and Expectations
Smith, N A F621990-91The Pont Du Gard and the Aqueduct of Nîmes
Smith, N A F70:11998-99Edward Wright and his Perspective Glass: a surveying puzzle of the early 17th century
Smith, N A F73:12001-02Cathedral Studies: Engineering or History
Smith, N A F77:12005-06The Hydraulics of Ancient Pipes and Pipelines
Smith, N A F77:22005-06The Roman Aqueduct at Aspendos
Smith, R T501978-79John Gray and his Expansion Valve Gear
Smythe, J A171936-37Ancient Sussex Iron Blooms - A Metallographical Examination
Smythe, J A181937-38Notes on Ancient and Roman Tin and its Alloys with Lead
Smythe, J A191938-39Duddon Pig Iron, 1772
Smythe, J A201939-40Roman Pigs of Lead from Brough
Somerscales, E F C621990-91The Vertical Curtis Steam Turbine (Summary)
Somerscales, E F C631991-92The Vertical Curtis Steam Turbine
Somervell, J181937-38Water Power and Industries in Westmorland
Soyres, B de281951-53History and Particulars of the Brass Battery Process
Sprague, F T131932-33The Genesis of the Multiple Unit System of Electric Train Control
Spratt, H P261947-49The Origin of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, 1819-33
Spratt, H P301955-57The Prenatal History of the Steamboat
Stanier, W301955-57George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Great Western Railway
Sterland, E G281951-53The Early History of the Teaching of Engineering in Cambridge
Stock, J T561984-85Pneumatic Process Controllers: The Early History of Some Basic Components
Stock, J T591987-88Pneumatic Process Controllers: The Ancestry of the Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controller
Stokes, P R631991-92Powered Flight: A Russian Endeavour of the 1880s
Stokes, P R69:11997-98Hydrogen peroxide for power and propulsion
Stowers, A281951-53The Preservation of Historic Machinery and its Problems
Stowers, A301955-57Observations on the History of Water Power (Presidential Address)
Stowers, A341961-62Thomas Newcomen's First Steam Engine 250 Years Ago & the Initial Development of Steam Power (5th Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture)
Stowers, A351962-63Newcomen Tercentenary - The Development of the Atmospheric Steam Engine after Newcomen's Death in 1729
Straker, E91928-29The Paintings of Pehr Hilleström
Sutherland, R J M361963-64The Introduction of Structural Wrought Iron
Sutherland, R J M511979-80Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) - Part 3: Cast Iron
Sutherland, R J M591987-88Summer Meeting in London
Sutherland, R J M59 1987-88In Memoriam: John G James
Sutherland, R J M601988-89Shipbuilding and the Long Span Roof (Presidential Address)
Swan, E W241943-45A Durham Collieries' Stocktaking of 1784
Swan, E W251945-47Sinking a Northumberland Colliery in 1761-62
Swan, E W251945-47Nicholas Wood's MS Report Book
Szontagh, G621990-91Brotan and Brotan-Deffner Type Fireboxes and Boilers Applied to Steam Locomotives

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