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THE JOURNAL

Vol 41 – No. 1 – 1968-69

CONTENTS

Pg iv – The Newcomen Society, Origin, Aims and Objects

Pg v – Presidents of the Society

Pg vi – Officers and Council, 1968-69

Pg x – List of Illustrations

Pg 1 – The Origin and Development of the Incandescent Paraffin Lamp
A.R.J. Ramsey, C.P.A. (Member of Council)

Pg 27 – New Light on Richard Roberts, Textile Engineer (1789-1864)
W.H. Chaloner, M.A., Ph.D. (Vice-President)

Pg 45 – The History of Spanish Dam-Building
N.A.F. Smith, Ph.D. (Member)

Pg 49 – Stonier Parrott and the Newcomen Engine
Marie B. Rowlands, M.A.

Pg 69 – The Casting of Surfaces for Textile Hand Block Printing
Christine M. Vialls (Member)

Pg 85 – Finnish Mills. Part I: Watermills
Auvo Hirsjarvi, F.F.S.A., Lic. Phil., and Rex Wailes, F.S.A., F.I.Mech.E. (Past-President)

Pg 103 – A Mystery and a Miscellany. Presidential Address
R.H. Clark, M.I.Mech.E.

Pg 111 – Summer Meeting in Glasgow, 1969
J.G.B. Hills, B.Sc (Eng), M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council)

Pg 117 – The Whitechapel Bell Foundry. London Area Visit

Pg 119 – Early Lead Smelting in Derbyshire
Nellie Kirkham (Member)

Pg 139 – Dorset Watermills: Second Addendum
Joseph Addison, F.I.E.E. (Member)

Pg 163 – Origin of the Smock Mill
Katherine M. Longley, B.A.

Pg 165 – Costessey Brickworks
Henry E. Gunton

Pg 169 – Richard Trevithick and Refrigeration
J.G.B. Hills, B.Sc (Eng), M.I.Mech.E. (Member of Council)

Pg 173 – The Newcomen Engine at Great Wyrley, 1722
J.S. Allen, F.I.C.E., F.Weld.I. (Member)

Pg 181 – Some Early Newcomen Engines and the Legal Disputes
J.S. Allen, F.I.C.E., F.Weld.I. (Member)

Pg 203 – Early Newcomen Engines on the Warwickshire Coalfield, 1714-36
A.W.A. White, M.A., B.Sc. (Econ) (Member)

Pg 217 – Some Early Newcomen Engines in Flintshire
J.N. Rhodes, M.A., Ph.D.

Pg 227 – Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, 1968-69

Pg 233 – Obituary Notices

Pg 237 – List of Members

Pg 253 – Index