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THE JOURNAL

Vol 50 – No. 1 – 1978-79

CONTENTS

Pg iv – Officers and Council, 1978-79

Pg 1 – Robert Stirling – Preacher and Inventor
D.W. Loveridge

Pg 11 – The Development of the Steam Winding Engine
G.M. Watkins, MSc (Member)

Pg 25 – The Steel Spring Suspensions of Horse-Drawn Carriages (circa 1760-1900)
Gordon S. Cantle, BSc, PhD, MSc, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (Member)

Pg 37 – Smeaton’s Works – A Chronological Survey
Trevor Turner, MSc, BSc Tech., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.

Pg 55 – The Cast Iron Bridges of Thomas Wilson
J.G. James (Member of Council)

Pg 73 – Early Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Instruments
Keith Dawson, MSc, PhD, D.I.C.

Pg 87 – Presidential Address: Engineering in the Port of London, 1789-1828
Professor A.W. Skempton, DSc, F.I.C.E., F.R.S.

Pg 109 – Robert Stephenson & Company, 1823-1829
M.R. Bailey (Member of Council)

Pg 139 – John Gray and his Expansion Valve Gear
R.T. Smith, BSc, PhD, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (Member)

Pg 155 – Josiah Clowes (1735-1794)
Communication by Christopher Lewis

Pg 159 – Two Early Electro-Magnetic Locomotives
Communication by J.H.R. Body (Member)

Pg 163 – Thomas Newcomen: A Commemorative Symposium for the 250th Anniversary of his Death

Pg 219 – Summer Meeting in North East Wales
J.G.B. Hills (Member of Council)

Pg 227 – Weekend Meeting in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
M.R. Bailey (Member of Council)

Pg 230 – Edward Elliott: Fire Engine Proprietor
Communication by Alan Smith (Member)

Pg 231 – Dry and Wet Puddling – An Addendum
Communication by B.C. Blake-Coleman and R.A. Mott (Members)

Pg 233 – Annual Report of Council 1978-79

Pg 237 – Obituary Notices

Pg 240 – Index