Papers Read before the Engineering Society, 1898-99. Volume 12

Language: English. Approximately 250 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1898. A collected volume of papers read before the Engineering Society of the School of Practical Science, Toronto, during the 1898-99 session. The contents cover a wide range of engineering topics, including mechanical wood pulp manufacture, modern interior wiring systems, electrolysis, the Hamilton Cataract Power Company’s plant at DeCew Falls, Rat Portage water works, silica Portland cement, pavements, forestry, land drainage in sanitary relations, the Crow’s Nest Pass Railway, Junker’s gas calorimeter, notes from an engineer’s pocket book, adventures on the Abitibi, the conjunction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from an engineering standpoint, hints to prospectors, the value of undeveloped mineral claims, the high pressure steam boiler, and Neely’s formula for the strength of wooden beams. Contributions are by W. A. Hare, L. B. Chubbuck, F. W. Thorold, J. Chalmers, M. J. Butler, A. W. Campbell, Thos. Southworth, P. H. Bryce, Don. A. Ross, J. L. Davidson, W. H. Ellis, A. E. Lott, E. Y. Neelands, C. T. Harvey, W. R. Stovel, G. R. Mickle, E. Richards, and J. A. Duff, with the President’s address by W. E. H. Carter. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. …