| Year | 1938 |
| Date | 27-Jan |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1,916 |
| Page | 87 |
| Category | Nautical |
| Part | |
| Title | Torpedo Boats and Destroyers: Their Origin and Development |
| Author | John E. Thornycroft |
| Notes | Presidential Address Abstract, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Influence of the self-propelled torpedo, origin and development of destroyers, evolution by small-scale experiment, automatic bilge-draining valve, details of the "Lightning", introduction of water-tube boilers, the first destroyer class boats, steam turbines and oil fuel |