Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	239	Model Engineer		The New Model Engineer
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	240	Smoke Rings		Power of the Press
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	240	Smoke Rings		Shattered windscreens
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	240	Smoke Rings		Natural Missiles		Collision with a bumble-bee
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	240	Smoke Rings		Rails set in rubber		American Railroad Pad Company
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	240	Smoke Rings		Steam extinguisher		G.Keenan
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	241	Smoke Rings		Danger of explosion
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	241	Smoke Rings		Portrait of a bridge builder		Hubert Shirley Smith
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	241	Smoke Rings		Question of age		Sydney SME
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	241	Smoke Rings		Fuel crises
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	241	Smoke Rings		Goodbye to the piston?		Gas turbine car by Austin
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	242	Exhibition		First Impressions to the 1955 M.E. Exhibition	W.J.Hughes	Novelist Ursula Bloom talks with O.T.Middleton, a working 6 in. naval gun b... more Novelist Ursula Bloom talks with O.T.Middleton, a working 6 in. naval gun by F.H.Tapper, I don't envy the judges, 15 c.c. twin cylinder out-board petrol engine by I.Dimza, William Appleby's 1 1/4" scale showman's engine, nothing but the best, A.L.Hutton's (Chairman SM&EE) 3 1/2"g. Princess Royal, liberties were taken: a rare model, tools and two schools of thought, Austin Attwell's 1/2" scale Vosper M.T.B., the individual touch, John S.Hardy's Thames barge Normanhurst
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	245	Spaceflight	1	Rocket Types	L.J.Carter	Post-war development, Vikinig rocket. oxygen-carrying rockets, liquid prope... more Post-war development, Vikinig rocket. oxygen-carrying rockets, liquid propellant rocket motors, rocket motor design, combustion chamber & injector designs, the cooling problem, Reaction Motors C4 rocket motor, Douglas Skyrocket, atomising the propellants, "There we were at 200,000 ft ..." (monkeys, Derek Fullarton), advantages of liquid propellants
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	249	Beginners' Workshop		Saws and How to Use Them	Geometer	Tubular frames for rigidity, under no tension, the right and wrong way of c... more Tubular frames for rigidity, under no tension, the right and wrong way of cutting, choosing the blades, how to make a cut
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	250	Automotive		Moving the Millions. The Development of London's buses	John Mills	The new Routemaster, horse-drawn bus by Joseph Shillibeer, knifeboards and ... more The new Routemaster, horse-drawn bus by Joseph Shillibeer, knifeboards and garden seats, no horses - more horsepower, introduction of the RT bus, more comfort and stability, past records and future aims
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	253	General		Bridge Building	Hubert Shirley Smith	Outline of building and development. Sydney Harbour Bridge, how a disaster ... more Outline of building and development. Sydney Harbour Bridge, how a disaster might have been avoided, soft ground requires beam bridges, what the eye doesn't see! Steel used nowadays, Birchenough bridge, Royal Albert Bridge, running the wells, Howrah
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	257	Expert's Workshop		Two Useful Lathe Accessories	Duplex	How to make an off-centre turning attachment and a chuck angle-plate. Using... more How to make an off-centre turning attachment and a chuck angle-plate. Using the attachment, reducing oversize journals, turning eccentrics, a chuck angle-plate, avoids repitition of work, practical application
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	259	Automotive		Astonishing MG Special	Goldie Gardner	Record breaking car. Stopping and driving, private enterprise, U.S.national... more Record breaking car. Stopping and driving, private enterprise, U.S.national records, highlights of the 'Special', various views
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	262	Locomotive		The Ideal Locomotive	LBSC	What is expected of it? Basic drawing of "Lillie", trains to run at 120 m.p... more What is expected of it? Basic drawing of "Lillie", trains to run at 120 m.p.h. Meet "Lillie" - the Marilyn Monroe of locos, no more hot boxes, 3 1/2"g "Britannia"
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	265	Ships and Ship Models		Glider Lifeboat		The answer to all problems, Saunders Roe, ensuring safety when afloat, gett... more The answer to all problems, Saunders Roe, ensuring safety when afloat, getting rid of the wings, what is to follow
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	267	Nautical		Three men in a Tower	David Gunston	Spithead Channel structure. How did it get where it is, a honeycombed hull,... more Spithead Channel structure. How did it get where it is, a honeycombed hull, famtastic rumours, whire elephants, the many roles it fills
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	267	Nautical		Regatta Reports		Two recent events. L.Cassanet (South London), R.Curriven's "Vanessa", M.Tap... more Two recent events. L.Cassanet (South London), R.Curriven's "Vanessa", M.Taplin's "Python", Mr Scott, George Lines with "Sparky"
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	267	Nautical		Salt Water Speeding		G.Lines at the Southend MPBC regatta at Southchurch
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	269	Readers' Ideas		Drilling hexagonal holes	L.W.Tew-Cragg
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	270	Locomotive		The Famous Dunalastair Family	W.Tucker	Boiler power wanted, McIntosh makes his mark, bulged out over the splashers... more Boiler power wanted, McIntosh makes his mark, bulged out over the splashers, more than a mile a minute, "marine" type connecting rods, three hundred tons at 50 m.p.h. dictating the fashion
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	273	Aeronautical		The Montgolfier Hot-Air Balloon	Stephen A.Clemens	The first passenger-carrying balloons, a human ascends under control, J.F.P... more The first passenger-carrying balloons, a human ascends under control, J.F.Pilatre de Rozier
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	275	Internal Combustion		Modelling Old-Time Gas Engines	Edgar T.Westbury	A 50-year-old favourite still gets votes, some of the notable engines, alwa... more A 50-year-old favourite still gets votes, some of the notable engines, always attracts a crowd, constructional hazards, sectional elevation and plan of the Ragot gas engine, equally easy to make a perfectly realistic model can be made, fuel gravity feed, ignition and cooling, an early Petter oil engine, Hartop engine by A.Woodward, air-cooled engines - an old idea, information willingly given
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		Machining Worm-Wheels	"Duplex"
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		Wheels Versus Weeds	R.S.Shue	Motorised sickle
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		"Robert E Lee's" Speed	Frank D.Woodall
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		A Home Made Lubricant	K.J.Robinson
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		Testing Shutter Speeds	G.S.Kellog	A circular device
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		Good Old 'Ancock! (Water powered generating plant)	Harry Walton	Editor Mechanics and Handicraft, W.U.Hancock
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	278	Postbag		Back Garden Model	E.J.Waddams	Pretoria Castle, A.E.Trusler
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	Postbag		Jointing Band Saw Blades	H.T.Lee
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	Postbag		Working Traction Engines	B.Jessup
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	Postbag		Working Traction Engines	J.A.Smith
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	Postbag		Timing Radial Engines	J.A.Waller
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	Postbag		Portable Engines	"Student"
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	279	General		Next Week		J.P.W.Mallalieu at the Exhibition; An Atomic Locomotive; Stanley Steam Car;... more J.P.W.Mallalieu at the Exhibition; An Atomic Locomotive; Stanley Steam Car; Battle of the Boilers by LBSC
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Pickering Rally
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		British Legion National Railroad Association
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Sydney SME
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Hoddesdon DMRS
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Eltham DLS
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		The Brighouse SMEE
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Golden Gate LS
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Northolt MRC
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		SM&EE
	1955	01-Sep	113	2,832	280	Club News and Views		Southport MEC
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