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1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 2 Smoke Rings Seasons Greetings from Mr. L.E. de Mole Percival Marshall
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 2 Smoke Rings Willoughby Brothers' Locomotive "Peter" Percival Marshall Picture opposite page
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 2 General Diaries for 1928. Iliffe & Sons
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 3 Locomotive A Free-Lance Working Model 2-4-0 Tank Locomotive (7 1/4"g.) Geo Gentry (Illustrated by the Supplementary Plate included in this issue). Built by G... more
(Illustrated by the Supplementary Plate included in this issue). Built by G.S. and N.D. Willoughby. Profile of "Peter", inverted plan showing cylinders and motion, view looking into cab
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 6 Locomotive Shops, Shed and Road. A Column of "Live Steam" LBSC About pop safety valves, how the water behaves in the boiler, no water dist... more
About pop safety valves, how the water behaves in the boiler, no water disturbance with steady blow-off, why the violent action pop valve lifts the water, how to minimise the trouble, Mr. Tiller's errors, remarks in passing, "Scale Speed." Mr Kirk exceeding the limit with "Vindictive", off the road - and how they got her on again (photos by W.W.Stewart)
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 10 Horology Some Notes Concerning a Chiming Clock Dr. J.Bradbury Winter Sketch of adjustable pallets for dead-beat escapement, side view showing ch... more
Sketch of adjustable pallets for dead-beat escapement, side view showing chimes, diagrammatic sketch of mechanism for automatically setting chime operating gear for daily variation, diagram of strike repeating mechanism, the chimes, near view
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 15 Railway An Automatic Railway Gate. Electrically operated in Sweden
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 15 General A Magnetic Nail Collector
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 16 Model Making Methods Simply Explained Building Up Model Plummer Blocks Proportions of plummer blocks, making a small pedestal, built up plummer bl... more
Proportions of plummer blocks, making a small pedestal, built up plummer block for small power, stages in building up and alternative half plans of a block
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 20 Lathe Forming Attachment for the Lathe N.F.F.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 21 Electrical Work Difficulties with a 1/4 h.-p. Induction Motor A.H.A.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 21 Trade Twist Drill Grinders (S.Tyzack & Son) Supply delay
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 21 Book Calvert's Mechanics' Almanack for 1928 John Heywood Ltd
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 22 Queries and Replies 2487. 2-in. Induction Coil B.A.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 22 Queries and Replies 2488. Electric Light for Workshop W.R.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 22 Queries and Replies 2490. Decomposition of Water Electrically E.J.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 22 Queries and Replies 2413. Gear Reduction Drive G.H.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 23 Queries and Replies 2421. Running Car Dynamo on Test Bench G.W.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 23 Queries and Replies 2457. Model Aeroplane Drawings J.A.V.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 23 Practical Letters from Our Readers Converting Series-wound Motor to Shunt Dynamo "Interested"
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 23 Practical Letters from Our Readers Magneto Trouble W.G.Clack
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 23 Practical Letters from Our Readers Paper Hulls Thos. Smith
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Practical Letters from Our Readers Hand Planer Drive "Smee"
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Practical Letters from Our Readers Spiral-twisted Steel Rod M.C.
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Institutions and Societies SM&EE
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Institutions and Societies The Junior Institution of Engineers
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Institutions and Societies Institute of Patentees
1928 05-Jan 58 1,391 24 Institutions and Societies The Victoria MSC
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 601 Smoke Rings Juvenile Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 601 Smoke Rings Utilisation of Scrap Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 601 Smoke Rings Model Railway and Engineering Club at Rochdale Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 602 Smoke Rings 'Lone Hand' Model Engineers Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 602 Smoke Rings Scale Model Locomotive Wanted Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 602 Smoke Rings Internal Combustion Engine in Part VIII of "Wonderful Models" Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 602 Smoke Rings Next Issue Percival Marshall
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 602 General High Pressure Steam Loftus P.Perkins Talk to the Junior Institution of Engineers
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 603 General 1 The Utilisation of "Scrap" "Phillip" A Lathe Stand and Flywheel. 3 1/2-in. Drummond lathe on its wooden stand, f... more
A Lathe Stand and Flywheel. 3 1/2-in. Drummond lathe on its wooden stand, fixed flywheel axle, details of two components, general arrangement, built-up wooden flywheel
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 606 Electrical Work Symmetrically Winding Small Armatures J.W.C. Back end bed in position, loop fomed on wires, completed loop, first turn s... more
Back end bed in position, loop fomed on wires, completed loop, first turn showing back end loops, start of loop, finished winding
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 608 Electrical Work Winding Details of Induction Motor A.H.A. Alternative methods of grouping, electrical connections of 1/4-h.p. stator ... more
Alternative methods of grouping, electrical connections of 1/4-h.p. stator winding for 220 volts
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 609 Electrical Work Construction of Squirrel Cage A.C. Rotors A.H.A. Suggested method of construction
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 610 Locomotive Shops, Shed and Road. A Column of "Live Steam" LBSC Built-up trailing frames (Caterpillar), assembly, fixing to main frames, in... more
Built-up trailing frames (Caterpillar), assembly, fixing to main frames, injectors need dry steam, fitting turret or fountain to backhead, supplying dry steam through a spider fitting
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 612 Automotive Alcohol as Fuel for Motors
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 613 Internal Combustion 5 Some Notes on the Design of Small Petrol Engines J.Harrison The influence of the tappet foot, types of tappet, the cam positions, the c... more
The influence of the tappet foot, types of tappet, the cam positions, the cam contour, the constant acceleration curve, the application of the formula, the application of the roller tappet, the curved-foot tappet, the mushroom tappet, the tangential cam
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 616 Automotive Measuring Motor-Car Speeds
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 616 Railway Sand Plough on the Sydney to Broken Hill Railway
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 617 Modern Models A Model C.M. & St. Paul Electric Locomotive On its stand in the workshop, profile
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 618 Personal "The Hen." - My first Model Robert Bamford
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 619 General How to Take Out a Patent on an Economic Basis An Amateur Who Has Done So
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 620 Nautical Sea Craft of the Future G.Colman Green The writer sketches the future liner
1927 29-Dec 57 1,390 621 Queries and Replies 2456. Materials for Ornamental Turning G.B.