Western Australian Institution of Engineers (WAIE) Proceedings
| Volume No. | Contents; (Name of Author) |
|---|---|
| Inaugural Address by the President James Thompson 31st March 1910 (9.9 MB) | Provides a comprehensive overview of the State’s development from 1829 to 1910 and mentions H. W. Reveley, roads and ferries, Causeway canal, Canning bridge, Black Swan dredge, lighthouses, Fremantle Harbour, Sir John Coode, C. Y. O'Connor, railways, water supply, telegraph, mining and also includes 11 drawings; (James Thompson) |
| Vol. I - No. 1 October 1910 (14.7 MB) | Growth of Algae in Reservoirs and How to treat it; (James Faulkner)
Adhesion between Concrete and Steel Bars; (F W Lawson) Midland Junction Workshops Machinery; (Edward Shotton Hume) Municipal Engineering; (H T Haynes) Refrigerating Machinery, with a description of the Linde System; (J W Henderson) Railway Maintenance; (T Watson) |
| Vol. II - No. 1 November 1911 (11.5 MB) | Presidential Address; (William Leslie)
Some Geological Considerations affecting the Artesian Water Supply of Western Australia; (A Gibb Maitland, Government Geologist) Artesian Boring – its Inception and Progress in Western Australia; (H C Castilla) The Steam Turbine; (J R W Gardam) Timber Road Bridges; (J E G Turnbull) Docks: Their Construction and Destruction; (Joshua Fielden Ramsbotham) |
| Vol. III - No. 1 November 1912 (21.1 MB) | Presidential Address Discusses WA’s first railways; (Ernest Edward Light)
The Trans Australian Federal Railway; (James Leonard) The Corrosion of Iron and Steel; (E A Mann) Coastal Erosion : Its Origin and Prevention; (I A Ridgway) Some Aspects of Engineering as Applied to Agriculture; (F H Oldham) Early History of the Fremantle Graving Dock; (W H Shields) Recent Examples of Lighthouse Construction on the West Australian Coast; (G E Farrar) Interstate Conference on the Artesian Water Supplies of Australia; (A Gibb Maitland) |
| Vol. IV 1913 – 1914 (19.7 MB) | Presidential Address General review of engineering in 1913; (Hugh Oldham)
Earth Pressures and Thrusts in Retaining Walls; (Alfred Tomlinson) Considerations on the Economical Design of Power Plant; (Astley C Cooper) Electrical Communication and Safety Appliances on Railways; (Harold Dowson) The Prospects of Electrical Development in Western Australia; (H Edmiston) Extension of the Bunbury Breakwater; (A M Hutchinson) |
| Vol. V 1914 – 1915 (9.0 MB) | Presidential Address Review of State’s railway systems incl. water supply, locomotives, coal and rolling stock; (Edward Shotton Hume)
Investigation of Microstructure in Certain Metals and Alloys; (Prof. A D Ross) The North West Harbours of Western Australia; (W H Young) Superheated Steam in Locomotives; (E A Evans) |
| Vol. VI 1915 – 1916 (12.8 MB) | Presidential Address Local government, municipal engineering and roads; (H T Haynes)
The Place of Geology in the Training of an Engineer; (Prof. Woolnough) Railway Operations; (G W Stead) Electricity Generation and Supply; (W H Taylor) Arboriculture and its Relation to Municipal Engineering; (H C Castilla) |
| Vol. VII 1916 – 1917 (12.8 MB | Power factor and Its Effects Upon Electrically Supplied Systems; (W H Taylor)
The Practical Phases of Gyrostatic Action in Engineering; (Prof A D Ross) Education and Its Connection with the Real Problems Before Engineering Societies; (Alfred Tomlinson) Range Finding; (Prof A D Ross) |
| Vol. VIIA 1916 – 1917 (22.2 MB) | Presidential Address Discusses manufacture of 18 pounder shells; (E A Evans)
The Problem of Corrosion; (N T M Wilsmore) |
| Vol. VIII 1917 – 1918 (22.2 MB) | Presidential Address Discusses telegraphs, telephones and electricity; (William John Hancock)
Study of Information by Graphical Methods; (A/Prof Alfred Tomlinson) |
| Vol. IX 1918 – 1919 (22.2 MB) | Presidential Address General review with comments on the steel situation and construction of the Trans Australian Railway; (J R W Gardam)
Engineering Problems in Ancient and Modern Gunnery; (Prof A D Ross) The Evolution of Coining Machinery; (A Ventris) Electric Power on the Kalgoorlie Mining Field; (C E Crocker) Railway Electrification; (William H Taylor) |
| Vol. X 1919 – 1920 (16.2 MB) | Presidential Address Discusses management of electricity supply in an era before State electricity organisations; (C E Crocker)
On the Rapid Seasoning of Jarrah; (A/Prof Alfred Tomlinson) Searchlights and Light Projection; (Harold Dowson) Rainfalls and Run off from Catchment Area; (W H Shields) British Inspection of Steel in America; (Prof H E Whitfeld) |
