Locomotive Works Research Articles

Visit to Locomotive Works, L.M.S. Railway, Derby, September 13th, 1923

Visit to Locomotive Works, L.M.S. Railway, Derby, September 13th, 1923

The Scotswood Locomotive Works of Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & CO., Ltd

The Scotswood Locomotive Works of Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & CO., Ltd

Visit to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth's Locomotive Works, Scotswood, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 12th September, 1921

Visit to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth's Locomotive Works, Scotswood, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 12th September, 1921

Visit of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers to the Great Central Railway Company's Locomotive Works at Gorton, 8th June, 1920

Visit of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers to the Great Central Railway Company's Locomotive Works at Gorton, 8th June, 1920

War and the railways. : The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Record No. 93, 1919.)

The availability of synchrotron radiation from bending magnet sources has contributed in a major way to new research in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and technologies. The newly proposed 6–7 GeV Advanced Photon Source based on insertion device sources (undulators and wigglers) will enhance the research capability in all these areas many-fold and provide new opportunites in even wider ranges of scientific and technological research. The characteristics of the synchrotron radiation from the insertion devices on a 6–7 GeV Advanced Photon Source will be discussed, highlighting their high brilliance and low beam divergence. Some of the unique scientific opportunities provided by such an insertion-device-based X-ray source will be presented.

The Baldwin locomotive works

The Baldwin locomotive works

Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A Laboratory Guide . By W. W. Scott, A.M., chief chemist, Baldwin Locomotive works, formerly Professor of Chemistry, Morningside College, New York. D. Van Nostrand Co. 1910. $1.50 net; A Course in Qualitative Chemical Analysis . By Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of the City of New York, and

<i>Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A Laboratory Guide</i> . By W. W. Scott, A.M., chief chemist, Baldwin Locomotive works, formerly Professor of Chemistry, Morningside College, New York. D. Van Nostrand Co. 1910. $1.50 net; <i>A Course in Qualitative Chemical Analysis</i> . By Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of the City of New York, and

Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A Laboratory Guide . By W. W. Scott, A.M., chief chemist, Baldwin Locomotive works, formerly Professor of Chemistry, Morningside College, New York. D. Van Nostrand Co. 1910. $1.50 net; A Course in Qualitative Chemical Analysis . By Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of the City of New York, and

<i>Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A Laboratory Guide</i> . By W. W. Scott, A.M., chief chemist, Baldwin Locomotive works, formerly Professor of Chemistry, Morningside College, New York. D. Van Nostrand Co. 1910. $1.50 net; <i>A Course in Qualitative Chemical Analysis</i> . By Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of the City of New York, and

Co-operation of School and Shop in Promoting Industrial Efficiency

to meet with the committee and consider the question of what might be done to provide competent workmen for the shops in Chicago. We agreed that we should profit by the experience of Germany and see to it that working boys have an opportunity of continuing their education through systematic instruction given in the day time. But the American shop is so organized and administered that the German custom of setting apart certain afternoons for the instruction of apprentices seemed to the employers impracticable. We were aware of the fact that certain large corporations, such as the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the New York Central Shops, provide for the education of apprentices by establishing schools in connection with the works and employing a superintendent who sees to it that the apprentices are properly taught. But most shops are not large enough to put a plan of this kind into successful operation. Then too there are objections to corporation schools. They are apt to be thought of as operated primarily in the interest of the corporation, rather

Apprenticeship System at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia

Apprenticeship System at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia

Some Features of the Labor System and Management At the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Some Features of the Labor System and Management At the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Mechanical Testing of Materials at the Locomotive Works of the Midland Railway, Derby

Mechanical Testing of Materials at the Locomotive Works of the Midland Railway, Derby

Lynchburg Locomotive Works v. Ford. Decided at Wytheville, June 17, 1897

Lynchburg Locomotive Works v. Ford. Decided at Wytheville, June 17, 1897

Standard reamers for locomotive work

Standard reamers for locomotive work

On the Improved Traversing Cranes at Crewe Locomotive Works

On the Improved Traversing Cranes at Crewe Locomotive Works

I. On platinized graphite batteries

In a short note communicated to the Royal Society on March 9th, 1857, and which was read on March 19th, reference was made to the voltaic combination that I had adopted for certain telegraphic purposes; namely, zinc-graphite. Graphite in its crude state had for some years been of great service to me, especially for batteries whose resting time is great in proportion to their working time. Since the date of that notice, I have considerably increased the value of graphite for electrical purposes by platinizing it according to the process first described by Mr. Smee, whose platinized silver battery has been long known and much used. The material to which I refer by the term “Graphite,” is the crust or corrosion that is collected from the interior of iron gas retorts that have been long in use. My first crude graphite battery of twelve pairs of plates was set up on April 5th, 1849, for working the telegraph from my residence at Tonbridge to the Telegraph Office about a mile distant. It was charged with sand saturated with diluted acid; and had not been dismounted in March 1851, when I changed my abode. During the interval, the sand was from time to time moistened with acid water or water only. The plates in this case had been roughly chipped out and rubbed on stone into something like shape. In the mean time I had some sets of plates cut at the Locomotive Works, Ashford, and was thus enabled to obtain further results. I forwarded a graphite battery to the Great Exhibition in 1851, for which a prize medal was awarded. The introduction of graphite into anything like general use was for a long period no easy matter, on account of the difficulty of finding any one who would undertake to cut it into plates, its hardness destroying the tools; and the then limited demand did not encourage any one to construct special machinery for the purpose. My wants at length reached the ear of Mr. J. Robinson of Everton, Liverpool, who took the matter thoroughly in hand, and has succeeded perfectly in cutting plates into any form and to comparatively any size, at a very moderate cost, for which I am much indebted to him. I have before me plates 12 inches x 10 inches, of smooth texture and uniform thickness, and have seen some of double that size.