Local tracts; A philosophical investigation of the origin, vicissitude, and power of steam employed in a fire-engine with a candid and familiar explanation of the parts, powers, and true construction of that ingenious machine: and demonstration that the force of the steam is the direct and efficient cause of the ascent of the piston in the cylinder: and also the occasion of all evacuation therein by snifting, &c. contrary to the mistaken opinion of many engineers, &c. from whence the true rationale and construction of that noble machine may be easily deduced, many errors corrected, and improvements made. / ; Syllabus of a course of lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics: ; The repertory of arts, manufactures, and agriculture: ; Description and use of G. R. Taylor's improved portable planetarium with a short introduction to astronomy; An essay on the geographical distribution of plants, through the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham / ; Address of the general secretaries at the eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Members residing more than 15 miles from Newcastle are included in the list, with their addresses in Newcastle, as far as known; List of members residing in Newcastle, and within fifteen miles of it: ; Report on the preservation of timber / ; Communications to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club in the years 1857-58 / ; [Notification of the eighteenth anniversary meeting of the Institutution to be held in the Lecture Theatre of the Midland Institute, Paradise Street, Birmingham, on Thursday, 26th instant at four o'clock]: ; Contributions to the study of the entomostraca / ; The British oceanic entomostraca / ; Address of Sir William Armstrong as president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: ; The obstracoda and foraminifera of tidal rivers / ; On analytical methods for alkali works / ; Inaugural address [as President of the Tyne Chemical Society] / ; Description of coking ovens as erected at Almond Iron Works near Falkirk, N. B. / ; Estimation of sulphide of sodium in soda ash / ; The manufacture of soap / ; The ornithology of the district round Redcar: ; Analytical tables, with notes: ; The manufacture of glass in England: ; On the mathematical theory of Amsler's planimeter / ; The extraction of oil and ammoniacal liquors in coking coal ovens / ; Electric lighting: ; Description of Swan's electric light: ; Syllabus of a shortened course of lectures on physical geography / ; [R. W. Hetherington et.al correspondance re. Blenkinsopp's locomotive]; Correspondance with the Corporation of Newcastle; On printing machinery / ; Newcastle meeting, 1881: ; Newcastle meeting, 1881: ; On iron and steel as cnstructive materials for ships / ; Newcastle meeting, 1881: ; On some recent improvements in lead processes / ; On the progress and development of the marine engine / ; Some results of the observations on underground temperature during the construction of the St. Gothard Tunnel / read in the new institution, Newcastle upon Tyne / ; specification of Messrs. Losh and Stevenson's patent for facilitating the conveyance of carriages, goods and materials, on rail-ways; List of the non-resident members present at the Newcastle meeting, 1838 ; in this list are given the usual places of residence of the members. Persons included in the list, not usually residing in Newcastle, are requested to report their addresses during the meeting to the Inquiry Room, Savings' Bank in order that a suitable list may be prepared; [enclosed is the paper] on the relative advantages of the inch and the metre as the standard unit of decimal measure / ; Newcastle meeting 1869; being the subject of a lecture delivered to the members of the Bp. Auckland Naturalists' Field Club, February 20th, 1877; (designed chiefly for science classes) / ; rise of the art on the Tyne / ; a lecture delivered before the members of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, October 20th, 1880 / ; as in use at the residence of Sir Wm. G. Armstrong, Cragside; works visited in excursions ; River Tyne improvements; works visited in excursions ; Newburn Steel Works; excursion to Sunderland ; Wearmouth Colliery, Monkwearmouth Dy 42: Science and natural history
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Clarke, Cuthbert

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Dickson, William
Fernie, John
Robertson, David
Brady, Henry Bowman
Swan, Joseph Wilson

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Hetherington, R. W.
Tyne Chemical Society
Tyne Chemical Society
Tyne Chemical Society
Tyne Chemical Society
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers

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[1773-1883?] Printed by T. Slack, 1773., Newcastle Printed by S. Hodgson, 1803., Newcastle Printed by Nichols, Son and Bentley, [1817?]., London Printed by G. Garbutt, 1817., Sunderland Printed by Edward Walker for E. Charnley, 1819., Newcastle Printed by J. Blackwell and Co, 1838., Newcastle Printed by J. Blackwell and Co, 1838., Newcastle Printed by J.Blackwell and Co, 1838., Newcastle W. Clowes and Sons, [1858?]., London Printed by WM. Davison, 1858., Alnwick [s.n.], 1865., [s.l.] [s.n.], [1868?]., [s.l.] Printed by Harrild, [n.d.]., London Printed by J. M. Carr, 1869., Newcastle upon Tyne [s.n.], [1870?]., [S.l.] Printed by Smith & Son, 1875., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Smith & Son, 1875., Newcastle-upon-Tyne Printed by A. Reid, 1875., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Smith & Son, 1876., Newcastle upon Tyne [s.n.], 1876., [S.l.] Printed by S. J. Cherrett, 1877., Bishop Auckland Printed by A, Reid, 1877., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by A. Reid, [1879?]., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by A. reid, 1879., Newcastle upon Tyne A. Reid, Printer, 1880., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Mawson, Swan & Morgan, 1880., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by A. Reid, 1881., Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by John Bell & Co, 1880., Newcastle upon Tyne [s.n.], [1880?]., [S.l.] [s.n.], [1880?]., [S.l.] s.n, n.d.]., [S.l s.n, [1881?]., S.l s.n, [1881?]., S.l s.n, n.d.]., [S.l s.n, [1881?]., S.l s.n, n.d.]., [S.l s.n, n.d.]., [S.l Printed by Andrew Reid, 1883., Newcastle upon Tyne

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