William Unwin
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British civil and mechanical engineer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Cawthorne Unwin FRS was a British civil and mechanical engineer. He is noted for his extensive work on hydraulics and engines as well as his close association with William Fairbairn. He is one of only a few men who have served as president of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Unwin served as an engineering advisor to the government during the First World War and was the first recipient of the Kelvin Gold Medal awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers.
William Unwin's Published Works
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- DICUSSION. THE WORKS FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM FROM MID WALES. (2)
- DISCUSSION. COOLGARDIE WATER SUPPLY. (1)
- DISCUSSION. THE COMMERCIAL METERING OF AIR, GAS AND STEAM. (1)
- DISCUSSION. THE RIVER THAMES.(INCLUDES PLATE). (1)
- DISCUSSION. WATER SUPPLY IN SOUTH AFRICA. (1)
- DISCUSSION. ECONOMY TRIALS OF A NON-CONDENSING STEAM-ENGINE: SIMPLE, COMPOUND AND TRIPLE. (1)
- DISCUSSION. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL WATER-SUPPLY. (1)
- DISCUSSION. EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH AND FATIGUE PROPERTIES OF WELDED JOINTS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. STRESSES IN MASONRY DAMS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE WORKING OF STEEL. (0)
- DISCUSSION ON PUMPS FOR LOW LIFTS; ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW FOR LIFTING WATER; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. LOCOMOTIVE FIRE-BOX STAYS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE CONDITIONS AND THE LIMITS WHICH GOVERN THE PROPORTIONS OF ROTARY FANS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE ALTERATION OF THE FORM OF MADRAS HARBOUR AND THE REMODELLING AND EQUIPMENT OF MADRAS HARBOUR. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REGULATION OF STEAM ENGINES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. HEAT ECONOMY IN FACTORIES. (0)
- Discussion on gas-engines (0)
- DISCUSSION. HYDRAULIC-POWER SUPPLY IN LONDON. (0)
- Continuation of discussion on "Cost of electrical energy" (0)
- PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF W. CAWTHORNE UNWIN 1911. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRAULIC POWER IN LONDON. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE RELATIVE VALUE OF TIDAL AND UPLAND WATERS IN MAINTAINING RIVERS, ESTUARIES AND HARBOURS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. SURFACE-CONDENSING PLANTS AND THE VALUE OF THE VACUUM PRODUCED. (0)
- DISCUSSION. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH TUBES: THE CIRCUIT SYSTEM. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE DIVERSION OF THE PERIYAR AND THE PERIYAR TUNNEL. (0)
- DISCUSSION. CENTRAL STATION ELECTRIC COAL-MINING PLANT IN PENNSYLVANIA, USA. (0)
- DISCUSSION ON DOCK GATES. (0)
- The Gas Engineer of the Last Century (1916) (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE CENTRAL HEATING AND POWER PLANT AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL. (0)
- DISCUSSION. WIND-PRESSURE. (0)
- DISCUSSION. LOCH LEVEN WATER WORKS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. SUPERHEATED-STEAM ENGINE TRIALS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ELECTRIC TRACTION ON RAILWAYS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE FORMS OF TURBINES MOST SUITABLE FOR LOW FALLS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. RECENT HYDRAULIC EXPERIMENTS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ELECTRIC LIGHTING OF RAILWAY-TRAINS: THE BRAKE VEHICLE METHOD. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE LIMITS OF THERMAL EFFICIENCY IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GAS ENGINES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE TREATMENT OF GUN-STEEL. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE RESISTANCE OF PLANE SURFACES IN A UNIFORM CURRENT OF AIR. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE FLOW OF WATER IN PIPES AND CHANNELS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. SOME CANAL, RIVER AND OTHER WORKS, IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE STRENGTH AND RESISTANCE OF MATERIALS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. WATER-TUBE STEAM-BOILERS FOR MARINE ENGINES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL. (0)
- DISCUSSION ON SOME PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH RIVERS AND CANALS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE STRESSES OF RIGID ARCHES, CONTINUOUS BEAMS AND CURVED STRUCTURES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. WATER-SUPPLY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. (0)
- DISCUSSION. FIXED AND MOVABLE WEIRS; MOVABLE DAMS IN INDIAN WEIRS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. CYCLICAL CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE IN A GAS-ENGINE CYLINDER. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE KIDDERPUR DOCKS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE MANUFACTURE OF ALUMINIUM BY ELECTROLYSIS: AND THE PLANT AT NIAGARA FOR ITS EXTRACTION. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE TREATMENT OF STEEL BY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, AND THE PLANT EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE. (0)
- DISCUSSION ON ENGINEERING LABORATORIES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. SHIPS OF WAR. (INCLUDING PLATE). (0)
- ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT (1910) (0)
- DISCUSSION ON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIRS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. NOTCHED-BAR IMPACT TESTS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE SEWERAGE SYSTEMS OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE BACTERIAL TREATMENT OF TRADES WASTE. (0)
- DISCUSSION. PETROLEUM-ENGINES. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE RESISTANCE OF IRON AND STEEL TO REVERSALS OF DIRECT STRESS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. ON THE LAW OF CONDENSATION OF STEAM DEDUCED FROM MEASUREMENTS OF TEMPERATURE-CYCLES OF THE WALLS AND STEAM IN THE CYLINDER OF A STEAM-ENGINE. (0)
- DISCUSSION. GLASGOW MAIN DRAINAGE. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE MODERN PRACTICE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM BOILERS. (0)
- DISCUSSION. MANGANESE STEEL. (0)
- DISCUSSION. THE GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCER-GAS IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. (0)
- DISCUSSION. MEASUREMENTS OF DISCHARGE OVER A ROCK-FACED DAM. (0)
- DISCUSSION: THE LATERAL PRESSURE AND RESISTANCE OF CLAY AND THE SUPPORTING POWER OF CLAY FOUNDATIONS. (0)
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