Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Volume 25Royal Institution of Naval Architects., 1884 - Naval architecture List of members in each volume. |
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Page xv - It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the direction of the Council, to conduct the correspondence of the Institution ; to attend all meetings of the Institution, and of the Council, and of Committees ; to take minutes of the proceedings of such meetings ; to read the minutes of the preceding...
Page xvii - Secretary to address a letter to the person proposed to be expelled, advising him to withdraw from the Institution. If that advice be followed, no entry on the Minutes, nor any public discussion on the subject shall be permitted ; but if that advice be not followed, nor a satisfactory explanation given, the Council shall call a Special General Meeting of Members...
Page xvii - Also they may remit any arrears which are due from such an individual ; or may accept a collection of books, or drawings, or models, or such other contribution as, in their opinion, under the circumstances of the case, may entitle the person to be enrolled as a Life Subscriber, or to enable him to resume his former rank in the Institution which may have been in abeyance from any particular cause.
Page xiv - Institution, and to regulate and keep order in the proceedings. But in case of the absence of the President and of all the VicePresidents, the Meeting may elect any member of Council, or, in case of their absence, any Corporate Member present, to take the chair at the Meeting.
Page 311 - ... the first impulse in this direction having been given by Professor C. Himly, then of Gottingen. After attaining some promising results, a spirit of enterprise came over me so strong that I tore myself away from the narrow circumstances surrounding me, and landed at the East End of London with only a few pounds in my pocket and without friends, but with an ardent confidence of ultimate success within my breast.
Page xiv - The Council shall draw up an Annual Report on the state of the Institution, which shall be read at the Annual General Meeting. 24. It shall be the duty of the Council to adopt every possible means of advancing the Institution, to provide for properly conducting its business in all cases of emergency, such as the death or resignation of Officers, and to arrange for the Publication of the Papers read at the Meetings, or of such documents as may be calculated to advance the objects of the Institution....
Page xiv - March, shall be made, under the direction of the Council, and, after having been verified and signed by the Auditors, shall be laid before the Annual General Meeting.
Page xviii - Members and Associates for the purpose of deciding on the question of expulsion ; and if a majority of the persons present at such Special General Meeting, provided the number so present be not less than...
Page xvii - Members, and they think fit to draw up and sign a proposal requiring such expulsion, the same being delivered to the Secretary, shall be by him laid before the Council for consideration. If the Council, after due inquiry, do not find reason to concur in the proposal, no entry thereof shall be made in any Minutes, nor shall any public discussion thereon be permitted; but if the Council do find good reason for the proposed expulsion, they shall direct the Secretary to address a letter, according to...
Page 168 - С to the weigh-shaft lever D. In the working of the apparatus, water from the accumulator is admitted to either of the cylinders as required, by opening the slide-valve E by means of the reversing handle F, which is centred at G, and has a detent rod and quadrant H. The Other end of the reversing handle F is connected to one end of the short double lever K, the other end of which is moved by a connecting rod from a stud joint J on the back of the weigh-shaft of the main engines. The slide-valve...