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THE following awards have recently been made by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Thomas Hawhsley Gold Medal to Dr. F. D. Smith and bronze replicas of the Medal to his co-authors, E. H. Lakey, H. Morgan, and C. A. Luxford, for the following papers which were presented as a group: “The Admiralty Cathode Ray Oscillograph Engine Indicator” by F. D. Smith, E. H. Lakey and H. Morgan; “Basic Principles in the. Design of Cathode Ray Oscillograph Engine Indicators” by F. D. Smith; “Stress Measurement by Magnetostriction” by F. D. Smith and C. A. Luxford. George Stephenson Prize to Dr. R. C. Plumb and Prof. A. C. G. Egerton, for their paper on “A Criterion for Knock in Petrol Engines”. Dugald Clerk Prize to G. W. A. Green for his paper on “Fuel Injection in Oil Engines in Relation to Combustion”. Water Arbitration Prize to Dr. E. G. Holley for his paper on “The Static and Fatigue Torsion Strengths of Various Steels with Circular, Square, and Rectangular Sections”. Starley Premium to Prof. W. T. David and Dr. A. S. Leah for their paper on “Fuel Economy in Petrol Engines”. Herbert Akroyd Stuart Prize to Dr. G. F. Mucklow for his paper on “Exhaust-Pipe Effects in a Single-Cylinder Four-Stroke Engine”, and R. W. Zdanowich and T. S. Wilson for their paper on “The Elements of Pendulum Dampers”. Thomas Lowe Gray Prize to Prof. W. Kerr, Dr. J. F. Shannon and Dr. R. N. Arnold for their paper on “The Problems of the Singing Propeller”. T. Bernard Hall Prize to F. Dollin for his paper on “Investigation of Steam Turbine Nozzle and Blading Efficiency”.
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Awards. Nature 147, 295 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147295a0
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