Engineering 1891 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

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Absorption of Heat in the Solar Atmosphere, 294
Action of Steam, 720, 748
Acworth’s Book on Railway Rates, 4
Adams’ Radial Axle-Box, 156, 215
Adamson Gun, 546
Addie, Mr. Robert, on the Chemistry of the Siemens Furnace, 103
Admiralty Go-Efficients of Atlantic Steamers, 647. See Letter, 685
Aerodynamics, 585. See Letters, 625, 655
African Diamond Mining, South, 281
African Liners “Doune Castle ” and “Lismore
Castle” (Messrs. Barclay, Curie, and Co., Limited, Glasgow), 387
African Railway to Lake Victoria Nyanza, 513. See Paragraph, 606
African Record, 192, 427. See also “ Scot ”
African (South) Mail Twin-Screw Steamer “ Scot (Messrs. Denny, Dumbarton), 10, 38, 87. See also 193, 427
Agricultural Building, Chicago Exhibition, 734
Agricultural Implements in India, 363
Agricultural Implements at Smithfield Show, 692
Air (Compressed) Supply to Offenbach, 426
Air, Transmission of Power by Compressed, 238, 672, 702. See Letter, 718
Alignment of Tunnels, Manchester and Thirlmere Aqueduct, 553
Allen, Mr. W. D., on Forging Press, 416, 425
Alloys, Imperfection of the Surface of Rolled Copper, 352
Alloys Research Committee of Mechanical Engineers’ Report, 528, 548, 579. See also 541, 575
Alternate Current Motors, 599 See Letter, 685
Alternating Currents, Note on Interference with, 749. See Letter, 685
Aluminium, 396
Aluminium Alloys, 528, 548, 579. See also 541, 575
Aluminium in Steel Ingots, 48, 439
Amenities of Scientific Discussion, 541. See Letter, 575
America. See Notes f rom the United States
American Blast Furnaces, 411, 438
American and British Railway Rolling Stock, 391.
See Letters, 418, 456
American Cars, 513
American Cars for the South-Eastern Railway (Gilbert Car Company, New York), 518
American Copyright, 246
American Electric Tramways, 426
American Factory Warehouses, 360
American Irrigation Works, 177
American Lake Navigation, 73, 79,107
American Lakes, Shipping on the, 101
American Locomotive Performances, 360, 391, 418,456
American New Tariff Regulations, 760
American New Tariff Regulations, Chicago Exhibition, 760
American Railroad Viaduct; Origin and Evolution, 178
American Rifle (Government and Inventors), 302
American Rolling Mills, 680
American Society of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers
American Stationary Engine Practice. See Engine Practice
American Steamer “ Plymouth,” Fall River Line, 130
American Stream Measurement, 558
American “Whaleback” Steamer, 126
Ammunition Hoist for “ 25th de Mayo,” 166
Anderson, Dr. William, on the Constitution of the Royal Ordnance Factories, 414, 424
Anderson, Dr. William, on a Revolving Purifier for River Water, 206, 238
Andrew’s Boat-Lowering Gear; S.S. “Ophir,” 687
Another East African Railway, 602. See 513
Anthracite Coal, Preparation and Utilisation of Small Sizes of, 621
Apparatus moved by Electricity (MM. Sautter and Harle’s), 379
Apyrite, The New Swedish Smokeless Powder, 252
Aqueduct, Manchester and Thirlmere, 553, 615
Aqueduct, Nadrai, 465
Arbitration in Labour Disputes, 69
Arbitration with Regard to Wages, 352
Arc Lamp Pencil, A New Type of, 696
Archdale’s New Foundry at Birmingham, 324
Architecture, 207
Arithmometer, Felt’s, 750
Armour-Plate Bending Rolls (Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, Ohio), 474
Armour-Plate Tests, Compound, Tresidder and Harvey Process of Hardening, 543, 571, 606, 632, 696
Armour-Plates, Nickel Steel (St. Chamond Company), 763
Armoured Ship “Marceau,” 154
Armoured Turrets for Nordenfelt Quick-Firing Guns, 498
Armstrong Guns. See Elswick Exhibits at Naval Exhibition
Armstrong Hoist for Ammunition, 166
Arnoldi’s Sounding Apparatus, 699. See Letter, 385
Arsenals, British, 414, 424
Artillery, Canet v. Krupp, 740
Artillery, Modern British. See Elswick Exhibits
Artillery and New Gun-Powder, 465
Asquith’s Radial Drilling Machine, 607
Astronomy, 219
Atlantic Record (Historical), 33, 74, 645
Atlantic Records, 192, 252, 304, 427, 515, 544, 645. See also 74, 194. See Letters, Coal Consumption, andc.t and 685
Atlantic Steamer of the Future, 645. See Letter, 685
Atlantic Steamer, Proposed Cunarder, 192, 645
Atlantic Steamers, Admiralty Co-Efficients of, 647. See Letter, 685
Atlantic Steamship Performances, 33, 74, 192, 252, 304, 427, 515, 544, 645. See Letters, Coal Consumption
Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield (Messrs. Brown’s), 376
Audley Water Works, 102
August Weather, 277
“ Augusta-Victoria,” Performances of, 33, 645
Australasia and her Critics (Resources, andc.), 755
Australasian Railways Compared, 165
Australian Royal Commission on Strikes, 69
Automatic Starting Gear for Gas Engines, 241. See Erratum, 288
Ayrton, Professor W. E., and Mr. T. Mather, on the Construction of Non-Inductive Resistances, 21

Bacup, Boiler Explosion at, 335
Baily, Mr. Walter ; Note on Rotary Currents, 734
Ballast Tank Suction, 122
Ballast of Yachts (Centre Board), 542
Band Saw (Messrs. John Wild and Co., Oldham), 399
Barbette Cruisers, French Second-Class Unarmoured, 181
Barclay, Curie, and Co.; The “ Lismore Castle” and “ Doune Castle,” 387
Barnaby, Sir Nathaniel, on Recent Progress in Warship Construction, 119
Barrow Depositing Dock (Clark and Standfield’s), 460. See page 552
Batteries, Secondary, 667
Battle-Ship Model Exhibit, Chicago Exhibition, 621, 649, 684
Battle-Ships. See French Navy
Battle-Ships Built at Elswick, 115, 118. See Elswick Exhibits
Battle-Ships “ Indiana,” “ Massachusetts,” and “ Oregon,” 621, 649, 684
Battle-Ships Launched in 1891, 728
Battle-Ships, Proportions of, 119
Battle-Ships, “Ramillies” and “Warrior” Compared, 119
Beam-Bending Machine (Southgate Company, Limited), 457
Beams. On the Influence of Surface Loading on the Flexure of, 21
Beaumont, Mr. W. W., on Reversible Screw Propeller, 269
Beetaloo Concrete Dam, 23
Belgian Coal Mining, 192
Ben Nevis, Meteorological Observations, 319
Ben Nevis, Wind Velocities on, 655, 720
Benardos System of Electric Welding, 756
Bending Machine, Beam (Southgate Company, Limited), 457
Bending Rolls, Armour Plate (Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, Ohio), 474
Bending Rolls, Vertical (Sellers, Philadelphia), 651
Bennett, Mr. A. R., on Electrical Parcels Exchange System, 268, 370
Bennett, Mr. A. R., on the Telephoning of Great Cities, 309
Berlin Electric Railways, 573
Berlin Water Supply, 684
Bessemer, Sir Henry, on Rolling Fluid Metal, 415, 424
Bi-Polar Dynamo, 262
Bifurcated Rivets, Machine for Inserting (Judson and Thompson Company, Mass., U.S.A.), 627
Binnie, Mr. A. R., on Water Supply, 205
Binnie’s Rain Gauge, 603, 685
Bins for Storing Grain, 143, 297
Birmingham Hydraulic Supply, 101
Birmingham Tramways, 187
“Blake,” Trials of H.M.S., 603
“ Blanco Encalado,” Sinking of, 190. See Letters
Blast, Cleaning Buildings by Sand, 729
Blast Furnaces in America, 411, 438
Blechynden, Mr. A., on Marine Engineering during the Last Decade, 132, 212, 340. See Erratum, 165
Block, Reid’s Rigging, 668
Blocks and Sheaves, Wrought-Steel (Messrs. Higginson and Co., Liverpool), 429
Board of Trade Electrical Standards, 275
Boat-Lowering Gear on “ Ophir,” Andrews’, 687
Boats, Willey’s Disengaging Apparatus, 152
Boiler Circulation, 12, 41, 74, 102,156, 545
Boiler Coverings, Non-Conducting, 269
Boiler Development of Marine in Ten Years, 132, 212, 340. See Erratum, 165
Boiler Experiments by Mr. Bryan Donkin and Professor Kennedy, F.R.S., 375
Boiler Explosion at Falmouth, 611
Boiler Explosion (Tramway Engine) at Huddersfield, 66, 97. See Letter, 126
Boiler Explosion at West Bromwich, 312
Boiler Explosions in 1890, 490
Boiler Explosions at Bacup and Bolton, 335
Boiler Explosions at St. Albans, Saffron Walden, and Coventry, 227. See Letters, 305, 326
Boiler Flue Drilling Machine (Messrs. Booth, Halifax), 487
Boiler Gauge, Morison’s Automatic Water, 65
Boiler Inspection, 12, 13
Boiler Inspection, Manchester Steam Users’ Association, 40, See Letter 126
Boiler Pressures, 512, 525, 608
Boiler Riveted Joints, 664. See also 698
Boiler Tests (Serpollet) by Professor Kennedy, 331. See Letters, 364, 455
Boiler, Thornycroft, in France. 443
Boiler, Tubular, at Venice (Messrs. F. Tosi and Co., Legnano, Italy), 183
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders’ Society, 16
Boilers, Modern Lancashire, 512, 525, 608
Boilers, Morison’s Suspension Furnace for, 49
Boilers of Orient Liner “ Ophir” (Messrs. Napier, Glasgow), 591, 687
Boilers of South African Mail Twin-Screw Steamer “ Scot,” (Messrs. Denny, Dumbarton), 10, 38, 87. See also 193
Boilers, Testing of, 512, 525, 608
Boilers of Warships, 122
Boilers, Water Gauge Fittings for Steam, 65, 486, 765
Boilers, Welded, 305, 326
Bolton, Boiler Explosion at, 335
Boom, Torpedo Boat, 511
Booth and Brothers’ Overhead Travelling Crane, 272
Booth’s Boiler Flue Drilling Machine, 487
Boring Machine, Tyre (Messrs. James Spencer and Co., Hollinwood), 240
Boring Machine, Vertical Cylinder (Messrs. Sellers, Philadelphia), 355
Boring Machine, Vertical Cylinder (Messrs. T. Shanks and Co.), 689
“Boston,” Nova Scotian Steamer (Messrs. A. Stephen and Sons, Glasgow), 325
Boswell, Mr. Samuel, on Some Details in the Construction of Modern Lancashire Boilers, 512, 525, 608
Bouleng6 Chronograph, 165
Bousfield’s Typewriter Device, 547
Boys, Mr. C. V., on Pocket Electrometers, 22
Brace, Mr., on Ballast Tank Suctions, 122
Brake Trials in South Australia, 252
Brakes on British Railways, 603
Brassey’s “ Naval Annual, ’ 55
Brazilian Government Seagoing Torpedo Boat (Messrs. Thornycroft), 337
Brazilian Gunboat (Mr. J. Samuel White, Cowes),
Breakdowns in the Navy, 132, 212, 340. See Letters
Bremen Porta Portland Cement Works, 61, See Erratum, 101. See Letters, Cement
Brewers’ Exhibition, 511
Brick Pavements, 483
Bridge, The Channel, 161
Bridge, Folding, at Chicago, 91
Bridge, Kentucky River, 177
Bridge over Snake River, Riparia, Washington, U.S A., 533
Bridges on the London and Brighton Bailway ;
Sir John Fowler’s Report, 52, 74
Brighton Railway Jubilee, 363. See Letter, 364
Brighton Sanitation and Water Supply, 261
Brine, Evaporation of, 748
Britannia Company’s Screws and Screwmaking, 29
British and American Railway Rolling Stock, 391. See Letters, Rolling Stock, andc.

British Association:

Presidential Address. Dr. Huggins on Astronomical Research, 219
Mechanical Section, Presidential Address, Mr.
T. Forster Brown, 234
Model Estuaries, Committee Report, 234
Sewer in Wales, by Mr. G. Chatterton, 234
The River Usk and the Harbour of Newport, by Mr. L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, 234
Mechanical Ventilation of Victoria Hospital, Glasgow, by Mr. Wm. Key, 235
Channel Tubular Railway, by Sir Edward Reed, 235
Petroleum Oil Engines, by Professor Robinson, 237, 400, 430
Revolving Water Purifier, by Dr. W. Anderson, 238
Steady Platform at Sea, by Mr. Beauchamp Tower, 238
Coal Tips, 238
Treatise on Portland Cement, by Mr. Faija, 238 On the Compound Principle in the Transmission of Power by Compressed Air, by Professor A. C. Elliott, 238. See also 672, 702. See Letter, 718
London and Paris Telephone, bv Mr. W. H. Preece, 264, 285
Recent Practice in the Use of Electric Motors, by Professor G. Forbes, 265. See 534, and Letters, 305, 326
Electric Lighting of Trains, by Mr. I. A. Timmis, 268. See Letter, 305
Electrical Parcels Exchange System, by Mr. A. R. Bennett, 268, 370
Internal and External Work of Evaporation, by Mr. Worby Beaumont, 269
Reversible Screw Propeller, by Mr. W. Worby Beaumont, 269. See Letters, 418, 544, 625, 654, 718
Action of Screw Propellers, by Major R. de Villamil, R E., 269
On the Comparative Value of Various Substances used as Non-Conducting Coverings for Steam Boilers and Pipes, by Mr. W. Hepworth Collins, F.C.S., 270
On the Telephoning of Great Cities, by Mr. A. R. Bennett, 309
Sinking Wells and Shafts, by Mr. Henry Davey, 461
Chemical Section, Presidential Address by Professor W. C. Roberts-Austen, 254, 284, 339
Physical Section, Professor Oliver Lodge’s Address. National Laboratory, Mind and Matter, 291
The Action of a Planet upon Small Bodies passing near the Planet with Special Reference to the Action of Jupiter, by Professor Newton, 294
The Absorption of Heat in the Solar Atmosphere, by Mr. W. E. Wilson, 294
Photographic Investigations of Solar Prominences and their Spectra, by Professor George Hale, 294
Ultra-Violet Rays of the Solar Spectrum, Committee Report, 294
On the Violet and Ultra-Violet against Photographic Records of the same with the same Instrument after a Lapse of several Years, by Dr. Piazzi Smyth, 294
Interesting Observations with the Spectroscope, by Dr. Johnstone Stoney, 318
Cause of Double Lines and of Equidistant Satellites in the Spectra of Gases, bv Dr Stoney, 318
Solar Radiation, by Professor McLeod, 319
Probable Nature of Bright Streaks on the Moon, by Dr. Copeland, 319
Meteorological Photography, Committee Report, 319
Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis Committee Report, by Dr. Copeland, 319
Reduction of Magnetic Observations, Committee Report, by Professor Grylls Adams. 319
On the Present State of our Knowledge in Thermodynamics, especially with regard to the Second Law, by Dr. Larmor and Mr G H. Bryan, 319
Ether Disturbance by Moving Bodies, by Professor Lodge, 319
On Electrical Radiation from a Hertz Vibrator by Dr. Larmor, 319
Propagation of Electro - Magnetic Waves in Wires, by Mr. W. Thorp, 319
Hertzian Oscillations and their Damping, by Professor D. E. Jones, 319
Reflection near the Polarising Angle from the Clean Surfaces of Liquids, by Lord Rayleigh,
Electrolysis Papers, by Sir William Thomson Professor Lodge, andc., 320
Electrification of Needle Points in the Air, by Mr. Chattock, 320
The Measurement of Liquid Resistance, by Mr. J. Swinburne, 322
Electrical Standards (Committee Report), 322
Causes of Variation of Clark’s Standard Cells, by Mr. J. Swinburne, 322
Units and their Nomenclature (Discussion), 322. See Letter, 364 7
On Some Points connected with the Measurement of Lenses, by Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, 322
New Polariser, by Dr. Thompson, 323
Electricity in Mining, by Professor Thompson, 323
Determination of “ 0,” by Dr. Arthur Webster, oZo
Magnetic Field near the South London Electric Railway, by Professors Ayrton and Rttcker, ozo
Electrical Tuning-Forks by Professor Viriamu Jones and Mr. T. Harrison, 323
British Association-cont/«ued.
Magnetic Experiments made m Connection with the Determination of the Rate of Propagation of Magnetism in Iron, by Mr.
T^Connection between the CO’.stal Form and Chemical Composition of Bodies, the Symmetry of Crystals accounted for by the Application of Boscovich’s Theory of Atoms to the Atoms of the Chemist, by Mr. W. Barlow,
Action of Light upon Dyed Colours (Committee’s Report), 349
Formation of Haloid Salts (Committee’s Re-
The Spontaneous Ignition of Coal, by Professor Vivian Lewes, 349
Nickel Carbon Oxide, by Mr. L. Mond. 349
Electrical Evaporation of Metals and Alloys, by Mr. Crookes, F.R.S., 352
Imperfection of the Surface of Rolled Copper Alloys, by Mr. Turner, 352
Apparatus for Testing Safety Lamps, by Professor F. Clowes, 352
Disposal of Sewage, by Mr. Moor, B.A., 352
Arbitration with Regard to Wages, by Mr. C. H. Perkins, 352
Our Coal Supply, by Mr. T. Forster Brown, 353
Free Travel, by Mr. S. M. Burroughs, 353
The Respective Wages of Men and Women, by Mr. Sidney Webb, 353
The Taxation of Inventors, by Dr. Lewis Edmunds, 353
Our Coalfields, Presidential Address, Geological Section, by Professor T. Rupert Jones, 354

British v. Continental Shipping Fleets, 44, 509
British and Continental Trade, 161
British Cruisers “Terpsichore,” “Thetis,” and “ Tribune ” (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank), 475
British Iron Trade Statistics, 21, 396
British Rails Abroad, 510
British Railway Statistics, 303, 331
British Railways and Brakes, 602
British Sections at Foreign Exhibitions, 602
Brodie, Mr. F. J., on the Prevalence of Fog in London, 1871 to 1890, 721
Brooklyn Pumping Engines, 1860, 708
Browett and Lindley’s Vertical Engine, 669
Brown’s Steel and Iron Works (Atlas), Sheffield, 376
Brown’s Steering Gear in S.S. “ Scot,” 88
Brown’s University, Providence, Rhode Island, 290
Brown’s Warping Winch in S.S. “ Scot,” 88
BUchner’s Colour Block Machine, 699
Bulkheads, Ships’, 392
Buoy, Franklin Life (Illuminating), 595. See Letter, 624
Burmah, Siam, and China Railway Connections, 480. See also 582, 653
Bursting of South Fork Dam, Johnstown, 396
^°187 V' and °ther Tramway Traction,

Cable Hoists, 621
Cable Railway, Los Angeles, California, 239
Cable, Steam, and Electric Tramways in New
South Wales, 482
Cable, Submarine Telegraphy, 280
Cable Tramways, 239, 635
California Cable Railway, Los Angefes, 239
Calorimetric Tests, 362
Canadian Lake Navigation, 73, 79 107
Canadian Railways, 449
Canal, Manchester. See Manchester
Canal in Norway, Ulefos-Strengen, 453
Canal, Panama, 48
Canals.between American Lakes, 73, 79 107
Canet v. Krupp Guns, 740
Cauet 66-Ton Gun, Testa of a, 276. See Lbtter,
Gallon, Survey of Great Colorado, 48
Capital and Labour-Profit Sharing, 129
Capita I J'ldLabour> Remuneration of, 691. See UriSO
Caorf,'25ielS’ Seetion8 and Mechanical Conditions
Carbonic Oxide, Nickel, 349
KI S^otes from South West
Caw afe Railway» 627‘ Sec als0 667 364, 455^erP° et ^team» 195» 381. See Letters, CawialeSWiA^0W-Liffc and DrauSht Excluder, 65 Bailwav Jor the South-Eastem
nauway (Gilbert Car Company N V 1 518
Carnages Heating of Railway”^ ’’
J, ni Guns, 407,’439 (SrlTo^ T'a\?llin* . Crane
CaruTla ii? FthTand Brothe,r8. Rodley), 272 mena’in i/' R*’ °P an Undescribed Pheno-CaX^Von ^ProfessorW
of Beams, 21 r U A“ on the Flexure CanX8hv MipSJnd Key Washers, 428 Ca^TrL^Chilfed^i’ Wood' ™ cSS’sijTso6 of Manganese in-439 C^tiegLinMs^‘OnnShOP?eatnientof Steel> 542
Castle”(Messrs UB8?8tle” and “ Lis™re Limited, 1G1XW) 387Clay’ °UrIe’ and C°-aLBr°™R%24l0dern Ma!,ufacturers’, 602. See
ne’” French Cruiser, 93
Cells, Causes of Variation of Clark Standard, 6,
» M- B. H.
Cement Mortars, 730
Cemen^TBstingn,dHin°tson8’6364’ 454, 576' 005
Centre Board Yachts, Yacht .
and, 542 acht Racing Association
Chain-Testing Machinery, Wick steed s (Messrs.
Buckton, Leeds), 412
Challenge Oil Pump for Lubrication, 64
Channel Bridge, 161
Channel Telephone, 264, 285
Channel Tubular Railway, 235
Channel Tunnel, 632 .
Channel Twin-Screw Steamers “Frederica,
“Lydia,” and “Stella” (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank), 270
Channelling by Machinery, Slate, 542
“Charles Dickens,” Locomotive ; Long Run, 326 Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 603, 041 Chatelier Pyrometer, Le, and Alloj s, 528, 548,5/9.
See also 541, 575
Chattanooga, 177
Chatterton, Mr. G., on a Welsh Sewer, 234
Chemical Composition, Crystal Form and, 323
Chemical Science, Retrospect, 192
Chemistry in Relation to Hygiene, 192
Chemistry of the Siemens Furnace, 103
Chicago:
Folding Bridge, 91
Masonic Temple, 150
Rapid Transit Railroad, 594
Steel Foundations, 303. See Miscellanea, 576
Washington Street Tunnel, 225
Chicago Exhibition. See Columbian Exposition
Chicago to Liverpool by Water, 73. See also 79, 107
Chili War, 12 . r o r
Chilian Cruiser “ Presidents Pinto,’ 355
Chilian War; Torpedoes and “ Blanco Encalada, 190. See Letter, 11
Chilled Cast Iron, 453
Chimney Draughts, 708
I China, Burmah, and Siam Railway Connections, 480. See also 582, 683
Chronograph, Le Boulenge, 165
Chronological History of Electricity, ??J?
P. F. Mottelay, 24, 78, 109, 169, 200, 257, 404, 461,581,704,736, 768
Cincinnati Southern Railway, 177
Cinders for Paint Stock, the Utilisation of Puddle
Slags and Heating, 621
Circlips and Key Washers, Carver s, 428
Circulation in Boilers, 12, 41, 74,102,156, 545
Civil Engineers, The American Society
Cincinnati Southern Railway, 177
Kentucky River Bridge, 177
Chattanooga, 177 „ 177 1 Irrigation, by Mr. Herbert M. Wilson, 177 . # The American Railroad Viaduct, its Origin and Development, by Mr. J. E. Greiner, 1/8 Free Railway Construction by Gove™™ent Controlled and Owned Railways, by Mr. E.
Th^ Advantages'ffi Longitudinal Bearing Systems for Railway Tracks, by Mr. T. C. Clarke, 210 r?
Mountain Railroad Construction, by Mr. W. B.
Causes of Failure of the South Fork Dam (Committee’s Report), 210
Right of Way of Railroads (Committee s ReMemoir of1 Water Meters, by Mr. John Thom-
Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal, 211 Sections and Mechanical Conditions of Car S"8, by Mr. P H. Griffin 251 New Train Shed m Jersey City, 251
Single Trap System of House Drainage, bj Mr.
Latham Anderson, 251
<Mr-George Berkley)>
Advance of Engineering in Relation to Social pPXgndSCement, its Manufacture, Use, and P Testffig by Mr Henry Kelway Bamber 640
TCeementUMortar°lndConcrete"by Mr. William T^SaVof Water by Measure in Berlin, by
Mr. Henry 0.^4 o„ oJ> g22
Clarke^Mr T Ct'on Longitudinal Rail Sleepers, Clayton and Shuttleworth’s Undertype Com-
pou pnildin gs3by Sand Blast, 729
and .See,%toZro"1 Clewland’ande-
Cleveland, Unloading Ore at, 438 Clutch, Electro-Magnetic, 751 Clutch, Shaw’s, 761
Coal’Consumption of Atlantic Steameis, 192, 252, Colliding^Arrangement, Automatic, 337
Coal Miffing in Belgium, 192
* United
Colt Preparation and Utilisation of Small Sizes Coal AThe Spontaneous Ignition of, 349 Coal SupPandr, 353
Coalfiffide, Britain’s, 354 ttgu^
Coatffig^ron and Steel Plates, Lead, 573
8OonffisEMrDW.’ Hepworth, on Boiler and Pipe
See Notes, Colonial . o .. Colonial Protection Policy (Locomotives in South Colorado Cation, Survry of Great, 48 Colorado, Florence Oil Fields of, 558 2° ° .r Block Machine, BUchner's, 619
| « Columbia,” Performances of, 33, 645
Columbian Exposition, 1893 :
Administration Building, 562, 735
Agricultural Building, 734
American Commissioners in Britain, 160
American New Tariff Regulations, 760
Battle-Ship Model Exhibit, 621, 619, 684
Delaware State Buildings, 426
Dome of Administration Building, 562, 735
Dredge, Mr. James, on World’s Columbia!
Exposition, 701, 734, 766
Electric Instillation, Chicago Exhibition, 524
Electric Power Station, 524
Electricity Buildings, 318, 524, 735
Exhibits, Grouping of, 472, 499, 523
Fisheries Building, 34
Foundations and Floors for the Buildings 671
General Plan, 701
Great Britain’s Building, 357
Grouping of Exhibits, 472, 499, 523
Horticultural Building, 123, 767
Indian Empire and the Exposition, 136
Jackson Park, 701
Liberal Arts Building, 472, 499, 523, 735
Manufacture and the Liberal Arts Building 472, 499, 523,735
Mines and Mining Buildings, 503,714, 766
Navy Exhibit, 621, 649, 684
Organisation and Administration, 469
Patents, English, and the Exhibition, 699
Progress Report by British Legation at Washington, 106, 160. See also 761
Sections of Exhibits, 472, 499, 523, 735
Sewers over the Area, 443
Society of Arts and the Exhibition, 70, 160 701,734,766
Society of Arts as Royal Commission, 70, 160 701, 734, 766
Tariff, American, Regulations for Exhibition, 760
Tower, 537, 596, 711
Transportation Building, 123, 766
Tunnels for Electric Mains, 525
Visit of American Commission to Europe, 160
Visit of British Commissioners, 469
World’s Congress Auxiliary (Intellectual and
Moral Congress), 218
Women’s Building and Section, 767
Comets, Action of Planets upon, 394
Commerce and Mineral Industries of Russia, 757
Compound Armour-Plate Tests. Tresidder and
Harvey’s Processes of Hardening, 543, 571,606, 632, 696
Compound Engine, 450 Horse-Power (Maschinen-fabrik Buckau), 154
Compound Engines, Undertype (Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, London), 135
Compound Engines (American Practice), 30
Compound Locomotive “ Greater Britain,” London and North-Western Railway, 565
Compressed Air Supply to the Town of Offenbach, 426
Compressed Air, Transmission of Power by, 238,
672, 702. See Letter, 718
Compressors and Motors, 238, 672, 703
Comptograph, Felt’s, 750
Concentration, Iron Ore, 102
Concentration of Iron Ore, Magnetic, 558
Concrete Dam, Beetaloo, 23
Concrete in Harbour Works, 634
Concrete, Portland Cement and, 640
Condensation, Effect of Jackets on, 380
Condenser, Klein’s Cooling Apparatus, 626
Condenser, Row’s Fresh Water, 638
Congress in Connection with World’s Fair,
Chicago, 1893, 218
Congress at Frankfort, Electrical, 332. See
Errata, 366
Congress, Trades Union, 329
Conical Pistons, 326
Continental Tariff Arrangements, 725
Continental Trade from Britain, 161
Conveyors and Sluiceways, 165
Coode, Sir John, on Engineering in Relation to Hygiene, 191,199
Co-operative Movement To-day, 382
Cooling Apparatus, Klein’s, 626
Copenhagen, Middelgrund Fortifications Outside, 335
Copper Alloys, Imperfection of the Surface of, 852
Copper Wire and Delta Metal Wire, The Strength of, 20 ’
Copyright, American, 246
“Cordelia,” Bursting of 6-In. Gun, 44. See Letter, 102
Corliss Engine, 732
Corliss Valve Gear, Walker’s, 105
'-'^rugated Flue, Morison’s Suspension Furnace,
rA^kgSte^F12esfor BoiIers, 132, 212, 340
Lortnall, Mr. E. L., on an Enlarged Waterway between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Sea-
Lost of Dredging, 573
PaoJ °dGa'?-’y’ Electricity, 43. See Letters
PaoJ’ Bract*cal Brime, 665, 694
Pa!J °J Broduction of Iron and Steel, 483
Pa!J w°rik?ng Briti8h Railways, 331
Cost of Working Electric Tramways, 570
Cotton Combustion ; Fire on “City of Rich-mond, 47. See Letters
Coupling, Electro-Magnetic Safety, 751
Coventry, Boiler Explosion at, 227
Cowes, Marine Engineering at, 294
Craig and Donald’s Punching and Shearing Machine, 77
Crane, Electric Overhead Travelling (Messrs. R.
Bolton and Co., London), 534
^rane, 15-Ton Locomotive Steam (Messrs. Sto-Bath)>367- See Letter, 385
crane, Overhead Travelling, at Carron Foundry c8, Bo°th and Brothers, Rodley), 272 Some Stresses in the Ordinary Derrick, 50 DeXlce» ?Ilchele’s, 51. See Erratum, 80
Crematorium, Manchester, 123
S Sa"fc?> on Sewer Ventilation, 191
Ciuiser Blake, ’ Trials of the 603
•“ Presidente Pinto,” 355
Cruiser Endymion,” British, 91
Cruisers, 181. See French Navy
Cruisers Launched in 1891, 728
Cruisers “Terpsichore,” “Thetis,” and “Tribune,” British (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank),
Cruisers, Unarmoured Barbette French, Dimensions, andc., of, 181
Crystal Forms and Chemical Composition, 323
Cunarder, New Fast, 192
Cupola, Economy in a Foundry (Topical Questions), 362
Cutters, Speed and Feed of Milling, 394
Dam, Bee^aloo Concrete, 23
Dam, Bursting of South Fork, 396
Dam, Causes of Failure of the South Fork, 210 Darlington Company’s Iron Railway Wagon, 62 Davey, Mr, Henry, on Sinking Wells and Shafts, 460. See jand’rratum, 503
Davey, Paxman, and Co.’s Boilers at Naval Exhibition, 617, 681, 709, 739
“ Davout,” French Unarmoured Cruiser, 181
Debt of Australasia, 755
Deep Tunnel Railways in London, Proposed, 631, 662
Defence of Coasts by Torpedoes, 425
Delaware State Buildings, Chicago Exhibition, 426
Delta Metal Wire and Copper Wire, The Strength of, 20
Demography. See International Congress of Hygiene, andc.
Demon Water Motor (Mr. P. Pitman, Manchester), 241
Denny. See “ Scot”
Derrick Crane, Some Stresses in the Ordinary, 50
Despatch System, Wildemann, Pneumatic, 577
Destructor, Garbage, 247, 720
Determination of “v,” 323
Diagram of Metal Prices, 22, 167, 308, 428, 546, 668
Diamond Mining, South African, 281, 636
Director of Dockyards, 277, 724, 761
Discussion, The Amenities of, 541. See Letters, Alloys, 575
Disengaging Gear for Ships’ Boats, Willey’s, 152
Disposal of Sewage in German Towns, 396
Disposal of Town Refuse and Garbage, 720
Distillation, A New Ferment for, 760
Diving on the Tunnel of Tequixquiac, Mexico, 762
Dock, Barrow Depositing (Clark and Standfield’s), 460. See page 552
Dockyard Administration, Professor Elgar, 277
Dockyards, Director of, 724, 761
Donkin, Mr. Bryan, and Professor Kennedy on Boiler Experiments, 375
Dorsey, Mr. E. Bates, on Free Railway Construction by Government Controlled and Owned Railways, 179
Double Lines and Equidistant Satellites in the Spectra of Gases, Causes of, 318
“ Doune Castle,” South African Steamer (Messrs. Barclay, Curie, and Co., Limited, Glasgow), 387
“ Dragonne,” French Torpedo Boat, 762
Drain Gauging Machine, 385
Drainage and Irrigation of Land in Relation to Health, 206
Drainage and Sewage Disposal Works, Richmond, 345. See Paragraph, 398
Drainage, The Single Trap System of House, 251
Draughts, Chimney, 708
Drawbridge over Snake River, Riparia, Washington, U.S.A., 533
Dredge, Mr. James, on World’s Columbian Exhibition, 701, 734, 766
Dredger and Soil Transporter (Mr. John Price, Grappenhall, Cheshire), 90
Dredgers at Manchester Canal, 145, 369
Dredging, Cost of, 573
Drill Grinder, Simplex Twist, 532
Drilling Apparatus for Water Mains, Pearson’s, 225
Drilling Machine, Boiler Flue (Messrs. Booth, Halifax), 487
Drilling Machine, Hamilton’s Radial, 639
Drilling Machine, Radial (Mr. Asquith’s), 607
Drills, Machine Rock, and Hand Labour, 49
Drills Moved by Electricity (MM. Sautter and Harte’s), 379
Dunsmuir and Jackson’s Triple-Screw Engine, 211
Duplex Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion (Messrs. Fielding and Platt, Gloucester), 40
Durston, Mr. A. J., on History, Progress, and Recent Practice of Marine Engineering, 122
Dyed Colours, Action of Light upon, 349
Dynamo, Brown’s Electric Lighting Engine and (King, Brown, and Co., Edinburgh), 88
Dynamo, An Early, 46
Dynamo, Helios, 573
Dynamo, Oerlikon Three-Phase Current, 714
Dynamo, Sayers’ Plating, 355. See Erratum, 398
Dynamometer, A Belt, 315
Dynamos at Moscow (French), 203, 232, 262, 379
Dynamos, Siemens, at Naval Exhibition, 617, 681, 709, 739
Dynamos at Stations at Venice (Messrs. F. Tosi and Co., Legnano, Italy), 183
Eastern Telegraph Company, 280
Ecclesiasticism and Labour, 394. See Letter, 454
Economic Limit of Large Power Units, 654
Economy, Limitations of Steam Engine, 708
Education, Engineering, 542
Education in Scotland, Technical, 570
Efficiencies, Steam Engine, 363
Empire Route from East, 304
Egan Company’s Spoke Lathe, 64
Egypt, Modern Engineering in, 410
Egypt, Storage Reservoirs in, 450
Elastic Limit, 159
Eldridge, Mr. George, on the Weak Points in Steamers Carrying Oil in Bulk, and the Type which Experience has shown to be the most Suitable for the Trade, 149,138
Electric, Alternate Current Motors, 599. See Letters
Electric, Browett Lindley’s Vertical Engine, 669
Electee v. Cable and other Tramway Traction, ECCens°’322USeS °£ Variation °f Standard El1enMn’TC°?nU^ors’ Ovei'head, 696
E ertr Chica*° Exhibition, 524
T^i and <„htiStatiOn at V'nice (Messrs. F.
Flpetri^r^ %?-’ Legnano, Italy), 183
ElectHo Jgu?n®: ln London, 221, 302
I 709?739,g tlng NaVal Exhibiti0“. 617, 681, S!ecJrj° Lighting of “ Ophir,” 621
i ™“TO Hw'
Electee Lighting Plant at Sunningdale Park,
Electric Lighting Schemes, New, 631, 662 FlpnfHn J',^htlnl? ol Trains, 268. See Letters Klectnc Locomotives in Mines, 621
Electric Meters, 203
! EI^tnC ?Jotor8> decent Practice, 265. See 534, and Letters, 305 and 323
£ RTt™°V<:Ir-adrTra;ellin" Crane (Messrs. R. Bolton and Co., London), 534
Electric Overhead Wires in London, 760
Electric Power Distribution, 709
EHQfinCpP0We^Sfca40n’ Chica£° Exhibition, 524 Elastic Properties of Nickel Steel, 135
S?±lc P7>r°j1ect8 (Private Bill Legislation), 662 L T Wnetic Field near (South
-UUIlUUilL OxuO
Electric Railways in Berlin, 573
Shw^fo1!? Cable Hamways in New South Wales, 482
Electric Subways in London, 631, 662
Electric Tramway, the Roundhay (Leeds), 636 E ectric Tramways, 426,482, 570. See Letter, 605 Electric Transmission of Power, 280
Electric Welding, Benardos System of, 756 E ectric Welding and Metal Working, 411 Electrical Congress at Frankfort, 332. See Erratum, 366
Electrical, Economic Limit of Large Power Units, 654 ’
Electrical Evaporation of Metals and Alloys, 352 Electrical Exhibition, The Crystal Palace, 636 Electrical Exhibition, Frankfort, 7, 18. 72 100 154, 162, 173, 224, 247, 277 ’
E^ctripal Exhibits at Moscow, French, 203, 232, 262, 379
E1®?Jrical, Helios Company at the Frankfort Exhibition, 573
Electrical, Oerlikon Three - Phase Current Dynamo, 714
Electrical Parcels Exchange System, 268, 370
Electrical Position Finder, Fiske’s, 638
Electrical Radiation, 319
Electrical Secondary Batteries, 667
Electrical Standards, 322
Electrical Standards, Board of Trade, 275
Electrical Tuning-Forks, 323
Electrical Units and their Nomenclature, 322
See Letter, 364
Electrically moved Apparatus (Messrs. Sautter and Harld’s), 379
Electricity, A Chronological History of, by Mr P. F. Mottelay, 24, 78, 109, 169, 200, 257. 404 461, 581, 704, 736, 768 ’
E1fnJri>Sfcy Building8, Chicago Exhibition, 318, ! 524, 7d5
Electricity, Dictionary of, 465
Electricity, Electro-Magnetic Safety Coupling,
Electricity, Experiments with High-Tension Currents, 510
Electricity v. Gas, Comparative Cost, 43. See Letter, 74
Electricity, Note on Interference with Alternating Currents, 749
Electricity, A Permanent Magnetic Field, 733
Electricity, Protection of Telephones, 451
Electricity Rotary Currents, 734
Electricity, A New Type of Arc Lamp Pencil,696 Electrification of Needle Points in the Air, 320 Electro-Magnetic Safety Coupling, 751 Electro-Magnetic Waves in Wires, Propagation of, 319
Electrolysis, 320
Electrometers, Pocket, by Mr. C. V. Boys, 22 Elevated Railroad in Chicago, Rapid Transit 594 x ’
Elevated Railwaj', Liverpool, 149, 713, 741. See Erratum, 753
Elgar, Professor, and the Dockyards, 277. See also 724, 761
Elimination of Sulphur from Pig Iron, 425, 444
Elliot Locked Rope, 621
Elliott, Professor A. C., on Some Stresses in the Ordinary Derrick Crane, 50
Elliott, Professor A. C., on Transmission of Power by Compressed Air, 238, 672, 702. See Letter, 718
Elswick Exhibits at Naval Exhibition :
Ballisticsof Elswick Guns, 58
Battery Deck of Modern Ironclad, 58
Breechloading Gun, Early Type, 58
Explosives, 86
Mountings, Gun, 116
9.2-In. 22-Ton Gun with Naval Mounting, 58 110-Ton Gun, 598
Pneumatic Rammer for Loading Heavy Guns,
Projectiles, 86
Quick-Firing Guns, 86
“ Victoria ” Battle-Ship, 115
Warships Built at Elswick, 116, 118
“ Endymion,” H.M.S. 91
Engine, Browett Lindley’s Vertical Electric, 669
Engine, Compound, 450Horse-Power (Maschinen-
fabrik Buckau), 154
Engine, Corliss, 732
Engine Economy, Limitations of, 708
Engine Efficiencies, Steam, 363
Engine, Electric Lighting, King, Brown, and Co.
Edinburgh, 88
Engine, Gas, Fielding and Platt’s, 126
Engine, Gas, The Midland (Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, Nottingham), 26
Engine, Gas, 30 Horse-Power Four-Cylinder
(Munich Engineering Company), 7
Engine, High-Duty Worthington Pumping, 381
Lister,
Engine, Korting’s 25 Horse-Power Gas sm ~ ^undEnagi°nne”33bPraOtiOe in Amer'ca. Com-
Engine Testing, 362
Engine, Tripie-Expansion, at University fni'r.,.
Liverpool, 144 vmiersity col ege,
Engine, Undertype Compound (Messrs Cl.-vtnn and Shuttleworth, London) 135 C1 5 ton Engme Verticai High-Speed (Messrs
Keighley), 355 r wvessrs.
E132nf‘he Pa8t Decade, Marine 212. bee Erratum, 165
Engineering Education, 542 Engineering in Egypt, 410 Engineering at Glasgow University fin
Hi8^ a”d decent ^Practice of
Engineering Laboratory, Notes from 744 Engineering Laboratories, Walker’s (Liverpool), Engineering, Marine, at Cowes. 294
Engineering a*t JV'Vt'0” to Hygiene, 191, 199
ham 696 University College, Notting-Engineering Work and Social Progress 566 E“E”- s'’ «’“• ....
Engineers’ Wages, Naval v. Mercantile aaq Engines Beam, of “ PlymoX^AmericTn Fa]1
River Line (Messrs. W. and A. Fktehert lin Engines, Compound, 365 etcher), 130
Engines, Fire (Messrs. Merryweather) 595 E"«-G*3- Automaric Starting Gear for 241
See Erratum, 288 h ’ Z41’
Engines, Gas, Tests of, 693
Engines for Merchant Vessels (Historical) 12?
E5s,"«ri’"
at Brooklyn, I860, 708
’ E-UI?y?,ng’ THP'e-Expansiok Duplex (Messrs. Fielding and Platt, Gloucester! n Engines, Rolling Mill (Messrs D j
Co., Glasgow), 65Z 1 S- »• Stewart and Engines (Steeple) in Ships, 122
Eng me s/Tnple-E xpansion Experimental (Messrs.
a. r. ahis and Co., Milwaukee. Mass 170
Engines, Triple-Expansion, cf Nova’ Scotinn Steamer “Boston” (Messrs A Ex “! Sons, Glasgow), 325 1 ’ Stephen and
E TriPle’Expansion, of the Isle of Man
“■ *«•
E,’»i'1(;3’, TriPle-E^Pan«on, SS. “ Doune Castle” and pGismore Castle” (Messrs, Barclay, Curie ana Co., Limited, Glasgow), 387 ’
,?“es> Triple-Expansion Triple-Screw of “ Wai”
Engines Triple - Expansion, of Twin-Screw Orient Liner “Ophir” (Messrs. Napier GIm gow), 535,591, 621, 687 rapier, Ulas-
Engines, Triple-Expansion Twin-Screw, “ Terpsi-
Engines, Vibration of, 304
Engines, Weight of Marine, 214
' n709"e739WlUanS’fOr Ele3trio Lighting, 617, 681, E«Wa4er„way between the Great Lakes and _ AGantic Seaboard, 78, 79, 107 Estuaries, Model, 234 > > <
Ether Disturbance by Moving Bodies 319 European Tariffs, 725 ’
Evaporation of Brine, 748
Evaporation, Internal and External Work of, ExImpIiatsiOnoff oand A'lsys> Electrical, 352 examples of the Comparison of Different
Steamers and Yachts, by A. E Jones71
Letter, Vessels, Notes on Comparison of ® Excavator and Soil Transporter (Mr. John Price
Grappenhall, Cheshire); 90 l e’
Excavators at Manchester Canal, 145 369 Exhauster, Radial Steam Jet, 312. See Letter, Exhibition, Brewers’, 511
E 709b 739D’ Electri0 Lighting at Naval, 681,
Exhibition Finance, 602
Exhibition, Frankfort Electrical, 7 18 72 loo 154, 162, 173, 244, 247, 277 ' iS’ 72’ 10°’
Exhibition’ TaVaL -See Naval Exhibition Exhibition, Tasmanian, 135
Expansion Apparatus, Tremper Automatic 711 tSte'fMelra WV MPa8saebusetatsOin7sti. Mass.), 179 E’ R A 19 and Co” Milwaukee,
Experimental Marine Engine and Testing Mo chines at University College, Liverpool 144
Experiments, Boiler, by Mr Brvanfill.. Professor Kennedy, F. R S 375 kl“ and
Experiments on Water Power 246
Exploration, Deep Sea, by Prince of Monaco • Pnncesse Alice,” 62, 104 Monaco ,
Explosion, Boiler, at Bacup and Boltnn qqk Explosion, Boiler, at West Bromwich ^12 Explosion at Falmouth, Boiler 611 ’
fieldSI6« °'Tra™w^ Engine Boiler atHudders-neld, 66, 97. See Letter, 126
Explosions in 1890, Boiler, 490
Explosives, 465
Eritfon°n’ The W°rId’S- See Colwnbian Expo-
Factory Acts and Inspection, 301
Factory Warehouses in America, 360
Fair field C ompany. See “ Tynwald," 155
Fall River Steamer “ Plymouth,” 130 Lalmouth, Boiler Explosion at, 611 r elt s Comptograph, 750
Fences, Railway, Sand and Snow, 453
Ferment for Distillation, A New, 760
Fielding and Platts Duplex Pumping Engin (Triple-Expansion), 40
Fielding and Platt’s Gas Engine, 126
File Works, Nicholson, Rhode Island, 318
Filter, Morris Circulating, 324
Filters, Installation of “Torrent” (Pulsomete: Company), 6
Finder, Fiske’s Electrical Position, 638
Fire on “ City of Richmond,” 47 See Letters
Fire Engines for Manchester, Steam (Messrs
Merry weather), 595
Fire Protection of Buildings, 483
Fisheries Building, Chicago Exhibition, 34
Fiske’s Electrical Position Finder, 638
Flanging in Boiler Construction, 525, 608
Flue Drilling Machine, Boiler (Messrs. Booth.
Halifax), 487
Fluid Bodies, Mechanics of, 674
Flume, A Large Lumber-Carrying, 100
Flying Machines, 585. See Letters, 625,655
Flywheels, 454, 477, 514, 544, 574, 684
Focometer, The, 322
Fogs, 721
Fogs, Town, 192
Folding Bridge at Chicago, 91
Forbes, Professor G., on Recent Practice in Use of Electric Motors, 265. See Letters, Elec-trie Cranes, 305, 326, 534
Forced Draught, 132, 212, 340
Foreign Notes. See Notes, Colonial and Foreign
Forging Press, 416, 425
Form of Ships’ Hulls, 729
Fortifications Outside Copenhagen, “ Middel-grund,” 335
Foster, Mr. Wolcott, C., on the Disposal of Town Refuse and Garbage, 720
Foundations and Floors for the Buildings, Chicago Exhibition, 671
Foundations, Rusted, 513
Foundations, Steel, 303. See Paragraph, 576
Foundations, Subaqueous, 102
Foundry for Messrs. James Archdale and Co., Birmingham, 324
Fowler, Sir John, on Brighton Railway Company’s Bridges, 52. See also 74
France, Coal in, 637
Frankfort Electrical Congress, 332. See Errata, 366
Frankfort Electrical Exhibition, 7, 18. 72 100 154,162, 173, 224, 247, 277 ’
Frankfort Exhibition, Helios Company at the, 573
Frankfort Exhibition, Iron Tower at, 224 1 rankland, Dr. Percy F., on Self-Purification of Rivers, 207
Franklin Lifebuoy, 595. See Letter, 624
“ Frederica,” London and South-Western Company’s Channel Twin-Screw Steamer (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank), 270
Freeboard of Steamers, 120, 168, 197
French Electrical Exhibits at Moscow, 203. 232. 262, 379 » > >
French Fleet in England, 187
French Guns, Canet v. Krupp, 740
French Navy:
“Cdcille,” Cruiser, 93
Cruisers, Unarmoured Barbette French, Dimensions, ande., of, 181
“ Davout,” Non-Armoured Cruiser, 181
“ Dragonne,” Torpedo Boat, 762
“ Fldche,” Torpedo Boat, 762
French Fleet, Visit to England of, 187
“Hoche,” Battle-Ship, 181
“ Jaurdguiberry,” Line-of-Battle Ship, 181
“Marceau,” Ironclad, 154
U Redoutable,” Central Battery and Barbette Ship, 240
“Richelieu,” Central Battery Ironclad, 412
“ Sfax,” Deck-Protected Cruiser, 505
French Torpedo Boats and Coast Defence, 425
French Torpedo Boilers, 443
Friction Gear, Shaw’s Power Transmitter, 751
Friction, Phenomenal, 215, 718
Fume Cremator for Town Refuse, 247
Furnace for Boilers, Morrison’s Suspension, 49
Furnace, The Chemistry of the Siemens, 103
Furnaces in America, 411, 438
“ Ftlrst Bismarck,” Performances of, 33, 645
Fusion of Mild Steel, 425, 488
Galvanising, Lead Coating Iron and Steel Plates, 573
Ganz and Co.’s Dynamos at Venice, 183
Ganz Turbines at Assl ng-Sava, Carniola, 253, 307
Garbage, Disposal of, 247, 720
Gas v. Elect r city ; Comparative Cost, 43. See
Letter, 74
Gas Engine, Korting’s 25 Horse-Power, 663
Gas Engine (Messrs. Fielding and Platt, Gloucester), 126
Gas Engine, Midland (Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, Nottingham), 26
Gas Engine Tests, 693
Gas Engine, 30 Horse-Power Four Cylinder
(Munich Engineering Company), 7
Gas Engines, Automatic Starting Gear for. 241
See Erratum, 288
Gas Projects ; Private Bill Legislation, 662
Gas v. Steam Power, 693
Gas Supply for Motors, The Law regarding, 73
Gas, Water, 41
Gas and Water Law, 745
Gates, Lock, for Manchester Canal, 295
Gauge, Hopkinson’s Safety Water, 486
Gauge, Morison’s Automatic Water, 65
Gauge, Water, Fittings for Steam Boilers, 765 uear for Rolling Mill, Jardine’s Screwing, 444 Gearing Valve, for Engines, 132, 212, 340. See
Erratum, 165
Geometry of Position, 165
German Railways, 359
German Town Sewage Disposal, 396
Germany, Coal in, 483
Germany, Recent Movement in Wagesand Hours in, 569
Glasgow. See Notes from the North
Glasgow Municipality and the Tramways, 601
G and, SoyJ^-Western Railway Company and Steamboat Traffic, 49 J
Glasgow University, Engineering at, 573
Gold Alloys, 528, 548, 579. See also 541, 575 Goldsmiths’ Technical Institute, 99
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Rhode Island, 316
Gottlieb, Mr., on Foundation of Columbian Exhibition Buildings, 671
Governing Gear, Brown s ; S.S. Scot, oo Government Control of Railways, 179 Government and Investors, 302 ,
Grain, Hydraulic Apparatus for Storing and Moving, 143, 297 *
Granaries, Hydraulic Machinery in, 143, 297
Grantham, Mr. R. F., on Drainage and Irrigation in Relation to Health, 206
Graving Dock and Shipbuilding Works, Newport News, 176
Gray, Mr. Harry, on Water Gauge Fittings for Steam Boilers, 765
Great Eastern Locomotive Built in Ten Days, 725. See Letter, 748
" Greater Britain,” Compound Locomotive;
London and North-Western Railway, 565
Greece, Mining in, 221
Green’s System of Ventilation, 621
Greiner, Mr. J. E., on American Railroad Viaducts ; Origin and Evolution, 178
Grinder, Simplex Twist Drill, 532
Grip Vices, Schmidt’s Instantaneous, 547
Ground Water ; Influence on Health, 256
Gun, Adamson, 546
Gun, Bursting of the “ Cordelia’s,” 44. See Letter, 102
Gun Factories, 414
Gun Mountings made at Elswick, 116. See Elsivick Exhibits
Gun, Tests of a Canet 66-Ton, 276. See Letter, 305
Gunboats for Brazilian Government (Mr. T.
Samuel White, Cowes), 294
Guns, Armstrong. See Elswick Exhibits
Guns, Canet y. Krupp, 740
Guns, Maxim-Nordenfelt, 407, 439. See also 498 Guns, Quick-Firing, 721
Hale, Professor George, on Photographic Investigations of Solar Prominence and their Spectra, 294
Haloid Salts, The Formation of, 349
Hamburg-American Line of Steamers, 38, 74, 645
Hamilton’s Radial Drilling Machine, 639
Harbour of Newport, 234
Harbour Works, Concrete in, 634
Hardening Armour Plates. Tresidder and Harvey’s Processes, 543, 571, 606, 632, 696
Harvey Process of Hardening Armour Plates, 571, 606, 632, 696. See also 543
Haslam’s Refrigerator on “Ophir,” 621
Haulage, Rope, 290
Hayward Tyler and Co.’s Portable Electric Lighting Plant, 7
Health Congress. See International Congress of Hygiene t andc.
Heat, Mechanical Equivalent of, 135
Heat in the Solar Atmosphere, Absorption of,
Heat on the Strength of Iron, The Influence of, 73
Heat Transmission through Cast-Iron Plates, 362
Heating of Railway Carriages, 729
Hele-Shaw, Professor H. S., on the Experimental Marine Engine and the Alternative Centre Testing Machine in the Walker Engineering Laboratory, University College, Liverpool, 144 Helios Company at the Frankfort Exhibition, 573
H.M.S. “ Blake,” Trials of, 603
H.M.S. “Endymion,” 91
H.M.SS. “Terpsichore,” “Thetis,” “Tribune,” 475
H.M.S. “Victoria’s” Guns, 58, 86, 115. See Elswick Exhibits
Hertz Waves, 319
Hertzian Oscillations and their Damping, 319
Hibbert, Mr. W., on a Permanent Magnetic Field, 733
Higgins’ Digest of Patent Law, 261
High-Speed Engines, Vibration of, 304
High-Tension Currents, Experiments with, 510
Highland Railway, Standard Locomotive for, 413 Hirn’s Analyses Applied to Engine Testing, 362 History, Chronological, of Electricity, by Mr. P.
F. Mottelay, 24, 78, 109, 169, 200, 2o7, 404, 461, 581, 704, 736, 768
“ Hoche,” French Battle-Ship, 181
Hoist for “ 25th de Mayo,” Ammunition, 166
Hoists, Cable, 621
Holden, Captain, on the Velocity of Proiectiles, 425, 489
Hopkinson’s Safety Water Gauge, 486
Horse Haulage v. Electric and other Tramway Traction, 187
Horticultural Building, Chicago Exhibition, 123, 767
Hours, Recent Movement of Wages and Working, 569
House Building, Some Insanitary Superstitions in, 206
House Drainage, The Single Trap System of, 251
Howie’s Railway Sand and Snow Fence, 453
Huddersfield, Boiler Explosion at, 66, 97. See Letter, 126
Huggir s, Dr. Wm., on Astronomy, 219
Hull of Ships, The Form of, 729
Hunt and Mitton’s Hydraulic Apparatus, 699
Hunt, Mr. Robert W., on the American Rolling Mill, 680 5
Hydraulic Apparatus for Moving Grain, 143, 297
Hydraulic Forging Press, 416, 425
Hydraulic Gear on “ Ophir,” Brown’s, 621
Hydraulic Machinery for Valves at Thirlmere Reservoir, 485
Hydraulic Power Retailed at Birmingham, 101
Hydraulic Pump, Compound Plunger, 485
Hydraulic Tests of Lap-Welded Iron Pipes, 519 Hydraulic Valve (Messrs. Hunt and Mitton), 699 Hydraulics; The Value of a Water Power, 708 Hydro-Mecfcanics, 674
Hydropult Steam Trap, C69
Hydrostatic Turrets for Nordenfelt Quick-Finnj Hygiene. See International Congress of Hy Hygieni,‘chemistry and Physics in Relation to Hygiene, Engineering in Relation to, 191, 199 Icemaking Plant, Refrigerating and (Pulsomete Implements,’ Agricultural, at Smithfield Show 692
Impurities in Mild Steel, Influence of, 532
Incorporated Association of Municipal anc County Engineers, 20 .
India, Agricultural Implements in, 363
Indian Irrigation Works, 177
Indian Railways Statistics, 540
“Indiana,” United States Battle-Ship, 621,649, 684
Indicator Gear for Experimental Engine, 179 Inductive Resistances, The Construction of Non-21
Industrial Insurance, The Congress of, 421
Industrial Notes, 23, 51, 77, 105, 137, 167, 196, 225, 253, 283, 306, 337, 368, 399, 429, 457, 487, 518, 547, 578, 607, 639, 670, 699. 731, 763
Influence of Impurities on Mild Steel, 532 Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill for Slate Channelling, 642
Ingot Steel, Aluminium in, 48
Institute of American Mining Engineers. See Mining Engineers
Institute of Marine Engineers, 729
Institution of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers
Institution of Electrical Engineers’ Dinner, 602 Institution of Mechanical Engineers. See Me
chanical Engineers
Institution of Naval Architects. See Naval Architects
Insurance, The Congress of Industrial, 421 Insurance, National Provident, 217
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography: 130
Architectural Section: 207
Some Insanitary Superstitions in House Building, by Mr. H. H. Statham, 207
Chemical Section: 192
Chemistry in Relation to Hygiene, with Retrospect, by Sir Henry Roscoe, 192
Town Fogs, Discussion on, 192
Sanitation of a Mining Settlement, bj’ Mr. A. Mault, 199
Destruction of Town Refuse, by Mr. Laws and Dr. Bruce, 247
Municipal Engineering, by Mr. H. Percy Boul-nois, 247
Influence of Ground Water upon Health, by Mr. Baldwin Latham, 256
Engineering Section: 191, 205
Engineering in Relation to Hygiene, by Sir John Coode (Presidential Address), 191, 199
Sewage Disposal in Relation to Water Supply and River Pollution, by Professor H. Robinson, 191
On the Drainage of Towns in Italy, by Professor Paochiotti, 191
On Sanitation in India, by Mr. Baldwin Latham, 191
English and French Sewerage, by Mr. J. A. Lemon, 191
The Removal of Sewage after Leaving Build-mgs, by Mr. R. E. Middleton, 191,197
Sewer Ventilation, by Mr. W. Santo Crimp, 191 “ a ar}lta^on °f a Mining Settlement, by
Mr. A. Mault, 199
Water Supply, by Mr. A. R. Binnie, 205
Distribution of Two Waters of Different Qualities by Distinct Canalisation, by M. G. Bechman, 206
Separate Water Supply for Domestic and Sani-a^ Southampton, by Mr.
Matthews, 206 J
Distribution of Potable Water in Towns, by M.
K. Gaget, 206
AWm01l’inf Purifier for River Water, by Dr.
Wm. Anderson, 206
D a>?dyri?>ation of Land in Relation to
F- Grantham, 206
thp qpU tpte-«Of £ur Knowledge concerning KnM0"of Eivers> b>-Dr- Pe-y
EVriSinJ'sOhnHatlr Construction of Re-ingeratmg Shafts, by Professor A. Oelwein,
Inventors, Government and, 302
Inventors, Taxation of, 353
Ireland, Railways in, 624
Iron, Chilled Cast, 453
Iron Industry of New Jersey, 411
Iron, The Influence of Heat on the Strength of,
Iron Ore Concentration, 102
Iron Ore, Magnetic Concentration of 558
Iron Steam Pipes, Te8t8 of £
Iron and Steel Institute-
Ordnance OnGeneral of O^dnanc'e Fac^STl"',
Proof Gm1^gHIA8t,Un,ent3 ™*d ‘he Arsenal Wnniw-d?minunitionafc the R°yal R^A. 424,789 *Ch’ by CaPtain Holde".
OnMXblXnl7d%7e5°^inu°U8 Shect* of Metal, by Sir Henrvnt1 dlrect from Fluid
On Illustrations 0^ Pr^ Seme?'- 415- 424
Shipbuilding and Fn°^e88- ln Material for Naval Exhibit^ b^T^ Wh’? W °n the Forging Press, by Mr. w. D Alkn, 416,
of Mild Sted/by iTF^e"on in the Fusion 488 * ’ R. Carulla, 425,
Qb^MnjH’MaUene^ 425^44? ,r°m Pig Ir°D' Technical Schoo^by ’ Sheffield Iron and Steel Production“c ®to“' 433' ’ 426
Ir°n an(* Steel, Tests of Strength of Structural Wrought, 588,620
Iron Trade Statistics, British, 21, 396
Ironclads. See French Navy
Irrigation of Land in Relation to Health, 206
Irrigation in the United States, 482
Irrigation Works in America, 177
Man Twin-Screw Steamer “ Tynwald” u (r airfield_ Company, Govan), 155
Itsukushima,” Japanese Coastguard Ship (Gorges et Chantiers), 563. See Letter, 605
Jacketed Cylinders, 380
Jackets on Pumping Engines, 708
Jackets, Steam, Economy of, 744
Japan to Britain in 19j Days, 304
Japanese Coastguard Ship “ Itsukushima” (r orges et Chantiers), 563. See Letter, 605
Japanese Coastguard Ships, 605
Jardine’s Screwing Gear for Rolling Mills, 444 t "^guiberry,” French Battle-Ship, 181
Exhauster, Radial Steam, 312. See Letter, 326
Jet Propulsion, 362
J°2108t396n Disa8ter; Cause of Failure of Dam.
Joints, Riveted, 664. See Paragraph, 698
A. E., on Examples of the Comparison of Different Steamers and Yachts, 1. See Letters, Vessels, Notes on the Comparison of
Jubilee of Brighton Railway, 363. See Letter, 364
July Weather, 162
June Weather, 17
Kaye’s Railway Carriage Lock, 627. See also 667
Heartland's Tuyere Iron, 460
Kennedy, Professor, and Mr. Bryan Donkin, on
Boiler Experiments, 375
Kentucky River Bridge, 177
Key, Mr. Wm., on Mechanical Ventilation, 235
Keys, Standard Sizes of, 708
Kilgour, Mr. M. IL; Note on Interference with ^Alternating Currents, 749
King, Brown, and Co.’s Electric Installation in
S.S. “ Scot,” 88
Klein’s Cooling Apparatus, 626
Knots, The use of Term, 12, 41, 74
Korting’s 25 Horse-Power Gas Engine, 563
Krupp v. Canet Guns, 740
Laboratories, Engineering, at University College (Liverpool), 144
Laboratory ; Economy of Steam Jackets, 744
Laboratory, National, 291
Labour and Capital, Remuneration of, 691. See also 423
Labour Disputes, Report of Australian Royal Commission on, 69
Labour, Ecclesiasticism and, 394. See Letter, 454
Labour Problem, 361
Labour Questions. See Industrial Notes
Labour Questions; Overtime Dispute on the Tyne, 539, 578
“Lahn,” Performances of, 33, 645. See Letters, 574,605, 624
Laird’s Shipyard at Birkenhead, 148
Lake Navigation, American, 73. See also 79, 107
Lamp, Electric, at Royal Naval Exhibition, 739
Lamp Pencil, A New Type of Arc, 696
Lamps, Electric, at Moscow Exhibition (French), 203, 232, 262
Lancashire Boiler Experiments, by Mr. Bryan Donkin and Professor Kennedy, 375
Lancashire Boilers, Modern, 512, 525, 608
Langley’s Flying Machine, 585. See Letters, 625, 655
Lanterns, 650
Lap-Welded Iron Pipes, Tests of, 519
Latham, Mr. Baldwin, on Influence of Ground Water upon Health, 256
Lathe, Spoke (Egan Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati), 64
Launch Propelled by Petroleum Engine, 237.
See also 400, 430
Launches and Trial Trips, 13, 52, 67,110,153, 194, 215, 240, 272, 306, 327, 357, 389, 459, 492, 516, 550, 574, 597, 642, 668, 685, 749
Law, A Digest of Patent, 261
Laycock’s Draught Excluder and Window Lift, 65
Lead-Coating Iron and Steel Plates, 573
Lead Process, New White, 483
Leeds Electric Tramway, 636
Legislation, Private Bill, 631, 662
Lenses, The Measurement of, 322, 636
Lifebuoy, Franklin Illuminating, 595. See
Letter,624
Light, The Wells, 428
Lighthouse Lights, 193 o «
Lighting, Cost of. Gas v. Electricity, 43. See
Letter, 74
Lighting, Electric, in London, 221, 302. See also 631, 662, 760
Lighting, Electric, of “Ophir,” 621
Lighting, Electric, Plant at Sunningdale Park, 486
Lighting at Naval Exhibition, Electric, 617, 681, 709, 739
Lighting Plant, Portable Electric (Messrs. Hayward Tyler and Co., London), 7
Lighting of Trains, Electric, 268. See Letter, 305
Linde Refrigerating Machines, 113, 248. See Letters, Refrigerating Machine
Lines and Equidistant Satellites in the Spectra of Gases, Causes of Double, 318
Liquid Resistance, The Measurement of, 322 “ Lismore Castle,” South African Steamer
(Messrs. Barclay, Curie, and Co., Limited, Glasgow), 387
Literature, 4, 29, 55, 164, 203, 261, 382, 465, 585, 650, 745
Liverpool Overhead Railway, 149, 713, 741. See Erratum, 753
Lloyd’s Return of Ship Losses, 304, 667
Load Line of Merchant Steamers, 120, 168, 197
Lock Gates for Manchester Canal, 295
Lock, Kaye’s Railway Carriage, 627. See 667 Locomotive Building in South Australia, 48 Locomotive Building in Ten Days, 725. See
Letters, 748
Locomotive “Greater Britain,” Compound
London and North-Western Railway, 565 ’
Locomotive for Highland Railway, 413 Locomotive for Metropolitan Railway, 718
(Messrs. Neilson and Co.)
Locomotive, North-Eastern Compound, 364
Locomotive Performances, American, 360
Locomotive, Rack, Manitou and Pike’s Peak 262 ’
Locomotive Running a Million Miles, 326
Locomotive Sparks, 223
Locomotive Speeds on Railways to Scotland, 45
Locomotive Steam Crane, 15-Ton (Messrs
Stothert and Pitt, Bath), 367. See Letter, 385
Locomotive Works, Horwich, 148
Locomotives, British and American, 361 See also 418, 456
Locomotives, Electric, in Mines, 621
Lodge, Professor Oliver, on National Laboratory and Mind and Matter, 291
London and Brighton Railway Company’s
Bridges, Sir John Fowler’s Report, 52, 74
London, Electric Lighting in, 221, 302. See also 631, 662, 760
London Fogs, 721
London Overhead Wires, 760. See also 631
London and Paris Telephone, 264, 285
London, New Railways, andc., for, 631, 662
London Societies:
Royal Institution, 727, 758
Royal Society, 18, 31
Society of Arts, 83, 134, 163, 173, 231, 278/361, 451
London and South-Western Company’s Channel
Steamers -‘Frederica,” “ Lydia,” and “Stella”
(Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank), 270
London Water Supply, 63, 205, 453
Longitudinal Rail Sleepers, 210
Los Angeles Cable Railway, 239
Lubrication, Oil Pump for (Messrs. John Green
wood and Co., London), 64
Lumber-Carrying Flume, A Large, 100
“Lydia,” London and South-Western Company’s
Channel Twin-Screw Steamer (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank), 270
McGlasson’s Non-Reversible Screw Propeller 269 418, 544, 625, 654, 718 ’
Machine Gun, Maxim Automatic, 407, 439. See also 498
Machinery at Manchester Canal, 145, 369
Machinery Taxation, Gainsborough, 194
Machinery, Weight of, 214
Machines, Flying, 585. See Letters, 625, 655
Maclvor’s White Lead Process, 483
McMillan, The Late John, 363
Magazine Rifles, Rees’, 626
Magazine Rifle, Swiss, 388
Magazine Rifle for United States (Government and Inventors), 302
Magnetic Concentration of Iron Ore, 558
Magnetic (Electro-), Safety Coupling, 751
^afn319° (^ec^ro*) Waves in Wires, Propagation
Magnetic Experiments, 323
Magnetic Field, A Permanent, 733
Magnetic Field near South London Electric
Railway, 323
Magnetic Observations, Reduction of, 319
“ Majestic,” Passages by, 192, 252, 427, 645. See
Letters, Atlantic Record and “Majestic”
Malaria and Irrigation, 206
Manchester C anal:
Borrowing Power Bill, 76, 243, 661, 698
BuiIdmg of Concrete Wall under Runcorn Bridge, 295
Corporation and the Finances, 76, 243, 661, 698
Dredger and Soil Transporter (Mr. John.
Price, Grappenhall, Cheshire), 90
Embankment under Runcorn Bridge, 295
Excavators, Dredgers, and Steam Navvies at the Canal, 145, 369
Excursion of Institution of Mechanical Engineers to Works, 148
Filling Second Section of Canal, 327, 357
Finances, 76, 243, 661, 698
I'Ower Gates for80-ft. Lock at Eastham, 295
Mechanical Appliances Employed at the
Canal, 145, 369
Mj?haP at Embankment at Ellesmere Port,
76.. See also 91
Opening of Eastham Section for Traffic, 91
Opening of Ince Section, 396
Progress of Works, 396
Sluices at Weaver, 384
8taffof Men and Plant and the Canal Works,
Weaver Sluices, 384
"|®,ncJje8ter Crematorium, 123
Manchester Steam Users’Association, 40
Maiichester Water Works •
a“4 of Tunnels, Manchester and Thirl-mere Aqueduct, 553
Aqueduct, 553, 615
Jalve in Northern Syphon Wells, 677 House for Manual and Self-Acting Stop Valves, HKeservoiM95hinery f°r ValveS at Thirlmere Piping, 615 ’
Self-Acting Stop Valve, 679 gSSSSS”1
duct 553 and °pen Cutfcin£ on Line of Aque’ Va}ve, 42-in. Stop, 553, 746
Valves, 495,553,677,746
ThirlSree495and Hydraulic Machinery at Wells on Aqueduct, 677
Syphons,N677therly and Southerly Ends of
Manganese SteeU®!0”’ The Influence of’ 439 Mannhrg BrditSUPebk RaiIroad> 262
Manmuv^e^’^^jchant Ships, 101 Mari'neEngin^Perfo^0"0111'1’ 154
Marine En^V • Ormance> 602 132, 212 340 J)urin§’ the Past Decade’ ’ bee Erratum, 165
Marine Engineers, Institute of, 729
Marine Engineers’ Wages, 663
Marine Engines, 122 See also Engines
Marnot, Mr. W., on Thunderstorms, 721
Marseilles, The Sanitation of, 636
Marshall and Wigram’s Balanced Slide Valve, 731
Martell, Mr. B., on the Alterations in the Types and Proportions of Mercantile Vessels together with Recent Improvements in their Construction and Depth of Loading as Affecting their Safety at Sea, 120, 168, 197
Marten’s Record of Boiler Explosions, 490
Massachusetts,” U.S. Battle-Ship, 621, 649, 681
Massenez, Mr. J., on the Elimination of Sulphur from Pig Iron, 425, 444
Material for Shipbuilding and Engineering at Naval Exhibition, 424
Mather, Mr. T., and Professor W. E. Ayrton, on the Construction of Non-Inductive Resistance, 21
"Matsushima,” Japanese Coastguard Ship (Forges et Chantiers), 563. See Letter, 605
Matthews, Mr., on Southampton Water Supply,
Mault, Mr. A., on Sanitation of a Mining Settlement, 199
Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, 407, 439. See also 498
Maxim Guns, Armoured Turrets for, 498
Measurement of Lenses, 322, 636
Measurement of Streams, 558
Mechanical Appliances Employed at Manchester Canal, 115, 369

Mechanical Engineers, American Society of: 17

Historical Narrative, 17
Meeting at Providence, Rhode Island, 289
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 290
Two Rope Haulage Systems, by Mr. R. van A. Norris, 290
A Belt Dynamometer, by Mr. S. P. Watt, 315
Committee Reports, 316
Gorham Manufacturing Company, 316
Nicholson File Works, 318
Labour Problems, by Mr. F. A. Halsey, 361
Application of Hirn’s Analysis to Engine Testing and a Method of Measuring directly the Quality of Steam in the Clearance Spaces, by Mr. R. C. Carpenter, 362
Notes Regarding Calorimetric Tests, by Mr.
R. C. Carpenter, 362
The Application of Hirn’s Analysis to Multiple-Expansion Engines, by Professor C. H, Peabody, 362
Jet Propulsion, by Professor J. Burkitt Webb, 362
Performance of a Steam Reaction Wheel, by Professor Webb, 362
Economy in a Foundry Cupola—Topical Questions, 362
Heat Transmission through Cast-Iron Plates Pickled in Acids, by Mr. Daniel Royse, 362
Steam Engine Efficiencies, the Ideal Engine Compared with the Real Engine, by Professor Thurston, 363
The Effect of the Steam Jacket in Cylinder Condensation, by Mr. W. W. Bird, 380
Steel Castings, by Mr. H. L. Gantt, 380
Steel, by Mr. Henry M. Howe, 380
Excursions, 380, 382
Performance of a Worthington High-Duty Pumping Engine of One and a Half Million Gallons Capacity for Twenty-four Hours against a Head Equivalent to Two Thousand Feet of Water, by Professor J. E. Denton, 381
New York Meeting, 680
The Evolution of the American Rolling Mill, by Mr. Robert W. Hunt, 680
Experiments to Determine the Rate of Fall (or Rise) of a Mercurial Thermometer under Different Conditions, by Mr. A. F. Nagle, 707
Limitations of Steam Engine Economv, bv Mr. Nagle, 707 ’ J
Has any one ever Tried to Standardise Sizes for Keys? If so What are his Sizes (Topical Question)? 708
The Value of a Water Power, by Mr. Chas. T. Main, 708
The Idiosyncracies of Chimney Draughts, bv Mr. W. E. Crane, 708
The Influence of the Steam Jackets of the Pawtucket Pumping Engine, by Mr. Wm. Kent, 708
Tests of a Pulsometer, by Professor de Volson Wood,708
The Brooklyn Pumping Engines of 1860. bv Mr. Samuel McElroy, 708
Electric Power Distribution, by Mr H C Spaulding, 709
A Combined Iron and Oak Pavement, bv Mr J. Wendell Cole, 709
Excursions, 709
Mechanical Engineers, The Institution of:
Summer Meeting, 131
A Review of Marine Engineering during the Past Decade, by Alfred Blechynden, 132, 212 340. See Erratum, 165. See Lkttkr, 365 ’
Description of the Warehouse and Machinery for the Storage and Transit of Grain at the Alexandra Dock, Liverpool, bv William Shapton, 143, 297
On the Experimental Marine Engine and the Alternative Testing Machine in the Walker Engineering Laboratories of University College, Liverpool, by Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw, 144
On the Mechanical Appliances Employed in the Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, by E. Leader Williams, 145, 369
Excursions, 148
Dinner, 148
Mersey Tunnel, 148
Laird’s Shipyard, 148
Mersey Docks, 148
Horwich Locomotive Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Company), 148
Liverpool Overhead Railway, 149. See also 713, 741. Errata, 753
Mechanical Engineers, The Instiution 0f—-co ntinued.
Manchester Snip Canal, 149
Autumn Meeting, 511, 525
On Some Details in the Construction of Modern Lancashire Boilers, by Mr. Samuel Boswell, 512, 525, 608
The First Report to the Alloys Research Committee, by Professor Roberts-Austen, 528, 548, 579. See also 541. See Letters, 575
Presentation to Mr. H. H. West, 511

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 135
Mechanical Stokers, 337
Mechanical Ventilation, 235
Mechanics of Fluid Bodies, 674
Melbourne Sewerage, 667
Mercantile Fleet, Supremacy of British, 44, 509
Mercantile v. Naval Engineers, 663
Merchant Vessels, Losses of, 120, 168, 197. See also 304, 667
Mercurial Thermometer, Experiments with, 707
Merryweather’s Steam Fire Engine for Manchester, 595
Mersey Tunnel, 148
Metal Price Diagram, 22, 167, 308, 428, 546, 668
Metallurgic Department of Sheffield Techanical School, 425
Metallurgy, Theoretical and Practical, 254, 284, 339
Metals and Alloys, Electrical Evaporation of, 352
Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis, 319, 655, 720
Meteorological Photography, 319
Meteorological Society, Royal, 603, 721. See Letter, Btnrne’Rain Gauge, 685
Meter, Sporton’s Water, 730
Meters, Electric, 203
Metropolitan Railway, Bogie-Tank Locomotive for (Messrs. Neilson, Glasgow), 718
Michele’s Crank Device, 57. See Erratum, 80
“ Middelgrund” Fortifications Outside Copenhagen, 335
Middleton, Mr. R. E., on Removal of Sewage after Leaving Buildings, 191,197
Midland Gas Engine (Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, Nottingham), 26
Mild Steel, Influence of Impurities on, 532
Mild Steel, Some Phenomena in the Fusion of, 425, 488
Mill Engines, Rolling (Messrs. D. Stewart and Co., Glasgow), 657
Mill for Rolling Fluid Metal, 415, 424
Mill Wheels, Experiments on Water Power, 246
Milling Cutters, Speed and Feed of, 394
Mills, The Evolution of the American Rolling, 680
Mind and Matter, 291
Mineral Industries and Commerce of Russia, 757
Miners’ Lamps, Apparatus for Testing, 352
Miners’ Wages in United States and England, 633
Mines and Mining Bui'dings, Chicago Exhibition, 503, 714, 766
Mining in Belgium, Coal, 192
Mining, Electric Locomotives in Mines, 621

Mining Engineers, The American Institute of :

Cleveland, The City of, 410
Modern Engineering in Egypt, by Dr. R. W. Raymond, 410
Electricity in Welding and Metal Working, by Mr. A. B. Wood, 411
On the Iron Industry of New Jersey, by Professor J. C. Smock, 411
The First Blast Furnace in America, by Mr. W. H. Adams, 411
The Development of American Blast Furnaces, with Special Reference to a Large Yield, by Mr. James Gayley, 411, 438 x
Blowing in of Large Coke Furnaces, by Mr.
James Gayley, 411, 438
Unloading Ore at Cleveland, by Mr. Alex. Brown, 438
Aluminium in Steel Ingots, by Professor J. W. Langley, 438
The Influence of Manganese in Cast Iron, by Mr. W. J. Keep, 439
Economy in Fuel, by Mr. John Birkenbine, 558
Hand Telescope for Stadia Work, by Professor R. H. Richards, 558
Stream Measurements and the Results obtained by the United States Geological Survey, by Mr. F. H. Newell, 558
Oil Fields of Colorado, The Florence, by Mr. George H. Eldridge, 558
Practical Results in Magnetic Concentration of Iron Ore, by Mr. W. H. Hoffman, 558
Government Timber Tests, by Mr. B. E. Fernon, 559
Tests and Requirements of Structural Wrought Iron and Steel, by Mr. Alfred E. Hunt, 588, 621
Centrifugal Ventilators, by Mr. R. Van A. Norris, 621
Notes on a Cable Hoist and the Use of the Elliot Locked Rope, by Mr. E. G. Spils-bury, 621
Electric Locomotives in German Mines, by Mr. Karl Eilers, 621
Electric Locomotives in American Mines, by Mr. H. C. Spaulding, 621
Utilisation of Puddle Slags and Heating Cinders for Paint Stock, by Mr. Axel Sahlin, 621
Preparation and Utilisation of Small Sizes of Anthracite Coal, by Mr. Eckley B. Coxe, 621
Excursions at Glen Summit Meeting, 621

Mining in Greece, 221
Mining Machinery, 29
Mining in United States, Coal and Iron Ore, 633
Miscellanea, 9, 36, 76, 95, 127, 157, 185, 223, 243, 282, 299, 327, 366, 389, 419, 443, 477, 507, 537, 576, 606, 629, 659, 689, 717, 753
Modern Lancashire Boilers, 512, 525, 608
Moeris, Lake, Storeage in, 450
Molecular Constitution of Metals and Alloys, 255
Moon, Probable Nature of Bright Streaks in the, 319
Morison’s Automatic Water Gauge, 65
Morison’s Suspension Furnace for Boilers, 49
Morris Circulating Filter, 324
Mortars, Cement, 730
Moscow Exhibition, French Electrical Exhibits 203, 232, 262, 379 *
Motor, Demon Water (Mr. F. Pitman, Manchester), 241
Motors, Alternate Current, 599. See Letter 685
Motors, Compressed Air, 238, 672, 703. ’See Letter, 718
Motors, Electric, Recent Practice, 265. See Letters, Electric Cranes, 305, 326, also 534
Motors, The Law Regarding Gas Supply for, 73
Motors at Moscow Exhibition (French), 203. 232 262, 379 ’
Mottelay, Mr. P. F., on a Chronological History of Electricity, 24, 78, 109, 169, 200, 257, 404, 461,581,704, 736,768
Mountain Railroad Construction, 210
Mountings for Guns made at Elswick, 116. See Elswick Exhibits
Mountings for Maxim Guns, 407, 439
Mulhouse, The Socidtd Industrielle de, 363
Multiple-Expansion Engine Tests, 362
Munich Engineering Company’s 30 Horse-Power Four-Cylinder Gas Engine, 7
Municipal and County Engineers, Incorporated Association of, 20
Municipal Engineering, 247
Municipalities and Tramways (Glasgow), 601

Nadrai Aqueduct, 465
Nadrai Aqueduct, Well Sinking at the, 20
Napier, Messrs. See “ Ophir” 535, 591, 621, 687
National Laboratory, 291
National Provident Insurance, 217
“ Naval Annual,” Brassey’s, 55

Naval Architects, Institution of: 70

Recent Progress in Warship Construction as Illustrated by the Models at the Royal Naval Exhibition, by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, 119
On the Alterations in the Types and Proportions of Mercantile Vessels, together with Recent Improvements in their Construction and Depth of Loading as affecting their Safety at Sea, by Mr. B. Martell, 120, 168,197
On Centre and Wing Ballast Tank Suctions, bv Mr. Brace, 122
Some Notes on the History, Progress, and Recent Practice in Marine Engineering, by Mr. A. J. Durston and Mr. A. E. Seaton, 122 ’
On the Weak Points in Steamers Carrying Oil in Bulk, and the Type which Experience has shown to be most Suitable for this Trade, by George Eldridge, 138, 149
Excursions, 149
Naval Architecture at Glasgow University, 513
Naval Defence Programme, Prcgress, 728
Naval Exhibition, Armstrong Gallery. See Elswick Exhibits, <£c.
Naval Exhibition, Electric Lighting at, 617, 681. 709, 739 1
Naval Exhibition, Royal:
Armstrong Gallery, 58, 87, 115
Warship Construction as Illustrated by Models Exhibited, 119
Engines as Illustrated by Models Exhibited, 122 Atlas Steel and Iron Works Exhibit (Messrs.
John Brown and Son), 376
Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, 407, 439
Electric Lighting, 617, 681, 709, 739
Naval Manoeuvres, 15, 188
Naval v. Mercantile Engineers, 663
Navvy (Steam) at Manchester Canal, 145, 369
Navy, Additions in 1891, 728
Navy, Breakdowns in the, 363
Navy Exhibit, Chicago Exhibition, 621, 649, 684 Navy, French. See French Navy
Navy, H.M.S. “Blake,” 603
Navy H.M.S. “Endymion,” 91
Navy, H.M.S. “ Victoria,” 58, 87, 115
Navy, H.M.SS. “Terpsichore,” “Thetis,” and “Tribune,” 475
New Jersey Iron Industry, 411
New South Wales Railways, 422, 503
New South Wales Tramways, Steam, Electric, and Cable, 482
Newport Harbour, 234
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company’s Works, 176
Newton, Professor, on Action of Planets upon Comets, 294
Niagara Jails, Projects for the Utilisation of : 465, See Leiter, 605
Messrs. Cudnod, Sautter, and Co., and Faesch and Piccard, Geneva, 559
Professeur Vigreux and M. Leon Levy, 559
M. H. Hillairet and M. Bouvrier, Paris, 560
M. Victor Popp, Paris, and Professor Riedler. 561 ’
Mr. G. F. Deacon and Messrs. Siemens Brothers, 561
Mr. H. D. Pearsall, 562. See Leiter, 605
Professor Arthur Lupton and Mr. John Sturgeon, 589
Messrs. Ganz and Co., 589
Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co , 589
Messrs. J. J. Rieter and Co., 589
M. Leon Vigreux and M. Leon Feray, 589
Pelton Water Wheel Company, 590
Forbes, Professor G., 590
Norwalk Iron Works Company, 590
Result, 591
Nicholson File Works, Rhode Island, 318
Nickel Carbon Oxide, 349
Nickel Steel Armour-Plates (St. Chamond Company), 763
Nickel Steel, Elastic Properties of, 135
Niles Company’s Armour-Plate Bending Rolls, 474
Nordenfelt Machine Gun, 407, 439. See also 498 Nordenfelt Quick-Firing Guns, Disappearing Turrets for, 498 b
“ Normannia,” Performances of, 33, 74, 645 ^29^)8> ^r* R* Van and ’ °n Haulage Systems, Norway, Ulefos-Strengen Canal in, 453 Norwich Locomotive Works, 148
Notes from Cleveland and Northern Counties, 8, 36, 75, 94, 136, 153, 184, 222, 242, 273, 299, 336, 357, 397, 427, 447, 473, 507, 536, 567, 597, 628, 658, 698, 716, 752
Notes, Colonial and Foreign, 75, 104, 242, 281, 342, 752
Notes, Industrial. See industrial Notes
Notes from the North, 8, 35, 75, 93,135, 152, 183, 221, 241, 272, 298, 335, 356, 398, 426, 446, 472, 506, 536, 567, 596, 628, 658,697, 716
Notes, South African. See South African
Notes from the South-West, 8, 36, 75, 94, 136, 153,184, 222, 242, 273, 298, 336, 357, 398, 427, 447, 473, 506, 536, 563, 597, 629, 657, 698, 715, 752
Notes from South Yorkshire, 8, 36, 74, 94, 136, 166, 184, 222, 242, 281, 305, 327, 356, 397, 419, 447, 473, 506, 536, 567, 597, 637, 658, 698, 716, 752
Notes from United States, 7, 40, 65, 92, 126, 165, 181, 224, 239, 272, 308, 335, 364, 388, 428, 446, 486, 516, 544, 562, 596, 637, 667, 696, 715, 762
Nottingham, University College, Engineering at,
Nova Scotian Steamer “Boston” (Messrs. A.
Stephen and Sons), Glasgow, 325
November Weather, 664
Nozzle, Kearland’s Iron, 460
Nozzle for Ventilation, Green’s, S.S. “Ophir,” 621

Obituary: (Moved to separate index)
Observatory on Ben Nevis, 319
Oceanography, Apparatus for, “ Princesse Alice,” 62, 104
October Weather, 541
Oerlikon, Three-Phase Current Generator, 714
Offenbach, Compressed Air Supply to, 426
Oil Engines, 237, 400, 430
Oil Fields of Colorado, 558
Oil Pump for Lubrication (Messrs. John Greenwood and Co., London), 64
Oil Steamers, 138, 149
Oldest Shipbuilder on the Clyde, 363 110-Ton Gun, 58, 86, 115. See Elswick Exhibits
One - Sided Dock (Clark and Standfield’s), 460. See also 552
“ Ophir,” Orient Twin-Screw Steamer (Messrs. R. Napier and Sons, Glasgow), 535, 591, 621, 687
Optical Projection, 650
Ordnance Factories, 414, 424
Ore Concentration, Iron, 102
Ore Dressing Machinery, 29
Ore, Magnetic Concentration of Iron, 558
Ore Unloading at Cleveland, U.S.A., 438
“ Oregon,” U.S. Battle-Ship, 621, 649, 684
Orient Liner “Ophir” (Twin S.S.) (Messrs. R. Napier and Sons, Glasgow), 535, 591, 621, 687
Oscillations and their Damping, Hertzian, 319
Overhead Cable Railway, Los Angeles, California, 239
Overhead Electric Conductors, 696
Overhead Railroad, Chicago, 594
Overhead Railway, Liverpool, 149, 713, 741. See Erratum, 753
Overhead Travelling Crane at Carron Foundry (Messrs. Boothand Brothers, Rodley), 272
Overhead Travelling Crane, Electric (Messrs. R Bolton and Co., London), 534
Overhead Wires in London, 760
Overtime Dispute on the Tyne, 539, 578
Oxidation in Metallurgy, 254, 284, 339

Pacific Passage, Fast, 304
Pan-American Railroad, 453
Panama Canal, 48
Panama Railroad (Pan-American), 453
Parcels Exchange System, Electrical, 268 370
Parcocha Railway, 13-Ton Iron Ore Wagon (Darlington Wagon Co), 62
Paris and London Telephone, 264, 285
Parsons, Mr. W. B., on Mountain Railroad Construction, 210
Passengers on British Railways, 303, 331
Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of, 603 641 ’ ’
Patent Law, A Digest of, 261
Patent Record, 27, 53, 81, 111, 141, 171, 201 229 259, 287, 313, 343, 373, 405, 433, 463, 493,’ 521’ 551, 583, 613, 643, 675, 705, 737, 769
Patentees, Government and Inventors, 302
Patents, English, and Chicago Exhibition, 699
Pavement, A Combined Iron and Oak, 709
Pavements, Brick, 483
Pe2a2r5son’s DrillinS Apparatus for Water Mains,
Pennsylvania Railroad Train Shed at Jersey City, 251 J
Pensions, Old Age, 723
Perry, Professor, on Struts and Tie-Rods Laterally Loaded, 734
Petroleum Oil Engines, 237, 400, 430
Photographic Investigations of Solar Prominences and their Spectra, 594
Photography, Meteorological, 319

Physical Society:

The Construction of Non-Inductive Resistances, by Professor W. E. Ayrton, F R S and Mr. T. Mather, 21 *’
On the Influence of Surface-Loading on the Wfison6 21 Beams’ by Professor C. A. Carus-
On Pocket Electrometers, by C. V. Boys F.R.S., 22 • j »
Electrification due to the Contact of Gases with Liquids, by Mr. J. Enright, B.Sc., 22
The Expansion of Chlorine by Heat, by Dr Arthur Richardson, 22
The Generalisation of Van der Waals regard-ing Corresponding- Temperatures, Pressures, and Volumes, by Professor Sydney Young, D.Sc., 576 .
Equations Expressing the Behaviour of Liquids and Gases under Different Conditions of Volume, Temperature, and Pressure, by Dr. Philippe A. Guye, 674
A Permanent Magnetic Field, by Mr. W. Hibbert, 733 „ T J
Struts and Tie-Rods Laterally Loaded, by 1 ro-fessor Perry, 734
Note on Rotary Currents, by Mr. Walter Baily, 734 . , x. „
Note on Interference with Alternating Currents, by Mr. M. II. Kilgour, 749

Physics in Relation to Hygiene, 192
Pictet Refrigerating Machines, 248. See also Refrigerating Machines
Piecework, 245
Pig Iron, Elimination of Sulphur from, 425, 444
Pike’s Peak Railroad, Manitou, 262
Pile Foundations for Buildings, 207
Pipe Coverings, Non-Conducting, 269
Pipes. See Manchester Water Works Pipes, Steam, Material for, 132, 212, 340
Pipes, Strength of Vitrified, 601
Pipes, Tests of Lap-Welded Iron, 519 Pipes, Water and Discharge, 203
Pistons, Conical, 326
Planets upon Comets, Action of, 294
Planing Machine (Messrs. J. Bertram and Sons, Montreal), 412
Plant at Manchester Canal Works, 145, 369
Plants, Economic Limit of Large Electric Power Units, 654
Plates, Lead Coating Iron and Steel, 573
Platform at Sea, Steady, 238
Plating Dynamo, Sayers’, 355. See Erratum, 398
“ Plymouth,” Fall River Steamer, 130
Pneumatic Despatch System, Wildemann, 577
Polarisation Errors (Measurement of Liquid Resistance), 322
Polariser, A New, 323
Polarising Angle, Reflection and the, 320
Pontypridd Sewer, 234
Porta Cement Works, Bremen, 61. See Erratum, 101. See Letters, Cement
Portland Cement, 102, 238, 384, 454, 475, 605
Portland Cement and Concrete, 640
Position Finder, Fiske’s Electrical, 638
Potable Water, Distribution in Towns, 206
Powder, The New Swedish Smokeless, Apyrite, 252
Power, Economic Limit of Large Power Units, 654
Practice of Professors, Private, 479
Precipitation Works, Richmond Drainage and, 345. See Paragraph, 398
Preece, Mr. W. H., on the Cost of Gas and Electricity, 43. See Letter, 78
Preece, Mr. W. H., on London and Paris Telephone, 264, 285
“Presidente Pinto,” Chilian Cruiser, 355
Press, Hydraulic Forging, 416, 425
Pressures and Volumes, Van der Waals’ Generalisation regarding Corresponding Temperatures, 576
Prince of Monaco’s Yacht “ Princesse Alice,” 62, 104
“ Princesse Alice,” Prince of Monaco’s Yacht, 62, 104
Private Bill Legislation, 631, 662
Private Practice of Professors, 479
Prizes for Inventions (Upper Rhine), 363
Problem Solutions, 164. See Letter, 193
Professors and Private Practice, 479 Profit Sharing, 129
Profit Sharing and Co-operation (Literature), 382
Profits of Manufacturing Industries (America), Progress in Atlantic Steam Propulsion, 617. See Letter, 685
Projectiles, Armstrong’s. See Elswick Exhibits
Projectiles, Velocity of, 425, 489
Projectors at Moscow Exhibition (French), 203, 232, 262
Propeller, M'Glasson’s, for Non-Reversible Engines, 269, 718. See Letters, 418, 544, 625, 654
Propeller, a Reversible Screw, 269, 718. See Letters, 418, 544, 625, 654
Propeller Shafts, 575
Propellers, Action of Screw, 269
Propulsion, Jet, 561
Protecting Buildings against Fire, 483
Protection in Colonies (Locomotives in Australia),
Providence, Rhode Island, 289
Puerto Cabello, San Felipe, and Araure Railwav Bridge, 456
Pullman Cars, 513
Pulsometer Company’s Installation of Torrent Filters, 6
Pulsometer Company’s Refrigerating and Icemaking Plant, 651
Pulsometer, Tests of a, 708
Pump, Compound Plunger Hydraulic, 485
Pump for Lubrication (Messrs. John Greenwood and Co., London), 64
Pumping Engine, High Duty, 381
Pumping Engines of 1860, Brooklyn, 708
Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion Duplex, (Messrs. Fielding and Platt, Gloucester), 40
Pumps, Efficiency of Centrifugal, 696
Pumps Moved by Electricity (MM. Sautter and Harld s), 379
Punching and Shearing Machine (Messrs. Craig and Donald Johnstone), 77
Purification of Rivers, Self, 207. See also 206
Purifier for River Water, Revolving, 206, 238
Pyrometer, Le Chatelier, and Alloys, 528, 548, 579. See also 541, 575

Queensland, Cost of Dredging in, 573 Queensland Railways, 600
Quick-Firing Guns, 724. See Elswick Exhibits, Naval Exhibition
Quick-Firing Guns, Armoured Turrets for Nor-denfelt, 498
Quick-Firing Guns, Maxim, 407, 439. See also Back Railroad, Manitouland Pike’s Peak, 262

Radiation, Electrical, 319 Radiation, Solar, 3191
Railroad, Pan-American 453
Railroads, Right of Way of, -10 ^mvayrAOcacouBnr^8165, 303, 331, 359, 391, 422,
Ay°4^ S^»^r^"tropolitan (Messrs. Neilson, Glasgow), '1^
Railway Brakes on British Railways, 60.,
Railway Carriage, Heating of, / -9
Railway Carriage Lock, Kaye s, 627. See 667
Railway, Channel Tubular, -35
Railway, Cincinnati Southern, lu
Railway Control by Government, 179
Railway Iron Wagons for Parcocha lUilway,
Spain (Darlington Wagon Company), 62
Railway to Lake Victoria Nyanza, 513. See Paragraph, 606 , , ,lT.
Railway, Laycock’s Draught Excluder and in-
Raibvay,1 Liverpool Overhead, 149, 713, 741. See Erratum,753
Railway Project One Hundred 1 ears Ago, /60
Railway Projects, 631, 662 .... aM
Railway from Pung we River, East Africa, 60-Railway Rates, 4
Railway Sand and Snow Fences, 4o3
Railway, Siberian, 452 .
Railway Stock, British and American Compared, 391. See Letters, Rolling Stock, 418, 456
Railway Traffic in South England, 161
Railway Train Race to the North, 45
Railway Viaducts, American, Origin and Evolution, 178
Railways in Berlin, Electric, 573
Railways, British, and Brakes, 603 Railways, Canadian, 449
Railways Compared, Australasian, 165
Railways in Germany, 359
Railways, Indian, 540
Railways in Ireland, 624
Railways in London, andc., New, 631, 662
Railways, New South Wales, 422, 503
Railways in Queensland, 600
Railways (Scotch) and Steamboat Traffic, 49
Railways, Siam, Burmah, and China, 480, 582, 653
Railways in Tasmania, 636
Railways and the Traders, 4
Railways in United Kingdom, 303, 331
Range Finder, Weldon’s Electric, 457
Rapid Transit Railroad in Chicago, 594
Reaction Wheel, Steam, 362
Read, Mr. W., on Sewer Ventilation, 191
“ Redoutable,” French Barbette Ship, 240
Reduction of Magnetic Observations, 319
Reed, Sir Edward, on Channel Tubular Railway, 235
Rees’ Magazine Rifle, 626
Reflection and the Polarising Angle, 320
Refrigerating and Icemaking Plant (Pulsometer Company), 651
Refrigerating Machinery of Ophir,” 621 Refrigerating Machines, Tests of, 113, 248. See
Leiters
Refuse, Destruction of Town, 247
Refuse and Garbage, Disposal of, 720
Reid’s Rigging Block, 668
Removal of Town Sewage, 191, 197
Remuneration of Capital and Labour, 691. See also 423
Repeating Rifle, Rees’, 626
Repeating Rifles, Swiss, 388
Reservoirs in Egypt, Storage, 450
Resistance, Measurement of Liquid, 322 Resistances, The Construction of Non-Inductive, 21
Resources of Australasia, 755
Reversible Screw Propeller, McGlasson’s. 269, 418, 544, 625, 654, 718
Rice, Ferment of, for Distillation, 760
" Kpbebeu>” French Central Battery' Ironclad, Richmond Main Drainage and Sewage Disposal Works, 345. See Paragraph 398
Rifle, Rees’ Magazine, 626
Rifle, The New Swedish, 667
Rifle, Swiss Magazine, 388
Rifle for United States (Government and Inventors), 302
Rigging Block, Reid’s, 668
Right of Way of Railroads, The, 210
K1Ra£l a Brio§e over Snake River, Washington,
River Purification, 207. See also 206
Rivets Machme for Inserting Bifurcated (Judson PivoS C°™Pan?> Mass., U.S.A.), 627
Riveted Joints, 664. See Paragraph, 698

Riveting of Boilers, 512, 525, 608
Rri2!rfaoe’ Serpollet Steam, 195. 331. See Letters, Serpollet Boiler, 364, 455
^OliemicnV^n’V* Pr°le880r W- C., Address to Chemical Section, British Association, 254, 284,
5Pl°57S53°r’ °n Allo>’8-548, R23MOVOe8S°r'0nI,etr0,eUra Oil Engines, RocknDrnLPrrM^h9r\On S.ewa"c Disposal, 191 BollinB Flni(d M aJd Hand Labour, 49 424 * d MetaI b? Slr Henry Bessemer, 415,
Holla, Vertical (Sellers, Philadelphia). 651
Roof Drenching as Fire Protection, 283
Rope Haulage, 290
Rope - Holder, Strohbach’s Wire, 283. See Erratum, 308
Roscoe, Sir Henry, on Chemistry and Physics in Relation to Hygiene, 192
^^s]are Harbour Works, Concrete in (Ireland),
Rotary Currents, 734
Row’s Fresh Water Condenser, 638
Royal Institution, 727, 758
Royal Meteorological Society 603, 721. See
Letters, Binnie's Rain Gauge, 685
Royal Society, 18, 31
Russia, Commerce and Mineral Industries of
Rusted Foundations, 513

Safety Lamps, Apparatus for Testing, 352
of Merchant Ships, 120, 168, 197
Walden, Boiler Explosion at, 227
bt. Albans, Boiler Explosion at, 227. See Letter, Welded Boilers, 305, 326
St. Chamond Company, Nickel Steel Armour-Plates, 763
Salts (Haloid), The Formation of, 349
Sand Blast, Cleaning Buildings by, 729
Sand and Snow Fences, Railway, 453
Sanitary Institute, Transactions of the, 261
Sanitary Science, 365, 385
Sanitation of Marseilles, 636
Sanitation of a Mining Settlement, 199
Sautter and Harte’s Exhibits at Moscow, 203 232 262, 379 ’ ’
Saw, Band (Messrs. John Wild and Co., Oldham), 399
Sayers’ Plating Dynamo, 355. See Erratum, 398
Schmidt’s Instantaneous Grip Vice, 547
Schroter, Professor M., on Refrigerating Machines, 113, 248. See Letters, Refrigerating
Scientific Discussion, The Amenities of, 541. See Letters, Alloys, 575
“Scot,” Twin-Screw South African Steamer (Messrs. Denny, Dumbarton), 10, 38, 87. See also 193
Scotch Railway Schemes, 632
Scotch Railways at Peace, 513
Scotch Railways and Steamboat Traffic, 49
Scotch Train Service, 45
Scotland. See Notes from the North
Scotland, Technical Education in, 570
Screw, McGlasson’s, for Non-Reversible Engines 269, 418, 544, 625, 654, 718
Screw Propeller, Introduction of, 122
Screw Propellers, Action of, 262
Screwing Gear for Rolling Mills, Jardine’s, 414
Screws and crewmaking, 29
Seamen’s Wages, British and Foreign, 101
Search Lights for Armour-Clads, 233, 263
Seaton, Mr. A. E., on Progress of Marine Engineering in the Mercantile Marine, 122
Secondary Batteries, 667
Self-Purification of Rivers, 207. See also 206
September Weather, 422
Serpollet Steam Carriage, 195, 331. See Letters, 364, 455
Sewage Disposal, 191, 352. See also 345, 393
Sewage Disposal in German Towns, 396
Sewage Disposal Works, Richmond Drainage and, 345. See Paragraph, 398
Sewage Removal, 191, 197
Sewer Ventilation, 191
Sewer in Wales, 234
Sewers over the Area, Chicago Exhibition, 443
Sewerage of Melbourne, 667
Sewerage of a Mining Settlement. 199
“Sfax,” French Deck-Protected Cruiser, 505
Shaft on the Tunnel of Tequixquiac, Mexico, 762
Shaft and Well-Sinking, 460. See Erratum, 503 Shafts, Propeller, 575
Shapton, Mr. William, on Description of the Warehouse and Machinery for Storage and Transit of Grain at the Alexandra Dock, Liverpool, 143, 297
Shaw’s Power Transmitter, 751
Shearing Machine for Z-irons (Mr. John Cameron, Manchester), 92
Shearing and Punching Machine (Messrs. Craig and Donald Johnstone), 77
Sheaves, Wrought Steel Blocks and (Messrs.
Higginson and Co., Liverpool), 429
Sheet Mill, 415,424 c , 7 .
Sheffield. See Notes from South > orkshire
Sheffield Technical School, Metallurgic Department of, 425
Ship Lights at Moscow Exhibition (French), 203, 232 262
Ship Losses in Three Months, 304, 667
Ship Railways between American Lakes, 79,107
Shipbuilders’ Society, Boilermakers and, 16
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company’s Works, Newport News, 176
Shipbuilding Material at Naval Exhibition, 424
Shipbuilding Supremacy, British, 509. See also 44
Shipbuilding Trade, The, 71, 481
Shipping on the American Lakes, 101
Shipping, Supremacy of British Mercantile Fleet, 44, 509 .
Ships’ Boats Disengaging Apparatus, 152
Ships’ Bulkheads, Spacing and Construction, 392
Shipwrights, Training of, 119
Siam Burmah, and China Railway Connections, 480. See also 582, 653
Siberian Railway, 452
Siemens Dynamos at Naval Exhibition, 617, 681, 709 739
Siemens Electric Magnetic Clutch, 751
Siemens Furnace, The Chemistry of, 103
qipmens High Tension Currents, 510
Simplex Twist Drill Grinder, 532
Sinking Wells and Shafts, 460. See Erratum, 503
qiairs the Utilisation of Puddled Slags and Heating Cinders for Paint Stock, 621
Slate Channelling by Machinery, 542
Sleepers, Longitudinal Rail, 210
Slide Valve, Marshall and Wigram’s Balanced, 731
Sludge Cakes, 352. See also 345
Sluiceways and Conveyers, 165
Smith ield Club Show, 6J2
Smokeless Powder, 465
Smokeless Powder, The New Swedish, Apyrite, 252
Smyth, Dr. Piazzi, on Spectrum Lines, 294
Snake River Bridge at Riparia, Washington, U.S.A., 533
Snow Fences, Railway Sand and, 453
Society of Arts, 83, 134, 163, 173, 231, 278, 361, 451
Society of Arts and Chicago Exhibition, 70, 160, 701, 734, 766

Socieiy of Arts:

Presidential Address (Sir Richard Webster), 600
Measurement of Lenses (Professor Silvan us Thompson), 636
The World’s Columbian Exposition, by Mr. James Dredge, 701,731, 766

Society of Engineers, Amalgamated. 98
Solar Atmosphere, Absorption of Heat in the, 294
Solar Prominences and their Spectra, Photographic Investigations of, 294
Solar Radiation, 319
Solar Spectrum, Ultra Violet Rays of, 294
Sound, Tubular Tunnel under the, 221
Sounding Apparatus, Arnoldi’s, 699. See Letter, 385
South African Diamond Mining, 281, 636
South African Notes, 520, 659
South Australia, Locomotive Building in, 48
South-Eastern Railway, American Cars for (Gilbert Car Company, New York), 518
South Fork Dam, Causes of Failure of the, 210
South London Electric Railway, Magnetic Field near, 323
Southampton and New York Steamers, 33, 74, 366, 645
Southampton Water Supply, 206
Spar-Deck and Three-Deck Vessels, 120, 168, 197
Sparks from Locomotives, 223
Spectroscope, Observations with the, 318
Spectroscope, The Revelations of the, 219
Spectrum Lines, Compirison of Eye and Hand,
Registration of the, 294
Spoke Lathe (Egan Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati), 64
Spontaneous Ignition of Coal, 349
Sporton’s Registering Water Meter, 730
Spring for Cranks, Michele’s, 57. See Erratum.
80
Standards, Board of Trade Electrical, 275
Stanley Gun, 440
Stanwood, Mr. J. B., on Compound Engine (American Practice), 30. On Corliss Engines, 732
Starting Gear for Gas Engines, Automatic, 241.
See Erratum, 288
State Railways, 179
Statham, Mr. H., on some Insanitary Superstitions in House Building, 206
Statistics of British Iron Trade, 21
Steady Platform at Sea. 238
Steam, Action of, 720, 748
Steam Boiler Experiments, Professor Kennedy and Mr. Donkin, 353
Steam, Cable, and Electric Tramways in New South Wales, 482
Steam Carriage, Serpollet, 695,331. See Letters,
Serpollet Boiler, 364, 455
Steam Dryer and Condensed Water Evaporator for Long Steam Pipes, 620
y* Elec^c and °^er Tramway Traction,
Steam Fire Engines for Manchester (Messrs. Merryweather), 595
Steam Jackets, Economy of, 744
Steam Jackets on Pumping Engines, 708
Steam Jet Exhauster, Radial, 312. See Letter, <526
Steam Navvy at Manchester Canal, 145, 369
Steam Pipes, Tests of Lap-Welded Iron, 519
Steam Trap, Hydropult, 669
Steamer, American, “Whaleback,” 126 bteamer, Atlantic, Proposed Cunarder, 192 steamer ‘ Boston,” Nova Scotian (Messrs. A.
Stephen and Sons, Glasgow), 325
Steamer “City of Richmond,” Fire on Board, 47. bee Letters, 74,102,126
Steamer “Ophir” (Twin-Screw), (Messrs. R.
■Napier and Sons, Glasgow), 535, 591, 621, 687
S^outh,” Fall River Line, 130
nn?e«^Sa4.TJ1,n'Screw’ “Frederica,” “Lydia,” ana Stella’ (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank),
StE Twin-Screw, “ Scot” (Messrs. Denny, Steamprs^A?! ’ See also 193
645 9> ^an^lc Liners, Performances of, 33,
SteaSn°P °;VCarrying in Bulk, 138, 149 427 P®rf°rmance8> Atlantic, 192, 252, 304, suwtlov ’646- See LBTTBBS>Coal Con-
Perf~ce9 Compared, by A. E.
C0^’X®eeLETOERS> Vessels, Notes on the ’ LmS r»eC7°r BreakinS. 192> W. See Steel” si ' C°al Con^Ption
Steel Castings,^so48’ 579‘ See als0 541, 575
Steel, EUt8fc§8Limi!oMl59h°P Treatment °f’ 542
Steel’Fnnnd° rrOperti’es of Nickel, 135
5,6
Company),753Arm0Ur’Plate3 (St’ Chamond ?011in? 415, 424
<25, 48816 Pheno®ena in the Fusion of Mild,
Steeple Engine in Shins 122
u‘«?L\Dg,,Gear in S.S. “Scot” RR
Channel^Sin sand South’-Western Company’s
Bon* Clydebank)0 27n Steamer Thom'
Stokers, Mechanical 337
Storage of Grain, 143 297
Storage Reservoirs in Egypt, 450
Crane, SSL See LnS° SSS°C°m°th * Steam
Streaks in the Moon, Probable Nature of Bright, Stream Measurements, 558 sl- Sfesaya•* * sion, 69 3r ° Australian Royal Commis-
St°Sa3088 Wire BoPeho,der. 283. See Erra-^88^20 MateriaI> Te8t8 of the Strength of, BRSWh.
sttkr-^
SW?"*■'455
Ago 760 Way l r°J'ect One Hundred Years Swedish Rifle, The New, 667
Sm SmokeIess Powder, Apyrite 252 Swiss Magazine Rifle, 388 *' ’ “2
Izu^Vra?,0" Ranchester Aqueduct, 677
Carnfol'a® 258, 307a”2 Turblnes at Assling-Sava,
TariffVeA’n£at-aIosfu^’ 602' .See Letters, 624 Tariff’ Reo-ulaftn ’ Bet’u^a*ons for Chicago, 760 Tariffs® New,S72A5menCan NeW’ 760 Tasmania, Railways in, 636 Tasmanian Exhibition, 135 taxation of Machinery 193 Te?hni^al°FHMaRinery> Gai“sborough, 194 technical Education in Scotland 570 Techmeal Institute, Goldsmiths’, 99 T nni,aph E"terprise, Submarine, 280 Te ephone, Paris and London, 264 285 Telephone, The Protection of, 4 51 Tp1c?h°nin§ Ot Greafc Cities, 309 Telescope, Hand, for Stadia Work 558 . Wandand4S v“ «-
Clydebank),’475 (MeSSrS- Th~i,
Testing Boilers, 512, 525, 608 Testing Engines, 362
Testing, Hints on Cement, 636
testing Machine, Wickstepd’q Chotn /ht Buckton, Leeds), 412 Chain (Messrs.
Tpoo”fl4J4aChineS at University College, Liver-TeL™efr,'gerating Machines> US, 248. See
TeRs ?? Compound Armour Plates Tresidder and Harvey s Proce«iq nf TT»^n • ’ *resic*der 606, 632, 696 Hardening, 543, 571,
Tests of Derrick Crane, 50
I8ronT7h3e Influence of Heat on the Strength of Te^sts of Lap. Welded Iron Pipes, 519
Teutonic, Record, 192 252 427 kik c<<
Th^mJ^Ri^r Purificatton^^O?11^ Consumption • tzmpA?3a98ey’ Main Draina^> 345. See Para-Thermodynamics, 319
“Th'eris'"'^^! R')l?Rimenf'^ith Mercurial, 797 475 ’ H.M.S. (Messrs. Thomson, Clydebank),
Th43M9r5e ReServoir- Manchester Waterworks, T^Meters,’ 21Ir’ J°hD’ °” a Memoir of Water TG- see Thornycroft Boiler in France, 443?5
Government8af37ng Torpedo Boat for Brazilian
Three Deck, Spar Deck a • ~
Steamers, 120, 168, 197 ’ Awning Deck Thunderstorms, 721 ’ Thwaite, Mr. B. H on
See Letters, Cement Burning Burn,n^ BiTimber Tests, 559 ■'
Torpedo Boat Boom, 511
Torpedo Boat for Brazilian GovM-m„«„b /,» Thornycroft), 337 uovel nment (Messrs.
Torpedo Boat Stations and Coast Detour
Torpedo Boats “ Drao-onne” and <nnl £ ’»25 Torpedo Boats, Vibration of 304 °he’ 762 TorRXs?^ArSction°in1Sti9a0nd » Torpedoes in Naval Manoeuvres,’ 188. Se“o 1
Company), 61IteiS’ InstaIlati°n (Pulsometer I
Tosi’s Electric Light Plant at Venice 183
T°sZ’^’ Beauchamp- a Steady0 Platform at
Tower, The Columbian, 537, 598 711
Tower at Frankfort Exhibit on, Iron 2’4
Town Fogs, 192 ’ on’
Town Refuse The Destruction of, 247 720
Trade, The Shipbuilding, 71 481 i ’ 720
Trade Union Accounts, 16 98 Trade Union Congress, 329
Train Racing, 360
Tram Shed at Jersey City 251
A^°efie2s6C I6,6 LETTER>305 Tramway Engine Boiler “fv.i Callfornia, 239 field, 66, 97S See Letter i^8'0” Hudders'
Tramway, The First Overhead
land, 636 ernead Electric in Eng-
Tramway Traction, Compared, 187
Tramways, B1rmingham,P Cost of Traction, andc,
Tramways, Cable, 635
Tramways’ *57°a See Letter> 605
Tram wove’ i£ - r.lc»ln America, 426 Tramways’ ^New^outV W (1G,a9<°w)’ 601
and Electric, 482 S * th Wales» ste*m Cab!
T^nsiVnfnrC’-
transit of Gram, 143, 297
Transmission of Heat through Cast-Iron Plate? Tr672Sn70210 Rpl Power by Compressed Air, 23$ Trono • • See LETTERS, 718
Joto M”
£aP ^Ydropult, Steam, 669
b-LII'IX:; u*S' h“d 1
(Sr^B^n °h «he£d’ at Carron Fou'ldr Travemng^ee, 351 Br°‘her8’ R°f'ky)' 272 Treatment of Sewage, 191 197
Tresirid Ji-^Ur>°matic ExPan»ion Apparatus, 731 ires dder s Process of Hardening Compoum
P1^e9> fl43> 571- 60«, 632*696 P
£ a n’’3; See inches, Ac. ’
“ THh. Bra>^<7rln South Australia, 252
bank)?475 ' (Me8srs’ Thom8on. Clyde
T?ivfLe ■ExPansJ?!1 Duplex Pumping Engine Triple Ex’nnneJdin^an^ Platfc’ Glo^efter), 40 T n ! P Wmes- See Engines
jUso^GovaRl (Me88r8‘ Dunsmuir anc TRa’iIroad,J262 ’ Manit°U and P!ke’s Peal Tubular Boilers at Venice (Messrs. F Tosi anc
Co Lpgnano, Italy), 183 ’ 091 aDC
^buhr Frame Wagons, 13, 41, 476, 515 544 Tubular Railway, Channel, 235 ’
Tuning-Forks, Electrical. 323 Tunnel, Channel, 632
Tunnpl nnHhiCMg°’ Washington Street, 225 tunnel under Mersey. 118
T631,el6?2aihVay8’ DeeP> in London’ Proposed, Tunnel under the Sound, Projected Tubular, Tunnel of Tequixquiac, Mexico, Diving on 762 T^25elS fOr E ectrlc Mains> Chicago Exhibition,
“ Blns of Man
TCob\n 2S53at^7881ing'Sava> CarDi01a (Ganz and VyV. y, 4UO, OxJ (
T 9«nineS and EIectric Transmission of Power, Zcu
Turntable for Drawbridge over Snake River Riparia, Washington, U.S.A., 533
Turrets for Nordenfelt Quick-Firing Guns 498 Tuyere Iron, heartland’s, 460’
Twin-Screw Steamer. See Steamers 1 win-Screw Steamer ‘‘Tynwald” T«U nf Mon (Fairfield Company, Govan), 155
Twin and Tuple Screws in Ships, 132, 212 340 Twist Drill Grinder, Simplex, 532’
Tyne, Overtime Dispute on the, 539. 578
Tynwald,” Isle of Man Twin-Screw Steamer (Fairfield Company, Govan), 155
Typewriter Device, Bousfield’s 547 %TX"fnwoaod)?2^Ue88r8- Ja8’ SP-cer and

Ua^dXttandh?Lnd^)ei35IeS8rS- C*ayt°n
Union Company’s South African Twin-Screw W,“. SSe°ea(“oew De"ny’ Dumbart°").
United States, Irrigation in the, 482
Urnts and their Nomenclature, 322. See Letters,
UulrA.ty290 r°WD’ Providence> Rhode Island,
Unloading Ore at Cleveland, U.S. A 438
Wra°f Niagara’ Pr°jecfc for ^e, 465. See

“ V,” Determination of, 323
Valve Gear, Walker’s Corliss, 105
valve Gearing for Marine Engines, 132, 212 340
See Erratum, 165 ’ ’
Valve, Hydraulic (Messrs. Hunt and Mitton), V731’ Marsha11 and Wferam’s Balanced Slide, ^’^7^46 Ma,1Chester Aqueduct, 426, Van der Waals’ Generalisation regarding Corresponding Temperatures, Pressures, and Volumes, 576 ’
Velocities on Ben Nevis, Wind, 655 720 Velocity of Projectiles, 425, 489 ’
Ventilation, Green’s System on S.S. “Ophir” 621 r ’
Ventilation, Mechanical, 235
Ventilation of Sewers, 191,
Ventilators, Centrifugal, 621
Vernon-Harcourt, Mr. L. F„ on River Usk and Newport Harbours, 234
VeJ5fcjcal BendinS Rolls (Sellers, Philadelphia),
Vertical Cylinder Boring Machines (Messrs T Shanks and Co., Johnstone) 689
Vertical Engine, Browett Lindley’s, C69
Vertical High-Speed Engine (Messrs. Lister, Keighley), 355 ’
Vessels Wrecked; Statistics, 304, 667
Viaducts, American Railroad ; Origin and Evolution, 178 °
Vibration of Torpedo Boats, 304
Vice, Schmidt’s Instantaneous Grip, 547
"Vitoria” Battle-Ship, 115. See Elswick Exhibits
Victoria Station, London, Proposed Reconstruction, 631
fillamil, Major R. de, on Action of Screw Propellers, 269
Nitrified Pipes, Strength of, 601

Wages of Miners in United States and England, 633
Wages of Naval and Mercantile Engineers, 663
Wages and Working Hours, Recent Movement of, 569
Wagon, 13-Ton Iron Ore, for Parcccha Railway Spain (Darlington Wagon Co), 62
Wagon Tubular Framed, 13, 41, 476, 515, 544
“ Wai,” Triple-Screw Engines of (Messrs. Dunsmuir and Jackson), Govan, 211
Walker Engineering Laboratories, Liverpool, 144
Walker’s Corliss Valve Gear, 105
War in Chili, 12
Warehouses in America, Factory, 360
Warping Winch, in S.S. “ Soot,” 88
Warship Construction, 119
Warships, Breakdowns in, 365
Warships, Le« gth of, 119
Washington Bridge over Haarlem River. New York, 465
Washington Street Tunnel in Chicago, 225
Water Gas, 41
Water and Gas Law Questions, 745
Water Gauge Fittings for Steam Boilers, 765
Water Gauge, Hopkinson’s Safety, 486
Water Gauge, Morison’s Automatic 65

^22gr ^>ear80n’s Drilling Apparatus for,

Water Meter, Sporton’s Registering, 730
Water Meters, A Memoir, 211
Water Motor, Demon (Mr. P. Pitman, Manchester), 241
Water Pipe and Discharge Diagrams, 203
Water Power, Experiments on, 246
Water Power, Value of a, 708
Water Supply, 205
Water Supply of Berlin, 684
Water Supply of London, 63, 453
Watertight Bulkheads, 392
Waves and Currents in Estuaries, 234
Weather, 17, 163, 275, 422, 541, 664. See also 603, 721
Webb’s Compound Locomotive “Greater Britain London and North-Western Railway, 565
Weight of Marine Engines, 132, 212, 340. See Letter
Weight of Marine Machinery, 214
Welded Boilers, 305, 326
Welded Iron Pipes, Hydraulic Tests of, 519
Welding, Benardus System of Electric, 756
Welding, Electric, 411
Weldon’s Banue Finder, 457
Well-Deck Steamers, 120, 168, 197
Well and Shaft Sinking, 460. See Erratum, 503
Well Sinking at the Nadrai Aqueduct. 20
Wells’ Light, 428
Wells for Water Supply and Health, 256
West Bromwich, Boiler Explosion at, 312
Westinghouse Brake Trials in South Australia. 252
“ Whaleback” Steamer, American, 126
Wheel, Steam Reaction, 362
Wheels, Car, Sections and Mechanical Conditions of, 251
White, Mr. W. H., on Shipbuilding and Engineering Materials at Naval Exhibition, 424
Wicksteed’s Chain - Testing Machine (Messrs. Buckton, Leeds), 412
Wicksteed Testing Machine, University College, Liverpool 144
Wiesoaden Refrigerating Testing P'ant, 113, 248. See Letters, Refrigerating Machines
Wildemann Pneumatic Despatch system, 577
Willans Engines at Naval Exhibition, 617, 681. 709, 739
Willey’s Boat-Disengaging Apparatus, 152
Williams, Mr. E. Leader, on Mechanical Appliances for Canal Construction, 145, 369
Wilson, Mr. Herbert M., on Irrigation, 177
Winch, Brown’s Warping, S.S. “Scot,”88
Wind Velocities on Ben Nevis, 655, 720
Window Lift, Laycock’s Draught Excluder and. 65
Wire, Delta Metal and Copper, The Strength of, 20
Wire Rope-Holder, Strohbach’s, 283. See Erratum, 308
Wise, Mr. W. Lloyd, on the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 603, 641
Woakes, Mr. Ernest R., on Compound Plunger Hydraulic Pump, 485
Women’s Building and Section, Chicago Exhibition, 767
Women’s Wages Compared with Men’s, 353

Works ;

Archdale and Co.’s New Foundry, Birmingham, 324
Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co. See Elswick Exhibit at Naval Exhibition
Atlas Steel and Iron Works (Messrs. John Brown and Co., Limited, Sheffield), 376
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 316
Horwich Locomotive Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire), 148
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, U.S.A., 176
Nicholson File Works, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 318
Porta Cement Works, Bremen, 61. See Erratum, 101

Wood Carving by Machinery, 334
Working Hours, Recent Movement of Wages and. 569
World’s Columbian Exposition. See Columbian
World’s Congress Auxiliary (Intellectual and Moral Congress), 218
Worthington High-Duty Pumping Engine, 381
Wrecks, Statistics of Vessels, 304, 667

Yacht Architecture, 585
Yacht Performances Compared, by A. E. Jones, 1. See Letters, Vessels, Notes on the Comparison of
Yacht Racing Association and Centre-Board, 542
Yacht for Scientific Research, “ Princesse Alice,” 62, 104
Yokohama to Britain in 19| Days, 304
Yorkshire, South. See Notes from South Yorkshire

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