Engineering 1894 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

Engineering 1894 Jul-Dec: General Index.

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GENERAL INDEX

Absorption and Evaporation of Rainfall, 490
Accident on the North of France Railway, 394
Accident, Railway Slip Coach, at Reading, 15
Accidents, Railway Derailments, 701
Accidents. See also Collision and Railway
Accidents, Steam Engine, 674
Accumulators, Hydraulic, 33
Acoustics, Telephones, 383
Action of Screw Propellers, 58
Adam Ashworth and Sons, Fernhill Hat Works, 142
Admiralty and Contractors, 233
Aeronautics, Maxim’s Flying Machine, 173, 196, 253. See Letters
Aeronauts, 50, 587. See Letter, Flight, andc.
African, South, Diamond Mining, 807
Agricultural Show, Smithfield, 771
Air Brake, Genett, 830
Air, Compressed, 163
Air, Compressed, in Paris, Distribution of, 313
Air-Compressing Plant for Carpet-Cleaning (Goodwin and Son, Southwark), 307. See 334
Air Lift Pump, Pohte, 42
Air Pumps for Pneumatic Despatch System (Cooke, York), 696
Aire and Calder, Pollution of, 426, 459, 526
“ Alg^rie,” S.S , Water-Tube Boiler (Babcock and Wilcox), 433
Alien Question, 301
Alkaline Oleates, Soap Bubbles, and Vortex Motions, 384
Allis, Millwaukee, Triple-Expansion Pumping Engines, 29
Allison, The Late Mr. Herbert John, 604
Alloys, Aluminium in Ferro-Carbon, 270,370
Alps, Iodine Value of Sunlight in the High, 418
Alternate Currents, Advantages, 347
Altmatt Pass Railway, 629
Aluminium Bronze, 725
Aluminium in Ferro-Carbon Alloys, 270, 370
Aluminium, Impurities in, 208
Aluminium Production, 666. See 697
Aluminium, Reduction of, 82
Aluminium, Soldering, 744
Aluminium in Torpedo-Boat Construction, 458. See Letters
Alunogen and Bauxite, 728
America, Early Engines in, 271
American. See United States
American Electric Street Railways, 821
American Exploration, 52
American Liners “St. Louis” and “St. Paul,” 634
American Locomotives, 72
American Railways, 2
American River Paddle Steamers, 38
American Society of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers, andc.
American Society of Mining Engineers. See Mining Engineers
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects
American Street Railways, 557, 821
American Water Supply, 315
Ammunition Hoists, Spanish Cruiser “ Infanta Maria Teresa,” 7, 257, 317
Amplitude of Rolling on a Non-Synchronous Wave, 92
“ Amsterdam,” Great Eastern Railway Hook of Holland Steamer, Engines (Earle), 81, 561
Analysers, Harmonic, 253
Analysis of Iron and Steel, International Standard for, 418
Andean Oasis, Railway in Peru, 475,507
Anderson and Goolden, Limited, Pumping Machinery, 539
Aniline, Temperature Influence on Specific Heat of, 605
Antiquities in Cairo, Museum of, 272

Antwerp Exhibition:

270
Belgian Railway Rolling Stock, 516, 546
Bollinckx, Brussels, Compound Condensing
Corliss Engine, 45
Briquette-Making Machine (Forges Usines et Fonderies de Gilly), 72
Corliss Engine, Compound Condensing (Bollinckx, Brussels), 45
Engine, Compound Condensing Corliss (Bollinckx, Brussels), 45
Engine, Horizontal, with Hertay Valve Geai (Soctetd Phoenix, Ghent), 226
Engine, Horizontal, with Rider Valve Geai (Bollinckx, Brussels), 293
Exhibitors, Number of, 455
Forges Usines et Fonderies de Gilly, Briquette
Making Machine, 72
High-Speed Vertical Engines (MM. Carelf Frdres, Ghent), 606
Locomotives for Belgian State Railways, 450
Locomotive, Express Passenger (La Metallur-gique Company, Tubize), 293, 321, 384
Machine Tools (F^tu-Defize, Lidge), 591, 684
Machine Tools (Le Progrds Industriel, Brussels), 226
Marine Section, 203, 268
Portents of Marine Construction, 203, 268
Ship Models, 203, 268
Tubular Steel-Framed Wagons (Church and Ettenger), 324
Water Crane, Balanced (Malines Company, Belgium), 420

Aqueduct, Canal, at Briare, 691
Arches and Slabs, Concrete-Iron, 615
“Ardent” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Thorny-croft), 647, 805
Armament in Naval Tactics, 482, 512, 539, 585
Armament of Spanish Cruiser “ Infanta Maria Teresa,” 7, 257, 317
Armature, Ventilated (General Electric Company), 256
Armour, Face-Hardened, 822
Armour-Plates and Projectiles, 613
Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Hydraulic Machinery for Lock Gates, 539
Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Sir W. G., Chilian Cruiser “ Blanco Encalada,” 72
Arsenals, French, 35
Artillery, 7-In. Breechloading Mortar, United States, 453
Artillery, Breech Mechanism for Quick-Firing, 69
Artillery, Canet Quick-Firing, 753
Artillery, Hontona Guns, 7, 257, 317, 796
Artillery, Trials of Guns for New Spanish Cruiser, 796. See also Gun
Ashworth’s Hat Works, Bury, 142
Assaying Copper, 600
Assouan Reservoir, 161 196. See Letters, Nile
Atkinson, Mr. J., on Modern Gas Engines, 719
Atlantic Cable (Muirhead v. Commercial Cable Company), 838
Atlantic Liners, Distance Steamed, 841
Atlantic Liners “St. Louis” and “St. Paul,” 634
Atlantic Record, 272, 332, 360, 389, 423, 455, 609. See Letter, 364. See 841
Atlas Company, Birmingham, Universal Boring and Milling Machine, 747
“Atlas,” Early Locomotive, 573
Atmosphere, Electricity of the, 303
Atomic Weight of Carbon, 417
August Weather, 330
Australia, Direct Balanced Lift at the Hotel, 830
Australian Goldfields, Western, 612, 647
Australia Hotel, Sydney, Balance Hoist, 830
Axis of the Earth, Displacement of the Rotational, 303
Axle-Box, Pressed Steel (Axle-Box Company, Birmingham), 684

Babcock and Wilcox Water-Tube Marine Boilers, 433
Babinet’s Principle, Illustration of, 383
Bacterium, New Milk, 450
Balance Lift at Hotel Australia, 830
Bale-Breaker, Cotton (Platt Brothers and Co.), 99,113
Ball and Wood Engine (Non-Condensing), 187
Baltic-North Sea Canal, 81, 527
Band Saw for Cutting Metals (F^tu-Defize, Lidge), 591. See 684
Banks System of Fireproof Building, 586
Barge, Clyde Hopper (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Barge, Steam Canal, 188, 468. See Letters, Canal Boats
Barometer Manual for Seamen, 361
Battleship. See also Cruiser and H.M.S.
Battleship “ Magnificent,” H. M., 803, 835
Battleship Trial Results, 676, 679. See 678
Bauxite, Alunogen and, 728
Bay City, American River Steamer, 39
Beam Engines in America, Early, 271
Beam Warping Frame (Platt Brothers and Co.), 104,116,117
Belfast Gas Works, Carburetted Water-Gas, 89
Belgian Coal and Iron, 528
Belgian Coal-Mining, 269
Belgian Company, John Cockerill Works, 711
Belgian Express Passenger Locomotive (La Metallurgique Company), 293, 321, 384
Belgian Iron Trade, 235, 269
Belgian Locomotive Boiler Tests, 567. See 68. See Letters
Belgian Railway Rolling Stock, 516, 546
Belgian State Railway Locomotives, 450
Belgium, Electric Transmission of Power, 289, 309
Bell, Sir Lowthian, on Caustic Lime in the Blast Furnace, 269
Belt Joints, Forked Rivets for, 13
Ben Nevis Observatory, 303
Bender, Hydraulic Boiler Shell Plate Bender, 482
Benefit Funds, Workmen’s, 49, 427
Berlin Exhibition, 1896, 733
Berlin, Gas v. Electricity, 236
“Berlin,’’ Great Eastern Railway Hook of Holland Steamer, Engines (Earle), 81, *561
Berlin Metropolitan Railways, 807
Bertin, M. E., on the Amplitude of Rolling on a Non-Synchronous Wave, 92
Bertin, M. E., on Determining Curves of Stability,
Bessemer Flame Analysis, 418
Beyer, Peacock and Co., Gorton, 193
Beyrout and Damascus Rack Railway Locomotive, 657
Bicycles, Spring Spokes for, 351
Biles, Professor, J. H., on Mail Steamers for War Purposes, 149,402
Black Forest Railway, 573
Black wall Tunnel, 330
“Blanco Encalada,” Chilian Cruiser (Armstrong),
Blast-Furnace, Caustic Lime in the, 269
Blast-Furnace Cinder, Magnesia and Sulphur, 757
Blast-Furnaces, The Capacity and Form of, 27
Block and Lock Signal Failure at Baker-Street
Station, 587
Block Signals, Union Pneumatic, 483
Board of Trade, French Conception, 460
Board of Trade and Light Railways, 583, 769. See Letters
Boat and Boat-Hoisting Engine, Spanish Cruiser, 7
Boat, Canal Steam, 188, 468
Boats, Canal, and Rolling Stock, Early, on Pennsylvania Railroad, 796
Bobbin Reel, Double (Platt Brothers and Co.), 102, 117
Boiler Attendants, Instructions to, 536
Boiler Explosion at Congleton, 73
Boiler Explosion at Dudley, 503
Boiler Explosion at Peterhead, 594
Boiler Explosion at Salford, 654
Boiler Explosion at Stourport, 309
Boiler Explosion at Warrington, 813
Boiler Explosions, Domestic, 184
Boiler, Marine, Management and Construction, 379, 443
Boiler Pitting, 527
Boiler Shell Drilling Machines, 569, 780
Boiler Shell Plate Bender, Hydraulic (Tweddell), 482
Boiler Shells, Strength of, 749, 772, 782. See Letters
Boiler, Steam, Experiments, 68, 567, 822. See Letters
Boiler, T.-S.S. “Kensington” (Thomson, Limited, Clydebank), 199, 260. See also 157, 213
Boiler Tubes, Test of Serve, 461. See Erratum, 488
Boiler, Water-Tube (Partington and Co., Bradford), 73
Boiler, Water-Tube, Marine, Babcock and Wilcox, 433
Boilers, Cylindrical, and Suction Draught, 157, 199, 213, 260
Boilers of the Dredger “Cairndhu” (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Boilers of H.M.S. “Hazard” (Fairfield Company), 420
Boilers, Mechanical Draught, 292
Boilers in the Navy, 678, 739
Boilers of the T.-S.S. “ Norman ” (Harland and Wolff, Belfast), 699, 732, 811
Boilers, Water-Tube, Circulation of, Thornycroft, 148, 214. See Letters
Boilers. See also Water-Tube Boilers
Boiling Water in an Open Tube, 384
Bollinckx, Brussels, Compound Condensing Corliss Engine, 45
Bollinckx, Brussels, Horizontal Engine with Rider Valve Gear, 293
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railroad, 840
Books Received, 822
Bordeaux Exhibition 1895, 611
Borehole Wells for Town Water Supply, 243, 252
Boring Machine (Le Progrfcs Industnel, Brussels, 226
Boring Machinery, Wood (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Boring and Milling Machine, Universal, Atlas Company, Birmingham, 747
Boring and Turning Mill (Smith and Coventry, Manchester), 139
Bosnia and Herzegovina Rack Railway, 657
Boughton’s Telephotos, 328. See Letters, Telephotos
Boulogne and Thames Excursion Steamer “ La Marguerite” (Fairfield Company), 9
Bourdelles, M. O., on the Luminous Power of Lighthouse Apparatus, 849
Boyden Brake, 241
Bradford’s Ridge Tunnel, 343
Brake, Boyden, 241
Brake, Genett Air, 830
Bramwell, Sir Fredk., on Steam on Common Roads, 222. See 773
Brassey, Lord, on Navy and Merchant Service, 147
Brassey’s Naval Annual, 156
Breakdowns, Steam Engine, 674
Breech Mechanism, Canet Quick-Firing Guns, 753
Breech Mechanism of Hontoria Guns, 7, 257, 317
Breech Mechanism, Seabury, 69
Breuer-Schumacher Forging Press, 84
Brewer’s Cableway Suspension Bridge at the Devil’s Dyke, 796
Briare Canal Aqueduct, 691
Brickmaking and Pressing Machine Dry (Mr. W Johnson, Leeds), 619
Brickwork and Cement Mortars, Adhesion, 647
Bridge, Cableway Suspension, at Devil’s Dyke 796
Bridge Girders, 542
Bridge, Lengthening Swing (Sir Wm. Arrol and Co.), 539
Bridge, Lift, over the Chicago River, 6
Bridge Rollers, Stresses in, 807
Bridge, Sher Shah, Punjab, 320
Bridge, Specifications for Steel, 20
Bridge, Suspension, at New York, 430
Bridges, Manchester and Sheffield Railway to London, 643, 728, 793
Bridges in Peru, 507. See 475
Bridges, Tubular (The Late Mr. E. Clark), 555
Bridges on West Highland Railway, 63, 15, 217 285
Bridgman’s Ore Sampler, 651
Brine Cooling Plant (Pulsometer Company), 351
Briquette-Making Machine (Forges Usines et Fonderies de Gilly), 72
Bristol High-Pressure Gauge, 161
Bristol Recording Thermometer, 715
Britannia Tubular Bridge (The Late Mr. E. Clark), 555

British Association (Oxford Meeting:

President’s Address, Lord Salisbury, 205
Mechanical Science Section, 222
Presidential Address (The Critical Side of Mechanical Training), 222. See Letters, 245, 267
Some Reminiscences of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads, by Sir Frederick Bramwell, 222
Borehole Wells for Town Water Supply, by Mr. Henry Davey, 243, 252
The Hunting of Governed Engines, by James Swinburne, 247, 350 Secretaryship, 252
Integrators, Harmonic Analysers, and Integraphs, and their Application to Physical and Engineering Problems, by Professor O Henrici, 253
Behaviour of a Rotating Cylinder in a Steady Current, by Mr. Arnulph Mallock, 253
The Resistance of Solids Moving through Fluids (Discussion, Lord Kelvin), 253
Artificial Flight, by Mr. Maxim, 253. See 178, 196
The Most Economical Temperature for Steam Engine Cylinders, or Hot v. Cold Walls, by Mr Bryan Donkin, 280, 332
The Strength and Plastic Extensibility of Iron and Steel, by Professor T. Claxton Fidler, 330
The Blackwall Tunnel, by Mr. Maurice Fitz-maurice, 330
On Methods that have been Adopted for Measuring Pressures in the Bores of Guns, by Captain Sir Andrew Noble, 331
The Temperature of Steam Engine Cylinders, by Mr. Bryan Donkin, 280, 332
A Direct Reading Form of Platinum Thermometer, by Mr. G. M. Clark, 336. 349
Signalling through Space, by Mr. W. H. Preece, 346
Some Advantages of Alternate Currents, by Professor S. P. Thompson, 347
Continuous Current Distribution of Electricity at High Voltage at Oxford, by Mr. Thomas Parker, 347
A Special Chronograph for Electrical Purposes, by Messrs. Henry Lea and Robert Bragge, 349
Methods of Determining the Dryness of Steam (Committee’s Report), 350
The Temperature-Entropy Diagrams, by Mr H. F. Burstall, 350, 466
The Calibration of Engineering Laboratory Instruments, by Professor D. S. Capper, 350,
Lighthouse Apparatus and Lighthouse Administration in 1894, by Mr. J. Kenward, 350
Spring Spokes for Bicycles, by Professor J. D. Everett, 351
Mathematical and Physical Science Section. 223 Presidential Address, by Professor RUcker,
The Present State of Knowledge in Thermodynamics, by Mr. G. W. Bryan, 302
A New Analytical Representation of Terrestrial Magnetism, by Dr. Adolph Schmidt, 302
On the Secular Variation of Terrestrial Magnetism, by Professor Schuster, 302
Displacement of the Rotational Axis of the Earth, by Professor Forster, 303
Recent Researches in the Infra-Red Spectrum, by Professor S. P. Langley, 303
Lunar Curves of Mean Temperature at Greenwich, by Mr. Park Harrison, 303
Underground Temperature (Report), by Professor Everett, 303
§enA?mVis Observatory and Rainfall, 303
Earth Tremors (Committee’s Report), 303
Meteorological Photography (Committee’s Report), 303
Preliminary Experiments to Find if Subtraction of Water from Air Electrifies It, by Lord w”’Messrs* Magnus Maclean and A. Galt, •Jvo
Leyden Jar Discharge through Divided Channels, by Lord Kelvin and A. Galt, 304
The Construction of Delicate Galvanometers, by Professor Schuster, 381
Velocity of Cathode Rays, by Professor J. J. Thomson, 381
Photo-Electric Leakage, by Professor O. Lodge, 381
Electrical Standards, Report on, 381
Experiments Illustrating Clerk Maxwell’s Theory of Flight, by Professor Lod^e, 381
Illustrations of Babinet’s Principle, by M Cornu, 383 J
Cause of the Spurious Double Lines sometimes been with the Spectroscope, and of the Slender Appendages which Accompany Them, by Dr. Stoney, 383 J
W°r<* “Force” in Attractions, qoq rici and Magnetism, by Dr. Stoney, 383
A Nomenclature for very much Facilitating the Use of Systematic Measures, by Dr Stoney, 383 J
Corrections of Optical Instruments for Individual Eyes, by Mr. Tempest Anderson, 383
On the Minimum Current Audible in the Telephone, by Lord Rayleigh, 383
Telephones and Acoustics, by Lord Rayleigh and others, 383 ’
Notes on the Hysteresis of Iron and Steel in a Rotating Magnetic Field, by Mr. Francis Baily, 384
Magnetic Mirrors, by Professor S. P. Thompson 384 ’
An Apparatus for Measuring Small Strains, by ' Professor Ewing, 384
The Boiling of Water in an Open Tube, by Professor Osborne Reynolds, 384
Determination of the Ratio of the Specific Heats of Gases, by Dr. Pringsheim, 384
The Formation of Soap Bubbles by the Contact of Alkaline Oleates with Water, by Professor Quincke, 384
Chemical Section.
Presidential Address, by Professor Dixon (An Oxford School of Chemistry), 415
A New Gaseous Constituent of Our Atmosphere by Lord Rayleigh and Professor Ramsay, 417
The Atomic Weight of Carbon, by Mr.'J A Wanklyn, 417 ‘ * *
International Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel (Committee’s Report), 418
Spectrum Analysis and Bessemer Flame Spectra, by Professor Hartley, 418
Chemistry of Coal Formation, by Mr J W. Thomas, 418
Extinction of Flames by Carbonic Acid : Suffocation, by Professor Clowes, 418
Iodine Value of Sunlight in the High Alps by Dr. Rideal, 418 ’ J
The Action of Light upon Dyed Colours, Report by Professor Hummel, 446
Influence of Moisture on the Electrification and Combination of Gases, by Professor J. J Thomson, 447
Viscosity of Liquids .and their Chemical Nature by Mr. J. W. Rodger, 447 ’
Determining the Freezing Points of Very Mute Solutions, by Mr. Vernon Harcourt and Dr. Wildermann, 447
The Effect of Dilution on the Colour of Solutions, by Mr. Randall, 448
Electrolysis of Glass, by Professor Roberts-Austen, 450
Hydroxylamine, by Dr. Lobry de Bruyn, 450
A New Milk Bacterium, by Dr. Bernstein,

British Institute of Public Health, 205
British Locomotives, Early, 295, 483, 573. See Letters
British Railway Schemes, 708. See 740
British Railway Traffic and Strikes, 392
British Section at Chicago Exhibition 337
Bronze, Aluminium, 725
Brunig Pass Railway, 627
Brush Company’s Pension Scheme, 49. See 427
Buchberg Pass Railway, 573
Bucherer, Mr. A. IL, on Reduction of Alumi-mum, 82
BU660n696aiU W°rkS’ Y°rk (C°Oke and Sons)>
Buffer Stop Collision at Donington-on-Bain Buffer Stop Collision at St. Pancras, 372’
Buffington-Crozier Disappearing Gun Carriage 12
Building, Banks’ System of Fireproof, 586
Building Construction, Reliance, Chicago 576 See Letters. See Erratum, 705° ’
Building, Glasgow Hydraulic Power Station, 33
Building, Lisbon Railway Station, 411
Building of Railway Stations, Reading Railroad, 731
Building Stones, Testing, 411, 446
Building and Owning Ships in America, Obstacles to, 792
Buildings, Railway Station, at Chicago, 518
Buildings, Railway Station, on West Highland.
Railway, 288
Bundling Press, with Coleby’s Patent Self-Closing and Opening Box (Platt Brothers and Co.), 118
Buoy, Electric Lighted, 531
Burstall, Mr. H. F., on Temperature Entropy Diagrams, 350, 401

Cable, Atlantic (Muirhead v. Commercial Cable Company), 838
Cable Railway, Efficiency of, 218
Cable, Submarine Telegraph, 146
Cableway Suspension Bridge at the Devil’s Dyke, Brighton, 796
Cableways, Steam and Electric, 341
“ Cairndhu,” Clyde Dredger (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Cairo Museum of Antiquities, 272
Calais and Dover Service, 172, 493, 558
Calculating Wetted Surfaces, Method of, 151, 405
Calder and Aire, Pollution of, 426, 459, 526
Calibration of Engineering Laboratory Instruments, 350, 401
Calico Looms (Platt Brothers and Co.), 109, 102
Calico Printing Works, E. Hoyle and Sons, Manchester, 126. See also 134
Calorific Value of Smoke, 207
“Campania” Record, 272, 332, 360, 389, 423, 455, 609. See Letter, 364. See 841
Canadian Pacific Steamships and Cables, 770
Canal Aqueduct at Briare, 691
Canal Boats and Rolling Stock, Early, on Pennsylvania Railroad, 796
Canal Boats, Steam, 188, 468. See Letters
Canal Boats, Towing by Cableways, 341
Canal, Chicago Drainage, 601, 630
Canal Conference, Manchester Ship, 207, 300
Canal Gates, Operating, 316
Canal, Manchester Ship, 52, 207, 300
Canal, North-Sea Baltic, 81, 527
Canals, Ferdinand de Lesseps, 758, 787, 826
Canals in Russia, 557
Canet Gun Mountings. See 7, 257, 317, 796
Canet Quick-Firing Guns, 753
Cantilever v. Suspension Bridges, 430
Capper, Professor D. S., on Engineering Instruments and their Calibration, 401
Car, United States Post-Office Railway, 196
Cars. See Railway Cars and Carriages
Cars, Electric Freight, General Electric Company, 257
Carbon, Atomic Weight of, 417
Carbon, Vaporisation of, 841
Carbon Testing, Colour Gauges for, 291
Carbonic Acid, Extinction of Flames by ; Suffocation, 418
Carburetted Water Gas (Belfast Works), 89
Cardiff Electric Lighting Station (Siemens), 759
Carding Machines, R. Haworth and Co.’s Works, 99. See also Platt Brothers and Co., 113, 116
Carels Fibres, Ghent, High-Speed Vertical Engines, 606
Carey, Mr. A. E.,on Harbours and Ferry Systems of Denmark, 437
Cargo and Passenger Steamers, 268, 494
Carpet-Cleaning, Air-Compressing Plant (Goodwin and Son, Southwark), 307, 334
Carriages, Belgian Government Railway. 516. 546
Carriages. See Railway Carriages
Carriages, Electric Lighting of Railway, 394
Carriages, Third-Class, Great Northern Railway
Dining, 167 ; Midland Railway, 80
Carriages, West Highland Railway, 344, 414
Cast Iron, Malleable, 586
Cast-Iron Radiators, Condensation in, 411
Cast Iron, Tests of Swedish, 207
Cast-Steel Propeller Blade, 293
Castner, Mr. H. Y., on the Preparation of Chlorine, 435. See Letters, Chlorine, <fcc.
Cathode Rays, Velocity of, 381
Caustic and Chlorine Preparation, Electrolysis of Alkaline Chlorides, 435. See Letters, Electrolytic, andc.
Caustic Lime in the Blast-Furnace, 269
Cells, Primary, with Gaseous Depolarisers, 429
Cellulose Applied to Warships, 826
Cement Manufacture, 51, 676. See Letters
Cement Mortal’s to Brickwork, Adhesion of, 647
Cement, Portland, 51, 676. See Letters
Central India Railway, 840
Central Railway Station at Lisbon, 411,446
Central Station, Cologne, Electric, 723, 789
Central Station, Hydraulic Power Supply, 33
Central Station, Manchester Electric Lighting 173, 368
Central Stations, Loss of Power in Transmission Machinery, 218
Ceylon Railways, 614
Channel Service, 172, 493, 558
Channel Service, Holyhead and Kingstown, 52, 152. See Letters, Holyhead, andc.
Channel Service, London, Chatham, and Dover, 172, 493, 558
Channel Service, Passengers and Speed, 558
Channel Steamer “Seaford,” T.-S.S. (Denny, Dumbarton), 385. See 483
Channel Steamer “Tamise” (Forges et Chantiers), 483
Channel Steamers, Fast, 203, 268, 385, 483, 588
Chapon’s Cup Spinning Frame (Platt Brothers and Co.), 117, 119
Charges for Power, 50
Charrington’s Suspended Point Rod Roller (Saxby and Farmer), 211
Chemistry of Coal Formation, 418
Chemistry, An Oxford School of, 415
Chicago Central Railway Station, 518
Chicago Drainage Canal, 601, 630
Chicago Exhibition, British Section, 337
Chicago, Reliance Building, 576. See Letters. See Erratum, 705
Chicago River Lift Bridge, 6 uu vtarrison, 411
Condensation of Cast-Iron Radiators . J. Baldwin, 411 ’
China and Japan, Naval Battle, 425
China and Japan Navies, Letters
Chlorine, Preparation of, 435. Sec letters
Chromium, Preparation of,,360
Sort’ EtS• Tubular Steel-Framed Ctadw°aAd3 Spark Throwing by Locomotives, 354
Circulat^onoTwater-Tube Balers(Thornycroft), Civi?’ Engine^ Ascription of a, 742. See Letters, Civil Engineer

Civil EiusineeiM* American Society

The Quality of Water Supplies, by Mr. John
Hoisting Apparatus of the Canal Headgates at Sewall’s Falls, by Mr. J. R. Freeman 316
Notes on Wire Rope Tramways, by Mi. A. C.
Steam and Electric Cableways for Logging and Canal Boat Towing, by Mr. R. Lamb, 341
A Few Remarks about Niagara Gorge, by L.
L. Buck, 342 . , _ , .
Forms of Railway Excavation and Embank
ments. by D. J. Whittemore, 343
Bradford’s Ridge Tunnel, by C. W. Stamford, 343
TequixquiacTunnel, by A. J. Campbell, 343 Friction Rollers, by Professors C. L. Crandall and A. Marston, 343
Coast Defences, Presidential Address, by Col.
W. P. Craighill, 343
Niagara Falls Water Power Company, by Dr. Coleman Sellers, 343
Pulp Mill of the Cliff Paper Company, Niagara, by Mr. W. C. Johnson, 375
Railway Signalling and the Block System, by Mr. J. P. O’Donnell, 375
Sewage Disposal Works of Chautauqua, N.Y., by Mr. W. B. Landreth, 376
Sewerage System of St. Paul, Minnesota, by Mr. Geo. L. Watson, 376
Excursions, 377
Pittsburgh Reduction Company’s Plant, 377
The Load Line of Telephone Exchanges, by Mr. A. V. Abbott, 410
Removal of Rock in the North River, by John A. Bensel, 411
Notes upon Testing Building Stones, by F.
Symond Garrison, 411
Tests of Condensation of Cast-Iron Radiators, by W. J. Baldwin, 411

Civil Engineers, Institution of:

430, 609, 742
Subjects for Papers, 430
Presidential Address, Sir Robert Rawlinson, 648
Machinery of Warships, by Mr. A. J. Durston, 678. See 676, 739
Colliery Surface Works, by Mr. Edw. B. Wain, 774 ‘
Clark, G. M., on a Direct Reading Form of Platinum Thermometer, 336, 349
Clark, The Late Mr. Edwin, 555
Clarke, Chapman, and Co., Steam Windlass for S.S. “ Kensington,” 831
Cleansing Cotton, 99, 114
Clerk Maxwell’s Theory of Light, 382
Clip, Smallman’s Haulage, 501
Clutch, Friction, in Theory and Practice, 439
Clutch, Lindsay’s Coil Friction, 57
Clyde Trust Dredger “ Cairndhu ” (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Coal Basin, Richmond, 728
Coal Bill, Railway, 236
Coal Consumption of London and North-Western Railway Locomotives, 193
Coal-Dust in Mines, Explosions from, 391, 513
Coal Formation, Chemistry of, 418
Coal and Iron, Belgian, 528
Coal-Miners’ Strike, Scotch, 554
Coal-Mining in Belgium, 269
Coal Production of World, 666. See 697
Coates and Co., Victor, Belfast, 1000 Horse-Power Triple-Expansion Mill Engine, 230
Cockerill Company, Seraing, Belgium, 711
Colliery Explosions, 391, 513, 601
Colliery Surface Works, 774
Collision, Buffer Stop, at Donington-on-Bain, 516
Collision near Loughborough Junction, 720
Collision, Railway, at Linlithgow, 784
Collision, Railway, at Newcastle, 635
Collision at St. Pancras, Buffer Stop, 372
Collision at Templecombe, Railway, 461
Collision, Winsford Railway, 398
Cologne Electric Lighting Station, 723, 789
Colonial Trade and Communication, 770
Colour Gauges for Carbon Testing, 291
Colours, Effect of Light on Dyed, 446
“Columbia,” United States Cruiser, Trials, 563, 837 ’ *
Comet Lamp, Sinclair, 731
“ Comet,” Locomotive, 1832, 295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
Commerce Department for United States, 304
Commerce and Navy Expenditure, 358
Commission on Labour, Minority Report of, 17
Competition of Nations, Industrial, 327 Compound Engines. See Engines
Compound v. Non-Compound Locomotives, 193 Compressed Air, 163
Compressed Air in Paris, The Distribution of, 313
Compressing, Air-, Plant for Carpet Cleaning (Goodwin and Son, Southwark), 307, 334
Concrete Iron Arches and Slabs, 615
Concrete Pipe, Monolithic, 712
Condensation in Cast-Iron Radiators, 411
Condenser, Electro-Magnetic, Capacity of, 702 C“ser an<^ -Fee(l Heater, Hudson’s Duplex (Thornton and Crebbin, Bradford), 44
Condenser, Union Liner “Norman” (Harland and Wolff, Belfast), 811
Congleton, Boiler Explosion at, 73
Congress, International Railway, 646
Congress, Trade Union, 357
Conics, Geometrical, 361
Connecticut Ironmaking, 600
Consumption, Water, of a Harris-Corliss Engine, 292
Contracts of London County Council, 145. See Letters
Contractors and Admiralty, 233
Cooke and Sons’ Optical Works, York, 660, 696
Coolgardie, West Australian Goldfield, 612, 647
Cooling Plant, Brine (Pulsometer Company), 351
Co-operative Engineering, 673
Copenhagen Harbour Sewage Pumping Station 773
Copenhagen, Port of, 647, 773
Copper, Assaying, 600
Copper Mine and Treatment in Sweden, 666
Copper Production of the World, 666. See 697
Corliss Engine, Compound Condensing (Bollinckx, Brussels), 45
Corliss Engine (Hick, Hargreaves and Co., Limited), 120
Corliss-Harris Engine, Water Consumption, 292
Cornish Boiler Tests, 68. See Letters
Corrosion of Tail Shafts in Steamers, 399. See Letters
Cost of Bridges and Bridge Erecting. 63, 155, 217, 285 ° ’
Cost of Excavation, 631
Cost of Indicated Horse-Power, 291
Cost of the Navy, 358
Cost of Rack Railways, 658
Cotton Bale Breaker (Platt Brothers and Co.), 113 h
Cotton Mill Machinery. See Platt Brothers and Co.* 8 Works, 103. See also 98
Cotton Mills, Richard Haworth and Co.’s, 98
Counter, Revolution, 852
County Council Contracts, 145. See Letters
Coupling, 500 Horse-Power, Snyer’s, 619
Cramp, Philadelphia, New American Liner “ St. Louis,” 634
Crane, Balanced Water (Malines Company, Belgium), 420
Crane, Locomotive Steam (J. H. Wilson and Co., Liverpool), 634
Crane, 30-Cwt. Portable Hydraulic (Tannett, Walker and Co., Leeds), 598
Crankpin Lubricator, Automatic, 845
Cremating Refuse, 503
Crewe Locomotive Works, 193
Crossing Accident near Chartham, Railway, 733
Crucible Steel, Early History, 270, 686
Cruiser, Chilian, “Blanco Encalada” (Armstrong), 72
Cruiser, New Spanish, Guns for, 7, 257, 317, 796
Cruiser “Olympia,” United States Protected (Union Works, San Francisco), 166
Cruiser, Spanish, Boats, Ammunition, and Hoists, 7, 257, 317, 796
Cruiser, Torpedo, for the United States Navy, 833
Cruiser “St. George,” Engines (Earle Company, Hull), 450
Cruiser Trial Results, British, 676, 677. See 678, 739
Cruisers, Mail Steamers as, 149, 402
Cruisers “ Minneapolis’’ and “Columbia,’ United States, Trials, 563, 837
Cruisers, Portuguese, Proposed Method of Building, 807
Cruisers. See also H.M.S.
Cruisers, United States, 790
Curves of Stability, Determination of, 792
Cutter Grinder, Universal (Falkenau, Philadelphia), 452
Cycle Show, Stanley, 710
Cycle Tyres, Pneumatic, 678
Cylinder Proportions of Compound Engines, 187
Cylinder in a Steady Current, Behaviour of a Rotating, 253
Cylinder Walls, Temperature of, 280, 332
Cylinders, Strength of Gas, 332. See Letter, 431
Cylindrical Shells, Strength of, 749,772, 782. See Letters

Daglish and Co., R., St. Helens, Steel Conical Winding Drum, 293
Daily Telegraph Boiler Tests, 68. See Letters
Danish Torpedo-Boat, Influence of Depth of Water on Speed, 337
“Daring,” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, Engines (Thornycroft), 575
Davey, Mr. Henry, on Borehole Wells for Town Water Supply, 243, 252
Davidson and Co., Forked Rivets for Belt Joints, 13
Davy Brothers, Sheffield, Tinplate Rolling Mill Engines, 546
Deacon, Mr., on London Water Supply, 460
Deas, Mr. James, on Disposal of Refuse by Burning, 503
“Demon” Water Motor (Pitman, Manchester), 531
Denmark, Harbours and Ferry Systems of, 437
Denny, Dumbarton, T.-S.S. “Seaford,” 385
Denny, Mr. A., on Method of Calculating Wetted Surfaces, 151, 405
Denny’s Employes’ Benefit Funds, 427
Department of Commerce for the United States, 304
Derailment at Farlington, 419
Derailments on Railways, 419, 701
Derby Doubler and Lap Machine (Platt Brothers and Co.), 118. See also 102
“ Derwent,” Early Locomotive, 483
Destroyer “Daring,” Engines (Thornycroft), 575
Destroyer, Torpedo-Boat, “Ardent” (Thorn v-croft), 647, 805 v 3
Destroyers, Torpedo-Boat, 82, 338, 399, 575, 647, 805. See also H.M.S.
Detroit to Trenton Electric Railway, Plant Testing, 188
Devil’s Dyke, Cableway at, Brighton, 796
Diagram of Metal Prices, 25, 178, 334 464 590 746, 841 ’ ’ ' ’
Diamond-Mining in South Africa, 807
Dickie, G. W., on Obstacles to Shipowning in America, 792
Dilution of Coloured Solutions, 448
Dining Coaches, Third-Class, Great Northern Railway, 167
Dining Coaches, Third-Class, Midland Railway, 80
Disappearing Gun Carriage, Buffington-Crozier, Displacement of the Rotational Axis of the Earth, 303 189 376 533. See also 206
Disposa of Sewage py ,
Disposal of Sewage at v Bu^ni 503
Ciomuressed Air in Paris, 313
Dixon^M “John, on Southampton Harbour and Dixon^ Mr8’Samuel, on Boiler Shell Drilling
Machines, 569, 78^ Electric welding, 175, 182
Mitchell, and
Dock Gate Woodworking Plant (Robinson, Roch-T^daJe)w«t India Improvements, 473, 539, 598 S°°h ^onthanmton Harbour and, 148, 279 Bogs'Machine Vice (Taylor, Birmingham), 179 Domestic Boiler Exp“^sor Kennedy on D sS Boiled Experiments, 68, 567, 822. See Do’S Mr. Bryan, on Temperature of Cylinder
Walls, 280, 332 Buger stop Collision, 516 I
Double Bobbin Reel, Platt Brothers and Co., 117
p Headed Milling Machine, 831
Douglas andLaxey Electric’Tramways, 236, 848
Dover and Calais Service, 172 493 ,>.>8
Drainage Canal, Chicago, 601, 630
Drainage Works, Manchester 189, o33
Draught, Mechanical, 292, 577
Draught, Suction, 157, 213, 199, 260, 233
Drawing Office Methods, 20
Drawing Office Practice, 164
Drawing Office Rules, 469
Drawings, Admiralty and Conti act, 233
Dredger “Cairndhu,” Clyde (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Dredging Rock at North Rivei, New Yoik, 411
Drill Radial, Smith and Coventry, Manchest> r,139
Drill’, Rock, Schram’s 773
Drilling Machines, Boiler Shell, 560, 780
Drum, Steel Conical Winding (Daglish, St.
Diwness of Steam, Methods of Determining, 350
Dudley, Boiler Explosion at, 503
Duplexing Submarine Cables, 838
Durston, Mr. A. J., on the Machinery of War-ships, 678, 739
Dust in Mines, Explosions from Coal, 391, 513
Duty of Atlantic Liners, 841
Dynamo and Turbine (Hall and Co., Oldham), /02
Dynamos. See Cardiff Station, 759
Dynamos, Cologne Station, 723
Dynamos, De Laval Steam Turbine and, 228

Ealing Electric Light Station, 461
“ Earl of Airlie,” 1833, 295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early t
Earle Company, Hull, Engines of H.M.b. bt.
Earth, Displacement of the Rotational Axis of the, 303
Earth Tremors, 303
Eastwood’s Packing Ring, 332
Eaves and Ellis Suction Draught, 15/, 199, 213,260
Economy of Fuel in Ships and Feed-Heating,
148 435. See also 87, and Letter, 165
Economy, Maximum, of Triple-Expansion Pumping Engine, 29
Education, Technical, 222, 267, 585. See Letters
Education, Technical, Mr. E. Coxe on, 65
Egyptian Irrigation and Phil®, 161, 196. bee
Letters, Nile, andc.
Elasticity of Iron and Steel, 478
Elbe, Land Reclamation at, 360
Electric Alternate Currents, Advantages of, 347
Electric Battery with Gaseous Depolariser, 429
Electric Freight Cars (General Electric Company), 257
Electric Glow Lamps, Testing of, 831
Electric Induction, 346
Electric Lead Tree, 87
Electric Light, Oxford, 347
Electric Light Station, Cardiff (Siemens), /59
Electric Light Stations, Hampstead and Ealing, 461
Electric Light Works, Oldham, 192
Electric Lighted Life-Buoy, 531
Electric Lighting of Railway Carriages, 394
Electric Lighting Schemes in Parliament, 740
Electric Lighting Station, Cologne, 723, 789 .
Electric Lighting Station, Manchester, 173, 368,
Electric Locomotive (General Electric Company), 256 ,
Electric, Photo-, Leakage, 381
Electric Power in Belgian Works, 289, 309
Electric Power Transmission, 755
Electric Power Transmission in Sweden, 759
Electric Primary Cells with Gaseous Depolarisers, 429
Electric Railway Plant, Testing, United States, 188
Electric Signalling through Space, 346
Electric Steep-Grade Traction, 643, 712, 804. See Erratum, 835
Electric Street Railways, United States, 821
Electric Theory of Vision, 382
Electric Traction on Street Tramways, 643, 712, 804. See Erratum, 835
Electric Tramway from Bessbrook to Newry, 847
Electric Tramway, Douglas to Laxey, 236, 848
Electric Tramway in Isle of Man, 236
Electric Tramways in South Staffordshire, 847
Electric Transmission of Power, 289, 309
Electric Welding, 175, 182
Electrical Chronograph, 349
Electrical Engineers, Institution of:
Notes on Electric Tramways in the United States, by Mr. II. D. Wilkinson, 643, 804. See Erratum, 835
Electric Traction, with Special Reference to the Installation of Elevated Conductors, by Mr. R. W. Blackwell and Mr. Philip Dawson, 643, 804. See Erratum, 835
Electric Steep Grade Traction, by Mr. C. S. du Riche Preller, 712, 804. See Erratum, 835
Electrical Locomotive, Hellmann’s, 429. See Letters
Electrical Standards, 381
Electrically Driven Fan for Induced Draught (Scott arid Mountain), 465
Electricity of the Atmosphere, 303
Electricity on Board Ship, 741
Electricity v. Gas, Berlin, 236
Electricity Works, Niagara Falls, 343, 810. See 375
Electrolysis of Alkaline Chlorides for the Preparation of Caustic and Chlorine, 435. See Letters
Electrolysis of Glass, 450
Electromagnetic Capacity of Condenser, 702
Elevated Railroads at New York, 430
Elevator. See also Hoist and Lift
Elevator, Direct Balanced, at the Hotel Australia, Sydney, 822, 830
Elliot’s Postage Stamp Affixer, 384
Ellis and Eaves Suction Draught. See 157, 213, 199, 260
Embankments, United States Railway, 343
Embankments on West Highland Railway, 63. See also 155, 217, 285, 344
Emigration, 301
Engine, 1000 Horse-Power Triple-Expansion Mill (Coates, Belfast), 230
Engine, Compound Condensing Corliss (Bol-linckx, Brussels), 45
Engine Cylinders, Temperature of Walls, 280, 332
Engine, Fuel Economy and Feed Heating, 148, 435. See also 87. See Letter, 165
Engine, Harris-Corliss, Water Consumption, 292
Engine, Horizontal, with Hertay Valve Gear (Socidt^ Phoenix. Ghent), 226
Engine, Horizontal Winding (Leeds Engineering Company), 577
Engine, Horizontal, with Rider Valve Gear (Bol-linckx, Brussels), 293
Engine, Morton’s Reaction, 211
Engine, Newcomen, An Existing, 453
Engine Pathology, Steam, 674
Engine, Pumping (Simpson and Co.), Tests, 717
Engine Revolution Counter, 852
Engine, Russell’s Four-Valve Automatic, 384
Engine, Russell’s Horizontal (Massillon, Ohio), 164
Engine, Steam Distribution and Fuel Consumption, 187
Engine Works, Galloway’s, 130
Engines of Channel, Great Eastern Railway Steamers, “Berlin,” “Vienna,” and “Amsterdam ” (Earle), 81, 561
Engines, Compound, Cylinder Proportions, 187
Engines, Cost of Indicated Horse-Power, 291
Engines, Crossley Gas, at Laundry Exhibition, 646
Engines, Early Stationary, in America, 271
Engines, Gas, Modern, 719
Engines, Geared, for Steam Canal Boat, 188, 468. See Letters, Canal Boats
Engines at Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, 120
Engines, High-Speed Vertical (MM. Carels Fibres, Ghent), 606
Engines, Hot Air, 292
Engines, The Hunting of Governed, 247, 350
Engines, Non-Condensing, 187
Engines, Pumping, Glasgow, Hydraulic (II.
Smith and Co., Glasgow), 33
Engines, Quadruple-Expansion, T.-S.S. “Kensington” (Thomson, Limited, Clydebank), 199, 260. See also 157, 213
Engines, Road Locomotive, 147, 222, 773
Engines, Tin Bar Rolling Mill (Davy Brothers, Sheffield), 546
Engines, Triple, Efficiency, 29
Engines, Triple - Expansion, of Dredger “ Cairndhu ” (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Engines, Triple-Expansion Triple-Screw, “ Columbia” and “Minneapolis,” 563, 837
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of 1460 Horse-Power (Yates and Thom), 799
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of H.M.S. “ Daring” (Thornycroft), 575, 647, 805
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of H.M.S. “ Hazard” (Fairfield Company), 420
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of II.M.S. “ Monarch” (Maudslay), 546
Engines, Triple - Expansion, of H.M.S. “ St. George ” (Earle Company, Hull), 450
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of the “Tantallon Castle,” 668
Engines, Triple-Expansion, of United States Cruiser, 833
Engines, Triple-Expansion, T.-S.S. “Norman” (Harland and Wolff, Belfast), 699, 732, 811
Engines, Triple-Screw, 563, 837
Engines, Vertical, andc., at Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., 120
Engines Working Economically at Low Power, 81
Engineer, Civil, Description of a, 742. See Letter, Civil Engineer
Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel, and Timber, 478
Engineering, Co-operative, 673
Engineering Laboratory Instruments, Calibration of, 350, 401
Engineering as a Learned Profession, 489
Engineering Schemes in Parliament, 708, 740
Engineering in the United States Navy, 707, 837
Engineers, International Institute of, 204
Engineers, Training of Marine, 641
“England,” Early Locomotive, 573
English and United States Yachts, 823
Entropy Diagrams, Temperature, 350, 401, 4C6
Equatorial Telescope, 660. See 696
Erecting Bridges on the West Highland Railway, 63,155, 217, 285
Excavation, Cost of, 631
Excavation, System of, in Chicago Canal, 631
Excavations, United States Railway, 343
Exhibition, Antwerp, Number of Exhibitors, 455
Exhibition, Antwerp. See Antwerp
Exhibition, Berlin, 1896, 733
Exhibition, Bordeaux, 1895, 611
Exhibition, French International, of 1900, 711, 796
Exhibition, Laundry, 646
Experiments, Steam Boiler, 68, 567, 822. See Letters
Exploration, American, 52
Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions
Explosion, Boiler, at Warrington, 813
Explosion, Steam Pipe, on Board Ship, 593
Explosions from Coal-Dust, 391, 513, 601
Explosives, Recent Experiments, 614
Exposition, French International, of 1900,711, 796
Extinction of Flames by Carbonic Acid ; Suffocation, 418

Fabric Printing Machine, Hulse, Manchester, 136. See also 126
Face-Hardened Armour, 822
Factories and Workshops Regulation, Report, 79
Fading, Light Effect on Dyed Colours, 446
Fairfield Company, Machinery of H.M.S. “ Hazard,” 420
Fairfield Company Thames and Boulogne Excursion Steamer “La Marguerite,” 9
Fairfield Establishment, Growth of, 494
Falkenau, Mr. A., Philadelphia (Universal Cutter Grinder), 452
Falkenau, Philadelphia, Tablet-Making Machine, 832
Fall River Line of Steamers, American, 38
Fan, Electric, for Induced Draught (Scott and Mountain), 465
Farlington, Derailment at, 419
Federation, Imperial Customs Union, 394
Feed-Heater, Hudson’s Duplex Condenser and (Thornton and Crebbin, Bradford), 44
Feed Heating, Fuel Economy in Ships and, 148, 435. See also 87. See Letter, 165
Feeder, Porcupine Cotton (Platt Brothers and Co.), 99,113. See 102
Feed-Water Heater, Normand’s, 87. See also 148
Fell’s System of Light Railways, 849
Ferdinand de Lesseps, 758, 787, 826. See Letters
Fernhill Hat Works, A. Ashworth and Sons, Bury, 142
Ferranti Rectifier at Cardiff Electric Station, 758
“Ferret,” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Laird, Birkenhead), 82, 338, 399
Ferro-Chrome, 360
Ferry Systems in Denmark, Harbours and, 437
F^tu-Defize’s Machine Tools, 591, 684
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 525
Field Frame of a 10-Pole Machine (General Electric Company), 256
Fielding and Platt Hydraulic Boiler Shell-Plate Bender, 482
Fire Extinction, High-Pressure Water for, 81
Fireproof Building, Banks’ System, 586
First-Class Battleship “ Magnificent,” 803, 835
Fish Guano, 744
Flame Analysis, Bessemer, 418
Flames, Extinction by Carbonic Acid; Suffocation, 418
Flames, Photographs of, 26
Flannery, Mr. F., on Ventilation of Steamships, 160,180
Flight. See also Flying Machines
Flight, Problem of, 50, 587. See Letters
Flood, H. C., and Macalpine, John II , on Vibration of Steamers, 53, 82, 208
Floods in the West Midlands, Mr. H. Southall on, 797
Florisdorf Locomotive Works, 660. See 572, 627
Flour Rolling Mills (Robinson and Son, Rochdale), 127
Fluid, A New Mechanical, 270
Fluted Rollers (Platt’s Works), 99, 106, 114
Flyers for Cotton Mills (Platt Brothers and Co.), 117
Flying Machine, Maxim’s, 173, 196, 253. See Letters
Flying Machines, 587
Flywheels, Turning (Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited), 120
Forced Draught, Howden’s, in “Prinses Marie,” 577
Forced Draught. See 157, 213. See also 199,260
Forge, Platt Brothers and Co.’s, 103
Forges et Chantiers, T.-S.S “Tamise,” 483
Forges Usines et Fonderies de Gilly, Briquette-Making Machine, 72
Forging Press, Breuer-Schumacher, 84
Frames for Belgian Rolling Stock, 516, 546
France Railway, Accident on the North of, 394
Freezing Points of Solutions, 447
Freight and Passenger Locomotives (Pittsburgh Company), 72
French Artillery, Canet Quick-Firing, 753
French Canal Aqueduct, 691
French Council of Commerce, 460
French International Exhibition of 1900, 711, 796
French Navy and Arsenals. 35
French Torpedo - Boat, Aluminium, 458. See Letters, Aluminium
French Transatlantic Steamers, 841
Friction Clutch, Lindsay’s Coil, 57
Friction Clutch in Theory and Practice, 439
Friction Rollers, 343
Fuel Consumption and Steam Distribution, 187
Fuel Economy in Ships and Feed-Heating, 148, 435. See also 87. Letter, 165
Funnel Shrouds, Compensator for, 669
Furnaces, Blast, Capacity and Form of, 27
Furnaces for Zinc Ore, 294. See 419, 777
Fuzes, Keeson’s Time, 715

Galloway, Limited, Manchester, Works of, 130
Galvanometers, Construction of Delicate, 381
Garbage Disposal, 189, 533. See also 206
Garbage Disposal by Burning, 503
Gas, Carburetted Water (Belfast Works), 89
Gas Cylinders, Strength of, 332. See Letter, 431
Gas v. Electricity, Berlin, 286
Gas Engines, Crossley, at Laundry Exhibition, 646
Gas Engines, Modern, 719
Gas-Producing Plant, Taylor, 728
Gas Schemes in Parliament, 740
Gas Works, Manchester, 135
Gas Works, Salford, 195
Gases, Determining Ratio of Specific Heats, 384
Gases, Influence of Moisture on the Electrification and Combination of, 447
Gaseous Constituent of our Atmosphere, A New, 417
Gasholder, Manchester, 135
Gasholder, Three-Lift, Glasgow Works, 602, 633
Gates for Lock to West India Docks, 473, 539, 598
Gauge, Bristol High-Pressure, 161
Gauge, Broad v. Narrow, 457
Gauge, Pocket Wire (Messrs. Glover, Sheffield), 558
Gauge Wagons (Standard), on Narrow-Gauge Lines, 236
Gauges, Colour, for Carbon Testing, 291
Gear-Cutting Machine (Lister, Keighley), 87
Geipel’s Steam Trap, 715
General Electric Company, Exhibit at Chicago, 256
Genett Air Brake, 830
Geology, 38
Geometrical Conics, 361
Girder Designs, 542
Girders with Superfluous Bars, 658, 743
Glasgow Corporation Tramways, 21
Glasgow Gas Works, Three-Lift Gasholder, 602 633
Glasgow Sanitary Washhouse, 778
Glasgow Waterworks, Hydraulic Supply Station, 33
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Scientific Association, 495
Glass, Electrolysis of, 450
Glass, Luminescence Due to Cathode Rays, 648
Glover’s Pocket Wire Gauge, 558
Glow Lamps, Testing of, 831
Gold Amalgamation Stamp, Vibration of, 693
Goldfields, Western Australian, 612, 647
Gold-Mining, South African, 272
Goods Vari, Belgian State Railway, 546
Goodwin and Son, A., Southwark, Air Compressing Plant for Carpet Cleaning, 307, 334
Governed Engines, The Hunting of, 247, 350
Government Grant for Technical Education, 585. See Letters
Governors, Shaft, 161
Great Eastern Railway Company’s Steamer “Vienna,” 81,561
Great Eastern Railway Oil Fuel Locomotive, 763
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 840
Great Northern Railway Third-Class Dining
Coaches, 167
Greenheart Timber Working Plant (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Gresley Iron Works (Smith and Coventry), 139
Grinder, Universal Cutter (Falkenau, Phildel-phia), 452
Grinding Machine, Universal (Hulse, Salford), 131, 132, 133, 134
Gross, Mr. F., on Suction Draught, 157, 199, 213, 260
Guano, Fish, 744
“Guelph,” T.-S.S., Union Line (Harland and Wolff), 494
Gun Carriage, Buffington-Crozier Disappearing, 12
Gun Factory, Astilleros del Nervion, 7, 257, 317
Gun in Modern Naval Tactics, 482, 512, 539, 585
Gun Mounting in Spanish Cruiser, 7,257,317,796. See also Artillery
Gun Mountings and Hydraulic Power, 823
Gun, Seabury Breech Mechanism for Siege, 69
Gun Turning Lathe (Southgate Company), 702
Gunboat “ Hazard,” Engines (Fairfield Company), 420
Guns, (Janet Quick-Firing, 753
Guns, Measurement of Pressures of, 331
Guns for New Spanish Cruisers, 796
Hadfield, Mr. R. A., on Early History of Crucible Steel, 270, 686
Hagans Coupled Bogie Locomotive, 831
Hamburg-American Steamers, 841
Hammer, Belt-Driven Spring (F^tu-Defize and Co., Lidge), 684
Hampstead Electric Light Station, 461
Hand Looms, 97, 99, 100
Hank Winder (Platt Brothers and Co.), 102, 117 118
Harbour of Copenhagen, 647
Harbour and Docks, Southampton, 148, 279
Harbours and Ferry Systems in Denmark, 437
Harbour Schemes in Parliament, 740
Harland and Wolff, T.-S.S. “Norman” (Union Liner), 699, 732, 811
Harris-Corliss Engine, Water Consumption, 292
Hartford Works, Platt Brothers and Co., 103
Harveyised Armour, 822
Haslam Company’s Refrigerating Machinery, “ Tantallon Castle,” 668
Hat Works, Fernhill (A. Ashworth and Sons, Bury), 142
Hatchet Planimeter, 27
Haulage Clip, Smallman’s, 501
Hawdon, Mr. William, on the Capacity and Form of Blast-Furnaces, 27
Haworth and Co.’s, R., Cotton Mills, 98
Hayward Tyler and Co.’s Treble-Barrel Vertical Pump, 845
Health, British Institute of Public, 205
Health Problems, 171, 205
Health and Sanitation (Sir Robert Rawlinson’s
Presidential Address), 648
Health and Water Supply, 315
Heat, 38
Heat, Mechanical Equivalent, Apparatus for Determining, 831
Heat Value of Smoke, 207
Heater (Feed), Hudson’s Duplex Condenser and (Thornton and Crebbin, Bradford), 44
Heating and Ventilating, 3
Heats of Gases, Determining Ratio of Specific, 384
Heilman n’s Electric Locomotive, 429. See Letters
Helios Company, Cologne Central Station, 723
Henrici, Professor O., on Integrators, Harmonic Analysers, and Integraphs, 253
Hertay Valve Gear (Phoenix Company, Ghent), 226
Hewitt, Mr. C. J., on Standard Screws for Watches, 568, 621, 652
Hick, Hargreaves, and Co.’s Works, Bolton, 120
High Buildings, Reliance, Chicago, 576. See Letters. See Erratum^ 705
High-Pressure Gauges, 161
High-Pressure Water for Fire Extinction, 81
High-Speed Vertical Engines (MM. Garels Fibres, Ghent), 606
Highland Railway, West, 63, 155, 217, 285, 344, 414
H.M.S. “Ardent,” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Thornycroft), 647, 805. See 575
H.M.S. “Daring,” Engines of Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Thornycroft), 575. See 647, 805
H.M.S. * “Ferret,” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Laird, Birkenhead), 82, 338, 399
H.M.S. “ Hazard,” Machinery (Fairfield Company), 420
H.M.S. “ Hornet” (Yarrow), 196
H.M.S. “Magnificent,” 803, 835
H.M.S. “Monarch,” New Engines (Maudslay), 546
H.M.S. “St. George,” Engines (Earle Company, Hull), 450
H.M. Torpedo-Boat Destroyers “Ferret” and “ Lynx ” (Laird, Birkenhead) 82, 338, 399
Hogg, Mr. T. W., on Aluminium Alloys, 270, 370
Hoist, Balance, Hydraulic, at Hotel Australia, Sydney,830
Hoist Bridge over the Chicago River, 6
Hoist. See also Lift
Hoists, Ammunition, Spanish Cruiser “ Infanta Maria Teresa,” 7, 257, 317, 796
Hoisting Apparatus for Canal Gates, 316
Holden’s Liquid Fuel Locomotive, Great Eastern Railway, 763
Holl Valley Railway, 573
Holt’s Wiping Rings, 13
Holyhead and Kingstown Channel Service 52, 152. See Letters
Hontoria Guns, Spanish Cruisers, 7, 257, 317, 796
Hook of Holland Route to Continent, 81, 561
Hop-Pickers’ Accident near Chartham, Railway Crossing, 733
Hopkinson, Dr. John, on Manchester Electric Lighting Station, 173, 368
Hopper Barge, Clyde (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
“ Hornet,” Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Yarrow), 196
Hornsey Sluice Pumping Engines (Simpson and Co), Tests, 717
Hot-Air Engines, 292
Howden’s Draught in Paddle Steamer “ Prinses Marie,” 577. See also Letters
Hoyle’s Calico Printing Works, 126. See also 134
Hudson River Bridge, 430
Hudson’s Duplex Condenser and Feed Heater (Thornton and Crebbin, Bradford), 44
Hull and Doncaster, Railway Development near, 329
Hulse and Co.’s Machine Tool Works, Salford, 131
Hunter’s Pipe Wrench, 852
Huntsman’s Cast Steel, 270, 686
Hydrants for Fire Extinction, 81
Hydraulic Boiler Shell-Plate Bender (Tweddell), 482
Hydraulic Cranes, 30-Cwt. Portable (Tannett, Walker, and Co., Leeds), 598
Hydraulic Hoist, Balance, at Hotel Australia, Sydney,830
Hydraulic Machinery for Lock Gates (Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co.), 539
Hydraulic Power, Charges for, 50
Hydraulic Power Supply Station, Glasgow, 33
Hydraulic Power Supply Station, Manchester, 190
Hydraulic Power for Warships, 823
Hydraulic Riveter, Portable (Musgrave Brothers, Leeds), 335
Hydraulic Riveter, Portable (Rice and Co., Leeds), 57
Hydroxylamine, 450
Hygienic Problems, 205,171. See also Sanitary and Sewage

Illinois Central Railway Station at Chicago, 518
Immersion and Speed Effects of Screw Propellers, 58
Immigration, 301
Imperial Customs Union and Federation, 394
Imperial Federation, 770
Impurities in Aluminium, 208
Indian Light Railways, 847
Indian Railways, 457, 841, 847
Indian River Training and Sher Shah Bridge, 320
Indicator Tester, Dynamic, 822
Induced Draught, 157, 213, 199, 260, 292
Induction, Electric, 346
Industrial Competition of Nations, 327
Industrial Notes, 25, 57, 88, 142, 179, 211, 242, 278, 307, 335, 368, 399, 434, 465, 501, 531, 561, 591, 619, 652, 684, 716, 747, 779, 811, 841
“ Infanta Maria Teresa,” 7, 257, 317, 796
Infra-Red Spectrum, 303
Inglis, Mr. J., on Machinery and Labour, 553
Institute of Engineers, International, 204
Institution of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers, Institution of
Institution of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Naval Architects. See Naval Architects
Instructions to Boiler Attendants, 536
Integraphs, 253
Integrating Apparatus, A New, 27
Integrators, 253
Intercolonial Trade and Communication, 770
Internal Work of the Wind, 50, 587. See Letters, Problem of Flight
International Institute of Engineers, 204
International Liner “ Kensington ’’(Thomson, Limited, Clydebank), 199, 260. See also 157, 213, 831
Iodine Value of Sunlight in the High Alps, 418
Iron, Cast, Tests of Swedish, 207
Iron and Coal, Belgian, 235, 269, 528
Iron, Early Scotch, 493
Iron, International Standard for Analysis, 418
Iron-Making in Connecticut, 600
Iron, Malleable Cast, 586
Iron Mines, Ringwood, 755
Iron Ores of the Mediterranean Seaboard, 291
Iron Production in United States, 663, 697
Iron, Rustless Coating for, 219

Iron and Steel Institute:

On the Capacity and Form of Blast-Furnaces, by William Hawdon, 27
Antwerp Meeting, 235, 269, 289
Life Membership, 269
Iron and Steel Industries of Belgium, by M. A. Gillon, 269
Coal-Mining Industry of Belgium, by M. A. Briart, 269
Use of Caustic Lime in the Blast-Furnace, by Sir L. Bell, 269
Aluminium in Ferro-Carbon Alloys, by Mr. T. W. Hogg, 270, 370
Early History of Crucible Steel, by Mr. R. A. Hadfield, 270, 686
Antwerp Exhibition (Excursion), 270
Electric Power, with Special Reference to Works Driven by Electricity in Belgium, by Mr. D. Selby Bigge, 289, 309
The Manufacture of Open-Hearth Steel, by Mr. J. A. Lencauchez, 289
Colour Gauges for Carbon Testing, by Mr. Walter G. McMillan, 291
Iron Ores of the Mediterranean Seaboard, by Mr. A. P. Wilson, 291
Entertainments and Excursions, 291
Iron and Steel, Strength and Elasticity, 330
Iron, Strength and Plasticity, 478
Iron in Sweden, 773
Iron Trade, Belgian, 235, 269, 528
Iron Works in Sweden, 666
Irrigation, Nile, and Philae, 161,196. See Letter, Nile, andc.
Isle of Wight, Excursion Round, 161
Ivan Pass Hack Railway, 657

Jackets, Steam, 187, 280, 332
Japan and China Navies, 178
Japan and China Naval Battle, 425
Japanese Rack Railways, 508, 572
Jetty, Timber, at West India Docks, 598
John Cockerill Company, Belgium, 711
Johnson, Mr. W., Leeds, Dry Brickmaking and
Pressing Machine, 619
Joint, Lewis Pipe, 852
Joint, Wiped, 13
July Weather, 207
Junction Valve, Turnbull’s, 652
June Weather, 19

Keeson’s Time Fuzes, 715
Kennedy, Dr. A. B. W., on Pumping Engines, Tests (Simpson and Co.), 717
Kennedy, Professor, on Mechanical Training, 245, 267. See Letters
Kennedy, Professor, and Mr, Bryan Donkin, on Steam Boiler Experiments, 68, 567, 822. See Letters
“ Kensington,” International Liner (Thomson, Limited, Clydebank), 199, 260. See also 157, 213, 831
Kermode’s Steam Steering Gear, 637
Kernot, Mr. W. C., on Wind Pressure, 614
Kikkawa, S., on Rack Railways in Japan, 508, 572
Kingstown and Holyhead Channel Service, 52, 152. See Letters, Holyhead, andc.
Kitchen Boiler Explosion, 184
Knott Mill Works (Galloway, Limited), 130

“ La Marguerite,” Thames and Boulogne Excursion Steamer (Fairfield Company), 9
Laboratory Instruments, Calibration of Engineering, 350, 401
Labour Commission, Minority Report of, 17
Labour and Machinery, 553
Laird, Birkenhead, Torpedo - Boat Destroyer “ Ferret,” 82, 338, 399
Lamp, Sinclair Comet, 731
Lamps, Testing of Glow, 831
Lancashire Boiler Experiments, 822
Lancashire Watch Manufacture, Standard Screws, 568, 621, 652
Lancaster Nickel Mine, United States, 725
Land Reclamation at the Elbe and Weser, 360
Lang, Johnstone, Brake Lathe, 518
Langley, Professor, on Internal Work of the Wind, 50. See Letters, Problem of Flight. See also 587
Lathe, Brake (Lang, Johnstone), 518
Lathe (F6tu-Defize and Co., Ltege), 684. See 591
Lathe, 42-In. Gun Turning (Southgate Company), 702
Lathe, Universal (Le Progrds Industriel, Brussels), 226
Lathe, Vertical, Hulse and Co., 131, 134
Lathe, Wheel-Turning (F^tu-Defize, Li6ge), 591. See 684
Lathes at Platt’s Works, 105, 113
Lathes, Wood-Turning, Platt Brothers and Co.’s Works, 105. See 113
Launches and Trial Trips, 28, 60, 94, 169, 214, 248, 282, 310, 338, 355, 385, 440, 470, 517, 564, 589, 654, 683, 750, 784, 818
Laundry Exhibition, 646
Laval’s Steam Turbine and Dynamos, 228
Laxey Electric Tramway, 236
Lead, Manufacture of Sulphate of, 1
Leaky Tubes, 678, 739
Least Work, Statically Indeterminate Structures and the Principle of, 597,658, 743. See Letters. See Erratum, 635
Leeds Engineering Company, Horizontal Winding Engine, 577
Legislation, New South Wales Mining, 494
Leicester Water Famine, 490
Leicestershire, Early Tramroads and Railways in,
Lengthening Swing Bridge (Sir Wm. Arrol and Co.), 539
Lens, Photographic (Cooke, York), 696
Lesseps, De, Ferdinand, 758, 787, 826
Letters to the Editor, 10, 13, 42, 46, 84, 164, 197, 237, 273, 305, 333, 362, 396, 431, 462, 496, 528, 547, 577, 616, 649, 679, 712, 745, 774, 797, 807, 843
Lewis’s Pipe Joint, 852
Leyden Jar Discharge through Divided Channels, 304
Lift Bridge over the Chicago River, 6
Lifts, Direct-Balanced, at the Hotel Australia, Sydney, 830
Light, Clerk Maxwell’s Theory, 382
Light’, Electric, Stations, Hampstead and Ealing, Light Railways, 53, 236, 583, 816, 845. See LightTatlways, Board of Trade and, 236, 583.
Light Railways for England, Proposed, 53. See Light Tower at Cape Charles, Va., 7-
Lighting ItoilwSr Carriages. Bleolrie.SM
Lima, Peru, 475, 507
Lime in the Blast-Furnace, Caustic, 2C9 Lindsay’s Coil Friction Clutch, 57 Lining Shafts, 625 .
Linlithgow, Railway Collision at, /84 n , Lintner and Sporburgs Revolution Countei, 852
Lion Cotton Spinning Mills, Royton, 192
Liquid Fuel Locomotive, Great Eastern Railway,
Liquid and Vapour, Relative Influences on Vapour Pressure, 648
Liquids, Viscosity of, 447
Lisbon Central Railway Station, 411, 446
Lister, Keighley, Gear-Cutting Machine, 87
Lister, Keighley, Milling Machine, 501
Literature, 2, 156, 361, 379, 443, 478, o!3, 542, 821
“Liver” Locomotive, 1832, 295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
“Liverpool” Locomotive, 1831,295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
Lloyd’s Record of Wrecks, 429, 676
Lloyd’s Returns, Shipbuilding, 80, 524
Load Line of Telephone Exchanges, 410
Lock Signal Failure at Baker-Street Station, 587
Lock to West India Docks, 473, 539, 598
Locomotive for Belgian State Railways, 450
Locomotive Boiler Explosion at Peterhead, 594
Locomotive Boiler Tests, 567. See 68. See Letters
Locomotion on Common Roads, 147, 222, 773
Locomotive, Electric (General Electric Company), 256
Locomotive, Express Passenger, Belgian (La Metallurgique Company), 293, 321, 384
Locomotive, Hagans Coupled Bogie, 831
Locomotive, Heilmann’s Electrical, 429. See Letters
Locomotive for Liquid Fuel, Great Eastern Railway, 763
Locomotive, Passenger, West Highland Railway, 344. See 414
Locomotive, Rack Railway in Japan, 508, 572. See 627
Locomotive Spark Throwing, 354
Locomotive, Speed and Coal Consumption of Train, 193
Locomotive Steam Crane (J. H. Wilson and Co., Liverpool), 634
Locomotive Works, 543
Locomotive Works, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 138
Locomotives, 2
Locomotives, Compound v. Non-Compound, 193
Locomotives, Early, 573. See Letters
Locomotives, Early British, 295, 483, 573. See Letters
Locomotives, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 139
Locomotives for Mountain Railways, 508, 572, 627
Locomotives, Passenger and Freight (Pittsburgh Company), 72
Logging Cableways, 341
London, Chatham, and Dover Continental Service, 172, 493, 558
London Count)7 Council Contracts, 145. See Letters
London Dock Improvement Works, 473, 539, 598
London Drainage, 189. See 533
London, Manchester and Sheffield Railway to, 304, 361, 643, 728, 793
London and North-Western Locomotives and Train Results, 193
London and North-Western Railway Employes’ Benefit Funds, 49, 427
London Sewage, 206
London and Sheffield Railway, New, 304, 361, 643, 728, 793 ‘
London Underground Railway, 543
London Water Supply, 460, 741
Loom Manufacture (Platt’s Works), 106. See
Looms, Hand, 97, 99, 100
Looms, Power (R. Haworth and Co.’s Works), 103. See also Platt Brothers and Co., 103
Looms, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mills, 103
“ Lord of the Isles,” Early Locomotive, 483
Loss of Power in Transmission Machinery at Central Stations, 218
Loughborough Junction, Collision near, 720
Lubricants, Testing Machine for, 41
Lubricator, Automatic Crankpin, 845
Lubricator, Reed’s Multiple, 261
“ Lucania” Record, 273, 332, 360, 389, 423, 455, 609. See Letter, 364. See 841
Ludwig Loewe and Co., Berlin, Oil-Testing Ma- 41, See Letters, also Double-Headed Milling Machine, 830
Luminescence of Glass due to Cathode Rays, 648
Luminous Power of Lighthouse Apparatus, 849

Macalpine, John H., and Flood, H. C., on Vibration of Steamers. 53, 82, 208
McMillan, Mr. Walter G., on Colour Gauges for Carbon Testing, 291
McNair, Mr. S. E., on Drawing Office Methods, Zv
Machine Tool Works (Hulse, Salford), 131-134
Machine Tools. See also Manchester Works
Machine Tools (F6tu-Defize, Lifcge), 591, 684
Machine Tools at Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, 120
Machine Tools (Le Progr^s Industriel, Brussels), 226
Machine Tools (Smith and Coventry, Manchester), 139
Machine Vice Dogs (Taylor, Birmingham), 179
Machinery and Labour, 553
Machinery in the United States, 299
Machinery of United States War Vessels, 81, 739, 837
Machinery of Warships, 676, 678, 739, 837
Magazine Rifle, United States, 351
Magnesia and Sulphur in Blast-Furnace Cinder, 757
Magnetic Survey of the United Kingdom, 223
Magnetic Treatment of Zinc Ores, 418
Magnetism, 383, 384
Magnetism, Mirrors of, 702
Magnetism, Terrestial, 302
“Magnificent,” H.M.S., 803. See Erratum, 835
Mail Steamers for War Purposes, 149, 402
Malines Company, Belgium, Balanced Water Crane, 420
Malleable Cast Iron, 586
Malvern Water Works Reservoir, 398
Manchester Drainage Works, 189, 533
Manchester Electric Lighting Station, 173, 368
Manchester Fire Brigade, 192
Manchester Gas Works, 135
Manchester Hydraulic Power Supply Station, 190
Manchester Municipal Schools, 394
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Locomotive Works, 138
Manchester and Sheffield Railway to London, 304, 361, 643, 728, 793
Manchester Ship Canal, 52, 300
Manchester Ship Canal Conference, 207
Manchester Shipping Offices and Packing Company’s Warehouses, 192

Manchester Works (Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Visit! :

Special Number, 97 to 142
Cotton Mills of Richard Haworth and Co., 98
Platt Brothers and Company, Limited, Oldham, New and Old and Werneth Spindle Works, 103
Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, Bolton (Engineering), 120
Hoyle’s Calico Printing Works, 126
Thomas Robinson and Son, Limited, Rochdale (Wood-Working), 127
Galloways, Limited, Knott Mill Works, 130
Hulse and Co.’s Machine Tool Works, 131
Manchester Gas Works, 135
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Locomotive Works, Gorton, 138
Smith and Coventry, Limited, Gresley Iron Works, 139
Adam Ashworth and Sons, Fernhill Hat Works, 142
North End Spinning Company, Bolton, 192
Dobson and Barlow, Bolton, 193
Crewe Locomotive Works, 193
Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Gorton, 193
Salford Gas Works, 195

Manganese Slags of Tombstone, Arizona, 755
Manoeuvring in Naval Warfare, 572. See 482, 539, 585
Manufacture of Portland Cement, 676
Manufacture of Sulphate of Lead, 1
Marine Boiler Management and Construction, 379, 443
Marine Construction, Future, 203, 268
Marine Engineers, Training of, 641
Marine Section, Antwerp Exhibition, 203, 268
Maritime Congress, Luminous Power of Lighthouse Apparatus, 849
Martens’(Professor) Oil-Testing Machine (Ludwig Loewe and Co., Berlin), 41. See Letters
Maudslay, Engines of H.M.S. “ Monarch,” 546
Maxim’s Flying Machine, 173, 196, 253. See Letters
Meade, Admiral, on the Requirements of Naval Defence, 790
Measuring Machine, Micrometer (Cooke, York), 696
Measuring Small Strains, Apparatus for, 384
Mechanical Draught, 292. See Induced Draught

Mechanical Engineers, American Society of:

Montreal Meeting, 65, 161
Presidential Address on Technical Education, by Mr. Coxe, 65
Notes on the Theory of Shaft Governors, by Mr. A. K. Mansfield, 161
A New Recording Gauge for Extremely High Ranges of Pressures, by Professor W. H. Bristol, 161
Compressed Air, by Mr. F. H. Richards, 163
The Relation of the Drawing Office to the Shop in Manufacturing, by Mr. A. W. Robinson, 164, 469
The Theory of Steam Jackets; Current Practice, by Professor Thurston, 187
Results of Experiments with a 50 Horse-Power Single Non-Condensing Ball and Wood Engine to Determine the Influence of Compression on the Water Consumption, by Professor Jacobus, 187
Cylinder Proportions for Compound Engines Determined by their Free Expansion Losses, by Mr. F. II. Ball, 187
A New Method of Compound Steam Distribution, by Mr. F. M. Rites, 187
Tests of a Small Electric Railway Plant, by Mr. Jesse M. Smith, 188
Power Loss in the Transmission Machinery in Central Stations, by Mr. W. S. Aldrich, 218
Power Station of the Montreal Street Railway Company (Visit), 219
Rustless Coating of Iron and Steel, by Mr. M. P. Wood, 219
A New Mechanical Fluid, by Mr. C. W. Hunt, 27°
The First Stationary Steam Engines in America, by Professor F. R. Hutton, 271
The Cost of an Indicated Horse-Power, by De-courcy May, 291
Effect of Varying the Weight of the Regenerator in the Hot-Air Engine, by Mr. G. W. Bissell, 292
Mechanical Engineers, American Society ef—continued.
Mechanical Draught, by Mr. W. R. Roney, 292 Results of Measurements of the Water Consumption of an Unjacketed 1600 Horse-Power Compound Harris-Corliss Engine, by Professor Jacobus, 292
A Cast-Steel Propeller Blade, by Mr. Frank B. King,293
Excursions, 293
Maximum Contemporary Economy of the Steam Engine, 29
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of: 557
Manchester Meeting, Works Visited. See Manchester Works
Programme and Arrangements, 97
Manchester Electric Lighting Works, by Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., 173, 368
Electric Welding, by Mr. B. A. Dobson, 175,182 Description of Twin-Screw Propellers with
Adjustable Immersion Fitted on Canal Boats, by Mr. H. Barcroft, 188, 468. See Letters
Manchester Drainage Works, by Mr. W. T. Olive, 189, 533
Excursions and Entertainments, 190,192
Hydraulic Power Station, 190
Oldham Corporation Lighting Station, 192
Manchester Shipping Offices and Packing Company’s Warehouse, 192
Manchester Fire Brigade, 192
Dobson and Barlow’s, 193
Crewe Locomotive Works, 193
London Meeting.
The Manufacture of Standard Screws for Machine-Made Watches, by Mr. Charles J. Hewitt, 568, 621, 652
Drilling Machines for Cylindrical Boiler Shells, by Mr. Samuel Dixon, 569, 780
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Apparatus for Determining, 831
Mechanical Fluid, A New, 270
Mechanical Training, Professor Kennedy on, 245, 267. See Letters
Merchant Cruisers, Mail Steamers and, 149, 402
Merchant Fleets and Navy, 358
Merchant Steamers, Speeds of, 304
Mersey Floating Landing Stage, 740
Mershon, Mr. R. D., on the Friction Clutch in Theory and Practice, 439
Metal Cutting, Band Saw (F^tu-Defize, Liege), 591. See 684
Metal Price Diagram, 25, 178, 334, 464, 590, 746, 841
Metallurgique, La Soci^td Anonyme, Tubize, Express Locomotive, 293, 321, 384
Meteorological Society, Royal:
Suggestions as to the Methods of Determining the Influence of Springs on the Temperature of a River, as Illustrated by the Thames and its Tributaries, by Dr. H. B. Guppy, 678
Floods in the West Midlands, by Mr. H. Southall, 797
Meteorological Observations at Mojanga, by Mr. S. C. Knott, 797
Metropolitan Railways of Berlin, 807
Metropolitan Sewage, 206
Micrometer Measuring Machine (Cooke, York), 696
Midland Railway, Third-Class Dining Coaches, 80
Midlands, Floods in West, Mr. H. Southall, 797
Milk, New Bacterium in, 450
Mill, Cotton, Machinery. See Platt Brothers and Co.’s Works, 103. See also 98
Mill Engine, 1000 Horse-Power Triple-Expansion (Coates, Belfast), 230
Mill Engines (Hick, Hargreaves, and Co.), 120
Mill Engines, Tin Bar Rolling (Davy Brothers, Sheffield), 546
Milling and Boring Machine, Universal (Atlas Company, Birmingham), 747
Milling, Double-Headed, Machine (Loewe), 830
Milling Machine (F^tu-Defize and Co., Lidge), 684
Milling Machine, Horizontal (Smith and Coventry, Manchester), 139
Milling Machine (Hulse, Salford), 131,134
Milling Machine (Lister, Keighley), 501
Milling Tool Grinder (Hulse, Salford), 131, 134
Milling Tools at Platt’s Works, 113
Milling Zinc Ore, 262, 294, 418, 777
Mills, Cotton, Haworth’s, 98
Mills, North End Spinning Mills, Bolton, 192
Mills, Peel, Bury, 192
Milwaukee Pumping Triple Engines, Efficiency, 29
Mine, United States Nickel, 725
Mineral Resources of United States, 663, 697
Miners’ Strike, Scotch, 554
Mines, Explosions from Coal-Dust, 391, 513
Mines, Ringwood Iron, 755
^pan’ )^577 Engine (Leeds Engineering Com-Mining, Diamond, in South Africa, 807

Mining Engineers, American Society

Connecticut Meeting, 599
Ironmaking in Connecticut, by Dr. George L.
Porter, 600
A Uniform Method for the Assay of Copper Material for Gold or Silver, by Dr. A. R. Ledoux, 600
Colliery Explosions, 601
Inaccuracy of the Commercial Assay for Silver and Metallurgical Statistics in Silver Mills, with Special Reference to the Treatment of Roasted Ores by Amalgamation and by the Russell Process, by Mr. C. A. Stetefeldt, 692
The New Mining Law, by Dr. Raymond, 692 Does the Vibration of Stamps Change their
Molecular Structure (Discussion) ? 693
Excursions, 693, 725
The Waterbury Watch Works, 695
zi United States Nickel Mine, by Professor J.
F. Kemp, 725
Aluminum-Bronze, by Dr. Leonard Waldo,
Alunogen and Bauxite, New Mexico, by W.
P. Blake, 728
Milling Engineers, American Society of —continued.
Taylor Gas-Producing Plant at the Ontario Mill, by C. A. Stetefeldt, 728
Structure of the Richmond Coal Basin, by E.
J. Schmitz, 728
The Manganese Slags of Tombstone, Arizona, by John A. Church, 755
A 12-Mile Transmission of Power by Electricity, by Frederick H. Davis, 755
The Ringwood Iron Mines, New Jersey, by F.
L. Nason, 755
Magnesia and Sulphur in Blast - Furnace Cinder, by Frank Firmstone, 757
The Ore Deposits of Butte City, 758
Mining, Explosions from Coal-Dust, 391, 513, 601
Mining Law, United States, 692
Mining Legislation, New South Wales, 494 “ Minneapolis,” United States Cruiser, 563, 837 Minority Report of Labour Commission, 17 Mirrors of Magnetism, 702
Miscellanea, 24, 56, 77, 152, 169, 210, 240, 265, 306, 334, 355, 389, 423, 455, 495, 521, 560, 590, 609, 639, 679, 705, 737, 767, 801, 835
Models, Use of, for Determining Curves of Stability, 792
Moisture, Influence on the Electrification and Combination of Gases, 447
“ Monarch,” Engines of H.M.S. (Maudslay), 546 Monolithic Concrete Pipe, 712
Monteponi, Sardinia, Zinc Separating Plant, 262, 294, 418, 777
Montreal Street Railway Power Station, 219 Monument, West Point Soldiers’, 409
Mortar, United States 7-In. Breechloading Siege, 453
Mortars and Brickwork, Adhesion of Cement, 647
Mortising Machine (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Morton, Mr. H., on Pneumatic Pyrometer, 251 Morton’s Reaction Engine, 211
Moss, Construction of West Highland Railway, 63. See also 155, 217, 285
Motor, “Demon” Water (Pitman, Manchester), 531
Mountain Railways, Strategic, 572, 627, 657
Mounting of Guns in Spanish Cruisers, 7,257, 317 Mudd’s Tail Shaft Protector, 399. See Letters Muirhead v. Commercial Cable Company, 838 Mule Headstock (Platt Brothers and Co.), 102, 108
Mule, Self-Acting (Platt’s Works), 102, 106
Mule Spinning, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mills, 102.
See also Platt Brothers and Co., 104,105, 108 Mumford’s Pumps, “ Tantallon Castle,” 668 Municipal Technical Schools, 394 Municipalisation of Tramways, 21 Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, 272 Museum, Railroad, Chicago, 525
Musgrave Brothers, Leeds, Portable Hydraulic Riveter, 335
Musgrave and Son’s Works, Bolton, 193
Narrow-Gauge Railways, 53, 236, 583, 815, 845.
See Letters, Light Bailivaysfor England National Competition (Industrial), 327
Natural Gas Production in United States, 697 i “ Naval Annual,” Brassey’s, 156
Naval Architects, Institution of:
On the Amplitude of Rolling on a NonSy nchronous Wave, by M. E. Bertin, 92
Southampton Meeting.
Presidental Address, Lord Brassey, Navy and Mercantile Marine, 147
The Harbours and Docks of Southampton, by Mr. John Dixon, 148, 279
The Importance of Economy of Fuel in very Fast Vessels, and on the Advantages to be derived from Heating the Feed Water, by M. J. A. Normand, Havre, 148, 435. See Letter, 165
The Influence of Circulation on Evaporative Efficiency of Water-Tube Boilers, by Mr. John I. Thornycroft, 148, 214. See Letters
The Design of Mail Steamers, with Special Reference to their Use for War Purposes, by Professor J. H. Biles, 149, 402
A Rapid Method of Calculating Wetted Surfaces, by Mr. Archibald Denny, 151, 405
Recent Experience with Cylindrical Boilers and the Ellis and Eaves Suction Draught, by Mr. F. Gross, 157, 213. See also 199, 260
The Ventilation of Steamships, with Special Reference to the Removal of Explosive and Foul Gases from Bulk Oil Steamers, by Messrs. Terry and Flannery, 160,180
Entertainments, 160
Portsmouth Dockyard Visit, 160
Excursions, 161
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society oi: . , „
Some Suggestions of Professional Experience in Connection with the Construction of the Last Ten Years, by Admiral Meade, United States Navy, 790
The Use of Small Models for Determining Curves of Stability, by M. E. Bertin, 792
Some Obstacles to Ship Building and Owningin America, 792
Dynamic Indicator Tester, Professor C. H. Peabody and Assistant Professor E. F. Miller on a, 822
The Present Status of Face-Hardened Armour, by Captain W. T. Sampson, 822
Hydraulic Power for Warships, by A. W. Stahl, 823
Yachts in America and England, by Lewis Nixon, 823
Experience Gained with New Steel Ships as Regards Care and Preservation, by Philip Hichborn, 825
Cellulose and its Application to Warships, by M. E. Cheneau, 826
Naval Battle, 425
Naval Defence Act Fleet, Trial Results, 676, 677. See 678
Naval Defence Requirements, 790
Naval Expenditure, 358
Naval Tactics, Modern, 479, 512, 539, 585
Navies, Japan and China, 178
Navigation of the Air, 587. See also Flying Machines
Navy, Additions to, 806
Navy Boilers and Machinery, 678, 739
Navy and Contracts, 233
Navy Expenditure and Work, 358
Navy, French, 35
Navy, H.M.S. “ Magnificent,” 803. See Erratum, 835
Navy and Merchant Ship Progress, 147
N807’ Portuguese’ Novel Method of Building, Navy, United States, Engineering in the, 707,837 Navy, United States, .Requirements, 790
^417 ^aseous Constituent of our Atmosphere,
New South Wales Mining Legislation, 494
New York Elevated Railroads, 430
“ New York,” S.S., Passages, 360, 389, 841. See Atlantic Record
Newcastle, Railway Collision at, 635
Newcomen Engine, An Existing, 453
Newhaven and Dieppe Steamer “ Tamise” (Forges et Chan tiers), 483
NewhavenandDiepye T.-S.S. “Seaford’’(Denny, Dumbarton), 385. See 483
Newtonmore, Railway Accident at, 605
Niagara Falls Water Power Company, 343, 810.
See 375 F
Niagara Gorge, 342
Nickel Mine, United States, 725
Nile Reservoirs and Philae, 161, 196. See Letters
Noble, Sir Andrew, on the Measurement of Pressures in Guns, 331
Non-Synchronous Wave, Amplitude of Rolling on a, 92
“ Norman,” Union Line South African T.-S.S. (Harland and Wolff, Belfast), 699, 732, 811
Normand on Fuel Economy in Ships and Feed Heating, 148, 435. See also 87. See Letter, 165
Normand, M. J. A., on Action of Screw Propeller, 21, 58
Normand’s Feed-Water Heater, 87. See also 148 and 435
North British Railway Locomotive, 344. See 414
North End Spinning Mills, Bolton, 192
North of France Railway, Accident on the, 394
North German Lloyd Steamers, 841
North River, Removal of Rock, 411
North Sea-Baltic Canal, 81, 527
Notes from Cleveland and the Northern Counties, 23, 55, 76, 151, 168, 201, 231, 264, 296, 325, 353, 389, 422, 454, 487, 530, 559, 588, 606, 638, 671, 703, 736, 766, 800, 834
Notes, Foreign and Colonial, 23, 354, 559
Notes from the North, 22, 54, 76, 151, 168, 200, 227, 263, 297, 324, 388, 422, 454, 487, 520, 558, 588, 608, 638, 670, 704, 736, 766, 800, 834
Notes from the South-West, 23, 55, 76, 152, 168, 201,231, 264, 296,325, 336, 353, 406,422,464, 486, 520, 559, 589, 608, 630,671, 704, 766, 800, 835
Notes from South Yorkshire, 23, 56, 75, 151,167, 201, 231, 264, 296, 325, 353, 388, 420, 455, 520, 559, 589, 606, 637, 671, 703, 736, 766, 800, 835
Notes from the United States, 44, 73, 151, 200, 305, 324, 351, 420, 461, 496, 516, 637, 670, 702, 733, 765, 796, 831
November Weather, 742

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October Weather, 613
Ogle’s Rock Drill, 773
Ohm’s Laws, Verifying, 702
Oil Fuel Locomotive, Great Eastern Railway, 763
Oil Steamers, Ventilation of, 160,180
Oil Testing Machine (Professor A. Martens, Berlin), 41. See Letters
Oil Trade, Russian, 772
Oldham Electric Light Works, 192
Oleates, Contact with Water, Soap Bubbles Formed by, 384
Olive, Mr. W. T., on Manchester Drainage Works, 189, 533
“Olympia;,” United States Protected Cruiser, (Union Works, San Francisco), 166
Open-Hearth Steel, 289
Operating Canal Gates, 316
Optical Instrument Works, 660, 696
Optical Instruments for Individual Eyes, 383
Ore Deposits in Butte City, 758
Ore, Iron, on the Mediterranean, 291
Ore Production in the United States, 663. See 697
Ore Sampler, Bridgman’s, 651
Ore Washing at Monteponi Works, 204, 419, 777
Ore, Zinc, Separating Plant at Monteponi, Sardinia, 262, 294, 418, 777
Owning and Building Ships in America, Obstacles to, 792
Oxford Electric Light, 347
Ozone, Production of, 744. See Letters

Pacific and Atlantic Steamships and Cables, 770
Packing Ring, Eastwood’s, 332
Paddle Engines. See Engines
Paddle v. Screw Steamers, 203. See 268
Paddlesteamers. See Steamers
Panama Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps, 758, 787, 826. See Letters, De Lesseps
Paris, Compressed Air, The Distribution of, 313
“ Paris,” S.S., Passages, 360, 389, 841. See Atlantic Record
Parliament at Portsmouth, 81
Partington and Co., Bradford, Water-Tube Boiler, 73
Passenger and Cargo Steamers, 268, 494
Passenger Channel Service, 558. See also Channel
Passenger and Freight Locomotives (Pittsburgh Company), 72
Passenger Locomotive, Belgian (La Metallurgique Company), 293, 321, 384
Patent Agents, 18. See Letters
Patent Agents, Present Position, 234
Patent Law, International (Muirhead v. Commercial Cable Company), 838
Patent Record, 31, 61, 95, 153, 185, 215, 249, 283, 311, 339, 373, 407, 441, 471, 505, 537, 565, 595, 623, 655, 689, 721, 751, 785, 818, 853
Pauper Immigration, 301
Peel Mills, Bury, 192
Pennsylvania Railroad, Early Canal Boats and Rolling Stock on, 796
Pennsylvania Railroad Permanent Way, 543
Pensionsand Profit-Sharing Funds, Workmcn’s, 49, 427
Permanent Way of Pennsylvania Railroad, 543
Peru, Andean Oasis, Railway, andc., 475, 507
Peruvian Corporation, 675, 712
Peterhead Locomotive Boiler Explosion, 594
Petroleum Production in the World, 697
Petroleum Trade, Russian, 772
Philadelphia Terminus of the Reading Railroad,
Philaj, Temple of, 161, 196. See Letters, A’t'Ze, <fcc.
Phcenix Company, Ghent, Engine with Hertay Valve Gear, 226
Photo-Electric Leakage, 381
Photographic Action of Stationary Light Waves,
Photographic Lens (Cooke, York), 696 Photographs of Flames, 26

Physical Society :

Photographs of Flames, by Captain Abney, 26
An Elementary Theory of Planimeters, by Professor O. Henrici, 26
The Hatchet Planimeter, by Mr. F. W. Hill, 27
A New Integrating Apparatus, by Mr. A. Sharp, 27
The Influence of Temperature on the Specific Heat of Aniline, by Mr. E. H. Griffiths, M.A., 605
The Significance of Wiener’s Localisation of the Photographic Action of Stationary Light-Waves, by Dr. J. Larmor, 648
The Influence of the Relative Volumes of Liquid and Vapour on the Vapour Pressure of a Liquid at Constant Temperature, by Dr. Sidney Young, 648
On a Suggestion of Professor J. J. Thomson in connection with the Luminescence of Glass due to Cathode Rays, by Mr. Burke, 648
A Modification of the Ballistic Galvanometer Method of Determining the Electro-Magnetic Capacity of a Condenser, by Mr. Womack, 702
Mirrors of Magnetism, by Professor S. P. Thompson, 702
Student’s Apparatus for Verifying Ohm’s Law, by Professor Ayrton, 702
Student’s Simple Apparatus for Determining the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, by Professor W. E. Ayrton and Mr. H. C. Haycraft, 831
Tests of Glow Lamps and Description of the Measuring Instruments employed, by Professor W. E. Ayrton and Mr. E. A. Medley, 831

“ Pioneer,” Early Locomotive, 573. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
Pipe Explosion on Board Ship, Steam, 593
Pipe Joint, Lewis’s, 852
Pipe Wrench, Hunter’s, 852
Piping, Holt’s Wiping Rings, 13
Pirn Winder (Platt Brothers and Co.), 102,117,118
Pirrie and Wilson’s Steam Steering Gear, T.-S.S. “ Norman,” 811
Piston Packing Ring, Eastwood’s, 332
Pit-Head Works, 774
Pit Shafts, Sinking and Equipment, 625
Pitman, Manchester, “Demon” Water Motor,531 Pitting of Boilers, 527
Pittsburgh Company, Passenger and Freight Locomotives, 72
Pittsburgh Reduction Company’s Works, Niagara, 377
“ Planet” Locomotive, 1830, 295. See Letters Locomotives, Early
Planimeters, An Elementary Theory of, 26
Planimeter, Hatchet, 27
Planing Machine (Hulse, Salford), 131, 134
Planing Machine (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Plasticity of Iron and Steel, 330
Platt Brothersand Co.’s Works, Oldham, 103
Plunger Pumps, Treble Barrel Vertical (Hayward Tyler and Co.), 845
Pneumatic Despatch System Air Pumps (Cooke, York), 696
Pneumatic Pyrometer, 251
Pneumatic Tyres, 678
Pocket Wire Gauge (Messrs. Glover, Salford), 558
Pohld Air Lift Pump, 42
Polishing Machine, Wood, T. Robinson and Sons, Limited, Rochdale, 127
Pollution of Aire and Calder, 426, 459, 526
Popp’s Compressed Air System in Paris, 313
Port of Copenhagen, 647
Portents of Marine Construction, 203
Portland Cement, 51
Portland Cement Manufacture, 676. See Letters
Portsmouth Dockyard, Visit of Institution of Naval Architects, 160
Portsmouth, Parliament at, 81
Portuguese Navy, Proposed Method of Building, 807
Post Office Railway Car, United States, 196
Postage Stamp Affix er, Elliot’s, 384
Power Looms (R. Haworth’s and Co.’s Works), 103. See also Platt Brothers and Co.
Power, Loss, in Transmission, at Central Stations, 218
Power, Luminous, of Lighthouse Apparatus, 849
Power Rental, 50
Power Station of Montreal Tramway, 219
Power Supply Station, Glasgow, Hydraulic, 33 Power Transmission, Electric, 289, 309, 755 Power Transmission in Sweden, Electric, 759 Preller, C. S. du Riche, on Strategic Mountain
Railways, 572, 627, 657
Press, Breuer-Schumacher Forging, 84
Press Summary, Technical, 557
Pressure, Wind, 614
Pressures of Guns, Measurement of, 331
Price’s Candle Company’s Pension Scheme, 49.
See 427
Primary Cells with Gaseous Depolarisers, 429
“ Prinses Marie,” Paddle Steamer, Howden’s Draught, 577. See Letters, Water-Tube v. Cylindrical Boilers
Printing Calico, Hoyle’s Works, 126
Printing Machine, Three-Colour Fabric (Hulse, Manchester), 136. See also 125
“ Priscilla,” Fall River Line American Paddle Steamer (Fletcher Company, Hoboken), 38
Private Bill Legislation, 708, 740
Profession, Engineering as a Learned, 489
Profit-Sharing Funds, Workmen’s Pensions and, 49, 427
Projectiles, Armour Plates and, 613
Propeller Blade, Cast Steel, 293
Propellers, Flow of Water to, 21, 837
Propellers, Screw, and Effects of Immersion, 58
Propellers, Triple, 837
Prussian Locomotive, Hagans Coupled, 831
Pulley, Self-Lubricating Loose (Smith and
Grace, London), 558
Pullman, Recent Strike, 523
Pullman, United States Post Office Car, 196
Pulp Mill at Niagara, 375
Pulsometer Company, Refrigerating Plant, 351
Pulsometer Company, Vacuum Pumps, 765
Pump, Pohld Air Lift, 42
Pumps, Air, Pneumatic Despatch System (Cooke, York), 696
Pumps, Mumford’s, for S.S. “Tantallon Castle,” 668
Pumps, Treble Barrel, Vertical Plunger (Hayward Tyler and Co.), 845
Pumps, Vacuum (Pulsometer Company), 765
Pumping Engine (Simpson and Co.), Testing,
Pumping Engines, Glasgow Hydraulic Power Supply, 33
Pumping Engines, Triple-Expansion, Efficiency, 29
Pumping Machinery, West India Docks (Easton, Anderson, and Goolden, Limited), 539
Pumping Shafts, 625
Pumping Station at Copenhagen, Sewage, 773
“Puritan,” “Pilgrim,” “Providence,” “Plymouth,” andc., American River Steamers, 38
Pyrometer, Pneumatic, 251
Quadruple-Expansion Engines. See Engines
Quick-Firing Guns, Canet, 753
Rack Railways in Japan, 508, 572
Rack Railways, Strategic, 572, 627, 657
Radiators, Condensation in Cast-Iron, 411
Rail Formation of Pennsylvania Railroad, 543
Railroad Museum, Chicago, 525
Railroad, Pennsylvania, Early Canal Boats and
Rolling Stock on, 796
Railroad, Permanent Way of Pennsylvania, 543
Railroad. See also Railway
Railroad Station at Chicago, Illinois Central, 518
Railroads at New York, Elevated, 430
Railroads in the United States, 2, 299, 428
Railway Accident at Newtonmore, 605
Railway Accident, Northern of France, 394
Railway Brake, Boyden, 241
Railway Car, United States Post-Office, 196
Railway Cars, Belgian, 516, 546
Railway Carriages, Electric Lighting of, 394
Railway Carriages, Third-Class Dining, Great
Northern, 167. See 80
Railway Coal Bill, 236
Railway Collision, Buffer Stop, St. Pancras, 372
Railway Collision at Donington-on-Bain, 516
Railway Collision at Linlithgow, 784
Railway Collision near Loughborough Junction, 720
Railway Collision at Newcastle, 63.5
Railway Collision at Templecombe, 461
Railway Collision, Winsford, 398
Railway Congress, International, 646. See
Letters
Railway Crossing Accident near Chartham, 733
Railway Derailment at Farlington, 419
Railway Derailments, 419, 701
Railway Development in the South Yorkshire
Coalfields, 329
Railway Dining Caches, 80, 167
Railway, Electric, Plant, Testing United States, 188
Railway Excavation and Embankments, United States, 343
Railway Locomotives. See Locomotives
Rad way to London, Manchester and Sheffield.
304, 361, 613, 728, 793
Railway, London Underground, 543
Railway, Montreal Street, 219
Railway Point Rod Roller, Charrington’s
Suspended (Saxby and Farmer), 211
Railway Projects in England, 555
Railway Results, Scotch, 394
Railway Schemes in Parliament, New British
708. See 740 ’
Railway, Siberian, 493
Railway Signals, Failure at Baker-Street Station, 587
Railway Signals, Union Pneumatic Block, 483
Railway Signalling, 375
Railway Situation in England, 555
Railway Slip-Coach Accident at Reading, 15
Railway Station at Lisbon, Central, 411, 446
Railway Station, Reading Company’s Terminus
Philadelphia, 731
Railway, Swedish North Trunk State, 272
Railway Traffic and Strikes, British, 392
Railway, West Highland, 63, 155, 217, 285, 344 414
Railway Zone Tariff in Russia, 841
Railways, Electric, United States Street, 821
Railways in Ceylon, 614
ailways for England, Proposed Light, 53. See Letters
Railways, India, 457, 840
Railways, Light, 53, 236, 583, 816, 845. See Letters
Railways, Light, Board of Trade and, 53, 236, 583, 769. See Letters
Railways, Metropolitan, of Berlin, 807
Railways, Narrow-Gauge, 53, 236. See Letters,
Light Railways for England
Railways in Peru, 475, 507
Railways, Rack, in Japan, 508, 572
Railways, South African, 208
Railways, Strategic Mountain, 572, 627, 657
Railways and Trainroads in Leicestershire, Early, 469
Railways, United States, 2, 299, 428
Rainfall and Distribution, 490
Ram in Naval Warfare, 512. See 482, 539, 585
Rapid-Firing Guns, Canet, 753
Rasmussen, Captain A., on Influence of Depth of Water on Ships’ Speed, 337
Rayleigh, Lord, on New Atmospheric Gas, 417
Reaction Engine, Morton’s, 211
Reading Railroad, Philadelphia Terminus, 731
Reading, Railway Slip Coach Accident at, 15
Reciprocity with Colonies, 770
Reclamation of Land at the Elbe and the Weser, 360
Record, Atlantic, 272, 332, 360, 389, 423, 455, 609.
See Letter, 364. See 841
Reduction of Aluminium, 82
Reel, Double Bobbin (Platt Brothers and Co.), 102, 117
Refrigerating Machinery, T.-S.S. “ Norman ” (Hall Co.), 811
Refrigerating Machinery, “Tantallon Castle” (Haslam), 668
Refrigerating Plant (Pulsometer Company), 351
Refuse Disposal by Burning, 503
Regulation of Factories and Workshops, Parliamentary Report, 79
Reid’s Multiple Lubricator, 261
Reliance Building, Chicago, 576. See Letters, See Erratum, 705
Requirements of Naval Defence, United States, 790
Reservoir, Malvern Water Works, 398
Reservoirs, Nile, and Philee, 161,196. See Letters Nile, andc.
Resistance of Solids Moving through Fluids, 253
Retaining Walls on West Highland Railway, 63.
See also 155, 217, 285, 344, 414
Revolution Counter, 852
Rice and Co., Leeds, Portable Hydraulic Riveter, 57
Richmond Coal Basin, 728
Rider Valve Gear, Horizontal Engine (Bolhnckx, Brussels), 293
Rifle, United States Magazine, 351
Ring Spinning Frame (Platt Brothers and Co.), 100, 107
Ring Spinning Frame, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mills, 102. See also Platt Brothers and Co., 103
Ringbahn of Berlin, 807
Rings, Holt’s Wiping, 13
Ring wood Iron Mines, 755 i
River Pollution, Aire and Calder, 426, 459, 526
River Rock Removal, 411
River Steamers, Fall Line, American, 38
River Training, Sher Shah Bridge, Punjab, 320
Rivers, Influence of Springs on Temperature, 678
Riveter, Portable Hydraulic (Musgrave, Leeds), 335
Riveter, Portable Hydraulic (Rice and Co., Leeds), 57
Rivets for Belt Joints, Forked, 13
Road Locomotion, 147, 222, 773
Road Traction, 147, 222, 773
Robinson, Mr. A. W., on Drawing Office Rules, 469 Robinson, Rochdale, Wood-Working Plant for
Dock Gates, 352 ; Wood-Working Machinery, 127
Rock Drill, Schram’s, 778
Rock Removal at North River, New York, 411
Rollers, Fluted (Platt’s Works), 99, 106, 114
Rollers, Stresses in Bridge, 807
Rolling Mill Engines, Tin Bar (Davy Brothers, Sheffield), 546
Rolling on a Non-Synchronons Wave, Amplitude of, 92
Rolling Stock and Canal Boats, Early, on Pennsylvania Railroad, 796
Rolling Stock, West Highland Railway 344, 414 Roof, Glasgow Hydraulic Power Supply, 33 Roof, Lisbon Central Railway Station, 411, 446
Roof, Reading Company’s Station, Philadelphia, 731
Rotating Cylinder in a Steady Current, Behaviour, 2*53
Rotational Axis of the Earth, Displacement of the, 303
Roving Frame (Platt Brothers and Co.), 99, 100, 112
Russell’s Four-Valve Automatic Engine, 384
Russell’s Horizontal Engine (Massillon, Ohio), 164
Russia, Canals in, 557
Russia, Zone Tariff in, 841
Russian Petroleum Trade, 772
Rustless Coating for Iron and Steel, 219
“ St. George,” Engines of H.M.S. (Earle Company, Hull), 450
“ St. Louis,” New American Liner, 634
St. Pancras, Buffer Stop Collision, 372
“ St. Paul,” New American Liner, 634
1 Salford, Boiler Explosion at, 654
Salford Gas W orks, 195
Salford Sewage Works, 360
Saloon Carriages, West Highland Railway, 344, 414
Sampler, Bridgman’s Ore, 651
“ Samson ” Locomotive, 1833, 295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
Sanitary Washhouse at Glasgow, 778
Sanitation, Cheap, 171
Sanitation Problems, 171, 189, 205
Sanitation (Sir Robert Rawlinson’s Presidential Address), 648
Saw, Metal Cutting Band (Fetu-Defize, Lidge. 591. See 684
Saws (Platt Brothers and Co.’s Works), 103
Saws (T. Robinson and Sons, Limited, Rochdale), 127 • , n
Schools, Manchester Municipal Technical, 394
Schram’s Rock Drill, 773
Scotch Coal-Miners’ Strike, 554
Scotch Iron, Early, 493
Scotch Railway Results, 394
Scott and Mountain, Electrically-Driven Fan for
Induced Draught, 465
Screw v. Paddle Steamers, 203. See 268
Screw Propeller Blade, Cast-Steel, 293
Screw Propellers and Effects of Immersion, 58, 837
Screw Propellers, Flow of Water to, 21, 837
Screws, Standard, for Watches, 568, 621, 652
Screws, Triple, 837
Scutching Machines, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mill,
99, 101. See also Platt Brothers and Co., 103
Seaborne Commerce and Navy Expenditure, 358
Seabury Breech Mechanism, 69
“ Seaford,” Channel T.-S.S. (Denny, Dumbarton),
385. See 483
Seamen’s Barometer Manual, 361
Selby-Bigge, Mr. D., on Electric Transmission of Power, 289, 309
Self-Lubricating Pulley (Smith and Grace, London), 558
September Weather, 460
Serve Tubes, Tests, 461. See Erratum, 488
Sewage Disposal at Chautauqua, 376
Sewage Problems, 171, 189, 205, 618
Sewage Pumping Station at Copenhagen, 773
Sewage Works, Manchester, 189, 533
Sewage Works, Salford, 360
Sewerage System and Disposal of Sewage, St.
Paul, Min., 376
Shaft Coupling, 500 Horse-Power, Syner’s, 619
Shaft Governors, 161
Shaft Sinking, 625
Shafts, Corrosion of Tail (Steamers), 399. See Letters
Shanks, Johnstone, Slotting Machine, 488
Sheffield and Manchester Railway to London, 304, 361, 643, 728, 793
Sher Shah Bridge, Punjab, 320
Ship. See Battleship, Cruiser, and Steamer
Ship Canal Conference, Manchester, 207
Ship Canal, Manchester, 52, 300
Ship Models, 203, 268
Ship Rolling, 92
Ship Building and Owning in America, Obstacles to, 792
Ships, Electricity on Board, 741
Ships, Maintenance of Steel, 825
Ships’ Speed, Influence of Depth of Water, 337
Ships’Wetted Surfaces, Method of Calculating, 151, 405
Shipbuilding Trade, 80, 524, 806
Shipbuilding Works, Growth of Great, 494
Shipping, Condition of, 147
Shipping and Navy, 358, 806
Shipping Trade, 80, 524
Shipping in United States, 299
Shipping Wrecks, Lloyd’s Return, 429, 676
Siberian Railway, 493
Siege Mortar, 7-In. Breechloading, United States, 453
Siemens Electric Light Station, Cardiff, 759
Siemens’ Pension Scheme, 49. See 427
Signa!, Block and Lock, Failure at Baker-Street
Station, 587
Signalling, Boughton’s Telephotos, 328. See Letters, Telephotos
Signalling, Railway, 211, 375
Signalling through Space, 346
Signals, Union Pneumatic Block, 483
/Iw’ 8Misties for United States, Inaccuracies,
692 ’
Simpson’s Pumping Engine Tests, 717
Sinclair Comet Lamp, 731
Sinking Shafts, 625
Slabs, Concrete Iron Arches and, 615 qin?hiiMaMga^Se’ ™ Tombstone, Arizona, 755
See afso 98 m2’ Br°therS Md °°” 107‘
Slip-Coach Accident at Reading 15
Siips of Screw and Paddle Steamers, 203. See zoo
■Slotting Machine (Shanks, Johnstone), 488
Sludge Presses, 189. See 533
Smallman’s Haulage Clip, 501
Smith and Coventry, Gresley Iron Works 139
S1558h and GraCe Self'Lubricating Loose Pulley,
Smithfield Club Show, 771
Smoke, Calorific Value of, 207
^yers Coupling, 500 Horse-Power, 619
Motion 38?’ Alka’ine °leates and Vortex
Soldering Aluminium, 744
Sonfhnu West Point, 409
Southall, Mr. H„ on Floods in West Midlands,
I South Africa Gold-Mining, 272
South African p0-,61' “Tantallon Castle,” 668
Q xF A ?9an Railways, 288
0AlTJviAfl?Can, T-"S-S- “ Norman,” Union Line
SouthlMpfd Belfast), 699, 732, 811
S °FundSj^49^P427tan °aS WorksEmPloy<^’ Benefit
Harbour and Docks, 148, 279
Southo-%tp CniandN?wYorkRecord’ 360’ 389 bouthgate Company’s 42-In. Gun-Turning Lathe,
D^am'ht^'S'/ Liner, Suction
o’ • ’ 213> 260> 839
tt, 7~ 317,n796B°at8’ Ammunition> a"d
|e^catoTiteLLTo°m0tiVeS’
Spectacles, 383 ’
Spectrum Analysis and Bessemer Flame Spectra,
Spectrum Infra-Red, 303
Sneed of Qm°r’ The Pa>’agon, 852
Speed of Ships, Influence of Depth of Water,
Sneeds°ofTM'11’i,Coal Consumption, andc., 193
Spence M Steal“Ors, 304 ’
lindrical Shells 749 7I? S' °f Cy*
Spindle Works, Werneth, il7 LE™
Spinning Cotton, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mills, 102. See also Platt Brothers and Co., 103
Spinning Frame, Chapon’s Cup (Platt Brothers and Co.), 117, 119
Spinning Jenny, 97, 99, 100
Springs, Influence of, on Temperature of a River, 678
Stability Curves, Determining, 792
Stadtbahn of Berlin, 807
Stamp Affixer, Elliot’s Postage, 384
Stamps, Vibration of, 693
Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel, International, 418
Standard - Gauge Wagons on Narrow-Gauge Lines, 236
Standard Screws for Watches, 568, 621, 652
Standards, Electrical, 381
Stanley Cycle Show, 710
Statically Indeterminate Structures and the Principle of Least Work, 597, 658, 743. See Erratum, 635. See Letters
Station at Lisbon, Central Railway, 441, 446
Station, Reading Railroad Terminus, Philadelphia, 731
Stations on West Highland Railway, 285. See also 63, 155, 217, 285, 344, 414
Steam Boiler Experiments, 68, 567, 822. See Letters
Steam Canal Boats, 188, 468. See Letters
Steam on Common Roads, 147, 222, 773
Steam Distribution, 187
Steam, Dryness of, 350
Steam Jackets, 187
Steam Jackets, Temperature of, 28, 332
Steam Pipe Explosion on Board Ship, 593
Steam Power, Charges for, 50
Steam Trap, Geipel’s, 715
Steam Turbine and Dynamo, De Laval’s, 228
Steam Whistle, First, 295. See Letters, Lo:o-motives, Early
Steam Windlass for S.S. “ Kensington,” 831
Steamer. See also Cruiser, H.M.S., Battleship, '1 orpedo-Boat, and Torpedo-Boat Destroyers
Steamer, Dredging, “Cairndhu” (Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley), 387, 451
Steamer “ Guelph,” T.-S.S. (Harland and Wolff), 494
Steamer “Kensington,” International (Thomson, Limited, Clydebank), 199, 260. See also 157, 213, 831
Steamer “ La Marguerite,” Thames and Boulogne
Excursion (Fairfield Company), 9
Steamers, Maintenance of, 825
Steamer “Norman,” Union Line, South African (Harland and Wolff, Belfast), 699, 732, 811
Steamer “ Prinses Marie,” Paddle, Howden’s Draught, 577. See Letters, Water lube v. Cylindrical Boilers
Steamer “Seaford,” Channel, T.-S.S. (Denny, Dumbarton), 385. See 483.
Steamer “ Tantallon Castle,” Machinery (Fair-field Company), 638
Steamers “Berlin,” “Vienna,” and “Amsterdam,” Great Eastern Railway Hook of Holland T.-S.S. (Earle), 81, 561
Steamers for Channel Service, 52, 81, 152, 172, 203, 268, 385, 483, 493, 558, 561
Steamers, Electricity in, 741
Steamers, Fall River Line of Beam Engine Paddle, 38
Steamers, Holyhead and Kingstown Channel, 52,152. See Letters, Holyhead, andc.
Steamers, Mail, for War Purposes, 149, 402
Steamers, Passenger and Cargo, 268, 494
Steamers “St. Louis” and “St. Paul,” New American T.-S.S.,.634
Steamers, Screw v. Paddle Steamers, 203. See 268
Steamers’ Shafts, Corrosion and Protection of, 399. See Letters
Steamer “Tamise,” Newhaven and Dieppe (Forges et Chantiers), 483. See 385.
Steamers, Speeds of Merchant, 304
Steamers, Steering Gear, Kennode’s, 637
Steamers, Ventilation of Oil, 160, 180
Steamers, Vibration of, 53, 82, 203, 208, 268
Steamers, Wetted Surfaces, Method of Calculating, 151, 405
Steel, Crucible, Early History, 270, 686
Steel Framed Wagon, Tubular (Church and Ettenger), 324
Steel, International Standard for Analysis, 418
Steel, Open-Hearth, 289
Steel, Rustless Coating for, 219
Steel Skeleton Building, Reliance, Chicago, 576.
See Letters. See Erratum, 705
Steel Ships, Maintenance, 825
Steel Specifications, 20
Steel, Strength and Elasticity, 478
Steel, Strength and Plasticity, 330
Steel in Sweden, 773
Steel Trade, Belgian, 235, 269
Steep Grade Traction, Electric, 643, 712, 804.
See Erratum, 835
Steering Gear, Kermode’s Steam, 637
Steering Gear, Wilson andPirrie’s Steam, T.-S.S. “ Norman,” 811
Stelfox, Mr. J., on Carburetted Water Gas, 89
Stones, Testing Building, 411
Stoney, Dr., Electric Papers, British Association, 383
Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag, 666
Stourport, Boiler Explosion at, 309
Strains, Apparatus for Measuring Small, 384
Strategic Mountain Railways, 572, 627, 657
Strategy, Naval, 479, 512, 539, 585
Street Railroads in Sydney, New South Wales, 177
Street Railway, Montreal, 219
Street Railways, American, 557
Street Railways, United States Electric, 821
Strength of Cylindrical Shells, 749, 772, 782. See Letters
Strength of Gas Cylinders, 332. See Letter, 431
Strength of Iron and Steel, 330, 478
Stresses, 597, 658, 743. See Letters. See Erratute, 635
Stresses in Bridge Rollers, 807
Stresses on Girders, 542
Stretton, Mr. Clement E., on Cinder and Spark
I Throwing by Locomotives, 354
Stretton, Mr. Clement E., on Early Tramroads and Railways in Leicestershire, 469-
Strike at Pullman, 523
Strike, Scotch Miners’, 554
Strikes and the British Railway Traffic, 392
Stromeyer, Mr. C. E., on Marine Boiler Management and Construction, 379, 443
Structures, Statically Indeterminate, and the Principle of Least Work, 597, 658, 743. See Erratum, 635. See Letters
Student’s Simple Apparatus for Determining
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 831
Submarine Cable (Muirhead v. Commercial Cable
Company), 838
Submarine Telegraph Property, 359
Submarine Telegraphy, Twenty-Fifth Anniver
sary, 146
Suction Draught, 157, 292. See 199, 260
Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps, 758, 787, 821.
See Letters .
Suffocation by Carbonic Acid, 418
Sulphate of Lead, Manufacture of, 1
Sulphur and Magnesia in Blast-Furnace Cinder, 757
Sunlight, Iodine Value of, 418
Surface Works, Colliery, 774
Suspension v. Cantilever Bridges, 430
Sweden, Electric Power Transmission in, 759
Sweden, Iron and Copper Mines, 666
Sweden, Iron and Steel in, 773
Swedish Cast Iron, Tests of, 207
Swedish Iron Works, 666
Swedish North Trunk State Railway, 272
Swinburne, Mr. J , on the Hunting of Governed
Engines, 247, 350
Swing Bridge, Lengthening (Sir William Arrol and Co.), 539
Swiss Locomotive Works, Rack Railway Locomotive, 657. See 572, 627
Switches and Crossing, Pennsylvania Railroad, 543
Sydney Hotel, Balance Hoist, 830
Sydney, Street Railroads in, 177
Tablet-Making Machine (Falkenau, Philadelphia), 832
Tactics, Modern Naval, 479, 512, 539, 585
Tail Shafts in Steamers, Corrosion, 399. See Letters
Tall Buildings, Reliance, Chicago, 576. See Letters. See Erratum, 705
“ Tamise,” Channel T.-S.S., 483 See 385.
Tannett, Walker, and Co., Leeds, 30-0 wt. Portable Hydraulic Crane, 598
“ Tantallon Castle,” Machinery of S.S., 668
Taylor Gas-Producing Plant, 728
Taylor, Mr. C., Birmingham, Machine Vice Dogs, 179
Technical Education, 267, 585. See Letters
Technical Education, Presidential Address, 65
Technical Press Summary, 557
Technical Schools, Manchester Municipal, 394
Telegraph Company, Western Union, 615
Telegraph to the Far East, 146
Telegraph Property, Submarine, 146, 359
Telephone Exchanges, 410
Telephones, Acoustics, 383
Telephotos, Boughton’s, 328. See Letters
Telescope, Equatorial, 660. See 696
Temperature of Cylinder Walls, 280, 332
Temperature-Entropy Diagrams, 350, 401, 466
Temperature, Influence on Specific Heat of
Aniline, 605
Temperature, Underground, 303
Templecombe, Railway Collision at, 461
Tenoning Machine (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Tenoning Machine with Cutting-off Saw (Robinson, Rochdale), 127
Terrestrial Magnetism, 223, 302
Terry, Mr. S. H., on Ventilation of Steamships, 160, 180
Testing Building Stones, 411
Testing Lubricating Oil, Machine (Professor A.
Martens, Berlin), 41. See Letters
Textile Machinery, 99,103
Textile Machinery at Haworth’s Mills, 98, 103
Textile Machinery. See Platt Brothers’ Works. See also 98
Thames and Boulogne Excursion Steamer “ La Marguerite ” (Fairfield Company), 9
Thames, Influence of Springs on Temperature of,
Thames Iron Company, Lock Gates for West
India Docks, 473, 539, 598
Thames Tunnel, Blackwall, 330
Theodolite (Cooke and Son, York), 696
Thermodynamics, 38
Thermodynamics, Present State of knowledge, 302
Thermometer, Bristol Recording, 715
Thermometer, Direct-Reading Form of Platinum, 336, 349
Third-Class Dining Coaches, Great Northern Railway, 167
Third-Class Dining Coaches, Midland Railway, 80
Thomson, Clydebank, T.-S.S. “ Kensington,” 199, 260. b ee 157, 213, 831
Thornton and Crebbin, Bradford, Hudson’s Duplex Condenser and Feed-Heater, 44
Thornycroft, Messrs., Engines of Torpedo-Boat Destroyers, 575, 647, 805
Thornycroft, Mr. J. I., on Circulation of Water-Tube Boiler, 148, 214. See Letters
Thurston, Mr. R, II., on Efficiency of TripleExpansion Engines, 29
Thurston, Professor, on Engineering Profession,
Thurston, Professor, on the Theory of the Steam Jacket, 187
Timber Jetty at West India Docks, 598
Time Fuzes, Keeson’s, 715
Tin Bar Rolling Mill Engine (Davy Brothers, Sheffield), 546
Tin Production, 666. See 697
Tipping Wagons for Light Railways, 845
Torpedo-Boat, Aluminium, 458. See Letters
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Drawings, Admiralty and, 233
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “Ferret” (Laird, Birkenhead), 82, 338, 399
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “Hornet ” (Yarrow), 196
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers, 82, 147, 233, 338, 399, 575, 617, 805, 806. See Letters
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers (Thornycroft), 575,647, 805
Torpedo Cruiser for the United States Navy, 833
Torpedo-Boat Speeds, Influence of the Depth of
j Water on, 337
Torpedo Gunboat “Hazard,” Machinery (Fair-field Company), 420
Torpedo in Naval Warfare, 539. See 482, 512, 585
Tower, L:ght, at Cape Charles, Ya., 72
Traction on Common Roads, 147, 222, 773
Traction, Electric Steep Grade, 643, 712, 804.
See Erratum, 835
Traction on Street Tramways, Electric, 643,804.
See Erratum, 835
Trade Competition, National, 327
Trades Union Congress, 357
Training of Marine Engineers, 641
Training, Mechanical, Professor Kennedy on, 215, 267. See Letters
Tramroads and Railways in Leicestershire, Earlv,
| 469
I Tramway, Electric, Laxey, Isle of Man, 236
Tramway Schemes in Parliament, 740
Tramways, American, 557
Tramways, Electric Traction on Street, 643, 712, 804. See Erratum, 835
Tramways, Glasgow Corporation, 21
Tramways, Municipalisation of, 21
Tramways. See also Street Railways.
' Tramways in Sydney, New South Wales, 177
i Tramways, United States Electric, 821
Tramways, United States Wire Rope, 341
Transatlantic Record, 272, 332, 360, 389, 423, 455, 609. See Letter, 364. See 841
I Transmission, Electric Power, 755
, Transmission, Electric Power, in Sweden, 759 Transmission Machinery, Loss of Power at Cen
tral Stations, 218
Transmission of Power, Electric, 218, 289, 309, 755, 759
' Tree, Lead, 87
j Tremors, Earth, 303
Trial of 1000 Horse-Power Engine at Belfast, 230
Trial Results, Naval Defence Act Fleet, 676, 677. See 678
j Trials, United States Cruisers “Minneapolis” and “Columbia,” 563, 837
Triple-Expansion Engines, Efficiency, 29
i Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines Triple-Expansion Engines of 1460 Horse-Power
(Yates and Thom), 799
Triple Screws, 563, 837
i Truss Bridges on West Highland Railway, 63, 155, 217, 285
I Tube, Water Boiling in an Open, 384
| Tubes, Test of Serve, 461. See Erratum, 488
■ Tubular Steel-Framed Wagon (Church and Ettenger), 324
1 Tubulous Boiler (Partington and Co.), 73
Tubulous Boilers. See Water-Tube Boilers and
l Letters
Tunnel, Blackwall, 330
Tunnel on West Highland Bail way, 63. See also
| 155, 217, 285
I Tunnels, Manchester and Sheffield Railway to London, 643, 728, 793
Turbine and Dynamo (J. P. Hall and Co.), Old-| ham, 702
I Turbine and Dynamos, De Laval’s Steam, 228 Turnbull’s Junction Valve, 652
Turning and Boring Mill (Smith and Coventry; Manchester), 139
1 Turning Flywheels (Hick, Hargreaves, and Co.), 120
Turning Wood, Platt Brothers and Co.’s Works, 105
Tusking Machine (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Tweddell Hydraulic Boiler Shell Plate Bender, 482
Twin Screw Steamers. See Steamers
Tyres, Pneumatic, 678
Underground Railway, London, 543
Underground Temperature, 303
Union Automatic Pneumatic Block Signals, 483
Union Liner T.-S.S “Norman” (Harland and
Wolff, Belfast), 699, 732, 811
Union Liners ‘ ‘ Guelph,” andc. (Ha rland and Wolff), 494
United States and English Yachts, 823
United States Canal Gates Mechanism, 316
United States Cruisers “Minneapolis” and “ Columbia,” 563, 837
United States Department of Commerce, 304
United States Magazine Rifle, 351
United States Mining Law, 692
United States Navy Engineering, 707, 837
United States Navy Requirements, 790
United States Navy, Torpedo Cruiser, 833
United States Post-Office Railway Car, 196
United States Protected Cruiser “Olympia”
(Union Works, San Francisco), 166
United States Railway Cuttings and Embankments, 343
United States Railways, 2, 428
United States. See America
United States Shipbuilding, Obstacles to, 792
United States Siege Mortar, 7-In. Breechloading,
• 453
United States Soldiers’ Monument, 409
United States War Vessels, Machinery of, 81, 166, 563, 707, 837
United States, Wealth of, 299
United States, Western Union Telegraph Company, 615
United States Wire Rope Tramways, 341
Vacuum Pumps (Pulsometer Company), 765
Valve Gear, Hertay (Phoenix Company, Ghent), 226
Valve Gear, Rider, Horizontal Engine (Bollinckx, Brussels), 293
Valve Gear for Vertical Engines (H ck, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited), 120
Valve, Turnbull’s Junction, 652
Valves, Mumford’s, “Tantallon Castle,” 668
Van, Goods, for Belgian State Railway, 546
Van den Kerchove’s Measuring Machine (Cooke,
York), 696
Vaporisation of Carbon, 841
Vapour Density, 648
Velocity of Cathode Rays, 381
Ventilating and Heating, 3
Ventilation of Oil Steamers, 160, 180
Verifying Ohm’s Law, 702
Viaducts on West Highland Railway, 63, 155, 217, 285
Vibration of Stamps, 693
Vibration of Steamers, 53, 82, 208, 268
Vice Dogs, Machine (Taylor, Birmingham), 179
Victoria House at Chicago, 22. See Letters
“ Vienna,” Great Eastern Railway Company’s Steamer, 81, 561
Viscosity of Liquids, 447
Vision, Clerk Maxwell’s Theory, 382

Wagon, Tubular Steel Framed (Church and Ettenger), 324
Wagons, Standard Gauge, on Narrow Gauge Lines, 236
Wagons, Tipping, for Light Railways, 845
Waldshut and Immendingen Railway, 573
War, China and Japan, 425
Warping, R. Haworth and Co.’s Mills, 102, 104.
See also Platt Brothers ond Co , 103, 116
Warping Frame, Platt Brothersand Co., 104, 116, 117, 119
Warping, andc., Machines (Platt Works), 102, 104, 107, 116
Warrington, Boiler Explosion at, 813
Warship Machinery, 563, 678, 739, 823, 837
Warship Speed Trial Results, 676, 677. See 563, 678, 739, 823, 837
Warships and Cellulose, 825
Warships, Hydraulic Power for, 823
Washhouse, Sanitary, at Glasgow, 778
Washing Zinc Ore, 294. See 419, 777
Watch Screws, Manufacture, 568, 621, 652
Watches, Waterbury, 693, 695
Water Boiling in an Open Tube, 384
Water Consumption of a Harris-Corliss Engine, 292
Water Consumption of Non-Condensing Engines, 187
Water Crane (Malines Company, Belgium), 420
Water Famine, Leicester, 490
Water Gas, Carburetted (Belfast Works), 89
Water Motor, “Demon” (Pitman, Manchester), 531
Water Power Works, Niagara Falls, 343. See 375
Water Supply, American, 315
Water Supply, Borehole Wells for, 243, 252
Water Supply from Health Standpoint, 206
Water Supply, London, 460
Water-Tube Boiler (Partington and Co., Bradford), 73
Water-Tube Boilers, 678, 739
Water-Tube Boiler, Circulation of Thornycroft, 148, 214. See Letters
Water-Tube v. Cylindrical Boilers. See Letters
Water-Tube Marine Boilers, Babcock and Wilcox, 433
Water Works, Reservoir, Malvern, 398
Waterworks Schemes in Parliament, 740
Waterbury Watch, 693, 695
Waygood Direct Balanced Lift at the Hotel Australia, 830
Wealth of the United States, 299
Weather, 19, 207, 330, 460, 613, 742
Weaving at Messrs. R. Haworth and Co.’s Mill, 102
Weir, Cippoletti Measuring, 744
Welding, Electric, 175, 182
Welland Canal Gate Mechanism, 316
Wells, Borehole, for Town Water Supply, 243 252
Werneth Spindle Works (Platt Brothersand Co.), 117
Weser, Land Reclamation at, 360
West Highland Railway, 63, 155, 217, 285, 344, 414
West Highland Railway Locomotive, 344. See 414
West India Dock Improvement Works, London, 473, 539, 598
West Point Soldiers’ Monument, 409
Western Australian Goldfield, 612, 647
Western Union Telegraph Company, 615
Westinghouse Railway Generator Plant, Testing, 188
Wetted Surfaces, Method of Calculating, 151, 405
Wheel-Turning Lathe (F^tu-Defize, Lidge), 591. See 681
Wheelwright, General (Robinson, Rochdale), 127
Whistle, First Steam, 295. See Letters, Locomotives, Early
White Lead Substitutes, Manufacture of, 1
White, Mr. J. Walwyn, on Light Railways, 816, 845
White Star Steamers, 841
Whitworth, Sir Joseph, and Co., Gun Mountings, Spanish Cruisers, 7, 257, 317, 796
Wiener’s Localisation of Photographic Action o Stationary Light Waves, 648
Wilson and Pirrie’s Steam Steering Gear, T.-S.S. “ Norman,” 811
Wilson’s Automatic Crankpin Lubricator, 845
Wind, Internal Work of the, 50, 587. See Letters, Problem of Flight
Wind Pressure, 614
Winders, Pirn and Hank (Platt Brothers and Co), 102, 117, 118
Winding Drum, Steel Conical (Daglish, St. Helens), 293
Winding Engine, Horizontal (Leeds Engineering Co), 577
Windlass, Steam, for S.S. “ Kensington,” 831
Winsford Railway Collision, 398
Wiping Rings, Holt’s, 13
Wire Gauge, Pocket (Messrs. Glover, Salford), 558
Wire Rope Tramways, United States, 341
Wise, Mr. Lloyd, on Patent Agents, 18. See Letters, Patents
Wood Turning, Platt Brothers and Co.’s Works, 105
Wood-Working Machinery (T. Robinson and Son, Limited, Rochdale), 127
Wood-Working Plant for Dock Gates (Robinson, Rochdale), 352
Wooden Bridges on West Highland Railway, 63, 155, 217, 285
Woollen Machinery. See Haworth's Works, 98, and Platt's Works, 103
Woolwich Light Railways, 847
Work and Cost of the Navy, 358
Work, Least, 597, 658, 743. See Letters. See Erratum, 635
Work, Statically Indeterminate Structures and the Principle of Least, 597, 658, 743. See Letters. See Erratum, 635
Workmen’s Pensions aud Profit-Sharing Funds, . 49,427

Works:

Adam Ashworth and Sons, Fernhill Hat Works, 142
Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Gorton, 193
Buckingham Works, York (Cooke and Sons), 660, 696
Cockerill Company, Seraing, Belgium, 711
Cotton Mills, Richard Haworth and Co., Manchester, 98
Crewe Locomotive Works, 193
Dobson and Barlow, Bolton, 193
Galloways, Limited, Knott Mill Works, Manchester, 130
Gun Factory, Astilleros del Nervion, Bilbao, 7
Hick, Hargreaves, and Co., Limited, Bolton, 120
Hoyle and Sons’ Calico Printing Works, Manchester, 126
Hulse and Co., Machine Tool Works, Salford 131
Manchester Gas Works, 135
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Locomotive Works, Gorton, 138
North End Spinning Company, Bolton, 192
Pittsburgh Reduction Company’s Works, Niagara Falls, 377
Platt Brothers and Co., Limited, Oldham, 103
Pulp Mill of the Cliff Paper Co, 375
Thomas Robinson and Son, Limited, Rochdale, 127
Salford Gas Works, 195
Smith and Coventry, Limited, Gresley Iron Works, 139
Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag, 666
Swedish Iron Works, 666
Waterbury Watch Works, 695
Works, Railway, 543
Zinc Separating Works atMonteponi, Sardinia, 262, 294. See 418,777
Works, Huntsman’s Cast Steel, 270, 686
Works, Railway, 543
Workshop Regulation Report, Factories and, 79
Worthington High-Duty Pumping Engine Test, 717
Wrecks, Lloyd’s Record, 429, 676
Wrench, Hunter’s Pipe, 852

Yachts in England and America, 823
Yarrow Torpedo-Boat, Aluminium, 458. See Letters, Aluminium
Yarrow Torpedo-Boat Destroyer “ Hornet,” 196
Yates and Thom, Triple-Expansion Engines, 799
Yorkshire Coalfield, Railway Development, 329

Zinc Ore Separating Plant at Monteponi, Sardinia, 262, 294, 418, 777
Zinc Ores, Magnetic Treatment of, 418
Zone Tariff in Russia, 841

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