Engineering 1903 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

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General Index

ABSORPTION and Emission Spectra, 623
Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Substances, 526
Accident to the Blake's Boilers, 258
Accident Cases, Juries in, 156 69
Accident, Definition of an,
Accounts and Audits, Municipal, 631. See LETTERS, 214, 395, 430, 502, 573, 606, 625, and Glasgow Corporation
Accounts, Workshop, Printing, 348
Accumulator, Edison, 814. See 829
Accumulator, Hydraulic, at Borsig's, 551
Accumulator, Steam Hydraulic, Bulkhead Door System, 624
Acetylene, 477
Acetylene Gas Plant at Chassiron Lighthouse (French), 528
Acetylene Generated by Filing, 605
Act of Parliament. See Legal
Adant's Centrifugal Machines, 298
Addressograph " Pay-Sheet," 348
Administration of the Navy, 460
Admiralty Administration, 460
Admiralty Problems. See Navy and Warships
Admiralty Purchase of Foreign Warships, 803, 42
Aeration of Water, Deposits in Pipes and, 840
Aeronautical International Committee, 489
Aeronautics, Laws of Resistance, 211
Africa. See South Africa
Africa, The Engineer in South, 683. See 819
Agent, Commission, and the Law, 806

Agricultural Society's Show, Royal :

Attendance, 25
Blackstone Oil-Engine, 13
Dairy, 24
Implements, 23
Miscellaneous, 24
Oil-Tractor (J. Petter and Sons, Limited), 13
Robey-Saurer Oil-Engine and Dynamo, 13

Air Calorimetry, Testing of Electric Generators, 70, 813
Air, Chloroform in, 103
Air, Compressed, Raising of Water by, 10, 33, 675
Air-Compressor (Boreas), Electrically-Driven, 713
Air-Compressor for Raising Water from Wells, 75. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Air Friction, Preliminary Experiments on, 418
Air-Pumps, Dry, for Surface Condenser, 314
Air Resistance, Laws of, 211
Alcohol, Duty-Free, for Scientific Research, 656
Alkali Works Act in 1902, 172
Allen, H. Stanley, on Experiments in Radioactivity, 781
Alloys, Aluminium Light, 705. See Addendum, 31
Alloys of Iron and Tungsten, 324, 330, 366
Alloys of Nickel and Steel, 4, 29
Alloys, Steel, Analysis of High-Speed Tool, 690
Alloys, Temperature Casting Effects on, 231, 263
Alternators. See Electric
Altoft's Colliery, 180
Aluminium Alloys, Light, 705. See Addendum, 31
Aluminium as an Electrical Conductor, 385
America. See also United States
America, Shipbuilding in, 126
American Bridges on the Uganda Railway, 249
American and British Workmen, 205, 242. See Licirrkks, 293, 327, 572
American versus British Tramways, 220. See 301
American Coal and Coke, 535
American Copper Production, 64
American Electric Railway and Tramway Progress, 158, 226, 301
American Iroa Production, 353
American Locomotives. See Locomotives
American Machine-Tools. See Machine-Tools
American Naval Reports, 760
American Railroad Progress, 739
American Shipbuilding Progress, 538
American Shipbuilding Trust, 93
American Steel Prices, 770
American Steel Situation, 123. See Erratum, 62
American Tramway Companies, 158, 226, 301
Analysis of High-Speed Tool Steels, 690
Analysis, Illustrations of Graphical, 380, 403
Ancient Punching and Shearing Machine, 412
Ancient Steam-Engines, 552, 577, 611, 616
Animals, Nerve Activity of, 103
Antimony. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Applied Chemistry, 56, 71, 109 Apprentice Education ; Great Western Railway Company, 328
Apprentices, Engineering, 425, 429, 463
Apprenticeship Education and Encouragement, 39
Apprenticeship for Engineers, 89
Apprenticeship. See also Technical Education
Apprenticeship System in Borsig's Works, 620
Apprenticeship and Training of Engineers, 53
Arch in Chalk Cutting, London and Brighton Railway, 755
Arched Rib, Stresses in the Web of an, 59
Argentine Railway Property, 572
"Armadale Castle," T.-S.S., 780
Armour-Plate Bolt Manufacture, 46
Armoured Cruiser. See Warships
Army Reform, 321
Arnold, Professor, on Dangerous Crystallisation of Mild Steel and Wrought Iron, 4, 30
Arsenic in Food, Especially Beer, Approximate Estimation of Minute Quantities of, 527
Artesian Wells ; Raising Water by Compressed
Air, 10, 33, 676. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Artillery. See Guns
Artists and Engineers, 671
Astronomy and Meteorology Sub-Section at the
British Association, 458, 486. See LETTERS, 730
Astronomy without a Telescope, 280
Atlantic Liners' Subsidy, Cunard, 187. See 63
Atmosphere and the Earth's Crust, Radioactive Emanations in, 451. See 288, 426
Atmosphere, Electrifying the, 744
Atmosphere, The General Circulation of, 487
Atom, Permanency of the, 360
Atomic Latent Heats of Fusion of Metals, 527
Audibility and Meteorological Conditions, 490
Aurora Spectra and Nitrogen, Comparison of, 453
Australian Patent Act, New, 217, 349, 763
Australian, Trans-, Railway, 427. See LETTER, 02
Automobiles. See Motor-Cars
Auxiliary Fleet Ships, 715

Bacteria Beds, Distribution of Sewage on, 267
Bacterial Treatment of Sewage; Design of Works, 00
Bacterial Treatment of Water and Sewage, Upto-Date, 8, 32. See 528
Bag-Filling Appliance for Coke at French Gas Works, 71
Bagdad Railway ; Map, 374
Bairstow, L., and Alexander, A. D., on Experiments in Gas Explosions, 616
Baku-Batum Kerosene Tube, 706
Baku, Naphtha Industry, 741
Ballachulish Extension ; Callendar and Oban Railway Cantilever Bridge, 139
Ballistic Galvanometers, 452
Ballymote, Collision at, 703
Band-Saw Filing Machine, Buhl, 780
Band-Saw, Log, Horizontal, 641
Bar-Lock Typewriter, 828
Barge Traffic in Norway, 256
Barker, Gerald, on Elevated Railways, 132. See LETTERS, 88, 159
Barometric Depression, 487
Barracks, Naval, at Portsmouth, 392
Barrel-Counting Apparatus, Forsyth's, 530. See Erratum, 561
Basalt, Magnetism of, when Heated in Air, 637
Batteries. See Electric
Battleships. See Warships
Bauer's Machine for Shaping the Blades of
Ships' Propellers, 494
Beam Engines, Ancient, 552, 577, 611, 616
Beardshaw's Sorbitic Steel, 528
Bearing, Roller, for Bridges, 755
Bearings ; Friction between Wood and Iron, 254
Beer, Approximate Estimation of Minute Quantities of Arsenic in, 527
Behr Mono-Railroad, 413
Belfast Harbour, Plans, 99
Ben Nevis Committee, Report of the, 490
Bengal and North-Western Railway, 116
Benjamin, C. H., on Bursting of Emery Wheels, 82
Bennet's New Cylindrical Mechanism, 777
Berlin, Chemical Congress at, 66, 71, 109
Berlin High-Speed Railway Experiments, 604
Berlin Power Station, with Mechanical Draught, 24, 862
Bertheau, Oil Motor-Boat for Uganda Railway
Company (Thornycroft), 626
Bessemer Memorial Fund, 128
Bicycle - Storing Building, Workers', Borsig's, 24
Baba.), Iron Ore Industry at, 836
Biles, Professor J. H., on Cross-Channel Steamers, 2, 67
Binary Mixtures, Freezing Point Curves of, 527
Binks'a Whitewashing and Painting Machine, 11
Biological Problems, the Application of Low
Temperatures to the Study of, 626
Birmingham Boiler Explosion, 361
Birmingham, Collision at, 708
Birmingham Water Works ; Dam for Craig Goch Lake, 494
Bitumen Insulating Compositions, 829
Blackstone Oil-Engine, 13
Blades of Ships' Propellers, Shaping of, 494
Blast-Furnace Gas-Engines. See Engines, Gas
Blaze Currents in Living Tissues, 103
Blowing-Engine, Westinghouse Compound, 797
Blowing-Engines. See Engines, Blirwiny
Blue Hill Observatory, Kite Observations at, 489 See LETTERS, 730
Boat, Oil Motor, for the Uganda Railway Company (Thornycroft), 626
Boat-Propulsion, Detachable PetrO Motor for. (French), 530
Boat Works, Seamless Steel, 180
Boiler Accident on H.M.S. " Blake," 258
Boiler Explosion at Birmingham, 361
Boiler Explosion at Chester-le-Street, 230
Boiler Explosion at Chirnside, 262
Boiler Explosion at Darwen, 472
Boiler Explosion at Preston, 813
Boiler Failures and their Cause, 498
Boiler Feed-Pump (Heisler), 467
Boiler, Navy. See Navy Boilers and Water-Tube
Boiler of Steam Motor-Wagons, 182, 846
Boiler Stoking Indicator, Kilroy's, 454
Boiler Water, Temperature Differences in, 292
Boiler, Water-Tube. See Water-Tube Boilers
Boilers of " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 244
Boilers, Locomotive. See Locomotives
Boilers, Water-Softening for, 858, 876. See also Water-Softening
Bolan, W. N., and Grieve, T., on Experiments
on the Efficiency of Non-Conducting Coverings for Steam-Pipes, 171
Bolts for Armour-Plate, Manufacture of, 46
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, 16
Book-Keeping. See Municipal Trading
Books Received, 79, 170, 211, 239, 280, 311, 478 16, 556, 617, 684, 755, 824
Boot Works, Midgley's Crown, 210
Boreas Air-Compressor, Electrically-Driven, 713
Boring-Machines. See Machine Tools
Borsig's Works in Germany, 479, 551, 587, 620 91, 724, 794. See ILLUSTRATIONS
Bottom for Furnace Supported by Trucks, 268
Bounties on Colonial Industries, 567
Boys, C. V., on Radioactivity and Comets, 403. See also 426, 448
Brake Pulleys, Friction Between Wood and Iron, 54
Bramwell, The Late Sir Frederick, 771, 858, 873. See LETTER, 808
Bramwell, Sir Frederick, on the Newcomen Engine, 581. See 552, 77, 611, 616, 873
Brass Alloys, Effects of Temperature of Casting, 31, 263
Brass-Finishers' Lathe (Holroyd), 659
Brass-Finishers' Lathe. See a'so Machine Tools
Brassey's Naval Annual, 75
Breakdowns of Mill Machinery, 493
Breakwater, Pier, Sunderland, 456
Brewers' Exhibition, 569
Brewing Plant at the Manchester Municipal School of Technology, 207
Bricks, Stock, Machine-Made, 20
Bridge, Connel Ferry ; Callender and Oban Railway, 139
Bridge at Kew, 380
Bridge, Old, Over the River Gaunless, Stockton
and Darlington Railway, 214
Bridges, American, on the Uganda Railway, 249
Bridges, Typical, on the Loudon and Brighton
Railway, 585, 651, 690, 755, 820
"Brighton," Channel Turbine Steamer, 325
Brighton and London Railway Widening, 585, 51, 690, 755, 820, 855
Britain's Competitors in the Steel Trade, 158
Britain's Supremacy on the Atlantic, 187. See 53
British Admiralty and Warship Design, 803, 842
British and American Naval Procedure, 769
British versus American Tramways, 226. See 01
British and American Workmen, 205, 242. See LETTERS
British and American Workmen, '293, 317, 572

British Association ;

Meeting at Southport, 292, 360, 380, 413, 447, 86, 522, 556
Engineering Section, 292, 380, 413
Presidential Address by Sir William Abney
Kew Bridge, by Mr. C. A. Brereton, 380
Illustrations of Graphical Analysis, by Mr. J. Harrison, 380, 403.
The Equipment of the Manchester Municipal Technical Institute, by Mr. J. H. Reynolds, 80
Resistance of Road Vehicles to Traction, by Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw, 381, 438
Improvements in Locomobile Design, by Mr. T. Clarkson, 381, 846. See LETTER, Petrol Engine, 501
Problems of Modern Street Traffic, by Lieut. Colonel Crompton, 383
Small Screw Gauges, Committee Report, 34
Potable Waters of South-West Lancashire, by Dr. J. Campbell Brown,381, 472
Protective Devices for Hig-Tension Electrical Systems, by Mr. W. B. Woodhouse, 81
Aluminium as an Electrical Conductor, by Mr. J. B. C. Kershaw, 385
The Parallel Working of Alternators, by Mr. B. Hopkinson, 385, 468
A Method for Finding the Efficiency of Series Motors, by Professor Wilson,335
Electrical Propulsion as a General Mans of Transport, by Mr. James M. Shoolbred, 85
Twenty-Five Years' Progress in Final and Sanitary Refuse-Disposal, by Mr. W. F. Goodrich, 413
Mono-Railroads, by Mr. F. B. Behr, 413
Liquid Fuel, by Mr. A. M. Bell, 414
Further Experiments with the Infantry Range-Finder, by Professor George Forbes, 14
Water Supply in South-West Lancashire, by Mr. J. Parry, 415, 548
The Rainfall on the River Bann, County Down, Ireland, and at Banbridge and Lough Island Reavy Reservoir, by Mr. J. Smyth, 415
The Rate of Fall of Rain at Seathwaite, by Dr. H. R. Mill, 415
The Tidal Regime of the River Mersey, by Mr. James N. Shoolbred, 415
Natural Gas in Sussex, by Mr. R. Pearson, 15
The Effect of Traffic and Weather on Macadamised Roads, by Mr. T. Aitken, 16
Experiments in Gas Explooions, by Mr. L. Bairstow and Mr. A. D. Alexander, 616. See 404, 418
Permanent Set in Cast-Iron, Bearing on the Design of Piston-Rod Springs, by Mr. C. H. Wingfield, 410, 418. See Erratum, 429
Testing Steel as regards Brittleness, by Mr. E. G. Izod, 418, 431. See 525 and Iron and Steel Institute
Gas-Engine Explosions, by Mr. II. E. Wimpenis, 404, 418. See 616
Preliminary Experiments on Air Friction, by Mr. W. Odell, 418
Single-Phase Repulsion Motors, by Mr. W. Cramp, 419, 506
The Ventilation of Tube Railways, by Mr. J. W. Thomas, 419
A New Form of Mirror Extensometer, by Mr. J. Morrell, 419
Mathematical and Physical Section, 447, 491
Presidential Address, by Mr. C. Vernon Boys, on Radioactivity and Comets, 405, 48. See 288, 426
Electro-Ethereal Theory of the Velocity of Light, by Lord Kelvin, 448. See 288, 426
Nature of the Emanation from Radioactive Substances (Discussion), 48. See 288, 26
Radioactive Emanations in the Earth's Crust and Atmosphere, by Professors Elster and Geitel, 451. See 288, 426
Cosmical Radioact.vity, by Professor A. Schuster, 451. See 288, 426
Intensification of Chemical Action by the Emanation from Gold and Platinum, by Mr. G. T. Beilby, 451. See 288, 426
Granular and Spicular Structure in Solids, by Mr. G. T. Beilby, 451
Electrical Standards, Committee Report, 52
Electrostatic Voltmeters for Alternating Current Circuits, by Professors E. W. Marchant and G. W. Worrall, 452
Ballistic Galvanometers, by Mr. P. H. Powell, 452
The Thermo-Dynamics of Irreversible Processes, by Mr. James Swinburne, 452
Explosive Pressure and Rate of Combustion of Cordite, by Mr. J. E. Petavel, 452
Carbon and iron Arc Spectra at High Gaseous Pressures, by Professor R. S. Hutton and Mr. J. E. Petavel, 452
Radiation through a Foggy Atmosphere, by Professor A. Schuster, 452
Wave Propagation in a Dispersive Medium, Professor A. Schuster, 453
Spectra of Lightning, by Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 453
Comparison of the Nitrogen and the Aurora Spectra, by Dr. A. Paulsen, 453

Meteorology and Astronomy Sub-Section, 53, 486. See LETTER., 730
Methods of Meteorological Investigation, by Dr. Shaw, 453
Simultaneous Solar and Terrestrial Changes, by Sir Norman Lockyer, 486
Rainfall in Scotland and Sun-Spot Periods, by Dr. A. Buchan, 486
Prominences, Sun-Spots and Corona, by Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 486
Solar Prominences and Terrestrial Magnet!sm, by Rev. A. L. Cortie, 486
Sun Photographs in Monochromatic Light from the Yerkes Observatory, by Mr. A. R. links, 486
Photographs of the Orion Nebula, by Dr. W. E. Wilson, 487
Was the Nova Gemini previously known as a Faint Star ?" by Professor H. II. Turner, 87
Eclipse Observations of Jupiter's Satellites by Professor R. A. Sampson, 487
The General Circulation of the Atmosphere, by Professor Ifildebrandsson, 487
Barometric Depression, by M. Teisserenc de Bort, 487
Report of the Kites Committee, by Mr. W. 1. Dines, 489
Kite Observations at the Blue Hill Observatory, by Mr. A. Lawrence Rotch, 489. See LETTER, 730
International Aeronautical Committee Report by Professor H. Hergesell, 489
Audibility and Meteorological Conditions, by Mr. A. L. Rotch, 490
Report of the Ben Nevis Committee, by Dr. A. Buchan, 490
Diurnal Temperature of Variations in the Sea Water of the Levant, by Dr. Buchan, 90
Some Rainfall Problems, by Dr. H. R. Mill, 90
Hair Hygrometers and Psychrometers, by Professor J. M. Pernter, 490
Hail-Dispersing Cannonades, by Professor Pernter, 491
Hear-Frost, by Dr. K. Grossman and Mr. J. Lomas, 491
Self-Recording Instruments, by Professor II. L. Callendar, 491.
Seismological Investigations, Committee Report, by Mr. J. Milne, 49 t
Volcanic Eruptions in the Wes; Indies, by Mr. D. Burns, 491
Progress of Magnetic Survey in the United States, by Dr. L. A. Bauer, 491
The Earth's Magnetic Energy, by Dr. Bauer, 91
Report of the Falmouth Observatory. Committee, by Dr. Glazebrook, 491
Terrestrial Magnetism in Relation to Geography, by Captain Ettrick Creak, 491
The Use of Vectorial Methods in Physics, by Professor O. Henrici 491

Exhibition of Meteorological and Magnetic Instruments, 522

Chemical Section, 523, 556
Presidential Address by Professor Hartley, on Absorption and Emission Spectra, 523
Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Substances, Report by Professor Hartley, 526
Wave-Length Tables of the Spectra of Elements and Compounds, by Dr. Marshall Watts, 523
Self-Induction Spectrum of Silicium, by Count Armand de Gramont, 526
Some Derivatives of Fluorene, by Miss I. Smedley, 526
Fluorescence as Related to the Constitution of Organic Substances, by Dr. J. T. Hewitt, 20
The Colour of Iodides, by Mr. W. Ackroyd, 23
Solid Hydrogen,Nitrogen, and Oxygen (Investigations Low Temperatures), by Professor J. Dewar, 526
The Application of Low Temperatures to the Study of Biological Problems, by Dr. MacFayden, 626
Atomic Latent Heats of Fusion of Metals, by Mr. Holland Crompton, 527
Apparatus for Determining the Latent Heat of Evaporation, by Professor J. Campbell Bro ,vne, 527
Freezing-Point Curves of Binary Mixtures, by Dr. J. C. Phillip, 527
Stead's Recent Experiments on the Causes and Prevention of Brittleness in Steel, by Professor T. Turner, 527. See 324, 325, 34, 418, 431, and Iron and Steel Institute.
Electric Furnace Reactions under High Gaseous Pressures, by Mr. J. E. Petavel and Mr. R. H. Hutton, 527
Slow Combustion of Methane and Ethane, by Dr. W. A. Bone, 527
Water, and Chemical Reactions between Salts, by Dr. E. P. Perman, 627
The Separation of Cobalt and Nickel, by Mr. R. L. Taylor, 527
Approximate Estimation of Minute Quantities of Arsenic in Food, especially Beer, by Mr. W. Thomson, 527
Cause of Lustre Produced on Mercerising Cotton under Tension, by Mr. J. Hubner and Professor W. J. Pope, 527
The Theory of Dyeing, by Professor G. von Georgivics, 528
The Properties of the Mai-Stone, by Professor H. C. White, 528
Reduction of Nitrate by Sewage, by Professor E. A Letts and Messrs. B. F. Blake and J. S. Stotton, 628
Organic Compounds, Reports by Committees, &c., 556
Duty-Free Alcohol for Scientific Research, Report by Sir Henry Roscae, 556

Economic Section.
Economic Science and Statistics, Presidential Address by Mr. E. IV. Braybrook, 557
The Growth of Municir al Rates, by Dr. G. W. Ginsburg, 537
Depreciation and Sinking Funds in Municipal Undertakings, by Mr. S. H. Turner, 57
The Wealth of the Empire, and How it Should be Used, by Sir Robert Gillen, 557
Other Papers, 659

British Columbian Coal and Iron, 223
British Consuls and Commerce, 190
British and Foreign Crane Contract Prices, 763
British and German Industries, 498
British Isles, Rainfall in, 783
British Railways and their Competitors, 287, 55. See 360
British Railway Construction, 227, 259
British Railways, 762
British Trade Marks in China, 191
British Trade in South Africa, 819. See 683
British versus United States Built Locomotives, 62
British Warships. See Warships
Brittleness in Steel, Stead's Recent Experiments
on the Causes and Prevention of, 527. See 18, 431. See Iron and Steel Institute
Brittleness of Steel, 324, 325, 334, 418, 431, 527, 28
Brittlenes3, Testing Steel as Regards, 418, 431
Brown, Professor J. Campbell, on Potable Waters in South-West Lancashire, 472. See 84
Brunck Coke-Ovens, 345, 469
Buckton's Well-House Foundry, 181
Buenos Ayres Railways, 572
Buhl Band-Saw Filing Machine, 780
Buildings, Station ; London and Brighton Railway, 855
Bulkhead Doors, Hydraulically-Worked, StoneLloyd System, 624
Bullivant Wire Ropeway, 723
Bursting of Emery Wheels, 282. See 222, 216
By-Products, Utilisation of, 289

Cable Companies, Submarine, 83, 259, 779
Cableway at Queen's Ferry, Flint, 728
Cable Works, Oralock's, 180
Caisson-Sinking, Electric Derrick Cranes for, 35
Calais and Dover Steamer, Turbine, 20
Caledonian Railway, Six-Wheel Coupled Passenger Locomotive for, 399
Callendar and Oban Railway Extension ; Connel Ferry Bridge, 139
Calorimetry, Air, Testing of Electric Generators by, 770, 813
Canada, Patents in, 602
Canadian Railway Economics ; Grand Trunk, 542
Canadian Railway Expansion, 91
Canal Engineering, 2, 28
Canal, Indian Ship, 225
Cane Hill Asylum Work 5, London and Brighton Railway, 755
Cannonades, Hail-Dispersing, 491
Cantilever Bridge at Connel Ferry ; Callendar and Oban Railway, 139
Cape Government Railways, 160
Cape Mail Steamers, " Armadale Castle," 780
Capital, Foreign, in Japan, 839
Capped Projectiles and the Balance of Power, 739
Capped Shell, 533
Capper, Professor D. S , on a Recent Development Gas-Engines, 814
Capstan Lathes. See Machine-Tools
Capstan, The Fives-Lille Electric, 505
Capstan and Windlass Gear, Napier, on T.S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm IL," 37
Car, Railway Motor, for the Paris-Orleans Railway Company, 560
Carbide of Iron, Acetylene, Generated by Filing Steel, 605
Carbon and Iron Arc Spectra at High Gaseous Pressures, 452
Carnegie, Andrew, on Iron and Steel, 315
Carriage and Locomotive Works ; Great Northern Railway, 178
Carriage, Railway Saloon, for the " Sud Express," 29
Carriage Spring Seat, 673
Carriages, Railway, Self-Propelled, 355. See 287, 60
Carriages. See Car, Motor-Cars, Railway, and Tramways
Cask, Automatic, Registering and Counting Machine, Forsyth's, 530. See Erratum, 564
Cast-Iron, Bearing on the Design of Piston-Rod Springs, Permanent Set in, 400, 418. See Erratum, 429
Cast-Steel Cement ; Amalgams Company, 293, 27, 430, 465, 502, 540
Casting of 27-Ft. Steel Cylinders, 628
Casting Temperatures on Alloys, Influence of, 31, 263
Castings Finished on Automatic Screw Machines, 14
Castle Liners, South African, 780
Catalogue of Books on Useful Arts, Newcastle Library, 98
Catalogues, 106, 137, 147, 214, 315, 319, 440, 474, 17, 582, 784, 850, 879
Cavitation in Lubrication, The Occurrence of, 12
Cement, Testing the Soundness of, 706
Cements, Steel Amalgams Company, 293, 327, 30, 465, 502, 540
Cementation, Alleged, of Iron and Silicon, 108
Central Station Condensing Plant, 73, 141
Central Station Fuel Consumption, 176, 200. See Letters, 247, 293, 327
Central Stations. See also Electrical
Centrifugal Fans for Induced Draught, Tests of, 10, 862
Centrifugal Machines, 298
Centrifugal Pumps ; Efficiency Tests, 719, 745. See LETTER, 763
Centrifugal Pumps, Spindle Packing for, 548
Centrifugal Pumps, Steam-Turbine-Driven, for High Lifts, 9, 32. See LETTER, 86
Centrifugals, Weston Water-Driven, 248
Ceylon Railways, 872
"Challenger," H.M.S., Steam Trials of, 394
Channel Steamer, the Modern Express, for Short Passages, 5, 30
Channel Steamer, Turbine T.S., "The Queen," 0
Channel Steamers, 22, 67
Channel Steamers with Parsons Turbine, 43, 48, 01. See LETTER, 87
Channel Steamers, Turbine-Driven, for the Midland Railway, 158
Channel Turbine Steamer " Brighton," 325
Chaplin, The late Alexander, 807
Charlottenburg, Prussian Technical Testing Station at, 226
Charlottenburg, The Reichsanstalt at, 617. See 26, 268
Chasing Lathe, Motor-Driven, 420
Chassiron Lighthouse, Acetylene Gas Plant at (French), 528
ChMsis. See Motor-Cars
Chemical Action by the Emanation from Gold and Platinum, Intensification of, 451
Chemical Analysis of Water from Softeners, 858, 76
Chemical Constitution of Organic Substances and Absorption Spectra, 526
Chemical Fire-Engine, Fire-Escape, and HoseCart Combined, 314
Chemical Section at the British Association, 523, 56
Chemical Waste, Utilisation of, 289
Chemical Works Act in 1902, 172
Chemistry, Applied, International Congress for, 6, 71, 109
Chemistry, Electro-, 650
Chemistry, Electro-, Text-Book, 169
Chester-le-Street, Boiler Explosion at, 230
Chilian Warships " Libertad" and " Constitucion," 803, 842
China, British Trade Marks in, 191
China-Clay Situation, 393
China, Foreign Trade of, 463
China ; Hong Kong Trade, 318
Chirnside, Boiler Explosion at, 262
Chlorine Smelting with Electrolysis, 155
Chloroform in Air,103
Circuits, Electrostatic Volt-Meters for Alternating Current, 452
Circulating-Putups of the T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II," 376
Circulation of the Atmosphere, the General, 487

Civil Engineers, Conference of Institution of:

1 See preceding volume.

Section II -Harbours, Docks, and Canals, 1
The Modern Equipment of Docks, with
Special Reference to Hydraulic and Electric Appliances, by Mr. Walter Pitt, 1, 28
Recent Improvements in Canal Engineering, by Mr. Gerald Fitzgibbon, 2, 28

Section IV.-Mining and Metallurgy, 4
The Continuous Method of Open-Hearth Steel-Making, by Mr. B. Talbot, 4, 29
Alloys of Nickel and Steel, by Mr. R. A. Hadfield, 4, 29
Dangerous Crystallisation of Mill Steel and Wrought Iron, by Professor Arnold, 4, 30

Section V.-Shipbuilding, 5
The Modern Express Steamer for Short Passages, by Mr. A. E. Seaton, 5, 30
Steam Turbines, by Professor Rateau, 6, 2, 105
Harbour Dues and Charges, by Mr. H. H. West, 8

Section VI. - Water Works, Sewerage, and Gas Works, 8
Bacterial Treatment of Water and Sewage, Up-to-Date, by Professor Percy Frankland, , 32
Steam-Turbine-Driven Centrifugal Pumps for High Lifts, by Mr. C. W. Darley, 9, 32. See LETTER, 86
The Raising of Water by Compressed Air, by Mr. Percy Griffith, 10, 33

Section VII.-Applications of Electricity, 11
High-Speed Electric Traction on Railways by Mr. J. W. Jacomb Hood, 11, 31
The Position and Protection of Third Rail on Electric Railways, by Mr. William E. Langdon, 11, 34
Erratum, 58

Civil Engineers, Institution of:

Presidential Address, by Sir W. II. White, 31, 678, 713. See 701. See LErrza, 803
Tensile Tests of Mild Steel and the Relation of Elongation to the Size of the Test-Bars, by Professor W. C. Unwin, 671
The Distribution of Mean and Extreme Annual Rainfall over the British Isles, by Mr. Hugh Robert Mill, 783
Deposits in Pipes and other Channels conveying Potable Water, by Professor C. Campbell Brown, 840
The Purification of Water Highly Charged with Vegetable Matter, with Special Reference to the Effect of Aeration, by Mr. Osbert Chadwick and Mr. Bertram Blount, 10

Conference of the Institution. See Civil Engineers, Conference of
Clark, H. Ade, on the Diesel Oil-Engine, 156, 165, 96. See LETTERS, 247, 293
Clarkson, Thomas, on Developments in Automobile Construction, 846. See 381 and LETTER, 01
Clay Situation, China-, 93
Cleaning of Structural Metal-Work, 501
Cleansing Streets, Horse versus Motor Traction for, 393
Cleveland Iron. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Cleveland and Northern Counties, Notes from, 7, 51, 95, 120, 160, 185, 218, 250, 284, 318, 352, 89, 423, 457, 503, 531, 565, 607, 629, 662, 698, 33, 767, 800, 833, 875
Clutch, New Form of Friction, 163, 176
Coal and Coke, American, 535
Coal Combine, South Wales Anthracite, 704
Coal Consumption Tests of Furness Railway Locomotives, 434. See 324
Coal, Gas. See Gas
Coal in India, 668
Coal and Iron, British Columbian, 223
Coal and Iron Industry, Russian, 53S
Coal-Mine, Silesia, Borsig's, 480
Coal, Ne iv South Wales, 358
Coal Prcduction and Consumption, 666
Coal Production in Japan, 804
Coal on Siberian Railway, 807
Coal Storage under Water, 324
Coaling Ships, 715
Coaling Steamers for the Navy, 104
Coates and Co., Limited, Victor, Works of, 792. See also 726, 874
Cobalt and Nickel, Separation of, 527
Cochrane, The late William, 807
Coke and Coal, American, 535
Coke-Handling in French Gas Works, 74
Coke Manufacture Stamping Machine at Borsig's, 479
Coke-Oven Practice, The Regulation of the Combustion of, 345, 469
Coke-Wagon, Bogie, 828
College, Naval, in Isle of Wight, 392
College. See also Technical College, University, London, Engineering Department at, 93
College, Yorkshire, 181
Colleges and Technical Education, 542
Colliery, Altoft's, 180
Coliery Electrical Practice and Manual, 754
Colliery, International, Exhibition, 25
Collis, W. B., on the Newcomen Engine, 613. See 552, 557, 611, 616
Collisions. See Railway Accidents .
Colonial Expansion, Portents of, 567
Colonial Railway Administration during the Crisis, 603, 632. See also Railways
Colour of Iodides, 526
Columbian Coal and Iron, 223
Columns for Bridges. See London and Brighton Railway Widening
Combine, Coal, South Wales Anthracite, 704
Combine of Swedish Iron Ore Companies, 257
Combines. See Treats
Combustion in Coke-Oven Practice, The Regulation of, 345, 469
Combustion, Slow, of Methane and Ethane, 527
Comets and Radioactivity, 288, 405, 426, 448
Commerce and Consuls, 190
Commercial Education, 703
Commission Agents and the Law, 806
Commission, Royal, on Trade Disputes, 92
Companies, American Street Railway, 158
Companies. Combine of Swedish Iron Ore, 257
Companies' Liabilities. See Legal Compensation Act. See Workmen's Compensation Act
Compensation Act, Workmen's Fees to Medical Men under, 633
Compensation Act, Workmen's. See Legal Compensation,,,The Law of, 499
Competition, Foreign, for Tramway Station Engines, 632
Composition of Tramway Rails, 773
Compound Engines. See Engines
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
Compound Metals, 873
Compounds, Organic, 556
Compressed Air for Raising Water from Wells, 0, 33, 675. See LErms, 708, 729, 809
Compressor, Air, Boreas, 713
Compulsory Purchase. See Legal
Concrete Tunnel for Underground Electric Railway, 574
Condenser of T.S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II." 376
Condensing, Evaporating, and Cooling Apparatus, 684
Condensing Plant, 73, 141, 824
Condensing Plant at Berlin, 824
Condensing Surface Plant, Longton, Staffordshire, 314
Conduction of Electricity Through Gases, 822
Conductivity Curves of Tungsten Alloys, 324, 30, 366
Conductivity, Heat, of Steam-Pipe Coverings, 71
Conductivity of Metals, Electric and Thermal, 47
Conductor, Electrical, Aluminium as an,385
Conference of Institution of Civil Egineers.
See Civil Engineers
Congress, Engineering. See Civil Engineers
Congress of Hygiene, International, at Brussels, 5
Congress, Industrial Property, 460
Congress, International, for Applied Chemistry, 0, 71, 109
Congress for Prevention of Fire, 93, 127. See 265
Congress, Trades Union, 391
Connel Ferry Bridge ; Callendar and Oban Railway, 139
" Constitution " and " Libertad," Chilian Warships, 803, 842
Construction, Furnace, Some Neglected Points in, 805
Consuls and Commerce, 190
Consulting Engineers and Engineers, 459
Consumption, Coal, Tests of Furness Railway
Locomotives, 434. See 324
Consumption and Production of Coal, 666
Consumption of Steam Turbines, 153. See Limn., 247
Contracting-Out Schemes, Alternative to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 256
Contracts for Tramway Rails, 773
Converters. See Electric
Conveyor, Cupola Slag, 302
Conveyors of Coke in French Gas Works, 74
Cooling,. Condensing, and Evaporating Apparatus, 684
Cooling-Tower for Condenser Plant, 73, 141
Copper, Effect of Impurities on, 753
Copper in Italy, 809
Copper Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Copper Production, American, 54
Copper Situation, 6G2
Copper Works, Leeds, 209
Cordite, Explosive Pressure and Rate of Combustion of, 452
Corliss 3000-Horse-Power Engines for Tramways, 25
Corona), Sun-Spots and Prominences, 486
Cosmical Radioactivity, 451. See 288, 426. See also Radium.
Cost of Glasgow Corporation Telephone System, 53 See also Glasgow Telephones
Cost of Power, 706
Cost of Power in France, 571
Cost, Relative, of Public Lighting by Gas and by
Electricity, 160, 687
Costs, Works, Generating Stations, 176, 200. See
LETTERS) 247, 293, 327
Cotton Industry in India, and Japan, 154
* Cotton, Mercerising, Cause of Lustre Produced
on, Under Tension, 527
Counting and Registering, Cask, Automatic
Machine, Forsyth's, 630. See Erratum, 561
Coupling, Lindqvist Safety, for Shafts, 195
Covered Way ; London and Brighton Railway
Widening, 755
Covering Ship Propeller Blades, 260
Coverings for Steam-Pipes, Experiments on Heat
Conductivity, 171
Crabtree, John H., on the Newcomen Engine, 13. See 552, 577, 611, 616
Cradock's Steel Rope Works, 180
Craig Goch Lake ; Birmingham Water Works, 94
Cramp, William, on Single-Phase Repulsion
Motors, 606. See 419
Crane Contract Prices, British and Foreign. 763
Crane, Railway Permanent-Way, Cape Government, 709
Cranes, Electric, 24
Cranes, Electric Derrick, for Caisson-Sinking, 85
Cranes at the Fore River Ship and Engine Works, Quincy, Mass , 347
Cranes, Hydraulic versus Electric, for Docks, 1, 8
Cranes for Re-Roofing Shops, 744
Cranes. See also Electric
Crankshaft of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 444
Creditors, Employers and Workmen's, 561, 571
" Crewe " System of Electrically-Operated Railway Points and Signals, 79
Cruisers, Merchant, with Housing Propellers, 14, 1. See Denim, 58
Cruisers. See Warships
Cruse Controllable Superheater, 215
Crystalline Steel, the Restoration of Dangerously, 24, 334. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Photomicrographs
Crystallisation, Dangerous, of Mild Steel and
Wrought Iron, 4, 30
" Cumberland," H.M.S., Steam Trials of, 364
Cumberland Ore-Mines Under the Sea, 324, 345, 65
Cunard Line ; Subsidies for Atlantic Liners, 187.
See 53
Cupola Slag Conveyor, 802
Curtis Steam Turbine, The Future of, 153. See
LETTER, 247
Curtis Turbine for Marine Propulsion, 394, 806
Cutting Machine, India-Rubber, Automatic, 659
Cycle and Motor-Car Show, National, 739
Cycles at the Stanley Show, 728
Cylinder, Steel Hydraulic, 27-Ft., 528
Cylinder and Valve Sections of T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhelm II.," 341
Cylindric Mechanism, A New, 777

Dairy Machinery, 24
Dam, Craig Goch Lake, Birmingham Water Works, 494
Damage by Gale to Dover Harbour Works, 394
Damages for Wrongful Dismissal, 536
Darley, C. W., on Steam-Turbine-Driven Centrifugal Pumps for High Lifts, 9, 32. See LETTER, 6
Davey, Henry, . on the Newcomen Engine, 652, 57, 611, 616
Davies, Stuart H., on the Design of Works for
Bacterial Treatment of Sewage, 500
Deal and Dover Measured Mile, 634
Debt, Municipal, 631. See LETTERS, 214, 395, 30, 502, 573, 606, 625, and Glasgow Corporation, &c.
Decimal System. See Metric System
Deck Plans of T.-S.S. "Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37
Decking for Bridges. See Bridges, London and
Brighton Railway Widening
Deep-Sea Erosion, 129, 349
Deep-Sea Observation ; Momentary Relief of
Great Pressure, 429
Definition, of an Accident 869
Definition of a Workman, 143
Deflection Bars, Magnetometer, The Bending of, 37
Departures in British Navy, 392
Deposits in Pipes and the Purification of Water,
Depreciation and Sinking Fund, Municipal, 631.
See LETTERS, 214, 395, 430, 502, 573, 606, 625,
and Glasgow Corporation, &c.
Depreciation and Sinking Funds in Municipal
Undertakings, 557
Depression, Barometric, 487
Derailment at Kirkdale, 185
Derailments. See also Railway Accidents
Derivatives of Fluorine, Some, 526
Derrick Cranes, Electric, for Caisson-Sinking, 85
Design, Improvements in Locomobile, 381, 846.
See LETTER, 501
Design and Manufacture of War Munitions, 321
Design of Racing Yachts, 464
De842sign of Warships, British Admiralty and, 803,
Destroyers. See Warships
Destructors, Refuse, 413
Destructors, Refuse ; Leeds Corporation Works, 80
Detachable Petrol-Motor for Boat - Propulsion
(French), 530
Development of Yokohama, 292
Devices, Protective, for High-Tension Electrical
Systems, 384
D'Eyncourt, E. H. T., on Fast Coaling-Ships for
our Navy, 104
Diagram of Traffic Progress; London and Brighton
Railway, 586
Diagrams of Metal Prices, 26, 192, 327, 466, 638, 7
Diaphragms for Electrolysis, 268
Die-Forging Hammers, 017, 635. See ILLUSTRATIONS
Diesel Oil-Engine, 166, 165, 196. See LETTERS, 47, 293
Differential Indicator Springs, 675
Direct United States Cable Company, Limited, 69. See 83, 779
Directories. See also LITERATURE
Directory, Matriculation, 598
* Directory of Railway Officials, Universal, 211
Directory of Technical Schools, 191
Diseases of Steel, 346
Dismissal, Wrongful, Damages for, 636
Dispersive Medium, Wave Propagation in a, 453
Disputes, Trade, Royal Commission on, 92
Distillation of Metals in Quartz Vessels, 706
Distribution of Sewage on Bacteria Beds, 267
Distribution of the Year's New Naval Work, 670
Diurnal Temperature Variations in the SeaWater of the Levant, 490
Dock Dues and Charges, 8
Dock, Graving, at Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe,
Japan, 112
Docks, Belfast, 99
Docks, Equipment of, Hydraulic versus Electric, , 28
Docks, Fire Prevention at Manchester Ship Canal, 66
Docks, Harbours, Waterways, and Pier Schemes
in Parliament, 788
Doctor's Fees under Workmen's Compensation
Act, 833
" Dominion?" H.M.S., 291
Doors of Ships, Bulkhead Hydraulically-Worked,
Stone-Lloyd System, 624
Double-Acting Petrol Engines, 501
Dover and Calais Steamer, Turbine, 20
Dover Harbour Works ; Damage by Gale, 394
Downie's Dead-Lift Valve, 467
Drainage Land, 554
Draining Water from Mines. 227
Draught, Induced, by Centrifugal Fans, Tests
of, 510
Draught, Mechanical, Power Station with, at
Berlin, 824, 862
Drilltd versus Punched Holes in Ships' Hulls, 6, 59
Drilling-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Drills, Rock, Fern's " Challenge " Sharpener
for, 562
Driving, Electric, in Workshops, 19
Drop-Forging Hammers, 617, 685. see ILLUSTRATIONS
Drying-Machine for Coke in French Gas Works, 4
Dublin Harbour Works, 45
Duddon Estuary, Iron Ore under, 245, 265, 324
Dunn, Hugh S., on the Newcomen Engine, 615.
• See 552, 677, 611, 616
Dust Fall of February, 1903, and its Origin, 708
Dutch Torpedo Boat, Electric Lighting for, 149
Duty-Free Alcohol for Scientific Research, 556
Dyeing, The Theory of, 528
Dynamometric Tests of Road Vehicles, 381, 438
Dynamos. See Electric

Earthing of Electric Transformers, 706.
Earthquakes, 491
Earth's Crust and Atmosphere, Radioactive
Emanations in the, 451. See 288, 426
Earth's Magnetic Energy, The, 491
Eastern Extension, Australasian, and China Telegraph Company, Limited, 779. See 83, 259
Eastern Railway of France, The Train Lighting on, 386
Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited, 259. See 3, 779 •
Eborall, A. C., on Three-Phase Switch Gear, 409, 43, 482, 516. See LzrrEas
Eclipse Observations of Jupiter's Satellites, 487
Economic Conditions of Japan, 871
Economic Science and Statistics, 557
Economiser Works, Green's, 180
Economy of Fuel in Generating Stations, 176, 00. See LETTERS, 247, 293, 327
Edison Accumulator for Automobiles, 814
Education of Apprentices, 839
Education, Commercial, 703
Education, Engineering, and the Services, 835
Education, Engineering, at University College,
London, 93
Education of Engineers, 59
Education and English Industries, 542
Education and the Institution of Civil Engineers, 635
Education. See also Technical Education, Apprenticeship, and College
Education, Technical, The Appreciation of, 671
Education, Technical, Great Western Railway
Company and, 328
Effect of the Taff Vale Railway Case, 807
Effect of Wind on Roofs, 508. See LErrRits, 540, 06, 671
Efficiency of Series Motors, A Method for Finding
the, 385
Ehrhardt, H., on the Manufacture of Weldless
Steel Pipes and Shells, 402. See 345
Ejector Condensers, 73, 141
Ejector, Hydraulic, and Fire-Prevention Pipes,
Manchester Ship Canal Docks, 265

Electric.

See also Electrical Engineers, Institution of, and Civil Engineers' Conftrence, Section VII.
Accumulator, Edison, for Automobiles, 814
Accumulator, Lead, 829
Air-Compressor (Boreal), ElectricallyDriven, 713
Alternators (Dick, Kerr, and Co.), 598
Alternators, Parallel Working of, 385, 468
Alternators, Testing; by Air Calorimetry, 770, 13
Aluminium as a Conductor, 385
Armature Boring and Turning Mill, 217
Atmosphere, Electrifying the, 744
Batteries. See Accumulators
Boring-Machine, Motor-Driven, 184
Capstan, Fives-Lille Electric, 505
Cars. See Motor-Cars
Central Station Condensing Plant, 73, 141, 824
Central Station Fuel Consumption, 176, 200.
See LETTERS, 247, 293, 827
Centrifugal Pumps, Electrically - Driven,
Efficiency Tests of, 719, 745
Chlorine Smelting by Electrolysis, 155
Colliery Electrical Practice (A Manual), 754
Conduction of Electricity through Gases, 822
Conductivity of Metals, 647
Continuous-Current Motors, 554
Costs, Works, Generating Stations, 170, 200.
See LETTERS, 247, 293, 327
Cranes, 24
Cranes, Derrick, for Caisson-Sinking, 385
Cranes at Fore River Works, 347
Cranes, Hydraulic versus Electric, for Dock, , 28
" Crewe" System of Electrically Operated
Railway Points and Signals, 79
Discharges, Direct and Oscillatory, 872
Dock Equipment, Hydraulic versus Electric, , 28
Driving Machine-Tools. See Machine Tool
Dynamo Construction and Electric Wiring
(German Text-Book), 310
Dynamos and Motors, Continuous-Current, 15
Dynamos. See also Alternators and
Generators
Electricity, Private Supply of, 124
Electra-Chemistry, 56, 71. 109
Electrolysis of hlorine, 165
Electrolysis Diaphragms, 258
Electrolysis, The P, esent Position of the
Theory of, 650
Electrol tic Apparatus, 292
Elevators. See Lifts
Engine. Oil, with Dynamo, 13
Fire on Paris Railway-, 223. See LETTER, 214
Fren..h Text-Book, 276
Frequencies and Pressures, Standard, h04
Furnace Reactions under High Gasecus
Pressures, 527
Galvanometers, Ballistic, 452
Gas-Driven Lighting Plant at Tunis, 420
Generators (Dick. Kerr, and Co ), 598
Generators and Motors ; Starting and Contr 'fling Apparatus, 515
Generators, Testing of, by Air Calorimetry, 70, 813
German Electrical Progress, 568. See 497
Grinding Machine, El. etrically Driven, 312
Handling of Coke in French Gas Works, 74
Hydro-Electric Installation at Rossie Priory,
Perthshire, 281. 560
Insulating Compositions. Bitumen in, 829
Lift Gear, 661. See LETTER, 809
Lifts, Passenger and Goods, 280
Light, Electric, Theory of, 448. See 288, 426
Light and Power Station at Berlin, with Mechanical Draught, 824, 862
Lighti. g Plant for Dutch Torpedo-Boat, 149
Lighting Plsnt, Tunis, 420
Lighting and Power Schemes in Parliament, 87
Lighting and Power; Station Leeds Corporation Works, 180
Lighting, Public, Cost of Gas versus Electricity, 160, 637
Lighting and Tramway Schemes, Progress of, 11
Magnet Case, Boring, Facing and Recessing Machine, 246
Magnetic North Pole, 603
Magnetism of Basalt when Heated, 637
Magnetism and Electricity, 477
Magnetometer Deflection Bars, The Bending
of, 637
Meters, Volt, Electrostatic, for Alternating
Currents, 452
Monophase Electric Railway Traction in
Berlin, 631. See Motors
Motor Care, 385
Motor-Driven Chasing Lathe, 420
Motors, Continuous Current, 554
Motors, Def cts, Causes and Insurance of, 498
Motors and Dynamos, Continuous Current, 15
Motors and Generators ; Starting and Controlling Apparatus. 516
Motors, Repulsion, Single-Phase, 419, 606
Motors, Series, Efficienc) of, 385
Motors, Single-Phase, for Railways, 392. See
LETTER, 464
Municipal Accounts and Audits, 631. See
Larrsas, 214, 395, 430, 502, 5/3, 606, 625,
and Glasgow Corporation, &c.
Municipal Electric Schemes and their Influence on Industry, 711
Municipal Undertakings, Depreciation of, 557
Power and its Application, Mr. R. K. Gray's
Address, 711, 749 .
Power and Lighting Schemes in Parliament, 87. See also Lighting
Power Plant with Mechanical Draught at
Berlin, 824, 862
Power Station, Manhattan, New York,
Large, 463
Pressures and Frequencies, Standard, €04
Protective Devices for High-Tension Syste.as, 84
Railway Points and Signals, " Crewe "
System of Operating. 79
Railway Power Act, 570
Rail‘A ay and Tramway Progress in America, 26, 301
Railway Signalling, Westinghouse ElectroGas System, 7ti0
Railway Traction, High-Speed, 604
Railway Traction in Berlin, Monophase, 634
Railways, Single-Phase Motor for, 392. See
LETTER, 464, and Motors
Railways, Suburban, 670
Railways, Traction on, 11, 34
Railways and Trams, 287, 355. See 360
Railways, Underground, Ventilation of, 419
Report of Committee on Standards, 452
Saw-Bench, Portable, Electrically-Driven, 61
Secondary Batteries. See Accwmulators
St. Marylebone Borough and Electric Finance, 462
Standard Pressures and Frequencies, 604
Strobographic Methods, 837
Telegraphy, 748
Telephone System, Glasgow Corporation,
Cost of, 357, 462, 537, 603, 853. See LErrEas
Tercentenary of Dr. Gilbert, 839
Text-Book on Electrical Engineering, 754
Thermostat, 812
Third Rail, Pcsition of, 11, 84
Three-Phase Switch Gear, 409, 443, 482, 516
See LETTERS
Traction on Railways, 11, 34, 385
* Elect ric—continued.
Tramway Companies in America, 158
Tramway and Lighting Scheme Progress, 711
Tramway and Railway Progress in America, 26, 301
Tramway Station, Engines for the London
County Council, 632
Trainways, British versus American, 226.
See 301
Tramways, Newcastle, 3000 - Horse - Power
Triple-Expansion Engines for, 725, 874
Tramways versus Railways, 287, 355. See 60
Transformers, The Earthing of, 706
Voltmeters, Electrostatic, 452
Winch for H.M. Yacht "Victoria and Albert," 385. See Erratum, 412
Wiring (German Text-Book), 310
Works Costs, Generating Stations, 176, 200.
See LErrisks, 247, 293, 327
Workshop Driving, 19
Zambesi Power Scheme, 324

Electrical Engineers, Institut ion of: 29

Applications of Electricity in Engineering
and Shipbuilding Works, by Mr. A. D.
Williamson, 19
Inaugural Address, by Mr. Robert Kaye
Gray, President, 670, 711, 748
Testing Electrical Generators by Air Calorimetry, by Mr. R. Threlfall, 770, 813
The Edison Accumulator for Automobiles,
by Mr. W. Hibbert, 814
Strobographic Methods, by M. E. Hospitaller, 837
The Gilbert Tercentenary, 839

Electrical Conductor, Aluminium as an, 385
Electrical Engineering, Elementary Text-Book of, 54
Electrical Engineers, The Scope of the Institution of, 729
Electrical Industries, German, 568. See 497
Electrical, Ironmongery and Hardware Trades
Exhibition, 126
Electrical Propulsion as a General Means of Transport, 3s5
Electrical Standards, Committee Report, 452
Electrical Systems, Protective Devices for High
Tension, 384
Electricity and Magnetism, 477
Electricity on Suburban Railways, 670
Electrifying the Atmosphere, 744
Electro-Chemistry Teat-Book, 169
Electro-Ethereal Theory of the Velocity of Light,
. 448. See 288, 426
Electro-Gas (Westinghouse) System of Railway
Signalling, 760
Electro-Mechanical Construction, Elements of, 11
Electrolysis, Chlorine-Smelting with, 155
Electrolysis, Diaphragms for, 259
Electrolysis, The Present Position of the Theory of, 650
Electrolytic Apparatus, 292
Electrostatic Voltmeters for Alternating-Current Circuits, 452
Elevated Railways, 132. See LETTERS, 86, 159
Elevators for Coke in French Gas Works, 71
Elevators. See Lifts
Emanation from Gold and Platinum, Intensification of Chemical Action by, 461
Emanation from Radioactive Substances, Nature of the, 448. See 288, 426
Emanations. Radioactive, in the Earth's Crust
and Atmosphere, 451. See 288, 426
Emanations, Radium, 288. See 405, 426, 418
Embankment for Craig Goch Lake ; Birmingham
Water Works 494
Emery Grinding Machinery, 556. See also
Grinding Machines
Emery Wheels, Safe Speeds of, 222. See 246, 82
Emett, Frederick W., on American Bridges on
the Uganda Railway, 249
Eminent Men ; The Uses of Publicity, 665. See
LETTER, 708
Emission and Absorption Spectra, 523
Empire, The Wealth of the, and its Use, 557
Employers aad Workmen's Creditors, 561, 571.
See also Legal
Engine, Blowing, Westinghouse Compound, 797
Engine Defects and their Causes, 498
Engine, Fire, Chemical, Fire-Escape, and HoseCart Combined, 314 • Engine, Fire, Steam (Merryweather), 796
Engine, Gas, Explosions, 404, 418. See 616
Engine, Gas, KOrting, 700-Horse-Power DoubleActing, 596
Engine, High-Speed, Lefevre' Four-Cylinder, 280
Engine, Marine, Triple-Cylinder, 420
Engine, New Cylindric Mechanism, 777
Engine, Oil, 13
Engine, Oil, Diesel, 156, 165, 193. See LErrEks, 17, 293
Engine, Oil, with Dynamo, 13
Engine, Oil, Fielding, 759
Engine, Griffin Marine-Type Hydro•Oil, 117
Engine, Oil Tractor, 13
Engine, Oil Tractor (Hornsby), 842
Engine, Petrol, for Boat-Propulsion, Detachable
(French), 530
Engine, Petrol. See also Motor-Car
Engine-Room Arrangement of T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhelm II.," 276
Engine Shafts. See Shafts
Engine, Steam, Elementary Treatise on. 755
Engine, Steam Packing, 874. See Packing
Engine, Traction (Garrett), 873
Engine, Traction, Military (Elornsby), 812
Engine, Traction, Oil, 13
Engines, Double-Acting Petrol, 501
Engine, Entropy or Thermodynamics of, 271, 305, 37, 373. See 452
Engines, Gas, 844
Engines, Gas ; Experiments in Gas Explosion, 16. See 404, 418
Engines, Gas, for Marine Purposes, 079. See
LETTER, 808
Engines, Kinematics of, 556
Engines for the London County Council Tramway Station, 632
* Engines, Newcomen, 552, 577, 611, 616
Engines, Oil, Bertheau, for Motor-Boat (Thorny.
croft), 626
Engines, Oil, at Smithfield Club Show,805
Engines, Propelling, Elevation Plan ad Sections
of T.-S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 329
Engines. See also Locomotives
Engines, Steam versus Turbine, 153. See LETTER, 47
Engines, 3000-Horse-Power Triple-Expansion, for
Newcastle Corporation Tramways, 725. See 74
Engines and Turbines, Spaces Occupied by, 463
Engines, Vibration of, 25
Engineer Apprentices, 425, 429, 463. See also
Apprenticeship
Engineer, The Making of an, 89
Engineer Officers and. Education, 835
Engineer in South Africa, The, 633. See 819
Engineers and Artists, 671
Engineers, Conference of. See Civil Engineers,
Conference of
Engineers and Consulting Engineers, 459
Engineers, Institution of. See Civil Engineers,
Mechanical Engineers, Mining Engineers,
Electrical Engineers, Naval Architects, Iron
and Steel Institute, Physical Society, and
Society of Arts
Engineers, Mathematics for, 237, 358, 534. See
LETTERS, 59, 574, 606, 625, 671
Engineers' Pocket-Book, German, 170
Engineers' Training. See Technical Education
and Apprenticeship
Engineers, Training of, 59
Engineering Apprentices, 925, 429, 463
Engineering Department, University College,
London, 93
Engineering Education and the Services, 835
Engineering, Marine, Progress and Problems, 678
Engineering Naval Research, 221
Engineering Schemes in Parliament, 740, 773, 87
Engineering Section at the British Association, 80, 413
Engineering Standards Committee, 635
Engineering Standards Committee's Specification, 214
Engineering, Steam, Elements of, 211
Engineering Works, Electrically-Driven, 19
Engineering Works in Germany, Borsig's, 479, 51, 587, 620, 691, 721, 794. See ILLUSTRATIONS for details
Engineering. Works of Victor Coates and Co., Limited, Belfast, 725, 792
English Industry and Advanced Technical Education, 642
Entropy and Irreversible Processes, 452
Entropy, or Thermodynamics from an Engineer's Point of View, 271, 305, 337, 373. See 452
Equipment of Docks, Hydraulic versus Electric, , 28
Equipment of the Manchester Municipal Technical Institute, 380
Erosion. Deep-Sea, 129, 349
Eruptions, Volcanic, in the West Indies, 491
Escape, Fire, Chemical Fire-Engine and HoseCart Combined, 314
Ethane and Methane, Slow Combustion of, 527
Etruscan Copper Mine Italian Metallurgical Industry, 809
Evaporating, Condensing, and Cooling Apparatus, 681
Evaporation, Apparatus for Determining the Latent Heat of, 527
Evaporative Efficiency of Boilers with WaterSofteners, 858, 876
Exhibition, Brewers', 569
Exhibition, International Colliery, 25
Exhibition, Ironmongery, Hardware, and Electrical Trades, 126
Exhibition of Meteorological and Magnetic Instruments at British Association, 522
Exhibition, Osaka, Japan, 55
Exhibition, St. Louis, Mining Plant at,.58
Experimental Research, Naval Engineering, 21
Experimental Work at the Reichsanstalt, 647. See 258
Experiments, Further, with the Infantry RangeFinder, 414
Experiments in Gas Explosions, 616
Experiments, Preliminary, on Air Friction, 418
Experiments, Ship Model Tank, 464
Experiments on Steam-Pipe Covering, 171
Explosion, Boiler, at Darwen, 472. See also Boiler
Explosions
Explosions, Gas-Engine, 401, 418. See 616
Explosions; Gas, Experiments in, 616. See 401, 18
Explosive Pressure of Cordite, 452
Explosive Pressure and Rate of Combustion of
Cordite, 352
Exposition. See Exhibition
Extensometer, A New Form of Mirror, 419

Factories and Technical Education, 542
Factory Act Interpretation, 18S
Factory Cases. See Legal
Falmouth Observatory Committee, Report of the, 491
Fans, Centrifugal, for Induced Draught, Tests of, 510. See 862
Faraday Society, The, 829
Farnley Iron Works, 180
Fast-Cutting Tools, Notes on, 146, 157. See also High-Speed Tool-Steel
Feed, Boiler, Pump (Heisler), 467
Feed-Pumps at Sea, 669
Feed-Pumps of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 376
Fees to Medical Men under Workmen's Compensation Act, 633
Fergusson's " Percentage" Theodolite, 759. See
LETTER, 841
Fern's " Challenge " Sharpener for Rock Drills, 62
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Ferro
Ferry, Tyne General, Company's Twin-Screw
Passenger Steamer " Mona, 831
Fesca's Regulator and Bearing for Centrifugal
Machines, 298
Field-Gun Design and Manufacture, 321
Fielding Oil-Engine, 759
* Filed Steel, The Smell of, 605
Filing Machine, Buhl Band-S tw, 780
Finder, Range, Further Experiments with the
Infantry, 414
Fire Brigade, Metropolitan, 158
Fire-Engine, Chemical, Fire-Escape and HoseCart, Combined, 314
Fire-Engine, Steam, (Merryweather), 796
Fire on the Paris Underground Railway, 223.
See LETTER, 214
Fire, Prevention of, Congress, 93, 127. See 265
Fire Prevention at Manchester Canal Docks, 265
Fiscal :Charges ; Tonnage of Steamships, 135.
See 22, and Erratum,160
Fiscal Question, A Working Man, 159, 191
Fits and Fittings for Limit-Gauges, 545
Fitzgibbon, Gerald, on Canal Engineering, 2, 28
Fives-Lille Electric Capstan, 505
Flake Mother-of-Pearl, 731
Fleet, Naval. See Warships
Fleet Ships, 715
Flood Prevention in the Thames Valley, 671
Fluorescence as Related to the Constitution of
Organic Substances, 528
Fluorine,Some Derivatives of, 526
Flying ailway Junctions, 585, 820
Foggy Atmosphere, Radiation through, 452
Food, Arsenic in, Especially Beer, Approximate
Estimation of Minute Quantities in, 527
Foot-Lathe, 4k-In.. Centre, 575
Fore River Ship and Engine Works, Quincy,
Mass., Cranes at, 347
Foreign and British Crane Contract Prices, 763
Foreign Capital in Japan, 839
Foreign Competition in Tramway Rails, 773
Foreign Competition for Tramway Station En.
gines, 632
Foreshore Protection and Deep-Sea Erosion, 129, 49
Forging Hammers, Die-, 617, 685. See ILLUSTRATIONS
Forging Machine for Rock-Drills, 562
Forging-Shop with 2000-Ton Hydraulic Press at
Borsip, 551
Formation of Trusts, An Object Lesson in, 570.
See 93, 499, 705
Forsyth's Automatic Cask Counting and Registering Machine,530. See Erratum., 561 •
Foulis, the late illiam, 20
Foundries. See Borsig's Works in. Germany
Foundry, Buckton's Well-House, 181
Foundry Cement, 293, 327, 430, 465, 502, 540
Foundry, Kitson's Airedale, 181
Fowler, R. H., on Roofing Existing Shops while
Work is Proceeding, 744
Fowler's Mechanical Engineers' Pocket-Book for 901, 707
Fowler's Steam Plough Works, Leeds, Re-Roofing
Shops, 744
Fox, The late Mr. Samson, 604
France, Water Power in, 571
Franklaud, Professor Percy, on Bacterial Treatment of Water and Sewage Up to Date, 8, 32
Free Trade in Labour, 601
Free Trade or Protection for Engineers, 159, 191
Freezing-Point Curves of Binary Mixtures, 527
French Gas Works Coke-Handling Appliances, 4
Frequencies and Pressures, Standard Electric, 601
Friction, Air, Preliminary Experiments on, 418
Friction Clutch, New Form of, 163, 176
Friction Between Wood and Iron, 254
Frodingham Iron and Steel Works, 180
Frost, Hoar, 491
Fuel Economy in Generating Stations, 176, 200.
See LETTERS, 247, 293, 327 •
Fuel, Liquid, 414
Fuel Oil, Tests, Wallsend Company, 634
Fuel for the Siberian Railway, 807
Furnace Bottoms, Truck Support for, 268
Furnace Construction, Some Neglected Points
in, 805
Furnace, Continuous Steel-Making, 4, 29
Furnace, Electric, Reactions under High Gaseous
Pressures, 527
Furnace-Gas Engines. See Engines, Gas
Furness Railway Locomotives, Coal-Consumption
Tests of, 434. See 324
Fusion of Metals, Atomic Latent Heats of, 527
Future of the Steam-Engine and Turbine, 153. See LETTER, 247

Gale, The late Mr. James M., 351
Galileo; His Life and Work, 683
Galvanometers, Ballistic, 452
Gas, Acetylene, Plant at Chassiron Lighthouse (French), 528
Gas-Driven Electric Lighting Plant at Tunis, 420
Gas versus Electricity, Cost of Public Lighting, 60, 637
Gas, Electro- (Westinghouse) System of Railway Signalling, 760
Gas-Engine ; Differential Indicator Spring, 675
Gas-Engines for Marine Propulsion, 679. See LETTER, 808
Gas-Engines. See also Engines, Gas
Gas Explosions, Experiments in, 616. See 401, 18. See also CorditC
Gas, Natural, in Sussex, 415
Gas, Power, and Lighting Schemes in Parliament, 788
Gas-Producer, Pierson's Suction, 696. See 420
Gas-Producer, Talbot Mechanical, 474
Gas, Radiation and Illumination, 686, 751
Gas, Radioactive, Experiments in, 781. See
Radium
Gas Train-Lighting on the Eastern Railway of
France. 386
Gas and Water Bill, Precalents in, 755
Gas and Water Bills, 788
Gas Works, French, Appliances for Handling
Coke, 74
Gases, Conduction of Electricity through, 822
Gaseous Pressures, Carbon and Iron Arc Spectra
at High, 462
Gauge-Tester, Vulcan Portable, 843
Gauges, Limit, Fits and Fittings for, 545
Gauges, Small Screw, 381
Gauges and Standards as Affecting Shop and
Manufactory Administration, 25
Gaundless Bridge over. the River ; Stockton and
Darlington Railway, 214
* Gear-Wheels, Paper, 729, 733, 763
Geipel Steam-Trap ; Litigation, 838
Generators, Testing of Electric, by Air Ca'orimetry, 770, 813
Geography, Terrestrial Magnetism in Relation
to, 491
German and British Industries, 498
German Electrical Industries, 568. See 497
German Liners •and Atlantic Supremacy, 187.
See 53
German Patent Office Procedure, 322
German Patents, 395
German Works, Borsig's, 479, 551, 587, 620, 691, 24, 794
Gilbert, Tercentenary of Dr., 839
Gilbert, W. on the Design and Testing of Centrifugal Fans for Induced Draught and other
Purposes, 510
Giles, Mr. G. F. L., on Belfast Harbour and its
Development, 99
Girder Bridges. See London and Brighton
Railway Widening
Girders. • See Bridges
Gland Packing, 130, 505, 874
Gland Packing, Lancaster, 874
Glasgow Corporation Telephones, Cost of, 853
Glasgow Corporation Telephones, 357, 462, 537, 03. See LETTERS, 395, 430, 503, 573, 606, 625
Glasgow, Notes from. See North, Notes from.
Glasgow and South-Western Railway Profile
Carlisle to Glasgow, Ten - Wheel Express
Locomotive, 422
Glasgow Tramways, 189, 737. See LETITR, 214.
See also Telephones
Gold in India, 668
Gold and Iron and India-Rubber Resources in
Venezuela, 266
Gold and Platinum, Intensification of Chemical
Action by the Emanation from, 451
Government. and Capped Shell, 533
Government Railways during Crises, 603, 632
Governor, Automatic, for Pelton Wheels, 386
Grand Trunk Railway Economics, 542
Granite for Vauxhall Bridge, 605
Granular and Spicular Structure in Solids, 451
Graphical Analysis, Illustrations of, 380, 403
Graving Dock at Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe,
Japan, 112
Gray, Robert Kaye, on Electrical Progress, 711, 49
Grease Extraction from Boilers, 858, 876
Great Eastern, Steamship, 636
Great Northern Railway Locomotive and Carriage Works, 178
Great Northern Railway Express Locomotive, 15
Great Northern Railway, Suburban Locomotive
for, 865
Great Northern Telegraphic Company, 83. See 59, 779
Great Western Railway Company and Technical
Education, 328
Great Western Railway, Record Train Speed on, 3
Green Leaves, Effect of Light on, 103
Green's Economiser Works, 180
Greenwood and Batley's, Leeds, 209
and Bolan, W. N. on Experiments
Grieve, T.,
on the Efficiency of Non-Conducting Coverings for Steam Pipes, 171
Griffin Marine Hydro-Oil Engine, 117
Griffith, Percy, on the Raising of Water by
Compressed Air, 10, 33. See 675 and LETTERS
Grinding Machinery, Emery, 556
Grinding Machines and Processes, 40, 111, 172, 40, 311, 377, 445, 618. See ILLUSTRATIONS for
details
Grindstone Attachment, 48
Groynes and Deep-Sea Erosion, 129, 349
Gun Design and Manufacture, 321
Gun-Metal Alloys, Effects of Temperature of
Casting on, 231, 263
Gun-Power of Battleships, 291
Gun Range-Finders, 414
Gunboats. See Warships
Guns and Capped Shell, 533
Guns and Nitro-Cellulose Powder for Battleships, 03, 842

Hack-Saw, Whitley's Double, 328
Hadfield, R. A., on Alloys of Iron and Tungsten, 330, 366. See 324
Hadfield, R. A., on Alloys of Nickel and Steel, 4, 9
Hail-Dispersing Cannonades, 491
Hair Hygrometers and Psychrometers, 490
Hamilton, James, on Mercantile Cruisers fitted
with Housing Propellers, 14, 21. See Liana, 8
Hammers Used in Die-Forging, 617, 685. See
ILLUSTRATIONS
Hammock Spring Seat, 673
Handling of Coke in French Gas Works, 74
Hanover, Professor H. I., on English Technical
Education, 542
Harbour, Belfast, Maps of, 99
Harbour Dues and Charges, 8
Harbour Dues, Tonnage of Steam - Ships, 135.
See 22, and Erratum, 160
Harbour Works at Dover, Damage by Gale, 394
Harbour Works, Dublin, 45
Harbours, Docks, Waterways, and Pier Schemes
in Parliament, 788
Hardware, Ironmongery, and Electricil Trades'
Exhibition, 126
Harris-Anderson Water-Softener, 46
Harrison J., on Illustrations of Graphical
Analysis, 403. See also 380
Heat Conductivity of Steam-Pipe Covefings, 171
Heat Engine, Thermodynamics or Entropy of, 71, 305, 337, 373. See 452
Heat Engines and Conductivity ; Experimental
Work at the Reichsanstalt, 647
Heat, Higher Text-Book of, 617
Heat, Latent, of Evaporation; Apparatus for
Determining the, 527
Heat and Power Station at Berlin, with Mechanical
Draught, 824, 862
Heat Treatment of Steel Rails High in Manganese, 343, 364. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Heats, Atomic Latent, of Fusion of Metals, 627
Heating of Shops (Borsig's), 621
* Heisler's Boiler Feed-Pump, 467
Hele-Shaw,Professor H. S., on a New Form of
Friction-Clutch, 163, 176
Hele-Shaw, Professor, and the Resistance of
Road Vehicles to Traction, 438. See 381
Hematite Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Hepworth's Friction Pulley for Centrifugal
Machines, 298
Hibbert, W., on the Edison Accumulator for
Automobilest 814
High-Level Railways, 132. See LzrrEas, 86, 159
High - Lift Centrifugal Pun s, 9, 32. See
LETTER, 86
High-Speed Tool-Steel, and Machines for same, 46, 157, 255, 590, 639, 654, 690, 759. See 824, 30, 366
High - Tension Electrical Systems, Protective
Devices for, 384
" Hindustan," H.M.S., 872
Hipkins, W. E., on the Neweomen Engine, 613.
See 552, 577, 611, 616
H.M.S. See Warships
II.M. Yacht " Victoria and Albert," Electric
Winch for, 385. See Erratum, 412
Hoar-Frost, 491
Hodbarrow Mines, 245, 265, 324
Hoists. See Lkfts
Holmes, The late Matthew, 68
Hong Kong Trade, 348
Hood, J. W. Jacomb, on High-Speed Electric
Traction on Railways, 11, 34
Hopkinson, B., on Parallel Working of Alternators, 468. See 385
Horner, Joseph, on Grinding Machines and
Processes, 40, 111, 172, 240, 377, 445, 518. See
ILLUSTRATIONS for details
Hornsby Oil Military Tractor, 842
Horse-Powir of Motor-Cars, The Real, 226
Horse versus Motor Traction,393
Hose-Cart, Fire-Escape, an Chemical FireEngine Combined, 314
Hospitalier, E., on Strobographic Methods, 837
Housing Propellers for Mercantile Cruisers, 14, 1. See LzrrsR, 58
Hull Scantlings of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 93
Hulls, Ships', Drilled versus Punched Holes in, 6, 69
Hunter, W. H., on Fire-Preventive Methods at
Manchester Ship Canal Docks, 265
Hydraulic Ejector and Fire-Prevention Pipes ;
Manchester Ship Canal Docks, 265
Hydraulic Pump Accumulator, Intensifier, and
Forging-Press at Borsig's, 551
Hydraulic Steel Cylinder, 27-Ft., 528
.Hydraulic versus Electric Dock Equipment, 1, 28
Hydraulic Valve, Stratton's Four-Way, 493
Hydraulically-Worked Bulkhead Doors, StoneLloyd System, 624
Hydro-Electric Installation at Rossie Priory,
Perthshire, 281, 560
Hydro-Oil Engine, Griffin Marine Type, 117
Hydrogen, Solid, Nitrogen and Oxygen (Investigations at Low Temperatures), 526
Hygrometers, Hair, and Psychrometers, 490

Illumination and Radiation, 686, 751
Illustrations of Graphical Analysis, 380, 403
Illustrations. See Illustrated Index
Implements, Agricultural, 23
Improvements in Locomobile Design, 381, 846.
See LETTER, 501
Impurities, Effect of, on Commercial Copper, 75',
India, Cotton Industry in Japan and, 154
India, Railway Route to, 374
Indian Minerals, 668
Indian Railway Management, 253, 685
Indian Railways, 116
Indian Ship Canal, 225
India-Rubber-Cutting Machine, Automatic, 659
India-Rubber, Gold, and Iron Resources in Venezuela, 256
Indicator Diagrams. See Power Diagrams
Indicator, Differential, Springs, 675
Indicator Springs, Testing, 258
Industrial Notes, 27, 61, 98, 131, 161, 196, 229, 61, 295, 329, 363, 399, 433, 464, 538, 575, 608, 38, 673, 709, 742, 778, 811, 843, 866
Industrial Progress in Coal Production, 666
Industrial Property Congress, 460
Industries, British and German Steel, 498
Industries in the Colonies, 567
Industries, German Electrical, 568. See 497
Industry, Iron, of Siberia, 393
Infectious Disease and Workmen's Compensation, 869
Influence of Varying Casting Temperature on
the Properties of Alloys, 231, 263
Ingot Moulds, Continuous Process for Making, 76
Injuries to Workmen, Law Relating to, 239
Institution of Electrical Engineers, The Scope
oft 729
Institutions, Technical. gee Civil Engineers,
Electrical Engineers, iron and Steel Institute, Mechanical Engineers, Naval Architects,
Physical Society, and Society of Arts
Instruments, Self-Recording, 491
Intensification of Chemical Action by the Emanation from Gold and Platinum, 451
Internal - Combustion Engines. See Engines,
Gas, and Engines, Oil
International Colliery Exhibition, 26
International Congress for Applied Chemistry, 6, 71, 109
International Congress of Hygiene at Brussels, 5
International Congress for Prevention of Fire, 3, 127. See 265
Interpretation of Factory Act, 188
Investigation, Meteorological, Methods of, 463
Iodides, Colour of, 620
Ionisation, Positive, Produced by Hot Platinum
in Air at Low Pressures, 63
Irminger's Experiments on Wind Pressure on
Roofs, 508. See LETTERS, 540, 606, 671
Iron and Carbon Arc Spectra at High Gaseous
Pressures, 452
Iron, Cast, Bearing on the Design of Piston
Springs, Permanent Set in, 400, 418. See
Erratum, 429
Iron and Coal, British Columbian, 223
Iron and Coal Industry, Russian, 538
Iron, Gold, and India-Rubber Resources in
Venezuela, 256
Iron Industry, A Possible Norwegian, 291
Iron Industry of Siberia, 393
Iron, New South Wales, 358
Iron Ore Companies, Swedish, Combine of, 257
Iron Ore in the Duddon Estuary, 321, 345, 365
Iron Ore Industry at Bilbao, 836
Iron Ore on the Mediterranean Coast, 671
Iron Production in America, 356
Iron Residual Products, Utilisation of, 289
Iron by Silicon, Alleged Cementation of, 106
Iron, Silicon in, 345, 395
Iron and Steel for Advanced Students, 515
Iron and Steel, Andrew Carnegie on, 315
Iron and Steel Bridges. See Bridges
Iron and Steel Institute Journal, Vol. 63, 336

Iron and Stool Institute :

Note on the Alleged Cementation of Iron
by Silicon, by Mr. J. E. Stead, 106
influence of Varying Casting Temperatures
on the Properties of Alloys, by Mr. Percy
Longmuir, 231, 263
Pr esident's Address by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, 15
Barrow-in-Furness Meeting, 323, 343
Alloys of Iron and Tungsten, by Mr. R. A.
Hadfield, 324, 330, 366
The Restoration of Dangerously Crystalline
Steel, by Mr. J. E. Stead and Mr. A. W.
Richards, 324, 334
Excursions and Conversazione, 324
Sorbitic Steel Rails, by Mr. J. E. Stead and
Mr. A. W. Richards, 324, 325, 343
Probability of Iron Ore in the Duddon
Estuary, by Mr. J. L. Shaw, 324, 345, 365
Coal as Fuel at Barrow-in Furness, by Mr.
W. F. Pettigrew, 324, 345, 434
Notes on the Heat Treatment of Steel Rails
High in Manganese, by Mr. J. S. Lloyd, 43, 364
The Diseases of Steel, by Mr. C. H. Ridsdale, 45
The Manufacture of Weldless Steel Tubes,
by Mr. II. Ehrhardt, 345, 402
The Regulation of the Combustion of CokeOven Practice, by Mr. D. A. Lewis, 346
Silicon in Iron, by Mr. Thomas Baker, 345, 95
Votes of Thanks, 346
The Next Summer Meeting, 346
Visits and Excursions, 347
Iron and Steel Works, Frodingham, 180
Iron and Steel Works, Upper Silesia, Borsig's, 79, 551, 587, 620, 691, 724, 794
Iron Trade in Russia, 155
Iron and Tungsten, Alloys of, 324, 330, 366
Iron and Wood, Friction between, 254
Iron Works, Farnley, 180
Iron, Wrought, and Steel, Dangerous Crystalli•
sation of 4, 30
Ironclads. See Warships
Ironmongery, Hardware, and Electrical Trades'
Exhibition, 126
Italian Metallurgical Industry, 809
Izod, E. G., on Testing Brittleness of Steel, 431.
See 418

James Watt Memorial, Proposed, 393
Japan in the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, 667
Japan, Coal Production in, 804
Japan, Cotton Industry in India and, 154
Japan, Development of Yokohama, 292
Japan, Economic Conditions of, 871
Japan, Exhibition at Osaka, 55
Japan, Export Trade of, 428
Japan, Foreign Capital in, 839
Japan, Graving Dock at Kawasaki Dockyard,
Kobe, 112
Japan, Progress in, 224
Japan Trade, 12.4
Japan, Trade and Industry of Nagasaki, 506
Japan, Trade of Kobe and Osaka, 298
Japanese Merchant Marine, 571
Japanese Navy, 837
Japanese Steamship Company, 126
Jet Condenser, 73, 141. See 824
Junctions, Flying Railway, 585, 820
Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipse Observations of, 487
Jura - Simplon Railways, Compound FourCylinder Locomotive for, 281
Juries in Accident Cases, 156

" Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37, 143, 193, 244, 276, 329, 41, 376, 444, 494. See 187. See ILLUSTRATIONS
for details
Kawasaki, Japan, Graving Dcck at, 112
Kennicott Water-Softener, 796
Kerosene Tube, Baku-Batum, 706
Kew Bridge, 380
Kilroy Stoking Indicator, 454
Kinematics of Machines, 556
King's Navy. See Warships
Kite Observations at the Blue Hill Observatory, 89. See LETTER, 733
Kite's Committee, Report of the, 489
Kitson's Airedale Foundry, 181
Kobe, Osaka, Trade of, 296. See 112
Korea, Trade of, 145
Kiirting 700-Horse-Power Double-Acting GasEngine, 596
Kt rting System of Oil Fuel, Tests of, 634

Laboratories, Testing., 587, 725
Laboratory, National Physical, Screw-Measuring
Machine at, 660
Laboratory, National Physical, Work at, 226
Laboratory, Work at the Reichsanstalt, 647. See 58
Labour Questions. See Industrial Notes and Legal
Labour in South Africa, 819. See 683
Lagging of Steam Surfaces, Efficiency of, 171
Lancashire, Potable Waters of South-West, 384, 72
Lancashire, Water Supply in South-West, 415, 48
Lancaster Metallic Steam Packings, 874
Land Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube Boilers
Land Drainage, 661
Land Mower, 24
Landslip on London and Brighton Railway, 690
Langdon, William E., on the Position and Protection of Third Rail on Electric Railways, 11, 4
Lathes. See Machine-Tools
Launch, Oil Motor, for the Uganda Railway
Company (Thornycroft), 626
Launch-Propulsion, Detachable Petrol Motor for
(French), 630
Launches and Trial Trips, 35, 60, 87 137, 147, 191, 34, 260, 2!.3, 326, 361, 407, 431, 465, 495, 548, 82, 616, 672, 716, 784, 810, 850, 867
Laundry Centrifugal Machines, 298
Lawrence Water Steriliser and Softener, 673
Laws of Air Resistance, 211. See also Wind
Lead Accumulators, 829. See 814
Leeds Corporation Works (Refuse Destructors,
Electric Lighting, and Power Station), 180
Leeds Works Visited by Mechanical Engineers, 78, 209
Lefevre Four-Cylinder High-Speed Engine, 280

Legal :

Accident, Definition of an, 869
Alkali Works Act in 1902, 172
Commission Agents and the Law, 806
Compensation, The Law of, 499
Damages for Wrongful Dismissal, 536
Effect of the Taff Vale Railway Case, 807
Electricity, Private Supply of, 124
Employers and Workmen's Creditors, 561, 71
Factory Act, Interpretation of, 188
Fees to Medical Men under Workmen's
Compensation Act, 633
Injuries to Workmen, Law,239
Juries in Accident Cases, 56
Masters' and Servants' Cases, 256, 263, 636, 61, 571, 716, 781, 850
Motor• Car Law, 90
Motor-Car Regulations, 736
Nuisance, The Law of, 872
Patent Oases, Some Recent, 290
Private Bill Legislation, Precedents in, 755
Railway, Electric, Power Act, 570
Servants' and Masters' Cases, 266, 263, 536, 61, 571, 716, 781, 850
Smoke Nuisance, 667
Steam-Trap Litigation, Geipel, 838
Steel Trust Position, 499
Strike Clause, The Operation of the, 701
Trades-Union Law ; Effect of the Taff Vale
Railway Case in New South Wales, 807
Workman ? Who is a, 143
Workmen's Compensation Act, 429
Workmen's Compensation Act, Schemes
Alternative to the, 256

Legislation. See Legal
Length, Standards of, 103
Lenses, Photographic, 170
Letters to the Editor, 25, 58, 85, 128, 159, 191, 14, 246, 293, 327, 349, 395, 430, 464, 501, 540, 72, 605, 625, 671, 707, 729, 762, 803, 840
Levant, Diurnal Temperature Variations in the
Sea Water of the, 490
Lewis, Ernest A., on the Effect of Impurities on
Commercial Copper, 753
Liabilities. See Legal
" Libertad" and ' Constitucion, ' Chilian Warships, 803, 842
Lifeboat, Steam, for Mauritius, 212
Lift, Air, The, 675. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Lift, Air, for Water, 10, 33
Lift Gear, Electric, 661. See LETTER, 609
Lifts, Electric, Passenger and Goods, 280
Lifting Water from Mines, 227
Light Aluminium Alloys, 705. See Addendum, 731
Light on Green Leaves, Effect of, 103
Light, Radiation and Illumination, 686, 751
Light Railways in Parliament, 773
Light ; Shadows in Astigmatic Beam, 63
Lighter Traffic in Norway, 256
Lighthouse, Chassiron, Acetylene Gas Plant at
(French), 523
Lighting, Electric, and Power Station, RefuseDestructors, Leeds Corporation Works, 180
Lighting Plant, Electric, for Dutch TorpedoBoat, 149
Lighting and Power, Electric, Schemes in Parliament, 787
Lighting, Public ; Cost of Gas versus Electricity, 60, 637
Lighting Stations. See also Electric
Lighting, Train, on the Eastern Railway of
France, 386
Lighting and Tramway Scheme Progress, 711
Lightning, Spectra of, 453
Limit-Gauges, Fits arid Fittings for, 545
Lindqvist's Safety-CJupling for Shafts, 195
Liquid Fuel, 414
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Literature, 75, 169, 210, 238, 276, 310, 477, 515, 54, 617, 683, 764, 822
Litigation, Steam-Trap, Geipel. See Legal
Lloyd, Mr. J. S., on the Heat Treatment of
Steel Rails High in Manganese, 364. See 343
Lloyd's Returns of Shipwrecks, 427
Lloyd's Shipbuilding Returns, 92, 501
Local Government Board Requirements as to
Sewage Schemes, Table of, 801
Locomobile Design, Improvements in, 381, 846.
See LErritit, 501
Locomotion on Roads See Motor-Cars
Locomotive and Carriage Works, Great Northern
Railway, 178
Locomotive Coal Consumption Tests, Furness
Railway, 434. See 324
Locomotive, Compound, Four-Cylinder ; JuraSimplon Railway, 281
Locomotive, Express, for the Great Northern
Railway, 315
Locomotive for the Great Northern Railway, 865
Locomotive, Narrow-Gauge Tank, for BengalNagpur Railway, 13
Locomotive, Road, 8-Horse-Power Compound
(Garrett, Leiston), 873
Locomotive, Six • Wheel Coupled Passenger,
Caledonian Railway, 399
* Locomotive, Ten-Wheel Express, Glasgow and
South-Western Railway, 422
Locomotives, British versus United States Built, 62
Locomotives, Road, 13, 24, 842, 873
Locomotives, Record Run on the Great Western
Railway, 93
London and Brighton Railway Widening, 585, 51, 690, 755, 820, 855
London County Council Tramway Station
Engines for, 632
London, Engineering Department at University
College, 93
London Fire Brigade, 158
London Municipal Trading. See Municipal
Trading
London and North-Western Railway Points and
; Elec!r cal Operating Mechanism, 79
London Railway Construction, 227
Longitudinal Section of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37 •
Longmuir, Mr. Percy, on the Influence of Vaning Casting Temperatures on the Properties
of Alloys, 231, 263
Longridge, Mr. Michael, on Machinery Defects, 98
Lorries, See Motor-Cars
Louis, Mr. I). A., on Coke-Oven Practice, 345, 69
Lubrication, The Occurrence of Cavitation in, 70, 812
Lustre Produced on Mercerising Cotton under
Tension, Cause of, 527

Macadamised Roads, The Effect of Traffic and
Weather on, 416
Machine Guns. See Guns
Machine-Made Stock Bricks, 20

Machine Tools;

Boring, Drilling, Capping, and Studding
Machine, Horizontal (Campbells -and
Hunter, Limited, Leeds), 791
Boring, Facing, and Recessing Machine for
Magnet-Cases, 246
Boring Machine, Motor-Driven Horizontal, 84
Boring and Shaping Machine Combined
(Baxter), 828
Boring and Turning Mill, 217
Boring and Turning Mill, Vertical, 295
Capping, Boring, Drilling, and Studding
Machine, Horizontal (Campbells and
Hunter, Limited, Leeds), 791
Drill, Wall Radial, with Electric Drive
(Swift, Halifax), 862
Drilling, Boring, Capping, and Studding
Machine, Horizontal (Campbells and
Hunter, Limited, Leeds), 791
Filing Machine, Buhl Band-Saw, 780
Forging Machine for $ock-Drills, 562
Grinding Machines and Processes, 40, 111, 72, 240, 377, 445, 518. See ILLUSTRATIONS
for details
India-Rubber Cutting Machine, 659
Lathe, 4i-In.-Centre Foot, 575
La the, Brass-Finishers' Universal, 294
Lathe, Heavy Turret (Bradbury and Co.,
Limited, Oldham), 766
Lathe and Milling Machine for ArmourPlate-Bolt Manufacture, 46
Lathe, Motor-Driven, 420
Lathe, Special Turret (Loewe, Berlin), 541
Lathes, Brass-Finishers' (Holroyd), 659
Lathes for Use with High-Speed Tool Steel, 59. See 591, 639, 654, 690
Milling Machine, horizontal Duplex (Hulse), 84
Milling Machine and Lathe for ArmourPlate-Bolt Manufacture, 46
Milling Machine, Thread (Pratt and Whitney), 862
Plate-Shearing Machine, 587
Punching and Shearing Machine, An Early, 12
Saw-Bench, Portable Electrically-Driven, 261
Saw, Horizontal Log Band (Ransome), 541
Saw, Whitley's Double-Hack, 328
Screw Machines (Automatic) Operating on
Castings, 14
Screw-Measuring Machine at the National
Physical Laboratory 660
Shaping the Blades of Ships' Propellers, 494
Shaping and Boring Machine Combined
.(Baxter), 828
Slotting Machine, 48-In. Stroke, 362
Slotting and Side Planing Machine Combined kShanks, Johnstone), 790
Studding, Boring, Drilling, and Capping
Machine, Horizontal (Campbells and
Hunter, Limited, Leeds), 791
Tapping Machine, The Smith, 261
Tool Grinding Attachment, 48
Tool-Steel Alloys, 324. 330, 366
Tool Steel, Rapid, 255
Tool Steel, Rapid-Cutting, 590, 639, 654, 690, 59. See 146, 157, 255
Tools, Fast-Cutting, 146, 157
Turning and Boring Mill, 217
Turning and Boring Mill, Vertical, 295

Machines, Grinding, 40, 111, 172, 240, 311, 377, 45, 618. See ILLUSTRATIONS for details
Machines, Kinematics of, 556
Machinery Breakdowns during the Manoeuvres, 35. See LETTER, 808
Machinery Defects and their Causes, 498.
Machinery Mechanics, Elementary Treatise on, 55
"Mad-Stone," The Properties of, 528
Madras Railway, 116
Magnetic Energy, The Earth's, 491
Magnetic and Meteorological Instruments, Exhibition of, at the British Association, 522
Magnetic North Pole, Electric, 603
Magnetic Survey in the United States, Progress of, 491
Magnetism. See also Electric
Magnetism of Basalt when Heated in Air, 637
Magnetism and Electricity, 477
Magnetism, Terrestrial, in Relation to Geography, 491
Ma48gnetism, Terrestrial, and Solar Prominences
* Magnetometer Deflection Bars, The Bending of, 37
Management, Indian Railway, 253, 535
Manchester Municipal School of Technology,
Brewing Plant at, 207
Manchester Municipal Technical Institute, The.
Equipment of, 380
Manchester Ship Canal Docks, Fire Prevention
at, 265
Manchester Steam Users' Association, 99
Manganese, Heat Treatment of Steel Rails High
in, 343, 364. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Manhattan Power Station, New York, Large, 463
Manoeuvres, Naval, and Warship Machinery, 735.
See LETTER, 808
Manufacture and Design of War Munitions, 321
Manufacture of Weldless Steel Tubes, 345, 402
Map of London and Brighton Railway System, 85
Map of Raihiay Route to India, 374
Maps, Belfast Harbour, 99
Marine Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube
Boilers
Marine Engineering. See Engineering, Naval
Architects, and Warships
Marine Engineering Progress and Problems, 678
Marine Engineering Research, 221
Marine Engines. See 'Engines
Marine Gas-Engines for Ship Propulsion, 679.
See LETTER, 808
Marine Propellers. See Propellers .
Marine Shafts. See Shafts
Marine Steam Turbines. See Turbines, Steam
Mathematical and Physical Section at the
British Association, 447, 491
Mathematics for Engineers, 237, 358, 534. See
LETTERS, 59, 674, 606, 625, 671
Mather, Mr. Henry A., on Truck Support for
Furnace Bottoms, 268
Mauritius Steam Lifeboat, 212
Maxton, Mr. James, on Registered Tonnages
and their Relation to Fiscal Charges and
Design, 135. See 22, and Erratum 160
Maxwell,. Mr. W. H., on Raising Water by Compressed Air, 675. See LETTEks, 708, 729, 809
McKay, Gordon, The late, 762
McLaren, Mr. Henry, on Economy of Fuel in
Generating Stations, 176, 200. See LETTERS, 47, 293, 327
Measured Mile, New, between Deal and Dover, 34
Measures and Weights. See Metric System
Measuring Machine for Coke in. French Gas
Works, 74 •
Measuring Machine, Screw, at the National Physical Laboratory, 660
Mechanical Draught, Power St xtion -with, 824, 62. See also Induced Draught
Mechanical, Electro, Construction, Elements of, 11

Mechanical E agineers, Institution or:

Notes on Fast-Cutting Tools, by Mr. H. H.
Suplee, 146, 157
Leeds Meeting, 156, 176, 209
Reception, 156
The Diesel Oil-Engine, by Mr. H. Ade Clark, 56, 165, 196. See LETTERS, 247, 293
A New Form of Friction Clutch, by Professor
H. S. Hele-Shaw, 163, 176
Economy of Fuel in Generating Stations, by
Mr. Henry McLaren, 176, 200. See LETTERS, 47, 293, 327
The Institution Dinner, 178
Reception by the Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress of Leeds, 178
Excursions and Visits, 178
Great Northern Railway ; Locomotive and
Carriage Works, 178
Frodingham Iron and Steel Works, 180
Farnley Iron Works, 180
Altoft's Colliery, 180
Seamless Steel Boat Works, 180
Green's Economiser Works, 180
Oradock's Steel-Rope Works, 180
Fountain Abbey, Ripon, 180
York, 180
Corporation Works, Leeds (Refuse-Destructors, Electric Lighting and Power
Station), 180 Ygkshire College, 181
Buckton's Weil-House Foundry, 181
Kitson's Airdale Foundry, 181
Tannett, Walker, and Uo., Goodman-Street
Works, 181
Greenwood and Batley's Albion Works,
Leeds, 209
Leeds Uopper Works,209
Midgley's Crown Boot Works, 210
Other Works Open to Inspection, 210
The Newcomen Engine, by Mr. Henry
Davey, with Appendices by several Members, 552, 577, 611, 616
Experiments on the Efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps, by Mr. Thomas E. Stanton, 19, 745. See LETTER, 763
Roofing Existing Shops while Work is Proceeding, by Mr. R. H. Fowler, 719, 744
Meeting in the United States, 719
The Late Sir Frederick Bramwell, 858. See 71, 808, 873
The Summer Meeting, 858
An Incluiry into the Working of Various
Water-Softeners. by Mr. C. E. Stromeyer
and Mr. W. B. Baron, 858

Mechanically Reinforcing Sounds, A Method of, 29
Mechanics of Machinery, Elementary Treatise on, 755
Mechanics, Manual of Applied, 310. See LETTER, 06
Mechanism, A New, 777
Medical Men, Fees to, under Workmen's Compensation Act, 633
Melville, Admiral, Retirement of, 225
Memorial Fund, Bessemer, 128 •
Memorial, Proposed James Watt, 393
Mercantile Cruisers with Housing Propellers, 14, 1. See LErrint, 58
Mercerising Cotton, Cause of Lustre Produced on, under-Tension, 527
Merchant Marine, Japanese, 571
Mercury Pumps, Arrangement for Driving, 746
Mergers. See Trusts
Merryweather Steam Fire-Engine, 796
Mersey, River, Tidal Regime of, 415
Metal Price Diagrams, 26. 192, 327, 466, 638, 776
Metal Work, Structural, Cleaning of, 501
Metals, Compound, 873
Metals, Distillation of, in Quartz Vessels, 706
Metals, Fusion of, Atomic Went Heats of, 527
Metals. See Steel, Iron, Tin, Copper, Aluminium, and Alloys
Metals, Structure of. See Photomicrographs
Metallurgical Industry, Italian, 809
Metallurgical Research Work at the Reichsanstalt, 617. See 258
Meteorological Conditions and Audibility, 490
Meteorological Investigation, Methods of, 453
Meteorological and Magnetic Instruments, Exhibition of, at the British Association, 522

Meteorological Society, Royal:

The Great Dust Fall of February, 1903, and
its Origin, by Dr. H. R. Mill and Mr.
R. G. K. Lempfert, 708
The Works of James Glaisher, by Mr. W. Marriott, 832
Meteorology and Astronomy Sub-Section at the
British association. 453, 486. See LETTER, 730
Methane and Ethane, Slow Combustion of, 527
Method of Determining the Temperature Limits of Nerve Activity in Warm-Blooded and Cold Blooded Animals, by Dr. N. H. Alcock, 103
Metric System, 85
Metropolitan Fire Brigade, 158
Metropolitan. See London
Micrographs and the Structure of Metals, 4, 30
Microscopic Photographs. See also Photomicrographs
Midgley's Crown Boot Works, 209 •
Midland Railway Company and Turbine-Driven Screw Steamers, 158
Mile, Measured, between Deal and Dover, 634
Military Tractor (Hornsby), 812
Milk, Refrigerator and Steriliser for, 24
Milling-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Minerals in India, 668
Mines Under the Sea, Cumberland, 245, 265, 321
Mines in South Africa, 819. See 683
Mines, Water-Hoisting from.. 227
Mining Engines, Ancient, 552, 577, 611, 616
Mining Plant, St. Louis Exhibition, 53
Mirror Extensometer, A New Form of, 419
Miscellanea, 17, 60, 96, 121, 151, 192, 219, 251, 85, 319, 353, 389, 430, 466, 501, 540, 561, 599, 29, 633, 699, 733, 776, 801, 833, 874
Model Tank for Ship Experiments, 464
Momentary Relief of Great Pressure, 429
" Mona," The Tyne General Ferry Company's
Twin-Screw Passenger Steamer, 831
Mono-Railroads, 413
Monochromatic Light from the Yerkes Observatory, Sun Photographs in, 486
Monophase Electric Railway Traction in Berlin. 34. See 392, 419, 506
Moore, Stanley, H., on Fits and Fittings for
Limit-Gauges, 545
Moreing and McCutcheon's Telegram Codes, 707
Mork Screw Pulley-Block, 85
Morison, The late G. S., 125
Mother-of-Pearl, Flake, 731
Motor-Car Construction, Clarkson on, 84e. See 81, and LETTER, 501
Motor-Car and Cycle Show, National, 739
Motor-Car ; Effect of Traffic and Weather on
Roads, 416
Motor-Car Engines, Double-Acting Petrol, 501
Motor-Car 1.44w, 90
Motor-Car, Railway, for the Paris-Orleans Railway Company, 560
Motor-Car Regulations, 736
Motor-Cars, Edison Accumulator for, 814
Motor-Cars, Electric, 385
Motor-Cars, The Real Horse-Power of, 220
Motor-Cars ; Resistance to Traction, 381, 438
Motor-Cars at Smithfield Club Show, 805
Motor-Cars, Steam, Design of, 182, 381, 846
Motor-Cars and Street Traffic, 383
Motor or Cycle Routes,Maps of, 151
Motor Cycles at the Stanley Show, 728
Motor, Detachable Petrol, for Boat Propulsion
(French), 530
Motor Traction versus Horse, 393
Motor-Wagons, Steam,182,846
Motors. See Electric, and Engines
Motors, Series, a Method for Finding the MI' ciency of, 385
Moulds, Ingot, Continuous Process for Making, 76
Mountain Guns. See Guns
Municipal Accounts and Audits, 631. See
LETTERS, 214, 395, 430, 602, 573, 606, 695, and
Glasgow Corporation &c.,
Municipal Electric Schemes and their Influence
on Industry, 711
Mun 459 icipal Engineers and Consulting Engineers,
* Municipal Rates, The Growth of, 557
Municipal Trading ; Cost of Glasgow Corporation Telephones, 853
Municipal Trading ; Glasgow Telephones, 357, 62, 537, 633. See LETTERS, ns, 430, 503, 573, 06, 625
Municipal Trading ; Glasgow Tramway Results, 89, 737. See LETTER, 214
Municipal Trading Schemes in Parliament, 790
Municipal Trading ; St. Marylebone Finance, 462
Municipal Undertakings, Depreciation and Sinking Funds in, 557
Muntz Metal, Effects of Temperature of Casting, 231, 263
Mushet Steel, Heat Curves of, 324, 330, 366
Mushet-Tool Steel,.Rapid, 255. See 590, 639, 654, 59
'Husker Steam Motor-Wagons, 182

Nagasaki, Trade and Industry in, 506
Nagpur Railway, Narrow-Gauge Tank Locomotive for, 13
Naphtha-Field, A New Russian, 463
Naphtha Industry of Baku, 741
Napier Capstan and Windlass Gear on
" Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37
* National Cycle and Motor-Car Show, 739
National Physical L'aboratory, Work at, 225
Natural Gas in Sussex, 416
Naval Annual, Brassey's, 75
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Belfast Meeting, 21, 42
Mercantile Cruisers Fitted with Housing
Propellers, by Mr. James Hamilton, 14, 21.
See LETTER, 58
Entertainments and Excursions, 22
Cross-Channel Steamers, by Professor J. H.
Biles, 22, 67
Registered Tonnages and their Relation to
Fiscal Charges and Design, by Mr. James
Maxton, 22, 135. See Erratum, 160
Some New Types of Superheaters, by Professor W. H. Watkinson, 42, 63. See
LETTER, 87
Concluding Proceedings, 43 •
Dublin Meeting, 43
The Marine Steam Turbine and its Application to the Propulsion of Vessels, by the
Hon. C. A. Parsons, 43, 48, 101. See
LETTER, 87
The Dublin Harbour Works, by Mr. J. P.
Griffiths, 45
Concluding Proceedings, 45
'Steamer Trip in Dublin Bay, 45
Institution Dinner, 45
Belfast Harbour and its Development, by
Mr. G. F. L. Giles, 99
Fast Coaling-Ships for our Navy, by Mr. E.
H. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, 101
Naval College and Barracks, 392
Naval Engineering Research, 221
Naval Guns. See Guns
Naval Machinery. See Engines and Warships
Naval Manoeuvres and Warship Machinery, 735.
See LETTER, 808
Naval Officers and Education, 835
Naval Procedure in England and America., 769
Naval Reserve Offic3rs, Training of, 741
Naval Shipbuilding in 1903, 870
Naval Work, Distribution of this Year's New, 70
Navy Administration. 460
Navy Boilers. See Water-Tube Boilers
Navy Boilers, Statistics, 855
Navy Engineers. See Engineers
Navy, Japanese, 837
Navy and Parliament, 53 •
Navy Ships. See Warships
Nebula, Photographs of the Orion, 487
Nerve Activity of Animals, 103
New South Wales Minerals, 358
New South Wales Railways, 603
New South Wales Trades-Union Law, 807
New Zealand Railways, 461
Newcastle Corporation Tramways, 3000-Horse.
Power Triple-Expansion Engine for, 725
Newcomen Engines, 552, 577, 611, 616
Newport Year-Book, 106, 128
Nickel and Cobalt, Separation of, 527
Nickel and Steel, Alloys of, 4, 29
Nicolson's Experiments on Rapid-Cutting Tool Steel, 255, 590, 639, 654, 759. See 146, 157, 90
Nielsbn, Theodor, on the Effect of Wind on Roofs, 08, See LETTERS, 540, 606, 671
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 126
Nitrate, Reduction of, by Sewage, 528
Nitro-Cellulose Powder and Guns for Battleships, 803, 842
Nitrogen and the Aurora Spectra, Comparison of the, 453
Nitrogen, Solid Hydrogen and Oxygen (Investigations at Low Temperatures), 526
Non-Conducting Covering for Steam-Pipes, 171
Norris, Mr. R. V., on Water-Hoisting from Mines, 27
Norris, Mr. W. G.' on the Newcomen Engine, 81. See 552, 557, 611, 616
North German Lloyd T.-S.S. "Kaiser Wilhelm IL," 37, 143, 193, 244, 276, 329, 341, 376, 444, 91. See 187 and ILLUSTRATIONS
North, Notes from the, 16, 50, 95, 120, 150, 184, 18, 250, 284, 318, 352, 388, 422, 456, 503, 530, 64, 606, 628, 662, 698, 732, 766, 800, 832
North Pole, Magnetic, The, 603
Norwegian Iron Industry, A Possible, 291
Norwegian Shipping, 324
Notes. See Cleveland, North, South-West, South Yorkshire, and United States •
Nova Gemini ' Was It Previously Known as a Faint Star? 487
Nuisance, The Law of, 872

Obituary: (Moved to separate index)
Observations, Kite, at the Blue Hill Observatory, 89. See Limn., 730
Officers, Training of Naval Reserve, 741
Oil-Brakes for Electric Switch-Gear. See Three Phase Switch-Gear
Oil-Carrying Railway Wagon, 40-Ton, 848 ,
Oil-Engines. See Engines, Oil, and Motor-Cars
Oil Fuel, 414
Oil-Fuel Tests, Wallsend Company, 634
Oil Motor-Boat for the Uganda Railway Company (Thornycroft), 626
Old Bridge over the River Gaiindless ; Stockton and Darlington Railway, 214
Old Steam-Engines, 552, 577, 611, 616
Open-Hearth Steel-Making, Continuous Method of, 4, 29
Optic Phenomenon in Astigmatic Beam, 63
Optical Research Work at the Reichsanstalt, 647
Ordnance. See Guns
Ore, Iron, in the Duddon Estuary, 324, 345, 365
Ore, Iron, Industry at Bilbao, 836
Ore, Iron, on the Mediterranean Coast; 571
Ore. See Iron Ore
Organic Compounds, 556
organic Substances, Constitution of, and Absorption Spectra, 536
Organic Substances, Fluorescence as Related to the Constitution of, 526
Orion Nebula, Photographs of the, 487
Osaka Exhibition, Japan, 55
Osaka and Kobe, Trade of, 296
Oven, Coke, Practice, the Regulation of the Combustion of, 345, 469
Ovens, Coke, 345, 469
Overhead Railways, 132. See LErrEas, 86, 159
Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Solid Hydrogen (Investigations at Low Temperatures), 526

Packing, " Proell " Metallic Stuffing-Box, 130
Packing, Spindle, for Centrifugal Pumps, 548
Packings, Lancaster Steam, 874
Packings, Piston-Rod, and Piston-Rings, Tosi's, 05
Painting and Whitewashing Machine, Binks's, 811
Paper Gear Wheels, 729, 763
Parallel Working of Alternators, 385, 468
Parapet Steel Bridge. See Bridges
Paris-Orleans Railway, Railway Motor-Car for, C60
Paris Underground Railway Fire, 223. See LETTER, 214
Parliament and the Navy, 53
Parliament. See Legal
Parliamentary Private Bill Schemes, 740, 773, 87
Parry, Joseph, on the Water Supply of SouthWest Lancashire, 548. See 415
Parsons, The Hon. C. A., on the Steam-Turbine and its Application to the Propulsion of
Vessels, 43, 48, 101. See LETTER, 87
Parsons Turbine Channel Steamer " Brighton," 25
Parsons Turbine, The Future of,153. See LETTER, 47
Passengers by Fast Atlantic Liners, 187
Patent Act, Australian New, 247, 349, 763
Patent, German, Office Procedure, 322
Patent Legal Cases, Some Recent, 290
Patent Record, 36, 69, 107, 138, 168, 203, 235, 69, 303, 371, 408, 441, 475, 513, 549, 583, 646, 81, 717, 785, 817, 851, 885
Patents in Canada, 602
Patents, German, 395
Pattern-Making. 515
Pavements and Roads, A Treatise on, 210
"Pay-Sheet," Addressograph, 348
Pelton Wheel Automatic Governor, 386
Pelton Wheel for Centrifugals, 298
Pelton Wheel for Driving Centrifugals, 248
Pendulum Testing Apparatus for Brittleness of
Steel, 431. See 418
Penn, The late John, 728
Permanency of the Atom, 360
Permanent Set in Cast Iron and the Design of
Piston-Rod Springs, 400, 418. See Erratum, 429
Permanent-Way Crane, 709
Persian Gulf Railway, 374
Peru, Map of, 60
Petrol-Cars. See Motor-Cars
Petrol-Engines, Double-Acting, 501
Petrol-Motor, Detachable, for Boat-Propulsion (French), 530
Petrol. See also Oil, Engines, Oil, and Motor-Cars
Petroleum, New Russian Field, 463
Petroleum, See also Engines and Oil
Pettigrew, Mr. W. F., on Coal as Fuel at Barrowin-Furness, 434. See 324
Photographic Lenses, 170
Photographs of the Orion Nebula, 487
Photographs, Sun, in Monochromatic Light from
the Yerkes Observatory, 486
Photometer, The Simmance-Abady " Flicker," 29
Photomicrographs of Alloys, Illustrating Effects
of Temperature on Casting, 231, 266. See 4, 30
Physical and Mathematical Section at the British
Association, 447, 491
Physical Society :
Radioactive Processes, by Professor Rutherford, 62 • - • •
Some Experiments on Shadows in an Astigmatic Beam of Light, by Professor S. P.
Thompson, 63
On a Method of Determining the Viscosity
of Pitch-Like Solids, by Professor F. T.
Trouton and Mr. E. S. Andrews, 63
The Positive Ionisation Produced by Hot.
Platinum in Air at Low Pressures, by Mr. . W. Richardson, 63
The Effect of Light on Green Leaves, by Dr.
Waller, 103
The " Blaze " Current in Animal and Vegetable Tissues, by Dr. Waller, 103
The Bending of Magnetometer Deflection
Bars, by Dr. Chree, 637
On the Magnetism of Basalt and the Magnetic
Behaviour of Basaltic Bars when Heated
in Air, by Dr. G. E. Allan, 637
Means for Electrifying the Atmosphere on a
Large Scale, by Sir Oliver J. Lodge, 744
An Arrangement for Driving Mercury Pumps,
by Sir Oliver Lodge and Mr. B. Davies, 745
Electric Thermostat, by Mr. Horace Darwin, 12
The Occurrence of Cavitation in Lubrication,
by Mr. S. Skinner, 812
Testing of Electric Generators by Air Calorimetry, by Professor R. Threlfall, 813. See 70
A Model to Illustrate Various Properties of
Wave Motion, by Professor L. R. Wilberforce, 829
A Method of Mechanically Reinforcing
Sounds, by the Rev. T. C. Porter, 829
The Simmance-Abady " Flicker " Photo.
meter, by Simmance and Abady, 829
* Physics, Elements of, 515
Physics, The Use of Vectorial Methods in, 491
Picketing and Free Trade in Labour, 601.
Pier, Roker,Sunderland, 456
Piers, Harours, Docks, and Waterway Schemes
in Parliament, 788
Pierson, H. \V., on the Newcomen Engine, 611.
See 652, 577, 616
Pierson's Suction Gas-Producer, 696. See 420
Pig-Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Pig Iron. See iron
Pipe-Joints, Smith Tapping Machine, 281
Pipe Line, Baku-Batum, 706
Pipes, Deposits in, and the Purification of Water, 40
Piping, Steam, Efficiency of Coverings for, 171
Piston-Rod Packing, Lancaster, 874
Piston-Rod Packing, " Proell " Metallic StaffingBox and, 130
Piston-Rod Pact ings, Tosi's, and Piston-Rings, 05
Piston Springs, Permanent Set in Cast-Iron,
Bearing on the Design of, 400, 418. See
Erratum, 420
Pitch-Like Solids, Method of Determining the
Viscosity of, 63
Pitt, Walter, on Hydraulic versus Electric Dock
• Equipment, 1, 28
Planing Machines. See Machine-Tools
Platinum and Gold, Intensification of Chemical
Action by the Emanation from, 451
Platinum, Hot, in Air at Low Pressures, Producing Positive Ionisation, 63
Pneumatic Hammers, 617, 685. See ILLUSTRATIONS
Pole, North, Magnetic Electric, 603
Polyphase Alternators. See Alternators
Post Office Telegraphs, 430
Potable Waters of South-West Lancashire, 384, 72
Potteries, China-Clay Situation in the, 293
Power Cost in France, 571
Power, Cost of, 706
Power, Electric, and its Application, 711, 749
Power, Gas, and Lighting Schemes in Parliament, 788
Po xer Gas. See Engines, Gas, and Producers
Power and Lighting, Electric, Schemes in Parliament, 787
Power of Motor-Cars, The R'al Horse-,220
Power Plant with Mechanical Draught Berlin, 24, 862
Power Plant. See also Electric
Power Required to Drive Centrifugals, 248
Power Station Condensing Plant, 73, 141
Power Station and Electric Lighting, RefuseDestructors, Leeds Corporation Works, 180
Power Station, Plant for Large Electric, 463
Power Stations. See also Electric
Power, Water, in France, 571
" Practical Engineer " Electrical Pocket-Book
and Diary for 1904, The, 707 •
Practice, Coke-Oven, The Regulation of the
Combustion of, 345, 469
Preferential Tariffs, 497, 567. 666. See LETTERS
Press, 2000-Ton Hydraulic Forging, at Borsig's, 51
Pressure, Explosive, and Rate of Combustion of
Cordite, 452
Pressure-Gauge Tester, Vulcan Portable, 843
Pressure of Wind on Roofs, 503, See LETrERS, 40, 606, 671
Pressures and Frequencies, Standard Ele.:tric, 04
Pressures, Momentary Relief of Great, 429
Preston Boiler Explosion, 813
Prevention of Fire Congress, 93, 127. See 265
Prevention of Floods in the Thames Valley, 671
Prevention of Smoke, 667
Prices, British and Foreign Crane Contract, 763
Prices, Steel, American, 770
Priest, M., and Thresh, J. C., on the Distribution of Sewage on Bacteria Beds, 267
Private Bill Legislation, Precedents in, '755
Private Bill Schemes in Parliament, 740, 773, 787
Private Supply of Electricity, 124
Problems of Modern Street Traffic, 383. See
LETTER, 501
Producer Gas. See Engines, Gas
Producer, Pierson's Gas, 420
Producer, Pierson's Suction Gas, 696
Producer, Talbot's Gas, 474 • •
Production and Consumption of Coal, 666
" Proell " Metallic Stuffing-Box,130
Profile of Glasgow and South-Western Railway,
• Carlisle to Glasgow. 422
Progress of American Shipbuilding, 538
Progress in Final and Sanitary Refuse Disposal,
Twenty-Five Years', 413
Progress in Japan, 224, 667
Progress of London and Brighton Railway
Traffic, Diagram, 586
Projectiles, Capped, 533, 730
Prominences, Solar, and Terrestrial Magnetism, 86
Prominences, Sun-Spots and Corona, 486
Propeller Blades, Covering, 260
Propeller. See also Screw Propellers
Propellers, Housing, for Mercantile Cruisers, 14, 1.• See LETTER, 58
Propellers, Ship's, Shaping the Blades of, 494
Propellers of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm IL," 444
Propelling Engines. See Engines
Property, Industrial, Congress, 460
Propulsion, Electrical, as a General Means of
Transport, 385
Pr8opulsion of Warships, Screw, 738. See Limnos,
•
Protection, Foreshore, and Deep-Sea Erosion, ' 29, 349
Protection or Free Trade for Engineers ? 159, 191
Protective Devices for High-Tension Electrical
Systems, 384
Prussian Railway Speed Regulations, 477
Prussian Technical Testing Station at Charlottenburg, 226
Psychrometers and Hair Hygrometers, 490
Public Authorities. See Municipal
Public Lighting, Cost of Gas versus Electricity, 60, 637
Publicity, Uses of, 665. See LETTER, 708
Pulley-Block, Mork Screw, 85
* Pump, Boiler Feed (Heisler), 467
Pump, Hydraulic, at Borsig's, 551
Pump, Packing for Centrifugal, 548
Pump Valve, Downie's Dead-Lift, 467
Pumps, Air, Dry, for Surface Condenser, 314
Pumps, Centrifugal, Efficiency Tests, 719, 745
Pumps, Centrifugal, Steam Turbine-Driven, for
High Lifts, 9, 32. See LETTER, 86
Pumps for Condensing Plant, 73, 141, 824
Pumps, Mercury, Arrangement for Driving, 745
Pumps of T.-S.S " Kaiser Wilhelm IL," 876
Pumping Engines, Ancient, 552, 577, 611, 616
Pumping Machinery at Sea, Auxiliary, 669
Pumping Water. See also Air Lift
Pumping Water from Mines, 227
Punched versus Drilled Holes in Ships' Hulls, 6, 59
Punching and Shearing Machine, An Early, 412
Purification of Water, Deposits in Pipes and, 840

Quadruple-Cylinder Engine, Lefevre High-Speed, 80
Quadruple-Expansion Engines. See Engines
Quantitative Estimation of Chloroform Vapour
in Air, by Dr. Waller, 103
Quartz Vessels for Distillation of Metals, 706
• ueen," H.M.S., Steam Trials of, 800. See
Erratum 884
" Queen," Turbine Ch innel Steamer, The, 20
Queensland Railways, 632
Quick-Firing Guns. See Guns
Quicksilver. See Metal-Price Diagrams

Racing Yach's, Design of, 464
Radiation through a Foggy Atmosphere, 452
Radiation and Illumination, 686, 751
Radiaoctive Emanations in the Earth's Crust
and Atmosphere, 451. See 288, 426
Radioactive Processes, 62
Radioactive Substances, Nature of the Emanations from, 448. See 28S, 426
Radioactivity, 426, 447, 448, 451
Radioactivity and Comets, 288, 405, 426, 448
Radioactivity, Cosmical, 451. See 288, 426
Radioactivity, Experiments in, 781
Radioactivity ; the Permanency of thb Atom, 60
Radium Emanations, 288. See 360, 405, 426, 448, 51, 781
Rail, Steel. See Microstructure, and Iron and
Steel Institute, and Steel
Rails, Sorbitic Steel, 324, 325, 343
Rails, Steel, High in Manganese, Heat Treatment
of, 343, 364. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Rails, Tramway, 773 '
Railroad, American, Progress, 739
Railroads, Mono, 413 • •
Railway Accidents:
Ballymote, Collision at, 708
Birmingham, Collision at New-Street Station, 08
Derailment at Kirkdale, Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway, 185
Railway Administration during Crises, Colonial, 03, 632
Railway, Bagdad, Route to India, 374
Railway Carriage Lighting, Eastern Railway of
France, 386
Railway Carriage, Saloon, for the " Sud Express," 29
Railway Carriage Spring Seat, 673
Railway Carriages, Self-Propelled, 355. See 287, 60
Railway Construction, British, 227, 259
Railway Construction, London, 227
Railway, Electric, Power Act, 570
Railway, Electric Traction on, 11, 34
Railway Expansion, Canadian, 91
Railway Fire, Paris Underground, 223. See
LETTER, 214
Railway, Grand Trunk, Economics, 542
Railway, Great Northern, Locomotive and Carriage Works, 178
Railway, Great Western, Record Run on, 93
Railway Locomotives. See Locomotives
Railway Management, Indian. 253, 535
Railway, Midland, and Turbine-Driven Screw
Steamers, 158
Railway Motor-Car for the Pa is Orleans Railway
Company, 560
Railway, Permanent-Way Crane, Cape Government, 709
Railway Points and Signals, Electrically-Operated, 79. See 760
Railway, Prussian, Speed Regulations, 477
Railway Rolling-Stock. See Carriages, Wagons,
and Locomotives
Railway Schemes in Parliament, 740, 773
Railway, Siberian, Fuel for the, 807 •
Railway Signal Company, Limited, Liverpool ;
" Crewe' System of Electrically 'Operating
Railway Points and Signals, 79
Railway Signalling (Westinghouse), Electro-Gas
System of, 760
Railway Stations. See Stations
Railway Traction, Electric, in Berlin, Monophase, 634. See 392
Railway Traction, High-Speed, 604
Railway Train Record Speed, Great Western, 3
Railway Train Weighbridge, 350
Railway and Tramway, Electric, Progress in
America, 226, 301
Railway, Trans-Australian, 427. See LETTER, 02
Railway, Uganda, American Bridges on, 249
Railway, Underground, Electric, Concrete
Tunnel for, 574
Railway-Wagon for Carrying Oil, 40-Ton, 348
Railway-Wagon, Coke, 823
Railway Widening,London and Brighton, 585, 51, 690, 755, 820 865
Railway Year-Book, 214
Railways, Argentine, 572
Railways, British, 762
Railways, British, and their Competitors, 287, 55. See 360
Railways, Ceylon, 872
Railway s, Electric. See Electric
Railways, Electricity on Suburban, 670
Railways, Elevated, 132. See LETTERS, 86,159„
* Railways, Indian, 116
Railways, New South Wales, 603
Railways, New Zealand, 461
Railways, Queensland, 632
Railways. See also Electric
Railways in South Africa, 1602 819. See 683
Railways, Tube, The Ventilation of, 419
Rain at Seathvt aite, The Rate of Fall of, 415
Rainfall over the British Isles, 783
Rainfall Problems, Some, 490
Rainfall on the River Barrow, County Down,
Ireland, and at Banbridge and Lough Island
Reavy Reservoir, 415
Rainfall in Scotland and Sun-Spot Periods, 486
Raising of Water by, Compressed Air, 10, 33
Raising Water by Compressed Air, 675. See
LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Range Finder, Further Experiments with the
Infantry, 414
Rapid Cutting Tool Steels, and Machines therefor, 46, 157, 255, 690, 639, 654, 690, 759
Rateau, Professor, on Steam Turbines, 6, 32, 105
Rates, Municipal, The Growth of, 557
Rates, Tonnage of Steamship, 135. See 22, and
Erratum., 160
Ravensworth, The late Lord, 160
Record Train Speed on the Great Western Railway, 93
Reduction of Nitrate by Sewage, 628
Refrigerator and Steriliser for Milk, &c., 24
Refuse-Destructors, Leeds Corporation Works, 80
Refuse Disposal, Twenty-Five Years' Progress in
Final and Sanitary, 413
Registering and Counting, Automatic Machine,
Forsyth's Cask, 530. See Erratum., 564
Regulation of the Combustion in Coke-Oven
Practice, 345, 469
Regulations, Motor-Car, 736
Reichsanstalt at Charlottenburg, 226
Reichsanstalt, The Work of the, 647. See 258
Reinforcing Sounds Mechanically, A Method of, 29
Relief, Momentary, of Great Pressure, 429
Repair Shop on T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm IL,' 76
Repulsion Motors, Single-Phase, 419, 506. See 92
Research, Naval Engineering Experimental, 221
Reservoir for Birmingham Water Works, 494
Residual Products, Utilisation of, 289
Resistance, Air, Laws of, 211
Resistance, Reduction of Wave-Making, by New
Methods, 86
Resistance of Road Vehicles to Traction, 381, 438
Restoration of Dangerously Crystalline Steel, 24, 334. See 418, 431, 527
Retaining Walls, London and Brighton Railway, 90, 755
Retirement of Admiral Melville, 225
Richards, Mr. A. W., 'and Stead, Mr. J. E., on
the Restoration of Dangerously Crystalline
Steel, Heat Treatment, 334. See'324, 418, 431, 27 Richards, Mr. A. W., and Stead, Mr. J. E., on
Sorbitic Steel Rails, 325, 343
Rifle Range-Finders, 414
Rings, Piston, of Cast Iron, 403, 418. See
Erratum, 429
Rings, Piston, and Piston-Rod Packings, Tosi's, 05
River Gaundless Bridge, Stockton and Darlington Railway, 214
River Mersey Tidal Regime, 415
Riveting of Hull of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 93
Road Locomotion. See Motor-Cars and Wagons
Road Locomotive, 8-Horse-Power Compound
(Garrett, Leiston), 873 Road Steam-Wagons. • See Wagons
Road Vehicles, Resistance of, to Traction, 381, 38
Roads, Macadamised, The Effect of Traffic and
Weather on, 416
Roads and Pavements, Treatise on, 210
Robey-Saurer Oil-Engine and Dynamo, 13
Rock-Drills, Fern's " Challenge ' Sharpener for, 62
Rod Packing. See Piston-Rod
Roker Pier, Sunderland, 456
Roller Bearing for Bridges, 755
Rolling-Mills at Messrs. Borsig's, 587
Rolling - Stock. See Carriages, Wagons, and
Locomotives
Roof Veranda for Stations, London and Brighton
Railway, 855
Roofs, Effects of Wind on, 508. See LETTERS, 40, 606, 671
Rooting Shops Anew, 744
Roorkee Manual of Applied Mechanics, 310. See
LETTER, 606
Rope Works, Steel, Cradock's, 180
Ropeway, Wire, at Queen's Ferry, Flint, 728
Rossie Priory, Perthshire, Turbine Electric Generators at, 281, 660
Rotatory Mechanism, A New Cylindric, 777
Royal Agricultural Show. See Agricultural Show
Royal Commission on Trade Disputes, 92
Royal Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
Royal Navy List, 211 Rubber, India-, Cutting Machine, Automatic:, 659
Russian Iron and Coal Industry, 538
Russian Iron Trade, 165
Russian Naphtha Field, A New, 463

Safe Speeds of Emery Wheels, 222. See 246, 282
Safety Coupling for Shafts, 195 •
Saint. See St.
Salford Iron Works Erecting-Shops, with Korting
Gas-Engine, 600
Saloon Car for the " Sud Express," 229
Saloons of T.-S.S, " Kaiser Wilhem II.," 143
Salts, Water, and Chemical Reactions between, 27
Sand-Blast for Cleaning Structural Metal, 601
Sandwich System of Apprentice Education, 89
Sandwich System.. See Apprentices
Sanitary Pumps of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm IL," 76
,Saw, Band, Filing Machine, The Buhl, 780
Saw, Band, for Logs, 641
aw-Bench, Portable Electrically-Driven, 261
* Sawing Machines. See Machine-Tools
Scantlings of null of T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm II ," 193
School, Manchester Municipal, of Technology,
Brewing Plant at, 207
" Science Abstracts," 192
Science. Economic, and Statistics, 557
Scientific Procedure in Shipbuilding, 680
Scientific Research, Duty-Free Alcohol for, 556
Scotland, Rainfall in, and Sun-Spot Periods, 486
Screw-Cutting Lathes. See Machine-Tools
Screw Gauges, &hall, 384
Screw - Measuring Machine at the National
Physical Laboratory, 660
Screw-Milling Machine, 802
Screw Propellers, 680. See also Propellers
Screw Propellers, Triple - Expansion Engine,
Housing, 14, 21. See LErrJR, 58
Screw Propulsion for Warships, 738. See LETTER, 40
Screws, Twin versus Triple, 679
Sea, Deep, Erosion, 129, 349
Sea, Taking Soundings at, 258. See Pressure
Sea-Water of the Levant, Diurnal Temperature
of Variations in the, 490
Seamless Steel Boat Works, 180
Seat, Hammock Carriage Spring, 673
Seaton. A. E., on the Modern Express Steamer
for Short Passages, 5, 30
Seismological Investigations, 491
Self-Induction Spectrum of Silicium, 526 •
Self-Propelled Railway Carriages, 355. See 287, 60
Self-Propelled Vehicles. See Motor-Cars and
Wagons
Self-Recording Instruments, 491
Separation of Cobalt and Nickel, 527
Sewage, Bacterial Treatment of, Design of
Works, 500. See 801
Sewage, Distribution on Bacteria Beds, 267
Sewage, Reduction of Nitrate by, 528
Sewage and Water, Bacterial Treatment of, Up-toDate, 8, 32. See 801
Shadows in Astigmatic Beam of Light, 63 •
Shafting of the Kaiser Wilhelm H.," 444
Shafts, Lindqvist's Safety Coupling for, 195
Shaping the Blades of Ships' Propellers, 494
Sharpener, " Challenge," Fern's, for Rock-Drills, 62
Shaw, J. L , on Iron Ore in the Duddon
Estuary, 365. See 324, 345
Shawinigan Power-Station, Canada, Generators
for, 598
Sheep-Shearing Machinery, 24
Shell and Shots, Capped, 533
Ship Canal, Indian, 225
Ship, Model, Tank Experiments, 464
Ship Plans in Section of T.-S.S "Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37, 193
Ship Propeller Blades, Covering, 260. See also
Propellers
Ships' Bulkhead Door, Hydraulically-Worked,
Stone-Lloyd System, 624
Ships' Hulls, Drilled versus Punched Holes in, 6, 59 Ships' Propellers, Shaping the Blades of, 494
Ships, Reduction of Wave-Making Resistance by
a New Method, 86
Ships. See Steamers, Steamships, and Warships
Shipbuilding in America, 126; 538
Shipbuilding Berth Cranes, at Fore River Works,
Quincy. Mass., 347 •
Shipbuilding Company, United States, 705. See 3, 499, 570
Shipbuilding Hand-Book, German, 238
Shipbuilding in 1903, Naval, 870
Shipbuilding Progress, 634, 678, 713. See 701.
See LETTER., 808
Shipbuilding, Scientific Procedure in, 680
Shipbuilding. See Warships and Naval Architects
Shipbuilding Trade, Depression in, 92, 501
Shipbuilding Trust, American, 93
Shipbuilding Works, Electrically-Driven, 19
Shipping Company, Japanese, 126
Shipping, Japanese, 571, 837
Shipping, Norwegian, 324
Shipwrecks of the Year, 427
Shop, Re-Roofing, 744 Shot and Shell, Capped, 533 Shows of Cycles and Motors, 728, 739 KM
Siberia, Iron Industry of, 393
Siberian Railway, Fuel for the, 807
Signalling, Railway, Electro-Gas System, 760
Signals, Railway, Elf ctrically Operated, 79Silesia Iron and Steel Works, Borsig's, 479, 551, 87, 620, 691, 724, 794
Silicon in Iron, 345, 395
Silicon and Iron, Alleged Cementation of, 166
Simmance-Abady " Flicker" Photometer, 829
Sinking Funds in Municipal Undertakings, Depreciation and, 657. See Glasgow
Six o'clock Man, 625, 707, 729, 761, 763
Sketches, Elements of Electro-Mechanical, 211
Skips for Handling Coke in French Gas Works, 74
Slag Conveyor, Cupola, 302 .
Sleeping - Car Company, International Saloon
Car, 229
Small Screw Gauges, 384
Smell of Filed Steel, 605
Smelting, Chlorine, with Electrolysis, 155
Smith Tapping Machine, 261
Smithfield Club Show, Engines at, 805
Smoke Nuisance (Legal), 667
Societies. See Institutions
Society of Arts ; Inaugural Address by Sir
William Abney, 703
Softener and Water Steriliser, 673
Softener, Water, Harris-Anderson, 46
Softening Water for Boilers, 858, 876 Solar Prominences and Terrestrial Magnetism, 86
Solar and Terrestrial Simultaneous Changes, 486
Solids, Structure in, Gianular and Spicular, 451
Some Neglected Points in Furnace Construction,
by Mr. H. H. Cunynghame, 805
Sorbitic Steel, Beardshaw's, 528
Sorbitic Steel Rails, 324, 325, 343
Sounds, A Method of Mechanically Reinforcing, 29 •
Soundings at Sea, Taking,258. See Pressure
South Africa, British Trae in, 819. See 683
* South African Mail Steamers, 780
South African Railways, 160
South Africa,The Engineer in, 683.
See 819
South Wales Anthracite Coal Combine, 704
South-West, Notes from, 17, 51, 96, 121, 51, 85, 219, 250, 284, 318, 363, 389, 23, 457, 04, 8799, 565, 607, 629, 663, 699, 733, 67, 801, 33,
* South Yorkshire, Notes from, 16, 51, 95, 120, 51, 185, 218, 250, 284, 318, 362, 388, 23, 57, 03, 531, 565, 607, 628, 662, 698, 32, 767, 00, 32, 875
Southwark Bridge, 191
Spectra, Absorption, and Chemical Constitution
of Organic Substances, 526
Spectra, Absorption and Emission, 623
Spectra, Aurora, and Nitrogen, Comparison of, 53
Spectra, Carbon and Iron Arc, at High Gaseous
Pressures, 452
Spectra of Elements and Compounds, WaveLength Tables of the, 523
Spectra of Lightning, 453
Spectroscopic Research Work at the Reichsanstalt, 647
Spectrum of Silicium, Self-Induction, 626
Speed, High, Railway Traction, 604
Speed, Record Train, on the Great Western
Railway, 93
Speeds of Emery Wheels, Safe, 222. See 246, 82
Spelter Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Spicular and Granular Structure in Solids, 451
Spindle Packing.for Centrifugal Pumps, 548
Span's Engineers' Price-Book, 478 •
Spring Hammers, 617, 685. See ILLUSTRATIONS
Spring Seat, Hammock Carriage, 673
Springs, Indicator, Differential, 675
Springs, Piston, Permanent Set in Cast Iron
Bearing on the Design of, 400, 418. See
Erratum, 429
Springs, Testing Indicator, 258
St. Louis Exhibition, Mining Plant at, 58
St. Marylebone Borough and Electric Finance, 62
Stability, Statical, of Channel Steamers, 22, 7
Stamping Machine for Coke Manufacture at 79
Borsig's,
Standard Direct-Current Pressiire and Standard
Frequencies, 604
Standard Test- Pieces, 60
Standards, Electrical, Committee Report, 452
Standards, Engineering, 635
Standards, Engineering, Committee, 595
Standards and Gauges as Affepting Shop and
Manufactory Administration, 25
Standards of Length, 103
Stanley Club Cycle Show, 728
Stanton, Mr. Thomas E., on Experiments on the
Efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps, 719, 745
Star, Faint, Was the Nova Gemini Previously
Known as a ? 487
Starting and Reversing Engine of T.-S.S.
" Kaiser William II.," 341
Statical Stability of Channel Steamers, 22, 67
Statics by Algebraic and Graphic Methods, 278
Stations, Electric. See Electric
Stations on London and Brighton Railway, 651, 20
Statistics and Economic Science, 557
Stead, Mr. J. E., on Alleged Cementation of Iron
and Silicon, 106
Stead, Mr. J. E., and Richards, Mr. A. W., on
the Restoration of Dangerously Crystalline
Steel by Heat Treatment, 334. See 324, 418, 31, 527
Stead, Mr. J. E., .and Richards, Mr. A. W., on
Sorbitic bteel Rails, 325, 313
Stead's Recent Experiments on the Causes and
Prevention of Brittleness in Steel, 627. See 18, 431. See Iron and Steel Institute
Steam-Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube
Boilers
Steam consumption of Turbines, 153. See
LETTER, Y.47
Ste4m tngineering, Elements of, 211
Steam-Bugines. See Engines
Steam Lifeboat for Mauritius, 212
Steam Lorries. See Motor-Cars and Wagons
Steam Motor-ear Construction, 846. See 381 and
LETTER, 501
Steam motor Vehicles. See Motor-Cars
Steam Motor Wagons, 182
Steam Packings, 130, 505, 648, 874
Steam-Pipes. See Pipes
Steam Piping, Efficiency of Covering, 171
Steam Stop-Valve, Main, on T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhelm II.," 341
Steam, superheated. See also Superheater
Steam Superheaters, Watkinson on, 63. See 42,
and LETTER, 87
Steam-Trap Litigation, 838
Steam Trials of H.M.S. "Challenger," 394
Steam Trials of H.M.S. "Cumberland," 364
Steam Trials of H.M.S. " Queen," 800. See
Erratum, 884
Steam Trials of Torpedo-Boats, Thornycroft's, 50
Steam Turbine. See also Turbines
Steam Turbines, 43, 48, 101, 394, 679, 806
Steam Turbines ; Rateau Steam Turbine, 6, 32, 05
Steam Users' Association, Manchester, 99
Steamer, Atlantic, Subsidies, 187. See 53
Steamer, Channel Turbine, " Brighton," 325
Steamer, Channel, Turbine Steam, The "Queen," 0
Steamer with Curtis Turbine, 394, 806
Steamer, Great Eastern, 636
Steamer, "Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37, 143, 193, 244, 76, 329, 341, 376, 444, 494. See 187 and Ittus'MATIONS
Steamer, The Modern Express, for Short Passages, 6, 30
Steamer "Mona," for the Tyne General Ferry
Company. Twin-Screw Passenger, 831
Steamer, Twin - Screw, " Armadale Castle," 80
Steamers, Channel, 22, 67
Steamers, Coaling, for the Navy, 104
Steamers' Engines. See Engineg
* Steamers with Parsons Turbine, 43, 48, 101. See
LETTER, 87
Steamers. See Ships, Steamships, and Warships
Steamers, Turbine-Driven; Midland Railway, 158
Steamship Pumps, 669
Steamship Register Tonnage, Diagrams, 135.
See 22, and Erratum, 160
Steamships, Vibration of, 25
Steel, Analyses of High-Speed Tool, 690
Steel Brittleness, 324, 325, 334, 418, 431, 627, 528
Steel, Cast, Cement, Amalgams Company, 293, 27, 430, 466, 602, 540
Steel, Diseases of, 345
Steel, Filed, The Smell of, 605
Steel Furnace Construction, Some Neglected
Points in, 805
Steel Girders. See Bridges
Steel, High-Speed Tool, 146, 157, 255, 590, 639, 54, 690, 759. See 324, 330, 366
Steel Hydraulic Cylinder, 27-Ft., 528
Steel Industries, German and British, 498
Steel Ingot Moulds, Continuous Process for
Making, 576
Steel and Iron for Advanced Students, 515
Steel and Iron Institute. See Iron and Steel
Institute
Steel and Iron Works, Frodingham, 180
Steel and Iron Works, Upper Silesia, Borsig's, 79, 551, 687, 020, 691, 721, 794
Steel-Making, Open-Hearth, Continuous Method, , 29
Steel, Mild, and Wrought Iron, Dangerous
Crystallisation of, 4, 30
Steel and Nickel, Alloys of, 2, 29
Steel Prices, American, 770
Steel Production in America, 356
Steel Rails High in Manganese, Heat Treatment
of, 343. 364. See 825, 418, 431, 527
Steel Rails, Sorbitic, 324, 325, 343
Steel, The Restoration of Dangerously Crystalline, 324, 334. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Steel Rope Works, Cradock's, 180
Steel, Seamless, Boat Works, 180
Steel Situation in the States, 123. See Erratum, 62
Steel-Smelting Department at Borsig's Works,
Silesia, 479
Steel, Sorbitic, Beardshaw's, 523. See 343
Steel, Stead's Recent Experiments on the Causes
and Prevention of Brittleness in, 527. See 418, 31, and Iron and Steel Institute
Steel, Tensile Tests of, and the Relation of
Elongation to the Size of Test-Bars, 671
Steel, Testing, as Regards Brittleness, 418, 431
Steel, Tool, Fast-Cutting, 146, 167, 255, 590, 639, 54, 690, 759. See 324, 830, 366
Steel Trade, Britain's Competitors, 158
Steel Trusts, United States, an Objent-Lesson in
Formation of, 93, 499, 570, 705
Steel Tubes, Weldless, the Manufacture of, 345, 02
Steel, Tungsten, Alloys, 324, 330, 366
Steels, Tool, for Rapid Cutting, 146, 157, 255, 90, 639, 654, 690, 759
Steriliser and Refrigerator for Milk, &c., 24
Steriliser, Water, and Softener, 673
Stockton and Darlington Railway ; Old Bridge
over the River Gaundless, 214
Stokehold Arrangements of T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhdlin II.," 244
Stoking Indicator, Kilroy's, 454
Stone - Lloyd Hydraulically - Worked Bulkhead
Doors, 621
S con ebreake rs, 24
Stones for Building and Decoration, 617
Stop - Valve, Main Steam, on T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhelm II.," 341
Storage of Coal under Water, 324
Stratton's Four-Way Hydraulic Valve, 493
Street Cleansing, Horse versus Motor Traction, 93
Street Lighting; Cost of Gas versus Electricity, 60, 637
Street Traffic, Modern, Problems of, 383
Streets and Pavements, A Treatise on, 210
Stresses in the Web of an Arched Rib, 59
Strike Clause, The Operation of the, 704
Strikes and Free Trade in Labour, 601
Strikes, Royal Commission on, 92
Strobographic Methods, 837
Structural Metalwork, Cleaning of, 501
Structure of Metals, 4, 30
Structure of Metals. See Photomicrographs
Structure in Solids, Granular and Spicular, 451
Students, Engineering. See Apprentices
Stuffing-Box, Proell " Metallic, 180. See also
Packings
Submarine Telegraph Enterprise, 83, 259, 779
Submarine Telegraphy, 748
Submarine Vessels, 715
Subsidies for Atlantic Liners, 187. See 53
Suburban Locomotive for the Electric Railway, 65
Subway under London and Brighton Railway
Widening, 651
Sugar Manufacture, Centrifugal Machines for, 298
Summerfield, R. D., on Condensing Plant, 73, 141
Sunderland, Roker Pier, 456
Sun Photographs in Monochromatic Light from
Yerkes Observatory, 486
Sun Spot Periods and Rainfall in Scotland, 486
Sun-Spots, Prominences and Corona), 486
Superheater, Cruse Controllable, 215
Superheaters, Steam, Watkinson, 63. See 42,
and LarrEa, 87
Suplee, H. H.,on Fast-Cutting Tools, 146, 167
Support for urnace Bottoms, Truck, 268
Surface-Condensing Plant, Longton, Staffordshire, 314
Surface of Roads and Traotive Effort of Vehicles, 81, 438
Survey, Magnetic, in the United States, Progress of, 491
Surveying Instrument, Fergusson's " Percentage"
Theodolite, 759, 811
Sussex, Natural Gas in, 416
Swedish Iron Ore Companies, Combine of, 257
" Swiftsure," H.M. Battleship (late " Constitution "), 803, 842
Swinburne, J., on:Entropy, or Thermodynamics
from an Engineer's Point of View, 271, 306, 337, 73, See 452
* Swiss Compound Four-Cylinder Locomotive, 281
Switch-Gear, Three-Phase, 409, 443, 482, 516. See
LETTERS

Taff Vale Railway Case, Effect of, 807
Taking Soundings at Sea, 268. See Pressure
Talbot, Mr. B., on the Continuous Method of Open-Hearth Steel-Making, 4, 29
Talbot Mechanical Gas-Producer, 474
Tank Experiments, 404
Tannett, Walker, and Co.'s Goodman-street
Works, 181
Tapping Machine, The Smith, 201
Tariff Question; A Working Man, 159, 191
Teaching of Mathematics. See Mathematics for
Engineers
Teaching of Mathematics, 634. See Limmas, 9, 574, 606, 625, 671
Teaching. See Technical Education
Technical Education, The Appreciation of, 671
Technical Education of Engineer Apprentices, 9, 426, 439
Technical Education, English Industry and
Advanced, 542
Technical Education, Great Western Railway
and, 328
Technical Education, Mathematics for Engineers, 34. See LETTBits, 59, 574, 606, 625, 671
Technical Education in Rural England, 323
Technical Education. See also Education
Technical Municipal Institute, Manchester, The
Equipment of, 380
Technical Press, Index of the, 285
Technical Schools, Directory of, 191
Technical Testing Station at Charlottenburg,
Prussian, 226
Technology, Manchester Municipal School of,
Brewing Plant at, 207
Telegraph Companies, Submarine, 83, 259, 779
Telegraphs, Post-Office, 430
Telegraphy, 748
Telephone, Cost of Glasgow Corporation, 853
Telephones, Glasgow Corporation, 357, 462, 537, 03. See LETTERS, 395, 430, 503, 573, 606, 625
Temperature, Casting, Effects on Alloys, 231, 63
Temperature Differences in Boiler Water, 292
Temperature, Diurnal, of Variations in the Sea
Water of the Levant, 490
Temperatures, The Application of Low, to the
Study of Biological Problems, 526
Tender, Locomotive. See Locomotives
Tensile Tests' of Mild Steel and the Relation of
Elongation to the Size of Test-Bars, 671
Tercentenary of Dr. Gilbert, 839
Terrestrial Magnetism in Relation to Geography, 91
Terrestrial Magnetism and Solar Prominences, 86
Terrestrial and Solar Changes, Simultaneous, 86
Test-Pieces? Standard, 60
Tests, Efficiency, for Centrifugal Pumps, 719, 745
Tests, Oil Fuel, Wallsend Company, 634
Tests, Tensile, of Mild Steel, and the Relation
of Elongation to the Size. of Test Bars, 671
Tester, The Vulcan Portable Pressure-Gauge, 813
Testing of Electric Generators by Air Calorimetry, 770, 813
Testing Indicator Springs, 253
Testing Laboratories, Borsig's, 587, 725
Testing Material for Fire Prevention, 127. See 65
Testing the Soundness of Cement, 706
Testing Station, Prussian Technical, at Charlottenburg, 226
Testing Steel as Regards Brittleness, 418, 431
Testing Work of the Reichsanstalt, 647. See 258
Thames Valley, Prevention of Floods in, 671
Theodolite, Fergusson's " Percentage," 759, 841
Thermal and Electric Conductivity of Metals, 47
Thermodynamics from an Engineer's Point of
View, 271, 805, 337, 373. See 452
Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes, 452.
See Entropy
Thermostat, Electric, 812
Third Rail, Position of, for Electric Railways, 1, 84
Thorium. See Radioactivity
Thornewill and Warham on the Newcomen
Engine, 613. See 552, 577, 611, 616
Thornycroft's Steam Lifeboat for Mauritius, 212
Thornycroft's Oil Motor-Boat for Uganda, 626
Thread-Milling Machine (Pratt and Whitney), 62
Three Phase Alternator. See Electric
Three-Phase Switch Gear, 409, 443, 482, 516. See
LETTERS
Threlfall, Mr. R., on Testing Electrical Generators by Air Calorimetry, 770, 813
Thresh, Mr.J. C., and Priest, Mr. M., on the Distribution of Sewage on Bacteria Beds, 267
Thurston, The late Professor R. H., 669
Tidal Regime of the River Mersey, 415
Tin Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Titanium and High-Speed Tool Steels, 690. See
also High-Speed Steel
Tonnage of Steamships, Diagrams, 135. See 22,
and Erratum, 160
Tool-Grinding Attachment, 48. See also Grinding Machines
Tool Steel Alloys, 324, 330, 366
Tool Steel, Rapid-Cutting, 140, 157, 590, 639, 654, 90, 769. See 255
Tools. See Machine-Tools
Torpedo-Boat Destroyers. See Warships
Torpedo-Boat, Electric Lighting Plant for, 149
Torpedo-Boats. See Warships
Tom's Piston-Rod Packings and Piston-Rings, 503
Traction, Electric, on Railways, 11, 84, 612
Traction, Electric. See Electric Tramways and
Railways
Traction-Engine. See also Locomotives, Road
Traction-Engines, 13, 24, 873
Traction, Mechanical. See Motor-Cars
Traction, Railway, Electric Monophase, in Berlin, 34. See 392, 419, 506
Traction, Railway, High-Speed, 604
Traction, Resistance of Road Vehicles to, 881, 38
Tractor, Military (Hornsby), 842
* Tractor, Oil, 13, 842
Trade in China, Foreign, 463
Trade Disputes, Royal Commission on, 92
Trade of Hong Kong, 348
Trade and Industry of Nagasaki, 508
Trade of Japan, 124
Trade of Japan, Export, 423
Trade of Kobe and Osaka, 296
Trade of Korea, 145
Trade Marks in China, British, 191
Trade, Shipbuilding, Depression, 92, 501
Trade in South Africa, British, 819. See 633
Trades-Union Congress, 391
Trades-Union Law, Effect of the Taff Vale Railway Case, 807
Trade-Union Law. See also Legal
Trades Unionism and Free Trade in Labour, 601
Trading, Municipal, Accounts and Audits for, 31. See LErrzas, 214, 395, 430, 502, 573, 606, 25, and Glasgow Corporation, &c.
Trading, Municipal, Glasgow Telephones, 357, 62, 637, 603. See LETTERS, 393, 430, 503, 573, 06, 625
Trading, Municipal, Glasgow Tramway Results, 89, 737. See LETTER, 214
Traffic, Problems of Modern Street, 333
Traffic and Weather, Effect of, on Macadamised
Roads, 416
Train. See also Railways
Train - Lighting on the Eastern Railway of
France, 386
Train, Record, Speed on the Great Western Railway, 93
Train Weighbridge, 350
Training of Engineers, 59. See also Apprenticeship
Training of Reserve Officers, 741
Tram-Cars. See Cars and Electric
Tramway and Lighting Scheme Progress, 711
Tramway Rails, 773
Tramway Schemes in Parliament, 773
Tramway Station, Engines for the London County
Council, 632
Tramways, Glasgow, 189, 737. See LETTER, 211.
See also Telephones
Tramways, Newcastle Corporation, 3000-HorsePower Triple-Expansion Engines for, 725, 874
Tramways. See also Electric
Trans-Australian Railway, 427. See LETTER, 502
Transmission of Power. See Power Station
Transport; Electrical Propulsion as a General
Means of, 385
Treatment, Heat, of Steel Rails High in Manganese, 343, 364. See 325, 418, 431, 527
Treatment of Sewage,Bacterial ; Design of
Works .500. See also Sewage
Trials, Beam, of H.M.S. "Challenger," 391
Trials, Steam, of H.M.S. " Cumberland," 364
Trials, Steam, of H.M.S. "Queen," 800. See
Erratum, 881
Trials, Steam, of H.M. Torpedo-Boats (Thornycroft), 150
Triple-Expansion Engine?. See Engines
Triple-and Multiple Screws, 679
Triple Screws far Merchant Cruisers with Housing Propellers, 14, 21. See LETTER, 68
"Triumph," H.I. Battleship, 803 ; (late " Libertad"), 842
Trotter, A. P., on Mathematics from the Engineer's Point of View, 358. See LETTERS. See 37
Troughing for Bridges. See London and Brighton Razlway Widening
Truck Support for Furnace Bottoms, 283
Trust Company Swindle, United States, 705.
See 93, 499, 5U7
Trust, American Shipbuilding, 93
Trust, Steel, Position of, 499
Trusts, Object-Lesson in Formation of, 570. See 05
Tube-Making at the Universal Works, Chester.
field, 492
Tube Railways, The Ventilation of, 419
Tube Railways. See Tunnels
T ubes, Weidless Steel, The Manufacture of, 315, 02 •
Tunbridge Wells, Raising Water by Compressed
Air at, 675. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Tungsten and High-Speed Tool-Steel, 690
Tungsten and Iron, Alloys of, 324, 330, 366
Tunis, Gas-Driven Electric Lighting Plant at, 20
Tunnel, Concrete, for Underground Electric
Railway, 574
Tunnel Fire ; Paris Underground Railway, 223.
See LETTER, 214
Tunnel Railways. See Tubes
Turbine Channel Steamer " Brighton," 325
Turbine, Steam, for Centrifugal Pumpefor High
Lifts, 9, 82. See LETTER, 86
Turbine, Steam, Channel Steamer the " Queen,' 0
Turbine, Steam, Curtis, for Marine Propulsion, 94, 806
Turbine, Steam, Future of, 153. See LETTER, 247
Turbine, Steam, Parsons, in Ships, 43, 48, 101.
See LETTER, 87
Turbine, Steam, Screw Steamers, for the Midland
Railway, 158
Turbine, Water, Electric Generators at Rossie
Priory, Perthshire, 281, 560
Turbines and Reciprocating Engines, Spaces
Occupied by, 463
Turbines, Steam, 679
Turbines, Steam, Rateau, 6, 32, 105
Turbines, Water, in France, 571
" Turbinia," Torpedo-Boat, with Parsons Turbine ; Diagram of Results, 43, 48, 101. See
LETTER, 87
Turning-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Turret Lathe, Heavy (Bradbury, Oldham), 765
Twin versus Triple Screws, 079
Tyne General Ferry Company's Twin-Screw
Passenger Steamer Mona," 831
Typewriter, Bar-Look, 828
r..s.s. "Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 37, 143, 193, 241, 76, 329, 311, 370, 414, 494. See 187, and
ILLUSTRATIONS

Uganda RAilway, American Bridges on, 249
Uganda Railway Company, Oil Motor-Boat for (Thornycroft), 020
Ultramarine, 91
underground Electric Railway, Concrete Tunnel for, 574
Underground Railway Fire, Paris, 223. See
LETTER, 214
Underground Railways, Ventilation of, 419
Underground Railways. See Tunnels and Tubes
Union, Trades, Disputes with, 92,
Union, Trades. See Legal
United States v. British-Built Locomotives, 462
United States Navy ; Engineer-in-Chief, Retirement of, 225
United States Navy ; Experimental Research, 221
United States, Notes from, 17, 58, 95, 119, 149, 90, 218, 249, 316, 352, 394, 466, 539, 560, 599, 28, 662, 695, 732, 762, 831, 863
United States, Progress of Magnetic Survey in, 91
United States Shipbuilding Trust, 705. See 93, 99, 670
United States Steel Trust, 499
United States Steel Trusts, An Object Lesson in
Formation of, 93, 499, 570, 705
United States Trusts. See Trusts
Universal Tube Co., Chesterfield, Works of, 492
University College, London, Engineering Department at, 93
Uses of Publicity, 665. See LETTER, 708
Utilisation of Waste, 289

Valve and Cylinder Sections on T.-S.S. " Kaiser
Wilhelm IL," 341
Valve, Downie's Dead-Lift, 461
Valve, Hydraulic, Stratton's Four-Wax, 493
Valve, Steam Stop, Main, on " Kaiser Wilhelm II.," 341
Valves for Hydraulically - Worked Bulkhead Doors, 624
Vauxhall Bridge, Granite, 605
Vectorial Methods in Physics, The Use of, 491
Vegetation, Effect of Light on, 103
Vehicles, Road, Resistance of, to Traction, 381, 38
Vehicles, Self-Propelled. See Motor-Cars and Warns
Velocity of Light, Electro-Ethereal Theory of, 48. See 288, 426
Venezuela Resources, Gold and Iron, 256
Ventilation c f Tube Railways, 419
Veranda Roofs for Sta• ions, London and brighton Railway, 855.
Vibration of Steamships 25, 713.,
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim ; Armour-plate bolt in Manufacture, 46
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim ; Electric-Driving Workshops, 19
Viola, B., on Centrifugal Machines, 298
Viscosity of Pitch-Like Solids, Method of Determining, 63
Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies, 491
Voltmeters, Electrostatic, for AlternatingCurrent Circuits, 452
Von Bauer Coke-Ovens, 345, 469
Vulcan Company, Stettin, T.-S.S. " Kaiser Wilhelm IL" See "Kaiser Wilhelm II."
Vulcan Portable Pressure-Gauge Tester, 843

Wages in GerMany, 620
Wagon, Bogie, Coke, 828
Wagon, Railway, for Carrying Oil, 40-Ton. 318
Wagons for Coke in French Gas Works, 74
Wagons. See Motor-Cars
Wagons, Steam Motor, 182, 846
Walls, Retaining, London and Brighton Railway, 90, 755
War Commission Report and Gun Design, 321
War Office Reform, 331
Warship-Building, 1860.1903, 713
Warship-Building in 1903, 870

Warships :

Admiralty Administration, 460
American Naval Administrative Reports, 769
Brassey's Naval Annual, 76
British Progress and Problems, 634, 678, 713.
See 701, and LETTER, 808
British Warship Contracts, 1903, 670
Chilian Battleships " Libertad " and " Constitucion," 803
Coaling Steamers, Fleet, 104
Cruisers, Merchant, with Housing Propellers, 4, 21. See Lamm, 58
Departures in British Navy, 392
Dutch Torpedo-Boat, Electric Lighting
Plant, 149
Experimental Research, 221
Gun-Power of Battleships,291
H.M. Battleships " Triumph " and " Swiftsure," 803, 842
H.M. Submarine Tactics, 392
H.M.S. "Blake," Accident to Boilers of, 258
H.M.S. " Challenger," Steam Trials of, 391
H.M.S. " Cumberland." Steam Trials of, 361
H.M.S. " Dominion " (Vickers), 291
H.M.S. "Hindustan,"872
H.M.S. " Queen," Steam Trials of, 800. See
Erratum, 881
H.M.SS. launched in 1903, 870
H.M. Torpedo-Boats (Thorny croft), 150
Japanese Navy, 837
Machinery Breakdowns during the Mancouvres, 735. See LETTER, 808
Measured Mile for Trials between Deal and
Dover, 634
Naval Barracks at Portsmouth, 392
Naval College in Isle of Wight, 392
Navy and Parliament, 53
Screw-Propulsion Problems, 738. See LETTERS, 840
Submarine Vessels, 392, 715
Torpedo-Boat "Turbinia," Diagrams of Results of Parsons Turbines, 43, 48, 101. See
LETTER, 87
Triple-Screw Warships, Mr. G. Quick on, 840
United States Navy, Engineer-in-Chief, Retirement of, 225

Water-Tube Boiler Statistics, 855
White, Sir W. H., on Naval Architecture, 34, 678, 713
Washers for Armour-Plate, Manufacture of, 46
Waste, Utilisation of, 289
Water, Boiler, Temperature Differences in, 292
Water, and Chemical Reactions between Salts, 527
Water-Driven Weston Centrifugals, 248
Water and Gas Bill, Precedents in, 755
Water-Hoisting from Mines, 227
Water Power in France, 571
Water-Power Installation at Rossie Priory, Perthshire, 281, 560
Water-Power Scheme. Zambesi, 324
Water Pumps. See Pumps
Water Purification, Deposits in Pipes and, 840
Water, Raising of, by Compressed Air, 10, 33
Water-Raising by Compressed Air, 675. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
Water and Sewage, Bacterial Treatment of, Up to Date, 8, 32
Water-Softener, Harris-Anderson, 46
Water-Softener, Kennicott, 796
Water-Softeners, 858, 876
Water-Steriliser and Softener, 673
Water Supply in South-West Lancashire, 415, 48
Water-Tube Boiler for Railway Motor-Car (French), 560. See 182, 84C
Water-Tube Boiler Statistics, 855
Water-Tube Boilers in the Navy, 679
Water Turbines. See Turbines
Water Schemes in Parliament, 788
Waters, Potable, of South-West Lancashire, 384, 72
Waterways, Docks, Harbours, and Pier Schemes in Parliament, 788
Waterwheel Automatic Governor, 286
Waterways. See also Canals
Water Works for Birmingham, New, 494
Watkinson, Professor W. II.' on Superheaters, 3. See 42, and LETTER, 87
Watt Memorial, Proposed, 393
Wave Length Tables of the Spectra of Elements and Compounds, 523
Wave - Making Resistance Reduced by a New Method, 86
Wave Motion, A Model to Illustrate Various Properties of, 829
Wave Propagation in a Dispersive Medium, 453
Wealth of the Empire, and How it should be Used, 557
Weather and Traffic, Effect of, on Macadamised Roads, 416
Web of an Arched Rib, Stresses in, 59
Web Girders. See Girders
Weighbridge for Weighing Trains in Motion, 350
Weighing Machines, Agricultural, 24
Weights and Measures. See Metric
Welding Compound Metals, 873
Weldless Steel Tubes, The Manufacture of, 345, 02
Wells, Raising Water from, by Compressed Air, 10, 3, 675. See LETTERS, 708, 729, 809
West, H. H., on _Harbour Dues and Charges, 8
Western Telegraph Company, Limited, 779. See 3, 259
Westinghouse Blowing Engine, 797
Westinghouse Electro-Gas System of Railway Signalling, 760
Westminster Public Lighting ; Cost of Gas versus Electricity, 160, 637
Weston Centrifugal Machines, 298
Weston Friction Clutch, 163, 176
Weston Water-Driven Centrifugals, 248
Wheels, Emery, Bursting of, 282. See 222, 246
Wheels, Emery, Safe Speeds of, 222. See 246, 82
Whicham Mines, 245, 265, 324
Whitewashing and Painting Machine, Binks's, 11
Whitley's Double Hack-Saw, 328
Widening of the London and Brighton Railway, 85, 651, 690, 755, 820, 855
Willans and Robinson's New Boiler Works, Wire Ropeway at, 728
Wimperis, H. E., on Gas-Engine Exp!osions, 404. See 418
Winch, Electric, for H.M. Yacht "Victoria and Albert," 385. See E rratum., 412
Wind Effect on Roofs, 508. See LETTERS, 540, 06, 671
Winding Engines, Ancient, 552, 577, 611, 616
Windmills at Smithfield Club Show, 8 ,5
Wingfield, C. H., on Cast Iron for Piston-Rings, 00, 418. See Erratum, 429
Wire Ropeway at queen's Ferry, Flint, 728
Wood and Iron, Friction between, 254
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine-Tools
Work at the National Physical Laboratory, 225
Workers and Free Trade in Labour, 601
Working before Breakfast. See Six o'Clock Man
Workman ? Who is a, 143
Workmen's Bicycle Store, Borsig's, 724
Workmen, British and American, 205, 242. See LETTERS
Workmen's Compensation Act, Fees to Medica Men under, 633
Workmen's Compensation Act, Schemes Alternative to the, 256
Workmen's Compensation. See Servants and Masters under Legal
Workmen's CompenEation Act. See Legal
Workmen's Creditors and Employers, 561, 571
Workmen's Injuries, Law Relating to, 239

Works:

Altoft's Colliery, 180
Appliances for Handling Coke in French Gas. Works, 74
Borsig's Iron, Steel, and Engineering Works. in Germany, 479, 551, 587, 620, 691, 724, 94. See ILLUSTRATIONS.
Buckton's Well-House Foundry, 181
Victor Coates and Co., Belfast, 792
Cradock's Steel Rope Works, 180
Design of Bacterial Treatment of Sewage,. 00
Erecting-Shop at Mather and Platt's for
Korting Gas-Engine, 600
Farnley Iron Works, 180
Fore River Ship and Engine Works, Quincy, Mass.,347
Frodingham Iron and Steel Works, 180
Great Northern Locomotive and Carriage Works, 178
Green's Economiser Works, 180
Greenwood and Batley's Albion Works, Leeds, 209
Kitson's Airedale Foundry, 181
Leeds Copper Works, 209
Leeds Corporation Works (Refuse-Destructors, Electric Lighting and Power Station), 80
Midgley's Crown Boot Works, 210
Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co., Limited,
Middlesbrough ; Surface - Condensing
Plant and Dry Air Pumps, 314
Seamless Steel Boat Works, 180
Tannett, Walker and Co., Goodman-Street Works, 181
Thomas D. West Foundry Company ' Continuous Process for Making Moulds, 576
Universal Tube Company, Chesterfield, 492
Vickers, Sons and Maxim ; Electric Workshops, Driving, 19

Works Costs, Generating Stations, 176, 200. See LETTERS, 247, 293, 327
Workshop, Electric Driving, 19
Workshop, Re-Roofing, 744
Workshop Tools. See Machine-Tools
Workshop. See Borsig's Works in Germany
Wrongful Dismissal, Damages for, 536

Yacht with Curtis Steam-Turbine, 394, 8C6
Yachts, Racing, Design of, 464
Year-Book, Newport, 128
Year-Book. See LITERATURE
Year-Books and Annuals, 707
Yokohama, Development of, 292
Yorkshire College, 181

Zambesi Power Scheme, 324
Zinc Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams

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