Engineering 1909 Jul-Dec: Index: Illustrations

Engineering 1909 Jul-Dec: Illustration Index.

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Illustrations

ABACUS, Logarithmic, 303
Absorption Brake Dynamometer (W. and T. Avery, Limited), 27
Absorption Dynamometer, Hydraulic, Rateau’s, 805
Absorption Dynamometer, Hydraulic, for Testing Steam-Turbines, 763
Accident to Transporter Coaling Plant at Durban, 483
Accident to Staging, Dover Harbour Works, Plate XXXVIL, 501
Adjustable Reamer (Vickers), 400
Admiralty. See under Warships.
Aerial. See Aeroplanes
Aerial Ropeway at Monte Video (Bullivant and Co., Limited), 723, 726

Aeroplanes and Airships:

Action of Air on, Smoke Apparatus for Demonstrating, 214
“ Antoinette,” 456, 490. See 614
Anzani Motor, 425
Bleriot, 152, 452, 490, 614, 829
Chain-Drive, 829
Channel Flight, Bleriot’s, 152. See 452, 490, 614, 829
Chauvidre, 662 Darracq Engine, 452
“ Demoiselle,” 490, 614
Engines, 452 Farman, 490, 614 Frames, 613, 614
Gun for Attacking, 99
Lanchester’s Theory Criticised, 214
Lifting Power of Inclined Planes in Air Currents, 386, 387, 777, 778
Model Testing Apparatus, 777, 778
Panhard Motor, 452 Paris Exhibition, 452, 456, 490
Parseval Airship, 348 Petrol Motors for, 452
Pressures on, 386, 387
Propellers, Action of, 13, 219, 829
Propellers, Methods of Driving, 829
Santos Dumont Aeroplane, 490, 614
Voisin, 490, 614
Wind Differences, Natural, Utilisation of, 149
Wright, Construction and Working of, 325, 490. See also 614, 829

Agricultural Show, Royal, at Gloucester, 22, 23 Air-Blast for Cleaning Guns after Firing, 65 Air, Compressed, Power-Hammer Operated by' (John Cochrane), 361
Air-Compressor Operated by Humphrey’s Gas- Pump, 739
Air-Compressor and Paraffin Engine (Reavell and Co., Limited), 349
Air-Excluder for Economisers, Ogden’s, 769 Air-Locks for Pneumatic Caissons, Blackfriars
Bridge Widening, 341 ; Plate XXIII., 338
Air Pressure on Inclined Planes, 386, 387
Air-Propellers, Smoke Apparatus for Demonstrating Direction of Stream-Lines, 214
Air-Pump, Reden Mercurial, 735
Air. See also Compressed Air and Pneumatic Airship, The Parseval, 348
Air and Steam, Action of, on Pure Iron, 527 Alefounder and King (1908), Limited ; Grindstone-Dressing Machine, 229
Alexander Engineering Company ; Portable Shaping-Machine, 703
Alkali Manufacture, Kestner Climbing Film Evaporator for, 822,823
Allan, Robert S., and Co., Limited; Wood- Working Machine for Pattern-Makers, 486
Alloys of Copper, Tin, and Aluminium, 604, 665, 666, 667
Alloys. See also Micro-Photographs Alternating-Stress Testing-Machine, 105,106 Alternators. See Electric
Aluminium-Copper-Tin Alloys, 664, 665, 666, 667 Aluminium, Tests of, 629, 630, 631
“America,” Twin-Screw Steamer, for La Veloce Line (Cantieri Navali Reuniti), 410, 411, 418; Plate XXXIL, 411
Analytical Machine, Ludgate’s, 257
Anchorages, Blackwells Island Bridge. See Blackwells Island Bridge
Anderson, J. and A.; Makatote Viaduct, New Zealand, 301,318; Plate XXII., 301
Anglo-Foreign Inventions Syndicate, Limited;
The Lccoche Frictionless Gearing, 14
“ Antoinette ” Aeroplane, 456, 490. See 614 Anzani Motor for Aeroplanes, 462
Aperture Back-Sights for Rifles, 78, 79. See 762
Applebys, Limited ; 76-Ton Steam Floating Crane for Montreal, 380, 381. See also 524
Applebys, Limited ; Temperley Transporter at liermigua, Canary Lslands, 146
Motor-Car at Olympia Exhibition, 683 Armour-Plates, Cutting, by Oxygen, 168, 169 Armour-Plates, Effect of Capped Shots on, 66 Armour-Plate Shaping-Machine (The Ernst
Schiess Company), 209
Armoured Concrete. See Ferro- Concrete Armoured Cruisers. See Warships Armstrong Breech Mechanism for Guns, 32 Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Limited ;
H.M. Scout-Cruiser “ Newcastle,” 765
Arrol, Sir William, and Co., Limited ; Widening of Blackfriars Bridge, 339, 310, 341; Plates XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., 338
Artillery. See (duns
Asquith, William, Limited ; 9-Ft. Radial Drilling, Boring, and Tapping-Machine, 393
Atmospheric Nitrogen, Fixation of, Notodden
Hydro-Electric Station, 607, 610, 611, 618
Australia, Sydney Harbour, Bridge and Tunnel Schemes for Crossing, 673, 674
Australian Mail Liners “Otranto” and “ Orvieto,” Orient Line (Workman, Clark, and Co., Limited), 582 ; Plates XLII., XLHI., XLIV., XLV., 580
Auto-Car. See Motor-Car Auto-Converter, The C.M.B., 60 Automatic Guns ; Vickers, 95 Automatic Machines. See Machine-Tools Automobiles. See Motor-Cars
Avery, W. and T., Liinite i 300-Ton Testing-Machine at Birmingham Univer8ity,543, 44, 45; Absorption Brake Dynamometer, 27 ; Weighing-Machine for Locomotives, 504, 505 Aviation. See Aeroplanes and A irships Axle-Box, Radial, for Tank Engines ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 196
Axle-Boxes, Tilston’s Lubricator for, 15

Back-Sights for Rifles, 78, 79. See 752
Bakers, Kneading and Mixing Machine for; The “ Laurica,” 248
Balanced Circular Valve for Locomotives of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 166
Balancing of Locomotives on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 166
Balancing of Rotating Masses, 47
Balloons, Guns for Attacking, 99
Balloons. See Aeroplanes and Airships Bamboo Bridge over River Sadan6, Java, 131 Band Saws. See Machine-Tools
Bars, Metal, Slide-Rule for Calculating Weights of, 628
Bases for Columns, Cast-Iron (Glenfield and Kennedy, Limited), 838
Battleships. See Warships
Baxter, W. H., Limited ; Tar-Macadam Mixing- Machine at Royal Agricultural Show, Gloucester, 22
Beams, Continuous, Ferro-Concrete, 200
Beardmore, William, and Co., Limited ; H.M.
Scout-Cruiser “ Gloucester,” 764
Bearing, Roller, The Timken, 290
Bearings for Shafting, Richardson’s Adjustable, 261
Bending of Compression Test Pieces, Shortening Due to, 632
Bending and Twisting Stresses in Shafting, 637, 638j 885. See 697
Bennis, Ed., and Co., Limited ; Ogden’s Air-Excluder for Economisers, 769
Bentall’s Petrol Motor with Piston Valves (Bingham’s Patent), 719
Bents, Queen’s Approach, Blackwells Island Bridge. See Blackwells Island Bridge
Bergen and Christiania Railway, 843, 846, 847
Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Limited ; Garratt Locomotive for Tasmanian Government Railways, Plates LI., LIL, LIIL, 802
Biplane. See Aeroplane
Birmingham Small-Arms Company’s Aperture Back-Sights for Rifles, 78, 79
Birmingham University, 6, 7, 8 ; Plate VH. ,5; Plate VIIL, 5, 43, 44, 45, 109,112
Bisley, Rifle-Sights at Meeting of National Rifle Association, 77, 78, 79
Blackfriars Bridge, Widening of, 339, 340, 341; Plates XXHL, XXIV., XXV., XXVL, 338
Blackwells Inland Bviduc, New V4u*k: Plate XX., 237; 268, 372, 373 ; Plate XXVII., 372; Plate XXVni., 372; Plate XXIX.,
Blackwells Island

372 ;] Plate XXX.. 372 ; Plate XXXI., 372 ; 471,472 ; PlateXXXIV.,471; PlateXXXV., 471; Plate XXXVI., 471; 538,539; Plate XLI.. 537; 642, 643, 644, 645, 654; Plate XLVIL, 644; 711, 712; Plate XLIX„ 711, 745, 748, 749, 780, 781, 818, 819; Plates LIV., LV., LVI.,LVII., LVIII., 816

Adjusting Device, Manhattan Anchorage, Plate XLIX., 711
Anchorages, 712 ; Plate XLIX., 711
Bearing, Adjustable, for Post, 642
Bottom Chords, Island Span, 539; Plate XLI., 537 ; Manhattan Anchor Arm, Plate XLIX., 711; Channel Spans, Plate XLVII., 644
Bottom Laterals, Island Span, Plate XLI., 537. See Floor-Beams
Bracing of Main Posts, Plate XXIX., 372; Plate XXX., 372
Cantilever Arms, Connection of, 642, 645, 654 Channel Spans, 642, 643, 644, 645, 654 ; Plate XLVII., 644
Cross-Sections, 268
Deflections, 268
Derricks and Falsework, 745, 748
Diagram of Complete Bridge, 268
Diamond Drill for Preliminary Borings, Plate XX., 237
End Posts, Manhattan Anchor Arm, Plats LXIX., 711
Erection, 745, 748, 749
Erection of Queen’s Approach, 749
Erection of River Spans, 749
Expansion Struts, 642
First Avenue Arch, Manhattan Approach, 818, 819 ; Plate LV., 816 ; Plate LVI., 816
Floor Beams and Laterals, Channel Spans, 613, 644
Floor Beams, Manhattan Anchor Arms, Plate XLIX., 711
Floor Beams, Queen’s Approach, Plate LVIII., 816
Floor Beams and Stringers, Island Span, 538; Plate XLI., 537
Hangers, Channel Spans, 643
Island Span, 372, 471 ; Plates XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI., 471; 538, 539 ; PlateXLI., 537
Lifting Tackle, 780, 781
Main Diagonals, Island Span, 472 ; Plate XXXIV., 471
Main Posts, Plate XXVII., 372 ; Plate XXVni., 372
Manhattan Anchorage, 712 ; Plate XLIX., 711
Manhattan Approach Viaduct, 818, 819; Plates LIV., LV., LVI., 816
Masonry Piers, Plate XX., 237
Pedestals for Main Posts, 373
Pilot-Nuts for Truss-Pins, 781
Pneumatic Stone-Dressing Machine, Plate XX., 237
Posts, Channel Spans, Plate XLVII., 644. See Main Posts
Queen’s Anchor Arm, 711
Queen’s Approach, Plates LVIL, LVIII., 816
Storage Yard, 748
Struts, Island Span, Plate XLI., 537
Tension Girder at Foot of Main Posts, Plate XXXI. 372
Top Chords, Channel Spans, Plate XLVII., 644
Towers and Bents, Queen’s Approach, Plate LVIII., 816
Vertical Members, Island Span, Plate XXXV., 471
View of Bridge, 372
Wind-Bracing, Channel Spans, 644, 645
Wind-Bracing, Island Span, Plate XLI., 537

Blading of Melms-Pfenninger Turbine, 40
Blading for Turbines, Rateau’s Test of, 804
Blading of Zoelly Marine Steam-Turbine, 213
Blast-Furnace, Electric, Sweden, 414
Blast-Furnaces, Fuel Economy of Dr.y Blast, 468
Blast-Pipes for Locomotives, Variable Nozzle for (Tilbury and Southend Railway), 882
Blast-Pipes of Locomotives, Experiments with, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 198
Bleriot Aeroplane, The, 152, 452, 490, 614, 829
Blow-Off Valve, Patterson’s High-Pressure, 839 Blow-Pipes (Oxygen) for Cutting Metals, 163 Blowing-Engine, Gas-Driven (Siegener Mas- chinenbau A.-G.), 855, 858 ; Plate LIX., 855
Boat, Fishing, The “ Sardius,” with Thorny- croft Paraffin Motor, 244, 245
Boat, Hydroplane, ** Miranda III.” (John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited), 125, 315
Boats. See also Launches
Boats, Submarine. See Warships
Bogies for Garratt Locomotives, Plates LI., Kill., 802
Bogies for Locomotives of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 196
Boilers, Electric Hand-Lamps for Use in, 16 Boiler Explosion at Liverpool, 119
Boiler-Feed Filters, Paterson’s Pressure, 789
Boiler, Flash, of Turner Motor-Car, 11
Boiler Furnace. See Mechanical Stoker
Boiler Furnaces, Heat Radiation from, at Different Temperatures, 561
Boiler of Garratt Locomotive, Plates LI., LIL, 802
Boiler Laggings, Efficiency of, 37
Boilers, Locomotive, for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 162
Boilers, Locomotive, Pitting and Grooving of, 197
Boilers, Locomotive. See also Locomotives
Boiler, Old, Cutting up by Means of Oxygen, 169
Boiler of Wolf’s Semi-Portable Engine, 475, 478, 479. See also Test of^ 497, 498
Boiler-Plates, Transmission of Heat through, 540, 641, 561
Bolinder’s Reversible Marine Engine for Crude Oil, 797
Bolt-Screwing Machine (C. Winn and Co.), 465 Bombay, Clay-Cutting Suction Dredgers, 306,307 Boring-Machine. See Machine-Tools
Bourdon’s Manet-Rabut Indicator for Strain in Structural Members, 464
Bournemouth Vertical Gas Retorts, 635
Brake, Absorption (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 27 Brake Dynamometer, Hydraulic, 763
Brake Dynamometer, Rateau’s Hydraulic, 805 Brake, Front-Wheel, of Sheffield-Simplex Motor- Car, 718
Brake, Hydraulic, Rateau’s,forTurbineTests,805
Brake, Vacuum (The Consolidated Brake and Engineering Company, Limited), 579
Brass and Copper, Corrosion of, 742 Brass-Finishers’ Lathe. See Machine-Tools Brass. See also Alloys
Brazil, Sao Paulo Railway, Travelling Jib-Crane for (John H. Wilson and Co.), 176
Breakdown Crane, 35-Ton Steam (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 699
Breakwaters, Dover Harbour, 601, 503; Plates XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL., 501
Breast-Drill, Two-Speed, 702
Breech Mechanism of Guns, 32, 33, 65
Brennan Mono-Rail Motor-Carriage, 659
Bridge, Bamboo, over River Sadan^, Java, 131
Bridge, Blackfriars, Widening of, 339, 340, 341 ; Plates XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., 338
Bridge, Blackwells Island, New York. See Blackwells Island Bridge
Bridge over Daff Water, Wemyss Bay Railway, 208; Plate XIX., 207
Bridge, The Lethbridge, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 431, 432, 433
Bridge, Plate-Girder, on Wemyss Bay Railway, 208 ; Plate XIX., 207
Bridge, Proposed, over Sydney Harbour, 673
Bridge, Railway Lifting, over Shird River, Nyassaland, 129
Bridge over the River Gualeguay, Entre Ries, Argentina, 108, 109, 120; Plate XV., 107
Bridge. See also Viaduct and Culvert
Bridge, Timber Trestle, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 434
Briquette Plant for Making Sawdust Firelighters (M. Glover and Co.), 722
Bristol Recording Pyrometer, 132
Britannia Bridge Compared to the “ Great Eastern,” 215
British Oxygen Company; Metal-Cutting by means of Oxygen, 168, 169
British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited, 2500 K. V.A. Curtis Turbo-Alternator, 128
British Warships. See Warships
Brotherhood, Peter, Limited ; Vacuum Gauge Tester, 578
Brown, Boveri, and Co. ; Three-Phase Electric Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 444, 445, 448 ; Plate XXXIII., 444; 546, 547, 548, 550
Buckets for Turbines, Rateau’s Tests of, 804
Buckton, J., and Co.; Testing Machine at Victoria University, 84 ; Torsion Testing Machine at Northampton Institute, 310
Buenos Aires, Map of Suburban Railways, 771 Bulkheads of T.-S.S “George Washington,” 278 Bullivant Aerial Ropeway, Monte Video, 723, 726 Burmeister and Wain; Danish Railway Ferry
Steamer “Christian IX.” 117, 118
Burner, Liquid-Fuel, Turner Steam-Car, 11

C.M.B. Auto-Converter, 60
Cables, Electric Three-Phase, Distribution of
Dielectric Stress in, 298
Caissons for Foundations of Piers, Blackfriars Bridffe Widening, 339, 340, 341; Plate XXIII. XXIV., XXV., XXVI., 338.
Calculating- Chart lor Contents of Cylindrical Tanks, 3U3 ,
Calculating-Machine, ^udgates, 257 Caledonian Railway; Widening of Weinyss Bay Railway. See under Wemyss Bay
Calichiopulo’s Rifle-Sight, Ship.
Camber 01 Launching-Ways, Effects ol, on Sh p Cambr"at F?anc J Suction-ols Pumping Plant at Caffidg^ ^Sn^lL^^kstrument Comp^^^^^^
Recording Manometer for Coal-Dust E p
CaS, Steel Lilting (G- G^2ain
Canada, Map Showing Area Available lor t^rain C^aton'^’Government's Ice-Breaking Steamer Ca^^iei^^fl^Sy^^The Lethbridge Viaduct, 431, 432, 433
Canadian Railways, Map of, 519
Canadian Trans-Continental Railway, 39. Canal, The Trollhattan, Sweden, 5/0, 571 Canet Breech Mechanism for Guns,
CanUkv^r^Bridge; BUckwells Island^New York.
See RlacfcMiells Inland Bridge „
Cantilever Bridge, Proposed, over Sydney Hat Capped’shots. Effect of, on Armour Plates, 66 Capstan Lathe. See Macfane-Tools Carburettor. See 3/otor Car Carding-Machines, Dust Removal from, 6/o, 678, 679
Carriages. See also Railway
Cars, Motor. See also Motor-Cars and Motoi- Ca's?“ton Columns and Bases (Glenfield and Kennedy, Limited), 838 Olvmnic
Casting lor Stern-Frame of S.S. Olympic, Method 01 Transporting, 177 ir^rro-Con-
Cement Concrete. See Concrete and Fen o Con
Central Stations. See Sludge
Centrifugal Drying-Machine for Sevsage Sludge,
Schaefer-ter Meer’s, 528, 529
Centrifugal Pump lor Suction Dredger, 307 Chain Rammer for Guns, 62
Ph'iin Drive for Propellers of Aeroplanes, 8-9 “geXV^^ see Motor-Cars and Motor-
ChSS^
Ch\n^ner*Flight, The Bldriot Monoplane, 152.
See also 452, 490, 614
Chassis. See Motor-Cars
gSiS,
“ChJisHanTx./’’Railway Ferry Steamer, lor Danish State Railway^ 117, H
Christiania and Bergen Railway, 8 3 846, 847 Chuck Suiral, Self-Centering, Taylor s, 52o cFay-Cutting Suction Dredgers (William Simons and Co., Limited), 306, 307
Climbing Film Evaporator, ^2
Coach. See also Railway and J/oto? -Car Coal-Dust Explosions, Manometer for Recording cS’Slnl-Sn. Video Bl.et.K
Power-Station, 723, 726
«..?S's.,^SK SIS™
Doxford and Sons, Limited), 287
Coaling-Tip, Hydraulic, at South Do.k, Swan Cochrane’^V^^ViJeumatic Power-Hammer, 361 CoXrn’s, Limited; Emergency Steam Stop cSai^O’^ Construction of Sea-Wall (Wemysi Co^legF^n'eriot^WaU,^ Edinburgh, Engineering T oKArQfnriPs 240 241. See also Cmversity Colhery. See also Coal and Jfmcs and Columns and Bases, Cast-Iron (Glenfield anc Kennedy, Limited), 838
Cnliimns Ferro-Goncrete, 200, 337, 338, 4uo
Co?umnl: Rankine-Gordon and Euler's Formula Combe\ Barbour, and Co.; Fatigue - Testing ComWned’ S^esT Breakdown of NomPerrom .Metals under, 593, 594, 595, 596, 629, ,
Combined Stress, Experiments on, 239 242, 846 848 850, 851, 852, 86i, 868, S70, 8(1, 872
Combined Stress, Experiments on Steel Bai. nnrler 239 242, 846, 850, 851,
Combined Stress, Tests of Steel Tubes under 848, 867, 868, 870, ?71, 8/2
Combined Stresses in Shafting, 637, 638, 885 Compensator for Bristol Recording Pyrometer 132
Comnound Engines. See Knpin®
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives Compound Stress. See (Combined Stress Compression in Gas-Engines, Effect of, on Effi Compression^ Test-Pieces, Shortening due t< ConPre8SOr°'AiG Operated by Humphrey’s Gas Co^PTre^sor! Air, and Paraffin-Engine (Reavel and Co., Limited), 349
Concrete, Fire-Resisting Properties of, 147 Concrete. See also Ferro-Concrete Condensation of Steam at Different Rates o
Condenser, Standard Air, Electrical, 835 8oSlr: Steam, Contraflo,’’of traflo Condenser Company), 181
Consid^re Ferro-Concrete Columns, 338 Consolidated Brake and Engineering Company Limited ; Vacuum-Brake Apparatus, 579
Construction Mecanitjues (Cail), Soci6U Fran- <,‘aise de ; The Fades Viaduct, 878, 879, 880
Constructional Work. See Beams^ Bridges^ Floors^ Roofs, and Ferro-Concrete
“ Contrafio ” Condensers of S.S. “ Otaki,” 181
Control-Gear for Electric Lift (Laurence, Scott, and Co., Limited), 274, 275
Controller, The Janney, for Electric Drive, 65
Controller for Three-Phase Electric Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 547, 550
Converter, Electrical, The C.M.B. Auto, 60
Conveyor, Aerial Ropeway, at Monte Video (Bullivant and Co., Limited), 723, 726
Conveyor, Grain, The Mitchell Cantilever Floating, 48, 49
Conveyor, Temperley Transporter, 146
Copper and Brass, Corrosion of, 742
Copper. See also Alloys
Copper, Tests of, 596, 630, 631
Copper, Tin and Aluminium, Alloys of, 664, 665, 666, 667
Core-Boxes, Machine for Making (Robert S. Allan and Co., Limited), 486
Cork Harbour, Salvage of S.S. “Fleswick,” 141, 142, 143
Corrosion of Copper and Brass, 742
Corrosion of Pure Iron by Air and Steam, 527 Cotton Mills, Ventilation of, and Dust Extraction from, 675, 678, 679
; Counterbalancing of Rotating Masses, 47
Coupling, Hose, Stove’s, 449
Coupling. See also Clutch
Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited; Electric Locomotive and Crane, 329; 35-Ton Steam Breakdown Crane, 699
Craig’s Gauge for Measuring Internal Diameters of Engine Cylinders, 291
Crane, 35-Ton Steam Breakdown (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 699
Crane, 75-Ton Steam Floating, for Montreal (Applebys, Limited), 380, 381. See also 524
Crane, Coaling, at Durban, Accident to, 483
Cranes for Erecting Blackwells Island Bridge. See Blackwells Island Bridge
Crane, Floating, ** Hercules,” at Liverpool, 524
Crane, Hydraulic Coaling, at South Dock, Sw’an- sea, Plate XLVIIL, 688
Crane, Hydraulic Luffing, at Butler’s Wharf, London (Robert Middleton), 792
Crane and Locomotive, Electric (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 329
Crane, Overhead Electric Travelling (C. and A. Musker (1901), Limited), 415
Cranes. See also Transporters
Crane, Travelling Jib, for Silo Paulo Railway, Brazil (John H. Wilson and Co.), 176
Crane, Travelling, for Erection of Lethbridge Viaduct, Canadian Pacific Railway, 433
Crank-Axles for Locomotives of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 166, 195
Crank-Axle for Locomotives, Ivatt’s, 57 Crank-Shafts, Stresses in. See Guest's Law Crank-Shaft of Turner Steam-Car, 11
Critical Speeds of Shafts, 205, 206, 289
Crompton and Co.; The C.M.B. Auto-Converter, 60
Crosby Steam-Gauge and Valve Company ; Water-Arrester for Steam-Whistles, 329
Cruiser. See Warships
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See MicroPhotographs
Culvert, Ferro-Concrete (Kahn System), at Kil- ton, on the North-Eastern Railway, 886, 887
Curtis Turbines for United States Destroyers “ Perkins” and “ Sterrett,” 753
Curtis Turbo-Alternator, 2500 K.V.A. (British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited), 128 Curves. See Diagrams
Curve, Flexible, for Draughtsmen, 43.5
Cutting Metals by Means of Ox5'gen, 168, 169
“ Cyclops,” Repairing-Ship, for His Majesty’s Navy, 69, 70; Plates X., XI, XH., and XIII., 69 Cylinder-Gauge, Craig’s, for Measuring Internal Dian»eter, 291
Cylinders, Thick, Graphical Treatment of Kaiser’s Theory of, 567, 568, 639, 640, 641, 709, 710, 811, 812, 876, 877
Cylindrical Tanks ; Chart for Calculating Contents, 303

Dam at Svaelgfos (Norway) Hydro - Electric Power-Station, 618
Danish Railway Ferry-Steamers “Christian IX.,” 117, 118 ; “ Prins Christian,” 344, 345
Darracq and Co. (1905), Limited; Pressed-Steel Motor-Car Chassis at Olympia Exhibition, 684 Darracq Motor for Aeroplanes, 452 De Laval. See Laval and Turbine Decking for Bridges. See Bridges
Deflection of Girders of Daff Viaduct, Method of Recording, 208. See also 268
“Demoiselle” Aeroplane, The, 490, 614
Denny, William, and Brothers; Turbine-Steamers “ Duke of Argyll” and “Duke of Cumberland,” 757, 760 ; Plate L., 757
Derby Gas Works, Horizontal Retorts at, 573, 574 Derrick See Cranes
Destroyers. See Warships Deville’s Apparatus for Diffusion of Gases, 332

Diagrams:

Blast-Furnaces, Fuel Economy of Hot-Blast, 468
Columns, Ferro-Concrete, Deformation of, 337, 338, 405
Combined Stress, Effect of, on Steel Bars, 239, 242
Connections of Three-Phase Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 448
Efficiency of Gas-Engines, 523
Efficiency of Humphrey’s Gas-Pump, 773
Efficiency Curves of Three-Phase Electric Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 547
Fbttinger Hydraulic- Speed-Reducing Gear for Steam-Turbines, Efficiency of, 602, 603 Guns, 12-In., Energy and Penetration of, 31 Heat Radiation at Different Temperatures, 561
Heat Transmission from Air to Metal, 541. See 561
Inclined Planes, Pressure of Fluids on, 386, 38"
Metal-Price Diagrams, 26, 192, 326, 494, 626, 767, 898
Non-Conducting Coverings, Efficiency, 37
Permanent-Way Renewals on British Railways, 499, 500
Platinum Platinum-Iridium Couples, Correction Curve for, 132
Power and Speed Curves of Steamers “ Otaki,” “ Orari,” and “ Opawa,” 182
Pyrometer, Records by Bristol, 132
Shafting, Combined Stresses in, 637, 638. See 697
Shipbuilding, Annual Production of, 899, 901 Speed Record of Electric Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 548
Steam, Condensation of, at Different Rates of Flow, 641
Steam Consumption of Electric-Light Station, 217
Steam Consumption of Marine Turbines at Different Speeds, 378
Steam Consumption of S.S. “ Otaki,” 182
Steam Consumption of Wolf’s Semi-Portable Engine, 497
Stress Distribution in Tension Tests, 796. See 821
Stress-Strain, for Copper, Muntz Metal, Aluminium, and Steel, 596, 629, 630
Stress-Strain, for Steel under Combined Stress, 851, 852, 870, 871, 872
Stress, Variation of Ratios of Maximum to Mean, 846
Tanks, Cylindrical, Charts for Calculating Contents of, 303
Torsion Tests of Ductile Materials, Autographic Diagrams of, 310, 311, 312, 352, 363, 364, 365, 366
Turbine Blading, Rateau’s Tests of, 804
Turbine-Driven Merchant Vessels and Warships, Number and Power of, 231
Turbine, Rateau’s Exhaust-Steam, Tests of, 805
Vacuum in Locomotive Smoke-Boxes, 198 Velocity of Aeroplane Models, 778

Diaphragm Gauge for Measuring Small Gas Pressures, 750
Die-Forging Stamps, Massey’s Friction Lift, 690
Dielectric Stress in Three-Phase Cables, Distribution of, 298
Differential Gears. See Motor-Car Details
Diffusion of Gases, Deville’s Apparatus for, 332
Dissociation of Water, Grove’s Apparatus, 332
Dixon, Professor, U-Tube Experiment, 785
Dock-Walls of Ferro-Concrete, 200, 327
Docks, Swansea, 30-Ton Hydraulic Coaling-Tip at, Plate XLVIII,, 688
Domnarfvet Iron Works, Sweden ; Electric Blast- Furnace at, 414
Dough Kneaxling and Mixing Machine, The “ Laurica,” 248
Dover, Admiralty Harbour at, 501, 503 ; Plates XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL., 501
Doxford, William, and Sons, Limited ; Steam Collier “ Pallion,” now “Emma Sauber,”287
Draught in Locomotive Smoke-Boxes, 198
Dredger Twin-Screw Hopper, Bucket, and Suction, “ Venezia” (A. F. Smulders), 220
Dredgers, Clay-Cutting Suction (William Simons and Co., Limited), 306, 307
Drifter “ Sardius,” with Thornycroft Paraffin Motor, 244, 245
Drill, Two-Speed Breast, 702
Drilling-Machin es. See Machine-Tools Drop-Forging Hammers. See Hammers and Machine-Tools
Drummond Brothers, Limited ; Foot-Driven “ Universal ” Grinding-Machine, 651
Dry Blast for Blast-Furnaces, Economy of, 468
Dry Docks. See Docks
Drying-Machine, Centrifugal, for Sewage Sludge, Schaeferter Meer’s, 528,529
“ Duke of Cumberland” and “Duke of Argyll,” Turbine-Steamers, for L. and Y. Railway (W. Denny and Brothers), 757, 760 ; Plate L., 757 Durban, Accident to Coaling Plant at. 483 Dust, Coal, Explosions of; Manometer for Recording Pressures, 830
Dust-Extraction from Cotton-Mills, 675, 678, 679 Dynamometer, Absorption (Avery), 27 Dynamometer, Hydraulic Absorption, for Testing Steam-Turbines, 763, 805
Dynamos. See Electric

“ Earl Grey,” Ice-Breaking Steamer (Vickers Sons and Maxim, Limited), 389
Earthquake in Java ; Effect on Railway Line, 131 Eccentric Loading in Tension Tests, 796, 821 Economisers, Ogden’s Air-Excluder for, 769 Edinburgh, The Heriot-Watt College Engineering Laboratories, 240, 241
Efficiency Curves. See Diagrams
Efficiencj’ of Gas-Engines, Effect of Compression on, 523
Efficiency of Non-Conducting Coverings, 37
Elastic Breakdown of Non-Ferrous Metals Under Combined Stress, 593, 594, 695, 596, 629, 630, 631, 632
Elasticity, Volume, Apparatus for Determining Temperature Coefficient of, 760
Elevators. See Lifts
Elevator, Grain, The Mitchell Floating, 48, 49

Electric :

Alternating Currents, Shunts for, 835 Arc-Lamp, Regenerative Flame, The “ Jandus,” 659
EI ec t r I c—eonfZ n iied.
Auto-Converter, The 60
Birmingham University, Laboratory, 45 Blast-Furnace, Sweden, 414
Buenos Aires, Electric Traction on Suburban Railways, 771
Cables, Three-Phase, Distribution of Dielectric Stress in,298
Capacity, Standards of, 835
Condenser, Standard Air, 835
Contact-Breaker of Manometer for Recording Pressures of Coal-Dust Explosives, 830
Controller for Three-Phase Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 547, 550
Controller, the Janney, 65
Crane, Overhead Travelling (C. and A.
Musker (1901), Limited), 415
Drive for Planing-Machines(Vickers), 888,890 Dynamo, The First, 625
Furnaces, Arc, for Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, 607
Gearing, The Lecoche Magnetic, 14
Grinding - Machine for Tramway Rails (Ernst Schiess), 384
Gun-Mounting for two 10-In. Guns, 63
Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Trollhattan Canal, 570, 571
Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Svaelgfos, Norway, 611, 618
Ignition Gear, Low-Tension, for Gas-Engines (Felten and Guilleaume Lahmeyerwerke A.G.), 575
Lamps, Portable Hand, 15
Leeds University, Electrical Department, 714, 715
Lift-Control Gear (Laurence, Scott, and Co., Limited), 274, 275
Locomotive and Crane (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 329
Locomotive, Three-Phase, for Simplon Tunnel, 444, 445, 448; Plate XXXIII., 444, 546, 547, 548, 550
Notodden, Norway, Hydro-Electric Plant for Manufacturing Nitrate of Lime, 607, 610, 611, 618
Photometer, Trotter’s Portable Daylight, 831 Positive Electricity, 374
Power-Station with Humphrey’s Gas-Pump and Hydraulic Turbines, 773
Reversing-Gear, Janney, 65
Shunts for Alternating Currents, 835 Thermo-Couples, Method of Avoiding Peltier Effect, 835
Turbo-Alternator, Curtis, 2500 K.V.A., 128
Turbo-Electric Propelling Machinery for Steamers, 233
Water-Level Recorder, Birmingham University, 8
Wave • Lengths of Electrical Oscillations, Methods of Measuring, 836

Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company, Limited ; the Timken Roller-Bearing, 290 Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding Co. ; Danish Railway Ferry-Steamer “ Prins Christian,” 344, 345 ‘
Emergency Steam Stop-Valve, Cockburn’s, 395 Emery Wheels. See Machine-Tools
“ Emma Sauber,” Steam Collier, with Self-Acting Delivery (formerly “ Pallion ”), 287
Engine, Gas, 600 B.-H.-P. “Premier,” 686
Engine, Gas Blowing, 2000-Horse-Power Single- Cylinder (Siegener Maschinenbau A.G.), 855. 858; Plate LIX., 855
Engines, Gas, Effect of Compression on Thermal Efficiency, 523
Engines, Gas, Experiments on, 331, 332
Engines, Gas, Experimental, at Victoria University, Manchester, 86
Engines, Gas, Indicating, 193. See also 331, 332 Engine, Gas, Pumi)ing Plant at Cambrai, France (Tangyes, Limited), 801
Engines, Gas. See also Humphrey Gas-Pump
Engine-Governor, Hall’s Frictionless, 591
Engines, Internal-Combustion, Experimental, at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 241
Engines, Gas, Low-Tension Ignition Gear for (Felten and Guilleaume Lahmeyerwerke A.G.), 575 Engine, Paraffin, for Auxiliary Drifter “ Sardius ’ 244, 245
Engines, Locomotive. See Locomotive
Engines, Marine, Bolinder Crude-Oil, 797
Engines, Marine, of Italian Liner “America” (Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company. Limited), 418
Engines, Marine Quadruple-Expansion, of S S “Otranto” (Workman, Clark, and Co.. Li- mited), Plate XLV., 580
Engines, Marine, of Train - Ferry Steamer “Fabius” (G. Rennie and Co.), 440, 441
Engine, Paraffin, and Air-Compressor (Reavell and Co., Limited), 349
Engine, Petrol, Six-Cylinder, 40-50 Horse-Power, for Wolseley-Siddeley Car, 650
Engine, Petrol, for Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes Engines, Petrol, with Piston Valves, 719, 720 Engines, Petrol. See also Motor-Car
Engines, Reciprocating, Combined with Turbines in S.S. “Otaki,” 180, 181, 182
Engine, Reversible, Crude-Oil,^Bolinder’s Marine Two-Cycle, 797
Engine, Steam, Compound Semi-Portable (R. Wolf), 475, 478, 479. See also Tests of, 497, 498 Engines, Steam, Experimental, at Victoria University, Manchester, 86
Engine, Steam, Experimental, Birmingham University ; Plate VIII., 5
Engines, Steam, Experimental, at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 241
Engine, Steam Launch (Simpson, Strickland, and Co., Limited), 482
Engine, Steam, for Military Tractor (D. Stewart and Co., Limited), 509
Engine, Steam, Rolling-Mill, Continuous Indi, cator. Diagrams from, 466
Engine, Superheated Steam, for Motor-Car 11
Engineering Laboratories at Birmingham University ; Plate VIII., 5 ; 43, 44, 45
Engineering Laboratories at Victoria University Manchester, 82, 83, 84, 86 ’
Engineering, Marine, in the Early Twentieth Century, 231, 233
Engineering of Ordnance, £9, 30, 31, 32, 33,62, 63, 64, 66, 66, 95, 98, 99, 100
Ensor, Thomas, and Son ; Salvage of S.S. “Fles- wick” in Cork Harbour, 141,142, 143
Entie Rios, Argentina, Bridge over the River Gualeguay, 108,109, 120 ; Plate XV., 107
Epicyclic Gear for Two-Speed Breast-Drill, 702
Erection of Blackwells Island Bridge. See Blacku'eUs Island Bridge
Erection of Fades Viaduct, Paris-Orleans Railway, 878, 879, 880
Erection of I.ethbridge Viaduct, Canadian Pacific Railway, 433
Etalon for Spectroscope and Refractometer (AdamHilger, Limited), 863
Euler’s and Rankine • Gordon Formulae for Columns, 1
Evaporator, Kestner Climbing-Film, 822, 823
Everett, Edgcumbe, and Co., Limited ; Trotter’s Portable Photometer, 831
Exhaust-Steam Turbine. See Turltinc^ Steam Exhibition of Apparatus’; Physical Society, 830, 831, 862, 863
Exhibition, Imperial International, Exhibits, 57
Exhibition, Motor-Car, at Oljmpia, 646, 647, 650, 651, 681, 682, 683, 684, 718, 719, 720
Exhibition, Paris Aviation, 452, 456, 490
Expansion-Joint in Boat-Deck of T.-S.S.“ George Washington,” 278
Experimental Channels, Hydraulic, Birmingham University, 8 ; Plate VIII., 5
Experiments with Locomotive Blast-Pipes, 198
Explosion of Boiler at Liverpool, 119
Explosions of Coal-Dust, Manometer for Recording Pressures of, 830
Explosions, Gaseous, Experiments cn, 331, 332
Express Locomotives. See Locomotives
Extensometer, the Manet-Rabut, for Structural Members, 464
Extensometer for Measuring Strain Due to Combined Stress (Sphingometer), 593, 594, 595, 850. See also 632

“Fabius,” Train-Ferry Steamer, for Northern Nigeria (G. Rennie and Co.), 440, 441
Facing-Machine for Valves, Portable, 23
Fades Viaduct, Paris-Orleans Railway, 878, 879, 880
Farman Aeroplane, The, 490, 614
Fatigue-Testing Machine, 105, 106
Feed-Heaters of S.S. “ Otaki,” 182
Feed-Water Filters, Paterson’s Pressure, 789
Felten and Guilleaume-Lahmeyerw’erke A.G. ; Low-Tension Ignition-Gear, 575
Fenby-Hale Aperture Back Sight for Rifles, 79
Ferro-Concrete Columns, 200, 337, 338, 405
Ferro-Concrete, Continuous Beams of, 200
Ferro-Concrete Culvert (Kahn), 886, 887
Ferro-Concrete Floors, 147, 200
Ferro-Concrete Retaining-Walls, 200, 327
Ferro-Concrete. See also Concrete
Ferro-ConcreteToipedo-Testing Station (Schneider and Co.), 170, 171, 172, 173
Ferry-Steamers " 118, 344, 345
Ferry-Steamer Railways, 116
Ferry-Steamer, (G. Rennie and Co.), 440, 441
Field-Guns (Vickers), 96
Fielding and Platt, Limited ; Hydraulic Forging- Press, 396
Filters, Feed-Water, Paterson’s Pressure, 789
Fire-Boxes, Locomotive, Pitting and Grooving of, 197
Fire-Lighters, Sawdust, Plant for Making (M. Glover and Co.), 722
Fire-Resisting Properties of Concrete with Various Aggregates, 147
First Avenue Arch, Manhattan Approach. See Blackiuells Island Bridge
Fishguard to Paddington, Profile of Great Western Railway Line, 391
Fishing‘Boat “Sardius,” with Thorn} croft Paraffin Motor, 244, 245
Flame Arc-Lamp, Regenerative, “Jandu8,”550 Flash Boiler of Turner Motor-Car, 11
“ Fleswick,” Salvage of the Steamer, 141,142,143 Fletcher Brothers (A.-U.-L.) (1908), Limited;
Automatic Valve-Locking Gear, 788
Flexible Rule for Draughtsmen, 435
Flight, Aerial. See Aeroplanes and and
LRTTERS
Floating Crane, 75-Ton Steam, for Montreal (Applebys, Limited), 380, 381. See also 524
Floors of Ferro-Concrete, 147, 200
Flow of Water, The “Lea” V-Notch Recorder, 216 217
Flying-Machines. See Aeroplanesa.nd LETTERS Forced Lubrication, Tilston’s Rail Axle-Box, 15 Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Curtis Tur- bines for United States Destroyers “ Perkins” and “[Sterrett,” 758 ; the United States Battleship, “ North Dakota,” 768
Forging-Hammers, Drop, with Massey’s Friction Lift,i690
Forging-Press, Hydraulic (Fielding and Platt, Limited), 395
Fbttinger Speed-Reducing and Reversing Gear for Turbines, 602, 603, 606 ; Plate XLVL, COl
Fdttinger Torsion-Meter, The, Plate XLVI., 601 Foundations for Piers, Blackfriars Bridge Widening, 339, 340, 341 ; Plates XXIH., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., 338
Foundations for Sea-Wall, Plates IL and VI., 4 Foundry on H.M. Repairing Ship “ Cyclops,” Plate X., 69
Foundry, Moulding-Machine for, 113
Fox, Sir Douglas, and Partners, and Sir Charles Metcalfe ; Lifting-Bridge over Shir6 River; Nyassaland, 129
Framing of Ships, Longitudinal, 213, 360
“ Francesco Morosini,” Italian Battleship, Torpedo Attack on, 228
Fraser and Co.’s Back-Sight for Rifles, 79 French Railway Viaducts, Comparison of, 878 Friction-Clutch. See also Motor-Cars
Friction Drop-Stamps (B. and S. xMassey), 690 Friction of Fluids on Inclined Planes, 386, 387 Frictionless Gearing, The Lecoche, 14
Fuel and Gas Testing Laboratory, Leeds Vniversity, 816
Furnace, Blast, Electric, Sweden, 414
Furnaces, Fuel Economy of Hot Blast, 468
Furnaces, Boiler, Heat Radiation from, at Different Temperatures, 561
Furnace, Boikr. See Mechanical Stoker.
Furnaces, Electric Arc, for Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, 607
Furnace-Gas Engines. See Engines, Gas

Gantry. See also Crane.
Garratt Locomotive for Tasmanian Government
Railways (Bever, Peacock, and Co., Limited) ; Plates LL, LIL, LIII., 802
Gas-Driven Pumping Plant at Cambrai, France (Tangyes, Limited), 801
Gas-Engines. See Engines, Gas. Gas Manufacture, Recent Progress in, 535, 536, 573, 574
Gas Pressures, Small, Gauge for Measuring, 7(0 Gas-Pump, The Humphrey, 512, 513, 738, 7S9, 772, 773, 774. See 783, 785
Gas-Pump, Joy’s, 783 Gas-Retorts, 535, 536, 573, 574
Gas-Testing Laboratory, Leeds University, 815 Gaseous Explosions, Experiments on, 331, 332 Gases, Diffusion of, Deville’s Apparatus for, 332 Gauge for High Vacua, The Reden, 735 Gauge for Measuring Internal Diameter of Cylinders, Craig’s, 291
Gauge for Measuring Small Gas Pressures, 750 Gauge, Recording Pressure, for Coal-Dust Explosions, 830
Gauges, Vacuum, Apparatus for Testing (Peter
Brotherhood, Limited), 578
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine-Tools
Gears, Differential. See Motor-Car Details
Gear, Epicyclic, for Two-Speed Breast-Drill, 702
Gear, Speed-Reducing, for High-Speed Steam Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Gear, Variable-Speed, The Janney, 65
Gearing, The Lecoche Magnetic, 14
Generators, Electric. See Electric “George Washington,” Steamer, for Norddeutscher Lloyd (Vulcan Company), 278, 279, 282 ; Plate XXL, 276, 286
Girders, Deflection of Viaduct, 208, 268 Girders. See Beams, Bridges, Floors, and Roofs Gland, Water-Seal, for Turbine Shafts, 181 1
Glenfield and Kennedy, Limited, Cast-Iron Columns and Base ?838
“ Gloucester,” H.M. Scout-Cruiser, 764
Gloucester, Rojal Agricultural Show at, 22, 23
Glover, M., and Co.:; Sawdust-Briquette-Making Plant, 722
“ Glover-West ” Vertical Gas Retorts, 536 Gothenburg-VenersborgShip Canal, 570, 571 Governor, Hall’s Frictionless, 691 Governor Theory and Practice, 13, 47, 247 Grain-Elevator, The Mitchell Floating, 48, 49 Grain Industry of Canada, 519
Graphical Method of Determining Strength of
Guns. See Guns, Strength of
Graving Docks. See Docks, Graving
“ Great Eastern,” Construction of the, 215
Great Northern Railway, Increase in Size of Locomotives, 57
Great Western Railway, Profile of Line from
Fishguard to Paddington, 391 Grinding. See Machine-Tools Grindstone Dressing-Machine, 229 Grips, Spherical Seated, for Testing-Machines,
Eccentric Loading with, 796. See 821
Grooving and Pitting of Locomotive Boilers and Fire-Boxes, L. andY. Railway, 197
Grove’s Apparatus for Dissociation of Water, 332 Gualeguay River, Argentina, Bridge over, 108, 109,120 ; Plate XV., 107
Guest’s Law of Combined Stress. See Combined Stress and LETTERS
Guns, 12-Inch, Energy and Penetration of, 31 Guns, Air-Blast for Gleaning, 65
Guns for Attacking Balloons and Aeroplanes, 99 Guns, Breech Mechanisms of, 32, 33, 66 Gun-Building and Hardening Plant at River
Don Works, Sheffield, 30
Guns, Chain Rammer for, 62
Guns, Comparison of Solid and Wire-Wound, 29
Guns, Machine, The Peddie-Calichiopulo Sight for, 752. See also 78
Guns, Manufacture of, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 62, 63,

64, 65, 66, 96, 98, 99, 100 Gun-Mountings, Hydraulic and Electric, 62, 63 Gun-Sights, Telescopic, 66 Guns, Strength of, Graphical Treatment of

Kaiser’s Theory, 567, 668, 639, 640, 641, 709, 710, 811, 812, 876, 877
Guns, Vickers’ Automatic and Field, 95 Gun-Boats. See Warships Gyroscope and Mono-Rail Car, 669 Gyroscope for Studying the Counterbalancing of
Rotating Masses, 47
Hadfield’s Steel Foundry Company, Limited;
Piniess Tongue Switch for Tramways, 734 Hall’s Frictionless Governor (Charles Winn and
Co.), 591
Halpin’s Thermal Storage System on Locomotive of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 165 Hammer, Pneumatic-Power (John Cochrane), 361 Hammers, Drop, with Massey’s Friction Lift, 690 Hand-Lamps, Electric, for Boiler Inspection, 15 Hanger,Richardson’pAdjustable, forShafting, 261 HannoverscheMaschinenbau, A.-G., Schaefer-ter
Meer’s Centrifugal Drying-Machine for Sewage
Sludge, 528, 529
Harbour, Naval, at Dover, 501, 603 ; Plates
XXXVII., XXXVHL, XXXIX., XL., 501 Harbour. See also Docks and Dredgers Harbour, Sydney, Bridge and Tunnel Schemes for Crossing, 673, 674
Harvey, G. and A., Limited; Wheel and Tyre
Lathes, 516
Heat-Insulating Materials, Efficiency of, 37 Heat Radiation at Different Temperatures, 661 Heat Transmission through Plates, 540, 541, 661 Heaters, Feed-Water, of S.S. “Otaki,” 182 Herbert, Alfred, Limited ; Capstan Lathe, 474 “ Hercules” Floating Crane, Liverpool, 624 Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh ; the Engineering Laboratories, 240, 241
Hermigua, Canary Islands, Temperley Transporter at, 146
Hertzian-Wave Apparatus. See Wireless under Electric
Hilger, Adam, Limited; Spectroscope and Refractometer, 863
His Majesty’s Ships. See Warships
Hodges’ Portable Valve-Facing Machine, 23 Hoists. See Lifts and Cranes
Hopkinson Optical Indicator Diagrams from Gas- Engines, 193, 331, 332
Horsele}^ Company ; Lifting-Bridge over Shir6 River, Nyassaland, 129
Horse-Powder, Slide-Rule for Calculating, 416
Horwich Works of the L. and Y. Railway, Locomotives Built at, Plate XVIL, 159,160, i61, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 195, 196, 197, 198
Hose-Coupling, Stove’s, 449
Howitzer, Vickers 6-In., £8
Humphrey’s Gas-Pump, 512, 513, 738, 739, 772, 773, 774. See 783, 785
Hydraulic Absorption Dynamometer, 763, 805
Hydraulic Brake, Rateau’s, for Tests of Steam- Turbines, 805
Hydraulic Channels, Experimental, Birmingham, University, 8 ; Plate VllL, 5
Hydraulic Engineering Co. ; 30-Ton Hydraulic Coaling-Tip at Swansea, Plate XLVIIL, 688
Hydraulic Forging-Press (Fielding and Platt, Limited), 395
Hydraulic Jacks for Erection of Fades Viaduct; Paris Orleans Railway, 879, 8S0
Hydraulic Jack for Lifting Concrete Blocks, Plate XXXIX., 601
Hydraulic Laboratory, Birmingham University, Plate VIIL, 5
Hydraulic Laboratory at Victoria University, Manchester, 86
Hydraulic Lutting Crane at Butler’s Wharf, London (Robert Middleton), 792
Hydraulic Mounting for Two 12-Inch Guns, 62
Hydraulic Speed-Reducing and Reversing Gear for Steam-Turbines, The Fottinger, 602, 603 ; Plate XLVL, 601
Hydrodynamics, Pressure on Inclined Planes, 386, 387
Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Norway, for Manufacture of Nitrate of Lime, 607, 610, 611, 618
Hydro-Electric Scheme, Trollhattan Canal, 570, 571
Hydroplane Boat “Miranda III.” (John I. Thornycroft and Co., Limited), 125, 315
Hydroplanes or “Skimmers,” 313, 314, 315
Ice-Breaking Steamer “Earl Grey” (\’ickers
Sons and Maxim, Limited), 389
Ignition Gear, Low-Tension (Felten and Guil- leaume-Lahmeyerweike, A.-G.), 575
Ignition. See also Motor-Car Details Imperial International Exhibition, 57 Inclined Planes in Air Current, Lifting Power of, 777, 778
Inclined Planes, Fluid Pressure on, 386, 387 Indicated Horse-Power, Slide-Rule for Calculating, 416
Indicating Gas-Engines, 193. See also 331, 332 Indicator Diagrams. See Diagrams Indicator, Hopkinson, Optical, Diagrams from
Gas-Engines, 193, 331, 332
Indicator, The Manet-Rabut, for Measuring the
Extension of Structural Members, 464 Insulating Material for Heat, Efficiency of, 37 Internal-Combustion Engines. See Engines,
Internal-Combustion
Inverkip Station Roof, Wemyss Bay Railway,
Widening, 270
Iron Furnaces, Electric. See Electric
Iron, Pig, Electric Furnace for Producing, 414 Iron, Pure, Action of Steam and Air on, 527 Iron. See also Steel and Cast Iron
Iron, Wrought, Torsion Tests of, 310, 311, 312,

352, 363, 364, 365, 366 Ironclads. See Warships Italian Battleship “ Francesco Morosini,” Tor

pedo Attack on, 228
Italian T. -S. Steamer “ America ” (Cantieri Navali
Reuniti), 410, 411, 418 ; Plate XXXII , 411 Ivatt’s Crank-Axle for Locomotivts, 57
Jacks, Hydraulic. See Hydraulic Jacks
Jandus Regenerative Flame Arc Lamp, 559
Janney Electrical Controller, 65
Java, Bamboo Bridge over River Sadan6,131
Java Earthquake ; Effect on Railway, 131
Joint Expansion in Boat-Deck of T.-S.S. “ George Washington,’" 278
Joy’s Gas-Pump, 783
Joy’s Valve Gear for Locomotives on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 161
Kahn Ferro-Concrete System; Culvert, 886, 887 Kaiser’s Theory of Strength of Guns, Graphical
Treatment of, 567, 568, 630, 640, 641, 700, 710, 811, 812, 876, 877
Kestner Climbing Film Evaporator, 822, 883 Kicking-Horse Pass, Reduction of Gradient on,
Canadian Pacific Railway, 434
“ Killarney,” Damage to Bows of Steamer, in
Collision with S.S. “Fleswick,” 143
Kilton Culvert, Ferro-Concrete (Kahn System), on the North-Eastern Railway, 886, 887
King’s Nav5'. See H.M.S, under Warships Kneading-Machine for Dough, &c., The “ Lau- rica,” 248
Kockum Mekaniska Werkstads Aktiebolag ;
Swedish Railway Ferry-Steamer, 116
Krupp Breech Mechanism for Guns, 32 Krupp Guns for Attacking Balloons and Aeroplanes, 99
Laboratories. See Birmingham Unicersity, Leeds University, Victoria University, Manchester, and Heriot-Watt College
I Laggings, Efficiency of, 37
Laing, Sir James, and Sons,'Limited; H.M. Naval Repairing - Ship “Cyclops,” 69, 70; Plates X., XL, XII., XIIL, 69,
Lamp, Electric Hand, for Boiler Inspectors, 15
i Lamp, Flame Arc, “Jandus” Regenerative, 559 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railw ay ; Details of

1 Locomotives Built at Horwich Works, Plate

XVII., 159; 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 195, 196, 197, 198
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Profile of, 160
Lancashire and j York shire Railw’ay ; Turbine Steamers (William Denny and Brothers), 757, 760; Plate L., 757
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ; Water-Pick- Up Apparatus for Tank Locomotive, 615
Lanchester’s Theory of Flight, Criticism of, 214 Lassen and Hjort; Turbo Oil-Separator, 854 Lathes. See Machine-Tools
Launch, Single-Handed Steam (Simpson, Strick- land, and Co., Limited), 482
Launching Ships, Calculations, 262, 263, 264, 265
Laurence, Scott, and Co., Limited; Electric Lift-Control Gear, 274, 275
Laurick, Carl; The “Laurica” Mixing and Kneading-Machine, 248
“Lea” V-Notch Water-Flow Recorder, 216, 217 Leather Department, Leeds University, 715 Lecoche Frictionless Gearing, 14
Leeds University, 714, 715, 814, 815
Lethbridge Viaduct on the C.P.R., 431, 432, 433 Levers, Anti-Elastic (“ Vilcars ”), 862
Lift-Control Gear, Electric (Laurence, Scott, and Co., Limited), 274, 276
Lifting-Bridge over River Shir6, Nyassaland, 129
Lifting Power of Inclined Planes in Air Currents, 386, 387, 777, 778
Lighters, Steel Lifting (G. Rennie and Cc.), 252
Lighthouse, Admiralty Pier, Dover, 503
Liners. See Steamers
Liquid-Fuel Burner, Turner Steam-Car, 11 Liverpool Boiler Explosion, 119
Livesey, Son, and Henderson; Bridge over the River Gualeguay, Entre Rios, Argentina, 108, 109, 120; Plate XV., 107
Lock, Double, on the Trollhattan Canal, 571 Locking-Gear, Automatic, for Stop-Valves, 788 Locomobile, Wolf’s Compound Condensing, 476, 478, 479. See also Tests of, 497, 498
Locomotives, Balancing of, L. and Y.R., 166 Locomotive Blast-Pipe Experiments, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 198
Locomotive Blast-Pipe, Variable Nozzle for London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, 882
Locomotive Boilers^for L. and Y. Railway, 162
Locomotive Boilers, Pitting and Grooving of, 197
Locomotive Crane, 36-Ton Steam Breakdown (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 699
Locomotive and Crane, Electric (Cowans, Sheldon, and Co., Limited), 329
Locomotive Crank-Axles for L. and Y.R. 166, 195
Locomotive, Crank-Axle, Ivatt’s, 57
Locomotive, Four-Coupled Express Tank, for London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway (Robert Stephenson and Co., Limited), 882, 883; Plate LX., 882
Locomotive, Four • Cylinder Simple, Six- Coupled Bogie Passenger for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ; Plate XVII., 169
Locomotive, Garratt, for Tasmanian Government Railways (Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Limited), Plates LI., LIL, LIII., 802
Locomotives, Great Northern Railway, Increase in size of, 57
Locomotive, with Halpin’s Thermal Storage Vessel, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 165
Locomotive. See also Motor-Car, Rail, and Electric
Locomotives for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Details of; Plate XVII., 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165. 166, 195, 196, 197, 198
Locomotives. T.ank, Water-Pick-up Apparatus for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 615
Locomotive, Ten-Wheel Bogie Passenger, for L. and Y.R. Plate XVII., 159
Locomotive, Three-Phase Electric, for Simplon Tunnel, 444,445, 448 ; Plate XXXIII., 444, 546, 647, 548, 550
Locomotives, Weighing-Machine for (W. and T. Avery, Limited), 504, 505
Logarithmic Abacus, 303
London and North-Western Railway Turbine Steamers (William Denny and Brothers), 757, 760; Plate L., 757
London Small-Arms Co.’s Back-Sight for Rifles, 78 London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, Tank Locomotive for (Robert Stephenson and Co., Limited), 882, 883 ; Plate LX., 882
Longitudinally Framed Ships, 215, 260
Lorries. See also Motor-Cars, Motor-Wagons, and Tractor.
Loudon Brothers, Limited ; High-Speed Planing- Machine, 542, 543
Lowdon, John ; Tintometer for Smoke, 627 Lubricator, Tilston’s, for Railway Axle-Boxes, 15 Lubricator. See also Oil-Pump
Ludgate’s Analytical Machine, 257 Luffing-Crane, Hydraulic, at Butler’s Wharf,
London (Robert Middleton), 792
Macadam, Tar, Mixing-Machine for (W, H. Baxter, Limited), 22
Macalpine, John H. ; Speed-Reduction Gear for Steam-Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Machine • Shops on H. M. Repairing • Ship “ Cyclops,” Plates X., XL, XIL, Xlll., 69
Mncliiiie>ToolH:
Armour - Plate Shaping - Machine (Ernst Schiess Company), 209
Boring and Milling-Machine, Portable (Ernst Schiess Company), 687
Capstan Lathe (Herbert), 474
Chuck, Spiral, Self-Centering (Charles Taylor), 625
Drilling, Boring, and Tapping-Machine (Wil. liam Asquith, Limited), 393
Drilling-Machines, “ Wolfensberger” Tiltinsr Table for, 393 ®
Drilling and Slotting-Machine (Ernst Sdiiess Company), 406, 407
Drop-Stamps, with Massey’s Friction-Lift (B. and S. Massey), 690
Grinding-Machine, Foot-Driven “Universal” (Drummond Brothers, Limited), 051
Grinding-Machine for Rails (Schiess), 384
Grindstone - Dressing Machine (Alefounder and King, Limited), 229
Hammer, Pneumatic Power (J.Cochrane), 361 Lathe, 12-In. Centre High-Speed (Tanines Limited), 826 *
Lathe for Turbine Work and Shafting (Ernst Schiess Company), 784, 785
Illacbiiic Tool8-conf/»Mt’d.
Lathe, Wheel and Tyre (G. and A. Harvey, Limited), 516
Mouldinsf-Machine (Mumford’s), 113 Planiinc-Machines, High-Speed (Messrs. Loudon Brothers, Limited). 542, 543
Planing-Machines, Vickers’ Electric Drive for, 888, 890
Planing and Moulding-Machine, Four-Gutter, for Wood (A. Ransome and Co., Ltd.), 756 Portable Shaping-Machine (Alexander Engineering Company), 703
Press, Hydraulic Forging (Fielding and Platt, Limited), 395
Rail-Grinding Machine (Schiess), 394 Reamer, Adjustable (Vickers), 400 Saw, Horizontal Cold (Schiess), 212 Screwing - Machine for Pipes and Bolts (Charles Winn and Co.), 465
Shaping-Machine, Portable (Alexander Engineering Company), 703
Slotting and Drilling Machine (Ernst Schiess Company), 406, 407
Table, “ Wolfensberger” Tilting, for Drilling-Machines, 393
Valve-Facing Machine, Portable, 23
Vertical Turning and Boring Machine (Ernst Schiess Company), Plate XVIH., 179
Vertical Turning-Machine for Steel Castings (Schiess), 184; Plate XVIII., 179
Wood-Planing Machine (Ransome’s), 756 Wood-Working Machine for Pattern-Makers (Robert S. Allan and Co., Limited), 486 Magnesia Lagging, Efficiency of, 37 Magnetic Gearing, The Lecoche, 14 Magneto, Muirhead’s, 719
Makatote Viaduct, New Zealand, 301, 318 ; Plate XXIL, 301
“ Malmo,” Swedish Railway Ferry Steamer, 116 Manchester, Victoria University at, 82, 83, 84, 86 Manet-Rabut Stress-Indicator, 464 Manhattan Approach, Blackwells Island Bridge.
See Blackwells Island Bridge
Manometer, Membrane, for Measuring Small Gas Pressures, 750
Manometer for Recording Pressures of Coal- Dust Explosions, 830
Mansfield Aperture Back-Sight for Rifles, 79 Map of Canadian Trans-Continental Railway, 398 Marine Boilers. See Boilers and Water-Tube Boilers
Marine Engines. See Bngines
Marine Engineering in the Early Twentieth Century, 231, 233
Marine Turbines. See Turbine^ Steam Massey, B. and S.; Friction Drop-Stamps, 690 Maudslay Motor Company (1907), Limited; Differential Gear and Back Axle of Car, 682 Maxim Guns (Vickers), 95
Melms-Pfenninger Turbine,40,41,52; Plate IX.,39 Melville, Rear-Admiral George W.; Speed-Reduction Gear for Steam-Turbines, 376,377, 378 See 763
Membrane Manometer for Measuring Small Gas Pressures, 750
Metals, Cutting, by Means of Oxygen, 168, 169 Metals, Non-Ferrous, Elastic Breakdown of, 593, 594, 595, 59o, 629, 630, 631, 632
Metal-Price Diagrams, 26, 192, 326, 494, 626, 767, 898
Metals, Structure of. See Micro-Photographs and Alloys
Metallic Shaft-Packing, Zoelly Turbine, 213 Metallurgical Laboratory, Birmingham University, 6, 44 ; Leeds University, 814, 815
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, and Sir Douglas Fox and Partners ; Lifting-Bridge over Shird River, Nyassaland, 129
Meter, Water, The “ Lea” Recording, 216, 217 Micro-Photographs of Aluminium-Copper-Tin Alloys, 666, 667
Micro-Photographs of Copper and Brass, 742 Micro-Photographs of Dust from Carding- Machines, 675
Micro-Photographs of Nickel-Chrome Steel, 30 Micro-Photograph of Steel, 851
Middleton, Robert; Luffing Crane, 792 Miesse Steam Motor-Car, 10, 11 Military Steam Tractor (D. Stewart and Co., Limited), 508, 509, 510
Milling-Machines. See Machine-Tools Mills, Cotton, Ventilation of, and Dust-Extraction from, 675, 678, 679
Mine, Model Coal, Birmingham University, 109 Mine Winding-Engine. See Winding Mining and Metallurgical Departments, Leeds University, 814, 815
“Miranda III.,” Hydroplane Boat (John 1. Thornycroft and Co., Limited), 125, 315 Mitchell’s Floating Grain-Elevator, 48, 49 Mixing and Kneading Machine, The “Laurica,” 248
Mixing-Machine for Tar-Macadam (W. H. Baxter, Limited), 22
Models, Aeroplane, Testing Apparatus, 777, 778 Model Experiments, Hydroplane, 313, 314, 315 Monoplane. See Aeroplane
Mono-Rai*, Brennan Motor-Carriage for, 659 Monte Video, Aerial Ropeway at (Bullivant and Co., Limited), 723, 726
Montreal, 75-Ton Steam Floating Crane for (Applebys, Limited), 380, 381. See also 524 Mortar (Vickers), 9-In., 98
Motors for Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes Motor-Boat, Hydroplane, “ Miranda III.” (John
I. Thornycrofc and Co., Limited), 125, 315
Motor-<’ar Oetail.s :
Back Axle of Maudsla^’ Car, 632
Chassis, Pressed Steel, Darracq Car, 684 Clutch. Gear-Box, and Propeller-Shaft of Sheffield-Simplex Car, 718
Detachable Wheels ; Rudge-Whitworth, 720 Differential Gear of Maudslay Car, 682 Differential Gear, Stewart’s Tractor, 510 Engine of Argyll Car, 683
Engine, Steam, for Military Tractor (D. Stewart and (Jo., Limited), 609
Front Hub of 16-20 Horje-Power Wolseley- Siddeley Car, 646
Front-Wheel Brake and Detachable Wheel of Sheffield Simplex Car, 718
Mot<>r-<’ar net-ails—continued.
Gear-Box of Argyll Car, 683 Live Axle of Pan hard Oar, 681
[ Magneto, Muirhead’s, 719 Motor, Petrol, for Argyll Car, 683 Motor, Petrol, with Piston-Valves, Bentall’s,
j 719. See 720
i Motor, Six - Cylinder Petrol 40-50 Horse- Power, for Wolseley-Siddeley Car, 650 Pump, Combined Air and Oil, for 16-20 Horse-Power Wolseley-Siddeley Car, 647 Rear Axle of 16-20 Horse-Power VVolseley- Siddeley Car, 646, 647
Worm-Wheel of 16-20 Horse-Power Wolseley- Siddeley Oar, 647
Motor-Car Exhibition at Olympia, 646, 647, 650, 651, 681, 682, 683, 684, 718, 719, 720
Motor-Car with Gun for Attacking Balloons, 99 Motor-Car, Maudslay, Details of, 682 Motor-Car, Panhard, 681
Motor-Car, Sheffield-Simplex, 718
Motor-Car, Turner Steam, 10,11
Motor-Cars, Wolseley-Siddeley 16-20 and 40-50 Horse-Power, 646, 647, 650
Motor-Carriage, Brennan Mono-Rail, 659
Motor-Coach, Rail, for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 164
Motors, Electric.
Motor-Launches.
Motors, Paraffin.
Motors, Petrol.
Motors. See also Engines and Motor-Car Details Motor, Three-Phase Electric, for Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 546
Motor Tractor for Military Use (D. Stewart and Co., Limited), 508, 509, 510
Motor Vehicles, Sizes of Wheels for, 437 Moulding Machine, The Mumford, 113 Moulding and Planing Machine, Four-Cutter, for Wood (A. Ransome and Co., Limited), 756
Mountings, Electric and Hydraulic, for Guns, 63 Muirhead’s Magneto, 719
Mumford Company, The E. H., High Trunnion Squeezer Moulding Machine, 113
Muntz Metal, Tests of, 596, 629, 630, 631 Musker, C. and A. (1901), Limited; Overhead Electric Travelling-Crane, 415
National Rifle Association’s Bisley Meeting, Rifle- Sights at. 77, 78, 79. See 752
National Trans ? (Continental Railway, Canada, 398
Naval Machinery. See Engines
Naval Ordnance. See Guns
Naval Ships. See Warships
Negretti and Zambra ; Manet-Rabut Stress-Indicator, 464
New Conveyor Company, Limited ; The Mitchell Cantilever Grain-Elevator, 48, 49
New York, Blackwells Island Bridge. See Blackwells Island Bridge
New Zealand, Makatote Viaduct, 301, 318 ; Plate XXII., 301
“ Newcastle,” H.M. Scout-Cruiser, 765 Nickel-Chrome Steel, Micro-Photographs of, 30 Nickel Steel, Torsion Tests of, 310, 311, 312, 352, 363, 364, 365, 366
Nine Elms Gas Works, Wo^dhall and Duckham’s Vertical Retorts at, 553
Nipple-Turning Machine (Charles Winn and Co.), 465
Nitrate of Lime, Manufacture of, 607, 610, 611, 618
Nitric Acid, Manufacture of, 607, 610, 611, 618
Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Fixation of, 607,610,611, 618
Non-Conducting Coverings, Efficiency of, 37
Norddeutscher - Lloyd Twin-Screw Steamer “George Washington” (Vulcan Company). 278, 279, 282 ; Plate XXL, 276, 286
“ North Dakota,” United States Battleship, 768
North-Eastern Railway, Kilton, Ferro-Concrete Culvert, 886, 887
North-Eastern Railway, Method of Transporting Stern-Frame of S.S. “ Olympic,” 177
North-German Lloyd Twin-Screw Steamer “ George Washington ” (Vulcan Company), 278, 279, 282 ; Plate XXL, 276, 286
Northampton Institute, Apparatus for Testing Aeroplane Models, 777, 778 ; Torsion-Testing Machine (J. Buckton and Co.), 310
Norway, The Bergen and Christiania Railway, 843, 846, 847
Norwegian Hydro-Electric Nitrogen Company, Limited, Nitrate Works at Notodden, 607, 610, ' 611, 618
Notodden Hydro-Electric Plant for Manufacture of Nitrate of Lime, 607, 610, 611, 618
“ Nubian,” H.M. Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, 3
Nunan’s Hose-Couplings, Limited; Stove’s Hose- Coupling, 449
Nyassaland Railway, Lifting-Bridge over Shird River, 129
Ogden’s Air-Excluder for Economisers, 769
Oil-Burner, Turner Steam-Car, 11
Oil-Engines. See Engines, Oil
Oil-Motors. See Engines, Oil
Oil-Pumps, Sight-Feed. See also Lubrication Oil-Separator, Turbo (Lassen and Hjort), S54 Olympia Motor-Car Exhibition, 646, 647, 650, 651, 681, 682, 683, 684, 718, 719, 720
“ Olympic,” Stern Frame of. Method of Transporting, 177
Omnibus. See also Motor-Car
Optical Indicator, Hopkinson ; Diagrams from Gas-Engines, 193, 331, 332
Ordnance. See Guns
Orient Company’s Australian Mail Liners “Otranto” and “ Orvieto” (Workman. Clark, and Co., Limited), 582; Plates XLIL, XLIIL, XLIV., XLV., 580
“Orvieto,” Orient Australian Mail Liner (Workman, (Jlark, and Co., Limited), 582 ; Plates XLII., XLIIL, XLIV., XLV., 580
Oscillations, Electrical Methods of Measuring, 836
“Otaki,” Steamer with Combined Turbine and Reciprocating Engines, Trials of, 18'», 181, 182
“ Otranto,” Orient Australian Mail Liners (Workman, Clark, and Co., Limited), 582; Plates XLII., XLIIL, XLIV., XLV., 580
Overstrain, Effect of, on Non-Ferrous Metals, 596, 629, 630
Oxygen, Cutting Metal by Means of, 168, 169
Packing, Metallic, for Shaft of Zoelly Steam- Turbine, 213
Packing, Water-Sealed, for Turbine Shafts, 181 “Pallion,” Steam Collier, with Self-Acting Delivery (Wm. Doxford and Sons, Limited), 287
Panhard and Levassor ; Motor-Car, 681
Panhard Motor for Aeroplanes, 452
Paraffin Carburettor. See Carburettor and Motor-Car
Paraffin Engine. See Engine, ParaDin, and also Petrol
Parapets. See Bridges
Paris Aviation Exhibition, 452, 456, 490 Paris-Orleans Railway ; the Fades Viaduct, 878, 879, 880
Parseval Airship, 348
Parsons Turbine Combined with Reciprocating Engines on S.S. “ Otaki,” 180, 181, 182. ”
also Turbines, Steam
Patents, 35, 68, 103, 134, 203, 235, 300, 336, 401, 436, 469, 533, 599, 635, 671, 708, 743, 809, 841, 873
Pattern-Makers’ Wood-Working Machine, See also 756
Patterson ? Allen Engineering Company, New Jersey, U.S.A.; High-Pressure Blow-Off Valve, 839 ; Paterson’s Pressure-Filters, 789
Pearson, S., and Son, Limited ; Admiralty Harbour, Dover, 501, 503; Plates XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL., 501
Peddie ? Calichiopulo Sights for Rifles and Machine-Guns, 762. See also 78
Peltier Effect with Thermo-Couples, Method of Avoiding, 835
Permanent-Way Renewals on Railways, 499, 500 Petrol-Engines. See also Engines, Petrol;
Motor-Cars ; Motors, Petrol; Motor-Omnibuses; Motor-Launches; and Motor-Boats
Petrol-Motors for Aeroplanes, 452 Petrol-Motors, Experiments on Explosions in, 331, 332
Petroleum. SeeOi7, Paraffin, Petrol, Motor-Cars, Carburettors, and Engines
Photo-Micrographs. See Micro-Photographs Photometer, Trotter’s Portable Daylight, 831
I Physical Society’s Exhibition of Apparatus, 830,
I 831, 862, 863
Physics and Chemistry Department, Birmingham University, 112
Pier, Admiralty, at Dover, Extension of, 501, 503; Plates XXXVII., XXXVIIL, XXXIX., XL., 501
Pier. See also Jetty and Estuary
Piers, Steel, for Lethbridge Viaduct; Canadian Pacific Railway, 431, 432, 433
Pier at Wemyss Bay on the Clyde, 138, 139, 150; Plate XVL, 137
Pig Iron, Electric Furnace for Production of, 414 Piles, Screw, and Driving Gear ; Bridge over Gualeguay River, Entre Rios, 108, 109, 120 ; Plate XV., 107
Pinnace. See also Launches and Motor-Boats Pipe-Line, Floating, for Discharge from Suction- Dredger, 306, 307
Pipe-Screwing Machine (C. Winn and Co.), 465 Piston-Valves for Petrol-Motors, 719, 720
Pitting and Grooving of Locomotive Boilers and Fire-Boxes (L. and Y, Railway), 197
Planes, Inclined, in Air-Current, Lifting Power of, Apparatus for Determining, 777, 778
Planes, Inclined, Pressure on, 386,387 Planing-Machine. See Machine-Tools
Plates, Metal, Slide-Rule for Calculating Weights of, 628
Platinum Platinum-Iridium Couples, Correction Curve for, 132
Pneumatic Caissons for Pier Foundations, Blackfriars Bridge Widening, 339, 340, 341 ; Plates XXHL, XXIV., XXV., XXVL, 338
Pneumatic Power Hammer (John Cochrane), 361 Pneumatic Run-Out Cylinder for 12-In. Guns, 64 Pneumatic. See also Air
Points, Tramway, Hadfield’s Pinless Tongue- Switch for, 734
Pontoons, Steel Lifting (G. Rennie and Co.,) 252 Portable Electric Lamp for Boiler Inspectors, 15 Portable Valve-Facing Machine, 23
Portrait of Peter Samson, 480
Positive Electricity, 374
Power-House of Birmingham University, Plate VIII., 5
Power, Indicated, of Engines, Slide - Rule for Calculating, 416
Power Plant. See Electric and Hydraulic Premier Gas-Engine Company, Limited; 600- Brake-Horse-Power Gas-Engine, 636
Press, 115'draulic Forging (Fielding and Platt, Limited), 395
Pressed-Steel Motor-Car Chassis (Darracq), 634 Pressure Filters for Boiler-Feed,Paterson’s, 789 Pressure of Fluids on Inclined Planes, 386, 387 Pressure-Gauge, Recording, for Coal-Dust Explosion, 830
Pressure-Gauge for Small Gas Pressures, 760 “ Prins Christian,” Danish Railway Ferry Steamer, 344, 345
Problem of Flight. See also Aeroplanes
Profile of Bergen and Christiania Railway, 843 Profile of Canadian Pacific Railway, Hector to Field, 434
Profile of Great Western Railway Line, from Fishguard to Paddington, 391
Profile of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 160 Profile of Ship Canal from Venersborg to Gothenburg, Sweden, 570
Profile of Simplon Tunnel, 548
Profiling Machines. See Machine-Tools Projectiles, Capped, Effect on Armour-Plates, 66 Projectiles, Smoke-Tracer Shots for Indicating Trajectory of, 100
Projector. See Pejlector
Propellers, Aerial, Action of. Smoke Apparatus for Demonstrating, 214
Propellers, Aerial. See also Aeroplanes
Propellers of Aeroplanes, Methods of Driving, 829 Propellers, Screw, Stereoscopic Illustrations of Action, 13
Propellers, Westinghouse Testing Apparatus, 18
Pump’, Centrifugal, for 307
STu^SXuboratory. B.rmingham Pum";y‘-’sei'’Xo« /'«W7'. ‘‘'”1
,5a3saSffi?‘*»«¥~-’!!g’
Pyrometer, The Bristol Recording, 132 Quadruple-Expansion Engines. See lingines
Radial Axle-Box for Tank Engine, Lancashire Ratotlon."ne:tr"atDi«erent Temperatures,
Hatotelegraphy. See Telegraphy
RaU^AuU-Ca\\^^ See Jfotor CoacA,
Rail-Grinding Machine (Krnst Schiess), 384 RT.il Motor-Car. See ilfotor-Coacft, Bail &ay. Axle-Boxe?, Tilston’s Lubricator for,
RaUway, Bergen and Christiania, 843, S46, 847 Railway Brennan Mono-Rail Carriage, 659 Railway Bridges. See Bridges and
Railways, British, Renewals of Permanent Way, 499, 500 .
Railways, Canadian, Map of, 519
Railway, Canadian Pacific, The Lethbrid^ Viaduct, 431, 432, 433 ; Profile of Line( from Hector to Field, 434 ; Timber Trestle Bridge, 434 , Tunnels, 434 x i ono
Railway, Canadian Trans-Continental, 398
Mlway Carriages. See Carriages and Moto,-
Argentine, 35-Ton Steam
RaSF^n SUame?:,’Danish, 117.118 344 315 Railway Ferry Steamer ‘‘Fahius/’for Northern
Railway Ferry Steamer “Malmo, for Swedish RSlway^Greafc Northern ; Increase in Size of R^?wa^,°Great Western ; Profile of Line from
Fishguard to Paddington, 391
Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Details of ""bocomoHves Budt at llorwich Works P ate
XVIL, 159; 160,161, 102, 163, 164, 165, 166, RaUwajs^’Lan^iMre and Yorkshire, Map and R^lway, ^Lancashire and Yorkshire
Pick-Up Apparatus for Tank Locomotives, 615 Railway Line, Effect of Earthquake on, 131 Railway Locomotives. See Locomotives Railways, London and North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire ; Joint Irish Service, Turbine Steamers for (William Denny and Brnthersl 757, 760 ; Plate L., 757
Railway, London, Tilbury, and Southend, Tank Locomotive for (Robert Stephenson and Co., Limited), 882, 883 ; Plate LX., ^2
Railway, North-Eastern, Kilton ; Ferro-Concrete Railway^^North-Eastern ; Method of Transporting Stern Frame of S.S. Olyinpic, 177
Railway, North Island Mam Trunk New Zealand ; Makatote Viaduct, 301, 318, Hate XXIf 301
Railway’, Paris-Orleans ; the Fades Viaduct, S7R S79 880
Railway Rolling-Stock. See Carri(xgeSt Motor- Coaches, and Wagons TUxPrTnA
Railway, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Travelling Jib-Crane for, 176
Railway. See also .
Railways, Suburban, of Buenos Aires, 771 Railways, Tasmanian Government, G^ri^tt, Locomotive for (Beyer, Peacock, and Co., Limited), Plates LI., LIL, LIIL, 802
Railway Train Brake. See Brake Railway Tunnel. See Tunnefs .
Railway Viaducts, French, Comparison hf, 8/8 Railway, Widening of Wemyss Bay, Caledonian
Railway Company. See under Wemyss Bay Rammer, Chain, for Guns, 62
Rankine-Gordon and Eulers Formulae for Columns, 1. . , z-t ^4. «
Ransome, A., and Co., Limited ; Jour-Cutter Planing and Moulding Machine, 756
Rateau’s Experiments on Fluid Pressure on Inclined Planes, 386, 387
Rateau’s Hydraulic Brake for Tests of Steam- Turbines, 805 , .
Rateau's Method of Calculating Steam-Turbines, 804, 805 _ , .
Rateau’s Mixed-Pressure Steam-Turbine, bOo Rateau’s Tests of Blading for Steam-Turbines, 804
Reamer, Adjustable (Vickers), 400 ,
Reavell and Co., Limited; Parattin Engine and
Air-Compressor, 349
Recoil Cylinder for 12-In. Guns, 64
Recorder, Water-Flow, The “ Lea \/“Notch,216, 217
Reden Mercurial Air-Pump and Vacuum-Gauge, 735 r
Reduction Gear for High-Speed Steam-Turbines, 376,377, 378. See 763
Reduction and Reversing Gear, Janney, 60 Reduction Gear, Macalpineand Melville, 3(6, 3/8, 379, 763
Refractometer and Spectroscope (Adam Hilger, Limited), 863 ,
Regenerative Flame Arc-I^amp, The J and us, Reichsanstalt, Work of the, 750, 7^, 835, 836 Reinforced Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete Renault Motor for Aeroplanes, 452
Renewals of Permanent Way on British Railways, Uennie^G., and Co.; Steel Lifting-Lighters for
Salvage Purposes, 252 ; Train-1 erry Fabius for Nigeria, 440, 441
Repairing-Ship “C5’elops” for H.M. Navy, 69,

70 ; Plates X., XL, XIL, XIIL, 69

Research. See
Respirators for Dust-Exclusion, 675 Eetaining-Walls, EerrO'Goucrete for, 200, 327
Retaining-Walls, Wemyss Bay Station, 4 ; Plates IL, VL,4
Retorts, Horizontal, Derbj’ Gas Works, 673, 6<4
Retorts, Vertical, for Gas Manufacture ; Glover- West System, 536
Retorts, Vertical, for Gas Manufacture; Wood- hall-Duckbam System, 535
Reversing Gear for Steam-Turbines, The Fottin- ger, 602, 603, 606 ; Plate XbVL, 601
Reversing Gear, Janney, 65
Richardson, R. J,; Adjustable Hanger for Shafting, 261
Rirte-Sights at Bisley Meeting, 77, 78, 79 Rirte-Sight, The Peddie-Caliehiopulo, 752. See also 78
Ring, Piston. See Piston-Rings
Road Cars, See Motor-Cars and J/oJor-irctportd’ Robertson, David, and Co.; Slide-Rule for Calculating Weights of Metal Plates, Bars, &c., 628
Roller-Bearing, The Timken, 290
Rolling-Mill Engine, Continuous Indicator Diagrams from, 466
Rolling-Stock. See Railway
Roofs of Station Buildings, Wemyss Bay Railway Widening, Plates L, IL, HI , IV., 4; Plate XIV., 71; 150; Plate XVL, 137; 270
Ropeway, Aerial, at Monte Video (Bullivant ana Co., Limited), 723, 726 . i
Rope-Driving, 875
Rotating Masses, Counterbalancing of, 47
Royal Agricultural Society. See
Rudder for Aeroplanes, 613 Rudge-Whitworth Detachable Wheels for Motor-Cars, 720
Rule, Calculating, for Weights of Metal Plates, Bars, &c., 628
Rule, Flexible, for Draughtsmen, 435
Run-Out Cylinder for 12-In. Guns, 61

Salvage, Marine, Lifting-Lighters for, 252
Salvage of S.S. “Fleswick,” 141, 142, 143
Samson, Peter, Portrait of, 480
Santos Dumont’s Aeroplane, 490, 614
Sao Paulo Railway, Brazil, Travelling Jib Crane for (John H. Wilson and Co ), 176
“Sardius,” East Coast Auxiliary Drifter, with Paraffin Motor, 244, 245
Sawdust Briquette-Making Plant (M. Glover and Co.), 722
Saws. See Machine-Tools
Schaefer-ter Meer’s Centrifugal Drying-Machine for Sewage Sludge, 528, 529
Schiess, The Ernst, Company; Armour-Plate- Shaping Machine, 209 ; Combined Slotting and Drilling Machine, 406, 407 ; Grinding Machine for Tramway Rails, 3S4 ; Horizontal Cold Saw, 212 ; Lathe for Turbine Work and Shafting, 784, 785 ; Portable Boring and Milling Machine. 687; Vertical Turning and Boring Machine, Plate xvni., 179 ; Vertical Turning Machine for Steel Castings, 181 ; Plate XVIII., 179
Schneider and Co. ; Ferro-Concrete Torpedo- Testing Station, 170, 171, 172, 173 ; Zoelly Marine Steam-Turbine, 213
Scouts. See Warships
Screws, Aerial. See Aeroplanes and Propellers Screw-Piles and Driving-Gear; Bridge over Gualeguay River, Entre Rios, 108, 109, 120 ; Plate XV., 107
Screw - Propellers of Aeroplanes, Methods of Driving, 829
Screw-Propellers. See Pro2)ellers
Screwing-Machine for Pipes and Bolts (Charles Winn and Co.), 465
Sea-Walls, Wemyss Bay Station, Plates IL, VL, 4 Separator, Turbo, Oil (Lassen and Hjort), 854 Separator, Water, for Steam-Whistles, 329 Sewage Sludge, Centrifugal Drying-Machines for, 528, 529
Shafting, Design of, 637, 638, 835. See 697 Shafting Hanger, Richardson’s Adjustable, 261 Shafting, Lathe for Turning (Schiess), 784, 785 Shafting, Stresses Due to Twisting and Bending of, 637, 638, 885. See 697
Shafts for Turbine Steamers, Arrangement of, 404
Shafts, Vibration and Whirling Speeds of, 205, 206, 289
Shaping-Machines. See Machine-Tools
Sheets, Metal, Slide-Rule for Calculating Weights of, 628
Sheffield-Simplex Motor-Car, 718
Ship Canal, The Trolhattan, 570, 571 Ship-Launching Calculations, 262, 268, 264, 265 Ship Propulsion, Reduction Gear for Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Ships, Longitudinal Framing of, 215, 360
Ships. See Steamers and Warships Shipbuilding, Diagrams of Production, 899, 901 Shir6 River, Nyassaland, Railway Lifting -Bridge over, 129
Shots, Capped, Effect of, on Armour-Plates, 66 Shots, Smoke-Tracer, for Indicating Trajectory of Projectiles, 100
Siddeley-Wolgeley Motor-Cars, 646, 647, 650 Siegener Maschinenbau A. G.; 2000-Horse-I’ow'er Single-Cylinder Gas Blowing-Engine, 855, 858 ; Plate LIX., 855
Sights for Rifles at Bisley Meeting, 77, 78, 79
Sight for Riflesand Machine Guns, The Peddie-
Calichiopulo, 752. See also 78 Sights, Telescopic, for Guns, 66 Signalling Apparatus, Submarine, on T.-S.S.
“ George Washington,” 278
Simons, Wm., and Co., Limited; Clay-Cutting Suction-Dredgers, 306, 307
Simplon Tunnel, Profile of, 548
Simplon Tunnel, Three - Phase Electric Locomotive for, 444, 445, 448; Plate XXXIIL, 444; 546. 647, 648, 550 . . . ,
Simpson, Strickland, and Co., Limited; Single- Handed Steam-Launch, 482
“Skimmers” or Hydroplanes, Experiments with, 313, 814, 315
Skimming-Boat “ Miranda HI.” (John 1. Thornj'- croft and Co., Limited), 125, 315
Slag-Wool, Heat Conductivity of, 37
Slide-Rule for Calculating Indicated Horse- Power, 416
Slide-Rule for Calculating Weights of Metal Plates, Bars, »&c., 628
Slotting-Machine. See Machine-Tools Sludge-Drying Machine, Schaefer-ter Meer’s Centrifugal, 528, 529
Smith, L. C., and Bros.; Smith’s Typewriter, 249 Smoke-Boxes of Locomotives, Vacuum in, 198 Smoke Density, Tintometer for Measuring, 627 Smoke-Tracer Shots for Indicating Trajectory of Projectiles, 100
Smulders, A. K.; Twin-Screw Hopper, Bucket, and Suction Dredger “ Venezia,” 220
Soda, Caustic, Kestner Climbing-Film Evaporator for Manufacture of, 822, 823
Spectroscope and Refractometer (Adam Hilger, Limited), 863
Spectrum Analysis, Vacuum Tube for, 751 Speed Record of Electric Locomotive for Simplon Tunnel, 548
Speed-Reducing Gear for High-Speed Steam- Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Speed-Reducing and Reversing-Gear for Steam- Turbines, The Fbbtinger, 602,603,606; Plate XGVL, 601
Speed-Reduction Gear, Janney, 65 Sphingometer for Measuring Strain due to Combined Stress, 593, 591, 595, 850. See also 632 '
Spiral, Self-Centering, Chuck (C. Taylor), 525 Spiral Tunnels on Canadian Pacific Railway, 431 Spur Gearing for Speed Reduction of Steam- Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
St. Helens Gas Works, Glover-West Vertical Retorts at, 536
Stamp, Drop, with Massey’s Friction Lift, 690
Standard Machine Works, Limited ; Two-Speed Breast-Drill, 702
Stars, Motion of the, 374
Station, Railway, at Weniyss Bay. See under Wemyss Bay
Station. See also Electric
Steam and Air, Action of, on Pure Iron, 527
Steam-Coach. See also Motor-Car, Bail Steam-Collier ‘‘Pallion," nowEmma Sauber,” with Self-Acting Delivery (William Doxford and Sons, Limited), 287
Steam, Condensation of, at Different Rates of Flow, 541
Steam-Condenser. See Condenser Steam-Consumption Curves. See Diagrams Steam-Cranes. See Cranes
Steam, Disscciation of. Grove’s Apparatus for, 332
Steam-Engines. See Engines Steam Motor-Car, The Turner, 10, 11
Steam-Pipe Coverings, Efficiency of, 37 Steam Stop-Valve, Emergency, Cockburn’s, 895
Steam-Superheaters. See Superheater Steam-Tractor for Military Use (D. Stewart and
Co., Limited), 508, 509, 510
Steam-Turbines. See Turbine Steam-Wagon. See also Motor - Wagon and Motor-Car
Steam-Whistles, Water-Arrester for, 329 Steamer, Coaling, The “ Pallion,” now “Emma Sauber,” with Self-Acting Deliver}' (William Doxford and Sons, Limited), 287
Steamer “ Fleswick,” Salvage of, 141, 142, 143
Steamer “George Washington,” for Nord- deutscher Lloyd (Vulcan Company), 278, 279, 282, 286 ; Plate XXL, 276
Steamer, Ice-Breaking, “Earl Grey” (Vickers Sons and Maxim, Limited), 389
Steamer “ Otaki,” with Combined Turbine and Reciprocating Engines, Trials of, 180, 181, 182 Steamers “Otranto” and “ Orvieto,” Orient Line Australian Mail Service (Workman, Clark, and Co., Limited), 582 ; Plates XLII., XLIII., XLIV., and XLV., 580
Steamers, Railway Ferry, for Danish State Railways, 117, 118, 344, 345
Steamer, Railway Ferry, for Northern Nigeria (G, Rennie and Co.), 440, 441
Steamer, Railway Ferry, Swedish, 116 Steamers. See also Warships
Steamers, Turbine, The “ Duke of Cumberland ” and the “ Duke of Argyll,” for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (William Denny and Brothers), 757, 760 ; Plate L., 757
Steamers, Turbine, Number and Power of, 231 Steamers, Turbine; Steam Consumption at Different Speeds, 378
Steamers, Turbine, Two and Four-Shaft Arrangement, 404
Steamers, Turbo-Electric, Propelling Machinery for, 233
Steamer, Twin-Screw, “ America,” for La Veloce Line (Cantieri Navali Reuniti), 410, 411, 418; Plate XXXIL, 411
Steamships. See Steamers and Warships
Steel Bars under Combined Stress, Experiments on, 239, 242
Steel-Cutting by Means of Oxygen, 168, 169
Steel, Mild, Effect of Overstrain and Heat Treat- j ment on Elastic Limit, 629, 630
Steel, Mild, Torsion Tests of, 310, 311, 312, 352, ' 363, 364, 365, 366 )
Steel, Nickel-Chrome, Micro-Photographs of, 30 * Steel, Nickel, Torsion Tests of, 310, 311, 312, 352, ' 363, 364, 365, 366
Steel. See also Iron
Steel, Sulphur in, Method of Determining, 30 Steel Tubes, Tests of, in Compression and Under
Combined Stress, 848, 867, 868, 870, 871. 872 Steel Work, Constructional. See Beams, Bridges,
Floors, Boofs, and Ferro-Concrete
Stellar Motion, Law of Distribution of, 374 Stephenson, Robert, and Co., Limited; Tank Locomotive for London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, 882, 883; Plate LX., 882
Stereoscopic Illustrations of Action of Screw Propeller, 13
Stern-Frame of S.S. “Olympic,” Method of Transporting, 177
Stewart, D., and Co., Limited ; Military Steam- Tractor, 508, 609, 510
Stirling Boiler Explosion at Liverpool, 119
Stop-Valves, Automatic Locking-Gear for, 788 StopValve, Cockburn’s Emergency, 395 Stove’s Hose-Coupling, 449
Strain-Indicator, Bourdon’s Manet-Rabut, for Structural Members, 464
Stream-Lines in Air, Smoke Apparatus for Demonstration of, 214
Street Railwaj’s. See Tramways
Stress, Combined, Experiments on, 239, 242, 846, 848, 850, 851, 852, 867, 868, 870, 871, 872
Stress, Combined, Experimetits on Steel Bars under, 239, 212
Stress, Combined, Tests of Steel Tubes under 818, 867, 868, 870, 871, 872
Stress, Dielectric, in Three-Phase Cables, Distribution of, 298
Stress, Distribution of, in Specimens under Tension Tests, 796, 821
Stress-Indicator, The Manet-Rabut, 464 Stresses in Crank-Shafts. See Guest's Law Structural Iron-Work. See also Beams, Bridges^
Floors, Roofs, and Ferro Concrete Structure of Metals. See Metals and Micro-Photographs
Struts. See Columns
Stuffing-Box, Water-Sealed, Turbine Shaft, 181 Subaqueous Tunnels. See Tunnels
Submarine Boats. See Warships Submarine Signalling Apparatus on T. S.S.
“ George Washington,” 278 Submersible Boat. See Submarine Boats Subway, Proposed, under Sydney Harbour, 674
Suction Dredgers, Clay-Cutting (Wm. Simons and Co., Limited), 306, 307
Suction-Gas Pumping Plant at Cambrai, France (Tangyes, Limited), 801
Suction Gas. See also Producer Sugar, Kestner Climbing Film Evaporator for
Concentration of, 822, 823
Sulphur in Steel, Method of Determining, 30
Superheated Steam-Engine for Motor-Car, 11
Superheater and Engine, Wolf’s, 475, 478, 479.
See also Tests of, 497, 498
Svaelgfos Hydro-Electric Plant, Norway, 611, 618
Swansea Docks, 30-Ton Hydraulic Coaling-Tip at, Plate XLVIIL, 688
Sweden, The Trollhiittan Canal, 570, 571
Swedish State Railways, Ferry Steamer “ Malmo,” 116
Switch-Gear. See Electric Switch, Hadfield’s Pinless Tongue for Tramways 734
Sydney Harbour, Bridge and Tunnel Schemes for, 673, 674

Table, “ Wolfensberger,” Tilting, for Drilling- Machines, 393
Tangyes, Limited ; 12-In. Centre High-Speed Lathe, 826 ; Suction-Gas Pumping Plant at Cambrai, France, 801
Tank Locomotives. See Locomot'ves
Tanks, Cylindrical, Charts for Calculating Contents of, 303
Tar-Macadam-Mixing Machine (W. H. Baxter, Limited), 22
Tasmanian Government Railw'ays, Garratt Locomotive for (Beyer, Peacock and Co., Limited), Plates LI., LIL, LIIL, 802
Taylor, C. ; Spiral Self-Centering Chuck, 526
Telescopic Gun-Sights and Fire-Control, 66
Temperature Coefficient of Volume Elasticity, .Apparatus for Determining, 750
Temperley Transporter at Ilermigua, Canary Islands (Api)lebys, Limited), 146
Tenders. See also Locomotives
Tension Tests, Distribution of Stress in Specimens, 796, 821
Ternary ^Ulo^'s (Aluminium-Copper-Tin), 664, 665, 666, 667
Test-Pieces, Compression, Shortening Due to Bending of, 632
Testing Laboratory, Leeds University, 815
Testing-Machine, 300-Ton, at Birmingham University, 43, 44, 45
Testing-Machine for Alternating Stress, 105, 106
Testing-Machine Grips, Spherical Seated, 796. See 821
Testing-Machine at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 241
Testing-Machine, Torsion, at Northampton Institute, 310
Testing-Machines at Victoria University > Manchester, 84
Testing Screw Propellers, Westinghouse Apparatus for, 18
Testing Station, Ferro-Concrete, for Torpedoes (Schnieder and Co.), 170,171, 172, 173
Testing Vacuum-Gauges, Apparatus for (Peter Brotherhood Limited), 578
Tests of Aerial Propellers. See Aeroplane
Tests of Ferro-Concrete Columns, 337, 338, 405
Tests of Mild Steel under Combined Stress, 239, 242, 846, 848, 850,851, 852,867,868, 870,871,872
Tests of Non-Ferrous Metals and Steel underCom- bined Stress, 593, 594, 595, 596, 629, 630, 631, 632
Tests. See also Diagrams
Tests of Steel Tubes under Combined Stress, 848, 867, 868, 870, 871, 872
Tests, Tension, Distribution of Stress in Specimens, 796, 821
Tests, Torsion, of Ductile Materials, 310, 311, 312, 352, 363, 364, 365, 368
Tests of Wolf’s Semi-Portable Engine, 497, 498. See also 475, 478, 479
Textile Department, Leeds University, 815
Textile Mills, Ventilation of, and Dust-Ex- ? traction from, 675, 678, 679
Thermal Efficiency of Gas-Engines, Effect of Compression on, 523
Thermal Efficiency of Boilers, 540, 541, 561
Thermal Storage on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railwaj' Locomotive, 165
Thermo-Couples, Method of Avoiding Peltier Effect, 835
Thermo-Couples, Platinum Platinum-Iridium Correction Curve for, 132
Thermometers. See Pyrometers
Thornycroft, John I., and Co., Limited; H.M. Torpedo-Boat Destroj'er “Nubian,” 3; Hydroplane Boat “Miranda III.,” 125, 316; East Coast Auxiliar.v Drifter “Sardius,” 244, 245
Three-Phase Cables, Distribution of Dielectric Stress in, 298
Tilaton’s Lubricator for Railway Axle-Boxes, 16
Timber Trestle Bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 431
Timken Roller-Bearing, 290
Tin, Aluminium and Copper, Alloys of, 661, obo, 606 007
Tippin’s Aperture Back-Sight for Rifles, 79
Tinioineter for Measuring Density of Smoke, 627 Tools. See Machine-Tools
Torpedo Attack on Italian Battleship hran-cesco Moros’ni,” 228
Torpedo-Boats. See Warships
Torpedo? Testing Station of Ferro-Concrete (Schneider and Co.), 170, 171, 172,173
Torsion and Bending Stresses in Shafting, 637 638, 886. See 697 ,
Torsion-Meter, The Fottinger, Plate XLVI., 601
Torsion-Testing Machine. See 'lesting-Maciunis Torsion Tests Combined with Tension or Compression, 239, 242, 846, 848, 850, 851, 852
Torsion Tests of Non-Ferrous Metals, 596, 629
Torsion and Tension, Combined, Effect of, on
Steel Bars, 239, 242
Torsion Tests of Steel, 629, 630 ,
Torsional Strain, Behaviour of Ductile Materials under, 310, 311, 312, 352 363, 364, 365, 366
Torsional Strains, Sphingometer for Measuring, 593, 594, 595, 850. See also 632 .
Towers, Bridge. See BlackiVlls Islaivi Jina^e
Towers, Steel, for Lethbridge Viaduct; Canadian Pacific Railway, 432
Traction. See also Electric
Tractors. See also Motor-Wagons . j
Tractor, Steam, for Military Use (D. Stewart and Co., Limited), 508, 509, 510
Train-Brake, Vacuum (The Consolidated Brake and Engineering Company, Limited), 5/9
Train. Electric. See Electric
Train-Ferry Steamer. See Ferry Steamers
Trajectory of Projectiles, Smoke-Tracer Shots for Indicating, 100 .
Tramways, Hadfield’s Pinless Tongue-Switch tor, 734
Tramways, Proposed Tunnel for, under Sydney Harbour, 674 x oo,
Tramway RaibGrinding Machine (Schiess), 384
Trans-Continental Railway, Canada, 398
Transformer, Direct-Current, 60
Transmission Gear for Marine Turbines, The Westinghouse, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Transmission of Heat through Plates, 540,541,561
Transmitter, The Fbttinger; Speed-Reducing and Reversing Gear for Steam-Turbines, 602, 603, 606 ; Plate XLVI., 601
Transmitter, The Janney, 65
Transporter, Aerial Ropeway, at Monte video (Bullivant and Co., Limited), 723, 726
Transporter at Durban, Accident to, 483
Transporter, Temperley, at Hermigua, Canary
Islands (Applebys, Limited), 146
Transporting Stern Frame of S.S.^ Olympic on the North-Eastern Railway, 1/7 .
Traveller for Erection of Fades Viaduct, Paris-Orleans Railway, 879, 880
Traveller for Erection of Lethbridge \ laduci., Canadian Pacific Railway, 433
Trestle Bridge on the C.P.R., 434
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Bfu/ines Trollhallan Canal, Sweden, 570, 571
Trotter’s Portable Daylight Photometer, 831
Trussed Concrete-Steel Company ; Kilton Culvert, on the North-Eastern Railway, 886, 887
Tubes,’ Steel, Tests Under Combined Stress, 848, 867,’868, 870, 71, 8872 .
Tunnels, Bergen and Christiania Railw’aj, 844,
Tunnels on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 434
Tunnels, Proposed, under Sydney Harbour, 674
Tunnels, Wemy93 Bay Railway, 271, 272
Turbines, Curtis Marine Steam, for United States Destroyers, 753. See603, 606j Plate XLA I.,_601
Turbine-Driven Merchant Vessels and Warships, Number and Power of, 231
Turbine-Driven Screw-Propeller-Testing Apparatus, W'estinghouse, 18 .
Turbine, Marine, and Electric Drive, 233
Turbine, Marine, with Fottinger Hydraulic Speed-Reducing and Reversing Gear, 603, 606 ; Plate XLVI., 601 _ .
Turbines, Marine, and Reciprocating Engines, Combined, Trials of S.S. “ Otaki,” 180,131,182
Turbines, Marine, Two and Four-Shaft Arrange- Ti^rbilie’ Marine, Zoelly (Schneider), 213
Turbines, Steam Consumption of, at Different Speeds, 378
Turbines, Steam, Hydraulic Absorption-Dynamometer for Testing, 763
Turbines, Steam, Rateaus Method of Calculating, 804, 806
Turbine, Steam, Rateau, Mixed Pressure, 805
Turbines, Steam, Rateau’s Tests of Blading, 804 Turbine, Steam, Speed-Reduction Gears, Fottinger’s, 601,602, 603, 606; Janney. 65 ; Mac- alpine’s, 376, 377, 378, 763. See 233
Turbines, Steam, Spur-Wheel Speed-Reduction Gear for, 376, 377, 378. See ^3
Turbine Steamers “Duke of Cumberland and “ Duke of Argyll, ’ for L. and Y. Railway (W"il- liam Denny and Brothers), 757,760; PlateL. ,75/
Turbine Steamers, Steam Consumption, of at Different Speeds, 378 .
Turbine, Steam, Melms - Pfenmnger, 40, 41, 52; Plate IX., 39
Turbines, Water-Sealed Gland for, 181
Turbines, Water, at Svaelgfos Hydro-Eleetric Power Station, Norway, 611, 618
Turbo-Alternator, Curtis 2500-K.\.A. (British Thomson-Houston Company, Limited), 128
Turbo Oil-Separator (Lassen and Hjort), 854
Turner's Motor Manufacturing Co’s Steam-Car, 10, 11 . . zn ,
Turret Lathes. See Machine-Tools Twin-Screw Engines. See Engines
Twin-Screw Steamers. See Steamers
Twisting and Bending of Shafting, Stresses Due to, 637, 638, 885. See 697
Typewriter, Smith’s, 249 , . ,
Tyre and Wheel Lathe (G. and A. Harvey ‘Limited), 516
Tyres, Wear of, on Locomotives of Lancashire an Yorkshire Railway, 195

U-Tube Experiment, Professor Dixon’s, 785
Unit of Positive Electricity, 374
United States Battleship “North Dakota,” 768
United States Destroyers “Perkins” and “ Sterrett,” Curtis Turbines for, 753
University of Birmingham, 6,7,8; Plates VIL, VIII. , 5; 43, 44, 45, 109, 112
University of Leeds, 714, 715, 814, 815
University, Victoria, at Manchester, 82, 83, 84,86
University. See also College

V-Notch Water-Flow Recorder, 216, 217
Vacua, High, Diaphragm-Gauge for Testing, 750
Vacuum-Brake Apparatus (The Consolidated Brake and Engineering Co., Limited), 579
Vacuum-Gauge Tester (Peter Brotherhood, Limited), 578
Vacuum-Gauge for High Vacua, The Reden, 735
Vacuum in Locomotive Smoke-Boxes, 198
Vacuum-Pump, The Reden Mercurial, 735
Vacuum-Tube for Spectrum Analysis, 751
Valve, Balanced Circular, for Locomotives of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 166
Valve, Blow-Off, Patterson’s High-Pressure, 839
Valve, Cockburn’s Emergency Stop, 395 Valve-Facing Machine, Portable, 23
Valve-Gear, Joy’s, for Locomotives on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 161
Valve-Gear of Steam-Engine for Military Tractor (D. Stewart and Co., Limited), 509
Valves, Piston, for Petrol-Motors, 719, 720
Valves. See also Engines and Motor-Cars Valves, Stop, Automatic Locking-Gear for, 788
Vaporiser for Liquid-Fuel Burner, 11
Variable Speed-Transmission, Janney, 65
Vehicles. See also Motor-Cars
Veloce Liner “America” (Cantieri Navali Re- uniti), 410, 411, 418; Plate XXXII., 411
Velocity of Aeroplane Models, Apparatus for Measuring, 777, 778
Venersborg-Gothenburg Ship Canal, Sweden, 570, 571
“Venezia,” Hopper, Bucket, and Suction-Dredger (A. F. Smulders), 220
Ventilation of, and Dust Extraction from. Cotton Mills, 675, 678, 679
Vertical Gas Retorts (Woodhall-Duckham System), 535 ; (Glover-West System), 536
Viaduct, The Daff, Wemyss Bay Railway Widening, 208; Plate XIX., 207
Viaduct, The Fades, Paris-Orleans Railway, 878, 879, 880
Viaducts, Comparison of French Railway, 878
Viaduct, The Lethbridge, C.P.R., 431, 432, 433
Viaduct, Makatote, New Zealand, 301, 318; Plate XXII., 301
Vibration and Whirling Speeds of Shafts, 205, 206, 289
Vickers Sons and Maxim, Limited; Breech Mechanism for Guns, 33, 65; Adjustable Reamer, 400; Electric Drive for Planing- Machines, 888, 890 ; Ice - Breaking Steamer “ Earl Grey,” 389 ; The Peddie-Calichiopulo Rifle-Sight, 752 ; Submarine-Boat, “ D 1,”449 ; Tilston’s Lubricator for Axle-Boxes, 15
Victoria University, Manchester, 82, 83, 84, 86
“ Vilcars ” Anti-Elastic Levers, 862
Voisin Aeroplane, The, 490, 614
Volume Elasticity, Apparatus for Determining Temperature Coefficient of, 750
Vulcan, Stettiner Maschinenbau A.-G. ; Nord-deutscher-Lloyd Steamer “George Washington,” 278, 279, 282, 286 ; Plate XXL, 276 ; The Fottinger Speed-Reducing and Reversing Gear for Steam - Turbines, 602, 603, 606 ; Plate XLVL, 601

Wagons. See also Motor-Cars
Walls, Retaining, Wemyss Bay Station, 4 ; Plates II. and VI., 4
Walls, Retaining, of Ferro-Concrete, 200, 327
Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co, Ltd.; Engines of Italian Liner “ America,” 418

Warships:

H.M. Repairing - Ship “Cyclops,” 69,70; Plates X., XL, XIL, XIII., 69
H.M. Scout-Cruiser “Gloucester,” 764
H.M. Scout-Cruiser “ Newcastle,” 765
H.M. Submarine-Boat “ D 1,” 419
H.M. Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, “Nubian,” 3 Harbour at Dover, 501, 503; Plates XXXVII., XXXVIIL, XXXIX., XL., 501
Italian Battleship “ Francesco Morosini,” Torpedo Attack on, 228
Turbine-Driven Warships, Number and Power of, 231
United States Battleship “ North Dakota,” 768
United States Destroyers, “Perkins” and “ Sterrett,” Curtis Turbines for, 753 Water-Arrester for Steam-Whistles, 329 Water, Dissociation of. Grove’s Apparatus, 332 Water-Filters, Paterson’s, for Boiler Feed, 789 Water-Flow Recorder, V-Notch, 216, 217 Water - Level Recorder, Birmingham University, 8
Water-Pick-Up Apparatus for Tank Locomotives, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 615
Water-Pumping. See Pumping Water-Sealed Gland for Turbine Shafts, 181
Water-Softener. See Softener Water-Tube Boiler. See Boiler Waterways and Estuaries. See also Canals Wave-Lengths of Electrical Oscillations, Methods of Measuring, 836
Wear of Tyres on Locomotives of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 195
Weighing-Machine for Locomotives (W. and T. Avery, Limited), 504, 505
Weights of Metal Plates, Bars, &c., Slide-Rule for Calculating, 628
Weiiiyss Bay Railway Widening^:
Cartsburn and In^ erkip Tunnels, 271, 272 Cofferdam for Construction of Sea-Wall, Plate VI., 4
Daff Viaduct, 208 ; Plate XIX., 207
Details of Piers, 138, 139, 150 ; Plate XVI., 137
Plan of Station, Plate L, 4 Retainin-gWalls, 4 ; Plate IL, 4 Roof of Inverkip Station, 270 Roof over Passage-Way to Pier, 150 ; Plate XVI., 137
Roofs of Wemyss Bay Station Buildings, Plates I., II., III., IV., V., 4 ; 72, 73, 75 ; Plate XIV., 74
Station at Wemyss Bay, 4; Plates I., II., III. , IV., V., VI., 4; 72, 73, 75; Plate XIV., 71; 137
West Screen Wall, Plate II., 4
Westinghouse Hydraulic Absorption - Dynamometer for Testing Steam-Turbines, 763
Westinghouse Propeller-Testing Apparatus, 18 |
Westinghouse Transmission Gearing for Marine Steam-Turbines, 376, 377, 378. See 763
Westley, Richards, and Co.’s Aperture Back- Sight for Rifles, 79
Westwood, J., and Co., Limited ; Bridge over the River Gualeguay, Entre Rios, Argentina, 108, 109, 120; Plate XV., 107
Wheels, Detachable, for Motor-Cars, 718, 720
Wheels for Motor Vehicles, Sizes of, 437
Wheel and Tyre Lathe (G. and A. Harvey Limited), 376
Whirling Speeds of Shafts, 205, 206, 289
Whistles, Steam, Water-Arrester for, 329
Whitworth Engineering Laboratories at Victoria University, Manchester, 82, 83, 84, 86
Widening of Blackfriars Bridge. 339, 340, 341 ; Plates XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., 338
Widening of Wemyss Bay Line, Caledonian Railway Company. See under Wemyss Bay
Wilkins and Wright, Flexible Curve for Draughtsmen, 435
Wilson, John H., and Co., Travelling Jib-Crane for Sao Paulo Railway, Brazil, 176
Wind Differences, Utilisation of, by Aeroplanes 149
Wind-Gauges for Rifle-Sights, 78. See 752
Wind Pressure on Inclined Planes, 386, 387
Winn, Charles, and Co. ; Pipe and Bolt Screwing Machine, 465; Hall’s Frictionless Governor, 691
Wire-Winding of Guns, Stresses in, Kaiser’s Theory, 811, 812, 876, 877
Wire-Wound and Solid Guns, Comparison of, 29 Wireless Telegraphy, See under Electric
Wolf, R.; Compound Semi-Portable Engine, 475, 478, 479. See also Tests of, 497, 498
“ Wolfensberger ” Tilting Work-Table for Drilling-Machine, 393
Wolseley-Siddeley Motor-Cars, 646, 647, 650
Wood-Working Tools. See Machine-Tools. Woodall-Duckham Vertical Gas Retorts, 535
Workman, Clark and Co., Limited; Orient
Liners, “ Otranto ” and “Orvieto,” 582 ; Plates XLIL, XLHI., XLIV., XLV., 580
Workshop Tools. See Machine-Tools
Workshops on H.M. Repairing Ship “ Cyclops,” Plates X., XL, XIL, XIIL, 69
Wright Aeroplane, The, 325, 490, 614, 829
Zoelly Marine Steam-Turbine (Schneider), 213

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