Engineering 1928 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index

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GENERAL INDEX

ABADAN, Floating Dock for, 65
Absenteeism in Collieries, Investigation of Causes, 267
Absorption Brake. See Brake
— and Reflection of Sound in Halls, 782 Abutment, See Bridge

Accidents :

Boiler-Explosion Inquiries, Board of Trade Reports, 183, 277
Colliery Explosions, World of Safety in Mines Research Laboratory, Sheffield, 506*
Dam, Perrdgaux, Algeria, Failure and History of, 158*
Explosions, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions and PARAGR.4I’H INDEX
Industrial Accidents, Report on, 170 Mine Accidents, Effect of Temperature and Air Speed, 267
— Electrical Accidents in. Report, 750, Motor-Ship “ Kungsholm,” Explosion due to Petrol Vapour, 720
Petroleum Industry, Fatalities in California, 378
Power Plant Failures, Report on, 299 Safety Precautions, Machinery in Mines, 270
Shipping, Vessels Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 166, 500
Accumulators, Electric. See under Electric
— Ruth’s, Use in Power Stations, 673
Acetylene Blowpipe. See Blowpipe
— Tetrachloride for Porosity Tests, 166
— Welding. See Welding
Acid Mine Drainage and River Pollution, 700
Acoustics, Ideal Auditorium, 782
— Sound Measurements at National Physical Laboratory, 238
Acrolein, Result of Adding Hydroquinone, 431 Activated Sludge. See Sewage
Adair, Rear-Admiral T. B. S., the Late, 195
Adcock and Shipley, Sensitive Drilling Machines, 352*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Addy, Capt. R., on Economics of Coal Marketing, 658
Aden, Port of, 764
Admiralty Floating Docks, 177*, 213*
— See also Warships
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Ropeway. See Wire Ropeway
— Transport.
Aerodromes, Municipal, Air Ministry’s Suggestions, 561
Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Examinations, 104 ; Slotted Wings and the Automatic Slot, by F. H. Page (Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture), 180* ; Award of Medals, 508 ; Yeovil Branch, Report, 540

Aeronautics :

Aerodromes, Municipal, Air Ministry’s Suggestions, 561
Aerodynamics Department, National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 110*, 142* — Fluid Motion in Air and Water, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 111. Sec 143
Aeronautical lUisearcti Committee, Report, 1927-28, 141
Aeronautics, Progress in, 141. See 534 Aeroplane Carriers, United States Navy, 821
— Control by Avlettes or Alulas, 370
— Forest Patrol by, in Canada, 733
— Gyroscopic Control, 447*
— Pendulum Control of Ailerons, 448*
— Survey of Water-Power Schemes, 733
— Types used In Canada, 733
-- Wings, All-Metal Construction (Short Brothers, Ltd.), 196*
Handley-Page Slotted, 180*
— Seo also Seaplane (below)
Ailerons, Pendulum Control of, 448*
Air .Ministry Research, Torsional Stiffness of Crankshafts, 36*. Sec Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
Air Surveys and Photographs, 629*
— Transport and the Empire, 462
in Russia, 764
Aircraft, Use in Naval Warfare, 14, 100 Airships, Heavy-Oil Engine for (W. Beardmore and Co., Ltd.), 377*
— Models, Wind-Tunnel Tests, National Physical Laboratory, 142*
— R.lOl, Metal-Construction Work, 689*. See LETTERS, 746, 808
— Works, Royal, Cardington, Wind- Structure Research at, 562
Airway Lighting, Need for Standardisation, 547
Anemometers, Calibration at National Physical Laboratory, 110
Aviation, Experimental Research and Development .of, 534
Busk Studentshij), Cambridge, Award, 176
" Calcutta ” All-Metal Flying Boat, 195* ('ivil Aviation, Australia, 231
in Canada, Report, 733
— — and the Empire, 462 Report on, 18
Duralumin Construction, Short “ Calcutta ” Seaplane, 195*
Engines, Oil, for Aircraft, 141, 369, 375*, 402, 441*. See 432
High-Speed, 650-h.p. and 750-h.p., for Airship Work (W. Beardmore and Co., Ltd.), 377*
— Petrol, Aeroplane, Bristol Jupiter with Supercharger, Tests, 27. See 459 Aeroplane, Evaporative Cooling of, 369, 375, 432
Aeroplane, 480-h.p. Geared Jupiter, Performance, 459.
Aeroplane, “ F ” Type, 795*
Aeroplane, Crankshafts, See LETTER,
Experimental Research and Development of Aviation, 534
Forest Patrol by Aeroplanes in Canada, 733
Gyroscopic Control of Aeroplanes, 447* Imperial College of Science, Department of Aeronautics, Syllabus, 294
Metal Construction Work, Short “ Calcutta ” Seaplane, 195* ; Airship R.lOl, 689*. See LETTERS, 746, 808
Model Experiments, Slotted Wings, 180* Municipal Aerodromes, Air Ministry’s Suggestions, 561
Naval Warfare, Use of Aircraft in, 14, 100 Pendulum Control of Aeroplane Ailerons, 448*
Propellers, Aerial, Experiments in Wind Tunnels, 141
Wind-Tunnel Testing Apparatus at National Physical Laboratory, 110*, 111*
Railways and Shipping, Utilisation of Air Transport, 462
Research, Experimental, and Development of Aviation, 534
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Gyroscopic Control of Aeroplanes, 447*
— Airship Works, Cardington, Wind- Structure Research at, 562 Russia, Air Transport in, 764
Screw Threads for Aircraft Parts, 99* Seaplane, Short “ Calcutta ” All-Metal, Details of Construction, 195*
Shipping, Utilisation of Air Transport, 402 Slotted Wings and the Automatic Slot, 180* Survey of Water-Power Schemes by Aeroplane, 733
Wind Tunnels, Automatic Control of Wind Speed, National Physical Laboratory, 110*
Tests of Airscrews, National Physical Laboratory, 111*
Tests, Airship Models, National Physical Laboratory, 142*
Tests, Handley-Page Slotted Wings, 180*
Variable-Density Type, at National I’tiyslcal Laboratory, 110,141
Wings, Aeroplane, All-Metal Construction (Short Bros., Ltd.), 196*
Slotted, Handley-Page, 180* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Afon Prysor Reservoir, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Plant, 496*, 517*
Africa, South, British Association Meeting, 1929, 699
Railway Electrification, 176
Ageing of Cold-Drawn Steel and Iron, 439* Agriculture, Electricity Supply, Great Britain, Statistics, 170
— Indian, Royal Commission on. Report, 266
— — and Water Power, Development of, 194
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Agricultural Hall. See Exhibition
— Implements, Standardisation of, 743
— Machinery in India, Future Demand, 267
— Motors. See Engines ; Motors; Tractors
— Research in 1927, Report on, 749
— Show, Smithfield Club, 742*
— Society, Royal, Nottingham Show, 39*, 69* ;
Agricultural Research in 1927, Report, 749
— Tractors. See Tractors
Air Bubbles, Effect in Condenser Tubes, 309
— Compressed. See Compressed Air ; Pneu
matic
— Compressor and Compressed-Air Auxili
aries, M.T. “ Carlos Lumb,” 535*
Electrically-Driven, Portable (Lacy-Hulbert and Co., Ltd.), 309*
— Ejectors, Two-Stage, Stonebridge Park
Power Station, 422*
— Filters for Turbo-Generators, Trenton
Channel Power Station, 479*
Ventex, 176*. See LETTER, 335
— Flow in Metal-Mine Airways, Experiments,
276
— Ministry Research, Torsional Stiffness of
Crankshafts, 36*. See Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
Rotating Radio Beacon, Fort Monckton, 130
— Pollution, See also Smoke Abatement
— Pump. See Pump
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Supply to Ships’ Boiler Rooms, 532
— Surveys and Photographs, 629*
— Transport. See Aeronautics
— Waves, Propagation of, and the Upper
Atmosphere, 562
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Carriers. See Aeronautics —’ See Aeronautics
Airships, See Aeronautics
Airway Lighting, Need for Standardisation, 547 Aitkenhead, W., Root Thinner, 70*, 742 Akroyd-Stuart, Award, Conditions, 596 Alberta Bituminous Sands, Use for
Surfacing, 55
Alcohol, Ethyl, as Motor Fuel, 403
— Power, Production of, 435
— Synthetic Manufacture in France, 19 Aldwych House, 3,000-kw. Automatic
station (General Electric Co., Ltd.), ‘
Algeria, Perrt^gaux Dam, Failure of, 158* Alkali Works, Report on, for 1927, 98 Allen, Prof. H. S., on Band Spectra, 389 Allen, N. P., on Die-Casting Alloys of Low- Melting Point, 475*. See 338
Allen, R. W., on Marine Auxiliaries, Training and Works Management, 527, 532
Allen, W H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Training Policy, Queen’s Engineering Works, 527, 533
Allgeraeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, Pulverised-Fuel Locomotive, 96*
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alouette Lake Hydro-Electric Plant, 185*
Alpha Iron, Single Crystals of, Alternating- Stress Tests, 85*
— Phase Boundary Copper-Silicon System, 370 Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Brass for Condenser Tubes, 301, 310
— Cables, Properties of, 686
— Corrosion by Sea Water, 117
— Industry, Use of Pyrometers in, 822*. See
Aluminium Manufacture, Lochaber^ Hydro- Electric Scheme, 10*
— Oxide in Glass, Expansion Factor of, 643
— Sprayed, for Protection of Steel, 302, 407
— Steel-Cored Conductors, Electric, for Central
Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
- See also Metallurgy; Metal-Price Diagrams Alvis Car and Engineering Co., Ltd., 12-75 h.p. Front-Wheel Drive Motor Car, 483*
Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Ltd., Coal- Cleaning Plant, 729*
American Aircraft in Canada, 733
— Bureau of Shipping. See United States
— Buildings, Steel Construction (Review), 95
— Iron and Steel Institute; See Iron and Steel
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See mechanical Engineers
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects ?
of Naval Engineers. See Naval Engineers for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Ammonia Compressors, Diesel Driven, M.S. “ Highland Monarch,” 509*
— Recovery Problem, 437
Ammonium Sulphate, Manufacture of, 99 Amplifiers, Wireless Telephony, Testing Apparatus for, 786
Amplion Loud Speaker, 393 Analysis, Flue-Gas, Rotary Cement Kilns, 219
— and Sampling of Coal, 751, 811
Anchor Liner “ Britannia,” Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine Drive, 394*, 430
Anchorages, Cable, Delaware River Suspension Bridge, 669*, 735*
Anderson Brothers Manufacturing Co., Power- Operated Scraping Tool, 359*
Andrews, J. P., on the Anti-Elastic Bending of Rectangular Bars, 786
Anemometers, Calibration at National Physical Laboratory, 110
— Failure at High Wind Velocity, 446
— Use in Metal-Mine Airways, 276 Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Production of, 109 Annealing. See
lurgy
Annual Publications. Anti-Friction Metals.
Antimony Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Apennine Tunnel, Apulian Aqueduct, Italy,
126*
Applied Elasticity (Review), 154
— Heat (Review), 640
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship Scheme, Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers, 508. See LETTER, 534. See 619
— and Training, Report on, 107
— See also Education
Apulian Aqueduct, South East Italy, 91*, 126*, 220*, 543*, 705*, 738*
Aqueduct, Apulian, South East Italy, 91*, 126*, 220*, 543*, 705*, 738*
Arc. See Electric; Earnace; Welding
Arch Bridge, Arlington Memorial, Washington, Investigation of Stresses, 32*
Dam, Experimental, Stevenson Creek, Report on Investigations, 23*, 86*, 118* Stresses in Concrete, Model Experiments with Mercury Loading, 86*, 118.* See 23*
— Roof, Ferro-Concrete, Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, 763*
— Stresses in. Investigation by Beggs’ Deformeter, 31*
— Type Steel Trestles for Wire Ropeway, Carrara, Italy, 261*
Archbutt, S. L., on Aluminium Die-Castings, 342*. See 338
Archdale, J, and Co., Ltd., Drilling and Milling Machines, 350*
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects
— Society of, Contraction and Expansion of
Concrete made from Coal Residues, by D. B. Butler, 798
— and Surveyors, Incorporated Association of, Annual Dinner, 459
Architectural Steel Construction, American (Review), 95
Ardeer Explosives Factory (Nobel Industries, Ltd.), 563
Argentine, Buenos Ayres, Dock Developments, u.' Power Station, Diesel Engine for,
— Diesel-Electric Perry Boat for, 504*
— Kailways and Harbours, Improvements, 051 Argon, Ionised, Spectrum of, 389
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Investigation of Stresses, 32* ; Sheet Pile Cofferdams, 383*
Armaments and the Non-Combatant, 14, 100
Armstrong, H. C., on Fuel Control in Forge and Bolling Mills, 075
Armstrong, P. A. E., and Invention of Silcrome Steel, 308
Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., Floating Dock for Abadan, 65
Arrol-Johnston and Aster Engineering Co., Ltd., 23-70 h.p. Motor Car, 456*
Arts, Royal Society of. Town Water Supply in
L India, by J. W. Madeley, 023 : Fuel for Ships, by Sir E. T. d’Eyncourt, 717
Asbestos Brake Linings, Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 85*
W. Asquith (1920), Ltd., Drilling Machines, 283*
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Astronomy, Eye Estimations of Planetary Detail, 450
— Free-Pendulum Clocks, Greenwich Obser
vatory, 450
Atkins, H. F., Automatic Profile-Milling Machine, 360*
Atlantic Liners. See Steamers
Atlantic Oil Shipping Co., Trials of Diesel- Electric Oil Tanker “ Brunswick,’* 272
Atmosphere, Conductivity of, and its Causes (Beview), 640
Upper, and the Propagation of Air Waves, 562
Atmospheric Electricity, Mechanism oKThun- derstorms, 495
— Pollution, Beport, 804
See also Smoke Abatement
— Pressure, Oscillations of, shown by Micro
Barograph, 745
Atmospherics, Investigations of, 496
Atomic Hydrogen, Use in Blowpipe, 238 Auditorium, Ideal, 782
Australia, Civil Aviation in, 231
— Council of Scientific and Industrial Bcsearch,
Beport, 794
— Electrolytic Production of Zinc in, 21
— Engineering Standards Association, Begu-
lations for Boilers, 272
New South Wales, Clarence Biver Bridge, 272
South Wales, Lachlan Biver Water- Supply Scheme, 782
South Wales, Murray Biver Bridge, 488
South Wales, Murray Biver, Diesel Engine for Pumping Plant, 753
South Wales, Murray Bi ver, Hume Beservoir, 153*
South Wales, Proposed Bailway Line, Koto to Hillston, 782
South Wales Public Works, 688
South Wales Bailways, Use of Petrol- Driven Motor Coaches, 266
— North, Extension of Public Works, 263
— Queensland, Port of Townsville, 710
— South, Tod Biver Water Scheme, Eyre
Peninsula, 561
— Trade with Great Britain and United
States, 250
; Mission to, 21
— Victoria, Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 209
— Western, Department of Mines, Beport. 495
— Yallourn, Briquetting Coal at, 167
“ Authority,” S.S., with Beardmore-Caprotti Engines, 554*
Auto-Oxidation and Negative Catalysis, 431 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Hydro-Electric Plant, Alouette Scheme, 191*
—- Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Boad and Dynamometer Tests for Motor Vehicles, by Dr. E. C. Wadlow’, 813
— See Motor Cars
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine
Aveling and Porter, Ltd., Concrete Mixer, 42*
Avery, J. W., on High-Temperature Resistance Alloys, 629*. See 338
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Awbcry, J. H., on Measurement of Flame Temperature, 449
Axle-Box Boring and Facing Machine (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 320*
— Lathe, Bailway, (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 323*
— Motor Car. See Motor-Car Details

” B. and L.” Powdered Fuel, Ltd., Tests of Brand System of Pulverised Coal, 336*
Babcock and Wilcox Boiler, Pulverised Coal, Calumet Power Station, Chicago, 389*
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Boilers for Govan Befuse Pow’er Plant, 642* ; Manufacture of Biveted Drums for Boilers, 722*; i Boilers for Barton Power Station Exten- ' Sion, 760*; Coal-Distillation Plant, Dunston, 787*. See 463, 503 ; Drop-Link i Chain-Grate Stoker, 825* I
Bailey, F. J., on Blast-Furnace Data, 29 Bailey Wall Blocks, Water-Tube Boilers, 390* Bakerloo Bailway, Beconstruction of Picca- dilly Circus Station, 608*, 637*. See 754*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials)
— Steel, Use for Hardness Testing and Work
Hardening, Herbert Cloudburst System, 28*, 361*
Fluorescence, Phos- phorescence and Chemical Beaction, 562
Balzola, J., on Iron-Ore Mining in Vizcaya, 432 Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools
Baud Spectra, Progress in. 389
Bar Cutting-Off MacbJiie. See Maehhie Tools
— Kectangular, Anti-Elastic Bending of, 780 Barbados Trade, Heport on, 27]
Bari, Italy, Water Supply i)V Apulian Aqueduct, 91*, 120*, 220*, 543*, 705*, 738*
Barimar, Ltd., Repair of Large Bells, 53 Barnard Chain Button Grabs, 150* Barograph, the Dines Float, 808
— Micro-, Kecords, Oscillations of Atmo
spheric Pressure, 745
Barometer, Portable Secondary Stazidard, National Physical Laboratory, 200*
Barrow Collieries, Cascading Coal Dryer for, 12* Barton Power Station Extensions, 759* Batteries. See Electric
Battersea Power Station, Jixtension of, 50 Battleships. See SVarMps
Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine Drive, Anchor Liner " Britannia,” 394*, 430
Bazin-Type Measuring Weir, Apulian Aqueduct, 94*
Beacon, Kotating Kadio, Fort Monckton, 130 Beams, Anti-Elastic Bending of, 780 Beardmore, W., and Co., Ltd., Launch of H.M.S.
Shropshire,” 42* ; S.S. ” Duchess of
Atholl,” 49 ; Heavy-Oil Engines for Airships, 377* ; Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine Drive, S.S. " Britannia,” 394*, 430 ; Diesel-Electric Kail Car for Pamplona- San Sebastian Kailway, 497* ; TTiide- Expansion Engines with Beardmore-Cap- rotti Valve Gear, 554* ; Oil Engines for Oil-Electric Locomotive, 750*
Bearing Bushes, White-Metal, Morton Snug for, 44*
— Cylindrical, Lubrication, Seizing Tenii>era-
tures, 85
— Marine Engine, Alloys for, 300
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Michell Thrust, History of, 563
Beggs, G. E., Model Experiments, Stevenson Creek Dam, 118*. See 23*, 80*
Beggs, Prof. S. E., Deformeter, Stress Investigations, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 31*
Belgian National Kailways, Treatment of Coal, 406
Bells, Kepair by Welding, 53
Belluno, Italy,Piave Ki ver, Ferro-Concrete Bridge over, 303*
Belt Conveyors. See C<mreyors
— Power Transmission by. Investigation of
Fundamentals. 656, 661*, 709. 816
— Slip and Creep of, Connection, 656, 661*
709, 816
I Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Stresses in Ships, ” Wolf ” Experiments,
Effective Moment of Inertia, 56*
— Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Benevolent Society, Koyal Metal Trades, Annual Dinner, 595
E. Bennis and Co., Ltd., Chain-Grate Stokers, 645
Bentley, J. L., on Fuel Control in Open-Hearth Practice, 675
Berliner Maschinenbau A.-G. vorm. Schwartz- kopff. Hydraulic Transmission Gear, 255* Bermuda Floating Dock, 178*
Berthelot, C., on Co-Ordination between Blast Furnaces, Coke Ovens and Open-Hearth Furnaces, 515
Bevel Gears. See Gears
Beverley Works, Ltd., 20-80 h.p. Eight- Cylinder Motor Car, 486*
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
Biga Double-Acting High-Speed Internal- Combustion Engine, 805*
Biggs, H. F., on London’s Theory of Valency and Stereochemistry, 417
Bignan Cylinder-Boring Machine, 353* Bilbao Iron Industry, History of, 432
— Meeting, Iron and Steel Institute. See
Iron and Steel Institute
Billings and Spencer Type Board Hammer, 360*
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birch, Dr. S. F., on the Distillation of Petroleum, 404
Bismuth Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Bituminous Coal, International Congress, Pittsburgh, Programme, 233
— Sands, Alberta, for Road Surfacing, 55 Blackstone and Co., Ltd., 10-h.p. Hopper-Cooled
Spring-Injection Oil Engine, 41
Blackwater Dam, Deterioration of Surface bv Acid Water, 770
Blading, Steam-Turbine, Non-Ferrous Metals for, 300
Turbine, Research Work (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 701*, 766*
J. Blakeborough and Sons, Ltd., Controlled Reflux Valves, 131* ; Larner-Johnson- Type Valves, Hume Reservoir, 153 Blast Furnace. See Furnaces
Bleaching, Steam-Heated Kier for. Explosion, 277
Blending Coal, Importance of, 406
Blocks, Concrete, for Building Construction See Concrete
Blowers for Pulverised-Fuel Locomotive, German State Railways, 97*
Blowpipe, Atomic Hydrogen,238
— Flame, Acetylene, Temperature of, 777
— See also Welding
Blundstone Engineering Service, Ltd., Bignan I Cylinder-Boring Machine, 353*
I Billings and Spencer Type,
Boiler Explosion Inquiries, 18o, 277
See also Overseas Trade Department
Boat Davits, Ship’s, and Stowage, Standard Speciflcation, 210
“ Flying. See under Aeronautics
182* Flax-Pulling Machine, 699*
Bochuiner Eisenhutte Heintzmann and Co. Rail and Pipe-Bending Machines, 646*
Boiler, Babcock and Wilcox, Pulverised-Coal, Calumet Power Station, Chicago, 389*
Govan Refuse Power Plant, 642*
Boiler, Babcock tV Wilcox, Barton Power Station ExteiiHioim, 760*
tfe Wilcox, Briinsdown Power Station. 810 Drums, (lollow-Porged, Manutacture oi 341, 076*
- - Lagging, (.’orrect Thickness, 125* Large, Kiveted, Alanufacture of (Babcock and Wilcox. Ltd.). 722*
Welded and Riveted, 674
— - Explosion liHjulries, Board of Trade Report.
183, 277
— Peed Pump. See J^uwp
-? Eurnaces. See Furnace and Stoker
— Jligh-Pressure, Vse on Locomotives, 481.
513
Pressure, Weldless Steel Drums foi. Manufacture, 676*. See 341
— Lancashire, Eiliciency of, 674
— Locomotive, Standard Sizes for G(‘rman
Railways, 332
Thornycroft-Schulz Alarine Type, 481 See also Locomotive
— Lotller, for High Pressure Steam Plant, 260 , ~ Marine, Babcock Wilcox, Forced Draught ;
Chain-Grate Stoker Tests, 821
Efliciency with Pulverised C’oal, S.S.
" Stuartstar,” 296
Pulverised-Coal Firing, Brand System, Tests, 336*
Pulverised-Coal Installation, 600
Pulverised Coal, Tests of Burners for, 333 Yarrow High-Pressure, S.S. “ Duchess of Atholl,” 49 ; S.S. “ Viceroy oi India,” 372
— — Water-Tube, High-Pressure, ‘.’onstruc-
tion, 341
— Pulverised-Fuel for Firing, General Review,
501
— Regulations in Australia, 272
— Rooms, Ships’, Air Supply tu. 532
— Scaling Tools, Motor-Driven,
— Tubes, Failure.s of, Suggestcfl (‘ause, 772
— - Vickers-Spearing, Govan Befiise Power
Plant, 642*
— for Waste-Heat Recovery, 5i »
— Water-Tube, Bailey Wall Blocks, 390* Tube, High-Pressure, D: ign and
st ruction, 341*
Tube, High-ITessure, loi Locomotive, Swiss Locomotive and 5lachinc Works, 52*
Tube, Stirling-Type, J.ongiord <Jenerating Station, Coventrv, 550*. ?' Aildemlam,
619
Tube, Thompson-Type, Lrc of Pulverised Eucl in, 522*
Tube, Yarrow, witlUircenV j {.;iomisi r8, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth. 'I'
— See also Engines and Boilers in i AKAGKAPU
INDEX
Bolts, Manufacture bv Resistancf Welding, 159*
— Screwing Machine. Sec Scr^ Machine
undet Machine Tools
Bonn, Prof. M., on Mediaeval Ecoi' Miiic Tlnairj' in Atodern Industrial Life, f'<)7
Bookkeeping and Costing, Build'‘ Review), 269
Books, New, Notes on, 81, 132, 178, 208, 228, 262, 582, 754, 784, 801. • ce LIT ntA-
TDKE INDEX
— Received 14, 44, 74. 104, 136, 166, 200,
232, 396, 428, 458, 490, 524, 586, 618, 682, 714, 746, 776, 808
Bootle, Tin-Smelting AVorks at, 113*
Boreholes, Prestwood Pumping SLation, Construction of, 102*
Boring Machine. See Machine 'Tools
— Submarine, Deep, in River Forth, ()49=^
Bosco d’Ambrosio, Bridge over, Apulian Aqueduct, 220*
Boulton and Paul, Ltd., Metal Construction Work, Airship R.lOl, 689*. See LETTERS, 746, 808
Bournemouth Aleeting, Association of Public Lighting Engineers, 201
Society of Glass Technology. See Glass 'Technology
Boving and Co., Ltd., 9,000-h.p. Hydraulic Turbines, AlaentwTog Hydro-Electric Plant 605
Bowman, J,, on Consumption and Waste of Water, 769
Boyd, J., on Dust in Mine Air, 215
Bracing, Trench, Flatlands Avenue Sewer, 63* Bradano, Bridge Over, Apulian Aqueduct, 220* Bradford Technical College, Prospectus, 136 •
Investigation on Belts, 656, 661*, 709^ See 816
— Valley Road Power Station, Condenser
Tests, 77. See LETTER, 534
Bragg, Sir W., on Craftsmanship and Science, 298
Brakes, Compressed Air and Vacuum, Electric Freight Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 166
— Linings, Asbestos, Tests at National Physi
cal Laboratory, 85*
— Alotor Car. See Motor-Car Details
— Speed-Limiting, Water-Cooled (J. p Hall
and Co., Ltd.), 771*
Brancker, Sir W. S., on Air Transport, 462 Brand System of Pulverised-Coal, Tests of, 336* Brass, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Foundry. See Foundry
— High-Tensile,National Physical Laboratory
Investigations, 144
Brassert Towers Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas 147* ’
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breaker, Coal, Vertical Pick (Norton's (Tividale), Ltd.), 644*
Brett’s Patent Lifter Co., Ltd., Drop Hammer and Board Hammer, 360*
Brick Blocks, Hollow, Ferro-Concrete Construction with, 793*
— Fire. See Firebricks ; Refractory Materials
— Kilns, Continuous, Apulian Aqueduct, 128*
Brickett, E. M., on Compression Test for Cement, 378
Bridge, Arch, Arlington Memorial, Washington, Investigation of Stresses, 32*; Sheet-Pile Cofferdams for, 383*
— Construction, Apulian Aqueduct, 127*, 220* Zuffer Dismantling Blocks for, 304
— Design, Pioneer, 203
Bridge, Ferro-Concrete, over River ituhvn. Southami»ton, Dpeiiing of. 556 StrcHses In, 304*
— over I’lave River, Belluno. Italy, 303*
Grosvenor, Southern Railway, Loruloii. History of, 203
Halifax-Dartmouth, Canada, ProjKJHed, 724 Hung(‘rford and Waterloo, London, 140 Murray River, New South Wal(?H, 488
— Railway, Severn Valley, Design of, 204 Steel, (.’anadlan Standard SiM?eIflcatIon,
537
- River Clarence, New South Wales, 272 Tyne, Newcastie-on-'ryne, Dixuilng of, 488*. Sec LETTEK 556
Stresses in. Invest igat Ion by Beggs* Deformeter, 31*
Research and Ship Vibration, 719. See LETTER, 772
— SuHjiension, Didaware River, Philadelphia
Construction of, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*, 735*,799*
— — Large American, 511
— Temperature Stresses in, 203
— Warren Girder, New Valley, Scarborough,
131*
— Welded-Stcel, American, Particulars of, 665
— See also PARAORAPII INPEX
Brierly, R. C.,on Pulverised-Coal Installation,
S.S. •* Mercer,” 600
Brimsdown Power Station, North .Metroix)litan Electric Sui)idy Co., Ltd., 819*
Brinell Tests. See Jlardness under Tests {Materials}
Bricpietting, Cleaning and Drying of Coal, 405
— Coal, Yallourn, Australia, 167
Brisbane, Ferro-Concrete Wharf, Effects of Tarring, 112
Briscoe, R., on the 'Trenton Channel Power Station, 477*
Bristol Channel, KxjM’rlnjents on Corrosion of Metals ami Alloys, 115*
— Juidter Aero-Engine, Tests, 27; Perfor
mance, 459
— University, Faculty of Engineering, Pros
pectus, 104
Britain’s Fuel Problems (Review), 576
“ Britannia,” Anchor Liner, Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine Drive, 394*, 430
British Aiuminium Company, Lochaber Hydro- Electric Scheme, 10*
— Association and the Advancement of
Science, 399
British Association (Glasgow Meeting):
Preliminary Notes and Programmes, 257 Presidential Address, by Sir \V. Brajrg. on Craftmansldp and Science, 298, 300
Inaugural I’roccedings, 300
Concluding Remarks, 725
Work of Association and Advancement of Science, 399
South African Meeting, 1929, Preliiuinary Arrangements, 699
Sectimi a,—Enyineeriny:
Programme, 83
Presidential Address, by Sir W. Kilis, on Influence of Engineering on Civilisation, 331, 334, 339, 379
Reports and Discussions, 333, 369, 387
Engineering Kcatures of the Zuyderzee Works, by J. W. Tliierry, 305*, 333
Joint Discussion with Section L on the Education of tiie Engineer, 333
Recent Developments in High-Pressure Boilers, by H. E. Yarrow, 334, 341*
Investigations into the Throat Conditions during the Adiabatic Flow of Mercury Vapour through Nozzles, by W. J. Kearton, 335. 469*
Oil Engines for Aircraft and Railways, by A. E. L. Chorlton, 369, 375*, 441*. See 432
Evaporative Cooling of Aero Engines, by Wing-Commander T. R. Cave-Brown- Cave, 369, 375. See 432
Determination of Standard Efficiencies of Internal-Combustion Engines by the Energy Chart, by Prof. W. J. Goudie, 369, 695*. See 412*
Chart for the Determination of Internal- Combustion Engine Efficiencies, by Prof. E. F. D. Witchell, 369, 412*. See 695*
Possible Application of High-Frequency Power to Electric Traction, by Prof. W. Cramp, 3d9, 541*
Experimental Methods of Determining the Distribution of Electric and Magnetic Fields, by Dr. B. Hague, 370
The Jet Wave and its Applications, by Dr. J. Hartmann, 345*, 370
Effect of Velocity of Test on Notch Brittleness of Mild Steel and other Metals, by J. G. Doherty, 370, 597*
Control of Aircraft by Supplementary Aviettes or Alulas, by Dr. A. P. Thurston, 370
Report on Electrical Terms and Definitions, 387
Report on Earth Pressures, 388
Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Sciences:
Programme, 257
Reports of Discussions, 388, 416, 449, 495, 562
Presidential Address, by Prof. A. W. Porter, on the Volta Effect, 388
Progress in Band Spectra, by Prof. H. S. Allen, 389
Spectrum of Argon II, by Prof. P. Zeeman. 389 •
X-Ray Study of Heat Vibrations in a Crystal Lattice, by R. W. James, 416
Ultra-Violet Radiations Emitted by Point Discharges, by J. Thomson, 416
London’s Theory of Valency and Stereo- Chemistry, by H. F. Biggs, 417
Scattering of Electrons by Crystals, by Dr. C. J. Davisson and Prof. S. P. Thomson, 417
British Association (Glasgow Meeting)— continued.
Xew Experiments on Super-Conductors, by Prof. W. J. de Haas, 417
Photographic Measurement of Radiation, by Dr. R. A. Sampson, 449
Spark Ignition, by Prof. E. T. Jones, 449 Aleasure'ment of Flame Temperatures, by Dr. E. Griffiths and J. H. Awbery,
449
Freauencv Vibrations of the Triode Oscillator, by D. F. Martyn, 449
Condenser Telephone, by Dr. G. Green, 449 Simultaneous Determination of Surface Tension and Density, by Dr. A. Ferguson and J. A. Hakes, 450
Free-Pendulum Clocks, by Dr. J. Jackson,
450
Probable Error of Eye Estimations in Planetary Detail, by T. L. Macdonald, 450 „ . , . ,
Report of Committee on Seismological Investigations, 495
Mechanics of Thunderstorms, by Dr. G. C. Simpson, 495
Present State of our Knowledge on Atmo- spherics, by R. A. 15^ Watt, 496
Magnetic Storms, by A. H. R. Goldie, 496 Propagation of Air Waves and the Constitution of the Upper Atmosphere, by F. J. W. Whipple, 562
Wind Structure Research at the Airship Works, Cardington, by Giblett, 562
Section B.—Chemistry :
Programme, 257
Presidential Address, by Prof. K
Lc.lj, I"- -1^'" "•
cence and Chemical Reaction, 562
Demonstrations of Light Reactions, by Dr. E. K. Rideal and F. E. Smith, 563
Industrial Development in the Biochemistry of Fermentation, by Dr. J. V, Eyre, 563 i
Kecent Advance in Stereo-Chemistry, by I Sir W. J. Pope, 563
Visit to Ardeer Explosives Factory, 56.5 Section C.—Geology :
Gravitational Survey by the Eiitvos Balance near Glasgow, by Dr. M . I. P. McLintock and Dr. .1. Phemlster, 606
Section E.—Geography :
Presidential Address, by Prof. J. L. Myres, on Ancient Geography in Modern Education, 606
Communications on the Clyde Estuary, by J. Holmes, 606
Rise and Growth of Glasgow, by J. S. Thoms. 606 .
Water Supply of Glasgow District, by A. W. McPherson, 606 ,
Geographical Position of the Scottish Coal and Iron Industries, by P. R. Crowe,
Recent Expansion in our Colonial Surveys, by Col. H. S. L. Winterbotham, 60/
Revision of Ordnance Survey Maps, by Col. M. N. Macleod, 607
Air Surveys, by Capt. M. Hotine, 629 Section E.—Economic Science and Statistics.
Mediasval Economic Theory in Modern Industrial Life, by Prof. M. Bonn, 607
Economic Resiliency, iiy Prof, w. R. Scott. 607 . , ,,,
Rationalisation and Industrial Education, l>y Major L. Urwick, 659
Means of Promoting Individual Co-Operation by Work-People, by S. .Mavor,
Aspects of Road and Rail Transport, by Dr. K. G. Fenelon, 693
Section J.—Psychology :
Presidential Address, by Prof. T. II. Pear, on the Nature of Skill, 659
•lolnt Discussion with Section I' on Skill in Industry, 659
Princijilcs of Vocational (.iiudancc, i)j- F. M. Earle, 659
Section K.—Botany :
Decay of Stone in Buildings and M^tmu- inents, by Dr. R. .M. Buchamin, /25
The Forest Nursery, by Dr. 11. M. Steven, 72.5
Insects Injurious to Timber, by Dr. R. C. Fisher, 725 ,
British Belting and Asbestos, Experimental
Plant for Belt Testing, 661*. See 656,
— Brown, Boveri, Ltd., Electrical Equipment, Prestwood Pumping Station, 211 . See 102*, 247* . „ . ,,,
— Cast-Iron Research Association, Report, 55,5 — Columbia Hydro-Electric Power 1 hints, Stave Falls and Alouette Lake, 18,5
— Columbia, Mineral Wealth of, I/O ,
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Asa i- ciation aii/l Trade in Australia, 21
,„„1 Allied Industries Research Association, Overhead Lines, 68,5
— Industry, Position of, 560
Hrltlsh Engini’, Boiler and Ele/drical Insnram e Co,, Report on Power Plant 1'allures, 2.19
British Engines, Ltd., Millam Free \Mieel for .Motorcars, 519*
Engineering Standards Association. . •
Engineering Standards . i-
Engineers’ Association, Need for J;'
British Insulated Cables, Lt/L,
Wel/lers, 158*; Pre-iwlsted, Shapi d- Con/lnetor Cables, 809
British International Fire Equipment Co,, Eire Extinguishers, 682 r„iin,ior
.Mercedes-Bi'iiz, 4Clltrc Eight-Cylinder
Motor Car, 482* .
Navy. See II.M. nmier Warships Patent System, Reform of, 622
? Raliwavs. See Itailieays
British Schaefer Co.. Ltd., Concrete Liulugb for UiMlergrouDiJ Workings, 080
British Science Guild, Report on British Patent System, 622
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
British Tanker Co., Ltd., Floating Dock for, 6o
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Electrical Equipment Diesel - Electric “ Brunswick,” 272 ;
S.S. “ Viceroy of India, 373 ;
city Works, 500; 20,000-kw.
with Hollow Brick Blocks Concrete, 793*
Wind Bracing in, 445*
See also Uerro-Concrcte and INDEX
— Materials, Absorption of Sound l>y, Experiments at University of Illinois, 90
— Decay of Stone in, 725
— Allowances for Depreciation, 78. See
LETTERS, 242, 294
— Kesearch Board, Work at National Physical
Laboratory, 35
Station, Investigations of Dry Rot in Wood, 171
: — Welded-Steel, American, 664
— Wind Pressures on. Work of National
Phvsical Laboratory, 35. See 143
Bullard*' Machine Tool Co., Vertical Turret Lathe, 326*
Bureau of Mines. See United States'
— Standards. See. United States Burma, Maritime Trade of, Report, 752
— Port of Rangoon, Report, 751
— Oil Fuel. See Oil Uuel
Burners, Pulverised Coal, Buell, S.S. “ lloro- rata,” 752*
Coal, Calumet Power Station, (’hicago, 390*
(Joal, Marine Boiler Tests, 333
Fuel, at Cadeby Main Colliery, 522*
Puel Locomotives, German State Railway, 97
Burglar Alarm, Selenium-Cell Type, 628
Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, Electric Power Station, 176
Burtt, A. W., on Sandflelds Filtration Installation, 769 ,
Bush, Beach and Gent, Ltd., Cyanide Mux for ('ase-IIardening, 471
Bush, W. E., on Electric Lighting in Europe*, 548
Busk Studentship, (’ainbridge, Awanl, 1/6
Butler, D. B.. on Concreti; Made from Coal R«‘sidues, 798
J. Butler and Co, Ltd., Valley Bridge, Scarborough. 131*
Buth'r Machine 'I’/H)! CO., Ltd.. 5-ft. Shaping Machine, with Boring, Milling ami Drilling xMotions, 217*; Open-Side Planing Machine, 327* ; Shaping Machine, 328*
Butte-Montana, United States, Experinients on Plow of Air in Mini's, 276; Mine Rescue Work Contest, 525
Butterworth, z\., (’o., Automatic lurret
Lathe, 354* ; 2-in. Automatic Screw
Machine, 354*
Butterworth, W., on Byzantine, Saracenic and Venetian Glass, 81.5
Buxton ('olliery Research Station. Investigations, 162
By-Product Recovery Plant. Dunston, 464. 593, 787*

CABLI'l Anchorages, Delaware River pension Bridge, 735*
— Bracing, for Airship R.lOl, 6.12.
LETTERS, 746, 898
— Saddles, Cast-Steel, Delaware River Bridge,
Cable Steel Wire, for Delaware River Suspension Bridge, 799*
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric Cableway. See Wire Ropeway
Cadeby Main Colliery, Pulverised-Buel Plant at, 522*
Cadmium-Zinc Solder, Use in Construction of Airship R.lOl, 692, See LETTERS, 746, 808
Caissons, Anchorage, Construction of, Dela- w’are Kiver Bridge, 669*
— Floating, Reversible, for Tilbury Docks, 295
— Pier, Design and Construction, Delaware
Kiver Bridge, 573*
Calcarai Syphon, Apulian Aqueduct, 222*
Calcium Chloride, Use in Coal Cleaning, 729*
“ Calcutta ” All-Metal Flying Boat, 195* Calcutta, Water Supply of, 623
California, Petroleum Industry, Fatalities in, 378
" California,” S.S., Turbo-Electric Drive, 822
Callendar, Prof. H. L., Steam Tables and Equations, 530*, 559, 567 ; on Change of
State from Liquid to Vapour, 594*, 625*, 671*
Calorific Value Diesel Oil, Determination, 418 Calorimeter, Darling, Use for Determining
Calorific Value of Oil Fuel, 418
— Gas, Thomas Recording, Report, 230*, 699
— Ldfiler Explosion, 436
Calumet Power Station, Pulverised-Coal Fired Boiler, 389*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Thomas Recording Gas Calorimeter, 230*, 699
Camden and Philadelphia, United States, Bridge Connecting, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*, 735*, 799*
Camera for Investigating Combustility of Coal Dust, 506*
Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Industrial Amalgamations, 782
Campbell, .1. R., on Cleaning Coal, 405
Camper and Nicholsons, Ltd., Conversion of M.Y. ” Narcissus,” 44
Canada, American Aircraft in, 733
— British Columbia. Hydro-Electric Power
Plants, Stave Falls and Alouette Lake, 185*
Columbia, Mineral Wealth of, 175
—- Commercial and Industrial Conditions, 4, 270
— Department of Mines, Report on Alberta
Bituminous Sands for Road Surfacing, 55 ; Fuel-Kesearch Laboratories, Ottawa, 596 ; Report on Silica Deposits, 793
— Grain Elevators in, 241
— Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge. Proposed, 724
— Hydro-Electric Power Plants, Development in, 228, 337
Electric Power Plant Statistics, 263
— Industrial Development of, 270
— Machine Tool Trade in, 298
— Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission,
Policy of, 169 ; Report, 418
— Production of Motor Cars, 176
— Second Steel and I’ower Show, Toronto,
Exhibits at, 499
— and United States, Tunnel Connecting, under Detroit River, 269
— Vancouver, Burrard Inlet Power Station.
176
(’ana<lian Department of National Defence, Report on Civil Aviation, 733
— Engineering Standards Asssociation, Earth
ing Rules, 235. See LETTER, 258 ; Specification, Steel Railway Bridges, 537
— National Railways, 2,660-h.p. Oil-Electric
Locomotive, 756*
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., S.S. Duchess of Atholl,” 49 ; Launch of S.S. ” Duchess of York,” 469*
Canal Construction, Apulian Aqueduct 126* Galleto Hydro-Electric Installation, 7*
— Panama, Extension Works, 201 ; Traffic,
233 ; Destruction of Lock Sills by Teredo, 248
— See also PARAGR.VPH INDEX
Candle, International, as Standard of Luminous Intensity, 547
(’ap Gris Nez Lighthouse, Optical Apparatus, 2*
Capacity. See Electric
Capital and Labour. See Labour
Caposele. River Sole Collecting Works for A]>ulian Afpieduct, 91*
Caprotti Valve Gear, for Marine Ihigines, 554* (’apstan Engine, Three-Cylinder Compressed-
Air, 535*
— Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools (Jarbon, Influence on Ageing of Cold-Drawn
Steel and Iron, 439*
— Monoxide and Refractory Materials, 602
— Tube Vacuum Furnace for Heterochro
matic Photometry, 175*
Carbonising Coal, Pieter’s Continuous Process, 363*
— Plant, Gasworks, and Refractories, 207
— Retort, Crozier, Rej)ort on, 82* Carborumlum, Specific Heat of, 507 Carburettor .lets. Calibration at National
Physical Laboratory, 86
Carburisation. See fleat TreaLnent undiu- Metallaryy
Cardiff Engineering Exhibition, 644*, 679*
Cardington, Royal Airship Works, Wind- Structure Research at, 562
('arel Frdres, Diesel Engines, Ingersoll-Rand 'Pype, Oil Tanker ” Brunswick,” 272
Cargo Steamers. Sec Steamers
“ f’arl 1). Bradley,” S.S., Turbo-Electric Drive, 822
“Carlos Lumb,” M.T., Compressed-Air Auxiliaries, 535*
('arrara, Italy, Wire Ropeway, 260* (Carriage, Diesel-Electric, for Pamplona-San SebJtstian Railway, 407*
— Oil-Electric, for Railways, Advantages, 265
— by Railway, Law of (Review), 66
— Railway, Manufacituring Industry, Amalga
mations in, 782
- Sleiiping, T’hird-Class, British Railways 374*
Carrick and Ritchie, Ltd., 10-cwt.. Petrol-Driven Mobile Grgne on Fordson Tractor, 584*
Cars, Motors. See Motor Cars
Caster, B. C., on Crankshaft Stiffness in Torsion, 36*. See Erratum, 133. See LETTER 424 ’
Cascading Coal Dryer, 12*
Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cast Iron, Bending Tests of, 611 Fatigue Properties of, 635 Interpretation of Transverse Tests, 603* See 433
Research Association, British, Report 555
Rings for Tunnels, Piccadilly Circus Station, 611*
Train Plates, Early, South Wales, 692 Castner-Kellner Alkali Co., Ltd., Crawshaw’s Chemical Dn-Greasing Apparatus, 540*
Catalogues, 60,121,152,182, 262, 312, 348, 378, 414, 474, 510, 540, 602, 634, 667, 700, 730, <62, 794. See P.ARAGRAPH INDEX
Catalysis, Negative, and Auto-Oxidation, 431 Caterpillar-Track Dragline Excavator, (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 660*
Catterson-Smith, Prof. ,T. K., on the Geometry of Resonance Diagrams, 415*
Cave-Brown-Cave, Wing Comdr. T. R., on Evaporative Cooling of Aero Engines, 369, 375, 432
Cavitation and Condenser-Tube Corrosion, 311
Ceag, Ltd,, Gas-Detecting and Inspection Lamp for Mines, 458*, See 682
Cells, Selenium, Technical Uses of (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 628*
— See also Electric
Celluloid Models, Deflection Measurements, Investigations of Stresses in Structures, 31*
Stevenson Creek Dam, Tests with Mercury Loading, 118*. See 23*, 86*
(.'enient and Concrete, Properties of, 236
— Grouting, Use in Construction of Piccadilly Circus Station, 610
— High-Alumina, Ciment Fondu, Effect of Gauging Temperature on Strength, 36
— Industry, Fuel Control in. 674
Japanese, Waste-Heat Recovery in, 514 — Jointing, for Silica Bricks and Firebricks, 601
— Kilns, Rotary, Combustion in, 674 Rotary, Heat Balance in, 219
— Manufacture, Coal Consumption in, 219 Costs of Production, 219
— Plastic Mortar, Compression Test for, 278
— Resistance to Corrosive Action of Acid
Water, 770
— Study of, by American Society for Testing
Materials, 278
— Testing, Storage Tank and Moist Cupboard
for Briquettes, 414
— Volume Changes, Effect of Composition and Ageing, 278
— for Waterproofing Walls, andc, (Sika Francois, Ltd.), 648
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cementation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Central Electricity Board and Hydro-Electric Developments in Scotland, 650
— Station. See Hower Station
Centreless Grinding Machines (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 316*
Centrifugal Fan for Oil-Fuel Burner, 121*
— Pumps. See Humps
— Supercharger for High-Speed Oil Engine, 422
Centring Machine. See Machine Tools
Ceramic Society, Researches on Theory of Fine Grinding, by Dr. G. Martin, 60; '(Refractory Materials Section ; Spring Meeting, Newquay): Gasworks Carbonising Plant Refractories, by G, M, Gill, 207 ; Refractory Materials used as Mortar, by Professor D, A. Moulton, 208 ; (Autumn Meeting, Glasgow); Refractory Formers for Electric-Heating Elements, by P. Cooper, 507 ; Refractories for Salt-Glaze Kilns, by W. Emery and A, Johnson, 507 ; Regenerators in Relation to Refractory Construction, by A, T. Green, 507 ; Jointing Cement, by C. Edwards, 601 ; Industrial Durability of Lime-Bonded and Clay-Bonded Silica Bricks, by W, J. Rees ami IV. Hugill, 602;’ Carbon Monoxide and Refractory Materials, by 1). W. Hubbard and W. J. Rees, 602 ; Drying Cracks, by C. E. .Moore, 602
Ceretti and Tanfani, S.A., Wire Ropeway, Carrara, Italy, 260*
Chadwick Leet ure on London Water Supply, 624 Chains, Steel and IVrought Iron for. Comparisons, 74
— Track Tractor, See Tractor
— Tyre, .Motor Car, Wearing Tests of, 636 Chamber of Shipping, Annual Report, 13 Chainen, IV, A., the Late, 19,5
Change-Speed Gear, See Gear: Motor-Car Details
Channels, <).uadrants and Kerbs, Concrete, Standard Specirteation, 699
— Water Flow in, National Physical Labora
tory Investigations, 35
— Water Flow in, and the Standing Wave,
172*, 1<)3*, 238*, See Erratum, 267
Chapman, Dr, W. R., on Cleaning Coal, 40,5 Charing Cross 3,000-kw.
Railway Bridge and Station, Proposed Removal, "
Chart, Energy, Determination of Elflcienc.ies of Internal-Combustion Engines 412*, 695*
Chatham Sewage System, Strood Station, 694
Chelsea Polytechnic Prospectus, 364 Chemical .Iction in Voltaic Cell, 687,
— Analysis. See A nalysis
— De-Greasing Apparatus, Crawshaw’s, 510*
Se(5 497
— Engineers, Institution of, Assoelate-.Mem-
bership Examination, 534
— Industry, Fuel Control in, 673
Chemical Industry, Society of, Manchester Meeting, 1929, 682
— Lead, Standard Specification, 250
— Reactions, Light Phenomena in, 663
Phosphorescence and Fluorescence, 562
— Solidification of Ground, 4
Chemistry, Alkali Works, Report, 98
— of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Fermentation Processes, Industrial Develop
ment, 563
’— London’s Theory of Valency and Stereochemistry, 417
— Stereo, Recent Advances in, 563
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chester, Electricity Supply in Rural Areas near, 700
Chenu, H., on Control, Preparation, Handling and Storage of Coal on Belgian Railways, 406
Chicago, Calumet Power Station, Babcock and Wilcox Pulverised-Coal Boiler, 389*
— to West Texas, Oil Pipeline, 596 f^hile Public Works Construction, 207 Chimney, Hollow Brick Block and Ferro-
Concrete Core, 793*
Chorlton, A. E. L., on Oil Engines for Aircraft and Railways, 369, 375*, 441*. See 432
Chree, Dr, C., the Late, 195
Chuck. See Machine Tools
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Gear-Tooth Grinding Machine. 287*; Grinding Machines, 313*, 600*
Ciment Fondu, Effect of Gauging Temperature on Strength, 36
Circular Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools
Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
— Water, Revolving-Band Screens for, Brims-
down Power Station. 820*
City and Guilds of London Institute, Annual Report, 104
— of London College, Lectures on Steel and
Non-Ferrous Metals, 330
Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics
— Engineering Abroad, 589
— Engineers, American Society of, Report on
Arch-Dam Investigations, 23*, 86*, 118* ; Report on Florida Hurricane. 445*
French Society (British Section) Schneider-Fieux Anti-Rolling Gear, by E. J. Fieux, 708
Civil Engineers, Institution of :
Presidential Address, by Sir B. H. Henderson, on Engineering Work Abroad, 580. 589
Mechanical Propeities of British Rail Steels, by Prof. W. E. Dalby, 678
Reconstruction of New^ Holland Pier, Lincolnshire, by J. H, Nicholson, 772 Civil Servants, Professional, Institution of. Annual Dinner, 720
Civilisation and Engineering, 331, 334, 339, 379 Clarence River Bridge. New South Wales, 272 Clark, C. L., Investigations on Creep Tests and
Limit of Proportionality, 246*
Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd., Pulverised- Coal Installation, S.S. ** Stuartstar,” 296 Classification, Standard, and Nomenclature of Coals, 401
Clay-Bonded and Lime-Bonded Silica Bricks, Durability of, 602
Clays, Fire. * See Firebricks; Refracttyry Materials
Clayton-Currin Free-Wheel Drive for Motor Cars, 519*
Clean Coal Company, Ltd., Coal-Cleaning Plant, 729*
Cleaners. Dry, for Blast-Furnace Gas, 148
Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, Comparisons of Methods. 147*
— of Coal (Review), 765
— Drving and Brinuetting of Coal. 405
— Plant, Coal, Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Ltd., 729*
— Rational, of Coal. 657
Cleveland Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— and the Northern Counties, Notes from
14. 44, 74. 105. 137, 167, 201. 233, 263’ 295, 329, 365, 397, 428, 458, 490, 524, 556 587, 619, 650, 682, 714, 746, 776, 808. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clifton Baird. Ltd., Saw-Sharpening Machine 354* ; High-Speed Cold Saw, 355* ’
Climate. See Meteorological
Clinker Plant, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 712* Clocks, Free-Pendulum, at Greenwich Observatory, 450
Standard, National Physical Laboratorv, Accuracy of, 206
Cloudburst System. Herbert Hardness-Testing, and Work-Hardening Apparatus, 28*, 361* Clutches. See Moterr-Car Details
Clyno Engineering Co. 61922), Ltd., 9-h p Four-Chdinder Motor Car, 452*
CO2. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches. Railway. See Carriages
Coal, Bituminous. International Congress Pittsburgh, Programme, 233
— Breaker, Vertical Pick (Norton’s (Tividale), Ltd.), 644*
— Brown, Briquetting, at Vallourn, Australia. 167
Drying without Breakage, 405
and Lignites, Utilisation of, 401
— By-Product Recovery Plant at Dunston,
463, 464, 503, 787*
— Carbonisation Industry’, Economic and
General Considerations, 435
Lectures at Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 330
Pietprs Continuous Process, 363*
Products, Composition, Classification, Preparation, Storage and Handling, 436
— Cleaning, Drying and Briquetting of, 405 (Review), 765
by Froth Flotation, 405
Plant, Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries. Ltd., 729*
— Consumption In Cement Manufacture. 219 in Electric Power Stations, 675
— Cutting Machines in Use, 750
— Dewatering and Drying of, 405 ’ .
Coal, Distillation Plant, Dunston Power Station, 787*. See 463, 503
in Vacuum, Apparatus for, 506*
— Dryer, Cascading (Universal Dryers Company, Ltd.), 12*
— Dust, Camera for Investigating Combustibility, 506*
Explosions, Investigations at Luxton Colliery-Research Gallery, 162
— Economy in Locomotive Practice, 657
— Extraction of Oils, Crozier Carbonisation Retort, 82*
— Gas and Electricity, Heating by, (’om-
parisons, 466
Purification of, 437
— High-Temperature Carbonisation. Tests 760*
— Importance of Blending, 406
— Industry, Position of. 657
? of the World, 401
— and Iron Industries, Scottish, Geographical
Position, 606
— Kinneil Gas, Carbonisation Tests on, 760*
— Loading Plant, Electric, at Workington
Turnbull and Co.), 66*
— Low Temperature Carbonisation in France,
19
Temperature Carbonisation, General Review, 503
Temperature Carbonisation in Germany, 503
Temperature Carbonisation. Journal of, 596
Temperature Carbonisation Plants, British, 503
Temperature Carbonisation, at Richmond Works, Gas light and Coke Co.^ 142
— —? Temperature Carbonisation Tests on, 760* Temper ture Distillation Plant, Dunston
Power Station, 787*. See 463, 503
— Meter with Flow Indicator fLea Recorder Co., Ltd.), 644*
“ Mine. See CoHiery
— National Fuel and Power Committee’s
Recommendations, 400
— Nomenclature and Standard Classification
of, 401
— Oil, Gas and Electricity, Comparisons of
Power Transmission by, 504
— Parkfield Large Gas, Carbonisation I'ests
on, 760*
— Preparation for Market, 658
— Pulverised, See Pulverised Coal
“ Rational Cleaning of, 657, 729*
— Residues in Concrete, Investigation of, 798
— Resources and Quality of, in Iowa, 472
— Rolle Retort. Use in Germany, 503
— Sampling and Analysis of, 751, 811
— Spontaneous Combustion of, 162, 406, 539
— Treatment of, on Belgian National Railways, 406
— Washing Plant, Automatic (Norton’s (Tividale), Ltd.), 679*
Practice, Modern (Review), 704
— Working Thin Seams in Somerset, Report, 792 ?
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coast-Defence Searchlight, 200-cm. (London Electric Firm), 585*
— Lighting, French Electric Lighthouses, 1* Coatings, Metallic, Protective (Review), 815
Cobb, Prof., on Gas Manufacture, 436 Cobden Bridge, Southampton, 5.56
J. Cochrane and Sons, Ltd., Reconstruction of Piccadilly Station, London, 608*, 637* See 754*
Cofferdams, Sheet-Pile, for Arlington Memorial Bridge over Potomac River, 383*
Coils, Refrigerator, Manufacture by Resistance- Welding Machines. 160*
Coke-Cooling, Dry Process, Collin System, 209
— Industry, Economics of, 435
— Manufacture, Problems in, 435
— Metallurgical, Production bv Pieters Pro
cess, 363*
—- Ovens, Co-Ordination with Blast Furnaces and Open-Hearth Furnaces, 515
Gas and the Gas Industry, 400, 435
Gas for Town Supply, 400
Coking, Low-Temperatiue, of Coal. See Coal
— Stoker. See Stoker
Colchester Lathe Co., 8i-in. and 7|-in. Centre All-Geared Lathes, 323* ; 4^-in. Centre Four-Spindle Vertical Automatic Lathe, 325*
Cold-Drawn Iron and Steel, Effects of Ageing 439*
— Saw. See Machine Tools
— Storage. See Refrigeration
College. See Education
Colliery Explosions, Work of Safetv in Mines Research Laboratory, Sheffield, 506*
— Lighting. See Safety Lamps
— Research Station, Buxton, Investigations
162 '
— Waste, Use as Pulverised Fuel, Cadebv
Main Colliery, 522*
— See also Mines and Coal
Collieries, Absenteeism in. Investigation of Causes, 267
— British and American, Electrical Eouin-
ment in, 688
— Coal-Cutting Machines in Use, 750
— Combined Gas-Detecting and Inspection
Lamp, 458*. See 682
— Concrete Linings for Underground Work
ings, 680*
— Electrical Equipment in, Statistics, 750
— Machinery in. 379, 658
— Mine-Rescue Work Contest, Butte-Montana
United States. 525 ’
— Newsarre Steel'Self-Adjusting Pit Props,
' 1? ^^ines Research Laboratories,
Colonial and Dominion Survey Departments, Development of, 607
Colorado, University of. Model Experiments, Concrete Arch Dams, 86*. See 23*. 118*
Colquhoun, J. E., on Street Llgiiting, 50
Colquhoun, W., on Coke Quencliing and Cooling, 435
Columbus, Ohio, University, Investigation of Power Transmission by Belts, 816. See 656, 661*, 709
Columns, Built-Up, Confirmation of Fairbairn’s Bule, 511
Combustion and Flame in Gases (Rexiew), 240
— in Rotary Cement Kilns, 674
— Spontaneous, of Coal, 162, 406, 539
— See also Fuel; Oases ; Gaseous Fxplosions Commerce. See Trude. See also Industries and
Commerre in PARAGRAPH INPEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Electrical Measuring Instruments (Review)
766
— Motor Cars. See Motor
Commission, International, on Illumination, Saranac Meeting, United States, 547
— Royal. See lioj/al Commission
Committee, Engineering Standards. See JSngineering and standardisation
Commonwealth. See Australia
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Company Law, Questions and Answers (Review), 814
Compound Locomotives. See Locornotires
Compressed-Air Auxiliaries, M.T. " Carlos Lumb,” 535*
Tools. See Machine Tools
See also Pneumatic
Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
— Ammonia, Diesel-Driven. Jf.S. “ Highland
Monarch,” 509*
Concrete Arch Dam, Experimental, Stevenson Creek, Report on, 23*, 86*, 118*
Stresses in, .Model Experiments with Mercury Loading, 86*, 118*. See 23*
• and Artisitc Buildings, 260
— Bending Tests of, 278
— Building Construction (Review), 155
— and Cement, I’roperties of, 236
— Coal Residues in. Investigations of, 798
— Construction, Galleto Ilvdro-Electric in
stallation, 7*
— Effect of Gauging Methods on Strength, 36
— Freezing and Thawing Tests, 278
— Gravel for. Washing, Crushing and Grading
Plant, 774* '
— Heating during Construction, Delaware
River Bridge, 671
— Kerbs, Channels and Quadrants, Standard
Specification, 699
— Lined Tunnel, Maentwrog Hvdro-Electric Plant, 517*
— Linings for Underground Workings (British Schaefer Co., Ltd.), 680*
— Mixer (Aveling and Porter, Ltd.), 42* Reinforced. See Ferro-Concrete
— Resistance to Action of Sulphate Waters, 278
— Silos, Cadeby Main Colliery, 522*
Govan Refuse Power Plant,
— Steel Bond, Tests of, 757*
— Structures, Deterioration in Sea Water,
— Study of, by American Society for Testins
Materials, 278
— Surfaces, Deterioration through Acid Waters, 770 e -
— See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Condensers, with Central Air Extraction, Stonebridge Park Power Station (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 419*
— Marine, Alloys for Tubes, 300, 301, 309,
oIZ
— Surface, Determination of Temperatures
01 Circulating M ater, 77. See LETTER 534 Tests of, 77. See LETTER, 534
— Telephone, Theory of, 449
Tubes, Corrosion of, by Impingement 309* See 301
Vibration, Researches on, 767*
— Worthinston-Simpson, Longford Gener
ating Station, Coventry, 552*
— See also Electric
Condensing Plant, Barton Power Station Extension, 760
Govan Refuse Power Plant 710
BevoMng-Band Screens for Circulating M ater, Brimsdown Power Station 820*
Ejectors, Stonebridge Park Power Station, 422*
Conductivity of the Atmosphere and its Causes (Review), 640
and Electrical, Liquids and Solids National Physical Laboratorv Investigations, 207 ? ^“'"esn
— See also Electric
Conduit Ferro-concrete, Deterioration of Surface by Acid Water. 770
Eiyeted-S^el Pipe, Maeiitwrog llydro- Electric Plant, 517*
Conference, Oxford, Association of Special -Libraries and Information Bureaux 205
— World Power. See World Power Conference Congress, Illumination, International, 547
— Industrial Heating, Paris, 18
— Second International, for Applied Mechanics
Proceedings (Review), 95
— M^rld Engineering, Japan, 1929, British
Participation, 528, 655, 780
~ International Association
for Testing Materials, 688
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel ?
Pulverised Fuel ' ’
Contactors, Electro-Pneumatic, Locomotive Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 136 RTlatin?SX“"’ ^«-Werations
— Koreign, and-feritish Engineers, 589 Control Gear Electric, and Industrial Electrification (Review), 766
T Electro-Pneumatic, Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 165*
See Motors,
Conveyor, B<‘It, for Concrete Dam (Jonstnietlon, Hume Jtceervolr, Murray Klver, 153*
— Govan Kefuue Power mant, 578*
— Screw, for PulverlBed-Puel Locomotive,
German State Hallways, 97
— Travelling, Coal-J.oading Plant at Work
ington, 00*
Conway, M. J., on Liquid Fuel In Open Hearth Practice, 075
Cooling Beda, Mechanical, for Rolling MHIK, 275*, 381*
— Coke, Dry Process, Collin System, 209
— Curves, Alloys. See Metallurgy
— Evaporative, of Aero Engines. 809, 375.
432
— Towers, Ferro-Concrete, I.ongford Generat
ing Station, Coventry, 552*
Govan Refuse Power Plant, 710
— Water, Revolving-Band Screens for,
Brlmsdown Power-Station, 820*
Cooper, C., on Purification of Coal Gas, 437 Cooper, P., on Refractory Formers for Electric Heating Elements, 507
Copley Medal, Award to Sir C. Parsons, 719 Copper Alloys. See Braes; Brom.e; Gunmetal; and Allo^fs under Metallurgy
— Corrosion by Sea. Water, 117
Effect of Nickel on (Corrosion Resistance, 118
— Oxide Rectifiers, Exhibits at Radio Exhibi
tion, 393
Metal-Price Diagrams
Silicon System, Alpha-Phase Boundary of 370
— Sprayed, for Protection of Steel, 302, 407
— Wire, Hard-Drawn, Modulus of Elasticity,
086
See also Metallurgy
Cordoba Power Station, Diesel Engine for, 580* Core W’all, Ferro-Concrete, in Earthern Embankment, Hume Reservoir, Murray River, 153*
Corrosion of Condenser Tubes bv Impingement 309*. See 301
— at Discontinuities in Metallic Protective
Coatings. 302, 407*, 443*
— and Fatigue of Metals, 035
— in Ferro-Concrete due to Sulphur, 798
Steel, at Colombo, Plymouth, Halifax, and Auckland, 111
FIcetrolytic and Chemical Theories, 587
— Research Committee, Institute of Metals.
Report, 309*. See 301
Rusting, Lanoline for Prevention, 85
— Sea Water, Metals and Alloys, 115*
Soil, United States Bureau of Standards Investigations, 225
Costing and Bookkeeping, Builder*s (Review), Costs for Manufacturers. New Method of W'orks Costing (Review), 705
Coupling, Constant-Speed (J. P. Hall and Co Ltd.), 771*
Coventry, Longford Electric Power Station 549*. See Addcndxim, 619 •
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Jiu^ula- Hon
Cowper Stove, Hot Blast, Accident to, 170 Cracking, Motor Fuel Production by, 405 Craftsmanship and Science, 298
Cramp, Prof. on Application of High- to Electric Traction, 369, 541*. See Erratum^ 429
Crane Accidents, Casualtie.s from, 170 ^61*^"^^^^*^’ Excavation with,
^or Erection, Delaware River Bridge, 612*
Derrick, British Standard Specification, 25
— Luffing Gear for, Mitchell Type, 571*
— 80-cwt. Level-Luffing, Wharf (J. M. Henderson and Co., Ltd.), 671*
— 10-cwt., Petrol-Driven, Mobile, on Fordson
Tractor, (Carrick and Ritchie, Ltd.), 584*
— 6-ton, Petrol-Electric, Mobile Goods Ya^d
(Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 724
— Speed-Limiting Brakes for CL P. Hall and Co., Ltd.), 771*
— Structural Towers for, 88* Crankshafts and Crankpins, Failures of, 299
— Lapping Machine, Norton, 316
— Stiffness in Torsion, Empirical Formula for
36*. See Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
— Jorsional Resonance in High-Speed Oil
Engines, 442*
Crankpin Grinding Machine, Churchill 313*
Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., Raiiwav Axle Lathe, 323*
^^^"540'* ^See^W^^ Apparatus,
Creep and Slip of Belts, Connection, 656, 661* f 09, 816
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Kiver
Creosote” Effect of Adding Arsenical Sub- stances, 112
Critical Points, Metals. See iVcfafZw™
— ot Shafting and Vibration (Review),
^^^^129*^ Tunnel, Apulian Aqueduct,
^^^^Lakes^821^° -Shipbuilding on the Great
Die-Casting Alloys, 475*. See
Crossley Co., Milling Machines, 318* Geographical Position of
Scottish Coal and Iron Industries 606
' Sud7on%n'?'®^^Q *^“ 82*
^ude Oil Engles. See Engines, Oil Cniisers. See. IFars/n^s
Crystal Lattices, Heat Vibrations in, X-Ray Investigations, 416
Scattering of Electrons by, 417
~ ^Teste, 85*“^*^*^^ ^’^^’’^ating-Stress Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Metallo- graphy ; Micropboiographs
Cupar R^eiving Station, Transatlantic Wire- less Telephony, 225*
Condensers, 301, 312
Cutter, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cutting-off Machine. See Machine Tools
— Tools Research Committee, Report on
Machinability, 782, 789*, 803*
Cyanide Flux for Case-Hardening, 471
Cycle and Motor Cycle Exhibition, 590
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cylinder-Boring Machine, Bignan, 353*
— Locomotive, Two, Three, and Four-, for
German Railways, 332
Cylindrical Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools

DALBY.iProf. W. E.. on Mechanical Properties of British Rail Steels, 678 ; on Vibration of Ships’ Hulls, 718. See LETTER, 772
Dalrymple-Hay, H. H., Reconstruction of Piccadilly Circus Tube Railway Station, 608*, 637*. See 754*
Daras, Arch, Concrete, Stresses in. Model Experiments with Mercury Loading, 86*, 118*. See 23*
Experimental, Stevenson Creek, Report on Investigations, 23*, 86*, 118*
— Blackwater, Deterioration of Surface by
Acid Water, 770
— Design and Construction of (Review), 192
— Earthen, Indian Storage Reservoirs (Re
view), 14.5
— Earthflll, Alouette Hydro-Electric Scheme,
186*
— and Embankments, Zuyderzee Reclama
tion, 306*
— Hume Reservoir, Murray River, Construc
tion of, 153*
— Perrtigaux, Algeria, Failure and History of.
158*
— Wandghandd, India, History of, 145
— Wilson, Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric
Plant, Development of, 151*
— Wyangala, Lachlan River, New South Wales,
Inauguration, 782. See 137
Darlev, C. W., the Late, 529
Darling Calorimeter, Use for Determining Calorific Value of Oil Fuel, 418
Darwin, Remarks on Limits of Manual Labour 171
Darwin, Sir H., the Late, 395
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 930-h.p. Airless- Injection Diesel Engine, 335
Davisson, Dr. C. J., on Scattering of Electrons by Crystals, 417
Davits, Boat, Ships, and Stowage, Standard Specification, 210
d’Eyncourt, Sir E. T., on Fuel for Ships, 717 de Zubiria, M., on Corrosion of Iron and Steel, 537. See 433
Dean, Smith and Grace, Ltd., 7-in. Tool Room Lathe, 349*
Decay of Stone in Buildings and Monuments, 725
Defays, Prof. M., on Heavy Oil for Motor Traction, 402
Deflection Measurements, Celluloid Models, Investigations of Stresses in Structures, 31*
Deformeter, Prof. S. E. Beggs, Stress Investigations, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 31* Degreasing Apparatus, Chemical, Crawshaw's, 540*. See 497
— Metals by Trichlorethylene, Apparatus for,
497. See 540*
Delaunay Belleville Motors, Ltd., 21-li.p. Six-Cylinder Motor Car, 450*
Delaware River Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia, Construction of, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*. 735*, 799*
? Delhi Pillar, and the Absence of Corrosion, 433 Dennison, G. H., the Late, 474
W. Denny and Brothers, Ltd., Motor Ferry “ Wootton,” 121
Density and Surface Tension, Simultaneous Determination of, 450
Depreciation, Allowances for, 78. See LETTERS, 242, 294
Derrick Cranes, British Standard Specification, 25
— See also Cranes
Desoutter Brothers, Ltd., Pneumatic Hand Drill, 358*
Detonation and Engine Knock, Theories of, 431
Detroit Edison Co., Trenton Channel Power Station, Changes at, 477*
— River, Tunnel under, 269
Deutsche Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt, Cyanide Flux for Case-Hardening, 471
Dewatering and Drying of Coal, 405 Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator
— Metal-Price. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Resonance, Wireless Circuits, Geometry of,
415*
" Diamond,” S.S., with Beardmore-Caprottl Engines, 554*
Dictionaries, Technical, in Russian, 146, 242
Die-Casting Alloys of Low Melting Point, 476* See 338
Aluminium Alloy, Properties and Production, 342*. See 338
of Copper-Rich Alloys, 725.* See 338 Experimental Moulds for Aluminium Alloy, 343*
Moulds and Core Materials, 728
Zine-Base, Permanence, 47.5
— Sinking Machine, Automatic, (Keller Me
chanical Engineering Corporation), 353*
Dielectrics, National Physical Laboratory, Investigations, 174
Diesel-Electric Ferry Boat for Argentina, 564* —? Engines. Sec Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
— Oil, Determination of Calorific Value, 418 Differential Humidity Regulator, " Drayton,”
636*
Diffraction Gratings, Ruling Machine for. National I'hyslcel Laboratory, 206*
Digging Machine. Hex) Ereavating Machine Dines, L. 11. on the Dines Float Barograph, 808
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Disc-Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
— Harrow (G. and F. Howard, Ltd.), 39* Disintegrator, Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, 157 Dismantling Blocks, Zuffer, for Bridge Construction, 304
Disputes, Trade. See Labour
Distillation of Coal In Vacuum, Apparatus, for, 506*
— of Petroleum, Developments in, 404, 730 Docherty, J. G., on Velocity Effect on Notch
Brittleness Tests, 370, 597*
Docks, Buenos Ayres, Development of, 581
— Floating for Abadan (Sir W. G, Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.), 65 Admiralty, 177*, 213* Singapore, Machinery and Equipment, 214*
Stresses in, 177*
— and Harbour Engineering (Review), 765
— India and Millwall, Improvements, 401
—• South American, 581
— Tilbury, New Entrance Lock and Dry
Dock, 401. See 295
— Wharves and Piers, Design, Construction
and Maintenance of (Review), 704 Domestic Fuels, 466
— Uses for Electric Power, 466
Dominion and Colonial Survey Departments,
Development of, 607
Donald, P. D., the Late, 53 Donaldson, J. M., Brimsdow’n Power Station, 819*
Donkin, S. B., on the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
Dopes, Anti-Knock, Action in Petrol Engines, 431
Dorr Clarifier for Blast-Furnace Slurry, 148 Dovetails, Pole-Piece, Electric Generators,
Experiments on, 703*
Dragline Excavator, 232-ton Steam, Caterpillar Track (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.) 660*
Drainage, Acid Mine, and River Pollution, 700
— of Ground Water, Sewer Construction, 63*
— and Pumping Station, Zuyderzee Reclamation, 308
Draw-Bench with Tempering Furnaces, Stainless Steel Tube Manufacture, 690*
Drawing Tubes and Sections, French Practice (Review), 269
Drayton Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd., Differential Humidity Regulator, 635* Drill Chuck. See Machine Tools
— and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
— Grinding Machine, See Grinding Machine
under Machine Tools
— Rock, Dust Produced by, 215
Drilling, Rotary, for Petroleum, Oklahoma, 824
Drop-Forging Hammers. See JIainmers under Machine Tools
— Tests, See Tests {Materials}
Drummond Brothers, Ltd., Rapid Production Lathes, 350*
Drums, Automatic Coiling, for Direct-Acting Grabs, 225*
— Boiler, Hollow-Forged, Manufacture of, 341, 676*
Welded and Riveted, 674
— Large Riveted, for Boilers, Manufacture
(Babcock Wilcox, I.td.), 722*
— Weldless Steel, for High-Pressure Boilers,
Manufacture, 676.* See 341
Dry Dock. See Dock
— Rot in Wood, Causes, Detection and Prevention, 171
Dryer, Coal, Cascading, 12*
Drying, Briquetting and Cleaning of Coal, 405
— of Brown Coal without Breakage, 405 —? and Dewatering of Coal, 405
— Processes, Theory and Practice (Review), 95 “ Duchess of Athoil,” S.S., Canadian Pacific
Railway Co., 49
“ Duchess of York,” S.S., Launch, 469* Duckhain, Sir A., on a Fuel Policy, 515 Dufraisse, Prof. C. on the Negative Catalysis of Auto-Oxidation, 431
Dunstan, Dr. A, E., on the Distillation of Petroleum, 404
Dunston Power Station, Coal-Distillation Plant, 787*. See 463, 503
Duralumin Construction, Short “ Calcutta ” Seaplane, 195*
— and Stainless-Steel Construction, Airship
R.lOl, 689*
— Stampings for Airship R.lOl,
Operations, 691*
Dust in Air, Witwatersrand Mines,
— Catchers in Power Stations, 674
— Coal, Camera for Investigating
bility, 506*
Explosions of. See Coal Dust See also Pulverised Coal
— Precipitator, Lodge-Cottrell, Tin Smelting, :
114*
— Removal, Trenton Channel Power Station,
478*
— Silica, and Miners* Phthisis, 215 Dynamometer Tests of Motor Vehicles, 813
— See also Brake
Dynamos. See Generators^ Electric; Turbo-
Generators

EADIE, A., the Late, 648
Earle, F. M., on Principles of Vocational Ouiilance, 659
Earth, Loose, Chemical SolidIflcation, 4
— Magnetism. See Magneliftni
— Pressures, Report of British Association
Committee on, 388
Earthflll Darn, Alouette Ilydro-Elcctrlo Scheme, 186*
Earthing Electrical Equipment In jyiines, 688, 750
— Electrical Equipment, Rules for, 235. See
LETTER, 258
Earthquakes, Report of British Association Committee, 405
Eclipse, Solar, Wireless Telegraphic Observations durlne:, 731
Economics of Coke Industry, 435
— Electrical Engineering (Review), 268
— Geology, Elements of (Review), 155
— Industrial. See Labour
— of Oil Industry, 402
— Railway. See Railway
— Resiliency, 607
— Theory, Mediaeval, in Modern Industry, 607 Economiser, Explosion of, 277
— Green’s Trl-Tube Type, for Yarrow Boiler,
444*
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel
Edgcumbe, Lieut.-Col. K., on the Electrical Industry, 560
Edser, E., on Cleaning of Coal by Froth Flotation, 405
Education :
Apprenticeship Scheme, Association of Supervisin.g Electrical Engineers, 508. See LETTER, 534. See 619
— and Training for Industry, 107 Bradford Technical College Prospectus,
136
Bristol University, Faculty of Engineering, Prospectus, 104
Busk Studentship, Cambridge, Award, 176 Chelsea Polytechnic Prospectus, 364 Chemical Engineers, Institution of.
Associate-Membership Examination, 534
City and Guilds of London Institute,
Annual Report, 104
— of London College, Lectures on Steel
and Non-Ferrous Metals, 330
Electrical Engineers, Institution of. Associate Membership Examinations, 5.3
Engineering Training, Need for Breadth in, 780
Engineers’ Education, British Association Discussion on, 333
English Electric Co., Ltd., Courses for Trade, Engineering and Student Apprentices, 108
Fuel Technicians, Training of, 515 Geography, Ancient, in Modern Education, 606
Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of. Entrance Examinations, 200 Imperial College of Science, Department of Aeronautics, Syllabus, 294 Illuminating Engineers, Training of, 548 Industrial Education and Rationalisation, 659
King’s College, London, Faculty of Engineering, Syllabus of Classes, 1928-29, 104 ; Lectures on Industry and Pure
Science, 491 ; Centenary Appeal Fund, 623
Lloyd’s Begister, Scholarship and Student-
Graduate Examination, 166
London County Council, Lectures for
Teachers, Handbook, 330 Loughborough College, Empire Engineering Scholarships, 53 ; Calendar, li>28-29,104
Manchester College of Technology, Prospectus, 396
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of. Training Policy, 527, 533
Naval Architects, Institution of. Scholarships, 104, 688
Northampton Polytechnic Institute, Syllabus, 364
Polytechnic, London, Courses on Education and Industry, 294
Queens Engineering Works, Bedford, Training at, 527, 533
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syllabus, 262
Royal Aeronautical Society’s Examinations, 104
Technical College, Glasgow, Calendar, 294 ; Report, 777
Scholarships, Institution of Naval Architects, 688
Scholarships, Science and Whitworth, Examinations, 724
Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Syllabus, 294; Lectures on Coal Carbonisation, <fec., 330
South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, Prospectus, 438 Specialisation, the Problem of, 779 Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of. Apprenticeship Scheme, 508. See LETTER, 534. See 619
Swansea, University of, Engineering Prospectus, 166
Transport, Institute of. Graduateship and Associate-Membership, Examinations for, 136
University College, London, Engineering Courses and Lectures, 396 : Calendar, 534
Vocational Guidance, Principles of, 659 Westminster Technical Institute, Prospectus. 330*
Whitworth Scholarship Examinations, 724 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, C., on Jointing Cement, 601 Edwards, J. R., on Fuel Control in Lancashire Boilers, 674
Edwards, L. N., on Tests of Concrete-Steel Bond, 757*
Edwards, W. S., on Coke Screening, 435 Ediciency of Engines. See Engines
— Steam-Pipe Lagging, 125*
— of Surface Condensers, 77. See LETTER, 534
— Thermal, Electric Power Stations, 675 Egloff, Dr. G., on the Cracking Process, 405 Elasticity, Applied (Review), 154
Electric :
Agriculture, Use of Electricity in, 750 Alternating Current Commutator Motor (Review), 65
Mercury .let Wave Rectifier, 345* Power Transmission by (Review), 575
J Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Amplifiers, Wireless Telephony, Testing Apparatus for, 786
Arc Furnace. See Furnace, Electric
— Lamp, High-Intensity Type, for Searchlight, 585
Serrln for Lighthouses, 2*
— Metal, Direct-Current, for Welding, 664
— Welding. See also Welding Atmospheric Electricity, Mechanism of Thunderstorms, 495
Atmospherics, Investigations of, 496 Battery Locomotive, New York Central Railroad, 44
British Electrical Industry, Position of, 560 Cables, Aluminium, Properties of, 686
— High-Tension and Low-Tension, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 711
— Pre-twisted Shaped-Conductor (British Insulated Cables, Ltd.), 809
— Underground, Protection against Corrosion, Experiments, 225
Capacity Measurements at National Physical Laboratory, 174
Cells, Selenium, Technical Uses of (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 628*
Central Electricity Board and Hydro-Electric Developments in Scotland, 650
— Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493 —? Stations. See Power Stations Change-Circuit System, Wilkinson, 391* Commutators, Synchronous Jet Wave, 345* Condensers, Electrolytic Type, for Wireless Apparatus, 393. See Erratum, 438
— Static, 220-kv.-a. Failure of, 300
— Telephone, Theory of, 449
Conductivity of the Atmosphere and its Causes (Review), 640
— of Metals at Low Temperatures, Investigations, 417
— Thermal and Electrical, Liquids and Solids, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 207
Conductors, Galvanised-Steel, Electrical Properties of, 686
—? Steel-Cored Aluminium, for Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493 Control Gear, Electric, and Industrial Electrification (Review), 766
Govan Refuse Power Plant (Electric Control, Ltd.), 641*
— Copper-Oxide Rectifiers, Exhibits at Radio Exhibition, 393
Corrosion. Relation to Stray Currents in Soli, 225
Cranes. See Cranes
Current, Stray, in Soil, Relation to Corrosion, 225
Definitions, British Association Report and Discussion on, 387
Dielectrics, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 174
Domestic and Industrial Electrification, 560 Dynamo. See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Earthing Electrical Equipment in Mines, 688, 750
— of Electrical Equipment, Rules for, 235.
See LETTER, 258
Electric Discharges, Ultra-Violet Radiations Emitted by Gases in, 416
— Explosions, 542 Electrical Engineering, Continuous Current, Introductory Course (Review), 241
— Engineering Economics (Review), 268
— Engineering, Historical Note, 379
— Machinery in Ships, History of, 532
— Terms and Definitions, British Association Report and Discussion on, 387 Electricity Board, Central, Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
— Commissioners, Charges for Electricity in London, 79; Overhead Lines, Regulations, 685; Regulations for High-Tension Supply, 267 ; Review of Rural Electrification Problem, 169 ; Statistics of Electricity Supply, 675
— Department, National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 173*
— (Supply) Act, 1926, Objects of, 169 Electrolytic Condensers for Wireless
Apparatus, 393. See Erratum, 438 Electroplating. See Electro
Fields, Electric and Magnetic, Experimental Determination of, 370
Filters, High-Frequency Band, for Wireless Telephony, 226*
Fires, Electrical, in Mines, 242 Frequency Changers, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 710*
— Measurements at National Physical Laboratory, 174
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Heating Apparatus, Nickel-Chromium Wires for, 629*
— Elements, Refractory Formers for, 507
— and Volatilisation by Heavy Currents,
542
High-Frequency Band Filters for Wireless Telephony, 226*
Electric Traction, 369, 541*. See Erratum, 429
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Induction Colls, Jet-Wave Interrupters for, 345*
— Furnace. See Furnaces
— Measurement of Small DLsplacements by, 110*
— Motors. See Motors, Electric Industrial Electrification and Control Gear (Review), 766
— and Domestic Electrification, 560 Instruments, Measuring, Commercial (Review), 766
Insulators, Research on (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 768*
Laboratory, High-Tension (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 768*
— Testing, High-Tension, at National Physical Laboratory, 174
Copper-Oxide,
Exhibition, 393
— Mercury Jet Wave, and tions. 345*
Rectifying Apparatus for . ,
(Solus Electrical Co.), 770*
Research Association, British Electricaland Allied Industries, Need for Support, 49
Resistance Standards, Comparisons at National Physical Laboratory, 173
— Standard, National Physical Laboratory, 175*
— Welding. See Welding
Resistivity of Nickel-Chromium Alloys, 629*
Rontgen Rays. See Rbntgen
Rural Areas, Electricity Supply in, 700 Scherbins Speed-Regulating Set for Motors, 247*
Selenium Cells, Technical Uses of (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 628*
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Single-Phase. See Generators ; Motors ;
Power ; Locomotives ; Railways
Sparks, Electric. Form and Structure of, 381
— Electric, Ignition of Gases by, 449 Standards and Units, Work of National Physical Laboratory, 173
Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric Steel Manufacture. See Metallurgy; Furnace, Electric
Stray Currents, Corrosion due to, 539 Street Railways. See Tramways Substation. See Substation
Super-Conductivity of Metals, Investigations, 417
Switchgear.
Electric
Telegraphy.
Telephony. See Telephony
Testing Apparatus (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 768*
Thermometer, See Thermometer Three-Phase. See Generators ; Motors : Power ; Locomotives ; Railways
Thunderstorms, Mechanism of, 495
Traction. See Locomotives, Electric ;
Railways ; Tramways
Tramw’ays. See Tramways Transformers See Transformers
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generaterrs Units and Standards, Work of National Physical Laboratory. 173
Volta Effect and Modern Theories, 388 Voltaic Pile, Seat of Electromotive Force in, 687
Welding. See Welding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
X-Rays. See Rbntgen Rays
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric Control, Ltd., Control Equipment,
Govan Refuse Power Plant, 641
— Scaling Hammers, Ltd., Scaling Tools for
Boilers, andc., 681*
Electrical and Allied Industries, British Research Association, Need for Support, 49
— Engineering, Continuous-Current, Intro
ductory Course (Review), 241
— Engineering Economics (Review), 268
Electrical Engineers, Institution
Summer Meeting, Glasgow, 10*. Vol. exxv.
Lochabcr Hydro-Electric Station, Visit to. 10*
Associate Membership Examination, 53 Members of Council, 73
Presidential Address, by Lieut.-Col. K. Edgeumbe, on the Electri(‘al Industry, 560
Meter and Instrument Section, Formation of, 618
Electrification of the Pietermaritzburg- Glencoe Section of the South African Railways, by F. Lydall, 667
Overhead Electric Lines, by W. B, Woodhouse, 685
Electrical Industry, British, Position of, 560 ElectriciaiLS, Supervising, National Association of. See Supervifiiny
Electricity, Coal, Oil and Gas, Comparisons of Power Transmission by, 504
— Commissioners. See under Electric
— Department, National Physical Depart
ment, Work of, 173*
— Supply in Rural Areas, 169, 700 Electro-Pneumatic Control Gear, freight
Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 165*
— Deposition of Zinc on Iron, 443* Electrolytic Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Condensers for Wireless Apparatus, 393.
See Erratum^ 438
— Zinc, Production in Australia, 21 Electromagnetic Waves. Sec Electric and
Telegraphyy Wireless
Electrons, Scattering by Crystals, 417 —• Structure of, and Wave Mechanics, 653
— Waves and Light Waves, Relation, 80*
— Waves of, 79*
Elements of Economic Geology (Review), 155 Elevators, Grain, in Canada, 241
Ellis, Sir W., on Influence of Engineering on Civilisation, 331, 334, 339, 379
Ells, S. C., Report on Bituminous Sands for Road Surfacing, 5.5
Embankments and Dams for Zuyderzee Reclamation, 306*
— Earthen, with Eerro-(’oncrete Core Wall,
Hume Reservoir, Murray River. 153* Emery, W., on Refractories for Salt-Glaze Kilits, 507
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine Tools
Employees. See Labour
Employers’ Liability. See Labour Employment. See Labour
End Gauges, Cohesion Phenomena, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 205 Measurement of, Optical and Mechanical Methods, 205*
Endurance Tests. See Alternating Stress under Tests {Materials}
Energy Chart, Determination of Efliciencies of Internal-Combustion Engines 412*, 695
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, J)iesel;
Propulsion; Motor Ships
— Gas, Cracking of Water Jackets
Erost, 300
— Internal-Combustion. Biga Double-Acting
High-Speed, 805*
Combustion, Energy Chart for Determining Efliciency, 369, 412*, 695*
Combustion, ami Gaseous and Liquid Fuels (Review), 766
Combustion, Pap<‘rs at World Power Conference, 402
Combustion, Pulverised-Fuel, Rupa, 408* Combustion, Silcrome Steel Valves for, 368
Combustion, Turbo-Supercharging, Biichi System, 403, 425*, 462
— Knock, Theory of, 431
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
~ Oil, for Aircraft and Railways, 369, 375* 441*. See 432
Cracking of Motor Jackets through Frost, 300
for Motor Cars, Aircraft, and Railways, 141, 369, 375*, 377*, 402, 403, 441* see 432 High-Speed, Centrifugal Supercharger for, 442
-—High-Speed, 650-h.p. and 750-h.p. for Airship (W. Beardmore and Co., Ltd.). 377* High-Speed, Torsional Resonance of t’rankshafts, 442*
10-h.p. Hopper-Cooled Spring-Injection (Blackstone and Co., Ltd.), 41*
2,660-h.p. for Oil-Electric I^ocomotive (W. Beardmore and Co., Ltd.), 756* (Petters, Ltd.), 71
75-h.p. Three-Cylinder Vertical (National Gas Engine Co., Ltd.), 72*
300-h.p. Vertical, Solid-Injection, with Single-Reduction Helical Gearing (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 424*
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Diesel, 930-h.p. Airless-Injection (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 335
Diesel, 7-5 and 15-h.p. Airless-Injection (Motorenfabrik Deutz A.G.), 26*
Diesel, 4,000-h.p. Carels-Worthington, for Cordoba Power Station, 586
Diesel, 200-h.p., for Diesel-Electric Rail Car (W. Beardmore A: Co., Ltd.), 498* Diesel, High-Speed, Tests of, 376
Diesel, 308-h.p., Horizontal Tvpe, Driving Ammonia Compressors, Al S Highland Monarch ” (Premier Gas Engine Co., Ltd.), 509*
^barine, with Exhaust-Gas Turbo-Supercharger, Biichi System (North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd.), 425*. See 403, 462 ' ’’
Diesel, Marine, 4.000-h.p., Harland- B. and W. Type, M.S. Highland Monarch,” 509
-Diesel, Marine, Ingersoll-Rand Tvue, Diesel-Electric Tanker ” Brunswick,”’^272 Diesel, Marine, 300-h.p. M.A.N. Tvpe with Electric Transmission, for Ferrv Boat (Yarrow and Co., Ltd.), 565
Marine, M.S. ” Kungsholm,”
Explosion due to Petrol Vapour, 720 Marine, Sulzer Type, M Y Narcissus,” 44
4,000-h.p., Two-Stroke, Double-Acting, Vickers-M.A.N. Tvne H.M.S. ” Medway,” 270*
Diesel, l,50()-h.p. 'rwelve-Cylimler, with Gear-Driven Supercliarger. 441*
Diesel. See also Motor Ships ; Marine Propulsion
— Petrol, Action of Lead Ethyl in. 431 Aeroplane. See Aeronuatirs
Evaporative Cooling of, 369, 375, 432 Fuels for, 403
Motor (Jar, Advantages of Supercharging, 482
Motor Car, 20-80 h.p.
Jleverley, 486* Motor Car, 30-h.p.
Lanchester, 455* Motor Car, 23-70 h.p.
Sleeve Valve, Arrol-.Iohnston and Aster, 456*
Motor Car, 9-h.p. Eour-Cvlindcr Clyno, 452*
Motor Car, 12-75 h.p. Eront-Wheel Drive, Alvis, 483*
Motor Car, 4 J-litre Eight-Cylinder, British Mercedes B(*nz, 482*
Motor Car, Morris Minor, 483*
Motor Car, 21-h.p. Six-Cylinder Delaunay- Belleville, 450*
Motor-Car, 15-h.p. Six-C’ylinder Standard, 455*
Motor Car, 16-45 h.p. Six-Cylinder Wolseley, 452*
Motor Car, Standard Specifications for Sparking Plugs, 508
Motor Car, Trend of Design, 450
for Petrol-Electric Motor (loaches, 265 Paraflin, 2J-h.p. Hoppei-'i’ype (National Gas Engine Co., Ltd.), 72*
(Petters, Ltd.), 71
and Self-Contained Electric-Lighting Set (Petters, Ltd.), 742*
Torsional Stiffness of Crankshafts,
36*. See Erratum 133. See LETTER, 424 See also Aeronautics ; Motor Cars
— Steam, Marine, Quadruple-Expansion. with
Exhaust-Turbine Drive, Bauer-Waeh System, S.S. “ Britannia,’* 394,* 430
Marine, Torsional Stiffness of Crankshafts, 36.* See Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
Marine, Triple-Expansion, with Ihatrd- more-Caprotti Valve Gear, 554*
Marine. Unbalanced, and Vibration of Ship’s Hull, 718. See LETTER 772
Marine, Use of Non-Ferrous Metals in, 300
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion ; Tiirbines
with Marshall Valve Gear with Independent Cut-Off and Exhaust, 616*
Motor Lorry, Explosion of Cylinder, 277 for 1,700-lb. Pressure (Wiener Lokonio- tivfabrik), 260*
Three-Cylinder Geared Uniflow, High- Pressure Locomotive (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works), 51*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Engineering Apprentices. See Apprentices
— British, Supply of Trained Workers, 107
— Civil, Abroad, 589
— and (Civilisation, 331, 334, 339, 379
— Congress, World, Japan, 1929, British
Participation, 528, 655, 780
— Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal
— Department, National Physical Laboratory,
Work of, 35, 85*
— Education. See Educatimi; Apprenticeship
— Exhibition, Cardiff, 644*, 679*
— Forest, and Extraction, Manual of (Re
view), 191
— Highway, Principles of (Review), 639 Text Book for Students (Review). 639
— Imports of New Zealand, 730
— Industry and the British Engineers* Associa
tion, 47
— Industries of France, 781
— Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National
Physical
— and Machine Tool Exhibition, Olvmpia,
279*, 313*, 349*
— Machinery, Market for, in Korea, 272
— Marine, Lloyd’s Statistics, 79, 494 Theory and Practice (Review), 144
— Mechanical, Text-Book of (Review), 640
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards Association, Australian. Boiler
Regulations, 272
Association, British, Specification, Derrick Cranes, 25 ; Specification, Wire Ropes, 59; Specification, Tars for Road Purposes, 83; Specification, Twist and Straight- Flute Drills, 130 ; Specification, Electrical Performance of Traction Motors, 201; Specification, Ships* Boat Davits and Stowage, 210; Specification, Chemical Lead, 250 ; Specification Regulus Metal, 255 ; Specification, Sparking Plugs, 508; Specification, Concrete Kerbs, Channels and Quadrants, 699 ; Work on Sampling and Analysis of Coal, 752 ; Specification, Automobile Parts, 792; Specification, High- Tension Transformers for Rontgen-Rav Apparatus, 824
— Standards Association, British and Cana
dian, Earthing Rules, 235. See LETTER, 258
— Standards Association, Canadian, Specifica
tion, Steel Railway Bridges, 537
— Trade, Canadian Imports, 5
— Training, Need for Breadth in, 780
— Works, South American, 581
Engineers, British, and Foreign Contracts, 589
— EducaDon. See Education ; Apprenticeship
— Fuel, Training of, 515
— Illuminating, Training of, 548
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Naval, American Society of. See Naval Engineers
? Institution of. See Production
— and the Public, 331
— and Specialisation, 779
English Electric Co., Ltd., Courses for Apprentices, 108; Wilkinson (UiuiiKC-Circult System for Electrical Supply, 301* 6,000-kw, Generators, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Scheme, 605.
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Formation of 782.
Eotviis 'Torsion Balance Gravitational Survey near Glasgow by, 60(1 ?'
Equilibrium Diagrams. Alloys. See Mrtallurau Erosion of Condenser Tubes, 301
Escalators, Waterloo Station, Southern Railway, 251* ; Piccadilly Circus Station London, 608*, 637*. See 754*
Eternit Pipes, Apulian Aqueduct. 546
Ether Waves, Velocity in Heaviside Layer, 653
Ethyl Alcohol as Motor Fuel, 403
Eutectic Alloys,
Evans, Comdr. Installation, Pulverised Fuel for Marine Purposes 821
Evans, E. C., on Blast-Furnace Data, 2(i
Evans, C. it., on Corrosion at Discontinuities in Metallic Protective Coatings, 407* 443*, See 302
Evaporative Cooling of Aero Engines, 36!) 375, 432 ’
Evaporators, Automatic Control, Longford Generating Station, Coventry, 552 Evolution of Industrial Organisation (Review), 814 ’
Excavating Machinery, Treatise (Review), 540
Excavation, Canal Construction, Gaileto Hydro-Electric Installation, 8*
— Grabs for, Ojteration of, 123*
— by High-Speed Chain-Track (Tanes, 61* Excavator, Dragline, 232-ton Steam, Catcr (((M)**^ ’(Ruston ,t Hornsby, Ltd.),
Exhibition, Agricultural, Sniithtlcld Show 74-
— Canada, Second Steel and Power .Show Toronto. Exhibits at, 400
Engineering, Cardiff, 644*, 670*
— International, of Inventions, Exhibits at, 535 , Motor Car, Moscow, 1020, 308, Machine Tool and Engineering, Olympia 270*, 313*, 340*
— Motor-Car, Olympia 450*, 482*, 518* Cycle, Olympia, 500, National Radio, Olympia, 303
— Royal Agricultural Show, Nottingham 30*, 60* ’
See also PAK.^GKAPH I.NOE.X
Expansion Factor, Aluminium Oxide in Glass (i43 ’
— .loints. Roadway, Delaware River Susi.en-
sion Bridge, 801*
Experiniental Research and Development of Aviation, 534
,, I uuk. See Tank ,• Shtp Itesistance Ivxplosion, Boiler, See RoiVcr Explosion
— (-alori meter, Lotller, 436 -Coal-Dust, Investigation al Buxton Colliery Research Gallery, 162
Colliery. See Colliery Explosions (.a.seoiis. See (laseovs Explosions 720" fl'm to Petrol Vapour,
— Propagation of Sound Waves from 50’’ Explosives Factory, Ardeer (Nobel Industries,
lAG.) 563
— Mining, Exiieriments in Buxton Colliery
Research Station, 162
See also Guns and Explosiees in PARAGKAPH INDEX
Export Trade, See Trade; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Eyes, Protection of, in Workshops, 170
— Strain from Fine Work, 113
Eynsford Pumping Station, -Metropolitan
V\ ater Board, 424*
Eyre, Dr. ,1. \ ., on Industrial Development in the Biochemistry of Fermentation, 563
Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Tod River M ater Scheme for, 561
F.
Halt 7(53°"’
I’ests Of, 65(5. (561* rUH, olo
Facing Machine. See Machine Tools
h actors of Safety and Structural Material.s 236
1 actories, Humidity Regulator for 635* ’ ~"iZtU70°P®’ Inspectors
See Accidents
False Work Timber, for Roof, Royal Horti- cultural Society’s Hall, 764* *
Fan, Centrifugal, for Oil-Fuel Burner 121*
Faraday Society, Spiers Lecture, Some Deba-
Lodge,^?;’’ Physics, by Sir O.
Farming. See Hyncidfure ; Tractors Infiustrial. See under Labour
Federated Malay States Railways, Report,
Feed Pumps. See Pumps
«ear.Testing
T°rans?ort, 6^3 °“
Simultaneous Deter- Surface Tension and Density angular° Ba^rr786""'’°
Ferguson, PaUin, Ltd., Switchgear Brims- down Power Station, 820* ’
Processes, Industrial Develop- ^err^39^3’’ Radio Exhibition,
Ferro-Concrete Arched Roof, Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, 763*
Bridges, Apulian Aqueduct, 220* — Bridge over River Itchen, Southampton, Opening of; 556
Bridge, Miminising Temperature Stresses in. 304*
Bridge over Piave River, Belluno, Italy, 303*
Building Construction (Review), 155
Conduit, Deterioration of Surface by Acid Water, 770
Construction with Hollow Brick Blocks, 793*
Cooling Towers, Longford Generating Station, Coventry. 552*
(Corrosion due to Sulphur, 798
Floors, Piccadilly Circus Station, 612*
Foundations, Anchorage, Delaware River | Bridge, 669*
Girders, Royal Horticultural Society’s , Hall, 763*
Logway, Alouette Hydro - Electric ! Scheme, 186*
Pipes for Apidian Aqueduct, Manufacture of, 221*, 545*
Roadway, Delaware River Suspension Bridge, 800*
Sewer, Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, 61* structures, Deterioration in Sea Water, 112
Syphons, Apulian Aqueduct, 221*
Tests on Concrete-Steel Bond, 757* Wall in Embankment, Hume Reservoir, Murray River, 153*
Water Towers, Apulian Aqueduct, 707*
Wharf, Effects of Tarring. 112
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferry Boat, Diesel-Electric, for Argentina, 564* L Motor, the ** Wootton,” for Southern Railway, 121
Fibres, Quartz, Measurement of Diameters, 205*
Fie"ehen, E. G.. on Towers for (’ranes. 88* ; "on Grabs, 123*, 156*, 224*
Fields, Electric and Magnetic, Experimental Determination. 370
Film Protection in Condenser Tubes, 301, 309*
Filter, Air, Ventex, 176* See J.ETTER, 33.5
— Bag, for Dust Removal, Trenton Channel
Power Station, 487*
High-Frequency Band, for Wireless Telephony, 226*
— Sand, Use in India, 623
Filtration Installation, Sandflelds, South Staffordshire, 769
Fine Work, Eye Strain from, 113
Finlayson, D., on Screw Viscosity Pumps, 249*, 385*. See LETTERS, 059*, 678
Fire-Damp Explosions. See Colliery Eaplo- sioru!
— Detection by Selenium (’ell,' 028*
— Extinguishers, Automatic (British Inter
national Fire Equipment Co.), 682
— Lake Superior Mines, Report on, 242
— Victoria Embankment Subway, London,
Inquiry, 625
Firebox for Pulverised-Fuel Locomotive, German State Railways, 90*
Firebricks, with Protected Bolts (Wildish Patent Bricks), 74*
— and Silica Bricks, Jointing Cements, 601
— See also Hefraeiory Mater inis Fireclay, Specific Heat of, 507
Firth, T., <fe Sons, Ltd., Effect of Safety Regulations, 170
Fi.shenden, Dr. M., on Fuels for Domestic Purposes, 466
Fisher, C. R., on Turbine-Electric Drive in Great Lakes Cargo Ships, 822
Fisher, Dr, R. on Insects Injurious to Timber, 725
Fieux, E. J., on Gyroscopic Anti-Rolling Gear for Shii»s, 708
Fiumara di Atelia Bridge over Apulian Aqueduct, 220*
Fiumara di Venosa Syphon, Apulian Aqueduct, 222*
Flame, Acetylene Blow- Pipe, i Temperature of, 777
— and Combustion in Gases (Review), 240
— J’hotograpbic Examination of, Apparatus
for, 507*
— Propagation in Branched Galleries, 507*
— Radiation, Princii»le8 of, 463
— Temperature, Mciisurenients of, 237, 449.
See 777.
Flatlands Avenue Sewer, Brooklyn, 61* Flax-Pulling Machine (R. Boby, Ltd.), 699* Fleming, R., on the Florida Hurricane of 1926, 445*
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flint, Ground, for Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, 149
Floating Dock. Sec Dock.
Floor Construction, Delaware River Suspension Bridge, 799*
Florida Hurric^ane of 1926, 445*
F,ow of W’at<!r in Channels, Standing Wave Phenomena, 172*, 193*, 238*. See Erratum, 267
Flue-Gjis Analysis, Rotary C<‘ment Kilns, 219
Fluid Friction, Work of National Physical Laboratory, 35
I'liioresccnce., Phosjihorescence and Chemical Reaction, 562
Flux, Cyanide, for (^tise-Hardening, 471 Flying Boats. See Seuphincs under Aeronautics Fog Warning by Selenium Cells, 628*
Foggla, Italy, Wat<‘r Supply by Ajndlan Aqueduct, 91*, 126*, 220*, 513,* 705*, 738*
Food Investigation Board, Report, 780
- Ktoragi^ an<l Preservation of, Researches Info, 780
Fordson Tractor Fitted iis Mobile (Tane, 584* - with 'fwo-i'urrow Plough, 69*
For(«t luigliiet'rlng and ICxtract lon, Manual of (lb'Vlew), I9l
— Nurseries, Work of, 725
— Patrol by Aeroplanes, Camula, 733
— Pr(Mlucfs R^'seareh Board, Laboratory at
Princes Risborougb, 110
rorest Products, Kesearch Laboratory, Dry Kot in Wood, Investigations, 171; Home- Grown Timbers, Report, 633
Forestry, Collections of Woods at Imperial Institute, 140
Forging Hammers. See Hammers under Machine Tools
— Operations, Weldless Drums for Boilers,
676*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools Formers, Refractory, for Electric Heating
Elements, 507
Forming and Threading Machine, Landis Automatic, 349*
Forms, Wood and Steel, for Flatlands Avenue Sewer, 63*
Fort Monckton, Rotating Radio Beacon, 130 Forth, River, Deep Submarine Borings in, 649* Fortune, J. B., on Fuel Control in Hot-Blast Stoves, 675
Fosso Marchese Bridge over Apulian Aqueduct, 220*
Foster, V. T. S., on Die-Casting of Copper-Rich Alloys, 725*. See 338
Foundations, Anchorage, Ferro-Concrete, Delaware River Bridge, 669*
— Chemical Solidification of Ground, 4
— Cofferdams for Arlington Memorial Bridge,
383*
— Pier, Delaware River Bridge, 573* Foundry, Experimental (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 769*
— Work. See also Die Casting
Fourcade Stereogoniometer, Principles of, 629* Fowler, Sir H., on Fuel Conservation in Locomotive Practice, 657
Fox, W., the Late, 500
France, Economic Conditions in, Report, 781
— Electric Lighthouses, Development, 1*
— Fuel Technology in. 18
— State Trading and Private Enterprise in,
688
— Toulouse Nitrate Factory, Cost of, 688
— See also French
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic Fraser Chalmers Engineering Works, Pul- verised-Fuel Plant, ('adeby Main Colliery, 522* ; 5,000-kw. Turbo-Generators, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 710*
Free-Pendulum Clocks, Greenwich tory, 450
— Wheel Drive, for Motor Cars,
Currin, 519*; Millam, 519*; Huinfrey-Sandberg, 450
Freezing and Thawing Tests. Concrete, 278 French, H. .1. Wear and Mechanical Tests of Bronzes, 636
French Navy, Schneider-Fieux Gyroscojnc Anti-Rolling Gear, 708
— Society of Civil Engineers. Sec Cii'il
Engineers
— See also France
Freijuency Changers, (iovan Refuse Power Plant, 710*
— Measurements at National Physical Labo
ratory, 174
Friction Clutch. See Clutch ; A[otor-Car Details
— Fluid, Work of National Physical Labora
tory, 35
Frictional Resistance of Shi])s. Set; Ship Resistance
Friend, Dr. J. N., on ('orrosion of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 115* Froth Flotation, Cleaning Coal by, 405 Fronde Experimental Tank, Work of, 143 Fry’s (London), Ltd., Knox Hack Saw for Sheet Metals, 647 ; Drill (’buck, 647*
Fuel (’onference. See World Power Conference
— Control in Industry, 673
in Lancashire Boilers, 674
— for Domestic Purposes, 460
— Economic Utilisation in Production of
Electricity, 787*. See 463, 503
— Economy in Electric Power Stations, 673 in the United States, 674
— Gaseous, Composition, (’lassiflcation, Pre
paration, Storage and Handling, 436
— and Liquid, and the Internal-tJoinhiistion
Engine (Review), 766
— for Industrial Furnaces, 464
— Industrial Heating Congress, I’aris, 18 Fuel, Institute of (London Meeting) ; Presidential Address, by Lord Melchett. on Fuel and Coal Industries, 657; Fuel (Conservation i n Loco mot i ve Practice, by Sir H. Fowler, 657 ; Rational Cleaning of Coal, by Dr. R. Lessing, 657; Measurement of Steam Quantity in Works Practice, by .1. L. Hodgson, 658 ; Economics of Coal Production, by G. Raw, 658; Economics of Coal Preparation, by Prof. If. Louis, 658; Economics of Coal Marketing, by Capt. R. Addy, 658; Fuel (/ontrol in Electric Supply Stations, by Dr. F. Miinziger, 673 ; Fuel Control in the Chemical Industry, by Dr. E. S. Grummel, 673 ; Fuel Control in the Cement Industry, by Dr. G. Martin, 674; Fuel Control in Industry In the United States, by T. A. Peebles, 674; Fuel Control in Lancashire Boilers, by J. R. Edwards, 674 ; Liquid Fuel in OjK'n-Hearth Practice, by M. ,T. Conway, 675; Fuel Control in Open- Hearth Practice, by J. L. Bentley, 675; Fuel (.’ontroi in Forge and Rolling-Mill Practice, by H. C. Armstrong, 675; Fuel (Control in Hot-Blast Stoves, by J. B. T'ortune, 675 ; Jtational Cleaning of Coal, by Dr. R. Lessing, 729*
— Liijuid, Composition, (/lassiflcation, Prepara
tion, Storage and Handling, 404
— Idipiid, in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 675 Synthetic Manufacture in France, 19 S(‘e also Oil Fnel
— Low-'J'emj»erature (Jarbonisation of Coal.
S(;(‘ Coal^ Low-Temperature (hirbonisation
— Motor, Ethyl Alcohol for, 403 Production by (/racking, 405 Proposed Standards, 404
See also Alcohol ; (las ; Motor : Petrol
— OIL See Oil Fuel
— for Petrol Engines, 403
— Policy, Need for Co-Ordination, 515
Fuel and Power Committee, National, Recommendations on Gas Supply, Report, 400 Problems in Iowa, 471
Production, 463
— Powdered Lignite, for Pulverised-Fuel
Locomotive, German State Railways, 96*.
— Problems, Britain’s (Review), 576
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Board; Report on Crozier Car
bonisation Retort, 82* ; Gas Industry, 142 ; Policy of, 142 ; Fuel for Ships, 718 ; Research on Atmospheric Pollution, 804 ; Sampling and Analysis of Coal, 811. See 104, 751 ; Thomas Recording Gas Calorimeter, Report, 230*. See 699; Carbonisation Tests on Kinneil Gas Coal and Parkfield Large Gas Coal, Report, 760* Laboratories, Ottawa, 596
— for Ships, 717
— Smokeless, Domestic, Production of, 437 See also Coaly Low-Temperature Carbonisation
— Solid, Proposed Standardisation of Sampling
and Testing, 404. See 751, 811
Storage and Handling of, 406
— Supply in Japan, 465
— Technicians, Training of, 515
— Technology in France, 18
— See also CoaZ; Oil; Gas; Peat; Pulverised
Coal
Furnaces, Blast, Co-Ordination with Coke Ovens and Open-Hearth Furnaces, 515 Data and their Correlation, 29 Methods of Cleaning Gas, 147*
— Electric, Carbon-Tube Vacuum Type, for
Heterochromatic Photometry, 175*
Coreless Induction Type, 465
High-Frequency Induction (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.). 769*
Induction, High-Frequency, at National Physical Laboratory, 143
Thermal Efficiency of, 465
— Industrial, Fuels for, 464 Use of Electricity in, 464
— Metallurgical, Pyrometric Control of, 822*.
See 371
— Open-Hearth, Co-Ordination with Coke
Ovens and Blast Furnaces, 515
Hearth, Efficiency of Regenerators, 507 Hearth, Liquid Fuel in 675
Hearth, Refractories for Regenerators, 507
— Pulverised Fuel for, 501
— Regenerative, Oil-Fired, Tin Smelting, 113*
— See also Coke Ovens
Futagami, T., on Electric Explosions, 542
GABIONADE Walls, Canal, Galleto Hydro- Electric Installation, 8*
Galleto Hydro-Electric Installation, 6* Galvanised Iron, Manufacture. 443*
— Steel Conductors, Electrical Properties of,
686
Galvanising Work, Dial Thermometers for (Negretti A Zambra), 682
Garages, Stow-Lindy General Purpose Tool for, 312*
Garrett, R., and Sons, Ltd., 1.0-ton Rigid Frame Six-Wheel Steam Lorry. 40* ; Electric Motor Lorries for Refine Collecting, 578*
Gas Blast-Furnace. Methods of Cleaning, 147*
— Calorimeter, Thomas Recording, Report,
230*, 699
— (?oal and Electricity, Heating by. Com
parisons, 466
Kinneil and Parkfield Large, (’arbonisa- tion Tests, 760*
Purification of, 437
— Coke Oven. See Coke Oven
— Detecting and Inspection Lamp for Mines,
458*. See 682
— Electricity, Coal and Oil, Comparisons of
Power Transmission by, 504
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Fired Furnaces. See Puruaces
— Flue, Analysis, Rotary Cement Kilns, 219
— Industry and Coke-Oven Industry, Proposed
Linking Up, 400
and Fuel Research Board, 142
— Lamps for Street Lighting, Non-Manual
Control, 50, 81
(ias Light and Coke Co., Low-Temperature Carbonisation Plant at Richmond, 142 ; Research Laboratories at Fulham, 142
— Manufacture, Problems in, 436
— Town, and Coke-Oven Gas, 400. 435
-— Transmission, Legal Aspects, 504
— Water, Enrichment of, ami Oil-Cracking,
437
— Welding. See Welding
— Works, Nuneaton, Low-Temperature Car
bonisation at, 503
Carbonising Plant and Refractories, 207
— and Gas Works. See also PARAORAI’H INDEX Gases, Combustion of. See also Ga^seous
Explosions
— in Electric Discharges, Emission of Ultra-
Violet Radiations, 416
— Flame and Combustion in (Review), 240
— Ignition by Electric Sparks, 449
Temperatures of, Experiments at iMan- chester University, 162
— Mine, Investigations of Inflammability, 506*
— See also Carbon Monoxide; Hydrogen ;
Nitrogen; Oxygen^ tLc.
Gaseous Explosions in Closed Vessels, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 86
Photographing Propagation of Flame in, 507*
See also Colliery Explosions
— Finds, Composition, Classification, Prepara
tion, Storage and Handling, 436
— and Li(juld Fuels and the Internal-Com
bustion Engine (Review), 766
• States, Discontinuity of, 559
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, J^etrol; Carburettors ; Aeronautics
Gatewood, Capt. R. I)., on Converted Motor Vessels, United States Shipping Board, 822
Gauges, End, Cohesion Phenomena, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 205
Measurement of, Optical and Mechanical Methods, 205*
— for Welded Steel Joints, 694
Gear Boxes, Motor Car. See Motor-Car Details
Variable-Speed, (S. Scott), 535
— Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Efficiency of, Tests at National Physical
Laboratory, 85
— Steering. See Steering
— Testing Machine (Fellows Gear Shaper Co.),
353*
— Tooth Grinding Machine, Churchill Machine
Tool Co., Ltd., 287*
— Transmission, Variable Hydraulic, Schwartz-
koptf-Huwiler, 255*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propul- Sion
Gearing, Reduction, Steel for Pinions and Wheels, 533
Geipel, W., Ltd., Hand-Operated Percussive Drill (Rapper Tool), 634*
Genders, R., on Die-Casting of Copper-Rich Alloys, 725*. See 338
General Electric Co., Ltd., Incandescent Lamps for Lighthouses, 3* ; Electric Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 134* ; Alternating-Current Valves, 393 ; “ Magnet ” Works, Birmingham, 524 ; 3,000-kw. Automatic Substation, 785*
Generating Machine, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
— Station. See Power Station
(jJenerators, 170-kw. Continuous-Current, for Electrically-Driven Ferry Boat, 565*
— Electric. Alternating-Current, Muscle Shoals
Hydro-Electric Plant, 152
25,000-kw., 33,000 volts and volts, Brimsdown
Experiments on 703*
Failures of, 300 750-kw. Motor
House Automatic Substation, 785*
6,000-kw‘. Slow-Speed Salient-Pole Type, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Plant, 605
10,000-kv.-a. Three-Phase, Alouette Hydro-Electric Scheme, 190*
See also Turbo Generators
Geography, Ancient, in Modern Education, 606 Geology, Economic, Elements of (Review), 155 Geometry of Resonance Diagrams, Wireless Circuits, 415*
German State Railways, Pulverised-Fuel Locomotive, 96* ; Standardisation on, 332 ; Experimental Locomotives, 480, 512
Germany, Locomotive Standardisation in, 332
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation in, 503
— Report on Economic and Financial Con
ditions, 654
Giblett, M. A., on Wind-Structure Research, 562
Gill, G. M., on Gas-Works Carbonising Plant and Refractories, 207
(lioia de Colle Pumping Station. Apulian Aqueduct, 544*
Girders, Ferro-Concrete, Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, 763*
— See also Reams ; Bridges
Gisholt Machine Co., Combination Turret Lathe, 323*
Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., Morton Bearing-Bush Snug, 44*
Glasgow District, Water Supply of, 606 —? Geological Features and Development, 606
— Gravitational Survey by Eotvos Torsion
Balance, 606
— Maclaurin Low-Temperature Carbonisation
Plant, 503
— Meeting, British Association. See British
Association
Ceramic Society. Sec Ceramic Society Institution of Electrical Engineers. See Electrical Engineers
— Refuse Power Plant at Govan, 577*, 641*,
710*
— Royal Technical College, Calendar, 294 ;
Report, 777
Glass, Byzantine, Saracenic and Venetian, 815
— Expansion Factor of Aluminium Oxide in,
613
— Technology, Society of (Bournemouth
Meeting) Value of Expansion Factor of Aluminium Oxide in Glass, by 1. Kitaigorodsky and S. Rodin, 643 ; Ultra- Violet Light Transmission of (Bass, by I). Starkie and Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 643 ; (Stourbridge Meeting), Byzantine, Saracenic and Venetian Glass, by W. Butterworth, 815; Glassworks Refractory Materials, 815
— Ultra-Violet Light Transmission, 643 Glasspoole, Dr. J., on Average Seasonal Rainfall over Europe, 808
Glassware, Volumetric, Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 206
i Glassworks Refractory Slaterials, 815 Glencoe-Pietermaritzburg Section, South African Railways, Electrification, 6G7
; Gold Mines, Witwatersrand, Dust in Air of, Investigations, 215
(roldie, A. II. R., on Magnetic Storms, 496 Goodacre, W., Sons, Ltd., Barnard C’hain Button Grabs, 156*
Goodhall, S. V., on Admiralty Floating Docks, 177*, 213*
Goodrich, W. E., on Die-Casting Alloys of Low Melting Point, 475*. Set^ 338
Goudie, I’rof. W. ,l.,on EHiciencies of Tnternal- (•ombustion Engines, 369, 695*. See
also 412*
Gould, H., the Late, 428
Govan Refuse Power Plant, 577*, 641*, 710* Governing Gear, Francis Turbine, Alouette Hydro-Electric Scheme, 190
Government Assistance for Industrial Research, 204
— Railways. Seo Railways
Grabs, Barnard Self-Dumping Automatic and Direct-Acting, 157*
— Button-Typ(‘, Ring-Discharg(‘(l, Automatic,
124*
Grabs, Button-Type, Single Chain, Priestman, 125*
— Design and Construction, 123*, 156*, 224*
— Polyp, 474*
— King-Discharged Automatic, Hone, 124*
— for Transporters and Telphers, 224* Grain Elevators In Canada, 241
Gram, T., on Drying of Peat in Scotland, 434 Grant-Jones Cleaner for Blast-Furnace Gas, 149
Gratings, Diffraction, Killing Machine for, National Physical Laboratory, Construction of, 206*
Gravel Washing, Crushing and Grading Plant (Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 774*
Gravesend Power Station, Extensions, 500 i Graving Dock. See Dock. I
Gravitational Survey by Eotvos Torsion Balance near Glasgow, 606
Gray Lecture on Ship Vibration, 718. See LETTER 772
Grease Removal from Metals, Apparatus for (Dr. A. Wacker G.m.b.H.), 497; Craw- shaw’s Chemical De-Greasing Apparatus, 640
Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Electric Locomotives for, 134*, 163*
— Lakes, Shipbuilding Developments in, 821
— Western Railway, History of (Review), 548 Green, A. T., on Regenerators in Relation to
Refractory Materials, 507
Green, Dr. G., on the Condenser Telephone, 449
Green’s Economisers, Tri-Tube Type, for Yarrow Boiler, 444*
Green, R. H., and Silley Weir, Ltd., Pulverised- Fuel Equipment, S.S. “ Hororata,” 752*
Greenleaf, H. L., on Tests of Concrete-Steel Bond, 757*
Greenwich Fuel Research Station, Thomas Recording Gas Calorimeter, Report, 230* 699
— Observatory, Free-Pendulum Clocks, 450 Grid System, Power Transmission Lines,
Central Scotland, 493
Griffiths, Dr. E., on Measurement of Flame Temperature, 449
Griffiths, R. H., on Oil-Cracking and the Enrichment of Water Gas, 437
Grinding, Fine, Researches on Theory of, 60
— Machines. See Machine Tools
Grindstones, Diminution of Casualties from.170 Gris Nez Lighthouse, Optical Apparatus, 2* Grogan, J. D., on Aluminium Die-Castings, 342*. See 338
Grosvenor Bridge, Southern Railway, London, History of, 203
Grouting, Cement, Use in Construction of Piccadilly Circus Station, 610
Grummell, Dr. E. S,, on Fuel Control in the Chemical Industry, 673
Guss and Putt, Use in Somerset Mines, 792
Gwyer, Dr. A. G. C., on Alloys of Aluminium with Copper, Silicon and Iron, 302
Gyroscopic Anti-Rolling Gear for Ships, Schneider-Fieux System, 708
— Control of Aeroplanes, 447*
HAAS, Prof. W. J. de. Experiments on Super-Conductors, 417
Hack Saws, Sharpening Machine for, 357*
— Sawing Machine. See Machine Tools Hadfield, Sir R., on Industrial Heating by
Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, 464
Hadfields, Ltd., Visit of President of Institution of Civil Engineers, andc., 113
Hague, Dr. B., on Distribution of Electric and Magnetic Fields, 370
Hakes, J. A., on Simultaneous Determination of Surface Tension and Density, 450
Halberg-Beth Filtration Plant, Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, 148
Halcrow, W. T., on the Corrosive Attack of Moorland Water on Concrete, 770
Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge, Canada, posed, 724
Hall, J. H., on Wearing Tests of Manganese Steel, 636
Hall, J. P., and Co., Ltd., Speed-Limiting Brake and Constant-Speed Couphng, 771*
Hammers. See Machine Tools
Hand Truck, 2|-ton Hydraulic (J. Collis and Sons, Ltd.), 248*
Handley-Page Slotted Aeroplane Wings, 180*
Hankins, G. A., on Bending Tests of Spring Steels, 273*
Harbord, V., on Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, 147*
Harbours, Argentine, Improvements in, 651
— and Dock Engineering (Review), 765
— and Railway Developments, Chile, 207
— Workington, Coal-Loading Plant at, 66*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardness Tests. See Tests {Materials} Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Repairs of M.S.
M.S. “Highland
Heat Lost from Steam Pipes, Lagged and Unlagged, 125
— Resisting Steels for Kecuperator Tubes, 465
Specific. See Specific lleat
— Transmission, Surface Condensers, 77. See
IJETTEK, 534
— Treatment of Metals. See Melallnrgy
— Vibrations in Crystal Lattices, X-Kay
Investigations, 416
— Waste. See Waste lleat
Heating by Coal, Gas and Electricity, Comparisons, 466
— Curves, Alloys. See Metallurgy
— Elements, Electric, Kefractory Formers
for, 507
— Industrial, by Solid, Liquid and Gaseous
Fuels, 464
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Entrance Examinations, 200
— and Volatilisation by Electric Currents, 542 Heaviside Layer, Velocity of Ether Waves in,
653
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Refuse Power Plant at Govan, 577*, 641*, 710*
Heinze, Dr. It., on Low-Temperature Carbonisation in Germany, 503
Held Heavy-Oil Engine for Aeroplanes, 402 Helical Gears. See'Gear
Hematite Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Henderson, J. M., and Co., Ltd., 30-cwt. Level- Lutting Wharf Crane, 571*
Henderson, Sir B. H., on Engineering Work Abroad, 580
Herbert, A., Ltd., Double-Head Multiple Drilling Machine, 285* ; Tool and Cutter Grinding Machine, 290* ; Milling Machines, 316*
Herbert, E. G., Cloudburst System, Hardness Testing and Work-Hardening Apparatus, 28*, 361* ; on Machinability of Metals, 789*, 803*. See 782
Herbert, E. G., Ltd., Saw-Sharpening Machine, 357*
Herrero, A., on Corrosion of Iron and Steel, 537. See 433
Heseldin, G., on Drilling and Oil Production in Greater Seminole Field, 824
Heterochromatic Photography, Carbon-Tube Type, Vacuum Furnace for, 175*
High Frequency. See Electric
— Speed Steel. See Steel
•— Temperature Tests. See Tests {Materials} “ Highland Monarch,” M.S., Nelson Line, 509* Highway Engineering, Principles of (Review), 639
Text Book for Students (Review), 639
— See also Loads
H.M.SS. See underlFars/it/Js
Hob and Cutter Grinding Machine, (Pratt and Whitney Co.), 355*
Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear Machine Tools
Hodgson, ,1. L., on Measurement of Quantity in Works Practice, 658
Hoffmann, G. H., on the Effective ” H.M.S. ” Wolf,” 56*
Hohe, E. G., Double-Acting Internal-Combustion Engine, 805*
Holbeck Pulverisers, Coal, Cadeby Main Colliery, 522
Holbrook and Sons, 71-in. Centre All-Geared Tool-Room Lathe’, 324*
Holland, Reclamation of the Zuyderzee, 305*. 333
Holroyd, .T., and Co., Ltd., Oilstone Grinding Machine, 314* ; Centring Machine, 328*
Home Office Inspector’s Report, Factories and Workshops, 170
Mines Department, Safety Precautions for Machinery, 270
Regulations, Earthing Electrical Appliances, 235. See LETTER, 258
Honduras, Trade of. Report, 87
” Hororata,” S.S., Pulverised-Fuel Installation, 752*
Horstmann, E. H., on Control of Street Lighting, 50
Horticultural Society,’ Royal, New Hall, 763* Hotchkiss Internal-Cone Propeller, 55* Hotine, Capt. M., on Air Surveys, 629*
Houk, I. E., Model Experiments on Concrete Arch Dams, 86*. See 23*, 118*
Hours of Labour. See Labour
House Refuse Power Plant at Govan, 577*, 641*, 710*
Howard, J. and F. Ltd., Disc Harrow, 39* ; Double-Furrow and Balance Ploughs, 40* Howden-Buell System, Pulverised-Fuel, S.S. ” Hororata,” 752*
Hubbard, D. W., on Carbon Monoxide and Refractory Materials, 602
Hubendick, Prof. E., on Use of Ethyl Alcohol as Motor Fuel, 403
Hugill, W., on Durability of Lime-Bonded and Clay-Bonded Silica Bricks, 602 Humber River, Reconstruction of New Holland Pier, 772
Hume Reservoir, Murray River, Australia, Enlargement of, 153*
Humfrey-Sandberg Free-Wheel Drive for Motor Cars, Tests, 450
Humidity Regulator, Differential, the Drayton, 635*
Hungary, Trade and Industry of. Report, 205
Hungerford Railway Bridge, Proposed Removal, 140
Hunt, H., and Sons,Ltd,, Drill-Grinding Machine, 286* ; Reamer-Flute Milling Machine, 317*
Hurricane, Florida, of 1926, 445*
Hussner, Dr. H., on Drying Brown Coal, 405 Hydraulic Classification in Ore Dressing, 807
— Hand Truck, 2i-ton, (J. Collis and Sons, Ltd.),
248*
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pump
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant
— VariableTransmission Gear, Schwartzkopff-
Huwiler, 255*
Hydraulics, Standing-Wave Phenomena, 172*, 193*, 238*.^ See Erratum, 267
— Water Flow in Pipes at Changes of Section,
HydrauU‘8. See also llydrodytuiinics ; Irriya-
Uon ; crater
Hydrodynamics. Fluid Motion in Air and Water, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 111. See 143
— Mathematical Treatimmt of Viscosity
Pumps, 249*, 385*. Seo LETTERS, 059*, 078
— Water Flow in Channels, National Physical
Laboratory Investigations, 35
— See also Ship lieaistanee Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrogen. Atomic, Use in Blowpipe, 238 Hydrotjuinone, Result of Addition to Acrolein,
431
Hygrometry, Work of National Physical
Laboratory, 237
I.
IGNITION of Gases by Electric Sparks, 449 Temperature of, Experiments at Manchester University, 162
Tgranic Electric Co., Ltd., Induction-Motor Starter, 12*; Short-Wave Wireless Receiving Sets, 393
Illinois, University of. Experiments on Acoustics of Buildings, 90
Illuminating Engineers, Training of, 548 Illumination Congress, International, 547 — International Commission on, Saranac
Meeting, United States, 547
— Need for International Standards, 547
— See also Light; Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
Impact Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Imperial Airways, Ltd., Short “ Calcutta ” Flying Boat, 195*
— College of Science, Experiments on Pit Props, 162 ; Department of Aeronautics, Syllabus, 294
Impingement, Corrosion of Condenser Tubes
by, 309*. See 301 Import Trade. See Trade Impulse Turbines. See Tarbines Incandescent Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Incinerating Plant, Govan Refuse Power
Plant, 642*
Index to Periodicals, 209
— to Scientific Papers, Proposed, 367 India, British Trade in,
100, 667
— Import Trade, Report
812
— Madras, Irrigation in, . _.
— and Millwall Docks, Improvements at, 401
— Public Works in. Progress of, 812
— Town Water Supply in, 623
— Trade of, Reports, 100, 667, 812 Indian Agriculture, Royal Commission on,
Report, 266
— Agriculture and Water Power, Development of, 194
— Irrigation, Progress of, 812. See 719 by Tube Wells in Punjab, 194
— Peninsula Railway, Great, Electric Locomotives for, 134*, 163*
— Railways, Electrification, Progress of, 163*
— — New Construction, 812 Report on, 48
and Roads, Development of, 266
— Storage Reservoirs with Earthen Dan)S (Review), 145
Indicator Diagrams,High-Pressure Locomotive, 61*
Rupa Pulverised-Fuel Engine, 409* Steam Engine with Marshall’s Valve Gear, 617*
Triple-Expansion Engines with Beard- more-Caprotti Valve Gear, 555*
Induction Furnaces. See Earnace^ Electric — Motor. See Motor^ Electric
— See Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour
— Alcohol. See Alcohol; Motor Fuels
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Conditions in Canada, 4
— Economics. See Labour
— Education and Rationalisation, 659
— Electrification and Electric Control Gear (Review), 766
— Fatigue. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heating Congress, Paris, 18
by Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, 464
— Management. See IForl's Management
— Notes. See Labour NoteSf under Labour
— Organisation, Evolution of (Review), 814
— Research. See Research
Industries, British, Supply of Trained Workers, 107
— Sheltered and Unsheltered, 139
— Steel and Railw’ay Carriage, British, Amal
gamations in, 782
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Industry, Cement, Japanese, Waste-Heat
Recovery in, 514
— Coal, of the World, 401
— Coke, Economics, 435
— Electrical, British, Position of, 560
— Engineering, and the British Engineers’
A«»sociation, 47
— Fuel Control in, 673
— Modern, Mediseval Economic Theory in, 607
— Motor Car, British, 718
— Oil, Economics of, 402
— and Pure Science, Lectiu-es at King’s
College, London, 491
— Shipping, Use of Non-Ferrous Metals in, 300
— Skill in, and Nature of Skill, 659
— Suggestion Schemes in Works, 693 Inland Navigation, See Navigation ; Canals ;
Rivers; andc. i
Insects Injurious to Timber, 725 i
Inspection and Gas-Detecting Lamp for Mines, 458*. See 682
Institute of Transport. See Transport
; — See Institutions
Institution of Production Engineers. See Production
Report,
on, 100.
Report,
812. See
See 607, 719

Institution, Itoyal. S(;e Hoyal Institution
— Technical and Sciontiflc. See AeronatUical
Society, Uoyal; Agricultural Society, Royal; Architectf, atid Surveyors, Incorporated Association of f Arts, Royal Society of: Autofnobile Engineers, Inshtutiou of British Association ; Ceramic Society; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Chemical Industry, Society of; Civil Engineers, American Society of; Civil Engineers, Erench Society of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Earaday Society; Euel, Institute of; Glass Technology, Society of ; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Itisti- tution of; Iron and Steel Institute • Iron and Steel Institute, American ; Librari^, Special, and JnforniatiomBureaux, Association of; Marine Engineers, Institute oj ; Mechanical Engineers, American Society 0/; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Meteorological Society, Royal; Nai'al Architects, Institution of; Saval Architects and Maritie Engineers, American Society of; Eaval Engineers, American Society of; Newcomen Society ; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers Petroleum Technolo- Physical Society ; Production Engi- Professional Civil _ ; Public Lighting Engineers, Association of; Royal Institution; Royal Society Institute Institute
Electrical ,
Testing Materials, American Society for ; Transport, Institute of; Water Engineers, Ifistitution of.
Instruments, Measuring, Commercial Electric, (Review), 766
— and Meter Section, Institution of Electrical
EntdneerH, Formation of, 618
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. Sec Heat; Electric Insurance, Marine, History of Lloyd’s, 736 Interceptors, Pipe, Piccadilly Circus Station,
637*
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics ; Engines; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Grinder. See Grinding under Machine Tools International Association, New, for Testing
Materials, British Committee of, 381 ; Zurich Congress. 1931, 688
— Candle Standard of Luminous Intensity, 547
— Commission on Illumination, Saranac
Meeting, United States, 547
— Congress for Applied Mechanics, Proceedings
(Review), 95
Pittsburgh, Bituminous Coal, Programme, 233
— Exhibition of Inventions, Exhibits at, 535
— Illumination Congress, 547 International Metal and Specialty Co., Trans-
mlt-O-Phone, Location of Machinery Noises, 231
— Motor Car Exhibition, Moscow. 1929, 398
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions, International Exhibition of, 535
— and Reform of Britisli Patent System, 622 ?— See also Patents
Invicta 4^-litre Six-Cylinder Motor Car, 518* Ionised Argon, Spectrum of, 389
Iowa, Power and Fuel Problems in, 471 Ipswich, Repair of Bell of St. Mary-le-Tower Church, 53
Iron Alloys, National Physical Laboratory Research, 144
See also Metallurgy and SteM
— Alpha, Single Crystals of, Alternating-Stress
Tests. 85*
— Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment, under
Metallurgy
— and Coal Industries, Scottish, Geographical
Position, 606
— Cold-Drawn, Effects of Ageing, 439*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Foundry, Foundry
— Furnaces. See Eurnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Industry, Bilbao District, History, 432
— Magnetic Permeability of, 792
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast ; Metal
lurgy
— Mines, Survey by Magnetometer, 146
— Ore. See Ore
— Pig, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Protection of, by Zinc Coatings, 443*
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— and Steel Industry, Fuel Economy in, 675 Institute, American, Present Status
of Structural-Steel Welding, bv F. T. Llewellyn, 664*, 693*
Iron and Steel Institute :
Spring Meeting, London:
Blast K urnace Data and their Correlation, by E. C. Evans and F. J. Bailey, 29
Comparisons of Methods Employed in Cleaning Blast-Furnace Gas, by V. Harbord, 147*
Ardumn Meeting, Bilbao, Spain ;
Programme, 263
Inaugural Proceedings, 432 Reports and Discussions, 432
Iron Ore Mining in Vizcaya, by J. Bal- zola, 432
Use and Interpretation of the Transverse Test for Cast Iron, by J. G. Pearce, 603*. See 433
Phenomena of Corrosion of Iron and Steel, by A. Herrero and M. de Zubiria, 537, See 433
Influence of Pearlitisation Below the Arj Point on Mechanical Properties of Carbon Steels, by Rev. J. Orland, 434 Effects Observed in Quenched Liquid- Steel Pellets and their Bearing on Bath Conditions, by J. H. Whiteley, 472*
Iron and Steel Institute— continued.
Change in Tensile Strength due to Ageing of Cold-Drawn Iron and Steel, by Dr. L. B. Pfeil, 439*
Iron and Steel Works. See IFozZ;s
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See I^ests (Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— Wrought, for Chains, Comparisons with
Steel, 74
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel ; Pig Iron ; Metal
lurgy
Ironhirst Bog, Scotland, Peat Factory, 434 Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Columns ;
Roofs ; Steelwork ; Structicres
Irrigation, Algeria, Failure of Perregaux Dam 158*
— Australian, Hume Reservoir, Murray River,
153*
— Indian, Progress of, 266, 812 . by Tube Wells in Punjab, 194
— in Madras, India, Report, 719
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Italy, Apulian Aqueduct Water Scheme, 91*, 126*, 220*, 543*, 705*, 738*
— Belluno, Piave River, Ferro-Concrete
Bridge over, 303*
— Carrara, Wire Ropeway, 260*
— Hydro-Electric Installation at Galleto, 6* Electric Power Plants, New Installations,
340
Itchen River, Southampton, Opening of Ferro- Concrete Bridge, 556
JACKSON, Dr. J., on Free-Pcndulum Clocks,
450
Jackson, W., the Late, 678
James, R. W., on X-Ray Study of Heat
Vibrations in a Crystal Lattice, 416 Japan, Economic Conditions in, Report, 590
— Fuel Supply in, 465
— Kamaishi Iron Mines, Magnetic Survey, 146
— Tokyo Institute of Physical Research, Study
of Electric Sparks, 381 ; Investigation of Electric Explosions, 542.
— World Engineering Congress, 1929, British
Participation, 528, 655, 780
— Yokohama, Port of, Reconstruction and
Development, 258
Japanese Cement Industry, Waste-Heat
Recovery in, 514
— Locomotives in Manchuria, 175
Jefferson, C. J., on Pulverised Fuel for Marine Purposes, 821
Jenkin, Dr. J. W., on Aluminium Die-Castings, 342*. See 338
Jets, fJarburettor, Calibration at National Physical Laboratory, 86
— Steam. See Nozzles
— Wave, Mercury, and its Applications, 345* Jig-Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
— for Structural Members, Airship R. 101,
691*
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., Drilling and Tapping Machines nt Olympia, 284* ; Tool and Cutter Grinding Machine, 291*
Jones, J. II. on the Standing Wave, 172*, 193*, 238*. See Erratum, 267
Jones, Prof. E. T., on Spark Ignition, 449 Johnson, A., on Refractories for Salt-Glaze
Kilns, 507
Johnson, N. K., on Atmospheric Oscillations,
745 Journals. See Hearings Jupiter Geared Aero-Engine, Tests, 27 ; Per
formance, 459
KASAI, Dr., on Waftte-Heat Recovery in Japanese Cement Industry, 514
Kantor, J. J., Flow Tests of Carbon Steels, 636 Kawasakiyo, Dr. T., on Thermal Elliciency of Electric Furnaces, 465
Kearney ife Trecker Corporation, Triplex Surface-Milling Machine, 731*
Kearns, JI. W., Co., Ltd.. Axle-Box Boring and Facing Matddne, 320* ; Surfacing, Boring and Milling Machine. 322*
Kearton, W. J., on the Elow of M(‘rcury Vapour through Nozzles, 335, 460*
Keller Mechanical J^ngineering Corporation, Die-Sinking Machine, 353*
Kelly, W. Jt., the Late, 232
Kendall Gent, Ltd., Pii)e and Bolt-Screwing Machines, 328*
Kennedy, A., on Turbo- IClcctric Drive in Great Lakes Cargo Ships, 822
Kennedy, Sir A. B. W., the Late. 591*
Kent, <L, JJ.d., Steam and Water Indicating and itecording Metf'rs, 647*
Keppler, Dr. (L, on J'eat Treatment, 434 Kerbs, Channels and (juadranta, Concrete, Standard SpecBIcation, 699
Key-Seating Machine, See Machine TooU
Keyway-Milling Machine, (Smith <fc (’oventry (1927), Ltd.,) 352*
Kier, SUam-Heated, for Bleaching, Explosion of, 277
Kieselguhr, list* in Determining Calorific Values of Dll, 4IH
Kilns, Brick, Continuous, Apulian Afjueduct, 12H*
Cement, Rotary, Combustion In, 674
? - Rotary, Heat Balance in, 219 Baillatlon from, 219
- Salt-(ilaze, Refractories for, 507
King, Dr. J. G., <m Coal Blending and the Product ion of Doinestlc Euels, 437
King's College, London, Eaciiltyof Engineering SyllabuH, 101; Lectures on Industry and Science, 491 ; Cenfeniiry Ajijieal Fund, 623 K Irdochleven H ydro- Electric Power Plant, Deterioration of Dam ami Conduit, 770
Klnrieil Gas Coal, Carbonisation J’est-s on, 760* Kitaigorodsky. I., on the Expansion Factor of Aluminium Oxide in Glass, (i43
Kitchen and Wade, Portable Radial Drill, 351* ’,
Radial Drilling and Tapping Machine, 352* Kling-Weidlein Cleaner for Blast-Furnace
Gas, 149
Klingenberg Power Station, Cost of, 673 Knock, Engine, Theory of, 431
Kommers, Prof. J. B,, on the Properties of Cast-Iron, 635
Konimeter, Estimating Dust in Air by, 215 Korea, Market for Engineering Machinery, 272 “ Kungsholm,” M.S., Explosion due to Petrol
Vapour, 720
L.
LABORATORY, Forest Products Research, Princes Risborough, 140; Report on Home-Grown Timber, 633
— High-TeiLsion, National Physical Labora
tory, 174; Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 768*
Laboratories, Research, Fulham, Gas Light and Coke Co., 142
Inventions Originating from, 622
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd. 701*, 766*
Safety in Mines, Sheffield, 506*
— See also Natimial Physical
Labour :
Apprenticeship System, Englisli iElectric Ltd., 108
— and Training, Labour Ministry Report, 107
Employee-Directors, R. A. Lister and Co. Ltd., 166
Factories and Workshops, Home Office Inspector’s Report, 170
Factory Organisation (Review), 576
Hours and Conditions, Improvement in, 171
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Fatigue, Report on Eye Strain from Fine Work, 113 ; Report on Absences from Mines, 267
Labour Notes, 11, 54, 84, 101, 132, 162, 210, 229, 259, 293, 337, 371, 392, 423, 468, 489, 521, 566, 583, 615, 648, 676, 721, 743, 773, 817. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mine-Rescue Work Contest, Butte-Montana, United States, 525
Ministry of Labour, Report on Apprenticeship and Training, 107
Petroleum Industry, California, Fatalities in, 378
Railway Settlement, 1928,139
Safety Precautions, Machinery in Mines, 270
— Regulations, Co-Operation of Trade Unions, 170
Skill, Nature of, and Skill in Industry, 659
Suggestion Schemes in Industrial Organisations, 693
Trade Unions, Co-Operation in Safety Regulations, 170
Weights, Lifting of, by Men and Women, 171
Lachlan River Water-Supply Scheme, New
South Wales, 782
Lackawanna Arched-Web Steel Piling, Cofferdams, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 383*
Lacy-Ilulhcrt and Co., Ltd., Electrically-Driven
Portable Air Compressor, 309* Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Lake Superior Mines, Firc.s in, Report, 242 Lakes, Great, Shipbuilding Developments, 821 Laminated Springs, Teste of Steel, 35, 273* Lamps, Electric. See Electric
— Gas, for Street Lighting, Non-Manual
(,'ontrol, 50, 81
— Inspection and Gas-Detecting, for Mines,
458*. See 682
— Miners’ (Ceag, Ltd.), 682. See 458
Detection of Petroleum Vapours by, 667 Electric, with Two Filaments, 438 Lancashire Boiler. See Boiler
Lanchester Motor Co., Ltd., 30-h.p. Eight-
Cylinder Motor Car, 455*
Land Reclamation, Zuyderzee, Holland, 305* 333
Lander, Dr. C. H., on Low-Temperature Carbonisation, 503
Lang, J., and Sons, Ltd., Lathes at Machine 'Tool Exhibition, 280*, 282*
Lanoline, Use for Rast Prevention, 85 Lap-Welded Steel Pipe-Line,Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Plant, 517*
Lapping Machine, Crankshaft, Norton, 316 Norton, Universal, 316*
— Opiaatloas, Ruling Machine for Diffraction
Gratings, National Physical Laboratory, 206*
Larner-.Iohnson Valves, Hume Reservoir,
Murray River, 153
Lathes. See Machine Tools
LatilTractor, 17 -O-h.p., Four-Wheel Drive, 71* Lattice Towers for Antenna, Cupar Wireless
Telephone Station, 226*
Wind Pressure on. National Physical
Laboratory Investigations, 143
Launches and Trial 'I'rlps, 22, 74, 104, 136, 166, 200, 232, 2il2, 364, 396, 438, 520, 618, 650, 752, 776
Law. Sec Legal; Labour ; J’atents
Lea Recorder Co., Ltd., Coal Meter with Flow Indicator, 644*
— River and Water Supply of London, 624 Lead Alloys, See Alloys under Aletullurgy
— Cliemleal, Standard Specification, 250
— Corrosion by Sea Water, 118
— Ethyl in Petrol Engines, Action of, 431
— 1’1 iKM for Domestic Water Supply, Thick
ness of, 769
— Prices. Sec Aletal-l’rice Diagrams Leather and Fabric Belting, Testa of, 656,
661*, 709, 816
IJCCCC, Daly, Water Supply by Apulian Aqueduct, 91*, 126*, 220*, 543*, 705*, 738*
Ixjccese Syphon, Apulian Aqiicduet, 706*
Legal ;
Company Law, Questions'and Answers (Review), 814 I
Contracts, Engineering, Legal Considerations Relating to, 769
Gas Transmission, Legal Aspects, 504 Labour Legislation. See Labour Ludlam Steel Co. v. Daniel E. Terry, Silcrome Steel Case, 368
Patent Law. See / atents Railway Carriage, Law of (Review), 66 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal ; Labour ; Patents
Length Standards, Aational Physical Laboratory Investigations, 205
Lessing, Dr. R., on Cleaning Coal, 657, 729*
Letters to the Editor, 14, 74, 100, 146, 242, 258, 294, 335, 424, 534, 556, 659*, 678, 746, 772, 808. See LETTERS INDEX
Level-Luffing Wharf Crane, 30-cwt. (J. M. Henderson and Co., Ltd.), 571*
Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of. Conference at Oxford, 205; Oxford Meeting, Proposed Index and Guide to Scientific Papers, 367
Lidgerwood High-Lead System of Lumbering (Review), 191
Lifting Gear for Heavy Motor Vehicles, 809 Light Alloys, See A Hoys under Metallurgy
— Broglie’s Theory of, 80
— Coloured, Traffic Signalling in Streets by,
547
— Phenomena in Chemical Reactions, 563
— Sensitive Apparatus and its Uses, 628*
— Ultra-Violet, Transmission through Glass,
643
— Waves and Electron Waves, Relation, 80* Lighthouses, British and French, Comparisons, 4
— Electric, in France, Development of, 1* Lighting, Airway, Need for Standardisation,
547
— Arrangements, Royal Horticultural Society’s
Hall, 763*
— Coast, French Electric Lighthouses, 1*
— Engineers, See Public Lighting Engineers
— Gas. See Gas
— International Candle as Standard of
Luminous Intensity, 547
— Street, Control by Selenium Cells, 628* Gas Lamps for, Non-Manual Control,
50, 81
in Sheffield, 50
and Visibility, 81
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightning. See Electric
Lignites and Brown Coals, Utilisation of, 401
— Central German, Calorific Value, 97 Lime-Bonded Silica Bricks, Durability of, 602 Limestone Mining, Underground, United
States Bureau of Mines, 245
Limit Gauges. See Gauges
Lindmark, T., on Principles of Flame Radiation, 463
Liners. See Steamers
Linguists, Institute of. Activities, 571
Liquids, Conductivity Measurements, National Physical Laboratory, 207
— Fuel. See Oil Fuel. See also Alcohol ;
Motor Petrol
— and Gaseous States, Discontinuity of, 559
— Steel Pellets, Quenched, Microscopic
Examination of, 472*
— Viscosity of. See Viscosity
Lisbon, Port of. Trade and Shipping, 84
R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., Employee-Directors of, 166
Literature, 65, 94, 144, 154, 191, 240, 268, 548, 575, 639, 704, 736, 765, 814. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal; Latjour : Patents Liverpool Corporation Water Works, Report, 650
— Meeting, Institute of
Institute of
Liverpool Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Diesel- Driven Ammonia " “ Highland Monarch,” 509*
Llewellyn, F. T., on Structural-Steel Welding, 664*, 693*
Lloyd-Jones, H. V., on Legal Aspects of Gas Transmission, 504
Lloyd’s, History of (Review), 736
— Register, Scholarship and Student Graduate
Examination, 166; Register Book, 201; Report, 528; Statistics of Vessels under Construction. 79,494; Statistics of Vessels Lost, 166, 500
Load Factors in Electric Power Stations, 675 “ Lochmonar,” M.S., Repair Work, 242
Lock Sills, Panama Canal, Destruction by Teredo, 248
Lock-Outs. See Labour
Locomotives, British, in North America (Review), 94
— Cranes. See Cranes
— Driving Axle, with Quill and Spring Spur
Wheel, 134*
— Early History, Essays on (Review), 94
— Electric-Battery, New York Central Rail
road, 44
for British Railways, 622
Narrow-Gauge, for Govan Refuse Power Plant, 711
4-6-4 Type Express Passenger, Great Indian Peninsula Railway (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 134*
0-6-0-0 Type, Freight, for Great Indian Peninsula Railway (Mctropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 163*
— Experimental, German State Railways,
480, 512
— First Hundred Railway Engines (Review),
94
— High-Pressure, with Geared Unillow Engine
and Water-Tube Boiler (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works), 51*
— Indian Railway, 49
— Japanese, in Manchuria, 175
— 2,660-h.p. Oil-Electric, for Canadian
National Railways, 756*
— Oil-Electric Driven, 441
— Practice, Coal Economy in, 657
Locomotives. Pulerised-Fuel, for German State Railways, 96*
— Road. See Motor; Road; Tractor
— Standardisation in Germany, 332
— Steam Turbine, for German State Railways,
480
— 2-6-4 Type Passenger Tank, London
Midland and Scottish Railway, 744*
— Use of High Steam Pressures, 481, 513.
See 51*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lodge-Cottrell Dust Precipitator for Tin Smelting, 114* ; for Blast-Furnace Gas, 148
Lodge, Sir O., on Some Debatable Problems in Physics, 687
Lodge and Shipley Machine Tool Co., Automatic Lathe for Multiple Tooling, 350*
Loffler High-Pressure Boiler, 260
Loffier, Dr. H., on Testing Gaseous Fuels by Explosion Calorimeter, 436
Logway, Ferro-Concrete, Alouette Hydro- Electric Scheme, 186*
London, City of. College, Lectures on Steel and Non-Ferrous Metals, 330
! — County Council, Lectures for Teachers, Handbook, 330
— Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges, 140
— King’s College, Faculty of Engineering,
Syllabus, 104 ; Lectures on Industry and Science, 491; Centenary Appeal Fund, 623
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Diesel-Electric
Train, 441* ; 2-6-4 Type Passenger Tank Locomotive, 744*; Lifting Gear for Heavy Vehicles, 809
— Port of, Annual Report, 401
Caisson for Tilbury Docks, 295
London’s Theory of Valency and Stereochemistry, 417
— Underground Railways. See Underground
— University College, Engineering Courses and
Lectures, 396 ; Prospectus, 534
— Victoria Embankment Subway, Fire in,
Inquiry, 625
— Water Supply, Eynsford Pumping Station,
Metropolitan Water Board, 424*
Supply, Survey of, 624
Longford Electric Power Station, 549*. See Addendum. 619
Lorries. See Motor ; Tractors
Loughborough College, Empire Engineering Scholarships, 53 ; Calendar, 104
Louis, Prof. H., on Economics of Coal Preparation, 658
Low-Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., Low- Temperature Carbonisation Plant, 503 Carbonisation of Coal. See Coal Lubrication, Cylindrical Bearings, Seizing Temperatures, 85
Luffing Gear, Mitchell-Type, for Cranes, 571*
Lumber, Logway for, Alouette Hydro-Electric Scheme, 186*
Lumbering, Manual of Forest Engineering and Extraction (Review), 391
Lumsden, H. D., the Late, 428
Lumsden Machine Co., Ltd., Grinding Machines at Olympia, 289*
Lund, J., 7-ft. by 14-ft. Vertical Surface- Grinding Machine, 354*
, Lydall, F., on South African Railway Electrification, 667

MACDOHALD, T. L., on Eye Estimations of Planetary Detail, 450
Machinability, Report of, Cutting Tools
Research Committee. 782, 789*, 803* Machine Shops. See Works ; Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
{Materials}
— Tool Industry, British, Policy of, 297 Mackenzie, M., on Coke Manufacture, 435 Maclaurin Low-Temperature Carbonisation
Plants, Nuneaton and Glasgow, 503 MacLeod, Col. M. N., on Revision of Ordnance
Survey Maps, 607 Mac. See also Me
Machine Tools :
Axle-Box Boring and Facing Machine Duplex-Head (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 320*
— Lathe, Railway (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 323*
Bending Machines, Rjiil and Pipe (Bo- chunier Eisenhutte Heintzmann <fe Co.), 646*
— Press, 8,000-ton Hydraulic, for Boiler Drum Plates (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 722*
Board Hammer, Billings and Spencer Type (Brett's Patent Lifter Co., Ltd.), 360*
Bolt-Screwing Machine, 2-in. (Kendall and Gent (1920) Ltd.), 328*
Boring Attachment for 5-ft. Shaping Machine (Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217*
— Machin ', Bignan Cylinder (Blundstone Engineering Service, Ltd.), 353*
dig (Pratt tfe Whitney Co.), 327*
Jig, Three-Spindle (Socidtd Genc- voise d’Instruments de Physique), 350*
— and Facing Machines, Duplex-Head
Axle-Box (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 320*
— Mill. 36-in- High Power (Webster and Bennett, Ltd.), 319*
— Milling and Drilling Machine, Universal (G. Richards and Co., Ltd.), 352*
and Surfacing Machine (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 322*
— Tapping, Studding and Drilling Alachinc, High-Speed Radial, (W. Asquith (1920), Ltd.), 284*
— and Turning Mills, 36-ln. and 48-in. Du
plex (Webster <fc Bennett, Ltd.), 319* Mill, 48-in. Rapid-Production Vertical (G. Richards and Go,, Ltd.), 317*
Mill. 72-in. Vertical (J. Stirk <fc Co., Ltd.), 319*
Broaching Machine Ltd.), 357* (’enticing .Machine Ltd.), 328* Centreless-Grinding
Toots, Ltd.), 316* (Tankpin-Grinding Machine (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 313* Cranksliait-Lapping Machine (Norton Co.), 316
Cutter and Hol) Grinding Machine (Pratt and Whitney Co.), 35.5*
Cutting-OlF and Pipe-Screwing Machine, (Kendall <fe Gent (1920), Ltd.), 328* — Tools Kesearch Connnittee, Report on Machinability, 782, 789*, 803*
Cylinder-Boring Machine, Bignaii (Blundstone Engineering Service, Ltd.), 353* Die-Sinking Machine, Automatic (Keller Mechanical Engineering Corporation), 353*
Drawing Tubes and Sections, French Practice (Review), 269
Drill ('buck, “ Stick To ” (Fry's (London), Ltd.), 647*
— Hand-Operated, Percussive, for Wall Plugs (W. Geipel, Ltd.), 634*
— Pneumatic Hand (Desou ter Ltd.), 358*
— Twist and Straight-Flute, Specification. 130
Drilling Attachment foT 5-ft. Machine (Butler Machine Ltd.), 217*
— Boring and Milling Machine, Universal (G. Richards <t (’o., Ltd.), 352* Tapping and Studding Machine, High-Speed Radial, Motor-Driven (W. Asquith (1920) Ltd.), 284*
— Machine, Bench, 121-in. High-Speed (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 284* Double-Head Multiple (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 285*
Four-Spindle Gang (J. Archdale A' Co.. Ltd.). 350*
• 15-in. Four-Spindle High-Speed
Sensitive (Adcock A Shipley). 352* Girder Radial (W. Asquith (1920), Ltd.), 283*
42-in. Heavy Duty (A. A. Jones A Shipman, Ltd.), 284*
—••— Multiple-Spindle, for Boiler Drums, Babcock A’ Wilcox AVorks, 723
6-ft. Portable Universal Radial, (Kitchen and AA'ade), 351 *
5-ft. 9-in. Radial (J. Archdale A Co.. Ltd.), 350*
Radial Girder (G. Swift and Sons, Ltd.), 285*
Single-Spindle High-Speed Sensitive (Adcock A Shipley), 352* Slot, Duplex Horizontal ards A Co., Ltd.), 359* Three Spindle (A. A. Shipman, Ltd.), 284* 20-in. Vertical (A. A. Shipman, Ltd.), 284*
Vertical, Manufacturing dale A Co., Ltd.), 350*
— and Tapping Machine, 40-in. Sensitive Radial (Kitchen A AVade), 352* Machine, 25-in. A"ertical(A. A. Jones A Shipman, Ktd.J, 284*
and Studding Machine, Radial (G. Swift A Sons. Ltd.), 285*
Drop Hammer, 10-cwt. Electrically- Driven Friction (Brett’s Patent Lifter Co., Ltd.), 360*
Facing and Boring Machines. Duplex- H6ad Axle-Box (H. W. Kearns A Co., Ltd.), 320*
Forming and Threading Alachine, Landis Automatic, 349*
Gear-Testing Macliine (Fellows Gear Shaper Co.), 353*
General Purpose Tool, Stow-Lindv (Rothermel Corporation, Ltd.), 312* Grinding Machine, Automatic-Sizing Internal (Heald Machine Co.). 354* Centreless (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 316* 12-in. Combined AA’et and Dry (B. R. Rowland A Co., TJd.), 289* Crankpin (Churchill Machine Tool Co,, Ltd.), 313*
Double Dry, with Exhaust Fan (B. R, Rowland A Co., Ltd., 289* Gear-Tooth (Churchill Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 287*
-Heavy Duty, Plain (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 600*
Hob and Cutter (Pratt and Whitney Co.), 355*
Internal (Churchill Alachine Tool Co., Ltd.), 313*
Norton Semi-Automatic, 290* ? Holroyd A Co., Ltd.), 314 *
Plain Cylindrical (Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.), 314*
Surface, Reciprocating Table (Lumsden Alachine Co., Ltd.), 290* Surface, 72-in. and 24-in. Rotary TaWe Machine Co., Ltd.),
Surface, Traversing I'able (Lumsden Machine Co., Ltd.), 290*
Twist-Drill (H. Hunt A Sons), 286* Universal Cutter and Tool Herbert, Ltd.), 290*
Universal Tool and CuUer (A. 4. Jones A Shipman, Ltd.), 291 * 20-in. Vertical. Rotary Surface (Snow A Co.. Ltd.), 357* Vertical-Spindle Rotary Surface ((’hurchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.) 13*
U-in. Vertical Surface (Snow and Co., Ltd,), 356*
7'^^- 14-ft. A'ertical Surface,
(J. Lund), 354*
20-in. Wet Tool (B. R. Rowland and Co., Ltd.), 289*
Mack Saws, Sharpening Machine for (E. G. Herbert, Ltd.), 357*
Knox, for Sheet Metals (Fry’s (London), Ltd.), 647
Hammer, Hoard, Billings A* Si)encer 'I’ype
(JHetl’s Patent Litter (’o., Ltd.), 360* — Drop, 10-{’wt. Pilectrically-Driven Friction (Brett’s Patent Litter (’o., Jdd.), 360*
— Pneumatic, for Driving Sheet Piles, 62*
— Spring, 65-lb. Motor-Driven (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 360*
Hob and (’utter Grinding Machine (Pratt it Whitney (’o.), 355*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Jig-Boring Machine (Pratt it Whitney Co.), 327*
Machine, I'lirce-Spindle (Soeietd Genevoise d’liistruments de Physique), 350*
— for Structural Members, Airship H.lOl, 691*
Key-Seating and Morticing Machine (Smith and Coventry (1927), Ltd,). 352 Keyway-Milling Machine, Vertical (Smith it Coventry (1927), Ltd.), 352*
Lapping Machine, Crankshaft (Norton Co.), 316
Universal (Norton Co.), 316*
Lathe, Automatic Turret (A. Butterworth it Co.), 354*
— 20-in. Automatic Vertical Turret
(Bullard Machine Tool (.’’o.), 326*
— 7-in. Capstan (H. W. Ward and Co., Ltd.), 279*
— 6^-in. Centre, All-Geared Head (Ward, Haggas and Smith), 349*
— 8.1-in. and 7.1-in. (’entre All-Geared, (Colchester Lathe (’o.), 323*
— 71-in. Centre, All-Geared Tool-Room (Holbrook it Sons), 324*
— 4.i-in. Centre Four-Spindle Vertical Automatic (Colchester Lathe (’o.), 325*
— lO.Din. Centre Gap-Bed Belt-Driven (G. Swift it Sons, Ltd.), 280*
— 15-in. Centre Gap-Bed Motor-Driven (G. Swift it Sons, Ltd.), 280*
— 6^-in. Centre, Sliding, Surfacing and Screw-Cutting (J. Lang it Sons, Ltd.), 280
— 24-in. Centre, Surfacing and Boring (J. Lang it Sons, Ltd.)^ 280*
— 81-in. Centre Tool-Room (J. Lang and Sons, Ltd.), 282*
— 7-in. Centre Tool Room (Dean, Smith and Grace, Ltd.), 349*
— 15-in. Combination Turret (H. W. Ward and Co., Ltd.), 279*
— Heavy-Duty Combination Turret (Gisholt Machine Co.), 323*
— High-Precision, Screw-Correcting (B. Symons and Co.), 567*
— for Multiple Tooling, Automatic (Lodge
it Shipley Machine Tool Co.), 350*
— Railway Axle (Craven lirothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 323*
— Six-Slide, Multiple-Tool, Rapid Production (Drummond Brothers, Ltd.), 350*
— Six-Spindle Vertical Automatic (T. Ryder and Son. Ltd.). 325*
— Two-Slide Rapid Production (Drummond Brothers, Ltd.), 350*
— Vertical Turret (Bullard Machine Tool Co.), 326*
Machine Shop Management. See B'orZ:$ Management
— Tool and Engineering Exhibition, Olympia, 279*, 313*, 349*
Progress in Design, 279 Magazine, Rod, for Automatic Screwing
Machines (Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.), 663* Milling Attachment
Machine (Butler Machine Tool *Co."^ Ltd.), 217*
— Cutters, Grinding Machine for (Pratt and Whitney Co.), 355*
— Drilling and Boring Machine, Universal (G. Richards and Co., Ltd.), 352*
— Machine, 28-in. All-Geared Horizontal (J. Archdale and Co., Ltd.), 352*
24-in. All-Geared Vertical (J. Archdale and Co., Ltd.), 353*
Automatic Reamer-Flute (H. Hunt and Sons), 317*
Horizontal-Spindle Surface (J. Parkinson and Son). 318*
Manufacturing (A. Herbert, Ltd., 316*
Plain (J. Parkinson it Son), 317* Profile, Automatic (H. F. Atkins), 360*
Semi-Automatic, for Wood (Wadkin and Co.), 362*
Single-Pulley Plain (A. Herbert Ltd.), 316*
Standard Universal (Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing ("o.), 318*
Triplex Surface (Kearney it. Trecker Corporation), 731*
Universal (Crossley it Co.), 318* Universal, with Vertical and Horizontal Spindles (Crossley <t Co.), 318*
Vertical Keyway (Smith it Coventry (1927), Ltd.), 352*
— Surfacing and Boring Machine (H. W. Kearns it Co., Ltd.), 322* ,
Mortising and Key-seating Machine
(Smith it Coventry (1927), Ltd.), 352 — Machine, Automatic Chisel (T. White it Sons, Ltd.), 361*
Chain-Cutter and Hollow-Chisel Type (T. Robinson it Son. Ltd.), 632* Moulding Machine, Six-Cutter (T. Robinson it Son, Ltd.), 632*
for Wood, Double-Spindle (T.
Robinson it Son, T.td.), 361* Oilstone Grinding Machine (J. Holrovd it Co., Ltd.), 314*
Pipe and Bail Bending Machiiu's (Bodiii- iner Eiseidiiittc* Jlvintzinann tV (‘o.), 046*
—- Screwing and (’utUnu-OfF Machine, 6-in. (Kendall tV (Jenl (192(l), Ltd.). 32S* Planinu .Macinne, Wood. (Kin., Hand-1'’eed
(Wadkin A Co.), 362*
Moving Head, for lioiier-Driini Manufaciun*, Bai»eoek tV Wileox Works, 723*
72-in. ()p(‘n-Side (.J. Stiik A’ Sons, ld(i.),327*
24-in. ()j)en-Side (Ward. Ha’Zj'a.s A' Smith), 359*
Open-Side Crank 'I'ype (Butler Maelune Tof)l Co., Ltd.), 327*
4()-ft. Plate-j'kige, for Boiler-1)riiiii Manufacture, Jtalicock A’ Wilco.x Works, 723*
108-in. Rotary, for Tow(*rs Sections, Delaware Bridge*, <512* l*neuniatic Drills. See (above)
— Ilamiuers. See Ilauituers (ahovt*) Press, .Bending, 8,(K)0-ton Hydraulic, for
Boiler-Drum Blates (iialicock A'
Wilcox, Ltd.), 722* — I’ower. Results of Hiiarding, 17(1 — Tools for Stamping and Elnnging Cird(‘r
Webs. .Airshij) K. I(H, 691* Brolile-Milling Machine, Automatic (H. i'.
Atkins), 360*
Rail and Pipe Bending Maeiiincs (Bochu- mer Eisenliiitte Heintzmann A* (‘o.), 646*
Railway-Axle Lathe (Craven Brothers (Manchester), JTd.), 323* Keamer-Elute Milling Machine (H. Hunt it Sons), 317*
Relieving Lathe. See Lathe (above) Rod Magazine for Automatic Screwing
^lachine (Brown it Sharpe Manufacturing Co.). 663* Sandpapering Machine, 'I'iiree-Drum (T.
Robinson A' Son. Ltd.). 361* 42-in. Triple-Drum (T. White A
Sons, Ltd.), 361*
Saw. Band, Bench (A. Ransome A Co.,
Ltd.), 73*
— Bench, Straight-Edging and Ripping (T. Robinson A Son. Ltd.), 361* Underfeed Radial Arm (T. White A
Sons, Ltd.), 361*
— 18-in. Canting-Spindle I)iinension( Wad
kin A (-0.), 362*
— Sharpening Machine (E. (L Herbert, Ltd.),
Machine, Automatic (Clifton A
Baird, Lt(l.), 354*
— See also Hack-Saw (above)
Sawing Machine, High-Speed, Cold (Clifton it Baird, Ltd.), 355*
6-in. Jnserted-Tooth (’ircular (C.
Wicksteed A Co (1920). Ltd.), 329* Scraping Tool, Power-Operated (Anderson
Brothers Manufacturing Co..) 359* Screw Machine, 2-in. Automatic (A.
Butterworth A Co.), 354*
Screwing Machine, Automatic, with Rod Magazine (Brown A Sharpe Manufacturing Co.), 663*
Bolt, 2-in. (Kendall A Cent (1920),
Ltd.), 328*
— and Cutting-Off Machine, Pipe, 6-in.
(Kendall A Cent (1920), Ltd.), 328*
Shaping Machine, 32-in., Bal! Bearing (Butler Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 328* 5-ft., with Boring, Milling and
Drilling Motions, 217*
Single Traversing Head (C. Swift A Sons, Ltd.), 328*
Slot-Drilling Machine, Duplex Horizontal (C. Richards A Co., Ltd.). 359* Slotting Machine, 6-in. Vertical (Bratt A
Whitney Co.), 359*
Spring Hammer, 65-lb. Jlotor- Driven (B. A S. Massey, Ltd.), 360*
Stampings, Duralumin, for Airship R.lOl,
Machining Operations, 691* Stow-Lindy General Purpose Tool (Rother- mel Corporation, Ltd.), 312* Studding, Drilling, Boring and Tapping
Machine, High-Speed Radial (W.
Asquith (1920), Ltd.), 284* Surfacing, Boring and Milling Machine
(H. W. Kearns A Co., Ltd.), 322* Tapping Machine, |-in. (A. A. Jones A
Shipman, Ltd.), 284*
— and Drilling Machine, 40-in. Sensitive
Radial (Kitchen A Wade), 352*
— Studding, Drilling and Boring Machine, High-Speed Radial Motor-Driven (W. Asquith (1920), Ltd.), 284* Tenoning Machine (T. Robinson Ltd.), 361*
(Wadkin A Co.), 363* Two-Spindle (A. Ransome
Ltd.), 73* Threading and Forming Machine,
Automatic. 349*
Tool-Room Lathe. See Lathe (above) Turning and Boring Mills. See Borina (above)
Turret Lathes. See Lathes (above) Welders, Resistance, (British Insulated
Cables, Ltd.), 158* Woodworking Machinery, BenHi Band
Saw (A. Ransome A Co., Ltd.), 73* Milling Machine, Semi-Automatic
(Wadkin A. (;o.). 362*
Morticing Machine, Automatic Chisel (T. White A Sons, Ltd.), 361 *
• Mortising Machine, Chain-Cutter
and Hollow-Chisel Tvne (T. Robinson A Son, Ltd.), 632*
Moulding Machine, Double-Spindle
(T. Robinson A Son, Ltd.), 361* Moulding Machine, Six-Cutter (T
Robinson A Son, Ltd.), 632* Planer, 6-in. Hand-Feed (Wadkin A Co.), 362*
Sandpapering Machine, Three-Drum (T. Robinson A Son, Ltd.), 361*
and Ripping (!’. RohiiiHon i.’Q Son, l td.), 301*
Saw, 18-in. <'anting-Spindh* (Wadkin A' Co.), 302*
'J’enoidng Maeldne {'f. Robin'^on A Son. Ltd.), 301*
'I'enoning Machine (Wadkin A* Co.), 302*
'I'enoidng Maehiius 'rw<‘-Splndl<‘ (A. Ran.HOiiie A Co., Ltd.). 73*
See abo PAKAOKAPII INDEX
Machine Work. See Muehine TOOIH Machinery, British, in India, IRB
— in CoIlierieR, 058
— Market in Japan. 590
— .Mechanics of (Review), 94
— Noises of. Location by 'rransniit-t)-Phone, 231
Madeley, J. W., on Town Water Supply in India, 023
Madras, Irrigation in. Report, 719
— Water Supply of, 023
Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Power Station, 490*, 517*, 005*
Magazine, Rod, for Screwing Machine, 003* .Magnesite Jiricks, Specillc Heat of, ,507 Magnesium Alloys. See Alloya under MeiaUnryy “ A^iagnet ” Works, JOrndngliani. Heneral Electric Co., Jdd,. 524
Magnetism, Ti’rrertrial, National Ph>Q ical Laboratory, M(‘a.surements, 173
Magnetic Fields, Ex]M‘rimental J)et«Tiidnation. 370
— Permeability of Iron, 792
— Prospecting in Japan. 1 4G
— Separators, Govan Biduse Powi*r Plant, 579*
— Stonih',, Investigations of. 490
— 'fests. National Physical I.aboratory. 174 Magnetometer Survey, Kamaishi Iron Mines,. Jaj)an, 140
Maidstone Power Station. Extension of. 50 Mains, Electric. See Cables under Efeitrie Malam, J. E., on Rockw(*ll Hardness 'fests. 50$)* Malay States Railways, Eed(‘rat<*d, Report, 055
Malta Floating Dock, 213*
Management of Works. See B'orA->r Management Manchester, Barton Power Stati(m f^xtensions,. 759*
—College of Technology, Prospectus, 390
— University, Experiments on Ha.s-Ignilion
Temperatures, 102
Manchuria, Kailway bcvelopments in. 175 Manganese Steel, Manufacture and t’ses,. 113 : Wearing 'fests. 030
Manipulator for Rolling Mills. Wellman- Kennedy, 244
Mann, L., on Alloys of Aluminium. 302 Manufatdure, Scientific Methods in. See B’orA'a Management
— See also Trade
Manufacturers, Costs for, New Method of Works Costing (Review). 705
Maps, Ordnance-Survey, Revision of. 0o7 Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Compressed-Air.
M. T. “ Carlos Lurnb,” 535*
Machinery, Development of. 532 Machinery. Steam Consumption. 822
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engineering, Jdoyd’s Statistics, 79. 494,
529
Theory and Practice (Review), 144 Use of Non-Ferrous Metals in, 300
— Engineers, Institute of, Turbo-Charging of
Internal-Combustion Engines by Dr. A. Biichi, 462. See 403, 425* ; Heibert Akroyd Stuart Award, Conditions, 596
and Naval Architects, American Society of. See Naval Architects
— Engines, See Engines ; Tarbines ; Marine
Propulsion
— Growths, Protection of Timber from. 112
— Insurance, History of Lloyd’s, 736
— Propulsion, Boiler Rooms, Air Supply to
532
Diesel-Electric Oil Tanker " Brurtswick Trials, 272
Diesel-Electric System. Ferrv Boat for Argentina, 564*
Diesel Engine with Exhaust-Gas TurboSupercharger, Biiehi System, M.S. “ Rabv Castle,” 425*. See 403, 462
Diesel Engines, H.M.S. “ Medway,” 270* Diesel Engines, 4,000-h.p., Harland-
B. W. Type, M.S. ” Highland Monarch,” 509
— — Diesel Engines, Sulzer Tvp4\ M.Y. ” Nar
cissus,” 44
Mechanical Stokers for Babcock ifc Wilcox Boilers, Tests, 821
Oil Fuel for. See Oil Euel
Propeller, Hotchkiss Internal-(^one. 55* Propellers, Tank Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 143
Pulverised Coal for. See Pulverised. Coaf Consumption Auxiliary Machinery,
Triple-Expansion Engines, with Beard- more-Caprotti Valve Gear, 554*
Turbine, Exhaust Steam, Bauer-Wach System, S.S. “ Britannia.” 394*. 430 Turbo-Electric Propelling E((uipn)ent, S.S. “ Viceroy of India,” 372
Turbo-Electric System, S.S. “ California,” 822
Turbo-Electric System, Ships on GreatLakes, 822
Vibration of Ships and its Cause, 718. See LETTER, 772
See also Engines; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Besistanee ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX'
— Refrigerating Installation. M.S. ” Hiah-
land Monarch,” 509*
— Structures, Corrosion of, Experiments in
Bristol Channel, 115*
Marine Turbines. See Turbines, Steam ;
Marine Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marshall, A. H., on Evaporative Cooling of
Motor-Car Engines, 432. See 369, 375 Marshall, J. T., A^alve Gear for Steam Engines, i’lb*
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., Gravel Washing, Crushing and Grading Plant, 774*
Martin, Dr. G., on Fine Grinding, O'); on
Fuel Control in Cement Industry. 674 Martin, F. G., on Non-Ferrous Metals in the
Shipping Industry, 300
Martyn, Dr. F., on Frequency Variations of the Triode Oscillator, 449
Massey, B. and S., Ltd., Herbert Cloudburst Hardness-Testing Apparatus, 28*, 361* ; Motor-Driven Spring Hammer, 369*
Alaterials, Mechanics of (Review), 192
— Strength of. See Slrc.ss and Tests (Materials}
— Structural, and Factors of Safety, 236 Aiatheinatics, Geometry of Resonance Diagrams, MTreless Circuits, 415*
Matter and Radiation, Views on, 687 Mavor, S., on Suggestion Schemes, 693 May, R., on Corrosion of Condenser Tubes by
Impingement, 309*. See 301 McAdam, Dr. D. J., on Factors in Corrosion
and Corrosion Fatigue of Metals, 636 McCorkle, I. IL, on Influence of I’orrosion on the Fatigue of Ferrous Metals, 635 McLintock, Dr. W. F. P., Gravitational Survey by Eotvos Balance near Glasgows 606 McPherson, A. W., on Water Supply of Glasgow District, 606
Me. See also Mac
Measurements of Small Displacements, Electrical-Inductance Method, 110*
Measuring Instruments, Commercial Electric (Review), 766
— Weir, Bazin-Type, Apulian Aqueduct, 94* Mechanical Cooling Beds for Rolling Mills,
275*, 381*
— Engineering, Text-Book of (Review’), 640
— Engineers, American Society of. Depreciation Allowances, by E. F. Du Brul, 78. See LETTERS, 242, 294 ; Research Work on Metals at High Temperatures, 246*
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :
Summer Meelintj^ Southampton;
Visits, Excursions, <fcc., 21. See also Vol. cxxv
London Meetings, Winter Session ; Presidential Address, by R. \V. on Marine Auxiliaries, Training Works Management, 527, 532
Training I'olicy, 527, 533 Annual Dinner, 52!) Power Transmission by lielts : Investigation of Kundamentals. Dr. H. W. Swift, G5(b 661*, See 810
Cray Lecture on Possible AHbration of a Ship’s Hull Tinder the Action of an Unbalanced Engine, by Prof. W. E. Dalby, 718. See LETTER, 772
Manchester Meeting, 1929, 751 (hitting Tools lU'search Committee, R(‘port on Machinability, by JC. C. Herbert, 782, 789*, 803*‘
North Western Hranch ;
Discussion on Power Transmission by Belts : An Investigation of Eiinda- mentals, bv Dr. H. W. Swift, 70!). See 050, 00*1*, 810
Dinner, 751
South Wales Hranch ;
Rehabilitation of Rolling-Mill Eipiipment in British St(‘el Works, bv (i. A. A\ Russell, 243*, 274*, 379*
Mechanical Stoker. See Stoker
Mechanics, Ap[)lied, IToceedings of Second lnt(!rnational Congress (Review), !)5 (»f Machinery (Review'), !t4 of Materials (Review), 1!)2
Mechanisms. PerioTlic 1‘krors in Motion, T(‘sting Aitparatiis at National Physical Lahora- t(»ry, 200*
Mc(‘s, Dr. C. E. K., on Photographic Physics, 108
Melchett, Lord, on Enel ainl Coal Industries, 057
Aferce<ids-B(‘nz, British. 4J-litre Eight-Cylinder Motor Car, 482*
** Mercer,” S.S. Pulverised-Coal Installation, l*jXperi(ue‘e with. 000
M<*r<‘hanl Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shins. Sei’ Ships ; Steamers Mercury-.lel Wave, and its Applications, 345* ? Prices. See MetaLPriee Diagrams
— Vapour, Plow' through Nozzh's, 335, 409*
*?’ at National
Metalliir^^y :
Alloyn, Aliinilninni BraHs, for Condpiiser 'I’IIIH’H, 301,310
Bia«Hc», for l)i(’-(’aslIng. 121
with Copper, Silicon and Iron, Constitution of. 302
for Die Casting, l’rop<‘rtieH and Production, 342*. See 338
National IMiyKical lail»orat(»ry In- vcMt igat lonH. 1 It
- BearinUH for Marine ICngines, 300
- ConqHiKit ions for Marin<^ PropellerH,
300
-—? Cop|M’r anti Alunilniuin, Cfinstitutlon of. 302
for Die Cnatlnu, 725*. See 338
- - Silicon SyHirni. Alpha-PliaHe Boun
dary of, 370
S-e apo ; /troiice ; (Jnfntn‘tai, <<C.
Iron, 439* Duralumin,
Construction of Airship R.lOl, 690* Steel, Rdntgen Ray Investigations, 238
Iron Ore. See Ore
Metallurgical Industries of Spain, 686 Metallurgy Department, National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 143
Metals, Molten, Surface Tension of, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 144
— Non-Ferrous, in the Shipping Industry, 300
— Pure. Preparation and Properties, National I’hysical Laboratory, 144
— Rbntgen-llay Investigation Crystal Structures, National Physical Laboratory, 144
— 'Pests of. See Tests {Materials} Pulverised Coal. Use in Metallurgy. Sec
Fulrerised Coal
I’y ro meters. Sec Fyrometers Refractories. See Befractory Materials ; Firebricks
lU'gulus Metal, Spccillcation. 255
Rolling Mills. See Itolliny Mills Silchrome Steel, Invention and Uses, 368 Solder, Zinc-Caflmium, Use in Coitstruc- tion of Airship R.lOl, 692. See LETTERS, 746, 808
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat-Resisting, for Recupc'rator'Pubes, 465
— Manganese, Manufacture and I’ses. 113 — Manufacture, Distribution of Rolling Costs, 243*
Value of Observations on Quenched Litpiid-Steel Pellets, 472*
— for Rails, Mechanical Properties of, 678
— Silchrome, Invention and Uses, 368 'Pin Mining (Review), 145
— Smelting at Bootle. 113* Welding. See IVeldiny
Zinc-Base Alloys for Die-Casting, 338, 475* — Electrolytic, Production in Australia, 21
— Cadmium Solder. Use in Construction of Airship R.lOl, 692. See LETTERS, 746, 808
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Metalloyraphy ; Micro- photoyraphs ; Foundry ; and (jRArii INDEX
JMetals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys Metalluryy
— Coiistruction Work, Airship R.lOl,
See LETTERS, 746, 808
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Dcgr(‘{tsing, Apparatus for, 497, 540*
— Electro-Potentials of, and Corrosion, 538
— Fatigue of. See Alternatiny Stress under
Tests (Materials]
— Eilament Lamixs. See L nnps under
— Hardness an<l Machinability R’dationship,
782, 789*, 803*
— High-'Pemp<‘rature (’reep-'Pest Apparatus
(Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 767*
— Impurities in, and Corrosion, 539
Metals, Institute of :
Corrodibilities of Metals and Alloys, by Dr. J. N. I’Tiend, 115*
Autumn yjeetiny. Liverpool ;
Pndiminary Programme, 137
Inaugural Proceedings, 300
Re]>orts and Discussions, 300, 338, 3/0
Autumn Lecture on Non-Ferrous M(‘tals in the Shipping Industry, by F. G. Martin, 300
Corrosion of ('ondenser 'Pubes by Im])inge- inent, by R. May, 309.* See 301
Corrosion at Discontinuities in Metallic Protective Coatings, by U. R, Evans, 407*, 4 13*. See 302
Metals, Institute of—continued.
Alloys of Aluminium with Copper, Silicon and Iron, by Dr. A. G. C. Gwyer, H. W. L. Phillips and L. Mann, 302
Laboratory Experiments on High-Tem- pcrature Resistance Alloys, by Dr. C. J. Smithells, S. V. Williams and J. W. Avery, 629*. See 338
Die-Casting of Copper-Rich Alloys, by R. Genders. Dr. R. C. Reader and
V. T. S. Foster, 725*. See 338
Properties and Production of Aluminium Die-Castings, by S. L. Archbutt, J. 1). Grogan and ])r. W. J. Jenkin. 342*. See 338
Die-Casting Alloys of Low Melting Point, bv T. F. Russell, W. E. Goodrich,
W. Cross and N. P. Allen, 475*. See 338
Alpha-Phase Boundary of the Copper- Silicon Svstem, by Dr. C. S. Smith, 370
Rockwell Hardness Test, bv J. E. Malarn, 569
Practical Pyrometry, by (L B. Brook, H. J. Simcox and Prof. E. Wilson, 822*. See 371
Metals, Machinability of, Report, 782. 789*, 803*
— Molten, Surface Tension of, National
Physical Laboratory Investigations, 144
— Non-Ferrous, Hardness Tests, 569* in the Shipping Industry, 300
-- Price Diagrams, 22*, 146*. 304*. 438* 596*. 724*, 818*
— Pure. Preparation and Properties, Work of
National Physical Laboratory, 144
— R6ntgen-Ray Investigation of Crystal Structures, National Physical Laboratory, 144
— Structures, Deterioration in Sea Water. Ill
— Structure of, See Metallography ; MicrO’ photographs
— Super-Conducthity of. Investigations, 417
— Thermal and Electrical Conductivity, Relationship, 207
— Trades Pension and Benevolent Society, Royal, Annual Dinner, 595
— Wear of. Determination of, 237
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy ;
Microphotographs
Meteorological Ollice Committee. Atmospheric
Pollution, Report, 804
Meteorological Society, Royal :
Distribution of Thunderstorms over the Globe, by F. J. W. Whipple, 745
Atmospheric Oscillations shown by Micro- Barograph, bj- N. K. Johnson, 745
Dines Float Barograph, by L. H. G. Dines, 808
Average Seivsonal Rainfall over Europe, by Dr. J. Gla«spoole, 808
Meteorology, Conductivity of the Atmosphere and its Causes (Review), 040
— Distribution of Thunderstorms, 745. See
495
— Effects of Florida Hurricane, 415*
— 'riuinderstorms, ^Mechanism of, 495. See 745
— Wind-Structure Research at Royal Airship
Works, Cardington, 502
Meter, (.’oal, with Flow Indicator (Lea Recorder Co., Ltd.), 044*
— Engineers’ Technical Association, Dissolution of, 018
— and Instrument Section, Institution of
IClectrical Engineers, Formation of. 018
— Steam and Water, Indicating and Recording
(G. Kent, Ltd.), 047*
in Works Practice, 058
Methane Explosions. See Colliertt Explosions Metrology Department National Physical Laboratory, Work of. 205*
Metropolitan Cammell Carriage, Wagon and
Finance Co., Ltd., Formation of. 782 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Electrical Equipment, Coal-Loading Plant at Workington, 00* ; Electric Freight Locomotive for Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 103* ; Altcrnating-tUirrent Valves, 393; Short-Wave Wireless Receiving Sets, 393; 10,000-kw. Turbo-Generator and Condensing Plant, Stoiv'bridge Park Power Station, 419* ; Electrical Equipment of Diesel-Electric Ferry Boat, 505* ; 40,000-kw. Turbo-Generator, Barton Power Station, 700*; Research Laboratories, 701*, 700*
— Water Board, Eynsford Pumping Station,
424* ; Water Supply of London, 024
— See also London
Meyer-Kiser Building, Miami, Florida, Damage in Hurricane, 1920. 445*
Miami, Florida, Effect of Hurricane, 1920. 445* Michel Thrust Bearing, History of, 503
Micro-Barograph Records, Oscillations of Atmospheric Pressure, 745
Micrograph, Ramsden R(*tlex. 42* Microphotographs, Armco Iron Immersed in
Aluminium Bronze, 728*
— Iron Containing Absorbed Oxide, 439*
— Muntz Metal (’orroded by Sea Water, 117*
— Nickel-tJiromium Alloys, 030*
— Quenched Licpiid-Steel Pellets, 473*
— Steel Immersed in Aluminium Bronze*, Chromium-Plated, Immersed in
minium Bronze, 728*
Cutting Tools, 790*. 803* Nickcl-Chromium. Immerst'd in minium Bronze, 728*
— Welded Steel Joints, Observations on. OOfi Microscope, Projection, Herbt'it Cloudburst
Hardness-Testing Apparatus, 29*. Sec 301*
— Ramsden Rcllcx Micrograph, 42* Microstructure of Metals. Sec Meiallogruphy ;
M ierophotographs
Millam Free-Wheel Drive for Motor Cars, 519* Miller, 1). G., on Resistance of Concrete to Action of Sulphate Waters, 278
Miller, T.. the Late, 724
Milling Machines and Cutlers. See Machine Tools
Miltivoltmeters, MagneHe Shi(*lding of, 822*
Mills, Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Millwall Docks, Improvements at, 401 Minerals, British Columbia, Production of, 175
— Oils. See Oils
— Resources of Canada, 5 of Western Australia, 495
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Miners’ Lamps (Ceag, Ltd.), 682. See 458 Detection of Petroleum Vapours by, 667 Electric, with two Filaments, 438
— Phthisis Prevention Committee, Work of,
215
Mines, Accidents in, Effect of Temperature and Air Speed, 267
— British and American. Electrical Equipment
in, 688
— 15ritish Columbia, Report on, 175
— Coal. See Collieries
— Concrete Linings for Underground Work
ings, 680*
— Department, Canadian, Report on Alberta
Bituminous Sands for Road Surfacing, 55
Safety Precautions for Machinery, 270
— Drainage, Acid, and River Pollution, 700
— Electricity in, Report, 750
— Gases, Investigation of Inflammability, 506*
— Iron, Survey by Magnetometer, 146
— Lake Superior, Fires in, Report, 242
— Metal, Flow of Air in. Experiments, 276
—? Rescue Work Contest, Butte-Montana, United States, 525
— Safety Precautions for Machinery in, 270 in, Research Board, Report, 161; Sheffield Laboratories, 506*
— Secretary of, Report on Somerset Coal
Mining, 792
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Wire Ropes for. Deterioration, 162
— Witwatersrand, Dust in Air of, 215
— See also Coal; Collieries,; Mining; Ores;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining, Economic Geology, (Review), 155
— Hydraulic Classification in
807
— Iron-Ore, in Vizcaya, Spain,
— Limestone, Underground,
Bureau of Mines, 245
— Problems, Co-Operation in. 688
— Tin (Review), 145
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Health, Proposed Regional Water Committees, 561
— of Labour, Report on Apprenticeship and
Training, 107
— of Transport. See Transport
Mii/-b< II. R., the Late, 232
Mitchell-Type Luffing Gear for Cranes, 571* Mitta Mitta Reservoir, Murray River, 153* Mobile Crane, Petrol-Driven, on Fordson
Tractor, (Carrick <fc Ritchie, Ltd.), 584*
Models, Celluloid, Deflection Measurenient-s, Investigations of Stresses in Structures, 31* —? Experiments on Concrete Arch Dams with Mercury Loading, 86*, 118*. Sec 23*
on Floating Dock, Haslar Experiment Tank, 213
Tidal Flow, Zuyderzee Embankmeuts,307 Vibration of Ships, 719. See LETTER, 772 See also Aeronautics ; Ship Resistance —? Scale, Tests of Structures. 236
Modjeski, Dr. R., Delaware River Bridge, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*, 735*. 799*
Moffat, G. N., on Transmission of Power by Belts, 816. See 656. 661*. 709
Moisseitf, L. S., Delaware River Bridge, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*. 735*, 799*
Molvbdenum and Nickel-Chromium Alloys, ‘630*
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.. Nickel Research Data, 200
Monte-Concavecchia Rc'^ervoir, Apulian Aqueduct, 738*
Monuments, Decay of Stone in, 725 Moore, C. E., on Drying Cracks, 602
“ Moreta,” Motor Yacht, 75
Morris Motors (1926), Ltd.. Morris Minor Motor Car, 483*
Mortar, Use of Refractory Materials as, 208 Mortising Machines. See Machine Tools Morton Bearing-Bush Snug, 44*
Moscow International Motor (.’ar Exhibition, 1929, 398
Motion, Periodic Errors in. Testing Apparatus at National Physical Laboratory. 206*
Motor Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Cars, Advantages of Supert'harging. 482 British, Canadian Market. 5
Canadian Production. 176
Motor-Car Details :
Auxiliary Driving Arrangements, 3O-h,p. Eight-Cylinder Lanchester Car, 45.5*
Axles, Back and Front. 16-45 h.p. Six-
Cylinder Wolseley (’ar, 454*
Back Axle, 9-h.p. Four-(’ylindcr (flyno Car, 452*
15-h.p. Six-Cvlindcr Standard Car,
456
Clutch and Flywheel, 16-45 h.p. Six-
Cylinder Wolseley Car, 454*
Engines. See Engines, Retrol, Motor Car Eree Wheel, Clayton-(hirrin, 519* Humfrey-Sandberg, Test of, 450 Millam, 519*
Front Axle, IJ-litre Six-Cylimh'r Invicta
Car, 519*
Gear Box and Brake Drum, 12-75b.p.
Front-Wheel Drive Alvis ('ar, 486* and Foot Controls. British Mfr<*('‘d6s- Benz ('ar, 482*
9-h.p. Four-Cylinder Clyno Car. 452* Latil Tractor, 71
Motor Car Engineers. See Autonuibile Engineers
Engines. See Enffines, Petrol
Exhibition, Interna(i(»nal, Moscow, 1929, 398
Exhibition, Olympia, 450*, 482*. 518* 20-80 h.p. Eigii1-('ylinder Bevt'rley, 486* 30-h.p. Eight-Cylinder Lanchester, 455*
Motor Car, 23-70 h.p. Eight-Cylinder Sleeve-
Valve Arrol-Johiiston and Aster, 4o0 Ferry for, Southern Kallway, 121 9-h.p. Four-Cylinder Clyno, 452* Free-Wheel Drives for, Ihunfrey-Sandberg, 450; Clayton-Currin, 519* ; Millam, 519*
12-75 h.p. Front-Wheel Drive Alvis, 483* Fuels. See .4/otor Fuels
Gear Boxes. See Motor-Cnr Details Headlights, Need for 1 nternational
Standards, 547
Heavy-Oil Engines for, 402, 403
Industry, British, 718
4|-ljtre Eight-Cylinder British Mercedds-
Benz, 482*
4i-litres Six-Cylinder Invicta, 518* Manufacturers and Traders, Society of.
Statistical Keeord, 718
Morris Minor, 483*
Parts, Standard Specifications, 792 Screw Threads for, 99*
21-h.p. Six-Cylinder Delaunay Belleville, 450*
15-h,p. Six-Cylinder Standard, 455*
— — lfi-45 h.p, Six-Cylinder Wolseley, 452* Trend of Design, 450
Tyre Chains, Wearing Tests of, 636 See also Motor Cycles; and FAKAGRAPH INDEX
— Coaches, Oil-Electric, Advantages for Kail-
w’ays, 265 ,
— Converters, 760-kw., Aldwych House Sub
station, 785*
— Cycle Exhibition, Olympia, 590 Trade, British Overseas, 591
— PUectric, Alternating-Current Commutator
(Review), 65
200-h.p. Direct Current, for Diesel- Electric Ferry Boat, 565*
650-h.p. Direct Current, and Control Gear, for Freight Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 163*
Induction, Squirrel-Cage Type, Push- Button Starter for (Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.), 12*
Induction, Vertical Spindle, 500-kw., Prestwood Pumping Station, 211*
Scherbias Speed-Regulating Set for, 247* Stirk Split-Field Reversing, for Planing Machine, 327
Traction, Direct-Current, Standard Specification, 200
Twin-Armature Traction, Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 134*
— Ferry “ Wootton ” (W. Denny and Bros.,
Ltd.), 121
— Fuel, Ethyl Alcohol for, 403
Power Alcohol, Production of, 435 _ — Production by Cracking, 405 Proposed Standards, 404
Recoverv Plant, Dunston Power Station, 787*. See 463, 503
Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics ; Dnyines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
Lorries, Electric, Refuse-Collecting (R. Garrett and Sons, Ltd.), 578*
— Steam, Explosion of Cylinder, 277
— Steam, 10-ton Rigid-Frame Six-Wheel
(R. Garrett and Sons, Ltd.), 40*
Marine. See Engines; Mariri^ Propul- Sion; Motor Ships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol ;
Motor Cars ; Tractors
Road Rollers. See Boad Boilers
— Ships Built, Report of Lloyd’s Register, 528 Converted, United States Shipping
Board, Performance of, 822
Diesel-Electric Ferry Boat for Argentina, 564*
under Construction, Lloyd s Statistics, 79 494
H.M. “ Medw’ay,”Diesel Engines for, 270* “ Highland Monarch,” Nelson Line, 509* “ Kungsholm,” Explosion due to Petrol Vapour, 720
Lloyd’s Register Book, 201
“ I.ochmonar,”' Repair Work, 242
Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 500
—- — ” Raby Castle,” Exhaust-Gas TurboSupercharger Installation, Biichi System, 425*. See 403, 462
See also Marine Propulsion
— Spirit. See Motor Fuel
— Tank Ship “Brunswick/’ Diesel-Electric, I'rials, 272
— Transport, Railway Companies’ Bills, 17 in Russia, 398
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Tug ** Carlos Lumb,” (yompressed-Air Auxiliaries, 535*
— Vehicles, Heavy, Lifting (year for, 809 Routine Testing of, 813 Skidding Tests of, 36
Springs for, Tests, 36, 273*
— Yacht “ Moreta” (J. L Thornycroft and Co. Ltd.), 75
“ Narcissus,” Conversion of, 44 Motoreufabrik Deutz A. G., Horizontal Diesel Engines, 26*
Mott, R. A., on Dewatering and Drying of Coal, 405
Moulds for Die Casting, 343*, 726*
Moulding Machines, Wood. See Machine Tools — See also Foundry
Moulton, Prof. D. A., on Refractory Materials used as Mortar, 208
Moureu, Prof. C. on the Negative Catalysis of Auto-Oxidation, 431
J. Mowlem and Co., Ltd., Reconstruction of Piccadilly Circus Station, 608*, 637*, 754*
Mullard Radio Valve Co., Ltd., Pentode Five-Electrode Valves, 393
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Mumma, P. F., on Influence of Corrosion on the Fatigue of Ferrous Metals, 635
Alunieipal Aerodromes, Air Alinisbry’s Suggestions, 561
Alunzingcr, Dr. F., on Fuel Control in Electric Supply Stations. 673
Murge Tunnel, Apulian Aqueduct, 129*
Murray, Matthew, Life and Work, 175
Murray River, Australia, Enlargement of Hume Reservoir, 153* ; Bridge 488 ; Diesel Engine for Pumping Plant, 753
Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Plant, Development of, 151*
Museum, Science, South Kensington, First Parsons Steam Turbine, 719
Myres, Prof. .1. 1,., on Ancient Geography in Modern Education. (UHi

NAGOSKA, H., on Electric Explosions, 542
** Narcissus,” M. Y., Conversion of, 44 Nathan, Col. Sir K., on I’ower Alcohol, 435 National Association of Supervising Electricians. See Siipervising Electricians
— Fuel and Power Committee, Recommendations on Gas Supply, Report, 400
National Gas Engine Co., Ltd., 75-h.p. Heavy- Oil Engine, 72*; 2J-h.p. Hopper-Type Petrol-Paraffin Engine, 72*
— Physical Laboratory, Report on Work, 35,
85*, 101*, 142*, 173*, 205*, 237* ; Investigations on Strength of Nuts, 90 : Research on Radiation from Steam Pipes, 125; Measurement of Flame Temperatures, 440
— Radio Exhibition, Olympia, 303
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Scholarships, 104, 688
Spring Meeting, London ;
Effective ” I ” of H.M.S. ” Wolf,” by G. H. Hoffmann, 56*
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society of. Scientific Application of Welding to Ship Construction, by J. W. Owens, 821 ; Developments in Shipbuilding on the Great Lakes, by A. W. Cross, 821; American Aeroplane Carriers, by Rear-Admiral G. H. Rock, 821 ; Pulverised Fuel for Marine Purposes during 1027-1028, by C. J. Jefferson, Commander J. S. Evans and Commander J. Broshek, 821; Forced-Blast Chain- Grate Stoker Tests of a Marine Water- Tube Boiler, by T. B. Stillman, 821; Central Power Stations at Sea, by Commander Q. B. Newman, 822 ; Description and Trials, S.S. “California,” by R. Williams, 822; Performance of Converted Motor Vessels of the United States Shipping Board, by Cajfiain R. D. Gatewood, 822; Turbo-Electric Drive in Great Lakes Cargo Boats, by C. R, Fisher and A. Kennedy, 822
Naval Architecture, Bending Stresses in Ships, “Wolf” Experiments,'Effective Moment of Inertia, 56*
Admiralty Floating Docks, 177*, 213* Progress in, 331
Studies in, Strength-Rolling (Review), 65
— Engineers, American Society of, Pulverised
Coal in S.S. “ Mercer,” by Commander J. S. Evans and R. C. Brierly. 600
— Repair Sliip “ Medway,” Diesel Engine for,
270*
— Warfare. See AVarshipa
— See also Warships
Navigation, Direction Finding bv Rotating Radio Beacon, Fort Monckton^ 130
— French Electric Lighthouses, 1*
Navy, British. See 7/.M. under B'ars/z/ps
— French, Schneider-Fieux Gyroscopic Anti
Rolling Gear, 708
— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval; If arships; and PARAGRAPH NDEX
Navvy, Steam. See Excavating Machine Negative Catalysis and Auto-Oxidation, 431 Negretti and Zanibra, Dial Thermometers for Galvanising Work, 682
Nelson Line, M.S, “Highland Monarch,” 509* “ New Coal Age,” Journal of Low-Temperature Carbonisation, 596
New Holland Pier, Reconstruction of, 772
— International Association for Testing Materials, British Committee of. 381 : Zurich Congress 1931, 688
— South Wales, Clarence River Bridge, 272 Wales, Lachlan River Water-Supply
Scheme, 137, 782
Wales, Murray River Bridge. 488
Wales, Proposed Railway Line. Roto to Hillston, 782
Wales, Public Works of, 688
Wales, Use of Petrol-Driven Motor Coaches, 266
— York Central Railroad, Electric-Battery
Locomotive, 44
— Zealand, Engineering Imports of, 730
New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., S.S. “ Horo- rata,” Pulverised-Fiiel Installation, 752*
State Railways, Shaping Machine for, 217*
Newbigin, H. T., the Late, 563
Newcastle-on-Tyne Electric Supply Co., Dunston Power Station, C^oal-Distillation Plant, 787.* See 463, 503
River Tyne Bridge, Opening of, 488*. See LETTER. 556
Newcomen Society, Transactions of, 175
Newman, Cmdr. Q. B., on Central Power Stations at Sea, 822
Newquay Meeting, Ceramic Society. See Ceramic Society
Newsarre Steel Self-Adjusting Pit Props. 710* Nicholson, J. H., on Reconstruction of New Holland Pier, 772
Nickel-Chromium, Resistance, Oxidation and Electrical Resistivity, 338, 629*
Wires for Electrical Heating Apparatus, 629*
— Effect on Copper, Corrosion Resistance, 118
— Research Data, Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 200
— Sprayed, for Protection of Steel, 302, 407 Nitrate Factory, Toulouse, (^ost of, 688 Nitric Acid, Effect on Steel, 433
Nitrogen Manufacture from Air, Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Plant, 151
Nobel IndiiBtries, Ltd., Aideer J’jXpIoHivea Factory 563
Noises of Machinery, Location by Transniit- t)-Plione, 231
— llediiction of, in Motors and Gears (Metro
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Idd.), 769 Nomenclature and Standard Classiiieation of Coals, 401
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat hisula- tion
— Ferrous Metals. Seo Metala ; yielalluryy Norman, Prof. C. A., on Transmission of Power
by Belts, 816, See 656, 661,* 709
North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Annual Keport, 525
North Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Marine Diesel Engine with Supercharger, Biichi System, 425.* See 403 and 462
North Metropolitan Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Brimsdown Power Station, 819*
— Notes from, 15, 45, 75, 105, 137, 167, 201, 233, 263, 295, 365, 397, 429, 459, 491, 525, 557, 587, 619, 651, 683, 714, 747, 777, 809. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
North Wales Power Co., Maentwrog Hydro- Electric Plant, 496,* 517,* 005*
— Wilford Power Station, Extension of, 617 Northamjdon Polytechnic, Syllabus, 364 Norton Lapping Machines at Olympia, 316*
— Semi-Automatic Grinding Machine, 290* Nortons (Tividale), Ltd., Vertical-Pick (.’oal-
Jireaker, 044* ; Coal-Washing Plant, 679*
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests {Materials} Notes on New Books. See Hooks and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland ; North ; South IPexf; South
Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nottingham, North Wilford Power Station, Extension of, 617
— Koyal Agricultural Show, 39*, 69*
Nozzles, Flow of Mcrcurv Vapour Through, 335 469* * i
— Steam Turbine, Kesearch Work (Metro- i
poIitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 701*
Nuneaton Gas Works, Low-Temperature carbonisatiounat, 503
Nuts, Bright, Sizes of, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 86
— Hexagon, Strength of, Beport, 90

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
Ohio University, Columbus, Investigation oi Power Transmission by Belts, 816. See 656, 661*, 709
OiJ-Cracking and Enrichment of Water Gas, 437
— Diesel, Determination of Calorific Value, 418
— Engines. See Engines^ Oil; Motor Cars; Tractors
— Extraction from Coal, Crozier Carbonisation Retort, 82*
— Fired Furnaces for Tin Smelting, 113*
— Fuel Burners, Turbine (Trowbridge Schellens), 121*
in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 675
for Ships, 717
— Gas, Electricity and Coal, Comparisons of Power Transmission by, 504
— Industry, California, Fatalities in, 378 Economics of, 402
— Motors. See Engines^ Oil ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Pipeline from West Texas to Chicago, 596
— Removal from Metals, Apparatus for (Dr, A. Wacker, G.m.b.H.), 497 ; Crawshaw’s Chemical De-Greasine Apparatus, 540*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Tankers Built, Report of Lloyd’s Register, 529
— Sec also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Oilstone Grinding Machine (J. Holrovd A Co., Ltd.), 314*
Oklahoma, Greater Seminole Field, Petroleum Production, 824
Olympia. See Exhibition
Omnibus, Motor. See Motor Omnibus Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Policy of, 169 ; Report, 418 Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Optical Apparatus, French Lighthouses, 2*
— Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Optics. Work of National Physical Laboratory, 238
Ordnance Survey Maps, Revision of, 607 Ore Dressing, Hydraulic Classification, 807
— Iron, Mining, Viscaya, Spain, 432 Organic Chemistry. See Chemistry
Orland, Rev. J., on The Influence of Pearlitisa- tion on the Properties of Carbon Steels, 434 Oscillograph. See Electric
Ostwald, W,, on Fuel Requirements and the
Oil Industry, 404
Ottawa, Fuel-RcHcarch Laboralorles at, 596 Ovens, Cok<!. Seo Coke Ovens Overhead Cranes. Seo Cranes
Lines, PowerTransinlHslon, (’cntral Scotland
Electricity Scheme, 493
J’ower 'I’ransmlsHlon, Design of, 472, 68u Power 'i’ranrtndsrtion, 66,000-volt, Maent- wrog ily<iro-Elcctric Scheme, 606*
Regulations, Review of, 169
Overseas I’rade Department, Report on Iradc of Honduras, 87; Reiiortw on Trade of India, 100, 667, 812; Report, Finance and (Jommercc of Persia, 109; Merslna- Adana District, Turkey, Trade Report, 138; Report on Economic Situation In Hungary, 205; Report on 'trade of Barbados, 271 ; Market for Engineering Machinery, Korea, RejMirt, 272 ; Union of South Africa, Report, 494 ; Economic and 1 inancial (’onditions in Germany, Report, 654 ; Report on Economic Conditions in Japan, 590; Economic and Imlustrial Conditions, Spaii,, Report. 686 ; Report on New Zealand Import 'Irade, 730; Report on Maritime Trade of Burma, 752; Econondc Conditions in France, Report, 781
United Kingdom, Table of, 166
Owens, J. W., on Welding in Ship Construction,
821
Oxford Conference, Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux. See Libraries
Oxidation, New 'Pheories of, 431 Oxy-Acetylene Blowpipe. See lilou^pipe Welding. See IVebling
I’AGK, P. IL. on Slotted WiuKS and the Automatic Slot, ISO*
Paints, Experiments with, at Southampton Docks, 112
Palazzos. Gervasio Syphon. Apulian Aqueduct 222*
Pamplona-San Sebastian Railway,Spain Diesel- Electric Rail (’ar, 497*
Panama (’anal. Destruction of Lock Sills by Teredo, 248
Extension Works, 201 Tratllc, 233
Pantograph ('urrent-Gollecting Gear. Electric Locomotives, Great Indian Peninsula Hallway, 135,* 105
Paraflin Engines. See Entjines, Oil
— Tractors. Sec TriHfortt
Parker, J. W., on Railway Rates, 457
Parker, W. H., on Wearing Qualities of Tyre (’bains, 030
Parktleld Large Gas (’oal, Carbonisation Tests on, 700*
Parkinson, J., and Son, iMilling Machines, 31/*, 318*
Parmiter, P. .1., and Sons. Ltd., Root Thinner. 742
Parrish, P., on the By-Product Arnmonia- Recovery Problem, 437
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 25,000-kw. Turbo- Generators, Brimsdown Power Station, 820*
Parsons, Sir C., Award of Coph’j' Medal to, 719
— Turbines. See Tnrbineit, ; Marine
Propulsion
Passenger Steamers. See Steamers
Patent Record, 122,* 184*, 218,* 382.* 572,* 668*, 732*, 826*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
— Short-Term, Proposed, 622
— System, British, Reform of, 622 Pawiikowski, R., Experiments with Rupa
Pulverised-Euel Engine, 409*
Pear, Prof. T. H., on Nature of Skill, 659 Pearce, J. G., on the Transverse Test for Cast- Iron, 433, 603*
Peat Factory, Ironhirst Bog, Scotland, 434
— Russian Deposits, 434
— Winning and Utilisation, 434
Peebles, T. A., on Fuel Control in Industry in United States, 674
Pendulum Control of Aeroplane Ailerons, 448* Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Turbo-Electric Liner, “ V’iceroy of India,” Launch, 372*
Penpoll Tin Smelting Co.. Ltd., Tin-Smelting Works at Bootle, 113*
Pension and Benevolent Society, Royal Metal Trades, Annual Dinner, 595
Pentode Five-Electrode Valves, 393
Periodic Errors in Motion, Testing Apparatus, National Physical Laboratory, 206*
Periodicals, Index to, 209
Permanent Shuttering, lAd., Ferro-Concrete Construction, 793*
Perrdgaux Dam, Algeria, Failure and History of, 158*
Persia, Report on Finance and Commerce, 109 Petrol Carburettors. See Carburettors
— Motors. See Aeronautics ; En^in^s,
Petrol; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum, Continuous Distillation Apparatus, 730
— Distillation of. Recent Developments in, 404
— Industry, California, Fatalities in, 378
— Technologists, Institution of, Drilling and
Oil Production in Greater Seminole Field, Oklahoma, by G. Heseldin, 824
— Production, Greater Seminole Field, Okla
homa, 824
— Vapours, Detection by Miners’ Lamps, 667
— See also Oil: Paraffin; Engines^ Oil Petters, Ltd., Oil and Petrol Engines, 71; Extension of Works, 651; Self-Containetl Petrol-Driven Electric-Lighting Set, 742*
Pfeil, Dr. L. B., on Change in Tensile Strength of Cold-Drawn Iron and Steel, 439*
Phemister, Dr. J., on Gravitational Survey by Eotvos Balance near Glasgow, 606
Philadelphia, Delaware River Suspension Bridge, Construction of, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*, 735*, 799*
Philips Incandescent Electric Lamp for Lighthouses, 3*
Phillips, H. W. L., on Alloys of Aluminium, 302 Phosphorescence, Fluorescence and Chemical Reaction, 562
Photographic Apparatus for Examination of Flame, 507*
— Measurement of Radiation, 449 Photographs and Surveys, Air, 629* Photo^aphy, Physics of, 108
— Seventh International Congress, 108 Photometry, Heterochromatic, Vacuum Furnace for, Carbon-Tube Type, 175*
— Work of National Physical Laboratory, 175 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Phthisis, Miners’, Prevention Committee, 215* Physical Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Laboratory. See National Physical
Physical Society :
Anti-Elastic Bending of Rectangular Bars of Different Cross Sections, by Dr. A. Ferguson and J. P. Andrews, 786 Instrument for Production of Known Small High-Frequency Alternating Electromotive Forces, by B. S. Smith and F. D. Smith, 786
Physics, Band Spectra, Progress in, 389
— Change of State from Liquid to Vapour,
594*, 625*, 671*
— Department, National Physical Laboratory,
Work of, 207, 237
— Ether Waves, Velocity in Heaviside Laver,
653
— Flame Temperature, Measurement of, 237,
449. See 777
— Heat Vibrations in Crystal Lattices, X-Ray
Investigations, 416
— Heating and Volatilisation by Heavy
Electric Currents, 542
— Ignition of Gas by Electric Sparks, Investi
gations, 449
— Institute of, Photographic Physics, by Dr.
C. E. K. Mees, 108
— Light-Sensitive Apparatus and its Uses,
628*
— Magnetic Storms, Investigations of, 496
— Photographic Measurement of Radiation,
449
— of Photography, 108
— Radioactivity, Spontaneous, 687
— Scattering of Electrons by Crystals, 417
— Spectrum of Ionised Argon, 389
— Steam Tables and Equations, Prof. H. L.
Callendar’s, 530*, 559, 557
— Suner-Conductivity. of Metals, Investiga
tions, 417
— Surface Tension and Density, Simultaneous
Determination of, 450
— Ultra-Violet Light, Transmission through
Glass, 643
Violet Radiations Emitted by Gases in Electric Discharges, 416
— Volta Effect and Modern Theories, 388
— Voltaic Pile, Seat of Electromotive Force
in, 687
— Waves of an Electron, 79*
Mechanics and the Structure of the Electron, 653
— See also Physical Society and P.VKAGKAPII
INDEX
Piave River, Belluno, Italy, Ferro-Concrete Bridge over, 303*
Piccadilly (dreus Station, London Reconstruction, 608*, 637*. See 754*
Pier Foundations, Delaware River Bridge, 573*
— New Holland, Lincolnshire, Reconstruction
of, 772
— Wharves and Docks, Design, Construction
and Miintenancc of (Review), 704 Pietermaritzburg-Glencoe Section, South African Railways, Electrification, 667 Pieters Coal-Carbonisation Process, 363* Pig Iron Prices. Sec Metal-Price Diagrams Piles, Sheet, Timber, Driving with Air Hammer, 62*
Piling, Lackawanna Arched Web Steel, Cofferdams, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 383* Pinions. See Gears
Pioneer Bridge Design, 203
Pipe, (k)ndiiit, Riveted-Steel, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Plant, 517*
— Eternit, Apulian Aqueiluct, 546
— Ferro-Concrete, for Apulian Aqueduct,
Manufacture of, 221 *, 545*
— Interceptors, Piccadilly Circus Station, 637*
— Lead, for Domestic Water Supply, I'hick-
ness of, 769
— Line, Lap-Welded Steel, Maentwrog Hydro-
Electric Plant, 517*
Oil, from West 'I’exjis to Chicago, 590
— Rivided Steel, for Syphons, Apulian Aque
duct, 221*
— Screwing and Cutting-Off Machine. Sec
Machine Tools
— Shafts, Piccadilly (Ircus Station, 6*17*
— Steam. Sec Steam Pipes
— Water Flow at Changi^s of Section, 294*
— Sec also Tolies
Pit Props, Self-Adjusting, Newsarre Steel, 710* Wood an<l Steel, I’csts at Imperial College of Science, 162
Pitting. See Corrosifm
Plttaburgh International (’’ongress, Bituminous <’oal. Programme, 233
Planets, ICye Olwcrvatlons of Details. 450 Planing Machine. See Machine Toots i
Plank, I’rof. R., on Natural Science an<l | Technology, 779 j
Plant and Buildings, Allowances for Depreciation, 78. See LETTBKH, 242, 294
Plate-Edge Pinning Machliu*. See Planing Machine, under Machine Tools
— Sleel, I’rices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Plating, Elcctrr). Srre Electro Jdatlnurn-lteslHtance Pyroniefers. See Pyrometers
Plouglis, Double-Furrow and Balance (J. F. Howard, lA-d.), 40*
— Two-Furr^iu, for 'rrnctor Haulage (Uan-
sonvs, Sims A .hdferies, Lt(i.). 69*
Plugs. Wall. Hand-Dpernted percus«ive Drill for. 634*
Pneumatic Tools. See Machine Tools
— See Compressed Air ; Air Compressor Poles, Wooden, for Overhead Lines, Tests and
Factors of Safety, 685
Pollution, Atmospheric, Report, 804
— River, Report, 370 and Water Supply, 750 Polyp Grab, 474*
Polytechnic. See Education
Pooley, H., on Heat Balance in Rotary Cement Kilns, 219
Pope, Sir W. J., on Stereochemistry, 563 Porosity Tests, Acetylene Tetrachloride for, 166
Port of Aden, 764
•— of London, Annual Report, 401
— of Lisbon. Trade and Shipping, 84
— of Rangoon, Report, 751
— South American, 581
— of Townsville, Queensland, 710
— of Vigo, Improvement of, 529
— of Yokohama, Reconstruction and Equip
ment, *^58
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Took. See Machine Tools Porter, Prof. A. W., on the Volta Effect, 388 Portland Cement. See Cement
Portsmouth Dockyard, Yarrow 'Boilers, 444* Po'^t Office, British, Cupar Receiving Station, Transatlantic Wireless Telephony, 227*
Potomac River, Arlington Memorial Bridge over, Sheet-Pile Cofferdams for, 383*
Potter, A. C., and Co., Boreholes, Prestwood Pumping Station, 102*
Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Coal Power Alcohol. See Alcohol ; Motor Fuels
— Conference, See World Power Conference
— Electric, Central Scotland Scheme, 493 Charges in Ontario, 418
.—.— Domestic Uses, 466 in Japan, 590 in Mines, Report on, 750
Production, of, Economic Utilisation of Fuel, 787.* See 463, 503
— and Fuel Committee, National, Recom
mendations on Gas Supply, Report, 400
— Gas. See Gas ; Engines, Gas
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine Tools
— Plant Failures, Report on, 299
Hydro-Electric, Aerial Surveys, 733 Hydro-Electric, Alouette Lake, British Columbia, 185*
Hydro-Electric, Apulian Aqueduct, 544, 707
Hydro-Electric, Developments in Canada, 169, 185*, 228, 263, 337, 418
Hydro-Electric, in Iowa, 471
Hydro-Electric, in Italy, New Installations, 340
Hydro-Electric, Kinlochleven, Deterioration of Dam and Conduit of, 770
Hydro-Electric, Maentwrog, North Wales Power Co., 496*, 517*, 605*
Hydro-Electric, Muscle Shoals, Development of, 151*
— — Hydro-Electric, Ontario, Policy of Com
mission, 169 ; Annual Report, 418
— — Hydro-Electric, Proposed New Plants in
Scotland, 650
— — Hydro-Electric, Stave Falls, British
Columbia, 185*
— — Hydro-Electric, Victoria, Australia, 209
— — Steam, Land and Marine, Efficiencies of,'
341*
— -— See also Power Stations; Power,
Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production, Alcohol for. See Alcohol ;
Motor Fuels
— — Electric, Fuel Problems, General Review,
463
*— for Ship Propulsion. Sec Marine PropuU sion ; Ship Resistance
—Stations, Efficiency of Lagging of Steam Pipes, 125
— Electric, Barton, Extension, 759* — Electric, Battersea, Extension, 50 — Electric, Brimsdown, North Metropolitan J'jlectric Sujqdy Co., Ltd., 819*
— Electric, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, 176 —Electric, Calumet, Chicago, Use of Pulverised Coal, 389*
— Electric, Cordoba, 4,000-h.p. Carels- Worthington Diesel Engine for, 586
— Electric, Coal Consumption, 675
—Electric, (Jo-Ordination with Low-Temperature Carbonisation, 503. See 463, 787* — Electric, Diesel Engines for, 335
—Electric, Dunston,(’oal-DistillationPlant, 787*. See 463, 503
— Electric, Dust (Catchers in, 674
— —Electric, »
Statistics, u
— Electric, Fuel Economy in, 673
—Electric, Gravesend, Extensions, 500
— — Electric, in Iowa, 471
— Electric, Klingenberg, Germany, Cost of, 673
— Electric, Load Factors, 675
— Electric, Longford, Coventry, 549*. Addendum, 619
Electric, Maidstone, Extension of, 50
_ _ Electric, North Wilford, Nottingham. Extension of, 617
— Electric, Possible Economies In, 463. See 787*
.— Electric, Russian, Use of I’eat in, 434 — Electric, Ruth’s Accumulators in, 673
— —Electric, Shterov, Russia, Pulverised-
Fuel Installation, 501, 502
__ Electric, Steam Plant at Muscle Shoals Hvdro-Electric Installation, 151*
Electric, Stonebridge Park, Turbo- Generator and Condenser for, 419*
Electric, Thermal Efficiency, 675 Electric, I'rcnton Channel, Detroit Edison Co., Changes at, 477*
Electric, Using House Refuse, Govan, 577*, 641*, 710*
Electric, Use of Pulverised Fuel, 501 Electric, Valley Road, Bradford, Condenser Tests, 77. See LETTER, 534
Hydro-Electric, Automatlcally-Gpcrated, Alouette Scheme, 191*
Power Stations, Hydro-Electric, Galleto, Italy, 6*
Hydro-Electric, Hume Reservoir, Murray River, 153
Hydro-Electric, Lochaber Scheme, 10* See also Power Plants, ; Substations
— and Steel Show, Toronto, Second, Exhibits
at, 499
— Supply, Electric, Electricity Commissioners’
Statistics, G75
Electric, High-Tension, Electricity Commissioners’ Regulations, 267
Electric, in Rural Areas, 700
Electric, Wilkinson Change-Circuit System, 391*
— and Telephone Transmission (Review), 814
— Transmission by Coal, Oil, Gas and Elec
tricity, Comparisons, 504
Electric, by Alternating Currents (Review), 575
Electrical (Review), 737
by Belts, Investigation of Fundamentals, 656, 661*, 709, 816
— — Overhead Lines, Problems in, 472. See
685
Overhead Lines, Regulations, 169
Overhead Lines, Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
Overhead Lines, Design, 685. See 472 Overhead Lines, 66,000-volt, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Scheme, 606*
•'lee also Geariny ; Murine Propulsion
— Water, and Indian Agriculture, Develop
ment of, 194
— — Italy, Galleto Installation, 6*
— — Lochaber Scheme, 10*
Resources of British Columbia, 185 Resources of Iowa, 471
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission,
Policy of, 169 ; Report, 418 Use of Aerial Surveys, 733 See also Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-lilectic ; Turbines, HydravUc Practical Pyrometry, 371, 822*
Pratt and Whitney Co., Jig-Boring Machine, 327* ; Hob and Cutter Grinding Machine, 355* ; Vertical Slotting Machine, 359*
Preller, Dr. C. S. Du R., on Electric laghthouses in France, 1*
Premier Gas Engine Co., Ltd., Diesel Engine Driving Ammonia Compressors, M.S. “ Highland Monarch,” 509*
Presidential Address to Association of Public Lighting Engineers, by J. F. Colquhoun, on Street Lighting, 50
to British Association, by Sir IV. Bragg, on Craftsmanship and Science, 298
to Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers, by S. B, Donkin, on the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
to Institute of Fuel, by Lord Melcliett, on Fuel and Coal Industries, 657
to Institute of Transport, by Sir W. S. Brancker, on Air Transport, 462
to Institution of Civil Engineers, by Sir B, H. Henderson, on Engineering Work Aliroad, 580, 589
to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by Lieut.-Col. K. Edgeurnbe, on the Electrical Industry, 560
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, by R. W. Allen, on Marine Auxiliaries, Training, and Works Management, 527, 532 Press Tools for Stamping and Flanging Girder Webs, Airship R.lOl, 691
— See Machine Tools
Pressure, Atmospheric, Oscillations of, shown by Micro-Barograph, 74,5
Preston, R., Corrosive Attack of Moorland Water on Concrete, 770
Prestwood Pumping Station, South Staffordshire Water Supply, 102*, 211*, 247*. See Erratum,
Prices of Metals. See Metal-Price Diayrams Priestman Button-Type Single-Chain Grab, 125*
Princes Risborough, Forest Products Research Laboratory, 140
Princeton University, Model Experiments, Stevenson Creek Dam, 118*. See 23*, 86* Producer Gas Engine. See Enaines, Gas Production Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 628
Professional Civil Servants, Institution of. Admiralty Floating Docks, by S. V. Goodall, 177*, 213* ; Annual Dinner, 720 Profile Milling Macliine, Automatic (H. F.
Atkins), 360*
Projection Microscope, Herbert Cloudburst Hardness Testing Apparatus, 29*. See 361*
Propellers, Aerial. Sec Aeronautics
— Hotchkiss Internal-Cone, 55*
— Marine, Composition of, 300
Tank Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 14.3
Properties of Steam, International Researches on, 464
Props, Pit, Self-Adjusting, Newsarre Steel, 710* Wood and Steel, Tests at Imperial
College of Science, 162
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsicm. ; Enyines ; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance
Prospecting, Magnetic, in Japan, 146 Protective Coatings, Metallic, Corrosion at
Discontinuities, 302, 407*, 443* iMetallic (Review), 815
Public Lighting Engineers, Association of, Shetlield Meeting : Presidential Address, l)y .1. F. Colquhoun, on Street Lighting, 50 ; Non-Manual Control of Gas and Electric Public-Street Lighting, by E. H. Horstmann and E. E. Sharp, 50 ; What the. Public Wants from a Street Lighting Department, by F, Thraves, 81 ; Visibility of Objects in Artidciallv-Llghted Streets, by J. M. Waldram, 81
— Works Construction, (Jiilc, 207 in India, I’rogress of, 812 of New South Wales, 688
North Australia, Extension of, 263 Pulley Block, Travelling, for Ships’ Engine
Rooms, 646*
Pulverised Coal, Babcock and AA ilcox Boiler, Calumet Power Station, Chicago, 389*
Brand System, Test of, 336*
Burners for Calumet Power Chicago, 390*
Installation, Barton Power Extension, 760
Installation, S.S.
Installation, S.S. with, 600
Installation, S.S.
for Marine Boilers, Tests of Burners, 333 Plant, Brimsdown Power Station, 819*
— Fuel Burners, Cadeby Main Colliery, 522* Burners, Trenton Channel Power Station,
478*
Design of Boilers for, 501
Internal-Combustion Engine, Kupa. 408* Locomotive, German State Railways, 96* for Marine Purposes, 717, 821
Plant using Colliery Waste, Cadeby Main Colliery, 522*
Preparation and Utilisation, 501
Pulverisers, Holbeck, for Pulverised Fuel, Cadeby Main Colliery, 522
— Swing-Hammer Type, Govan Refuse Power
Plant. 579*
Pumps, Circulating, for Ships, Development of, 532
— Centrifugal, Borehole and Force, for
Prestwood Pumping Station, 211*. See ErratuTTi., 232
Condensate Extraction, Stonebridge Park Power Station, 422*
— -— Hot-Well and Boiler-Feed, Trenton
Channel Power Station, 479*
— Fuel, Airless-Injection Diesel Engine, 335 Deutz Horizontal Diesel Engine, 26*
— Vacuum, Mercury-Vapour Type, Tests at
National Physical Laboratory, 238*
— Viscositv, Screw, 249*, 385*. See LETTERS,
659*, 678
Pumping and Drainage Station, Zuyderzee Reclamation, 308
— Installations, Controlled Reflux Valves for,
131*
— Plant, Murray River, Australia, Diesel Oil
Engines for, 753
— Station, Eynsford, Metropolitan Water
lioard, 424*
Gioia del Colle, Apulian Aqueduct, 544* for Sewage at Strood, 684
Punjab, Irrigation by Tube Wells, 194 Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See Water
Putt and Guss, Use in Somerset Mines, 792 Pyrometry, Practical, 371, 822*
“ Hororata,” “ Mercer,”
station,
Station
752*
Experience
” Stuartstar,” 296
o.
QUADRANTS, Channels and Kerbs, Concrete, Standard Specification, 699
Quartz Fibres, Measurement of Diameters, 205*
— Sand, Crushed, Properties of, 60
Queen’s Engineering Works, Bedford, Training at, 527, 533
Queensland, Port of, Townsville, 710
Quenching of Steel. See ileal Treatment under Metallurgy
Quicksilver. See Mercury and Metal-Price Diagrams
R.lOl, H.M. Airship, Metal Construction Work, 689*. See LETTERS, 746, 808.
“ Raby Castle,” M.S., Exaust-Gas TurboSupercharger Installation, Biichi System, 425*. See 403, 462
Radial Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Radiation, Flame, Principles of, 463
— and Matter, Views on, 687
— Photographic Measurement of, 449
— from Rotary Kilns, 219
— from Steam Pipes, Lagged and Unlagged,
125
— Ultra-Violet, Emitted by Gases in Electric
Discharges, 41-6
Radio Manufacturers’ Association, Exhibition of Apparatus, 393
— Research Board, Report, Rotating Radio
Beacon, 130; Wireless Observations during Solar Eclipse, 731
Radioactivity, Spontaneous, Discussion of, 687 Radiotelegraphy. See Telegraphy, Wireless
' Radiotelephony. See Telephony, Wireless
! Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Technical Uses of
' Selenium Cells, 628*
Rails, Manganese Steel, for New South Wales, 113
— and Road Transport, Co-Ordination of, 693
— Steel, Brinell Hardness Tests, 237
British, Mechanical Properties, 678 Prices. See Melal-Priee Diagrams Railroad, New York Central, Electric-Jjattery Locomotive, 44
— See also llailivays
Railway Accidents. Sec Accidents
— Argentine, Improvements in, 651
— Axle Lathe, (Craven Brothers (Manchester).
Ltd,), 323*
— Bakerloo, Reconstruction of Piccadilly
Circus Station, 608*, 637*. See 754*
— Belgian National, Treatment of (’oal, 406
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Third-Class Sleeping Cars on, 374*
— Canadian National, 2,660-h,p. Oil-Electric
Locomotive, 756*
— Carriage by, Law of (Review), 66
Sec Carriage
— Companies’ Road Transport Bills, 17
— Electric, Application of High-Frequency
Power, 369, 541*. See Erralumy 429 in Great Britain, 621
Standardisation, 621
— Electrification Committee Report, 621
— Federated Malay States, ReiJort, 655
— German State, Pulverlsed-Fuel Locomotive
96*
State, Standardisation on, 332
Hallway, (ireat Indian Peninsula, Electric Locomotives for, 134*, 163*
Western, History of ( Heview), 548
— and Harbour Develojiinents, (’bile, 207
-- Indian, Eleetriflcation. Progress of, 48, 163* —> — New (’onstruction, 812
Report, on, 48
Development of, 266
— Japanese, (Jrowth of, 590
— Locomotive. See Loeoinotire
— London, Midland it Scottish, Diesel-Electric
Train, 441* ; 2-6-4 Type Passenger 'fank Locomotive, 744* ; Lifting Hearfor Heavy Vehicles, 809
— Manchurian. Development of, 175
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— New South Wales. IToposecl Line, Koto to
Hillston, 782
South Wales, Use of Petrol-Driven Motor Coaches, 266
Zealand State, Shaping Machine for, 217*
— Oil-Electric Motor Coaches, Advantages of,
265
Engines for, 369, 375*, 441*
— Pamplona - San Sebastian, Diesel-Electric
Rail Car, 497*
— Persian. Proposed, 109
— Present-Day Problems, 582
— Rates, Exceptional, 457
— Rollingstock. See Carriages; Locomotives;
Wagons
— Settlement, 1928, Review of Negotiations,
139
’— Sierra Leone, Rejiort on, 731 •— Signalling. See Signalling
— South African, Electrification, 176, 667
American, 581
— Southern, Motor Perry “ Wootton,” 121 ;
Crosvenor Bridge, ' History of, 2VM , Escalator Construction, Wattuloo Station, ' 251*; Electrification on, 621
— Station, Vnderground. Piccadilly Circus,
London, Reconstruction, 608*, 637*. See 754*
— Street. See Tramn'ays
— Swiss Pederal, Trials of High-Pressure
Passenger Locomotive, 51*
— Train Brake. See Brake.
— Tube. See Underground
— ITiderground. See Underground
— United States, Oil-Electric Motor’Coaches
on, 265
— Utilisation of Air Transport, 462
— of World, Mileage and Gauges, 580
— See also Bailroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Rainfall over Europe, Average Seasonal, 808 Ramsden Reflex Micrograph, 42*
Rand Water Supply Extension, 747 Rangoon, Port of, Report, 751
Ransome, A. and Co., Ltd., Bench Band Saw, 73* ; Two-Spindle Tenoning Machine, 73*
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., 6-ton Petrol- Electric Crane, 724
Ransomes, Sims <fc Jefferies. Ltd., Two-Furrow Plough for Tractor Haulage, 69*
Rates, Railway, Exceptional, 457 Rationalisation and Industrial Education, 659
Raw, G.. on Economics of Coal Production, 658 Reactions, Chemical. See Chemistry
Reader, Dr. R. C., on Die-Casting of Copper- Rich Alloys, 725*. See 338
Realty Board Building, Miami. Damage in Hurricane, 445*
Reamer-Flute Milling Machine, 317*
Reavell and Co., Ltd., Air Compressor and Compressed-Air Auxiliaries, M.T. ” Carlos Lumb,” 535*
Recalescence Curves. See Meiallurgg Reclamation of the Zuyderzee, 305*,’333 Recording Gas Calorimeter, Thomas, 230*, 699 Rectangular Bars, Anti-Elastic Bending of, 786 Rectifiers, Copper-Oxide, Exhibits at Radio Exhibition, 393
— Mercury-Jet Wave, and its Applications,
345*
Rectifying Apparatus for Radiographv (Solus Electrical Co.), 770*
Recuperator Tubes, Heat-Resisting Steels for, 465
Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion ; Motor-Car Details
Rees, W. J., on Carbon Monoxide and Refractory Materials, 602 ; on Durability of Silica Bricks, 602
Rellection and Absorption of Sound in Halls 782
Reflectors for Road Vehicles. AVork of National Physical Laboratory, 175
Reflux A’alves, Controlled, for Pumping Installations, 131*
Refractories, Drying Cracks in Manufacture, 602
— Gasworks Carbonising Plant, 207
— Jointing Cements for. 601
— for Regenerators, Open-Hearth Furnaces,
507
— for Salt-Glaze Kilns, 507
Refractory Formers for Electric Heating Elements, 507
— Materials and Carbon Monoxide, 602
Glassworks, 815
used as Mortar, 208
Silica Deposits in Canada, 793
Specific Heats of, 507
See also Firebricks ; Fireclays Refrigerating Installation, M.S. “ Highland Monarch,” 509*
— Machinery in Ships, Lloyd’s Statistics, 529 Refrigeration, Need for Experimental Inquiries,
781
Refuse Power Plant at Govan, 577*, 641*, 710* Regenerative Furnace. *8ee Ftirnace
Regenerators. Efficiency of, Open-Hearth Furnaces, 507
— Open-Hearth Furnaces, Refractories for, 507 Regulations, High-Tension Power Supply,
Electricity (.'ommissioners, 267
— Home Office, Earthing Electrical Appliances, 235. See LETTER, 258
Regulator, Humidity, Differential, the Drayton, 635*
Regulus Metal, Standard Specification, 255 Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Rcichmann-Becker-Polyp, (i. in. I). IL, .Polyp («riib, 474*
Reinforced (’onerete. See I'erro-Vonmfe
Relieving Lathe. See Lfithe under Machine Tools
Reinun(‘ration of Labour. S(»e hahonr
Renssela(‘r Polyteidinic Institute, ('i\il I-hiudn- (‘erin« Syllabus, 262
Repair Ship, 11.M.S., '* Medway," Diesel Engine for, 270*
R(‘peated Stresses. See AHernaUnfj Stress under Tests (Materials)
Ke])ort, Airricultural Research in 1927. 749
— Air Resistance of M(‘tal-Mine Airways, 276
— Alkali Works, 1927, 98
— Annual, North-East Coast Institution of
Engineers and Shipbuilders, 525
Port of London. 401
— Apprenticeship and 'Plaining for Industry,
107
— Australian (’ouncil for Scientific and Indus
trial Research, 794
— Board of'Prade, Boiler Explosion ln(|Uiries,
183, 277
— British Cast-Iron Research Association, 555 Science (liiild.on British Patent System,
622
Trade in India, 812
— Canadian Department of National Defence,
on Civil Aviation, 733
— (’hamber of Shipping, 13
— Civil Aviation, Progress of. 18
— (’orrosion Research Committee. Institute
of Metals, 309*. See 301
— Cutting Tools Research Committee, on
Machinability, 782, 789*, 803*
— Deterioration of Structures in Sea Water,
111
— Economic Conditions in France. 781
and Financial Conditions in Cermany, 654
Conditions in Jajjan, 590
Conditions in South Africa, 494
and Industrial Conditions in Spain, 686
— Electricity in Mines, 750
Supply in Rural Areas, 169
— Eye Strain from Fine Work, 113
— Factories and Workshops, Home Office
Inspector’s, 170
— Fatalities in Petroleum Industry, California,
378
— Federated Malay States Railways, 655
— Finance and Commerce of Persia, 109
— Fires in Lake Superior Mines, 242
— Food Investigation Board, 780
— Forest Products Research, Dry Rot in
Wood, 171 ; Home-drown Timb(‘rs, 633
— Fuel Research Board, (’rozier Carbonisation
Retort, 82*
— Indian Railways, 48
— Industrial Fatigue Research Board, Ab
sences in Mines. 267
— Irrigation in Madras. India, 719
— Korea, Market for Engineering Machinery
in, 272
— Liverpool Corporation Water Works, 650
— Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 528
— Maritime Trade of Burma, 752
— Meteorological Office I’ommittee, Atmo
spheric Pollution, 804
— Minerals of British Columbia, 175
of Western Australia, 495
— Ministries of Health, Agriculture and
Fisheries, River Pollution, 370
— Ministry of Transport, Road Fund, 655
— National Fuel and Power Committee,
Recommendations on Gas Supply, 400
— New Zealand Import Trade, 730
— Ontario Hvdro-Electric Power Commission,
418. See 169
— Port of Rangoon, 751
— Power Plant Failures, 299
— Railway Electrification Committee, 621
— Rotating Radio Beacon, Fort Monckton,
130
— Royal Commission on Indian Agriculture,
266
— Safety in Mines Research Board, 161
— Screw Threads, Accuracy of, 99*
— Sierra Leone Railway, 731
— Silica Deposits in Canada, 793
— Spring-Steel Plates under Reversed Bendins
Stress, 273*
— Stevenson Creek Experimental Dam, Inves
tigations on, 23*, 86*. 118*
— Strength of Hexagon Nuts, 90
— Structural Effects of Florida Hurricane,
445*
— Thomas Gas Calorimeter. Greenwich Fuel
Research Station, 230*. See 699
— Trade of Barbados, 271
of Honduras, 87
and Industry of Hungary, 205
of Tndi'^, 667
of Mersina-Adana District, Turkey. 138
— Underground Limestone Mining in United
States, 245
— Use of Alberta Bituminous Sands for Road
Surfacing, 55
of Putt and Guss in Somerset Mines, 792
— Work of National Physical Laboratory,
35, 85*, 110*, 142*, 173*, 205*, 237*
— See also Board of Trade
Rescue Work, Mine, Contest at Butte-Montana, United States, 525
Research. Aeronautical Committee, Report 1927-28, 141 ’
•— Agricultural, in 1927, 749
— Air Ministry, Torsional Stiffness of Crank
shafts, 36*. See Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
— Association, British Cast-Iron, Report, 555
British Electrical and Allied Industries, Need for Support, 49
— Board, Building, Work at National Physical
Laboratory, 35
Forest Products, Laboratory at Princes Risborough, 140
Fuel, Rcj)ort on Crozier Carbonisation Retort, 82*; Gas Industry, 142; Fuel for Ships, 718 ; Research on Atmospheric Pollution, 80*1 Sampling and Analysis of Coal, 811 ”
Research Board, Industriai Katlt?Hc, R<‘portou ICye Strain from Fine Work, 113; Report on Ahscnec’H in Mini’s, 2(i7
Radio, Report on Rotating Radio P.eaeon, 130; Wireless Observations during Solar IC<*liprtcs 73)
Safety in Mines, Report, ltd ; Shellleld Lal)oratories, 500* ; ('o-Operation with Pnited Slates Bureau of Mines, OSS
Water Pollution, Investigations of, 751
— Committee, Corrosion, Institute of Metals,
Report, 309*. See 301
— Cuttimr 'fools. Report on Maehiuability, 782, 789*, S03*
— Council, Seientille and Industrial, Austra
lian, Report, 794
— Department, Mond Niekid Co., ltd., Bul
letin of. 200
Seienlitle and Industrial, Report on Crozier Carbonisation Retort, 82* ; Report on Strength ot Hexagon Nuts, 90 ; Report on Screw 'threads, 99* ; Report on Deterioration of Structures Exposed to Sea Water 111 ; Report on Rotating Radio Beacon, Fort Monckton, 130 ; Forest Products, Laboratorj’’ at Princes Risborough, 140; Hrants to Research Associations, 204 ; Report on Spring-Steel Plates under Reversed Bending Stn ss, 273 ; Report of Pood Investigation Board, 780
— Experimental, and Development of Avia
tion. 534
— Forest Products, Dry Rot in Wood. Report.
171 ; Report on llome (irown 'fimbers, 033
— (ias, by (Jas Light and Coke Co., 142
— Industrial, Hovernment Assistance for, 204
— Institute of Physical and Chemical, Tokyo,
Study of Electric Sparks, 381 ; Electric Explosions, 542
— Laboratories, Fuel. Ottawa, 590 Inventions Originating from, 022 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.,
701*, 700*
— Station, Colliery, Buxton, Investigations,
102
Fuel. R(‘j>ort on Thomas Recording Has Calorimeter, 230*. See 099; Carbonisation 'fests on k'inneil (las Coal and Parkfield Large (las Coal, Report, 700*
— See also Sational Physiettl Laboralory Reservoir, Afon Prvsor, Maentwrog Ilydro-
Electric Plant, 490*, 517*
— Apulian Aqueduct, 544, 738*
— Hume, Murray River, Australia, Enlarge
ment of, 153*
— Indian Storage, with Earthen Dams (Re
view), 145
— Storage, for London Water Supply, 024 Resistance, Electric. See Electric
— of Ships. See Ship liesiatanee
— Welding. See W’eldinif
Resonance Diagrams, Wireless Circuits, (leo- inetry of, 415*
“Resource,” H.M.S., Launch, 078 Retort, Crozier Carbonisation, Report on. 82*
— Rolle, Use in (Jermany, 503 Reviews. See LITEKATVKK INDEX
Reyrolle, A. and Co., Ltd., Portable Mine Switchgear and Phfg with Three-Pole Switch, 047* ; Switchgear, (Jovan Refuse Power Plant, 710
Rhodesia, Trade and Conditions Report. 494 Ricardo, H. R., on Gasoline Engines and their Fuels, 403
Richards, G., A Co.. I^td.. 48-in. Production Vertical Boring and Mill, 317* ; Universal Boring, and Drilling Machine, 352* ; Horizontal Slot-Drilling Machine, 359* Rideal, Dr. E. K., on Light Reactions, 563 Ridley, T. P., on the Utilisation of Coke- (f)ven Gas, 43.5
Riehm, Dr. W., on the High-Speed Heavy-Oil Engine, 403
Rigid Aii'ships. See under JeronauHes
Rimmer. E. J., on Engineering Contracts, 769 Rings, Cast Iron, for Tunnels, Piccadilly Circus Station, 611*
River Clarence Bridge, New South Wales, 272
— Delaware Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia,
Conctruction of, 511*, 573*, 612*, 669*, 735*. 799*
— Detroit. Tunnel under. 269
— Forth, Deep Submarine Borings in. 649*
— Humber, Reconstruction of S’ew Holland
Pier, 772
— Ttchen, Southampton, Opening of Ferro-
Concrete Bridge, 556
— Lea and Water Supply of London. 624
— ^lurray, Australia, Enlargement of Hume
Reservoir, 153* ; Bridge over. 488
— Piave, Belluno, Italy, Ferro-Concrete
Bridge over, 303*
— Pollution and Acid Mine Drainage, 700 Report, 370
and Water* Supply. 750
— Potomac, Arlington Memorial Bridge over,
Sheet-Pile Cofferdams for, 383*
— Sele, Caposele, Collecting AVorks for Apulian
Aqueduct, 91*
— Tees, Proposed Biological and Chemical
Survey of, 751
— Thames and AVater Supply of London, 624
— Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Opening
of, 488*. See LETTER, 556
— A’'elino, Italy, Galleto Hydro-Electric
Installation, 6*
Roads, British, Extension and Cost of, 655 Past and Present. 580
— Fund, Administration, Report on, 655
— Highway Engineering, Principles of (Re
view), 639
Engineering, Text Book for Students (Review), 639
— Making, Modern (Review). 737
— and Rail Transport, Co-Ordination of, 693
— and Railways, Indian, Development of, 266
— Roller, 11-ton Crude-Oil(Ruston A Hornsbv,
Ltd.), 40*
25-cwt. and 8-ton Petrol-Driven (Robey and Co., Ltd.), 71*
— Surfacing, Alberta Bituminous Sands for, 55
— Tars for. Standard Specification, 83
Investigations,
238
Investigation, Crystal Lattices,
! Work of the National Physical Labora
tory, 238
Roof, Arched, Ferro-Concrete, Royal Horticultural So<*icty*s Ball. 763*
— Wind Pressures on. Work of National
Physical Laboratory, 35. Set* 1 13
Root 'Ihinners (W. Aitkeidiead), 7()*. 742 ; (J. B. Russell (fc Co., Ltd.), 70*: (P. J. Parmiter and Sons, Ltd.), 742
Rojies, \\ ir<‘. S( e H ire Jiftpes
Rop<*way, Aerial. See B’/rc Hopetroy
Rosin, Dr. P., on Coal Treatment ami the Production of Electricity, 503
Rotary Cement Kilns, ('ombustion in, 674
Kilns. Beat Balance in, 219
— Kilns, Radiation from, 219
— Pump. See Htunp
Jtothermel Corjforation. Ltd., Stow-Lindy Beneral Purpose Tool, 312*
Rowell, B. S., on Screw Viscosity Pumps. 249*,. 385*. See LETTERS. (S59*. 678
Rowland, B. R. tV: (.’o., Ltd., Crimling .Machineft at Olympia, 289*
Royal Aeronautical Society. Se<‘ Aeronnttiiettl
— Agricultural Ball. See Exhibition
— Agricultural Society. See AyrimUnrol
• —Aircraft Establishment, Oyroscopic t.'ontrol of Aeroplanes, 447*
— Airship Works, Cardington. Wind-Structure
Research at, 562
— Crimmission on Imlian Agriculture. Report,
266
— Horticultural Society‘.s New Hall, Construc
tion of, 763*
Royal Institution :
Waves of an ISlectron, by Prof, C. P. Thomson, 79*
t.’hange of State from Liquid to Vapour, by Prof. H. L. Callendar, 594*, 625* 671*
Reconstruction of liuildiiig, 625
Royal Metal Trades Pension and Benevolent Society, Annual Dinner, 595
— Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
— Society. Steam Tables and Equations, by
Prof. H. L. Callendar, 530*. 559. 567‘; Award of Coplev Medal to Sir C. Parsons, 719
— Society of Arts. See Arts
— Technical College, Glasgow. (Calendar. 294 ;
Report, 777
Rudders. Ships’, Investigations at National Physical T^aboratory, 143
Ruling Machine Diffraction Grating.s, National Physical Laboratory, Construction. 206*
Rupa Pulverised-Fuel Internal-t’ombiLstion Engine, 408*
Rural Areas, Electricity Supply in, 169, 700
Russell, G. A. V., on Rehabilitation of Rolling- Mill Equipment in Steelworks, 243*. 274*. 379*
Russell, J. B., and Co., lAd., Root Thinner. 70*
Russell, T. F., on Die-Casting Alloys, 475*. See 338
Russia, Air Transport in, 764
— Moscow, International Motor (‘ar Exhibi
tion, 1929, 398
— Motor Transport in, 398
— Peat in, Deposits and Utilisation. 434
— Shterov Power Station, Pulverised Fuel in,
501, 502
— Trade with Great Britain, 269
Russian Language, Technical Dictionaries in, 146, 242
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 11-ton Crude-Oil Road Roller 40*; 300-h.p. Vertical Oil Engine, with Single Reduction Gearing, 424* ; 232-ton Steam Dragline Excavator, Caterpillar Track, 660*
Ruth’s Accumulators, Use in Power Stations. 673
Ryder, T., Son, Ltd., Six-Spindle Vertical Automatic Lathe, 325*
s.
SACK Filer, Portal,le Double-Arm (R. Bobv, Ltd.), 182*
Saddles, Cable, Delaw'are River Bridge, 614*
Safety, Factors of, and Structural Materials, 236
Safetj' Lamps, Electric,with Two Filaments, 438 Miners,* Detection of Petroleum Vapours
by, 667
in Mines Research Board, Report, 161 ; Research Laboratories, Shefheld, 506 * ; Co-Operation with United States Bureau of Mines, 688
— Precautions for Machinery in Mines, 270
— Regulations, Co-Operation of Trade Unions,
170
T. Firth, and Sons, Ltd., Effect of, 170 Salerni Process, Low-Temperature Carbonisation, 19
Salt-Glaze Kilns, Refractories for, 507 Sampling and Analysis of Coal, Standardisation, 404, 751, 811
Sampson, Dr. R. A., on Photographic Measurement of Radiation, 449
San Paolo Reservoir, Apulian Aqueduct, 738* Sands, Bituminous, Alberta, Use for Road
Surfacing, 55
— Filters, Use in India, 623
Oil, Porosity Tests, Acetylene Tetrachloride
166
Quartz, Crushed, Properties of, 60
— and Water, Slope of Repose, Pressure, andc.,
388
Sandftelds Filtration Installation, South Staffordshire, 769
** Sandwich,” H.M. Sloop, Launch of, 429 Saranac Meeting, United States, International
Commission on Illumination, 547
Sarjant, R. J., on Industrial Heating by Solid, /liquid and Gaseous Fuel®, 464
Savage, J. L., Model Experiments on Concrete
Arch Dams, 86*. See 23*, 118* Saw-Sharpening Machines, (Clifton and Baird,
Ltd.)354* ; (E, (4. Herbert, Ltd.,) 357*
— See Machine. Toots
Scaling Tools, Motor-Driven, for Boilers, <tc.
(Electric Scaling Hammers, Ltd.), 681* Scarborough, New Valley Bridge, 131* Scattering of Electrons by Crystals, 417 Scherbins Speed-Regulating Set for Electric
Motors, 247*
Sehneider-Fieux Gyroscopic Anti-Rolling Gear for Ships, 708
Scholarships. See Education Scholer, C. H., on Freezing and Thawing Tests on Concrete, 278
Schrodter, Dr. E., the Late, 678 Schwarzkopff-Huwiler Tran.smission Gear, 255* Science and Craftsmanship. 298
Advancement of, ami the British Association, 399
— Guild, British, Report on British
System, 622
— Museum, South Kensington, First
Steam Turbine, 719
— Natural, and Technology, 779
— Pure, and Industry, L<‘ctures at
College, London, 491
Scientific Management. See H orks Management
— Papers, Indexes to, Propos(‘<I, 367
— Research. See Research
— Societies. Sec Institutions
Scleroscope Tests. See Hardness under Tests
{Materials}
Scotland, Central, Electricity Scheme, 493
— Cupar Receiving Station, Transatlantic
Wireless Telephony, 225*
— Hydro-Electric Developments, Proposed
New Plants, 650
— Ironhirst Bog Peat Factory. 434
— Lochaher Hydro-Electric Scheme, 10*
— West of, Trade, 1771 to 1791, 607 Scott, II. II.. the Late, 429
Scott, Prof. W. R., on Economic Resiliency, 607
Scott, S., Variable-Speed Gear-Box, 535 Scott’s Shipbuilding Engineering (’o., Ltd.,
Trials of Diesel-Electric Tanker ” Brunswick,” 272
Scottish (’oal and Iron Industries, Geographical Position, 606
Scraping Tool, Power-Operated. 350* Screens, Cylindrical Steel, for Govan
Power Plant. 578*
— Revolving-Band, for Condensing
Brimsdown Power Station, 820* Screw ? Conveyor for Pulverise^l-Fuel motive, German State Railways,_
— Cutting Lathe. L. L - .’. L. /
'bools
— Propellers. See Rropellers ; Aeronautics
— Threads, Accuracy of. Report on, 99*
— Viscosity Pumps, 249*, 385*. See LETTERS
659*. 678
Screwing Machine. See Machine Tools Scrubber for (’leaning Blast-Furnace Gas, 147 Scuttle, Ship’s, without Lugs (J. Stone and Co.,
Ltd.), 113*
Sea Water Corrosion of Metals and Alloys, 115* Seaplanes. See Aeronautics
Searciillght, 200-cm., Coast-Defence (London Electric Finn), 585*
Searight, G. L., the Late. 21
Secondary Schools and Education. See Education
Sector Shiiees, Galleto Hy<lro-Electric Installa- 7*
Seismological Investigations, Keport of British .Association Committe<‘, 495
Sele River, Caposele, Collecting Works for Apulian Aqueduct. 91 ?
Selenium Cells. Technical Uses of (Radio- vlsc^r Parent, Ltd.), 628*
Selvey, W. M.. Tests of •KJ.IHMbkw. Turboll enerat or ami ('omh'USiT, St one bridge Park power Station, 419*
Seminole Field, Oklahoma, Petroleum Production, 824
Sensitive Drill. See Drill under Machine tools Separators, Magmdle. (hivan Refuse Power I’lant, 579*
Serrln Arc Lamp for Lighthouses, 2
Severn Valh y Railway Bridge, Design of, 204 Sewage Disposal, A<41 vat ed-Sludge Process, ExperiiiK'ntal En<|ulry Into, 751
— Syatcin, Rocln'sler and ('hat ham, Strood
Pumping Stat Ion, 684
-- See also PARAiJRAPU INDEX
Sewi r Diversion. Ph-cadllly ( ircus Station, 63<*
— Flatlands Avenue. Brooklyn, 61*
Work of Fronde Experimental Tank, 143
— Rudders, Investigations at National Phy
sical Laboratory, 143
— Scuttle without Lugs (J. Stone and Co., Ltd.),
113*
— Spontaneous (’ombustion of Coal on, 406
— Strength-Rolling (Review), 65
— Cse of Non-Ferrous Metals in, 390
— Vibration of, under Action of Unbalanced
Engine, 718. See LETTER, 772
— See also Marine ; Motor Ships ; Shipping;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast
Institution of. See North-East Coast Shipbuilding, P.ending Stresses
“ Wolf " Experiments, 56*
— Developments on Great Lakes,
— Naval. See Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals in, 300
— Kf'port of Lloyd’s Reuister, 528
— Use of Welding in, 821
— Vibration of Ships, Study of,
LETTER, 772
— See also Steamers ; Naval;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX Shipping, American Bureau of. See T^niledStates
— Cliamber of, Annual Report, 13
— Direction Finding by Rotating Radio
Beacon. Fort Monckton, 130
— History of Lloyd's (K<'view), 736
— - Increase of Motor Ships and Oil-Burning
Shijis, 717
-- Industry, Use of Non-Ferrous Metals, 300
— Lloyd’s Register Book, 201 Register of, Report, 528
— Port of Lisbon, 84
— Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Sta
tistics, 79, 494
Lost, Lloyd's Statistics, 166, 500
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests (Materials)
Shop Management. Shore Scleroscope Tests.
Tests (Materials)
Short Bros. (Rochester A’ Bedford), Ltd., “Calcutta” All-Metal Flying Boat, 195* Shovel, Steam. See Excavating Machine Show. See Exhibition
“ Shn)pshire,” II.M.S., Launch of, 12* Shtcrov, Russia, Power Station, Pulverised
Fuel in. 501, 502
ShutterlesR Ferro-Concrete Construction (Permanent Shuttering, Ltd.), 793* Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Eurnaces Sierra Leone Railway, Report on, 731 Signalling, Railway, and Train Control by
Selenium Cells, 628*
— Traffic, in Streets, by Colour Lights, 547 Sika Fran^'ois, Ltd., (.'ement for Waterproofing Walls, 648
Silcrome Steel, Invention and Uses, 368
Silica Bricks and Firebricks, Jointing Cements for, 601
Specific Heat of, 507 Lime-Bonded and Clay-Bonded, Dura
bility of, 602
— Dep(>sits in Canada. 793
— Dust and Miners’ Phthisis. 215
— Refractories for Carbonising Plant, 208 Silk. Artificial. Sulphuretted Hydrogen from
VlH(‘Ose Works, 98
Silos, (Concrete, for Coal, Cndeby Main Colliery,
Single-Phase. See <Jeaerator ;
motive; Power; Pailway uni
Sir John (’ass 'I’echnical Institute, Syllabus, 294 ; Lectures on Coal Carbonisation, *Vc..*339
Skidding 'fests of Motor Vehicles, 36
Skill, ^'atu^^^ of, ami Skill In Industry, 6o9
Skinner, F. W., on Flatlands Avenue Sewer, Brooklyn, 61* ; on Structural Materials and Factors of Safety, 236
Sleeping Cars, Third Class, on British Kail- Mays, 374*
Sleeve-Valve Motor Car Engine, Arrol-Johnston (fe Aster, 4 56*
Slip and Creep of Belts, Connection, 656, 661*, 709, 816
Sloan, K. P., on Fuel Utilisation in Production of Electricity, 463, 787*
Slot-Drilling Machine. See Machine Tools Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools
Sludge. See Sewage
Sluice Gates, Vibration of, and the Standing Wave, 239*
— Sector, Oalleto Hydro-Electric Installation,
7*
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, B. S., on the Production of Small High-Frequency Electromotive Forces, 786
Smith, Dr. C. S., on The Alpha-Phase Boundary of the Copper-Silicon System, 370
Smith, Dr, E. W., on Transmission of Coal, Oil, Gas and Electricity, 504
Smith, F, D., on the Production of Small High- Freciuency Electromotive Forces, 786
Smith, F. E., on Light Keaction<^, 563
Smith and Coventry (1927), Ltd., Key way Milling Machine, 352* ; Mortising and Key- Seating Machine, 352
Smit hells. Dr. C. J., on High-Temperature Kesistance Alloys, 629. See 338
Smithfield Club, Agricultural Show, 742* Smoke Abatement, Report on Alkali Works, 98 Smokeless Fuel. See Coal, Low-Temperature Carbonisation
Snow and Co., Ltd., Surface Grinding Machines, 356* 357*
Snug for White-Metal Bearing Bushes, Morton, 44*
Societil Generale per Costruzioni, Galleto Hydro-Electric Installalion, 6*
Societi Anonima Bellunese per Costruzioni Civili, Ferro-Concrete Bridge at Belluno, 303*
Soci^td Genevoise d’lnstruments de Physique, Three-Spindle Jig-Boring Machine, 350*
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Jjfbour Fotes
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
Soil, Corrosion in. Investigations, United States Bureau of Standards, 225
Solar Eclipse, Wireless Telegraphic Observations During, 731
Solder, Zinc-(\admium, Use in Construction of Airship R.lOl, 692. See J.ETTERS, 746. 808
Solid Fuels, Storage and Handling (>f, 406 Solus Electrical Co., Transforming and Rectifying Apparatus for Radiography, 770*
Somerset Coal Mines, Working Thin Seams, 792 Sound Absorption bj^ Building Materials, Experiments at University of Illinois, 90
— Measurements at National Physical Labo
ratory, 238
— Rellection and Absorption in Halls, 782
— Waves, Propagation of, and the Ui)per
Atmosi)here, 562
South Africa, British Association fleeting, 1929, 699
Extension of Rand Water Supply, 747 Report on E(;onomic (’onditions, 494 Witw’atersrand Mines, Dust in Air of, 215
— African Institute of Engineers, Dust in Mine
Air. by J. Boyd, 215
Railways, Pieterniaritzburg-tJIencoe Section, Electrification. 667
— America, (’hile. Public Works Construction,
207
Ports, Docks, Railways and Engineering Works of, 581
— Kensington, Science Museum, First Parsons
Steam Turbine, 719
— Stalfordshire, Sandfields Filtration Instal
lation, 769
Water Sui)ply, Prestwood Pumjiing Station, 102*, 211*, 247*. See Frratum, 232
— Wales, Early Cast-Iron Tram Plates, 692 Institute of Engineers, Cardifi Engineering Exhibition, 644*, 679*
and Monmouthshire School of Mines, Prospectus, 438
— West, Notes, from 15, 45, 75, 105, 137. 167,
200, 233, 263, 295, 329, 364, 397, 429, 459, 490, 525, 557, 586, 618, 651, 683, 714, 747, 777. 808. Sec PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from. 15, 45, 75, 105,
167, 201, 233, 263, 295, 329, 365, 428, 458, 490, 524, 556, 587, 619, 682, 714, 746, 777, 809. Sec PARAtiRAPH INDEX
Southampton, Itchen River. Opening of, Ferro-Concrete Bridge, 556
— Meeting, Institution of Mechanical Engi
neers. See Mechanical Engineers
Southern Railway, Motor Ferry " Wootton,” 121 ; Proposed Removal of Charing Cross Station, 140; History of Grosvenor P>ridge, 203 ; Escalator Construction, Waterloo Station, 251*
Spain, Bilbao, Iron and Steffi Institute Meeting. See Iron, and Steel Institute
— Economic and Industrial (‘onditions,
Rf'port, 686
— Hydro-Electric Power Plants in, 686
— Pamplona-San Sebastian Railway, Diesel-
Electric Rail (.’ar, 497*
— Port of Vigo, Imi)rovement of, 529
— Vizcaya. Iron-Ore Mining in, 432 Sjiarking Plugs, Standard Specification, 508 Sparks, I'fiectric, Form and Structure of, 381 Specialisation and the Engineer, 779 Specific Heats of Refractory Materials, 507 Water, DcH'rminat ion of, 625* Sijecifications, Standard. See Spectra, Ban(l, Progress in, 389 Spe(firos(;opic .Measurements
'remperatures, 237, 449
Spectrum of Ionised Argon, 389 Speed-('hanging (Jears. See Gears ;
Marine Propulsion : Motor-Car
636
— Hammer, 65-lb. Motor-Driven (B. S.
Massey, Ltd.), 360*
— Laminated, Tests of Steel for, 35
— for Motor Vehicles, Tests of, 36, 273*
— Steel Plates under Reversed Bending Stress,
273*
— Treatise on (Review), 240
Spur Gearing. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Staffordshire, South, Water Supply, Prestwood Pumping Station, 102*, 211*, 247*. See Erratuniy 232
Stainless Steel and Duralumin (’onstruction Work, Airship R.lOl, 689*
Stampings, Duralumin, for Airship R.lOl, Machining Operations, 691*
— Hammers and Presses. See Machine Tools Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 15-h.p. Six-(’ylinder
Motor Car, 455*
Standards Association. See Engineering Standards
— Clock, National Phj'^sical Laboratory,
curacy of, 206
— Length, National Physical Laboratory
vcstigations, 205
™ Resistance, Electrical, Comparisons National Physical Laboratory, 173
— Resistances, Electrical, National Physical
Laboratory, Design of, 175*
— Specification, Derrick Cranes, 25 : Wire
Ropes, 59 ; Tars for Road Purposes, 83 ; Twist and Straight-Flute Drills, 130 ; Electrical Performance of Traction Motors, 201 ; Ships’ Boat Davits and Stowage, 210 ; Chemical Lead, 250 ; Regulus Metal, 255; Sparking Plugs, 508; Concrete Kerbs, Channels and Quadrants, 699; Motor (,'ar Parts, 792 ; High-Tension Transformers for R6ntgen-Ray Apparatus, 824 Standard Telephones ('ables. Ltd., Receiving Set,Transatlantic Wireless Telephony, 227
— and Units, Electrical, Work of National
Physical Laboratory, 173
— United States, Bureau of. See Vnited States Standardisation, Electric Railway, 621
— Locomotive, in Germany, 332
— Sampling and Analysis of ('oal, 404, 751, 811 Standing Wave, Phenomena of, 172*, 193*,
238*. See Erratum, 2()7
Starkie, 1)., on Ultra-Violet Light Transmission through Glass, 643
Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric State-Aided Research, 204
— Railways. See Jtailu'uys
— 'Prading and Private Enterprise in France,
68.8
Stations, Power. See Power Stations Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stave Falls Hydro-Electric Power Plant, IRitish Columbia, 185*
Steam Accumulators in Power Stations, 673
— Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Condensation. See Condensation
— Consumption, Marine Auxiliary Machinery,
822
— — See also Trials ; Coal Consumption
— Engines. See Engines
— Flow through Nozzles. See Sozzles
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine Tools
— Heated Kier, Bleaching, Explosion of, 277 Table, Explosion of, 277
— High-Pressure, Advantages of, 334, 341 Pressure, Use on I.ocomotives, 481, 513
— Lorries. 'Ace, Motor ; Tractors
— Meters in Works Practice, 658
— Pipes, Correct Thickness of Lagging, 125*
— Properties of. Change of State from Liquid
to Vai)our, 594*, 625*, 671*
of, International Researches, 464
— Research Department, Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd., 701*
— Roller. Sec Road Roller
— Superheater. See Superheater;
— Tables and Ecpiations, Prof. H. L. Callen-
dar’s, 530*, 559, 567
— Test« on Zinc-Base Dic-Casting Alloys, 476
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Trials. See Trials
— Turbines, See Turbines
— Wagons. See Motor ; Tractors
Steamers “ Authority ” and “ Diamond,’* with Beardmore-f’aprotti Engines, 554*
— “ Britannia,” Bauer-Wa(di Exhaust Turl.une
Drive, 394*, 430
— Built. Report of Lloyd’s Register, 528
— ” Carl D. JRadley,” I’urbo-Electric Drive,
822
— ” California,” Description and Trials of, 822
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 79,
494
— ” Duchess of Atholl,” Canadian Pacific
Railway Co., 49
— “ Duchess of York,” Canadian Pacific Rail
way ('o., Launch, 469*
— Electric Propidsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared 'J’urbines for. See Marine Propul
sion
— ” Harry Coulby ” for Great Tjakes, 821
— ” Ilororata,” I’ulverised-Fuel Installation^
752*
— Lloyd’s Register Book, 201
— J-ost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 166, 500
Steamers “ Mercer,” Pulverised Coal Installa" tion, 600
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance of. See Ship Jiesistance —'Rolling of. See Ships
Stuartstar,” Pulverised-Coal Installation 296
“ Viceroy of India,” Turbo-Electric System, Launch, 372*
’— See also Engines ; Marine Propulsion ; Sh pbuilding ; Shipping ; Ships ; Tur^ bines; Warships; andPAKAGKAPII INPEX Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ;
Steel, Action of Molten Zinc on. 476
— Balls, Use for Hardness Testing and Work
Hardening, Herbert Cloudburst System. 28*, 361*
— Bars in Concrete, Slip Tests of, 757*
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Cold-Drawn, Elfects of Ageing, 439*
— Conductors, Galvanised, Electrical Proper
ties, 686
— Cored Aluminium Conductors, Central
Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Drums, Weldless, for High-Pressure Boilers,
Manufacture of (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 676*
— Effect of Immersion in Molten Alloys, 728* of Nitric Acid on, 433
— Estimation of Carbon in, 440
— Eatigue of. See Alternating Stress under
Tests {Materials}
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat-Resisting, for Die-Casting Moulds, 728 Resisting, for Recuperator Tubes, 465 Treatment of. See II eat Treatment under
Metallurgy
— High-Temperature Tests, 35, 246*
— Industry, British, Amalgamations in, 782
— and Iron Industry, Fuel Economy in. 675
— Manganese, Manufacture and Uses, 113;
Wearing Tests, 636
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs ;
Metallography
— Plates, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— and Power Show, Toronto, Exhibits, 499
— Protection by Sprayed Coatings, 302, 407
— for Rails, Mechanical Properties of. 678
— Rails. See Rails; Metal- Price Diagrams
— for Reduction Gearing, 533
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Silcrome, Invention and Uses, 368
— Silicon, for Towers, Delaware River Bridge,
612
— Stainless, Use in Airship R.lOl, 689*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress ; Test
(Materials}
— Structural, Welding, Present Status. 664*.
693*
— for Superheaters, 342
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Wire-Drawing, Studies in (Review), 577
— Works. See Works
— and Wrought Iron for Chains. Comparisons ?
74
Steelwork, Constructional. Design of American Buildings (Review), 95
Steering Engine. Three-Cvlinder Compressed- Air, 535*
Stereochemistry, Recent Advances in, 563 Stercogoniometer Fourcade Principles, 629* Steven, Dr. H. M., on the Forest Nursery, 725 Stevenson Creek, Experimental Dam, Report on Investigations, 23*, 86*. 118*
Stick To ” Drill Chuck, 647*
Stilgoe.H. E., on Water Supply of London, 624 Stillman, T. B., on Chain-(irate Stoker Tests of Marine Water-Tube Boiler, 821
Stirk, J., and Sons, Ltd., 72-in. Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, 319* ; 72-in. Open-Side Planing Machine, 327*
Stirling Boilers, Longford Generating Station, ('oventry, 550*. See Addendum, 619
Stokers, Chain-Grate (E. Bennis and Co.,Ltd.),645
— Chain-Grnte, Drop-Link (Babcock and Wilcox,
Ltd.), 825*
— Chain-Grate, for Marine Boiler, Tests, 821 Stone. Decay of, in Buildines and Monuments,
725
Stone, J., Co., Ltd., Ship’s Scuttle without Lugs, 113*
Stonebriuge Park Power Station, Turbo- Generator and Condenser for, 419* Stop Valves. See Valves
Storms, Magnetic, Investigations of, 496 Stourbridge Meeting, Society of Glass Technology. Sec Glass Technology, Society of
Stove, Cowper Hot-Blast, Accident to, 170 Stow-Lindy General-Purpose Tool, 812* Street Lighting, Control by Selenium Cells, 628* Non-Manual Control of Lamps, 50, 81. 628*
— — in Sheffield, 50 and Visibility, 81
— — See also Public Lighting Engineers
— Traffic, Signalling by Colour Lights,
— See also Roads Strength of Materials. See Stress and
{Materials}
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See {Materials}
Stroboscopic Disc, Determination of Turbine- Blade Vibration, 767*
Strood Sewage Pumping Station, 684
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Award of Traveiling Scholarsliip, 132
— Materials and Factors of Safety, 236
— Steel Welding, Present Status of, 664*, 693*
— Steelwork. See Steela'ork
Structures, Effect of Florida Hurricane on, 445*
— Ferro-Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete,
— Marine, Corrosion of. Experiments in
Bristol Channel, 115*
Deterioration in Sea Water, 111
— Steel, Design of, and Corrosion, 539
— Stresses in, Investigation by Beggs’ Defor
meter, 31*
I — Tests of. Scale Models and Specimens, 236
— Wind Pressures on, Work of National
Physical Laboratory, 35, 143
Struts. See Columns
“Stuartstar,” S.S., Pulverised-Coal Installation (Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd.), 296
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., Ventex Air Filter, 176*. See LETTER 335
Submarine Boats. See yVorahipR
— Borings, Deep, in Kiver Forth, 649*
Substation, 3,000-kw. Automatic, Aldwych House, London, 785*
Subways, Piccadilly Circus Station, London, Construction of, 608*, 637*. See 754*
— Victoria Embankment, London, Fire in,
625
Suction Gas Engine. See Engine, GftR
Suggestion Schemes in Industrial Organisations, 693
Sulphur and Corrosion in Ferro-Concrete, 798 Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, 98
Sulzer Brothers, Equipment of Prestwood Pumping Station, 102*, 211*, 247*. See Erratum, 232
Summerhayes, H. It,, on Electric Power Transmission, 472
Sun. See Solar
Supercharger, Centrifugal, for High-Speed Oil Engine, 442
— Diesel Engines, Buclii System, M.S. “ Raby
Castle,” 425*. See 403, 462
Supercharging, JMotor Car Engines, Advantages of, 482
Super-Conductivitv of Metals, Investigations, 417
Superheater, Locomotive. See J^ocomotive,
— Steels for, 342
— Trenton Channel Power Station, Improve
ments, 478
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Presidential Addrcjs by S. B. Donkin, on the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, 493; Apprenticeship Scheme, 508. See LETTER 534. See also 619
Surface Condensers. See Condensers
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding under
Machine Tools
— Tension and Density, Simultaneous Deter
mination of, 450
of Molten Aletals, National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 144
Surge Tank, Alouette Hvdro-Electric Scheme, 187*
Surveys, Aerial, Use in Water-Power Schemes, 733
— Departments, Dominion and Colonial,
Development of, 607
— Gravitational, by EJtvos Torsion Balance,
near Glasgow, 606
— Magnetic, Kamaishi Iron Mines, Japan, 146
— Ordnance, Revision of Maps, 607
Surveying Tapes, Testing Base, National Physical Laboratory, Variations in Length, 205*
Surveyors and Architects, Incorporated Association of. Annual Dinner, 459
Swan, Sir J., Centenary of, 813
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd. Floating Dock for Singapore, 213* ; Floating Reversible Caisson, Tilbury Docks, 295
Swansea University, Prospectus, 166
Swift, Dr. H. W., on Power Transmission by Belts, 656, 661*, 709. See 816
Swift, G., <fe Sons, Ltd., Belt and Motor Driven Gap-Bed Lathes, 280* : Drilling Machines, 285* ; Single Traversing-Head Shaping Machine, 328*
Swinburne, J., on Work of Sir Joseph Sw’an, 813
Swiss Federal Railways,Trials of High-Pressure Passenger Locomotive, 51*
— Locomotive and Machine Works, High-
Pressure Passenger Locomotive, 51*
Switches, Earthing, for Electric Locomotive, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 135
— Multi-Point Change-Over, for Diesel-Electric
Ferry Boat, 565*
— Motor-Starting. See Motors, Electric
Switchgear, Barton Power Station Extension (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 760
— Govan Refuse Power Plant (A. Revrolle and
Co., Ltd.), 710
— 33,000-volts, Longford Generating Station,
Coventry, 552*
— Metal-Clad, for Mines (A. Revrolle and Co.,
Ltd.), 647*
— 11,000-volt, Metal-Clad, Aldwych House
Automatic Substation, 785*
— 33,000-volt Outdoor Type, Brimsdown
Power Station, 820*
— 6,600-volt, Reyrolle Metal-Clad Draw-Out
Type, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric Scheme, 605
Symons, B., and Co., Screw-Correcting Lathe, 567*
Syphons, Construction of, Apulian Aqueduct. Italy, 127*, 221*, 543*
Systems, Shop._^ See Managernent
T.
TABLE, Steam-Heated, Explosion of, 277
Tank Experimental, Haslar, Floating Dock
Model Experiments, 213
William Froude, Work of, 143
also Ship Resistance
Tank Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Ships, Motor. See Motor
— Steamers. See Steamers
Tapes, Surveying, 'resting Base at National Physical Laboratory, Variations in Length, 205*
Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools 'Tar, Production in 1927, 99
— Refining Plant, Dunston Power Station,
787*. See 403, 503
— for Koad Purposes, Standard Specilleation,
83
— Use on Kerro-Concrete Wharf, 112 Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Dictionaries, Russian Language, 1 10, 242
— Societies. See Institutions and l’AKA<aurH
INDEX
'I'eehnology and Natural Science, 779
Tees, River, Proposed Biological and Chemical Survey of, 751
Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd., Electrolytic Condensers for Wireless Aitparatus, 393. See Erratum, 438
1’elegraphy, \\ireles8, Current iJistribution in Aerials, 174*
Direction Kinding by Rotating Radio Beacon, 130
Frequency Variations of Triotie Oscillator, 449
Geometry of Resonance Diagrams. 415* Investigations of Atmospherics, 49(1 National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 174*
Observations During Solar Ecli|jse, 731 Velocity of Ether Waves in Hca\iside Layer, 653
See also Valves, Thermionic
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephone, Condenser, Theory of, 449
— and Power 'Transmission ( Review), 814 Telephony, Wireless, Apparatus at Radio
Exhibition, 393
Current Distribution in Aerials, 174* Frequency Variations of Triode O.scilla- tor, 449
Geometry of Resonance Diagrams, 415* Investigations of Atmos]>herics, 496 Loud Speakers at Radio ICxliibition, 393 National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 174*
Observations During Solar Eclipse, 731 Testing Apparatus for Aniplitlers, 786 'Transatlantic, Cupar Receiving Station, Scotland, 225*
Velocity of Ether Waves in Heaviside Layer, 653
See also Valves, Thermionic
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX 'Telpher Plant, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 580*
— Grabs for, 224*
Temperature of Acetylene Blow-Pipe Flame 777
— Flame, Measurements of, 237, 449
— Seale, International, Work of National
Physical Laboratory, 207
— Steam-Pipe Lagging, 125*
— Stresses in Bridges, 203, 304* Tempering. See Heat Treatment under
Zwrffi/
Tenders, Locomotive. See Locomotive
Tensile Tests, See Tests (Materials) Tension, Surface. See Surface Tension
Teredo, Protection of Timber from, 112. See 248
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terrestrial Magnetism. See Magnetism Testing Apparatus, Turbine Blading and Condenser-Tube Vibration, 767*
— Cement, Storage Tank and Moist Cupboard
for Briquettes, 414
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Machines for Concrete Bending Tests, 278 Gear (Fellows Gear Shaper Co.), 353* Herbert Hardness, Cloudburst System
(B. A S. Massey, Ltd.), 28*, 361*
Slow-Speed Notched-Bar Bending, 597* for Spring-Steel Plates, 273*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society for, Research
Work on Metals at High 'Temperature, 246* ; Papers on Cement and Concrete’ 278; (Atlantic City Meeting): Static and Fatigue Properties of Some Cast Irons by Prof. J. B. Kommers, 635 ; Influence of Corrosion on Fatigue of Ferrous Metals by Dr. F. N. Speller, 1. B. McCorkle and P. F. Munima, 635 ; Factors in Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue of Metals, by Dr. D. J, McAdam, 636 ; Flow Tests of Carbon Steels at Various Temperatures, by J. J. Kanter and L. W. Spring, 636 • Wearing Tests of Twelve Per Cent. Manganese Steel, by J. H. Hall, 636 ; Wearing Qualities of Tyre Chains, by W. H. Parker, 636 ; \\ ear and Mechanical Tests of Some Railroad Bearing Bronzes, by H. J. French, 636; Experimental Tests of Concrete-Steel Bond, by L. N. Edwards and H. L. Greenleaf. 757*
— — New International Association for
British Committee of, 381 ; Zurich Congress, 1931, 688
— Routine, of Motor Vehicles, 813
?—and Sampling of Solid Fuels, Proposed Standardisation, 404
— See also Tests (Materials); Trials
Testrup, N., on Drying of Peat in Scotland, 434 Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Bristol Jupiter Aero Engine with Super
charger, 27. See 459
— Concrete Arch Dam, Stevenson Creek,
Investigations, 23*, 86*, 118*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Dynamometer, of Motor Vehicles, 813
— High-Pressure Locomotive, Swiss Locomo
tive and Machine Works, 51*
— Magnetic. See Magnetic
Tests (Materials) :
Alternating Stress, Fatigue Phenomena at High Frequencies, 142
Tests of Cast-Iron, 635
Tests (Materials)—continued.
Alternating StrcBri Tests, Single Crystals of Alpha Iron, 85*
Tests, Steel for l^unlnated Sjirlngs, 35 273*
Applied Klastlelty (Review), 154 Rending, Notched"Bar SIow-SjwM’d, Mild Steel, Nickel Steel, and Jirass, 597* — Tests, Alternating, Sj»rlng-Steel Plates, 278*. See 35
Cast-Iron, Oil of Concrete, 278 of Crankshafts, 299 Non-Ferrous Alloys Corroded by
Sea Water, 110 Spar for Aeroplane Wing, 190* Cement, Compression Tests for, 278 — Testing, Moisture and Temperature
Control of Briquettes, 414 Compression 'J’ests for Cement, 278 Concrete, 758* Concrete, Bending Tests of, 278 — Freezing and Thawing Tests, 278 Creep Test Apparatus, High Temix-rature, for Metals (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 707*
Bracing Cables, Airship K.lOl, 692.' See LETTERS, 740, 808
of Carbon Steel, 030 Steel at High Temperature, 240* Expansion Tests, Steel, at High Temperatures, 240*
Fatigue-Testing Apparatus (Metropolitan- Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 707* Hardness Testing and Work-Hardening
Apparatus, Herbert Cloudburst System, 28*, 301*
— Tests, Brinell, Steel Rails, 237 Cliill-Cast Aluminium Bronzes and
High-Tensile Brasses, 720
Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 569* Relation between Jtockwell, Brinell and Scleroscope Numbers, 509*
Rockwell, 509*, 090 Steel and Iron Chips, 791*, 803* Work of National Pliysical laboratory, 35
Zinc-Base Alloys for Die-C^istings, 475
Impact and Slow-Speed Bending Tests, Relations of, 598*
Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact 7 csift (above)
Sag Tests, Nickel-Chromium Alloys at High Temperatures, 031*
Slip Tests, Steel Bars in Concrete, 757* Springs, Laminated, Tests of Steel, 35,273* Steel for Rails, Mechanical Properties, 678 Stresses in Materials and Structures. Stress
Tensile Tests, Aluminium Alloys for Castings, 343*
of Belts, 656, 061*, 709, 816 Chill-Cast Aluminium (ironzes J
High-Tensile Brasses, 720 Cold-Drawn Steel and Iron, 439* High-Temperature, Stc'eland Alloys, at National Piiysical Laboratory, 35 Mild-Steel Wire for Welding, 666, 095
Non-Ferrous Alloys (.’orroded by Sea Water, 116
Pieces, Stress Distribution during Elongation, 35
Carbon, Nickeland Nickel-Chromiuiu Steel for Boilers, 342
Steel at High Temperatures, 246* Zinc-Base Alloys for Die-Castings, 475*
Testing Machines for Concrete Bending Tests, 278
for Spring-Steel Plates, 273* — Materials, New Association for, British
Committee of, 381 ; Zurich Congress, 1931, 688
Transverse Tests, Cast-Iron, Interpretation of, 603*. See 433
Wear by Rolling and Sliding, Discussion, 237
Wearing Tests, Bronzes and Manganese Steels, 636
Steel Motor-Car Tyre Chains, 636 Tests, Porosity, Use of Acetylene Tetrachloride, 166
— Pulverised-Fuel Locomotive, German State Railways, 97*
— Road, of Motor Vehicles, 813 Springs for Motor Vehicles, 36
— Skidding, of Motor Vehicles, 36
— Structures, Scale Models and Specimens, 236
— Surface Condensers, 77. See LETTER, 534
— 10,C00-kw. Turbo-Generator and Condenser,
Stonebridge Park Power Station, 419
— Wood, Princes Risborough Research Laboratory, 140
Text Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile Industry, Japan, Growth of, 590 Thalen-Tiberg Magnetometer, 146
Thames Bridges, London, Hungerford and Waterloo, 140
— River and Water Supply of London, 624 Thermal Efficiency of Electric Furnaces, 465 Electric-Power Stations, 675
Treatment, Metals. See Ileal Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermionic Valves, See Valves Telegraphy, Wireless ; Telephwzy, Wireless
Thermocouples, National Physical Laboratory Types, 144
— Quick-Reading, for Non-Ferrous Metals, 824. See 371
— Sheathing and Protection, 823*. See 371
— See also Pyrometer
Thermodynamics, Change of State from Liquid to Vapour, 594*, 625*, 671*
— Energy Chart, Determination of Efficiencies of Internal-Combustion Engines bv, 369, 412*, 695*
— Mercury Vapour, Flow through Nozzles, 335, 469*
— Steam, Advantages of High Pressures, 334,
Thermodynamlcs, Steam Tables and Equations Prof. H. L. Callendar’s, 530*, 559, 567 ’
Thermometers, Dial, for Galvanising Work (Negrettl Zambra), 682
— Electrical Resistance, Thomas Recording Gas Calorimeter, 230*. See 699
Thierry, J. W., on Engineering Features of the Ziiyderzee Works, 305*, 333
Thomas, B., Tray Trucks for Toots andc., 361* Thomas Recording Gas Calorimeter, Report 230*, 699
Thompson Boilers, Pulverised-Fuel Firing, 522* Thoms, J. S., on Rise and Growth of Glasgow 606
Thomson, Prof. G. P., on the Waves of an Electron, 79* ; on Scattering of Electrons by Crystals, 417 ; Experiments on Wave Mechanics, 653
Thomson, J., on Ultra-Violet Radiations Emitted by Point Discharges, 416
Thomson, Prof. Sir J. J., Girton Lecture on Wave Mechanics, 653
Thornycroft, J. I. and Co., Ltd., M. Y. “Moreta,” 75
Thornycroft. O., on Petrol Engines and their Fuels, 403
Thornycroft-Schultz Marine Boiler for Locomotive, 481
Thornycroft, Sir J. I., the Late, 19* Thraves, F., on Street Lighting, 81 Threading and Forming Machine, Landis Automati'’,‘349*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Three-Phase. See Generator ; Motor ; [ Locomotive ; Power; Railway
Throttle Valve. See Valve Thrust Bearing. See Bearing — of Propellers.
“ Thunderer,” F lation, 532
Thunderstorms, .Mechanism of, 495 ; Distribution of, 745
Thurston, Dr. A. P., on Control of Aircraft by Aviettes or Alulas, 370
Tidal Flow, Zuyderzee Embankments, Model Experiments, 307
Tides in the Waddenzee, Holland, 305* Tilbury Docks, Floating Reversible Caisson for, 295 ; Hew Entrance Lock and Drv Dock, 401
Timber, Conservation of, and Forest Products Research Board, 140
— Creosoted, Effect of Adding Arsenical Substances, 112
— False Work for Roof, Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, 764*
— Home, Imperial and Foreign, Use of, 633
— Insects Injurious to, 725
— Production, Manual of Forest Engineering and Extraction (Review), 191
— Structures, Deterioration in Sea Water, 112 i Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Corrosion by Sea Water, 118
— Mining (Review), 145
— Smelting at Bootle (Penpoll Tin Smelting Co., Ltd.), 113*
— and Tinplate Prices. See Metal-Price Dia
grams
Tod River Water Scheme, Eyre Peninsula. South Australia, 561
Tokyo, Institute of Physical Research, Study of Electric Sparks, 381 ; Electric Explosions, 542
— World Engineering Congress, British Par
ticipation, 528, 655, 780
Tools, Cutting, Research Committee, Report on Machinability, 782, 780*, 803*
— Grinder. Sec Grinding under Machine Tools
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
— Room Lathe. See Lathe under Machine
Tools
— Steel. See Steel
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Toronto Steel and Power Show, Exhibits at, 499 Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torsion Balance, E itvbs. Gravitational Survey near Glasgow by, 606
— Diagram, Airship Engine Crankshaft, 442* Torsional Stillness of Crankshafts, Empirical
Formula, 36*. See Erratum, 133. See LETTER, 424
Toulouse Nitrate Factory, Cost of, 688
Towers, Lattice-Steel, Cupar Wireless Telephone Station, 226*
Wind Pressure on. National Physical Laboratory Investigations, 14.3
— Steel, Delaware River Suspension Bridge,
Design and Construction. 612*
— Structural, for Cranes, Design of, 88*
— Water, Ferro-Concrete, Apulian Aqueduct,
707*
Town Gas. Sec Gas
Townsville, Queensland, Port of, 710
Traction Dynamomeb.'r. See Dynamometer
— Electric. See Railways ; Tramways
— .Motors, Direct-Current Series-Wound, Specl-
flcatlon, 200
Tractors, Agrleultural, Testa of, 749
— Fordson, with Two-Furrow Plough, 69* ;
Fitted ns Mobile Crane, 584*
17-9-h.p. Ijitll, Four-Wheel Drive, 71*
Trade, Australian, with Great Britain and United States, 250
Barbados, Report on, 271
Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes
- Economic Conditions In France, Report, 781
- Exhllilllon. See Exhibition
- Export and Import, .Motor (.'ar, 718
- Germany, Itefmrt on, 054
— of Honduras, Report on, 87
— of India, ID’imrts, 100, 067, 812
— and Industries of Canada, 4
Industry, Hungary, ItejMirt, 205
— •Inpan. Rtqiorf on, 590
Koren, Market for Machinery, 272 of I.lslmn, H l
— - .Maritime of Burma, Heporf, 752
— Machine fool, British, Position of, 297
— Mineral Output, Western Australia Report,
496
— Mission to Australia, 21
— Motor Cycle, British Overseas, 591
i —Institute of, Examination, Graduateship and Associate Membersldp, 136 ; Presi- dentiai Address on Air Transport, by Sir W. S. Brancker, 462 ; Presentation of Premiums, 571
— Ministry of, Report of Railway Electrifi
cation Committee, 621 ; Report on Road Fund,655
— Motor. See Road ; Motor
— Procress in, 331
— Railway. See Railiray
— Road. See Road ; Motor Transporter Grabs, Barnard, 224* Transverse Tests. See Tests (Materials) 'I'ravcller, Creeper, for Erection, Delaware
River Bridge, 612*
Travelling Conveyor, Coal-Loading Plant at Workincton, 66*
— Crane. See (Iranc
Tray Trucks for Tools and .Machine Parts (B. Thomas), 361*
Trench Bracing, Flatlands Avenue Sewer, 63* Trenton Channel Power Station, Detroit Edison Co., Changes at, 477*
Trestles, Steel, Arch-Type, for Wire Ropeway, Carrara, Italy, 261*
for Concrete-Dam Construction, Hume Reservoir, Murray River, 153*
Trials, High-Pressure Locomotive, (Swis.s Locomotive and Machine Works), 51*
— See also Tests
Trichloretbylene, Degreasing Metals by. Apparatus for, 497. See 540*
Triple-Expansion Engines. Sea Rngines, Steam Trowbridge and Schellens, Turbine Oil-Fuel Burning Equipment, 121*
Truck, Hand, 2|-ton Hydraulic (.T. Collis and Sons, Ltd.), 248*
— Tray, for Tools and Machine Parts (B.
Thomas), 361*
Trusses, Warren-Type Stiffening, Delaware River Suspension Bridge, 799*
Tubes, Boiler, Failures of. Suggested Cause, 772
— Condenser, Alloys for, 300, 301, 309, 312 Corrosion by impingement, 309*. SeeSOl
— Drawing, French Practice (Review), 269
— Railways. See Underground, Railways
— Stainless Steel, and Duralumin. Manufac
ture from Strip, 689*
— Wells. See Wells
— See also Pipes
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— and Nickcl-Chromlum Alloys, 030* Tunnel, Concrete-Lined, Maentwrog Hydro-
Electric Plant, 517*
— Construction, Apulian Atjueduet, Italy, 120* Galleto Hydro-Electric Installation, 9*
— under Detroit River, 209
— Escalator, Waterloo Station, Southern
Railway, 252* ; Piccadilly Circus Station, 008*, 037*. Hee 754*
— Timbered and Reinforced, for Steel Pipe,
Aloiiette Hydro-Electric Scheme, 187*
Turbine Blading, Researches on Vibration, 760*
— Exhaust Steam, Bauer-Wach System,
H.S. " Britannia,” 394*, 430
— Hydraulic, 12,500-h.p. Francis-Type, Alou-
ettc Ilydro-J'llectrlc Scheme, 190*
9,000-h.p. Horizontal Impulse Type, Maentwrog Hydro-Electric I’lant, 005
Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Plant, 152* Hee also Power 1‘lnnt
— Mercury Vapour Flow through Nozzles, 335,
409*
— Oil-Fuel Burning Equipment, 121*
— I’umps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Blading for. See Rlading
Curtis Horizontal, for Turbo-Electric Liner " Viceroy of India,” 373
Expcriinental Single-Stage and Multi- Stage (Mefropolltan-Vickors Electrical Co., Ltd.), 701*
Turbine, Steam, Failures due to Blade Strips, 299
First Parsons, at Science Museum, South Kensington, 719
for Locomotives, Gerrt.an State Railways, 480
for Marine Auxiliary Machinery, 532 Marine Geared. See Marine Propulsion Marine, Use of Non-Ferrous Metals, 300 Nozzles, Research on (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 701*
Treatise on (Review), 268
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships
Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generators, Air-Filters for, Trenton Channel
Power Station, 479*
40,000-kw., Barton Power Station Extension (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 760*
25,000-kw., Brimsdown Power Station (C. A Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 820*
5,000-kw., Govan Refuse Power Plant (Fraser <fe Chalmers), 710*
5,000-kw., Gravesend Electricity Works (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 500 20,000-kw., Longford Generating Station, Coventry, 551*
S.S. “ Viceroy of India,” 373
10.000-kw., Stonebridge Park Power Station (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 419*
Turkey, Mersina-Adana District, Trade Report, 138
Turnbull, F., Co., Coal-Loading Plant at Workington, 66*
Turner, Prof. W. E. S., on Ultra-Violet Light Transmission through Glass, 643
Turning and Boring Mills. See Machine Tools
— See Machine Tools
Turret Lathes. See Lathes nmUr Machine Tools Twist-Drill Grinder. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
See Drill under Machine Tools
Tyne River Bridge, Newcastie-on-Tyne, Opening of, 4SS*. See LETTER, 556"
Tyre Chains, Motor Car, Wearing Tests of, 636
ULTRA-VIOLET Light, Transmission through Glass, 643
Radiations Emitted by Gases in Electric Discharges, 416
Underground Cables, Protection against Corrosion, Experiments, 225
— Limestone Mining, United States Bureau of
Mines, 245
— Railways, London, Piccadilly Circus Sta
tion, Reconstruction, 60S*, 637*. See 754* Unemployment. See Labour
Uniflow Engine. High-Pressure Locomotive (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works), 51*
Unions, Trade. Sec Labour ; Labour Noles
United Kingdom, Overseas Trade, Table of, 166
— States Bureau of Mines, Fires in Lake
Superior Mines, Report, 242; Underground Limestone Mining, 245 ; Resistance to Flow of Air in Metal-Mine Airways, Experiments, 276; Mine Rescue Work Contest, 525 ; Report on Accidents in Petroleum Industry, California, 378 ; Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, 539; Miners’ Lamps and Detection of Petroleum Vapours, 667 ; Co-Operation with Safety in Mines Research Board, 688; Report, River Pollution from Mines, 790 ; Report on Continuous Petroleum Distillation Apparatus, 730 ; Hydraulic Classification in Ore Mining, 807 j
Bureau of Roads, Storage Tank and I Moist Cupboard lor Cement Test Briquettes, 414
Bureau of Standards, Investigation of Corrosion in the Soil, 225
Butte-Montana, Experiments on Flow of Air in Mines, 276
Californian Petroleum Industry, Fatalities in, 378
and Canada, Tunnel Connecting, under Detroit River, 269
Flatlands Avenue Sewer, Brooklyn, 61* Fuel Economy in, 674
Investigations on Steel at High Temperatures, 246*
Iowa, Power and Fuel Problems, 471 IMuscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Development of, 151*
Navy. See United Stales under Warships Oklahoma, Greater Seminole Field, Petroleum Production, 824
Pittsburgh International Congress on Bituminous Coal, 233
Railways, OlI-Electrlc Motor Coaches, 265 Railways. See also Railways ; Railroads Saranac Meeting of International Commission on Illumination, 547
Shipping Board, Converted Motor Vessels, Performance, 822
Structural Design of Buildings (Review), 95
Washington, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Sheet-Pile Cofferdams for, 383*
See also America
Units and Standards, Electrical, Work of National Physical Laboratory, 173
Universal Dryers Co., Ltd., Coal Dryer, 12*
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine
under Machine Tools
Universal System of Machine Moulding and Machinery Co., Ltd., Travelling Pulley Blocks. 046*
University College, London, Engineering Courses and Lectures, 396 ; Prospectus, 534
— Colorado, Model Experiments, Concrete
Arch Dams, 86*. See 23*, 118*
— of Illinois, Experiments on Acoustics of
Buildings, 90
— of London, King’s College,Centenary Appeal
Fund, 623
University, Manchester, Experiments on Gas-
Ignition Temperatures, 162
— Ohio, Columbus, Investigation of Power
Transmission by Belts, 816. See 656 661*, 709
— Princeton, Model Experiments, Stevenson
Creek Bam, 118*. See 23*, 86*
— See also Education
Upper Atmosphere. See AtTnosphere
Urwick, Major L., on Rationalisation and
Industrial Education, 659 Ushant Lighthouse, Optical Apparatus, 2*
V.
Vacuum Furnace, Carbon-Tube, for Heterochromatic Photometry, 175*
— Pump. See Pump
Valency and Stereochemistry, London’s Theorv of, 417
Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, Condenser Tests, 77. See LETTER, 534
Valves, Controlled Reflux, for Pumping Installations (J. Blakeborough and Sons, Ltd.), 131*
— Free-Disoharge, Larner-Johnson Type
Hume Reservoir, Murray River, 153
— Gear, Beardmore-Caprottl, for Marine
Engines, 554*
with Independent Cut-Off and Exhaust, for Steam Engines, Marshall’s, 616*
Silcrome Steel, for Internal-Combustion Engines, 368
Sleeve, Motor Car Engine, Arrol Johnston and Aster, 456*
— Thermionic, Frequency Variations of Triode
Oscillator, 449
at Radio Exhibition, 393
-Tests of Amplifiers with Potentiometer Bridge, 174
-See also Telegraphy.Wireless ; Telephony, H ireless
Valve Gear, Deutz Horizontal Diesel Engines, 26*
Van der Waals’ Hypothesis and Modern Views 559, 695, 625, 671
Vapour, Mercury, Flow through Nozzles, 335, 469* ’
— Petroleum, Detection by Miners’ Lamps, 667 Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear; Motor-Car
Details
Velino River, Italy, Galleto Hydro-Electric Installation, 6*
Ventex Air Filter, 176.* See LETTER, 335 Ventilation in Metal Mines, United States Experiments, 276
Vernon, P. V., the Late, 109
Vibration and Critiial Speed of Shafting
(Review), 154
of Ships under Action of Unbalanced Engines, 718. See LETTER, 772
— of Sluice Gates and the Standing Wave, 239*
— of Turbine Blading and Condenser Tubes
Researches on, 766* '
“ Viceroy of India,” Turbo-Electric Liner
Launch, 372* ’
Vickers, Ltd., Industrial Amalgamations, 782
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Diesel Engine for H.M.S. “Medway,” 270*; H.M.S
“ Resource,” Launch, 678; Weldless Steel Drums for High-Pressure Boilers, 676* ; Industrial Amalgamations, 782 Vickers-Spearing Boilers, Govan Refuse Power Plant, 642*
Victoria, Australia, Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 209
— Embankment Subway, London, Fire in Inquiry, 62,5 ’
Vigo, Port of, Improvement, 529 Viscosity Pumps, Screw, 249*, 385* See LETTERS, 659*, 67,8
Visibility and Street Lighting, 81 Vizcaya, Spain, Iron Ore Mining in, 432 Volatilisation and Heating by Electric Currents, 542
Volta Effect and Modern Theories, 388
Aoltaic Pile, Seat of Electromotive Force, 687 Volumetric Glassware, Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 200

M ACKER. Dr. A., G.m.b.H., Apparatus for Degreasing Metals, 497
Wadkin and Co., Woodworking Machinery at Olympia, 362*
M adlow. Dr. E. C., on Road and Dvnamometer
Tests for Motor Vehicles, 813 ' M’ages. See Labour
Wagons, Motor. See Motor Tractors AVandghandd Dam, India, History of, 145
Waldrain, J. M., on Visibility in Artificially Lighted Streets, 81
Wall Blocks, Bailey, Water-Tube Boilers, 390*
— Hollow Brick Block, Ferro-Concrete Filled 793* ’
— Plugs, Hand-Operated Percussive Drill for 634* ’
Ward, H. W. Co., Ltd., 15-in. Combination
Turret Lathe, 279* ; 7-in. Capstan Lathe, 279* ; Broaching Machine, 357* ?Ward, Ilaggas * Smith, 6J-in. All-Geared
Head Lathe, 349* ; 24-in. Open-Side Planing Machine, 359*
Warfare, Naval. See Warships
Warnock, F. V., on Determination of Calorific Value of Diesel Oil, 418

Warships :

French Navy, Schnelder-Fieux Gvroscoplc Anti-Rolling Gear, 708
H.M. Cruiser “ Shropshire,” Launch of, 42*
— Dockyard, Portsmouth, Yarrow Boilers at, 444*
— Navy, Floating Docks for, 177*, 213* Oil Fuel ill,’717
H.M.S. “ Medway,” Naval Repair Ship, Diesel Engine for, 270*
— “ Resource,” Submarine Depot Ship, Launch, 678
H.M.S. “ Thunderer/’ Early Electrical Installation, 532
— “ Wolf/* Experiments on Bendiim Stresses, ElFeetive Moment of Inertia. 56*
H.M. Sloop “ Sandwich,” Launch, 429 — Warships. Supply to Boiler Booms, 532
Naval Warfare, Cse of Aircraft, 3 4. 100 Enited States Navy, Aeroplane Carriers for, 821
See also Saval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washing (’oal. Modern Practice (Review), 704
— (Tushing and Grading Plant, Gravel
shall, Sons A Co., Ltd.), 774*
— Plant, Coal, Automatic (Nortons (Tividale), Ltd.), 679*
Washington, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Investigation of Stresses, 32* ; Sheet-Pile Cofferdams for, 3S3*
Waste-Heat Recovery, Boilers for, 514 Recovery Japanese Cement Industry, 514
Recovery, Methods of, 514
Watches, Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 206
Water, Circulating, Revolving-Band Screens for, Brimsdown Power Station, 820*
—’ Engineers, Institution of, Consumption and Waste of Water, by J. Bowman, 769 ; Legal Considerations Relating to Administration of Engineering Contracts, by E. J. Rimmer. 769 ; Sandtields Filtration Installation, Chemical and Bacteriological Observations, by A. W. Burtt, 769 ; Corrosive Attack of Moorland Water on Concrete, by W. L\ Halcrow, G. B. Jlrook, and B. Preston, 770
— Filters. See Filters
— Plow in Channels, National Physical J^ibo- ratory Investigations, 35
in Channels, Standing-Wave Phenomena, 172*, 193*, 238*. See Erratum, 2.^1
in Pipes at Changes of Section, 294*
— Gas. See
— Ground. Drainage During Sewer Construction, 63*
— Meters, Electrollo, Brest wood Pumping Station, 212
— - Pollution Research Board, Investigations of, 751
— Power. SeePoezJcr, Water. 'Sea Hy draylie; Power Plant Turbine, llydraulie
— Specific Heat of, Determination of, 625*
— Supply, Consumption and Waste of Water, 769
Eynsford Pumping Station, Metropolitan Water Board, 424*
of Glasgow District, 606
Great Ilritain, Proposed Regional Water Committees, 561
Liverpool Corporation, Report, 650 of London, Chadwick Lecture on, 624
— — of New South Wales, 688; Lachlan
River Scheme, 782
Rand, Extensions, 747
and River Polution, 750
Sand Filters, Use in India, 623
Sandfields Filtration Installation, Chemical and Bacteriological Observations, 769 South-East Italv, Apulian Aqueduct, 91*, 126*, 220*, 543*, 705*. 738*
South Staffordshire, Prestwood Pumping Station, 102*, 211*, 247*. See Erratum, 232
Survey of Present and Prospective Needs, 561
Thickness of Lead Pipes, 769
Tod River Scheme, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, 561
of Towns and (Construction of Waterworks (Review), 241
Town, in India, 623 See also Irrigation ; Wells
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic; Power Plant; Power, Water
Waterloo Bridge, Proposed Widening, 140
— Station. Southern Railway, Escalator Construction, 251*
Waterproofing Walls, Etc., Cement for (Sika Francois, Ltd.), 648
Waterways. See Rivers ; Canals; Navigation Waterworks, Construction of, and Water Supply of Towns (Review). 241
— See also Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, Prof. F. R., Experiments on Absorption of Sound by Building Materials, 90
Watt, R. A. W., on Atmospherics, 496
Waves, Air, Propagation of, and the Upper Atmosphere, 562
— Effect on Ship Resistance, Work of Froudc Tank, 143
— of an Electron, 79*. See 653
—- Ether, Velocity in Heaviside Layer, 653
— Making Resistance of Sliips. See Ship Resistance
— Mechanics and the Structure of the Electron, 653. See 79*
— Standing, Phenomena of, 172*, 193*, 238*.
See Erratum, 2^1
Waygood-Otis, Ltd., Triple Escalators at Waterlo(» Station, 255
Wear of Metals, Determination of, 237 Wearing Tests, Bronzes, 636
— Manganese Steel, 636
—- — Steel Motor-Car Tyre Chains, 636 Weather. See Meteorology
Webster A: Bennett, Ltd., Boring and Turning Mills at Olympia, 319*
Weights, Handling by Human Beings, Darwin’s Views, 3 71
Weir Discharge and the Standing Wave, 194*
— Measuring, Bazin-Type, Apulian Aqueduct, 94*
M'elders, Resistance, as Manufacturing Tools (British Insulated Cables, Ltd.), 158*
Welding, Application to Ship Construction, 821
— Repair of Large Bells by, 53
— Structmal Steel, Present Status of. 664*. 693*
Welding, Direct-Current Metnt-Arc I’roeeHS, 664
- Technology, (Jerinan Treatise (Review), 26H Weldless«bteel Drums for Iligh-PreKSUie Rollers, Manufacture of (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 676*
Wellman-Kennedy Side-Guard Manipulator for Rolling Mills, 244
Wells, Prestwood Pumping Station, (’oustruction of, 102*
— Tube, Experimental Installation in Punjab, 194
— Use for Water Supply of Jxmdon, 624 West Texas to Chicago, Oil Pipeline, 596 Western Australia, Department of Mines,
Keport, 495
Westinghouse Brake it Saxby Signal (.^o., Ltd., Copper-Oxide Rectifiers, 393
Westminster Technical Institute, Prospectus, 330
Westwood, J., it Co., Ltd., Done Grab, 124* ; Steelwork Piccadilly Circus Station, 639* Wharf (Jranes, See Cranes
— Ferro-Concrete, at Brisbane, Effects of Tarring, 112
Wharves, Docks ami Piers, Design, Construction and Maintenance of (Review), 704
Wheeler Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ramsden Keflex Micrograph, 42*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears ; Gcariny ; Marine Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine Tools Whipple, F. J. W., on Propagation of Air
Waves and the Upper Atmosphere, 562 ; on Distribution of Thunderstorms, 745
White, A. E., Investigations on Creep Tests and Limit of Proportionality, 246*
White, A. IL, on Volume Changes of Cement, 278
White, T., ife Sons, Ltd., Woodworking Machinery at Olympia, 361*
White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Whiteley, J. IL, on Quenched Liquid-St(‘el Pellets 472*
Wicksteed, C., ife Co. (1920), Ltd. Inserted- Tooth (,’ircular Sawing Machine, 329*
Wiener Lokomotivfabrik, Keeiproeating Steam Engines for High Pressure, 260*
Wildish I*rotccted-Bolt Firebrick, 74* Wilkinson Change-Circuit System for Elec- tieal Supply, 391*
Williams, P. T., on Cleaning Coal by Froth Flotation, 405
Williams, K., on the S.S. “ California,” 822 Williams, S., it Sons, Automatic Grabs, 124* Williams, S. V., on High-Temperatun‘ Resistance Alloys, 629*. See 338
Willis, T, F., on Tests of Concrete, 278
Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Plant, 151*
Wilson, Prof. E.,on Practical Pyrometry, 822*. See 371
Wind Bracing in Building Construction, 445*
— Pressure.s Exerted by Storms, 445*
“ — on Overhead Lines, 685
on Structures, Work of National I’hy- sical Laboratory, 35, 143
— Structure Research, Royal Airship Works,
Cardington, 562
?— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Windlass Engine, Three-Cylinder, Compressed- Air, 535*
Winterbotham, Col. H. S, L., on Colonial Survey Departments, 607
Wires for Cables, Delaware River Bridge, Experiments on, 511
— Copper, Hard-Drawn, Modulus of Elasticity, 686
Drawing, Steel, Studies in (Review), 577
- Joints, Delaware River Bridge, Strength of, 512
-- Mild Steel, for Welding, Tests of, 666, (>95
- Nickel-Chromium, for Electrical Heating Apparatus, 629*
— Ropes for Mines, Deterioration, Investigation of, 162
— -— Standard Specification, 59
— Ropeway, Carrara, Italy, 260*
— Steel and Iron, Efifects of Ageing, 439* Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony.'
Witchell, Prof. E. F. D., Chart for Determination of Internal-Combustion Engine Efficiencies, 369, 412*. See also 695*'
Witwatersrand Alines, Dust in Air of, 215 Wohler’s Tests. See Alternating Stress under Tests {Materials}
” Wolf,” H.M.S., Experiments on Effective Aloment of Inertia, 56*
Wolseley Motors (1927), Ltd., 16-4.5 h.p. Six- Cylinder Motor Car, 452*
Wood, Dry Rot in. Causes, Detection and Prevention of, 171
— Tests at Princes Risborough Research Laboratory, 140
Woodhouse, W. B., on Overhead Electric lanes. 685
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools “ Wootton.*’ Motor Ferry. Southern Railwav 121
Work-Hardening Apparatus. Herbert Cloudburst System, 28*, 361*
Workington Harbour. Coal-Loading Plant. 66* Workmen. See Labour
Works :
Alkali Works, Report on. for 1927, 98
Explosives Factory, Ardeer (Nobel Industries, Ltd.), 563
” Magnet ” Works, Birmingham, General I'dectric (’o., Ltd.. 524
Petters, Ltd., Yeovil. Additions to Works, 651
Steel Works. Rehabilitation of Rolling Mill Equipment, 243*, 274*, 379*
Works Management, Costs for Manufacturers (Review), 705
Factory Organisation (Review). 576 Value of Suggestion Schemes, 693 Workshops and Factories, Home Olfice Inspector’s Report, 170
— Training. See Apprenticeship ; Education
— See also B orl'S ; Machine Tools
World, Coal Industry of, 401
— Jinginecrinu (’ongress, Japan, 1029, British J*nrticli)alion, 528, 655, 780
World Power Conference, London : (Fuel
Conference) ;
Programme, 13, 333, 365 Inaugural ProceedingK, 401
Language Problem, 400 Organisation of World Power (‘onfenuices, 461
(’losing Meeting, 517
Reports and Discussions , 401, 434, 163, 501, 514
Seetioft A :
The Coal Industry, 401
Oeneral Report and Discussion, 401 Standard Classilication of Coals, 401 Lignites and Brown Coals, 401
Section B :
Sampling a!id Testing of Solid Fuel, Oeneral Keport and Discussion, 404
Section (' ;
Coal Treatment, (’leaning. Drying and Briquetting, Oeneral Report and Discussion, 405
Cleaning Bituminous Coal, by J. B. Campbell, 405
Drying Brown (’oal without Breakage, by Dr. JI. Jlussncr, 405
Dewatering and Di ving of Coal, by B. Mott, 405
(’leaning of Small Coal, by Dr. W. Chapman, 405
Cleaning of (kial by Froth Flotation, K. Ddser and P. 'I'. Williams, 405
Section i):
Storage and Handling of Solid Fuels the User. General J<eport and Discussion, 406
Methods of (Control. J’reparation, Handling and Storage of Coal, National Jtailways of J5elgiiim, by 11. Chenu, 406
Section B :
JCconomicR of the Oil Industry, General Rei)ort and Jliseussion, 402
Section B :
Composition, (’lassification, Storage and Handling of Liquid Fuels, General Jteport and Discussion, 404
Fuel Recjuiremcnts of Automobile and Aircraft I'^ngines and the Oil Industry, by W. Ostwald, 404
Recent Develoi>ments in the Distillation of Petroleum, by Dr. S. F. Birch and Dr. A. K. Dunstan. 404
The (.Tacking Process, A Universal Source of .Motor Fuel, by Dr. (i. Eglotf. 405
Section G :
The Carbonisation Industry, Economic and General Considerations. General Report and Discussion, 435
Coke (Quenching and Cooling, by W. Col- quhoun, 435
Coke Screening, by W. S. Edwards, 435 Economics of Coke Manufacture b\^ M. Mackenzie, 435
Utilisation of Coke-Oven Gas by the Gas Industry, by T. P. Ridley, 435
Section H :
Composition, Classification. Preparation, Storage and Handling of Gaseous Fuels and Carbonisation Products, General Report and Discussion, 436
Testing Gaseous Fuels, bj" J)r. H. Lofiler, 436
Gas Manufacture, by Prof, Cobb, 436
Purification of Coal Gas, by C. Cooper, 437 By-Product Ammonia Recovery Problem, by P. Parrish. 437
Fundamentals of Coal Blending and the Production of Solid Smokeless Domestic Fuels, by Dr. J. G. King, 437
Section J :
Utilisation of Fuels for Steam Generation and the Production of Electricity, General Report and Discussion, 463’
Economic Utilisation of Fuel in the Production of Electricity, bv R P Sloan, 463, 787*
Principles of Flame Radiation, by T. Lind- inark, 463
I Section K :
Utilisation of Fuels, including Electricity, for Industrial-Furnace Work, General Report and Discussion. 464
Industrial Heating by Solid. Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, by Sir R. Hadfield and R. J. Sarjant, 464.
Thermal Efficiency of an Industrial Electric Furnace, by Dr. T. Kawasakivo, 465
Section L :
Utilisation of Fuels, including Electricity, for Domestic Purposes, 466
(Jeueral Report on Heating by Coal (Jas and Electricity, by Dr. M/Fishenden, and Discussion, 466
Section ill:
Pulverised Fuel: Preparation and Utilisa- tfon of Powdered Fuels in Power Stations, Metallurgical Work and in Marine Practice, General Report and Discussion, 501
Section S :
Internal-Combustion Engines, General Report and Discussion, 402
Present Position and the Use of Heavy Oil for Motor Traction, by Prof M Defays, 402
World Power Conference, London: (Fuel Conference) -continued.
Diesel Engine lifted with Exhaust Tur- hine-Drlven SuperchargiT, by Dr. A. Bliclil, 403. See 425*. 462
Present Position of the High-Speed Heavy- Oil ICngine, by Dr. W. Rlehm, 403
Use of J'hiiyl AICOIKJI as Motor Fuel, by Prof, E. Hubendlck, 403
Oasollne Engines and tiieir Fuels, by H. K. Ricardo ami O. Thornycrofl, 403
Section () ;
Transinisslon of Power, General RejK^rt ami Discussion, 504
Problems of Jjong-Dlstanee TransmiHsirjn, by .Mr. Traenckner, 504
Transmission, over Various Distances, of Energy in the Form of Coal, Oil, Gas and Electricity, by Dr. E. W. Smith, 504
Legal Aspects of Gas 'rransmlsslon, b)' H. Lloyd-Jones, 504
Section P :
Waste-Heat IG’covery, General Repiul and JHscussion, 514
Waste Heat in Japanese C<‘ment Industry, by Dr, Kasai, 514
Section Q:
Low-Temperature Carbonisation, (Teneral Report and Discussion, 503
Present Position of Low-'J'emperature (Carbonisation in Germany, by Dr. K. Heinze, 503
I'ossibilities of (’o-Ordination between Coal-Treatment Processes ami th<* Production of Electricity, by Dr. I*. Rosin, 503
I/>w-Temperature Carboiiisation, by Drs. C. H. Lander and F. S. Sinnatt, 503
Section R :
Winning and Using Peat, (huieral Report and Discussion, 434
J*eat Treatment, by Dr. G. Keppeler, 434
Drying of Peat in St^oflaml, IJV N. Testrup and 'P. Gram, 434
Peat Bogs in Russia ami l*eat Combustion in U.S.S.K., 434
Section S :
Power Alcohol, General Report and Discussion, 435
Alcohol for Power Purposes, by (’ol. Sir I'. .Nathan, 435
Sections T and U :
'ITaining of Fuel Technicians ; Organisations Concerned with the Eilicient Use of FuM in Industry, General Reports and Jliscussions, 515
Section IP ;
Economic Possibilities in the better (Jo-Ordination of Fuel Utilisation, General Rei)ort and Discussion. 515
A Fuel Policy, by Sir A. Duckham, 5L5 ('o-Ordination between Blast-Furnaces, Coke Ovens and Open-Hearth Furnaces, by C. Berthelot, 515 Worm Gear. SeeGe«r; Gearing Worthington-Simpson Condensers, Longford
Generating Station, ('oventry, 552* Wray, F. N., on Mechanical Tests of Concrete,
278 Wrecks See Accidents Wright Lecture, Slotted Wings and the Auto
matic Slot, by F. H. Page, 180* Wrought Iron. See Iron
Wyangala Dam, Lachlan River, New Soutli
Wales, Inauguration of, 782

X-RAYS. See Jiays

YACHT, Motor, ** Moreta,” 75
“ Narcissus,” Conversion of, 44 Yallourn, Australia, Coal Briquetting, 16 Yarrow Boilers, High-Pressure, S.S. “Duchess of Atholl,” 49
Yarrow and Co., Ltd., Tests of Burners for Pulverised Coal in Alarine Boilers, 333 ; Boilers at Portsmouth Dockyard, 444* ; Diesel-Electric Ferry Boat, 564*
Yarrow, H. E., on High-Pressure Water-Tube Boilers, 341*. See 334
Yorkshire Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., 500-kv.-a. Transformer, 647*
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yokohama, Port of, Reconstruction and Development, 258

ZEEMAX, Brof. 1’., on Spectrum of Ionised Argon, 389
Zetzmann, E., the Late, 678
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Cadmium Solder, Use in Construction of
Airship R.lOl, 692. See LETTERS, 746, 808
— Coatings, Protection of Iron by, 443*
— Corrosion by Sea Water, 118
— Electrolytic, Production in Australia, 21
— Molten, Action on Steel, 476
Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Sprayed, for Protection of Steel, 302, 407
Zuffer Dismantling Blocks for Bridge Construction, 304
Zurich Congress, 1931, New International Association for Testing Materials, 688. See 381
Zuyderzee, Reclamation of, 305,* 333

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