Engineering 1934 Jan-Jun: Index: General

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GENERAL INDEX. (Illustrated Subjects are Marked with an Asterisk after the Number of the Page.)

ABBORFORS Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 5, 27*
Abell, Sir W., Train Ferry. “Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
Aberdeen Meeting, British Association, Proposed Papers on Motor-Car Noises, 295, 297; Programme, Section G (Engineering), 709

Accidents :

Breakdown of 5,000-kW Turbo-Generator, Report, 407
Coal-Dust Explosions in Mines, Investigations in United States, 558
Industrial Accidents, Causes of, 127
Pipe Failure at Lac Noir Hydro-Electric Station, 155
Road Accidents, Fatal, 1933, Report, 603 — Home Office Report, 99 and Road Construction, 239 Suggestions for Reducing, 197 Shipping, Failure of Mooring Swivel
Assembly, Liability for, 530 Accumulator, Air-Hydraulic, for 10,000-ton
Rubber-Vulcanising Press, 156*
— Steam, for Gas Works, 555
Acton Bridge, Cheshire, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*, 315*
“ Adderstone,” S.S., 2,200-i.h.p. High-Speed Compound Engine with Exhaust Turbine, 347*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Admiralty Scientific Research Department,
Automatic Radio Direction Finder, 576
— See also PParsAips
Aerial Propellers. See Propellers under Aerc- naw/ics
— Ropeway. See Wire Ropeway
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics

Aeronautics :

Aerodromes Advisory Board, Formation of, 458
Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics (Review), 577
Aeronautical Research Committee, Annual Report, 125
Aeronautics, Progress in, 125
Aeroplanes, Air Flow Past, Investigations on, 125
—- Spinning of, Investigations on, 125
— Station for Atlantic, Proposed, 94
Air Estimates for 1934, 327
— Services in India, 380
— Transport Manual (Review), 450
Aircraft, British Corporation Register Report, 297
— Carriers, Development of, 385, 387
— Petrol from Coal for, 298
— Timber, Nomenclature for, 474
Engines, Aeroplane, Hispano-Suiza, Production of, 726
Investigations on, 125
Gliding Machine, Sir G. Cayley’s Model of, 575
Propellers, Aerial, Investigations on, 125
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Investigations at, 125
Spinning of Aeroplanes, Investigations on, 125
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Aeroto Fan, 75-in., for Tube Railway Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
Aetsa Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 5, 28*
“ Afonso de Albuquerque,” Portuguese Sloop, Launch of, 650
Ageing Changes in Nitrided Steel, 745*
— Concrete in Gravity Dams, Reports on, 80 Agreements, Labour. See Labour Agricultural Engineering Research Institute,
Oxford, Automatic Meter for Field Drains, 77* ; Report on Farms and Machines, 545
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects,
240
— French, Progress of, 450*
— Motors. See Enoines ; Motors ; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors Agriculture. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Air Cavities in Walls, Insulating Properties of, 628
— Cleaning Plant for Coal, Ashington Colliery,
Air Compressor and Electric Generator Set, 10-18 h.p. Paraffin-Driven (Parsons Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 439*
Electric Generator and Pumping Set, 8-h.p. Diesel-Driven (Petters, Ltd.), 439*
Rotary (G. Bertin), 643*
Rotary (Northey Rotary Engines, Ltd.), 425*
Rotary, for Velox Boiler, 470*
Set, Experimental Motor-Driven (Reavell and Co., Ltd.), 318*
— — Two-Stage Air-Cooled (Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd.), 595*
— Conditioning Equipment, Investigations on, 276
— —-in Industry, 463
— Cooling of Turbo-Alternators, 15. See LETTERS, 157, 424*
— Filter, for Oil Engines (C. G. Vokes, Ltd.), 194*
— Gas Ratio Apparatus (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 46*
— Heater, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*
— Leakage in Condensers, 207
— Lift Principle in Water-Tube Boilers, 419*
— Masses, Descending, Condensation in, 611
— Pollution. See Smoke Abatement
— Pump. See Pump
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Supply in Locomotives, Model Tests on, 69
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Carriers. See Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
“ Ajax,” H.M. Cruiser, Launch of, 338
Alchemy, Doctrine of Transmutation of Matter, 325
Aldershot, Royal Engineer Demonstration at, 603
Aldous, C. W., on Dimensions of Specimens for Hardness Test, 327
Alexandria Docks, Hull, Anti-Coal Breaker for Ship Loading, 485*
Algal Growths and Water Supply, 26
Algeria, Articulated Towers for High-Tension Transmission Lines, 581*
All-Angles Vice Mounting, 236
Allan, J. F., on Scale Effect on Screw Propellers, 436
Allday, W., & Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Allen, J., <fc Sons (Oxford), Ltd., Trench- Excavating Machine, 739*
Allen, W. H., Sons & Co., Ltd., 50-kW Turbo- Generator Set, 180*; Turbine-Driven Axial-Flow Pump, 180* ; 3-in. Unchokable Pump, 180* ; 150-h.p. Compound Steam Engine, 180*; 160-h.p. Eight-Cylinder
High-Speed Oil Engine, 530*
Allgemeine Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248* ; Investigation on Fuel Atomisation in Airless- Injection Oil Engines, 285* ; Safety Gear for Presses, 333*
Allgemeine Transportanlagen-Gesellschaft, Overburden-Transporter Bridge, 508*
Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division, “ Speed Patrol ” Road Grader, 585*
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Almen, J. O., on Intake Silencer Problems, 296 Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo Alternators
Aluminium and its Alloys (Review), 481
— Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Conductors, Specification, 561
— Construction for Railway Carriages, 509*
?—• Secondary (Review), 481
— Sheet, Thin, Dimensions of Hardness-Test
Specimens of, 327
?— Wire, Fatigue Testing of, 503*
— See also Metallurgy; Metal-Price Diagrams
Alwen Reservoir, Birkenhead, Enlargement of, 621
American Blower Corporation Ross Decalorator Plant, 10*
— Institute of Electrical Engineers. See
Electrical Engineers
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United Sates
Ammonia Compressor, Four-Cylinder, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 426*
Ammonia Compressor Polar, ' Sleeve-Valve (Liverpool Refrigeration Co., Ltd.), 703*
Amphibolos, Orukter, 437
Analysis, Gas, by Measurement of Thermal Conductivity (Review), 366
;—'Routine, of Coal and Coke, Accuracy of, 249 Anderson, J., on Oil Tanker, “ Brunswick,” 701 Andrade, Prof. E. N. da C., on Friction, 709 Andrew, W. L., on .Exceptional Summer of 1933, 34
Andrews, J., the Late, 202
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annuals and Reference Books, 21, 82,132, 300, 357, 412, 424, 498, 565, 633, 718. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anti-Coal Breaker for Ship Loading (Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd.), 485*
Antimony Prices. See MetaZ-Price Diagrams Apparatus, Scientific, Exhibition, Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 710*
— — Exhibition, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 575*
— — Historical, Preservation of, 601
— — Physical Society’s Exhibition, 44*, 71*,
116*, 140*
Applied Mechanics, International Congress for Cambridge, 629, 710
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship and Skilled Employment
Association, Annual Report, 604
— See also Educatiora
Approach Spans, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467, 498
Aqueduct, 1,000-ton Canal-Barge Lift, Niederfinow, 374*
— Manchester Waterworks, 120*
— Tunnels, Preston, 621
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See La&owr
Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arc. See Weeding
Area Automatic Combustion Control System, 134, 163
Arcform Ships, Design and Performances of, 568*, 574
Arch Bridge, Sydney Harbour, Design and Construction of, 467, 498
— Dam Investigations, 200
Architects, British, and Foreign Competition, 546
— Naval. See Naval Architects
Architecture of Industrial Steel-Frame Buildings, 727
“Arctees,” S.S., Machinery of, 568*, 574 “ Arcwear,” S.S., Design and Performances of, 568*, 574
Ardoloy Cutting Tools (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 236 Argentina, Trade of, 463
Armament Firms as National Defence Factories, 434
Armoured Ships. See WarsAips
Armstrong Atlantic Aeroplane Station, Proposed, 94 ,
Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Oil Tanker “ Gluck- auf,” 466
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth & Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Control Gear for Oil- Electric Locomotives, 63*
Army Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Arrol, Sir W., & Co., Ltd., Demolition of Waterloo Bridge, 736
Arsenious Acid and Zinc Acetate for Wood Preservation, 697
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Arts, Royal Society of, Modern Developments in Street Lighting, by J. M. Waldram, 99; Pooling of Water Supplies, by A. E. L. Chorlton, 151 ; Thomas Gray Lecture on Deep Diving and Under-Water Rescue, by Sir R. H. Davis, 268, 324; The Canning Industry, by T. N. Morris, 297; Utilisation of Coal, by W. R. Gordon, 492
Asbestos Fittings for. Fire Protection (Bell’s Asbestos & Engineering Supplies, Ltd.), 579
— Thermal Conductivity of, 171*, 252*
Ashes, Use for Temperature Control, Travelling Grate Stokers, 588, 656*, 669*
Ash-HandlingiPlant, BrimsdownPower Station, 695*
Ashington Coal Co., Ltd., Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Ashmore, Benson, Pease & Co., Self-Sealing Coke-Oven Door, 121*
Ashwell & Nesbit, Ltd., Automatic Mechanical Stoker, 230
Askania Automatic Combustion Control System, 134, 162
Asquith, W., Ltd., Carriage and Wagon Wheel-
Turning Lathe, 455*
Associated Equipment' Co., Ltd., Valve-Seat Wear-Testing Machine, 245*
Association, British. See BritisA Association
— Engineering. See Institutions Assouan Dam, Heightening of, 559*
Astronomy, Expansion of Universe, 3
— 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto University, 281*, 365*, 447*
Atlantic"Aeroplane Station, Armstrong, Proposed, 94
— Liners. See Steamers
— Waves, Behaviour of Ships among, 435 Atlas Diesel Company, 1,150-b.h.p. Eight-
Cylinder Oil Engines, 564*
Atlas and Norfolk Works, Sheffield, Firth- Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*, 710
Atmosphere, Ionisation of, Investigations on,
680
Atmospheric Pollution, Report on Investigations, 631
See also Smoke Abatement
Atom, the Alternative, Structure and Properties of, 461. See LETTER, 522
— Structure of, 367*
Atomisation of Fuel in Airless-Injection Oil
Engines, 285*
Atritor Pulveriser, 236
Aubert Dam, France, 207
Auerbach und Scheibe A.-G., Inflnitely-Variable Speed Drilling Machine, 382
Austin, G., on Diesel-Electric Propulsion of Ships, 353
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 306*
Australia, Steel Industry in, 655
— Sydney Harbour Bridge, Design and Construction of, 467, 498
— Victoria, Bucket Excavators at Yallourn Colliery, 508
Austria, Financial and Economical Position of, Report, 42
— Railway Electrification in, Economics of, 546
Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signals
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobiles. See Motor Cars
—Association,Memorandum on Reducing Road
Accidents, 197; Census of Footpaths, 495
— Engineering, Progress of, 523, 556
— Engineers, Institution of, Report on Valve-
Seat Wear, by C. G. Williams; 245*, 306* ;
Resignation of B. H. Joy, 327; Causes of Detonation in Petrol and Diesel Engines, by G. D. Boerlage and Dr. W. J. D. Van Dyck, 335. See LETTER, 329; Proficiency Certificates for Garage Mechanics, 708; Summer Meeting, Paris, 726 Automotive Engineers, American Society of,
Mufflers, by E. G. Gunn, 295 ; Analysis of
Intake Silencer Problems, by J. O. Almen and E. E. Wilson, 296; Noise from Motor Tyres, A. W. Bull, 296
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine
Aveling and Porter, Ltd., 8-ton Compound Steam Road Roller, 563*-; 6-ton Quick-Reverse Steam Road Roller, 563*; Rubber-Tyred Steam Traction Engine, 563*
Avery, W. & T., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 229; 30-ton Weighing Machine, 391*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Awbery, J. H., on Measurement of Humidity, 276.
Axes, Polar and Declination, 74-in. Reflecting
Telescope, 282*
Axles, Motor-Car. See Motor-Car Details

BABBAGE, O., and his Difference Engines, 9
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 1,100-lb. Pressure
Boiler, 83* ; White Forster Boiler, Tests of, 106; Boilers, Barking Power Station, 144; Flash-Welded Economiser, 183* ; One-Colour and Two-Colour Water-Gauge Fittings, 187*; Chain-Grate Stoker, Combustion of Coal on, 587*
Bacon, Prof. F., Photographs of Fatigue and Corrosion Fractures, 71.0*
Baden Works, Tests of Velox Boiler Plant, 471*
Baghdad, Arrival of Producer-Gas Lorries from London, 132
Bailey, A., on Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735 Bailey Automatic Combustion Control System, 129, 134, 163
Bailey, R. W., on Thermal Stresses in Pipe Joints, 445*, 506*
Baird & Tatlock (London), Ltd., Combustibility of Coke Determination Apparatus, 117* ; Bomb Calorimeter, 118*
Baker, G. S., on Screw Propellers of Varying Blade Section, 716*. See 409
Baker, I. M., on Statistics Applied to Manufactured Products, 288
Baker, Prof. J. F., on Tests of Steel-Framed Structures, 727
Baker, R. F., on Water Supply Problems, 621
Bakes, Dr. W. E., on Action of Solvents on Coal, 276
Balance Beam, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 672* Balancing Machine for Centrifugal Casting- Machine Moulds (C. Schenck), 422*
Baldock Gas Works, Modernisation of, 744
Balfour, Beatty & Co., Ltd., Pykara Hydro- Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests
(Materials)
Bamber, H. W., the Late, 273
Banister, G. H., the Late, 485
Banking and Industry, 575
Bankside Control Room, Central Electricity Board, 497*
Bars, Aluminium-Alloy, Value of Transverse Tests of, 341
Barberine Dam, Switzerland, 80 *
Barford & Perkins, Ltd., 9-cwt. Petrol-Driven Roller, 184*
Barge-Discharging Elevator, Oil-Seed Handling Plant, Liverpool, 343*
— Lift, Canal, 1,000-ton, at Niederfinow, 374* Barimar, Ltd., Non-Corrosive Internal-Combustion Engine Cylinder Liners, 673
Barking Power Station, General Description, 143* ; 94,000-kVA Turbo Alternator, 536*
Barnes, A. A., on Flow through Disc-Orifices in Pipes, 25; on Discharge of Lined Pipes, 25
Barrage, Severn Tidal-Estuary Model Experiments on, 521
— Scheme, Kut, Iraq, 197
— — Severn, Wye Storage Reservoir for, 91,
97. See LETTERS, 131,157
Barrel-End Rolling Machine (L. Schuler A.-G.), 412*
Barton, O., Descent in Bathysphere, 268
Bastian & Allen, Ltd., Pamphlet on Costs of Electric Heating, 250
Bastien, Dr. P., on Castability of Ternary Alloys, 340
Bates, Dr. P. H., on Cements and Concretes, 296
Bathe, G., on Oruketer Amphibolos, 437
Batho, Prof. C., on Research in Civil Engineering, 267
Bathysphere, Record Descent in, 268
Battersea Power Station, 105,000-kW Turbo- Generator, 674
Battleships. See Warships
Bauer, Prof. G., on Super-Pressure Steam for Ship Propulsion, 701
Bauschinger, J., Centenary of, 646
Beam, Balance, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 672*
— Influence Lines for Moving Loads on, 60*.
See LETTER, 218*
— in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigations
on, 566
Bearing, Journal, Low-Frictional Coefficient (Riebe-Carobronze Co.), 512*
— for Machine Tools, Types of, 356
— with Oil Circuits, Lubrication of, 441*, 464
— 30,000-kW Steam Turbine, 252*
— 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine,
112*
Beaudoin, Mr., on Working-Class Flats in Paris, 727
Becher, H., the Late, 76
Beckton Gas Works, Coal-Handling Plant, 141* ; Coke-Handling Plant, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
Bedford Water Supply, Prevention of Algal Growths in, 26
Beebe, Dr. W., Descent in Bathysphere, 268
Beet-Sugar Factories, Treatment of Effluents from, 196
Belfast Association of Engineers, Annual Dinner, 353
Belgium, Genval and Neder-Over-Heembeek, Jiges Boilers at, 6*, 64*
Bellasis, E. S., on Thames Tides and London Floods, 337*
Bell’s Asbestos & Engineering Supplies, Ltd., Asbestos Fire Protection Fittings, 579
Bells, Diving, Development of, 268
Belsey, W. J., on Alternating Current for Ships’ Auxiliary Machinery, 361
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., Electric and Petrol- Operated Spraying Sets, 181
Ben Nevis Tunnel, Aluminous-Cement Lining of, 610
Bench, Push, for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 87*
— Vice. See Vice under AfacAine Tools Bending Moments of Beams, Influence Lines
for, 60*. See LETTER, 218*
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Benevolent Funds of Technical Institutions, 237, 241, 354
Benjamin Electric, Ltd., Lightmeter, 507
Bennett, W., on Steel Defects and Fractures, 105
Bentham, C., on Phosphate-Handling Plants at Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
Bentleys Engineers, Automatic Pneumatic Sewage Ejector, 200*
Benzene under Pressure, Action on Coal, 276 Benzole Recovery and Refining, Aspects of, 688 Berlin-Hamburg High-Speed Diesel-Electric Rail Coach, 173*
Bertin, G., Turbo-Compressor, 643*
Beryllium, Tarnish-Resisting Properties of, 340 Bessemer Medal accepted by H.M. George V, 407, 655, 656
Betica Sugar Works, Tests of Velox Boiler Plant, 471, 526*
Bibby, J., & Sons, Ltd., Oil-Seed Handling and Storage Plant, Liverpool, 343*
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
Bi-Flux Magnetic Drum Separator, 229 Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Bins, Storage, Phosphate-Handling Plants,
Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
Biochemistry of Nitrogen Conservation (Review), 534
Birch Plywood, Grading of, Specification, 416
Birchenough Bridge, Model, Southern Rhodesia, 170
Birkenhead, Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311*
— Water Supply, 621
Birks, F. M., on Gas Works Practice, 499*, 554. See 495
Birmingham Aluminium Casting (1903) Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 187
— British Industries Fair, 179*, 225*, 239,
258*, 359*, 434. See LETTERS, 158, 272, 400, 454, 550
— Co-Operation in Technical Education at, 269 Birmingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Box-
Type Electric iFurnaces, 230* ; Forced- Air-Circulation Electric Furnace, 230* Birthday Honours List, 654
Birtley Co., Ltd., Air Cleaning Plant for Coal, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Bismuth Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Bitumen-Lined Pipes, Discharge of, 25
Bituminous Coatings on Concrete Dams, 80
Blackett, Prof. P. M. S., on Cosmic Rays, 494
Blackwater Dam, Examination of Concrete in, 610*, 638
Blading, 30,000-kW Steam Turbine, 251*
Blancometer (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 73*
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Bleichert-Transportanlagen G.m.b.H., Ore- Loading Ropeway, 539*
Bleiloch Dam, Germany, Temperature and Strain Measurements in, 109
Blocks, Concrete, for Building Construction. See Concrete
— Hoisting, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 672* Blunsdon Reservoir, Swindon Waterworks, 648 Board of Education Courses for Technical-
School Teachers, 221
— of Trade, Report on Reform of Law Relating
to Trade Marks, 602
• — See also Overseas Trade Department
Boats, Fishing, Diesel Engines for, 164
— Motor. See Motor Boat
— Submarine. See Warships
Body, J. H. R., on Early Electro-Magnetic Engines, 437
Boehringer, Gebriider, G.m.b.H., Special- Purpose Lathe, 411* ; Lathe Saddle and Headstock, 411*
Boerlage, G. D., on Detonation in Petrol and Diesel Engines, 335. See LETTER, 329
Bogies, Eight-Wheeled, for Rail-Oar, French State Railway, 568*
— for High-Speed Diesel-Electric Rail-Coach,
173*
— See also Trwcis
Boilers, Babcock & Wilcox, Barking Power Station, 144
— Babcock & Wilcox, 1,100-lb. Pressure,
Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 83*
— Babcock & Wilcox, One-Colour and Two-
Colour Water-Gauge Fittings for, 187*
— Babcock & Wilcox White Forster, Tests of,
106
— Calcium Scale in, Prevention of, 733
— Combustion Control Systems for, 129*, 134*,
162
— Corrosion in, 683
— Coverings. See WeatlmwZation
— Electric, Cost of Current for, 250
— Feed Pump. See Pump
— Water Softening. See Water Softening Water. See Feed Water
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— Heating, Report on Safety Devices for, 579
— High-Pressure, for Ships, 700
— Jiges, at Genval and Neder-Over-Heembeek,
Belgium, 6*, 64*
— Locomotive, with Steam Collector, 622* See also Locomotiw
— Loeffler, Tests, Caroline Power Station, 722*
— Marine, S.SS. “ Arcwear ” and “ Arctees,”
568*, 574
Water Conditioning for, 107
— Plant for Gas Works, 495, 555
— Radiant-Heat, Brimsdown Power Station,
641*, 693*
F—Stirling, Townmead Road Power Station, Fulham, 738
— Traction Engine, Development of, 563
— Tubes, Specification, 604
— Velox, Description and Tests, 431, 469*,
526*, 528. See Erratum, 458
— Waste-Heat, in Gas Works, 495, 500*, 555
— Water-Tube, Circulation in, 419*
— — Tube, Johnson, Evaporative Tests, 19
— — Tube, Paper Mills Power Station, Dart
ford, 473*
Tube, Water Circulation and Gas Path in, 106
— Yarrow, Train Ferry “ Twickenham Ferry,”
453*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bolts, Casing 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Steam Turbine, 111*
— for Pipe Flanges, Thermal Stresses in, 446, 506
— in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigations on,
566
Bomb Calorimeter (Baird & Tatlock (London), Ltd.), 118*
Bondy, O., on Structural Welding, 402
Bone, Prof. W. A., on Comparative Testing of Iron Ores, 662. See 655 ; on Equilibria and Velocities in Ore Reduction, 662. See 655
Books, New, Notes on, 20, 32, 208, 335, 475, 529, 538, 584, 595, 632. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 38, 94, 176, 222, 264, 292, 320, 348, 376, 402, 428, 458, 488, 514, 542, 570, 598, 624, 650, 676, 704, 730
Boom, Rail-Loading, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 531*
— Revolving, 250-ton Crane, Puget Sound
Navy Yard, 613*, 672*
Boreholes, Latton Pumping Station, Swindon, 647
Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
Borsig A.-G., 4-6-4 Type Streamlined Locomotive, 597*
Bosanquet, G. H., on Crushing Brittle Solids, 133
Bottomley, W. T., on Improvement of Ship- Propelling Machinery, 152
Bowater’s Mersey Paper Mills, 9,000-kW. Steam-Extraction Turbine, 674*
Boyd, W., the Late, 146
Braby, F., & Co., Ltd., Pressed-Steel Electric Radiant Heating Panels, 228
Bracing, Tower, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 615*
Bracinho, River, Brazil, Hydro-Electric-Scheme 248*
Bradfield, Dr. J. J. C., on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467
Bradford, Dr. S. C., on Sources of Information on Specific Subjects, 85*
Bradford, Valley Road Power Station, Super- Pressure Steam Turbine Installation and 30,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 83*, 111*, 251*, 338*
Bragg, Prof. E. M., on Form Efficiency of Ships, 435
Brakes, Compressed-Air, for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 175
— Equipment, 300-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 648
— — for 3,000-h.p. Double Conical Drum
Hoist, 330*
— Expanding, for 130-h.p., Rail-Car, 271*
— Gear, Swing Bridge across River Weaver,
315*
— Motor-Car. See Motor-Car Details
— Wheel, Transportable (Platt Brothers &
Co., Ltd.), 262
Brandt, A., on Welding of Polish Railway Rolling Stock, 727
“ Branksome Hall,” S.S. versus Southend Corporation, 530
Brass, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Elastic and Proportional Limits in, 695, 737
— Sheet, Thin, Dimensions of Hardness-Test
Specimens of, 327
— Tubes, Seamless, Manufacture of, 137*
Brazil, Santa Catharina, Bracinho Hydro- Electric Scheme, 248*
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breda, Societa, 4-6-4 Type, 3,000-h.p., Electric Locomotive, 277*
Breguet Air Extractors, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 339*
Bremerton, Washington, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 613*, 671*
Bricks, Fire. See Firebricks; Refractory Materials
Bridges, American Specifications for Steel for, 607
— Birchenough, Model, Southern Rhodesia,
710
— Chelsea, Reconstruction of, 221
— Chromador Steel for, 415*. See LETTER,
454
— Conveyor, Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton
Gas Works, 141*
— Ferro-Concrete, Design (Review), 504
Concrete, Limiting Span of, 267
— — Concrete, London Midland & Scottish
Railway, Northern Counties Committee, 104*
— Five-Span Welded, Middlesbrough, 257*
— Girder, Specification, 13, 37
Bridge, J., the Late, 704
— Long-Span, Construction of, 727
— Observing, for 74-in. Reflecting Telescope,
Toronto, 281, 449*
— Railway, Hammer-Blow Impact on Girders
of, 118
Short-Span, Moving-Load Stressesin, 118
— and Road Traffic, 239
— Steel, Design of, 727
— Swing Across River Weaver, 209*, 315*
— Sydney Harbour, Design and Construction of, 467, 498
— Transportable, Model of, 710
— Transporter, for Open-Cut Brown-Coal Mining, 508*
— Travelling, Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 142*
— Vertical-Lift, Newport, Middlesbrough, 257*
— Waterloo, Proposed Reconstruction of, 406, 681; Demolition of, 736
— See also Aqueduct; Viaduct and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Brillie, H., on Lubrication of Bearings with Oil Circuits, 441* See 464
Brimsdown Power Station, 641*, 693*, 719*
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests
? (Materials)
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Investigation on Protective-Coatings for Concrete, 609*
— Architects, Royal Institute of, Report on
Slum Clearance, 520; Views on Foreign Competition, 546
— Association, Aberdeen Meeting, Proposed
Papers on Motor-Car Noises, 295, 297; Programme, Section G (Engineering), 709
?— Broadcasting Corporation, Pamphlet on Wavelength Changes, 70
— Cast-Iron Research Association, Investigations on Elasticity, Deflection and Resilience of Cast Iron, 635*, 682. See LETTER, 684*
— Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association
Annual Dinner, 127
— Columbia, Report of Minister of Mines, 547
— Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, Annual Report, 297
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Annual Report, 147; Reports on Interference in Communication Circuits, 195; Annual Luncheon, 197
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 373; Annual Dinner, 603
British Electrical Development Association Annual Luncheon, 381
— Engineers’ Association, Luncheons, 463,
575; Handbook of Members and their Manufactures, 603 ; Iron and Steel Industry, by Sir W. Larke, 709
British Gas Light Co., Modernisation of Small Gas Plants of, 744
— Industries Fair, Birmingham, 179*, 225*,
239, 258*, 359*, 434. See LETTERS, 158, 272, 400, 454, 550
— Industries Federation, Survey of Britain’s
Recent Commercial Policy, 738
— Institute of Engineering Technology, Dinner,
218
British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Electric Butt- Welding Machine for Tubes, 633*
British Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Ifor Power Station, Breakdown of 5,000-kW Turbo- Generator, 407
— — and Steel Federation, Formation of,
463, 494; Work of, 603
— Isles, Summer Weather Records, 1933, 34
— Junkers Oil Engines, 10-12 h.p., and 20-24 h.p., 33*
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Overseas Merchants and Empire Trade, 562
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Oxygen-Jet Cutting Machines, 225*
— Polar Year Expedition to Fort Rae, 472
British Power Boat Co., Exhibition of High Speed Motor Craft, 454
— Railways. See Railways
— Science Guild, Suggestion on Research
Endowment, 41. See LETTER, 102; Friction, by Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade, 709
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Ventilation System for Electrical Machines, 16. See LETTERS, 157, 424*; 10,000-kW
Turbo-Generator for Steam at 1,000 deg. F„ 23*, 78* ; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 44; Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps for Street Lighting, 82* ; 75,000- kW Turbo-Generators, 144*; Mercra Lamps, 234; Lantern for Mercra Lamps, 234*; 116-h.p. No-Lag Motor, 235*;
Ardoloy Cutting Alloy, 236; Ventilated Rotors for Turbo-Alternators, 536* ; 30-h.p. No Lag Induction Motors, 666* ; 9,000-kW Steam-Extraction Turbine, 674*; 25,000-kW Steam Turbine, 719*
—Trade. See Trade
British Trane Co., Ltd., Industrial and Domestic Heating Appliances, 258*
— Works’ Management Association, Conference on Foremanship, 131
Brittle Solids, Crushing of, 133
Brodie, J. A., Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311*
Bronze, Origin of, 437
Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd., Cold Strip-Rolling Mill, 231* ; Guillotine Shears, 231*
Brooks, Dr. C. E. P., on Thunderstorms and Sunspots, 345
Brotherhood, P., Ltd., 10-12 h.p. and 20-24 h.p. British Junkers Oil Engines, 33* ; 150-h.p. Six-Cylinder Sleeve-Valve Oil Engine, 510 Brown, Boveri & Co., Electro-Pneumatic Control for Electrically-Propelled Ships, 414*; Velox Steam-Generating Plants, 431, 469*, 526*, 528. See Ewatuwi, 458
Brown, C. J., Gidea Park to Shen field Railway Widening, 75*
Brown, D., & Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Large Double-Helical Gear Wheel, 318, 437*
Brown, W. G., & Sons, Trench-Cutting
Machine for Cable-Laying, 499*
Bruceton Experimental Mine, United States, Investigations at, 558
“Brunswick,” Diesel-Electric Oil Tanker, 701 Brunt, D., on Condensation by Descent of Air, 611
Bruntons (Musselburgh), Ltd., Wire Bend- Testing Machine, 554*
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Homogeniser for Colloidal Emulsion Production, 146*. See Emttuwi, 265
Bryan Donkin Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Bugatti, Ettore, Automobiles, High-Speed Rail-Car, 568*
Buildings, American Specifications for Steel for, 607
— Asbestos Ceilings and Floors for, 579
— Chromador Steel for, 415*. See LETTER, 454
— Construction, Concrete Blocks and Machines
for. See Concrete
Steel-Sheet Usage in, 727
See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Empire State, New York, Investigation of
Wind Pressures on, 735*
— Ferro-Concrete in, Report, 70
— Materials, Heat Transmission Through,
Investigations on, 628
— Research Board, Report, Use of Reinforced
Concrete in Buildings, 70; Experiments on Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735
Station, Garston, Report on Behaviour of Ferro-Concrete Piles during Driving, 494
— Steel in, International Regulations for, 726 Framed Industrial, Architecture of, 727 Framed, Investigations on, 566
Mill, Design of (Review), 140
— Structural Steel, Firth-Brown Engineers’
Tool Department, 665*
— Use of Reinforced Concrete in, Report, 70 of Sheet-Metal Products in, 727
— Wind Pressures on, Investigations, 735*
Bulkheads, Concrete, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
Bull, A. W., on Noise from Motor-Tyres, 296
Bullock, F. H., on Works Manager and Foremen, 132
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— of Standards. See United States Burners Pulverised-Fuel, Brimsdown Power Station, 693*
— for Wood Dust, 53
Burnham, T. H., on Selection and Training of Foremen, 131
Burrell, C., & Sons, 6-n.h.p. Single-Cylinder Traction Engine, 478*
Buttress-Type Dams, Massive, 590*
Buttresses, Ferro-Concrete and Masonry, Assouan Dam, 559*
Buxton, Dr. L. H. D., on Babbage and his Difference Engines, 9
— Research Station, Tests of Incombustible Dust for Collieries, 476

CABLES for Suspended-Dome Roof, Chicago World’s Fair, 52*
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric
Cableway. See Wire Ropeway
Calcium Scale in Boilers, Prevention of, 733
Calculating Machines of C. Babbage, 9
- Electrical, Mallock, 698*
Callender's Cable and Construction Co., Ltd., Research Laboratory, 737; Cable-Laying Plant for Rural Electrification, 739*
Calorific Value of Gas, Control of, 501
Gross and Net, Standard Definitions of, 676
of Oil Fuel from Tar, 679
Calorimeter, Bomb (Baird and Tatlock (London), Ltd.), 118*
Calorimetry, Gas (Review), 140
Calvert, N., on Comparative Testing of Iron Ores, 662. See 655
Calzoni, A., S.A., 152-in. Centre Hydraulically- Operated Shaft Lathe, 594*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., High-Speed Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, 45* Air-Gas Ratio Apparatus, 46* ; Mallock Electrical Calculating Machine, 698*
— International Congress for Applied Mechan
ics, 629, 710
Camera for Investigation of Explosion Flames, 711
— Kinematograph, High Speed (Western Electric Co., Ltd.), 713
Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., Launch of H.M. Submarine “Sealion,” 377; Launch of
H. M. Submarine “ Salmon,” 543 ; Launch of H.M. Destroyer “Fearless,” 571
Campbell and Gifford, Electric Steel-Melting Plant, 455*
Campbell, R. R., on Design of Cargo Vessels, 323
Canada, British Columbia, Report of Minister of Mines, 547
— Electricity Supply in, Statistics, 543
— Fort Rae, Meteorological Observations at,
472
— Gas Industry in, 744
— Hydro-Electric Progress in, Report, 381
Canadian Engineering Standards Association Specifications, Circuit Breakers, Electric Motors and Portable Lighting Devices, 599
Canal-Barge Lift, 1,000-ton, at Niederfinow, 374*
— Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
— Uniform Flow in, 250
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Canning Industry, Fruit, Problems in, 297
Canning, W., & Co., Ltd., “ Quickstone ” Plating Barrel, 185*; Circulating Gas Heater, 186*
Cantiere Federate di Pietra Ligure, Diesel- Electric Train Ferry “ Scilla,” 216*
Cantieri Navali Franco Tosi, Launch of Italian Submarine ‘ ‘ Galileo Galilei,” 594
Cantilever Arms, Phosphate-Handling Plants, Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
Capacity. See Electric
Capital and Labour. See Labour
Capstan Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
Carbon, Activated, for Insulating-Oil Purification, 215
— Dioxide, Use for Fires in Ships, 465
— Monoxide, Action on Refractory Materials,
280
Carbonil, Preparation of, 679
Carbonising Plant for Gas Works, 495, 499* Carburetted Water Gas. See Gas
Carey, W. F., on Crushing Brittle Solids, 133 Cargo-Handling Arrangements in Ships, 106
— Steamers. See Steamers
Carmichael, T., on Gas Administration in North America, 744
Caroline Power Station, Czechoslovakia, Loeffler Boiler Tests, 722*
Carr, D. P., on High-Peak Railway, 701
Carr, Col. W. M., on Gas Production in United States and Canada, 744
Carriage, Cable-Drum, for Cross-Country Cable-Laying, 739*
— Railway, Diesel-Electric, Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy Railroad, 509
Diesel-Electric, High-Speed, German State Railway, 173*, 353
London Midland & Scottish Railway, Exhibition of, 487
Motion qf, on Curved Lines (Review), 505
Motor, with Pneumatic Tyres, 726
— — 130-h.p. Oil-Driven (Leyland Motors,
Ltd.), 269*
Petrol-Electric Streamlined, Union Pacific Railroad, 509*
Petrol-Electric, Texas & Pacific Railroad, 509. See 625
— — Streamlined Motor-Driven, French State
Railway, 568*
— Sheds, Railway, Fire-Protection System,
300
Carrick Automatic Combustion Control System, 130, 134
Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
Carter, W. A., on Performance of Detroit Turbine with Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*, 78*
Cartwright, G., the Late, 401
Cast Iron, Elasticity, Deflection and Resilience of; 635,* 682. See LETTER, 684*
Cast-Iron Heat-Resisting, 133 Linings, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
— — Nitrogen-Hardened, Experiments on
Wear of, 50* Castability of Ternary Alloys, 340 Casting Machines, Centrifugal, 422* Caswell Cranes and Erection, Ltd., Conveyor
Bridge, Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
Catalogues, 109, 164, 208, 250, 280, 307, 585, 692. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Catalytic Action of Surfaces (Review), 577 Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, High-Speed (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.). 45*
— — Oscillograph, High-Voltage, 311*
— — Relay Tube, 44
Caustic Embrittlement of Steel in Boilers,
Prevention of, 733 Cayley, Sir G., Gliding Machine of, 575 Cements for Concrete Dams, 80, 637
— Physical and Chemical Properties of, 296
— Special, Development of, 296
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Census of Production, 1930, Report on, 517 Centenary of J. Bauschinger, 646
— of G. Daimler, 318
— Engineering, in 1934, 16
— of J. N. P. Hachette, 34
— of Mendeleeff, 173
— of T. Telford, 18; Exhibition, 681
— of R. Trevithick, Commemoration of,
459,493,654; Memorial Volume (Review), 211
Central Electricity Board, Tariff for Central England, 298; Annual Report, 493; Bankside Control Room, 497*; Electricity Supply Bill, 520
— England, Electricity Tariff for, 298
— Scotland, Electricity Supply in, 493
— Station. See Power Station Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps Centrifuge, Dehydrating, for Potato-Starch
Manufacture, 640*
— for Insulating Oils, 215
Ceramic Society (Refractory Materials Section), Permeability of Refractory Materials to Gases, Part HI, Experiments at Temperature up to 850 deg. C., by F. H. Clews and A. T. Green, 279; Significance of Permeability to Gases in Relation to Texture and Industrial Usage of Refractory Materials, by F. H. Clews and A. T. Green, 279; Microscopy of Silica Bricks with Reference to Inversion Forms of Silica, by J. M. Coon, 280; Special Refractories for Metallurgical Research at High' Temperatures, by D. Turner, 280; Commercial Utility of Deposit of Magnesite- Bearing Rocks in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, by W. H. Tyler and W. J. Rees, 280; Burning of Magnesite Bricks, by J. H. Chesters and C. W. Parmelee, 280; Action of Carbon Monoxide on Refractory Materials, by W. Hugill, H. Ellerton and A. T. Green, 280; Cupola Linings, by J. C. Green, 280; High-Frequency Furnace Linings and Investigation of Lining Failures, by J. E. Priestley and W. J. Rees, 280; Testing of Refractory Materials, by C. Edwards, 280
Chain-Track Tractor. See Tractor Challowa River, Nigeria, Water Supply from, 200
Chamber, Concrete, for Pontoon, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*
— Decompression, for Divers, 268
— Ovens, Intermittent, for Gas Works, 500*
— Receiver, Ventilation, Mersey Road Tunnel,
167*
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear; Motor-Car Details
Charcoal as Fuel for Motor Vehicles, 132 Charging Machines for Gas Retorts, 495, 500* Chaseside Engineering Co., Portable Motor-
Operated Shovel, 185 Chelsea Bridge, Reconstruction of, 221 Chemical Analysis. See AnaZysis
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner,
239
— Industry, Society of, Conference and Exhibition, Leeds, 463
— Properties and Radioactive Transformations, 355*
— Valency and Atomic Structure, 461. <See LETTER, 522
Chemistry, Catalytic Action of Surfaces (Review), 577
— of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Organic, Treatise on (Review), 139
— See. also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cheshire, Acton Bridge, Swing Bridge Across
River Weaver, 209*, 315*
Chesters, J. H., on Burning of Magnesite Bricks, 280
Chesterman, J., & Co., Ltd., Measuring Tapes for Electric Cables, 584*
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Diesel-Electric Train Unit, 509
— World’s Fair, Travel and Transport Build
ing, Suspended Dome Roof, 52*
Chimney Draught, First Use of, 162 China, Economic Conditions in, Report, 170 ?—Electrical Developments in, 441
— Hangchow-Kiangshan Railway, 4-8-0 Type
Locomotive, 102*
— Rainfall and World Weather, 345 Chorlton, A. E. L., on Pooling of Water Supplies,
151
Chromador Steel for Structures, Properties of, 415*. See LETTER, 454
Cinematograph. See Kinematograph Circular Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
— Water, Heat Rejection to, 205*
— — System, Syphonic, for Condensers, 275* Citroen Motor Cars, Manufacture of, 726 Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics
— Engineering Research, Value of, 267

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Equipment for Handling Phosphate Rock at Nauru and Ocean Island, by C. Bentham, 48*
Civil Engineers, Institution of—-continued.
Hammer-Blow Impact on Main Girders of Railway Bridges, by R. W. Foxlee and E. H. Greet, 118
Moving Load Stresses in Short-Span Railway Bridges, by W. E. Gelson, 118 Water Supply of Kano, Northern Nigeria, by H. F. J. Gourley, 200
Uniform Flow in Alluvial Rivers and Canals, by G. Lacey, 250
Respective Merits of Roads and Railways for Colonial Development, by J. W. Spiller, 305
Annual Dinner, 326
Report of Committee on Deterioration of Structures in Sea Water, 352
Steel Rails, by E. F. Law and V. Harbord, 359
New Port Works at Mombasa, by F. C. Fforde, 373
Slipway at Port of Mombasa, by F. C. Fforde, 373
Report on Floods in Relation to Reservoir Practice, 422*
Improvements to St. Helier’s Harbour, Jersey, by R. D. Gwyther, 441
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Approaches, by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield, 467
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Design of Structure and Foundations, by R. Freeman, 467
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Manufacture of Structural Steelwork and Erection of Bridge, by R. Freeman and L. Ennis, 498
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Calculations for the Steel Superstructure, by. J. F. Pain and G. Roberts, 498
James Forrest Lecture on Progress of Automobile Engineering, by Sir H. Fowler, 523, 556
Telford Centenary Exhibition, 681 Conversazione and Exhibition, 710* Wind Pressures on Buildings, by A. Bailey, 735
BirmingAam and, District Association:
Value of Research in Civil Engineering,-by Prof. C. Batho, 267
Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd., Evaporative Tests, Johnson Water-Tube Boiler, 19
Clays for Reservoirs, Properties of, 207
— Fire. See Firebricks ; Refractory Material Cleaning of Coal, Investigations on, 161 Systems of, 443
— and Grading Plant, Coal, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co., Ltd., Building and Dome for 74-in. Telescope, 281*, 449*
— Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— and the Northern Counties, Notes from,
12, 38, 66, 94, 122, 148, 176, 222, 264, 293, 321, 349, 376, 403, 429, 458, 488, 514, 542, 570, 599, 625, 651, 677, 705, 731. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clews, F. H., on Permeability of Refractories to Gases, 279; on Fireclay Products for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664. See 682
Climate, World, during Quaternary Period, 728
— See also Meteorological
Clock, Driving, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 448*
— Electric, Mains-Operated (Ferranti, Ltd.),
193
Clutches, Magnetic, for General-Purpose Tool- Room Machine, 452*. See AdcZendtm, 599
— See also Motor-Car Details
CO2. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal, Action of Solvents on, Report, 276
— Analyses, Accuracy of, Report, 249
— Brown, Production in Germany, 369
— German, Bucket-Excavators for Open- Cut Mining of, 369*, 508*
— Burning and Smoke Abatement Problem,
707
— Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
— Constitution and Properties of, 277
— Consumption. See Tests
— Cutter, Chain-Type (Uskside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 259
— Derivatives, Use for Motor Vehicles,
Demonstration of, 685
— Durham, Results of Carbonisation of, 500
— Dust, Explosibility of, Investigations in
United States, 558
— — Inflammation, Effect of Added Incom
bustible Dusts, 476
Removal from, Memorandum on, 443
— First Use in Reverberatory Furnaces, 161
— Future of, 492
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling Plant, Barking Power Station, 143 —• — Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
— Plant, Brimsdown Power Station, 641* in Gas Works, 495, 501
— Haulage Scraper, Double-Drum (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 259
— Industry in Austria, 42
— — British, Position and Prospects, 492
— — Slurries in, Memorandum on, 745
— Kent, Tests in Yarrow Boiler, 454
— Mine. See Colliery
— and Oil Products as Naval Fuel, 679
— Petrol from, for Aircraft, 298
— Pit Tubs, Pressed-Steel (Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd.), 262
— Pneumatic Tabling of, Report, 161
— Properties and Combustion of, 29
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal; Colloidal Fuel
— Sampling of, Specification, 336
— Utilisation Council, Work of, 491; Demonstration of Use of Coal Derviatives for Motor Vehicles, 685
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coastal Vessels, Model Experiments on, 519 Coatings, Bituminous, on Concrete Dams, 80
— Protective, for Concrete, Investigations on,
609*
Cochrane Corporation, Marine Type De-Aerating Feed-Water Heater, 741*
“ Cock o’ the North,” Locomotive, 621*, 715*, 728*, 739
Coke Analyses, Accuracy of, Report, 249
— Combustibility of, Determination Apparatus
(Baird & Tatlock (London), Ltd.), 117*
— Consumption in Blast Furnaces, 655, 656,
663
— for Domestic Fires, Production of, 707
— Handling in Gas Works, 495, 501
Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 4.96
— Low-Temperature, Retort for Production of,
744
— Ovens for Gas Works, 499, 500
— — Self-Sealing Door for (Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd.), 121*
Gas, Utilisation of, 573
— — Wastage of Gas from, 573
— Reactivity and Temperatures of Chain Grate Stokers, 588
Coker, Prof. E. G., on Influence of Keys and Keyways on Force Fits, 439*, 465
— Storage. See IZe/riyeraiion
Collars, Stresses due to Keys and Keyways in, 439*, 465
Collector, Steam, for Locomotive Boiler, 622* College. See Education
Colliery, Ashington, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, 34*
— Explosions, Investigations in United States,
558
— German, Bucket-Excavators for Brown-
Coal Mining, 369*, 508*
— Incombustible Dusts for Use in, 476
— Use of Steel Pit Props and Arches in, 727
— Yallourn, Victoria, Australia, Bucket
Excavators at, 508
— See also Mines and CoaZ
Colloidal Emulsion, Homogeniser for Production of, 146*. See Erratum, 265
— Fuel, Experiments with, 679
Colonial Development, Roads and Railways for, Merits of, 305
Colonies, 15-ton Road-Transport Unit for, Tests, 91
Columns, Braced, for Cable-Suspended Dome Roof, Chicago World’s Fair, 52*
—- Steel with Concrete Cores, Tests of, 727
— Fire Protection of, with Gypsum, 5
fa See also Struts
Combustibility of Coke Determination Apparatus (Baird & Tatlock (London) k Ltd.), 117* Combustion Chambers for Jiges Boilers, 8* for Velox Boiler, 470*
Wood, Radiant-Heat Boiler, 693*
— of Coal on Travelling-Grate Stokers, 587*,
656*, 669*
— Conditions in Petrol Engine, 743*. See
362* 623
— Control System for Boilers, 129*, 134*, 162
— of Pulverised Coal, 29
Combustion Steam Generator, Ltd., Boiler Plant, Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 473*
— of Wood Refuse, 53
— See also Fuel; Gases; and Colliery Explosions
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Motor Cars. See Motor
— Aviation. See Aeronautics Commonwealth. See Australia
Compagnie Electrontecanique, Articulated Towers for High-Tension Transmission Lines, 581*
Compagnie Franchise ? de Tramways et d’Eclairage Electriques de Shanghai, 13,700-b.h.p. Diesel Engine, 220*
Compagnie G&terale Transatlantique, S.S. “ Normandie,” 273*
Companies. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Compensator for Mallock Electrical Calculating Machine, 698*
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
— Ammonia, Four-Cylinder, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 426*
— — Polar Sleeve-Valve (Liverpool Refrigeration Co., Ltd.),.703*
Concrete Blocks, Heat Transmission through, 629
— Bulkheads, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
—Buttress-Type Dams, 590*
— Chamber for Pontoon, Swing Bridge across-
River Weaver, 209*
— Construction, Moving Forms for, Pamphlet.
on, 607
in Winter Weather (Review), 284
— Dam, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248* Design of,’ and Effect of Acid Water on,.
609*, 637*
— in Gravity Dams, Ageing of, Reports on, 80
— Lined Pipes, Discharge of, 25
— Mixer, Rotary-Drum (Liner Concrete Machinery Co.), 185
— Physical and Chemical Properties of, 296
— Piers, Phosphate-Handling-Plant, Nauru, 49*
— Protective Coatings for, Investigations on, 609*
— Quay Wall, Port of Mombasa, 373
— Reinforced. See Ferro-Concrete
— Retaining Walls, Minimum-Section Trapezoidal, 133
—- Shafts, Challowa Waterworks, Nigeria, 200
— Special Cements for, 296
— Structures in United States, 109
— Temperature Recorder for, 711
— See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Condensation in Descending Air Masses, 611
— in Flowing Steam, Investigations on, 303*, 333*
Condensers, Ammonia, Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 427*
— Barking Power Station, 144
—7 Gas, for Gas Works, 501
— Marine, Possible Improvements in, 152
— for Ross Decalorator System, 11*
— Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 339
— See also Electric
Condensing Plant, Factors in Design of, 159*, 204*, 242, 275*, 519. See LETTER, 345 Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 473 Conductivity, Thermal, of Building Materials, Investigations on, 628
-of Tool Steel, 722
Conductivity. See also Electric
Conduit, Steel, for Electrical Wiring, Speciflca- . tion, 416
Conference on Foremanship, National. See National Conference on Foremanship
Congress, International, for Applied Mechanics, Cambridge, 629, 710
on Large Dams, Stockholm. See Dams, Large, International Congress on
for Steel Development. See Steel Development, International Congress for
Conjugate Functions for Engineers (Review),
534
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel; Pulverised Coal
Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, Society of, Advantages, of Diesel- Electric Propulsion, by G. Austin, 353 Constructional-Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 325
Continuous Frames of Reinforced Concrete (Review), 577
Contracts, 12, 38, 66, 94, 122, 148, 176, 222, 264, 292, 320, 348, 376, 428, 458, 488, 514, 542, 570, 598, 624, 650, 676, 704, 730
Control Board, Electric, Mersey Road Tunnel, 312*
2,500-kW. Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine Installation, 339*
— Electro-Pneumatic, for Electrically-Pro
pelled Ships (Brown, Boveri & Co.), 414*
— Gear for Oil-Electric Locomotives (Sir
W. G, Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 63*
— Panel, Keepalite (Westinghouse Brake
& Saxby Signal Co., Ltd.), 233*
— Room, Bankside, Central Electricity Board,
497*
Converter, Torque, Hydraulic, for Light Rail- Car, 270*
Conveyors, Belt, for Gas Works, 495, 501 Oil-Seed Handling Plant, Liverpool, 343*
— Coal, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*
—•—Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
— Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works,
391* 417*, 531*
— Phosphate Handling Plants, Nauru and
Ocean Island, 48*
Coode, Wilson, Mitchell & Vaughan Lee, Kut Barrage Scheme, 197
Cpoke, Troughton & Simms, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Coolers, Oil, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 338*
Cooling System of Internal-Combustion Engine,
535
— Towers, Brimsdown Power Station, 720
— of Turbo-Alternators, 15. See LETTERS,
157, 424*
Coon, J. M., on Microscopy of Silica Bricks, 280 Copper Alloys, Kunial, Properties of, 175 —- — See also Brass ; Bronze; and Alloys under Metallurgy
— Imports of, 43
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Sheet, Thin, Dimensions of Hardness-Test
Specimens of, 327
— Strip and Bar, Specification, 377
— Tensile Properties in Liquid Hydrogen, 331.
See LETTER, 550
— Tubes, Seamless, Manufacture of, 137*
. — Wire, Fatigue Testing of, 503*
— See also Metallurgy
Corbet, D., on Wood Dust as Boiler Fuel, 53 Corlett, E. W., on Improvement of Ship- Propelling Machinery, 152
Cormac, P., on Hobs for Spur Gears, 533* Corning Glass Works, 74-in. Glass Disc for Reflecting Telescope, 365*, 449*
Corrosion, Effect of Atmospheric Pollution in, 632
— Fatigue Fractures, Photographs of, 710*
— Intergranular, of Stainless Steels, 713
— of Iron and Steel, Report, 683, 743 —-? Sea Water, of Metals and Alloys, 352
— Zonal, of Wrought Iron, 683 Cosmic Rays, Investigation of, 494
County of London Electric Supply Co., Ltd. Barking Power Station, 143*
Coupling. See Clutch,
Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd., 9-h.p. SingleCylinder Petrol Engine, 231*
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation
Cox, H. L., on Influence of Intercrystalline Boundary on Fatigue Characteristics, 328 Cracking, Fatigue and Corrosion, Photographs of, 710*
Cracks in Concrete Dams, 638
Cranes, Creeper, Sydney Harbour Bridge Erection, 498
— Derrick, Specification, 745
— Mast, Portable (R. H. Neal & Co., Ltd.),
233*
— 1-ton Mobile (R. H. Neal & Co., Ltd.), 232*
— 300-ton Overhead Travelling (Maschinen-fabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg A.-G.j, 483*
— Revolving, 250-ton, Puget Sound Navy
Yard, Washington, 613*, 671*
— Safety Hook for (London-Hoist & Machinery Co.), 611*
— See also Hoists; Transporters
Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., High- Speed Vertical Milling Machine, 105*; Turning and Boring Mill for Wheel Centres, 662*
Creber, W. F. H., Lostock Booster Station, Manchester Waterworks, 120*
Creep-Testing Equipment, High-Sensitivity, National Physical Laboratory, 212*
Creepers, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Creosote as Fuel for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration of, 685
— Preservation of Wooden Poles with, 550*
Cromford and High-Peak Railway, History of, 701
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Tong-Test Ammeter, 116; Power-Factor Demonstrator, 116*
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 100-b.h.p. Scavenge- Pump Type Marine Oil Engine, 390
Crude Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruisers. See Warships
Crushing of Brittle Solids, Work Required for, 133
Crystal Analysis, Rontgen Ray Apparatus for, 547
— Single, Fatigue in, 298*
Crystalline State, The (Review), 617
— Structure of Metals. See Micro-Photographs
Cunard Company, Experiments with Colloidal Fuel, 679
Cupola Linings, Investigations on, 280
Current, Electric. See Electric
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools.
Cutting Machines, Oxygen-Jet (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 225*
—- Plant, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 417*
Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 73
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cylinders for 13,700-b.h.p. Double-Acting Two-Stroke Diesel Engine, 220*
— Liners, Non-Corrosive, for Internal-Combustion Engines (Barimar, Ltd.), 673
— Motor-Car Engine, Experiments on Wear
of, 50*
— for 2-8-2 Type Three-Cylinder Locomotive,
715*, 728*
Cylindrical Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Czechoslovakia, Caroline Power Station, Loeffler Boiler Tests, 722*
— Witkowitz Iron and Steel Works, Researches on Blast-Furnace Gas Dust, 579

DAIMLER CO., LTD., 25-h.p. Eight-Cylinder Motor Car, 522
Daimler, G., Centenary of, 318
Dairies, Treatment of Effluents from, 196
Dam, Arch, Investigations, 200
— Assouan, Heightening of, 559*
— Barberine, Switzerland, 80
— Blackwater, Examination of Concrete in, 610*, 638
— Bleiloch, Germany, Temperature and Strain Measurements in, 109
— Buttress-Type, Massive, 590*
— Concrete, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248*
Design of, and Effect of Acid Water on, 609*, 637*
— d’Aubert, France, 207
— Earth, Flow of Water through, 278
Tests of Materials for, 207
— Grisbois, France, 109
— Hoover, Cooling System in, 638
— Laggan, Concrete Temperature Records, 637*

Dams, Large, International Congress on, Stockholm :

Reports on Deterioration by Ageing of Concrete in Gravity Dams, 80
Reports on Influences Causing Distortion in Gravity Dams, 108
Reports on Research Methods to ascertain whether a Given Material is Suitable for Use in Construction of an Earth Dam, 207
Reports on Flow of Water through Earth Dams, and their Foundations, 278
Dam, Murayama, Japan, 279
— Ono, Japan, 278
— Orodon, France, 207
— Regulating, Finnish Hydro-Electric Plants,
27*
— Ringedals, Norway, 81; Refacement of,
610, 638
— Schrah, Switzerland, 80,108
Damping, Hysteresis, in Marine Oil Engines, 168*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
Daniels, T. H. & J., Ltd., Preheating Oven, 261* ; 50-ton Hydraulic Press, 261*
Darrieus, G., Articulated Towers for High- Tension Transmission Lines, 581*
Dartford Paper Mills Power Station, 472*
Darwins, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 263
d’Aubert Dam, France, 207
Davey, Dr. N., Temperature Recorder for Concrete, 711
Davey, Paxman & Co., Ltd., Eight-Cylinder Vertical Marine Oil Engines, 289*
Davidson & Co., Ltd., 75-in. Aeroto Fan for Tube Railway Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
Davis, Sir R. H., on Deep Diving and Under- Water Rescue, 268, 324
Daylight-Factor Gauge, Waldram (Everett, Edgcumbe & Co., Ltd.), 278*
De-Aerator for Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine Plant, Bradford, 84*
De Haas, Prof. W. J., on Metals at Temperature of Liquid Hydrogen, 331*. See LETTER,550
De Lavaud Centrifugal Casting-Machine, 422*
Dead-Beat and Dead-Set Equipment (Drayton Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd.), 72*
Decalorator System, Ross, Radio City, New York, 10*
Deckel, F., Universal Milling Machine, 384*
Decompression Chambers for Divers, 268
Deflectometer (W. A. Green), 710
Deformation of Gravity Dams, Measurement of 108
Dehydrating Centrifuge for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Delray Power Station, 10,000-kW Turbo-Generator for Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*, 78*
Dennison, R., on Workers and Safety First, 127
Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., Diesel-Electric Paddle Ferry Boats “Queen Margaret” and “ Robert the Bruce,” 288*
Deposits in Internal-Combustion Engine Jackets, Effect of, 535
Derby Society of Engineers, Annual Report, 178
Derbyshire Coal, Temperature of Travelling- Grate Stokers with, 588*, 657*, 669
— Industries, History of, 701
Deriaz System of Floor Heating, 88*
Desch, Dr. C. H., on Origin of Bronze, 437
Descriptive Geometry and Drawing, Engineering (Review), 255
Principles of (Review), 284
Destroyers. See Warships
Detonation in Petrol and Diesel Engines, Causes of, 335. See LETTER, 329
Detroit Edison Co., 10,000-kW Steam Turbine for Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*, 78*
Deutsche Niles Werke, Automatic Gear- Grinding Machine, 411*
Dewar, D., on Probability of Rain in London, 611
Diagrams Metal-Price. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Diaphragm, Iris, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto, 281*, 365*
Dickinson, H. W., on Evolution of Invention, 89. See 101. See Erratum, 149
Dictatorship Economics, 432
Diescher Process of Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 88*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine' Propulsion
— Reference Book (Review), 481
Difference Engines of C. Babbage, 9
Digging Machine. See Excavating Machine Direction Finding, Radiotelegraphic. See Telegraphy, Wireless
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Disc Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under JfacAine Tools
— Orifices in Pipes, Flow through, 25 Discharge, Electric. See Electric
— of Lined Pipes, 25
Disintegrator for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Disputes, Trade. See Labour
Distributor, Travelling, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*
Diving Appliances, Evolution of, 268, 324
— Deep, and Under-Water Rescue, 268, 324 Dixence, SociM^ Anonyme, Banded Steel Pipes, 360*, 397
Dixon, Prof. S. M., on Steel Pit Props and Mine Arches, 727
Docks, Alexandria, Hull, Anti-Coal-Breaker for Ship Loading, 485*
— Dry, King George V, Southampton, Commissioning of, 99
— East Waterloo, Liverpool, Oil-Seed Handling
and Storage Plant, 343*
Dome, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto University, 281*, 449*
— Roof, Cable-Suspended, Chicago World’s Fair, 52*
Domestic Electricity Supply, Problems of, 659
Dominion Bridge Co., Erection of 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 449*
Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd., Cross-Cutting and Trenching Machine, 185* ; Mortising Machine, 185
Don Martin Buttress-Type Dam, Mexico, 592* Donalarm, Ltd., Automatic Fire Detectors, 579 Donaldson, Capt. J. M., Brimsdown Power Station, 641*, 693*, 719*
Doncaster Technical College, Experimental Motor-Driven Air-Compressor Set, 318*
Donkin, Bryan, Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Door, Self-Sealing, for Coke Oven (Ashmore, Benson, Pease & Co., Ltd.), 121*
Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., Vertical-Lift Bridge over River Tees, 257*; Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467, 498
Double Helical Gears. See Gears
— Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Drag Scraper, Three-Drum (Holman Bros., Ltd.), 661*
Drains, Field, Outflow from, Automatic Meter for, 77*
— Pipes and Fittings, Specification, 476
Drainage, Land, Effect on Water Shortage, 400 Draught, Chimney, First Use of, 162 Dravo Contracting Co., 250-ton Revolving
Crane, 613*, 671*
Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, Engineering (Review), 255
-Drayton Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd., Water-Injection Nozzle, 71*. Dead-Beat and Dead-Set Equipment, 72*
Dredger, Suction, Intercepting Trap for, 387* Dredging Machine, Steam, Early, 437
Dresses, Diving, Evolution of, 268, 324
Drill, Coal and Stone, Electrical (Hardypick, Ltd.), 307*
— and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools Drop, versus Film Formation on Condenser
Tubes, 519
Drought and Floods, 400
Drum, Steel, for 1,100-lb. Pressure Babcock & Wilcox Boiler, 84
Dry Dock. See Dock
Dryer, Mechanical, for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Ductility of Metals in .Liquid Hydrogen, 331. See LETTER, 550
Ducts, Ventilating, Mersey Road Tunnel, 166*
Duddell Medal awarded to H. D. Taylor, 353
Dudding, B. P., on Statistics Applied to Manufactured Products, 288
Duggan, E. M., the Late, 401
Dumbarton Experimental Tank, Experiments on Scale Effect on Screw Propellers, 436
Dunlap Observatory, Toronto, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 281*, 365*, 447*
Dunlop, R. J., on Position of Shipping Industry, 301
Duralumin Forgings, Specification, 697
Durham Coal, Results of Carbonisation, 500
— County Council, Vertical-Lift Bridge over River Tees, 257*
Dust, Blast-Furnace Gas, Iodine in, 579
— Coal, Explosions of. See Coal Dust . See also Pulverised Coal
— Incombustible, Tests of, 476
— Removal from Coal, Memorandum on, 443
— Wood, as Boiler Fuel, 53
Dynamics of Flying. See Aeronautics
— Treatise on (Review), 367
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dyson, R. A., & Co., Ltd., Trailers for 15-ton Road-Transport Unit, 91

EARTH Dams, Tests of, Materials for, 207
— — Flow of Water Through, 278
East Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, Oil-Seed Handling and Storage Plant, 343*
Echo-Sounding Gear, Marine (H. Hughes & Son, Ltd.), 116*
Economic League, Work of, 434
— Planning by Governments, 432
— Study Group, Engineers’, 71. See LETTER,
131
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economiser, Flash-Welded (Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd.), 183*
— for Jiges Boilers, 8*, 64*
— Protector (Elektrizitats Alrtien-Gesellschaft),
507*
— Vacuum Steam, for Gas Works, 555
— for Velox Boiler, 470
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Exhibits at
Physical Society’s Exhibition, 45

Education :

Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Proficiency Certificates for Garage Mechanics, 708
Board of Education Courses for Technical- School Teachers, 221
British Institute of Engineering Technology, Dinner, 218
Doncaster Technical College, Experimental Motor-Driven Air-Compressor Set, 318*
Education, Compulsory, Continued, 389
— for Industry and Commerce in England
(Review), 16
— Technical, Co-Operation in, Birmingham Scheme, 269
Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Particulars of Scholarships, 428
Foundry School, British, Proposals for, 353
Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of, Examination Syllabus, 660
Iron and Steel Institute, Andrew Carnegie Research Fund, 76
King’s College, London, Lectures on Fatigue of Metals, 173
Manchester College of Technology, Scholarships, 685
Naval Architects, Institution of, Scholarships, 221
Nottingham University College, Engineering Laboratories, 485*
Owens College, Manchester, History of, 196
Physics, Institute of, Courses for Laboratory Assistants, 386
Royal School of Mines Conversazione, 353 ; Lectures on Explosives, 96
— Technical College, Glasgow, Education of Electrical Engineers at, 309*, 395*
Sheffield University, Courses in Foundry Practice, Prospectus, 678
South-East London Technical Institute, Courses for Training Foremen, 132
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Competition for Highfleld Shield, 685
Training for Engineering Trades, 629
Works Management Education (Review), 451
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, C., on Testing of Refractory Materials, 280
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Shearing Machine for, Corrugated Sheets, 236* ; Bending Roller; and Pipe-Forming Machine, 236
Efficiency pf Engines. See Tests
Effluents, Trade and Domestic, Investigations on, 196
Egypt, Assouan Dam, Heightening of, 559* Ejector, Sewage, Pneumatic, Automatic (Bentleys Engineers), 200*
Elastic Modulus, Cast Iron, 636, 684
— and Proportional Limits, Steel and Brass,
695*, 737
Elbourne, E. T., on Workshop Organisation and Management, 547, 629. See LETTERS, 605, 632
“ Electra,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 349

[Electric :

Alternating-Current Circuits (Review), 617 Distribution Practice, 675. See Erratum, 704
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Ammeter, Maximum-Demand (Elliott' Brothers (London), Ltd.), 140*
— Tong-Test (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 116*
Arc Furnace. See Furnace, Electric
— Welding. See Welding
Booster, Tail-End (Ferranti, Ltd.), 193*
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Report, 147; Reports on Interference in Communication Circuits, 195 ; Annual Luncheon, 197
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 373 ; Annual Dinner, 603
— — Development Association, Annual Luncheon, 381
Cables, Experiments on, 147
— Laying Plant for Rural Electrification (Callender’s Cable & Construction Co., Ltd.), 739*
Trench-Cutting Machine for, 499*
— Steel Measuring Tapes for (J. Chester- man & Co., Ltd.), 584*
Capacity Meter, Megger (Evershed & Vignoles, Ltd.), 233*
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Central Electricity Board, Annual Report, 493 ; Bankside Control Room, 497* ; Electricity Supply Bill, 520; Tariff for Central England, 298
— Stations. See Power Stations
Circuits, Alternating-Current (Review), 617
Conductivity and Atomic Structure, 461. See LETTER, 522
—: of Metals at Low Temperature, 519 Conductors, Aluminium, Specification, 561
— Rails, Investigations on, 147
Contacts for Switchgear, 389*
Copper Strip and Bar, Specification, 377 Cranes. See Cranes
Dielectrics, Investigations on, 147
Direct Current, High-Tension, Power Transmission by, 351
Discharge Tubes, Luminous, Action of Electrons in, 344
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator ; Turbo-Alternator
Electrical Industry, Position and Prospects, 43
— Machinery, Imports and Exports, 43
— Measurements, Advanced (Review), 212
— Phenomena at Very Low Temperatures,
519
— Protection Systems, Pamphlet on (A. Reyrolle & Co., Ltd.), 539
— Technology, Textbook of (Review), 589 Electricity Commissioners, Electricity
Supply Regulations, Revised Code, 17
— Supply Bill, 520
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Heating Panels, Pressed-Steel (F. Braby & Co., Ltd.), 228
— of Swansea Civic Centre, 632
High-Tension Direct Current, Power Transmission by, 351
— Voltage Laboratory, Royal Technical
College, Glasgow, 311*
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Induction Furnaces. See Furnaces Insulating Oils, Renovation of, 215* Insulation for Switchgear Equipment, 363*
— Tester, Megger (Evershed & Vignoles,
Ltd.), 141*
Lamp Caps, Screw, Edison-Type, Specification, .534
— Gaseous discharge, for Street Lighting,
82*
— Gas-Filled, Action of Electrons in, 344
— Mercra (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 82*, 234
— Tungsten-Filament, Specification, 730 Leakage Detector for Trolley-’Buses
(Everett, Edgcumbe & Co., Ltd.), 141
Lighting Devices, Portable, Canadian Specification, 599
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric
Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo
Magnetron Oscillation Generator, High- Frequency (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 44*
Mains. See Cables (above)
Mercury-Arc Rectifiers (Review), 255 Meter, Polyphase (Ferranti, Ltd.), 193* Motors. See Motors, Electric
Ohmmeter, Circuit Testing, Megger (Evershed & Vignoles, Ltd.), 234*
Oil Switch. See Switchgear
Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, High-Speed (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 45*
— High-Voltage Cathode-Ray, 311*
Plugs and Socket Outlets, Specification, 730
Watertight, for Outdoor Work (L. Weekes (Luton), Ltd., 664*
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Railways. See Railways Rays. See Cathode; Rontgen Rectifiers, Disc and Plate, Copper-Oxide
(Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co., Ltd.), 233*
— for High-Tension Direct-Current Power Transmission, 351
— Mercury-Arc (Review), 255
— Valve (Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto Ltd.), 191*
Regulators, Moving Coil, Three-Phase and Single-Phase (Ferranti, Ltd.), 192*
Relay Tube, Cathode Ray, 44,
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rdntgen Rays. See Roentgen
Rural Electrification, Cable-Laying Plant for (Callender’s Cable & Construction Co., Ltd.), 739*
and Power for Farms, 545
Ship Propulsion. See Marine, Propulsion Signals, Road-Traffic Control Specification, 377
See Tramways
See Substation
See Switchgear
Wireless Telephony. See Telephony Wiring, Steel Conduit and Fittings for, Specification, 416
X-Rays. See Roentgen Rays See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., High-Frequency Electric Steel-Melting Plant, 455*
Electrical Apparatus, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 44*, 71*, 116*, 140*
— Engineering, Use of Free Electrons in, 344
— Engineers, American Institute of, Wood Dust as Boiler Fuel, by D. Corbet, 53 ; Jubilee, 434, 629

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Water Storage for Reserve Power, by J. W. Meares, 91. See 97. See LETTERS, 131, 157
Faraday Medal Awarded to Sir F. E. Smith, 177
Investigation on Telephone Interference, by W. G. Radley and Dr. S. Whitehead, 196
Annual Dinner, 197
Faraday Lecture on the Electrical Engineer and the Free Electron, by C. C. Paterson, 344
Electrical Transmission by Means of Direct-Current at Very High Voltages, by H. Rissik, 351
Scholarships, Particulars of, 428
Kelvin Lecture on Electrical Phenomena at Very Low Temperatures, by Prof. J. C. M’Lennan, 51
Western Centre’.
Annual Dinner, 67
China Centre:
Electrical Developments in China, by A. J- Percival, 441
Electrical Engineers, Laboratory and Design Work in Education of, 309*, 395*
Supervising, Association of. See Supervising
-— Exhibition, Liverpool, 620
— Technology, Textbook of (Review), 589
Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric
— Supply Undertakings and Industrial Power Load, 658
Undertakings, Rating of, 620
Electroflo Meters, Ltd., Distance Indicator for Gas-Holders, 188*
Electrolytic Corrosion. See Corrosion
Electrons, Free, Use in Electrical Engineering, 344
Electrostatic Precipitators, Brimsdown Power Station, 721*
Elektrizitats Aktien-Gesellschaft, Economiser Protector, 507*
Elevators, Oil-Seed Handling Plant, Liverpool, 343*
Elgin Softener Corporation, Automatic Water- Hardness Tester, 331*
Ellenwood, F. O., on Performance of Detroit Turbine with Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*, 78*
Ellerton, H., on Action of Carbide Monoxide on Refractories, 280 ; on Fireclay Products for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664. See 682
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Maximum- Demand Ammeter, 140* ; Cross-Filament Optical Pyrometer, 140*
Elshout, T., on Working-Class Flats in Rotterdam, 727
Embankments, Earth, Materials for, 207 Embrittlement of Steel in Boilers, Prevention of, 733
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under MacAiwe Tools
Empire State Building, New York, Investigation of Wind Pressures on, 735*
—Trade and British Overseas Merchants, 562 Employees. See Labour
Employment. See Labour
Empreza Sul Brasileira de Electricidade, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248*
Enco Automatic Combustion Control System, 135
“ Encounter,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 402 Endurance Tests. See Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
Energy Consumption Rate, 10,000-kW Steam Turbine with Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 78*
Engines, Aero. See Aerowawiics
— Automotive (Review), 590
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion ; Motorships
— Heat, Thermodynamics Applied to (Re
view), 285
— Internal-Combustion (Review), 505
— 4— Combustion, Cooling System of, 535
— — Combustion, High-Speed, Fuel Pump
for (La Precision Mdcanique), 593*
Combustion, High-Speed, Testing of (Review), 617
— — Combustion, Non-Corrosive Cylinder
Liners for (Barimar, Ltd.), 673
Combustion, Theory and Design (Review), 534
Combustion, Torsional Vibrations in, 582*, 611*
— — Combustion. See also Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor-Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Airless-Injection, Fuel Atomisation in,
285*
— “Atomic” Diesel, 195-b.h.p., Four- Cylinder, Tests of, 437
British Junkers, 10-12 h.p. and 20-24 h.p. (P. Brotherhood, Ltd.), 33*
Cooling System of, 535
Diesel, Causes of Detonation in, 335. See LETTER, 329
Diesel, 13,700-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder Double-Acting Two-Stroke (Sulzer Brothers), 220*
Diesel, Effect of Fuel-Oil Tax on, Industry, 326
Diesel, Marine, Eight-Cylinder Vertical (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 289*
— •— Diesel, Marine, for Fishing Craft, 164 Diesel, for Motor Vehicles, 524
Engines, Oil, Diesel, 300-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 648*
Diesel, 130-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Rail-Car (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 270*
Diesel. See also Motor Ships ; Marine Propulsion
High-Speed, 160-h.p, Eight-Cylinder (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 530*
High-Speed, 110-h.p. and 165-h.p. Eight-Cylinder, Ganz-Jendrassik, 606*
— — 85-h.p. Four-Cylinder, Dorman-Ricardo, 182*
275-b.h.p., Latton Pumping Station, Swindon, 647*
Marine, 1,200-kW Fiat-Diesel, Eight- Cylinder, Train Ferry “ Scilla,” 216*
Marine, 2,300-b.h.p., Polar Atlas, M.Y. “Rosaura,” 564*
Marine, 100-b.h.p. Scavenge-Pump Type, Motor Barge “ Resourceful,” 390
—— Marine, 220-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder, Motor Drifter “ Girl Helen,” 389
Marine, 2,400-s.h.p. Six-Cylinder, Workman-Clark-Sulzer, M.S. “ Isipingo,” 144
Marine, Torsional Vibration Stresses of, 167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
Maybach-Diesel, 410-h.p. Twelve-Cylinder, for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 173*
— — 150-h.p. Six-Cylinder, Brotherhood-Ricardo, for Shunting Locomotive, 510
630-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder, Tests of (National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 330
and Steam, for Ships, Comparison between, 106
— Torsional Vibration in, 582*, 611*
Use on Farms, 545
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Paraffin, Industrial, 5-10 h.p. and 20-40 h.p.
Four-Cylinder (Morris Motors, Ltd.), 525*
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Causes of Detonation in, 335. See LETTER, 329
Combustion Conditions in, 743*. See 362*, 623
Cooling System of, 535
Measurement of Flame-Temperatures in, 362*, 623, 743*
Motor-Car, American, Improvements in, 153
Motor-Car (Review), 590
Motor-Car, Austin, Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 307*
Motor-Car, 25-h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Daimler Co., Ltd.), 522
Motor-Car Experiments on Cylinder Wear in, 50*
— — Motor-Car, History and Development of, 523 556
Motor-Car, J.A.P., Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246*
— — Motor Car, Noises from, 295, 297
— — Motor-Car, Supercharging in, 153
Motor Car, Talbot, Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 307*
Motor-Car, Thornycroft, Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 306*
— — Motor-Car, Valve-Seat Wear in, Report, 245*, 306*
— — for Road Grader (Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division), 585*
9-h.p. Single-Cylinder, Industrial (Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd.), 231*
0 • 5-h.p. Single-Cylinder (Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd.), 181*
Torsional Vibration in, 582*, 611*
— — 600-h.p., Twelve-Cylinder Winton, for Train Unit, 510
—? — See also Aeronautics; Motor Cars
— Steam, 150-h.p. Compound (W. H. Allen,
Sons & Co., Ltd.), 180*
High-Speed Geared Compound with Exhaust Turbine, S.S. “Adderstone,” 347*
— — Marine, 1,750-i.h.p. Triple-Expansion,
S.SS. “Arcwear” and “Arctees,” 568*, 574
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion; Turbines
and Oil, for Ships, Comparison between, 106
Ripper’s (Review), 451
Traction, Development and Types of, 477*, 562*
Traction. See also Tractors
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineering and Allied Industries, Position and Prospects, 17, 43, 73, 99,127,154,198, 240, 283, 325
— Apprentices. See Apprentices
— Centenaries in 1934, 16
— Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal
— Education. See Education; Apprenticeship
— Experimental, Technical Measurements for (Review), 394
— Institute of Canada, Annual Dinner, 327;
Award of Kennedy Medal to A. J. Grant, 327
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National Physical
— Philosophical Aspects of, 379
— Shop Practice (Review), 590
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Trades, Census of Production, Report on,
517
— Works. See Works
Engineers-in-Charge, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 463
— Economic Study Group, 71. See LETTER,
131
— Education. See Education; Apprenticeship
— German Circle, Fast Rail-Cars on German
State Railways, by Mr. Stroebe, 353; Modern Structural Welding, by O. Bondy, 402
— Institutions. See Institutions
— International Federation of, Formation, 615
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution
of, Some Influences on Shipowner’s Choice of New Cargo Ship, by R. R. Campbell and B. Ramsay, 323
— Trained, Unemployment Amongst, 173
England and New England, Rainfall Variations in, 611
—Water Supply in, 151
English Electric Co., Ltd., Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine Installation and 30,000- kW Turbo-Generator, Bradford, 83*, 111*, 251*, 338*; Hydraulic Turbine for
Gas-Charged Water, 217* ; Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262 ; Combination Fuse Switchgear, 262* ; 300-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 648*
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Large DoubleHelical Gear Wheel, 318, 437* ; 55-in. Centre Four-Saddle Heavy Lathe, 618*; Heat Treatment Plant for Large Forgings, 713*
Ennis, I,., on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498
Erdmann, Kircheis, Double-Acting Concentric-Ram Deep-Drawing Press, 61*
Erecting Machine, Lining, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
Erhardt Process of Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30, 87*
Erskine Heap & Co., Ltd., 11-kV Inverted Pole Mounting Trifurcating Box, 53*
Escher, Wyss & Co., 3,430-h.p. Pelton-Wheel Turbines, 248
“ Esk,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 376 “Espadarte,” Portuguese Submarine, Launch of, 685
Est Railway, Locomotive Performances on, 604 Estuaries, Tidal, Model Experiments on, 520 Ettore Bugatti Automobiles, High-Speed Rail Car, 568*
Europe, Mechanical Methods of Glass Manufacture in, 637
Eutectic Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Evans, G., on Manufacture of Seamless Tubes, 30*, 87*, 137*
Evans, O., Orukter Amphibolos, 437 Evaporative Elements for Velox Boiler, 431, 470*. See Erratum, 458
Evaporators, Ammonia, Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 427
— Loeffler Boiler, 722*
— for Ross Decalorator System, 11*
Everett, E. I., the Late, 539
Everett, Edgcumbe & Co., Ltd., Photo-Electric Photometer, 141* ; Trolley-’Bus Leakage Detector, 141; Waldram Daylight-Factor Gauge, 278*
Evershed & Vignoles, Ltd., Megger Insulation Tester, 141* ; Capacity Megger, 233* ; Megger Circuit Tester, 234*
Excavating Machine, Trench (J. Allen & Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 739*
Excavators, Bucket, German, for Open-Cut Brown-Coal Mining, 369*, 508*
— f-Cubic Yard Universal, Petrol-Driven
(Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd.), 359*
Exhaust Steam Turbine. See Turbine, Steam
— Valves. See FaZtes
Exhausters, Gas, for Gas Works, 495, 501
Exhibition, British Industries Fair, Birmingham, 179*, 225*, 239, 258*, 359*, 434. See. LETTERS, 158, 272, 400, 454, 550
— Building, Paris, Design Competition for,
727
— Electrical, Liverpool, 620
— Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers’
Conversazione, 710*
— Hythe, of High-Speed Motor Boats, 454
— “ Ideal Home,” Olympia, 434
— Leipzig Fair, Machine Tools at, 356, 382*,
410*
— Machine Tool and Engineering, Olympia,
10
—- Model Railway Club, 407
— New York Motor Show, 153
— Paris Agricultural Machinery, 450*
International Trade Fair, 149
— Refrigeration, Science Museum, 494
— Scientific. Apparatus, Physical Society’s,
44*, 71*, 116*, 140*
Apparatus, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 575*
— Telford Centenary, 681
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expanding Machines for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30, 87*, 137*
Experimental Tank. See Tani ; SZnp Models ; Ship Resistance
Explosions, Coal Dust, Investigations in United States, 558
— Colliery. See Colliery Explosions
— Flame Investigation Camera, 711
— Gaseous. See Colliery Explosions
— Under-Water, Photographic Records of, 711 Explosives, Lectures on, Royal School of Mines,
96
Export Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Express,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 692
Extensometers for High Sensitivity Creep-Testing Machines, 212*
Extracting Machine for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Extruded Eutectic Alloys, Viscous Properties of, 340
Eyebolts, Steel, Specification, 437
Eynsham Gas Works, Modernisation of, 744

FACTORY Accidents, See Accidents
— Beet-Sugar, Treatment of Effluents from, 196
— Incentives in Repetition Work in, Report, 592
— Management. See Works Management
— Organisation, Trends in, 547
— Relation of Size to Output of, 518
Fan, Aeroto, 75-in. for Tube Railway Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
— Forced and Induced Draught, Brimsdown
Power Station, 694*
and induced Draught, Jiges Boiler Installations, 8*, 64*
— Ventilation, Mersey Road Tunnel,165*, 311*
Fankuld Totally-Enclosed Electric Motor,
Faraday Lecture on Electrical Engineer and Free Electron, 344
— Medal, Award to Sir F. E. Smith, 177 Farmer, J. D., on Heat Leakage into Insulated Holds, 409
Farming. See Agricultural; Tractors
Fatigue Characteristics, Influence of Intercrystalline Boundary on, 328
— Cracking, Photographs of, 710*
— Failure and Crystalline Structure, 298*
— Industrial. See under Labour
— Tests of Metals. See Alternating-Stress under Tests (Materials')
“ Fearless,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 571 Fechheimer, C. J., on Turbine Generator Ventilation, 15. See LETTERS, 157, 424*
Federation of British Industries, Survey of Britain’s Recent Commercial Policy, 738 Feed Pumps. See Pumps
— Water Heater, De-aerating, Marine Type (Cochrane Corporation), 741*
— — Heater for Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine
Plant, Bradford, 85*
Heaters for 10,000-kW Turbo-Generator, Delray Power Station, 23, 78*
Softener. See Water Softener - Supply with Automatic Combustion Control, 135
—: — Treatment in Gas Works, 495
Treatment for Marine Boilers, 107
— — See also Water
Fell, Dr. E. W., on Viscous and Plastic Flow in Soft Metals, 340
Fells, Dr. H. A., on Town Gas in Steel Industry, 688
Female Labour. See Labour and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., Switchgear, St. Albans Substation, 580*
Ferranti, Ltd., Combined Current Test Sets, 117*; Three-Phase and Single-Phase Moving-Coil Regulators, 192* ; Tail-End Booster, 193* ; Polyphase Meter, 193* ; Mains-Operated Electric Clock, 193 Ferro-Concrete Bridge Design (Review), 504
— — Bridge, Limiting Span of, 267
Bridges, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Northern Counties Committee, 104*
in Buildings, Report; 70
Continuous Frames of (Review), 577
Construction in Winter Weather (Review), 284
Deterioration in Sea Water Report, 352 and Masonry Buttresses, Assouan Dam, 559*
Piles, Behaviour during Driving, 494 Roadway, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57* Viaducts, Greenisland Loop Line, County Antrim, 104*
— — Walls,- Swing Bridge across River
Weaver, 209*
— — See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferry Boats, Diesel-Electric, “ Queen Margaret ” and “ Robert the Bruce,” 288*
— Train, “ Scilla,” Diesel-Electric, 216* Steam, “ Twickenham Ferry,” 453* Fforde, F. C., on Port Works at Mombasa, 373 Field Drains, Outflow from, Automatic Meter
for, 77*
Files and Rasps, Specification, 60
Film versus Drop Formation on Condenser Tubes, 519
— Theory of Lubrication, 441*, 464
Filter, Air, for Oil Engines (C. G. Vokes, Ltd.), 194*
— for Insulating Oils, 215
Finland, Economic Conditions in, Report, 734
— Water Power Developments in, 4*, 27* Finney, G., & Co., Curing Press, 187* Fire Control for Passenger Vessels, 105
— Detectors, Automatic (Donalarm, Ltd.), 579
— Fighting Arrangements in Ships, 465
— Protection, Asbestos Fittings’ for (Bell’s
Asbestos & Engineering Supplies, Ltd.), 579
of Steel Columns with Gypsum, 5 of Steel-Framed Structures, 727 System for Railway-Carriage Sheds, 300 -— Station, Mersey Road Tunnel, 313* Firebricks, Microscopy of, 280
— Silica, Reversible Thermal Expansion of, 133
— Testing of, 280
— See also 'Refractory Materials
Fireclay Products for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664, 682
Firth, T., & J. Brown, Ltd., Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*, 710
Fishing Boats, Diesel Engines for, 164
Fits, Force and Shrinkage, Influence of Keys and Keyways on, 439*, 465
Flame, Explosion, Investigation Camera, 711
— Temperatures in Petrol Engine, Measure* ment of, 362*, 623, 793*
Flamm System of Stabilising Ships, 502*; Tests, M.S. " Indrapoera,” 645*
Flanges, Pipe, for High Pressures and Temperatures, Stresses in, 445*, 506*
Flats, Working-Class, Construction of, 727
Fleet. See Warships
Flett, J., Motor Drifter " Girl Helen,” 389 Flight. See Aeronautics
Floods and Drought, 400
— London, and Thames Tides, 337
— in Relation to Reservoir Practice, Report,
422*
Floor Heating, Deriaz System of, 88* Flow in Alluvial Rivers and Canals, 250
— through Disc-Orifices in Pipes, 25
— Gauging Apparatus for Rivers, 26
— of Ofanto River, Researches on (Review),
284
— of Supersaturated Steam through Nozzles,
303*, 333*
— in Tidal-Estuary, Models, 520
— of Water in Pipes, Tables of, 544 —• — through Earth Dams, 278
Flue-Gas Washing Plant, Brimsdown Power Station, 694*
Fluid Friction in Condenser Tubes, 275*
Fodens, Ltd., 8-n.h.p. Single-Cylinder Traction
Engine, 478* ; 5-ton Steam Lorry, 563*; Six-Wheeled Steam Lorry, 563*
Foerster, Dr. E., on Problems of Shipping Technology, 700
Food Preservation, Tin-Plate for, 297 Footpaths to Roads, Census of, 495
Force Fits, Influence of Keys and Keyways on, 439*, 465
Ford, L. R., on Diesel versus Steam Drive for Cargo Ships, 106
Foremanship, National Conference on. See National Conference on Foremanship
Forest Products Research Laboratory, Princes Risborough, Researches at, 197
Forgings, Aluminium-Alloy, Specification, 697
— Large, Heat Treatment Plant for (English Steel Corporation), 713*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools Form Efficiency of Ships, 435
— Moving, for Concrete Construction, Pamphlet on, 607
Forrest Lecture on Progress of Automobile Engineering, by Sir H. Fowler, 523, 556
Fort Rae, Canada, Meteorological Observations at, 472
"Fortuna,” Steam Tug, Flamm System of Stabilisation, 502*
Foster Instrument Co., Alarm-Recording Pyrometer, 71* ; Projected-Scale Indicator, 71; Temperature Indicator, 188; Introscope, 189*
Foundations, Earth-Dam, Flow of Water through, 278
— Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498
Foundry Practice, Courses at Sheffield University, 678
— School, British, Proposals for, 353
— See also Casting ; Moulding
Fowler, J., & Co., Ltd., 8-n.h.p. Single-Cylinder Ploughing Engine, 562* ; 20-n.h.p. Compound Ploughing Engine, 562*
Fowler, Sir H., on Progress of Automobile Engineering, 523, 556
Fox, S., & Co., Ltd., High-Frequency Electric Steel-Melting Plant, 455*
Foxlee, R. W., on Impact on Railway Bridges, 118
Foxwell, Dr. G. E., on Combustion of Pulverised Fuel, 29
Fractures, Fatigue and Corrosion, Photographs of, 710*
— in Steel Sections and Plates, 105
Frames, Continuous, of Reinforced Concrete (Review), 577
— Rigid, in Steel Structures, 727
— for 2-8-2 Type Three-Cylinder Locomotive,
715*
France, Dam Construction in, 109, 207
— Lac Noir Hydro-Electric Plant, Pipe Failure at, 155
— See also French
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic Fraser & Chalmers Engineering Works, Screens for Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 417*
Fraser, R. P., Explosion-Flame Investigation Camera, 711
Freeman, R., on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467, 498; Model of Birchenough Bridge, 710; on Long-Span Bridges, 727
French Aircraft Carriers, 387
— Farm Machinery, Progress of, 450*
— Railways, Locomotive Performances on,
478*, 604
— — Motor Rail Car with Pneumatic Tyres,
726
— State Railway, High-Speed Rail Oar, 568*
— See also France
Frere, F. H., the Late, 130
Friction Clutch. See Motor-Car Details
— Fluid, in Condenser Tubes, 275*
— of Solids, 709
Frictional Resistance of Ships. See SAip Resistance
Frosts, Concrete Construction Work during (Review), 284
Fruit-Canning Industry, Problems in, 297
Fuel Atomisation in Solid-Injection Oil Engines, 285*
— Boiler, Wood Refuse as, 53
— Calorific Values of, Standard Definitions for,
676
— Colloidal. See Colloidal Fuel
— Diesel, and Knock Rating, 102, 291
— Gaseous, for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration
of, 685
— Institute of, Utilisation of Coke-Oven Gas,
by Major M. Koopman, 573
— Liquid. See also Oil Fuel
— Motor, from Coal, Demonstration of, 685
— — See also Benzol; Gas; Motor; Petrol;
Producer
— Naval, Coal and Oil Products as, 679
— Oil. See OiZ Fuel
— Pump. See Pwmp
— Research Board, Report on Accuracy of
Routine Analytical Determinations of Coal and Coke, 249
— — Station, Report on Viscosity of Pitch,
60; Investigations on Action of Solvents on Coal, 276; Exhibit at Royal Society’s Conversazione, 576; Investigations at Greenwich, 737; Experiments on Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel, 744
— Solid Smokeless, Experiment on Production
of, 744
— — Smokeless, for Domestic Fires, 707
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Coal Fulham, Townmead Road Power Station, 738 Fuller, A. J., Townmead Road Power Station,
Fulham, 738
Functions, Conjugate, for Engineers (Review), 534
Fungus Destruction by Water-Insoluble Salts 697
Furnace, Blast, Fireclay Products for Linings of, 664, 682
Gas for Velox Boiler Plant, 527*
Interactions of Gases and Ore in, 655, 662 Report on Practice with, 656, 663
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Electric, Box Type (Birmingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd.), 230*
for Creep-Testing Machines, 212*
Forced-Air Circulation (Birmingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd.), 230*
— ?— High-Frequency, Linings for, 280
High-Frequency for Steel Melting (Electric Furnace Co., Ltd.), 455*

Furnace. Gas-Fired, Heat Treatment, for Large Forgings (English Corporation, Ltd.), 713*

- Heat-Treatment, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 668
- Re-Heating ,for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 87
- Reverberatory, First Use of Coal in, 161
- Steel Heating, Use of Town Gas in, 688
- for Steel-Sheet Manufacture, 689, 712
- See also Coke Ovens

"GALILEO GALILEI,” Italian Submarine, Launch of, 594
Gantry. See Crane
Ganz and Co., 110-h.p. and 165-h.p. Eight-Cylinder Ganz-Jendrassik Oil Engines, 606*
Garage Mechanics, Proficiency Certificates for, 708
Garden Roller, 9-cwt. Petrol-Driven (Barford and Perkins, Ltd.), 184*
Garratt, E. C., on Development of Auxiliary Propeller Drive, 466. See Nrratwm, 515
Garston, Building Research Station, Report on Behaviour of Ferro-Concrete Piles during Driving, 494
Gas Analysis by Measurement of Thermal Conductivity (Review), 366
- Blast-Furnace, Iodine in Dust from, 579
— Furnace, Velox Boiler Plant with, 527*
- Calorimetry (Review), 140
- Carbon Dioxide. See Carbon Dioxide
- Coke Oven. See Coke Oven
- in Copper-Aluminium Alloys, Influence on
Segregation, 328
- Electric Discharge in. See Electric
Engineers, Institution of, Presidential Address, by F. P. Tarratt, on Progress of Gas Industry, 687 ; Some Aspects of Benzole Recovery and Refining, by S. W. A. Wikner and B. Richardson, 688; Use of Town Gas in Steel Industry by Dr. H. A. Fells, 688; Experiments at Fuel Research Station upon Production of Solid Smoke¬less Fuel, by Engr.-Capt. J. F. Shaw and Dr. J. G. King, 744; Gas industry in Canada and United States of America, I. Gas Production, by Col. W. M. Carr; II. Distribution and Utilisation, by C. A. Mastermann. III. Administration, Ac¬countancy and Publicity in America, by T. Carmichael, 744; Costs, Gas Charges and Working Results at Macclesfield, by H. Curtis, 744; Modernising Small Gas Undertakings, by D. B. Parkinson, 744
- Fired Furnaces., See Furnaces
- as Fuel for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration of, 685
- and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
- Industry, British, Progress of, 687
- Industry in United States and Canada, 744
- Ionisation of. See Ionisation
Gas Light and Coke Co., Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141* ; Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton, 391*, 417*. 531*.' See LETTER, 496; Gas Works Practice of, 495, 499*, 554
Liquefaction of, 519
and Metal Surfaces, Interaction between, 575
Mixing Plant, Selas, Firth-Brown Engineers’
Tool Department, 668
and Ore, Interactions in Blast Furnaces,
655, 662
Producer. See Producer
Town, Use in Steel Industry, 688
Turbine. See Turbine
Undertakings, Small, Modernisation of, 744
Water, Carburetted, in Gas Works, 500*
Works, Benzole Recovery and Refining in,
688
Beckton, Coal-Handling Plant, 141*; Coke-Handling Plant, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
— Practice, 495, 499*, 554
See also Carbon Dioxide ; Carbon Monoxide ;
Hydrogen ; Nitrogen; Oxygen, &c.
Gaseous Explosions. See Colliery Explosions Gasholders, Distance Indicator for (Electroflo Meters, Ltd.), 188*
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol; Aero¬nautics
Gates, Lock, 1,000-ton Canal-Barge Lift, Niederfinow, 375*
Gauge, Waldram Daylight-Factor (Everett, Edgcumbe <fc Co., Ltd.), 278*
Gear Boxes, Motor Car. See Motor-Car Details
- Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
- Driving, for 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto, 281*, 447*
- Helical, Hob-Cut, Noisy Running of, 138*
- Spur, Correct and Incorrect Hobs for, 533*
- Steering. See Motor-Car Details
- Transmission, for 130-h.p. Rail-Car, 270*
- Wheels, Double-Helical, 13 ft. 7J in. and
19 ft. Diameter, 318, 437*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propul¬sion
Gearing, Reduction, Torsional Vibrations in, 583*, 611*
Gebbie, F. St. J., the Late, 273
Gelson, W. E., on Stresses in Short-Span Railway Bridges, 118
General Electric Co., Ltd., Compact Switchgear for Substations, 26* ; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 45 ; 5-h.p., 550-volt Flame-Proof Motor, 259 *; Double¬Drum Scraper Haulage, 259;. Automatic Gate-End Box, 259*; Double-Spindle Polisher, 260*; 380-b.h.p. Witton Synchronous Induction Motors, 427* ; 3,750- kW Pass-Out Turbo-Generators, 473*; Photo-Cell Equipment for Smoke Detection, 677
Generator Electric, 16,000-kVA, Abborfors Hydro-Electric Plant, 27*
and Air Compressor, 10-18-h.p. Paraffin- Driven (Parsons Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 439*
Generator, Electric, Air Compressor and Pumping Set, 8-h.p. Diesel-Driven (Petters, Ltd.), 439*
50-kW (W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd.), 180*
75,000-kW, Barking Power Station, 144* — — 3,500-kVA, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Plant, 249
25,000-kW, Brimsdown Power Station, 719*
— Cooling of, 15. See LETTERS, 157, 424* 240-kW, Ifor Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 648*
5,000-kW, for Power Station, Report on Breakdown, 407
24,000-kVA, Imatra Hydro-Electric Plant, 27*
Motor-Driven, 1,250-kW, for Electric Steel-Melting Plant (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 456*
250-kW for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 174* Pacinotti’s Invention of Dynamo, Commemoration of, 658
3,750-kW, Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 473*
7,810-kVA, Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 108. See LETTER, 218
60,000-kW, Townmead Road Power Station, Fulham, 738
1,200-kW, Train Ferry “Scilla,” 216* 30,000-kW, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 83, 251*, 338*
25,000-kVA and 94,000-kVA, Ventilated Rotors for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 536*
See also Twri»o-(?enerators
Generating Station. See Power Station Genval Paper Works, Belgium Jiges Boiler Installation 6*, 64*
Geometry, Descriptive, and Drawing, Engineering (Review), 255
— — Principles of (Review), 284
Geophysics, Sources of Information on, 85* George V, H.M. King, Accepts Bessemer
Medal, 407, 655, 656
German Bucket-Excavators for Open-Cut Brown-Coal Mining, 369*, 508*
— Circle, Engineers’. See Engineers’ German
Circle
— Post Office, Public Writing-Telegraph
Service, 687*
— State Railways, Automatic Self-Closing
Spraying Nozzle, 250*; High-Speed Rail-Cars on, 353; High-Speed Diesel- Electric Rail-Coach, 173* ; 4-6-4 Type Streamlined Locomotive, 597*
— Trade. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Germany, Concrete Dams in, 80
— Leipzig Fair, Machine Tools at, 356, 382*,
410*
— Niederfinow, 1,000-ton Canal-Barge Lift,
374*
— Production of Brown Coal in, 369
— Reorganisation of Trade and Industry
in, 432
Gibson, Prof. A. H., on Model Experiments on Tidal Estuaries, 520
Gidea Park to Shenfield Widening, London & North Eastern Railway, 75*
Giertz-Hedstrom, S., on Cement and Concrete, 296
Gillford, F. H., on Modern Road Engines, 477,* 562*
Gilman, F. (B.S.T.), Ltd., Satchel Universal Tool, 190*
Girder Bridges, Specification, 13, 37
— Cantilever, Phosphate-Handling Plants,
Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
— Circular, Phosphate-Handling Plant, Nauru,
49*
— Lattice, Stresses in (Review), 211
— of Railway Bridges, Hammer-Blow Impact
on, 118
— See also Beams ; Bridges
".Girl Helen,” Motor Drifter, 389
Glands, 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Steam
Turbine, 112*
Glasgow Royal Technical College, Education of Electrical Engineers at, 309*, 395*
Glass, Decolorising of, 551
— Enamelled Vessels (R. Jenkins & Co., Ltd.), 262
— Fibre, Thermal Conductivity of, 171*
— Industry of Scandinavia, 476
— Lithium Oxide-Containing, Volatilisation from, 476
— Manufacture, Mechanical Methods of, 637
— Products, Manufactured, Statistical Tests for, 288
— Silica, Early Example of, 575
— Soda-Lime-Silica, Reactions in Formation
of, 288; Thermal Expansion of, 476
— Strength of, 244
— Technology, Society of, Study of Crushing Brittle Solids, by W. F. Carey and G. H. Bosanquet, 133; Reversible Thermal Expansion of Silica Brick, by J. A. Sugden, 133; Notes on Heat-Resisting Metals, by Dr. N. P. Inglis, 133; Strength of Glass, by J. Murgatroyd, 244; Behaviour of Glass when Slowly Heated, with Reference to Thermal Expansion, by Dr. E. Seddon and Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 244; Fundamental Reactions in Formation of Soda-Lime-Silica Glass, by R. F. R. Sykes and Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 288; Application of Statistical Methods to Quality Control of Manufactured Products: Planning of Statistical Tests, by B. P. Dudding and I. M. Baker, 288 ; Volatilisation from Lithium Oxide-Containing Glasses, by Dr. E. Preston and Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 476; Glass Industry of Scandinavia, by Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 476; Thermal Expansion of Soda-Lime- Silica Glasses, by Dr. E. Seddon, F. Winks and Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 476; Developments in Decolorising of Glass, by Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 551: Preparation of Sodium Carbonate Free from Iron Oxide, by W. H. Withey, 637 ; Development of Mechanical Methods of Glass Manufacture in Europe, by Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 637
— Thermal Expansion of, 244
Glasspoole, Dr. J., on Exceptional Summer of 1933, 34
Gledhill, A. H., on Development and Exploitation of Inventions, 90. See 101. See Erratum, 149
“ Gliickauf,” S.S., First Oil Tanker, 466 Gold Mining Industry, South Africa, 654
— Ore, 3,000-h.p. Double Conical Drum Hoist
for, 330*
“ Golfinho,” Portuguese Submarine, Launch of, 685
Goodacre, Dr. R., on Mounting of Wire for Fatigue Testing, 503*
Goodall, Clayton and Co., Ltd., Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Gordon, W. R., on Utilisation of Coal, 492
Gough, Dr. H. J., on Research Problems in Engineering, 298* ; on Influence of Intercrystalline Boundary on Fatigue Characteristics, 328
Gougis Beetroot-Seed Sower, 450*
Gourley, H. J. F., on Water Supply of Kano, Nigeria, 200
Government Railways. See State Railways
— Economic Planning by, 432
Governor, Emergency, 9,000-kW Steam-Extraction Turbine, 675*
— Gear for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 173* 30,000-kW Steam Turbine, 338*
— — 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Turbo-Generator, 111*
— Hydraulic, for 13,700-b.h.p. Diesel Engine,
221*
Grader, Road, “ Speed Patrol ” Petrol-Driven (Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division), 585*
Grading and Cleaning Plant, Coal, Ashington Colliery, 34*
— and Screening Plant, Coke-Handling Plant,
Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417*
Grant, A. J., Award of Kennedy Medal to, 327 Graphs of Standard Mathematical Functions (Review), 225
Grashof’s Formula for Condenser Design, 160*, 242
Grates, Open, Production of Coke for, 707
— See also Stoker
Graver Tank and Manufacturing Corporation, Intercepting Trap for Suction Dredger, 387*
Graving Dock. See Dock
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
Gray Lectures on Deep Diving, 268, 324
Green, A. T., on Permeability of Refractories to Gases, 279; on Action of Carbon Monoxide on Refractories, 280 ; on Fireclay Products for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664. See 682
Green, J. C., on Cupola Linings, 280
Green, W. A., Deflectometer, 710
Greenisland Loop Line, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Northern Counties Committee, 104*
Greenwich Fuel Research Station, Investigations at, 737
Greet, E. H., Impact on Railway Bridges, 118
Gresley, H. N., 2-8-2 Type Three-Cylinder Express Locomotive, 621*, 715*, 728*, 739
Grid Screen, Self-Cleaning (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.), 718*
Griffiths, Dr. E., on Measurement of Humidity, 276
Grimsby Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Diesel Engines for Fishing Craft, by A. C. Hardy, 164
Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd., Combination Drills and Grinders, 190; Combination Sander and Polisher, 190*
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
Grinnel Sprinklers for Fire Protection of Railway-Carriage Sheds, 300
Grisbois Dam, France, 109
Griscom-Russell Co., Feed-Water Heaters, Delray Power Station, 23*, 78*
Grisenthwaite, T. C., on Steel-Bridge Design, 727
Grit-Extraction Plant for Jiges Boilers, 9*
Grizzly Screens, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 417*
Grogan, J. D., on Transverse Tests of Alumin- ium-Alloy Bars, 341
Grubb, Sir H., Parsons & Co., 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 281*, 365*, 447*
Gunn, E. G., on Motor-Car Silencers, 295
Guy, H. L., on Design of Surface Condensing Plant, 159*, 204*, 275*. See 242, 519. See LETTER, 345
Gypsum, Use for Fire Protection of Steel Columns, 5
Gyro-Compass for Automatic Steering of Ships, 408, 413
Gyroscope, Constrained, for Automatic Steering of Ships, 413*
Gyroscopic Stabilisation of Land Vehicles (Review), 394
Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd., Two-Stage Centrifugal Pumps, 647*
Gwyther, R. D., on St. Helier’s Harbour, Jersey, 441

HABER, PROF. F., the Late, 272 Hachette, J. N. P., Centenary of, 34
Hackbridge Electric Construction Co., Ltd., 93,750-kVA Transformer, 144*
Hackney Power Station, Automatic Combustion Control at, 129, 134*
Hadfield, Sir R., on Metals at Temperature of Liquid Hydrogen, 331. See LETTER, 550; Exhibits at Royal Society Conversazione, 577; Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 711
Hagan Automatic Combustion Control System, 130, 134, 162
Haigh, Prof. B. P., on Electrically-Welded Joints for Ships, 408
Halcrow, W. T., on Design of Concrete Dams, 609*, 637*. See 621
Hall, B. J., the Late, 539
Hall, W., on Hob-Cut Helical Gears, 138*
Hamburg Tank Society, Summer Meeting, Germany and Scotland, Programme, 624 ; Recent Developments in Ship Design and Propulsion, by Dr. G. Kempf, 700; Present-Day Problems of Shipping Technology, by Dr. E. Foerster, 700; High- Pressure Steam Turbines and Boilers, by O. Jebens, 700; Practical Limits of Super-Pressure Steam in Ship Propulsion, by Prof. G. Bauer, 701; Influence of Distribution of Weights and Buoyancy on Behaviour of Vessel in Seaway, by J. Anderson, 701; Influence of Various Forms of Ships upon Economy and Pitching of Ships of Given Distribution and Displacement, by Dr. G. Kempf, 701; Methods of Measuring Rapid Changes of Tension, Pressure and Strength, by Dr. W. Pabst, 701
Hamilton, A. M.. Transportable Bridge, 710 “ Hamilton,” U.S- Destroyer, Trials of, 106 Hammer, Large, for Rock-Breaking (Keystone Driller Co.), 81*
Hanchett Manufacturing Co;, Automatic Saw- Tooth Grinding Machine, 136*
Handling Arrangements, Cargo, in Ships, 106
— Coal and Coke, in Gas Works, 495, 501
— Installations, Phosphate, Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
— Plant, Coal, Barking Power Station, 143 Coal, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*
— — Coal, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
Coke, Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
— and Storage Plant, Oil-Seed, Liverpool, 343* Hangchow-Kiangshan Railway, 4-8-0 Type
Locomotive, 102*
Hankins, Dr. G. A., on Dimensions of Specimens for Hardness Test, 327
Hanson, Prof. D., on Copper-Iron-Silicon Alloys, 341
Harbord, V., on Steel Rails, 359
Harbour Works, St. Helier’s, Jersey, 441
— Sydney, Bridge, Design and Construction of,
467, 498
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardie, T., Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141* ; Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
Hardinge Thickeners for Flue-Gas- Washing Plant, Brimsdown, 695*
Hardness Tests. See Tests (Materials)
— Tester for Water, Automatic (Elgin Softener
Corporation), 331*
Hardwick, Prof. F. W., the Late, 172
Hardy, A. C., on Diesel Engines for Fishing Craft, 164
Hardy, Sir W. B., the Late, 130
Hardypick, Ltd., Electrical Coal and Stone Drill, 307*
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., Engineering Water-Supply Installation, 549
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Murphy Screwless Swivel, 637*
Harris, Prof. C. L., Investigations on Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735*
Harrow, Adjustable (A. Milon), 450
Harvey, G. A., & Co. (London), Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 230
Harvey, Wilson and Osborne, Ltd., Tail-Shaft .Reconditioning Machine, 133*
Hatfield, Dr. H. S., on The Inventor, 90. See 101; See Erratum, 149
Hattori, D., on Thermal Conductivity of Tool Steel, 722
Haulage Scraper, Double-Drum (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 259
Haworth, J., the Late, 146
Hawthorn, R. & W., Leslie & Co., Ltd., Launch of H.M. Destroyer “ Electra,” 349 ; Launch of H.M. Destroyer “ Encounter,” 402; 300-h.p. Diesel-Electric
Locomotive, 648* ; Launch of Portuguese Sloop “ Afonso de Albuquerque,” 650
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Anti-Coal- Breaker for Ship Loading, 485*
Headers, Forged, for Jiges Boilers, 7*
Health Research Board, Industrial, Report on Incentives in Repetitive Work, 592
— in Tropics, Investigations regarding, 620
Heap, E., & Co., Ltd., 11-kV Inverted Pole Mounting Trifurcating Box, 53*
Heat Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Aeronautics
— Flow in Internal- Combustion Engine
Jackets, 535
— Insulating Materials for Steam Pipes,
Testing of, 1*, 58*, 171*, 252*
— Leakage into Insulated Holds, 409
— Loss from Steam Pipes, 2*, 58*, 171*, 252*
— Transmission in Boilers, 431, 469. See
Erratum, 458
through Building Materials, Investigations on, 628
— — in Loeffler Boilers, 724
in Surface Condensers, 160*, 204*, 242, 519
to Travelling-Grate Stokers, 588*, 656*, 669*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Air, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*
— Feed-Water. See Feed-TFater Heater
— Gas, Circulating (W. Canning <fc Co., Ltd.),
186*
Heating Appliances, Industrial and Domestic (British, Trane Co., Ltd.), 258*
— Domestic, Smokeless Fuels for, 707
— by Electricity, Costs of, 250
— Floor, Deriaz System of, 88*
— Installations, Safety Devices for, Report, 579
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Report on Safety Devices for Heating Installations, 579; Examination Syllabus, 660
Plant, Plenum, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*
-— — Plant, Radio City, New York, 10* Helical Gears. See Gears
Helium, Liquefaction and Solidification of, 519 IT
^matite Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
uenderson, Sir J. B., on Automatic Control of TT Steering Ships, .413*. See 408
?“enley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 150-ampere Quick-Break Pole-Mounting Switch, 611*
Herbert, A., Ltd., 7f-in. Centre Cross-Sliding Turret Lathe, 24*; Tangic Die-Head, 235* ; Air-Operated Lathe Chuck, 235* ; Ardoloy Cutting Tools, 236; Atritor Pulveriser, 236; Preoptive Lathe Head- stock, 345*
Herbert, E. G., on Ageing Changes in Nitrided Steel, 745*
Herne Bay & District Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Cable-Laying Demonstration, 739?
Hersley, A. E., on Flame-Temperature in Petrol Engines, 623. See 362*
Hick, Hargreaves & Co., Ltd., Condensers, Barking Power Station, 144
High-Speed Gas (Great Britain), Ltd., Gas Producer for Motor Vehicles, 512*
Steel. See
— Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highfield Shield, Competition for, 685 Highways. See Roads
Hilger, A., Ltd., Nephelometer, 72; Bianco- meter, 73*
Hispano-Suiza Works,‘Paris, Activities of, 726
History of Glass-Making Machinery, 637
H.M. SS. See under Warships
Hoare, W. E., on Tin-Iron Alloy in Tin-Plate, 682; on Iron-Tin Reaction Products, 683
Hob-Cut Helical Gears, Noisy .Running of, 138*
Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
Hodgson, J. L., on Combustion Control Systems for Boilers, 134*, 162. See 129*
Hogfors Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 28*
Hoist, 3,000-h.p. Double Conical Drum, Nordberg Manufacturing Co., 330*
— Electric, 2,000-lb. Portable (Holman
Brothers, Ltd.), 244*
— See also Cranes; Transporters
Hoisting Machinery, Electrically-Operated, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 672*
Holden and Hunt, Electric Butt Welder, 230* Holds, Insulated, Heat-Leakage into, 409 Hollyer, G. J., 11-kV Inverted Pole Mounting Trifurcating Box, 53*
Holman Brothers, Ltd., 2,000-lb.. Portable Electric Hoist, 244*; Three-Drum Drag Scraper, 661*
Holst and Co., Ltd., Beckton Gas Works Coke-Handling Plant, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
Home Office, Report on Road Accidents, 99; Report on Breakdown of 5,000-kW Turbo- Generator, 407
Homestake Mining Co., South Dakota, 3000- h.p. Double Conical Drum Hoist, 330*
Homogeniser for Colloidal Emulsion Production (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 146*. See Erraiwm, 265
Honours List, New Year’s, 17; King’s Birthday, 654
Hook, Safety, for Cranes (London Hoist & Machinery Co.), 611*
Hookham, J. A. the Late, 218
Hoover Dam, Cooling System in, 638
“ Hopkinson ” Instability in Synchronous Motors, 616, 642*
Hopper, Compensating, Phosphate-Handling Plant, Nauru, 49*
Hordern, Mason and Edwards, Ltd., 200-ton Press, 226* ; Drawing Press, 226* ; 150- ton Double-Crank Press, 226*
Horlock, F. W., Motor Barge “Resourceful,” 390
Hoseason, D. B., on Cooling of Electrical Machines; 15. See LETTERS, 157, 424* Hours of Labour. See Labour
Householders, Small, Electricity Supply to, 659 Housing and Slum Clearance, Report, 520
— and Water Supply, 653
Howard, M. G., Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
Hudspeth, Major H. M-, on Steel Pit Props and Mine Arches, 727
Hughes, H., <fc Son, Ltd., Marine Echo-Sounding Gear, 116*
Hugill, W., on Action of Carbon Monoxide on Refractories, 280; On Fireclay Products for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664. See 682
Hull, Alexandria Docks, Anti-Coal-Breaker for Ship Loading, 485*
—? Domestic Electricity Supply in, 659
Hull Ice Co., Ltd., Refrigerating Plant, 426*
Humidity in Closed Spaces, Measurement of; Report, 276
Hump, Vapocarb, Method of Steel Hardening, 300
Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 4-8-0 Type Locomotive for Hangchow-Kiangshan Railway, 102* ; 20-h.p. Diesel Locomotive, 182* ; Oil-Driven Shunting Locomotive, 510
Hupmobile Motor Car, Torsional Stabiliser for, 154
Hurd, Sir A., on the State and Shipping, 492
Hurst, J. E., on Wear of Nitrogen-Hardened Cast Iron, 50*
Husband, J. W., on Algal Growths and Water Supply, 26
Hydraulic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under AfacAine Tools
— Tilting Gear for Electric Steel-Melting
Furnaces, 455*
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant
Hydraulics Laboratory, Nottingham University College, 485*
— Flow in Rivers and Canals, 250
— See also Hydrodynamics ; Water
Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics (Review), 577
— Discharge of Lined Pipes, 25
— Flow through Disc-Orifices in Pipes. 25
— See also Ship Resistance
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hydrogen, Heavy, Discovery and Properties of, 464
Investigations of, 421
Hydrogenation of Coal, Costs of Products of, 679
Hygrometers, Development of, 276
Hysteresis, Elastic, in Crankshaft Steels, 168*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496,578, 684*
Hythe Exhibition of High-Speed Motor Boats, 454

IBBOTSON, DR. F., the Late, 218
Ice Tanks, Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 427*
— See also Refrigeration
I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Kunial Copper Alloys, 175 Iere, Col. L., on Competition for Design of Exhibition Building, Paris, 727
“Ideal Home ” Exhibition, Olympia, 434 Ignition Temperature of Coal, 29
Ifor Power Station, Breakdown of 5,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 407
Ilford, Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps for Street Lighting, 82*
Illinois University, Tests of Locomotive Front- End Model, 69; Flame Temperatures in Intenal-Combustion Engine Measured by Spectral Line Reversal, 623 ; Cause and Prevention of Calcium Scale in Steam Boilers, 733
Illumination. 'See Lamps; Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
Iluminator, Water Gauge, for Boilers (Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd.), 187*
Imatra Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 5*, 27* Impact Effects on Girders of Railway Bridges, 118
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kunial Copper Alloys, 175; Hydraulic Turbine for Gas-Charged Water, 217* ; Investigations on Control of Temperatures of Travelling-Grate Stokers, 587*, 656*, 669*;, Electric Butt-Welding Machine for Tubes, 633*; Forging for Coal-Hydrogenation Plant, 713*
Imperial and International Communications Ltd., Photo-Telegraphic Equipment, 203*, Import Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines Incandescent Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
India, Air Services in, 380
— Import Trade of, Report, 380
— North Western Railway, Investigation of
Impact Effect on Bridges, 118
— Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 10,000-ton Vulcanising Press, 156*
— Rubber. See Rubber
— Standardisation in, 522
— United Kingdom Trade with, Report, 380 Indian Railways, Proposed Construction of,
380
Indicator, Distance, for Gasholders (Electroflo Meters, Ltd.), 188*
— Projected Scale (Foster Instrument Co.), 71
“ Indrapoera,” M.S., Flamm Stabiliser Tests,
645*
Induction Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Advisory Committee, Ross Institute, Work of, 620
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Economics. See Labour
— Fatigue. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Health Research Board, Report on Incentives in Repetitive Work, 592
— Management. See Works Management
— Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Research. See Research
— Unrest. See Labour
— Welfare. See Labour Industry and Banking, 575
— and Commerce in England, Education foi
(Review), 16
— and Trade, German, Reorganisation of, 432
— United States, under National Industrial
Recovery Act, 238
— and Work of Research Associations, 98.
See LETTER, 102
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Influence Lines and Moving Load Problems
60*. See LETTER, 218*
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., Two-Stage Air- Cooled Air Compressor, 595*
Inglis, Dr. N. P., on Heat-Resisting Metals, 133 Ingots, Copper-Aluminium, Influence of Gases on Segregation in, 328
— Steel, Centrifugally-Cast, for Seamless-Tube
Manufacture, 137*
Dendritic Segregation in, 721
Structure of, 721
Inland Navigation. See Canals ; Rivers, &c. Inland Steel Co., Steel-Sheet and Strip Manufacture by, 690
Instability, “Hopkinson,” in Synchronous Motors, 616, 642*
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Technical and Scientific. See Arts, Royal
Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; Automotive Engineers, American Society of; Belfast Association of Engineers ; British Architects, Royal Institute of; British Association ; British Engineers’ Association; Ceramic Society; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Chemical Industry, Society of ; Civil Engineers, Institution of ; Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, Society of; Derby Society of Engineers ; Electrical Engineers, American Institute of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineering Institute of Canada; Engineers-in-Charge, Institution of; Engineers’ German Circle; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Glass Technology, Society of.; Grimsby Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Iron and Steel Institute ; Marine Engineers, Institute of ; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of ; Meteorological Society, Royal; Mining Engineers, Institution of; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated; Naval Architects, Institution of; Naval Architects, Japan Society of; Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Physical Society; Physics, Institute of; Royal Institution; Royal Society; Scientific Workers, Association of; Structural Engineers, Institution of; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Swedish Engineers in Great Britain, Society of; Testing Materials, American Society for ; Transport, Institute of ; Water Engineers, Institution of
Insto Circular Saws, Manufacture by T. Firth and J. Brown, Ltd., 665*
Instrument Boards, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 339*
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulated Holds, Heat-Leakage into, 409 Insulating Oils, Renovation of, 215* Insulation. See Heat; Electric
Insurance of Motor Cars, Legal Decisions in, 313
Intercooler for Air-Cooled Air Compressor (Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd.), 595*
Intercrystalline Boundary, Influence on Fatigue Characteristics, 328
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats ; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
— Grinder. See Grinder under Machine Tools International Combustion Co., Ltd., Paper
Mills Power Station, Deptford, 472*; Boiler Plant, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*, 693*
— Congress for Applied Mechanics, Cambridge,
629, 710
on Large Dams. See Dams, Large, International Congress on
for Steel Development. See Steel Development, International Congress for
— Federation of Engineers, Formation of, 615
— Trade Policy, British, 738
— Trade. See Trade
— Union of Pure and Applied Physics, London
Meeting, 709
Introscope (Foster Instrument Co.), 189* Inventions at British Industries Fair, 158, • 272, 400, 454, 550
— Development, Evolution, and Exploitation
of 90, 101. See Erratum, 149
— See also Patents
Inventors, Mental Characteristics of, 90, 101. See Erratum, 149
Iodine in Blast-Furnace Gas Dust, 579 Ionisation of Atmosphere, Investigations on, 680
Ionosphere, Investigations of, 680 Iraq, Kut Barrage Scheme, 197 Ireland, Valentine’s Glen, Railway Viaducts across,' 104*
Iris Diaphragm, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto, 281*, 365*
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— British Production of, 494
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
“ Iron Fireman ” Automatic Stoker, 230 Iron Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnace, Blast; Metal
lurgy
— Ore. See Ore
— Pig, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production in Derbyshire, 701
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— and Steel Consumption, United Kingdom,
18
Industrial Research Council, Investigations on Blast-Furnace Working, 655, 662, 663, 664, 682; Report of Corrosion Committee, 683, 743
Industry, Position and Reorganisation of, 463, 494, 603, 709

Iron and Steel Institute:

Andrew Carnegie Research Fund, 76 Autumn Meeting, Sheffield (1933):
Experiments on Resistance to Wear of Nitrogen-Hardened Cast-Iron, by
J. E. Hurst, 50*
Spring Meeting, London:
Programme, 496
Report of Council, 631
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 631
Presidential Address, by W. R. Lysaght, on Steel Industry in Australia and South Africa, 655
Presentation of Bessemer Medal to H.M. the King, 407, 655, 656
Annual Dinner, 656
Reports of Discussions, 655, 682, 712, 721 Carnegie Scholarship Awards, 683, 712 Williams Prize Awards, 712
Interaction of Gases and Ore in the Blast Furnace, Part III. Proposed Methods for Comparative Testing of Iron Ores, by Prof. W. A. Bone, Dr. H. L. Saunders and N. Calvert, 662. See 655; Part IV. Equilibria and Velocities in Ore Reduction, by Prof. W. A. Bone, Dr. H. L. Saunders and J. E. Rushbrooke, 662. See 655 First Report of Blast-Furnace Practice Sub-Committee to Iron and Steel Industrial Research Council, 663. See 656.
Report on Blast-Furnace Linings. Part I. Blast-Furnace Linings, Examination of Information Received in Reply to Questionnaire Circulated to Iron Manufacturers, by A. T. Green, 664;
Iron and Steel Institute—continued.
Spring Meeting, London—continued.
Part II. Some Properties of Fireclay Products used for Blast-Furnace Linings, by A. T. Green, W. Hugill,
F. H. Clews, and H. Ellerton, 664. See 682
Elasticity, Deflection and Resilience of Cast-Iron, by J. G. Pearce, 635*. See 682. See LETTER, 684*
Tin-Iron Alloy in Tin Plate, with Notes on Some Imperfections, by W. E. Hoare, 682
Microscopic Examination of Iron-Tin Reaction Products, by Dr. W. D. Jones and W. E. Hoare, 683
Second Report of Corrosion Committee, 743 See 683
Manufacture of Full-Finished Steel Sheets, by E. R. Mort, 689*, 741*. See 712
Effects of Cold Rolling on Intergranular Corrosion of 18/8 Stainless Steels, by E. C. Rollason, 713
Dendritic Segregation in Steel Ingots, by
D. L. Northcott, 721
Study of Ingot Structures, by Dr. L. Northcott, 721
Periodic Structures in Metals and Alloys, by Dr. L. Northcott, 721
Thermal Conductivity of Tool Steel, by D. Hattori, 722
Ageing Changes in Nitrided Steel, by E. G. Herbert, 745*
Iron and Steel Trades, Census of Production, Report on, 517
— — Works. See Works.
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
— Tin Reaction Products, Microscopical Examination of, 683
— Welding. See JVeZdiMg
— Wrought, Zonal Corrosion of, 683
— See also Cast Iron; Steel; Pig Iron;
Metallurgy
Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Columns ; Roofs; Steelwork; Structures
Irving, S. G., on Trade of Argentina, 463 Isherwood, Sir J. W., on Arcform Ships,
Design and Performances of, 574. See 568*
“Isipingo,” M.S., 144*
Isler, C., & Co., Ltd., Latton Pumping Station Boreholes, 647
Isotopes of Hydrogen, Discovery and Properties of, 464
Italian Battleship “Leonardo da Vinci,” Salvage of, 324
— State Railwavs, Diesel-Electric Train Ferry
“ Scilla,” 216* ; 4-6-4 Type 3,000-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 277*
— Submarine “Galileo Galilei,” Launch of, 594
Italy, Ofanto River, Flow of (Review), 284
— Reale Automobile Club, Competition for Snow-Removing Equipment, 518

JACKETS, Internal-Combustion Engine, Deposits in, 535
Jacob, Sir L. M., the Late, 272
Jahn and Co., Potato-Starch Making Machinery, 640*
Jakeman, C., on Heat-Insulating Materials, 1*, 58*, 171*, 252*
Jamsankoski Factory and Township, Finland, 4*
Japan, Earth Dams in, 278
Japanese Aircraft Carriers, 387
Jarratt, Sir W. S., on Provisional Patent Protection and Patent Claims, 90. See 101. See Erratum, 149
Jebens, O., on High-Pressure Turbines and Boilers for Ships, 700
Jeffrey, J. O., on Drop versus Film Formation, 519
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., Self-Cleaning Bar Screen, 718*
Jendrassik-Ganz Oil Engines, 606*
Jenkins, R., on History of Reverberatory Furnace, 161; on Derbyshire Industries, 701
Jenkins, R., & Co., Ltd., Glass-Enamelled Vessels, 262
Jersey, St. Helier’s Harbour Improvements, 441 Jet Condensers. See Condensers
— Steam. See Nozzles
Jetty, Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
— Loading, Cantilever, Phosphate-Handling
Plant, Ocean Island, 50*
— Oil, Port of Mombasa, 373
Jiges Boilers at Genval and Neder-Over-Heembeek, Belgium, 6*, 64*
Johns Hopkins University, Investigation oh Supersaturated Steam, 303*, 333*
Johns, Sir A. W., on Aircraft Carriers, 387. See 385
Johnson Water-Tube Boiler, Evaporative Tests, 19
Joints, Arc-Welded, Tests for, 112*
— Contraction, for Concrete Dams, 109
— Oil-Tight, for Switchgear, 354, 363*
— Pipe, for High Temperatures and Pressures,
Thermal Stresses in, 445*, 506*
— in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigations on, 566
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., High-Speed Drilling Machines, 540*
Jones, A. E., the Late, 579
Jones, Dr. W. D., on Iron-Tin Reaction Products, 683
Josse, Prof. E., on Loeffler Boiler Tests, 722* Journals. See Bearings
Joy, B. H., Resignation of, 327
Jubilee of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 434
Junkers, British, Oil Engines, 10-12 h.p., and 20-24 h.p., 33*

KANO, Nigeria, Water Supply of, 200
Keepalite Control Panel, 233*'
Keller Mechanical Engineering Corporation, Automatic General-Purpose Tool-Room Machine, 452*. See Addendum, 599
Kelvin Lecture on Electrical Phenomena at
Very Low Temperatures, 519
Kempf, Dr. G., on Ship Design and Propulsion, 700; on Pitching of Ships, 701
Kennedy Medal, Award to A. J. Grant, 327
Kent Automatic Combustion Control Systems, 130, 134*, 163
— Avenue Power Station, Automatic Combustion Control System at, 129*
— Coal, Tests in Yarrow Boiler, 454
Kent, J. L., on Ship Lengths for Minimum Pitching and Maximum Seaworthiness, 435
Keys and Keyways, Influence on Force and Shrinkage Fits, 439*, 465
Keystone Driller Co., Rock-Breaking Hammer, 81*
Kiangshan-Hangchow Railway, 4-8-0 Type Locomotive, 102*
Kilbagie, Scotland, Emergency Water-Supply Installation for Paper Mill, 549
Kinematograph Camera, High-Speed (Western Electric Co., Ltd.), 713
King, Dr. J. G., on Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel, 744
King George V Dry Dock, Southampton, Commissioning of, 99
King, H.M. George V, Acceptance of Bessemer Medal, 407, 655, 656
King’s College, London, Lectures on Fatigue of Metals, 173
King’s Lynn Gas Works, Modernisation of, 744
Kircheis, E., Double-Acting Concentric-Ram Deep-Drawing Press, 61*
Kirkcaldy, D., & Son, Tests of Deck Plating for Ships, 553*
Kirkham, J. & W., Ltd., Starting-Torque- Relief Mechanical Lubricator, 472*. See Errata, 571, 730
Klitzing, J., on German Bucket-Excavators for Brown-Coal Mining, 369*, 508*
Klopp, F., Hydraulic Shaping Machine with Quick Return,- 10*. See Addendum, 104
Kloppel, Dr. A., on Steel Columns with Concrete Cores, 727
Knife-Edges, Accuracy of, 19, 157
Knock Rating and Diesel Fuel, 102, 291
Kodak, Ltd., High-Speed Kinematograph Camera, 713
Koela Producer-Gas Plant Co., Ltd., Gas- Driven Motor Vehicles, Demonstration Journey, 312
Koker Stoker (Meldrums, Ltd.), 180
Kommers, J. B., on Elastic Strength, 695*, 737
Koopman, Major M., on Utilisation of Coke-Oven Gas, 573
Korea, Shako, Ore-Loading Ropeway, 539*
Kunial Copper Alloys, Properties of, 175
Kut Barrage Scheme, Iraq, 197

LA PRECISION MECANIQUE, Fuel Pump for High-Speed Engines, 593*
Laboratories, Electrical Engineering, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 309*, 395*
— Engineering, Nottingham University College, 485*
— See also National Physical

Labour :

American Labour under National Industrial Recovery Act, 238
Census of Production Statistics, 517 Employment of British Subjects in Russia, 317
— Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 17, 43, 73, 99, 127, 154, 198, 240, 283, 325
Engineers, Trained, Unemployment Amongst, 173
Foremanship, National Conference on. See National Conference on Foremanship
Health of Workers in Tropics, 620 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Insurance, Unemployment. See Unemployment (below)
Labour Conditions on Railways, 462
— Management, Institute of, Conference on Foremanship, 131
— Notes, 22, 47, 62, 103, 119, 145, 202, 219, 273, 302, 319, 358, 372, 399, 438, 468, 484, 511, 552, 567, 608, 634, 646, 686,714,740. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Mechanics, Garage, Proficiency Certificates for, 708
Railway Conciliation Schemes, 462
Repetitive Work, Incentives to, Report, 592
Skilled Employment and Apprenticeship Association, Report, 604
Time-Work and Payment by Results, 630 Trades Unionism and Railways, 462 Training for Engineering Trades, 629 Unemployment Statistics, Engineering and
Allied Industries, 17, 43, 73, 99, 127, 154, 198, 240, 283, 325
—- of Trained Engineers, 173
Workers and Safety First, 127 Workshop Organisation and Management, 547, 629. See LETTERS, 605, 632
Lac Noir Hydro-Electric Plant, Pipe Failure at, 155
Lacey, G., on Flow in Alluvial Rivers and Canals, 250
Laggan Dam, Concrete Temperature Records, 637*
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Lamb, H. C., on Developing the Power Load, 658
Lamble, J. H., on Distribution of Velocity around a Ship’s Model, 436
Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto, Ltd., Fan- kuld Totally-Enclosed Motors, 191*; Geared Motors, 191; Valve Rectifier, 191*
Lanchester, Dr. F. W., on Expansion of Universe, 3
Land Drainage, Effect on Water Shortage, 400 Landale, D., Hand-Power Rice-Mill, 189* Landing Stage, Ship-Loading Pier, Beckton
Gas Works, 531*
Landore Siemens Steel Co., Ltd., Steel-Tube Manufacture, 30
Langham Geared Motor Units, 191
Lanterns for Mercra Lamps (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 234*
Lapworth, H., Partners, Latton Pumping Station, Swindon, 647*, 653
Larke, Sir W., on Iron and Steel Industry, 709
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Lattice Girders, Stresses in (Review), 211
Latton Pumping Station, Swindon Waterworks, 647*, 653
Launch, Motor. See Motor Boat
— and Trial Trips, 52, 96, 124, 266, 427, 460,
660, 706
Laurence, Scott & Electromotors, Ltd., Hypo- synchronous Motor, 191* ; Rolling Motor for Conveyor Drives, 192*
“ Laurentic,” S.S., Salvage of Gold from, 324
Law, E. F., on Steel Rails, 359
Law. See\L«gaZ; Labour; Patents
Lawn Mower, 14-in. Petrol-Driven (Ransomes,
Sims & Jefferies, Ltd.), 184*
Le Bourget, Articulated Towers for High- Tension Transmission Lines, 581*
Lea, River, Valley, Utilisation of Water in, 400 Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production in Derbyshire, 701
League, Economic, Work of, 434
Leeds & Northrup Co., Automatic Combustion-
Control System, 134, 163; Vapocarb Method of Steel Hardening, 300

Legal:

Electricity Supply Bill, 520
Insurance of Motor Cars, Legal Decisions in, 313
Labour Legislation. See Labour
Navigation Acts, Effect on Shipping Industry, 492
Patent Law. See Patents
Road Legislation and Motor Traffic, 523
— and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, 17 ; Traffic over Bridges, 239
— Traffic Act, 1930, Traffic Sign Regulations, 127
— Bill, Review of, 405; Provision of Footpaths under, 495
Southend Corporation versus S.S. “ Brank- some Hall,” 530
Trade Marks Law Reform, Report, 602
Water-Supply Legislation, 434
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour; Patents
Lehigh University, Model Tests, 250-ton Revolving-Crane Tower, 615*
Leibrand, Dr., on Rail-Cars on German State Railways, 353
Leipzig Fair, Machine Tools at, 356, 382*, 410* “Leonardo da Vinci,” Italian Battleship,
Salvage of, 324
Letters to the Editor, 18, 102, 131, 157, 200, 218*, 272*, 291, 329, 344*, 400, 424*, 454, 496, 522, 550, 578, 605, 632, 684*, 739
Leyland Motors, Ltd., 15-ton Road Transport Unit, 91; 130-h.p. Oil-Driven Rail-Car,
269*
Lift, 1,000-ton, for Canal Barges, at Niederfinow, 374*
Lifting Bridges. See Bridges
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Velocity of, Astronomical Measurements
and, 3
Lighting Gas. See Gas
— Street, Developments in, 99
— -— Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps for,
82*
— System, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Too
Department, 666*
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightmeter (Benjamin Electric, Ltd.), 507
Lignite Industry in Austria, 42
Liner Concrete Machinery Co., Rotary-Drum Concrete Mixer, 185
— Cylinder, Non-Corrosive, for Internal-Combustion Engines (Barimar, Ltd.), 673
— See Steamers
Linings, Cast Iron, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
— Cupola, Investigations on, 280
— for High-Frequency Furnaces, 280
— Refractory, for Electric Steel-Melting Furnace, 457
Linkages for Switchgear Operation, 364*
Liquid Fuel. See OiZ Fuel; see also Benzol;
Motor ; Petrol
— Oxygen. See
— Viscosity of. See Viscosity
Literature, 139, 211, 254, 284, 366, 394, 450, 480, 504, 534, 577, 589, 617. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Technical and Scientific, Abstracting and
Indexing, 85*
Lithium, Transformation of, 421*
Litigation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents Liverpool Electrical Exhibition, 620
— Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311*
— Oil-Seed Handling and Storage Plant, 343* Liverpool Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Refrigerating
Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 426* ; Polar Sleeve-Valve Ammonia Compressor, 703*
Lloyd., W. E., the Late, 288
Lloyd-Evans, B. J., on Flame-Temperatures in Petrol Engine, 362*, 623 ; on Combustion in Petrol Engine, 743*
Lloyd’s Register, Researches by, 126
— Statistics, Vessels under Construction, 127,
520
Vessels Launched, 198
Load, Moving, Problems and Influence Lines, 60*. See LETTER, 218*
Loading Machines, Wagon and Ship, Coke-
Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 531* Local Authorities. See Municipal
Lochaber Scheme, Laggan Dam Investigations, 637*
Lock, Assouan Dam, 561*
— Lift, 1,000-ton, Niederfinow, Germany, 374* Locomotives, 4-6-2 Type Compound, Parts-
Orleans Railway, Performances of, 478*
— 22-28 h.p. Crude-Oil (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 181*
— 300-h.p. Diesel-Electric (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 648*
— 20-h.p. Diesel (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 182*
— Electric, 3,000-h.p„ 4-6-4 Type, Italian State Railways, 277*
— 2-6-4 Type, Electrically Welded Cylinders for, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 551*
— French, Performances of, 478*, 604
— 4-8-0 Type, for Hangchow-Kiangshan Railway, 102*
— Impact Effects on Bridges from, 118
— Industry, Imports and Exports, 198
-— Model, at Model Railway Club Exhibition, 407
— Oil-Electric, Constant-Power Control Gear for (Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth (Engineers), Ltd.), 63*
160-h.p. Oil Engine for (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 530*
— Road. See Motor ; Road ; Tractor
— 0-6-0 Type Shunting, Oil-Driven, London,
Midland & Scottish Railway, 510
— Shunting, 85-h.p. Oil-Driven (Motor Rail,
Ltd.), 182*
— Smoke-Box Conditions, Model Experiments on, 69
•— Steam, Mikado and Pacific Type, Italian State Railways, 278
— 4-6-4 Type Streamlined (Borsig A.-G.), 597*
— 2-6-0 Type, with Superheater, London,
Midland & Scottish Railway, 76*
— 2-8-2 Type, Three-Cylinder, Express, Lon
don & North Eastern Railway, 621*, 715*, 728*, 739
— 4-6-0 Type Three-Cylinder Passenger
London Midland and Scottish Railway, 487*
— 2-6-4 Type, Three-Cylinder, Tank, London
Midland & Scottish Railway, 386*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Loeffler Boiler Tests, Caroline Power Station,
722*
Logging Chute, Hogfors Hydro-Electric Station, 29*
London to Baghdad, Journey of Producer-Gas Lorries, 132
— Bankside Control Room, 497
— Census of Production Statistics for, 517
— County Council, Reconstruction of Chelsea
Bridge, 221; Reconstruction of Waterloo Bridge, 406, 681; Demolition of Waterloo Bridge, 736
— Electric Supply Co., Ltd., 94,000-kVA
Turbo-Alternator, 5 36*
— Floods and Thames Tides, 337*
— Hoist & Machinery Co., Crane Safety Hook,
611*
— King’s College, Lectures on Fatigue of
Metals, 173
— Meeting, International Union of Pure and
Applied Physics, 709
— Midland & Scottish Railway, 2-6-0 Type
Superheater Locomotive, 76* ; Northern Counties Committee, Greenisland Loop Line, 104* ; 130-h.p. Oil-Driven Rail-Car, 269*; 2-6-4 Type Three-Cylinder Tank Locomotive, 386*; Whitehaven Tunnel Repairs, 443; 4-6-0 Type Passenger
Locomotive, 487* ; 0-6-0 Type Oil-Engined Shunting Locomotives, 510; Shunting Locomotive, 160-h.p., Eight-Cylinder Oil Engine for, 530*; Electrically-Welded Cylinders for Locomotive, 551* ; 300-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 648*; Turning and Boring Mill for Wheel Centres, 662*
— & North Eastern Railway, Gidea Park to
Shenfield Widening, 75*; Anti-Coal- Breaker for Ship Loading, 485*; 2-8-2 Type Three-Cylinder Express Locomotive, 621*, 715*, 728*, 739
— Power Company, 105,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 674
— Rain in, Statistical Probability of, 611
— Streets and Paving, Early History of, 399
— Telephone Service, Report 155
— Trolley-’Bus Developments in, Opposition
to, 156
—- Underground Railways. See Underground
— University College, Memorial to R. Trevithick, 459, 493
Long, W. B., Tail-Shaft Reconditioning Machine, 133*
Lome, F., on Architectural Use of Sheet- Metal Products, 727
Lorry-Loading and Sack-Filling Plant for Coke, Beckton Gas Works, 418*
— See also Motor Lorries ; Tractors
Lostock Booster Station, Manchester Waterworks, 120*
Liibecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft, Excavators for Brown-Coal, 370* ; Spreading Machine, 371*
Lubrication of Bearings with Oil Circuits, 441*, 464
— Sources of Information on, 85*
— Systems in Motor-Car Engines, 153 Lubricating Oils. See also Oils
Lubricator, Mechanical, Starting-Torque-Relief (J. & W. Kirkham, Ltd.), 472*. See Errata, 571, 730
Lucas, J., Ltd., High-Frequency Automatic- Feed Drill, 260*
Lucerne Conference on Broadcasting Wavelengths, 70
Lupton, H. R., on Pumping of Rural Water Supplies, 621
Lyons, Colonel Sir H., on Physics and Science Museums, 601
Lysaght, W. R., on Steel Industry in Australia and South Africa, 655

M’LENNAN, PROF. J. C„ on Electrical Phenomena at Very Low Temperatures, 519
Macdonald, Major J. A., “ High-Speed ” Gas Producer, 512*
Macdonald, Sir M., and Partners, Heightening of Assouan Dam, 559*
Mac. See also Me
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests (Materials)

Machine Tools :

Boring Machine, Multi-Spindle Precision (Vomag Werke), 410*
Precision (Mayer und Schmidt), 410*
— Milling, Drilling and Tapping Machine, Horizontal (G. Richards & Co., Ltd.), 249
— and Turning Mill, Extension Type (G. Richards <t Co., Ltd.), 521*
Mill for Wheel Centres (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 662*
Cam-Milling Lathe Attachment (Monarch Machine Tool Co.), 172*
Cross-Cutting and Trenching Machine for Wood (Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd.), 185*
Cutting Machines, Oxygen Jet (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 225*
Die-Head, Tangic (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 235*
Drill, Coal and Stone, Electrical (Hardypick, Ltd.), 307*
— Twist, Manufacture by T. Firth and J. Brown, Ltd., 665*
Drilling Machines for Fine Work (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 540*
Friction-Driven (Webo Gemein- schaft Westdeutscher Bohrmaschinen- fabriken), 382*
High-Frequency, Automatic-Feed (J. Lucas, Ltd.), 260*
Infinitely-Variable Speed (Auerbach und Scheibe A.-G.), 382
— and Grinding Machines, Combination
(Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 190
— Tapping, Milling and Boring Machine, Horizontal (G. Richards & Co., Ltd.), 249
Finishing Machine, Hydraulic Precision (Vogtlandische Maschinefabrik A.-G.), 316*
Gear Cutting, Spur, Correct and Incorrect Hobs for, 533*
— and Drilling Machines, Combination
(Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 190 Grinding Machine, Bench, Motor-Driven (S. Wolf & Co., Ltd.), 263*
— for Gears1, Automatic (Deutsche Niles Werke), 411*
for Lathe Mounting (S. Wolf & Co., Ltd.), 263*
— — at Leipzig Fair, 356
— — Saw-Tooth Automatic (Hanchett
Manufacturing Co.), 136*
— for Telescope Mirrors (Sir H. Grubb Parsons & Co.), 449*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (Below)
Jig-Boring Attachment for Tool-Room Machine (Keller Mechanical Engineering Corporation), 452*. See Addendum, 599
Lathe, Cam-Milling Attachment for (Monarch Machine Tool Co.), 172*
— Capstan, 6|-in. Centre (H. W. Ward & Co., Ltd.), 46*
— Chuck, Air-Operated (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 235*
— Heavy, 55-in. Centre Four-Saddle (Noble and Lund), 618*
— at Leipzig Fair (Verein Deutscher Drehbank-Fabriken), 411
— Preoptive Headstock for (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 345*
— Saddle and Headstock for (Gebriider Boehringer G.m.b.H.), 411*
— Shaft, 15}-in. Centre Hydraulically- Operated (A. Calzoni, S.A.), 594*
— Special Purpose (Gebriider Boehringer G.m.b.H.), 411*
— Turret, 7f-in. Centre Cross-Sliding (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 24*
— Wheel-Turning, Carriage and Wagon (W. Asquith, Ltd.), 455*
Machine Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tool Design, German, Tendencies in, 356
— — Hydraulic Drive for, 357
Industry, Condition of, 9
Industry, Position and Prospects,154 at Leipzig Fair, 356, 382*, 410* Trades Association, Annual Dinner, 381
Milling, Drilling, Tapping and Boring Machine, Horizontal (G. Richards & Co., Ltd.), 249
— Machine, Electro-Hydraulic Automatic (Wanderer-Werke), 382*
— — High-Speed Vertical, Electrically-
Operated (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 105*
Universal (F. Deckel), 384*
Mortising Machine for Wood (Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd.), 185
Moulding Machine, Roll-Over Pattern, for Foundries (Pneulec, Ltd.), 186*
Pipe-Forming Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 236
Planer, Rotary, for 250-ton Revolving Crane Roller Path, 671*
Polisher and Sander, Combination (Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 190*
Press, 6-ton Adjustable Stroke (Taylor & Challen, Ltd.), 227*
— 6-ton Bench (Taylor & Challen, Ltd.),
227*
— Curing (G. Finney & Co.), 187*
Machine Tools—continued.
Press, Deep-Drawing, Double-Acting Concentric-Ram (E. Kircheis), 61*
— 150-ton Double-Crank (Hordern, Mason
& Edwards, Ltd.), 226*
— 120-ton Double-Crank (Taylor &
Challen, Ltd.), 227*
— Drawing, Belt-Driven (Taylor & Challen, Ltd.), 227*
— — (Hordern, Mason & Edwards, Ltd.),
226*
— 200-ton (Hordern, Mason & Edwards,
Ltd.), 226*
— Hydraulic, 50-ton (T. H. & J. Daniels, Ltd.), 261*
— — Piercing, Erhardt, for Seamless-
Tube Manufacture, 87*
— — 10,000-ton Rubber-Vulcanising (G.
Siempelkamp & Co.), 156*
— Safety Gear for (Allgemeine Elektrizi- tats Gesellschaft), 333*
— Toggle (Mass Products, Ltd.), 188*
— 40-ton and 75-ton Toggle-Action,
Open-Fronted (Mass Products, Ltd.), 162*
Profiling and Thread-Cutting Machine, (Neisser Eissngiesserei und Maschin- enbauanstalt), 383*
Reconditioning Machine for Tail Shafts (Harvey, Wilson & Osborne, Ltd.), 133*
Rolling Machine for Barrel Ends (L. Schuler A.-G.), 412*
Sander and Polisher, Combination (Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 190*
Saws, Circular, Manufacture by T. Firth & J. Brown, Ltd., 665*
— — Portable (D. Landale), 189*
Specifications, 158
Shaping Machine, Hydraulic, with Quick Return (F. Klopp), 10*. See Addendum, 104
Shearing Machine for Corrugated Sheets (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 236*
Guillotine (Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd.), 231*
Tapping, Drilling, Milling and Boring Machine, Horizontal (G. Richards & Co., Ltd.), 249
Thread-Cutting and Profiling Machine (Neisser Eisengiessereiund Maschinen- bauanstalt), 383*
Tools, Cutting, Ardoloy (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 236
— Department, Engineers’, T. Firth & J. Brown, Ltd., 665*
— Room Machine, General Purpose, Automatic (Keller Mechanical Engineering Corporation), 452*. See Addendum, 599
— Universal. Satchel (F. Gilman (B.S.T.), Ltd.), 190*
Trenching and Cross-Cutting Machine for Wood (Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd.), 185*
Turning and Boring Mills. See Boring (above)
Turret Lathes. See Lathes (above)
Vice Mounting, All-Angles (C. Winn & Co., Ltd.), 236*
— Universal, Robblak (Roberts, Black <fc Co., Ltd.), 689*
Woodworking Machinery, Cross-Cutting and Trenching Machine (Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd.), 185*
Mortising Machine ( Dominion Machinery Co., Ltd.), 185
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition, Olympia, 10
— Vice. See Vice under Machine Tools
— Work. See Machine Tools
Machinery Imports and Exports, Statistics,
17, 43, 73, 99, 127, 154, 198, 240, 283, 325
— and Plant for Constructional Work (Review),
451
Mackness, C. F., the Late, 91
Madras, Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
Madrid University, Velox Boiler Plant for, 527 Magnesia, Thermal Conductivity of, 171*, 252* Magnesite-Bearing Rocks in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Utility of, 280
— Bricks, Burning of, 280
Magnetic Stabilisation of Nitrided Steels, 745* Magnetic Valve Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Magnetron Oscillation Generator, High-Frequency (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.) 44*
Maier-Leibnitz, Prof. H., on Rigid Frames in Steel Structures, 727
Maierform Passenger Liner' “ Schamhorst,” 593
Mail Services, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Main, F. L., on Steel-Sheet Usage in Building Construction, 727
Mains, Electric. See Gables under Electric Mallock, R. R. M., Electrical Calculating Machine, 698*
Management Function in Workshops, 547. See LETTERS, 605, 632
— of Works. See Works Management Manchester College of Technology, Scholarships, 685
— Owens College, History of, 196
— University, Model Experiments on Tidal
Estuaries, 520
— Waterworks, Lostock Booster Station, 120* “Manhattan,” S.S., Oil-Fuel Consumption of,
106
Mannesmann Process of Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30*
Manometer, Micro-, (Negretti dr Zambra), 258* Manufactured Products, Statistical Tests for, 288
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
— of Seamless Tubes, 30*, 87*, 137*
— See also Trade
Mar-Vil 0-5-h.p., Petrol Engine, 181* Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Magnetron Oscillation Generator, 44*; Photo-Telegraphic Equipment, 203*
Marconi Direction-Finding Equipment for Submarines, 401'*
Maria de Rheita, Invention of Terrestrial Telescope, 575
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Alternating Current for, 361
Machinery, 8-h.p.Diesel-Driven Lighting, Pumping and Air Compressor Set (Petters, Ltd.), 439*
— — Machinery, Oil-Driven Electric Genera
tor, Air Compressor and Pumping Set, Ferry Boats “Queen Margaret” and “ Robert the Bruce,” 290*
— — Machinery, 10-13 h.p. Paraffin-Driven
Lighting and Air Compressor Set (Parsons Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 439*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Murine Propulsion
— Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 283
Lloyd’s Statistics, 127, 198, 520
? Practice and Power-Station Practice Compared, 152
Works. See Works
— Engineers, Institute of, Turbo-Electric
Propulsion, by C. W. Saunders, 239; Annual Dinner, 269 ; Alternating Current for Ships’ Auxiliary Machinery, by W. J. Belsey, 361
— and Naval Architects, American Society
of. See Naval Architects
— Machinery and Land Machinery Compared,
152
— — Output, 1933, 12, 46
Weight of, 700
— Propulsion, Advances in, 700
Advantages of Diesel-Electric Machinery, 353
— — Diesel-Electric Paddle Ferry Boats,
“ Queen Margaret ” and “ Robert the Bruce,” 288*
— Diesel Engines for Fishing Craft, 164 Diesel versus Steam Drive for Cargo Ships, 106
— —- 5,000-s.h.p. Diesel-Electric Installation.
Train Ferry “ Scilla,” 216*
Electrically-Driven Ships, ElectroPneumatic Control for, 414*
? 5,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, “ Twicken
ham Ferry,” 453*
2,200-i.h.p. High-Speed Geared Compound Engine with Exhaust Turbine, S.S. “ Adderstone,” 347*
High-Pressure Turbines and Boilers for, 700
Limits of Steam Pressure for, 701
— — Model Tests, Auxiliary Propeller Drive,
466. See Erratum, 515
— — 220-b.h.p. Oil Engine, Motor Drifter
“ Girl Helen,” 389
— — Oil-Fuel Consumption in S.S. “ Manhattan,” 106
— — 2,300-b.h.p. Polar Atlas Oil Engines,
M.Y. “ Rosaura,” 564*
Possibilities of Improvement in, 152
— — 100-b.h.p. Scavenge-Pump Type Diesel
Engine, Motor Barge “ Resourceful,” 390 1,750-i.h.p. Triple-Expansion Engines,
S.SS. “ Arcwear ’’and“ Arctees,” 568*, 574
— — Turbo-Electric Propulsion, 239
Turbines, Steam, Possibilities of Improvements in, 152
Types of Machinery for Cargo Ships, 324 — Velox Boiler Plants for, 526
— — 2,400-s.h.p. Workman-Clark-Sulzer Oil
Engines, M.S. “ Isipingo,” 144
— — See also Engines; Turbines; Pro
pellers : Ship Resistance ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Marsh, Dr. C. M., on Air Conditioning in Industry, 463
Martin, H. M., Investigation of Supersaturated Steam, 303*
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Niirnberg A.G., 300-ton Overhead Travelling Crane, 483*
Maschinenfabrik Buckau-R.Wolf A.-G., Bucket- Excavator, for Brown Coal, 370* ; Spreading Machine, 371*
Masonry Dam, Assouan, Heightening of, 559*
Mass Products, Ltd., Toggle-Action Open- Fronted Presses, 162*; Double-Sided Toggle Press, 188* ; 4-ton Toggle Press, 188*
Masterman, C. A., on Gas Distribution and Utilisation in North America, 744
Materials, Properties and Testing of (Review), 139
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials) Mathematical Functions, Standard, Graphs
of (Review), 255
Mather & Platt, Ltd., Automatic Sprinkler System for Railway-Carriage Sheds, 300
Matter, Transmutation of, 325, 355*, 367*, 420*
Matthews, R. B., on French Farm Machinery, 450*
Maughan, J. D., on Control of Temperatures of Travelling Grate Stokers, 587*, 656*, 669*
May Lecture, Institute of Metals, on Gases and Metal Surfaces, 575
Mayer und Schmidt, Precision Boring Machine, 410*
Mazda-Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps, 82*, 234*
McAlpine, Sir R., & Sons, Ltd., Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311* ; Gidea Park to Shenfield Railway Widening, 75*
McClean, W. N., on River Flow Measurements, 25
McLaren, J. & H., Ltd., 10-n.h.p. Compound Traction Engine, 478* ; 6-n.p.h. SingleCylinder Traction Engine, 478*
Me. See also Mac
Meares, J. W., on Water Storage for Reserve Power, 91. See 97.' See LETTER, 131, 157 Measuring Tapes, Steel, for Electric Cables (J. Chesterman & Co., Ltd.), 584*
Measurements, Technical (Review), 394
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Thermal Performance of Detroit Turbine using Steam at 1,000 deg. F., by W. A. Carter and F. O. Ellenwood, 23*, 78*; Super-Saturated Steam, by J. I. Yellott, Junr., 308*. 833*

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

London Meetings, Winter Session:
Evolution of Invention, by EL W. Dickinson, 89. See 101. See Erratum, 149
The Inventor, by Dr. H. S. Hatfield, 90. See 101. See Erratum, 149
Provisional Patent Protection and Patent Claims, by Sir W. S. Jarratt, 90. See 101. See Erratum, 149
Development and Exploitation of Inventions, by A. H. Gledhill, 90. See 101. See Erratum, 149
Development of Automatic Combustion Control Systems for Industrial and Power-Station Boilers, by J. L. Hodgson and L. L. Robinson, 134*, 162. See 129* Presentation of Prizes, 241 Annual Report, 241
Benevolent Fund, 241, 354. See 237 Election of Officers, 241
Some Factors in Design of Surface Condensing Plant by H. L. Guy and E. V. Winstanley, 159*, 204*, 275*. See 242, 519. See LETTER, 345
Mechanics of Electrical Switchgear, by
H. Trenchman, 363*, 389*. See 354
Gas Works Practice, by F. M. Birks, 499*, 554. See 495
North-Western Branch ;
Annual Dinner, 71
Some Factors in Design of Surface Condensing Plant, by H. L. Guy and E. V. Winstanley, 159*, 204*, 275*. See 242, 519. See LETTER, 345
The Velox Steam Generator, by M. G. S. Swallow, 469*, 526*. See 431, 528. See Erratum, 458
Mechanical Flight. See Aeronautics
— Lubricator. See Lubricator
— Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Cars ; Tractors
Mechanics, Applied, International Congress for, Cambridge, 629, 710
— of Electrical Switchgear, 354, 363*, 389*
—- Technical (Review), 367
Megger Capacity Meter (Evershed & Vignoles, Ltd.), 233*
— Circuit-Testing Ohmmeter (Evershed &
Vignoles, Ltd.), 234*
— Insulation Tester (Evershed & Vignoles,
Ltd.), 141*
Meldrums, Ltd., Koker Stoker, 180; Acid- Resisting Pump, 180*
Memorials to R. Trevithick, Merthyr Tydfil and London, 320, 459, 493
Mendeleeff, Centenary of, 173
Merchant Shipbuilding. See SAip&ui&fing
— Ships. See Ships ; Steamers
Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps for Street Lighting, 82*
Mercury-Arc Rectifiers (Review), 255
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Mersey Estuary, Model Experiments on, 520
— Paper Mills, 9,000 kW Steam-Extraction
Turbine, 674*
— Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311*
Merthyr Tydfil, Memorial to R. Trevithick at, 820, 459, 493
Merz and McLellan, Barking Power Station, 143* Metals, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Electric Conductivity at Low Temperatures,
519
— Fatigue Characteristics in, Influence of
Intercrystalline Boundary on, 328
of. See also Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
— Filament Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Heat-Resisting, 133

Metals, Institute of:

May Lecture on Gases and Metal Surfaces, by Prof. E. K. Rideal, 575
Spring Meeting, London:
Programme, 147
Report of Council, 299
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 299 Election of Officers, 299
Presidential Address, by Dr. H. Moore, on Work of the Institute, 299
Annual Dinner, 329
Reports of Discussions, 327, 340 Minimum Dimensions of Test Samples for Brinell and Diamond-Pyramid Hardness Tests, by Dr. G. A. Hankins and C. W. Aldous, 327
Influence of Gases in 8-per cent. Copper- Aluminium Alloy on Normal and Inverse Segregation, by Dr. I. G. Slater, 328
Influence of Intercrystalline Boundary on Fatigue Characteristics, by Dr. H. J. Gough, J. L. Cox and D. G. Sopwith, 328
Viscous Properties of Extruded Eutectic Alloys of Lead-Tin and Bismuth-Tin, by C. E. Pearson, 340
Some Formulae concerning Viscous and Plastic Flow in Soft Metals, by Dr.
E. W. Fell, . 340
Castability of Ternary Alloys, by Prof. A. Portevin and Dr. P. Bastien, 340 Alloys of Silver and Beryllium, by H. A. Sloman, 341
Transverse Tests on Sand-Cast Aluminium- Alloy Bars, by C. E. Phillips and J. D. Grogan, 341
Constitution of Copper-Iron-Silicon Alloys, by Prof. D. Hanson and Dr. E. G. West, 341
Transformations in Copper-Palladium Alloys, by R. Taylor, 342.
Malleability of Nickel and Monel Metal, by O. W. Ellis, 342
Constitution of Alloys of Magnesium in Nickel, by Dr. J. L. Haughton and R. J. M. Payne, 342
Metals, Periodic Structure in, 721
— Price, Diagrams, 21*, 158*, 301*, 412*,
522*, 660*
— Soft, Viscous and Plastic Flow in, 340
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Surfaces and Gases, Interaction between, 575
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallography. See j/icropAotograpAs

Metallurgy :

Alloys, Aluminium, for Motor Cars, 524 Specification for, Forgings, 697 Value of Transverse Tests of, 341 — Bismuth-Tin Eutectic, Viscous Properties of, 340
?— Copper-Aluminium, Influence of Gases on Segregation in, 328
Beryllium, Properties of, 125 •
— — Iron-Silicon, Constitution of, 341 Kunial, Properties of, 175
Palladium, Transformations in, 342 See also Brass ; Bronze, &c.
— Lead-Tin Eutectic, Viscous Properties of, 340
— Non-Ferrous, and Steels, Tensile Properties in Liquid Hydrogen, 331. See LETTER, 550
— Periodic Structure in, 721
— Predicting Properties of, 462. See LETTER, 522
— Silver-Beryllium, Investigations on, 340
— Ternary, Castability of, 340
— Tin-Iron, in Tin-Plate, 682
— Tungum, Properties of, 495 Blast Furnaces. See .Furnaces Brass. See Brass Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Coke Ovens. See Cojfce Ovens Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Crystalline Structure, Relation to Fatigue Failure, 298*
Foundry. See Foundry; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat-Treatment Plant for Large Forgings (English Steel Corporation, Ltd.), 713*
— — Shop, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool
Department, 668*
in Steel-Sheet Manufacture, 690*, 712, 742*
Use of Town Gas for, 688
Vapocarb Hump Method- of Steel Hardening, 300
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
— Tin Reaction Products, Investigation of, 683
Metallurgical Research at High Temperatures, Refractories for, 280
Metals, Crystalline Structure of, Relation to Fatigue Failure, 298*
— Fatigue Characteristics in, Influence of Intercrystalline Boundary on, 328
— Heat-Resisting, 133
— in Liquid Hydrogen, Tensile Properties
of, 331. See LETTER, 550
— Soft, Viscous and Plastic Flow in, 340
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Nitrided Steel, Ageing Changes in, 745* Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Ingot Structures, 721
— Melting Plant, Electric. S. Fox & Co. Ltd., 455*
— for Rails, Properties of, 359
— Sheets, Full-Finished, Manufacture of, 689*, 712, 741*
Tool Steels, Thermal Conductivity of, 722, Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Instituteof ; Microphotographs; Foundry and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Meteorological Records, British Isles, Summer of 1933, 34
— Society, Royal, Exceptional Summer of 1933
by Dr. J. Glasspoole and W. L. Andrew, 34; China Rainfall and World Weather, by Chang-Wang Tu, 345; Variation of Frequency of Thunderstorms in Relation to Sunspots, by Dr. C. E. P. Brooks, 345 ; Symons Lecture on British Polar Year Expedition, Fort Rae, Canada, 1932-33, by J. M. Stagg, 472; Possibility of Condensation by Descent of Air, by D. Brunt, 611; Statistical Probability of Rain in London, by D. Dewar, 611; Rainfall Variations, England and New England (U.S.A.), by C. M. Savile, 611; World Climate during Quaternary Period, by Dr. G. C. Simpson, 728
Meter, Automatic, for Outflow from Field Drams, 77*
— See also Electric
Methane Explosions. See Colliery Explosions Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Tests for Arc-Welded Joints, 112* ; Electrical Equipment for Fans, Mersey Road Tunnel, 166*, 311* ; Electrical Equipment Diesel- Electric Ferry Boats “ Queen Margaret” and “ Robert the Bruce,” 289* ; Investigation of Thermal Stresses in Pipe Joints, 445*, 506*; 1,250-kW High-Frequency Motor Generator, 456* ; Portable Noise- Measurement Apparatus, 576; 105,000- kW Turbo-Generator, 674; 60,000-kW
Turbo-Generators, Fulham Power Station, 738
Mexico, Don Martin Buttress-Type Dam, 592* Michelin Co., Motor Rail Car with Pneumatic
Tyres, 726
Michell Bearings, Lubrication of, 442, 465 Microphotographs, Atomised Oil Fuel, 285*
— Cold-Rolled Steel Strip, 742*
— Hot-Rolled Steel Strip, 691*
Mid-East England, Electricity Supply in, 493 Middlesbrough, Newport Vertical-Lift Bridge, 257*
Milan, Tests of Turrinelli Trolley ’Bus, 430* Military Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Mills, Paper, Dartford, Power Station for, 472* Kilbagie, Emergency Water-Supply Installation, 549
— Plug, for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 88,
137
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
— Soap-Making (H. Simon, Ltd.), 229*
— Steel Buildings, Design of (Review), 140 Miller, Dr. O. Von, the Late, 539
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Milon, A., Adjustable Harrow, 450
Mineral Oils. See Oils
— Wealth of British Columbia, Report, 547
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Experimental, Bruceton, United States,
Investigations at, 558
— United States Bureau of. See United
States
— Use of Steel Pit Props in, 727
— See also Coal; Collieries ; Mining ; Ores ;
Winding; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining Engineers, Institution of, Memorandum on Dedusting of Coal, 443; Memorandum on Slurries, 745
— and Metallurgy, Institution of, Dinner, 520
— See ajso PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Transport. See Transport
Minnesota, University of, Investigations on Heat Transmission through Building Materials, 628
Minorsky, Prof. N., Automatic Steering Equipment,. 408, 413
Mirror, Glass, for 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, Toronto, 365*, 449
Mitchell Conveyor & Transporter Co., Ltd., Coal-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 141*
Mitchell, N. D., on Fire Protection of Steel Columns, 5
Mixing Machines, Concrete. See Concrete
Model, Birchenough Bridge, Southern Rhodesia, 710
— Civil Engineering, Value of, 267
— Experiments, Flamm System of Stabilising
Ships, 502*
— — on Locomotive Smoke-Box Conditions, 69
— — on Scale Effect on Screw Propellers, 436
— — on Tidal Estuaries, 520
— — ?See Aeronautics; Ship Models; Ship
Resistance
— Railway Club Exhibition, 407
— Ship in Turbulent Stream, Distribution of
Velocity around, 436
— of Transportable Bridge, 710
— Tests, 250-ton Revolving-Crane Tower, 615* Screw Propellers of Varying Blade
Section 716*. See 409.
Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735*
Mollier Chart, Position of Wilson Line in, 303*, 333*
Mombasa, Port of, Improvements at, 373
Monarch Machine Tool Co., Cam-Milling Lathe Attachment, 172*
Mondeville, Tests of Velox Boiler Plant, 471
Monkswell, Lord, on Locomotive Work in France, 1933, 478*, 604
Montgomerie, Dr. J., on Thickness of Deck Plating, 553*
Moore Centrifugal Casting Machine, 422*
Moore, Dr. H., on Work of Institute of Metals, 299
Mooring Swivel Assembly, Liability for Failure of, 530
Morpeth Dock Pump Room, Mersey Road Tunnel, 313*
Morris Motors, Ltd., 5-10 h.p. and 20-40; Industrial Paraffin Engines, 525*
Morris, T. N., on Canning Industry, 297
Mort, E. R., on Manufacture of Full-Finished Steel Sheets, 689*, 741*. See 712
Mortising Machines. See Machine Tools
Motion of Railway Vehicles on Curved Line (Review), 505
Motor Barge “ Resourceful,” 390
— Boats, High-Speed, Exhibition at Hythe, 454
— Cars, American, Improvements in Design, 153
— Cars, Citroen, Manufacture of, 726
— Car, 25-h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Daimler Co., Ltd.), 522

Motor-Car Details :

Axles, Rear, Turrinelli Trolley-’Bus, 430* Brakes, Developments in, 556 Clutches, Developments in 556
Engines and Wheels, Noises Resulting from, 295
— See Engines, Petrol, Motor-Car
Gear Transmission, Developments in, 524 Steering Arrangements, Improvements in, 154
Torsional Stabiliser for Hupmobile Motor Cars, 154
Wheel Arrangements for Commercial Vehicles, 523
— Independent Springing of, 153
Motor-Car Engineers. See Automobile Engineers
Engines. See Engines, Petrol
Fuels. See Motor Fuels
Frames, Improvements in, 154
— — Gear Boxes. See Motor-Car Details
Hispano-Suiza, Manufacture of, 726
History and Development of, 523, 556
Insurance of, Legal Decisions in, 313
Noise Suppression in, 295, 297
Progress in Materials for, 523
Renault, Manufacture of, 726
Streamlining of, 153
— — See also Motor Cycle and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 73
— Drifter “ Girl Helen,” 389
— Electric, Alternating-Current, for Marine Purposes, 361
Motor, Electric, 5-h.p., 550-volt, Flame-Proof (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 259*
Fractional h.p., Canadian Specification, 599
— — Geared (Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd.), 191
Hyposynchronous (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 191*
- 116-h.p. “No-Lag” (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 235*
30-h.p. “No Lag,” Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 666*
for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 174* Polyphase Induction (Review), 534
— — Propulsion, 2,000-h.p. Train Ferry
“ Scilla,” 216*
Rolling, for Conveyor Drives (Laurence, Scott & Electromotors, Ltd.), 192*
— Synchronous, “Hopkinson" Instability
in, 616, 642*
Totally-Enclosed, Fankuld (Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto, Ltd.), 191*
380-b.h.p., Witton Synchronous-Induction, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 427*
— Fuels from Coal, Demonstration of, 685
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 73, 99
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics ; •
Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries, Steam, Development of, 563* Steam, Six-Wheeled (Fodens, Ltd.), 563* 5-ton Steam (Fodens, Ltd.), 563* See also Motor Vehicles
—? Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ;
Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Plough. See Tractors
Motor Rail, Ltd., 85-h.p. Oil-Driven Shunting
Locomotive, 182*
— Road Rollers. See Road Rollers
Transport, Commercial (Review), 254
— Show, New York, 153
— Spirit. See Motor Fuel
— Taxation and Road Fund, 99
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transport in Austria, 42 and Road Traffic Bill, 405
— Vehicles, Electrically-Propelled, Demonstration of, 685
— — Gas-Driven, London to Bagdad, Journey
by, 132
Gas-Operated, Demonstration of, 685 “ High-Speed ” Gas Producer for, 512*
— — History and Development of, 523, 556
— — Imports and Exports, 99
South Africa, Imports of, 654
— — Use of Coal Derivatives for, Demonstration of, 685
— Yacht “ Rosaura,” 564* Motorships Built in 1933, 20, 38
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 127,
520
— Fire-Fighting Arrangements in, 465
— “ Indrapoera,” Flamm Stabiliser Tests, 645*
— “Isipingo,” 144*
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 198
— and Steamers, Comparative Economy of, 106
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311* ; Vertical-Lift Bridge, Newport, Middlesbrough, 257*
Mould, Casting, for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 137*
— Centrifugal Casting-Machine, Balancing
Machine for, 422*
Moulding Machine, Roll-Over Pattern (Pneulec, Ltd.), 186*
— Machines, Wood. See Machine Tools
— See also Foundry
Mounting of Wire for Fatigue Tests, 503* Moving Load Problems and Influence Lines, 60*. See LETTER, 218*
Mower, Lawn, 14-in. Petrol-Driven (Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd.), 184*
Moyne, Lord, M- Y., “ Rosaura,” 564*
Moynihan, J. R., on Drop versus Film Formation on Condenser Tubes, 519
Muirhead and Co., Ltd., 1,000-Frequency Standard for Wireless Stations, 71
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, Liverpool Meeting, Programme, 599; Presidential Address, by P. J. Robinson, on Development of Electricity Supply, 620; Developing the Power Load, by H. C. Lamb and W. E. Swale, 658; Electricity Supply to the Small Householder, by J. W. J. Townley, 659; Annual Dinner, 660; Present-Day Practice in Alternating-Current Urban Distribution by L. Romero, 673. See Erratum, 704
— Tramways. See Tramways Murayama Dam, Japan, 279
Murgatroyd, J. B., on Strength of Glass, 244 Murphy Screwless Swivel (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 637*
Museum of Practical Geology, Stresses in Framework of, 566, 727
— Science, and Physics, 601
Refrigeration Exhibition, 494
— United States National, Annual Report, 692 Myllykoski Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 28*

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOREMANSHIP; Selection and Training of Foremen and Supervisors, by A. P. Young, 131, and by T. H. Burnham, 132; Works Discipline from Labour Manager’s Point of View, by Dr. C. H. Northcott, 132; What the Works Manager expects from the Foreman, by F. H. Bullock, 132
— Defence Factories, Armament Firms as, 434
— Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers
becomes British Iron and Steel Federation, 463, 494; Statistics of Iron and Steel Industry, 494
National Gas & Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Tests of 630-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine, 330; 220-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine, 389
— Industrial Recovery Act, United States,
Policy of, 238
— Physical Laboratory, Testing of Steam-Pipe
Insulating Materials, 1*, 58*, 171*, 252*; Aeronautical Investigations at, 125; High-Sensitivity Creep-Testing Equipment, 212*; Investigations on Fatigue Failure and Crystalline Structure, 298*; Experiments on Screw Propellers of Varying Blade Section, 409, 716* ; Model Tests of Auxiliary Propeller Drive, 466. See Erratum, 515; Tests of Model Coasters, 519; Model Tests of Arcform Form of Hulls, 570, 574; Wireless Transmitting Apparatus, 681; Investigation on Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735; Annual Inspection, 737
— Smoke Abatement Society, Conference on
Use of Smokeless Fuels, Programme, 637; Conference, 707
Nauru, Phosphate-Handling Installation at, 48*
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Scholarships, 221
Spring Meeting, London: Programme, 128, 274 Report of Council, 384 Election of Officers, 384 Presidential Address, by Lord Stonehaven, on Shipbuilding Industry, 384 Reports of Discussions, 384, 408, 435, 464. See Erratum, 515
Annual Dinner, 385 Aircraft Carriers, by Sir A. W. Johns, 387. See 385
Automatic Control of Steering of Ships, by Sir J. B. Henderson, 413*. See 408
Results of Experiments on Electrically- Welded Joints in Ship Construction, by Prof. B. P. Haigh, 408
Structure of Insulated Holds in Relation to Heat Leakage, by Dr. A. J. M. Smith and J. D. Farmer, 409
Screw Propellers of Varying Blade Section in Open Water, Part II, by G. S. Baker and A. W. Riddle, 716*. See 409
Appropriate Ship Lengths for Minimum Pitching and Maximum Seaworthiness, by J. L. Kent, 435
Form Efficiency, by Prof. E. M. Bragg, 435 Scale Effect on Screw Propellers, by J. F. Allan, 436
Experimental Examination of Distribution of Velocity around a Ship’s Model Placed in Turbulent Stream, by J. H. Lamble, 436
Lubrication of Bearings Provided with Oil Circuits, by H. Brillid, 441*. See 464
Influence of Keys and Keyways on Cylindrical Force Fits and Shrinkage Fits, by Prof. E. G. Coker and R. Russell, 439*. See 465
Fire-Fighting Arrangements in Ships, by E. F. Spanner, 465
Origin of the Tanker, by W. R. G. Whiting, 466
Development of Auxiliary Propeller Drive, by E. C. Garratt, 466. See Erratum, 515
Naval Architects, Japan Society of, Experiments on Compression of Samples of Deck Plating, by Dr. J. Montgomerie, 553*
— — and Marine Engineers, American Society of, Notes on Defects and Fractures in Steel, by W. Bennett, 105; Fire Control for Passenger Vessels, by G. G. Sharp, 105 ; Effect of Form on Roll, by Lieut. M. E. Serat, 106; Cargo Handling and Stowage, -by H. E. Stocker, 106; Diesel versus Steam Drive for Cargo Ships, by L. R. Ford, 106; Full-Scale Trials of a Destroyer, by Comdr. H. E. Saunders and Lieut.- Comdr. A. S. Pitre, 106; Notes on S.S. “ Manhattan,” with General Comments on North Atlantic Liners, by E. H. Rigg, 106; Water Circulation and Gas Path in Naval Boilers, by Rear-Admiral S. M. Robinson, 106; Water Conditioning and Related Problems of Marine Boiler Operation, by A. C. Purdy, 107
— Architecture. See also Warships
— Construction Programme, 1933, 156
— — See also Warships
— Fuel, Coal and Oil Products as, 679
— See also Warships
Navigation Acts, Effect on Shipping Industry, 492
— Automatic Radio Direction Finder, 576
— Echo-Sounding Gear (H. Hughes and Son, Ltd.), 116*
— Wireless Direction-Finding Equipment for Submarines, 401*
Navigation, Wireless Telegraphy in. See also Telegraphy, Wireless
Navvy, Steam. See Excavating Machine Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— Italian. See ItaZian under Warships
— Portuguese. See Portuguese under WarsAZp# •— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neal, R. H., & Co., Ltd., Diaphragm Pump, 232* ; 1-ton Mobile Crane, 232* ; Portable Mast Crane, 233*
Neder-Over-Heembeek, ,'iges Boiler Installation, 6*, 64*
Negretti & Zambra, Micro-Manometer, 258*; Dial Thermometers, 258*
Neisser Eisengiesserei und Maschinenbauan- stalt, Thread-Cutting and Profiling Machine, 383*
Nephelometer (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 72
Neptune Bank Power Station, Wallsend, Early Parsons Turbo-Generator at, 152 Basin, River Flow Measurements in, 26
“New Economy” Engine, S.S. Adderstone, 347*
New England and England, Rainfall Variations in, 611
— Mexico, U.S. Battleship, Automatic Steering
Trials, 408
— Year’s Honours List, 17
— York, Empire State Building, Investigation
of Wind Pressures on, 735*
— York Motor Show, 153
— York, Radio City, Ross Decalorator System,
10*
Newcomen Society, Charles Babbage and his Difference Engines, by Dr. L. H. D. Buxton, 9 ; Reverberatory Furnace with Coal Fuel, 1612-1712, by R. Jenkins, 161; Early History of Streets and Paving of London, 399 ; Origin of Bronze, by Dr. C. H. Desch, 437 ; Early Electro- Magnetic Engines, by J. H.-.R. Body, 437 , Oliver Evans and his Orukter Amphibolos, by G. Bathe, 437; Summer Meeting, Derbyshire, Historical Notes on Derbyshire Industries, by R. Jenkins, 701; Cromford and High-Peak Railway, by D. P. Carr, 701
Newport, Middlesbrough, Vertical-Lift Bridge, 257*
Nickel, Activated, Ratio of Specific and Apparent Surfaces in, 575
— Tensile Properties in Liquid Hydrogen, 331.
See 550
Niederfinow, 1,000-ton Canal-Barge Lift, 374* Nigeria, Water Supply of Kano, 200
Nile, River, Assouan Dam, Heightening of, 559* Nitrided Steel, Ageing Changes in, 745* Nitrogen Conservation, Biochemistry of (Review), 534
Noble & Lund, Ltd., 55-in. Centre Four-Saddle Heavy Lathe, 618*
Noetzli, Dr. F. A., on Massive Buttress-Type Dams, 590*
Noise from Hob-Cut Helical Gears, 138*
— Measurement Apparatus, Portable (Metro-
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 576
— from Motor Cars, Investigations of, 295, 297 Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy Nord Railway, Locomotive Performances on,
604
Nordberg Manufacturing Co., 3,000-h.p. Double Conical Drum Hoist, 330
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Turbo-Electric Ship “ Scharnhorst,” 593
“ Normandie,” S.S., 273
North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Shipbuilding in Relation to Subsequent Repairs, by E. Wilson and E. P. Wilson, 126 ; Possibilities of Applying Improvements Effected in Modern Land Power Stations to Ship-Propelling Machinery, by W. T. Bottomley, E. W. Corlett and F. Piercy, 152; Armorial Bearings of, 489; The Arcform Ship: Trials and First-Voyage Performances, by Sir J. W. Isherwood, 574. See 568* North-Eastern Electric Supply Co., Adoption of Steam Turbine by, 152
North Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., 1,750-i.h.p. Triple-Expansion Engines,
S.SS. “ Arcwear ” and “ Arctees,” 568*, 574 North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co., St. Albans Substation, 580*; Brims- down Power Station, 641*, 693*, 719*
— Notes from, 12, 39, 66, 95, 123, 149, 177,
223, 265, 292, 321, 349, 377, 403, 429, 459, 489, 515, 543, 571, 599, 625, 651, 677, 705, 731. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
North, Robin & Wilsdon, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, Sheffield, 665*, 710
— Shields Gas Works, Benzole Recovery at,
688
— West, Notes from, 13, 39, 67, 95, 123, 149,
177, 223, 265, 292, 320, 349, 377, 403, 429, 459, 489, 515, 543, 571, 598, 624, 650. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Western Railway, India, Investigation of
Impact Effect on Bridges, 118
Northcott, Dr. C. H., on Works Discipline and the Labour Manager, 132
Northcott, Dr. L., on Dendritic Segregation in Steel Ingots, 721; on Ingot Structures, 721; on Periodic Structures in Metals and Alloys, 721
Northey Rotary Engines, Ltd., Rotary Air Compressor, 425*
Norway, Glass Industry of, 476
— Ringedals Dam, 81; Refacement of, 610,
638
Notched Bar Tests. See Tests (Materials) Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See CZeveZantZ ; North ; North-West;
South West; South Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nottingham University College Engineering Laboratories, 485*
Nozzles, Exhaust Steam, for Locomotives, Tests of, 69
— Flow of Supersaturated- Steam through, 303*,
333*
— Fuel, for Ganz-Jendrassik Oil Engines, 606*
— Hydraulic Turbine, for Gas-Charged Water,
217*
— Spraying, Automatic Self-Closing, 250*
— Water-Injection (Drayton Regulator &
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 71*
Nuttall, E., Sons & Co., Ltd., Mersey Road Tunnel, 55*, 165*, 311*

OAKES, E. C., on Preston Aqueduct Tunnels,> 621
Obituary : (moved to separate index)
Observatory, Dunlap, Toronto, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 281*, 365*, 447*
Ocean Island, Phosphate-Handling Installation at, 48*
Oerlikon, Ateliers de Construction, Ventilation System for Electrical Machines, 16. See LETTER, 424*
Ofanto River, Flow of, Researches on (Review), 284
Office Administration for Manufacturers (Review), 394
Ofl from Coal for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration of, 685
— and Coal Products as Naval Fuel, 679
— Coolers, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 338*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars ;
Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Films Theory of Lubrication, 441*, 464
— Fuel Firing, Automatic Combustion Control with, 134, 163
Atomisation in Airless-Injection Engines, 285*
— — and Pulverised Coal. See Colloidal Fuel from Tar, Calorific Value of, 679 Taxation of, Effect on Diesel Engine Industry, 326
— Insulating, Renovation of, 215*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars;
Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Seed Handling and Storage Plant, Liverpool, 343*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tanker “Brunswick,” Diesel - Electric Driven, 701
Experiments on Deck Plating for, 553* Origin and Development of, 466
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubrication
Olympia. See Eriubitwn
“ Oliva” S.S., Salvage of, 324 Omnibus, Steam. See Steam —i Trolley. See Trolley Omniduktor, 3-in. Unchokable Pump, 180* Ono Dam, Japan, 278
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Report on Preservation of Wooden Poles, 550*
Opening Bridges. See Bridges
Operating Machinery, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 315*
Optical Apparatus, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 72*, 140*
— Determination of Stress. See Plioto-Elastic
— Glass. See Glass
— Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Optics, Early Terrestrial Telescope, 575
— Telescope, 74-in. Reflecting, Toronto University, 281*, 365*, 447*
Ore, Iron, and Gases, Interactions in Blast Furnaces, 655, 662
— — Reduction, Equilibria and Velocities of, 655, 662
— — Testing of, 655, 662
— Loading Wire Ropeway, Shako, Korea, 539* Organic Chemistry. See Chemistry
Orodon Dam, France, 207
Orukter Amphibolos, 437
Oscillations, Electric. See Electric; Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony, Wireless
Oscillograph. See Electric
Ovens, Chamber, Intermittent, for Gas Works, 500*
Woodall-Duckham, Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel in, 744
— Coke. See Coke Ovens
— Preheating (T. H. & J. Daniels, Ltd.), 261* Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Lines Power Transmission, Aluminium
Conductors for, 561
Power' Transmission, Articulated Towers for, 581*
— — Power Transmission, Central Electricity
Board Report, 493
— — Power Transmission, Preservation of
Wooden Poles for, 550*
Power Transmission, Pykara Hydro- Electric Scheme, 108*. See LETTER, 218
Overseas Mechanical Transport Directing Committee, Report on Tests of 15-ton Road Transport Unit, 91
— Merchants, British, and Empire Trade, 562
— Trade Department, Report on Financial
and Economic Position of Austria, 42; on Trade and Economic Conditions in China, 170; on Import Trade of India, 380; on Conditions and Prospects of United Kingdom Trade in India, 380 ; on Economic Conditions in Union of South Africa, 654; on Economic Conditions in Finland, 734
Overstall & Sons, Ltd., Oil-Seed Handling and Storage Plant, Liverpool, 343*
Owens College, Manchester, History of, 196
Oxford, University of, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Automatic Meter for Field Drains, 77* ; Report on Farms and Machines, 545

PABST, DR. W., on Measuring Changes of Tension, Pressure and Strength, 701
Pacinotti, A., Commemoration of Invention of Dynamo by, 658
Packings, Labyrinth, 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine, 111*
— Shaft, for High-Temperature Steam Turbine,
23
Pain, J. F., on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498 Palestine, British Trade with, 739 Palmer, Sir F., the Late, 433*
Paper Mills, Dartford, Power Station for, 472* Kilbagie, Emergency Water-Supply Installation, 549
— — Mersey, 9,000-kW Steam-Extraction
Turbine, 674*
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
Paris Agricultural Machinery Show, 450*
— Institution of Automobile Engineers,
Summer Meeting, 726
— International Trade Fair, 149
— Orleans Railway, 4-6-2 Type Compound
Locomotives, Performances of, 478*
— Working-Class Flats, Construction of; 727 Park Gate Works, Rotherham, Investigation
of Blast-Furnace Working, 655, 662
Parkinson, D. B., on Modernisation of Small Gas Undertakings, 744
Parks, J., & Son, Swing Bridge across River Weaver., 209*, 315*
Parmelee, C. W., on Burning of Magnesite Bricks, 280
Parsons, C. A., & Co., Ltd., 30,000-kW Alternator, 83, 251*, 338* ; 25,000-kW Turbo- Generator, 719*
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., 5,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, 453*
Parsons Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 10-18 h.p. Paraffin-Driven Marine Lighting and Air Compressor Set, 439*; Semi-Portable Welding Set, 502*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Passenger Aeroplane. See under Aeronautics
— Steamers. See Steamers
Patent Law and Foreign-Owned British Patents, 127
— Protection and Patent Claims, 90, 101.
See Erratum, 149
— Record, 54*, 110*, 308*, 444*, 586*, 746*.
See PATENT RECORD INDEX
— See also Trade Marks
Paterson, C. C., on Electrical Engineer and Free Electron, 344; Light-Distribution Photometer, 711
Paton, R. F., on Flame-Temperature in Petrol Engines, 623. See 362*
Pattern-Making Machines. See MacAiwe Tools Paul, R. W., Electrically-Operated Pulsator, 575*
Paving in London, Early History of, 399 Payment of Labour. See Labour
Pearce, J. G., on Elasticity, Deflection and Resilience of Cast Iron, 635*. See 682. See LETTER, 684*
Pearson, C. E., On Viscous Properties of Extruded Eutectic Alloys, 340
Percival, A. J., on Electrical Developments in China, 441
Personal, 12, 38, 66, 94,122,148,176, 222, 264, 293, 320, 348, 376, 402, 428, 458, 488, 514, 542, 570, 598, 624, 650, 676, 704, 730
Petrol from Coal for Aircraft, 298
— — for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration of, 685
— Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol ;
Motor Cars ; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum. See Oil; Engines, Oil
Petters, Ltd., Tests of 195-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder “Atomic” Diesel Engine, 437; 8-h.p. Diesel-Driven Marine Lighting, Pumping and Air Compressor Set, 439*
Pflug, Dr. H., on Wood Preservation with Salts, 697
Phillips, C. E., on Transverse Tests of Aluminium-Alloy Bars,'341
Philosophy and Technology, 379 Phosphate-Handling Installations, Nauru and
Ocean Island, 48*
Photo-Cell Equipment for Smoke Detection (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 677
— Elastic Investigation of Stresses in Shafts and Collars, 439*; 465
— Telegraphic Apparatus (Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 203*
Photometer, Light-Distribution, 711
— Photo-Electric (Everett, Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd.), 141*
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Apparatus, Historical, Preservation of, 601
— — Physical Society’s Exhibition, 44*, 71*, 116*, 140*
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Laboratory. See NaiiowaZ Physical
— Society, Exhibition of Apparatus, 44*, 71*,
116*, 140* ; Duddell Medal awarded to H. D. Taylor, 353 ; Measurement of Flame Temperatures in Petrol Engine by Spectral Line Reversal System, by S. S. Watts and B. J. Lloyd-Evans, 362*, 623. See 743*
— Thought, Development of (Review), 255 Physicists and Physics, Reminiscences of, 196 Physics, Atom, The Alternative, Structure and
Properties of, 461. See LETTER, 522
— Cathode-Ray Relay Tube, 44
— Cosmic Rays, Investigation of, 494
— Crystalline State (Review), 617
— Electrons, Free, Use in Electrical Engineering, 344
— Experimental Handbook of (Review), 577
Physics, Gas Analysis by Measurement of Thermal Conductivity (Review), 366
— Humidity Determinations, Apparatus for,
276
— Institute of, Courses for Laboratory Assistants, 386 ; Presidential Address, by Colonel Sir H. Lyons, on Physics and Science Museums, 601
— Ionisation of Atmosphere, Investigations
on, 680
— Ionosphere, Investigations of, 680
— Physical Thought, Development of (Review)
255
— and Physicists, Reminiscences of, 196
— Pure and Applied, International .Union of,
London Meeting, 709
— Rayleigh’s Principle and its Applications (Review), 589
— and Science Museums, 601
— Textbook of (Review), 505
— Transmutation of Matter, 325, 355*, 367*, 420*
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Piccadilly Railway, 75-in. Aeroto Fan for Tube Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
Pickert, Dr. F., on Circulation in Water-Tube Boilers, 419*
Piecework. See Labour
Pier, Central, for Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*, 315
— Concrete, Phosphate-Handling Plant, Nauru, 49*
— Ship-Loading, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 531*
— Southend, Damage by S.S. “ Branksome Hall,” Liability for, 530
— Victoria, St. Helier’s, Jersey, Reconstruction of, 441
Piercing Machines for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30*, 87*, 137*
Piercy, F., on Improvement of Ship-Propelling Machinery, 152
Pig Iron, British Production of, 494
— — Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
Piles, Ferro-Concrete, Behaviour during Driving, 494
Piling, Timber, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*
Pillars in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigations on, 566
Pipes, Disc Orifices in, Flow through, 25
— Failure, Lac Noir Hydro-Electric Station,
155
— Flow of Water in, Tables of, 544
— Joints for High-Temperatures and Pressures,
Thermal Stresses in, 445*, 506*
— Line, Bracinho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248*
— Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
— Lined, Discharge of, 25
— Soil, Cast-Iron, Specification, 507
— Steam. See Steam Pipes
— Steel, Banded, Destructive Tests of, 360*,
397*
— See also Tubes
Pisa University, Commemoration of Invention of Dynamo, 658
Pistons for 13,700-b.h.p. Double-Acting Two- Stroke Diesel Engine, 220*
Pit Props, Steel, Use of, 727
Pitch, Viscosity of, Report, 60
Pitre, Lieut.-Comdr. A. S., on Trials of United States Destroyer “ Hamilton,” 106
Pitting. See Corrosion
Planing Machine. See Machine Tools
Plant and Machinery for Constructional Work (Review), 451
Plaster Coverings on Concrete Dams, 80 Plastic Flow in Soft Metals, 340
Plate Mild-Steel, American Specifications for, 607
— Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Plating Barrel, “ Quickstone ” (W. Canning &
Co., Ltd.), 185*
Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd., Cast-Iron Road Blocks, 261* ; Pressed-Steel Coal-Pit Tubs, 262 ; Transportable Brake Wheel, 262
Plodder, Soap (H. Simon, Ltd.), 229* Plough, Double-Balance (R. Thieme), 450* Ploughing Engine, 20-n.h.p. Compound (J.
Fowler & Co., Ltd.), 562*
— — 8-n.p.h. Single-Cylinder (J. Fowler &
Co., Ltd.), 562*
Plug Mill for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 88, 137
Plugs and Socket Outlets, Specification, 730 Watertight, for Outdoor Work (L. Weekes (Luton) Ltd.), 664*
Plywood, Birch, Grading of, Specification, 416 Pneulec, Ltd., Roll-Over Pattern Moulding Machine, 186*
Pneumatic Tabling of Coal, Report, 161
— Tyres, Development of, 524
for Farm Implements, Trials of, 546
— See also Air Compressor
Poland, United Kingdom Trade Mission to, 381
— Welding of Railway Rolling Stock in, 727 Polar Axis, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope,
Toronto, 282*
— Sleeve-Valve Ammonia Compressor, 703* Pole, Lighting, All-Steel (Stewarts and Lloyds,
Ltd.), 228
— Wooden, Preservation of, Report, 550* Polisher, Double-Spindle, Motor-Driven
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 260*
Pollution, Atmospheric, Report on Investigations, 631
— Research Board, Water, Annual Report, 196 Pontoon, Submerged, Swing Bridge across
River Weaver, 209*
Port of Mombasa, Improvements at, 373
— Shako, Korea, Ore-Loading Ropeway, 539* Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Portevin, Prof. A., on Castability of Ternary
Alloys, 340
Portland Cement. See Cement
Portuguese Sloop “ Afonso de Albuquerque,” Launch of, 650
— Submarine “ Delfim,” Launch of, 551 “ Golflnho ” and “ Espadarte,” Launch
of, 685
Post Office Engineering Research Station, Long-Distance Telephone Equipment, 44
— — German, Public Writing-Telegraph Ser
vice, 687*
Growth of Work of, 627 Reorganisation of, 297 Potato-Starch Manufacture, 639* Pourcel, A., The Late, 373. See LETTER, 454 Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Fuel Power-Factor Demonstrator (Crompton
Parkinson, Ltd.), 116*
— Gas. See Gas ; Producers
Power Plant Co., Ltd., Large Dougle-Helical
Gear Wheels, 318, 437*
Engineering, Steam (Review), 394 Hydro-Electric, Bracinho, Brazil, 248* Hydro-Electric in Canada, Report, 381 Hydro-Electric, in Finland, 4*, 27*
— Hydro-Electric, High-Head, Banded Steel Pipes for, 360*, 397*
— — Hydro-Electric, Lac Noir, Pipe Failure
at, 155
Hydro-Electric, Pykara, India, 107*. See LETTER, 218
— — Hydro-Electric, River RhOne, Banded
Steel Pipes for, 360*, 397
Hydro-Electric, South Africa, Turbines for Gas-Charged Water, 217*
— — Hydro-Electric, Swedish Development of, 547
See also Power Stations ; Power Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production in Gas Works, 495, 554
— Reserve, Pumped Water Storage for, 91, 97. See LETTERS, 131, 157
Power Securities Corporation, Pykara Hydro- Electric Plant, 107*. See LETTER, 218
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propul
sion ; Ship Resistance
— Stations, Automatic Combustion Control
Systems for, 129*, 134*, 162
— Electric, Barking, General Description, 143 ; 94,000-kVA Turbo-Alternator, 536*
— — Electric, Battersea, 105,000-kW Turbo-
Generator, 674
Electric, Bradford, Super-Pressure Steam- Turbine Installation and 30,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 83,* 111*,- 251*, 338* Electric, Brimsdown, 641*, 693*, 719*
— — Electric, Caroline, Czechoslovakia,
Loeffler Boiler Tests, 722*
— — Electric, Central Electricity Board,
Report, 493
Electric, Delray, Detroit, Performance of 10,000-kW Turbine with Steam at 1000° F., 23, 78*
— — Electric, Design of Condensing Plant for,
159*, 204*, 242,275*, 519. See LETTER, 345
— — Electric, Hackney, Automatic Combustion Control at, 129, 134*
Electric, Ifor, Breakdown of 5,000-kW Generator, 407
— — Electric, Paper Mills, Dartford, 472**'
— — Electric, Public, and Industrial Power
Loads, 658
— — Electric, Shanghai, 13,700-b.h.p. Double-
Acting Two-Stroke Diesel Engine, 220*; 25,000-kVA Turbo-Alternator, 536*
— Electric, Toulon, Tests of Velox Boiler Plant, 471, 526*
— — Electric, Townmead Road, Fulham, 738
— — See also Power Plants ; Substations
— Supply, Electric, in Canada, Report, 381;
Statistics, 543
— — Electric, Central Electricity Board
Report, 493
— — Electric, Development of, in Great
Britain, 620
— Electric, Developments in China, 441
— ?— Electric, Development of Industrial
Power Load, 658
— — Electric, for Farms, 545
— — Electric, in Finland, 4*, 27*
— — Electric, in Gas Works, 554
— — Electric, for Heating and Steam Raising,
Cost of, 250
— — Electric, for Mersey Road Tunnel, 311
— — Electric, Pumped Water Storage for, 91,
97. See LETTERS, 131, 157
— — Electric, Revised Code of Regulations, 17
— — Electric, and Small Householders, 659
— — Electric, Tariff for Central England, 298
— — Electric, Transformation of (Review), 255
— — Electric, Transmission by High-Tension
Direct Current, 351
— — for Farms, 545
?— Transmission Circuits, Interference with Communication Circuits, 195
— — and Distribution, Electrical (Review), 367
— — Electric, Urban, Alternating-Current
Practice in, 673. See ftratum, 704
— — by High-Tension Direct Current, 351
— — Overhead Lines, Aluminium Conductors
for, 561
— — Overhead Lines, Articulated Towers for,
581*
— — Overhead Lines, Central Electricity
Board Report, 493
— Overhead Lines, Preservation of Wooden Poles for, 550*
— — Overhead Lines, Pykara Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 108*. ' See LETTER, 218
— — See also Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Administration in Sweden, 547 -— — Developments in Canada, 381
— Developments in Finland, 4*, 27* See also Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic Pratt & Whitney Co., Keller Automatic General-Purpose Tool-Room Machine, 452*. See Addendwjw, 599
Precipitators, Electrostatic, Brimsdown Power Station, 721*
Preece, Cardew & Rider, Townmead Road Power Station, Fulham, 738
Preoptive Lathe Headstock (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 345*
Preservation of Wooden Poles, Report, 550* Presidential Address to Chamber of Shipping, by Major R. J. Dunlop, on British Shipping, 301
— — to Incorporated Municipal Electrical
Association, by P. J. Robinson, on Development of Electricity Supply, 620
Presidential Address to Institute of Metals,, by Dr. H. Moore, on Work of the Institute, 299
to Institute of Physics, by Colonel Sir H. Lyons on Physics and Science Museums, 601
— — to Institution of Gas Engineers, by
F. P. Tarratt, on Progress of Gas Industry, 687
— — to Institution of Naval Architects, by by Lord Stonehaven, on Shipbuilding Industry, 384
—to Institution of Water Engineers, by
R. F. Baker, on Water-Supply Problems, 621
to Iron and Steel Institute, by W. R. Lysaght, on Steel Industry in Australia and South Africa, 655
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure Drop in Surface Condensers, 159*, 207, 242
Preston, Dr. E., on Volatilisation from Lithium Oxide-Containing Glasses, 476
— Aqueduct Tunnels, 621
Prestwich, J. A. & Co., Ltd., Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246*
Prices of Metals. See Metal-Price Diagrams Priestley, J. E., on High-Frequency Furnace Linings, 280
Priming in Waste-Heat Boilers, Causes of, 495, 555
Princes Rlsborough, Forest Products Research Laboratory, Researches at, 197
Producer-Gas Equipped Motor Vehicles, 132
— — for Gas Works, 499, 500*
— — “ High-Speed ” for Motor Vehicles
(High-Speed Gas (Gt. Britain), Ltd.), 512* for Motor Vehicles, Demonstration of, 685 Production, Census of, 1930, Report on, 517 Profiling Machine. See Machine Tools Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Drive, Auxiliary, Model Ship Tests of,
466. Erratum, 515
— Screw, Scale Effect on, 436
of Varying Blade Section, Experiments with, 409, 716*
Proportional and Elastic Limits, Steel and Brass, 695*, 737
Props, Pit, Steel, Use of, 727
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion; Engines; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance
Prosser, L. E., on High-Sensitivity Creep Testing Apparatus, 212*
Prosser, T. M., the Late, 67
Protective Coatings for Concrete, Investigations on. 609*
Protector, Economiser (Elektrizitats Aktien- Gesellschaft), 507*
Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 613*, 671*
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Co., Petrol- Electric Streamlined Train, 509*
Pulsator for Artificial Respiration, Electrically- Operated (Siebe, Gorman & Co., Ltd.), 575*
Pulverised Coal, Combustion of, 29
— Fuel, Automatic Combustion Control with,
129, 134, 162
Installation for Jiges Boilers, 8*
Plant, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*, 694*, 720*
Pulveriser, Atritor (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 236
— Coal, Vertical-Spindle (Whiting Corporation), 555*
Pulverising Mills, Investigations on, 576 Pumps, Air. See also Compressors
— Axial Flow, Turbine-Driven (W. H. Allen,
Sons & Co., Ltd.), 180*
— Centrifugal, Acid-Resisting (Meldrums,
Ltd.), 180*
— — Lostock Booster Station, Manchester,
120*
—- — Two-Stage, Latton Pumping Station, Swindon, 647*
— Circulating, Brimsdown Power Station, 720 Water, Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 427*
— Diaphragm (R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd), 232*
— Extraction, Valley Road Power Station,
339*
:— Feed, Brimsdown Power Station, 720
for Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine Plant, Bradford, 84*
—: Fuel,, for Ganz-Jendrassik Oil Engines, 606* for High-Speed Engines (La Precision Mdcanique), 593*.
— Gas, for Gas Works, 501
— for Ross Decalorator System, 11*
— Steam-Circulating, for Loeffler Boiler, 722*
:— Three-Throw, for Homogeniser, 146*. See jErratwffl, 265
— 3-in. Unchokable (W. H. Allen, Sons & Co.,
Ltd.), 180*
Pumping, Air Compressor, and Electric Generator Set, 8-h.p. Diesel-Driven (Petters Ltd.), 439*
— Plant, Barking Power Station, 144
Challowa Water Works, Nigeria, 200-
— of Rural Water Supplies, 621
— Station Equipment, Mersey Road Tunnel,
311*
— — Latton, Swindon Waterworks, 647*, 653 Lostock, Manchester Waterworks, 120* Purdy, A. 0., on Water Conditioning for
Marine Boilers, 107
Purification of Water. See Water
Purifiers, Gas, for Gas Works, 501
Push Bench for Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 87*
Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, India, 107*. See LETTER, 218
Pyridine, Action on Coal, 276
Pyrometer, Alarm-Recording (Foster Instrument Co.), 71*
— Optical, Cross-Filament (Elliott Brothers
(London), Ltd.), 140*

QUAY WALL, Concrete, Port of Mombasa, 373
“ Queen Margaret,” Diesel-Electric Paddle Ferry Boat, 288*
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Quicksilver. See Mercury and Metal-Price Diagrams
Quickstone Plating Barrel (W. Canning and Co., Ltd.), 185*

RACK, Circular, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 671*
Racking Machinery, Electrically-Operated 250- ton Travelling Crane, 672*
Radiators, Internal-Combustion Engine, Deposits in, 535
Radio, City, New York, Ross Decalorator System, 10*
— Direction Finder, Automatic, 576
— Research Board, Report, 680 Radioactive Substances, Properties of, 326,
355*, 367*
Radiotelegraphy. See Telegraphy, Wireless Radiotelephony. See Telephony, Wireless Radley, W. G., on Telephone Interference, 196 Rainfall, China, and World Weather, 345
— in London, Statistical Probability of, 611
— Variations in England and New England,
611
Rails, Corrosion of, 683
?— and Road Traffic Act, 1933, 17
— Steel, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Production and Properties of, 359 Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Diesel-Electric Train Unit, 509
— Texas and Pacific, Petrol-Electric Train
Unit, 509. See 625
— Union Pacific, Petrol-Electric Streamlined
Train, 509*
— See also Railways
Railway Bridge. See Bridge
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Club, Model, Exhibition, 407
— Cromford and High-Peak Railway, History
of, 701
— Electrification in Austria, Economics of, 546
— Est, Locomotive Performances on, 604
— French, Locomotive Performances on,
478*, 604 ; High-Speed Rail Car, 568* ; Motor Rail-Car with Pneumatic Tyres, 726
— German State, High-Speed Diesel-Electric
Rail-Coach, 173* ; Automatic Self-Closing Spraying Nozzle, 250 *; High-Speed Rail-Cars on, 353 ; 4-6-4 Type Streamlined Locomotive, 597*
— Hangchow-Kiangshan, 4-8-0 Type Locomotive, 102*
— and Inland Transport, 627
— Indian, Proposed Construction of, 380
— Italian State, Diesel-Electric Train Ferry
“ Scilla,” 216*; 4-6-4 Type 3,000-h.p.
Electric Locomotive, 277*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— London Midland & Scottish, 2-6-0 Type
Superheated Locomotive, 76* ; Northern Counties Committee, Greenisland Loop Line, 104* ; 130-h.p., Oil-Driven Rail-Car, 269* ; 2-6-4 Type Three-Cylinder Tank Locomotive, 386*; Whitehaven-Tunnel Repairs, 443* ; 4-6-0 Type Passenger
Locomotive, 487*; 0-6-0 Type Oil-
Engine Shunting Locomotives, 510; Shunting Locomotive, 160-h.p., Eight- Cylinder Oil Engine for, 530* ; Electrically- Welded Cylinders for Locomotives, 551* ; 300-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 648* ; Turning and Boring Mill for Wheel Centres, 662*
& North Eastern, Gidea Park to Shen- field Widening, 75* ; Anti-Coal-Breaker for Ship Loading, 485* ; 2-8-2 Type Three- Cylinder Express Locomotive, 621*, 715*, 728*, 739
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— Nord, Locomotive Performances on, 604
— North Western, India, Investigation of
Impact Effect on Bridges, 118
— Paris-Orleans, 4-6-2 Type Compound
Locomotives, Performances of, 478*
— Piccadilly, 75-in. Aeroto Fan for Tube
Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
— and Roads for Colonial Development,
Merits of, 305
— Rolling Stock, Welding of, 727
— — Stock. See also Carriages; Locomotives ; Wagons
— Southern, Fire Protection for Railway-
Carriage Sheds, 300 ; Train Ferry, “Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
— Street. See Tramways
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See Underground
— Vehicles, Motion of, on Curved Line
(Review), 505
— Wagons. See Wagons
—? See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Ramsay, B., on Design of Cargo Vessels, 323 Rangoon Estuary, Model Experiments on, 521 Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd., 14-in. Petrol- Driven Lawn Mower, 184* ; 8-n.h.p. SingleCylinder Traction Engine, 478*
Rapid Magnetting Co., Ltd., Bi-Flux Magnetic Separator, 229
Rasping Machine for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Rasps and Files, Specification, 60
Rating of Electricity-Supply Undertakings,620 Raven, Sir V. L., the Late, 217
Rayleigh’s Principle and its Applications (Review), 589
Raymond-Lopulco Pulverising Mills, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*
Rays, Electric. See Cathode ; Rontgen Reactions, Chemical. See Chemistry Reale Automobile Club, Italy, Competition for Snow-Removing Equipment, 518
Reavell and Co., Ltd., Experimental Motor- Driven Air-Compressor Set, 318*
Record Electrical Co., Ltd., Vehicle-Pattern Electric Tachometer, 261*
Recording Apparatus for Jiges Boiler Installation, 9
Rectifiers, Disc and Plate, Copper Oxide (Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co., Ltd.), 233*
Rectifiers, for High-Tension Direct-Current Power Transmission, 351
— Valve (Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto, Ltd.),
191*
Reduction Gears. See Gearing ; Marine Propulsion ; Motor Car Details
Rees, W. J., on High-Frequency Furnace Linings, 280 ; on Magnesite-Bearing Rocks in Sudan, 280
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refractories for Blast-Furnace Linings, 664,682
— Lining for Electric Steel-Melting Furnace,
457
— Materials, Action of. Carbon Monoxide on,
280
Permeability to Gases, 279
Testing of, 280
See also Firebricks ; Fireclays
— for Metallurgical Research, 280 Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd., 426* Refrigeration Exhibition, Science Museum, 494
— Heat-Leakage into Insulated Holds, 409 Refuse, Wood, as Boiler Fuel, 53
Regulators, Dead-Beat and Dead-Set, Equipment for (Drayton Regulator & Instrument Co., Ltd.), 72*
Re-Heaters for 30,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 251*
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reinforced Concrete Association, Ltd., Pamphlet on Moving Forms for Concrete Construction, 607
See Ferro-Concrete
Reliance Trucks, Ltd., Petrol-Driven Truck, 184*
Remuneration of Labour. See Labour Renault Motor Cars, Manufacture of, 726 Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, Appointed Consulting Engineers for New Waterloo Bridge, 736
Repeated Stresses. See Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
Repetition Work, Incentives in, 592
Report, Accuracy of Routine Analyses of Coal and Coke, 249
— Action of Solvents on Coal, 276
— Annual, Aeronautical Research Committee,
125
British Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, 297
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 147
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 373
Central Electricity Board, 493
Chamber of Shipping, 301
Derby Society of Engineers, 178
Scientific and Industrial Research Department, 98. See LETTER, 102
Skilled Employment and Apprenticeship Association, 604
United States National Museum, 692
Water-Pollution Research Board, 196
— Behaviour of Ferro-Concrete Piles during Driving, 494
—- Blast-Furnace Practice, 656, 663
— Britain’s Recent Commercial Policy, 738
— on Census of Production, 1930, 517
— of Conference of Research Associations, 407
— Corrosion of Iron and Steel, 683, 743
— Deterioration of Structures in Sea Water,352
— Economic Conditions in China, 170
Conditions in Finland, 734
Conditions in South Africa, 654
— Fatal Road Accidents, 1933, 603
— Financial and Economic Position of Austria, 42
— Floods in Relation to Reservoir Practice,
422*
— Home Office, on Road Accidents, 99 ; on
Breakdown of 5,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 407
— Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada, 381
—- Import Trade of India, 380
— Incentives in Repetitive Work, 592
— Inflammation of Coal Dusts, Effect of
Added Incombustible Dusts, 476
— Interference in Communication Circuits, 196
— Investigations on Atmospheric Pollution,631
— London Telephone Service, 155
— Measurement of Humidity in Closed Spaces,
276
— Mineral Wealth of British Columbia, 547
— Pneumatic Tabling of Coal, 161
— Preservation of Wooden Poles, 550*
— Prevention of Calcium Scale in Boilers, 733
— Radio Research Board, 680
Railway Electrification in Austria, Economics of, 546
— Road Fund Administration, 99
— Safety Devices for Heating Installations, 579
— Slum Clearance and Rehousing, 520
— Steel Structures Research Committee, 566
— Tests of 15-ton Road Transport Unit for Colonies, 91
— Trade Marks Law Reform, 602
— United Kingdom Trade with India, 380
— Use of Reinforced Concrete in Buildings, 70
— Valve Seat Wear, 245*, 306*
— Viscosity of Pitch, 60
— See also Board of Trade
Research Association, British Electrical and Allied Industries, Annual Report, 147 ; Reports on Interference in Communication Circuits, 195 ; Annual Luncheon, 197
Cast-Iron, British, Investigations on Elasticity Deflection and Resilience of Cast-Iron, 635*, 682. See LETTER, 684* Report of Conference, 407
and Scientific and Industrial Research Department, 98. See LETTER, 102
— Suggestions for Endowment of, 41. See LETTER, 102
Wool Industries, Tension Leveller and Tension Applier, 44
— Board, Building, Report, Use of Reinforced
Concrete in Buildings, 70 ; Experiments on Wind Pressures on Buildings, 735
Fuel, Report on Accuracy of Routine Analytical Determinations of Coal and Coke, 249
Industrial Health, Report on Incentives in Repetitive Work, 592
Metallurgy, Investigations on Silver-Beryllium Alloys, 340
Research Board, Radio, Report, 680
Safety in Mines, Report, Inflammation of Coal Dusts: Effect of Nature of Added Incombustible Dusts, 476
Water Pollution, Annual Report, 196
— Civil Engineering, Value of, 267
— Committee, Aeronautical, Annual Report,
125
Institution of Automobile Engineers, Report on Valve Seat Wear, 245*, 306*
— — Steel Structures, Report, 566
— Council, Iron and Steel Industrial, Investi
gations on Blast-Furnace Working, 655, 662, 663, 664, 682; Report of Corrosion Committee, 683, 743
— Department, Scientific, Admiralty, Auto
matic Radio Direction Finder, 576
Scientific and Industrial, Annual Report,
98. See LETTER, 102 ; Report, Action of Solvents on Coal, 276 ; Report on Measurement of Humidity in Closed Spaces, 276 ; Report on Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution, 631
— and Development Council, Tin, International,
Investigation of Tin-Iron Alloy in Tin- Plate, 682
— Electrical, Progress in, 147
— Industrial, Problem of Endowment of, 407
— Institute, Agricultural Engineering, Oxford,
Automatic Meter for Field Drains, 77*; Report on Farms and Machines, 545
— Laboratory, Callender’s Cable & Construction Co., Ltd., 737
Forest Products, Princes Risborough, Researches at, 197
— Prize Competitions, Examples of, 518
— Problems in Engineering, 298*
— Section, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 44 Woodall-Duckham Companies, Tests for Refractory Materials, 280
— Station, Building, Garston, Report on
Behaviour of Ferro-Concrete Piles during Driving, 494
Buxton, Tests of Incombustible Dusts for Collieries, 476
Fuel, Report on Viscosity of Pitch, 60 ; Investigations on Action of Solvents on Coal, 276; Exhibit at Royal Society’s Conversazione, 576; Experiments on Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel, 744 ; Investigations at Greenwich, 737
Post Office Engineering, Long-Distance Telephone Equipment, 44
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Alwen, Birkenhead, Enlargement of, 621
— Assouan Dam, Enlargement of, 559*
— Blunsdon, Swindon Waterworks, 648
— Manchester Waterworks, 120*
— Overflow, Effect of Lag, 422*
— Practice, Floods in Relation to, Report, 422*
— Properties of Clays for, 207
— Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 107*. See LETTER, 218
— Wye Storage, Severn Barrage Scheme, 91, 97. See LETTERS, 131,157
Resilience, Definition of, 682
Resistance, Air. See Air and Aeronautics
— of Ships. See Ship Resistance
“ Resourceful,” Motor Barge, 390
Respirator, Artificial (Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd.), 575*
Retaining Walls, Concrete, Minimum-Section Trapezoidal, 133
Retorts, Horizontal and Vertical, for Gas Works, 495, 499*
— for Low-Temperature Coke Production, 744 Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reynolds, O., Model Experiments on Mersey Estuary, 520
Reyrolle, A., & Co., Ltd., 15-kV Circuit- Breaker for Outdoor Service, 279*; Pamphlet on Electrical Protection Systems, 539
Rheolaveur Washery, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34* Rhodesia, Southern, Sabi River, Model of Birchenough Bridge over, 710
Rhone, River, Hydro-Electric Scheme, Banded Steel Pipes for, 360*, 397*
Rice-Mill, Hand-Power (D. Landale), 189*
Richards, G., & Co., Ltd., Horizontal Boring, Milling, Drilling and Tapping Machine, 249 ; Extension-Type Boring and Turning Mill, 521*
Richardson, B., on Benzole Recovery and Refining, 688
Riddle, A. W., on Screw Propellers of Varying Blade Section, 716*. See 409
Rideal, Prof. E. K., on Gases and Metal Surfaces, 575
Riebe-Carobronze Co., Low-Frictional Coefficient Journal Bearing, 512*
Rigen Iron Mine Co., Korea, Ore-Loading Ropeway, 539*
Rigg, E. H., on S.S. “ Manhattan,” 106 Ringedals Dam, Norway, 81; Refacement of, 610, 638
Ripper’s Steam Engine (Review), 451
Rissik, H., on High-Tension Direct-Current Transmission, 351
Rivers, Alluvial, Uniform Flow in, 250
— Bracinho, Brazil, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 248*
— Challowa, Nigeria, Water Supply from, 200
— Flow Measurements and Inland Water Supply, 25
— Lea Valley, Utilisation of Water in, 400
— Mersey Estuary, Model Experiments on, 520 Road Tunnel under, 55*, 165*, 311*
— Model Experiments on, 520
— Nile, Assouan Dam, Heightening of, 559*
— Ofanto, Flow of, Researches on (Review),
284
— Pykara, India, Hydro-Electric Plant, 107*.
See LETTER, 218
— Rhone, Hydro-Electric Scheme, Banded
Steel Pipes for, 360*, 397*
— Sabi, Southern Rhodesia, Model of Birchenough Bridge over, 710
— Tees, Vertical-Lift Bridge over, 257*
— Thames Tides and London Floods, 337*
— Waterloo Bridge Reconstruction-, 406, 681; Demolition, 736
— Tigris ,Kut Barrage Scheme 197
Rivers, Waters, Investigations on Pollution of 196
— Weaver, Swing Bridge Across, 209*, 315* Rivets in Ships, Corrosion of, 683, 743
— High-Tensile Steel, Strength of, 416. See LETTER, 454
Road Accidents, Fatal, 1933, Report, 603
— Suggestions for Reducing, 197
— Block, Cast-Iron (Platt Brothers and Co., Ltd.), 261*
— Construction, Royal Engineer Demonstration of, 603
— Engines, Modern, 477*, 562*
— Ferro-Concrete, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
— Fund, Report on Administration, 99
— Grader, “ Speed Patrol ” Petrol-Driven (Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division), 585*
— Improvement, Ministry of Transport Circular on, 239
— London, Early History of, 399
— and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, 17; Traffic over Bridges, 239
-— and Railways for Colonial Development, Merits of, 305
— Roller, Oil-Engined (Wallis and Steevens, Ltd.), 183*
Steam, 8-ton Compound (Aveling and Porter, Ltd.), 563*
— — Steam, 6-ton Quick-Reverse (Aveling & Porter, Ltd.), 563*
Steam (Wallis & Steevens, Ltd.), 563*
— Traffic Act, 1930, Traffic Sign Regulations, 127
— -— Bill, Review of, 405 ; Provision of Footpaths under, 495
Control, Electric-Light Signals, Specifications, 377
— Transport, Motor Commercial (Review) 354 Unit for Colonies, Tests of, 91
— Tunnel, Mersey, 55*, 165*, 311*
Roadway, Ferro-Concrete, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
— Suspended, Mersey Road Tunnel', 57* Robblak Universal Vice, 689*
“ Robert the Bruce,” Diesel-Electric Paddle Ferry Boat, 288*
Roberts, A. M., on Tests for Arc-Welded Joints, 112*
Roberts, Black & Co., Ltd.,-Robblak Universal Vice, 689*
Roberts, G., on Chromador Steel for Structures, 415. See LETTER, 454; on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498
Robertson Process of Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30
Robinson, L. L., on Combustion Control Systems for Boilers, 134*, 162. See 129*
Robinson, P. J., on Reservoir Lag, 422* ; Robinson, P. J., on Development of Electricity Supply, 620
Robinson, Rear-Admiral S. M., on Tests of Naval Boilers, 106
Rock-Breaking Hammer (Keystone Driller Co.), 81*
— Magnesite-Bearing, in Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan, Utility of, 280
Rockefeller Centre, Ross Decalorator System, 10*
Roles, T., Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine Installation and 30,000-kW Turbo- Generator, Bradford, 83*, 111*, 251*, 338*
Rollason, E. C., on Intergranular Corrosion of Stainless Steels, 713
Roller, Garden, 9-cwt. Petrol-Driven (Barford & Perkins, Ltd.), 184*
— Path, for Cantilever Arms, Phosphate-
Handling Plant, Nauru, 49*
250-ton Revolving Crane, 671*
— Road. See Road Roller
Rolling Mill, Cold Strip (Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd.), 231*
for Steel-Sheet Manufacture, 689*, 712, 741*
— of Ships. See Ships
— Stock. See Carriages ; Locomotives ; Rail-
. ways ; Wagons
Romero, L, on Alternating-Current Distribution Practice, 675. See Erratum, 704
Rontgen-Ray Apparatus at Royal Institution, 547
Roof, Dome, Cable-Suspended, Chicago World’s Fair, 52*
Roofing Tiles, Concrete, Interlocking, Specification, 739
Rooney, W. K., on Influence Lines and Moving Load Problems, 60*. See LETTER, 218*
Ropeway, Aerial. See Wire Ropeway
Rosenhain, Dr. W., the Late, 357
Ross Heater and Manufacturing Co., Decalorator System, Rockefeller Centre, 10*
Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee, Work of, 620
“ Rosaura,” Motor Yacht, 564*
Rotary Pump. See Pump .
Rotterdamsche Lloyd, M.S. “ Indrapoera,” Flamm Stabiliser Tests; 645*
Rotterdam, Working-Class Flats, Construction of, 727
Rotherham, Park Gate Works, Investigation of Blast-Furnace Working, 655, 662
Rotinoff, A. G., the Late, 539
Rotor, Forged, 2,500-kW Super-Pressure Steam Turbine, 111*
— and Shafts, Torsional Vibration in, 582*,
611*
— Ventilated, for 25,000-kVA and 94,000'-
kVA Turbo-Generators, 536*
Rottingdean, Warren Farm Well, 681
Roucka Automatic Combustion Control System, 135
Royal Engineer Demonstration at 'Aidershot, 603

Royal Institution :

Reminiscences of Physics and Physicists, by Sir. J. J. Thomson, 196
Current Research Problems in Engineering, by Dr. H. J. Gough, 298*
Transmutation of Matter, by Lord Rutherford, 325, 355*, 367*, 420*
The New Hydrogen, by Lord Rutherford, 464
Cosmic Rays, by Prof. P. M. S. Blackett, 494
Royal Institution—continued.
Tidal Estuaries; Forecasting by Model Experiments, by Prof. A. H. Gibson, 520
Conversazione, 547
Royal Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
— School of Mines, Lectures on Explosives,
96; Conversazione, 353

Royal Society :

Effect of Temperature of Liquid Hydrogen (—252-8 C.) on Tensile Properties of Metals, by Prof. W. J. De Haas and Sir R. Hadfield, 331. See LETTER, 550
Conversazione and Exhibition, 575* Royal Society of Arts. See Arts Rubber-Vulcanising Press, 10,000-ton (G.
Siempelkamp & Co.), 156*
Rucquoi, L. G., on Regulations for Steel in Buildings, 726
Rugby, Compulsory Continued Education at, 389
Rupturing Capacity of Switchgear, 354, 390 Rural Electrification, Cable-Laying Plant for
(Callender’s Cable and Construction Co., Ltd.), 739*
and Power for Farm, 545
— Water Supplies, Pumping of, 621 Rushbrooke, J. E., on Equilibria and Velocities,
in Ir on-Ore Reduction, 662. See 655
Russia, Employment of British Subjects in, 317 Russian Steelworks, 300-ton Overhead
Travelling Crane for, 483*
Russell, Newbery & Co., Oil-Driven Electric Generator, Air Compressor and Pumping Set, 290*
Russell, R., on Influence of Keys and Keyways on Force Fits, 439*, 465
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 22-28 h.p. Crude-Oil Locomotive, 181*; 8-n.h.p. Compound- Traction Engine, 478* ; Pumping Station, Latton, Swindon, 647 *
Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., f-cub. yd. Universal Excavator, 359*
Rutherford, Lord, on the new Hydrogen, 464 ; on Transmutation of Matter, 325, 355* 367*, 420*

SABI River, Southern Rhodesia, Model of Birchenough Bridge over, 710
Sack-Filling and Lorry-Loading Plant for
Coke, Beckton Gas Works; 418* Safety Appliances in Submarines, 324 -— Devices for Heating Installations, Report, 579
— Gear for Presses (Allgemeine Elektrizitats Gesellschaft), 333*
— in Mines Research Board, Report, In
flammation of Coal Dusts: Effect of Nature of Added Incombustible Dusts, 476 Saint. See St.
“ Salmon,” H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 543
Salter, G., & Co., Ltd., Portable Lorry-Axle Weigher, 260*
Salts, Water-Insoluble, Wood Preservation with, 697
Salvage, Deep-Sea (Review), 577
— Operations, Some Recent, 324 Sampling of Coal, Specification, 336
Sams, J. G. B., on Overhauling of Steel Railway Wagons, 557*
Sanderson Brothers & Newbould, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 263
Saner, Col. J. A., Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*, 315*
Sanguinetti, V., on British Overseas Merchants and Empire Trade, 562
Santa Catharina, Brazil, Bracinho Hydro- Electric Scheme, 248*
Saran, Dr. W., on Balancing Machine for
Centrifugal Casting-Machine Moulds, 422* Sass, Dr. P., Investigations of Fuel Atomisation in Oil Engines, 285*
Saunders, C. W., on Turbo-Electric Propulsion, 239
Saunders, Comdr. H. E., on Trials of United States Destroyer “ Hamilton,” 106
Saunders, Dr. H. L., on Comparative Testing of Iron Ores, ‘662. See 655 ; on Equilibria and Velocities in Ore Reduction, 662. See 655
Savile, C. M., on Rainfall Variations, England and New England. 611
Saws. See Machine Tools
Scale, Calcium, in Boilers, Prevention of, 733
— Effect on Screw Propellers, 436
— in Surface Condensers, Effect of, 206, 242.
See LETTER, 345
Scalping Station, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton
Gas Works, 417*
Scandinavia, Glass Industry of, 476
“ Scharnhorst,” Turbo-Electric Liner, 593
Schenck, C., Balancing Machine for Centrifugal Casting-Machine Moulds, 422*
Schoemaker, Prof. R. L. A., on Industrial Steel-Frame Buildings, 727
Scholarships. See Education Schrah Dam, Switzerland, 80, 108
Schuler, L., A.-G., Barrel-End Rolling Machine, 412*
Science Museums and Physics, 601
— — Refrigeration Exhibition, 494
Scientific Apparatus, Historical, Preservation of, 601
Exhibition, Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 710*
— Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 44*, 71*, 116*, 140*
Exhibition, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 575*
— Literature, Abstracting and Indexing of, 85*
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
— Workers, Association of, and Research
Endowment, 41. See LETTER, 102
“ Scilla,” Train Ferry, Diesel-Electric, 216*
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— Kilbagie, Emergency Water-Supply Installation for Paper Mill, 549
Scraper, Drag, Three-Drum (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 661*
— Haulage, Double-Drum (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 259
Screens, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
— Grid, Self-Cleaning (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.), 718*
— Grizzly, 1,000-ton Coal-Handling Plant,
Beckton Gas Works, 142*
Screening and Grading Plant, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417* Screw Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics “ Scythia,” S.S., Experiments with Colloidal Fuel, 679
Sea, Salvage from (Review), 577
— Water, Deterioration of Structures In,
Report, 352
Seadrome Ocean Dock Corporation, Atlantic Aeroplane Station, 94
“ Sealion,” H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 377 Seddon, Dr. E., on Thermal Expansion of Glass, 244; on Thermal Expansion of Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses, 476
Segregation, Dendritic, in Steel Ingots, 721
— in Copper-Aluminium Alloys, Influence of
Gases on, 328
Selas Gas & Engineering Co., Ltd., Gas-Mixing Plant, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 668
Separator, Magnetic, Bi-Flux (Rapid Magnetting Co., Ltd.), 229
— Spiral, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant,
Ashington Colliery, 34*
Serat, Lieut. M. E., on Effect of Form on Roll, 106
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Servo-Motor Control, for Oil-Electric Rail Coach, 173*
Severn Barrage Scheme, Wye Storage Reservoir for, 91, 97. See LETTERS, 131, 157
— Estuary, Model Experiments on, 521
— H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 95
Sewage Ejector, Pneumatic, Automatic (Bentley’s Engineers), 200*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shafts, Concrete, Challowa Waterworks, Nigeria, 200
— Marine Oil-Engine, Torsional Vibration
Stresses in, 167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
— and Rotors, Torsional Vibration in, 582*,
611*
— Stresses due to Keys and Keyways in, 439*.
465
— Tail, Reconditioning Machine for, 133*
— Working, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57*
Shako, Korea, Ore-Loading Wire Ropeway, 539*
Shanghai Power Co., 13,700-b.h.p. Double- Acting Two-Stroke Diesel Engine, 220*; 25,000-kVA Turbo-Alternator, 536*
Shaping Machine. See Machine Tools
Sharp, G. G., on Fire Control for Passenger Vessels, 105
Shaw, Engr.-Capt. J. F., on Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel, 744
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
Sheaves, Lifting, 1,000-ton Canal-Barge Lift, Niederfinow, 375*
Sheds, Railway-Carriage, Southern Railway, Fire-Protection System, 330
— Transit, Port of Mombasa, 373
Sheet-Metal Products, Use in Buildings, 727 -—Thin, Dimensions of Hardness-Test Specimens of, 327
Sheffield, Atlas and Norfolk Works, Firth- Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665,* 710
— University, Fatigue Testing of Wire, 503* ; Courses in Foundry Practice, Prospectus,
678
Shenfleld to Gidea Park Widening, London & North Eastern Railway, 75*
Shield, Excavating, Mersey Road Tunnel, 57* Ship Alleyways, Asbestos Fire Curtains for, 579
— Auxiliary Propeller Drive for, Model Tests,
466. See Erratum, 515
— Built in 1933, 20, 38
— Canal. See Canal Navigation, Inland
— Cargo, Diesel-Electric Installations for, 353 Diesel versus Steam Drive for, 106
— — Experiments on Deck Plating for, 553* Handling and Stowage in, 106 Shipowners’ Views on, 323
— Coasting, Model Experiments on, 519
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 127,
520
— Construction and Repairs of, 126
Tests of Electrically-Welded Joints, 408
— Corrosion of, 683, 743
— Design and Propulsion, Developments in,
700
— Diesel-Engines. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Electrically-Propelled, Electro-Pneumatic
Controls for, 414*
— Electric Propulsion. See also Marine
Propulsion
— Factors Affecting Pitching of, 701
— Fire-Fighting Arrangements in, 465
— Form Efficiency of, 435
— Heat-Leakage into Insulated Holds, of, 409
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 198
— Lengths for Minimum Pitching and Maxi
mum Seaworthiness, 435-
— Loading Machine, Coke-Handling Plant,
Beckton Gas Works, 531*
— Models, Rolling Experiments with, 106 in Turbulent Stream, Distribution of
Velocity Around, 436
— — Experiments. See also Ship Resistance
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Passenger, Fire Control for, 105
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance, Model Tests of Arcform Hulls,
570, 574
— Rolling of, Effect of Form on, 106
Ship, Salvage of. See Salvage
— and Shipping, Merchant (Review), 139
— Stabilising, Flamm System of, 502*
— Steering of, Automatic Control, 408, 413*
—- See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping; Steamers ; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers
Shipbuilding in 1933, 20, 38
— Arcform Form of Hull, 568, 574
— Census of Production, Report on, 517
— Construction of Cargo Ships, 323
— Experiments on Deck Plating, 553*
— Fractures in Steel for, 105
— Industry, Position of, 283, 384
Prospects of, 493
— Maierform Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd,
593
— Naval. See Warships
— Progress of Welding in, 297, 700
— in Relation to Repairs, 126
— Tests of Electrically-Welded Joints for, 408
— Vessels Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 198 under Construction, 127, 520
— Welded Ferry Boat “ Robert the Bruce,”
288*
— See also Steamers ; Motorships ; Naval;
Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Shipowners’ Views on Cargo Ships, 323 Shipping, British Corporation Register of, Report, 297
Position of, 301
History of, 492
— Cargo, Shipowners’ Views on, 323
— Chamber of, Presidential Address by
Major R. I. Dunlop, 301; Annual Report, 301
— Industry. Position of, 283
— and Ships, Merchant (Review), 139
— and the State, 492
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests (Materials')
Shop Management. See Works Management Shotter-Phillips Maximum-Demand Ammeter, 140*
Shovel, Motor-Operated, Portable (Chaseside Engineering Co.), 185
— Steam. See Excavating Machine Show. See Exhibition
Shrinkage Fits, Influence of Keys and Keyways on, 439*, 465
Siebe, Gorman & Co., Ltd., Artificial Respiratory Equipment, 575*
Siemens Automatic Combustion Control System, 134,163
— Cross-Filament Optical Pyrometer (Elliott
Brothers (London), Ltd.), 140*
— Schuckert Typing-Telegraph Instrument,
687*
Siempelkamp, G., & Co., 10,000-ton Rubber Vulcanising Press, 156*
Sieve, Reciprocating, for Potato-Starch Manufacture, 640*
Signs, Traffic, Regulations for, 127
Signals, Electric-Light, Road-Traffic Control, Specification, 377
Silencers for Motor Cars, 295, 297
Silica Bricks. See Firebricks
Silt Deposition in Tidal Estuary Models, 521 Silver, Tarnish-Resisting Alloys of, Investigations on, 340
Simon, H., Ltd., Phosphate-Handling Installations at Nauru and Ocean Island, 48* ; Soap Plodder, 229* ; Soap-Flaking Mill, 229*
Simpson, Dr. G. C„ on World Climate during Quaternary Period, 728
Sirovich, Prof. G., on Tests of Banded Steel Pipes, 360*, 397*
Skatoskalo Satchel Machine (F. Gilman (B.S.T.), Ltd.), 190*
Skin Friction. See Friction ; Hydrodynamics ; Ship Resistance
Slater, Dr. I. G., on Influence of Gases on Segregation, 328
Sleepers, Railway, Steel, Specification, 53 —- — Steel, Corrosion of, 683
Slewing Machinery, Electrically-Operated
250-ton Revolving Crane, 672*
Slipway, Port of Mombasa, 373
Sloman, H. A., on Alloys of Silver and Beryllium, 340
Slum Clearance and Rehousing, Report, 520
Slurries in Coal Industry, Memorandum on, 745
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, Dr. A. J. M., on Heat Leakage into Insulated Holds, 409
Smith, E., the Late, 93
Smith, E. A., on Cooling System of Internal- Combustion Engine, 535
Smith, Sir F. E., Award of Faraday Medal to, 177
Smith, Dr. S. P., on Education of Electrical Engineers, 309*, 395*
Smoke Abatement and Domestic Fires, 707
— Atmospheric Pollution from, 632
— Detection, Photo-Cell Equipment for
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 677
Smokeless Solid Fuel, Experiment on Production of, 744
Smoot Automatic Combustion-Control System, 129*, 134
Snow-Removing Equipment, Design Competition for, 518
Soap-Making Machines (H. Simon, Ltd.), 229* Societa Italiana Ernesto Breda, 4-6-4 Type 3,000-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 277*
Society Anonyme Andrd Citroen, Works of, 726 Society Anonyme des Chaudronneries A. F.
Smulders, Jiges Boiler Installations. 6* ,64* Socidtd Anonyme La Dixence, Banded Steel Pipes, 360*, 397*
Society des Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint Nazaire, S.S. “Normandie,” 273*
Socidtd des Forges et Chantiers de la Mdditer- rande, Application of Oil Reservoirs to Bearings, 442
Socidtd Francaise Hispano-Suiza, 726
Society des Usines Renault, Works of, 726 Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes
Socket and Plug, Watertight for Outdoor
Work (L. Weekes (Luton), Ltd.), 664* Sodium Carbonate, Preparation of, 637
— Fluoride for Wood Preservation, 697 Softener. See Water Softener
Soil Pipes, Cast-Iron, Specification, 507 Solids, Brittle, Crushing of, 133 Solvents, Action on Coal, Report, 276 Sopwith, D. G., on Influence of Intercrystalline
Boundary on Fatigue Characteristics, 328 Sounding Gear, Echo, Marine (H. Hughes & Son, Ltd.), 116*
South Africa, Economic Conditions in, Report, 654
Hydraulic Turbine for Gas-Charged Water, 217*
— — Steel Industry in, 655
— Dakota, Homestake Mining Co., 3,000-h.p.
Double Conical-Drum Hoist, 330*
—- East London Technical Institute, Courses for Training Foremen, 132
— Kensington, Science Museum, Refrigeration
Exhibition, 494
— West, Notes from, 12, 39, 67, 95, 123, 149,
177. See Erratum, 243, 222, 264, 292, 320, 348, 377, 402, 429, 459, 489, 515, 543. See LETTER, 632, 571, 599, 625, 651, 677, 705, 731. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 13, 38, 67, 95, 122;
148, 177, 223, 265, 293, 321, 349, 377, 402, 428, 459, 489, 515, 543, 571, 599, 625, 651, 677, 705, 731. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Southampton, Commissioning of King George V Graving Dock, 99
Southend Corporation versus S.S. “ Branksome Hall,” 530
Southern Railway, Fire Protection for Railway-Carriage Sheds, 300; Train Ferry- “Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
— Rhodesia, Sabi River, Model of Birchenough
Bridge over, 710
Sower, Beetroot-Seed (Etablissements Gougis), 450*
Spalding, H. B., on Control of Temperatures of Travelling-Grate Stokers, 587*, 656*, 669*
Spans, Approach, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467, 498
Spanner, E. F., on Fire-Fighting Arrangements in Ships, 465
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
Speed-Changing Gears. See Marine Propulsion ; Motor-Car Details
— Reduction Gears. See .Gearing ; Marine
Propulsion ; Motor-Car Details
— Regulation. See Governing
— Trials. See Tests
Spelter Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Spencer, Sir T. H., the Late, 578
Sperry Automatic Steering Equipment, 408,413 Spiller, J. W., on Roads and Railways for Colonial Development, 305
Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels
Spraying Nozzle, Automatic Self-Closing, 250*
— Sets, Electric and Petrol-Operated, Portable
(B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.), 181
Spreading Machines for Open-Cut Brown-Coal Mining, 371*
Sprinkler System, Automatic, for Railway Carriage Sheds (Mather & Platt, Ltd.), 300
— Water, Use for Fires in Ships, 465
Spur Gearing. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion St. Albans Substation, Water Circuit-Breakers, 580*
St. Helier’s Harbour, Jersey, Improvements,441 Stabilisation, Gyroscopic, of Land Vehicles (Review), 394
— Magnetic, of Nitrided Steels, 745*
Stabiliser Tests, Flamm, M.S. “ Indrapoera,” 645*
Stability of Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
— of Ships. See Ships
Staff, Unemployed, Problems of, 173 Staffordshire Coal, Temperature of Travelling- Grate Stoker with, 657*, 669*
Stage, Landing, Ship-Loading Pier, Beckton Gas Works, 531*
Stagg; J. M., on British Polar Year Expedition, 472
Stanchions, Steel, with Concrete Cores, Tests of, 727
— in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigations
on, 566
— See also Columns ; Struts
Standard & Pochin Brothers, Ltd., Plenum Heating and Ventilating Plant, 665*
Standardisation in India; 522
Standards Association, Canadian Engineering, Specifications, Circuit Breakers, Electric Motors and Portable Lighting Devices, 599
— Institution, British, Specification, Girder Bridges, 13, 37; Circuit Breaker Rating, 18 ; Steel Railway Sleepers, 53 ; Files and Rasps, 60; Circular Saws, 158 ; Switchgear, 240 ; Sampling of Coal, 336 ; Copper Strip and Bar, 377; Road-Traffic Control Electric-Light Signals, 377; Grading of Birch Plywood, 416; Steel Conduits and Fittings for Electrical Wiring, 416 ; Arc Welding, 422; Steel Eyebolts, 437; Nomenclature for Aircraft Timber, 474; Specifications, Drain Pipes and Fittings, 476; Specification, Cast-Iron Soil Pipes, 507; Aluminium Conductors, 561; Edison-Type Screw Lamp Caps, 534 ; Boiler and Superheater Tubes, 604; Definitions of Gross and Net Calorific Value, 676; Specifications, Air-Break Switches, 677; Aluminium-Alloy Forgings, 697; Electrical Appliances, 730; Derrick Cranes, 745 ; Structural Steels, 739 ; Interlocking Roofing Tiles, 739
— U.S. Bureau of. See United States
Stanier, W. A., 2-6-0 Type Superheater Locomotive, 76* ; 2-6-4 Type Three-Cylinder Tank Locomotive, 386*; 4-6-0 Type
Passenger Locomotive, 487*
Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 263
Starch Manufacture from Potatoes, 639* State Railways See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations Statistical Tests for Manufactured Products, 288
Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator Construction, 25,000-kW, 33,000-volt Alternator, 719
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Collector for Locomotive Boiler, 622*
— Condensation. See Condensation
— Consumption. See Tests
— Crane. See Crane
— Engines. See Engines
— Flow through Nozzles. See Nozzles
— High-Temperature, Performance of Detroit
Turbines with, 23*, 78*
— Lorries. See Lorries ; Tractors
— Navvy. See Excavating Machine
— Omnibuses, History of, 523
— Pipes, Testing Insulating Materials for, 1*.
58*, 171*, 252*
— Power Plant Engineering (Review), 394
— Production in Gas Works, 554
— Raising by Electricity, Costs of, 250
— Roller. See Road Roller
— Shovel. See Excavating Machine
— Super-Pressure, Limits for Ship Propulsion,
701
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Supersaturated, Investigations on, 303*,
333*
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Trials. See Tests
— Tug “ Fortuna,” Flamm System of Stabilisation, 502*
— Turbines. See Turbines
— and Water Mixtures, Density of, 420
Steamer “ Adderstone,” 2,200-i.h.p. High- Speed Compound Engine with Exhaust Turbine, 347*
— “ Arctees,” Machinery of, 568*, 574
— “ Arcwear,” Design and Performances of,
568*, 574
— Auxiliary Propeller Drive for, Model Tests, 466. See Erratwm, 515
— “ Branksome Hall ” versus Southend Corporation, 530
— Built in 1933, 20, 38
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 127, 520
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine, Propulsion
— Fire-Fighting Arrangements in, 465
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— “ Gliickauf,” First Oil Tanker, 466
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 198
— “ Laurentic,” Salvage of Gold from, 324
— “ Manhattan,” Oil-Fuel Consumption of, 106
— and Motorships, Comparative Economy of, 106
— “ Normandie,” 273*
— “ Oliva,” Salvage of, 324
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Resistance. See Ship Resistance
— Rolling of. See Ships, Rolling of
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— “ Scharnhorst,” 593
— “ Scythia,” Experiments with Colloidal Fuel, 679
— Stability of. See Ships, Stability of
— Turbo-Electric Propulsion for, 239
— “ Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
— Weight of Machinery for, 700
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships ; Turbines; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steckel Rolling Mill for Steel Sheets, 691*, 712, 742*
Steel, Boiler, Caustic Embrittlement of, 733
— for Bridges, Buildings, and Mild-Steel
Plates, American Tentative Specifications for, 607
— British Production of, 494
— in Buildings, International Regulations for,
726
— Chromador, for Structures, Properties of,
415*. See LETTER, 454
— Chromium. See Steel, Stainless
— Columns with Concrete Cores, Tests of, 727 Fire Protection of, with Gypsum, 5
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Crankshaft, Elastic Hysteresis in, 168*.
See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
— Defects and Fractures in, 105
— Deterioration in Sea Water, Report, 352
— Development, International Congress for, London Meeting, International Regulations for Use of Steel in Buildings, by L. G. Rucquoi, 726; Fire Protection of Steel- Framed Structures, by E. A. van G. Stort, 727; Architectural Use of Sheet Metal Products, by F. Lome, 727 ; Construction of Working-Class Flats in Paris, by M. Beaudoin, 727 ; Construction of Working-Class Flats in Rotterdam, by T. Elshout, 727; Steel Sheet Usage in Building Construction, by F. L. Main, 727 ; Report on Competition for Design of Exhibition Building, by Col. L. Icre, 727; Steel Columns with Concrete Cores, by Dr. A. Kloppel, 727 ; Long-Span Bridges, by R. Freeman, 727; Architecture of Modem Industrial Steel-Frame Buildings, by Prof. R. L. A. Schoemaker, 727; Rigid Frames in Steel Structures, by Prof. H. Maier-Leibnitz, 727 ; Full-scale Tests on Steel-Framed Structures by Prof. J. F. Baker, 727; Types and Tendencies in Steel-Bridge Design, by T. C. Greisenth- waite, 727 ; Welding of Railway Rolling Stock in Poland, by A. Brandt, 727; Steel Pit Props and Mine Arches, by Prof. S. M. Dixon and Major H. M. Hudspeth, 727
— Elastic and Proportional Limits in, 695*, 737
— Fatigue of, See Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
— Framed Buildings, Industrial, Architecture of, 727
Structures, Full-Scale Tests of, 727
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Hardening, Vapocarb Hump Method of,
Steel, Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— at High Temperatures, Creep Tests, 214
— High-Tensile, for Structures, Properties of,
415*. See LETTER, 454
— Industry in Australia and South Africa. 655 United States, under National Industrial Recovery Act, 238
Use of Town Gas in, 688
— Ingots, Centrifugal-Cast, for Seamless-
Tube Manufacture, 137* Dendritic Segregation in, 721 Structure of, 721
— and Iron Trade Reorganisation, 463, 494
— Melting Plant, Electric, S. Fox & Co., Ltd.,
455*
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mill Buildings, Design of (Review), 140
— for Motor Cars, Development of, 523
— Nitrided, Ageing Changes in, 745*
— Peech & Tozer, Use of Coke-Oven Gas at
Templeborough Works, 574
— Plates, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Rails. See Rails ; Metal-Price Diagrams
— in Reinforced-Concrete Buildings, Stresses
in, 70
—’ Rolling Mills. See Rotting Mills
— Ropeways. See Wire Ropeways
— Sheets, Full-Finished, Manufacture of, 689*,
712, 741*
Thin, Dimensions of Hardness-Test Specimens of, 327
Usage in Building Construction, 727
— Silicon, in Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467,498
— Stainless, Intergranular Corrosion of, 713
— Staybrite, at “ Ideal Home ” Exhibition,
434
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress ; Tests (Materials)
— Structural, Specifications, 739
— Structures, Competitive Design of (Review),
480 Research Committee, Report, 566 Rigid Frames in, 727
— for Sydney Harbour Bridge, Properties of,
467, 498
— Tensile Properties in Liquid Hydrogen, 331.
See LETTER, 550
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Tool, Thermal Conductivity of, 722
— Tubes, Seamless, Manufacture of, 30*, 87*,
137*
Tables of Capacities and Properties of,
544
— Wife, Fatigue Testing of, 503* Steelwork, Structural (Review), 140 Investigations on, 566
in Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498 Steelworks. See Works Steering Gear. See Motor-Car Details
— of Ships, Automatic Control of, 408, 413* Steinmiiller Type Mechanical Stoker for Jiges
Boiler, 64*
Stevenson Creek Experimental Dam, Tests of,
200
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., All-Steel Lighting Pole, 228; Tables of Capacities and Properties of Steel Tubes, 544
Stiefel Process of Seamless-Tube Manufacture, 30*
Stirling Boiler, Ltd., Boilers for Fulham Power Station, 738
Stocker, H. E., on Cargo Handling and Stowage, 106
Stockholm, International Congress on Large Dams. See Dams, Large, International Co'tiQrass OYI
Stocksbridge Works, S. Fox & Co., Ltd., Electric Steel-Melting Shop, 455*
Stoker, Mechanical, Automatic (Ashwell &
Nesbit, Ltd.), 230
Automatic Combustion Control with, 129*, 134*, 162
for Gas Works, 495, 555 Koker (Meldrums, Ltd.), 180 Steinmiiller Type, for Jiges'Boiler, 64* Taylor, Train Ferry “ Twickenham
Ferry,” 453*
— Travelling Grate, Control of Temperatures of,
587*, 656*, 669*
Stonehaven, Lord, on Shipbuilding Industry,
384 Stop Valves. See Valves Storage Bins, Phosphate-Handling Plants,
Nauru and Ocean Island, 48*
— and Handling Plant, Oil-Seed, Liverpool,
343*
— Water, Pumped, for Reserve Power, 91, 97.
See LETTERS, 131,157
Stort, E. A. van G., on Fire Protection of
Steel-Framed Structures, 727 Strachan, J., the Late, 287 Strains in Concrete Dams, Measurement of, 108
— See also Stress
Straub, Prof., on Scale Prevention in Boilers,
733
Streets, London, Early History of, 399
— Lighting, Developments in, 99
Mercra Gaseous Discharge Lamps for,
82*
— Railways. See Tramways
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests
(Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests
(Materials)
— in Buttress-Type Dams, 591*
— in Civil-Engineering Structures, Study of,
267
— in Concrete Dams, 109
— in Deck Plating of Ships, 553*
— in Lattice Girders (Review), 211
— Meaning of, 18, 102, 131, 200
— Moving-Load, in Short-Span Railway
Bridges, 118
— Phenomena in Pile Driving, 494
— in Railway Bridges due to Impact, 118
— in Reinforced-Concrete Buildings, 70
— Repetitions. See Alternating Stress under
Tests (Materials)
— in Rigid Materials, Apparatus for Demonstration of, 575
— in Shafts due to Keys and Keyways, 439*,
465
— in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigation, 566
Stress, in Sydney Harbour Bridge, 467, 498
— Thermal, in Pipe Joints for High Pressures
and Temperatures, 445*, 506*
— Vibration, Torsional, of Marine Oil Engines,
167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
— Working, for High-Tensile Steels, 416.
See LETTER, 454
Strickland, Major F., the Late, 702
Stroebe, Mr., on Rail Cars on German State Railway, 353
Structural Design for Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Engineering Industry, Position and
Prospects, 325
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner,
381; Grant of Royal Charter to, 381; New High-Tensile Steel for Structural Work, by G. Roberts, 415*. See LETTER, 454
— Steels, Specifications, 739
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
— Welding, Development of, 402
Structures, Civil Engineering, Study of Stresses in, 267
— Ferro-Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete
— High-Tensile Steels for, 415*. See LETTER,
454
— Steel, Rigid Frames in, 727
Competitive Design of (Review), 480 Framed, Fire Protection of, 727 Framed, Full-Scale Tests of, 727 Research Committee, Report, 566 Struts, High-Tensile Steel for, 415*. See LETTER, 454
— See also Columns
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., Ventilation Fans, Mersey Road Tunnel, 166*, 312*
Submarine Boats. See Warships
Substation, Braclnho Hydro-Electric Scheme, 249*
— Compact Switchgear Units for (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 26*
— Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 108*. See
LETTER, 218
— St. Albans, Water Circuit-Breakers, 580*
— for Urban Power Distribution, 673. See
Erratum, 704
Suction Dredger. See Dredger
Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian, Magnesite-Bearing Rocks in, Utility of, 280
Sugden, Dr. J. A., on Thermal Expansion of Silica Brick, 133
Sulphates Deposits from Atmosphere, 632
Sulzer Brothers, 13,700-b.h.p. Double-Acting Two-Stroke Diesel Engine, 220*
Sunlight, Loss from Atmospheric Pollution, 632 Sunspots and Thunderstorms, Relation between, 345
Superheaters, Brimsdown Power Station, 693*, 721
— for Jiges Boilers, 8*, 64*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Loeffler Boiler, 722*
— Tubes, Specification, 604
— for Velox Boiler, 470*
Supersaturated Steam, Investigations on, 303*, 333*
Surfaces, Catalytic Action of (Review), 577
— Condensers. See Condensers
— Metal, Ratio Between Specific and Apparent, 575
Swale, W. E., on Developing the Power Load, 658
Swallow, M. G. S., on Velox Steam Generator, 469*, 526*. See 431, 528. See Erraftwn, 458
Swansea Civic Centre, Electric Heating of, 632
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Launch of H.M. Destroyer “ Esk,” 376 ; Train Ferry “ Twickenham Ferry,” 453 ; Launch of H.M. Destroyer “ Express,” 692
Sweden, Administration of Water Power in, 547
— Concrete Dams in, 80
— Glass Industry of, 476
Swedish Engineers in Great Britain, Society of, Physical and Chemical Properties of Cement and Concrete, by D. Werner and S. Giertz-Hedstrom, 296
Swindon Waterworks, Latton Pumping Station, 647*, 653
Switches, Motor Starting. See Motors, Electric Switchgear, Brimsdown Power Station, 720*
— Circuit Breakers, Canadian Specification, 599 Breakers, Mechanics of, 354, 363*, 389* Breaker, 15-kV for Outdoor Service
(A. Reyrolle & Co., Ltd.), 279*
Breakers, Rational Ratings of, 390
Breaker, Rupturing Capacity and Rating of, 18
— — Breakers, Water Type, St. Albans
Substation, 580*
— Combination Fuse, Metal-Clad (English
Electric Co., Ltd.), 262*
— Gate-End Box, Explosion-Proof (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 259*
— Investigations on, 147
— Mechanics of, 354, 363*, 389*
—- Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 474*
— Specification, 240
— Switches, Air-Break, Specification, 677
— — 150-ampere Quick-Break, for Pole-
Mounting (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 611*
— Trifurcating Box, 11-kV Inverted Pole
Mounting (E. Heap & Co., Ltd.), 53*
— Units, Compact, for Substations (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 26*
— for Urban Power Distribution, 673. See
Erratww, 704
Switzerland, Concrete Dams in, 80, 108
Swivel Assembly, Mooring, Liability for Failure of, 530
— Screwless, Murphy (Harland & Wolff, Ltd.),
637*
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Design and Construction of, 467, 498
Sykes, R. F. R., on Soda-Lime-Silica Glass, 288
Symons Lecture on British Polar Year Expedition, 1932-33, 472
Syphonic Circulating Water System for Condensers, 275*
Systems, Shop. See Works Management

TABLING, Pneumatic, of Coal, Report, 161
Tachometer, Electric, for Vehicles (Record Electrical Co., Ltd.), 261*
Tail-Shaft Reconditioning Machine, 133*
Talbot, C., Ltd., Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 306*
Tammerfors Hydro-Electric Station, Finland, 5 27*
Tangic Die-Head, 235*
Tangyes, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Tank, Experimental, Dumbarton, Experiments on Scale Effect on Screw Propellers, 436
— — Froude, Experiments on Screw Propellers of Varying-Blade Section, 409, 716*
Hamburg. See Hamburg Tank Society Tests of Flamm System of Stabilising Ships, 502*
See also Ship Models ; Ship Resistance
— Experiments, Arcform Form of Hulls, 570,
574
— — Auxiliary Propeller Drive for Ships, 466.
See Erratum 515
on Coastal Vessels, 519
— Ice, Refrigerating Plant, Hull Ice Co., Ltd.,
427*
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Ships, Motor. See Motor
— Steamers. See Steamers
Tapes, Measuring, Steel, for Electric Cables (J. Chesterman & Co., Ltd.), 584*
Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools
Tapsell, H. J., on High-Sensitivity Creep- Testing Apparatus, 212*
Tar Deposits from Atmosphere, 632
— Oil Fuel from, Calorific Value of, 679
— Removal in Gas Works, 501
Tarratt, F. P., on Progress of Gas Industry, 687
Taxation of Oil Fuel, Effect on Diesel-Engine Industry, 326
Taylor & Challen, Ltd., 120-ton Double Crank Press, 227* ; Belt-Driven Drawing Press, 227* ; 6-ton Adjustable Stroke and Bench Presses, 227*
Taylor, H. D., Award of Duddell Medal to, 353
Taylor, R., on Copper-Palladium Alloys, 342 Taylor Stoker Co., Ltd., Retort Type Stokers,
Train Ferry “Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
Teachers in Technical Schools, Courses for, 221 Teaching. See Education
Technical Colleges and Education. See Education
— Literature, Abstracting and Indexing of, 85*
— Measurements (Review), 394
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Technology and Philosophy, 379
Tees River, Vertical-Lift Bridge over, 257*
Tees-Side Industrial Committee, Workers and Safety First, by R. Dennison, 127
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telegraph Circuits, Interference from Power Circuits, 195
— Writing Service, Public, German Post Office,
687*
Telegraphy, Wireless, Apparatus for Transmission of Photographs, 203*
Automatic Direction Finder, 576
— — Direction-Finding Equipment for Submarines (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 401*
1,000-Frequency Standard for (Muir- head & Co., Ltd.), 71
Report of Radio Research Board, 680
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephone Circuits, Interference from Power
Circuits, 195
— Equipment, Long-Distance, 44
Mersey Road Tunnel, 313*
— Service, London, Report, 155
Telephony, Wireless, Broadcasting Wavelength Changes, 70
1,000-Frequency Standard for (Muir- head & Co., Ltd.), 71
Report of Radio Research Board, 680
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telescope, 74-in. Reflecting, Toronto University, 281*, 365*, 447*
— Terrestrial, Early, 575
Telford, T., Centenary of, 18; Centenary Exhibition, 681
Temperature-Control Apparatus for Creep- Testing Machines, 213*
of Travelling Grate Stokers, 587*, 656*, 669*
— Indicator (Foster Instrument Co.), 188
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermometry
— Phenomena in Gravity Dams, 108
— Recorder for Concrete, 711
— Records of Concrete Dams, 637*
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Templeborough Works, Steel, Peech & Tozer, Utilisation of Coke-Oven Gas at, 574
Tenders, 12, 38, 66, 94, 122,148, 176, 222, 264, 292, 320, 348, 376, 402, 428, 458, 488, 514, 542, 570, 598, 624, 650, 676, 704, 730
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Tension Leveller and Tension Applier, 44 Ternary Alloys. See Allays under Metallurgy

Tests (Materials) :

Alternating-Stress Tests of Single Crystals, 298
— — Tests of Wire, Mounting for, 503* Bend-Testing Machine for Wire (Brunton’s
(Musselburgh), Ltd.), 554*
Bending Tests for Arc-Welded Joints, 112 — Welded Steel for Banded Pipes,
361*, 397
— — Chromador and Mild Steels, 415* . See LETTER, 454
Bursting Tests of Banded Steel Pipes, 360*, 397*
Compression Tests of Deck Plating for Ships, 553*
Compression Tests, Steel Columns with Concrete Cores, 727
—of Brass and Steel, 695*, 737
Creep-Testing Equipment, High-Sensitivity, National Physical Laboratory, 212*
— Tests, Steel at High Temperature, 214*
Hardness Tests, Minimum Dimensions of Specimens for, 327
on Nitrided Steels, 745*
Impact Tests, Steel for Banded Pipes, 361*, 397*
Materials, Properties and Testing of (Review), 139
Notched Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Resilience Tests, Welded Steel Pipes, 361*
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile and Compressive Tests of Brass, 695, 737
— — and Torsional Tests of Steel, 695*,
737
— Tests for Arc-Welded Joints, 112* Chromador and Mild Steel, 415*. See LETTER, 454
— — Metals in Liquid Hydrogen, 331.
See LETTER, 550
— — Steel for Banded Pipes, 361, 397*
Tests, Mechanical, for American Structural Steel, 607
— — Electrically-Welded Joints for Ships,
408
Steel Sheet, 691
Tungum Alloy, 485
Testing Machines at Nottingham University College, 485*
Torsional Tests of Steel, 695*, 737
Transverse Tests, of Aluminium-Alloy Bars, Value of, 341
—- -— Cast Iron, Relation between Load and Deflection, 635*. See LETTER, 684*

Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— 75-in. Aeroto Fan for Tube Railway Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
— Automatic Steering of Ships, 408
— Bertin Turbo-Compressor, 645*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Destructive, of Banded Steel Pipes, 360*,
397*
— Detroit, 10,000-kW Steam Turbine with
Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23, 78*
— Electrically-Welded Joints for Ships, 408
— Evaporative, Johnson Water-Tube Boiler, 19
— Fire Control in Ships, 106
Protection, Gy sum - Covered Steel
Columns, 5
— 195-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder “Atomic” Diesel
Engine, 437
— Full-Scale, of Steel-Framed Structures, 727
— Heat Transmission in Condenser Tubes,
205*, 242
— Jiges Boiler Installations, 9, 64*
— Locomotive “ Cock o’ the North,” London &
North Eastern Railway, 739
— Loeffler Boiler, Caroline Power Station, 722*
— Model Locomotive Front End, 69
— Oil-Engined Shunting Locomotive, 510
— Pumping Plant, Latton Pumping Station,
Swindon, 647
— 250-ton Revolving Crane, Puget Sound
Navy Yard, 613*, 673*
— Riebe-Carobronze Journal Bearing, 512*
— 15-ton Road-Transport Unit for Colonies, 91
— Rotary Air Compressor, 425*
— 630-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder National Oil Engine,
330
— Stabiliser, Flamm, M.S. “ Indrapoera,” 645*
— Starting-Torque-Relief Mechanical Lubricator, 472*. See Errata, 571, 730
— Sydney Harbour Bridge, 498
— Turrinelli Trolley-’Bus at Milan, 430*
— Velox Boiler Plants, 471*, 526*
— Wear, Motor-Car Engine Cylinder, 50* of Petrol-Engine Valve-Seats, 245*, 306*
— Wood Preservation with Water-Insoluble
Salts, 697
— Wood Radiant-Heat Boilers, Brimsdown
Power Station, 694
Tester, Water-Hardness, Automatic (Elgin
Softener Corporation), 331*
Testing of Circuit Breakers, 18
— Equipment, Creep, High - Sensitivity,
National Physical Laboratory , 212*
— High-Speed Internal-Combustion Engines
(Review), 617
— Iron Ores,. 655, 662
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Machine, Bending, for Wire (Bruntons
(Musselburgh), Ltd.), 554*
— — Nottingham University College, Engineering Laboratories, 485*
Valve-Seat Wear (Associated Equipment Co., Ltd.), 245*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials,. American Society for, Cements and Concrete, by Dr. P. H. Bates, 296;
Tentative Specifications for Steel for
Bridges, Buildings and Mild-Steel Plates, 607
— Steam-Pipe Heat-Insulating Materials, 1*,
58* 171* 252*
— of Switchgear, Cost of, 390
— See also Tests (Materials) Trials
Texas and Pacific Railroad, Petrol-Electric
Train Unit, 509. See 625
Text Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile-Machinery Industry, Position and
Prospects, 127
Thames River, Tides and London Floods, 337* Waterloo Bridge Reconstruction, 406,
681; Demolition, 736
Thanalith-U, Wood Preserving Composition, 697
Thermal Conductivity of Building Materials, Investigations on, 628
of Steam-Pipe Insulating Materials, 2*. 58*, 171*, 252*
of Tool Steel, 722
— Efficiency, Boilers with Automatic Combustion Control, 129, 134*, 162
— —- 10,000-kW Steam Turbine with Steam
at 1,000 deg. F., 23, 78*
Thermal Efficiency, Velox Boiler Plants, 471*, 526*
— Expansion of Glass, 244
of Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses, 476
— Stresses in Pipe Joints for High-Pressures and Temperatures, 445*, 506*
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermo-Couple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines (Review), 285
— Supersaturated Steam, Investigations on,
303*, 333*
— Technical (Review), 481
Thermometer, Dial, Distance-Reading (Negretti & Zambra), 258*
— See also Pyrometer
Thickeners, Hardinge, for Flue-Gas Washing Plant, Brimsdown, 695*
Thidme, R., Double-Balance Plough, 450*
Thompson, J. B. L., Latton Pumping Station, Swindon, 647
Thomson, Sir J. J., on Physics and Physicists, 196
Thomson & Stewart, Motor Drifter “ Girl Helen,” 389
Thorium Radioactive Emanations, 355*
Thornton, B. M., on Control Temperatures of Travelling-Grate Stokers, 587*, 656*, 669* Thornycroft, J. I., & Co., Ltd., Valve-Seat Wear Tests, 246, 306*; 40-b.h.p. Petrol Tractor, 564*; M.Y. “ Rosaura,” 564*
Thorpe, W. H., the Late, 455
Throttle Valve. See Valw
Thrust Bearing.- See Bearing
— of Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics Thunderstorms and Sunspots, Relation between,
345
Tidal Estuaries, Model Experiments on, 520 Tides, Thames, and London Floods, 337* Tigris, River, Kut Barrage Scheme, 197
T. and K. Lubricator, 472*. See Errata, 571, 730
Tiles, Roofing, Concrete, Interlocking, Specification, 739
Tilting Gear, Hydraulic, for Electric Steel- Melting Furnaces, 455*
Timber, Aircraft, Nomenclature for, 474
— Deterioration in Sea Water, Report, 352
— Industry, Finnish, and Hydro-Electric
Station Design, 4, 29*
— Piling, Swing Bridge across Weaver River,
209*
— Preservation with Water-Insoluble Salts, 697
— Researches at Princes Risborough, 197 Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Electrical Properties at Low Temperatures,
519
— Plate for Fruit Canning, 297
Tin-Iron Alloy in, 682
— Research and Development Council, Inter
national, Investigation of Tin-Iron Alloy in Tin-Plate, 682
— and Tin-Plate Prices. See MetaZ-Pnce
Diagrams
Tipplers, Coal Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
— Wagon, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas
Works, 391*
Tookey, W. A., Tests of 195-b.h.p., Four- Cylinder “ Atomic ” Diesel Engine, 437
Tool Grinder. See Grinding under AfacAine Tools
— Machine. See AfacAwie Tools
— Steel. See Steel
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Topham, Jones & Railton (1926), Ltd.j Heightening of Assouan Dam, 559*
Toronto Hydro-Electric System, Method of Preservation of Wooden Poles, 550*
— University of, Investigations on Heat
Transmission through Building Materials, 628
Torpedoes, Automatic Steering of, 413 —• Boats and Destroyers. See WarsAips Torquay Corporation, 11-kV Inverted Pole
Mounting Trifurcating Box, 53*
Torque Converter, Hydraulic, for Light Rail- Car, 270*
— Starting, Relief, Mechanical Lubricator
(J. & W. Kirkham, Ltd.), 472*. See
.Errata, 571, 730
Torsion Tests. See Tests {Materials).
Torsional Vibration, Calculation of Natural Frequencies of, 582*, 611*
Stresses of Marine Oil Engines, 167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
Toulon Power Station, Tests of Velox Boiler Plant, 471, 526*
Towers, Articulated, for High-Tension Transmission Lines, Algeria, 581*
— for Cable-Suspended Dome Roof, Chicago
World’s Fair, 52*
— Conveyor Bridge, Coal-Handling Plant,
Beckton Gas Works, 141*
— Cooling, Brimsdown Power Station, 720
-— Supporting, 250-ton Revolving Crane, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 613*
— Vertical-Lift Bridge over River Tees, 257* Town Gas. See Gas
Townley, J. W. J., on Electricity Supply to Small Householders, 659
Townmead Road Power Station, Fulham, 738 Traction Electric. See Railways; Trolley ;
Tramways
— Engines, Development of, 477*, 562* Tractors, Agricultural, Engines for, 546
— Eight-Wheeled, for 15-ton Road Transport
Unit (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 91
— 40-b.h.p. Petrol (J. I. Thornycroft & Co.,
Ltd.), 564*
Trade, Agricultural-Machinery, Imports and Exports, 240
— British, with Argentina, 463
— — with China, 170
with Finland, 734
—? — with Palestine, Possibilities of, 739
— Copper, Imports of, 43
— Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes
— Economic Conditions in China, Report, 170 Conditions in Finland, Report, 734 Conditions in South Africa, Report, 654
— — Position of Austria, Report, 42
Trade, Electrical Machinery Imports and Exports, 43
— Empire, and British Overseas Merchants,
562
— Engineering and Allied, Position and
Prospects, 17, 43, 73, 99, 127, 154, 198, 240, 283, 325
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Indian Import, Report, 380
— and Industry, German, Reorganisation of,
432
— International, Britain’s Policy regarding,
738
— Iron and Steel, Reorganisation of, 463, 494
— Locomotive-Building, British and Foreign
Exports, 198
— Machine-Tool Imports and Exports, 9, 154
— Machinery Imports and Exports, 17, 43, 73,
99, 127, 154, 198, 240, 283, 325
— Marine Engine, British Exports, 283
— Marks Law, Reform of, Report, 602
— Mission, United Kingdom, to Poland, 381
— Motor Cycles and Cycles, Imports and
Exports, 73
— — Vehicles, Imports and Exports, 99
— Textile-Machinery, Imports and Exports,
127
— Unions. See Labour; Labour Notes
— United Kingdom, with India, 380 Kingdom with South Africa, 654
— World, and British Shipping, 301 Traffic Bill, Road, Review of, 405; Provision
of Footpaths under, 495
— Signs, Regulations for, 127
Trailers for 15-ton Road Transport Unit
(R. A. Dyson & Co., Ltd.), 91 Train Ferry “ Scilla,” Diesel-Electric, 216*
— See also Railway
Training. See- EdwcaZion; Apprenticeship Tramp Ships, Design of, 323
Tramways, London, Proposed Replacement by Trolley ’Buses, 156
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Transformation of Electric Energy (Review),
255
Transformers, 93,750-kVA, Barking Power Station, 144*
— Mallock Electrical Calculating Machine, 698*
— Urban Power Distribution, 673. See
ErraZtm, 704
Transmission and Distribution, Electrical (Review), 367
— Electric. Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion ; Motor-Car Details
— of Power. See .Marine Propulsion; Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Inland, Progress of, 627
— Institute of, The State and Shipping, by
Sir A. Hurd, 492
— Ministry of, Circular on Road improvements, 239; Report on Fatal Road Accidents, 1933, 603
— Motor. See Road ; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road ; Motor
Transporter Bridges, for Open-Cut Brown-
Coal Mining, 508* Transverse Tests. See Tests {Materials) Transverter for Current Conversion, 351 Trap, Intercepting, for Suction Dredger
(Graver Tank and Manufacturing Corporation), 387*
Trapezoidal Mass-Concrete Retaining Walls, 133
Travelling Crane. See Crane Trench-Cutting Machine for Cable-Laying
(W. G. Brown & Sons), 499* Trencham, H., on Mechanics of Electrical
Switchgear, 363*, 389*. See 354 Trevithick Centenary Commemoration, Final Report on, 654
Trevithick, R., The Engineer and the Man (Review), 211
Trevithick, R., Memorials at Merthyr Tydfil and University College, London, 320, 459, 493
Trials. See Tests
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam
Tripper, Travelling, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 417*
Trolley-’Bus Developments in London, Opposition to, 156
— — Turrinelli, Development of, 430*
— Hoist, 250-ton Revolving Crane, 672* Tropics, Health in, Investigations Regarding,
620
Truck, Petrol-Driven (Reliance Trucks, Ltd.), 184*
— Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Truss, Wichert (Review), 211
Tu, Chang-Wang, on China Rainfall and World-Weather, 345
Tubs, Coal-Pit, Pressed-Steel (Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd.), 262
Tubes, Boiler and Superheater, Specification, 604
— Condenser, Heat Transmission in, 204*,
242, 519
Water Deposition on, 519
— Electric Butt-Welding Machine for (British
Insulated Cables, Ltd.), 633*
— Plates for Surface Condensers, Types of,
159*, 242
— Railways. See Underground Railways
—? Seamless, Manufacturing of, 30*, 87*, 137*
— Steel, Tables of Capacities and Properties
of, 544
— See also Pipes
Tubi Togni, Messrs., Destructive Tests of
Banded Steel Pipes, 360*, 397* Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Tungum Sales Co., Ltd., Tungum Alloy, 485 Tunnel, Piccadilly Railway, 75-in. Aeroto Fan
for Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
— Preston Aqueduct, 621
— Road, Mersey, 55*, 165*, 311*
— Water, Protective Linings for, 609*
— Whitehaven Repairs, London Midland &
Scottish Railway, 443*
Tuplin, W. A., on Natural Frequencies of Torsional Vibration, 582*, 611*
Turbine, Gas, for Velox Boiler, 470*
— Hydraulic, 10,900-h.p. Escher-Wyss Im
pulse, Pykara Hydro-Electric Scheme, 108. See LETTER, 218
Francis, 27,500-h.p., Imatra Power Station, 5, 27*
Impulse, for Gas-Charged Water (English
Electric Co., Ltd.), 217*
—' — Kaplan, 16,000-h.p., Abborfors Hydro-
Electric Station, 5, 27*
Kaplan, 5,000-h.p., Hogfors Hydro-
Electric Station, 5, 28*
-- — 3,430-h.p. Pelton Wheel, Bracinho
Hydro-Electric Plant, 248
See also Power Plant
— Pump. See Purnps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Blading for. See Blading
— 25,000-kW, Brimsdown Power Station,
719*
— — 10,000-kW, Detroit, Performance with
Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*. 78* Geared, Torsional Vibrations in, 612*
— — High-Pressure, for Ships, 700
Extraction, 9,000-kW, Bowater’s Mersey
Paper Mill, 674*
5,000-kW, Ifor Power Station, Report on
Breakdown, 407
50-kW Impulse (W. H. Allen, Sons &
Co., Ltd.), 180*
75,000-kW Impulse, Barking- Power Station, 144*
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion 1,500-kW Parsons, at Wallsend, 152
— — 3,750-kW Pass-Out, Paper Mills Power
Station, Dartford, 473*
2,500-kW Super-Pressure, Valley Road
Power Station, Bradford, 83*, 111*, 251* 30,000-kW, Valley Road Power Station,
Bradford, 83, 251*, 338*
— — See also Turbo-Generators; Turbo
Alternators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships Turbo-Alternators, Cooling of, 15. See LETTERS, 157, 424*
25,000-kVA and 94,000-kVA, Ventilated Rotors for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 536*
— Compressor (G. Bertin), 643*
— Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See
Marine Propulsion
— Generators, 75,000-kW, Barking Power
Station, 144*
25,000-kW, Brimsdown Power Station, 719*
10,000-kW, Detroit, Performance with Steam at 1,000 deg. F., 23*, 78*
5,000-kW, Ifor Power Station, Report on Breakdown, 407
— — 105,000-kW, Metropolitan-Vickers Elec
trical Co., Ltd., 674
3,750-kW, Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 473*
- Set, 50-kW (W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd.), 180*
2,500-kW Super-Pressure, Valley Road
Power Station, Bradford, 83*, 111*
— — 60,000-kW, Townmead Road Power
Station, Fulham, 738
30,000-kW, Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, 83, 251*, 338*
Turner, D., on Refractories for Metallurgical Research, 280
Turner, Prof. W. E. S., on Thermal Expansion of Glass, 244 ; on Soda-Lime-Silica Glass, 288; on Volatilisation from Lithium Oxide-Containing Glasses, 476; Glass Industry of Scandinavia, 476; Thermal Expansion of Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses, 476; on Decolorising of Glass, 551; on Glass Manufacture in Europe, 637 Turning and Boring Mills. See Machine Tools Turret Lathes. See Lathes under Machine Tools Turrinelli Trolley-’Bus, Development of, 430* “ Twickenham Ferry,” Steam Train Ferry, 453* Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Typing-Telegraph Instrument (Siemens-
Schuckert), 687*
Tyler, W. H., on Magnesite-Bearing Rocks in
Sudan,280
Tyres, Pneumatic, Development of, 524
— — for Farm Implements, Trials of, 546

UHLAND & CO., Potato-Starch Making Machinery, 639*
Ulster, Railway Improvements in, 104*
Under-Water Explosions, Photographic Records of, 711
Underfeed Stoker, Experiments on Temperature Control of, 588*, 656*, 669*
Underground Railway, London, Piccadilly Line, 75-in. Aeroto Fan for Tube Ventilation, 92*. See LETTERS, 272*
Unemployment. See Labour
Union Pacific Railroad, Petrol-Electric Streamlined Train, 509*
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes
United Kingdom Iron and Steel Consumption, 18
— — Trade with India, Report, 380 Trade Mission to Poland, 381
— States Aircraft Carriers, 385, 387
Bureau of Mines, Investigations on Explosibility of Coal Dust, 558 ; Report on Pneumatic Tabling of Coal, 161
Bureau of Standards, Fire Protection Tests of Steel Columns with Gypsum, 5
Concrete Structures in, 109
— — 3,000 h.p. Double Conical Drum Gold-
Ore Hoist, 330*
Experimental Model Basin, Experiments on Rolling, 106
Gas Industry in, 744
High-Speed Rail-Cars, 509*, 625
National Museum, Annual Report, 692
— — Navy Yard, Puget Sound, 250-ton
Revolving Crane, 613*, 673*
Navy. See also United States under Warships
— New England and England, Rainfall
Variations in, 611
United Kingdom, New York Motor Show, 153 Power Stations, Automatic Combustion
Control Systems in, 129*, 134,162
— — Progress under National Industrial
Recovery Act, 238
— — Railways. See Railways ; Railroads Steel-Sheet Manufacture in, 690*, 712,
741*
See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 193; High- Frequency Electric Steel-Melting Plant, Stocksbridge, 455*
Universal Grinding Machine. See Grinding
Machine under Machine Tools
Universe, Expansion of, 3
University College, London, Memorial to
Trevithick, 459, 493
— of Illinois, Memoir on Flame Temperatures
in Internal-Combustion Engine Measured by Spectral Line Reversal, 623; Report on Cause and Prevention of Calcium Scale in Steam Boilers, 733; Tests of Locomotive Front-End Model, 69
— Johns Hopkins, Investigations on Supersaturated Steam, 303*, 333*
— Lehigh, Model Tests, 250-ton Revolving Crane Tower, 615*
— Minnesota, Investigations on Heat Transmission through Building Materials, 628
— Oxford, Agricultural Engineering Research
Institute, Automatic Meter for Field Drains, 77*; Report on Farms and Machines, 545
— Toronto, Investigations on Heat Transmission through Building Materials, 628
— See also Education
Upper Atmosphere. See Atmosphere
Uskside Engineering Co., Ltd., Chain-Type Coal Cutter, 259

VACUUM Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See Rontgen Rays
Valency, Chemical, and Atomic Structure, 461.
See LETTER, 522
Valentine’s Glen, Ireland, .Railway Viaducts across, 104*
Valley Road Power Station, Bradford, SuperPressure Steam-Turbine Installation and 30,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 83*, 111*, 251*, 338*
Valves, Control, 9,000-kW Steam-Extraction Turbines, 675*
— Emergency and Stop, 9,000-kW Steam-
Extraction Turbine, 675*
— Gear, Poppet Type, for 2-8-2 Type Three-
Cylinder Locomotive, 622, 728*
— Homogenising, 146*. See Erratum, 265
— Magnetic (Magnetic Valve Co., Ltd.), 262
— Reducing, for Super-Pressure Steam-Turbine
Plant, Bradford, 84*
— Seat Wear in Motor-Car Engines, Report,
245*, 306*
— Throttle, 30,000-kW Steam Turbine, 338*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
Van Dyck, Dr. W. J. D., on Detonation in Petrol and Diesel Engines, 335. See LETTER,329
Vapocarb Hump Method of Steel Hardening, 300 Variable Speed Gear. See Gear; Motor-Car Details
Vehicles, Land, Gyroscopic Stabilisation of (Review), 394
— Railway, Motion of, on Curved Line (Re
view), 505
Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Plant, Plenum, Firth-Brown Engineers’ Tool Department, 665*
Plant, Radio City, New York, 10*.
Ventilation Buildings and Plant, Mersey Road Tunnel, 165*, 311*
— of Piccadilly Railway, 75-in. Aeroto Fan for,
92*. See LETTERS, 292*
— of Rotors for Turbo-Alternators (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 536*
— of Turbo-Alternators, 15. See LETTERS,
157, 424*
Venturi Meter, Valley Road Power Station,339* Verein Deutscher Drehbankfabriken, Lathes at Leipzig Fair, 411
Vertical Lift Bridges. See Bridges
Vessels, Glass-Enamelled (R. Jenkins & Co., Ltd.), 262
Velox Steam Generating Plants, 431, 469*, 526*, 528. See Erratum, 458
Viaducts, Ferro-Concrete, Greenisland Loop Line, County Antrim, 104*
— See also Bridges
Vibration Stresses, Torsional, of Marine Oil Engines, 167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
— Torsional, Calculation of Natural Fre
quencies of, 582*, 611*
Vice. See Machine Tools
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Launch of H.M.
Submarine “Severn,” 95; Launch of H.M. Cruiser “Ajax,” 338; Launch of Portuguese Submarine “Delfim,” 551; Launch of Portuguese. Submarines “ Gol- flnho ” and “ Espadarte,” 685
Victoria, Australia, Bucket Excavators at Yallourn Colliery, 508
— Pier, St. Helier’s, Jersey, Reconstruction of,
441
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., 0-5-h.p. Petrol Engine, 181*
Viscosity of Pitch, Report, 60
Viscous Properties of Eutectics and Soft
Metals, 340
Vitkovice Mines Steel and Iron Works, Loeffler Boiler Tests, 722*
— See also Witkowitz
Vogtlandische Maschinenfabrik A.-G., Hydraulic Precision Finishing Machine, 316*
Vokes, C. G., Ltd., Panel-Type Air Filter, 194*
Vomag Werke, Multi-Spindle Precision Boring Machine, 410*
Vulcanising Press, Rubber, 10,000-ton (G. Siempelkamp & Co.), 156*

WAGES. See Labour
Wagon, Dumping, Automatic (R. White & Sons), 692*
Loading Machines, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 531*
— Motor. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— Railway, Steel, Periodical Overhauling of,
557*
— Tipplers, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton
Gas Works, 391*
Waldram Daylight-Factor Gauge (Everett, Edgcumbe & Co., Ltd.), 278*
Waldram, J. M., on Developments in Street Lighting, 99
Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., Ventilation Fans, Mersey Road Tunnel, 166*, 312*
Wallis & Steevens, Ltd., Oil-Engined Road Roller, 183* ; Steam Road Roller, 563*
Walls, Ferro-Concrete, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*
— Heat Transmission through, 628
— Quay, Concrete, Port of Mombasa, 373
— Retaining, Concrete, Minimum-Section Tra
pezoidal, 133
Wallsend, Neptune Bank Power Station, Early Parsons Turbo-Generator at, 152
Wanderer-Werke, Electro-Hydraulic Automatic Milling Machine, 382*
Ward, H. W., & Co., Ltd., 6|-in. Centre Capstan Lathe, 46*
Warlop System of Oil-Circuit Bearings, 441*
Warren Farm Well, Rottingdean, Sussex, 681

Warships :

Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
French Aircraft Carriers, 387
H.M. Aircraft Carriers, Development of, 385, 387
— Cruiser “Ajax,” Launch of, 338
— Destroyer “ Electra,” Launch of, 349 “ Encounter,” Launch of, 402
— — “ Esk,” Launch of, 376 “ Express,” Launch of, 692 “ Fearless,” Launch of, 571
— Submarines, Safety Appliances in, 324 “ Salmon,” Launch of, 543 “ Sealion,” Launch of, 377 “ Severn,” Launch of, 95 Italian Battleship “Leonardo da Vinci,” Salvage of, 324
— Submarine “ Galileo Galilei,” Launch of, 594
Japanese Aircraft Carriers, 387
Naval Construction Programme 1933, 156 — Fuel, Coal and Oil Products for, 679 Navy Estimates for 1934, 327
Portuguese Sloop “Afonso de Albuquerque,” Launch of, 650
— Submarine “ Delflm,” Launch of, 551 “ Golflnho ” and “Espadarte,” Launch of, 685
Submarines, Wireless Direction-Finding Equipment for, 401*
United States Aircraft Carriers, 385, 387 Battleship “New Mexico,” Automatic Steering Trials, 408
Destroyer “ Hamilton,” Trials of, 106
— — Navy Yard, Puget Sound, 250-ton
Revolving Crane, 613*, 671*
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washers, Gas, for Gas Works, 501 Washery, Rheolaveur, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant, Ashington Colliery, 34*
Washing Plant, Flue-Gas, Brimsdown Power Station, 694*
Washington Model Basin, Experiments on Rolling, 106
— Puget Sound Navy Yard, 250-ton Revolving
Crane, 613*, 671*
— University, Investigations on Cleaning of
Coal, 161
Waste-Heat Boilers in Gas Works, 495, 500*, 555 Water, Acid, Effect on Concrete Dams, 80
— Consumption of Engines. See Tests
— Deposition on Condenser Tubes, 519
— Engineers, Institution of, London Meeting,
Law of Flow through Disc-Orifices in Pipe Lines, by A. A. Barnes, 25 ; Discharge of Pipes Lined with Concrete or Bitumen, by
A. A. Barnes, 25 ; Practical River Flow Measurement, and its Place in Inland Water Survey, by W. N. McClean, 25 ; Algal Growths and Water Supply, by J. W. Husband, 26; Birkenhead Meeting, Presidential Address, by R. F. Baker, on Water-Supply Problems, 621; Design of Concrete Dams with reference to Deterioration due to Moorland Water, by W. T. Halcrow, 609*, 637*. See 621 ; Pumping of Rural Water Supplies by H. R. Lupton, 621; Preston Aqueduct Tunnels, by
E. C. Oakes, 621
Water Friction. See Friction ; ? Hydrodynamics ; Ship Resistance
— Gas. See Gas
— Gauge Fittings, Single-Colour and Two-
Colour (Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd.), 187*
— Hammer, Theory of (Review), 578
— Hardness Tester, Automatic (Elgin Softener
Corporation), 331*
— Heaters. See Feed-Water Heaters
— Heavy, Discovery and Properties of, 464 Properties of, 421
— Moorland, Effect on Concrete Dams, 609*,
637*
— Pollution Research Board, Annual Report,
196
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Shortage, Effect of Land Drainage on, 400
— Softening for Internal-Combustion Engine
Jackets, 536
Plant, Paper Mills Power Station, Dartford, 473
— Sprinklers, Use for Fires in Ships, 465
— and Steam Mixtures, Density of, 420
— Storage, Pumped, for Reserve Power, 91, 97.
See LETTERS, 131, 157
— Supply and Algal Growths, 26
— — Inland, River Flow Measurements for, 25 Installation, Emergency, Kilbagie Paper
Mill, 549
of Kano, Nigeria, 200
Legislation, 434
National Problem of, 151, 653
Pooling of, 151
Problems, 621
— — Rural, Pumping of, 621
— — Warren Farm Well, Rottingdean, 681 See also II'eZ/s
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
— Wheels. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Power
Plant
Waterloo Bridge, Reconstruction of, 406, 681; Demolition of, 736
Watertight Layers for Concrete Dams, 80 Waterways. See Rivers; Canals Waterworks, Manchester, Lostock Booster Station, 120*
— Swindon, Latton Pumping Station, 647*, 653
— See also Water Supply and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Watt, J., Original Letter of, 344
Watts, S. S., on Flame-Temperatures in Petrol Engine, 362*, 623; on Combustion in Petrol Engine, 743*
Waves, Atlantic, Behaviour of Ships among, 435
— Making Resistance of Ships. See Ship Resistance
— Mechanics and Radioactive Bodies, 355*
Wear of Nitrogen-Hardened Cast-Iron, Experiments on, 50*
Weather, World, and China Rainfall, 345
— See also Meteorology
Weathering of Concrete Dams, 80
Weaver Navigation Trustees, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 209*, 315*
Webo Gemeinschaft Westdeutscher Bohrma- schinenfabriken, Friction-Driven Drilling Machine, 382*
Wedges, Supporting, Electrically-Operated, Swing Bridge across River Weaver, 315*
Weekes, L. (Luton), Ltd., Watertight Plug and Socket, 664*
Weigher, Lorry-Axle Portable (G. Salter & Co., Ltd.), 260*
Weighing Apparatus, Oil-Seed Handling Plant, Liverpool, 343*
— Machines, Automatic (H. Simon, Ltd.), 229* Tippler, Coke-Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*
Weight, L., on Machine-Tool Industry, 9
Weir, A., & Co., M.S. “ Isipingo,” 144*
Weir, J. A., Ltd., Emergency Water-Supply Installation, 549
Welded Intercepting Trap for Suction Dredger, 387*
— Joints in Steel-Framed Buildings, Investigation on, 566
— Steel Cylinder Casing for Locomotive, 551* Welding, Arc, Specification, 422
— Set, Electric, Semi-Portable (Parsons Oil
Engine Co., Ltd.), 502*
— Electric, for Ship Construction, Tests 408
— Machine, Butt, Electric (Holden & Hunt),
230*
— — Electric, for Tubes (British Insulated
Cables, Ltd.), 633*
— Metallic Arc, Tests for, 112*
— of Railway Rolling Stock, 727
— in Ship Construction, Progress of, 297, 700
— Structural, Development of, 402
Welfare Work. See Labour
Well, Warren Farm, Rottingdean, Sussex, 681 Wellman Seaver Rolling Mill Co., Ltd., Seamless-Tube Manufacture by, 87*, 138 Welsh Coal, Temperature of Travelling-Grate Stokers with, 669*
Werner, D., on Cement and Concrete, 296
West, Dr. E. G., on Copper-Iron-Silicon Alloys, 341
West Ham, Domestic Electricity Supply in, 659 West’s Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Coke- Handling Plant, Beckton Gas Works, 391*, 417*, 531*. See LETTER, 496
Western Electric Co., Ltd., High-Speed Kinematograph Camera, 713
Westgarth, T., the Late, 172
Westgate and Birchington Gas Works, Modernisation of, 744
Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co., Ltd., Copper-Oxide Disc and Plate Rectifiers, 233*; Keepalite Control Panel, 233*
Wharf Cranes. See Cranes
Wheatcroft, E. L. E., on “ Hopkinson ” Instability in Synchronous Motors, 616, 642*
Wheel, Brake, Transportable (Platt Brothers <fc Co., Ltd.), 262
— Gear.. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
White Forster Babcock and Wilcox Boiler, Tests of, 106
White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
White-Parsons, G. D., Model of Transportable Bridge, 710
White, R., & Sons, Ltd., Aerial Ropeway, Ashington Colliery, 34*; Automatic Dumping Wagon, 692*
White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., 2,200-i.h.p. High-Speed Compound Engine with Exhaust Turbine, 347*
Whitehaven Tunnel Repairs, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 443*
Whitehead, Dr. S., on Telephone Interference, 196
Whiting Corporation, Vertical-Spindle Coal Pnlvpriqpr
Whiting, W. R. G., on Origin of Tankers, 466 Wichert Truss (Review), 211
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 228
Wiggins, Teape & Co. (1919), Ltd., Dartford Paper Mills Power Station, 472*
Wikner, S. W. A., on Benzole Recovery and Refining, 688
Wilkes, A. H., & Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 262
Williams, A. E., on Renovation of Insulating Oils, 215* ; Potato-Starch Manufacture, 639*
Williams, C„ G., on Valve Seat Wear, 245*, 306*
Wilson, E., on Shipbuilding in Relation to Repairs, 126
Wilson, E. E., on Intake Silencer Problems, 296
Wilson, E. P., on Shipbuilding in Relation to Repairs, 123
Wilson, G. H., Light-Distribution Photometer, 711
Wilson Line, Position in Mollier Chart, 303*, 333*
Wilson, W. K., on Torsional Vibration Stresses of Marine Oil Engines, 167*. See LETTERS, 291, 344*, 400, 496, 578, 684*
Winch, Hauling, Three-Drum (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 661*
— Turning, Electrically-Operated, Swing
Bridge across River Weaver, 315*
Wind Pressures on Buildings, Investigations on, 735*
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Winget, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 263 ; Removal to Rochester, 489
Winks, F., on Thermal Expansion of Soda- Lime-Silica Glasses, 476
Winn, C., & Co., Ltd., All-Angles Vice Mounting, 236*
Winstanley, E. V., on Design of Surface Condensing Plant, 159*, 204*, 275*. See 242, 519. See LETTER, 345
Wire Bend-Testing Machine (Bruntons (Musselburgh), Ltd.), 554*
— Mounting for Fatigue Tests of, 503*
— Ropeway, Coal-Cleaning and Grading Plant,
Ashington Colliery, 34*
- — Ore-Loading, Shako, Korea, 539*
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring, Electrical, Steel Conduits and Fittings for, Specification, 416
Withey, W. H., on Preparation of Sodium Carbonate, 637
Witkowitz, Iron and Steel Works, Czechoslovakia, Researches on Blast-Furnace Gas Dust, 579
— See also Vitkovice
Wohler’s Tests. See Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
Wolf, S. & Co., Ltd., Bench Grinder, 263* ; Grinder for Lathe Mounting, 263*
Wolman, Dr. K. H., on Wood Preservation with Salts, 697
Wood Preservation with Water-Insoluble Salts, 697
Wood Radiant-Heat Boilers, Brimsdown Power Station, 641*, 693*
— Refuse as Boiler Fuel, 53
Wood, W. H. J., Barking Power Station, 143* Woodall-Duckham Companies, Research Section, Tests for Refractory Materials, 280
Chamber • Ovens, Production of Solid Smokeless Fuel, 744
Wooden Poles, Preservation of, Report, 550* Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Wool Industries Research Association, Tension Leveller and Tension Applier, 44
Woolwich Arsenal, 75-h.p. Oil-Driven Shunting Locomotive, 510
Workman Clark (1928), Ltd., M.S. “ Isipingo,” 144*
Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Engineers’ Tool Department, T. Firth &
J. Brown, Ltd., 665*, 710
Industrial Diseases. See Labour Soci6t6 Anonyme Andre Citroen, 726 Soci6t6 FranQaise Hispano-Suiza, 726 Socifite des Usines Renault, 726 Steelworks, Russian, 300-ton Overhead Travelling Crane for, 483*
— Utilisation of Coke-Oven Gas in, 574 Stocksbridge Works, S. Fox & Co., Ltd., Electric Steel-Melting Shop, 455*
Welfare Movement in Works. See Labour Winget, Ltd., Removal to Rochester, 489 Works Management, Conference on Foreman- ship, or Factory Supervision, 131
Education (Review), 451
Engineering Shop Practice (Review), 590 Incentives in Repetitive Work, Report, 592
— — Office Administration for Manufacturers
(Review), 394
Workshop Organisation and Management, 547, 629. See LETTERS, 605, 632
Workshop Training. See Apprenticeship ; Edweaiion
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
— Organisation and Management, 547, 629.
See LETTERS, 605, 632
— Processes, Technical Measurements for
(Review), 394
World Climate during Quaternary Period, 728
— Weather and China Rainfall, 345 Worthington, E., the Late, 130 Wreck Raising. See Salvage Wrightson-Ringquist Anti-Coal-Breaker, 485* Writing-Telegraph Service, Public, German
Post Office, 687*
Wrought Iron. See Iron
Wye Storage Reservoir, Severn Barrage Scheme, 91, 97. See LETTERS, 131, 157

X-RAYS. See Rbntgen Rays

Y-ALLOY Forgings, Specification, 697
Yallourn Colliery, Victoria, Australia, Bucket Excavators at, 508
Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Boilers for Train Ferry, “ Twickenham Ferry,” 453*
Yates, M. L., on Compulsory Continued Education, 389
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yellott, J. I., Junr., on Supersaturated Steam, 303*, 333*
Yorkshire Coal, Temperature of Travelling- Grate Stokers with, 657*, 669
Young, A. P., on Selection and Training of Foremen, 131
Young, Professor E. G., on Tests of Locomotive Front-End Model, 69
Young’s Modulus. See Elastic Modulus

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Acetate and Arsenious Acid for Wood
Preservation, 697
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams

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