Engineering 1938 Jan-Jun: Index: General

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

A-l ELECTRIC WELDING APPLIANCES CO., Automatic Flash Welder for Rails, 145*
Abbey Mills Pumping Station, Diesel-Engine Installation, 460*
Aberdare Cables, Ltd., Aberdare Works, 510*
Aberystwyth University College, Interference Apparatus for Determining Elastic Moduli, 580
Abstracting Services, Use to Science and Engineering, 627
“ Accessible ” Gas-Fired Boiler (Cochran and Co, Annan, Ltd.), 197*

Accidents :

Collapse of All-Welded Bridge, Hasselt, Belgium, 669*
Damage to Electric Plant, Shanghai, during Hostilities, 562*
— by Ice at Niagara Falls, 397*
Explosions, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Failures of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 163
Railway Accident, Charing Cross Underground Railway, 601
at Crewe, Report, 416
Melton Constable, Report, 48 Safety Provisions of Factories Act, 1937, 313
Accumulator, Air-Hydraulic (D. Stewart and Co., Ltd.), 573*
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck Acetylene, Catalytic Combustion on Platinum Wire, 589*
Acetylene and Welding Consulting Bureau, Ltd., Data on Gas Welding Practice, 134
— Welding. See Welding
Acheson’s Colloidal Graphite, Properties and Applications of, 18*, 72*, 143*, 215*, 260*. See LETTER, 205
Acid Attack on Mild Steel, Influence of Composition and Treatment on, 630
Ackworth Capt. B., on Alternative Firing of British Men-of-War, 382. See 422
Acoustical Strain Gauge for Building Structures, 603 , ’
Activated Sludge. See Sewage
Adams, Dr. T., on Road Planning, 271 Addison, H., on Use of Pipe Bends as Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Admiralty. See Warships
Adsorber Solvent Recovery Plant (Sutcliffe, Speakman and Co., Ltd.), 496*
Aeraspray Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Motor- Driven Air-Compressor Set, 198* ; Printers’ Anti-S t off Plant, 198*
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aeronautical Sciences, Institute of, Wright
Lecture on Flight Experiments on Boundary Layer, by Prof. B. M. Jones, 397
— Society, Royal, Effect of Wing Loading on
Design of Modern Aircraft with Particular Reference to the Take-off Problem, by H. F. Vessey, 95; High Wing-Loading and Some of its Problems from Pilot’s Point of View, by Squadron-Leader H. P. Fraser, 96; Garden Party at Great West Aerodrome, 539; Wright Lecture on Materials of Aircraft Construction, by Dr. H. J. Gough, 629

Aeronautics :

Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics (Review), 570
Aerofoil Mechanics and Steam-Turbine Blading Design, 245, 722*
Aeronautical Engineering, Developments in, 716
— Research Committee, Annual Report, 599
German, Yearbook of (Review), 687 Aeroplanes and Aero-Engines (Review), 188 — Efficiency, Wing Lift and Resistance in Relation to, 332, 336, 339*, 433. See LETTER, 364
— Hawker Hurricane, Fast Flight, Edinburgh to London, 185
— High-Wing-Loading in, 95
— Mayo Composite, First Flights, 155
— Stability of, Investigation on, 599
— See also Seaplane (below)
Air Attack, Defence of Transport, 359
— Ministry, Mayo Composite Aircraft., 155
— Raid Precautions Committee of Institution of Civil Engineers, 601
Precautions Exhibition, Charing Cross, 580
Precautions and Transport, 359 Shelter, Emergency Exits for, 324
— Registration Board, Annual Report, 684 Aircraft for British Civil Aviation, 302
— Construction, Materials of, 629
— Efficiencies, 331, 336, 339*, 433. See LETTER, 364
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 69. See LETTER, 264
— Inspection by Air Registration Board, 684
— and Shipping, British Corporation
Register of, Annual Report, 273
Airships, Efficiency of, 336, 339.* See LETTER, 364
Atlantic Flight, Meteorological Investigations for, 369
Busk Studentship, Cambridge University, 512
Civil Aviation, British Government’ Committee’s Report on, 302
— — See also AirsAips (above)
Drag of Aeroplanes, Investigations on, 600
— Measurement by Pitot Traverse Method, 331. See LETTER, 364
Engines, Aeroplane, and Aeroplanes (Review), 188
—?— and Aircraft Efficiency, 339, 433 Armstrong-Siddeley, for Imperial Airways Monoplane, 48*
Bristol, Service Records of, 366
— — Crack-Detection Apparatus for Parts
of, 218*
Developments in, 716
— — 150-h.p. Four-Cylinder Cirrus Major
(Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd.), 174*
— — G.100 Cyclone, 1,100-h.p., and 1,000-h.p. Nine-Cylinder Radial (Wright Aeronautical Corporation), 678*
Gipsy Major, Operating Experiences with, 264
— — Investigations on, 600
— — 905-h.p. Nine-Cylinder Bristol-Perseus XII, 513*
— — Rolls-Royce, New Factory for, 685 Flight Experiments on Boundary Layer,
397
Hangar, Aeroplane, Bellman Transportable, 515*. See Erratum, 530
Unit Construction Lattice-Rib, Model of, 714
Hydro- and Aero-Dynamics (Review), 570 Landing Devices for Aeroplanes, Experiments with, 599
Mayo Composite Aircraft, First Flights, 155 Monoplane, 3,240-h.p. Passenger, Imperial Airways, Ltd., 48*
Propellers, Aerial, Efficiency of, 339 Magnesium Alloys for, 70. See LETTER, 264
Royal Air Force, Statistics of Aeroplane s, 69. See LETTER, 264; United States Aircraft for, 685
Seaplane Catapult Motorship “ Friesen- land,” 321*, 414*
Stability, Aeroplane. See Aeroplane (above).
Wind-Tunnel Experiments on Aeroplanes, 600
Experiments on Model Lattice-Steel Tower, 499.
— — Investigations on Drag, 331, 337.
See LETTER, 364
— — Tests of Steam-Turbine Blading, 246 Wing, Aeroplane, Laminar and Turbulent
Flow over, 397
— Loading and Aircraft Efficiency, 339*, 433
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
A. E.W., Ltd., Muffle-Type Electric Furnace, 61 Africa, Water Power in, 23
Africano, A., Junr., on Expansion and Contraction of Welded Rails, 619
Agricultural Drainage and Irrigation (Review), 438
— Engineers, Proposed Institution of, 657
— Hall. See Exhibition
— Implements, Petrol-Driven, Portable (Ate
liers des Charmilles S.A.), 370*
— Machinery, Position and Prospects, 243
Agricultural Motors. See Tractors
— and Rural Districts, Electrification of
(Review), 142
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Vehicles, Pneumatic-Tyred, Tests of, 648 Agriculture, Indian, and Soil Erosion, 711
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Air, Compressed; See Compressed Air; Pneumatic
— Compressing Plant for Direct-Drive Diesel
Locomotive, 251*
— Compressor, 35-cub. metre Four-Cylinder
Pokorny and Wittekind, 381*
Reduction of Noise Arising from, 640
Rotary, Two-Stage Positive (Northey-Boyce Rotary Engineering Co., Ltd.), 444*. See Erratum, 498
Two-Stage, Motor-Driven (Aeraspray Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 198*
— Conditioner, Portable (Ozonair, Ltd.), 205
— Conditioning and. Electricity-Supply Industry, 721
Plant with Washer Filter (Drummond
Patents (Holding), Ltd.), 262*
— —- Practice in United States, 370 of Railway Carriages, 450
— Filter, Protectovent (Vokes, Ltd.), 512*
—- Flow, Laminar and Turbulent, over Aeroplane Wings, 397
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Heater, Howden-Ljungstrom, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*
— Ministry. See Aeronautics
— Preheater, Barton Power Station, 533*
— Raid Precautions. See Aeronautics
— Receivers, Safety Provisions for, 314
— Register for Oil Burner (Babcock and Wilcox,
Ltd.), 170*
— Resistance of Passenger Trains, 62,100,146
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Supply, for Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel,
New York, 435*
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft. See Aeronautics
“ Airone,” Italian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer,
Launch of, 309, 561
.Airships. See Aeronautics
Airspeed Laundry Drying Machine, 355* Aiton and Co., Ltd., Steam Pipes, Thorpe Power
Stat on, Norwich, 315
Aktiebolaget Liljeholmens Kabelfabrik, 1,600- ton Hydraulic Lead-Extrusion Press for
Cable Covering, 595*. See Addendum, 652 Alcosa Blowers, 234
Aldridge, Radford and Co., Bramley Oil Refiner, 528*
Alexander, G. H., Machinery, Ltd., Universal High-Speed Milling Head, 282*
Allday, W., and Co., Ltd., Alcosa Blowers, 234 Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., 200-b.h.p. Six-
Cylinder Diesel Engines for Motor Ferry “ Lymington,” 507, 650*
Allgemeine Transportanlagen G.m.b.H., Pipe-
Forming and Laying Machine, 381* Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget,
900-kVA Alternators, 111*
Allott, C. S., and Son, Extensions to Barton and Stuart Street Power Stations, Manchester, 531*
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Alumina Cements in Structural Engineering, Report, 101
— Ware, Sintered, 52
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Industry, Japanese, Position of, 165
— Use in Warships', 525
— See also Metallurgy ; Metal-Price Diagrams American Bridge Co., San Francisco-Oakland
Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
— Society for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Ammann, O. H., Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 375*, 435*
Ammonia Compressor, Twin-Cylinder Vertical (Rheinmetall-Borsig A.-G.), 380*
Amsler, A. J., and Co., Testing Apparatus for Piston Rings, 718*
Anchorages, San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, 491*, 553*, 697*
Andrew, Prof. J. H., on Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 163
Angleterre, Lorraine Alsace Co., Steamer “ Twickenham Ferry,” 141
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annual Publications. See LITERATURE INDEX
— and Reference Books, 73, 91, 152, 182, 252,
282, 434, 560, 682, 718; See LITERATURE INDEX
Antimony Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Aplin, W. H. S„ Exhibits at Institution of
Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 714 Apparatus, Electrical, of Volta, 53*, 113
— Scientific, Exhibition, Institution of Civil
Engineers’ Conversazione, 713, 717*
Exhibition, Royal Society Conversazione, 602
Physical Society’s Exhibition, 19*, 43*, 56*, 86*
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
Approaches,- San-Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 700*
Aquadag, Properties and Uses of, 18, 72*, 215*, 261*. See LETTER, 205
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arc. See IFeZdwig
Arches, Portal, Welded. Model of, 714 Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Architectural Design, Modern, Engineering Problems in, 301
— Research Group, Modern, Exhibition of
Architecture, 69
Ardoloy Carbide Tools, 430, 517
“ Aretusa,” Italian Destroyer, Launch of, 561 Argentine Railways, 100-h.p. Oil-Engined Railcars with Mechanical Transmission, 673* Arizona Canyon-Wall Outlet Works, Boulder Dam, 5*, 27*
Armament. See WarsAips
Armistead, R. J. R., on Guidance in Careers for Engineering Students, 704
Armour-Plate Carrying Trailer, 50-ton, 706* Armoured Ships. See Warships
Armstrong, J., and Co., Ltd., Newbury Control . for Laundry Washing Machines, 148* ;
Laundry Machinery, 353*
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., 3,240-h.p. Passenger Monoplane, 48*
Army Transport Organisation, 470
Arnold, Dr. R. N., on Impact Stresses in Freely-Supported Beam, 505. See
LETTER, 592
Arts, Royal Society of, Condensation on Board Ship, by S. J. Duly, 127; Origin of Petroleum in Relation to Formation of Anthracite, by J. Roberts, 185 ; Coal Carbonisation and Importance to Nation, by E. V. Evans, 272; Reclamation of Tidal Lands, by O. Borer, 273; Co- Ordination of Gas Supply, by Col. W. M. Carr, 628; Problems of Soil Erosion in British Empire, with Special Reference to India, by Dr. R. M. Gorrie, 711
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Articulation Socket for Diesel Railcar, 385* Asbestos-Carding Machine, R. Klinger and Co., Ltd., 490*
— Moulded, for Fire Protection of Steel
Structures, 482
Ash Conveyor, Submerged (J. Thompson Engineering Co., Ltd.), 167*
— Handling Plant, Thorpe Power Station,
Norwich, 260*
— Testing Furnace, Gas-Fired (Babcock &
Wilcox, Ltd.), 613*
Asiatic Countries, Water Power in, 23 Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Asphalt Plant, Portable, for Road Making (Standard Steel Works), 719*
Astatic Voltage-Regulating Relay, 45*
Ateliers des Charmilles S.A., Portable Power- Driven Appliances, 370*
Atlantic, Centenary of Steam Navigation Across, 310, 398. See 333
— Flights, Weather Forecasts for, 369
— Liners. See Steamers
Atmospheric Conditions in Deep Mines, Improvement of, 600
Atomic Nuclei, Investigation by Cyclotron, 656
— Physics and Refrigeration, 501, 576. See
Errata, 535
Auerbach und Scheibe A.-G., Drilling Machine with Stepless Drive, 292*
August’s, Ltd., Sand-Mixing Plant, Jarrow, 633*. See Addendum, 653
Australia, Victoria, Merbein Pumping Station, 646*
Austro-German Patent Law. 685 Autobahnen in Germany, 127
Autocarrier,” S.S., for Motor Cars, 140 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Autolift Hydro-Extractor, 354*
Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 56
Automatic Controls, Ltd., Automatic Control for Washing Machine, 411*
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.,
Strowger Remote-Control Equipment, 592 Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Independent Springing, by Dr. F. W. Lan- chester and G. H. .Lanchester, 41; Joint Meeting of Engineering Institutions on Essential Road Conditions Governing the Safety of Modern Traffic : Road Planning, by Dr. T. Adams, 271; Road Construction, by C. L. H. Humphreys, 272 ; Road Illumination, by L. J. Davis and G. S. Lucas, 272 ; Institution Royal Charter, 391
— See Motor Cars
Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd., Tappet-
Adjusting Screw, 202* Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Mariwe
Avery, W. and T., Ltd., Avery-Brownsdon Wear and Lubricant Tester, 199*; Industrial Weighing Machine, 199
Aviation. See A erouawHcs
Awnings, Ferro-Concrete, Wirral Railway Stations, 295

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., 70-in. Seamless Boiler Drums, 196* : Intermediate- Type Chain-Grate .Stoker, 170*; Air Register for Oil Burner, 170* ; Gas-Fired Ash-Testing Furnace, 613* ; Drying Cupboard for Coal Samples, 613* ; Ro-Tap Mechanical Sieve for Pulverised Coal, 614* Bache, W. J., on Work of Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, 592
Bacon, N. H., on Casting-Pit Practice in Open- Hearth Steel Melting Shops, 724. See 557 Bailey’s Size-Weight-Ratio Theory and 'Sampling of Coal, 242
Baird and Tatlock (London), Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 20; Bara Gyro Centrifuge", 20
Baker Perkins. Ltd., Ironing Machine, 441* : Laundry Washing Machine, 441* ; Dry- Cleaning Plant, 441
Balance, Mercury, for Hvdraulic Investigations, 229*
— Sheet, Energy, of Gas Engine, 4, 55*, 114*,
188*, 319*, 407*, 522*. See LETTERS, 385, 443
Balancing Gear for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214, 255
Balfour, Beatty and Co. Ltd., Ferro-Concrete Linings for Tube-Railway Tunnels, 400* ; Kut Barrage, 619*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
Baltimore Sewage Works, Refuse-Grinding Plant, 81*
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Saws.. See Saws under Machine Tools Bars, Wrought-Iron, Specification, 717 Bara Gyro Centrifuge, 20
Barges, River, Experiments on Resistance of, 103
Barimar, Ltd., Welding of Fractured Hydraulic- Press Head, 73*
Barker, H. P., on Automatic Control of Street Lighting, 631
Barr and Stroud, Ltd., 12-ft. Base Rangefinder on Anti-Vibration Mounting, 571*
Barrage, Kut, on River Tigris, 619*
— Scheme, Thames, Inquiry Abandoned, 361 Barton Power Station, Manchester, Completion
of, 531*
Barwick, L. B., Merbein Pumping Station, Victoria, Australia, 646*
Barytes Deposits in Teesdale, 43
Bastian and Allen, Ltd., Return to No-Load Control System, 592
Bateman, E. H., on Analysis of Elastic Structures, 61
Batteries, Ltd., Emergency Lighting Equipment, 344*
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles ; Motor Truck Battleships. See WarsAips
Baumann, K., on Trends in Power Station Practice, 665. See 683
Bazzani, S. E. C., Maritime Station, Naples, 179*
Beams, Concrete, Torsion Tests of, 603
— Freely-Supported, Impact Stresses in, 505.
See LETTER, 592
Beardmore, W., and Co., Ltd., 56-ft. Boring Bar, 473*
Bearings, Ball and Roller, Manufacture and Testing of, 311
— Fabric, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 694*
— for Single-Bucket Excavators, 223
— Use of Colloidal Graphite in, 71*, 142*, 215*
261. See LETTER, 205
“ Belfast,” H.M. Cruiser, Launch of, 357
Belgian Administration de La Marine, S.S. “ London-Istanbul,” 140, 289*
Belgium, Engineering-Trade Statistics, 98,186, 203
— and England, Motor-Car Traffic between,
139* 225* 289*
— Hasselt, Collapse of All-Welded Bridge, 669*
— Wind-Pressure Investigations in, 498*, 638* Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Empire Exhibition, 446, 508*, 571*, 613*, 701*. See also vol. cxlvi
Bellamy, R. G., on Analysis for Trials of Engineering Plant, 264. See 192*. See LETTER, 323
Bellingham and Stanley, Ltd., Saccharimeter, 87 Bellman Transportable Aeroplane Hangar (Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 515*. See A'rralMffi, 530
Bellows, Steel, Sensitive (International Technical Developments, Ltd.), 46
Belsey, W. J., on Alternating-Current Power System for Diesel-Engined Ships, 458*. See 464
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
B. E.N. Patents, Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 177
Bends, Pipe, Use as Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324
Bending Tests. See Tests (Materials) Bendix, Ltd., Universal Coupling, 174* Benford, Ltd., 14-cub. yd. per hour Automatic
Concrete Mixer, 725*
Bennie, H. D., After-Contraction Test for Fireclay Bricks, 52
Berry, J. W., on Production Engineering and
Technical Institutions, 273
Bessemer Medal Awarded to Dr. C. H. Desch, 540
Bevel Gears. See Gears
Bickley, Dr. W. C., on Analysis of Elastic
Structures, 61
Bicop Oxygen-Free Copper, 338* Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Bidston Substation Circuit Breakers, Wirral
Railway, 296*
Binary Alloys. See- Alloys under Metallurgy Binnie, A. M., on Pressure-Distribution in
Convergent-Divergent Steam Nozzle, 250*, 283*. See 245
Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birkenhead North Substation and Control
Room, Wirral Railway, 296* Birmingham Battery and Metal Co., Ltd.,
Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 201
— British Foundry-School Course, 416. See 63
— — Industries Fair, 167*, 197*, 213, 230*.
See Erratum, 264
— Central Technical School, Course for
Teachers in Foundry Subjects, 63. See 416 Birmingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Continuous Belt-Conveyor Furnace, 169* Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co.,
Ltd., Rolling Stock for Wirral Railway, 296*. See Addendum, 386
Birthday Honours List, 685
Bituminous Materials, Road Construction. See Roads
Black and Decker, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 234
Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., 150-h.p. Cirrus Major
Aeroplane Engine, 174*
Blading, Steam Turbine, Effect of Circumferential Pitch on Torque, 245, 722*
— Turbine, Erosion Shields' for, 184 Biashill, A., Wire-Fence Weaving Machine, 234* Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Bleichert Transportanlagen G.m.b.H., Electrically-Driven Revolving Head Shovel, 383*
Blocks, Composite Concrete and Timber, for Dry Docks, 50
Bloom-Turning Device, Friemel, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 637*
Blooming Mill, 40-in. Guest Keen Baldwins
Ltd., 635*, 657
Blow-Pipe. See Welding ; Cutting
Blowers, Alcosa (W. Allday and Co.,, Ltd.), 234 Blyth, F. G. H., Torsion Tests of Ferro-
Concrete Beams, 603
Board of Education, Course for Teachers in Foundry Subjects, 63; Courses for
Teachers in Engineering Subjects, 94;
Course for Teachers in High-Voltage Technology, 207
— of Trade, Indices of Production, 3 ; Reports,
Boiler-Explosion Inquiries, 8, 608 ; Committee on Qualifications of Marine Engineers, Report, 15, 686
Boat, Submarine. See Warships
Bogies, 900-h.p. Breda Electric Streamline Train, 90*
— for Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-Car
Train, 349*
— for 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcar, 11*
— for Electric Locomotives, 514
— for 100-h.p. Oil-Engined Railcars, with
Mechanical Transmission, 673*
— Power, Articulated Diesel-Electric Train,205* for Railcar (Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd.), 385*
Boilers, Central-Heating, Specification, 708
— Coke-Fired, for Central Heating, 689
— Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Domestic, Radiation Tester for (Radiation,
Ltd.), 717*
— Drums, 70-in. Seamless (T. Firth and J.
Brown, Ltd.), 196*
— for Electric Power Stations, 665, 683
— Explosion Inquiries, Board of Trade Reports,
8, 608
— Feed Pump. See Pump
Water Softening. See Water Softening
— Water. See Feed and Water
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— Gas-Fired “ Accessible ” (Cochran and Co.,
Annan, Ltd.), 197*
— High-Pressure, for Power Stations, 125
— — Pressure, Service Results with, 153
— Hot-Water, Domestic, Specification, 423
— La Mont, Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 511
?— Locomobile, with Superheater (Maschinen- fabrik Buckau R. Wolf A.-G.), 380*
— Locomotive, Determination of Efficiency,
671
Heat Balances for, 671
See also Locomotive
— Marine, with Combustion-Chamber Super
heater, 429*, 453
Developments in, 36, 716
Early Transatlantic Steamers, 399
Explosions of, 608
— — Oil-Fuel Burning in, 50
— Mercury, for Ship Propulsion, 104
— Safety Provisions for, 314
— Sinuflow Induced-Draught (Cochran and Co.,
Annan, Ltd.), 410
— Steel-Embrittlement, Investigations on, 598
— Stirling, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich,
258*
— Ultranomic (Davey, Paxman and Co. (Col
chester), Ltd.), 410
— Vertical Cylindrical Multitubular, Specifica
tion, 196
Boilers, Water-Tube, Marine, Development in, 37
Tube, Simon-Carves, Barton Power Station, 531
— Yarrow, S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 675*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolt Holes in Flanges, Effect of, 443*
— Tightener, Mechanical, Lincoln Vehicular
Tunnel Construction, 377*
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, All-Welded Footbridge, 434*
Bondy, O., on Collapse of All-Welded Bridge, Hasselt, Belgium, 669*
Bone, Prof. W. A., on Interactions of Gases and Ore in Blast Furnace, 547. See 645 ; Obituary Notice of, 676
Books, New, Notes on, 79, 109, 138, 191, 217, 295, 325, 374, 425, 460, 518. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 12, 38, 64, 92, 122, 150, 180, 208,
238, 268, 298, 328, 356, 386, 416, 446, 474, 502, 534, 564, 596, 624, 652, 680, 708
Booms for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214,255* Booth, T., the Late, 178
Boreholes. See Wells
Borer, O., Reclamation of Tidal Lands, 273 Boring Machine. See AfacAine Tools
Born, Prof. M., on Statistical Laws of Nature, 507
Boulder Dam, United States, Outlet Works and Valves at, 5*, 27*
Boundary Layer, Flight Experiments on, 397
Bowen, Rear-Admiral H. G., on United States Naval Engineering History, 332
Boyse, C. O., Model of Lattice-Rib Aeroplane Hangar, 714
Bradford, T., and Co., Laundry Washing Machine, 442* ; Starchwork Ironing Machine, 442*
Bradley, G. W. J., on Development of By- Product Coking, 538. See LETTER, 592
Bragg, Prof. W. L., on Scientific Problems of Industry, 361, 391, 451
Bragg, Sir W. H., Awarded Institute of Metals’ Medal, 277; on Early Links between Science and Engineering, 539
Braithwaite, I., and Son (Engineers), Ltd., Laundry Washing Machines, 496
Brake, Railway, Exhauster (Northey-Boyce Rotary Engineering Co., Ltd.), 445*
— Solenoid-Operated (Igranic Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 44*
— See also Dynamometer
Braking Systems for Electric Locomotives, 514 —- — 900-h.p. Electric Streamline Train, 90* Bramley-Moore, S., Refining Plant for Used Lubricating Oil, 528*
Brassert, H. A., and Co., Ltd., Sodium-Carbonate Process for Iron Refining, 108
Brasses, Nickel, Properties of, 318
Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Ltd., Maxoven Gas-Fired Furnace, 702*
Brazing Carbide Tips to Tools, Methods of, 431 Breakdowns. See Accideute
Breast Rollers for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636* Breda Electric Streamline Train, 89* Bremner, D. A., on British Trade Policy, 97 Bressey, Sir C., Highway Development Survey, 1937, 567, 593*, 620*
Brest Dockyard, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, 75*, 128*
Bricks, Building, Effect of Mode of Manufacture on, 26
— Chrome-Magnesite, Refractoriness-under-
Load, 52
— Fire. See also Firebricks; Refractory
Materials
— Silica, Permanent Expansion of, 52
Bridge, All-Welded, Hasselt, Belgium, Collapse of, 669*
— Falls View, Niagara Falls, Destruction by
Ice 397*
— Foot’ All-Welded, Bombay, 434*
Ferro-Concrete, Wirral Railway Stations, 295
— Road, Steel, Spondon, Derbyshire, 664*
— San Francisco-Oakland Bay, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*
— See also Culvert; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bridge, I. C., on Structural Stress in Oil Tanker under Service Conditions, 494
Brier, H., the Late, 559
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Magnetic Apparatus for Crack Detection, 218*; Service Records of Bristol Aero-Engines, 366; 905-h.p. Nine-Cylinder Sleeve-Valve Aero Engine, 513*
— Co-Operative Society, 10-12 cwt. Electric
Delivery Vehicle, 24*
Bristow, R. C., Port of Cochin Developments, 69
Bristow, W. A., on Scottish Low-Temperature Carbonisation Experiment, 178. See 96. See LETTER, 146
British Acetylene Association, Annual Luncheon, 539

British Association:

NoitingAawi Meeting, Section G : Engineering :
Engineering Problems of River Trent Catchment Board, by W. H. Haile, 131*
Cambridge Meeting, Section G: Engineering: Papers, by Junior Engineers for, 69 ; Programme, 451, 657
— Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association,
Annual Dinner, 243; Organisation of Research in a Works, by Dr. A. P. M. Fleming, 243
— Civil Aviation, Government Committee’s
Report on, 302
— Compressed Air Society, Annual Dinner, 127
— Constructional Steelwork Association, Dinner, 155
— Corporation Register of Shipping and Air
craft, Register Book, 182; Annual Report, 273
British Electric Resistance Co., Ltd., Control Panel for 10-kVA, 60,000-volt Testing Transformer, 86
— Electrical and. Allied Industries Research
Association, Luncheon, 185
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 352
— — Development Association, Luncheon, 334
British Empire, Soil-Erosion Problems in, 711
— Engineers’ Association, British Trade Policy,
by D. A. Bremner, 97; Financing Engineering Work Abroad, by F. H. Nixon, 303 ; World Affairs and Trade, by Sir H. P. Croft, 451; Producer and Consumer, by Sir W. Larke, 570; Developments in Aeronautical Engineering, by Lord Sem- pill, 716
— Engineering, Wages and Labour Conditions
in (Review), 542
— Foundry School, Birmingham, Course at,
416. See 63
— Gas Federation, Exhibit at British Industries
Fair, 167
— Industries Fair, Birmingham, 167*, 197*,
213, 230*. See Erratum, 264
British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Bicop Oxygen- Free Copper, 338*
— Isles, Geographic and Economic Survey
(Review), 687
British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd., Swing-Hammer Gypsum Pulveriser, 323*
— Launderers’ Research Association, Exhibits
at International Laundry Exhibition, 442
British Laundry Machinery Co., Ltd., Exhibits at International Laundry Exhibition, 443
British Metallic Packings Co. (1933), Ltd., Eight-Cylinder Crankless Hydraulic Pump, 306*. See Erratum, 338
— Naval Base, Singapore, Graving Dock, 158*
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Cutting Machines, 202 “ British Queen,” S.S., 310, 398
— Railways. See Railways
— Refractories Research Association, Report
on Chrome Refractories in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, 720
— Rubber Producers’ Association, Report on
Pneumatic-Tyred Carts and other Equipment, 648
British Sangamo Co., Ltd., Prepayment Meter, 200* ; Portable Test Meter, 200 ; Thermal- Type Demand Meter, 200*
— Shipbuilding. See SAiytaUZding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Switchgear Design, 568
British Thermostat Co., Ltd., “ Teddington ” Thermostat, 201*; Bellows-Gland Stop Valve, 201* ; Bellows Steam Trap, 201* ; Inverted-Bucket Steam Trap, 202*; Thermostatic Radiator Valve, 430*
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Portable Surge Oscillograph, 88*; Shield-Grid Thyratron, 88 ; Retaining Rings for TurboAlternator Rotors, 103*; 1,200-h.p.
Synchronous-Induction Motor for Cement Mill, 248*; Electrical Equipment for Trains for Wirral Railway, 297* ; Switchgear, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 405*; High-Speed Recurrent Surge Oscillograph, 603
British Timken, Ltd., Gas-Fired Case-Carburising Furnace for Roller-Bearing Components, 195*
— Trade. See Trade
Broadbent, J., and Sons, Ltd., Automatic HydroExtractor for Laundries, 354*
“ Brontes,” Steam Trawler, Explosion of Liver- Boiling Vessel, 8
Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd., 6-ft. Overhead Type Guillotine, 230* ; 4-ft. Under-Crank Type Guillotine, 230* ; Tube Cutting-off Lathe, 640*
Broom and Wade, Ltd., Portable Pneumatic Riveter, 190* ; Hydro-Pneumatic Squeeze Riveter, 519*; Pneumatic Sander and Grinder, 694*
Brotherhood, S., the Late, 559
Brown-Boveri Electrical Equipment for 8-8- cub. ft. Bucket-Wheel Excavator, 38*
Brown, D., and Sons (Hudd) Ltd., Gearing for Diesel-Electric Ferry, 543*. See Addendum., 598
Brown, F. G., Floor-Cleaning Machine, 224*, 414 Brown-Firth Research Laboratories, Voltage Control Device for Creep-Test Specimens, 603
Brownlie, D., on Producer-Gas-Driven Vessels, 608*
Brownsdon-Avery Wear and Lubricant Tester, 199*
Brussels University, Wind-Pressure Investigations, 499*
Bucket Conveyor. See Conveyor
— for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214, 256*
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcar, 10*, 33*
Great Southern and Western Railways, 100-h.p. Railcars with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
Building Bricks, Effect of Mode of Manufacture on, 26
— Centre, Air-Raid Precautions Exhibition, 580
— Code, Chicago, Welding Ordinances in, 146
— Construction Engineering Problems in, 301 See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— Factory, Welded, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., 278*
— Ferro-Concrete, Maritime Station, Naples,
179*
— Foundry, All-Welded, Head, Wrightson &
Co., Ltd., 676
—- Industry, jPosition in, 479
— Protection against Lightning, 101
— Research Board, Acoustical Strain Gauge,
603
Station, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 714
— Steel-Framed, Empire Exhibition, Glasgow,
508*
— — Welded, Tests of Joints in, 419
— Use of Glass in, 107
— Wind Action on, 280
Pressure on, Belgian Investigations, 499, 638*
Bulldozer, All-Welded (Steelweld Machinery Co.), 339*
Bunnerong Power Station, Sydney, 70-in. Seamless Boiler Drums, 196*
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— of Standards. See United States
Burkhardt, J. E., on Marine Engineering in United States, 716
Burners, Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., Solex Pneumatic Strip-Measuring Gauge, 365*
Bush, Dr. H. J., on Electrical Precipitation of Industrial Effluent Gases, 212. See 213
Business Budgets and Budgetary Control (Review). 276
Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, Cambridge, 512
Butterley Co., Ltd., Steel Road Bridge, Spon- don, Derbyshire, 664*
Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd., Gear Unit for 3-ton Electric Derrick Crane, 703* ; 2-ton Electric Worm-Geared Winch, 703*; Hoisting Crab for 3-ton Electric Overhead Travelling Crane, 703*
Byng, E. S., on Electrical Engineering Education, 16

CABLES, Steel-Wire, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 553*, 584*, 641*
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric
Caisson, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 492*
— Steel, for Ventilation Building, Lincoln
Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 377*
Caledonian Power Bill, Defeat of, 420
California, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 637*
Callendar, G. S., on Rise of Earth’s Surface Temperature due to Fuel Combustion, 267
Calorimetry of Gas-Engine Fuels, 4, 407
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Universal Vibrograph, 19*; Reflecting Dynamometer-Type Wattmeter, 20* ; Recording Apparatus for Torsional Damping, 119*
— Meeting, British Association, Section G
(Engineering), Papers by Junior Engineers for, 69 ; Programme, 451, 657
— Psychological Laboratory, Co-Ordination
Performance Apparatus, 603
— University, Busk Studentship in Aero
nautics, 512; Engineering Laboratory, 10-ton Autographic Testing Machine, 309*, 326*; Examinations in Metallurgy at, 378; Investigation on Tensile Tests of Light Alloys, 530*
Canada, Hydro-Electric Progress in, 42
— Water Power in, 23
Canadian Mineral Industry in 1936, Report, 195 Canals, Flow Hydraulics of, 30, 83*. See Erratum, 122
— and Inland Waterways, British, Position of,
421
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Canet Lecture on Early Links between Science and Engineering, 539
Canning, W., and Co., Ltd., Automatic Polishing Machine, 169* ; Electroplating Equipment, 169
Cantilever Spans, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 697*
“ Capetown Castle,” M.S., Description of, 471* Capital and Labour. See Labour and Labour Notes
Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway
Carbide Tools, Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Report on, 424, 430*, 516*
Carboloy Carbide Tools, 430, 516
Carbon Dioxide from Fuel Combustion, Effect on Earth’s Surface Temperature, 267
Recorder (G. Kent, Ltd.), 58*
Use in Refrigeration, 576
— Effect on Expansion of Chromium Steels, 578*
— Monoxide, Catalytic Combustion on Platinum Wire, 587*
— Physical Properties of, 17
Carbonisation, Coal, from Plant Designer’s View-Point, 688
Carburation in Theory and Practice (Review), 187
Carburisation. See Heat-Treatment under Metallurgy
Cardiff Meeting, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
Carding Machine, Asbestos, R. Klinger and Co., Ltd., 490*
Cargo Spaces in Ships, Prevention of Condensation in, 127
— Steamer . See Steamers
Carpenters, Worshipful Company of, Court Dinner, 333. See LETTER, 386
Carr, Col. W. M., on Co-Ordination of Gas Supply, 628
Carriages, Railway, 900-h.p. Breda Electric Streamline Train, 89*
Diesel-Driven, Great Northern Railway of Ireland, 385*
Diesel-Electric Trains, Ceylon, 205*
240-h.p. Diesel-Engined, Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, 10*, 33*
Electrically-Driven, Wirral Railway, 296*. See Addendum, 386
Factors in Smooth Running of, 449
London Midland and Scottish, Diesel- Driven Three-Car Train, 349*
for London Underground Railways, 68
100-h.p. Oil-Engined, with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
Use of Fluid Couplings, 482, 552*
Cartwright, W. F., on Design and Operation of Modern Blooming Mill, 635*, 694*. See 657
Case Hardening. See Heat-Treatment under Metallurgy
Cass Technical Institute, Lectures in Chemical Engineering, 207
Cast Iron, Molten, Effect of Sodium Carbonate on, 108
— — Research and Gas Industry, 689
Casting-Pit Practice in Open-Hearth Melting Shops, 557, 724
Catalogues, 79,110,138,196,224, 314, 344, 404, 461, 552, 612, 640, 696, 725. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Catalysts for Automatic Lighting of Gas Appliances (Gas Light and Coke Co.), 45
Catalytic Combustion of Gases on Metals, 587*
Catapult for Seaplane Motorship “ Friesen- land,” 321*, 414*
Catchment Board, River Trent, Engineering Problems of, 131*
“ Catherine,” S.S., Fireproof Construction in,104 Cathode-Ray Indicator, Use in Oil-Engine
Research, 403
Oscillograph, Dumont, 61
Catmur Machine Tool Corporation, Limited, Precision Jig-Boring Machine, 219*
Catterson-Smith, R. M., Electric Furnace for Pressure Vessel, 61*
Catwalks, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 584*
Cavitation of Propellers, Effect on Thrust and Torque, 183
Ceiling Construction, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 377*
Cellactite and British Uralite, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 171
Cements, High-Alumina, Use in Structural Engineering, 101
— Mill, 1,200-h.p. Synchronous-Induction
Motor for, 248*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenaries Engineering, in 1938, 16
— of G. Kent, Ltd., 707
— of Col. J. Stevens, 273
— of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, 310, 398.
See 333
Central Electricity Board, Annual Report, 360 ; Tariff for North-East England, 713
— Station. See Power Station Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps Centrifuge, Bara Gyro (Baird and Tatlock (London), Ltd.), 20
Ceramic Society (Refractory and Building- Materials Section), Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Rate of Drying of Clay Shapes, by H. H. Macey, 26; Effect of Mode of Manufacture on Some Physical Properties of Building Bricks, by A. Green, 26 ; Practical Experiences in De-Airing of Heavy Clay Goods, by F. H. Clews, 26; Reliability of Thermal Conductivity Measurements for Insulating Materials, by H. Oliver, 52; After-Contraction Test for Fireclay Bricks, by H. D. Bennie, 52; Effect of Fluxes on Under-Load Strength of Fireclay, by J. F. Hyslop and J. McNab, 52 ; An X-Ray Survey of Refractories, by Dr. Jay and Dr. J. H. Chesters, 52 ; Gas- Tight Sintered Alumina Ware, by V. H. Stott, 52 ; Relationship between Composition and Refractoriness-under-Load of Commercial Chrome-Magnesite Bricks, by A. E. Dodd, 52; Refractoriness-under- Load of Chrome-Magnesite Bricks, by A. E. Dodd, 52; Refractoriness-under- Load Test, Part II, Experiments on Effect of Variation in Height of Test Piece, by F. H. Clews and A. T. Green, 52; Permanent Expansion of Silica Bricks, by A. E. Dodd, 52 ; Chrome Refractories for Use in Neutral Course of Basic Open- Hearth Furnace, by F. R. Lynam and W. J. Rees, 720; Tunnel Kilns in Heavy Clay Industries and Developments in South Africa, by G. C. Matthews, 720
Ceylon Government Railway, Diesel-Electric Trains, 205*
— Village Irrigation in, 432
Chadwick, Prof. J., on Cyclotron and its Applications, 656
Chadwick, R., on Strength of Soft-Soldered Joints, 319
Chain Belt Co., Rex Triturator for Sewage Screenings, 266*
— Roller, Use in Single-Bucket Excavators,
214, 224*
— Slings, Wrought-Iron, Specification, 504
— Tracks for Single-Bucket Excavators,
214, 221*
Chalybian Steel Process, History of, 637
Chambers, G. M., on Launch of S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 549*. See 525
Chambers, J., and Co., S.S. “ Lancaster Castle ” and “ Lowther Castle,” 427*, 453
Chenango, River, United States, Flood Control Investigations, 446
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Channels, Open, Hydraulics of Streams in, 30, 83*. See Erratum, 122
Chantiers de France, Dunkirk, Pontoon, 250- ton Floating Crane, Brest Dockyard, 75*
Chapelon, A., Improvements in Compound Locomotives, 389
Charging Machine for Case-Carburising Furnace, 195
Charing Cross Station, Air-Raid Precautions Exhibition, 580; Underground Railway Accident near, 601
Chariot, Ingot, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636* Charmilles, Ateliers, Portable Power-Driven Appliances, 370*
Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., f-cub. yd. Hi-Lift Shovel, 168*
Chaytor, Capt. J. C., on Air-Conditioning, 721 Chemical-Engineering Congress, London, 1936, Transactions of (Review), 394
—- — Lectures at Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 207
— Engineers, Institution of, Presidential
Address, by Dr. W. Cullen, on Chemical Engineering, 213 ; Applications of Electrical Precipitation to Industrial Effluent Gases, by Dr. H. J. Bush, 212. See 213; Annual Dinner, 213 ; Joint Meeting with Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Problems of Deep Mine, 600
— for Weed Control on Roadsides, 109 Chemistry of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— and Metallurgical Research, 277
— Physical, Application to Steelmaking, 586
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cherry Tree Machine Co., Ltd., Hydro-Extractor Cover Safety Device, 442; Drying Tumbler for Laundries, 442*
Cheshire, Wirral Railway, Electrification of, 295*. See Addendum, 386
Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., Hollow-Steel- Forging Plant, 544
Chesters, Dr. J. H., on X-Ray Survey of Refractories, 52; on Steelworks Refractories, 612. See 541
Chicago Building Code, Welding Ordinances,146 Chilowski Light Relay, 46
Chimney, Ferro-Concrete, Thorpe Power Station, 257*
Chrome-Magnesite Bricks, Refractoriness- under-Load, 52
Bricks for Steelworks, 541, 612
— Refractories, Use in Basic Open-Hearth
Furnace, 720
Chromium, Effect on Expansion of Chromium Steels, 578*
— Plating Machine, Drummond Washer Filter
for, 263*
—- Steels, Effect of Copper on, 692*
Effect of Chromium and Carbon on Expansion, 578*
Chute, Silt-Extractor, Grey-Iron Foundry, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 662*
Circular Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
Circulator, Marine Boiler, Explosion of, 608
Cirrus Major, 150-h.p., Four-Cylinder Aero Engine, 174*
Citric Acid, Attack of Mild Steel by, 630
City and Guilds Institute, Jubilee of Associate Diploma, 539
Civil Aerial Transport. See AeronawZics

Civil Engineers, Institution of:

Exemptions from Examinations of, 248 Annual Dinner, 334
Forrest Lecture on Disorderly Molecules and Refrigerating Engineering, by Sir F. Smith, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
Air-Raids Precautions Committee, Appointment of, 601
Report of Research Committee, 478 Award of Kelvin and Ewing Medals, 243, 474, 539
Conversazione and Exhibition, 713, 717* Manchester and District Association :
Development of Village Irrigation Works in North Central Province of Ceylon, by A. F. Lambert, 432
Clarkson Thimble Tube Boiler Co., Ltd., Gycentric Silencer-Economiser, 170*
Clays, Fire. SeeFireftrtcfcs; IPfractory Materials
— Goods, Heavy, De-Airing of, 26
— Shapes, Effect of Temperature and Humidity
on Drying of, 26
Cleaning Machine, Floor (F. G. Brown), 224*, 414
Cleveland Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 13,
38, 65,93,123,151,181,209,239,269,299, 329., 357, 387, 417, 447, 475, 503, 535, 565, 597, 625, 653, 681, 709. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clews, F. H., on De-Airing of Heavy Clay Goods, 26; on Refractoriness-under-Load Test, 52
Climate. See Meteorological
Clothier, H. W., on Safeguards against Interruptions of Electricity Supply, 67 ; Obituary Notice of, 337
Cloud Forecasting, .Use of Tephigram in, 267
Clough, F. H., on Electrical Engineering Education, 16
Clutches, for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214, 222*
Clyde Navigation Trust, Diesel-Electric Vehicular Ferry, 543.* See Addendum, 598
GOa. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal, Brown, 8-8-cub. ft. Bucket-Wheel Excavator for, 37*
— Carbonisation and Domestic Heating, 272 from Plant Designer’s View-Point, 688
— Classification of, 414
— Cleaning, Importance to Gas Industry, 660
— Coke, Gas and Electricity, Competition
between, 538. See LETTER, 592
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling at Electric Power Stations, 667,
683
— Industry and the Fuel Situation, 538. See LETTER, 592
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Scottish
Coals, 96. See LETTERS, 146,178
— Meters, Romer-Lea, Fulham Power Station, 280*
— Mine. See Colliery
— versus Oil for H.M. Ships, 382, 422
— Oil from, Imperial Defence Committee’s
Report, 211
— Processing of, Developments in, 660
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Samples, Drying Cupboard for (Babcock &
Wilcox, Ltd.), 613*
— Sampling of, Application of Size-Weight-
Ratio Theory to, 242
— Scottish, Oil Production from, 96. See
LETTERS, 146,178
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coast-Guard Cutters, United States Design, 50 Coasting Vessels, Model Experiments on, 493 Coates, T. (1927), Ltd., Concrete-Pipe Sewer
Construction, Glazebury, 560*
Coatings, Thickness Meter for (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 86*
— Tin, on Copper, Porosity of, 319
Cobley, W. H., the Late, 130
Cochin, Port of, Development of, 69
Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., “ Accessible ” Gas-Fired Boiler, 197* ; Sinuflow Induced- Draught Boiler, 410
Codd, A. M., Electrostatic Generator, 88 Codes, Private, for Industry, 155
Coke-Fired Boilers for Central Heating, 689
— Gas, Electricity and Coal, Competition
between, 538. See LETTER, 592 -
— Industry, Need for Organisation in, 538.
See LETTER, 592
— Oven Gas for Gas Undertakings, 629
in Steel Works, Collieries and Gas Works, 538. See LETTER, 592
— Research Committee, Midland, Report, 414
— and its Scientific Uses; 689
Coking, By-Product, Development of, 538. See LETTER, 592
— Low-Temperature, of Coal. See Coal Cold-Metal Practice in Fixed Open-Hearth Furnaces, 558
Cold Saw. See Machine Tools
— Storage. See Refrigeration
Coldair, Ltd., Domestic Refrigerators, 171; Wembley Factory for Electric Refrigerators, 548*
Cole, A. P., on Destroyer-Turning Circles, 452 College. See Education
Collet und Engelhard, Automatic Die-Sinking Machine, 293
Collett, C. B., 4-6-0 Type Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 189*
Collieries, Coke Ovens at, 538. See LETTER, 592
— Haulage Drawgear, Metallurgical Examina
tion of, 163
— Lighting. See Safety Lamps
— Oil-Engined Locomotive for, 7
— See also Mines and Coal
Collis, J., and Sons, Ltd., Hydraulic Stacking Machines, 70.1*
Collisions. See Accidents
Colloidal Graphite, Properties and Applications of, 17*, 71*, 142*, 215*, 260*. See LETTER, 205
Colorado River, Boulder-Dam Outlet Works and Valves, 5*, 27*
Colorimeter, Photo-Electric (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 165
Columbia Steel Co., San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*’
Columns, Steel, Welded, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., Factory, 278*
Combined Optical Industries, Ltd., Plastic Material Lenses, 57
— Stress. See under Tests (Materials) Combustion Appliance Makers’ Association
(Solid Fuel), Annual Luncheon, 390 —- Catalytic, of Gases on Metals, 587*
— Chamber Design for High-Speed Oil Engines, 342. See LETTER, 688*
— of Gases, Change of Volume during, 319*.
See LETTERS, 385,443
— in Locomotive Boilers, Investigation of, 671
— See also Fuel; Gases
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Motor Cars- See Motor Commonwealth. See Australia
Como, Volta Temple at, 1*, 53*
Compacting Machine for Cables, San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge, 641*
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Complete Machinery and Equipment, Inc., Wellpoint. Pumping System, 559*
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Stress. See Tests (Materials) Compressed-Air Tools. See Machine Tools Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
“ Conakrian,” S.S., Reheater Triple-Expansion Engine, 430*, 453
Concentration Recorder and Controller (Negret- ti and Zambra), 45*
Conciliation in Labour Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Concordia Electric Safety Lamp Co., Ltd., Miner’s Cap Lamp, 234*
Concrete Beams, Torsion Tests of, 603
— Dam, Rfig Hydro-Electric Scheme, North
Wales, 485*
— Mixer, 14-cub. yd. per hour Automatic
(Benford,. Ltd.), 725*
— Piers, Kut Barrage, 620*
— Reinforced. See Ferro-Concrete
— for Roads, Road Research Board’s Report,
272
— Road Forming Machine, 9 ft. (Marshall,
Sons A Co. (Successors), Ltd.), 62*
— Vibrated, Tests of, 307
— Wimet-Tipped Drill for (A. C. Wickman
Ltd.), 177*
— See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Condensation in Ships’ Cargo Spaces, Prevention of, 127
— in Convergent-Divergent Steam Nozzles,
246, 250, 283*
— of Steam, Heat Transfer in, 643*
Condenser Heater, Highfield (Meldrums, Ltd.), 410*
— Surface, Hall’s Patent for, 399
for 60,000-kW Turbo-Generator, Barton Power Station, 533
— — for 30,000-kW Turbo-Generator, Thorpe
Power Station, 315*
— See also Electric
Conference, International, of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference
— Michigan Highway, Report, 24
— World Power, Vienna Meeting, British
Papers, 190; Chemical-Engineering Congress, London (Review), 394; Vienna Meeting, Arrangements and Programme, 478, 602; Report of Council for 1937, 478
Congress, Chemical Engineering, London, 1936, Transactions (Review), 394
— International Engineering, Glasgow, Programme, 328, 536
Road, The Hague, Programme, 17 Conners Creek Power Station, Modernisation of, 125
Constable, Dr. J. E. R., on Reduction of Noise from Air Compressor, 640
Construction Purposes, Mechanical Appliances for (Review), 187
Constructional Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 479
Contamination of Wells by Salt Water, 224 Continent and England, Motor-Car Traffic between, 139*, 225*, 289*
Contracts, 12, 38, 64, 92, 122, 150, 180, 208, 238, 268, 298, 356, 386, 416, 446, 474, 502, 534, 564, 596, 624, 652, 680, 708
Control Apparatus, Distant, for Valves (Elliott Brothers.(London), Ltd.), 21
Newbery, for Laundry Washing Machines, 148*
•— Automatic, for Laundry Washing Machines (Automatic Controls, Ltd.), 411*
— Equipment, Strowger Remote, 592
— Gear for Twin Tyre-Vulcanising Press, 545*,
611*
— Instruments for Air-Conditioning Plant,
Control and Metering Equipment, Boiler Plant, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*
— Panel, Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-Car
Train, 351*
for 10-kVA, 60,000-volt, Testing Transformer (British Electric Resistance Co., Ltd.), 86
— Room, Birkenhead North, Wirral Railway,
296*
Switchgear, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 407*
— System, Central, for Electric Street Lighting, 592,631
— — for Electric Locomotives, 514
Electro-Pneumatic, for 100-h.p. Oil- Engined Railcars, 673*
Return to No-Load (Bastian and Allen, Ltd.), 592
— Tempomat, for Electric Welder (Philips
Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 232* See Erratum, 264
— Unit for Laundry Washing Machines (Mar
shall, Hunt and Partners, Ltd.), 442*
— Ward-Leonard, for Single-Bucket Elevators,
214,221*
— — Leonard, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636 Controller, Concentration, and Recorder
(Negretti and Zambra), 45*
— Electric Motor. See Motors, Electric
— Indicating, for Gas and Oil Furnaces (Ether,’
Ltd.), 198*
— Ratio-Flow, Ring-Gauge(G. Kent, Ltd.), 59*
— and Recorder, Temperature and Humidity
(Short and Mason, Ltd.), 60*
Conveyor, Ash, Submerged (J. Thompson Engineering Co., Ltd.), 167*
— Band, with Photo-Electric Relay (A. L. Marshall (Carlton), Ltd.), 413*
— Belt Furnace, Continuous (Birmingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd.). 169*
— — Totally-Enclosed Direct Drive for
(Mavor and Coulson, Ltd.), 573*
— Grey-Iron Foundry, Ruston and Horr.sby,
Ltd., 661*
— Use of Fluid Couplings with, 482, 663* Coode, Wilson, Mitchell and Vaughan-Lee, Kut
Barrage, 619*
Cook, F. J., Mechanised Foundry, R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 483*
Cook, Dr. M., on Properties of Nickel Brasses, 318
Cooksley, A., the Late, 445
Cooper, M. J. S., on Manufacture of Ball and Roller Bearings, 311
Copper Alloys. See Brass ; and Alloys under Metallurgy
— Crystallisation of, Influence of Alloying
Elements on, 318
— Effect on Alloy Steels, 692*
on Magnesium, 304
— Imports of, 185
— Oxygen-Free, Bicop (British Insulated
Cables, Ltd.), 338*
— Porosity of Tin Coatings on, 319
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production in Canada, 195
— Strip, Soft Solder for, Experiments on, 319 —- See also Metallurgy
Core-Making Plant, Grey-Iron Foundry, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 622*, 661*
— Sand Recovery Plant, Grey-Iron Foundry,
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 662*
Cornell University, Flood Control Investigations on River Chenango, 446
Corrosion Committee, Iron and Steel Institute, Fifth Report, 646
— of Galvanised Iron Wire, 645
— by Impact of Falling Drops, Investigations
on,521*
— Inhibition by Colloidal Graphite, 260*
Costantini, M., on Vibration in Ships, 495
Coupling, Automatic, 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined
Railcar, 33*
— Flexible, Internal-Gear Type (Crofts (En
gineers), Ltd.), 518*
— Fluid, Problems in Power Transmission by,
481, 487*, 551*, 663*
for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214, 223*
— Pipe, Anti-Vibration (Pulsometer Engineer
ing Co., Ltd.), 396*
— Wellman-Bibby, for 40-in. Blooming Mill,
636
?— Universal (Bendix, Ltd.), 174*
— See also Clutch
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation
Crab, Hoisting, for 3-ton Overhead Electric Travelling Crane (Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd.), 703*
Crack-Testing Equipment for Aero-Engine Parts, 218*
Cracking, Intercrystalline, in Lead Water Pipes, 286*
— Plant for Fischer-Tropsch Spirit, 236* Crane, Derrick, 3-ton Electric, Gear-Unit for
(Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd.), 703*
—? 250-ton Floating, Diesel-Electric, Brest Dockyard, 75*, 128*
— Hammer-Head, San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, 583*
— Mobile, 11,000-lb. Battery-Driven (Miag),
526*
— 11,000-lb. Oil-Driven (Miag), 526*
— Overhead Electric, Cost and Efficiency of
Hoisting Motion of, 164. See Erratum, 188
— Revolving, 15-ton Electric, for Seaplane
Catapult, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 321*
— Safety Provisions for, 313
— See also Coal-Handling Plant; Hoists.
Crankshaft for Wright G.100 Cyclone Aero Engine, 678*
Crawler Tracks for Single-Bucket Excavators, .214, 221*
Creep of Metals. See Tests Materials
Crewe, New Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine Factory, 685
— Railway Accident at, Report, 416
Croft, Sir H. P., On World Affairs and Trade, 451
Crofts (Engineers), Ltd.), Two-Motor Variable- Speed Worm Drive, 207* ; Internal Gear- Type Flexible Coupling, 518*
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Induction Motors, 78*; Fractional Horse-Power Split- Phase and Capacitor Motors, 580
Croydon, Distribution and Sale of Gas at, 689 Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, OiZ Cruisers. See Warships
Crystals, Single, Plastic Strain in, 569
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Metallography ; Micro-Photographs
Crystallisation of Copper, Influence of Alloying Elements on, 318
Cullen, Dr. W., on Chemical Engineering, 213
Cullwick, Prof. E. G., on Effects of Short Circuits on Electric Supply Systems, 648. See 348
Culvert, Circulating Water, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 315*
Current, Electric. See Electric
Customs Building, Ferro-Concrete, Dover Harbour, 225*
Cutanit Carbide Tools, 430, 516
Cutland, R. S., on Experiments with Model of High-Speed Ship, 465
Cutting Machines, Oxygen-Jet (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 202
Oxygen-Jet (Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 202
Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 97,117
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cyclotron and its Application, 656
Cylinder Wear. Prevention by Colloidal Graphite, 72*, 142*, 260. See LETTER, 205
— Thick, Determination of Stresses in, 279*

“DAILY MAIL” Ideal-Home Exhibition, Olympia, 421
Dairies, Treatment of Waste Water from, 712
Dam, Boulder, United States, Outlet Works and Valves at, 5*, 27*
— Concrete, Rug Hydro-Electric Scheme,
North Wales, 485*
Damping, Torsional, Recording Apparatus for, 119*
Darwins, Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 22
Davey, Paxman and Co. (Colchester), Ltd., Ultranomic Boiler, 410
Davidson, J. V., the Late, 282
Davies, J. A., on Fuel in Open-Hearth Steel Practice, 607. See 557
Davies, L. J., on Road Illumination, 272
Davies, Dr. R. M., On Interference Apparatus for Determining Elastic Moduli of Short, Thick Rods, 580
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Developments in High- Speed Oil Engines, 342,* 400*. See LETTER, 688*
Davies, Dr. W., on Catalytic Combustion of Gases on Metals, 587*
Dawnays, Ltd., Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 257*
Dawson, A. J., on Power of Shallow-Draught River Tugboats, 103
De-Airing of Heavy Clay Goods, 26
De Brath, S., the Late, 89
De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Operating Experience with Gipsy Major Aero Engines, 264
De Juhasz, Prof. K. J., on Graphical Analysis of Transient Phenomena in Linear Flow, 713
De Schelde Co., Machinery for S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 675*
De-Tarring Plant, Whessoe-Woodall-Duckham, Willoughby Lane Gas Works, 690
Deane, H. J., Control Apparatus for Regulating Sluices, 714
Decimal Classification System, Universal, for Literature, 627
Decks, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 641*
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation, Sperry Rail-Welding Equipment, 617*
Demag, A.-G., 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, Brest Dockyard, 75*, 128*
“ Demologos,” United States Defence Vessel, 332
Dennis Brothers, Ltd., Chassis for 100-ft. Turntable Water-Tower Fire Escape, 23*
Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., Motor-Ferry “ Lymington,” with Voith-Schneider Propellers, 507, 650*
Denudation and Soil Erosion, 711
Derbyshire, Spondon Steel Road Bridge, 664* Derricks. See Cranes
Desch, Dr. C. H., on Chemist’s View of Metallurgy, 277 ; Awarded Bessemer Medal, 540 Destroyers. See TParsAfps
Detonation in Internal-Combustion Engines (Review), 437
Detroit Edison Co., Modernisation of Conners Creek Power Station, 125
Deutsche Lufthansa A.-G., Seaplane Catapult, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 321*, 414*
Dewrance and Co., Ltd., Excess-Pressure Isolating Valve, 410*
Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator
— Metal-Price. See Metal-Price Diagrams Die-Casting Machine, Zinc-Alloy (Reed-Prentice Corporation), 249*
Process, Applications of, 463*
— Drawing, Adjustable Box (A. Herbert, Ltd.),
174*
Diesel-Engine Users’ Association, Jubilee Dinner, 181; Report on Diesel-Engine Progress in 1937, 450
— — See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Differential Gear. See Gear
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Digma 3-cub. yd., Scraper, 234*
Dilatometer for Expansion Tests of Chromium Steels, 579*
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Discharge Coefficients for Pipe Bends, 227. See LETTER, 324
Disputes, Trades. See Labour
Dissociation in Gas-Engine Cylinders, 56
Distilling and Evaporating Plant, Marine (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 614*
Distributor, Steam (Hopkinson, Ltd.), 718*
D. M. W. Sensitive Steel Bellows, 46
Dobson, Lieut.-Col. J. H., on Improvement in 'Atmospheric Conditions in Deep Mines, 600
Dock, Dry, Composite Concrete and Timber Blocking for. 50
— Graving, at British Naval Base, Singapore,
158*
Dockyard, Brest, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, 75*, 128*
Documentation, International Federation for, Oxford Conference, 155
Dodd, A. E., on Refractoriness-under-Load of Chrome-Magnesite Bricks, 52; on Permanent Expansion of Silica Bricks, 52
Domestic Heating by Electricity, Effect on Power-Station Practice, 241
— Gas versus Electricity for, 272
— Use of Coke, 689
Donovan Electrical Co., Ltd., Runtact Overhead Power Duct, 233*
Door-Opening Gear, Automatic (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 34
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 258*
Dover Harbour, Handling of Motor-Car Traffic at, 139*, 225*, 289*
Dowson, R., on Effect of Circumferential Pitch of Steam-Turbine Blades on Torque, 245,722*
Drainage, Excavation, Wellpoint Pumping System for (Millars’ Machinery Co., Ltd.), 559*
— and Irrigation, Agricultural (Review), 438
— Land, and Road Design, 589
— Works by River Trent Catchment Board, 132 Drawing-Die Box, Adjustable (A. Herbert,
Ltd.), 174*
Drayton Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd., Duplex Cycle Recorder for Twill Tyre Press, 611*
Drewry Car Co., Ltd., 100-h.p. Oil-Engined Railcars, with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
Drills and Drilling Machines. See J/acAine Tools Driving Chains. See Chains
— Systems for Electric Locomotives, 513
Drop Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Drums, Boiler, 70-in. Seamless (T. Firth and J. Brown, Ltd.), 196*
Drummond Patents (Holdings), Ltd., Air- Conditioning Plant with Washer Filter,262*
Dry-Cleaning Plant (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 441
— — Plant, “ Gem ” (Henius, Ltd’.), 496* Plant, Simplex (Solvent Recoverers,
Ltd.), 496
— Dock. See Dock
Drying of Clay Shapes, Effect of Temperature and Humidity, 26
— Cupboard for Coal Samples (Babcock &
Wilcox, Ltd.), 613*
— Machine Airspeed, for Laundries (Lister
Brothers, Ltd.), 355*
for Laundries, 354*, 412, 442*
— Tumbler for Laundries (Cherry Tree Machine
Co., Ltd.), 442*
Du Buat’s Work on Hydrodynamics, 30
Duct, Power, Overhead, Runtact (Donovan Electrical Co., Ltd.), 233*
— Ventilation, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New
York, 377*, 435*
Duddell Medal, Award to Prof. H. Geiger, 569
Dudding, B. P., on Glass and Lighting Industry, 107
Dudley, Earl of, on Iron and Steel Industry, 540 Duly, S. J., on Condensation on Board Ship, 127 Dumont Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, 61
Duralumin, Corrosion by Impact of Falling Drops, 521*
Dust in Air-Conditioned Workroom, Microphotographs of, 263*
— Coal. See Pulverised Coal
— Collectors, Barton Power Station, 533* Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259
— Recovery from Gases by Electrical Precipitation, 212
Dustbins, Mild-Steel, Specification, 677
Dutch. See Holland
Dutcher, F. H., on Friction of Reciprocating Engines, 655
Dynamics, Engineering (Review), 571
— of Flying. See Aeronautics
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dynamometer for Wind-Pressure Investigations on Lattice Tower, 500*
— See also Brake
Dyson, R. A., and Co., Ltd., Road-Rail Tank Trailers, 395* ; 50-ton Trailer for Armour Plate, 706*

EARTH, Surface Temperature of, Effect of Carbon-Dioxide Production on 267
East Bay Crossing, Cantilever Structure, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 697*
East Ferry Road Engineering Works Co., Ltd., Lifting Gear for Motor-Car Gangway, Dover, 225*
Eaton, Dr. F. J., on Coke and its Scientific Uses, 689
Economiser, Foster Steaming Type, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*
— Gilled-Tube, Barton Power Station, 533
— Silencer, Gycentric (Clarkson Thimble Tube
Boiler Co., Ltd.), 170*
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economy Engineering Co., Collapsible Stacking Machines, 605*
— Fuel. See Ruel Economy Edgware-Morden Tube, Overcrowding on, 68 Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, Annual Report, 626; Opening of Shipping Gallery, 686

Education:

Birmingham Central Technical School, Course in Foundry Subjects, 63. See 416
Board of Education, Course for Teachers in Foundry Subjects, 63; Courses for Teachers in Engineering Subjects, 94; Course for Teachers in High-Voltage Technology, 207
British Foundry School, Birmingham, Course at, 416. See 63
Cambridge University, Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 512
Civil Engineers, Institution of, Exemptions from Examinations of, 248
Electrical Engineering Education, 16
— Engineers, Institution of, Duddell, Ferranti, Swan and Silvanus Thompson Scholarships, 248
Engineering Students, Guidance in Careers for, 704
Fuel, Institute of, Studet’s Model, 680 Headmasters’ Employment Committee, Annual Report, 602
Jubilee of Associate of City and Guilds Institute Diploma, 539
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lectures on Industrial Psychology, 76
Manchester College of Technology, Particulars of Scholarships, 652
Marine Engineers, Qualifications of, Board of Trade Report on, 15, 686
Maryland University, Post-Graduate Research Scholarships, 362
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Courses for Teachers at, 94
Military College of Science, Woolwich, 459 Naval Architects, Institution of, Trewent,
Vickers-Armstrongs and Yarrow
Scholarships, 248
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 180
Production Engineers, Training of, 273
Queen Mary College, London, Course in High-Voltage Technology for Teachers, 207
Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Lectures in Chemical Engineering, 207
Strength of Materials, Summer Course at Massachusetts Institute, 356
Training and Employment of Metallurgists, 378
— of Unskilled Labour, 347
Yale University, Fellowships in Highway- Traffic Engineering, 512
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, PrincipalC.A., on Rate of Acid Attack on Mild Steel, 630
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Universal Shearing Machine, 175*
Edwards, W., and Co., Direct-Reading Vacuum Gauge, 61
Efficiency of Boiler Plants. See Boiler Plants
— of Engines. See Engines ; Trials Effluents, Trade, and River Pollution, Investigations on, 712
Egerton Method for Testing Locomotive Boilers, 671
Egyptian By-Product Iron Process, 637
— University, Experiments on Pipe Bends as
Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324 Elastic Moduli of Short, Thick Rods, Interference Apparatus for Determining, 580 Elasticity, Modified Theory of, 279*
— Plasticity and Structure of Matter (Review),
393
Electra Control Unit for Washing Machines, 442*

Electric:

Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle ; Motor Truck
Air Gap, High-Speed (A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd.), 592
Alternating-Current System for Diesel- Engined Ships, 458*, 464
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Arc Welding. See Welding
Battery Vehicles. See Motor-Vehicle; Motor Truck
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Luncheon, 185
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 352
Development Association, Luncheon, 334
Cables, 1,600-ton Hydraulic Lead-Extrusion Press for Covering, 595*. See Addendum, 652
— Insulation, Spark-Testing Equipment for (Henlev’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 352*
— Manufacture, Works of Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 510*
— Copper, for Use in Mines, Specification, 681
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Central Electricity Board, Annual Report, 360; Tariff for North-East England, 713
— Stations. See Power Stations
Condensers, Electrolytic, Properties, Design and Practical Uses (Review), 276 .Course in High-Voltage Technology for Teachers, 207
Cranes. See Cranes
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Earthing Resistance, Liquid, for Alternators, Thorpe Power Station, 317*
Electrical Apparatus Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 19*, 43*, 56*, 86*
— — of Volta, 1*, 53*, 113
— Energy, Transmission and Distribution (Review), 142
Utilisation of (Review), 142
— Equipment for 8-8-cub. ft. Bucket- Wheel Excavator, 38
for Electric Trains, Wirral Railway, 297*
for Single-Bucket Excavators, 221*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 156, 185,203
— Registration of Contractors and Operatives, 185, 639
— Machinery, Imports and Exports, 156, 185,203
— Precipitation of Industrial Effluent Gases, 212
Electricity Commissioners, Report on Fire Risks at Generating Stations, 390; Return of Engineering and Financial Statistics, 448 ; Statistics of Fuel Consumption and Units Generated, 656
Electric—continued.
Electricity, Gas, Coal and Coke, Competition between, 538. See LETTER, 592
Electrodes for Welding, Investigation on, 419
Electronics, Engineering, Fundamentals of (Review), 364
Electroplating. See Electro
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal Combustion Engines. See Ignition
Induction Motors. See Motors, Electric
— Motors. See Motors, Electric- Insulation Tester for Transmission Lines (Ferranti, Ltd.), 44*
Lamp, Miner’s Cap (Concordia Electric Safety Lamp Co., Ltd.), 234*
Lighting Equipment, Emergency (Batteries, Ltd.), 344*
Lightning, Protection against, United States Code for, 101
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo Mains. See Gables (above)
Meter, Prepayment, Multi-Coin (British Sangamo Co., Ltd.), 200*
— Single-Phase and Polyphase, Testing Equipment for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 173*
— Testing, Portable (British Sangamo Co., Ltd.), 200
— Thermal-Type Demand (British Sangamo Co., Ltd.), 200*
— Watt, Dynamometer-Type, Reflecting (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 20* Hour, Sub-Standard (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 22*
Motors. See Motors, Electric
Oil Switch. See Switchgear
Oscillograms for Determining Short- Circuit Currents, 466*
Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, Dumont (C. Lyons, Ltd.), 61
— Surge, Portable (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 88*
— — High-Speed Recurrent, 603 Potentiometer, Direct-Current (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 21
Power Factor Regulator (Londex, Ltd.),86*
— Stations. See Power Stations
— See Power
Pyrometer. See Pyrometer
Railways. See Railways
Rays. See Cathode; Rontgen
Rectifier, Selenium (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 87
— Wirral Railway Substations, 296* Registration of Contractors and Operatives in Industry, 185, 639
Relay, Light, Chilowski (Venner Time Switches, Ltd.), 46
— Over-Current (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 173*
— Voltage Regulating, Astatic (Ferranti, Ltd.), 45*
Resistance Materials, Metallic, Specification, 596
• Ripple Control for Street Lighting, 631 Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See Rontgen
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
Short Circuits, Effect on Inter-connected Three-Phase Supply Systems, 348*, 466*, 555*. See LETTER, 648
Steel Manufacture. See Furnace, Electric Substation. See Substation
Surge-Oscillograph. See Oscillograph (above)
Switchgear. See Switchgear; Motors, Electric Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
Telephony. See Telephony Thermometer. See Thermometer Traction. See Locomotives, Electric; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Turfio-Generators Volt as Unit, Introduction of, 114 Voltage-Control Device for Creep-Test Specimens, 603
— Regulator, Automatic (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 174
— Technology, Course for Teachers, 207 Watt-Hour Meter Sub-Standard (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 22*
Wattmeter, Dynamometer-Type, Reflecting (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 20*
Welding. See WeMiny
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring Regulations, Compulsory, Proposed, 185
and Registration, Statutory, National Committee on, 639 •
X-Rays. See Rontgen Rays
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Electrical-Engineering Education, by Prof. C. L. Fortescue, 1<’. H. Clough and Col. H. C. Fraser, 16
Safeguards against Interruptions ofSupply, by H. W. Clothier, B. H. Leeson and H. Leyburn. 67
Annual Dinner, 223
Duddell, Ferranti, Swan and Silvanus Thompson Scholarships, 248
Kelvin Lecture on the Statistical Laws of Nature, by Prof. M. Born, 507
Trend of Design of Electric Locomotives, by C. E. Fairburn, 513
Report on Benevolent Fund, 602
Overseas Members Conversazione, 713
East Midland, Sub-Centre:
Annual Dinner, 154
Problems of Power-Station Design during next Decade, by D. H. Parry, 241
Electricians, Supervising, National Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
Electricity, Coal, Coke and Gas, Competition between, 538. See LETTER. 592
— Commissioners. See under Electric Electrification of Agricultural and Rural
Districts (Review), 142
Electrochemistry of Non-Metallic Substances (Review), 363
Electrolytic Condensers, Properties, Design and Practical Uses (Review), 276
Electronics, Engineering, Fundamentals of (Review), 364
Electroplating Equipment (W. Canning. &
Co., Ltd.), 169
— Machine, Chromium, Drummond Washer
Filter for, 263*
Electrostatic Precipitators for Industrial Effluent Gases, 212
Electrotechnical Commission, International, Torquay Meeting, 478
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Weameter
Test Set, 21; Direct-Current Potentiometer, 21; Distant-Control Apparatus for Valves, 21; Pressure Transmitter, 21; Balanced-Bridge Resistance Thermometer, 21*; Extensions to Century Works, Lewisham, 353
Ellson, G., Motor-Car Traffic Handling System, Dover Harbour, 139*, 225*, 289*
Embankments, Reservoir, in Ceylon, 432
— on River Trent., 133*
Embrittlement of Boiler Steel, Investigations on, 598
Emmet, W. L. R., on Ship Propulsion by Mercury-Vapour Process, 103
Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 446, 508*, 571*, 613*, 701. See also vol. cxlvi
Employees. See Labour Employment. See Labour
Enamelled Metal Products Corporation (1933),
Ltd., Tanks for Edible-Oil Transport, 395* Endurance Tests. See Alternating Stress under
Tests (Materials)
Energy Balance Sheet of Gas Engine, 4, 55*, 114*, 188*, 319*, 407*, 522*. See LETTERS, 385, 443
Engel, F. V. A., on Pipe Bends as Flow Meters, 324. See 227*
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Fire. See Fire Engines '
— Gas, Energy Balance Sheet of, 4, 55*, 114*,
188*, 319*, 407*, 522*. See LETTERS, 385, 443
— — Marine, 375-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Humboldt-Deutzmotoren A.-G.), 609*
— — See also Producer; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Carburettor Type,
Specification, 596
Combustion, Detonation in (Review), 437 Combustion, Energy Balance Sheet of, 4, 55*, 114*, 188*, 319*, 407*, 522*. See LETTERS, 385, 443
Combustion, Exhaust Systems of, 362, 367*
Combustion, Investigations on Friction of, 655
Combustion, Method of Analysis of Trials, 192*. See LETTERS, 264, 323
Combustion, for Single-Bucket Excavators, 221*
Combustion, Use of Colloidal Graphite in, 71*, 142*, 215*. See LETTER, 205
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Marine, and Vibration in Ships, 495
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel, for Direct-Driven Locomotive,
251*
Diesel, 330-h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 121*
— — Diesel, 360-h.p. Four-Cylinder, Abbey
Mills Pumping Station, 460*
— — Diesel, 180-h.p. Four-Cylinder M.A.N.
for 250-ton Floating Crane, 76*
— — Diesel, Marine, 2,500-b.h.p. Nine-
Cylinder, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 415*
Diesel Marine, 200-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 507, 650*
Diesel, Progress in 1937, Report, 450 Diesel, Safety Valve for Air-Starting
System (F. J. Trewent and Proctor, Ltd.), 604 Diesel, 360-b.h.p. Seven-Cylinder, Ras- el-Ain Pumping Plant, Palestine, 575*
Diesel, 755-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel- Electric M.S. “ Patricia,” 144*
— Diesel, 180-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Di sel- Electric Train, 205*
Diesel, 125-h.p. Six-Cylinder Leyland, for Three-Car Train, 349*
— — Diesel. See also Motorships ; Marine
Propulsion ; Diesel Engine Users’ Association
102-b.h.p. Gardner, for Railcar, 385* High-Speed, Developments in, 342*, 400*. See LETTER, 688*
— — Marine, Developments in, 77
— — Marine, 10-Cylinder Harland-B. and W.,
M.S. “ Capetown Castle,” 471
— — Marine, 800-h.p. Eight-Cylinder, Ruston
and Hornsby, Ltd., 159*
102-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Railcars, 673* See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Motor-Car, Investigations on Friction of, 655
— — Motor-Car, Lubricating Oil for, 477 Motor-Car, Tappet-Adjusting, Screw for
(Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.), 202
— — Motor Car, Wear in, 184
1-h.p. Single-Cylinder, for Portable
Power-Driven Appliances, 370*
1-h.p. Single-Cylinder (Tarpen Engineering Co., Ltd.), 176*
Use of Colloidal Graphite in, 71*, 142*, 215*. See LETTER, 205
— — See also Aeronautics; Motor Cars
— Steam, Marine, Developments in, 35
— — Reciprocating, Friction of, 655 Marine, Side Lever, 398
Engines, Steam, Marine, Triple-Expansion, with Reheater, 427*, 453
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion;
Turbines
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Engineers-in-Charge, Institution of, Annual
Dinner, 420
— Education. See Education
— Guild, Formation of, 239, 416, 569
— German Circle, Diesel Locomotives with
Direct Drive, by Dr. Finsterwalder, 251*
— Institutions. See Institutions
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of,
Engineering Problems in Modern Architectural Design, by R. T. James, 301
— Status of, Committee on, 239, 416, 569 Engineering and Allied Industries, Position
and Prospects, 3, 46, 69, 96, 117, 156, 185, 203, 243, 274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
— Apprentices. See Education
— Centenaries in 1938,16
— Congress, Chemical, London, 1936, Trans
actions (Review), 394
International, Glasgow, Programme, 328, 536
— Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal
— Department, National Physical Labora
tory, 10-ton Autographic Testing Machine, 309*, 326*
— Education. See Education
— Electronics, Fundamentals of (Review), 364
— Inspection, Institution of, Manufacture of
Ball and Roller Bearings, by M. J. S. Cooper, 311
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics (Review),
571
— Progress and Abstracting Services, 627
— Public Relations Committee, Inaugural
Luncheon, 42
— and Science, Early Links between, 539
— and Shipbuilding Production Indices, 3
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Students, Guidance in Careers for, 704
— Technology, British Institute of, Annual
Dinner, 475
— Works Abroad, Financing of, 303
— — See Worfcs
England and Continent, Motor-Car Traffic between, 139*, 225*, 289*
— North-East, Electricity Tariff for, 713
English Electric Co., Ltd., 1,510-b.h.p. Diesel-
Electric Machinery M.S. “ Patricia,” 144* ; 400-b.h.p. Diesel-Driven Generating Set for Rail-Welding Plant, 145*; Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 170; Metal- Clad Switch Pillar 170*; Articulated Diesel-Electric Trains, 205*; 100-h.p.
Oil-Engined Railcars, with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 50-ton Trailer for Armour Plate, 706*
Ennis, L., the Late, 529
Entwistle, F., on Atlantic Flight and its
Bearings on Meteorology, 369
Erosion, Soil, and Denudation, 711
in Roadsides, Prevention of, 589
Estuary of River Mersey, Effect of Sewage
Discharge in, 684
Ether, Ltd., Indicating Controller for Gas and Oil Furnaces 198*
Euphrates and Tigris, Rivers, Regime of (Review), 604
Europe, Water Power in, 23
Evans, E. C., on Open-Hearth Furnace Data and their Correlation 541
Evans, E. V., on Coal Carbonisation and the
Nation, 272 ; on Processing of Coal, 660
Evaporating and Distilling ,Plant, Marine (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 614*
Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser Everett, Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd., Current Transformer and Range-Selecting Switch, 59* ; Operation Recorder, 59*
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Exhibits at
Physical Society’s Exhibition, 59
Ewing Medal, Award to C. S. Franklin, 539 Excavation Drainage, Wellpoint Pumping
System for (Millars’ Machinery Co., Ltd.), 559*
Excavator, 8-8-cub. ft. Bucket-Wheel (Lii- becker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft), 37*
— Diesel-Driven, Use of Fluid Coupling in, 663
— Single-Bucket, Development of, 214, 221*,
253*
— See also Shovel
Exhaust Steam Turbine. See Turbine, Steam
— Systems of Two-Stroke Engines, 362, 367* Exhauster, Railway-Brake Type (Northey-
Boyce Rotary Engineering Co., Ltd.), 445*
Exhibition, Air-Raid Precautions, Charing Cross, 580
—• British Industries Fair, Birmingham, 167*, 197*, 213, 230*. See Erratum, 264
— Empire, Glasgow, 446, 508*, 571*, 613*,
701*. See also vol. cxlvi
— Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers’
Conversazione, 713, 717*
— Heating and Ventilating, International,
New York, 370
— Ideal-Home, “ Daily Mail,” Olympia, 421
— International Laundry and Allied Trades,
Royal Agricultural Hall, 353*, 410*, 440*, 495*
— Leipzig Fair, Engineering Exhibits, 291*,
345*, 380*, 526*
— Model Railway Club, 518
— Modern Architecture, New Burlington
Galleries, 69
— Scientific Apparatus, Physical Society,
19*, 43*, 56*, 86*
Apparatus, Royal Society Conversazione, 602
— Swiss National, Zurich, 1939, 213
— Torquay, Electrical, 592
— Train, Glass, Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., 160
— Transatlantic Steam Navigation, Science
Museum, 333
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expansion Joints, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 699*
Expansion, Joints Thermal, of Chromium
Steels, Investigations on, 578*
Experimental Tank. See Tank ; Ship Models ; Ship Resistance
Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosion Export Credits Guarantee Department and
Engineering Works Abroad, 303
?— Institute of, Lectures on Code Construction in Export Practice, 155
— Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX

FABER, Dr. O., Ferro-Concrete Customs Building, Dover, 225*
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Accounts. See Works Management
— Act, 1937 (Review), 687
— — 1937, Safety Provisions of, 313
— Building, Welded, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., 278*
— Management. See Works Management Fage, A., on Pipe Delivery from Pitot-Tube.
Measurements, 616
Fairburn, C. E., on Design of Electric Locomotives, 513
Falls View Bridge, Niagara Falls, Destruction by Ice, 397*
Falmouth Report on Oil from Coal, 211
Fans, Axial-Flow, Theory and Performance (Review), 603
— Forced and Induced-Draught, Barton
Power Station, 533*
and Induced-Draught, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*
— Ventilation, Design and Performance of (Review), 686
Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York,435* Fantom Fast Invisible Identification System for Laundries, 353*
Farmer, H. O., on Exhaust Systems of Two- Stroke Engines; 367*. See 362
Farming. See Agriculture; Tractors
Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc., Hardening Gear-Teeth by Oxy-Acetylene Flame, 590*. See Addendum, 624
Fatigue Tests of Metals. See Alternating Stress and Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Feather, G., the Late, 239
Feed-Heating System, Barton Power Station, 533
— Pumps. See Pumps
— Water Softener. See Water Softener
Treatment, Thorpe Power Station, 316 See also Water
Fence, Wire, Weaving Machine for (A. Blashill), 234*
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., Diesel-Electric Vehicular Ferry, 543*. •See Addendum, 598
Ferguson, H. L., on the Mariners’ Museum, 50
Ferguson, Dr. J. M., on Slag Control in Steel- Melting Practice, 585
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., Low-Tension Industrial Switchgear, 191*
Ferranti, Ltd., Insulation Tester for Transmission Lines, 44*; Astatic Voltage- Regulating Relay, 45*
Ferro-Concrete Beams, Torsion Tests of, 603 Buildings, Maritime Station, Naples, 179* Chimney, Thorpe Power Station, 257* Customs Building, Dover Harbour, 225*
— — Footbridges and Awnings, Wirral Rail
way Stations, 296
Linings for Tube-Railway Tunnels, 400* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferry Vehicular, Cross-Channel Steamers for, 139*, 225*, 289*
M.S. “ Lymington,” 507, 650*
Ffield, P., on Alloys in Shipbuilding, 104
Fiegehen, E. G., on Hoisting Motion of Electric Overhead Cranes, 164. See Erratum, 188; on Oil-Fired Continuous Reheating Furnace 412*
Filon, Prof. L. N. G., the Late, 34
Filter, Air, Protectovent (Vokes, Ltd.), 512*
— Oil, Removal of Colloidal Graphite by, 216*
— Washer, for Air-Conditioning Plant' (Drum
mond Patents (Holdings), Ltd.), 262*
Financing Engineering Works Abroad, 303
Finsterwalder, Dr., on Diesel Locomotives with Direct Drive, 251*
Fire-Control Arrangements, S.S. “ London- Istanbul,” 291
in Passenger Vessels, 104
— Escape Provisions under Factories Act, 1937,
314
100-ft. Turntable (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 679*
Water-Towr, 100-ft. Turntable (J. Morris and Sons, Ltd.), 23*
— Extinguishing System, Thorpe Power
Station, Norwich, 440
— Protection Plant at Klingerit Works, R.
Klinger, Ltd., 490
for Ships, 715
of Steel Structures by Moulded Asbestos, 482
— Risks at Generating Stations, Report, 390
— Tests of Wooden Partitions, 487
Firebricks, After-Contraction Test for, 52
— Permanent Expansion, 52
— for Steelworks, 541, 612
— Structure and Properties of, 451
— Tunnel Kiln for, 720
—- See also Refractory Materials
Fireclay, Effect of Fluxes on Under-Load Strength of, 52
Fireproof Wood for Ships, 715
Fireproofing of Ship Interiors, 104
Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 171; Seamless Boiler Drums, 196*
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 171; Investigations on Heat-Resisting Steels, 372*, 455*
Firthite Carbide Tools, 430, 516
Fischer-Tropsch Spirit, Cracking Plant for, 236* Process of Oil Production, 211
Fishenden, Dr. M., on Heat Transfer in Condensation of Steam, 643*
Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauging
Flame Radiation in Gas Engines, Loss due to, 4 Flanges, Bolt Holes in, Effect- of, 443* Flanging Machine. See Machine Tools Fleet. See Warships
Fleming, Dr. A. P. M., on Organisation of Research in Works, 243
Fleming, R., on Wind Action on Buildings, 280
Flight. See .te/onaM/ics
Floating Crane. See Crane
Flood Control Research in United States, 446
— — Works, River Trent, 131*
— in New England, Report, 1936, 700 Floor-Cleaning Machine (F. G. Brown), 224*,
414
— Steel Plates for (Stelcon (Industrial Floors),
Ltd.), 202
Flow, Air, Laminar and Turbulent, over Aeroplane Wings, 397
— Meters, Use of Pipe Bends as, 227*. See
LETTER, 324
— Transient, in Pipes, Graphical Analysis of,
713
Fluid Couplings, Problems in Power Transmission by, 481, 487*, 551*, 663*
— Friction. See Aeronautics ; Air Resistance ;
H ydrodynamics ; Ship Resistance
— Mechanics, Applied (Review), 437
Fluospar Deposits in Weardale, 43
Foaming in Steel Furnaces, 557, 607
Food Wastes and Sewage, Dual Disposal of, 81* Footbridge, All-Welded, Bombay, 434*
— Ferro-Concrete, Wirral Railway Stations,
295
Ford, H., awarded Watt Medal, 480
Forest Products Research Board, Annual Report, 136
Research Laboratory, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione,
714
Forging Plant, Hollow-Steel, Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., 544
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
Forms, Travelling, for Ceiling Construction, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 377*
Forming Machine, 9-ft., for Concrete Road (Marshall, Sons and Co. (Successors), Ltd.), 62*
Forrest Lecture on Disorderly Molecules and Refrigerating Engineering, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
Fortescue, Prof. C. L., on Electrical Engineering Education, 16
Foster Instrument Co., Ltd., High-Speed Recording Pyrometer, 44*
Foulkes, R. A., Model of Welded Portal Arches,. 714
Foundations, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 697*
?— Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 257*
Foundry Building, All-Welded, Head, Wright- son and Co., Ltd., 676
— Grey-Iron, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 622*
661*
— Mechanised, R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 483* Witton Works, General Electric Co., Ltd.,
100*
— Organisation and Management (Review), 659
— School, British, Course at, 416
— Subjects, Course for Teachers at Birming
ham Central Technical School, 63
— Work. See also Die Casting
— See also Casting ; Moulding
Foxwell, Dr. G. E., on Development of By- Product Coking, 538. See LETTER, 592
Frame Construction for 'Electric Locomotives, 514
— Welded, Articulated Diesel-Electric Trains,
205*
for Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-Car Train, 350*
Framed Aeroplane Hangar, Steel, Bellman (Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 515*. See Erratum, 530
France, Brest Dockyard, 250-ton Diesel- Electric Floating Crane, 75*, 128*
— Engineering-Trade Statistics, 47,71, 98,117,
157, 186, 203, 244, 275, 288, 335
— and England, Motor-Car Traffic between,
139*, 225*, 289*
— See also French
Franklin, C. S., Awarded Ewing Medal, 539
Fraser, Col. H. C., on Electrical Engineering Education, 16
Fraser and Chalmers’ Engineering Works, Wind- Tunnel Tests of Turbine Blades, 246
Fraser, Squadron-Leader H. P., on High Wing- Loading and its Problems, 96
Freeman, G. F., on Temperature Maxima in Intermittent Heating Cycles, 377*. See LETTER, 414
Freeman, S. B., on Marine Engineering Problems of To-day, 716
French Switchgear Design, 568
— See also France
Friction Breast-Roller Drive for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636*
— Horse Power and Engine Trials, 192*. See
LETTERS, 264, 323
— of Reciprocating Engines, Investigations on,
655
Frictional Resistance of Ships. See Resistance
Friemel Bloom-Turning Device for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 637*
“ Friesenland," Seaplane Catapult Motorship, 321* 414*
Frigerio, F., Volta Temple at Como, 1*, 53*
Froude Laboratory, Resistance Experiments in Smooth and Rough Water, 465; Model Experiments on Coastal Ships, 493
Fry, L. H., on Heat Balances for Locomotive Boilers, 671
Fuel Combustion, Effect on Earth’s Surface Temperature, 267
— Consumption, Marine Producer-Gas Plant,
608
of Marine Machinery, 716
in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 558, 668
of Two-Stroke Engines, Effect of Exhaust Systems on, 362, 367*
and Units Generated, British Power Stations, 656
— Injection in High-Speed Oil Engines, Investigations on, 342*. See LETTER, 688*
Fuel Institute of, Heat-Resisting Steels, by Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 372*, 455* ; Development of By-Product Coking, by G. W. J. Bradley and Dr. G. E. Foxwell, 538. See LETTER, 592 ; Student’s Medal, 680
— Liquid. See also OiZ Fuel
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal.
See Coal, Low-Temperature Carbonisation
— Motor. See also Gas; Producer
— Oil. See OiZ Fuel
— in Open-Hearth Furnace Practice, 557, 607
— Supply for H.M. Ships, 382, 422
1— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Coal Fulham Power Station, Romer-Lea Coal Meters, 280*
“ Fulton,” United States Sloop, 332
Furnace, Annealing, for Sperry Rail-Welding Equipment, 618*
— Blast, Interactions of Gases and Ore in, 547,
645
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Electric, Continuous Belt-Conveyor (Bir
mingham Electric Furnaces, Ltd.), 169*
25-kW Crucible (Metalectric Furnaces, Ltd.), 198*
—- — Muffle Type (A. E. W., Ltd.), 61
for Pressure Vessel (R. M. Catterson- Smith), 61*
35-kW Re-Circulated Atmosphere (Metalectric Furnaces, Ltd.), 198*
5-ton Tilting, for Light Alloys (Metalectric Furnaces, Ltd.), 198*
— Gas-Fired, Case-Carburising (Gibbons
Brothers, Ltd.), 195*
Forced-Circulation Heat Treatment (Lindberg Engineering Co.), 577*
for High-Speed Steel (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 702*
— — Low-Temperature Heat-Treatment (In
candescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 198*
— — Maxoven (Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools,
Ltd.), 702*
for Testing Ash (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 613*
— — and Oil, Indicating Controller for (Ether,
Ltd.), 198*
— Jarrow Metal Industries, Ltd., 633*. See
Addendum, 653
— Oil-Fired, Continuous Reheating (E. G.
Fiegehen), 312*
Heated, for Melting Aluminium (Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd.), 197*
— Open-Hearth, for Acid Process, 558
— — Hearth, Basic, Use of Chrome Refrac
tories in, 720
— — Hearth, British, Data Regarding and
their Correlation, 541
Hearth, Cardiff Works of Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd., 635
Hearth, Design and Control, 557
— — Hearth Fixed, Cold-Metal Practice in, 558 Hearth, Fixed, Hot-Metal Practice in,
558
Hearth, Fuel in, 557, 607
— — Hearth, Refractories for, 451, 541, 612 Hearth, Slag Control in, 585
Hearth, Tilting, Practice with, 558, 668
— Recuperative, Gas-Fired (Incandescent Heat
Co., Ltd.), 702
— Reheating, Jarrow Tube Works, Ltd., 632* —- See also Coke Ovens

GALEX High-Speed Milling Head, 282* Galloway Water Power Co., Memorial to Colonel W. McLellan, 303
Galvanised Iron Wire, Corrosion of, 645 Gangway, Motor-Car, for Train-Ferry Steamers, Dover, 225*
Ganz Transmission Gear for 240-h.p. Diesel- Engined Railcar, 10*
Garages, Motor-Car, S.S. “ London-Istanbul,” 291
Garbage-Grinding Machine (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.), 82*
Gardner, L., and Sons, Ltd., 102-b.h.p., Six- Cylinder Engine for Railcars, 673*
Gas, Acetylene. See Acetylene
— Appliances, Bafflers for, Specification, 510 Catalysts for Automatic Lighting of (Gas
Light and Coke Co.), 45
— Carbon Dioxide. See Car&ow Dioxide
— Catalytic Combustion of, on Metals, 587*
— Coke-Oven. See Coke Oven
— Combustion of, Change of Volume during,
319*. See LETTERS, 385,443
— Electricity, Coal and Coke, Coinpetition
between, 538. See LETTER, 592
— versus Electricity for Domestic Heating, 272
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Engineers, Presidential Address, by H. C. Smith, on Policy and Problems of Gas Industry, 660; Considerations upon Processing of Coal, by E. V. Evans, 660; Carbonisation from -Plant Designer’s View- Point, by F. B. Richards, 688; Coke and Its Scientific Uses, by Dr. F. J. Eaton, 689; Cast-Iron Research and Gas Industry, by J. G. Pearce, 689; From Holder to Burner, by W. J. Sandeman, 689; Works Control, by W. Hawkyard, 690
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Industrial, Effluent, Electrical Precipitation
of, 212
— Industry and Cast-Iron Research, 689 Policy and Problems of, 660
— Kinetic Theory of, and Refrigeration, 501,
576. See Errata, 535
Gas Light and Coke Co., Catalysts for Automatic Lighting of Gas Appliances, 45
— Mains, Rubber Joint Rings for, Specification, 446
— Manufacture, Visible Developments in, 660
— and Metals, Introduction to Study of Metal-Gas Equilibria (Review), 275
— for Open-Hearth Furnaces-, 557, 607
— and Ore, Interactions in Blast Furnace, 547,
645
— Producer. See Producer
— Supply, Co-ordination of, 628
Gas, Town, Calorific Value of, 320, 408
— — Distribution and Sale of, 689
— Welding. See Welding.
— Works, Design of Plant for, 688
— — Tottenham Gas Co., Control Methods, 68
— See also Acetylene ; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon
Monoxide; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Oxygen, &c.
Gasholders, Safety Provisions for, 314 Gasket-Cutting Department, R. Klinger and Co.,
Ltd., 490*
Gasoline. See Engine PeZroZ; Aeronautics Gates, Emergency, Outlet Works, Boulder Dam, 5*, 27*
Gateshead-on-Tyne, Team Valley Trading Estate, 417
Gauge, Strain, Acoustical, for Building Structures, 603
— Strip-Measuring, Solex Pneumatic (Burton
Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 365*
— Vacuum, Direct-Reading (W. Edwards &
Co., Ltd.), 61
Gauging, Hole, Standard, International Limits for, 99,104*
— Shaft, Standard, Internationa] Limits for,
104*
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Pinions, Steel, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636
— Reduction for Diesel-Electric Vehicular
Ferry (D. Brown and Sons (Hudd) Ltd.), 543*. See Addendum, 598
for Electric Locomotives, 514
— Speed-Control, Inflnitely-Variable (E. H.
Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 202*
— Teeth Chamfering Machine (W. C. Lipe,
Inc.), 178*
Hardening by Oxy-Acetylene Flame (Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc.), 590*. See Addendum, 624
— Transmission for 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined
Railcar, 10*
Mechanical, for 100-h.p. Oil-Engined
• Railcars, 673*
— -— for Single-Bucket, Excavators, 223
— Unit, for 3-ton Electric Derrick Crane
(Butters Bros. and Co., Ltd.), 703*
— Worm, Variable-Speed, Two-Motor (Crofts
(Engineers), Ltd.), 207*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Geary, W., on Hot-Metal Practice in Fixed Furnaces, 558
Geiger, Prof. H., Awarded Duddell Medal, 569 “ Gem ” Dry-Cleaning Plant for Laundries, 496*
General Electric Co., Ltd., Wembley Research Laboratories’ Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 88 ; Mechanised Foundry at Witton Works, 100*; Photo- Electric Colorimeter, 165; Domestic Refrigerators, 171; Direct-Current Steelworks Motor, 171* ; Slip-Ring Induction Motor, 171* ; Switchgear, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 405* ; 188-kVA Generator and Switchgear, Rflg Power Station, 485*; High-Tension Stator-Reversing Switch, 342*; Wembley Factory of Coldair, Ltd., 548* ; Control System for Electricity Distribution Network, 592
General Electric Co., Schenectady, Sperry Rail-Welding Equipment, 617*
Generating Machine, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
— Station. See Power Station
Generators, Electric, Alternating-Current, for Diesel-Electric Ships, 458*, 464
— — 60,000-kW, Barton Power Station, 533* 20-kW Diesel-Driven, Anti-Vibration
Mounting for, 676
518-kW Diesel-Electric M.S. “ Patricia,” 144*
120-kW, for Diesel-Electric Train, 205* 80-kW for 250-ton Floating Crane, 76* 900-kVA, Gryt Hydro-Electric Power
Plant, 113*
Impulse, for Surge Oscillograph (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 88*
Ontario Hydro-Electric Plant, Niagara Falls, Damage by Ice to, 398*
— — 400-watt, Petrol-Driven, Portable (Tar
pen Engineering Co., Ltd.), 176*
in Power Stations, 667
Ras-el-Ain Pumping Station, 576*
Retaining Rings for Rotors of (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 103*
188-kVA, Rflg Hydro-Electric Scheme, 485*
for Single-Bucket Excavators, 221* 30,000-kW, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 315*
Three-Phase, Effects of Short Circuits in, 348*, 466*, 555*. See LETTER, 648
— — See also Twrto-Generators
— Electrostatic (A. M. Codd), 88
— Producer-Gas, Deutz, Motor Tug “ Harpen
I, ” 609*
“ Geniere,” Italian Destroyer, Launch of, 561 Geological Survey of Great Britain, First
Hundred Years of (Review), 260
German Aeronautical Research, Yearbook of (Review), 687
— Fleet, Salvage of, at Scapa, 126
— Road Delegation, Final Report on Visit of
Inspection, 127
— State Railways, Humboldt-Deutz Direct-
Drive Diesel Locomotive, 251*
— Switchgear Design, 568
Germany, Engineering Trade Statistics, 47, 71, 98, 117, 157, 186, 203, 244, 275, 288, 335, 392
— New Austro-German Patent Law, 685
— Oberhausen Cracking Plant for Fischer-
Tropsch Spirit, 236*
— Progress with Diesel-Electric Marine Pro
pulsion, 458, 464
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
— Trends in Shipbuilding, 715
Gibbons Bros., Ltd., Gas-Fired Case-Carburising Furnace, 195*
Gibson, J., on Cold-Metal Practice in Fixed Furnaces, 558
Gilkes, G., and Co., Ltd., 188-kVA Hydraulic Turbine, Rflg Power Station, 485*
Gillan, J. W., Squadron-Leader, Fast Flight, Edinburgh to London, 185
Girders, Roof, Fire Protection by Moulded Asbestos, 482
— Spans, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,
491*
— Steel Road Bridge, Spondon, 664*
— See also Beams ; Bridges; Floors
Giza, Royal School of Engineering, Experiments on Pipe Bends as Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324
Gladiron Ironing Machine, 410*
Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 446, 508*, 571*, 613*, 701*. See also vol. cxlvi
— International Engineering Congress, Programme, 328, 536
Glass Convention, Droitwich, Programme, 512 ; Plastics and Glass, by Dr. V. E. Yarsley, 629
— Exhibition Train, Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.,
160
— and the Lighting Industry, 107
— in Modern Life, Lectures on, 107
— Optical, Developments in, 107
— for Scientific and Heat-Resisting Purposes,
107
— Technology, Society of, Glass in the Modern
Home, by J. H. Hogan, 107 ; New Developments in Field of Optical Glass, by Dr. W. M. Hampton, 107 ; Glass for General Scientific and Heat-Resisting Purposes, by Prof. W. E. S. Turner, 107 ; Building with Glass, by R. McGrath, 107 ; Glass and the Lighting Industry, by B. P. Dudding, 107
— Tile Ceiling, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New
York, 377*
— Use in Building, 107
Glazebury, Sewer Trench, Use of Wellpoint Pumping System for, 560*
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 56-ft. Boring Bar, 473*; Exhibits at Empire Exhibition, 615 ; Rotary Water Strainer, 615*
Golborne Urban District Council, Concrete Pipe Sewer at Glazebury, 560*
Gold Production in Canada, 195 Goodeve Thixoviscometer, 86* Goodman, J., the Late, 48
Gorrie, Dr. R. M., on Problems of Soil Erosion in British Empire, 711
Gough, Dr. H. J., on Materials of Aircraft Construction, 629
Government Railways. See Railways Governor Gear for Alternating-Current Diesel-
Electric Drive for Ships, 459*
Hydraulic Turbine, Gryt Power Plant, 112*
Graphite, Properties and Applications of, 17*, 71*, 142*, 215*, 260*. See LETTER, 205 Grates. See Stoker
Grating for Air-Raid Shelter (Solent Engineering Co;, Ltd.), 324
Graving Dock. See Dock
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Die-Casting Process, Applications of, 463* Gray Lecture on Developments in Ship Propulsion, 35, 77
Gray, N., on Martensite Grains in Rapidly- Cooled Iron and Steel, 630
“ Great Admiral,” Steam Trawler, Accidents with Liver-Boiling Vessel, 608
— Britain, Geological Survey of, First Hundred
Years of (Review), 260
Possible Oil Fields in, 185
Rail Transport in, Economics of (Review), 604
— Northern Railway of Ireland, Diesel-Driven
Railcars, 385*
“ Great Western,” S.S., 310, 398
Railway, 4-6-0 Type Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 189*
Green, A., on Effect of Mode of Manufacture on Building Bricks, 26
Green A. T., on Refractoriness-under-Load Test, 52
Green, E., and Son, Ltd., Economisers, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*; Economisers, Barton Power Station, 533
Greenland, Kangerdlugssuak, Meteorological Observations at, 267
Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Automatic Tapping Machine, 175*
Griffin and Tatlock, Ltd., Thixoviscometer, 86* Grinding Machine for Garbage (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.), 82*
See Machine Tools
Grumell, Dr. E. S., on Sampling of Coal, 242
Gryt Hydro-Electric Plant, Sweden, 111*
Gudha Rapid, West Jumna Canal, Flow in, 83*.
See Erratum, 122
Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd., 40-in. Blooming Mill at Cardiff Works, 635*, 657*, 694*
Gycentric Silencer-Economiser, 170*
Gyproc Products, Ltd., Swing-Hammer Gypsum Pulveriser, 323*
Gypsum Pulveriser, Swing-Hammer (British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd.), 323*

HADFIELD, Sir R., Colour-Temperature Optical Pyrometer, 603; Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 713
Hague, International Road Congress Programme, 17
Haile, W. H., on Engineering Problems of River Trent Catchment Board, .131*
Halifax Fire Brigade, 100-ft. Turntable Water- Tower Fire Escape, 23*
Hall, S., Patent for Surface Condenser, 399
Hamilton, A. M., Model of Lattice-Rib Aeroplane Hangar, 714
Hamilton, R. A., on Meteorological Observations at North-East Land, 267
Hammers. See Machine Tools
" Hampton Ferry,” S.S., 141
Hampton, Dr. W. M., on Developments in Optical Glass, 107
Hancock and Co (Engineers), Ltd., Oxygen Cutting Machines, 202
Handling Appliances in Shipyards, 220
— of Motor-Car Traffic at Dover Harbour, 139*, 225*, 289*
— Plant, Ash, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 260*
Handling Plant, Coal, at Electric Power Stations, 667,683
Hangar, Aeroplane, Bellman Transportable, 515*. See .Erraiwn, 530
“ Hannover,” Motor Barge, Producer-Gas Driven, 611
Hanson, Prof. D., on Creep of Tin and Tin Alloys, 305
Hanson, T. K., on Energy Balance Sheet of Gas Engine, 385. See 319. SeeLETTER443 Hants Electric Chassis Co., Ltd., 10-12'cwt. Electric Delivery Vehicle, 24*
Harbour, Dover, Handling of Motor-Car Traffic at, 139*, 225*, 289*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening Gear-Teeth by Oxy-Acetylene Flame (Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc.), 590*. See Addendum, 624
— Metals. See also Heat Treatment under
Metallurgy
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., Ras-el-Ain Pumping Plant, Palestine, 575*
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Re-conditioning of S.S. “ Windsor Castle,” 63* ; 330-h.p. Eight- Cylinder Diesel Engine, 121* ; Launch of H.M. Cruiser “ Belfast,” 357: Union- Castle Liner “ Capetown Castle,” 471*
“ Harpen I,” Motor Tug, Producer-Gas Driven, 608*
Harpenden Bergbau A.-G., Producer Gas- Driven Vessels, 608*
Harrison, R., on Effect of Copper on Alloy Steels, 692*
Hartley, Sir H., on Amenities of Railway Pas- seiiger Travel, 449
Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London), Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 201
Hasselt, Belgium, Collapse of All-Welded Bridge at, 669*
Hatfield, Dr. W. H., on Heat-Resisting Steels, ’372*, 455*
Haughton, Dr. J. L., on Aluminium-Mag- nesium and Silver-Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, 304
Haulage Drawgear, Colliery, Metallurgical Examination of, 163
Hawkyard, W., on Gas-Works Control, 690
Hawthorn, R. W., Leslie and Co., Ltd., Trials of H.M. Cruiser “ Manchester,” 416
Hay, Prof. R., on Slag Control in Steel-Melting Practice;' 585
Hayes, Lieut. J. A., Oil-Fuel Burning in Marine Boilers, 50
— Welded Factory Building, Steel Ceilings,
Ltd., 278*
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Bellman Transportable Aeroplane Hangar, 515*. See Erraitm, 530 ; All-Welded Steel Foundry Building, 676
Headmasters’ Employment Committee, Annual Report, 602
Health, Ministry of, Memorandum on Water Supply, 361; Circular to Local Authorities on Public Works, 602
Heat Balances for Locomotive Boilers, 671 Sheet for Internal-Combustion Engines, 193*. See LETTERS, 264, 323
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aero
nautics
— Insulating Materials, Thermal Conductivity
of, 52
— Specific. See Specific Heat
— Theory of, and Refrigeration, 501, 576. See
Errata, 535
— Transfer in Condensation of Steam, 643*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Air, Barton Power Station, 533*
— Condenser, Highfleld (Meldrums, Ltd.), 410*
— Feed-Water. See Feed Heater
— Pipeless (Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd.),
198*
Heating, Central, Coke-Fired Boilers for, 689
— Cycles, Intermittent, Temperature Maxima
in, 377*. See LETTER, 414
— Domestic, by Electricity, Effect on Power
Station Practice, 241
Gas versus Electricity for, 272
— and Ventilating Exhibition, International,
New York, 370
Heidenreich und Harbeck, Bevel-Gear Generator, 346*
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke G.m.b.H., Seaplane Catapult for M.S., “ Friesenland,”' 321*,- 414*
Helical Gears. See Gears
Heller, Gebr.,. Cold Saw with Hydro-Mechanical Feed, 292*
Hellman, G., Variable-Stroke Toggle Press, 293* Helps, G., on Organisation of Coal Processing Industries, 592. See 538
Hematite Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Henius, Ltd., “ Gem ” Dry-Cleaning Plant, 496* Henley’s Telegraph Works, Co., Ltd., Spark- Testing Equipment for Cable Insulation, 352*
Henshaw, J., and Co., Ltd., Ferro-Concrete Awning, New-Brighton Railway Station, 29 5
Herbert, A., Ltd., Automatic Door-Opening Gear, 34; Atritor Pulveriser, 174; Adjustable Drawing-Die Box, 174* ; High- Speed Sensitive Bench Drilling Machine, 248* ; Reed-Prentice Die-Casting Machine, 249*; 2-in. Tangic Self-Opening Diehead, 264*.
Herbert, E. G., the Late, 217
Heselwood, W. C., on Effect of Chromium and Carbon on Expansion of Chromium Steels, 578*
Heyligenstaedt und Comp. G.m.b.H. Electrically-Controlled Die-Sinking Machine, 293* Hi-Lift f-cub. yd. Shovel, 168*
Higgs, Motors, Ltd., Fan-Cooled Electric Motor, 199*
High-Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highfleld Condenser Heater (Meldrums, Ltd.), 410*
Highfleld, W. E., the Late, 529
Highways. See Roads
Hilger, A., Ltd., Portable Industrial X-Ray Equipment, 57* ; Spectrophotometer, 58; Micrometer for Spectrographs, 58*
Hill and Herbert, Ltd.., Washing Machine for Woollens, 353*
Hire-Purchase Law and Electricity Supply Undertakings, 721
History of Krupps (Review), 659
— of Naval and. Marine Engineering (Review),
187
— of United States Naval Engineering, 332 H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hoadley, E. E., on Automatic Control of Street Lighting, 631
Hodsoil, Wing-Comdr. E. J., on Defence of Transport against Air Attack, 359
Hogan, J. H., on Glass in Modern Homes, 107
Hoist, Overhead, 1-ton Electric (Pickerings, Ltd.), 164*
— See also Cranes
Hoisting Crab, Electric, for 3-ton Overhead Travelling Crane (Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd.), 703*
— Gear, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane,
128*
— Machinery, Safety Provisions for, 313
— Motion of Electric Overhead Cranes, Cost
and Efficiency, 164. See Erratum, 188
Holden and Hunt, Ltd., Continuous-Stitch Spot Welder, 172*
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauging
Holfontein Mines, South Africa, High-Tension Stator-Reversing Switch for 1,100-h.p. Motor, 342*
Holland-America Liner “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” Launch of, 525, 549* ; Description of, 675*
— Engineering Trade Statistics, 71, 186, 203,
392
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., Station Reconstruction, Wirral Railway, 295
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
Honours List, King’s Birthday, 685
— — New Year’s, 17, 43.
Hook Roller for Single Bucket Excavators, 214, 253*
Hopkinson, Ltd., Steam Distributor, 718*
Hot-Metal Practice in Fixed Open-Hearth Furnaces, 558
Hours of Labour. See Labour
House Refuse, Garbage-Grinding Plants for, 81*
Howaldtswerke A.-G., Seaplane Catapult, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 321*, 414*
Howden, G. B., Diesel Railcar for Great Northern Railway of Ireland, 385*
Howden, J., and Co. (Land.), Ltd., Fans for Barton Power Station, 533*
Hudson River, New York, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel under, 375*, 435*
Hughes, W. R. N., on Use of Aluminium in Warships, 525
Hulme, E. W., on Prehistoric and Primitive Iron Smelting, 637
Humboldt-Deutzmotoren A.-G., Direct-Drive Diesel Locomotive, 251*; 750-b.h.p.
Producer Gas-Driven Engines, Motor Tug “ Harpen I,” 609*
Humidity and Temperature Control in Deep Mines, 600
Recorder and Controller (Short and Mason, Ltd.), 60*
Humphreys, C. L. H., on Road Construction, 272
Hunnewell, Commdr. F. A„ on United States Coast-Guard Cutters, 50
Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 204-b.h.p. Oil- Engined Locomotive for Underground Work, 7
Hunt Partners, Ltd., Drummond Air-Conditioning Plant, 262*
Hunter, H., on Reheated Reciprocating Marine Steam Engine, 427*. See 453
Hutton, Prof. R. S., on Training and Employment of Metallurgists, 378
Hydraulic Coupling and Engineering Co., Ltd., Hydraulic Transmission for 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcar, 10*
Problems in Power Transmission by, 481, 487*, 551*, 663*
— Levelling Gear for Single-Bucket Excava
tors. 215, 221*
— Machine Tool 3. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
—• Press. See Press under Machine Tools
'— Pumps. See Pump
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant Hydraulics, Open-Flow, 30, 83*. See Erratum,
122
— See also Hydrodynamics ; Irrigation; Water Hydro- and Aero-Dynamics (Review), 570
— Aeroplane. See Seaplane under Aeronautics
— Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Extractor Autolift for Laundries (Wat
son, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd.), 354*
Automatic, for Laundries (T. Broadbent and Sons, Ltd.), 354*
Cover Safety Device (Cherry Tree Machine Co., Ltd.), 442
for Laundries (Manlove, Alliott and Co., Ltd.), 412
Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics (Review), 570
— Pipe Delivery from Pitot-Tube Measurements, Estimation of, 616
— Transient Flow in Pipes, 713
— Use of Pipe Bends as Flow Meters, 227*.
See LETTER, 324
— See also Ship Resistance
Hydrogen, Catalytic Combustion on Platinum Wire, 587*
— and Steam, Influence on Interactions in
Blast Furnace, 547, 645
Hydrology, Scientific, International Association of, Washington Meeting, 1939, 657
Hyslop, J. F., on Effect of Fluxes on Strength of Fireclay, 52

ICE Jam at Niagara Falls, Damage from, 397*
— and Snow Removal on Roads, 26
— See also Refrigeration
Ideal-Home Exhibition, “ Daily Mail," Olympia, 421
Idle, River, Laced Piling on Banks of, 133*
Igranic Electric Co., Ltd., Controllers for Motors, 43; Lighting Equipment for Drawing Offices, 43 ; Marine-Type Circuit Breaker, 43; Solenoid-Operated Brake, 44* Ignition in High-Speed Oil Engines, Investigations on, 342*, 400*. See LETTER, 688* Illumination. See Lighting ; and Lamps under Electric
Impact Stresses in Freely-Supported Beam, 505. See LETTER, 592
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Imperial Airways, Ltd., 3,240-h.p. Passenger Monoplane, 48*; Service Records of Bristol Aero-Engines, 366 ; Transatlantic Flights and Weather Forecasts, 369
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Booklet on Sodium Carbonate for Metal Refining, 108; Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 234
— College, Researches on Interactions in
Blast Furnace, 547, 645
— Defence Committee, Oil from Coal Report,
211
— Institute, South Kensington, Annual Report,
303 ; Grading Rules for Empire Timbers, 551
Import Trade, See Trade
Impregnating Plant for Electric Cables, Aberdare Cables,. Ltd., 511*
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Low-Temperature Heat-Treatment Furnace, 198* ; High- Speed Steel Furnace, 702*; Gas-Fired Recuperative Furnace, 702
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric India, Cochin, Port Developments at, 69
— History of Steel Industry in, 637
— Soil Erosion in, Problem of, 711
Indian Canals, Flow Hydraulics of, 30, 83*. See Erratum, 122
Indianapolis Sewage Works, Garbage-Grinding Plant, 82*
Indicator, Cathode-Ray, Use in Oil-Engine Research, 403
— Diagrams, Gas-Engine. Logarithmic Plotting
of, 55*. 116*
— Transformer-Tap Position (Nalder Brothers
and Thompson, Ltd.), 60*
Induction Motor. See Motor, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour;
Labour Notes
— and Commercial Policy, 570
— Development in Northern Ireland, 43 and Research, 154
— Economics. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management
— Notes. See Latour Notes under Labour
— Psychology, National Institute of, Appeal
for Funds, 569
— Research. See Research
Industries. See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ingham, Lomax and Roscoe, Concrete-Pipe Sewer Construction, Glazebury, 560*
Ingot Chariot for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636*
— Iron, Rapidly-Cooled, Martensite Grains in,
630
Injection Systems for High-Speed Oil Engines, Investigations on, 342*. See LETTER, 688* Inland Navigation. See Canals ; Rivers, &c.
— Water Survey Committee, Surface-Water
Year Book of Great Britain, 657
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Royal. See Noyailnstiitition
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Sciences, Institute of ; Aeronautical Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; British Acetylene Association; British Association; British Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association; British Compressed Air Society; British Engineers’ Association; British Rubber Producers’ Association ; Ceramic Society; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Diesel Engine Users’ Association ; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineer-in-Charge, Institution of; Engineers’ German Circle; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Engineering Inspection, Institution of; Export, Institute of; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Glass Technology, Society of; Industrial Psychology, National Institute of; Iron and Steel Institute ; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of; Liverpool Engineering Society ; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Materials and their Testing, Joint Committee on ; 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 ; National Safety First Association; Naval Architects, Institution of; Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; Petroleum Technologists, Institution of; Physical Society; Royal Institution; Royal Society; Structural Engineers, Institution of; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Technical Institutions, Association of; Testing Materials, American Society for ’; Transport, Institute of; Works’ Management Association
Instruments, Scientific, Glass for, 107
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. See Heat; Electric Interference Apparatus for Determining
Elastic Moduli of Short, Thick Rods, 580 Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics;
Engines ; Motor Car's; Tractors International Association of Scientific Hydrology,' Washington Meeting, 1939, 657 International Combustion, Ltd., Two-Deck
Mechanical Screen, 177*; Chain-Grate Stokers, Thorpe Power Station, 259*; Chain-Grate Stokers, Barton Power Station, 533
International Conference of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference
— Electrotechnical Commission,.Torquay Meet
ing, 478
— Engineering Congress, Glasgow, Pro
gramme, 328, 536
— Federation for Documentation, Oxford
Conference, 155
— Heating and Ventilating Exhibition, New
York, 370
— Laundrv and Allied Trades- Exhibition,
353*, 410*, 440*, 495*
International Refrigerator Co., Ltd., 3-4- cub. ft. Electric Refrigerator, 176*
— Road Congress, The Hague, Programme, 17 International Technical Developments, Ltd.,
Vapour-Proof Snap-Action Switch, 46; Sensitive Steel Bellows,' 46; Schwaiger’s Low-Temperature Viscometer, 46
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions, Patents for, Legislation on, 30
— See also Patents
Iraq, Kut Barrage on River Tigris, 619*
— State Railways, Annual Report, 506 Ireland, Northern, Electric Power Supply in,
Report, 690
New Industries (Development) Act, 1937, 43
Irmischer, F., Maschinenfabrik und Eisengies- serei, Cold Saw with Hydraulic Feed, 292*
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Case-Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnace, Blast. Metallurgy
— Ore. See Ore
— Pig, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Rapidly-Cooled, Martensite Grains in, 630
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Smelting, Prehistoric and Primitive, 637
— and Steel Industrial Research Council,
Report on Open-Hearth Furnace Data,. 541; Report on Application of Time Study to Rolling Mills, 577. See 587
Industry, Progress of, 540

Iron and Steel Institute :

Spring Meeting, London:
Programme, 355
Report of Council, 540
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 540 Election of Officers, 540
Bessemer Medal Awarded to Dr. C. H. Desch, 540
Presidential Address, by Earl of Dudley, on History of Iron and Steel Industry, 540
Annual Dinner, 544, 587
Reports of Discussions, 541, 557, 585,630, 645
Carnegie Scholarships Awarded 587, Report on Application of Time Study to
Rolling Mills, 577- See 587
Influence of Composition and Treatment on Rate of Acid Attack on Mild Steel, by Principal C. A. Edwards, D. L. Phillips and D. F. G. Thomas, 630
Martensitic Grains in Rapidly-Cooled Ingot Iron and Mild Steel by B. Jones and N. Gray, 630
Experimental Inquiry into Interactions of Gas and Ore in Blast Furnace, Part V.—The Influences of Hydrogen and Steam at 450-850 deg. C., by Prof. W. A. Bone, Dr. H. L. Saunders and Dr. H. J. Tress, 547. See 645
Atmospheric Corrosion of Galvanised Iron Wire and its Bearing on Specification Testing, by C. E. Richards, 645
Fifth Report of Corrosion Committee, 646 Effect of Chromium and Carbon on
Expansion of Chromium Steels, by
J. A. Jones and W. C. Heselwood, 578* Effect of Copper on Some Alloy Steels, by
R. Harrison, 692*
Symposium on Steelmaking (Acid and Basic Open-Hearth Practice):
British Open-Hearth Data and their Correlation, Report Presented by E. O. Evans, 541
Steelworks Refractories, by Dr. J. H. Chesters, 612. See 541
Fuel in Open-Hearth Furnace Practice, by J. A. Davies, 607. See 557
Open-Hearth Furnace Design and Control, by Dr. R. J. Sarjant, 557
Casting-Pit Practice in Open-Hearth Melting Shops, by N. H. Bacon, 724. See 557
Hot-Metal Practice in Fixed Furnaces, by W. Geary, 558
Cold-Metal Practice in Fixed Furnaces, by J. Gibson, 558
Tilting Open-Hearth Furnace Practice, by A. Robinson, 668. See 558
Acid Steelmaking, by T. M. Service, 558
Some Aspects of Slag Control in Melting Practice, by Prof. R. Hay, Dr. J. M. ?Ferguson and Dr. J. White, 585
Application of Physical Chemistry to Steelmaking, by Dr. A. McCance, 585
See also vol. cxlvi
Joint Meeting with Institute of Metals, October, 1938:
North American Meeting Programme, 404
Iron and Steel. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— —- Works. See Works
— Structure and Properties of, 361
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
— Welding. See WeWin<7
'—Wrought for Colliery Haulage Drawgear, Examination of, 163
— — Bars, Specification, 717
— See also Cast Iron; Steel; Pig Iron; Metallurgy
Ironing Machine, Gladiron (Lister Brothers, Ltd.), 410*
Laundry (J. Armstrong and Co., Ltd.), 353*
Ironing Machine, Laundry (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 441*
Single-Roll (Manlove, Alliott and Co., Ltd.), 411*
— — Starchwork (T. Bradford and Co.), 442* Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges; Floors;
Columns; Roofs; Steelwork; Structures. Irrawaddi, River. Flow Hydraulics of, 84;
See Erratum, 122
Irrigation and Drainage, Agricultural (Review), 438
— Pumping Station, Merbein, Victoria, Austra
lia, 646*
— Village, in Ceylon, 432
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Italian Destroyer “ Aretusa,” Launch of, 561
— State Railways, 900-h.p. Electric Streamline
Train, 89*
— Submarine “ Nani,” Launch of, 309 “ Neghelli,” Trials of, 309
— Torpedo-Boat Destroyers, “ Scir6 ” and
“ Airone,” Launch of, 309
Italy, Engineering-Trade Statistics, 47, 71
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
— Trends in Shipbuilding in, 715
Ivor Power Speciality Co., Ltd., La Mont Boiler, 511

JACKSON, Sir J., Ltd., Admiralty Graving Dock, Singapore, 158*
James, R. T., on Engineering Problems in Modern Architectural Design, 301
Japan, Engineering-Trade Statistics, 117, 186, 203, 392
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
Japanese Aluminium Industry, Position of, 165 Jarrow Metal Industries, Ltd., Jarrow-on-
Tyne, 632*. See Addendum, 653
Jarrow Tube Works, Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne, 632*
Jarrow-on-Tyne, Industrial Developments at, 632*. See Addendum, 653
Jay, Dr., on X-Ray Survey of Refractories, 52 Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., Garbage-Grinding Machine, 82*
Jeffrey, R., on Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 163
Jenkins Brothers, Ltd., Rapid-Action Valve, 495*
Jerusalem Water Supply and Pumping Stations, 575*
Jets, Steam, Velocity from Turbine Guide Blades, 723*
— — See also Nozzles
Johansen, F. C.., on Air Resistance of Trains, 62. See LETTERS, 100,146
John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd., Twin Toggle- Operated Tyre-Vulcanising Press, 467*, 545*, 611*
Johnson, W. A., on Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 163
Joints, Flanged, Pipe, for High Pressures and Temperatures, 443*
— — Steel, for Hydraulic Pipe Lines, Specifi
cation, 447
— Rings, Rubber, for Gas Mains, Specification,
446
— Soldered, Strength of, 319
— Welded, in Steel Structures, Tests for, 419 Jones, B., on Martensite Grains in Rapidly-
Cooled Iron and Steel, 630
Jones, B., on Mechanical Properties of Lead Water Pipes, 285*
Jones, Prof. B. Melvill, on Flight Experiments on Boundary Layer, 397
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., “ H-Gear ” Belt-Driven Unit, 202*
Jones, J. A., on Effect of 'Chromium and Carbon on Expansion of Chromium Steels, 578*
Jones, Major P. L., on Developments in Ship Propulsion, 35, 77
Jones, Dr. W. D., on Porosity of Hot-Tinned Coatings on Copper, 319
Jones, Prof. W. R. D., on Nickel-Copper- Magnesium Alloys, 304
Joule-Thomson Effect and Refrigeration, 502,
576. See Erratum, 535
Journals. See Bearings
Joy Manufacturing Co., Snow-Loading Machine, 51*
Jubilee of Associate Diploma of City and Guilds Institute, 539
Junior Institution of Engineers, Annual Dinner, 242; Gustave Canet Lecture on Early Links between Science and Engineering, by Sir W. Bragg, 539

KAMPNAGEL A.-G., 15-ton Electric Revolving Crane for Seaplane Catapult, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 321*
Kangerdlugssuak, Greenland, Meteorological Observations, at, 267
Kango Electric Hammer (Rawlplug Co., Ltd.), 199*
Kashmir, Public Works in, 694
“ Kavak ” S.S., Explosion of Boiler Circulator, 608
Keadby Pumping Station, River Trent, 132
Kelvin Lecture on Statistical Laws of Nature, 507
— Medal Award to Sir J. J. Thomson, 243, 539 Kensit, H. E. M., on World’s Water Power, 23 Kent, G., Ltd., CO2 Recorder, 58*; Ring-
Gauge Ratio-Flow Controller, 59* ; Boiler, Plant Control and Metering Equipment, Thorpe Power Station, 259* ; Centenary of, 707
Kent, J. L., on Experiments with Model of High-Speed Ship, 465
Kiesecker, J. P., Design and Construction of Ship Interiors, 104
Kiln, Tunnel, for Firebricks, 720
Kimberley, R. E., 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcar, 10*, 33*

LABORATORY, Forest-Products Research’ Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers, Conversazione, 714
— Wembley Research, Exhibits at Physical
Society’s Exhibition, 88
— See also National Physical

Labour:

Employment Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 3, 46, 69, 97, 117, 156, 185, 203, 243, 274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
Headmasters’ Employment Committee, Annual Rerort, 6
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Labour Notes, 9, 34, 74, 102, 119, 147, 189, 204, 235, 265, 308, 324, 366, 395, 426, 454, 469, 497. 544, 606, 633, 649, 677, 705. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Safetv Provisions under Factories Act, 1937, 313
— Training of Juveniles. 127
Time Study in Rolling-Mill Plants, 577,587 Training of Unskilled Labour, 347 Unemployment Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 3. 46. 69, 97, 117, 156,185, 203. 243, 274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
Wage Costs in Open-Hearth Steel Plants, 558
— and Labour Conditions in British
Engineering (Review), 542
Ladder for 100-Ft. Turntable Fire Escape, 679* Ladles, Steel, Refractories for, 612 Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation
Lamb, H. C., Barton and Stuart-Street Power Stations. Manchester, Extensions to, 531* ; on Trends in Power-Station Practice, 665. See 683
Lambert, A. F., on Village Irrigation in Ceylon, 432
Lamps, Electric. See Electric
— Safety, Miner’s Cap (Concordia Electric Safety Lamp Co., Ltd.), 234*
“ Lancaster Castle,” S.S., Reheater TripleExpansion Engine, 427*, 453
Lanchester, "Dr. F. W., on Energy Balance Sheet of Gas Engine, 4, 55*, 114*, 188*, 319*, 407*, 522*. See LETTERS, 385, 443 : on Independent Springing" for Motor Car, 41 Lanchester, G. H., on Independent Springing for Motor Car, 41
Land Drainage and Road Design, 589 Lapping Machines, Paper, for Electric Cables,
Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 511*
Larke, Sir W., on Producer and Consumer, 570 Lathes. See Machine Tools
Lattice Tower, Wind Pressure on, Belgian Investigations, 498*
Launches and Trial Trips, 92, 122, 150, 180, 208, 270, 299, 338, 387, 416, 453, 498, 534, 564, 596, 625, 652, 680, 708
Launching Calculations, S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 525, 549*
— Practice in Shipyards, 221
Laundry Engineers and Allied Trades, Society of, International Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall, 353*, 410*, 440*, 495*
— Washing Machines, Newbery Automatic
Control for, 148*
Laurence Scott and Electric Motors, Ltd., Lifting Gear for Motor-Car Gangway, Dover, 225*
Law. See Legal; Labour ; Patents
Lea Recorder Co., Ltd., Romer-Lea Goal Meters, 280*
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Deposits in Teesdale and Weardale, 43
— Kettle for Electric Cable-Covering Plant,
595*. See Addendwm, 652
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production in Canada, 196
— Water Pipes, Mechanical Properties of, 285* Lee, H. W., the Late, 530
Lee and Crabtree, Ltd., Power Presses, 62* Leeson, B. H., on Safeguards against Interruptions of Electricity Supply, 67

Legal :

Austro-German Patent Law, 685 Caledonian Power Bill, Defeat of, 420 Factories Act, 1937 (Review), 687 — — 1937, Safety Provisions of, 313 Hire-Purchase Law and Electricity Supply Undertakings, 721
Labour Legislation. See Labour New Industries (Development) Act (Northern Ireland), 1937, 43
Patent Law. See Patenfo See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents Leicester, Domestic Heating, Electricity Supply in, 241
Leipzig Fair, Engineering Exhibits, 291*, 345*, 380*, 526*
Leitz, E. (London), Ltd., Microscopes for Machine Tools, 87
Lenses of Plastic Materials (Combined Optical Industries, Ltd.), 57
Letters to the Editor, 12, 61, 100, 119*, 146, 178, 205, 264, 323, 364, 385, 414, 443*, 592, 648, 688*, 704
Levelling Gear for Single-Bucket Excavators, 215, 221*
Lever Brothers, Ltd., Road-Rail Tank Trailers for Edible Oils, 395*
Lewis Dovetail Steel Sheeting, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., 278*
Lewisham, Extensions to Century Works of, Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd., 353
Leyburn, H.. on Safeguards against Interruptions of Electricity Supply, 67
Leyland Motors, Ltd., 100-ft. Turntable Fire Escape, 679*
Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of, Oxford Meeting, 155; Luncheon, 508
Liege Universitv, Wind-Pressure Investigations, 499, 638*
Lifts, Safety Provisions for, 313
Lifting Appliances in Shipyards, 220
— Gear for Motor Cars and Motor-Car Gang
way, Dover Harbour, 225*, 226*
— — Safety Provisions for, 313
— Machines for Paper Rolls (Economy
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 605*
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Lightalloys, Ltd., Doors for Wirral Railway
Electrified Rolling Stock, 296*. See Addendum, 386
Lighting at Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 509
— Equipment for Drawing Offices (Igranic
Electric Co., Ltd.), 43
Emergency (Batteries, Ltd.), 344*
— Gas. See Gas
— Industry, Improved Glasses for, 107
— Regulations under Factories Act, 1937, 314
— Street, Electric, Automatic Control of, 631 Electric, Central Control System for, 592
— System for Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-
Car Train, 350
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 700
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightning. See Electric
Lilly, Dr. W. E., on Modified Theory of Elasticity, 279*
Limit Gauges. See Gauges ; Gauging
— Internationa], for Standard Hole and Shaft,
99, 104*
Lincoln, Grey-Iron Foundry, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 622*, 661*
Lincoln. J. F., on Progress in Electric Welding, 478
— Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 375*, 435* Lindberg Engineering Co., Forced-Circulation
Heat-Treatment Furnace, 577*
Lindley, H., the Late, 559
Liners. See Steamers
Linings, Ferro-Concrete, for Tube-Railway Tunnels, 400*
— Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York,
377*
Lipe, W. C., Inc., Chamfering Machine for Gear Teeth, 178*
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel
— Viscosity of. See Viscosity
Lister Brothers, Ltd., Airspeed Drying Machine for Laundries, 355* ; Gladiron Ironing Machine, 410*
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., Auto-Truck Milk Bar, 177; Mechanised Foundry, 483*
Literature, 141, 187, 275. 363, 393, 437, 542, 570, 603, 658, 686. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Technical, Need for Abstracts of, 627 Litigation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Liver Boiling Vessels, Steam, Explosion of, 8,
608
“ Liverpool,” S.S., 310, 398
— Engineering Society, Annual Dinner, 128
— University Rankin Lecture, on the Mobilisa
tion of Knowledge, by Sir J. Stamp, 627
Lloyd’s Register, Statistics, Vessels under Construction, 43; Statistics, Vessels Launched, 161: Reports on Early Transatlantic Steamers, 311
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Locomobile Boiler with Superheater (Mas- ehinenfabrik Buckau R. Wolf, A.-G.), 380*
Locomotive Boilers, Heat Balances for, 671
— Compound, French, Improvements in, 389
— Diesel, with Direct Drive (Humboldt-
Deutzmotoren A.-G.), 251*
— 660-h.p. Diesel-Engined, New South Wales,
121*
— Electric, 8,400-kW, Swiss Federal Railways,
719
Trend of Design of, 513
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 334
— 204-b.h.p. Oil-Engined, for Underground
Work (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 7
— Standards, Fits for Parts of, 104*
— Steam Turbine. Use of Fluid Couplings in,
481, 552*, 663*
— 4-6-0 Type Mixed-Traffic, Great Western
Railway, 189*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Loewe-Gesfiirel A.-G., Motor-Driven Lathe
with Stepless Drive, 293*; General- Purpose - Lathe, 293*; Four-Spindle Drilling Machine, 293* ; Constant-Speed Milling Machine, 293* ; Automatic Milling Machine, 293*; Single-Purpose Milling Machine, 293*
Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd., Hollow-Steel Forging Plant, Chesterfield, 544
Logarithmic Plotting of Gas-Engine Indicator Diagrams, 55*, 116*
Londex, Ltd., Power-Factor Regulator, 86* London Area, Highway Development Survey, 1937, 567, 593*, 620*
Transport Facilities in, Problems of, 68
— Chemical-Engineering Congress, 1936, Trans
actions of (Review), 394
— County Council, Abbey Mills Pumping
Station, 460*
— and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Com
mittee, Report for 1936-37, 68
— Imperial College, Researches on Interactions
in Blast Furnace, 547, 645
“ London Istanbul,” S.S., for Motor Cars, 140, 289*
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Wirral
Line Electrification, 295*. See Addendum, 386: Diesel-Driven Articulated Three- Car Train, 349* ; Wagons for Edible-Oil Tank Trailers, 395* ; Accident at Crewe, Report, 416 : Permanent-Way Alignment on. 450; Test Methods for Locomotive Boilers, 671
— and North Eastern Railway, Report on Melton
Constable Accident, 48 ; Newcastle-upon- Tyne to South Shields Electrification, 303
— Passenger Transport Board, Demonstration
of Road Surfaces, 97; Portable Rail- Welding Plant, 145* ; Ferro-Concrete Linings for Tube-Railway Tunnels, 400* ; Charing Cross Railway Accident, 601
— Queen Mary College, Course in High-Voltage
Technology for Teachers, 207
— School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Lectures on Industrial Psychology, 76
— Underground Railways. See Underground “ Lord Beaconsfield,”. Steam Trawler, Accidents
with Liver-Boiling Vessel, 608
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
Loser Neutraliser, Reduction of Ship Vibration by, 495
Louvre, with Roller Shutters, Ventilation Building, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, 437*
Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal. See Coal
Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., and Scottish Low-Temperature Carbonisation Experiment, 178. See 96. See LETTER, 146
— — Physics (Review), 659
“ Lowther Castle,” S.S., Reheater TripleExpansion Engine, 427*, 453
Liibecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft, 8-8-cub. ft. Bucket-Wheel Excavator, 37*
Lubricants and Wear of Metals, 184 Lubricating Oils. See also Oils
Lubrication of Motor-Car Engines, Oils for, 477
— Use of Colloidal Graphite for, 17*, 71*,
142*, 215*, 260*. See LETTER, 205
Lucas, G. S., on Road Illumination, 272
Lucas, J., Ltd., High-Frequency Electric Drill, 199*; High-Frequency Electric Screwdriver, 199*
Lurgi Process of Gas Production, 661
Lutyens, Sir E., Highway Development Survey, 1937, 567, 593*, 620*
“ Lymington,” Motor Ferry, with Voith- Schneider Propellers, 507, 650*
Lynam, T. R., on Chrome Refractories for Use in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, 720
Lyons, C., Ltd., Sound-Level Meter, 60*: Dumont Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, 61

MACADAM. See Roads
Macbeth, C., Twin Toggle-Operated Tyre-Vulcanising Press, 467*, 545*, 611*
Macdonald, Capt. K., on Sea-Kindliness and
Ship Design, 537
Macey, H. Hi, on Drying of Clay Shapes, 26 MacLellan, P. and W., Ltd., Apology to, 160 Mac. See also Me.
Machine Design (Review), 393
— Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machines and Tests (Materials)

Machine Tools :

Boring Bar, 56-ft. (Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd.), 473*
— Machine Jig (Socidtd Genevoise), 105*
— — Precision, for Tool-Room Use (Moore Special Tool Co., Inc.), 219*
Tests and Alignments for, 100, 105*
— and Turning Mill, with Infinitely- Variable Gear (Neisser Eisengiesserei und Maschinen-Anstalt), 293
Bulldozer, All-Welded (Steelweld Machinery Co.), 339*
Chamfering Machine for Gear Teeth (W. C. Lipe, Inc.), 178*
Cutting Machines, Oxygen-Jet (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 202
Oxygen Jet (Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., 202
— Speeds for Carbide Tools, 516 Die-Sinking Machine, Automatic (Collet und Engelhard), 293
Machine, Electrically - Controlled (Heyligenstaedt und Comp. G.m.b.H.), 293*
Diehead, 2-in. Tangic Self-Opening (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 264
Drill, Petrol-Driven, Portable (Ateliers des Charmilles S.A.), 370*
— Wimet-Tipped for Concrete (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 177*
Drilling Machine, Bench, High-Speed Sensitive (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 248*
Four-Spindle (Loewe-Gesfiirel A.-G.), 293*
High-Frequency Electric (J. Lucas, Ltd.), 199*
— — Radial Tests and Alignments for, 100, 107*
with Stepless Drive (Auerbach und Scheibe A.-G.), 292*
— Practice in Shipyards, 220
Flanging Machine, Universal (L. Schuler A.-G.), 347
Gear, Bevel, Generator (Heidenreich und Harbeck), 346*
— Cutting Practice (Review), 364
— Hardening Hydraulic Press (Klingelnberg Sohne Fabriken), 294*
— Spiral-Spur, Lapping Machine (W. F. Klingelnberg Sohne Fabriken), 294*
— Teeth, Chamfering Machine for (W- C. Lipe, Inc.), 178*
- Hardening Machine (Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc.), 590*. See Addendum, 624
Grinder and Sander, Pneumatic (Broom & Wade, Ltd.), 694*
Grinding Machine, Cutter, Hydraulically- Operated (W. F. Klingelnberg S'ihne Fabriken), 345*
- Self-Contained Centreless (A. Scri¬vener, Ltd.), 49*
- for Sperry Rail-Welding Equipment, 618*
- Tests and Alignments for, 100, 163*
Generator, Bevel-Gear (Heidenreich und Harbeck), 346*
Hammer, Electric, Kango (Rawlplug Co., Ltd.), 199*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Jig-Boring Machine (Soci&A Genevoise), 105*
Lapping Machine, Spiral-Spur Gear (W. F. Klingelnberg Sohne Fabriken), 294*
Lathes, Flame-Hardening of Beds of (Monarch Machine Tool Co.), 652
— General-Purpose (Loewe-Gesfiirel A.-G.)
293*
— Heavy, with Infinitely-Variable Gear
(Neisser Eisengiesserei und Maschinen- Anstalt), 292
— Motor-Driven, with Stepless Drive
(Loewe-Gesfiirel A.-G.), 293*
— Tests and Alignments for, 100, 134*
— Tube Cutting-Off (Brookes (Oldbury),
Ltd.), 640*
Limit Gauging. See Gauging
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauging Microscopes for Machine Tools (E. Leitz
(London), 87
Milling Head, Universal High-Speed (G. H. Alexander Machinery, Ltd.), 282*
— Machine, Automatic (Loewe-Gesfiirel
A.-G.), 293*
— — Constant-Feed (Loewe-Gesfiirel
Pneumatic Drills. See Drills (above)
— Riveter. See Rireter, Riveting (below)
— Sander and Grinder (Broom and Wade,
Ltd.), 694*
Polishing Machine, Automatic (W. Canning and Co., Ltd..), 169*
Press, Coining, Automatic (Taylor and Challen, Ltd.), 175*
— 300-ton Double-Crank (H. Pels and Co.
A.-G.), 345*
— Edging (Maschinenfabrik Weingarten),
347
— Hydraulic, for Gear Hardening (W. F.
Klingelnberg S hne Fabriken), 294*
— —- 1.600-ton, Lead-Extrusion, for
Cables (Messrs. Stal), 595*. See Addendum, 652
— ?— 50-ton Portable (J. Mills and Co.
(Llanidloes), Ltd.), 231*
Welded Repairs of (Barimar, Ltd.), 73*
— Notching, for Chain Wheels (Taylor &
Challen, Ltd.), 175*
— Power, for General Purposes (Lee &
Crabtree, Ltd.), 62*
— Toggle, Variable-Stroke (G. Hellman),
293*
— Tyre-Vulcanising, Twin Toggle Operated
(C. Macbeth), 467*, 545*, 611*
Punching Machine, Automatic (Maschinenfabrik Weingarten), 346*
— Practice in Shipyards, 220
Riveter, Squeeze, Hydro-Pneumatic (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 519*
Riveting Machine, Pneumatic, Portable (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 190*
Sander and Grinder, Pneumatic (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 694*
Saw, Band, Light-Weight (Stechschneider G.m.b.H.), 345*
— — for Metal (Midland Saw and Tool Co.,
Ltd.), 234
for Steel'(Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd.), 691*
— Circular and Chain, Petrol-Driven,
Portable (Ateliers des Charmilles S.A.), 370*
for Non-Ferrous Metals (Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd.), 691*
Sawing Machine, Cold, with Hydraulic Feed (F. Irmischer Maschinenfabrik und Eisengiesserei), 292*
— — Cold, with Hj dro-Mechanical Feed
(Gebr. Heller), 292*
Shaping Machine, Punch and Form (Gebr. Thiel G.m.b.H.), 118*
Shearing Machine, Guillotine; with Finger- Guards (H. Pels and Co. A.-G.), 345* 6-ft. Overhead Guillotine (Brookes (Oldbury). Ltd.), 230*
4-ft. Under-Crank Guillotine (Brookes (Oldbury), Ltd.),’ 230*
— — Universal (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.),
175
Machine Tool Trades Association, Annual Dinner, 333
— Works. See AfacAiwe Tools
Machinery, Imports and Exports, Statistics, 3, 46, 69, 97, 117, 156, 185, 203, 243, 274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
— Safety Provisions for, 313
Magirus Feuerwehrgerate G.m.b.H., Ladder for 100-ft. Turntable Water-Tower Fire Escape, 23*
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Magnet, Lifting (Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd.), 232*
Magnetic Apparatus for Crack Detection, 218*
— Separator, Chute Type (Rapid Magnetting
Machine Co., Ltd.), 231*
Maidstone, Control of Street Lighting in, 631 Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Management of Works. See Works Management
Manchester College of Technology, Particulars of Scholarships, 650*
— Corporation, Barton Power Station Completion, 531*; Stuart Street Power Station, Extensions to, 534
“ Manchester,” H.M. Cruiser, Trials of, 416 Manipulators for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 637* Manley, G., on Meteorological Observations at Kangerdlugssuak, Greenland, 267
Manlove, Alliott and Co., Ltd., Single-Roll Ironing Machine, 411* ; Hydro-Extractor, 412
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
Marbaix, G. E., Ltd., All-Welded Bulldozer, 339*
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co.. Ltd., Field- Strength Measuring Set, 88*; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 88
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Developments in, 77
Machinery, M.S. “ Capetown Castle,” 471 —•' — Machinery, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Float - ting Crane, 76*
— -— Machinery, Diesel-Electric M.S. “ Pat
ricia,” 144*
Machinery, Evaporating and Distilling Plant (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 614*
— — Machinery, High-Pressure Turbo-Feed
Pump (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 615*
Machinery, S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 676
— — Machinery, Seaplane Catapult M.S.
“ Friesenland,” 415*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Service Results with
High-Pressure Boilers, 153; Annual Dinner, 243
and Naval Architects, American Society of. See Naval Architects
and Naval Architects, International Conference of. See Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference
Qualifications of, Board of Trade Committee’s Report on, 15, 686
Marine-Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 391
Lloyd’s Statistics, 43, 161
Problems of To-day, 716
in United States, Trends in, 716
— and Naval Engineering, History of (Review),
187
— Propulsion, 400-b.h.p. Allen Diesel Engine,
Motor Ferry “ Lymington,” 507, 650*
— — Diesel-Electric Drive, Alternating-Cur
rent System for, 458*, 464
1,510-b.h.p., Diesel-Electric Machinery, M.S. “ Patricia,” 144*
Diesel-Electric Plant for 250-ton Floating Crane, 76*
— — 5,000-b.h.p. Diesel Engines, M.S. “ Frie
senland,” 415*
Diesel Engines for, Report, 450
—- — Emmet Mercury - Vapour Process for, 103
750-b.h.p. Gas Engines, Motor Tug “ Harpen I,” 609*
34,000-h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “Nieuw Amsterdam,” 675
Geared Turbines for Ships, 37, 77
10-cylinder Harland-B. and W. Oil Engine, M.S. “ Capetown Castle,” 471
High-Pressure Boilers, for, 153
Machinery of Early Transatlantic Steamers, 398
— —- Machinery for United States Coast-
Guard Cutters, 50
Machinery for United States Ships, 716 Marine-Engine Output in 1937, 9, 108, 130
— — Naval Engineering in United States,
History of, 332
Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel
Recent Developments in, 35, 77
Torque Characteristics of Types of Propelling Machinery, 50
— •— Triple-Expansion Engines with Re
heaters, 427*, 453
Turbo-Electric Drive for Ships, 77
Use of Kort Nozzle, 715
Sie also Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers ; Ship Resistance ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Station, Dover, Motor-Car Traffic Handling
at, 140*, 225*
— — Naples, 179*
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Twrtnwes, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia, 50
Maritime Station, Naples, 179*
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Marking Machine, Laundry (National Marking Machine Co., Ltd.), 353*
— — Laundry (Tillett’s Cotton Marking
Machine Co., Ltd.), 497
— off Tables, Draft Specificat ion, 580
Marshall, A. L. (Carlton), Ltd., Band Conveyor with Photo-Electric Relay, 413*
Marshall, Hunt and Partners, Ltd., Automatic Washing-Machine Control, 442*
Marshall, Sons and Co (Successors), Ltd., 9-ft. Concrete-Road Forming Machine. 62*; Road-Roller Surface-Levelling Attachment, 364*
Marshall, W. T., Torsion Tests of Ferro-Concrete Beams, 603
Martin, B. E., Radiation Tester for Domestic Boilers, 717*
Maryland University. Post-Graduate Research Scholarships, 362
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Niimberg, 2,500- b.h.p. Nine-Cylinder Diesel Engines, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 415*
— Buckau R. Wolf, A.-G., Locomobile Boiler
with Superheater, 380*
Mason, C. C., on Recording Apparatus for Torsional Damping, 119*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer Course on Strength of Materials, 356
Mastoker Underfeed Stoker, 230*
Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
— and their Testing, Joint Committee on,
Annual Report, 629
Matter, Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of (Review), 393
— Structure of, and Rontgen Rays (Review),
658
Matthews, G. C., on Tunnel Kilns in Heavy Clay Industries, 720
Maverick, G. M., on Addition Agents for Motor Oils, 477
Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., Joy Snow-Loading Machine, 51*; Totally-Enclosed Direct Drive for Conveyors, 572*
Maxoven Gas-Fired Furnace, 702*
Mayo, Major R. H., Design of Composite Aircraft, 155
McCance, Dr. A., on Application of Physical Chemistry to Steel-making, 586
McGowan Committee Report on Electric Power Supply, 593
McGrath, R., on Building with Glass, 107 McKenzie, T., on Salvage of Ex-German Fleet at Scapa, 126
McLellan, Col. W., Memorial to, 303
McNab, J., on Effect of Fluxes on Strength of Fireclay, 52
Me. See also Mac
Mearns, J., Tower at Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 508*
Mechanics, Engineering, Statics and Dynamics (Review), 571
— Fluid, Applied (Review), 437
Mechanical Appliances for Construction Purposes (Review), 187
— Engineers, American Society of, Cavitation
on Marine Propellers, by Commdr. L. P. Smith, 183; Friction of Reciprocating Engines, by F. H. Dutcher, 655

[Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

London Meetings, Winter Session :
Gray Lecture on Recent Developments in Ship Propulsion, by Major P. L. Jones, 35, 77
Nomination of Officers, 99 1
Machine-Tool Tests and Alignments, by Prof. G. Schlesinger, 104*, 134*, 162*. See 99. See LETTER, 178
Presentation of Prizes, 213. Sse 99 Annual Report, 214
Election of Officers, 214
Single-Bucket Excavators, bj W. Savage, 221*, 253*. See 214
Pressure Distribution in a Convergent- Divergent Steam Nozzle, by A. M. Binnie and Dr. M. W. Woods, 250*, 283*. See 245
Effect of Circumferential Pitch of Steam- Turbine Blades on Torque as Compared with Biplane Effect on Lift of Aerofoils, by R. Dowson, 722*. See 245
Report on Benevolent Fund, 336
Aircraft Efficiencies, by Dr. N. A V. Piercy, 339*, 433. See 331, 336. See LETTER, 364
Exhaust Systems of Two-Stroke Engines, by H. O. Farmer, 367*. See 362
Report on Cutting-Tools Research: Carbide Tools, 430*, 516*. See 424
Watt Medal Awarded to Henry Ford, 480 Some Problems in Transmission of Power bv Fluid Couplings, by H. Sinclair, 487*, 551’*, 663*. See 481
Impact Stresses in Freely Supported Beam, by Dr. R. N. Arnold, 505.- See LETTER, 592
Engineering Problems Associated with Improvement of Temperature and Humidity Conditions of Atmosphere in Mines at Great Depth, by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Dobson and Prof. W. J. Walker, 600
Summer Meeting, Cardiff:
Inaugural Proceedings, 629, 649
Design and Operation of Modern Blooming Mill, by W. F. Cartwright, 635*, 694*. See 657
Dinner, Visits and Excursions, 658
East Midland Branch:
Recent Developments in High-Speed Oil Engines, by Prof. S. J. Davies, 342*, 400*. See LETTER, 688*
Mechanical Engineering, Hundred Years of (Review), 571
— Flight. See Aeronautics
— Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Cars; Tractors
Mehlig’s Theory on Oil Spray, 688*. See 342* Meidericher Schiffswerft, Motor Tug “ Harpen I,” 609*
Meldrums, Ltd., Highfleld Condenser Heater, 410*
Mellanby, Prof. A. L., on Service Results with High-Pressure Boilers, 153
Melting Points of Refractories, 451
— Shops, Open-Hearth, Casting-Pic Practice in,
557, 724
Melton Constable Railway Accident, Report, 48 Memorial to Col. W. McLellan, 303
Merbein Pumping Station, Victoria, Australia, 646*
Merchant Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Ships. See Motorships ; Ships; Steamers Mercury Balance for Hydraulic Investigations,
229*
— Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Mercury Switch Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
Magnetically-Operated Switch, 57
— Vapour Plant for Ship Propulsion, 103 Mersey, River, Estuary, Effect of Sewage
Discharge in, 684
Metalectric Furnaces, Ltd., 25-kW Crucible Furnace, 198* ; 5-ton Tilting Furnace for Light Alloys, 198* 35-kW Re-Circulated - Atmosphere Furnace, 198*
Metals and Alloys, Non-Ferrous, Analysis of (Review). 363
— Catalytic Combustion of Gases on, 587*
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See Alternating Stress and
Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— Filament Lamps. See Lamps under Electr ic
— and Gases, Introduction to Study of Metal-
Gas Equilibria (Review), 275
Metal Industries, Ltd., Salvage of Ex-German Fleet at Scapa, 126

Metals, Institute of:

May Lecture on Plastic Strain in Metals, by Prof. G. I. Taylor, 569
Spring Meeting, London: Programme, 89 Report of Council, 276 Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 277 Election of Officers, 277
Institute of Metals’ Medal awarded to Sir
W. H. Bragg, 277 Reports of Discussions, 304, 318, 378 Annual Dinner, 306 Presidential Address, by Dr. C. H. Desch, on Chemist’s View of Metallurgy, 277 Nickel-Copper-Magnesium Alloys by W. R.
D. Jones and K. J. B. Wolfe, 304 Alloys of Magnesium, Part VII. Mechanical Properties of Some Wrought AIuminiUm-Magnesium and Silver- Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, by Dr.
J. L. Haughton and A. E. L. Tate, 304 Sintered Alloys, Part I. Copper-Nickel-
Tungsten Alloys Sintered with a Liquid Phase Present, by G. H. S.
Price, Dr. C. J. Smithells and S. V. Williams, 305
Creep of Tin and Tin Alloys, Part II, by Prof. D. Hanson and E. J. Sandford, 305
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Nickel Brasses, by Dr. M. Cook, 318
Influence of Alloying Elements on Crystallisation of Copper, Part I. Small
Additions and Effect of Atomic Structure, by Dr. L. Northcott, 318 Factors Controlling the Porosity of Hot-
Tinned Coatings on Copper, by Dr. W. D. Jones, 319
Influence of Surface Alloying on Strength of Soft-Soldered Joints, by R. Chadwick, 319
Training and Employment of Metallurgists, by Prof. R. S. Hutton, 378 Visits and Excursions, 380
Joint Meeting with Iron and Steel Institute, October, 1938:
North American Meeting Programme, 404 Metals, Plastic Strain in, 569
— Price Diagrams, 8*, 130*, 235*, 404*, 512*,
668*
— Refining, Sodium-Carbonate Process “for,
108
— Smelting Industries, Electrical Precipitation
of Effluent Gases for, 212
— Structure and Properties of, 361
— — See also Microphotographs
— Wear Resistance of, Symposium on, 184
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallography and Chemistry, 277
— See also Metals ; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs

Metallurgy :

Alloys, Aluminium, Corrosion by Falling Drops, 521*
Magnesium, Mechanical Properties of, 304
Use in Warships, 525
— Copper-Nickel-Tungsten Sintered, Investigations on, 305
See also Brass
— for Die Casting, 463
— Iron and Chromium (Review), 570
— Lead-Base for Solders, 319
— Light, Tensile Tests of, 530*
?— Magnesium, for Air-Screw Blades, 70. See LETTER, 264
Corrosion by Falling Drops, 521*
— and Metals, Non-Ferrous, Analysis of
(Review), 363
— Nickel Brass, Properties of, 318
Copper-Magnesium, Experiments on, 304
— — at Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 446
— used in Shipbuilding, 104
— Silver-Aluminium-Magnesium, Mechanical Properties of, 304
— Structure and Properties of, 391, 451
— Tin-Base for Solders, 319
Creep of, .Investigations on, 305
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Brass. See Brass
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron
Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry ; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces
Heat Treatment of Alloy Steels Containing Copper, Effect of, 692*
— — Case-Carburising Furnace for Roller-
Bearing Components, 195*
— — Gas-Fired, Forced-Circulation Fur
nace for (Lindberg Engineering Co.), 577*
— — Low Temperature, Gas-Fired Furnace for (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 198*
Iron Manufacture, Use of Sodium Carbonate in, 108
See also Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
Metals, Plastic Strain in, 569
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials) Metallurgical Examination of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 163
Metallurgists, Training and Employment of, 378
Metallurgy, Chemist’s View of, 277 Nickel-Silver Sheets and Strip, Specification, 718
Oxygen in Steel Determination of, 631 Powder Metallurgy, Principles of (Review), 687
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
Slag, Basic, Composition and Value of, 558, 668
— Control in Steel Melting Practice, 585 Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Tungsten Carbide for Cutting Tools, Production of, 430
Wear Resistance of Metals, 184
Welding. See JPeMwjz
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Metallography ; Microphotographs ; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
Meteoric Iron, Use of, 637
Meteorological Conditions during Abnormal Tides in Thames, 561*
— Services for Atlantic Flight, 369
— Society, Royal, Artificial Production of
Carbon Dioxide and its Influence upon Surface Temperature, by G. S. Callendar, 267; Oxford Expedition to North-East Land, 1935-36, General Meteorology, by R. A. Hamilton, 267; Meteorological Observations of the British East Greenland Expedition, 1935-36, at Kangerdlugssuak, by G. Manley, 267; Cloud Forecasting, Daily Use of Tephigram, by R. M. Poulter, 267; Symons Lecture on Atlantic Flight and its Bearings on Meteorology, by F. Entwistle, 369
Meteorology,' Weather Forecasts, Use in Road Construction, 26
Forecasts for Transatlantic Flights, 369 Meters, Coal, Romer-Lea, Fulham Power Station, 280*
— Coating-Thickness (Salford Electrical In
struments, Ltd.), 86*
— Flow, Use of . Pipe Bends as, 227*. See
T/FITTER 324
— Sound-Level (C. Lyons, Ltd.), 60*
— See also Electric
Metering and Control Equipment, Boiler Plant, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 259*
Methane, Catalytic Combustion on Platinum Wire, 587*
— Production in Lurgi Process, 661 Metropolitan Cammell Carriage, Wagon and
Finance Co., Ltd., Rolling Stock for Wirral Railway, 296*. See Addendum, 386
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Substandard Watt-Hour Meter, 22* ; Ten- sovic Impregnated Wood, 22 ; Courses for Teachers at, 94; Meter-Testing Equipment, 173* ; Over-Current Relay, 173* ; Automatic Voltage Regulator, 174 ; Magnetic Apparatus for Crack Detection, 218*; Transformers, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 440 ; 60,000-kW Turbo-Generator, Barton Power Station. 533*
— See also London
Miag, 11,000-lb. Battery Mobile Crane, 526* ; 11,000-lb. Oil-Driven Mobile Crane, 526*
Michigan Highway Conference, Report, 24 Micrometer for Spectrographs (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 58*
Microphotographs, Bicop and Tough-Pitch Copper Wires, 338*
— Dust in Air-Conditioned Workroom, 263*
— Heat-Resisting Steels, 456*
— Lead Water Pipes, 285*
Microscopes for Machine Tools (E. Leitz (London)), 87
Microstructure of Metals. See Metals ; Metallography ; Microphotographs
Midland Coke-Research Committee Report, 414 Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd., Band Saw for Metal, 234; Band Saw for Steel, 691*; Circular Saw for Non-Ferrous Metals, 691*
Military College of Science, Woolwich, 459
— Motor Transport. See Motor Vehicle Milk Bar, Auto-Truck (R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd.),
177
Mill, Pilger, Jarrow Tube Works, Ltd., 632* •— Reducing, Jarrow Tube Works, Ltd., 632*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Mills, .J., and Co. (Llanidloes), Ltd., 50-ton Portable Hydraulic Press, 231*
Millars’ Machinery Co., Ltd., Wellpoint Pumping System for Excavation Drainage, 559*
Milling Machines and Cutters. See MacAiwe Tools
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Deep, Problems in Ventilation of, 600
?— Safety in, Research Board, Metallurgical Examination of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, by Prof. J. H. Andrew, R. Jeffrey, and W. A. Johnson, 163
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries ; Mining ; Ores ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mineral Deposits in Teesdale. and Weardale, Report, 43
— Industry, Canadian, in 1936, Report, 195 ?— Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining ; Ores ; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Mining Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 155
— and Metallurgy, Institution of, Annual
Dinner, 508
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Transport. See Transport Mississippi River, Flow Hydraulics of, 84*.
See Erratum,, 122
Mitchell, H. H. G., the Late, 307 Mixing Machines, Concrete. See Concrete Model Experiments, Propeller Cavitation, 183 See also Aeronautics; Ship Resistance ;
Tank Experiments
— Railway Club Exhibition, 518
— Tests for Outlet Works, Boulder Dam, 29 Molecules, Disorderly and Refrigerating Engin
eering, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
Mollier Diagram, Wilson Line in, Determination of, 283*
Monarch Machine Tool Co., Flame-Hardened Lathe Beds, 652
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Nickel-Alloy Exhibits at Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 446
“ Monitor,” United States Ship, 332 Monkswell, Lord, on Air Resistance of Trains,
100. See LETTERS, 62,146 Monoplane. See Aeronautics Montgomerie, Dr. J., on Shipbuilding Practice
Abroad, 220 ; on Trends in Shipbuilding, 714
Montrose, Duke of, on Scottish Low-Temperature Carbonisation Experiment, 146. See 96. See LETTER, 178
Moore and George, Ltd., Tests of Bramley Oil Refiner, 528
Moore, Dr. R. T., the Late, 471
Moore Special Tool Co., Inc., Precision Jig-
Boring Machine, 219* Morden-Edgware Tube, Overcrowding on, 68
Morecambe and Heysham Fire Brigade, 100-ft.
Turntable Fire Escape, 679* Morris, H., Ltd., Plant for Mechanised Foundry,
R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 483*
Morris, J., and Sons, Ltd., 100-ft. Turntable Water-Tower Fire Escape, 23*
Morrison, A. E., and Sons, Ltd., 10-12 cwt. Electric Delivery Vehicle, 24*; 20-cwt.
Electric Delivery Van, 172*
Moseley, D., and Sons, Ltd.-, Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 202
Motor Barge “ Hannover,” Producer-Gas- Driven, 611
— Car Chassis Testing Plant, Military College
of Science, 459

Motor-Car Details :

Chassis for 100-ft. Turntable Water-Tower Fire Escape (Dennis Bros., Ltd.), 23*
— Testing Plant, Military College of Science, 459
Engines. See Engines, Petrol, Motor Car
Rear Wheels, Independent Springing of, 41 Motor Car Engines, Engines, Petrol
? — Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Independent Springing in, 41 Licensed, Report, 128 Military. See Motor Vehicles Traffic, Handling of, at Dover Harbour, 139*, 225*, 289*
Use of Fluid Couplings in, 481, 552* See also Motor Cycles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 97 117
— Electric, Alternating-Current, for Diesel-
Electric Ships, 458*, 464
— 6,650-h.p., for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636
Controllers for (Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.),
43
250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, 76*
Fan-Cooled (Higgs Motors, Ltd.), 199*
— — Induction (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.),
78*
Induction (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 171*
— — for Locomotives, 513
Propulsion, 665-s.h.p. Diesel-Electric M.S. “Patricia,” 144*
for Single-Bucket Excavators, 221* Split-Phase and Capacitor, Fractional
Horse-Power (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 580
— — Steelworks, Direct-Current (General Elec
tric Co., Ltd.), 171*
1,200-h.p. Synchronous-Induction, for Cement Mill (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 248*
— Ferry, Diesel-Electric, Reduction Gearing
for (D. Brown and Sons (Hudd) Ltd.), 543*. See Addendum, 598
“Lymington,” with Voith-Schneider Propellers, 507, 650*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 46 and Taxation, 12
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
Annual Report, 361
.— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ; Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars
— Plough. See Tractors
— Roads in Germany, Report, 127
— — Rollers. See Road Rollers
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Truck, Auto, for Milk Bar (R. A. Lister &
Co., Ltd.), 177
— Tug, “Harpen I,” Producer-Gas-Driven,
608*
— Vehicle, 10-12 cwt. Battery-Driven (A. E.
Morrison and Sons, Ltd.), 24*
— — 20-cwt. Battery-Driven (A. E. Morrison
and Sons, Ltd.), 172*
Imports and Exports, 46
— — Licensed, Report, 128
— — Military, Upkeep of, 470
Use of Oil Engines in, 450 ; See also Tractors
— Wheels, Independent Springing in, 41 Motorship “Capetown Castle,” Description of,
471*
—- under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 43
— Diesel-Electric, Alternating-Current System
for, 458*, 464
Motorship, “ Friesenland,” with Seaplane Catapult, 321*, 414*
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 161
— “ Patricia,” Diesel-Electric, Trinity House
Corporation, 144*
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Ferro-Concrete Lining for Tube-Railway Tunnels, 400*
Mould for 56-ft. Boring Bar, 473*
— for Open-Hearth Melting' Shops, 557, 724 Moulding Loft Practice in Shipyards, 220
— Machines, Grey-Iron Foundry, Ruston &
Hornsby. Ltd.. 661*
— Machines for Mechanised Foundry, R. A.
Lister and Co., Ltd., 483*
— Machine, Witton Works, General Electric
Co., Ltd., 100*
— See also Foundry
— Materials, Synthetic-Resin, Specification, 474 Mounting, Anti-Vibration for Generator Set,
676
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., Ferro-Concrete Customs Building, Dover, 225*
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, Torquay Meeting, Programme, 353 ; Electrical Exhibition, 592; Presidential Address, by W. J. Bache, on Work of the Association, 592; Automatic Control with Reference to Street Lighting, by
E. E. Hoadley and H. P. Barker, 631; Present Day Trends in Power Station Practice, by H. C. Lamb and K. Baumann, 665. See 683 ; Hire-Purchase Law and its Application to Municipal Electricity-Supply Undertakings, by F. E. Sugden, 721; Air-Conditioning, by Capt. J. C. Chaytor, 721; Annual Dinner, 721
Museum, Mariners’, Newport News, Virginia, 50
— Royal Scottish, Edinburgh, Annual Report,
626 ; Opening of Shipping Gallery, 686
— Science, Transatlantic Steam Navigation
Exhibition, 333 ; Annual Report, 600
— United States National, Annual Report, 267

NALDER BROTHERS and THOMPSON, LTD., Transformer-Tap Position Indicator, 60*
" Nani,” Italian Submarine, Launch of, 309 Naples, Maritime Station, 179*
National Association of Supervising Electricians. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 360-h.p. Oil Engines, Ras-el-Ain Pumping Station, 576*
National Marking Machine Co., Ltd., Laundry Marking Machine, 353*
— Physical Laboratory, Investigations on
Magnesium Alloys, 304; Engineering Department, 10-ton Autographic Testing Machine, 309*, 326*; Investigation of Noise from Air Compressor, 640; Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 714
— Safety First Association, Pamphlet on
Starting Young Workers Safely in Industry, 127
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval- Architects, Institution of :
Trewent, Vickers-Armstrongs, and Yarrow Scholarships, 248
Spring Meeting, London: Report of Council, 421 Election of Officers, 422
Presidential Address, by Lord Stonehaven, on Position of Shipbuilding Industry, 422
Reports of Discussions, 422, 452, 464, 493, 525
Annual Dinner, 423
Alternative Firing of British Men-of-War, by Capt. B. Ackworth, 382. See 422
Destroyer Turning Circles, by A. P. Cole, 452
Reheated Reciprocating Marine Steam Engine, by H. Hunter, 427*. See 453
Alternating-Current Power System for Diesel-Engined Ships, by W. J. Belsey, 458*. See 464
Further Experiments in Smooth and Rough Water, -with Model of High- Speed Ship, by R. S. Cutland and J. L. Kent, 465
Further Resistance and Propeller Experiments with Models of Coasters, by Dr. F. H. Todd and J. Weedon, 493
Structural Stress in Oil Tanker under Service Conditions, by I. C. Bridge, 494
Vibration in Ships, by M. Costantini, 495 Launch of Twin-Screw Turbine Steamer “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” by G. M. Chambers, 549*. See 525
Aluminium and its Alloys, with Particular Reference to their Use in Warships, by W. R. N. Hughes, 525
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference of, London :
Programme, 593
Inaugural Proceedings, 714
Trends in Shipbuilding, by Dr. J. Montgomerie, 714
Effect of New Safety Regulations in Senate Report No. 184, on Design of Merchant Ships, by Commdr. H. L. Vickery, 715
Present Trend of Marine Engineering in United States of America, by J. E. Burkhardt, 716
Marine Engineering Problems of To-day, by S. B. Freeman, 716
See also vol. cxlvi
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of, The Mariners’ Museum, by H. L. Ferguson, 50 ; Composite Concrete and Timber Blocking for Dry Docks, by Commdr. E. C. Seibert, 50 ; United States Coast-Guard Cutters, by Commdr. F. A. Hunnewell, 50 ; Factors to be Considered in Efficient Burning of Oil Fuel Afloat, by Lieut. J. A. Hyes, 50; Propellers and Propelling Machinery : Manoeuvring Characteristics during Stopping and Reversing, by W. E. Thau, 50; Power of Shallow-Draught River Towboats, by A. J. Dawson, 103; Ship Propulsion by Emmet Mercury-Vapour Process, by W. L. R. Emmett, 103; Alloys in Shipbuilding, by P. Ffleld, 104: Design and Construction of Ships’ Interiors, by J. P. Kiesecker, 104; Fire Control for Passenger Vessels, by G. G. Sharp, 104
— Architecture. See Warships
— Base, Singapore, Graving Dock at, 158*
— Construction. See Warships
— Engineering, United States, History of, 332
— and Marine Engineering, History of (Re
view), 187
— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navvy, see Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships •
— German. See German, under Warships
— Italian. See KaZian under Warships
— United States. See UmtetZ States under
Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Neal, R. H., and Co., Ltd., Loading-Shovel Attachment, 234
Neckar Water Softener Co., Ltd., Water-Softening Plant, Thorpe Power Station, 316 “ Neghelli,” Italian Submarine, Trials of, 309
Negretti and Zambra, Concentration Recorder and Controller, 45* ; Pipe Thermostat, 45*
Neisser Eisengiesserei und Maschinenbau- Anstalt, Lathe with Infinitely-Variable Gear, 292 ; Boring and Turning Mill with Inflnitely-Variable Gear, 293
Neutraliser, Reduction of Ship ’Variation bv, 495
Nevada Canvon-Wall Outlet Works, Boulder Dam, 5*, 27*
New England, Floods in, Report, 1936, 700
— Jersey Ventilation Building, Lincoln Vehi
cular Tunnel, New York, 436*
— South Wales Government Railways, 660-
h.p. Diesel-Engined Trains, 121*
— Year’s Honours List, 17 43
— York, International Heating and Ventilating
Exhibition, 370
— — Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, 375*, 435*
— — Waterside-Station Power Station, Mo dernisation of, 126
— Zealand Government Railways, Annual
Report, 303
Newall’s Insulation Co., Ltd., Demonstration of Fire Protection for Steel Structures, 482 Newbery, S., Automatic Control Apparatus for Laundry Washing Machines, 148* Newcastle-upon-Tyne and South Shields Railway Line Electrification, 303
Newcomen Society, Centenary of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, by Engr.-Capt. E. C. Smith, 310, 398. See 333 ; One Hundred Years of United States Naval Engineering History, by Rear-Admiral H. G. Bowen, 332; Prehistoric and Primitive Iron Smelting, by E. W. Hulme, 637
Newell, E., and Co., Ltd., Swing-Hammer Gypsy m Pulveriser, 323*
Newport News, Virginia, Mariners’ Museum, 50 “ Newton Elm,” S.S., Failure of Boiler Tube Stopper, 608
Niagara Falls, Ice Jam at, Damage from, 397* Niagara Screens (Great Britain), Ltd., Vibratory Screens, 168
Nichols, Dr. H. J., All-Welded Footbridge, Bombay, 434*
Nickel Brasses, Properties of, 318
— Effect on Magnesium, 304
— Production in Canada, 196
— Silver Sheets and Strip, Specification, 718
— Steels, Effect of Copper on, 692*
— Wire, Catalytic Combustion of Gases on,
589*
— See also Metallurgy
“ Nieuw Amsterdam,” S.S., Launch of, 525, 549* ; Description of, 675*
Nitrogen and Oxygen, Separation of, 576 Nixon, F. H., on Financing Engineering Works Abroad, 303
Noise from Air Compressor, Reduction of, 640
— in High-Speed Oil Engines, Investigations
on, 403*
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See MeZoZs; Metallurgy Norrkopings Bomullsvaveri A. B., Gryt Hydro-
Electric Plant, 111*
North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Ship - building Practice Abroad, by Dr. J. Montgomerie, 220; Sea-Kindliness and Ship Design, by Capt.
K. Macdonald and Dr. E. V. Telfer, 537 Development Board, Report oh Minerals in Teesdale and Weardale, 43
England, Electricity Tariff for, 713
— — Land, Meteorological Observations at, 267 North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.,-
Reheater Triple-Expansion Engines, 427*, 453
— of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 180
— Notes, from 13, 39, 64, 93, 123, 150, 181,
208, 238, 268, 299, 328, 357, 387, 417, 447, 475, 502, 535, 565, 597, 625, 653, 681, 709. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Sea Coasts, Reclamation of Tidal Lands on,
273
— Wales, Rflg Hydro-Electric Scheme, 485* Northcott, Dr. L., on Crystallation of Copper,
318
Northern Ireland, Electric Power Supply in, Report, 690
— — New Industries (Development) Act, 1937.
43
Northey-Boyce Rotary Engineering Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 169; Two-Stage Positive Rotary Air Compressor, 444*. See Erratum, 498; Railway-Brake Exhauster, 445*
Norwich Corporation, Thorpe Power Station, 257*, 315*, 405*, 438*
Notched-Bar Tests. See Texts (Materials) Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland; North ; South-West; South Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nozzle, Steam, Convergent-Divergent, Flow and Pressure Distribution in, 245, 250*, 283*
Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd., Rotovac Aluminium Furnace, 197*; Pipeless Heater, 198*
Nydqvist and Holm, A. B., 665-b.h.p. Hydraulic Turbines, 111*

OBERHAUSEN Cracking Plant for Fischer- Tropsch Spirit, 236*

Obituary :
Oil Burning (Review), 276
— from Coal, Imperial Defence Committee’s Report, 211
— Edible, Road-Rail Tank Trailers for, 395*
— Engines. See Engines, OiZ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Fields, Possible, in Great Britain, 185
— Filter, Removal of Colloidal Graphite by, 216*
— Fuel Burner, Air Register for (Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd.), 170*
Burning in Marine Boilers, 50
— Lubricating, Motor-Car, Addition Agents for, 477
Use of Colloidal Graphite in, 19*, 71*, 142*, 260. See LETTER, 205
Used, Bramley Refining Plant for, 528*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars; Tractors
— Production from Coal in Scotland, Prospects of, 96. See LETTERS, 146,178
— Spray, Mehlig’s Theory on, 688*. See 342*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tanker, Structural Stress in, under Service Conditions, 494
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Oildag, Properties and Uses of, 18, 72*, 215*, 261*. See LETTER, 205
Old Centralians, City and Guilds Institute Diploma, Jubilee Dinner, 539
Oliver, H., on Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Materials, 52
Olympia. See Exhibition.
Ontario Hydro-Electric Station, Niagara Falls, Damage by Ice to, 397*
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Eurnace
Optical Apparatus, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 19*, 43*, 56*, 86*
— Glass. See Glass
— Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Optics, 12-ft. Base Rangefinder (Barr and Stroud, Ltd.), 571*
Ore, Iron, and Gases, Interactions in Blast Furnaces, 547, 645
Osborne, H. C., on Worshipful Company of Carpenters, 386. See 333
Oscillations, Electric. See Electric.
Oscillograph. See Electric
Outlet Works and Valves at Boulder Dam, 5*, 27*
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Lines, Power Transmission, Central Elec
tricity Board’s Report, 360
Power Transmission, Insulation Tester for (Ferranti, Ltd.), 44*
Power Transmission, Protection Plant for, 67
— — Power Transmission, Rfig Hydro-Elec
tric Scheme, North Wales, 486*
— — Power Transmission, Shanghai, Damage during Hostilities, 562*
— — Power Transmission, Wind Pressure on,
498*
Power Transmission, Wirral Railway, 296*
Oxford University Engineering Laboratory, Experiments on Convergent-Divergent Steam Nozzles, 245, 250*, 283*
Oxidation of Lubricating Oils, Effect of, 477
Oxy-Acetylene Flame, Hardening Gear-Teeth by (Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc.), 590*. See Addendum, 624
Welding. See Welding
Oxygen and Nitrogen, Separation of, 576
— in Steel Determination of, 631
Oxylene Method of Fireproofing Wood, Tests, 715
Ozonair, Ltd., Portable Air Conditioner, 205

PALESTINE, Iron Smelting in, 637
— Public Works Department, Jerusalem Water
Supply. 575*
Panels, Wind Pressure on, Belgian Investigations, 499, 638*
Pantograph, Recording, for Wind-Pressure
Investigations on Lattice Tower, 499* Paper-Lapping Machines for Electric Cables,
Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 511*
— Rolls, Lifting Machine for (Economy
Engineering Co.), 605* Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil Paris-Orldans-Midi Railway, Compound Loco
motives on, 389
Parker, W. C., Romer-Lea Coal Meters, Fulham
Power Station, 280*
Parry, D. H., on Future of Power-Station
Design, 241
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 30,000-kW. Turbo
Alternator, Thorpe Power Station, 315* Parsons Engineering Co., Ltd., on Taxation and Motor Industry, 12
— Turbines See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
“ Partenope,” Italian Destroyer, Launch of, 561 Pask, V. A., Thorpe Power Station, Norwich,
257*, 315*, 405*, 438*
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautic.,
— Steamers. See Steamers
Patent Acts Amendment Bill, 30
— Law, Austro-German, 685
— Record, 80*, 166*, 462*, 520*, 582*, 726*
“ Patricia,” Diesel-Electric M.S., Trinity House
Corporation, 144* Payment of Labour. See Labour Pearce, J. G., on Cast-Iron Research and Gas
Industry, 689
Pearne, G., Chief Engineer of S.S. “ Great western ” 399
Pels, H., and Co. A-G.. Guillotine Shears with Finger Guards, 345*; 300-ton Double
Crank Press, 345* ; Nibbling Machine, 380* Pennsylvania Railroad, Heat Balances for
Locomotive Boilers, 671
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
— Way, Effect on Smooth Running, 449 Perrin, M., on Cracking of Fischer-Tropsch
Spirit, 236*
Persian Iron, Historv of, 637
Personal, 12, 38, 64, 92,122,150,180, 208, 240, 268, 298, 328, 356, 386, 416, 446, 474, 502, 534, 564, 596, 624, 652, 680, 708
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars
Petroleum Technologists, Institution of, Crack- of Fischer-Tropsch Spirit, by C. S. Snodgrass and M. Perrin, 236*
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
Petters, Ltd.. Diesel-Engine Installation, Abbey
Mills Pumping Station, 460*
Phillips, D. L., on Rate of Acid Attack on Mild Steel, 630
Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps Ltd.), Electric Welder with Tempomat Control, 232*. See Erratum, 264
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Laboratory. See NaZionaZ Physical
— Society, Exhibition of Apparatus, 19*, 43*,
56*. 86* ; Award of Duddell Medal to Prof. H. Geiger, 569
Physics. Cyclotron and its Applications, 656
— Disorderly Molecules and Refrigerating
Engineering, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
— Low-Temperature (Review), 659
— Statistical Laws of Nature, 507
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pickermgs, Ltd., 1-ton Electric Overhead Hoist, 164*
Piercy, Dr. If. A. V., on Aircraft Efficiencies, 339*, 433. See 331, 336. See LETTER, 364
Piers, Concrete, Kut Barrage, Iraq, 620*
— San Francisco-Oakland Bav Bridge, 492*,
553*, 697*
Pierson and Co., Ltd., Thorpe Power Station,
Norwich, 257*
Pig-Iron Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Pigman, G. L., on Vibrated Concrete, 307
Pilger Mills, Jarrow Tube Works, Ltd., 632*
Piling and Construction Co., Ltd., Foundations for Thorpe Power Station,- 257*
— Laced, Banks of River Idle, 133*
Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., Glass Exhibition Train, 160
Pinions. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion Pipe Bends, Use as Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324
— Coupling, Anti-Vibration (Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd.), 396*
— Delivery from Pitot-Tube Measurements,
Estimation of, 6.16
— Forming and Laying Machine, Oil-Driven
(Allgemeine Transportanlagen G.m.b.H.), 381*
— Joints, Flanged, for High Pressures and
Temperatures, 443*
— Lines, Hydraulic, Flanged Steel Joints for,
Specification, 447
Steel, Rfig Hydro-Electric Scheme,
North Wales, 485*
— Steam. See Steam Pipes
— Thermostat (Negretti and Zambra), 45*
— Transient Flow in, Graphical Analysis of, 713
— Water, Lead, Mechanical Properties of, 285*
— See also Tubes
Pisapia, E. A., on Vibrated Concrete, 307
Piston, Aluminium Alloy, for Wright G.100
Cyclone Aero Engine, 678*
— Lubrication in Motor Cars, Oils for, 477
— Ring Friction in Engines, Investigations on,
655
Testing Apparatus for (A. .1. Amsler and Co.), 718*
Pitot-Tube Measurements, Pipe Delivery from,
616
Pitting. See Corrosion
Plant, Engineering, for Construction Purposes (Review), 187
Plastics and Glass, 629
Plastic Materials, Use for Lenses (Combined Optical Industries, Ltd.), 57
— Strain in Metals, 569
Plasticity, Elasticity and Structure of Matter (Review), 393
Plate-Flanging Machine. See Machine Tools
— Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel, Prices.. See Metal-Price Diagrams Plating, Electro. See Electro
Platinum Wire, Catalytic Combustion of Gases on, 587*
Plough, Motor. See Tractor
Pneumatic Tools. See AfacMwe Tools
— Tyred Farm Vehicles, Tests of, 648
— See also Air Compressor
Pokorny und Wittekind, 35-cub. metre Four- Cylinder Air Compressor, 381 *
Pollution, Water, Research Board, Report on Estuary of River Mersey and Sewage Discharge, 684 ; Annual Report, 712
Polytechnic. See Education
Pontoon, 250-ton Floating Crane, Brest Dockyard, 75*
Poole, Prof. G., on Mineral Deposits in Teesdale and Weardale, 43
Porosity of Tinned Coatings on Copper, 319
Port of Cochin, Development of, 69
— of Naples, Maritime Station at, 179*
— of New York Authority, Lincoln Vehicular
Tunnel, 375*, 435*
— Washington Power Station, 665, 683 Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
Portals, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 377*
Portland Cement. See Cement
Post Office Research Station, Investigation on Corrosion of Galvanised Iron Wire, 645
Potentiometer. See Electric
Poulter, R. M., on Use of Tephigram in Cloud Forecasting, 267
Powder Metallurgy, Principles of (Review), 687 Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Coal
Power Conference, World, Vienna Meeting, British Papers, 190 ; Chemical-Engineering Congress, London, Transactions (Review), 394; Vienna Meeting, Arrangements, 478 ; Vienna Meeting, Programme, 602 ; Report of Council for 1937, 478
— Duct, Overhead, Runtact (Donovan
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 233*
— Electrical, Generation, Transmission and
Utilisation of (Review), 686
— Factor Regulator (Londex, Ltd.), 86*
— Gas. See Gas ; Engines, Gas ; Producer
— Hammer. See Hammer under AfocAine
Tools
— Plants, Hydro-Electric, British, Units
Generated, 656
Hydro-Electric, Caledonian Power Bill, Defeat of, 420
Hydro-Electric, Gryt, Sweden, 111*
— — Hydro-Electric, Ontario, Niagara Falls,
Damage by Ice to, 397*
Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada, 42 Hydro-Electric, Rug, North Wales, 485*
— — Method of Analysis of Trials of, 192*.
See LETTERS, 264, 323
— — See also Power Stations ; Power Water ;
Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion ; Ship Resistance
— Stations, Electric, Barton, Manchester, Completion of, 531*
British, Engineering and Financial Statistics, 448
Electric, British, Extensions to, 156
— — Electric, British, Fuel Consumption and
Units Generated, 656
—- — Electric, Bunnerong, Sydney, 70-in. Seamless Boiler Drums, 196*
— — Electric, Central Electricity Board’s
Report, 360
— — Electric, Fire Protection for Roofs of, 482
— —- Electric, Fire Risks at, Report, 390 Electric, Fulham, Romer-Lea Coal Meters,
280*
— — Electric, Future Design of, 241
Electric, Inter-Connected, Effects of Short Circuits on, 348*, 466*, 555*. See LETTER, 648
— — Electric, Modernisation of, 125
Electric, Safety Provisions for, 314
— — Electric, Stuart Street, Manchester,
Extensions to, 534
Electric, Thorpe, Norwich Corporation, 257*, 315*, 405*, 438*
— — Electric, Trend of Practice in, 665, 683 See also Power Plants ; Substations
— Supply, Electric, for Air-Conditioning, 721
— — Electric, for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636 Electric, Central Electricity Board’s
Report, 360
Electric, Development in Russia (Review), 141
— — Electric, Effect of Domestic Load on, 241 Electric,' Effects of Short Circuits in
Inter-Connected Three-Phase Systems 348*, 466*, 555*. See LETTER, 648
Electric, Engineering and Financial Statistics, Electricity Commissioners’ Report, 448
Electric, versus Gas, for Domestic Heating, 272
Electric, Generation, Transmission and Utilisation of (Review), 686
Electric, McGowan Committee Report on, 593
Electric, Merbein Pumping Station, Victoria, Australia, 646*
Electric, in Northern Ireland, Report, 690
— — Electric, Progress in Canada, 42
Electric, Safeguards against Interruptions of, 67
Electric, Shanghai, during Hostilities, 562*
— — Electric, Tariff for North-East England,
713
— — Electric, Transmission and Distribution
(Review), 142
Electric, Undertakings and Hire-Purchase Law, 721
— — Electric, Utilisation of (Review), 142 Electric, Wirral Railway, 295*
Power Transmission by Fluid Couplings, Problems in, 481, 487*; 551*, 663*
Overhead Lines, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 360
Overhead Lines, Insulation Tester for (Ferranti, Ltd.), 44*
Overhead Lines, Protection Plant for, 67
— — Overhead Lines, Rug Hydro-Electric
Scheme, North Wales, 486*.
Overhead Lines, Shanghai, Damage during Hostilities, 562*
Overhead Lines, Wind Pressure on, 498* Overhead Lines, Wirral Railway, 296* Systems for Single-Bucket Elevators, 214, 222*
See also Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Water, World’s, Statistics, 23
See also Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
Precipitation, Electrical, of Industrial Effluent Gases, 212
Preece, Cardew, and Rider, Romer-Lea Coal Meters, Fulham Power Station, 280*
“ President,” S.S., 310, 398
Presidential Address to Chamber of Shipping, by W. A. Souter, on Shipping as National Asset, 457
— to Incorporated Municipal Electrical
Association, by W. J. Bache, on Work of Association, 592
to Institute of Metals, by Dr. C. H. Desch, on A Chemist’s View of Metallurgy, 277
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by Dr. W. Cullen, on Chemical Engineering, 213
to Institution of Gas Engineers, by H. C. Smith, on Policy and Problems of Gas Industry, 660
— — to Institution of Naval Architects, by
Lord Stonehaven, on Position of Shipbuilding Industry, 422
— — to Iron and Steel Institute, by Earl of
Dudley, on Iron and Steel Industry, 540
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressing Machine, Steam Laundry (D. and J. Tullis, Ltd.), 412*
Pressure Die-Casting Process, Applications of, 463*
— Distribution in Convergent-Divergent Steam
Nozzle, 245, 250*, 283*
— Transmitter (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 21
— Wind, on Buildings, 280
Investigations in Belgium, 498*, 638*
Preston, S., the Late, 158
Price, G. H. S., on Copper-Nickel-Tungsten Sintered Alloys, 305
— of Metals. See MeZaZ-Frice Diagrams
Prince, D. C., on European Switchgear Developments, 568
“ Princeton,” United States Screw Vessel, 332
Printers’ Anti-Setoff Plant (Aeraspray Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 198*
Prior Burners, Ltd., Underfeed Stoker, 230* Processing of Coal, Developments in, 660 Producer-Gas Driven, Motor Vessels “ Har- pen I ” and “ Hannover,” 608
Generator, Deutz, Motor Tug “ Har- pen I,” 609*
Engine. See Engines, Gas
Production Engineers, Training of, 273
Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— for Cross-Channel Ship, Model Experiments,
465
— Marine, for Coastal Vessels, Model Experi
ments, Froude Laboratory, 493
Design of, 77
Effect of Cavitation on Thrust and Torque, 183
Ship Vibration from, 495
— Screw, Use in United States Navy, 333
— Voith-Schneider, Motor Ferry “ Lyming-
ton,” 507, 650*
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance
Protectovent Air Filter, 512*
Psychology, Industrial, Course of Lectures on, 76
Public Relations Committee, Engineering, Inaugural Luncheon, 42
— Works in Kashmir, 694
Local, Central Control of, 602
Puddled Iron. See Iron
Pudsey, F., Jerusalem Water Supply, 575*
Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., Antivibration Pipe Coupling, 396*
Pulverised Coal, Ro-Tap Mechanical Sieve for (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 614*
Use in Power Stations, 666, 684
Pulveriser, Atritor (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 174
— Gypsum, Swing-Hammer (British Jeffrey-
Diamond, Ltd.), 323*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, Merbein Pumping Station,
Victoria, Australia,. 646*
— — Spiroglide, Ras-el-Ain Pumping Station, 575*
— Circulating, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 315*
— Evacuating, Gryt Hydro-Electric Plant,113*
— Feed, Turbine-Driven (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 615*
Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 316*
— Hydraulic, Eight-Cylinder Crankless (R.A.D.
Ltd.), 306*. See Erratum, 338
Pumping Station, Abbey Mills, Diesel-Engine Installation, 460*
Merbein, Victoria, Australia, 646*
Ras-el-Ain, Jerusalem Water Supply, 575*
River Trent Catchment Board, 132
— System, Wellpoint, for Excavation
Drainage (Millars' Machinery Co., Ltd.), 559*
Punch and Stripper Plate for Jig Borer, 105*
Purcell, C. H., San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*
Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See WaZer
Pyrometer, Optical, Colour-Temperature, 603
— Recording, High-Speed (Foster Instrument Co., Ltd.), 44*

QUEEN MARY College, London, Course in High-Voltage Technology for Teachers, 207
Quicksilver. See Mercury and Metal-Price Diagrams
Quinney, H., 10-ton Autographic Testing Machine, 309*, 326* ; on Tensile Tests of Light Alloys, 530*

R.A.D., LTD., Eight-Cylinder Crankless Hydraulic Pump, 306*. See Erratum, 338
Radiation, Flame, in Gas Engines, Loss due to, 4
Radiation, Ltd., Radiation Tester for Domestic Boilers, 717*
Radiator, Room-Heating, Thermostatic Valve for, 430*
— Valve, Thermostatic (British Thermostat
Co., Ltd.), 430*
Radiotelegraphy. See Telegraphy, Wireless Radiotelephony. See Telephony, Wireless Rae, Prof. R., on Pneumatic-Tyred Farm Carts and other Equipment, 648
Rails, Impact Stresses in, Investigations on, 505. See LETTER, 592
— Road Tank Trailers for Edible Oils, 395*
— Steel, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
'— Transport in Great Britain, Economics of (Review), 604
— Welded, Expansion and Contraction of, 619
— Welding Equipment (Sperry Products, Inc.),
617*
Plant, Portable, London Passenger Transport Board, 145*
Railcars. See Carriages, Railway
Railroad, Delaware and Hudson, Sperry Rail- Welding Equipment, 617*
— Pennsylvania, Heat Balances for Locomo
tive Boilers, 671
— See also Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine, 100-h.p. Oil-Engined Railcars
with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
— Bombay, Baroda and Central India, All
Welded Footbridge, 434*
— Bridge. See Bridge
— Buenos Ayres Great Southern and Western,
100-h.p. Railcars with Mechanical Transmission, 673*
— —- Aires and' Pacific, 240-h.p. Diesel-
Engined Railcar, 10*, 33*
? ?— Carriage. See Carriage
— Ceylon Government, Diesel-Electric Trains,
205*
—- Club, Model, Exhibition, 518
— Crossings, Traffic Protection at, 25
— Defence against Air Attacks on, 359
— Electrification Schemes, British, 156
— German State, Humboldt-Deutz Direct-
Drive Diesel Locomotive, 251*
— Great Northern of Ireland, Diesel-Driven
Railcars, 385*
Western, 4-6-0 Type Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 189*
— Iraq State, Annual Report, 506
— Italian State, 900-h.p. Electric Streamline
Train, 89*
— Locomotive. See Locomofire
—- London Midland and Scottish, Wirral Line Electrification, 295*. See Addendum-, 386 ; Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-Car Train, 349*; Wagons for Edible-Oil Tank Trailers, 395* ; Accident at Crewe, Report, 416 ; Permanent-Way Alignment on, 450 ; Test Methods for Locomotive Boilers, 671 and North Eastern, Report on Melton Constable Accident, 48 ; Newcastle-upon- Tyne to South Shields Electrification, 303
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— New South Wales Government, 660-h.p.
Diesel-Engined Trains, 121*
Zealand Government, Annual Report,i303
— Paris-Orl^ans-Midi, Compound Locomo
tives on, 389
— Passenger Travel, Amenities of, 449
— Returns, British, 1937, Report, 374
— Bolling Stock. See Carriages ; Locomotives ;
Wagons
— Southern, Motor-Car Traffic Handling at
Dover, 139*, 225*, 289*; Motor Ferry “ Lymington,” with Voith-Schneider Propellers, 507, 650* ; Weed-Spraying Train, 634
— Swiss Federal, 8,400-kW Electric Loco
motive, 719
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Transport, Defence against Air Attack of,
359
Facilities in London Area, Problems of, 68
in Great Britain, Economics of (Review), 604
— Tube. See Underground
— Wagons. See Wagons
— Welding Practice, Modern (Review), 141
— Wirral!, Cheshire, Electrification of, 295*.
See Addendum, 386
— See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Rainfall in New England, March, 1936, 700
— and Soil Erosion in India, 711 Ram, G. S., the Late, 624 Ramet Carbide Tools, 430, 516
Rand Mines, Temperature and Humidity Control in, 600
Rangefinder, 12-ft. Base, on Anti-Vibration Mounting (Barr and Stroud, Ltd.), 571*
Rankin Lecture on the Mobilisation of Knowledge, 627
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Machinery and Sluices for Kut Barrage, 620*
Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd., Chute- Type Magnetic Separator, 231* ; Lifting Magnet, 232*
Ras-el-Ain Pumping Station and Purification Plant, 575*
Ratcliff, H. A., the Late, 529
Rawlplug Co., Ltd., Kango Electric Hammer, 199*
Rays, Electric. See Cathode; Rdntgen
Reading University, Tests of Pneumatic-Tyred Farm Vehicles, 648
Reclamation of Tidal Lands, 273
Recorder, Carbon-Dioxide (G. Kent, Ltd.), 58*
— Concentration, and. Controller (Negretti &
Zambra), 45*
— and Controller, Temperature and Humidity
(Short and Mason, Ltd.), 60*
— Duplex Cycle, for Twin Tyre Press (Drayton
Regulator and Instrument Co., Ltd.), 611*
— Operation (Everett, Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd.),
59*
Recording Apparatus for Torsional Damping, 119*
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
Rectifier, Selenium (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 87
— Wirral Railway Substations, 296* Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion
Reed-Prentice Corporation, Zinc-Alloy Die- Casting Machine, 249*
Rees, W. J., on Chrome Refractories for Use in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, 720
Refining Plant, Bramlev, for Used Lubricating Oil, 528*
Refractories, Chrome, Use in Basic Open- Hearth Furnaces, 720
— Materials. See also Firebricks ; Fireclays
— Research Association, British, Report on
Chrome Refractories in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, 720
— Steelworks, 541, 612
— Structure and Properties of, 451
— X-Ray Survey of, 52
Refractoriness-under-Load of Chrome-Magnesite Bricks, 52
Refrigerating Engineering and Disorderly Molecules, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
— Systems for Deep Mines, 601
Refrigeration Engineering (Review), 275 Refrigerators, Domestic (General Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 171, 548*
3 • 4-cub. ft. Electric (International Refrigerator Co., Ltd.), 176*
— Electric, Wembley Factory for, Coldair, Ltd., 548*
Refuse, House, Garbage-Grinding Plants for, 81*
Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Regulator, Power-Factor (Londex, Ltd.), 86*
Reheater for Triple-Expansion Marine Engine, 427*, 453
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reinecke, E., the Late, 564
Reinforced Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete Relay, Light, Chilowski (Venner Time Switches, Ltd.), 46
— Over-Current (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 173*
— Voltage-Regulating, Astatic (Ferranti, Ltd.),
45*
Relf, E. F., on Research on Aerodynamics of Aircraft-, 364. See 332
Remuneration of Labour. See Labour Repeated Stresses. See Alternating Stress and
Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Report, Annual, Aeronautical Research Committee, 599
- Air Registration Board, 684
British Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, 273
— — British Electrical and Allied Manufac
turers’ Association, 352
— — Central Electricity Board, 360
Chamber of Shipping, 458
Forest Products Research Board, 136
— — Headmasters’ Employment Committee,
602
Imperial Institute, South Kensington, 303
Iraq State Railways, 506
Materials and their Testing, Joint Committee on, 629
New Zealand Government Railways, 303
Road Research Board, 272
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 626
Science Museum, 600
— -— Scientific and Industrial Research De
partment, 154
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 361
United States Bureau of Standards, 418
United States National Museum, 267
Water-Pollution Research Board, 712
— Board of Trade, Boiler-Explosion Inquiries,
8, 608
— British Railway Returns, 1937, 374
— Canadian Mineral Industry in 1936, 195
— on Carbide Tools, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, 424, 430*, 516*
— Civil Aviation, Government Committee’s, 302
— Crewe Railway Accident, 416
— Diesel-Engine Progress in 1937, 450
— Electricity Commissioners’, Engineering and
Financial Statistics, 448
Supply in Northern Ireland, 690
— Estuary of River Mersey, Effect of Sewage
Discharge, 684
— Fire Risks at Generating Stations, 390
— Floods in New England, 1936, 700
— High-Alumina Cements in Structural Engin
eering, 101
— Highway Development Survey, 1937, 567,
593*, 620*
— Institution of Civil Engineers’ Research
Committee, 478
— Location of Salt-Water Leaks in Water Wells, 224
— London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, 1936-37, 68
— McGowan Committee, on Electric Power Supply, 593
— Melton Constable Railway Accident, 48
— Michigan Highway Conference, 24
— Midland Coke-Research Committee, 414
— Mineral Deposits in Teesdale and Weardale, 43
— Motor Roads in Germany, 127
Vehicles Licensed, 128
— Oil from Coal, Imperial Defence Committee’s, 211
Report, Pneumatic-Tyred Carts and other Equipment, 648
— Qualifications of Marine Engineers, 15, 686
— Railway Accident at Crewe, 416
Accident at Melton Constable, 48
— Roadside Development, 589
— Rolling Mills, Application of Time Study to,
577, 587
— Sampling of Coal and Size-Weight-Ratio
Theory, 242
— Scottish Development Council, " Oil from
Coal ” Committee, 96. See LETTERS, 146, 178
— Weed Control on Roadsides, 108
—- Welding of Steel Structures, 419
— World Power Conference, for 1937, 478
— See also Board of Trade
Research, Aerodynamic, on Aircraft, 331. See LETTER, 364
— Association, British Electrical and Allied
Industries, Luncheon, 185
British Launderers’, Exhibits at International Laundry Exhibition, 442
— — British Refractories, Report on Chrome
Refractories in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, 720
- Board Building, Acoustical Strain Gauge,
603
- — Forest Products, Annual Report, 136 Road, Annual Report, 272
Safety in Mines, Metallurgical Examination of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, by Prof. J. H. Andrew, R. Jeffrey and W. A. Johnson, 163
United States Highway, Report on Roadside Development, 589
Water Pollution, Report on Estuary of River Mersey and Sewage Discharge, 684 ; Annual Report, 712
— Cast-Iron, and Gas Industry. 689
— Committee, Aeronautical, Annual Report,
599
Coke, Midland, Report, 414
— — Institution of Civil Engineers’, Report,
478
Steel Structures, Report on Welding of Steel Structures, 419
— Council, Iron and Steel Industrial, Report on
Open-Hearth Furnace Data, 541; Report on Application of Time Study to Rolling Mills, 577. See 587
— Cutting Tools, Report on Carbide Tools,
424, 430*, 516*
— Department, Scientific and Industrial,
Annual Report, 154
Woolwich, Investigation of Effect of Copper on Alloy Steels, 692*
— Electrical, by Central Electricitv Board,
360
— Flood Control, in United States, 446
— German Aeronautical, Yearbook of (Review),
687
— Group, Architectural, Modern, Exhibition of
Architecture, 69
— and Industrial Development, 154
— Laboratory, Forest Products, Exhibits at
Institution of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 714
— Organisation in Works, 243
— Station, Building, Exhibits at Institution of
Civil Engineers’ Conversazione
Post Office, Investigation on Corrosion of Galvanised Iron Wire, 645
— See also National Physical Laboratory
Reservoirs, irrigation, in Ceylon, 432
— Jerusalem Water Supply, 575*
— Rftg Hvdro-Electric Scheme, North Wales,
485*
— Storage (Review), 142
Resin, Synthetic, Moulding Materials, Specification, 474
Resistance, Air. See Air and Aeronautics
— Electric. See Electric
— of Ships. See Ship Resistance
Retorts for Manufacture of Open-Fire Coke, 689
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Rex Triturator for Sewage Screenings (Chain Belt Co.), 266*
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Pamphlet on Standardisation of British Circuit Breakers, 545 ; High-Speed Air Gap, 592
Rheinmetall-Borsig, A.-G., Twin-Cylinder Vertical Ammonia Compressor, 380*
Richards, C. E., on Corrosion of Galvanised Iron Wire, 645
Richards, F. B., on Carbonisation and Plant Design, 688
Richmond, United States, 12th Street Power Station Modernisation, 126
Rigid Airships. See Airships under Aeronautics
Riley Stoker Co., Ltd., Underfeed Mechanical Stoker, 168*
Rings, Joint, Rubber, for Gas Mains, Specification, 446
— Piston. See Piston Rings
— Steel, Drilled and Undrilled, Tests of, 443* River Chenango, United States, Flood’ Control Investigations on, 446
— Colorado, Boulder-Dam Outlet Works and
Valves, 5*, 27*
— Euphrates and Tigris, Regime of (Review),
604
— Flow Hydraulics of, 30, 83*. See Erratwm,
122
— Hudson, New York, Lincoln Vehicular
Tunnel under, 375*, 435*
— Irrawaddi, Flow Hydraulics of, 84. See
Krratwjn, 122
— Mersey, Estuary of, Effect of Sewage Dis
charge in, 684
— Mississippi. Flow Hydraulics of, 84*. See
Erratim, 122
— New England, Floods in, 700
— Tees, Investigations of Water-Pollution
Research Board, 712
— Thames, Abnormal Tides in, 561*
Barrage Scheme, Inquiry Abandoned, 361
— Tigris, Kut Barrage on,- 619*
— Trent Catchment Board, Engineering
Problems of, 131*
— Tugboats, Shallow-Draught, Power of, 103 Riveter, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
Ro-Tap Mechanical Sieve for Pulverised Coal, 614*
Road, Concrete, 9-ft. Forming Machine for (Marshall, Sons and Co. (Successors), Ltd.), 62*
— Conference, Michigan, Report, 24
— Congress, International, The Hague, Pro
gramme, 17
— Construction, Bitumen-Macadam for Sur
face, 97
Portable Asphalt Plant for (Standard Steel Works), 719*
Use of Weather Forecasts during, 26
Work, British, 479
— Delegation, German, Final Report on Visit
of Inspection. 127
— Intersections, Traffic Conditions at, 25
— London Area, Highway Development Sur
vey, 1937, 567, 593*, 620*
— Motor, in Germany, 127
— Planning, Construction and Illumination,
272
— Rail Tank Trailers for Edible Oils, 395*
— Research Board, Annual Report, 272
— Roller, Surface-Levelling Attachment (Mar
shall, Sons and Co. (Successors), Ltd.), 364*
— Snow and Ice Removal on, 26
— Surfaces, Bitumen-Macadam for, 97
and Safety, Demonstration of, 97
— Transport, Army, Organisation, 470
Defence against Air Attack of, 359
Roadsides, Soil Erosion in, Prevention of, 589
— Weed Control on, Report, 108
Roberts, J., on Origin of Petroleum, 185
Robertson, J., Co., 1,600-ton Hydraulic Lead- Extrusion Press for Cable Covering, 595*. See Addendum,, 652
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., 1,600-ton Hydraulic Lead-Extrusion Press for Cable Covering, 595*. See Addendum, 652
Robinson, A., on Tilting Open-Hearth Furnace Practice, 668. See 558
Rogers, J. S., on Vibrated Concrete, 307
Roll-Changing Carriage for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 637*
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636*. 696*
— Hook, for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214.
253*
— Road. See Road Roller
— Trains for Emergency Gates, Boulder Dam,
27*
Rolling Mills, Application of Time Study to, Report, 577, 587
40-in. Blooming, Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd., 635*, 657, 694*
— — 12-in. (D. Stewart and Co., Ltd.), 573*
— of Ships. See Ships
— Stock Industry, Position and Prospects, 335 Wirral Railway, 296*. See Addendiwn, 386
See also Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Factory for Aeroplane Engines, 685
Rome, Experimental Tank, Investigations at, 715
Romer-Lea Coal Meters, Fulham Power Station, 280*
Rontgen-Ray Equipment, Industrial, Portable (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 57*
and Structure of Matter (Review), 658 Survey of Refractories, 52
Roof Girders, Fire Protection by Moulded Asbestos, 482
— Truss, Welded, Steel Ceilings, Ltd.’s Fac
tory, 278*
Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotol Airscrews, Ltd., Magnesium Alloys for Air-Screw Blades, 264. See 70
Rotor, 900-kVA Alternator, 113*
?— Turbo-Alternator, Retaining Rings for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 103*
Rotovac Aluminium Furnace (Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd.), 197*
Rotterdam Dry Dock Co., Launch of S.S. • ‘ Nieuw Amsterdam,” 525, 549* ; Description of S.S. “Nieuw Amsterdam,” 675*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Agricultural Hall. See Exhibition
— Army Ordnance Corps, Transport Organisation of, 470

Royal Institution :

Salvage of Ex-German Fleet at Scapa, by T. McKenzie, 126
Some Scientific Problems of Industry, by Prof. W. L. Bragg, 361, 391, 451
Cyclotron and its Applications, by Prof. J. Chadwick, 656
Royal Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
— School of Engineering, Giza, Experiments
on Pipe Bends as Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER,324
of Mines, Training of Metallurgists .at, 378
— Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Annual
Report, 626 ; Opening of Shipping Gallery, 686

Royal Society :

Volta’s Communications to, 54, 113
Conversazione and Exhibition, 602
Royal Societv of Arts. See Arts
“Royal William,” S.S., 310, 398
Rflg Hydro-Electric Scheme, North Wales, 485 Runtact Overhead Power Duct, 233*
Rural and Agricultural Districts, Electrification of (Review), 142
Russia, Electric Power Development in (Review), 141
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
Russian Scoop-Tube Couplings, 487*
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., Guidance in Careers for Engineering Apprentices, 704
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 800-li.p. Marine Oil Engine, 159* ; Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 169; Grey-Iron Foundry Lincoln, 622*, 661*

SACCHARIMETER (Bellingham and Stanley, Ltd.), 87
Safety Lamps, Miners’ Cap ([Concordia Safety Lamp Co]]., Ltd.), 234*
— in Mines Research Board, Metallurgical
Examination of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, by Prof. J. H. Andrew, R. Jeffrey and W. A. Johnson, 163
— Provisions of Factories Act, 1937, 313
— Regulations for United States Ships, 715
— on Roads, 24
and Road Construction, 272
— of Young Industrial Workers, 127
Saint. See St.
Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., Coating- Thickness Meter, 86*
Salt-Water Contamination of Wells, Location of, 224
Salvage of Ex-German Fleet at Scapa, 126 Sampling of Coal, Application of Size-Weight-Ratio Theory to, 242
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*
Sand-Conditioning Plant for Mechanised Foundry, R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 483*
— Mixing Plant, Jarrow Metal Industries,
Ltd., 633*. See Addendum, 653
— Preparation and Handling Plant, Grey-Iron
Foundry, Ruston and Hornsby, 623, 661*
Sandemann, W. J., on Distribution and Sale of Gas, 689
Sandford, E. J., on Creep of Tin and Tin Alloys, 305
Sarjant, Dr. R. J., on Open-Hearth Steel Furnace Design and Control, 557
Saunders, Dr. H. L., on Interactions of Gases and Ore in Blast Furnace, 547. See 645
Savage, W., on Development of Single-Bucket Excavators, 221*, 253*. See 214
Saws. See Machine Tools
Scaling of Heat-Resisting Steels, Investigations on, 373*
Sc^pa, Salvage of Ex-German Fleet at, 126 Schlesinger, Prof. G., on Machine-Tool Tests and Alignments, 104*, 134*, 162*. See 99. See LETTER, 178
Scholarships. See Education
Schuler, L., A.-G., Universal Flanging Machine, 347
Schwaiger’s Low-Temperature Viscometer, 46
Schweitzer, Prof. P. H., on Spray Penetration in Oil Engines, 688*. See 342*
Science and Engineering, Early Links between, 539
— Museum, Transatlantic Steam Navigation
Exhibition, 333 ; Annual Report, 600
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 19», 43*, 56*, 86*
Exhibition, Royal Society Conversazione, 602
— Instruments, Glass for, 107
— Management. See Works Management
— Problems of Industry, 361, 391, 451
— Progress and Abstracting Services, 627
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
“ Scird,” Italian Torpedo-Boat Destroyer, Launch of, 309
Scoop-Tube Couplings, Russian, 487* Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
Scottish Development Council, “ Oil from Coal ” Committee’s Report, 96. See LETTERS, 146,178
— Museum, Royal, Annual Report, 600;
Opening of Shipping Gallery, 686
Scraper 3-cub. yd. Digma (Tractor Traders, Ltd.), 234*
Screen, Mechanical, Two-Deck (International Combustion, Ltd.), 177*
— Rotary, Circulating Water, Thorpe Power
Station, Norwich, 315*
— Vibratory (Niagara Screens (Great Britain),
Ltd.), 168
Screw-Down Gear for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 637*
— Grub, Specification, 564
— Propellers. See Propellers; Aeronautics
— Tappet-Adjusting (Automotive Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 202
Screwdriver, High-Frequency Electric (J. Lucas, Ltd.), 199*
Scrivener, A., Ltd., Self-Contained Centreless
Grinding Machines, 49* Sea-Kindliness in Ships, 537 Seaplanes. See Aeronautics Seibert, Commdr. E. C., on Composite Concrete and Timber Blocking for Dry Docks, 50 Semi-Portable Engine. See Engine Sempill, Lord, on Developments in Aeronautical Engineering, 716
Sensitive Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Separator, Magnetic, Chute-Type (Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., Ltd.), 231*
Seppings, Sir R., Method of Ship Construction, 311
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics Service, T. M., on Acid Steelmaking, 558 Sewage Discharge in River Mersey, Effect of, 684
— and Food Wastes, Dual Disposal of, 81*
— Screenings, Rex Triturator for (Chain Belt
Co.), 266*
— Treatment by Activated-Sludge Process,
Investigations, 712
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Sewers, Theory, Design, Specification and Construction (Review), 141
— Trench, Wellpoint Pumping System for,
560*
Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauging
— Ventilation, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel,
New York, 377*, 435*
Shanghai Power Co., Electricity Supply in
Shanghai during Hostilities, 562* Shaping Machine. See Machine Tools Sharp, G. G., on Fire Control in Passenger Vessels, 104
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Shears for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 695*
Shears Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Sheets and Strip, Nickel-Silver, Specification, 718
Sheeting, Steel, Dovetail, Lewis, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., 278*
Shelter. Air-Raid, Emergency Exits for, 324
“ Shepperton Ferry,” S.S., 141
Shield. Construction, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New York, 377*
Ship Canal. See Canal
— Cargo Spaces, Prevention of Condensation
in, 127
— Coastal, Model Experiments on, 493
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 43
— Cross-Channel, Resistance in Smooth and
Rough Water, 465
—? Design and Sea-Kindliness, 537
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propul
sion
— Fire Protection for, 715
— Interiors. Design and Construction of, 104
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 161
T.onnphincr gpp T.n'UVf'bvna
— Manoeuvring of, Effects of Type of Machinery
on, 50
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
and Ship Resistance
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propul
sion
— Passenger, Fire Control in, 104
— Propellers. See Propellers
— and Propelling Machinery, Vibration in, 77
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Resistance of Coastal Vessels, Model Experi
ments, Froude Laboratory, 493
in Smooth and Rough Water, Model Experiments, 465
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— United States, Safety Regulations for, 715
— Vibration in, Causes and Prevention of, 495
— 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, Alloys Employed in, 104
— Design and Construction of Ship Interiors,
104
— Early Transatlantic Steamers, 311
— Employers’ Federation, Annual Review, 17
— and Engineering ? Production Indices, 3
— Industry in 1937, 17, 122
Position and Prospects, 391, 422
— Launch of S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam1,'” 525,
549*
— Naval. See Warships
— Oil Tanker Construction and Structural
Stress, 494
— Practice Abroad, 220
— Trends in, 714
— United States Coast-Guard Cutters, 50
— Use of Aluminium in, 525
— Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Sta
tistics, 43
— — Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 161
— See also Steamers ; Naval; Warships and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping and Aircraft, British Corporation Register of, Register Book, 182 ; Annual Report, 273
— Chamber of, Presidential Address, by W. A.
Souter, on Shipping as a National Asset, 457
— Gallery, Royal Scottish Museum, Opening
of, 686
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 391, 457 Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests
(Materials)
Shop Management. See Works Management
Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd., Mayo Composite Aircraft, 155
Short and Mason, Ltd., Temperature and Humidity Recorder and Controller, 60*
Shorter-Sykes Gear-Hardening Machine, 590*. See Addendum, 624
Shot-Blast Machine, Grey-Iron Foundry/ Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 661*
Shovel, f-cub. yd. Hi-Lift (Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 168*
— with Revolving Head, Electrically-Driven
(Bleichert Transportanlagen G.m.b.H.), 382*
— Loading (R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd.), 234
— See also Excavator
Show. See Exhibition
Shutter, Roller, for Louvre, Ventilation Buildings, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, 437*
Sidcup, Klingerit Works, R. Klinger, Ltd., 489* Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Siemens-Schuckertwerke, Electrical Equipment, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, 75*, 128*
Sieve, Mechanical, Ro-Tap, for Pulverised Coal (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 614*
Sifting Machine, Circular-Motion (Sprout, Waldron and Co., Inc.), 607*
Silencer-Economiser, Gycentric (Clarkson Thimble Tube Boiler Co., Ltd.), 170
Silent-bloc, Ltd., Anti-Vibration Mounting for Generator Set, 676
Silica Bricks. See Firebricks
— Structure and Properties of, 451 Silt-Extractor Chute, Grey-Iron Foundry,
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 662*
Simon-Carves, Ltd., Boilers for Barton Power Station, 531
Simplex Dry-Cleaning Plant for Laundries, 496
Sinclair, H., on Problems in Transmission of Power by Fluid Couplings, 487*, 551*, 663*. See 481
Singapore, British Naval Base, Graving Dock at, 158*
Sinuflow Induced-Draught Eoiler, 410
Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Lectures in Chemical Engineering, 207
“ Sirius,” S.S., 310, 398
Skidding on Road Surfaces, Demonstration, 97 Skin Friction. See Air Resistance; Aeronautics; Friction; Hydrodynamics; Ship Resistance
Slag. See Metallurgy
Slings, Chain, Wrought-Iron, Specification, 504 Sloane, R. G., on Addition Agents for Motor Oils, 477
Sludge. See Sewage
Sluices, Control Apparatus for, 714 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on Centenary of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, 310, 398. See 333
Smith, Sir F., on Disorderly Molecules and Refrigerating Engineering, 501, 576. See Errata, 535
Smith, H. C., on Policy and Problems of Gas Industry, 660
Smith, Commdr. L. P., on Cavitation on Marine Propellers, 183
Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., Diesel-Electric Ship “ Patricia,” 144*
Smithells, Dr. C. J., on Copper-Nickel-Tungsten Sintered Alloys, 305
Smyth, W. A., Articulated Diesel-Electric Trains, 205*
Snodgrass, C. S., on Cracking of Fischer-Tropsch Spirit, 236*
Snow and Ice Removal on Roads, 26
— Loading Machine (Joy Manufacturing Co.),
51*
Soaking Pits for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 635 Societa Anonima Italiana Ferrobeton, Maritime Station, Naples, 179*
— Italiana Ernesto Breda, 900-h.p. Electric
Streamline Train, 89*
Socidtd Genevoise d’lnstruments de Physique, Jig-Boring Machine, 105*
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes Socket, Articulation, for Diesel-Railcar, 3'85* Sodium-Carbonate Process for Metal Refining,
108
Softener, Water. See Water Softener Soil Erosion in India, Problem of, 711 in Roadsides, Prevention of, 589 Soldered Joints, Strength of, 319 Solent Engineering Co., Ltd., Emergency Exits for Air-Raid Shelter, 324
Solex Pneumatic Strip-Measuring Gauge (Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 365*
Solids, Application of Elasticity Theory to, 279*
Solsnoes, L., on Flanged Pipe Joints for High Pressures and Temperatures, 443*
Solvent Recoverers, Ltd., Simplex Dry- Cleaning Plant, 496
— Recovery Plant, Adsorber (Sutcliffe, Speak
man and Co., Ltd.), 496*
Somaini, F., Volta Temple at Como, 1*, 53* Somers, W., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 234
Sound-Level Meter (C. Lyons, Ltd.), 60*
— Text-Book on (Review), 686
Souter, W. A., on Shipping as a National Asset, 457
South Africa, Holfontein Mines, High-Tension Stator-Reversing Switch for 1,100-h.p. Motor, 342*
Tunnel Kilns for Firebricks, 720
— African Mines, Temperature and Humidity
Control in, 600
— Kensington, Imperial Institute, Annual
Report, 303
Science Museum, Transatlantic Steam Navigation Exhibition, 333; Annual Report, 600
— West, Notes from, 12, 38, 64, 93, 122, 151,
180, 209, 238, 269, 299, 329, 356, 386, 417, 447, 474, 503, 535, 564, 597, 625, 653, 681, 708. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 12, 39, 65, 92, 122,
151, 181, 209, 239, 269, 298, 329, 356, 386, 417, 446, 475, 503, 535, 565, 597, 625, 653, 681, 709. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Southern Railway, Motor-Car Traffic Handling at Dover, 139*, 225*, 289* ; Motor Ferry “ Lymington,” with Voith-Schneider Propellers, 507, 650* ; Weed-Spraying Train, 634
Spain, Shipbuilding Practice in, 220 Spark Tester for Cable Insulation, 352* Specifications, Standard. See standards ; Standardisation
Spectrographs, Micrometer for (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 58*
Spectrophotometer (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 58 Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
— Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion
— Regulation. See also Governing
— Trials. See Trials
Spelter Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Sperry Products, Inc., Rail-Welding Equipment, 617*
Spills for Irrigation Reservoirs in Ceylon, 432 Spinning Machines for Cables, San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge, 585*
Spirit, Fischer-Tropsch, Cracking Plant for, 235*
Spiroglide Horizontal Centrifugal Pumps, 575*
Spondon, Derbyshire, Steel Road Bridge, 664* Spray Penetration, Mehlig’s Theory on, 688*. See 342*
in Oil Engines, 342-*, 688*
Springing of Railway Carriages, Effect on Running, 449
Sprout, Waldron and Co., Inc., Circular-Motion Sifting Machine, 607*
Spur Gearing. See Gears Spyer, A., the Late, 34 St. Louis Sewage Works, Garbage-Grinding Plant, 82*
Stability of Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
— of Ships. See Ships
Stacking Machines, Collapsible (Economy Engineering Co.), 605*
Hydraulic (J. Collis and Sons, Ltd.), 701* Staffordshire, Iron and Steel Industry in, 540 Stal, Messrs., 1,600-ton Hydraulic Lead- Extrusion Press for Cable Covering, 595*. See Addendum, 652
Stammers, R., on Magnesium Alloys for AirScrew Blades, 264. See 70
Stamp, Sir J., on the Mobilisation of Knowledge. 627
Stamping Presses. See Machine Tools Stanchions. See Columns
Standards Institution, British, Specification, Vertical Cylindrical Multitubular Boilers, 196; Report on Sampling of Coal, by Dr. E. S. Gruineli, 242; Specification, Automatic Switches for Emergency Lighting Systems, 387 ; Specification, Domestic Hot-Water Boilers, 423; Specification, Rubber Joint Rings for Gas Mains, 446 ; Specification, Steel Flanged Joints for Hydraulic Pipe Lines, 447 ; Specification, Synthetic-Resin Moulding Materials, 474 ; Specification, Wrought-Iron Chain Slings, 504 ; Specification, Bafflers for Gas Appliances, 510; Specifications, Circuit Breakers, 545; Specification, Grub Screws, 564 ; Draft Specification, Cast-Iron Surface Plates and Marking-Off Tables, 580 ; Specification, Internal-Combustion Engines of Carburettor Type, 596; Specification, Metallic Resistance Materials, 596 ; Specification, Gate-End Boxes, 597 ; Specification, Wrought-Iron and Steel Tubes, 676 ; Specification, Mild-Steel Dustbins, 677; Specification, Copper Conductors for Use in Mines, 681; Specification, Central- Heating Boilers, 708; Specification, Switchboard Markings, 709 ; Annual Luncheon, 713; Specification, Wrought-Iron Bars, 717; Specification, Nickel-Silver Sheets and Strip, 718
Standard Steel Works, Portable Asphalt Plant for Road Making, 719*
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., Selenium Rectifier, 87; Control System for Electricity Distribution Network, 592
— U.S. Bureau of. See United States Standardisation Association, Belgian, Wind-
Pressure -Investigations, 498*, 638*
Stanier, W. A., Diesel-Driven Articulated Three-Car Train, 349*
State Railways. See Railways Statics, Engineering (Review), 571 Station, Maritime, Naples, 179* —- Power. See Potver Stations
— Wirral Railway, Reconstruction of, 295 Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator, 900-kVA Alternator, 113*
Status of Engineer, Committee on, 239, 416, 569 Staveley Coal and iron Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 202
Steam Boats.' See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Condensation. See Condensation
— Distributor (Hopkinson, Ltd.), 718*
— Engines. See Engines
— Flow through Nozzles. See Nozzles
— High-Pressure and Temperature, Use in
Power Stations, 666, 683
Pressure and High-Temperature, Use in Ships, 35
Pressure and Temperature, in United States Power Stations, 125
— and Hydrogen, Influence on Interactions in
Blast Furnace, 547, 645
— Jet Velocity from Turbine Guide Blades,
723*
— Navigation, Transatlantic, Centenary of,
310, 398. See 333
— Pipes, Steel, Weldless, Thorpe Power
Station, Norwich, 315
— Piping for Electric Power Stations, 666
— Plant, Safety Provisions for, 314
— Separator. See Separator
— Superheater. See Superheater ; Superheated
— Trap, Bellows (British Thermostat Co.,
Ltd.), 201*
— — Inverted-Bucket (British Thermostat
Co., Ltd.), 202*
— Trawlers “ Brontes ” and “ Kingston
Cornelian,” Explosion of Liver-Boiling Vessels, 8
“ Lord Beaconsfield ” and “ Great Admiral,” Accidents with Liver-Boiling Vessels, 608
— Turbines. See 2'ar6ines
Steamer “ Catherine,” Fireproof Construction in, 104
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 43
— Cross-Channel, for Motor Cars, 139*, 289*
— Early Transatlantic, 310, 398
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propul
sion
— “ Kavak,” Explosion of Boiler Circulator,
608
— “ Lancaster Castle,” “ Lowther Castle ”
and “ Conakrian,” Reheater, TripleExpansion Engines, 427*, 453
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 161
— Launching of. See also Launc/iing
— “ Newton Elm,” Failure of Boiler-Tube
Stopper, 608
— “ Nieuw Amsterdam,” Launch of, 525,
549* ; Description of, 675*
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Resistance of. See Ship Resistance
— Rolling of. See Ships
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— Stability of. See Ships
— “ Windsor Castle,” Re-Conditioning of, 63*
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion ;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships; Steamers; Warships
Stechschneider G.m.b.H., Light-Weight Band Saw, 345*
Steel for All-Welded Bridge, Hasselt, Belgium, 670*
— Alloy, Effect of Copper on, 692*
— for Ball and Roller Bearings, 311
—- Boiler, Embrittlement of, Investigations on 598
— Buildings, Wind Stresses in, 280
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Ceilings, Ltd., Welded Factory Building, 278*
— Chromium, Effect of Chromium and Carbon
on Expansion, 578*
— for Colliery Haulage Drawgear, Examination of, 163
Steel Corrosion. See Corrosion.
— Fatigue of. See Alternating Stress and
Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— Framed Aeroplane Hangar, Bellman (Head,
Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 515*. See Erratum, 530
— Buildings, Empire Exhibition, Glasgow,
508*
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat-Resisting, Investigations on, 372*,455* Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under
Metallurgy
— Industry, Early History of, 637
— Manufacture. See Furnaces ; Iron and Steel
Institute; Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs;
Metallography
— Mild, Acid Attack of, Influence of Composition and Treatment, 630
— — Rapidly-Cooled, Martensite Grains in,
630,
— Oxygen in, Determination of, 631
— Plates, Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production and Consumption Statistics, 3
— Rails. See Rails; Metal-Price Diagrams
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Sheeting, Dovetail, Lewis, Steel Ceilings,
Ltd., 278*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
(Materials)
— Structures, Fire Protection by Moulded
Asbestos, 482
and Properties of, 361
Research Committee, Report on Welding of Steel Structures, 419
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
—? Used in San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 492, 698
in Shipbuilding, 715
— for the User (Review), 603
— Works. See Works
Steelweld Machinery Co., All-Welded Bulldozer, 339*
Steelworks Refractories, 541, 612
— Structural. See Structural, Structure Steelcon (Industrial Floors), Ltd., Steel Plates
for Floors, 202
Stephenson, A., on Training of Unskilled Labour, 347
Stevens, Col. J. , Centenary of, 273 Stevenson, D. A., the Late, 445 Stevensons, Ltd., Ash-Handling Plant, Thorpe Power Station, 260*
Stewart, D., and Co., Ltd., 12-in. Rolling Mill, 573* ; Air-Hydraulic Accumulator, 573*
Stewart, J. E., the Late, 89
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 171
Stirling Boiler Co., Ltd., Boilers for Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 258*
Stokers, Mechanical, Chain-Grate, Barton Power Station, 533
— — Chain-Grate, Thorpe Power Station, Nor
wich, 259*
— — Chain-Grate Type (Babcock and Wilcox,
Ltd.), 170*
Underfeed (Prior Burners, Ltd.), 230* Underfeed (Riley Stoker Co., Ltd.), 168*
— — Use in Ships, 37
Stonehaven, Lord, on Shipbuilding Industry, 422
Stop Valves. See Valves
Storage-Battery Vehicle. See Motor Vehicles ;
Motor Truck.,
—-Reservoirs (Review), 142
Stott, V. H., on Gas-Tight Sintered Alumina Ware, 52
Strain Gauge, Acoustical, for Building Structures, 603
— See also Stress
Strainer, Water, Rotary (Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd.), 615*
Straits Steamship Co., 800-h.p. Marine Oil Engine, 159*
Stranding Machine for Electric Cables, Aber- dare Cables, Ltd., 511*
Streams, Flow Hydraulics of, 30, 83*. See Erratum, 122
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests (Materials)
— Impact, in Freely-Supported Beam, 505.
See LETTER, 592
— — in High-Speed' Oil Engines, 403
— Repetitions. See Alternating Stress under
Tests (Materials)
— in San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 492,
554; 641, 698
— in Structural Framework, Chicago Building
Code for, 146
— Structural, in Oil Tanker under Service
Conditions, 494
— in Structures, Application of Elasticity
Theory to, 279*
— in Structures. See also Strain Gauge
— Time-Yield, for Heat-Resisting Steels, 455
— Wind, in Buildings, 280
Street, Dr. A., on Application of Die Casting, 463*
— Lighting, Electric, Central Control System
for, 592
— — Electric, Automatic Control of, 631 Relays for, 46
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests (Materials)
Str.kes. See Labour; Labour Notes
Strip-Measuring Gauge, Solex Pneumatic (Burton Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 365*
— and Sheets, Nickel-Silver, Specification, 718 Stripper Plate and Punch for Jig Borer (Societe
Genevoise), 105*
Stroud, Prof. W., the Late, 647
Strowger Remote Control Equipment, 592
Structural Design of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Engineers, Institution of, Report on Use of
High-Alumina Cements in Structural Engineering, 101; Annual Dinner, 421
Structural Engineering and Architectural Design, 301
Industry, Position and Prospects, 479 Use of High-Alumina Cements in, 101
— Framework, Chicago Building Code for, 146
Structural Members, Strain Meters for. See Strain Gauge
Structures, Building, Acoustical Strain Gauge for, 603
— Elastic, Analysis of, 61
— Ferro-Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete
— Steel, Fire Protection by Moulded Asbestos, 482
— — Research Committee, Report on Welding
of Steel Structures, 419
— Stresses in, Application of Elasticity Theory
to, 279*
— Wind Action on, 280
Pressure on, Belgian Investigations, 498*, 638*
Struts. See Columns
Stuart, Dr. A. H., on Properties and Applications of Graphite, 17*, 71*, 142*, 215*, 260*. See LETTER, 205
— Street Power Station, Manchester, Exten
sions to, 534
Submarine Boats. See Warships
Substations, Shanghai, Damage during Hostilities, 562*
— Wirral Ra'lway, 295*
Sugden, F. E., on Hire-Purchase Law and Electricity Supply Undertakings, 721
Sulphuric Acid, Attack of Mild Steel by, 630 Sun-Vic Controls, Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 87
Superheated Steam, Use in Ships, 35 Superheater Co., Ltd., MeLeSco Superheaters, Barton Power Station, 532
— with Attemperator, Thorpe Power Station,
Norwich, 259*
— Combustion-Chamber Type, for Ships, 429*,
453
— MeLeSco, Barton Power Station, 532 Supersaturation and Steam-Turbine Design,
245, 283*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Views on Compulsory Wiring Regulations, 185
Surface Condensers. See Condensers
— Plates, • Cast-Iron, Draft Specification, 580
— Temperature of Earth, Effect of Carbon
Dioxide Production on, 267
Surrey, North, Travelling Facilities in, 68
Survey Committee, Water,- Inland, Surface- Water Year Book of Great Britain, 657
Suspension Spans, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*
— System for Railcar, Buenos Aires and Pacific
Railway, 11*
Sutcliffe, Speakman and Co., Ltd., Adsorber Solvent Recovery Plant, 496*
Svenska Kraftkontoret, Gryt Hydro-Electric Power House, 111*
Sweating in Ships, Causes and Prevention of,127 Sweden, Engineering-Trade Statistics, 157, 203, 392
— Gryt Hydro-Electric Plant, 111*
— Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
Swiss Federal Railways, 8,400-kW Electric Locomotive, 719
— National Exhibition, Zurich, 1939, 213
— See also Switzerland
Switchgear, Circuit Breakers, British, Pamphlet. on Standardisation of, 545
Breakers, European Designs, 568
Breaker, High-Speed Self-Closing, 67
Breaker, Marine-Type (Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.), 44
— Current Transformer and Range-Selecting
Switch (Everett, Edgcumbe &>Co., Ltd.), 59*
— Developments, European, 568
— for Electric Locomotives, 514
— — Power Stations, 667
— Gate-End Boxes, Specification, 597
— Industrial, Low-Tension (Ferguson, Pailin,
Ltd.), 191*
?— Power Station, Fire Protection for ,390
— Rfig Hydro-Electric Scheme, North Wales,
496*
— Switches, Automatic, for Emergency Light
ing Systems, Specification for, 387
High-Tension Stator-Reversing (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 342*
Hot-Wire Vacuum (Sun-Vic Controls, Ltd.), 87
Magnetically-Operated (Mercury Switch Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 57
Pillar Metal-Clad (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 170*
Snap-Action, Vapour-Proof (International Technical Developments, Ltd.), 46
— Switchboards, Markings for, Specification,
709
— 1,000,000-kVA, 6 • 6-kV Thorpe Power
Station, Norwich, 450*, 438*
— Wirral Railway Substations, 296*
Switzerland, Engineering-Trade Statistics, 157, 203, 275, 288
— See also Swiss
Sykes, W. E., Hardening Gear-Teeth by Oxy- Acetylene Flame, 590*. See Addendum, 624
Symonds, P. H., the Late, 648
Symons Lecture on Atlantic Flight and its Bearings on Meteorology, 369
Symposium on Steelmaking. See Iron and Steel Institute
Systems, Shop. See Works Management

TAIT, T. S., Tower at Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 508*
Tangic Self-Opening Diehead, 2 in., 264*
Tanks for Edible-Oil Transport (Enamelled Metal Products Corporation (1933), Ltd.), 395*
— Experiments on Coastal Ships, 493
Resistance Experiments in Smooth and Rough Water, 465
— Experimental, Rome, Investigations at, 715
— — Washington, Investigation on Propeller
Cavitation, 183
See also Ship Resistance
— Irrigation in Ceylon, 432
Tanks Oil-Quenching, for Roller-Bearing Components, 195*
Tapping Machine. See AfacMne Tools
Tar, Removal from Town Gas, Whessoe- Woodall-Duckham Plant for, 690
Tarpen Engineering Co., Ltd., 400-watt Petrol- Driven Generating Set, 176*; 1-h.p.
Single-Cylinder Petrol Engine, 176*
Tate, A. E. L., on Aluminium-Magnesium and Silver-Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys, 304
Taxation and Motor Industry, 12
Taylor, C. S., Electricity Supply in Shanghai During Hostilities, 562*
Taylor and Ohallen, Ltd., Notching Press for Chain Wheels, 175* ; Automatic Coining Press, 175*
Taylor, Prof. G. I., on Plastic Strain in Metals, 569
Taylor, H. W., the Late, 158
Taylor, P. P., Jerusalem Water Supply, 575*
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 177
Teaching. See Education
Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead-on- Tyne, 417
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Institutions, Association of, Production
Engineering and the Technical Institution, by J. W. Berry, 273
— Literature, Need for Abstracts of, 627
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Teddington ” Thermostat, 201*
Tees, River, Investigations of Water-Pollution Research Board, 712
Teesdale Iron Works, Thornaby-on-Tees, All- Welded Steel Foundry Building, 676
— and Weardale, Mineral Deposits Report, 43 Teeth, Gear.' See Gear
Telegraphy, Wireless, Exports of Apparatus, 186
— — Field-Strength Measuring Set (Marconi’s
Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 88*
Ultra-Short Wave Signal Generator, 88
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephony, Wireless, Exports of Apparatus, 186
— — Field-Strength Measuring Set (Marconi’s
Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 88*
Ultra-Short Wave Signal Generator, 88
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telfer, Dr. E. V., on Sea-Kindliness and Ship
Design, 537
“ Tembien,” Italian Submarine, Launch of, 561 Temperature and Humidity Control in Deep
Mines, 600
Recorder and Controller (Short and Mason, Ltd.), 60*
— Maxima in Intermittent Heating Cycles,
377*. See LETTER, 414
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermo
metry
Tempomat Time-Control Unit for Electric Welder, 232*. See Erratum, 264
Tenders, 12, 38, 64, 92, 122,150, 180, 208, 238, 268, 298, 328, 356, 386, 416, 446, 474, 502, 534, 564, 596, 624, 652, 680, 708
Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials) Tensovic, Impregnated Wood Material (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 22
Tephigram, Use in Cloud Forecasting, 267 Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Test, Abradability, for Coke, 414
— Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— After-Contraction, for Firebricks, 52
— Alignments of Machine Tools, 99, 104*,
134*, 162*. See LETTER, 178
— Bramley Refining Plant for Used Lubricat
ing Oil, 528
— Centrifugal Pump, Merbein Pumping
Station, 646*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Cutting, of Carbide Tools, 516
— 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating Crane, 130
— Drilled and Undrilled Steel Rings, 443*
—- Eight-Cylinder Crankless Hydraulic Pump, 306. See Erratum, 338
— 180-h.p. Engines, for Diesel-Electric Trains,
207*
— of Exhaust Systems of Two-Stroke Engines,
362, 367*
— Ferro-Concrete Linings for Tube-Railway
Tunnels, 400*
—- Fire, of Wooden Partitions, 487
— of Fireproofed Wood, 715
— Gryt Hydro-Electric Power Plant. 113*
— of Locomotive Boilers, Methods for, 671
— Magnetic. See Magnetic

Tests (Materials) :

Alternating-Stress Tests, Lead for Water Pipes, 286*
Bending Tests, Bicop and Tough-Pitch Coppers, 338
Creep Testing Machines for Heat-Resisting Steels, 455*
— Tests, Heat-Resisting Steels, 455* Specimens, Voltage Control Device for, 603
— — Tin and Tin Alloys, 305 Drop Tests of Welded Rails, 618 Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of
Matter (Review), 393
Fatigue of Metals (Review), 543
Impact Tests, Notched-Bar, Alloy Steels, 692
Magnetic Tests. See Afaynetic Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Strength of Materials, Summer Course at Massachusetts Institute, 356
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Alloy Steels, 692* Lead for Water Pipes, 286*
—- — Light Alloys, 530*
Testing Machine, 10-ton Autographic, National Physical Laboratory, 309*, 326*
Time-Yield Values for Heat-Resisting Steels, 455
Torsion Tests, Bicop and Tough-Pitch Coppers, 338
Concrete Beams, 603
Tests, Non-Destructive, for Welds in Steel Structures, 419
Tests, Petrol Engine, Use of Colloidal Graphite in, 72*, 142*, 216*. [fee LETTER, 205
— Pneumatic-Tyred Farm Vehicles, 648
— Producer-Gas Plant, Motor Tug " Harpen I,”
610
— Refractoriness-under-Load, Test Pieces for,
52
— Short-Circuit, of Electric Generators, 466*
— 1,000,000-kVA. 6-6-kV Switchgear, Thorpe
Power Station, Norwich, 438*
— of Vibrated Concrete, 307
— Wear, for Metals, 184
Tester, Radiation, for Domestic Boilers (Radiation, Ltd.), 717*
Testing Apparatus for Piston Rings (A. J. Amsler and Co.), 718*
for Scaling of Heat-Resisting Steels, 373*
— Equipment for Electric Meters (Metro
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 173*
Spark, for Cable Insulation (Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 352*
— of High-Alumina Cements, 101
— Machine, Wear and Lubricant, Avery-
Brownsdon (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 199*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society of, Symposium
on Wear of Metals, 184; Addition Agents for Motor Oils, by G. M. Maverick and R. G. Sloane, 477
Joint Committee on, Annual Report, 629
— Plant, Motor-Car Chassis, Military College
of Science, 459
— See also Tests (Materials); Trials Text Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile-Machinery Industry, Position and
Prospects, 287
Wear in, 184
Thames Barrage Scheme, Inquiry Abandoned, 361
— River, Abnormal Tides in, 561*
Thau, W. E., on Propellers and Propelling Machinery, 50
Thermal Conductivity of Heat-Insulating Materials, 52
— Efficiency of British Electric Power Stations,
656
— Expansion of Chromium Steels, Investiga
tions on, 578*
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermo-Couple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics, Technical (Review), 542
— Textbook of (Review), 570
Thermometer, Resistance, Balanced-Bridge (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 21*
— See also Pyrometer
Thermostat, Pipe (Negretti and Zambra), 45*
— “ Teddington ” (British Thermostat Co.,
Ltd.), 201*
Thiel, Gebr., G.m.b.H., Punch and> Form Shaping Machine, 118*
Thixoviscometer (Griffin and Tatlock, Ltd.),, 86*
Thomas, D. F. G., on Rate of Acid Attack on Mild Steel, 630
Thompson Engineering and Pipe Co., Centrifugal Pump, Merbein Pumping Station, 646*
Thompson, J., Engineering Co., Ltd., Submerged Ash Conveyor, 167*
Thomson, Sir J. J., Awarded Kelvin Medal, 243, 539
Thornaby-on-Tees, Teesdale Iron Works, All- Welded Steel Foundry Building, 676
Thorpe Power Station, Norwich Corporation, 257*, 315*, 405*, 438*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thrust of Propellers. See Propellers; Aeronautics
Thyratron, Shield-Grid (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 88
Tidal Lands, Reclamation of, 273
— Waters, Effect of Sewage Discharge in, 684 Tides, Abnormal, in River Thames, 561* Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Regime of
(Review), 604
— River, Kut Barrage on, 619*
Tileman and Co., Ltd., Ferro-Concrete Chimney, Thorpe Power Station, 257*
Tillett’s Cotton Marking Machine Co., Ltd., Laundry Marking Machine, 497
Timbers, Empire, Grading Rules for, 551
— Research by Forest Products Research
Board, 136
Time Study, Application to Rolling Mills, Report, 577, 587
— Yield Values for Heat-Resisting Steels, 455 Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Coatings on Copper, Porosity of, 319
— and Tin Alloys, creep of, Investigations, 305 Plate Prices. See Metal-Price Diagrams Todd, Dr. F. H., on Resistance and Propeller
Experiments with Coaster Models, 493
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Tomkinson, W., and Son, Ltd., Station Reconstruction, Wirral Railway, 295
Tongland Hydro-Electric Station, Memorial to Col. W. McLellan, 303
Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools
— Petrol-Driven, Portable (Ateliers des Char-
milles, S.A.), 370*
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
— Precision, Proposed British Standards for,
580
Toothed Gear. See Gear ; Marine Propulsion Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torquay Exhibition, Electrical, 592
— Meeting, Incorporated Municipal Electrical
Association. See Municipal
International Electrotechnical Commission, 478
Torque, Impulse, Developed by Short-Circuited Generator, 466*
— Meters. See Dynamometers
Torsion Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Torsional Damping, Recording Apparatus for, 119*
Tottenham Gas Co., Control Methods at Willoughby Lane Works, 690
Tower, ’ 300-ft. Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 508*
— Lattice-Steel, Wind Pressure on, Belgian
Investigations, 498*
— Steel, San Francisto-Oakland Bay Bridge,
554*, 583*, 697*
Town Gas. See Gas
Townsend Brothers Ferries, Ltd., Cross-Channel Steamers for Motor Cars, 140*, 227*
Tracks, Crawler, for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214,221*
Tracta Universal Coupling, 174*
Traction, Electric. See Railways
Tractors, Agricultural, Use of Oil Engines for, 450
— Cranes, Three-Wheeled, Battery and Oil-
Driven (Miag), 526*
Tractor Traders, Ltd., 3-cub. yd. Digma Scraper, 234*
Trade, Agricultural-Machinery, Imports and Exports, 243
— Aircraft, Imports and Exports, 69. See
LETTER, 264
— Conditions and Producer and Consumer, 570
— Copper, Imports of, 185
— Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes
— Electrical Machinery, Imports and Exports,
156,185, 203
— Engineering and Allied, Position and Pros
pects, 3, 46, 69, 97, 117, 156, 185, 203, 243,274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Locomotive, Imports and Exports, 334
— Machine-Tool, Imports and Exports, 274
— Machinery Imports and Exports, 3, 46, 69,
97, 117, 156, 185, 203, 243, 274, 287, 334, 391, 479. See LETTER, 264
— Marine-Engine, British Exports, 391
— Motor-Cycle and Cycle, Imports and Ex
ports, 97,117
Vehicle, Imports and Exports, 46
— Policy, British, Views on, 97
— Textile-Machinery, Imports and Exports,
287
— Unions. See Labour; Labour Notes
— and World Affairs, 451
Traffic Advisory Committee, London and Home Counties, Report for 1936-37, 68
— Distribution Structure, San Francisco-
Oakland Bay Bridge, 700*
Trailer, 50-ton, for Armour Plate (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 706*
— Tank, Road and Rail, for Edible Oil (R. A.
Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 395*
Trains, Articulated, Diesel-Electric, Ceylon Government Railway, 205*
— 660-h.p. Diesel-Engined. New South Wales,
121*
— 900-h.p. Electric Streamline, Italian State
Railways, 89*
— Exhibition, Glass, Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.,
160
— Ferry Steamers, Dover, Motor-Car Traffic
by, 140*, 225*
— Passenger, Air Resistance of, 62,100,146
— Rail-Welding, Delaware and Hudson Railroad,
617*
— Three-Car, Articulated, Diesel-Driven,
London Midland and Scottish Railway, 349*
— Weed-Spraying, Southern Railway, 634
— See also Railway
Training. See Edacah'on
Transatlantic Flights, Weather Forecasts for, 369
— Steam Navigation, Centenary of, 310, 398.
See 333
Transformer, Current, and Range-Selecting Switch (Everett, Edgcumbe <fc Co., Ltd.), 59*
— for Electric Locomotives, 514
— Shanghai Power Co., Damage during Hos
tilities, 562*
— Tap Position Indicator (Nalder Brothers &
Thompson, Ltd.), 60*
— Testing, 10-kVA, 60,000-volt Control Panel
for (British Electric Resistance Co., Ltd.), 86
— 6,600-3,300-volt, Thorpe Power Station,
Norwich, 440
Transient Flow in Pipes, Graphical Analysis, 713
Transmission, Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propttfeion
— Gear. See 'Gear ; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
Transmitter, Pressure (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 21
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Institute of, Defence of Transport Against
Air Attack, by Wing-Comdr. E. J. Hodsoil, 359; Amenities of Railway Passenger Travel, by Sir H. Hartley, 449;
— Ministry of, Report on Melton Constable
Railway Accident, 48; Report on Motor Vehicles Licensed, 128; Views on Thames Barrage Scheme, 361; Report on Railway Accident at Crewe, 416; Report, Highway Development Survey, 1937, 567, 593*, 620*.
— Motor. See ?Rood; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road; Motor
Trap, Steam. See Steam Trap
Trash Rack, Welded, Gryt Hydro-Electric Plant, 111*
Traveller, 194-ton, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 699*
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trench, Sewer, Wellpoint Pumping System for, 560*
Trent, River, Catchment Board, Engineering Problems of, 131*
Tress, Dr. H. J., on Interactions of Gases and Ore in Blast Furnace, 547. See 645
Trewent, F. J., and Proctor, Ltd., Quick-Acting Safety Valve for Air-Starting Systems, 604*
Trials, 240-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcar, Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, 33*
— of Engineering Plant, Method of Analysis for,
192*. See LETTERS, 264, 323
— See also Tests
Trinity House Corporation, Diesel-Electric Ship “ Patricia,” 144*
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Triturator, Rex, for Sewage Screenings (Chain
Belt Co.), 266*
“Triumph," H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 209 Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
True Vapour-Phase Cracking Plant for Fischer- Tropsch Spirit, 237*
Trusses, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 641*, 697*
Tubator Pipe-Forming and Laying Machine, 381*
Tubes, Condensation of Steam in, 643*
— Manufacture at Jarrow Tube Works, 632*
— Railways. See Underground Railways
— Stopper, Boiler, Failure of, 608
—Wrought-Iron and Steel, Specification, 676
— See also Pipes
Tucker, J., Jr., on Vibrated Concrete, 307 Tugboats, River, Shallow-Draught, Power of, 103
Tullis, D. and J., Laundry Steam Press, 412*; Laundry Washing Machine, 412*
Tungsten Carbide, Production of, 430
Tunnels, Tube-Railway, Ferro-Concrete Linings for, 400*
— Vehicular, Lincoln, New York, 375*, 435*
— Yerba Buena, San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, 643*
Tuplin, W. A., on Temperature Maxima in Intermittent Heating Cycles, 414. See 377*
Turbines, Exhaust-Steam, Use in Ships, 36
— Hydraulic, 665-b.h.p. Propeller Type,
Gryt Hydro-Electric Plant, 112*
188-kVA, Rug Hydro-Electric Scheme, 485*
See also Power Plant
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, 60,000-kW, Barton Power Station,
533*
Blading for. See Blading
for Electric Power Stations, 666, 683
— — Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion
30,000-kW Parsons, Thorpe Power
Station, Norwich, 315*
Super aturation in, 245, 283*
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; WarsMps
Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generator, 60,000-kW. Barton Power
Station, 533*
Retaining Rings for Rotors of (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 103*
30,000-kW, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 315*
Turf Bricks for Bank Construction, River Trent, 133*
Turner, Prof. W. E. S., on Glass for Scientific and Heat-Resisting Purposes, 107
Turning and Boring Mills. See Machine Tools
— Circles of H.M. Destroyers, 452
— See Machine Tools
Turntables for Seaplane Catapult, M.S. “ Friesenland,” 321*, 414*
T.V.P., Ltd., True Vapour Phase Process for Fischer-Tropsch Spirit Production, 237*
“ Twickenham Ferry,” S.S., 141
Typewriters, History and Development of, Handbook of, 680
Tyres, Pneumatic, for Farm Vehicles, Tests of, 648
— Railway, Coning of, Effect on Running, 449
— Vulcanising Press, Twin Toggle-Operated
(C. Macbeth), 467*, 545*, 611*
Ty-Roch Mechanical Screen,’ 177*

UNDERGROUND Railways, London, Proposals for Extension of, 68; Portable Rail-Welding Plant for, 145*; Ferro- Concrete Linings for Tunnels, 400*; Charing Cross Accident, 601
Unemployment. See Labour
Uniliver, Ltd., Road-Rail Tank Trailers for Edible Oils, 395*
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., S.S. “ Windsor Castle,” 63* ; M.S. “ Capetown Castle,” 471*
— Trade. See Latour ; Labour Notes
United Africa Co., Ltd., S.S. “ Conakrian,” Trials of, 430, 453
— Co-Operative Laundries Association, Ltd.,
Liverpool Laundry, 353
— States, Air-Conditioning Practice in, 370
— — Bureau of Mines, Post-Graduate Research
Scholarships, 362; Investigation on Embrittlement of Boiler Steel, 598
Bureau of Public Roads, Report on Weed Control on Roadsides, 108
Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder-Dam Outlet Works and Valves, 5*, 27*
Bureau of Standards, Report on Vibrated Concrete, by J. Tucker, Jr., G. L. Pigman, E. A. Pisapia, and J. S. Rogers, 307; Annual Report, 418; Fire Tests of Wooden Partitions, 487
— — Coast-Guard Cutters, Design of, 50
Code for Protection Against Lightning, 101
Department of Interior, Report, Location of Salt-Water Leaks in Water Wells, 224
— — Electric Power Station Practice, 665, 683
— — Engineering-Trade Statistics, 47, 71,
98, 157, 186, 203, 244, 275, 288, 335, 392 Flood Control Research in, 446 Garbage-Grinding Plants in, 81*
Geological Survey, Report on Floods in New England, 1936, 700
Highway-Research Board, Report on Roadside Development, 589
— — Marine Engineering, Trends in, 716 National Museum, Annual Report, 267 Naval Engineering, History of, 332
— — Navy. See also United States under War
ships
Power Stations, Modernisation of, 125 Railways. See Railroads
Ships, Safety Regulations for, 715
Shipbuilding Practice in, 220
United States Steel Corporation, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 491*, 553*, 583*, 641*, 697*
Water Power in, 23
See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 201,235; Research on Expansion of Chromium Steels, 578*
“ Unity,” H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 209
Universal Decimal Classification System for Literature, Progress, 627
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine
under Machine Tools
University, Brussels, Wind-Pressure Investigations, 499*
— Cambridge, Engineering Laboratory, 10-ton
Autographic Testing Machine, 309*, 326* ; Examinations in Metallurgy at, 378 ; Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 512; Investigation on Tensile Tests of Light Alloys, 530*
— College, Aberystwyth, Interference Apparatus for Determining Elastic Moduli, 580
— Cornell, Flood Control Investigations on
River Chenango, 446
— Egyptian, Experiments on Pipe Bends as
Flow Meters, 227*. See LETTER, 324
— LWge, Wind-Pressure Investigations, 499,
638*
— Liverpool, Rankin Lecture on the Mobilisation of Knowledge, by Sir J. Stamp, 627
— Maryland, Post-Graduate Research Scholar
ships, 362
— Oxford, Engineering Laboratory, Experiments on Convergent-Divergent Steam Nozzles, 245, 250*, 283*
— Reading, Tests of Pneumatic-Tyred Farm Vehicles, 648
— Training of Metallurgists at, 378
— Yale, Fellowships in Highway-Traffic
Engineering, 512
— See also Education
“ Ursula,” H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 209

VACUUM Brake. See Brake
Valor Co., Ltd., Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 201
Valves, Distant-Control Apparatus for (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 21
— Isolating, Excess-Pressure (Dewrance and Co., Ltd.), 410*
— Needle, Outlet Works, Boulder Dam, 5*, 27*
— Piston, Streamline Flow (R. Klinger, Ltd.),
108*
— Poppet, for Reheater Triple-Expansion
Engine, 428*. 453
— Radiator, Thermostatic (British Thermostat
Co., Ltd.), 430*
—- Rapid-Action (Jenkins Brothers, Ltd.), 495*
— Safety, Quick-Acting, for Air-Starting
Systems (F. J. Trewent and Proctor, Ltd.), 604*
— Stop, Bellows-Gland (British Thermostat
Co., Ltd.), 201*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
Vapour Phase, True, Cracking Plant for Fischer- Tropsch Spirit, 237*
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vehicles, Farm, Pneumatic-Tyred, Tests of. 648 “ Veniero,” Italian Submarine, Launch of, 561 Venner Time Switches, Ltd., Chilowski Light Relay, 46
Ventilating and Heating Exhibition, International, New York, 370
Ventilation of Deep Mines, Problems in, 600
— of Railway Carriages, 450
— System, Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel, New
York, 377*, 435*
Venturi’s Experiments in Flow through Pipes, 83*
Vessels, Containing Dangerous Liquids, Safety Provisions for, 313
Vessey, H. F., on Effect, of Wing Loading on Design of Aircraft, 95
Viaduct. See Bridges
Vibrated Concrete Construction Co., Ltd., Ferro-Concrete Awning West Kirby Railway Station, 295
Vibration in High-Speed Oil Engines, Investigations on, 403*
— in Ships, Causes and Prevention of, 495 and Propelling Machinery, 77
Vibrograph, Universal (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 19*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Launch of H.M. Submarines “ Triumph,” “ Unity ” and “ Ursula,” 209
Vickery, Commdr. H. L., on Safety Regulations for United States Ships, 715
Victoria, Australia, Merbein Pumping Station, 646*
Vienna Meeting, World Power Conference, British Papers, 190 ; Arrangements, 478 ; Programme, 602
Vierendeel-Type All-Welded Bridge, Hasselt, Belgium, Failure of, 669*
Village Irrigation in Ceylon, 432
Virginia Electric and Power Co., Modernisation of Richmond Power Station, 126
Viscometer, Low-Temperature, Schwaiger’s (International Technical Developments, Ltd.), 46
Viscosity of Motor Oils, Improvement of, 477
Voith-Schneider Propellers, Motor Ferry “ Lymington,” 507; 650*
— Sinclair Transmission Gear for 240-h.p.
Diesel-Engined Railcar, 10*
Vokes, Ltd., Protectovent Air Filter, 512*
Volta, A., Life, Work, and Memorial Temple to, 1*, 53*, 113
Vulcan-Sinclair Fluid Couplings, 481, 487*, 557*, 663*

WADDELL, DR. J. A. L., the Late, 413 Wages. See Labour
Wagons, Railway, for Edible-Oil Tank Trailers, 395*
Wakley, W. J., Electro-Pneumatic Control for 100-h.p. Railcars, 673*
Wales, R tig. Hydro-Electric Scheme, 485*
Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., Power Bogie for Railcars,' 385*
Walker, F., on Volta, 1*, 53*, 113
Walker, Prof., W. J., on Improvement in Atmospheric Conditions in Deep Mines, 600
Wall Construction on River Trent, 133*
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Effects of Short-Circuits in Electric Supply Systems, 348*, 466*, 555*. See LETTER, 648
Walshaw, A. C., on Analysis for Trials of Engineering Plant, 192*. See LETTERS, 264, 323
War Office, 204-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Locomotive for Underground Work, 7; Military College of Science, Woolwich, 459
Ward, A. J., the Late, 65
— Leonard Control for 40-in. Blooming Mill,
636
— — Control for Single-Bucket Excavators,
214, 221*
Warfare, Naval. See WarsMps
Warsaw Chemical Research Institute, Investigation on Corrosion by Impact of Falling Drops, 521*
Warships :
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics Destroyers, Trials, in Rough Water, 465 German Fleet, Salvage of, at Scapa, 126
H. M. Cruiser “ Belfast,” Launch of, 357
— — “ Manchester,” Trials of, 416 — Destroyers, Turning Circles of, 452 — Ships, Use of Aluminium in, 525 Dual Firing for, 382, 422
— Submarines, “ Triumph,” Unity ” and “ Ursula,” Launch of, 209
Italian Destroyers “ Partenope,” “ Are- tusa,” “ Airone ” and “ Geniere,” 561 — Submarine “ Nani,” Launch of, 309
— — “ Neghelli,” Trials of, 309
“ Tembien ” and “ Veniero, ’’Launch of, 561
— Torpedo-Boat Destroyers “ Scird ” and “ Airone,”. Launch of, 309
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Engineering in United States, History of, 332
United States Ships “ Demologos,” “ Fulton,” “ Princeton,” “ Monitor ” and “ Wampanoag,” 332
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Washer Filter for Air-Conditioning Plant (Drummond Patents (Holdings), Ltd.), 262* Washing Machine, Automatic Control for (Automatic Controls, Ltd.), 411*
— —- Control Unit (Marshall, Hunt and Partners,
Ltd.), 442*
Laundry (J. Armstrong and Co., Ltd.), 353* Laundry (Baker Perkins, Ltd.), 441*
— — Laundry (T. Bradford and Co.), 442* Laundry, Newbery Automatic Control
for, 148*
—:— Laundry (D. and J. Tullis, Ltd.), 412* Laundry, with Automatic Control Unit (I. Braithwaite and Son (Engineers), Ltd.), 496
Laundry, with Rope-Reversing Mechanism (1. Braithwaite and Son (Engineers), Ltd.), 496
for Woollens (Hill and Herbert, Ltd.), 353* Washington Experimental Tank, Investigation on Propeller Cavitation, 183
— Meeting, 1939, International Association of
Scientific Hydrology, 657
Wastes, Food, and Sewage, Dual Disposal of, 81*
— Heat Recovery in Motor ships, 77
Water Friction. See Hydrodynamics; Ship Resistance
— Heaters. See Peed-Water Beaters
— Pipes, Lead, Mechanical Properties of, 285*
— Pollution Research Board, Report on Estu
ary of River Mersey and Sewage Discharge, 684 ; Annual Report, 712
— Power. See Hydraulic ; Power Plant; Power
Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Purification Plant, Ras-el-Ain, . Jerusalem
Water Supply, 575*
— Resources, Uses of, 420
— Softening Investigations by Water-Pollution Research Board, 712
Plant, Thorpe Power Station, Norwich, 316
— Supply, Jerusalem, 575*
Ministry of Health Memorandum on, 361
Salt-Water Contamination of Wells, 224 See also Irrigation
— Survey Committee, Inland, Surface-Water
Year Book of Great Britain, 657
— Tanks. See Tanfcs
— Tower Fire Escape, 100-ft. Turntable (J.
Morris and Sons, Ltd.), 23*
—- Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Twrfcines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
— Wheels. See Turdine, Hydraulic; Power
Plant
Waterside Power Station, New York, Modernisation of, 126
Waterways. See Rivers ; Canals
Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd. Autolift Hydro-Extractor, 354*
Watt Medal awarded to H. Ford, 480 Wattmeters. See Electric
Wave-Making Resistance of Ships. See Ship Resistance
Weameter Test Set, 21
Wear, Cylinder, Prevention by Colloidal Graphite, 72*, 142*, 260. See LETTER, 205
— Resistance of Metals, Symposium on, 184 Weardale and Teesdale, Mineral Deposits in,
Report, 43
Weather. See Meteorology
Weaving Machine, Wire-Fence (A. Biashill), 234*
Weed Control on Roadsides, Report, 108
— Spraying Train, Southern Railway, 634 Weedon, J., on Resistance and Propeller Experiments with Coaster Models, 493
Weighing Machine, Industrial (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 199
for Wind-Pressure Investigations on Panels, 639*
Weingarten Maschinenfabrik,Automatic Punching Press, 346* ; Edging Press, 347
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Marine Evaporating and Distilling Plant, 614* • High-Pressure Turbo-Feed Pump, 615*
Welded Factory Building, Steel Ceilings, Ltd., 278*
— Steel Bridge, Hasselt, Belgium, Collapse of.
669*
Welding of Colliery Haulage Drawgear, 164
— Electric, Progress in, 478
— Equipment of Rails (Sperry Products,
Inc.), 617*
'— of Fractured Hvdraulic-Press Head (Bari- mar, Ltd.), 73*
— Gases for, 134
— Machines, Electric (P. Knopp), 527*
Electric Continuous-Stitch Spot (Holden and Hunt, Ltd.), 172*
— — 180-kVA Seam, with Tempomat
Control (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 232*. See Erratum, 264
— Ordinances in Chicago Building Code, 146
— Plant, for Rails, Portable, London Passenger
Transport Board, 145*
— Practice, Railway (Review), 141 in Shipyards, 220
— in Shipbuilding, 715
— of Steel Structures, Report, 419
Wells, Water, Location of Salt-Water Leaks in, 224
Wellman-Bibby Coupling for 40-in. Blooming Mill, 636
Wellpoint Pumping System for Excavation Drainage (Millars’ Machinery Co., Ltd.), 559*
Welter, Prof. G., on Corrosion by Impact of Falling Drops, 521*
Wembley Factory for Electric Refrigerators, Coldair, Ltd., 548*
West Jumna Canal, Gudha Rapid, Flow in, 83*. See Erratum, 122
Westinghouse Brake <fc Signal Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 21
Westminster City Council, Demonstration Air- Raid Shelter, 324
Wheels, Gear. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion
Whessoe-Woodall-Duckham De-Tarring Plant, Willoughby Lane Gas Works, 690
White, Dr. J., on Slag Control in Steel-Melting Practice, 585
Wickman, A. 0., Ltd., Wimet-Tipped Tools, 177*
Widia Carbide Tools, 430, 516
Williams, S. V., on Copper-Nickel-Tungsten
?Sintered Alloys, 305
Willoughby Lane Gas Works, Contrpl Methods at, 690
Wilson, E., the Late, 308
— Line in Mollier Diagram, Determination of, 283*
Wimet-Tipped Tools (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 177*, 430, 516
Winch, Electric, Use of Fluid Couplings in, 663*
— 2-ton Electric Worm-Geared (Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd.), 703*
— Hoisting, 250-ton Diesel-Electric Floating
Crane, 128*
Wind Action on Buildings, 280
— Bracing of All-Welded Bridge, Hasselt,
Belgium, 670*.
— Pressure Investigations in Belgium, 498*,
638*
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
“ Windsor Castle,” S.S., Re-Conditioning of, 63* Wire-Fence Weaving Machine (A. Biashill),234*
— Galvanised Iron, Corrosion of, 645
— Nickel, Catalytic Combustion of Gases on,
589*
— Platinum, Catalytic Combustion of Gases on,
587*
— Ropes for Single-Bucket Excavators, 214,223 Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wiring, Electrical, Compulsory Regulations for, 185
— Regulations and Registration, Statutory,
National Committee on, 639
Wirral Railway, Cheshire, Electrification of, 295*. See Addendum, 386
Witton Works, General Electric Co., Ltd., Mechanised Foundry at, 100*
Wohler’s Tests. See Alternating Stress under Tests (Materials)
Wolf, R., Maschinenfabrik Buckau, A.-G., Locomobile Boiler with Superheater, 380*
Wolfe, K. J. B., on Nickel-Copper-Magnesium Alloys, 304
Wood, Fireproof, for Ships, 715
— Material, Impregnated Tensovic (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 22
Woodall-Duckham Whessoe De-Tarring Plant,
Tottenham Gas Co., 690
Wooden Partitions, Fire Tests of, 487
Woods, F. W., on Open-Flow Hydraulics, 30,
83*. See Erratum, 122
Woods, Dr. M. W., on Pressure-Distribution in Convergent-Divergent Steam Nozzle, 250*, 283*. See 245
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Woolwich, Military College of Science, 459
— Research Department, Investigation of
Effect of Copper on Alloy Steels, 692*
Wootz Steel Industry in India, 637

Works :

Aberdare Works, Aberdare Cables, Ltd., 510*
All-Welded Steel Foundry Building, Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Thornaby-on- Tees, 676
Century Works, Lewisham, Extensions to (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 353
Dursley Works, R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., Mechanised Foundry, 483*
Grey-Iron Foundry, Lincoln, Ruston and Hornby, Ltd., 622*, 661*
Hollow Steel-Forging Shop, Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., 544
Jarrow Metal Industries, Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne, 632*. See Addendum, 653
— Tube Works, Jarrow-on-Tyne, 632* Klingerit Works, Sidcup, R. Klinger, Ltd., 489*
Luton Works, G. Kent, Ltd., 707
Mechanised Foundry, Witton Works, General Electric Co., Ltd. 100*
Research Organisation in, 243
Steel Works, Jarrow Metal Industries, Ltd., 632*. See Addendum, 653 Coke Ovens in, 538. See LETTER, 592
Teesdale Iron Works, All-Welded Steel Foundry Building, 676
Wembley Factory for Electric Refrigerators, Coldair, Ltd., 548*
Works Management Association, Syllabus of Entrance Examination, 569
— — Business Budgets and Budgetary Con
trol (Review), 276
Foundry Organisation and Management (Review), 659
Training of Unskilled Labour, 347 Workmen. See Labour
Workshop Training. See Education
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
World Power Conference, Vienna Meeting, British1 Papers, 190; Chemical-Engineering Congress, London, Transactions of (Review), 394; Vienna Meeting, Arrangements and Programme, 478, 602 ; Report of Council for 1937, 478
— Water Power, Statistics, 23
Worm Gear. See Gear
Wrapping Machine for Cables, San Francisco-
Oakland Bay Bridge, 641*
Wreck Raising. See Salvage
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, G. 100 Cyclone 1,100-h.p. and 1,000-h.p. Aero Engines, 678*
— Lecture on Flight Experiments on Boundary
Layer, 397
on Material of Aircraft Construction, 629 Wrought Iron. See Iron
Wynn, Col. V., Rfig Hydro-Electric Scheme, 485*

X-RAYS. See Rontgen Rays

YALE University, Fellowships in Highway- Traffic Engineering, 512
Yarrow Boilers, S.S. “ Nieuw Amsterdam,”675* Yarsley, Dr. V. E., on Plastics and Glass, 629 Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yerba Buena Tunnel, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 643*
Young, H., 660-h.p. Diesel-Engined Trains,121* — Modulus. See Elastic Modulus
Younger, H. W., on Safety Provisions of New
Factories Act, 313

ZEEBRUGGE, Wind-Pressure Investigations at, 498*
Zinc Prices,. See Metal-Price Diagrams
— Production in Canada, 196
Zurich, Swiss National Exhibition, 1939. 213

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