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Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index

PARAGRAPHS

Accidents :

  • Transport Workers and Increase in Accidents, 422
  • United States, Iron Ore Mining Accidents, 89; Iron and Steel Industry, Disabling Injury Statistics, 98; Fatal and Other Accidents, 152
  • Workers, Effect of War-Time Restrictions, 20
  • Workers’ Liability Case, 208

Aeronautics :

  • “ Aircraft Identification,” 36
  • A.R.P. Shelters (Catalogues), 51 (2), 473 Equipment, Aircraft (Catalogue), 534 '* Hurricane ” Fighter at Science Museum, 504
  • Machine Tools, Aircraft (Catalogue), 239
  • R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve, Demand for Technical Officers, 461
  • Steels, Non-Corrodible, for Aircraft Industry, 144

Agriculture :

  • Machinery, Petrol Distribution, 37
  • Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy
  • Appointments, Awards, etc. :
  • Albert Medal Award, 363
  • Alston Memorial Prize, Foundation of, 574
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Gold Medal, 630
  • Carnegie Silver Medal Award, 386
  • Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 487 Faraday Medal, to Dr. A. Russell, 114
  • Herbert Jackson Prize, to H. J. Andrews, 199 Highfield Shield, to R. H. L. Andrew, 201 Messel Medal, to Viscount Samuel, 359 Naval Architects, Institution of, Awards, 206 Snell Prize Awards, 194
  • Thomas Gray Memorial Trust Prize, 483 Trasenster Medal Award, 381
  • Automobiles. See Motor Cars
  • Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges :

  • Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls, 21
  • Richmond Bridge, Re-opening, 387
  • Slovak Polish Bridge, 347
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge, 544

Buildings and Building Construction :

  • Architecture, Maintenance Scholarships, 225 South African Building Centre, 394

Canals :

  • Panama Canal Traffic, 10, 281, 405

Catalogues :

  • 51, 77, 157, 213, 239, 267, 280, 358, 427, 437, 473, 489, 493, 513, 534, 542, 554, 594, 599, 614, 623
  • Angus, G., and Co., Ltd., 267
  • Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd., 77, 267
  • Asquith, W., Ltd., 239
  • Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., 157
  • Aveling-Barford, Ltd., 51
  • Bardons Oliver, 554
  • Boby, Ltd., 427
  • British Insulated Cables, Ltd., 239, 493
  • British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 473, 513, 594
  • Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., 239, 427, 554, 594
  • Brotherhood, P., Ltd., 157
  • Brown, D., and Sons (Hudd), Ltd., 493
  • Cole, E. K., Ltd., 267
  • Concrete, JAd., 493
  • Continental Machines, Inc., 513
  • Craven Brothers, Crane Division, Ltd., 534
  • Croda, Ltd., 554
  • Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., 358
  • Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 599
  • Crossley Premier Engines, Ltd., 239
  • Crypton Equipment, Ltd., 267, 427, 513
  • Daniels, T. H., and J., Ltd., 157
  • Darwins, Ltd., 77, 267
  • Davidson and Co., Ltd., 77
  • Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 554
  • Delco-Remy and Hyatt, Ltd., 534
  • Dixon-Bate, B., 554
  • Douglas, C. E., and Co., Ltd., 77
  • Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., 493
  • Edwards, F. J., Ltd., 493, 534
  • Edwards, W., and Co., 51
  • Electric Construction Co., Ltd., 614
  • Electromagnets, Ltd., 213
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., 77
  • Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., 51
  • Fowler, John, and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., 213
  • General Electric Co., Ltd., 51, 77, 267, 427, 513, 594
  • Gent (fe Co., 534 (2)
  • Gisholt Machine Co., 554, 614
  • Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 77
  • Hadfields, Ltd., 493 (2), 534, 554 (2)
  • Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., 554
  • Herbert, A., Ltd., 437
  • Higgs Motors, Ltd., 267
  • Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 542
  • Hopkinsons, Ltd., 493
  • Hyland, Ltd., 239
  • International Electrolytic Plant Co., Ltd., 51
  • Ismailia Valve Co., 473
  • Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., 267
  • Keates and Co. (Electrical), Ltd., 473
  • Keith Blackman, Ltd., 51, 473, 614
  • Kent, George, Ltd., 213
  • Klinger, R., Ltd., 157
  • Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., 427, 493, 614
  • Lindsay, H., Ltd., 157 (3), 267
  • Londex, Ltd., 473
  • Mallory Metallurgical Products, Ltd., 513
  • Marbaix, G. E., Ltd. 534 (2), 614
  • Mellor, Bromley and Co., Ltd., 51
  • Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 534
  • Mollart Engineering Co., Ltd., 239
  • Morris, H., Ltd., 51, 213
  • Morris and Ingram, 594
  • Newman, Hender and Co., Ltd., 267
  • Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., 51
  • Nife Batteries, Ltd., 513
  • Patent Retorts, Ltd., 267
  • Power Gas Corporation, Ltd., 239
  • Power Plant Co., Ltd., 280
  • Ransome and Maries Bearing Co., Ltd., 267
  • Ransome, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 534
  • Rawlplug, Ltd., 239
  • Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt, Ltd., 493
  • Rotherham and Sons, Ltd., 427, 513, 614
  • Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., 614
  • Smart, R. E., Ltd., 534
  • Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 513, 534
  • Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., 473
  • Statter, J. G., and Co., Ltd., 614
  • Steatite and Porcelain Products, Ltd., 489
  • Sterling Foundry Specialties, Ltd., 267
  • Tipweld Manufacturing Co., 427
  • Trico-Folberth, Ltd., 77
  • Tungum Sales, Ltd., 267
  • Turner, E. R. and F., Ltd., 623
  • Wellworthy Piston Rings, Ltd., 554
  • Woden Transformer Co., 213

Cement and Concrete :

  • Cement Export Group, 422
  • Roof Truss, Precast Concrete (Catalogue), 493
  • South America, Cement Manufacture, 477
  • Chemistry. See Physics arid Chemistry

Coal :

  • Canada, Imports, 301
  • Cardiff, 10, 36, 63, 89, 114, 143, 170, 199, 225 253, 281, 307, 333, 359, 386, 412, 436, 460, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • “ Fuel in Science and Practice,” 198
  • Middlesbrough Coke, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Mines, Abandoned, Plans of, 252
  • Sheffield, 11, 37, 63, 89, 115, 142, 171, 199, 224, 253, 280, 307, 333, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • United States Production, 25, 198, 280, 387, 543
  • Colleges. See Education

Companies :

Cranes, etc. :

  • Conveyors, Gravity (Catalogue), 51
  • Cranes, Steelworks (Catalogue), 534
  • Lifting Magnets (Catalogue), 215
  • Docks. See Harbours

Education :

  • Architecture, Maintenance Scholarships, 225 Arts, Royal Society of, Examinations, 483 City and Guilds College Engineering Society, 333
  • Faraday House Scholarships, 459
  • Oxford Management Conference, 281
  • Ruskin College Scholarships, 262
  • Service Candidates and Professional Education, 520
  • Education—continued.
  • Teachers in Technical Institutions, Association of, 461
  • United States, Summer Course in Management, 445

Electricity :

  • Arc-Welding Competition, 339
  • Aswan Dam Power Scheme, 45
  • Batteries, Steel Plate (Catalogue), 513 Bunnerong Power Station, Sydney, 563 Circuit Breakers (Catalogue), 614
  • Clocks, Electric Impulse (Catalogue), 534
  • Cut-Outs, Battery (Catalogue), 427
  • Direction Finding, Radio, Standard Glossary, 161
  • Earth Testing (Catalogue), 51
  • Electricity Commissioners, Reduction in Number, 57
  • Electrode, “ Inconweld,” Re-naming, 541
  • Electrodes (Catalogues) 427, 493, 614
  • Electrolytic Plant (Catalogue), 51
  • Ex-Siemens Men’s Concert, 396
  • Faraday House Scholarships, 459 Faraday-Megaphos Lighting (Catalogue), 473 Generators (Catalogues), 267, 554
  • Generator, Veteran Crompton, 114
  • Glossary, Standard. Radio Direction Finding 161
  • Heaters, Electric (Catalogue), 267
  • Highfield Shield Competition, 437
  • “ Inconweld,” Electrode, Re-naming, 541 India, Telephone Manufacture, 165 Insulators, Steatite Post (Catalogue), 489 Lamps, Electric (Catalogues), 267, 473, 513 Light Fittings, Export Group, 543
  • Lighting (Catalogues), 51, 157, 473, 513, 534 Lighting Unit, Small Portable, 503 Linesmen’s Equipment (Catalogue), 239 Magnets, Lifting (Catalogue), 213
  • Motors (Catalogues), 267, 554
  • ” Nickelchrome weld,” Electrode, 541
  • ’ Power Transmission Appliances (Catalogue), 358
  • Precision Instruments (Catalogue), 51
  • Radio Direction Finding, Standard Glossarv, 161
  • Radio Station for Supply Maintenance, U.S.A., 437
  • Rectifiers (Catalogues), 267, 614
  • Refrigeration Association, Commercial Electric, 604
  • Refrigerators, Domestic (Catalogue), 427 Relays, Electro-magnetic (Catalogue), 473 Repeater, Distant (Catalogue), 51 Signalling, Electric (Catalogue), 534
  • Soldering Equipment, Electrode (Catalogue), 534
  • Street-Direction Lighting (Catalogue), 157
  • Supply Undertakings and War Damage, 583 Swimming Pool, Buckingham Palace, Electrically-Heated, 461
  • Switch Transformer Unit for Low-Voltage Circuits, 76
  • Switchgear (Catalogue), 594
  • Sydney, Bunnerong Power Station, 563 Thomson, Prof. E., Memorial Tablet, 333 Tools, Portable, Electric (Catalogue), 513 Transformers (Catalogue), 213
  • Trolley-’Bus Equipment, Contract, 461
  • Tubes, Fluorescent Discharge (Catalogue), 493
  • United States, Mid-West Power Conference, 180 ; Radio Station for Supply Maintenance, 437
  • Water-Heating Equipment (Catalogue), 513
  • Welding Electrodes (Catalogues), 427, 493,614
  • Welding Materials (Catalogue), 513
  • Welding Plant (Catalogue), 614
  • Welding Technique, Slide Films, 454 Wireless Operators on Merchant Ships, 332 Wiremen’s Pocket Book (Catalogue), 493 Wiring Rules, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 253

Engines and Boilers :

  • Boilers, Forced-Circulation, Advantages, 143
  • Grates, Boiler (Catalogue), 267
  • Turbines, Steam (Catalogue), 157
  • Valves, Cocks, Etc. (Catalogue), 267

Exhibitions :

  • Belgrade Sample Fair, 502
  • Bordeaux Fair, 503
  • Brussels International Industries Fair, 142
  • Lyons International Fair, 191
  • Munition Samples, Exhibition, 367
  • New York Power Show, 373
  • Paris International Trade Fair, 151
  • Salonika International Fair, 520
  • South African Building Centre and Bureau, 394
  • Varna Commercial Fair, 513

Gas :

  • Canada, Natural-Gas Production, 307
  • Gasworks Plant (Catalogue), 267
  • Heaters, Gas-Fired (Catalogue), 614
  • Producer, Gas, Emergency Portable, Errata, 198
  • Town Gas, Corrosion by Products of Combustion of, Errata, 115
  • Gas and Oil Engines :
  • Australia, British Diesel Engines in, 570
  • Diesel Engines, Marine (Catalogue), 599 Engines, Oil, General (Catalogues), 213, 239, 599
  • Engines, Petrol, Conversion to Paraffin (Catalogue), 51
  • Fuels, Home-Produced, for Internal-Combustion Enginees, 460
  • Kadenacy Svstem of Scavenging, Erratum, 307
  • South Africa, British Diesel Engines in, 570
  • Guns, Explosives, Etc. :
  • Italian Armaments Construction, 504
  • Harbours, Docks, Piers, Etc. :
  • Pile-Driving Pocket Book, 396
  • Hydraulics :
  • Machinery, Hydraulic (Catalogue), 239
  • Penstocks and Reflux Valves (Catalogues), 473
  • Pumps (Catalogues), 427, 554
  • Pumps, “ Mopump ” and Drainage (Catalogue), 493

Industries and Commerce :

  • Addresses, Emergency. Directory of, 89 Australia, Industrial Research in, 602 Bristol Engineering Directory, 591 Canada-British Guiana Commerce, 259 Canadian Paper Industry, 342
  • Chromium, Control Orders, 387, 460 Commercial Diplomatic Officers, Duplication of Letters to, 30
  • Export Groups, Brassfounders, 503 ; Cement, 422; Chemical Plant, 523 ; Compressed Air, 332 ; Fans and Ancillary Equipment, 602; Gear Manufacturers, 413 ; Iron, Steel and Metal Works Equipment, 563, 603; Light Fittings, 543 ; Materials- Handling, 523 ; Power Transmission, 603 ; Stainless Steel Manufacture, 503
  • Export, Institute of, 233
  • Exporters’ Risks, War-Time, 623
  • Fillland, Commerce of, 179
  • Flour-Milling, Etc., Machines, Export Leaflets, 623
  • Food Preparation, Etc., Machines, Export Leaflets, 623
  • Foodstuffs, Frozen, Drying of, 444
  • Income-Tax Tables, Tolley’s, 583 India, Sandbag Manufacture, 318
  • Licences, Export, for Tin, 199
  • Licences for Various Commodities, Suspension of, 359
  • Licensing of Imported Machinery, Etc., 199 Magnesite, Control Orders, 387, 460 Nickel Industry, 1939, 307
  • Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Activities of, 97 Personal, 10, 36, 62, 88, 114, 142, 170, 198, 224, 252, 280, 306, 332, 358, 386, 412, 436, 460, 482. 502, 522, 542, 562, 582, 602, 622
  • Postage Stamps, Centenary of, 436
  • Refrigeration Association, Commercial Electric, 604
  • Refugee Industries, Development Committee, 510
  • Rhodesia, Dispatch of Commercial Documents by Air, 97
  • Salvage Collection, War-Time, 623
  • South Africa, Demurrage Charges on Parcels, 367
  • Swansea Tin-Plate, Etc., Industry, 61, 141
  • Tenders,rl0, 36, 62, 88, 114, 142, 170, 198, 224, 252, 280, 306, 332, 358, 386, 412, 436, 460, 482, 502, 522, 542, 562, 582,602, 622
  • Timber, Control of, 347, 443
  • Tin Problems, Research Development Aid, 563
  • United States, Industrial Recessions, 224 United States, Management Course, 445 War Risks, Exporters’, 623
  • Wolfram, Control Orders, 387, 460 Works Pass, Forgery-Proof, 562
  • Institutions. See Technical Societies
  • Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and
  • Oil Engines

Iron and Steel :

  • Anti-Glare Schemes for Foundries, 583 Belgium, Steel Production, 333 Bibliography, Steel Sheet and Strip, 419 Cast Irons, Ironfounders’ National Committee, Recommendation of Materials, 333
  • Cleveland Basic Iron Prices, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Cleveland Iron Market, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Cleveland Manufactured Iron and Steel, 11, 37, 62, 88,115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332. 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Control, Iron and Steel, Purchase Licences, 34,
  • 386, 543
  • East Coast Hematite, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332, 359.
  • 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Hardening of Steels, Bibliography, 95 Hunting-Knife Blanks, 563
  • Iron, Steel and Metal-Works’ Equipment, Export Group, 563, 603
  • Middlesbrough Foreign Ore, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 143, 171, 198, 225, 253, 281, 307, 332, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Middlesbrough Scrap Prices, 11, 37, 62, 88, 115, 171, 225, 253, 281, 332, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Producer Gas Plants, Steel for, 387
  • Scottish Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 37, 63, 89, 115, 143, 171, 199, 225, 252, 281, 307, 333, 358, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603. 623
  • Scrap Iron and Steel, Collection of, 89; Control Orders, 288, 503
  • Sheffield Iron and Steel Trade, 11. 37, 63, 89, 115, 142, 171, 199, 224, 253, 280, 307, 333, 359, 387, 413, 437, 461, 483, 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Stainless Steel Manufacturers’ Export Group, 503
  • Standards, British Chemical, 359
  • Steels, Heat-Resisting, 85
  • Steel, Nickel-Clad, Proi)erties, etc., 172
  • Steels, Nickel-Molybdenum, in Oil Pumping, U.S.A., 15
  • Steels, Non-Corroding, Aircraft Industry, 144 Steels, Non-Corroding (Catalogue), 554
  • Steel Sections, Properties and Safe Loads, 149 Steel Supplj’ for Motor Vehicles, 445
  • Steels, Tool (Catalogue), 267
  • Steels, Tool and Die, Treatment of, 225 Tanks, Pressed Steel, 560
  • United States Steel Production, 124, 483, 560, 620 ; Scrap Iron and Steel Consumption, 208
  • Welsh Trade, 10, 36, 63, 89, 114, 143, 170, 199, 225, 253, 281, 307, 333, 359, 386, 412, 436, 460, 483. 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623
  • Labour Questions. SeeTmrfe Societies

Legal :

  • Local Authority Loans, 381
  • Workmen’s Compensation, Discussion on, 152
  • Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
  • Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives.
  • Machine and Other Tools :
  • Balancing Device, Small-Tool, 623
  • Bearings, Roller, Application to Machine Tools (Catalogue), 63
  • Bolt Adapters (Catalogue), 157
  • Crushers, Jaw, Lubrication of (Catalogues), 493, 554
  • Drills, Electric (Catalogue), 594
  • File Bands (Catalogue), 513
  • Flour Milling and Food Preparation Machines (Catalogue), 623
  • Hammers, Riveting (Catalogue), 157 Hunting-Knife Blanks, 563
  • Lathe, Automatic Chucking Addendrim, 142 Lathes (Catalogues), 267, 554 (2), 614 Machine-Shop Equipment (Catalogue), 437 Machine Tools, General (Catalogues), 239 (2) Milling Machines, Precision (Catalogue), 594 Press, Radial Drill (Catalogue), 534 Saws, Precision (Catalogue), 513 Scraper, Power (Catalogue), 534
  • Tapping Machines (Catalogue), 427 Tool-Balancing Device, 623
  • Tools, Portable Electric (Catalogue), 513
  • Tools, Tipping, Hardening and Brazing (Catalogue), 427
  • Marine Engineering. See Engines and Boilers ; Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Alloys, Non-Ferrous (Catalogue), 267
  • Aluminium, Chemical Analysis of, 172; Control, 281 ; Engineering Sections, 206 ; Swiss Industry, 209 ; Welding and Riveting, 116 '
  • Anti-Glare Schemes for Foundries, 583 Brassfounders’ Export Group, 503
  • Canada, Mineral Production, 89; Quebec | Mineral Industry, 93, 198, 367, 569 ; Silver j Production, 164; Lead Industry, 306 ; i Brucite in Manufacture of Basic Refrac- !
  • Chromium Control, 387, 460
  • Foundry Equipment (Catalogue), 267
  • India, Magnetic Ore Field, 306
  • Iron, Steel and Metal-Works’ Equipment, Export Group, 563, 603
  • Magnesite Control, 387, 460
  • Metals, Non-Uniform Yielding During Tensile Test, Addendum, 455
  • Nigeria, “ Tin Farming,” 432
  • Non-Ferrous Metallic Ores Committee, 281
  • Mining and Metallurgy—continued.
  • Platinum Metals, Output, 301
  • Rolls, Chilled (Catalogue), 554
  • Steels, Tool and Die, Heat-Treatment Chart, 225
  • Temperature Controllers (Catalogue), 213 “ Tin Farming,” Nigeria, 432
  • Tin Problems, Research Advice, 563
  • Tin Production, World, 143, 387
  • United States, Manganese Ore Imports, 257 ;
  • Rolled-Zinc Output, 461
  • Wolfram Control, 387, 460

Miscellaneous :

  • Addresses, Emergency, Directory of, 89
  • Air Filtration (Catalogue), 51
  • American Society of Mechani-al Engineers, Mechanical Catalogue and Directory, 108
  • American Society for Testing Materials, Proceedings, 603
  • Atmospheric Pollution, Investigation Conference, 583
  • Bolt Adapters (Catalogue), 157
  • Bristol Engineering Directory, 591
  • Calendars, 37, 170, 288, 359, 433, 435 Calvert’s Mechanics’ Year Book, 544 Compressed Air Society, British, Export Group, 332
  • de Prony Centenary, 282
  • Digest, Engineers’, 574
  • Directory, Bristol Engineering, 591 Directory of Emergency Addresses, 89 Dust-Removal Fans (Catalogue), 473 Engineers’ Digest, 574
  • Excavators (Catalogue), 51
  • Export, Institute of, 233
  • Fans (Catalogues), 51, 473
  • Fans and Ancillary Equipment, Export
  • Group,- 602
  • Fans, Man-Cooling, 538
  • Field, F., the Late, Erratum, 212
  • Films, Slide, Arc-Welding Technique, 454
  • Foodstuffs, Frozen, Drying of, 444
  • Gauge Movements (Catalogue), 614
  • Heaters (Catalogues), 267, 614
  • Income-Tax Tables, Tolley’s, 583
  • Indicators, Oil (Catalogue), 513
  • Jointing Material (Catalogue), 157
  • Joints, Ball (Catalogue), 239
  • Loans to Public Authorities, 381
  • Lubricants and Lubrication (Catalogue), 239
  • Lubricating Oil Distribution, Facilitation of, 627
  • Machinery, Secondhand (Catalogue), 534 Material-Handling Plant (Catalogue), 427 Mechanical Catalogue and Directory, American So,-ieiy of Mechanical Engineers, 108
  • Mountain Peak, Submarine, 333
  • , “ Moonlight Calendar,” Rawlplug Co., 435
  • National Physical Laboratory, Light Department, 413
  • New South Wales, Road Marking, 359
  • Oil Production, United States, 15 ; Australia, Shale Oil, 164; Canada, 319, 601 ;
  • Argentine Petroleum, 370; Roumanian Petroleum, 446
  • Paints and Compositions (Catalogue), 554 Partridge, G. W., the Late, Errata, 523 Personal, 10, 36, 62, 88, 114, 142, 170, 198, 224, 252, 280, 306, 332, 358, 386, 412, 436, 460, 482, 502, 522, 542, 562, 582, 602, 622
  • Pile-Driving Pocket Book, 396
  • Piping, Emergency Repairs (Catalogue), 473 Postage Stamps, Centenary of, 436
  • Proctor, C. F., the Late, Errata, 603
  • Pupils, Etc., Register, Ex-Brush and Petters, 363
  • Refrigeration Association, Commercial Electrical, 604
  • Refugee Industries, Development Committee, olO I
  • “Retrospect,” Erratum, 37
  • Road Marking, N.S.W., 359
  • Road-Traffic Signals, 427 '
  • Rubber-Treatment Plant (Catalogue), 157 ,
  • Salvage Collection, War-Time, 623 I
  • Sandbag Manufacture in India, 318
  • Science, National and International, Conference, 249
  • ^^62^^’ Traffic, Bank, London,
  • Slide Rules, Trigonometrical, 232
  • “ Smokeless Air,” 286
  • Soap and Glycerine Plant (Catalogue), 239 South Charges on Parcels,
  • oO Z
  • Submarine Mountain, 333
  • Swimming Pool, Electrically-Heated, Buckingham Palace. 461
  • Tanks, Pressed-Steel, 560
  • Tenders, 10, 36, 62, 88, 114, 142, 170, 198, 224, 252, 280, 306, 332, 358, 386, 412, 436 460, 482, 502, 522, 542, 562, 582, 602, 622
  • Jesting Materials, American Society for
  • Proceedings, 603 ’
  • Thomson, Prof. E., Memorial Tablet, 333 Timber, British Columbian, Rail Transport of, 339
  • Timber Control, 347, 443
  • Timber Supplies for Motor Vehicles, 502 Time, Summer and Winter, Periodic Use of, 483
  • Traffic Lights, Automatic, at Bank, London,
  • 627 ’
  • Turkey, Road Construction in, 172
  • Ventilation (Catalogues), 51
  • Welding, Arc, Slide Films Illustrating-, 454 Works Management, 115
  • Whitaker’s Almanack, 1940, Erratum, 62
  • Works’ Pass, Forgery-Proof, 562

Motor Cars, Etc. :

  • Fuels, Alternative, for Vehicles, 437
  • Non-Pneumatic Tyred Vehicles, 10 Omnibuses, Trolley (Catalogue), 534
  • Road-Transport Diploma, 449
  • Road Vehicles Registered. 44, 359
  • Rotherham, Trolley-Omnibus Contract, 503 Signals, Traffic, 427, 627
  • ^”^42^^^’ Purchase Certificate,
  • Steel Supply for Motor Vehicles, 445
  • Timber Supplies, Vehicle Construction and Maintenance, 502
  • Tractor, Amphibian, 253
  • Trailers, Motor-Car (Catalogue), 554
  • Trolley-’Bus Equipment Contract, 461
  • United States, (’ar Production, 34, 401, 603
  • Yorkshire, Trolley ’Buses in, 306

Naval :

  • Artificers, Requirement of, 582
  • Burma, Patrol Launches for, 482
  • Italy, Naval Trawlers, 115; Submarine “ Luigi Torelli,” Launch, 199 ; Naval Construction, 564
  • Torpedo Boats, Naval, Trials of, 199
  • Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
  • Oil. See Miscellaneous

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Abbe, Ernst, Errata, 88
  • Aluminium, Chemical Analysis of, 172 Chemical Plant Export Group, 523 Instruments, Precision (Catalogue), 51 National Physical Laboratory, Light Depart- i ment, 413
  • Standards, Metal, British Chemical, 359
  • Power Plants. See Electricity

Power Transmission :

  • Accessories, Mechanical Power (Catalogue), 157
  • Ball and Roller Bearing Data (Catalogue),
  • 452
  • Bearings (Catalogues), 267, 554
  • Belt Sanders (Catalogue), 614
  • Belt Shifters (Catalogue), 267
  • Brakes, Press, for Motor Drive (Catalogue), 493
  • Couplings, Flexible (Catalogue), 280
  • Drives, Rope (Catalogue), 267
  • Gear Manufacturers’ Export Group, 413 |
  • Gears, Spiral-Bevel (Catalogue), 493
  • Power Transmission Export Group, 603
  • Pulley Blocks (Catalogue), 213
  • Worm-Wheel Hobs, David Brown, 191

Railways and Locomotives :

  • Barmen-Elberfeld Railway, Closing of, 30 Coaches, Passenger, Stainless Steel, Pennsylvania Railroad, 7
  • Coaches, Stainless Steel, Portuguese Railway Contract, 551
  • Locomotives, Australian-Built, for N.S.W. Railways, 366. See Erratum, 424
  • Locomotives, Pioneer, Withdrawal of, 443 London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Centenaries, 115; Freight Tralfic, 144; Herbert Jackson Prize, 199 ; Veteran Railway Wagon, 224; Liverpool and Southport, New Rolling Stock, Addendum, 281; Crewe Apprentices, Re-union, 461 ; Derby Works Centenary, 511 ; Signal Lamps, 523; Collection of War-Time Salvage, 623
  • London and North Eastern Railway, Level- Crossing Removals, 357
  • Morden-Edgware Line, Re-Opening, 171 Pennsylvania Railroad, Stainless Steel I?assenger Coaches, 7
  • Southern Railway, Re-Signalling Victoria Station, 603
  • Track, Railway (Catalogue), 534
  • Trackwork, Railway (Catalogue), 493
  • United States Rolling-Stock Statistics, 388 Volk’s Electric Railway, Brighton, 491
  • Sewage and Drainage :
  • Land-Drainage Schemes, 623
  • Pump Controls (Catalogue), 534
  • Sydney, N.S.W., Ocean Outfull Sewer, 597
  • Societies. See Technical and Trade

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 89,141, 461, 521
  • American Society for Testing Materials, 252, 603
  • Arts, Royal Society of, 363, 436, 449, 483, 583
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 630
  • Automobile Engineers, Institution of, 563 British Association, 249, 583
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 413
  • Chemical Industry, Society of, 401, 511 Chemistry, Institute of, 314
  • City and Guilds College Engineering Society, 333
  • Civil Engineers, American Society of, 195
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, 57
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 114, 199, 483, 543, 604
  • Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, 224, 261, 437
  • Ex-Siemens Men, Association of, 396
  • X' UUHUl
  • Fuel, Institute of, 15, 198, 589
  • Iron and Steel Institute, 63, 386
  • Junior Institution of Engineers. 143 Locomotive Engineers, Institution of, 170
  • Metals, Institute of, 55, 112, 413
  • Mining Engineers, Institution of, 208
  • Mining and Metallurgy, Institution < f, 503
  • Naval Architects, Institution of, 13P, 206
  • Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,
  • International Congress, J14
  • North-East (’oast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 461
  • Petroleum, Institute of, 37
  • Royal Society, 308
  • Safety Congress, National, 483
  • Sanitary Engineers, Institution of, 563
  • Sanitary Institute, Royal, 194, 483
  • Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute, 437
  • Structural Engineers, Institution of, 60
  • Teachers in Technical Institutions, Assotnation of, 461
  • Transport, Institute of, 520
  • United States Mid-West Power Conference 180
  • Welding, Institute of, 477
  • Telegraphy. See Electricity
  • Trade. See
  • Steel; Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies, Etc. :

  • Accidents, Workers, and War-Time Kestric, tions, 20 ; Workers’ Liability Case, 208 . Transport Workers and Increase of Accidents, 422
  • Admiralty Dockyards and Establishment Workers, Pay and Bonus Increases, 316, 396, 630; (Conditions of Kelaxation
  • Agreement, 422
  • Air Ministry, Civilian Instructtors Salary Increases, 491
  • Approved Societies, Employees, National Health Insurance and £250 a year Limit, 446
  • Armament Problems and Labour Cooperation, 262, 631
  • Armed Forces, Belease of Skilled Workers, 368
  • Australia, Shortage of Skilled Workers, 72; LI...-?.,-.’. 234; Western Australia, Handling and DUvSt New South Wales, Beinstatement Question, 571
  • Barnes, G., the Late, 469
  • Belgium, Vocational Ketraining of Workers. Subsidising Employers, 20; Miners Hours-of-Work Order, 124
  • Blast-Eurnacemen’s Wages, 152 Bohemia-Moravia, Short-Time Belief System, 208 ; Emigration Tax and Incidence, 208 Boilermakers’ Society, Membership and Benefit Data, 152, 262, 396, 469;
  • Adaptation of Unemployed Members to Labour Ministry Requirements, 316, 469 ; Control of Employment, 396
  • Bolivia, Labour Code: Hours of Work, Workmen’s Compensation, Union Organisation, Etc., 262
  • Bournemouth, J.abour Party Conference, Resolutions, 368
  • Building Industry, Wage Increase, 152 ; Iran. Fixation of Wages, 446 ; Government Contracts, Minimum 30-IIour Week, * 592
  • Canada, Hiring and Dismissing Union Workers, Amendment to Criminal f?ode, 72 ; Youth Training, War Position Projects, 208; Federal Industrial Disputes Act, Application to War Activities, 234
  • Chambon, Ltd., Emplo5'ees’ Gift to Bed Cross, 630
  • Chemical Industry, Wage Increases, 396
  • Civil Servants, Wages Adjustment to Cost- of-Living Question, 46, 316, 342 ; War Bonus to Non-Industrial Civil Servants, 511 ; Engineering Inspectorates, Civilian Staff and Military Personnel Question, 592 Coal Output Urge, 611 Commodity Prices, 20, 124, 234, 342, Cost of Living. See Living, Cost of Cotton Trade, Wage Advance, 631 Defence Act, 1939, Powers Conferred, Denmark, Employment Policy and pects, 98
  • Dilution Question, Electrical Industry, 290 ; Engineering Industry, 571, 611. See also Women Workers
  • Dock Labour, Control of Movement, 630 Dockyards. See Admiralty
  • Electrical Industry, Wages (War Adjustment) Agreement, 20 ; Generating Station and High-Tension Main Employees’ Wage Request, 262, 290; Opposition to Dilution, 290
  • Emergency Powers Defence Act, 1939, Scope and Powers Conferred, 551 Employment Exchange Reports, 20,124,180, 234, 469, 511
  • Employment, General. Ministerial Control, 396, 592
  • Employinent, Insured Persons, 20, 551 Engineering Trade Wages, War-Time, 72, 180, 234, 262
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Membership and Benefit Data, 72, 180, 290, 422, 511, 592; on Industrial Activity, 72 ; Warning Against Communism, 180; Finance, 290 ; on Man Power, 290, 571 ; Flour-Milling Mechanics’ Wages, Holidays-With-Pay Agreement, Admiralty Establishments, Conditions of Relaxation Agreement, 422 ; Co-operation with Labour Ministry, 446; Women Workers and Engineering Industry.
  • Conditions of Work, 491, 571 ; on
  • Staggering of Holidays, 511 ; Shop Stewards Usurpation of Functions of Unions’ National Committee, 511, 592; Emergency Overtime Sanction, 551 ; Application for Increase in Hourly Rate, 571 ; Dilution and Safeguards, 571 ; Speeding-up Production, 571; Excess Overtime, 571 ; Agreement with Shipbuilding Employers on Supplementing Labour, 611
  • Estonia, Legislation Protecting Workers, 342
  • European Labour on War Footing,
  • Factories, Management of, and Training of Recruits, 290; Labour and Production Returns, 396 ; Factory Welfare Departments, 592, 631
  • Finance and the Defence Act, 551 Flour-Milling Mechanics’ Wages, 290 Ford Motor Company’s Employees, War-
  • Time Pay Concessions, 46
  • France, Industrial Manufacture, “ Producers’ Communities,” 46 ; Vocational Training in War Industries, 72 ; Services, Priority Question in Recruitment, 262; MM. Godart and Jouhaux on Labour Conventions in War Time, 316; Women in Industries, Compulsory Employment of, 378, 422 ; National Solidarity Fund and Overtime Pay, 422; Women National Defence Workers, 422; Apprentices Organisation and Supervision Decree, 469 General Federation of Trades, Membership and Benefit Data, 208, 511 ; Financial Position, 208, 511
  • General and Municipal Workers’ Union on Cost of Living and Wage Rates, 72; Membership Data, 262; Shell-Filling Factory Workers’ Wages, 262 ; Interest- Free Loan to Government, 630
  • Germany, War-Time Economy Order, Working of, 46 ; Labour-Front Leader on Vocational Training, 72; Restoration of Overtime Limits, 124; Short-Time’ Orders, 124, 422; Air-Raid Warnings, Incidence on Production and Wage Losses, 124; Women Workers, Easier Conditions for, 180; Young Persons’ Working Hours, 180 ; Vocational Training for Increased Industrial Output, 208; j Domestic Service Restrictions, 234 ; Regulations for Distribution of Labour, 396 ; Skilled Labour Shortage Measures, Suggestions, 396; Mobilised Employees and Home Leave, 446 ; Apprenticeship Contracts, Conditions of Termination, 531 ; Metal Workers, Training Scheme, 631
  • Greece, Compulsory Insurance for Old Age, Etc., 152
  • Health, Industrial, Air Hygiene Foundation, U.S.A., 234
  • Heating, Ventilating, Etc., Industries, Wage Increase, 446
  • Hours of Work, Germany, Overtime and Short Time Orders, 124, 422 ; Belgium, Miners’ Hours, 124; Germany, Women and Young Persons, Restriction of Hours, 180 ; Bohemia-Mora via, Short-Time Relief System, 208; Australia, Standard 44- Hour Week, 234; Sweden, Women’s Night-Work Regulation, Exception Permits, 262 ; Bolivia, Hours of Work and Pay, Regulation of, 262 ; Flour Milling Mechanics’ Hours, Etc., 290 ; Yugoslavia, State Transport Workers’ Hours, Etc., 290 ; Spread-Over Holidays for Workers, 316, 511; Holidays-With-Pay Act, Statistics of Operation, 316 ; Turkey, Emergency Hours, 342 ; United States, Maximum Hours and Overtime, 342 ; United States, Hours of Work and Productive Efficiency, 368 ; A.E.U. Holidays-With- Pay Agreement, 422 ; Admiralty Establishments, Conditions of Overtime in, 422 ; Turkey, Overtime Regulations, 422; United Patternmakers, Overtime and
  • 208, 234, 262, 290, 316, 422, 446, 469, 491, 511, 531, 551, 571, 592, 611, 630
  • Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth Resolutions, 368
  • Labour Supply Board, 551
  • Leggett, F. W., Appointment to Ministry of Labour and National Service, 98
  • Lister, R. A. Co., Workers’ Pension Fund Arrangement, 98
  • Living, Cost of, and Wages, Relationship Question, Export and Cost of Living, 20 ; Mineworkers’ Federation, 20, 98, 124, 180 ; Civil Servants, 46, 316, 342 ; Transport Workers, 46; Engineering Trades, 72 ; General and Municipal Workers, 72; Seamen’s Wages, 98 ; Building Industry, 152; Italy, Temporary Blocking of Prices, 316 ; Iron and Steel Industry, 531 ; Cotton Trade, 631
  • Lock-Outs and Strikes, New Zealand War- Time Measures, 234
  • Lysaght, A. C., the Late, 630
  • “ Man and Metal,” Wartime Restrictions, Effect on Workers, 20 ; Workers’ Accident Liability Case, 208; Dispersal of Industrial Population, 342; Unemployment Insurance Fund Surplus and Post- War Unemployment, 446; Iron and Steel Trade Wages, Sliding Scale v. Cost of Living Index, 531 ; the Late D. C. Lvsaght and H. C. Thomas, 630
  • Man Power Question, A.E.C., 290 ; Government Secret Estimate, 446
  • Metal-Trade Workers’ Wage Increases, 511, 630
  • Mineworkers’ Federation, Cost of Living Wage Demand, 20, 98, 124, 180 ; Workmen’s Compensation Question, 124
  • National Expenditure Committee and Engineering Personnel, 469
  • National Joint Advisory Council, 46
  • New Zealand, War-Time Labour-Regulation Measures, 234 ; Workmen’s Compensation, Separate Court of Record, 262
  • Nigeria, Union-Privileges Legislation, 469 Patternmakers’ Association, Membership and Benefit Data, 98, 262, 368, 446 ; Overtime and Nightshifts, 446; Financial Report, i 1939, 491
  • Pensions and Kindred Benefits, Greece, Compulsory Insurance, 152; Superannuation and Munition Work Volunteers, 208 ; Social Insurance Schemes, Technique and Organisation, 368 ; Local Government Employees’ Transference, to Armaments, Superannuation Rights, 491
  • Peru, Food Service for Workers, 611
  • Post-War Conditions, Preparations for, 368 Printing Trades, Emergency Conditions Agreement, 20
  • Railways, N.U.R., Locomotive Engineers and Clerks, Wages Appeal, 20 ; Shopmen’s Wages, 98, 234; Wage Settlement, General, 180, 571 ; Electricity Workers’ Wages, 262 ; Six-Shilling Wage Increase Claim, 422
  • Reserved Occupations, Revised List, 491, 592 Russia, Official Holidays, Work Permits, 208; Trade Union Insurance Doctors’ Functions, 491 ; Textile Industry, Failure of Workers to Maintain Standards, 531
  • Safety First Principles and War Conditions, 531
  • Shipbuilding Employers and Unions’ Wages Demand, 98; A.E.U. Agreement to Supplement Skilled Labour, 611
  • Shipping Industry, Shipowners’ Offer, War-Damage Indemnity, 20, 98; Confederation of Unions, Wage Advance Demand, 98, 208, 234 ; Seaman’s Wage Claims, 98 ; Output Acceleration, Labour Co-operation, 262 ; Engine-Room Complements and Repairs, 290;
  • Shipping and Engineers, 316 ;
  • Unemployed Members and Labour Ministry’s Requirements, 316, 469 ; Co-operation with Labour and National Service Ministry, 446 ; Holiday Cancellations and Pay Arrangements, 592
  • Skilled Labour, Shortage U.S.A., 368, 422 ; Germany, Shortage Measures, 396 ; Minister’s Appeal, 571 ; A.E.U. and Shipbuilding Employers, Agreement, 611. See also Dilution (above)
  • South Africa, Training Scheme for Technicians, 368
  • St. Lucia, Union-Privileges Legislation, 469 Strikes and Lock-Outs, New Zealand War- Time Measures, 234
  • Strike Statistics, 20, 124, 234, 342, 469
  • Supply, Ministry of. Factory Labour and Production Returns, 396 ; War Production Firms, Control Order, 611
  • Sweden, Women’s Night-Work Regulation, Exemption Permits, 262
  • Thomas, H. C., the Late, 630
  • Trade Disputes Act, Amendments Question, 290
  • Trades Union Congress, on Inflation and Equality of Sacrifice, 98, 342 ; on Voluntary Savings, 98, 342; Munition Work Volunteers and Superannuation, 208; Ruskin College Scholarships, 262 ; Trade Disputes, Etc., Act, Amendments Question, 296, 342; Co-operation with Labour
  • Ministry and Employers’ Federation, 551 ; Endorsement of General Council’s Emergency Action, 551
  • Trade Union Unemployment Association, Preparation for Conditions, 368
  • Trades, Reserved Occupations,
  • List, 491, 592
  • Training Centres, Reduction of Engineering Course Period, 511 ; Extension and Enlargements, 571, 611 ; Qualified Instructors, 592
  • Training of Recruits in Factories, 290
  • Transport and General Workers’ Union, War-Time Wages and Cost of Living, 46 ; Lectures for Workers, 72; Railway Shopmen’s Wages Claim, 98 ; Improved Standard of Living Aim, 180; Shell- Filling Factory Workers’ Wages, 262; Increase of. Accidents Question, 422
  • Tribe, F. N., Appointment to Ministry of Labour and National Service, 98
  • Truck Act Amendment Bill, Proposed, 446 Turkey, Emergency Hours-of-Work Decree, 342 ; Overtime Regulations, 422
  • Undertakings (Restriction on Engagement) Order, 1940, 592, 611
  • Unemployment, General, U.S.A., October, 1939, Estimate, 8; Insurance Fund Committee’s Report, 316
  • Unemployment Reports, 20, 124, 180, 234, 290, 342, 396, 469, 511, 611
  • United States, Memorandum on Overtime Pay Under Fair Labour Standards Act, 46, 152; Employment and Unemployment Statistics, 46, 368 ; Closed-Shop Agreement Case, 72; Iron and Steel Trade, Disabling Injuries, 98; Workmen’s Compensation Act, Exclusion of Aeroplane Pilots, Etc., 98; Fatal Accidents, Liability of Unincorporated Union to be Sued for Act of Member, 98 ; Accidents, Fatal, and Other, Statistics, 152 ; Air Hygiene Foundation, 234; Unemployed Seamen, Maritime Service Training Scheme, 290 ; Labour Organisation, Non-Partisanship in Politics, 316 ; Maximum Hours and Overtime, 342; Hours of Work and Productive Efficiency, 368 ; Middle-Aged Workers, “ Hiring and Firing ” Plan, 368 ; Skilled Labour Shortage, 368, 422 ; Unemployment Benefit Under Compensation Acts, 531 ; New Labour Marketing Procedures, 611
  • Uruguay, Treasury Guarantee of Pensioners’ Rent, 262
  • Wages and Cost of Living. See Living, Cost of
  • Wages, Fluctuation of, 20, 124, 234, 342, 469, 491, 551
  • War Footing of Labour in Europe, Outlook, 152
  • War Production Firms, Control Order, 611 Women’s Engineering Society, Employment Outlook, 290
  • Women Workers, Germany, Easier Conditions, 180; Japan, Employment of Women Underground, Restriction of, 180 ; Sweden, Women’s Night-Work Regulations, Exemption Permits, 262 ; Women’s Engineering Society, Employment Outlook, 290; France, Women in Industries, Compulsory Employment, 378, 422;
  • France, Women National Defence Workers, 422 ; Substitutional Women Workers, Wages Award in Road, Passenger and Shoe Industries, 469 ; Women in Engineering Industries, A.E.U., Etc., Conferences, 491 ; Allied Employers’ Agreement with Unions, 531 ; Russia, Women Workers and Textile Industry, 531 ; Temporary Employment in Engineering Industry, 551 Workers and War-Time Restrictions, 20, 611 Workmen’s Compensation, Miners’ Federation and Amendment, 124 ; Parliamentary Discussion on Immediate Action, 152 ; New Zealand, Separate Court of Award, 262 ; Bolivia, Accident Compensation Under Labour Code, 262 ; Injured Workmen, Supplementary Allowances, 446 ; Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementary Allowances) Bill, 491 ; United States, Unemployment Benefit Under Compensation Acts, 531
  • Yugoslavia, Workers’ Federation Resolution, Minimum Wage and Other Conditions, 234; State Transport Workers, Pay and Hours, 290
  • Turbines. See Engines and Boilers
  • Universities. See Education
  • Vehicles. See Motor Cars; Railways
  • Warships. See Naval

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