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Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

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Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index

PARAGRAPHS

Accidents

  • Road Fatalities, Great Britain, 409, 448

Aeronautics :

  • Aircraft Identification, 349
  • A.R.P. Electric Signs (Catalogue), 120
  • A.R.P. Equipment, Price Regulation, 468
  • A. R.P. Rescue Training, 378.
  • Aeroplane Recognition Tests, 9
  • Aluminium Tubes and Pipes, Standard (('atalogue), 120
  • Bristol Jupiter Engines in New Guinea, Performance, 49
  • British Aircraft Constructors, Society of, Scholarships, 188
  • India, Air-Survey Operations, 209
  • Salvaging Damaged Aircraft, 269

Agriculture :

  • Tractors, Lubrication of, 23
  • Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards, etc. :

  • Aircraft Constructors’ Scholarships, 188
  • Albert Medal, Award to J. A. Milne, 37 Automobile Engineers, Institution of. Awards, 289
  • Baden-Powell Memorial Prize. Award to H. D. Conway, 75
  • Beilby Memorial Fund Awards, 129
  • Burgess, G. K., Memorial Award Lecture, 476 ('harles Cree Medal and Prize, Award Conditions, 33
  • City and Guilds of London Institute Fellowships, 155
  • Denny Memorial Bust, Institution of Naval Architects, 48
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Scholarships, 89
  • Elliott Memorial Prize, Award to R. Burrows, 247
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, Awards, 349
  • Factorv Managers, Institution-of. Proposed Medal, 348
  • Highfield Shield, Award to G. A. T. Burdett, 489
  • .lunior Institution of Engineers, Awards, 402 Kettle, Laurence J., Premium, 394
  • Messel Medal, Award to Viscount Samuel, 49 Naval Architects, Institution of. Scholarships, 429
  • N. E. C. Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Awards, 176
  • Perkin Medal, Award to Dr. .1. V. N. Dorr, 349
  • Petroleum. Institute of. Awards, 303, 388, 509 Rand Medal, Award to R. E. Stanley, 49.5 Riddle Memorial Prize, Award Conditions, 69 Smith, Julian C., Memorial Medal, 389 Surveyors’ Institution, Chartered, Prize Winners, 517
  • Automobiles. See Molcrr Cars
  • Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges :

  • India, Railway Bridge over River (’henab,482 Menai Bridge Tolls, 329
  • New South Wales Road Bridges, 9 Weston-super-Mare Road Bridge, 308
  • Buildings and Building Construction :
  • Factory Building, Welded Rigid-Frame» Addendum, 348
  • Leeds ITniversity Building, 269
  • Purdue University Extension, 129

Canals :

  • Canal Charges, Increased, 48 Cumberland Arm, Grand Union Canal, 67 Panama. Traffic, 35, 114. 128, 209, 410

Catalogues :

Cement and Concrete :

  • Acid-Resisting Cement (Catalogue), 80 Blast-Furnace Cement, Supply of, 189 Electricity Undertakings, Cement Supplies for, 149
  • Floors, Precast-Concrete (Catalogue), 60 Reinforcement, Concrete (Catalogue), 300
  • Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal :

  • Argentine Imports, 248
  • Brazil, Coke Manufacture, 343
  • Canadian Production, 7, 514
  • Cardiff, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369. 389, 409, 428, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Explosives, Permitted, in Mines, 49
  • Fuel Sampler (Catalogue), 180
  • Middlesbrough Coke, 9, 29, 49, 69. 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Sheffield, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 368, 389, 408, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • United States Output, 16, 169, 209, 258, 369, 416
  • Winding Engine, Mobile, 149
  • Colleges. See Education
  • Companies :
  • Companies Registration Office, 369
  • Holmes, .7. H., and Co., Ltd., Reorganisation, 189
  • Tool Distributors, Ltd., 204
  • Wild-Barfield Furnaces, Ltd., 189
  • Concrete. See Cement and Concrete
  • Cranes, etc. :
  • Californian Nine-Mile Conveyor System. 149
  • Sweden, Long Aerial Ropeway, 309 Docks. See Harbours

Education :

  • Aircraft Constructors’ Scholarships, 188
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, Examinations, 329
  • Dursley Engineering Works Scholarships, 69
  • Electric Welding, Training Courses,
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, ships, 89
  • Leeds University Building, 269
  • Lloyd’s Register Scholarship, 128
  • Naval Architects, Institution of ships, 4*29
  • Petroleum, institute of, Scholarship Awards, 303, 388
  • Production Engineers, Institution of, Examinations, 476
  • Purdue University Extensions, 129
  • Wrought Light Alloys Development Association, Scholarships, 444

Electricity :

  • Accumulator Manufacturers’ Export Group, 197
  • Apparatus, Electrical, Fluid-Filling Media for, Errata, 7
  • A.R.P. Signs (Catalogue), 120
  • Battery Chargers, Electric-Vehicle (Catalogue), 120
  • Boulder Dam Power Plant Contract, 328
  • Cement Supply for Electricitv Undertakings, 149
  • Circuit Breaker, Outdoor (Catalogue), 400 Condensers, Static, for Power Factor Correction, lixport Group, 109
  • Converters, Phase, Static (Catalogue). 100 Electro-Medical Appliances, Export Group, 109
  • Fluid-Filling Media for Electrical Apparatus, • Errata, 7
  • Electricity ^continued.
  • Fractional Horse Power Motors ((.’atalogue)»
  • Furnaces, Electric (tJatalogiie), 120
  • Fuse Carriers (Catalogue), 40
  • Generating Stations, War Emergency, 3(4 Generator Contract, Boulder Dam I lant, 328 Goods, Electrical, Conditions of Sale, 48b High-Frequeiuy Apparatus, Defence Regulation, 4()
  • Highfield Shield Competition Award, 489
  • Holmes. .1. H., and Co., Ltd., Reorganisation, 189
  • Industry, Electrical, Export Group, 29 Lamps and Accessories ((’atalogue), 200 Light Fittings, Supply and Taxation, 429 Motors, Electric, for Machine Tools, 489 Motors, Electric (Catalogues), 100, 360, 400, 460
  • New Zealand, Lamp Manufacture, 69
  • New Zealand, Wiring Regulations, 368 ,
  • Port Washington Power Station Extensions, 222
  • Power Factor Control, Automatic (Catalogue), 180
  • Power Supply, Independent (Catalogue), 1-0 | Rectification Systems ((’atalogue), 40 '
  • Reflectors, Industrial Lamp (Catalogue), 40 Scholarships, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 89
  • Starters, Star-Delta (('atalogue), 300
  • Testing, Service, with High-Voltage Direct ('urrent. Addendum, 209
  • Thermo ouples. Immersion, for Cast Iron and Non-Ferrous Metal Alloys, 280
  • Tools, Electric (Catalogues), 40, 180
  • United States Power Plants, 169 Vevey-Chexbres-Puidoux Railway, Electrification, 229
  • Vicalloy for Permanent Magnets, 190 Welding, Electric Arc (Catalogues), 180, 460 Welding, Electric, Training Courses in, 2f>8 Welding Electrodes (Catalogues), 60 (2), 100 Wire, Instrument (Catalogue), 40 X-Ray Apparatus, Export Group, 109
  • Engines and Boilers :
  • Boilers (Catalogue), 360
  • Boiler Fuel Economy, 467
  • Boiler, Large Forced-Circulation, 394
  • Fans, Boiler-Draught (Catalogue), 60
  • Kaplan Turbine Development, Erratum, 408 Marine Engineering, Nickel-Containing Materials, 230
  • Receivers, Steam. Regulations, 169
  • Steam Engine Export Group, 16 Steam-Raising Plant Accessories Export Group, 89
  • Tables for Steam Users, 409
  • Thornycroft Marine Engine Repair Shop, 139 Turbines, Back-Pressure (Catalogue), 400 Water and Condensates, Measurement of Corrosiveness, 249
  • Water Evaporation from Supersaturated Surface, Erratum, 308

Exhibitions :

  • American Metal Congress and Exhibition, 104
  • Canadian National, Toronto, 66
  • Explosives. See Guns and Explosives
  • Ferro-Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Gas :

  • Blast-Furnace Gas Cleaning (Catalogue), 180 Burners, Furnace Gas (Catalogue), 260 Gas Cylinders, Export Prohibition, 108
  • Gas Filling Stations for Motor Transport, 517 Producer—Gas Cleaning (Catalogue), 360 Producers, Road-Vehicle, Fuels for, 10

Gas and Oil Engines :

  • Buda Diesel Engines for Broomwade Compressors, 329, 444
  • Cylinder-Liner Wear Measurements, 10 Pressure-Charging of Internal-Combustion Engines (Catalogue), 200

Guns and Explosives :

  • Explosives, Permitted, in Coal Mines, 49

Harbours, Docks, Piers, etc. :

  • Friant Dam, California, 209
  • Glasgow Docks, Clyde Committee of Inquiry, 169
  • Grand Coulee Dam, 209
  • Sydney Harbour Graving Dock, 55, 289 Tay Ferries, Fares and Rates, 504

Hydraulics :

  • Pumps, Direct-Coupled (Catalogue), 120 Pumps, Rotary Screw (Catalogues), 180, 300 Valves, Hydraulic (Catalogue), 460
  • Industries and Commerce :
  • Ammonium Sulphate, Price Control, 202 A.R.P. Equipment, Price Regulation, 469 Birmingham Exchange Directory, 49 Canadian Newsprint Paper Industry, 248,509 Cement, Portland Blast-Furnace, Supply, 189
  • China-Clay Industry, Cornish, 248 Cloak-Room Equipment, 468 Colonial Empire Map, 489
  • Companies Registration Office, Headquarters, 369
  • Copper Development Association, 257 Drills, Twist, Import Duties, 295 Electrical Goods, Conditions of Sale, 486
  • 288
  • France and French Territories, Trading Ban, 49
  • Gas Cylinders, Export Prohibition, 108
  • Government Loans by Engineering Institutions, 202
  • Journals, British, War-Time Transmission to United States, 388
  • Lead and Lead Proclucts, Control of, 29
  • Machine Tools, Second-hand, Control Orders, 109, 109
  • Machinery and Plant (Control) Order, 1940, 8 Magnesium, Control Order, 128
  • Malaya, Rubber and Tin Exports, 128, 288 Nitric Acid, Control of, 448
  • Paints, British, Exports, 457
  • Parcels by Rail, Labelling of, 208
  • Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508
  • Physical Problems in Industry, 68
  • Plastics, Control Order, 289
  • Portugal, Transmission of Shipping Documents, 209
  • Potash, Control of, 205
  • Property, British, in France, Registration, 288
  • Pyrites, Control Order, 108
  • Refrigeration Insulation Manufacturers’ Association, 408
  • Rheology in Industry, 429
  • Safety Advice to Industrial Recruits, 99 Ships’ Anchors, Export Prohibition, 108 South America, British Trade with, 235 Sulphuric Acid, Import Licences, 69 Swansea Tin-Plate Market, 29, 476
  • Tenders, 9, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 189, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 388, 468, 488, 508
  • Timber (Wntrol Orders, 108, 209
  • Timber for Motor Vehicles, 398
  • Trading with Enemy Orders, 29, 49
  • Turpentine and Fine Oil, Import Licensing, 229
  • United States, Tin-Plate Industry, 29, 189, 518 ; War-Time Transmission of British Technical Journals, 388 ; Tin Consumption, 499
  • Welfare, Industrial (Catalogue), 460
  • Wounded Men, Appeal for Work for, 29
  • Institutions. See Technical Societies
  • Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel :

  • Balls, Steel, for Grinding (Catalogue), 60
  • Canada, Iron and Steel Production, 168
  • Cast Iron, Immersion Thermocouples for, 280
  • Castings (Catalogue), 60
  • Cleveland Basic Iron Prices, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Cleveland Iron Market, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Cleveland Manufactured Iron and Steel, 9, 29, 49, 69. 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Columbium in Low-Alloy Steels, 69
  • Control Orders, 37, 108, 378
  • East Coast Hematite, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289’ 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449 469 489, 509
  • Furnace, Blast, at Jamshedpur, India, 384
  • Furnace, Blast, at Pretoria, 389
  • Furnace, Open-Hearth, Kembla, Australia, 420
  • Grey Cast-Iron Research, Betelle Institute 217
  • Heat-Treating Plant, Steel, Chicago, 468
  • Inconel, Carburising Boxes of, 489
  • Manganese in Steel Manufacture, 509
  • Middlesbrough Foreign Ore, 9, 29, 49, 69 89 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249 269* 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429', 449 469, 489, 509 ’ ’
  • Middlesbrough Scrap Prices, 9, 29, 49 69 89 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249 269* 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449* 469, 489, 509
  • Motor Vehicles, Steel for Maintenance and Repair, 29, 309
  • Pyrites Control Order, 108
  • Scottish Iron and Steel Trade, 9, 29, 49, 69 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249’, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429,
  • 448, 469, 489, 509
  • Sheet and Strip Bibliography. 138
  • Sheffield Iron and Steel Trade, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 368, 389, 408, 429,
  • 449, 469, 489, 509
  • South Africa, New Blast Furnace at Pretoria, 389
  • South America, British Trade with, 235 South Wales Sheet Trade, 436 Spanish Ore Industry, 228
  • Steels, Lead-Bearing, Fabrication of, 320 Steeloscope, Spekker, Distribution Agents, 189
  • “ Steelworks Plant and Equipment,” 268
  • United States, Exports, 109 ; Steel Production, 129, 218, 309, 378, 410; Scrap Consumption, 129; Iron Ore Imports, 149 ; Lake Superior Ores, 227; Specifications for Steel Products, 229; Scrap Exports, 235, 269
  • Welsh Trade, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 349, 369, 389, 409, 428, 449, 469, 489, 509
  • Labour Questions. See Trade Societies
  • Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
  • Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives

Machine and other Tools :

  • Control Orders, 109, 114, 169 Cutting Tools, Deloro Stellite, 248 Drills, Twist, Import Duties, 295 File Re-sharpening, Edler Process, 255 Fixing Devices, Tools for (Catalogue), 40 Grinders, Tool (Catalogue), 120 Grinding Action Theories, Erratum, 230 Machine Tools, General (Catalogues), 80, 180 Milling Cutter Spacers, Artus, 9
  • Milling Machines, Fray, and Accessories, 340 Presses (Catalogues), 180, 200
  • Sawing Machines (Catalogues), 200, 480 Saws, Doall Band, Manufacture of, 389 Shears (Catalogue), 200
  • Tools, Pneumatic (Catalogues), 80, 180 Tools, Portable, Electric (Catalogues), 40, 180
  • Tools, Small, Distribution Company, 204 Turret-Lathe Performance Data (Catalogues), 80, 100, 300
  • Marine Engineering. See Engines and Rollers ; Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Alloys, Non-Ferrous, Immersion Thermocouples for, 280
  • Alloys, Non-Ferrous, Pocket Chart of Data, 449
  • Aluminium Alloys (Catalogue), 60
  • Aluminium-Silicon Alloys, Modification of, 209
  • Aluminium Tubes and Pipes (Catalogue), 120 American Mining Congress, 209
  • Australia, Gold Production, 129
  • Balls, Steel, for Grinding (Catalogue), 60 Bauxite Deposits, Ulster, 209 Blast-Furnace Gas, Cleaning of (Catalogue), 180
  • Blast-Furnace, Old Stone, 230 (’alcite and Fluorite Deposits, 258 Campbell Memorial Lecture, 304
  • Canada, Quebec Minerals, 70, 209 (2), 368, 486, 509
  • Castings (Catalogue), 60
  • (ffiemical Standards, British, 468 Columbium in Low-Alloy Steels, 69 Copper-Smelting Works in Urals, 249 Cuba, Manganese Ore Industry, 229 Diecasting Machines (Catalogue), 120 Duralumin Rivet Storage, Refrigeration Cabinets for, 89
  • Fluorite and Calcite Deposits, 258
  • Foundry Equipment, Export Group, 69 Furnace, Blast, at Jamshedpur, India, 384 Furnace, Blast, at Pretoria, 389
  • Furnace, Open-Hearth, Kembla, Australia,
  • Slab-Reheating, Australian Steel-
  • Miscellaneous—continued.
  • Compressed Air Equipment (Catalogue), 120 Compressors, Air (Catalogues), 60, 80 Doodlebugs and Bulldozers, Erratum, 128 Directory of British Fine Chemicals, 94 Dust Collection (Catalogue), 40
  • Enemy, Trading with, Order, 29 Engineering Institutions, Loans to Government, 202
  • Excavator, Dragline, Additional Illustrations, 22
  • Export, Institute of, 340
  • Factories and Black-Out, 205
  • Factories, Fire Precautions in, 249
  • Factory Building, Welded Rigid-Frame, Addendum, 348
  • Fans and Ancillary Equipment, Export Group, 149
  • Filters, Air (Catalogue), 480
  • Fire Extinguishers and Incendiary Bombs, 128
  • Fire Losses, 169
  • Fires, Oil, Control of, 449
  • Fire Precautions in Factories, 249
  • Fire Protection, Bomb Destroyer (Catalogue), 400
  • First Aid for Injured and Sick, 109
  • Fixing Devices (Catalogue), 40
  • Flax Control Order, 108
  • Flax Growing in New Zealand, 208
  • France, British Property in. Registration, 288 Gauges, Pressure, Recording (Catalogue), 480 Glass-to-Metal Joints, 336
  • Helmets, Steel, for Road Transport Workers, 509
  • India, Air Survey Operations, 209
  • India, Social Changes in, 394
  • Injured and Sick, First Aid for, 109 Instruments, Precision (Catalogue), 60 Joints, Glass-to-Metal, 336
  • Laboratory Apparatus (Catalogues), 60, 200 Lubricants and Lubrication Catalogue), 80 Machinery and Plant (Control) Order, 1940, 8 Manchester, Road-Widening, 469
  • Map, Colonial Empire, 489
  • Mersey Tunnel, Emergency Use. 409 Mountings, Anti-Vibration Catalogue), 300 Nitric Acid, Control of, 448
  • Oil Fires, Control of, 449 •I
  • Oil Production, United States, 155 Paints, Etc., British Exports, 457 Paints, Fireproof (Catalogue), 480 Paper-Making in Canada, 248, 509 Paper-Making, Teak Thinnings for, 486 Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448,468,488,508
  • Plastics, Control Order, 289
  • Potash, Control of, 205
  • Professional Classes Aid Council. 76_
  • Property, British, in France, Registration. 288
  • Refrigeration Insulation Manufacturers’ Association, 408
  • Rheologists’ Club, British. 329, 429
  • Road, By-Pass, Slough, 430
  • Road Construction, Argentine, 268
  • Road Construction in Scotland, Economies on, 508
  • Road Fatalities, Great Britain 409, 448
  • Road Transport Diploma, 209
  • Road Transport, Emergency, Report, 117 Road Widening, Manchester, 469 Safety Advice to Industrial Recruits, 99 Scotland, Road Building in, Economies on, 508
  • Scotland, Single Traffic Area Order, 489 Slough By-Pass Road, 430
  • Solders, Multicore (Catalogue), 80
  • Spanish Engineering Handbooks, 70
  • Tables for Engineers and Steam Users, 409 Teak Thinnings, Use in Paper Manufacture. 486
  • Technical Journals, War-Time Transmission to United States, 388
  • Tenders, 9, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 189, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 388, 468, 488, 508
  • ' Timber Control Orders, 108, 209
  • Transport, Scotland, Single Traffic Area Order, 489
  • United States, War-Time Transmission of British Journals, 388
  • Vacuum Work, Waxes and Greases for (Catalogue), 260
  • Ventilators, Black-Out (Catalogue), 60, 80 Waste Paper Collection, L.N.E.R. Co., 228, 328
  • Welding Repairs, Lantern Slides, 416
  • Welding. See also Electricity

Motor Cars, Etc. ;

  • Bearing Metals and Modern Requirements, 248
  • Canada, Motor-Car Production, 138, 508 Chargers, Electric Vehicle (Catalogue), 120 Driving Licence Regulations, 110
  • Gas Filling Stations for Motor Transport, 517 Gas Producers, Road Vehicle, Fuels for, 10 Gaskets (Catalogue), 180
  • Pistons for Converted Motor-Car Engines, 9 Road Fatalities, Great Britain, 409, 448 Road Transport Diploma, 209
  • Road Transport, Emergency, Report, 117
  • Road Vehicles, Home-Produced Fuels for, 449
  • Scotland, Single Traffic Area Order, 489 Scottish Contract, Vehicles, 509 Sparking-Plug Cleaner (Catalogue), 300 Sunbeam Record-Breaking Car, 77 Timber for Motor Vehicles, Certificates, 398 United States Motor Car Production, 78, 348, 408, 608
  • Vehicles, New, Registration of, 209, 488 Vehicles, Repair and Maintenance, Steel, Etc., for, 29, 309
  • Wolverhampton Trolley-’Bus Contract, 9

Naval :

  • Artificers, Engine Room, Emergency, 408 Commissions in Naval Forces, 189
  • Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
  • Oil. See Miscellaneous

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Beilby Memorial Fund, 129
  • Calcite and Fluorite, Supply of, 258
  • Chemicals, British Fine, Directory of, 94 Furnaces. Laboratory, for High Temperatures, 257
  • Glass-to-Metal Joints, 336
  • Industry, Physical Problems in, 68 Instruments, Precision (Catalogue), 60 Instrument Wire (Catalogue), 40 Laboratory Apparatus (Catalogues), 60, 200 Perkin Medal, Award to Dr. J. V. N. Dorr, 349
  • Purdue University Extension, 129
  • Rheology in Industry, 329, 429
  • Standards, British Chemical, 468
  • Water Eyaporation from Saturated Surfaces, l^rratum, 308
  • Power Plants. See Electricity

Power Transmission :

  • Bearings, Self-Lubricating (Catalogue), 260 Bearings, Tapered Roller, Erratum, 128 Gears, Reducing (Catalogue), 260
  • Links, Chain-Drive (Catalogue), 360
  • Motors, Geared (Catalogue), 460
  • Railways and Locomotives :
  • Baldwin Locomotive Works, 166
  • Bennie Railplane Structure, Demolition of, 29
  • Bridge over River Chenab, India, 482
  • British Railway Revenue, 109
  • Coaches, Air-Conditioned, on American Railroads, 248
  • Coach Works, American, Centenary of, 89 Furnace for Railway Works (Catalogue), 400 Great Western Railway, Salvage on, 483 Holland, Railway Services, 308
  • India, Bridge over River Chenab, 482
  • London Midland and Scottish Railway, Old Bell and Clock, 9 ; Locomotive “ Coronation,” Withdrawal of, 168
  • London and North Eastern Railway, Salvage Campaign, 228, 328
  • Nigerian Railway Earnings, 309
  • Parcels, Labelling of, 208
  • Paris-Marseilles Service, 303
  • Rail-Defect Detecting Car, Erratum, 296 Russo-Finnish Service, 303
  • Scotland, Single Traffic Area Order, 489 Signals, Colour-Light, 293
  • Switzerland, Vevey-Chexbres-Puidoux Railway Electrification, 229
  • Tube Railway, First, Jubilee of, 409
  • Tyre, Axle and Wheel Manufacturers’ Export Group, 149
  • Underground Railways, London, Women Porters, 369
  • United States, Rolling-Stock Building, 509
  • Schools. See Education
  • Ships and Shipbuilding :
  • Anchors, Export Prohibition, 108
  • Denny Memorial Bust, Institution of Naval Ar hitects, 48
  • Glasgow Docks, Clyde Committee of Inquiry, 169
  • Indian Construction, 468
  • Lambert-Garland Mooring Buoy, 229
  • Lloyd’s Register Scholarship, 128
  • Marine Engineering, Nickel-Containing Materials, 230
  • Merchant Shipping War Casualties, 176
  • Portugal, Transmission of Shipping Documents, 209
  • Ship and Boat Builders, Export Group, 217 Tay Ferries, Fares and Rates, 504
  • Thornycroft Marine Engine Repair Shop, 139
  • United States, Shipbuilding, 140, 289, 368 ; S.S. ” James Lykes,” 275
  • Welding, Repair Work (Catalogue), 400
  • Societies. See Technical and Trade
  • Steam. See Engines and Boilers

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 75, 188, 247, 437
  • American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 495
  • American Iron and Steel Institute, 229
  • American Mining Congress, 209
  • American Society for Metals, 476
  • American Society for Testing Materials, 249 Arts, Royal Society of, 37, 48, 299, 394 Automobile Engineers, Institution of, 248, 289
  • Canada, Engineering Institute of, 389
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 202, 329
  • Chemical Industry, Society of, 49, 328, 349
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, 22
  • Civil Engineers of Ireland, Institution of, 394
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 70, 89, 308, 486
  • Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, 489, 508
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 349
  • Factory Managers, Institution of, 348
  • Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of, 49
  • India, Association of Engineers, 208
  • Junior Institution of Engineers, 69, 402
  • Liverpool Engineering Society, 296
  • Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, 78
  • Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 449 Metals, Institute of, 349
  • Naval Architects, Institution of, 48, 417, 429
  • North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 176
  • Petroleum, Institute of, 303, 388, 509
  • Physical Society, 15, 33
  • Production Engineers, Institution of, 202 Rheologists’ Club, British, 329, 429
  • Sanitary Engineers, Institution of, 289 South African Institution of Engineers, 126 Surveyors’ Institution, Chartered, 99, 517 Transport, Institute of, 20
  • Telegraphy. See Electricity
  • Telephony. See Electricity
  • Tools. See Machine and other Tools Trade. See CoaI; Industries ;
  • Steel; Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies, Etc. :

  • Accidents, Preventive Scheme in 398; U.S.A., Iron and Steel Hours Worked and Injuries, 417
  • Admiralty, A.B.U. Dockyard Workers’ Base Rate Demand, 138
  • Air Raids, Compensation for Lost Tin)e in Textile Trades, 277, 337
  • Air Raids and Postal Service, Conference, 417
  • Air Raids and Production, 156, 258, 277, 318
  • (2), 337, 378, 417, 457 Air-Raid Warnings, 277, 337, 417 Aircraft Industry, High Wages in, 156 Arbitration Tribunal, National. See Wages
  • (below)
  • Armament Work, Proposed Release of C hauffeurs for, 56 ; Need for Anti-Aircraft Weapons, 378 ; Munition Front and Trade Unions, 437
  • Australia, Commonwealth, and Industrial Disputes, 517
  • Banks and War-Time Allowances, 258, 277 Birmingham Trades Council and Compulsory
  • Membership of Unions, 138
  • Black Coated Workers, Assistance Scheme, 18
  • Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers’ Society, Loan to Government, 78 Boilermakers, Etc., Society, Membership and
  • Benefit Data, 56, 116
  • Bolivia, Wage Increases for Employees, 357 Bombing the Enemy, Labour Ministry on, 318
  • Brass and Metal Mechanics, Wage Award, 198 Brazil, Minimum-Wage Rate Regulations, 298; Merchant Marine, Minimum Hours and Overtime, 337
  • Buildings, Civil, Government Control Scheme, 277
  • Building Industry, Ministerial Demand for London Ex-Craftsmen, 357; Wage Increase, 437 ; Works and Buildings Minister, 437
  • C’anada, Employment Situation, 218, 277 ; ' Industrial Disputes and Interruption of Production, Preventive Measures, 337: War-Time Industries Control Board, 337 ; Wage Advances in Industry, 357
  • Canteens, Mobile, Unions’ Gift to Y.M.C.A., 457
  • Card Blowing and Ring-Room Operatives, Loan to Government, 78
  • Chauffeurs, Proposed Release for Armament Work, 56
  • Chile, Average Daily Wage in Ten Industries, 357
  • Coal Trade, Compensatory Levy Scheme for Colliery Undertakings, 298
  • Cost-of-Living. See Living, Cost of (below) Defence of Realm Regulations, Disobedience
  • Penalties, 38
  • Dictatorship and Industrial Problems, 177 Disputes, Compulsorv Arbitration in, 36, 78, 97, 138
  • Dominican Republic, Wage Regulation by Cost of Living, 298
  • Electrical Industry, Rules Revision, 78;
  • Trade Union Loans to Government, 78 Employment Exchange Reports, 18, 56, 97, 138, 177, 218, 417, 498
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Membership and Benefit Dat^ 56, 138, 237, 337, 417, 498 ; Wage Claims and Agreements, 18, 56, 198, 237, 368, 398, 417, 437, 457, 478, 498 ; Holiday Suspensions, 56 ; Dockyard Workers and Base-Rate Increase, 138 : Arbitration Tribunal, Criticism, 138 ; Health and Efficiency, Influence of Fatigue, 138, 237; Finance, 237; Training for Engineering Shops, 237 ; Air-Raid Warning Questions, 318, 337 ; Women Workers, Notice of Introduction, 337 ; Employers’ Views on Wages and Hours, 417 ; General National Wage Policy, 498
  • Factories, Medical and Welfare Service Orders, 97, 398, 457 ; Need for Reduction in Hours of Work, 97 ; Roof Spotter System, 378, 417, 498; Prevention of Accidents, “ Safety First ” Scheme, 398 ; Production, Voluntary versus Compulsory. 498
  • Factory Acts, Restoration to Full Operation, 78
  • Foundry Workers’ Union, Wages Claim. See Engineering Union (above)
  • France, Trade Union Abandonment of Class Struggle, 157
  • General Federation of Trade Unions, New Social Order Planning, 38; Loans and Gifts to Government, 38, 78; Membership. Benefit Data and Finance, 457
  • Germany, War-Time Labour Conditions and Problems, 198
  • Haslett, Miss, Appointment as Adviser on Women’s Training, 298
  • Hours of Work, Overtime and Sunday Work in Relation to Cost and Efficiency, 38; A.E.U. Holiday Suspension Agreements, 56 ; Restoration of Factory Acts, Operation, 78 ; Overtime in Factories, Need for Reduction, 97; Absenteeism and Exhaustion, 97 ; Interim Reduction of Hours and Relief Workers, 116; Hours and Rest Question, 258; Cessation Order. Sunday Work and Overtime on Naval Ships, 357 ; A.E.U., Employers’ Views on Wages and Hours Position, 417 ; United States Iron and Steel Industry, Hours Worked and Injuries, 417 ; Russia, Order Regulating Hours, Etc., 478; Shanghai. Average Hours in All Industries, 498; Spain, Wages and Hours Provisions, 517 Indian Workers, Proposed Training in Great Britain, 457
  • Industrial Capacity Committee, Functions and Area Boards, 116
  • Industry, Problems and Dictatorships, 177;
  • Post-War Reconstruction, 378
  • International Labour Branch, 116
  • Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. See “ Man and Metal ” (below)
  • Japan, General Mobilisation Act, 1939, Unsatisfactory Results, 258
  • Labour Ministry, on Bombing the Enemy ; on Man Power ; on Winter Precautions ; on Communal Feeding, 318
  • Labour and National Service, Ministry of. Reports, 18, 56, 177, 218, 298, 337, 398, 478
  • Labour Notes, 18, 38, 56, 78, 97, 116, 138, 156, 177, 198, 218, 237, 258, 277, 298, 318, 337, 357, 378, 398, 417, 437, 457, 478, 498 517
  • Labour Transference, Fares and Travelling Allowances, 97
  • Labour, Union Activity During the War, 318 Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Federation, Loan to Government, 78
  • Lancashire Cotton Industry, Compensation for Lost Time in Air Raids, 337
  • Living, Cost of. Index Figure, 18, 78, 177, 258, 398, 437, 517
  • Living, Cost of, and Wages, N.U.R. Comment, 38; Miners’ Increases, 277 ; Dominican Republic, Wage Regulations, 298 ; Brazil, Minimum Wage Rates, 298
  • Lock Outs and Strikes, War-Time Prohibition, 38
  • “ Man and Metal,” Air-Raid Risks, Precau- . tions and Discipline, 78 ; Workmen’s Compensation, Need for New Legislation, 156 ; Air Raids and Production, 156 ; Air-Raid Warnings, 277 ; Need for Anti-Aircraft Weapons, 378 ; Munition Front and Trade Unions, 437
  • Man Power Survey, Substitutional Labour, 38
  • Mechanics, Motor, Naval Emergency Opportunity, 357
  • Mexico, Reduced Railway Fares for Workers on Holiday, 218
  • Miners’ Federation, South Wales, and Recruitment of Colliery Workers for Armed Forces, 498
  • Miners, Idle, Transference to other tries, 237, 258
  • Miners’ Increases of Pay, 277 Mineworkers’ Federation, Minimum Demand, 78
  • National Arbitration Tribunal. See (below)
  • National Expenditure Committee on Overtime and Sunday Work, 38
  • National Service Registration Order, 138 Occupations, Reserved, Schedule Changes, 378
  • Omnibus Transport, Joint Industrial Council, 97
  • Painters and Decorators, Society of. Loans to Government, 78
  • Patternmakers’ Association, United, Membership and Benefit Data, 56, 177, 258, 357, 457; Finance, 177; Election of New Secretary, 417
  • Pensions, War Service and Superannuation, Certified Occupations, 78; Government Employees, Protection of Rights, 357
  • Post-War Reconstruction, 378
  • Postal Service During Air Raids, Conference, 417
  • Printers and Assistants Society, Loan to Government, 78
  • Printing Trades, Arbitration Tribunal Award, 177 ; Wages and Infiation, 478
  • Production, Voluntary versus Compulsory, 498 Railways, N.U.R., Conference on Wages and
  • Cost of Living, 38 ; Public Ownership of Transport, 38 ; Shopmen’s Wage Increases, 56 ; Wage Claims, 437, 457, 517
  • Roof Spotters and Man Hours Saved, 378 ; Development Plan, 417
  • Russia, Order Regulating Hours, Pay and Conditions of Workers, 478
  • Shanghai, Average Hours of Work in all Industries, 498
  • Sheet Metal Worker, Justification of Discharge, 357
  • Shipbuilding Industry, Wage Increase Demands, 18, 198, 277, 457, 478 ; War Effort and Skilled Men Question, 177; Ship i Workers, Transfer Scheme, 198 ; Sunday Work and Overtime on Naval Ships, Cessation, Order, 357
  • Shop Assistants, Etc., Remuneration Claim Disallowed, 277
  • Shop Assistants, Etc., Union, Loan to Government, 78
  • Shop Stewards and Unofficial Strikes, 517
  • Skilled Workers, Retention on Semi-Skilled Work, 56 ; Export Trade and Munitions Problem, 218
  • South Wales Miners’ Federation and Recruitment of Colliery Workers to Armed Forces, 498
  • Spain, Coal-Miners’ Wages, 517
  • Strikes and Lock-Outs, War-Time Prohibition, 38
  • Strikes, Sit-Down, in United States, 116
  • Strike Statistics, 18, 97, 177, 298, 398, 478
  • Strikes, Unofficial, Labour Minister on Avoidance of, 517
  • Superannuation. See Pensions (above) Supply, Ministry of, Roof Spotter System, 378, 417
  • Tailors and Government Workers’ Union, Interest-Free Loan to Government, 18, 78
  • Textile Trades, Compensation for Lost Time in Air Raids, 277, 337
  • Theatrical and Kine Employees, Loan to Government, 78
  • Trades Union Congress, Loans and Gifts to Government, 56, 78 ; Factory, Medical and Welfare Service Order, 97 ; Post-War Reinstatement Question, 198 ; Conscientious Objectors, 198 ; Food Advisory Committee, Tea-Rationing for Workers, 198; Welfare Supervisors, Training Scheme, 198 ; Area Boards, 198 ; Southport Meeting, 218, 298, 318 ; Economic Problems, Failure of Five-Point Agreement with Employers, 298 ; on Policy and Achievement, 318 ; Union Activity During the War, 318 ; Sirens and Work Continuance, 318, 378, 457 ; Local Conferences on Air- Raid Alarms, 378 ; Election of New Chairman, 357
  • Training and Training Centres, Statistics, 18 ; Instructors, Shortage of, 18 ; Development by Employers, 56, 116, 437 ; Welfare Workers’ Scholarships, 78 ; Training for Engineering Shops, 237; Training of Women for Engineering Industry, Miss Haslett’s Appointment, 298 ; Mr. Bevan’s New Scheme, 437 ; Women and Government Centres, 437
  • Transport and General Workers’ Union, Interest-Free Loan to Government, 18, 78 ; Finance, 116; Wages Questions, 218, 478; Women Workers, Equal Pay for Equal Work, 218
  • Unemployment Benefits and Contributions, I Proposed Increases, 18
  • Unemployment Insurance Bill, 38 Unemployment Reports, 18, 56, 97, 138, 177, 218, 298, 337, 398, 417, 478, 498
  • Union Activity During the War, 318
  • United States, Sit-Down Strikes, 116; Workmen’s Compensation Cases, Georgia and Massachusetts, 157 ; Walsh-Healey Act and Wage Areas, Supreme Court Case, 237 ; Fair Labour Standards, Record- Keeping Amendment, 277 ; International Machinists, Wage-Rate Agreement, 378 ; Iron and Steel Industry, Wages and Hours, 417 ; Iron and Steel Industry, Hours Worked and Injuries, 417
  • Wages and Cost of Living. See Living, Cost of (above)
  • Wages, Fluctuation of, 18, 97, 177, 298, 398, 457, 478
  • Wages, National Arbitration Tribunal, Composition and Awards, 36, 78, 97, 138, 177, 218, 277; Aircraft Industry, High Wages in, 156 ; Factories, High Wages in. Suggestion of Maxiinuin Bates, 156 ; Printing Trades Award, 177 ; Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Award, 198, 357 ; Insurance Agents, 218; Distributive and Allied Workers, 218 ; National Aspect of Wage Cutting, 218 ; Painters, Aidershot District, 517 ; Woolcombing and Textile Industries, 277 ; Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, Etc., 277 ; Banks and War- Time Allowances, 258, 277 ; Advantage of Maintaining Existing Wage Bates, 378 ; Building Trade, 437 ; Workers and Wage Negotiations, Beservation of Bights, 437 ; London Engineering Employees and Minimum Bates of Pay, 457 ; Home Policy and Wage Demands, 478, 498 ; Wage Bates and Inflation Question, 517
  • Wages. See also Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Russia, Spain, United States, Engineering Union, Mineworkers, Railways, Shipbuilding Industry, Transport and General Workers (above). See also Living. Cost of
  • War Service and Superannuation, (,’ertified Occupations, 78
  • War-Time Industries Control Board, Canada, 337
  • Welfare Workers, University Training for, 78 ; Welfare Order for Factories, 398
  • Wire Drawers and Kindred Workers, Loan to Government, 78
  • Wiremen, Naval Emergency Opi)ortunity,357 Women Workers, Part-Time Work Proposal, 56 ; Equal Bates for Equal Work, 218 ; Training for Engineering Industry, 298 ; A.E.U. and Notice of Introduction of Women Workers, 337; Women and Government Training Centres, 437 ; Wage Increase Claim, 517
  • Woolworkers, Compensation for Lost Time in Air Baids, 277
  • Workers and Wage Negotiation, Beservation of Bights, 437
  • Workmen’s Compensation, Progress of Bill, 18 ; “ Man and Metal ” on Need for New Legislation, 156 ; United States, Decisions in Georgia and Massachusetts Courts, 157
  • Works and Buildings, Ministry of. Appointment of Secretary, 437
  • Y.M.C.A., Mobile Canteens Trade Unions’ Gifts, 457
  • Turbines. See Engines and Bcrilers Universities. See Educatiwi
  • Vehicles. See Motor Cars; Railways
  • Warships. See Naval


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