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

ABLETT PRIZE, Conditions, &c., 27
Abrasive, Artificial, Jubilee of, 514
Acceleration in Linkwork (Review), 163

Accidents :

Explosion of Air Receiver, Report, 100 Failures of Mechanical Gearing, 58
— of Mining Haulage Ropes, Investigations on, 378*
— of Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 54 Industrial Accidents, Chief Inspector of
Factories’ Report, 192
Loss of S.S. “ President,” 205
Mechanical Mishaps, Discussion on, 351
Prevention of Accidents, Royal Society for, New Name of National “ Safety First ” Association, 52
Railway Accidents in 1940, Report, 491
— — Gretna Junction, Report, 116 Norton Fitz warren Derailment,
Report on, 8
Road Accidents in December, 1940, 73 Accumulators, Electric. See Electric Acetylene Welding. See WeMiny
Acheson, Dr. E. G., Early Work on Artificial Abrasive, 514
Acheson, E. G., Ltd., Tests of Lubrication of Lead-Bronze Bearings 108 ; Lubrication Experiment Technique, 156
Acoustical Engineering, Elements of (Review), 242
Adams, L. G., on Co-operative Selling in Development of Export Trade, 53
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics

Aeronautics :

Aerodrome Runways, Permeometer for Testing Asphaltic Surfaces of, 235*
— Selection, Acquisition and Construction, Report on, 293
Aeronautical Terms, Standard Glossary,340 Aeroplane, Bristol-Beaufort General Purpose, 456*
— General Reconnaissance and Torpedo Bombing, Blackburn “Botha" 1,107*
— Interceptor-Fighter, Curtiss-Wright, 465*
— Military, Production of, 134
Air Bases, Overseas, of United States, 311 — Raid Casualties in December, 1940, 73 Damage to Buildings, Report, 453
— — Damage, Emergency Repair of, 153 Damage in Germany, 254*, 324* —?— Effects on Electric Traction on
Southern Railway, 53
Precautions in Electroplating Shops, 388
Precaution Lighting Fittings, Specification, 188
— — Shelters, Electric Heating of, 253
— — Shelters, Electric Heating, Specifl-
flcation, 188
Shelters, Planning of, 93
Shelter Ventilation Equipment (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 469
— Training Corps, Formation of, 53 Aircraft, British, New Types of, 53
— Engines (Review), 383
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 134 Labour in, Report, 433, 452 Aviation Mechanic (Review), 463 Civil Aviation, Position of, 134
Engines, Aircraft (Review), 383
Gyro Instruments for Aircraft, Quantity Production, 457
Linen Fabric for Aircraft, Specification, 468
Royal Air Force, Technical Officers for, 14 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics.
Aesthetics and Economics of Design and Construction, 373, 471
Aggregate Washing and Grading Plant, Grand Coulee Dam, 482*
Agreements, Labour. See Labour. Agricultural Machinery Industry, Position and
Prospects, 283.
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture. See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX.
Air, Compressed. See Compressed Air
— Compressor, Two-Stage Air-Cooled (Broom
and Wade, Ltd.), 407*
Air Compressor and Vacuum Pump, 3 cub. ft. (W. Edwards and Co. London, Ltd.), 357*
— Filter (Air-Maze (Great Britain), Ltd.), 416*
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Heaters worked with Diphenyloxide, 262* Air-Maze (Great Britain), Ltd., Air Filters, 416*
— Pollution. See Atmospheric; Smoke
Abatement
Air Port Equipment, Ltd., Reciprocating Hand Pump, 347*. See Addendum, 383
— Raids. See Aeronautics
— Receiver, Heat Generated in Charging; 444.*
See LETTER, 494*
— -- Safeguarding of, 100
— Training Corps. See Aeronautics
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft. See Aeronautics
“ Airpel’’ Reciprocating Hand Pump, 347*. See Addendum, 383
Aldred Lecture on Discovery and Invention, 295, 305, 337
Aldrich Pump Co., Variable-Speed Boiler-Feed Pump, 506*
Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd., Paraffin Washing Equipment, 26*
Allan, J. B., the Late, 28
Allcock, H. J., on Progress in Cable Design, 172 Alkalies, Effect on Refractory Materials, 35 Allen, W. H., Sons, and Co., Ltd., Views on Unusual Pump Test Experience, 108
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alluvium, Incoherent, Regime Flow in, Report, 404*
Aloxite, Origin of, 514
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Flaws in, Detection by Eddy Currents, 518* Aluminium Union Ltd., Aluminium Casting
Alloys for Internal-Combustion Engines, 120
— See also Metallurgy
Amarillo Helium-Producing Plant, Protection of, 489
American Bureau of Shipping. See United States
— Chamber of Commerce, Luncheon, 333
American Hoist and Derrick Co., Stacker Tower for Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, 241*
— Institute of Electrical Engineers. See
Electrical Engineers
— — of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
See Mining
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
MecAanicol Engineers
— — of Naval Architects and Marine En
gineers. See Naval Architects
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Analyser, Surface, Brush (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 356
Analysis, Proximate, of Coal, as Guide to Behaviour, 318*, 339*
Anderson, S., on Testing Thickness of Chromium Plating, 288
Andrew, J. and E. H., and Co., Ltd., 50-h.p. Vis-a- Vis Gas Engine, 423*
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annis, R. K., on Annis Meter, 478*
Annuals and Reference Books, 8, 68, 188, 248, 328, 368. See LITERATURE INDEX
Ansell, W. H., on London of the Future, 232
Anthracite, Reactivity and Volatile Contents of, 319
Anti-Glare Schemes in Foundries, Ventilation of, 420
Antimony Deposits in Idaho, 480
Apparatus, Hydxogen-Ion Concentration (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 21*, 64*
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
“ Aquitania,” S.S., Machinery of, 79*
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arc.- See Welding
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects
— and Reconstruction, 294. See 253
— Royal Institute of British, Memorandum on
Reconstruction Policy, 253. See LETTER, 294
Architecture and Reconstruction of London, 232
Argentine Trade, Effect of War on, 363
Arkon Seat-in-Sleeve Valve (Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 126*
Armoured Ships. See WarsAips
Army Mechanisation, Effect in Warfare, 93
Arnold, Dr. R. N., on Tool Dynamometer for Measuring Rapid Force Fluctuations, 221* See LETTERS, 315, 355
Art and Industry, Physical Science in (Review), 203
— Royal Society of, Women in Industry, by
MBS C. Haslett, 112 ; The London of the Future, by W. H. Ansell, 232; Aldred Lecture on Discovery and Invention, by Sir R. A. Gregory, 295, 305, 337
Artificial Abrasive, Jubilee of, 514
Ash in Coal, Determination of, 318
Asphaltic Surfaces, Testing, Permeometer for, 235*
Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., 105-h.p. Trolley-’Bus for Belfast Corporation, 126*
Associations, Engineering. See Institutions
Aswan Reservoir and Suspended Matter in Nile (Review), 363
Atkins, C. J., on the Apprentice, 115. See 111. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Atlantic, Battle of, 252
— Liners. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships Atmospheres, Furnace, Resistance of Heat-
Resisting Steels to, 505
Atmospheric Pollution and National Fuel Policy, 136
See also Abatement
Austin of Longbridge, Lord, the Late, 435* Australia, Aeroplane Production in, 135
— Barrages on River Murray, 93
— Port Macquarie Power Station, 110
— Shipbuilding in, 305
Australian Gaslight Co., 235-b.h.p. Gas Engine with Crankless Gas Booster, 65*. See LETTER, 116
— Iron Mines, Excavation Methods at, 197
Austria, Water-Power Resources of, by Dr. C. H. Noton, 502*
Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See MacAme Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Luncheon, 513
— See Motor Cars
Aviation. See Aeronautics

BAFFLES, Ferro-Concrete Spillway, Bonneville Dam, 303*
Baker and Hurtzig, Testing Machine for Tunnel Linings, 381*
Baker, Prof. H. W., on Measurement of Temperature of Machinery in Motion, 55
Ball-Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials)
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools
Bars, Brass, Cast, for Forgings, Specification, 348
Barber-Greene Co., Stacker Boom and Conveyors for Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, 241*
Barnes, W., on Methods of Excavation, 196*, 235*
Barrages on River Murray, Australia, 93
Barthel Burner, for Flame Tests of Insulating Materials, 322*, 345
Bassett, P. R., on Quantity Production of Gyro Instruments, 457
Baths, Swimming, in Ships, Waves in, 224*. See LETTER, 396.
Batteries. See Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles
Battle of Atlantic, 252
— of Matapan, 272
Battleships. See Warships
Bausch and Lomb, Optical Protractor, 210; Brinell Microscope, 210
Beaches, Rolling Resistance of Wheels on, 195, 198*
Beams, Cast Iron, for Building, 406, 425, 447
— Sprag, for Lifeboat Tractor, 219
Bearings, Lead-Bronze, Tests of Lubrication of, 108
—• Under-Water, for Ships, Tin Alloy for, 388 Belfast Corporation, 105-h.p. Trolley-’Bus, 126* Belgian Society of Engineers, Central Station for Industrial Steam Supply at Verviers, Belgium, by Dr. A. de Smaele, 433
Belgium, Verviers, Central Station for Industrial Steam Supply at, 433
Belts, Vee, Testing Machines for (Ferodo, Ltd.), 326*
— Conveyors. See Conveyors
B. E. N. Patents, Ltd., Foot-Operated Air Control Valve, 137*
Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Rolls, Plate. See Machine Tools
Bennett, J. G., on Proximate Analysis and Coal Behaviour, 318*, 339*
Berk, Mr., on Intercrystalline Cracks in Locomotive Boilers, 271
Berkeley Cyclotron, California, 413
Bertram, C., the Late, 89
Beryllium, Solubility in Copper, 398*
“ Besco ” Sheet Grip, 155*
Bessemer Medal, Award to Dr. T. Swinden, 374
— Steel, Use for Marine Boilers, 144
— Steelmaking, Photo-Electric Control for,
237*. See Erratum, 248
Bethlehem Steel Co., 190-ton Open-Hearth Furnace, 269
Beyer, Peacock and Co., Beyer-Garratt Locomotives, 433
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
Bigwood, J., and Son, Ltd., Three-Roll Plate- Bending Machine, 67*
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binnie, A. M., on Waves in Open Oscillating
Tank, 224*. See LETTER, 396
Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board, Annual Report, 153
— University, Tests of Taylor Booster, 402*.
See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
— Wire Gauge, Origin of, 85
Birthday Honours List, 493
“ Bismarck,” German Battleship, Sinking of, 431
Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., Blackburn " Botha ” I General Reconnaissance and Torpedo Bomber, 107*
Blackstone and Co., Ltd., 240-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine for Port Macquarie Power Station, 110
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blasting, Quarry and Mine, Damage to Property from, 348
Blocks, Hoisting, Electric, 102*
Blow-pipe. See Welding
Blowers, Soot, Automatic, Electrically-Controlled (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 486*
Board of Eduction, Vocational Instruction for the Forces, 14
— of Trade, Payment of War Risk Claims,
153 ; Scheme for Increasing War Production, 193; Scheme for Concentrating Production, 212; Registration of Storage Premises, 413; Steel for Home Civilian Requirements, 450; Private Chattels Insurance, 453
Boat, Motor. See Motor Lifeboat.
Boice-Crane Co., High-Speed Band Saw, 380 Boiler Feed Pump. See Pump
Water. See Feed and Water
— Forced-Circulation, using Dowtherm, 263*
— High-Pressure, Physics of Steam Generation
in, 17*, 38*
Pressure, Silica in Water of, 166
— Locomotive, Intercrystalline Cracking in,
Investigations on, 271
Type, Multitubular, Specification, 88 See also Locomotive
— Marine, Influence of Ship Classification on,
139,144*
— Mercury-Vapour, for Ship Propulsion, 178
— for Ships of United States Maritime Com
mission, 171,177. See 154
— Water-Tube, for Highly-Powered Ships, 79 Tube, Steam Supply Station, Verviers,
434
Tube, Use in Ships, 144*
— in Western Australia, Inspection of,73
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolton Corporation Electricity Department, Finances of, 333
Bombs, Incendiary, Detector for (Mortimer Gall and Co., Ltd.), 449
Devices for Detection, Specification, 228
— — Devices for Detection, 153, 228
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon, 301*. 341*
Books, New, Notes on, 25, 56, 187, 288, 308, 345, 455, 497. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 88, 108, 128, 148, 208, 228, 248,
288, 328, 348, 368, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508
Boom, Stacker, Concrete-Aggregate Handling
Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241*
Boon, W. L., on Standardisation of Coke Grades and Properties, 475. See 492
Booster, Gas, Miehell-Waller, for 235-b.h.p.
Gas Engine, 65*. See LETTER 116
— Quadrature, for Long-Distance Power Trans
mission, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
Booth, C. F., on Application and Use of Quartz
Crystals in Telecommunications, 173 Boots for Industrial Purposes, Specification for
Protective Toe-caps for, 488 Boring Machine. See Machine Tools Bosanquet, C. H., on Calculation of. Terminal
Speeds, 436. See LETTERS, 294*, 355 Bottomley, W. T., on Condensing Plant and
Cooling-Water Systems, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
Boulton and Watt Beam Engines, Demolition of, 73
Boydell’s Invention of Chain-Track Vehicles, 95*
Braithwaite, Burn and Jessop Construction Co., Ltd., Welded Water Main in Burma, 280 Brake Linings, Testing Laboratory for (Ferodo, Ltd.), 325*
Braking System for 105-h.p. Trolley-’Bus; 127* Brass Bars, Cast, for Forgings, Specification, 348
— Die Castings, Specification, 28
— Hydraulic Extrusion of, 259*
— Tubes for Screwed Glands and Condensers,
Specification, 348
Brazil, Trade and Industries of, 264 Effect of War on, 363
Brazing of Cemented-Carbide Tools, 87
— Oxy-Acetylene, of High-Nickel Alloys, 124 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Bremen, Air-Raid Damage in, 324*
— S.S., Machinery of, 119*
Bremo Steam Station, Boilers with Diphenyloxide Economisers and Air Heaters, 262
Brick as Aggregate for Concrete, 54. See
LETTER, 116
— Fire. See Firebricks; Refractory Materials
— Standardisation of, 474
Bricklaying and Concreting in Cold Weather,
Leaflet on, 173
Bridge Construction, Standard Unit (Butterley
Co., Ltd.), 427*
— Girders of Cast Iron, 425
— Suspension, for Concrete Aggregate, Grand
Coulee Dam, 484* Tacoma Narrows, Failure of, 54
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Brightness, Portable Standard of, 68 Brinell Microscope (Bausch and Lomb), 210
— Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials) Briquetting of Swarf from Machine Tools, 106 Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Bristol Beaufort
General Purpose Aeroplane, 456* British Academy, Functions of, 151,175,194 British Carbo-Norit Union, Ltd., Solvent
Extraction of Oil, 36
— Cast-Iron Research Association, Investiga
tion on Polishing Cast-Iron Micro-Specimens and the Metallography of Graphite Flakes, by H, Morrogh, 297*. See 375; Metallography of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, by H. Morrogh, 375 ; Note on Ventilation of Anti-Glare Schemes, 420
— Coal-Utilisation Research Association, Hales
Convector Fire, 28; Investigation on Petrol Engines Running on Producer Gas, 61*
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Annual Report, 137 ; Report on Improvement of Load Factor in Farm Grinding, by W. H. Cashmore and C. A. Cameron Brown, 292 ; Report on Reproducible Flame for Purposes of Naked Flame Tests on Solid Electrical Insulating Materials, by H. L. D. Wyman, 321*, 345 and Allied Manufacturers’ Association,
Annual Meeting, 173 ; Annual Report, 333 Development Association, Tests of Electric Heating of Air-Raid Shelters, 253
— Emergency Shipbuilding Yard, Richmond,
California, 496*
— Empire Chamber of Commerce in United
States, Policy of, 253
British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., Synthetic-
Resin Cements for Wood, 246*
— Isles, Rainfall over, 1870-1939, Variations in,
270
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
Investigation on Prolonged Heating at 80 deg. C. on Copper Wire, by Dr. E. Voce, 359
— Railways. See Railways
— Refractories Research Association, Refrac
tory Materials Joint Committee’s Report, 34
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Steel Production, Position of, 397
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Electrical
Plant Contracts, 184; 10,000-kW. High- Temperature Steam Turbine, 190* ; Electrical Equipment for 500-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 376*
— Trade. See Trade
Broadcasting and Radio-Communication, History and Development of, 305
Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., High-Speed Band Saw, 380; High-Speed Gear-Hob- bing Machine, 406*
Broderick, S. J., on Activated Carbon from
Coal Refuse, 460
Broken Hill Iron Mines, Excavation Methods at, 197
Bronze, Leaded, Castings and Ingots, Specification, 508
Broom <fc Wade, Ltd., High-Speed Two-Stage Air-Cooled Air Compressor, 407*
Brown Bros., Ltd., Tangyes’ Carrying Handle for Stirrup Pump, 383. See Addendum, 429 Brown, C., the Late, 15
Brown, C. A. Cameron, on Improvement of
Load Factor in Farm Grinding, 292
Brown, D., Tractors, Ltd., Agricultural Tractor
Equipment with Depth Control, 186* Brown, E. O. F., the Late, 436 Brown, F. E., the Late, 254* Brown, Dr. G. S., Cinema Integraph, 141* Brown, J., the Late, 75 Brown-Firth Research Laboratories, Manufacture and Use of Cemented Carbides, 86*. 145*
“ Bruce,” United States Destroyer, Structural
Characteristics of, 76
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Electrical Plant Contracts, 184. See Addendum, 320; Electric Generator for 500-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 376*
— Surface Analyser (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 356 Bubble Formation in High-Pressure Boilers,
17*, 38*
Budget and Stabilised Prices, 313
Building Bulletins, War-Time, Emergency Pipe Repairs, 127; Leaflet on Concreting in Cold Weather, 173 ; Protection of Buildings Against Fire, 300
— Concrete for, 54. See LETTER, 116
— Construction. See also Ferro-Concrete and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Contracts, Government, Reports on, 131,213
— Damaged by Air Raids, 153, 453
— Damp-Proof Courses in, Specification for
Materials for, 288
— Industry, Essential Work Order, 493 Standardisation in, 53
— National, Record of, 193
— Operations, Control of, 354
— Licences for, 313
— Research Station, Leaflet on Concreting and
Bricklaying in Cold Weather, 173
— Use of Cast Iron in, 406, 425, 447 Bulawayo and Salisbury Railway, Beyer-
Garratt Locomotives, 433
Bullard-Dunn Company, Electrolytic Steel-
Pickling Process, 510 Bulldozers, Use in Excavation Work, 235* Bulleid, O. V., 4-6-2 Type Streamlined Loco
motive “ Channel Packet,” 230* ,
Burden, H., on Manufacture and Use of Cemented Carbides, 86*, 145*
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— of Shipping. See United States
— of Standards. See United States Burma, Rangoon, Welded Water Main, 280
Burner, Barthel, for Flame Tests of Insulating Materials, 322*, 345
— Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Busch-Sulzer Marine Diesel Engines, 24* Butterley Co., Ltd., 14-ton Welded Railway
Wagon, 56*; Standardised Unit Bridge System, 427*
Byrnes, I. F., on Marine Radio Communication and Equipment, 125

CABLES. See Wire Ropes and Electric
Cadman, Lord, the Late, 454
Calderbank Steel Works, Mechanical Gearing for Rolling Mill, 57
Calderwood, W. T., the Late, 36
California, Berkeley, Cyclotron at, 413
— Richmond, British Emergency Shipbuilding
Yard, 496*
Calorific Value of Gas, Standardisation of, 475, 492 495
of Producer Gas, 62
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Control Apparatus, 21*, 64*
— University,- Lectureship in Economics and
Aesthetics of Engineering Design and Construction, 373, 471
" Campania,” S.S., Machinery of, 78
Canada, Aeroplane Production in, 135
— Engineering, Institute of, Kennedy Medal,
Award to Lieut.-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, 393
— Hydro-Electric Progress in, Annual Report,
155. See 386
— Shipbuilding in, 305
on Great Lakes, 253
— St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 251, 253
— Water-Power Resources, Report, 386. See
155
Canadian Department of Mines, Report on Water-Power Resources of Canada, 386
— Engineering Standards Association. See
Standards
Canal, Croydon, History of, 164
— Irrigation, Grand Coulee Dam, 361
— Panama, Annual Report, 333
— St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 261
— Traffic in War Time, 153
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Canning Practice and Control (Review), 344
Capstan Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
Car, Motor. See Motor Cars ; Motor Vehicles Carbides, Cemented, Manufacture and Use of, 86*, 145*
Carbon, Activated, Production from Coal Refuse, 460
— in Coal, Determination of, 318
Carbonising Industries, Co-ordination of, 485, 492, 495
Carborundum Co., Formation of, 514
Cardetock, Maryland, Taylor Experimental Tank, 125
Carey, W. F., on Calculation of Terminal Speeds, 436. See LETTERS, 294*, 355
Cargo-Handling Gear for Ships, 411
— and Ships in War Time, 391
— Steamers. See Steamers
Carillon Tower, Welded Steel-Frame, Dayton, United States, 256
“ Carmania," S.S., Machinery of, 78*
Carr, Col. W. M., on Future Grouping of Gas Undertakings, 476. See 492, 495
Carriages, Railway, Export Trade in, 284
Carrier, W. H., on Engineering Education, 31 Cash, J., the Late, 436
Cashmore, W. H., on Improvement of Load Factor in Farm Grinding, 292
Cast Iron, Metallography of Inclusions in, 375 ?T— — Micro-Specimens, Polishing of, 297*, 375 Cast Iron, Research Association,British,Investigation on Polishing Cast-Iron MicroSpecimens and the Metallography of Graphite Flakes, by H. Morrogh, 297*. See 275 ; Metallography of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, by H. Morrogh, 375 ; Note on Ventilation of Anti-Glare Schemes, 420
Use in Buildings, 406, 425, 447 Castings, Aluminium Alloys for, 120
— and Ingots, Leaded-Bronze, Specification,
508
— Steel, American Specifications, 365 Catalogues, 20, 80, 160, 200, 300, 320, 340,
402, 440. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Catalysts for Synthetic-Oil Production, 394 Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor
Cavity Linings for Tunnels, 382
Cement Chemists’ and Works Managers’ Handbook (Review), 405
—• Consumption in War and Post-War Period, Estimates, 516
— Industry, Appointment of Committee, 53 Cement, Ltd., Drogheda and Limerick Cement
Works, 165
— Manufacturing Resources of Britain, Com
mittee on, Report, 516
— Portland, Manufacture in Eire, 165
— Synthetic-Resin, for Wood (British Indus
trial Plastics, Ltd.), 246*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cemented Carbides, Manufacture and Use of,
86*, 145*
Census of Stocks of Steel Products, 9, 508 Centenaries, Engineering, in 1941,15 Centenary of Chemical Society, 269
— of Rear-Admiral G. W. Melville, 36
— of A. Pacinotti, 473
Central Register, Objects and Uses of, 451
— Station. See Power Station Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps Chain-Track Vehicle. See Tractor Change-Speed Gear. See Gearing
“ Channel Packet,” 4-6-2 Type Streamlined Locomotive, Southern Railway, 230*
Chapman, Dr. S., on Electrical Works by Helios; or Sun and Ionosphere, 393
Charging Machine, Electric/ for Heat-Treatment Furnaces, 287*
Chaston, Dr. J. C., on Materials for Electrical Contacts, 285, 316, 337
Chatfield, Lord, on Empire’s Sea Effort, 93 Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Binding and Electronic Structure (Review),
102
— Composition of Explosives,.214*
— Compounds for Heat-Storage Systems, 264
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Meeting
and Luncheon, 293,329 ; Award of Medals, 329 ; Flection of Members, 308; Presidential Address, by F. H. Rogers, on PostWar Prospects for Engineers, 332
— Processes, Determination of Hydrogen-Ion
Concentration in, 21*, 64*
— Society, Centenary of, 269
Chemistry, Cement Chemists’ and Works Managers’ Handbook (Review), 405
— of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Production of Synthetic Hydrocarbons, 394
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX .
Chilean Copper Mine, Excavation Methods in, 235
— Government and Award of Gold Medal to
W. Wheelwright, 514*
— Trade, Effect of War on, 364
Chimney, Dust-Extraction Plant for, Testing of, 421*, 461*, 501*
— Reinforced Concrete (Review), 362 Chlorine, Effect on Refractory Materials, 35 Chromium and Chromium Ore (Review), 63
— Plating, Testing Thickness of, 288 Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S., Fellowship of Royal
Society, 493
Cinema Integraph, Stress Calculation by, 76 Description of, 141* Cinematography-Film Library, United States
Bureau of Mines, 290
— Projectors, Light-Output Test of, Specifica
tion', 128
Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
— Water Systems for Power Station, Econo
mics of Design of, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
Cisterns, Galvanised-Steel, Specification, 28.
City and Guilds College Engineering Society, Annual Dinner, 393
College Union, Annual Report on Vacation Apprenticeship Schemes, 133
Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 48,128, 208, 268 Dugald Clerk Lecture on Methods of Excavation Work at Home and Abroad, by W. Barnes, 196*, 235*
Luncheon, 373, 471
Lectureship in Economics and Aesthetics of Engineering Design and Construction) at Cambridge University, 373, 471
Northern Ireland Association'.
Army Mechanisation and Air-Raid Protection, by R. E. L. Clarke, 93
Civil Engineers in Ireland, Institution of, Portland Cement Manufacture in Eire, by B. K. Olsen, 165
— Engineering Industry, Essential Work
Order, 493
Clamps and Clips, Earthing, Specification, 288 Clarke, R. E. L., on Army Mechanisation and
Air-Raid Protection, 93
Clarke, T. W. K., the Late, 54
Clays, Fire. See Firebricks; Refractory Materials
Clerk Lecture on Methods of Excavation, 196*, 235*
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 9, 29, 49? 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249s 269; 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389’ 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Climate. See Meteorological
Clinch River, Tennessee, Norris Dam on, 1*, 41*
Clutches, Friction, Testing Equipment for (Ferodo, Ltd.), 325
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Consumption for Domestic Heating, 71. See LETTER, 135
— Gas. See Gas
— Mine. See Colliery
— Policy, National, Post-War, 136
— Proximate Analysis as Guide to Behaviour,
318*, 339*
? — Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Refuse, Production of Activated Carbon
from, 460
— Supply to Electricity Undertakings, 193
— Transport of, Report on, 273
— Utilisation Research Association, British,
Hales Convector Fire, 28; Investigation on Petrol Engines Running on Producer Gas, 61*
— Welsh, Coking Properties of, 339*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX.
Cocking, C., on Post-War Housing Arrangements, 193
Cofferdam, Cellular Sheet-Pile, Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, 161*, 201*
— Crib, for Spillway Construction, Bonneville
Dam, 303*, 343*
— Sheet-Pile, Cellular, Grand Coulee Dam,
362*, 401*, 441*, 481
— Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 121*
Cohen, G., Sons <fc Co., Ltd., Demolition of Crystal Palace Towers, 313, 336*
Coke and Gas Industries, Co-ordination of, 485, 492, 495
— Grades and Properties, Standardisation of,
475, 492
Coking Properties of Coals, 320*
— — of Welsh Coal, 339*
Colburn, Zerah, and ENGINEERING, 12
Cold Storage. See Refrigeration
Coleman, J. P. D., Works of Wild-Barfield
Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
College. See Education
Collieries, Centrifugal Pumps in, 33
— Flameproof Enclosure of Electrical Appara
tus, Specification, 68
— See also Mines and Coal
Collisions. See Accidents
Colour Matching, Artificial Daylight; Fitting for, Specification, 348
— Surface, of Refractory Materials, Effect of,35 Colquhoun, B. H., Cavity Lining for Tunnels,
382
Columbia River, Oregon, Bonneville Dam, 301*, 341*
Washington, Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
Columns, Cast Iron, for Building, 406, 425, 447 Combustion. See Fuel; Gases
Commerce. See Trade. Also Industries and Commerce on PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Motor Cars. See Motor Vehicle Commonwealth. See Australia Communications and Railway Signalling (Review), 163
— War-Time, Ministry of, Formation, 372 Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Comparator, External Measuring, Draft Specifications, 358
Compressed Air, Temperature Effects with, 444*. See LETTER, 494*
? — — Tools. See Machine Tools
Compression Ratio in Petrol and Producer-Gas Engines, 61*
Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor Concentration of Production, Board of Trade Scheme, 212
Conciliation in Labour Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241* «
— for Building, Use of Brick as Aggregate, 54.
See LETTER, 116
— Reinforced. See Ferro- Concrete
— Segment Linings for Tunnels, 381*
— See also Ferro-Concrete and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Concreting and Bricklaying in Cold Weather, Leaflet on, 173
— Plant, Grand Coulee Dam, 362*, 441*, 481* Norris Dam; Tennessee, 42*
— — Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, 201* Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 122* Condenser, Marine; Experiments in Scoops as
Alternative to Pumps, for, 155
— Screwed Glands, Brass Tubes for, Specifica
tion, 348
Condensing Plant, Power Station, Economics , of Design, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
Conductivity. See Electric
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Combined Dimpling and Riveting Machine,106*
Construction Planning and Plant (Review), 444 Constructional Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 335
Consulting Engineers, Association of, Election of Members, 48,148
Contacts, Electrical, Materials for, 285, 316, 337 Contracts, Government, and Costing, 131, 213 Control Cabinet, Electric, for Soot Blowers (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 486*
T— Equipment for Gas-Fired Heat-Treatment Plant, 287*
-— Gear for 3,000-kW. Parsons Pass-Out Turbo-Alternator, 384*
Thermostatic, for Variable-Stroke Boiler- Feed Pump, 506*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— System, Central Steam Station, Verviers, 434 Controllers, Automatic, Hydrogen-Ion Concen-
, tration,-64*
Conveyors, Belt, Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241*
Use in Excavation Work, 236
— Plant, Drogheda and Limerick Cement
Works, 165
— System, Grand Coulee Dam Construction,
362*; 401*, 481*
— Travelling-Pipe (Osborn Manufacturing Co.
(Johns Conveyor Division)), 437*
Coode, A. T., the Late, 15
Cooking Tests for Gas Ovens, Specification, 348
Cooling-Water Systems, Power Stations, Economics of Design of, 417*, 438’*, 459*. See Errata, 468
Copper Alloys. See Brass; Bronze; and
Alloys under Metallurg
—- Flaws in, Detection by Eddy Currents, 518*
— Hot-Tinning of, 278*
— Industry of United States, Statistics, 236
— Solubility of Beryllium in, 398*
— Wire, Effect of Prolonged Heating at 80
deg. C., 359
—- See also Metallurgy
Corrosion, Fretting', of Closely-Fitting Surfaces, 474
— Pitting on Worn Wire Ropes, 379* Costing and Government Contracts, 131, 213 Cotton, F. H., on Treatment and Testing of
Rubber, 265
Coupling, Electric, for Ships (Westinghouse
Co.), 25
— Fluid, Vulcan-Sinclair, Applications, 426*
— See also Clutch
Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd., Light Portable Fire Pumps, 467*
Cowburn, J. O., on Tool Dynamometer, 315. See 221*. See LETTER, 355
Cracking, Intercrystalline, in Locomotive
Boilers, Investigations on, 271 Crane Equipment. Grand Coulee Dam, 441*
— See also Handling Plant; Hoisting Blocks Cribs, Cofferdam, for Spillway Construction,
Bonneville Dam, 303*, 343*
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Air-Raid Shelter Ventilation Equipment, 469
Cropper, J., and Co., Ltd., 3,000-kW Pass-
Out Turbo-Alternator, 384*
Cross-Rolling Process for Seamless Tube Production, 498*
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., Vis-A-Vis Internal- Combustion Engine, 423
Croydon Canal, History of, 164
— Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway,
History of, 157, 164, 185, 216
Crude-Oil Engine's. See Engines, Oil
Cruickshank, W., the Late, 36 Cruisers. See Warships Crushing Plant, Drogheda and Limerick
Cement Works, 165
Crystal Palace, Use of Cast Iron in, 447 Water Towers, Demolition of, 313, 336*
— Quartz, Application and Use in Telecom
munications, 173
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Afetallography ; Micro-Photographs
Cullis, Prof. C. G., the Late, 349
Cunard White Star Co., Adoption of Turbine Machinery by, 78*, 118*.
Cunnison, A. C., the Late, 234
Current, Electric. See Electric Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Interceptor-Fighter Aeroplane, 465*
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cuyunal Manganiferous Ore, Potential Use for Spiegel, 487
Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 83
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— of Pressure in Neighbourhood of Symmetry Points, Meteorology, 270
Cyclone' Separators for Chimney-Dust Extraction, 421*
Cyclotron, Berkeley, California, 413

DAM, Bonneville, Columbia River, Oregon 301*, 341*
— Construction in Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
— Grand Coulee, Columbia River, Washington, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
— Guntersville, Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, 241*
— St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 251
Damp-Proof Courses, Horizontal, Materials for,
Specification, 288
Daniels, J. L., on Chain-Track Vehicles, 95* Danube, River, Water-Power Resources of, 503* “ Dartdrill ” Electric Hand Drill, 206* Davis, R. F., on Physical Aspect of Steam
Generation at High Pressures, 17*, 38* Daylight, Artificial, Fitting for Colour Matching, Specification, 348
Dayton, United States, Welded Steel-Framed
Carillon Tower, 256 De Laval. See Laval Defence and Science, by Prof. A. V. Hill, 511 Degreasing Processes for Hot-Tinning, 278 Dekkor Universal Measuring Projector (A.
Hilger, Ltd.), 446*
Delray Power Station, 10,000-kW. High- Temperature Steam Turbine, 190*
Denholm, W. H., on Munitions Labour Supply
Organisation, 255. See 274
Dennison, E. S., on Calculation of Terminal
Speeds, 294*. See LETTERS, 355, 437
Deptford Waterworks, Demolition of Watt Engines, 73
Desch, Dr. C. H., Award of Platinum Medal to, 430
Destroyers. See IFdrsAips
Detector, Embrittlement, for Locomotive
Boilers, 271
— Incendiary Bomb (Mortimer, Gall and Co., Ltd.), 449
Bomb, Specification, 228. See 153 Detroit Edison Co., 10,000-kW. High-Temperature Steam Turbine at Delroy Station, 190
— Windsor Tunnel, Steel-Segment Lining of,
381
“ Deutschland,” S.S., Machinery of, 78 Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator
Diamond Point, Pyramidal, for Hardness Testing, 87*
Dick, G. A., Work on Extrusion Process, 259* Dickinson, A., the Late, 96
Dickinson, Dr. H. W., on Origin of Gauges for
Wire, Sheet and Strip, 75, 85 Die Castings, Brass, Specification, 28 Diescher Elongator for Seamless Tube Pro
duction, 498*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel > Marine Propulsion
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Diphenyl Compounds, Heat Transfer by, 261*
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Discovery and Invention, Scientific, 295, 305, 337
Disputes, Trade. See Labour
District Heating Installations, 433
— — in Relation to Housing and Town
Planning, 71. See LETTER, 135
Domestic Electric Load, Control of, 152
— Heating, Coal Consumption for, 71. See
LETTER, 135
Doodson, Dr. A. T., on Problems in Tidal Mechanics, 195. See LETTERS, 154*, 276 ; on Tide-Generating Forces, 414*
Doors, Wood, Specification, 508
Dorey, Dr. S. F., on Marine Engineering and Classification of Ships, 138*, 144*, 178*. See 92, 94
Douglas, L. M., on Mechanical Gearing for Power Transmission, 57*, 98*
Douglas, Lawson and Co., Ltd., Welded Roof Trusses, 365
Dow Chemical Co.; Boiler with Dowtherm Heat-Exchange System, 263*
Dow, J. S., on Visibility by White and Coloured Light, 373
Dowtherm, Heat Transfer by, 261*
Doxford Marine Diesel Engines, 23*
Drainage Board, Birmingham Tame and Rea District, Annual Report, 153
Drau, River, Water-Power Resources of, 504* Dr a vo Corporation, Spillway Gates, Pickwick Landing Dam, 161*
Drawing, Deep, and Pressing, Metallurgy of (Review), 163
Dredge, James, and ENGINEERING, 12
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drilling, Rock, at Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 121*
Drogheda Cement Works (Cement, Ltd.), 165 Drury, H. G., the Late, 115
Drying Machines for Coated Welding Rods (Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 366*
Duddell Medal, Award to Prof. E. O. Lawrence, 14
Duncan, Sir A., Honorary Membership of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 115
Dundee, District, Heating Installations in, 72, See LETTER, 135
Dunston ” B ” Power Station, Performance of Condensing Plant, 439
Durain, Volatile Content of, 339
Duralumin, Flaws in, Detection by Eddy Currents, 518*
Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Coal
— Extraction Plant, Testing of, 421*, 461*,
501*
Dutch. See Holland
Dynamometer, Tool, for Measuring Rapid Force Fluctuations, 221*. See LETTERS, 315, 355
—- See also Torsion Meter
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators

EARTH, Physical Condition of, 335, 354
Eck, H. J.,the Late 436,
Economic Warfare, Ministry of, Report on
Air-Raid Damage in Germany, 324* Economics and Aesthetics of Design and Construction, 373, 471
— Industrial. See Labour
— Retrospect for 1940, and Outlook for 1941,
44
Economiser, Operation with Diphenyloxide, 262*
Edison Electric Institute, Report on Electricity Supply in United States, 233

Education :

Apprenticeship, Future of, 111, 115. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Cambridge University, Lectureship in Economics and Aesthetics of Engineering Design and Construction, 373, 471
City and Guilds College Engineering Society, Annual Dinner, 393
College Union, Annual Report on Vacation Apprenticeship Schemes, 133
Education after War, 472
— in Post-War Gas Industry, 485, 492, 495 Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Duddell, Swan, Thompson and Esson Scholarships, 168
Engineering Education, Society for Promotion of, Report, 31
— — in United States, 517
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Scholarship in Marine Engineering, 129
National Certificates in Electrical Engineering, 90
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 150
South-West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 408
Universities and Engineering Education, 356, 371
Vocational Instruction for the Forces, 14
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association Research Scholarship, 513
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Hand-Operated Metal- Sheet Lifter, 155*
Edwards, W., and Co. (London), Ltd., " Vacu- stat ” Gauge for High Vacua, 306*. See LETTER, 355 ; 3 cub. ft. Vacuum Pump and Air Compressor, 357*
Edwards, W. S., the Late, 15
Efficiency of Engines. See Engines
Egan, A. L., on Temperature Effects with Compressed Air, 444*. See LETTER, 494*
Eire, Drogheda and Limerick Cement Works, 165

Electric :

Accumulator, Trade, Statistics, 205
— Vehicles. See Afolor Vehicle Alternator. See Generator and Tttr&o Arc Welding. See Welding Battery. See Accurmdator (above)
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Report, 137 ; Report on Improvement of Load Factor in Farm Grinding, by W. H, Cashmore and C. A. Cameron Brown. 292 ; Report on Reproducible Flame for Purposes of Naked Flame Tests on Solid Electrical Insulating Materials, by H. L. D. Wyman, 321*, 345
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Meeting, 173 ; Annual Report, 333
— — Development Association, Tests of
Electric Heating of Air-Raid Shelters, 253
Cable Design, Progress in, 172
— Flexible, for Miners’ Cap Lamp,
Specification, 188
— Investigations on, 137
— Lead Sheathing of, 258*
— Paper-Insulated Lead-Covered, Cana
dian Specification, 60
— Trade in, 204
Central Stations. See Power Stations Conductivity of Copper Wire, 359 Conductors, Insulated, for Power-Operated Radio Devices, Canadian Specification, 60
Contacts, Electrical (Review), 101
— Materials for, 285, 316, 337 Currents, Eddy, Flaw Detection in Non-
Magnetic Metals by, 518*
Dynamo. See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Earth-Leakage Protection, Voltage-Operated, 45
Earthing Clamps and Clips, Specification, 288
EUdy Currents, Flaw Detection in Non- Magnetic Metals by, 518*
Electrical Apparatus, Flameproof Enclosure of, Specification, 68
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 184,
204. See Addendum, 320
— Machinery, Imports and Exports, 184,
204. See AttaencZum, 320
Electricity Commissioners, Circular on Fire Watching at Electricity Supply Undertakings, 113 ; Work on Reduction of Dust Emission from Chimneys, 461*, 501*; Electricity Commis
sioners versus South Wales Electric Power Co., 473 ; Decision on Relaxation of Fire Prevention Order, 1941, 513
— in Ships, Development of, 178 Electrodes for Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Determination, 21*
Electroplating. See Electro Frequency, Radio, Measurement of (Review), 63
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Fuses, Cartridge, Short-Break (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 476* Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Heating, Electrical, for Air-Raid Shelters, Specification, 188
for Air-Raid Shelters, Tests of, 253 Helios, Electrical Works by, or Sun and Ionosphere, Kelvin Lecture, 393 Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants *'
Ignition for Internal-Combustion Engines. See Ignition
Insulating Materials, Physical Properties of, 273
— — Reproducible Flame for Testing,
321*, 345
Insulation Levels, Basic Impulse, Report, 333
Insulators, Investigations on, 137 Lamps, Trade Statistics, 204 Lighting Circuits, Low-Voltage Transformers for (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 277*
— Electric, in Ships, Development of, 178
— Fittings, Air-Raid Precaution, Speciflca-..
tion, 188
Locomotives. See Locomolwes, Electric Machines. See Generators ; Motors ; Turbo Mains. See Cables (above)
Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear Photo-Electric Control for Bessemer Steel-
See jRonl^en
See Marine Propulsion
See Accumulator (above)
See Tramways
Electrical Engineers, Institution of— conlinued.
Voltage-Operated Earth-Leakage Protection, by T. C. Gilbert, 45
National Certificates in Electrical Enginc- eering, 90
Tssue of Journal in Parts, 93
Sir A. Duncan, Honorary Membership, 113 Election of Members, 128, 148, 168, 268, 308, 408, 428
Control of Domestic Electric Load, by P. Schiller, 152
Memorandum on Fire-Detection Devices for Incendiary Bombs, 153. See 228 Scholarships, Duddell, Swan, Thompson and Esson, 168
Application and Use of Quartz Crystals in Telecommunications, by C. F. Booth, 173
Faraday Lecture on Electric Traction, by C. E. Fairburn, 273
Materials for Electrical Contacts, by Dr.
J. C. Chaston, 285, 316, 337 Annual Report, 373 Presentation of Papers, 392 Kelvin Lecture on Electrical Works by
Helios, or Sun and Ionosphere, by Dr. S. Chapman, 393
Presentation of Kennedy Medal to Lieut.- Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, 393
Presentation of Faraday Medal to Dr.
A. P. M. Fleming, 393. Award of Premiums, 416 Co-ordination of JEtand and Eye, by R. C.
Woods and A. S. MacDonald, 432 South Midland Centre :?
Luncheon, 313 Transmission Section :
Progress in Cable Design, by H. J. Allcock,
172
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association ‘ of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric.
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Bul- 4 lard-Dunn Steel-Pickling Process, 510
Society, Testing Thickness of Chromium Plating, by S. Anderson and R. W. Manuel, 288
— Deposition Processes, Hydrogen-Ion Con
centration Control in, 64* •
Electronic Structure and Chemical Binding (Review), 102
Electroplating, Chromium, Testing Thickness of Coating, 288
—Shops, Air-Raid Precautions in, 388
‘ — Speculum Metal, Development of, 388
— Tin, Parts to be Soldered, 470
Ells, S. C., Permeometer for Testing Asphaltic Surfaces, 235*
Elongator, Diescher, for Seamless Tube Production, 498*
Embankment, Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, 162*, 201*
Embrittlement Detector for Locomotive Boilers, 271
Emerson, G. B., on Feed Systems for Naval Vessels, 155
Emerson, W. B., on Pyramidal Diamond Point for Hardness Testing, 87*
Emmet, W. L. R., on Mercury-Propelled Cargo Ships, 178
Employees. See Labour
Employment. See Labour
” Empress of Britain,” S.S., Machinery of, 80* Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Fire. See Fire
— Gas, 235-b.h.p. Five-Cylinder, with Crank
less Gas Booster (National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 65*. See Letter, 116 —- — Vis-a-Vis, History of, 423*
See also Producer; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Aluminium Casting
Alloys for, 120
— — Combustion, Efficiency of, 61*
Combustion, High-Speed (Review), 303 Combustion, Kadenacy System of Scavenging, Theory of, 463*
— — Combustion, Marine, Influence of Ship
Classification on, 139*
— — Combustion, Measurement of Tempera
tures in, 55
Combustion, Removal of Fumes from, 16 Combustion, Vis-a-Vis, History of, 423*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Petrol
— Oil, Diesel, 500 h.p. Petter for Locomotive,
376*
— — Diesel, 240-h.p. Six-Cylinder, Port
Macquarie Power Station, 110
Diesel, Marine, American Development of, 23* v
Diesel, Marine, 3,000-b.h.p. Nine-Cylinder Nordberg, 25
— — Diesel, Marine, 2,250-b.h.p. Seven-
Cylinder Busch-Sulzer, 24*
Diesel, Marine, American, Development 23*
Diesel, Marine, for Ships of United States Maritime Commission, 178
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion
Marine, Influence of Ship Classification on, 139*
— — Marine, Interchangeability of, 316
Safety Devices for (National Gas and Oil
Engine Co., Ltd.), 497*
— — Supercharged, Compression-Ignition,
Ignition Lag in, 281*
— — Vis-a-Vis, History of, 423*
— — See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics 23-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder, for Fire Pump
(Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd.), 467*
— — Running on Producer Gas, Loss of Power
in, 61*
— — Submersible, for Lifeboat Tractor, 195,
Engine, Petrol. See also Aeronautics ; Motor- Cars
— Steam, Beam, Watt, Demolition of, 73 Marine, Influence of Ship Classification
on, 139*
—'— Marine. See also Marine Propulsion ; Turbines
Reciprocating, for Highly-Powered Ships, 78*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers in Charge, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 393
— Council * for Professional Development,
Engineering Education in United States, by Prof. D. C. Jackson, 517
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— and Military Service in United States, 133
— Post-War Prospects for, 332
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of,
District Heating and Its Relation to Housing and Town Planning, by D. V. H. Smith, 71. See LETTER, 135
— Squares, Specification, 168
Engineering Advisory Committee, Appointment of, 353
— and Allied Industries, Position and Pros
pects, 44, 83, 134, 184, 204, 223, 283, 304, 335. See Addendum, 320
— Apprentices. See Education
—'Centenaries in 1941,15
— Contracts. See Contracts
— Design and Construction, Economics and
Aesthetics of, 373, 471
— Education. See Education
— industries Association, Origin and Objects
of, 173
— Industry, Wages in, 73 Women in, 353
— Internal-Combustion (Review), 162
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Mathematical Methods in (Review), 3 ENGINEERING, Seventy-Five Years of, 11
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution —• in War Time, 5
— Works. See Works
English Electric Co., Ltd., Electrical Plant Contracts, 184
Elms, River, Water-Power Resources of, 503*
Essex, South-West Technical College, Annual Report, 408
Estimating and Ratefixing for Engineers (Review), 485
Evaporation in High-Pressure Boilers, Physics of, 17*. 38*
Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser
Excavation Methods at Home and Abroad, 196,* 235*
— Work, Grand Coulee Dam, 362*, 401*, 481*,
504*
Excavators, Drogheda and Limerick Cement Works, 165
— Types and Applications of, 196*, 235* Exchanger, Heat, Use with Dowtherm Liquid,
263*
Exhibition. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expenditure, National, Select Committee on, Fourth Report on Government Contracts and Costing, 131; Fifth Reporton Government Building Contracts, 213; Eighth Report on Transport Problems, 273; Ninth Report on Selection;, Acquisition and Construction of Aerodromes, 293 ; Eleventh Report on Supply Services, 293 ; Fifteenth Report on Absenteeism in Aircraft Industry, 433, 452; Sixteenth Report on Transport.Services, 513
Experimental Tank. See Tanfc
Explosives, Qualities, Composition and Chemical Behaviour of, 214*
Export, Institute of, Co-operative Selling in Development of Export Trace, by L. G. Adams, 53; Report on Problems of Export, by J. Maurice, 193
— Money in (Review), 32
— Trade. See Trade; . and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Extraction of Oil by Solvents, 36
Extractors, Dust, for Chimney Gases, 421*, 461*, 501*
Extrusion Process, Hydraulic, 257*
Eye and Hand Co-ordination, Tests for, 432

FACTORY Accidents. See Accidents
— Accounts. See Costing; Works Management
— Bombed, Repair of, 373
— Chief Inspector of, Annual Report, 192
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Management. See Works Management
— Non-Essential, and Concentration of Production, 212
— Premises, Control of Acquisition, 374
— (Standard of Lighting) Regulations, 153
Fairbairn, Sir W., Work on Cast-Iron Beams, 425
Fairburn, C. E., on Electric Traction, 273
Falmouth, Viscount, on The Engineer in War Time, 5
Faraday’s “ Baby,” Origin of, 254
— Lecture on Electric Traction, 273
— Medal, Award to Dr. A. P. M. Fleming, 393
Farm Grinding, Improvement of Load Factor
in, Report, 292
Farmer, H., on Silica in High-Pressure Boiler Water, 166
Farming. See Agriculture ; Tractors
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Use of Variable-Stroke Boiler-Feed Pumps for Ships, 506*
Feed Pumps. See Pumps
— Water, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Control
in, 64
— — Salts in, Effect on Steam Generation,
17*, 38*'
Supply, Central Steam Station, Verviers, 434
Feed Water Systems for Naval Vessels, 155
Feed Water Treatment fori Prevention of
Intercrystalline Cracking, 271
See also Water
Female Labour. See Labour and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fenton-Smith Bros., Rotary-Vane Light- Weight Vacuum Pump, 6*
Ferodo, Ltd., Testing Laboratory for Brake Linings, 325*
Ferris, L. W., on Added Weight and Longitudinal Strength in Ships, 76
Ferro-Concrete Chimneys (Review), 362
— — Piers for Spillway, Bonneville Dam, 303*
— — Segment Linings for Tunnels, 381*
— — See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fibre; Vulcanised, Rods and Tubes, Specification, 168
Fiegehen, E. G., on Electric Hoisting Blocks, 102*
Film Library of United States Bureau of Mines, 290
Films, Oxide, Protective, Electro-Deposition of, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Control in, 64*
Filters, Air (Air-Maze (Great Britain), Ltd.,) 416*
Finch, Prof. G. I., on Explosives, 214* Fire-Detection Devices for Incentdiary Bombs,
153, 228, 449
— Protection of Buildings, Bulletin on, 300
— Prevention Measures on Electricity-Generat
ing Premises, Relaxation of, 513
— Pump, Light Portable (Coventry Climax z Engines, Ltd.), 467*
— Watching at Electricity Supply Under
takings, Circular on, 113
Firebricks, Insulating, Researches on, 34
— See also Refractory Materials Fireplace, Domestic, Hales Convector, 28 Firth, T., ’'and J. Brown, Ltd., “ Zeelock ”
Inserted-Blade Milling Cutters, 247* Fischer-Tropsch Process of Oil Production, 3'94 Fish Ladder, Bonneville Dam, 343* Flame Observations in Bessemer Steelmaking, 237*. See Erratum, 248
— Reproducible; for Testing Electrical Insulat
ing Materials, 321*, 345
Flameproof Enclosure of Electrical Apparatus, Specification, 68
Flanders, R. E. , on University and Industry, 356. See 371
Flaw Detection in Non-Magnetic Metals by Eddy Currents. 518*
Fleming, Dr. A. P. M., Award of Faraday
Medal to, 393
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flood Control in River Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
Flooring, Sheet-Steel, Cellular (H. H. Robertson
Co.), 207*
Flow Meter, Annis, 478*
—- Regime in Incoherent Alluvium, Report, 404*
Flue Gas, Dust-Extraction Plant for, Testing of, 421*, 461*, 501*
Fluid Couplings, Vulcan-Sinclair, Applications, 426*
Fluids, Organic, Heat Transfer by, 261*
— Terminal Speed of Particles in, 294*. See
LETTERS, 355, 437
Foaming in High-Pressure Boilers, Causes of, 19, 38
Forces, H.M., Vocational Instruction for, 14 Foremen, Incentives for, 403
Forgings, Cast Brass Bars for, 398
—^Heat-Treatment Plant for (Incandescent
Heat Co., Ltd.), 287*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Steel for, American Specification, 365 Fortune, R. E., on Centrifugal Pumps, in
Collieries, 33
Foster, A. L., on Concrete for Building, 54. See LETTER, 116
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Diphenyloxide Heat-Carrier'System, 262
Foundation, Wheeler-Dam Power House, 121* Foundries, Anti-Glare Schemes in, Ventilation of, 420
— Work. See also Die Casting
— See also Castings
Foxwell, Dr. G. E., on Co-ordination of Carbonising Industries, 485. See 492, 495 .
France, District Heating Installations in, 71. See LETTER, 135
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic Francke, H. A., oif Production and Utilisation of Magnesium, 260
Friction Clutch. See Clutch
Fuel, Institute of, Post-War National Fuel Policy, by J. D. Troup,' 136 ; How Far is Proximate Analysis a Guide to Coal Behaviour ?, by J. G. Bennett, 318*, 339* ; Establishment of Annual Students’ Medal, 513 •
— Liquid. See Oil Pwel
— Motor. See Motor ; Petrol; Producer
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Policy, National, Post-War, 136
— Research at Leeds University, Annual
Report, 133
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Coal Fulham Borough Council, Tests of Electric
Heating of Air-Raid Shelters, 253
Fumes from Internal-Combustion Engines, Removal of, 16
Furnace Atmospheres, Resistance of Heat- Resisting Steels to, 505
— Blast, Use of Slag in Cement Manufacture,
516
— Electric, for Hot Tensile Tests, 101*
— Gas-Fired, for Heat-Treatment of Forgings
(Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 287*
— Insulating Refractories for, Research on, 34
— Open-Hearth, 190-ton, Bethlehem Steel Co.,
269
Fusain, Volatile Contents of, 339
Fuses, Cartridge, Short-Break (W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 476*
Fushun Coal Mine, Manchukuo, Excavation Methods in, 235*
Fusible Plug for Air Compressor Delivery Pipe, 100

GALLOWAY, D. F., on Control and Disposal of Swarf and Scrap Metal, 105
Galvanised-Steel Cisterns and Tanks, Specification, 28
Garrard, C. J. O., on Quadrature Booster for Long-Distance Power Transmission, 474. See 402*. See Erratum, 487. See LETTERS, 515
Gas Appliances, Standardisation of, 475, 492
— Booster, Michell-Waller, for 235-b.h.p. Gas
Engine, 65*. See LETTER, 116
— Coal, Flame Temperature, 321
— and Coke Industries, Co-ordination of, 485,
492, 495
— Declared Calorific Value, Standardisation of,
475, 492, 495
— Discharge from Vessel to Atmosphere, 463*
— Effect on Refractory Materials, 35
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Engineers, Institution of, Reports on Research, 16, 33 ; Research on Refractory Materials, 34 ; Duckham Research, Report on Radiation from. Solid Substances under Flame Impact, by E. C. W. Smith, 123 ; Hydraulic Seal in gasholder Cups, by S. M. Milbourne, 158. Annual General Meeting, London: Annual Report, 473, 494; Luncheon, 473, 494 ; Presidential Address, by G. Dixon, 473, 494; Election of Officers, 494; Presentation of Medals, 473, 494 ; Symposium on Gas Industry: 1941 and After, 473, 475, 485, 492, 494 ; Report of Discussion, 495; Standardisation of . Declared Calorific Value, by Sir F. J. West, 475. See 492, 495; Sulphur Reduction as Future Requirement in Town Gas, by Dr. H. Hartley, 475. See 495; Standardisation of Coke Grades and Properties, by W. L. Boon, 475. See 492 ; Standardisation of Consumers’ Appliances as Post-War Policy, by R. J. Rogers, 475. See 492 ; Post-War Development of Industrial Gas, by H. R. Hems, 475. See 492, 495; Future Groupings of Gas Undertakings, by Col. W. Moncrieff Car, 476. See 492,495 ; Co-ordination of Carbonising Industries, by Dr. G. E. Foxwell, 485. See 492, 495 ; Academic and Technical Education in Post-War Gas Industry, by J. Terrace, 485. See 492, 495; Technical Press and Future of Gas Industry, by W. R. King, 496. See 485, 512
-—- Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH , INDEX
— Heater, Three-Burner, for Drying Machine
(Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 368*
— Industrial, Post-War Development of, 475,
492, 495
— Industry and Government Departments, 72 Post-War, Education in, 485, 492, 495 and Technical Press, 485, 496, 512
— in Iron and Steel, Determination of, 375, 415
— Mantles, Low-Pressure, Specification, 348
— Producer. See Producer
— Research Board, Work of, 16, 33 ; Refrac
tory Materials, Joint Committee’s Report, 34
— Town, Investigations on, 16
- Sulphur Reduction as Future Requirement in, 475, 495
— Undertakings, Future Grouping of, 476,
492, 495
— See also Hydrogen ; Nitrogen; Oxygen, etc.
— Welding. See Welding
Gasholder Cups, Hydraulic Seal in, Design of, 158*
— Prevention of Freezing of, 16 Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol Gates, Lock, Bonneville Dam, 341*
— Spillway, Bonneville Dam, 303* Grand Coulee Dam, 361, 441* Norris Dam, Tennessee Valley,' 2* Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, 161* Gauge, Scissor, Universal (A. C. Wjckman,
Ltd.), 166*
— Slip or Block, Specification-, 448
— “ Vacustat,” for High Vacua (W. Edwards
& Co. (London), Ltd.), 306*. See LETTER, 355
— for Wire, Sheet and Strip, Origin of, 75, 85 Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Helical, Right-Angle, Graphical Calculation of, 183*. See LETTERS, 234,276
— Mechanical, for Large Power Transmission,
Design, Construction and Operation of, 57*, 98*
— Reduction, for Ships of United States Mari
time Commission, 23
General Electric Co., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Blocks, 104*; Electrical Equipment for 105-h.p. Trolley ’Bus, 127; Electrical Plant Contracts, 184
General Electric Company, New York, Electric Mine-Haulage Locomotive, 386*
General Motors Corporation, 950-b.h.p. Twelve- Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine, 25*
Generating Station. See Power Station Generator, Electric, 43,200-kW., Bonneville
Dam Power Plant, 341*
Construction in 1940, 184. See Addendum, 320
for 500-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 376*
108,000-kVA., Grand Coulee Dani; 361, 442*
56,000-kVA., Norris Dam, Tennessee, 2*
— — 3,750-kVA. (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.),
384*
Power Factor of, 412
36,000-kVA., Wheeler Dam, Tennessee,82 See also Turbo-Generators
Geological Society of Washington, Presidential Address, by H. D. Miser, on Petroleum Supply, 453
Geology of Transjordan, 181*
Geophysical Surveying, United States Petroleum Industry, 454
German Battleship “ Bismarck,” Sinking of, 431
Germany, Air-Raid Damage in, 254*, 324*
— District Heating Installations in, 72. See
LETTER, 135
— Synthetic-Oil Production in, 395
Geyer, Dr. E. W., on Theory of Kadenacy System, 463*
Gibbons Brothers, Ltd., Works of Wild- Barflel Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
Gilbert, T. C., on Voltage-Operated Earth- Leakage Protection, 45
Gill, Commdr. I. L., on Sound and Radio Aids to Navigation, 126
Girders, Bridge, of Cast Iron, 425
— Track for Lifeboat Carriage, 195, 199*, 218* —? See also Beams ; Bridges ; Floors
Girdle, Tipping’s, for Lifeboat Carriage Wheels, 199*
Gittins, G. E., the Late, 88
Given, R. D., the Late, 215
Glass Electrode for Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Determination, 22*
— for Glazing, Specification, 448
Glasspoole, Dr. J., on Variations in Rainfall over British Isles, 1870-1939, 270
Goolwa Barrage, River Murray, Australia, 93
Gough, Dr. H. J., on Welding and War Effort, 352. See 353
Government Building Contracts and Costing, Reports on, 131, 213
— Railways. See Railways
— and Scientific Discovery and Invention, 337
— Shipbuilding and Shipping Policy, 191
— and Use of Electricity, 72
Governor Gear for 10,000-kW. High-Temperature Steam Turbine, 190*
for 3,000-kW. Parsons Pass-Out TurboAlternator, 384*
Grading and Washing Plant for Concrete Aggregate, Grand Coulee Dam, 482*
Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Washing ton, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
Granolite Treatment for Piston Rings (Hep- worth and Grandage, Ltd.), 286*
Graph-Drawing Machine, Statigraph (R. A. Mills), 226*
Graphical Calculation of .Right-Angle Helical Gearing, 183*. See LETTERS; 234, 276
Graphite Flakes in Cast Iron, Metallography of, 297*, 375
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
Gray Lecture on Marine Engineering and Classification of Ships, 92, 94, 138*, 144*, 1.78*
Great Lakes, Shipbuilding on, 253
— Western Railway, Report on Norton Fitz-
warren Accident, 8
Gregory, Sir R. A., on Discovery and Invention, 295, 305, 337
Gresley, Sir H. N., 2-6-2 Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 267* ; Obituary Notice, 292, 314*. See Erratum, 349; Appointment of Successor, 348
Gretna Junction Railway Accident, Report, 116
Grieve, W. H., on 235-b.h.p. Gas Engine, 116. See 65*
Griffiths, H., on Solvent Extraction of Oil, 36
Grinding, Farm, Load Factor Improvement in, Report, 292
— Machines. See Machine Tools
Grit Emission from Chimneys, 461, 501*
Grodzinski, P., on the Late Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw, 154. See 114*; on Graphical Calculation of Helical-Gearing, 234. See 183*. See LETTER, 276
Groff, J. C., Variable-Stroke Boiler-Feed Pump, 506*.
“ Guide of Dunkirk,” Motor Lifeboat, 449
Gunn, R., on Detection of Flaws in Non- Magnetic Metals by Eddy Currents, 518*
Guntersville Dam, Concrete-Aggregate Hand* ling Plant, 241*
Guy, Dr. H. L., on Specific Speed of Pumps and Turbines, 175
Gyro Instruments, Quantity Production of, 457

HAIGH, Prof. B. P., the Late, 74 Hales Convector Fire, 28
Hall, A., the Late, 175
Hall, Dr. W. C., on Measurement of Shaft
Torque, 177
Hamilton, S. B., on Use of Cast Iron in Building, 406, 425, 447
Hammond, R., on Modern Methods of Tunnel
Lining, 381*
Hampsheir, J. W., the Late, 48
Hand and Eye Co-ordination, Test for, 432
Handling Gear, Cargo, for Ships, 411
— Plant, Concrete-Aggregate, Guntersville Dam, 241*
Hannifin Manufacturing Co., Universal Tool-Grinding Machine, 346*
Harbours and Railways, South African, Annual Report, 113
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Harding, Lieut.-Commdr. L. M., on Sound and Radio Aids to Navigation, 126
Hardness Tests. See Tests (Materials) Harris, G. T., on Hot Tensile Testing with
Miniature Test Pieces, 101*
Hartley, Dr. H., on Reduction of Sulphur in Town Gas, 475. See 495
Haslett, Miss C., on Women in Industry, 112
Hazen, Prof. H. L., on Motion and Stresses of
Pitching Ship, 76 ; Cinema Integraph, 141* Head, H. C., the Late, 175
Headlamp Masks for Motor Vehicles, Specification, 128
Heat Engines. See Engines ; Turbines
— Generated in Charging Air Receiver, 444*-
See LETTER, 494*
— Specific. See Specific Heat
— Storage, Chemical Compounds for, 264
— Transfer in High-Pressure Boiler, 17*, 38
Heat Transfer by Organic Fluids, 261*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy Heaters, Air, Use of Diphenyloxide, 262*
— Feed-Water. See Feed- Water Heater
— Gas, Three-Burner, for Drying Machine
(Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 368*
Heating, District, in Relation to Housing and Town Planning, 71. See LETTER, 135
- Electric, of Air-Raid Shelters, 253
for Air-Raid Shelters, Specification, 188 Domestic, Control of Load from, 152
— Installations, District, 433. See 71, 135
— System, Works of Wild-Barfield Electric
Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Testing Machine for Vpn "Rplts R9R*
Hele-Shaw, Dr. H. S., the Late, 114*. See LETTER, 154. See 368
Helical Gears. See Gearing
Helios, Electrical Work by, Kelvin Lecture on, 393
Helium-Producing Plant, Amarillo, Protection of, 489
Hell Gate Power Station, Water-Spray Dust Separator, 422*
Hems, H. R., on Post-War Development of Industrial Gas, 475. See 492
Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Short- Break Cartridge Fuses, 476*
Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd., Grandite Treatment for Piston Rings, 286*
Herbert, Sir A., on Released Textile Workers, 234
Herbert, A., Ltd., Edgwick Optical Dividing Head, 46* ; Dekkor Universal Measuring Projector, 446*
Hertzog, E. S., on Activated Carbon from Coal Refuse, 460
Heterogeneity of Steel Ingots, Report, 375, 415 Hewins, E. F., on Condenser Scoop Design, 155 Heywood, Dr. H., on Petrol Engines Running on Producer Gas, 61*
Heywood, S. H., and Co., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Block, 104*
High-Temperature Tests. See Tests {Materials) Highways. See Roads
Hilger, A., Ltd., Dekkor Universal Measuring Projector, 446*
Hill, Prof. A. V., on Science, National and International, 175, 194. See 151; on Science and Defence, 511
Hill, T. U., the Late, 89
Hirst, Pilot-Offr. H. H., the Late, 389
History of Institution of Marine Engineers, 275
— Treatment and Testing of Rubber, 265
— of Vis-a-Vis Internal-Combustion Engine,
423*
H.M. SS. See under Warships
Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
Hobbs, H. W., on Graphical Calculation of Right-Angle Helical Gearing, 183*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Hodgkinson, E., Work on Cast-Iron Beams, 425 Hogg, F. A, the Late, 228
Hoisting Blocks, Electric, 102*
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauging Holland, Leyden University, Closing of, 173 Home Security, Ministry of, Leaflet on Air-Raid Precautions in Electroplating Shops, 388
Homer, Dr. C. E., on Hot-Tinning, 278*; on Electro-Tinning of Parts to be Soldered, 470
Honours List, King’s Birthday, 493
— -— New Year, 14
•" Hood,” H.M. Battle-Cruiser, Sinking of, 431 Hopkinsons, Ltd., Automatic Electrically-
Controlled Soot Blowers, 486*
Hot-Tinning of Iron, Steel, Copper and Copper Alloys, 278*
Hounsfleld Tensometer, with Electric Furnace for Hot Testing, 101*
Hours of Labour. See Laftowr
Houses, Bombed, Repair of, 373
Housing, District Heating in Relation to, 71. See LETTER, 135
— Post-War, 193
Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Block, 104*
Humphreys, H. H., Testing Laboratory for Brake Linings, 325*
Hunter Engineering Co., High-Speed Gear- Hobbing Machine, 406*
Hydraulic Coupling and Engineering Co., Ltd., Applications of Fluid Couplings, 426*
— Extrusion Process, 257*
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Seal in Gasholder Cups, Design of, 158*
— Turbines. See Tur&ines ; Power Plant Hydraulics, Efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps,
122. See LETTERS, 215*, 276, 355, 395*
— Lacey Theory of River Stability, 404*
— See also Irrigation ; Water Hydrocarbons, Synthetic, Production of, 394 Hydrodynamics, Waves in Open Oscillating
Tank, 224*. See LETTER, 396
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. , See Power Plant Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Determination of, 21*, 64*
Hydrographic Survey of Transjordan, 181*

ICE. See Refrigeration
Idaho, Deposits of Tungsten and Antimony in, 480
Ignition Lag in Supercharged Compression- Ignition Engine, 281*
Ill, River, Water-Power Resources of, 502* Illuminating Engineering Society, Visibility by
White and Coloured Light, by J.S.Dow, 373
Illumination in Factories, Regulations, 153
— Portable Standard of Brightness, 68
— See also Light; Lighting; and Lamps under
Electric
Imperial Standard Wire Gauge, Origin of, 85 Import Trade. See Trade
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Gas-Fired Heat- Treatment Plant for Forgings, 287*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Solids, Radiation from, 123
Ince, Dr. E. L., the Late, 234 Incendiary-Bomb Detector (Mortimer, Gall and Co., Ltd.), 449
— — Fire-Detection Devices for, 153, 228, 449 Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, Metallography of, 375
India Rubber. See Rubber
Indian Central Board of Irrigation, Report on Regime Flow in Incoherent Alluvium, by G. Lacey, 404*
— Munition Workers, Training of, 393 Indicator Diagrams, Internal-Combustion Engines, 61*
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour;
Labour Notes
— Chemistry. See CTlmisfry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management
— Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Research. See Research
— Unrest. See Labour
Industry and Art, Physical Science, (Review), 203 -
— and Trade of Brazil, 264
— and Universities, 356, 371
— Women in, 112
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ingots and Castings, Leaded-Bronze, Specification, 508
— Steel, Heterogeneity of, Report on Oxygen
in Iron and Steel, 375, 415
Inland Navigation. See Canals ; Rivers, etc. Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Elections, 48, 128, 148, 168, 208, 248, 268,
308, 368, 408, 428, 448
— of Production Engineers. See Prodortion
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Architects,
Royal Institute of British; Arts, Royal Society of ; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; Belgian Society of Engineers; Canada, Engineering Institute of ; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Chemical Society; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Civil Engineers in Ireland, Institution of; Consulting Engineers, Association ? of; Electrical Engineers, American Institute of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Electrochemical Society; Engineers in Charge, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Export, Institute of; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Geological Society of Washington; Illuminating Engineering Society; Iron and Steel Institute ; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Libraries, Special,and Information Bureaux, Association of ; Manchester Association of Engineers; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Marine Engineers, Institution of; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of ; Metals, Institute of ; Meteorological Society, Royal; Mining Electrical Engineers, Association of; Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Institute of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated; 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 ; Physical Society ; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of; Radio Engineers, British Institution of; Railroads, American, Association of; Royal Empire Society; Royal Institution y Royal Society ; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents; “ Safety First" Association, National; Smoke Abatement Society, National; Structural Engineers, Institution of; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Testing Materials, American Society for ; Transport, Institute of ; Welding, Institute of; Wireless Technology, institute of; Wrought Light Alloys Development Association
Instruments, Gyro, Quantity Production of, 457
— Temperature-Measuring, for Moving Mach
inery, 55
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. See Electric
Insurance Scheme, Private Chattels, 413, 453 Integraph, Cinema, Calculation of Stresses in Ship by, 76. See 141*
—— Description of, 141*. See 76 Intercrystalline Cracking in Locomotive Boilers, 'Investigations on, 271
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
International Collaboration in Science, 151, 175,194
— Tin Research and Development Council.
See Tin Research Institute
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions Committees, War Time, 253
— and Discovery, Scientific, 295, 305, 337
— See also Patents
Ionides, M. G., on Water Resources of Transjordan, 181*, 244
Ionosphere and Sun, Kelvin Lecture on, '393 Ireland. See Northern Ireland; Eire Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Hot-Tinning of, 278
— Ore. See Ore
— Oxygen in, Determination of, 375, 415
— and Steel, Government Distribution of
Supplies Scheme, 508
Industry of Brazil, 264
Iron and Steel Institute:
Ablett Prize, 27
Andrew Carnegie Scholarships, 229 Williams Prize, 250
Iron and Steel Institute—continued.
Annual Meeting, London: Luncheon, 374 ,
Bessemer Medal. Award to Dr. T. Swin- den, 374
Report of Council, 374
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 374 Election of Officers, 374
Heterogeneity of Steel Ingots Committee, Third Report of Oxygen Sub-Committee, 415. See 375
Polishing of Cast-Iron Micro-Specimens and Metallography of Graphite Flakes, by H. Morrogh, 297*. See 375
Metallography of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, by H. Morrogh, 375
Formation and Properties of Martensite on Surface of Rope Wire, by Dr. E. M. Trent, 378*
Resistance to Furnace Atmospheres of Heat-Resisting Steels, by Dr. A. G. Quarrell, 505
Iron and Steel Products, Census of Stocks, 9,508
— — See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
?—Welding.- See TKeMiny
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Pig Iron; Metal
lurgy
Ironwork, Structural. See. Bridges ; Floors ; Columns ; Roofs ; Steelwork ; Structures
Irrigation Scheme, Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
— in Transjordan, Possibilities of, 181*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Italian Navy in Battle of Matapan, 272

JACKSON, Prof. D. C., on Engineering Education in United States, 517
Jacobs, C. B., and Production of Aloxite, 514
James Watt International Medal, Award to Prof. A. Stodola, 94
Japan, Synthetic-Oil Production in, 395
Jeans, Sir J., on Physical Condition of Planets, 335, 354*
Jennings, J., on Efficiencies of Centrifugal Pumps, 122. See LETTERS, 215*, 276, 355, 395* ; on Temperature Effects with Compressed Air, 494*. See 444*
Jessop, W., Construction of Surrey Railways, 157, 164, 185, 216
Jessop, W., and Sons, Ltd., Research Department, Hot Tensile Tests of Miniature Test Pieces, 101*
Johansen, F. C., on Calculation of Terminal Velocities, 355. See 294*. See LETTER, 437
Johnson, G. F., on Future of Apprenticesh- 234. See ill, 115. See LETTER, 276
Johnson, Lieut.-Col. P. H., on Mechanical Requirements of Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 198*, 218*. See 195
Joints,, Pipe, Emergency Repairs to, Bulletin, 127
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., Hand- Operated Low-Platform Transporting Truck, 107*
Jones, Dr. F. W., on Precipitation in Copper- Beryllium Alloys, 398*
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Investigation on Photocell Control of Bessemer Steelmaking, 237*. See Erratam, 248
Joule-Thomson Effect, Use in Refrigerating Machines, 306
Journals, Technical. See TecAnicaZ
Jubilee of Artificial Abrasive, 514
Junior Institution of Engineers, Presidential Address, by Viscount Falmouth, on The Engineer in War Time, 5; Inventions Committee, 253 ; Annual Luncheon, 353
Jupiter, Physical Condition of, 354*

KADENACY System, Theory of, 463*
“ Kaiser Wilhelm II,” S.S., Machinery of, 78*
“ Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,” S.S., Machinery of, 78
Kaye, Dr. G. W. C., the Late, 334
Kell, Commdr. C. O., on Structural Characteristics of Destroyers “ Preston ” and “ Bruce,” 76
Kelsall; A. C., on Future of Apprenticeship, 276. See 111, 115. See LETTER, 234
Kelvin Lecture on Electrical Works by Helios, or Sun and Ionosphere, by Dr. S. Chapman, 393
Kendall and Gent’ (1920), Ltd., Vertical Milling Machine with Fixed-Base Table, 286*
Kenya and Uganda Railway,' Beyer-Garratt Locomotives, 433
Keystone Beam Steel Flooring (H. H. Robertson Co.), 207*
Kilns, Rotary, Drogheda and Limerick Cement Works, 165
Kinematics of Machines and Mechanism (Review), 242
Kinematogaph. See Cinematograph
King’s College, London, Investigation on Ignition Lag in Supercharged Oil Engine, 281*
King, W. R., On. Technical Press and Gas Industry, 496. See 485, 512
Kinnear, Moodie and Co., Concrete-Segment Linings for Tunnels, 381*
Kipps, E. J., on Quadrature Booster for Long- Distance Power Transmission, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
Kiruna Mine; Sweden, Excavation Methods at, 196*
Knoop, F., on Pyramidal Diamond Point for Hardness Testing, 87*
Kronsbein, Dr. J., on Bullard-Dunn Steel- Pickling Process, 510
Kuhne, Col. C. H., the Late, 74

LABORATORY, Research, Brown Firth, Manufacture and Use of Cemented Carbides, 86*, 145*
Laboratory for Testing Brake Linings (Ferodo Ltd.), 325*
— See also National Physical

Labour:

Absenteeism in Aircraft Factories, 433, 452 Admiralty and Shipyard-Labour Control, 213
Apprenticeship, Future of, 111, 115. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Employment Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 44, 83, 184, 204, 285, 304, 335
Guaranteed Week in Shipbuilding, 211 Hand and Eye Co-ordination, Tests for, 432 Incentives for Foremen, 403
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Registration for War Work, 73, 233 ; Policy regarding Direction and Production, 91; Annual Report, Chief Inspector of Factories, 192 ; Guaranteed Week in Shipbuilding, 211; Munitions Labour Supply Organisation, 255, 274; Enlistment of Tradesmen for the Forces, 293 ; Unemployment Statistics, 313 ; Statement on Women in Engineering Industry, 353 ; Central Register, 451; Essential Work Order for Building and Civil- Engineering Industries, 493
— Notes, 17, 37’57, 77, 97, 117,138, 157, 177, 198, 217, 237, 257, 277, 296, 317, 338, 358, 376, 397, 417, 438, 458, 477, 498, 518. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Mobilisation of Labour, 273
Munitions Labour Supply Organisation, 255, 274
Registration for War Work, Schemes for 73, 233
Released Textile Workers, Training of, 234 Tradesmen, Enlistment for the Forces, 293 Training of Apprentices, 472
— of Indian Munition Workers, 393
— Munition Workers, 395 Unemployment Statistics, Engineering and Allied Industries, 44, 83, 184, 204, 223, 285, 304, 313, 335
— and War Effort, 313
Wages, “ Just,” Views on, 393
— in Shipbuilding and Engineering, 73 Women in Engineering Industry, 112, 353
Lac, Specification, 468
Lacey, G., on Regime Flow in Incoherent Alluvium, 404*
Ladder, Fish, Bonneville Dam, 343* Lagrafel-D’Allest Water-Tube Boiler, 145* Lamps, Electric. See Electric
— Motor-Vehicle, Masks for, Specification, 128 Land, Rear-Adml. E. S., on Policies of United
States Maritime Commission, 154. See 171,177
Latent Heat of Diphenyl Compounds, 261* Lathes. See Machine Tools
Launching Equipment for Lifeboats, 195, 198*, 218*
Laval Steam Turbine, Mechanical Gearing for, 57
Law. See Legal; Labour
Lawrence, Prof. E. O., Award of Duddell Medal to, 14
Lead, Flaw, Detection by Eddy Currents, 518*
— Industry in United States, Statistics of, 165
— Pipe, Hydraulic Extrusion Process for, 257* Leahy, M., Invention of Chain-Track Vehicles,
95*
Lee, C. E., on Early Railways in Surrey, 157 164, 185, 216
Leech, P., on Precipitation in Copper-Beryl- lium Alloys, 398*
Leeds University, Fuel Research at, Annual Report, 133

Legal:

Labour Legislation. See Labour
South Wales Electric Power Co. versus Electricity 'Commissioners, 473
War Damage Act, Private Chattels Insurance, 413, 453
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour
Leonard Thermostatic Water Mixing Valves,
156
Letters to the Editor, 36, 54, 95*, 116, 135, 154*, 175, 195, 215*, 234, 254, 276, 294*, 315, 355, 395*, 436, 474, 494*, 514*
Lewis, M. H., on Heat Transfer by Organic
Fluids, 261*
Leyden University, Closing of, 173
Library, Film, of United States Bureau of Mines, 290
— Special, and Information Bureaux, Associa
tion of, Proposals Regarding Foreign Periodicals, 353, 513
Life-Boat Institution, Royal National, Mechanical Requirements of, 195,198*, 218*
Lifeboat, Motor, “ Guide of Dunkirk,” 449 Lift, Fish, Bonneville Dam, 343*
Lifter, Metal-Sheet, Hand-Operated (F. J.
Edwards, Ltd.), 155*
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— White and Coloured, Visibility by, 373 Lighting Circuits, Low-Voltage Transformers
for (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 277*
— Electric, National Industrial Service Es
tablishment of, 153
— Fittings, Air-Raid Precaution, Specification,
188
— Gas. See Gas
— Portable Standard of Brightness, 68 Regulations for Factories, 153
— System, Works of Wild-Barfield Electric
Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
— See also Lamps under Electric
Limerick Cement Works (Cement, Ltd.), 165 Limit Gauges. See Gauge
Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., Welded Steel-
Framed Carillon Tower, Dayton, 256;
Automatic Carbon-Arc Welding Head, 280 Lincolnshire Iron Mines, Excavation Methods in, 197
Linen Fabric for Aircraft, Specification, 468 Liners. See Ships; Steamers ; Motorships Linings, Brake, Testing Laboratory for (Ferodo, Ltd.), 325*
— Tunnel, Modern Methods of, 381* Linkwork, Acceleration in (Review), 163 Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel. See also Motor;
Petrol
— Mechanics of (Review), 203
— Organic, Heat Transfer by, 261* Literature, 3, 63, 101, 162, 203, 242, 282, 303,
344, 362, 383, 405, 423, 444, 463, 484. See LITERATURE INDEX Litigation. See Legal; Labour Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute,
Annual Report, 368
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Influence on Marine Engineering Progress, 92, 94,138*, 144*, 178* ; Scholarship in Marine Engineering, 129
Loach, J. C., on Tool Dynamometer, 315. See 221*. See LETTER, 355
Load Factor in Farm Grinding, Improvement
of, Report, 292
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Lock, Navigation, Bonneville Dam, 341* Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, 161*, 201*
Wheeler Dam, Tennessee Valley, 81* Locomotives, Beyer-Garratt 4-8-4 + 4-8-4
Type (Beyer, Peacock and Co.), 433
— Boilers, Intercrystalline Cracking in, In
vestigations on, 271
— Design, Work of Sir H,. N. Gresley, 314.
See Erratum, 349
— 500-h.p. Diesel-Electric, London Passenger
Transport Board, 376*
— Electric, for Mine Haulage (General Electric
Co., New York), 386*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 284
— 2-6-2 Mixed-Traffic, London and North
Eastern Railway, 267*
— 4-6-2 Streamlined, “ Channel Packet,”
Southern Railway, 230*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX London County Council, Reconstruction Plans,
293
— Decentralisation of, 132
— King’s College, Investigation on Ignition
Lag in Supercharged Oil Engine, 281*
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Gretna
Junction Accident, Report on, 116
— and North Eastern Railway, 2-6-2 Mixed-
Traffic Locomotive, 267*; Appointments in Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, 473
— Passenger Transport Board, Annual Report,
233 ; 500-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 376*
— Replanning and Rebuilding of, 232
— Underground Railways. See Underground Lorries. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors Low-Temperature Research, Significance of,
430
Lowndes, R., The Late, 358
Lubricating Oils. See Oils
Lubrication Experiment Technique, 156
— of Lead-Bronze Bearings, Tests of, 108
— of Mechanical Gearing, 57, 98
" Lucania,” S.S., Machinery of, 78
" Lusitania,” S.S., Machinery of, 78*

MACDONALD, A. S., on Tests for Hand and Eye Co-ordination, 432
Macneille, M. B., on Annis Meter, 478* Mac. See also Me
Machines, Kinematics of, and Mechanism (Review), 242
—z Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests (Materials)

Machine Tools:

Bending Machine, Plate, Three-Roll (J. Bigwood and Son, Ltd.), 67*
Boring Machine, Jig (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 307*
Cutting Speeds with Cemented-Carbide Tipped Tools, 146*
— Tools for Metal Machining (Review), 282
Swarf Separation from, 105 Dimpling and Riveting Machine, Combined (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 106*
Dividing Head, Edgwick Optical (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 46*
Drills, Hand, Electric (S. Wolf and Co., Ltd.), 206*
Gear Cutting, Large Mechanical Gearing, 59
— Hobbing Machine, High-Speed (Hunter Engineering Co.), 406*
— Lapping, Large Mechanical Gearing, 98 Grinding Machine, Thread, Wickman- Horstman (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 147*
— — Tool, Universal (Hannifin Manufacturing Co.), 346*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Lathe, Break, 18-in. Centre, Motor-Driven (Tangyes, Ltd.), 27*
— Capstan, 7i-in. Centre (Woodhouse and Mitchell, Ltd.), 476*
Limit Gauging. See Gauge Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tools, Damaged, Repairs of, 473
Industry, (Position and Prospects, Line Production of, 86
Use of Cemented-Carbide Tipped Tools in, 86*, 145*
— Work, Tolerances, in. See Gauge Machining of Aluminium Alloys, Brochure on, 170
Metal Machining, Cutting Tools for, (Review), 282
Milling Cutters, Inserted-Blade, “ Zee - lock (T. Firth and J. Brown, Ltd.), 247*
Machine Tools—continued,
Milling Machine, Knee-Type Universal Horizontal (Midgley and Sutcliffe). 387*
Vertical, with Fixed-Base Table (Kendall and Gent (1920), Ltd.), 286*
Press, Curing, for Rubber Conveyor Tubing (Ohio Rubber Co.), 437*
— Hydraulic, Extrusion, Development of, 257*
— for Swarf and Scrap Metal, 106 Pressworking of Metals (Review), 484 Riveting and Dimpling Machine, Combined (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 106*
Saw, Band, High-Speed (Boice-Crane Co.), 380
Shaping Machine, Spline, for Gun-Barrels (Ormerod Shapers, Ltd.), 47*
Slotting Machine, Traversing-Head (Ormerod Shapers, Ltd.), 125*
Swarf and Scrap from Machine Tools, Control and Disposal, 105
Tools, Cemented-Carbide Tipped, Manufacture and Uses of, 86*, 145*
— Cutting, for Metal Machining (Review), 282
— Dynamometer for Measuring Rapid Force Fluctuations, 221*. See LETTERS, 315, 355
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Works. See Machine Tools Machinery Imports and Exports, Statistics.
44, 83, 134, 184, 204, 223, 283, 304, 335, See Addendum, 320
— Inspection, Report on, Western-Australia
Mines Department, 73
— Moving, Temperature Measurement in, 55 Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Direct Production of, Experiments on, 377
— Production and Utilisation of, 260
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric
— Steam, Industrial Heating Supply, Verviers,
434
— Water, Welded, Rangoon, 280 Makower, A. J., the Late, 136 Management of Works. See Works Management
Manchester Association of Engineers, Measurement of Temperature in Machinery in Motion, by Prof. H. W. Baker, 55; Line Production of Machine Tools, by O. Rendell, 96
Manchukuo, Fushun Coal Mine, Excavation Methods in, 235*
Manganese Steel, History of, 305
— Use in United States Steel Industry, 464,
487
Mantles, Gas, Low-Pressure, Specification, 348 Manuel, R. W., on Testing Thickness of Chromium Plating, 288
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
— See also Trade
Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Annual Luncheon,
233 ; Annual Report, 233
Institution of, History of, 275 and Naval Architects, American Society
of. See Naval Architects
— Engineering, Influence on Classification of
Ships, 92, 94, 138*, 144*, 178*
Industry, Position and Prospects, 304
— Propulsion, Design, Construction and Opera
tion of Mechanical Gearing for, 57*, 98*
Development of Steam Turbine for, 139 Electric, History and Development, 178 Geared Turbines for Hignly-Powered
Ships, 79*
Influence of Ship Classification on, 92, 94, 138*, 144*, 178*
Machinery for Highly-Powered Ships, 78*, 118*
Machinery for Ships of United States Maritime Commission, 23*, 171,177. See 154
Mercury-Vapour Boiler for, 178 Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel
6,000-b.h.p. Sun-Doxf®rd Diesel Engine, 23*
Turbine Machinery for Highly-Powered Ships, 78*, 118*
See also Engines ; Turbines ; Torsion Meters; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Markets. See Trgde and PARAGRAPH INDEX Mars, Physical Condition of, 354
Martensite, Formation on Surface of Rope Wire, 378*
Martin, H. M., Contributions to ENGINEERING, 13
Maryland, Carderock, Taylor Experimental Tank, 125
— University, Artificial Earthquakes, by S. L.
Windes, 348
Masks, Headlamp, for Motor Vehicles, Specification, 128
Mason-Nielan Regulator Co., Thermostatic Control Gear for Boiler-Feed Pump, 506* Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cinema Integraph, 141*
Matapan, Battle of, 272
Materials for Electrical Contacts, 285, 316, 337
— Stength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials) Mathematical Methods in Engineering (Review), 3.
Mather and Platt, Ltd., 700-h.p. Electric Motor and Switchgear for Paper Mill, 384
Matterson, Ltd., Electric Hoisting Blocks, 104
Maude, A., on Characteristic Design Factors for Pumps, 195. See LETTER, 95; on Efficiencies of Centrifugal Pump, 395. See 122. See LETTERS, 215*, 276, 355 “ Mauretania," S.S., Machinery of, 78
Maurice, J., on Problems of Export, 193
Maw, Dr. W. H., and ENGINEERING, 12 May Lecture on Significance of Low-Temperature Research, 430
McAlpine Ferro-Concrete Segment Linings for Tunnels, 381*
McLeod, R. C., on “ Vacustat ” Gauge for High Vacua, 355. See 306*
McNaughton, Lieut.-Gen. A. G. L., Award of Kennedy Medal to, 393
Mc. See also Mac
Measuring Projector, Dekkor Universal (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 446*
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Report on Engineering Education, 31 ; Employer and Engineering Education, by W. H. Carrier, 31; Silica in High- Pressure Boiler Water, by H. Farmer, 166; Quantity Production of Gyro Instruments, by P. R. Bassett, 457; The Annis Meter, by M. B. Macneille and R. K. Annis, 478* ; Production of Seamless Tubes by Combined Effects of CrossRolling and Guide Discs, by Prof. W. Trinks, 498*; Test Code for Dust-Separating Apparatus, 501; Detection of Flaws in Non-Magnetic Metals by Eddy Currents, by R. Gunn, 518*

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of:

Election of Members, 148, 248
Inventions Committee, 253
London Meetings, Winter Session:
Physical Aspect of Steam Generation at High Pressures and Problem of Steam Contamination, by R. F. Davis, 17*, 38*
James Watt International Medal, Award to Prof. A. Stodola, 94
Gray Lecture on Progress in Marine Engineering as Influenced by Classification of Ships, by Dr. S. F. Dorey, 138*, 144*, 178*. See 92, 94
Presentation of Prizes, 174
Annual Report, 174 Benevolent Fund, 174, 253 Election of Officers, 174
Mechanical Requirements of Royal National Life-Boat Institution, by Lieut.-Col. P. H. Johnson, 198*, 218*. See 195
Munitions Labour Supply Organisation, by W. H. Denholm, 255. See 274
Mechanical Mishaps, by G. E.Windeler,351 Mechanical Mishaps, Discussion on, 351
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Vehicles ; Tractors
Mechanics of Liquids (Review), 203
— Tidal, Problems in, 154*. See LETTERS,
195, 276
Mechanism and the Kinematics of Machines (Review), 242
Melville, Rear-Admiral G. W., Centenary, 36 Memorial to W. J. M. Rankine' at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 216*
Merchant Shipbuilding. See
— Ships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships Mercury, Planet, Physical Condition of/ 335 • Mercury-Vapour Boiler, for Ship Propulsion,178 Metals, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— for Electrical Contacts, 285, 316, 337
— Hydraulic Extrusion Process, 257*
— Filament Lamps. See Lamps under Electric

Metals, Institute of :

Annual Meeting, London:
Programme, 77
Report of Council, 214
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 214 Election of Officers, 214 Announcements, 240
Papers for Written Discussion :
Effect of Prolonged Heating at 80° C. on Copper Wire, by Dr. E. Voce, 359
Precipitation in Copper-Beryllium Alloys, by Dr. F. W. Jones and P,;Leech, 398* Meeting at Oxford:
Programme, 369
Platinum Medal, Presentation to Dr. C. H. Desch, 430
May Lecture, on Significance of Low- Temperature Research, by Dr. F. Simon, 430
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Work of American Society for Testing Materials on, 410
— Non-Magnetic, Flaw Detection by Eddy
Currents, 518*
— Pressworking of (Review), 484
— Scrap, from Machine Tools, Control and
Disposal of, 105
— Sheet Lifter, Hand-Operated (F. J. Edwards,
Ltd.), 155*
— Structure of. See Metallography; Micro
photographs
—- Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy;
Microphotographs
Metallography of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, 375
See also Metals ; Metallurgy; Microphotographs
Metallurgical and Mining Engineers, American Institute of. See Minins'

Metallurgy:

Alloy, Aluminium, for Castings for Internal Combustion Engines, 120
Detection of Flaws by Eddy Currents, 518*
— — Machining of, 170
for Motor-Vehicle Construction, 408 Tubes, Specification, 468
— Copper-Beryllium, Precipitation in, 398*
Hot-Tinning of, 278*
Tin-Lead, Castings and Ingots, Specification, 508
— — See also Brass ; Bronze, etc.
— for Electrical Contacts, 285, 316, 337
— High-Nickel, Welding, Soldering and Brazing of, 124
— Light, Application to Ship Construction, Research Scholarship, 513
— Non-Ferrous, Work of American Society for Testing Materials on, 410
— Steels, History and Development, 305
Metallurgy—continued.
Alloy, Tin, Researches on, 388 Blast Furnaces; See Furnaces Brass. See Brass Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat-Treatment Plant for Forgings, Gas- Fired (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 287*
Iron Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgical Processes, Determination of Hydrogen-Ion Concentration in, 21*, 64*
Metallurgy of Deep Drawing and Pressing (Review), 163
Polishing of Graphite Flakes in Cast Iron, 297*, 375
Refractories. See Refractory Materials; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See RoZZing MiZZs
Slag, Blast Furnace, Use in. Cement Manufacture, 516
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces — Manufacture, Use of Manganese in, 464, 487
Bessemer, Photo-Electric Control of, 237*. See Erratum, 248
Welding. See WeZdiny
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Metallography; Microphotographs; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Meteorological Conditions in Transjordan, 182*, 244
— Society, Royal, On Cycles of Pressure,
Especially in Neighbourhood of Symmetry Points, by Prof. L. W. Pollak* 270 ; Variations in Annual, Seasonal and Monthly Rainfall over British Isles, 1870-1939, by Dr. J. Glasspoole, 270
Meteorology, Effect of Weather on Domestic Electric Load, 152
Meter, Annis Water Flow, 478*
— Hydrogen-Ion (Cambridge Instrument Co.,
Ltd.), 23*
— Power-Torque, 177
Methane, Effect on Refractory Materials in Furnaces, 35
— Group of Hydrocarbons, Composition and
Properties of, 394
Methylated Spirit, Barthel Burner Using, 322*, 345
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 60-kVA Half-Cycle Bench Mounting Spot Welder, 130* ; Electrical Plant Contracts, 184; Tool Dynamometer for Measuring Rapid Force Fluctuations, 221*. See LETTERS, 315, 355 ; Investigation on Precipitation in Copper-Beryllium Alloys, 398*
— Water Board, Demolition of Watt Engines,
73
— See also London »
Meyer, H. M., on Copper Industry of United States, 236
Michell-Waller Gas Booster, and 235-b.h.p. Gas Engine, 65*. See LETTER, 116
Microphotographs, Cast Iron and Graphite Flakes, 297*, 375
— Cemented Carbides, 86*
— Extensometer Records from Tool Dynamo
meter, 222*. See LETTERS, 315, 355
— Granolite-Treated Piston Ring, 286*
— Martensite on Surface of Rope Wire, 378*
— Tin Coatings on Steel and Copper, 278* Microscope, Brinell (Bausch and Lomb), 210 Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography ;
Microphotographs
Midgley and Sutcliffe, Universal Horizontal Knee-Type Milling Machine, 387*
Midland Railway, Roof of St. Pancras Station, 13*
Milbourne, S. M., on Hydraulic Seal in Gasholder Cups, 158*
Military Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Service, Engineers in United States, 133
Mills, Grinding, Farm, Improvement of Load Factor, 292
Mills, R. A., Statigraph Graph-Drawing Machine, 226*
— Paper, Kendal, 3,000-kW Parsons Pass-Out
Turbo-Alternator, 384*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
— Textile, Verviers, Steam Supply System, 433 Miller, T. L., the Late, 435
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Mine Blasting, Damage to Property from, 348
— Coal. See Collieries
— Department, Western Australia, Report on
Machinery Inspection, 73
— Haulage Locomotive, Electric (General
Electric Co., New York), 386*
— Safety in, Research Board, Investigation on
Formation of Martensite on Surface of Rope Wire, by Dr. E. M. Trent, 378*
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries ; Mining ; Ores ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Miners’ Cap Lamps, Flexible Cords for, Specification, 188
Mineral Oils. See OiZs
— See also Coal; Mining ; Ores; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Mining Electrical Engineers, Association of, South Wales Branch, Centrifugal Pumps in Collieries, by R. E. Fortune, 33
— Excavation Methods in, 196*, 235*
— Haulage-Ropes, Formation of Martensite
on, 378*
— and Metallurgical Engineers, American
Institute of, Photocell Control for Bessemer Steelmaking, by Dr. H. K. Work, 237*. See Erratum, 248
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport
Miser, H. D., on Petroleum Supply, 453
Mississippi River, Tennessee Valley, Dam Construction in, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
Model Experiments on Condenser Scoop Design 155
See also Tank Experiments
— Tests, Grand Coulee Dam Spillway, 441* Moisture in Coal, Determination of, 318 Money in Exports (Review), 32 Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Mo’on, Physical Condition of, 335
Moran, T. W., Cavity Lining for Tunnels, 382 Morgan, Dr. A. E., Dam Construction in Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
Morris, H., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Block, 104* Morrogh, H., on Polishing Cast-Iron Micro
Specimens and the Metallography of Graphite Flakes, 297*. See 375 ; on Metallurgy of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, 375
Mortimer, Gall and Co., Ltd., Incendiary-Bomb Detector, 449
Morton, F. J. B., on Incentives for Foremen, 403
Morton, L. T., on Ship’s Cargo-Handling Gear, 411
Motor Boat. See Motor Lifeboat
Motor-Car Details:
Engines. See Engines, Petrol Headlamp Masks for Motor Vehicles, Specification, 128
Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Fuels. See Motor Fuels
See also Motor Cycles; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 83
— Electric, Application of Fluid Couplings to,
426*
Power Factor of, 412
Traction, Specification, 488
—- Fuel, Producer Gas as, 61*
— — Production in United States, Statistics,
133
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 83
— Internal Combustion. See Aeronautics ; En
gines ; Motor Cars; Tractors.
— Lifeboat, “ Guide of Dunkirk,” 449
— — Launching Equipment for, 195, 198*,
218*
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulson ;
Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Plough. See Tractors
— Spirit. See Motor Fuel
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Vehicle Construction, Aluminium Alloys for,
408
.— — Electric, Government Policy, 72
-- — for Excavation Work, 236
— — Headlamp Masks for, Specification, 128
— — Imports and Exports, 8.3
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Motorship, Influence of Ship Classification on,
139*
— See also Marine Propulsion Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, York, Programme, 409 ; Annual Report, 493
— Tramways. See Tramways
Munitions Labour Supply Organisation, 255, 274
— Production, Mobilisation of Labour for, 273
in 1940, 44
in Northern Ireland, 274
Released Textile Workers, 234
— — United States, 413
— Training Labour for, 395
'— Workers, Indian, Training of, 393
Mur, River, Water-Power Resources of, 504*
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., Welded Roof Trusses, 365
Murray River, Australia, Barrages on, 93 Myers, W. W., the Late, 368

NAPIER, H. M., the Late, 15
National Affairs, Science in, 151, 175, 194
—- Buildings Record, Formation of, 193
— Expenditure, Select Committee on, Fourth
Report, on Government Contracts and Costing, 131; Fifth Report on Government Building Contracts, 213 ; Eighth Report on Transport Problems, 273; Ninth Report on Selection, Acquisition and Construction of Aerodromes, 293 ; Eleventh Report on Supply Services, 293 ; Fifteenth Report on Absenteeism in Aircraft Industry, 433, 452; Sixteenth Report on Transport Services, 513
— Fuel Policy, Post-War, 136
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 235- b.h.p. Gas Engine and Crankless Gas Booster, 65*. See LETTER, 116 ; Safety Devices for Oil Engines, 497*
— Industrial Electric Lighting Service, Estab
lishment of, 153
— Physical Laboratory, Experiments on Samp
ling of Flue Gases, 461*
Naval Bases, Overseas, of United States, 311 .
— Construction. See IFarsAips
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Spring Meeting, London: Programme, 108 Report of Council, 295 Election of Officers, 295
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association, Research Scholarship, 513 Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of, New York Meeting, November, 1940 : Notes on Rolling and Lurching, a Proposed Criterion, by E. H. Rigg, 76 ; Calculation of Motion and Stresses of Pitching and Heaving Ship, by Prof. H. L. Hazen and P. T. Nims, 76 ; Effect of Added Weight on Longitudinal Strength by L. W. Ferris, 76 ; Structural Characteristics of Destroyers “ Preston ” and “ Bruce,” by Commdr. C. O. Kell, 76 ; David W. Taylor Model Basin, by Capt. H. E. Saunders, 125 ; Marine Radio Communication and Equipment, by I. F. Byrnes, 125 ; Sound and Radio Aids to Navigation, by Commdr. I. L. Gill and Lieut.-Commdr. L. M. Harding, 126 ; Some Policies of United States Maritime Commission, by Rear-Adml. E. S. Land,
154. See 171, 177; Condenser Scoop Design, by E. F. Newins and J. R. Reilly, 155 ; Feed Systems for Naval Vessels, by G. B. Emerson, 155; Measurement of Shaft Torque, by Dr. W. C. Hall, 177 ; Engineering Features of United States Maritime Commission’s Programme, by J. E. Schmeltzer, 177. See 154, 171 ; Mercury Boiler for Ship Propulsion, /by W. L. R. Emmet, 178
— Architecture. See also IParsfa’ps ’*
— Warfare. See Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Sound and Radio Aids to, 126
— Wireless Telegraphy in. See Telegraphy,
Wireless
Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— German. See German under Warships
— Italian. See Italian under WarsAips
— United States. See United States under
TParsAips
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Needle Making, Early, 48
Negretti and Zambra, Statigraph Graph- Drawing Machine, 226*
Neptune, Physical Condition of, 355
New South Wales, Port Macquarie Power Station, 110
— — Wales, Sydney Pressure Tunnel,
Strengthening of, 382
— Year Honours List, 14
— York, Ninth Avenue Elevated Railway,
Demolition of, 93
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., Jig-Boring Machine, 307*
Newcomen Society, Early Needle Making, by
G. White, 48 ; Origin of Gauges for Wire, Sheets and Strip, by Dr. H. W. Dickinson and H. Rogers, 75, 85 ; Early Railways in Surrey, by C. E. Lee, 157, 164, 185, 216 ; Hydraulic Extrusion Process, by C. E. Pearson, 257* ; Use of Cast Iron in Building, by S. B. Hamilton, 406, 425, 447 ; Summer Meeting, 429, 493
Newport News'Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., 66,000-h.p. Francis Turbines, Norris Dam, 2*; 150,000-h.p. Hydraulic Turbines,
Grand Coulee Dam, 361, 443*
Nickel Alloys. See Metallurgy
— Plating Vat, Recording pH Controller for,
64*
Nile, Suspended Matter in, Report on Aswan Reservoir (Review), 363
Nims, P. T., on Motion and Stresses of Pitching Ship, 76
Ninth Avenue Elevated Railway, New York, Demolition of, 93
Nitrogen Content of Bessemer Steel, 239 Non-Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy Nordberg 3,000-b.h.p. Marine Diesel Engine, 25 ” Normandie,” S.S., Machinery of, 119* Norris Dam, Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41* North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders: Mechanical Gearing for Large Power Transmission, by L. M. Douglas, 57*, 98* ; Parsons Memorial Lecture on Engining of Highly-Powered Ships, by Sir S. J. Pigott, 78*, 118* ; Inventions Committee, 253 ; Ships’ Cargo-Handling Gear, by L. T. Morton, 411; Economics of Design of Condensing Plant and Cooling- Water Systems as Applicable to Power Stations, by W. T. Bottomley, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
— of England Institute of Mining and Mech
anical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 150
— Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 108, 129, 149,
169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 448, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Brochure on Machining of Aluminium Alloys, 170
— Ireland, New Industries in, 373
— — War Production in, 274
Norton Fitzwarren Railway Accident, Report, 8 Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland; North; South-West; South
Yorkshire ; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Noton, Dr. C. H., on Water-Power Resources of Austria, 502*
Nozzle, Sampling, for Flue Gases, 462*, 501* Nuts and Screws, Machine, Canadian Specification, 60

Obituary : (Moved to Separate Index)

O’Brien, Mr., on Intercrystalline Cracks in Locomotive Boilers, 271
Observatory and Tidal Institute, Liverpool, Annual Report, 368
Ohio Rubber Co., Curing Press for Rubber Conveyor Tubing, 437*
— State University, The University and Industry, by R. E. Flanders, 356, 371
Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Fuel Burning in Ships, History of, 178
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Tractors
— Production and Consumption in United States, 453
— Solvent Extraction of, 36
— Synthetic Production of, 394
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tractors. See Tractors
— See also Lubrication
Olsen, B. K., on Portland Cement Manufacture in Eire, 165
” Olympic,” S.S., Machinery of, 79* Omnibus, Trolley. See Trolley-1 Bus Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace
Optical Protractor (Bausch and Lomb), 210
Ore, Cuyunal Manganiferous, Potential Use for Spiegel, 487
Oregon, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, 301*, 341*
Oriolle Water-Tube Boiler, 145*
Ormerod Shapers, Ltd., Gun-Barrel Spline- Shaping Machine, 47* ; Traversing-Head Slotting Machine, 125*
Osborn Manufacturing Co. (Johns Conveyor Division), Travelling-Pipe Conveyor, 437*
Ovens, Gas, Cooking Tests for, Specification, 348
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Between Austria and Germany, 504
— — Power Transmission, in Canada, 155
— — Power Transmission, Use of Quadrature
Booster for, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See 487
Power Transmission, Voltage-Operated Earth-Leakage Protection of, 45
Owen, Sir D. J., the Late, 415
Oxide Inclusions in Iron and Steel, Determination of, 375, 415
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See
Oxygen in Iron and Steel, Report, 375, 415

PACINOTTI, A., Centenary of, 473
Paint Manufacture, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Control in, 64
— Materials, Specifications, 88
Panama Canal, Annual Report, 333
Paper Mill, Kendal, 3,000-kW. Parsons Pass- Out Turbo-Alternator for, 384*
Paraffin Washing Equipment (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 26*
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Electrical Plant Contracts, 184; 3,000-kW. Pass-Out
Turbo-Alternator, 384*
Parsons, Sir C., Work on Mechanical Gearing, 57
— Lecture on Engining of Highly-Powered
Ships, 78*, 118*
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., Gear Testing Apparatus, 99*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Particles Falling in Fluids, Terminal Speeds of, 294*. See LETTERS, 355, 437
Passenger Steamers. See Steamers
Patent Record, 20*, 40*, 60*, 80*, 100*, 120*, 140*, 160*, 180*, 200*, 220*, 240*, 260*, 280*, 300*, 320*, 340*, 360*, 380*, 400*, 420*, 440*, 460*, 480*, 500*, 520*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
Paterson Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Blocks, 104*
Payment of Labour, Labour
Penstocks, Grand Coulee Dam, 361, 442*
— Norris Dam, Tennessee Valley, 2* Periodicals, Foreign Technical, Access to, 353,
513
Periodicals, Technical, and their Functions, 512 and Gas Industry, 485, 496, 512 Perkins, L. P., the Late, 234
Permeometer for Testing Asphaltic Surfaces, 235*
Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 289, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508
Peruvian Trade, Effect of War on, 364
Peters, C. G., on Pyramidal Diamond Point for Hardness Testing, 87*
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol
— Production and Consumption in United
States, 453
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum. See also Oil ; Paraffin ; Engines, Oi I pVL Values, Determination and Control of, 21*, 64*
Photo-Electric Control for Bessemer Steelmaking, .237*. See Erratum, 248
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs
Physical Condition of Planets, 335, 354*
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Planning, Appointment of Post-War Recon
struction Consultative Panel, 312
— Science in Art and Industry (Review), 203
— Society, Award of. Duddell Medal to Prof.
E. O. Lawrence, 14
Physics, Applied X-Rays. (Review), 463
— Berkeley Cyclotron, 413
— Discovery and Invention, 295, 305, 337
— Electronic Structure and Chemical Binding
(Review), 102
— Institute of, Conference on Industrial Radio
graphy, 113; Formation of Industrial Radiology Group, 508
— Low-Temperature Research, Significance of,
430
— Radiation from Solids under Flame Impact,
123
— of Steam Generation, 17*, 38*
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Pickling Processes for Hot-Tinning, 278
— Process for Steel, Bullard-Dunn, 510
Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee Valley, 1*, 161*, 201*
Piers, Ferro-Concrete, for Spillway, Bonneville Dam, 303*
Pig Iron, Metallography of Inclusions in, 375
Pigott, Sir S. J., on Engining of Highly- Powered Ships, 78*, 118*
Piling, Sheet, Steel, Grand Coulee Dam, 362*, 401*, 481
Pipes, Gas, Damage by Frost, 33
— Lead, Hydraulic Extrusion Process for, 257*
— Repairs, Emergency, Bulletin on, 127
— See also Tubes
Piston Rings, Granolite Treatment for (Hep- worth and Grandage, Ltd.), 286*
— for Vis-^-Vis Oil Engine, 424*
Pitting. See Corrosion
Planets, Physical Condition of, 335, 354* Planning, Physical, Appointment of Post-War Reconstruction Consultative Panel, 312 Plastic Cements for Wood (British Industria Plastics, Ltd.), 246*
Plate-Bending Rolls. See Machine Tools Plating, Electro. See Electro
Platinum Medal, Presentation to Dr. C. H. Desch, 430
Plough, Motor. See Tractor
Plug, Fusible, for Air Compressor Delivery Pipe, 100
Pneumatic Tools. See McrcAine Tools
— See also Compressed Air ; Air Compressor Polishing Cast-Iron Micro-Specimens, 297*, 375 Pollak, Prof. L. W., on Cycles of Pressure in
Neighbourhood of Symmetry Points, 270
Pollution, Atmospheric, and National Fue-1 Policy, 136
Polytechnic. See
Pomeroy, L. H., the Late, 455
Port Directors, Regional, Appointment of; 51
— Macquarie Electric Power Station, Diese
Driven Generators at, 110
— War-Time Problems at, 513
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See AfacAine Tools Portland Cement. See Cement
Post-War Prospects for Engineers, 332
Powder for Guns. See Explosives
Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Coal
Power Factor in Electricity Supply Systems,41
— Gas. See Gas ; Engines, Gas ; Producers
— Loss in Petrol Engines Running on Producer Gas, 61*
— Plant, Hydro-Electric, Canada, Statistics,
155, 386
Hydro-Electric, Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
— — Hydro-Electric, St. Lawrence Water
way Scheme, 251
Hydro-Electric, Norris Dam, Tennessee, 2*
— — Hydro-Electric, Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 81*
— — See also Power Stations ; Power, Water
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Stations, Electric (Review), 444
Electric, Chimney-Dust Extraction Plant for, 421*
— — Electric, Condensing Plant and Cooling-
Water Systems for, 417*, 438*, 459.* See Errata, 468
Electric, Delray, 10,000-kW High- Temperature Steam Turbine, 190*
Electric, Fire Watching at, 113, 513
— — Electric, Heat Distribution from, 433 Electric, Physics of Steam Generation,
17*, 38*
Electric, Port Macquarie, Diesel-Driven Generators at, 110
— — Hydro-Electric on Austrian Rivers, 502* Hydro-Electric, Bonneville Dam, 303*,
341*
See also Power Plants
— Supply, Electric, and Air Raids on Southern
Railway, 53.
— — Electric, Bolton, Finances of, 333
Power Supply, Electric; Central Steam Station, Verviers, 434
Electric, Consideration of Charges by Minister of Transport, 493
Electric. Control of Domestic Load, 152 Electric, J. Cropper and Co.’s Kendal Paper Mills, 394*
Electric, Effect of Summer Time on, 213 Electric, and Government Departments, 72
Electric, Power Factor in, 412
Electric, Quadrature Booster for Long- Distance Transmission, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
Electric, Undertakings, Building Operations by, 354
Electric, Undertakings, Coal Supply, 193 Electric, United States, Report on, 433 Electric, United States, Statistics, 233 Electric, Voltage-Operated Earth-Leakage Protection in, 45
Electric, in War Time, 133
Electric, Works of Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Between
Austria and Germany, 504
Overhead Lines, in Canada, 155
Overhead Lines, Use of Quadrature Booster for, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
Overhead Lines, Voltage-Operated Earth- Leakage Protection of, 45
See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Canadian Resources, Report, 386 Resources of Austria, 502*
See also Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
“ President,” S.S., Loss of, 205
Presidential Address to Chamber of Shipping, by Lord Rotherwick, on Future of British Shipping, 191
to Geological Society of Washington, by H. D. Miser, on Petroleum Supply, 453
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by F. H. Rogers, on Post-War Prospects for Engineers, 332
to' Junior Institution of Engineers, by Viscount Falmouth, on The Engineer in War-Time, 5.
Press, Technical, Foreign, Access to in War Time, 353, 513
and its Functions, 512
and Gas Industry, 485, 496, 512
— See Machine Tools
Pressing and Deep Drawing, Metallurgy of (Review), 163
Pressure Cycles in Neighbourhood of Symmetry Points, 270
Press working of Metals (Review), 484
“ Preston,” United States Destroyer, Structural Characteristics of, 76
Prices, Stabilised, and the Budget, 313 Producer-Gas, Loss of Power from Running
Petrol Engines on, 61*
Production, Concentratibn of, Board of Trade Scheme, 212
of, and Taxation, 413
— and Direction, Government Policy Regarding, 91
— Engineers, Institution of, Manufacture and
Use of Cemented Carbides, by H. Burden, 86*, 145* ; Efficient Control and Disposal of Swarf and Scrap Metal, by D. F. Galloway, 105
— Executive, Appointment of, 33
Projectors, Cinematograph, Light-Output Tests of, Specification, 128
— Measuring, Dekkor Universal (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 446*
Propellants for Guns. See Explosives
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines
Protractor, Optical (Bausch and Lomb), 210
Public Utilities, War Damage to, 473
Pulley and Shaft, Fretting Corrosion between, 474
Pullman, Washington State College, Experiments on Direct Production of Magnesium, 377
Pulverised-Fuel Firing, Chimney Dust from, 421 Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors h
— Axial-Flow, Unusual Test Results from, 108
— Centrifugal, in Collieries, 33
Efficiency of, 122. See LETTERS, 215*, 276, 355, 395*
65,000-h.p., Grand Coulee Dam, 443
— Characteristic Design Factors for, 95. See
LETTER, 195
— Fire, Light Portable (Coventry Climax
Engines, Ltd.), 467*
— Reciprocating, Hand (Air Port Equipment
Ltd.), 347*. See Addendum, 383
— Specific Speed of, 175
— Stirrup, Carrying Handle for (Tangyes, Ltd.), 383. See Addendum, 429
— Vacuum, and Air Compressor, 3 cub. ft.
(W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd,), 357*, Rotary-Vane,- Light-Weight (Fenton-Smith Brothers), 6*
— Variable-Stroke, Boiler-Feed (Aldrlch-Pump Co.), 506*
— (Review), 423
Purification of Water. See Water
Pyrometers for Measuring Temperatures in Moving Machinery, 55

QUARRELL, Dr. A. G., on Resistance to Furnace Atmospheres of Heat-Resisting Steels, 505
Quarry Blasting, Damage to Property from, 348
Quarrying, Excavation Methods in, 196*, 235*
Quartz Crystals, Application and Use in Telecommunications, 173
“ Queen Mary,” S.S., Machinery of, 118*
Quenching Tanks for Heat-Treatment Plant, 287*
Quicksilver. See Mercury

“ R-DEL ” Universal Scissor Gauge, 166*
Radiation from Solids under Flame Impact, 123
Radio Apparatus, Mains-Operated, Safety Requirements for, Specification, 288
-— Beacons as Aids to Navigation, 126
— Communication and Broadcasting, History
and Development of, 305
and Equipment for United States Ships, 125
— Engineers, British Institution of, Incor
poration with Institute of Wireless Technology, 368
— Frequency Measurements (Review), 63
— See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless
Radiography, Industrial, Conference on, 113
— Club, Formation 9f, 113
Radiolog • Group, Industrial, Formation by Institute of Physics, 508
Raihoads, American, Association of, Intercrystalline Cracks in Locomotive Boilers,by Messrs. Schroeder, Berk and O’Brien, 271
— See also Railways
Rails on Surrey Iron Railway, 185.
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— British, in 1940, Report, 33
Accidents in 1940, Report, 491
Performance in War-Time, 231
Pooling Freight Wagons, 213
— Bulawayo and Salisbury, Beyer-Garratt
Locomotives, 433
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Early, in Surrey, 157,164,185, 216
— Electric Traction on, 273
— Elevated, Ninth Avenue, New York, Demo
lition of, 93
— Great- Western, Report on Norton Fitz-
warren Accident, 8
— and Harbours, South African, Annua]
Report, 113
— Kenya and Uganda, Beyer-Garratt Loco
motives, 433
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— London Midland and Scottish, Gretna Junc
tion Accident, Report on, 116
and North Eastern, 2-6-2 Mixed-Traffic Locomotive, 267*; Appointments in Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Department, 473
— Midland, Roof of St. Pancras Station, 13*
— Performance, British, in War-Time, 231
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages ; Locomotives ;
Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— South Africa, Electrification on, 113
— Southern, Effects of Air Raids on Electric
Traction, 53; 4-6-2 Type Streamlined
Locomotive “ Channel Packet,” 230*
— Street. See Tramways
— Tube. See Underground
— Underground. See Underground
— Wagons. See Wagons
— See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Rainfall over British Isles, 1870-1939, Variations in, 270
— in Transjordan, 183*, 244
Rangoon, Welded Water Main, 280
Rankine, W. J. M., Memorial at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 216*
Rateflxing and Estimating for Engineers (Review), 485
Receivers, Air, Safeguarding of, 100 Reconstruction and Architects, 294. See 253
— and Consultative Panel on Physical Plann
ing, 312
— Policy, Royal Institute of British Architects’ Memorandum on, 253. See LETTER, 294
— Post-War, Policy and Planning for, 33,213 Recording Dynamometer. See Dynamometer Reduction Gears. See Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refractories Research Association, British Refractory Materials Joint Committee’s Report, 34
— Materials, Insulating, Researches on, 34 See also Firebricks
Refrigerating Machines, History of, 306
— System at Grand Coulee Dam, 504* ' Refrigeration, Marine, History and Development of, 179
Register, Central, Objects and Uses of, 451 Registration of Storage Premises by Board of Trade, 413
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid, G. U., on Characteristic Design Factors for Pumps-, 95. See LETTER, 195; on Efficiencies of Centrifugal Pump, 215*. See 122. See LETTERS, 276- 355, 395
Reilly, J. R., on Condenser Scoop Design, 155 Reinforced Concrete. See Ferro-Concrete Remuneration of Labour. See Labour Rendell, O., on Line Production of Machine Tools, 96
Report, Annual, Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board, 153
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 137
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 333
Chief Inspector of Factories, 192
Fuel Research at Leeds University, 133 Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada, 155 Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute, 368
London Passenger Transport Board, 233 National Smoke Abatement Society, 150 Panama Canal, 333
South African Railways and Harbours, 113
South-West Essex: Technical College, 408 Tin Research Institute, 388
United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, 191
— British Railways in 1940, 33 Railway Accidents in 1940, 491
— Buildings Damaged by Air Raids, 453
— Committee on Cement-Manufacturing Re
sources of Britain, 516
— Copper Industry in the United States, 236
Report, Electricity Supply in United States, •233
— on Engineering Education in United States,
31
— Explosion of Air Receiver, 100
— Gretna Junction Railway Accident, 116
— Improvement of Load Factor in Farm
Grinding, 292
— on Insulation Co-Ordination, 333
— on Machinery Inspection, Western-Aus
tralia Mines Department, 73
— ion National Expenditure, Select Com
mittee’s, 131, 213
— Norton Fitz warren Railway Accident, 8
— Oxygen in Iron and Steel, 375, 415
— Production and Utilisation of Magnesium,
260
— Railways, British, in 1940, 33
British, Accidents in 1940, 491
— Refractory Materials Joint Committee’s, 34
— Regime Flow in Incoherent Alluvium, 404* —-Reproducible Flame for Testing Electrical
Insulating Materials, 321*, 345
— on Selection, Acquisition and Construction
of Aerodiomss, 293
Supply Services, 293
Transport of Coal, 273
Water Resources Of Transjordan, 181*, 244
‘ Power Resources of Canada, 386
— See also Board of Trade
Research Association, British Cast-Iron, Investigation on Polishing Cast-Iron MicroSpecimens and the Metallography of Graphite Flakes', by H. Morrogh, 297*. See 375 ; Metallography of Inclusions in Cast Irons and Pig Irons, by H. Morrogh, 375; Note on Ventilation of Anti-Glare Scheme in Foundries, 420
British Coal Utilisation, Hales Convector Fire, 28 ; Investigation on Petrol Engines Running on Producer Gas, 61*
— —- British Electrical and Allied Industries,
Annual Report, 137 ; Report on Improvement of Load Factor in Farm Grinding, by W. H. Cashmore .and C. A. Cameron Brown, 292; Report on. Reproducible Flame for Naked Flame Tests on Solid Electrical Insulating Materials, by H. L. D. Wyman, 321*, 345
British Non-Ferrous Metals, Investigation on Prolonged Heating at 80 deg. C. of Copper Wire, by Dr. E. Voce, 359
5 British Refractories, Refractory Mate
rials Joint Committee’s Report, 34
— Board, Gas, Work of, 16, 33 ; Refractory
Materials, Joint Committee’s Report, 34
Safety in Mines, Investigation on Formation of Martensite on Surface of Rope Wire, by Dr. E. M. Trent, 378*
— Council, United States National, State
ment on Scientists and Engineers and Military Service, 133
— Department, W. Jessop and Sons, Ltd., Hot
Tensile Tests on Miniature Test Pieces, 101* Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Investigation on Precipitation in Copper-Beryllium Alloys, 398*
Scientific and Industrial, War-Time Building Bulletin, No. 12,127 ; Leaflet on Concreting in Cold Weather, 173; War- Time Building Bulletin, No. 13, 300; Scientific Research and National Service, 354
— Fuel, at Leeds University, Annual Report,
133
— Engineering, Royal Swedish Academy for,
Award of Medals by, 29
— Gas, by Institution of Gas Engineers, 16, 33
— Institute, Tin, Hot-Tinning, by Dr. C. E.
Homer, 278*; Annual Report, 388; Electro-Tinning of Parts to be Soldered, by Dr. C. E. Homer and H. C. Watkins, 470
— Laboratories, Firth-Brown, Manufacture and
Use of Cemented Carbides, 86*, 1.45*
— Low-Temperature, Significance of, 430
— Scientific, Co-operation Between Great
Britain and the United States, 511
Discovery and Invention, 295, 305, 337 and Government Departments, 194
— Station, Building, Leaflet on Concreting
and Bricklaying in Cold Weather, 173
— Tin, and Development Council, Inter
national. See Research Institute, Tin
— Welding, 352
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Aswan, and Suspended Matter in
Nile (Review), 363
— Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 443*
-r- in Tennessee Valley, 2*
Resin, Synthetic, Cements for Wood (British Industrial Plastics, Ltd.), 246*
Resistance, Rolling, of Wheels on Beaches, 195,198*
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reyrolle, A., <fc Co., Ltd., Low-Voltage Lighting Transformers, 277*
Richards, C. S., the Late, 115
Richmond, California, British Emergency Shipbuilding Yard, 496*
Rigg, E. H., on Bolling and Lurching of Ships, 76
Rings, Piston. See Piston Rings
Rissik, H., on Quadrature Booster for Long- Distance Power Transmission, 515. See 402*. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 487 River, Clinch, Tennessee, Norris Dam on, 1*,41*
— Columbia, Oregon, Bonneville Dam, 301*,
341*
Washington; Grand Coulee Dam, 361* 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
— Danube, Water-Power Resources of, 503*
— Drau, Water-Power Resources of, 504*
— Enns, Water-Power Resources of, 503*
— Ill, Water-Power Resources of, 502*
— Mississippi, Dam Construction in Tennessee
Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
— Mur, Water-Power Resources of, 504*
— Murray, Australia, Barrages on, 93
— Nile, “Suspended Matter in, Report on
Aswan Reservoir (Review), 363
— Salzach, Water-Power Resources of, 503*
— St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 251, 253
— Stability, Lacey Theory of, 404*
River, Tennessee, Guntersville Dam, Concrete- Aggregate Handling Plant, 241*
— Traun, Water-Power Resources of, 503* Riveter, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools Road Accidents. See Accidents
— Permeometer for Testing Asphaltic Sur
faces Of, 235*
— and Reconstruction of London, 232
— Traction, Railless Electric. See Trolley ’Bus
— War Damage to, Compensation for, 113, 309 Robertson, Prof. D., the' Late, 54
Robertson, H. H., -Co., Cellular Sheet-Steel Flooring, 207*
Rock Drilling at Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 121*
Rods and Tubes, Vulcanised-Fibre, Specification, 168
Rogers, B. A., on Utilisation of Manganese in United States Steel Industry, 464, 487
Bogers, F. H., on Post-War Prospects for Engineers, 332
Rogers, H., on Origin of Gauges for Wire, Sheet and Strip, 75, 85
Rogers, R. J., on Standardisation of Gas Appliances, 475. See 492
Rolling Mill, Calderbank Steel Works, Mechanical Gearing for, 57
— Resistance of Wheels on Beaches, 195, 198*
— of Ships. See Ships
— Stock. See Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls, Plate-Bending. See Machine Tools Rdntgen Rays, Applied (Review), 463
Discovery and Application of, '295 Examination of Copper-Beryllium Alloys, 399
—.— Examination in Industry, Conference, 113 Use in Industry, Formation of Radiology Group by Institute of Physics, 508
. — — Work, Transformers for, Specification, 448
Roof of St. Pancras Station, 13*
— Trusses, Welded (Murex Welding Processes,
Ltd.), 365
Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rotary Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotherwick, Lord, on Future of British Shipping, 191
Rotor for 3,750-kVA. Alternator, 386*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Empire Society, Empire’s Sea Effort, by Lord Chatfield, 93

Royal Institution:

Explosives, by Prof. G. I. Finch, 214* Physical Conditions of Planets, by Sir J. Jeans, 335, 354*
Royal Meteorological Society. See Meteorological
— National Life-Boat Institution, Mechanical
Requirements of, 195, 198*, 218

Royal Society:

Royal Society and National Affairs, 151, 176
Election of Fellows, 273
Election of Rt. Hon. W. S. Churchill to Fellowship, 492
Royal Society of Arts. See Arts for the Prevention of Accidents, Formation of, 52
— Swedish Academy for Engineering Research, Award of Medals by, 29
Rubber, History, Treatment and Testing, 265
— Tubing for Travelling-Pipe Conveyor, 437*
Rudorff, D. W., on Heat Transfer by Organic Fluids, 261*
Runner for 60,000-h.p. Kaplan Turbine, 341*
Rushton, F., on Fretting Corrosion, 474 Busting, See Corrosion

SAFETY Devices for Oil Engines (National Gas and Oil Engine Go., Ltd.), 497*
— First Association, National, Change of Name
to Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents, 52
— in Mines Besearch Board, Investigation on
Formation of Martensite onSurface of Bope Wire, by Dr. E. M. Trent, 378*
Saint. See St.
Salts in Feed Water, Effect on Steam Generation, 17*, 38*
Salzach Biver, Water-Power Besources, 503* Sampling of Flue Gases, 461*, 501*
Saturn, Physical Condition of, 354*
Saunders, Capt. H- E., on Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, 125
Saw. See Machine Tools
Scale from Silica in High-Pressure Boilers, 166 Scavenging in Internal-Combustion Engines, Kadenacy System, Theory of, 463*
Schiller, P., on Control of Domestic Electric Load, 152
Scholarships, See Education
Schroeder, Dr., on Intercrystalline Cracks in Locomotive Boilers, 271
Science and Defence, by Prof. A. V. Hill, 511
— National and International, 151, 175, 194 Scientific Advisory Council, Work of, 151,176
— Discovery And Invention, 295, 305, 337
— Management. See Works Management
— Besearch. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scientists and Military Service in United States, 133
Schmeltzer, J.’E., on Engineering Features of United States Merchant .Ships, 177. See 154,171
Scoops for Marine Condensers, Experiments on, 155
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See 'Engineers
Scrap Metal from Machine Tools, Control and Disposal of, 105
Scrapers, Use in Excavation Work, 236* Screws and Nuts, Machine, Canadian Specification, 60
Seal, Hydraulic, in Gasholder Cups, Design of
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under
Electric
Separation, Magnetic, Swarf and Scrap Metal,
105
Separator, Centrifugal, for Separating Cutting
Fluids from Swarf, 105
— Cyclone, for Chimney-Dust Extraction, 421* Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Sewage Disposal, Birmingham and District, 153 Plant at Stockholm, 390
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Sewers, Concrete-Segment Linings for, 381* Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer and Tor
sion Meter
— Measurement of Torque, 177
— and Pulley, Fretting Corrosion between, 474 Shaping Machine. See Machine Tools
Sharp, Pilot-Officer G. G., the Late, 389 Shear Tests. See Tests, Materials Sheet, Gauges for, Origin of, 75, 85
— Piling, Steel, Grand Coulee Dam, 362*, 401*,
481
— Steel, American Specifications, 365
Flooring, Cellular (H. H. Robertson Co.), 207*
Soldering, Electro-Tinning Prior to, 470 Shelters, Air-Raid, Electric Heating of, 253 Raid, Electrical Heating of, Specification, 188
Raid, Planning of, 93
Raid, Ventilation Equipment (Crompton
Parkinson, Ltd.), 469
Ship Canal. See Canal
— Cargo Winches for, 411
— Classification, Influence on Marine Engineer
ing Progress, 92, 94,138*, 144*, 178*
— under Construction in United States, 453
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Effect of Added Weight on Structural
Strength, 76
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Highly-Powered, Engining of, 78*, 118*
— Launching. See Launching
— Merchant, United States, Engineering
Features of, 171,177. See 154
— Model Experiments. See TanZ: Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships ; Marine Propulsion -— Pitching and Heaving, Calculation of
Motion and Stresses, 76
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines
— Rolling and Lurching, Proposed Criterion, 76
— Sunk in War Time, 113, 313, 391, 453
— Swimming Baths, Waves in, 224*. See
LETTER, 396
— United States, Radio Equipment for, 125
— 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, Application of Light Alloys to, Research Scholarship, 513
— Government Policy, 191
— on Great Lakes, 253
— Guaranteed Week in, 211
— Industry, Position of, 304 Wages in, 73
— Labour Control in, 213
— Naval. See Warships
— Programme of United States Maritime Com
mission, 154, 171,177
— United States, for Great Britain, 233
— Vessels under Construction in United
States 453
— and War-Time Losses, 113, 313, 391, 453
— Yard, British Emergency, Richmond, Cali
fornia, 496*
Labour Control in, 213.
— See also Steawiers ; Naval; Warships and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, American Bureau of. See United States
— British, Future of, 191
— — General Council, Formation of, 372;
Personnel, 433
Position of, 51
— — War Losses of, 113, 313, 391, 453 -
— Chamber of, Presidential Address by Lord
Rotherwick, 191; Annual Report, 191
— Losses, Issue of Monthly Totals, 313. See
'113, 391, 453
— Merchant, War Losses and Replacements,
113, 313, 391, 453
— Ministry of, Amalgamation with Ministry of
Transport,'372, 433
— United States Policy, 154,171 Shipyard. See Shipbuilding'Yard
Shop Management. See Works Management Shovels, Excavating, Types and Applications of, 196*
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd., Hand-
Operated Carbon-Arc Welding Torch, 77* Signals, Sound, as Aids to Navigation, 126 Signalling, Railway, and Communications
(Review), 163
Silica Bricks. See Firebricks
— in High-Pressure Boiler Water, 166 Silley, J. H., the Late, 95
•Simon, Dr. F., on Low-Temperature Research, 430
Slag. See Metallurgy
Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools Smaele, Dr. A. de, on Central Station for
Industrial Steam Supply at Verviers, 433 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smidth, F. L. and Co., Ltd., Drogheda and
Limerick Cement Works, 165
Smith, Sir A. MacG., The late, 198
Smith, D. V. H., on District Heating, 71. See LETTER, 135
Smith, E. C. W., on Radiation from Solids under Flame Impact, 123
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on An Early Marine Engineering Institution, 275
Smith, J., Pioneer of Transatlantic Steam Navigation, 205
Smoke Abatement Society, National, Annual
Report, 150
— from Coal, Relation to Volatile Matter, 318*
Smokeless Powder. See Explosives
Societies, Technical and Scientific.- See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Solar. See Sun
Soldering, Oxy-Acetylene, of High-Nickel Alloys, 124
— Sheet Steel, Electro-Tinning Prior to, 470 Solids, Radiation under Flame Impact, 123 Solvent Extraction of Oil, 36
Soot Blowers, Automatic, Electrically-Controlled (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 486*
Sound Signals as Aids to Navigation, 126 South African Railways and Harbours, Annual Report, 113
— America, Export Trade, 32
— American Markets, Effect of War on, 363
— — Standards Committee, Formation of, 494
— Australian Government, Barrages on River
Murray, 93.
South Wales Electric Power Co. versus Electricity Commissioners, 473
— West Essex Technical College, Annual
Report, 408
— — Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129,
149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 248, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 368, 388, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89,
109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 308, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southern Railway, Effect of Air Raids on Electric Traction, 53 ; 4-6-2 Type Streamlined Locomotive “ Channel Packet,” 230* Specific-Heat Determinations, Copper-Beryl- lium Alloys, 398*
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
Speculum-Metal Plating, Development of, 388 Speed-Changing Gears. See Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Reduction Gears. See Gearing; Marine
Propulsion
— Regulation. See Governor
— Specific, of Pumps and Turbines, 175 Sperry Gyroscope Co., Inc., Quantity Production of Gyro Instruments, 457
Spillway, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon, 302*
— Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 401*, 441* —? Norris Dam, Tennessee Valley, 2*
— Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee Valley,
161*, 201*
Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels
Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd., Drying Machine for Coated Welding Rods, 366*
Sprag Beam for Lifeboat Tractor, 219 Squares, Engineers’, Specification, 168 Squire; R., on Architects and Reconstruction, 294. See 253
St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 251, 253 St. Pancras Station Roof, 13* Stability of Ships. See Ships Stacker Boom, Concrete-Aggregate Handling Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241*
Stairmand, C. J., on Calculation of Terminal Speeds, 436. See LETTERS, 294*, 355 Stamp, Lord, the Late, 334* ; Appointment of Successor, 348
Stanchions. See Columns Standardisation of Bricks, 474
— in Building Industry, 53
— of Coke Grades and Properties, 475, 492
— of Declared Calorific Value of Gas, 475, 492,
495
— of Gas Appliances, 475, 492
— in War Time, 331
Standards Committee, South American, Formation of, 494
— Institution, British, Specifications : Gal-
vanlsed-Steel Cisterns and Tanks, 28; Brass Die Castings and Gravity Die Castings, 28; Portable Standard of Brightness, 68; Flameproof Enclosure of Electrical Apparatus, 68; Loco-Type Multitubular Boilers, 88; Oils, Thinners, Pigments and Paints, 88; Light-Output Test of Cinematograph Projectors, 128; Headlamp Masks for Motor Vehicles, 128; Vulcanlsed-Fibre Rods and Tubes, 168; Oil Circuit Breakers, 168; Engineers’ Squares, 168 ; Flexible Cords for Miners’ Cap Lamps, 188; A.R.P. Lighting Fittings, 188 ; Electrical Heating of Air- Raid Shelters, 188; Arc Welding of Tubular-Steel Structural Members, 228; Devices for Detection of Incendiary Bombs, 228. See 153 ; Safety Requirements for Mains-Operated Radio Apparatus, 288 ; Materials for Horizontal Damp- Proof Courses, 288 ; Earthing Clamps and Clips, 288; Brass Tubes for Screwed Glands and Condensers, 348; Cast Brass Bars for Forgings, 348 ; Cooking Tests for Gas Ovens, 348; Low-Pressure Gas Mantles, 348 ; Artificial-Daylight Fitting for Colour Matching, 348; Glass for Glazing, 448; Transformers for X-Ray Purposes, 448; Slip or Block Gauges, 448; Lac, 468; Linen Fabric for Aircraft, 468 ; Aluminium-Alloy Tubes, 468 ; Protective Toe-Caps for Boots for Industrial Purposes, 488; Electric Traction Motors, 488; Leaded-Bronze Castings and Ingots, 508 ; Wood Doors, 508. Booklets on Testing of Rubber, 265; War-Time Activities of Institution, 331; Glossary of Aeronautical Terms, 340 ; Draft Specification for External Measuring Comparators, 358 ; Method of Testing Dust-Extraction Plant and Emission of Solids from Chimneys of Power Stations, 461*, 501*
— Specifications, Canadian, Paper-Insulated
Lead-Covered Cable, 60; -Insulated Conductors for Power-Operated Radio Devices, 60 ; Machine Screws and Nuts, 60
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Wire Gauge, Imperial, Origin of, 85
Stanger, R. H. H., on Concrete for Building, 116. See LETTER, 54
State Railways. See Railways
Statigraph Graph-Drawing Machine (R. A. Mills), 226*
Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— St. Pancras, Roof of, 13*
Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator, Welded, for 3,750-kVA Alternator, 385*
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Condensation. See Condensing
— Consumption. See Coal Consumption
— Contamination in Boilers, Investigations on,
17*, 38*
— Engines. See Engines
— Generation at High Pressures, Physical
Aspect of, 17*, 38*
— Supply, Industrial, Central Station at
Verviers, 433 .
?— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers, Atlantic, Displacement, Horsepower and Speed, 119*
Machinery of, 78*, 118*
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine' Pro
pulsion
— Influence of Ship Classification on, 139
— “ President,”’ Loss of, 205
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ;? Turbines
— Rolling of. See Ships, Rolling
— Stability of. See Ships
— “ Vespasian,” Mechanical Gearing in, 58
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steels, Alloy, History of, 305
— Chromium. See Steel, Stainless
— Committee, American Society for Testing
Materials, Work of, 365
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Distribution Scheme, 73
— Framed Carillon Tower, Welded, Dayton,
United States, 256
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat-Resisting, Resistance to Furnace
Atmospheres, 505
Treatment of. See Neat Treatment under JfetaHwrpy
— for Home Civilian Requirements, 450
— Hot-Tinning of, 278*
— Industry, United States, Use of Manganese
in, 464, 487
— Ingots, Heterogeneity of, Report on Oxygen'
in Iron and Steel, 375, 415
— and Iron, Government Distribution of Sup
plies Scheme, 508
Industry of Brazil, 264
Products, Census of Stocks, 9, 508
— for Large Mechanical Gears, 58
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— for Marine Boilers, History of, 144
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs ;
Metallography
— Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum, Resistance
to Furnace Atmospheres, 505
— Oxygen in, Determination of, 375, 415
— Pickling Process, Bullard-Dunn, 510
— Products, Census of Stocks, 9, 508
— Production, British, Position of, 397
— Rails. See Rails
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Segments for Lining Detroit-Windsor Tun
nel, 381
— Sheet, American Specifications, 365
Flooring, Cellular (H. H. Robertson Co.), 207*
Piling, Grand- Coulee Dam, 362*, 401*, 481
Soldering, Electro-Tinning Prior to, 470
— Stainless, Detection of Flaws by Eddy
Currents, 518*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress ; Tests
{Materials)
— Structural Members, Tubular, Arc Welding
of, Specification, 228
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials)
Steelwork, Structural, in Buildings, Fire Protection of, 300
Stirrup Pumps, Carrying Handle for (Tangyes, Ltd.), 383. See Addendum, 429
Stockholm, Sewage-Disposal Plant at, 390
Stodola, Prof. A., Award of James Watt Inter- tional Medal to, 94
Stoking, Mechanical, Analysis of Coals for, 319*, 340
Storage Battery, See Accumulator under Electric
— Heat, Chemical Compounds for, 264
— Premises, Registration of, 413
Strain. Spe Stress
Straker, E., the late, 509
Street Railway. See Tramways
— See Roads
Strength of Materials. See- Stress and Tests {Materials)
Stress in Ship .due to Pitching and Heaving, 76
Strikes. See Labour ; Labour Notes
Strip, Gauges for, Origin of, 75, 85
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Election of Members, 48, 128, 208, 308, 368, 448; Post-War Housing Arrangements, by C. Cocking, 193; Luncheon, 353; Report on Buildings Damaged by Air Raids, 453
— Members, Steel, Tubular, Arc Welding of,
Specification, 228
— Steel, American Specifications, 365
—? Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, Ferro-Concrete. See Ferro- Concrete Struts. See Columns
Stuart, M. R. F. H., the Late, 468
Sulphur Content of Town Gas, Reduction of, 475, 495
Summer Time Extension and Electricity Supply, 213
Sun and Ionosphere, Kelvin Lecture on, 393
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., 6,000- b.h.p. Sun-Doxford Marine Diesel Engine, 23*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Physical Properties of Insulating Materials, by P. C. Walmsley, 273
Supervision in - Design and Construction of Machinery, 351
Supply, Ministry of, Census of Stocks of Iron and Steel Products, 9, 508; Demolition of Watt Engines, 73; Distribution of Steel Supplies Schemes, 73, 508
— Services, Report on, 293
Surface Analyser, Brush (A. C. Wickman, Ltd.), 356
— Closely-Fitting, Fretting Corrosion of, 474
— Condensers. See Condensers
Surrey Iron Railway, History of, 157,164,185, 216
Survey, Hydrographic, of Transjordan,181*
Surveying, Geophysical, in United States Petroleum Industry, 454
Swarf, Control and Disposal of, 105
Sweden, Kiruna Mine, Excavation Methods at, 196*
Swimming Baths in Ships, Waves in, 224*. See LETTER, 396
Swinden, Dr. T., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 374
Switchgear, Bonneville Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 342*
— Circuit Breaker, Oil, Specification, 168 Switchgear Testing Co. Ltd., Examination of,
11-kV. Transformer, 133
Sydney Pressure Tunnel, Strengthening of, 382 Synthetic-Resin Cement for Wood (British Industrial Plastics, Ltd.), 246*
Systems, Shop. See Jror&s Management

TACOMA Narrows Suspension Bridge, Failure of, 54
Tangyes, Ltd., 18-in. Centre Motor-Driven Break Lathe, 27*; Carrying Handle for Stirrup Pump, 383. See Addendum, 429
Tank, Experimental, Taylor, Carderock, Maryland, 125
— Galvanised-Steel, Specification, 28
— Open Oscillating, on Ships, Waves in, 224*,
See LETTER, 396
— Quenching, for Heat-Treatment Plant, 287*
Tarnishing of Materials for Electrical Contacts,
285, 316, 337
Tauwitchere Island Barrage, River Murray, Australia, 93
Taxation and Production Concentration, 413
Taylor, A. M., on Quadrature Booster for Long-Distance. Power Transmission, 515. See 402*. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 487
Taylor, Dr. D., on Ignition Lag in Supercharged Compression-Ignition Engine,281*
Taylor, E. B., the Late, 154
— Experimental Tank, Carderock, Maryland, 125
Taylor, Dr. J. L., on Failure of Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 54
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Papers, Preparation and Presentation of, 392
— Periodicals, Foreign, Access to, 353, 513
— Press and Its Functions, 512
and Gas Industry, 485, 496, 512
— Societies. See Institutions; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telegraphy, Trade in Apparatus for, 204
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless, Application and Use of Quartz
Crystals in, 173
Equipment for United States Ships, 125
History and Development of, 305
Radio Beacons as Aid to Navigation, 126
Trade in Apparatus for, 204
See also Radio
Telephonic'Apparatus, Trade Statistics, 204
Telephony, Wireless, Application and Use of ? Quartz Crystals in, 173
Equipment for United States Ships, 125
History and Development of, 305
Radio Beacons as Aid to Navigation,-126
Trade in Apparatus for, 204
See also Radio
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Temperature of Coal-Gas and Methylated-
Spirit Flames, 321*, 345
— Effects with Compressed air, 444*. See
LETTER, 494*
— Measurement in Moving Machinery, 55 Template for Cellular Sheet-Pile Cofferdam,
201*
Tenders, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 128,168, 188, 208
Tennessee Valley Authority, Dam Construction in Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*; Concrete-Handling Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241*
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Tensometer, Hounsfleld, with Electric Furnace for Hot Testing, 101*
Terminal Speeds in Fluids, Calculation of, 292*. See LETTERS, 355, 437
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Terrace, J., on Education in Gas Industry, 485. See 492, 495
Tests, Agglutinating, for Coal, 339*
— of Annis Meters, 479*
— of Axial-Flow Pump, Unusual Results from
108
— of Concrete Linings for Tunnels, 381*
— Cooking, for Gas Ovens, Specification, 348
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Electric Heating of Air-Raid Shelters, 253
— 235-b.h.p. Five-Cylinder Gas Engine with
Crankless Gas Booster, 66*. See LETTER, 116
— of Insulating Refractories, 34
— of Lifeboat Tractors, 220
— of Lubrication of Lead-Bronze Bearings, 108
— Mechanical, Tool Dynamometer, 222*. See
LETTERS, 315, 355

Tests (Materials) :

Hardness Tests, Brinell, Microscope for (Bausch and Lomb), 210
— — Copper-Beryllium Alloys, 399*
— — Diamond Pyramid, Copper Rods, 359 . —«? Testing, Sensitive Pyramidal Diamond
Point for, 87*
Shear Tests, Wood Jointed with Synthetic- Resin Cement, 246*
Stresses in Materials and. Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Copper Wire after Prolonged Heating, 359
Hot, with Miniature Test Pieces,101* Tests, Taylor Booster for Power Transmission, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
Testing Apparatus, Gear, Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., 99*
for Hand and Eye Co-ordination, 432
— Asphaltic Surfaces, Permeometer for, 235*
— of Dust-Extraction Plant, 421*, 461*, 501*
— Flame, of Electrical Insulating Materials,
Reproducible Flame for, 321*, 345
— Laboratory for Brake Linings (Ferodo, Ltd.),
325*
See also National Physical
—* Machines for Brake Linings (Ferodo, Ltd.), 325*
for Tunnel Linings, 381*
— Materials, American Society for, Work of
Steel Committee, 365 ; Recommendations of Non-Ferrous Metal Committees, 410
— Refractory Insulating Materials, 35
— Textile (Review), 282
— Thickness of Chromium Plating, 288
— and Treatment of Rubber, 265
— See also Tests (Materials)
Texas, Establishment of Tin-Smelting Works in, 519
Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile-Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects, 224
— Mills, Verviers, Steam Supply System, 433
— Testing (Review), 282
Thermal Characteristics of Insulating Refractories, 34
— Efficiency, 235-b.h.p. Gas Engine with
Crankless Gas Booster, 66*. See LETTER, 116
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermocouple. See Pyrometer
Thermometers for Measuring Temperatures in Moving Machinery, 55
— See also Pyrometer
Thermostatic Control Gear for Variable-Stroke Boiler-Feed Pump, 506*
Thomson, Sir J. J., Canadian Memoir of, 429
Tidal Institute and Observatory, Liverpool, Annual Report, 368
— Mechanics, Problem in, 154*. See LETTERS,
195, 276
Tide-Generating Forces, 414*
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Research and Development Council, Inter
national. See Tin Research Institute
—'— Institute, Hot Tinning, by Dr. C. E. Homer, 278*; Annual Report, 388; Electro-Tinning of Parts to be Soldered, by Dr. C. E. Homer and H. C. Watkins, 470
— Smelting Works in Texas, Establishment of,
519
Tinning, Electro-, of Parts to be Soldered, 470
— Hot, of Iron, Steel, Copper and Copper
Alloys, 278*
Tipping’s Girdle for Lifeboat Wheels, 199*
“ Titanic,” S.S., Machinery of, 79*
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges Tookey, W. A., on Vis-ii-Vis Internal-Combustion Engines, 423*
Tool Grinder. See Grinding under Machine Tools Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Torch, Welding, Carbon-Arc, Hand-Operated (Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd.), 77*
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torque Meters. See Dynamometers; Torsion Meters
Torsion Meter for Measurement of Shaft Torque on Ships, 177
See also Dynamometers
Tower, Carillon, Welded Steel-Framed, Dayton, Unifed States, 256
— Cooling, for Power Station, Economics of
Design, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
— Stacker, Concrete - Aggregate Handling
Plant, Guntersville Dam, 241*
— Water, Crystal Palace, Demolition, 313,336* Town Gas. See Gas
— Planning, District Heating in Relation to,
71. See LETTER, 135
Track, Girder, for Lifeboat Carriage, 195,199*, 218*
Trackless Trolley System, Road Traction. See Trolley 'Bus
Traction, Electric. See Railways; Trolley ’Bus; Tramways
Tractors, Agricultural, Output of, 283
— Chain-Track, History of, 95*
— Equipment, Agricultural, with Depth-Con
trol (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 186*
— for Excavation Work, 236*
— for Launching Lifeboats, 195, 218*
Trade, Agricultural Machinery Exports and Exports, 283
— Aircraft, Imports and Exports, 134
— Appointment of Import Executive, 33
— British, with Brazil, 264
Export, to United States, 253
— Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes
— Engineering and Allied, Position and Pros
pects, 44, 83, 134, 184, 204, 223, 283, 304, 335. See Addendum, 320
— Export, Co-operative Selling in Develop
ment of, 53
Problems of, 193
in War-Time, 32
— and Industries of Brazil, 264
— Locomotive, Export, 284
— Machine Tool, Statistics, 223
— Machinery Imports and Exports, 44, 83,
134, 184, 204, 223, 283, 304, 335. See Addendum, 320
— Marine-Engine, Exports of, 304
— Motor Cycles and Cycles, Imports and
Exports, 83
Vehicles, Imports and Exports, 83
Trade, South American, Effect of War on, 363
— Textile-Machinery Imports and Exports, 224
— Unions. See Labour; Labour Notes; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Tramways, Early Progress of Electric Traction on, 273
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Transformer, Low-Voltage, for Lighting Circuits (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 277*
— Plant, Norris Dam, Tennessee, 3*
— Pole-Mounted, Earth-Leakage Protection
of, 45
— 11-kV Testing, Examination of, 133
— Wheeler Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, Ten
nessee, 82*
— for X-Ray Purposes, Specification, 448 Transjordan, Water Resources of, Report on,
181*, 244
Transmission Dynamometer. See Torsion Meter
— Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine
Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
Transport of Coal, Report on, 273
-r- Council, War, Appointment of, 291
— Institute of, Election of Members, 428;
Report of South African Centre, 469
— of Lifeboats over Beaches, 195, 198*, 218*
— Ministry of, Report on Norton Fitzwarren
Railway Accident, 8; Appointment of Regional Port Directors, 51; Statement ' on Road Accidents, 73 ; Report on Gretna
Junction Railway Accident, 116; Canal Traffic in War Time, 153 ; Appointment of War Transport Council, 291; Amalgamation with Ministry of Shipping, 372, 433; Report on Railway Accidents in 1940, 491; Consideration of Electricity Charges, 491
— Motor. See Road; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road; Motor; Tramway ;
Trolley ‘Bus
Trash Racks, Grand Coulee Dam, 441* Norris Dam, Tennessee Valley, 2* Traun, River, Water-Power Resources of, 503* Trent, Dr. E. M., on Formation of Martensite on Surface of Rope Wire, 378*
Trestles, Steel, Concrete Distribution, Grand
Coulee Dam, 362*, 441*
Trials. See Tests
Trinks, Prof. W., on Production of Seamless Tubes by Cross-Rolling, 498*
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Trolley-’Bus, 105-h.p., for Belfast Corporation
(Associated Equipment Co., Ltd.), 126* Trough, Spillway, Grand Coulee Dam, 441* Trought, M. E., on Production and Utilisation of Magnesium, 260
Troup, J. D., on Post-War National Fuel Policy, 136
Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— Transporting, Hand-Operated, Low-Plat
form (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 107*
Trusses, Roof, Welded (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 365
Tubes, Aluminium-Alloy, Specification, 468
— Boiler, Heat Transfer In, 17*, 38
— Brass, for Screwed Glands and Condensers,
Specification, 348
— Condenser, Velocity of Water through, 418*
— Railways. See Underground Railways
— Vulcanlsed-Fibre, Specification, 168
— Seamless, Production by Cross-Rolling and
Guide Discs, 498*
•—? See also Pipes
Tubipg, Rubber, for Travelling-Pipe Conveyor, 437*
Tungsten Carbide, Manufacture and Uses of, 86*. 145*
— Deposits in Idaho, 480
— Properties and Applications of, 305 Tunnel Lining, Modern Methods of, 381* Turbines, Hydraulic, in Canada, Statistics, 386 Canadian Hydro-Electric Plants, 155 66,000-h.p. Francis, Norris Dam, Tennessee, 2*
150,000-h.p. Francis, Grand Coulee Dam, 361, 443*
60,000-h.p. Kaplan, Bonneville Dam, 341*
45,000-h.p. Propeller Type, Wheeler Dam, Tennessee, 82*
See also Power Plant
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Specific Speed of, 175
— Steam, Condensing Plant for, Economics of
Design, 417*, 438*, 459*. See Errata, 468
Construction in 1940, 184. See Addendum, 320
10,000-kW. High-Pressure, Delray Power Station, 190*
— 3,000-kW, Pass-Out, for Paper Mill (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 384*
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generators, Construction in 1940, 184. See Addendum, 320
10,000-kW. High-Pressure, Delray Power Station, 190*
3,000-kW. Pass-Out (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 384*
Twelvetrees, W. N., the Late, 514
Tyrol, Water-Power Resources of, 502*

UNDERGROUND Railways, London Passenger Transport Board’s Annual Report, 233 Unemployment. See Labour
Unions, Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, Annual Report, 191
United States, Aeroplane Production in, 134 Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, 301*, 341*
British Emergency Shipbuilding Yard, Richmond, California, 496*
Bureau of Mines, Statistics of Lead Industry, 165 ; Report on Copper Industry, by H. M. Meyer, 236; Production and Utilisation of Magnesium, by H. A. Francke and M. E. Trought, 260; Film Library, 290; Man-Made Earthquakes, by S. L. Windes, 348; Experiments on Direct Production of Magnesium, 377; Activated Carbon from Coal Refuse for Water Purification, by S. J. Broderick and E. S. Hertzog, 460; Utilisation of Manganese in United States Steel Industry, by B. A. Rogers, 464, 487 ; Discovery of Tungsten and Antimony in Idaho, 480; Protection of Amarillo Helium-Producing Plant, 489
Bureau of Shipping,- Vessels under Construction 453
Bureau of Standards, Sensitive Pyramidal Diamond Tool for Indentation Measurements, by F. Knoop, C. G. Peters and W. B. Emerson, 87*
Co-operation with Great Britain in Research, 511
Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, 301*, 341*
Dam Construction in Tennessee Valley, 1*, 41*, 81*, 121*, 161*, 201*
Dayton, Welded Steel-Framed Carillon Tower, 256
Destroyers " Preston ” and " Bruce," Structural Characteristics, 76
Electricity Supply in, Statistics and Reports, 233, 433
Engineering Education in, Reports on, 31, 517
Establishment of Tin-Smelting Works in Texas, 519
Excavation Methods in, 197*, 235*
— ?— Export Trade to, 32
Grand Coulee Dam, 361*, 401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
Lease and Lend Bill, 233
Machine-Tool Industry, 223
Maritime Commission, Machinery for
Ships of, 23* ; Policies of, 154,171, 177 Motor Fuel Production in, Statistics, 133 Munitions Production, 413
National Research Council, Statement on Scientists and Engineers and Military Service, 133
Navy. See United States under Warships Overseas Bases, 311
Petroleum Industry, Review of, 453 Railways. See Railways ; Railroads Ships, Engineering Features of, 171,177. See 23*. 154
Ships, Radio Equipment for, 125 —Shipbuilding in, 305, 453. See 253 Shipbuilding on Great Lakes, 253 Steel Industry, Use of Manganese In, 464, 487
—:— St. Lawrence Waterway Scheme, 251, 253
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure, 54
Trade with Brazil, 264
Trade with South America, 363. See 264 See also America
Universal Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Universities and Industry, 356, 371
— and Scientific Research, 194 University, Birmingham, Tests of Taylor
Booster, 402*. See LETTERS, 474, 515. See Erratum, 487
— Cambridge, Lectureship in Economics and
Aesthetics of Engineering Design and Construction, 373; 471
— Leeds, Fuel Research at, Annual Report, 133
— Leyden, Closing of, 173
— Maryland, Artificial Earthquakes, by S. L.
Windes, 348
— Ohio State, The University and Industry,
by R. E. Flanders, 356, 371
— See also Education
Uranus, Physical Condition of, 355 Uruguayan Trade, Effect of War on, 364

“VACUSTAT” Gauge for High Vacuum (W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 306*. See LETTER, 355
Vacuum Pump. See Pump
Valve, Air-Control, Foot-Operated (B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.), 137*
— Arkon Seat-ln-Sleeve (Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 126*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
— Water-Mixing, Leonard Thermostatic (Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 156*
Van Siclen, M., the Late, 448
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vat, Nickel-Plating, Recording pH Controller for, 64*
Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd., Electric Hoisting Block, 104*
Vehicles, Chain-Track, History of, 95*
Velocities, Terminal, Particles Falling in Fluids, 294*. See LETTERS, 355, 437
Ventilation of Anti-Glare Schemes in Foundries, 420
— Equipment, Air-Raid Shelter (Crompton,
Parkinson, Ltd.), 469
Venus, Physical Condition of, 335, 354
Verviers, Belgium, Central Station for Industrial Steam Supply at, 433
“ Vespasian," S.S., Mechanical Gearing in, 58
Vibration Frequency, Machinery of S.S. “ Queen Mary,” 118
Vibrators, Electric, for Aggregate-Grading Plant, Grand Coulee Dam, 483*
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Memorial to Rankine, 216*
Virginia Public Service Co., Boilers with Diphenyloxide Economisers and Air Heaters, 262
Vis-i-Vls Engine. See Engine
Visibility by White and Coloured Light, 373
Vitrain, Volatile Content of, 339
Voce, Dr. E., on Effect of Prolonged Heating on Copper Wire, 359
Volatile Matter in Coal, as Guide to Behaviour, 318*, 339*
Vorarlberg, Water-Power Resources of, 502*
Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co., Ltd.,
Report on Oil-Vapour Explosion in Air Receiver, 100
— Sinclair Fluid Couplings, Applications, 426*
Vulcanised-Fibre Rods and Tubes,. Specification, 168

WAGES. See Labour; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— Railway Goods, Pooling of, 213-
14-ton Welded (Butterley Co., Ltd.), 56*
— on Surrey Iron Railway; 185 • Wakefield of Hythe, Viscount, the Late, 74 Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd., Arkon Seat-in-
Sleeve Valve, 126*; Leonard-Thermostatic Water-Mixing Valves, 156*
Walker, Prof. M., the Late, 95
Waller, G., and Son, Ltd., Michell-Waller Crankless Gas Booster for 235-b.h.p. Gas Engine, 65*. See LETTER, 116
Walmsley, P. C., on Physical Properties of Insulating Materials, 273
Walsh, C. J., the Late, 188
War Damage Act, 273; Private-Chattels Insurance Scheme, 413, 453
to Machine Tools and its Repair, 473 to Public Utilities, 473
to Roads, Compensation for, 113, 309
— Education after, 472
— Effect on South American Markets, 363
— Effort, Welding in, 352
— Losses of British Shipping, 113, 313, 391
— and Merchant Shipping, 453
— Office, Use of Electricity in Buildings, 72
— Reconstruction after, Policy of, 33
— Risk Claims, Payment of, 153
— and Scientific Research, Co-operation between Great Britain and the United States, 511
— Time, British Railway Performance in, 231 Building Bulletins, No. 12 on Emergency
Pipe Repairs, 127 ; Leaflet on Concreting in Cold Weather, 173; No. 13, on Protection of Structures against Fire, 300
—<?— Canal Traffic in, 153
Cement Consumption, Estimated, 516 Communications, Ministry of, Formation, 372
Electric Power Supply in, 133
Engineers in, 5, 332
Export Trade in, 32
Inventions Committees, 253
Problems at Ports, 513
and Prospects of Engineers, 5, 332
Standardisation in, 331
— Transport Council, Appointment of, 291 Wardle, A. C., on Award of Gold Medal by
Chilean Government to W. Wheelwright, 514*
Warfare, Army Mechanisation in, 93
— Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics

Warships :

Admiralty and Shipyard Labour Control, 213
Battle of the Atlantic, 252
— of Matapan, 272
Battleships and Battle-Cruisers, Design of, 431
Empire’s Sea Effort, 93
German Battleship “ Bismarck,” Sinking of, 431
H. M. Battle-Cruiser " Hood,” Sinking of, 431
Naval Expenditure in 1939, 413
— Shipbuilding on Great Lakes, 253
Turbine Machinery of Warships, 79 United States Destroyers " Preston ” and “ Bruce,” Structural Characteristics, 76
Ships, Feed-Water Systems for, 155 See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washing and Grading Plant for Aggregate,
Grand Coulee Dam, 482*
— Equipment, Paraffin (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.),
26*
Washington State College, Pullman, Experiments on Direct Production of Magnesium, 377
— United States, Grand Coulee Dam, 361*,
401*, 441*, 481*, 504*
Water, Circulating, Systems for Power Stations, Economics of Design, 417*, 438*, 459*; See Errata, 468
— High-Pressure Boiler, Silica in, 166
— Main, Welded, Rangoon, 280
— Mixing Valves, Leonard Thermostatic
(Walker, Crosweller and Co., Ltd.), 156*
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Power, Water ; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Purification, Activated Carbon for, Pro
duction from Coal Refuse, 460
— Resources of Transjordan, Report, 181*, 244
— Spray Dust Separator, Hell Gate Power
Station, 422*
— Supply. See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Towers, Crystal Palace, Demolition of,
313, 336*
— Transport, Problems of; 513
— Treatment (Review), 4
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
Waterways. See Rivers; Canals Waterworks, Deptford, Demolition of Watt Engines, 73
— See also Water Supply and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Watkins, H. C., on Electro-Tinning of Parts to be Soldered, 470
Watt Beam Engines, Demolition of) 73
.— International Medal. Award to Prof. A. Stodola, 94
Waves in Open Oscillating Tank, 224*. See LETTER, 396
Weather. See Meteorology
Weathering of Coal, Effect of, 339
Welded Roof Trusses (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 365
Welder, Spot, 60-kVA. Half-Cycle, Bench Mounting (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 130*
Welding, Arc, Design and Practice, Procedure Handbook (Review), 4
of Tubular Steel Structural Members, Specification, 228
— Head, Carbon-Arc, for Water-Main Con
struction (Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd.), 280
— Institute of, Luncheon, 353 ; Welding and
War Effort, by Dr. H. J. Gough, 352. See 353
— in Marine Engineering, Progress, 92, 179.
— Oxy-Acetylene, of High-Nickel Alloys, 124 —? Research, 352
— Rods, Coated, Drying Machines for
(Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co. Ltd.), 366*
— Torch, Carbon-Arc, Hand-Operated (Sie-
mens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd.), 77*
— and War Effort, 352, 353
Wendling, Dr. A. V., on Sir J. J. Thomson, 429 West, Dr. A. C., on Ignition Lag in Supercharged Compression-Ignition Engine, 281* West, Sir F. J., on Standardisation of Declared Calorific Value of Gas, 485. See 492, 495
Western Australia, Mines Department, Report on Machinery Inspection, 73
Westinghouse Electric and Maufacturing Co., 56,000-kVA. Generators for Norris Dam,2*’; Electric Coupling for Ships, 25 ; 108,000- kVA. Generators for Grand Coulee Dam, 361, 442*
Wheels, Rolling Resistance, on Beaches, 195, 198*
— Gear. See Gears ; Gearing ; Marine Pro
pulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
“ Wheelabout ” Fire Pump, 467*
Wheeler Dam, Tennessee Valley, 1*, 81*, 121*; Rock Drilling at, 121*
Wheelwright, W., Award of Gold Medal by Chilean Government, 514*
White, G., on Early Needle Making, 48
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Wickman-Horstman Thread-Grinding Machine, 147* ; Universal Scissor Gauge, 166* ; Optical Protractor, 210; Brinell Microscope, 210 ; Brush Surface Analyser, 356
Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd., Notes on Welding, Soldering and Brazing of High-Nickel Alloys, 124
Wigley, C., on Waves in Open Oscillating Tank, 396. See 224*
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Works of, 167*
Wilhelmshaven, Air-Raid Damage in, 324*
Willans, K. W., on Training Labour for Munitions, 395
Willcox, J. E., the Late, 136
Williams, A. E., on Synthetic Hydrocarbons, 394
Williams, K. W., on Interchangeability of Marine Motors, 316
Williamson, Capt. A., the Late, 28
Winant, J. G., on American Co-operation, 333 Winch, Drag-Scraper, Fluid Coupling for, 426
— Steam and Electric, for Ships, 411
Windeler, G. E., on Mechanical Mishaps, 351 Windes, S. L., on Artificial Earthquakes, 348
Wingfield, C. H., the Late, 175 Wire, Copper, Effect of Prolonged Heating at 80 deg. C., 359
— Gauges, Origin of, 75, 85
— Haulage-Rope, Formation of Martensite on,
378*
Wireless Technology, Institute of, Incorporation with British Institution of Radio Engineers, 368
— Telegraphy. See Telegraphy ; Radio
— Telephony. See Telephony ; Radio Witton-Kramer Electric Tool and. Hoist
Works, Electric Hoisting Block, 104* Wolf, S., and Co., Ltd., Electric Hand Drills, 206*
Women Workers. See under Labour Wood Doors, Specification, 508
— Synthetic-Resin Cements for (British Indus
trial Plastics, Ltd.), 246*
Wdbdhouse and Mitchell, Ltd., 7i-in. Centre Capstan Lathe, 476*
Woods, R. C., on Tests for Hand and Eye Co-ordination, 432
Work, Dr. H. K., on Photocell Control for Bessemer Steelmaking, 237*. See Erratum, 248
Workmen. See under Labour

Works :

Electroplating Works, Air-Raid Precautions in, 388
Engineering Works, Employment of
Women. See under Labour Gas Works. See Gas Undertakings Testing Laboratory, Ferodo, Ltd., 325* Tin-Smelting Establishment in Texas, 519 Works of Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 167*
Works and Buildings, Ministry of, Appointment of Committee on Cement Industry, 53 ; Standardisation in Building Industry, 53; Use of Electricity by Government Departments, 72; Emergency Repair Department, 153; Statement on Planning, for Reconstruction, 213 ; London Reconstruction Plans, 293; Appointment of Consultative Panel on Physical Planning, 312; Licences for Building Operations, 313 ; Functions and Policy, 373 ; Repair of Bombed Property, 373 ; War-Time and Post-War Cement Production, 516
— Management, Incentives for Foremen, 403 and Organisation (Review), 423
— — Quantity Production of Gyro Instruments, 457
— — Supervision in, 351
— Managers’ and Cement Chemists’ Handbook (Review), 405
— Organisation and Management (Review), 423 Workshop Training. See Education
— See Works ; Machine Tools Wrecks. See Accidents
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association Research Scholarship, 513
Wyman, H. L. D., on Reproducible Flame for Testing Electrical Insulating Materials, 321*, 345

X-RAYS. See Rontgen Rays

YEARBOOKS. See LITERATURE INDEX

ZEELOCK Mining Cutters, 247*

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