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ABERCROMBIE, PROF. P., County of London Plan, 51, 71. See 253, 288, 411
Abstracting, Co-ordination of, 292

Accidents:

Factory Accidents, Chief Inspector’s Annual Report, 392
Fires from Welding Equipment, Precautions against, 230
Launching Accident to S.S. ** Daphne,” 14 Railway Accidents, British, in 1942, Report, 52
— Collision at Scarborough, Report on, 353 Accumulators, Electric. See Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Truck
Acetylene Welding. See Welding Acme Screw Threads, Specification, 128 Acoustics, Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts,221*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Adhesion of Electrodeposited Nickel, 438 Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Navigation See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics
Aero Research, Ltd., Bulletin on High-Frequency Heating in Plywood Manufacture, 116*. See Errata, 468. See also LITERATURE INDEX I
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Wright Lecture on Post-War Transport Aircraft, by Dr. E. P. Warner, 95, 136, 216*, 285*, 337*, 396*, 437*, 445 * Aeronautical Medals, 353

Aeronautics :

Aero Engine. See Engine, Aeroplane (below)
Aerodromes for Post-War Transport Aircraft, 96, 445
— Runway Construction in Cold Weather, 16.
Aeronautical Medals, Collection of, 353
— Research in Australia, Report, 404, 424
— Science, Proposed School of,*.473
Aeronautics and International Communications, 316, 331
Aeroplanes, Air-Conditioning in, 465
— Bristol ” Beaufighter ” Engine Installation, 387*
— for Ship Flying, History of, 1*, 41*, 61*, 101*, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
— Wright Biplane, 40th Anniversary of Flight with, 493
Air Transport, Commercial, Future of, in United States, 473
Aircraft Carriers and Ship Flying, 1*, 41*, 61*, 101*, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
— Electrical Engineering (Review), 483
— Factory, Women’s Wages, 93, 353, 393 .
— Production, Ministry of. Report on | German Aero-Engine Pistons, 367* Report by Select Committee on National Expenditure, 153 in United States, 456
IK —Transport, Post-War, 95, 136, 216*, 285*, 337*, 396*, 437*. 445
Balloons, Kite, Steel Wire Rope for, Specification, 428
— Patrol, Timber Hangar for, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 341*
Civil Aviation in Central and South America, 253, 398
Engine, Aeroplane, Aeration and Frothing of Lubricants, 308
1,650-b.h.p. ” Bristol ” Hercules, 387 ; Installation on Bristol “ Beau- fighter,” 387*
German, Report on Light-Alloy Pistons for, 367*
Production of Light-Alloy Castings for, 97*
Rolls-Royce, Exhibition of, 273 Theory—A Fitter’s Course (Review), 63
Trials in Australia, 404
Flight, Introduction to Principles of (Review), 523
Hangar, Timber, for Patrol Balloons, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 341*
Propeller, Aerial, Flying Boat, Durability of Blades, 386
Four-Bladed Variable-Pitch (Rotol Airscrews, Ltd.), 125*
Radiolocation, Growth of, 135
Royal Air Force, Work of, 213
” Seadrome,” Atlantic, Proposed, 163 Seaplanes and Ship Flying, History, 1*, 41 Ship Flying and Aircraft Carriers, 1*, 41*, 61*, 101*, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
United States Naval Air Arm, History, 193 War in the Air 1943, Review of, 531 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aeroplanes. See Aeronjautics
Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of, Display of Agricultural Machines at Askham Bryan, 247*
— Motors. See Engines
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of, Conference on Technical Efficiency in War-Time Agriculture, 113; Display of Agricultural Machines, 247*
— Steam Cultivation in England, 83, 134
— War-Time, Technical Efficiency in, Conference on, 113
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Air Blast for Tropenas Converters Making Manganese-Steel, 158
— Compressors, Centrifugal, Work of Stodola on,454 for Combustion Turbine, Efficiency of, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494*, 534. See Erratum^ 494
— Conditioning in Aircraft, Ships and Buildings, 465
— Ducts, Sound Attenuation in, 221*
— Filters, Glass (Air and Refrigeration Corporation), 266
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Heater, Electrical Tube Gauge for, 301* Fouling of Tubes of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
— Pollution. See Atmospheric Polution ; Smoke Abatement
— Receivers, Valves and Gauges for. Specification, 168
and Refrigeration Corporation, Capillary Air Conditioners, 266
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Supply for Ships’ Machinery Spaces, 458*, 539*
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Carriers. See Aeronautics
— Production, Ministry of. See under Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
“Akagi,” Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 141*, 161 Alaskan International Highway, Peace River Bridge, 425*
Alexander, A. V., on Naval Campaign in Mediterranean, 256
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Development of Tropenas Converter, 535
Allen, R. M., on Influence of Silicon on Welds in Cast Iron, 348
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alternating Stress. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
Alternators. See Generators, Electric
Aluminium Additions to Steel, Effect on Grain Growth, 336
— Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Castings, Reclamation by Gas and Arc Welding, 414, 420
— Cylindrical Cups, Two-Stage Drawing of, 137*, 178*. 199*, 219*
— Gas Welding of. Specification, 528
— Stress-Strain Diagram of, 18*
— Structure, Investigation by X-Rays, 294
— See also Metallurgy
Amateur’s Workshop, Special Screw-Cutting in, 486*
America. See North America.; South America; United States ; Central America
American Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Ammonia Production and Gas Industry, 5, 24, 45
Amphibians, United States Army, 75*. See LETTER, 74
Analysis, Chemical, British Standard Method for Steels, 108
Rapid, of Manganese in Tool Steel, 505 Rapid, of Molybdenum in Steel, 350 Rapid, of Nickel in Steel, 26
— Harmonic, Numerical Accuracy of, 335. See LETTERS, 375, 414
Anchoring Lock for Hand Trucks (Bassick Co.), 17*
Ancient Buildings, Society for Protection, Report of Windmill Section, 320
Anderson, Dr. D., on Engineers and Planning, 394. See 373
Andrew, L. W., on Radiant Heating for Industrial Processes, 245, 298*
Andrews, W., on Building-up and Hard-Surfacing by Welding, 418*. See 413, 433
Angwin, Col. Sir A. S., on International Telecommunications, 316, 357. See 313, 331
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annuals and Reference Books, 107, 140, 207, 268, 388, 408, 460, 528. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anti-Friction Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Furnaces, Maintenance of Linings, 265
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education Arc. See Welding
Arch, Timber, for Balloon Hangar, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 341*
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Argentina, Engineering Notes from, 36, 117, 215, 345, 397, 494
Argentine Railways, Future of, 494
“ Argus,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 2, 43*, 144 ” Ark Royal,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 1*, 141*, 162
Armaments Production in Canada, 456 Changes in, 193 and Outworking, 231, 296 Armoured Ships. See Warships Army Equipment Exhibition, London, 33, 54 Arts, Royal Society of. Annual General Meeting, 33
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Asbestos-Cement Pipes and Fittings, Specification, 88
Asea Co., Jubilee of, 488
Ash Content in Coal, Effect of, 495, 516
Ashley, Sir P., on Work of British Standards Institution, 76. See 73
Askham Bryan, Display of Agricultural Machines at, 247*
Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd., Concrete-Steel Dumb Barges, 405* Association, British. See British Association —• Engineering. See Institutions Astronomer Royal, Report of, 233 Astronomical Instruments, Art of Dividing for (1650-1850), 204, 235
Atchley, C. A., on Post-War Planning, 214. See 111. See LETTER, 234
Atlantic Liners. See Steamers
— Post-War Air Transport Across, 216*, 285*, 337*, 397*, 437*, 445
— ” Seadrome,” Proposed, 163
Atmospheric Pollution and Gas Industry, 24, 47 Prevention of, 32 See also Smoke Abatement
Atomic Physics, Application of Cyclotron to, 201*, 223*
Australia, Brisbane Statistics, 113
— New South Wales Railways, Development of
Cracks in Wheel Seats within Hubs of Wheels, 501*. See 512
— South, Power Supply in, 173
Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Annual Report, 403, 424
— Railways, Standard Gauge on, 203 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Stokers. See Stokers
Automobile Engineers, Institution of. Rapid Identification of Nickel Steel, by H. S. Kipling, 26 ; Work of Research Department, 113 ; Two-Stage Drawing of Cylindrical Cups. 137*, 178*, 199*, 219* ; Report on Protection of Motor Vehicles and Engines in Storage, by P. V. Lamarque, 156 ; Research Committee’s Report, 296, 307
— See Motor Cars
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Axle and Wheel Assemblies, Stresses in, 501*, 512

BACON, PROF. F., the Late, 195
Baird, C. B., on the Future of Coal, 65
Bairstow, S., Automatically-Controlled Boiler for Tea-Making, 495*
Bakelite Plastic Treatment for Sealing Porous Castings, 336
Ball-Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials)
Ballard, W. E., on Reclamation of Worn Parts by Metal Spraying, 457. See 413, 433 Balloons. See Aeronautics
Balsa Wood, Expansion of Production and Utilisation, 145
Bamfords, Ltd., Hay Loader, 248*
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
Bars, Brass, Specification, 228
— Steel, Cold-Twisted, for Relnforced-Con- crete. Specification, 508
Barge, Dumb, Concrete-Steel, Construction of, 405*
Bark Removal from Timber by Hydraulic-Jet Machine (Weyerhauser Timber Co.), 175
Barnaby, K. C., on Coefficient of Propulsive Efficiency, 378*, 399
Barrow-in-Furness, Strike at Vickers-Arm- strongs Ltd., 271, 293, 314, 323
Bassick Co., Anchoring Lock for Hand Truck, 17*
Batteries. See Electric
Battery Vehicles. See Motor Truck
” Battler,” H.M. Escort Aircraft Carrier, 163* Battleships. See Warships
Baxter, C., on Ink v. Pencil Tracings, 534. See LETTERS, 355, 454, 494, 534
Beam^ Trussed, Simple, Design of, 303*. See LETTERS, 335, 414*, 454, 514*
Bearing Design, Besearch in Australia, 404
— Lubrication, Early Work on, 251
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Motor-Car Engine, Copper-Lead and Aluminium Alloy, 297
— Oil-Retaining Bronze, Specification, 348
“Beauflghter ” Aeroplane Engine Installation, 387*
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
** Ben-my-Chree,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 1* Bending Tests. See Tests {Materials) Bennett, J. G., on Case for Coal Research, 35 Bennett, W. A., on Inspection Efficiency, 513 Benson, L. E., on Expansion of Bismuth-Lead- Tin-Cadmium Alloy on Cooling, 507
Berdick, M., on Protective Value of Electroplated Coatings, 25
Berry, A. W., on Post-War Planning, 234. See 111. See LETTER, 214
Beryllium, Sources and Uses of, 10 Bessemer Converter, History of, 515, 535
— Medal, Award to J. H. Whiteley, 336
, Bethell, Comdr. P., on Ship Flying and Aircraft Carriers, 1*, 41*, 61*, 101*, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
Bicentenary of M. H. Klaproth, 433
— of A. L. Lavoisier, 154
— See also Centenary
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Bird, J., Method of Circular Dividing, 204 Birmingham Corporation, High-Voltage, Direct-Current Testing Equipment, 6*
Bismuth Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
“ Biter,” H.M. Escort Aircraft Carrier, 163*
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Boats, Submarine. See Warships Boiler Furnaces. See Stoker
— House Practice, Secondary Power Stations, 132
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Marine, Utilisation of Coal in, 65
— Rivets, Specification, 88
— Room, Ships’, Ventilation of, 458*, 539*
— Tea-Making, Automatically-Controlled, 495*
— Tube Surfaces, Fouling of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
— Waste Heat for Combustion Turbines, 422
— Water-Tube, Specification, 288
— See also Engines and Eoilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bolivia, Engineering Notes from, 117
Bolton, L. W., on Continuous Production of Manganese-Steel Castings, 158*, 177
Bond, W., on Works Suggestion Scheme, 74
Books, New, Notes on, 80, 105, 176, 240, 260. 280, 320, 425, 520. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 8, 28, 48, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168,
188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 308, 328, 348, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508, 528
Booth, H., the Late, 435
Boring. See Machine Tools
Bowen, F. M., on Simple Trussed Beam, 414*. See 303*. See LETTERS, 335, 454, 514*
Bower, G. S., on Accuracy of Numerical Harmonic Analysis, 375. See LETTERS, 335,414
Bradfield, Dr. J. J. C., the Late, 275*
Brass Bars, Specification, 228
— Cylindrical Cups, Two-Stage Drawing of, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
— Reclamation by Welding, 420*
Brauer, F., Brisdon Inspection Table, 227*
Brazil, Engineering Notes from, 36, 117, 215, 345, 397, 494
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Bricks, Fire. See Refractory Materials
Bridge, Pit River, Great Central Valley Scheme. California, 263
— Proposed County of London Plan, 51, 71, 411
— Road, over Firth of Forth, Scheme for, 533
— Standard-Unit, Butterley System, Erection of, 67*
— Steel Girder, London and North Eastern Railway, Renewal of, 53
— Suspension, over Peace River, 425*
— See also Viaduct and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bridges, Lieut.-Col. W., the Late, 75
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials)
Brighton, Repair of Bombed Railway Viaduct, 487*
Briquetting of Iron-Powder Metallurgy Products, 305
Brisbane Statistics, 113
Brisdon Inspection Table (F. Brauer), 227*
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 1,650-b.h.p. Hercules Aero Engine, 387*
Bristol “ Beauftghter,” Engine Installation,387*
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Method of Examining Corroded Metals, 274 ; Research on Structure of Aluminium as Revealed bv X-Rays, 294

British Association :

Proposal for International Resources Organisation, 272
Report on Post-War University Education, 312
— on University Entrance Scholarships in
England and Wales, 433
— on Education for Public Services, 452 British Cast-Iron Research Association, Annual Report, 486
— Coal Utilisation Research Association, Opening of Research Laboratories, 13 ; Case for Coal Research, by J. G. Bennett, 35; Conference on Utilisation of Small Coals, 165, 213; Work of First Five Years, 1938-1942, 473; Luncheon, 493 ; Presidential Address, by Sir E. Williams, oh Work of the Association, 493
— Columbia, Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425*
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Report on Care and Treatment of Transformer Oil to Reduce Acidity, by D. V. Onslow, 418. See 460
Research Board, Proposed, 94
— Empire, Planning in, 395
— Employers’ Confederation and Post-War Reconstruction, 11
— Engineers’ Association, Annual General Meeting, 333
— Foundrymen, Institute of, Method of Cor
relating Foundry Practice and Quality in Light-Alloy Castings, by H. G. Warrington, 97* ; Continuous Production of Manganese-Steel Castings from Tropenas Converter, by L. W. Bolton and J. Hill, 158*, 177 ; Production of Malleable-Iron Castings, by J. Roxburgh, 236*
— Gas Federation, Report to Ministry of Fuel
and Power, 373
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation
— Internal-Combustion Engine Research Association, Organisation of, 13
— Iron and Steel Federation and Iron and Steel
Institute, Review of Work of Joint Research Committees, 1924-43, 492
and Steel Valve Manufacturers’ Association, Alteration of Title to British Valve Manufacturers Association, 297
— Navy. See H.M. under 'Warships
— Railways. See Railways
— Records Association. Annual General Meeting, 413; Memorandum on Modern Records : What May We Destroy ? 413
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Ignitron
Control Equipment for Seam-Welding Machine, 476*. See Erratum, 488
British Timken, Ltd., Bench Stand for “ Em- merton ” Self-Aligning Gauge, 186
— Trade. See Trade
Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Ohio ” Superfinishing Machine, 226* ; Tool and Cutter Grinding Machine, 267*
Bronze, Aluminium, Two-Stage Drawing of Cylindrical Cups, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
— Reclamation by Welding, 420*
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 248, 393; Craft Selection School, 293
Brushes, Carbon, Young’s Modulus for, 464 Brushwood Mattress Foundation for Training Walls, 45
Buenos Aires Transport Corporation, Position of, 345
Buildings, Air Conditioning in, 466
— Ancient, Society for Protection, Report of Windmill Section, 320
— Codes of Practice for, 352
— Emergency-Lighting Equipment, 432
— House, Tarran System of, 193
— Industries’ National Council, Building Congress, 93
— Post-War Building Industries National
Council Congress on, 93
— Protection against Lightning, Code of Practice, 232
against Lightning by Guard-Wire System, 266*
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bullet Envelopes, ” Gilding Metal” Strip for, Specification, 308
Buoys for Industrial Wharves, 483*
Burdon, J., the Late, 115
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— of Standards. See United States ’Bus Bars. See Electric
Business, Big, Defence of, 92. See LETTERS, 133,155
Butadiene Production at United States Synthetic-Rubber Plant, 181*
Butler, L. F. G., the Late, 215
Butterley Co., Ltd., Erection of 270-ft. Standard Unit Bridge, 67*
Bylander, S., the Late, 316

CABLES, Chain, Manufacture of, 477*
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric
Cableway. See Wire Ropeway
California, Great Central Valley Project, 261* —? University, Cyclotron at, 201*, 223* Calorific Value and Specific Gravity of Coal, 484*. See LETTER, 534 '
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Temperature Regulator for Gas-Heated Apparatus, 346*
” Campania,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 1* Canada, Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 241*
— Manitoba Electrification Inquiry Commission, Report on Farm Electrification Programme, 532
— Munitions Production in, 456
— Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425* Canadian Land Survey, 247
— National Railways, 100-ton Hydraulic Flanging Press, 17 I
Canal for Kasmieh Irrigation Scheme, 293
— 300 ft. Contour Line, 281*. See LETTER, 454
— Manchester Ship, 50th Anniversary of Opening, 453
— System, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 262*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia Causeway, 144
Capillary Phenomena in Liquids, 64
Capstan Lathe. See Lnthe under Machine Tools Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation, Butadiene and Styrene Plant, 182*
Carbon Brushes, Young’s Modulus for, 464
— in Manganese-Steel Production, Effect of, 159,177
— Pile Pressure-Sensitive Unit, 462*. See Erralnm, 486
Cargo Steamers. See Steamers
Cargoes and Ships, Report on Salvage of, 451 Carling, D. R., on Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 54. See LETTERS, 74, 255, 514
Carr, T. H., on International Institution of Engineers, 154. See LETTER, 214
Cartels and Combines, Case for, 92. See LETTERS, 133, 155
Carty, C., on International Institution of Engineers, 214. See LETTER, 154
Cast-Iron Drain Fittings, Specification, 228 Research Association, British, Annual Report, 486
Welds in. Influence of Silicon on, 348
Casting, Light-Alloy, Foundry Practice and Quality, 97*
— Malleable-Iron, Production of, 236*
— Manganese-Steel, Continuous Production from Tropenas Converter, 158*, 177
— Porous, Sealing by Bakelite Plastic, 336 Cathode-Ray Oscillograph in Industry (Review), 124
Tubes, Time Bases for (Review), 124
Cattanes, E., on Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 255. See LETTERS, 54, 74, 514
Causer, D. S., on Ink v. Pencil Tracings, 494. See LETTERS, 355, 454, 534
Causeway, Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 242*
— Noya Scotia and Cape Breton Island, 144 Celluloid Models, Stress Determination by. See Photo-Elastic
Cement and Concrete Association, Method of Cement Soil Stabilisation, 165*
— Portland, Lignocrete, for House Construction (Tarran Industries, Ltd.), 193
— Stabilised Soil Floor for Storage Area, 165*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenary of Discovery of Quaternions, by Sit W. R. Hamilton, 412
— of F. R. Hassler, 415
— of Hopkinsons, Ltd., 393
— of C. Macintosh, 73
— See also Bicentenary
Central and South America, Civil Aviation in, 253, 398
— Station. See Power Station
Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps
Chain Cables, Manufacture of, 477*
Chamberlain, Dr. E. A. C., on Radiant Heating for Industrial Processes, 245, 298*
Champion, F. A., on New Methods for Examination of Corroded Metals, 273
Chance Brothers, Ltd., “ Hysil" Glass for Gauges, 188
Change-Speed Gear. See Qear
Char, Locomotive Smokebox, Grate for Burning, 386*
Chase, S. H., on Emergency Lighting Systems and Battery Equipments, 432
Chemical and Allied Industries in Canada, 456
— Analysis. See Analysis
— Dosing Pump, Hydrostatically-Operated (Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd.), 86*
— Engineers, Institution of, Futme of Chemical Industry, by Lord McGowan, 377. See 313
— Industry in Argentina, 397
— — Society of. Future of Chemical Industry,
by Lord McGowan, 377. See 313
Chemistry, Physical, of Open-Hearth Slags, 374
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 36, 117, 215. 345, 398, 494
— Steel Production in, 173
Chills for Malleable-Iron Castings, 238
Chinese Engineers, Training of, 14
Chrome Ore, Magnesite and Serpentine for Furnace Linings, 265
Chromium Deposition on Worn Parts, 413, 438
— Plated Surfaces, Tests of, 25
Churcher, B. G., on Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts, 221*
Circular Dividing, Original, Art of (1650-1850), 204, 235
City and Guilds of London Institute, Annual Report, 213 ; Statement on Higher Technical Education, 471
Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 88, 348, 388, 488, 508 Exhibition of Practical Planning, 253. 288. 411. See 51, 71
Memorandum, Engineering Education, 72 Presidential Address, by Dr. D. Anderson, on Engineers and Planning, 394. See 373
Civil Engineering, Codes of Practice for, 352
Clays, Fire. See Refractory Materials
— Mechanical Properties of, 34, 38
Cleaning of Coal, 496, 516
— and Coating Machine for Oil Pipe Line, 22* Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes, from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349. 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509, 529 See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clifford, G. E., on Air-Conditioning Developments, 465
Clock, Quartz-Controlled Frequency Type for Time Service, 233
Coal, Calorific Value and Specific Gravity of 484*. See LETTER, 534 ’
Coal Distribution Order, 1943, 173
— Dust and Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Report on, 152
Engine, Economic Limitations of, 183*
— Economy. See Fuel Eeonomy
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling at Industrial Wharves, 482
— Industry, British, Position of, 377 and Fuel Policy, 385, 405
— Liquid-Fuel Production from, in United States, 325
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation, Preparation of Coal for, 496
— Mine. See Colliery
— V. Oil for Cargo Vessels, 65
— Output, Problem of, 311 Statistics, 14, 93, 100, 173, 253, 333, 413, 513
— Production in United States, 145
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Fuel
— Rational Preparation of, 495, 516
— Research, Case for, 35 -Laboratories of British Coal Utilisation Research Association, Opening of, 13
— Resources, Conservation of, 333
— Small, Utilisation of. Conference on, 165, 213
— Storage, Dragline Scraper Equipment for (E. F. Sargeant), 145*
— Utilisation in Cargo Vessels, 65 and Gas Industry, 5, 24, 45* Research Association, British, Opening of Research Laboratories, 13; Case for Coal Research, by J. G. Bennett, 35; Conference on Utilisation of Small Coals, 165, 213 ; Work of First Five Years 1938-1942, 473 ; Luncheon, 493 ; Presidential Address, by Sir E. Williams, on Work of the Association, 493
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coating and Cleaning Machine for Oil Pine Line, 22*
— Electroplated, Influence of Polish of Base Metals, 25
H^tallic. Value of Salt-Spray Corrosion Tests for, 426
Codes of Practice for Civil Engineering, 352 Coke Manufacture, Preparation of Coat for, 496 616 ’
— Production and Gas Industry, 5 24 45 Coking Low-Temperature, of Coal. See Coal Cold Storage. See Refrigeration
College. See Education
Colliery Dust and Chronic Pulmonary Disease Report on, 152
— Illinois Open-Cast, Walking Dragline Excavator, 166*
— Labour Recruitment for, 473
— Safety Mines Research Board’s Report,
— Unofficial Strikes at, 271. See 293, 314. 323
— See also Mines and Coal Collisions. See Accidents Colombia, Engineering Notes from, 36
— Steel Production in, 173
Combines and Cartels, Case for 92 See LETTERS, 133,155
Combined Stress. See under Tests {Materials) Combustion Control in Marine Boilers 65
— See also Fuel; Gases ’
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
Commercial Structures, Ltd., Sealing of Porous
Castings, 336
Commonwealth. See Australia Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Comparator, Mechanical, Accessories for (Sigma Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 47*
Compound Stress. See Tests (Materials) Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor Concrete Dry Dock, Constructed under Water.
— Huts, Platelayers’, 185*
— Mixer, Tllting-Drum (T. L. Smith Co.), 106*
— Paving Construction in Cold Weather, 16
— Reinforced Building, United States Emergency Specification, 172
-Cold-Twisted Steel Bars for. Specification, Ovo
— — Silos for Grain, 287*
— Steel Dumb Barges, Construction of 405*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Concreting Plant for Dry Dock, under Water Construction, 121*
Conductivity, Thermal, Formulse and Units 154 Conference, Quebec, 173
Deiectton^58*°" PropeUer-Blade aTy PowerlikHonTm'*'
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel Constructional Work, Codes of Practice for ^^52 in United States, 225
Consffiting Engineers, Association of. Election of Members, 508
Consumers and Research, 304
Contour Line, 300-ft., Canal on, 281* See LETTER, 454
Control, Electric Power System (Review) 203
— Order, Ministry of Supply, Measuring Instruments and Machines, 453 “
of Supply, Twist Drills, 133, 388 Supply- See also Zndusineg in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— of Quality in Mass Production, 14
for Steelmaking, History of,
— Tropenas, Continuous Production of Manganese-Steel Castings from. 158*. 177 Convf^-or Belts Vulcanising Press for Repairing Ltd-), 366*
of Copp"^;’ Characteristics
Cooking Ovens. Gas. Testing of. Specification.
Copper Alloys' See Brass: Bronze • and Alloys under Metallurgy ’
Coppej- Rods for Railway Rolling Stock, Sped-, ffiation, 348
— Strip, Directional Characteristics of, 294
— Se0 also Metallurgy
Cordafee, Hemp, Specification, 48
“Cordnox “ Semi-Conducting Paint for Corona oppression in Electric Generators, 488
Corrosion, Magnesium Alloys, Prevention of, 274
— M®als, Methods of Examination, 273
— Radiographic Method of Measurement, 273
— Renstance to. Improvement by Welding,
4:9*
— Tei ts, Salt-Spray, for Metallic Coatings, 426
— of *inc, Effects of Copper, 85, 125, 164, 205 Couplmg, Shaft, Flexible, 54*. See LETTERS, 9‘, 174*, 214
“Comageous,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 61*, 144 CowlsJVentilation, for Ships, 539*
Coyle, M. B., on Expansion of Bismuth-Lead- Tln-Cadmium Alloy on Cooling, 507
Cracki in Wheel Seats within Hubs of Wheels, 561*, 512
Craneand Platform Truck, Combined, Battery- Operated (Yale and Towne Manufacturing Cfi.), 507*
— Sei also Handling Plant
Crankshaft, Motor-Car Engine, Bending Fatigue Strength, 308
Crib,lTimber, for Cableway Tower, Weir Con- ^ruction at Niagara Falls, 243*
Cronipton Parkinson, Ltd., Apprenticeship- Training Scheme, 513
Crowther, J. G., on Scientific Information, 252 Crud0-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Crysandl Size and Properties of Metals, 19, ?8. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Microphotographs
Cuba, Nickel Production in, 456 Cultivation, Steam, in England, 83, 134 Cultivators, Rotary, Invention of, 84 Cupsj Cylindrical, Two-Stage Drawing of, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
Cupola for Manganese-Steel Production, 159,177 Cupolette for Ferro-Manganese, 177
Cuthbertson, Dr. J. W., on Surface Protection of Magnesium Alloys, 274
Cuttdr-Blower, Fox, for Straw, 248* Cutting Fluids for Diamond Tools, 467 Cyclotron and its Applications, 201*, 223* Cylinder, Hollow, Deformation due to Pressure, 38
Cylindrical Cups, Two-Stage Drawing of, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Czechoslovak Scientists and Technicians, Association of. Engineering Activities of London Passenger Transport Board, by Col. V. A. M. Robertson, 333; Aurel Stodola: The Teacher, the Scientist, the Man, by B. Pochobradsky, 454

DALE, C. B. M., on Efficiencies of Gas Turbines, 474*. See 401*, 421*. See LETTER, 494, 534. See Erratum, 494
Dams, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 261*
Daniels, J. L., on Moulding Plant for Plastics, 493. See 431. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 513
“ Daphne,’* S.S., Launching Accident to, 14 Davies, A. W., on 300-ft. Contour Canal Line, 454. See 281*
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Efficiencies of Combustion Turbines, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494, 534. See Erraticm, 494
Davis, A. F., Welding Library, 88
de Brey, J. H. C., the Late, 435, 453
Deere, J., and Co., Potato Lifter, 248*
Deformation of Marine Screw-Propeller Blades 58*
De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Durability of Airscrew Blades, 386
Demobilisation and Post-War Employment, 212
Dennis, F. F., on Influence of Silicon on Welds in Cast Iron, 348
Denny, Sir M., on Marine-Engineering Developments, 513
Deposits, Bonded, on Economiser Heating Surfaces, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524. 536*. See LETTERS, 434
De Walt Products Corporation, Heavy-Duty Metal-Cutting Machine, 207*
Dew-Point, Boiler Flue Gases, High Temperature, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator
— Reproduction on Metal Surfaces by Photography (Kodak, Ltd.), 310
Diamonds, Industrial, Production, Properties and Utilisation, 441*
— Tools for Piston-Turning, Report on, 466* Dickinson, Dr. H. W., on Utilisation of Waste Heat from Industrial Processes, 333
Die Casting, Secondary Zinc Alloy for. Specification, 508
— for Drawing Cylindrical Cups, 138*. 178*
— for Marking, 258*, 278*
— Wire-Drawing, Diamonds for, 442*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel ? Marine Propulsion '
Digby, W. P., the Late, 34, 240
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Disputes, Trade. See Ladowr
District Heating in Russia and Germany, 283*
Dividing, Circular, Original, Art of (1650- 1850), 204, 235
Dock, Dry, Construction under Water. United States Navy, 121*
Documents, Historical, Preservation of, 413
Domestic Heating and Gas Industry, 5, 24, 45* -Hot-Water Systems, Failures in, 85, 125, 164, 205
Dominion Engineering Co., Ltd., 100-ton . Hydraulic Flanging Press, 17
Doors, Roller Type, for Timber Hangar for Patrol Balloons, 343*
Douglas, L. M., on Sir C. Parsons and Mech- amcal Gearing, 355. See LETTER, 295
Drain Fittings, Cast-Iron, Specification, 228
Drainage, Land, Problems of, 22, 44 (Review), 185
Dravo Corporation, Hot-Air Ducts of Non- MetalUc Material, 87
Drawing, Two-Stage, of Cylindrical Cups, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
Dredging at Auxiliary Ports, 481
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Dry Dock. See Dock
Drying Machine for Coated Welding Rods (Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 525*
— by Radiant Heating, 245, 298*
— and Storing Silos for Grain, 287*
Ducts, Air, Sound Attenuation in, 221*
— Hot-Air, of Non-Metallic Material (Dravo Corporation), 87
— Ventilating, for Ships’ Machinery Spaces, 458,539*
Dufferin Paving Co., Foundations for Peace River Bridge, 425*
“ Dukw ” Army Amphibian Vehicles, 75. See LETTER, 74
Duma, J. A., on Rapid Test for Molybdenum in Steel, 350
Dust, Coal, and Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Report on, 152
- See also Pulverised Coal
— Removal from Coal, 496, 516
— Stone, in Collieries, Flame Suppression by, 372
Dynamos, See Generators, Electric

ECONOMICS and Research, 304
Economiser Tubes, Fouling of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 537*. See LETTERS, 434
Economy, Fuel. See Ficel Economy

Education :

Apprenticeship Training Schemes, W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 233; Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 248, 393 ; Sigmund Pumps (Great Britain), Ltd., 470; Westland Aircraft, Ltd., 475 ; Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 513; Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 513
Board of Education White Paper on Educational Reconstruction, 191. See 195. See LETTER, 234
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Employees’ Education Schemes, 248, 393 ; Craft Selection School, 293
Chinese Engineer Apprentices, Training of, 14
City* and Guilds of London Institute, Annual Report, 213 ; Statement on Higher Technical Education, 471
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 513
Education for Public Services, British Association Report, 452
— and Research, 263, 343
— and Training of Engineers, Report by
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 72 of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Report on, 53
of Mechanical Engineers, Memorandum by Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 195. See 191. See LETTER, 234
Mining Engineers, Report, 533 of Physicists, Report by Institute of . Physics, 72
Engineering Education, Memorandum by Institution of Civil Engineers, 72
— Training in United States, 225
Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Education Scheme, 233
Higher Technical Education, Statement by City and Guilds of London Institute, 471
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 513
Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Lectures on Production Planning, 89
Librarianship, Special, Course of Training in, 73
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, Memorandum on White Paper on “ Educational Reconstruction ” and its Impact on Training for Mechanical Engineers, 195. See 191. See LETTER, 234
Miners’ Welfare National Scholarship Scheme, 420
Mining Engineers, Training of, Report on, 533
Post-War University Education, British Association Report on, 312
School of Aeronautical Science, Proposed, 473
Sigmund Pumps (Great Britain), Ltd., Apprentice Training Scheme, 470
Training of Engineers, Prof. F. C. Lea on, 365
— of Shipbuilders, Need for Vigorous Policy, 359
University Entrance Scholarships in England and Wales, Report on, 433
West Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 209
Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 475 See also PARAQRARH INDEX
Edwards, J. C., on Inspection Efficiency, 513 Efficiency of Combustion Turbines, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494, 534. See Erratum, 494
— of Engines. See Engines
— Inspection, in Engineering Works, 513 Elastic Modulus of Carbon Brushes, 464

Electric :

Accumulator Batteries for Emergency Lighting Systems, 432
— Motor-Car, Preservation in Storage, 166
— Vehicles. See Motor Truck Alternator. See Generator
Arc Welding. See Welding Battery. See Accumulator (above) — Vehicles. See Motor Truck British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Care and Treatment of Transformer Oil to Reduce Acidity, by D. V. Onslow, 418. See 460
Research Board, Proposed, 94 Brushes, Carbon, Young’s Modulus for, 464 ’Bus Bars of Silver, Use in Magnesium Plant, 109
Cable Insulation, Machine for Stripping, (Timken Roller Bearing Co.), 27*
— Submarine Telephone, Valve Repeaters for, 331, 357
— Testing Equipment (Ferranti, Ltd.), 6* — Thermoplastic Insulated, Cablemakers’ Circular on, 153. See LETTER, 235
— for Use on Ships, Specification, 308
Cablemakers’ Planning Committee, Circular on Thermoplastic-Insulated Cables, 153. See LETTER, 235
Cathode Rays. See Cathode Central Stations. See Power Stations Coil Windings, Determination of Temperature Rise in, 521*
Contactor Coils, Temperature Limits, 522 Corona Suppression in High-Voltage Machines, 488
Cranes. See Cranes
Dielectrics, Dispersion Effects, 81* Dipole Theory and Characteristics of Organic Insulators, 81*
Dynamo. See Generator
Electric Power Companies, Incorporated Association of, Report on Control of Electricity Supply, 453, 472
Electrical Engineering, Aircraft (Review), 483
Electroplating. See Electro Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator High-Frequency Currents for Plywood Manufacture, Errata, 468
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. Plants
Ignitron Control for Seam-Welding Machine (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 476*. See Erratum, 488
Insulating Materials, Testing Laboratory for, Turner’s Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., 307*
Insulation-Stripping Machine for Cables (Timken Roller Bearing Co.), 27*
Insulators , Organic, Dipole Theory and Characteristics of, 81*
Lamp, Coiled-Coil, Development of, 368 Lightning, Protection of Structures against, Code of Practice, 232
Guard-Wire System (Westinghouse Electric and Mamiacturing Co.), 266*
Machines. See Generators ; Motors Mains. See Cables (above) Motors. See Motors, Electric Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, in Industry (Review), 124
Paper Sheets, Synthetic-Resin Bonded, for Electrical Purposes, Specification, 428
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Rays. See Cathode ; Rbntgen Rectifiers for Mobile Substation, London and North Eastern Railway, 208*
Relay Coils, Temperature Limits for, 522 Repeaters for Submarine Cables, 331, 357 Resistance Welding. See Welding Rbntgen Rays. See Rbntgen
Rural Electrification in Manitoba, Report on, 522
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Steel Manufacture. See Metallurgy Storage Battery. See Accumulator (above) Substation. See Substation Switchgear. See Switchgear Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony
Terms, Electrical Engineering, British Standard Glossary of, 48, 88, 528
Testing Equipment, High-Voltage, Direct- Current (Ferranti, Ltd.), 6*
Time Bases (Scanning Generators) (Review), 124
Transformers. See Transformers Welding. See Welding
Windings, Electromagnet, Determination of Temperature-Rise in, 521*
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy — Telephony. See Telephony X-Rays. See Rbntgen Rays See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric Power Companies, Incorporated Association of. Report on Control of Electricity Supply, 453, 472
Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd., Heat- Treatment Furnaces for Tools, 206*
Electrical Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 8, 28, 68, 388, 408, 468, 428, 448
Election of Officers, 48 Report on Education and Training of
Engineers, 72
Proposed Formation of Wireless Group in South Midland Centre, 108
Effect of National Grid on Operation and Maintenance of Secondary Power Stations, by R. A. W. Connor, 132
Protection of Structures against Lightning, 232
Contributions to Conference of New Zealand Institution of Engineers, 313 Presidential Address, by Col. Sir A. S.
Angwin, on International Telecommunications, 316, 357. See 313, 331 Arrangements for Visitors, 333
Electrical Engineers, Institution of—con- tinaed.
Nikola Tesla and his Work, by Dr. A. P. M. Fleming, 453
Benevolent Fund Appeal, 513
Joint Meeting with Institution of Mechanical Engineers:
Causes of High Dew-Point Temperatures in Boiler Flue Gases, by W. F. Harlow, 497*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
Bonded Deposits on Economiser Heating Surfaces, by J. R. Rylands and J. R. Jenkinson, 517*, 536*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
Installations Section :
Emergency Lighting Systems and their Applications, with Particular Reference to Battery Equipments, by S. H. Chase, 432
Measii-rements Section
Chairman’s Address, by E. W. Moss, on Invention in Relation to Industry, 444
Transmission Section:
Chairman’s Address, on Synthetic Materials, by T. R. Scott, 412
Electrical Power Engineers’ Association, Report on Post-War Planning for Electricity- Supply Industry, 211
Electrodeposition, Building up Worn Parts by, 413, 433, 438*
Electrodes, Welding, Special-Purposes, 418 Electromagnet Windings, Heating of, 521* Electroplated Coatings and Polishing of Base Metals, 25
Electroplaters’ Societ5^ American, Effect of PoUshing Base Metals upon Protective Value of Electroplated Coatings, by G. A. Lux and M. Berdick, 25; Comparison of Salt-Spray and Ocean-Spray Testing, by C. E. Heussner, 25
EUson, G., Repair of Bombed Railway Viaduct, 487*
Embankments and Land Drainage Problems, 24, 44
” Emmerton ” Self-Aligning Gauge, Accessory for, 186
Empire Paper Mills, Jetties for, 482
Employees. See Labour
Employers, Council of. Need for, 214
— and Inventors, Report by Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 375
Employment. See Labour
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials')
Engadine,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 1* Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil; Marine Propulsion ; Motorships
— Coal-Dust, Economic Limitations of, 183*
— Fire. See Fire
— Gas. See Producer; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Manufacturers’ Association, Memorandum on Post-War Industrial Reconstruction, 491
Combustion, Shock Excitation in, 321*, 361*
Combustion. See also Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Indicating of Fuel-Injection Systems for, 461*. See Erratum, 486
Marine, 500-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder, for | Landing Craft, 174*
See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Motor-Car, Investigations in Australia on, 404, 424
Motor Car, Performance with Producer Gas, 296
Motor-Vehicle, Report on Protection in Storage, 156
See also Aeronautics ; Motor Cars
— Room, Ships’, Ventilation of, 458*, 539*
— Steam, Use in Agriculture, 83, 134
? Marine. See Marine Propulsion ; Turbines
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— International Institution of, Proposed, 154. See LETTER, 214
— and Planning, 373, 394
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, Two-Stage Drawing of Cylindrical Cups, by Prof. H. W. Swift, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219* ; Chain Cables, by Dr. T. S. Glover, 477*; Presidential Address, by A. M. Stephens, on Revision of Tonnage Laws, 484
Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— Education. See Education
— Industry and Post-War Reconstruction, 11
— Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National Physical
— Past and Future, 351, 353, 355, 365
— Plastics, Handbook of (Review), 444
— Production and the War, 192
—• Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Works. See Works
England, Central and Southern, 300-ft., Contour Canal in, 281*. See LETTER, 454
— Steam Cultivation in, 83, 134
— and Wales, University Entrance Scholarships in, Report on, 433
“ Enterprise,” United States Aircraft Carrier, 141*
Equilibrium Diagrams, Alloys. See Metallurgy Evans, E. V., on Gas Industry in National Economy, 5, 24, 45*
Evans, O., Invention of Mechanical Amphibian, 74
Evans, Dr. U. R., on Probability-Integral of the ^-Function, 295*
Everard, F. T., and Sons, Ltd., Concrete-Steel Dumb Barges, 405*
Everett, W. F., on Rapid Test for Molybdenum in Steel, 350
Excavator, Walking Dragline, (Marion Steam Shovel Co.), 166*
Excavation Work, Dry Dock Construction under Water, 121*
Exchangers, Heat, for Combustion Turbines, Effect on Efficiency, 422*
Exhibition, Army Equipment, London, 33, 54
— “ Practical Planning,” 253, 288
— Rolls-Royce Aero-Engines, 273
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expansion of Bismuth-Lead-Tin-Cadmium Alloy on Cooling, 507
— Linear, of Diamonds, 442
Experimental Tank. See Tank
Experimental Tool and Die Co., Slotting Attachment for Milling Machines, 286*
Export Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX

FACING Machine. See Machine Tools Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Chief Inspector’s Annual Report, 392
— Closed, Maintenance of Plant and Fuel Economy in, 293
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Lighting, Effect on Production, 12 Emergency Equipment for, 432
— Management. See Works Management
— Welfare Work in. See Labour
Fans, Ventilating, for Ships’ Machinery Spaces, 458*, 539*
Farm Electrification Programme in Manitoba, Report on, 532
— See also Agriculture
Fatigue, Interference Fit, 512. See 501*
— Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd., Three-Throw Hydraulic Pump, 506*
Fawssett, E., on Electrical Internal-Diameter Tube Gauge, 301*
Fawzi, Dr. M. I., on Efficiencies of Combustion Turbines, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494, 534. See Erratum, 494
Federation of British Industries and Post-War Reconstruction, 11; Sir H. Hartley on Industry and Research, 351
Feeders for Malleable-Iron Castings, 238* Female Labour. See Labour; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fenlands, Drainage of, 23
Ferranti, Ltd., High-Voltage Direct-Current Testing Equipment, 6*
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Manganese, Cupolette Practice in Steel Foundry, 177
Filters, Glass, for Air (Air and Refrigeration Corporation), 266
— Oil, Test Liquid for, 296
Finish, Surface, with Diamond Tools, 466* and Function of Parts, 33
Fire Extinguishers, Chemical, Portable, Specification, 348
— Ladder, Turntable (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 89
— from Welding Equipment, Precautions against, 230
Firebricks. See Refractory Materials Firth of Forth, Proposed Road Bridge over, 533 Fit, Interference, Fatigue, 512. See 501* Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Flanging Machine. See Machine Tools Flannery, Sir J. F., the Late, 294
” Flap ” Waste-Steam Meter, 155* Fleet. See Warships
Fleming, Dr. A. P. M., on Nikola Tesla and his Work, 453
Flexible Shaft Couplings, 54*. See LETTERS, 94, 174*, 214
Flight. See Aeronautics Flood Control, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 261*
Floor for Dry-Dock Constructed under Water, 121*
— Soil, Cement-Stabilised, for Storage Area,
165*
Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 241*
Flue Gases, Boiler, High Dew-Point Temperatures in 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Fluid Friction. See Friction
Food, Ministry of. Grain Storing and Drying Silos, 287*
— Preservation, Research in Australia, 424 Forest Products Research Laboratory, Design of Timber-Drying Kilns, 450
Form, Steel, for Dry Dock Constructed under Water, 121*
Forshaw, J. H., County of London Plan, 51, 71. See 411
Forth, Firth of, Proposed Road Bridge, 533 Foundation, Brushwood Mattress, for Training Walls, 45
— Pier, Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425*
— for Wharves and Jetties, 481*
Foundry Practice and Quality in Light-Alloy Castings, 97*
— Work. See also Die Casting
— See also Castings ; Moulding Foundrymen, British, Institute of. See British Fox Straw Cutter-Blower, 248*
Frame, Concrete, for Timber Hangar for Patrol Balloons, 341*
Framed Towers, Steel, for Grain Silos, Construction and Equipment, 287*
Friant Dam, San Joaquin River, California,262*
Friction and Lubrication, Early Work on, 251
— Machine, in Locomotives, 55
— Metallic, Research in Australia, 404
” Frontier 40 E ” High-Strength Aluminium Alloy, 483
Fry, L. H., on Locomotive Machine Friction, 55
Fuchs, R., on Post-War Export Trade, 375. See 332. See LETTERS, 254, 335, 375, 474, 514
Fuel Consumption of Coal-Dust Engines, 183
— Economy in Factories, 293
— Injection Systems for Oil Engines, Indicating
of, 461*. See Erratum, 486
Fuel, Institute of. Radiant Heating for Indus’ trial Processes, by L. W. Andrew and Dr E. A. C. Chamberlain, 245, 298* ; Luncheon, 333 ; Dr. E. W. Smith, Installation as President, 333 : Melchett Lecture on Conservation of Resources, by Dr. E. S. Grumell, 333; Presidential Address, by Dr. E. W. Smith, on An Organised Fuel Policy, 385, 405 ; Rational Preparation of Coal, by Dr. R. Lessing, 495, 516
— Liquid, Production from Minerals in United
States, 325
See also QU
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal. See Goal Low-Temperature Carbonisation
— Motor. See Motor; Producer
— Oil. See Oil
— Policy, An Organised, 385, 405
— and Power, Ministry of, Coal Output Statistics. 14. 93, 100, 173, 253, 333, 413, 513 ; Rehabilitation Centres for Coal Miners, 133 ; Coal Distribution Order, 173 ; Fuel Economy in Closed Factories. 293 ; Report by British Gas Federation, 373
— Problems and Gas Industry, 5, 24, 45*
— Research, Standing Consultative Conference on, 373
— Smokeless. See Coal, Low-Temperature Carbonisation
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Coal “ Furious,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 2, 42*. 144, 161 ’
Furnaces, Blast, Advantages of Using Clean Coke, 496, 516
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Electric, for Heat-Treatment of Tools (Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd.), 208*
— Grate for Burning Locomotive Smokebox Char. 386*
— Heat-Treatment, for Chain Cables, 479*
Treatment, for Wrought Aluminium Alices, 27
— Open-Hearth, Maintenance of Linings of, 265
— See also Cupolas
Fusion Welding. See Welding
Fussell, G. E., on Steam Cultivation in England 83, 134 ’

GALLOWAY, DR. D. F., on Industrial Diamonds, 441*
Galvanised-Iron and Copper in Same Water System, Failures of, 85, 125, 164, 205
Garro-Jones, G. M., on Radio Research and Production, 135
Gas Engineers, Institution of. Presidential Address, by E. V. Evans, on Gas Industry in National Economy, 5, 24, 45*
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— ^d Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Heated Apparatus, Temperature Regulator for (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 346*
— for Industrial Radiant Heating, 245 298*
— Industry and Fuel Policy, 385, 405 ’ in National Economy, 5, 24, 45* Report by British Gas Federation, 373 — Manufacture, Preparation of Coal, 496 516 — Producer. See Producer
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
Gasoline. SeePeZroZ; Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics
Gates, Submerged Steel, Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Painting Practice for, 167
Gatineau Power Co., Painting Practice for Submerged Steel, 167
Gating of Malleable-Iron Castings, 238* Gauge Block, Johansson, History of, 291 — Electrical, Tube Thickness, 301*
— Plug, with Ball Entry, Accessory for (British Timken, Ltd.). 186 '
— Precision, “ Hysil ” Glass for, 188
— Pressure, for Air Receivers, Specification, 168 ’
— Sheet Metal and Wire, Specification, 168
— and Tool Makers’ Association, Annual Report, 153 ; Memorandum on Skilled Labour in Gauge-Making Industry, 353 Aew-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools — Drives, Torque Reversal in, 503* —• Motor-Car, Researches on, 307 Speed-Change, V-Belt (Newey Engineeriniz Co., Ltd.), 426*
Gearing, Mechanical. Work of Sir C. Parsons on 295. See LETTER, 355 ’
Gebbie, J. R., on Shipping and Shipbuilding 359 Generating Station. See Power Station Generators, Electric, High-Voltage, Corona Suppression in (Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.), 488
Gennet, C. W., Jun., the Late, 505
Geodetic Operations in Canada, 247
Geology for Engineers (Review), 502
German Light-Alloy Aero-Engine Pistons Report on, 367* ’
— Navy. See Warships
Germany, District Heating in, 283*
— Planning in, 395
Ghaswala, S. K., on Working Stresses in Aluminium-Alloy Structures, 195
*’ Gilding-Metal ” Strip, Specification, 308 Girders. SQQ Beams ; Bridges Glasgow University, Appointment of Dr. A. M. Robb to Chair of Naval Architecture, 452 Glass Air Filters (Air and Refrigeration Cornor- ation), 266
— “ Hysil,” for Precision Gauges (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 188
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Hydrostatically- Operated Chemical Dosing Pump, 86* Glossary of Electrical Engineering Terms, 48, 88, 528
Glover, Dr. T. S., on Chain Cables, 477* Glover. W. T.. and Co., Ltd., High-Voltage, Direct-Current Testing Equipment, 8* Glueing, Plywood, High-Frequency Heating in. 116*. See Errata, 468
Government Departments and Inventors 375
— Railways. See Railways
— and Research, 263, 282, 304, 325, 343, 864 385. See 351. See LETTER, 394 ’
Graham, G., Method of Circular Dividing, 204 Grain Growth in Medium-Carbon Steels 8.36
Grain Storing and Drying Silos, 287*
Grass Pick-up, Hosier, 248*
Grates. See Furnaces ; Stoker
Graving Dock. See Dock
Great Britain, Planning in, 395
“ Great Britain,” S.S., Centenary of Launch of, 53, 77*
— Central Valley Project, California, 261*
Greene Report on Wages and Conditions in Mining Industry, 311
Grid, National, Effect on Operation of Secondary Power Stations, 132
Grimshaw, C. o., the Late, 234
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
Grumell, Dr. B. S., on Conservation of Resources, 333
Guard for Drilling Machines (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 436*
Gun-Breech Mechanism, Repair by Electrodeposition, 438*
Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd., Book on Land Drainage, 185
Gyroscopic Principles and Applications, 433

HAJNAL-KONYI, K., on Simple Trussed Beam, 335. See 303*. See LETTERS, 414* 454, 514* ; on Patent and Income-Tax Laws and Research, 394. See 345, 351, 364 Haler, P. J., the Late, 234
Hamburg, District Heating in, 283*
Hamilton, Sir W. R., Discovery of Quaternions by, 413
Handling Plant for Coal at Wharves, 482
Hangar, Timber, for Patrol Balloons, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 341*
Harbord, V., on Solidification and Cooling of Steel Ingots, 318*, 338*. See 374
Hard Surfacing by Welding, 413, 418*, 433
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardness of Diamonds, 441
— Mohs’ Scale, Extension of, 441
— Tests. See Tests {Materials')
Harlow, W. F., on High Dew-Point Temperature in Boiler Flue Gases, 497*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
Harmonic Analysis, Numerical, Accuracy of, 335. See LETTERS, 375, 414
Hartley, Sir H., Pamphlet on Industrial Research, 351
Harvester, Combine, Oliver Model, 2, 248* Hassler. F. R., Centenary of, 415
Hatfield, Dr. W.H., the Late, 334*
Hawksley Lecture on Gyroscopic Principles and Applications, 433
Hay Loader (Bamfords, Ltd.), 248*
Health, Ministry of. Rehabilitation Centres for Coal Miners, 133
Heat Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Aeronautics
— Supply and Fuel Policy, 385, 405
— Transfer in Radiant Heating, 245, 298*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heaters, Air, Tube-Thickness Gauge, 301* Fouling of Tubes of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Heating Curves, Alloys. See Metallurgy
— District, in Russia and Germany, 283*
— of Electromagnet Windings, 521*
— High-Frequency, in Plywood Manufacture, 116*. See Erratum, 468
— and Hot-Water Service Installations, Specification, 208
Water Systems, Causes of Failures in, 85, 125, 164, 205
Water Systems, Emergency Closing Valve for (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 347*
— Radiant, for Industrial Processes, 245, 298*
— Ventilating and Domestic Engineers’ National Joint Industrial Council, Report on Education and Training, 53
Heindel, Dr. R. H., on Research in United States, 172. See LETTER, 215
Helium Plant, Navajo, United States, 527
Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Employees’ Education Scheme, 233
Herbert, A., Ltd., Reliance Drill Guard, 436* ; 14^-in. Swing Capstan Lathe, 446*
Hercules Aero Engine, 387*
Engine, Installation on Bristol “ Beau- fighter,” 387*
Heterogeneity of Steel Ingots Committee, Report on Solidification and Cooling of Steel Ingots, 318*, 338*, 374; Review of Work, 1924-1943, 492
Heussner, C. E., on Salt-Spray and Ocean- Spray Testing, 25
Hewitt, S. J., the Late, 293
Hiduminium Casting, Foundry Practice for, 99* High Duty Alloys, Ltd., Examination of German Aero-Engine Pistons, 367*
— Frequency. See Electric
Highways. See Roads
Hill, Prof. A. V., on International Organisation of Research, 215. See 171
Hill, J., on Continuous Production of Manganese-Steel Castings, 158*, 177
Hilton, Sir R. S., the Late, 308
Hindley, H., Method of Circular Dividing, 204 Hirst, G. W. C., on Cracks in Wheel Seats within Hubs of Wheels, 501*. See 512
Historical Documents, Preservation of, 413 H.M.SS. See under Warskips
Holden, 0., Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 241*
Home-Morton, A., the Late, 475
Hooke, R., Method of Circular Dividing, 204 Hopkinsons, Ltd., Emergency Closing Valve for
Hot-Water Heating Systems, 347* ; Centenary of Firm, 393
Hosier Grass Pick-Up, 248*
Hospitals, Emergency Lighting Systems for, 432 Hot-Water and Heating Service Installations, Specification, 208
and Heating System, Causes of Failures in, 85, 125, 164, 205
and Heating Systems, Emergency Closing Valve for (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 347*
Hothersall, A. W., on Repair of Worn Parts by Electrodeposition, 438*. See 413, 433 House Building, Tarran System of, 193 Howden, W. H., the Late, 255 Howgrave-Graham, R. P., on Engineering in
Early Warfare, 413
Huts, Platelayers’ Concrete, 185*
Hutton, Prof. R, S., on Education, 471
Hydraulic-Jet Machine for Bark Removal from Timber, (Weyerhauser Timber Co.), 175
— Machine Tools. See Machine Toos
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pump
— Stacking Truck (Lyon-Raymond Corporation), 107*
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plant
— See also Irrigation; Water
Hydrautomat (1931), Ltd., Hydrostatically-Operated Chemical Dosing Pump, 86*
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hydrogenation of Coal in United States, 325
“Hysil” Glass for Precision Gauges, 188

ICE, Structure of, 114
— See also Refrigeration
I. C. I. Metals, Ltd., Research on Directional Characteristics of Copper Strip, 294
Illinois Open-Cast Coal Mines, Walking Dragline Excavator, 166*
Illumination. See Light; Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
‘‘ Illustrious,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 141*
Impact Tests. See Tests {Materials) Import Trade. See Trade Impulse Turbines. See Turbines Incandescent Lamps. See Lamps under Electric India, Irrigation Research in, 214
— Rubber. See Rubber
Independent Construction Co., Ltd., Cement- Stabilised Soil Floor for Storage Area, 165* Indicating of Engine Euel-Injection Systems, Researches on, 461*. See Erratum, 486 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Administration, Institute of, Work of, 533
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour;
Labour Notes
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management ~ Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Recruitment and Training, Report on, 31
— Research. See Research
— Welfare. See Labour
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Invention in Relation to, 444
— Need for Council of Employers in, 214
— and Research, by O. W. Roskill, 263, 282, 343, 364, 385. See 351. See LETTER, 394 Sir H. Hartley on, 351
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Information, Ministry of. Army Equipment Exhibition, London, 33, 54
— Technical, Co-ordination in Abstracting, 292 Inglis, C. C., on Irrigation Research in India, 214
Inglis, Prof. C. E., on Gyroscopic Principles and Applications, 433
Ingots, Steel, Solidification and Cooling of, 318*, 338*, 374
Injection, Fuel, for Oil Engines, Indicating of, 461*. See Erratum, 486
Ink V, Pencil Tracings, 355. See LETTERS, 454, 494, 534
Inland Navigation. See Canals ; Rivers, etc. Inspection Efficiency and Quality Control, 513 Institute of Transport. See Transport
— West Virginia, Synthetic-Rubber Plant, 181*
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— Elections, 8, 28, 68, 88, 148, 188, 228, 248, 268, 328, 348, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488. 508
— of Production Engineers. See Production
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of ; Arts, Royal Society of ; Automobile Engineers, Institution of ; British Association ; British Foundrymen, Institute of; British Records Association; Cement avid Concrete Association ; Chemical Engineers, Institution of ; Chemical Industry, Society of ; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Consulting Engineers, Association of; Czechoslovak Scientists and Technicians, Association of ; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Electrical Power Engineers' Association ; Electroplaters' Society, American ; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineers, National Joint Industrial Council; Industrial ' Administration, Institute of; Iron and Steel Institute; Junior Institution of Engineers; Labour Management, Institute of; Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Manchester Association of Engineers; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of • Mining Engineers, Institution of; Municipal and County Engineers, Institution of; Naval Architects, Institution of; New Zealand Institution of Engineers; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of; Physics, Institute of; Plastics Industry, Institute of ; Production Engineers, Institution of; Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of; Refrigeration, British Association of; Smoke Abatement Society, National; Structural Engineers, Institution of; Testing Materials, American Society for; Transport Institute of; Welding, Institute of; Whitworth Society; Wrought Light Alloys Development Association
Instrunent Making, Art of Circular Dividing (1 ~
— Measuring,
— Scipitiflc,;
350-1850). 204, 235
J, and Machines, Control Order, 453 fiitiflc, Manufacturers’ Association, Work ; 512
Post-War Demands for, 511
Insula Jon. Interf rence Fit Fatigue, 512. Intern il-Coinbustion
Aisociation, Memorandum on Post-War 11
Engines. See also Aeronautics ; Engines Motor Cars ; Turbine, Oas
— Grinder. See Qrinder under Machine Tools Internnt
— ResDurces Proposal for Organisation, 272
— Teh communications, 316, 331, 357
— Tra
“ Intr^id,” United States Aircraft Carrier, 142* Inventpon in Relation to Industry, 444
— and Research, 303, 344, 364, 385. See 351.
See LETTER, 394
— Sed also Patents
Inventors and Employers, Report by Chartered
Institute of Patent Agents, 375 Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Cofrosion. See Corrosion
— Fuj'naces. See Furnaces
— Hejat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Malleable, Production of Castings, 236*
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast; Metallirgy
— Powder Metallurgy, Applications of, 305
also Aeronautics ; Electric See Electric See 501*
Engine Manufacturers ’
dustrial Reconstruction, 491
itional Institution of Engineers, Pro- pcfeal for, 154. See LETTER, 214
— Organisation of Research, 171. See LETTER,
ie. See Trade

Iron And Steel Institute ;

Ifcview of Work of Joint Research Committees, 1924-1943, 492
Autumn Meeting, London: Programme, 286 Retiring Officers, 336
Bessemer Medal, Award to J. H. Whiteley, I 336
Reports of Discussions, 336, 354, 374 ?^udy of Austenitic Grain Growth In Medium-Carbon Steels, by J. H. Whiteley, 336
Structure and Segregation of Two Ingots of Ingot Iron, One Containing Lead, by Dr. L. Northcott and D. McLean, 354
Leaded Manganese-Molybdenum Steel, by Dr. T. Swinden, 354
Solidification and Cooling of Steel Ingots, by E. E. Law and V. Harbord, 318*, 338*. See 374
Physical Chemistry of Open-Hearth Slags, by Dr. J. White, 374
Maintenance of Furnace Linings in Large Basic Open-Hearth Tilting Furnaces by Use of Chrome Ore, Magnesite and Serpentine, by A. Jackson, 265
Some Precipitation Effects Observed In Mild-Steel and Wrought-Iron Pipe, by T. H. Schofield, 358*
Iron and Steel. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Stress-Strain Diagram of, 18*
— Tests. See Tests {Materials}
— Welding. See Welding
— Wrought, Hot-Water Pipe, Precipitation Effects in, 358* for Chain Cables, 477
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Metallurgy Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges; Roofs; Structures
Irrigation Research in India, 214
— Scheme, Kasmieh, Syria, 293
San Joaquin River, California, 261*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Italian Navy. See Warships Italy, Planning in, 395
— Unconditional Surrender, 211

JACKSON, A., on Maintenance of Basic Open-Hearth Eurnace Linings, 265
Jackson, P., on Efficiencies of Combustion Turbine, 534. See 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494. See Erratum, 494
Japan, Scientific Research in, 325
Japanese Navy. See Warships
Jenkinson, J. R., on Bonded Deposits on Economiser Heating Surfaces, 517*, 536*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTER, 434
Jennings, J., on Thermal Conductivity Units, 154
Jetties for^ Industrial Undertakings, Planning
Johansson, C. E., the Late, and His Work on the Gauge Block, 291
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., Apprenticeship- Training Scheme, 513
Joint Eace, Building-up by Welding, 419*
Jointing, Rubber, for Elanges, Specification, 308
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., 10-in. by 27-in. Precision Grinding Machines, 505*
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., Hand-feed Surface Grinding Machine, 26* ; Accessories for Sigma Mechanical Comparator, 47*; Sigma Taper-Measuring Machine, 227* ; Brisdon Inspection Table, 227* : Universal Sine Table, 227*; Internal- Grinding and Facing Machine, 326*; Newall 6-in. Cylindrical Grinding Ma- 527^^’ ’ Reamer-Honing Machine,
Jones, J. J. A., the Late, 394
Journals. See Bearings
Junior Institution of Engineers, Arrangements for Stevens Memorial Lecture, 89 ; Awards, 297 ; Election of Officers, 416 ; Presidential Address, by Sir M. Denny, on Marine- Engineering Developments, 513

” KAGA,” Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 141*, 161 Kasmieh Irrigation Scheme, Syria, 293 Kautex (Plastics), Lt., Vulcanising Press for Conveyor-Belt Repairs, 366*
Keighley Grinders (Machine Tools), Ltd., Internal-Grinding and Facing Machine, 326*
Kellow, M., the Late, 288
Kendall, Dr. N., on Indicating of Engine Fuel- Injection Systems, 461*. See Erratum, 486
Kenure, J. F., on Thermoplastic-Insulated Cables, 235. See 153
Kenward, H. L., on Post-War Export Trade, 375. See 332. See LETTERS, 254, 335, 375, 474,514
Kenworthy, L., on Copper and Galvanised-Iron in Same Water System, 85, 125, 164, 295
Key, G., on Simple Trussed Beam, 454. See 303*. See LETTERS, 335, 414*, 514*
Kilns, Timber-Drying, Design of, 450
King, A. J., on Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts, 221*
King, H. C., on Defence of Big Business, 155. See 92. See LETTER, 133
King’s College, London, Researches on Indicating of Fuel-Injection Systems, 461*. See Erratum, 486
Kipling, H. S., on Rapid Identification of Nickel Steel, 26
Klaproth, M. H., Bicentenary of, 433
Knoop Determination of Relative Hardness of Materials in Mohs’ Scale, 441
Kodak, Ltd., Reproduction of Diagrams on Metal Surfaces by Photography, 310

LABORATORY, Australian National Standards, Work of, 403
— Forest Products Research, Design of Timber-Drying Kilns, 450
— Metallurgical Institute, Stockholm, 526
— Tate and Lyle Research, Tests on Calorific Value and Specific Gravity of Coal, 484*. See LETTER, 534
— Testing, for Insulating Materials, Turner’s Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., 307*
— Westinghouse High-Voltage, Tests of Guard-Wire System of Lightning Protection, 266*
— See also National I^ysical
Ladder, Fire, Turntable (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.). 89
“ Lafayette,*’ S.S., Salvage of, 219*, 381* Lakehurst, New Jersey, Timber Hangar for Patrol Balloons, 341*
Lamarque, P. V., on Protection of Motor Vehicles and Engines in Storage, 156
Lamont, J., the Late, 509
Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Land Drainage, Problems of, 22, 44
(Review), 185
— Survey, Canadian, 247
Latham, E., on Problems of Land Drainage, 22, 44; on Planning of Auxiliary Ports, 481*
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Launching Accident to S.S. ** Daphne,” 14
— of Concrete-Steel Dumb Barge, 407*
Lavoisier, A. L., Centenary of, 154
Law, E. F., on Solidification and Cooling of Steel Ingots, 318*, 338*. See 374
— See Legal ; Labour ; Patents

Labour

Apprenticeship Training, Manchester Conference on, 273
Schemes, W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., ?33; Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 248, 393 ; Sigmund Pumps (Great Britain), Ltd., 470; Westland Aircraft, Ltd., 475 Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 513; Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 513
Coal Mines, Labour Recruitment, Selection by Ballot, 473
— Miners, Residential Rehabilitation Centres for, 133
Report on Chronic Pulmonary Disease, 152
Craft Selection School, Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Loughborough, 293
Demobilisation and Post-War Employment, 212
Employment and Research, 364 Industrial Accidents. ~ — Disease, Report on Disease in South 152
— Recruitment and Institute of Industrial Psychology, Report, 31
— Welfare. See Welfare (below) Industry, Turn-Over in, Ministry of Labour and National Service Order 153
Labour Management, Institute of. Joint Conference on Recruitment and Training, 31
— and National Service, Ministry of. Lectures on Production Planning, 89; Appointment of Committee on Post- War Professional Employment, 91; Report on Women’s Wages in Aircraft Factory, 93, 353, 393; Order on Labour Turn-Over in Industry, 153 ; Demobilisation and Post-War Employment, 212 ; Work of Women’s Technical Service Register, 433; Labour Recruitment for Coal Mines. 473
Labour Notes, 18, 37, 56, 77, 97, 117, 136, 157, 176, 198, 216, 236, 257, 277, 297. 317. 337. 356, 376, 398, 417, 436, 456, 476, 497, 516, 536. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Recruitment for Coal Mines, Selection by Ballot, 473
— Transfers Due to Changes in Munitions Programme, 193
Labour—continued.
Miners* Welfare Commission, Financial Position of, 193
Outworking Ministry of Production’s
Brochure on, 231
— in Practice, 296
Post-War Employment, Reports on, 91, 212
Skilled Labour in Gauge and Tool-Making Industry, Memorandum on, 353
South Wales Coal-Miners, Chronic Pulmonary Disease in, Report on, 152
Strike, Barrow Works, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 271, 293, 314, 323
— in Scottish Aircraft Factory, 93, 353,393 — Unofficial, 271. See 293, 314, 323 Training of Craftsmen for Shipbuilding, 359
— of Engineering Apprentices, Manchester Conference on, 273
Apprentices. See also Apprenticeship (above)
Wages and Conditions in Mining Industry, Report, 311
— at Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow Works, 314, 323
Welfare Commission, Miners’, Financial Position, 193
Women’s Technical Service Register, Work of 433
— Wages in Aircraft Factory, 93, 353, 393 Works Suggestion Scheme, 74
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Lea, Prof. F. C., on Engineering Past and
Future, 355, 365. See 351, 353 Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy — in steel, Effect on Machinability, 354

Legal :

Income-Tax Law and Patents, 394. See 344, 364
Labour Legislation. See Labour Land Drainage Acts, 22 Patent Law. See Patents Tonnage Laws, Ships’, Need for Revision, 484
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Lend, F. V., on Iron-Powder Metallurgy, 305 Lessing, Dr. R., on Rational Preparation of Coal, 495, 516
Letters to the Editor, 14, 54*, 74, 94, 133, 154, 174*, 195, 214, 234, 254, 276, 295*, 335, 355, 375, 394, 414*, 434, 454, 474*, 494, 514*, 524
Lewis, S. C., the Late, 454
“ Liberty ” Type Ships, Production of, 254 Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of, Course of Training in Special Librarianship, 73; 18th Annual Conference : Programme, 133 ; Scientific Information, by J. G. Crowther, 252 ; Discussion on Co-ordination of Abstracting,292
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Polarised, Stress Determination by. See Photo-Elastic
Lighting, Factory, Effect on Production, 12
— and Fuel Policy 385, 405
— Gas. See Oas
— Systems, Emergency, and Battery Equipments, 432
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightning. See Electric
Lignocrete for House Construction (Tarran Industries, Ltd.), 193
Limit Gauges. See Gauges Liners. See Steamers
Linings, Basic Open-Hearth Furnace, Maintenance of, 265
— for Tropenas Converters for Manganese-Steel Production, 158*
Liquid Fuel. See Oil; Motor
— State, Theory of, in Relation to Engineering, 64,114 :
— Viscosity of. See Viscosity ;
Literature, 63, 83, 124, 163, 203, 483, 502, 523. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents
Load Factor in Gas Industry, 25, 45 Loader, Hay (Bamfords, Ltd.), 248* Local Authorities. See Municipal Lock, Anchoring, for Hand Trucks (Bassick Co.), 17*
Locomotive, Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of, 54. See LETTERS, 74, 255, 514
— Engineers, Institution of, Locomotive Power by E. C. Poultney, 371
— Machine Friction, 55
— P2-Type Passenger, Conversion of, London and North-Eastern Railway, 427*
— “ Royal Scot,” Converted, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 256*
— Steam, Estimating Power of, 371
— Smokebox Char, Grate for Burning, 386*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Logarithms and Slide-Rule Work (Review), 203 London, Army Equipment Exhibition, 33, 54
— County Council, Report on County of London Plan, 51, 71. See 253, 288 ; London Development Scheme, 411
— King’s College, Researches on Indicating of
Fuel-Injection Systems, 461*. See Erratum^ 486
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Meter for
Waste Steam, 155*; Heat-Treatment Plant for Tools, 206* ; Converted ” Royal Scot ” Locomotive, 256*; Grate for Burning Locomotive Smokebox Char, 386*; Automatically-Controlled Boiler for Tea-Making, 495*
— and North Eastern Railway, Bridge Renewal,
53; Counter-pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 54. See LETTERS, 74, 255, 514; Platelayers* Concrete Huts, 185* ; Mobile Substations, 208* ; Report on Collision at Scarborough, 353; Conversion of P2-Type Passenger Locomotive, 427*
— Passenger Transport Board, Engineering Activities of, 333
London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd., Jetties for, 481*
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles ,
Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal. See Coal
Lubricants, Aeration and Frothing of, in Aero Engines, 308
Lubricating Oils. See Oils Lubrication Research in Australia, 404, 424 — Technique, Beginnings of, 251
Lumber Production in United States, 144
Lux, G. A., on Protective Value of Electroplated Coatings, 25
Lyon-Raymond Corporation, Hydraulic Stacking Truck, 107*

MACDONALD, E. C. I., on British Trade with South America, 514. See 332. See LETTERS, 254, 335, 375, 474
Mac. See also Me Machinability of Leaded Steels, 354 Machines and Men, Difficulties ndth, 233, 264 — Shops. See Machine Tools

Machine Tools :

Boring Tools, Diamond-Tipped, Specification, 48
— and Turning with Diamond Tools, Report on, 466*
Cutting Machine, Metal, Heavy-Duty (De Walt Products Corporation), 207* — Tools, Development of, 365 Dividing, Circular, Original, The Art of (1650-1850), 204, 235
Drills, Twist, Control Order for, 133, 388 Drilling Machines, Guard for (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 436*
Facing and Internal-Grinding Machines (Keighley Grinders (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 326*
Finishing Machine for Superfinishing (Ohio Units Manufacturers), 226*
Flanging Press, 100-ton Hydraulic (Dominion Engineering Co., Ltd.), 17 Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, Annual Report, 153
Gear-Shaving Machine (National Broach
and Machine Co.), 96*
Graduating Machine, Universal (T. Senior), 186*
Grinding and Facing Machine, Internal (Keighley Grinders (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 326*
— Jig for Screw-Cutting Tools, 486*
— Machine, 6-in. Cylindrical (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 447*
10-in. by 27-in. Precision (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 505*
—.— Surface, Hand-Feed (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 26*
Tool and Cutter (Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd.), 267*
Honing Machine, Reamer (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 527*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Inspection Table, Brisdon (F. Brauer),227* Lathe, Profile-Turning Roller-Box for (Manchester Repetition Engineers, Ltd.), 306*
?— 14|-in. Swing Capstan (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 446*
Limit Gauging. See Gauge Machine-Shop Management. See IforAs Management
— Work Tolerances in. See Gauge Machining Mortar-Bomb Die-cast Tail Units, 58
Marking Machines for Components and Tools, 259*, 278*
Measuring Instruments and Machines, Control Order, 453
— Machine, Taper (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 227*
Milling Machines, Slotting Attachment for (Experimental Tool and Die Co.), 286*
Press, Experimental, for Drawing Cylindrical Cups, 178*
— Flanging, 100-ton Hydraulic (Dominion Engineering Co., Ltd.), 17
— Screw, Vulcanising, for Belt Repairs (Kautex (Plastics) Ltd.), 366*
Reamer-Honing Machine (E. H. Jones (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 527*
Roller Box, Profile-Turning, for Lathe (Manchester Repetition Engineers, Ltd.), 306*
Screw-Cutting Tools, Grinding .Jig for, 486*
— Threads, Acme, Specification, 128 Cutting and Measurement (Review), 523
Sine Table, Universal (Papworth, Ltd.), 227*
Slotting Attachment for Milling Machines (Experimental Tool and Die Co.), 286*
Superfinishing Machine (Ohio Units Manufacturers), 226*
Tools, Boring, Diamond-Tipped, Specification, 48
— Diamond, Manufacture of, 443*
— Heat-Treatment Plant for, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 206*
Turning and Boring with Diamond Tools, Report on, 466*
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Machine Works. See Machine Tools — in Closed Factories, Maintenance of, 293 Machinery, Agricultural, Introduction of, 83, 134
Macintosh, C., Centenary of, 73
MacVicar, J. K. W., on Ventilation of Ships’
Machinery Spaces, 458*, 539*
Magnesite, Serpentine and Chrome Ore for Furnace Linings, 265
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy — Plant, Use of Silver ’Bus Bars in, 109 — Its Production and Uses (Review), 83 Magnet, Electro. See Electromagnet Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric , Malleable-Iron Castings, Production of, 236* Management of Works. See JForA’s Management
Manchester Association of Engineers, Lighting as Factor in Production, by W. E. Swale, 12
— Conference on Training of Engineering Apprentices, 273
Manchester Repetition Engineers, Ltd., Profile-Turning Roller-Box, 306*
— Ship Canal, 50th Anniversary of Opening,453
— University, Research on Surface Protection
of Magnesium Alloys, 274
Manganese-Steel Castings, Continuous Production from Tropenas Converter, 158*,177 Properties of, 57
— in Tool Steel, Rapid Test for, 505
Manitoba Electrification Inquiry Commission, Report on Farm Electrification Programme, 532
Manley, R. G., on Transient State and Analysis of Shock-Excitation, 321* 361*; on
Accuracy of Numerical Harmonic Analysis, 335. See LETTERS, 375, 414
Manseau, Capt, B. E., Salvage of S.S. “ Lafayette,*’ 381*
Manufactures. See Trade
— Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of. Whither Coal ?
by G. B. Baird and others, 65 ; Election of Members, 188, 268, 348, 428; Presidential Address, by Engr. Vice-Admiral Sir G. Preece, on Experience Teaches : An Account of Some Difficulties Experienced with Men and Machines, 264. See 233; Guild of Benevolence, John Silley Memorial Fund, 393; Ventilation of Ships’ Machinery Spaces, by J. K. W. MacVicar, 458*, 539*
— Engineering Developments since 1895, 513
— Propulsion, Machinery Spaces and Tonnage Laws, 484
Oil Fuel for. See Oil
Propulsive Coefficient, 378*, 399
See also Engines; Turbines; Propellers ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Salvage, See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam
Margolis, A. E., on District Heating in Russia and Germany, 283*
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marking Equipment and War Production, 258*, 278*
Marion Steam Shovel Co., Walking Dragline Excavator, 166*
Marsh, A., on Plan for Smokeless Air, 32 Mass Production, Quality Control in, 14 Massey, L. F., the Late, 415
Massey, Flying Officer M. K. W., the Late, 229 Materials, Engineering, Developments in, 356
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials)
— Synthetic, Prospect for, 412
Mathematics, Discovery of Quaternions, 413
Matschoss, Dr. C., the Late, 213
Matthews, R. Borlase, the Late, 174 Mattress Protection for Embankments, 44 McGowan Committee, Report on Electricity Supply, 472. See 453
McGowan, Lord, on Future of Chemical Industry, 377. See 313
McLean, D., on Segregation in Steel Ingot Containing Lead, 354
Me. See also Mac
Measuring Instruments and Machines, Control Order, 453
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Iron-Powder Metallurgy, by F. V. Lenel, 305

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 8, 28, 68, 148, 188, 228, 248, 268, 328. 448, 468, 488
Memorandum on White Paper on ** Educational Reconstruction ” and its Impact on Training for Mechanical Engineers, 195. See 191. See LETTER,234
Work of Research Committee on Friction, 251
New Rules for Associate-Membership Examination and Submission of Theses, 533
London Meetings, Winter Session ;
Surface Finish and Function of Parts, by Dr. G. Schlesinger, (Erratum), 33
A Renaissance of Mechanical Properties, by Squad.-Leader A. C. Vivian, 78*, 118*. See 15. See LETTERS, 234, 276 Presidential Address, by Prof. F. C. Lea, on Remember the Past and Look to the Future, 355, 365. See 351, 353
Survey of Plastics from Viewpoint of Mechanical Engineer, by Dr. S. L. Smith, 493. See 431. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 513
Moulding Plant for Plastics, by J. L. Daniels, 493. See 431. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 513
Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Gyroscopic Principles and Applications, by Prof. C. E. Inglis, 433
Inspection Efficiency, by J. C. Edwards and W. A. Bennett, 513
Application of Statistical Methods Control of Industrial Coats, N. R. Neal, 513
Sampling Schemes for Qualitative spection, by A. W. Swan, 513
Symposium on Beclamation of Worn Parts : Building up and Hard-Surfacing by Welding, by W. Andrews, 418*. See 413, 433
Reclamation of Worn Parts by Metal- Spraying Process, by W. E. Ballard, 457. See 413, 433
Repair of Worn or Over-Machined Parts by Electro-Deposition, by A. W. Hothersall, 438*. See 413, 433 Joint Meeting with Institution of Electrical Engineers:
Causes of High Dew-Point Temperatures in Boiler Flue Gases, by W, F. Harlow, 497*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of— continued.
Bonded Deposits on Economiser Heating Surfaces, by J. R. Rylands and J. R. Jenkinson, 517*, 536*. See 391,
504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
Applied Mechanics Group:
Significance of Tensile and other Test Properties of Metals, by Dr. H. O’Neill, 18*, 38*, 56. See 15, 34. See LETTERS, 234, 276
North Western Branch:
Marking Methods and War Production, by A. Throp, 258*, 278*
Mechanical Stoker. See Stoker
Medals, Aeronautical, Collection of, 353 Medical Research Council, Report on Chronic
Pulmonary Disease in South Wales Coalminers, 152
Mediterranean, Naval Campaign in, 256 Melchett Lecture on Conservation of Resources, 333
Meldahi, A., on Sir C. Parsons and Mechanical Gearing, 295. See LETTER, 355
Melting and Liquid State Theory, 114
Men and Machines, Difficulties Experienced, 233, 264
Merchant Ships. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., Turntable Fire
Ladder for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 89
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Available for Arc Welding, 418*
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
—’ Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— Filament Lamps, See Lamps under Electric
— Fundamental Knowledge of, 356
Metals, Institute of :
Equilibrium Diagram of Aluminium-Zinc System, 500
Autumn Meeting, London:
Programme, 189
Nomination of Officers, 273
Reports of Discus ions, 273, 294
New Methods for Examination of Corroded Metal, by F. A. Champion, 273
Surface Protection of Magnesium Alloys, by N. Parkinson and Dr. J. W. Cuthbertson, 274
Structure of Rolled and Annealed Aluminium as Revealed by X-Rays, by E. E. Spillett, 294
Directional Characteristics of Single-Texture Structure Copper Strip, by Drs. M. Cook and T. LI. Richards, 294 Papers for Written Discussion :
Problem of Copper and Galvanised-Iron in Same Water System, by L. Kenworthy, 85, 125, 164, 205
Expansion of Bismuth-Lead-Tin-Cadmium Alloy on Cooling after Solidification, by L. E. Benson and M. B. Coyle, 507 Metals, Mechanical Test Properties of, Sig
nificance of, 15, 18*, 34, 38*, 56, 78*, 118*, 119. See LETTERS, 234, 276
— Non-Ferrous, Reclamation by Welding, 420
— Resources, Proposal for International Organisation, 272
— Spraying, Building up Worn Parts by, 413, 433, 457
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Surfaces, Photographic Reproduction of
Diagrams on (Kodak, Ltd.), 310
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallic Coatings, Salt-Spray Corrosion Tests for, 426
Metallographic Institute, Stockholm, Erection of New Laboratories, 526
Metallography. See Metals; Metallurgy;
Microphotographs

Metallurgy :

Alloys, Aluminium, Gas Welding of, Specification, 528
for Motor-Vehicle Bearings, 297 ' Sheets and Coils, Specification, 428 Structures, Formula; for Working Stresses in, 195
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association’s Bulletin on Equipment for Heat Treatment of Aluminium Alloys, 27
Zinc, Equilibrium Diagram for, 500 Zinc, “ Frontier 40E,” High-Strength Sand-Cast, 483
— Beryllium, Properties and Uses of, 10
— Bismuth-Lead-Tin-Cadmium, Expansion on Cooling, 507
— Copper-Lead for Motor Vehicle Bearings, 297
See also Brass ; Bronze, etc, — Light, Casting Practice for, 97* Development of, 365
Heavy-Gauge, Spot Welding, of,327* Wrought, Equipment for Heat
Treatment of, 27
— Magnesium, Surface Protection of, 274 — Zinc-Aluminium, Equilibrium Diagram for, 500
Secondary, for Die Casting, Specification, 508
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces Brass. See Brass Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Equilibrium Diagram of Aluminium-Zinc System, 500
Foundry, See Foundry ; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces Heat Treatment of Chain Cables, 479* Hardening Machine for Steel Rings
(Shorter Process Co., Ltd.), 187* Plant for High-Speed and Alloy-
Steel Tools, 206* Plant for Tools, London Midland and
Scottish Railway, 206*
Heat Treatment of Steels, Effect on Properties, 56
of Wrought Aluminium Alloys, Equipment for, 27
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Powder Metallurgy, Applications of, 305 — Wrought. See Iron
Metals, Tests of. See Tests {Materials} Refractories. See Refractory Materials Slag, Open-Hearth, Physical Chemistry of, 274
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
Steelmaking Converter, Small, History of, 515, 535
Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Microphotographs; Foundry ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Meter, Waste-Steam, 155* Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.,
Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts, 221* ; Equipment for Insulating Materials Testing Laboratory, 307* ; Examples of Industrial Radiography, 447* ; Care and Treatment of Transformer Oil, 460. See 418; Expansion of Low-Melting Point Tube-Bending Alloy, 507
— See London
Mexico, Engineering Notes from, 225
— Rubber Production in, 302
Micrometers, Workshop, Testing and Adjustment of, 74
Microphotographs, Deposits on Boiler Tube and Economiser Heating Surfaces, 500*, 518*, 537*
— German Light-Alloy Aero-Engine Pistons, 367*
— Junction of Mild Steel and Alloy-Steel Weld Metal, 419*
— Precipitation Effects in Steel and Wrought-Iron Hot-Water Pipes, 358*
— Steel Ingots, 318*, 338*, 374
— Surface Finish from Diamond Tools, 466* Military Motor Transport. See Motor
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Safety in. Research Board, Annual Report. 372
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Miners’ Welfare Commission, Rehabilitation Centres for Coal Miners, 133 ; Financial Position of, 193; National Scholarship Scheme, 420
Mineral Oils. See Oils
— Resources, Proposal for International Organisation, 272
— See also Coal; Mining ; Ores; and PARA GRAPH INDEX
Mining, Diamond, 441*
— Engineers, Institution of, Report on Training of Mining Engineers, 533
— Industry, Wages and Conditions, Report, 311
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Ministry of Fuel and Power. See Fuel
— of Health. See Health
— of Information. See Information
— Qi Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of War Transport. See War Transport Mixing Machines, Concrete. See Concrete Model Experiments, Value of, 355
See also Tank Experiments
— for Stress Determination. See Photo-Elastic Mohs’ Scale of Hardness, Extension, 441 Molecular Structure and Dipole Theory, 81* Molybdenum in Steel, Rapid Test for, 350 Monopolies for Inventions in Relation to Industry, 444
— Misuse of Research and Invention bv 364 385 ’
Monorail, Dragline Scraper Equipment for Coal Storage, 146*
Moorings, Industrial Wharves, 483* Moss, E. W., on Invention in Relation to Industry, 444
Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Fuels. See Motor Fuels Military. See Motor Vehicles Researches by Institution of Automobile Engineers, 296, 307
See also Motor Vehicles; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric, Three-Phase Synchronous, Advantages and Applications of, 94
— Fuel Production from Coal in United States, 325
Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics • Engines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Lorries.
— Marine.
— Paraffin.
— Petrol.
— Spirit. See Motor Fuel '
Truck, Platform, and Crane, Combined, Battery-Operated (Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.), 507
— Vehicles, Amphibian, United States Army 75*. See LETTER, 74
-in Storage, Report on Protection of, 156 Moto^rships, Oil-Tank, Planning of Wharf for
— See also Marine Propulsion
^^^239* Malleable-Iron Castings,
I^Iastics, 431, 493. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 513
— See also Foundry
Mullard Vibration Detector, 363
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers Munkipal and County Engineers, Institution 01, 7(Rh Annual Meeting and Anniversary Luncheon, 13 ; Exhibition of Practical Ttr PJanning, 253, 288, 411. See 51, 71
Munitions Production in Canada, 456 Changes in, 193 and Outworking, 213, 296

NATIONAL BROACH and MACHINE CO., Shaving Machine for Small Toothed Gears, 96*
— Expenditure, Select Committee on, 10th
Report on Aircraft Production, 153 ; 76th Report on Salvage of Ships and Cargoes, 451; Reappointment of Committee, 533
— Fire Service, Turntable Fire Ladder for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 89
— Physical Laboratory, Investigation on Precipitation Effects in Mild-Steel and Wrought-Iron Pipes, 358*
Nationality and Science, 276, 284
Navajo Helium Plant, United States, 527 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Marine Propeller Blade Deflection, by J. F. C. Conn, 58*
Coefficient of Propulsive Efficiency, by K. C. Barnaby, 378*, 399
Scholarships, 476
Naval Architecture, Appointment of Dr. A, M. Robb to John Elder Chair, Glasgow University, 452 See also "Warships
— Constructors, Royal Corps of, 151
— Construction. See Warships
— Warfare. See Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.Af., under Warships
— German. See German, under Warships
— Italian. See Italian, under Warships
— Japanese. See Japanese, under Warships
— Records Society, Jubilee of, 13
— United States. See United States, under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neal, N. R., on Statistical Methods and Control of Industrial Costs, 513
New Jersey, Lakehurst, Timber Hangar for Patrol Balloons, 341*
— South Wales Railways, Development of Cracks in Wheel Seats within Hubs of Wheels, 501*. See 512
— York-Texas Oil Pipe Line, 21*
— Zealand Institution of Engineers, Contributions to Conference by Members of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 313 Railways, Annual Report, 253
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., 6-in. Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 447*
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Turntable Fire Ladder for, 89
Newcomen Society,Amendments to Rules, 333 ; Utilisation of Waste Heat from Industrial Processes, by Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 333 ; Programme, 333 ; Annual Report, 413 ; Engineering in Early Warfare, by R. P. Howgrave-Graham, 413
Newey Engineering Co., Ltd., V-Belt Speed- Change Gear, 426*
Niagara Falls, Flow-Control Weir at, 241* Nicaragua, Engineering Notes from, 225 Nickel Deposition on Worn Parts, 413, 434, 438*
— Plated Surfaces, Tests of, 25
— Production in Cuba, 456
— Silver Cylindrical Cups, Two-Stage Drawing of, 199*, 219*
— Steel, Rapid Identification Test for, 26 Noble, Sir W., the Late, 415
Noise in Air Ducts, Investigation on, 221* Non-Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy " Normandie,” S.S. See ” Lafayette ”
North America, Engineering Notes from, 144, 225, 456
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, Programme for 1943-44,193 ; Annual Report, 313 ; Presidential Address, by J. R. Gebbie, on Shipping and Shipbuilding, 359
North-Eastern Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Electrical Tube Thickness Gauge, 301*
— Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509, 529. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Northcott, Dr. L., on Segregation in Steel Ingot Containing Lead, 354
Northern Illinois Coal Corporation, Walking Dragline Excavator, 166*
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland ; North; South-West; South Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island Causeway, 144
Numbering Head, Automatic, 279*

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
O’Djjnovan, J. J., on Simple Trussed Beam, 303*. See LETTERS, 335, 414*, 454, 514»
Ohio State University, Welding Library, 88
— Ifnits Manufacturers, Superfinishing Machine, 226*
Oil J. Coal for Cargo Vessels, 65
— Engines. See ^nffines, Oil
— Lubricating, for Motor Cars, Filtration of, i296
— Motors. See Enffines, Oil; Motor Vehicles
— Rope Line, Texas-New York, 21* Line, Texas-Oklahoma, 144
— Production from Minerals in United States, b25
— Resources, World’s, 35
— Shale, Production in United States, 325
— Transformer, Treatment to Reduce Acidity, Report on, 418, 460
— S6e also Lubrication ; Petroleum Oklahoma-Texas Oil Pipe Line, 144
Oldham, B. C., on Air-Conditioning Develop- tments, 465
Oliver Model 2 Combine Harvester, 248*
Ollard’s Adhesion-Test Values for Electrodeposited Metals, 438
Omnibus Bars. See Electric
O’Neill, Dr. H., on Significance of Mechanical Test Properties of Metals, 18*, 38*, 56. See 15, 34. See 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Onslow, D. V., on Treatment of Transformer Oil to Reduce Acidity, 418. See 460
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission. Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 241*
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Optical Determination of Stress. See PhotoElastic
Ore, Chrome, for Furnace Linings, 265
Oscillograph. See Electric Outworking in Practice, 231, 296
Ovens, Gas, Cooking, Testing of. Specification, 128
Overhead Lines Power Transmission, Leakage Current due to Hoar-Frost, 83*
Power Transmission, Long-Distance Three-Phase Systems, 33
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding

PAINT Drying by Radiant Heating 245, 298*
— Household, for Exterior Use, Specification, 108
— Semi-Conducting, “ Coronox,” for Corona
Suppression in Electric Generators, 488 Painting Practice for Protection of Submerged Steel, 167 ®
Paper Mills, Wharves for, 481
— Sheets, Synthetic-Resin Bonded, Specification, 428
Papworth, Ltd., Universal Sine Table, 227* Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil Parkinson, Lieut.-Col. G. W., the Late, 534 Parkinson, N., on Surface Protection of Magnesium Alloys, 274
Parris, C. W., on Fouling of Boiler-Tube Surfaces, 435. See 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Parsons, Sir C., Work on Mechanical Gearing 295. See LETTER, 355
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam
Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of, Report on Inventors and Employers, 375
— and Chemical Industry, 377
— Committee of National Whitley Council Report, 375
Law and Industrial Research, 344. See 357 364. See LETTER, 394 ’
— Records, 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*, 540*: See PATENT RECORD INDEX
— in Relation to Industry, 444
Paterson, I^. C. C., on British Electrical Research Board, 94
Paving, Concrete, Construction in Cold Weather 16
Payment of Labour. See Labour
Peace River, Suspension Bridge over 425* Pearl Varnish Co., Ltd., “ Trefolex’" Cutting Compound for Hand Tools, 29
Pegasus,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 1* ^^’^^494 534 355. See LETTERS, 454,
Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148 168
368 388 S %% 328’ 348;
488; 508’ 528’
Peru, British Trade with. Report, 113
®“g‘“?®ring Notes from, 36, 117, 397, 494
— steel Production in, 173
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines,Petrol
Petroleum Equipment, Council of British Manufacturers of, First Annual Meeting, 274
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
Philips Lamps, Ltd., Development of Coiled- Coil Lamp, 368
Photo-Elastic Diagram, Stresses in Axles, 501*, 512
Photographic Reproduction of Diagrams on Metal Surfaces (Kodak, Ltd.), 310
Photographs, Telegraphic Transmission of, 357 Photomicrographs. See MicrophoiQgra'][>hand Physical Chemistry. See Chemistry — Laboratory. See National Physical — Research in Australia, Report on, 403, 424 Physicists, Education and Training, Report, 72 Physics, Institute of, Report on Education and Training of Physicists, 72 ; Election of Officers, 89 ; Annual Report, 133 , Election of Members, 228
— Liquid State Theory in Relation to Engineering, 64, 114
— Molecular Structure and Dipole Theory, 81*
— Nuclear, Application of Cyclotron to, 201*, 223*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pick-Up, Grass, Hosier, 248* Units, Vibration, Design of, 362* Piers, Concrete, Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425*
Pigott, E. C., on History of Small Steelmaking Converter, 515, 535
Piling for Dry Dock Constructed under Water, 121*
Pinions. See Gearing
Pipes, Copper, Hot-Water, Effect on Galvanised Tanks, 85, 125, 164, 205
— and Fittings, Asbestos-Cement, Specification, 88
— Line, Floating, for Concrete, 123*
- Oil, Texas-New York, 21* Oil, Texas-Oklahoma, 144 — Steel and Iron, Hot-Water, Precipitation Effects in, 358*
— See also Tubes
Pistol, Gas-Fed, for Metal Spraying, 457
Pistons, Aero-Engine, German Light-Alloy, Report on, 367*
— Turning with Diamond Tools, Report, 466* Pit Props, Timber, and Substitutes for, 372 Pit River Bridge, Road and Railway, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 263 Plan, County of London, 51, 71, 411. See 253, 288
Planning and Engineers, 373, 394
— Practical, Exhibition of, 253, 288
Institution of Civil Engineers Pamphlet on, 411. See 51, 71
— Regional (Review), 163
— Town, and District Heating, 283*
Plant Maintenance in Closed Factories, and Fuel Economy, 293
Plastics, Engineering, 431, 493. See LETTER, 474. See Erratum, 513
Handbook of (Review), 444
— Industry, Institute of, Western Section, Inaugural Meeting, Bristol, 448
Platelayers’ Concrete Huts, 185*
Plating, Electro. See Electro Ploughing, Steam, in England, 83, 134
Plywood, High-Strength, Specification, 108 — Manufacture, High-Frequency Heating in, 116*. See Erratum, 468
Pochobradsky, B., on Aurel Stodola : Teacher, Scientist and Man, 454
Polarised Light. See Photo-Elastic
Pollution, Atmospheric, and Gas Industry, 24, 47
from Smoke, Prevention of 32 —. — See also Smoke Abatement Polytechnic. See Ediication Ports, Auxiliary, Planning of, 481* Portable Engine. See Engine Portland Cement. See Cement Post-War Building, Congress on, 93 —.— Demands for Scientific Instruments, 511 Development of Inland Transport, 373 Employment and Demobilisation, 212 Export Trade, 332. See LETTERS, 254, 335, 375, 474, 514
Industrial Reconstruction, Memorandum by Internal-Combustion Manufacturers’ Association, 491
Plan and Programme for United States, 111. See LETTERS, 214, 234
Planning for Electricity Supply Industry, Report on, 211
problems of Transport Industry, 416 Professional Employment Committee, 91 Reconstruction and Engineering Industry, 11
Reconstruction and Resources Organisation, 272
Shipping and Shipbuilding, 359
Tin Production and Consumption, 228 Transport Aircraft, 95, 136, 216*, 285*, 337*, 396*, 437*, 445
University Education, British Association Report on, 312
Postlethwaite, Dr. F., on Design of Vibration Pick-Up Units, 362*
Potato Lifter (J. Deere and Co.), 248 Poultney, E. C., on Locomotive Power, 371 Powder Metallurgy, Iron, Applications of, 305 Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Fuel Powell, H., the Late, 280
Power Plant, Hydro-Electric, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 262*
Hydro-Electric, Painting Practice for Headgates, 167
Hydro-Electric, in Sweden, 48
See also Power Stations ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, Causes of Boiler Outage, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Electric, Secondary, Effect of Grid on Operation of, 132
See also Power Plants; Substations
— Supply, Electric, in Chile, 398 Electric, City of Brisbane, 113
Electric, Co-ordination of Distribution, 453, 472
Electric, System Control (Review), 203 532
Electric, and Gas Industry, 24, 45* Electric Industry and Fuel Policy, 85, 405
Electric Industry, Post-War Planning for, Report, 211
Electric Industry and Synthetic Materials, 412
Electric, Report by Incorporated Association of Electric Power Companies, 453, 472
Electric, in South Australia, 173
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Leakage
Current due to Hoar-Frost, 83*
Overhead Lines, Long-Distance Three-Phase Systems, 33
See also Qearing
— Water. See Hydraulic; Power Plants^
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
Pownall, J. F., on 300-ft. Contour Canal Line, 281*. See LETTER, 454
Pneumatic. See Air Compressor Preece, Engr. Vice-Admiral Sir G., on Diffl-
cidties Experienced with Men and Machines, 264. See 233
Presidential Address to British Coal Utilisation Research Association, by Sir E. Williams, on Work of the Association, 493
to Institute of Fuel, by Dr. E. W. Smith, on An Organised Fuel Policy, 385, 405
to Institute of Marine Engineers, by Engr. Vice-Admiral Sir G. Preece, on Difficulties Experienced with Men and Machines, 264. See 233
to Institute of Transport, by Sir W. V.
Wood, on New Era in Transport, 416 to Institution of Civil Engineers, by Dr.
D. Anderson, on Engineers and Planning, 394. See 373
to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by Col. Sir A. S. Angwin, on International Telecommunications, 316, 357. See 313, 331
to Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, by A. M. Stephens, on Revision of Tonnage Laws, 484
to Institution of Gas Engineers, by E. V.
Evans, on Gas Industry in National Economy, 5, 24, 45*
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, by Prof. F. C. Lea, on the Past and the Future, 355, 365. See 351, 353
to Junior Institution of Engineers, by Sir M. Denny, on Marine-Engineering Developments, 513
to North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, by J. R. Gebbie, on Shipping and Shipbuilding, 359
Press. See Machine Tools Pressure-Sensitive Unit, Carbon-Pile, 462*. See
Erratum, 486 Probability-Integral of the ^-Function, 295*
Producer Gas, Performance of Motor-Car Engine with, 296
Production Authorities Guide, 33
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual General Meeting, 373
— Lighting as Factor in, 12
— Methods for Small Job, 58
— Ministry of, Work of Radio Research Board, 135; Changes in Munition Production, 193 ; Brochure on Outworking, 231. See 296
Professions, Post-War Employment in. Committee on, 91
Professional Classes Aid Council, Annual Report, 53
Progressive Welder Co., Automatically-Controlled Spot Welder, 66*
Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Marine, Blade Deflection in, 58*
Variable-Pitch (Rotol Airscrews, Ltd.), 93 Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines; Propellers Propulsive Efficiency, Coefficient of, 378*, 399
Protection, Smface, of Magnesium Alloys, 274
Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of, Joint Conference on Recruitment and Training, 31
Public Affairs, Relation of Engineers and Scientific Men to, 72
— Services, Report on Education for, 452
— Works, City of Brisbane, 113 Codes of Practice for, 352 Puddled Iron. See Iron
Pulmonary Disease in South Wales Coalminers, Report on, 152
Pulverised Fuel and Fouling of Boiler Tubes, 392, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 537*. See LETTERS, 434
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, Development of, 185
— Concrete, for Dry Dock Constructed under
Water, 123*
— Dosing, Chemical, Hydrostatically-Operated (Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd.), 86*
— Hydraulic, Three-Throw (Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd.), 506*
— Transfer, for Butadiene and Styrene, 182*
Pumping Plant, Salvage of S.S. “ Lafayette,” 383
— Stations, Texas-New York Oil Pipe Line, 22
— System, San Joaquin, Great Central Valley Scheme, California, 262*
Punch for Drawing Cylindrical Cups, 138*, 178* —? for Marking, 259*, 278*
Putz, W., on Three-Phase Synchronous Motors, 94
Pyrites in Coal, Utilisation of, 516

QUALITY Control in Mass Production, 14
Quaternions, Centenary of Discovery of, 412
Quay for Industrial Undertakings, Planning of, 481*
Quebec Conference, Churchill-Roosevelt, 173
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Quick, J. H., on Defence of Big Business, 133. See 92. See LETTER, 166

RADIANT Heating for Industrial Processes, 245, 298*
Radio Industries Club, Radio Research and Production, by G. M. Garro-Jones, 135
— and International Telecommunications, 316, 331, 357
— Research and Production, 135
— See also Telegraphy, 'Wireless; Telephony,
Radiographic Method of Corrosion Measurement, 273
Radiography, Industrial, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 447*
Radiolocation, Growth of, 135
Rail Fracture and Notch Brittleness, 19, 80*
— Worn, Building-up by Oxy-Acetylene Welding, 434
Railroad. See Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine, Future of, 494
— Australian, Conversion of Port Pirie-Broken
Hill Line to Standard Gauge, 203
— Brazilian, Construction of New Lines, 215
— Bridge. See Bridge
British, and 300-ft. Contour Canal, 282*. See LETTER, 454
— Canadian National, 100-ton Hydraulic
Flanging Press, 17
— Chilean, Position of, 215
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
London Midland and Scottish, Meter for Waste Steam, 155*; Heat-Treatment Plant for Tools, 206* ; Converted “ Royal Scot ” Locomotive, 256*; Grate for Burning Locomotive Smokebox Char, 386* ; Automatically-Controlled Boiler for Tea-Making, 495*
and North Eastern, Bridge Renewal on, 53; Counter-Pressure Brake Testing of Locomotives, 54. See LETTERS, 74, 255, 514 ; Platelayers’ Concrete Huts, 185* ; Report on Collision at Scarborough, 353 ; Conversion of P2-Type Passenger Locomotive, 427*
— New South Wales, Development of Cracks in Wheel Seats Within Hubs of Wheels, 501*. See 512
Zealand, Annual Report, 253
— Proposals in County of London Plan, 51, 71, 411
— Rolling Stock. See Locomotives ; Wagons
— South American, Development of, 345
— Southern, Repair of Bombed Railway Viaduct. 487*
— United States, Finances of, 145
States, Traffic on, 225
— Viaduct, Bombed, Southern Railway, Repair of, 487*
— Wagons. See Wagons
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Rainfall and Land Drainage Problems, 24, 44
Ramsden, J., Method of Circular Dividing, 235
Rays, Electric. See Cathode ; Rdntgen
Raynor, G. V., and Institute of Metals’ Equilibrium Diagram of Aluminium-Zinc System, 500
Reactors, Glass-Lined, for Synthetic Rubber, 183*
Read, Prof. A. A., the Late, 275
Reavell and Co., Ltd., on Flexible Shaft Couplings, 54*. See LETTERS, 94, 174*, 214
Receivers, Air, Valves and Gauges for, Specification, 168
Reconstruction, Post-War. See PosbWar
Records, Modern: What May We Destroy ? Memorandum on, 413
Rectifiers. See Electric
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refractory Linings of Basic Open-Hearth Furnaces, Maintenance of, 265
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Developments in,465
— British Association of. Change of Name to
Institute of Refrigeration, 358; Air- Conditioning Developments, by B. C. Oldham and G. E. Clifford, 465
Regional Planning (Review), 163
Regulator, Temperature, for Gas-Heated Apparatus (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 346*
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete “ Reliance ” Drill Guard, 436* Remuneration of Labour. See Labour Renwick, F. F., the Late, 174
Repeated Stresses. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
Repeaters, Valve, for Submarine Telephone Cables, 331, 357
Report, Anglo-Peruvian Trade, British Chamber of Commerce, Lima, 113
— Annual, Australian Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research, 403, 424
British Cast Iron Research Association, 486
Chief Inspector of Factories, 392
City and Guilds of London Institute, 213 New Zealand Railways, 253
Safety in Mines Research Board, 372
Windmill Section, Society for Protection of Ancient Monuments, 320
— Brisbane Statistics, 113
— British Railway Accidents in 1942, 52
— Chronic Pulmonary Disease in South Wales Coal-miners, 152
— on Control of Electricity Supply, 453, 472
— County of London Plan, 51, 71. See 253, 288, 411
— on Education for Public Services, 452
— Farm Electrification Programme in Manitoba, 532
— German Light-Alloy Aero-Engine Pistons, 367*
— on Industrial Recruitment and Training, 31
— Piston-Turning with Diamond Tools, 466*
— Post-War Planning for Electricity-Supply Industry, 211
War University Education, by British Association, 321
Report, Protection of Motor Vehicles and Engines in Storage, 156
— Railway Collision at Scarborough, 353
— Salvage of Ships and Cargoes, 451
— Time Service, Astronomer Royal’s, 233
— Training of Mining Engineers, 533
— Treatment of Transformer Oil to Reduce Acidity, 418. See 460
— University Entrance Scholarships in England and Wales, 433
— Wages and Conditions in Mining Industry, 311
— See also Board of Trade
Research : A General Survey, 263, 282, 303, 325, 343, 364, 385. See 351. See LETTER, 394
— Activities in the United States, Integration of, 172. See LETTER, 215
— Association, British Cast Iron, Annual Report, 486
British Coal Utilisation, Opening of Research Laboratories, 13 ; Case for Coal Research, by J. G. Bennett, 35; Conference on Utilisation of Small Coals, 165,213; Work of First Five Years, 1938-1942, 473 ; Luncheon, 493 ; Presidential Address, by Sir E. Williams, on Work of the Association, 493
British Electrical and Allied Industries, Report on Care and Treatment of Transformer Oil to Reduce Acidity, by D. V. Onslow, 418. See 460
British Internal-Combustion Engine, Organisation of, 13
— Board, British Electrical, Proposed, 94 Safety in Mines, Annual Report, 372
— and Chemical Industry, 313, 377
— Coal, Case for, 35
— Committee, Institution of Automobile Engineers, Work in Hand, 113 ; Report on Protection of Motor Vehicles and Engines in Storage, 156; Research Committee’s Report, 296, 307
Joint, of Iron and Steel Institute and British Iron and Steel Federation, Review of Work, 1924-43, 492
— Council, Medical, Report on Chronic Pulmonary Disease in South Wales Coalminers, 152
— Department, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Investigation of Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts, 221* ; Expansion of Low-Melting Point Tube-Bending Alloy, 507
Scientific and Industrial, Work of Radio Research Board, 135; Activities of, 282, 325; Consultative Conference on Fuel Research, 373
— in Fuel Industries, 385, 405
— Fuel, Standing Consultative Conference on, 373
— Industrial, and Inventions, 444
Meaning to British Industry, Sir H. Hartley on, 351
— International Organisation of, 171. See LETTER, 215
— Irrigation, in India, 214
— Laboratory, Forest Products, Observations on Design of Timber-Drying Kilns, 450
— Radio, and Production, 135
— Scientific and Industrial, Australian Council for. Annual Report, 403, 424
— and Scientific Instruments, 511
— and Shipbuilding, 359
— Workers, Aeronautical, Shortage of, 153
— See also National Physical Laboratory Resistance Welding. See Welding
Resin, Synthetic, Paper Sheets Bonded by. Specification, 428
Researches in Australia on, 424
Resources, International Organisation of, Proposal for, 272
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reynolds, 0., Work on Fluid Flow, 355 Richards, Dr. T. LI., on Directional Characteristics of Copper Strip, 294
Richardson, C., the Late, 426
Richmond, Adml. Sir H. W., on Fourth Year of War at Sea, 194
Ridge, H. M., the Late, 129
Rings, Steel, Hardening Machine for (Shorther Process Co., Ltd.), 187*
River Niagara, Flow-Control Weir in, 241*
— Peace, Suspension Bridge over, 425*
— Sacramento and San Joaquin, Control of, 261*
Rotol Airscrews, Ltd., Variable-Pitch Marine Propellers, 93; Pour-Bladed Variable- Pitch Airscrew, 125*
Roxburgh, J., on Production of Malleable-Iron Castings, 236*
Royal Aeronautical Society, See Aeronautical
— Scot Locomotive, Converted, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 256*
— Society of Arts. See Arts
Rubber Industry, Advantages of Federation in, 335. See LETTERS, 375
— Jointing for Flanges, Specification, 308
— Production in Brazil, 215
- in Mexico, 302
- in Nicaragua, 225
— Synthetic, Manufacture of, 412
Production in United States, 68, 181*
United States Government Plant for, 181*
Rural Electrification in Manitoba, Report on, 532
Russell, F. S., the Late, 248
Russia, District Heating in, 283
— Planning in, 394
— Research in, 325
Rusting. See Corrosion
Rylands, J. R., on Bonded Deposits on Economiser Heating Surfaces, 517*, 536*. See 391, 504, 524. See LETTERS, 434
“Ryuzyo,” Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 141*

SACRAMENTO River Control Scheme, 261* Safety in Mines Research Board, Annual Report, 372
Salt-Extraction Plant, Lake Texcoco, Mexico, 225
— Spray Corrosion Tests for Metallic Coatings, 426
Tests of Electroplated Coatings, 25 Salvage of S.S. “ Lafayette,” 381*
— of Ships and Cargoes, Select Committee on
National Expenditure, Report on, 451 Sample, C. H., on Salt-Spray Corrosion Tests, 426
Sampling Schemes and Quality Control, 513 San Joaquin River Control Scheme, 261* Sands, Moulding, for Malleable-Iron Castings, ' 236
’* Saratoga,” United States Aircraft Carrier, . 61*, 101, 141 I
Sargeant, E. F., Dragline Scraper Equipment • for Coal Storage, 145* i
Sauerman Scraper Excavator for Coal Storage, I Development of, 145* ?
Scaffolding, Tubular Steel, Specification, 528 Scale Formation on Boiler Tubes, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTER, 434 Scarborough, Railway Collision at. Report, 353 *• Scharnhorst,” German Battleship, Sinking of, 531
Schlesinger, Dr. G., on Surface Finish, 33 Schofield, T. H., on Precipitation Effects in Mild-Steel and Wrought-Iron Pipe, 358* Scholarships. See Education
School of Aeronautical Science, Proposed, 473 Science and Engineering Progress, 351,353,355, 365
— and Nationality, 276, 284
Scientific Information Services, 252
— Instrument Industry, Importance of, 511 Manufacturers’ Association of Great Britain, Ltd., Work of, 512
— Management. See Works Management
— Societies. See Institutions
— Research. See Research
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Ship- builders in. See Engineers
Scott, T. R., on Synthetic Materials and Products, 412
Scraper, Dragline, Use for Coal Storage (E. F. Sargeant), 145*
Screw-Cutting. See under Machine Tools
— Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics
— Threads, Acme, Specification, 128
Cutting and Measurement (Review), 523 Sea-Water Spray Tests of Electroplated Coatings, 25
” Seadromes,” Atlantic, Proposed, 163
Sealing of Porous Castings by Bakelite Plastic Treatment, 336
Seaplanes. See Aeronautics
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric ; also Motor Truck
Segregation of Lead in Steel, 354
Seismic Vibrograph, 362
Senior, T., Universal Graduating Machine, 186* Serpentine, Chrome Ore and Magnesite for Furnace Linings, 265
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Sewill, R., on Future of Transport; Possible Development in Road Haulage, 131
Shackles for Chain Cables, Manufacture of, 480* Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
— Worn, Building up by Welding, Metal
Spraying and Electrodeposition, 372, 413, 418*, 433, 438*, 457
Shasta Dam, Sacramento River, California, 262*
Ships, Air Conditioning in, 466
— Canal. See Canal
— Cargo, Coal v. Oil for, 65
“Liberty” and “Victory” Types, Production of, 254
Report on Salvage of, 451
— Chain Cables for, 477*
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Launching. See Launching
— Machinery Spaces, Ventilation of, 458*, 539*
— Merchant, Transfer from United States to Great Britain, 112
— Model Experiments. See Tank
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines; Propellers
— Propulsive Coefficient, 378*, 399
Ships, Salvage of. See Salvage
— Tonnage Measurement of, 484
— See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping ;
Steamers ; }V ar ships ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilding, British, Future of, 359
— Concrete-Steel Dumb Barge Construction, 405*
— Construction of Aircraft Carriers, 141, 161
— Launching Accident to S.S. “ Daphne,” 14
— Naval. See Warships
— and Tonnage Laws, 484
— in United States, 145, 254
— See also Steamers Naval; Warships ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers Shipley, J. F., on Protection of Structures against Lightning, 232
Shipping, British, Present and Future, 112, 359
— Chamber of, New Section Officers, 69
— and International Telecommunications, 316, 331
— Position in South America, 117 Shock-Excitation, Analysis of, and Transient State, 321*, 361*
— Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests {Materials}
Shop Management. See Works Management
Shorter Process Co., Ltd., Steel-Ring Hardening Machine, 187*
Shuttering for Reinforced-Concrete Silos for Grain, 287*
Siecke, A, C. W., Salvage of S.S. ” Lafayette,” 381*
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Accessories for Mechanical Comparator, 47*; Taper- Measuring Machine, 227*
Sigmund Pumps (Great Britain), Ltd., Apprentice Training Scheme, 470
Sikes, H. L., the Late, 34
Silicon, Influence on Welds in Cast Iron, 348
— in Manganese-Steel Production, Effect of, 158*, 177
Silley, J., Memorial Fund, 393
Silos, Storage and Drying ofGrain, 287*
Silver, Dr. R. S., on Liquid State Theory in
Relation to Engineering, 64, 114
— ’Bus Bars in Magnesium Plant, 109
Sine Table, Universal (Papworth, Ltd.), 227* Skin-Friction. See Friction Slag. See Metallurgy
Slide-Rule Work and Logarithms (Review), 203 Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools Small, Prof. J., on Efficiencies of Gas Turbines, 494. See 401*, 421*. See LETTER, 474*, 534. ^ee Erratum, 494
Smallwood, A., the Late, 266 Smelting Furnaces. See Ficrnaces Smith, Prof. C. A. M., on Training of Chinese Engineers, 14
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on First Mechanical Amphibian, 74. See 75* ; on Bicentenary of Lavoisier, 154 ; on F. R. Hassler, 415
Smith, Dr. E. W., on An Organised Fuel Policy, 385, 405
Smith, Dr. S. L., on Engineering Plastics, 493. See 431. See LETTER, 474. Erratum, 513,
Smith, T. L., Co., Tilting-Drum Concrete Mixer, 106*
Smoke Abatement Society, National, Plan for Smokeless Air, by A. Marsh, 32
— Atmospheric Pollution from, Prevention, 32
— See also Atmospheric Polhition
Smokeless Fuel. See Coal, Low-Temperature Carbonisation
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soil Floor, Cement-Stabilised, for Storage Area, 165*
Solar Energy, Utilisation of, 36
Solder, Soft, ” Economy ” Specification, 288 Solidification and Cooling of Steel Ingots, 318*, 338*, 374
Soot Blowers and Fouling of Boiler Tubes, 391, 504, 517*, 524, 537*. See LETTERS, 434 Soper, P. F., on Young’s Modulus for Carbon Brushes, 464
Sound Attenuation in Air Ducts, 221*
South America, British Trade in, 254. See 332. See LETTERS, 335, 375, 474, 514
Engineering Notes from, 36, 117, 215. 345, 397, 494
Steel Production in, 173
Trade with United States, 293
— and Central America, Civil Aviation in, 253
— Wales Coalminers, Pulmonary Disease, Report on, 152
— West Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129,
149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509, 529. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449. 469, 489, 509, 529. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Southern Railway, Repair of Bombed Viaduct 487*
Specific Gravity and Calorific Value of Coal, 484*. See LETTER, 534
Specifications, Standard. See Standards Speed-Changing Gears. See Qears Sperry Vibration Pick-Up, 362*
SpiUett, E. E., on Structure of Aluminium as Revealed by X-Rays, 294
Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels
Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd., Drying Machine for Coated Welding Rods, 525* ,
Spring Wire, Specification, 128 !
Standards Institution, British, Specifications, Diamond-Tipped Boring Tools, 48 ; Hemp Ropes and Cordage, 48; Boiler Rivets, 88 ; Asbestos-Cement Pipes and Fittings, 88 ; High-Strength Plywood, 108 ; Analysis of Steel, 108; Household Paint for Exterior Use, 108; Spring Wire, 128; Acme Screw Threads, 128; Gas-Oven Testing, 128 ; Gauges for Sheet Metal and Wire, 168; Valves and Gauges for Air Receivers, 168; Heating and Hot-Water Service Installations, 208 ; Cast-Iron Drain Fittings, 228 ; Brass Bars, 228 ; Wrought and Alloy Steels, 228; Water-Tube Boilers and Superheaters, 288 ; Economy ” Soft Solders, 288 ; Cable for Use on Ships, 308 ; Rubber Jointing for Flanges, 308 ; “ Gilding Metal ” Strip, 308 ; Copper Rods for Railway Rolling Stock, 348; Portable Chemical Fire Extinguishers, 348 ; Bronze Oil-Retaining Bearings, 348; Steel Wire Ropes for Kite Balloons, 428 ; Aluminium- Alloy Sheets and Coils, 428; Synthetic- Resin Bonded Paper Sheets, 428 ; Terne- Plate, 428; Spot Welding in Mild Steel, 508; Secondary Zinc Alloy for Die Casting, 508; Cold-Twisted Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement, 508; Tubular Steel Scaffolding, 528; Gas-Welding of Aluminium, 528
Standards, Institution, British, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 73 ; Work of Institution, by Sir P. Ashley, 76. See 73; Glossary of Electrical Terms, 48, 88, 528; Code, of Practice for Protection of Structures against Lightning, 282
— Laboratory, National Australian, Work of, 403
— United States Bureau of. See United States Stanesby, J. A., Grinding Jig for Screw-
Cutting Tools, 486*
State Control and Transport Industry, 416
— Railways. See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations Statistical Methods and Control of Industrial Costs, 513
— Testing, Probability Integral of the f-Func-tion, 295*
Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator Windings for Three-Phase Synchronous Motors, 94
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Cultivation in England, 83, 134
— Engines. See Engines
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Raising, Preparation of Coal for, 496, 516
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Turbines. See Turbines
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles
— Waste, “ Flap ” Meter for, 155*
Steamer “ Daphne,” Launching Accident to, 14
— ” Great Britain,” Centenary of Launch, 53, 77*
— Launching of. See Launching
— ” Liberty ” and ” Victory ” Type, Production of, 254
— Oil-Tank, Planning of Wharf for, 481*
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steeds, W., on Flexible Shaft Couplings, 94.
See LETTERS, 54*, 174*, 214 Steel, Alloy, Development of, 365
— Analysis of. Specification, 108
— Bars, Cold-Twisted, for Reinforced-Concrete, Specification, 508
— for Chain Cables, 477
— Containing Lead, Structure and Properties of, 354
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Cylindrical Cups, Two-Stage Drawing of, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
— Economy in Reinforced-Concrete Construction, 172
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— Framed Towers for Grain Silos, 287*
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Ingots, Solidification and Cooling of, 318*, 338*, 374
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Medium-Carbon, Austenitic Grain Growth in, 336
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Mild, Spot Welding of. Specification, 508 Stress-Strain Diagram, 18*
— Organised Research, Review of Work of Joint Research Committees, 1924-1943,492
— Pipe, Hot-Water, Precipitation Effects in. 358*
for Texas-New York Oil Pipe Line, 21* for Texas-Oklahoma Pipe Line, 144
— Production in Latin America, 173
— Ralls. See Rails
— for Railway Rolling-Stock Tyres, Properties of, 57
— Rapid Test for Manganese, 505 Test for Molybdenum, 350 Test for Nickel, 26 .
— Reinforcement by Welding, 413, 418*, 433
— Rings, Hardening Machine for (Shorter Process Co., Ltd.), 187*
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Scaffolding, Tubular, Specification, 528
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests {Materials}
— Submerged, Painting Practice for, 167
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Tool, Rapid Test for Manganese in, 505
— Wrought and Alloy, Specification, 228 Steelmaking, History of Small Converter, 515, 535
Stephens, A. M., on Revision of Tonnage Laws, 484
Steven, G., on Ink v. Pencil Tracings, 355. See LETTERS, 454, 494, 534
Stevens, J. F., the Late, 145 Stileman, C. G., the Late, 474
Stockholm Metallographic Institute, Erection of New Laboratories, 526
Stodola, Aurel, as Teacher, Scientist and Man, 454
Stokers, Mechanical, and Fouling of Boiler Tubes, 392, 497*, 504, 517*, 624, 537. See LETTERS, 434
Preparation of Coal for, 516 105*
See Accumulator under Electric;
Dragline Scraper Equipment for F. Sargeant), 145* and Drying Silos for Grain, 287* , and Mechanical Properties of Metals, 118*
ey. Lord, on British Export Trade, See 332. See LETTERS, 254, 375, 514
See Roads of Materials. See Stress and Tests {M( t^rials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Fatigue und
— in Diawing Cylindrical Cups, 137*
— in Ebctrodeposited Metals, 434, 439
— in Mirine Screw-Propeller Blades, 58*
— and (Mechanical Properties of Metals, 79*, 118*
— Optical Determination of. See Photo-Elastic
— in Reinforced Concrete, United States
Emergency Specification, 172
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— in Simple Trussed Beam, 303*. See LETTERS, 335, 414*, 454, 514*
— Strain Diagrams and Tests of Metals, 15,
18 , " \ LETTERS, 234, 276
— in Wheel and Axle Assemblies, 501*, 512
— Working, in Aluminium-Alloy Structures, Formula} for, 195
Strikes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARA- GRAPU INDEX
Strip, Copper, Directional Characteristics of, 294
— “ Gilding-Metal,” Specification, 308 Stripping Insulation from Electric Cables,
Machine for (Timken Roller Bearing Co.), 27*
Stobosoope, Use for Investigating Fuel Injection-Systems of Oil Engines, 461*
Structural Engineers, Institution of. Election of Members, 28, 388, 408, 428
Structures, Aluminium-Alloy, Formulae for Working Stresses in, 195
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete
— Protection against Lightning, Code of Practice, 232
against Lightning, Guard-Wire System (Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.).), 266*
Styrene Production at United States Synthetic-Rubber Plant, 182*
Submarine Boats. See Warships
— Telephone Cables, Valve Repeaters for, 331, 357
Substation, Mobile, London and North Eastern Railway, 208*
Suggestion Scheme in Engineering Works, 74 Sulphur in Steel Ingots, Behaviour during Cooling, 318*, 338*, 374
— Trioxide in Flue Gases, Effect on Scale Formation, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 537*. See LETTERS, 434
Sumner, D. G., the Late, 508 Sun. See Solar
Superheater Tubes, Fouling of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 537*. See LETTERS, 434
— for Water-Tube Boilers, Specification, 288 Supply, Ministry of, Purchase Certificates for
Direct-Current Welding Machines, 73; Control of Machine Tools (Twist Drills) No. 1 Order, 133, 388 ; Measuring Instruments and Machines Control Order, 453 ; Report on Piston-Turning with Diamond Tools, 466*
of, Control Orders. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Surface Finish with Diamond Tools, 466* and Function of Parts, 33
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding under
Machine Tools
— Protection of Magnesium Alloys, 274 Surfacing, Hard, by Welding, 413, 418*, 433 Surrender of Italian Navy, 233
Survey, Land, Canadian, 247 Suspension Bridge over Peace River, 425*‘ Swale, W. B., on Lighting as Factor in Production, 12
Swan, A. W., on Sampling Schemes for Qualitative Inspection, 513
Swartz, G., on Influence of Silicon on Welds in Cast Iron, 348
Sweden, Hydro-Electric Plants in, 48
Swift, Prof. H. W., on Two-Stage Drawing of Cylindrical Cups, 137*, 178*, 199*, 219*
Swinden, Dr. T., on Leaded Manganese- Molybdenum Steel, 354
Swiss Electricity Union, Long-Distance Three- Phase Transmission Systems, by Dr. Wanger, 33
Switchgear for Mobile Substation, London and North Eastern Railway, 208*
— Operation in Secondary Power Stations, 132
Sykes, W. E., the Late, 74
Syria, Kasmieh Irrigation Scheme, 293

TANK, Experimental, Investigation on Propulsive Efficiency, 378*, 399
— Galvanised, Hot-Water, Failure of, 85, 125,
164, 205
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships
— Steamers. See Steamers
Taper-Measuring Machine (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 227*
Tar Production and Gas Industry, 5, 24 45
Tarran Industries, Ltd., System of House Construction, 193
Tate and Lyle Research Laboratories, Tests of Calorific Value and Specific Gravity of Coal, 484*. See LETTER, 534
Taylor, E. W., on Art of Original Circular Dividing (1650-1850), 204, 235
Tea-Making, Automatic Boiler for, 495*
Teaching. See Education
Technical Information, Co-ordination in Abstracting, 292
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telecommunication Engineering and Manufacturing Association, Formation of, 473
— International, Recent Progress, 316, 331, 357 Telegraphy, International, Recent Progress, 316, 331, 357
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX —• Wireless, International, 316, 331, 357 Work of Radio Research Board, 135 See also Radio ; Television
Telephone Cables, Submarine, Valve Repeaters for, 331, 357
Telephony, International 316, 331, 357
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Wireless, International, 316, 331, 357
Work of Radio Research Board, 135 See also Radio ; Television Television, International 357
“ Temp-a-trol ” Forge Welding Machine, 66* Temperature Regulator for Gas-Heated Apparatus (Cambridge Instrument Co., ltd.), 346*
— Rise of Electromagnet Windings, 521*
— in Tropenas Converter for Manganese-Steel Production, 158, 177
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials')
Terms, Electrical Engineering, British Standard
Glossary of, 48, 88, 528 Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terne-Plate, Specification, 428 Tesla, Nikola, Life and Work of, 453 Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— of Coal-Dust Engines, 183*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— of Electroplated Coatings, 25
— Locomotive, Machine-Friction Data from, 55

Tests (Materials) :

Adhesion Test Values, Ollard’s, for Electrodeposited Metals, 438
Bending Tests, Jenkins, Electrodeposited Metals, 439
Fatigue, Work-Hardening and Tensile Tests of Metals, 15, 18*, 34, 38*, 56. See 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Hardness Tests, Brinell, and Tensile Strength of Metals, 16, 18, 34, 38*, 56. See 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Vickers Diamond, Electrodeposited Metals, 439
Impact Test and Notch Toughness in Steels, 19, 56, 80*
Mechanical Tests, German Light-Alloj^ Aero-Engine Pistons, 367*
on Leaded and Leaded Manganese- Molybdenum Steels, 354
of Materials, Scale Effect in, 355 Mohs’ Scale of Hardness, Extension, 441 Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Stress Determination, Optical. See PhotoElastic
— in Materials and Structures. See Stress Tensile Tests, Cast Hiduminium, 99 Electrodeposited Nickel and Copper, 438, 439
on Iron Powder Metallurgy Products, 305
Work Hardening and Fatigue of Metals, 15, 18*. 34, 38*, 56. See 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Test Properties of Metals, Significance of, 15, 18*, 34, 38*, 56, 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Testing of Agricultural Machinery, 247
— Equipment, High-Voltage, Direct-Current
(Ferranti, Ltd.), 6*
— Gas Cooking Ovens, Specification, 128
— Laboratory for Insulating Materials,
Turner’s Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., 307* See also National Physical
— of Locomotives, Counter-Pressure Brake
Method, 54. See LETTERS, 74, 255, 514
— Materials, American Society for, Salt-
Spray Test as Applied to Electrodeposited Metallic Finishes, by C. H. Sample, 426
— and Research, 283
— Statistical, Probability Integral of the t-Function, 295*
— See also Tests (Materials)
Texas-New York Oil Pipe Line, 21*
— Oklahoma Oil Pipe Line, 144
Text Books. See LITERATURE INDEX ^-Function, Probability Integral of, 295* Thames, River, Wharf and Jetty Construction on, 481*
Thermal Conductivity of Diamonds, 442
Units and Formulae, 154
— Efficiency of Coal-Dust Engine, 183
of Combustion Turbines, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494, 534. See Erratum, 494
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermodynamic Theories and Engineering Progress, 355
Thomas, C. O., on Ink v. Pencil Tracings, 454. See LETTERS, 355, 494, 534
Thompson, E., Conversion of P2-Type London and North Eastern Railway Passenger Locomotive, 427*
Thornton, B. M., on Fouling of Boiler Tube Surfaces, 435. See 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Throp, A., on Marking Equipment and War Production, 258*, 278*
Timber, Australian Government Researches on, 404, 424
— Bark Removal by Hydraulic-Jet Machine (Weyerhauser Timber Co.), 175
— Construction for Service Buildings in United States 144
— Drying Kilns, Modern Design of, 450
— Hangar for Patrol Balloons, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 341*
Time Service, Report of Astronomer Royal, 233
Timken Roller Bearing Co., Insulation-Stripping Machine for Electric Cables, 27*
Tin Production and Consumption, Post-War 228
“ Tirpitz,” German Battleship, Torpedo Attack by Midget Submarines, 313 Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges Tompion, T., Method of Circular Dividing, 204 Tonnage Laws, Ships’, Need for Revision of, 484 Tooker, Capt. J. L., Salvage of S.S. “ Lafayette,” 381*
Tool Grinder. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel. See Steel
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing Torque Reversal in Gear Drives, 503*
Tower, B., Work on Friction and Lubrication, ; 251
— Cableway, Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 242*
— Concrete, for Doors of Timber Patrol-Balloon Hangar, 343*
— Steel-Framed, for Grain Silos, 287*
Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425* Town Gas. See Gas
— Planning and Building Industry Congress, 93 and District Heating, 283*
Townend, Dr. H. C. H., the Late, 195 Townsend, R. G., on Rapid Test for Manganese in Tool Steel, 505
Tracings, Ink v. Pencil, 355. See LETTERS, 454, 494, 534
Trade Activities, South American Countries, 36, 117, 215, 345
— Anglo-Peruvian, Report on, 113
— British, in South America, 216, 254, 345, 494. See 332. See LETTERS, 335, 375, 474, 514
— Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Post-War, 332. See LETTERS, 254, 335, 375, 474,514
— Influence of Big Business on, 92. See LETTER , 133, 155
— Unions, See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX '
— United States, with South America, 293
— World Trade Alliance Association, Inauguration of, 73
Training. See Education
Transatlantic Air-Transport, Post-War, 216*, 285*, 337*, 397*, 437*, 445
Transformer of Mobile Substation, London and North Eastern Railway, 208*
— Treatment of Oil for. Report on, 418, 460 Transient State and Analysis of Shock Excitation, 321*,361*
Transmission Gear. See Gear ; Gearing
— of Power. See Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— in Buenos Aires, 345
— and County of London Plan, 51, 71, 411
— Future of Road Haulage, 131
— Industry, Post-War Problems, 416
— Inland, Post-War Development of, 373
— Institute of. Formation of Northern Ireland Section, 69 ; Election of Members, 148, 228, 328, 388 ; Formation of Hull and District Centre, 330, 473; Presidential Address, by Sir W. V. Wood, on New Era in Transport, 416
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road
Travelling Crane. See Crane
” Trefolex ” Cutting Compound for Hand Tools, 29
Trials. See Tests
Tropenas Converter, Continuous Production of Manganese Steel Castings from, 158*, 177 History of, 535
Troughton, E. and J., Method of Circular Dividing, 235
Truck, Battery-Operated. See Motor Truck.
— Hand-Propelled, Anchoring Lock for (Bassick Co.), 17*
— Railway. See Wagons
— Stacking, Hydraulic (Lyon-Raymond Corporation), 107*
Tube-Bending Alloy, Low-Melting Point, Expansion after Solidification, 507
— Economiser, Fouling of, 391, 497*, 504. 517* 524, 537. See LETTERS, 434
— Surfaces, Boiler, Fouling of, 391, 497*, 504, 517*, 524, 536*. See LETTERS, 434
— Thickness Gauge, Electrical, 301*
— See also Pipes
Tubular Steel Scaffolding, Specification, 528 Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Tunnels, Kasmieh Irrigation Scheme, 293
— Proposed, in County of London Plan, 51, 71, 411
Tuplin, Dr. W. A., on Flexible Shaft Couplings, 214. See LETTERS, 54*, 94, 174* ; on Torque Reversal in Gear Drives, 503*
Turbine, Combustion, Thermal Efficiency of, 401*, 421*. See LETTERS, 474*, 494, 534. See Erratum^ 494
— Gas, Work of Stodola on, 454
— Hydraulic, Development of, 355 See also Power Plant
— Pumps. See Pwznps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Work of Stodola on, 454 Turnbull, Sir R. M. K., the Late, 305 Turner’s Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., Testing Laboratory for Insulating Materials, 307*
Turning and Boring. See Machine Tools
Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools
Tyres, Pneumatic, Motor-Vehicle, Preservation in Storage, 156
— Steel, Railway, Fracture and Notch Brittleness, 19, 56, 80*

UNIONS, Trade. SeeXaandour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
United States Aerodromes, Runway Construction in Cold Weather, 6
Aircraft Production in, 466 Army Amphibians, 75*. See LETTER, 74 Bureau of Mines, Navajo Helium Plant, 527
United States Bureau of Standards, Protective Value of Electrodeposited Coatings, 25
Coast and Geodetic Survey, History of, 415
Engineering Notes from, 144, 225
Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 241* Future Commercial Air Transport, 473 Government, Synthetic-Rubber Plant, 181*
Great Central Vallejo Project, California, 261*
Liquid-Fuel Production from Minerals, 325
Locomotive Testing Plants, Friction Data from, 55
Merchant Ships, Transference to Great Britain, 112
National Resources Planning Board, Report on Post-War Plan and Programme, 111. See LETTERS, 214. 234
Navy. See United States under Warships Ohio State University Welding Library, 88
Planning in, 395
Post-War Plan and Programme for, 111. See LETTERS, 214, 234
Post-War Transport Aircraft in, 95, 136, 216*, 285*, 337*, 397*, 437*, 445
Public Roads Administration, Suspension Bridge over Peace River, 425*
Railways. See Railways
Research Activities in. Integration of, 172. See LETTER, 215
Research in, 263, 282, 304, 325, 343, 364, 385
United States Rubber Co., Synthetic-Rubber Plant at Institute, West Virginia, 181* Shipbuilding, Progress of, 254 Synthetic Rubber Production, 68. 181*
Texas-New York Oil Pipe Line, 21*
— — Texas-Oklahoma Oil Pipe Line, 144 Trade with South America, 215, 293 War Production Board, Report
Sources and Uses of Beryllium, Emergency Specification for Design of Reinforced-Concrete Buildings, 172 See also America
University, California, Cyclotron at, 201*, 223*
— Entrance Scholarships in England and Wales, Report on, 433
— Finance, 312
— Glasgow, Appointment of Dr. A. M. Robb to Chair of Naval Architecture, 452
— Manchester, Research on Surface Protection of Magnesium Alloys, 274
— Ohio State, Welding Library, 88
— and Professional Engineering Training, 191, 196. See LETTER, 234
— and Research, 263, 282, 343, 385
— See also Education
Unwin, R., on British Trade with South America, 474. See 332. See LETTERS, 254, I 335,375, 514
Uruguay, Engineering Notes from, 117

VALVES for Air Receivers, Specification, 168
— Emergency Closing, for Hot-Water Heating Systems (Hopkinsons, Ltd.), 347*
— Iron and Steel, British Manufacturers’ Association, Alteration of Title to British Valve Manufacturers’ Association, 297 Valve Repeaters for Submarine Telephone Cables, 331, 357
Van der Waals’ Equation in Relation to Engineering, C4
Vandermin, C., the Late, 205 Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Ventilation Ducts, Sound Attenuation in, 221*
— of Ships* Machinery Spaces, 458*, 539* Viaduct, Railway, Repair after Air-Raid
Damage, Southern Railway, 487*
— See also Bridges
Vibration Pick-ups, Design of, 362* Vibrographs, Design of, 362*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Strike at Barrow, 271, 293, 314, 323
“ Victorious,” H.M. Aircraft Carrierj 101* ” Victory ” Type Ships, Production of, 254 ” Vindictive,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 2, 43* Viscosity and Liquid State Theory, 115 Vivian, Squadron J.eader A. C., on Mechanical
Properties of Metals, 78*, 118*. See 15. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Vulcanising Press for Conveyor-Belt Repairs (Kautex (Plastics), Ltd.), 366*

WAGES. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wagon, Mobile Rectifier Van, London and North Eastern Railway, 208*
— Motor. See Motor Vehicles
Wahl, H., on Economic Limitations of Coal- Dust Engine, 183*
Walker, A. G., the Late, 294
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Dipole Theory and Characteristics of Organic Insulators, 81* ; on the Cyclotron, 201*, 223*
— Training, Brushwood Mattress Foundation for, 45
Wanger, Dr., on Long-Distance Three-Phase Transmission Systems, 33
War, British Naval Losses in, 493
— Cabinet, Work of Radio Research Board, 135
— and Engineering Production, 192
— and Need of Scientific Instruments, 511
— Office, Army Equipment Exhibition, London. 33, 54
— Production, Use of Marking Methods .258*, 278*
— Quebec Conference on, 173
— Review for 1943, 194, 531
— at Sea, Fourth Year of, 194, 531
— Surrender of Italy, 211. See 233
— Time Agriculture, Technical Efficiency in,
Conference on, 113
War Transport, Ministry of, Report on British Railway Accidents, 1942, 52 ; Report on Railway Collision at Scarborough, 353
— See also Post-War
Warfare, Early, Engineering in, 413
— Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
Wark Report on Women’s Wages in Aircraft Factory, 93, 353, 393
Warner, Dr. E. P., on Post-War Transport Aircraft, 95,136,216*, 285*, 337*, 396*, 437*, 445
Warrington, H. G., on Foundry Practice and Quality of Light-Alloy Castings, 97*

Warships :

Admiralty Salvage Department, Report on,451
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
French Navy and Ship Flying, 1
German Battleship “ Scharnhorst,” Sinking of, 531
“ Tirpitz,” Torpedo Attack by Midget Submarines, 313
— Navy and Ship Flying, 2
H.M. Midget Submarines, Attack of German Battleship ** Tirpitz,” 313
— Ships Lost in War, 493 Propulsive Coefficient of, 378*, 399 Italian Navy, Surrender of, 233 Landing Craft, Oil Engines for, 174* Japanese Midget Submarines, 276*
— Navy, Ship Flying and Aircraft Carriers, 3, 44, 61, 104, 141*. 161
Naval Aeronautics. See Aerorututics
— Campaign in Mediterranean, 256
— Engineers, Training of, 233, 265 Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, History of, 151
Ship Flying and Aircraft Carriers, 1*, .41*, 61*, 101*, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
United States Naval Air Arm, History of, 193
Navy, Dry Dock Construction under Water, 121*
Navy, Salvage of S.S. “ Lafayette,” 219*, 381*
Navy, Ship Flying and Aircraft Carriers, 4, 41, 61*, 101, 141*, 161*. See Erratum, 144
Navy, Timber Hangar for Patrol Balloons, 341*
War Review for 1943, 194, 531
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Waste Heat from Combustion Turbines, Utilisation of, 422*
from Industrial Processes, Utilisation, 333
— Steam Meter, 155* Washing of Coal, 496, 516
Water, Effect of Copper on Galvanised Iron, 85, 125, 164, 205
— Heating Service Installations, Specification, 208
— Power. See Hydraulic ; Power Plant; l^ower,
Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Structure of, 114
— Tanks. See Panics
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic; Power Plant
— See also Irrigation
Waterways. See Rivers ; Canals
Weir, Flow-Control, at Niagara Falls, 241*
Welds, Oxy-Acetylene, in Cast Iron, Influence of Silicon on, 348
Welding, Arc, Plant and Equipment, Specification, 208
— Equipment, Precautions against Fire, 230
— Gas, of Aluminium, Specification, 528
— Institute of. Annual Report, 153
— Library, Ohio State University, 88
— Machines, Direct-Current, Purchase Certificates for, 73
800-kVA Flash-, for Chain Cables, 479*
—. — Seam, Ignitron Control Equipment for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.),476*. See Erratum, 488
Spot, Automatically Controlled ” Terap- a-trol ” (Progressive Welder Co.), 66*
Spot, for Heavy Gauge Light-Alloy Sheets (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 327*
— Metallic-Arc and Oxy-Acetylene, Building up Worn Parts by, 413, 418*, 433
— Rod, Coated, Drying Machine for (Spooner Dryer and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 525*
— Spot, for Mild Steel, Specification, 508 Welfare Work. See Labour
West Hartlepool Technical College, Prospectus, 209
— Virginia, United States Government Syn
thetic-Rubber Plant at Institute, 181* Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., Guard-Wire Lightning Protection, 288* ; Corona Suppression in High-Voltage Machines, 488
Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Spot Welding of Heavy-Gauge Light-Alloy Sheets, 327* ; Yeovil Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 475
Weyerhauser Timber Co., Hydraulic-Jet Machine for Bark Removal, 175
Wharf for Industrial Undertakings, Planning of, 481*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears ; Gearing
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine Tools
—-Hubs, Cracks in Wheel Seats within, 501*, 512
Whipple, Dr. F. J. W., the Late, 275
Whipple, G. A., on Workshop Micrometers, 74 White, Dr. J., on Physical Chemistry of Open- Hearth Slags, 374
— Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy Whiteley, J. H., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 336; on Austenitic Grain Growth in Medium-Carbon Steel, 336
Whitworth Society, 20th Annual Commemoration Meeting, 253
Williams, Sir E., on Work of British Coal Utilisation Research Association, 493
Williams, Sir 0., and Partners, Concrete-Steel Dumb Barges, 405*
Wilson, Dr. C., on German Light-Alloy Aero Engine Pistons, 367*
Winch, Electrically-Driven, for Dragline Scraper, 145*
Windings, Electromagnet, Determination of Temperature Rise in, 521*
Windmill Section, Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings, Report, 330
Windred, G., on Heating of Electromagnet Windings, 521*
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
“ Wolverine,” United States Training Aircraft Carrier, 163*
Wire-Drawing Dies, Diamonds for, 442*
— Gauge. See Gauge
— Rope Cables, Peace River Suspension Bridge, 425*
Steel, for Kite Balloons, Specification, 428
— Ropeway, Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 242
— Spring, Specification, 128
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Women’s Technical Service Register, Work of, 433
Women Workers. See Labour
Wood, Australian, Researches on, 404, 424
Wood, Sir W. V., on New Era in Transport, 416
Woodward, S., the Late, 76
Work-Hardening, Tensile Tests and Fatigue of Metals, 15,18*, 34, 38*, 56. See 78*, 118*. See LETTERS, 234, 276
Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Engineering Women. See Labour
Gas Works. See Qas
Industrial Diseases. See Labour Welfare in Works. See Labour
Works Management, Breaking Down Small Jobs, 58
Lighting as Factor in Production, 12 Outworking in Practice, 231, 296
Production Planning, Lectures on, 89 Quality Control in Mass Production, 14 — — Quality Control, Methods of, 513 Works Suggestion Scheme, 74
Works, Ministry of, County of London Plan, 61, 71. See 253, 288, 411; Grain Storing and Drying Silos, 287* ; Codes of Practice Committee’s Report, 352
Workshop Micrometers, Testing of, 74 ,
— Training. See Education
— See also Machine Tools
World Coal and Oil Resources, 35
— Mineral and Metal Resources, Proposed Organisation for, 272
— Trade Alliance Association, Inauguration, 73 Worm Gear. See Qear ; Gearing
Worn Parts, Building up by Welding, Metal Spraying and Electro-deposition, 413, 418*, 433, 438*, 457
Wrapping Machine for Oil Pipe Line, 22*
Wreck Raising. See Salvage
Wright Lecture on Podt-War Transport Aircraft, 95, 136, 216*, 285*, 337*, 396*, 437*, 445
Wright Brothers, 40th Anniversary of Flight by, 493
Wrought Iron. See Iron
— Light Alloys Development Association, Bulletin on Equipment for Heat Treatment of Wrought Aluminium Alloys, 27

X-KAYS. See Ronlgen Rays
Xylonite Models for Stress Determination. See Photo-Elastic and Towne Manufacturing Co., Combined Elevating Battery-Operated Platform tuck and Crane, 507*

Yarslfy, V. E., on Engineering Plastics, 474.
See 431, 493. See Erratum 513
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yeovil, Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 475
Yount’s Modulus. See Elastic Modulus

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy — Cqrrosion of. Effects of Copper, 85, 125 |64, 205

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