Engineering 1944 Jan-Jun: Index: General

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GENERAL

ABEL, D., on A Middle-Eastern Commentary, 175. See LETTERS, 114, 135, 154, 196

Accidents :

Electrical Accidents from Wiring, 411
Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosion
Railway Collision at Ilford, Report on, 273
Accumulators, Hot-Water, and District Heating in London, 403*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
— Storage, Steam, 283*. See LETTER, 294
Acetylene, Synthesis of Hydrocarbons from, 185
— Welding. See Welding
Acid Liquor Containing Solids, Compressed-Air Pump for (J. S. Highfield), 66*
Acoustics, Human Susceptibility to Vibration, 61*
Adamson, D., and Co., Ltd., “ Presspun ** Process of Dishing and Flanging, 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTERS, 196, 255
Addison, Prof. H., on A Middle-Eastern Commentary, 114. See LETTERS, 135,154,175 196
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Ropeway. See Wire Bopeway
— Transport. See Civil Aviation under Aeronautics
Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aeronautical Sciences, Washington Institute,
Wright Brothers Lecture on Research for Aeronautics : Its Planning and Application, by W. S. Farren, 358*, 384, 417*
— Society, Royal, Formation of Branches at
Derby and in South Africa, 213 ; Wright Lecture on Power Plant, Past and Future, by Sir A. H. R. Fedden, 431 ; Proposed Formation of Birmingham Branch, 517

Aeronautics :

Aerodynamic Marine-Engine Governor (Dufty and Barr), 447*
Aeronautical Research, Its Planning and Application, 358*, 384, 417*
— Terms, British Standard Glossary of, 8 Aeroplanes of 1917 and 1942, Comparison, 359*, 384, 417*
— “ Brabazon I ” for Post-War .Civil Aviation, 53
— Bristol Whispering “ Beauflghter,” 153
— for British Post-War Civil Aviation, 53
— Fighter-Bomber, “ Mosquito ” (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 173*, 367*
— Fighter, Hawker “ Typhoon ” Single- Seater, 66*
— German and Italian, Metallurgical Study of Parts (Review), 342
“ Messerschmitt,” ” Heinkel ” and “ Focke-Wulf,” Design of, 161*, 201*
— Glider-Tug ” Albemarle ” (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 87*
— power Plants, Past and Future, 431
— Spitfire ” Mark XII, 317
— Stability, Improvements in, 358, 384, 417
— Train craf ,
— Trang :>ort, Vickers ” Warwick,” 248 Air Base at Southampton, Proposals for, 53
— Ministry, Bulletin on Bristol ” Beau- fight ?r,” 153; Avis don, 211
— Raids by Flying Bombs, 493
— Servic iS to Isle of Man, 93 an
— Trans Aircraft, (Rot'l, Ltd.), 265*
— Binar’-Fluid Turbine Power Plant for, 465
iig, “ Proctor IV ” (Percival Air- , Ltd.), 167*
at Southampton, Proposals for,
Organisation of Civil
Post-War Transport, 73
ort and British Shipping, 95 Auxiliary Generating Plant for
— Const! iction, Pneumatic Riveter for
(Con )lidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.)
— Desigr
Fluic
— Gelatii s
— Germa , wauuivo miwuiuf,
and laintenance, 161*, 201*
— Indust / in Brazil, 165
Can dian. Present and Future, 445
— Jet-Prcii'
273, 3 9, 431
— Landin
ture Machi ,
— Magnes im Alloys for, 279*
— Manufa zure, I, ! ‘
(Metr( jolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), ‘
— Pilotlesg
166*
Application of Experimental Dynamics to, 158*, 171, 178
Glues for. Specification, 508 Features Aflecting Production
lelled, Development of, 31, 74,
Gear Trunnion Pins, Manufac- y Upset Forging in Welding e, 517
Infra-Red Heating in
Enemy Use of, 493
Aircraft Production, Ministry of, Tests on Human Susceptibility to Vibration, 61* ; Interference-Band Inspection of Surface Finish, 205* ; Acquisition of Power Jets, Ltd., 273
in 1943, 14, 54, 74, 94, 256
— Steel Pins for. Specification, 508
— Swedenborg’s Specification for, 122*
— Vibration, Human Susceptibility to, 61* Airport, London, Design Competition, 428 — Post-War, for United States, 295 Aviation Fuel, Cracking Plant for, 73 British Overseas Airways Corporation in 1943, 95 ; Survey of Operations, 113 ; Activities of, 333
Civil Aviation in Brazil, 500
Future Development of, 94, 211, 333 International, Conference on, 293 in South America, 425
Drag in Aeroplanes, Reduction of, 358, 384 Engines, Aeroplane, for German Aircraft, 201*
German and Italian, Metallurgical Study of Parts (Review), 342
2,200-b.h.p. Napier “ Sabre,” 66* Past and Future, 431
12-Cylinder Rolls-Royce ” Griffon,” 207*
Static Radial, Cooling Fan for (Rotol, Ltd.), 497
Surface Finish in Bearings of, 372 Flutter in Aeroplanes, Avoidance of, 384 Flying Bomb Attacks on London, 493 Fuselage Construction, German Aircraft, 163*
Glossary of Aeronautical Terms, British Standard, 8
Jet Propulsion, Formation of Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., 349 and Research, 31, 74, 273, 431 Metallurgical Study of German and Italian Aircraft Engine and Aeroplane Parts (Review), 342
Rocket Propulsion of Aircraft, 94
Royal Air Force, Rubber Dinghies for, 313 Stability, Aeroplane. See Aeroplane (above) Swedenborg’s Specification for Aircraft, 122*
Wind Tunnel, Transparent Plastic, for Fan Testing (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 247*
Wing Construction of German Aircraft, 161*
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Age-Hardening and Creep Performance, Inter-Relation of, 244
Aggregate, Clinker, for Plain Concrete, Specification for, 508
— Preparation and Distributing Plant, Shasta Dam, California, 81*, 141*
Agreements, Labour. See Labour Agricultural Machinery Industry in 1943, 134
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture in 1943, 134
— and Farm Mechanisation, 332
— and Fisheries, Ministry of, White Paper on
National Water Policy, 311, 344, 377
Air, Compressed. See compressed Air
— Compressor. Electrically-Driven, Pneumatic
Control Switch for( Rea veil and Co., Ltd.), 217
— — High-Pressure, Portable (Heywood Compressor Co., Ltd.), 466*
— Conditioning and Heating of Buildings (Review), 83
Intallations, Reduction of Noise Produced by, 501*
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Heaters, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 396, 433, 444, 459*, 478, 484, 505*
— Ministry. See Aeronautics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric Pollution
— Raids. See Aeronautics
— Receivers, Solid-Drawn Steel, Specification, 208
Aircraft. See Aeronautics Airport. See Aeronautics Airscrew Co., Ltd., Transparent-Plastic Wind Tunnel for Fan Testing, 247*
” Albemarle ” Glider-Tug Aeroplane, 87* Albert Medal, Award to Sir H. Tizard, 453 Alberta, Ogden Locomotive Works, Manufacture of Ordnance at, 408
Alexander, A. V., on Progress of War at Sea, 193 Alexander, G. H., Machinery, Ltd., Carbide- Tipped Tools, 180
Allen, J., and Sons (Oxford), Ltd., Allen-Parsons Super-Duty Trench Excavating Machine, 407*
Allowance.s in Machine Work. See Gauges Alloys. See Metallurgy ; Microphotographs ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alternators. See Generators, Electric ; Turbo- Generators
Althin, T., Science Museum, Stockholm, 121* Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Aluminium Power Co., Canada, Shipshaw Hydro-Electric Plant, 172
— See also Metallurgy
Amalgamated Engineering Union, Production Report, 15
America. See North America ; Soidh America ; United States ; Central America
American Association of Railroads, Reports on Wheels and Drawgear, 123*, 164*
American Automatic Typewriter Co., Bellows- Type Vacuum Pump, 200
— Magnesium Association, Formation of, 510
— Society of Civil Engineers. See Civil Engineers
of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers
— See also United States
Amphibious Vehicles, United States Army, 36*
Analysis, Chemical, of Basic Open-Hearth Slags, 515
— of Engineering Structures (Review), 243
— Structural, by Models, 191
Anderson, R. H., on Permeable Refractories for Furnace Construction, 499
Angle, “ Dekkor,” Projection Type (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 487*
Angwin, Col. Sir A. S., on Progress in Radio Communication, 373
Annuals and Reference Books, 37,188, 306, 328, 346. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anthracite Duff, Burning of, 305, 324 Appleton, Sir E., on Fundamental Scientific Research , 325, 364
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour, Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arc. See Welding Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects
— and Surveyors, Incorporated Association of,
Exhibition of Proposed Plans for City of London,233
Argentina, Engineering Notes from 45, 166, 225, 315, 426, 499
Arithmometer, Pascal’s, 153 Armaments Production in Canada and United States, 74, 94, 105
Effect of Research on War Effort, 233. See Erratum, 314
.Statistics, 14, 54, 74, 94, 114, 193, 256
— Research Department, Structure of Ingot-
Iron Containing Lead, by Dr. L. Northcott and D. McLean, 18*
Armoured Ships. See Warships
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., “ Albemarle ” Glider-Tug Aeroplane, 87*
Army Mobile Wireless Stations, 227*
— United States, Amphibious Vehicles for, 36* Arterial Roads. See Roads
Arts, Royal Society of, Gutta Percha and Balata in Manufacture of Submarine Cables, J. N. Dean, 296, 336 ; Cantor Lecture Post-War Civil Aviation, by Sir A. H. Fedden, 333 ; Award of Albert Medal Sir H. Tizard, 453
Ash Contents of Coals, 35, 55, 76 Asphalt Manufacture from Oil, 185
— Mastic, for Roofing, Specification, 508
— Rolled, for Roads, Specification, 128 Associations, Engineering. See Institutions Atchley, C. A., on Small-Scale Uses of Coal, 254. See 152. See LETTERS, 216, 294
Atkins, C. J., on Technical Colleges and Post- War Training, 323
Atlantic Submarine Cable, History and Development of, 296
Atmospheric Pollution, Annual Report on, 33 and District Heating in London, 401. See LETTERS, 475, 495
Reduction by Improved Domestic Fire, 506
See also Smoke Abatement
Atomic Structure of Synthetic Insulating Materials, 482*
and X-Ray Research on Crystals, 95* Austin, J., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 396*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Australia, Shipbuilding in, 236 Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, on Temperature Effects on Strength of Wood, 478. See Erratum., 489 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Work of Research Department, 114; Award of Institution Medal to P. C. Kidner, 128 ; Surface Finish, by W. E. R. Clay, 372
— See Motor Cars
Availability and Power-Station Performance, 111
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Axleboxes, Locomotive, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495
Ayre, W., on British Shipbuilding Research Association, 404, 435. See 335

BABCOCK and WILCOX, Ltd., Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 459*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
“ Back to Work ” Exhibition, Royal Academy, London,173
Baekeland, Dr. L. H., the Late, 175 Bailey, D. C., Development of Military Bridge, 507*
Bainbridge, J. R., on Probability-Integral of i-Function, 355*
Baker, Dr. G. S., on Fundamentals of Marine Screw Propeller, 276*, 298*, 318*. See 93 ; on Blade Section and Area in Screw Propellers, 335
Balata and Gutta Percha in Manufacture of Submarine Cables, 296, 336
Ball, E. Bruce, the Late, 494, 514* Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Interference, Use in Inspection of Surface Finish, 205*
— Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools Barges, Concrete, Quantity Production of, 315 Barimar, Ltd., on Jet Propulsion, 74
Barnholdt, C. F., Pump for Acid Liquor Containing Solids, 66*
Barrels, Projector, Assembly by Welding, 518* Barron, Dr. H., on Thermoplastic Cables, 132 Bathe, D. and G., on J. Perkins’ Contribution to Science and Engineering, 125
Battleships. See Warships Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine for Cargo Vessels, 471
Beam, Trussed, Design of, 34*. See LETTERS, 93, 174*, 274*
Bearing Design, Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 159*, 171
— Engine, in Diesel-Electric Shunting Loco
motives, Maintenance of, 457
— Locomotive Axleboxes, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495
— for Millstone Spindles, 244
— Pivot, Static and Clinging Friction of, 117*, 138*. See Erratum, 149
— Surface Finish of, 372
“ Beaufighter ” Whispering Aeroplane, 153 “ Beetle ” Tanks, German, Remote-Controlled, 173
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., Spraying Gun for Viscous Materials, 226*
Bennett, J. G., on Small-Scale Uses of Coal, 152. See LETTERS, 216, 254, 294 ; Reavell Lecture on Coal and Chemical Industry, 313
Benzene, Ring Structure, Formulation by A. KeKul<«, 365
Benzole Production and Coal Processing, 124, 157
Bertele, Dr. H. von, on Use of Direct Current in England, 454*
Bessemer Medal, Award to E. Lewis, 248, 393
— Process, Use in North-East Coast District, 465
Bicentenary of J. T. Desaguliers, 153
— See also Centenaries
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Biles, R. W., on Standards of Performance of Generating Plant, 1 11
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binnie, Dr. D., on Shell-Steel Ingot, 425 Binns, Asa, Election as Honorary Life-Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 154 Bishop, H., on Development in Broadcasting, 374
Black, A. N., on Steam Storage Accumulators, 494. See 283*
— Country Iron Trade, History of, 65, 84, 104 Blackheath Film Unit, Film on “ Training the Disabled,” 413
Blading, Turbine, Vibration of, 493 Blanks, Butt-Welded, for Cutting Tools, Specification, 188
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Bliss, E. W., Co., 2,500-ton Six-Die Slide
Hydraulic Press, 27* Blow-Pipe. See Welding ; Cutting Board of Education, Conferences on Production Engineering, 133
Boart Products, Ltd., Cold-Setting of Diamonds for Tools, 236*
Boats, Submarine. See Warships Bogies for 140-ton Road Trailer, 385* Boiler Capacity and Locomotive Power, 318*, 338*, 358
— Drum, Welded, Measurement of Strains in. 420*
— Explosion, Locomotive, Great Western Railway, Report on, 113
— Feed Water. See Feed
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— of H.M. Battleship ” Thunderer,” 1870, 481*
— High-Pressure, Work of J. Perkins on, 125
— Locomotive, Great Western Railway, Explosion of, 113
— — Repairs at London and North Eastern
Railway, 345*. See Errata, 368, 428
Boiler, Locomotive.*'^ See also Locomotive
— Plant and Power-Station Performance, 111
— Shell-Tvpe, Mechanical Stokers for, 437*
— Tubes, Corrosion of, 154. See LETTER, 254
— Waste-Heat, “ Sinuflo,” for Steelworks (Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd.), 456*
— Water-Tube, for Merchant Ships, 371. 393, 396*, 433, 444, 459*, 478*, 484*, 505*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bolton, D. ,T., on Economic Rating of Motors and Transformers, 51
Bombs, Elying, Attacks on “ Southern England,” 493
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
Bond, W., on Works Suggestion Scheme, 395 Bonneville Power Administration, United States, Wrought-Iron ’Bus-Bars, 127*
Books, New, Notes on, 85, 186, 366, 400, 427, 480, 517. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 288, 308, 368, 408, 448, 468, 488, 508
Borax, Use for Destroying Weeds, 295
Borough Polytechnic, London, Courses in Heating and Ventilating Engineering, 333
Bowen. E. M., on Simple Trussed Beam, 34. See LETTERS, 34, 93, 174*. 274*
Box, Elat, Staved. Measurement of Strains in, 418*
Boys, Sir C. V., the Late, 275*
“ Brabazon 1 ” Aeroplane for Post-War Civil Aviation, 53
Bragg, Prof. E. M., on Quasi-Propulsive Coefficient, 335
Bragg, Sir L., Early Work on X-Ray Analysis, 365
Brake Gear for 140-tou Road Trailer, 388*
— See also Dynamometer
Brazil, Civil Aviation in, 500
— Engineering Notes from, 45, 165, 225, 315, 425, 499
— Water Power in, 425
Brazilian Railways, Equipment Production for, 165
— Rubber, Export to United States, 295 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Brett, C. W., on .let Propulsion, 74
Bricks, Eire. See Firebricks ; Refractories
— Insulating (Kimolo Manufacturers, Ltd.), 475 Brickwork and Concrete, Load-Bearing, Specification, 8
— Reinforced, Specification, 8
— in Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 396, 434, 459*, 478*, 505
Bridge, Concrete, Eloating, at Hobart, Tasmania, 255, 27.5
— High-Tensile Steel for (Eusion-AVelding Quality), Specification, 48
— on Inter-American Highway, 303*, 341 ,* 381*
— Military, Bailey, 507*
— Old Cast-Iron and Wrought Iron Truss, 513
— Tower, London, Jubilee of Opening, 514
— See also Culvert and PARAGRAPH INDEX Briqueting Machine, High-Pressure, for Coal
(Komarek-Greaves and Co.), 146*
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Whispering ” Beau- fighter ” Aeroplane, 153
— Copper Smelting at, 316
Britain’s Business (Review), 24
British Cast Concrete Eederation, Annual Meeting, 293
— Coal, Properties, Production and Utilisation, 35, 55, 76
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Report on Electrical Continuity of Steel (Conduits, by L. Kallir and E. E. Hutchings, 44 ; Annual Report, 137 ; Analysis of Load on Electricity-Supply System, 292
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 313 I
— Eoundrymen, Institute of. Report on Education and Training of Young Eoundrymen, 13 ; Report on Use of Wood Dust in Moulding Sands, 16 ; Election of Officers, 489 ; Honours and Awards, 489
— Gear Manufacturers’ Association, Eormation of, 293
— Industrial Measuring and Control Apparatus
Manufacturers’ Association, Constitution of, 208
— Industries, Eederation of. See Federation,
— Iron and Steel Research Association, Eorina-tion of, 252, 328
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Eerrous Metals Research Association,
Alloys for Hot-Pressed Water Eitting.s,
474. See Erratum, 483
— Overseas Airways Corporation in 1943, 95 ;
Organisation of, 211; Activities of, 333
— Patent System, Report, 356
— Railways. See Railways
— Rubber Eederation, Work of, 33
— Shipbuilding Research Association, Eorniation of, 53 ; Scope of, 404, 435. See 335
See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Testing Machine for Pivot Bearings, 119*, 139*. See Erratum, 148; Work in 1943, 193 ; 50()-kW Transj)ortable Turlm-Generator Set, 247*
— Trade. See Trade
Broadway Engineering Co., J.td., Hannifin Centrifugal Quenching Machine, 7*
Brookes, A., on Substitutes for Silk Insulation of Eine Wires, 263, 281*
Brown, Boveri and Co., Circuit-Breaker Developments by, 432
Brown, C. A. C., on Electrical Aspect of Earm Mechanisation, 332
Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Reamer with Eloating Cutters, 126*
Brownfield, A. H., on Surveys for Reconstruction of Tube Stations, 274*
Bruce D., on Geared Diesel Machinery for Cargo Vessels, 472
Brunel, Sir M. I., Wool-Winding Machine, 347* Buoknall, E. H., on Age-Hardening and Creep Performance, 244
Buehl, R. r., on Production of Low-Suiphur Sponge Iron, 127
Buildings, Design of. Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 171, 178*
— Electrical Equipment of. Regulations, 212
— - Heating and Air Conditioning (Review), 83
— Industry in 1943, 255
— Post-War, Report on House Construction, 391
— Use of Standards in, Ministry of Works Report, 472
— Vibration, Human Susceptibility to. 61*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INPEX Bulkheads, Ship, Welded Construction of, 219* Bulleid, 0. V. S., Lightweight Luggage Van, 306* : 20-ton Well Wagon, 426*
Bureau of Mines. See Vniied States
Burners, Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Burt, P., the Late, 108
’Bus-Bars. See Flectric
Business. Britain’s (Review), 24
Button, 1'he Naval Engineers’, 6.3*

CABLES. See Wire Hopes and Electric (’ablewav. See Wire Bope-Mp
Caddell,‘Brig.-Gen. W. B.. the Late, 328 Calculating Machines, History of, 153 Calculations from Drawings (Review), 443 Calgary, Ogden l.ocomotive Works, Manufacture of Ordnance at, 408
California, Shasta Dam on Sacramento River, 1*, 41*, 81*,141*
Calorific Value of Producer Gas, 71 and Specific Gravity of Coal, 55. See LETTER, 93
Cam, Circular-Arc, witii Flat Follower, 362* Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Gauge for High Vacua, 357
— Vniou Physical Society, X-Ray Research
on Crystals, by Dr. K. Lonsdale. 95*
Camera, Cinematograph, Use for Meclianical Investigations, 291
Cameron, J. W-, the Late, 75 Canada, Alberta, Ogden Locomotive Works, Manufacture of Ordnance at, 408
— Engineering Institute of. See Engiueeriuy Notes from, 25, 105, 295
— Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 261*
— Manitoba, Farm Electrification in, 332
— Mineral Resources and Production, 452
— Munitions Production, 74, 94
— Ontario. Hydro-Electric Developments, 72. See 172, 452
— Shipbuilding in, 236
— and United States, Paper Production in, 25
— Water-Power Resources of, Report, 452. See 72, 172
Canadian Aircraft Future, 445
Canadian Celanese, Drummondville, ,
— Pacific Railway, Manufacture of Ordnance by, 408
— Power Plant Developments, 72, 172, 452
Canals and Post-War Transport, 73
Cantor Lecture on Post-War Civil Aviation, 333 Capacity Offices, Ministry of Production, 226 Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
Carbon Black, Manufacture from Coal as Byproduct, 157
— Dioxide in Flue Gases, Determination of Maximum, 375
Cargo Steamers. See Steamers
Carlton, E. H A., on Gravity Die-Casting, 237* Carriage, Railway, Lightweight laiggage Van, Southern Railway, 306*
Riding and Wearing of Wheels, 38*, 59* on United State.s Railways, 116 Castings, Copper-Alloy, Specification, 428
— Magnesium-Alloy, Technology of, 257*, 278*
— Steel, for Stern Frames, 355. See 398*. See
I/ETTEK, 454
for 20-ton Well Wagon, 426*
Cathode-Ray Tubes, Standard Code of Practice for Use of, 48
Cavitation with Screw Propellers, 298, 318* Cells. See Electric
Cellactite and British Uralite, Ltd., “ Kimolo ” Insulating Bricks, 475
Cement Manufacture in Brazil, 315
— Plant, Shasta Dam, California, 141*
— Works of G. and T. Earle, Ltd., Rehabilita
tion of Landscape at, 36
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenaries, Engineering, in 1944, 13
— of Report on Health in Large Towns, 372
— See also liicentenary
Central America, Inter-American Highway, 301*, 341*, 381*
— American Trainees in United States, 105 Central Rediftusion Services, Ltd.,Loudspeaker
Installation, Liverpool Street Station, 140
— Station. See Power Statio7i
Chadwick, Sir E., Centenary of Report on Health of Large Towns, 372
Chain Manufacture in Black Country, 84, 104 Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Chaplin, W. D., 140-ton Road Trailer with lifting Platform, 385*
Charts, Energy, of Combustion Gase.s, 34. See LETTER, 254
— Psychometric, 34
Chatfield, Lord, on Shipbuilding and Naval Construction, 334
Chatham Dockyard and Reserve, 461*, 481* Chatley, Dr. H., on A Middle-Eastern Commentary, 135. See LETTERS, 114,154,175,196 Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Background for Engine Research (Review), 4
— Engineers, Institution of. Establishment of
J. Arthur Reaveli Lecture, 9 ; 22nd Annual (Jori)orate Meeting, Programme, 249 ; Annual Report, 313 ; Presidential Address, by F. A. Greene, on Our Title—A Reminder, 313 ; Annual Luncheon, 313 ; First Reavcll Lecture on Coal and Chemical Industry, by J. G. Bennett, 313
— Engineering, Courses in, 313, 36.5 ill War-Time, 93
— Industries Exhibition, New York, 73
Chemical Jndustrj' and (V>al, HcavelJ I>ectiire by J. G. Bennett, 313
United States, High-Vncutnn Devtdop- ments in, 113
— Organic, from Coal and Petroleum, 185, 204, 205, 285
Chemistry, Royal Institute of, Introduction of Designations F.R.l.C. and A.R.I.C. for Fellows and Associates, 220
— of Synthetic Insulating Materials, 482
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 45, 16(5,225, 315 China, Oil Production and Pipe Line in, 445 Chlorination Plant, Water, Inter-American Highway Construction. 342*
Cinematograph Camera, Use for Mechanical Investigations. 291.
— Eilm on Industrial Training for Disabled, 413 (3rculating Pumps. See Pumps
Civil Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics
— Engineers, American Society of. Flow- i
Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 261*

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 28, 128, 148, 228, 308, 328, 348, 448
Election of Duke of Gloucester, Viscount Wavell and Admiral Sir A. B. Cunningham as Honorary Members, 87 Alfred Yarrow Educational Fund, 205 Symposium on Civil Engineering (’on- tractors’ Plant, 213
Revised Regulations for Associate-Membership Examinations, 264
Inauguration of Maritime-Engineering Division, 273
Ewing Medal, Award to Group Capt. !•'. Whittle, 369
I'orrest Lecture on Causes and Prevention of Mechanical Vibrations, bv Prof. C. E. Inglis, 493
Railu'ay Evyinecriug J)ivision :
Stresses in Concrete Sleejier Tracks,
F. C. Johansen, 393
Experiments on Concrete Sleejjcrs, by F. G. Thomas, 393
Civil Engineering t-ontractors. Federation Election of Officers, 409 ; Annual Report, I 409 '
(.'ontractors’ Plant. Symposium on, 213 i “ Civilian ” on Naval Engineering Branch, 414. ? See 63*, 303, 343, 363*. See LETTER, 454 Clarke, L. T. G., on Blade Section and Area in Screw Pro])ellers, 335
('lassification of Coals, 35, 55, 76
— Universal Decimal, Standard Publications '
on, 207
(day, W. E. R., on Surface Finish, 372
— Fire. See Firebricks ; Pefractory Materials Cleveland and 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. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co., Upset Forging in Butt-Welding Machine, 517
Clinker Aggregate for Plain Concrete, Specifica- tion for, 508
Clock from Works of Maudslay, Sons and Field 347*
Club, Royal Naval Engineers’, 364
CO2. See Carbon Dioxide Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal, Anthracite, Use in Gas Producer, 71
— Briquetting Machine, High-Pressure (Konia-rek-Greaves and Co.), 146*
— Caloriflc Value and Specific Gravity of, 55. See LETTER, 93
— and Chemical Industry, Reavell Lecture bv J. G. Bennett, 313
— Combustion and Conservation of Resources 35, 55, 7(5
— Complete Gasification of, Report on, 293
— Consumption and District Heating in London, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495 in Steel Manufacture, 295
— Gas. See Gas
— Industry in Brazil, 45
Joint Fuel Efficiency Committee, Report on Fuel Efficiency in Coal Industry, 492
Colliery Power PlaiitK, Ellleleney of. 492
— Houtli WalcH, EJeetrielty Supfily to. 2.52
— See also Minett and Coal (‘ollision. See Jcen/e/iM Colonilda, Engineering Noteu from. 4.5 Colunihia (lonstriietion Co., Belt Conveyor. 81*. 141*
? Combustion of Coal and ConHcrvatbm of Be- I sourees, 35, 55, 76
I — in Meebnnieal Stokers for Hhell-TyiK? Boilers, 437*
— of Slurries, Slaeks, Coke Breeze, J’lncH and
l>uff; .305, 324
— J'urbine.s, EflieleneleH and Outjiuts, 181*, 221*, 254. See LETTER, .34
— S(;e also Cael; (Jases
(..'omineree. See Trade. See also Indu.dTies and Coaiaterce in PARAGRAJ’H INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See Aeronaatim
— Electric Refrigeration Assoelation, Elrst Annual Luncheon, 17.3
— Motor Cars. See .Votor Common wealth. See Australia Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Compounding in Combustion Turbines, Etrects of, 181*, 221*
Compressed-Air 'Pools. See Machine Tools
Compression in Combustion Turbines, Etfeet of, 181*. 221*
(zompressor. Air. Air Com pressor
Conciliation in Labour Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes : PARAGRAPH INDEX
(Concrete Barges, Quantity PDduetion of, 31.5
— and Brickwork, Load-Bearing, Specification for, 8
, —Bridge, Eloating, Ifobart,'Pasmania, 255, 27.5
- ('ast, British Eederation, Annual Meetini; 293
— Dam, Gravity Type, Sha.sta, California, 1*. 41*. 81*, 141*
— Plain, Clinker Aggregate. Sjjcciflcation, 5(18 — Reinforced, Post-War Study on, 472 Railway Sleepers, 'Pests on Stresses in. 393
— Sleepers for Bailways, Specification, 248
Tracks, Stresses in, 393
— Tanks, Wire-Wound (Preload Co.), 4(16*
— Wall, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie 322*
— Water Pipe, Pre-Stressed (Lock-.IoInt Pine Co.), 256
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Concreting Plant, Shasta Dam, (’alifornia, 43*, 141 *
for Steam 'Purbines,
(zonductors. See Electric
Conduits, Steel, Electrical Continuity of, 44 -^I<^<lern Production Technique, J MO
Connecting Bod of H.M. Cruiser ‘ Minerva*’ 482* ’
Conservation of Coal. See Coal ; Fuel of Resources, Melchett Lecture on, 35, 55. 76
Conservative Sub-Committee on industry Beport, •• Looking Ahead.” Work : The puture of British Industry, 11
Consolidated Pneumatic 'Pool Co. Ltd Pneu- i<iveter for Aircraft Construction, 166* ’
Constructional'Engineering in 1943 255
c onsulting Engineers, Association’of, Annua Report, 493
^'"’"^Mween ^’*35 Collaboration
Containers, Storage, for Refuse, Spet iftcation 88 ‘inceTn, cX-
Apparatus. Industrial, -'Tonufacturers-
y PARAGRAPH INDEX
~ A t for ElectricaUy-Driven
Air Compressor (Bea veil Co. Ltd) ‘>17
7 North
'rXn’o^tT"’’’ “'1 Appli-
"'’"7argo7’essels,77r'‘ Distribution, Application
Conib . Reclamation of, Bulletin/on, 187
p J'^re^ars by AVater Spray, 439
a)nnpr Auk*' ’ ^"'’“Strial Kite Risks, 32
— SinelHnt'^m Overliead Lines, 352
I U’Vh England, 1688-1750, 316
I QpRt’i Specification, 248
— See also d/t'ZaZZMrgv
Corn Grinding, Millstones for, 244
'Ton ml Po^f Advisory Cunniittee, R*e- ish M^t^nFf ar Reconstnetion of Corn- z- -'Metalliferous Mining corrosion of Boiler Tubes?"15“? See LETTER,
— Si^ins*^ 9^ M?f?«esiuin Alloys, 278
Fibres, 7“ ’ Woven-Glass
in Steel Houses, Prevention <f iii C7SU®R?7 Meta? Handl'kf Vf.
Jt»ter-Ameican Highway,
Stton Copper Sindting, 316
, iner^lndustrTTrs" Textile-Mach- ^*”^123^^’104*^ed States Raibay, Report on,
*^2 ^i^foniotive Vxleboxes, 333.
Cracks Hair LETTERS, 3S, 454, 495
of’ ^5 Alloy Sbels, Prevention
Safg ^BAviation Kiel, 73
,, See LETTEirsir’^'’”^*’
’ l-iO-on Road Trailer
"ith Lifting Platform, 38*
(’rankshaft Maintenance, Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, 457
Cranston, E. W., on Sulzer Marine Oil Engine, 472
Crayons, “ Tempilstick ” Temperature-Indicating, 116
Creep Performance and Age-Hardening, Inter- Relation of, 244
Crowther, P. D., on Alloys for Hot-Pressed Water Fittings, 474. See Erratwm, 483
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruisers. See IVarships
Crusher, Stone, Double-Toggle, “ Monarch ” (F. Parker, Ltd.), 466*
Crystals, X-Ray Research on, 95*
Crystalline Structure of Alloys, 234, 243 of Metals. See also Microphotographs Culverts on Inter-American Highway, 303*, 341*
— MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 322* Current, Electric. See Electric
Currie Travelling Scholarship, Establishment by Institute of Industrial Administration, 48
Cushioning Mechanism for Lightweight Luggage Van, Southern Railway, 306*
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cutting, Flame, of Metals, with Ferrogas (Oxy-Ferrolene, Ltd.), 148
— Machines, Flame, for Shipbuilding, 199
— Oils and Coolants, Economy in, 187
Cycle Industry in 1943, 114
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— Regenerative, Steam, Thermodynamics of, 442*, 462*

DALLOW, LAMBERT CO., LTD., Dust- Collecting Unit for Grinding Machines, 326* Dam, Shasta, on Sacramento River, California, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
— Stoplog, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 322*
Damping Capacity, Light Alloys and Carbon Steel, 234
Daniels, J. L., on Mathematics in Engineering. 294. See 203, 224, 232
Danks of Netherton, Ltd., Swan Necks for 140-ton Road Trailer, 385*
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Efficiencies and Outputs of Combustion Turbines, 181*, 221*, 254. See LETTER, 34
Davis, R. F., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 478*. See 371, 393, 433, 444 Davison, Dr. D. W., on Printing from Radiograph Negatives, 241*
De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Development of “ Mosquito ” Fighter-Bomber Aeroplanes, 173, 367*
Dean, J. N., on Thermoplastic Cables, 132 ; on Gutta Percha and Balata in Manufacture of Submarine Cables, 296, 336 Decimal Classification, Universal, Standard Publications on, 207
“ Dekkor,” Angle, Projection Type (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 487*
Deloro Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd. (of Canada), Application of “ Stellite ” to Worn Valve Seats, 240
Denny, Sir M., on Some Engineering Developments, 5
Deposits, Bonded, on Economiser Tubes, Marine Water-Tube Boilers, 434 Derbyshire, Mill Close Mine, Lead Production, 268
Derwent River, Tasmania, Floating Concrete Bridge, 255, 275
Desaguliers, .T. T., Bicentenary of, 153 Desuperheaters, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 307, 433, 459*, 479* Dew-Point Temperatures, Boiler Flue Gases, 195
Diagrams, Indicator. See Indicator Diamond-Tipped Turning Tools, Specification, 88
— for Tools, Cold-Setting of, 236* Diamond Trading Co., Ltd., Establishment of Research Department, 170
Dickinson, Dr. H. W.. on Galvanised and
Corrugated Sheet Metal, 46 Die-Casting, Gravity, of Non-Ferrous Alloys, 237* I
Die Casting Machine Tools, Ltd., Hand-Operated Die-Casting Machine, 25* ,
Diesel Engine Users’ Association, William Dent I
Priestman and Development of Oil Engine, ! by H. Shoosmith and P. D. Priestman, 133, 286* ; Some Operational Aspects of the Oil Engine Plant Operated by the Tavua Power Pty., Ltd., Vatukoula, Fiji, by R. P. Kay, 272
See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propul- sioti
Digging Machine. See Excavator Dinghies, Rubber, for Royal Air Force, 313 Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Disabled Persons, Rehabilitation of, Exhibition, 173
Training for Industry, Film on, 413 Discoveries, Modern, and Scientific Research, 325, 364
Dishing and Flanging, “ Presspun ” Process of (D. Adamson Co., Ltd.), 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTERS, 196, 255
Disputes, Trade. See Labour
District Heating Scheme for London, 401 *. See LETTERS, 475, 495
Dock (Construction in United States, 25
Dockyard, Chatham, and Reserve, 461*, 481*
— Woolwich, Engineering Buildings at, 65* Naval Engineering at, 63*
Doig, P., on Draughtsman and His Status, 394.
See 351. See LETTERS, 355, 394, 434 Domestic Electricity Consumption, Effect on Load,292
— Fire, Smoke-Reducing, Principles of, 506 Heating in Jyondon, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 49.5
Stove, Swedish, 375*
Dorey, Dr. S. F., on Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges 418*. See 335
Dorman, A., on North-East Coast Iron and Steel Industry, 465. See 393, 415
Doxford Marine Oil Engine for Cargo Vessels, 471
Draughtsmen, Engineering, Proposed Institution of, 351. See LETTERS, 355, 394, 434
Drawgear and Wheels, United States Railway, Reports on, 123*, 164*
Drawings, Calculations from (Review), 443
— Office Organisation, British Standard Booklet on,392
Photo-Printing Processes, Sensitometry of, 21*
Practice, Engineering, Specification, 208
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drum, Boiler, Welded, Measurement of Strains in, 420*
Drummondville, Quebec, Plastics Plant at, 296 Dublin, Pigeon House Power Station, 192 Ducts, Air-Conditioning, Effect of Width on Noise Attenuation, 503*
Dudley, G. A., the Late, 388
Duff, Anthracite, Burning of, 305, 324
Dufty and Barr Aerodynamic Marine-Engine Governor, 447*
Dundas, R. K., Ltd., “Microtimer,” 445*
Dunningham, Dr. A. C., on Mechanical Stokers for Shell-Type Boilers, 437*
Dust-Collecting Unit for Grinding Machines (Dallow, Lambert and Co., Ltd.), 326*
— Wood, Use in Moulding Sands, Report on, 16 Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo-
Generators
Dynamometer, Torque-Reaction, for Fan Testing (Heenan and Fronde, Ltd.), 247*
EAMES, SIR W., Chief Inspector of Machinery Afloat, Career of, 364*
Earle, G. and T.. Ltd., Rehabilitation of Landscape at Works of, 36.
Earthquake Stresses in Shasta Dam, California, 43
Eccles, Dr. W. H., on Progress in Radio Communication, 373
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economisers, Marine Water-Tube Boilers, Bonded Deposits on, 434
— for Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 397, 434, 444, 459*, 479*, 484*, 505
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel
Edinburgh, Portobello Welding Training Centre, 478

Education :

Board of Education Conferences on Production Technique, 133
Borough Polytechnic, London, Courses in Heating and Ventilating Engineering, 333
Chemical Engineering, Courses in, at British and American Universities, 313, 36.5 • Civil Engineers, Institution of, Alfred Yarrow Educational Fund, 20.5
Currie Travelling Scholarship, Institute of Industrial Administration, Establishment of, 48
Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Particulars of Scholarships, 203
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Vacation Work Scheme, 33, 112. See LETTER, 334
Industry and Education, Report of Federation of British Industries, 413
Marine Engineers. Institute of, Report on Training of Marine Engineers, 433
Mathematics, Engineering, Methods of Teaching, 203, 224. See 232. See LETTER, 294
Mining Scholarships for Mine Employees, 328
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 73
Northampton Polytechnic School for Instrument Making and Horology, 124
Post-War Engineering Training, 216
Scholarship, Light Alloys Applied to Ship Construction, Institution of Naval Architects, 128
Technical Colleges and Post-War Training, 323
— Education in Brazil. 31.5
Trainees, Central-American, in United States, 105
Training of Chemical Engineers, 313, 365
— of Foundrymen, Report, 13
— of Geologists, 514
— for Management, Discussion on, 173
— of Marine Engineers, Report, 433
— of Naval Engineers, 63
— Post-War. for Engineers, 216, 323 University Matriculation Examinations, Place of Mathematics, in, 232. See 203, 224. See LETTER, 294 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Efficiencies and Outputs of Combustion Turbines, 181*, 221*
Eire, Electricity Supply in, 192

Electric :

Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Arc Welding. See Welding
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Electrical Continuity of Steel Conduits, by L. Kallir and E. E. Hutchings, 44 ; Annual Report, 137 ; Load on Electricity-Supply System, 292
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 313
'Bus-Bars, Wrought-Iron, 127*
Cables, P.V.C. Insulated, Specification, 88 — Submarine, Use of Gutta Percha and Balata in Manufacture, 296, 336
— Thermoplastic, 132
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Cells, Photo-Electric, Barrier-Layer Selenium, for Temperature Measurement, 424
Central Stations. See Power Stations Conductors, Copper, for Overhead Lines, 352
Conduits, SJeel, Electrical Continuity of, 44 Converters, Rotary, Development and Application of, 476
Use in England, 454*
Current, Direct, Use in England, 454* Dynamo. See Generator : Turbo-Generator Electric Lamp Manufacturers Association, Luncheon and Demonstration, 373
Electrical Engineering Industry in 1943. 193
— Equipment of Buildings, Regulations for, 212
Fire Risks from, 32
Electricity Commissioners, Questionnaire on Post-War Electrical Development, 193
— Supply Organisations, Joint Committee, 196
Electroplating. See Electro
Farm Mechanisation, Electrical Aspect, 332 Gauge for High Vacua (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 357
— Strain, Electrical-Resistance, Use in Aeronautics, 384
Resistance, Uses of, 335, 418* Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Insulating Materials, Developments, 482* Insulation, Researches in, 137
— Silk, for Fine Wires, Substitutes for, 263, 281*
Lamps, Incandescent and Gas Discharge, 40 Years’ Progress, 373
— Manufacturers’ Association, Luncheon and Demonstration, 373
Machines. See Generators : Motors ; Turbo Mains. See Cables (above)
Motors. See Motors, Electric Photo-Electric Cells, Barrier-Layer for Temperature Measurement, 424
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Rays. See Cathode Hays ; X-Rays Rectifiers, Use in England, 454* Research in Electrical Industry. 325 Resistance of .Joints in Steel Conduits, 44 — Welding. See Welding Rdntgen Rays. See X-Rays
Rural Electricity Supply, Report on, 92 Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Substation. See Substation Switchgear. See Switchgear
Tariffs, Electricity Supply, 92 Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony, See Telephony Thermocouple for Measuring Liquid-Steel Casting-Stream Temperatures, 424
Transformers. See Transformers
Tubes, Cathode-Ray, Standard Code of Practice for Use of, 48
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Welding. See Welding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony Wiring Regulations for Buildings, 212 and Registration, 411 X-Rays. See X-Rays
See also PARAGRAPH'INDEX
Electric Lamp Manufacturers’ Association, Luncheon and Demonstration, 373

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Industrial Fire Risks, by W. F. Cooper and F. H. Mann, 32
Election of Members, 48, 88, 108, 148, 168, 208, 248, 288, 308, 328, 3G8, 408, 448, 488
Economic Rating of Motors and Transformers, by D. J. Bolton, 51
Formation of (Cambridge and District Wireless Group, 89
Report on Electricity Supply, Distribution and Installation, 92
Standards of Performance of Generating Plant, Based on Five Years’ Operating Data, by R. W. Biles and G. W. Maxfield, 111
Award of Faraday Medal to Dr. I. T,ang- muir, 113
Thermoplastic Cables, by Dr. H. Barron, J. N. Dean and T. R. Scott, 132
Particulars of Scholarships, 203 Regulations for Electrical Equipment of Buildings, 212
Transmission and Distribution of Electricity to Mines, by B. L. Metcalf, 252
Analysis of Load on Modern Electricity- Supply System, by P. Schiller, 292
Electrical Aspect of Farm Mechanisation, by C. A. C. Brown, 332
Benevolent J'hind, Annual Report, 333 Copper Conductors for Overhead Lines, by G. W. Preston and Dr. H. G. Taylor, 352
Kelvin Lecture on Magnetism in Theory and Practice, by Prof. E. C. Stoner,353 Sir E. T. Fisk, Election as Honorary Member, 353
Annual Report of Council, 372
Report on ]£lectricity Supply, Distribution and Installation, 411
Award of Premiums for 1943-44 Session,416 Presentation of Technical Literature, by
G. E. Williams, 512
Award of Students’ Premiums for 1943-44 Session, 514
Wireless Section :
25th Anniversary Meeting. Addresses on Progress in Radio Communication, 373 ; Commemoration Dinner, 374
Irish Centre :
Electricity Supply in Eire, i)y P. G. Muri)hy, 192
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Aaso(dation of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
— Industry and Scientific Research, 325
I Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric Electricity Supply Organisations, Joint Committee, 196
Electroplated Tin-Plate Production in United States, 296
I Steel Sheet, Production in United
States, 296
? “ Elektron ” Magnesium Alloy, Microphotographs, 260* *
Elements in Sun and Stars, 413
Emissivity Characteristics of Hot Metals. 424 Employees. See Labour
Employment. See Labour
Enamelled Copper Wire, Specification, 248 Energy Charts of Combustion Gases, 34. See J.ETTEH, 254
— of Fracture in Metals, 421*
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil Diesel; Marine i^ropulsion
— Heat, Efficiency of, 441*, 462*
— Hot-Air, Ericsson’s, Science Museum, Stockholm, 121*
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Hydraulic Phenomena in Fuel-Injection Systems for, 101*
— Combustion. See also Turbines, Gas Locomotive. See Locomotive
Oil, Diesel, Arc-Welded Sump for, 498*
Diesel, for Cargo Vessels, 471
Diesel, for Shunting Locomotives. Maintenance of, 378*. 457
Diesel, Welded Frame, 517*
J/arme Propulsion; Diesel Engine Users' Association
Marine, Developments in, 5 Marine, Doxford, for Cargo Vessels, 471
Marine, Priestman, Twin-Cylinder, 287* Marine, Sulzer, for Cargo Vessels, 472 at Vatukoula, Fiji, Operating Results and Wear, 272
Work of W. D. Priestman on, 133, 286*
— — See also Tractor and PARAGRAPH INDEX Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Repair of Worn Valve Seats by ” Stellite,” 240
2I-h.p. Single-Cylinder, for Air Compressor (Heywood Compressor Co., Ltd.), 466*
60-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Aircraft Generating Plant (Rotol, Ltd.), 265*
See also Aeronautics
— Research, Chemical Background for (Review), 4
— Steam, Beam, Science Museum, Stockholm, 121*
High-Pressure, Work of J. Perkins on, 125 Marine, with Bauer-Wach Exhaust Turbine, for Post-War Cargo Vessels, 471
Marine, Developments in, 5
Marine, with Gotaverken Exhaust Turbines, for Post-War Cargo Vessels, 471 Marine. See also Marine Propulsion • Turbines
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of,
Gravity Die-Casting of Non-Ferrous Alloys, by E. H. A. Carlton, 237*
— Society of, Presidential Address by F.
Parfett on Co-operation Between Eivu- neering Institutions, 133 ; Foundation of Simms Gold Medal, 216; AVork on PostWar Engineering Training, 216
— at Work (Review), 44
Engineering Apprentices. See Edwation
— Centenaries in 1944, 13
— Education. See Education
— Exhibits, Science Museum, Stockholm, 121*
— Industries Association, Post-War Transport, by Major-Gen. G. S. Szlumper, 7.3 ; Discussion on Training for Management, 173; Annual Meeting, Address bv E. C G England, 491
Light, in Scotland, Report on, 271 14, 54, 74, 94. 114, 134, 155, 1/4, 193, 214 (See Erratum. 228), 235, 25.5
— Inspection, Institution of, Luncheon, 453 Institute of Canada, Railroad Equipment
in War-Time, by L. H. Fry, 85, 115
— Institutions, Co-operation Between, 133 Examinations, Mathematics in, 232. See
203, 224. See LETTER, 294
— — Proposed International Federation of, 513
— Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National Physical
— Materials, Ferrous Metals (Review), 144 Non-Ferrous and Organic (Review), 144
— Mathematics, Methods of Teaching, 203
224. See 232. See LETTER, 294
ENGINEERING, Middle-Eastern Commentary on 114. See LETTERS, 135, 154, 175, 196
— Outlook, Economic Review, 14, 54, 74, 94
VA; Erratuin. 228), 235, 255
— Societies. See Institutions Standard.s. See Standards Institution
— Structures, Analysis of (Review), 243
— Works. See IPorA-s
England, Copper Smelting in, from 1688 to 1750, 316
England, E. C. G., on Private Enterprise, 491
— Use of Direct Current in, 454*
— Water Supply in, History of, 344. See 311, 377
English Electric Co., Ltd., Air-Blast Circuit- Breakers, 105*
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Steel CastiiiL^s for 20-ton Well Wagon, 426*
Engraving System, Work of .1. Perkins on, 125 Equilibrium Diagrams, Alloys. See Metallurgu Ericsson, J., Work on Screw Propeller 276 Ericsson /Telephones, Ltd., Researches on Substitutes for Silk Insulation of Fine Wires. 263, 281*
Erosion of Bed at Niagara Falls, 261*
Estuaries, Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 178
” Etch-o-craft ” Process for Etched Inscrin- tions, 290
Evaluation of Coal, 35, 55, 76
Evans, R. W., on Heating of Open-Hearth I urnaces with Mixed Coke-Oven and Blast-Furnace Gas, 136, 345, 176. See 416
Evans, Dr. U. K., on Prevention of Corrosion in Steel Houses, 414
Evolution of Railways (Review), 24. See LETTER. 74
Ewing Medal, Award to Group Capt. F. Whittle, 369
Excavation, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 321 *
— for Shasta Dam, California, 2*
Excavator, Multiple-Cut, for Trench Cutting, 407*
Exchanger, Heat, “ Thermobloc,” for Fuel- Fired Furnaces (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 366*
Executive Curl, Naval Officers’, 303 Exhaust-Steam Turbine. See Tiirbine, Steam Exhibition, “ Back to Work,” Royal Academy, London,173
— Chemical Industries, New York, 73
— Proposed Plana for City of London, 233
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expansion in Combustion Turbines, Effect of Compounding, 181*, 221*
Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosion
Export Trade. See Trade ; and Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX

FABRICATED Construction, Application to Machine Design, 353
Factories, Employment of Women. See Labour
— Equipment. See Works Management
— Fire Risks from Electtrical Equipment in, 32
— Fuel Problems of, 76
— Office Aid to. Booklet on, 188
— State-Owned, Future of, 75
Fairburn, C. E., on Maintenance of Diesel- Electric Shunting Locomotives, 253, 378*, 457
Fans, in Air-Conditioning Systems, Attenuation of Noise from, 501*
Fan and Allied Manufacturers' Association, Formation of, 224
— Cooling, for Static Radial Aero Engines (Rotol, Ltd.), 497
— Design of (Review), 44
— Manufacturers’ Association, Ltd., Incorporation of, 329
— Testing, Transparent Plastic Wind Tunnel for (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 247*
Faraday Medal, Award to Dr. I. Langmuir, 113 Farm Mechanisation, Electrical Aspect, 332
Farming. See also Agriculture : Tractors
Farren. W. S., on Research for Aeronautics, 358*, 384, 417*
Fawzi, Dr. M. I., on Efficiencies and Outputs of Combustion Tiubines, 181*, 221*, 254. See LETTER, 34
Fedden, Sir A. H. R., Cantor Lecture on Post War Civil Aviation, 333 ; on Power Plant, Past and Future, 431
Federation of British Industries, Report on Post-War Trade Policy, 153 ; Work of Industrial Research Committee, 413; Report on Industry and Education, 413
— of Civil Engineering Contractors, Election of Officers, 409 ; Annual Report, 409
— International, of Engineering Institutions, Proposed, 513
Feed-Water Heater, Welded Body, 517* for Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant
Ships, 393, 396, 433, 444, 460, 479*, 505 Female Labour. See Labour and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fencing of Machinery, 155
Fergusson, H. B., on ” Presspun ” Process of Dishing and Flanging, 196. See 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTER, 255
Ferranti, Ltd.. Work during 1943, 194 Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferrogas Process for Flame Cutting (Oxy-Ferrolene, Ltd.), 148
Field, J. F., on Future Possibilities Power, 441*, 462*
Fiji, Operation of Oil-Engine Plant koula, 272
Film, Cinematograph, Industrial Training of Disabled, 413
— Micro, Storage of. Specification, 208
Filter, Oil, for Engines of Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, 379
Finance and Reconstruction, 53
Finch, W. C., the Late, 475
Fines, Coal, Burning of, 305, 324
— — Treatment of, 76
Finish, Surface, Inspection by Interference Bands, 205*
Fire, Domestic, Smoke-Reducing, Principles of. 506
— Risks, Industrial, 32
Firebars, Cooling by Water Spray, 439
Firebricks, Permeable, Use in Furnace Construction, 499
— See also Refractory Materials
Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., Method of Printing from Radiograph Negatives, 241* ; Proposed Hatfield Memorial Lecture, 269, 328 Fischer-Tropsch Process and Liquid-Fuel Production, 185, 205
Fisk, Sir E. T., Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 353 Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Flame-Cutting Machines for Shipbuilding, 199
— Development in Open-Hearth Furnace, 136, 145. See 415
Flanging and Dishing, ” Presspun ” Process of (D. Adamson and Co., IXd.), 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTERS, 196, 255
Fleet. See Warships
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flood Control on Sacramento River, California, 1* 41* 81* 141*
Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 261*
— in Pipes, Application of Experimental Fluid
Dynamics to, 159, 171, 177*
Flue Gases, Boiler, High Dew-Point Temperatures in, 195
Determination of Maximum CO2 in, 375 Fluid Dynamics, Experimental, Application to Engineering Practice, 158*, 171, 177*
Fluid Friction. See Aeronautics ; Friction ; Ship Resistance
Flying Bomb Attacks on “ Southern England,” 493
” Focke-Wulf ” Aeroplane, Features of Design, 101*, 201*
Food Preservation and Scientific Research, 304 Foremanship, The New (Review), 44
Forest Products Division, Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, On Effect of Temperature on Strength of Wood, by P. H. Sulzberger, 478. See Erratu.m, 489
Forging Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Upset, of Aircraft Landing-Gear Trunnion
Pins in Welding Machine, 517
Forman, H. R., on Gasification of Low-Volatile Fuels, 71
Forrest Lecture on Mechanical Vibrations, 493 Fortisan for Insulation of Fine Wires, 264, 281* Foundations, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste.
Marie, 321*
— Shasta Dam, California, 2*
Foundry Practice, Modern (Review), 103
— See also Castings ; Moulding
— Work. See also Die Casting
Foundrymen, British, Institute of. See British
— Education and Training of. Report on, 13 Fox, F. A., on Magnesium-Alloy Technology, 257*. 278*
Fracture : Its Energy Distribution and Specific Energy, 421*
Frame, Rigid, Model Testing of, 191
France, Landing of Allied Armies in, 451 French, Prof. R. DeL., on Vacation Work for College Students, 334
Friction, Static and Clinging, of Pivot Bearings, 117*, 138*. See Erruium, 148
— in Worm Gearboxes, 78*, 97*. See LETTER, 175*
Frictional Resistance of Ships. See Ship Resistance
Frommer, Late Dr. L.. on Damping Capacity in Light Alloys and Carbon Steel, 234
Frost, H. P., the Late, 469
Fry, L. H., on Railroad Equipment in War- Time, 85,115
Fuel, Aviation, Cracking Plant for, 73
— for Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, Treatment of, 457
— Efficiency in Coal Industry, Report, 492
— Injection Systems, Hydraulic Phenomena in, 101*
— Institute of, Inauguration of Glasgow and
District Section, 26 ; Melchett Lecture on Conservation of Resources, by Dr. E. S. Grumell, 35, 55, 76 ; Gasiffcation of Low- Volatile Fuels, by II. R. Forman, 71 ; Post-War Coal Processing, by G. M. Gill and J. Roberts, 124, 157 ; Liquid Fuels and Organic Chemicals from Coal and Home-Refined Petroleum, by H. Moore, 185, 204, 265, 285; Papers for Students’ Medal Competition, 493 ; Uses of Permeable Refractories for Furnace Construction, by R. H. Anderson, D. C. Gunn and Dr. A. L. Roberts, 499; North-Western Section : Use of Unfamiliar Fuels, by P. D. Kirkman, 305, 324 ; Mechanical Stokers for Shell-Type Boilers, by Dr. A. C. Dunningham and B. M. Thornton, 437*
— Liquid, from Coal and Petroleum, 157, 185, 204, 265, 285
See also Oil Fuel
— Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal.
See Coal, Low-Temperature Carbonisation Volatile, Gasification of, 71
— Luncheon Club, Future of Coal for Small-
Scale Uses, by J. G. Bennett, 152. See LETTERS, 216, 254, 294
— Motor. See also Benzole ; Oas ; Producer
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— and Power, Ministry of, Coal-Output Statis
tics, 33, 113, 193 ; on Conservation of Coal Resources, 35, 55, 76 ; Bulletin on Economy in Cutting Oils and Coolants, 187 ; Mining Scholarships for Mine Employees, 328 ; Investigations on Stoking of Shell- Type Boilers, 438
in Switzerland, Report, 157
— Research Board and Coal Industry, 35 at Leeds University, 216
Station, Smoke-Reducing Domestic Fire, 506
— Unfamiliar, Use of, 305, 324
— See also Coal: Oil; Oas ; Peat
Furnaces, Blast, in Black Country, 65, 84, 104 Investigation on Working of, 295 in North-East Coast District, 465 Spanish, 16
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Construction, Use of Permeable Refractories for, 499
— Fuel-Fired, ” Thermobloc ” Recuperators and Heat Exchangers for (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 366*
— Hearths, Heat-Resisting Tiles for (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 45.5
— ‘‘ Kimolo ” Heat-Insulating Bricks for, 475
— Open-Hearth, Basic, Constitution of Slags, 515
Hearth, Heating with Mixed Coke-Oven and Blast-Furnace Gas, 136, 145, 176. See 415
Hearth, Liquid-Steel Temperatures in, 424
Hearth, in North-East Coast District, 465 Hearth, Performance of, Correlation of Data, 415
Hearth, Recovery of Heat from, 295
— See also Coke Ovens
Fusion Welding. See Welding

GALE, W. K. A., on Black-Country Iron Trade, 05,84,104
Galvanised Sheet Metal, History of, 40
— Steel Sheet, Production in United States, 290
Gantry for Locomotive Boiler ilepalrs, 345*. See Errata^ 308, 428
— See also Crane
Gas, Acetylene. See Acetylene
— Blast Circuit-Breakers, Researches on, 138 Furnace and Coke-Oven, Mixed, Heating Open-Hearth Furnaces with, 136,145, 176. See 415
— Boiler Flue, High Dew-Point Temperatures in, 195
— Carbon Dioxide. See Carbon Dioxide
— Coal, Enriched, for Flame Cutting of Metals, 148
— Coke-Oven. See Coke Oven
— Combustion, Energy Charts of, 34. See LETTEK,254
— Fired Furnaces. See Fztrnacea
— Flue, Determination of Maximum CO2 in,375 — and Gasworks. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX — Industry and Coal Processing, 124, 157 Coal Supply and Utilisation in, 35, 55, 76 — Installations, Post-War Study on, 472 — Producer. See Producer
— Research Board, Annual Report, 473; Statement on Complete Gasification of Coal, 293
at Leeds University, 216
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Acetylene ; Carbon Dioxide, etc. Gasholder Design, Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 178*
Gasification, Complete, of Coal, Report on, 293 Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics Gate, Steel, MacArthur Lock, at Sault Ste. Marie, 322*
— Stop-Log, Shasta Dam, California, 4*
Gauge, Electrical, for High Vacua (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 357
— Plug, Comparator, Ball and Cone Type (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 376*
— Strain, Electrical, Uses of, 291 Electrical-Resistance, Use in Aeronautics, 384
Electrical-Resistance, Uses of, 291, 384, 418*
Gear Manufacturers Association, British, mation of, 293
— Steering. See Steering Gearboxes, Worm, Thermal Rating of, 97*. See LETTER, 175*
Gearcase, Turbine, Welded, 498*. 517*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Pinions, Double-Helical, for Rolling Mill, Repair by Arc Welding, 518*
Gelatine Glues for Aircraft Use, Speciflcation, 508
General Electric Co., Ltd., Production in 1943. 193
Generating Station. See Power Station Generator, Electric, Arc-Welded Stator (’aslng for, 497*
Auxiliary, for Aircraft (Rotol, Ltd.), 265* Construction in 1943, 193
for Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, Maintenance of, 378*, 457
500-kW Transportable Turbo-Generator Set, 247*
War Emergency Speciflcation, 248 1,000-kW Wind-power Graudpa’s Knob, United States, Operating Data, 148
See also Turbo Generators
Geneve, Prof. C. A., on Steam Storage Accumulators, 283.* See LETTER, 494
Geological Influences on Water Supply in Great Britain, 377. See 311, 344
— Societj- of London, Communication on Post-War Geology, 514
— Survey of Great Britain, Geological Influences on Water Supply, 377. See 311, 344 ; Organisation of Post-War Metalliferous Mining, 268
Geologists, Post-War Opportunities for, 514 *• Geostatics,” Proposed New Name for Soil Mechanics, 409
German Aero Engine and Aeroplane Parts, Metallurgical Studj" (Review), 342
— Aircraft, Features Affecting Production and Maintenance, 161*, 201*
— “Beetle ” Tanks, Remote-Controlled, 173
Gilbert, Dr. W., First Exponent of Experimental Method in Scientific Investigation, 325
Gill, G. M., on Post-War Coal Processing, 124, 157
Gillespie, J., the Late, 47.5
Gillette Industries, Ltd., Interference-Band Method of Inspecting Surface Finish, 205*
Girders. See Beams ; Bridges
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Lord McGowan on Chemical Engineering in War-Time, 93
Glauert, H,. Work in Aeronautics, 385
“ Globe ” Pump for Acid Liquor Containing Solids, 66*
Glossary of Aeronautical Terms, 8
— Terms used in Telecommunications, 128 Glues, Gelatine, for Aircraft, Specification, 508 Goascoran River, Salvador, Road Bridge over,
341*
‘‘ Golden Arrow ” Mobile Army Wireless Sta-. tions, 227*
Gorton Works, London and North Eastern Railway, Locomotive Repairs at, 345*. See Errata, 368, 428
Gotaverken Exhaust Turbine for Cargo Vessels, 471
Goudie, Prof. W. J., on Efficiencies of Combustion Turbines, 34. See LETTER, 254
Gough, Dr. H. J., on Research in Relation to VVar Effort, 233. See Erratum, 314
Government and International Civil Aviation, 293
— and National Water Policy, 311, 344, 377
— Post-War Employment Policy, 433, 492
— Railways. See Railways
— and Scientific Research, 331, 365
— and Water Supply, 311, 344, 377
— White Paper on Employment, 492. See 433
Governor, Aerodynamic, for Marine-Engines (Dufty and Barr), 447*
Grandpa’s Knob, Wind-Driven Electric Generator at, Operating Results, 148
Graphical Solution of Stresses in Shafts, 361* Grasmere ” Comparator Plug Gauge, 376*
Grates. See Furnaces; Stoker
Gravity Die-Casting of Non-Ferrous Alloys, 237*
Gray Lecture on Fundamentals of Marine Screw Propeller, 276*, 298*, 318*. See,93 Great Britain, Non-Ferrous Metals Production in, Report on, 268. See 273
Water Supply in, Geological Influences on, 377
— Central Valley Project, Shasta Dam, California. 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
— Lakes, Iron-Ore Traffic on, 25
— Western Railway, Report on Locomotive-
Boiler Explosion, 113 ; Locomotive Construction, 1943, 215
Greene, F. A., Presidential Address to Institution of Chemical Engineers, on The Chemical Engineer, 365. See 313
Gregson, Major W., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 459*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
“ Griffon ” Rolls-Royce Aero Engine, 207* Grinding Corn, Millstones for, 244
— Machines. See Machine Tools
Grodzinski, P., Cold-Setting of Diamonds for Tools, 236*
Grumell, Dr. E. S., on Conservation of Resources, 35, 55, 76
Guatemala Section Inter-American Highway, 301* ?
Guest Keen Baldwins Iron Steel Co., Ltd., Heating of Open-Hearth Furnaces with Mixed Gases, 136, 145, 176. See 415
Gun, Spraying, for Viscous Materials (B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.), 226*
Gunn, D. C., on Permeable Refractories for Furnace Construction, 499
Gutta Percha and Balata in Manufacture of Submarine Cables, 296, 336

HALL, J., Experiments in Iron Puddling, 84
Hall, .J. A., on Selenium Photo-Electric Cells for Temperature Measurement, 424
Hammers. See Machine Tools
Hankins, Dr. G. A., on Fluid Dynamics Applied to Engineering Practice, 158*, 177*. See 171
Hannifin Manufacturing Co., Centrifugal Quenching Machine, 7*
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., and Small-Scale Uses of Coal, 254. See 152. See LETTERS, 216, 294
Harvey, G. A., <fe Co. (London), Ltd., and Presspun ” Process of Dishing and Flanging, 196. See 116*. See Addendum^ 180. See LETTER, 255
Hatfield, Dr. W. H., the Late, Proposed Memorial Lecture, 269, 328; Portrait at Iron and Steel Institute, 393
Havelock, Prof. T. H., Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Naval Architects, 253 335
Hawker Aircraft Co., Ltd., “ Typhoon ” Single- Seater Fighter Aeroplane, 66*
Hawkes Committee, Report on University Graduates in Shipbuilding Industry, 511
Headlam-Morley, K., Appointment as Secretary of Institute of Metals, 214
Health, Ministry of. White Paper on National Water Policy and Water-Supply Legislation, 311, 345, 377
Heat-Dissipating Capacity of Worm Gearboxes, 78*, 97*. See LETTER, 175*
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Aeronautics
— Exchanger, “ Thermobloc,” for Fuel-Fired Furnaces (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 366*
— Interchange in Combustion Turbines, Effect on Efficiencies, 181*, 221*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Heat
Heater, Air, for Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 396, 433, 444, 459*, 478, 484, 505*
— Feed-Water. See Feed-Water Heater Heating and Air Conditioning of Buildings (Review), 83
— District, Scheme for London, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
— Domestic, by Coal, Gas and Electricity, Comparison, 152. See LETTERS, 216, 254, 294
— Infra-Red, in Aircraft Manufacture (MetropoUtan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 46*
— Stove, Domestic, Swedish, 375*
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
and Psychometric Chart, 34 ; Courses in Heating and Ventilating Engineering, 333 “ Heatronic ” Process for Moulding Plastics, 73 Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Torque-Reaction Dynamometer for Fan Testing, 247*
“ Heinkel ” Aeroplane, Design Features, 161*, 201*
Henderson, J., on Welding and Production, 497* 517*
Henderson, Sir F. N., the Late, 314 Henshilwood, G., the Late, 63
Hepburn, H. A., on Fencing of Dangerous Parts of Machinery, 155
Herbert, A., Ltd., Hand-Operated Die-Casting Machine, 25* ; ” Unisaw ” Metal-Cutting Bandsaw, 405* ; Projection Angle ‘‘ Dek- kor,” 487*
Hessenberg, W. C. F., on Alloys for Hot- Pressed Water Fittings, 474. See Erratum, 483
Heywood Compressor Co., Ltd., Portable High- Pressure Air Compressor, 466*
Heywood, Dr. H., on Sensitometry of Drawing- Office Photo-Printing Processes, 21*
High-Vacuum Developments in United States Chemical Industry, 113
Highfleld, J. S., Pump for Acid Liquor Containing Solids, 66*
Highways. See Hoads
Hilger, A., Ltd., Projection Angle ” Dekkor,” 487*
Hindley, Sir C. H., the Late, 375
History of Water Supply in England, 344. See 311, 377
Tint'?'"'; See under Warships
m®® Tools
C°"c«te Bridge at, RS«’ ’ Gantry
of Shafts in. See Qanap 3^4??°"’ Inter-America^^n^^^^
^"PditS win? wJ’h’"®*® °Z Combustion Con-
H.. Band™?; Kssi „
House, All-Steel, Ministry of* Works 353 454 '^Torl3; 3’:53,45?""^^ °f
iteerSntion'of CoVro'^sK’ 4U
HoX Prof’°G 0°’" P^cessing, 124, 157 ando^5rmnicatSn,°374°“
"“TWa. s»vS...,
Clinging Friction of Pivot Bearings, 117* iSft* QAJ £ ^ turn, 148 ?
'“steTco;dSts continuity of
- Snmna'‘‘’]b/p®- • ®®® Tool^
Systems,*101 * Puel-Injection Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hy4..uS fi,*,;“SS;
H? :S53e“s
"’'‘snz ?s's»‘’S””'”' “«“

5^® lif^friyerntion
{,, . Hailway Collision, Report on 273
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., War-Time Activities of, 93 ; Polyethylene for Sub- manne-CabJe Manufacture, 337
— College of Science and Technology, Vaca- tion Y ork Scheme, 33, 112. See LETTER,
Import Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
“^Bemme'^ P®®^ “ Thermobloc -
Recui^rators and Heat Exchangers, 360* • Heat-Resisting Tiles for Furnace Hearths^
-- Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
Report 12 Irrigation, Annual
— Rubber. ’ See Rubber
Indicator Diagram, Priestman Oil Engine 286* Industrial Admmistration, Institute of, Currie Travelling Scholarship 48
"’”“®®- ®®®
— Development in Chile, 45
— Economics. See Labour
— Fire Risks, 32
r urnaces. See Fi^rnac^.?
^^“agernent. See Works Management
— PrA^* fu»^er Labour
^^62 Technician in (Review),
— Research. See Research
— Heyolution and James Watt (Review) 384
federation of. See Eedera-
TT Supply and Utilisation, 35, 55, 76
— - Conservative Sub-Committee on. Report 'I'he future of British Industry^ 11
~ “’n Federation of
British Industries, 413
— Large and Small Scale, 491
— Light Engineering, in Scotland, Report, 271
— and Scientific Research, 365
— See alsoTrade and PARAGEAPH INDEX
Cause and Prevention of Mechanical Vibrations, 493
Ingots, Copper-Alloy, Specification. 428 Containing .Lead, Structure of, 18*
— Rjinming-Steel, Containing 0-29 per cent Carbon, 425
— Shell-Steel, Examination of, 4‘>5
Injection Systems, Engine Fuel, Hydraulic Phenomena in, 101*
Inland Navigation. See Canals ; Rivers, etc.
— Water Survey, Work of, 345. See 311 377
Inscriptions. Etched, Stencils for. 290 ’
Inspection, Interference-Band, of Surface Iimsh, 205*
Installations, Gas, Post-War Study on 472 Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See /«.9h7uZiow5
Standards. See Rtonrfards
— Elections. 8, 28, 48, SS, 108, 128. 148 168 4?: 448: 328,34^11:
— Engineering, Examinations and Mathematics, 232. See 203, 224. See LETTER, 294
— 77 Proposed International Federation of, 513
— Papers, Lay-out of Material for, 512
— Royal. See Royal Institution i
^^fl’uical and Scientific. See Aeronautical ,
Sciences at SVashington, Institute of; Aero- ' nautical Society, Royal; American Association of Railroads ; Architects and Surveyors Incorporated Association of; Arts, Royal Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institulion of; British Foundrymen, Institute of; Cambridge Union Physical Society • ('henncal Engineers, Institution of; Chemistry, Royal Institute of; Ciril Engineers American Society of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; (onsulting Engineers,
Institutions, Technical and Scientific—continued Association of: Diesel Engine Users Association ; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineering Indzistries Association ; Engineering Inspection, Institution of: Engineering Institute of Canada; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; E^igineers, Society of; Fuel, Institute of; Geological Society of London ; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Industrial Administration, Institute of; Iron and Steel Institute ; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Marine Engineers, Institute of ; Maudslay Society ; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of: Metals, Institute of; Midland Metallurgical Societies; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated ; Naval Architects, Institution oj; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of; Permanent Way Institution ; Physics, Institute of; Royal In- stitution ; Royal Society ; Rubber Industry, Institution of the; Sanitary Institute, Royal; Structural Engineers, Institution of: Supervising Electrical Engineers,
Association of; Transport, Institute of; Welding, Institute of; Welding Society, American
Instrument Technology, Society of, Objects, 453
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. See Electric
Inter-American Highway, 301*, 341*, 381* Interference Bands, Inspection of Surface Pinish by, 205*
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines ; Turbines, Gas
International Civil Aviation, Conference on, 293 International Combustion Co,, Ltd., Water- Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 478*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
— Federation of Engineering Institutions, Proposed, 513
— Trade. See Trade
Invention and British Patent System, 356
— See also Patents
Ireland, Electricity Supply in, 192 Iron Alloys.
— Foundry.
— Furnaces.

Iron and Steel Institute :

Plaque of Sir W. Boberts-Austen. 8 Appointment of K. Headlam-Morley as Secretary of Institute of Metals, 214
Proposed Hatfield Memorial Lecture, 209, 328
Autumn Meeting, London, 1943 :
Structure and Segregation of Two Ingots of Ingot Iron, One Containing Lead.by Dr. L. Northcott and D. McLean, 18* Annual General Meeting, l.ondon, 1944 : Programme, 348
Beport of Council, 393, 415
Bessemer Medal, Award to E. Lewis, 248, 393
Portrait, Memorial, of late Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 393
Honorary Treasurer’s Beport, 393, 415 Presidential Address by A. Dorman on North-East Coast Iron and Steel Industry, 405. See 393, 415
Election of Officers, 415
Beports of Discussions, 415, 424
Heating of Open-Hearth Furnace.s with Mixed Coke-Oven and Blast-Furnace Gas, bv B. W. Evans. 136, 145, 170. See 145
Study of Thermal Performance of Open- Hearth Furnaces by Correlation of Operating Data, bv Dr. A. H. Leckie, 415
Survey of Liquid-Steel Temperatures in Basic Open-Hearth Furnaces, by D. Manterfield, 424
Emissivity Characteristics of Hot Metals with Special Beference to Infra-Bed, by Dr. H. Lowery and D. J. Price, 424 Barrier-Layer Photo-Electric Cells for Temperature Measurement, by T. Land, 424
Drift of Selenium Photo-Electric Cells in Belation to Their Use in Temperature Measurement, by J. A. Hall, 424
Thermocouple for Measurement of Liquid- Steel Casting-Stream Temperatures, by T. Land and D. A. Oliver, 424
Study of Shell-Steel Ingot, by Dr. D. Binnie, 425
Examination of Bimming-Steel Ingot Containing 0*29 per cent, of Carbon, by Dr. T. Swinden, 425
Constitution of Basic Open-Hearth Slags, by Dr. B. Mason, 515
Iron and Steel Research Association, Formation of, 252, 328
Works. See See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Trade, Black-Country, History of, 65, 84,104
— Welding. See Welding
— Wrought, ’Bus-Bars of, 127*
Manufacture in Black Country, 65, 84,104
— See also Steel; Metallurgy
Ironwork, Structural. See Rridges : Structures Irrigation, Central Board of, India, Annual Report, 12
Kearny, New Jersey, Mercury-Vapour Power Plant at, 441*
Keener, K. B., on Shasta Dam over Sacramento River, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
KeKuld. A., on Structure of Benzene, 365 Kelvin Lecture on Magnetism in Theory and Practice, 353
Kendall, Dr. N., on Hydraulic Phenomena in Engine Fuel-Injection Systems, 101*
Kennametal ” Cemented-Carbide Material, Development, 180
Kennedy-Purvis, Admiral Sir C. E., on Development of Wireless Telegraphy in Navy, 374
Key, G., on Simple Trussed Beam, 34*. See LETTERS, 34, 93,174*, 274*
Kidner, P. C., Award of Institution of Automobile Engineers Medal to, 128
Klesel, W. F., Formula for Locomotive Power, 319, 358
Kimolo Manufacturers, Ltd., Heat-Insulating Bricks, 475
Kinematograph. See Cinematograph
“ King Arthur ” Class Locomotives, Southern Railway, Performance of, 340*
King, A. J., on Reduction of Noise Produced by Air-Conditioning Installations, 501*
King, Dr. J. G., on Production of Tars and Oils from Coal, 293, 373
King’s Birthday Honours List, 453, 473 — College, London, Hydraulic Phenomena in
Engine Fuel-Injection Systems, 101* Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lectures on Soil Mechanics, 409
Kirkman, P. D., on Use of Unfamiliar Fuels, 305, 324
Knight, A. W., Floating Concrete Bridge, Hobart, Tasmania, 255, 275
Knott, H., on District Heating Scheme for London, 475. See 401*. See LETTER, 495
Koenigsberger, F., on Application of Fabricated Construction to Machine Design, 353
Komarek-Greaves and Co., High-Pressure Coal- ? Briquetting Machine, 146*
Krupp-Renn Direct Process for Iron Production, 17

LA MONT STEAM. GENERATOR, LTD., Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 484*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Laboratory, Forest Products Division, Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, On Effect of Temperature on Strength of Wood, by P. H. Sulzberger , 478. See Erratum, 489

Labour :

Apprentices and Technical Colleges, 323 “ Back to Work ” Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 173
Labour—continued.
Employment and Coal Processing, 124
TPrx ^^vernment White Papers on, 433, 492 Foundrymen, Education and Training of Report on, 13 ’
Industrial Training for Disabled, Exhibition, 173 ; Film, 413
Labour in Building Industry, 255
— and Cotton Industry, 155
— and National Service, Ministry of.
Survey of Labour Position in 1934, ’ Work on Munitions Production in 1943, 14, 54, 94 ; “ Back to Work Exhibition, Royal Aca- ’ London, 173 ; Training for Disabled, 173, 413
~ 117, 137, 158,
177, 197, 217, 237, 257 277 297 317 4Q2’ ^77,’ PARAGRAPH INDEX
PostAV ar Employment Policy, White Paper on, 433. See 492
Proposed Registration of Wiremen, 411 Strikes in Coalfields, 213
Training Operatives for Machine Shops
, (Review), 63
Wages in 1943, 54
1 Welding Training Centre, Portobello. 477 Women in Shipbuilding, 236
Laing Lecture on Fluid Dynamics Applied to Engineering Practice, 158*. 177*
See 171 , < .
Lakes, Great, Iron Ore Traffic on. 25 Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Barrier-Layer Photo-Electric Temperature Measurement, 424 • on Thermocouple Method for Measuring Liquid-Steel Casting-Stream Temperatures, 424
Landscape, Industrially-Disfigured, Report on Rehabilitation, 36
Chief Inspector of Machinery Afioat, Career of, 364* Langrnuir, Dr L, Award of Faraday Medal to, 113 ; Scientific Research Work, 365 Larke, Medal, Establishment by
Institute of Welding, 147
Latham, E., on Prefabricated Houses 314 See LETTER, 375
Lathes. See Machine Tools Law. SeeLegal; Labour; Patents Laws, G., Chadwick Centenary Lecture, 372 Le^m Alloys See Alloys under Metallurgy Bearing Steel, Investigation on, 18*
— Infiuence on Ingot Iron, 18*
~ Production, Mill Close Mine, Derbyshire 268 Lease-Lend, Operation of, 74 ’
Leckie, Dr. A. H. on Thermal Performance of Open-Hearth Furnaces, 41.5
Evolution of Railways, 74. See 24 ; on Naval Engineering Branch. 454
T ^^3*. See LETTER, 414
?•’ oV ^draughtsman and His Status, ® LETTERS, 355, 394,434

Legal :

British Patent System, Report on, 356
Labour Legislation. See Labour
Legislation on Water Supply, 311, 344 377
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX ’
Legislation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents Letters to the Editor, 34*, 55, 74. 93 114 135 154, 174*, 195, 216, 254, 274*,’294,’314’ 334, 355*, 375*, 394, 414, 434, 454, 474 494
Lewis, B. A. P. W., Proposed Plan for City of London, 233
of Bessemer Medal to, 248, 393 iJght Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Engineering Industries in Scotland. Report ' on, 271
I Lighting Gas. See Gas
— See also Lamps under Electric Limit Gauges. See
^’*^^23^’ J’’ of London,
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel ; Benzole
— Steel Temperatures, Measurement of 424 Literature 4, 24, 44, 63, 63, 103, 144, 184, 243
262, .303, 342, 383, 443, 504. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Technical, Presentation of, 512 Litigation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents
Liverpool Street Station, Loudspeaker Installation at, 140
I A’ on Steel Castings versus Welding.
' Ti See 219*, 398*. See LETTER, 355 *
Lloyd 8 Register of Shipping Research Department, Investigation on Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges, 335, 418*
Load^ B^actor and Power Station Performance.
Lock-Joint Pipe Co., Pre-Stressed Concrete Water Pipes, 256
— MacArthur, at Sault Ste. Marie 3‘>1* Locomotive Axleboxes, 333, 353. See LETTERS 39o, 454, 495
— Boiler Explosion, Great Western Raihvav Report on, 113
Gorton Works, London and North
Eastern Railway, 345*. See Errata, 368,
Performances of, 412. See LETTERS, 395, 474
— Construction in 1943, 214. See Erratum 228
— Conversions on London and North Eastern
Railway, 28, 468*
Engineei^ Institution of, Maintenance of Diesel-Electnc Shunting Locomotives on London Midland and Scottish Railway, by C. E. Fairburn 253, 378*, 457 ; Locomotive Power, by E. C. Poultney, 318*, 338*, 358 • ^^leboxes, by E. S. Cox, 333.’
See 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454 49.5
— Examination Tunnel, London and North Eastern Railway, 246*
— Power, Determination of, 318*, 338*, 358
Locomotive. 4-6-0 Type, Conversion of, London A North Eastern Railway, 28 i
— 2-8-0 Type, Rebuilt, London North Eastern Railway, 230*
— Repairs, Rapid, London and North Eastern Railway, 216*
Shunting, Diesel-Electric, Maintenance on
Midland <fe Scottish Railway, 253 i 378*, 457 I
— 7" Priestman Oil Engine, 287* i
Steam Turbine, History and Performances I oi, 412. See LETTERS, 395, 474 i
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX 1 Lomonossoff, Prof. G. V.. and Capt. G., on Condensing Locomotives, 412. See LETTERS, 395, 474
London Airport, Design Competition, 428
— Borough .Polytechnic, Courses in Heating and Ventilating Engineering, 333
— Chamber of Commerce, Report on Scientific
and Industrial Research, 91
City of, Exhibition of Proposed Plans for, 233
Cminty Council, Work on Smoke-Reducing Domestic Fire, 506
— District Heating Scheme for, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
<^‘^nege. Hydraulic Phenomena in J^^uel-lnjection Systems, 101*
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Tests on Riding
QQ* y earing of Railway Carriage Tyres, 38*, 57* : Locomotive Construction, 1943, ^14; Maintenance of Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives. 253, 378* 457 • Track Maintenance by Welding,’ 270 ’ Locomotive Axleboxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495 ; Performance of Class 71 Locomotives, 339*; Tests on Stresses in Concrete Sleepers, 393
<fe North Eastern Railway, Locomotive Conversions on, 28, 468* ; Loudspeaker Installation at Liverpool Street Station, 140: Locomotive Construction, 1943, 215 •
Rapid Locomotive Repairs, 216* ; Rebuilt 2-8-0 Locomotive, 230* ; Traffic-Control System, 245 ; Locomotive Examination J uiinel, 246* ; Report on Ilford Collision, 2/3 ; Locomotive Axleboxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495 ; Performance of Pacific Class Al Locomotives. 339* ; Gorton Works, Locomotive Repairs at 345*. See Errata, 368, 428 ; Rapid Reconstruction of Stalybridge Signalbox, 506
— Passenger Transport Board, Annual Report, 233 ; Locomotive Axleboxes of, 333, 354 See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495 ; Electricity Requirements of, 455*
— Tower Bridge, Jubilee of Opening, 514
— Underground Railways. See Underground
— Works Relation Centre, Opening of, 253
Lonsdale, Dr. K., on X-Ray Research on Crystals, 95*
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles Loudspeaker Installation at Liverpool Street Station, 140
Low-Temperature Carbonisation of Coal. See Coal
Lowery Dr. H., on Emissivity Characteristics oi Hot Metals, 424
Lubrkation, Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 159*, 171
Engines of Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, 378, 457
— Locomotive Axleboxes, 333, 353 See
LETTERS,, 295, 454, 495
— Piyot Bearings, Investigation on, 117*, 138*
See Erratum, 148
“ ® Rating of Worm Gearboxes. 78*, 79*., See LETTER, 175*
— See also Oil, Lubricating
Luggage Van, Lightweight, Four-AYheeled,
Southern Railway, 306*
Lusk, W. C., the Late, 175
Lyttelton, O., on Munitions Production, 193

MAC ARTHUR Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 321* Mac. See also Me
Machine Design, Application of Fabricated Construction to, 353
Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd., Comparator Plug Gauge, 376*
— Shops. See Works and Machine Tools ~ Testing. See Testing Machine

Machine Tools :

Diamonds for Tools, Cold-Setting of, 236* Die-Casting Machine, Hand-Operated (Diecasting Machine Tools, Ltd.), 25*
Drill^Itadial, Repair to Saddle by Welding, — Tapping, Standard Sizes, 388
Grinding Machines, Dust-Collecting Unit 3?6* I-td.),
Surface, 18-in. by 6-in., Hydraulically-Operated (A. A. Jones <fe Shipman. Ltd.), 6*
Hammer, Pneumatic, Riveting, for Aircraft Construction (ConsolidatedPneu- matic Tool Co., Ltd.), 166*
Hobs and Milling Cutters, Apparatus for Testing (Michigan Tool Co.), 506*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Lathe, 15-in. Centre Tool-Testing (G
Swift <fe Sons, Ltd.), 486*
— “ Monarch,” Automatic Sizing Attach
ment for (Monarch Machine Tool Co.) 306* ’
Limit Gauging. See Gauges
Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
Training Operatives for (Review). 63 — Tool Industry in 1943, 174
Industry, War-Time, United States. 445
— — Welded Construction for, 498*. See 353
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauges Machinability Tests of Lead-Bearing Steels,
— of Magnesium Alloys, 279
Milling Cutter, Face-, Inserted-Tooth (S i Osborn and Co., Ltd.), 327*
Milling Cutters and Hobs, Apparatus for Testing (Michigan Tool Co.), 500*
— Machine, Screw-Thread (Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd.), 107*
Screw-T?hread,, Universal (G. Mann and Co. (1932), Ltd.), 86*
Pneumatic Hammer. See Jlammer (above) Press, Hydraulic, 2,500-ton Six-Die Slide (E. W. Bliss Co.), 27*
Reamer with Floating Cutters (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 126*
Riveter, Pneumatic, for Aircraft Construction (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 166*
Sawing Machine, Band, for Metal Cutting (J. Sagar and Co., Ltd.), 405*
Screw-Tread Milling Machines. See J/iZ/- ing Machine (above)
Standard, Conference on, 312
Sizing Attachment, Automatic, for “ Monarch ” Lathes (Monarch Machine Tool Co.), 306*
Tools, Carbide-Tipped, Developments in (G. H. Alexander Machinery, Ltd.),180
— Cutting, Butt-Welded Blanks for, Specification, 188
— Diamonds for. Cold Setting of, 236*
— Turning, Diamond-Tipped, Specification, 88; Cold Setting of Diamonds. 236*
Thread-Milling Machine (Truvox neering Co., Ltd.), 107*
Machine, Universal (G. Mann (1932), Ltd.), 86*
Turning Tools, Diamond-Tipped, flcation, 88; ‘
inonds, 236*
Vice, Angular, with Sine-Bar Setting (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 186* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Vice. See Vice under Machine Tools
— Works. See Machine Tools
Machinery, Fencing of Dangerous Parts, 155 Macrophotographs of Ingot Irons containing Lead, 18*
Madawaska River, Ontario, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 72
Magnesia, British Production of, Report on, 131 Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Association, American, Formation of, 510
— British Production of. Select Committee’s Report on, 131
Magnesium Elektron, Ltd., Researches on Magnesium Alloys, 257*, 278*
Magnetism in Theory and Practice, Kelvin Lecture, 353
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Management of Works. See Management
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Application of Research, by Dr. A. McCance, 295 ; Fundamental Scientific Research, by Sir E. Appleton, 325, 364
Manila Ropes, Specification, 88 Manitoba, Farm Electrification in, 332 Manley, R. G., on Mathematics in Engineering, 203, 224. See LETTER, 294. See 232 Mann, F. H., on Industrial Fire Risks, 32 Mann, G., and Co. (1932), Ltd., Universal Thread- Milling Machine, 86*
Manterfield, D., Survey of Liquid-Steel Temperatures in Basic Open-Hearth Furnaces, 424
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
— See also Trade
Margolis, A. E., on District Heating Scheme for London, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495 Marine Boilers. See Eoilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Election of Members, 8, 128, 248, 368 ; Annual Report and Luncheon, 213 ; Guild of Benevolence, 314: Report on Training of Marine Engineers, 433. Symposium on Engining of Post-War Cargo Vessels of Low Power : Programme, 428; Reciprocating Machinery with Exhaust Turbine (Bauer- Wach System), by Major P. L. Jones, 471 ; Reciprocating Machinery with Exhaust Turbine (Gotaverken System), by Dr. J.-B. O. Sneeden, 471 ; Diesel Machinery (Doxford), by W. H. Purdie, 471 ; Diesel Machinery (Sulzer), by E. W. Cranston, 472; High-Pressure Geared- Turbine Machinery, by S. S. Cook, 472 ; Turbo-Electric Machinery, by C. W. Saunders, 472 ; Diesel-Electric Machinery, by D. E. Jewitt, 472; Geared Diesel Machinery, by D. Bruce, 472
— Engineering Industry in 1943, 235
— Propulsion, Aerodynamic Marine-Engine Governor, 447*
Bauer-Wach and Gotaverken Exhaust Steam Turbines for Cargo Vessels, 471
British Shipbuilding Research Association, 405, 435
Developments in, 5
Diesel-Electric Machinery for Cargo Vessels, 472
Doxford and Sulzer Oil Engines for Cargo Vessels, 471
Fundamentals of Screw Propeller. 93, 276*, 298*, 318*
Geared Diesel Machinery for Cargo Vessels, 472
Oil Engines for Cargo Vessels, 471 Oil Fuel for. See Oil Friel Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association. 433
Priestman Oil Engines for, 287*
Reciprocating Steam Engines for Cargo Vessels, 471
Symposium on Engining of Post-War Cargo Vessels, 428, 471
Turbines, Geared, Development in, 5 Turbines, Geared, High-Pressure, Triple Expansion, for Cargo Vessels, 472
Turbo-Electric Machinery for Cargo Vessels, 472
I rxais)
' Mathematics in Engineering, Methods of Teaching, 203, 224. See 232. See LETTER, 294
— in University Matriculation Examinations,
232. See 203, 224. See LETTER, 294 Maudslay Society, Annual General Meeting, 366 ; Induction of Col. P. Johnson as President, 366 ; Relics of Sir M. I. Brunel and H. Maudslay, 347*
Maudslay, Sons and Field, Clock from Works, 347* Maunsell, R. E. L., the Late, 193, 215
Maxfield, G. W., on Standards of Performance of Generating Plant, 111
May Lecture, Institute of Metals, on Metals in the Stars, by Sir H. S. Jones, 413
Mayer, J., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 478*. See 371, 393, 433, 444 McCance, Dr. A., on Application of Research, 295
McGowan, Lord, on Chemical Engineering in War-Time, 93
McKenna Metals Co., Carbide-Tipped Tools, 180 McLean, D., on Structure of Ingot Iron Containing Lead, 18*
Me. See also Mac
Measuring and Control Apparatus, British Industrial, Manufacturers’ Association, Constitution of, 208
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Railroad Equipment in War Time, by L. H. Fry, 85, 115 ; Annual Report, 273

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 8, 28, 48, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 448, 488
National Certificate and Diploma Awards, 128
London Meetings, Winter Session :
Riding and Wearing of Railway Carriage Tyres, by C. W. Newberry, 38*, 57* Thermal Rating of Worm Gearboxes, by Dr. H. Walker, 78*, 97*. See
LETTER, 175*
Nomination of Officers, 93 Static and Clinging Friction of Pivot Bearings, by M. C. Hunter, 117*, 138*. See Erratum, 148
Election of Asa Binns as Honorary Life Member, 154
Presentation of Awards and Prizes, 154 Annual Report, 154
Election of Officers, 155. See Erratum, 314 Fencing of Dangerous Parts of Machinery, by H. A. Hepburn, 155
Symposium on Civil Engineering Contractors’ Plant, 213
Report on Benevolent Fund, 233 Gray Lecture on Fundamentals of Marine Screw Propeller, by Dr. G. S. Baker, 276*, 298*, 318*. See 93
Application of Fabricated Construction to , Machine Design, by F. Koenigsberger, 353
Condensing Locomotives, by Prof. G. V. Lomonossoff and Capt. G. Lomonos- soff, 412. See LETTERS, 395, 474
Applied Mechanics Group :
Symposium on Some Modern Aids in Investigation of Behaviour of Materials, Mechanisms and Structures, 291
London Graduates' Section:
Some Aspects of Research in Relation to War Effort, by Dr. H. J. Gough, 233. See Erratum, 314
Mechanical Investigation, Aids to, 291
— Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Motor Cars Mechanics, Applied (Review), 184 Mechanisms, Aids to Investigation of, 291 Meier, G. A., on Circuit-Breaker Developments
in Switzerland, 432
Melchett Lecture on Conservation of Resources, 35, 55, 76
Memorial to L. A. Pelton, 273 Merchant Navy, Future of, 153, 156
— Ships. See Skips ; Steamers
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding Mercury-Vapour Power Plant at Kearny, New Jersey, 441*
Merwinite in Basic Open-Hearth Slags, 515 Messerschmitt Aeroplane, Features of Design 161*, 201*
Metals, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Energy of Fracture, 421*
— Exports from Canada, 25
— Ferrous (Review), 144
— Filament Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Hot, Emissivity Characteristics of, 424

Metals, Institute of :

Ruling on Nomenclature of Non-Ferrous Alloys, 93
May Lecture on Metals in the Stars, by Sir H. S. Jones, 413
Annual Meeting, London, 1944 : Programme, 176 Report of Council, 214 Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 214 Election of Officers, 214 Platinum Medal, Award to Lieut.-Col. the Hon. R. M. Preston, 214 Retirement of Secretary, G. Shaw Scott 214
Reports of Discussions, 234, 243
Damping Capacity at Low Stresses in Light Alloys and Carbon Steel, with Examples of Non-Destructlve ing, by Dr. L. Frommer and A. Murray, 234 u
Modern Views on Alloys and Their Application, by Dr. W. Huine-Rothery, 234. See 243 „ . . .
Inter-Relation of Age-Hardening and Creep Performance. Part 11. Be* haviour in Creep of Alloy Containing 3 per Cent. Nickel and Silicon in Copper, by Dr. C. H. M. Jenkins, E. H. Bucknall and E. A. Jenkinson, 244
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Formation of Association of Ore Smelters, 349
Ferrous, Post-War Production of. Report
Ferrous, Research Association, British, Alloys for Hot-Pressed Water Fittings, 474. See Erratum, 483
— in the Service of Man (Review), 383
— Sheet, Galvanised and Corrugated, History of, 46
— in the Stars, 413
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallography. See Metals; Metallurgy;
Microphotographs

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium, Specification for Structural Sections, 388
Suitable for Die Casting, 238
Test Pieces for Spot Welds in, Specification, 68
— Copper, Ingots and Castings, Specification, 428
Nickel-Silicon Age-Hardening and Creep Performance, 244
Suitable for Die Casting, 238
Zinc for Hot-Pressed Water Fittings, 474. See Erratum, 483
— Lead,. Specification, 468
— Light, Application to Ship Construction, 52 ; Scholarship in, 128
Damping Capacity at Low Stresses, 234
— Magnesium, Suitable for Die Casting, 238 Technology of, 257*, 278*
— Modern Views on, and Their Application, 234. See 243.
— Nickel, for the Services, Schedule for, Specification, 68
— Non-Ferrous, Gravity Die-Casting of, 237* Ferrous, Nomenclature of, 93
— Tin, Specification, 468
— Zinc, Specification, 408 Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces.
Copper Smelting in England, 1688-1750, 316
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion
Cracks, Hair-Line, in Alloy Steels, Prevention of, 295
Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens Equilibrium Diagram Magnesium-Manganese System, 279*
Foundry. See Foundry ; Moulding Furnaces, Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment, Centrifugal Quenching Machine (Hannifin Manufacturing Co.), 7*
Copper-Nickel-Silicon Alloy, Age- Hardening and Creep Performance, 244
of Magnesium Alloys, 260*
Iron, Lead-Containing, Structure and Properties, 18*
— Manufacture, Krupp-Renn Direct Process, 17 See also Furnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
— and Steel Research Association, Formation of, 252, 328
Lead-Bearing Ingot Iron, Structure and Properties, 18*
Metals, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, and Organic Materials (Review), 144
— Non-Ferrous, Production in Great Britain, Report on, 268. See 273
— in Service of Man (Review), 383
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials) Metalliferous Mining, Cornish, Post-War Reconstruction of. Report, 273
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Refractories. See Refractory Materials ; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See Bolling Mills
Slags, Basic Open-Hearth, Constitution of, 515
— Foams in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 145. See 415
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Manufacture, Reduced Coal Consumption in, 295
in North-East Coast District, 466 Spanish, Problems of, 16
Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Microphotographs ; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
Metcalf, B. L., on Transmission and Distribution of Electricity to Mines, 252
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Infra-Red Heating in Aircraft Manufacture, 46*; 30,000-kVA Three-Winding Transformer, 187* ; Production in 1943, 193 ; Research on Reduction of Noise from Air-Conditioning Systems, 501*
— See London
Mexico, Engineering Notes from, 105, 445 Michigan Tool Co., Apparatus for Testing Hobs and Milling Cutters, 506*
Micro-Films, Storage of, Specification, 208
Microphotographs, Magnesium Alloy “ Elek- tron,” 260*
“Microtimer ” iR. K. Dundas, Ltd.), 446*
Middle-Eastern Commentarv Z
TERS. 135, 154 175
Busi-
Bailey,.507*
268 "®’ Lead Production,
MilUno "M; Rolling Mills
Cutters. See J/acAiac
United States Bureau of. See Unit^/i
Mineral Oils. See Oils
~ on'^ 273"" Cornwall, Post-War, Report Great Britain, Report on 268
— Resources of Brazil, 225 ’
~ Production in Canada 459
Mhn-na^i?vb-?;^' Connecting Rod 482* 121* Museum, Stockholm,
— Metalliferous, Cornish, Post-War Recon struction of. Report on, 273 ^econ- l^ritain, Report on, 268 and Metallurgy, Institution of. Report on Production of Non-Ferrous Metals and Uin! 268 M
Cjyiortunities for Geologists in 514 Scholarships for Mine Employees 32S
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX ®
Ministry of Health. See "iaftour’”^ National Service. See under
— of Supply. See Supply
Models for Irrigation Research, 12 ~ ^^440 Shell-Type Boilers,
— structural Analysis by, 191
See also Ship Resistance Momentum Vortex and Strip Theories of Screw Propeller, 276
Automatic Sizing _ Tinnm Monarch ” Lathes, 306*
°Ltd*) 466*^ Crusher (P. Parker,
“°"pr?feer.S°i’ Marischka Gas
Puels and Organic 204 265 ’285°'” Petroleum, 185,
Moran, J. D., on Psychometric Chart 34 Mathematics in Engineering 294. See 203, 224, 232
“ Mosquito •' Fighter-Bomber Aeroplane. Deve- lopment of, 173, 367*
Motor-Car Engines. See Rnyines, Petrol Engineers. See AuionodiZe Euoineers Industry in Brazil, 165, 315 Military. See MoZor Vehicles
Human Susceptibility to, 61* See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Cycles ‘ and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Cycle Industry in 1943, 114
— Electric, Air-Conditioning Systems, Attenuation of Noise from 501*
Colombia’s Imports of, 45 Economic Rating of, 51
— — War Emergency Specification, 248
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics •
Engines ’
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion •
Motorships ’
— Paraffin. See Engines, OiZ
~ ; Engines, Petrol
— Plough. See Tractors
— Tractors. See TracZors
~ ^227**^^ Army Mobile Wireless Station,
— — Industry in 1943, 114
Lorry with Priestman Oil Engines, 287* -140-ton Trailer with Lifting Platform (Cranes (Dereham), Ltd.), 385*
Motorships. See Marine Propulsion
Mould for Steel Casting for Well M^agon 4‘^6* Moulding Sands, Use of Wood Dust in. Report on, 16
— See also Foundry
Moyes, J. Y., the Late, 34
MucWe, AV., on Application of Light Alloys to Ship Construction, 52
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated Report on Organisation of Electricity Supply, 151; Annual Report, 473
Munitions Production in 1943. 14 54 74 94 114, 193, 256 ’ ’ ’
in Canada and United States, 74, 94, 105 and Research, 233. See Erratum, 314
— Supply to Russia, 74, 192* Electricity Supply in Eire,
Murray, A., on Damping Capacity in Light Alloys and Carbon Steel, 234
Museum, Science, Stockholm, 121*
— United States National, Annual Report, 513

NAIL-MAKING Machine, J. Perkins’, 125
Napier, D., and Son, Ltd., 2,200-b.h.p. “ Sabre ” Aeroplane Engine, 66*
Narbeth, J. H., the Late, 413
National Expenditure, Select Committee on, Second Report on Production of Magnesium and Magnesia, 131 ; Third Report on Rail and Road Transport, 251
— Physical Laboratory, Tests of Worm Gear boxes, 98*. See LETTER, 175*
— Road Transport Federation, Formation of,
National Water Policy and the Government, 311, 344, 377
— — Supply, White Paper on, 311, 344, 377 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Wrought Light Alloys Development Association Scholarship,
Annual General Meeting : Programme 83, 228 Annual Report, 253 Election of Prof. T. Honorary Member, Election of Officers, 253
Spring Meeting: Programme, 228 Presidential Address, by Lord Chatfield, on Shipbuilding and Naval Construction, 334
Post-War Merchant Ships from Owner’s Point of View, by W. C. Warwick, 335 Repairs to Welded Ships, by J. Turnbull, 335
British Shipbuilding Research Association, by W. Ayre, 404, 435. See 335
On Working of Supercavitating Screw Propellers, by V. L. Posdunine, 335
Comparison of Calculated and Measured Wave Resistances for a Series of Forms not Symmetrical Fore and Aft, bv W. C. S. Wigley, 335
Use of Wire-Wound Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges, as Applied to Engineering Problems for the Measurement of Static Strains, by Dr. S F. Dorev 418*. See 335
Effect of Blade Section and Area on Screw Propulsion, by Dr. G. S. Baker and L. T. G. Clarke, 335
Quasi-Propulsive Coefficient, bv Prof. E. M. Bragg, 335
Symposium on Marine Water-Tube Boilers : Reports of Discussions, 393, 433, 444 Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, I, by J. Austin, 396*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, II, by Major W. Gregson, 459*. See 371. 393. 433. 444
Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, HI, by J. Mayer and R. F. Davis, 478*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships,
IV, by Capt. R. E. Trevithick, 484*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, by Sir H. E. Yarrow, 505*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Naval Engineers, History of, 63*, 303*, 343, 363*. See LETTERS, 414, 454
— Officers’ Executive Curl, 303
— Warfare. See Warships Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neefe, W. de, “ Etch-o-craft ” Etching Process, 290
Negatives, Radiograph, Method of Printing from, 241*
New Jersey, Kearny Mercury-Vapour Power Plant, 441*
— Year Honours List, 13
— York, Chemical Industries Exhibition, 73 Newberry, C. W., on Riding and Wearing of Railway-Carriage Tyres, 38*, 57*
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, King’s College, Lectures on Soil Mechanics, 409
Newcomen Society. Study of Galvanised and Corrugated Sheet Metal, by Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 46 ; Black-Country Iron Trade, by W. K. V. Gale, 65, 84, 104* ; Contribution of Jacob Perkins (1766-1849) to Science and Engineering, by D. and G. Bathe, 125 ; Pascal’s Arithmometer and Other Means to Solve Mathematical Problems, by R. S. Nilsson, 153 ; Millstones in Wind and Water Mills, by J. Russell, 244 ; Copper Smelting in England from 1688 to 1750, by R. Jenkins, 316 ; Summer Meeting, 493 ; Inauguration of Birmingham Section, 493
Niagara Falls, Flow-Control Weir at, 261*
— Hydro-Electric System, 72
Nicaragua Section, Inter-American Highway. 301*, 381*
Nichols, O. S., the Late, 309
Nickel for the Services, Schedule for, Specification, 68
“ Nicrotectile ” Heat-Resisting Tiles for Furnace Hearths, 455
Nilsson, R. S., on Pascal’s Arithmometer and Other Means to Solve Mathematical Problems, 153
Noise Produced by Air-Conditioning Installations, Reduction of, 501*
Nomenclature of Non-Ferrous Alloys, 93 Non-Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy North America, Engineering Notes from, 25, 105, 445
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and I Shipbuilders. Some Considerations in Ap- I plication of Light Alloys to Ship Construction, by W. Muckle, 52 ; Laing Lecture on Experimental Fluid Dynamics Applied to Engineering Practice, by Dr. G. A. Hankins, 158*, 177*. See 171 ; Election of Officers, 337 ; Welding Developments in British Merchant Shipbuilding, by R. B. Shepheard, 198*, 218*. See 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454 ; Report of Committee on Entry of University Graduates into Shipbuilding Industry, 511
Coast Iron and Steel Industry, Developments in, 393, 415, 465
— of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Studentship Examinations, 73
— 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. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Northampton Polytechnic School for Instrument Making and Horology, Particulars of Courses, 124
Northcott, Dr. L., on Structure of Ingot Iron Containing Lead, 18*
Northmet Power Co., Analysis of Load on Electricity-Supply System, 292
Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland ; North ; South-West; South Yorkshire ; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nylon for Insulation of Fine Wires, 263, 281

Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
O’Donovan, J. J., on Simple Trussed Beam, 93, 274*. See LETTERS, 34*, 174*
Oerlikon Co., Circuit-Breaker Developments by, 432
Office Aid to Factory, Booklet on, 188
Ogden Locomotive Works, Alberta, Manufacture of Ordnance at, 408
Ogoki River, Ontario, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 72
Oil-Burning Installations, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 396, 434, 444, 479*, 505* I
— Cutting, Economical Distribution, Application and Reclamation, Bulletin on, 187
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles
— Fuel Burners, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 396, 434, 444, 479*, 505*
— Liquid Fuels and Organic Chemicals from, 185, 204, 265, 285
— Lubricating, for Engine of Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives, Treatment of, 379
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles
— Pipe Lines in United States, 25 Line in Yukon Territory, 295
— Production in China, 445 from Coal, 373 in United States, 10.5
— Sprayer, Work of W. D. Priestman on, 286*
— and Tars, Production from Coal, Stevens Lecture, 293, 373
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transport in United States, 25
— Turbine, Lubricating, Specification, 288
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleiim
Oliver, D. A., on Thermocouple Method for Measuring Liquid-Steel Casting-Stream Temperatures, 424
Olivine in Basic Open-Hearth Slags, 515 Ontario, Electricity Supply in, 105
— Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Annual Report, 72
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Optical Workshop Principles (Review), 504 Ordnance, Manufacture by Canadian Pacific Railway, 408
Ore, Iron, Production in Spain, 16 Traffic on Great Lakes, 25
— Smelters, Non-Ferrous Metal, Association of, Formation, 349
Orrok, G. A., the Late, 494
Osborn, S., and Co., Ltd., Inserted-Tooth Face-Milling Cutters, 327*
Outlook, Engineering, Economic Review, 14, 54, 74, 94, 114, 134, 155, 174, 193, 214 (See Erratum, 228), 235, 25.5
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Copper
Conductors for, 352
Power Transmission, in Ontario, 105
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding
Oxy-Ferrolene, Ltd., Flame Cutting of Metals bj’- Enriched Coal Gas, 148

PACIFIC Class Al Locomotives, London and
North Eastern Railway, Performance, 339*
Pacific Constructors, Inc., Shasta Dam, California, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
Paint, Protective, for Iron and Steel, Specification, 428
— Temperature-Indicating, Uses of, 291
Panama Section, Inter-American Highway, 301*, 383*
Papers, Photo-Printing, Sensitometry of, 21*
— Production in United States and Canada, 25
— Read Before Institutions, Lay-out of Material, 512
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil Paraguay, Engineering Notes from, 166 Parfett, F., on Co-operation Between Engineering Institutions, 133
Parker, F., Ltd., Monarch ” Double-Toggle Stone Crusher, 466*
Parkyn, P. A. W., on “ Presspun ” Process of Dishing and Flanging, 255. See 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTER, 196
Parliament and Scientific Research, 331 Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Work of, 133
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Work in 1943, 193
— and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association, 433
Parsons, R. H., on Calorific Value and Specific Gravity of Coal, 55. See LETTER, 93 ; on CO2 in Flue Gases, 375
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of, Report on British Patent System, 356
— Record, 20*, 40*, 60*, 80*, 100*, 120*, 140*, 160*, 180*, 200*, 220*, 240*, 260*, 280*, 300*, 320*, 340*, 360*, 420*, 440*, 460*, 480*, 500*, PATENT RECORD INDEX
Paterson, Dr. C. C., on Progress Lighting in 40 Years, 373
Payment of Labour. See Labour
Peat as Fuel in Eire, 192
Peglers, Ltd., Alloys for Hot-Pressed Water Fittings, 474. See Erratum, 483
, Pelton, L. A., Memorial to, 273
Penstocks, Shasta Dam, California, 41*
Penwill, L. C., on Statutory Wiring Regulations and Registration, 411
Percival Aircraft, Ltd., Training Aeroplane “ Proctor IV,” 167*
Perkins, J., Contribution to Science Engineering, 125
Permanent Way Institution, History Progress of, 513
Permeable Refractories, Use for Furnace struction. 499
Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 328, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508
“ Perspex ” Transparent Plastic Wind Tunnel for Fan Testing (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 247*
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 315
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol Petroleum Refining Industry and Post-War Policy, 185, 204, 265, 285
— See also Oil: Engines, Oil
Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), Spot- Welding Machine for Light Alloys, 46*
Photo-Electric Cells, Barrier-Layer Selenium, for Temperature Measurement, 424
— Printing Processes, Drawing-Office, Sensitometry of, 21*
Photography, Printing from Radiograph Negatives, 241*
Photomicrographs. See ^licrophoiographs Physical Laboratory. See National Physical Physics, Institute of, Election of Members, 8, 288, 328, 368; Formation of Scottish Branch, 314 ; Election of Officers, 453 ; Annual Report, 453
— Optical Workshop Principles (Review), 504
Portable Engine.
— Machine Tools.
Portland Cement.
Portobello, Welding Training Centre, 477
Posdunine, V. L., on Supercavitating Screw
Propellers, 335
Post-War Agriculture, 134 Building Studies, Ministry of Works,
House Construction, 391 ; Gas Installations, 472 ; Steel Structures, 472 ; Reinforced Concrete Structures, 472 Business Problems, Midland Bank Committee for, 53
Post-War Civil Aviation, 53, 211, 333
Civil Aviation, British Aeroplanes for, 53 Coal Processing, 124, 157
Electrical Development, 193
Electrical Engineering Industry, 195 Employment Policy, White Papers on, 433. 492
Engineering Training, 216 Industry, Problems of, 74 Machine-Tool Industry, 174 Merchant Ships, Factors Affecting, 335 Metalliferous Mining in Great Britain, Reports on, 268, 273
Opportunities for Geologists, 514 Policy for British Shipping, 153, 156 Policy in Petroleum Refining Industry, 185, 204, 265, 285
Reconstruction of Cornish Metalliferous Mining, Report on, 273
Reconstruction and Finance, 53
Trade Policy, Report by Federation of British Industries, 153
Training in Technical Colleges, 323 Transport and British Railways, 231 Transport Problems, 73
Postlethwaite, Dr. F., on Human Susceptibility to Vibration, 61*
Poultney, E. C., on Locomotive Power, 318* 338*, 358 ; on Locomotive Testing, 454. See 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 495
Power and Fuel in Switzerland, Report, 157 Power Jets, Ltd., Acquisition by Ministry of Aircraft Production, 273
Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., Formation of, 349
— Plant, Hydro-Electric, in Brazil, 425
Hydro-Electric, Canada, Developments in, 72, 105, 172, 452
Hydro-Electric, Developments in Ontario, 72, 105
Hydro-Electric, in Eire, 192
See also Power Stations ; Power, "Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion ; Ship Resistance
— Stations, Electric, Analysis of Load on, 292 Electric, Canada, Developments, 72, 105, 172, 452
Electric, and District Heating in London, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
Electric, in Eire, 192
Electric, Standards of Performance, 111 Electric, Thermal Efficiency, 441*, 462* Hydro-Electric, Shasta ' Dam, California, 1*, 41*
See also Power Plants ; Substatio7is
— Steam, Future Possibilities of, 441*, 462*
— Supply, Electric, Analysis of Load on
System, 292
Electric, Argentina and Brazil, 45, 425 Electric, in Canada, 172, 452. See 72, 105 r- Electric, Development of Rotary Converters for, 476
Electric, Distribution and Installation, Report on, 92
Electric, and District Heating in Loudon, 401*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
Electric, in Eire, 192
Electric, in England, Use of Direct Current. 454*
Electric, and Fann Mechanisation, 332 Electric, Industry Importance of Coal Processing, 124
Electric, in Ontario, 72, 105 Electric, .mittee of,
Electric, Organisation of. Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association, Report on,151
Electric, Post-War Development of, 193 Electric, to South Wales Collieries, 252
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, Copper Conductors for, 352
Overhead Lines, in Ontario, 105 See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, in South America, 425
See also Hydraulic; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
Preload Co., Wire-Wound Concrete Tanks, 406* Presentation of Technical Literature, 512 Presidential Address to Chamber of Shipping, by Sir L. Seager, on British Shipping, 156. See 153
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by F. A. Greene, on Our Title—a Reminder, 365. See 313
to Institution of Naval Architects, by Lord Chatfield, on Shipbuilding and Naval Construction, 334
to Iron and Steel Institute, by A. Dorman, on North-East Coast Iron and Steel Industry, 465. See 393, 415
to Junior Institution of Engineers, by Sir M. Denny, on Some Engineering Developments, 5
to Society of Engineers, by F. Parfett, on Co-operation Between Engineering Institutions, 133
Press. See Machine Tools
“Presspun ” Process of Dishing and Flanging, 116*. See Addendum, 180. See LETTERS. 196, 255
Preston, G. W., on Copper Conductors for Overhead Lines, 352
Preston, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. R. M., Award of Platinum Medal to, 214
Price, I). J., on Emissivity Characteristics of Hot Metals, 424
Prltstman, P. D., on W. D. Priestman and Development of Oil Engine, 133, 286*
Printing from Radiograph Negatives, Method of, 241*
Private Enterprise versus State Control, 115, See LETTERS, 135, 154, 175, 196
Probability-Integral of f-Function, 355* “ Proctor IV ” Training Aeroplane, 167*
Producer, Gas, Use of Anthracite and Coke in, 71 Production, German Aircraft, Features Affecting, 161*, 201*
— Ministry of, Munitions Production in 1943, 14, 54, 74, 94, 114, 193, 256 ; Capacity Offices of, 226 ; Lectures on Statistical Quality Control, 474
— of Munitions, Effect of Research, 233. See Erratum, 314
Production and Resources Board, Combined, Report, 74
— Technique, Modern, Conferences on, 133
— Use of Welding in, 497*, 517*
Profiles of New and Worn Railway-Carriage Tyres, 38*, 57* . . i ,
Projectiles, Application of Experimental Muid Dynamics to, 159*, 171, 179*
Projection Angle “ Dekkor ” (A. Hilger, Ltd.), 487*
Projector Barrels, Assembly by Welding, 518*
Propeller, Marine, Aerodynamic Governor tor Preventing Racing, 447*
Effect of Blade Section and Area, 335
Efficiency of, 335
Fundamentals of, 93, 276*, 298*, 318*
Priestman Variable-Pitch, 287*
Supercavitating, Working of, 335
Thrust of, 298, 318*
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines; Propellers: Ship lie- S’istance
Propulsive Coefficient, Quasi-, 335
Prosperity and Employment, 491 Psychometric Chart, 34
Puddled Iron. See Iron
Pumps, Air, See Air Compressors
— Circulating, for La Mont Marine Boiler, 485*
— Compressed-Air, for Acid Liquor Containing Solids (J. S. Highfleld), 66*
— Vacuum, Bellows-Type (American Automatic Typewriter Co.), 200
Purdie, W. H., on Doxford Marine Oil Engine, 471
Purification of Water. See Water
Pyrometer for Measurement of Liquid-Steel Casting-Stream Temperatures, 424

QUALITY Control, Statistical, Ministry of
Production Lectures on, 474
Quebec, Drummondville, Canadian Celanese, Ltd., Plastics Plant at, 296
Quenching Machine, Centrifugal (Hannifin Manufacturing Co.), 7*
Quicksilver. See Mercury Quiggin, D. A., the Late, 394

RADIAL Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Radio Convnunication, Glossary of Terms Used in,128
Progress of, 373
— Componehts, Specification, 288
— Industry in 1943, 195
— See also Telegraphy, Wireless ; Telephony, Wireless
Radiograph Negatives, Method of Printing from, 241*
Radiology as Aid to Mechanical Investigation, 291
Rail Manufacture in Brazil, 165
— Repairs by Welding, 270
— and Road* Transport, Report, 251
— Transport, Post-War Problems in Great Britain, 73, 231, 251
Railroad. See Paihvays Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine, Position on, 45
— Brazilian, Equipment Production for, 165 Position of, 425
— British, 21st Anniversary of Grouping, 13 i and Post-War Transport, 73 Situation in 1943, 214, 231
War-Time Transport on. Committee on National Expenditure, Report, 251
— Canadian Pacific, Manufacture of Ordnance by, 408
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Equipment in War-Time, 85, 115
— Evolution of (Review), 24. See LETTER, 74
— Great Western, Report on Locomotive-Boiler Explosion, 113 ; Locomotive Construction, 1943, 215
— Locomotive. See Locomotive >
— London Midland and Scottish, Tests on
Riding and Wearing of Railway Carriage Tyres. 38*, 57* ; Locomotive Construction, 1943, 214 ; Maintenance of Diesel- i Electric Shunting Locomotives, 253, 378*, 457 ; Track Maintenance by Weld- | ing, 270 ; Locomotive Axleboxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 39.5, 454, 495 ; Performance of Class 7F Locomotives, 339* ; Tests on Stresses in Concrete Sleepers, 393 and North Eastern, Locomotive Conversions on, 28, 468* ; Loudspeaker Installation at Liverpool Street Station, 140; Locomotive Construction, 1943, 215;
Rapid Locomotive Repairs, 216*; Rebuilt 2-8-0 Locomotive, 230* ; Traffic- Control System, 245; Locomotive Examination Tunnel, 246* ; Report on Ilford Collision, 273 ; Locomotive Axle- | boxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495 ; Performance of Pacific Class Al I Locomotives, 339* ; Locomotive Repairs 1 at Gorton Works, 345*. See Erratum, I 368, 428 ; Rapid Reconstruction of Staly- i bridge Signalbox, 506 I
— Reading, Old Cast-Iron and Wrought Iron Bridge Truss, 513 I
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons ;
— Signalling. See Signalling |
— Sleepers, Concrete, Stresses in, 393
— Concrete, Specification, 248 I
Concrete, Stresses in Tracks, 393
— South African, Locomotive Axleboxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495
— Southern, Locomotive Construction, 1943, ” 228; Lightweight
Locomotive Axle- See LETTERS, 395, ** ' • —— • . • >9
Rays, Electric. See Cathode Rays : X-Rays Rayon for Insulation of Fine Wires, 263, 281* Reading Railroad, Old Cast-Iron and Wrought Iron Bridge Truss, 513
Reavell <fe Co., Ltd., Pneumatic Control Switch for Air Compressor, 217
— Lecture of Institution of Chemical Engi
neers, Establishment of, 9 ; First Lecture on Coal and Chemical Industry, by J. G. Bennett, 313
Receivers, Air, Solid-Drawn Steel, Specification, 208
Reconstruction, Post-War, See PosMFar Rectifiers. See Electric
Recuperator, “ Thermobloc,” for Fuel-Fired Furnaces (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 366*
Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Marine J^ropul- sion
— of Noise Produced by Air-Conditioning Installations, 501*
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refining, Oil, Proposed Post-War Policy, 185, 204, 265, 285
Refractories, Permeable, Use in Furnace Construction, 499
— for Water-tube Boilers for Merchant Ships,
396, 434, 459*, 478*, 505
Refrigeration Association, Commercial Electric, First Annual Luncheon, 173
— Work of J. Perkins on, 125
Refuse Storage Containers, Specification, 88 Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace
— Steam Cycles, Thermodynamics of, 442*,
462*
Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Exhibition, 173 ; Training Scheme, 413
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete Remuneration of Labour. See Labour
Report, Annual, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 273
Association of Consulting Engineers, 493 on Atmospheric Pollution, 33
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 137
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 313 i
Central Board of Irrigation, India, 12 Chamber of Shipping, 153
Combined Raw Materials Board, 74, 473 Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, 409
Gas Research Board, 473
Institute of Physics, 453
Institute of Welding, 513
London Passenger Transport Board, 233 Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, 473
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, 72
United States National Museum, 513
— British Patent System, 356
— Combined Production and Resources Board 74
— by Conservative Sub-Committee on Industry, ” Looking Ahead.” Work : Future of British Industry, 11
— on Electricity Supply, Distribution
Installation, 92
— Fuel Efficiency in Coal Industry, 492 and Power in Switzerland, 1*57
— Hawkes Committee on University
duates in Shipbuilding Industry, 511
RcHearch Hoard, SIiipbuildiriK, Scope of, 405. 435. See 335 . „ rr
Coal, and CoiiHcrvation of JlcHource.s, 35, 55, _ J Gaft and Fuel, at Leeds Univer«ity, 210
— Committee, Industrial, Federation of Brltfsb
Industries. 413 r >< «.»
— Council, Welding, Appointment of Main
Co-ordinating Committees, 513
— Department. Armament. Investigation on
Structure of Ingot Iron Containing Lead, bv Dr. L. Northcott and i). McLean. !»•
Diamond Trading Co., Ltd., Establishment of, 170 . .
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Investigation on Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges, 335, 418*
Scieiitinc and Industrial, Annual Report on Atmospheric Pollution, 33
and Development Association, 1 arsons and Marine Engineering Turbine, 433
— Engine. Chemical Background (Review), 4
Institute. Tin, Determination of Thickness of Tin Coatings. 128
— in Iron and Steel Industry, 252, 295, 328
— Irrigation, in India, 12
— on Jet Propulsion by Power Jets, Ltd., z<.$. See 31, 74, 349, 431
Laboratory, Australian Lorest Products Division, On Effect of Temi>erature on Strength of Wood, by P. H. Sulzberger, 478. See Erratum, 489
— on Magnesium Alloys, 279
— in Relation to War Effort, 233. See Erratum, 314
— Scientific, Fundamental, 325, 394
and Industrial, Australian Council for, on Temperature Effects on Strength of Wood, 478. See Erratum, 489
Industrial, London Chamber of Commerce Report on, 91
Work of Parliament, 133, 331
— Station, Fuel, Smoke-Reducing Domestic Fire, 500
— Work on Tin-Plate, by Tin-Plate ProcessCH, Ltd., 308
X-Ray, on Crystals, 95*
See also National Physical Labor(aory Reservoir, Shasta Dam, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141* Resistance. Electric. See Electric
— Locomotive, and Power, 318*, 338*, 358
of Ships. See Shiv Resistance
— Welding. See yVeUing
Resources, Conservation of, Melchett Lecture on, 35, 55, 76
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Revolution, Industrial, and James Watt (Review), 384
Revrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Work in 1943, 194 Riding and Wearing of Railway-Carriage Tyree, 38*. 57*
River Derwent, Tasmania. Floating Concrete Bridge, 255, 275
Estuaries, Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 178
— Goascoran, Salvador, Road Bridge over, 341*
— Madawaska, Ontario, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 72
Niagara, Flow-Control Weir in, 261*
Ogoki, Ontario, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 72
— Sacramento, California, Shasta Dam on, 1*, 41*, 81*,141*
— Saguenav, Canada, Shipshaw Hydro-Electric Plant, 172
— Shannon Hydro-Electric Plant, 192 Riveter, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools Road Development in United States, 295
— Inter-American Highway, 301*, 341*. 381* —• Policy, Post-War, 73
— and Rail Transport, Report, 251
Research Board, Formation of Road Construction Machinery Committee, 116
— Rolled Asphalt for, Specifleation, 128
Transport Federation, National, Formation of, 148
Post-War Problems of, 73
Post-War, and Railways, 231, 251 Roberts, Dr. A. L., on Permeable Refractories for Furnace Construction, 499
Roberts. J., on Post-War Coal Processing, 124, 157 ; on Small-Scale Uses of Coal, 210, 294. See 152. See LETTERS, 254
Roberts-Austen, Sir W., Plaque at Iron and Steel Institute, 8
Robertson, C. A., on Rubber Dinghies for Royal Air Force, 313
Robson, G., the Late, 115
Rocket Propulsion of Aircraft, 94
Roffey, Sir J.. H.M. Chief Inspector of Machinery Afloat, Career of, 364*
Rolling-Mill Pinions, Double-Helical, Repair by Arc Welding, 518*
Stock Construction in 1943, 214
on United States Railways, 116 See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls-Royce Co., Ltd., 12-Cylinder “ Griffon ” Aero Engine, 207*
Rbntgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roofing, Mastic Asphalt for, Specification, 508
Ropes, Manila, Specifleation, 88
Ropeway, Aerial. See Wire Ropeway
Roskill, O. W., on A Middle-Eastern Commentary, 135. See LETTERS, 114,154,175,196 Rotary Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics Rotol, Ltd., Auxiliary Generating Plant for Aircraft, 265* ; Cooling Fan for Static Radial Aero Engines, 497
Rowse, R. H., and Smoke-Reducing Domestic Fire, 506
Royal Aeronautical Society, See Aeronautical
—institution, X-Ray Research on Crystals, 95*
— Naval Engineers’ Club, 364*
— Sanitary Institute. See Sanitary
— Society, Proposed Hatfield Memorial Lecture, 269, 328
of Arts. See Arts
Rubber Industry, Institution of the, Rubber Dinghies in Royal Air Force, by C. A. Robertson, 313
— Production in Western Hemisphere, 295
— Synthetic, Modern (Review), 262
Work of British Rubber Federation on, 33 Rural Electricity Supply, Report on, 92
— Electrification and Farm Mechanisation, 332
Russell, J., on Millstones in Wind and Water Mills, 244
Russia, Munitions Supply to, 74
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruth’s Steam Storage Accumulator, 283* See LETTER,294

“ SABRE ” Aero Engine for “ Typhoon ” Fighter Aeroplane, 66*
Sacramento River, California, Shasta Dam on, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
Sagar, J., and Co., Ltd., “ Unisaw ” Metal- Cutting Bandsaw, 405*
Saguenay River, Canada, Shipshaw Hydro- Electric Plant, 172
Salmon, H., the Late, 116
Salt-Glazed Ware Pipes, Specification, 128 Salvador, Goascoran River, Road Bridge over, 341*
— Section Inter-American Highway, 301*, 341* Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke, 35, 55, 76
Sand, Moulding, for Magnesium-Alloy Castings, 258
Use of Wood Dust in. Report on, 16 “ Sand Rat,” on Steel Castings versus Welding, 355. See 219*, 398*. See LETTER, 454 Sanitary Institute, Royal, Chadwick Centenary
Lecture on Sanitary Engineering Developments, by G. Laws, 372
Sault Ste. Marie, MacArthur Lock at, 321* Saunders, C. W., on Turbo-Electric Machinery for Cargo Vessels, 472
Saws. See Machine Tools
Schiller, P., Analysis of Load on Modern Electricity-Supply System, 292 Scholarships. See Education Schulz Bellows-Type Vacuum Pump, 200 Science Museum, Stockholm, 121* Scientific Management. See Works Management
— and Parliamentary Committee, Work of, 133, 331
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scotland, Health Department for, White Paper
on National Water Policy, 311, 344, 377
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in.
See Engineers
— Light Engineering Industries in. Report, 271 Scott, G. Shaw, Retirement from Secretaryship
of Institute of Metals, 214
Scott, T. R., on Thermoplastic Cables, 132 Scottish Council on Industry, Report by Light
Engineering Committee, 271 Screw Propellers. See Propellers
— Thread Milling Machine. See Machine Tools Standard, Conference on, 312
Seager, Sir L., on War-Time and Post-War British Shipping, 156. See 153
Sections, Structural, Aluminium-Alloy, Specification, 388
Segregation in Ingot Iron Containing Lead, 18* Seismology. See Earthquake
Sensitometry of Drawing-Office Photo-Printing Processes, 21*
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
— Stresses in, Graphical Solution of, 361* Shannon River Hydro-Electric Plant, 192 Shasta Dam on Sacramento River, California, 1*, 41*, 81*.141*
Shearer, G. W., on Thermal Rating of Worm Gearboxes, 175*. See 78*, 97* ; on Swedish Domestic Heating Stove, 375*
Sheet Iron Manufacture in Black Country, 104
— Metal, Galvanised and Corrugated, History of, 46
— Steel, Zinc-Coated, Production in United
States 296
Sheffield University, Proposed Hatfield Memorial Lecture, 269, 328
Shepheard, R. B., on Welding in British Shipbuilding, 198*, 218* See 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454
Ship Canal. See Canal
— Cargo, Post-War, Engining of, 428, 471
— Constructed in 1943, 235
— Construction, Application of Light Alloys to, 52; Scholarship, 128
— Design, Application of Experimental Fluid
Dynamics to, 158*, 171
and British Shipbuilding Research Association, 405, 435
— Diesel-Engined. See Marine Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Merchant, Post-War, Factors Affecting, 33.5 Water-Tube Boilers for, 371, 393, 396*, 433, 444, 459*, 478*, 484*, 505*
Welded Construction of, 198*, 218*, 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454
in the World, 1939, 235
— Model Experiments. See Ship Resistance
— Motor. See Marine Propulsion
— Propellers. See propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines ; Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance, Calculated and Measured Wave Resistances, 335
— Vibration, Human Susceptibility to, 61*
— Welded, Repairs to, 335
— See also Marine ; Shipping ; Steamers ;
Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers Shipbuilding, Application of Light Alloys in, 52;
Scholarship for, 128
— Australian, 236 .
— in 1943, 235, 256, 334
— British, Welding Developments in, 198», 218*, 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454
— Canadian, 236
— Electric Welding in (Review), 24
— Industry, University Graduates in, Hawkes
Committee Report, 511
— Naval. See Warships
— Research Association, British Formation oi, 53 ; Scope of, 404, 435. See 336
Shipbuilding Research Board, Scope of, 405, 435. See 335
— in War-Time, 334
— Welding in, 236
Plant and Equipment for, 199
— Women Employed in, 236
— Yard, Equipment for Welded Ships, 198* Shipping, British, and Air Transport, 95 Post-War Policy for, 153, 156
— Chamber of, Annual Report, 156 ; Presidential Address, by Sir L. Seager, on British Shipping, 156. See 153
— Merchant, World’s, 1939, 235
Shipshaw Hydro-Electric Plant on Saguenay River, Canada, 172
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shoosmith, H., on W. D. Priestman and Development of Oil Engine, 138, 286*
Shop Management. See Works Management
Short, A. R., on Proposed Institution of Engineering Draughtsmen, 355. See 351. See LETTERS, 394, 434
Shoub, E. P., on Production of Low-Sulphur Sponge Iron, 127
Shuttering, Shasta Dam, California, 143* Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Signalbox, Stalybridge, Rapid Reconstruction, 506
Signalling, Railway, Steel Wire Strand for. Specification, 8
Silica Bricks. See Firebricks
Silk Insulation for Fine Wires, Substitutes for, 263, 281*
Simms, F. R., the Late, 334
— Gold Medal, Foundation by Society of Engineers, 216
“ Sinuflo ” Waste-Heat Boilers for Steelworks (Cochran <fe Co., Annan, Ltd.), 456*
Skeat, W. 0., on Condensing Locomotives, 395. See 412. See LETTER, 474
Skempton, A. W., on Soil Mechanics, 409
Skin Friction. See Friction
Slacks, Coal, Burning of, 305, 324 Slag. See Metallurgy
Slee, Comdr. J. A., the Late, 376
Sleeper, Railway, Concrete, Specification, 248 Concrete, Stresses in Tracks, 393 Reinforced-Concrete, Testa of Stresses In, 393
Slitting Mill in Black Country, 65
Slurries, Coal, Burning of, 305 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on The Engineers’ Button, 63* ; on The Executive Curl, 303 ; on Warrant to Flag Bank, 343, 363* ; on Chatham Reserve, 461*, 481*. See LETTERS, 414, 454
Smith, F. P., Work on Screw Propeller, 276
Smith-Putnam 1,000-kW Wind-Driven Electric Generator, Grandpa’s Knob, Operating Results, 148
Smith-Rose, Dr. R. L., on Future of Radio Communication, 374
Smoke Prevention and Coal Processing, 124,157
— Reducing Domestic Fire, Principles of, 506
Snare, F., Corporation, Bridges on InterAmerican Highway, 341*, 381*
Sneeden, Dr. J.-B. O., on Marine Steam Engine with Gotaverken Exhaust Turbine, 471
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soil Mechanics, Lectures on, 409
Proposal to Use Term “ Geostatics,” 409 Solar. See Sun
Soot Removal, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 398, 458*, 480*, 485*, 505*
Sound Vibrations, Human Susceptibility to, 61* South African Railways, Locomotive Axle- boxes on, 333, 353. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 545
— America, Engineering Notes from, 45, 165, 225, 315, 425, 499
— Wales Collieries, Electricity Supply to, 252
— West, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 369, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southampton Air Base, Proposals for, 53
— Mitchell Memorial Fund, 453
Southern Railway, Locomotive Construction, 1943, 214. See Erratum, 228 ; laghtweight Luggage Van, 306* ; Locomotive Axle- boxes on, 333, 354. See LETTERS, 395, 454, 495 ; Performance of ” King Arthur ” Class Locomotives, 340* ; 20-ton Well Wagon, 426* ; Substation Equipment, 455 Spanish Iron and Steel Industry, 16 Spanners, Open-Ended, Specification, 68 Specific Gravity and Calorific Value of Coal, 55. See LETTER, 93
Specifications, Standard. See Standards Spectroscopic Investigations, Metals in Stars, 314
Spillway, Shasta Dam, California, 3*, 41* “ Spitfire ” Mark XII Aeroplane, 317
Sponge Iron, Low-Sulphur, Production of, 127
Spray, Water, for Cooling Firebars, 439
Sprayer, Oil, for Oil Engines, Work of W. D. Priestman on, 286*
Spraying Gun for Viscous Materials (B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.), 226*
Sprecher and Schuh, Circuit-Breaker Developments, 432
Stability of Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Staffordshire Iron Trade, History of, 65, 84,104 Stalybridge Signalbox, Rapid Reconstruction, 506
Standards Associations, United States, British and Canadian, Conference on Screw Threads, 312
— Co-ordinating Committee, United Nations,
Formation of, 493
— Institution, British, Specifications, Wire Strand for Railway Signalling Purposes, 8 ; Load-Bearing Concrete and Brickwork, and Reinforced Brick Work, 8 ; Use of Cathode- Ray Tubes, 48 ; High-Tensile Structural Steel for Bridges, etc., 48 ; Open-Ended
Standards Institution, British, Specifications {continued}
Spanners, 68 ; Test Pieces for Control of Aluminium-Alloy Spot Welds, 68 ; Schedule of Service Nickel and Nickel Alloys, 68 ; Diamond-Tipped Turning Tools, 88 ; Refuse Storage Containers, 88; Manila Ropes, 88 ; P.V.C. Insulated Cables, 88 ; Salt-Glazed Ware Pipes, 128; Rolled Asphalt for Roads, 128; Butt-Welded Blanks for Cutting Tools, 188; Office Aid to Factory, 188 ; Arc-Welding Plant and Equipment, 199 ; Engineering Drawing Office Practice, 208; Solid-Drawn Steel Air Receivers, 208; Storage of Micro-Films, 208 ; Enamelled Copper Wire, 248 ; Motors and Generators, 248 ; Concrete Railway Sleepers, 248 ; Turbine Oils, 288; Radio Components, 288; Aluminium-Alloy Structural Sections, 388 ; Tapping-Drill Sizes, 388 ; Copper-Alloy Ingots and Castings, 428 ; Protective Painting of Iron and Steel, 428 ; Lead, Tin, and Zinc Alloys, 468 ; Wrought Steels for General Engineering Purposes, 468
British, Glossary of Aeronautical Terms, 8 ; Glossary of Terms used in Telecommunication, 128 ; Publications on Universal Decimal Classification, 207 ; Booklet on Drawing Office Organisation, 392 ; Inauguration of Quarterly Journal, “ Standards Review,” 474
“ Standards Review,” Inauguration of, 474
— Use in Building, Ministry of Works Report, 472
Stansfield, Prof. A., the Late, 134 Stars, Metals in, 413
State Control versus Private Enterprise, 115.
See LETTERS, 135, 154, 175, 196
— Owned Factories, Future of, 75
— Railways. See Railways Station, Liverpool Street, Loudspeaker Installation at, 140
— power. See Power Stations
— Tube Railway, Surveys for Reconstruction of, 274*
Statistical Quality Control, Lectures on, 474 Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator Casing, Alternator, Arc Welded, 497* Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Consumption. See Coal Consumption
— Cycle, Regenerative, Thermodynamics of. 442*, 462*
— Engines. See Engines
— High-Pressure and Temperature, for Merchant Ships, 371, 393, 396, 433, 444, 459*, 478*, 484*, 505*
— Power, Future Possibilities of, 441*, 462*
— Pressures and Power Station Performance, 111
— Storage Accumulators, 283*. See LETTER, 294
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Supply and Locomotive Power, 318*, 338*, 358
— Turbines. See Turbines Steamers Constructed in 1943, 235
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines ; Titrbines ; Propellers
— Resistance of. See Ship Resistance
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships ; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steel, Alloy, Prevention of Hair-Line Cracks in, 295
— Carbon, Damping Capacity at Low Stresses, 234
— Castings for Stern Frames, 355. See 398*. See LETTER, 454
— Conduits, Electrical Continuity of, 44
— Corrosion.
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. ”
— Heat Treatment of. under Metallurgy
— Houses, Prevention of Corrosion in, 414
Steel, J. M., and Co., Ltd., ” Tempilstick,” Temperature-Indicating Crayons, 116
— Lead-Bearing, Investigation on, 18*
— Liquid, Measurement of Temperature, 424
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy.
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Pins for Aircraft Use, Specification, 508
— Production in Spain, 16
— Rails. See Rails
— Reinforcement for Copper Conductors, 352
— Sheet, Zinc-Coated, Production in United States, 296
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress ; Tests {Materials}
— Structural, High-Tensile (Fusion-Welding Quality), Specification, 48
— Structures, Post-War Study on, 472
— Supplies in United States, 105
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Works. See Works
— Wrought, for General Engineering Purposes, Specification, 468
Steering Gear for 140-ton Road Trailer, 388* “ Stellite,” Application to Worn Valve Seats, 240
Stencils for Etched Inscriptions, 290
Stern Frames, Ships’, Welded Construction of, 219*, 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454
Stevens Lecture on Production of Tars and Oils from Coal, 293, 373
Stockholm, Science Museum, 121* Stoke-on-Trent, Mitchell Memorial Fund, 453 Stokers, Mechanical for British Coals, 76 for Shell-Type Boilers, 437*
Use of Unfamiliar Fuels with, 305, 324 Stone Crusher, ” Monarch ” Double-Toggle (F. Parker, Ltd.), 466*
— for Millstones in Wind and Water Mills, 244 Stoner, Prof. E. C., on Magnetism in Theory and Practice, 353
Stoplog Dam, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 322*
Storage Accumulators, Steam, 283*. See LETTER, 294
— Containers for Refuse Specification, 88
Storage, Heat, and District Heating in London, 403*. See LETTERS, 475, 495
— of Micro-Films, Specification, 208
Stove, Heating, Swedish Domestic, 375*
Strain Measurement by Electrical Resistance Gauges, 335, 418*
— See also Stress Streets. See Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Stresses in Concrete Sleepers and in Sleeper Tracks 393
— in Shafts, Graphical Solution of, 361*
— in Shasta Dam, California, 42
— in Simple Trussed Beam, 34*. See LETTERS, 93, 174*, 274*
— Strain Diagram and Energy of Fracture, 421* Strikes. See Labour ; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Strip Theory of Screw Propeller, 276
Structural Analysis by Models, 191
— Engineers. Institution of. Election of
Members, 28, 208, 248, 368, 488
— and General Engineering in 1943, 255
— Sections, Aluminium-Alloy, Specification, 388
— Steel, High-Tensile (Fusion-Welding Quality), Specification, 48
Structures, Aids to Investigation of, 291
— Design of. Application of Experimental Fluid Dynamics to, 171, 178*
— Engineering, Analysis of (Review), 243
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete
— Steel, Post-War Study on, 472
Strut, Axially-Loaded, Vibration of, 493 Submarine Boats. See Warships
— Cables, Use of Gutta Percha and Balata in Manufacture, 296, 336
Substation Equipment in England, 454* Sulphur Prints of Ingot Irons containing Lead, 18*
— Recovery in Coal Processing, 157
Sulzberger, P. H., Effect of Temperature on Strength of Wood, 478. See Erratum, 489
Sulzer Oil Engine for Cargo Vessels, 472
Sump, Arc-Welded, for Diesel Oil Engine, 498*
Sun, Elements in, 413
Super-Regenerator Steam Plant, 463*
Supercavitating Screw Propellers, Working of, 335
Superheaters, Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 393, 396, 433, 444, 459*, 478*, 484*, 505*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of. Annual Luncheon, 213; Result of Branch-Papers Competition, 408 ; Statutory Wiring Regulations and Registration, by L. C. Penwill, 411 ; Circuit-Breaker Developments in Switzerland, by G. A. Meier, 432
Supply, Ministry of, and Munitions Production, 14, 54, 74, 94 ; 2-8-0 Type General-Service Locomotive, 338*, 358 ; Welding Training Centre, Portobello, 477
Surface Finish of Bearings, 372
Inspection by Interference Bands, 205* “ Grinding Machine. See Grinding under Machine Tools
Survey, Inland Water, Work of, 345. See 311, 377
— for Reconstruction of Tube Stations, 274* Susceptibility, Human, to Vibration, Tests, 61* Swarf, Recovery of Oil from, 187
Sweden, Copper Smelting in, 316
— Science Museum at Stockholm, 121*
— War-Time Technical Developments in, 53 Swedenborg, E., Specification for Aircraft, 122* Swedish Domestic Heating Stove, 375*
Swift, G., and Sons, Ltd., 15-in. Centre Tool- Testing Lathe, 486*
Swinden, Dr. T., on Rimming-Steel Ingot with 0-29 per Cent. Carbon, 425
Swinerton-McClure-Vinnel Co., Inter-American Highway, 341*, 381*
Swiss Circuit-Breaker Developments, 432
— Power Users’ Association, Report on Fuel
and Power in Switzerland, 157
Switch, Control, Pneumatic, for Air Compressor (Reavell and Co., Ltd.), 217
Switchgear, Circuit-Breakers, Air-Blast (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 105*
Breaker Developments in Switzerland, 432
Breakers, Gas-Blast, Researches on, 138
— Construction in 1943, 194
Switzerland, Circuit-Breaker Developments,432
— Fuel and Power in. Report, 157
Synthetic Insulating Materials, Properties, 482 Systems, Shop. See B’orA:s Management Szlumper, Major-Gen. G. S., on Post-War Transport, 73

TANKS, “ Beetle,” German, Remote-Controlled, 173
— Concrete, Wire-Wound (Preload Co.), 406*
— Wagon, United States Railway Wheels and
Drawgear for, 123*, 164*
Tars and Oils from Coal, Stevens Lecture, 293, 373
— Production and Coal Processing, 157 and its Derivatives, 185
Tariffs, Electricity Supply, 92
Tarring, B. B., on Post-War Engineering Training, 216
Tasmania, Hobart, Floating Concrete Bridge, 255, 275
Tavua Power Pty., Ltd., Operation of Oil Engines by, 272
Taxation and Engineering Industry, 75
Taylor, Dr. H. G., on Copper Conductors for Overhead Lines, 352
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Developments, War-Time, in Sweden, 53
— Literature, Presentation of, 512 _
— Societies.
INDEX
Technicians between,
— Missing, in Industrial Production (Review),
— Liquid-Steel, Measurement of, 424
— Measurement, Barrier-Layer Photo-Electric Cells for, 424
See also Pyrometry .
“ Tempilsticks ” J'emperature-Indicating Crayons, 116
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials'} I
Terms, Aeronautical, Glossary of, 8 i
Used in Telecommunications, Standard, ' Glossary, 128
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terrestrial Magnetism. See Magnetism Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Chemical and Physical, of Basic Open-Hearth Slags, 515
— Friction, of Pivot Bearings, 117*, 138*.
See Erratitm, 148
— of “ Kimolo ” Heat-Insulating Bricks, 475 Tests (Materials) :
Creep Tests of Copper-Nickcl-Silicon Alloy, 244
Damping Capacity in Light Alloys and Carbon Steel, 234
Heat-Dissipation Test of Worm Gearboxes, 78*, 97*. See LETTER, 175* Machinability Tests of Lead-Bearing Steel, 19
Shear Test Pieces, Aluminium-Alloy Spot Welds, Specification, 68
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests of Steel, Energy to Fracture in, 421*
Tests, Model. See Model
— Pieces, Aluminium-Alloy Spot Welds, Specification. 68
— Spectroscopic, for Metals in the Stars, 413 — of United States Railway Drawgear, 164* Testing Fans. Transparent Plastic Wind Tunnel for (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 247*
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Machine for Pivot Bearings, 119*, 139*. See Erratum, 148
— See also Tests {Materials} Text Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile Machinery Industry in 1943, 155 ^-Function, Probability-Integral of, 355* Thermal Efficiencies of Combustion Turbines, 181*, 221*
of Electric Power Stations, 111 of Steam Power Plant, 441*. 462* — Performance of Open-Hearth Correlation of Data, 415
— Rating of Worm Gearboxes, 78*, LETTER 175*
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat under Metallurgy
“ Thermobloc ” Recuperator for Fuel-Fired Furnaces (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 366*
Thermocouple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics of Steam Power, 441*, 462* Thermoplastic Materials for Insulation of Cables, 132
Thomas, Dr. F. G.. Experiments on Concrete Sleepers, 393
Thompson, E., Locomotive Conversions, 28, 468*; Locomotive Construction, 1943, 215 ; Rapid Locomotive Repairs, Rebuilt 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, Locomotive Examination Tunnel, Performance of Pacific Class Al motives, 339* ; Locomotive Boiler Repair Shop, Gorton Works, 345*. See Erratum, 368, 428
Thornton, B. M., on High Dew-Point Temperatures in Boiler Flue (rases, 195 ; on Mechanical Stokers for Shell-Type Boilers, 437*
Thornton, Prof. W. M., the Late, 376
Thorpe, S. H., on Printing from Radiograph Negatives, 241*
Threads, Screw. See Screw Tlirust of Propellers. See Propellers “ Thunderer,” H.M. Battleship, 1876, Boiler of, 481*
Tiles, Heat-Resisting, for Furnace Hearths (Incandescent Heat Co,, Ltd.), 45.5
Timber Bridges, Inter-American Highway, 303*, 342*, 381*
Time Intervals, Short, Apparatus for Measuring (R. K. Dundas, Ltd.), 445*
Tin Alloys, See Alloys under Metallurgy — Coatings, Determination of Thickness of, 128 — Mining, Cornish, Post-War Reconstruction. Report on, 273
— Plate Processes, Ltd., Joint Research Organisation on Tin-Plate, 308 Production in United States, 296 — Research Institute, Determination of Thickness of Tin Coatings, 128
Tizard, Sir H., Award of Albert Medal to, 453 Tolerances in Machine Work. Tools, Machine. — Pneumatic. Toothed Gear. Torque Meters.
'I’ractive h’orce of Locomotives, (’alciilation of, 318*. 338*. 358
'Praetors, Agricultural, Use of, 134
Trade, British, with South America, 225, 499
— Disputes. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electrical Machinery in 1943, 193
— Exhibition. See L'xhibitian
— Iron, Black-Country, Historj’ of, 65, 84, 104
— Motor Vehicle, 114
— North American, 25
— Post-War. See Post-yVar
— South American, 45, 165, 315, 425, 499
— Spanish Iron and Steel, 16
— Union Congress, Pamphlet on Engineering Industry, 15
See also Labour : PARAGRAPH INDEX
— World, and British Shipping, 156 Traffic-Control System, London and North Eastern Railway, 245
— War-Time, on British Railways, 231
Trailer, Road, 140-ton, with Lifting Platform (Cranes (Dereham), Ltd.), 385*
Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Transformers, Construction in 1943, 194
— Economic Rating of, 51
— Station, Wrought-Iron ’Bus-Bars for, 127*
— 30,00()-kVA Three-Winding (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 187*
Transmission, Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear ; Gearing ; Marine Pro
pulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Power
Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— in Argentina and Brazil, 315
— Institute of. Election of Members, 8, 128, 208, 308, 408 ; Silver Jubilee Celebrations Programme, 429
— Motor. See Road
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trench Excavating Machine, Oil-Driven (J. Allen and Sons (Oxford), Ltd.), 407*
Trevithick, Capt. R. E., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 484*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Trials. See Tests
Triple-Expansion Engines. See Engines, Steam Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Trunnion Pins, Aircraft Landing Gear, Upset Forging in Welding Machine, 517
Truss, Cast-Iron and Wrought Iron, of Old Iron Bridge, Reading Railroad Co., U.S.A., 513
Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd., Thread-Milling Machine, 107*
Tubes, Boiler, Corrosion of, 154. See LETTER, 254
— Cathode-Ray, Standard Code of Practice for Use of, 48
— Manufacture in Black Country, 104
— Railways. See Vndergroxmd Railways
— See also Pipes
“ Tudor ” Aeroplane for Post-War Civil Aviation, 53
Tug, Welded and Fabricated, 199*, 218* Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Mining, Cornish, Post-War Reconstruction, Report on, 273
Tunnel for Locomotive Examination, London and North Eastern Railway, 246*
Tunnelling at Shasta Dam, California, 1*
Tuplin, Dr. W. A., on Locomotive Testing, 395. See 333, 353. See LETTERS, 454, 495
Turbines, Combustion, Efficiencies and Outputs of, 34, 181*, 221*. See LETTER, 254
— Gas, for Aircraft Propulsion, 431
— Hydraulic, Canadian Installations of, 452 Invention of Pelton Wheel. 273 See also Power Plant
— Steam, Blading for. See Blading
Construction in 1943, 193
Exhaust, for Post-War Cargo Vessels, 471 Impulse-Type, for 500-kW Transportable Generator Set, 247*
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propxdsion Possible Developments of, 441*. 462* Theory and Practice (Review), 303 Welded Casing for, 498*, 517* Welded Condenser Shells, 518* See also Turbo-Generators
Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generators, Construction in 1943, 193 Set, 500-kW Transportable (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 247*
Turnbull, J., on Repairs to Welded Ships, 335 Turner, T. H., on Corrosion of Boiler Tubes, 254. See LETTER, 154
“ Tyjdioon ” Single-Seater Fighter Aeroplane, 66*
Tyres, Railway-Carriage, Riding and Wearing of, 38*, 57*

UNDERFRAME for Lightweight Luggage Van, Southern Railway, 306*
Underground Railways, Surveys for Reconstruction of Tube Stations, 274*
See also London Passenger Transport
— Water Supply, in Great Britain, Geological Influences on. 377
Unions, Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes • PARAGRAPH INDEX '
“ Unisaw ” Metal-Cutting Bandsaw (J. Sagar and Co., Ltd.), 405*
United Nations, Collaboration between, 74 Standards Co-ordinating Committee Formation of, 493
— States Army Amphibious Vehicles, 36* -Army Corps of Engineers, MacArthur Lock at Sault St. Marie, 321*
Bonneville Power Administration, Wrought-Iron ’Bus-Bars, 127*
Bureau of Mines, Production of I,ow- Sulphur Sponge Iron, 127
Reclamation, Shasta Dam, California, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
and Canada, Paper Production in, 25
United States Chemical Industry. High Vacuum Developments in, 113
and Civil Aviation, 293
Dock Construction in, 25
Engineering Notes from, 25, 105, 295, 445 Flow-Control Weir at Niagara Falls, 261* Inter-American Highway. 301*, 341*. 381 *
Magnesium-Alloy Technology, 257*, 278* Munitions Production, 74, 94
National Museum, Annual Report, 513
Oil Pipe Lines in, 25
Oil Transport in, 25
Railways, Locomotives and Rolling Stock on, 85, 115
Railway Wheels and Drawgear, Reports on, 123*, 164*
Railways. See also Jia-ilway^
Rubber Development Corporation, Activities of, 295
Shasta Dam on Sacramento River, 1*, 41*, 81*, 141*
Shipbuilding in 1943, 235
Shipping and Shipbuilding, 156
Trade with South America, 499
Universities and Chemical Engineering, 365
War-Time Machine-Tool Industry, 445 Wind-Driven Electric Generator, Grandpa’s Knob, Operating Data, 148
See also America
University Courses in Chemical Engineering, 313, 365
.— Graduates in Shipbuilding Industry, Hawkes Committee Report on, 511
— Leeds. Coal-Gas and Fuel Research at, 216
— Matriculation Examinations, Place of Mathematics, 232. See 203. 224. See LETTER, 294
— and Scientific Research, 365
— Sheffield, Proposed Hatfield Memorial Lecture, 269, 328
— See also Education
Upset Forging of Aircraft Part in Welding Machine, 517
Uruguay, Engineering Notes from, 166, 315, 500 “ Utility ” Mechanical Stoker for Shell-Type Boilers, 440*

VACATION work for College Students, 33.112. See LETTER, 334
Vacua. High, Gauge for (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 357
Vacuum Developments. United States Chemical Industry, 113
— Pump. See Pump
Valve Seats, Worn, of Petrol Engines, Repair by “ Stellite,” 240
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
Van, Luggage, Lightweight, Four-Wheeled, Southern Railway, 306*
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vatukoula, Fiji, Operation of Oil-Engine Plant at, 272
Vehicles, Amphibious, United States Army, 36* Ventilating Engineering, Borough Polytechnic Courses in, 333
— and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Viaduct. See Bridges
Vibration, Human Susceptibility to, 61*
— Mechanical, Cause and Prevention, 493
— and Noise in Air-Conditioning
Reduction of. 502*
Vice. See Machine Tools
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. (Aircraft “ Warwick ” Transport Aircraft,
Viscous Materials, Spraying Gun for (B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.), 226*
Vivian, Dr. A. C., on Fracture : Its Energy Distribution and Specific Energy, 421*
Vortex Theory of Screw Propeller, 276
Vowles, H. P., on A Middle-Eastern Commentary, 154,196. See LETTERS, 114,135,175

WAGES. See Labour : PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wagons, Tank, United States Railways, Wheels and Drawgear for, 123*, 164*
— Well, 2()-ton, Cast-Steel, Southern Railway 426*
Walker, Dr. H., on Thermal Rating of Worm Gearboxes, 78*, 97*. See LETTER, 175*
Wall, Concrete, MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, 322*
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Developments in Insulating Materials, 482*
Walton, .1., on Draughtsman and His Status, 394. See 351. See LETTERS, 355, 394, 434
War, Allied Landing in France, 451
— and Engineering Industries, 14, 54, 74 94 114, 134, 155, 174, 193, 214, 235, 255. See Erratum, 228
— Effort, Research in Relation to, 233. See Erratum, 314
— at Sea, Progress of, 193
— Time, Chemical Engineering in, 93
Naval Construction, 334
Rail and Road Transport, Report, 251
Railroad Equipment in, 85, 115
Technical Developments in Sweden, 53
Traffic on British Railways, 231
— Transport, Ministry of, Report on Locomotive-Boiler Explosion, 113; Report on Ilford Collision, 273
— see also Post-War
Warfare, Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
Warrant to Fjag Rank, History of Naval En- See
Warships continued
U.M. Human TorpedocH, Action by, 313 Naval (’oiistruction in 1943, 14, 235, 2.><i in War-Time, 334
— Engineering Praneli, HiHtory of, 03 , 303*. 343, 303*
Submarines, Enemy, War Against, 23.) War at Sea, Progress of, 193
Wireless Telegraphy in Royal Navy, Progress in, 374
See also Naval in PAHAORAPH INDEX
Warwick, W. C., on Post-War Merchant Ships, 335
“Warwick ” Vickers Transport Aircraft, 248
Waste-Heat Boilers for Steelworks, “ Sinuflo,” 450*
Water-Ohlorination Plant, Inter-American Highway Construction, 342*
— Pittings, Hot-Pressed, Alloys for, 474. See
Erratum; 483
Friction. See Friction ; Ship Resistance
— Heaters. See reerf-lPfl/er Heaters
— Mills, Millstones in, 244
Pipes, Pre-Stressed Concrete (Lock-Joint Pipe Co.), 250
— Policy, National, and the Government, 311, 344, 377
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant ;
Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Spray for Cooling Firebars, 439
— Supply in Great Britain, Geological Influences on, 377
National, White Paper on, 311
See also Irrigation
— Survey, Inland, Work of, 345. See 311, 377
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler.
— Turbines.
Plant
Waterways.
Waterworks.
GRAPH INDEX
Watt, James, and Industrial Revolution (Review), 384
Wave-Making Resistance of Ships. Resistance
Wear in Engines of Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 378*, 457
— in Oil Engines at Vatukoula, Fiji,
— and Riding of Railway-Carriage Tyres, 38*, 57*
Weed Destruction, Borax for, 295
Weir, Plow-Control, at Niagara Falls, 261*
Weirton Steel Co., Production of Zinc-f’oated Sheets, 296
Welds, Spot, Aluminium-Alloy, Test Pieces for, Specification, 68
Welded Boiler Drum, Measurement of Strains in, 420*
I — Ships, Repairs to, 335
Welding Developments in British Shipbuilding, 198*, 218*, 398*. See LETTERS, 355, 454
— Electric-Arc and Oxy-Acetylene, Railway
Track Maintenance by, 270
in Shipbuilding (Review), 24
— Fusion, Quality, High-Tensile Steel, Specification, 48
— Institute of, Establishment of Sir W. J.
Larke Medal, 147 ; Annual Report, 513 ; North Eastern Branch : Welding and Production, by J. Henderson, 497*, 517*
— Machine, Spot, for Light Alloys Philips
Industrial (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 47*
Upset Forging of Aircraft Landing Gear Trunnion Pins in, 517
— Plant and Equipment for Shipbuilding, 199
— and Production, 497*, 517*
— Projection, Advantages of, 519
— Resistance, Advantages of, 519
— Research Council, Appointment of Main Co-ordinating Committees, 513
— in Shipbuilding, 236
— Society, American, Brochure on Spot and Seam Welding Practice, 196
— Spot and Seam Practice, Brochure on, 196
— Training Centre, Portobello, 477
— of United States Railway Couplings, 164 Wheels and Drawgear, United States Railway,
Reports on, 123*, 164*
— Gear. See Gears ; Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Railway, Riding and Wearing of, Tests on, 38*, 57*
Whitehead, H. C., the Late, 376
Whittle, Group Capt. F., Invention of Jet-Propelled Aircraft, 31 ; Award of Ewing Medal to, 369
Wigley, W. C. S., on Calculated and Measured Wave Resistances, 335
Wilkinson, F. G., the Ijate, 394
Williams, G. E.. on Presentation of Technical Literature, 512
Williams, H., H.M. Chief Inspector of Machinery Afloat, Career of. 364*
Wind-Power Electric Generating Plant, Grandpa’s Knob, United States Operating Results, 148
— Tunnel. See Aeronauiics
Winding Machine, Wire, for Wire-Wound Concrete Tanks, 406*
Windmills, Millstones in, 244
Wire, Copper, Enamelled, Specification, 248
— Fine, Substitutes for Silk Insulation, 263,
281*
— Ropeway, Construction of Flow-Control
Weir, Niagara Falls. 261*
Shasta Dam, California, 141*
— Strand, Steel, for Railway Signalling Purposes, Specification, 8
Wiring, Electrical, for Buildings, Regulations for, 212
Regulations and Registration, 411
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wolfram Mining, Cornish, Post-War Reconstruction, Report on, 273
Wood Dust, Use in Moulding Sands, Report, 16
— Effect of Temperature on Strength of, 478.
See Erratum, 489
Wool-Winding Machine of Sir M. I. Brunel, 347*
Woolwich Dockyard, Engineering Buildings, 65*
Naval Engineering at, 63*
— Research Department. See Armament Research Department
Women Workers. See Labour
Worcestershire Iron Trade, History, 65, 84, 104 Work, the Future of British Industry, Conservative Sub-Committee on Industry Report, 11
Workmen. See Labour

Works ;

Engineering Works, Women.
Gas Works.
Optical Workshop Principles (Review), 504 Steelworks, “ Sinuflo ” Waste-Heat Boilers for (Cochran and Co.. Annan, Ltd.), 456*
Works Management, Capacity Offices of Ministry of Production, 226
Works Management, Co-operation in, 14
Drawing-Office Organisation, British Standard Booklet on, 392
Drawing-Office Practice, Specification, 208
Modern Production Technique, 133
New Foremanship (Review), 44
Office Aid to Factory, Booklet on, 188
Statistical Quality Control, Lectures on, 474
Technician, Missing, in Industrial Production (Review), 262
Training for Management, Discussion, 173 Works Relation Centre, London, Opening of, 253
Works Suggestion Scheme, 395
— Ministry of, Emergency Factory-Made House, 353, 454 : Report on House Construction, 391 ; Reports on Gas Installations, Steel Structures and Reinforced Concrete Structures, 472 ; Report on Use of Standards in Building, 472
Works Relation Centre, London, Opening of, 253
Workshop Training. See Education
— See IForA'.s; Machine Tools
World’s Merchant Shipping, 1939, 235
Worm Gear. See Gear ; Gearing
Wright Brothers Lecture on Research for Aeronautics. 358*, 384, 417*
— Wilbur, Memorial Lecture on Power Plant, Past and Future, 431
Wrought Iron. See Iron

X-RAY Analysis, Sir L. Bragin’s Work on. 365
Analysis, Structure of Metals and Alloys, 234, 243
Examination of Ingot Iron Containing Lead, 19
Examination of Materials, Method of
Printing from Radiograph Negatives, 241 ? Research on Crystals, 95*

YARNS for Insulation of Fine Wires, 263, 281* Yarrow, Alfred, Educational Fund of Institution of Civil Engineers, 205
Yarrow, Sir H. E., on Water-Tube Boilers for Merchant Ships, 505*. See 371, 393, 433, 444
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yukon Territory, Oil Pipeline in, 295

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metalluray
— Coated Steel-Sheet, Production in United States, 296

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