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A.1. WELDING CO., LTD., Flash Butt-Welding Machine for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 483* 504*. See Errata, 507
Academies of Sciences, Danish and Norwegian, Visits of Prof. A. V. Hill to, 513
Accelerations, Rapid, Response of Elastically- Mounted Bodies to, 321*

Accidents :

Accidents with Power Presses, Prevention of, 471
Failures of Cable Sealing Ends, 92 Railway Collision at Esher, Report, 413 Romford, Report, 253 — Derailment, Wood Green, Report, 373 Acetylene Welding. See Welding Acidity, Apparatus for Measuring pH Valie, 502
Ackerley, R. O., on Design of Electric Lighting Installations, 352
Acme and Buttress Screw Thread Standards, Case for Unification, 511. See 65
— Screw Threads, Standardisation of, 65. See 511
Acoustics, Sound Insulation, Study on, 12. See LETTER, 214
Activated Alumina, for Drying Air and Gases, 517
Adam, W. G., on Tar Distillation Industry, 373
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Adelaide House, London Bridge, Vitration during Pile Driving, 25
Adhesives, Synthetic-Resin, for Wood, Specification, 268
Admiralty Rubber Hardness-Testing letter, 405*
— See also Warships
Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aeronautical Society, Royal, Foundation of British Empire Lecture, 67; Issue of Journal in New Form, 93 ; Importance of Aeroplane Power-Unit Development, by Air Commodore F. R. Banks, 193, 515 ; Aeroplane Wheels and Brakes, by J. Wright, 224 ; Electrics for Aircraft, by C. G. A. Woodford, 411 ; Wilbur Wright Lecture, on Aviation’s Place in Civilisation, by Dr. T. P. Wright, 451; Proposed Formation of Peterborough Branch, 502

Aeronautics :

Aerodromes, Airport Engineering (Review), 263
— British, ** Fido ” Fog-Dispersal Equipment, 473
Aerodynamics, Elementary, Complete Course in (Review), 203
Aeronautical Engineering at Bristol University, Sir G. White Professorship, 233,
— Equipment Exhibition, Miles Aircraft', Ltd., 455
— Research in Australia, 304
Aeroplane “ Aerovan,” (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
— Bombing, ” Halifax,” Statistics of Manufacture of, 253
“Halifax,” Converted for Civil Transport, 518
— for Civil Aviation, 94
— Fighter, ” Airacomet ” Jet-Propelled (Bell Aircraft Co.), 97*
Hawker ” Tempest,” 193
Night, ” Black Widow ” P 61 (Northrop Aircraft, Inc.), 206*
— ” Hermes ” for Civil Transport, 518
— Jet-Propelled, Types of Engines, 97*, 193, 508, 515
— ” Messenger ” (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
— ” Mosquito ” Rocket-Firing (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 127*
— Night Fighter, ” Black Widow ” P 61 (Northrop Aircraft, Inc.), 206*
— Passenger, ” Viking ” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 435
— Power-Unit Development, 515
” Aerovan ” Aeroplane (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
Air Ministry, Hydrogen Manufacture for Balloon Barrage, 25*. See Errata, 108
— Raid Damage, Central Electricity Board, Civil Defence Fund, 153
Damage on Southern Railway, Repair Work, 281*, 341*, 421*, 481*
— Transport, British, Government Policy on, 213, 231
and British Railways, 232
India-China, 36
in United States, Statistics, 245
” Airacomet ” Jet-Propelled Aircraft, 97*
Aircraft Built During War Years, 75, 94, 513
— Carrier, H.M.S. ” Leviathan,” Launch of, 489
— Construction, Reinforced Plastics for, 107*
Aircraft Electrical Equipment for, 411
— Exhibition in London, 513
— Gyro-Magnetic Compass for (Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.), 406*
— Production in United States, Statistics, 246 during War, 75, 94, 513
— Steels, Testing Procedure for. Specification, 288
Airport Engineering (Review), 263 Atlantic Bridge, Operations of Transport Command, R.A.F. (Review), 184
Aviation Fuel, Performance-Scale Grading Method, 515
— Place in Civilisation, 451
Balloon Barrage, Hydrogen Manufacture for, 25*. See Errata, 108
— Fabrica, Katharometer for Measuring Permeability of, 501*
Black Widow ” P61 Night Fighter Aircraft, 206*
Brakes, Aeroplane, Design of, 224
Civil Aircraft, “ Halifax ” Converted Bomber and “ Hermes,” 518
— Aviation in North America, 376 Post-War Government Policy, 95, 213, 231
Projects in United States, 455
Engine, Aeroplane, Effect of Surface Finish on Components of, 277* Gas Turbine, 97*, 193, 508, 515 Goblin ” Gas Turbine, for Jet Propulsion, 508
Start' • nd Magnetos for, Testing Equip for (City Electrical Co., Ltd.), : 6
Turbii-e-Jet and Turbine-Propeller, Relative Merits, 515
— Petrol, Aeroplane, Air-Cooled and Liquid-Cooled, Relative Merits, 515 Aeroplane, Bristol “ Hercules,” 1,675 b.h.p., 435
Aeroplane, and Flight (Review), 324 Aeroplane, Improvement of Fuel Distribution, 515
Aeroplane, Sleeve-Valve and Poppet- Valve Types, Relative Merits, 515
“ Fido ” Fog-Dispersal Equipment for Aerodromes, 473
Flight and Engines (Review), 324
Flying Boat for Civil Transport (Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd.), 340
“ Shetland ” (Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd.), 395*
Terminal Facilities for (Saunders, Roe, Ltd.), 424
Fog Dispersal Equipment for Aerodromes, 473 ?
** Goblin ” Gas Turbine for Jet Propulsion, 508
“ Halifax ” Bomber Converted for Civil Use (Handley Page, Ltd.), 518
—. — Statistics of Manufacture, 253
“ Hercules,” Bristol, Aero Engine, 1,675 b.h.p., 14-cylinder, 435
“ Hermes ” Passenger Air Liner (Handley Page, Ltd.), 518
Jet-Propulsion of Aircraft, Types of Engines, 97*, 193, 508, 515
“ Messenger ” Aeroplane (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
“ Mosquito ” Rocket-Firing Aircraft, 127* Royal Air Force, Bomber Command Operations in 1944, 33
Force Transport Command Operations (Atlantic Bridge) (Review), 184
” Shetland ” Flying Boat, 395*
“ Tempest,” Hawker, Fighter Aeroplane, 193
United States Aircraft Mission to Great Britain, 36
“ Viking ” Vickers-Armstrongs Passenger Aircraft, 435
Wheels, Aeroplane, Design of, 224 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
” Aerovan ” Aeroplane (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
Aesthetic Aspect of Civil-Engineering Design, 412
Age, Average, of Engineers (1862-1942), 254
Aggregates, Concrete, Specification, 208
Agricultural Drain Pipes, Specification, 128
— Industry, Research and Co-operation in.
Engineering Industries Association, 113
— Machinery Industry in 1944, 294
— Motors. See Tractors
— Research in Australia, 344
— Sciences, Inter-American Institute of, and Rubber-Growing Industry, 172.
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture. See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Air, Compressed. See Compressed Air
— Conditioning in Warships, 375, 394 —- Drying by Activated Atilmina, 517
Air Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Gaps, Recording Electric-Discharge Paths in, 383*
— Heaters, Ballylumford Power Station, 325
— Ministry. See Aeronautics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric Pollution
— Raids. See Aeronaidics
“ Airacomet ” Jet-Propelled Fighter Aircraft, 97*
Airbricks and Gratings, Specification, 428 Aircraft. See Aeronautics
— Carriers. See
Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 1*
Alcomax II ’* Magnet Alloy, Properties, 403 “ Algerian,” H.M. Pipe-Laying Ship, 464*. See Errata, 507
Alkalinity, Apparatus for Measuring pH Value, 502
Allan, J. F., on Stabilisation of Ships by Activated Fins, 434
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Two-Stroke Blower-Scavenged Diesel Engine, 27*
Allied Control Commission for Germany, Appointments, 273
Allott, C. S., and Son, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*, 347*
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alt River, Lancashire, Control of, 164 Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials) Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Tiirbo Generators
Alumina, Activated, for Drying Air and Gases, 517
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Aluminium Company of Canada, Ltd., Ship- shaw Plant, Arvida, Quebec, 456
— Development Association, Formation of, 335 ; Aluminium Exhibition, London, 342, 433, 473 ; Inaugural Luncheon, 409
— Manufacture in Canada, Power Supply for, 212
— Temporary House, 473
— See also Metallurgy
America, Tropical, Rubber Cultivation in, 172
— See also North America: South America;
United States; Central America; Latin America
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. See Mining
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— See also United States Ammeter. See Meter under Electric Ammonium Compounds, Fire Extinguishing Properties, 458*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
Analysis, Chemical, of Solutions, by Polarograph,502*
— and Sampling of Coal, 85*
— of Steel, Modern Methods, 165
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metal- lurgy
Annual Publications. See LITERATURE INDEX
— and Reference Books, 40, 68, 160, 200, 220, 260, 300. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anti-Friction Metals. See Alloys under AfeZaZ- Zurg/z
Apparatus, Scientific, Fifty Years of Manufacture, 361*, 401*, 461*, 501*
Appleton, Sir E., on Scientific Principles of Radiolocation, 353
Appleyard, Maj.-Gen. K. C., on Post-War Engineering Prospects, 36
Appointments Department, Ministry of Labour and National Service, Future of, 31, 53. See Addendum, 49
—-: See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Apprenticeship. See Education
Aic. See Welding
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Argentina, Engineering Notes from, 57, 125, 224, 305, 385, 477
— Water Supply in, 69
Armament Research Department, Investigation on Centrifugal Casting of Steel, 197*
— Stores, Research on, 491
Armoured Ships. See Warships. AlsoVamZin PARAGRAPH INDEX I
Armstrong, H. C., on Improvements in Use of Fuels, 105, 125
Army Signals Equipment and Training, 298, 305
— Tanks, Pronged Fenders for, 416
and Vehicles, Production during War, 114
— Temporary Steel Structures for, 166* Arromanches Harbour, Release of Information on, 11
! Arterial Roads. See Eoads
Arts, Royal Society of, Mann Juvenile Lecture on Ship Salvage, by G. R. Critchley, 53 Arvida, Quebec, Shipshaw Aluminium Plant, 456
Ash, J., and Co., Thames Shipyard of, 98*
— Handling Plant, Ballylumford Power Station, 326
Ash-Handling Plant, Earley Power Station,185* Associations, Engineering. See Institutions Astronomical Instruments, Early, Whipple
Collection of, 161*. See LETTER, 294
Atkinson, L. S., on Modern Electric Lift Practice, 192. See LETTER, 234
Atlantic Bridge, Operations of Transport Command, R.A.F. (Review), 184
Atmospheric Pollution, Annual Report on, 373 Coal in Relation to, 273
Atomic Numbers of Metals, Relation with Modulus of Elasticity, 503*
Australia, Scientific and Industrial Research Council, Annual Report, 303, 344, 363
Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Stokers. See Stolcers
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., Gyro-Magnetic Compass for Aircraft, 406* Automobile Engineers, Institution of. Report on Research on Wedge-Drawing Test, by E. M. Loxley and Prof. H. W. Swift, 38*, 77*, 136* ; Petrol or Diesel ? by Comdr. C. W. Chapman, 153 ; Annual Luncheon, 393 ; Work of Research Department, 493
— See Motor Cars
Avery, W. and T., Ltd., Self-Indicating Torsion Testing Machines, 267*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Ayre, Sir A. L., on Merchant Shipbuilding during the War, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*. See 312, 374

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Ash-Handling Plant, Earley Power Station, 185* ; Boilers for Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
Baily, Prof. F. G., the Late, 174
Ball-Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Balloons. See Aeronautics
Ballylumford Power Station, Northern Ireland, 325*, 347*
Banks, Air Commodore F. R., on Gas Turbines, 193 ; on Aeroplane Power-Unit Development, 515
Banner, Capt. E. H. W., on Recording Electric- Discharge Paths in Air-Gaps, 383*
Barges, Thames, Experiments with, 454
— Wooden, for Oil Transport, in United States, 145
Barnes Drill Co., Magnestic Separator for Fine Swarf in Grinding Machines, 6
Barr, W., on Physical Control Methods in Steel Industry, 104, 165
Barrage Balloons. See Balloons under Aeronautics
— Severn, Report on, 171
Basins, Lavatory, Ceramic, Specification, 368
Battersea Power Station, Experiments on Expanded Boiler-Tube Joints, 253, 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356 Battleships. See Warships
Baty, J. E., on Acme and Buttress Threads, 511 Bay of Fundy Tidal-Power Scheme, 392
Beams, Fixed at Both Ends, Moving Loads on, 74
— Flexure of, Misconceptions in Theory of Elasticity, 414
Bearings, Effect of Surface Finish on, 216
— Locomotive Journal, Lapping Machine for, 299*
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Plain, Effect of Oil Grooves in, 53, 54, 158*, 178*
— Thrust, Fluid Film Lubrication in, 53, 54, 138*
Bechtel, Price and Callahan, Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 1*
Bell Aircraft Co., “ Airacomet ’* Jet-Propelled Aeroplane, 97*
Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Rolls, Plate. See Machine Tools Bengough, Dr. G. D., the Late, 74
Bennett, T?. P., on Engineering Production in Relation to Building Industry, 413
Bentham, Sir S., Introduction of Mechanical Engineering in Dockyards, 97
Bergius Process of Hydrogenation, 5
Bessemer Medal, Award to H. Wright, 293
Bethell, Commdr. P., on Development of Torpedoes, 403*, 442*
Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for Far East, 489
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
Bilge Strakes, Ship’s, Fashioning by Heating, 67*
“ Bilton-Scratchley Router ” (S. Wolf and Co., Ltd.), 106*
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Bird, Major T. G., the Late, 388
Birkenhead and Merseyside Plan, 191
Birlec, Ltd., Activated-Alumina Air-Drying Equipment, 517
Birmingham, British Foundry School, Pro- Tii l^eopening of, 453
Birthday Honours List, 493 pl«”"
'O’
Bridge, Southern Itailway, J- Bepairs to, 421*
^“‘^bine 187**"®’ Steam Tur-
Pressme"
LETTER?435^'’
^^"'*328 Specification,
ZZ wnnH Y?’’ Banels, Specification, 308
Vood, for Floors, Specification, 128 Water Gas, for Hydrogen
Manufacture, 26*. See iVrato, 108 «-ernment
Aeronautics SxLbmanne. See B’arsAws "" Besponse to
Rapid Accelerations, 321* ^^^^^Sta?ro*ir325* Ballylumford Power
Coverings. See Heat Insulation
Drums, Expanded Tube Joints in. Experiments on, 253. 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356
Teed Pump. See Pump
Softening. See ii’a^er Softening
— Furnaces. See .S'ioA-er
Use of Fuel in, 105. 125
— Planet for Mobile Electric Power Stations, ~~ Automatic Control of, 494
— Standardised Fuel for, 91 Mater-Tube, Earley Power Station, 185
— 7" S.M. Ships, in 1907, 262
bee also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Self-Locking, Shock-Absorbing, 516*
Bomb Damage Repairs, Central Electricity Board Civil Defence Fund, 153 B®pairs on Southern Railway 281* 341* 421*, 481* ’ ’
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronaubcs
16, 87, 240, 316, 395, 438. 487. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 8, 28, 48, 68. 88, 108, 128, 148 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 508 •Rz^ • '^’hippie Collection of, 223
Boring Machine. See j^lachine Tools Bowen Trust i^izes for Employees of Scientific Manufacturers’ Association,346 of Drawing Quartz ^61; Radiomicrometer, 461*
Boys, G. V., the Late, 234 from, 57, 125, 224 305, 385, 477 ’
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Refractory Bridge, Blackfriars Road, Southern Railway Bomb Damage Repairs to, 421*
— George V, Glasgow, Design of, 412
— Grudie Hydro-Electric Scheme, 37.3
— Karun, Iran, 160
Bowdon, Adelaide House, Vibration during Pile Driving, 25
— Pocock Street, Southern Railway, Bomb
Damage Repairs to, 481*
Southwark-Street, Southern Railway, Bomb Damage Repairs to, 341*
— Suspension, Hungerford, Centenary of, 333
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Founding of Sir G. Mhite Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at Bristol University, 233; “ Hercules Engine for Vickers “ Viking ” Aeroplane, 435
— University, Founding of Chair of Aero
nautical Engineering, 233
Ship, History of, LETTER, 254*
British Air Transport, Government Policy on, 213, 231
— Chemical Manufacturers, Association of
Future of Lime-Soda Water Softening, by W. F. Gerrard. 176; Efficient Production and Utilisation of Fuel Gases ri Fnibling and H. Truman. 285
Utilisation Research Association, Gas Producer for Industrial Plants, 7* ; Stand- ' Cummings and F. F. Ridley, 91 ®
— Columbia, Electricity Supply in, 212 77 Froposed Road Construction in. 245 —' Commercial Gas Association and Organisation of Gas Industry, 73
Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44 • Luncheon, 133; Annual Report, 147 ’ Publication on Co-Operative Electrical Research, 272 ; Report on Standing-Cost Allocation in Electricity Supply, 324, 332 336* ; Report on Method of Classifying Electricity-Supply Cost, 447
British Railways. See liailwa^s
— Refrigeration Association, Formation of, 153
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbidlding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Steel Industry, Future of, 145, 204
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Production in 1944, 175, 194
— JTade. See Trade
— Welding Research Association, Formation of, 513
Browett-Lindley, Ltd., 3-8 h.p. and 6-1 h.p. Single-Cylinder Petrol Engines, 296*
Brown, D., Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Bench Micrometer for Involute Gear Teeth, 46* ; “ Topograph ” Surface-Finish Measuring Instrument, 427*
Bryan, J., on Chemicals in Water Solution for Fire Extinction, 457*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
Biichi System of Pressure Charging for Oil Engines, 126
Bude, Cornwall, Water Supply at, 164
Building Blcoks, Hollow Clay, Specification, 328
— Construction. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Design, Code for Loading in, 108
— Electric Lifts for, 192. See LETTER, 234 Lighting Installations for. Design of, 352
— Industry, Engineering Production in Relation to, 413
— and Land Requisitioned during War, Government Report on, 233
— Noise Prevention in, 12. See LETTER, 214
— Programme and Engineering Industry, Report, 213
— Sands, Specification, 208
— Studies, Post-War, Ministry of Works, Sound Insulation and Acoustics, 12. See LETTER,214
Bureau of Mines. See United States
Burners, Gas, Non-Aerated (South Metropolitan Gas Co.), 167*
Bursaries, State, in Science, Regulations, 418 Bushnell, D., Work on Torpedo, 404
Buttress and Acme Screw-Thread Standards, Case for Unification, 511. See 85
— Screw Threads, Standisation of, 85. See 511

CABLES. See Electric
Cadmium Electrode Position for Salvage of Engineering Parts, 398
Calcium Chloride, Fire-Extinguishing Properties of, 458*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
California, Sacramento Biver, Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 121*, 201*. 241*
Caliper-Type Size-Indicating Gauge (Indi- Gauge (Great Britain), Ltd.,) 156*.
Callendar, Prof. H. L., Temperature Beeroder, 363*, 401
Callender’s Cable and Construction Co., Ltd., “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 425*, 444*, 464*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Fifty Years’ Work of, 361*, 401*, 461*, 501*
— University, Whipple Collection of Instruments and Books, 161*, 223. See LETTER, 294 ; Summer School in X-Bay Crystallography, 429
Canada, Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 1*
— Canol Oil Pipeline, Future of, 455
— Engineering Notes from. 36, 245, 455
— Power Supply Position in, 212
— Shipbuilding in, Statistics on, 51, 355
— Standardisation of Screw Threads in, 65, 85 Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Bepairing
Association, Statistics on Canadian Shipbuilding, 51. See 355
Canal Transport in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Canol Oil Pipeline, Canada, Future of, 455 Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
Carbide, Cemented, Hardness and Wear Resistance, 503*
Cardiograph, Electro, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 462*
Cargo Steamers. See Steamers
Carlson, W. B., on Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Came, W. A., on Method of Classifying Electricity Costs, 447
Carriage, Railway, Third-Class Corridor, L.N.E.B. Post-War Standard, 87*, 466. See LETTER, 275
Cast-Iron Pipes, Bain-Water, Soil, Waste and
Ventilating, Specifications, 188 Preheating before Welding, 460 Casting, Centrifugal, Influence upon Steel, 197* of Metals, Influence on Structure and Properties, 255 •
— Cleaning, Hydro-Blast System of (Pneulec, Ltd.), 66*
— Non-Ferrous, Testing Thickness of, 81*
— Sand Blasting of. New Official Regulations for, 493
— Steel, Joint Research Committee, Report
on Steel Foundry Practice, 206
Catalysts used in Coal Hydrogenation, 5*, 45* Catterson-Smith, Prof. J. K., the Late, 94 Cement, Researches in Australia, 344
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cemented Carbide, Hardness and Wear Resistance, 503*
Centenaries, Engineering, in 1945,13
— of Hungerford Suspension Bridge, 333
“ Centerscope ” Optical Work-Locating Instrument (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 146*
Central America, Rubber Cultivation in, 172
— Electricity Board, Work of, 131, 153 ; Civil
Defence Fund, 153 ; Loch Sloy Hydro- Electric Scheme, 173 ; Earley Power Station, 185*, 204 ; Annual Report, 311 Centrifugal Pumps. See Viimps
Chadwick Lecture on Coal in Relation to Atmospheric Pollution, 273
Chalmers, Dr. B., on Fatigue Testing of Bearing Alloys, 41*
Chapman, Comdr. C. W., on Engines for Road Vehicles, 133
Charging Machine, Mobile, for Steel Furnaces (Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 346*
Charing Cross Underground Station, Civil Engineering Exhibition, 393
Charts, Specific Heats and Energy, for Gases, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
Chartered Accountants, London and District Society of, Nature and Operation of ' Trade Associations, by Sir L. Macassey, 151
Chatfield, Lord, Presidential Address to Institution of Naval Architects, on Naval Construction during War, 312, 355
Cheltenham College, Apprentice Training Scheme with Rotol, Ltd., 416
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Luncheon, 313 ; Presidential Address, by F.A. Greene, on “ A By-Way in Chemical Engineering," 394. See 313
— Industry in United States, Statistics, 246
— in Water Solution, Effect on Fire Extinction, 457*, 497*. See Erraticm, 474
Chemistry, Industrial, Researches in Australia, 344 I
— of Lime-Soda Water Softening Process, 176
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX ’
Cheshire and Merseyside Industrial Plan, 191 Chicago, Fisk Power Station, 147,000-kW
Turbo-Generator, 6
Cliile, Engineering Notes from. 57, 125, 224, 385, 477
Chimneys, Ballylumford Power Station, 325 China-India Air Transport, 36
Chinese Outlook, 275. See LETTER, 294 Chromate Treatment for Zinc-Plated Steel, 180 Chromium Electrodeposition for Salvage of
Engineering Parts, 398*, 419* i
— Plating, Effect on Fatigue Strength, 278 Circulating Water Supply, Ballylumford Power Station, 326
Cisterns, Galvanised, Specification, 268
City Electrical Co., Ltd., Testing Equipment ( for Aero-Engine Starters and Magnetos, 287*
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Defence k'und, Central Electricity Board,153

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Ponnation of Air Transport Division, 14 ; Cliange of Title to Airport Engineering Division, 455
Proposed Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 53
Election of Members, 68, 88, 208, 328, 348, 448, 468, 488, 508,
Report on Proposed National Water Policy, 73
Forrest Lecture on Developments in Ferrous Metallurgy, by Dr. C. Sykes, 353
Lectures on Aesthetics in Civil Engineering, 412
Ewing Medal, Award to B. N. Wallis, 468 N orthAV estern Association :
Problems Affecting Efficiency of Labour in Constructive Trades, by M. Robinson, 512
Civil Engineering Design, Aesthetic Aspect of 412
— — Exhibition, Charing Cross Underground Station, 393
Recollections of E. Latham, 24,163 Clark, H. O., Model of Sprowston Windmill, Norwich, 157*
Clay Cliff, Timber Revetment for, 164 —Eire. See Firebricks : Fireclay ; Refractory Materials
Clay, W. E. R., on Surface Finish on Production Methods, 238. See 211
Finish in Relation to Friction and Lubrication, 265. See 211
Cleaning Castings, " Hydro-Blast" System of (Pneulec, Ltd.), 66*
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 149, 169, 189, 209, 249, 269, 289, 309, 329, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 509. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Constitution, Hydrogenation and Gasification, Researches on, 5*, 45*, 64, 84*
— Cutting Machines, Use of, 432
— Economy. See also Fuel Economy ; Pulverised Fuel
— Fine, Use as Fuel, 91
— Gas. See Qas
— Handling Plant, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
Plant, Earley Power Station, 185
— Improvement in Use of, 105, 125
— Industry, British, Technical Side of, 271
The Foot Plan for, 71
Government Policy for, 431
and Use of Low-Grade Fuels. 91
— Mine. See Colliery
— Mining, Report by Technical Advisory Committee, 271 ,
— Opencast, Production in United States,
Report, 33 i
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Fuel
— Quality and Electric Power Stations, 131
— in Relation to Atmospheric Pollution, 273
— Small, Problems in Utilisation (Review), 4
— Utilisation Joint Council, Luncheon and Exhibition, 453
Research Association, British, Gas Producer for Industrial Plants, 7*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coil-Shank Self-Locking, Shock-Absorbing Bolts and Nuts, 516*
Coke-Activating Plant, Spray Nozzles for, 21*, 61*, 103*
— Breeze, Use of, 91
Cold Rolling, Effect on Fatigue Strength of Metals, 277
— Storage. See llefrigeratiandn
College. See Education i
Collieries, Mechanisation of, 271
?— Problem of the Coal Mines (Review), 363 I — Use of Low-Grade Fuels in, 91 I
•y Winding. See Winding also and Coo?
.bus. See Accidents
Colon bia, Engineering Notes from, 125, 224, ? 7
8 for Keady-Mixed Paints, Specification, 41
Combined Stress.
Coml; istion Control in Steel Eurnaces, 165
— Se i
Comr (
(om,m,erce in PARAGRAPH INDEX Comilercial Aviation.
— EK 5tric Refrigeration Association, I.uncheon,
1.3
— M<tor Cars.
Comn(<
Comi
Comf iss, Gyro-Magnetic, for Aircraft (Auto- r 416*
Comj’essed Air, Use in Shipyards, 117
— Gaj Cylinders.
Comr ‘essor. Hydrogen, for Charging Cylinders,
— Ke t -Sp
Cons
“Stb.
— W)rk in United States, 144 Consi King Engineers, Association of, Lun-
(beon, 433
- and Contracts, 24
nl, Automatic, of W'ater-Tube Boiler lant, 494
C( mmission for Germany, Appointments to, 73, 313
G ar for Electric Lifts, 192. See LETTER, 34
- for Electric Motors, Standardisation, 112
- for Mobile Electric Power Station, 367* )ders. Ministry of Supply. See Industries
nd Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
’ nels, Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
} Ollers, Electric Motor. See Motors, Elec- I ‘ic
' mperature. Development by Cambridge nstrument Co., Ltd., 402*
Three-Zone, for Furnaces (Cambridge nstrument Co., Ltd.), 403*
undrum,” Floating Reels for Pipe-Laying, 26*, 484*, 506*
ConA’iyors for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 484*, 504* Cook ng Installations, Gas, Draft Specification, 08
;r Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
‘ also Metallurgy
h Engines Preservation Society, Appeal ly, 153
Cornyall, Bude Water Supply, 164
Corrcsion of Galvanised Tanks by Water con- aining Carbon Dioxide, 256
Cost and Demand, Relation in Electricity lupply, 324, 332, 336*
Cott n Industry in United Kingdom and Jnited States, 264
Couicil for European Inland Transport, Constitution, 516
Couiling, Flexible, Link-Type (Silentbloc, Ltd.), 17*
— lipe, Self-Sealing (Exactor Control Co., Ltd.), 266*
I Cov rings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insula- lion
Crack-Detection Equipment, Magnetic (Equip- Jment and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 86* 'etectors, Use in Steel Industry, 166
Crankshaft, Eatigue Tests of, 493 Creosote-Pitch, Use as Liquid Euel, 298 Crelv Accommodation in Tramp Ships, 375
Critchley, G. R., on Ship Salvage, 53
Cross, A. T., Coil-Shank Bolt and Nut, 516* Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil Cryaalline Structure of Metals. See Metallography; Microphotographs
Cuninings, A. D., on Standardised Boiler Fuel, bl
Curient, Electric. See Electric
Cutdnit, Ltd., Methods of Determining Wear Resistance, 502*
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cyc es. Exports of, 114, 144
— 1 lotor. See Motor Cycle
Cylinder, Copper, for Domestic Purposes, Specification, 108
— Galvanised, Specification, 268
— < las See Gas
— Internal-Combustion Engine, Effect of Surface Finish on, 216, 238, 259*
— Ttiick-Walled, Overstrain by Internal Pres
sure, 101*, 183*. See LETTERS, 356*, 435 Cylindrical Fits, Standardisation of, Report on, 765, 85

DAM, Concrete, Gravity Type, Shaibi California, 121*, 201*
— for Severn Barrage Scheme, 171
Danish Academy of Sciences, Visit ol V. Hill to, 513
Darlington (t Simpson Bolling Mills, II solidation of, 266
Darwin, Sir C. G., Career of, 501
Darwin, Sir H., Influence on Scientific Instrument Making, 361*, 401*, 461, 501*
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Large-Scale E! tion in Turkey, 441* i
Davis, A. W., on Current Practice ip Marine Gearcutting, 205
Davis, W. 0., on instrument Screw 511
Dawson, Major W. E., on Sound Insuktion in Buildings, 214. See 12 ' '
Deck Plating, Failure due to Strandiig, 414, 618* I
de Havilland Aircraft Co,, Ltd., “ Mto^qulto ” I Rocket-Firing Aeroplane, 127*^
de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd,, “ Gotilin” Gas i Turbine for Jet-Propulsion, 508 j I
Demobilised Engineers, Post-War Trailing, 73 Dempster, R., and Sons, Ltd., Coal-JHandling
Plant, Earley Power Station, 185 !
Denmark. See Danish
Denny-Brown Stabilsing Fins for Ships, 434 ;
Destroyers. See Warships I
Detectors, Crack, Use in Steel Industry, 166
Devonshire, Hydro-Electric Power Plaits, 292
Dew-Smith, A. G., Influence on Scientific Instrument Making, 361*
Dewar, J. M., the Late, 14 ,
Diamond-Tool Section of Gauge ani Tools | Makers’ Association, 509
Dickin, V., on Influence of Centrifugal Casting . on Metals, 256 |
Die Plates for Wedge-Drawing Tests, 39*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion |
Differential Equations, Introduction so (Review), 283
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Discharge, Electric. See Electric Disputes, Trade. See Labour
Doble, S. M., on Design of Spray Notzes, 21*, 61*, 103*
Dock, Floating, Admiralty, for Durbah, 329
— Middlesbrough, and Tees Develoijmmt Proposals, 393
Domestic Electrical Fittings, Design and Installation of, 72. See LETTER, 134
—Gas Appliances with Non-Aerated Burners, 167*
— Heating Appliance Exhibition, Lorn on, 453 Donkin, S. B., Report on Severn Barrage
Scheme, 171
Doors, Wood, Speciflcation, 228
Dorman Long and Co., Ltd., Floating Dicks for Durban, 329
Dover Harbour, Movement of Concrete Blocks in Storm, 24
Drain Pipes, Field, Speciflcation, 128 Drainage Problem at Jayswick, Essex, 164 Drawing, Engineering, Practical (Review), 143
— Office Practice, Architectural and Building, Speciflcation, 268
Speciflcation for Surface Finish, 237*
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drums, Boiler, Expanded Tube Joints in. Experiments on, 253, 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356
Dry Dock. See Dock
Drying Air and Gases by Activated ilumina, 517
Duckham, A., the Late, 134
Ducts, Hot-Air, Temperature Drop Almg, 301* Duddell Oscillograph, Early Forms, 461* Dudgeon, R., Roller Tube Expander, 150. See 317*
Dunbar, Sir A., on Future of British Steel Industry, 145, 204
Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Fuel
— in Steel Foundries, Joint Committee Report on Regulations for Sandblasting of Castings, 493
Dynamics of Launching of Ships, 454
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dynamometer for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 465*

EARLE, L. G., on Tests of Soft Soldering by Koliagraph, 257
Earley Power Station, Reading, 185*, 204 Economisers, Ballylumford Power Station, 325 Economy, Fuel. See Fuel Economy Edmundson’s Electricity Corporation, Ltd.,
Earley Power Station, 185*, 204

Education :

Aeronautical Engineering Professorship at Bristol University, 233
Army Signals Training, 298, 305
Cambridge University Summer School in X-Ray Crystallography, 429
Education Act and Junior Technical Education, 413
Imperial College of Science and Techno- j logy, Vacation Work Committee, Conference on Industry and University Education, 132 I
National Certificates in Applied Physics, ! 493
in Metallurgy, First Examinations, 437
Naval Training in H.M.S. “ Biitannia,” 181*, 221*. See LETTER, 254*
Northampton Polytechnic School for Instrument Making and Horology, Prospectus, 148
Part-Time Further Education at Technical College, Report by Institution of Electrical Engineers, 52, 73
Professorship of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Canada, Proposed, 51
Rotol, Ltd., Apprentice Training Scheme for Cheltenham College Boys, 416
South-West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 390
Teachers in Technical Schools, Association of. Presidential Address, by C. J. Tirrell on Technical Secondary Schools, 413
University Education and Industry, Conference on, 132
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ El Alamein,” H.M. Flotilla Leader, Launch of, 428
Elastic Modulus, Relation to Atomic Numbers of Metals, 503*
Elastically-Mounted Bodies, Response to Rapid Accelerations, 321*
Elasticity, Theory of.
Beams, 414

Electric :

Alternating-Current craft, 411
Transmission, ance, 374
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Arc Welding. See Welding
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44; Luncheon, 133; Annual Report, 147 ; Publication on Co-Operative Electrical Research, 272; Report on Standing-Cost Allocation in Electricity Supply, 324, 332, 336* ; Report on Method of Classifying Electricity-Supply Cost, 447
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 333
Cable, High-Tension, Sealing Ends for, 92
— Making Industry, Joint Industrial
Council for. Constitution and Operations of, 233
— Researches on, 148
Central Electricity Board, Work of, 131, 153 ; Civil Defence Fund, 153 : Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 173; Earley Power Station, 185*, 204; Annual Rejjort, 311
Contact Spring, in Radio Engineering, 495
— for Starters, Alloys for, 112
Cranes. See Cranes Direct-Current Equipment for Aircraft, 411 Discharge Paths in Air-Gaps, Photographic Recording of, 383*
Dynamo. See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Electrical Engineering Industry in 1944, 174, 194
— Equipment for Aircraft, 411
— Fittings, Domestic, Design and Installation, 72. See LETTER, 134
— Maintenance, Organisation of, 32
— Transients, Simple Calculations (Review), 44
Electricity Commissioners, Equipment for Post-War Developments, 133 ; Circular Letter on Maximum Demand and Generating Capacity, 452
Electro-Cardiograph, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 402*, Electron Diffraction Methods of Examining Sliding Surfaces, 215
Electroplating. See Electro Furnaces. See Furnaces Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Heating, Radiant, Dielectric and Eddy- Current, for Process Work, 372
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal-Combustion Engines. See Magneto
Instruments, Temperature Compensation in, 252
Lampholders, Domestic, Design of, 72. See LETTER, 134
Lighting Equipment for Locomotives, London and North Eastern Railway, 286*
—• Installations for Buildings, Design, 352 Machines. See Generators ; Motor's ; Turbo Magnetos. See Magnetos Mains. See Cables (above)
Meters, Development of Thermionic Voltmeters, by Dr. E. B. Moullin, 502
— Temperature Compensation in, 252 Motors. See Motors, Electric Oscillograph, Duddell, Early Forms, 461* Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Railways. See Railways Rays. See X-Rays Resistance Welding. See Welding Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays Starters, Motor. See Motcrrs, Electric Steel Manufacture. See Furnace, Electric Strain Gauge, Capacity Type, 493 Street Railways. Substation. Switchgear.
Electric Telegraphy. Telephony. Traction. See Railways Tramways. See Tramways Transformers. See Transformers Transients, Electrical, Simple Calculations, 44
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Voltages, Low-Tension, Report on Standardisation of, 473
Voltmeter, Moullin Thermionic, Development, 502
Welding, See Welding Winding Gear. See Winding Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Radio
Electric—continued.
Wireless Telephony.
Radio
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electrical Cable-Making Industry, Joint Industrial Council for, Constitution and Operations of, 233
Electrical Engineers, Institution of :
Organisation of Industrial Electrical Maintenance, by J. C. B. Nicol, 32
Report on Part-Time Further Education at Technical Colleges, 52, 73
Proposed Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 53
Design and Installation of Electrical Accessories for Domestic Purposes, by F. C. Fuke, 72. See LETTER, 134
Cable Terminations, by D. B. Irving, 92 Development of Motor Control Gear, by D. Rudd, 112
Election of J. S. Highfleld as Honorary Member, 113, 353
Award of Faraday Medal to Dr. C. C. Paterson, 113, 353
Election of Members, 188, 208, 248, 268 Modern Electric Lift Practice, by L. S. Atkinson, 192
Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, with Special Reference to Battersea High-Pressure Boilers, by W. B. Shannon, C. W. Pratt, T. B. Webb and W. B. Carlson, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Revision of Institution Rules, 333
' Factors Affecting Design of Electric Lighting Installations for Building Interiors, by R. O. Ackerley, 352
Kelvin Lecture on Scientific Principles of Radiolocation, by Sir E. Appleton, 353
Report on Benevolent Fund, 353
Request for Formation of Edinburgh SubCentre, 369
Place of Radiant Dielectric and Eddy- Current Heating in Process Heating Field, by L. J. C. Connell, O. W. Humphreys and J. L. Rycroft, 372
Committee on Electrical Equipment for Civil Aircraft, 411
Annual Report, 436
Devon and Cornwall Sub-Centre : Hydro-Electric Development in Devonshire, by F. E. Pitt, 292
Measurements Section:
Temperature Compensation in Indicating and Recording Instruments, by Dr. G. F. Tagg, 252
Radio Section:
Foundation of Oliver Lodge Scholarship, 323
Electrical Contact Springs, by Drs. L. B. Hunt and H. S. Taylor, 495
Tees-Side Stib-Centre :
Process Steam and Electricity Supply, Chairman’s Address, by J. R. Harris, 492
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supei'vising Electrical Engineers, Association of,
— Engineering Industry in Brazil, 125 Electricity Comnussioners. See under Electric Electrodeposition, Application to Screw
Threads, Government Memorandum on, 429
— forJReclamation and Hardening of Engineering Parts, 398*, 419*
Electron Diffraction Methods of Examining Sliding Surfaces, 215
Elliott, W. R., on Jubilee of Wireless Communication, 214. See 173, 233
Ellson,' G., Bomb Damage Repairs on Southern Railway, 281*, 341*, 421*, 481*
Embling, P. M. K., on Production and Utilisation of Fuel Gases, 285
Employees. See Labour Employment. See Labour Endurance Tests. See Fatigue {Materials}
Energy Charts for Gases, 381*, LETTERS, 474, 514
Engdahl, R. B., on Temperature Hot-Air Ducts, 301*
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, QU, Diesel; Marine Propulsion ; Motorships
— Internal-Combustion, Energy Charts for, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
Combustion. See also Turbines, Qas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Biichi System of Pressure Charging, 126 Diesel, Marine, 950-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder Supercharged (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 47*
Diesel, 810-h.p. Six-Cylinder Two-Stroke, Blower-Scavenged (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 27*
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion
—• — Marine, Light Alloys for, 33
Marine, 6,000-b.h.p., Nine-Cylinder, Nordberg, 355
or Petrol, for Road Vehicles, 133
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX —• Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
General-Purpose, 3-8 h.p. and 6-1 h.p. Single-Cylinder (Browett-Lindley, Ltd.), 296*
Motor-Car, Surface-Finish Practice for, 259*
— — or Oil, for Road Vehicles, 133
—‘ —• 600-h.p. Twelve-Cylinder “ Meteor,” for Tanks (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 6*
See also Aeronautics
— Steam, Marine. See Marine Propulsion Thermal Insulation of, 20
•— Winding. See Winding
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Engineers’ Contribution to War, 11
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Longevity of, 254
— Production, Institution of. See Production
Engineers, Professional, Proposed Appointments Bureau, 53 x. r
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution oi,
Current Practice in Marine Gearcutting, by A. W. Davis, 205
Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— Centenaries in 1945, 13
— Drawing, Practical (Review), 143
— Education. See Education
— Industries Association, Co-operation and
Research in Agricultural Industry, by A. P. Young, 113 ; Report on Engineering Industries and Building Programnie, by R. Chapman and R. Perry, 213; Engineering Production in Relation to Building Industry, by T. P. Bennett, 413
and Building Programme, Report, 213. See 413
Influence of Physics on, 284
Raw Materials used in, Statistics, 15 Refrigeration in. Report on (Review), 323 Stoppages of Work in, 35 .
Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National Ehi/sical
— Outlook, Economic Review, 14, 34, 55, 75, 94, 114, 134, 144, 174, 194, 235, 243, 2C4, 294, 314, 335, 354
— Precision Measurements (Review), 83
Production in Relation to Building Industry, 413. See 213
— Prospects, Post-War, 36
— Research in Sweden, 141*
— Societies. See Institutions
Standards. See Standards Institution
English Channel, “ Pluto ” Pipeline Across, 425*, 444*, 464*, 483*, 504*. See Errata, 507
English Electric Co., Ltd., Production in 1944, 175 ; Industrial Electric Locomotive, 206*
Equations, Differential, Introduction to. (Review), 283
Equilibrium Diagrams, Alloys. See Metallurffy Equipment and Engineering Co., Ltd., Magnetic Crack-Detection Equipment, 86*
Esher, Railway Collison at, Report, 413 Essex, Jayswick Drainage Problem, 164
Euco Tools, Ltd., Adjustable Spacer for Milling Cutters, 386*
Europe, End of War in, 371
European Inland Transport, Council for. Constitution, 516
— Railways, Locomotives for, 244
Evans, R. C., on London and North Eastern Railway Corridor Coach, 275. See 87*, 466
Evaporating Plant, Ballylumford Power Station, 327
Everett Pacific Co., Shaping of Ship Bilge Strakes, 67*
Everitt, C. K., the Late, 128
Ewing Medal, Award to B. N. Wallis, 468
Exactor Control Co., Ltd., Self-Sealing Pipe Coupling, 266*
Exhibition, Aeronautical Equipment, Miles Aircraft, Ltd., 455
— of Aircraft in London, 513
— Aluminium, London, 342, 433, 473
Civil Engineering, Charing Cross Underground Station, 393
— Domestic Heating Appliance, London, 453
— Port Sunlight at War, 113
Royal and Merchant Navies, London, 453
— Ship Construction, Worshipful Company of Shipwrights’, 13
— Wealth from Waste, 113
Whipple Collection of Instruments and Books, 161*, 223. See LETTER, 294
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Expander, Tube, Roller Type, 274, 318*, 358*, 379. See LETTER, 356
Experimental Tank. See Tank
Export Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Extensometers, Gas-Face and Seat-Bore, for Boiler Tubes, 337*, 358*

FABER, DR. O., on Value of Heat with Special Reference to Heat Pump, 331. See 333 Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Chief Inspector of, Report on Safety in Use
of Power Presses, 471
— Electrical Equipment, Maintenance of, 32
— Government, Allocation of, 233
— Improvement in Use of Fuel in, 105, 125
— Management. See Works Management
Power Supply and Process Steam Generation, 492
— Underground, Heating and Ventilating Problems in, 394 *
Fairburn, C. E., 2-6-4 Mixed-Traffic Tank Locomotive, 507*
Fan and Allied Manufacturers* Association, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 513
— Forced-Draught, Earley Power Station, 185 and Induced Draught, Ballylumford Power Station, 325
Faraday Medal, Award to Dr. C. C. Paterson, 113, 353
Farming. See Agriculture
Fatigue Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
Federation of British Hand-Tool Manufacturers, Formation of, 156
Industries, Annual General Meeting, 313 Iron and Steel, New Constitution, 448
— of Civil Engineering Contractors, Civil Engineering Exhibition, 393
Feed Pumps. See Pumps
— Water Softener. See Water Softener
System, Ballylumford Power Station, 326 System, Earley Power Station, 186*, 204 Fehling, Dr. H. R., on Thermal Insulation, 18*, 58*
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., Production in 1944, 194
Ferranti, Ltd., Production in 1944, 194 Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferrules for Expanded Boiler-Tube Joints, 274, 296, 318*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER,356
F($ry Pyrometer Equipment, 401*
Fibres, Quartz, C. V. Boys’s Method ofDrawing, 461 4
“ Fido ” Fog-Dispersal Equipment, 473
Film, Light-Sensitive, for Recording Instruments, Specification, 448
— Lubrication of Parallel Thrust Surfaces, 53, 54, 138*
Filter Manufacturers, Associated British, Society of, Proposed Formation, 488
Fins, Activated, Stabilisation of Ships by, 434 Finch, Prof. G. I., on Structure of Sliding Surfaces, 215. See 211
Finish, Surface. See Surface
Finishing and Spreading Machine, Concrete (Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 306*
Fire-Alarm System, Electric, General Electric Co., Ltd., 477
— Extinguishing Tests, with Water Solution, 457*, 497*. 474
Firebrick, Thermal Insulating Properties of, 18*, 58*
— See also Refractory Materials
Fireclay Sinks, Glazed, Specification, 308 Fishplates and Tramway Rails, Specification, 8 Fisk Power Station, Chicago, 147,000-kW Turbo-Generator, 6
Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauging Flanges, Railway-Wheel, Welding of, 254 Fleet. See Warships
Fleming, Sir J. A., the Late, 334* Flight. See Aeronautics Floating Dock. See Dock
Floors, Wood Blocks for. Specification, 128 Flow Gas, in Steel Furnaces, Control of, 165 Flue Pipes, Asbestos Cement, Specification, 228 Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Fog Dispersal over Aerodromes, Fido ” Equipment, 473
Fogg, A., on Film Lubrication of Parallel Thrust Surfaces, 138*. See 53, 54
Folkestone, Sea-Wall Construction in 1938, 164 Foot, R., Plan for Coal Industry, 71
Forest Products Research Laboratory, Effect of Chemicals in Water Solution on Fire Extinction, by J. Bryan and D. N. Smith, 457*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
Forging Press. See Press under Machine Tools Forrest Lecture on Developments in Ferrous Metallurgy, by Dr. C. Sykes, 353
Forrester, P. G., on Fatigue Testing of Bearing Alloys, 41*
Foster-Wheeler Boiler for Mobile Power Station, 366*
Foundry Practice, Steel, Report, 206
— School, British, Proposed Reopening of, 453 •— Steel, Dust in. Joint Committee Report on
Regulations for Sandblasting Castings, 493
— See also Castings
Foundrymen, British Institute of. See British Fox, F. A., on Superheating in Magnesium- Base Alloys, 438*, 478*. See 255
France. See French
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic Freeman, H. H., on “ Turret Tooling,” 14 French Ships, United States Use of, 273 Friction in Relation to Surface Finish, 215 Fuel, Aviation, Performance-Scale Grading Method, 515
— Economy, Effect of Thermarinsulation, -[8*, 58*
— Improvement in Use of, 105, 125
— Institute of, Melchett Lecture on Pattern of
Fuel Research, by Dr. J. G. King, 5*, 45*, 64, 84* ; Thermal Insulation : Properties and Processes which Control Flow of Heat in Continuous and Intermittent Heating Operations, by Dr. H. R. Fehling, 18*, 58* ; Improvements in Use of Fuels in Everyday Practice, by H. C. Armstrong, 105, 125; Foundation of Students’ Medal and Prize, 389 ; Award of Melchett Medal to Prof. C. H. Lander, 405
— Liquid, Creosote-Pitch, Data on, 298
— Low-Grade, Use of, 91
— Position in Argentina, 305, 386, 477
— and Power, Ministry of, Report on Severn
Barrage Scheme, 171 ; Report on Coal Mining, by Technical Advisory Committee, 271; Data on Creosote-Pitch Liquid Fuel, 298 ; Policy for Coal Industry, 431
— Pump. See Pump
— Question and Electric Power Stations, 131
— Research, Organised Pattern of, 5*, 45*, 64, 84*
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas ; Pulverised Fuel Fuke, F. C., on Design of Electrical Domestic
Accessories, 72. See LETTER, 134 Fulton, C. R., on Sintered Magnets, 430 Fulton, R., Work on Torpedo, 404, 442 Fundy Bay, Tidal-Power Scheme, 392 Furnace, Boiler. See Stoker
— Electric Steel-Melting, Mobile Charging Ma
chine for (Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 346*
— Industrial, Improvement in Use of Fuel in, 105, 125
— Open-Hearth, Mobile Charging Machine
(Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 346*
~ Salt-Bath, with Non-Aerated Gas Burners, 167*
— Steel-Making, Temperature Control in, 104, 165
— Thermal Insulation of, 18*, 58*

GALVANISED Cisterns, Tanks and Cylinders, Specification, 268
Gas Burners, Non-Aerated (South Metropolitan Gas Co.), 167*
— Coal, Research at Leeds University, 193
— Cooking Installations, Draft Specification, 508
— Cylinders, Hydrogen, for Balloon Barrage, 26*. See Errata, 108
— — Standardisation of Screw Threads for, 65 Valve Fittings for, Specification, 508
— Drying by Activated Alumina, 517
— Electric Discharge in. See Electric
Gas Engineers, Institution of, Circulation of Reports for Written Discussion, 293
Gas Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces J
— Flow Control in Steel Furnaces, 165 J
— Fuel, Production and Utilisation of, ^85
— Industry, Governing Body for, 73 7
— Installations in Buildings, Codes on, Specification, 308 I
— Operated Refrigerators, Specification, 508
— Producer. See Producer
— Specific Heats and Energy Charts for, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
— Town, Improvement in Use of, 125
— Turbine, See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Hydrogen ; l^itrogen, etc.
— and Gasworks. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Gasification of Coal, Research on, 5, 46» 64, 84* Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics Gasworks, Manufacture of Hydrogen for Balloon Barrage at, 25*. See Errata, 108
Gaudin, Engineer Rear-Admiral E., the Late, 214. See LETTER, 254
Gauge, Size-Indicating, Caliper-Type (Indi- Gage (Great Britain), Ltd.), 156*
— Strain, Electrical, Capacity Type, 493
— and Tool Makers* Association, New Section for Diamond-Tool Makers, 509
Gauging Accessories, ” Centerscope ” (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 146*
— of Involute Gear Teeth, Bench Micrometer
(D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.),46*
— Standardisation of Limits and Fits of Cylindrical Bodies, 65, 85
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Patternmaking for (Review), 4
— Teeth, Involute, Bench Micrometer for (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 46*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
General Electric Co., Ltd., Production in 1944, 175, 194 ; Electric Fire-Alarm System, 477
Generating Station. See Power Station
Generator, Electric, for Aircraft, 411
30,000-kW., Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
147,000-kW., Chicago Power Station, 6 40,000-kW., Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
for Mobile Power Stations, 365*
Production in 1944, 174, 194
75,000-kW, Shasta Dam Power Plant, 201*
See also Turbo-Generators
— for Hydrogen Manufacture, 26*. See Errata 108
George V Bridge, Glasgow, Design of, 412 German Magnetic Mine, Counter Measures, 433
— Midget Submarines, 413
— Railways Developments of, 244
— Submarine ” U776 ” in Thames, 433 i
Germany, Control Commission for, Appointments to, 273, 313
— Final Defeat of, 371
Gerrard, W. F., on Future of Lime-Soda Water- Softening Process, 176
Geyer, Dr. E. W., on New Specific Heats and Energy Charts for Gases, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
Giles, R. B., on Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44
Girders. See Beams ; Bridges
Glasgow, George V Bridge, Design of, 412 Glass Blocks, Hollow, for Wall Panels, Specification, 308
— Glazing and Fixing of, Specification, 428 i
— Internal Sills for Windows, Specification, 428 i
— Parts, Centreless Grinding of (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 316
— Ruled, for Projection Contour Construction (Universal Engraving and Colorplate Co.), ,
Glazing and Fixing of Glass, Specification, 428 ~ Putty, Tool for Removing (S, Wolf and Co., Ltd.), 106*
Glues, Australian Researches on, 363
” Goblin ” Gas Turbine for Jet-Propelled Aircraft, 508
Goodwin, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir G, G., the Late, 294
Gouge, A., Terminal Facilities, Flying Boat, 424 Gough, V. E., on Quality Control Through Statistics, 514. See 422
Government Departments, Statistics in, Post War Organisation of, 225
— Factories, Allocation of, 233
— Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Luncheon, 133
— Policy, Influence on Mining Industry, 416
Effects on Steel Industry, 145, 204
— Railways. See Railways
Governor Gear, 75,000-kW Hydraulic Turbine, Shasta Dam Power Plant, 201
Grates. See Stoker
Gratings and Airbricks, Specification, 428 Graving Dock. See Dock
Gray Lecture on Mechanical Engineering in Shipyards, by J. F. Petree, 97*, 116*. See 93
Great Britain, Indian Industrial Mission to, 313 Oil Supply Grid in, 53
Technical and Trade Press, Functions of, 251. See LETTER, 314
— Western Railway, Work in 1944, 235, 244 Greene, F. A., on a By-Way in Chemical Engineering, 394. See 313
Grieve, W. H., the Late, 495
Griggs, H. J., on Drawing Office Specification for Surface Finish, 237*. See 211
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools GTOQNQS,, Oil, in Plain Bearings, Effect of, 53, 54, 158*, 178*
Grudie Bridge Hydro-Electric Scheme, 373 Guards for Power Presses, 471
— Telescopic, for Drills (Speed Tools, Ltd.), 66* Gutters, Cast Iron, Speciflcation, 288

“HAIS’” Pipeline Across English Channel, 425*, 444*, 464*, 505*
Hajnal-KOnyi, K., on Moving Loads on Beams, 74
Halcrow, Sir W., Keport on Severn Barrage Scheme, 171 ; on Tidal Power, 392
“ Halifax ’* Bombing Aeroplane, Statistics of Manufacture of, 253
Aeroplane Converted for Civil Use (Handley Page, Ltd.), 518
“ Hamel ” Pipeline Across English Channel, 425*, 483*, 504*. See Errata, 507
Handley Page, Ltd., “ Halifax ’* Bomber Commemoration Luncheon, 253 ; “ Halifax ”
Converted Bomber and “ Hermes Civil Aircraft, 518
. Handling Equipment in Shipyards, 97, 118*
— Machinery for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, Johnson and
Phillips, Ltd., 425, 444, 464*, 504*. See Errata, 507
— Plant, Ash, Ballylumford Power Station, 326 Ash, Earley Power Station, 185*
Coal, Ballylumford Power Station, 325* Coal, Earley Power Station, 185
Hankey Committee’s Keport on Higher Appointments 31. See Addendurri,, 49
Harbour, Dover, Movement of Concrete Blocks in Storm, 24
— Prefabricated, at Arromanches, Release of Information on, 11
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Hard Metal,” Hardness and Wear Resistance, 503*
Hardening of Engineering Parts by Electrodeposition, 398*, 419*
— of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metal-
lurgy
— Surface, Effect on Fatigue Strength, 277 Hardness Tests. See Tests {Materials} Hardy Cross Method of Analysis Applied to
Ships, 415
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
Harley, S. J., on Anglo-American Conferences on Screw Threads, 511
Harris, J. H., on Process Steam and Electricity Supply, 492
Harvey, J. and F., Work on Torpedo, 443
Havelock, Prof. T. H., on Theory of Heaving and Pitching, 434
Hawker ‘‘ Tempest ” Fighter Aeroplane, 193
Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd., H.M. Flotilla Leader ” El Alamein,” 428
Hay, W. I., on Ships’ Structural Members, 415 Health, Ministry of. Water Bill, 173
Heat Engines. See Engines; Turbines ; Aeronautics
— Flow, Control by Thermal Insulation, 18*, 58*
— Insulating Materials, Thermal Properties, 18*, 58*
— Specific. See Specific Heat
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy Heaters, Air, Ballylumford Power Station, 325
— Feed-Water. See Feed-Water
— Water, Gas-Regulating Valve for, 396
Heating Appliances, Domestic Exhibition, London, 453
— Curves, Alloys. See Metallurgy
— by Heat Pump, 331
— Operations, Effect of Thermal Insulation, 18*, 58*
— Radiant, Dielectric and Eddy-Current, for Process Work, 372
— Systems, Forced-Air, Temperature Drop in
Ducts for, 301*
— Ventilating and Lighting, Guide to (Review), 44. See LETTER, 134
Problems in Underground Factory, 394 Heaving and Pitching of Ships, Theory of, 434 Hedges, K. W., the Late, 74
Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., ” Pluto” Pipeline, 425*, 444*
” Hercules,” 14-Cylinder, 1,675 b.h.p., AeroEngine for Vickers ” Viking ” Aeroplane, 435
” Hermes ” Passenger Air Liner (Handley Page, Ltd.), 518
Herschel, Sir W., Reflecting Telescope, 162*
Heyrovsky Polarograph for Chemical Analysis of Solutions, 502*
Highfleld, J. S., Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 113, 353
Highways. See Roads
Hilger, A., Ltd., Spectroscopically Standardised Substances, 408
Hill, Prof. A. V., on Scientific Research in India, 93; Visits to Danish and Norwegian Academies of Sciences, 513
Hispanic Council and Study of Spanish Language, 73
H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
Hoists. See Cranes
Hojum, Sweden, 78,500-b.h.p. Kaplan Turbine at, 226*
“ Holdfast,” H.M. Pipe-Laying Ship, 425, 444*, 464*
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauging
Holland, Sir T., on Supply of Accessory Metalliferous Minerals, 413
Honduras, Inter-Oceanic Highway, 373
Honours List, King’s JBirthday, 493 New Year, 13, 33 I
Hooks, Lifting, ” C ” or Liverpool Type, ' Specification, 188
Hot-Air Ducts, Temperature Drop Along, 301* Hounsell, E. A., the Late, 248
Houses, Electrical Fittings for, Design of, 72. See LETTER, 134
— Prefabricated, Cost of Site Preparation, 413
— Sheet-Steel and Tarran Emergency, 335
— Temporary, Aluminium, 473 Housing, Utilisation of Structural Engineering Resources, 335
Hughes, Dr. G., on Singing Propellers, 475
Hull Chemical and Engineering Society, Resumption of Activities, 348
Humphreys, Sir G., the Late, 214
Humphreys, O. W,, on Radiant, Dielectric and Eddy-Current Heating, 372
Hungerford Suspension Bridge, Centenary, 333
Hunt, Dr. L. B., on Electrical Contact Springs. 495
Hurcomb, Sir C., on Transport in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
Hydrfi iiJic Engineering, Need for Research
A isociation, 291 bine Tools. See Machine Tools See Power Plant Press under Machine Tools
— Ma
— Poier Plant.
—• Pre IS.
— Pu ip. See Pump
— Syj iem, Direct, Applications of, 393
— To 18 in Shipyards, 99*
bines. See Turbines ; Power Plant ulics. See also Irrigation ; Water System of Cleaning Castings
— Tu
Hydri
“ Hy( ro-Blast
('neulec, Ltd.’), 66*
Hydn -Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrdgon Manufacture for Balloon Barrage, 2 ~ “ - - -
Hydrcfeenation of Coal, Research on, 5*. 45* Hydrc datic Type Temperature Regulators, Cl'-’ ’ ? ? ~
Hyste
11
J *. See Errata, 108
mbridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 403
Co., 7,500-lb. Lift Truck, 446* ; 10,000- . Self-Propelled Crane, 446*
I.
ILLII D
S;
Illumi lating Engineering Society, R port, 483j Election of Officers, 483
Illumination, ui
Imperil Chemical Industries, Ltd., on Design of Spray Nozzles, 21*, 61*, 103* ; on Testing Thickness of Non-Ferrous Castings, 8] •'; Electric Mining Locomotive for, 206* —• Col ege of Science and Technology, Vaca- ti
Iilustry and University Education, 132

ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, on Temperature op in Ducts- for Forced-Air Heating stems, 301*
Annual
See also Lighting and Lighting iJder Electric
n Work Committee, Conference on
Impor Trade. See Trade Incom Tax Bill, Government’s, 173 Indi-Gige (Great Britain), Ltd., Caliper-Type S: :e-Indicating Gauge, 156*
Ulina Air Transport, 36 >ber. See Rubber ntiflc Research in, Report, 93
Government, Report on Scientific Pjsearch in India, by Prof. A. V. Hill, ; Industrial Policy, 351 ustrial Mission to Great Britain, 313
India-
— Ru
— Sci Indiai
9
— In(
Indicj ;ors, Temperature, Development by Cam- b Idge Instrument Co., Ltd., 363*, 401* Indusi rial Accidents.
— Ch( inistry. ^^QjChemistry
— Fuj Places.
— Ma agement. See Works Management
— No es. See Labour Notes
— Po:
See Accidents
See Furnaces
cy of Indian Government, 351 Re earch. See Research
est. See Labour
— Un
Indus ries, British, Federation of.
— Dii Tibution of, Grovernment’s Bill, 173
— anc
— See
Inlane
Instit te of Transport. See Transport
—
InstitUion, British Standards.
— Ele:r -- -- -- --
See Federa-
University Education, Conference, 132 also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Navigation. See Canals; Rivers, etc.
Institutions
See Standards itions, 28, 48, 68, 88, 128, 168, 188, 208, 2^, 268, 328, 348, 388, 428, 448, 468, 3, 508 roduction Engineers. See Production al. See Royal Institution
See Aeronautical Arts, Royal Society of; Institution of; itish Chemical Maufacturers, Associa- tiin of ; British Foundrymen, Institute of ; Ci?mical Engineers, Institution of; Civil ' Kgineers, Institution of; Consulting gineers, Asociationof; Cornish Engines eservation Society; Electrical Engineers,
Il stitution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders
Scotland, Institution of; Fuel, In- ute of; Qas Engineers, Institution of; H dl Chemical and Engineering Society; aminating Engineering Society; Iron d Steel Institute; Junior Institution of Manchester Association of Marine Engineers, Institute ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of etals. Institute of; Mining and Metal~
ining and Metallurgy, Institution of; unicipal Electrical Association, Incor- rated; Naval Architects, Institution of ;
‘hewcomen Society; North East Coast I stitution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Iitent Agents, Chartered Institzde of; IKotography, Scientific, Association for; Inysics, Institute of; Production Engin- ers, Institution of; Professional Civil zrvants, Institution of ; Royal Institution ; loyal Society; Sheffield Metalhcrgical a ssociation; Shipping, United Kingdom £ amber of; Stress Analysis, Experi^ ntal, Society for ; Structural Engineers, dilution of; Supervising Electrical En^ gi,neers, Association of; Transport, Insti- tut^ of; Welding, Institute of; Wrought Li^ht Alloys Development Association Instruments and Books, Scientific, Whipple
Cdlection of, 161*, 223. See LETTER, 294 sfctricai; Temperature Compensation in, [2
aufacture, Fifty Years of (Cambridge istrument Co., Ltd.), 361*, 401*, 461*,
— Stahdardisation of Screw Threads for, 85
— TWckness Measuring,
Cistings, 81*
— See also Aeronautics; Electric
Insult tion. See Heat
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sci- eices and Rubber-Growing Industry, 172 Interial-Combustion Engines. See Aeronaut tiis ; Engines ; Tiirbine, Qas
International Combustion, Ltd., Boiler Plant, E^ley Power Station, 185
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions, Benefits Conferred by Patents, 297, 276
— See also Patents
Measurement of Surface Imperfections, 6*, 217*, 239
iQT Non-Ferrous
Iran, Karun Bridge, 160
Ireland, Northern. See Northern Ireland
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel —? Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Council, Joint, Inauguration of, 353
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Ore. See Ore
— and Steel Federation, British, New Con
stitution, 448
juciiean, 197’ j
Steel Castings Joint Research Coijinittee, Report on Steel Foundry Practice, 206
Bessemer Medal, Award to H. Wrlglt, 293 Iron and Steel Production During Warj ,5 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials}
— Use in Shipbuilding, 97
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast Iron; Steel; Metalhiru Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Skdwork ; Structures i
Irrigation, Great Central Valley, California, Shasta Dam, 121*, 201*, 241*
— Research in Australia, 364
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Irving, D. B., on Cable Terminations, 92 Italy, Pontine Marshes, Restoration Work, 293 Ives, B. J., the Late, 269
Ivor Power Specialty Co., Ltd., Boibrs for Mobile Power Stations, 366*

JACKSON, C. G., the Late, 129
Jayswick, Essex, Drainage Problem at, 164
Jesty, E. H., on Distribution of Electricity in London, 152
Jet-Propulsion Engines for Aircraft, 97*, 193, 508, 515
Jetty, Reinforced-Concrete, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
Jockel, L. M., on Autonatic Control of Water- Tube Boiler Plant, 494
Johansen, F. C., on Surface Finish ix. Locomotive Practice, 299*. See 211.
Johnson, H. B., on Trade Catalogues, 255 Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd., Spectroscopically Standardised Substances, 408
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., Laying Machinery for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 425, 444*, 454*
Joinery, Softwood, Grading of, Specification, 128
Joint Iron Council, Inauguration of, 35E
— Tube, Expanded, in Boiler Drums, Experiments on, 253, 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., 1-lon and 2|-ton Toggle-Type Assembly Presses, 447*
Jones, T. C., and Co., Ltd., Pronged lenders for Army Tanks, 416
Journals. See Bearings
Junior Institution of Engineers, Presidential Address by Maj.-Gen. K. C. Apjleyard, on Post-War Engineering Prospects, 36 ; Annual Luncheon, 334 ; Stevens Lecture on History and Present Practice of Tar Distillation Industry, by W. G. Adim, 373

KAPP, PROF. R. O., on Britain’s Electrical Supply Industry, 153
Karlstad Mekaniska Werkstad, Kapkn Turbine Plants, 226*
Karun Bridge, Iran, 160
Katharometer for Measuring Permeability of Balloon Fabrics, 501*
Keith, G., the Late, 196
Kelvin Lecture on Scientific Principles of Radiolocation, by Sir E. Appleton 353
Kennedy and Donkin, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*, 347*
Kenworthy, L., on Corrosion of Galvanised Coatings and Zinc, 256
King, Dr. J. G., on Pattern of Fuel Research, 5*, 45*, 64, 84*
King’s Birthday Honours List, 493
Klugh, Prof. H., the Late, 308
Kodak, Ltd., Use of Maximum-Resolution Plate in Steel Metallography, 440
Kollagraph for Soft Soldering Tests, 257 Konzo, S., on Temperature Drop along Hot- Air Ducts, 301*
Kratz, A. P., on Temperature Drop along Hot-Air Ducts, 301*

LA MONT Boilers, Expanded Tube Joints in, 274
Boiler for Mobile Power Station. 366 Laboratory, Australian National Standards,
Work of, 303
— Forest Products Research, Eifect of
Chemicals in Water Solution on Fire Extinction, by J. Bryan and D. N. Smith, 457*, 497*. See ETra,tum, 474
— See also National Physical

Labour :

Apprentice Training by Rotol, Ltd., 416 Apprenticeship Scheme, Tangyes, Ltd., 73 Employment in Aircraft Industry during War, Statistics, 513
— in Coal Industry, Statistics, 431
— Full, Factors Affecting, 512
— in Munition Industries during War, 34
— in Shipbuilding Industry during War,
374, 377*, 437*
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
Labour and National Service, Ministry of. Report of Hankey Committee on Higher Appointments, 31, 53. See Addendum^ 49
— Notes, 18, 37, 58, 77, 95, 115, 136, 156, 177, 196, 205, 236, 258, 276, 297, 316, 335, 357 376 396, 417, 436, 456, 478, 496, 517. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Man Power and Wages, 1944, 34, 55 Management and Men, Joint Consultation Between (Review), 482
Shipbuilding in Canada, Numbers of Wage Earners, 51
Strikes, Influence on Production Programmes,' 512
Training of Personnel for Industry, 55 Unemployment in 1943-44, 35
Wages in Electrical Engineering Industry, 195
Lackie, W. W., the Late, 134
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Lake, S., The Late, 514
Lampholders, Electrical, Domestic, Design of, 72. See LETTER, 134
Lancashire, Alt River Control, 164 — and Merseyside Plan, 191
Lanchester, Dr. F. W., Award of Watt International Medal to, 93
Land and Buildings, Requisitioned, Report, 233 Lander, Prof. C. H., Award of Melchett Medal to, 405
Lardner, E., on Superheating in Magnesium- Base Alloys, 438*, 478*. See 255
Latham, E., Civil Engineering Recollections, 24, 163
“ Latimer,” H.M. Pipe-Laying Ship, 464*. See Errata,
Latin America, Engineering Notes from, 125 Transportation Equipment for, 456 Launching of Ships, Dynamics of, 454 Lavatory Basins, Ceramic, Specification, 368 Law. See J,egal; Patents
Lay, J. L., Work on Spar Torpedo, 442* Leah, A. S., on Specific Heats and Energy (Charts for Gases, 474. See 381*, 423*
“ Lectrodryers ” for Drying Air and Gases, 517 Leeds University, Report on Coal-Gas search, 193

Legal :

Distribution of Industry Bill, 173 Income Tax Bill, 173 Patent Law. See Patents Water Bill, 173 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Legislation. See Le^al; Patents Letters to the Editor, 14, 74, 134, 214, 254*, 275, 294, 314, 356*, 374, 414, 474, 514
Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight at War, Exhibition, 113
“ Leviathan,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, Launch of, 489
Lifts, Electric, for Buildings, 192. See LETTER. 234
Lifting Hooks, ” C ” or Liverpool Type, Specification, 188
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Lighting Equipment, Electric, for Locomotives, London and North Eastern Railway, 286*
— Installations for Buildings, Design of, 352
— Ventilating and Heating, Guide to (Review), 44. See LETTER, 134
— See also under Electric
Lime-Soda Water Softening Process, Future of, 176
Limit Gauges. See Gauges ; Gauging
Liquids, Design of Nozzles for Spraying, 21*, 61*, 103*
— Fuel. See Fuel
Literature, 4, 23, 44, 63, 83, 102, 143, 184, 203, 222. 242, 263, 283, 323, 343, 363, 403, 422, 443, 463, 482. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal; Patents
Littmann, M., on Hardness and Wear Resistance, 502*
Liverpool and Merseyside Plan, 191
Lloyd, F. H., and Co., Ltd., ” Hydro-Blast ” System of Cleaning Castings, 66*
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Amendments to Rules, 293
Local Authorities. See Municipal Loch Morar Hydro-Electric Scheme, 13
— Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, Inquiry on, 173 Locomotives, Beyer-Garratt, for Far East, 489
— Construction in 1944, 235, 243
— Electric, Industrial (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 206*
— London and North Eastern Railway, 436 and North Eastern Railway, Electric
Lighting Equipment for, 286*
— Practice, Surface Finish in, 299.*
— Steam, on United States Railways, 89
— Tank, 2-6-4 Mixed-Traffic, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 507*
2-6-4 Type, London and North Eastern Railway, 466*
— Testing, Value of Test Track, 14
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Lodge Scholarship, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 323
Logarithm Tables, Five-Figure (Review), 343 London Bridge, Adelaide House, Vibration during Pile Driving, 25
— Electricity Supply in, 152
— Exhibition of Aircraft, 513
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Manufacture
of Temporary Steel Structures for Army, 166* ; Work in 1944, 235, 244; Surface Finish in Locomotive Practice, 299* ; Gas- Regulating Valve for Water Heaters, 396 ; Scheme for Exchange of Research Staffs, 453; 2-6-4 Mixed-Traffic Tank Locomotive, 507*
— and North Eastern Railway, Post-War Stan
dard Corridor Coach, 87*, 466. See LETTER, 275 ; Work in 1944, 235, 243 ; Report on Romford Collision, 253; Electric- Lighting Equipment for Locomotives, 286* ; Report on Derailment at Wood Green, 373 ; Locomotives for, 436 ; 2-6-4 Type Tank Locomotive, 466* ; Signal-Box Standardisation, 476
London Passenger Transport Board, Annua? Report, 213
London Power Co., Experiments on Expanded Boiler Tube Joints, 253, 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356
— School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Chadwick Lecture on Coal in Relation to Atmospheric Pollution, by Dr. A. Parker, 273
— Underground Railways. See London Passenger Transport Board
— University College, Engineering Society,
Britain’s Electrical Supply Industry, by Prof. R. 0. Kapp, 153
— Water Supply, Safeguarding Purity of, 17 Longevity of Engineers Data, 254 Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
Loxley, U- M., on Wedge-Drawing Test. 38*, 77*, 136*
Lubricants, Contaminated, Researches on, 493
— for Wedge-Drawing Tests of Sheet Metal,
38*, 77*, 136*
Lubrication, Australian Researches on, 304 —• Film, of Parallel Thrust Surfaces, 53, 54,138*
— of Plain and Thrust Bearings, 53, 54, 138*, 158*, 178*
— of Sliding Surfaces, 215
Lucas Focusing Mechanism for Microscopes, 463*
Luso-Brazilian Council and Study of Portuguese Language, 73

MACASSEY, SIR L., on Nature and Operation of Trade Associations, 151
Mac. See also Me
Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd., “ Centerscope ” Optical Work-Locating Instrument, 146*
See Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests {Materials)

Machine Tools :

Bending Machine, Keel-Plate, Hydraulic 100*, 116*
— Rolls for Shipyards, 100*, 116* Boring Machine for Ship Shaft Brackets, 120*
“ Centerscope ” Work-Locating Instrument (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 146*
Cutting Machines, Flame, for Shipyards, 118*
for Flash Removal, “ Pluto ” Pipeline (C. Taylor and Co.), 483*. See Errata, 507
Diamond Tools, New Section of Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 509
Draw-Bench, " Multi-Auto ” Super-Speed (Sir J. F. Norton and Co., Ltd.), 387*
Drill Guard, Telescopic (Speed Tools, Ltd.) 66*
Gear-Cutting Machine “ Shear-Speed ” (Michigan Tool Co.), 299
Marine, Current Practice in, 205
— Shaving Machines for Involute-Contoured Splines (Michigan Tool Co.), 76
— Turbine, Hobbing Machine for (Muir Machine Tools, Ltd.), 126*
Grinding Machine, Centreless, for Glass
Parts (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 316 Magnetic Separator for (Barnes Drill Co.), 6
— and Surface Finish, 238, 239, 258* Honing and Surface Finish, 238, 239, 258* Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Lapping Machine for Locomotive Journals, 299*
— and Surface Finish, 238, 239 Limit Gauging. See Ganging Machine-Shop Management. See Management
— Tool Control, Relaxation of, 93
— — Director General of, Panel of Technical Advisers, 293
Government Surplus, Scheme for Release, 307, 416
Industry in 1944, 314 used in Shipyards, 97*, 116* — Work, Tolerances in. See Gauging Milling Cutters, Adjustable Spacer for
(Euco Tools, Ltd.), 386* Pattern-Making for Gears (Review), 4 Planing Machines for Shipyards, 98*, 116* Travelling-Column Plate-Edge (G.
Swift and Sons, Ltd.), 467*
Presses, Assembly, 1-ton and 2J-ton Toggle-Type (Smart and Brown (Engineers), Ltd.), 477*
— Hydraulic, 120-ton Joggling and Flanging, 116* 350-ton, for Shipyards, 116*
— Power, Report on Safety in Use of, 471 Punching Machines for Shipyards, 98*, 116 Riveting Machines for Shipyards, 98*, 116 Shearing Machines for Shipyards, 98*, 116* Surface-Finish Measuring Instrument,
“ Topograph,” (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), IJd.), 427*
Symposium on, 211, 215, 237*, 258, 299*
— Roughness, Waviness and Lay, American Draft Specification for, 474* Turret Tooling, Tables for, 14 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machinery Exports during War, 16 Mackenzie, Lieut.-Col. E. F. W., on London’s Water Supply, 17
Macrophotographs, Centrifugally-Cast Steel, 197*
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Production in United States, 145
Magnets, Permanent, “ Alcomax II,” Properties, 403
— Small, Production by Powder Metallurgy, 430
Magnetic Crack-Detection Equipment (Equipment and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 86*
— Mine, German, Counter Measures Against,433
Magnetic Separator for Grinding Machines (Barnes Drill Co.), 6
Magnetos, Aero-Engine. Testing Equipment for, 287*
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Management, Industrial, Labour’s Share in. See Labour
— Nature of (Review), 83
— of Works. See Works Management
Manchester Association of Engineers, Reclaiming and Hardening of Engineering Parts by Electrodeposition, by H. Merryweather, 398*, 419*
Manley, R. G., on the Technical Press, 312. See 251 ; on Response of Elastically-Mounted Bodies to Rapid Accelerations, 321*
Mann Lecture on Ship Salvage, 53
Manning, W. R. D.,-on Overstrain of Tubes by Internal Pressure, 101*, 183*. See LETTERS, 356*, 435
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
Mafbaix, Gaston E., Ltd., Magnetic Separator for Grinding Machines, 6 ; Gear-Shaving Machine for Involute-Contoured Splines, 76; “ Shear-Speed ” Gear-Cutting Machine, 299 Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., and Jubilee of Wireless Telegraphy, 173, 233. See LETTER, 214
Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of. Election of Members,
48, 168, 348, 428 ; Light Alloys for Marine Engines, by A. J. Murphy, 33 ; Annual Luncheon, 213
— Engineering, Light Alloys in, 33 during War, 354
— Propulsion, 950-b.h.p. Direct-Reversing
Diesel Engine (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 47*
Lloyd’s Register, Amendments to Rules, 293
Machinery for Merchant Ships during War, 312, 374, 377, 397, 417
Machinery for War-Time Tugs, 473 Marine Engine Construction in 1944, 355 Reduction Gears for Steam Turbines, 205 See also Engines : Turbi'nes ; Propellers and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam ; Marine Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Marshall, C. F. Dendy, the Late, 495
Marshes, Pontine, Restoration Works at, 193 Marytavy, Devonshire, Hj^dro-Electric Plant, 292
Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Mathematics, Differential Equations, Introduction to (Review), 283
Mathematical Instruments, Whipple Collection of, 163*
Mather and Platt, Ltd., Centrifugal Pump for “ Pluto ” Pipeline System, 506*
May Lecture on Supply of Accessory Metalliferous Minerals, 413
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons, Ltd., Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
McConnell, D., on Requirements in Surface Finish, 238. See 211
McGill, T., the Late, 285
McLaughlin <fe Harvey, Ltd., Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
McLean, D., on Influence of Centrifugal Casting upon Steel, 197*
Me. See also Mac
Measurements, Precision, Engineering (Review), 83
Measuring Instrument, Surface-Finish, “ Topograph ” (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfleld), Ltd.), 427*
— Machine, Vertical, " Microptic,” E. R.
Watts and Son, Ltd., 246*

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Election of Members, 28,128,168, 248, 268, 328, 388, 428, 448, 468, 488
Proposed Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 53
London Meetings, Winter Season :
Gray Lecture on Mechanical Engineering in the Shipyard, by J. F. Petree, 97*, 116*. See 93
Presentation of Watt International Medal to Dr. F. W. Lanchester, 93
Presentation of Prizes, 154
Annual Report, 154 Meetings of Benevolent Fund, 154, 253, 273 Election of Officers, 154
Variable-Pitch Marine Propeller, by Dr.
J. L. Taylor, 154
Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, with Special Reference to Battersea High-Pressure Boilers, by W. B. Shannon, C. W. Pratt, T. B. Webb and W. B. Carlson, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*, See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Sir W. Stanier, Election to Honorary Life Membership, 333
Value of Heat, with Special Reference to Heat Pump, by Dr. O. Faber, 331. See 333
Conference on Unification of Screw Threads: Programme, 469
Opening Proceedings, 511, 513
Review of Recent U.S.-Canadian-U.K.
Conferences, by S. T. Harley, 511
Pipe Threads, by E. G. Saunders and J, E. Sears, 511
Acme Screw Threads and Buttress Threads, by L. W. Nickols and J. E. Baty, 511
Instrument Threads, by G. A. Whipple,
W. O. Davis and A. D. Snutch, 511
Unification of British and American Screw Threads, by F. H. Rolt and J. E. Sears, 511
Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads of Different Form, by D. G. Sopwith and T. Settle, 511
Rationalisation of Screw-Thread Series, by J. E. Sears and W. C. Swift. 512
Applied Mechanics Group : . , .
Exploratory Study of Oil Grooves in Plain Bearings, by Dr. D. Clayton, 158*, 178*. See 53, 54
Fluid Film Lubrication of Parallel Thrust Surfaces, by A. Fogg, 138*. See 53, 54 Hydraulics Group :
Modern Direct-Hydraulic System, by F. H. Towler, 393-
Manufacture Group. Conference on Surface Finish :
Structure of Sliding Surfaces, by Prof. G. I. Finch, 215. See 211
Surface Finish in Relation to Friction and Imbrication, by Dr. D. Clayton, 215. See 211
Some Principles and Methods of Surface Measurement, by R. E. Reason, 215*. See 211
Measurement of Surface 'Waviness, by C. Timms, 217*. See 211
Drawing Office Specification, by H. J. Griggs, 237*. See 211
Rational Specification of Surface Finish, by Dr. W. A. Tuplin, 237*. . See 211 Requirements in Surface Finish, by D. McConnell, 238.* See 211
Surface Finish on Production Methods, by W. E. R. Clav, 238. See 211
Result of Modern Practice, by F. Nourse, 239. See 211
Continuity in Production of Specified Surface Finish, by E. Swain, 258*. See 211
Effect on Fatigue Strength, by Dr. W. Ker Wilson, 277*. See 211
Locomotive Practice, by F. C. Johansen, 299*. See 211
Mechanical Engineering in the Shipyard, 97*, 116*
— Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Roads ; Motor Vehicles
Melchett Lecture on Pattern of Fuel Research, by Dr. J. G. King, 5*, 45*, 64, 84*
— Medal, Award to Prof. C. H. Lander, 405 Merchant Navy, Living Conditions in, 375 War-Time Ships for, 312, 354, 374, 377*, 397*, 417*, 437*
— and Royal Navies Exhibition, London, 453
— Ships. See also Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding Merryweather, H., on Reclaiming and Hardening of Engineering Parts l)y Electrodeposition, 398*, 419*
Merseyside Plan, 1944, 191
Merz and McLellan, Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
“ Messenger ” Aeroplane (Miles Aircraft, Ltd.), 487*
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metal- lurgy
— Base, Future Supplies of, 416
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— for Electrical Contact Springs, 495
— Fatigue of. See {Materials}
Metals, Institute
May Lecture
Metalliferous
Holland, 413
Annual Meeting, London :
Programme, 188
Report of Council, 234 Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 234 Election of Officers, 234
Platinum Medal, Award to Dr. R. Seligman, 234
Organisation of Metallurgical Research, by Dr. R. Seligman, 234
Report of Discussions, 255
Binary Equilibrium, by Dr. A. J. C. Wilson, 255
Exploration of Problem of Superheating in Magnesium-Base Alloys, by F. A. Fox and E. Lardner, 438*, 478*. See 255
Influence of Centrifugal Casting (Horizontal Axis) upon Structme and Properties of Metals, by Dr. L. Northcott and V. Dickin, 256
Corrosion of Galvanised Coatings and Zinc by Waters Containing Free Carbon Dioxide, by L. Kenworthy and M. D. Smith, 256
Quantitative Study of Soft Soldering by Means of Kollagraph, by L. G. Earle, 257
Metals, Minor, Supply Position, 413
— Non-Ferrous, British Federation of. Inauguration, 353
— Properties of. Influence of Centrifugal Casting on, 256
— Relation Between Atomic Numbers and Elastic Modulus, 503*
— Sheet, Wedge-Drawing Test, 38*, 77*. 136* — Structure of. See Metallography; Microphotographs ; Macrophotographs
— Welding. See yVelding
— See also Metallography ; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs
Metallography, Use of Kodak Maximum-Resolution Plate in, 440
— See also Metals ; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs
Metallurgical Association, Sheffield. See Sheffield
— and Mining Engineers, American Institute of. See Mining
Metallurgists, Proposed Institution of, 153

Metallurgy :

Alloys, Aluminium, for Spinning and Panel Beating, 496
— Bearing, Australian Research on, 304 Fatigue Testing of, 41*
— Centrifugal Casting of. Influence on Structure, 255
— Copper, for Electric-Motor Starter Contacts, 112
Alloys for Electrical Contact Springs, 495 — Light, for Marine Engines, 33 — Magnesium-Base Aluminium, Superheating in, 255, 438*, 478*
Working Stresses in, 84*
— Nickel-Aluminium-Iron, Production of Magnets by Powder Metallurgy, 430 Cast Iron. See Cast Iron
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Equilibrium Diagrams, Binary - Alloy, Rules Governing, 255
Foundry. See Foundry
Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces
— Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment of Steel (Review), 143 Iron Ore. See Ore i
Magnets, Nickel-Aluminium-Iron, Production by Powder Metallurgy, 430 Metals, Tests of. See Tests {Materials} Metallurgical Research Establishments Organisation of, 234
Metallurgists, Proposed Institution of, 153 Metallurgy, Industrial, Outline of (Review), 442
National Certificates in Metallurgy, First Examinations, 437
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials; Firebricks
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Manufacture, Recent Improved Methods, 353
Welding, See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute; Metals^ Institute of; Metallography; Micro- photographs ; Macrophotographs;
Foundry ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
“ Meteor ” Petrol Engine for Tanks, 6* Meter, Rubber, Admiralty, Hardness Testing, 405*
— See also Electric
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd,, Production in 1944, 175, 194 ; 2,050/5,300 h.p. Ward-Leonard Winder Set, 195 ; 30,000- kW Turbo-Generators, Ballylumford Power Station, 325* ; Mobile Power Stations for Russia, 365
— Water Board, Work of Water-Examination Department, 17
— See also London
Michell Thrust Bearings, Lubrication of, 53, 54, 138*
Michigan Tool Co., Gear-Shaving Machine for Involute-Contoured Splines, 76 ; “ Shear- Speed ” Gear-Cutting Machine, 299
Micrometer, Bench, for Involute Gear Teeth (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.),46* Microphotographs, Centrifugally-Cast Steel, 197*
— Superheated Magnesium Elektron Alloys,
478*
— Surface Finish of Cylinder and Piston Rings,
259*
“ Microptic ’’Vertical Measuring Machine (E.R. Watts and Son, Ltd.), 246*
Microscopes, Lucas Focusing Mechanism, 463*
— Use in Steel Industry, 165
— Whipple Collection of, 163*
Microstructure of Metals. Sfee Metallography ;
Microphotographs Microtome, Rocking Co., Ltd.), 362* Middlesbrough Dock
Proposals, 393 Miles Aircraft, Ltd.,
Exhibition, 455;
“ Aerovan ” Aircraft, 487* Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine
Tools Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— German Magnetic,Counter Measures,433
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Winding. See Winding
— See also Coal; Collieries ; Mining; Ores; Winding ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Minerals, Metalliferous, Accessory, Supply of, 413
— Oils. See Oils
— Production in United States, Statistics, 246
— See also Coal; Mining ; Ores ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining Industry, Effect of Government Policy, 333, 416
— and Metallurgical Engineers, American Institute of. Sintered Magnets, by C. R. Fulton, 430
— and Metallurgy, Institution of, on Post-War.
Mining Taxation, 333 ; Presidential Address, by Lieut.-Col. E. Pam, on Future of Base Metals, 416
— Taxation Committee, Memorandum to Government, 333
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Ministry of Health. See Health
— of Labour and National Service. See under

Labour

— of Supply. See Supply
— of War Transport. See War Transport Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 950-b.h.p.
Eight-Cylinder Supercharged Marine Diesel Engine, 47*
Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— of Sprowston Windmill, Norwich, 157* Monopolies and Patents, Privileges Conferred by, 257, 276
Morar Hydro-Electric Scheme, 13 Morwellham, Devonshire, Hydro-Electric Plant, 292
“Mosquito ” Rocket-Firing Aeroplane, 127* Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Industry in 1944, 114, 134, 144 —, — See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Cycles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 114, 134, 144
— Electric, for Lifts, 192. See LETTER, 234 Standardisation of Control Gear for, 112 Starting, for Aero-Engines, Testing
Equipment for, 287*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics; Engines
Motor Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ; Motorships
— Parafiin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
—• Truck, Lifting, 7,500-lb. Petrol-Engine
Driven (Hyster Co.), 446*
— Vehicles, Exports of, 114, 135, 144 Petrol or Oil Engines for, 133 Taxation of, 134
Motorships, Oil Tankers, Construction during War, 374, 377, 397
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mould for Reinforced Plastics for Aircraft Construction, 107*
Moullin, Dr. E. B., Development of Thermionic Voltmeter, 302 '
Muir, Prof. J., the Late, 174
Muir Machine Tools, Ltd., Hobbing Machine for Turbine Gears, 126*
“ Multi-Auto ” Super-Speed Draw-Bench, 387* Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, Annual Report, 473
Munition Factory, Underground, Heating and Ventilating Problems in, 394
— Production at Port Sunlight
During War, Statistics, 12, 14, 114
— Stores, Research on. Government Report, 491
— Work of Nuffield Organisation, 168
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., Use of Preheating in Welding Cast Iron, 460
Murphy, A. J., on Light Alloys for Marine Engines, 33
Murray, J. M., on Deflected Ship’s Plating in Compression and Tension, 415

NAILS, Wire and Cut, Specification, 108 Nation in Relation to Steel Industry Problems, 145, 204
National Certificates in Applied Physics, 493 in Metallurgy, First Examinations, 437 National Company for Boat Building by Machinery, Ltd., Works of, 98*
— Expenditure, Select Committee on, Second
Report on Requisitioned Land and Buildings, 233 ; 99th Report on Research and Development, Warlike Stores, 491
— Gas Council and Organisation of Gas Indus
try, 73
— Physical Laboratory, Instrument for Measurement of Surface Waviness, 218*; Hydraulic Research at, 292
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Annual General Meeting, London: Programme, 109, 239 Annual Report, 233 Election of Officers, 233 Annual Luncheon, 313 '
Reports of Discussions, 312, 355, 374, 394, 414, 434, 454
Presidential Address, by Lord Chatfield, on Naval Construction during War, 312, 355
Merchant Shipbuilding during the War, by Sir A. L. Ayre, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*. See 312, 374
Crew’s Accommodation in Tramp Ships, by E. H. Watts, 375
Habitability of Naval Ships under War- Time Conditions, by A. J. Sims, 375, 394
Some Causes of Failure of Deck Plating due to Stranding, by W. Thomson, 518*. See 414
Some Notes on Ships’ Structural Members, by W. I. Hay, 415
Notes on Deflected Plating in Compression and Tension, by J. M. Murray, 415
Notes on Theory of Heaving and Pitching, by Prof. T. H. Havelock, 434
Stabilisation of Ships by Activated Fins, by J. F. Allan, 434
Dynamics of Launching, by T. C. Tobin, 454
Thames (Dumb) Barges, by E. 0. Stephens. 454
On Singing of Propellers, by Dr. G. Hughes 475
The Concept of Pitch, by V. D. Naylor, 476 Naval Architecture. See also Warships —• Construction. See Warships
— Ordnance Inspection Department, Admiralty Rubber Meter, 405*
— Warfare. See Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— German. See German under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Naylor, V. D., on Concept of Pitch of Propellers, 476
Needham, E. S., the Late, 234
New Year Honours List, 13, 33
Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting, 453
Nicholls, G. H. C., on Alternating-Current Transmission, 374
Nickel Deposition for Salvage of Engineering Parts, 398*, 419*
—• Plating, Effect on Fatigue Strength, 278
Nickols, L. W., on Acme Screw Threads and Buttress Threads, 611
Nicol, J. C. B., on Organisation of Industrial Electrical Maintenance, 32
Nitriding, Effect on Fatigue Strength, 277 Noise Prevention in Buildings, 12. See LETTER 214
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Meat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy North America, Engineering Notes from. 36. 144, 245, 376, 455
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, Notes on the Biichi System, by H. 0. Walker, 126 ; Election of Officers. 368
Nortl, Notes from, 9, 29, 49, 69, 89, 109, 129, 49, 169, 189, 209, 229, 249, 269, 289, 309, 29, 349, 369, 389, 409, 429, 449, 469, 489, 09. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Morar icheme, 13 ; I’irst Report, 393 Nortiampton Polytechnic School for Instru- aent Making and Horology, London, ’rospectus, 148
Nort icott, Hr. L., on Influence of Centrifugal lasting on Steel, 197* ; on Influence of ycntrifugal Casting on Metals, 256
— ofl
Northern Ireland, Ballylumford Power Station,
Nortl
125*, 347*
ijffop Aircraft, Inc., “ Black Widow ” P61, light Fighter Aeroplane, 206*
Norton, Sir J. F., and Co., Ltd., “ Multi-Auto ” •uper-Speed Draw-Bench, 387*
Norv egian Academy of Sciences, Visit of Prof. L. V. Hill to, 513
ich, Sprowston Windmill, Model of, 157* I on New Books. See Books and LITERAURE INDEX
— Cleveland; North; South-West; South Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH KDEX
Noui e, F., on Results of Modern Surface- inish Practice, 239. See 211 es, Spray, Design of, 21*, 61*, 103* Id Organisation, War Work of, 168
Hid Bolt, Coil-Shank, Self-Locking, Shock- . bsorbing, 516*
Norv
Notel
Nozz Nufti) Nut
Obituary : (Moved to separate index)
Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Grtoves in Plain Bearings, Effect of, 53,
Ci, 158*, 178*
— M(tors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles
— Pi >eline, Alaskan Highway, 1* Canol, Canada, Future of, 455
across English Channel, 425*, 444*,
4)4*, 483*, 504*. See Errata, 507 in United States, 145
— Prlduction from Coal, Researches, 5*, 45*
— Str •“ ••
kins for Wood, Speciflcation, 448
— Subply Grid in Great Britain, 53
— Tanker Construction during War, 374, *7, 397
— Transport in
arges for, 145
— Sei ? ' ? ?
Ontaio, Electricity Supply in, 212 Openf’ ?' ”
Optical Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Ore,, ”
— Ml
United States, Wooden
also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Hearth Furnace. See Furnace
ron,*Production in United States, 389 mganese, Production in United States, S9
Orthostyle, Ltd., “ Conundrum ” Floating Reels for Laying Pipeline, 426*, 484*, 506* “ OrWll,” H.M. Destroyer, of 1906, 261* Oscim graph. See Electric
Outlbqk, Engineering, 14, 34, 55, 75, 94, 114, 134, 144, 174, 194, 235, 243, 264, 294, 314, 335, 354
Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Links, Powei' Transmission by Alternating CftT]
•rent, 374
^ower Transmission, Cable Sealing Ends, 92
Power Transmission, Central Electricity Board Reports, 131, 153, 311
Power Transmission, Northern Ireland, 3i5, 347*
Power Transmission, Shasta Dam Power riant, 241*
Power Transmission, in Turkey, 441* i rain of Tubes by Internal Pressure, 101*, 1^3*. See LETTERS, 356*
Owen hCorning Fiberglas Corporation,
Oxy-acetylene Welding. See Welding

PACIFIC War, Need of Shipping for, 456
Paget,/P. W., the Late, 233. See 173. See LITTER, 214
Paints! Ready-Mixed, Colours for, Speciftca- tipn. 48
Pam, Lieut.’Col. E., on Future of Bast Metals, 416
Panel Beating of Aluminium Alloys, 4D-> Paper, Light-Sensitive, for Recordinfj Instruments, Specification, 448
Paraffin Engines. See Engines^ Oil
Parker, Dr. A., on Coal in Kelation t) Atmospheric Pollution, 273
Parkinson, Sir L. and Co., Construct on of Tarran Emergency Houses, 335
Parliamentary and Scientific Coiimittee, Annual Luncheon, 133 !
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 1944, 175, 194; 4(),000-kW
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam ;
Propulsion .
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplanle under Aeronautics
Patent Agents, Chartered Institute of. Presidential Address, by W. W. TrIpgs, on Patent System and the Public, 257, 276
— Record, 20*, 40*, 60*, 80*, 100*. 120*,
140*, 160,* 180*, 200*, 220*, 240* 260*, 280 , 300*, 320*, 340*, 360*, 380* 400*, 420*, 440*, 460*, 480*, 500*, 520*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
— System and the Public, 257, 276
Paterson, Dr. C. C., Award of Faradaj Medal to, 113, 353
Pattern-Making Machines. See Machine Tools Payment of Labour. See Laboiir
Pearman, W. A., the Late, 445
Pearn, F., and Co., Ltd., Reciprocating Pump for “ Pluto ” Pipeline System, 506*
Pearson, T. F., on Physical-Control Methods in Steel Industry, 104, 165
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., on Voiding Railway-Wheel Flanges, 254
Penstock, Steel, Shasta Dam Hydro-Slectric Plant, 121*
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets Permeability of Balloon Fabrics, Katharometer for Measuring, 501*
“ Persephone,” H.M. Pipe-Laying Ship, 425, 504* '
Personal, 8, 28, 48, 68, 88, 108, 128, 148, 168, 188, 208, 228, 248, 268, 288, 308, 3^8, 348, 368, 388, 408, 428, 448, 468, 488, 5(8
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 125, 224 Petree, J. F., on Mechanical Engineering in the Shipyard, 97*, 116*. See 93
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engine'., Petrol Petroleum Warfare Department, ” Pluto ” Pipeline, 425*, 444*, 464*, 483* 504*. See Errata, 507 ; “ Fido ” Fog-Dispersal Equipment for Aerodromes, 473
— See also Oil; Engines, OU
pH Values, Apparatus for Measuring, 502 Phosphating Processes and Surface Fiiish on Steel Parts, 216
Photography, Scientific, Associatioi for, Photography Applied to Research in Steel Industry, by S. H. Thorpe, 4-0 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Apparatus, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 361*, 401*, 461*
— Control Methods in Steel Industry, 104, 165
— Instruments, Whipple Collection of, 163*
— Laboratory. See National Physical Physics, Applied, National Certificates in, 493 —• Influence on Engineering Industry, 284
— Institute of, Election of Members, 48, 208, 448, 468, 488 ; Scottish Branch, Ihysical Control Methods in Steel Industry, by W. Barr and T. F. Pearson, 10-, 165 ; Inaugural Meeting, South Wales Branch, 177 ; Scheme for National Certificates in Applied Physics, 498 ; Election of Officers, 516 ; Annual Report, 516
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pile Driving Handbook (Review), 403 Vibrations at Adelaide House Sit?, 25
— Timber, Scarfed, for Deep-Water Quay, 164 Pipes, Cast-Iron, Rain-Water, Soil, Waste
and Ventilating, Specifications, 183
— Coupling, Self-Sealing (Exactor Control Co., Ltd.), 266*
— Drain, Field, Specification, 128
Flue, Asbestos Cement, Specifleatior, 228
— Iron, Centrifugally-Cast, Speciflcatiai, 428
— Screw Threads for. Standardisation of, 65, 511
Thread Standards, Case for Unification, 511. See 65
— Steam. See Steam Pipes
— See also Tubes
Pipeline, Oil, Alaskan Highway, 1* Canol, Canada, Future of, 455
— — in Great Britain, 53
“ Pluto,” Across English Channel, 425*, 444*, 464*, 483*, 504*. See Errata. 507
Piston Rings, Effect of Surface Finish on, 216, 238*, 259*
Pitching and Heaving of Ships, Theory of, 434 Pitt, F. E., on Hydro-Electric Development in Devonshire, 292
Planing Machine. See Machine Tools Plastics, Reinforced, for Aircraft Construction, 107*
Plate-Bending Rolls. See Machine Toils
— Edge Planing Machine. See Planing Machine under Machine Tools
— Shearing Machine. See Machine Tcols Plating, Electro. See Electro
— Ship’s Deck, Buckling Due to Stranding, 414, 518*
Platinum Medal of Institute of Metals, Award to Dr. R. Seligman, 234
Plough, Motor. See Tractor
Plug, Electrical, Domestic, Design of, 72. See LETTER, 134
” Pluto ” Pipeline Across English Channel, 425*, 444*, 464*, 483*, 504*. See Errata, 501
Pneulec, Ltd., “ Hydro-Blast ” System of Cleaning Castings, 66*
Pneumatic. See Compressed Air
Pocock Street Bridge, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage Repairs to, 481*
Polarograph for Chemical Analysis of Solutions, 502*
Poles, Wooden, for Overhead Power Transmission Lines, 241*
See Engine
See Machine Tools
See Cement
Morar Scheme, 13 in Scotland, 13, 173,
Hydro-Electric, Severn Barrage Scheme, 171
Hydro-Electric, Shasta Dam, 121*, 201*, 241*
Hydro-Electric, in Spain, 245
Hydro-Electric, Stadsforsen and Hojum, Kaplan Turbines at, 226*
Hydro-Electric, in Turkey, 441*
See also Power Stations ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, Automatic Control of
Boiler Plant in, 494
Electric, Ballylumford, Northern Ireland, 325*, 347*
Electric, Battersea, Experiments on Expanded Boiler-Tube Joints, 253, 274, 295, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356
Electric, Central Electricity Annual Report, 311
Electric, Chicago, 147,000-kW Generator, 6
— Electric, Earley, Reading, 185*, Electric, Extensions in War Years, 174 Electric, Mobile, for U.S.S.R. (Metro-
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 365*
^ectric, and Process Steam, 492 —’ — Electric (Review), 102 Electric, in Spain, 245
Electric, Standardised Boiler Fuel for, 91 Electric, Sunderland, Electric Shunting Locomotive for, 206
Electric, in Turkey, 441* i -Electric, War-Time Operation, 131, 153, 174 I
See also Power Plants ; Substations I
— Supply, Electric, in Argentina, 224 Electric, in Brazil, 305
Electric, in Britain (1939-44), 131, 153, 174
Electric, in Canada during 1944, 212 Electric, Central Electricity Board’s , Annual Report, 311
Electric, Classification of Supply Costs, Report on, 447
Electric, in Devonshire, 292 Electric, Estimates of Maximum Demand and Generating Capacity, 452
Electric, in London, 152
Electric, in Northern Ireland, 325*, 347* Electric, and Process Steam, 492
Electric, Report on Standardisation of Low-Tension Voltage, 473
Electric, for Resistance-Welding Machines, Report, 44
Electric, in Rio de Janeiro, 477
Electric, Severn Barrage Scheme, 171 Electric, Southern Railway, Restoration after Bomb Damage, 281*
• Electric, in Spain, 245 Electric, Standard-Cost Allocation in, 324, 332, 336*
Electric, in Turkey, 441*
Electric, War-Time Position of, 131, 153, 174
— Tidal, Schemes for Utilisation, 392
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, by Alternating Current, 374
Overhead Lines, Cable Sealing Ends, 92 Overhead-Line, Central Electricity
Board’s Reports, 131, 153, 311
Overhead Line, Northern Ireland, 325, 347*
Overhead Line, Shasta Dam Power Plant, 241*
Overhead Lines, in Turkey, 441* See also Gear; Marine Propulsion
— Water. See Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
Pratt, C. W., on Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Precipitator, Electric, for Fly-Ash, Sturtevant, Earley Power Station, 185
Precision Measurements, Engineering (Review), 83
Preece, Eng. Vice-Admiral Sir G., the Late, 34*
Prescott, Col. Sir W., the Late, 495
Presidential Address to Association or Teachers in Technical Schools, by C. J. Tirrell, on Technical Sectindary Schools, 413
to Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom, by H. T. Schierwater, on Trade and British Shipping, 193 . 4.
to Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, by W. W. Triggs, on Patent System and the Public, 257, 276 .
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by P. A. Greene, on a By-Way in Chemical Engineering, 394. See 313
to Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, by Lieut-Col. E. Pam, on Future of Base Metals, 416 K ,
to Institution of Naval Architects, by Lord Chatfield, on Naval Construction during War, 312, 355 .
to Junior Institution of Engineers, by Maj.-Gen. K. C. Appleyard, on Post-War Engineering Prospects, 36 . •
Press, Technical and Trade, of Great Britain, Functions of, 251. See LETTER, 314
— See Machine Tools . .
Pressure Charging of Oil Engines, Buchi System of, 126
Pritchard, P., the Late, 155
Producer, Gas, Improvement in Operation ana Use of 125
for Industrial Plants (Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 7* Production and Utilisation of, 285 , Production Engineers, Institution of, Joint Conference on Unification of Screw Threads, 511, 513
— and Exports during War, Statistics, 14
— Methods and Surface Finish, 238, 258*
— Ministry of. Report on Standardisation ot
Screw Threads and Cylindrical Fits, 65, 85 ; Symposium of Papers on Statistical Quality Control, 483
Professional Civil Servants, Institution ot, Memorandum on Post-War Organisation of Statistics in Government Departments, 225
— Engineers Appointments Bureau, Proposed, 53
Projection Contour Construction, Ruled Glass for (Universal Engraving and Colorplate Co.), 57 . .
Propeller, Marine, Causes of Singing, 475 Concept of Pitch, 476
Variable-Pitch, Application of, 154 Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ;
Engines ; Tzirbines ; Propellers
Pulverised Fuel, Improvement in Use ot, iUo Plant, Earley Power Station, 185* Pump, Centrifugal, 12-Stage, for
Pipeline System (Mather and Platt, Ltd.), 506*
Feed-Water, Baliylumford Power Station, 327
— Heat. Theory and Application of, 331
Reciprocating, for “ Pluto ” Pipeline System (F. Pearn and Co., Ltd.), 506*
Semi-Rotary Hand-Operated, Specification, 208
Purification of Water. See Water
Purley Substation, Southern Railway, Reconstruction of, 281* .
Putty, Glazing, Tool for Removing (S. V olf and Co., Ltd.), 106* T
Pyrometers, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 401*
— Optical, Disappearing-Filament and Vanner Types (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 402*

QUALITY Control, Statistical, Symposium of
Papers on (Review), 483
— through Statistics (Review), 422. See LETTER 514
Quartz Fibres, C. V. Boys’s Method of Drawing, 461*
Quay, Deep-Water, Scarfed Timber Piles for, 164
Quebec, Shipshaw Aluminium Plant, Cost of Erection, 456
— Electricity Supply in, 212
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy

RACER,” H.M. Sloop, of 1902, 221*
Radio Components, Specifications, 88
—— Engineering, Materials for Contact Springs, 495
— Equipment for Army, 298, 305
Receivers and Transmitters (Review), 23 See also Telegraphy, Wireless ; Telephony, "W ireless
Radiography, Use in Steel Industry, 166
Radiolocation, Scientific Principles of, 353
Radiomicrometer, C. V. Boys’s, 4^61*
Ralls, Tramway, and Fishplates, Specification, 8
Railroad. See Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Brazilian, Development of, 477
— Bridge. See Bridge .
— British, Work in 1944, 232, 235, 243
— Carriage. See Carriages
— Electrification in Brazil, 386
— European, Locomotives for, 244
— German, Developments in, 244
— Great Western, Work in 1944, 235, 244
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
London Midland and Scottish, Manufacture of Temporary Steel Structures for Army, 188* ; Work in 1944, 235, 244 ; Surface Finish in Locomotive Practice, 299* ; Gas- Regulating Valve for Water Heater, 396 ; Scheme for Exchange of Research Staffs, 453 ; 2-6-4 Mixed-Traffic Tank Locomo-
and North Eastern, Post-War Standard Corridor Coach, 87*, 466. See LETTER, 275 : Work in 1944, 235, 243 ; Report on Romford Collision, 253 ; Electric Lighting
Equipment for Locomotives, 286* ; Report on Derailment at Wood Green, 373 ; Locomotives for, 436 : 2-6-4 Type Tank Locomotive, 466* ; Signal-Box Standardisation, 476
Railway Rolling Stock. See Rolling Stock; Carriages ; Locomotives; Wagons
— Russian, Mobile Electric Power Stations, 365*
— Signal. See Signal
— Southern, Work in 1944, 234, 243 ; Bomb
Damage Repairs on, 281*, 341*, 421*, 481*; Report on Collision at Esher, 413
— Spanish, Diesel-Engined Train for, 244
— Street. See Tramways
— Transport in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
— Tube. See London Passenger Transport Board
— Tyre and Axle Manufacturers’ Association, on Welding Railway-Wheel Flanges, 254
— Underground. See London Passenger Transport Board
— United States, Post-War Needs, 33 States, Steam Locomotives on, 89
— Wagons. See Wagons
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Concrete Spreading and Finishing Machine, 306*
Rationalisation of Screw-Thread Series, 512
Raw Materials Board, Combined, Annual Report, 432
used in Engineering Industries, 15
Raworth, A., Bomb Damage Repairs on Southern Railway, 281*
Rays. See X-Rays
— Track Apparatus, C. T. R. Wilson’s, 463* Rayner, L. C. C., on Guide to Heating, Ventilating and Lighting, 134. See 44
Reason, R. E., on Principles and Methods of Surface Measurement, 216*. See 211
Reclamation of Engineering Parts by Electrodeposition, 398*, 419*
Reconstruction, Post-War. See Post-War
Record Electrical Co., Ltd., Thickness Measuring Instrument, 81*
Recording Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Instruments, Light-Sensitive Material for.
Specification, 448
— Temperature, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 363*, 401* Reduction Gears. See Gears
Refractories, Steel Plant (Review), 482
— Thermal Insulating Properties, of, 18*, 58* Refrigeration Association, British, Formation of, 153
— in Engineering Industry, Report on (Review), 323
— in Ships, Value of, 153
Refrigerators, Gas-Operated, Specification, 508 Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Renfree, T. R., the Late, 369
Repeated Stresses. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Report, Annual, on Atmospheric Pollution, 373 British Electrical and Allied Industries
Research Association, 147
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 333
Central Electricity Board, 131, 153, 311 Combined Raw Materials Board, 432 London Passenger Transport Board, 213 Scientific and Industrial Research Council, Australia, 303, 344, 363
— on Coal Mining, by Technical Advisory Committee, 271
— Development of River Tees, 393
— Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44
— Engineering Industries and Building Programme, 213
— Hankey Committee on Higher Appointments, 31, 53. See Addendum, 49
— Hydro-Electric Progress in Canada during 1944, 212
— on Land and Buildings Requisitioned, 233
— Measurement of Surface Finish by Stylus Methods (Review), 263
— Merseyside Plan, 1944, 191
— Method of Classifying Electricity-Supply Costs, 447
— North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. 393
— Opencast Coal Production in United States, 33
— Part-Time Further Education at Technical Colleges, 52, 73
— Railway Collision at Esher, 413
Collision at Romford, 253 Derailment at Wood Green, 373
—• on Refrigeration in Engineering Industry (Review), 323
— Research and Development, Warlike Stores, 491
— Safety in Use of Power Presses, 471
— Scientific Research in India, 93
— on Severn Barrage Scheme, 171
— Standardisation of Low-Tension Voltages, 473
of Screw Threads and Cylinder Fits, 65, 85
— Steel Foundry Practice, 206
Research, Aeronautical, in Australia, 304
— Association, British Electrical and Allied
Industries, Report on Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44; Luncheon, 133; Annual Report, 147; Publication on Co-operative Electrical Research, 272 ; Report on Standing-Cost Allocation in Electricity Supply, 324, 332, 336* ; Report on Method of Classifying Electricity-Supply Cost, 447
Coal Utilisation, British, Gas Producer for Industrial Plants, 7* ; Standardised Boiler Fuel, by A. D. Cummings and F. F. Ridley, 91
— Coal Gas, at Leeds University, 193
— Committee, Automobile, Wedge-Drawing
Tests of Sheet Metal, 38*, 77*, 136*
Joint, Steel Castings, Report on Steel Foundry Practice, 206
— and Co-Operation in Agricultural Industry, 113
— Council, Scientific and Industrial, Australia, Annual Report, 303, 344, 363
— — Welding, Dissolution of and Formation of
British Welding Research Association, 513
Research Department, Armament, Investigation on Centrifugal Casting of Steel, 197* Institution of Automobile Engineers, Work of, 493
Scientific and Industrial, Need for Hydraulic Engineering Industrial Research Association, 292; Annual Report on Atmospheric Pollution, 373
— and Development: Warlike Stores, Report on, 491
— Electrical, Co-operative, Aims and Objects, 2/2
Turkish Department of. Work of, 441*
— Engineering, in Sweden, 141*
— Fuel, Organised Pattern of, 5*, 45*, 64, 84*
— Institute, Tin. Fatigue Testing of Bearing Alloys, 41*
— Laboratory, Forest Products, Effect of
Chemicals in Water Solution on Fire Extinction, by J. Bryan and D. N. Smith, 457*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
— Metallurgical, Organisation of Establishments, 234
— Organisation, British Export Trade, Formation of, 253
— Scientific, in India, Report, 93
— Staffs of London Midland and Scottish Railway. Scheme of Exchange of, 453
— in Steel Industry, Future Importance, 205
— in Steel Industry, Application of Photography to, 440
— See also National Physical Laboratory Resistance Welding. See Welding Revetment, Timber, for Clay Cliff, 164 Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Production in 1944, 175, 194; Switchgear for Ballylumford Power Station, 347*
Rheem Research Products, Inc., Chromate Treatment for Zinc-Plated Steel, 180
Ridley, F. F., on Standardised Boiler Fuel, 91 Rings, Piston. See Piston Pings
Rio de Janeiro, Electricity Supply in, 477
River Alt, Lancashire, Control of, 164
— Sacramento, California, Shasta Dam Hydro-
Electric Plant, 121*, 201*, 241*
— Severn Barrage Scheme, 171, 392
— Tees, Report on Development of, 393
— Thames Dumb Barges, Results of Towing Trials, 454
Hungerford Suspension Bridge over, 333 London Bridge, Vibration during Pile Driving for Adelaide House, 25
Riveter, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools Roads, Concrete Spreading and Finishing Machine, 306*
— Construction, Alaskan Highway Oil Pipe line, 1*
in British Columbia, Proposed, 245
— Development in United States, 145
— Honduras, Inter-Oceanic, 373
— Transport in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
Roberts, E., the Late, 6
Robinson, M., on Efficiency of Labour in Constructive Trades, 512
Rocking Microtome (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 362*
Rolling of Ships. See Ships
— Stock Construction in 1944, 235, 243
for United States Railways, Statistics,246 See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls, Plate-Bending. See Machine Tools Rolls-Royce Ltd., “ Meteor ” Petrol Engine for Tanks, 6*
Rolt, F. H., on Unification of British and American Screw Threads, 571
Romford Railway Collision, Report on, 253 Rdntgen Rays. See X-Pays
Roome, Engineer Rear-Admiral G. W., the Late, 255
Rootes, Ltd., “ Salute the Royal and Merchant Navies ” Exhibition. 453
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotol, Ltd., Apprenticeship Training Scheme, 416
Rotor for 75,000-kW Electric Generator, Shasta Dam Power Plant, 202*
“Router,” Bilton-Scratchley (S. Wolf and Co., Ltd.), 106*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
Royal Institution :
London’s Water Supply, Safeguarding Its Purity in Peace and War, by Lieut.- Col. E. P. W. Mackenzie, 17
Tidal Power, by Sir W. Halcrow, 392 Royal Signals, Equipment and Training for, 298, 305

Royal Society :

History of Society, 1660-1940 (Review), 111
Election of Fellows, 253
Visits of Prof. A. V. Hill to Danish and Norwegian Academies of Sciences, 513 Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— Swedish Institute for Engineering Research, 141*
Rubber, Admiralty Meter for Hardness, 405*
— Cultivation in Tropical America, 172
— Natural, Production of, 432
— Production, World Position, 145
— Study Group, Informal, Washington Meeting, 113
Rudd, D., on Development of Motor Control Gear, 112 I
Russell, H. H., on 35-ton Electric Coaling ' CJrane, 74
Russia, Mobile Electric Power Stations for, 365*
— Supply of Electrical Plant to, 175, 194 Rusting. See Corrosi(m
Rycroft, J. L., on Radiant, Dielectric and Eddy Current Heating, 372

SACRAMENTO River, California, Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 121*, 201*, 241* i Safety in Use of Power Presses, Report, 471
Salvage of Engineering Parts by Electrodeposition, 398*, 419* r
— Exhibition of Materials,produced from, 113
— of Ships, Methods used, .53 '
Sampling and Analysis of Coal, 85*
—• Inspection Tables (Review), 63 San Josd Tidal-Power Scheme, 392 Sand Blasting of Castings, New Regulations, 493
— Building, Specification, 208
—• Moulding, Australian Researches on, 344 Sandbags, Hessian, Specification, 448 Saunders, E, G., on Pipe Threads, 511 Saunders Roe, Ltd., “ Waterdrome ” for Elying Boats, 424
Schierwater, H. T., on Importance to lYade of British Shipping, 193
Schiller, P., on Electricity Supply for Resistance-Welding Machines, 44
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., Spot- Welding Machine for Light Alloys, 297
Scientific Instruments and Books, Whipple Collection of, 161*, 223. See LETTER, 294
Manufacture, Fifty Years of (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd,), 361*, 401*, 461*, 501*
Manufacturers’ Association, Institution of Bowen Trust Prizes for Employees, 346 ; Luncheon, 391
Trade, Prestige Value of Export Trade, 391
— Management. See Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scientists and Government, Annual Luncheon, Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 133 Scleroscope Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Scotland, Grudie Bridge Hydro-Electric Scheme, 373
— Hydro-Electric Power Plants in, 13, 173, 373, 393
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, Inquiry on,173
— Morar Hydro-Electric Scheme, 13
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, First Report, 393
Screw Propellers. See Propellers
— Threads, Application of Electrodeposition to. Government Memorandum on, 429
Standardisation of. Report on, 65, 85
Standards, Conference on Unification, 469, 511, 513
System, Simplified, British Standards Institution Questionnaire on, 314
— Wood, Specification, 288
Scrivener, A., Ltd., Centreless Grinding of Glass Parts, 316
Sea Wall Construction at Folkestone, 164 Sealing Ends for High-Tension Cables, 92 Sears, J. E., on Pipe Threads, 511 ; on Unification of British and American Screw Threads, 511 ; on Rationalisation of Screw- Thread Series, 512
Seligman, Dr. R., Award of Platinum Medal to, 234 ; on Organisation of Metallurgical Research, 234
Separator, Magnetic, for Grinding Machines (Barnes Drill Co.), 6
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Settle, T., on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads, 511
Severn River Barrage Scheme, Report on, 171, 392
Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Ganges ; Gauging
— Splined, Involute-Contoured, Manufacture of (Universal Products Corporation), 76
Shakespear, Dr. G. A., Katharometer for Balloon Fabrics, 501*
Shannon, W. B., on Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Power Plant, 121*, 201*, 241*
Shaw, Sir N., the Late, 255
“ Shear-Speed ” Gear-Cutting Machine, 299 Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Sheet Metal, Wedge-Drawing Test, 38*,77*, 136* Sheffield Metallurgical Association, Future of British Steel industry, by Sir A. Dunbar, 145, 204
— Naval Ordnance Inspection Department,
Admiralty Rubber Hardness Meter, 405*
— University, Report on Deep-Drawing Research, 38*, 77*, 136*
“ Shetland ” Flying Boat, 395*
Ship Bilge Strakes, Fashioning by Heating (Everett Pacific Co.), 67*
— Canal. See Canal
— Construction Exhibition, Worshipful Company of Shipwrights’, 13
— Deck Plating, Failure Due to Stranding, 414
518*
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— French, United States Use of, 273
— Heaving and Pitching of, Theory, 434
— Launching. See Launching
— Merchant, British, Built during War, 312, 354, 374, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*
Lost during War, 354
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships ; Marine Propulsion
— Plating, Loss of Efficiency through Buckling, 415
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Rolling of, Stabilisation by Activated Fins, 434
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Stabilisation by Activated Fins, 434
— Structural Members, Analysis of, 415 —• Tramp, Crew’s Accommodation in, 375
— See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers
Shipbuilding, Analysis of Ships’ Structural Members, 415
Shipbuilding, British Merchant, during War, 312, 354, 374, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*
— in Canada, Statistics, 51
— Deflected Plating in Compression and Tension, 415'
— Failure of Deck Plating due to Stranding, 414, 518*
— Lloyd’s Register, Amendment to Rules, 293
— Mechanical Engineering in, 97*, 116*
— Naval. See Warships
— Rise in Costs, 1935-1944, 355
— Shaping Bilge Strakes by Heating (Everett Pacific Co.), 97*
— Thames Dumb Barges, Design of, 454
— Tug Construction in War-Time, 473
— in United States, Statistics, 36, 246 i
— during War, 312, 354, 374, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*
— Yard, Mechanical Engineering in, 97*, 116*
— See also Steamers ; Naval; Warships and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, Absorption of Tonnage by Pacific War, 456
— Achievements, United States, 1944, 144
— British and Colonial, 1943, 354 and Trade, 193
— Coastal and Transport, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
— Lloyd’s Register of, Amendments to Rules, 293
— Services of British Railways, 232
— United Kingdom, Chamber of. Presidential
Address, by H. T. Schierwater on Trade and British Shipping, 193
Shipshaw Aluminium Plant, Arvida, Quebec, 456
Shipwrights, Worshipful Company of. Exhibition of Ship Construction, 13
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard Shop Management. See Works Management Shore Scleroscope Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd.,
“ Shetland ” Flying Boat, 395* Shot-Blasting, Effect on Fatigue Strength, 277 Siemens Brothers and Co., Ltd., “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 425*, 444*, 464*
— Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces
Signal Box Standardisation, London and North
Eastern Railway, 476 Signals, Royal, Equipment and Training, 298, 305
Sllentbloc, Ltd., Link-Type Flexible Coupling, 17*
Silica Bricks. See Firebricks Sills, Internal, Glass, for Windows, Specification, 428
Silver, Dr. R. S., on Influence of Physics on Engineering Industry, 284
Sims, A. J., on Habitability of Naval Ships under War-Time Conditions, 375, 394 Singing Propellers, Factors Affecting, 475 Sinks, Fireclay, Glazed, Specification, 308 Sliding Surfaces, Structure of, 215 Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, Inquiry on, 173 Smart and Brown (Engineers), Ltd.), 1-ton and 2|-ton Toggle-Type Assembly Presses, 447* Smeeton, J. A., the Late, 514 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces Smith, D. N., on Chemicals in Water Solution for Fire Extinction, 457*, 497*. See Erratum, ^74^
Smith, Engr.-Captain E. C., on A Famous Training Ship, 181*, 221*. See LETTER, 254* ; A Thirty Knotter, 261* ; on Expanded Tube Joints, 356. See 317*
Smith, M. D., on Corrosion of Galvanised Coatings and Zinc, 256
Snutch, A. D., on Instrument Screw Threads, 511
Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Insti- tutions
— Trade. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Softener, Water. See Water Softener Softwood Joinery, Grading of. Specification, 128 Soil-Cement, Researches in Australia, 344 Soldering, Soft, Tests by Kollagraph, 257 Sopwith, D. G., on Fatigue Strength of Screw
Threads, 511
Sound Insulation in Buildings and Acoustics of Auditoria, 12. See LETTER, 214
South America, Engineering Notes from, 57, 125, 224, 305, 385, 477
Rubber Cultivation in, 172
South Metropolitan Gas Co., Non-Aerated Gas Burners, 167*
— West Essex Technical College, Annual Report, 390
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
— 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 Southern Railway, Work in 1944, 234, 243 ;
Bomb-Damage Repairs on, 281*, 341*, 421*, 481* ; Report on Collision at Esher, 413
Southwark-Street Bridge, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage Repairs to, 341*
Spain, Electricity Supply in, 245 Spanish Language, Furtherance of Study of, 73
— Railway, Diesel-Engined Train for, 244 Spar Torpedoes, Development of, 442* Specific-Heat Charts for Gases, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514 Specifications, Standard.
Standardisation
Spectrograph, Use in Steel Industry, 16.5 Spectroscopically Standardised Substances
(Johnson, Matthey <fe Co., Ltd.), 408 Speed Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine
Propulsion
— Regulation. See Governor
Speed Tools, Ltd., Telescopic Drill Guard, 66* Spinning of Aluminium Alloys, 496 Splines, Involute-Contoured, Manufacture of
(Universal Products Corporation), 76 Spray Nozzles, Design of, 21*, 61*, 103* Spreading and Finishing Machine, Concrete
(Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 306* Springs for Electrical Contacts, 495
Springs, Valve, Aero-Engine, Effect of Surface I liiish on, 279*
SproA’ ston Windmill, Norwich, Model of, Spurr(-
Stab! ity of SWps.
Stads Turbines at, 226*
Stain Oil, for Wood, Specification, 448 Stair , Wood, Specification, 228 .
Stamards Association, American, Draft Sped-
] cation for Surface Roughness, Waviness i nd Lay, 474* j.. r
— Irititution, British, Code of Practice to L»ading in Building p--’—. luncheon, 193; Work of, 193; —-
fir Gas Installations, 308; Questionnaire (u Simplified Screw-Thread System, 314; nint Conference on Unification of Screw Clireads, 511,513 -British, Specifications, Tramway Rails £ id Fishplates, 8; Wrought and Alloy f teels, 8 ; Drawn Lead Traps, 48 ; Colours f)r Ready-Mixed Paints, 48 ; Radio Com- lonents, 88 ; Copper Cylinders for Domes- tc Purposes, 108; Stock Control and S -orekeeping, 108 ; Field Drain V8 • Grading of Softwood Joinery, 128 ; Vood Blocks for Floors, 128 ; Wire NaUs £ id Cut Nails, 168; Water Taps, 168 ; (tist-lron Rain-Water Pipes, 188; Cast- Ion Soil, Waste and Ventilating Pipes, rs ; Hooks of “ C ” or Liverpool Type, D8 ; Semi-Rotary Hand-Operated Pumps, 2 )8 ; Concrete Aggregates and Building inds, 208; Wood Doors, Stairs and ?’Windows, 228; Asbestos Cement Flue 1 ipes, 228; Drawing Office Symbols Dr Surface Finish, 237* ; Archltectmal 8 id Building Drawing-Office Practice, $ >8; Galvanised Cisterns, Tanks and (vlinders, 268; Synthetic Resin Ad- lisives for Wood, 268; Wood Screws, $ ^8; Cast-Iron Gutters, 288; Testing Pro- (‘dure for Aircraft Steels, 288; Hollow < lass Blocks, 308 ; Fireclay Sinks, 308 ; ] ollow Clay Building Blocks, 328; ‘tress Grading of Timber, 328; Wrought : teels, 368; Ceramic Lavatory Basins, 68 ; Concrete Roofing Tiles, 368 ; Olass nternal Sills for Windows, 428 ; Glazing nd Fixing of Glass, 428; Centrifugally- ' ast Iron Pipes, 428 ; Airbricks and Gra- t ngs, 428 ; Light-Sensitive Film and Paper for Recording Instruments, 448 ; Hessian 03
-nuioaviuii ui xiivzvv.x '
Screw Threads and Cylindrical Mts, leport on, 65, 85 69,511,513
See Motors, Electric ns, Power. See Power Stations^
Xies, Elementary (Review), 263 Government Departments, Post-vV ar
422. See
Boats. See Steamers See Boilers gines. See Engines m Process for Hydrogen Manufacture, 5*. See Errata, 108
—.P
B jliing of. See Ships, Rolling of —. S Ivage of. See Salvage
S ability of. See Ships, Stability of Tig Construction in War-Time, 473 S e also Engines ; Marine Propulsion ;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Tur- tines; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See SAips ; Steanwrs ; Steel ?
{Materials)
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Pinnaces. See F
— Hfet Treatment
tinder iHeZaZZwr^
— Iidustry, Brazilian, 477 British, Future of, 145, 204
Physical Control Methods in, 104, 165 Research in. Application of Photography to, 440
— Il [fluence of Centrifugal Casting on, 19/*
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
Microstructure of. See Microphotographs; Metallography
— Output in United States, 144 .
— lenstocks, Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric
— I ipes for Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 2
— Kails. See Rails
Sjiress Distribution in. See Stress , Tests
laterials) ..p*
ictures. Temporary, for Army Use, 166 ts of. See Tests {Materials) mght and AUoy, Specifications 8, 368 c-Plated, Chromate Treatment for, 180 [ant Refractories (Review), 482 ork. Constructional, Simply Explained leview), 403
Stephens, E. O., on Development of (Thames Dumb Barges, 454
Stevens Lecture on Tar Distillati dustry, 373
Stewart, J., Thames Shipyard of, 98* Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., “ Hamel j’ Pipeline, 425, 483*, 504*. See Errata, b07 Stock Control and Storekeeping, Speciication, 108 “
Stokers, Mechanical, Improvement of, 108, 125 Storekeeping and Stock Control, Speci^cation, . 108
Strain Gauge, Electrical, Capacity-Typp. 493
— See also Stress
Stranding, Failures of Ship’s Deck [Plating due to, 414, 518* 1
Streatham Substation, Bomb-Damage Bepairs to, 281* '
Streets. See Hoads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
— Analysis, Experimental, Society for
ceedings of (Review), 222 ,
— Grading of Timber, Specification, 326
— Mechanical and Thermal, in Bearings
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under {Materials}
— in Ship’s Deck Plating, 414, 518*
— in Thick-Walled Cylinders under Internal
Pressure, 101*, 183*. See LETTERS 356*, 435
— Working, for Magnesium Alloys, 84* Strikes. See Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Eection of Members, 48, 188, 248, 388, 448; Annual Luncheon, 193
— and General Engineering in 1944, 335
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced
— of Sliding Surfaces, 215
— Statically Indeterminate (Review), 212
— Steel, Temporary, for Military Use, 186*
— Timber, Researches in Australia on, 363 Studs, High-Duty, Standardisation of, Sturtevant Fly-Ash Precipitator, Earlej^ Power
Station, 185
Submarine Boats. See Warships
— Mines. See Mines
Substations, Southern Railway, Bomb-Damage Repairs to, 281*
Sulphur Prints, Centrifugally-Cast Steel 197* Sunderland Power Station, Electric Shunting Locomotive for, 206
Sundials in Whipple Collection, 161”. See LETTER,294
Supercharger for 950-b.h.p. Marine Diesel Engine, 47*
Superheating in Magnesium-Base Alloys, Problem of, 255, 438*, 478*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Assonation of, Distribution of Electricity in Ljndon, by E. H. Jesty, 152 ; Annual Luncheon, 213
Supply, Ministry of, Relaxation of Idachine Tool Control, 93; Wealth from Waste Exhibition, 113 ; Appointment of Panel of Technical Advisers to Director General of Machine Tools, 293; Scheme for Release of Surplus Machine Tools, 307, 416 ; Investigation of Recording Eectric- Discharge Paths in Air-Gaps, 383* ,
Surface-Finish Measuring Instrument, * Topograph ” (D. Brown and Sons (Huddeisfleld), ;

TAGG, DR. G. K., on Temperature Compensation in Electrical Instruments, 252 Tangyes, Ltd., Apprenticeship Scheme, 73 Tanks, Army, 600-h.p. “ Meteor ” Petrol
Engine for (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 6*
Pronged Penders for, 416
and Service Vehicles, Production during War, 114
—. Experimental, Investigation on Heaving and Pitching, 434
Tests of Merchant Ships, 374, 417
— Galvanised, Corrosion by Water Containing Carbon Dioxide, 256
Specification, 368
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
Tanks, Ships, Motor. See Motorshins
— Steamers. See Steamers
Taps, Water, Specification, IfiS
Tar Distillation, History and Practice of, 373
— Hydrogenation of, 45*
Tarran Industries, Ltd., Emergency-House Programme, 335
Taylor, Dr. H. G., on Electrical Contact Springs, 495
Taylor, Dr, J. L., on Variable-Pitch Marine Propeller, 154 I
aM’rr^ High-Pressure
Taxation, Mining, Committee, Memorandum to Government, 333
— of Motor Vehicles, 134.
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— and Trade Press of Great Britain, Functions of, 251. See LETTER, 314
Tees Conservancy Commissioners, Report by Development Committee, 393
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telegraph, Line, Equipment for Army, 298,305 — See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX — Wireless, Equipment for Army, 298, 305 Jubilee of, 173, 233. See LETTER 214 See also Radio
Telephony, Equipment for Army, 298, 305 — See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX — Wireless, Equipment for Army, 298, 305 See also Radio
Telescope, Reflecting, Sir W. Herschel’s, 162* Telescopic Drill Guard (Speed Tools, Ltd.), 66* Temperature Compensation in Electrical Instruments, 252
— Control in Steel Industry, 104, 165
— Drop Along Hot-Air Ducts, 301*
— Measurement Apparatus, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd,, 363, 401*
See also Pyrometry ; Thermometry Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
" Tempest ” Fighter Aeroplane, 193
Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Ternary Alloys. See Allays under Metallurgy
Tests, Fire-Extinguishing, with Chemicals in Water Solution, 437*, 497*. See Erratum. 4
— Hydraulic, Penstocks for Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 124*
— Magnetic. See Magnetic

Tests (Materials) :

Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads of Different Forms, 511
of Steels, Effect of Sm-face Finish on 277*, 299
— Tests of Crankshafts, 493 of Bearing Alloys, 41* Hardness Tests, Brinell, Diamond Pyramid and Scleroscope, Value in Determining Wear Resistance, 502*
— Testing Machine for Rubber, 405* Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic Scratch Hardness Test as Measure of Wear Resistance, 502*
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Superheated Magnesium- Base Alloys, 438*, 480
Testing Procedure for Aircraft Steels, Specification, 288
Torsion Testing Machines, Self-Indicating (W. and T, Avery, Ltd.), 267*
Wedge-Drawing Test for Sheet Metal, 38*, 77*, 136*
Tests of Soft Soldering by Kollagraph, 257
— Two-Stroke Blower-Scavenged Oil Engine (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 28*
Testing Equipment for Aero-Engine Starters and Magnetos (City Electric Co., Ltd.), 287* Laboratory. See Laboratory; National Physical
— Machines, Fatigue, for Bearing Alloys 41* Rubber, Admiralty, 405*
Torsion, Self-Indicating (W. and T. Avery Ltd.), 267*
— Procedure for Aircraft Steels, Specification,
[[ 288
— Thickness of Non-Ferrous Castings, 81*
— See also Tests (Materials)
Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Textile Industry, Brazilian, 477
— Machinery Industry in 1944, 264 for South America, 385
Thames Dumb Barges, Results of Towing Trials, 454
— River, Hungerford Suspension Bridge Centenary, 333
London Bridge, Vibration during Pile Driving for Adelaide House, 25
Thermal Efficiency of Internal-Combustion Engine, Energy Charts for, 881*, 423* See LETTERS, 474, 514
— Insulating Materials, Properties of, 18* 58*
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermocouples, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 401*
— See also Pyrometer
Thermodynamics, Energy Charts for Gases, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
— Theory of Heat Pump, 331
Thermometers, Industrial, Development by Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 363, 401
— See also Pyrometer
Thomas, Dr. E. W., on Magnesium Alloys in Design, 84*
Thompson, E., Post-War Standard Corridor Railway Carriage, 87*, 466. See LETTER, 275: Electric Lighting Equipment for Locomotives, 286*; 2-6-4 Type Tank Locomotive, 466*
Thompson, F. L., Report on Plan for Merseyside, 191
Thompson, J., Ltd., Water-Tube Boiler for Mobile Power Stations, 366*
Thomson, W., on Failure of Deck Plating due to Stranding, 518*. See 414
Thornton, B. M., on Testing Thickness of Non-Ferrous Castings, 81*
Thorpe, S. H., on Photography Applied to Research in Steel Industry, 440
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thrust Bearing. See Bearing Surfaces, Parallel, Film Lubrication of, 53 54, 138*
Tilbury Docks, Production Plant for “ Pluto Pipeline, 484*, 504*.
Tiles, Roofing, Concrete, Specification, 368 Timber Piles, Scarfed, for Deep-Water Quay I 164
— Research in Australia, 344, 363
— Revetment for Clay Cliff, 164
— Stress Grading of, Specification, 328 Timms, C., on Measurement of Surface Waviness, 217*. See 211
Tin Research Institute, Fatigue Testing of Bearing Alloys, 41*
Tirrell, C. J., on Technical Secondary Schools,
Tobin, T. C., on Dynamics of Launching of
, Ships, 454
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges • Gauging '
Tool and Gauge Makers’ Association, New Diamond-Tool Section, 509
— Hand, Formation of Federation of British Manufacturers of, 156
— Machine. See Machine Tools
h Gear. See Gear ; Marine Propulsion
Topograph ” Surface-Finish Measuring Instrument, 427*
Toledo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships
— Development of, 403*, 442* Torque Meter. See Dynamometer Torsion Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Towws, Trestle, for Reconstruction of Bomb- 481*^ged ®^^ilway Bridges, 341*, 421*,
for Overhead Power Transmission Line, 241*
Towler, F. H., on Modern Direct-Hydraulic System, 393
Town and Country Planning, Ministry of, Report on Merseyside Plan, by F L Thompson, 191
— Gas. See Gas
Townend, Prof. D. T. A., Report on Coal-Gas Research at Leeds University, 193
Traction, Electric. See Railways
Tractor, Agricultural, Prospects of Export Trade, 294
Trade Associations, Nature and Operation. 151 Supervision of, 273
— and British Shipping, 193
— Catalogues, Request for, 255
— Disputes. See Labour; Labour Notes • PARAGRAPH INDEX '
— Electrical Engineering in 1944, 174, 194
— Engineering, Post-War Prospects, 37
— Exhibition. See Exhibiti^yn
— Export, Agricultural Machinery, 294
British Engineering, Organisation for Small Tools, 433
British, Research Organisation, Formation of, 253
Locomotives and Rolling Stock, 243
Machine Tools, 314
Textile Machinery, 264
- during War, 14
— Imports of Raw Materials during War, 15
— Latin-American, and Study of Spanish and Portuguese Languages, 73
— Motor Car and Cycle, 114, 134, 144
— North American, 36
— Return to Normal Conditions, 391
— South American, 57, 125, 224, 305, 385, 477
— Scientific Instrument, Furtherance of 391
— and Technical Press of Great Britain, Functions of, 251. See LETTER, 514
— Unions. See Labour; Labour Notes • PARAGRAPH INDEX
Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Tramway Railsand Fishplates, Specification 8
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Transformers, Ballylumford Power Station,347*
— Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 202*
— Rectifier, Purley Substation, 283*
Transmission Gear. See Gear ; Marine Propulsion of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364
— Inland, European, Councillor, Constitution, 516
— Institute of, Inaugural Meeting, Tees-Side
Centre, 170 ; Election of Members, 188 • Transport in Great Britain 1935-1944 by Sir C. Hurcomb, 315, 345, 364 ; Proposed Southern Section, Southampton, 457 • Inaugural Henry Spurrier Lecture, 508 ’
— Methods, Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline 2*
— Railway. See Railway ’
— Road. See Road
Traps, Drawn Lead, Specification, 48
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Traversers for “Pluto” Pipeline (Wellman
Smith Owen Corporation, Ltd.), 484*, 504* Trawlers, Variable-Pitch Propellers for, 154 Tresrie Towers for Reconstruction of Bomb-
Damaged Railway Bridges, 341*. 421 481 ? Trials. See Tests
Trlg^, W. W., on Patent System and the Public, 257, 276
Truck. See Motor Truck
— Railway. See Wagons
Truman, H., on Production and Utilisation of Fuel Gases, 285
Tube Joints, Expanded, in Boiler Drums, Experiments on, 253, 274, 295, 317*. 337* 358*, 379*. See LETTER, 356 ’
— Overstrain by Internal Pressure, 101* 183*
See LETTERS, 356, 435*
Railways. See London Passenger Transport Board
— Steel, Penstocks, Shasta Dam, Hvdro-Electric Plant, 121*
— See also Pipes
Tug Construction in War-Time, 473
— Variable-Pitch Propeller for, 154
Tuplln, Dr. W. A., on Locomotive Testing 14 • on Rational Specification of Surface Finish, 237*. See 211
Turbine, Gas, for Aeroplane Propulsion, Advantages and Disadvantages, 515
Energy Charts for, 381*, 423*. See LETTERS, 474, 514
Future of, 193
— Hydraulic, 103,000-h.p. Francis, Shasta Dam Power Plant, 201*
Kaplan, 65,000 and 78,500 b.h.p., in Sweden
See also Power Plant
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Back-Pressure, for Power Stations, 492
30,000-kW, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
Blading for. See Blading
Curtis, 147,000-kW, Chicago Power Station, 6
40,000-kW, Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion for Mobile Electric Power Station, 365* See also Turbo-Oenerators
Turbo-Generators, 30,000-kW, Ballylumford Power Station, 325*
147,000-kW, Chicago Power Station, 6 40,000-kW, Earley Power Station, 185*, 204
for Mobile Electric Power Station, 365* Turkey, Large-Scale Electrification in 441* Turnbull, J. G., Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 1*
Tweddell Hydraulic Riveter, 99

UNDERGROUND Railways. See London Passenger Transport Board
Unemployment. See Laboxir
Unification of Screw-Thread Standards, Conference on, 469, 511, 513. See 65, 85, 314 Unions, Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
United States Aircraft Production, 75, 94 Army, Use of Reinforced Plastics in Aircraft Construction, 107*
Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 1*
Bureau of Mines, Fuel Research by 5 ; Statistics of Iron- and Manganese-Ore Production, 389
Civil Aviation in, 376
Engineering Notes from, 36,144, 245, 455 Hydraulic Research in, 291
Locomotives and Rolling-Stock Construction in, 243
Opencast Coal Production in, Report, 33 Railways. See Railways
Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 121*, 201*, 241*
Standardisation of Screw Threads, 65, 85. See 314, 469, 511, 513
Textile Industry, 264
and Torpedo Warfare, 404, 442*
Use of French Ships, 273
War-Time Shipbuilding in, 355
See also America
Universal Engraving and Colorplate Co., Ruled Glass for Projection Contour Construction, 57 *
Universal Products Corporation, Manufacture of Involute-Contoured Splines, 76
University, Bristol, Chair of Aeronautical Engineering, 233
— Cambridge, Summer School in X-Ray Crystallography, 429
— College, London, Engineering Society,
Britain’s Electrical Supply Industry, by Prof. R. O. Kapp, 153
— Education and Industry, Conference on, 132
— Illinois, Investigation on Temperature Drop in Ducts for Air Heating Systems, 301*
— Leeds, Report on Coal-Gas Research, 193
— Sheffield, Report on Deep-Drawing Research 38*, 77*, 136*
— Swedish, and Engineering Research, 141
— See also Education

VALVE Fittings for Gas Cylinders, Specification, 508
— Gas-Regulating, for Water Heater, 396 Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vaughan-Lee, A. G., Report on Severn Barrage Scheme, 171
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Guards on Power Presses, 472
Velander, Prof. E., on Engineering Research in Sweden, 141*
Ventilating and Heating Problems in Underground Factory, 394
— Lighting and Heating, Guide to (Review), 44. See LETTER, 134
Ventilation Ducts, Hot-Air, Temperature Drop Along, 301*
— in Tramp Ships, 375
— in Warships, 375, 394
Vibration in Buildings, Reduction of, 12. See LETTER, 214
— of Elastically-Mounted Bodies, 321*
— During Pile Driving for Adelaide House, London Bridge, 25
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., “ Viking ” Passenger Aeroplane, 435
Victory in Europe, 371
“ Viking ” Passenger Aeroplane, 435
Vivian, A. C., on Flexure of Beams and Misconceptions in Theory of Elasticity, 414 Voltmeter. See Electric

WAGES. See Labour and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wagons, Railway, Construction in 1944, 243
Walker, H. O., on Buchi System of Pressure Charging, 126
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Alternating-Current Transmission, 374
Wallis, B. N., Award of Ewing Medal to, 468
Wanner-Type Optical Pyrometer, 402*
War, British Merchant Shipbuilding during, 312, 354, 374, 377*, 397, 417*, 437*
— in Europe, End of, 371
— Office, Temporary Steel Structures for Army Use, 166* ; Army Signals Equipment and Training, 298, 305
— Progress During 1944, 11
— Time Electricity Supply, Central Electricity
Board’s Keports, 131, 153
Measures for Purification of London’s Water Supply, 17
Statistics of Aircraft Industry, 513
Transport in Great Britain, 315, 345, 364
— Transport, Ministry of, Report of Romford
Collision, 253 ; Influence on Transport in Great Britain, 1935-1944, 315, 345, 364 ; Report on Derailment at Wood Green, 272; Report on Railway Collision at Esher, 413
— See also Post-War
Warfare, Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics

Warships :

Admiralty Floating Docks, Durban, 329
Allied Naval Ships War Losses, 472
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
British Dominion Naval Ships, War Losses, 472
— * Human Torpedo,” 405*
German Midget Submarines, 413
— Submarine “ U776 ” in Thames, 433 H.M. Aircraft Carrier ” Leviathan,” Launch of, 489
— Destroyer “ Orwell,” of 1906, 261*
— Flotilla Leader ” El Alamein,” Launch of, 428
— Navy and Merchant Navy Exhibition, London, 453
— Pipe-Laying Ship “ Algerian,” 464*. See Errata,
Laying Ship “ Holdfast,” 425, 444*, 464*
Laying Ship ” Latimer,” 464*. Errata, 507
Laying Ship “ Persephone,” 504*
— Ship “ Conundrum,” Floating for Pipe-Laying, 426*, 484*, 506* Lost during War, 472 Machinery Trials, 261 Refrigeration in, 153
— Sloop ” Racer ” of 1902, 221*
— Training Ship “ Britannia,” History of, 181*, 221*. See LETTER, 254* Magnetic Mines, Counter Measures, 433 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics —• Construction during War, Statistics, 12, 354
— Reminiscences of Engr.-Capt. E. C. Smith, 181*, 221*, 261*. See LETTER, 254*
Warships—continued.
Royal and Merchant Navies Exhibition, London,453 f
Torpedo Development, History of, 403*, 442*
Warships, Habitability in War-Time, 375, 394
— Heaving and Pitching of. Theory, 434 See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Waste as Source of Wealth, Salvage Exhibition, London,113
Water Bill, Government’s, 173
— Containing Free Carbon Dioxide, Corrosion of Galvanised Tanks by, 256 i
— for Fire Extinction, Effect of Adding Chemicals to, 457*, 497*. See Erratum, 474
— Heater, Gas-Regulating Valve for, 396
— Policy, National, Institution of Civil Engineers’ Report on, 73
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Turbine, Hydraulic
— Softening Process, Lime-Soda, Future of, 176
— Supply in Argentina, 69 at Bude, Cornwall, 164
London, Safeguarding Purity of, 17 See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Taps, Specification, 168
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic; Plant
— Wheels. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Plant
Waterdrome,” for Flying Boats, 424
Waterways. See Bivers ; Canals Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watt International Medal, Presentation to Dr. F. W. Lanchester, 93
Watts, E. H., on Crew’s Accommodation in Tramp Ships, 375
Watts, E. R., and Son, Ltd., “ Microptic ” Vertical Measuring Machine, 246*
Waxes, Australian, Researches on, 344
Wear Resistance, Value of Hardness Tests in Determination of, 502*
Webb, T. B., on Expanded Tube Joints in Boiler Drums, 317*, 337*, 358*, 379*. See 253, 274, 295. See LETTER, 356
Weir, D., the Late, 128
Welding of Alaskan Highway Oil Pipeline, 4*
— Arc, Steel Penstocks, Shasta Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 121*
— of Cast Iron, Use of Preheating, 460
— Electric, of Boiler Tube Joints, 274, 295, 318
— of “ Hamel ” Pipeline, 483*, 504*. See Errata, 507
— Institute of, Annual Report, 513
— Machines, Resistance, Electricity Supply
for. Report, 44
in Shipyards, 118
Welding? Machine, Spot, for Light Alloys (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 297
— of Kailway Wheel Flanges, 2.54
— Research Council, Dissolution, and Formation of British Welding Research Association, 513
— in War-Time Shipbuilding, 374, 397, 418*
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Gas Producer for Industrial Plants, 7* ; Mobile Charging Machine for Steel Furnaces, 346* ; Traversers for “ Pluto ” Pipeline, 484*, 504*
West Devon Electric Supply Co., Hydro- Electric Plants of, 292
Wheels, Railway, Welding Flanges of, 254
Whipple, G. A., on Instrument Screw Threads, 511
Whipple Collection of Scientific Instruments and Books, 161*, 223. See LETTER, 294
— Temperature Indicator, 401*
White Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy Whitworth Threads, Truncated, Standardisation of, 65
Wilkinson, L. St. G., the Late, 155
Willesden Power Station, High-Pressure Boilers at, 275
Williamson, G. W., on Aircraft Servicing, 474. See 395 and LITERATURE INDEX
Wilson, Dr. A. J. C., on Binary Equilibrium of Metals 255
Wilson, C. T. R., Ray-Track Apparatus, 463*
Wilson, Dr. W. K., on Effect of Surface Finish on Fatigue Strength, 277*. See 211
Winding Set, 2,650/5,300 h.p. Ward-Leonard, for Sheffield Colliery (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 19.5
Windmill, Sprowston, Norwich, Model of, 157* Window Frames, Wood, Specification, 228
— Glass Internal Sills for, Specification, 428 Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
Wolf, S., and Co., Ltd., “ Bilton-Scratchley Router,” 106*
Wood Blocks for Floors, Specification, 128 Wood Green Railway Accident, Report on, 373
— Joinery, Grading of. Specification, 128
— Oil Stain for. Specification, 448
— Screws, Specification, 288
— Stress Grading of. Specification, 328
— Synthetic-Resin Adhesives for. Specification, 268
Wooden Barges for Oil Transport in United States, 145
— Poles for Overhead Power Transmission Line, 241*
Woodford, C. G. A., on Electrical Equipment for Aircraft, 411
Woolwich Research Department. See Armament Research Department
Wor :s Management, Architectural and Buildrig, Drawing Office Practice, Specification, :68
Drawing Office Specification for Surface i'inish, 237*
Factory Organisation and Management Review), 423
Management and Men : Joint Consultation at all Levels (Review), 482
Organisation of Industrial Electrical Maintenance, 32
Quality Through Statistics (Review), 422. See LETTER, 514
Sampling Inspection Tables (Review), 63 Stock Control and Storekeeping, Specification, 108
What is this Management ? (Review), 83
— Ministry of. Report on Opencast Coal Production in the United States, 33 men. See Labour
:shop Training. See Education k Raising. See Salvage
nents, 294. See 161*, 223
Wri^it, H., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 293 Wrigit, J., on Aeroplane Wheels and Brakes, 24
Wrigit, Dr. T. P., Wilbur Wright Lecture on Aviation’s Place in Civilisation, 451
Wroight Light Alloys Development Associaion. Report on Spinning and Panel Beating of Aluminium Alloys, 496

X-RAY Apparatus for Testing Welds Steel ^enstocks, Shasta Dam, 124*
Crystallography, Cambridge Summer jchool, 429

YARROW and CO., LTD., Shipyard Machines at Poplar, 116
Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Agricultural Industry, 113 Youig’s Modulus. See Elastic Modulus

ZINC, Corrosion by Water Containing Carbon )ioxide, 256 ated Steel, Chromate Treatment for, 180

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