Engineering 1946 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index

1946 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index

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

“ ABRASAW ” for Cutting Non-Metallic Materials, 20
Abstracting, Indexing and Bibliographies, Current Practice, 247

Accidents :

Fractures in Welded Ships, Investigation on, 425, 509, 549
Sun Bank Railway Accident, Llangollen, Report on, 177*
’’Achates,” H.M. Destroyer, Torpedo Damage to, 405*
Ackeret, Prof. J., on 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 1*, 25*, 49*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Adhesion Tests, White-Metal Lined Cast-Iron Bearings, 550
Admiralty. See Warships
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— for Radar, 319
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aeronautical Society, Royal, 80th Anniversary Dinner, 63. See 61, 120; Resumption of Activities of Hatfield Branch, 456; Wright Lecture on Recent Aerodynamic Developments, by E. F. Relf, 541. See Erratum, 587

Aeronautics :

Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance and Invasion of England, 568, 580
Aerodromes, Fog Dispersal at, 33, 246
— Heathrow, London, Progress at, 303
— Lighting of, 501
Aerodynamics and Supersonic Air Flow, 207, 325, 329
Aeronautical Collection, Science Museum, Re-opening of, 345
— Progress and Royal Aeronautical Society, 61, 63,120
Aeroplane, Bombing, “ Lincoln ” (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 224*
“Spearfish” (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 583*
— Fighter, “ Firefly ” (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 583*
— “Gemini” (Miles Aircraft Co., Ltd.) 174*
— Landing Wheels, Single-Disc Brake for, 608*
— Military, “ Buckingham,” “ Brigand” and “ Buckmaster ” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 392*
— Production and Development, 77
Air Ministry and Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
Air Port, Fog Dispersal at, 33, 246
Heathrow, London, Progress at, 303 r Lighting of, 501
— Raid Damage to Electricity Undertakings, 57
— Transport in South America, 342
Aircraft, British, Gun Turrets for (Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd.), 18
— Carrier, H.M.S. “ Eagle,” Launch of, 279
— Evolution and Application of Radar, 307, 319, 367, 389
— Flexible Fuel Cells for (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 584*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 77
— Landing Wheels, Single-Disc Brake for, 608*
— Production in France (Review), 437
— and Shipping, British Corporation
Register of, Work of, 231; Failure of Negotiations to Unite with Lloyd’s Register, 414
Torpedo, Development of, 121*
— Use of High-Pressure Gear Pumps in, 183, 185, 208, 284*, 310*, 334*. See LETTER, 232
— Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine for, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
“ Brigand ” Attack Monoplane, 392*
“ Buckingham ” Bombing Aeroplane, 392* " Buckmaster ” Training Aeroplane, 392* Cells, Fuel, Flexible, for Aircraft (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 584*
Civil Aviation, Aircraft for, 78 and Jet Propulsion, 421 Ministry of, London Air Port, Heathrow, 303
Drag Reduction in Aeroplanes, 541. See Erratum, 587
“ Eagle,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, Launch of, 279
Engine, Aeroplane, 12-Cylinder “ Griffon ” (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 128*
High-Duty, Problems in Development of, 16
Jet, and Commercial Flight, 421
— — Jet, Effect of Supersonic Flight, 542. See Erratum, 587
Jet-Propulsion " Goblin ” (De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 175*
Engine, Aeroplane, Jet-Propulsion, Whit- tie, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum> 239
” Merlin 130 and 131 ” (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 465*
— — “ Merlin,” Gravity Die Castings in, 45*
Piston-Ring Wall Thrust in, Measurement of, 94*
“ Sabre ” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 79*
See also Gas Turbine (below) “Firefly IV” Fighter-Reconnaissance Aeroplane, 583*
Fog Dispersal Equipment at Aerodromes, 33, 246
Gas-Turbine Driven Aerial Propeller (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 56*
— — and Jet Propulsion, Researches on, 22*
Whittle Jet-Propulsion, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239 See also Engine, Aeroplane (above) " Gemini ” Aeroplane, 174 “Goblin” Jet-Propulsion Engine, 175* “ Griffon ” Aero Engine, 128* Helicopter Society of Great Britain, Luncheon, 279
Landing Aids Experiment Station, California, Fog-Dispersal Experiments at, 246
“ Lincoln ” Bomber, 224*
“ Merlin 130 and 131 ” Aero Engines, 465*; Gravity Die Castings in, 45*
Propeller, Aerial, Gas-Turbine Driven (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 56*
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Metallurgical Division Exhibition, 236
“ Sabre ” Aero Engine, 79
“ Spearfish ” Torpedo Dive-Bombing Aeroplane, 583*
Supersonic Flight, Effect on Jet Engine, 542. See Erratum, 587
Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine,
212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239 Wind-Tunnel Experiments on Flow of
Gases at Supersonic Speeds; 207, 325, 329
Supersonic, Kochel, Transfer to United States, 7
Supersonic, at National Physical Laboratory, 591
Wings, Aeroplane, Research on, 541. See Erratum, 587
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Agricultural Drainage, Trenching Machine for (Aveling-Barford, Ltd.), 127*
— Education, Higher, Report of Committee,494
— Engineering, National Institute of, Tests of
Pneumatic Tyres for Farm Tractors, by J. S. Wilson and H. J. Hamblin, 201
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects, 172
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture, Highland, Electrification of, Report, 469
— in Ontario, Electricity Supply for, 38
— See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX Air Blower, Twin Scavenging, for 375-b.h.p.
Petters Marine Oil Engine, 369*
— Conditioning in Textile Factories, Research
on, 21*
— Compressed. See Compressed Air
— Compressor for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine
Power Plant, 4*, 25*
- See also Gas Compressor
— Heater for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine
Power Plant, 4*
— Ministry. See Aeronawtics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric Pollution
— Pump. See Pump
— Raids. See Aeronautics
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Carriers. See Aeronautics
— Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
Akaba Canal Project, 205. See LETTER, 400 Alar, Ltd., Formation of, 55, 587
Alaska Highway, Acquisition by Canada, 594 Allen, W., on Daylight and Town Planning, 501 Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Pumping Plant for Rand Water Board, 152*
Allis-Chalmers Co., 44,000-h.p. Kaplan Turbines, 387*, 433
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs;
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alternating Stress. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Aluminium Co. of South Africa Pty., Ltd., Incorporation of, 44
— Development Association, Manufacture and
Production of Aluminium-Alloy Forgings and Stampings, by J. R. Hanaforth and J. T. Robinson, 138; Deep-Drawing and Pressing of Aluminium Alloys, 261
Aluminium Production and Imports, United Kingdom, 77
Plants in United States, 246
— Secondary, Development Organisation, For
mation of Alar, Ltd., 55, 587
America. See North America ; South America ; United States; Central America
American Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— Technical Bibliographies, 247
— See also United States
Analysis, Mechanical, of Portland Cements, 457*, 483*. See Erratum, 496
— Polarographic and Spectrographic, of
High-Purity Zinc and Zinc Alloys, Specification, 130
— Screen, of Coal, Specification, 514
Andes, Tunnel Through, Transandine Railway,
? 342
Angles, Pipe-Bend, Formulae for Calculation of, 507*
Angles, R. M., on Corrosion-Resistance of Electro-deposited Tin-Zinc Alloys, 289*; on Method of Electrodepositing Tin-Zinc Alloys, 427
Anglemeter, Taper-Checking (Precision Grinding, Ltd.), 113*
Annuals and Reference Books, 18, 71,139, 264, 408,432,490,576. See LITERATURE INDEX Apparatus, Electrical, Exports and Imports, 149
— Gas Extraction, for Study of Magnesium
Alloys, 305, 428*, 438
— Measuring, for Damping Capacity of Metals,
280, 358*
— Scientific, Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 15,
40*, 89*, 114*
Export Trade in, 592
— — at North-East Coast Exhibition, 39,107 Appleton, Sir E. V., Award of Faraday Medal
to, 87, 423; on Extratropospheric Influences in Radar Operation, 319; Award of Trasenster Medal to, 346
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education
Apron, Spillway, Kentucky Dam, 387* Aquasabon River, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 594 Arc. See Furnace; Welding
Arcata, California, Fog-Dispersal Experiments at, 246
Arch Design Simplified (Review), 316 Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Arctic Region, Meteorological Observations in, 330
Argentina, Engineering Notes from, 29, 161, 270, 342, 427, 534
Armament. See Guns ; Warships Armoured Ships. , See Warships Army, Applications of Radar in, 307, 389
— Royal Engineers Transportation Training
Centre, Longmoor, 535*
Arnold, Prof. R. N., on Dynamical Balancing of Rotors by Mechanical Resonance, 481*, 529* ; on Mechanics of Cutting Operation, 574*. See 544, 569, 593, 617
Arts, Royal Society of, Emergency Construction as Applied to Docks and Floating Structures during the War, by G. A. Maun- sell, 231; Cast Iron in Contemporary Building and Engineering, by J. G. Pearce, 351; Jet Propulsion, by Major F. B. Halford, 421
Arterial Roads. See Roads Asbestos-Cement Pipes, Specification, 34 Slates and Sheets, Specification, 10 Ash-Handling Plant, Hams Hall “ B ” Power
Station, 98*
Ashworth, F., on Silicon-Carbide Resistors, 295 Asphalt, Specification, 442
Associated British Oil Engines, Ltd., 3-h.p. Single-Cylinder Marine Petrol Engine, 537* ; 12-h.p. Opposed-Piston Marine Oil Engine, 537*
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions Atmospheric Pollution and Domestic Fires, 140,
157
in Leicester, Report on, 157
“ Atom ”, Semi-Crawler Tractor, 19*. See Erratum, 35
Atomic Energy Bill, 471
Industrial Application of, 327
Production of, 75*, 100
— Physics and Strength of Metals, 519, 558* Attwood, J. E., on Tool Materials, 596. See
569,593
Australia, Reclamation of War Equipment, 138 Australian Department of Munitions, Investigation on Cutting Fluids, 570
Autogenous Welding. See Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools ?— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobile Engineers, Institution of, Report of Research Committee, 5 ; Problems in Successful Development of High-Duty Engine, by A. Toole, 16; Research Department, Gear-Lubricant Testing Machine, 114; Amalgamation with Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 183. See 253. See LETTERS, 280, 304, 328, 352, 424 ; 40th Anniversary Celebration, 533; Award of Institution Medal to Prof. E. Giffen, 615; Transfer of Research Laboratory to Motor Industry Research Association, 615
— See Afotor Cars
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine.| See Jfanne Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Trenching Machine for
Agricultural Drainage, 127*
Aviation. See Aeronawtics
Ayliffe, Dr. S. H., on Processes for Altering Ship’s Magnetisation, 343;
Ayre, Sir A. L., on Admiralty Ship Welding Committee, 509, 549. Se6 425

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Water-Tube Boiler Construction by, 271*; Johnson Boiler for S.S. “Beaverdell,” 511*
Bacon, J. E., on Market for Household Appliances, 136. See 85
Baird, J. L., the Late, 592
Bakelite, Ltd., Bakelite Laminated-Sheet Production, 248*
Baker, G. M., on Effect of Machinability on Heavy Engineering Production, 605. See 569, 593
Balancing, Dynamical, of Rotors, by Mechanical Resonance, 481*, 529*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
Ballistics, Application of Supersonic Air Flow to, 207, 325,,329
Bars, Carbon-Steel, Specification, 274
Barclay, Dr. S. F., on Theory of Lock Nuts, 112. See LETTERS, 16, 39,161,
Barrell, H., on Measurements of Standards of Lengths, 401
Bartlett, C., oh War-Time Repairs to Merchant Ships, 159, 477*, 502*
Bartlett, J. G., on Cathode-Ray Tubes in Radar, 319
Barton, C. H., on Testing of Transformer Oils, 380
Bassett, G. A., on War-Time Repairs to H.M. Ships, 405*, 414, 437. See 353, 402
Battersea Power Station Extension, 17, 42 Battleships. See Warships
Bavaria, Kochel Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Transfer to United States, 7
Beacham, T. E., on High-Pressure Gear Pumps, 284*, 310*, 334*. See 183,(185, 208. See LETTER,232
Beams, Reinforced-Concrete, for Railway Bridge over River Eden, 556*
Bearings, Ball, Manufacture of, Effect of Allied Air Attacks on German Factories, 613
— for High-Pressure Gear Pumps, 183, 185,
208, 284*, 310*, 334*. See LETTER, 232
— for Motor-Car Engines, Researches on, 5
— Small, Bi-Metallic Bushes for (Glacier Metal
Co., Ltd.), 585
— Thrust, for Marine and Land Use (Jaru, Ltd.), 607
— White-Metal, Tinning of Cast-Iron Shells of, 550*
Beaver, S. H., on Derelict Land in Black Country, 301
“ Beaverdell,” S.S., Turbo-Electric Plant, 511* Begg, G. A. J., on Operating Experience with
La Mont Boilers, 87
Bell, Lieut.-Comdr. A. C., oh Photographic Reconnaissance and Invasion of England, 568, 580
Bellows, Metallic, Use in Thermostats, 413 Bending Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Bent, R. H., Segmental Ash-Plate for Chain- Grate Stokejrs, 294*
Berry, H., on Town Planning and Water Supply, 495
Berwick and Edinburgh Railway, Centenary of Opening, 566, 567
Bessemer Medal-, Award to J. S. Hollings, 424 Betatron, 200-Million Volt (Metropolitan-Vick- ers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 583
Bethel, Commdr. P., oh Development of Torpedoes, 73*, 121*.169*, 242
Bibliography, Engineering, Present State, 247 Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
Billig, Dr. E., on Mechanical Stresses in Transformer Windings, 9
Bi-Metallic Strips /for Thermostats, Construction of, 391
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Binley Colliery, Fluorescent Lighting in, 522
Binnie, A. M., on Effect of Obstructions in Tidal Estuaries, 241*
Birkin, Lieut. N., on Pay of Skilled Tradesmen, 64. See LETTER, 17
Birmingham,,Hams Hall “B ” Power Station, 97*
Bitumen Mixture for Flooring, Specification 490
Black, A. N., on Significance of Difference in Test Results, 16. See LETTERS, 496, 568
Blading, Turbine, Stainless Steel for, 16. See LETTERS, 64,112, 401
— for Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 212*, 237*, 261*
Blee, C. E., Kentucky Dam Scheme, 337*, 385*, 433*
Blowen, H. G., Segmental Ash-Plate for Chain- Grate Stokers, 294*
Blower, Air, Twin-Scavenging, for 375-b.h.p. Petters Marine Oil Engine, 369*
Board of Trade and Emergency Legislation, 772
— •— See also Overseas Trade Department Boilers, Domestic, Hot-Water, Specification,
202
— Feed Water. See Feed
— Foster-Wheeler, for 2,500-kW Transportable
Power Station, 463*
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— La Mont, Development and Performance, 87
— Locomotive, Heat Transfer in, 493
— Marine, for Canadian-Built Ships, 487, 520
— Plant, Battersea Power Station, 17, 42 for District Heating, 140
Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
— Super-Economic, Adaptation for Peat-Fuel
Burning, 223
— Water-Tube, Babcock and Wilcox, Construc
tion of, 271*
Tube, Foster-Wheeler, S.S. “ Orcades,” 130
— Tube, Johnson, S.S. “ Beaverdell," 511*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolivia, Engineering Notes from, 161, 534 Bolts, Load Due to Tightening Nut, 409*
— and Nuts, Theory of Locking, 16. See
LETTERS, 39,112,161
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
Bond, R. C., on 4-6-2 Non-Condensing Turbine Locomotive, 109. See LETTER, 259
Books, New, Notes on, 78, 144, 151, 235, 260, 282, 390, 528, 547. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106,130, 154,178,
202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 370, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610 Booker, Dr. H. G., on Elements of Radio Meteorology, 319
Booth, Lieut. C. H., on Standardisation of Tools for Machinability Tests, 595. See 544,569, 617
Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., Gun Turrets for Aircraft, 18
Boulton and Watt Steam Engine, Valve Gear, 619*. See 510, 518
Bowman, B., on Training of Road Transport Engineers, 39
Boyd, G. M., on Admiralty Ship Welding Committee, 509, 549. See 425
Bradfield, G., on Cathode-Ray Tubes in Radar, 319
Braithwaite and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Steel- Frame System of House Construction, 332 Brake, Single-Disc, for Aircraft Landing Wheels, 608*
Brasses, Machinability of, 573, 599*, 605 Brazil, Engineering Notes from, 29, 161, 270, 342, 427, 534
Breakdowns. See Accidents Bren-Gun Carriers, Utilisation on Farms, 138 Brennan Torpedo, History of, 242
Bricks, Clay, Engineering, Specification, 442 Brickwork, Specification, 562
Bridge Design and Construction, Memorandum on (Review), 580
— Illinois Central Railroad, at Kentucky Dam,
339*
— Railway, Relnforced-Concrete, over River
Eden,555*
— Road, Firth of Forth, 293
— Reconstruction, Gloucester - Cheltenham
Railway, 30*
— Scheme, River Severn, 293
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bridging School, Royal Engineers Transportation Training Centre, 535*
“ Brigand ” Attack Monoplane, 392*
Briggs, R. H., the Late, 39
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Gas-Turbine Driven Airscrew, 56* ; “ Buckingham,” “ Brigand ” and “ Buckmaster ” Aeroplanes, 392* ; Investigation on Loads on Bolts, 409*
— University, Investigation on Loads on
Bolts, 409*
British Association, Programme of Meetings, 519
— Cast Iron Research Association, Report on
Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron,117*
— Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association, Luncheon, 544
— Columbia, Electricity Supply in, 134
— Corporation Register of Shipping and Air
craft, Work of, 231; Failure of Negotiations to Unite with Lloyd’s Register, 414
— Economy in Post-War World, 136
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Relation between Daylight Illumination and System Load, by P. Schiller, 158; Annual Luncheon, 159; Annual Report, 187; Report on Transient Warming of Rooms, by M. V. Griffith, 326; Report on Characteristics of Domestic Load, by P. Schiller, 398; Report on Electrification of Highland Agriculture, by C. A. C. Brown, 469
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 399 ; Report on Rating of Resistance Welding Machines, 519
— Engineers Association, Report on Control of
German Industry and Patents, 229; Report on Exports, 542; Visit of French Industrialists to, 615
— Foundrymen, Institute of, Birmingham
Conference Programme, 489.
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.,
10,000-Megacycle Wave-Guide Bench, 114*
— Iron and Steel Federation, Report on
Modernisation Proposals, 446, 471
— Navy. See E.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.
Investigation on Reaction of Aluminium- Magnesium Alloy with Water Vapour, by R. Eborall and Dr. C. E. Ransley, 305, 428*, 438
British Oil Engines (Export), Ltd., 375-b.h.p. Oil Engines for H.M. Minesweepers, 369*
British Physical Laboratories, Ltd., Universal Impedance Bridge, 90
British Railways. See Railways
— Refrigeration Association, Annual Luncheon,
183
— Scientific Manufacturers’ Association, Stock
holm Exhibition, 227, 591
— Shipbuilding. See
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards British Steel Houses, Ltd., House Construction,
332
— Technical Bibliographies, 247
— Thermal Unit Meter, Distant-Reading
(Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 91*
British Thermostat Co., Ltd., History of, 413
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Transportable Metal-Clad Switchgear, 91*; Plant Constructed in 1945, 124; Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 213*, 237*, 26.1*. See Erratum, 239; Flameproof Switchgear for Mines, 317*; War Work by, 447; Jubilee of, 495 ; Fluorescent Lighting at Binley Colliery, 522
—- Trade. See Trade
— Welding Research Association, Constitution
of Council, 471
Britton, G. P., on New Dielectrics in Radio Engineering, 571
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., Bar- and Tube- Straightening Machine, 355*
Bronze, Malleable, Investigations on, 285
— Phosphorus, Chill-Cast, Mechanical Proper
ties of, 153
Brookside Engineers, Ltd., Air-Operated Inspection Gauge, 65*
Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd., Engineering Developments by, 495; 2,200 h.p. Electric Motors, 536*
Brown, C. A. C., on Electrification of Highland Agriculture, 469
Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Synchronous Drive for Carding Machines, 368* Bruce, A. K., on N. L. S. Carnot, 160
Bruff, H. J. L., the Late, 185
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Electric Generators for Horseferry-road Citadel, 92 . Buckingham ” Bombing Aeroplane, 392* Buckling Strength of Members and Structures (Review), 292
" Buckmaster ” Training Aeroplane, 392* Building, Cast-Iron in (Review), 5
— Component Producers Association, Ltd.,
Domestic Heating and Cooking Unit, 332
— Construction, Conslab ” System of, 201* See also Concrete, Reinforced and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electrical Equipment of, Regulations for, 207
— Painting of, Specification, 538
— Protection against Lightning, 127
— Soot Doors for, Specification, 490
Bull, F. B., on Instruments for Measurement of Strains in Ships, 425
Bureau of Mines. See United States
Burmeister and Wain Oil Engine, Development of, 356
Burne, E. L., the Late, 592
Burners for Flame Throwers, Researches on, 23 Bushes, Bi-metallic, for Small Bearings (Glacier Metal Co., Ltd.), 585
Bushrod, C. J., on Influence of Surface Preparation on Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys, 305
Business and University Education, Report, 37 Butchers, Dr. E.,on Magnesium-Silver-Lithium Alloys, 305
Butement, W. A. S., on Precision Radar, 367

CABLE and WIRELESS, LTD., Bill for Acquisition by Government, 42.3; Luncheon to Imperial Press Conference, 5,67
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric
Cadmium Coatings, Electrodeposited, Corrosion Tests of, 289*
— Radiation as Standard for Measurement of Length, 401
Calderwood, J., bn French Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 161
Calliper Gauge, Dial-Reading (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 68*
Calorific Value of Peat Fuel, 223
Calver, C. M. G., Ltd., Universal Vibrating Machine, 65* ; Indexing Collet Chuck, 67*; Electric Tool Furnace, 500*
Cam-Measuring Machine (Precision Grinding, Ltd.), 113*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Marine Temperature Indicator, 40* ; Gas Regulator, 40*; ElectricMicrometer Thickness Gauge, 40*
— University Appointments Board, Report on
University Education and Business, 37
Campbell, A., the Late, 280
Campbell, I. D., on Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 280. See 183,253. See LETTERS, 304, 328, 352, 424
Camshaft Housing for " Liberty ” Engine, Gravity Die-Casting for, 47*
Canada, Electricity Supply in, 134
?— Engineering Institute of, Visit of President of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 111; 60th Annual Meeting, Montreal, 255
Notes from, 246, 594
— Merchant Shipbuilding in, 461, 487, 520, 525
— Navigation bn Columbia River, 590
— Ontario Rural Electric Service, 38
?— St. Lawrence River Waterway and Power Scheme, 330
— Visit of President of Institution of Electrical
Engineers to, 111
Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., S.S. " Bea-; verdell,” 511*
Canal, Ellesmere, Failure of Bank of, 177*
— Project, Akaba, 205. See LETTER, 400
— St. Lawrence River Project; 330
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Capacity. See Electric
Capstan Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools Cars, Motor. . See Motor Cars
Carbide of Silicon for Resistors, Properties, 295 Carburettor, S.U., Gravity Die-Castings for, 47*
Carburisation. See Eeat Treatment under
Metallurgy
Cardiff, Welsh Industries Fair, 581, 607 Carding Machine, Syncbronous Drive for (D.
Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 368* Cardiograph, Electric (Clifton Instruments,
Ltd.), 89
Cargo Steamers. See Steamers Carlisle-Kingsmoor Railway Widening, 555* “ Carnarvon,” H.M. Cruiser, in 1908,17 Carnot, N. L. S., Life and Work of, 160 Carriage, Railway, Experimental, London
Passenger Transport Board, 116*
Carter, W. A., on Cutting Fluids and Chipbreakers, 582. See 569, 593, 617
Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under AfetaZZwr^y
Cast Iron in Building (Review), 5
— Modern Uses of, 351
— — Research Association, British, Report on
Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron, 117*
Tinning of, Research on Methods; 285, 526*, 550*
Castings, Magnesium-Alloy, Specification, 250 Grinding of, Regulations for, 30
Castle Meads Power Station, Gloucester, Segmental Ash-Plate for Chain-Grate Stokers, 294*
Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor Cathode-Ray Oscillographs (Milliard Wireless
Service Co., Ltd.), 90 Tubes for Radar, 307, 319, 367 “ Cegos,” French Industrial Research Organisation, Visit to England, 615
Cement, Portland, Mechanical Analysis of, 457*, 483*. See Erratum, 496
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenaries, Engineering, in 1946,15 Centenary of North British Railway, 566, 567 Central America, Engineering Notes from, 270
— Electricity Board, National Pool of Spare
Electrical Equipment, 57*; Annual
Report, 373, 399, 615
— Statistical Office, Monthly Digest of Statistics, 230
Centrifugal Pumps. See Pumps
Chance Brothers, Ltd., Marine Electric Port
Light, 40
Channel, Solution, at Kentucky Dam, Treatment of, 435*
Chatfield, Lord, on Shipbuilding Industry, 353.
See 349
Chatham Dockyard, Demolition of 130-ton
Sheers, 321*
Cheltenham-Gloucester Railway Widening, 30* Chemical Engineers, Institution of, Annual
Luncheon, 375; Establishment of Bursaries in Chemical Engineering, 611
— Research Exhibition, Imperial Chemical
Industries, Ltd., 443, 536
Chemists, British Association of, Glass Tubing, by R. E. Threlfall, 222
Chemistry, Applied, Thorpe's Dictionary of,
Vol. VIII (Review), 460
— of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chile, Engineering Notes from, 29, 161, 270, 342, 534
China, United States Electric Power Plants for,
594
— Yangtze River Development and Regulation
Scheme, 7, 303
Chinese Naval Colleges, History of, 601*
— Revolution of 1911, Effect on Hong Kong,
578, 601
— as Workmen, 579
Chuck. See J/ocAine Tools
Cinematograph Films, Industrial; Need for
Lists of, 496
— — of Lord Kelvin’s Career, 501
of Water-Tube Boiler Construction (Bab
cock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 271* Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Engineers Data Book on Design (Review),
219
Civil Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 10, 82,106,154,178, 322, 346, 466
Contract Form for Civil Engineering Work, . 351, 374
Award of Ewing Medal to Prof. R. V. Southwell, 399
Civil Engineering as a Career (Review), 340
— — Contractors, Federation of, Contract
Form for Civil Engineering Work, 351, 374
Claremont, Haynes and Co., Amalgamation of
Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 328. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 304, 352, 424
Clark, G. M., the Late, 136
Clay Engineering Bricks, Specification, 442
— Fire. See Fireclay
— Foundations and Soil Mechanics, 313*. See
-Errata, 346
— Tiles for Flooring, Specification, 394 Clayton Lecture on Whittle Jet-Propulsion
Gas Turbine, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
Cleveland and the Northern Counties, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179', 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611’ See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clifton Instruments, Ltd., Portable Electrocardiograph, 89
Climate. See Meteorology
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages Coal Consumption in Engineering Industry., 27
— Cutting Machines, Use of, 162,175
— Economy and District Heating, 140
?— in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472 See also Fuel Economy
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling Plant, Hams Hall “ B ” Power
Station, 97*
— Hydrogenation of, Workin United States,422
— Industry, Output Statistics, 424
— Locomotive, Unsatisfactory, Effect on
Railway Traffic, 470
?— Low-Grade, Utilisation of, Report on, 133.
See LETTER, 304
Coal Mine. See Colliery
— Mining Industry, Plans for Recruitment,
Education and Training in (Review), 554
— Processing Panel, Northern Industrial
Group, Report of, 62
— Production, Electrical Aids to, 226
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Screen Analysis of, Specification, 514
— Stocks for Electricity Supply, Shortage of,
373, 615
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coates, R. H., on Deformation of Alternator-
Rotor Windings, 14
Coating, Tin, on Cast Iron, Methods, 526*, 550* Research on Methods, 285
Zinc, Electrodeposited, Corrosion Tests of, 289*
— — Zinc, Method of Depositing, 427 Cofferdam, Cellular, Kentucky Dam Construc
tion, 434*
Coker, Prof. E. G., the Late, 376
Cold Storage. See Refrigeration
College. See Education
Colliery, Binley, Fluorescent Lighting in, 522
— Electrically-Driven Plant for, 226
— Flameproof Switchgear for (British Thom
son-Houston Co., Ltd.), 317*
— Lighting Exhibition, 163
— Machinery for, Provision of, 293
— Mechanisation, War-Time Development in,
162, 175
— North-East Coast, Electricity Supply to, 270
— Underground Haulage Methods for Mining
Engineers, Modern, Manual of (Review), 52
— Utilisation of Low-Grade Fuels in, 133. See
LETTER, 304
— See also Mines and Coal
Colombia, Engineering Notes from, 161, 342 Columbia River, Navigation on, 590 Combustion Chamber for Whittle Jet Propulsion Gas Turbine, 213*, 237*, 261*
— See also Fuel; Gases
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and
Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Motor Cars. See Motor Commonwealth Telecommunications, Government Policy on, 423. See 567
— See also Australia
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Comparator, Direct and Alternating Current,
(Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 91*
— Impedance (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 115*
— Mechanical (Sigma Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
414*
— Screw Thread, Double-Anvil (A. Herbert,
Ltd.), 81, 222*
Compass, Magnetic, Correction for Effect of
Degaussing, 343
Compressed-Air Storage Vessels for 2,000-kW
Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 4* Use in Damaged Merchant Ships, 478*
— Gas Cylinders. See Gas Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor Concrete Floating Dry Docks for United
States Navy, 145, 265*
— House Construction, Examples of, 332
— Reinforced, Floating Dry Docks for United
States Navy, 145, 265*
Floating Docks, Construction of, 231 Railway Bridge Over River Eden, 555* Reinforcement Steel Engineers’ Associa
tion, Formation of, 514
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Concreting Plant, Kentucky Dam, 385* Condenser, Surface, Heat Transfer Coefficients
in, 505*
— Water Temperature, Effect on Sludging
Value of Transformer Oils, 380 Condensing Plant for 2,500-kW Transportable
Power Station, 463*
Conductivity. See Electric
Conference on Creep of Metals, 233*; 258*
— on Industry and.Research, 281, 327
— International, on Large High-Tension
Networks, Paris Meeting, 231
— on Machinability. See Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
— Scientific, Empire, London, 589, 614
— on Waste-Heat Recovery, Programme, 342 Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel
“ Conslab ” System of Building Construction, 201*
Constructional Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects, 292
— Work for British Railways, 278. See
LETTER, 328
Consulting Engineers, Association of, Annual
Luncheon, 543
Containers, Refrigerated, for Meat Transport in Tropics, 453*
Contract Form for Civil Engineering Work, 351, 374
— and Specifications, Engineering (Review),
147
Control Board for Diesel Electric Plant, M.S. “Vecta,” 345*
— Gear, Turbo-Electric Cargo Ship, S.S.
“ Beaverdell,” 511*
for Turbo-Electric Ship Propulsion, 142, 166*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— of Quality, Society for, Formation in United
States, 95
— Room, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 99*
— System, Kentucky Dam Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 433
Convention, Radiolocation. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of.
Cook, Dr. M., on Computations in Metal Strip
Rolling, 281
Cooke and Ferguson, Ltd., 33-kV Low Oil-
Content Circuit Breaker, 282*
Cooke, G., on Operating Experience with La
Mont Boilers, 87
Cookers, Solid-Fuel, Specification, 490 Cooking and Heating Unit, Domestic (Building
Component Producers Association, Ltd.), 332
Cooling Towers, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
Cope, F. W., on Flow of Gases at Supersonic Speeds, 207, 325, 329
Copper Alloys. See Brass; Bronze; and Alloys under Metallurgy
— Damping Capacity and Fatigue of, 381*
— Development Association, Annual Report,
132
— For Use of Services, Specification, 10
— See also Metallurgy
Cores for Gravity Die-Casting, 45
Cornish Engine Preservation Society, Visit to Kew Bridge Pumping Station, 518; How Cornish Engines Came to London, by Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 510. See Errata, 619. See 518, 619*
Corrosion of Aluminium-Copper Alloy by Sodium Chloride, 280
— Films on Magnesium Alloy, Effect on Gas
Content, 305 , 428, 438
— of Magnesium Alloys, Effect of Surface
Preparation on, 305
— Methods of Protection Against, British
Standards Institution, Memorandum, 58
— Resistance Properties of Electrodeposited
Tin-Zinc Alloys, 289*
— of Ships and Under-Water Paints, 498
Corthesy, J., the Late, 130
Costain, R., Ltd., Concrete House Construction, 332
Courtney-Pratt, J. S., on Lubrication between Piston Rings and Cylinder Walls, 69*
Covers, Manhole, Cast-Iron, Specification, 274
Cox, E. S., on Modern Locomotive History, 39
Cracks in Steel, Detection by Supersonic Waves, 472
Cranes, Kentucky Dam Power Scheme, 386*
— See also Sheers
Crankshaft for Burmeister and Wain Oil Engine, 357
— Drilling and Reaming Machine (A. A.
Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 522*
— Motor-Car Engine, Researches on, 6
Crates, Packing, Made from Steel-Mesh Reinforcement, 138
Crawford, R., on Electrical Aids to Coal Production, 226
Creep of Metals, Conference on, 233*, 258*
— Quality of Boiler-Plate Steel, Proof Test for, 58
Cresswell, R. A., on Tinning of Cast Iron, 526*, 550*
Crews’ Accommodation in Ships, Watts’ Prize for Improving, 327
Crolt Engineering, Ltd., Holding Device for Machine Tools, 136
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruickshank, J., Ltd., Four-Speed Dough- Mixing Machine, 225*
Cruisers. See Warships
Crystal, Strength of, and Atomic Physics, 519, 558*
— Structure of Non-Ferrous Metals, Influence
on Machinability, 573*
of Metals. See also Metallography; Microphotographs
Curry, Capt. D. G. W., on Machinability Testing Apparatus and Development of Drill Test, 597*. See 544, 569, 593, 617
Curves, Plane, Drawing Tangents and Normals to, 209*
Cutting Fluids and Chipbreakers, 582. See 569, 593, 617
Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 101. See Errata, 216
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
Cylinder, Gas. See Gas
— Skirt for Merlin Engine, Gravity Die-Casting
for, 47*
— Wall and Piston Ring, Lubrication between
69*
Cylindrical Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools

DAILY HERALD “ Modern Homes ” Exhibition, 332
Dam Construction in Canada, 246
and Navigation on Columbia River, 590
— Engineering for (Review), 195
— Kentucky, on Tennessee River, 337*, 385*
433*
— Yangtze River Scheme, 7, 303
Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, 280, 358*, 381*
of Metals, 482*
Davies, L. J., on New Lamps for Old, 501
Davies, Dr. W., on Hot-Strength Characteristics of Moulding Sands, 190*
Davis, J., and Son (Derby), Ltd., Pneumatic Electric Lamp, 163
Dawe Instruments, Ltd., Electronic Stroboscope, 115
Dawson, W. J., on Detection of Cracks in Steel by Supersonic Waves, 472
Daylight Illumination and Electricity Supply Demand, 158
— and Town Planning, 501
Decca Radio Navigation System, 451 Deep-Drawing Properties of Metals, Investigations on, 6
Degaussing, Theory and Practice of, 343
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., “Goblin” Jet-Propulsion Aero Engine, 175*
Derelict Land in Black Country, Report, 301
Desch, Dr. C. H., on Detection of Cracks in Steel by Supersonic Waves, 472; on Science and Steel Industry, 476, 485. See 448
Design, Engineering, Characteristics and Problems of, 333
— Industrial, in Consumer Goods, National
Exhibition of, 327
Destroyers. See Warships
Devonshire, Sir J., the Late, 400
Diamond Lapping Wheel, “ Spedia,” Tests, 271
— Tools at Gauge and Tool Makers’ Exhibition,
114
Dickinson, Dr. H. W., on How Cornish Engines Came to London, 510. See Errata, 619. See 518, 619*
Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Thorpe’s, Vol. VII (Review), 460
Die-Casting, Gravity, from Engineers’ Viewpoint, 45*
Zinc Alloys for, Analysis of, 130
— for Pressure Castings (Fox and Offord, Ltd.),
136*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Dislocation Theory of Slip in Crystals, 519, 559* Disputes, Trade. See Labour
District Heating, Advantages and Limitation of, 140
Dixon, W., on Future of Electrical Generation, 206
Dock Accommodation for H.M. Ships under Repair, 403, 405, 415
— Dry, Floating, for United States Navy,
145*, 193*, 217* 265*
— Floating, Reinforced-Concrete, Construction
of, 231
Dockyard, Chatham, Demolition of 130-Ton Sheers, 321*
— Hong Kong, 577*, 601*
Dolby, E. R., the Late, 496
Dollis Hill Post Office Research Station, Work of, 524
Domestic Appliances, Market for, Report, 85. See LETTER, 136
— Electricity Supply, Characteristics of
Load, 398
— Fires and Atmospheric Pollution, 140, 157
— Heating from Central Station, 140
and Cooking Unit (Building Component Producers Association, Ltd.), 332
— Hot-Water Boilers, Specification, 202 Water Service, Centralised, Specification,
466
Donnelly, V. J., on Need for List of Industrial Films, 496
Door Frames, Metal, Specification, 298
— Metal Casement, Specification, 34
— Soot, for Buildings, Specification, 490
Dough-Mixing Machine, Four-Speed (J. Cruickshank, Ltd.), 225*
Drainage, Agricultural, Trenching Machine for (Aveling-Barford, Ltd.), 127*
Draughtsmanship (Review), 507
Drawing, Deep, of Aluminium Alloys, 261
— Tangents and Normals to Plane Curves, 209* Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine
Tools
Drive, Synchronous, for Carding Machines (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 368*
Drop Forgings, Steel, Overheating of, 496 Drums for “Pluto” Pipeline, Experiments- with, 473
Dry Dock. See Dock
Drying, Hay, and Electricity Supply, 469 Dunn, W. T., the Late, 400
Duralumin, Intercrystalline Corrosion by Sodium Chloride, 280
Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Coal
— Filters, Electrostatic, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
— on Roads, Prevention of, 331
Dynamical Balancing Machines for Rotors, 481*, 529*
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo-Generators

“EAGLE,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, Launch of, 279
Ealing, Popes-lane Emergency Substation, 57* Earthquakes and Seismic Sea Waves, 484
Eatough, C., on Tool Wear as Measure of Machinability, 622*. See 544, 569
Eborall, R., on Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy with Water Vapour, 428*, 438. See 305
“ Ecito,” Programme of, 279
Economics, Industrial. See labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economy, British, in Post-War World, 136
— Fuel. See Fuel Economy
Eden, River, Reinforced-Concrete Railway Bridge over, 555*
" Edgwick ” Screw-Thread Comparator, 222* Edinburgh and Berwick Railway, Centenary of Opening, 566, 567
Education :
Advisory Service for Graduates and Students of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 231
Agricultural Education, Higher, Report of Committee on, 494
Board of Education Circular on Research in Technical Colleges, 423
Cambridge University Appointments Board, Reporton University Education and Business, 37
Chemical Engineers, New Centres for Training of, 375
Chinese Naval Colleges, History of, 601* Civil Engineering as a Career (Review), 340 Coal-Mining Industry, Plans for Education and Training in (Review), 554
Fuel Technologists, Training of, 165 Imperial College of Science and Technology, Report on Vacation Work Scheme, 63
Marine Engineers, Mercantile, Training of, 17
— Radio School, Woolwich, 514 Metallurgical Education, Plans for, 476,485 Ministry of Education, Circular on Awards for University Students, 495
Public Examinations in Engineering, 257. See LETTERS, 304, 328, 400
Road Transport Engineers, Training of, 39 Technical Colleges, Research in, Board of Education Circular on, 423
Textile Machinery Makers, Ltd., Sir W. Preston Scholarship and Research Fellowship Scheme, 519
University Education and Business, Report on, 37
— and Scientific Man-Power, 565
— Students, State Assistance for, 495 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Alternator. See Generator and Turbo
Electric :
Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Welding. See Welding
Betatron, 200 Milion-Volt (Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 583 Bridge, Impedance, Universal (British Physical Laboratories, Ltd.), 90
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Report on Relation between Daylight Illumination and System Load, by P. Schiller, 158; Annual Luncheon, 159 ,* Annual Report, 187; Report on Transient Warming of Rooms, by M. V. Griffith, 326; Report on Characteristics of Domestic Load, by P. Schiller, 398; Report on Electrification of Highland Agriculture, by C. A. C. Brown, 469 and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Report, 399; Report on Rating of Resistance Welding Machines 519.
— Thermal Unit Meter, Distant-Reading
(Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 91* Buildings, Regulations for Electrical Equipment, 207
Cables, Mineral-Insulated Metal-Sheathed, 31
— War-Time National Pool of, 57* Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Central Electricity Board, National Pool of Spare Electrical Equipment, 57*; Annual Report, 373, 399, 615
Coil, Arc-Suppression, Experience with, 252 Commutator Separators, Micanite for, Specification, 466
Comparator, Direct- and Alternating- Current (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 91*
Conductor, Bunched Copper-Wire, Specification, 346
— Mineral-Insulated Metal-Sheathed, 31 Conductivity of Metals and Atomic
Physics, 558
— of Sintered Metallic Powders, 190 Contacts, Sintered Metallic Powders for,
188*
Dielectrics, Investigations on, 187
— New, in Radio Engineering, 571 Dynamo. See Generator ; Turbo-Generator Earth-Leakage Trip (Record Electrical Co., Ltd.), 89
Electrical Apparatus, Physical Society’s Exhibition, 15, 40*, 89*, 114*
— Aids to Coal Production, 226
— Engineering Industry, Position and
Prospects, 123, 149
— Equipment of Buildings, Regulations
for, 207
— — Industry, Need for Statistics, 350 Industry, Position and Prospects, 149
— Installations for Houses, Specification,
346
— Standards, Measurement of, 402 Electricity Commissioners, Questionnaire
on Capital Expenditure, 15; National Pool of Spare Electrical Equipment, 57*; Electricity-Supply Statistics, 63
— Distribution and Utilisation of (Re
view), 267
Electro-Cardiograph, Portable (Clifton
Instruments, Ltd.), 89 Electroplating. See Electro Fluorescent Lightingin Binley Colliery, 522 Practice, 501 Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and. Turbo High-Tension Networks, International
Conference on, Paris Meeting, 231 Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal-Combustion Engines. See Ignition
1 Impedance Bridge, Universal (British Physical Laboratories, Ltd.), 90
— Comparator (Standard Telephones and
Cables, Ltd.), 115*
— Meter (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 115 Induction Furnace. See Furnace
— Motors. See Motors, Electric Instruments for Measuring Physical
Quantities, 199
Insulating Materials, New, in Radio Engineering, 571
Insulation, Film-Forming Materials Used in, 7
— Mineral, for Metal-Sheathed Conductors,.
31
Lamp Caps, Festoon, Specification, 418
— Design, Progress in, 501
— Discharge, Schedule for, 130
— and Fittings for Houses, Specification,
538
— Pneumatic (J. Davis and Son (Derby),
Ltd.), 163
— Production, Exports and Imports, 149 Legislation, Fundamental, for Electricity
Supply to Customers, 181
Lights, Navigation, Electrically-Controlled (Londex, Ltd.), 522
Lighting Equipment for Mines, Exhibition of, 163
— Fluorescent, in Binley Colliery, 522
— in Locomotive Sheds, London Midland
and ScottishRailway, 84
Lightning, Protection Against, 127 Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators ; Motors ; Turbo Magnetos. See Ignition Magnetron, Construction of, 361*
— and Klystron, Theory of, 125*, 148*,
184*
Mains. See Cables (above).
Meter, British Thermal Unit, Distant- Reading (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 91*
— Certification, Order in Council, 255,
543
— Dynamometer Type (Sangamo Weston,
Ltd.), 41
— Impedance (General Electric Co., Ltd.),
Substation.
Switchgear. See Switchgear
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony Thermometer. See 7'Aemometer Thermostats, History of, 391
Traction. See Locojnotiws, Electric ; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Voltage for Electric Ship Propulsion, 167
— Low-Pressure Distribution, Standardi
sation of, 159
— Standardisation, Implications of, Decision to Adopt, 571
Wave Filters, Electric, theory and Design of (Review), 171
Wave-Guide Bench, (British Insulated Ltd.), 114* Welding. See TPeZding Wireless Telegraphy.
Radar ; Radio ; Television
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radar ;
Radio ; Television
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electrical Engineers, Institution of :
Deformation of Alternator-Rotor Windings, by R. H. Coates and B. C. Pyle, 14
Transformer Practice with Reference to Standardisation, by A. G. Ellis, 86
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Election as Honorary Member, 87
Faraday Medal, Award to Sir E. V. Appleton, 87, 423
Presidential Visit to Engineering Institute of Canada, 111
Fundamental Legislation for Electricity Supply to Customers, by W. Fennell, 181
Supplement to Regulations for Electrical Equipment of Buildings, 207
Electrical Aids to Coal Production, by R. Crawford, 226
Advisory Service for Graduates and Students, 231
Practical Experience of Arc-Suppression Coils, by H. W. Taylor; 252
Silicon-Carbide Non-Ohmic Resistors, by
F. Ashworth, W. Needham and R. W. Sillars, 295
Kelvin Lecture on Nuclear Physics and the Future, by Prof. M. L. Oliphant, 423
Report of Council, 471
Report on Benevolent Fund, 471
Implications of Decision to Adopt a Standard Voltage of 240 Volts, by H. Nimmo, 571
Installations Section:
Mineral-Insulated Metal-Sheathed Conductors, by F. W. Tomlinson and H. M. Wright, 31
Coreless Induction Furnaces, by M“ J. Marchbanks, 404
Measurements Section:
Instruments for Special Purposes, by R. W. Griffin, 199
Engine Ignition Faults and New Method of Diagnosis and Location during Running, by F. R. F. Ramsay and W. Nethercot, 417
Radio Section :
Film-Forming Materials used in Insulation, by C. R. Pye, 7
Hyperbolic Navigation, by J. A. Pierce, 111 New Dielectric and Insulating Materials in
Radio Engineering, by Dr. J. C. Swallow and G. P. Britton, 571
Transmission Section:
Mechanical Stresses in Transformer Windings, by Dr. E. Billig, 9
Rural Electrification : Use of Single-Phase System of Supply, by J. S. Pickles and W. H. Wills, 390
North-Eastern Centre:
Future of Electrical Generation, by W. Dixon,206
North Midland Centre :
Formation of Installations Group, 232
Radiolocation Convention:
Programme, 207, 279
Report of Proceedings, 317, 367, 389
Evolution of Radiolocation, by Sir R. Watson-Watt, 306, 317
Aerials for Radar Equipment, by J. A. Ratcliffe, 319
Wave Guides, by Dr. M. H. L. PryCe, 319
Elements of Radio Meteorology, by Dr.
H. G. Booker, 319
Experimental Studies of Propagation of Very Short Radio Waves, by E. C. S. Megaw, 319
Extratropospheric Influences in Ultra- Short Wave Radar Operation, by Sir E. Appleton, 319
Survey of Cathode-Ray Tube Problems in Service Applications, with Special Reference to Radar, by J; G. Bartlett, D. S. Watson and G. Bradfield, 319
Electrical Engineers, Institution of
—continued. Radiolocation Convention (continued):
War-Time Developments in Cathode-Ray Tubes for Radar, by L. C. Jesty, H. Moss and R. Puleston, 367
Precision Radar, byW. A. S. Butement, 367 Development of Radio Valves, by Dr. J. H. E. Griffiths, 367
Ultra-High Frequency Measurements, by C. B. Oatley, 367
Problems in Shipbome Radar, by A. W. Ross, 389
Radar Transmitters, by 0. L. Ratsey, 389
Radar Receivers, by Dr. W. B. Lewis, 389 Introduction to Circuit Techniques for Radiolocation, by Dr. F. C. Williams, 389
Radar Navigation, by Dr. R. A. Smith, 389 Symposium on Degaussing:
Programme, 295
Historical Introduction to Degaussing, by H. W. K. Kelly, 343
Under-Water Measurements of Magnetic Field, by Dr. D. H. Parnum, 343
Use of Ships’ Models Magnetically to Scale in Degaussing Research, by R. J. Gossage, 343
Magnetic Field of Ship and its Neutralisation by Coil Degaussing, by W. C. Potts, 343
Electrical Engineering Aspect of Coil Degaussing, by I. S. Fraser, A. A. Read and B. E. Vieyra, 343
Processes Applied to Ship to Alter its State of Magnetisation, by Dr. S. H. Ayliffe, 343
Correction of Ships’ Magnetic Compasses for Effects of Degaussing, by H. G. Wassell and D. A. Turner, 343 Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
— and Radio Engineers, Plastics for (Review),
482
Electricity Commissioners. See under Electric Electrodeposited Tin-Zinc Alloys, Corrosion
Tests and Deposition Method, 289*, 427 Researches on, 285
Electrodepositors’ Technical Society, Method of Electrodeposition of Tin-Zinc Alloys, by R. M. Angles, 427
Electro-Hydraulics (Messier), Ltd., Three-
Spindle Horizontal Boring Machine, 426* Electron Optics and Electron Microscope (Review), 340
Ellesmere Canal, Failure of Bank of, 177*
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Direct- and
Alternating-Current Comparator, 91*; Distant-Reading British Thermal Unit Meter, 91*
Ellis, A. G., on Standardisation of Transformers,
86
Embankments, Kentucky Dam, 433*
— and Soil Mechanics, 313*. See Errata, 346 Empire Scientific Conference, London, 589, 614 Employees. See Labour
Employment. See Labour
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Internal-Combustion, Diagnosis of Ignition
Faults in, 417
— Combustion, Lubrication between Piston Rings and Cylinder Wall in, 69*
Combustion, for Motor Vehicles, 309, 331, 604
Combustion. See also Twrfiines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel, Construction in Italy, 295
Diesel, for French Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 161
Diesel, Marine, 750-b.h.p., M.S. “ Vecta,” 344*
Diesel, Marine, Development of Burmeister and Wain Type, 356
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— — Marine, Developments in, 269
Marine, 12-h.p. Opposed-Piston (Oil Engines (Coventry), Ltd.), 537*
— — Marine, 375-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Petters,
for Minesweepers, 369*
— — Six-Cylinder Petters, for Horseferry Road
Citadel, 92
720-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder V-Type (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 560*
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics Diagnosis of Ignition Faults in, 417
— — l|-h.p. to 10-h.p. Industrial (Petters, Ltd.), 139
Marine, 3-h.p. Single-Cylinder (Petters, Ltd.), 537*
— — Motor-Car, Researches on, 5
— — Piston-Ring Gumming in, 93*
See also Aeronautics; Carburettors;
Motor Cars
— Steam, Cornish, at Kew Bridge Pumping
Station, 518, 619*
— — Lanz, Spare Parts for, 520 Marine, Developments in, 269
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion;
Turbines
Ploughing. See Tractors
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers, Characteristics of, 333
— Education. See Education
— Foreign, in Brazil, Permits for, 342
— Institutions. See Znstitwfions
— Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey, 207 Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— Bibliography, Present State of, 247
— Centenaries in 1946,15
— Contracts. See Contracts
— for Dams (Review), 195
— Education. See Education
— Industry in Italy, 295
Withdrawal from Essential Work Orders 135
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— and Marine Exhibition, Olympia, 1947, 111
Engineering Outlook, Economic Review, 27,
53, 77, 101, 123, 149, 172, 197, 220, 244, 268, 292. See Errata, 216
— and Scientific Association of Ireland, Peat
Combustion for Industrial Steam Heating, by A. J. Woods, 223
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Works. See WorAs
England, invasion of, and Photographic Reconnaissance, 568,580
English Channel, “ Pluto ” Pipeline Across, Experiments on Craft for, 473
English Electric Co., Ltd., Diesel-Electric Drive for M.S. “ Vecta,” 344*
English, Dr. S., on Lighting of Airports, 501 Equilibrium Diagrams, Alloys. See Metallurgy Ericsson Torpedo, 243
Escher Wyss 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 1*. 25*, 49*
Essential Work Orders, Withdrawal of Engineering Industry from Provisions, 135 Estuaries, Tidal, Effect of Obstructions in, 241* Europe, Inland Transport in, Report on, 135.
See 279
— “ Liberation,” 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440* European Central Inland Transport Organisation. Programme of, 279. See 135
Euston Station, Railway Signalling Exhibition at, 375
Evans, E. A., on Oxidation of Transformer Oils, 380
Evaporator for 2,500-kW Transportable Power Station, 463*
Everest, Dr. A. B., on Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron, 117*
Everett, Edgcumbe and Co., Ltd. Time-Measuring Instruments, 41
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Fuel Gauges, 89* Ewing Medal, Award to Prof. R. V. Southwell,
399
Exchanger, Heat, for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 4*, 25*
Exhibition, “ Britain Can Make It,” 327
— British Scientific Instruments, Stockholm,
227, 591
— Chemical Research, Imperial Chemical In
dustries, Ltd., 443, 536
— Engineering and Marine, Olympia, 1947, 111
— Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 42*,
65*,113*, 136*
— Inspection Equipment, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, 39,107
— Lighting, Illuminating Engineering So
ciety’s, 501
— Measuring and Inspection, A. Herbert, Ltd.,
11,81,222*
— Metallurgical Products, Johnson, Matthey and
Co., Ltd., 618
— Mine Lighting, 163
— “ Modern Homes,” 332
— National, of Industrial Design, 327
— Railway Signalling, at Euston Station, 375
— Scientific Apparatus, Physical Society’s, 15,
40*,89*,114*
— Welsh Industries Fair, Cardiff, 581, 607
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Experimental Tank. See TanA Explosives, Surplus, Utilisation of, 138 Exports, Engineering, Need for, 542
— Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Extensometer for Plastics, 241*
Extratropospheric Influences in Radar Operation, 319

FACTORIES, Employment of Women. See Labour
— Government, Release and Allocation of, 27,
77,101,149,173, 246
— Management. See Works Management
— Rolls-Royce, Hillington, Disposal of, 231 Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., " Firefly IV ” Fighter Aeroplane, 583*; “ Spearfish ”
Bombing Aeroplane, 583*
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.,
S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511* Fairhurst, T. W., the Late, 616 Faraday Medal, Award to Sir E. V. Appleton,
87, 423
Farming. See Agriculture ; Tractors
Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys, Effect of Residual Stresses on, 280
— of Metals and Damping Capacity, 280, 358*,
381*
— Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
Federation of British Industries, Conference on Industry and Research, 281; 327; Doubts on Steel Nationalisation, 471
— of Coated Macadam Industries, Luncheon,
519
Feed-Water System for 2,500-kW Transportable Power Station, 463*
Female Labour. See Labour and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fennell, W., on Fundamental Legislation for Electricity Supply to Customers, 181 Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Field, A. E., the Late, 249
" Fiji,” H.M. Cruiser, Torpedo Damage to, 405* Films, Cinematograph, Industrial, Need for List of, 496
of Lord Kelvin’s Career, 501
Reproduction of Documents, Peace- Time Future, 135
— — of Water-Tube Boiler Construction
(Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 271*
— Forming Materials Used in Insulation, 7
— Protective, for Tin-Zinc Alloy Coatings, 291* Filters, Dust, Electrostatic, Hams Hall “ B ”
Power Station, 98*
— Magnetic, for Coolant and Lubricating Oil,
Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 105*
— for Used Lubricating Oil, Researches on, 5
— Wave, Electric, Theory and Design of
(Review), 171
Filtration of Used Lubricating Oil, Researches on, 5
Finance of Electricity Supply, 399
Fire Mains in H.M. Ships, Experience with, 377, 402
Fireboxes, Locomotive, Heat Transfer in, 493 Fireclay, Hot-Strength Characteristics of, 190 “ Firefly IV ” Fighter-Reconnaissance Aeroplane, 583*
Firth of Forth Road Bridge Scheme, 293 Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Fitzgerald, T., on Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical-and Automobile Engineers, 304. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 328, 352, 424
Fiume, Torpedo Manufacture at, 169
Fixture and Jig System (Wharton and Olding,
Ltd.), 608*
Flame Throwers, Researches on, 23
Flanges, Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of, 364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448
Flaw Detector, Supersonic-Wave (H. Hughes and Son, Ltd.), 42, 472
Fleet. See Warships
“Fleetwood,” H.M.S., Radio-Navigation
Equipment in, 423, 451
Flight. See Aeronautics Floating Dock. See Dock
Flood Control, Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River, 337*, 385*, 433*
Scheme for Missouri River, 594
Flooring, Bitumen Mixtures for, Specification
490
— Clay Tiles for, Specification, 394
— Softwood, Specification, 562
Flour Mill, Electrification of (Metropolitan-
Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 199*
Flow of Gases at Sonic and Supersonic Speeds, 207, 325,329
Flue Blocks for Gas Fires and Ventilation, Specification, 418
Fluids, Mechanics of, Elementary (Review), 506
Fluorescent-Lighting Practice, 501
Fog-Dispersal Experiments in United States, 246
Process, Researches on, 33
Forbes, W. A. D., on Under-Water Paints and Fouling of Ships, 498
Forgings, Aluminium-Alloy, Manufacture, 138
— Drop. See Drop Forging
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Steel, Overheating of, 496
Forrest, G., on Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys
280
Forth Road Bridge Scheme, 293
Foster, H., on Industrial War Records, 39
Fouling of Ships, and Under-Water Paints,
468
Foundations, Kentucky Dam, 337*, 435* —- for Railway Bridge Over River Eden', 555*
— and Soil Mechanics, 313*. See Errata, 346 Foundry. See Castings; Moulding
— Work. See Die Casting
Foundrymen, British Institute of. See British Fox, F. A., on Influence of Surface Preparation on Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys, 305
Fox and Offord, Ltd., Pressure Casting Die, 136* France, Aircraft Production in (Review), 437
— Torpedo Manufacture in, 170
— See also French
Fraser, I. S., on Electrical Engineering Aspect of Coil Degaussing, 343
Freeman, G. F., on Public Examinations in Engineering, 328. See 257. See LETTERS, 304,400
French Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 161
— Industrial Research Organisation, Visit to
England, 615
— Railways, Restoration Work on, 399
—- See also France
Friction in Bolts and Nuts, 409*
— Tool, and Machinability, 544, 569, 573,
575*, 582, 593, 617, 620*, 622*
Froude Experimental Tank, Experiments for “ Mulberry ” Harbour, 473
Fry, L. H., on Heat Transfer in Locomotive Boiler, 493
Fuel Cells, Flexible, for Aircraft (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 584*
— for Commercial Motor Vehicles, 341, 365,
548, 571, 604
— Consumption, 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine
Power Plant, 49*
— Economy in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472
— — Resulting from District Heating, 140
— Gas-Producer, for Transport, Testing of,
Specification, 82
— and Gas Research at Leeds University,
Report on, 543
— Gauges (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 89*
— Institute of, Melchett Lecture on Team Work in Research, by Dr. C. H. Lander, 21*, 33; Report of Council, 375 ; Presidential Address by Dr. E. W. Smith, 375 ; Conference on Waste-Heat Recovery, Programme, 342; Midland Section, District Heating, by Prof. R. O. Kapp, 140; East Midland Section, Training of Fuel Technologists, by Dr. J. W. Whitaker, 165
— Liquid, Synthetic, Work in United States
on, 422
See also Oit Fuel
— Low-Grade, Utilisation of, Report on, 133.
See LETTER, 304
— OU. See Oit Fuel
— Position in Argentina, 342
— and Power, Ministry of, Utilisation of Low-
Grade Fuels, 133. See LETTER, 304; Report on War-Time Coal-Mine Mechanisation and General Position at Present Time, by G. M. Gullick, 162,175
— System for Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas
Turbine, 214*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
— Technologists, Training of, 165
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas; Peat; Pul
verised Fuel
Furnace, BoUer. See Stoker
— Electric Induction, Coreless, 404
in Swedish Iron and Steel Industry, 448 —for Tools (C. M. G. Calver, Ltd.), 500*
— for Gas Carburising Plant (Incandescent
Heat Co., Ltd.), 488*
Furnace for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power
Plant, 4*
— Thermostats for, 413
Fused-Salt Pre-Treatment Methods for Tinning
Oast Iron, 550*
Fusion Welding. See Welding

GARVIE, H. T., the Late, 328
Gas Absorption by Magnesium Alloys, 305,428*
— Appliances, Jointing Material for, Specification, 514
— Carburising Plant (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 488*
— Compressor for Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas
Turbine, 213*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
— Cylinders, Steel, Specification, 586
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Fires and Ventilation Flue Brjcks for,
Specification, 418
— Flow at Sonic and Supersonic Speeds, 207,
325, 329
— and Fuel Research at Leeds University,
Report on, 543
— and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— Heated Appliances for Domestic Purposes,
Specification, 490
— Producer. See Producer
— Regulator (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.)
40*
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Hydrogen, etc.
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol; Carburettors; Aeronautics
Gates, Mitre, Navigation Lock, Kentucky Dam, 385*
— Spillway, Kentucky Dam, 386*
Gauge, Calliper, Dial-Reading (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 68*
— Depth, Float-Operated, for Flexible Fuel
Cells for Aircraft, 585*
— Fuel, “ Free-Float ” and “ Roll Float ”
(Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 89*
— Inspection, Air-Operated (Brookside Engineers, Ltd.), 65*
— Screw-Thread, Roller Type (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 67*
— Strain, for Use in Ships, 425
— Thickness, Electric Micrometer (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 40*
— and Tool Makers’ Association, Exhibition, 42*, 65*, 113*, 136* ; Work of, 279 ; Luncheon, 616
Gawn, R. W. L., on Model Experiments in Mine Warfare 449
Gear, Lubricant, Testing Machine for, 114
— Motor Car, Researches on Durability, 6
— Rolling-Mill Pinion, Repair by Thermit
Welding (Murex, Ltd.), 32*
— Transmission, for Tanks, 353,378
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gee Radio Navigation System, 451
“ Gemini ” Aeroplane, 174
General Electric Co., Ltd., Impedance Meter, 115
General Electric Co. (New York), 35,000-kVA Alternators, Kentucky Dam, 433*
Generating Plant, Electric, Private, Specification, 538
— Station. See Power Station
Generator, Electric, Battersea Power Station, 17, 42
9,000-s.h.p., S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
— — Constructed in 1945,124
Deformation of Windings of, 14
50,000-kW, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
Hand-Driven, Tests of, 553*
250-kW, for Horseferry Road Citadel, 92 for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 4*
35,000-kVA Kentucky Dam, 433*
Micanite for Commutator Separators, Specification, 466
2,500-kW, for Transportable Power Station, 463*
for M.S. “ Vecta,” 344*
See also Turbo-Generators
Geological Model, Kentucky Dam Site, 338*
George, C. W., on Method of Assessment of Machinability, 621*. See 544, 569
George, P., on Oxidation of Liquid Hydrocarbons, 379
German Industry, Disintegration due to Allied Air Attacks, 613
and Patents Control, Report on, 229
— Navy, Preparations for Invasion of England,
568,580
— Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Transfer to United
States, 7
— Switchgear Design, Report on, 224
— Tanks, Steering Mechanisms of, 353, 378
— War-Time Production, Quality of, 13 Germany, 2-10-0 Type Locomotive, with Air-
Cooled Condenser, 355
— Torpedo Manufacture in, 170
— Turbo-Electric Propulsion in, 143
— Work on Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine in, 263 Giffen, Prof. E., Award of Institution of Automobile Engineers’ Medal to, 615
Girders. See Beams ; Bridges
Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., Bimetallic Bushes for Small Bearings, 585
Glasgow, Disposal of Rolls-Royce Factory, Hillington, 231
— University, 200-Million Volt Betatron for
Nuclear Research, 583
Glass Tubing, Manufacture of, 222
Glassware, Volumetric, Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 321*
Gloucester, Castle Meads Power Station, Segmental Ash-Plate for Chain-Grate Stokers, 294*
— Cheltenham Railway, Widening of, 30*
“ Goblin ” Jet-Propulsion Aero Engine, 175* Goodall, Sir S. V., on Royal Navy at Outbreak of War, 353,376,402
Goodrich, W. E., on Overheating of Nickel- Chromium-Molybdenum Steel, 496
Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., Brake for Aircraft Landing Wheels, 608*
Gossage, E. J., on Use of Ships’ Models in Degaussing Research, 343
Gossling, P. W. L., on International Research on Transformer Oils, 379; on Sludging Value of Transformer Oil, 380
Gothenburg Experimental Tank, Experiments on Cargo Liners, 449
Gould, F. A., on Standards of Mass, 401
Government Factories, Release and Allocation of, 27, 77,101,149,173, 246
— and Iron and Steel Industry, 397, 446, 471,-
517
— Offices, Underground, Emergency, 92
— Railways. See Railways
Governor Gear, 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 50*
— for 44,000-h.p. Hydraulic Turbine, Kentucky Dam, 388
Grain, Moisture Meter for (Mullard Wireless Service Co., Ltd.), 89*
Grand Coulee Irrigation Scheme, 65,000-h.p. Centrifugal Pump for, 7
Grant, J. W., on Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron,117*
Grates, Combination, Domestic, Specification, 490
— See also Stoker
Gratings, Gully, Road, Specification, 274 Graving Dock. See Dock
Gray, F. A., on Fuel Utilisation in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472
— Lecture on Alternating-Current Turbo
Electric Ship Propulsion, 111, 142*, 166*
Great Western Railway, Widening of Gloucester-Cheltenham Line, 30* ; Report on Sun Bank Accident, 177*
Greenly, Lieut.-Col. Sir John, Award of Platinum Medal to, 259
Greenock, Torpedo Manufacture at, 170, 243
Greenwich Observatory, Removal to Hurst- monceaux Castle, 414
Gresley, Sir N., Locomotives of (Review), 196 Grieg, E. C., the Late, 491
Griffin, R. W., on Instruments for Special Purposes, 199
Griffith, M. V., on Transient Warming of Rooms, 326
Griffiths, Dr. E., on Refrigerated Transport of Meat in Tropics, 453*
Griffiths, Dr. J. H. E., on Evolution of Radio Valves, 367
” Griffon ” Aero Engine, 128*
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
Grogan, J. D., on Intercrystalline Corrosion of Aluminium-Copper Alloy, 280
Grouting, Foundation for Kentucky Dam, 435
Guerin Process for Bakelite Laminated Sheet Production, 249*
Guerrier, Comdr. H. E., on Pay of Skilled Tradesmen, 17. See LETTERS, 64
Guilloton, Dr. R., on Wave Profiles and Hull Resistance, 532
Gullick, G. M., War-Time Development in Coal Mines Mechanisation, 162,175
Gully Gratings, Road, Specification, 274
Gun Mountings, Responsibility of Naval Engineers, 577
I Naval, Tilt Tests for, 499
— Turrets for Aircraft (Boulton Paul Aircraft,
Ltd.), 18
— See also Ballistics ; Explosives ; Warships
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Gunnery, Application of High-Pressure Gear Pump to, 183, 185, 208, 284*, 310*, 334*. See LETTER, 232
— Application of Radar to, 307, 389 Gunpowder. See Explosives
Gypsum Plasterboard Specification, 58

HALFORD, MAJOR F. B., on Jet Propulsion, 421
Hall, J. A., on Measurements of Temperature, 402
Hamblin, H- J-, on Tests of Pneumatic Tyres for Farm Tractors, 201
Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, Birmingham, 97*
Handforth, J. R., on Aluminium-Alloy Forgings and Stampings, 138
Handling Plant, Ash, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
Coal, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
Hankins, Dr. G. A., on Flow of Gases at Supersonic Speeds, 207, 325,329; on Mechanics of Cutting Operation, 574*. See 544, 569, 593,617
Hanstock, Dr. R. F., on Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, 358*, 381*. See 280
Harbour, “ Mulberry,” Model Experiments for, 473
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardness Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Hardy, T. W. B., on Theory of Lock Nuts, 16. See LETTERS, 39,112,161
Harker, G. F. H., on Drawing Tangents and Normals to Plane Curves, 209*
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Launch of H.M. Aircraft Carrier “ Eagle,” 279 ; Development of Burmeister and Wain Oil Engine by, 356 Harris, Prof. J. E., on Under-Water Paints and Fouling of Ships, 498
Hartley, A., on Overheating and Burning of Steels, 496
Hartridge, Prof. H., on Light and Vision, 501 Hartshorn, Dr. L., on Electrical Standards, 402 Harvey Steam Engine, Valve Gear, 619*. See 510,518
Haslar Experimental Tank, Experiments on Mine Warfare, 449
Hatfield Memorial Lecture on Dr. W. H. Hatfield’s Services to Metallurgy, 461
Haulage Methods, Underground, for Mining Engineers, Manual of (Review), 52
Hauser, H. H., on Sintered Metallic Powders for Electrical Contacts, 188*
Hay Drying and Electricity Supply, 469
Health, Ministry of, Central Advisory Water Committee, 567
Heat Control by Thermostat, History, 314, 391
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aeronautics
— Exchanger for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine
Power Plant, 4*, 25*
— Insulation, Lagging Materials for Textile
Factories, 21*
— Transfer Coefficients in Surface Condensers,
505*
in Locomotive Boiler, 493
Team Research Work in, 22
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Air, for 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 4*
Heathrow, London Air Port, Progress of, 303
Heating and Cooking Unit, Domestic (Building Component Producers Association, Ltd.) 332
— Curves, Alloys. See Metallurgy
— District, Advantages and Limitations of, 140
— Plant, Steam, Experiences with Peat Fuel
for, 223
— Transient, of Rooms, Report on, 326 Heavy Motor Car Order 1904, 309, 331 Hebblethwaite, W. M., on Operating Experience with La Mont Boilers, 87
Helicopters. See Aeronautics
Herbert, A., Ltd., Measuring and Inspection Exhibition, 11, 81,222* ; “ Abrasaw ” for Non-Metallic Materials, 20 ; Double-Anvil Thread Comparator, 81, 222* ; Hexagon Turret Lathe for Bar Work, 272* ; Vertical Knee-Type Milling Machine. 486* ; Automatic Face Cutter Grinding Machine, 523*
Hickman, M. J., on Refrigerated Transport of Meat in Tropics, 453*
Hiduminium R. R. 56, Damping Capacity and Fatigue of, 381*
High Duty Alloys, Ltd., Research on Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, 280, 358*, 381*
— Speed Steel. See Steel
— Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highland Agriculture, Electrification of, Report, 469
Highways. See Roads
Hill, Prof. A. V., on Publication of Results of War-Time Scientific Research, 112
Hillington, Rolls-Royce Factory, Disposal of, 231
Hinchcliffe, M. R., on Gravity Die-Casting from Engineers’ Viewpoint, 45*
Hindley, Dr. W. N., on Error in Diamond- Pyramid Hardness Measurements, 286*
History of Kirkstall Forge through Seven Centuries (Review), 412
— Railway, British, 1846-1946, 566
H. M. SS. See under Warships Hodge, R., the Late, 534
Hoists. See prunes; Sheers
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauges Holidays, Summer Vacation Work Scheme,
Imperial College, 63
Hollings, J. S., Award of Bessemer Medal to, 424
Holroyd, Dr. R. H., on Processes of Destructive Hydrogenation, 447
Holt, J. and Co. (Liverpool), Ltd., on Lanz Steam Engine, 520
Holt, W. J., on Admiralty-Type Motor Fishing "VPQGJPIQ
Hong Kong Dockyard, 577*, 601*
Honours List, King’s Birthday, 591, 615 New Year, 15, 63, 87
Hookham, G., on Tensions in Hanging Wires, 460* ; on Formulae for Calculation of Pipe- Bend Angles, 507*
Horseferry Road Citadel', Machinery Equipment of, 92
Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 2,000-kW, 1* 25*, 49*
— Water Service, Domestic, Centralised, Speci
fication, 466
Supply by Gas for Schools, Specification’ 562
House of Commons, Ventilating Arrangements, 591
— Construction, “ Modern Homes ” Exhibition, 332
— Electric Fittings and Lamps for, Specification, 538
Installations for, Specification, 346 Household Appliances, Market for, Report, 85.
See LETTER, 136
Housing Estates, Electricity Load in, 398
Hughes, H., and Son, Ltd., Supersonic Flaw Detector, 42, 472; Split-Field Direct- Current Motor, 42*
Hull Resistance of Ships, Calculation of, 532
Hulse, C., on Fuel Efficiency in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472
Hume-Rothery, Dr. W., on Magnesium-Silver - Lithium Alloys, 305
Humidity-Measuring Instruments, 199 Hurstmonceux Castle, Removal of Greenwich
Observatory to, 414
Hydraulic Power Plant. See Power PZanZ
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant Hydraulics. See Irrigation ; Water Hydrocarbons, Liquid, Oxidation of, 379 Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hydrogen, Absorption by Aluminium-Magne-
sium Alloy, 305, 428*, 438
Hydrogenation of Coal, Work in United States on, 422
— Destructive, Processes of, 447
Hyperbolic Navigation, 111

ICE. See Refrigeration
I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Research on Computations in Metal Strip Rolling, 281
Ignition Faults in Internal-Combustion Engine, Diagnosis of, 417
" Ilex,” H.M. Destroyer, La Mont Boiler in, 87 Illinois Central Railway Bridge, Kentucky Dam, 339*
Illuminating Engineering Society, London Convention and Exhibition: Light and Vision, by Prof. H. Hartridge, 501; New Lamps for Old, by L. J. Davies, 501; Laboratory Techniques for Solving War- Time Visibility Problems, by W. R. Stevens and J. M. Waldram, 501; Lighting of Airports, by Dr, S. English, 501; Daylight and Town Planning, by W. Allen, 501; Fluorescent Lighting Practice, by W. J. Jones, 501
Illumination, Daylight, and Electricity Supply Demand, 158
— See also Light; Lighting ; and Lamps under
Electric
Impact Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Chemical Research Exhibition, 443; 536; Flexible Fuel Cells for Aircraft, 584*
— College of Science and Technology, Fuel
Research at, 22*; Report on Vacation Work Scheme; 63; Mine-Lighting Exhibition, 163
Import Trade. See Trade
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Gas Carburising Plant, 488*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Indexing, Abstracting and Bibliographies, 247 India Rubber. See Rubber
Indicator, Temperature, Marine (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 40*
Induction Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Motor. See Motor, Electric
Industrial Agreements and Disputes. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Design, Council of, National Exhibition of
Industrial Design in Consumer Goods, 32,
— Economics. See Labour -— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See WorAs Management
— Notes. See Labour Notes under Labour
— Process Control, Principles of (Review), 5
— Research. See Research
— Statistics, Need for, 230
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Welsh,; Cardiff1 Fair, 581, 607
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Industry and Emergency legislation, 277
— and Research, Conference on, 281, 327
— United States, Effect on War on, 182
— University Graduates in, 37
Inertia and Mass, Removal of Ambiguities Regarding, 259
Ingots, Magnesium-Alloy, Specification, 250 Inland Navigation. See Navigation; Canals; Rivers, etc
— Transport in Europe, Report on, 135
Organisation, European, Programme, 279 Inspection Equipment Exhibition, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, 39,107
— Gauge, Air-Operated (Brookside Engineers,
Ltd.), 65*
— and Measuring Exhibition, A. Herbert, Ltd.,
11, 81, 222*
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards; See Standards
— Elections, 10, 58, 82,106,154,178, 226,250,
298, 322, 346, 370, 394,J466, 490, 562, 586, 610
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of; Arts, Royal Society of; Automobile Engineers, Institution of; British Association ; British Foundrymen, Institute of ; Canada, Engineering Institute of; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Chemists, British Association of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Consulting Engineers, Association of ; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Electrodepositors’ Technical Society; Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland; Fuel, Institute of; Illuminating Engineering Society; Iron and Steel Institute; Junior Institution of Engineers ; Libraries, Special, and Information Bureau, Association of; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Manchester Association of Engineers; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Maudslay Society; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, American Society for; Metals, Institute of ; Mining Engineers, Institution of; Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders ; Petroleum, Institute of; Physical Society; Physics, Institute of; Radio Engineers of America, Institute of; Refrigeration, Institute of; Royal Society ; Statistical Society, Royal; Structural Engineers, Institution of ; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Swiss Association of Electricians ; Testing Materials, American Society for; Transport, Institute of; Welding, Institute of; Wrought Light Alloys Association
Instruments for Measuring Physical Quantities, 199
— Measuring, for Strains in Ships, 425
— Optical, in Engineering (Review), 316
— Scientific, British, Exhibition in Stockholm,
227, 591
(Review), 506
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Insulation. See Heat; Electric Integrators, Photometric, Specification, 154 Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aero-
nawZics ; Engines; Motor Cars; Tractors ; Turbine, Gas
International Combustion, Ltd., Boiler Plant for Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
— Temperature Scale, Measurement of Tem
perature on, 402
— Trade.' See Trade
Invasion of England and Photographic Reconnaissance, 568,580
Inventions, Netherlands, Patents During 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries (Review), 340
—- Value to Engineers, 333
— See also Patents
Irish Hospitals’ Trust, Ltd., Experience with Peat Fuel for Steam Raising, 223
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Case-Hardening. See Heat Treatment under
Metallurgy
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Joint Council, Report on Iron and Steel
Industry Modernisation, 446, 471
— and Steel Industry Modernisation, Report
on, 446,471
Industry, Nationalisation of, Government Policy, 397, 446, 471, 517
— Industry, North-East Coast, Electricity Supply to, 270
Industry, Re-equipment Plans, 28
Industry, Services Rendered by Science to, 476, 485
Industry, United States, Plans for, 594
Iron and Steel Institute :
Monthly Bulletin, Change of Format, 227 Hatfield Memorial Lecture on Dr. Hatfield’s Services to Metallurgy, by Dr.
G. B. Waterhouse, 461
AuZumw AfeeZing, London, 1945 :
Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron, by Dr. A. B. Everest, J. W. Grant and
H. Morrogh, 117*
Sources of Error in Diamond-Pyramid Hardness Measurements on Hardened Steel, by Dr. W. N. Hindley., 286* AnmaiZ Meeting,. London, 1946 :
Programme,’ 31'8
Report of Council, 424
Report of Honorary Treasurer, 424
Bessemer Medal, Award to J. S. Hollings, 424
Hot Strength Characteristics of Moulding Sands, by Drs. W. Davis and W. J. Rees, 190*
Annual Luncheon, 447
Formation of Iron and Steel Engineering Group, 448
Election of Officers, 448
Presidential Address, by Dr. C. H. Desch, on Science and Steel Industry, 476, 485. See 448
Reports of Discussions, 448, 472, 496
Fuel Problems in Swedish Iron and Steel Industry, by Dr. M. Tigerschiold, 448, 472
Problems in Fuel Efficiency, by C. Hulse and Dr. R. J. Sarjant, 448, 472
Fuel Utilisation in Iron and Steel Works, by N. H. Turner and F. A. Gray, 448, 472
Detection of Cracks in Steel by Means of Supersonic Waves, by Dr. C. H. Desch,
D. O. Sproule and W. J; Dawson, 472 Some Aspects of Overheating of Steel Drop Forgings, by H. J. Merchant, 496
Overheating and Burning of Steels, by A. Preece, A. Hartley, Dr. S. E. Mayer and J. Nutting; 496
Overheating and Burning of Nickel-Chro- mium-Molybdenum Steel, by W. E. Goodrich, 496
Effect of Oxygen on Isothermal Transformations of Steel and Suggested Test for Burning, by Prof. F. C. Thompson and Dr. L. R. Stanton, 496
Some Experiments on Overheating, by
J. Woolman and H. W. Kirkby, 496
Tinning of Cast Iron, by R. A. Cresswell, 526*, 550*
Iron and Steel Manufacture in Chile, 342
._ ._ production in United Kingdom, Statistics, 27
Works. See Works
—I— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See TesZs (Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Metallurgy Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Structures Irrigation and Navigation, Columbia, River
Scheme, 590
— Scheme, Grand Coulee, 65,000-h.p. Centri
fugal Pump for, 7
—- — for Missouri River, 594 Yangtze River, 303
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Italy, Engineering Industry in, 295
— Torpedo Manufacture in, 170
Iterson, F. van, on Utilisation of Low-Grade Fuels, 304. See 133

JARU, LTD., Exhibits of Bearings at Welsh Industries Fair, 607
“ Javelin,” H.M. Destroyer, Torpedo Damage to, 405*
Jesty, L. C., oh Cathode-Ray Tubes for Radar, 367
Jet Propulsion and Commercial Flight, 421
— — Engine, Effect of Supersonic Flight, 542.
See Erratum, 587
Gas Turbine, Researches on, 22*
— — Gas Turbine, Whittle, 212*, 237*, 261*.
See Erratum, 239
“ Goblin ” Engine, 175*
Jig and Fixture System (Wharton and Olding, Ltd.), 608*
Johnson, J., Machinery of S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd., Exhibition of Metallurgical Products, 618
Johnstone, L., on Effect of Machinability on Medium Engineering Production, 606. See 569, 593
Jointing Material for Gas Appliances, Specification, 514
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., Crankshaft Drilling and Reaming Machine, 522*
Jones, E. H. (Machine Tools), Ltd., 10-in. Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 248* ; Sigma Mechanical Comparator, 414*
Jones, W. J., on Fluorescent Lighting Practice, 501
vin GENERAL INDEX.
Journals. See Bearings
Junior Institution of Engineers, Stevens Lecture on Processes of Destructive Hydrogenation, by .Dr. R. H. Holroyd, 447 ; Annual Luncheon, 495

KAPP, Prof. R. O., on District Heating, 140
Kaye, J., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., Synchronous Drive for Carding Machines, 368*
Kearns, H. W., and Co., Ltd., Three-Spindle Horizontal Boring Machine, 416*
Keller, Dr. C., on 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 1*, 25*, 49*
‘’Kelly,’’ H.M. Destroyer, Torpedo Damage to, 405*
Kelly, H. W. K., on History of Degaussing, 343
Kelvin Lecture on Nuclear Physics and the Future, by Prof. M. L. Oliphant, 423
Kelvin, Lord, Cinematograph Film of Career, 501
Kendall, J. T., on Production of Atomic Energy, 75*, 100
Kenneford, A. S., on Machinability Testing Methods Using Pendulum Machines, 599*. See 544, 569
Kent, G., Ltd., War Record of, 534
Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River, 337*, 385*, 433*
Kerr, Dr. R., on Corrosion-Resistance of Electrodeposited Tin-Zinc Alloys, 289*
Kew Bridge Pumping Station, Cornish Engines at, 518, 619*
Keynes, Lord, Nomination to Fellowship of Royal Society, 532
Kincaid, J. G., and Co., Ltd., S.S. ’’ Beaverdell,” 511*
Kinematograph. See Cinematograph King’s Birthday Honours List, 591, 615 Kingsmoor-Carlisle Railway Widening, 555* Kirkby, H. W., on Experiments in Overheating of Steel, 496
Kirkstall Forge, History Through Seven Centuries (Review), 412
Klystron and Magnetron, Theory of, 125*, 148*, 184*
Kochel Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Transfer to United States, 7
Krakatoa Eruption and Seismic Sea Waves, 484

LABORATORY, Research, Institution of
Automobile Engineers, Transfer to Motor
Industry Research Association, 615
— Testing, Metallurgy Division, Royal Aircraft
Establishment, 236
— See also National Physical
Labour :
Coal-Mining Industry, Plans for Recruitment, Education and Training in (Review), 554
Labour in Canadian Shipyards, 462, 487, 520, 525
— in Engineering Industry, 27, 53, 77,
123, 269, 292
— in H.M. Dockyards During War, 405,
437
— and National Service, Ministry of,
Regulations for Grinding Magnesium Castings, 30; Withdrawal of Essential Work Orders, 135; Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 175 ; Emergency Legislation, 277
— Notes, 20, 44, 68, 92,116,140,164,187, 212, 236, 260, 283, 308, 332, 356, 380, 404, 428, 452, 475, 500, 524, 547, 572, 595, 620. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, Sheffield, 175
Physical Output per Head in Industry, 27 Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927, Repeal of, 183
— Unions, Law of (Review), 363
Tradesmen, Skilled, Pay of, 17. See LETTERS, 64
Wages in Engineering Industry, 54, 125, 294
Women in Engineering Industry, 54, 77, 125, 269, 292
Lac, Bleached, Specification, 346
Lacey, J. M., the Late, 88
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Laidlaw, Drew and Co., Whittle Jet-Propulsion
Gas Turbine, 212*, 237*, 261*
Lake Superior, Schreiber Pulp and Paper Mill, 594
La Mont Boiler, Development and Performance of, 87
Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Lanchester, Dr. F. W., the Late, 256* Land, Derelict, in Black Country, Report, 301 Lander, Dr. C. H., on Team Work in Research, 21*, 33
Landing Wheels, Aircraft, Single-Disc Brake for, 608*
Lanz Steam Engine, Spare Parts for, 520 Larke, E. C., on Computations in Metal Strip
Rolling, 281
Lathes. See Machine Tools Law. See Legal; Labour; Patents
Lawton, F. W., Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
Lay Torpedo, History of, 242
Lead-Bearing Materials and Machinability, 544, 569, 573, 593, 600*
— Pipes, Specification, 394
Leeds University, Gas and Fuel Research,
Report on, 543
Legal:
Atomic Energy Bill, 471
Cable and Wireless Limited, Bill, 423
Electricity Supply to Customers, Fundamental Legislation, 181
Labour Legislation. See Labour Legislation, Emergency, and Industry, 277
Legal—continued.
Patent Law. See Patents
Railway Bills in 1846, 566 Road Transport Legislation, 1896-1946, 309, 331, 341, 365, 462, 548, 571, 604. See Erratum, 331
Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Act, 1945, Debate on, 277
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act, 1944, United States, 422
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927, Repeal of, 183
— Unions, Law of (Review), 363 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Leicester, Atmospheric Pollution in, Report, 157 Leith-Hay-Clark, Major N., on Pay of Skilled
Tradesmen, 64. See LETTER, 17
Length, Standard of, Measurement, 401 Letters to the Editor, 16, 39, 64, 88,112, 136, 161, 232, 259, 280, 304, 328, 352, 400, 424, 448, 496, 520, 546*, 568, 594
Lewis, Dr. W. B,, on Radar Receivers, 389 Leyensetter Machinability Testing Machine, 599*
Liardet, A. A., the Late, 185
“ Liberation ” 2-8-0 Type Locomotive (Vulcan Foundry, Ltd.), 440*
Liberia, Monrovia Port Development, 7 Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of, Future of Microfilm Service, 135
Liege School of Engineering, Old Students’ Association, Award of Trasenster Medal to Sir E. Appleton, 346
Lifts, Electric, Specification, 586
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Metal Founders’ Association, Reconstitution
of, 351
— Navigation, Electrically-Controlled (Londex
Ltd.), 522
— and Vision, Investigations on, 501
— Wavelength as Standard of Length, 401 Lighting of Airports, 501
— Exhibition, Illuminating Engineering
Society’s, 501
— Fluorescent, in Binley Colliery, 522
— Mine, Exhibition, 163
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightning. See Electric
Limit Gauges. See Gauges
— System, Standard, Use of, 424
“ Lincoln ” Bomber, 224*
Lindblad, Prof. A. F., on Cargo Liner Experiments in Gothenburg Tank, 499
Liners. See Ships; Steamers ; Motorships Lintels' and Sills for Windows arid Doors, Specification, 82
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Literature, 5, 26, 52, 99, 147, 171, 195, 219, 267, 292, 316, 340, 363, 412, 436, 459, 482, 506, 532, 554, 579, 603. See LITERATURE INDEX
Lithgows, Ltd.,, S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511* Litigation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association,
Annual Report, 399
Llangollen Railway Accident, Report, 177*
Lloyd-Evans, Prof. B., on Shackles for Central Loading, 546*
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Introduction of Four Yearly Special Surveys, 88; Statistics, Vessels Launched in 1945, 183. See 268; Failure of Negotiations to Unite with British Corporation, 414; Shipbuilding Statistics, 4.47; Work in War-Time, 477
Load Factor and Domestic Electricity Supply, 398
Loading Machines, Agricultural, Recent Developments, 172
for Coal Mines, 226
Local Authorities. See Afwnicipal
Lock, Navigation, Kentucky Dam, 339*, 385*, 434*
— Nuts, Theory of, 16. See LETTERS, 39,112,
161
Locomotive, 2-10-0 Type, with Air-Cooled Condenser, German, 355
— Boiler, Heat Transfer in, 493
— for British Railways, 278. See LETTER, 328
— British, Statistical Returns, 470
— 2-8-2 Type, Combined Steam and Oil-
Engined, 355
— Development on London Midland and
Scottish Railway, 39
— Engineers, Institution of, Modem Loco
motive History, by E. S'. Cox, 39; Ten Years’ Experience with L.M.S. 4-6-2 Non-Condensing Turbine Locomotive No. 6202, by R. C. Bond, 109. See LETTER, 259
— French Diesel-Electric, 161
— Grate and Smoke-Box Improvements,
London Midland and Scottish Railway, 103
— by Sir N. Gresley (Review), 196
— on Highways Act, 1896, 309
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 220
— Manufacturers' Association, “ Liberation,”
2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440*
— Sheds, Lighting in, London Midland and
Scottish Railway, 84
— Steam Turbine, London Midland and
Scottish Railway, Experience with, 109. See LETTER, 259
— 2-8-0 Type, “ Liberation,” for Continental
Service (Vulcan Foundry, Ltd;), 4'40*
— 4-4-6-4 Type, Pennsylvania Railroad, 355
— 4-14-4 Type, for Russian State Railways, 355
— 4-8-4 Type, South Australian Railway, 355
— 6-8-6 Type Steam Turbine, Pennsylvania
Railroad, 355
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Lodge-Cottrell, Ltd., Electrostatic Dust Precipitator, Hams Hall ” B ” Power Station, 98
Londex, Ltd., Electrically-Controlled Navigation Lights, 522
London Air Port, Heathrow, Progress of, 303
— Association of Engineers, Annual Festival,
520
— First Empire Scientific Conference, 589, 614
— Greater, Proposals for Water Area, 110
London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Widening of Gloucester-Cheltenham Line, 30*; Locomotive Development on, 39 ; Lighting in Locomotive Sheds, 84; Locomotive Grate and Smoke-Box Improvements, 103; Experience with Turbine Locomotive, 109. See LETTER, 259; Experimental Station Building, 163*; Manningham Motor- Vehicle Maintenance Workshop, 296*; Signalling Exhibition, 375; Carlisle- Kingsmoor Widening, 555*
— Passenger Transport Board, Experimental
Coach, 116*; Operations in 1938-44, 470
London Power Co., Ltd., Battersea Power Station Extension, 17, 42 ; Annual Report, 207
— Railway Plan, Report, 445, 450*
— Traffic, Report of Royal Commission, 1905,
331
— Underground Railways. See Underground
and London Passenger Transport Board
— Use of Cornish Pumping Engines in, 510,
518, 619*. See Errata, 619
Longman, R. M., the Late, 616
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Loxham, J., on Use of Standard Limit System, 424
Lubricant, Motor-Car Gear, Testing Machine, 114
Lubricating Oils. See Oils
Lubrication of Bolts and Nuts, Tests on Effects of, 409*
— Between Piston Rings and Cylinder Wall, 69*

MACADAM. See Roads
Machinability, Conference on. See Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools — Testing. See Testing Machines and Tests (Materials)
Machine Tools :
Automatic Machine Operation, Economics of (Review), 352
Boring Jigs, Wharton, 608*
— Machine, Three-Spindle Horizontal (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 416*
Chuck, Collet, Indexing (C. M. G. Calver, Ltd.), 67*
Coolant Oil, Magnetic Filters for (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 105*
Cutting Fluids for Tools and Machinability, 570, 582. See 593, 599, 617
— Non-Metallic Materials, Abrasive-Wheel Machine for (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 20
Diamond Lapping Wheel, “ Spedia,” Tests of, 271
— Tools at Gauge and Tool Makers’ Exhibition, 114
Drill, Twist, Testing Apparatus for, 544, 597*, 617
Drilling Jig, Wharton, 608*
— and Reaming Machine, Crankshaft
(A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 522*
Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, Exhibition, 42*, 65*, 113*, 136*; Work of, 279; Luncheon, 616
Grinding, Automatic Centreless Plunge, Data on (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 283
— Machine, Centreless, Plunge-Cut (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 21
Cylindrical, 10-in., (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 248*
Face Cutter, Automatic (A. Herbert, Ltd.); 523*
— of Magnesium Castings, Regulations, 30 Holding Device for Machine Tools (Crolt
Engineering, Ltd.), 136
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below)
Jig arid Fixture System, Wharton and Olding, 608*
Lapping Wheels, “ Spedia,” Diamond- Impregnated, Tests of (A. C. Wickman Ltd.), 271
Lathes, Capstan and Turret (Review), 5
— Hexagon Turret, for Bar Work (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 272*
— Turret, Combination, for Tool-Wear Tests, 622*
Limit Gauging. See Gauges Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tools at Gauge and Tool Makers’ Exhibition, 137
Industry, Position and Prospects, 197
Surplus, Disposal of, 303, 520. See LETTER; 594
Trades Association, Luncheon, 351 — Work, Tolerances in. See Gauges Machining of Steel Simply Explained (Review), 436
Milling Jig, Wharton, 608*
— Machine, Vertical Knee-Type (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 486*
Press and Rolls Combined, 8,000-ton, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 271*
Reaming and Drilling Machine, Crankshaft (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 522*
Straightening Machine, Bar and Tube (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 355*
Tools, Cutting and Machinability, 544,569, 573*, 574*, 582, 593, 595, 596, 597*, 599*, 605, 606, 617, 620*, 621*, 622*
— — Materials for, 569, 593, 596, 622
— Electric Furnace for (C. M. G. Calver, Ltd.), 500*
— Lathe and Planer, Butt-Welded, Specification, 418
Turret Lathes. See Lathes (above)
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Work. See Machine Tools Machining of Steel Simply Explained (Review), 436
MacLeod, J., on London Midland and Scottish Railway’s Turbine Locomotive, 259. See 109
Mac. See also Me
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurg
— Castings, Grinding of, Regulations for, 30 Magnesium Elektron, Ltd., Research on Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys, 305
— Oxide for Electrical Insulation, 31
Magnetic Filters for Coolant and Lubricating, Oil (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps) Ltd.), 105*
— Mines, Protection of Ships against, 343
— Testing for Cracks and Flaws, 302 Magnetism, Ships’, and Degaussing, 343 Magnetron, Construction of, 361*
— and Klystron, Theory of, 125*, 148*, 184*
— Use in Radar, 308, 319, 367, 389
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Man-Power, Scientific, Report of Government Committee on, 565
Management of Works. See Worfcs Mamagement
Manchester Association of Engineers, Gravity Die-Casting from Engineers’ Viewpoint, by M. R. Hinchcliffe, 45*
— and Sheffield, First Railway Between (Re
view), 52
Manhole Covers, Cast-Iron, Specification, 274 Manitoba, Electricity Supply in, 134
Mann, E. E., on Public Examinations in Engineering, 257. See LETTERS, 304, 328, 400
Manningham Maintenance Workshop for Motor Vehicles, 296*
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See WorArs Management
— United States, Effect of War on, 182 Marchant, Prof. E. W., on Engineering Faculties in Universities, 78
Marchbanks, M. J., on Coreless Induction Furnaces, 404
“Marflex” Flexible Fuel Cells for Aircraft, 584*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
Machinery, H.M. Coastal Minesweepers, 369*
Machinery, M.S. “ Vecta,” 345*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Election of Members,
10, 250, 298, 370, 490, 610; Some War- Time Examples of Repairs to Merchant Ships, by C. Bartlett, 159 ; Annual General Meeting and Annual Luncheon, 255; War- Time Repairs to Merchant Ships, by C. Bartlett, 477*, 502*
Mercantile, Training of, 17
— Engineering Construction in Canada, 487,
521
— and Engineering Exhibition, Olympia, 1947,
111
— Engineering Industry, Position and Pros
pects, 268
— — Introduction to (Review), 26
Lloyd’s Statistics, 183
Works. See Works
Marine Instruments, Ltd., Film of Lord Kelvin’s Career, 501
— Propulsion, Advances in Warship Machi
nery, 376,402
Alternating-Current Turbo-Electric Plant, Developments in, 111, 142*, 166*
Development of Diesel Engines for, 356 Diesel-Electric Drive for M.S. “ Vecta,” 344*
34,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Orcades,” 130
— — Machinery Constructed During War, 268 375-b.h.p. Oil Engine for Minesweepers 369*
Small Internal-Oombustion Engines for, 537*
9,000-s.h.p. Turbo-Electric Plant, S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
See also Engines ; Turbines ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Radio School, Woolwich, 514
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Marley, W. H., and Co., Ltd., “ Marlco ” Screw-Thread Measuring Parallels, 297*
Marston Excelsior, Ltd., Flexible Fuel Cells for Aircraft, 584*
Mass and Inertia, Removal of Ambiguities Regarding, 259
— Standards of, Determination. 401
Mate, R E., on Tilt Tests from Shipbuilders’ Standpoint, 499
Materials, Strength of, and Atomic Physics, 519.558*
See also Stress and Tests (Materials)
Mathematics, Advanced, for Technical Students (Review), 554
Maudslay Society, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 471
Maughfiing, J., the Late, 592
Maunsell, G. A., on Reinforced-Concrete Floating Docks, 231
Maxim Torpedo, 243
May Lecture on Atomic Physics and Strength of Metals, 519, 558*
Mayer, Dr. S. E., on Overheating and Burning of Steels, 496
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons, Ltd., Widening of Gloucester-Cheltenham Railway, 30* Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
McLachlan, D. H., the Late, 616 McMenemey, W. H., the Late, 207, 232* Me. See also Mac
Meares, J. W., the Late, 65
Measurement Apparatus for Damping Capacity of Metals, 280, 358*
— for Piston-Ring Wall Thrust, 94*
— and Inspection Exhibition, A. Herbert, Ltd.
11,81,222*
Meat, Refrigerated Storage and Transport in Tropics, 453*
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Heat Transfer in Locomotive Boiler, by L. H. Fry, 493
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :
Election of Members, 10, 58, 82,226, 490, 562, 586,610
Amalgamation with Institution of Automobile Engineers, Result of Ballot, 183. See 253. See LETTERS, 280, 304,328, 352,424
Report of Benevolent Fund, 306, 423
London Meetings, Winter Session:
Analysis of Lubrication Between Piston Rings and Cylinder Wall of Running Engine, by J. S. Courtney-Pratt and
G. K. Tudor', 69*
Notes on Mechanical Factors Affecting Ring Gumming in Petrol Engines, by Dr. B. Pugh, 93*
Improved Method of Measuring Piston Ring-Wall Thrust, by Dr. B. Pugh, 94*
London Graduates’ Section, Annual Conversazione, 135
Gray Lecture on Recent Developments in Alternating-Current Turbo-Electric Ship Propulsion, by G. O. Watson, 142*, 166*. See 111
Nomination of Officers, 183
Clayton Lecture on Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, by Air Commodore F. Whittle, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
High-Pressure Gear Pumps, by T. E. Beacham, 284*, 310*, 334*. See 183, 185,208. See LETTER, 232
Annual General Meeting, 306
Presentation of Prizes, 306
Report of Council, 306
Election of Officers, 306
Evolution of Tank Transmission, by Dr.
H. E. Merritt, 353, 378
Experiment in Use, of Standard Limit System, by J. Loxham, 424
Applied Mechanics Group:
Flow of Gases at Sonic and Supersonic Speeds, by Dr. G. A. Hankins and W. F. Cope, 207, 325,329
ZnZernaZ-ComandusJion Engine Group:
Engine Ignition Faults and New Method of Diagnosis and Location During Running, by F. R. F. Ramsay and W. Nethercot, 417
Steam Group :
Development of La Mont Boiler in Great Britain, by G. A. Plummer, 87
Operating Experience with La Mont Boilersi with Special Reference to Feed-Water Problems, by G. A. J. Begg, W. M. Hebblethwaite and G. Cooke, 87
Conference on Machinability:
Programme, 365
Reports of Discussions, 544, 569,593, 617
Group I. {Physical Basis):
Machinability and Structure of Ferrous Materials, by Dr.. C. Sykes, 573*. See 544, 569,593,617
Machinability and Structure of Non-Ferrous Materials, by A. J. Murphy, 573*. See 544, 569
Mechanics of Cutting Operation, by Prof. R. N. Arnold, and Dr. G. A. Hankins, 574*. See 544, 569, 593, 617.
Group II. (Testing Methods):
Testing Methods Using Pendulum Machines, by A. S. Kenneford, 599*, See 544, 569
Machinability Testing Apparatus and Tests Carried Out at Naval Ordnance Inspection Department, Sheffield, in- • eluding Development of Drill Test by Capt. D. G. W. Curry, 597*. See 544, 569,593, 617
Standardisation of Tools for Machinability Tests-, by Lieut. C. H. Booth, 595. See 544, 569,617.
Tentative Method of Assessment of Machinability by C. W. George, 621*. See 544, 569
Tool Wear as Measure of Machinability, by C. Eatough, 622*. See 544, 569
Group III. (Cutting Conditions and Their Effects):
1 Effect of Speed, Feed and Tool Angle on Machinability, by W. W. Taylor, 620*. See 569,593, 617
Tool Materials, by J. E. Attwood, 596. See 569, 593
Cutting Fluids and Chip Breakers, by W. A. Carter, 582. See 569, 593,617
Group IV. (Machinability in Relation to Economy of Production):
Machinability in Heavy Engineering Production by G. M. Baker, 605. See 569, 593
Machinability in Medium Engineering Production, by L. Johnstone, 606. See 569. See 593
Machinability in Light Engineering Production, by P. C. Redwood, 606. See 570,593
Mechanical Stoker. See Stoker
— Traction on Roads. See Roads; Motor
Vehicles; Tractors
Mechanics for Engineers, Statics and Dynamics (Review), 554
— of Fluids, Elementary (Review), 506
— Soil, Practical Development of, 313*. See
Errata, 346
Mechanisation, Coal Mines, War-Time Development, 162,175
Mechanised Horticultural Implements, Ltd., “ Atom ” Semi-Crawler Tractor, 19*. See Erratum, 35
Mediterranean-Akaba Canal Project, 205. See LETTER, 400
Meetham, Dr. A. R., on Atmospheric Pollution in Leicester, 157
Megaw, E. C. S., on Propagation of Very Short Radio Waves, 319; on Magnetrons, 361*
Meinhart, W. L., on Effect of Nickel in Chro- mium-Molybdenum Steels* 287
Melchett Lecture on Team Work in Research, 21*,33
Memorial Service, Engineers’, Westminster Abbey, 207
Merchant, H. J., on Overheating of Steel Drop Forgings, 496
— Ships. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
“ Merlin ” 130 and 131 Aero Engines, 465*
— Engine, Gravity Die Castings-in, 45*
Merritt, Dr. H. E., on Evolution of Tank Transmission, 353, 378
Mersey, River, Road Tunnel under* 366
Messier Aircraft Equipment, Ltd., Three-
Spindle Horizontal Boring Machine, 416*
Metals, American Society for, Effect of Nickel on Physical Properties and Thermal Characteristics of Some Cast Chromium- Molybdenum Steels, by N. A. Ziegler and W. L. Meinhart, 287
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Creep of, Conference bn, 233*, 258*
— Fatigue of. See FaZtg'ue under Tests
(Materials)
— Ferrous and Non-Ferrous,‘Machinability of,
544, 569,573*, 593, 605, 606, 621*
Metals, Institute of:
May Lecture on Atomic Physics and Strength of Metals, by Prof. N. F. Mott, 558*. See 519
Annual Meeting, London:
Programme, 154
Report of Council, 259
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 259 Election of Officers, 259
Platinum Medal, Award to Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Greenly, 259
Presidential Address, by Col. P. G; J.
Gueterbock, 259
Reports of Discussions, 280,305 Intercrystalline Corrosion by Sodium
Chloride of Wrought Aluminium Alloy
Containing 4 per cent, of Copper, by J. D. Grogan; 280
Some Experiments on Effects of Residual
Stresses on Fatigue of Aluminium
Alloys, by G. Forrest, 280
Computations of Rolling Load, Torque and Roll-Face Pressure in Metal Strip
Working, by Dr. M. Cook and E. C. Larke, 281
Influence of Some Different Surface Preparations oh Corrosion of Magnesium-
Base Alloys of Low and Normal Iron Content, by F. A. Fox and C. J.
Bushrod, 305
Equilibrium Reslations and Some Properties of Magnesium-Lithium and Mag- nesium-Silver-Lithium Alloys; by Drs. W. Hume-Rothery, G. V. Raynor and E. Butchers, 305
Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, by Dr. R. F. Hanstock and A. Murray, 358*, 381*. See 280
Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy with Water Vapour and Absorption of Hydrogen, by R. Eborall and Dr. C. E. Ransley, 428*, 438. See 305
Paper for Written Discussion :
Mechanical Properties of Chill-Cast Phosphorus Bronze, by Dr. K. Winterton, 153
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Research Association, British, Investigation on Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy with Water Vapour, by R. Eborall and Dr. C. E. Ransley, 305,428*, 438
— Sheet; Basis of Drafting (Review), 267
— Strength of, and Atomic Physics, 519,558*
— Strip Rolling, Computations of Rolling
Load, Torque and Roll-Face Pressure, 281
— Structure of. See Metallography; Micro
photographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallography, Dictionary of (Review), 267
— See also AfetaHurgg ; Microphotographs
Metallurgy :
Alloy, Aluminium-Copper, Corrosion by
Sodium Chloride,, 280
Damping Capacity and Fatigue of, 280,358*, 381*
Deep-Drawing and Pressing of, 261 ; Effect of Residual Stresses on
Fatigue, 280
— — Forgings and Stampings, Manufac
ture of, 138
Magnesium, Reaction with Water
Vapour, 305,428*, 438
Secondary, Development Organisation, Formation of Alar, Ltd., 55, 587
— Copper-Chromium, Electrodes for Spot-
Welding Machines, 618
For Use of Services, Specification, 10 See also Brass; Bronze, etc.
— for Gravity Die-Castings, 45*
— Machinability of, 544, 569, 573*, 593, 605,606,621*
— Magnesium, Corrosion of, Effect of
Surface Preparation, 305
—- — Damping Capacity and Fatigue, 381 Ingots and Castings, Specification,
250
Silver-Lithium, Properties of, 305 — Silver-Bearing, Modern Applications, 618
— Strength of, and Atomic Physics, 558* — Tin-Zinc, Electrodeposition of, 427 Zinc, Electrodeposited, Corrosion-
Resistance Properties of, 289*
— Zinc, Polarographic and Spectrographic
Analysis of, 130
Brass. See Brass Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Equilibirum Relations of Magnesium-
Silver-Lithium Alloys, 305 Foundrywork. See Moulding
Metallurgy—continued.
Furnaces, Electric. See Fwmaces
— Metallurgical. See Furnaces Hatfield, Dr. W. H., Services to Metallurgy, 461
Heat Treatment, Gas Carburising Plant (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 488*
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallography, Dictionary of (Review), 267 Metallurgical Analysis by Spectrograph, Collected Papers on (Review), 26
— Education, Plans for, 476, 485
— Products Exhibition, Johnson, Matthey and Co.; Ltd., 618
Metallurgy Division Exhibition, Royal Aircraft Establishment, 236
— Dr. W. H. Hatfield’s Services to, 461
— Mond Fellowships in, 255 Refractories. See Fireclay Rolling Mills. See RoZZinr/ Mills Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See WeZtZing
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals Institute of; Metallography ; Microphotographs ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Meteorological Observations in Arctic Region, 330
— Observatory, Zicawei, Shanghai; 602* Meteorology, Cold Weather, Effect on Electricity Supply, 135
— Radio, Elements of, 319
Meter, British Thermal Unit, Distant-Reading (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd,), 91*
— Moisture, for .Grain (Mullard Wireless Ser
vice Co., Ltd;), 89
for Yam (Record Electrical Co., Ltd.), 89
— See also Electric
Metrology, Symposium on, 401
Metropolitan .Railway, London, Experimental Coach, 116*
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd. Light-Duty Spot-Welding Machine, 69*; Research Department, Production of Atomic Energy, 75*, 100; Plant Constructed in 1945, 124; 3,000-h.p. and 6,500-h.p. Induction Motors, 152* ; Electrification of Flour Mill, 199,* ; War Work, 447; Investigations on Dynamical Balancing of Motors, 481*, 529*; Marine Radio School, 514; 200-Million Volt Batatron, 583
— Water Board, Report on Proposals for
Greater London Water Area, 110; Cornish Engine at Kew Bridge Pumping Station, 518,1 619*
— See also London
Mexico, Hydraulic Work in, 427
Micanite for Commutator Separators, Specification, 466
Michie, A. C., on International Research on Transformer Oils, 379
Microfilm Service for Documentary Reproduc-
‘ tion, Future of, 135
Microphotographs, Creep Fatigue of Molybdenum Steel, 233*
— Diamond-Pyramid Hardness Impressions,
286*
— Influence of Structure on Machinability of
Aluminium Alloys, 574*
— Sintered Metallic Powders for Electrical
Contacts, 190*
— Tin-Coated Cast Iron, 527*, 550*
— Welds in Magnesium Alloy, 428*
Microscope, Electron, and Electron Optics (Review), 340
— Tool-Setting (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.),
42*
Microscopic Sampling for Portland Cement, 458,
484. See Erratum, 496
Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microph otograplis
Miles Aircraft Co., Ltd., “ Gemini ” Aeroplane, 174*
Mill, Flour, Electrification of (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Cd., Ltd.), 199*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— Department, Advisory Mechanisation Com
mittee, Work of; 162,175
— Flameproof Switchgear for (British Thom
son-Houston Co., Ltd.), 317*
— Magnetic, Protection of Ships Against, 343
— Owners’ Research Association, Fluorescent
Lighting in Binley Colliery, 522
?— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Warfare, Marine, Model Experiments in, 449
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mineral Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining ; and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Minikin, R. R., on Practical Development of Soil Mechanics, 313*. See Errata, 346
Mining Association of Great Britain, Report on Utilisation of Low-Grade Fuels, 133. See LETTER, 304
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner,
159
Modem Underground Haulage Methods for, Manual of (Review), 52
— Equipment, Electrically-Operated, 226
— Machinery, Provision of, 293
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Labour and National Service; See under Laandowr
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport
— of War Transport. See Transport
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 720-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder V-Type Oil Engine, 560* Missouri River, Flood Control and Irrigation System, 594
Mitchell’, F., and Son, Ltd., Cooling Towers; Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
M.O. Valve Co., Work on Magnetrons, 361* Model Experiments. See Aeronautics; Tank Experiments
— Geological, Kentucky Dam Site, 338* Moisture Meter for Grain (Mullard Wireless
Service Co., Ltd.), 89*
— — for Yarn (Record Electrical Co., Ltd.), 89 Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Fellowships in Metallurgy, 255
Monkhouse, Lieut.-Col. S. E., on Electricity Supply on North-East Coast, 270
Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Monrovia, Liberia, Port Development, 7
Morgan, Dr. A. E., Kentucky Dam Scheme, 337*, 385*, 433*
Morley, A., on Public Examinations in Engineering, 304. See 257. See LETTERS, 318, 400
Morrison, Dr. J. L. M., on Loads on Bolts, 409*
Morrogh, H., on Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron, 117*
Moss, H., on Cathode-Ray Rubes for Radar, 367 Motion and Time Study, Manual of (Review), 316
Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Automobile Engineers Industry in Italy, 295
Legislation, Early, 309; 331
Prices of, 101. See Errata, 216
See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Cycles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 101.
See Errata, 216
— Electric, Constructed in 1945,124
Direct-Current Split-Field (H. Hughes and Son, Ltd.), 42*
— — Induction, for Carding-Machine Drive
(Di Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 368*
— Induction, 6,500-h.p. and 3,000-h.p. for Pumping Plant, South Africa (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 152* Micanite for Commutator Separators, Specification, 466
Propulsion, 9,000-s.h.p., S.S. “Beaverdell,” 511*
—. — Propulsion, 630-s.h.p.,M.S. “ Vecta,”344* 2,200-h.p. for Pumped-Storage Plant, Palii, 536
for Turbo-Electric Propulsion; 111, 142*, 166*
Two-Phase Induction, High-Frequency (Admiralty Naval Compass Department), 81*
— Fishing Vessels, Admiralty-Type, 520
— Industry Research Association, Inauguration, 615
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics.‘
Engines ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Lorries; See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion;
Motorships
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol
— Plough. Sep Tractors
— Tractofb; See Tractors
— Vehicles, Commercial, Five Decades of, 309,
331, 341, 365, 462, 548, 571, 604. See jErratuwr, 331
Development, by J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., 543
Industry, Position and Prospects, 101 See Errata, 216
— — Manningham Maintenance Workshop
for, 296*
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Motorships under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 447
— Fishing, Admiralty-Type, 520
— Launched in 1945, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183,
268
— Oil-Tank, “ Neverita,” Sagging Tests of, 509 Tank, War-Time Repairs to, 477*, 502*
— “ Vecta,” Diesel-Electric Drive for, 344*
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mott, Prof. N. F., on Atomic Physics and Strength of Metals, 558*. See 519
Moulds for Gravity Die-Casting, 45
Mouldings, Plastic, Technical, Definition of, 322
— Sands; Hot-Strength Characteristics of, 190* Mount Edgcumbe, Earl of, Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 87
“ Mulberry ” Harbour, Model Experiments for, 473
Mullard Wireless Service Co., Ltd., Moisture Meter for Grain, 89* ; Cathode-Ray Oscillographs, 90
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Electrical Association, Incorporated, Jubilee Convention, Blackpool, Programme, 519 ; Objections to Nationalisation of Power Supply, 615
Munitions Production and Engineering Industry, 27, 77, 101, 123, 149, 197, 220. See Errata, 216
Murex, Ltd;, Repair of Bolling-Mill Pinion by Thermit Welding, 32*
Murphy, A. J., on Machinability and Structure of Non-Ferrous Materials, 573*. See 544, 569
Murray, A., on Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, 358*, 381*. See 280
Murray, J. M., Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of Flange, 364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448
Museum, Science, Aeronautical Collection, Reopening of, 345
— Technical, Stockholm, British Scientific Instruments Exhibition, 227, 591

NAPIER, D., and SON, LTD., “Sabre” Aero Engine, 79*
National Industrial Development Council of Wales and Monmouthshire, Welsh Industries Fair, Cardiff, 581, 607
— Physical Laboratory, Exhibits at Physical
Society’s Exhibition, 65* ; Experiments on Flow of Gases at Supersonic Speeds, 207, 325,329 ; Creep Investigation, 233*, 258* ; Investigation of Intercrystalline Corrosion of Aluminium-Copper Alloy by Sodium Chloride, 280; Pamphlet on Tests on Volumetric Glassware, 321* ; Work on Standards, 401; Investigation on Refrigerated Transport of Meat in Tropics, 453* ; Model Experiments for “ Mulberry ” Harbour, 473; Metallurgical Investigations, 476, 485 ; Exhibition of Equipment, 591
— Trades Technical Societies, Inspection
Equipment Exhibition, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 39,107
Nationalisation of British Railways, 278. See LETTER, 328
— of Commercial Road Transport, 366, 462,
548, 571, 604
— of Electricity Supply, 303, 615
— of Iron and Steel Industry, Government
Policy, 397, 446, 471, 517
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of:
Establishment of Watts’ Prize, 327 Annual General Meeting :
Programme, 297
Report of Council, 352 Election of Officers, 353 Annual Dinner, 353
Presidential Address, by Lord Chatfield, 353. See 349.
Reports of Discussions, 353, 376, 402, 425, 432, 449, 473, 498 520,
Royal Navy at Outbreak of War, by Sir S. V. Goodall, 376, 402. See 353
Repair and Upkeep of H.M. Ships and Vessels in War, by G. A. Bassett, 405*, 414, 437. See 353, 402
Developments in Instruments for Measurement of Strains.and Deflections in Ship Structures, by F. B. Bull, 425
Tests and Their Results, by R. B. Shep- heard and J. Turnbull, 425
Some Model Experiments in Connection with Mine Warfare, by R. W. L. Gawn, 449
Experiments with Models of Cargo Liners in Gothenburg Tank, by Prof. A. F. Lindblad, 449
Model Experiments Carried Out in Connection with the “ Mulberry ” Harbour, by Dr. F. H. Todd, 473
Craft and Cable Ships for “ Operation Pluto,” by M. K. Purvis, 473
Under-Water Paints and Fouling of Ships, by Prof. J. E. Harris and W. A. D. Forbes, 498
Tilt Tests from Shipbuilders’ Standpoint, by R. E. Mate, 498
Work of Admiralty Ship Welding Committee, by Sir A. L. Ayre and G. M. Boyd, 509, 549. See 425
Merchant Shipbuilding in Canada, by J. Robson, 461, 487, 525. See 520
Admiralty-Type Motor Fishing Vessels, by
W. J. Holt, 520
Further Notes on Theoretical Calculation of Wave Profiles and of Resistance of Hulls, by Dr. R. GuiUoton, 532
Dynamical Longitudinal Strength of Ships, by Dr. J. L. Taylor, 532
Naval Architecture. See also Warships
— Warfare. See Warships Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— on Columbia River, 590
— Hyperbolic, 111
— Improvements on Yangtze River, 303
— Lights, Electrically-Controlled (Londex,
Ltd.), 522
’— Marine, Radio Aids to, Conference and Demonstration, 423, 451
— Use of Radar, 306, 389
Navy, British. See H.M. under WarsWps
— German. See German under Warships
— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Needham, W., on Silicon-Carbide Non-Ohmic Resistors, 295
Neill, J., Ltd., Electrically-Driven Flour Mill, 199*
Nethercot, W., on Diagnosis of Engine Ignition Faults, 417
Netherlands, Patents for Inventions, During 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries (Review), 340
" Neverita,” Welded Oil Tanker, Sagging Tests of, 425, 509
New Year Honours List, 15, 63, 87
— Zealand Government Railways, Annual
Report, 447
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd., Roller Screw- Thread Gauge, 67*; Dial-Reading Calliper Gauge, 68*; 10-in. Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 248*
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Inspection Equipment Exhibition, 39,107
Newcomen Society, The Thermostat: An Outline ofits History, by A. R. J. Ramsey, 391, 413; Summer Meeting at Watford and St. Albans, 591
Nickel in Chromium-Molybdenum Steels, Effect of, 287
Nimmo, H., on Implications of Voltage Standardisation, 571
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See Afetafe ; Metallurgy Normals to Plane Curves, Drawing of, 209* North America, Engineering Notes from, 7, 246,
330, 534, 594
— British Railway, Centenary of, 566, 567
— East Coast, Electricity Supply, 270
— — Coast Exhibition of Inspection Equip
ment, 39, 107
— — Coast Industries and Coal Processing, 62 Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Electricity Supply on North-East Coast, by Lieut.-Col. S. E. Monkhouse, 270; Election of Officers, 449.. Students’ Section, Engines and Engineers, by C. C. Pounder, 333, 356
— — Engineering Bureau, Annual Report, 111
— Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155,
179, 203, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Research on Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys, 280
— Industrial Group, Reports of Coal Processing
Panel, 62
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests (Materials) Notes. See Cleveland; North; South-West;
South Yorkshire; Labour; See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— on' New Books. See Books and LITERATURE
INDEX
Nozzles, Steam Turbine, Application of Supersonic Air Flow to, 207, 325, 329
Nuclear Physics and the Future, 423
Nuts, Die, Hexagon, Specification, 34
— Theory of Locking on Bolts, 16. See
LETTERS, 39,112,161
— Tightening of, Load on Bolt Due to, 409* Nutting, J., on Overheating and Burning of
Steels, 496

OATLEY, C. B., on Ultra-High Frequency Measurements, 367
Obituary. (Moved to separate index)
Observatory, Greenwich, Removal to Hurstmonceux Castle, 414
Offices, Government, Underground; Emergency, 92
Oil Consumption, Effect on Piston-Ring Gumming in Petrol Engines, 93*
— Coolant and Lubricating, Magnetic Filters
for (Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd.), 105*
—- Deposits in Chile, 342
Oil Engines (Coventry), Ltd., 12-h.p. Opposed- Piston Marine Oil Engine, 537*
See Engines,, Oil; Motor Vehicles; Tractors
— Fuel Plant for 2,500-kW Transportable Power Station, 463*
Shortage in Germany near End of War, 613
— Lubricating, Used, Filtration of, Researches on, 5
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles; Tractors
— Production from Coal in United States, 422
— — by Hydrogenation, 447
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transformer, Researches on, 379
— Viscosity and Cylinder Lubrication, 70*
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Oliphant, Prof. M. L., on Nuclear Physics and the Future, 423
“ Olna,” Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Turbo-Electric Propulsion, 166*
Olympia. See Ea;M6ition
O.M.T. Microscopes and Tilting Table, 42* Ontario, Electricity Supply in, 134
— Hydro-Electric Power Commission’s Annual
Report, 38
— Schreiber Pulp and Paper Mill, 594
Optical Apparatus, Physical Society’s' Exhibition, 15, 40, 89*, 114*
— Instruments in Engineering (Review), 316
— Measuring Tools, Ltd., Tool-Setting Micro
scope, 42*; Tool-Makers’Microscope, 42*; Optical Tilting Table, 43*
Optics, Electron, and Electron Microscope (Review), 340
“ Orcades,” S.S., Orient Liner, Construction of, 130
Orlit, Ltd., Concrete House Construction, 332 Oscillograms of Piston Ring and Cylinder Wall Contact, 70*
Oscillograph. See Electric
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 374
— — Power Transmission, Emergency Repairs
to, 57*
— — Power Transmission, Petersen Coils for,
252
Power Transmission, Single-Phase, for Rural Districts, 390
Power Transmission, Telecommunication by (Review), 532
Overseas Trade Department, Dissolution of, and Formation of Export Promotion Department, 322
Outlook, Engineering, Economic Review, 27, 53, 77, 101, 123, 149, 172, 197, 220, 244, 268, 292. See Errata, 216
Oxford-Airey Machinability Testing Machine, 599*
Oxford University, Research on Magnesium- Silver-Lithium Alloys, 305
Oxidation of Metals and Atomic Physics, 519, 558*
— of Transformer Oils, 379 Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding

PACIFIC Ocean, North East, Seismic Sea Waves in, 484
Paint, Under-Water, and Fouling of Ships, 498
— and Varnishes, Tins for, Specification, 586 Paintings of Buildings, Specification, 538
— Staining and Varnishing Wood, Specification, 490
Palestine, Akaba Canal Project, 205. See LETTER, 400
Palti Hydro-Electric Station, Pumped-Storage Plant at, 536*
Pam, Lt.-Col. B., the Late, 11
Paper and Pulp Mill, Schreiber, Lake Superior, 594
Paraguay, Engineering Notes from, 270
Parallels, Screw-Thread Measuring (W. H. Marley and Co., Ltd.), 297*
Paris Meeting of International Conference on Large High-Tension Networks, 231
Parker, Col. T. B., Kentucky Dam Scheme, 337*, 385*, 433*
Parkinson, Dr. F., the Late, 112
“ Parlanti ” Process for Gravity Die-Casting, 47 Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Annual Luncheon, 111
Parnum, Dr. D. H., on Underwater Measurements of Magnetic Field, 343
Parsons, 0. A., and Co., Ltd., 50,000-kW Turbo Generators for Hams Hall " B ” Power Station, 97*; 9,000-s.h.p. Turbo-Electric Plant, S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
— and Marine Engineering Turbine Research
and Development Association, Proposed Activities, 269
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Passenger Class Distinctions on Railways (Review), 603
Patents, German, Control of, Report on, 229
— for Inventions in Netherlands During 16th,
17th and 18th Centuries (Review), 340
— Record, 24*, 48*, 72*, 96*, 120*, 144*. (See
Erratum, 192), 168*, 192*, 216*, 240*, 264*, 288*, 312*, 336*, 360*, 384*, 408*, 432*, 456*, 480*, 504*, 528*, 552*, 576*, 600*, 624*. See PATENT RECORD INDEX
Patrick Torpedo, 243
Payne, Capt. M., Work on Thermostats, 413
Pearce, J. G., on Cast Iron in Building and Engineering, 351
Peat Fuel for Steam Heating Plant, Experiences with, 223
Pendred, L. St. L., Retirement of, 303
Penn, J., and Sons, Workshops of, 17
Pennsylvania Railroad, 6-8-6 Type Turbine Locomotive, 355 ; 4-4-6-4 Type Locomotives, 355
Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 154, 178, 202, 226, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 370, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586, 610 Personnel Management; Its Scope and Practice (Review), 171
Peru, Engineering Notes from, 29, 270, 342, 534
— Road Construction in, 255
Petersen Coil, Use in Electricity-Supply Networks, 252
Petrol Carburettors. See Carburettors
— Motors. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol
— Tractors; See Tractors
Petroleum, Institute of, General Discussion on “ Transformer Oil,” Contribution of E.R.A. to International Research on Transformer Oils, by P. W. L. Gossling and A. C. Michie, *379 ; Developments in Refining of Transformer Oils, by J. Wood-Mallock, 379; Mechanisms of Oxidation of Liquid Hydrocarbons, by P. George and A. Robertson,' 379; Oxidation and Anti-Oxidation, by E. A. Evans, 380; Testing of Transformer Oils, by A. A. Pollitt and C. H. Barton, 380; Influence of Condenser Water Temperature on Sludging Value of Transformer Oil, by P. W. L. Gossling and J. Rommey, 380
— Warfare Department, Researches on Flame
Throwers and Fog Dispersal, 23, 33
— See also OiZ ; Engines, Oil
Petters, Ltd., l|-h.p. to 10-h.p. Industrial Petrol Engines, 139 ; 375-b.h.p. Oil Engine for H.M. Minesweepers, 369*; 3-h.p.
Single-Cylinder Marine Petrol Engine, 537* Philips Industrial (Philips Lamps), Ltd., X- Ray Diffraction Unit, 40; Magnetic Filters for Coolant and Lubricating Oil, 105* Photographic Reconnaissance and Invasion of England, 568, 580
Photometers, Portable, Photo-Electric, Specification, 154
— Portable, Specification, 298 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Laboratory. See National Physical
— Quantities, Instruments for Measuring, 199
— Society’s Exhibition of Apparatus, 15, 40*,
89*, 114*
Physics, Atomic Energy, Industrial Application of, 327
Energy, Production of, 75*, 100
— — and Strength of Metals, 519, 558*
— Institute of, Inauguration of. Industrial
Spectroscopic Group, 68,114 ; Election of Members, 250, 298, 370, 394; Annual Report, 453
— Nuclear, and the Future, 423
— Short-Wave Radio Emission from Sun, 164.
See LETTER, 232
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Pickles, J. S., on Single-Phase System for Rural Electrification, 390
Piers, Bridge, in Tidal Estuaries, Effect of, 241* Pierce, J. A., on Hyperbolic Navigation, 111 Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of Flange Reexamined, 364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448 Pile, Uranium, Construction of, 100 Piling, Reinforced-Concrete, for Railway Bridge over River Eden, 556*
— Steel Sheet, Kentucky Dam Construction, 434*
Pinions. See Gears
Pipes, Asbestos-Cement, Specification, 34
— Bend Angles, Formulae for Calculation, 507*
— Lead, Specification, 394
— See also Tubes
Pipeline, ” Pluto,” Across English Channel, Experiments on Craft for, 473
Piston Ring and Cylinder Wall, Lubrication Between, 69*
— — Gumming in Petrol Engines, 93*
— — Thrust on Cylinder Wall in Petrol En
gine, Measurement of, 94*
Plasterboard, Gypsum, Specification, 58
Plastering, Calcium Sulphate, Specification, 466
Plastic Technical Mouldings, Definition of, 322
Plastics for Electrical and Radio Engineers (Review), .482
— Extensometer for, 241* Plating, Electro. See Electro
— Ship, and Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of
Flange, 364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448
Platinum Medal, Award to Lieut.-Col. Sir John Greenly, 259
Plough, Motor. See Tractor
Plowden and Thompson, Ltd., Glass Tubing Manufacture, 222
Plummer, G. A., on Development of La Mont Boiler in Great Britain, 87
“ Pluto ” Pipeline Across English Channel, Experiments on Craft for, 473
Plymouth Power Station, Emergency Repairs to, 57
Political and Economic Planning, Report on Market for Household Appliances, 85. See LETTER, 136
Pollitt, A. A., on Testing of Transformer Oils, 380
Pollution, Atmospheric, and Domestic Fires, 140,157
in Leicester, Report on, 157
Polytechnic. See Education
Pontoons, Steel, for Floating Dry Docks, United States Navy, 146*, 193*, 267
Porosity in Magnesium Alloys, Investigation
o , 305, 428*, 438
Port Development, Monrovia, Liberia, 7
— Light, Marine (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 40
— of Santos, Equipment of, 427
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Portland Cement. See C'ewieni
Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill,
Work of, 524
Potts, W. C., Neutralisation of Ships’ Magnetism by Coil Degaussing, 343
Pounder, C. C., on Engines and Engineers, 333, 356
Powder, Sintered Metallic, for Electrical Contacts, 188*
— Technology Applied to Cement, 457*, 483*.
See Erratiwn, 496
Powdered Coal. See Pulverised Fuel Power, Atomic Energy as Possible Source, 327
Power Jets, Limited, Whittle Jet-Propulsion
Gas Turbine, 212*, 237*, '261*. See Erratum, 239
Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., Staff Disagreement with Ministry of Supply, 375
— Manual, Production of Electrical Energy
by, 553*
— Plant, Hydro-Electric, Aquasabon River,
Ontario, 594
Hydro-Electric, in Canada, Report, 134 Hydro-Electric, Kentucky Dam, 337*,
385*, 433*
Hydro-Electric, Palti Pumped-Storage
Plant, 536*
Hydro-Electric, St. Lawrence River Scheme, 350
? Hydro-Electric, Yangtze] River, Scheme,
7, 303
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— for Ship Propulsion. See Manne Propul
sion
— Transmission Overhead Lines, Central
Electricity Board’s Report, 374
Overhead Lines, Emergency Repairs, 57* Overhead Lines, Petersen Coils for, 252 Overhead Lines, Single-Phase, for Rural Districts, 390
Overhead Lines, Telecommunication by (Review), 532
See also Gears ; Marine Propulsion
— Station, Electric, Battersea, Extensions to,
17, 42
Electric, Castle Meads, Segmental Ash- Plate for Chain-Grate Stoker, 294*
— — Electric, Central Electricity Board’s
Report, 373, 3Q9
Electric, and District Heating, 140 Electric, Future of, 206 Electric, Generating Plant for, 124 Electric, Hams Hall “ B,” Birmingham, 97*
Electric, North-East Coast, 270 Electric, Plymouth, Emergency Repairs to, 57
Electric, Questionnaire on Capital Expenditure, 15
— — Electric, Supply of Fuel for, 133. See
LETTER, 304
— — Electric, 2,500-kW Transportable
(Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd.), 463* Electric, United States, for China, 594 See also Power Plants ; Substations
— Supply, Electric, Birmingham, 97 Electric, in Canada, Report, 134
Electric, Central Electricity Board’s
Report,' 373, 399
—: — Electric, Characteristics of Domestic Load, 398
Electric, Companies’ Five-Year Development Programme as Alternative to Nationalisation, 615
Electric, to Customers, Fundamental Legislation for, 181
— — Electric, Distribution and Utilisation of
(Review), 267
Electric, Electricity Commissioners’ Statistics, 63
Electric, Effect of Cold Weather on, 135 Electric, Effect of Daylight Illumination, 158
— — Electric, Future of, 206
— — Electric, for Horseferry Road Citadel, 92 Electric, by London Power Co., Ltd., 207 Electric, by Manual Power, 553*
— — Electric, Objections to Nationalisation
303, 615
Electric, on North East Coast, 270 Electric, in Ontario, 38
— — Electric, Questionnaire on Capital Expenditure, 15
— — Electric, Reduced Coal Stocks, 373. 615
Power Supply, Electric, Single-Phase, for Rural Districts, 390
Electric, Southampton, Jubilee of, 500 Electric, Standardisation of Low-Pressure Distribution Voltages, 159. See 571
Electric, by Tennessee Valley Authority, 337*, 385*, 433*
Electric, in United States, 535 —'Water. See Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric ; Turbines, Hydraulic
Pneumatic. See Compressed Air; Air Compressor
Precision Grinding, Ltd., Cam-Measuring Machine, 113*; Proflloscope, 113*; Taper-Checking Anglemeter, 113*
Preece, A., on Overheating and Burning of Steels, 496
Presidential Address to Institution of Naval Architects, by Lord Chatfield, on Shipbuilding Industry, 353. See 349
to Iron and Steel Institute, by Dr. C. H. Desch, on Science and Steel Industry, 476,
485. See 448.
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressing of Aluminium Alloys, 261
Preston Scholarships and Fellowships in Textile Technology, 519
Price, R. A., on Protection of Structures Against Lightning, 127
Process Control, Industrial, Principles of (Review), 5
Producer Gas Fuels for Transport, Testing of, Specification, 82
Proflloscope (Precision Grinding, Ltd.), 113*
“Prometheus,” H.M. Cruiser, Voyage of, 579
Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines; Turbines
Pryce, Dr. M. H. L., Wave Guides in Radiolocation, 319
Publications, Technical, Motor Transport, Establishment of, 331
Pugh, Dr. B., on Piston-Ring Gumming in Petrol Engines, 93*; on Measuring Piston-Ring Wall Thrust, 94*
Puleston, R., on Cathode-Ray Tubes for Radar, 367
Pulp and Paper Mill, Schreiber, Lake Superior, 594
Pulverised-Fuel Plant, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, 65,000-h.p., for Grand Coulee
Irrigation Scheme, 7
High-Lift, at Palti, Switzerland (Sulzer Brothers), 536*
for the Rand (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 152*
— Gear, High-Pressure, 183, 185, 208, 284*,
310*, 334*. See LETTER, 232
Rotary, High-Pressure (B. and P. Swift, Ltd.), 8*
— Turbine, Two-Stage (W. H. Allen, Sons and
Co., Ltd.), 152*
Pumping Plant, Paid Hydro-Electric Station, 536*
for Zwartkopjes and Vereeniging (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 152*
— Station, Kew Bridge, Cornish Engines at
518, 619*
Purvis, M. K., on Craft and Cable Ships for “ Operation Pluto,” 473
Pye, C. R., on Film-Forming Materials Used in Insulation, 7
Pye Ltd., Television System, 104
Pyle, B. C., on Deformation of Alternator-Rotor Windings, 14

QUALITY Control, Society for, 95
Quebec, Electricity Supply in, 136
“ Queen Elizabeth,” H.M. Battleship, Reconstruction of, 376, 402
Queen’s Park Experimental Railway Station, 163*

RADAR, Evolution of, 306; Aerials for, 319 ; Wave-Guides for, 319; Extratropospheric Influences on, 319; Cathode-Bay Tubes for, 319, 367; Magnetrons for, 361*. See also 125*, 148*, .184*; Precision Radar, 367; Shipborne Radar, 689; Transmitters for, 389; Receivers for, 389 ; Circuit Techniques in, 389; Radar Navigation, 389; Demonstration of Radar Navigation Equipment, 423, 451
Radio Aids to Marine Navigation, Conference and Demonstration, 423, 451
— Communication, Magnetrons for, 361*. See
also 125*, 148*, 184*
on United States Railways, 327
— Components, Specifications, 274
— and Electrical Engineers, Plastics for
(Review), 482
— Emission, Short Wave, from Sun, 164. See
LETTER, 232
— Engineers of America, Institute of, New
York Convention, Hyperbolic Navigation, by J. A. Pierce, 111
— Engineering, New Dielectric and Insulating
Materials in, 571
— Equipment Industry in 1945, 149
— Measurements and Test Gear, 367
— Meteorology, 319
— Receiver Design (Review), 459
— School, Marine, Woolwich, 514
— Transmission, Magnetron and Klystron for,
125*, 148*, 184*. See 361*
— Waves, Propagation of, 319
— See also Radar ; Telegraphy, Wireless ; Telephony, Wireless ; Television
Radiolocation See Radar
— Convention. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
Railroad, Illinois Central, Bridge at Kentucky Dam, 339*
— Pennsylvania, 6-8-6 Type Turbine Locomotive, 355; 4-4-6-4 Type Locomotives, 355
Railroad, See also Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine State, Plant for, 427
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Construction of Locomotives and Rolling Stock for, 220
History, 1846-1946, 566, 567
Summary Table of Statistical Returns of, 1938-1944, 470
Position of, 278. See LETTER, 328
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Edinburgh and Berwick, Centenary of Opening, 566, 567
— European, Restoration of, 135
— French, Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 161
— — Restoration Work on, 399
— German, 2-10-0 Type Locomotives with
Air-Cooled Condensers, 355
— Great Western, Widening of Gloucester-
Cheltenham Line, 30*; Report on Sun Bank Accident, 177*
— Locomotive. See Locowotwe
— London Midland and Scottish, Widening
of Gloucester-Cheltenham Line, 30,*; Locomotive Development on, 39; Lighting in Locomotive Sheds', 84; Locomotive Grate and Smoke-Box Improvements, 103 ; Experience with Turbine Locomotive 109. See LETTER, 259; Experimental Station Building, 163*; Manningham Motor-Vehicle Maintenance Workshop, 296* ; Signalling Exhibition, 375 ; Carlisle- Kingsmoor Widening, 555*
— Manchester and Sheffield (Review), 52
— Metropolitan, London, Experimental Coach
for, 116*
— New Zealand Government, Annual Report,
447
— North British, Centenary of, 566, 567
— Passenger Class Distinctions (Review), 603
— Plan, London, Report on, 445, 450*
— and Road Transport, 309, 331, 341, 365,
462, 548, 571, 604
— Rolling Stock. See also Carriages; Loco
motives
— Russian State, 4-14-4 and 2-8-2 Types of
Locomotives for, 355
— Signalling. See Signalling
— South Australian 4-8-4 Type Locomotive,
355
— Traffic Operation, Outline of (Review), 460
— Transandine, Tunnel Through Andes, 342
— Transport, German, Effect of Allied Air
Attacks, 613
— Transportation Training, Royal Engineers,
535*
— Underground. See Undergound; London
Passenger Transport Board
— United States, Radio Communication on, 827
— See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Ramsay, F. R. F., on Diagnosis of Engine
Ignition Faults, 417
Ramsey, A. R. J., on History of Thermostats, 391, 413
Rand. Water Board, Pumping Plant at Zwartkopjes and Vereeniging, 152*
Ransley, Dr. C. E., on Reaction of Aluminium- Magnesium Alloy with Water Vapour, 428*, 438. See 305
Ratcliffe, J. A., on Aerials for Radar Equipment, 319
Ratsey. O. L., on Radar Transmitters, 389 Raw Materials from the Sea (Review), 53 Rays. See Cathode Rays ; X-Rays
Raynor, Dr. G. V., on Magnesium-Silver- Lithium Alloys, 305
Read, A. A., on Electrical Engineering and Coil Degaussing, 343
Receivers for Radar, 307, 389
Reconnaissance, Photographic, and Invasion of England, 568, 580
Record Electrical Co., Ltd., Earth-Leakage Trip, 89 ; Moisture Meter for Yarn, 89
Redwood, P. C., on Effect of Machinability on Light Engineering Production, 606. See 569, 593
Rees, Dr. W. J., on Hot?Strength Characteristics of Moulding Sands, 19.0*
Refining of Transformer Oils, 379 Refrigerated Transport of Meat in Tropics, 453* Refrigerating Machines, War-Time Output, 183
— Plant, S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
— for Test Pit, Kentucky Dam Foundation, 338*
Refrigeration, Institute of, Refrigerated Storage and Transport of Meat in Tropics, by Dr. E. Griffiths and M. J. Hickman, 453*
Refractory Materials. See Fireclay
Regulator, Gas (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 40*
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid, G. U., the Late, 616
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Reinforcement Steel Engineers’ Association, Formation of, 514
Relf, E. F., on Recent Aerodynamic Developments, 541. See Erratum, 587
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, “ Liberation ” 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440*
Repeated Stresses. See Fatigrwe under Tests (Materials)
Report, Annual, Automobile Research Committee, 5
British Electrical and Allied Industries’ Research Association; 187
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 399
Central Electricity Board, 373, 399, 615
— —Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association, 399
London Power Co., Ltd., 207
New Zealand Government Railways, 447 North-East Engineering Bureau, 111
— Atmospheric Pollution in Leicester, 157
— Characteristics of Domestic .Load, 398,
— of Coal Processing Panel, Northern Industrial Group, 62
— on Control of German Industry and Patents, 229
— Derelict Land in Black Country, 301
— on Effect of War on American Industrial Economy, 182
— Electric Power Supply in Canada, 134
—? Electrification of Highland Agriculture, 469
Report on Exports, British Engineers’ Association, 542
— on German Switchgear Design, 224
— on Higher Agricultural Education, 494
— on Inland Transport in Europe, 135
— Iron and Steel Industry Modernisation, 446, 471
— London Traffic, Royal Commission of, 1905, 331
— Market for Household Appliances, 85. See LETTER, 136
— Railway (London Plan) Committee, 445, 450*
— Rating of Resistance Welding Machines, 519
— Relation between Daylight Illumination and System Load, 158
— Scientific Man-Power, 565
— on Sun Bank Railway Accident, Llangollen, 177*
— Transient Warming of Rooms, 326
— on University Education and Business, 37
— on Utilisation of Low-Grade Fuel, 133. See LETTER, 304
— War-Time Development in Coal Mines
Mechanisation, 162,175
— See also Board of Trade
Research, Aeronautical, on Aeroplane Wings and Drag Reduction, 541;' See Erratum, 587
Extensions and Developments in 1945, 78
— Association, British Electrical and Allied
Industries, Report on Relation Between Daylight Illumination and System Load, by P. Schiller, 158; Annual Luncheon, 159; Annual Report, 187; Report on Transient Warming of Rooms, by M. V, Griffith, 326; Report on Characteristics of Domestic Load, by P. Schiller, 398; Report on Electrification of Highland Agriculture, by C. A. C. Brown, 469
British Welding, Constitution of Council, 471
Cast Iron, British, Report on Single-Blow lipapact Test for Cast Iron, 117*
Mine Owners’, Fluorescent Lighting in Binle'y Colliery, 522
Motor Industry, Inauguration, 615
Non-Ferrous Metals, British, Investigation on Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys with Water Vapour, by R. Eborall and Dr. C. E. Ransley, 305, 428*, 438
— Committee, Atmospheric Pollution, Report
on Atmospheric Pollution in Leicester, 157 Automobile, Annual Report, 5
— Department, Institution of Automobile
Engineers, Gear-Lubricant Testing Machine; 114
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Cd., Ltd., Production of Atomic Energy, 75*, 100
Scientific and Industrial, Fields of Activity, 614
Woolwich Armament, Machinability Tests at, 544, 569, 599*
— Exhibition, Chemical, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 443, 536
— Fellowships in Metallurgy, Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 255
— Gas and Fuel, at Leeds University, Report on,543
— Industrial, Present Position and Recent
Progress (Review), 603
— and Industry, Conference on, 281, 327
— Institute, Tin, Mechanical Properties of
Chill-Cast Phosphorus Bronzes, 153; Corrosion-Resistance of Electrodeposited Tin-Zinc Alloys, 289*, 427; Research on Methods of Tinning of Cast Iron, 526*, .550*; Report of Work, 1942-1944, 285
— in Iron and Steel Industry, Recent Progress,
476, 485
— Laboratory, Institution of Automobile Engi
neers, Transfer to Motor Industry Research Association, 615
— Metallurgical, by Dr. W. H. Hatfield, 461
— Organisation, French Industrial, Visit to
England, 615
— Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine and Development Association, Proposed Activities, 269
— Scientific, Current, in United Kingdom,
Royal Society Notes on, 614
—- — War-Time, Publication of Results, 112
— Station, Post Office, Dollis Hill, Work of, 524
— on Synthetic Liquid Fuels, United States,422
— Team Work in, Examples of, 21*, 33
— in Technical Colleges, Board of Education
Circular on, 423
— on Transformer Oil, 379
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Kentucky Dam, 337*, 385*, 433*
— Yangtze River Scheme, 7, 303 Resistance Welding. See Welding Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reynolds Number: Its Meaning and Significance (Review), 507
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Switchgear for Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98* ; Switchgear Constructed in 1945, 124; Control Gear for Turbo-Electric Ship “ Beaverdell,”512*
Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., 2,500-kW Transportable Power Station, 463*
Rings, Piston. See Piston Rings
River Aquasabon Hydro-Electric Scheme, 594 -— Columbia, Navigation on, 590
— Eden, Reinforced-Concreie Railway Bridge
over, 555*
— Mersey, Road Tunnel Under, 366
— Missouri, Flood Control and Irrigation Sys
tem, 594
— St. Lawrence Waterway and Power Project,
330
— Severn Bridge Scheme, 293
— Tennessee, Kentucky Dahl on, 337*, 385*,
433*
— Yangtze, China, Regulation and Development Scheme, 7, 303
Road, Alaska Highway, Acquisition by Canada, 594
— Construction in Peru, 255, 342
— — Plans in United Kingdom, 293
— Federation of .Coated Macadam Industries,
Luncheon, 519
Road Improvement Fund, History of, 341, 365, 548
— Transport, Commercial, Five Decades of,
309, 331, 341, 365, 402, 548, 571, 604. See Erratum, 331
Engineers, Training of, 39
— — Vehicles, Jubilee of J. I. Thornycroft and
Co., Ltd., 543
Roberts, E. R. B., on Railway Situation, 328. See 278
Robertson, A., on Oxidation of Liquid Hydrocarbons, 379
Robinson, J. T., on Aluminium-Alloy Forgings and Stampings, 138
Robson, J., on Merchant Shipbuilding in Canada, 461, 487, 525. See 520
Rock Wool (Review), 292
Rod, Glass, Manufacture of, 222
Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., “Lincoln” Bomber, 224*
Rolling, Metal Strip, Computations of Rolling Load, Torque and Roll-Face Pressure, 281
— Mill Pinion, Repair by Thermit Welding (Murex, Ltd.), 32*
— Stock for British Railways, 278. See LETTER,328
Industry, Position and Prospects, 220 See also Carriages ; Locomotives Rolls-Royce Ltd., Development of High-Duty
Engine, 16; Gravity Die-Castings for Merlin Engine, 45* ; 12-Cylinder “ Griffon ” Aero Engine, 128*; Disposal of Hillington Factory, 231; Merlin 130 and 131 Aero Engines, 465*
Rommey, J., on Sludging Value of Transformer Oils, 380
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roofing Tiles, Clay, and Fittings, Specification, 154
Rooms, Storage Fitments for, Specification, 562
— Transient Warming of, Report, 326 Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rose, Dr. H. E., on Mechanical Analysis of
Portland Cements, 457*, 483*. See
Erratum, 496
Ross, Dr. A. D., on Extensometer for Plastics 241*
Ross, A. W., on Problems in Shipborne Radar,
389
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotor, Alternator, Deformation of Windings, 14
— Dynamical Balancing by Mechanical Reson
ance, 481*, 529*
Rottenburg, H., on Mass and Inertia, 259 Rowell, H. S., on Theory of Lock Nuts, 39. See
LETTERS, 16,112, 161
Royal Aeronatical Society. See Aeronautical
— Commission of 1945 on London Traffic, Re
port, 331
— Engineers, War Memorial Fund, Appeal for
Subscriptions, 447 ; Transportation Training Centre, Longmoor, 535*
— Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Change
of Name from Chartered Surveyors’ Institution, 522
— Observatory, Greenwich, Removal to Hurst- monceux Castle; 414
Royal Society :
Conference on Creep of Metals, 233*, 258* Election of Fellows, 279
Award of Ewing Metal to Prof. R. V. Southwell, 399
Nomination of Lord Keynes to Fellowship, 532
Empire Scientific Conference, 589, 614
Notes on Current Scientific Researches in United Kingdom, 614
Symposium on Metrology :
Standards of Length, by J. E. Sears, 401; Measurement of Length in Wavelengths of Light, by H. Barrell, 401; Standards of Mass, by F. A. Gould, 401; Electrical Standards, by Dr. L. Hartshorn, 402; Measurement of Temperatures, by J. A. Hall, 402 Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
Rubber Consumption in United States, Statistics, 594
— Products, Specification, 538
Rudeforth, S., on Manual Production of Electrical Energy, 553*
Rural Electricity Service in Ontario, 38,134
— Electrification in Canada, 134. See 38 Use of Single-Phase System for, 390 in Highland Agricultural Districts, 469 Russia, Electrical Plant for, 124
— 4-14-4 Type and 2-8-2 Type Locomotives,355 Ryder, E. H., on H.M. Cruiser ” Carnarvon,” 17

“SABRE” Aero Engine, 79
Saint. See St.
Sampling of Portland Cement, Methods of, 457*J 483*. See Erratum, 496
Samuelson, F., the Late, 112
Sand Foundations and Soil Mechanics, 313*.
See Errata, 346
— Moulding, Hot-Strength Characteristics,190*
Sangamo Weston, Ltd., Moving-Coil and Dynamometer Instruments, 41
Santos; Port of, Equipment of, 427
Sarjant, Dr. R. J.,,’on Fuel Efficiency in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472
" Sasmuta,” Formation of, 135,
Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Welsh Industries Fair, 607
Scavenging in Marine Diesel Engines, 357
Schiller, K. K., on Significance of Difference in Test Results, 568. See LETTERS, 16, 496
Schiller, P., on Characteristics of Domestic Load,398
Scholarships. See Education
Schools, Hot-Water Supply by Gas for, Specification, 562
Schreiber Pulp and Paper Mill, Canada, 594 Science Museum, Aeronautical Collection, Reopening of, 345
— Services to Steel Industry, 448, 476, 485
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 15, 40*, 89*,114*
Export Trade in, 592
at North-East Coast Exhibition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 39, 107
— Conference, Empire, London, 589, 614 Scientific Exports (Great Britain), Ltd., Inaugural Reception, 592
— Instruments (Review), 506
British, Exhibition, Stockholm, 227, 591
— Man-Power, Report of Government Committee on, 565
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. - See Institutions “ Sciex,” Formation of, 592
Scophony, Ltd., Electronic Stroboscope, 90 Scotland, Electrification of Highland Agriculture, Report on, 469
Screw Propellers. See Aeronautics
—r Thread Comparator, Double-Anvil (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 81, 222*
Fatigue Strength of, 88
Friction in, 409*
— — Gauge (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.),67* Measuring Parallels (W. H. Marley and Co.,
Ltd.), 297*
Scrivener, A., Ltd., Plunge-Cut Centreless Grinding Machine, 21; Automatic Centreless Plunge Grinding, 283
Sea, Raw Materials from (Review), 53
— Waves, Seismic, 484
Sears, J. E., on Standards of Length, 401 Sedimentation Tests for Portland Cement, 459*, 483*. See Erratum, 496
Seismic Sea Waves, 484
Self-Propelled Traffic Association, Early Work of, 309
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Severn, River, Bridge Scheme, 293
Shackles for Central Loading in Tensile Tests, 546*
Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of; See Gauges
Shanghai, Zicawei Meteorological Observatory, 602*
Sheers, 130-ton, at Chatham Dockyard, Demolition of, 321*
Sheets, Asbestos-Cement, Specification, 10 —• Laminated Bakelite (Bakelite, Ltd.), 248*
— Metal Drafting, Basis of (Review), 267
— and Strip Metal Users’ Technical Association, Formation of, 135; First Annual Meeting, 562
Sheffield and Manchester, First Railway Between (Review), 52
— Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 175
— Naval Ordnance Inspection Department,
Machinability Testing Apparatus at, 544, 569, 597*
Shepheard, R. B., on Structural Tests of Ships, 425
Shingleton, Major L., “ Conslab ” System of Building Construction, 201*
Ships, Cable, for “ Operation Pluto,” 473
— Canal. See Canal
— Cargo, Model Experiments at Gothenburg,
449
— Crews Accommodation, Watts’ Prize for
Improving, 327
— Degaussing of, 343
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships ; Marine
Propulsion
— Dynamic Longitudinal Strength of, 532
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Fouling of, and Under-Water Paints, 498
— Launched in 1945, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183,268
— Merchant, War-Time Repairs to, 159, 477*
502*
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships ; Marine Propulsion
— Plating, Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of Elange, 364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion ; Engines ; Turbines
— Strains and Deflections in, Tests of, 425
— Profiles and Hull Resistance of, Calculation
of, 532
— Welded, Future of, 567
— Welding Committee, Admiralty, Work of,
425, 509, 549
— See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping ;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipborne Radar, 306, 389
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
Shipbuilding, Admiralty Ship-Welding Committee, Work of, 425, 509, 549
— Construction of S.S. “ Orcades,” 130
— Future of Welding in, 567
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 268, 349 and War-Time Repairs to H.M. Ships,
402, 405*, 414, 437
— in Italy, 295
— Merchant, in Canada, 461, 487, 520, 525
— Naval. See Wcwsfciys
— and Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of Flange,
364*. See LETTERS, 400, 448
— Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 447
Launched in 1945, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183
— War-Time Repairs to Merchant Ships, 159,
477*, 502*
— Yards in War-Time, Official Story of (Re
view), 171
— See also Steamers ; Naval; Warships ; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping and Aircraft, British Corporation Register, Work of, 231; Failure of Negotiations to Unite with Lloyd’s Register, 414
— Liverpool Steam Ship Owners’ Association,
Annual Report, 399
— Merchant, Construction of, 1940-45, 268
— South American, 29
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shock Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests (Materials)
Shop Management. See Works Management Short Bros. (Rochester and Bedford), Ltd., Transfer from Rochester to Belfast, 563
Shrapnell Smith, E. S., on Five Decades of Commercial Road Transport, 309, 331, 341, 365, 462, 548, 571, 604. See Erratum, 331
Siemens Brothers and Co., Ltd., Marine Radio School, 514
Sieving Tests for Portland Cement, 458, 484. See Erratum, 496
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Automatic Sorting Machine, 43*; Mechanical Comparator, 414*
Signalling, Railway, Exhibition at Euston Station, 375
— School, Royal Engineers Transportation
Training Centre, 535*
Significance of Differences in Test Results, 16. See LETTERS, 496, 568
Silicon Carbide for Resistors, Properties of, 295
Sills and Lintels for Windows and Doors, Specification, 82
Sillars, R. W., on Silicon-Carbide Resistors, 295
Silver, Dr. R. S., on Heat-Transfer Coefficients in Surface Condensers, 505*
Sims-Edison Torpedo, 243
Sine Table, 5-in., Denfolds Engineering Co. Ltd., 136*
Slates, Asbestos-Cement, Specification, 10 Slings, Wire-Rope, and Sling Legs, Specification, 250
Sludging Value of Transformer Oil, Effect of Condenser-Wat er Temperature on, 380
Smart, R. C., on British Economy in Post-War World, 136; on Britain’s Coal Industry, 424
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on Hong Kong Dockyard, 577*, 601*
Smith, Dr. R. A., on Radar Navigation, 389 Smoke, Atmospheric Pollution by, 140, 157 Societies, Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Sodium Chloride, Corrosion of Aluminium- Copper Alloy by, 280
Soil Mechanics, Practical Development of, 313* See Errata, 346
Solar. See Sun
Soot Doors for Buildings, Specification, 490 Sopwith, D. G., on Fatigue Strength of Screw Threads, 88
Sorting Machine, Automatic (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 43*
South Africa, Zwartkopjes and Vereeniging Pumping Stations, 152*
— America, Engineering Notes from, 29, 161,
270, 342, 427
— Australian Railway, 4-8-4 Type Locomotive,
355
— Kensington, Science Museum, Re-opening
of Aeronautical Collection, 345
— Wales, Industrialisation in, 581, 607
— West, Notes from, 11; 35, 59, 83, 107, 131,
155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107,
131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323, 347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 515, 539, 563, 587, 611. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southampton Electricity Supply Undertaking, Jubilee of, 500
Southampton, South of England and Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., M.S. “ Vecta,” 344*
Southwell, Prof. R. V., Award of Ewing Medal to, 398
“ Spearfish ” Torpedo Dive-Bombing Aeroplane, 583*
Specifications and Contracts, Engineering (Review), 147
— Standard. See Standards ; Standardisation Spectrograph, Metallurgical Analysis by, Collected Papers on (Review), 26
Speculum Plating, Investigations on, 285 “ Spedia ” Impregnated Diamond Lapping
Wheel, Tests of, 271 Speed Trials. See Trials Spillway, Kentucky Dam, 339*, 386*, 434* Sproule, D. O., on Detection of Cracks in Steel by Supersonic Waves, 472
Spurrier Lecture on Five Decades of Commercial Road Transport, 309, 331, 341, 365, 462, 548, 571, 604. See Erratum, 331
St. Lawrence River Waterway and Power Project, 330
Staining, Varnishing and Painting Wood, Specification, 490
Stampings, Aluminium-Alloy, Manufacture, 138 Standards Institution, British, Memorandum on Protection of Steel and Iron Against Corrosion, 58; Schedule for Electric Discharge Lamps, 130; Definition of Plastic Technical Mouldings, 322
British, Specifications, Copper and its Alloys, 10; Asbestos-Cement Slates and Sheets, 10; Metal Casement Windows and Doors, 34; Asbestos-Cement Pipes, 34; Hexagon Die Nuts, 34; Proof Test for Creep Quality of Boiler-Plate Steel, 58; Gypsum Plasterboard, 58; Testing of Transport Gas-Producer Fuels, 82; Sills and Lintels, 82; Analysis of Zinc and Zinc Alloys, 130; Clay Roofing Tiles and Fittings, 154; Photometric Integrators and Photometers, 154; Domestic Hot- Water Supply Boilers, 202; Bell-Ringing Transformers, 202; Magnesium-Alloy Ingots and Castings 250; Wire-Rope Slings and Sling Legs, 250 ; Manhole Covers and Gully Gratings, 274.; Radio Components, 274; Carbon-Steel Bars, 274; Carbon and Alloy Steels, 298; Portable Photometers, 298; Metal Door Frames, 298; Wall Tiles, 322; Bunched Copper-Wire Conductors, 346; Bleached Lac, 346; Electrical Installation^ for Houses, 346; Lead Pipes, 394; Clay Tiles for Flooring, 394; Wood Surrounds for Metal Windows, 394; Flue Blocks for Gas Fires and Ventilation, 418; Festoon Electric Lamp Caps, 418; Lathe and Planer Tools, 418; Clay Engineering Bricks, 442; Asphalt, 442; Structural Requirements for Load-Bearing Walls, 466; Calcium-Sulphate Plastering, 466; Domestic Hot-Water Service, 466; Wood Trim, 466; Micanite for Commutator Separators, 466; Bitumen Mixtures for Flooring, 490; Painting, Staining and Varnishing Wood, 490; Domestic Gas Appliances, 490; Solid-Fuel Cookers, 490 ; Soot Doors for Buildings, 490; Screen Analysis of Coal, 514; Tests for Use in Training Welders, 514: Jointing Material for Gas Appliances, 514; Painting of Buildings, 538; Private Electric Generating Plant, 538; Electric Lighting for Houses, 538; Rubber Products, 538; Brickwork 562; Hot-Water Supply by Gas for Schools, 562 ; Storage Fitments in Rooms, 562; Softwood Flooring, 562; Electric Lifts, 586; Steel Gas Cylinders, 586 ; Tins for Paints and Varnishes, 586 Standards of Length and Mass, Measurement of, 401
Standard Limit System, Use of, 424
— Specifications, British, 10, 34, 58, 82, 130,
154, 202, 250, 274, 298, 322, 346, 394, 418, 442, 466, 490, 514, 538, 562, 586
Standard Telephones and Cables; Ltd., Impedance Comparator, 115*
Standardisation of Transformers, 86
Stanton, Dr; L. R., on Effect of Oxygen on Isothermal Transformations of Steel, 496
State Railways. See Railways
Statics, Structural, Lectures on (Review), 579
Station Building, Experimental, London Midland and Scottish Railway, 163*
— Power. See Power Stations
Statistical Returns of Railways of Great Britain, 1938-1944, 470
— Society, Royal, Formation of Industrial
Applications Section, 63
Statistics, Monthly Digest of, 230
— Trade. See Trade
— Use in Electrical Market, 350
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Consumption. See Coat Consumption
— Engines. See Engines
— Flow Through Nozzles. See Nozzles
— Heating Plant, Experiences with Peat Fuel, 223
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamer “ Beaverdell,” Turbo-Electric Plant, 511*
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics. 447
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— Launched in 1945, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183, 268
— Oil Tank, " Olna,” Turbo-Electric Propulsion Plant, 166*
— — Tank, War-Time Repairs to, 477*, 502*
— “ Orcades,” Construction by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 130
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines
— See also Engines ; Marine Propulsion ; Ship
building; Shipping; Ships; Turbines; Warships ; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships; Steamers; Warships Steels, Alloy, Use in Marine Propelling Engine Design, 334
— Bars, Carbon, Specification, 274
— Boiler-Plate, Proof Test for Creep Quality, 58
— Carbon and Alloy, Specifications, 298
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under MetoZJurgy
— Chromium-Molybdenum, Effect of Nickel, 287
See also Steel, Stainless
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Cracks in, Detection by Supersonic- Waves,
472
— Creep of, 233*, 258*
—- for Cutting Tools, 569, 593, 596, 622
— Damping Capacity and Fatigue of, 280,358*,
381*
— Fatigue of. See . Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Floating Dry Docks for United States Navy,
145*, 193*, 217*
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment
under Afetattur^y
— Industry, Dr. W. H. Hatfield’s Services to,
461
Services of Science, 448, 476, 485
— Machinability of, 544, 569, 573*, 597*, 599*,
605, 617, 620*, 621*, 622*
— Machining of, Simply Explained (Review),
436
— Mesh Reinforcement, .Use for Packing
Crates, 138
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs ;
Metallography
— Overheating and Burning of, 496
— and its Practical Applications (Review), 99
— Rails. See Rails
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Sheet Piling, Kentucky Dam Construction,
434*
— for Ships, 425, 549
— Stainless, for Turbine Blading, 16. See
LETTERS, 64,112, 401
— Stress Distribution ini See Stress ; Tests
(Materials)
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Works. See Works
Steering Mechanism for Military Tanks, Evolution of, 353, 378
Stevens, W. R,, on Solving War-Time Visibility Problems, 501
— Lecture on Processes of Destructive Hydrogenation, 447
Stock, A. R., on Present State of Engineering Bibliography, 247
Stockholm, Exhibition of British Scientific Instruments at, 227, 591
Stoker, Chain-Grate, Segmental Ash-Plate for, 294*
Storage Fitments for Rooms, Specification, 562
— Pumped, Plant at Palii Hydro-Electric
Station, 536*
— Refrigerated, of Meat in Tropics, 453* Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools Strain-Hardening of Aluminium Alloy, 381
— See also Stress
Streets. See Roads
Strength of Materials, See Stress and Tests
(Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
— in Bolts Due to Tightening of Nuts, 409* -— Distribution in Soils Under Loads, 314*.
See Errata, 346
— in Hanging Wires, 460*
— in Materials, Atomic Physics Theories, 519,
558*
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Residual, Effects on Fatigue of Aluminium
Alloys, 280
— in Ships, Investigation on, 425, 509, 549
— Strain Diagram of Cutting Operations, 574*,
593, 620*
Strikes. See Zaandour; Latour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Strip and Sheet Metal Users’ Technical Association, Formation of, 135; First Annual Meeting, 562
Stroboscope, Electronic (Dawe Instruments, Ltd.); 115
Structural Engineers, Institution of, Election of Members, 82, 250, 346, 394, 490, 610; General Conditions of Contracts for Structural Engineering Work, 374; Standard Form of Tender, 374
— Engineering Industry, Position and Pros
pects, 292
Work, General Conditions of Contract and Standard Form of Tender, 374
— Statics, Lectures on (Review), 579 Structure of Materials, Influence on Machinability, 544, 569, 573*
— and Structural Members, Buckling Strength
of (Review), 292
— Protection Against Lightning, 127
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Rein
forced
Substations, Emergency, West Ham and Ealing, 57*
S.U. Carburetter Co., Ltd., Gravity Die-Cast Carburettors, 47* .
“ Suffolk,” H.M. Cruiser, Bomb Damage to, 405*
Sulphur Dioxide, Atmospheric Pollution by, 157 Sulzer Brothers, High-Lift Centrifugal Pumps at Palii, 536*
Sun Bank Railway Accident, Llangollen, Report on, 177*
— Short-Wave Radio Emission from, 164.
See LETTER, 232
Supercharging in Marine Diesel Engines, 357
Superior, Lake, Schreiber Pulp and Paper
Mill, 594
Supersonic Air Flow, 207, 325, 329
— Wave Flaw Detector (H. Hughes and Son,
Ltd.), 42, 472
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Protection of Structures Against Lightning, by R. A. Price, 127; Annual Dinner, 351
Supply, Ministry of, Report on Single-Blow Impact Test for Cast Iron, 117* ; Investigation of Error in Diamond-Pyramid Hardness Measurements on Hardened Steel, 286* ; Disposal of Surplus Machine Tools, 303, 520. See LETTER, 594; Steering Mechanisms for Tanks, 353, 378; Disagreement with Staff of Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd., 375; Nationalisation of Iron and Steel Industry, 397, 517. See 446, 471; “ Liberation,” 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440* ; Report on Iron and Steel Industry’s Modernisation Proposals, 446, 471. See 397, 517 ; Transportable Electric Power Stations, 463*; Atomic Energy Bill, 471
Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Act, 1945, Debate on, 277
Surface Condensers. See Condensers
— Finish and Machinability, Influence of
Structure, 574*
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding under
Machine Tools
Surrounds, Wood, for Metal Windows, Specification, 394
Surveyors Institution, Chartered, Change of Name to Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 522
Swallow, Dr. J. C., on New Dielectrics in Radio Engineering, 571
Swedish Iron and Steel Industry, Fuel Problems, 448, 472
Swift, B. and P., Ltd., Rotary High-Pressure Gear Pump, 8*
Swiss Association of Electricians; Sintered Metallic Powders for Electrical Contacts, by H. H. Hauser, 188*
Switchgear, Central Electricity Board’s Report, 374
— Circuit Breaker, 33-kV Low Oil-Content
(Cooke and Ferguson, Ltd.), 282*
— Constructed in 1945, 124
— Flameproof, for Mines (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 317*
— German, Report on Design of, 224
— Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
— Kentucky Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 433
— Metal-Clad, Transportable (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 91*
— Sintered Metallic Powders for Contacts, 188*
— War-Time National Pool, 57*
Switzerland, Engineering Developments by Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd., 495
— Pumped-Storage Plant at Palii Hydro-Electric Station, 536
Sykes, Dr. C., on Machinability and Structure of Ferrous Materials, 573*. See 544, 569, 593, 617
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act, 1944, United States, 422

TANGENTS to Plane Curves, Drawing of, 209* Tank, Experimental, Experiments on Craft for “ Operation Pluto,” 473
— — Froude, Experiments for “ Mulberry ” Harbour, 473
Gothenburg, Experiments on Cargo Liners, 449
Tank, Experimental, Haslar, Experiments in Mine Warfare, 449
— Military, Evolution of Steering Mechanisms,
353, 378.
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships
— Steamers. See Steamers
Tar Confederation, British, Election of Officials,
167
Taxation of Motor Vehicles, 102, 341, 365, 548, 571. See Errata, 216
Taxicabs, Introduction of, 331
Taylor, H. W., on Experience with Arc-
Suppression Coils, 252
Taylor, Dr. J. L., on Pietzker’s Effective Breadth of Flange, 400. See 364*. See
LETTER, 448; on Dynamic Longitudinal Strength of Ships, 532
Taylor, W. W., on Effect of Speed, Feed and Tool Angle on Machinability, 620*. See 569, 593, 617
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Museum, Stockholm, Exhibition of British
Scientific Instruments, 227, 591
— Publications, Motor Transport, 331
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH
INDEX Teeth, Gear. See Gear Telecommunications, Commonwealth, Govern
ment Policy on, 423
— by High-Tension Transmission Lines (Re
view), 532
— Work of Cable and Wireless, Ltd., 567 of Post Office Research Station, 524 Telegraphy, Wireless, Manufacture of Appa
ratus in 1945, 149
— See also Radar; Radio ; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephony Developments by Post Office
Research Station, 524
— Electric Wave Filters, Theory and Design
of (Review), 171
— Wireless, Manufacture of Apparatus in 1945,
149
— — See also Radar ; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Television Apparatus, Future Provision, 149
— “ Videosonic ” System, Pye, Ltd., 104* Temperature Control by Thermostat, History
of, 391, 413
— Indicator, Marine (Cambridge Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 40*
— Measurement. See Thermometry Tennessee Valley Authority, Kentucky Dam,
337*, 385*, 433*
Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials') Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Tests, Adhesion, White-Metal Lined Cast-Iron
Bearings, 550
— Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— for Clays, 313*. See Errata, 346
— of Commercial Motor Vehicles, 1896-1946,
309, 331
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— of Diamond Lapping Wheels (A. C. Wick
man, Ltd.), 271
— Friction, on Bolts and Nuts, 409*
— Hand-Driven Electric Generator, 553*
— 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 49*
— for Machinability, 544, 569, 593, 595, 597*
599*, 605, 606, 617, 620*, 621*, 622*
— Magnetic. See Magnetic
Tests (Materials) :
Bending Tests, Electrodeposits on Steel Plate, 291*
Creep Quality of Boiler-Plate Steel, Proof- Test Specification, 58
Cupping Test, Erichsen, Electro-deposits on Steel Plate, 291*
Damping Capacity and Fatigue of Metals, 280, 358*, 381*
Extensometer for Plastics, 241*
Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys, Effect of Residual Stresses on, 280
— of Metals and Damping Capacity, 280, 358*, 381*
— Strength of Screw Threads, 88
Hardness Tests, Diamond-Pyramid, of Hardened Steel, Sources of Error in Measurements of, 286*
Impact Tests, Notched-Bar, Theory of, 201 Single-Blow, for Cast Iron, 117* Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic
Mechanical Tests, Aluminium-Alloy Gravity Die-Castings, 45
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Chill-Cast Phosphorus Bronze, 153
of Portland Cement, 457
Shackles for Central Loading, 546* Tests of Pneumatic Tyres for Farm Tractors,201
— of Refrigerated Containers for Meat, 453*
— Results, Significance of Differences, 16. See
LETTERS, 496, 568
— 2,500-kW Transportable Power Station, 463*
— 720-b.h.p., 12-Cylinder V-Type Oil Engine ,
561
— on Volumetric Glassware at National Phy
sical Laboratory, 321*
Testing Apparatus for Machinability, 544, 569, 597*, 599*, 617, 620*, 621*
— Laboratory, Metallurgy Division, Royal
Aircraft Establishment, 236 See also National Physical
— Machines, Compression, for Moulding Sands,
190*
for Durability of Motor-Car Gears, 6
— — Gear-Lubricant, 114
Pendulum Type, for Machinability, 544, 569, 599*
Shackles for Central Loading, 546*
— Materials, American Society for, Symposium on Magnetic-Particle Testing, 302
— of Transformer Oils, 379
— of Transport Gas-Producer Fuels, Specification, 82
— See also Tests (Materials); Trials Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile Carding Machine, Synchronous Drive
for (D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 368*
— Factories, Air Conditioning in, Research ,21*
Textile Industry in Brazil, 342
— Machine Manufacture in Brazil, 29
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects, 244
Textile Machinery Makers, Ltd., Sir W. Preston Scholarship and Research Fellowship Scheme, 519
Thermal Conductivity of Metals and Atomic Physics, 558*
— Efficiency, Battersea Power Station, 17, 42 Boilers Burning Peat Fuel, 223
Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 99 2,000-kW Hot-Air Turbine Power Plant, 49*
La Mont Water-Tube Boiler, 87
of London, Midland and Scottish Railway Turbine Locomotive, 110. See LETTER, 259
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Thermodynamic Scale, Measurement of Temperature on, 402
Thermodynamics, Work of N. L. S. Carnot, 160 Thermometry, Temperature-Measuring Instruments, 199
Measurement on Thermodynamic Scale and International Temperature Scale, 402
Thermostats, History of, 391, 413
Thompson, Prof. F. C., on Effect of Oxygen on Isothermal Transformations of Steel, 496
Thornton, D. L., on Seismic Sea Waves, 484 Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Conversion of
M.S. “ Vecta,” to Diesel-Electric Drive, 344*; Road Transport Vehicles, 543
Thorpe’s Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, Vol. VII (Review), 460
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Threlfall, R. E., on Glass Tubing, 222
Tidal Estuaries, Effect of Obstructions in, 241* Tigerschiold, Dr. M., on Fuel Problems in Swedish Iron and Steel Industry, 448, 472
Tiles, Clay, for Flooring, Specification, 394 Roofing, and Fittings, Specification, 154
— Wall, Specification, 322
Tilt Tests for Gun Mountings from Shipbuilders’ Standpoint, 499
Tilting Table, Optical (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 43*
Timber Floating Dry Docks for United States Navy, 145, 217*.
Time-Measuring Instruments (Everett, Edg- cumbe and Co., Ltd.), 41
— and Motion Study, Manual of (Review), 316 Tin Alloys. See Alloys under MetoZZurgj/
— Coatings, Electrodeposited, Tests of, 289*
— for Paints and Varnishes, Specification, 586
— Plate, Investigations on, 285
— Position in United States, 330
— Research Institute, Mechanical Properties
of Chill-Cast Phosphorus Bronzes, by Dr. K. Winterton, 153 ; Report of Work 1942-1944, 285; Corrosion-Resistance of Electrodeposited Tin-Zinc Alloys, 289*, 427; Research on Methods of Tinning Cast Iron, 526*, 550*
Tinning Cast Iron, Research on, 526*, 550*
Todd, Dr. F. H., on Model Experiments for “ Mulberry ” Harbour, 473
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges
Tomlinson, F. W., on Mineral-Insulated Metal- Sheathed Conductors, 31
Tool and Gauge Makers’ Association, Luncheon, 626
— Holder. See Machine Tools
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel. See SteeZ
Toothed Gear. See Gear
Towers, Cooling, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 98*
Towle, A., on Development of High-Duty Aero Engine, 16
Town and Country Planning Association, Town Planning and Water Supply, by H. Berry, 495
Planning, Ministry of, Report on Derelict Land in Black Country, by S. H. Beaver, 301
— Gas. See Gas
— Planning and Daylight, 501 and Water Supply, 495
— Use of District Heating in, 140
Townend, Prof. D. T. A., on Fuel Research at Leeds University, 543
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships
— Damage to Merchant Ships, 477*, 502* Traction, Electric. See Railways
Tractor, Agricultural, “Atom” Semi-Crawler (Mechanised Horticultural Implements, Ltd.), 19*. See Erratum, 35
Development in, 172
Tests of Pneumatic Tyres for, 201
Trade, Agricultural Machinery, 172
— Disputes. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Electrical Equipment, Need for Statistics, 350
Industry and Equipment, 123,149
— Engineering and Allied Industries, 27, 53, 77, 101, 123, 149, 172, 197, 220, 244; 268, 292. See Errata, 216
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Aircraft, 77
British Engineers’ Association, Report on, 542
Formation of Scientific Exports (Great Britain), Ltd., 592
of locomotives and Rolling Stock, 220
— Foreign, Future of, 14
— Household Appliances, Report on, 85. See LETTER,136
— Machine Tools, Exports and Imports, 197
— Marine Engineering and Shipbuilding, 268
— Motor Cycle and Cycle, 101. See Errata, 216 Vehicle, 101. See Errata, 216
— South American, Engineering Notes, 29,161, 270, 342, 427, 534
— Textile Machinery, Exports and Imports, 244
— Unions. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Traffic on British Railways, 1938-44, 470 Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Transandine Railway, Tunnel through Andes, 342
Transformers, Bell-Ringing, Specification, 202
— Researches on Oil for, 379
— for Single-Phase Rural Electrification, 390
— Standardisation of, 86
— War-time National Pool of, 57*
— Windings, Mechanical Stresses in, 9 Transmission, Electric, Ship Propulsion; See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power Transmission
Transmitters for Radar, 307, 389
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Inland, in Europe, Report on, 135. See 279
— Institute of, Establishment of Sheffield and District Centre, 88; Election of Members, 250, 298; Formation of South-Western Section for Devon and Cornwall, 309; Spurrier Lecture on Five Decades of Commercial Road Transport, by E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, 309, 331, 341, 365, 462, 548, 571,604. See Erratum, 331; Silver-Jubilee Scholarship Conditions, 375
— Ministry of, Report on Sun Bank Railway
Accident, 177* ; Emergency Legislation, 277; Control of Road Transport, 341, 365, 571, 604; Report of Railway (London Plan) Committee, 445, 450*; Summary Table of Statistical Returns of Railways of Great Britain; 1938-1944, 470; Memorandum on Bridge Design and Construction, 5'80
— Motor. See Road ; Motor
— Organisation, Inland, European, Programme of, 279. See 135
— Problems in Brazil, 342
— Railway. See Railway
— Refrigerated, of Meat in Tropics, 453*
— Road. See Road ; Motor
Transportation Training Centre, Royal Engineers, Longmoor, 535*
Trasenster Medal, Award to Sir E. Appleton, 346
Trenching Machine for Agricultural Drainage (Aveling-Barford, Ltd.), 127*
Trials, Turbo-Electric Cargo Ship “ Beaverdell,” 511
— See also Tests
Tubes, Boiler, Locomotive, Heat Transfer in, 493
— Railways. See Underground Railways; London Passenger Transport Board
— Straightening Machine for (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 355*
— See also Pipes
Tubing, Glass, Manufacture of, 222
Tudor, G. K., on Lubrication Between Piston and Cylinder
Tudsbery, Col. H. T., the Late, 232
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Tunnel through Andes, Transandine Railway, 342
— Road, under River Mersey, 366
Turbine, Gas, for Jet Propulsion, Researches on, 22*
Whittle Jet-Propulsion, 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
— — See also Aeronautics
— Hot-Air, 2,000-kW Power Plant, 1*, 25*, 49*
— Hydraulic, 44,000-h.p. Kaplan, Kentucky
Dam Plant, 387*, 433
See also Power Plant
— Pumps. See jPtwnps, Centri/ugoZ
— Steam, Application of Supersonic Air Flow to, 207, 325, 329
9,000 s.h.p., S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511* Blading for. See Blading
50,000-kW, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
— — Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion
— — 2,500-kW, for Transportable Power Station, 463*
for Turbo-Electric Ship Propulsion, 111, 142*, 166*
See also Turbo- Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships Turbo-Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Generator, 9,000-s.h.p., S.S. “ Beaverdell,” 511*
for Electric Propulsion, 111, 142*, 166* 50,000-kW, Hams Hall “ B ” Power Station, 97*
2,500-kW, for Transportable Power Station, 463*
Turnbull, J., on Structural Tests of Ships, 425 Turner, D. A., on Degaussing and Correction of Magnetic Compasses, 343
Turner, N. H., on Fuel Utilisation in Iron and Steel Works, 448, 472
Turret Lathes. See Lathes under Machine Tools
Twist Drill. See DriZZ under Machine Tools Tyres for Commercial Motor Vehicles, 331, 341, 365, 604
— Pneumatic, for Farm Tractors, Test of, 201

UNDERGROUND Government Offices, Emergency, 92
— Haulage Methods for Mining Engineers,
Modern, Manual of (Review), 52
— Railway, London, Experimental Coach for, 116*
See also London Passenger Transport Board
Unions, Trade. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
United States Bureau of Mines, Work on Synthetic Liquid Fuels, 422
Bureau of Reclamation, Yangtze River Developments, 7
Electric Supply in, 535
— — Engineering Notes from, 7, 246, 330, 594 Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River, 337*, 385*, 433*
Navigation on Columbia River, 590 Navy. See United States under Warships -- — Railways, Radio Communication on, 327 Railways. See also Railways ; Railroads Torpedo Manufacture in, 242
United States, Turbo-Electric Ship Propulsion in, 111, 142*, 167
—- — War Production Board, Report on Effect of War on American Industrial Economy, 182
War-Time Repairs to H.M. Ships in, 415 — Weather Bureau Observations in Arctic Regions, 330
Welded Ships, Investigation on, 425, 509, 549
— — See also America
Universities, Advantages of Engineering Facilities at, 88
— Bristol; Investigation on Loads on Bolts, 409*
— Cambridge, Appointments Board, Report on
University Education and Business, 37
— Education and Business, Report on, 37
— Fuel Technology Courses at, 165
— Glasgow, 200 Million-Volt Betatron, 583
— and Higher Agricultural Education, 494
— Leeds, Gas and Fuel Research at, Report,543
— Oxford, Research on Magnesium-Silver-Lithium Alloys, 305
— and Scientific Man-Power, 565
— Students, State Assistance for, 495
— See also Education
U.N.R.R.A., “ Liberation ” 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440*
Uranium Pile, Construction of, 100
Ure, Dr. A., Work on Thermostat, 391
Uruguay, Engineering Notes, 29, 270, 342, 427

VACATION Work Scheme, Imperial College, 63
“ Valiant,” H.M. Battleship, Reconstruction of, 376, 402
Valve Gear of Cornish Engines at Kew Bridge Pumping Station, 619*. See 510, 518
— Magnetron, Construction of, 361*
—- — Theory of, 125*, 148*
— Motor-Car Engine, Researches on, 6
— Radio, for Radar, 367
Vaporiser for Whittle Jet-Propulsion Gas Turbine, 239*
Varnishes for Insulation, 7
— and Paints, Tins for, Specification, 586
Varnishing, Staining and Painting Wood, Specification,'490
“ Vecta,” M.S., Diesel-Electric Drive for, 344*
Vehicles, Armoured Fighting, Evolution of Steering Mechanism for, 353, 378
Velocity of Seismic Sea Waves, 484
Ventilation Arrangements of House of Commons, 591
— Flue Blocks for, Specification, 418
Vereeniging Pumping Station, 152*
Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 447
— Launched in 1945, Lloyd’s Statistics, 183, 268
Vibrating Machine, Universal (C. M. G. Calver, Ltd.), 66*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Building of Orient S.S. “ Orcades,” 130; Torpedo Manufacture by, 170*
“ Videosonic ’’ Television System, Pye, Ltd., 104*
Vieyra, B. E., on Electrical Engineering and Coil Degaussing, 343
Visibility Problems, War-Time, Laboratory Technique for Solving, 501
Vision and Light, Investigation on, 501
Vivian, A. C., on Stainless Steels for Turbine Blading, 16. See LETTERS, 64, 112, 401; on Theory of Notched-Bar Test, 401
Volta Redonda Iron and Steel Works, Brazil, 427
Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Works, 2-8-2 Type Combined Steam and Oil-Engine Locomotive, 355
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., "Liberation," 2-8-0 Type Locomotive, 440*

WAGES. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Waldram, J. M., on Solving War-Time Visibility Problems, 501
Wall, Dr. T. F., on Magnetron and Klystron, 125*, 148*, 184*; on Short-Wave Radio Emission from Sun, 232. See 164
— Load-Bearing, Structural Requirements,
Specification, 466
— Tiles, Specification, 322
Wallace, W. K., Carlisle-Kingsmoor Railway Widening, 555*
Walshaw, T. D., Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 352. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 304, 328, 424
War Equipment Reclamation in Australia, 138
— German Preparations for Invasion of Englands 568, 580
— of 1914-18, Use of Motor Vehicles in, 331,341
— and Peace, Achievements of, 13
— Records, Industrial, for Imperial War Museum Library, 39
— Time Production in the United States
Report on, 182
Scientific Research, Publication of Results, 112
Shipyards in, Official Story of (Review), 171
Visibility Problems, Laboratory Technique for Solving, 501
Warfare, Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Warming, Transient, of Rooms, Report, 326

Warships :

Admiralty Naval Compass Department, High-Frequency Two-Phase Induction Motor, 81*
— Research Department, Research on Magnetrons, 361*
— Ship Welding Committee, Work of, 425, 509, 549
Admiralty Signal Establishment, Radio Navigation Equipment, 423, 451
— Type Motor Fishing Vessels, 521 Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics German Navy, Preparations for Invasion of England, 568, 580
H.M. Aircraft Carrier “ Eagle,” Launch of, 279
— Battleships “ Queen Elizabeth ” and " Valiant,” Reconstruction of, 376, 402
— Coastal Minesweepers, 375-b.h.p. Petters Oil Engine for, 369*
— Cruiser “ Carnarvon,” in 1908, 17
- “ Prometheus,” 1911, Voyage of, 579
— Destroyer “ Ilex,” La Mont Water- Tube Boiler in, 87
— Dockyards, Organisation of, 577*, 601* War-Time Repairs to H.M. Ships in, 402, 405*, 414, 437
— Navy in 1939, 353, 376, 402
— Repair Ships, Data on, 438
— Ships, Application of Radar to, 307, 389
Degaussing of, 343
“ Fleetwood,” Radio Navigation Equipment in, 423, 451
Torpedo Damage to, .405
War-Time Repairs to, 353,402,405* 414, 437
Welding in, 567
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Engineers in Hong Kong Dockyard, 577*, 601*
— Engineering, Advances in, 376, 402
— Ordnance Inspection Department, Machinability Testing Apparatus at, 544, 569, 597*
Tilt Tests from Shipbuilders’ Standpoint, 499
Torpedo Development, History of, 73*, 121*, 169*, 242
— Tube, Development of, 73*
United States Navy, Floating Dry Docks for, 145*, 193*, 217*, 265*
Warship Construction, Developments in, 349 See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Wassell, H. G., oh Degaussing and Correction of Magnetic Compasses, 343
Waste-Heat Recovery, Conference on, Programme, 342
Water Area, Greater London, Proposals for, 110
— Committee, Central Advisory, Apponit-ment of, 567
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Turbine, Hydraulic
— Supply for Greater London, Proposals, 110 and Town Planning, 495
See also Irrigation
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic ; Power Plant
Water Vapour, Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy with, 305, 428*, 438
— Wheels. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Power Plant
Waterhouse, Dr. G. B., on Dr. W. H. Hatfield’s Services to Metallurgy, 461
Waterways. See Rivers ; Canals ; Navigation Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, D. 8., on Cathode-Ray Tubes in Radar, 319
Watson, G. O., on Alternating-Current TurboElectric Ship Propulsion, 142*, 166*. See 111
Watson-Watt, Sir R., on Evolution of Radiolocation, 306, 317
Watts, Watts and Co., Ltd., Establishment of
Watts’ Prize, 327
Wave Filters, Electric, Theory and Design of (Review), 171
— Guides for Radar, 319
— Mechanics and Properties of Metals, 519, 558*
— Profiles of Ships in Motion, Calculation, 532
— Sea, Seismic, 484
Wear in High-Pressure Gear Pumps, 183, 185, 208, 284*, 310*, 334* See LETTER, 232
— Piston Ring, and Gumming in Petrol Engines, 93*
Weather. See Meteorology
Weaver, W. A., on Machine-Tool Disposal Sale, 520. See LETTER, 594
Welded Construction, United States Floating Dry Docks, 193*
Welders, Training Tests for, Specification, 514
Welding Committee, Ship, Admiralty, Work of, 425, 509; 549
— Construction in S.S. " Orcades,” 130
— Institute of, Annual Report; 567; Debate on Future of Welding in Shipbuilding, 567
— Machines, Resistance, Report on Rating of, 519
Spot, Light-Duty (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 69*
— Repairs to War-Damaged Ships, 477*, 502*
— Research Association, British, Constitution of Council, 471
— of Ships, Future of, 350, 567
— Thermit, Repair of Rolling-Mill Pinion by (Murex Ltd.), 32*
— in Water-Tube Boiler Construction, Babcock

and Wilcox, Ltd., 271*

Welsh Industries Fair, Cardiff, 581, 607 West Ham Emergency Substation, 57
Westminster Abbey, Engineers’ Memorial Service, 207
Weymouth, Torpedo Manufacture at, 170
Wharton and Olding, Ltd., Jig and Fixture System, 608*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears ; Marine Propulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under AfaeZnne Tools
— Landing, of Aircraft, Single-Disc Brake for, 608*
Whitaker, Dr. J. W., on Training of Fuel Technologists, 165
White, Major 8. W,, Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 424. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 304, 328, 352
Whitehead Torpedo Manufacture, 169*
Whittle, Air-Commodore F., on Whittle Jet- Propulsion Gas Turbine; 212*, 237*, 261*. See Erratum, 239
Wickman, A. C., Ltd., Tests of Diamond Lapping Wheels, 271
Wiersema, H., on Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River, 337*, 385*, 433*
Willans, K. W., on Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 304. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 328, 352, 424
Williams, E. J., on Significance of Differences in Test Results, 496. See LETTERS, 16, 568
Williams, Dr. F. C., on Circuit Techniques for Radiolocation, 389
Williams-Thompson, R. B., on Machine-Tool Disposal Sales, 594. See LETTER, 520
Wills, W. H., on Single-Phase System for Rural Electrification, 390
Willshaw, W. E., on Magnetrons, 361*
Wilson, J. S., on Tests of Pneumatic Tyres for Farm Tractors, 201
Wilson, M. F. G., the Late, 17
Wilson, R., the Late, 183
Wind Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Windings of Alternator-Rotors, Deformation of, 14
Windows, Metal Casement, Specification, 34 Wood Surrounds for, Specification, 394
Winterton, Dr. K., on Chill-Cast Phosphorus Bronzes, 153
Wire, Barbed, Reclamation of, 138
— Hanging, Tensions in, 460*
— Rope Slings and Sling Legs, Specification, 250
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Women Workers. See Labour
Wood Flooring, Specification, 562
— Painting, Staining and Varnishing, Specification, 490
— Surrounds for Metal Windows, Specification, 394
— Trim, Specification, 466
Wood-Mallock, J. on Refining Transformer Oils, 379
Woods, A. J., on Peat Combustion for Industrial Steam Heating, 223
Wool, Rock (Review), 292
Woolman, J., Experiments on Overheating Steel, 496
Woolwich Armament Research Department, Machinability Tests, 544, 569, 599*
— Marine Radio School, 514
— Torpedo Manufacture at, 170
Work Hardening and Machinability of Metals, 544

Works :

Engineering Works, Employment of Women. See Labour
Iron and Steel Works, Fuel Economy in, 448, 472
Works, Volta Redonda, Brazil, 42
Penn, J., and Sons, Greenwich Works of, 177
Works Management, Personnel Management:
Its Scope and Practice (Review), 171 Statistics of Costs of Machining, 605, 606 Time and Motion Study, Manual of (Review), 316
— Ministry of, Investigation on Refrigerated Meat Transport, 453*
Workmen. See Labour Workshop, Maintenance, for Motor Vehicles,
Manningham, 296*
— Training. See Education
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
Wright, H. M., on Mineral-Insulated Metal- Sheathed Conductors, 31
— Lecture on Recent Aerodynamic Developments, 541. See Erratum, 587
Wrought Light Alloys Association, Manufacture and Production of Aluminium-Alloy Forgings and Stampings, by J. R. Hand- forth and J. T. Robinson, 138

X-RAY Apparatus, 200 Million-Volt Betatron, 583
Diffraction Unit (Philips Lamps, Ltd.), 40

YANGTZE River Development, Regulation Scheme, 7, 303
Yarn, Moisture Meter for (Record Electrical Co., Ltd.), 89
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX

ZDANOWICH, R., Amalgamation of Institutions of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers, 304. See 183, 253. See LETTERS, 280, 328, 352, 424
Zicawei Meteorological Observatory, Shanghai, 602*
Ziegler, N. A., on Effect of Nickel in Chromium- Molybdenum Steels, 287
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Coatings, Corrosion Tests of, 289*
— Polarographic and Spectrographic Analysis of, Specification, 130
Zwartkopjes Pumping Station, 152*

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