Engineering 1949 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1949 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1949 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1949 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

Engineering 1949 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs

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PARAGRAPHS

Accidents :

• “ Blow-Back” from Locomotive Boiler, 35
• Chemical Works Safety Conference, 252
• Explosions in Furnaces, Prevention of (Catalogue), 548

Aeronautics :

• “Aeronautical Quarterly,” Contents of August, 1949, Issue, 313
• Airport Lighting, Remote Control of (Catalogue), 48
• Airport Staffs, Radio Control of, 532
• Airship, Non-Rigid, for United States Navy, 485
• Apprenticeships in Aircraft Engineering, Award of, 192
• Avro Chinook Gas-Turbine Jet-Propulsion Aero Engine, 233
• Batteries for Aircraft (Catalogue), 296
• Boeing Gas Turbine for Aircraft, 412
• “ Brabazon ” Air Liner, Starting Unit for, 492
• Bristol Hercules Aero Engines, Overhaul Period for, 131, 557
• British Airways Corporations, Traffic and Operating Statistics of, 665
• de Havilland “ Gipsy Major ” Aero Engines, Development of, 131
• de Havilland “ Comet” Aircraft, 154
• de Havilland “ Goblin ” Aero Engine, Overhaul Period for, 321
• Flying Boat for United States Navy, 174
• Flying Display of British Aircraft, Erratum, 333
• Handley Page “ Hermes 5 ” Air Liner, 202 K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines, Progress in 1948, 491
• London Airport, Title of, 331
• London to Malta Air-Speed Record, 148
• London University, Establishment of Board of Studies in Aeronautics, 227
• National Aeronautical Collection, of, 100
• Radio Transmitter/Receiver for (Catalogue), 324
• Radio Transmitters for Stations with Aircraft (Catalogue), 48
• Reconditioning Shops for Aero Engines, Air France, 164
• Rocket Research in Upper Atmosphere, 464 Self-Locking Nut, Use in Aircraft Construction, 112
• Sodium-Lights for Aircraft Landings, Fittings for, 76
• Transmission Towers, Aircraft-Warning Lights on, 116
• Transonic Flight Research, 383
• Vickers-Armstrong “Viscount” Air Liner, 370
• Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

• Aslib, Appointment of Officers, 239
• Brush Electrical Engineering Co,, Ltd,, Award of Scholarship, 114
• Egerton, Sir A., Finnish Honour for, 281
• Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Election of Officers, 58 ; Premium Awards, 107
• Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, Award of Merit Cup, 420
• Engineers’ Guild, Western Branch, Appointment of Officers, 57
• Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of. Awards of, 491
• Gauge and Tool Makers* Association, Award of Certificate of Craftsmanship, 161
• Junior Institution of Engineers, Awards by, 387
• Mond Nickel Fellowships, Award of, 686
• Royal Aeronautical Society, Award of Baden- Powell Prize, 289 ; Charter Scholarship of, 332
• Sir Walter Preston Scholarships, Degree Awards to Holders of, 143
• Stoke-on-Trent Association of Engineers, Mitchell Memorial Lecture and Medal, Award of, 372

Associations :

• Aluminium Development, 685
• Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 449 Automobile, 35
• British, 585
• British Engineers’, 609
• Cast Iron Research Association, British, 107
• Central Film Library, 103
• Chemical Manufacturers, British, Association of, 252
• Coal Utilisation Joint Council, 444
• Construction Machinery Importers, Federation of, 240
• Dynamo and Motor Manufacturers, Associated, 68
• Gauge and Tool Makers’, 161
• Old Nions, 629
• Petroleum Films Bureau, 75, 371
• Prevention of Accidents, Royal Society for, 252
• Radio and Electronic Component Manufacturers* Federation, 623
• Reinforced Concrete, 203
• Scientific Film Association of Great Britain, 159
• Scientific Instrument Manufacturers’ Association of Great Britain, 162
• Specialists and Sub-Contractors, Associations of. Federation of, 622
• Automobiles. See Motor Cars, Etc.
• Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges and Viaducts :

• Bailey Suspension Bridge, Errata, 31
• Briadhurst Railway Viaduct, Repairs to, 7
• Brunswick Bridge, Georgia, 148
• Double-Swing Bridge, York Town, United States, 492
• Eyemouth Railway Viaduct, Repairs to, 88
• Forth Bridge, Conversion to Rail-Road Traffic, 249
• Wrought-Iron Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Renewal of, 387
• Zinc Spraving of Oddesund Bridge, Denmark, 518

Buildings and Building Construction :

• Aluminium Components for Building (Catalogue), 120
• Atomic-Energy Establishment, Chester, Construction of, 575
• Building Machines Exhibition, Tunbridge Wells, 281
• Building Programmes, Retrenchment in, 622
• Dry Rot in Buildings, Exhibition to Demonstrate, 290
• Excavators, Imports of, 641
• Factory Extension at Works of F. Braby and Co., Ltd., 559
• Factory for Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., 709
• Flood-Damaged Railway Buildings, Repairs to, Film on, 23
• Houses, Concrete, Construction by Easifonn System, 102
• Structural Steelwork, Code of Practice for, 679
• Town Planning at Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, 601

Canals :

• Suez Canal, Excavation of By-Pass, 271

Catalogues :

• 48, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192, 296, 324, 408, 436, 492, 519, 548, 576, 604, 660, 688, 709
• Acheson Colloids, Ltd., 192
• Airguard, Ltd., 519
• Airscrew Co., Ltd., 408, 436
• Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 576
• Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd., 688
• Allied National Corporation, Ltd., 408
• Aluminium Development Association, 144
• Atlas Preservative Co., Ltd., 296
• Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., 408
• Auto Diesels, Ltd., 168, 192
• Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 48, 296 (2)
• Bakelite, Ltd., 548
• Belmos Co., Ltd., 408
• Birlec Ltd., 192
• Blaw Knox, Ltd., 492
• British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 144, 408
• British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 120
• British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd., 709
• British Resin Products, Ltd., 144
• Brook Motors, Ltd., 519
• Brookhirst Swtichgear, Ltd., 48, 436
• Brooks Walker, Ltd., 660
• Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., 168
• Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., 48, 576 Cawkell, A. E., 548
• Cement and Concrete Association, 436
• Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., 709
• Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd., 436
• Collis, J., and Sons, Ltd., 168
• Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., 168
• Darlington and Simpson Rolling Mills, Ltd., 436 Davey-Paxman and Co., Ltd., 192, 519
• Davies, F. W., and Son, 576
• Dewhurst and Partner, Ltd., 408
• Dow-Mac (Products), Ltd., 519
• Earle Bourne and Co., Ltd., 519
• Ekco-Ensign, Ltd., 548
• Elcontrol, Ltd., 48^ 548
• Electric Construction Co., Ltd., 48
• Electrical Power Engineering Co. (Birmingham), Ltd., 48, 492
• Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 48
• English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 660
• Everett, Edgeumbe and Co., Ltd., 548 (2)
• Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., 492
• Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd., 492
• Fry’s (London), Ltd., 168
• Gardom, J., and Co., 296
• General Electric Co., Ltd., 48, 120, 408, 492, 576, 688, 709
• Glacier Metal Co., Ltd,, 519
• Goodmans Industries, Ltd., 48
• Harper, J., and Co., Ltd., 436
• Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 96, 519
• High Duty Alloys, Ltd., 120, 436, 709
• Howard Clayton-Wright, Ltd., 408 International Time Recording Co., Ltd., 492 Jarrow Metal Industries, Ltd., 144
• Jessop, W., and Sons, Ltd., 144
• Keith Blackman, Ltd., 192
• Lapointe Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 660
• Major, Robinson and Co., Ltd., 408
• Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 48 (2), 120, 436
• Metal and Plastic Compacts, Ltd., 576
• Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd,, 120
• Mining Engineering Co., Ltd., 709
• Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., 48, 120, 192, 296
• Morse Chain Co., Ltd., 408
• Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd., 576, 604
• Murad Developments, Ltd., 408
• Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., 96
• Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., 144
• Newalls Insulation Co., Ltd., 548
• Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 144, 688
• Osborn, S., and Co., Ltd., 576 i
• Peto and Radford, 296
• Philips Electrical Co., Ltd., 96, 120
• Plessey Co., Ltd., 96, 296, 324
• Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., 144, 492
• Precision Components Co., 324
• Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., 96, 168, 519
• Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 709
• Record Electrical Co., Ltd., 548
• Renold and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd., 436
• Righton, H., and Co., Ltd., 144
• Rotolift Sales Co., 660
• Ryan, C., and Co., 408(2)
• Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., 548 Sanders, W., and Co. (Wednesbury), Ltd., 324 Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., 192, 688 Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd., 408
• Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., 144
• Simplifix Couplings, Ltd., 576
• Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., 492
• Soag Machine Tools, Ltd., 296
• Sperry G5TOscope Co., Ltd.. 192
• Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 48, 168, 604
• Steel, Peech and Tozer, 324
• Stratford Products Safety Service Co., 709 Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., 144, 168 Sunvic Controls, Ltd., 548 (2)
• Taylor Electrical Instruments, Ltd., 120
• Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., 688
• Tube Investments, Ltd., 436
• Tudor Accumulator Co., Ltd., 296
• Turner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 192
• United Ebonite and Lorival, Ltd., 709
• United Steel Cos., Ltd., 144, 324, 604
• Yokes, Ltd., 604
• Ward, T. W., Ltd., 688
• Watliff and Co., Ltd., 48
• Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 660
• Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd., 296
• Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 324

Cement and Concrete :

• Floors, Concrete, Finishes for (Catalogue), 436
• Houses, Concrete, Construction by Easiform System, 102
• Mixers, Concrete (Catalogues), 96, 519
• Poles, Reinforced-Concrete (Catalogue), 519 Pre-Stressed Concrete Exhibition, Wales, 603 Pre-Stressed Concrete, Lectures on, 226 Technology, Concrete, Lecture on, 203 Vibrated Concrete, Errata, 226
• Chemistry. See Physics arid Chemistry

Coal :

• Cars, Coal-Mine, Specification for, 50
• Cardiff, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701 Coal-Weighing Locomotive Tenders, 471 Coke, Dry-Cooling of. Discussion on, 504 Production, Coal, per Manshift, 131 Research on Processing of Coals, 129 Scottish, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Sheffield, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 7J I
• Training Centre, Coal Utilisation, 444
• Colleges. See Education

Companies :

• Aerojet Engineering Corporation, 464
• Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 167
• American Locomotive Co., 103
• Anderson, D., and Son, Ltd., 59
• Antros, A. B., 709
• Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 464
• Bakelite, Ltd., 380
• Big Six Film Unit, 514
• Blaw-Knox Construction Co., 457
• Boeing Airplane Co., 412
• Braby, F., and Co., Ltd., 559
• Bristol Aeroplane Co,, Ltd., 131, 492, 557
• British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 91
• British Tabulating Machines Co., Ltd., 502
• British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 441
• Broom and Wade, Ltd., 520
• Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 114
• Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., 624
• Chance Brothers, Ltd., 644
• Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., 609
• Cochran and Co. Annan, Ltd., 119
• Combustion Engineering-Superheater, Inc., 699
• Compression Ignition, Ltd., 520
• Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd., 587
• Cyc-Arc, Ltd., Erratum, 344
• Douglas Aircraft Co., 464
• Engineering Development (England), Ltd., 546
• English Electric Co., Ltd., 442
• Ericsson Telephones, Ltd., 362
• General Electric Co. (of America), 103, 417
• General Electric Co., Ltd., 75, 76, 116, 162, 235, 236, 446, 457, 490, 601
• Gfeller, C., Ltd., 188
• Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., 547
• Guy Motors, Ltd., 405
• Hall Harding, Ltd,, 491
• Hanovia, Ltd., 650
• Holsun Batteries, Ltd., 457
• Horseley Bridge and T. Piggott, Ltd., 603
• Hunter Spring Co., 392
• Industrial Finishes Exhibition, Ltd., 611
• International Nickel Co., 626
• Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., 35
• Keenok Co., 587
• K.L.M. KoyaJ Dutch Airlines, 491
• Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., 102
• Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., 9, 263, 444
• Lincs, Trailer Co., Ltd., 405
• Lloyd, P. H., (fc Co., Ltd., 514
• Magnetic Equipment Co., 575
• Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 23 24, 35, 75, 532
• Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., 709
• Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 59 139 470
• Midland Motor Cylinder Co., Ltd., 630
• Alirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 680
• Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., 626
• Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd., 604
• Osborne-Peacock Co., Ltd., 668
• Ozalid Co., Ltd., 408
• Palmers Hebburn Co., Ltd., 587
• Peglers, Ltd., 709
• Peto and Bad ford, 457
• Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., 644
• Powell Duffryn Technical Services, Ltd., 129
• Pritchett and Gold and E.P.S. Co., Ltd., 457
• Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 31
• Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., 345
• Raleigh Industries, Ltd., 28
• Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 554
• Roe A. V. (Canada), Ltd., 233
• Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Erratum, 333
• Rootes Group, 472
• Rotoplunge Pump Co., Ltd., Erratum, 299
• Schoni Metallising Process, Ltd., 518
• Simmonds Accessories, Ltd., 112
• Standard Oil Co. of America, 79
• Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 454, 490, 651
• Stone-Wallwork, Ltd., 554
• Suez Canal Co., 271
• Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920), Ltd., 167
• Tenaplas, Ltd., 102
• Textile Machinery Makers, Ltd., 143
• Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., 107
• United Steel Companies, Ltd., 92
• Venesta, Ltd., 35, 471
• Verity Films, Ltd., 709
• Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 370, 587
• Ward Blenkinsop and Co., Ltd., 705
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 188
• Whittaker Ellis, Ltd., 603
• Wolf, S., and Co., Ltd., 32
• Woods of Colchester, Ltd., 490
• Worssam, G. J., and Son, Ltd., 587

• Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Contracts :

• 11, 35, 59, 106, 130, 226, 336, 392, 420, 476, 504, 532, 588, 616, 644
• Admiralty, 476
• A. E. C. Ltd., 35
• Alton and Co., Ltd., 392
• Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., 504
• Associated British Oil Engines, Ltd., 420
• Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., 226
• Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 11
• Barlow and Retallack, 106
• British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 226, 476
• British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 226, 504, 616
• Brown, J., and Co,, Ltd,, 11
• Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 106, 420
• B. V. C. Industrial Construction Ltd., 11
• Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., 336
• Demolition and Construction Co,, Ltd., 392
• Dobson and Barlow Ltd., 588
• Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 226
• Durafencing Ltd., 336
• English Electric Co., Ltd., 616
• Ferguson, Palin Ltd., 11
• Ferranti, Ltd., 392 (2)
• Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 392, 616
• General Electric Co., Ltd., 392
• Gerrard, J., and Sons, Ltd., 476
• Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 11
• Higgs and Hill, Ltd., 11
• Holloway Brothers (London), Ltd., 11, 130, 504
• Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., The, 532
• Jarvis, J., and Sons, Ltd., 130
• Johnson Brothers (Steel Erectors), Ltd., 392
• Leyland Motors Ltd., 226
• Lodge-Cottrell Ltd., 616
• London Electricity Board, 392
• London Transformer Products, Ltd., 532
• Mather and Platt, Ltd., 11, 616
• McAlpine, Sir A., and Son, Ltd., 336
• McAlpine, R., and Sons, Ltd., 226, 616
• McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Midlands), Ltd., 392
• Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 11, 130, 392, 476, 616
• Mills Scaffold Co., Ltd., 392
• Mitchell Construction Co., 392
• Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., 130
• Monk, A., and Co., Ltd., 130
• Moss, W., and Sons, Ltd., 130
• Normand, Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin, 392
• Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 392
• Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., 226, 616
• Prat-Daniel (Stanmore), Ltd., 476
• Redpath, Brown and Co., Ltd., 130
• Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 11, 616
• Russell Newbery and Co., Ltd., 476
• Simon-Carves Ltd., 226
• Spencer-Bonecourt, Ltd., 11
• Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., 336, 644
• Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 616
• Sunbeam Trolleybus Co., Ltd., 336
• Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., 59
• Tileman and Co., Ltd., 392
• Troughton and Young, Ltd., 392
• Tube Investments, Ltd., 588
• Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 106
• Wellerman Brothers, Ltd., 392
• Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 226,336
• West’s Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., 11

Education :

• Aeronautics, Board of Studies in, University of London, 227
• Apprenticeships in Aeronautical Engineering, Award of, 192; “The New Apprenticeship,” 362 ; English Electric Co., Ltd., 442 ; Rootes Group, 472
• Bristol College of Technology, Erratum, 380 Bruce Ball National Certificate Prize, 547 Coal Utilisation Training Centre, 444 Conference, International High-Tension, 106;
• Atomic Energy, 275; Engineering, in Tasmania, 503; Dynamic Properties of Rubber, 709
• Congress, Fourth Empire Mining and Metallurgical, 82, 129; Third International Scientific Film, 159 ; International Mechanical Engineering, 609
• Courses of Lectures on Power System Analysis, 131; Soil Mechanics, 253 ; Structural Steelwork, 679
• Electrical Engineers, Institution of, Premium Awards of, 107
• Examinations, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, 107, 476; Royal Aeronautical Society, 203, 580 ; Institution of Chemical Engineers, 313
• Foundry College, National, Prospectus, 397
• Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, Certificate of Craftsmanship, 161
• Gloucester City Technical Institute, Prospectus, 427
• Highfield, W. E., Shield Competition, 184 Hydraulic Valve Production, Film on, 709 Inventions Competition, Association of
• Supervising Electrical Engineers, 597
• Lectures on Concrete Technology, 203; Vector Analysis and Electromagnetic Theory, 207 ; Pre-Stressed Concrete, 226 ; Soil Mechanics, 471; Trotter-Patterson, 528 ; Faraday, 557, 643
• Manchester, Engineering Education in, 463 Mond Nickel Fellowships, Award of, 686 National Certificates, Higher, in Civil Engineering, 616
• Northampton Polytechnic, Syllabus for 1949-50, 362
• Nuclear Energy, Post-Graduate Courses on, 372
• Oil-Well Drilling, Information for Teachers. 371
• Old Centralians, Luncheon Address, 35
• Scholarships, Lincoln Welding, 9; Whitworth, 48 ; Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 114 ; Sir Walter Preston, 143 : Royal Aeronautical Society, 332 ; Institution of Naval Architects, 611 ; Maudslav, 622
• South East London Technical College Prize* Distribution, 4
• Television Training School, 235
• Television Viewing of Surgical Operations, 75 Trotter-Paterson Memorial Lecture, Appeal for Funds, 528
• “ Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education,” Biannual Journal, 653

Electricity :

• Air-Heating Equipment, Electrical (Catalogue), 688
• Amplifier, Direct-Current (Catalogue), 548
• Anglo-American Council on Productivity and Electricity Supply, 449
• Batteries, Electric, for Trucks (Catalogue),
• Batteries, Production in War Time, 457
• Batteries, Secondary (Catalogue), 296 Batteries, Storage, Vent Plugs for, 609 Broadcasting Equipment (Catalogue), 296 Broadcasting in Sweden, 253
• Brush Holders for Electrical Machinery (Catalogue), 120
• Cables, Electric (Catalogue), 96
• Cable Factory for India, Establishment of. 651
• Cables and Wires, Silicone-Insulated, Working Temperature of, 91
• Capacitors, Motor-Starting (Catalogue), 96
• Clunie Hydro-Electric Tunnel Break- Through, 252
• Collectors, Trolley-’Bus, Carbon Inserts for (Catalogue), 48
• Commutators, Testing, for Electrical Machinery (Catalogue), 48
• Compass Indicator, Radio (Catalogue), 548
• Components for Radio, Television and Telecommunications Industry, Exhibition of, 623
• Condensers, Synchronous, in New Zealand, Transport of, 441
• Connections for Electrical Circuits (Catalogue), 324
• ^^12^0^’ Equipment for (Catalogue),
• Direction-Finding Equipment (Catalogue), 48 Dynamometer Wattmeters. Portable (Catalogue), 548
• Electrical Power Convention. British, 336, 365 ’
• Electrical Resistance Alloys (Catalogue), 604
• Electrification, Railway, Liverpool Street- Shenfield, 227
• Electrodeposition Conference, International, 477
• Electron Microscope (Catalo^e), 296 Electronic Apparatus, Exhibition of, 672 Electronic-Control Devices (Catalogue), 48 Electronics, Symposium on, 162
• Fans, Electric, Forty Years’ Production of, 490
• Fire-Alarm System, Closed-Circuit (Catalogue), 168
• Flash Tubes, Electronic (Catalogue), 604
• Furnaces, Electric, Safety Equipment for (Catalogue), 548
• Galvanometer (Catalogue), 576 Galvanometers, Unipivot (Catalogue), 48 Generating Plant for Palestine, 457 Generating Sets, Portable (Catalogue), 168 Generator, 60-MW Hydrogen-Cooled, 470 Generator, Valve, High-Frequency (Catalogue), 120
• Great Britain, Generation Returns, 48, 308 High-Tension Conference, International, 106 Hydro-Electric Schemes in North Wales, 130 Infra-Red Heating by Electricity (Catalogue), 576
• Infra-Red Projection Units, 59
• Insulation, Electrical, Silicone Laminations for, 380
• Joint-Boxes, Cable, Compounds for (Catalogue), 120
• Jointing Kit, Portable (Catalogue), 408
• Lamps, Fluorescent, Fittings for (Catalogue), 120
• Light, Ultra-Violet, Industrial Uses of, 650 Lighting, Airport, Remote Control of (Catalogue), 48
• Lighting, Fluorescent (Catalogue), 548
• Lighting, Fluorescent, at Institution of Electrical Engineers, 75
• Lighting, Fluorescent, at Waterloo and Charing Cross Railway Stations, 356
• Lighting, Street, at Birkenhead, 463 Littlebrdok Power Station, Generator at, 470 Loudspeaker, 20-Watt (Catalogue), 48 Magnifier, Industrial, with Fluorescent Lamp, 540
• Manufacturing Activities, Electrical (Catalogue), 408
• Material-Handling Plant, Electric Control of (Catalogue), 436
• Measuring Instruments, Electrical (Catalogue), 120
• Mine-Shaft Sinking, Electric Heating in, 601 Mine Signalling, Handbook on, 464 >Iine Telephones and Signalling Equipment (Catalogue), 296
• Motors, Alternating- and Direct-Current, Prices of, 68
• Motor-Cell Control for Lights on Transmission Towers, 116
• Motors, Electric, in Cotton Industry (Catalogue), 519
• Motors, Repulsion-Reduction (Catalogue), 48 Photo-Electric Control Equipment, Display of, 345
• Photometric Terms (Catalogue), 548
• Plugs, Electric, Unbreakable (Catalogue), 324
• Plugs, Vent, for Storage Batteries, 609 Polystyrene Vent Plugs, 609
• Printing Circuit ” System of Electrical Wiring, 705
• Radio Control of Airport Staffs, 532
• Radio Direction Finding (Catalogue), 436
• Radio Mast for Automobile Association, 35
• Radio-Telephone Equipment for Electric- Service Vehicles, 446
• Radio, Television and Telecommunications Industry, Components for, Exhibition of, 623
• Radio Communication, Use at Brighton Waterworks, 23
• Radio Communication, Ship-to-Shore, 35
• Radio-Communcation Links in South Africa 490
• Reactor, Materials-Testing, for United States, 457
• Rectifiers for Electroplating (Catalogue), 48 Rectifiers, Tubular, Low-Current (Catalogue), 604
• “ Rhythmatic ” Street Lighting, 463
• Scottish Highlands, Electricity Supply in, 107
• Scottish Water Power for Electrical Generation, Film on, 129
• Sodium Lamps to Aid Aircraft Landings, Fittings for, 76
• Soldering Irons, Electric (Catalogue), 519
• Sound-Amplifying Equipment (Catalogue), 709
• South-West Scotland Electricity Board, Issue of Directory, 9
• Specifications, Electrical, Australian, 686 Specifications, Electrical, Government, 651 Starters for Electric Motors (Catalogue), 576 Switches, Pressure (Catalogue), 408 Switchboards, Motor-Control (Catalogue), 48 Switchgear, Industrial (Catalogue), 408 Tachometer, Recording, for Locomotive Vehicles, 188
• Tariffs, Differential, Abandonment of, 59 Telephone, Automatic, Equipment, for Canada, 454
• Telephone Exchanges, Private (Catalogue), 48
• Television Programmes, Recorded on Film. 616
• Television Receivers, (Catalogue), 48 Television, Use in Shell-Defusing Operation. 129
• Television Systems in France, Britain and United States, Comparison of, 140
• Television-Training School, 235
• Television Transmission in Australia, 114
• Television Viewing of Surgical Operations, 75
• Thermionic Valves (Catalogue), 120
• Transmission Network in Scotland. Schemes for, 144
• Transmitter, Broadcasting, 100-kW, for Denmark, 24
• Transmitters, Radio, for Land* and Aerial Work (Catalogue), 48
• Transmitter-Receiver, Radio, for Aircraft (Catalogue), 324
• Transmitter, Television, Pilot, at Birmingham, 227
• Ultra-Violet Light, Industrial Uses of, 650 Valves and Devices, Electronic (Catalogue), 576
• Vehicles, Electric, Delivery (Catalogue), 408
• Vehicles, Service, Electric, Radio-Telephone Equipment for, 446
• Walsall Generating Station, Erratum, 603 Welding, Electric, Accessoriesfor (Catalogue), 96
• Welding, Spot, Machine for (Catalogue), 96

Engines and Boilers :

• Air France Aero Engines, Reconditioning Shops for, 164 .
• Boiler Combustion Efficiency, Film on, 103
• Bristol ” Hercules ” Aero Engines, Overhaul Period for, 131, 557
• Cochran Boilers, Jubilee Brochure on, 119 de Havilland ” Gipsy Major” Aero Engine, Development of, 131
• de Havilland ” Goblin ” Aero Engine, Overhaul Period for, 321
• Jet-Engine Testing Laboratory, Proposed, 131
• Locomotive Boiler, ” Blow-Back ” from, 35 Paxman Economic Boilers (Catalogue), 519 Thornycroft Petrol Engine (Catalogue), 688 Tubes, Boiler, Welding Process for, 699 Turbines, Cordite Cartridge Starter for, 252 Watt Pumping Engine, Visit to, 290 Errata and Addenda :
• ” Alloy Steels,” 192
• ” Avon ” Turbojet Engine, 333
• Bailey Suspension Bridge, 31
• ” Basic Naval Architecture,” 131
• Broom and Wade Portable Air Compressor, 520
• Engineering Education in Bristol, 380
• Engineering and Marine Exhibition, 299, 344 Iron Foundry for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, 554
• ” Ramus, The Rev. C. M., 1821-95,” 425 Solution of Engineering Equations, 178 Turbo-Charged Diesel Engine, 680 Vibrated Concrete, 226
• Walsall Generating Station, 603

Exhibitions :

• Aeronautical Collection, National, 100 Astronomy Gallery, Science Museum, 88 Atomic Energy, 492
• Automatic Lighter of 1807, 131
• British Industries Fair, 167
• British Transport, 271
• Building Machines, Tunbridge Wells, 281 Components for Radio, Television and Telecommunication Industry, 623
• Cycle and Motor-Cycle Show, 520
• Dry Rot in Buildings, 290
• Electronic Apparatus, Hamilton, 672
• Engineering and Marine, Erratum, 299, 344 Industrial Finishes, 611
• Joule’s Water-Friction Apparatus, 10 Model Railway, Liverpool, 225
• Paris International Trade Fair, 624 Photo-Electric Control Equipment, 345 Photographic Society, Royal, 227, 436 Pre-Stressed Concrete, Wales, 603
• Toronto International Trade Fair, 175 Welsh Industries Fair, 72
• Wet-Milling and Mixing Plant, 587
• Explosions. See Accidents
• Explosives. See Guns and Explosives

Gas :

• Gas Engineering, Higher National Certificates in, 616
• Gas and Oil Engines : 4ero Engine, Gas-Turbine Jet-Propulsion, 233
• Automobile Engine as Starting Unit for “ Brabazon ” Air Liner, 492
• Boeing Gas Turbine for Aircraft, 412
• Industrial Purposes, Diesel Engines for (Catalogue), 192
• Locomotive, Gas-Turbine, United States, Trials of, 103
• Mississippi River Fuel Commission, 2,000-h.p. Gas Turbine for, 188
• Oil Purifier for Diesel-Engine Fuel (Catalogue), 688
• Sentinel-Ganz Diesel Engine (Catalogue), 688 Thornycroft Diesel Engine (Catalogue), 688 Tractor, Diesel-Engined (Catalogue), 192 Turbo-Charged Diesel Engine, Erratum, 680

Guns and Explosives :

• Cordite Cartridge Starter for Turbines, 252
• Shell-Defusing Operations, Use of Television in, 129
• Unsheathed Permitted Explosives for Mines, 31

Industries and Commerce :

• Aluminium Production in Canada and Britain, 168
• Aluminium, Wrought and Cast, United Kingdom Production of, 212
• Carbon Black, Production of, 554
• Census of Production, Collection of Information for, 130
• Coal Production per Manshift, 131
• Cycle Exports to Canada, 28
• Electric Motor, A.-C. and D.-C., Prices of, 68 Electricity Tariffs, Differential, Abandonment of, 59
• Excavators, Discontinuance of Sale Restrictions on,105
• Excavators, Imports of, 641
• Export Marketing, Techniques in, 666 Factory, Cable, in India, 651
• Great Britain Generation Returns, 48, 308 ” Hints to Business Men,” Series of Government Booklets, 641
• India, Industrial Developments in, 321
• Industries, Welsh, 1949 Pair, 72
• Iron and Steel Prices, 179
• Lead Mees, Increase in, 165
• Light, Ultra-Violet, Industrial Uses of, 650 Magnesium, British Production of, 210 Oil Production, Australian, 79 Photographs in Industry, 372
• Polythene Piping, Shipment to Canada, 102 Polyvinyl Chloride Sheeting, Prices of, 23 Haw Materials, Imported, Guide to, 645 Specifications, Standard, Electrical, in Australia, 686
• Specifications, Standard, Overseas, Sale of, 271
• Steel Production, United Kingdom, 92
• Steel Production of United Steel Companies,
• Surplus Stores, Government, He-Sale in Germany, 699
• Swansea, Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Technical Information Unit, Board of Trade 685
• Tin Control, End of, 531
• Zinc, Canadian, United States Imports of, 477
• Institutions. See Associations and Technical Societies

Iron and Steel :

• '* Alloy Steels,” Erratum, 192
• Alloy and Tool Steels (Catalogue), 144 Bars, Iron, High-Duty (Catalogue), 436
• Cast Iron Hesearch Association, British, Journal of Research Made Available to Public, 107
• Castings, Steel (Catalogue), 144
• Cleveland Basic Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Cleveland Iron Markets, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Cleveland Manufactured Iron and Steel, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Corrosion of Steel, Discussion on, 155
• Foundry College, National, Prospectus of, 397 Foundry, Iron, for Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Addendum, 554
• Foundry, Steel, Films on, 514
• Hematite and Low-Phosphorus Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Iron and Steel, Prices of, 179
• Liquid Impact Punches, Use on Silicon-Steel Sheet, 417
• Middlesbrough Scrap, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131. 155, 179, 203, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645 673, 701 ’
• Polythene Piping Substituted for Iron Piping, 102
• Rapid Machining of Steel (Catalogue), 324
• Rods, Steel and Non-Ferrous, Continuous Drawing and Finishing Plant for, 135
• Scottish Iron and Steel Trades, 11, 35. 59. 83. 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Sections, Rolled-Steel (Catalogue), 436
• Sheffield Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83. 107, 131, 155, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701
• Silicon-Steel Sheet, Use of Liquid Impact Punches on, 417
• Spheroidal-Graphite Cast Iron, 626 Strip, Steel, Hot-Rolled (Catalogue), Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 11, 35. 59 83 107, 131, 179, 203, 227, 253, 281, 309, 337,’ 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 587, 617, 645, 673, 701 ’
• Tool Steels (Catalogue), 576
• United Kingdom, Steel Production in, 72 United Steel Companies, Steel Production by,
• Labour Questions. See Trade Societies, Etc.
• Lighting. See Electricity and Gas
• Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
• Locomotives. See Bailways and Locomotives

Machine and Other Tools :

• Bending, Cropping and Shearing Machines (Catalogue), 408
• Bits, Tool (Catalogue), 660
• Broaching Machines, Horizontal (Catalogue), 660
• Cutting-Tool Research at Metropolitan- Vickers Research Laboratories, 139
• Gear-Hobbing Machines (Catalogue), 168
• Guillotine, Hand-Operated (Catalogue), 408
• Hammer, Portable, for Boring Holes in Walls, 32
• Lathes, Centre (Catalogue), 408
• Plate-Trepanning Tool (Catalogue), 168
• Power-Operated Hand Tool, Use in American factories, 252
• Press, 50-ton Arbor, 624
• Rod-Drawing and Finishing Plant, Continuous, 135
• Marine Engineering. See Engines and Boilers ; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy ;

• Alloys, Electrical-Resistance (Catalogue), 604
• Alloy, Light-, Castings and Forgings (Catalogue), 436
• Alloys for Marine Propellers, 155
• Aluminium-Alloy Conduit and Fittings (Catalogue) 144
• Aluminium Alloys for Marine Use (Catalogue), 436
• Aluminium Alloys, Use in Ships, 685
• Aluminium Castings and Forgings (Catalogue), 709
• Aluminium Components for Building (Catalogue), 120
• Aluminium Lattice-Type Radio Mast for Automobile Association, 35
• Aluminium Paint, Temperature-Resisting (Catalogue), 296
• Aluminium Production in Canada and Britain, 168
• Aluminium Sections (Catalogue). 144
• Aluminium Sheet, Corrugated (Catalogue), 144
• Aluminium Wires and Cables, Production of, 167
• Aluminium, Wood-Veneered, Manufacture of, 35
• Aluminium, Wrought and Cast, United Kingdom Production of, 212
• Brass and Copper Tubes, Properties of (Catalogue), 519
• Cars, Coal-Mine, Specification for, 50 Cleveland’s Oldest Mine, 203
• Coals, Research on, 129
• Corrosion of Steel, Discussion on, 155
• Electroplating. Metal Rectifiers for (Catalogue), 48
• Explosives, Unsheathed, for Mines, 31
• Foundry, Iron, for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Addendum, 554
• Foundries, Steel, Films on, 514
• Fourth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 82, 129
• Furnace for Metallurgical Uses (Catalogue), 192
• Furnace, Miniature, Crucible (Catalogue), 192 Furnace, Rotary, Crucible (Catalogue), 296 Furnace, Tempering, for Toolroom Use (Catalogue), 324
• Impact Test, Schnadt, 575
• Lubricants for Mining Machinery (Catalogue), 709
• Magnesium, British Production of, 210 Microscope, Electron, for Metallurgical Use, 155
• Mine-Shaft Sinking, Electric Heating in, 601 Nickel Alloys, Farming and Industrial Uses of (Catalogue), 296
• Non-Ferrous Metals, Wrought (Catalogue), 144
• Powder Metallurgy (Catalogue), 576
• Signalling, Mine, Handbook on, 464 Spheroidal-Graphite Cast Iron, 626 Steels, Alloy and Tool (Catalogue), 144
• Sulphur Removal in Basic Open-Hearth Furnace Practice, 149
• “ Tconlc ” Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Castings (Catalogue), 296
• Telephones and Signalling Equipment for Mines (Catalogue), 296
• Tread Plate, Aluminium-Alloy (Catalogue), 408
• Zinc Spraying of Oddesund Bridge, Denmark, 518

Miscellaneous :

• Adhesives, Synthetic Resin (Catalogue), 144
• Anderson, D., and Son, Ltd., Centenary Brochure, 59
• Anglo-American Coimcilon Productivity, 252 “ Antrophal” Process for Painting Metallic Surfaces, 709
• “ Armourplate ” Glass, Film on, 644
• Astronomy Gallery, Science Museum, Opening of, 88
• Astronomy, Optical-Glass Disc for United States, 644
• Automatic Lighter of 1807, Exhibit at Science Museum, 131
• Bearings and Bearing Metals (Catalogue), 519 Belt Conveyors (Catalogue), 709
• Bin Level Indicator, 575
• Broaching versus Milling (Catalogue), 436
• Carbon Black, Production of, 554
• Carbon Inserts for Trolley-’Bus Collectors (Catalogue), 48
• Cast Iron Research Association. British, “ Journal of Research and Development ” Made Available to Public, 107
• Chain Drives (Catalogue), 408
• Clunie Water Power Timnel Break-Through, 252
• “ Cochran Boilers : 50 Years at Annan,” Jubilee Brochure, 119
• Compass, Gyro, Sperry (Catalogue), 192 Compass Indicator, Radio (Catalogue), 548 Construction Machinery Importers, Federation of. Formation of, 240
• Cranes, Mobile (Catalogue), 168
• Dairies, Electrical Equipment for (Catalogue), 120
• Directory Issued by South-West Scotland Electricity Board, 9
• Disc, Optical-Glass, British-Made, for United States, 644
• Drawing, Isometric and Perspective, Guides for, 408
• Dust Extractor Unit (Catalogue), 408
• Excavators, Removal of Sale Restrictions on, 105
• Face Shields (Catalogue), 709
• Fallacy of Best Two Out of Three, 233
• Fans (Catalogue), 168
• Fans, Electric, l^oduction of, 490
• Fans, Ventilating, Electric (Catalogue), 192
• Film, Arc-Welding Machinery, 444
• Film, “ Armourplate ” Glass, 644
• Film, Boiler Combustion Efficiency, 103
• Film, Flood-Damage Repairs, 23
• Film, History of Permanent Way Institution, 389
• Film Library, Royal Microscopical Society, 547
• Film, Oil-Well Drilling, 371
• Film, Petroleum Industry, 75
• Film, Production of Hydraulic Valves, 709
• Film, Scottish Water Power for Electrical Generation, 129
• Film, Steel-Foundry Production, 514
• Filters, Air and Oil (Catalogue), 576
• Fire-Alarm System (Catalogue), 168 Fish Smoking, Kilns for (Catalogue), 436 Franklin Institute, Research Work at, 174 G-auges, Vernier, and Micrometers (Catalogue), 660
• Glass “ Arraourplate,” Film on, 644
• Glass, Optical, Disc, British-Made, for United States, 644
• Glass, Safety, for Shop Windows, 107 Glazing Bars, Aluminium (Catalogue), 688 Gloves for Industrial Use (Catalogue), 519 Goggles, Safety (Catalogue), 709
• Graphite, Colloidal, for Lubrication (Catalogue), 192
• “ Guide to Raw Materials,” Brochure, 645 Gyro Compass, Sperry (Catalogue), 192 Handling Plant, Material (Catalogue), 436 ” Hints to Business Men,” Government Booklets on, 641
• Insulation and Continuity Tester (Catalogue), 548
• ” Journal of Research and Development ” of British Cast Iron Research Association Made Available to Public, 107
• Kilns, Fish-Smoking (Catalogue), 436
• Kiln Tyre, Use of Welding for Repair of, 263 Lifting Tackle (Catalogue), 660
• Liquid Impact Punches, 417
• Livery Companies of London, Address on, 35 Magnifier, Industrial, Illuminated, 540 Mechanical Aids, American, Investigation of, 252
• Mechanical Handling Plant (Catalogue), 168 Microscope, Electron (Catalogue), 296 Mont Blanc, Proposed Road Tunnel Through, 448
• Nasmyth, J., Memorial to, 417 Noise-Measuring Instrument (Catalogue), 548 Oil, Edible, Refining Plant for (Catalogue), 144
• Oil Production, Australian, 79
• Oil Purifier, Centrifugal (Catalogue), 408 Oil-Well Drilling, Films on, 371 Paint, Aluminium (Catalogue), 296
• Painting Metallic Surfaces, ” Antrophal ” Process for, 709
• Photographs in Industry, 372
• Pipe Couplings (Catalogue), 576 Plastic Mouldings (Catalogue), 709 Plastics in Textile Industry (Catalogue), 548 Plywood, Weather-Resistant, 471
• Polythene Piping to Replace Iron Piping in Canada,102
• Polyvinyl Chloride Sheeting, Prices of, 23 Pumps, Self-Priming, Portable (Catalogue), 192
• Punched Cards, Use in Accountancy, 502 Research Associations, Assistance Given to Small Firms, 4
• Research on Cutting Tools, 139
• Research Work at Franklin Institute, 174 Road Transport Executive, Creation of New Executives to Replace, 23
• Road-Transport Scheme for Eastern Area of England, 492
• Rubber, Dynamic Properties of. Conference on,709
• Ruler, Parallel, Roller-Type, 491
• Schnadt Impact Test, 575
• Sealing Strip Adhesive (Catalogue), 408 Simmonds Self-Locking Nut, 112
• Soil Mechanics, Lectures on, 253, 471 Soldering Irons, Electric (Catalogue), 519 Solution of Engineering Equations, l^rrata, 178
• Spectacles, Protective (Catalogue), 144 Springs, Improved Types of, 392 Spring-Making Machinery (Catalogue), 296 Surgery, Use of Television in, 75
• Technical Information Unit, Board of Trade, 685
• Textile Industry, Plastics in (Catalogue), 548 Thermometers, Mercury-in-Steel (Catalogue), 144
• Thermometer, Resistance, Controller (Catalogue), 548
• Tubes, Copper, Fittings for (Catalogue), 408 Tunnel, Road, Through Mont Blanc, 448 Valves, Hydraulic, Production of. Film on, 709
• ” Vendura ” Wood-Veneered Aluminium Sheet, 35
• Vernier Gauges and Micrometers (Catatogue), 660
• Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education,” Biannual Journal, 653 Welding, Arc, Designing Machinery for, 444 Welding, Arc, Multi-Operator Installation, for Italy, 31
• Welding Chart of Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920), Ltd., 167
• Welding, Cold-Pressure, System of General Electric Co., 236
• Welding, Electric, Accessories for (Catalogue), 96
• Welding for Furnaces, Lincoln Scholarships in, 9
• Welding Process for Boiler Tubes, 699 Welding, Repair of Kiln Tyre by, 263 Welding, Spot, Machines for (Catalogue), 96 Wheels and Pinions (Catalogue), 436 Winches, Hoists and Jacks (Catalogue), 688

Motor Cars, Etc. :

• Cycle and Motor-Cycle Show, 1949, 520
• Diesel-Engined Tractor (Catalogue), 112
• Recording Tachonxeter for Motor Vehicles, 188
• Springs, Motor-Car, Machinery for Making (Catalogue), 296
• Tramcars and Trolley-’Buses, Replacement in Birmingham by Omnibuses, 131
• Transmission Units for Automobiles (Catalogue), 168
• Trolley-*Bu8 Collectors, Carbon Inserts for (Catalogue), 48
• Trucks, Electric (Catalogue), 709
• Trucks, Electric, Batteries for (Catalogue), 709
• Two-Tier Motor Coach, Demonstration Run of, 405

Naval:

• “ Basic Naval Architecture/’ Erratum, 131 Flying Boat for United States Navy, 174 Jet-Engine Testing Laboratory, Proposed, for United States Navy, 131
• Non-Rigid Airship for United States Navy, 685
• Naval. See also Aeronautics
• Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
• Oil. See Miscellaneous
• Oil Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Physics and Chemistry :

• Atmosphere, Upper, Research on, 464 Atomic Energy Conference, 275
• Atomic Energy Establishment, Chester, Construction of, 575
• Atomic Energy Exhibition, 492 Chemicals, Rare, Information on, 419 Coals, Processing of, Research on, 129 Heat, Nature of, 10
• Human Heat Tolerance, 463
• Humidity, Relative, Equipment for Measuring (Catalogue), 48
• Ton-Exchange Materials for Water Treatment, 319
• Joule’s Water-Friction Apparatus, Exhibition of, 10
• Lime-Hydration Plant (Catalogue), 144 Materials-Testing Reactor, 457
• Nuclear Energy, Post-Graduate Courses on, 372
• Nuclear Research Centre in United States, 374
• Photo-Electric Cell for Photometry, 604 Polyvinyl Butyral for Shop-Window Glass, 107
• Polyvinyl-Chloride Compounds for Electric
• Cables, Specification, 651
• Research Work at Franklin Institute, 174 Silicone Laminates for Electrical Insulation, 380
• Silicone, Liquid-Methyl, Properties of (Catalogue), 576
• Silicone-Rubber Insulated Cables and Wires,
• Increased Working Temperature of, 91 Torsion-Testing Machine, Large, 441 Transonic Flight Research, 383 Vector Analysis and Electromagnetic Theory,
• Lectures on, 207
• Power Plants. SceElcctricifg

Power Transmission :

• Hydro-Electric Development Schemes in North Wales, 130
• Transmission Line Network in Scotland, Schemes for, 144
• Transmission Lines Across River Orwell, Warning Lights on, 116

Railways and Locomotives :

• Boiler, Locomotive, ” Blow-Back ” from, 35 Braidhurst Railway Viaduct, Repairs to, 7 British Railways Exhibition, 271
• British Transport Commission, Extension of Powers Act, 598
• Central London Line Extension to Epping, 308
• Charing Cross Station, Fluorescent Lighting at, 356
• Coal-Mine Cars, Specification, 50 Coal-Weighing Locomotive Tenders, 471 Danish State Railways, Zinc Spraying of Oddesund Bridge, 518
• Eyemouth Branch Line, Berwick, Re-Open- ing of, 88
• Forth Bridge, Conversion into a Railway- Road Bridge, 249
• Gas-Turbine Locomotive, United States, Trial of, 103
• Genoa and Germany, Railway Communication Between, 174
• Glasgow, Centenary of Buchanan Street Station, 471
• ” Leader ” Class Locomotive, Trial Run, 11 Level Crossings, Renewals at, 372
• Liverpool Street- Shenfield Railway Electrification, 227
• Locomotive Mobile Testing Vehicle, 344
• Locomotives and Railway Equipment, Act Authorising Sale to Northern Ireland, 598 Middle East, Return of Locomotives from, 184 Model Railway Exhibition, Liverpool, 225 Newcastle, Railway Crossings at, 472 Railway Communications, Flood-Damaged, Restoration of, Film on, 23
• Road Transport Executives, Creation of New Bodies, 23
• Signalling, Railway, Apparatus (Catalogue), 660
• Springs, Railway, Machinery for Making (Catalogue), 296
• Stamford Brook Wrought-Iron Bridge, Renewal of, 387
• Traffic-Control Scheme, Railway, for London Midland Region, 155
• Ultrasonic Flaw-Detector Rail Wagons, 682 W’aterloo Station, Fluorescent Lighting at, 356
• Reinforced Concrete. See Cement and Concrete
• Schools. See Education

Ships and Shipbuilding :

• Aluminium Alloys for Marine Use (Cata- logiie), 436
• Aluminiuni Alloys, Use in Ships, 685
• Lloyd’s Register Wreck Returns, 651
• “ Magdalena,” S.S., Inquiry into Loss of, 154
• Proijellers, Ship, Alloys for, 155
• Radio Transmitters for Stations Working with Ships (Catalo^ie), 48
• Ship-to-Shore Radio-Communication at Fleetwood, 35
• ” Winchester Castle,” Return to Service, 308
• Strikes. See Trade Societies, Etc.

Technical Societies :

• Aeronautical Society, Royal, 165, 203, 289, 332, 580
• Aircraft Constructors, British, Society of, 192, 333
• Aslib, 239, 408, 576
• British Association, 585
• British Engineers’ Association, 609
• Carnegie Institute of Technology, 374
• Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 313
• Chemical Society, 155, 227
• Civil Engineers, Institution of, 253
• Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 58, 75, 107, 155, 275, 442, 557, 643
• Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, 184, 420, 597
• Electrodepositors’ Technical Society, 477
• Electroplaters’ Society, American, 477
• Engineers’ Guild, 57, 593
• Engineers, Institution of, Australia, 503
• Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 491
• Faraday Society, 155
• Fuel, Institute of, 504
• Gas Engineers, Institution of, 616
• Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of, 107, 476
• Illuminating Engineering Society, 528
• Industrial Supervisors, Institute of, 9, 370 Iron and Steel Institute, 155, 504
• Iron and Steel Research Association, British, 155
• Junior Institution of Engineers, 387, 622 Maudslay Society, 622
• Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 503, 547, 652
• Metallurgists, Institution of, 319
• Metals, Institute of, 155
• Microscopical Society, Royal, 155, 547
• Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of, 149
• Municipal Engineers, Institution of, 253
• Naval Architects, Institution of, 492, 611 Newcomen Society, 290
• Old Centralians, 35, 485, 594
• Old Nions Association, 629
• Permanent Way Institution, 389 Photographers, British, Institute of, 372 Photographic Society, Royal, 227, 436 Physical Society, 155
• Physics, Institute of, 129, 155
• Production Engineers, Institution of, 202 Royal Institution, 604
• Rubber Industry, Institution of the, 709
• Stoke-on-Trent Association of Engineers, 372 Statistical Society, Royal, 701
• Structural Engineers, Institution of, 253
• Testing Materials, American Society for, 419, 441
• Water Engineers, Institution of, 593
• Welding, Institute of, 575
• Women’s Engineering Society, 287
• Telegraphy. See Electricity
• Telephony. See Electricity
• Tools. See Machine and Other Tools
• Trade. See Coal; Industries ; Electricity ;
• Iron and Steel; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies, Etc. :

• Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 164, 402, 486, 570
• Apprentices in Foundries, 92 ; Proportion to Journeymen, 188
• “ Beaverbrae ” and “ Argomont,” Dock Dispute Over, 68, 92, 116
• Board of Conciliation, Railway, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 346, 374, 402, 486, 710
• Boilermakers’ Society, Fate of Jarrow, 346 ; Unemployment in Shipbuilding Industry, 626
• Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Distribution of Annual Income, 514
• British Electricity Authority, Strike at London Power Stations, 654, 682
• British Employers’ Confederation, Discussion on Restrictive Practices in Industry, 212
• Building Trade, Adherence to Safety Regulations, 486
• Canadian Seamen’s Union, 68, 92, 116
• Civilian Staffs Employed in Government Departments, 318, 626
• Clothing and Household Goods, 5 per cent. Reduction in Prices of, 140, 236
• Coal, Concessionary and Cheap, Claims for, 402, 710
• Coal Production Statistics, 164, 402
• Colliery Man-Power Statistics, 318
• Colliery Winders’ Federation of Great Britain, Wage Claims by, 116, 164, 188, 212, 236, 458 ; Notice of Strike Action, 116, 164 ; Training of Extra Enginemen, 236 ; Refusal of Enginemen to Join Rival Union, 570
• Constructional Engineering Union, Adherence to Safety Regulations, 486
• Control of Engagement Order, 188
• Cumberland Miners, Claims for Concessionary Coal by, 402, 710
• Devaluation of Sterling, Effects of. 346, 402, 430, 514
• Dock Dispute Over Canadian Ships" Beaverbrae ” and " Argomont,” 68, 92,116
• Durham County Miners’ Association, 570 Durham Enginemen’s Association, 570 Education Facilities for Trade Unionists, 318 Education, Ministry of. Representations Submitted by Unions on Training of Yoimg Persons, 92
• Electrical Trades Union, Negotiating Machineryin Road-Haulage Industry, 164 ; Need for Control of Profits in Industry, 570 ; Strike at London Power Stations, 654, 682
• Electricity-Generating Stations in Northern Ireland, Wage Rates at, 318
• Electricity-Supply Industry, Wage Rates in, 44 ; National Joint Industrial Council for, 44 ; Unofficial Strike at London Power Stations, 654, 682
• Employees* Share in Management of Nationalised Industries, 44, 212
• Employment Conditions, Effect of National Arbitration Order, 261
• Employment in Northern Ireland, 570 Employment Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 188, 318, 430, 542
• Engineering and Allied Employers* National Federation, Consideration of Engineering Wage Claims, 92, 458, 542
• Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Claims for Wage Increase of 20s. Weekly, 20, 92, 458 ; Annual Conference at Scarborough, 20 ; Negotiating Machinery in Road-Haulage Industry, 164; Membership Statistics, 710 ; Support for Wage Restraint, 710
• Foundry Industry, Wage Differentials in, 92 ; Apprenticeships in, 92, 188; Man-Power in, 116
• Foundry Trade Apprentices, 92 ; Proportion of Apprentices to Journeymen, 188
• Foundry Workers, Amalgamated Union of, Annual Delegate Meeting, 116
• General Federation of Trade Unions, Annual Report, 92; Jubilee Brochure, 116; Investment of Funds, 116
• General and Municipal Workers, National Union of, Wage Claims by, 290 ; Inefficiency of Workpeople in Some Branches of Industry, 626
• Government Engineers, Claim for Wage Increase of 20s. Weekly, 20
• Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Views of Sir F. Reb- beck on Shipbuilding Orders, 458
• Henniker-Heaton, C., on Efficiency of British Industry, 570
• Hotels Executive, Income of, 164
• Hours of Work, Changes in, 140, 374 Household Goods and Clothing, 5 per cent.
• Reduction in Prices of, 140, 236
• Index of Industrial Production, 20
• Index of Rates of Wages, 68, 140, 261, 514 Index of Retail Prices, 68, 140, 261, 346 Industrial Disputes. See Strilces Internal-Combustion Engine Industry, Productivity Team’s Visit to United States, 402
• Iron, Steel and Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap- Metal Industry, Wage Increase in, 542
• Iron and Steel Trade Employers’ Association, Wage Claims of Employees, 290
• Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, on Government Wage Polipy, 212 ; Spread of Education, 318 ; Wage Differentials, 430 ; Cost-of-Living Agreements, 430, 570
• Journeymen and Apprentices, Proportions of, 188
• Labour and National Service, Ministry of. Intervention in Railway Wage Dispute, 44 ; Appointment and Report of Railway Board of Conciliation, 68, 92, 116, 140 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374 ; Training of Young Persons, 92; Intervention in Claims of Colliery Winding Erginemen, 116, 164, 188, 212, 236, 458
• Labour Notes, 20, 44, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 261, 290, 318, 346, 374, 402, 430, 458, 486, 514, 542, 570, 598, 626, 654, 682, 710
• Labour Turnover, Statistics of, 654
• Lancashire Miners, Claims for Concessionary Coal by, 402, 710
• Lancashire Winding Enginemen’s Association, 188, 212, 236
• Lawther, Sir W., on Improvements in Wages, 44 ; on Unofficial Strikes, 261
• ** Lloyd’s List,” Views on Fate of Jarrow, 346
• Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, Rejection of Railway Executive’s Offer of Wage Increase of 3$. Weekly, 20, 44 ; Establishment and Reports of Board of Conciliation, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374; Claim for 5Z. a Week Minimum Wage, 486, 682 ; Proposed Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 570 ; Agreement with Executive for Staff Consultations, 654
• Lodging Turns in Railway Service, Dispute Over, 68
• London Dock Board, Holiday Pay to Strikers, 116
• London Power Stations, Unofficial Strike at, 654, 682
• London Transport Executive, Wage Offer of 3s. Weekly, 20, 44, 164, 290 ; Wage Claim for 5Z. a Week Minimum, 682
• “ Man and Metal,” Views of, 212, 318, 430 Management, British Institute of, on Labour Turnover in Industry, 654
• Merseyside Ship-Repairing Industry, 682 Metal-Finishing Industry, Wages in, 261 Mineworkers, National Union of, 44,116,164, ! 188, 212, 236, 290, 346, 402, 570, 598, 682, 710
• Minimum Wage, Statutory, Proposals for, 346. 402
• Mining Industry, Coal, Annual Meeting of National Union of Mineworkers at Porth- cawl, 44 ; Wage Claims of Colliery Winding Enginemen, 116, 164, 188, 212, 236, 458 ; Statistics of Coal Production, 164, 402 ; Employees’ Share in Management of the Nationalised Industry, Under Nationalisation, 212; Training of Extra Colliery Winding Enginemen, 236 ; Wage Structure in the Industry, 236 ; Profits of National Coal Board, 290 ; Appeal to Work Two Saturday Shifts per Month, 290; Statistics of Man-Power at Collieries, 318 ; Strike of Oncost Operatives at Scottish Collieries, 346 ; Claims for Concessionary and Cheap Coal, 402, 710 ; Colliery Winding Enginemen’s Refusal to Join Union, 570 ; Wage Claims of Lower-Paid Miners, 598 ; Special Accident Fund, 682
• Morrison, H., on Rewards for Individual Effort, 542
• Motor Show, International, Strike of Carpenters at, 346
• National Coal Board, 116, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 402, 682, 710
• National Dock Board, London Dock Strike, 68, 92, 116
• National Joint Industrial Council for Electricity-Supply Industry, 44
• National Reference Tribunal, 458
• National Shipbuilders’ Security, Ltd., Views on Fate of Jarrow, 346
• Nationalisation Proposals for Engineering Industry, 20 ; for Shipbuilding Industry, ! 20 I
• Nationalised Industries, Employees’ Share in I Management, 44, 212 ’
• Northern Ireland, Employment in, 570
• Oncost Operatives at Scottish Collieries, I Strike of, 346 I
• Patternmakers’ Association, United, Wage Claims of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 20 458; Ratio Between Apprentices and j Journeymen, 188 ; Effects of Devaluation of Sterling, 430 ; Disposal of Income of Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 514
• Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, Proposed, 570
• Personal Incomes, Costs and Prices,” White Paper on,20, 212, 514
• Mees of Clothing and Household Goods, 5 per Cent. Reduction in, 140, 236
• Profits, Proposals for Statutory Control of, 570
• Radio Exhibition, Olympia, Strike of Carpenters at, 346
• Railway Clerks* Association, Rejection of Railway Executive’s Offer of Wage Increase of 3s. Weekly, 20; Establishment and Reports of Board of Conciliation, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374 ; Claim for 5Z. a Week Minimum Wage, 486, 682 ; Agreement with Executive for Staff Consultations, 654
• Railway Executive, Wage Offer of 3s. Weekly, 20, 44,164, 290 ; Dispute Over Lodging Turns, 68 ; Establishment and Reports of Board of Conciliation, 68, 92, 116,140,164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374 ; W'age Claims of Railway Shopmen, 92, 116, 140, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374, 578, 710 ; Traffic- Receipts Income, 44, 164, 458, 570 ; Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 570 ; A^ee- ment with Unions for Staff Consultations, 654 ; Wage Claim for 5Z. a Week Minimum, 682
• Railway Shopmen, Wage Claims of, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374, 486, 698, 710
• Railway Shopmen’s National Joint Council, 486, 710
• Railway Signalmen’s Conference, Hastings, 346
• Railwaymen, National Union of, Rejection of Railway Executive’s Ofi'er of Wage Increase of 3«. Weekly, 20. 44 ; Annual Delegate Conference at Brighton, 44 ; Demand for Employees’ Share in Railway Management, 44, 212; Dispute Over Lodging Turns, 68 ; Establishment and Reports of Board of Conciliation, 68, 92,116,140,164, 188,212,236,290, 318,374 ; National Conference of Railway Supervisors, 261 ; Decision to Work to Rule, 318 ; Claim for 5Z. a Week Minimum Wage, 374, 402, 486, 682 ; Bad Time-Keeping by Staff, 486 ; Railway Shopmen’s Wage Claim, 486, 598, 710 ; Opposition to Wage Restraint, 654 ; Agreement with Executive for Staff Consultations, 654
• Restrictive Practices in Industry, 212 Road-Haulage Industry, Establishment of Joint Negotiating Machinery, 164
• Robb, H., on High Costs in Shipbuilding Industry, 458
• Scottish Collieries, Strike of Oncost Operatives at, 346
• Scottish Trades Union Congress, Support for Policy of Wage Restraint, 710
• Seafarers’ Union, International, 68, 92, 116 Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, 570 Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, Annual Conference, 20 ; Wage Claims of Engineers and Shipbuild- I ers. 20, 92, 458, 542, 626 ; Wage Claims of Railway Shopmen, 92. 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374, 486, 598, 710 ;
• Agreement with Railway Executive for Staff Consultations, 654
• Shipbuilding Industry, Jarrow’s Economic Position During Inter-War Period, 346; Effects of High Costs on Production, 458 ; Orders from United States, 458; Foreign Competition in, 486 ; Redundancy in, 486 ; Labourers’ Wage Claims, 570 ; Unemployment in, 626, 682 ; Ships Sent Abroad for Repair Work, 682
• Shipbuilding Orders from United States, 458
• Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Union of. Wage Claims by, 290
• Stevedores and Dockers, National Amalgamated, 68, 92
• Strikes, Dock, 68, 92, 116 ; by Winding Enginemen, 212, 236; by Carpenters at London Exhibitions, 346; by Oncost Operatives at Scottish Collieries. 346 ; at London Power Stations, 654, 682
• Strike Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 44,140, 374, 514
• Supervisors, Railway, National Conference of, 261
• Thornycroft, Sir J. E., on Competition in Shipbuilding Industry, 486
• Thornycroft, J. I,, and Co., Ltd., Distribution of Annual Income, 514
• Trade Unions, British, Financial and Membership Statistics of, 598
• Trade Union Funds, Care and Investment of, 116
• Trades Union Congress, Proposed Legislation j to Restraint Profits, 20 ; Suggestion for | Reducing Cost of Living, 68 ; Discussion on Economic Problems with .Ministers, 140. i 542 ; Employees’ Share in Management of I Nationalised Industries, 212 ; Policy on Wages and Prices, 212, 430, 514, 542 ; Report on Economic Situation, 236, 514, 542 ; ' Effect of Devaluation of Sterling, 346, 430 : National Minimum Wage, 346 ; Fate of Jarrow. 346 ; Wage Stabilisation Policy, 542, 570, 598, 626, 654, 682, 710 ; Wage Claims of Lowest-Paid Grades of Miners, 598
• Traffic-Receipts Income of British Transport Commission, Statistics, 44, 164, 458, 570 ; Deficiency in 1949, 598
• Transport and General Workers’ Union, Dock Strike, 68, 92, 116 ; Biennial Conference at Scarborough, 68 ; Wage Structure in Engineering Industry, 92 ; Conditions in Foundry Industry, 92 ; Joint Negotiating Mat h- inery in Road-Haulage Industry, 164; National Minimum Wage, 402 ; Wage Increase in Iron, Steel and Non-Ferrous Scrap-Metal Industry, 642 ; Wage Claim of Labourers in Shipbuilding industry, 670 ; Need for Restraint in Making Wage Claims, 570, 626
• Turnover of Labour in Industry, 654
• United States Maritime Commission, Investigation of British Shipbuilding Industry, 458, 486
• United States, Slumpin, 116
• United States, Visits of British Productivity Teams to, 164
• Vehicle Builders, National Union of, Negotiating Machinery in Road-Haulage Industry, 164
• Wage Claims, Engineers’, for 20a. a Week Increase, 20, 92, 458; Shipbuilders’, for 20a. a Week Increase, 20 ; Railwaymen’s, for 10a. a Week Increase, 20, 44, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 212, 236, 290, 374; Railway Shopmen’s, 92,116,140,164,188, 212, 236, 290, 318, 374, 486, 710 ; Electricity-Supply Operatives’, 44 ; Coalminers’, 44, 236, 346 ; Dock Strikers’, for Holiday Pay, 116 ; Colliery Winding Enginemen’s, 116, 164, 188, 458 ; Metal-Finishing Operatives’, 261; Iron and Steel Industry Employees’, 290 ; Northern Ireland Electricity Generating Station Employees’, 318 ; Scottish Colliery Oncost Operatives’, 346 ; by Carpenters at London Exhibitions, 346 ; Railwaymen’s, for 6Z. a Week Minimum, 374, 402, 486, 682; by Employees in Iron, Steel, and Non-Ferrous Scrap-Metal Industry, 542 ; by Labourers in Shipbuilding Industry, 570 ; Lower-Paid Miners’, 598
• Wage, Minimum, Statutory, Proposals for, 346, 402
• Wages and Prices, Government Policy on, 212, 236
• Wage Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 44, 140, 374, 514
• Wages, Views of Sir W. Lawther on Need for Improvements in, 44 ; Need for Restraint in Making New Claims, 140, 514 ; Govern ment Policy on, 212, 236; National Minimum, 346, 402 ; Application of Cost-of- Living Agreements, 430 ; Application of Differentials, 430 ; Stabilisation Policy of Trades Union Congress, 542, 570, 598, 626 654, 682, 710
• Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen’s Union, 68, 92
• Working Population, Ministry of Labour Statistics of, 188, 318, 542
• Yorkshire Winding Enginemen’s Association, 188, 212, 236
• Young Persons, Technical Training of, 92
• Turbines. See Engines and Boilers
• Universities. See Education
• Vehicles. See Motor Cars^ Etc. ; and Railways and Locomotives
• Warships. See Naval

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• Brighton Waterworks, Use of Radio-Communication at, 23

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