Engineering 1950 Jul-Dec: Index: General

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GENERAL

“ABBEY” Agricultural Lime Spreader, 89*
— Westminster, Memorial to Sir Charles Parsons, 317, 359; Memorials to Engineers in, 382
Abutments for Railway Bridges, 542
Accelerator, Linear, 10-Million Electron-Volt (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co,, Ltd.), 333

Accidents :

Accidents to Merchant Ships, 100
— to Tudor V Aircraft, Report on, 463
Colliery Explosions, Safety in Mines
Research Board Report, 14
Explosion in “ Viking ” Air Liner, Report, 341
Failure of Embankments, Application of Soil Mechanics to, 302, 420
— of Wire Ropes in Mines, 515 Fires in Aircraft, Study of, 442
— Damage to S.S. “Monarch of Bermuda,” 152*
— in Domestic Buildings, Causes of, 289
— Research Board, Annual Report, 441
Mining Accidents in United States, 301*
Quarries, Accidents Due to Mechanisation, 568
Road Accidents and Road Construction, 345, 387*
Ships Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 253, 353, 539
Shipping Accidents and Legislation, 550, 578
— Casualties, 100
Vessels, Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 253, 353, 539

Accounts and Reports, National Coal Board, 1949, 13. See Erratum^ 71
Accumulators, Electric. See Electric Acetylene Welding. See Welding
Acid Sprayer, Agricultural, “Simplex” (Dorman Simplex Sprayer Co., Ltd.), 89*
Aci^ries du Nord, “ ADN 130” and “ ADN 70 ” Track-Laying Tractors, 444*
Acoustic Generator, Hartmann, Experiments with, 99*,136*
Activated Sludge. See Sewage
Activation Energy of Recovery in Copper, 373
Adams, L. B., on Torsional Stress in Helical Springs, 40, 135. See LETTERS, 15*, 63
“Adder” Aeroplane Jet Engine, 239*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address
Adhesive, Synthetic-Resin, Investigations on, 110
Administrative Aspect in Presentation of Technical Information, 260
“ADN 130” and “ADN 70” Track-Laying Tractors, 444*
A.E.C., Ltd., Motor-Coach Chassis with Under-Floor Engine, 343
Aerator and Turner, Agricultural, Smart’s (Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd.), 42*
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Systems for Radio Beacons, 571
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering
College, Agricultural Engineering Courses, 57, 475
— Society, Royal, Recent Developments in High-Speed Research in Aerodynamics Division of National Physical Laboratory, by J. A. Beavan and D. W. Holder, 21*, 45* ; Use of Wind-Tunnel Data in Aerodynamic Design, by R. Hills, 356 ; Aircraft Metallic Materials Under Low- Temperature Conditions, by Major P. L. Teed, 357; Aircraft Riveting, by H. Giddings, 467; Centrifugal and Axial Compressors for Aircraft Gas Turbines, by Dr. E. S. Moult and H. Pearson, 511; Aircraft Production, by Prof. J. V. Connolly, 539; Rockets and Assisted Take-Off, by A. V. Cleaver, 575*

Aeronautics :

” Adder” Aeroplane Jet Engine, 239* Aerodynamic Design, Use of Wind-Tunnel Data in, 356
— Research, High-Speed, at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 45*
and Ship Design, 75
Aerofoil, Supersonic Flow Round, Schlierin Photographs of, 45*
Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Chelsea, Course in Agricultural Engineering, 57, 475
— Research, Vibration Testing, Equipment for (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 203*
Aeroplane, Bombing, “ Canberra ” Mark 2 (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 217*
Rocket Assisted Take Off, 577*
— Fighting, ” P 1081 ” (Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.), 217*, 238
” Supermarine 535 ” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 238*
— ” Ghost-Lancastrian ” with Walter Assisted Take-Off Units, 575*
— Night-Fighting Meteor N.F. 11 ” (Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.), 218*
Aeroplane, Night-Fighting “Venom” (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 239*
— Passenger “ Prestwick Pioneer ” Mark 2 (Scottish Aviation, Ltd.), 218*
— “Proteus Lincoln” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 239*
— “ Sapphire Meteor ” Jet Engined (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 238*
— Structures, Design of, 257*, 302 — Training, “ HPR 2 ” (Handley Page (Reading), Ltd.), 270* “PR 56 ” (Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 270*
Air Liner “ Heron” (De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd,), 239*
“ Viking,” Explosion in, Report, 341 “Viscount 700 ” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 268*
Aircraft, Anti-Submarine, “ Fairey 17 ” (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 107, 269* Submarine “ SB3 ” (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 269*
Submarine, “ YBl ” (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 269*
— Automatic Control Systems for, 362*
— Canadian, for De-Icing Research, 178
— Exhibition and Flying Display, Farnborough Aerodrome, 217*, 238*, 268*
— Fires in. Investigations on, 442 — Gas Turbines for, 270, 293* Turbines, Centrifugal and Axial
Compressors for, 511
Turbines. See also Turbines, Oas — Ground-Attack “Meteor” (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 238*
— Materials, Effect of Low Temperatures on, 357
— Military, Freight-Transport “ Gal 60 ” (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 217*
— Production, Factors Affecting, 539
— Research “ 707 B ” (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 217*, 238
“ Ashton ” (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 468*
— — and Development Equipment, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 430*
“ P III ” (Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd.), 468*
** Tay Viscount” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 268*
— Royal Air Force, Speed-Up of Servicing, 569
— for Royal Navy, Developments in, 452 — Starting Motors, Hydrogen-Peroxide Fuel Tank for (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 72
— Structures, Aluminium-Alloy Riveting in, 467
— Tudor V, Accident to, Report on, 463 “ Ashton ” Research Aircraft, 468* Beacon, Aerial, in Marine Lights, 477 British Aircraft Constructors’ Society’s
Educational Grants, 58 “Canberra” Mark 2 Bomber (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 217*
Civil Aviation, Ministry of. Report on Explosion in “Viking” Air Liner, 341; Report for 1948-49, 507
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Method of Obtaining Stress Distribution in
Aircraft Wings, 5; Presentation of Diplomas, 15 ; General Description, 125*
De-Icing Equipment, Electro-Thermal, for Aircraft, 178
Engine, Aeroplane, Gas-Turbine, 270, 293*
Gas-Turbine Combastion in, 230*, 270
Jet, “Adder” (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 239*
Jet, “ Orenda ” (A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd.), 270*
Jet, Rolls-Royce, for Research Ship “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573*
Jet, Rolls-Royce, Thrust-Measuring “ Capsule,” 573*
Jet, “ Sapphire ” (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 238*
Petrol, Supercharging in, 411, 433*, 481*
Tests at College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, 126*
See also Turbines, Oas
“ Fairey 17 ” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 107, 269*
Flow, Supersonic, Investigations at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 45*
Flutter in Aeroplane Structures, 258*, 302 Flying Display and Static Exhibition,
Farnborough Aerodrome, 217*, 238*, 268*
“ Gal 60 ” Freight-Transport Military Aircraft, 217*
“ Ghost-Lancastrian ” Aircraft with Walter Assisted Take-Off Units, 575*
“ Heron ” Air Liner, 239*
“ HPR 2 ” Training Aeroplane, 270* “ Meteor ” Ground-Attack Aircraft, 238* •• Meteor N.F.ll ” Night-Fighting Aeroplane, 218*
Motors, Aircraft Starting, Hydrogen-Peroxide Fuel Tanks for (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 72
Naval Aviation, Developments in, 452 “ Orenda ” Jet Aeroplane Engine, 270* “ P.III ” Research Aircraft, 468* “ PR56 ” Training Aeroplane, 270* Prestwick Pioneer” Mark 2 Passenger Aeroplane, 218*
” Proteus Lincoln ” Aeroplane, 239* Refuelling in Flight Demonstration (Flight Refuelling, Ltd.), 238
Rockets and Assisted Take-Off Units for Aeroplanes, 575*
Royal Aeronautical Establishment, Fanborough, Automatic Monitoring recorder for Radio Signals, 263
— Air Force, Display, Farnborough, Speed-Up of Servicing Aircraft, “Sapphire Meteor” Aeroplane, Engined, 238*
“SB3” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 269* Signalling, Condenser-Discharge Electric Lamps for, 477
Sprite Take-Off Unit for Aircraft, 577* “ Supermarine 535 ” Fighting Aeroplane, 238*
Take-Off Units, Walter and Sprite for Aircraft, 575*
“ Tay Viscount,” Research Aircraft, 268* Test Chamber, Altitude, for Aircraft, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 432* Testing Frame for Aircraft Structures, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 430* Tudor V Aircraft, Accident to, 463 Undercarriage Drop-Test Rig, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 431*
Venom ” Night-Fighting Aeroplane, 239* “ Viking ” Air Liner Explosion, Report, 341 “ Viscount 700 ” Air Liner, 268* Walter Take-Oif Units for Aircraft, 575* Wind Tunnels at College of Aeronautics, Cranfleld, 126*
Data, Use in Aerodynamic Design, 356
Equipment, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 433*
High-Speed, at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 45*
Wings, Aircraft, Method of Obtaining Stress Distribution in, 5
“ YBl ” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 269* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
! Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Ageing and Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium- Zinc Alloys, 341
Aggregate Handling Plant, Loch Sloy Hydro- Electric Scheme, 3*
Agreements, Labour. See Labour Agricultural Engineer and Farm Mechanisation, 262, 356
— Engineering Course, Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Chelsea, 57, 475
— Machinery, Developments in, 262, 317, 388*. See 356
Exhibition and Smithfield Show, Earl’s Court, 478*, 510*, 540*
— Motors. See Engines; Motors: Tractors
— Society, Royal, Oxford Show, 17*, 41*, 65*, 88*
— Tractors. See Tractors Agriculture. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Aids to Navigation, Remote Control of, 570 Air, Compressed. See Pneumatic
— Compressors for Aero Gas Turbines, 230* Axial,for 1,070-h.p. Ruston and Hornsby
Gas Turbine, 533*. See Addendum, 5Q9
Blades, Rotary Polishing Machine for (Avro Canada Ltd.), 114*
Centrifugal and Axial, for Aircraft Gas Turbines, 511
Portable (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 372*
Portable, Petrol-Driven (Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 403*
Portable, Single-Tool (Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd.), 452*
Stationary (Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 372*
Using Water, for Gas-Turbine Research, 485
— Conditioning and Engineering (N.I.), Ltd.,
Tiltman Langley Grass Drier, 72
of House of Commons, 393*
— Filter, Electrostatics, for House of Commons, 395*
— Flow, Experiments in, 277*, 333
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Pollution. See Atmospheric ; Smoke
— Supply for Aero Gas Turbines, 230*
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
Aiton and Co., Ltd., Stress-Relieving and Pre- Heating of Welded Joints, 392
Akroyd-Hornsby Oil Engines, History of, 415, 450
Aldersley Engineering Co., Ltd., Universal Weeder, 43*
Alexander, R. McK., on Pressure Drop in Cyclone Separators, 63. See LETTER, 354
Alkali Works, Ann ual Report, 158
Allan, Dr. J. F., on Design of Drifters, 17, 29
Allen, J., and Sons (Oxford), Ltd., Tractor- Operated Shovel, 445*
Allen, Dr. N. P., on Transformation in Iron- Nickel Steels, 492
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., 1,390-kW Pass- Out Turbine for Beckton Gas Works, 346* ; 100-kW Diesel-Driven Generator, 527*
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Cold Riveting of. Developments of, 141*
— Deoxidation of Steel by, 414
— Development Association’s Education Service, 183
— Flux-Coated Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding, Specification, 34
— Use in Hot-Dip Galvanising, 276 Aluminium Laboratories, Ltd., Work on Cold Riveting of Aluminium, 141*
— Polycrystalline, Creep Deformation in, 372
— Strip, Continuous Rolling Mill for, Roger-stone, 265*, 281*, 337*
— Wrought, Tubes, Wire, Bars, Rods and Sections, Specification, 58
— See also Metallurgy America. See United States
American Railroads, Association of. Report on Locomotive Construction, 38
— See also United States
Amplidyne Control Equipment, for Plate Rolling-Mill Motors (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.). 95*
Amplifying Equipment, Sound, Church House, 562
Anders, E., on Cold Riveting of Aluminium, 141*
Andrew, Prof. J. H., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Angle Gauges, Combination, Production of, 417*
Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Report on Electricity Supply, 409; Report on Diesel Locomotive Industry, 479, 567
Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., Fawley Oil Refinery, 563*
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Announcing Equipment, Multi - Lingual (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 392*
Annuals and Reference Books, 117, 139, 208, 262, 419,517, 549. See LITERATURE INDEX
“ Any Gas ” Incandescent Burner for Beacons, 400
Apparatus, Scientific, Exhibition, Institution of Civil Engineers, 5, 28
— for Study of Flexural Centre of Open Members 321*
— for Study of Sea-Wave Motion, 160 Appleton, Sir E., on Sun as Emitter of Radio Waves, 443
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. Education ; Labour Aqueduct, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*. 330
Arc. See Welding
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Armagh, Ireland, Planetarium for, 63 Armament. See Guns
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., “ Sapphire Meteor” Jet-Engined Aeroplane, 238*; “Adder” Jet-Engined Aeroplane, 239*; 20-b.h.p. Two-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 479*
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., “Meteor N.F. 11” Night-Fighting Aeroplane, 218*
Arnes, H. L., Co. (Engineering), Ltd., 50-h.p. Track-Laying Diesel Agricultural Tractor, 68*
Arrol, Sir. W., and Co., Ltd., Pipe Line for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 26*, 49* Arterial Roads. See Roads
Artillery. See Guns and PARAGRAPH INDEX Arts, Royal Society of. Chairman’s Address, by E. W. Goodale, on Great Exhibition 1851, 381
Arvida Bridge, Quebec, Cold Riveting of Aluminium on, 141*
Ash Disposal at Power Stations, 54
— Handling Plant, Stourport “ B ” Power Station (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 287
“ Ashton ” Research Aircraft, 468*
Ashwell, D. G., on Pure Bending of Rectangular Plates, 51*, 76* ; on Euler Buckling Load of Struts with Crossed Pins, 354. See LETTERS, 112,160*, 252
Aslib, Annual Conference, Programme, 177; Proceedings, 302; Future Policy, by L. Wilson, 302
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Astbury, Prof. N. F., on Effect of Core Properties on Defects of Instrument Transformers, 184*
Astronomical Planetarium for Ireland, 63
Ateliers de Charmilles, 36,600-h.p. Francis Hydraulic Turbines, 313*
Atlantic Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., Single-Tool Portable Air Compressor, 452*
— of Isothermal Transformation Diagrams of En Steels, 491
Atmosphere, Sound and Light Transmission Through, 118*, 477
Atmospheric Pollution from Works, Prevention of, 158
See also Smoke
— Tower, Fawley Oil Refinery, 563*
Atomic Displacements in Plastically-Deformed Metals, 372
— Pile, Graphite Low-Energy Experimental, at Harwell, 497*
Low-Power, International Declassification Conference, 443
Atomisers, Fuel, for Aero Gas Turbines, 230* Austenite, Isothermal Transformation of, 492 “ Austin-Aveling ” Diesel-Driven Motor Grader, 401*
Australia, Goulburn River Dam, 382
Authors and Publishers, Relations Between, 237, 279
Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Signalling. See Signalling Automobiles. See Motor Cars
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Aveling-Austin Diesel-
Driven Motor Grader, 401*
Aviation. See Aeronautics Avro (Canada), Ltd., Hydrogen-Peroxide Fuel
Tank for Aircraft Starting Motors, 72;
Rotary Polishing Machine for Compressor Blades, 114*
Axle Boxes, Use of Tapered-Roller Bearings in, 115. See Erratum. 186
— Motor Car, See Motor-Car Details Aylesford Paper Co., Ltd., Paper for “ Holoplast” Plastic Panels, 176*
Aytekin, Dr. V., on Flow of Zinc Under Constant Stress, 372

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Boilers, S.S. “New Australia,’’ 153; Ash-Handling Plant for Stourport “ B ’’ Power Station, 287
Bablik, Dr. H., on Wet Galvanising versus Dry Galvanising, 296
Bags and Wrappings, Textile, British Standard Packaging Code, 155
Bailey, R. W., on Thermal Considerations in Heating of Galvanising Baths, 276 ; Formation of Zinc Ash, Dross and Flux Skimmings from Galvanising Baths, 276
Bainbridge-Bell, L., on Need for Clearer Circuit Diagrams, 237, 260*
Balance, Wind-Tunnel, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 433*
Baler, Agricultural, Self-Propelled “Invicta” (Jones Brothers), 88*
Self-Tying “ Panther” (Jones Brothers), 89*
Balfour, Beatty and Co., Ltd., Dam for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 26*, 330; Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
— Steel, for Brinell Hardness Testing, Specification, 534
Bamford, J. C., Loader for Agricultural Tractor, 67*
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
“ Bantam ’’ 2-ton Motor Chassis, 256*
Bars, Wrought Aluminium, Specification, 58
Barbier, Benard and Turenne on Incandescent Burner (“ Any Gas ”) for Beacon Installations, 400 ; on AeriaI*Beacons in Marine Lights, 477 ; on Safety in Coast Lighting, 477
Baron, Y., on High-Voltage Circuit-Breaker Testing in France, 335*
Barr, W., on Metallurgical Trends in Production of Steel Plates, 453
Barrell, H., on Interferometer for Testing Measuring Gauges, 412*. See 244*
Barrow, 2-l-h.p. Petrol-Driven (Winget, Ltd.), 402*
Bastian and Allen, Ltd., Electric Boiler for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Locomotives, 235*
Baths, Galvanising, Heating and Operation of, 276
Battery. See Electric
Battleships. See Warships
Beacon Building in Open Sea, 160
— Electric Lamps for, 400
— Lister, Norway, Sound Measurements at, 570
— Navigation, Gases Used as Illuminants in, 274
— Radio, Aerial Systems for, 571
for Distance and Direction at Sea, 570 and Sound Signals in Finnish Seas, 570 Beam, Prestressed-Concrete, Queen Mary College, 151*
— Rectangular, Pure Bending of, 51
— Slender, Stability and Strength of, 333, 545*
— Steel, Application of Prestressing to, 385 Bearing, Analysis and Lubrication of (Review), 98
— Ball and Roller, Plummer Blocks, Specification, 106
and Roller, Specification, 34
— for Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— Tapered-Roller, Symposium of, 115. See Erratum, 186
Beavan, J. A., on Aerodynamic Research at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 45*
Beckton Gas Works, 1,390-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine, 346*
Beet Harvester (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 19*
“ Peter Standen ” (F. A. Standen and Sons (Engineering), Ltd.), 65*
— — with Top Saver (Catchpole Engineering Co., Ltd.), 66*
— Harvesting Machines, 318, 391*
Bell, N., on Radio Aids to Coastal Navigation, 570
Bell, T., 36,600-h.p. Francis Hydraulic Turbine, 313*
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Tnc., Researches on Communications Metallurgy, 296
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
Belting, Rubber, Transmission, Specification, 376
Benard, Barbier and Turenne on Incandescent Burner (“ Any Gas ”) for Beacon Installations, 400 ; on Aerial Beacons in Marine Lights, 477 ; on Safety in Coast Lighting, 477
Benard, J., on Gases Used as Illuminants, 274
Bending, Pure, of Rectangular Plates, Experiments on, 51*, 76*
— Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Benham and Sons, Ltd., Air Conditioning and Heating Plant for House of Commons, 393*
Benjamin Electric Co., Ltd., Lighting Installation for Marine-Engine Shop, 192
Bentall, E. H., and Co., Ltd., “Marvel” Oat Crusher, 478*
Bentham, C., on Wage Structure in Engineering Industry, 383. See 411
Benzole and Coal-Tar Industries, German, Report, 1939-45, 182
Berck Light Tower, France, Reconstruction in Prestressed Concrete, 186
Bessel Functions, Tables of (Review), 322
Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge for Metal Foil, 128
Betti, E., on Principle of Reciprocal Defiection, 197. See LETTERS, 252
Bevel (iears. See Gears
Bicycles. See Cycles
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Binns, W., Telescopic Gangways for Southampton Docks, 6*
Binomial Probability Distribution, Tables of (Review), 236
Birlec Ltd., 275-kW Continuous Furnace for Copper-Brazing, 551*
Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, Model of James Watt’s “Lap” Engine, 199*
— National Radio Exhibition, 251
— University, Synchrotron at, 96 ; Advanced Courses in Metallurgy and Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at, 124
Birtley Factory of W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 375*
Bituminous Materials, Road Construction. See Roads and Tar
“ BK-Fifty ” Excavator, 369*
Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., “ Gal 60 ” Freight-Transport Military Aircraft, 217* ;, “ YBl ” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 269*
Blade, J. C., on Ageing and Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium-Zinc Alloys, 341
Blading, Gas-Turbine, Determination of Natural Modes of Vibration of, 323*. See LETTERS, 444, 476, 539
Turbine, “ Nimonic 90,” 168
— for Gas Turbines, Production of, 214
Blair, Dr. J. S., on Stresses in Tubes Due to Internal Pressures, 218*. See LETTERS, 383, 412, 476, 508
Blake Jaw Crusher, 72-in. for Copper Mine (Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works), 73*
Blanch, A. B,, and Co., Ltd., “Blanch-Snook” Crop Loader, 610* ; Hedge-Cutting Machine, 511*
“ Blanch-Snook ” Crop Loader, 510*
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blaw-Knox, Ltd., Continuous Loader for Concrete Preparation, 369* ; j cub. yd. Diesel- Driven Excavator, with Interchangeable Attachments, 369*
Blears, J., on Leak Detection in Vacuum Systems, 96
“ Blenheim,” M.S., Launch of, 187*
Blocks, Plummer, Ball and Roller-Bearing, Specification, 106
Board of Trade, Statement on Training Scheme for Canadian Engineering Students, 411; on Shipping Legislation, 550, 578
Boat, Motor. See Motor Boat
Bogie for 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 403*
— for 100-ton Heavy-Duty Trailer, 457*
— Three-Axle, for 2,700-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 233*
Boiler, Babcock and Wilcox, S.S. “ New Australia,” 153
— Coverings. See Meat Insulation
— Electric, for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct-Current Locomotives, 235*
— Feed Pump. See Pump Water. See Feed and Water
— Land, Steel for. Specification, 10
Valves and Gauges for. Specification, 106
— Marine, Scotch, Investigation of Tube Corrosion in, 7*
— Plant, Automatic Control Systems for, 362* for Power Stations, 79
Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 286*
— Portable Drilling and Reaming Machine for (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 191*
— for Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449*
— Steel Plates for, 453
— Tube-Plate, Drilling Machine (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 191* Specification, 405
— Waste-Heat, East Greenwich Gasworks, 499
— Water-Tube, Foster Wheeler, S.S. “ Chusan,” 526*
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Bombay Meeting, International Association for Hydraulic Research, 135
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under ft C
Books, New, Notes on, 24, 96, 120, 143, 168, 191, 264, 280, 283, 300, 324, 363, 424, 455, , 487,520,552,580. See LITERATURE INDEX |
— Received, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 154, 178, 211, 222, 246, 292, 300, 348, 376, 406, 438, 470, 502, 534, 564
Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
Bosanquet, C. H., on Pressure Drop in Cyclone Separators, 354. See LETTER, 63
Boudon, A., on Efficiency of Fresnel Lens of Dioptric Section, 477
Boulton Paul, Aircraft, Ltd., “ P.III ” Research Aircraft, 468*
Boving and Co., Ltd., 28,700-h.p. Francis Hydraulic Turbine, 493* ; 10,900-h.p. Kaplan Hydraulic Turbine, 521*
Bowden, Dr. A. T., on Stationary Gas Turbines, 214*. See 270
Bowen, J. P., on Beacon Building in Open Sea, 160; on Electric Filament Lamps for Lighthouses, 400
Boxes, Telephone, Coin, Design of, 296
Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., “ Muir-Hill” Petrol- Driven Hydraulic Loader, 402*
Braiding Machine for Electric-Cable Manufacture, 375*
Brains, Giant, Machines that Think (Review), 459
Brakes, Motor-Car. See Motor-Car Details
Braking, Dvnamic, of Alternating-Current Motors, 528*
Brancker, Dr. A. V., on Ingot Heat Conservation, 275
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Bricklayers’ Arms Junction, Colour-Light Signalling at, 436*
Bridge, Aluminium-Alloy, Over River Tummel, 524
— Arvida, Quebec, Cold Riveting of Aluminium on,141*
— Concertina, for Tanks, Model of, 5
— Railway, A Century Ago, 205 Design of, 465, 509, 542, 571
Over Grand Surrey Canal, Replacement of, 487*
— Rigid-Frame (Review), 283. See Erratum, 573
— and Structural Engineering, International Association for. Papers of (Review), 459
— Suspension, Design of, 237
— Tubular, Britannia, Construction of, 205;
Centenary Memorial Tablet, 357*
Conway, Construction of, 205
— See also Viaduct: and PARAGRAPH INDEX Bridges, S. N., and Co., Ltd., Micro-Precision Drilling Machine, 488*
Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., Plant for Continuous Rolling Mill, Roger- stone, 266*
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials)
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., ” Proteus Lincoln ” Aeroplane, 239* ; Aircraft Riveting Practice of, 467
— University, Investigations on Stability of Slender Beams, 333, 545*
Britain Steamship Co., Design of Cargo Liners for, 30, 64
Britannia Tubular Bridge, Construction of, 205 ; Centenary Memorial Tablet, 357*
” British Adventurer,” Oil Tanker, Launch, 507
— Aircraft Constructors, Society of, Educational Grants, 58; Flying Display and Static Exhibition, Farnborough Aerodrome, 217*, 238*, 268*
General Survey, by Prof. R. O. Kapp, 228. See 237
Need for Clearer Circuit Diagrams, by L. Bainbridge-Bell, 260. See 237
Author and Publisher, by G. Parr, 279. See 237
(d) A Psychologist’s View, by M. D. Vernon, 213. See 237
(e) The Administrative Aspect, by F. M. Colebrook, 260. See 237
Bridge Engineering To-day and To-morrow, by Dr. G. Roberts, 237
Aeroplane Structures, by A. E. Russell, 257*. See 302
Recent Developments in Gas Dynamics, by Dr. B. N. Cole, 277*. See 333
Influence of Soil Mechanics on Civil-Engineering Practice, by H. J. B. Harding and Dr. H. Q. Golder, 302, 419
New Harmonic Analyser and Some Applications, by J. G. Henderson, 333
Output Problems in House Building, by Dr. J. Bronow'ski, 380
Stability and Strength of Slender Beams, by Dr. A. R. Flint, 545*. See 333
Session B:
Some Aspects of Stationary Gas Turbines for Industrial Purposes, by Dr. A. T. Bowden, 214*. See 270
Combustion in Aero Gas Turbines, by Dr. J. S. Clarke, 230. See 270
Farm Mechanisation and Agricultural Engineer, by Prof. E. M‘Ewen, 262. See 356
Gas Turbines for Aircraft, by Prof. A. O. Saunders, 293*. See 270.
Work Measurement Research, bv D. J. Desmond, 310*. See 309, 351
Future Problems in Farm Mechanisation, by W. H. Cashmore, 317. See 356
Flow-Line Production, by F. G. Woollard, 334, 421. See 309, 351
Progress in Automatic Control Systems, by Prof. A. Tustin, 360*. See 237
Achievements in Farm Mechanisation, by W. J. West, 388*. See 356
Engineering Production, by Prof. T. U. Matthews, 486. See 309, 351
Management Approach to Productivity, by J. J. Grade, 561. See 309, 351
British Broadcasting Corporation, Work of Engineering Research Department, 81; Cross-Channel Television Broadcast, 202
— Cast Iron Research Association, Extension
of Laboratories, 34 ; Annual Report, 469
— Council, Annual Report, 251
British Electrical Power Convention :
Harrogate Meeting:
Inaugural Proceedings, 4 Dinner, 80
Presidential Address, by SirV. de Ferranti, on Electricity-Supply Industry, 4 Economics of Electricity Supply, by Sir H. Self, 5, 29
Advances in Lamps and Lighting, by L. J. Davies, 53
Operation of Power Stations, by J. D. Peattie, 53, 79
Boiler Plant—Present and Future, by F. W. Simonson, 79
Large Modern Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, by J. T. Moore, 79
British Electricity Authority, Policy of, 5, 29 ; Little Barford Power Station, 41 ; Operation of Power Stations, 53, 79 ; Leatherhead Research Laboratories, 80* ; Usk- mouth Power Station, 88; Report on Telephonic and Radio Interference from High-Voltage Systems, 103; Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 286*. See LETTERS, 383, 508; Clarence Dock Power Station, Liverpool, 381 ; Standardisation of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449*; Annual Report, 473
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., Metallurgical Examination of Lead Pressure-Cable Sheaths, 121*
— Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee Report on German Coal-Tar and Benzole Industries, 1939-45, 182
— Internal-Combustion Engine Research Association, Formula for Stiffness of Crankshafts of Oil Engines, 204*. See Errata, 232
— Iron and Steel Research Association, Physics Laboratory, 374*
— Navy. See H.M, under Warships
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., “ Powder Cutting” Machine for Metals, 57* ; Oxygen Cutting Machine for Steel Plates, 128*
— Railways, Ocean Liner Terminal Building,
Southampton, 6*, 111, 129* ; Ministry of Transport’s Requirements and Recommendations for (Review), 50 ; Pneumatic Buffer Stop, 139* ; British Transport Commission’s Annual Report, 273 ; Standard Locomotives for, 320 ; Memorial Tablet, Centenary of Britannia Tubular Bridge, 357* ; Multi-Lingual Announcing Equipment at Harwich, 392* ; 827-h.p. Mixed- Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 403* ; Inspection Vehicle for Overhead Electric Lines, 423* ; Standardisation on, 435, 484 ; Colour-Light Signalling on Southern Region, 436* ; Organisation of Research Department, 475 ; Research Organisation for, 475, 507; Apprenticeship in, 485; Replacement of Bridge Over Grand Surrey Canal, 487* ; Bridge Construction on, 465, 509, 542, 571 ; Trials of Double-Deck Trains. 517
— Shipbuilding Research Association, Work 6, 48*, 54; Hull-Resistance Research Ship “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573* See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards British Steel Founders’ Association, Dinner, 507
British Tanker Co., Ltd., S.S. ” British Adventurer,” Launch of, 507
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Amplidyne Control Equipment for Plate Rolling- Mill Motors, 95* ; Electrical Plant for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337* ; Investigation on Vibration of Gas-Turbine Blades, 323*. See LETTER, 444, 476, 539 ; Electrical Equipment for 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 403* ; Communication System for Cement Works, 483; 22,667-kVA Alternator, 495* ;
Switchgear, Clunie Power Plant, 497* ; 850-kW Turbo-Generators, 527*
British Timken, Ltd., Symposium on Tapered- Roller Bearings, 115. See Erratum, 186
— Trade. See Trade
— Transport Commission, Statement on Integration of Freight Transport by Road and Rail, 133. See LETTER, 183. See 424; Annual Report, 273 ; Policy of Integration of Freight Services, 424 ; Research Organisation, 475, 507
British Water Supply Practice, Manual of (Review), 368
— Welding Research Association, Annual Re

port, 87 ; Pulsating-Pressure Testing Plant for Pressure Vessels, 384*

Brittle Fracture in Ship Plates, 290* Bronowski, Dr. J., on Output Problems in House Building, 380
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., Seven-Roll Plate Levelling Machine, 562*
Brook, G. B., the Late, 355
Brookhouse Engineering (Southport), Ltd., “President” 8/10-h.p. Agricultural Tractor, 41*
Broom and Wade, Ltd., Portable Petrol-Driven Air Compressor, 403*
Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd., 30,000-kVA Alternator, 313* ; Testing of Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 365*
Brown Brothers, Ltd., Electro-Hydraulic Steering Gear, S.S. “ Chusan,” 528*
Brown, D., Tractors, Ltd., “Cropmaster” Agricultural Tractor, with One-Way Plough, 43* ; “ Cropmaster ” Agricultural Tractor, with “ Horn-draulic ” Loader, 43* Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., Reconditioning of M.S.
“ Scythia,” 226 ; Gas Turbine for Waste- Heat Recovery, 243 ; 28,700-h.p. Francis Hydraulic Turbine, 493*
Brunel, I. K., Bridge Building by, 206
Brush, Comdr. C. E., on Unattended Lightships in United States, 274
Brussels, International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Programme, 135
Bryan Donkin <fe Co., Ltd., Turbo-Exhauster.s for East Greenwich Gasworks, 501
Bryce-Berger Hydraulic Engine Starter (Bryce Fuel Injector, Ltd.), 115*
Bryce luel Injector, Ltd., Bryce-Berger Hv draulic Engine Starter 115*
Bucket Conveyor. See Conveyor
‘‘ 333! 545*^®“'^®’' luvestigations on,
Budapest Underground Railway, 517
Buildings, Domestic, Causes of Fires in 289 ^fleation 8^°'^ Utility Services for,Speci'- — Fires in, 441
House, Output Problems in, 380 ~ ^port^'181'^ Public, Ministry of Works Re-
Pf Holler-Mirror ~for,°333®®®’ Arrangements 3M^4^O ’ ^"®®*^'gutions on Soil Mechanics, ~ "^liT* l^g*^®®®^**’ ®°uthampton Docks, 6*, Bni}S.®®'^R ®®i^ Subdivision
Venesttud, 28° Factory of
wVc’h Ga^^Jrks, «9*"®” ^®®"-
Bunn, S. C., the Late, 384 Buoys, Navigation, Filling with Propane, 274
Gases Used as Illuminants in, 274 Bureau of Mmes. See Umted States
— of Standards. See United States Barmpister, U,, on Radio Beacons and Sound signals in Finnish Seas, 570 '“OVTOO”'’®®®®’'* fp 2®*^-
— Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
P Observations on Creep
P.®f‘U*^uiation m Aluminium, 372 Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd M 8
“ Wadsworth,” 303* ’
Buttress Screw Threads, Specification, 470

Hundred Years of, 333®’ “? 201. See jerraiuM,
77.?®,® ^opes and Electric
Portable Indentation Hardness Tester, 437* ® *
^'’‘“Tse’ for Swedish Lighthouses,
at Uskmouth Power Station, 88 Machines, Automatic Control Sys-
77,International Conference on, Paris 151 Ca lipers, Vermer, Specification, 106 CalnM E. A., on X-Kay Observations on Creep „ P^formation in Aluminium, ^12, Calorifiers at House of Commons 396* Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Works of 41 Cambridge, Pye, Ltd., Works of, 40 ’
t7°t*ege. Investigations on Pure Bending of Rectangular Plates 51* 76* — University Engineering Laboratory, Exhi- sxsafs?"
Ighting Installa- tion for Marine-Engine Shop, 192 w:ter“ipes?19^1““"^ ^'‘’PP®’’
Canada, Engineering Institute of, Developments in Cold Riveting of Aluminium, by E. Anders and D. G. Elliott, 141*
^15 Capital Goods to, Guidance on, Canadian Engineering Students, Training Scheme for. Board of Trade Statement, 411 — National Research Council, Investigations on Aircraft De-Icmg, 178 ’
~ ^55*3^*^ Railway, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, Canal, Grand Surrey, Replacement of Railway Bridge Over, 487*
— Roads and Railways, Integration of Freight Services by, 424 ‘vigm,
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
™ ’’ Bombing Aeroplane, 217*
Capacitors. See Electric " ^^573* ’ ’’*‘'^“®f'Measuring, for Jet Engines, Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
OU Cold Working of Steel, 463 Cargo Steamers. See Steamers Carnage,, Drilling, for Tunnels, Tummel-Garry
Hydro-Electric Scheme, 460*
Hallway, Double-Deck, Experience with 517 7j“®P®®f'°“’ fo'^ Overhead Electric Lines (Drewry Car Co., Ltd.), 423* ^^O'furdisation on British Railways, 435,
OU Problems in Farm Mechanisation, 317. See 356 Cass Technical Institute. See Sir John Cass ^^^ 206*' Bridges of a Century Ago,
•Research Association, British, Extension of Laboratories, 34 ; Annual Report, 469 Casting to RoUing of Ingots, Time Studies, 275 ^?™'?®uf'ou of, Review of Literature (Review), 74
Steel, Continuous, Experiments in, 374 of High-Magnetic Permeability Specification 34
Catalogues, 24, 72, 83, 120, 144, 192, 232, 278 295, 312, 316, 364, 456, 488, 519, 552, 579' See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Catchpole Engineering Co., Ltd., Beet Harvester, with Top Saver, 66*
Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor
Cement Works, Communication System for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 483 ~~ Prevention of Dust Emission from, 158
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cementation Co., Ltd., Tunnels for Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425*, 460* (centenary of Britannia Tubular Bridge, 357*
— Glasgow and South Western Railway, 418
— Short Brothers, Ltd., 424
Centenary ofW. Sturgeon, 465
— of Submarine Telegraphy, by G, R, M. Garratt, 201. See Erratum, 333
Central London Railway, Jubilee of, 91* “Centurion” Tank, 50-ton, Production of, 325*
Chain-Track Tractor. See Tractor “Challenger Mark II” 80-B.H.P. Crawler Tractor, 17*
Chamber, Combustion, for Aero Gas Turbines. 230*
Chang, Dr. P. L., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Channel, Television Broadcast Across, 202 Chapman, Brig. 0. E., on Development of Tank Design, 474. See. LETTER, 569
Charlton, T. M., on Clerk Maxwell and Theory of Indeterminate Structures, 252. See 194*
Charmilles, Ateliers, 36,600-h.p. Francis Hydraulic Turbines, 313*
Chausey Island, France, Study of Wave Motion at, 160
Chelsea, Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Course in Agricultural Engineering, 57, 475
Chemical Engineering, Advanced Courses at Birmingham University, 124
— Factories, Electrical Installations in, 573
— Industry, Automatic Control Systems for, 362
— Research Laboratory, Teddington, Work of, Chemistry, Uses of High Temperatures in (Review), 459
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chicago, Institute of Gas Technology, Experiments with Hartmann Acoustic Generator. 99*,136*
Chippings and Tar on Roads, Adhesion Between 421
Christian! and Nielsen, Ltd., Marine Terminal for Fawley Oil Refinery, 563
Christie, J. D., the Late, 384
Chromium for Communications Apparatus, Extension of Use for, 296
Church House, Sound-Amplifying Equipment, City and Guilds of London Institute, Courses for Laboratory Technicians, 139; Annual Report, 475
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Engineering, Influence of Soil Mechanics on. 302, 419

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Conversazione and Exhibition, 5, 28
Congress on Building Research, 1951, 333 Presidential Address, by Dr. W. H. Glanville, on Roads of Great Britain. 345*, 387*
Awards of Prizes, 353
Clarence Dock Power Station, Liverpool, 381
Clark, G. (1938), Ltd., 1,125-b.h.p. Eight-
Cylinder Marine Oil Engine, 32*
Clarke, Dr. J. S., on Combustion in Aero Gas Turbines, 230*, 270
Clausen, H., on Machine Tools for Small See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS,
See Erratum^
Gears, 382. 252, 291, 331, 354
Cleaning of Coal, Progress in, 14.
71
Cleaver, A. V., on Rockets Take-off, 575*
Cleveland Ledge Light Station,
— and Northern Counties, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 247, 327, 349, 377, 407, 439, 470, 503, 535, 565. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Climate. See Meteorological
Clunie Hydro-Electric Plant, 425*, 460*,
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
— Road-Motor, Semi-Trailer, “ Dyson-Express,” for Passenger Transport,* 162*
Coal Board, National, on Plan for Coal, 381, 410
— Bunker for Coke-Oven Plant, East Greenwich Gasworks, 499*
— Burning in Gas Turbines, 215
— Cleaning Plants, Progress with, 14. See
Erratum, 71
— Dust Explosions in Collieries, Investigations on, 14
— for Electric Power Stations, 53, 79
— Gas.. See Gas
— Handling Plant, Stourport “B” Power Station, 286
— Industry, National Coal Board’s Report for 1949, 13. See Erratum, 71
Statistics for 1948 and 1949, 379
— Mine. See Colliery
— Pulverised. See Colloidal Fuel
— Situation, Government Statement, 381, 410
— Tar and Benzole Industries, German, Re
port, 1939-45, 182
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coaling Plant for Locomotives, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, 554*
Coast Guard, United States, Radio-Telephone Calling Devices for, 570
— Lights and Fog Signals in Sweden, 477
— Lighting, Safety in, 477
Coating, Vacuum Industrial Applications of, 96
Cockcroft, Prof. Sir J., on Development of Power from Nuclear Energy, 225
Codes of Practice, Standard. See Standards Coiler, Three-Roll, Rogerstone Aluminium- Strip Rolling Mill (Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 282*
Coin Boxes, Telephone, Design of, 296
Coke-Oven Plant, East Greenwich Gasworks, 475, 499*
Cold Working of Steel, Effects of, 463
Cole, Dr. B. N., on Scale Analysis of Compressible-Gas Flow, 113* ; on Developments in Gas Dynamics, 277*. See 333
Colebrook, F. M., on Administration Aspect of Presentation of Technical Information. 237, 260
College of Aeronautics, Cranfleld, Method of Obtaining Stress Distribution in Aircraft Wings, 5 ; Presentation of Diplomas, 15 ; General Description, 126*
— See also Education and Assisted 138 327, 493*
Colliery, Kingsbury, 2,500-kW Mixed-Pressure Turbine Plant, 243*
— National Coal Board’s Report, 1949, 13. See Erratum^ 71
— Safety in Mines Research Report, 1948, 14
— United States, Safety Regulations in, 301
— Winding. See Winding
— Wire Ropes in. Conference on, 515
— See also Mines and Coal
Colloidal Fuel, Work of Fuel Research Board on, 505
Columns. See Struts
Colwood, 1-2-h.p. Petrol-Driven Garden Tractor, 19*
Combustion in Aero Gas Turbines, 230*, 270
— Chamber for 1,070-h.p. Ruston and Hornsby Gas Turbine, 533*. See Addendunit 569
— See also Fuel; Cases
Commerce. See Trade, See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX I Commercial Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Motor Cars. See Motor Commonwealth. See Australia Communication System for Cement Works, 483 Commutator-Turning Machine (Murad Developments, Ltd.), 466*
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives Compressed Air, See Pneumatic Compressing Plant, Graphical Symbols for, Specification, 470
Compressor, Air, See Air Compressor Concrete Dam, Arched-Buttress, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 330
— Mixer, Tractor-Mounted (Tamkin Brother® and Co,, Ltd.), 445*
— “ No-Fines,” Strength of, 398*
— Pre-Cast, Kerbs, Channels and Edgings, Specification, 470
— Prestressed, Use in Berck Lighthouse, 186 —? — Use in Queen Mary College Buildings, 151*
— — Use in Railway Bridges, 542
— Railway Bridges, Design of, 465, 509, 542, 571
— Reinforced, Railway Bridges, Design of, 465, 509,542, 571
Caissons for Swedish Lighthouses, 186, 513*
Use in Italian Lighthouses, 186
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Condenser, Marine, S.S. “ Chusan,” 526*
— Plant, Stourport ” B ” Power Station, 287*
— Tubes, Investigations on Corrosion in, 291
Condensing Plant for Electric Power Stations, 449*
Conference, Electricity as Aid to Productivity, 412
— and Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 91, 187, 271, 316, 415, 573
— and Exhibition, Vacuum Physics, 95
— International, on Calculating Machines, Paris, 151
Declassification, on Atomic Energy, 443 on Heat Transfer, 1951, Arrangements, 226
on High-Tension Networks, Paris. See High-Tension Networks
on Hot-Dip Galvanising, Copenhagen. See Galvanising, Hot-Dip, International Conference, Copenhagen
Lighthouse, Paris. See Lighthouse Conference, International, Paris.
on Safety of Life at Sea, 551, 578
— on Physical Aspects of Lubrication, 39
— Power, World. See World Power Conference
— on Wind Power and Electricity Supply, 381
— Wire Ropes in Mines, 515
Congress on Building Research, London, 1951, Arrangements for, 333
— and Exhibition, Public Works and Municipal
Services. See Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition
— International, Internal-Combustion Engine Paris, 1951, Arrangements, 438
Mechanical Engineering, Brussels, Programme, 135
on Radiology, London, 87
Railway, Rome. See Railway Congress, International, Rome; Union of Electricity Producers and Distributors, 1949, 87
Connolly, Prof. J. V., on Aircraft Production, 539
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel
Consett Iron Co., Ltd., Ore-Discharging Plant, Tyne Dock, 159; '
Diesel-Engined Locomotive works, 467*
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Portable Air Compressor, 372* ; ary Air Compressor, 372*
Consulting Engineers, Association of. Annual Report, 159
Contracts, 11, 35, 59, 107, 131, 164, 223, 256, 348, 376, 406, 438, 470, 502, 534, 564. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Contractors’ Plant: Its Organisation, Operation and Maintenance (Review), 149
Control Apparatus for 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 404*
— Equipment, Amplidyne, for Plate Rolling-Mill Motors (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 95*
Control Gear for 1,500-VoIt Direct-Current Locomotive, 212*
for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-volt Direct-Current Locomotive, 233*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Room, Clunie Hydro-Electric Plant, 496* of House of Commons, 395*
— Systems, Automatic, Progress in, 237, 360*
— Tower, Clunie Hydro-Electric Plant, 425* for St. Luc Railway Marshalling Yard, 554*
Controllers, Electric Motor. See Motors, Electric
Conveyor Plant, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 3*
Conway Tubular Bridge, Construction of, 205 Cook, Prof. G., on Higher Technological Training, 419
Cooling Towers, Precipitation of “Drizzle” from, 158 .
Coombes, J. E. M., on Self-Balancing Inatru- ments for Process Industries, 297
Copenhagen, International Conference on Hoy Dip Galvanising. See GaZfammiz,/lot- Dip, I'niemalional Conference, Copenhagen
Copper, Activation Energy of Recovery in, 373
— Alloys. See AZ/oys under Metallurgy
— Brazing, 275-kW Continuous Furnace for (Birlec Ltd.), 551*
Mine, 72-in. Blake Jaw Crusher for (Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works), 73*
— Water Tubes, Corrosion in, 291
— See also Metallurgy x r
Core Properties, Effects on Defects of Instrument Transformers, 184*
Corrosion in Gas Turbines, 215
— Resistance of Galvanised Window Frames, 276
— in Sea-Water Pipe Systems, 291
— Stress, of Aluminium Alloys, 341
— in Tubes of Scotch Marine Boiler, Laboratory Tests, 7*
— of Wire Ropes in Mmes, 5:^
Cory, R., on Recollections of Royal Institution
Cost and Works Accountants, Institute of, Survey of Work Measurement, 251
Costain Concrete Co., Prestressed-Concrete Floors for Queen Mary College, 151
Cottrell, Prof. A. H., on Flow of Zinc Under Constant Stress, 372
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulating Materials
Cowan, H. J., on Strength of No-Fines Concrete, 398*
Cox. H. L., on Euler Buckling Load of Struts with Crossed Pins, 252. See LETTERS, 112, 160*, 354
Cracking Unit for Oil, Fawley Refinery, 563 Crane. See Hoists; Transporters .
Cranfleld College of Aeronautics, Method of Obtaining Stress Distribution in Aircraft Wings, 5 : Presentation of .Diplomas, 15 ; General Description, 125*
Crankshaft, Fatigue-Strength of, Investigations on, 9* . -
Oil Engine, Formula for Stiffness of, 204 . See Errata, 232
Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses at Elevated Temperatures, 189* .
and Plastic Deformation in Metals, 372 Tests. See under Tests {Materials} Crittall, R., Marine, Ltd., Ventilation System, S.S. “ New Australia,” 154
Crop Loader, “Blanch-Snook” (A. B. Blanch and Co., Ltd.), 510*
“ Cropmaster ’ ’ Agricultural Tractor, with “ Horn-draulic” Loader, 43* ; with One- Way Plough, 43*
Cross-Channel Television Broadcast, 202 Crossley Motors, Ltd., Mark IV Chassis for Motor Omnibus, 343*
Crown, J., and Sons, Ltd., Motor Collier Portsmouth,” 32* .
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil Unit and Vacuum Tower, Fawley Re- Crusher,^Blake Jaw, 72-in., for Copper Mine (Fraser Chalmers Engineering M orks), 73*
Oat, “ Marvel ” (E. H. Bentall and Co., Ltd.), 478*
Cryptography, Scientific, 444
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See iVicro- photographs
Cultivators, Rotary, Tractor-Mounted, Developments in Design, 390*
Tractor-Mounted (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 478*
Cunard-White Star, Ltd., Reconditioning of M.S. “ Scythia,” 226
Cunningham, Dr. B., the Late, 111
Current Events, Reports, Held up by Printing Dispute, 317 , .
Cuthbertson, J. A., Ltd., Tile-Drainage Machine, 20* ax i T»I +
Cutting Machine, Oxygen, for Steel Plates (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 128*
-“Powder,” for Metals (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 57*
Cycles, Heat, for Gas Turbines, 214* —Threads, Specification, 246
Cyclone Separators, Pressure Drop in, 63. bee LETTER,354
Cylinder Built-Up, Residual Contact Stresses in, 464*

D’AETH, H. N., on Training of Mechanical Engineers, 413 ,
Dam, Concrete, Arched-Buttress, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 330
Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425* 521 *
for wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*
— Earth, Design, and Soil Mechanics, 302, 419 on Goulburn River, Victoria, Australia, 382
Goschenenreuss, Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*
Daniels, T. H. and J.. Ltd., Hydraulic Mechanism for Telescopic Gangways, 6* ; Apprenticeship Scheme of, 418
Dashwood Engineering, Ltd., Colwood 1 •2-h.p. Petrol-Driven Garden Tractor, 19*
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 827-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 403*
Davidson, Major-Gen. A. E., on Early Akroyd Oil Engines, 415, 450
Davidson, W. F., on Nuclear Energy for Power Production, 225 . x i -r
Davies, L. J., on Advances in Electric Lamps and Lighting, 53
Davis, E., on Pressure Welding of Copper-Base Alloys, 399
Davis, Stuart, Ltd., Tube-Straightening Machine, 579* .
Davison, A. E., on Mechanisation of Transmission-Line Construction, 261*
Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., Plant for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogcrstone, 337*
Decks, Water-Tight. See Water-Tight Subdivision
Declassification Conference, International, on Atomic Energy, 443
de Ferranti, Sir V., on Electricity Supply Industry, 4
Deflection in Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 206
Deformation, High-Speed, of Steel, Effect of, 463
— Plastic, in Metals, 372
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., ** Heron” Air Liner, 239* ; Night-Fighting ” Venom ” Aeroplane, 239* ; Sprite ” Take-Off Unit for Aeroplanes, 577*
de Havilland Propellers, Ltd., Vibration-Testing Equipment for Aeronautical Research, 203*
Denco Engineering Services, Ltd., Constant- Level Oiler, 24*
Dennis Brothers, Ltd., ” F.8 ” Limousine-Type Fire Appliance, 343*
Dennv-Brown Stabilising Gear, S.S. “ Chusan,” 489,557*
Denny, Sir M., on Work of British Shipbuilding Research Association, 48, 54. See 16
Denny, W., <fe Brothers, Ltd., Conversion of Hull-Resistance Research Ship ” Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573*
Deoxidation of Iron and Steel, 414
Desert Water Resources, Search for, 569
Desmond, D. J., on Work Measurement Research, 310*. See 309, 351
Dewsnap, N., on Atomic Displacements in Plastically-Deformed Metals, 372
Diagrams, Circuit, Need for Greater Clearness, 237, 260*
— Isothermal Transformation, of En Steels, Atlas of 491
Dies, Screwing, Circular, Specification, 405
— Wiredrawing, Profilometer for, 374*
Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Diesel Engine Users Association, Presidential Address by Major-Gen. A. E. Davidson on Early Akroyd Oil Engines, 415, 450
Differential Gear. See Gear
Diffusion, Gaseous, Process, Engineering Developments in (Review), 397
Digger, Post-Hole (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 42* Hole (Transplanters (Robot), Ltd.), 451*
— See also Excavator
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX Discharging Plant, Iron-Ore, Tyne Dock, 159 Disputes, Trade. See Labour
Docks, Southampton, Ocean Terminal Building, 6*. Ill, 129* ; Telescopic Gangways for (Structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd.), 6*, 130
— Tyne, Iron-Ore-Discharging Plant, 159
Dollar Exports Board, Guidance on Dollar Sales of Capital Goods, 157
Domestic Buildings, Fires in. Causes of, 289
Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., Investigation on Cold Riveting of Aluminium, 141*
Donald, A., on Distribution of Temperature in Ingot Moulds, 275
Doors, Water-Tight. See Water-Tight Sub- division
Dorman Long and Co., Ltd., Amplidyne Control Equipment for Plate Rolling-Mill Motors, 95* ; Stourport ” B ” Power Station, 286*. See LETTERS, 383, 508
Dorman Simplex Sprayer Co., Ltd., ” Simplex ” Agricultural Acid Sprayer, 89*
Double Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Dove Brothers, Ltd., New Building at Queen Mary College, 151*
“Dragon” 40-h.p. Diesel-Engined Crawler Tractor, 540*
Drewry Car Co., Ltd., Inspection Vehicle for Overhead Electric-Line Equipment, 423*
Drier, Grass (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 90* Mark I (Templewood Engineering Co., Ltd.), 89*
Portable (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 72
Drifters, Research on Design of, 29
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
— Grain, 13-Row (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 42* Drilling Carriage for Tunnels, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 460*
Drum Gates, Clunie Dam, 427*
Drury, F. E., the Late, 413
Drying Plant for Grain in Sacks, 391*
Ducts, Ventilation, in House of Commons, 395*
Dump Motor Truck, 15-cwt. (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 444*
Dust, Coal, Explosions of. See Coal Dust
— Emission from Works, Prevention oi^ 158 Dynamics, Gas, Developments in, 277*, 333 Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo-Generators
Dyson, R. A., and Co., Ltd., Semi-Trailer Coach for Passenger Transport, 162* ; 70-ton Heavy-Duty Trailer, 283*; 100-ton Heavy-Duty Trailer, 457*

EARL’S COURT. See Exhibition
Earley, C. C., on Transformation in Iron- Nickel Steels, 492
Barth Dam Design and Soil Mechanics, 302, 419
— Pressure Recorders, 5
— Waves (Review), 397
Easson, E. B., on Power Developments in Ontario, 112
East Greenwich Gas Works, Coke-Oven Plant at 475 499*
East Lancashire Paper Mill Co., Ltd., 4,000-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine, 209*
Eatough, C., on Experiences with Tapping, 507
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
— of Industrial Research, Survey of, 85
— Railway. See Railway
Economy, Enel. See Fuel
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Microfilm Readers, 364*
Edmonds, R., on Model Investigation of Ventilation System for House of Commons, 165*

Education :

Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Chelsea, Course in Agricultural Engineering, 57, 475
Aluminium Development Association’s Education Service, 183
Apprenticeship Scheme of T. H. <fe J. Daniels, Ltd., 418
Birmingham University, Advanced Courses in Metallurgy and Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 124
Board of Trade Statement on Training Scheme for Canadian Engineering Students, 411
British Aircraft Constructors’ Society’s Educational Grants, 58
Cambridge University Engineering Laboratory, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers Conversazione, 28
Summer School on Electrical-Resistance Strain-Gauge Methods, 130 City and Guilds of London Institute, Courses for Laboratory Technicians, 139 ; Annual Report, 475
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Method of Obtaining Stress Distribution in Aircraft Wings, 5 ; Presentation of Diplomas, 15 : General Description, 125*
Daniels, T. II. and J., Ltd., Apprenticeship Scheme, 418
Education, Ministry of. Plan for Training Technical Teachers, 539
Electrical Technicians, Report on Educational and Training Schemes for, 443
Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 397
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Instruction in Applied Optics, 82
International Association for Exchange of Technical Students, Annual Report, 382
London and Home Counties, Engineering Education in. Pamphlet on, 199
Manchester College of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Opening of, 475
— and District, Booklet on Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering Lectures, 216. See LETTER, 354
Metallurgical Education, Joint Committee’s Report on, 353
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Engineering Courses for Educationists, 82
National Foundry College, Courses at, 359 Northampton Polytechnic, London, Evening Courses for Engineers, 247 ; Apparatus for Study of Flexural Centre of Open Members, 321*
Nottingham University, Refresher Courses for Works and Plant Engineers, 139
Polish University College, London, Mechanical Engineering Department, 464
Queen Mary College, London, New Buildings for, 151*
Refresher Courses for Foremen, 357 Sir John Cass College, London, Courses at, 251, 499
Schofield Travel Scholarships, First Awards, 246
South East London Technical College, Courses in Electrical Engineering, 252 Technological Education and Its Future, by Sir R. Southwell, 537
Higher, Future Development of, Report on, 381, 537
Training of Agricultural Engineers, 263
— of Mechanical Engineers, 413 United States Educational Commission,
Travel Grants by, 443
Universities and Higher Technological Training, 419
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Educationists, Engineering Courses for, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 82
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., 72-in. Precision Shearing Machine, 144*
Effluents, Factory, Pollution of Rivers by, 506 Ejectors, Flow of Gas in, 277*, 333

Electric :

Accelerator, Linear, 10-Million Electron- Volt (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 333
Accumulators for Navigation Lights, 274 Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Arc Welding. See Welding
Battery. See Accumulator (above)
— for Navigation Lights, 274
Britsh Electrical Power Convention. See British Electrical Power Convention
— Electricity Authority, Policy of, 5, 29 ; Little Barford Poy^^er Station, 41; Operation of Power Stations, 53, 79; Le athe rhe ad Rese arch Laboratories, 80* ; Uskmouth Power Station, 88 ; Report on Telephonic and Radio Interference from High-Voltage Systems, 103; Stourport “B” Power Station, 286*. See LETTERS, 383, 508; Clarence Dock Power Station, Liverpool, 381; Standardisation of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449* ; Annual Report, 473
Cable, Extra High-Voltage, Developments in France, 319*
— Factory, Birtley, of W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 375*
— Sheaths, Lead and Lead-Alloy, Metallurgical Examination of, 121*
— Sheathing, Researches on, 296
Capacitors, Industrial, for Power Frequency Systems, Specification, 246
Circuit Diagrams, Need for Greater Clearness, 237, 260*
Commutator-Turning Machine (Murad
Developments, Ltd.), 466* Contacts, Telephone, Erosion of, 296 Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Electric Systems, Large, International Conference. See High-Tension Networks
Electrical Apparatus, Fires from, 441 — Appliances, Domestic, as Causes of Fires, 289
— Installations in Large Chemical Factories, 573
— Resistance Strain-Gauge Methods, Cambridge University Summer School, 130
— Testing by National Bureau of Standards, 102
Electricity Producers and Distributors, International Union of. Report of Congress, 1949, 87
— Supply, Productivity Report on, 409 Electrodes, Aluminium, for Metal-Arc Welding, Specification, 34
Electronic Circuit Diagrams, Need for Greater Clearness, 237, 260*
Electronics Symposium and Exhibition, Programme, 135
Electro-Thermal De-Icing Equipment for Aircraft, 178
Equipment Manufacturing, Research and
Development in, 543 Furnaces. See Furnaces Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo High-Voltage Laboratory, British Electricity Authority, 80*
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal Combustion Engines. See Ignition
Impedance-Testing Set for Valves at High Frequencies (Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd.), 56*
Induction Furnace. See Furnace — Motors. See Motors, Electric Lamps, Advances in, 53
— Condenser-Discharge, for Naval and
Aeronautical Signalling, 477
— for Lighthouses, 400 Lighting, Advances in, 53
— Installation for Marine-Engine Shop (Benjamin Electric Co., Ltd.), 192
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo Magnetos. See Ignition
Mains. See Cables (above) Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear Potentiometer, Direct-Current Self-Balancing, 297*
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Productivity, Electricity as Aid to, 412 Railways. See Railways
Rays. See X-Rays Resistance Welding. See Welding Resistivity of Steel, Effect of Cold Working on, 463
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Schering Bridge, 200-kV, for High- Voltage Laboratory (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 208*. See Erratum, 263
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Storage Battery. See Accumulator (above) Substation. See Substation
Switchgear. See Switchgear Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony
Traction. See Locomotives, Electric; Trolley 'Bus; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Vacuum Tubes. See Rbntgen Voltage Regulators, Automatic, 362* Welding. See Welding Winding Gear. See Winding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Radar; Radio; Television
— Telephony. SeeRarfar; Radio; Television
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electrical Engineers, Institution of : Summer Meeting, Cambridge, 40 Ballot for Officers and Awards of Premiums, 63
Election of Prof. E. W. Marchant as Honorary Member, 331
Presidential Address, by Sir A. J. Gill, on Telephonic Developments, 331, 352
Conference on Electricity as Aid to Productivity, 412
Benevolent Fund Appeal, 443 Report on Education and Training of Electrical Technicians, 443
History of North-Western Centre (Review), 524
Supply Section:
Research and Development in Manufacture of Electrical Equipment, by S. E. Goodall, 543 Utilisation Section:
Efficiency of Electrical Power Utilisation, by A. N. Irens, 552
Electrical Installations in Large Chemical Factories, by D. B. Hogg, 573
Electrical-Manufacturing Industry, Research and Development in, 543
Electricity Producers and Distributors, International Union of, Report of Congress, 1949,87
Electrodes, Aluminium, for Metal-Arc Welding, Specification, 34
Electronic Circuit Diagrams, Need for Greater Clearness, 237, 260*
Electronics Symposium and Exhibition, Programme, 135
Electro-Watt Co., Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*, 313*
Elliott, D. G., on Cold Riveting of Aluminium, 141*
Elliptic Functions, Normal (Review), 168. See LETTER, 412
“ Blstree ” 44-b.h.p. Heating and Planing Machine for Roads, 371*
Embankment Design and Soil Mechanics, 302, 419
Employeefl. See Labour Employment. See Labour
Energy, Man’s Use of, 202, 236, 250
Enfield Technical College, Investigations on Pure Bending of Rectangular Plates, 51*, 76*
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines^ Oil^ Diesel; Marine Propulsion; Motorships
— Eire. See Eire Appliance
— Internal-Combustion, Use in Army, 415, 450 Combustion, Gas Flow Through Valves of, 278*
Combustion, Hydraulic Starting Motor
for (Bryce Fuel Injector, Ltd.), 115* 1 — — Combustion, International Congress, Paris, 1951, Arrangements, 438
Combustion, Methods Used in Study, 40
Combustion, Productivity Team Visit to United States, Report on, 62
— — Combustion, Research Association, British. Formula for Stiffness of Crankshafts of Oil Engines, 204*. See Errata, 232
— — Combustion, Supercharging in, 411, 433*, 481*
Combustion. See also Turbines, Oas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Crankshafts, Formula for Stiffness ot, 204*. See Errata, 232
Diesel, 176-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder (J. and H. McLaren, Ltd.), 446*
Diesel, 80-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder (H. Meadows, Ltd.), 254*
Diesel, 130-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Horizontal (H. Meadows, Ltd,), 344*
Diesel, 112-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Horizontal (Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd.), 344*
Diesel, 827-h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 403*
Diesel, Supercharging in, 411, 433*, 481* Diesel, 32-b.h.p. Three-Cylinder, for Ferguson Tractor (F. Perkins, Ltd.), 479*
Diesel, 20-b.h.p. Two-Cylinder (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 479*
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion; Diesel Engine Users* Association
Four-Stroke, Trends in Design, 31
Hornsby-Akroyd, Use in Army, 415, 450 Marine, 1,125-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder Clark-Sulzer, M.S. “ Portsmouth,” 32*
Marine, Investigations by British Shipbuilding Research Association, 55
Marine, Surface Finish of Parts of, 30, 55
— — Motor-Vehicle, Investigation of, 8* See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics Motor-Car, Supercharging in, 411, 433*, 481*
Motor-Vehicle, Investigation on, 8*
See also Aeronautics ; Motor Cars
— Steam, James Watt’s ” Lap,” Model of, 199* Marine, Surface Finish of Parts of, 30, 55
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion; Turbines
— Winding. See Winding
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers’ Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Mechanical, Training of, 413
— Memorials to in Westminster Abbey, 382
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, I Presidential Address by Prof. G. Cook on
Higher Technological Training, 419; Joint Meeting, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. See Eaval Architects, Institution of
— Spelling of Word, 444
ENGINEERING, Disposal of Surplus Volumes, 63
— Apprentices. See Education
—• Contracts. See Contracts
— Education. See Education
— Industry, Wage Structure in, 383, 411
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National Physical
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— and Utility Services for Buildings, Specification, 82
— Works. See Works
English Electric Co., Ltd., 32-5 MW Francis Turbines and Alternators for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 2*, 97* ; ‘‘ Canberra” Mark 2 Bombing Aeroplane, 217* ; 60-MW Hydrogen-Cooled Turbo-(Ienera- tor. 287*
Errochty Switching Station, 523*
Essen, Dr. L., Redetermination of Velocity of Light, 442
Estimates, Select Committee on. Sixth Report, 159
Estoril Electric Railway, Portugal, 1,500-Volt Direct-Current Locomotive, 212*
Europe, Electricity Supply in. Problems of, 353 European Coal Industry, Position of, 410
— Economic Co-operation, Organisation for, Conference on Wind Power, 381
— Road Networks, Proposed, 434
Evans, B. L., on Deoxidation of Iron, 414 Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser Excavator, |-cub. yd. Diesel-Driven, with Interchangeable Attachments (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 369*
— Drag-Line, 100-ton Trailer for Transport of (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 457*
— See also Digger
Exchangers, Heat, for Gas Turbines, 214*
Exhibition, Agricultural Machinerv, and Smith- field Show, Earl’s Court, 478*, 510*, 540*
— Aircraft, and Flying Display, Farnborough Aerodrome, 217*, 238*, 268*
— Centenary of Submarine Telegraphy, 201. See Erratum, 338
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 91, 187, 271, 316, 415, 573
— and Conference, Vacuum Physics, 96
— and Congress, Public Works and Municipal Services. See Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition
— Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, 5, 28
— Great, of 1851, Initiation of, 381
Exhibition, International Commercial Motor Transport, Earl’s Court, 254* ,283*, 342*
— “Metals in Service of Mankind,” Science Museum, 39
— Model Engineer, London, 135
— National Radio, Birmingham, 251
— Royal Agricultural Show, Oxford, 17*, 41*, 65*, 88*
— and Symposium, Electronics, Programme, 135
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Experimental Tank. See Tank
“ Explorer” Six-Wheel Drive Tractor, 284* Explosions, Colliery. See Accidents Exponential-Integral Functions, Generalised Tables of (Review), 430
Export Trade. See Trade; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX .
Exposition and Presentation of Technical Information, 228, 237
Express Motor and Body Works, Ltd., Semi- Trailer Coach for Passenger Transport, 162*
Extensometer, Roller-Mirror, Performance and Mounting of, 172*

“F.8” Limousine-Type Eire Appliance, 343*
Faber, Dr. 0., House of Commons Ventilation System, 165*; Engineering Features of House of Commons, 393*
Factor of Safety for Wire Ropes in Mines, 515 Factories, Efficient Utilisation of Electricity in. , 552
— Effluents, Pollution of Rivers by, 506 ,
— Management. See Works Management
— Silvertown, Venesta, Ltd., Model of, 28 Page, D. M., on Research for Galvanising Industry, 276 -
Fairbairn, W., Brit^nia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 205
Falrey Aviation Co., Ltd., “ Fairey 17 ” Anti- Submarine Aircraft, 107, 269* ; Aircraft Research and Development Equipment, 430*
Fairflight, Ltd., Accident to Tudor V Aircraft, 463
Fallacies, Popular (Review), 149. See 391
Fang, Dr. B., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Dinner, 397
Farm Mechanisation, Achievements in, 388*. See 356
— — and Agricultural Engineer, 262, 356 1 Problems in, 317, 356
Farming. See Agricultural; Tractors
Farnborough Aerodrome, Flying Display and Static Exhibition, 217*, 239*, 268*
— Royal Air Force Display, 39
Fats, Methods of Analysis of. Specification, 106
Fawley Oil Refinery, Building and Equipment of, 563*
Feed Pumps. See Pumps, Water, Boiler, Oil Separator for (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 117*
Heater for Turbo-Generating Plant, 449 System, S.S. ** Chusan,” 527*
Temperatures for Turbo-Generating Plant, 449
Fender, Gravity, Suspended, for Mena-al- Ahmadi Jetty, 5
Penney, E., on Strength of “ No-Fines Concrete, 398* . '
Ferguson, H., Ltd., Post-Hole Digger, 42* ; 13-Row Grain Drill, 42*
— Tractor, 32-b.h.p. Three-Cylinder Diesel Engine for (F. Perkins Ltd.) 479* i
Ferguson, W., on Surface Finish of Marine- Engine Parts, 30
Fernandes, Prof. L., on Design of Gas Flashers, , 477
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and | PARAGRAPH INDEX
Fielden (Electronics), Ltd., Electronic-Recording Manometer, 456*
Fielding and Platt, Ltd., Hydraulic Plant, Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 338
Fighting Vehicles Design Establishment, British Light Car for Services, 104*
Filler Rod, Steel, for Gas Welding, Specification, 405
Filtration Plant, Mechanical, for Sewage, 506 Fin, Stabilising, S.S. “ Chusan,” 557*
Finland, Radio Beacons and Sound Signals to Aid Navigation, 570 . TT u J
Pinnlecome, J. R., on Torsional Stress in Helical .
Springs, 15*. See LETTERS, 40, 63, 135 !
Fire Appliance, 125-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined | (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 150*
“ F.8,” Limousine-Type (Dennis Bro- i thers, Ltd.), 343*
— Damage to S.S. “Monarch of Bermuda, 162*
— in Domestic Buildings, Causes of, 289
— Research Board, Annual Report, 441
Organisation, Joint, Electrical-Analogue Apparatus, 5
Resisting Structures, Electrical-Analogue Apparatus for, 5
— Service, National, Annual Report, 1947, 289 Firedamp Explosions, See Accidents
Fish Ladder, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 429*, 521* .
Fisher, N. G., on Lectures in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Manchester, 354. See 216
Fisher, Lt. R. D., on Radio Telephone Calling Devices for Coast Guard, 570
Fishplates for Rail Joints, Improvements in, 572
Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Flashing Lighthouses, Gas, Design of, 477 Fleet. See Warships
Flexural Centre of Open Members, Apparatus for Study of, 321*
Flight Refuelling, Ltd., Refuelling in Flight Demonstration, 238
— See Aeronautics
Flint, Dr. A. R., on Stability and Strength of Slender Beams, 645*. See 333
Flow, Compressible Gas, Scale Analysis of, 113*
— of Gas, Experiments on, 277*, 333
— Line in Production Engineering, 309, 334, 351, 421, 561
Fodens, Ltd., Motor Omnibus Chassis with Rear Engine, 344*
Fog Signals and Coast Lights in Sweden, 477 in Lighthouses, Audibility of, 118*, 477 Synchronised at Sea, 570
Foil, Metal, Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge for (Baldwin Instrument Co.), 128
— Metallic, Thin, Production of, 296
Fontenay, France, High-Voltage Cable Tests at, 319* ; High-Voltage Circuit Breaker Testing Station, 335*
Forage Harvester (Thwaites Agricultural Engineering Co., Ltd,), 67*
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Fordson Root Harvester, 19*; Tractor-Mounted Deep-Digger Plough, 478*
Forest Fires, Investigations on, 442
— Products Research Board, Reports of (1939- 1947), 110
Forrest, F., the Late, 444
Forrest, P. G., on Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses at Elevated Temperatures, 189*
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Boilers for S.S. “ Chu- san,’’ 526*
Foundation Caissons for Swedish Lighthouses, 186, 513*
— Design and Soil Mechanics, 302, 419
— for Lighthouses in United States, 138
—• Road, and Soil Mechanics, 345
Foundry, Steel, Post-War Problems, 507
— See also Castings
Fowler, J., and Co. (Leeds), Ltd. “Challenger Mark II ’’ 80-b.h.p. Crawler Tractor, 17* ; “ Mark VF ’’ Crawler Tractor with Bray Hydraulic Angledozer, 18*
Fracture, Brittle, in Ship Plates, 290* Framework, Maxwell’s Theory of Equilibrium and Stiffness of, 194*. See LETTER, 212
France, Berck Light Tower, Reconstruction in Prestressed Concrete, 186
—? Chausey Island, Study of Wave Motion at, 160
— Electric Power Supply in, 529
— Extra High-Voltage Cable Development, 319*
— Testing of High-Voltage Circuit Breakers, 335*
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic
Fransson, F., on Sound Measurements at Lister Beacon, Norway, 570
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works, 72-in. Blake Jaw Crusher, 73*
Fraser Tractors, Ltd., Track-Laying Agricultural Tractor, 67*
Freight Transport by Road, Rail and Inland Waterway, Integration of, 133, 424, See LETTER, 183
Freon Refrigerators, at House of Commons, 395*
Fresnel Lens of Dioptric Section, Efficiency of, 477
Friction of Road Surfaces, Investigations, 345
Frigidaire, Ltd., 275-kW Continuous Furnace for Copper-Brazing, 551*
Frost, R., the Late, 355
Frost, R. V., on Swedish Lighthouses on Submarine Sites, 613*. See 186
Fuel, Colloidal. See Colloidal Fuel
— Consumption in Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— for Gas Turbines, 215
— Ignition in Aero Gas Turbines, 230*
— Industries, German, During 1939-45, 182
— Liquid. See also Oil Fuel
— Motor. See also Gas; Motor; Paraffin; Petrol; Producer
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— and Power, Ministry of, Annual Report on Safety in Mines Research, 1948, 14 ; Statistical Digest, 1948 and 1949, 379; Statement on Coal Situation, 410. See 381; British Electricity Authority, Annual Report, 473
— Research Board, Report on Work in 1939-46, 505
— Tank, Hydrogen-Peroxide, for Aircraft Starting Motors (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 72
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas
Fulbright Travel Grants for Study and Research, 443
Fume Emission from Works, Prevention of, 158
Functions, Normal Elliptic (Review), 168. Sec LETTER, 412
— sin Tables of (Review), 340
Furnace, Blast, Reduction of Lump Iron Or, s in, 253
— 275-kW Continuous, for Copper-Brazing (Birlec, Ltd.), 551*
— Gas-Fired, Vertical-Slot Automatic (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 198*
— 1,000-kW Induction, for Continuous Brass Rolling Mill, 398
— Open-Hearth, Basic, Movement of Sulphur Between Gas and Slag in, 447
Hearth, Pressure Meter for (Tinsley Industrial Instruments), Ltd.), 374
Hearth, Venturi Type, Model of, 374*
— See also Coke Ovens

“GAL 60’’ Freight-Transport Military Aircraft, 217*
Galvanising, Hot-Dip, International Conference, Copenhagen : Outlook for General Galvanising, by R. L. Stubbs, 276
Wet Galvanising versus Dry Galvanising, by Dr. H. Bablik, 276
Some Thermal Considerations in Heating of Galvanising Baths, by R. W. Bailey, 276
Survey of Formation of Zinc Ash, Dross and Flux Skimmings from Galvanising Baths During 1949, by R. W. Bailey, 276
International Conference, Copenhagen—continued.
Can Dross be Eliminated from Hot-Dip Galvanising? by W. G. Imhoff, 276 influence of Aluminium on Alloying Action m Hot-Dip Galvanising, bv M L Hughes, 276
Twenty Years of Research for Galvanising Eagg 276
Corrosion Resistance of Galvanised Coatings, with Special Reference to Galvanised Window Frames, bv B F Pellowe, 276
Galvanising Industry, Wet and Dry Problem s and Research in, 276
Gangways, Telescopic for Southampton Docks structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd.), 6*, 130 mpment
Gardner, 6. T., Continuous Rolling Mill Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
..II; J; -P” Present-Day Practice in Electrical Switchgear, 226
Garratt G. R. M., on Centenary of Submarine Pno Erratum, 333 1. 390-kM' Pass-Out
Steam Turbine, 346* 3(F3T%“Wandsworth,” w7rks, 4^499*®“
H^at Re^oveT24^'
— Coke-Oven, See Coke Oven Dynamics, Developments in, 177* 333
~ ^j^ed Furnaces. See Furnaces 1 ashing Lighthouses, Design of, 477
— Analysis of, 113*
— U^pd^as^Tu'’^®'- “'.so PARAGRAPH INDEX
Used as Illuminants in Navigation Buoys.
Statistics for 1948 and 1949 379 Producer, See Producer ’
— Technology. Institute of. Chicago Exneri-
Acoustic Generator,
Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
Hydrogen, eXc.
Process. Engineering De- yelopmenfcs in (Review), 397
~ venHon ofU5™ Processes. Pre
Gasoline. See Fngrine, FefroZ; MerownwHcs Turbin®®346T’ Pass-Out Steam
~ ^499*^’’®“"®^’ Co'^e-Oven Plant at. 475. GateSj^Control’ Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme,
— Drum, Clunie Dam, 427*
— House, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme,
— and Valves, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 426*, 493*, 521* Riiectric Angle, Combination, Production of,
— Height, Vernier. Specification, 82
— for Land-Boiler Installations, Specification,
— Measuring, Interferometer for Testing (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd ) 2432 See LETTER, 412* '
Thickness, Beta-Ray, for Metal Foil (Baldwin Instrument Co.), 128 '
~ port'of,'Association, Annual Re- I
Gerritsen. J. J., Infinltely-Variable J^ar. 630»
“ Ghost-Lancastrian Aircraft with V alter Assisted Take-Off Units, 575*
Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Model of Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 28 ; Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242* : Tummel-Garry Hydro- Electric Scheme, 425*, 460*, 493*, 521
Giddings, H., on Aircraft Riveting, 467
Gignet, R., on Electric Power Supply in France, 529
Gilbert, Dr. P. T., on Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy, 341
Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., 225-h.p. Hydraulic Turbine, 429* , . .
GUI, Sir A. J., on Recent Developments in '’Telecommunications, 331, 352
Gill, Sir F., the Late, 332*
GiUam, C., on Aerial Systems for Radio Beacons, 571 .
Gille, P., on Filling Buoys with Propane, 274 Girder, Box, Ship’s Hull, Testing of, 54
— Plate, for Railway Bridges, 465
— Steel, Application of Prestressing to, 385
— See also Beans ; Bridges .. .
Glanville, Dr. W. H., on Roads of Great Britain, 345*, 387*
Glasgow and South Western Railway, Centenary of, 418
Gleep ” at Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment, 497* \ X
Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Valves and Gates for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 3*, 26*, 49* ; Gates and Valves, Tummel- Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 426*, 521* ; 10,900-h.p. Kaplan Hydraulic Turbine, 521* ; Sewage Filtration Plant, 506
Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., “ Meteor ” Ground- Attack Aircraft, 238*
Gloves, Safety, Industrial, Specification, 216 Goddard, D. R., on Modern Vacuum Pumps, 95 Golder, Dr. H. Q., on Influence of Soil Mechanics on Civil Engineering, 419. See 302
Good, P., the Late, 476, 499
Goodale, E. W., on Great Exhibition, 1851, 381 Goodall, S. E., on Research in Manufacture of Electrical Equipment, 543
Goschenenreuss Dam, Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*
Gotland Island to Sweden Transmission Line, 62
Gotthardreuss Weir, Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*
Gough, H., on Visibility and Luminous Range in Lighthouses, 570
Goulburn River Dam, Victoria, Australia, 382 Governing Gear, Hydraulic-Turbine, Clunie Power Plant, 493*
— System for 1,390-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine for Beckton Gas Works, 346*
Government Aid in Forming National Science Centre, 475
- proposals for National Science Centre, 411
— Railways. See Bailwags
Scientific Policv, Review of, for 1949-50, 109
. Governor Gear for 4,000-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine, 209
Grade, J. J., Management Approach to Productivity, 561. See 309, 351
“Gradall” Mechanical Hoe for Transmission Line Construction, 261*
Graham and Woolnough, Motor Pilot Vessel “ Sir Thomas Brocklebank,” 324*
Grain Drill, 13-Row (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 42*
— in Sacks, Drying Plant for, 391* Grand Surrey Canal, Replacement of Railway Bridge Over, 487*
Granqvlst, C. E., on Radio Beacons for Distance and Direction, 570
Graphical Symbols for Generating Plant and Compressing Plant, Specification, 470
Grass Drier (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 90* Mark I (Templewood Engineering Co., Ltd.), 89*
Portable (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 72
Grease Lubricator, Mechanical (C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.). 816*
Great Britain, Road Problems of, 345*, 387* Exhibition of 1851, Initiation of, 381 Greco, Prof. L., on Construction of Lighthouses of Prefabricated Elements, 186 ; Use of Reinforced Concrete in Construction of Lighthouses, 186
Greenough, Dr. G. B., on Mechanism of Creep as Revealed by X-Ray Methods. 372
Greenwich Gasworks, Coke-Oven Plant, 475, 499
Greenwood, E. D., on Pure Bending of Rectangular Plates, 51*, 76*
Gregory, R. W., on Euler Buckling Load of Struts with Crossed Pins, 112. See LETTERS, 160*, 252, 354
Grudie Bridge, Hydro-Electric Power Station, Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242*
Guenot, Dr. R., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Guest, J. J., on Stresses in Tubes Due to Internal Pressure, 412. See 218*. See LETTERS, 383, 476, 508
Gun Laying, Automatic Control Systems for, 237, 360*
Gunner, A. M., on Machine Tools for Small and Medium Gears, 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
Gyroscope, Velocity, S.S. “ Chusan,” 560*

HAAS, A. L., the Late, 252
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd.,
Direct-Current Welder with Rectifier Control, 205* ; 20-MVA Transformere, 279*
Hadden, S. E., on Stress-Corrosion of Alumin- ium-Magnesium Alloy, 341
Hall, J. and E., Ltd , Altitude Test Chamber for Aircraft, 432* ; Refrigerating Plant, S.S. an 52S*
Hall, W. L.; on Research for Galvanising Industry, 276 .
Hallsberg to Harspranget Transmission Line, 61 Hammersmith Hospital, 10-Million Electron- Volt Linear Accelerator, 333
Hampton, Dr. w. M., on Traiismiasion of Sound and Light in Atmosphere, 118*, 477 ; on Visibility and Luminous Kange in Lighthouses, 570
Handbook, Hydro-Electric (Review), 315 Handley Page (Reading), Ltd., “ HPR 2” Training Aeroplane, 270*
Handling Plant, Aggregate, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 3*
Ash, Stourport “B” Power Station (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 287
Coal and Coke, East Greenwich Gasworks, 499*
Coal, Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 286 Hankins, Dr. G. A., the Late, 355
Hanover Colliery, Koepe Winding System,-516 Hardening of Metals, See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Harding, H. J. B., on Influence of Soil Mechanics on Civil Engineering, 419. See 302 Hardness Tests. See Tests (Materials) Harmonic Analyser and Its Application, 333 Harrison, D., on Dynamic Braking of Alternating-Current Motors, 528*
Harrogate, British Electrical Power Convention. See British Electrical Power Convention
Harry Purlong Beacon, Construction of, 160 Harspranget to Halisberg Transmission Line, 61 Hartley, Sir H., on Man’s Use of Energy, 202, 236,250
Hartmann Acoustic Generator, Experiments with, 99*, 136*
Harvester, Beet (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 19* -“Peter Standen ” (F. A. Standen and Soi^ (Engineering), Ltd.), 65*
with Top Saver (Catchpole Engineering Co., Ltd.), 66*
— Forage (Thwaites Agricultural Engineering Co., Ltd.), 67*
— Root, Fordson (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 19* Harvesting Machines, Developments in, 318. 390*
Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment, Graphite Low-Energy Experimental Pile, 497*
Harwich, Parkeston Quay Station, Multi- Lingual Announcing Equipment, 392*
Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., “ P 1081 ” Fighting Aeroplane, 217*, 238
Hawksley Lecture on Supercharging in Internal-Combustion Engines, 411, 433*. 481*
Haymaking, Experiments on Meclianisation. 317
Head Wrightson Machine Co., Ltd., Plant for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 281*. 338
Health, Ministry of. Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Bill, 411
Heat Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aeronautics
— Exchangers for Gas Turbines, 214*
— Insulating Materials, Specification, 376
— Pump, Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287. See LETTERS, 383, 508
— Resisting Materials at Elevated Temperatures, Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses in,189*
— Transfer, Vol. I (Review), 172
— — International Conference Arrangements, 226
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Feed-Water. See Feed-Water Heater Heating Equipment, Continuous Rolling Mill Rogerstone, 340 ’
— and Planing Machine, “ Elstree ” for Roads 44-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined (J. Olding and Co.’ Ltd.), 371* ’
— System for House of Commons, 393*
— — Luton Factory of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 518
Hedge-Cutting Machine (A. B. Blanch and Co Ltd.), 511* ’
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Grass Drier, 90*
Height Gauges, Vernier, Specification, 82
Henderson, J. G., on New Harmonic Analyser, 333
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd. Birtiey Factory, 375*
Herbert, A., Ltd., Stub Lathe for Larse- Diameter Work, 532*
Hermansson, H., on Sound Measurements at Lister Beacon, Norway, 570
“ Heron” Air Liner, 239*
Hick, Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., 4,000-kW Pass- Out Steam Turbine, 209*
Hickling, G. H., on Vibration of Gas-Turbine Blades, 444. See 323*. See LETTER, 476, 539
High-Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials)
High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris: Report of Proceedings, 15. 61
Alternating Current Transmission. bv P. Sporn, 61
Telephonic and Radio Interference from High-Voltage Systems, by C. W Marshall, 103
Mechanisation of Transmission-Line Construction, by A. E. Davison, 261* Extra-High Voltage Cable Developments in France, by M. Laborde and R. Tellier, 319*
High-Voltage Circuit-Breaker Testing in France, by M. Laborde and Y. Baron 335* ’
High Wycombe, Autumn Meeting of Newcomen Society at, 331
Highways. See Reads
Hilger and Watts, Ltd., Optical Fittings for Interferometer, 243*. See LETTER 412* • Optical Measuring System for Borine Machine, 312*
Hills, R., on Use of Wind-Tunnel Data in Aerodynamic Design, 356
HiJseh Tube for Gas-Flow Experiments, 277*, 333
Hinderwell, F. B., on Self-Balancing Instruments for Process Industries, 297*
Hinkiru and Frewen, Ltd., Continuous Rolling MUI, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
History of Mechanics (Review), 267
History of Sugar, Vol. Il (Review), 4
H. M.8S, See under Warships
Robbing Machines, Gear. See Cear under Machine Tools
Hoben, J. J., on Brass Rolling Mill at Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., 398
Hodgkinson, E., Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 205
Hoe, Detachable, for Agricultural Tractor, 389*
— Mechanical, “ Gradall,” for Transmission-Line Construction, 261*
Hogg, D. B., on Electrical Installations in Large Chemical Factories, 573
Hoist, Hydraulic, for Tractor (Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd.), 66*
— Power-Driven, Portable (Tasker’s of Andover (1932), Ltd.), 42*
— See also Transporters
Holder, D. W., on Aerodynamic Research at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 46*
Holes, Pitting of Shafts in. See Gauges Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., Pre- stressed-Concrete Beams for Queen Mary College, 151*
Holland, L., on Vacuum Coating Plant, 96 Holliday, Hall Stinson, Ltd., Electrical Equipment for Telescopic Gangways, 6*
Holmes, E., on Pressure Welding of Copper- Base Alloys, 399
Holoplast, Ltd., Production of Plastic Panels, 176*
Holtzberg, A., on Radio Control at Utgrunden Lighthouse, 571
Hooks, Wrought-Iron and Mild-steel, Specification, 130
Hoover, Ltd., Commutator-Turning Machine, 466*
“ Horn-draulic ” Loader for “Cropmaster” Agricultural Tractor, 43*
Hornsby-Akroyd Oil Engines, History of, 415, 450
House Building, Output Problems in, 380
— of Commons Debating Chamber, Model
Investigation of Ventilating System for, 165* ; Engineering Features of, 393*
“ HPR2” Training Aeroplane, 270*
Hughes, M. L., on Influence of Aluminium In Hot-Dip Galvanising, 276
Hump, Classification, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, 553*
Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd., 1,390-kW Pass- Out Steam Turbine, 346* ; Gas Producers at East Greenwich Gasworks, 499
Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 300-b.h.p. Diesel- Engined Locomotive for Steelworks. 467*
Hydraulic Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Research, International Association for, Bombay Meeting, 135
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plant Hydraulics. See Water
Hydro-Electric Handbook (Review), 315 Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hydrogen Cooling of Alternators, 449
Oil-Seal Treating Unit for, Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287*
— Peroxide Fuel Tank for Aircraft Starting Motors (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 72
— in Steel, Effect of Cold Work on, 463 Hydrology (Review), 172

ICE Formation on Aircraft, Electro-Thermal Equipment for Removal, 178
— See also Refrigeration
Ignition, Fuel, in Aero Gas Turbines, 230*
Illuminants in Navigation Buoys, Gases Used as, 274
Illumination. See also Light; Lighting ; and Lamps under Electric
Illustration and Presentation of Technical Information, 228, 237
Imhoff, W. G., on Dross Elimination in Hot- Dip Galvanising, 276
Impact Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Completion of Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242*
— College of Science and Technology, Instruction in Applied Optics, 82
Import Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Automatic Vertical-Slot Furnace, 198*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric India Rubber. See Rubber
— 20-MVA Transformers for (Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd.), 279
Indian Government Railways, 2-8-2 Class-W G Locomotives, 193*
Indicating Instruments, Electric, Self-Balancing, 297*
Induction Furnaces. See EurTiace, Electric
— Motor. See Motor, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Economics. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Management. See Works Management —• Research. See Research
Industry. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ingot, Heat Conservation, Time Studies on, 275
— Moulds, Distribution of Temperature in, 276
Inland Navigation. See Canals.' Rivers, etc.
— Waterways, Road, and Railways, Integration of Freight Services by, 424 Institutes. See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— of Production Engineers. See Production —' Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical Society, Royal; Agricultural Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Aslib; British Association; Canada, Engineering Institute of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Consulting Engineers, Association of; Costs and Works Accountants, Institute of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Iron and Steel Institute; Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland; Junior
Institution of Engineers; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Metallurgists, Institution of; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of; Model and Experimental Engineers, Society of; Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Society of; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of; Railroads, American, Association of; Royal Institution; Royal Society; Royal United Service Institution; Scientific Instrument Manufacturers Association of Great Britain; and Structural Engineers, Institution of
Instruments, Scientific, Testing by National Bureau of Standards, 102
— Self-Balancing, for Process Industries, 297*
— Transformers, Defects of, Effect of Core Properties on, 184*
— See also Aeronautics; Electric Insulation. See Heat; Electric Interferometer for Testing Measuring Gauges (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 243*. See LETTER, 412*
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics ; Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors; Turbine Gas,
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Papers of (Review), 459 —• — for Exchange of Technical Students, Annual Report. 382
for Hydraulic Research, Bombay Meeting, 135
— Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, Earl’s Court. 254*. 283*. 342*
— Conference on Calculating Machines, Paris, 151
on Heat Transfer, 1951, Arrangements, 226
—' —-on High-Tension Networks. See High- Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris
on Hot-Dip Galvanising, Copenhagen. See Galvanising, Hot-Dip, International Conference, Copenhagen
on Safety of Life at Sea, 551, 578
— Congress of Radiology, London, 87
— Declassification Conference on Atomic Energy, 443
— Internal-Combustion Engine Congress, Paris, 1951, Arrangements, 438
— Lighthouse Conference, Paris. See Lighthouse Conference, International, Paris
— Mechanical Engineering Congress, Brussels, Programme, 135
— Railway Congress, Rome. See Railway Congress, International, Rome
— Trade. See Trade
— Unionof Electricity Producers and Distributors, Report of Congress, 1949, 87
Inveruglas Switching Station, Loch Sloy Hydro- Electric Scheme, 98*
“Invicta” Self-Propelled Agricultural Baler, 88*
Ireland, Armagh Planetarium, 63
Irens, A. N., on Efficiency of Electrical Power Utilisation, 552
Iron Alloys.
— Corrosion.
— Furnaces.
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— containing Silicon, for Cores of Instrument Transformers, Properties of, 184*
— and Steel Act, Debate on, 249 • Deoxidation of, 414

Iron and Steel Institute :

Symposium on High-Temperature Steels and Alloys for Gas Turbines, Programme, 221; Postponement of Meeting, 242
Special Autumn Meeting Glasgow : Programme, 163
Inaugural Proceedings, 253
Visits and Excursions, 275
Joint Session with West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute:
Reports of Discussions, 253, 275
Reduction of Lump Ores, by Drs. R. Wild and H. L. Saunders, 253
Distribution of Temperature in Ingot Moulds and Its Relation to Ingot Structure, by I. M. Mackenzie and A. Donald, 275
Ingot Heat Conservation : Time Studies from Casting to Rolling, by Dr. A. V. Brancker, J. Stringer and L. H. W. Savage, 275
Ingot Heat Conservation: Mould and Ingot Surface Temperature Measurement, by Dr. A. V. Brancker, 275
Annual Autumn Meeting, London:
Programme, 325
Inaugural Proceedings, 414
Election of Officers and Council, 414 Reports of Discussions, 414, 447, 463, 491 Thermodynamic Background of Iron and Steel Making Processes. II. Deoxidation, by Dr. F. D. Richardson, 414
Studies in Deoxidation of Iron ; Deoxidation by Aluminium, by H. A. Sloman and E. L. Evans, 414
Thermodynamic Aspects of Movement of Sulphur Between Gas and Slag in Basic Open-Hearth Process, by Dr. F. D. Richardson and G. Withers, 447 Effect of Cold Work on Steel (in seven sections), by Prof. J. H. Andrew, Drs. H. Lee, P. L. Chang, B. Fang, R. Guenot, and Others :
I. Effect of Carbon on Work Hardening Properties of Steel, 463
II. Effect of Cold Work upon Electrical Resistivity of Steel, 463
III. X-Ray Investigation of Internal Strains in Cold-Drawn Steels, 463
Iron and Steel Institute—contin'ued
Annual Autumn Meeting, London —contd.
IV. Effect of High-Speed Deformation on Steei, 463
V. X-Ray Investigation of Structural
Changes in Steel Due to Cold Working, 463
VI. Effect of Cold Work on Hydrogen in Steel, 463
VII. General Discussion and Correlation of Results, 463
Atlas of Isothermal Transformation Diagrams of British Standard En Steels, by Dr. L. B. Pfeil, 491
Transformations a—andy->a in Iron- Rich Binary Iron-Nickel Alloys, by Dr. N. P. Allen and C. C. Earley, 492 Acceleration of Isothermal Transformation of Austenite, by Dr. M. D. Jepson and Prof. F. C. Thompson, 492
Breakdown of Austenite Below the Ms Temperature by Prof. F. C. Thompson and Dr. M. D. Jepson, 492
Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland. Presidential Address, by W. Barr, on Metallurgical' Trends in Production of Steel Plates, 453; Autumn Meeting. See Iron and Steel Institute Research Association, British, Physics Laboratory, 347*
Works. See ^(/rks See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— Wrought Tubular Bridges, Construction of, 205
— See also Cast Iron; Steel; Metallurgy Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges; Boofs; Structures
Isothermal Transformation of Austenite, 492 Diagrams of En Steels, Atlas of, 491 Italian Lighthouses, Methods of Construction of, 186
Ivatt, H. G., 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 403*

JACKSON, S. B., on Heat Pumps at Stour- port ” B ” Power Station, 508. See 287. See LETTER, 383
‘‘ Jagd” German Military Tank, Development of, 474, 569
Jeep Service Motor Car, British Version, 104*
Jenolite, Ltd., Rust-Removing Process, 532 Jepson, Dr. M. D., on Isothermal Transformation of Austenite, 492
Jet-Impingement Apparatus for Study of Corrosion by Sea W^ater, 291
Jetty, Mena-al-Ahmadi, Suspended Gravity Fenders for, 5
” John Deere ” MC Track-laying Tractor, 43* Sugar-Beet Harvester, 391*
Johnson, E., on Experiments on Tapping, 507 Johnson, J. H., the Late, 508
“ Johnson ” Potato Harvester, 391* Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd., Beet Harvester, 19*
Joints, Rail, Improvements in, 572
— Welded, Stress-Relieving and Pre-Heating of (Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd.), 392
Jones Brothers, “Invicta” Self-Propelled Agricultural Baler, 88* ; “ Panther ” SelfTying Agricultural Baler, 89*
Joughin, Comdr. (E) J. H., on Naval Gearing, 539
Journals. See Bearings Jubilee of Central London Railway, 91*
— of City and South London Railway, 556
— Paris Underground Railway, 15
Junior Institution of Engineers, Awards and Prizes, 279

KALMAR Strait, Sweden, Lighthouses in, 186, 513
“ Kamewa-Stone,” Reversible-Pitch Propeller, 303*
Kapp, Prof. R. O., on Presentation of Technical Information, 228. See 237
Karrier Motors, Ltd., “ Bantam” 2-ton Motor Chassis, 256*
Kearns, H. W., and Co., Ltd., Tool-Room Boring Machine with Optical Measuring System, 312*
Keir and Cawder, Ltd., Aggregate Plant, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 3*
Kelvin Gold Medal, Award to Dr. T. von Karman, 381
Kennedy and Donkin, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 25*, 49*, 97*, 330; Model of Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 28
Kent, J. L., on Design of Seakindly Ships, 69*, 93*. See 65, 74
Kenworthy, L., on Corrosion in Sea-Water Systems In H.M. Ships, 291
Kerbs, Channels and Edgings, Pre-Cast Concrete, Specification, 470
Kingcome, Engr. Vice-Adml. Sir J., the Late, 64
Kingsbury Colliery, 2,500-kW Mixed-Pressure Turbine Plant, 243*
Kitchen and Wade, Ltd., Drilling Machines for Boiler Work, 191* ; Drilling and Reaming Machine for King-Pin Holes, 285*
Knoyle, C. H., on Production of Combinati3[i Angle Gauges, 417*
Koepe Winding System for Mmes, 516

: Coach for
Iron Re- 34
— Cambridge University Engineering, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers Conversazione, 28
— Chemical Research, Teddington. Work of. 7*
Laboratory, High-Voltage, 200-kV Schering Bridge for, 208*. See Erratum, 263 —• Mechanical Engineering, Manchester College of Technology, Opening of, 475
— Motor Industries Research Association, Work of, 8*
— Physics, British Iron and Steel Research Association, 374*
Research, Leatherhead, British Electricity Authority, 80*
Road, Earth-Pressure Recorders, 5; Work of, 345*, 387* ; Experiments on Adhesion of Chippings and Tar on Roads, 421
— Technicians, Courses at City and Guilds of London Institute, 139
— Testing and Instrument, College of Aeronautics, Cranfleld, 126*
— See also National Physical
Laborde, M., on High-Voltage Cable Developments in France, 319* ; on High-Voltage Circuit-Breaker Testing in France, 335*

Labour :

Apprenticeship in British Railways, 485
— in Building Industry, 181
— Scheme of T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd., 418 British Transport Commission’s Report, 273
Electrical Technicians, Report on Educational Training Schemes for, 443 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Labour in American Pressed-Metal Industry, 86. See LETTER, 112
— in Coal Industry, National Coal Board’s
Report for 1949, 13
— in Coal Mines, 381, 410
— in House-Building Industry, 380
— Ministry of, Inquiry into Scientific Man- Power, 109
— Notes, 20, 44, 68, 92, 116, 140, 164, 188, 223, 286i 358, 386, 416, 448, 480, 512, 544, 574. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— in United States Internal-Combustion Engine Industry, 62
Man-Power, Scientific, Inquiry into, 109 Printing Trade, Dispute in, 202, 213, 225, 289, 301, 309, 317, 329
Production Engineering Research Association Courses for Foremen, 357
Time Studies In Engineering Production, 309, 310*, 351, 561
Wages in Engineering Industry, 411. See LETTER, 383
— Structure in Engineering Industry, 383, 411
Ladder, Mobile Extending (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 280*
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Lake St. Clair Light Station, 138
Laminar Flow, Hull Design for, 75 Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd.,l,390-kW Electric Generator, 346 *
Language-Interpretation Equipment, Church House, 562
“ Lap ” Steam Engine, Model of, 199* Latham, E., the Late, 40 Lathes. See Machine Tools
Latin, Dr. A., on Metallurgical Examination of Lead Pressure-Cable Sheaths, 121*
Launch of M.S. ” Blenheim,” 187*
— Motor. See Motor Boat
— of Oil Tanker ” British Adventure,” 507
— of Orient Liner” Oronsay,” 15
— and Trial Trips, 10, 44 72, 87, 116, 140, 164, 207, 264, 304, 316, 327, 357, 392, 456, 480, 544, 580
Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., ” Speedmaster ” Frequency Converters for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 282* Law. See Legal
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Pressure-Cable Sheaths, Metallurgical Examination of, 121*
Leak Detection in Vacuum Systems, 96 Leatherhead Research Laboratories, British Electricity Authority, 80*
Leek, J. H., on Leak Detection In Vacuum Systems, 96
Lee, Dr. H., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Legislation. See Legal

Legal :

Iron and Steel Act, Debate on, 249 Merchant Ship Legislation, 550, 578 Public Utilities Street Works Bill, 87 Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Bill, 411, 506
Road Legislation, 387 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lens, Fresnel, of Dioptric Section, Efficiency of, 477
Letters to Editor, 15*, 40, 63, 112, 135, 160*, 183, 252, 290*, 331, 354, 382, 412*, 444, 476, 508, 539,569
Lewis, L. D., the Late, 178
Leyland Motors, Ltd., Motor-Coach Chassis with Under-Floor Engine, 343*
Libraries, Aslib, Annual Conference, Programme, 177 ; Proceedings, 302 : Future Policy, by L. Wilson, 302
Life Saving Measures and Appliances at Sea, 550, 578
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Coast, and Fog Signals in Sweden, 477
— Navigation, in United States, Use of Electric Batteries for, 274
— and Sound, Transmission in Atmosphere,
Similarity Between, 118*, 477
— Velocity of, Redetermination of, 442
Lighthouse, Berck, France, Reconstruction in Prestressed Concrete, 186
Lighthouse Conference, Fourth International, Paris:
Section I. Construction of Lighthouses : Fixed Structures to Replace Lighthouses, by E. Santangini, 138
Arrangement of Apparatus for Study of Wave Motion of Sea in Neighbourhood of Proposed Site of Lighthouse, by L. Vantroys, 160
Lighthouse Conference, Fourth International, Paris
Examples of Beacon Building in Open Sea, by J. P. Bowen, 160
Construction of Sea Lighthouses Employing Prefabricated Elements, by Prof. L. Greco, 186
Use of Reinforced Concrete in Variable Thickness in the Construction of Lighthouses, by Prof. L. Greco, 186 Swedish Lighthouses Erected on Submarine Sites, by R. V. Frost, 186, 513* Reconstruction of Berck Light Tower in Prestressed Concrete, by Prof. G. Tourry, 186
Section II. Unattended TAghtships with Axdomatic Control:
Unattended Lightships in United States, by Comdr. C. E. Brush, 274
Section III. Power Supply to Machines: Filling Buoys with Propane, by P. Gille, 274
Gases Used as Illuminants, by J. Bernard, 274
Electric Batteries for Lights, by Comdr. F. I. Phippeny, 274
Section IV. Light Sources^ Optical Systems and Reflections :
Similarity Between Transmission of Sound and Light in Atmosphere, by Dr. W. M. Hampton and W. H. Willmott 118*, 477
Relation Between Visibility, International Code and Atmospheric Transmission, and its Application to Calculation of Luminous Range, by Dr. W. M. Hampton and H. Gough, 570
Section V. Srnind Signals '
Sound Measurements at Lister Beacon, Norway, by F. Fransson and H. Hermansson, 570
Section VI. Radio-Electric Questions :
New Type of Incandescent Burner (** Any Gas *’) to be Used in Beacon Installations, b5' Barbier, Benard and ? Turenne, 400
Electric Filament Lamps for Large Lighthouse Optics, by J. P. Bowen, 400
Standardisation of Electric Lamps for Lighthouses, by W. K. Meeks and A. G. Penny, 400
Electric Lamps for Lighthouses and Allied Projection Systems : Design and Standardisation, by P. D. Oakley, 400 | Latest Developments in Electrically- Operated Marine Beacon Equipment, 400
New Principle in Design of Gas Flashers, by Prof. L. Fernandes, 477
Electric Lights and Fog Signals in Sweden, by S. Oberg, 477
Application of Condenser-Discharge Electric Lamps to Naval and Aeronautical Signalling, by J. Roger, 477
Aerial Beacons in Marine Lights, by Barbier, Benard and Turenne, 477
Safety in Coast Lighting, by Barbier, Benard and Turenne, 477 !
Theoretical Efficiency and Practical Efficiency of Fresnel Lens of Dioptric i Section, by A. Boudon, 477 Experimental Radio Aids to Coastal Navigation and Pilotage, by N. Bell, 570
Rapid Beacons for Distance and Direction, by C. E. Granqvist, 570
Portuguese Lighthouse Department, by J. G. Ramos, 570
Synchronised Fog Signals, by D. A. Stevenson, 570
Radio Range Beacons and Synchronised Sound Signals in Finland, by U. Burmeister, 570
Radio-Telephonic Calling Devices for Lighthouses, by Lt. R. D. Fisher, 570 Remote Control of Aids to Navigation, by Lt.-Col. H. D, Seielstad, 570
Radio-Controlled Lighthouse in Sweden, by A. Holtzberg, 571
Aerial Systems for Radio Beacons, by ; C. Gillam, 571
Lighthouses, Electric Lamps for, 400 — Fog Signals in, Audibility of, 118*, 477 — Italian, Methods of Construction of, 186
— as Marine Light and Aerial Beacon, 477 — Radio-Telephone Calling Devices for, 570 — Swedish, on Submarine Sites, 186, 513*
— Transmission of Sound and Light from, 118*, 477
— in United States, Fixed Structures to Replace, 138
— Utgrunden, Radio Control at, 571
— Visibility and Luminous Range in, 570 Lighting, Coast, Safety in, 477
— Equipment for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct- Current Locomotives, 235*
— System of House of Commons, 393* Luton Factory, Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 518*
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightships, Unattended, in United States, 274
Lilleland Lighthouse, Sweden, 186, 515* Lime Spreader, Agricultural, “ Abbey ” (Seamer Engineering Co., Ltd.), 89*
Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., Ltd., Elstree Heat Planer ” for Roads, 371*
Limit Gauges. See Gauges
Liners. See Ships ; Steamers; Motorships Liquid Fuel. See Oil Euel. See also Benzol: Motor
Lister Beacon, Norway, Sound Measurements at, 570
Literature, 4, 28, 50, 74, 98, 124, 149, 172, 236, 267, 315, 322, 340, 368, 397, 429, 459, 524, 556. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal
Little Barford Power Station, 41
Liverpool Street Station, Pneumatic Buffer Stop,139*
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of Vessels under Construction, 87, 330; Statistics of Vessels Lost, 253. 353, 539. See 100
Loader for Agricultural Tractor (.J. C. Bamford), 67*
— Continuous, for Concrete Preparation (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 369*
— Crop, “ Blanch-Snook ” (A. B. Blanch and Co., Ltd.), 510*
— 15-cwt. “ Horn-draulic ” (Steel Fabricators (Cardiff), Ltd.), 43*
— Hydraulic, Petrol-Driven ” Muir-Hill ” (E. Boydell and Co., Ltd.), 402*
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Loch Fannich Tunnel, Completion of, 242*
— Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 25*, 49*, 97*, 330
Locomotive, 2-8-2 Class-WG, for Indian Government Railways, 193*
— Construction in United States, Report, 38
— Costs of Different Types, 435
— Diesel-Electric, 827-h.p., British Railwavs, 403*
Engined, 300-b.h.p., for Steelworks (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 467*
Engined, in United States, 38
Mining, Testing of, 14
Productivity Team’s Report on, 479, 567
— Electric, for Central London Railway, 91* 1,500-Volt Direct-Current, for Estoril
Electric Railway, 212* 2,700-h.p., 3,000-Volt Direct-Current, South African Railways, 233*
— Engineers, Institution of. Presidential
Address, by R. A. Riddles, on Nationalisation and Mechanical Engineer, 435, 484
— Gas Turbines for, 216
Turbined, in United States, 38
— House, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, 554*
— Manufacturers Association, Conference on
Productivity Team’s Report, 567
— Standard, for British Railways, 326
— Standardisation on British Railways, 435, 484
— Statistics, British Transport Commission’s Report, 273
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INPEX London Building Research Congress, 1951,
Arrangements for, 333
— and Home Counties, Engineering Education
In, Pamphlet on, 199
— International Congress of Radiology, 87
—? Northampton Polytechnic, Apparatus for Study of Flexural Centre of Open Members, 321*
— Queen Mary College, New Buildings for, 151*
— Sir John Cass College, Courses at, 251, 499
— South East, Technical College, Courses in Electrical Engineering, 252
— Transport Executive, Central London Railway, Jubilee of, 91* ; Vehicle Recovery Equipment of, 454* ; Replacement of Bridge Over Grand Surrey Canal, 487*
— Underground Railways. See 'Underground and London Transport Executive
Long Beach Harbour Light Station, 138 Longitudinal Bulkheads. See Water-Tight Sil! (t'i nn
Lord, W. G., 300-h.p. Aluminium-Alloy Motor Launch, 103*
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
Loudspeakers, Church House Sound-Amplifying Equipment, 562
Low, A. R., on Normal Elliptic Functions, 412. See 168
Low, J. B., the Late, 58
Loyd, V., and Co., Ltd., “Dragon” 40-b.p. Diesel-Engined Crawler Tractor, 540*
Lubrication and Analysis of Bearings (Review), 98
— Physical Aspects of, Conference on, 39 Lubricating Oils. See also Oils
Lubricator, Grease, Mechanical (C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.), 316*
“ Lucy Ashton,” Hull-Resistance Research Ship, 17, 54, 161*, 573*
Luminous Range and Visibility in Lighthouses, 570
Luton Sewage, Rapid Mechanical Filtration, 506
Lydall, F., the Late, 183
Lyon, F., on Integration of Freight Transport by Road and Rail, 183. See 133. See 424
Lysaght’s, J., Bristol Works, Ltd., “ Redcliffe ” Pig-Feeding Machine, 91*

MACADAM. See Roads
Mac. See also Me
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests {Materials)
— That Think, Giant Brains (Review), 459

Machine Tools :

Boring Machine, Tool-Room, with Optical Measuring System (H. W. Kearns and Co., Ltd.), 312*
Cutting Machine, Oxygen, for Steel Plates (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 128*
“ Powder,” for Metals (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 57*
Drill, Electric Hammer (Victor Products (Wallsend), Ltd.), 445*
— Twist, and Combined Drills and Countersinks, Specification, 155
Drilling Machine, Micro-Precision (S. N. Bridges and Co., Ltd.), 488*
—. — Tube-Plate and Portable, for Boiler Work (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 191*
— and Reaming Machine, for King-Pin Holes (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 285*
Gear, Small and Medium, Generating Machines for, 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
and Medium, Grinding Machines for, 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
and Medium, Hobbing Machines for, 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
Gear, Small and Medium. Shaping Machines for, 14.5*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below)
Lathe, Stub, for Large-Diameter Work (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 532*
Levelling Machine for Plates (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 362*
Limit Gauging. See Gauges
Machine-Shop Management. See Horks Management
— Tools and Metrology, Modern Workshop T^^chnology (Review), 236. See ADDENDA, 340
for Small and Medium Gears, 145 , 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 354, 382
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauges Plate-Levelling Machine, Seven-Roll
(Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 56-
— Shearing Machine, 72-in. (F. a- Edwards, Ltd.), 144* .
Polishing Machine, Rotary, for Air- Compressor Blades (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 114* ,
Press, 3,500-ton Hydraulic, for Holo- plast” Plastic Panels, 176*
Reaming and Drilling Machine for R^ng- Pin Holes (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.),
Shearing Machine, 72-in. Precision for Plates (P. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 144*
Straightening Machine, Pneumatic, for Tyres (Stuart Davis, Ltd.), 579
Tube-Straightening Machine Pneumatic, (Stuart Davis, Ltd.), 579*
Turning Machine for Commutator (Murad Developments, Ltd.), 466*
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Machine Work. See Machine Tools Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd., liat
Models “ 52 ” and “ 601 ” Crawler Tractors, 540*
Mackenzie, I. M., on Distribution of Temperature in Ingot Moulds, 275
Macklow-Smith. Ltd., Thrust-Measuring
“ Capsule ” for Jet Engines, 573*
Magnel. Prof. G., on Prestressed-Stcel Structures, 385 ,, , 7
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metal.
Magnetic Permeability, High, in Mild-Steel
Castings, Specification, 34
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Man’s Use of Energy, 202, 236, 250 Management of Works. See Works Manage'^ nient
Manchester College of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Opening of, 47o
- and District, Data on Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Lectures, 216. See LETTER, 354
— Joint Research Council. Report on Ojiera- ' tional Research : Its Application to Peace- I Time Industrv, 134
Manley, C. V., on Casualties to Merchant Ships,
Manning, W. R. D., on Residual Contact Stresses in Built-up Cylinders, 464* ; on Stresses in Tubes Due to Internal Pressure. 508. See 218.* See LETTERS, 383, 412, 476
Manometer, Electronic-Recording (Pielden (Electronics), Ltd.), 456*
-- Mercury, for Measuring Mean Pressure with Respect to Time. 40
Mansergh, Vice-Adml. M. J-, on Naval Aviation, 452
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See H orks Management
Manure Spreader. Farmyard (Massey-Harns. Ltd.), 67*
Marchant, Prof. E. W., Election as Honorary Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers, 331
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, S.S. “ Chusan. 526*. 557* 1 Machinery, Motor Collier “ Portsmouth.” 32*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of. Safety at Sea, 1850- 1950. by D. O’Neill, 550, 578 ; Introduction of Probationer-Student Members. 562
Engineering Investigations by British Shipbuilding Research Association, 17, 48*, 54
— Propulsion, 100-h.p. A.E.C. Geared Diesel Engines for Motor Launch, 103* 1,125-b.h.p. Clark-Sulzer Oil Engine, M.S. ” Portsmouth,” 32*
900-b.h.p. Diesel-Electric Plant for Pilot Vessel ” Sir Thomas Brocklebank,” 324 1,250-h.p. Eight-Cylinder, British Polar Diesel Engine, M.S. “ Wandsworth,” 303 240-h.p. Gas Turbine for Motor Launch
“ Torquil ” (Rover Co., Ltd.), 308* 34,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. ” Chusan,” 526*
Geared Turbines in H.M. Ships. Experiences with, 539
Heavy-Duty Oil Engines for, 31
Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel
Rolls-Rovce Jet Engines, Research Ship " Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573*
Steam Turbine Parts, Surface Finish of, 30, 55 X o c. 15,000-kW Turbo-Electric Plant, S.b. ” New Australia,” 153
See also Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Terminal for Fawley Oil Refinery, 563
Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Manne Propulsion
Maritime Structures, Winds and Waves (Review), 124
” Mark VF,” Crawler Tractor, with Bray Hydraulic Angledozer, 18*
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Markham Traction, Ltd., ” Midget Tipping Trailer, 68*
Marshall, C. W.. on Telephonic and Radio Interference from High-Voltage Systems, 103
Sons A Co., Ltd., Diesel-Driven V y‘\riaye-Weight Road Roller, 370* Marshall, Irof. W. T., on Relaxation Methods Applied to Flat Slabs, 239*
MarshaHmg Yard, Railway, St. Luc, Montreal, | “ Marvel ” Oat Crusher, 478* Masonry Railway Bridges, Design of, 509 Massey-Harris, Ltd., Farmyard Manure Spread-
J. Agricultural Folding Rake, 478* Materials Strength of. See Stress and Tesfs {Materials)
Tables of (Re-
— Binomial Probability Distribution, Tables ot (Review), 236
Functions, Generalised i Tables of (Review), 430
— Function sin 0/i^, Tables of (Review), 340 Normal Elliptic Functions (Review), 168 ’ See LETTER, 412
Mathw * Platt Wd-. 3,750-kVA Alternator 209* Generators for Paper Mill,
**^^^4^2^" SeeLETTER,
Matthew, Prof. T. U., on Engineering Pro- duction, 486. See 309, 351
Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., Conveyor Plant for AT Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 3*
Maxwell, J. Clerk, and Theory of Indeterminate S^uctures, 194*. See LETTER, 252
May, K., on Corrosion in Sea-Water Systems in H.M. Ships, 291; on Jet Impingement Apparatus for Assessment of Corrosion bv Sea Water, 291
X?'’’ * Sons, Ltd., Stourport 383 Station, 286*. See LETTERS, i
M Ewen, Prof. E., on Farm Mechanisation and I Ar ^Agricultural Engineer, 262. See 356
Effect of Core Properties on _ Derecte of Instrument Transformers, 184* McLaren, J. and H., Ltd., 16-h.p. Diesel-Driven Pumping Set, 446* ; 176-b.h.p. Eight- Cylinder Diesel Engine, 446*
McLellan, P. and W., Ltd., Pipe Line for Tummel- Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 462*, 493* •
River Tummel’ 524 ’
Me. See also Mac
Meat^ws, H., Ltd., 80-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder Engine, 254*; 130-b.h.p. Six- Ar Horizontal Diesel Engine, 344*
Mean Pressure in Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31 Measi^ing System, Optical, for Boring Machine (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 312*
Measurement of Work, Survey of, 251

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Awards under Clayton and Manville Bequest, 87
London Meetings. Winter Session : Annual Dinner, 353
Standardisation of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, by I. V. Robinson. 449* Haw^ley Lecture on Supercharging in Internal-Combustion Engines, bv Sir H. R. Ricardo, 433*, 481*. See 411
Naval Gearing—War Experience and Present Development, by Cmdr. (E) J. H. Joughin, 539
InduMal Administration and Bngineerino Production Group:
Some experiments on Tapping, by E. Johnson, 507
Screws and Tapping, by C. Eatough, 507 Mechanical Engineers, Training of, 413
— Engineering, Advanced Courses at Birmingham University, 124 ®
Congress, International, Brussels Programme, 135
— Lubricator. See Lubricator Mechanics, History of (Review), 267
Soil, Influence in Civil Engineering, 302 419 and Road Foundations, 345 ’ Mechanisation in Quarries, Examples of, 568 Meeks, W. K., on Standardisation of Electric Lamps for Lighthouses, 400
"“sZe, Hydro-Electric
Memorials to Engineers in Westminster Abbey,
“ Westminster ^Bridge Britannia Tubular
Men^al-Ahmadi Jetty, Suspended Gravity Fenders for, 5
Menai Straits, Britannia Tubular Bridge Over Construction of, 205 ® ’
Merchant Ships. See5Ai7?fi; Steamers; Motor- cfi't'ps
Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., 125-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined Fire Appliance, 150*: Mobile Extending Ladder, 280*
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Motor Pilot Ar Thomas Brocklebank,” 324*
Merz and McLellan, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425*, 460*, 493*, 521*
Metal Aircraft, Effect of Low Temperatures on 357 ’
Communications Apparatus, Researches on, 296
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
and Plastic Deformation in, 372
— Foil, Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge for (Baldwin Instrument Co.), 128
Metals, Institute of :
Autumn Meting, Bournemouth:
Programme, 179
Inaugural Proceedings, 250
Reports of Discussions, 291, 341, 372, 398
Visits and Excursions, 341, 373, 399
Autumn Lecture on Communications Metallurgy, by E. E. Schumacher, 296 See 250, 291 ’
Corrosion and Related Problems In Sea- Water Cooling, and Pipe Systems in H.M. Ships, by Dr. I. G. Slater, L. Kenworthy and R. May, 291
Metals, Institute of—continued.
Autumn Meeting, Bournemouth—continued. Method of Assessing Relative Corrosion Behaviour of Different Sea Waters by T. H. Rogers, 291
Jet-Impingement Apparatus for Assessment of Corrosion of Moving Sea Water, by R. May and R. W. de V. Stacpoole, 291
Pitting Corrosion in Copper Water Pipes Caused by Films of Carbonaceous Material Produced During Manufacture, by H. S. Campbell, 291
Stress Corrosion of Aluminium-7 per cent. Magnesium Alloy, by E. C. W. Perryman and S. E. Hadden, 341
Theory of Mechanism of Stress Corrosion in Aluminium-7 per cent. Magnesium Alloy, by Dr. P. T. Gilbert and S. E. Hadden, 341
Relationship Between Ageing and Stress Corrosion Properties of Aluminium- Zinc Alloys, by E. C. W. Perryman and J. C. Blade, 341
Flow of Zinc Under Constant Stress, by Prof. A. H. Cottrell and Dr. V. Ayte- kin, 372
Mechanism of Primary Creep in Metals, by Dr. W. A. Wood and R. F. Scrutton, 372
Mechanism of Creep as Reavealed by X- Ray Methods, by Dr. G. B. Greenough and Mrs. E. M. Smith, 372
Some X-Ray Observations on Nature of Creep Deformation in Polycrystalline Aluminium, by E. A. Calnan and B. D. Burns. 372
Atomic Displacements Associated with Elasticity in Plastically-Deformed Metals, by Dr. W. A. Wood and N. Dewsnap, 372
Calculation of Activation Energies of Recovery and Recrystallisation from Hardness Measurements on Copper, by Dr. N. Thorley, 373
New Continuous Brass Mill of Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., by J. J. Hoben and J. F. Mulney, 398
Pressure-Welding Characteristics of Some Copper-Base Alloys, by E. Davis and E. Holmes, 399
Metal, Non-Ferrous, Corrosion by Sea Water, 291
— “ Powder Cutting ” Machines for (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 57*
— Railway Bridges, Design of, 465
— in Service of Mankind Exhibition, Science Museum, 39
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy; Microphotographs Metallography. See also Metals; Metallurgy :
Microphotographs
Metallurgists, Institution of, “ Metals in Service of Mankind ” Exhibition, 39

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium and Magnesium, for Aeroplane Structures, 259*
7 per cent. Magnesium, Stress-Corrosion of, 341
R.R. 59, at Elevated Temperature, Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses in, 189*
Riveting of, 467
Zinc, Ageing and Stress-Corrosion of, 341
— Copper-Base, Pressure Welding of, 399
— Ferrous and Non-Ferrous for Aircraft, Effect of Low Temperatures on, 357
—• for Use in Gas Turbines, Conference Programme, 221; Postponement of Conference, 242
— Tron-Nickel, Structural Transformations in, 492
—• Lead, Creep and Fatigue of, 296 for Pressure-Cable Sheaths, Metallurgical Examination of, 121*
— Light, for Aeroplane Structures, 259*
— Magnesium and Aluminium, for Aeroplane Structures, 259*
— Used in Telephone Equipment, 296 Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Foundry. See Foundry Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat Treatment of Bars, Tubes, Sections, and Strip, Automatic Vertical-Slot Furnace for, 198*
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests {Materials} Metallurgical Education, Joint Committee's Report on, 353
— Trends in Production of Steel Plates, 453
Metallurgy, Advanced Courses at Birmingham University, 124
Rolling Mills. See Bolling Mills Slag in Basic Open-Hearth Process, Sulphur in, 447
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute; Metals, Institute of; Microphotographs ; Foundry ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
“ Meteor " Ground-Attack Aircraft, 238* “ Meteor N.F.ll ” Night-Fighting Aeroplane, 218*
Meteorology, Weather Effect on Road Surfaces, 345
and Behaviour of Ships, 65, 69*, 74, 93* Meter, Pressure, for Open-Hearth Furnace (Tinsley (Industrial Instruments), Ltd.), 374
Methane Explosions. See Accidents Metrology and Machine Tools, Modern Workshop Technology (Review), 236. See Addenda, 840 i
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Engineering Courses for Educationists, 82; 2,700-h.p., 3,000-volt Direct-Current Locomotives, 233* ; 300-kV X-Ray Equipment, 245* ; Self-Balancing Instruments for Process Industries, 297* ; 10-Million Elec- j tron-Volt Linear Accelerator, 333; 7’5- MW Alternator, Pitlochry Power Plant, 521*
— See also London
Microfilm Readers (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 364*
Micrometers, External, Speciflcation, 246
Microphones, Church House Sound-Amplifying Equipment, 562
Microphotographs, Lead and Lead-Alloy Pressure-Cable Sheaths, 121*
; Microstructure of Metals. See Microphoto^ graphs
Middlesex County Council, 125-b.h.p. Diesel- Engined Fire Appliance, 150*
“Midget” Trailer (Markham Traction, Ltd.), 68*
, Military Engineering Experimental Establishment, Model of Concertina Bridge, 5
, — Motor Transport. See Motor Vehicle
Mills, C. A., Model of James Watt’s “Lap Engine, 199*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Milner, Dr. C. J., on Cold-Cathode Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector, 96
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— and Quarries, Inspectors of. Report for 1939-1949, 568
— Safety in. Research on. Annual Report, 1948, 14
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Winding. See Winding
— Wire Ropes in. Conference on, 515
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores ;
Winding; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Minehead Beacon, Construction of, 160 Mineral Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, Conference on Wire Ropes in Mines, 515
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Health. See Bealth
— of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport
Mixing Machines, Concrete. See Concrete
Model of Concertina Bridge for Tanks, 5
— Electrically-Generating Windmill for Orkneys, 5
— Engineer Exhibition, London, 135
— Experiments. See Aeronautics : Tank Experiments
— and Experimental Engineers, Society of.
New Headquarters, 423
— Investigations of Ventilation System for
House of Commons Debating Chamber 165*
— of James Watt’s “ Lap ” Steam Engine, 199*
— of Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Uganda, 28
— of Silvertown Factory of Venesta, Ltd., 28
— Suspended Gravity Fenders, 5
— Tests of Britannia Tubular Bridge, 205
— of Venturi Open-Hearth Furnace, 374*
Mohr, Prof. 0., on Principle of Reciprocal Deflection, 197. See LETTER, 252
“ Monarch of Bermuda,” S.S., Fire Damage to, 152*
Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Mono-Rail Transporter (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 445*
Montreal, St. Luc Railway Marshalling Yard, 553*
Moore, J. T., on Large Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 79
Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd.. 3-ton Motor Lorry, 342*
Morrison, Prof. J. L. M., on Stresses in Tubes Due to Internal Pressure, 383. See 218*. See LETTERS, 412, 476, 508
Motor Boat, 300-h.p. Aluminium-Alloy Launch (Sussex Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.), 103*
“ Torquil.” 60-ft., Launch with Gas Turbine (Rover Co., Ltd.), 308*

Motor Car Details :

Axle Stabilising Gear, 150*
Brake ** Fading,” Machine for Investigation of, 9*
Chassis, Mark IV (Crossley Motors Ltd.). 343*
— With Rear Engine (Fodens Ltd.), 344*
— for Semi-Trailer Passenger Vehicle, 162*
— with Underfloor Engine (A.E.C., Ltd.), 343
— with Underfloor Engine Motors, Ltd.), 343*
— with Underfloor Engine (Shrewsbury) Ltd.)., 343 Engines. See Engines, Petrol, Motor-Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol 69-b.h.p. Four-Wheel Drive, for British Services, 104*
Fuels. See Motor Fuels
Manufacture, Luton Works of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 518*
Military. See Motor Vehicles
Parks, Underground, Fires and Explosions in, 442
Steel Tubes for, Specification, 534 See also Motor Vehicles and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Coach Chassis with Under-Floor Engine (A.E.C., Ltd.), 343
Chassis with Under-Floor Engine (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 343*
— Collier. See Motorship
— Commercial, Transport Exhibition, International, Earl’s Court, 254*, 283*, 342*
— Electric, Alternating-Current, Dynamic Braking of, 528*
for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337* 450-h.p. Direct-Current, for 2,700-h.p. Locomotives, 233*
Motors, Electric, for 1,500-Volt Direct-Current Locomotive, 212*
' Induction, Slip-Ring, Liquid Controller for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 21*
Plate Rolling-Mill, Amplidyne Control Equipment for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 95*
Traction for 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 404*
— Fire Appliance. See Fire Appliance
— Fuel Industry, German, During 1939-45, 182
— — for Supercharged Engines, 411, 433*, 481*
— Grader, Diesel-Driven, Aveling-Austin (Aveling-Barford, Ltd.), 401*
— Industries Research Association’s Laboratories, Work of, 8*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics ;
Engines ; Motors Cars ; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion;
Motor ships
Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., Society of, Commercial Transport Exhibition, 254*, 283* 342*
— Omnibus Chassis with Rear Engine (Fodens, Ltd.), 344* .
Chassis with Underfloor Engine (Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd.), 343*
Frame and Super-Structure, Investigations on Strains in, 9*
Mark IV Chassis for (Crossley Motors, Ltd.), 343*
Semi-Trailer, for Passenger Transport (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 162*
Recovery Equipment, London Transport Executive, 454*
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol: Motor Boats; Motor Cars; Tractors
— Pilot Vessel “ Sir Thomas Brocklebank,” 324*
— Road Rollers. See Road Rollers
— Spirit. See Motor Fuel
— Tipper, Four-Wheel Drive, “ Mountaineer ” (Scammell Lorries, Ltd.), 285*
7-ton Bedford (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 255*
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transport on British Roads, 345*, 387*
— Truck, Dump, 15-cwt., Petrol-Driven (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 444*
— Vehicle, 2-ton “Bantam,” Chassis for (Karrier Motors, Ltd.), 256*
on British Roads, Statistics, 345*, 387*
Military, Internal-Combustion Engines for, 415, 450
Military, Report of Select Committee on Estimates, 159 3-ton (Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd.), 342*
Recovery Equipment of London Transport Executive, 454*
“ Sturdy Star ” Chassis for (Transport Equipment (Thomycroft), Ltd.), 285*, 342*
— — Tipping, Four-Wheel Drive, “ Mountaineer” (Scammell Lorries, Ltd.), 285*
Tipping 7-ton Bedford (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 255*
Trailers. See Trailers Wheels, Test Rig for Measuring Strains in, 8*
See also Motor Coach ; Motor Omnibus
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors Motorship “ Blenheim,” Launch of, 187*
— Collier “ Portsmouth,” 32*
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87, 330
— Launch of. See Launch
— Legislation Relating to. 550, 578
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 253, 353, 539
— Pilot Vessel, “Sir Thomas Brocklebank,” 324*
— “ Scythia,” Reconditioning of, 226
— “Wandsworth,” “ Stone-Kamewa ” Reversible-Pitch Propeller of, 303*
— “ Wanstead,” Design of, 30, 64
— “ Wendover/* Design of, 30, 64
— “ Woodford,” Design of, 30, 64
— See also Marine Propulsion
Moulds, Ingot, Distribution of Temperature in, 275
Moulding. See Foundry
Moult, Dr. E. S., on Centrifugal Compressors for Aircraft (las Turbines, 511
“ Mountaineer ” Four-Wheel Drive Motor Tipper, 285*
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., Reconstruction of House of Commons, 393*
Muir-Hill” Petrol-Driven Hydraulic Loader, 402*
Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd., Valve Impedance Testing Set, 56*
Mulney, J. F., on Brass Rolling Mill at Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., 398
Multi-Lingual Announcing Equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 392*
—. — Announcing Equipment (Tannoy Products, Ltd.), 562
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Services and Public Works Congress and Exhibition. See Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition
Murad Developments, Ltd., Turning Machine for Commutator, 466*
Murton Colliery, Durham, Koepe Winding System at, 516
Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham, Model of James Watt’s “Lap” Engine, 199*
- South Kensington, “ Metals in Service of Mankind ” Exhibition, 39; Centenary of Submarine Telegraphy Exhibition, 201. See Erratum, 333

NASH, H. R., Ltd., Three-Wheeled Petrol- Driven Roller Tractor, 541*
National Coal Board, Reports and Accounts, 1949, 13. See Erratum, 71; on Plan for Coal, 381, 410
— Fire Service, Annual Report, 1947, 289
— Foundry College, Courses at, 359
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Six-Cylinder 900-b.h.p. Diesel Engine for Diesel-Electric Pilot Vessel, 324
— Institute of Agricultural Engineering. Study of Haymaking Methods, 317
— Oceanographic Council, Grant of Royal Charter to, 353
— Physical Laboratory, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers Conversazione, 5 ; High- Speed Aerodynamic Research at, 21*, 45* : Model Investigation of Ventilation System for House of Commons, 165* ; Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses at Elevated Temperatures, by H. J. Tapsell, P. G. Forrest and G. R. Tremain 189*; “Matrix ” Interferometer for Testing Measuring Gauges 243*. See LETTER, 412* ; Production of Combination Angle Gauges, by C. H. Knoyle, 417*; Redetermination of Velocity of Light, by Dr. L. Essen, 442
— Radio Exhibition, Birmingham, 251
— Science Centre, Government Proposals. 411
Centre, Government Aid in Forming, 475
Nationalisation of Iron and Steel Industry. Parliamentary Debate, 249
— and Railway Mechanical Engineer, 435, 484
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics

Naval Architects, Institution of :

Joint Meeting with Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Inaugural Proceedings, 16
Reports of Discussions, 16, 29, 64, 74, 100 Visits and Excursions, 101
Research on Design of Drifters, by Dr. J. F. Allan, 17, 29
Surface Finish of Marine-Engine Parts, by Profs. A. S. T. Thomson and A. W. Scott, and W. Ferguson and G. B. Stabler, 30
New Cargo-Liner Design, by E. H. Watts. 30, 64
Work of British Shipbuilding Research Association—The First Six Years, by SirM. Denny, 48*, 54. See 16.
Design of Seakindly Ships, by J. L. Kent. 69*, 93*. See 65, 74
Hull Design by Laminar Flow, by Dr. J. L. Taylor, 75
Further Examination of Casualities to Merchant Ships Reported Abandoned. Foundered or Missing, by C. V. Man- ley, 100
Naval Architecture, Water-Tight Subdivision of Ships. See Water-Tight
— Construction. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Aids to. Remote Control of, 570
— Coastal, and Pilotage, Radio Aids to, 570 Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
** New Australia,” Turbo-Electric Liner, Reconstruction of, 152*
— Cross Gate Station, Colour-Light Signalling at, 436*
- Replacement of Railway Bridge at, 487*
— Zealand State Hydro-Electric Department,
Annual Report, 538
Newcomen Society, Autumn Meeting at High Wycombe, 331
Newton and Co., Ltd., Profile Projector, 192*
Newton Victor, Ltd., 300-Volt X-Ray Equipment, 245*
Nickel, Effect of Transformation in Iron-Nickel Alloys, 492
Nile Basin (Review), 368
Niles, Prof. A. S., on Clerk Maxwell and Theory of Indeterminate Structures, 194*. See LETTER 252
” Nimonic 90,” Gas-Turbine Blading Alloy, 168; ** Nimonic 80,” Creep Properties, 189*
” No-Fines ” Concrete, Strength of, 398*
Noise in Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, Sources of, 31
Nomograms, Plane, Superposed, Theory of (Review), 368
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulating Materials
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals; Metallurgy Normal Elliptic Functions (Review), 168. See LETTER, 412
Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., 112-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Horizontal Diesel Engine, 344*
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 2-8-2 Class-W.G. Locomotives, 193* ; 827-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 403*
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, Annual Report, 411; Joint Meeting, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. See Naval Architects^ Institution of
— Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 247, 327, 349, 377, 407, 439, 470, 503, 535, 565. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 25*, 49*, 97*, 330 ; Model of Windmill for Orkneys, 5; Annual Report, 39; Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242* ; Tummel-Garry Scheme, 425*, 460*, 493*, 521*
— Thames Gas Board, 1,390-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine, 346*
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Evening Courses for Engineers, 247; Apparatus for Study of Flexural Centre of Open Members, 321*
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
Norway, Lister Beacon, Sound Measurements at, 570
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland; North; South-West; SoM Yorkshire; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nottingham University, Refresher Courses for Works and Plant Engineers, 139
Nuclear Energy for Power Production, 225
Nuffield Foundation, Annual Report on Scientific Research, 39
Nuffield Mechanisations, Ltd., British Light Car for Services, 104*
Nut, Hexagon Die, Specification, 405
Nutt, D. A,, on Vibration of Gas-Turbine Blades, 323*. See LETTERS, 444, 476, 539
Nuttall, E., Sons and Co. (London), Ltd., Tunnel and Surge Shaft for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 27*

OAKLEY, P. D., on Design and Standardisation of Electric Lamps for Lighthouses, 400
Oat Crusher, “ Marvel ” (E. H. Bentall and Co., Ltd.), 478*
Oberg, S., on Lights and Fog Signals in Sweden, 477
Obituary ; (Moved to separate index)
Ocean Terminal Building, Southampton Docks, 6*, 111, 129*
Oceanographic Council, National, Grant of Royal Charter to, 353
O.B.E.C., Conference on Wind Power, 381
Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Fuel Burners for Lighting Boilers, Stourport “ B Power Station, 286*
and Pulverised Coal. See Colloidal Fuel
— Methods of Analysis of. Specification, 106
— Motors. See Engines, OU; Motor Vehicles; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Refinery, Fawley, Building and Equipment of, 563*
— Seal Treating Unit for Hydrogen-Cooled Turbo-Generator, Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287*
— Separator for Boiler Feed-Water (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 117*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tanker, S.S. “ British Adventurer,” Launch of, 507
Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87, 330
Launches and Trial Trips, 10, 44, 72, 87, 116, 140, 164, 207, 264, 316, 327, 357, 392, 456, 480, 544, 580
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Vegetable, Specification, 58
— See also Eulmcation; Petroleum Oiler, Constant-Level (Denco Engineering Services, Ltd.), 24*
Glands SOdra Grund Lighthouse, Sweden, 186, 515*
Old Centralians, Consideration of Technological Education, by Sir R. Southwell, 537
Olding, J., and Co., Ltd., John Deere 18-h.p. Crawler Tractor, 43* ; 180-b.h.p. Diesel- Engined Tractor, 371* ; ” Elstree Heat Planer ” for Roads, 371*
Oliver, K. L., on Machine Gears, 291, 331. See LETTERS, 252, 354, 382
Olsen, F., Steamship Co., “Blenheim,” 187*
Olympia. See Exhibition Omnibus, Motor. See Motor Omnibus
— Trolley. See Trolley-'Bus
O’Neill, D., on Safety at Sea, 1850-1950, 550, 578
Ontario, Power Developments in, 112 Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace “Operational” Research in Industry, Report on,134
Optical Measuring System for Boring Machine (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 312*
— Testing by National Bureau of Standards, 102
Optics, Applied, Instruction in, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 82 Ordnance. See Guns
Ore-Iron, Discharging Plant, Tyne Dock, 159
Lump, Reduction of, 253
“ Orenda ” Jet Aeroplane Engine, 270* Orient Steam Navigation Co., Launch of S.S.
“ Oronsay,” 15
Orkneys, Electricity-Generating Windmill for, Model of, 5
“ Oronsay,” Orient Liner, Launch of, 15 Osborn, F. M., the Late, 384
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
Overhead Lines, Power Transmission, in France, 529
Power Transmission, Machinery for Construction of, 20] *
Power Transmission, New Zealand, 538
Power Transmission, Present and Future Switchgear for, 226
Power Transmission on Railways, Inspection Vehicle for (Drewry Car Co., Ltd.), 423*
Power Transmission at Very High Voltages, 61
Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Uganda. Model of, 28
Oxford, Royal Agricultural Society Show, 17*, 41*, 65*, 88*
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See Welding

“ P.III ” Research Aircraft, 468*
Packaging, Printing and Allied Trades Association, Annual Report, 507
“ Packman ” Potato Harvester, 391* Packman Potato Planter, 90*
Pakistan, United Kingdom Industrial Mission to, Report, 330
“ Pamcol ” Reversible Plough, 510*
Panels, Plastic, ** Holoplast,” Production of (Holoplast, Ltd.), 176*
*89**"*^^^” Agricultural Baler,
Pantograph for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct- Current Locomotives, 234*
Paper for “ Holoplast” Plastic Panels (Ayles- ford Paper Co., Ltd.), 176*
— Mill, 4,000-kW Pass-Out Steam Turbine, 209*
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil — Tractors. See Tractors
Paris District, Extra High-Voltage Cables in, 319*
— International Conference on Calculating Machines, 151
Conference on High-Tension Networks. See High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris Intemal-Combusion Engine Congress, 1951, Arrangements, 438
Lighthouse Conference. See lighthouse Conference, International, Paris
— Underground Railway, Jubilee of, 15 Parkeston Quay Station, Harwich, Multi- Lingual Announcing Equipment, 392*
Parkinson, Sir. L., and Co., Ltd., 100-ton Trailer for Transport of Drag-Line Excavators, 457*
Parks, Motor-Car, Underground, Fires and Explosions in, 442
Parliament, Engineering Features of House of Commons, 393*
Parr, G., on Author and Publisher, 279. See 237
Parsons, Sir C., Memorial in Westminster Abbey, 317, 359
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
— Steamers. See Steamers
Peace-Time Industry, Operational Research in, Report on, 134
Peacock, J., the Late, 384
Pearson, H., on Axial-Flow Compressors for Aircraft Gas Turbines, 511
Peattie, J. D., on Operation of Power Stations, 53, 79
Pedestrians and Road Problems, 387*
Peel, F., the Late, 508
Pellowe, E. F., on Corrosion Resistance of Galvanised Window Frames, 276
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., S.S. ” Chusan,” 489*, 526*, 557*
Penny, A. G., on Standardisation of Electric Lamps for Lighthouses, 400
Percival Aircraft, Ltd., ” ---craft, 270*
Perforated Plate, 534
Perkins, F., Ltd., Power Plant, , Cylinder Diesel Engine for ^Ferguson Tractor, 479*
Permanent Way, Maintenance of Rail Joints, 572
Perryman, E. C. W., on Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy, 341; on Ageing and Stress-Corrosion of Alumi- nium-Zinc Alloys, 341
Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82,106, 130, 154,178, 222, 246, 271, 295, 326, 348, 376, 406, 438, 470, 502, 534, 564 '
** Peter Standen ” Beet Harvester, 65*
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum, Automatic Control Valves for, Specification, 502
— Industry, Steel Butt-Welded Fittings for, Specification, 106
— See also Oil: Engines, Oil
Pfeil, Dr. L. B., on Isothermal Transformation Diagrams of En Steels, 491
Philip and Son, Ltd., Motor Pilot Vessel ” Sir Thomas Brocklebank,” 324*
Phillips, J. M., On Productivity in Metal Pressing, 112. See 86
Phippeny, Comdr. F. I., on Electric Batteries for Navigation Lights, 274
Photographs, Schlierin, of Supersonic Flow Round Aerofoil, 45* ?
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Laboratory. See National Physical
— Testing by National Bureau of Standards,
Physics, Institute of:
Manchester Section:
Conference on Physical Aspects of Lubrication, 39
Midland Branch: . . _ _
Conference and Exhibition on vacuum Physics: v
Review of Modern Vacuum Pumps, by D. R. Goddard, 95 , i i
Review of Vacuum Gauges, by W. Steckel- macher, 96 T*I
Recent Advances in Vacuum Coating PUnt and Techniques, By L. Holland, 96 Accelerator Vacuum Systems, with Particular Reference to 30-ft. Synchroton, by L. Riddiford, 96
General Principles of Leak Detection, by J. H. Leek and J. Blears, 96
Development and Application of Cold-Cathode Spectrometer Detector, by Dr. C. J. Milner, 96
Physics Laboratory, British Iron and Steel Research Association, 374*
— Light, Velocity of, Redetermination of, 442
— of Lubrication, Conference on, 39
Nuclear Energy for Power Production, 225
— Relativity, Meaning of (Review), 4
— Sun as Emitter of Radio'Waves,448
Vacuum, Conference and Exhibition, 96
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Piers for Railway Bridges, 542 ,
Pie-Feeding Machine, Redcline (J- Lysaght’s Bristol Works, Ltd.), 91
Piles, Atomic, Low-Power, International Declassification Conference, 443
Pilotage and Coastal Navigation, Radio Aids Pinio^.^^See Gears; Gearing; Marine Pro-
Pipe^ttSgs for Sprinklers, Specification, 130
— Flow of Gas in. Experiments on, 277 333,
— Line, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 26*, 49*, 330 X . c X-
Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 462*, 493* _ „
Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305 , 313*
— Systems, Sea-Water, Corrosion in, 291
— See also Tubes . oi
Piston for Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— Ring for Motor-Vehicle Engines, Investigations on, 8* ,
Pitlochry Hydro-Electric Plant, 496* Pitot Tube for Gas-Flow Experiments, 277 ,333 Pitting. See Corrosion
Planetarium for Armagh, Ireland, b3 , Planing and Heating Machine, Blstree, 44- b.h.p. Diesel-Engined, for Roads (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 371* , X -r , M
Plant Transporter, 3-ton ‘ Winget-Lolode (Winget, Ltd.), 401*
and Works Engineers,_ Refresher Courses at Nottingham University, 139
Planter, Potato, “ Packman (Modem Designs, _?“^Sniallford ” (Tractor Shafts Co., Ltd.), 20*
Plastic Deformation in Metals, 372
— Panels, “ Holoplast,” Production of (Holo- Plate^-Levehing Machine. See
— Perforated, Industrial, Specificatmn, 534
— Rectangular, Pure Bending of. Experiments on, 51*, 76*
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
— Ship, Brittle Fracture in, 290*
— Steel, Metallurgical Trends in Production,453 Pure Bending of, Experiments, 52 ,76 Playne, E., New Building at Queen Mary College, 151* TM
Plough and Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd.,
“ Pamcol ’* Reversible I^Jough, 510
— for Agricultural Tractors, 263, 3^
— Deep-Digger Tractor-Mounted (Ford Motor _ Re?er^ble^’'^Pamcol ” (Hough and Agricul- PlumX'“JO’ -d^’ Roller-Bearing, Plywood Twork^on, by Forest Products Re- search Board, 110
Polish University College, Mechanical Engineering Department, 464
Polishing Machine, Rotary, for Air-Compresso Blades (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 114
Pollution, Atmospheric, by Works, Prevention, Wate^r^ Research Board, Report for 1949,506 Polytechnic. See Education
Pneumatic Buffer Stop (G. Turton Platts and Co., Ltd.), 139*
Tools. See Machine Tools
Portable Engine. See Engine.
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools Portland Cement. See Gewen^ “ Portsmouth,” Motor Collier, 32 KAO Vnif
Portugal, Estoril Electric Railway, 1,500-Volt Direct-Current Loc^otive, 212 ...
Portuguese Lighthouse Department, Activities of, 570 — . J V 4 0
Post-Hole Digger (H. Ferguson Ltd.), 42 Digger (Transplanters (Robot), Ltu.;, 541*
Potato-Harvesting Machine, 318, 391* Planter, ” Packman ” (Modern Designs, T td 90*
“ Smallford ” (Tractor Shafts Co., Ltd.), 20*
Potentiometer. See Electric ,, x cr*
“Powder Cutting” Machines for Metals, 5/ (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 57
Power Conference, World. See World Power
Frequency Systems, Industrial Capacitators for. Specification, 246
— Plant, Diesel-Engined Portable (F. Perkins, Ltd.), 445* X . •
Hydro-Electric, Developments in Ontario, 112
Hydro-Electric, in France, 529
Hydro-Electric, Goulburn River, Australia, 382 TV
Hydro-Electric, Grudie Bridge, Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242*
Hydro-Electric Handbook (Review), 315 I Hydro-Electric, Loch Sloy, 1*, 25*, 49* , 1 97*, 330
Power Plant, Hydro-Electric, North of Scotland, Report on, 39
Hydro-Electric, Model of, 28
Hydro-Electric, 330
Hydro-Electric, 460*, 493*, 521* Hydro-Electric, 305*, 313*
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water;
Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production from Nuclear Energy, 225
— Stations, Electric, British Electricity Authority Annual Report, 473
Electric, Clarence Dock, Completion, 381 Electric, at East Greenwich Gasworks, 499
Electric, Emission of Fumes and Grit from. Prevention of, 158
Electric, in France, 529 Electric, Gas Turbines for, 215 Electric, Kingsbury Colliery, 3,250-kW
Mixed-Pressure Turbo-Generators, 243* Electric, Little Barford, 41 Electric, New Zealand, 538 Electric, Operation of, 53, 79 Electric, Present-Day Practice, Switchgear for, 226
Electric, Productivity Report on, 409 Electric, South African, Statistics, 183 Electric, Standardisation of Turbo- Generators for, 449*
Electric, Stourport “ B,” 286*. See LETTERS, 383, 508
Electric, Uskraouth, Caisson Sinking, 88 See also Power Plants ; Substations — Supply, Electric, Birtley Cable Factory, 375 Electric, British Electricity Authority, Annual Report, 473
Electric, for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
Electric, Economics of, 5, 29 Electric, Efficiency of Utilisation, 552
Electric, in Europe, Problems of, 353 Electric, in France, 529
Electric, in France, Extra High-Voltage Cables for, 319*
Electric, Industry, Problems of, 4
Electric, Industry, Statistics for 1948 and 1949, 379
Electric, in Large Chemical Factories, 573 Electric, Luton Factory, Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 518
Electric, in New Zealand, 538 Electric, in Pakistan, 330 Electric, for Paper Mill, 209* Electric, for Power Stations, 450 Electric, Present-Day Practice in Switchgear for, 226
Electric, Aid to Productivity, 412
Electric, Productivity Report on, 409 Electric, in .South Africa, Annual Report, 183
• Electric, Telephonic and Radio Interference from, 103
• Electric, from Wind Power, Conference on, 381
— Transmission, Overhead Lines, in France, 529
Overhead Lines, Machinery for Construction of, 261*
Overhead Lines, New Zealand, 538
Overhead Lines, Present and Future, Switchgear for, 226
Overhead Lines, on Railways. Inspection Vehicle for (Drewry Car Co., Ltd.), 423* Overhead Lines, for Very High Voltages, 61
See also Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Possibilities in Pakistan, 330 See also Hydraulics; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
— Wind, for Electricity Supply, Conference on, 381
— as World Problem, 202, 236, 250 “ PR56 ” Training Aeroplane, 270* Practice, Codes of. Ministry of Works. See Standards
“President ” 8/10-h.p. Agricultural Tractor, 41*
Presidential Address to British Association, by Sir H. Hartley, on Man’s Use of Energy 202,236, 250
to British Association, Section G (Engineering), by Prof. A. Robertson, on Bridge Engineering a Century Ago, 205. See 237
to British Electrical Power Convention, by Sir V. de Ferranti, on Electricity- Supply Industry, 4
to Diesel Engine Users Association, by Major-Gen. A. E. Davidson, on Early Akroyd Oil Engines, 415, 450
— — to Institution of Civil Engineers, by
Dr. W. H. Glanville, on Roads of Great I Britain, 345*, 387*
— to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by Sir A. J. Gill, on Telephonic Developments, 331, 352
to Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, by Prof. G. Cook, on Higher Technological Training, 419
to Institution of Locomotive Engineers, by R. A. Riddles, on Nationalisation and Mechanical Engineer, 435, 484
to Royal Society, by Sir R. Robinson, on National Research, 475
to West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, by W. Barr, on Metallurgical Trends in Production of Steel Plates, 453 Press. See Machine Tools
Pressed Metal Industry, Productivity Team of, Report on Visit to United States, 86. See LETTER,112
Pressure Charging in Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— Mean, in Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— Vessels, Steel for. Specification, 10 “Prestwick Pioneer” Mark 2 Passenger Aeroplane, 218*
Priest Furnaces, Ltd., Annealing Furnaces for Aluminium Strip, 338
Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Association, Annual Report, 507
Printing Trade, Dispute in, 202, 213, 225, 289, 301, 317, 329
Producer, Water-Gas, at East Greenwich Gasworks, 499
Production Engineers, Institution of, Lincoln Sub-Section Converted into Independent Section, 34; Formation of Liverpool Graduate Section, 34; Survey of Work Measurement, 251
— Engineering, Measurement and Analysis of, 309, 334, 351, 421, 486, 561. See 251
Research Association, Annual Report, 15 ; Road Vehicle Advisory Panel, 251; Courses for Foremen, 357 ; Work of, 412
— in Internal-Combustion Engine Industry, Methods and Incentives, 62
Productivity, Electricity as Aid to, 412
— Report on Diesel-Locomotive Industry, 479, 567
on Electricity Supply, 409
— Team of Pressed Metal Industry, Report on
Visit to United States, 86. See LETTER, 112
Profile Projector (Newton <fe Co., Ltd.), 192* Profilometer, for Wiredrawing Dies, 374* Projector, Profile (Newton and Co., Ltd.), 192* Propane, as a Filling for Navigation Buoys, 274 Propeller, Reversible-Pitch, “ Stone-Kamewa ” (J. Stone and Co., Ltd.), 303*
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion; Engines; Turbines; Propellers
Prospection, G6ophysique (Review), 556
Prosser, L. E., on Model Investigation of Ventilation System for House of Commons, 165*
Proteus Lincoln” Aeroplane, 239*
Psychologist’s View of Presentation of Technical Information, 213, 237
Public-Address Systems, Church House, 562
— Utilities Street Works Bill, 87
— Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition, Olympia, 183, 369, 401*, 444*
Publishers and Authors, Relations Between, 237, 279
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Feed, Stourport ” B ” Power Station (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 287
— Fin Tilting. S.S. ” Chusan,” 557*
— Heat, Stourport ” B ” Power Station, 287. See LETTERS, 383, 508
— Vacuum, Design and Performance of, 95 Pumping Plant for House of Commons, 396*
— Set, 16-h.p. Diesel-Driven (J. and H. McLaren, Ltd.), 446*
Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
Puttock, M. J., on Interferometer for Testing Measuring Gauges, 412*. See 224*
Pye, Ltd., Cambridge, Works of, 40

QUARRIES and Mines, Inspectors of, Report for 1939-1949, 568
Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., Stress-Relieving and Pre-Heating of Welded Joints, 392
Quebec, Arvida Bridge, Cold Riveting of Aluminium on, 141*
Queen Mary College, London, New Buildings for, 151*

RADAR, Effect on Safety at Sea, 578
Radio Aids to Coastal Navigation and Pilotage, 570
to Navigation, Effects on Safety at Sea, 578
— Beacons, Aerial Systems for, 571
for Distance and Direction at Sea, 570 and Sound Signals in Finnish Seas, 570
— Control at Utgrunden Lighthouse, 571
— Equipment, Small Power Transformers and Chokes for, 401
— Exhibition, National, Birmingham, 251
— Industry Council, Standard Specifications
for Radio Components, 59
~ Interference from High-Voltage Systems. 103
— Research by British Broadcasting Corporation, 81
— Signals, Automatic Monitoring Recorder for
(Simon Sound Service), 263
— Telephone Calling Devices for Lighthouses, 570
— Waves, Sun as Emitter of, 443
— See also Television: Radar: Thermionic
Radiology, International Congress of, London, 87
Rail Joints, Improvements in, 572
Railroads, American, Association of, Report on Locomotive Construction, 38
— Structures, Modern (Review), 50
— See also Railways Railway Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Ocean Terminal Building, Southampton, 6*, 111, 129*; Ministry of Transport’s Requirements and Recommendations for (Review), 50 ; Pneumatic Buffer Stop, 139* ; British Transport Commission’s Report, 273; Standard Locomotives for, 326; Centenary Memorial Tablet on Britannia Tubular Bridge, 357* ; Multi-Lingual Announcing Equipment at Harwich, 392*; 827-h.p. Mixed-Traffic
Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 403* ; Inspection Vehicle for Overhead Electric Lines, 423* ; Standardisation on, 435, 484 • Colour-Light Signalling on Southern Region, 436* ; Bridge Construction on, 465, 509, 542, 571 ; Research Department, Organisation of, 475, Research Organisation for, 427, 507; Apprenticeship in, 485 ; Replacement of Bridge Over Grand Surrey Canal, 487; Trials of Double-Deck Trains, 517
— Canadian Pacific, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, 553*
— Carriage. See Carriages
— Central London, Jubilee of, 91*
— City and South London, Jubilee of, 556
Railway Congress, International, Rome:
Programme, 111 Inaugural Proceedings, 447 Visits and Excursions, 447 Papers and Reports, 465, 509, 542, 571 Section I.—Ways and Works :
Modern Tendencies in Building of Railway Structures, Especially Bridges ; Results Obtained in Construction of Railway Bribes in Reinforced Concrete ; and future Prospects of Pre- Stressed Concrete, 465, 509, 542, 571 Section II.—Permanent Way :
Rail Joints ; Use of Long Welded Rails ; Optimum Length of Rails; Expansion Gaps ; Standard Allowances, 572 Railway, Estoril Electric, Portugal, 1,500-Volt Direct-Current Locomotive, 212*
— Glasgow and South Western, Centenary, 418
— Indian Government, 2-8-2 Class-W.G. Locomotives for, 193*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Mechanical Engineer and Nationalisation, 435, 484
— Practice, Application of Tapered-Roller Bearings to, 115. See Erratum, 186
— Road and Inland Waterways, Integration of Freight Services by, 424
Integration of Freight Transport by. Statement on, 133. See LETTER, 183
— Rolling Stock. See Rolling Stock; Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Swiss Federal, Wassen Power Station, 305*, 313*
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Wagons. See Wagons
— See also Railroads and PARAGRAPH INDEX Raine, E. N., on Machine Tools for Small Gears, 354. See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 382
Rake, Folding, Agricultural (Massey-Harris, Ltd.), 478*
Ramos, J. G., on Portuguese Lighthouse Department, 570
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Tractor- Mounted Deep-Digger Plough, 478*
Rays. See X-Rays
Rayleigh, Lord, on Principle of Reciprocal Deflection, 197. See LETTER, 252
Readers, Microfilm (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 364*
Ready Reckoner, Scientists’ (Review), 28 Recorders, Earth-Pressure, 5
— Monitoring, Automatic, for Radio Signals (Simon Sound Service), 263
Recording Instruments, Electric, Self-Balancing, 297*
“ Redcliffe ” Pig-Feeding Machine (J. Lysaght’s Bristol Works, Ltd.), 91*
Redpath, Brown and Co., Ltd., Steelwork for House of Commons, 393*
Reduction Gears. See Gears: Gearing: Marine Propulsion
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refinery, Oil, Fawley, Building and Equipment of, 563*
Refrigerating Plant, S.S. “ Chusan,” 528* Refrigerators, Freon, at House of Commons, 395*
Regulators, Voltage, Automatic, 362*
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid, H. C., the Late. 64
Reinforced Concrete. See Uoncrete
Relativity, Meaning of (Review), 4 Relaxation Methods Applied to Flat Slabs, 239* Renault, Ltd., 35-h.p. Petrol-Engined Agricultural Tractor, 541*
Rendel. Palmer and Tritton, 2-8-2 Class-W.G. Locomotives for India, 193*
Rejiort, Accident to Tudor V Aircraft, 463
— and Accounts, National Coal Board, 1949, 13. See Erratum, 71
— Annual, Advisory Council on Scientific
Policy, 109
Alkali, etc.. Works, 158
Association of Consulting Engineers, 159 British Cast Iron Research Association, 469
British Council, 251
British Electricity Authority, 473
British Transport Commission, 273
British Welding Research Association, 87 City and Guilds of London Institute, 475 Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa, 183
Fire Research Board, 441
Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association, 159 International Association for Exchange of Technical Students, 382
Ministry of Works, 1949,181
National Fire Service, 1947, 289
New Zealand State Hydro-Electric Department, 538
North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 411
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 39
Nuffield Foundation, 39
Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Association, 507
Production Engineering Research Association, 15
Safety in Mines Research, 1948, 14
— Diesel-Locomotive Industry, 479, 567
— Educational and Training Schemes for Electrical Technicians, 443
— Explosion in “ Viking ” Air Liner, 341
— Forest Products Research Board, 1939-1947, 110
— Fuel Research, 1939 to 1946, 505
— Future Development of Higher Technological Education, 381, 537
— German Coal-Tar and Benzole Industries, 1939-45, 182
— Inspectors of Mines and Quarries, 1939-1949, 568
— Internal-Combustion Engine Productivity
Team’s Visit to United States, 62
— International Union of Electricity Producer and Distributors, Congress of, 1949, 87
Report, Joint Committee on Metallurgical Education, 353
— Locomotive Construction in United States, 38
— Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1948-49, 507
— Operational Research in Industry, 134
— Productivity, on Electricity Supply, 409 Team of Pressed-Metal Industry, 86.
See LETTER 112
— Sixth, Select Committee on Estimates, 159
— United Kingdom Industrial Mission to Pakistan, 330
— Water Pollution Research Board, 1949, 506 . . X
Research, Aerodynamic, High-Speed, at National Physical Laboratory, 21*, 45*
— Aeronautical, Vibration-Testing Equipment for (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 203*
— Association, Cast Iron, British, Extension of
Laboratories, 34 ; Annual Report, 469 Internal-Combustion Engine, British, Formula for Stiffness of Crankshafts of Oil Engines, 204*. See Errata, 232
Iron and Steel, British, Physics Laboratory, 374*
Motor Industries, Laboratories of, Work of, 8*
Production Engineering, Annual Report, 15; Road Vehicle Advisory Panel, 251 ; Work of, 412
Shipbuilding, British, Work of, 16, 48 , 54 ; Hull-Resistance Research Ship “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573*
Welding, British, Annual Report, 87; Pulsating-Pressure Testing Plant for Pressure Vessels, 384*
— Building, Congress, London, 1951, Arrangements for, 333
— in Building Industry, Official Report on, 182
— Board, Building, Mounting of Roller-Mirror Extensometer, 172*
Fire, Annual Report, 441
Forest Products, Reports (1939-1947), 110
Fuel, Report on Work in 1939-46, 505 Water Pollution, Report for 1949, 506
— Co-operative, Industrial, Survey of, 85^
— Council, Arid Zone, Interim International.
Search for Desert Water Resources, 569 Canadian National, Investigations on Aircraft De-Jcing, 178
— Department, British Railways, Organisation of, 475, 507
Engineering, British Broadcasting Corporation, Work of, 81
Scientific and Industrial, Chemical Research Laboratory, 7* ; and Grant-Aided Associations, Economic Aspects of, 85; Work on Fuel Research, 1939-46, 505
— and Development Equipment, Aircraft,
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 430*
— for Galvanising Industry in Past 20 Years, 276
— Gas-Turbine, Air Compressor Using Water for, 485
— Hydraulic, International Association for, Bombay Meeting, 135
— Laboratorv, Chemical, Teddington, Work of, 7*
Leatherhead, British Electricity Authority, 80*
Hoad, Earth-Pressure Recorders, 5; Work of, 345*, 387* ; Adhesion of Chippings and Tar on Roads, 421
— in Manufacture of Electrical Equipment, 543
— Operational, in Industry, Report on, 134
— Organisation, British Transport Commission, 475, 507
pire, Joint, Electrical-Analogue Apparatus for Testing Fire-Resisting Structures, 5
— and Presentation of Technical Information, 298 237
— Safety in Mines, Annual Reixirt, 1948, 14
— Scientific, Annual Report of Nuffield Foundation, 39
— Ship, Jet-Propelled, ” Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54. 161*, 573*
— on Work Measurement, 309, 310*, 351, 561
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1* 330
— Turnmell-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425* 521*
— for w’assen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*, 313*
Resistance Welding. See Welding
Resistivity of Steel, Effect of Cold Working on, 463
” Resomax-300 ” X-Ray Equipment, 245* Retarders, Hump, for (loods Wagons, St. Luc Marshalling Yard, 554*
Reuss River, Switzerland, Wassen Power Station on,305*,313*
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX Rex 78, Alloy Creep Properties, 189* Rheologists Club, British, Conference on Physical Aspects of Lubrication. 39
Ricardo, Sir H. R., on Supercharging in Internal-Combustion Engines, 411, 433*, 481*
Richardson, Dr. F. D., on Deoxidation of Steel, 414; on Sulphur in Basic Open-Hearth Process 447
Riddiford, L., on Accelerator Vacuum Systems. 96
Riddles, R. A., on Nationalisation and Mechanical Engineer, 435, 484
Rigid-Frame Bridge (Review), 283. See Erratum, 573
Rings, Piston. See Piston Rings
River Goulburn, Dam, Victoria, Australia, 382
— Nile and Tributaries, Measured Discharges of (Review), 368
— (Prevention of Pollution) Bill, 411, 506
— Reuss, Switzerland, Wassen Power Station on, 305*, 313*
Riveting, Aluminium-Alloy, in Aircraft Structures, 467
— Cold, of Aluminium, Developments of, 141* Road Accidents. See Accidents
— Their Alignment, Layout and Construction (Review), 340
— Chippings and Tar on, Adhesion Between* 421
— of Great Britain, Problems of, 345*, 387*
Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd., 15-cwt. Dump
Motor Truck, 444* ; Mono-Rail Transporter, 445*
— Mixtures, Bituminous, Sampling of, 405
— Rail and Inland Waterways, Integration of Freight Services by, 424
Integration of Freight Transport by. Statement on, 133. See LETTER, 183
— Research Laboratory, Earth-Pressure Recorders, 5 ; Work of, 345*, 387* ; Experiments on Adhesion of Chippings and Tar on Roads, 421
— Roller, Variable-Weight Diesel-Driven (Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 370*
Vibrating, 2|-h.p. Petrol-Driven (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 446*
— Traction, Railless Electric. See Trolley 'Bus
— Traffic Arteries, International, Proposed, 434
— Vehicle Advisory Panel, Production Engineering Research Association, 251 Roberts, D. E., the Late, 88*
Roberts, Dr. G., on Bridge Engineering To-day and To-morrow, 237
Robertson, Prof. A., on Bridge Building a Century Ago, 205. See 237
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., Plant for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 281*, 337*
Robinson, I. V., on Standardisation of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449*
Robinson, Sir R., on a National Science Centre, 475
Rockets and Assisted Take-off Units for Aircraft, 575*
Rods, Wrought Aluminium, Specification, 58 Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., “ 707 B ” Research
Aircraft, 217*, 238 ; “ Ashton ” Research Aircraft, 468*
Roe, A. V. (Canada), Ltd., “ Orenda ” Jet Aeroplane Engine, 270*
Roger, J., on Electric Lamps for Naval and Aeronautical Signalling, 477
Rogers, T. H., on Corrosion Behaviour of Different Sea Waters, 291
Rogerstone, Continuous Rolling Mill for Aluminium Strip, 265*, 281*, 337*
Rolls, Plate-Levelling. See Machine Tools Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— Road. See Boad Roller
Rolling and Casting of Ingots, Time Studies, 275
— Mill, Automatic Control System for, 362* Brass, of Scovill Manufacturing Co., 398 Continuous, for Aluminium Strip, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
Plate, Amplidyne Control Equipment for Electric Motors, 95*
— Stock for Budapest Underground Railways, 517
Standardisation on British Railways, 435, 484
Statistics, British Transport Commission’s Report, 273
See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons
— of Thin Foils, 296
Rome, International Railway Congress. See
Railway Congress, International, Rome Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roofs, Railway-Station Platform, Design of, 542
Root. Harvester, Fordson (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 19*
Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rotary Engine. See Engine: Aeronautics Rotary Hoes, Ltd., Tractor-Mounted Rotary
Cultivator, 478*
— Pump. See Pump
Rotor for 22,667-kVA Alternator, 495*
— for 7-5-MW Alternator, 522
Rover Co., Ltd., 60-ft. “ Torquil ” Motor Launch, with Gas Turbine, 308*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Agricultural Society. See Agricultural
— Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Charter, Grant to National Oceanographic
Council, 353

Royal Institution:

Recollections of R. Cory, 411
Sun as Emitter of Radio Waves, by Sir E. Appleton, 443
Royal Ordnance Factories, 50-ton ** Centurion *’ Tank,325*

Royal Society :

National Science Centre, Proposals for, 411, 475
Award of Medals, 438
Rutherford Memorial Fund Appeal, 443 Presidential Address on National Research by Sir R. Robinson, 475 Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— United Service Institution, Naval Aviation, by Vice-Adml. M. J. Mansergh, 452; Influence of Late War on Tank Design, by Brig. 0. E. Chapman, 474. See LETTER, 569
Rubber Transmission Belting, Specification, 376
Rugby Portland Cement Co., Ltd., Communication System for, 483
Russell, A. E., on Aeroplane Structures, 257*. See 302
Rust-Removing Process, Jenolite, 532 Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Development of 1,070-h.p. Gas Turbine, 533*. See Addendum, 569
Rutherford, Lord, Memorial Fund Appeal, 443

SACKS, Textile, Packaging Code, 155
Safety in Coast Lighting, 477
— of Life at Sea. See Life-Saving ; Waier>. Tight Subdivision
— in Mines Research, Annual Report, 1948, 14
— Regulations in American Mining Industry, 301
— at Sea, 1850-1950, 550, 578 Saint. See St.
Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., 200-kV Schering Bridge for High-Voltage Laboratory, 208*. See Erratum, 263
Sampling of Bituminous Road Mixtures, 405
Sams, C. E. R., on Reform in Spelling, 444 bantangini, E., on Fixed Structures to Replace Lighthouses, 138
"Sapphire Meteor” Jet-Engined Aeroplane, 238*
Saunders, Dr. H. L., on Reduction of Lump Ores, 253 *
Saunders, Prof. 0. A., on Gas Turbines for Aircraft, 293*. See 270
Savage, L. H. W., on Ingot Heat Conservation, 275
Savory, L. E., on Experiments with Hartmann Acoustic Generator, 99*, 136*
" SB3 ” Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 269*
Scammell Lorries, Ltd.," Explorer ” Six-Wheel Drive Tractor, 284*; "Mountaineer” Four-Wheel Drive Motor Tipper, 285*
Schering Bridge, 200-kV, for High-Voltage Laboratory (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 208*. See Erratum, 263
Schlierin Photographs of Supersonic Flow Round Aerofoil, 45*
Schofield Travel Scholarships, First Awards, 246
Scholarships. See Education
Schumacher, E. E., on Communications Metallurgy, 296. See 250, 291
Science Centre, National, Government Proposals, 411
National, Government Aid in Forming, 475
— Museum, South Kensington, ** Metals in
Service of Mankind” Exhibition, 39; Centenary of Submarine Telegraphy Exhibition, 201. See Erratum, 333
— and Presentation of Technical information. 228, 237
Scientific Apparatus, Exhibition, Institution of Civil Engineers, 5, 28
— Cryptography, 444
— Instrument Manufacturers Association of
Great Britain, Ltd., Electronics Symposium and Exhibition, Programme, 135
Testing by National Bureau of Standards, 102
— Management. See 'Works Management
— Policy, Advisory Council on, Annual Report, 109
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scientists’ Ready Reckoner (Review), 28
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
Scotland, North, Hydro-Electric Board, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 25*, 49*, 97*, 330 ; Model of Windmill for Orkneys, 5; Annual Report, 39; Loch Fannich Tunnel, 242*; Tummel-Garry Scheme, 425*, 460*, 493*, 521*
Scott, Prof. A. W., on Surface Finish of Marine- Engine Parts, 30
Scott, C. C., the Late, 539
Scott, Sir G. G., House of Commons Ventilation System, 165* ; House of Commons Architecture, 393*
Scottish Aviation, Ltd., " Prestwick Pioneer” Mark 2 Passenger Aeroplane, 218*
Scovill Manufacturing Co., Brass Rolling Mill. 398
Screw Propellers. See Propellers
— Threads, Buttress, Specification, 420
Cycle, Specification, 246 and Tapping, 507
Scrutton, R. F., on Mechanism of Primarj^ Creep in Metals, 372
" Scythia,” M.S.. Reconditioning of, 226
Sea, Safety at, 18.50-1950, 550, 578
— Water Pipe Systems, (’orrosion in, 291
— Wave Motion of, Apparatus for Study of, 160
Scaling Ends of Extra High-Voltage Cables. 319*
Seamer Engineering Co., Ltd., " Abbey ” Agricultural Lime Spreader, 89*
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric
Sections, Wrought Aluminium, Specification, 58 Seddon, A. E., on Performance and Mounting of Roller-Mirror Extensometer, 172*
Seielstad, Lt.-Comdr. H. D., on Remote Control Aids to Navigation, 570
Self, Sir H., on Economics of Electricitv Supply, 5, 29
Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., Motor Omnibus Chassis with Underfloor Engine, 343* Separators, Cyclone, Pressure Drop in, 63. See LETTER, 354
— Oil, for Boiler Feed Water (G. and J. Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Servicing Development Establishment, Royal Air Force Central, 569
Sewage, Luton, Rapid Mechanical Filtration of, 506
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shaft, Crank. See Crankshaft
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
Shaw Savin and Albion Co., Ltd.,‘S.S. "New Australia,” 152*
Shear Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co., Ltd., 300-h.p. Aluminium-Alloy Motor Launch, 103* Ship Canal. See Canal
— Cargo, Design of, 30, 64
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87, 330
— Design for Laminar Flow, 75
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships: Marine Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Launching. See Launch
— Legislation Relating to, 550, 578
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 253, 353, 539
— Merchant, Casualties to, 100
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Plates, Brittle Fracture in, 290*
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Research, Jet-Propelled, " Lucy Ashton,” 17, 64, 161*, 573*
— Seakindly, Design of, 65, 69* ,74, 93*
Smith, Mrs. E. M., on Mechanism of Creep as Revealed by X-Ray Methods, 372
Smith, Sir F., on Sir C. Parsons, 317 359
Smithfield Show and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 478*, 510*, 540*
Smoke Emission by Steamers, Prevention, 505
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. Labour; Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soil Mechanics, Influence of on Civil Engineering, 302, 419
and Road Foundations, 345
Solar. See Sun
Solder for Cable Joints, Researches on, 296 Sopwith, D. G., on Torsional Stress in Helical Springs, 63. See LETTERS, 15*, 40, 135
Sound Amplifying Equipment, Church House, 562
— Emitting Signals, Lister Beacon, Com
parison of, 570
— and Light, Transmission in Atmosphere,
Similarity Between, 118*, 477
— Signals in Finnish Seas, 570
— Wave Production by Hartmann Acoustic Generator, 99*, 136*
South African Electricity Supply Commission, Annual Report, 183
Railways, 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct- Current Electric Locomotives, 233*
— East London Technical College, Courses in Electrical Engineering, 252
— Eastern Gas Board, M.S. ‘‘Wandsworth,” 303* ; Coke-Oven Plant, East Greenwich Gasworks, 475, 499*
— Kensington, Science Museum, ‘‘Metals in
Service of Mankind” Exhibition, 39; Centenary of Submarine Telegraphy Exhibition, 201. See Erratum, 333
— West, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 247, 327, 349, 377, 407, 439, 470, 503, 535, 565. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Western and Glasgow Railway, Centenary of, 418
— Yorkshire, Notes from, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 155, 179, 247, 349, 377, 407, 439, 470, 503, 535, 565. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Southampton Docks, Ocean Terminal Building, 6*, 111, 129* ; Telescopic Gangways for (Structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd.), 6*, 130
Southwell, Sir R., on Technological Education. 537
Specifications, Standard. See Standards ; Standardisation
Spectrographic Analysis, Standard Terms Used in, 10
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Reduction Gears. See Gears ; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Regulation. See also Governing
— Trials. See Trials
“ Speedmaster” Frequency Converters for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 282*
Spelling, Reform of, for Word “ Engineer,” 444 Spencer-Bonecourt, Ltd., Gas Turbine for Waste-Heat Recovery, 243
Spillway, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 2*, 26*
— Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425* — Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305* Spirit, Motor. See Motor Fuels Spoil Banks, Burning, Dangers from, 158 Sporn, P., on Power Transmission at Very
High Voltages, 61
Sprayer, Acid, Agricultural, “Simplex” (Dorman Simplex Sprayer Co., Ltd.), 89* Spraying Unit for Colwood Garden Tractor (Dashwood Engineering, Ltd.), 19* Spreader, Lime, Agricultural, “Abbey” (Seamer Engineering Co., Ltd.), 89*
— Manure, Farmyard (Massey-Harris, Ltd.), 67*
Spring, Helical, Close-Coiled, Torsional Stress in, 15*. See LETTERS, 40, 63, 135 Sprinklers, Pipe Fittings for. Specification, 130 Sprite Take-Oif Unit for Aircraft, 577* Spur Gearing. See Gears : Gearing; Marine Propulsion
St. Luc Railway Marshalling Yard, Montreal, 553*
Stabilising Gear, Denny-Brown, S.S. “ Chu- san,” 489, 557*
Stability and Strength of Slender Beams, 333, 545*
Stabler, G. B., on Surface Finish of Marine- Engine Parts, 30
Staepooie, R. W. de V., on Jet-Impingement Apparatus for Assessment of Corrosion by Sea Water, 291
Stairmand, C. J., on Pressure Drop in Cyclone Separators, 354. See LETTER, 63
Stanchions. See Struts
Standen, F. A., and Sons (Engineering), Ltd., “ Peter Standen ” Beet Harvester, 65*
Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd., Tool Bar for Tractor, 66* ; Hydraulic Hoist for Tractor, 66* Standard Locomotives for British Railways, 326
— Specifications of Radio Industry Council for Radio Components, 59
— Institution, British, Packaging Code, Textile
Bags, Sacks and Wrappings, 155 ; Standard Terms Used in Spectrographic Analysis, 10
British, Specifications, Steels for Land Boilers and Pressure Vessels, 10 ; Aluminium Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding, 34 ; Mild-Steel Castings of High-Magnetic Permeability, 34; Ball Bearings and Parallel-Roller Bearings, 34; Wrought- Aluminium Tubes, Wire, Bars, Rods and Sections, 58 ; Vegetable Oils, 58 ; Engineering and Utility Services in Buildings. 82 ; Vernier Height Gauges. 82 ; Methods of Analysis for Oils and Fats. 106 ; Steel Butt-Welding Fittings for Petroleum Industry, 106; Valves and Gauges for Land-Boiler Installations, 106 ; Ball and Roller-Bearing Plummer Blocks, 106; Vernier Callipers, 106 ; Wrought-Iron and Mild-Steel Hooks, 130; Cast-Iron Pipe Fittings for Sprinklers, 130 ; Twist Drills and Combined Drills and Countersinks, 155; Industrial Safety Gloves, 216 ; Simple Bend Test, 222 ; Cycle Threads. 246 ; External Micrometers, 246 ; Tensile Testingof Metals, 246 ; Industrial Capacit- ators for Power-Frequency Systems, 246 ; Rubber Transmission Belting, 376 ; Thermal Insulating Materials, 376 ; Steel Filler Rod for Gas Welding, 405; Circular Screwing Dies and Hexagon Die Nuts, 405 ; Sampling and Examination of Bituminous Road Mixtures, 405 ; Boiler and Superheater Tubes, 405 ; Steam Turbo-Generators, 449*; Pre-Cast Concrete Kerbs. Channels and Edgings, 470; Buttress Screw Threads, 470 ; Graphical Symbols for Generating Plant and Compressing Plant, 470 ; Automatic Control Valves for Petroleum, 502; Self-Holding Tapers, 502; Steel Balls for Brinell Hardness Testing, 534 ; Steel Tube.s for Motor-Car Purposes, 534 ; and Industrial Perforated Plates, 534
— United States Bureau of. See United States Standardisation on British Railways, 435, 484
— of Electric Lamps for Lighthouses, 400
— of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449* State Railways. See Railways Station, Power. See Power Stations
— Railway, Liverpool Street, Pneumatic Buffer Stop, 139*
New Cross Gate, Colour-Light Signalling at, 436*
- Platforni Roofs, Design of, 542 Stationary Time Series, Extrapolation, Interpolation and Smoothing of (Review), 14 9 Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator for 7-5-MW Alternator, 522*
— for 22,667-kVA Alternator, 495* for 30,000-kVA Alternator, 313*
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See- Engines
— High-Pressure and Temperature, and Recommended Ratings for Turbines, 449*
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamer “ Chusan,” Twin-Screw Passenger and Cargo, 489*, 526*, 557*
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 87, 330
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
— Launching of. See Launching
— Legislation Relating to, 550, 578
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 253, 353, 539. See 100
— ** Monarch of Bermuda,” Fire Damage to, 152*
— ’* New Australia,” Reconstruction of, 152*
— ” Oronsay,” Launch of, 15
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion; Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Smoke Emission by. Prevention of, 505
— “ Titanic,” Loss of, 551
— Water-Tight Subdivision of. See Waler’ Tight
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See Ships; Steamers; Warships
Steckelmacher, W., on Vacuum Gauges, 96
Steel for Aeroplane Structures, 259*
— Castings, Continuous, Experiments in, 374
Mild, of High-Magnetic Permeability, Specification, 34
— Cold Working of. Effects of, 463
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— at Elevated Temperatures, Creep Due to Fluctuating Temperatures in, 189*
— En, British Standard Isothermal Transformation Diagrams, 491
Steel Fabricators (Cardiff), Ltd., “ Horn- draulic”"
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. " ”
— Heat-Resisting, for Gas Turbines, 214 Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Industry, Automatic Control Systems for, 362
— and Iron, Deoxidation of, 414
— for Land Boilers and Pressure Vessels, Specification, 10
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Plate Production, Metallurgical Trends in, 453
Pure Bending of, Experiments on. 52*, 76*
— Rails. See Rails
— for Railway Bridges, 465
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
—-Stainless, “Powder Cutting” of, 57*
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress: Tests {Materials)
— Structures, Application of Prestressing, 385
— for Tapered-Roller Bearings, Erratum, 186
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials)
— Tubes for Motor-Car Purposes, tion, 534
— Welded Fittings for Petroleum
Specification, 106
— for Wire Ropes in Mines, 515
— Works. See Works Steering and Behaviour of Ships, 65, 69*, 74, 93*
— Gear, Electro-Hydraulic, S.S. “Chusan,” 528*
Steffens, R. J., on Model Investigation of Ventilation System for House of Commons. 165*
Stephenson Clarke, Ltd., Motor Collier “ Portsmouth,” 32*
Stephenson, R., Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 205
Stevenson, D. A., on Synchronised Fog Signals, 570
Stirling Boiler Co., Ltd., Boiler Plant for Stour- port “ B ” Power Station, 286*
Stone, J., and Co., Ltd., “ Stone-Kamewa ” Reversible-Pitch Propeller, 303*
“ Stone-Kamewa” Reversible-Pitch Propeller, 303*
Storage Battery. See Accumulator under Electric
Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 2|-h.p. Petrol-Driven Vibrating Road Roller, 446*
Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 286*. See LETTERS, 383, 508
Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools Strains, Internal, in Cold-Drawn Steel, Investigation of, 463
— in Vehicle Wheels, Test Rig for Measuring, 8*
— See also Stress
Stranding Machine for Electric-Cable Manufacture, 375*
Street Works Public Utilities Bill, 87
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials)
Stresses in Aeroplane Structures 257*, 302
— in Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 205
— Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 341
— Fluctuating, at Elevated Temperatures. Creep Due to, 189*
— in Railway Bridges, 465, 509, 542, 571
— Residual Contact, in Built-Up Cylinders, 464*
— in Slender Beams, Investigations on, 333. 545*
— Strength of Materials (Review), 28
— Torsional, in Close-Coiled Helical Springs, 15*. See LETTERS, 40, 63,135
— in Tubes, Due to Internal Pressure, 218*.
See LETTERS, 383, 412, 476, 508
— in Wire Ropes in Mines, 515
Stressed Concrete Design, Ltd., Concrete-Pre- stressing Equipment, 151*
Strick, R., Models of Suspended Gravity Fenders, 5
Strikes. See Labour Notes; PARAGRAPH INDEX Stringer, J., on Ingot Heat Conservation, 275 Strip, Aluminium, Continuous Rolling Mill for, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
Structural and Bridge Engineering, International Association for, Papers of (Review), 459 I
Structural Design of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Engineers, Institution of, Prestressed-Steel
Structures, by Prof. G. Magnel, 385
— Materials, Fire-Resisting, Investigations on, 441
Structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd., Telescopic Gangways for Southampton Docks, 6*, 130
Structures, Fire-Resisting, Electrical-Analogue Apparatus for, 5
— Indeterminate, J. Clerk Maxwell and Theory of, 194*. See LETTER, 252
— Maritime, and Winds and Waves (Review), 124
— Railroad, Modern (Review), 60
— Railway, Design of, 465, 509, 542, 571
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced
— Steel, Application of Prestressing to, 385 Plates for, 453
— Theory of, Flexural Centre of Open Members, 321*
Strut with Crossed Pins, Euler Buckling Load of, 112. See LETTERS, 160*, 252, 354
Stuart Davis, Ltd., Tube-Straightening Machine, 579*
Stubbs, R. L., on Outlook for General Galvanising, 296
Students, Technical, Association for International Exchange of, Annual Report, 382 “ Sturdy Star ” Chassis for Motor Lorry, 285*, 342*
Sturgeon, W., Centenary of, 465
Subdivision of Ships. See Water-Tight Submarine Telegraphs. See Telegraphs Substation, Continuous Rolling Mill for Aluminium Strip, Rogerstone, 338 j — for Large Chemical Factories, 573 j — Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 98* ' Sugar Cane Trailer (Whitlock Brothers, Ltd.), 44*
— History of, Vol. II (Review), 4
Sulphur in Basic Open-Hearth Process, 447
— Dioxide, Atmospheric Pollution by, 158 Sun as Emitter of Radio Waves, 443
Sunbeam Trolleybus Co., Ltd., MF2R Chassis for Trolley *bus, 283*
Supercharging in Internal-Combustion Engines, 411, 433*, 481*
Superheater Tubes, Specification, 405
“ Supermarine 535 ” Fighting Aeroplane, 238* Supply, Ministry of, British Light Car for Services, 104* ; 2,700-h.p. Electric Locomotives, 233*; 50-ton “Centurion” Tank, 325* ; Standardisation of Steam Turbines, 449* ; Air Compressor Using Water for Gas-Turbine Research, 485; Graphite Low- Energy Experimental Atomic Pile, 497* Surface Condensers. See Condensers
— Finish of Marine-Engine Parts, 30, 55
— Flatness, Interferometer for Testing (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 243*. See LETTER,412*
Surfacing of Roads, Investigation of, 345
Surge Shaft, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 461*, 493*
— Tank, Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 307* 313*
— Tower, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 2*, 27*
Surveying, Geophysical (Review), 556
Sussex Shipbuilding Co.. Ltd., 300-h.p. Aluminium-Alloy Motor Launch, 103*
Sweden, Coast Lights and Fog Signals in, 477
— Very High-Voltage Power Transmission in 61
Swedish Lighthouses on Submarine Sites. 186 513*
Swiss Federal Railways, Wassen Power Station for, 305*, 313*
Switchgear, S.S. “ Chusan,” 528
— Circuit Breakers, Air-Blast (Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd.), 365*
Breakers, High-Voltage, Testing in France, 335*
—for Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone 265*
— for 2,700-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct-Current Locomotives, 235*
— for Large Chemical Factories, 573
— Present-Day Practice in, 226
— Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287
— Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme 497*, 523*
Switching Station, Inveruglas, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 98*
Wassen Hydro-Electrio Scheme, 315*
Switzerland, River Reuss, Wassen Power Station on, 305*, 313*
Symbols, Graphical, for Generating Plant and Compressing Plant, Specification, 470
Symposium and Exhibition, Electronics, Programme, 135
Synchrotron at Birmingham University, 96 Szechy, K., Budapest Underground Railway, 517

TABLES of Binomial Probability Distribution (Review), 236
— of Function sin (Review), 340
Take-Off Units, Walter and Sprite, for Aircraft, 575*
Tamkin Brothers and Co., Ltd., Tractor- Mounted Concrete Mixer, 445*
Tank Experiments by British Shipbuilding Research Association, 17, 48
Dumbarton, Tests of Drifters, 29
Hull Design for Laminar Flow, 75
Ships in Rough Water, 93*
— Fuel, Hydrogen-Peroxide, for Aircraft
Starting Motors (Avro (Canada), Ltd.), 72
— Military. 50-ton “ Centurian,” Production of, 325*
Developments in, 474. See LETTER, 569
— Ships, Motor. See Oil Tankandrs
— Steamers. See Oil Tankers
Tannoy Products, Ltd., Sound-Amplifying Equipment at Church House, 662
Tapers, Self-Holding, Specification, 502
Tapping, Production of Accurate Screw Threads, 507
Tapsell, U J., on Creep Due to Fluctuating
Stresses at Elevated Temperatures, 189* Tar and Chippings on Roads, Adhesion Between 421
— Industry, German, During 1939-45, 182 Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd., Power-Driven
Hoist, 42* ; Smart’s Aerator and Turner, 42* J*, Hydraulic Tipping Trailer, 42*
Tata Hydro-Blectric Power Supply Co., Ltd., 20-mVA Transformers, 279*
“ Tay Viscount ” Research Aircraft, 268* Taylor, Dr. J. L., on Hull Design for Laminar Flow, 75
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Information, Various Methods for Presentation of, 213, 228, 237, 260*, 279
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Students, Association for International Ex
change of. Annual Report, 382
Technicians, Electrical, Report on Educational Training Schemes for, 443
Technological Education, Higher, Future Development of, Report on, 381, 537
Teed, Major P. L., on Aircraft Metals at Low Temperatures, 357
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunication Interference from High- Voltage Systems, 103
— Recent Developments in, 352
Telegraphy, Submarine, Centenary of, 102.
See Erratum, 333
— Wireless. See Valves^ Thermionic ; Radar; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX. Telephonic Interference from High-Voltage Systems, 103
Telephony, Recent Developments in, 352
— Steels and Non-Ferrous Alloys Used for Equipment, 296
— Wireless. See Valves, Thermionic; Radar; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telescope, Astronomical, Automatic Control Systems for, 362*
Telescopic Gangways for Southampton Docks (Structural and Mechanical Development Engineers, Ltd.), 6*, 130
Television Broadcast, Cross-Channel, 202
— Interference from High-Voltage Systems, 103
— Research by British Broadcasting Corporation, 81
Tellier, R., on High-Voltage Cable Developments in France, 319*
Temperature Distribution in Ingot Moulds, 275 —• High, Uses in Chemistry (Review), 459
Templewood Engineering Co., Ltd., Mark I Grass Drier, 89*
Tennant, C., Sons and Co., Ltd., Portable Indentation Hardness Tester, 437*
Tensile Tests. See Tests {Materials}
Tensor Club of Great Britain, Formation of, 7 Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terminal, Marine, for Fawley Oil Refinery, 563 Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— of Extra High-Voltage Cables at Fontenay, 319*
— of Jet-Propelled Hull-Resistance Research Ship “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 54, 161*, 573*

Tests (Materials) :

Bend Test, Simple. Notes on, 222
Creep Tests of Heat-Resisting Materials Under Fluctuating Stresses, 189*
on Lead Pressure-Cable Sheaths,121* Crushing Tests of ” No-Fines ” Concrete, 398*
Disc Deformation Tests on Lead Pressure- Cable Sheaths, 121*
Hardness, Diamond Indentation, Testing Machine (Cabul Tool Co., Ltd.), 437*
— Tests, Brinell, Steel Balls for. Specification, 534
Impact Test, Izod <fc Charpy, for Ship Plates, 453
Mechanical Tests of a Century Ago on Cast-Iron Bars, 207
of Aluminium-Alloy Riveting, 467 Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Shear-Strength Tests of Cold-Riveted Aluminium Rivets, 142*
Stresses in Materials and Structures, See Stress
Tensile Tests of Steel Plates, 453
— Testing of Metals, Specification, 246
Tests of Lead and Lead-Alloy Pressure- Cable Sheaths, 121*
Testing Apparatus, Creep-Fatigue, for Lead Pressure-Cable Sheaths, 121*
— Machine, 24,000-lb., British Electricity Authority, 81*
Hardness, Portable Indentation (Cabul Tool Co., Ltd.), 437*
Tests, Model, of Britannia Tubular Bridge, 205
— Rig for Measuring Strains in Motor-Vehicle Wheels, 8*
Testing of Air-Blast Circuit Breakers (Brown, Boveri and Co., Ltd.), 365*
— Apparatus, Creep-Fatigue, for Lead Pressure- Cable Sheaths, 121*
— Equipment, College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, 126*
— Frame for Aircraft Structures, Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 430*
— Machine, 24,000-Ib., British Electricity Authority, 81*
Hardness, Portable Indentation (Cabul Tool Co., Ltd.), 437*
for Full-Size Specimens of Ships’ Structures, 54
for Slender Beams, 333, 545* See also Tests {Materials}
— Measuring Gauges, Interferometer for
(Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 243*. See LETTER, 412*
— by National Bureau of Standards, Scope, 102 —? Plant, Pulsating-Pressure, for Pressure Vessels (Werner <fe Pfleiderer), 384*
— of Railway Bridges, 542
— Set, Valve-Impedance (Mullard Electronic Products, Ltd.), 56*
Testing, Vibration-, Equipment, for Aeronautical Research (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 203*
— of Wire Ropes in Mines, 516
— See also Tests {Materials}; Trials Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textile Bags, Sacks and Wrappings, Standard Packaging Code, 155
Thermal Efficiency of Power Stations, 53, of Steam Turbo-Generating Plant, 449
— Insulating Materials, Specification, 376
— Treatment, Metals. See Heal Treatweni under Metallurgy . ,
Thermionic Valves. See Valves, Thermionic;
Thermodynamic Background of Steel-Making Process 414
Thermodynamics of Gas Turbines, 214*
— General, Modern, Introduction to and Application to Chemistry and Physics (Review), 368
Thomas, T. F., on Heat Pumps at Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 383. See 287. See LETTER, 508
Thompson, Prof. F. C., on Isothermal Transformation of Austenite, 492 .
Thomson, Prof. A. S. T., on Surface Finish of Marine-Engine Parts, 30
Thorley, Dr. N., on Activation Energy of Recovery in Copper, 373 ...
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Reconstruction of S.S. New Australia,” 152*; Launch of M.S. “ Blenheim,” 187*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thrust-Measuring ” Capsule ” for Jet Engines, 573*
Thwaites Agricultural Engineering Co., Ltd., Forage Harvester, 67*
Tile-Drainage Machine (J. A. Cuthbertson,
Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd., Portable Grass Drier, 72; Glandless Flow-Control Valves, 221*; Gerritsen Inflnitely- Variable Gear, 530*
Timber Investigation by Forest Products Research Board, 110
Time Series, Stationary, Extrapolation, Interpolation and Smoothing of (Review), 149
— Studies, Survey of Advances in, 251 Tinsley (Industrial Instruments), Ltd., Pressure Meter for Open-Hearth Furnace, 374 Tipping Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles “ Titanic,” S.S., Loss of, 551
Titanium for Communications Apparatus, 1 Rolled Foil for, 296
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges
Tools, Machine. See Machine Tools
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
Toolbars for Agricultural Tractors, 66*, 262, 388* .
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Manne Propulsion
” Torquil ” Gas-Turbine Motor Launch, 308*
Tourry, Prof. G., on Reconstruction of Berck Light Tower, 186
Tower, Atmospheric, Fawley Oil Refinery, 563
— Control, for St. Luc Railway Marshalling Yard 554*
— Cooling, Precipitation of "Drizzle” from, 1^8 , ,,
— Light, Berck, France, Reconstruction in Prestressed Concrete, 186
— Power Transmission, Machinery for Erection of, 261*
— Vacuum, Fawley Oil Refinery, 563 Town Gas. See Gas
Trackless Trolley System, Road Traction, bee Trolley'Bus
Traction, Electric. See Railways ; Trolley Bus Tractor, Agricultural, "Cropmaster,” with
" Horn-draulic ” Loader (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 43*
Cropmaster,” with One-Way Plough (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 43* Developments in, 262, 317, 388*. See 356 50-h.p. Diesel, Track-Laying (H. L. Ames and Co. (Engineering), Ltd.), 68*
Hydraulic Hoist for (Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd.), 66*
Loader for (J. C. Bamford), 67* 35-h.p. Petrol-Engined (Renault, Ltd.), 541*
8/10-h.p. ‘ ‘ President ’ ’ (Brookhouse Engineering (Southport), Ltd.), 41*
Tool Bar Fitting (Stanhay (Ashford), Ltd.), 66*
Track-Laying (Fraser Tractors, Ltd.), 67*
— Concreting and Back-Filling, 10-h.p. Petrol or Diesel-Driven (Tutz Tractors, Ltd.),520*
— Crawler, 80-b.h.p. " Challenger Mark II ” (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 17* 40-h.p. Diesel-Engined "Dragon” (v . Loyd and Co., Ltd.), 540* 45-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined Fiat Model 52 (Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 540* 18-h.p. John Deere (J. Olding Co., Ltd.), 43* „
“ Mark VF,” with Bray Hydraulic Angledozer (.1. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), 22-b.h.p. Petrol-Driven Fiat Model "601" (Mackay Industrial Equipment, I.td.), 540*
— Ferguson, 32-b.h.p. Three-Cylinder Diesel Engine for (F. Perkins, Ltd.), 479*
— Garden, Colwood, 1-2-h.p. Petrol-Driven (Dashwood Engineering, Ltd.), 19*
— 130-b.h.p., Six-Wheel Drive, " Explorer (Scammell Lorries, Ltd.), 284*
— Roller, Three-Wheeled Petrol-Driven (H. R. Nash, Ltd.), 541* .
— Track-Laying, 50-h.p., Diesel (H. L. Arnes and Co. (Engineering), Ltd.), 68*
Laying (Fraser Tractors, Ltd.), 67* Laying, 180-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 371*
-Laying, Models " ADN 130” and " ADN 70 ” (Aci^ries du Nord), 444*
Tractor Shafts Co., Ltd., " Smallford” Potato Planter, 20*
Trade Disputes. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, of Capital Goods to North America, Guidance on, 157
Coal, National Coal Board Report, 13
Trade Unions. See Labour and Trade. Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— United Kingdom and Pakistan, 330
Traffic Arteries, Road, International, Proposed, 434
Trailer Coach, “ Dyson-Express,” for Passenger Transport, 162*
— 70-ton Heavy-Duty (B. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.). 283*
— 100-ton Heavy-Duty (R. A. Dyson and Co.. Ltd.), 457*
— Sugar Cane (Whitlock Brothers, Ltd.), 44*
— Tipping, “Midget” (Markham Traction. Ltd.), 68*
Hydraulic (Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd.), 42*
Three-Way (Whitlock Brothers, Ltd.), 43*
Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Tralleborg Lighthouse, Sweden, 186, 513*
Transfer, Heat, Vol. I (Review), 172
Transformation Diagrams, Isothermal, of En Steels, Atlas of, 491
— in Iron-Nickel Alloys, 492
— Isothermal, of Austenite, 492
Transformers, 20-MVA, for India (Hackbridge Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd.), 279*
— Instrument, Defects of. Effect of Core Properties On, 184*
— for Large Chemical Factories, 573
— 11/132-kV, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 98*
—‘ Small Power, and Chokes, for Radio Equipment, 401
— Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287
— Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 496*. 523*
— Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 314*
Transmission Belting, Rubber, Specification, 376
— Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Power Transmission
Transplanters (Robot), Ltd., Post-Hole Digger, 541*
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., “ Sturdy Star” Chassis for Motor Lorry, 285*, 342*
— Freight, by Road, Rail and Inland Waterway, Integration of. Statement on, 133. See LETTER 183. See 424
— Ministry of, Requirements and Recommendations for Railway Construction and i Operation (Review), 50 ; British Transport I Commission’s Annual Report, 273; and Shipping Legislation, 550, 578
— Motor. See Road : Motor
— Problems in Pakistan, 330
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road; Motor; Trolley'Biis
Transporter, Mono-Rail (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 445*
— for Pipe Line, Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 49*
Transverse Bulkheads. See Water-Tight Subdivision
Travel Grants, Educational, to United States, 443
Tremain, G. R., on Creep Due to Fluctuating Stresses at Elevated Temperatures, 189*
Trenching Machine for Transmission-Line Construction, 261*
Trials, Agricultural Tractors. See Tractors
— and Launches of Ships, 10, 44. 72, 87, 116, 140, 164, 207, 264, 304, 316, 327, 357, 392, 456, 480, 544, 580
—• See also Tests
Trinity College, Cambridge, Investigations on Pure Bending of Rectangular Plates, 51*,
Trolley ’Bus, 40-Seater, MF2R Chassis for (Sunbeam Trolleybus Co., Ltd.), 283*
Trollope and Colls, Ltd., Foundations for House of Commons, 393*
Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Tube, Boiler, Investigation on Corrosion of, 7*
— Condenser, Investigations on Corrosion in, 291
— Deforming Machines for ** Holoplast ” Plastic Panels, 176*
— for Gas-Flow Experiments, 277*, 333
—• under Internal Pressure, Stresses in, 218*. See LETTERS, 383, 412, 476, 508
— Railways. See Underground Railways: London Transport Executive
— ^4^05 Superheater, Specification,
for Motor-Car Purposes, Specification, 534 ?— Wrought Aluminium, Specifications, 58
— See also Pipes
Tubular Bridge, Britannia, Construction of, 205 Conway, Construction of, 205
Tudor V Aircraft, Accident to, 463
Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme. 425* 460*, 493*, 521*
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
Tunnels for Budapest Underground Railway, 517 ’
— Loch Fannich, Completion of, 242*
Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1*, 26* 330 ’
— Railway, Construction of, 542
— Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425*, 460*
— for Wassen Hydro-Electric Scheme, 305*. 313*
Tuplin, Dr. W. A., on Machine Tools for Small Gears, 252. See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS 291, 331, 354, 382
Turbine, Gas, Air Compressor Using Water, for Research, 485
for Aircraft, 230*, 270, 293* for. Conference on. Programme, 221; Postponement of Conference, 242
Blading. See Blading Constant-Pressure (Review), 429
Determination of Vibration of Blades in, 323*. See LETTERS, 444, 476, 539 I

UGANDA, Owen Palls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Model of, 28
Underground Railway, Budapest, 517 Central London, Jubilee of, 91* Paris, Jubilee of, 15
Sixtieth Anniversary of Opening of City and South London Line, 556
See also London Transport Executive Union, Trade. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
United Kingdom Industrial Mission to Pakistan, Report, 330
— Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
Problems of Electricity Supply in Europe, 353 ; Proposed International Road-Traffic Arteries, 434
— States Bureau of Mines, Report on Safety in Mining Industry, 301
—? — Bureau of Standards, Tables of Binomial Probability Distribution (Review), 236 Coast Guard, Radio-Telephone Calling Devices for, 570
Diesel-Locomotive Industry, 479, 567 Educational Commission, Travel Grants by, 443
—• — Use of Electric Batteries for Navigation Lights. 274
Electricity Supply and Industrial Production in, 409
Export of Capital Goods to. Guidance on, 157
Internal-Combustion Engine tivity Team’s Visit to, 62
Locomotive Construction in, 38 ; National Bureau of Standards, testing by, 102 Railways. See Railroads Roads, Problems of, 345, 387 Shipbuilding Research in, 17 Structures, Fixed, to Replace Lightships, 138 Unattended Lightships in, 274 Visit of Pressed-Metal Industry’s Productivity Team, Report on, 86. See LETTER, 112
Waterbury, Continuous Brass Rolling Mill at, 398
See also America
University, Birmingham, Synchrotron at, 96 ; Advanced Courses in Metallurgy and Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 124
— Bristol, Investigations on Stability of Slender Beams, 333, 545*
—• Cambridge, Summer School on Electrical- Resistance Strain-Gauge Methods, 130
— Courses in Metallurgy, New Recommendations, 353
— and Higher Technological Training, 419
— Nottingham, Refresher Courses for Works and Plant Engineers, 139
— See also Education
Uskmouth Power Station, Caisson Sinking, 88 Utah Construction Co., Goulburn River Dam, Australia, 382
Utgrunden Lighthouse, Sweden, 514* ; Radio Control at, 571
Utility and Engineering Services for Buildings, Specification, 82

VACUUM Physics Conference and Exhibition, 96
— Pump. See Pump
— Tower, Pawley Oil Refinery, 563*
— Tube. See X-Rays; Valves, Thermions Valve, Control, Automatic, for Petroleum, Specification, 502
— Flow, Control, Glandless (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 221*
of Gas in. Experiments on, 277*, 333
— and Gates, Tummel-Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 426*, 493*, 521*
— for Heavy-Duty Oil Engines, 31
— for Land-Boiler Installations, Specification, 106 . X X.
— Thermionic, Impedance-Testing Set for (Milliard Electronic Products, Ltd.), 56*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
Van Troys, L., on Apparatus for Study of Sea- Wave Motion, 160
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 7-ton Bedford Motor- Tipper, 255* ; Extensions to Luton Factory, 518* .
Vedeler, Prof. G., on Brittle Fracture in Ship Plates 290*
Vegetable Oils, Specification, 58
Velocity Gyroscope, S.S. “ Chusan,” 560
Venesta, Ltd., Silvertown Factory, Model of, 28
“ Venom ’* Night-Fighting Aeroplane, 239*
Ventilation of Ships, Investigations, 55
— System for House of Commons Debating Chamber, 165*, 393*
S.S. New Australia,” 154
Vernier Callipers, Specification, 106
— Height Gauges, Specification, 82
Vernon, M. D., on Psychologist’s View of Presentation of Technical Information, 213, 237
Vessel, Pressure, Pulsating-Pressure Testing Plant for (Werner and Pfleiderer), 384* Steel for, Specification, 10 Viaducts, Railway, Design of, 509
— See also Bridges
Vibration of Gas-Turbine Blades, Determination of Natural Modes of, 323*. See LETTER, 444, 476, 539
— in Ships, Investigations on, 17, 48, 94
. Testing Equipment for Aeronautical Research (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 203*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Launch of S.S. Oronsay,” 15 ; ” Supermarine 535 ”
Fighting Aeroplane, 238* ; ” Tay Viscount” Research Aircraft, 268*; ‘‘Viscount 700 ” Air Liner, 268*; 50-ton “Centurion” Tank, 325*; 180-b.h.p.
Diesel-Engined Track-Laying Tractor, 371* ; S.S. ” Chusan,” 489*, 526*, 557* ; Oil Tanker, “ British Adventurer,’’ Launch of, 507 , , .
Victor Products (Wallsend), Ltd., Electric Hammer Drill, 445*
“ Viking ” Air Liner, Explosion in, Report, 341 “ Viscount 700 ” Air Liner, 268*
Visibility and Luminous Range in Lighthouses, 570
Voltage Regulators, Automatic, 362*
von Karman, Dr. T., Award of Kelvin Gold Medal to, 381
Vovsev R. G., on Vibration of Gas-Turbine Blades, 476. See 323*. See LETTER, 444, I 539

WAGES, Labour: PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles : Tractors
— Standardisation on British Railways, 435, 484
Wakefield, C. C., and Co., Ltd., Mechanical Grease Lubricator, 316*
Wall, Retaining, on Railways, Design of, 542
Wallace, A. J. L., on Machine Tools for Small Gears, 252. See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 291, 331, 354, 382 1
Walter Take-Off Units for Aircraft, 575* “Wandsworth,” M.S., “ Stone-Kamewa ” Reversible-Pitch Propeller, 303*
Wans, I., on Trends in Oil-Engine Design, 31
“ Wanstead,” M.S., Design of, 30, 64
War Office, 50-ton “ Centurion” Tank, 325* ; Use of Akroyd Oil Engines by, 415, 450
— Time, German Coal-Tar and Benzole Industries in, Report on, 182
Work of Fuel Research Board, 505 Warfare, Effect on Tank Design, 474. See LETTER,569
— Naval. See Warships
— Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics

Warships :

Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
Guns, Naval. See Guns
H.M. Ships, Corrosion in Sea-Water Pipe Systems of, 291
Experiences with Turbine Gearing in, 539
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Guns. See Guns
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Wassen Power Station on River Reuss, Switzerland, 305*, 313*
Waste-Heat Recovery, Gas Turbine for (J. Brown and Co., Ltd.), 243
Water Heaters. See Feed- Water Heaters
— Pollution Research Board, Report for 1949, 506
— Power. See Hydraulic: Power Plant: Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Resources in Deserts, Search for, 569
— Supply Practice, British, Manual of (Review), 368
— Tanks. See Tanks
Water-Tight Subdivision, Effect on Safety at Sea, 578
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic; Power Plant
— Wheels. See Turbines t Hydraulic : Power Plant
Waterbury, United States, Continuous Brass Rolling Mill at, 398
Waterways, Inland, Roads, and Railways, Integration of Freight Services by, 424
— See also Bivers : Canals
Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watford Electric and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Control Panels, Continuous Rolling Mill, Rogerstone, 338
Watt, James, “ Lap ” Steam Engine, Model of, 199*
Watts, E. H., on New Cargo Liner Design, 30, 64
Waves, Earth (Review), 397
— Motion of Sea, Apparatus for Study of, 160
— Radio, Sun as Emitter of, 443
— Sound, Production of Hartmann Acoustic Generator, 99*. 136*
— Winds and Maritime Structures (Review), 124
Weather. See Meteorology
Weeder, Universal (Aldersley Engineering (o., . Ltd.), 43*
Weir, Concrete, for Wassen Hydro-Electric . Scheme, 305*
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Oil Separator for Boiler Feed-Water, 117*; Feed Pumps for Stourport “ B ” Power Station, 287
Welded Construction, Work of British Shipbuilding Research Association, 17, 54
— Joints, Stress-Relieving and Pre-Heating of (Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd.), 392
Welding, Gas, Steel Filler Rods for, Specification, 405
— Machine, Direct-Current, with Rectifier Control (Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd.), 205*
— Metal-Arc, Aluminium Electrodes for. Specification, 34
— Pressure, of Copper-Base Alloys, 399
— Research Association, British* Annual Report, 87; Pulsating-Pressure Testing Plant for Pressure Vessels, 384*
Wellman, Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Coiler for Aluminium Strip, Rogerstone, 282*
“ Wendover,” M.S., Design of, 30, 64
Werner and Pfleiderer, Pulsating-Pressure Testing Plant for Pressure Vessels, 384*
West’s Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Gas Turbine for Waste-Heat Recovery, 243
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
West, W. J., on Achievements in Farm Mechanisation, 388*. See 356
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Colour-Light Signalling Equipment for British Railways, 436*
Westminster Abbey, Memorial to Sir Charles Parsons, 317, 359 ; Memorials to Engineers in, 382
— Church House, Sound-Amplifving Equipment, 562
Westwood, J., and Co., Ltd., Railway Bridge Over Grand Surrey Canal, 487*
Westwood, J. R., on Machine Tools for Small Gears, 354. See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 382
Wheels, Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Motor-Vehicle, Test Rig for Measuring
Strains in, 8*
Whessoe, Ltd., Wet Purification Plant for Coke- Oven Gas, Greenwich Gasworks, 499*
Whipp and Bourne, Ltd., Switchboard, S.S. “ Chusan,” 528*
Whitlock Brothers, Ltd., Three-Way Tipping Trailer, 43* ; Sugar Cane Trailer* 44*
Wiegandt, M. H., on Machine Tools for Small Gears, 354. See 145*, 169*. See LETTERS, 252, 291, 331, 382
Wild, Dr. R., on Reduction of Lump Iron Ores, 253
Wilkins, R. J., on Flexural Centre of Open Members, 321*
Williamson, J., and Partners, Loch Sloy Hydro- Electric Scheme, 1*, 25*, 49*, 97*, 330
Willott, W. H., on Transmission of Sound and Light in Atmosphere, 118*, 477
Wilmshurst, T. P., the Late, 355
Wilson, D. V., on Effect of Cold Work on Steel, 463
Wilson, L., on Future Policy of Aslib, 302
Wimpey, G., and Co., Ltd., Dam for Tummel- Garry Hydro-Electric Scheme, 425*, 521*
Wind Effect on Steering of Ships, 65, 69*, 74 93*
— Power for Electricity Supply, Conference on. 381
— Pressure on Suspension Bridges, 237
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
— Waves and Maritime Structures (Review) 124
Winding Operations in Mines, Wire Ropes for, 515
Windmill, Electricity-Generating, for Orknevs, Model of, 5
Window Frames, Galvanised, Corrosion Resistance of, 276
Winget, Ltd., “ Winget-Lolode” 3-ton Plant Transporter, 401*; 2-4-h.p. Petrol-Driven Barrow, 402*
Wire Ropes in Mines, Conference on, 515
— Wrought Aluminium, Specification, 58 Wireless Telegraphy. See Radio
— Telephony. See Radio
Withers, G., on Sulphur in Basic Open-Hearth Process, 447
Wood for Aeroplane Structures, 259*
Wood, Dr. W. A., on Atomic Displacements in Plastically-Deformed Metals, 372; on Mechanism of Primary Creep in Metals, 372
“ Woodford,” M.S., Design of, 30, 64
Woollard, F. G., on Flow-Line Production, 334, 421. See 309, 351
Woollatt, J. S., on Methods of Study of Internal - Combustion Engines, 40

Works ;

Birtley Factory of W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 375*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Cambridge Works, 41
Chemical Factories, Electrical Installations in, 573
Continuous Rolling Mill for Aluminium Strip, Rogerstone, 265*, 281*, 337*
Gasworks. See Gasworks
Luton Factory Extensions, Vauxhall Motors Ltd., 518*
Marine-Engine Shop, Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Lighting Installation in, 192
Pye, Ltd., Cambridge Factory, 40
Steelworks, 300-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined Locomotive for (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 467*
Works Management, Production Engineering, 309, 334, 351, 421, 486, 561
Refresher Courses for Foremen, 357 Work Measurement Research, 309, 310*, 351, 561
— — Work Measurement, Survey of, 251 Workshem Technology, Modern, Part II,
Machine Tools and Metrology (Review), 236. See Addendum^ 340
— Measurement Research, 309, 310*, 351, 561 Survey of, 251
— Ministry of. Model Investigation of Ventilation System for House of Commons, 165* ; Annual Report, 1949, 181; Engineering
Features of House of Commons, 393* ; Codes of Practice. See Standards
— and Plant Engineers, Refresher Courses at Nottingham University, 139
Workmen. See Labour
Workshop Technology, Modern, Part II, Machine Tools and Metrology (Review), 236. See Addenda, 340 i
— Training. See Education '
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
World Power Conference ;
Report of Proceedings, 37
Modern Trends in Oil Engine Designs, by I. Wans, 31
Development of Power from Nuclear Energy, by Prof. Sir J. Cockcroft, 225
Nuclear Energy for Power Production, by W. F. Davidson, 225
Worm Gear. See Gear ; Gearing Wrappings, Textile, Packaging Code, 155 Wrecks. See Accidents
Wright, Col. Sir W. C., the Late, 159 Wrought Iron. See Iron

X-RAY Equipment, 300-kV (Newton Victor Ltd.), 245*
Investigations on Cold-Drawn Steel, 463 Observations of Creep and Deformation in Metals, 372
Xylonite Plate, Pure Bending of. Experiments on, 77*
“ YBl ’* Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 269* Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Under Constant Stress, Flow of, 372
— Consumption in Galvanising Industry, 276

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Engineering 1950 Jul-Dec: Index: General

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