Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: General

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index

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

ABBEY Works of Steel Company of Wales, Opening of, 82*
Abadan Oil Refinery, Early Development of, 604*
Aberconway, Lord, and Iron and Steel Corporation, 146
Aberdeen University, Model Investigation of Aberdeen Harbour, 283
Abinger Observatory, Work of, 310
Abrasion and Wear, International Conference on, Delft. See Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch

Accidents :

Aircraft Accidents and Airworthiness Requirements, 586
Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1949, 497
Explosions, Boiler. See Boiler Explosions and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Factory Accident Involving Safe Means of Access, 594. See LETTER, 661
Fire Prevention in Cargo Ships Using Oil Fuel, 279
Mining Accidents in Century 1851-1951, 232
Railway Accidents, British, in 1950, 722 at Weedon, Northamptonshire, 403, 430, 437
Vessels Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
Accumulators, Electric. See Electric
— Hydraulic, Greer-Mercier (Finney Presses, Ltd.), 704*
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles ; Motor Truck Accurate Recording Instrument Co., Indicating and Recording Instruments, 290
“ Ace ” Coal Cutter, 33*
Acetylene Welding. See Welding
Ackerley, R. O., on Progress in Electric Lighting, 235
Acock, G. P., on Corrosion of Buried Iron and Steel Pipes, 786
Activated Sludge. See Sewage
A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., 100-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder A.E.C. Diesel Engine, 291*
Adcock <fc Shipley Co., Ltd., Boring Machine for Oil-Engine Connecting Rods, 24*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Adhesives, Synthetic-Resin, Summer School at Duxford, 435
Admiralty. See Warships
Admittance Diagram, Three-Dimensional (D. C. Johnson), 246

Aeronautical Conference, Anglo- American, Brighton : Programme, 179

Inaugural Proceedings, 297, 307 Summaries of Papers, 297, 341, 359
Plastics and Plastic Structures, by J. E. Gordon, 297
Material Problems of High-Altitude Aircraft, by H. W. Hall and Dr. T. P. Hughes, 298
Infusion of Safety into Aeronautical Engineering Curricula, by J. Lederer, 341
Propellers for High Powers and Transonic Speeds, by G. W. Brady, 341
Heat Transfer Studies Relating to Rocket Power Plant Development, by L. G.. Dunn, W. B. Powell and H. S. Seifert,. 341
Engineering Problems in Aircraft Operation, by B. S. Shenstone, 341
Development in Australia of Thick Suction Wing, by T. S. Keeble, 359
Reduction of Drag by Distributed Suction by Sir B. M. Jones and Sqdn.-Leader T. R. Head, 359
Experimental Methods for Transonic Research, by J. Stack, 359
Review of High-Speed Hydrodynamic Development, by E. G. Stout, 441*, 478*. See 341
Advances in Aircraft Structural Design, by Prof. G. T. R. Hill, 537*. See 297 i Structural Problems of Future Aircraft, by Prof. N. J. Hoff, 573*. See 297 Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics
Aero Research, Ltd.-, Summer School on Synthetic-Resin Adhesives, 435
Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics
Aeroil Products Co., Inc., Heater fqr Sealing Compounds for Concrete Road Joints, 368
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Awards by, 335, 339; Wright Lecture on the Well-Tempered Aircraft, by A. E. Raymond, 339; Modern Trends in Civil Airworthiness Requirements, by W. Tye, 586 ; Power-Operated Controls for Aircraft, by C. F. Joy, 665*, 700*; Problems of Transonic Flight, by A. N. Clifton, 685; Structural Problems of Advanced Aircraft, by H. H. Gardner, 767

Aeronautics:

Aeronautical-Engineering Curricula, Infusion of Safety into, 34
Group of Aslib, Inauguration of, 476
— Research in Australia, Report on, 72
Aeroplane, Bombing, “ Canberra ” P.R. Mark 3 (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 391*
Jet-Propelled, “ Convair ” XB-46, 341, 442*
SA-4 (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 342*
“ Valiant ” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 342*
— Early History of, 220
— “ Convair ” XF-92A Delta-Wing, 341, 479*
— Fighting, D.H.110 (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 512
P.1067 (Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.), 342* Supermarine 508 Naval (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 343*
Supermarine, “Swift” (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 343*
-— — Twin-Engined Delta-Wing (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 766
“ Venom I ” (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 354
— Research," Avro” 707 B and 707 A (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 353*
P.lll (Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd.), 353*
— Stability, Limits for Seaplane Hull, 441*, 478*. See 341
— Structures, Development and Design of, 70
— Training, “ Vampire ” (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 354
— See also Flying Boat; Seaplane (below) Air Liner, “ Brabazon,” Flights by, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 115
— — “ Comet,” Tank Lorry for Fuelling, 577*
“ Hermes 5 ” (Handley Page, Ltd.), 392
— Radio, Forty Years’ Progress in, 151
— Registration Board, Annual Report, 160 Aircraft, Advanced Structural Problems in, 767
— Anti Submarine1 “ Firefly ” Mark 7 (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 392*
— Application -of Power to, 8
— “ Auster ” (Auster Aircraft, Ltd.), 392
— Automatic Track-Plotting Instrument for (Decca Navigator Co., Ltd.), 589*
— Design and Safety Considerations, 586
— Exhibition and Flying Display, Farnborough Aerodrome, 342*, 353*, 391*
— Freighter, “ Bristol ” 171 Mark 3 (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 393
— — “ Gal-60 ” (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 392*
— Future, Structural Problems of, 297, 573*
— Ground-Attack “ Meteor ” (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 354
— High-Altitude, Material Problems of, 298
— Industry, Development of Alloys for, 343. See LETTER, 371
— Military, Design for Transonic Flight, 685
— Operation by British European Airways, Engineering Problems in, 341
— Operationally-Useful, Production of, 339
— Power-Operated Controls for, 665*, 700*
— “ Sea Venom 20 ” (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 354*
— Structure Design, Advances in, 297, 537
— and Materials, Australian Reseaches on, 72
Airfields, Planning and Construction of, 70
Aslib Study Group of Aeronautical Information, 211
“ Atar-101 ” Turbo-Jet Aeroplane Engine, 173
“ Auster ” Aircraft (Auster Aircraft, Ltd.), 392
“ Avon ” Axial Jet Aeroplane Engine, 343*
“ Avro ” 707B and 707A Research Aircraft, 353
Biplane, Dunne, of 1911, 539*
— Short, “ Silver Streak,” of 1921, 537
“ Brabazon ” Air Liner, Flights by,
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 115
“ Bristol ” Freighter Loaded with “ Bristol ” Helicopter (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 393*
Bristol Monoplane, of 1913, 537*
British European Airways Corporation,
Annual Report, 267; Engineering
Problems in Aircraft Operations, 341
British Overseas Airways Corporation, Annual Report, 267
Cabins, Pressure, for Aircraft, Designs and Tests, 767
“ Canberra ” P.R. Mark 3 Bomber (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 391*
“ C.C.” Gear for Aircraft Machine Guns,
Development of, 6,03*. See LETTER, 789
Civil Airworthiness Requirements, Trends in, 586
—- Aviation, Ministry of, Review of Progress in Civil Aviation, 184; Trials with Flight Log, 589*
Aeronautics—continued.
“ Comet ” Air Liner, Tank Lorry for Fuelling, 577*
Controls, Power-Operated, for Aircraft, 665*, 700*
“ Convair ” XB-46 Jet-Propelled Bombing Aeroplane, 341, 442*
“ Convair ” XF-92A Delta-Wing Aeroplane, 341, 479*
“Convair” XP5Y-1, High-Speed Propeller-Turbine Seaplane, 341, 442*. 478*
I Dart ” Propeller-Turbine Aero Engine,
Tests of (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 123 Drag Reduction by Suction, 359 Dunne Biplane of 1911, 539*
Engine, Aeroplane, “ Atar-101,” Turbo- Jet, 173
— -- “ Avon ” Axial Jet (Rolls-Royce
Ltd.), 343*
- “ Dart,” Propeller-Turbine, Tests
of (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 123
Gas-Turbine, Measuring Stresses in 761*
— “ Nene,” Turbo-Jet, Cartridge Starter for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 819*
“ Nomad ” Compounded Piston and Turbine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 353
“ Orenda ” Turbo-Jet, Axial-Flow (A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd.), 735*
Researches in Australia on, 72 —- —- “ Sapphire,” Axial Turbojet (Brockworth Engineering, Ltd.), 391
Types and Development of, 8 —- — See also TurWnee, Gas
“ Firefly ” Mark 7 Anti-Submarine Aircraft (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 392* Flight, Transonic, Problems of, 685 Flying Boat “Convair” XP5Y-1 Prop- peller Turbine High-Speed, 341, 442*, 478*
“ Princess,” Final Stages of Erection
(Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 563
— Display and Static Exhibition, Farnborough Aerodrome, 342*, 353,* 391* “ Gal-60 ” Freighter Aircraft, 392* Helicopter, “ Bristol,” Loaded on “ Bristol ” Freighter Aircraft (Bristol Aero, plane Co., Ltd.), 393*
“ Hermes 5 ” Air Liner (Handley Page, Ltd.), 392
Hydrodynamic Development in High- Speed Seaplanes, 441*, 478*. See 341 Instrument Track-Plotting for Aircraft,
Automatic (Decca Navigator Co. Ltd.), 589*
Metals for Aircraft, Properties of, 574 “ Meteor ” Ground-Attack Aircraft
(Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 354 Monoplane, Bristol, 1913, 537
— Hill, “ Pterodactyl ” Mark 1,1925, 537* “ Nene ” Turbo-Jet Engine, Cartridge
Starter for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 819* “ Nomad" Compounded Piston and
Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 353
“ Orenda ” Axial-Flow Turbo-Jet Engine
(A. V. Roe (Canada), Ltd.), 735 P.lll Research Aircraft (Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd.), 353*
P.1067 Fighter Aircraft (Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.), 342*
Perspex, Use in Aircraft, 768
Pipelines, Aircraft, identification Schemes for, Specification, 458
Plastics for Aircraft Structures, Development of, 297
Pressure Cabins for Aircraft, Designs and Tests, 767
“ Princess ” Flying Boat, Final Stages of Erection (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 563
Propeller, Aerial, for High Powers and Transonic Speeds, 341
Manufacture of Hollow Steel Blades for, 161*, 193*, 225*
Negative-Thrust Constant-Speed (de
Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 391 Supersonic, Use of, 8 “ Pterodactyl ” Mark I Hill Monoplane, - 1925, 537*
Rocket Motor “ Snarler ” (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 353
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Formation of Aeronautical Information Study Group Under Aslib, 211; Tests of Hollow Steel Propeller Blades for Aircraft, 227*; Experiments on Plastics for Aircraft, 297
— Air Force, Standardisation of Internal- Combustion Engines for, 700
SA-4 Bomber Aircraft (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 342*
Safety in Aircraft, 586
“ Sapphire ” Axial Turbojet Engine, 391* “ Sea Venom 20 ” Aircraft (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 354*
Seaplane, “ Convair ” XP5Y-1, Propeller- Turbine, High Speed, 341/442*, 478*
— Stability Limits of, 441*, 478*. See 341
“ Silver Streak,” Short Biplane of 1921, 537*
“ Snarler ” Rocket Motor, 353
Stability, Aeroplane; See Aeroplane (above)
Aeronautics—continued.
Stresses in Aircraft Structures, 574* Supermarine 508 Naval Fighter Aircraft (Viekers-Arjnstrongs Ltd.), 343
“ Swift ” Supermarine Fighter Aircraft (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 343
Temperature of Aircraft at High Altitudes, 574
Track-Plotting Instrument for Aircraft (Decca Navigator Co., Ltd.), 589*
Transonic Research in United States, 359 “ Valiant ” Bomber Aircraft (Vickers- Armstrongs Ltd.), 342
“ Vampire ” Training Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 354
“ Venom I ” Intercepter Fighter (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 354
Wing, Construction for Future Aircraft, 297, 573
— — for Modern Aircraft, 767
— Swept-Back, Development of, 537*, 573*
• — Thick, Suction, Drag Reduction by, 359
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
“ Affray,” H.M. Submarine, Use of Television Equipment in Search for, 765*
African Council, Central, Report on Kariba Gorge and Kafue River Hydro-Electric Projects, 49
Aggregates, Sands and Fillers, Sampling and Testing of, Specification, 239
Agricultural Machinery Exhibition and Smith- field Show, Earl’s Court, 673*, 713*, 757*, 777
— Motors. See Engines; Motors; Tractors
— Society, Royal, Cambridge Show, 20*, 53*,
73*, 117*, 148* ; Annual Report, 755
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture. • See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aids to Industry, Visual, Exhibition, Leeds, 564
A.I Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., 250-kVA Flash Butt-Welding Machine, 322*
Air, Compressed. See Pneumatic
— Compressor, Centrifugal, Two-stage, for
Coal-Fired Gas Turbine, 825*
for 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Alternator Set for Royal Navy, 609*
Hymatic, for “ Bantam ” Rotary Hoe, 757*
Portable (Broom and Wade, Ltd.)', 290
Pump and Generator Set, 9-b.h.p. Diesel-Driven (Coventry, Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 363*
Three-Stage, for Engine Starting (Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd.), 293*
Two-Stage (Reavell and Co., Ltd.), 261*
Two-Stage, 400-b.h.p. Gas-Engined (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 405*
See also Ammonia Compressor
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Fuel, Flowmeter (Bailey Meters and Con
trols, Ltd.), 43*
— Heater for 1,000-h.p. Coal-Fired Gas Tur
bine, 793*
— Jet and Priming Unit for Concrete Road
Joints (Tarpen Engineering Co.,.. Ltd.), 368*
— Pollution. SeeAtmospheric Pollution;Smoke
Abatement
— Pump. See Pump
— Registration Board, Annual Report, 160*
— Screws. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— See also Atmospheric
Aircraft Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
Aix-les-Bains to La Roche sur Foron Railway, Use of Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*, 583*
Alar, Ltd., Identification Colours for Aluminium Alloys, 796
Alarms, Fire, Electrical, Standard Code of Practice, 527
Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd., Centrifugal Separator for Turbine Lubricating Oil, 294*
Alkali, etc., Works, Chief Inspector of, Annual Report, 113
Allen, W. H., and Sons, Ltd., Tests of Small Auxiliary High-Speed Steam Turbine, 383*; 390-kW Diesel-Driven Generator,
S.S. “Kenya,” 439*; 1,000-kW Gas-
Turbine Alternator Set for Royal Navy, 609*
Allibone, Dr. T. E., on New Materials for Engineering, 691
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co., “ Roto- Baler” for Hay, 117*
Allman, E„ and Co., Ltd., Tractor-Mounted Crop Sprayer, 714*
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs; PARAGRAPH INDEX
Als-thom Co., Locomotive for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521, 545*, 583
Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Fatiyue under Tests (Materials) Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo-
Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Allays under; MetaZ- lurgy
Aluminium Backed Screens for Cathode-Ray Tubes, 63
— Development Association, Symposium on
Welding and Riveting of Larger Aluminium Structures: Recent Researches on Arc Welding of Thick Aluminium-Alloy Plate, by P. T. Houldcroft, W. G. Hull and Dr. H. G. Taylor, 627; Practical Aspects of Argon-Arc Welding of Aluminium Alloys, by J. R. Handforth, 627; Properties and Driving of Large Aluminium-Alloy Rivets, by J. C. Bailey, 627; Design Characteristics of Aluminium-Alloy Riveted Joints, by Prof. S. C. Redshaw, 627
— Load Extension Curve, 503*
— Production and Demand for, 519, 554, 702*,
732
— for Sheathing Paper-Insulated Cables, 646*
— World Production and Consumption of,
519, 554, 702*. 732
— See also Metallurgy
" America,” Yacht, 1851, Centenary of, 243
— See North America ; United States American Navy. See United States under
Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd., Variable- Capacity Pump for Corrosive and Viscous Liquids, 767*
Ammonia Compressor, Twin (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 407*
Ammonium-Sulphate Recovery from Flue Gases, Model of Plant for, 289
Amplifiers, Triode, in Range 100-450 Megacycles per Second, 63
Amsler, A. J. and Co., Sensitive Temperature Controller, 203*
Analyses of Gear-Tooth Undulation Records, 373*
— Methods of, for Soap, Specification, 207
— Soil Size-Distribution, Sieving Machine for
429*
Anderson, Boyes and Co., Ltd., “Meco-Moore” Coal Cutter-Loader, 34*
Andrade, Prof. E. N. da C., on Mechanics of Metal Crystals, 787
Angle Dekkor, Hilger (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 464* Anglo-American Aeronautical Conference, Brighton. See Aeronautical Conference, Anglo-American, Brighton
— — Council on Productivity, Report on
Steel, Iron and Non-Ferrous Metal Valves, 81; Productivity Report on W elding, 337; Report on Hot-Dip Galvanising of General Work, 434; Report on Sawing Scarce Materials, 625
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Dynamometer for Torque and Thrust Due to Drilling, 487* ; Development of Abadan Refinery, 604*
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 28,000-ton Oil Tankers for, 641*
Angus, W. F„ the Late, 628
Angwin, Sir S., on Progress in Telecommunications, 71
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annecy Conference on Electric Railway Traction, 499, 521*, 545*, 583*
"Annette,” Iron Sailing Ship, Construction of 25*
Annuals and Reference Books, 124, 190, 248, 333, 602, 672, 704, 827. See LITERATURE INDEX
Anti-Friction Metals. See Alloys under MetaZ- lurgy
Antrich, D., on Variation in Diameters of Machine-Drawn Glass Tubing, 425*
Apparatus, Angular Measurement, for Rockwell Hardness Penetrators, 89*
— Measuring and Recording, for Glass-Tube
Manufacture, 425*
— for Measuring Viscous-Fluid Flow (G. Kent,
Ltd.), 544*
Applied High Frequency, Ltd., 25-kW Induction Electric Heater, 262*
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education; Labour Arc. See Furnace ; Welding
Arc Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Inert-Gas Welding Plant, 327*; Diesel-Driven Welding Set, 327*
Arch Rib for Road Bridge Over River Tagus, 801*
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Armament. See Guns
Armand, L., on Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*, 583
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., “Snarler” Rocket Motor, 353*
Arnett, C. T. S., the Late, 468
Arrol, Sir W., and Co., Ltd., 40-ton and 75-ton Forging Cranes, 617*
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Artillery. See Guns and PARAGRAPH INDEX Asbestos Woven Binding Tape for Electrical Purposes, Specification. 47
Asea Electric, Ltd., Welding Head for Tube Mill, 321*; ? Electric Heater for Bolt Blanks, 321*
Ash Disposal in Power Stations Using High- Ash Coal, 188, 189, 214. See LETTER, 276
— Handling Plant, West Ham “ B ” Power
Station, 77*
Ashbridge SirN., on British Television Service, 40
Aslib, Annual Conference, Ashorne Hill, Programme, 147 ; Formation of Aeronautical Information Study Group, 211; Formation of Groups in, 476
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Astrographic Work at Royal Observatories, 309 Astronomer Royal’s Report, Royal Greenwich Observatory, 309
Astronomical Exhibits in Dome of Discovery, South Bank Exhibition, 246
“ Atar-101 ” Turbo-Jet Aeroplane Engine, 173
Athlone Fellowship Awards to Canadian Engineering Graduates, 395
Atkins, W. S., and Partners, Kiln Building of Pre-Cast Concrete Units, 670*
Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances, Ltd., Manure Spreader, 74*
Atlantic Liners. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
Atlas Werke A.-G., 52-in. Paper Guillotine, 39*
Atmospheric Column and Vacuum Tower, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Pollution and Alkali Works Report, 113
Deposits Gauges, Specification, 671
Investigations by Fuel Research Station, 507*
— — and Public Health, 7
See also Smoke Abatement
Atomic Pile, Central Heating from, 653
— Power Generation for Industry, Recent
Progress, 51
Atritor Coal Pulveriser, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*
Attendance-Controlling Apparatus, South Bank Exhibition, 55
Audley Engineering Co., Ltd., 16-in. Valve for, 259* ; Hypermatic Lubricants, 260
“ Auris ” M.S., Gas-Turbine Alternator for, 307 Auster Aircraft, Ltd., “ Auster” Aircraft, 392 Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 8-h.p. Four-Cylinder Motor Car, 532*
Australia, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Experiments on Thick Suction Wing, 359 Research in, Report on, 72
— Scientific Research in, Annual Report, 564,
613. See Erratum, 603
Research on Gear-Tooth Undulations, 373*
Austrian Iron and Steel Industry, History, 372 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Co., Ltd., Multi-Range Electronic Meter, 312*
— Signalling. See NignaZZiMg
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobiles. See Motor Cars
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine
Avery, W. T., Ltd., Electro-Dynamic Balacing Machine, 258*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
“ Avon ” Axial Jet Aeroplane Engine, 343*
“ Avro ” 707B and 707A Research Aircraft, 353*

BABCOCK AND WILCOX, LTD., Boiler Plant for Uskmouth Power Station, 48; Presentation of Experimental Boiler to Birmingham University, 51; Boiler, North Tees “ C ” Power Station, 112* ; Boilers for H.M. Ships, Testing of, 116, 286. See LETTERS, 404,436 ; Boiler, S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438*; Exhibits at Engineering, Marine and Welding Exhibition, 406*; Boiler, S.S. “ Velutina,” 642* ; Exhibition Hall and Cinema, 644
Bailey, G. L., on Copper-Nickel-Iron Alloys Resistant to Sea-Water Corrosion, 422
Bailey, J. C., on Driving of Large Aluminium- Alloy Rivets, 627
Bailey, Dr. R. W., on Properties of Materials and Engineering Uses of Cast Metals, 29*
Bailey Meters and Control, Ltd., Fuel-Air Flowmeter, 43* ; Recording Instruments for Oil-Fired Furnace, 43*
Baird, J. L., Memorial to, 584
Baker, Prof. J. F., on Development of University Education in Engineering, 169
Baker Platinum, Ltd., “ Deoxo ” Catalytic Gas Purifier, 428*
Balancing Machine, Electro-Dynamic (W. T. Avery, Ltd.), 258*
— and Vibrations, Mechanics Applied to (Review), 549
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd., Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge, 9*. See 63. Rolling- Mill Extension Gauge, 9
Balfour Beatty <fc Co., Ltd., Carmarthen Bay Power Station, 16* ; Tunnel for Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme 65*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials')
— Mill, Linatex (Wilkinson Rubber Linatex, Ltd.), 262*
Ball, Sir W. V., on Boiler and Turbine Testing, 404. See 17, 116, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See LETTER, 436; on Safe Means of Access, 661. See 594
Ballast Tanks for Ships, Introduction of, 26 Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
Banister, Walter and Co., Ltd., Steelwork’for Heavy Forge Shop for Hadfields, Ltd., 616*
Bankside Power Station, London, 624*
“ Bantam ” Oil Circuit-Breaker Switchgear, 265 " Bantam ” Rotary Cultivator, 22*
“ Bantam ” Rotary Hoe with Hymatic Compressor, 757*
Bar, Steel, Brittle Fracture of, Investigations in, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., British India Liner, “ Kenya,” 82 ; S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438*
Barge, Aluminium-Alloy (T.I. Aluminium, Ltd.), 259*
Barlow, C. T„ the Late, 46
Barlow-Whitney, Ltd., Humidity-Test Cabinet, 295*
Barnes, C. C„ on Paper-Insulated Cables, 646*
Baron, H. G., on Friction in Wire Drawing, 454
Barr and Stroud, Ltd., Radar Navigation Comparison Unit, 260*
Barr, W., on Notch-Bar Testing of Steel for Welded Construction, 723, 745
Barwell, Dr. F. T., on Research on Friction and Wear, 649*, 697* ; on New Edition of Whitworth Register, 1951, 660
Bateman, Dr. E. H., on Elastic Stress Analysis of Multi-Bay Single-Storey Frameworks, 772*, 804*
Batey, Dr. J. T., the Late, 116, 148
Bath, Zinc, for Galvanising (R. Johnson and Nephew, Ltd.), 556*
Battelle Research Institute to be Established in Europe, 275
Batteries. See Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles ; Motor Truck Battleships. See Warships
Bayham, Ltd., Magnetic Liquid-Level Control, 261*
Beacham, T. E., on Investigations of Hydraulic Lock, 660. See 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
Beam, Prestressed-Concrete, for Cantilever Footbridge, Shrewsbury, 780*
— — Concrete, Design and Construction of, 676*, 707*
Concrete, for Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
— Problems, Solving by Relaxation Methods, 456*. See LETTER, 756
Bearing, Ball, Test Rig for, 698*
— Friction and Wear, Researches in, 649*, 697*
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— of Naval Steam Turbines, Behaviour During Trials, 350*
— Oil-Engine, Developments in, 490*, 541*
— Thrust, Michell, Tilting of Pads in, 697* Beeson, Inspector of Taxes, versus Bentley, Stokes and Lowless, 339
Beet Harvester, Tractor-Mounted (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 714*
— Hoe (Belton Brothers and Drury), 118*
— Topper, Multi-Row (K. Hudson and Son), 119* Beilby Memorial Awards, Royal Institute of Chemistry, 371
Belgian Congo, Aluminium-Alloy Barge for, 259*
Belgium, Electricity Supply Industry Statistics, 508*
— Scayn Bridge, Use of Prestressed-Concrete for, 707*
Beiliss and Morcom, Ltd., Two-Cylinder Compound Steam Engine, 108 Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors Belton Brothers and Drury, Beet Hoe, 118* * Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Moments in Ships, 10, 28*, 469
— Rolls, Plate. See Machine Tools
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Bendix, G. D., West Ham “B” Power Station, 76*
Bennett, G. T. on Road Planning and Safety, 151
Bennett, T. P. and Son, Prestressed-Concrete Footbridge at Shrewsbury, 780*
Bentall, E. H., and Co., Ltd., Root Cutter, 136 Bentley, Stokes and Lowless versus Beeson, Inspector of Taxes, 339
Beta and Gamma Radiation, Measuring Instrument Foil, 63
— Ray Thickness Gauge for Industrial Use, 9*, 63
Bettinson, P. B. and Co., Ltd., Potato-Haulm Cutter, 148*
Bibliography of Interlingual Scientific and Technical Dictionaries, 626. See LETTER, 693
Bicentenary of Birth of de Jouffroy d’Abbans, 679*
— of G. Graham, 1673-1751, 660 —? of 0. Polhem, 51
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Biddle versus Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Third Party, Legal Decision on, 816
Bierrum and Partners, Ltd., Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
Bilby, Dr. B. A., Appointed Sorby Research Fellow at Sheffield University, 139
Bin Vibrator, Electromagnetic (Magnetic Equipment Co., Ltd.), 768*
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binding Tape for Electrical Purposes, Woven
Asbestos, Specification, 47
Bingham, A. E., on Fluids for Hydraulic Power Transmission, 787
Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birks, F. M., on Technical Advances in Gas Industry During 100 Years, 39
Birmabright, Ltd., Application of Aluminium Alloys to Shipbuilding, 265 ; Sluice Gates of “ Birmabright ” Light Alloy, 592* Birmingham Carriage and Wagon, Ltd., Railway
Carriage for Indian Railways, 168* Birmingham University, Babcock and Wilcox
Experimental Boiler for, 51;- Investigation of Hydraulic Lock, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
Bismuth, Fracture Strength of, 503* Bit, Rotary, Oil-Well, Method of Freeing when
Stuck, 604*
Bitumen-Rubber Road Surfacing (Rubber ways, Ltd.), 268*. See Erratum, 376 Bituminous Materials, Road Construction. See
Roads
Black and Decker, Ltd., f-in. Electric Drilling Machine, 86
Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., “ Gal-60 ” ? Freighter Aircraft, 392*
Blackpool Conference, National Smoke Abatement Society, Programme, 371, 430. See LETTER, 564
Blackstone <fc Co., Ltd., Production of Vertical Oil Engines by, 23*
Blading for 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Alternator Set for Royal Navy, 609*
— of Naval Steam Turbines, Behaviour During
Trials, 350*
Blanch, A. B., and Co., Ltd., “ Revolution ” Side- Delivery Rake, 149*; 18-ft. Universal
Petrol-Driven Elevator, 758*
Blanchier, M., on Characteristics of Naval Fuel Oils, 136
Blanks, Flat, Cup-Drawing from, Investigations on, 723
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blaw Knox, Ltd., “ Hico ” Sectional Steel Centring, 684*
Blocks, Concrete, for Building Construction. See Concrete
Blok, Prof. H., on War and Wear, 658, 724 Blower, Industrial (Sir G. Godfrey and Partners (Industrial), Ltd.), 297*
— Roots, for Graf and Stift Oil Engine, 2* Boat, Flying. See Aeronautics
— Motor. See Motor Boat
Boat, Submarine. See Warships
Bodies of Revolution, Vibrations of, 409*
Bogie, Four-Wheel, for 625-b.h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 172*
— Locomotive, Invention of, 457, 488
Boiler Availability Committee, Work for, 505
— ?— Effect of Use of High-Ash Coal in, 188,
189, 214. See LETTER, 276
— Babcock and Wilcox, Experimental, for Bir
mingham University, 51
— Babcock and Wilcox, North Tees “ C ” Power
Station, 112*
— Babcock and Wilcox, for H.M. Ships, Testing
of 116, 286. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Babcock and Wilcox, S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*,
438*
— Babcock and Wilcox, S.S. “ Velutina,” 642*
— Babcock and Wilcox, Uskmouth Power
Station, 48
— Control Panel (Combustion Engineering As
sociation), 107*
— Explosion, Guildford Power Station, Report
on, 749
— Feed Pump. See Pump
— Firing Experiments at Fuel Research Sta
tion, 505*
— Foster Wheeler, for H.M. Ships, Testing of,
116, 286. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— Gas-Fired, for Central Heating by Hot
Water, Standard Code, 207
— Investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
— Lancashire, with Smoke Elimination Doors,
505*
— and Marine Machinery, Survey of (Review),
133
— Plant for District Heating of Housing
Estates, 410*
— for Using High-Ash Coal, 188, 189, 214.
See LETTER, 276
— — High-Pressure, for Ships, 86
at Industrial Power Exhibition, Glasgow. (Combustion Engineering Association), 106*
Littlewood “ C ” Power Station, 80*
— — Model (Water Tube Boiler Makers’ As
sociation), 106
Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 683*, 691
West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*
— Stirling, Guildford Power Station, Explosion
from, 749
— and Turbine Testing, 17,116, 285, 299, 349*,
382*. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Water Tube, Makers’ Association, Model
Boiler Plant, 106
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolt Blanks, Electric Heater for (Asea Electric, Ltd.), 321*
— Screws, Nuts and Washers, B.A., Specifica
tion, 47
Nuts and Washers, Hexagon, Specification, 440
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under AeronawZics
Bonded Deposits in Boilers Using High-Ash Coal, 188,189, 214. See LETTER, 276
Bone, V. W., the Late, 500
Books, New, Notes on, 29, 160, 256, 288, 320, 352, 413, 448, 480, 575, 608, 640, 736, 800. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 32, 64, 96,120,143,192, 224, 255,
288, 320, 384, 416, 448, 480, 512, 544, 576, 608, 640, 672, 704, 736, 768, 800, 827
Booth, H. C., Invention of Vacuum Cleaner, 51 Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
Bosenquet, C. H., on Freedom to Measure; Yards or Metres, 52
Boughton, E. M. W„ the Late, 366
Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., P. Ill Research Aircraft, 353*
Bournemouth Corporation Omnibus Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Bowden, Dr. F. P., on Friction and Surface Damage of Non-Metallic Solids, 797. See 694, 724
Box Tunnel on Great Western Railway, 600
Boyd, G. M., on Assessment of Notch Ductility by Various Tests, 723, 745, 796
Boys, Glasgow, Study of (Review), 721
Boyse, C. 6., on Radio Masts and Towers, 168 “ Brabazon ” Air Liner, Flights by, 115 Bradbury, C. H., on Measurement and Interpretation of Machinery Noise. 755
Brady, G. W., on Propellers for High Powers and Transonic Speeds, 341
Bragg, A. L., on Freedom to Measure; Yards or Metres, 52
Brain, R. C., on Dynamometer for Torque and Thurst Due to Drilling, 487*
Brake Investigation by Motor Industry Research Association, 716*
— See also Dynamometer
Braking, Dynamic, of . Steam, Diesel and Gas- Turbine Locomotives, 433
Brand, Sir II., the Late, 84
Brass for British Railways, Standardisation of, 553
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Manganese-Aluminium, Intergranular Sea
son-Cracking in, 29*
Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools, Ltd., Gas-Fired Furnaces for Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 618*
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Brick Bridge, over Railway, Demolition by Explosives, 699*
— Fire. See Refractory Materials Brickmaking Research by London Brick Co., 55 Bridge, Brick, over Railway, Demolition by
Explosives, 699*
— Castle, over River Severn, at Shrewsbury,
780*
— Construction by I. K. Brunel, 599*, 633?
See LETTER, 692
— Foot, Cantilever, Prestressed Concrete,
Shrewsbury, 780
— Highway, Welded Deck (Review), 355
— Mytongate, Hull, Automatic Dummy-
Operating Gear For, 534*
— Use of Prestressed-Concrete for, 707*
— Road, over River Tagus, Portugal, 801*
Bridge, Royal Albert, over River Tamar, Construction of, 633*
— Structures for Los Angeles “ Freeway ”
Road System, 196*
— See also Viaduct and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Brighton, Anglo-American Aeronautical Conference. See Aeronautical Conference, Anglo-American, Brighton
Brinell Tests, See Hardness under Tests (Materials)
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Flights by “ Brabazon ” Air Liner, 115 ; “ Bristol ” 171 Mark 3 Freighter Aircraft, 393*; “ Bristol ” Freighter Loaded with Bristol HelicoDter, 393*; “Bristol” Monoplane of 1913, 537*; 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine
Alternator Set for Royal Navy, 609*
— Port of, Motor Survey Launch “ Research ”
for, 798*
Bristow, C. A., on Conservation of Metals, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, 553. See 596
Britain’s Fuel Problems, 476*, 505*
Britax (London), Ltd., Petrol Engine for Bicycle, 648
British Aircraft Constructors, Society of, Flying Display and Static Exhibition, Farnborough Aerodrome, 342*, 353*, 391*

British Association:

Officers for 1952-53, 653
Edinburgh Meeting :
Programme, 96
Use of Television at, 177, 203
Laureation Ceremonial, 212
Inaugural Proceedings, 212
Presidential Address by Duke of Edinburgh on British Contribution to Science and Technology in Past Hundred Years, 182. See 177, 212
Alleged Need for Change of Policy, 309
Section G (Engineering):
Reports of Discussions, 213, 244, 276. See LETTER, 309
Visits and Excursions, 214, 277
Use of High-Ash Coal in Electricity Supply Industry, by Dr. A. A. Taylor, 188. See 214
Design of Large Boiler Plant for Using High-Ash Coal, by W. G. Marskell, 189. See 214. See LETTER, 276
Water Turbines for Hydro-Electric Schemes, by R. W. Weeks and A. Feiner, 185*, 217*. See 213. See LETTER,404
Printing in Edinburgh, by A. G. Curr, 214 Presidential Address by Sir C. Gibb on Two Thousand Years of Engineering, 219. See 214
Heat Transfer During Condensation of Steam, by H. Hampson, 221*. See 244. See Erratum, 248
Developments of High-Voltage Power Transmission with Particular Reference to Hydro-Electric Projects, by T. G. N. Haldane, 249*. See 245
Recent Developments in Methods of Proportioning Contra-Flow Heat Exchange Apparatus, by C. E. Iliffe, 252. See 244
Hydro-Electric Schemes—Modem Trends in Civil Engineering, by T. A. L. Paton, 253. See 213
Some Features of Behaviour of Thin- Walled Structural Members in Compression. by Dr. A. H. Chilver, 281*. See 278
Note on Construction and Preliminary Experiments on Model of Aberdeen Harbour, by J. D. Lawson, 283*. See 279
Electrical Aspects of Modern Hydro- Electric Developments in Scotland, by T. Lawrie, 313*. See 276
Cantilever Sheet Piling of Cohesionless Soil, by Dr. P. W. Rowe, 316*. See 279
Heat Treated Concrete, by P. Clarkson, 345*. See 279
Measurement of Microwave Power by Radiation Pressure, bv Dr. A. L. Cullen, 377*. See 278
Theory of Imperfection for Vibrations of Elastic Bodies of Revolution, by Dr. S. A. Tobias, 409*. See 278
Joint Discussion, Section G (Engineering) and Section B (Chemistry) on Metals and Alloys :
Modern Alloys, by Prof. A. G. Quarrell, 343, 378. See 277. See LETTER, 371
Strength of Metals, by Prof. A. H. Cottrell, 332. See 277
Brittle Fracture of Mild Steel, by T. S. Robertson, 445*. See 277. See LETTER, 371
Chemistry of Metal Extraction, by Dr. F. D. Richardson, 569*. See 277
Section L (Education):
Presidential Acldress by Sir H. Hetherington on The Broader Outlook, 210 British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, Training in Two Crafts, 568. See LETTER, 596
— Broadcasting Corporation, Television Ser
vice of, 40; Prefabricated Television Studio, 159, 275, 311; Annual Report, 370; Holme Moss Television Station, Opening of, 459* ; Broadcast Warnings of Electricity Cuts, 530
— Cast Iron Research Association, Annual
Report, 796
— Coal Utilisation Research Association,
Model of Col<e-Fired» Down-Jet Furnace, 107*
—- Columbia, “Closed Shop” Policy in, 274
— Contribution to Science and Technology,
177, 182, 212
to Television Convention, 1952, 755
— Council, Lectures on Technical Training in
United Kingdom, 52; Annual Report of,
British Electricity Authority, Carmarthen Bay Power Station, 16*; Uskmouth Power Station, 48* ; West Ham “ B ” Power
Station, 76* ; Littlebrook “ C ” Power
Station, 80* ; North Tees “ C ” Power
Station, 112*; Plymouth “ B ” Power, Station, 144* ; Use of High-Ash Coal by 188, 189, 214. See LETTER, 276; Electricity Supply Position, 209; Failure of Supply in North-West England, 339; Annual Report, 465; Work of, 508*;
Broadcast Warnings of Electricity Cuts, 530 ; Bankside Power Station, 624* ; Power Station Programme, 723; Guildford Power Station Boiler Explosion, 749 British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Work of Greenford Laboratories, 585*, 615*; Report on Arc-Form and Movement in Air-Blast Circuit-Breaker, 711*, 743*
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation, Tractive Resistance of Trolley ’Buses, 256*
British Equipment Co., Ltd., Portable Planer for Wood, 296*
British European Airways Corporation, Annual
Report, 267; Engineering Problems in Aircraft Operations, 341
British Federal Welder and Machine Co., Ltd.,
Flash Butt-Welder for Steel Strip, 820*
— Foundrymen, Institute of, Williams Lecture
on Properties of Materials and Engineering Uses of Cast Metals, by Dr. R. W. Bailey, 29*
— Gear Manufacturers Association, Some
Unknowns in Gear Design, by Dr. H. E. Merritt, 734, 736. See LETTER, 789
British India Steam Navigation Co., Completion of Twin-Screw Passenger S.S. “ Kenya,” 82 ; Detailed Description of
S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438*
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation Wonderful Story of (Review), 721
— Instrument Industries Exhibition, Olympia,
9*, 43*, 103*
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., Cables and Conductors, 289
British Insulated Callenders’ Construction Co., Ltd., Masts for Holme Moss Television Station, 460*
— Internal-Combustion Engine Research Asso
ciation, Fuel-Flow Meter, 103* ; Obtaining Pressure Diagrams of Internal-Combustion Engines, by A. J. Cornish and W. P. Mansfield, 806*
— Iron and Steel Research Association, Wire-
Drawing Die Profilometer, 9*; Differential-Pressure Meter for Open-Hearth Furnace, 10
and Steel Federation, Statistics of Iron and Steel Industry in United Kingdom and Overseas Countries, 529
British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd., “ Ace ” Longwall Coal Cutter, 33* ; 26-in. Top-Loading Coal-Face Belt Conveyor, 33*
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
Welding with Aluminium Bronzes, by E. C. Mantle, 443*
British Overseas Airways Corporation, Annual Report, 267
British Periclase Co., Ltd., Prestressed- Concrete Tanks at Palliser Works of, 235* British Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd.,
Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
— Railways, Capital Expenditure on, 18;
British Transport Commission, Report on Accounts and Statistics, 50; Mixed- Traffic 2-6-4 Tank Locomotive, 138*; M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 139*; Level Gangway at Holyhead Harbour, 395*; Derailment at Weedon, 403, 430, 437; Mechanical Vibrator for Sieving, 429*; Electrification, Alternating versus Direct Current Schemes, 436; Standard 12-ton Covered Goods Van, 493* ; Economy by Standardisation of Non-Ferrous Metals, 553, 596, 626; Permanent-Way Mechanised Equipment Exhibition, 563;
Engineering Works on, 635; Trials of Single-Phase Traction at 50 Cycles, 659; Demolition of Bridge by Explosives, 699* ; Accidents in 1950, 722 ; Winter Weather Arrangements, 723; 1,600-h.p. Coal-
’ Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 793*; Diesel Shunting Engines for, 816
— Road Federation,’on Need for Improved
Roads in Midlands and South West, 467 ?— Scientific Instrument Research Association,
Constant Direct-Control Source, 104*
— Shipbuilding Research Association, Resis
tance Experiments on “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 41, 121*, 153*
— — See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Television Service, Development of, 40
— Trade. See Trade
— Transport Commission, Annual Report of
Accounts and Statistics, 50; Report on Passenger Transport in Glasgow, 692; Development of London Tube Railways, 779
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Gas- Turbine Alternator for M.S. “ Auris,” 307; Spot-Welding Machine Control Equipment, 323*; High-Speed Photo- Electric Counter, 323* ; 2,000-kW Forced- Cooled Resistor, 384*; 60-MW TurboAlternator, 624*; 400-kW Turbo-
Generator, 643*
— Welding Research Association, Annual
Report, 178
Bucket Conveyor. See Conveyor
— Gas-Turbine, Measurement of Stresses in,
761*
— for Pelton-Wheel Turbine, 185*. See
LETTER, 404
Buckling of Thin-Walled Structural Members, 281*
Building Construction, Concrete Blocks and Machines for. See Concrete
See also Concrete, Reinforced, and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Exhibition, Olympia, 692
Building Kiln, -of Pre-Cast Concrete Units, 670*
— Research in Australia, 564
Board, Annual Report, 785
— Work, Ministry of Works’ Report, 307
for North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 313
— Use of Prestressed-Concrete for, 707*
Buist, J. M., on Abrasion and Wear of Rubber, ,790
Bull’s Metal and Melloid Co., Ltd., Yoker Works of, 717*
Burmeister and Wain, M.S. “ Nicoline Maersk,” 171*
Business and Public Affairs, Facts, Files and Action in (Review), 771
Butlin, K. R., on Investigations in Underground Corrosion, 786
Butterley Co., Ltd., 40-ton Electrically- Driven Press, 260*
Buttler, M. W., on Surface Stresses in Ingot Moulds, 741
Brittle Fracture of Metals, Due to Phosphorus aDd Nitrogen, 502*, 540*
of Mild Steel, Investigations on, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
of Ship Plates, Investigations on, 690 of Steel Plates, 723, 745, 796
Broadcast Warnings of Electricity Cuts, 566* Brockworth Engineering, Ltd.* “ Sapphire ”
Axial Turbojet Aeroplane Engine, 391*
Broeze, Prof. J. J., on Chemical Cause of Wear, 724
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., 60-ton All- Welded Press Brake, 84*; Eleven-Roll Plate-Levelling Machine, 397*
Bronze for British Railways, Standardisation of, 553
— Welding by Gas, Specification, 671
Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd., Automatic Stator-
Rotor Starter for Electric Motor, 364*
Broom and Wade, Ltd., Portable Air Compressor, 290
Brown, D., Corporation, Ltd., 25-5-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine, 292*
Brown, D., Tractors, Ltd., “Cropmaster” 45-h.p. Diesei-Engined Agricultural Tractor, 53* ; “ Trackmaster” 45-h.p. Diesel- Engined Agricultural Tractor, 53* ; One- Way Two-Furrow Plough, 118* ; Two- Row Cabbage Planter, 118*
Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 139*; 500 and 1,000-h.p. Coal-Fired Gas Turbine, with Air Heater, 793*; Centenary of Clydebank Shipyard, 817
Brownrigg, W. (1711-1800), Chemical-Engineering Work of, 91
Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd., 13,333-kVA Alternator, 130* ; 2,000-kVA 33/11/0-433- kV Transformer, 134*
Bruckner, Prof. W. H., on Cleavage Fractures of Ship Plates, 690
Brunel, I. K., Shipbuilding by, 11, 25*; Work on Great Western Railway, 599*, 533*. See LETTER, 192
Brunt, Dr. N. A., on Abrasion Resistance of Paints, 758
Brushing Machine, Twin-Head (B. O. Morris, Ltd.), 800*
Bylander and Waddell, Heavy Forge Shop for Hadfields, Ltd., 616*

CABBAGE Planter, Two-Row (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 118*
Cables, for Prestressed-Concrete Cantilever Footbridge, Shrewsbury, 780*
— for Prestressed-Concrete Structures, 676*,
707*
— See also Electric
Cadell, Air Comdre. C. S., on Forty Years’ Progress in Air Radio, 151
Caisson, Reinforced-Concrete, for Pier 57, New York, 211
Concrete, over River Tagus, 801*
California Institute of Technology, Investigation on Heat Transfer in Rocket Power Plants, 341
— Pittsburg, Cold-Reduction Sheet Mill, 769*
— State Division of Highways, Los Angeles
“ Freeway ” Road System, 196*
Cambridge, Royal Agricultural Society Show, 20*, 53*, 73*, 117*, 148*
— University, Investigation on Friction and
Surface Damage of Non-Metals, 797
“ Campania,” Festival Exhibition Ship, 266
Canada, 240-MW Electric Power Station, Windsor, Ontario, 668*
— Iron and Steel Production in, 519
— Mobile Television Station for (Marconi’s
Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 638*
— Nickel Production in, 816
Canadian Engineering Graduates, Athlone Fellowship Awards to, 395
— Market, Electrical Equipment for, Stan
dards Approval Procedure, 275
— Pacific Railway, Diesel Locomotives on, 315 Canal for Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes,
481*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Canberra ” P.R. Mark 3 Bomber, 391*
Cannock Wood Colliery, Turntable for Colliery Tubs, 416*
Cantilever Bridge. See Bridge
Capacity. See Electric
Capital, Industrial, Effect of Inflation on, 659 Capsules, Hydraulic Load-Measuring, Macklow- Smith, Use in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 153* Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway
Carbide Phase in Iron-Carbon-Silicon Alloys, 695, 709
Carbon Dioxide Recorder, Testing of, 505*
— in Silicon-Iron Alloys, Metallography of, 708
Carbonisation Investigation at Fuel Research Station, 477
Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cargo-Handling Co-ordination Committee, International, Proposed Formation, 467
— Steamers. See Steamers
Carmarthen. Bay Power Station, 16*
•Carnegie Institution of Washington, Annual Report on Terrestrial Magnetism (Review), 419
Carr, J. L., the Late, 622
Carr, T. H., on Boiler and Turbine Testing, 436. See 17, 116, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See LETTER, 436
Carriage, Railway, for Indian Railways (Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 168*
Railcar for Use of Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521, 545, 583*
Cartridge Starter for “ Nene ” Turbo-Jet Engine (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 819*
Cartwright, W. F., on Mechanical Engineering in Iron and Steel Industry, 234
Casing of Naval Steam Turbines, Behaviour During Trials, 350*
— for Reaction Hydraulic Turbines, 186*.
See LETTER, 404
— Scroll, for 12-MW Francis Hydraulic
Turbines, 129*
— for 60-MW Steam Turbine (C. A. Parsons &
Co., Ltd.), 160*
Cass Technical Institute. See Sir John Cass
Cast Iron, Alloy, Development of, 378
Columns, E. Hodgkinson’s 1840 Testing Machine for, 30*
Graphite in, Crystal Structure of, 695 for Ingot Moulds, Symposium on, 710, 741
Pipes, Buried, Corrosion of, 786
Research Association, British, Annual Report, 796
Castelli, S., Concrete Oil-Storage Tank, 108*
Casting, Carbon-Steel, for Surface Hardening, Specification, 440
— Sand, Mode of Solidification of, 422
— Steel, Engineering Uses of, 29*
Castle Bridge over River Severn at Shrewsbury, 780*
Catalogues. See Trade Publications
Catalytic Cracking Agent, Plant for Producing (J. Crosfield and Sons, Ltd.), 749
Plant, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Process for Removal of Sulphur from Town
Gas, 667*
Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor
Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, High-Speed, 615* Tubes, Aluminium-Backed Screens for, 63
Causeway Works, Staines, of Petters, Ltd., 747* Caustic-Soda Wash Process for Sulphur Recovery, 182
Cavitation, Propeller, Photography at Sea of, 729*
“ C.C.” Gear for Aircraft Machine Guns. Development of, 603*. See LETTER, 789
Cement and Concrete Association, Symposium on Prestressed-Concrete Statically Indeterminate Structures, 676*, 707*
— Investigations by Building Research Board,
786
— Mortar Lining of Water Mains, Machine
for (Centriline Corporation), 432*. See ADDENDUM, 500
— Works, Dust Emission from, 113
at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Centenary of John Brown and Co., Ltd.,
Clydebank Shipyard, 817
— of Cross-Channel Submarine Telegraphy, 403
— of J. A. D’Arsonval, Celebration of, 816
— of Royal School of Mines- 499
— of P. W. Willans, 598*, 685
— of Yacht “ America,” 1851, 243
— See also Bicentenary
Central African Council, Report on Kariba Gorge and Kafue River Hydro-Electric. Projects, 49
Central Electrical Co. (Colchester), Ltd., Electrical Equipment for Bucket Dredger, 811
— Heating from Atomic Pile, 653 Centralians, Old, Annual Dinner, 627
Centrifugal Pumps.. See Pumps
Centriline Corporation, Machine for Cement- Mortar Lining of Water Mains, 432. See ADDENDUM, 500
Centring, Sectional Steel, “ Hico ” (Blaw Knox, Ltd.), 684*
Ceylon Government Railways, 625-b.h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 172* ; Annual Report, 205
Chadwick, R., on Wrought Aluminium-Zinc- Magnesium Alloys, 455
Chain Clutch (Renold and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd.), 262*
— Track Tractor. See Tractor
Chalk Treatment Plant, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
“ Challenger ” 50-b.h.p. Diesel Crawler Tractor, 673*
Chance Brothers, Ltd., versus Farquhar, 594. See LETTER, 661
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Channel Section, Thin-Walled, Behaviour in Compression, 281*
Chapman, William (1749-1832), His Locomotives of 1812-15, 457, 488
Charlton, T. M., on Generalised Co-ordinates in Vibration Problems, 276; on Critical Loads on Struts, 788. See LETTER, 629 Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Simon Engineering Group, Research and Development Centre, 19, 75*
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Causes of Wear, 724
— Engineers, Early, Memorials to, 91
Institution of, Presidential Address by Prof. D. M. Newitt on Memorials of Early Chemical Engineers, 91
— Engineering, Higher National Certificate
for, 531
Operations (Review), 516
— Industry, Society of, Annual Meeting
Programme, 19
Training of Engineers for, 201
— Laboratory, Research Centre of Simon
Engineering Group, 19, 75*
— — Rubber Research Station, Delft, 694*
— Research Laboratory, Teddington, Work of,
371
— Thermodynamics (Review), 675
— Works, Chief Inspector’s Annual Report, 113
Chemistry, British Contribution to, 182
— of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— in Metal Extraction, 278, 569*
— Research Board, Annual Report, 563
— Royal Institute of, Beilby Memorial
Awards, 371
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Chesters, Dr. J. H., on Advances in British
Open-Hearth Furnaces, 373
Chilver, Dr. A. H., on Thin-Walled Structural
Members in Compression, 281*. See 278 Chimneys, Prevention of Emission from, 7 Chingford South Reservoir, London Water
Supply, Opening of, 307
Chippendale, R. A., on Image Converters in
High-Speed Photography, 64
Chippings and Stone for Roads, Specification, 440
Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Battery-Charging Equipment, 603*
— Polyvinyl Film and Sheeting, Flexible,
Specification, 603
Christiani and Nielsen, Ltd., Jetty for Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 385*
Christopheison, Prof. D. G., on Determination of Critical Loads of Struts, 629. See LETTER,788
Christy and Norris, Ltd., Hammer-Mill for
Feeding Stuffs, 136
Chronometer, Marine, Tests at Abinger Observatory, 310
Chung, Dr. S. Y., on Cup-Drawing from Flat Blanks, 723
Cin6 Theodolite, Use in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 153*
Cinema and Exhibition Hall, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 644
Cinema-Television, Ltd., Metal-Detecting Equipment, 135; Televiison at British Association Meeting, 203
Circular Saws. See Saws under AfaeAine Tools Cisterns, Galvanised-Steel, Specification, 512 City and Guilds of London Institute, Courses for Instrument Maintenance Mechanics, 216; Election of Duke of Edinburgh as President, 403
— of London Corporation versus W. Cory &
Son, Ltd., 147
“ Ciudad de Medellin,” M.S., 127* Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Forrest Lecture on Insolved Problems in Engineering, LETTERS, 19, 83
Annual Dinner, 499
Presentation of Kelvin Medal to Dr. T. von Karman, 595
Presidential Address by A. S. Quarter- maine on Work of I. K. Brunel, 599*, 633*. See 595. See LETTER, 692 Civil Engineers, Practical Training of, 201 University Training of, 791, 821 Civil Engineering Hall, Exhibition of Industrial
Power, Glasgow, 166*
in Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 253 Unsolved Problems in, 19. See LETTER, 83
Work, Ministry of Works’ Report, 307 Clark, R. H., on Pinchbeck Marsh Pumping Station, 693*
Clarke, Chapman <t Co., Ltd., Electrically- Driven Winch, 362* ; Hydraulic Winch, 362* ; “ Hydropulsion ” Pump, 362*
Clarkson, P., on Heat-Treated Concrete, 345*. See 279
Classical Mechanics (Review). 388
Clay Excavator, Cement Works at Shoreham- by-Sea, 97*
— Fire. See Fireclay; Refractory Materials Clayton Fellowships and Grants, Awards, 179
— Lecture on Condensers of Vapours and
Vapour Mixtures, 339
Cleaner, Vacuum, Jubilee of Invention, 51 Cleaning of Coal, Investigations by Fuel
Research Station, 477
— Machines for Concrete Road Joints
(Expandite, Ltd.), 368*
Clements, F„ the Late, 403. See LETTER, 468 Cleveland and Northern Counties, Notes from,
14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, 270, 302, 334, 398, 430, 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 782, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Clifford Aero and Auto, Ltd., Rotary Cultivator with Mowing Attachment, 758*
Clifton, A. N., on Problems of Transonic Flight, 685
Climate. See Meteorological
Clutch, Chain (Renold and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd.), 262*
— Friction, Self-Ventilated, for Diesel-Mech
anical Locomotive, 365*
Clydebank Shipyard, Centenary of, 817 CO2. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Cleaning by Froth Flotation, 491* Use of Slurry from, 189, 214
— Consumption in Electric Power Stations, 508 and Electricity Supply Industry, 637
— — by Gas Industry, 753 See also Trials
— Conveyor, “Python” 30-in. (H. Wood &
Co., Ltd.), 33*
— — Tail-Ends for (R. Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 34* 26-in. Top-Loading (British Jeffrey
Diamond, Ltd.), 33*
— Cutter-Loader, “ Meco-Moore,” 34*
Longwall, “ Ace ” (British Jeffrey-
Diamond, Ltd.), 33*
— Economy. See Fuel; Pulverised Fuel
— Gas. See Gas
— Handling Plant, West Ham “ B ” Power
Station, 77*
— High-Ash, Design of Boilers for, 189, 214.
See LETTER, 276
Ash, Use in Power Stations, 188, 214.
See LETTER, 276
— Loader, “ Samson ” (Mavor and Coulson,
Ltd.), 34*
— Mine. See CoZZiery
— Production and Utilisation in Great
Britain, 476*
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Fuel
— Pulveriser. Atritor, Cement Works at
Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*
Coal, Small, Theory of Sampling of, 452*. See LETTERS, 692, 756
— Supplies and Electricity Supply, 209
— Transport and Electric Power Transmission
Costs, 250*
— Underground Gasification of, Experiments
with, 795, 823*
— Utilisation Joint Council; Annual Report,
179
Research Association, British, Model of Coke-Fired Down-Jet Furnace, 107*
— Washing Plant, Development Centre, Simon
Engineering Group, 19, 75*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coates, R. c., on Solving Beam Problems by Relaxation Methods, 456*. See LETTER, 756
Cockcroft, Sir J., on High-Energy Nucleons and Quanta, 595; Award of Nobel Prize for Physics to, 659
Codes of Practice,. Standard. See Standards
Coke Investigations at Fuel Research Station, 477
— Oven, Experimental, Development Centre,
Simon Engineering Group, 19, 76*
Gas, Recovery of Sulphur from, 180
— Production by Gas Works, 753
Colburn, Prof. A. P., on Condensers of Vapours and Vapour Mixtures, 339
Colclough, Dr. T. P,, on Iron Ore: World Demand and Resources, 519
Collector, Dust, for Use when Machining Magnesium-Alloys (Dallow, Lambert and Co., Ltd.), 480*
College. See Education
Colliery, British, Engineering Progress in, 1851- 1951, 232
— Early Use of Locomotives in, 457, 488
— Roof Supports, Mobile Hydraulic Press for
Bending (Finlay Conveyor Co., Ltd.), 35*
— Tubs, Turntable for, 416*
— See also Mines and CoaZ
Collisions. See AccuZenZs
Colombia, M.S., “ Ciudad de Medellin ” for, 127*
Colorimeter, “ Physical Eye ” and Spectrophotometer (General Electric Co., Ltd,), 105*
Colour Scheme for Identification of Aluminium Casting Alloys, 796
Columbia Steel Co., Cold-Reduction Sheet Mill, Pittsburg, California, 769*
Column, Atmospheric, and Vacuum Tower, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Cast-Iron, E. Hodgkinson’s (1840) Testing
Machine for, 30*
— Fractionating, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley,
386*
— Prestressed-Concrete, Stresses in, 678*
— See also Struts
Combined Stress. See under Tests {Materials) Combustion Chamber, Coal-Burning, for Gas Furnace, 728*, 793*
for 1,000-kW Gas Turbine Alternator Set for Royal Navy; 609*
-— — for Gas Turbine, Investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
“ Vortex,” for Pulverised-Coal Burning, 505*
— Engineering Association, Boiler Plant at
Industrial Power Exhibition, Glasgow, 106* ; Boiler Control Panel, 107* ; Direct- Acting Feed Pump., 107* ; Conference on Fuel and Power Shortage, Programme, 329 ; Opening Proceedings, 467
— Mechanism Investigations at Ijmuiden,
Holland, 705* •
— of Peat, Experiments in, 824
— Processes, Properties of Gases of, 347*, 379*
— See also Fuel; Gases
“ Comet ” Air Liner, Tank Lorry for Fuelling, 577*
Comet Pump and Engineering Co., Ltd., Pump for Raw Massecuite, 297*
Commer Cars, Ltd., Improvements in Commercial Vehicles, 124*
Commerce. See Trade. See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Commercial Aviation. See AeronauZtcs
— Motor Cars. See AfoZor
Commonwealth, Fuel Research in, Proposals for, 439
.— Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Investigation on Gear-Tooth Undulations, 373* ; Annual Report, 564, 613. See Erratum, 603
— See also Australia
Communication, Radio, Transatlantic,, 50th Anniversary of, 723
Compactors Engineering, Ltd., Concrete Vibrators, 32*
Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX.
Comparator, Mechanical Vertical (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 85*
:— Pneumatic, of High Sensitivity, 414* Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Stress. See Tests {Materials) Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
— Ammonia, Twin (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 407* Concrete, Heat Treated, Investigations on, 345*
— Investigations by Building Research Board,
786
— Oil-Storage Tank, 108*
— Prestressed, Use in Cantilever Footbridge,
Shrewsbury, 780*
Use in Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Lee-McCall System of (McCall’s Macalloy, Ltd.), 167
“ Preload ” System; 396*
Statically-lndeterminate Structures, Symposium on, 676*, 707*
Tanks, Palliser Works, Hartlepool, 235*
— Reinforced, Association, Memorandum on
Stresses in Steel Bars for Reinforcement, 725
Stresses in Steel Bars for, 755
— Reservoir Tank, Prestressed by “ Preload ”
System, 396*
—• Road, Demonstration of Machines for Maintenance of Joints, 368*
— Structures and Corrosion, 775*
— Tests of, with Electrical-Resistance Strain
Gauges, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788
Concrete, Units, Pre-Cast, Use in Kiln Building, 670*
?— Vibrators (Compactors Engineering, Ltd.), 32*
— - See alsoPARAGRAPH INDEX
Concreting Plant for Hydro-Electric Schemes,
254
Condensation of Steam, Heat Transfer During, 221*, 244. See Erratum, 248
Condenser, Degassing (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 361*
— Marine, S.S. “ Velutina,” 643
— Sorting Equipment, Automatic (Telegraph
Condenser Co., Ltd.), 312*
— Surface, Aluminium Tubes for, 596
— of Vapours and Vapour Mixtures, Researches
on, 339
?— See also Electric
Conductivity, See Electric
Conference, Aeronautical, Anglo-American, Brighton. See Aeronautical Conference, Anglo-American, Brighton
— Annecy, on Electric Railway Traction, 499,
521*, 545*, 583*
— Blackpool, National Smoke Abatement
Society, Programme, 371; 430. See
LETTER, 564
— and Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 128, 279,
407, 535, 695, 821
— on Fuel and Power Shortage, Programme,
329 ; Opening Proceedings, 467
— on Heat Transfer, Programme, 96, 339;
Dinner, 371
— International, on Abrasion and Wear. See
Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch
— on Automatic Control, Arrangements for, 51
of Manufacturers, New York, Arrangements for, 627
of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- . neers. See NawaZ Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference of
Ship Tank Superintendents,' Washington, 437
— Joint Engineering, London. See Engineering
Conference, London
Congress, International, on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Turkey, Arrangements for, 632
— Mining and Metallurgical, Empire, 1949,
Proceedings of (Review), 388
— of Naval Engineers, International, Ostend.
See Naval Engineers, International Congress of
— of Refrigeration, International, London, 275,
307
— Welding, International, London, 115 Connecting Rod for Oil Engine, Developments
in, 490*, 541*
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel; Pulverised Fuel
Consolidated Vultee Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Radio-Controlled Seaplane Model, 341, 441*, 478*
Constantinesco, G., on Constantinesco Fire Control, 789. See 603*
Consultant-Inspector’s Role in Railway Work,
562
Consulting Engineers, Association of, Annual Report, 435
Contracts, 47, 79, 111, 143, 175, 207, 239, 271, 303, 335, 367, 429, 472, 511, 556, 636, 653, 688, 768. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Anticipatory Breach of, 147
Control, Automatic, International Conference
on, Arrangements for, 51
— Board, Grudie Bridge Power Plant, 131*
— Desk, Holme Moss Television Station, 460*
— by Electrical Servo-Mechanisms, 825
— Equipment, Electronic, Industrial (Elcon-
trol Ltd.), 104
for Open-Hearth Furnaces, Increased Use, 373
— Liquid-Level, Magnetic (Bayham, Ltd.),
261*
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Panel, Boiler (Combustion Engineering
Association), 107*
— Remote and Supervisory, of Electrical Sys
tems, 699
— Room, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*
— System for Visitors to South Bank Exhibi
tion, 55
— Unit, “ Velonic,” for Electric Motor (Lau
rence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 264* Controllers, Electric Motor. See AZoZors, Electric
— Temperature, Sensitive (A. J. Amsler and Co.),
203*
“ Convair ” XF-92A Delta-Wing Aeroplane, 341, 479*
“ Convair ” XP5Y-1 High-Speed Propeller- Turbine Seaplane, 341, 442*, 478*
“ Convair ” XB-46 Jet-Propelled Bombing Aeroplane, 341, 442*
Convention, International, for Safety of Life at Sea, 1952, 788
— Television, 1952, Programme, 371; British
Contribution to, 755 '
Converter for Electrical Measurement of Mechanical Quantities (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 300*
— Image, in High-Speed Photography, 64 Conveyor, Belt, Coal-Face, 26-in. Top-Loading
(British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd.), 33*
— at Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
— Coal, “Python” 30-in. (H. Wood and Co.,
Ltd ), 33*
Tail-Ends for (R. Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 34* Cook; Prof. G., the Late, 270, 308*
Cook, Dr. M., on Wrought Aluminium-Zinc- Magnesium Alloys, 455
Cooke, B., on Reciprocating Seals for Hydraulic Control Valves, 787
Cooke-Yarborough, E. H„ on Counting of
Random Pulses, 63
Cooler, Rotary, Cement Works at Shoreham- by Sea, 99*
Cooling, Plant, Valve, Holme Moss Television
Station (Rosser and Russell, Ltd.), 459*
— Tower, Heat Exchange in, -244, 252. See
LETTER, 468
Reinforced-Concrete, West Ham “ B ”
Power Station, 77*
Coope, H., the Late, 632
Cooper and Turner, Ltd., Mobile Diesel-Driven Welding Plant, 327
Cooper, W. F., on Remote and Supervisory Control of Electrical Systems, 699
Co-ordinates, Generalised, in Vibration. Problems, 276
Copenhagen Telephone Co., ' Plastic-Sheath Telephone Cables, 223
Copper Alloys. See Brass ; Bronze; and Alloys under Metallurgy
— Covering for Roofs, Standard Code of Prac
tice, 736
— Economics of, 520, 554, 597, 625, 702*, 732*
— Oxidation of, Adherence of Scale, 423
— Wire, Round, Enamelled, Specification, 15
— World Production and Consumption of, 519,
702*, 732*
— See also Metallurgy
Cornes, C., and Son, Kiln Building of Pre-Cast Concrete Units, 670*
Cornish, A. J., on Obtaining Pressure Diagrams of Internal-Combustion Engines, 806*
— Engineers (Review), 613
“ Cornwall,” M.S., Gearbox for Twin Diesel Engines, 631*
Corrosion of Buried Metals, Symposium on, 786
— and Concrete Structures, 775*
— Control as Aid in Metal Conservation, 553,
596
— Fretting Apparatus, Investigation with,
651*
— Investigations at Chemical Research Labora
tory, 371
— Resisting Properties of Copper-Nickel-Iron
Alloys, 422
— Stress, in Welded Pipelines, 158*
Corrosive and Viscous Liquids, Variable-Capacity Pump for (Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd.), 767*
Cory, W., and Son, Ltd., versus City of London Corporation, 147
Costa Head, Orkney, 100-kW Experimental Windmill, 276, 315, 615
Costain-J. Brown, Ltd., Prestressed-Concrete Tanks, 235*
Cottrell, Prof. A. H., on Strength of Metals, 332. See 277
Counter, Photo-Electric, High-Speed (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 323*
Couplings, Flexible, of Naval Steam Turbines, Behaviour During Trials, 382
— Hose, Specification, 512
—? See also CZwZcA
Coventry, Victor Motor Co., Ltd., 9-h.p. SingleCylinder Diesel Engine, 363* ; 12/26-h.p. Four-Cylinder Horizontal-Opposed Petrol Engine, 363* ; 9-b.h.p. Diesel-Driven Compressor, Pump and Generator Set, 363* Cowan, H. J., on Rubber Model for Combined Bending and Torsion Tests, 661*
Cowell, E. W., Automatic Shearing Machine, 224*
Cox, H. L., on Torsional Stress in Grooved Shafts, 531*. See LETTER, 436
Cox, Dr. H. R., on Some Fuel and Power Projects, 726*, 793*, 823*. See 659
Cracking, Catalytic, Agent for, Plant for Producing (J. Crosfield and Sons, Ltd.), 749
—- Fatigue, of Mild Steel, Investigations on, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
— Plant, Catalytic, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley,
386*
— in Welds in Pipelines, 125*
Craft, Small, High-Speed (Review), 179 Crampton, T. R„ Submarine Cable to France, 1851, 403
Crane, Derrick, Power-Driven, Specification, 271
— 75-ton Forging, Heavy Forge Shop, Had
fields, Ltd., 617*
— Jibs, Aluminium-Alloy, for, 182
— Mobile, Power-Driven, Specification, 271
— 5-ton Overhead (H. Morris, Ltd.), 86
— See also Derricks
Crangle, J., on Magnetic Analysis of Iron- Carbon Alloys, 779
Crankcase of Oil Engine, Developments in, 541* Crankshaft, Motor-Car Engine, Investigations on, 714
— for Oil Engine, Developments in, 541*
Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., Double- Headed Milling Machine for Locomotive , Frames, 748*
Creep Tests. See under Tests {Materials)
Creosote Burning, Flame-Radiation Trials during, 705*
Cronin, H. F., on Water Supply to Towns, 231; William Girling Reservoir, London, 307
Crop Sprayer, Tractor-Mounted (E. Allman and Co., Ltd.), 714*
“ Cropmaster” Agricultural Tractor, 53*
Crosfield, J., and Sons, Ltd., Plant for Producing Catalytic Cracking Agent, 749
Crossley Brothers, Ltd.; 3,000-b.h.p. Twin Diesel-Engine Marine Unit, 257* ; 400- b.h.p. Marine Diesel Engine, 258*
Crowley, Russell and Co., Ltd., Rubber-Bitumen Road, Surfacing, 269*. See Erratum, 376
Crowthorn Engineering Co., Ltd., 12-in, Centre Lathe, 84*
Crucible Furnace, Central-Axis, Power-Tilted (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 295*
— “ Salamander Suprex ” for Arduous Duty
(Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 295
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, OiZ
Crushing Plant for Cement Works at Shore- ham-by'-Sea, 97*
Crystals, Metal, Mechanics of, 787
— Piezo Electric, Production of, 428
— Single, Behaviour of, 503
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microphotographs
Cullen, Dr. A. L., on Measurement of Microwave Power by Radiation Pressure, 377*. See 278
Cultivator, Rotary, “ Bantam ” (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 22*
with Mowing Attachment (Clifford Aero and Auto, Ltd.), 758*
Petrol-Driven (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 757* Cup-Drawing from Flat Blanks, Investigations on, 723
Curr, A. G., on Printing in Edinburgh, 214 Current, Electric. See Electric
Curves, Tractive Resistance, for Trolley ’Buses, 256*
Cuthbertson, J. A., Ltd., Half-Track Conversion for Agricultural Tractor, 54*
Cutter, Coal, Longwall “ Ace ” (British Jeffrey- Diamond, Ltd.), 33*
— Grass, Rotary (Hayters, Ltd.), 148*
— Loader, Coal, “ Meco-Moore ” (Mining Engi-
geering Co., Ltd.), 34* ; (Anderson, Boyes and Co., Ltd.), 34* i
— Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
— Potato-Haulm (P. B. Bettinson and Co., Ltd.),
148*
— Root (E. H. Bentall and Co., Ltd.), 136 Cyc-Arc, Ltd., Stud-Welding Machine, 326* Cycles, Improvement in, 648
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— Show at Earl’s Court, 648
Cyclotron, Harwell, Study of Mesons and Quanta, 595
Cylinders, Galvanised-Steel, Specification, 512
— Oil Engine, Developments in, 542*
— and Pistons, Hydraulic Lock in, Investigagations, of, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788

DAIMLER CO., LTD., 90-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Motor Car, 533*
Dall Tube (G. Kent, Ltd.), 43
Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd., Magnesium-Alloy Dust Collector, 480*
Dam Construction for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 253
— for Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes, 481*
— Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Scheme, 208* Dangerous Machinery, Court Decision on Sale
of, 816
Danish. See Denmark
Daring Class Destroyers, Tests of Machinery for, 116, 286, 299, 349*
D’Arsonval, J. A., Celebration of Centenary of,
816 > ’ “ Dart ” Propeller-Turbine Aero Engine, 123
Dartmouth Memorial to Thomas Newcomen, 243
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 200-h.p. Six- Cylinder Diesel Engine for Locomotive, 95; 625-b.h.p. Diesel Engine for Locomotive, 172*; 250-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder
Marine Diesel Engine, 329*; 500-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder Diesel Engine for Locomotive, 364*
Davidson, Sir J., William Girling Reservoir, London, 307
Davies, D. R. G., on Electrical Properties of Silicon-Iron Transformer Sheets, 708
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Graf and Stift Four- Cylinder Two-Stroke Oil Engine, 1*
Davis, R., on High-Voltage Research at National Physical Laboratory, 638
Davison Chemical Corporation, Plant for Producing Catalytic Cracking Agent, 749
Dawson, J. A., on Planning and Construction- of Airfields, 70
de Brouwer, R., on Cathodic Protection of Buried Steel Structures, 786
Debutaniser Tower, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
Decca Navigator Co., Ltd., Automatic Track- Plotting Instrument for Aircraft, 589*
Deeping Fen, Spalding and Pinchbeck Internal Drainage Board, Preservation of Pinchbeck Marsh Pumping Station, 693*
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., D.H. 110 Fighting Aeroplane, 512
de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., “Venom I” Interceptor Fighter, 354 ; “ Sea Venom 20 ” Aircraft, 354* ; “ Vampire ” Training Aircraft, 354
de Havilland Propellers; Ltd., Manufacture of Hollow Steel Propeller Blades for Aircraft 161*, 193*, 225*; Negative-Thrust Constant-Speed Aerial Propeller, 391
De Jouffroy d’Abbans, Marquis de, Bicentenary of, 679*
Dekkor, Angle, Hilger, 464*
De Laval. See Tur&wie
Delft, Holland, International Conference on Abrasion and Wear. See Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch
Rubber Research Station, Inauguration of, 658, 694*
Demolition and Construction Co., Ltd., Bridge Demolition by Explosives, 699*
Denison, S., and Son, Ltd., Universal Testing Machine, 260*
Denmark-Holland Submarine Telephone Cable, 435
— Plastic-Sheath Telephone Cables in, 223
Denny, Sir M. E., on B.S.R.A. Resistance Experiments on “ Lucy Ashton,” 121*, 153*. See 17, 41
“ Deoxo ” Catalytic Gas Purifier, 428*
Deposits, Bonded, in Boilers Using High-Ash Coal, 188, 189, 214. See LETTERS, 276
— Gauges, Atmospheric Pollution, Specifica
tion, 671
Derricks, 10-ton, with Aluminium-Alloy Jibs, 182
— Crane, Power-Driven, Specification, 271
‘ ‘ Derwent ” Rolls-Royce Jet Engine, 41, 121* Desilverisation of Lead, 569*
Destroyers. See Warships
Detector, Temperature, Magnetic (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 671*
Developer, Automatic, for Developing Oscillograms (Southern Instruments, Ltd.), 43
Devereux, Col. W. C., on Secondary Aluminium and Magnesium, 553. See 596
Dewrance and Co., Ltd., Safety Valve for High Pressures, 404
de Zinovieff, Major L., the Late, 437
Diagram, Admittance, Three-Dimensional (D. C. Johnson), 246
— Pressure, of Internal-Combustion Engines,
Methods of Obtaining, 806*
Diamond Penetrators, Rockwell Hardness, Precision Measurement of, 89*. See LETTERS 180*, 404
— Surfaces, Friction of, 694, 724, 797
Diascope, “ Rotavisor” (Newton and Co., Ltd.), 64
Dicksee, C. B., on Twenty Years of Oil Engine Development, 490*, 541* Dictionaries, Scientific and Technical, Interlingual, Report on, 626. See LETTER, 693 Diesel Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel;
Marine Propulsion
Digger, Elevator, Tractor-Mounted, for Lifting Root Crops (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 22*
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Dinnis, F. R., Prestressed-Concrete Cantilever Footbridge at Shrewsbury, 780*
Dinsdale, C., on Economy by Standardisation' and Reclamation of Scrap Metals, 553. See 596, 626
Dinwoodie, J. H., the Late, 750
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Disc-Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Disease, Dust-Borne, and Municipal Engineering, 6
Diskus Grinding Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 272*
Distilling Experimental Station, Portland, Work of, 116, 286
— Units, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386
Distributor, Fertiliser, and Seed Drill, Combined (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
District Heating, Adaptation of Electric Power Stations to, 637
- of Housing Estates; Preparation of Schemes, 410*
Dock and Harbour Works, Port Equipment (Review), 483
Docking Facilities and Repairs to Warships, 227
Dockyards,Royal, Select Committee Report,273
Doig, Dr. A. T., on Health of Welders, 530
Dollar Export Board’s Report on “Dollars and Industry,” 305
Dollis Hill Research Station, Post Office, Work of, 428
Domestic Electrical Appliances, Accidents from, 497
— Heating, Investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
— Users, Influence on Electricity Supply, 637
Dorey, Dr. S. F., on Stresses in Propellers and Propeller Shafting, 18, 228; on New Edition of Whitworth Register, 1951, 660
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Steelwork for Littlebrook “ C ” Power Station, 80* ; Road Bridge Over River Tagus, 801*
Dorman and Smith, Ltd., 650-Volt 2,000 Amp. Air-Break Circuit-Breaker, 264*
Dorman, W. H., and Co., Ltd., 160-b.h.p. Six- Cylinder Diesel Engine, 292*
“ Dorset ” Tank Fuelling Lorry, 577*
Double Helical Gears. See Gears
— Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine * Propulsion
Doulton and Co., Ltd., Kiln Building of Pre-Cast Concrete Units, 670*
Dow; G., on International Conference of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 83. See 17, 83, 227
“ Downham-Simplex ” Animal Spraying Tunnel, 757*
Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd., Hydraulic Pit Props, 35*
Dragline, Walking, Model of (Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 166*
“ Dragon ” Diesel-Engined Crawler Tractor with Rear Winch, 713*
Drainage Problems on British Railways, 635*
Drawing, Cup, from Flat Blanks, Investigations on, 723
Dredger for Thames Conservancy, Rowhedge Ironworks Co., Ltd., 810*
Dredging and Construction Co., Ltd., Dredging and Reclamation Works at Southampton, 737*
Dressing, Ore, Elements of (Review), 676
Drew, D. A., on Measuring Stresses in Aircraft Turbines, 761*
Drewitt, J., and Son, Ltd., Omnibus Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Drill, Seed, and Fertiliser Distributor, Combined (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
— and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drop-Wise Condensation of Steam, Investigations on, 221*, 244. See Nrratum, 248
Dry Dock. See Dock
Du Cane, Comdr. P., on Review of His Book, High-Speed Small Craft, 179
Ducts for District Heating of Housing Estates, 413
Dudding, R. W., on Aluminium-Backed Screens for Cathode-Ray Tubes, 63
Duguid, L. N., on Health of Welders, 530
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Ultrasonic Testing of Pneumatic Tyres, 606*
Dunn, L. G., on Heat Transfer in Rocket Power Plants, 341
Dunne Biplane of 1911, 539*
Durham and Northumberland County Councils, Pedestrian Tunnel Under River Tyne, Opening of, 115
— University, Lectures on Chemistry of Water Treatment, 427; Opening of Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
Dusseldorf Exhibition, Printing Machinery, 37* Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Fuel
— Collector, for Use when Machining Magnesium-Alloys (Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd.), 480*
— Emission from Power Station, 113
— Removing Plant (Traughber Filter Co., Ltd.), 265*
— Tunnel for Motor-Vehicle Research, 716* Dusting Machine, Agricultural, “ Whirlwind ” (Universal Crop Protection, Ltd.), 714*
Dutch Rubber Research Foundation, International Conference on Abrasion and Wear, Delft. See Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch
— See also Holland
Dutton, W. A., the Late, 708
Duxford, Summer School for Synthetic-Resin Adhesives, 435
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dynamometers for Torque and Thrust Due to Drilling, 487*
— See also Brake
Dyson, R. A., and Co., Ltd., 25-ton Motor Lorry with Loading Winch, 301*

EARL’S COURT. See Exhibition
Earth’s Magnetism. See Magnetism
East Kilbride, Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Work of, 338
Eastwood, B., on Line Scanning Valves and Circuits, 64
Echo-Sounding Equipment (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 167
Equipment (Submarine Signal Co. (London), Ltd.), 290
Eckerborn, N. G., on Aspects of Prefabrication in Ship Construction, 18, 200
Economics of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals, 519, 553, 596, 625, 702*, 732*
— Railway. See Railway
Economisers, Cast-Iron Smooth-Tube, with
Pressed Socket Joints, Specification, 79 Economy, Fuel. See Fuel, Economy Edeleanu Plant, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386 Edgar, E. J., the Late, 782
Edinburgh, Duke of, on British Contribution to Science and Technology, 182. See 177, 212; Election as President of City and Guilds of London Institute, 403
— Printing Industry in, 214
— Royal Scottish Museum, Model of H6roult
Electric Steel-Melting Furnace, 336*
— University, Investigation on Vibrations of
Elastic Bodies, 409*

Education :

Aberdeen University, Model Investigation of Aberdeen Harbour, 283*
Aero Research, Ltd., Summer School on Synthetic-Resin Adhesives, 435
Aeronautical-Engineering Curricula, Infusions of Safety into, 341
— Information Study Group under Aslib, 211
Athlone Fellowship Awards to Canadian Engineering Graduates, 395
Birmingham University, Babcock and Wilcox Experimental Boiler for, 51; Investigation of Hydraulic Lock, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630,
660*, 788
British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education, Training in Two Crafts, 568. See LETTER, 596
California Institute of Technology, Investigation on Heat Transfer in Rocket Power Plants, 341
Cambridge University, Investigation on Friction and Surface Damage of Non-Metallic Solids, 797
Centenary of Royal School of Mines, 499
Chemical Engineering, Higher National Certificate for, 531
City and Guilds of London Institute, Courses for’ Instrument-Maintenance Mechanics, 216; Election of Duke of Edinburgh as President, 403
Durham University, Lectures on Chemistry of Water Treatment, 427; Opening of Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
Edinburgh University, Investigation on Vibrations of Elastic Bodies, 409*
Education and the Broader Outlook in Education, 210
Engineering Education in Universities and Technical Colleges, 169
Faraday House Old Students’ Association Annual Dinner, 595
Glasgow University, Post-Graduate Courses in Applied Thermodynamics, 53. See LETTER, 83
Government Policy for Higher Technological Education, Statement on, 401. See LETTER, 662
Illinois University Bulletin on Cleavage Fractures of Ship Plates, by Prof. W. M. Wilson, R. A. Hechtman and Prof. W. H. Bruckner, 690
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Courses on Hydro-Electric Power Engineering, 315; Battery- Charging Equipment, 603*
International Association for Exchange of Students, Report of, 531
King’s College, London, Measurement of Particle Size in Very Fine Powders, by Dr. H. E. Rose, 595
Leeds University, Investigation on Heat- Treated Concrete, 345*
Liverpool University, University and Civil Engineer of Future, by Prof. J. B. B. Owen, 791, 821
Marine Radar School, Southend-on-Sea, 255*
Naval Architects, Institution of, Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 672
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Prospectus, 266; Evening Lectures at, 384; Lectures on Experimental Stress Analysis, 633
Old Centralians, Annual Dinner, 627
Queen Mary College, London, Investigation on Condensation of Steam, 221*, 244. See Krra<u»n, 248
Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Teaching of Metallurgy, 567, 607
Sir John Cass College, London, Evening Courses, 271, 766
Swansea University College, Investigation on Critical Reynolds Numbers for Steady and Pulsating Flow, 389*
Technical Colleges and Education for Electrical Industry, 765
— Training in United Kingdom, British Council Lectures on, 52
Technological Education, Need for Extension of, 241
Universities, British, Mechanical Engineering Research at, 338
— and Technical Colleges, and Scientific and Technical Man-Power, 298, 348
War-Time Demand on Scientific and Technical Man-Power, 298, 348
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., High-Speed Nibbling Machine, 293* ; Punching, Shearing and Notching Machine, 293*
Edwards and Manby, Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691
Edwards, W., and Co. (London), Ltd., Light-Alloy Melt Gas-Content Tester, 10*
Efficiency of Boiler Plants. See Boiler — of Engines. See Engines ; Trials Elcontrol Ltd., Industrial Electronic Control Equipment, 104
Election, General, and Engineering Industry 561

Electric :

Accumulator-Charging Equipment (Chloride Batteries, Ltd.), 603*
— Light-Weight, for Storage of Current, Need for, 637
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
Alternating Current. See Current Alternator. See Generator and Twzfio Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric — Welding. See Welding
Battery. See Accumulator (above)
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Work of Greenford Laboratories, 585*, 615* ; Report on Arc-Form and Movement in Air-Blast Circuit-Breaker, 711*, 743* and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Tractive Resistance of Trolley ’Buses, 256*
British Electricity Authority, Carmarthen Bay Power Station, 16*; Uskmouth Power Station, 48* ; West Ham “B" Power Station, 76*; Littlebrook Power Station, 80*; North Tqes “ C ” Power Station, 112* ; Plymouth “ B ” Power Station, 144* ; Use of High-Ash Coal by, 188, 189, 214. See LETTER, 276; Electricity Supply Position, 209 ; Failure of Supply in North-West England, 339; Annual Report, 465 ; Work of, 508* ; Broadcast Warnings of Electricity Cuts, 530 ; Bankside Power Station, 624* ; Power Station Programme, 723; Guildford Power Station Boiler Explosion 749
Cable, Coaxial, for Holme Moss Television Station, 460
— and Conductors (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 289
— Gas-Pressure, Use in Great Britain, 232 — High-Voltage, Researches on, 638
— Holders for Power Transmission Lines, 61*
— Lead-Sheathed, in Ducts, Tests of, 586*
— Paper-Insulated, Present-Day Practice in, 646*
— Submarine, Developments in, 71 Telephone, Holland-Denmark, 435 Telephone, Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, Repeaters for, 428
— Telegraph, Between England and France, 1851, 403
— Telephone, Plastic-Sheath, in Denmark, 223
— Transmission, Holme Moss, Television Station, 235
— Underground, Damage to, Legal Decision on, 82
— and Wires for Ships (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 290
Capacitor for High-Voltage Transmission Lines, 249
— for High-Voltage Research, 638
— for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 546*
Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Condenser, Degassing (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 361*
— Sorting Equipment, Automatic (Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd.), 312*
Conductors and Cables (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 289
— for High-Voltage Overhead Lines Power Transmission, 245, 249*
— High-Voltage, Researches on, 638 — Overhead Line, Holders for, 61*
— for Overhead Lines Power Transmission, 510
— for Paper-Insulated Cables, 646* Converter for Electrical Measurement of
Mechanical Quantities (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 300*
Cranes. See Cranes
Current, Alternating, 50 Cycles, Use for Electric Traction, 499, 521*, 545*, 583*
— —- Machines, Winding (Review), 101
— See also Direct (below) Dielectric for High-Voltage Cables, 646* — Research on, 638
Direct-Current Power Transmission, 245, 250
Source, Constant (British Scientific Instrument Research Association), 104*
— — Welding Generator (Max Arc and Electrics, Ltd.), 363*
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1949, 497
— Equipment for Canadian Market, Standard Approval Procedure, 275 for Motor Vehicles, 69
— Industry, Technical Colleges and Education for, 765
— Investigations in Australia, 613
— Properties of Silicon-Iron Transformer Sheets, 708
— Science, Early Milestones in, 219 Electricity, British Contribution to, 183 — Hall, Exhibition of Industrial Power, Glasgow, 133*
Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems (Review), 182
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Electric—continued.
Generating stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo High-Voltage Research at National Physical Laboratory, 638
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal Combustion Engines. See Ignition
Induction Heating Generator, High-Frequency (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 225* Insulating Materials, Researches on Electro-Chemical Breakdown, 585 Instruments, Measuring, Electrical, British Achievements in, 8
for Power-Transmission Systems, 571
Lamp, Developments in, 235
— Electric, Report of Monopolies Prac
tice Commission on, 689
Lighting, Early History of, 219
— Progress in, 235
Load Shedding Broadcast Warnings, 566* Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo Magnetos. See Ignition
Mains. See Cables (above)
Meter, Electronic, Multi-Range (Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.), 312*
— for Power Transmission Systems, 572 Motors. See Motors, Electric
Oil Switch. See Switchgear
Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, High-Speed, 615*
Potentiometer, Recording and Controlling, Electronic (Electroflo Meters, Ltd.), 105
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Railways. See Railways
Rays. See Cathode Rays ; X-Rays Relays, Alternating-Current, for Railway Signalling, Specification, 207
Resistance Welding. See Welding Resistor, 2,000-kW Forced-Cooled (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 384*
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Rural Electrification Investigations at Shinfield Field Station, 615*
Progress in, 637
in Scotland/276, 313*
Shedding, Load, Broadcast Warnings, 566*
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Short-Circuit Testing Authorities, Association of, Booklets by, 139
South Africa Electricity Supply Commission, Annual Report, 242 Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric Steel Manufacture. See Furnace, Electric Storage Battery. See AccwmttZator (above) Substation. See Substation
Surge Phenomena, Investigations on, 615* Switchgear. See Switchgear ; Motors, Electric
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony Traction. See Locomotives, Electric ; Trolley 'Bus ; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Welding. See Welding
Wires and Cables for Ships (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 290
Wiring Regulations for Small Houses, 691 Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy; Radar; Radio; Television
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radar;
Radio: Television
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Presidential Address by Sir J. Hacking, on Electricity Supply Industry, 508*
Report on Incorporated Benevolent Fund, 563
Electric Wiring Regulations for Small Dwellings, 691
British Contribution to Television Convention in 1952, Arrangements; 755
Technical Colleges and Education for Electrical Industry, by H. L. Hasle- grave, 765
Centenary of J. A. D’Arsonval, by C. W. Marshall, 816
Servo Mechanisms, by Dr. A. L. Whiteley, 825
Measurements Section:
Measurements on Power Transmission Systems, by F. J. Lane, 571
Radio Section:
Television Convention Programme, 371 Trunk Radio Systems, by'Dr. D. C. Espley, 667
Supply Section:
High-Voltage Research at National Physical Laboratory, by R. Davis, 638
Inhibited Transformer Oil, by W. R. Stoker and C. N. Thompson, 819
Stability of Oil in Transformers, by P. W. L. Gossling and L. H. Welch, 819
Utilization Section:
Production and Use of Electricity, by A. H. Young, 637
Electrical Control of Dangerous Machinery and Processes; Part 3, Remote and Supervisory Control, by W. F. Cooper, 699
Electrical Engineers, Practical Training of, 201
— Engineering, New Materials for, 691
Electroflo Meters Co., Ltd., Pneumatic Transmitter, 105; Electronic Recording and Controlling Potentiometer, 105
Electrolytic Corrosion. See Corrosion Electromagnetic Waves. See Electric and Telegraphy, Wireless
Electron Tubes, Rare Metals in, 63
Electronic Instrumentation of Nucleonics, 63
Electronic Recording Manometer (Fielden (Electronics) Ltd.), 43*
— Valves, Quality and Reliability Standards,
63
Electropower Gears, Ltd., Flange-Mounted Spur Reduction Gearbox, 736*
Electrostatic Precipitators, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*
Elevator-Digger, Tractor-Mounted (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 22*
— 18-ft. Universal Petrol-Driven (A. B
Blanch and Co., Ltd.), 758*
— Variable-Height (Wolseley Sheep Shearing
Machine Co., Ltd.), 714*
Elin-Murex Automatic- Welding Equipment, 324* (
Elliptic Functions, Normal, Lamd’s, Heine’s and Legendre’s Contributions, 52
Ellison, G., “ Bantam ” Oil Circuit-Breaker Switchgear, 265
Embankment for Marsh Reclamation, Southampton, 738*
Emery, E. T. G„ on Sampling of small Coal, 452*. See LETTERS, 692, 756
Empire, Investment in (Review), 676
— Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 1949,
Proceedings of (Review), 388
Employees. See Labour
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials')
Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Dual-Fuel, 240/180-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder
(Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 799*
— Fire. See Fire
— Internal-Combustion, Early History and
Development of, 219
Combustion, Method of Obtaining Pressure Diagrams, 806*
; Combustion, Otto Four-Stroke, Seventy-
Five Years of, 522 ; Exhaust-Gas-Oxygen System in, 524
Combustion, Pipe Flanges for, Specification, 527
Combustion, Production by Petters, Ltd., 747*
Combustion, Research Association, British, Fuel-Flow Meter, 103*
Combustion, Standardisation for Services, 700
Combustion. See also Turftines, Gas
— Jet, Rolls-Royce “ Derwent,” in M.S.
“ Lucy Ashton,” 41, 121*
— — See also Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotwe
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Measurement of Noise from, 755
190-h.p. Six-Cylinder Supercharged (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 44*
330-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Rail Traction (Harland and Wolff, Ltd.), 405*
270-h.p. Turbo-Charged (H. Meadows, Ltd.), 168*
Twenty Years’ Development of, 490*, 541*
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Diesel and Diesel-Electric, Shunting, for British Railways, 816
— — Diesel, 360-h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Black
stone and Co., Ltd.), 23*
Diesel, Flow Processes in Combustion Chambers of, 525
Diesel, 240-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder (Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd.), 405*
120-h.p. Four-Cylinder, Graf and Stift, 1*
Diesel, 1,360-h.p. Highly-Supercharged, Tests of, 524
— — Diesel, 95/125-b.h.p. Industrial (Leyland
Motors, Ltd.), 293*
— — Diesel, Marine, 55-h.p. (J. I. Thorny-
croft and Co., Ltd.), 798
Diesel, Marine, 400-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder (Crossley Brothers, Ltd.), 258*
—? — Diesel, Marine, 275-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder “ Meteorite ” (Rover Co., Ltd.), 496*
Diesel, Marine, 3,000-b.h.p. Eight- Cylinder Twin (Crossley Brothers, Ltd.), 257*
—.— Diesel, Marine, 25-5-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder (D. Brown Corporation, Ltd.), 292*
7 Diesel, Marine, 67-5-h.p. Four-Cylinder (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 290*
Diesel, Marine, 4,600-b.h.p. Four-Cylin- , der Fairfleld-Doxford, 127
Diesel, Marine, 53-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder, for Dredger (Russell, Newbery and Co., Ltd.), 811*
Diesel, Marine, Fuels for, 136
Diesel Marine, 8,000-h.p. Geared, M.S. “ Cornwall,” 631*
— — Diesel, 9-b.h.p. Single-Cylinder (Coven
try, Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 363*
— Diesel, 7-h.p. Single-Cylinder (Russell, Newbery and Co., Ltd.), 360*
— — Diesel, 15-h.p. Single-Cylinder Jenbach
(G. J. McCaul and Co., Ltd.), 406*
Diesel, Marine, 250-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 329*
Diesel, Marine, 120-h.p. Six-Cylinder (Fodens, Ltd.), 406*
Diesel, Marine, 120-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Glennifer Engines, Ltd.), 405*
Diesel, Marine, 624-s.h.p. Six-Cylinder (National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 257*
Diesel, Marine, 120-h.p. Six-Cylinder (Russell Newbery and Co., Ltd.), 360*
Diesel, Marine, 1,465-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Brown-Sulzer, M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 140* —- — Diesel, 160-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (W. H. Dorman and Co., Ltd.), 292*
Diesel, 125-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd.), 291*
Diesel, 100-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder A.E.C. (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), 291*
Diesel, 200-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Locomotive (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 95
Diesel, 200-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Oil
Drilling (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 328*
— — Diesel, 2,000-b.h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder Rail
Traction (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 328*
Diesel, 2,270-h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder, -Diesel, 2,270-h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder,
Turbo-Charged (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 108*
Engines, Oil, Diesel, Marine, 9,200-b.h.p. Ten-
Cylinder Burmeister and Wain, 171
Diesel, 500-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder Davey-
Paxman, for Locomotive, 364*
Diesel, 625-b.h.p. Twelve-Cylinder, for
Locomotive (Davey,Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 172*
Diesel, 50-b.h.p. Two-Cylinder, for
Tractor (Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 673* Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
— 12/26-h.p. Four-Cylinder Horizontal-
Opposed (Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 363*
?— •— 19-h.p. Four-Cvlinder V-Type (Petters,
Ltd.), 747*
Motor-Car, Development of, 69
— — Motor-Car, Investigations on, 714 Motor-Car, 85-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Com-
mer Cars, Ltd.), 124*
7 i-h.p. Single-Cylinder, for Lawn Mower
(Tractors (London), Ltd.), 150* —• — Two-Stroke, for Bicycles, 648 See also Aeronautics ; Motor Cars —; Steam, Early History of, 91
— — Introduction and Development of, 219
Manufacture at Hayle Foundry, 102 Marine, of de Jouffroy d’Abbans, 679* Marine. See also Marine Propulsion ;
Turbines
Two-Cylinder Compound (Beiliss &
Morcom, Ltd.), 108
Work of P. W. Willans on, 598*, 685
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Engineers, Applied Mechanics for (Review), 579
— Cornish (Review), 613
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— Retired, Employment of, 51
-— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, James Watt Dinner, 499; Research on Friction and Wear, by Dr. F. T. Barwell, 649*, 697*; Presidential Address by Sir A. McCance on Properties and Behaviour of Metals, 502*, 540*
Engineering Apprentices. See Education
— Civil. See Civil

Engineering Conference, Joint, London:

Reports of Discussions, 6, 39, 69, 151, 168, 201, 231. See LETTER, 19
Public Health in Municipal Engineering by H. J. B. Manzoni, 6
Application of Power to Aircraft, by F. M. Owner, 8
British Achievements- in Electrical Measuring Instruments, by Dr. S. White- head, 8
Discussion on Power Signalling, 19.
Technical Advances in Gas Industry During One Hundred Years, by F. M. Birks, 39
British Television Service, by Sir N. Ashbridge, 40
British Mechanical Road Transport Vehicles, 1851-1951, by J. Shearman and B. B. Winter, 69
Development and Design of Aeroplane Structures, by Prof. A. G. Pugsley, 70
Planning and Construction of Airfields, by J. A. Dawson, 70
Telecommunications, by Sir S. Angwin, 71 Road Planning and Safety, by G. T. Bennett, 151
Forty Years’ Progress in Air Radio, by Air Comdre. C. S. Cadell and Dr. B. J. O’Kane, 151
Radio Masts and Towers, by C. O. Boyse, 168
Development and Trend of University Education in Engineering, by Prof. J. F. Baker, 169
Contribution of British Technical Colleges to Engineering Education, by Dr.
H. L. Haslegrave, .169
Practical Training of Civil Engineers, by
H. J. B. Harding, 201
Practical Training of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, by Sir A. Fleming, 201
Some Consideration on Water Supply to Towns, with Special Reference to Consumption and Waste, by H. F. Cronin, 231
A Century of Engineering Progress in British Coal Mines (1851-1951), by B. L. Metcalfe, 232
Development and Use of Gas-Pressure Cables for High-Tension Systems in Great Britain, by S. E. Goodall and D. B. Irving, 232
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal, by D. M. Watson, 233
Mechanical Engineering in Iron and Steel Industry, by W. F. Cartwright, 234
? Progress in Electric Lighting, by R. O. Ackerley, 235
Engineering Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal
— Education. See Education
— Industry and General Election, 561
— Laboratories. See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Marine and Welding Exhibition, Olympia,
211, 257*, 289*, 321*, 359*, 404*
— Metrology (Review), 804
— Problems, Mathematical Solutions of (Re
view), 484
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution Engineering Tool and Supply Co., Ltd., “ Hy-
detsco ” Shaping Tool, 85*
— Two Thousand Years of, 219
— Works. See Works
England and France, Telegraph Cable Between, 1851,403
English Electric Co., Ltd., 30-MW Turbo- Generators, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*; 3,500-MVA, 165 kV Circuit- Breaker Switchgear, 134; 2,000-h.p.
Sixteen-Cylinder Rail Traction Diesel Engine, 328* ; 200-h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine for Oil Drilling, 328*; " Canberra” P.R. Mark 3 Bombing Aircraft, English Electric Co., Ltd.—continued.
391*; 2,000-kW Coal-Burning Gas Turbine, 659, 728*, 793*; 60-MW Turbo- Generator for Windsor, Ontario, 668*
English Electric Export and Trading Co., Equipment for Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Scheme, 208*
English Electric Valve Co., Ltd., Image Orthicon Pick-Up Tube for Location of H.M. Submarine “ Affray,” 765*
Espley, Dr. D. C., on Trunk Radio Systems, 667 Esso Petroleum Co., Oil Refinery at Fawley, 385*
Europe, Electricity in, Recommendations on, 605
— Iron and Steel Production in, 519
European Economic Co-operation, Organisation for, (O.E.E.C.) International Symposium on Organisation of Research, 619 ; Report of Committee on Scientific and Technical Matters, 659
— Needs for Scrap Steel, 74,179
Evans, Dr. J. C,, on Pneumatic Comparator of High Sensitivity, 414*
Evaporating Plant, Early History of, 91
Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser Everard, F. 0., thb Late, 14
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Transmitting Flow Meter, 103* ; Degassing Condenser, 361*
Excavation Work, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 387
Excavator, Clay; Cement W orks at Shoreham- by-Sea, 97*
— Single-Bucket, Specification, 603
— “ Super-Ten ” (T. Smith and Sons (Rodley),
Ltd.), 166
Exchanger, Heat, for Coal-Burning Gas Turbine, 728*, 793*
Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— -— for Gas Turbines, Design of, 229*
Recuperative, for Gas Turbines (Heat Exchangers, Ltd.), 449*
for 190-h.p. Rolls-Royce Oil Engine, 45* Exhibition, Agricultural Machinery and Smith- field Show, Earl’s Court, 673*, 713*, 757*, 777
—- Aircraft, .and Flying Display, Farnborough Aerodrome, 342*, 353*, 391*
— British Instrument. Industries, Olympia, 9*
43*. 103*
— Building, Olympia, 692
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 128, 279,
407, 535, 695, 821
— Cycle and Motor Cycle, Earl’s Court, 648
— Dusseldorf, Printing Machinery at, 37*
— Engineering, Marine and Welding, Olympia,
211, 257*,'289*, 321*, 359*, 404*
— Festival, Farm and Factory, Ulster, 266
— — See also Festival of Britain
— Hall and Cinema, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.,
644
Rubber Research Station, Delft, 694*
— Industrial Power, Glasgow, 33*, 84*, 106*,
133*, 166*
— International Machine Tool, 1952, Arrange
ments for, 51
— Measuring and Inspection Equipment, 464*
— “ Model Engineer,” 243
— Motor, International, Earl’s Court, 499, 532*
— National Radio Show, Earl’s Court, 159,275,
310
— Paris Motor Show, 467, 501
— Permanent-Way Mechanised Equipment,
Marylebone, 563
— Photographic, 336
— Roval Agricultural Society Show, Cam
bridge, 20*, 53*, 73*, 117*, 148*
— of Science at Science Museum, South
Kensington, 247
— Ship, Festival, “ Campania,” 266
— Sir Isaac Newton, 179
— Visual Aids to Industry, Leeds, 564
— Willans, Science Museum, South Kensington,
685. See 598
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expandite, Ltd., Cleaning Machines for Concrete Road Joints, 368*
Experimental Tank. See Tank
Explosion, Boiler. See Boiler Explosion
— Colliery; See Accidents
— Gaseous. See Accidents
Explosives, Use for Demolition of Bridge, 699*
— Use for Trenching in Bed of River Neath,
567*
— See also Gwns and Explosives in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Export Trade. See Trade ; and Industries in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Extractor, Welding-Fume (Spencer and Halstead, Ltd.), 327*
Eyre, D.,.on Printing and Allied Machinery at Dusseldorf Exhibition, 37*

FABER, O., and PARTNERS, LTD., Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97*
Facts, Files and Action in Business and Public Affairs (Review), 771
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— and Farm Festival Exhibition, Ulster, 266
— Management. See Works Management Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairbairn, Sir W., Shipbuilding by, 11, 25
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., “Firefly” Mark 7
Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 392*
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., M.S. “ Ciudad de Medellin,” 127*
Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*, 129*
Faraday House Old Students’ Association Annual Dinner, 595
Farm and Factory Festival, Exhibition, Ulster, 266
Farming. See Agricultural; Tractors
Farnborough Aerodrome, Aircraft Exhibition and Flying Display, 342*, 353*, 391*
Farquhar versus Chance Brothers, Ltd., 594. See LETTER, 661
“Fathometer” Echo-Sounding Equipment, 290
Fatigue Cracking of Mild Steel, Investigations on, 278,445*. See LETTER, 371. See also Fracture
— .Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials')
Fawcett Preston and Co., Ltd., Quenching Tanks for Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 616*
Fawley, Esso Oil Refinery, 385*
Fearnehough, T. D., on Properties of Segregates in Alloy Steels, 778
Fearnside, K., on (3-Ray Thickness Gauge, 63
Federation of British Industries, Report on Planning and Financial Control of Industrial Research, 145; on Effects of Inflation on Industrial Capital Resources, 659
Feed Pumps. See Pumps
Feeding Stuffs, Hammer Mill for (Christy and Norris, Ltd.), 136
Feiner, A., on Water Turbines for Hydro- Electric Schemes, 185*, 217*. See 213. See LETTER, 404
Fenner, A. J., on Analysis of Rockwell Hardness Test, 57* ; on Rockwell Hardness Diamond Penetrator, 404. See 89* See LETTER, 180*
Ferguson, Prof. A., the Late, 629
Ferguson, H., Ltd., 25-h.p. Diesel-Engined Agricultural Tractor, 20* ; Narrow-Width Agricultural Tractor, 21*; Tractor-Mounted Potato-Planter, 21* ; Seed Drill and Fertiliser Distributor, 21* ; Tractor-Mounted Reversible Plough, 21*; Precision Seeder, 22* ; Disc Harrow, 73* ; Three-Furrow Plough, 73*
Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd., 750-MVA 66-kV Switchgear Circuit-Breaker, 134*
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tungsten, Method of Analysis of Tin in, 736
Ferrox Process for Sulphur Recovery, 181
Fertiliser Distributor and Seed Drill, Combined (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
Festiniog Railway, Proposed Preservation of, 83

Festival of Britain :

Exhibition, Industrial Power, Glasgow, 33*, 84*, 106*, 133*, 166*
South Bank Exhibition, Controlling Visitors in, 55
Royal Society’s Exhibition of Relics of Sir Isaac Newton, 179
Exhibition Ship “ Campania,” 266 Ulster Farm and Factory Exhibition, 266 Dome of Discovery, Exhibits in, 246 Science Museum, South Kensington, Exhibition of Science at, 246

Fielden (Electronics), Ltd., Electronic Recorder Manometer, 43*
Fielding and Platt, Ltd., Radio-Frequency Edge- Gluing Machine, 633*
Files, Facts and Action in Business and Public Affairs (Review), 771
Fillers, Sands and Aggregates, Sampling and Testing of, Specification, 239
Film, Cinema, of Fluid and Air Flow in Steel Furnaces, 373
— and Sheeting, Polyvinyl-Chloride, Flexible,
Specification, 603
— Wise Condensation of Steam, Investigation
on, 221*, 244. See Erratum, 248
Filter for Used Lubricating Oil (Stream-Line Filters, Ltd.), 261*
— for Sewage Effluents, 498
Finlay Conveyor Co., Ltd., Mobile Hydraulic Press for Bending Colliery Roof Supports, 35*
Finney Presses, Ltd., Greer-Mercier Hydraulic Accumulator, 704*
Finniston, Dr. H. M., on Properties of Segregates in Alloy Steels, 778
Fire Alarms, Electrical, Standard Code of Practice, 527
— Extinguishers, Portable, Specification, 527 Portable, Standard Code for, 671
— Fighting, Smoke-Extraction Unit for (Woods
of Colchester, Ltd.), 602*
— Prevention in Cargo Ships Using Oil Fuel,
279
— Pump, Emergency Marine (Bussell Newbery
and Co., Ltd.), 360*
— Research Organisation, Joint, Annual Re
port, 315
Firebricks. See Refractory Materials
Fireclay Refractories for Petroleum Industry, Specification, “736
Firedamp, Use in Gas Turbines, Experiments with, 793*
— Explosions. See Accidents
“ Firefly ” Mark 7 Anti-Submarine Aircraft, 392*
Fish Ladders for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 253
Fisher, Dr. D., on Tests of Concrete, with Electrical-Resistance Strain Gauges, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788
Fisher, Dr. J. W., on Photography at Sea of Propeller Cavitation, 729*
Fixtures and Jigs from Standard Components (J. B. Purefoy Unit Tooling, Ltd.), 267*
Flame-Radiation Trials, International, in Holland, 705*
Flanges, Pipe, on Internal-Combustion Engines, Specifications, 527
Flaw Detector, Supersonic (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 296*
Fleet. See Warships
Fleming, Sir A., on Practical Training of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, 201
Flexural Members, Elementary Theory and Design of (Review), 355
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flood Control and Hydro-Electric Schemes,253 Floor, Concrete, Protected Against Acid, 776 Flotation, Froth, of Coal, Experiments at Leith, 491
Flow, Fluid, and Air Flow in Steel Furnaces Cinema Film of, 373
in Heat Exchange Apparatus, 244, 252 See LETTER, 468
— Gas, Phenomena, and Wave Effects, 423*
— Steady and Pulsating, Critical Reynolds
Numbers for, 389
— Viscous-Fluid, Measurement of, Apparatus
for (G. Kent, Ltd.), 544*
— Meter, Fuel (British Internal-Combustion
Engine Research Association), 103*
Fuel-Air (Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd.), 43 ,
Flow, Meter. Transmitting (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 103
Flue Gases, Recovery of Ammonium-Sulphate and Sulphur from, 289
Sulphur in, Investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
Sulphur Recovery from 36
Sulphur Recovery from, Pilot Plant for,
507
Fluid and Air Flow in Steel Furnaces, Cinema Film of, 373
— Flow Through Channels, Critical Reynolds
Numbers for, 389
— — in Heat Exchange Apparatus, 244, 252.
See LETTER, 468
'— Friction. See Ship Resistance
— for Hydraulic Power Transmission, 787 “ Fluxo,” Packing Machine, 100
Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Fodens, Ltd., 120-h.p. Six-Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine, 406* ; 60-kW Oil-Engined Generating Set, 406
Food, Population, Industry and Standard of Living, 593. See LETTER, 692
Footbridge, Cantilever, Prestressed-Concrete, at Shrewsbury, 780
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Royal Agricultural Society Show, 119*; Fordson- Major Agricultural Tractor, 663*
“ Fordson-Major ” Agricultural Tractor, 663* Forge Lane Works, Manchester, Hot-Dip Wire-
Galvanising Plant at, 556
Forging for Hollow Steel Propeller Blades for Aircraft, 162
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Wrought, Aluminium-AIloy, Specification,
Forrest Lecture on Unsolved Problems in
Civil Engineering, 19. See LETTER, 83 Forward, E. A., on Chapman’s Locomotives,
1812-15, 457, 488
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Boilers for H.M. Ships, Testing of, 116, 286. See LETTERS, 404, 436 ; Erection of Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 385
Foundations for Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 616
— for Road Bridge over River Tagus, 801*
— Transmission Tower, Reinforced-Concrete
Piles for, 420*
— for Uskmouth Power Station, 48* Foundry, Propeller, Bull’s Metal and Melloid
Co., Ltd., 717
— Steel, Problems and Achievements, 466
— See also Castings ; Moulding Foundrymen, Institute of British. See British Four-Level Intersection for Los Angeles Freeway, 196
Fowler, J., and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., “ Challenger” 50-b.h.p. Diesel Crawler Tractor, 673*
Fowler, Dr. R. T., on Ingot-Mould Temperature Measurement, 741
Fox, J., on Smoke Abatement in Boiler Firing, 564
Fractionating Column, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386
Fracture,.Brittle, of Metals, Due to Phosphorus and Nitrogen, 502*; 5'40
of Mild Steel, Investigation on, 278,445*.
See LETTER, 371 of Steel Plates, 723, 745, 796
— Cleavage, of Ship Plates, Investigations on,
690
— of Metals, Factors Affecting, 502*
— of Steel Plates in Ships, 10,192 Frameworks, Multi-Bay Single-Storey, Stress
Analysis of, 772*, 804
France, Electricity Supply Industry Statistics,
508
— and England, Telegraph Cable Between,
1851, 403
— Production of Miniature Radio Valves in, 64
— See also French
Francis, Dr. W., on Recovery of Sulphur from Flue Gases, 36 ; on Removal of Sulphur Compounds from Industrial Gases, 180
— Turbines. See. Turbines, HydrauZic Frank, Sir T. P., the Late, 628
Franklin, E., on Design of /3 and a-Radiation Measuring Instruments, 63
Franz Isodynamic Magnetic Ore Separator, 371 Fraser, F„ the Late, 686
“ Freeway Road ” System, California, 196 French Motor Cars at Paris Motor Show, 467, 501
— National Railways, Single-Phase Electric
Traction at 50 Cycles, 499,521*, 545*, 583*
— Turbo-Jet “ Atar-101,” 173
— See also France
Fretting Corrosion Apparatus, Investigation with, 651*
Friction Clutch. See Clutch
— Investigations in Australia, 565
— and Lubrication of Solids (Review), 164
— and Surface Damage of Non-Metaflic Solids,
694, 724, 797
— and Wear, Research on, 649*, 697*
— in Wire Drawing, Investigations on, 454 Froth Flotation, Application to Coal Cleaning.
491
Froude, W., Work on Resistance of Ships, 41, 121
Fuel-Air Flowmeter (Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd.), 43*
— Consumption, 120-h.p. Graf and Stift
Two-Stroke Oil Engine^l*
in Oil Engines, 543*
— —? and Performance Curves, 160-b.h.p.
Dorman Diesel Engine, 292*
50-b.h.p. Two-Stroke Two-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 673*
— Experimental Station, Haslar, Work of,
116, 286, 299
— Flow Meter (British Internal-Combustion
Engine Research Association), 103*
— Internal-Oombustion Engine, Self-Ignition
Characteristics of, 524
— Liquid. See also OiZ BueZ
— Motor, Developments in, 69 See also Gas ; Producer
— Oil. See OiZ BueZ
Fuel and Power, Ministry of, Statement on Electricity-Supply Failure in North-West England, 339; Report on Schemes for District Heating of Housing Estates, 410* ; Research and Development Work of, 659, 726*, 793*, 823*; Power-Station Programme, 723
— — Shortage, Conference on, Programme,
329; Proceedings, 467
— Problems, Britain’s, 476*, 505*
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Board, Annual Report, 1946-49,
657
in Commonwealth, Proposals for, 439 Station, Model of Plant for Sulphur
Recovery from Flue Gases, 289 ; Work of Station, 476*, 505*
— Technological Laboratory, Stephenson
Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 682*, 691
— Testing Laboratory, Development Centre,
Simon Engineering Group, 19, 75*
— See also OoaZ; Oil; Gas ; Peat; Pulverised
Fuel
“ Fullagar,” First All-Welded Sea-Going Ship, 192
Fume Extractor for Welding Shop (Spencer and Halstead, Ltd.), 327*
Furnace, Annealing, Gas-Fired, for Sheet and Strip, 769*
— Blast, Developments in Scotland, 567
— Boiler. See also Stoker
— Coke-Fired Down-Jet, Model of (British
Coal Utilisation Research Association), 107*
— Crucible,. Central-Axis, Power-Tilted (Mor
gan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 295*
— Cyclone, Model of (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.),
406*
— Electric, HGroult Steel-Melting, Model of,
336*
— Experimental, for Flame-Radiation Trials,
705*
— Gas-Fired, Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields,
Ltd., 617*
— Oil-Fired, Recording Instruments for
(Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd.), 43*
— Open-Hearth, British, Advances in, 373
— — Hearth, Reactions in, 569*
— Pipe-Still, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— See also Coke Ovens

" GAL-60 ” Freighter Aircraft, 392*
Galvanising, Hot-Dip, for General Work, Report on, 434
— Plant for Wire (R. Johnson and Nephew, Ltd.), 556*
Gamma and Beta Radiation, Measuring Instruments for, 63
Gangway, Level, at Holyhead Harbour, 395* Gantry. See Crane
Garage, Omnibus, with Concrete Shell Roof, Bournemouth, 588*
Gardner, H. H., on Structural Problems of Advanced Aircraft, 767
Gas, Carbon Dioxide. See Uctrfion Dioxide
— Coke-Oven. See Coke Oven
— Council, Report on Catalytic Removal of
Sulphur from Town Gas, 667*; Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, 1951, 753
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Flow Phenomena and Wave Effects, 423*
— Flue, Recovery of Ammonium-Sulphate and
Sulphur from, 289
Sulphur Recovery from, 36,180
Sulphur Recovery from, Pilot Plant for, 507*
— and Gas Works. See also PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— Industrial, Removal of Sulphur Compounds
from, 36, 180, 289, 507*, 667*
— Industry, Report of Gas Council, 753 Technical Advances in 100 Years, 39
— Liquefiable, Filling Ratios for, Specifica
tion, 79
— Pipeline Beneath River Neath, 567*
— Producer. See Producer
— Purifier, Catalytic “ Deoxo ” (Baker Plat
inum, Ltd.), 428*
— Services in Buildings, Jointing Materials
for, Specification, 671
— Town, Catalytic Removal of Sulphur from,
667*
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Carbon Dioxide ; Nitrogen ; Oxy
gen, etc.
Gaseous Explosions. See Accidents
Gasification, Underground, of Coal, Experiments with, 795, 823*
Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics Gate, Emergency and Control, Fannich Hydro- Electric Scheme, 65*
— Shaft, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*
— Sluice, “ Birmabright,” for River Thames
Weirs, 592*
Gateshead Factory of Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., 652*
“ Gatric ” Gas Turbine, 382
Gauge, Beta-Ray Thickness, for Industrial Use, 63. See 9*
— Control, Continuous, in Sheet and Strip
Rolling, 563
— Deposit, Atmospheric Pollution, Specifica
tion, 671
—- Extension Rolling-Mill (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 9
— Strain, Electrical-Resistance, Use for Tests
of Concrete, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788
Use in Marine Propellers and Shafting 18, 228
— Thickness, Beta-Ray (Baldwin Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 9*. See 63
Gauging and Measuring Screw Threads, Report on, 369
Gear Design, Some Unknowns in, 734, 763. See LETTER, 789
— Epicyclic, Allen-Stoeckicht, for 1,000-kW
Gas-Turbine Alternator Set, 609*
— Helical, Creep-Cut, Form of Tooth Surfaces,
484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
Gear Hobbing Machines. See Machine Tools
— Lubrication and Lubricants, Symposium on,
Arrangements for, 787
— Teeth Investigations by Motor Industry
Research Association, 715
— Tooth Undulatioh Records, Analysis of, 373*
— Transmission “ Challenger ” 50-b.h.p.
Diesel Crawler Tractor, 673*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Manne Propulsion
Gearbox for 500-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive, 365*
— Marine, S.L.M. Twin-Engine (Modern
Wheel Drive, Ltd.), 294*
— Reduction-Spur Flange-Mounted (Electro
power Gears, Ltd.), 736*
— Reverse-Reduction, for Motor Launch
Self-Changing Gear Co., Ltd.), 496*
— for Twin Marine Diesel Engines (Power
Plant Co., Ltd.), 631*
Gearing, Reduction, Naval, Testing of, 349, 383 S.S. “ Velutina,”fi42*
— Research Association, Admiralty-Vickers,
Work of, 116, 286; Investigations on Creep-Cut Helical Gears, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
“ Gem,” Series IV Rotary Cultivator, 757*
General Election and Engineering Industry, 561
General Electric Co., Ltd., “ Physical Eye ” Colorimeter and Spectrophotometer, 105* ; Electrical Equipment for 625-b.h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 172* ; Alternating-Current Welding Equipment, 322; Development in Germanium Triodes, 329*. See Erratum, 490 ; Measuring Variations in Diameter of Machine-Drawn Glass Tubing, 425* ; 600-Volt Air-Break Switchgear, 511* ; Ultrasonic Tests Apparatus for Pneumatic Tyres, 606*; , Heavy Engineering Works, Witton, 620*; Radio- Frequency Edge-Gluing Machine, 633*
Generating Station. See Power Station
Generator, Electric, 10-kVA Alternating- Current Compensated (Mawdsley’s, Ltd.), 359
Alternating-Current, Winding (Review), 101
— — 9-h.p., Diesel-Driven Compressor and
Pump (Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 363*
— — 390-kW Diesel-Driven, S.S. “ Kenya,”
439*
for 625-b.h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 172*
— — Early History of, 219
125-kW Diesel-Driven, M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 140*
— — 20-kW Diesel-Driven (Russell Newbery
and Co., Ltd.), 360*
— — 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Driven (W. H.
Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 609*
— — 13,333-kVA, Grudie Bridge Power
Plant, 130*
1,700-kV Impulse (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 555*. See Erratum, 621
Induction-Heating, High-Frequency (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 225*
60-MW, J. C. Keith Power Station, Windsor, Ontario, 668*
— — Marine, 67-5-h.p. Diesel-Driven (Ruston
<fc Hornsby, Ltd.), 290*
60-kW Oil-Engined (Fodens, Ltd.), 406* Testing Plant for,; General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
400-kW Turbine-Driven, S.S. “ Verena,” 643*
— — 32,000-kVA, Vila Nova Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 208
Welding, Direct-Current (Max Arc and Electrics, Ltd.), 363*
30-MW, West Ham " B ” Power Station, 77*
See also Turbo-Generators
Geography, World, of Petroleum (Review), 195 German Union of Engineers, Celebration of Seventy-Five Years of Otto Four-Stroke Engine, 522
Germanium Triodes, Developments in (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 329*. See Erratum-, 490
Germany, Sponsored Research in, Reports on, 576
— Western, Electricity Supply Industry
Statistics, 508*
Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Fannich Hydro- Electric Scheme, 65*, 129*; West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 76*
Gibb, Sir C., on Two Thousand Years of Engineering, 219. See 214.
Giebeler, R., Machine for Making Serviette Paper, 39*
Gilbert, Dr. P. T., on Corrosion of Buried Metals, 786
Gilet, P. M., on Analysis of Gear-Tooth Undulation Records, 373*
Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., Model of Hydro-
Electric Power Plant, 290
Girbotol Process for Sulphur Recovery, 181 Girders. See Beams ; Bridges
Girling, W„ Reservoir, London Water Supply, Opening of, 307
Glaisher, W. H., on Surface Stresses in Ingot Moulds, 741
Glasgow Boys, Study of (Review), 721
— Corporation Water Department, Annual
Report, 287
— Industrial Power Exhibition, 33*, 84*, 106*,
133*, 166*
— Passenger Transport in, Report on, 692
— Royal Technical College, Teaching of
Metallurgy, 567, 607
— University, Post-Graduate Courses in
Applied Thermodynamics, 53. See LETTER, 83
Glass-Tubing, Machine-Drawn, Measuring Variation in Diameter of, 425*
Glenfield <fc Kennedy, Ltd., Gates, Screens and Valves for Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*
Gleniffer Engines, Ltd., 120-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine, 405*
Glossary of Terms- Used in Plastics Industry, 440
Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., “ Meteor” Ground- Attack Aircraft, 354; Twin-Engined Delta-Wing Fighter Aeroplane, 766*
Gluing Machine, Edge-, Radio-Frequency (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 633*
Godfrey, Sir G., and Partners (Industrial), Ltd. 297
Golder, Dr. H. Q., on Marsh Reclamation at Southampton, 738*
Goodall, S. E., on Use of Gas Pressure Cables for High-Voltage Systems, 232
Goodger, A. H., on Heat Treatment of Welds in Pipelines, 125*, 157*, 191*
, Goods Van, Standard 12-ton Covered, British Railways, 493
Gordon, J. E., on Plastics for Aircraft Structures, 297
Gossling, P. W. L., on Stability of Oil in Transformers, 819
Governing of Hydraulic Turbines, 213, 217*. See LETTER, 404
Government Policy for Higher Technological Education, Statement on, 401. See LETTER,662
— Railways. See Railways
Governor Gear for 12-MW Francis Hydraulic Turbines, 130*
for 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Alternator Set, 613
Graf and Stift 120-h.p. Two-Stroke Oil Engine, 1*
Graham, G., 1673-1751, Bicentenary of, 660
Gramophone Co., Ltd., Television Receiver, 159, 275, 311
Graneek, M., on Pneumatic Comparator of High Sensitivity, 414*
Grant, J. W., on Mechanical Properties of Ingot Mould Irons, 710
Graphite in Cast Iron, Crystal Structure of, 695 Grass Cutter, Rotary (Hayters, Ltd.), 148* Grassam, Dr. N. S.. J., on Tests of Concrete, with Electrical-Resistance Strain Gauges, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788 Grates. See Stoker
Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Magnetic . Temperature Detector, 671*
Grayson, Sir H. M., the Late, 564
Great Britain, Electricity Supply Industry Statistics, 508
” Great Eastern,” S.S., Construction of, 11,25* Great Western Railway, Work of I. K. Brunel on, 599*, 633*. See LETTER, 692
Greek and Roman Engineering, 219
Greenford Laboratories of British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 585*, 615*
Greenwich, Fuel Research Station at, Work of, 476*, 505
. — Observatory, Royal, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 309
Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Third Party in Biddle versus Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd., Decision on, 816
Greer-Mercier Hydraulic Accumulator (Finney Presses, Ltd.), 704*
Gregory, R. W., and Partners, Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
“ Greyhound,” H.M.S., Resistance Trials of, 41,121
Grid, High-Voltage, British, 246, 250
— System, 132-kV British, Control Equipment
for, 572
Griffin and Tatlock, Ltd., 125th Anniversary Catalogue, 43
Griffiths, L. H., on Concrete Structures and Corrosion, 775*
Grinding Machines. See AfacAine Tools
— Mills for Cement Works at Shoreham-by-
Sea, 98
Grodzinski, P., on Rockwell Hardness Diamond Penetrator, 180*. See 89*. See LETTER, 404
Grubb, Sir H., Parsons and Co., Ltd., 74-in Reflecting Telescope. 246
Grudie Bridge Hydro-Electric Plant, 65*, 129* Guest, Keen and Baldwins Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Reorganisation of, 403
Guest Keen and Baldwins Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Reorganisation of, 403
Guildford Power Station, Boiler Explosion, Report on, 749
Guillotine. See Paper Guillotine
Gun Control, Electrical Servo-Mechanisms for, 825'
— Machine, Aircraft, Development of “ C.C.”
Gear for, 603*. See LETTER, 789
— See also Explosives and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Gunboats. See Warships
Guy, B., on Standard of Living, 692. See 593
Gwynne, N. G., the Late, 84
Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd., Impellers for Pumps, 360; 12-Stage Hydraulic Pump, 360*

HACKING, SIR J., on Work of Electricity Supply Industry, 508*
Hadekel, R., on Investigation of Hydraulic Lock, 660*. See 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660, 788
Hadfields Ltd., Opening of Heavy Forge Shop at East Hecla Works, 595, 616*
Haldane, T. G. N.. on High-Voltage Transmission and Hydro-Electric Schemes, 249*. See 245
Hall, H. W., on Material Problems of High- Altitude Aircraft, 298
Hamilton, Dr. S. B., on Need for Change in Policy of British Association, 309
Hammer-Mill for Feeding Stuffs (Christy and Norris, Ltd.), 136
— — “ Kaybee ” (T. R. Walker), 757*
Hampson, H., on Heat Transfer during Condensation of Steam, 221*. See 244. See Erratum, 248
Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd., Three- Stage Air Compressor for Engine Starting, 293*
Hancock, A. E., the Late, 558
Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Oxygen Profiling Machine, 321*
Handforth, J. R., on Argon-Arc Welding of Aluminium Alloys, 627
Handley Page, Ltd., “ Hermes 5 ” Air Liner, 392
Handling, Coal, Plant for, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77* i
— Equipment in Iron and Steel Industry,
Developments, 234
— Plant at Cement Works at Shoreham-by
Sea, 97*
Hankey, Lord, on Higher Technical and Scientific Man-Power, 298, 348
Harbour, Aberdeen, Model of, Investigations with, 283*
— and Dock Works, Port Equipment (Review’)
483
— Holyhead, Level Gangway at, 395*
— Southampton, Dredging and Reclamation
Work, 737*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Harding, H. J. B., on Practical Training of Civil Engineers, 201
Hardness of Metals (Review), 740
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Hardwick, J., on Design of /3- and y-Radiation Measuring Instruments, 63
Hardy, Dr. H. K., on Aluminium-Copper- Titanium and Cadmium Alloys, 455
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., 12-MW Francis Hydraulic Turbines for Fannich Hydro- Electric Scheme, 129*; Single-Stage Centrifugal Pump, 136
Harland-Morgan Smith “ Rotovalve ” for Hydraulic Turbine, 218*. See LETTER, 404
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 400-b.h.p. Gas-Engined Two-Stage Air Compressor, 405* ; 330-h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine for Rail Traction 405*; S.S. “ Rhodesia Castle,” 587*
S.S. “ Verena,” 641*
Harris, T. R., on History of Hayle Foundry, 102
Harrow, Disc (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 73*
Harry, E. D., on Metallography of Carbon in Silicon-Iron Alloys, 708
Hartlepool, Palliser Works, Prestressed-Con- crete Tanks at, 235*
Hartley, A. C., on His Life and Work, 534* 603*. See 563. See LETTER, 789
Harvester, Beet, Tractor-Mounted (Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd.), 714*
Harvey and Co.’s Hayle Foundry, History of, 102 Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Study of Mesons with Cyclotron, 595 ; Central Heating from Atomic Pile, 653
Harwich-Zeebrugge Service, M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 139*
Haslar, Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station, Work of, 116, 286, 299 I
Haslegrave, Dr. H. L., on British Technical Colleges in Engineering Education, 169; on Technical Colleges and Education for Electrical Industry, 765
Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., P.1067 Fighter Aircraft 342*
Hawksley Lecture on Some Fuel and Power Projects, 659, 726*, 793*, 823*
Hawthorn, R. and W., Leslie, and Co., Ltd., Gas- Turbine Alternator for M.S. “ Auris,” 307
Hay,'Prof. R., on Iron and Steel Industry in 1895 and To-day, 567, 607
Hay-Baling Machine, Automatic Pick-up (Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.), 117*
Hayle Foundry, History of, 102'
Hayters, Ltd., Rotary Grass Cutters, 148*
Head, Sqdr. Leader T. R., on Reduction of Drag by Distributed Suction, 359
Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd., Aluminium- Alloy Derrick Jibs, 182; Sluice Gates of “ Birmabright ” Light Alloy, 592*
Health, Public, in Municipal Engineering, 6
— of Welders, Report of Investigations on, 530 Hearing Aid, Inductive (Ossicaide Hearing
Aids), 312*
Heat Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aeronautics
Laboratory, Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691
— Exchange Apparatus, Contra-Flow, Pro
portioning of, 244, 252. See LETTER, 468
— Exchanger for Coal-Burning Gas Turbine,
728*, 793*
— —- Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
for 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Alternator Set for Royal Navy, 609*
for Gas Turbines, Design of, 229*
— — Recuperative, for Gas Turbines (Heat
Exchangers, Ltd.), 449*
for 190-h.p. Rolls-Royce Oil Engine, 45*
Heat Exchangers, Ltd., Recuperative Heat Exchanger for Gas Turbines, 449*
— Investigations in Australia, 566, 613
— Process, in Paper Mills, Use of Gas Turbines
for, 610*
— Pump, Gas-Operated, at Royal Festival
Hall, Test of, 794
at Shinfleld Field Station, 615*
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Transfer during Condensation of Steam,
221*, 244. See Kmituwi, 248
in Condensers of Vapour, 339
—- — Conference on, Programme, 96, 339; Dinner, 371
—'— in Rocket Power Plants, 341
— and Thermodynamics (Review), 388
Heater, Air, for 1,000-h.p. Coal-Fired Gas Turbine, 793*
— Electric, .for Bolt Blanks (Asea Electric,
Ltd.), 321*
25-kW Induction (Applied High Frequency, Ltd.), 262*
3|-kW Induction (Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 263*
— Induction, Radio-Frequency (Redifon, Ltd.),
135
— for Sealing Compounds for Concrete Road
Joints (Aeroil Products Co., Inc.), 368*
Heating, Central, from Atomic Pile, 653
by Hot Water, Gas-Fired Boilers for, Standard Code, 207
— District, Adaptation of Electric Power
Stations to, 637
of Housing Estates, Preparation of Schemes for, 410*
Heating, Domestic, investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
— Equipment, Electro-Gas (Standard Tele
phones and Cables, Ltd.), 362*
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Heat Treatment of Welds in Pipelines, by A. H. Goodger, 125*, 157*, 191* ; Britain’s Fuel Problems and Work of Fuel Research Station, by Dr. A. Parker, 476*, 505
— Investigations by British Electrical and
Allied Industries Research Association, 615*
Hechtman, R. A., on Cleavage Fractures of Ship Plates, 690
“ Heetmaster ” for Bituminous Road Joint- Sealing Compounds, 368*
Helical Gears. See Gears
Helicopters. See Aeronautics
Henderson, J. M., and Co., 10-ton Derricks with Aluminium-Alloy Jibs, 182
Henley’s, W. T„ Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Cables and Wires for Ships, 290 : Rein- forced-Concrete Piles Under Tension, 421*
Henman, W. H., on Situation in Non-Ferrous^ Metals Industry,-45
Herbert, A., Ltd., Atritor Coal Pulveriser for Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*; Drilling Machine with Cam Feed Head, 205* ; Exhibition of Measuring and Inspection Equipment, 464*; Schiess Horizontal Boring Machine, 685*
“ Hermes 5 ” Air Liner, 392
H6roult Steel-Melting Electric Furnace, Model of, 336
Herstmonceux Observatory, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 309
Heselwood, W. C„ on Cast Irons Used in Ingot Moulds, 741
Hesford, C. M„ and Co., Ltd., Winch for Tractor, 713*
Hessenberg, W. C. F., on Continuous Gauge Control on Sheet and Strip Rolling, 563
Hetherington, Sir H., on the Broader Outlook, 210
Heysham-Morecambe-Lancaster Railway, Trials of Single-phase Traction at 50 Cycles, 659
Hibbert, Col. F., the Late, 115
“ Hico ” Sectional Steel Centring, 684* High-Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highway Bridges, Welded Deck (Review), 355
— See Roads
Hilger Lathe Projector, 464* ; Angle Dekkor, 464*
Hilger and Watts, Ltd., Wire-Drawing Die Profilometer, 9*; Precision Surveying Instruments, 105
Hill, Prof. G. T. R., on Advances in Aircraft Structural Design, 537*. See 297
Hillman Motor Car Co., Ltd., “ Minx” Motor Car, 532*
Hindmarcn, E., on Froth Flotation of Coal, 491* H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
Hodgkinson, E., Testing Machine for Cast-Iron Columns in 1840, 30*
Hoe, Beet (Belton Brothers and Drury), 118*
— Rotary, with Hymatic Compressor (Rotary
Hoes, Ltd.), 757*
Tractor-Drawn (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 757*
Hoff, Prof. N. J., on Structural Problems of Future Aircraft, 573*. See 297
Hogarth, B., the Late, 558
Hoists. See Cranes ; Derricks
Holden and Hunt, Ltd., 15-kVA Spot-Welder, 363*
Holders, Cable, for Power Transmission Lines, 61*
Holfelder, Prof. O., on Exhaust-Gas-Oxygen System in Otto Engines, 524
Holland-Denmark Submarine Telephone Cable, 435
— Electricity-Supply Industry Statistics, 508*
— Ijmuiden, Flame-Radiation Trials at, 705*
— Rubber Research Station, Delft, Inaugura
tion of, 658, 694*
?— See also Dutch
Holloway Brothers (London), Ltd., Littlebrook “ C ” Power Station, 80*
Hollywood “ Freeway,” Los Angeles, 196* Holme Moss Television Station, Transmission Feeders at, 235; Opening of, 459*
Holyhead Harbour, Level Gangway at, 395*
Home Office Industrial Museum, Lecture, Higher Technical and Scientific Man- Power, by Lord Hankey, 298, 348
Hoover, Ltd.-; Fractional Horse-Power Electric Motors, 290
Hopkins, B. E., on High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
Hopkinson, Prof. B„ Influence of, 535,603 Hopper Dredger. See Dredger
Horological Work of G. Graham, 1673-1751, 660
Horton Clay Quarry for Cement Works at Shoreham-on-Sea, 97*
Hose Couplings, Specification, 512
Hot Water for District Heating of Housing Estates, 411*
Houldcroft, P. T„ on Arc Welding of Thick Aluminium-Alloy Plate, 627
House of Commons Select Committee, Report, on His Majesty’s Dockyards, 273; Report on Rearmament, 306
— Small, Wiring Regulations for, 691
Housing Estates, District Heating of, Preparation of Schemes for, 410*
Howard, E. C. (1774-1816), Chemical-Engineering Work of, 91
Howard “Rotavator” for Ferguson Tractors (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 23*
Howden and Jarrow, Pedestrian Tunnel Between, Opening of, 115
Howis, C. C., the Late, 430
Hudson, F., on Influence of Specifications on Productivity of Metals, 553. See 596
Hudson, Dr. J. C., on Corrosion of Buried Iron and Steel Pipes, 786
Hudson, K., and Son, Multi-Row Beet Topper, 119*
Hughes, Dr. T. P., on Material Problems of High-Altitude Aircraft, 298
Hulf, H. J., on Dynamometer for Torque and Thrust Due to Drilling, 487*
Hull of M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” Roughness Records of, 154*
Hull, Mytongage Bridge, Automatic Dummy- Operating Gear for, 534*
Hull, W. G., on Arc Welding of Thick Aluminium-Alloy Plate, 627
Humidity-Test Cabinet (Barlow-Whitney, Ltd.) 295*
Humphreys, G. H., the Late, 340
Humphreys, H. P., on Design of Large Pumping Installations, 627
Humphrys, L. A. H., on Proposed Preservation of Festiniog Railway, 83
Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 500-h.p. Diesel- Mechanical Locomotive for Peru, 364*
Hunt, G. L., on Quality and Reliability in Electronic Valves, 63
“ Hydetsco ” Shaping Machine, 85*
Hydraulic Accumulator, Greer-Mercier (Finney Presses, Ltd.), 704*
— Lock, Preliminary Investigation of, 513*
580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Pit Props (Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.),
35*
—- Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pump
— Transients (Review), 579
— Turbines. See Turbines; Pelton Wheels;
Power Plant
Hydraulics, Complements of, Part II (Review), 451
— See also Hydrodynamics ; Irrigation ; Water Hydrodynamics, Review of High-Speed Developments in Water-Based Aircraft, 441*, 478*. See 341
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hydrogenation for Production of Oilfrom Coal at Fuel Research Board, 506*
" Hydropulsion ” Pump, 362*
Hymatic Compressor for “ Bantam ” Rotary Hoe, 757*

I. G. ACTIVE-CHARCOAL PROCESS for Sulphur Recovery, 181
Ignition Systems, Wireless Interference from, Report on, 211
Ijmuiden, Holland, Flame-Radiation Trials at, 705*
Iliffe, C. E., on Proportioning Contra-Flow Heat Exchanger Apparatus, 252. See 244. See LETTER, 468
Illinois University Bulletin on Cleavage Fractures of Ship Plates, by Prof. W. M. Wilson, R. A. Hechtman and Prof. W. H. Bruckner, 690
Illumination. See Lighting ; and Ltmps under Electric
Image Converters in High-Speed Photography, 64
Impact Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Impellers for Pumps (Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd.), 360
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Rock Demolition at Fannich Loch, 67*; Explosives for Trenching in Bed of River Neath, 567*
— College of Science and Technology, Courses
on Hydro-Electric Power Engineering, 315; Battery-Charging Equipment, 603* Import Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Gas Producer for Gas Turbines, 793*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Incentives and Work Study (Review), 402 Inclusions, Non-Metallic, Effect on Hot-
Workability of . Steel, 372
Income Tax, Deduction of Entertainment Expenses, Decision in, 339
India, Public Health Engineering in, 7
— Rubber. See Rubber
Indian Government Railways, Double-Headed Milling Machine for Locomotive Frames, 748*
— Railways, Railway Carriage for (Birming
ham Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 168* Indicating Systems for Internal-Combustion Engines, 806*
Induction. See Electric
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Centres, Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142,
174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430 (See LETTER, 564), 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 782, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Destiny of the World (Review), 516
— Economics. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Eurnaces
— Management. See Worfcs Management
— Research. See Research
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Food, Population and Standard of Living
593. See LETTER, 692
— Importance of Electric Supply to, 637
— Recent Progress in Generation of Atomic
Power for, 51
— State-Owned, and Legal Aid, 787,
— Visual Aids to, Exhibition, Leed, 564
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Inflation, Effect on Industrial Capital Resources
659
Ingot Moulds, Stresses in, Symposium on, 710, 741
Ingram, Capt. (E) L. F., on Boiler and Turbine Testing, 285', 299, 349*, 382*. See 17,116. See LETTERS, 404, 436
Inhibition, Oxidation, for Transformer Oils, 819 Inspection Machine (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 464*
— and Measuring Equipment Exhibition, 464* Inspector-Consultant’s Role in Railway Work,
562
Institute. 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; Aslib ; British Aircraft Constructors,^ Society of; British Association; British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education; British Foundrymen, Institute of; Cement and Concrete Association ; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Chemical Industry, Society of; Chemistry, Royal Institute of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Combustion Engineering Association ; Concrete, Reinforced, Association ; Consulting Engineers, Association of ; _ Electrical Engineers, Institution of ; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Iron and Steel Institute; Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland; Junior Institution of Engineers; Locomotive Engineers, institution of; Materials and Their Testing, Joint Committee on; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Mining Engineers, Institution of; Mining Institute of Scotland; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Paper and Board Makers’ Association, British ; Petroleum, Institute of; Physical Society; Production Engineers, Institution of; Radio Engineers, i British Institution of; Railway Students’ Association; Royal Institution; Royal Photographic Society; Royal Society; Stress Analysis, Experimental, Society for ; Testing Materials, American Society for; Verein Deutscher Ingenieure; Women’s Engineering Society
Instruments, Cross-Spring Pivots for, Design of, 473*
— Indicating and Recording (Accurate Record
ing Instrument Co.), 290
— Industries, British, Exhibition, Olympia,
9*, 43*, 103*
— Maintenance Mechanics, Courses for, City,
and Guilds of London Institute, 216
— Making, by G. Graham, 1673-1751, 660
— Measuring, Electrical, British Achievements
in, 8
for Power Transmission Systems, 571
— for Motor-Vehicle Research Proving Ground,
Nuneaton, 12*
— for Open-Hearth Furnaces, Increased Use,373
— Scientific, Research Association, British,
Constant Direct-Current Source, 104*
— Surveying, Precision (Hilger and Watts,
Ltd.), 105
— Track-Plotting, for Aircraft, Automatic
(Decca Navigator Co., Ltd.), 589*
— See also Aeronau&cs ; Electric Insulation. See Electric Interferometers, Modern (Review), 195 Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines ; Motor Cars ; Motor Boats ; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
International Association for Exchange of Students, Report of, 531
—Cargo-Handling Co-ordination Committee, Proposed Formation, 467
International Combustion Co., Ltd., Boiler Plant, Littlewood “ C ” Power Station, 80*
— Conference on Abrasion and Wear. See
Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch
on Automatic Control, Arrangements for, 51
• Manufacturers, New York, Arrangements for, 627
— — of Naval Architects and Marine Engi
neers. See Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference of
of Ship Tank Superintendents, Washington, 437
— Congress of Naval Engineers, Ostend. See
.Naval Engineers, International Congress of -of Refrigeration, London, 275, 307
— — on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Turkey, Arrangements for, 632
— Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1952,
788
— Flame-Radiation Trials in Holland, 705*
— Machine Tool Exhibition, 1952, Arrange
ments for, 51
— Motor Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 499, 532*
— Printing and Paper Fair, Dusseldorf, 37*
— Symposium on Abrasion, Delft. See Rubber
Research Foundation, Dutch
1 on Organisation of Research, 619, 659
— Trade. See Trade
— Welding Congress, London, 115 Investment in Empire (Review), 676
Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd., 16-in. Valve for, 259* Ireland, M. L., Junr., pn Higher Steam Conditions for Ships’ Machinery, 17, 86
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Furnaces. See Furnaces'
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— High-Purity, Production and Properties of,
777
— Liquid, Containing Chromium, Diagram of
Atom Positions, 569*
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast; Metal
lurgy
— Ore. See Ore
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Silicon, Metallography and Electrical Pro
perties of, 708
— and Steel Consumers’ Council, Appoint
ments to, 148
Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, Difference with Lord Aberconway, 146; Difference with Board of Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., Ltd., 211; Re-organisation of South Wales Steel Firms, 403
Increased Prices for, 211 Industry in 1895 and To-Day, 567, 607 Industry, Austrian, History of, 372 Industry, Mechanical Engineering Developments in, 234.
Iron and Steel—continweeZ.
Industries of Overseas Countries, Statistics of, 1949, 529
Industry of United Kingdom, Statistics of, 1950, 529

Iron and Steel Institute :

Special Meeting in Austria :
Programme. 215
Inaugural Proceedings, 372
Report of Discussions, 372
Visits and Excursions, 372 2,000-Year Tradition of Austrian Iron and Steel Industry, by Prof. R. Walzel, 372
Present Metallurgical Bases of Austrian Iron and Steel Production, by Dr. B. Matuschka, 372
Investigations into Effect of Non-Metallic Inclusions on Hot-Workability of Steel, by F. Rapatz and M. Strobich, 372
Recent Advances in British Open-Hearth Furnaces, by Dr. J. H. Chesters, 372
Film of Fluid Flow, 373
Autumn General Meeting, London :
Programme, 461
Inaugural Proceedings, 659
Reports of Discussions, 695, 708, 741, 777 Crystal Structure of Graphite in Cast Iron, by Drs. W. S. Owen and B. G. Street, 695
Carbide Phase in Iron-Carbon-Silicon Alloys, by Dr. W. S. Owen, 695 Metallography of Carbon in Silicon-IroD Alloys Containing 4 per cent. Silicon, by E. H. Harry, 708
Variation in Electrical Properties of Silicon-Iron Transformer Sheets, by S. Rushton and D. R. G. Davies, 708
Production of High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys on 25-lb. Scale, by B. E. Hopkins, G. C. H. Jenkins, H. E. N. Stone and H. G. Short, 777
Tensile and Impact Properties of Iron and Some Iron Alloys of High Purity, by W. P. Rees, B. E. Hopkins arid H. R. Tipler, 777
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Segregates in Two Alloy Steels, by Dr. H. M. Finniston and T. D. Fearnehough, 778
Structural Transformations in Tempering of High-Carbon Martensitic Steels, by Dr. K. H. Jack, 779
Magnetic Analysis of Iron-Carbon Alloys Tempering of Martensite and Retained Austenite, by J. Crangle and Prof. W. Sucksmith, 779
Symposium on Stresses in Ingot Moulds ;
Mechanical Properties of Ingot Mould Irons, by J. W. Grant, 710
Poisson’s Ratio for Cast Iron Used for Ingot Moulds, by J. Woolman, 710 Growth Characteristics of Some Cast Irons Used for Ingot Moulds, by W. C. Heselwood and F. B. Pickering, 741
Note on Relaxation Tests on Cast Iron, by
J. Woolman, 741
Determination of Surface Stresses in Ingot Moulds, by M. W. Buttler and W. H. Glaisher, 741
Ingot Heat Conversion; Ingot Mould Temperature Measurement, by Dr. R. T. Fowler and J. Stringer, 741
Ten-Ton Ingot Moulds: Comparison of Design and Conditions of Use, by A. Jackson, 741
Symposium on Corrosion of Buried Metals:
Programme, 190
Tests on Corrosion of Buried Iron and Steel Pipes, by Dr. J. C. Hudson and G. P. Acock,786
Investigations on Underground Corrosion by K. R. Butlin, Dr. W. H. J. Vernon and L. C. Whiskin, 786
Cathodic Protection, by K. A. Spencer, 786
Cathodic Protection of Buried Metal Structures, by R. de Brouwer, 786
Tests on Corrosion of Buried Aluminium, Copper and Lead, by Dr. P. T. Gilbert and F. C. Porter, 786
Corrosion of Buried Copper and Ferrous Strip in Natural and Salted Soils, by British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 786 Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland
Presidential Address by Prof. R. Hay on Iron and Steel Industry in 1895 and Today, 567, 607
— — Research Association, British, Wire-
Drawing Die Profilometer; 9* ; Differential-Pressure Meter for Open-Hearth Furnace, 10
Scrap, Increased Prices for, 275 —-? — Works. See Works
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— Wrought for Shipbuilding, 25
—- See also Cast Iron; Steel; Pig Iron; Metallurgy
Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Columns ;
Roofs; Steelwork; Structures
Irrigation Scheme for Jordan Valley, Report on, 481*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Iroquois ” and “ Navajo,” Oil Tankers, 28
Irving, D. B., on Use of Gas Pressure Cables for High-Voltage Systems, 232
Isherwood System of Shipbuilding, 26
Italy, Oil-Refinery Capacity of, 108*

JACK, DR. K. H., on Transformations in
Tempering Martensitic Steels, 779
Jackson, A., on Ten-Ton Ingot Moulds for Steel, 741
Jackson and Greenen, Omnibus Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Jaeger, Prof. H. E., on Design of Combined Research, Training and Cargo Ship, 18,199
Jaguar Cars, Ltd., 160-b.h.p. Sports Motor Car, 533*
James, Capt. R. K., on United-States Fleet Battle-Damage Repairs in Pacific, 18, 227
Jarrow and Howden, Opening of Pedestrian Tunnel Between, 115
Jenbach, 15-h.p., Single-Cylinder, Diesel
— Engine, 406*
Jenkin, B. M., the Late, 756
Jenkins, G. C. H., on High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
Jenkins, J. A., on Image Converters in High- Speed Photography, 64
Jenkins, W. J., and Co., Ltd., Coal-Handling Plant, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*
Jets for Pelton-Wheel Turbine, 185*. See LETTER, 404
Jetty, for Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 385*
— Pipeline, for Reclamation Work at South
ampton, 738*
Jibs, Aluminium Alloy for 10-ton Derricks, 182 Jigs and Fixtures from Standard Components (J. B. Purefoy Unit,Tooling, Ltd.), 267*
J.L.C. Engineering Co., Ltd., Double-Acting Piston Pump, 525*
John, W., Work on Shipbuilding, 26
Johnson, D. C., Three-Dimensional Admittance Diagram, 246
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 1,700-kV Impulse Generator, 555*. See Erratum, 621
Johnson, R., and Nephew, Ltd., Galvanising Plant for Wire, 556*
Johnson, Sir R. S., the Late, 276
Johnson, W. E. P., on Gas Turbines for Electricity and Process Heat, 601*
Johnson’s (Engineering), Ltd., Tractor- Mounted Elevator-Digger, 22*; Tractor- Mounted Beet Harvester, 714*
Johnston, Dr. J. E., on Use of Radioactive Tracers, 63
Joint, Concrete Road, Demonstration of Machines for Maintenance of, 368*
— Engineering Conference, London. See
Engineering Conference, Joint, London
— Riveted, Aluminium-Alloy, Design of, 627 Jointing Materials for Water, Town Gas and
Low-Pressure Steam Installations, Specification, 671
Jones, Sir B. M., on Reduction of Drag by Distributed Suction, 359
Jones, E. H., on Secondary Heavy Metals, 553. See 596
Jordan Valley Irrigation Scheme, Report on, 481*
Jost, Prof. W., on Mechanics of Combustion in Engines, 524
Journals. See Bearings
Journey-Shock Recorder (Printing and Allied Trades Research Association), 10*
Joy, C. F., on Power-Operated Controls for Aircraft, 665*, 700*
Jubilee of Invention of Vacuum Cleaner, 51
Junior Institution of Engineers, Awards and Prizes, 439

KAFUE RIVER and Kariba Gorge Hydro- Electric Projects, Report on, 49
Kaplan Turbines for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 185*, 213, 217*. See LETTER,-404
Kariba Gorge and Kafue River Hydro-Electric Projects, Report on, 49
Kastner, Prof. L. J., on Critical Reynolds Numbers for Steady and Pulsating Flow, 389*
" Kaybee ” Hammer Mill, 757*
Kealy, W. A., on Recording of Nucleonic Measurements, 63
Keeble, T. S., on Development in Australia of Thick Suction Wing, 359
Keenan, Prof. J. H., oh Properties of Gases of Combustion Processes, 347*, 379*
Keith Power Station, Windsor, Ontario, 668*
Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd., Supersonic Flaw Detector, 296*; Radar Installation with Scanner, 296
Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd., Radar Display Unit, 168*; Marine Radar School, Southend-on-Sea, 255*
— Medal, Presentation to Dr. T. von Karman,
595
Kent, G., Ltd., Magnetic Oxygen Recorder, 43* ; Dall Tube, 43 ; Apparatus for Measuring Viscous-Fluid Flow, 544*
“ Kenya,” S.S., Twin-Screw Passenger and Cargo, 82, 393*, 438*
Kier, J. L. and Co., Ltd., Cooling Towers, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*; Civil Engineering Work at Horton Clay Quarry, 97*
Kiln Building of Pre-Cast Concrete Units, 670*
— Rotary, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-
Sea, 99*
Kinematograph. See Cinema
King’s College, London, Measurement of Particle Size in Very Fine Powders, by Dr. H. E. Rose, 595.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Stephenson Building, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
Kinnear Moodie and Co., Ltd., Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Mains, 432*. See Addendum, 500
Klinker Treatment Plant, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 99*
Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz A.-G., Celebration of Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Otto Four-Stroke Engine, 522
Klouman, F. A., on Water Turbines for Hydro- Electric Projects, 404. See 185*, 213,217* Kliisener, Prof. O., on Tests of Engines with Crankcase Compression, 524
Knurling Wheels, Specification, 440
Koenig und Bauer A.G., Two-Revolution Printing Press, 37*; Sheet-Feed Rotary Printing Press, 37*
Koffman, J. L., on Dynamic Braking of Steam, Diesel and Gas-Turbine Locomotives, 433
Koppers Seaboard Process for Sulphur Recovery, 181
— Thylox Process for Sulphur Recovery, 181
Kuzych versus White and Others, Judicial Decision in, 274

LABORATORY, Admiralty Engineering, Work Of, 116, 286, 383
— Aeronautical Research, Australian, Experiments on Suction Wing, 359
— Chemical, Research Centre of Simon Engineering Group,.19, 75*
Research, Teddington, Work of, 371
—- Design (Review), 706
— Greenford, British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, 585*, 615*
—- Leith, National Coal Board’s, Froth Flotation of Coal. Plant at, 491*
— Mechanical Engineering (Review), 706 Engineering, at East Kilbride, Work of, 338
— Mobile, Simon-Carves, 19, 76*
— of Motor Industry Research Association, 714
— Research, of London Brick Co., Stewartby,
55
— Road Research, Demonstration of Machines
for Maintenance of Concrete Road Joints, 368*
— at Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, 681*, 691
— Vultee Hydrodynamics, Radio-Controlled
Seaplane Model, 341, 441*, 478*
— See also National Physical
Labour :
Apprenticeship as Related to Population Problem, 306
Apprentices, Physical Society’s Competition for, 435
“ Closed Shop ” Policy in British Columbia, 274
Farquhar versus Chance Brothers, Ltd.,
594. See LETTER, 661
Glasgow Boys, Study of (Review), 721 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Labour and National Service, Ministry of, Reconstitution of Technical Personnel Committee, 147; Report of Electricity Sub-Committee, 209; Lecture, Higher Technical and Scientific Man- Power, by Lord Hankey, 298, 348; Investigation of Health of Welders, 530
— Notes, 24, 56, 88, 120, 152, 184, 216, 248, 280, 312, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472, •504, 536, 568 (See LETTER, 596), 600 632, 664, 696, 728, 760, 792, 822. See, PARAGRAPH INDEX
— in Steel Foundries, Lack of Co-operation
in Promoting Output, 466
— in United States Welding Industry, 337 Man-Power, Higher Technical and Scientific, 298, 348
and Rearmament, Select Committee’s Report, 306
Physical Society’s Competition for Apprentices, 435
Training in Two Crafts, 596. See 568
Young Wage Earners, Study of Glasgow Boys (Review), 721
Lacquer, Abrasion Resistance of, 758 Laffly Gas-Turbine Driven Motor Lorry, 502 Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97 *; Plymouth “ B ” Power Station, 144*; Holme Moss Television Station, 459*
Lake Tiberias and Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes, 481*
Lamps, Electric. See Electric Lancashire Boiler. See Boiler
— and South Yorkshire, Notes from, 14,46, 78,
110,142,174, 206, 270, 302, 334, 398, 430, (See LETTER, 564), 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 784, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lancaster-Morecambe-Heysham Railway,Trials of Single-Phase Traction at 50 Cycles, 659 Lane, F. J., on Measurements on Power Transmission System, 571
Latham, D., on Vacuum Technique, 64
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Launch, Motor. See Motor Boat
— and Trial Trips, 15, 47, 96, 128, 160, 175,
207, 239, 288, 330, 395 (See Erratum, 566), 431, 500, 511, 544, 608, 640, 704, 800
Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., Floating Electric Motor, 263* ; “ Velonic ” Control Unit for Electric Motor, 264*
Law. See Legal; Labour
Lawrence, F., Motor Cycles, Bicycle with Sprung Fork, 649
Lawrie, T., on Electrical Aspects of Hydro- Electric Development in Scotland, 313*. See 276.
Lawson, J. D., on Model Investigations of Aberdeen Harbour, 283*. See 279
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Desilverisation of, 569*
— Ores, Estimated Reserves of, 520,702*, 732*
— World Production and Consumption of, 519,
702*, 732*
Lecture, Forrest, on Unsolved Problems in Civil Engineering, 19. See LETTER, 83
— Stuart, on Properties of Combustion Gases,
347*, 379* <
Lederer, J., on Infusion of Safety into Aeronautical Engineering Curricula, 341
Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete (McCall’s Macalloy, Ltd.), 167
Leeds Corporation Road Surfacing with Rubber Bitumen, 269*. See Erratum, 376
— University, Investigation on Heat-Treated
Concrete, 345*
— Visual Aids to Industry Exhibition, 564

Legal:

Bentley, Stokes and Lowless versus Beeson, Inspector of Taxes, 339
Legal—continued.
Cory, W., and Son, Ltd., versus City of London Corporation, 147
Damage to Underground Cables, Responsibility for, 82
Farquhar versus Chance Brothers, Ltd., 594. See LETTER, 661
“ Legal Aid ” and State-Owned Industries, 787
Sale of Dangerous Machinery, Decision on, 816
Starkey versus Railway Executive, 787 White and Others versus Kuzych, Decision on, 274
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Leghorn, Oil Refinery at, 108*
Legislation. See Legal; Labour
Leith Laboratories, National Coal Board’s, Froth Flotation of Coal Plant at, 491*
Le Mesurier, Cdr. (E) L. J., the Late, 309
Lepper, G. H., on Recovery of Sulphur from Flue Gases, 36
Leslie and Co., Ltd., Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691
L’Estrange, E. L., on High-Voltage Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, 417*. See Erratum, 488
Letters, 19, 52,83,179*, 276, 309, 371,404, 436, 468*, 531*, 564, 596, 629, 660*, 692*, 756, 788, 817, 828
Leyland Motors, Ltd., 95/125-b.h.p. Industrial Diesel Engine, 293* ; Chassis for “ Dorset” Tank Fuelling Lorry, 577*
Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of. See Aslib
Life Saving at Sea, International Convention for, 1952, 788
Lifeboat, Aluminium-Alloy, Petrol-Driven (Meehans, Ltd.), 294*
Lifting Bridges. See Bridges
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Light Alloy Refiners, Technical Association of, Alar, Ltd., Colour Scheme for Identification of Aluminium Casting Alloys, 796
Lighting, Electric, Progress in, 235
— Street, Ministry of Transport’s Circular, 435
— See also Lamps under Electric
Limit Gauges. See Gauges ; Gauging Linatex Sand Pump and Ball Mill, 262* Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., Portable Petrol-
Driven Welding Set, 324*
Lindblom, J., on Cable-Holders for Power Transmission Lines, 61*
Line-Scanning Radio Valves and Circuits, 64 Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships Lining, Cement-Mortar, of Water Mains, Machinefor (Centraline Corporation), 432*. See Addendum, 500
— Protective,.for Concrete Tanks, 775*
Linnik ” Interference Microscope, 90*
Liquids, Concrete, Tank for, Anti-Corrosion Treatment of, 775*
— Fuel. See Oil Fuel
— Level Control, Magnetic (Bayham, Ltd.),
261*
List, Prof. H., Design of Graft and Stift Oil Engine, 1*; on Charging of Two-Stroke and Four-Stroke Engines, 524*
Literature, 5, 101, 132,164,195, 355, 388, 419, 451, 483, 516, 549, 579, 613, 644, 675, 706, 740, 771, 804. See LITERATURE INDEX
Litigation. See Legal; Labour
Liverpool University, The University and the Civil Engineer of the Future, by Prof. J. B. Owen, 791, 821
Living Standards and Work Consciousness, 721 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of Vessels under Construction 147, 564; Statistics of Vessels, Lost, 755
Loads, Critical, of Struts, Determination of, 629, 788
Loader-Cutter, Coal, “ Meco-Moore ” (Mining Engineering Co., Ltd.), 34*; (Anderson, Boyes and Co., Ltd.), 34*
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Loch Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*, 129*
Lock, Hydraulic, Preliminary Investigation of, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788*
Locomotives, William Chapman’s, 1812-15,457, 488
— 1,600-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for,
793*
— Diesel, on Canadian Pacific Railway, 315 2,000-h.p., Sixteen-Cvlinder Engine for,
328*
— — Electric, 625-b.h.p., Ceylon Government
Railways, 172*
Shunting,for British Railways, 816
— Hydraulic, Shunting (North British Loco
motive Co., Ltd.), 95*
Mechanical, 500-h.p., for Peru (Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd.), 364*
— Early, Experiments with, 457, 488
— Engineers, Institution of, Dynamic Braking
of Steam, Diesel and Gas-Turbine Locomotives, by J. L. Koftman, 433 ; Presidential Address by J. S. Tritton on Inspecting Engineers’ Contribution to Railway Economy, 562
— Frames, Double-Headed Milling Machine for
(Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 748*
— Industry, Report on Organisation and Pros
pects of, 753
— Narrow-Gauge, 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined (Rus
ton and Hornsby, Ltd.), 290*
— Oil Engine for 330-h.p. Six-Cylinder (Har
land and Wolff, Ltd.), 405*
— Shunting, Diesel and Diesel-Electric, for
British Railways, 816
— — 200-h.p. Diesel-Hydraulic (North British
Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 95*
— for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50
Cycles, 499, 521, 545*, 583*
— Steam, .Diesel and Gas-Turbine, Dynamic
Braking of, 433
— 2-6-4 Tank, Mixed-Traffic, British Railways,
138*
— 4-6-4 Type for Victoria Government Rail
ways (North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 168*, 237*
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd., 1,500-ton and
2,700-ton Air-Hydraulic Forging Presses, 616*
Log, Pitometer, Use in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 154*
London, Bankside Power Station, 624*
London Brick Co., Research Laboratories of, Stewartby, 55
— City Corporation versus W. Cory and Son,
Ltd., 147
— County Council, London Development Plan,
19
— International Congress of Refrigeration, 275
307
— — Welding Congress, 115
— Joint Engineering Conference. See Engi
neering Conference, London
— King’s College, Measurement of Particle Size
in Very Fine Powders, by Dr. H. E. Rose, 595
— Northampton Polytechnic, Lectures oh Ex
perimental Stress Analysis, 633
— Sir John Cass College, Evening Courses, 766
— Transport Executive, Proposed Develop
ment of Tube Railways, 779
— Underground Railways. See Underground
and LowcZon Transport Executive
— Water Supply, William Girling Reservoir,
Opening of, 307
Loring, Cmdr. F. G., the Late, 340
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
Los Angeles City Engineering Department, “ Freeway ” Road System, 196*
“ Loutsch,” Oil Tanker, Construction of, 26*
Low, A. R., on Lame’s, Heine’s and Legendre's Contributions to Normal Elliptic Functions, 52
Loyd, V., and Co., Ltd., “ Dragon ” Tractor with Rear Winch, 713*
Lubricants, Hypermatic (Audley Engineering Co., Ltd.), 260
— for Motor Vehicles, Development of, 69
— for Oil Engines, Developments in, 542 Lubricating Oils. See also Oils
Lubrication of Bearings of Naval Steam Turbines, 382*
— and Friction of Solids (Review), 164
— Friction and Wear, Researches ,in 649*, 697*
— Investigations in Australia, 565
by Motor Industry Research Association, 715
— and Lubricants, Gear, Symposium on,- Ar
rangements for, 787
— Its Principles and Practice (Review), 549
Lubricator, Grease, Multi-Point (Trier Brothers, Ltd.), 576*
Lucas, J., Ltd., Combustion Chambers for 1,000-kW Gas Turbine, 609*
Lucas, J. (Gas Turbine Equipment), Ltd., Gas Producer for Gas Turbine, 793*
“ Lucy Ashton,” M.S., Resistance Trials of, 17, 41, 121*, 153*

MACDONALD, SIR M., and Partners, Report on Proposed Extension of Irrigation Scheme in Jordan Valley, 481*
Mac. See also Me
Machines, Alternating-Current, Winding (Review), 101
— Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
(Materials')

Machine Tools :

Bending Machine, Tube (Major, Robinson and Co., Ltd.), 290
Boring Machine, Connecting-Rod, for Blackstone Oil Engines, 24*
Horizontal, Schiess (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 685*
Circular Saws for Wood (British Equipment Co., Ltd.), 296*
Drilling Bit, Oil-Well, Method of Freeing When Stuck, 604*
— Dynamometer, “ Sunbury,” 487*
— Machines, Bench and Floor (Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd.), 827*
— — with Cam-Feed Head (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 205*
f-in. Electric (Black and Decker, Ltd.), 86
Multi-Head (W. J. Meddings, Ltd.), 259*
— — Oil-Well, 200 h.p., Six-Cylinder
Diesel Engine for, 328*
Gears, Helical, Hobbing of Tooth Surfaces of Creep-Cut, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
Grinding Machine, Diskus (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 272* Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Lathe, 12-in. Centre (Crowthorn Engineering Co., Ltd.), 84*
— Projector, Hilger (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 464*
Levelling Machine, Plate, Eleven-Roll (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397*
Limit Gauging. See Gauging Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
for Marine Propeller Manufacture (Bull’s Metal and Mefioid Co., Ltd.), 717*
— Tools Used in American Valve Manufacture, 82
at Causeway Works, Petters, Ltd., 747*
Exhibition, International, 1952, Arrangements for, 51
at Gateshead Factory of Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., 652*
for Manufacture of Hollow Steel Propeller Blades for Aircraft, 163*, 193* Use of Servo-Mechanisms for, 826 Workshop, Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 682*, 691
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauging Machining of Magnesium-Alloys, Dust Collector for (Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd.), 480*
Milling Machine, Double-Headed, for Locomotive Frames (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 748*
Nibbling Machine, High-Speed (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 293*
Machine Tools—continued.
Notching, Punching and Shearing Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 293*
Planing Machine, Portable, for Wood (British Equipment Co., Ltd.), 296*
Plate-Levelling Eleven-Roll Machine (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397*
Press, Air-Hydraulic, 1,500-ton and 2,700- ton, for Forging (Hadfields, Ltd.), 616* — Brake, 60-ton All-Welded (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 84*
— 40-ton, Electrically-Driven (Butterley Co., Ltd.), 260*
— Hydraulic, Mobile, for Bending Colliery Roof Supports (Finlay Conveyor Co., Ltd.), 35*
for Peat (J. Shaw and Sons (Salford), Ltd.), 824*
Profiling Machine, Oxygen (Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 321*
Punching, Shearing and Notching Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 293*
Moll, Plate-Leveling Machine (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 397*
Saws, Circular, for Wood (British Equipment Co., Ltd.), 296
Scaling Machines for Steel Plates, Electrically-Driven (Westminster Engineering Co., Ltd.), 360
Shaping Machine, “ Hydetsco ” (Engineering Tool and Supply Co., Ltd.), 85*
Shearing Machine, Automatic (E. W. Cowell), 224*
— Punching and Notching Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 293*
Tool, Cemented-Carbide, Factors Affecting Wear of, 594
— Electric, Portable (Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.), 135
Woodworking Machine, Edge-Gluing Machine, Radio-Frequency (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 633*
Planer, Portable (British Equipment Co., Ltd.), 296*
Saws, Circular (British Equipment Co., Ltd.), 296
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Machine Work. See Machine Tools
Machinery, Agricultural, Exhibition, and Smithfield Show; Earl’s Court, 673*. 713* 757*, 777
— Dangerous, Sale of, Court Decision on, 816
— Noise, Measurement and Interpretation of
755
Mackenzie, I. M., on Notch-Bar Testing of Steel for Welded Construction, 723. 745
Mackersley, C. A., on Electrification of Railways in Great Britain, 436
Macklow-Smith Hydraulic Load-Measuring Capsules, Use in M.S. “Lucy Ashton,” 153*
MacLaren, J. E., the Late, 436
Macmillan, Comdr. D. H., Dredging at Southampton, 737*
Magnel-Blaton Prestressing System for Concrete Tank Construction, 235* "
Magnesia from Seawater, Prestressed-Concrete Tanks for Manufacture of, 235*
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under MeZaZ- lurgy
— World Production and Consumption, 519,
554, 702*, 732*
Magnetic Analysis of Iron-Carbon Alloys, 770 Magnetic Equipment Co., Ltd., Electromagnetic Bin Vibrator, 768*
— Materials, Development of, 378
- Sheet-Steel and Permanent, Researches on, 585
— Separator, Franz Isodynamic, for Ores, 371
— Temperature Detector (Graviner Manu
facturing Co., Ltd.), 671
— Work at Royal Observatories, 310
Magnetism,- Terrestrial,. Department of, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Annual Report (Review), 419
Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric
— Water, Centrifugally-Applied Cement-
Mortar Linings for (Centriline Corporation), 432*. See Addendum, 500
Major, Robinson and Co., Ltd., Tube-Bending Machine, .290
Man-Power, Higher Technical and Scientific, Education of, 298, 348
Management of Works. See Worfcs Manage- ment
Manchester, Forge Lane Works, Hot-Dip Wire,-Galvanising Plant at, 556*
Mandel, J;. on Factors Influencing Road Wear of Tyres, 791, 818
Mann, J., the Late, 284
Manometers, Method of Comparing, 645*
— Recording, Electronic (Fielden (Electronics),
Ltd.), 43*
Mansfield, W. P., on Obtaining Pressure Diagrams of Internal-Combustion Engines, 806*
Mantle, E. C., on Welding with Aluminium Bronzes, 443*
Manufacture, Scientific Methods iD. See Works Management
Manufacturers, international Conference of, New York, Arrangements for, 627
Manure Spreader (Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances, Ltd.), 74*
Manzoni, H. J. B., on Public Health in Municipal Engineering, 6
Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd., Echo-Sounding Equipment, 167
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Transmitter for Holme Moss Television Station, 459* ; Mobile Television Station ' for Canada, 638* ; Underwater Television Equipment, 765*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Dredger for Thames Conservancy, 810
Machinery, 67-5-h.p. Diesel-Operated (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 290*
— — Machinery, 20-kW Generating Set,
Diesel-Driven (Russell Newbery and Co., Ltd.), 360*
Machinery for H.M. Ships, 383*
Machinery, S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438 — Machinery, M.S. “ Nicoline Maersk,” 171 Machinery, M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 140*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, S.S. “ Rhodesia Castle,” 587
Machinery, S.S. “ Velutina,” 642*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers and Naval Architects, Inter
national Conference of. See Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Conference of
— Engineering Research by Pametrada, 114 and Welding Exhibition, Olympia, 211,
257*, 289*, 321*, 359*, 404
— Machinery and.Boilers. Survey of (Review)
133
— Propulsion, Application of Steam Turbine
to, 219
• 9,200-b.h.p. B. and W. Diesel Engine,
M.S. “ Nicoline Maersk,” 171
Boiler and Turbine Testing, 17,116, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See LETTERS, 404, 436
—•, — 2,930-b.h.p. Brown-Sulzer Diesel Engine, M.S. “Norfolk Ferry,” 140*
Diesel Engines for, 117
:— — Diesel Engine, 250-b.h.p. (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 329*
Diesel Engines, Geared Twin, 8,000-h.p., M.S. “ Cornwall,” 631*
55-h.p. Diesel-Engines for Motor Survey Launch “ Research,” 798
• — — Diesel Engine, 120-h.p., Six-Cylinder
(Fodens, Ltd.), 406*
4,600-b.h.p. Fairfield-Doxford Diesel 'Engine, M.S. "Ciudad de Medellin,” 127
! — — Gas-Turbine Alternator for M.S. “Auris,” 307
. — — Gas Turbines, Developments for, 116, 286, 382
3,500-h.p. Gas-Turbine Experimental Unit, 114
; — -— 11,200-s.h.p. Geared Parsons Turbines,
S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438
i — — Geared Turbines, High-Pressure, for, 86
l 12,500-s.h.p. Geared-Turbine Oil Tanker
“ World Unity,” 500
' 13,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S.
“ Velutina,” 642*
Higher Steam Conditions for, 17, 86
, —- — Oil Fuel for. See OiZ Fuel
— ?—Rolls-Royce “Derwent” Jet Engine,
M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 41, 121*
i 275-b.h.p. Rover “Meteorite” Diesel
Engine; 496*
120-b.h.p., Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine (Gleniffer Engines, Ltd.), 405*
120-h.p., Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine (Russell Newbery and Co., Ltd.), 360*
Triple-Expansion Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Rhodesia Castle,” 587*
— — See also Engines ; Turbines; Propellers ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
,— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Markwood, W. H., on Impact Test for Plastus, 701
'Marsh Reclamation at Southampton, 737*
Marshall, C. W., on Centenary of J. A. D’Arsonval, 816
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 50-b.h.p. Two- Stroke Two-Cylinder. Diesel Engine, 673*
Marskell, W. G., on Boiler Plant for Using High-Ash Coal, 189. See 214. See LETTER, 276
Martensite and Retained Austenite, Tempering of, 779
Martinoff, M., on Production of Miniature Radio Valves in France, 64
Marylebone, Permanent-Way Mechanised Equipment Exhibition, 563
Mason, F. O., on Arc Form and Movement in. Air-Blast Circuit-Breaker, 711*, 743*
Massecuite, Pump for Raw (Comet Pump and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 297*
Mast, Aerial, Holme Moss Television Station, 460* !
— and Towers, Radio, 168
Materials, Advanced Strength of (Review), 451
•— Cast versus Forged, Properties of, 29*
— High-Temperature, for Ships’ Machinery, 86
— Ministry of, Work of, 19
— New, in Engineering, 691
— Scarce, Saving of, Report on, 625
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests (Materials)

Materials and Their Testing, Joint Committee on :

Symposium on Recent Developments in Notch- Bar Testing of Materials and Their Relation to Welded Construction;
Programme, 670
Reports of Discussions, 723, 745, 796 Notch-Bar Testing and Selection of Steel for Welded Construction, by W. Barr and I. M. Mackenzie, 723, 745
State of Stress and Brittle Fracture, by Prof. W. Soete, 723, 745
Notch-Bar Tests in Relation to Service Performance, by 'Dr. C. F. Tipper, 723, 745, 796
Developments of Testing Method on Brittle Fracture of Mild-Steel Plates, by Dr. J. H. van der Veen, 723, 745, 796
Assessment of Notch Ductility by Variety of Notch Tests, by G. M. Boyd, 745 Mathematical Solutions of Engineering Problems (Review), 484
Mathematics, Elliptic Functions, Normal, Lamp’s, Heine’s and Legendre’s contributions, 52
— Numbers and Space (Review), 419
— of Relativity (Review), 355
Matuschka, Dr. B., on Austrian Iron and Steel Production, 372
Mavor and Coulson, Ltd., “ Samson ” Coal Loader, 34*
Mawdsley’s, Ltd., 10-kVA Alternating-Current Compensated Electric Generator, 359
Max Arc and Electrics, Ltd., Direct-Current Welding Generator, 363*
Maxwell, F. G., on Development of London Tube Railways, 779
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Midlands), Ltd. Heavy Forge Shop for Hadfields, Ltd., 616*
McCall’s Macalloy, Ltd., Lee-McCall System of Prestressed Concrete, 167
McCance, Sir A., on Properties and Behaviour of Metals, 502*, 540*
McCaul, G. J., and Co., Ltd., 15-h.p. SingleCylinder Jenbach Diesel Engine, 406*
McKay, R. F., the Late, 20
Me. See also Mac
Meadows, H., Ltd., 270-h.p. Turbo-Charged Oil Engine, 168*
Measures and Weights, Relative Merits of Imperial and Metric, 52
Measurement, Electrical, of Mechanical Quantities (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 300*
— of Viscous-Fluid Flow, Apparatus for
(G. Kent, Ltd.), 544*
Measuring and Gauging Screw Threads, Report OD, 369
— and Inspection Equipment Exhibition, 464*
— Instruments, Electrical, British Achievements in, 8
— and Recording Apparatus for Glass-Tube Manufacture, 425*
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of, Conference on Heat Transfer, Programme, 96, 339 ; Dinner, 371

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

Conference on Heat Transfer, Programme, 96, 339 ; Dinner, 371,
Award of Clayton Fellowships and Grants, 179
Clayton Lecture on Problems in Design and Research .on Condensers of Vapours and Vapour Mixtures, by Prof. A. P. Colburn, 339
Annual Dinner, 530
London Meetings, Winter Session ; Presidential Address, by A. C. Hartley, on His Life and' Work, 534*, 603*. See 563. See LETTER, 789 Principles of Continuous Gauge Control in Sheet and Strip Rolling, by W. C. F. Hessenberg and R. B. Sims, 563 Some Factors Affecting We ar on Cemented-.
Carbide Tools, by Dr. E. M. Trent, 594 Cup-Drawing from Flat Blanks, by Dr.
S. Y. Chung and Prof. H. W. Swift, 723
Hawksley Lecture on Some Fuel and Power Projects, by Dr. H. R. Cox, 7.26*, 793*, 823*. See 659 Measurement and Interpretation of Machinery Noise, with Special Reference to Oil Engines, by C. H. Bradbury, 755 AwfowoftiZe Division ;
Twenty Years of Oil Engine Development, by C. B. Dicksee, 490*, 541* Hydraulics Group ;
Design of Large Pumping Installations for Low’ and Medium Heads, by G. A. Wauchope and H. P. Humphreys, 627
Some Problems of Fluids for Hydraulic Power Transmission, by A. E. BiDg- ham, 787
Low-Pressure Reciprocating Seals for Hydraulic. Control Valves, by B. Cooke, 787
Mechanical Engineers, Practical Training of, 201
— Engineering Developments in Iron and
Steel Industry, 234
Laboratory (Review), 706
Research Organisation, 1947-50 Report, 338; Research on Friction and Wear, 649*, 697*
— Lubricator. See Lubricator
— Quantities, Electrical Measurement of
(Salford Electricalinstruments, Ltd.), 300*
— Stoker. See Stoker
Mechanics, Applied, for Engineers (Review), 579
— — to Vibrations and Balancing (Review),
549
— Classical (Review), 388
— Physical, Textbook of (Review), 644
— Theoretical and Applied', International
Congress, Turkey, Arrangements for, 632
Meehans, Ltd., Pipe Line for Fannich Hydro- Electric Scheme, 68*, 129*; Petrol- Driven Aluminium-Alloy Lifeboat, 294* “Meco-Moore” Coal Cutter-Loader,. 34* Meddings, W. J., Ltd., Multi-Head Drilling
Machine (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 259*
Medicine, British Contribution to, 183
Medlock, R. E., on Recording of Nucleonic Measurements, 63
Mellanby, Prof. A. L.,the Late, 693
Memorial to J. L. Baird, 584
Mensforth, Sir H., the Late, 306, 340
Merchant Ships. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See SMp&wtTding
Merritt, Dr. H. E., on Some Unknowns in Gear Design, 734, 763. See LETTER, 789 “ Merry-go-Round ” for “ Preload ” System of Prestressing Concrete Tanks, 396*
Merz and McLellan, Generating Plant, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*, 129* ; West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 76*
Mesons, Investigations on Role of, 595
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under MetaWurgy
— Buried, Corrosion, of, Symposium on, 786
— Cast, Engineering Uses of, 29*
— Corrosion of. See Gorrosion
— Crystals, Mechanics of, 787
— Detecting Equipment (Cinema-Television,
Ltd.), 135
— Development and Properties of, 277, 343,
378. See LETTER, 371
— Economics, Discussion on, Programme, 148,
403.; Proceedings, 500, 519, 553, 596, 625, 702*, 732*
—- Extraction, Chemistry in, 278, 569*
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials')
— Hardness of (Review), 740
Metals, Institute of:
Autumn Meeting, Venice ;
Programme, 215
Inaugural Proceedings, 422
Changes in Council, 422
Reports of Discussions, .422, 454
Visits and Excursions, 422, 423, 456
Copper-Nickel-Iron Alloys Resistant to Sea-Water Corrosion, by G. L. Bailey, 422
Influence of Alloy Constitution on Mode of Solidification of Sand Castings, by R. W. Ruddle and A. L. Mincher, 422
Adherence of Oxide Scales on Copper, by
R. F. Tylecote, 423
Oxidation of Copper at 350 deg. to 900 deg. C. in Air, by R. F. Tylecote, 423
Friction in Wire Drawing, by H. G. Baron and Prof. F. C. Thompson, 454
Observations on Some Wrought Alu- minium-Zinc-Magnesium Alloys, by Dr. M. Cook, R. Chadwick and N. B. Muir, 455
Effect of Small Quantities of Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Tl, Pb or Bi on Ageing Characteristics of Cast and Heat-Treated Aluminium-4 per cent. Copper 0-15 per cent. Titanium Alloy, by Dr. H. K. Hardy, 455
Tensile Properties of Heat-Treated Aluminium-Copper and Aluminium- Copper-Cadmium Alloys of Commercial Purity, by Dr. H. K. Hardy, 455 Discussion on Metal Economics, London ;
Programme, 148, 403
Inaugural Proceedings, 500, 625
Reports of Discussions, 519, 553, 596
(a) Primary Resources of Ferrous and Non-
Ferrous Metals ;
Metals as Natural Resources, by Prof.
S. Zuckerman, 519
Iron Ore: World Demand and Resources, by Dr. T. P. Colclough, 519
World Supply of- Non-Ferrous Metals, Including the Light Metals, by R. L. Stubbs, 702*, 732*. See 519
(b) Metal Reclamation, Secondary Metals and
Substitute Metals ;
Scope for Conservation of Metals, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, by C. A. Bristow, A. J. Sidery and Dr. H. Sutton, 553. See 596
Economy by Standardisation of Alloys and Method of Reclamation of Scrap Metals, by C. Dinsdale, 553. See 596
Influence of Specification on Productivity and Utilisation of Ferrous and Non- Ferrous Metals, by F. Hudson, 554. See 596
Secondary Heavy Metals, by E. H. Jones, 554. See 596
Secondary Aluminium and Magnesium, by Col. W. C. Devereux, 554. See 596
Discussion on Tools and Die Materials for the Extrusion of Non-Ferrous Metals, Birmingham ;
Arrangements for, 530
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Discussion on Economics' of, 500, 519, 553, 596, 625, 702*, 732* Ferrous, Industry, Supply and Demand Problems, 45
Ferrous, World Supply of, 519,702*, 732*
— Plastic Deformation of, Investigations in
Australia, 565
— Properties and Behaviour of, 502*, 540*
— Research Association, Non-Ferrous, British,
Welding with Aluminium Bronzes, by E. C. Mantle, 443*
— Scarce, Saving of, Report on, 625. See 500,
519, 553,'596, 702*, 732*
— Strength of, 277, 332
— Structure of. See Metallography ’> Micro
photographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy;
Microphotographs
Metallic Surfaces, Friction of, 694, 724, 797
Metallography of Carbon in Silicon-Iron Alloys, 708
— See also Metals; Metallurgy; Microphotographs
Metallurgical and Mining Congress, Empire, 1949, Proceedings of (Review), 388

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium, Application to Shipbuilding,265
Bronze, Welding with, Investigations on, 443*
Casting, Colour Scheme for Identification of, 796
Copper-Cadmium, Tensile Properties of, 455
— — Copper-Titanium, Ageing Characteristics of, 455
— — Use for Derrick Jibs, 182 Welding and Riveting of, 627
— — Wrought, for Forgings and Plates,
Specification, 512..
Zinc-Magnesium, Use in Aircraft,767
— — Zinc-Magnesium, Wrought, Investi
gations on, 455
— Constitution, Influence on Mode of Solidification of Sand Castings, 422
— Copper-Nickel-Iron Resistant to Sea- Water Corrosion, 422
See also Brass ; Bronze ; etc.
— Development and Properties of, 277 343, 378. See LETTER, 371
— Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, Supply and Demand for, 519, 553, 596, 625, 702* 732*
— Heat-Resisting, for Gas Turbines, 277, 343, 378
— Iron-Carbon, Magnetic Analysis of, 779
— — Carbon-Silicon, Carbide Phase in,
695
High-Purity, Production and Properties of, 777
— Light, Melt Gas-Content Tester, 10
— Magnesium, Dust Collector for Use When Machining, 480*
Alloy, Properties and Behaviour of, 502*, 540*
Metallurgy—continued.
Alloy, Whitemetal, for British Railways. Standardisation of, 553
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Brass. See Brass Bronze. See Bronze Cast Iron. See Cast Iron Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Ferro-Tungsten and Tungsten Metal, Method of Analysis of Tin in, 736 Foundry. See Foundry ; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat-Treatment Plant, Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 616*
Transformation in Tempering of Martensitic Steels, 779
— — of Welds in Pipelines, 125*, 157*, 191*
Iron Manufacture., See Furnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
Metals, Chemistry of Smelting and Refining 569*
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgy, Beginnings of Education in 567, 607
— British Contribution to, 183 Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Rare Metals in Electron Tube, 63 Refractories. See Refractory 'Materials; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Metallography; Microphotographs; Foundry; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Metcalfe, B. L., on Engineering Progress in British Coal Mines, 1851-1951, 232
“ Meteor ” Ground-Attack Aircraft, 354 Meteorological Exhibits in Dome of Discovery, 246
— Work at Royal Observatories, 310 Meteorology, Winter-Weather Arrangements
by British Railways, 723
Meter, Electronic, Multi-Range (Automatic ?Coil Winder and Electrical Co., Ltd.), 312*
— Differential-Pressure, for Open-Hearth Fur
nace (British Iron and Steel Research Association, 10
— for District Heating of Housing Estates, 413
— Flow, Fuel (British Internal-Combustion
Engine Research Association), 103*
Fuel-Air (Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd.), 42*
— — Transmitting (Evershed and Vignoles,
Ltd.), 103*
— See also Electric
Methane Explosions. See Accidents
— Use in Gas Turbine, Experiments with, 793* Metrological Investigations in Australia, 613 Metrology, Engineering (Review), 804 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.,
52-5-MW Turbo-Generator, 16*; Six- Unit Repeated-Strain Fatigue Testing Machine, 31*; Low-Pressure Rotor for 52-5-MW Turbo-Generator, 108; Automatic Arc-Welding Equipment, 325; Tests of “ Gatric ” Gas Turbine, 382 ; Electrical Equipment for Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 387; Development of High-Voitage Air-Blast Circuit-Breakers, 417*. See Erratum, 488; 2,000-kW Gas Turbine, 793*
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co., Ltd., Equipment for Vila Nova Hydro- Electric Scheme, 208*
Metropolitan Water Board, Opening of William Girling Reservoir, 307; Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Mains, 432. See Addendum, 500
— See also London
Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd., 275-kV Terminal Bushing, 134*
Micro-Interferograms of Rockwell Hardness Penetrators, 90*. See LETTERS, 180*, 404 Micrometer Items, Specification, 207 Microphotographs, Aluminium Bronzes, 443*
— Brittle Fractures in Mild Steel, 446*
— Intergranular Cracking in Molybdenum
Steel Under Tension, 30*
— — Season-Cracking in Cast Manganese-
Aluminium Brass, 29*
— Welds and Basis Steel in Pipelines, 126* Microphotometer, Photo-Electric, Recording
(Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 105
Microscope, Interference, “ Linnik,” 90* Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography ; Microphotographs
Midlands, Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, 270, 302, 334, 398, 430, 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 782, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Milking Machine, Portable, “ Universal ” (Simplex Dairy Equipment Co., Ltd.), 757* Mill, Ball, Linatex (Wilkinson Rubber Linatex Ltd.), 262*
— Grinding, for Cement Works at Shoreham-
by-Sea, 98*
•— Hammer, “ Kaybee ” (T. R. Walker), 757*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Milling Machines and Cutters. See MctcAwie Tools
Mills, C. A., Model of Heroult Steel-Melting Electric Furnace, 336*
Mincher, A. L., on Solidification of Sand Castings, 422
Mines, Coal. See Collieries
— See also Coal Mining ; Ores; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Mineral Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining-^- Ores; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 115
Mining Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Meco-Moore ” Coal Cutter-Loader, 34*
— Institute of Scotland, Froth Flotation of
Coal by E. H’hdmarch and Dr. P. L. Waters, 491*
Mining Machinery, Textbook of (Review), 164
— and Metallurgical Congress, Empire, 1949,
Proceedings of (Review), 388
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport “ Minx ” Motor Car, 532*
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 2,270-h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder, Turbo-Charged, Diesel Engine, 108*
Mitchell Engineering Co., Ltd., Handling Plant at Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 97* Mochel, H. L., on Higher Steam Conditions for Ships’ Machinery, 17, 86
Model of Aberdeen Harbour, Investigations with, 283*
— Boiler Plant (Water Tube Boiler Makers’
Association), 106
— of Coke-Fired Down-Jet Furnace (British
Coal Utilisation Research Association, 107*
— of Cyclone Furnace (Babcock and Wilcox,
Ltd.), 406*
— of Direct-Current Transmission System, 586* “Model Engineer” Exhibition, 243
— Experiments. See also Tank Experiments
— of 10-MW Gas Turbo-Generator (C. A. Par
sons and Co., Ltd.), 260
— of Heroult Steel-Melting Electric Furnace,
336*
— of Hydro-Electric Power Plant (G. Gilkes &
Gordon, Ltd.), 290
— of 750-kW Industrial Gas Turbine (Ruston &
Hornsby, Ltd.), 108
— Rubber, for Combined Bending and Tor
sional Tests, 661*
— of J-kW Steam Turbine (C. A. Parsons and Co.,
Ltd.), 133*
— of 50-MW Turbo-Generator (C. A. Parsons &
Co., Ltd.), 133*
Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd., S.L.M. Twin-Engine Marine Gearbox, 294*
Moller, A. P., Single-Screw Cargo M.S. “ Nico- line Maersk,” 171*
“ Monarch ” 17-h.p. Tractor, 758*
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Handbook on Mechanical Properties of Nickel Alloy Steels, 215*
Mono Pumps, Ltd., Twin Mono Pump, 264* Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, Report on Supply of Electric Lamps, 689
Morecambe-Heysham-Lancaster Railway,Trials of Single-Phase Traction at 50 Cycles, 659 Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Salamander “ Su
prex ” Crucible, 295; Power-Tilted Central-Axis Crucible Furnace, 295*
Morgan, J. (Builders), Ltd., Foundations for Uskmouth Power Station, 48*
Morgan, R. T., and Partners, Omnibus Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Morris, B. O., Ltd., Twin-Head Brushing Machine, 800*
Morris, H., Ltd., 5-ton Overhead Crane, 86 Morse, W., on Solving Beam Problems by Re
laxation Methods, 756. See 456*
Motor Boat, Launch, 50-ft. with 275-b.h.p. Rover “ Meteorite ” Engine (J. I. Thorny- croft and Co., Ltd.), 496*
Small High-Speed Craft (Review), 179 Survey Launch “ Research,” 53-ft., for
Port of Bristol. 798*
— Car, Development of, 69 Early History of, 220
— «— Engines. -See Engines, Petrol
Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers,
Institution of, Automobile Division the First Hundred (Review), 516 8-h.p. Four-Cylinder (Austin Motor Co.,
Ltd.), 532*
French, at Paris Motor Show, 467, 501 “ Minx ” (Hillman Motor Car Co., Ltd.),
532*
90-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Daimler Co., Ltd.), 533*
160-b.h.p. Sports CoupG (Jaguar Cars, Ltd.), 533*
“ Velox ” (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 533* See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Cycles ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Cycle, Development of, 69
— — Engines. See Engines, Petrol Show at Earl’s Court, 648 with Suparide Sprung Fork, 649
— Electric, Alternating-Current, Winding (Re
view), 101
Automatic Stator-Rotor Starter for (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 364*
— — for Battery-Operated Road Vehicles and
Industrial Trucks, Specification, 15
at Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 98*
— Floating (Laurence, Scott and Electro
motors, Ltd.), 263*
Fractional Horse-Power (Hoover, Ltd.),
290
for Ring Spinning Frames (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 322*
Testing Plant for, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
— Exhibition, International, Earl’s Court. 499,
532*
— Industry Research Association, Proving
Ground, Nuneaton, 12* ; Annual Report, 714*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronavh’cs ;
Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
Statement on Motor-Vehicle Exports. 816
— Marine. See Engines ; Marine Propulsion ;
Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— Show, Paris, 467, 501
— for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50
Cycles, 499, 521, 545*, 583*
— Tractors. See Tractors
Motor Truck, Battery-Operated, Electric Motor for, Specification, 15
Battery-Operated, Fork-Lift (Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd.), 362*
— Vehicle, Battery-Operated, for Roads,
Motor for, Specification, 15
Development of, 69
— — Development of Oil Engines for, 490*.
541*
- Export of, 816
Laffly Gas-Turbine Driven Lorry, 502
Lorry, 25-ton, with Loading Winch (Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd.), 301*
— — Research, Proving Ground for, Nuneaton-
12*
— — 2-3-ton “ Superpoise ” (Commercial Cars, Ltd.), 124*
Tank Lorry for Fuelling “ Comet ” Air Liners, 577*
Trade with United States, Growth of, 305 .— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
— “ Cornwall,” Gearbox for Twin Diesel En
gines, 631*
— Launches and Trial Trips, 15, 47, 96, 128,
160,175, 207, 239, 288, 330, 395 (See Erratum, 566), 431, 511, 544, 608, 640, 800
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
— “ Lucy Ashton,” Resistance Trials of, 17,41, 121*, 153*
— “ Nicoline Maersk,” Single-Screw, Cargo, 171* I
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Pedestrian Tunnel
under River Tyne, Opening of, 115
Mouchel, L. G., and Partners, Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691; Prestressed-Concrete Footbridge at Shrewsbury, 780*
Moulds, Ingot, Stresses in, Symposium on, 710, 741
Moulding Sands, Testing Equipment for (Ridsdale and Co., Ltd.), 289
— See also Foundry ?.
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 246
Mowing Attachment for Rotary Cultivator (Clifford Aero and Auto, Ltd.), 758*
— Machine, Hand, “ Mowmeter ” Attachment for (Tractors (London), Ltd., 150*
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., William Girling Reservoir, London, 307 ; Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Mains, 432*. See Addendum, 500 “Mowmeter” Attachment for Hand Mowing Machine, 150*
M’Phee, R. C„ the Late, 78
Muir, N. B., on Wrought Aluminium-Zinc- Magnesium Alloys, 455
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Engineering, Public Health in, 6
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., 250-300-Am- pere Transformer Set for Arc Welding, 324*; Automatic Welding Set, 324*
Murphy, Prof. A. J., on Supply and Demand of Non-Ferrous Metals, 500, 625
Murray, J. M., on Main Longitudinal Stresses in Ships, 469
Museum, Royal Scottish, Edinburgh, Model of Heroult Electric Steel-Melting Furnace, 336*
— Science, South Kensington, Exhibition of
Science at 247 ; Willans Exhibition at, 685. See 598
Mytongate Bridge, JHull, Automatic Dummy- Operating Gear for, 534*

NAPIER, D., and SON, LTD., “ Nomad ” Compounded Piston and Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 353* ; Experimental Two-Stage Centrifugal Compressor for Gas Turbine, 825*
National Coal Board, Turntable for Colliery Tubs, 416* ; Experimental Plant for Froth Flotation of Coal, 491
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 624- s.h.p. Six-Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine,- 257*
Turbine Establishment, Work of, 116, 286. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Physical Laboratory, Analysis of Rockwell
Hardness Test, Employing Deadweight Testing Machine, by C. E. Phillips and A. J. Fenner, 57* ; Precision Measurement of Rockwell Hardness Diamond Penetrators, by F. R. Tolmon and J. G. Wood, 89*. See LETTERS, 180*, 404; Report on Gauging and Measuring Screw Threads 369; Undulation Recorder for Gear, Teeth, 373; Pneumatic Comparator of High Sensitivity, by M. Graneek and Dr. J. C. Evans, 414* ; Design Characteristics of Cross-Spring Pivots', by L. W. Nickols and H. L. Wunsch, 473; High-Voltage Research at, 638
— Radio Show, Earl’s Court, 159, 275, 310
— Smoke Abatement Society, Blackpool Conference^ 430; Programme, 371. See LETTER', 564
7 Navajo ” and “ Iroquois,” Oil Tankers, 28 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Particulars of Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 672
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers ; International Conference, London, Glasgow and Newcastle-upon-Tyne:
Programme, 10
Inaugural Proceedings, 10,17 Social Events, 10, 229
Visits and Excursions, 17, 83, 227. See LETTER,83
Reports of Discussions, 11,17, 41, 86,116, 136, 165, 199, 227
Higher Steam Conditions for Ships’ Machinery, by M. L. Ireland, H. W. Semar and N. L. Mochel, 17, 86
Ship Motions, by J. C. Niedermair, 17,165 Proposed Design for Combined Research, Training and Cargo Ship, by Prof. H. E. Jaegar and J. C. A. Schokker 18,199
Some Aspects of Pre-Fabrication in Ship Construction, by N. Echerborn, 18, 200
United States Fleet Maintenance and Battle Damage Repairs in Pacific During World War II, by Cap.t. R. K. James, 18, 227
Stresses in Propellers and Propeller Shafting Under Service Conditions, by Dr. S. F. Dorey, 18, 228
Ships’ Structures : A Century of Progress, by R. B. Shepheard, 25*, 192. See 10. See Errafiwn, 90
B.S.R.A. Resistance Experiments on “ Lucy Ashton.” Part I, Full-Scale Measurements, by Sir M. E. Denny, 121*, 153*. See 17, 41
Marine Fuel Oils, by M. Blanchier, 136 Boiler and Turbine-Testing, by Capts. (E) L. F. Ingram and L. A. D. Peile, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See 17, 116. See LETTERS, 404, 436
Naval Architecture. See Warships
— Construction. See Warships
— Engineers, International Congress of, Ostend, Main Longitudinal Stresses of Ships, by J. M. Murray, 469
— Guns. See Guns
— Warfare. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navigational Equipment (W. F. Stanley and Co., Ltd.), 289
Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under Warships
— United States. See United States under Wars Alps
— See also Naval; Warships ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Neath, River, Gas Pipeline Beneath, 567*
“ Nene ” Turbo-Jet Engine, Cartridge Starter for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 819*
Netherlands. See Holland
New York, International Conference of Manufacturers, Arrangements for, 627
— — Reconstruction of Pier 57, 211
— Zealand, Hydro-Electric Department, Annual Report, 817.
New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., M.S. “ Corn wall,” Gearbox for Twin Diesel Engines 631*
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, King’s College, Stephenson Buildings, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
Newcomen Society, Autumn Meeting in Surrey, 435 ; Chapman’s Locomotives, 1812-15, by E. A. Forward, 457, 488; Centenary of P. W. Willans, by K. W. Willans, 598*, 685 ; Annual General Meeting, 680 ; Election of Officers, 680
Newcomen, Thomas, , Resumption of Commemoration Ceremony at Dartmouth, 243 Newfoundland to Nova Scotia Submarine Telephone Cable, Repeaters for, 428
Newhouse, F., on Higher Technological Education, 662. See 401
Newitt, Prof. D. M„ on Memorials to Early Chemical Engineers, 91
Newman, Hender and Co., Ltd., Newman- McEvoy Oilfield Valve, 260*
Newman Spinney, Underground Gasification of Coal, Experiments at, 823*
Newman, W. H., on Unsolved Problems in Civil Engineering, 83. See LETTER, 19
Newton and Co., Ltd., “ Rotavisor ” Film-Loop Cinema Projector, 64; “ Rotavisor ” Diascope, 64 ; Visual Aids to Industry Exhibition, 564
Newton, Sir Isaac, Exhibition of Relics of, 179 Newton, Victor, Ltd., 250-kV Industrial X-ray Equipment, 295*
Nichols, R., the Late, 558
Nickel Industry, Progress in, 816
— Plating, Importance of Thickness of, 596
Nickols, L. W., on Design Characteristics of Cross-Spring Pivots, 473*
“Nicoline Maersk,” M.S., Single-Screw, Cargo, 171*
Niedermair, J. C., on Ship Motions, 17, 165
Nimonic Alloys, Development of, 278, 378. See I/ETTEit 371 ’•
Nitrogen in Steel, Effect of, 502*
Nixon, I. K., on Marsh Reclamation at Southampton, 738*
Nobel Prizes, Award to Sir J. Cockcroft and Prof. E. T. S. Walton, 659
Nock, O. S., on Electric Signalling Discussion at Joint Engineering Conference, London,
“ Nodrif ” Spray Boom, 73*
Noise,. Machinery, Measurement and Interpretation of, 755
— in Motor Vehicles, Investigations on, 716
“ Nomad ” Compounded Piston and Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 353*
Non-Ferrous. See Metals; Metallurgy
“ Norfolk Ferry,” M.S., for Harwich-Zeebrugge Service, 139*
Normag Zorge G.m.b.H., 25-h.p. Diesel- Engined Agricultural Tractor, 54*
North American Shipping and Trading Co. (London), Ltd., Oil Tanker “World Unity,” 500
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 200-h.p. Diesel-Hydraulic Shunting Locomotive, 95* ; 4-6-4 Type Locomotive for Victoria Government Railways, 168* ; 625-b.h.p.; Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 172* ; 4-6-4 Locomotive for Victorian Government Railways, 237*; 1,600-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 793*
North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Photography at Sea of Propeller Cavitation, by Dr. J. W. Fisher, 729*
— Notes from. See Scotland
— oi Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Fannich Scheme, 65*, 129* ; Annual Report, 123 ; Hydro-Electric Plant, 185*. See LETTER, 404; Developments by, 276, 313*
— Tees “ C ” Power Station, 112*
— West England, Electricity-Supply Failure in, 339
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Prospectus, '266 ; Evening Lectures at, 384 ; Lectures on Experimental Stress Analysis, 633
Northamptonshire, Weedon, Railway Accident at, 403, 430, 437
Northumberland and Durham County Councils, Pedestrian Tunnel under River Tyne, Opening of, 115
Norway, Electricity Supply Industry Statistics, 508*
Notched-Bar Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Notes on New Books. See Books and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland; Midlands; Scotland;
South-West; Lancashire and South Yorkshire ; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Nottingham University, Stuart Lecture on Properties of Gases of Combustion Processes, by Prof. J. H. Keenan, 347*, 379*
Nova Scotia to Newfoundland Submarine Telephone Cable, Repeaters for, 428
Nuclear Energy, Investigations on, 220
— Physics Investigations in Australia, 614 Nucleons and Quanta, High-Energy, Experiments with, 595
Nucleonic Measurements, Recording Instruments for, 63
Nucleonics, Electronic Instrumentation of, 63
Numbers and Spaces (Review), 419
Nuneaton Proving Ground, Motor Industry Research Association, 12*
Nuts, Bolts, Screws and Washers, Hexagon, Specification, 440
Washers and Screws, B.A., Specification, 47

OAK TREE APPLIANCES, LTD., 17-h.p. “ Monarch ” Tractor, 758*

Obituary: See Engineering 1951 Jul-Dec: Index: Obituaries

Observatory, Mount Stromlo, Australia, 74-in. Reflecting Telescope, 246
— Royal, Greenwich, Astronomer Royal’s Report, 309
“ Ocean Vulcan,” M.S., Stresses in, 469
Oerlikon Co., Locomotive for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521, 547*, 583*
Oil Burning, Flame-Radiation Trials during, 705*
under Marine Boilers, Tests of, 117, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See 17. See LETTERS, 404, 436
Oil Drilling, 200-h.p., Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine for, 328*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Fuel, Use in Cargo Ships, Prevention of Fire from, 279
Flame Radiation Trials, 705*
Investigations at Fuel Research Station, 506*
— — Naval, Characteristics and Developments of, 136. See 117, 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See 17. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Lubricating, Used, Filters for (Stream-Line Filters, Ltd.), 261*
— — for Turbines, Centrifugal Separator for (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 294*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil: Motor Vehicles ; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Refinery, Esso, Fawley, 385*
— Refining Capacity in Italy, 108*
— Supply Apparatus for Governors of Hydraulic Turbines, 218*. See LETTER, 404
— Switches. See Switchgear
—'Tankers, 28,000-ton, for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 641*
“ Auris,” Gas-Turbine Alternator for, 307 under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics 147, 564
— — Development of. 26*
— — Launches and Trial Trips, 15, 47, 128, 160, 175, 207, 239, 288, 330, 395 (See Erratum, 566), 500, 511, 544, 640, 704, 800 Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
— — “ World Unity,” Launch of, 500
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transformers, Investigations on, 819
— Well Drilling, Method of Freeing Stuck Rotary Bit, 604*
— See also Lu&ricatton ; Petroleum
O’Kane, Dr. B. J., on Forty Years’ Progress in Air Radio, 151
Okubo, Prof. H., on Torsional Stress in Grooved Shafts, 436. See LETTER, 531*
Old Centralians, Annual Dinner, 627
Olympia. See Exhibition
Omnibus, Trolley. See Trolley-’Bus
Ontario, Hydro-Electric Power Commission,
J. C. Keith'Power Station, Windsor, 668* Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opening Bridges. See Bridges Optical Investigations in Australia, 566
— and Mechanical Protractors, Bevel, Specification, 207
— Projector for Inspection Work (Watson Manasty and Co., Ltd.), 469*
Optics, Interferometers, Modern (Review), 195
— An Introduction to Stereoptics (Review), 740 Ordnance. See Guns
Ore Dressing, Elements of (Review), 676
— Franz Isodynamic Magnetic Separator for, 371
— Iron Production, World Statistics of, 529
“ Orenda ” Axial-Flow Turbo-Jet Aeroplane
Engine, 735*
Organic Chemistry. See Chemistry
Orkney, Costa Head, 100-kW Experimental
Windmill, 276, .315, 615
Osborn, S. E., the Late, 116
Osborne, D. G., on Variation in Diameters of
Machine-Drawn Glass Tubing, 425* Oscillograph. See Electric
Osram-G.E.C. Glass Works, Production of Glass Tubing, 425*
Ossicaide Hearing Aids, Inductive Hearing Aid, 312*
Ostend, International Congress of Naval Engineers. See Naval Engineers, International Congress of
Otto Four-Stroke Engine, Seventy-Five Years of, Celebrations, 522
Otto, N. A., Life and Work of, 522
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Lines, Power Transmission, Aix-les-Bains to
La Roche-sur-Foron Railway, 546*
— — Power Transmission, Cable Holders for,
61*
— — Power Transmission, Developments in
Great Britain, 509*
— — Power Transmission, 275-kV Equipment
for, 133*, 134*
Power Transmission, Fannich Hydro- Electric Scheme, 132*
Power Transmission, High-Voltage, and Hydro-Electric Schemes, 245, 249*
Power Transmission, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 315*
Power Transmission Systems, Measurements on, 571
Overseas Countries, Iron and Steel Industries of, Statistics, 1949, 529
Overspeed Pit for Rotor Testing, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
Owen, Prof. J. B. B., on University and Civil Engineer of Future, 791, 821
Owen, Dr. W. S., on Crystal Structure of Graphite in Cast Iron, 695 ; on Carbide Phase in Iron-Carbon-Silicon Alloys, 695
Owner, F. M., on Application of Power to Aircraft, 8
Oxidation Inhibition for Transformer Oils, 819 Oxide, Films, Effect on Wear, 725 Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See WeMinp
Oxygen Recorder, Magnetic (G. Kent, Ltd.), 43*

P. 111 RESEARCH AIRCRAFT, 353*
P. 1067 Fighter Aircraft, 342*
Pacific, United States Navy, Battle-Damage Repairs in, 18, 227
Packaging Machine for Stockings (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 93*
— Printing and Allied Trades Research Asso
ciation, Annual General Meeting, Luncheon and Exhibition, 691
Packing Machines, “ Fluxo,” Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 100*
— Metallic, for British Railways, Standard Alloys, 553
Paddington Station, Work of I.K. Brunel on, 633*. See LETTER, 692
Paint, Abrasion Resistance of, 758
Painter Brothers, Ltd., Model of 275-kV Transmission Tower, 133*
Paita-Piura Railway, Peru, 500-h.p. Diesel- Mechanical Locomotive, 364*
Palliser Works, Hartlepool, Prestressed-Con- crete Tanks at, 235*.
Pametrada, Annual Report, 1950, 114 ; Tests of Naval Machinery by, 116, 286, 349*
Panel, Control, Boiler (Combustion Engineering Association), 107*
Pannell, J. P. M., Marsh Reclamation at Southampton, 737*
Paper and Board Makers’ Association, British Applicability and Present State of Gas Turbine Technology, by W. E. P. Johnson, 601*
— Guillotine, 52-in. (Atlas Werke A.-G.), 39* 42-in. (Soag Machinery Co.), 39*
— Making Machinery, Use of Servo-Mech
anisms for, 826
—- Mills, Use of Gas Turbines for Electricity and Process Heat, 601*
— Serviette Machine (R. Giebeler), 39* Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors Paris Motor Show, 467, 501
Parker, Dr. A., on Britain’s Fuel Problems and
Work of Fuel Research Station, 476*, 505* Parker, W. B., the Late, 494
Parsons, Sir C. A., Work on Steam Turbine, 19, 219. See LETTER, 83
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 60-MW Turbo- Generators, Littlewood “ C ” Power Station, 80 ; 60-MW Turbo-Generators, North Tees “ C ” Power Station, 112* ; Model of i-kW Steam Turbine, 133* ; Model of 50-MW Turbo-Generator, 133*; Rotor and Casing for 60-MW Steam Turbine, 260*; Model of 10-MW Gas Turbo- Generator, 260; 500-h.p. Coal-Burning
Gas Turbine, 659, 728*, 793* ; 1,600-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives,. 793*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Particles in Fine Powders, Measurement of, 595 Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronawiics
— Steamers. See Steamers
— Transport in Glasgow, Report on, 692 Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., Ltd., Reconstruction of Board of Directors, 211
Paton, T. A. L., on Hydro-Electric Schemes: Trends, in Civil Engineering, 253. See 213 Pattern-Making Machines. See Woodworking Machines under Machine Tools
Pavement Construction for Airfields, 70 Payton, J., the Late, 654
Peake, C. V., Turntable for Colliery Tubs, 416* Pease Pottage Reservoir, Crawley, Construction of (Preload (Great Britain), Ltd.), 396*
Peat as Fuel for Gas Turbines, Investigations on,824*
Peattie, K. R., on Tests of Concrete with Electrical-Resistance Strain Gauges, 468*, 596. See 356.* See LETTERS, 531, 788
Pedestrians, Tunnel for, under River Tyne Opening of, 115
Peile, Capt. (E) L. A. B., on Boiler and Turbine Testing; 285, 299, 349*, 382*. See 17,116. See LETTERS, 404, 436
Pelton Wheels, Buckets and Jets for, 185*. See LETTER, 404
-— — 39,000-h.p. Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Scheme, 208
Penetrators, Diamond, Rockwell Hardness, Precision Measurement of, 89*. See LETTERS, 180*, 404
Percolator, Electromagnetic (Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd.), 264*
Permanent-Way Drainage Problems, 635* Mechanised Equipment Exhibition, Marylebone, 563
Personal, 15,47, 79, 111, 143,175,207, 239,271, 303, 335, 367, 399 (See Erratum, 559), 431, 463, 495, 527, 559, 591, 623, 655, 687, 719, 751, 783, 813
Personnel, Technical, Committee, Reconstitution of, 147
Perspex, Use in Aircraft, 768
Peruvian Corporation, 500-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive for, 364*
Pest Control, Ltd., “ Noclrif ” Spray Boom, 73* ; Potato-Haulm Pulveriser, 148*
Petrol Motors. See AeronawZics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
—• Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Industry, Fireclay Refractories for., Specification, 736
Flanged Cast-Iron Gate Valves for, Specification, 79
— Institute of, Symposium on Gear Lubrica
tion and Lubricants, Arrangements for, 787
— World Geography of (Review), 195
Petters, Ltd., Production of Small Internal- Combustion Engines, 747*
Pflaum, Prof. W., on Test Results of Highly- Supercharged Diesel Engine, 524
Philip, W. L., the Late, 115 Philips, Dr. A. F., the Late, 491
Philips Electrical, Ltd., High-Frequency Induction-Heating Generator, 225*
Phillips, C. E., on Analysis of Rockwell Hardness Test, 57*
Phillips, J. A., and Co., Ltd., Bicycle with Spring Frame, 648
Phosphating of Bearing Surfaces, Effect on Seizure, 650*
Photographic Exhibition, 336
Photography, High-Speed, Image Converters in, 64
— at Sea, of Propeller Cavitation, 729* Photometer, Micro, Recording Photo-Electric
(Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 105
Photometric Investigations in Australia, 566 Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Chemistry. See Chemistry “ Physical Eye ” Colorimeter and Spectrophotometer, 105*
— Investigations in Australia, 566
— Laboratory. See NaiionaZ Physical
— Society’s Competition for Apprentices, 435
Physics, British Contribution to, 182
— Nucleons and Quanta, High-Energy, Ex
periments with, 595
— Relativity, Mathematics of (Review), 355
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Pickering, F. B., on Cast Irons Used in Ingot Moulds, 741
Pier 57 at New York, Reconstruction of, 211
— for Road Bridge over River Tagus, 801* Pig Iron Production, World Statistics of, 529 Pile, Atomic, Central Heating from, 653
— Reinforced-Concrete, under Tension, 420* Piling for Jetty for Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley,
385
— for Road Bridge over River Tagus, 801*
— Sheet, Cantilever, in Cohesionless Soil,
Investigation on, 316*
Pinchbeck Marsh Pumping Station, Preservation of, 693*
Pinions. See Gears ; Gearing
Pipes, Cast-Iron, Buried, Corrosion of, 786
— Flanges for use on Internal-Combustion
Engine Systems, Specification, 527
— Steel, Welded, Heat Treatment of, 125*,
157*, 191*
— Still, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Systems for District Heating of Housing
Estates, 411*
— See also Twftes
Piping, Industrial (Review), 804
— Sea-Water, Corrosion-Resisting Alloys for,
422
— and Valves, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386* Pipelines, Aircraft, Identification Schemes for,
Specification, 458
— Gas, Beneath River Neath, 567*
— for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 254
— Jetty for Reclamation Work at Southamp
ton, 738*
— Mild Steel, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme
68*, 129*
— Welds in, Heat Treatment of, 125*, 157*,
191*
Piston and Cylinders, Hydraulic Lock in, Investigations of, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
— Oil Engine, Developments in, 542
Pit, Overspeed, for Rotor Testing, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
— Props, Hydraulic (Dowty Mining Equip
ment, Ltd.), 35*
Pitch Creosote Burning, Flame Radiation Trials, 705*
Pitching Track, Long Wave, for Motor-Vehicle Research, 726*
Pitometer Log, Use in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 154*
Pitting. See Corrosion
Pittsburg, California, Cold-Reduction Sheet Mill, 769*
Pivot, Cross-Spring, Design Characteristics of, 473*
Planing Machine. See Machine Tools
Planter, Cabbage, Two-Row (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 118*
— Potato, Tractor-Mounted (H. Ferguson, * Ltd.), 21*
Plastic Deformation of Metals, Investigations in Australia, 565, and Strength of Metals, 277, 332
— Surfaces, Friction of, 694, 724, 797
Plastics for Aircraft Structures, Development of, 297
— British Contribution to, 183
— Impact Testing Machine for, 701
— Industry, Glossary of Terms Used in, 440 Plate-Bending Rolls. See Machine Tools
— Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel, Brittle Fracture of, 723, 745, 796 Brittle Fracture of, Investigations in, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
in Ships, Fracture of, 10,192
for Ships, Fracture Cleavage of, Investigations on, 690
— Wrought, Aluminium-Alloy, Specification,
512 ?
Plessey Co., Ltd., Cartridge Starter for .Nene Turbo-Jet Engine, 819*
Plough, One-Way Two-Furrow (D. Brown Tractors, Ltd.), 118*
— Reversible, Tractor-Mounted (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
— Three-Furrow (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 73* Plymouth “ B ” Power Station, 144* Pneumatic Comparator of High Sensitivity, * 414*
Poisson’s Ratio for Cast Iron for Ingot Moulds, 710
Polhem, C., Bicentenary of, Commemoration,51 Pollitt, A., the Late, 817
Pollution, Atmospheric, and Alkali Works Report, 113
Deposit Gauges, Specification, 671
Investigations by Fuel Research Station, 507*
— — See also Smoke Abatement
— Water, Research Board, Annual Report, 498 Polymers, Surface Cracking of, 725 Polytechnic. See Education
Polyvinyl-Chloride Film and Sheeting, Flexible Specification, 603
Pope, Prof. J. A., on British Association Discussion on Metals and Alloys, 371
Population, Food, Industry and Standard of Living, 593. See LETTER, 692
Port of Bristol, Motor Survey Launch “ Research ” for, 798*
— Equipment in Docks and Harbours (Re
view), 483
— of London Authority, Investigation on Silt
Deposition in Thames Estuary, 498
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
Porter, F. C., on Corrosion of Buried Metals, 786 Portland Cement. See CemenZ
— Distilling Experimental Station, Work of,
116, 286
Portugal, River Tagus, Road Bridge over, 801*
— Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Power Station,
208*
Post Office, Dollis Hill Research Station, Work of, 428
Postmaster General, Report on Wireless Interference from Ignition Systems, 211
Potato-Haulm Cutter (P. B. Bettinson and Co., Ltd.), 148*
Pulveriser (Pest Control, Ltd.), 148*
Pulveriser (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 23*
— Planter, Tractor-Mounted (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
Potentiometer. See Electric
Powders, Fine, Measurement of Particles in, 595 Powell, W. B., on Heat Transfer in Rocket
Power Plant's, 341
Powell, W. H. H., the Late, 742
Power, Atomic, Generation for Industry, Recent Progress, 51
Power, B. D., on Vacuum Technique, 64
— and Fuel Shortage, Conference on, 467
Power Gas Corporation, Stockton-on-Tees, New Factory, 267
— Industrial, Exhibition, Glasgow, 33*, 84*,
106*, 133*, 166*
— Microwave, Measurement by Radiation
Pressure, 377*
Power Plant Co., Ltd., Gearbox for Twin Marine Diesel Engines, 631*
— — Hydro-Electric, Civil Engineering in, 213
— — Hydro-Electric, Fannich, 65*, 129*
Hydro-Electric, in Great Britain, 509
Hydro-Electric, and High-Voltage Transmission, 245, 249*
Hydro-Electric, at Industrial Power Exhibition, Glasgow, 135*
—- — Hydro-Electric, Model of (G. Gilkes and Gordon, Ltd.), 290
— — Hydro-Electric, New Zealand, 817
— — Hydro-Electric, in North of Scotland, 123 Hydro-Electric, Post-Graduate Courses,
Imperial College of Science and Technology, 315
Hydro-Electric, Sabie, South Africa, 242 Hydro-Electric, in Scotland, Electrical Aspects of, 276, 313*
— — Hydro-Electric, Vila Nova, Portugal,
208*
— — Hydro-Electric, Zambesi River Scheme,
Report on, 49
Rocket, Heat Transfer in, 341
— — See also Power Stations ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Station, Electric, Adaptation for District
Heating, 637
— — Electric, Bankside, London, 624*
Electric, British Electricity Authority’s Annual Report, 456
Electric, British, Extensions to, 723
— — Electric, British, Growth since 1945, 508
— — Electric, British, Progress with, 209
Electric, Carmarthen Bay, 16*
Electric, Dust-Extracting Plant for, 7
Electric, Dust and Fumes Emission from, 113
Electric, Guildford, Boiler Explosion at, 749
i Electric, Use of High-Ash Coal in, 188, 189, 214. See LETTER, 276
Electric, J. C. Keith, at Windsor, Ontario, 668*
Electric, of North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, 123, 276, 314
Electric, Plymouth, “ B,” 144*
—- — Electric, Remote and Supervisory Control in, 699
Electric, in South Africa, Annual Report, 242
— — Electric, Sulphur Recovery from Flue
Gases, 36
— — Electric, Uskmouth, 48*
Electric, West Ham " B,” Opening of 76*
— — See also Power Plants; Substations
— Supply, Electric, British Electricity Author
ity’s Annual Report, 465
— — Electric, Broadcast Warnings of Cuts, 530 Electric, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-
Sea, 101*
Electric, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 387
— — Electric, in Europe, Recommendations
on,605
— -=- Electric, Failure in North-West England,
339
Electric, and Fuel Shortage, Conference on, Programme, 329
Electric, for Heavy Engineering Works, Witton,'621
Electric, Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields Ltd., 619
—1 — Electric, Holme Moss Television Station, 459*
— — Electric, by North of Scotland Hydro-
Electric Board, 123, 276, 313*
Electric, in Paper Mills, Use of Gas Turbine for, 601*
— — Electric, Position of, Ministry of Labour
Report, 209
— — Electric, Production and Utilisation, 637 Electric, for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*, 583*
— — Electric, Single-Phase, at 50 Cycles,
Trials on British Railways, 659
— — Electric, in South Africa, Annual Report,
242
Electric, Statistics for Various Countries, 508*
— Transmission, Hydraulic, Fluids for, 787 Overhead Lines, Aix-les-Bains to La
Roche-sur-Foron Railway, 546*
Overhead Lines, Cable Holders for, 61* Overhead Lines, Developments in GreatBritain, 509*
Overhead Lines, 275-kV Equipment for, 133*, 134*
Overhead Lines, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 132*
— — Overhead Lines, High-Voltage, and
Hydro-Electric Schemes, 245, 249*
Overhead Lines, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 315*
Overhead Lines, Systems, Measurements on, 571
— — Paper-Insulated Cables for, 646*
— System, Direct-Current, Model of. 586*
See also Gearing ; Marine Propulsion
— Water. See Hydraulics; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Pelton Wheels; Turbines, Hydraulic
— Wind, Experiments by Ministry of Fuel and
Power, 825
Power, Wind Investigation by British Electrica 1 and Allied Industries Research Association, 615
Practice, Codes of, Ministry of Works. See Standards
Precipitators, Electrostatic, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*
Prefabrication and Welding in Shipbuilding, 18, 200
Preload (Great Britain), Ltd., Prestressed Concrete Reservoir Tank, 396*
Presidential Address to British Association by Duke of Edinburgh on British Contribution to Science and Technology, 182. See 177, 212
— — to British Association Section G (Engi
neering) by Sir C. Gibb on Two Thousand Years of Engineering, 219. See 214
-to British Association Section L (Education) by Sir H. Hetherington on the Broader Outlook, 210
to Institution of Chemical Engineers by Prof. D. M. Newitt on Memorials of Early. Chemical Engineers, 91
to Institution of Civil Engineers, by A. S. • Quartermaine on Work of I. K. Brunel, 599*, 633*. See 595. See LETTER, 692
to Institution of Electrical Engineers by
Sir J. Hacking, on Work of Electricity Supply Industry, 508*
to Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, by Sir A. McCance on Properties and Behaviour of Metals, 502*, 540*
to Institution of Locomotive Engineers by J. S. Tritton on Inspecting Engineers’ Contribution to Railway Economy, 562
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers by A. C. Hartley on His Life and Work, 534*, 603*. See 563. See LETTER, 789
to West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute by Prof. R. Hay on Iron and Steel Industry in 1895 and To-Day, 567, 607
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure Diagrams of Internal-Combustion
Engines. Methods of Obtaining, 806* Pressure Piling (Parent), Ltd., Reinforced
Concrete Piles Under Tension, 421*
— Regulator for Hydraulic Turbines, 217*. See LETTER, 404
Preston, Dr. J. H., on Method of Comparing
Manometers, 645*
Prestressed Concrete Co., Ltd., Prestressed-'
Concrete Footbridge at Shrewsbury, 780* —_—- See also Concrete, Prestressed Priest Furnaces, Ltd., Gas-Fired Furnaces for
Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields,,Ltd., 617* “ Princess ” Flying Boat, Final Stages of
Erection, 563
Printing Industry in Edinburgh, 214
— Machine, Cylinder (Schnellpressenfabrik
Heidelberg), 38*
— Machinery at Dusseldorf Exhibition, 37*
— Packaging and Allied Trades Research
Association, Journey Shock Recorder, 10* ; Annual General Meeting, Luncheon and Exhibition, 691
— Press, Rotary, Sheet-Feed (Koenig und
Bauer A.G.), 37*
Two-Revolution (Koenig und Bauer A.G.), 37*
Prismatic Structures, Design of (Review), 451 Problems, Unsolved, in Civil Engineering, 19.
See LETTER, 83
Process Heat in Paper Mills, Use of Gas
Turbines for, 601*
Producer, Gas, for Gas Turbines, 793* Plant, Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields
Ltd., 617
Production Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner, 436
Productivity Report on Welding, 337 Profiling Machine. See Machine Tools Profilometer Wire-Drawing Die (British Iron
and Steel Research Association), 9* Projector, Cinema, Film-Loop “ Rotavisor ”
(Newton and Co., Ltd.), 64
— Lathe, Hilger (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 464*
— Optical, for Inspection Work (Watson,
Manasty and Co., Ltd.), 469*
Promoters, Use in Condensation of Steam, 221*, 244. See Emrfum, 248
Props, Pit, Hydraulic (Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 35*
Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Cavitation, Photography at Sea of, 729*
— Marine, Manufacture by Bull’s Metal and
Melloid Co., Ltd., 717*
Stresses in, Measurement of, 18, 228 Variable-Pitch Reversing (Slack and
Parr, Ltd.), 359
— for Reaction Hydraulic Turbines, 186*.
? See LETTER, 404
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion ;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers Protractors, Mechanical and Optical, Bevel,
Specification, 207
Proving Ground of Motor Industry Research Association, Nuneaton, 12*, 716*
" Pterodactyl ” Mark I Hill Monoplane, 1925, b37*
Public Affairs and Business, Facts, Files and Action in (Review), 771
— Health in Municipal Engineering, 6. Pugsley, Prof. A. G., on Development and
Design of Aeroplane Structures, 70 Pulse Circuits for Millimicrosecond Range, 63
— Random, Counting of, 63 Pulverised Fuel, Use in Power Stations, 189 “ Vortex ” Chamber for Burning, at
Fuel Research Station, 505*
Pulveriser, Coal, Atritor, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 101*
— Potato-Haulm. (Pest Control, Ltd.), 148* Haulm (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 23* Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, Single-Stage (Harland Engi
neering, Ltd.), 136
— Compressor and Generator Set, 9-b.h.p.
Diesel-Driven (Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 363*
— Coal, for Coal-Fired Gas Turbine, 793*
— Feed, Direct-Acting (Combustion Engineer-
ing Association), 107*
Pumps, Feed, Direct-Acting, Pair of (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 406*
— Fire, Emergency Marine (Russell Newbery
and Co., Ltd.), 360*
— — Marine, 11-h.p. Diesel-Driven (Ruston &
Hornsby, Ltd.), 291*
— Heat, Gas-Operated, at Royal Festival Hall,
Test of, 794
at Shinfield Field Research Station, 615*
— Hydraulic, for Heavy Forge Shop, Had
fields, Ltd., 617*
Lock in, Investigation of, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
12-Stage (Gwynnes, Ltd.), 360*
— “ Hydropulsion ” (Clarke, Chapman and Co.;
Ltd.), 362*
— Impellers for (Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd.), 360
— Piston, Double-Acting (J.L.C. Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 525*
— for Raw Massecuite (Comet Pump and
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 297*
— Rotary Plunger (Rotoplunge Pump Co.}
Ltd.), 296*
— Sand, 12-in. Linatex (Wilkinson Rubber
Linatex, Ltd.), 262*
— Steam, Introduction of, 91
— Twin Mono (Mono Pumps, Ltd.), 264*
— Variable-Capacity, for Corrosive and Viscous
Liquids (Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd.), 767*
Pumping Installations, Large, Design of, 627
— Plant for “ Dorset ” Fuelling Lorry, 577*
— Set, Fire, Marine, 11-h.p. Diesel-Driven
(Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 291*
— Station, Pinchbeck Marsh, Preservation of,
693*
Purefoy, J. B., Unit Tooling, Ltd., Jigs and Fixtures from Standard Components, 267* Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See Water
Purifier, Gas, Catalytic “ Deoxo ” (Baker Platinum, Ltd.), 428*
Pyrometry in Temperature Measurement of Steel Ingot Moulds, 741
“ Python ” 30-in. Coal Conveyor, 33*

QUARRELL, PROF. A. G., on Recent Metals and Alloys, 277, 343, 8 .'8, See LETTERS, 371
Quartermaine, A. S., on Work of I. K. Brunel, 599*, 633*. See LETTER, 692
Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., “ Union melt ” 900-Ampere Welding Machine, 322* ; " Unionmelt ” 1,200-Ampere Welding Head, 322*; Single-Operator Arc-Welding Transformer, 672*
Queen Mary College, London, Investigation on Condensation of Steam, 221*, 244. See Erratum, 248
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Tanks, Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 616*

RADAR Display Unit (Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd.), 168*
— Installation with Scanner (Kelvin and
Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 296
— Navigation Comparison Unit (Barr and
Stroud, JLtd.), 260*
— School, Marine, Southend-on-Sea, 255* Radiation Pressure, Measurement of Microwave Power by, 377*
Radio, Air, Forty Years’ Progress in, 151
— British Broadcasting Corporation, Annual
Report, 370
— Broadcast Warnings of Electricity Cuts,
566*
— Communication, Transatlantic, 50th Anniversary of, 723

Radio Convention, London:

Electronic Instrumentation in Nucleonics, by Dr. D. Taylor, 63
(3-Ray Thickness Gauge for Industrial Use, by K. Fearnside, 63
Use of Radioactive Tracers in Industry by Dr. J. E. Johnston, 63
Self-Balancing Recording Instruments and Their Application to Nucleonic Measurement, by W. A. Kealy and R. E. Medlock, 63
Counting of Random Pulses, by E. H. Cooke-Yarborough, 63
Design of Portable /3- and y-Radiation Measuring Instruments, by J. Hardwick and E. Franklin, 63
Pulse Circuits for Millimicro-Second Range, by F. Wells, 63
Valve Technology and Manufacture, by J. W. Ridgeway, 63
Triode Amplifiers in the Frequency Range 100 Megacycles to 450 Megacycles per Second, by D. C. Rogers, 63
Aluminium-Backed Screens for Cathode- Ray Tubes, by R. W. Dudding, 63
Dynamic Measurements on Receiving Valves, by A. J. H. van der Ven, 63
Rare Metals in Electron Tubes, by D. A. Wright, 63
Survey of Quality and Reliability Standards in Electronic Valves for Service Equipment, by G. L. Hunt, 63
Production of Miniature Valves in France by M. Martinoff, 64
Application of Image Converters to High- Speed Photography, by J. A. Jenkins and R. A. Chippendale, 64
Vacuum Technique, by D. Latham and B. D. Power, 64
Line Scanning Valves and Circuits, by B. Eastwood and C. C. Vodden, 64 Radio Direction Finding Equipment (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 167
— Early History of, 220
Radio, Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems (Review), 132
— Engineers, British Institution of, Radio
Convention. See Radio Convention
— Equipment at National Radio Show, 159,
275, 310*
Radio Heaters, Ltd., 3|-kW Induction Electric Heater, 263*
— Industry Council, National R'adio Show,
159, 275, 310; Luncheon, 627; Scheme for' Encouragement of Technical Writing, 627
— Interference from Transmission Lines, 250*
— Masts and Towers, 168
— Show, National, Earl’s Court, 159, 275, 310
— Receiver for Sailors (Stratton and Co., Ltd.),
290
— Research in Australia, 614
Board, Annual Report, 1950, 815
— Sound and Television Broadcast Reception,
Standard Code for, 671
—, Systems, Trunk, 667
— Valves, Line-Scanning; and Circuits, 64
— — Miniature, Production in France, 64
— — Receiving, Dynamic Measurements, 63
- Technology and Manufacture, 63 Radio. See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony, Wireless ; Television; Radar
Radioactive Tracers, Use in Industry, 63 Rail Traffic. See Railway Transport Railcars. See Carriages, Railway Railroad. See Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Capital Expenditure on, 18 ;
British Transport Commission, Report on Accounts and Statistics, 50; Mixed- Traffic 2-6-4 Tank Locomotive, 138*; M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 139* ; Level Gangway at Holyhead Harbour, 395* ; Derailment at Weedon, 403, 430, 437 ; Mechanical Vibrator for Sieving, 429* ; Electrification of, Alternating versus Direct-Current Schemes, 436; Standard 12-ton Covered Goods Van, 493*; Economy by Standardisation of Non-Ferrous Metals, 553, 596, 626; Permanent-Way Mechanised Equipment Exhibition, 563 ; Engineering Works on, 635; Trials of Single-Phase Traction at 50 Cycles, 659; Demolition of Bridge by Explosives, 699*; Accidents in 1950, 722 ; Winter Weather Arrangements, 723 ; 1,600-h.p. Coal-Burning
Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 793*; Diesel Shunting Engines for, 816
—7 Canadian Pacific, Diesel Locomotives on, 315
— Carriage. See Carriages
— Ceylon, Government, 625-b.h.p. Diesel
Electric Locomotive, 172*; Annual Report, 205
— Economy, Inspecting Engineers’ Contri
bution to, 562
— Executive versus Starkey, 787
— Festiniog, Proposed Preservation of, 83
— French National, Single-Phase Electric Trac
tion at 50 Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*, 583* .
— Great Western, Work of I. K. Brunel on
599*, 633*. See LETTER, 692
— Hall at Exhibition of Industrial Power,
Glasgow, 168*
— Indian Government, Double-Headed Milling
Machine for Locomotive Frames, 748*
— — Electric Trailer Carriage (Birmingham
Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 168*
— Iron, Surrey, Visit of Newcomen Society, 435
— Locomotive, See Locomotive
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— Paita-Piura, Peru, 500-h.p. Diesel-Mech
anical Locomotive, 364*
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages; Locomo
tives ; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Students’ Association, Proposed Develop
ment of London Tube Railways, by F. G. Maxwell, 779
— Train Brake. See Braking
— Transport and Road Traffic, Co-ordination
of, 634
in Glasgow, Report on, 692
— Tube. See Underground; London Trans
port Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London
Transport Executive
— Victoria Government, 4-6-4 Type Loco
motive for (North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.), 168*, 237*
— Wagons. See Wagons
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Rainfall and Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 253 Rake, Side-Delivery, “ Revolution ” (A. B. Blanch and Co., Ltd.), 149*
Ramps for Los Angeles “ Freeway ” Road System, 196*
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Model of Walking Dragline, 166*
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Electrically-Driven Fork-Lift Truck, 362*
Rapatz, F., on Effect of Inclusions on Workability of Steel, 372
Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd., Electromagnetic Percolator, 264*
Rare Metals in Electron Tubes, 63
Rays. See Beta Rays ; Cathode Rays ; X-Rays Raymond, A. E., on the Well-Tempered Aircraft, 339
Rearmament, Select Committee’s Report on, 306
Reavell and Co., Ltd., Two-Stage Air Compressor, 261*
Reclamation, Marsh, at Southampton, 737* Recorder, CO2, Testing of, 505*.
— Journey-Shock (Printing, Packaging and
Allied Trades Research Association), 10*
— Oxygen, Magnetic (G. Kent, Ltd.), 43* Recording Dynamometer. See Dynawiometer
— and Measuring Apparatus for Glass-Tube
Manufacture, 425*
Recuperator, Contra-Flow, Proportioning of, 244, 252. See LETTER, 468
Redifon, Ltd., Radio-Frequency Induction Heater, 135
Redshaw, Prof. S. C., on Aluminium-AUoy Riveted Joints, 627
Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion
Rees, W. P., on High-Purity Iron and Iron
Alloys, 777
Reference Books. See Annuals
Refinery Gas, Recovery of Sulphur from, 180
— Oil, Esso, Fawley, 385*
Refractories, Fireclay, for Petroleum Industry,
Specification, 736
— Materials. See also Fireclays
— for Naval Boilers, 116, 300
— for Open-Hearth Furnaces, Advances in, 373 Refrigerating Plant, Twin Ammonia Com
pressors for (G. and J. Weir, Ltd.), 407* Refrigeration, International Congress of.
London, 275, 307
Refuse Disposal and Public Health, 6 Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Regulator, Automatic, Electrical Servo-Mech
anisms for, 825
— Pressure, for Hydraulic Turbines, 217*.
See LETTER, 404
Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete Relativity, Mathematics of (Review), 355 Relaxation Methods, Solving Beam Problems
by, ,456*. See LETTER, 756
Renold and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd., Chain Clutch, 262*
Rentrix, Ltd., Switches for Attendance- Control Apparatus, South Bank Exhibition, 55
Report, Aeronautical Research in Australia, 72
— Annual, Advisory Council on Scientific
Policy, 147
Air Registration Board, 160
Association of Consulting Engineers, 435
— — British Broadcasting Corporation, 370 British Cast Iron Research Association,
796
British Council, 691
British Electricity Authority, 465
— — British European Airways Corporation,
267
British Overseas Airways Corporation,
267
British Transport Commission, Accounts and Statistics, 50
British Welding Research Association,
178
Building Research Board, 785 Ceylon Government Railways, 205
— —- Chemistry Research Board, 563
— Chief Inspector of Alkali, etc., Works, 113 Coal Utilisation Joint Council, 179 Fuel'Research Board, 1946-49, 657 Gas Council, 753
— — Glasgow Corporation Water Department,
287
Joint Fire Research Organisation, 315 —- — Motor Industry Research Association, 714*
New Zealand Hydro-Electric Department, 817
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board,
123
— — Pametrada, 1950,114
Radio Research Board, 1950, 815
— — Royal Agricultural Society, 755
Scientific Research in Australia, 564,613.
See Erratum, 603
Scottish Seaweed Research Association, 108
—- — South Africa Electricity Supply Commission, 242
Terrestrial Magnetism Department, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Review), 419
Water Pollution Research Board, 498
— on Arc-Form and Movement in Air-Blast
Circuit-Breaker, .711*, 743*
— Astronomer Royal’s, Royal Greenwich
Observatory, 309
— Boiler Explosion, Guildford Power Station,
749
— Catalytic Removal of Sulphur from Town
Gas. 667*
— Commonwealth Conference on Fuel Re
search, 439
— on Dockyards, Select Committee’s, 273
— Dollar Export Board on “ Dollars and
Industry,” 305
— Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1949,
497
— Electricity Sub-Committee, Ministry of
Labour and National Service, 209
— on Gauging and Measuring Screw Threads,
369
— on Health of Welders, 530
— Hot-Dip Galvanising for General Work, 434
— on Interlingual Scientific and Technical
Dictionaries, 626. See LETTER, 693
— International Association for Exchange of
Students, 531
— on Irrigation Schemes for Jordan Valley,
481*
— on Kariba Gorge and Kafue River Hydro-
Electric Projects, 49
— Locomotive Industry, Organisation and
Prospects, 753
— Mechanical Engineering Research Organisa
tion, 1947-50, 338
— Ministry of Works, on Building and Civil-
Engineering Work, 307
— Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Com
mission, on Supply of Electric Lamps, 689
— Passenger Transport in Glasgow, 692
— on Planning and Financial Control of
Industrial Research, 145
— Preparation of Schemes for District Heating
of Housing Estates, 410*
— Productivity, on Welding, 337
— Railway Accidents, British, in 1950, 722
— Saving Scarce Materials, 625
— Select Committee’s, on His Majesty’s Dock
yards, 273
Committee’s, on Rearmament, 306 —on Sponsored Research in Germany, 576
— Wireless Interference from Ignition Systems,
211
— Work of Organisation for European Econo
mic Co-operation, 659
Research, Aeronautical, in Australia, Report, 72'
Research, Association, Cast Iron, British, Annual Report, 796
Coal Utilsation, British, Model of Coke Fired Down-Jet Furnace, 107*
— ?— Electrical and Allied Industries, British,
Work of Greenford Laboratories, 585*, 615* ; Report on Arc-Form and Movement in Air-Blast Circuit-Breaker, 711*, 743*
Gearing, Admiralty-Vickers, Work of, 116, 286; Investigations on Creep-Cut Helical Gears, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
Internal-Combustion Engine, British, Fuel-Flow Meter, 103*; Methods of Obtaining Pressure Diagrams of Internal- Combustion Engines, by A. J. Cornish and W. P. Mansfield, 806*
Iron and Steel, British, Wire-Drawing Die Profilometer, 9*; Differential-Pressure Meter for Open-Hearth Furnace, 10
Motor Industry, Proving Ground, Nuneaton, 12*, 716* ; Annual Report, 714*
Non-Ferrous Metals, British, Welding with Aluminium Bronzes, by E. C. Mangle, 443*
Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades, Journey .Shock Recorder, 10*; Annual General Meeting, Luncheon and Exhibition, 691
Scientific Instrument, British, Gonstant Direct-Current Source, 104*
— — Seaweed, Scottish, Annual Report, 108
— — Welding, British, Annual Report, 178
/ ?— Board, Building, Annual Report, 785
—- — Chemistry, Annual Report, 563
—: — Fuel, Annual Report, 1946-49, 657
—? — Radio, Annual Report, 1950, 815
Water Pollution, Annual Report, 498
— Department, Scientific and Industrial, Ex
hibits at British Instrument Industries Exhibition, 9; Report on Mechanical Engineering Research, -1947-50, 338;
Reports on Sponsored Research in Germany, 576 ; International Symposium on Organisation of Research, 619, 659
—• and Development Centre of Simon Engineering Group, 19, 75*
— Establishment, Harwell Atomic Energy,
Central Heating from Atomic Pile, 653
— Foundation, Rubber, Dutch, International
Conference on Abrasion and Wear, Delft. See Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch
— on Friction and Wear, 649*, 697*
— Fuel, in Commonwealth, Proposals for, 439
— High-Voltage, at National Physical Labora
tory, 638
— Industrial, Planning and Financial Control
of, Report on, 145
— Institute, Battelle, to be Established in
Europe, 275
— Laboratory, Aeronautical, Australian, Ex
periments on Suction Wing, 359
— — Chemical, Teddingdon„Work of, 371 of London Brick Co., Stewartby, 55
— — Road, Demonstration of Machines for
Maintenance of Concrete Road Joints, 368*
— by Ministry of Fuel and Power, 659, 726*,
793, 823**
“ Research ” Motor Survey Launch (J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd.), 789*
— Organisation, Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial, Investigation on Gear-Tooth Undulations, 373*
Fire, Joint, Annual Report, 315
— — of, International Symposium on, 619, 659
— — Mechanical Engineering, Report on,
1947-50, 338; Research on Friction and Wear, 6'49*, 697*
— on Prestressed-Concrete, 708
— Scientific, in Australia, Annual Report, 564,
613. • See Erratum, 603
— Sponsored, in Germany, Reports on, 576
— Station, Fuel, Model of Plant for Sulphur
Recovery from Flue Gases, 289 ; Work of, 476*, 505*
Post Office, Dollis Hill, Work of, 428
— — Rubber, Delft, Holland, Inauguration of,
658, 694*
— — Sunbury, “ Sunbury ” Drill Dynamo
meter, 487*
— Transonic, in United States, 359
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoirs for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213,
253
— for Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes, 481*
— Soil Erosion and Silt Deposits in, 213, 254
— Tank, Concrete, Prestressed by “ Preload ”
System, 396*
— William Girling, London Water Supply,
Opening of, 307
Reshaping Machine for Concrete Road Joints (G. H. Tennant Co.), 368*
Resin, Synthetic, Adhesives, Summer School at Duxford, 435
for Protection of Concrete Tanks, 776* Resistance, Air. See Aeronautics
— Electric. See Electric
— Welding. See Welding
Resistor, 2,000-kW Forced-Cooled (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 384*
Retired Engineers, Employment of, 51
Retorts for Gas Works, Development of, 39 Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX “ Revolution ” Side-Delivery Rake, 149* Reynolds Numbeis, Critical, for Steady and Pulsating Flow, 389*
Reyrolle, .A., and Co., Ltd., Switchgear, West Ham “B” Power Station, 77*; 2,500- MVA 132-kV Circuit-Breaker, 133*; 20/300-Ampere Welding Machine, 322* ; Electric Motor for Ring Spinning Frames, 322*; 1,500-MVA 33-kV Metalclad
Switchgear, 322*
| Rhodesia Castle,” S.S., Passenger and Cargo, Union-Castle Line, 587*
Richardson, Dr. F. D., on Chemistry in Metal Extraction, 569*. See 278
Riddles, R. A., Mixed-Traffic Tank Locomotive, 138*; Standard 12-ton Covered Goods Van for British Railways, 493*
Ridgeway, J. W„ on Radio Valve Manufacture, 63
Ridsdale and Co., Ltd., Testing Equipment for Moulding Sands, 289
Ritchie, Sir J. M„, the Late, 238
River Jordan Valley, Proposed Irrigation
Scheme for, 481*
— Kafue, and Kariba Gorge Hydro-Electric
Projects, Report on, 49
— Neath, Gas Pipeline Beneath, 567*
— Pollution, Research on, 498
— Severn, Castle Bridge over, at Shrewsbury,
780*
— Tagus, Road Bridge over, Portugal, 801*
— Tamar, Royal Albert Bridge over, Construc
tion of, 633*
— Thames Weirs, “ Birmabright” Sluice
Gates for, 592*
— Tyne, Opening of Pedestrian Tunnel under,
115
— Yarmuk and Jordan Valley Irrigation
Schemes, 481*
— Zambesi, Hydro-Electric Power from, 49 Rivet, Aluminium-Alloy, Properties and Driving of, 627
Riveting in Ships, Investigation on, 192
— and Welding of Aluminium-Alloy Struc
tures, 627
Road Bridge over River Tagus, Portugal, 801* Welded Deck (Review), 355
— Concrete, Demonstration of Machines for
Maintenance of Joints, 368*
— in Midlands and South West, Need for Im
provements in , 467
— Motor, First Hundred (Review),. 516
— Planning and Safety, 151
— and Rail Traffic, Co-ordination of, 634
— Research Laboratory, Demonstration of
Machines for Maintenance of Concrete Road Joints, 368*
— Stones and Chippings, Specification, 440
— Surfaces at Nuneaton Motor-Vehicle Re
search Proving Ground, 12*, 716*
— Surfacing, Rubber-Bitumen (Rubber Road
ways, Ltd.), 268*. See Erratum, 376
— System, “ Freeway,” at Los Angeles, 196*
— Traction, Railless Electric. See Trolley ’Bus —? Transport Vehicles, Mchanical, British,
1851-1951, 69
— Wear on Tyres, Factors Influencing, 791,818 Robb, H., the Late, 238, 276
Robertson, T. S., on Brittle Fracture of Mild Steel, 445*. See 278. See LETTER, 371
Rocket Power Plants, Heat Transfer in, 341 Rockweld, Ltd., Diesel-Driven Welding Set, 328 Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Diskus Grinding Machine, 272*
Rod, Cylindrical, Vibrations of, Investigation on, 409*
— Reinforcement for Prestressed Concrete,
707*
Roe, A. V. and Co., Ltd., “ Avro ” 707B and 7O7A Research Aircraft, 353*
Roe, A. V. (Canada), Ltd., “Orenda” Axial- Flow Turbo-Jet Aeroplane, Engine, 735*
Roebuck, J. (1718-1794), Chemical-Engineering Work of, 91
Rogers, D. C., on Triode Amplifiers, 63
Rolls, Plate-Bending. See Machine Tools
— Turning, Twinner for Rotating Workpieces
(D. Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 327*
Rolling-Mill Extension Gauge (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 9
Use of Servo-Mechanisms for, 826
for Sheet and Strip, Cold-Reduction, Pittsburg, California, 769*
— — for Steel. Industry, Developments, 234 Tube, Welding Head for (Asea Electric,
Ltd.), 321*
— Sheet and Strip, Continuous Gauge Control
for, 563
— of Silicon-Iron Transformer Sheets, 709
— Stock Improved, Effect on Reduction of
Accidents in 1950, Report of, 722
for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50 Cycles, 499, 521, 545*, 583*
Standard 12-ton Covered Goods Van, 493*
See also Carriages ; Locomotives; Wagons Rolls-Royce Ltd., “ Derwent ” Jet Engines.
M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 41, 121* ; 190-h.p. Supercharged Oil Engine, 44*; Tests of “ Dart ” Propeller -Turbine Aero Engine, 123; “ Avon ” Axial Jet Aeroplane
Engine, 343* ; Measuring Stresses in Aircraft Turbines, 761*
Roman and Greek Engineering, 219
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roofs, Copper Covering for, Standard Code of Practice, 736
— of Pre-cast Concrete Units for Kiln Building,
670*
— Reinforced-Concrete Shell, for Omnibus
Garage, 588*
— Supports, Colliery, Mobile Hydraulic Press
for Bending (Finlay Conveyor Co., Ltd.), 35*
Root Cutter (E. H. Bentall and Co., Ltd.), 136 Rootes Blower for Graf and Stift Oil Engine, 2* Rose, Dr. H. E„ on Measuring Small Particles,. 595
Ross, D., and Partners, Ltd., Twinner Turning Rolls, 327*
Ross, G. F., the Late, 486
Ross, J. A., the Late, 745
Rosser and Russell, Ltd., Valve-Cooling Plant, for Holme Moss Television Station, 459*
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
Rotary Hoes, Ltd., "Bantam” Rotary Cultivator, 22*; Potato-Haulm Pulveriser, 23* ; Howard “ Rotavator ” for Ferguson Tractor, 23* ; Tractor-Drawn Rotary Hoe, 757*; “Gem” Series IV Rotary Cultivator, 757* ; “ Bantam ” Rotary Hoe
with Hymatic Compressor, 757*
— Pump. See Pump
“ Rotavator,” Howard, for Ferguson Tractors. (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 23*
“ Rotavisor ” Film-Loop Cinema Projector, 64
“ Roto-Baler ” for Hay (Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.), 117*
Rotoplunge Pump Co., Ltd., Rotary Plunger Pump, 296*
Rotor for 13,333-kVA Alternator, 130*
— Low-Pressure, for 52-5-MW Turbo-Genera
tor (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd.), 108
?— of Naval Steam Turbines, Behaviour During Trials, 350*
Rotor for 60-MW Steam Turbine (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 668*
— for 60-MW Steam Turbine (C. A. Parsons &
Co., Ltd.), 260*
“ Rotovalve,” Harland-Morgan Smith, for Hydraulic Turbine, 218*. See LETTER. 404
Roughness Records, Hull of M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 154*
Rover Co., Ltd., 275-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder “ Meteorite ” Diesel Engine, 496*
Rowe, F. W., on Steel-Foundry Problems, 466
Rowe, Dr. P. W., on Cantilever Sheet Piling in Cohesionless Soil, 316*. See 279
Rowell, Dr. H. S„ the Late, 629*
Rowhedge Ironworks Co., Ltd., Dredger for Thames Conservancy, 810*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Agricultural Society. See Agricultural
— Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Albert Bridge over River Tamar, Construc
tion of, 633*
— Dockyards, Select Committee Report on, 273
— Festival Hall, Test of Gas-Operated Heat
Pump, 794
— Greenwich Observatory, Astronomer Royal’s
Report, 309

Royal Institution

Programme of Evening Discourses and Afternoon Lectures, 454
Experiments with High-Energy Nucleons and Quanta, by Sir Jwockcroft, 595
New Materials in Engineering, by Dr. T. E. Allibone, 691
Mechanics of Metal Crystals, by Prof.
E. N. da C. Andrade, 787
Royal Netherlands Steel Co., Flame-Radiation Trials, 705*
— Photographic Society’s Exhibition, 336
— School of Mines, Centenary of, 499
— Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Model of
Heroult Electric Steel-Melting Furnace, 336*

Royal Society :

Appointments of Sorby and Armourers and Brasiers Research Fellowships, Sheffield University, 139
Sir Isaac Newton Exhibition, 179
Election of Officers, 797
Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Teaching of Metallurgy, 567, 607
Rubber Abrasion, Elementary Aspects of, 759 and Wear of, 790
— Bitumen Road Surfacing (Rubber Roadways, Ltd.), 268.* See Erratum, 376
— Machinery at Rubber Research Station, Delft, 694*
— Model for Combined Bending and Torsional Tests, 661*
— for Protection of Concrete Tanks, 775*
— Raw, Physical Tests for, Specification, 736

Rubber Research Foundation, Dutch:

International Conference on Abrasion and Wear, Delft: Programme, 243; Reports of Proceedings, 658, 694, 724, 758, 790, 818
Inauguration of Rubber Research Station, Delft, 658, 694*
War on Wear, by Prof. H. Blok, 658, 724 Chemical Causes of Wear, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 724
Morphological Aspects of Abrasion and Wear, by Dr. G. Salomon, 725
Abrasion Resistance of Paints, by Dr. N. A. Brunt, 758
Elementary Aspects of Rubber Abrasion, by Dr. A. Schallamach, 759
Abrasion and Wear of Rubber, by J. M. Buist, 790
Some Factors Influencing Road Wear of Tyres, by Dr. R. D. Stiehler, M. N. Steel and J. Mandel, 791, 818
Friction and Surface Damage of Non- Metallic Solids, by Dr. F. P. Bowden, 797. See 694, 724
Rubber Research Station, Delft, Holland, Inauguration of, 658, 694*
Rubber Roadways, Ltd., Rubber-Bitumen Road Surfacing, 268*. See Erratum, 376
— Valves for Industrial Users (Warren, Morri
son, Ltd.), 287*
Ruddick, M„ on Heat Exchangers for Gas Turbines, 229*
Ruddle, R. W., on Solidification of Sand Castings, 422
Runners for Reaction Hydraulic Turbines, 186*. See LETTER, 404
Rural Electrification Investigations at Shinfield Field Station, 615*
Progress in, 637
in Scotland, 276, 313*
Russia, Iron and Steel Production in, 519
Russell, J. S., Shipbuilding bv, 11, 25*
Russell, Newbery and Co., Ltd., 7-h.p. SingleCylinder Diesel Engine, 360*; 120-h.p. Six-Cylinder Marine Diesel Engine, 360*; 20-kW Diesel-Driven Generating Set, 360*; Emergency Marine Fire Pump, 360*; 53-b.h.p. Four-Cylinder Marine Engine, for Dredger, 811*
Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Model of 750-kW Industrial Gas Turbine, 108; 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Narrow-Gauge Locomotive, 290*; 67-5-h.p. Four-Cylinder Marine
Diesel Engine, 290*; 67-5-h.p. Marine Diesel-Driven Generating Set, 290* ; 11- h.p. Marine Diesel-Driven Fire Pumping Set, 291* ; 240/180-b.h.p. Dual-Fuel Engine, 799*; Peat Burning Gas Turbine, 824*
Ruston, S., on Electrical Properties of Silicon- Iron Transformer Sheets, 708

SA-4 Bomber Aircraft, 342*
Sabie Hydro-Electric Power Station, South Africa, 242
Safety of Life at Sea. See Life-Saving
— Road, and Road Planning, 151
Sailors, Radio Receiver for (Stratton and Co., Ltd.), 290
“ Salamander Suprex ” Crucibles for Arduous Duty, 295
Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., Converter for Electrical Measurement of Mechanical Quantities, 300*
— Substation, 33-kV Metalclad Switchgear for,
331*
Salomon, Dr. G., on Morphological Aspects of Abrasion and Wear, 725
Salt Manufacture, Early History of, 91
Saltash, Royal Albert Bridge at, 633*
Sampling of Small Coal, Theory of, 452*. See LETTERS, 692, 756
“ Samson ” Coal Loader, 34*
“ San Francisco,” M.S., Stresses in, 469
Sands, Aggregates and Fillers, Sampling and Testing of, Specification, 239
— Moulding, Testing Equipment for (Ridsdale
and Co., Ltd.), 289
— Pump, 12-in. Linatex (Wilkinson Rubber
Linatex, Ltd.), 262*
— Trap Tank, Prestressed-Concrete, for Sea
water Magnesia Manufacture, 235* Sandberg, S., on Cable-Holders for Power Transmission Lines, 61*
Sankey, J., and Sons, Ltd.,.Heat Exchanger for Coal-Burning Gas Turbine, 728*
“ Sapphire ” Axial Turbojet Aeroplane Engine, 391*
Saunders-Roe, Ltd., Final Stages in Erection of “ Princess ” Flying Boat, 563
Saville, J., and Sons, Visual Aids to Industry Exhibition, 564
Saws. See Machine Tools
Scale, Oxide, Adherence to Copper, 423 Schallamach, Dr. A., on Elementary Aspects of Rubber Abrasion, 759
Schiess Horizontal Boring Machine, 685*
Schmidt, Prof. F. A. F., on Self-Ignition Characteristics of Fuels, 524
Schokker, J. C. Arkenbout, on Design of Combined Research, Training and Cargo Ship, 18, 199
Scholarships. See Education
Schroder, Dr. W„ on Tests of Engines with Crankcase Compression, 524
Schnellpressenfabrik Heidelberg, Cylinder Printing Machine, 38*
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., CrossWire Multiple Welding Machine, 322*; Bench-Mounted Spot Welder, 322*
Science'Museum, South Kensington, Festival 1851-1951 Exhibition of Science at, 247; Willans Exhibition at, 685. See 598
—- Neglect of, Instances (Review), 241
— and Technology, British Contribution to,
177, 182, 212
Scientific Exhibits in Dome of Discovery, 246
— Instrument Research Association, British,
Constant Direct-Current Source, 104*
— Management. See Works Management
— Policy, Advisory Council on, Annual Report •
of, 147
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Sclayn Bridge, Belgium, Use of Prestressed- Concrete for, 707*
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— Iron and Steel Industry in, 567, 607
— Mining Institute of. See Mining
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, Fannich
Scheme, 65*, 129* ; Annual Report, 123 ,- Plant for, 185*; Electrical Aspects of Modem Development, 276, 313*
— Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, i
270, 302, 334, 398, 430, 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 782, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Rural Electrification in, 276, 313*
— South-Eastern, Scientific Survey of (Re
view), 644
Scott, Sir G. G., Bankside Power Station, 624* Scottish Seaweed Research Association, Annual Report, 108
Scrap, European Needs for, 74,179
— Iron and Steel, Increased Prices for, 275
— Reclamation and Metal Economics, 553, 596
— Steel European Needs for, 74,179
Screens, Aluminium-Backed for Cathode-Ray Tubes, 63
— Shaft, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65* Screws, Bolts, Nuts and Washers, B.A., Specification, 47
Nuts and Washers, Hexagon, Specification, 440
— Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics
— Threads, Gauging and Measuring, Report
on, 369
Sea. Safety of Life at, International Convention for, 1952, 788
“ Sea Venom 20 ” Aircraft, 354*
Sea-Water Magnesia Manufacture, Prestressed- Concrete Tanks for, 235*
Piping, Corrosion-Resisting Alloys for, 422
?— Weed Research Association, Scottish; Annual Report, 108
Seaboard, Koppers, Process for Sulphur Re-' covery, 181
Seals, Reciprocating, Low-Pressure, for hydraulic Control Valves, 787
Seaman, M., on Training in Two Crafts, 596. See 568
Seaplanes. See Aeronautics
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric; also Motor Vehicles; Motor Trucks
Seed Drill and Fertiliser Distributor, Combine (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
Seeder, Precision (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 22* Segregates in Nickel and Nickel-Vanadium Steels, Properties of, 778
Seifert, H. S„ on Heat Transfer in Rocket Power Plants, 341
Self-Changing Gear Co., Ltd., Reverse- Reduction Gearbox for Motor Launch, 496*
Selson, F. M., the Late, 646
Semar, H. W., on Higher Steam Conditions for Ships’ Machinery, 17, 86
Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., 240-b.h.p. Four- Cylinder Diesel Engine, 405*
Separator, Centrifugal, for Turbine Lubricating Oil (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 294*
— Magnetic, Franz Isodynamic, for Ores, 371 Service Aviation. See Aeronautics Serviette, Paper, Machine for Making (R.
Giebeler), 39*
Servo Mechanisms, Electrical, 825
Severn River, Castle Bridge over, at Shrewsbury, 780*
Sewage Disposal, and Public Health, 6
— Effluents and River Pollution, 498
— Disposal and Sewerage, 233
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Sewerage and Sewage Disposal, 233
Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Gate, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*
— Grooved, Maximum Torsional Stress in, 436.
See LEITER, 531*
— Screen, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65* Shafting, Marine Propeller, Stresses in
Measurement of, 18, 228
Shaping Machine. See Machine Tools
Shaw, J., and Sons (Salford), Ltd., Hydraulic Press for Peat, 824*
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Shearman, J„ on British Mechanical Road Transport Vehicles, 1851-1951, 69
Sheet Mill, Cold-Reduction, Pittsburg, California, 769*
— Piling, Cantilever, in Cohesionless Soil,
Investigation on, 316*
— Rolling, Continuous Gauge Control in, 563 Sheeting and Film, Polyvinyl-Chloride, Flexible, Specification, 603
Sheffield, Hadfields, Ltd., Heavy Forge Shop, 595, 616*
— University Appointments of Sorby Research
Fellow, 139
Shell, Cylindrical, Vibrations of. Investigaticn on, 410*
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., 25-ton Motor Lorry with Loading Winch, 301*; Gas-Turbine Alternator for M.S. “ Auris,” 307; “ Dorset ” Tank Fuelling Lorry, 577*
Shenstone, B. S., on Engineering Problems in Aircraft Operation, 341
Shepheard, R. B., on Ships’ Structures, A Century of Progress, 25*, 192. See 10. See Erratum, 90
Shih, Dr. S. H., on Critical Reynolds Numbers for Steady and Pulsating Flow, 389* Shinfield Field Research Station, Rural Electrification Investigations at, 615*
Ship, Cargo, Using Oil Fuel, Fire Prevention in, 279
— — Training and Research, Combined,
Design of, 18, 199
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics,
147, 564
— Construction, Prefabrication in, 18, 200
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Festival Exhibition, “ Campania,” 266
— Launching. See Launching
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
— Main Longitudinal Stresses in, 469
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experi
ments
— Motions, Investigations on, 17, 165
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Pro
pulsion
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Small, High-Speed (Review), 179
— Structures, A Century of Progress, 10, 25*,
192. See Erratum, 90
— Window Manufacture by Bull’s Metal and
Melloid Co., Ltd., 717*
— See also Marine ; Motorships ; Shipping ;
Steamers ; W ar ships ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
? in Scotland, Institution of. See
Engineers
Shipbuilding, Application of Aluminium Alloys to (Birmabright, Ltd.), 265
— A Century of Progress, 10, 25*, 192. See
Erratum, 90
— Cleavage Fracture of Steel Ship Plates,
Investigations on, 690. See also Plate Steel
— Combined Cargo, Training and Research
Ships, Design of, 18, 199
— Dredger for Thames Conservancy, 810*
—- Exhibits at Exhibition of Industrial Power, Glasgow, 167
—• S.S. “ Kenya,” 393*, 438*
— Launch of S.S. “World Unity,” 500
— Launches and Trial Trips, 15, 47, 96, 128,
160, 175, 207, 239, 288, 330, 395 (See Erratum, 566), 431, 500, 511, 544, 608, 640, 704, 800
— Main Longitudinal Stresses in Ships, 469
— Naval. See Warships
— M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry,” 139*
— 28,000-ton Oil Tankers for Anglo-Saxon
Petroleum Co., Ltd., 641*
— Prefabrication in, 18, 200
— Repairs to United States Ships in Pacific,
18, 227
— S.S. “ Rhodesia Castle,” 587*
— Single-Screw Cargo, M.S. “ Ciudad de
Medellin,” 127*
— Single-Screw Cargo, Danish, M.S. “Nicoline”
Maersk,” 171*
— Vessels under Construction, Lloyd’s Statis
tics, 147, 564
— — Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
— Yard, Clydebank, Centenary of, 817
— See also Steamers ; Naval; Warships and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping, International Cargo-Handling Coordination Committee, Proposed Formation, 467
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shock, Journey, Recorder (Printing, Packaging and Allied Trades Research Association),10*
— Tests. See Impact Tests under Tests
(Materials)
Shop Management. See Works Management
Shoreham-by-Sea, Cement Works at, 97*
Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., SA-4 Bomber Aircraft, 342*
— Circuit Testing Authorities, Association of,
Booklets by, 139
Short, H. G., on High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
Show. See Exhibition
Shrewsbury, Castle Bridge over River Severn 780*
Sidery, A. J., on Conservation of Metals, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, 553. See 596 Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd., 10-kV Air-Operated Seam Welder, 361*
Sieving, Mechanical Vibrator for, 429*
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Vertical Mechanical Comparator, 85*; Inspection Machines, 464*
Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., Gateshead Factory of, 652*
Signalling, Railway, Alternating-Current Relays for, Specification, 207
Electric, History and Development, 19 Silica, Molecular Structure of, 570*
Silt Deposits and Soil Erosion in Reservoirs, 213, 254
— Deposition in Thames Estuary, Investiga
tion on,498
“ Silver Streak ” Short Biplane, 1921, 537*
Simon Engineering Group, Research and Development Centre, 19, 75*
Simplex Dairy Equipment Co., Ltd., “ Universal ” Portable Milking Machine, 757*; “ Downham-Simplex ” Animal Spraying Tunnel, 757*
Sims, R. B„ on Continuous Gauge Control on Sheet and Strip Rolling, 563
Sinclair, A., the Late, 644
Sir John Cass College, Evening Courses, 271,766 Skin Friction. See .FncZioa; Hydrodynamics Slack and Parr, Ltd., Variable-Pitch Reversing Marine Propeller, 359
Slip Bands in Metals, Origin and Meaning of, 503
— Dislocations in Metal Crystals, 277, 332 S.L.M. Twin-Engine Marine Gearbox, 294* Sludge; See Sewage
Sluice Gates, “ Birmabright,” for River Thames Weirs, 592*
Slurry, Coal, Utilisation of, 189, 214
— Plant, Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea,
98*
Small, Prof. J., on University of Glasgow Post- Graduate Course in Applied Thermodynamics, 53. See LETTER, 83
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smidth, F. L., and Co., Ltd., “ Fluxo” Packing Machine, 100*
Smith, Prof. C. A. M. the Late, 212
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on Locke, Stephenson and Brunel, 692. See 595, 599*, 633*
Smith, G. G., the Late, 20
Smith, T., and Son (Rodley), Ltd., “Super- Ten ” Excavator, 166
Smithfield Show and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 673*. 713*, 757* 777
Smoke Abatement Society, National, Blackpool Conference, Programme, 371, 430. See LETTER, 564
— Elimination for Lancashire Boilers, 505*
— Extraction Unit for Fire Fighting (Woods of
Colchester, Ltd.), 602*
Smyth, E. W., the Late, 817
“ Snarler ” Rocket Motor, 353*
Soag Machinery Co., 42-in. Paper Guillotine, 39*
Soaps, Methods of Analysis of, Specification, 207
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Jnstifutfows
— Trade. See Labour; Labour Notes;
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Soda, Caustic, Wash Process for Sulphur Recovery, 182
Soete, Prof. W., on Stress and Brittle Fracture, 723, 745
Soil, Cohesionless, Cantilever Sheet Piling in, Investigation on, 316*
— Erosion and' Silt Deposits in Reservoirs,
213, 254
— Mechanics Investigations by Building
Research Board, 786
Soil Mechanics, Ltd., Reclamation Work at Southampton, 737*
— Size-Distribution Analyses, Mechanical
Sieving for, 429*
Solar Observations at Royal Observatories, 310 Solids, Friction and Lubrication of (Review), 164
— Non-Metallic, Friction and Surface Damage
to 694, 724, 797
Solidification of Non-Ferrous Metal Alloys, Mode of, in Sand Castings, 422
Solus-Schall, Ltd., 140-kV Mobile X-Ray Equipment, 326*
Sorby Research Fellow, Dr. B. A. Bilby appointed at Sheffield University, 139
Sound-Resisting Cabin, M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 122*
— Transmitter, Holme Moss B.B.C. Television
Station, 459*
Sounding, Echo, Equipment (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 167
— — Equipment (Submarine Signal Co.
(London), Ltd.), 290
South Africa Electricity Supply Commission, Annual Report, 242
— Kensington, Science Museum, Festival
Exhibition of Science at, 247; Willans Exhibition at, 685. See 598
— West England and South Wales, Notes
from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, 270, 302, 334, -398, 430, 462, 494, 526, 558, 590, 622, 654, 686, 718, 750, 782, 812. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorkshire, Notes from. See Lancashire and
South Yorkshire
Southampton Harbour Board, Dredging and Reclamation Work, 737*
Southend-on-Sea, MarineRadar'School, 255* Southern Instruments, Ltd., Automatic Developer for Dev»>oping Oscillograms, 43
Space and Numbers (Review), 419
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
Spectrophotometer and “ Physical Eye ” Colorimeter (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 105*
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion
— Regulation. See also Governing
— Trials. See Trials
Spencer and Halstead, Ltd., Welding-Fume Extractor, 327*
Spencer, K. A., on Cathodic Protection of Buried Steel Structures, 786
Spillway Construction for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 254
Spray Boom, “ Nodrif ” (Pest Control, Ltd.), 73*
Sprayer, Crop, Tractor-Mounted (E. Allman and Co., Ltd.), 714*
Spraying Tunnel, Animal, “ Downham- Simplex ” (Simplex Dairy Equipment Co., Ltd.), 757*
Spreader, Manure (Atkinson’s Agricultural Appliances- Ltd.), 74*
Stability of Aeroplane. See Aeronautics Stack, J., on Experimental Methods for Transonic Research, 359
Staines, Causeway Works, Petters, Ltd., 747* Stanchions. See (7oZw»ms ; Struts
Standards, British, Fifty Years of, 1901-1951 _ (Review), 101
— Components for Jigs and Fixtures (J. B.
Purefoy Unit Tooling, Ltd.), 287*
— Institution, British, Approved Procedure
for. Electrical Equipment for Canadian Market, 275; Codes of Practice for Portable Fire Extinguishers, 671; for Sound and Television Broadcast Reception, 671; for Gas-Fired Boilers for Central Heating by Hot Water, 207; for Arc- Welded Construction, 512 ; for Electrical Fire Alarms, 527; for Copper Coverings for Roofs, 736. Glossary of Terms in Plastics Industry, 440
British, Specification, Motors for Battery- Operated Road Vehicles and Industrial Trucks, 15; Enamelled Round Copper Wire, 15; B.A. Screws, Bolts, Nuts and Washers, 47; Woven Asbestos Binding Tape for Electrical Purposes, 47 ; Flanged Cast-Iron Gate Valves for Petroleum Industry, 79; Cast-Iron Smooth-Tube Economisers with Pressed-Socket Joints, 79; Filling Ratios for Liquefiable Gases, 79; Micrometer Items, 207; Bevel Mechanical and Optical Protractors, 207 ; Alternating-Current Relays for Railway- Signalling, 207 ; Methods for Analysis of Soaps, 207; Methods for Testing and Sampling Mineral Aggregates, Sands and Fillers. 239; Power-Driven Derrick Cranes, 271; Power-Driven Mobile Cranes, 271; Hexagon Bolts, Screws, Nuts and Washers, 440 ; Carbon-Steel Castings for Surface Hardening, 440; Knurling Wheels, 440; Road Stone and Chippings, 440; Identification Scheme for Aircraft Pipelines, 458; Galvanised-Steel Cisterns, Tanks and Cylinders, 512; Hose Couplings, 512; Wrought Aluminium-Alloy Forgings and Plate, 512 ; Steam Turbines, 512; Pipe Flanges for Use on Internal- Combustion Engines, 527 ; Portable Fire Extinguishers, 527; Flexible Polyvinyl- Chloride Film and Sheeting, 603; Steel Tubes for Mechanical, Structural and General Engineering Purposes, 603; Single-Bucket Excavators, 603 ; Atmospheric Pollution Deposit Gauges, 671 ?; Jointing Materials for Water, Town Gas, and Low-Pressure Steam Installations 671.; Bronze Welding by Gas, 671; Fireclay Refractories for Petroleum Industry, 736 ; Physical Tests of Raw Rubber, 736 ; Method for Analysis of Tin in Ferro-Tungsten and Tungsten Metal, 736 ; Screwing Taps, 736
British, Use of Specifications Abroad, 788
— of Living, Food, Population and Industry,
593. See LETTER, 692
— — and Work Consciousness, 721
Standard Oil Co. Ferrox Process for Sulphur Recovery, 181
— Physical, Investigations in Australia, 566,
613
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., ElectroGas Heating Equipment, 362* ; Coaxial
• Cables for Holme Moss. Television Station, 460
Standardisation of Internal-Combustion Engines for Services, 700
Stanic Company, Italy, Oil-Refinery Plant of, 108*
Stanley, W. F„ and Co., Ltd., Navigational Equipment, 289
Starkey versus Railway Executive, 787 Starter, Cartridge, for “ Nene ” Turbo-Jet
Engine (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 819* -— Motor. See Motors, Electric Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd., Bench and
Floor Drilling Machines, 827* State-Owned Industries and Legal Aid, 787
— Railways. See Railways
Station, Paddington, Work of I. K. Brunel on, 633*. See LETTER, 692
— Power. See Power Stations
Statistics of Iron and Steel Industries of Overseas Countries, 1949, 529
and Steel Industry of United Kingdom, 1950, 529
— Trade. See Trade
Stator for 13,333-kVA Alternator, 130* Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Conditions, Higher, for Ships’ Machinery,
17, 86
— Cycles in Power Stations, 509
— Condensation. See ContZensaZton
— Consumption. See Trials ; Coal Consump
tion
— for District Heating of Housing Estates
Steam Engines. See Engines
— High-Pressure and Temperature, Use in
Ships, 17, 86
— Installations, Low-Pressure, in Buildings,
Jointing Materials for, Specification, 671
— Trials. See Trials
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers, under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics’, 147, 564
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propul
sion
— Experiments of de Jouffroy d’Abbans, 679*
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Pro
pulsion
— “ Great Eastern,” Construction of, 11, 25*
— “ Kenya,” Twin-Screw Passenger and
Cargo, 82, 393*, 438*
— Launchingof. See Launching
— Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 755
— Oil-Tank, “World Unity,” Launch of, 500
— -— Tank. See also Oil Tankers
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers
— “ Rhodesia Castle,” Passenger and Cargo,
Union-Castle Line, 587*
— “Velutina,” “ Verena,” “Volsella” and
“ Velletia,” 641*
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion ;
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships ; " PARAGRAPH INDEX
Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steel, Alloy, Developments and Properties of, 277, 343, 378. See LETTER, 371
— Bars for Reinforced Concrete, Stresses in,
755
— Brittleness in, Due to Phosphorus and
Nitrogen, 502*, 540*. See' also Plate
— Carbon, Rationing of, 243
Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Opening of
Abbey Works, 82* ; Welding Machine for Steel Strip, 820*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See. Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Kwraaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Hot-workability of, Effect of Non-Metallic
Inclusions in, 372
— Martensitic, Transformation in Tempering
of, 779
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs;
Metallography
— Mild, Notch-Bar Testing, in Relation to
Welded Construction, 670, 723, 745, 796 Steel, M. N„ on Factors Influencing Road
Wear of Tyres, 791, 818
— Molybdenum, Intergranular Cracking in
Under Tension, 30*
— Nickel-Alloy, Mechanical Properties of. 215*
— — and Nickel-Vanadium, Properties of
Segregates in, 778
— Pipe; Welded, Heat Treatment of, 125*,
157*, 191*
— Plates in Ships, Fracture of, 10, 192. See
also Plate
— Production and Consumption in World, 519
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Scrap, European Needs for, 74, 179
— Sheet and Strip, Cold-Reduction Mill for,
769*
— Ship Plates, Fracture Cleavage of, Investi
gations on, 690. See also Plate
— for Shipbuilding, 25. See Erratum, 90
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
(Materials)
— Structures, Buried, Protection of, 786
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Tubes, Buried, Corrosion of, 786
for Mechanical, Structural and General
Engineering Purposes, Specification, 603
— Works. See Works
Steelwork, Structural, Arc-Welded, Standard
Code of Practice, 512
Stephen, A., and Sons, Ltd., M.S. “Cornwall,”
Gearbox for Twin Diesel Engines, 631* Stephenson Building, King’s College, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817 Stereoptics : An Introduction (Review), 740 Stewartby, Research Laboratories of London Brick Co., 55
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 200-h.p. Diesel-
Hydraulic Shunting Locomotive, 95*
Stiehler, Dr. R. D., on Factors Influencing
Road Wear of Tyres, 791, 818
Stock, R. V. W., Sluice Gates of “ Birmabright ” Light Alloy, 592*
Stockings, Packaging Machine for (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 93*
Stockport, Cheadle Heath, Simon Engineering Group, Research and Development Centre, 19, 75*
Stockton-on-Tees New Factory, Power Gas Corporation, 267
Stoke-on-Trent, Whieldon Works, Doulton and Co., Ltd., 670*
Stoker, Mechanical, for High-Ash Coal, 188, 189, 214. See LETTER, 276
Stoker, W. R., on Inhibited Transformer Oil, 819
Stones and Chippings, Road, Specification, 440 Stone, H. E. N., on High-Purity Iron and Iron
Alloys, 777
Storage Battery. See Accumulator under
Electric ; Motor Vehicles; Motor Trucks
— Tanks, Prestressed-Concrete, for Seawater
Magnesia Manufacture, 235*
Stout, E. G., on High-Speed Hydrodynamic Development, 441*, 478*. See 341
Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd., Packaging Machine for Stockings, 93*
Strain Gauge, Use in Marine Shafting, 18, 228
— See also Stress
Stratton and Co., Ltd., Radio Receiverfor Sailors,
290
Straub, Prof. F. G., Degassing Condenser, 361* Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., Filter for Used Lubricating Oil, 261*
Street, Dr. B. G., on Crystal Structure of Graphite in Cast Iron, 695
— Lighting, Ministry of Transport’s Circular,
435
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests
(Materials)
Stresses in Aircraft Turbines, Measurement of, 761*
— Alternating and Combined. See Tests
(Materials)
— Analysis, Experimental, Society for, Mea
surement of Turbine Stresses in Aircraft Engines in Laboratory, on Test Bed and in Flight, by D. A. Drew, 761*
of Multi-Bay Single-Storey Frameworks, 772*, 804*
— Corrosion in Welded Pipelines, 158*
— in Ingot Moulds, Symposium on, 710, 741
— Main Longitudinal, in Ships, 469
— in Marine Propellers and Propeller Shafting,
18, 228
— in Motor Vehicle Structures, 716*
— in Overhead-Line Cables, 61*
— in Prestressed-Concrete Structures, 676*.
707*
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— in Ships’ Structures, 28*, 199
— in Steel Bars for Reinforced Concrete, 755
— Torsional, Maximum, in Grooved Shafts,
436. See LETTER, 531*
— Uniformly Increasing, Effect on Steel, 540* Stressed Concrete Design, Ltd., Prestressing
Equipment for Concrete Tanks, 235*
Stringer, J., on Ingot-Mould Temperature Measurement, 741
Strip Mill, Cold-Reduction, Pittsburg, California, 769*
— Rolling, Continuous Gauge Control in, 563 Strobich, M„ on Effect of Inclusions on Workability of Steel, 372
Structural Design of Aeroplanes. See Aeroplanes under Aeronautics
— Members, Thin-Walled, Behaviour in Com
pression, 281*
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, Aluminium-Alloy, Welding and
Riveting of, 627
— Concrete, and Corrosion, 775*
— Prismatic, Design of (Review), 451
— Reinforced-Concrete. See CowcreZe, Rein
forced
— Single-Storey Multi-Bay, Elastic Stress
Analysis of, 772*, 804*
— Statically-Indeterminate', Prestressed-Con
crete, Symposium on, 676*, 707*
Struts, Critical Loads of, Determination, 629, 788
— Thin-Walled, Behaviour in Compression,
281*
— See also Columns
Stuart Lecture on Properties of Combustion Gases, 347*, 379*
Stubbs, R. L., on World Supply of Non-Ferrous
Metals, 702*, 732*. See 519 Submarine Boats. See TFarsArps Submarine Cables, Ltd., Submarine Telephone
Cable, Holland-Denmark, 435
Submarine Signal Co. (London), Ltd., Echo-
Sounding Equipment, 290
— Telegraphs. See Telegraphy
Substation, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 387
— 33-kV Metalclad Switchgear for (Metropoli
tan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 331*
— Remote and Supervisory Control of, 699
— for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50
Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*
Sucksmith, Prof. W., on Magnetic Analysis of Iron-Carbon Alloys, 779
Sugar Manufacture, Early History of, 91
— Massecuite, Raw, Pump for (Comet Pump
and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 297*
Sulphur Compounds, Removal from Industrial Gases, 180
— Dioxide Emission from Power Stations, 113
— in Flue Gases, Investigations by Fuel Re
search Board, 657
— in Flue Gases, Recovery of, 36
— in Flue Gases, Recovery of, Model of Plant
for, 289
— in Flue Gases, Recovery of, Pilot Plant for,
507*
— in Gas, Town, Report on Removal, 667*
— in Marine Oil Fuels, Effect of, 136
— Production and Consumption of, 628
— Removal from Town Gas, Report on, 667* Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, Early History of,
91
Sun. See Solar
Sunbury Research Station, “ Sunbury ” Drill Dynamometer, 487*
“ Suparide ” Sprung Fork for Motor Cycles, 649 “ Super-Ten ” Excavator, 166
Supercharging of Diesel Engines, Investigations in, 525
Supermarine “ Swift ” Fighter Aircraft, 343* ; Supermarine 508 Naval Fighter Aircraft, 343*
" Superpoise ” 2-3 ton Motor Vehicle, 124*
Supersonic Flaw Detector (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 296*
Supply, Ministry of, House of Commons Statement on Atomic Power for Industry, 51; Iron and Steel Consumers’ Council, 148; Increased Prices for Iron and Steel, 211; Prestressed-Concrete Tanks at Hartlepool, 235* ; Rationing of Carbon Steel, 243 ; Prices of Iron and Steel Scrap, 275 ; Statistics of Production and Consumption of Sulphur, 628 ; Standardisation of Internal- Combustion Engines for Services, 700
Surf ace'Condensers. See Condensers
— Damage and Friction of Non-Metallic
Solids, 694, 724, 797
— Finish, Methods of Examination, 649*
— Measuring Machine, “ Talysurf ” (Taylor,
Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 85*
Surge Shaft, Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 66*
Surrey Iron Railway, Visit of Newcomen Society, 435
Survey, Scientific, of South-Eastern Scotland (Review), 644
Surveying Instruments, Precision (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 105
Sutcliffe, R„ Ltd., Tail-Ends for Coal Conveyors, 34*
Sutton, Dr. H., on Conservation of Metals, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, 553. See 596
Svenska Aluminiumkompaniet, Cable Holders for Power-Transmission Lines, 61*
Sweeney, Dr. D. C., on Preliminary Investigation of Hydraulic Lock, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
Swift, Prof. H. W., on Cup-Drawing from Flat Blanks, 723
“ Swift ” Supermarine Fighter Aircraft, 343* Switches, Motor Starting. See Motors, Electric Switchgear, Accidents with, 497
— Air-Break, 600-Volt (General Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 511*
— Circuit-Breaker, 750-MVA 66-kV (Ferguson, Pailin, Ltd.), 134*
— Breaker, 2,500-MVA 132-kV (A. ReyroUe and Co., Ltd.), 133*
Breaker, 3,500 MVA, 165-kV (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 134
Breaker, Air-Blast, Arc Form'and Movementin, 711*, 743*
Breaker, Air-Blast, Experimental, 586* Breakers, Air-Blast, High-Voltage, Development of, 417*. See Erratum, 488
— — Breaker, Air-Break, 650-Volt 2,000-Amp.
(Dorman and Smith, Ltd.), 264*
Breaker, Oil, “ Bantam ” (G. Ellison), 265

TAGUS, RIVER, Portugal, Road Bridge over, 801*
Tail-Ends for Coal Conveyors (R. Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 34*
“ Talysurf ” Surface Measuring Machine, 85*
Tamar, River, Royal Albert Bridge Over, Construction of, 633*
Tangential Water Wheels. See Pelton Wheels Tanks, Ballast, for Ships, Introduction of, 26
— for “ Dorset ” Fuelling Lorry, 577*
— Experimental, Ship, International Conference of Superintendents, Washington, 437
Ship Motions, Investigations on, 17, 165
— Galvanised-Steel, Specification, 512
— for Liquids, Concrete, Anti-Corrosion Treatment of, 775*
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Oil-Storage, Concrete, 108*
— Prestressed-Concrete, Palliser Works, Hartlepool, 235*
— Quenching. Heavy Forge Shop, Hadfields,
Ltd., 616*
— Reservoir, Concrete, Prestressed by “Pre
load ” System, 396*
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships; Oil Tankers
— Steamers. See Steamers; Oil Tankers Tap, Screwing, Specification, 736
Tape, Binding, for Electrical Purposes, Woven Asbestos, Specification, 47
Tar Production by Gas Works, 753
Tarpen Engineering Co., Ltd., Air Jet and Priming Unit for Concrete Road Joints, 368*
Taylor, Dr. A. A., on Use of High-Ash Coals in Electricity-Supply Industry; 188. See 214 Taylor, Dr. D., on Electronic Instrumentation of Nucleonics, 63
Taylor, Dr. H. G., on Arc Welding of Thick Aluminium-Alloy Plate, 627
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., “Talysurf” Surface Measuring Machine, 85*
Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 76* : Prestressed-Concrete Footbridge at Shrewsbury, 780*
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Personnel Committee, Reconstitution of, 147 —= Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— Writing, Scheme for Encouragement of, 627 Technological Education, Need for Extension
of, 241
Technology and Science, British Contribution to, 177,182, 212
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunications Principles (Review). 6
— 100 Years’ Progress in, 71
— Research at Dollis Hill Research Station, 428 Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd., Automatic
Condenser-Sorting Equipment, 312*
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., Plastic-Sheath Telephone Cable, 223 ; Transmission Feeders at Holme Moss Television Station, 235; Coaxial Cables for Holme Moss Television Station, 460
Telegraphy, 100 Years’ Progress in, 71
— Submarine, Cross-Channel, Centenary of, 403
— Wireless, Early History of, 220
— — Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating
Systems (Review), 132
— — See also Radar; Radio ; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telephone Cables, Plastic-Sheath, in Denmark,
223
Submarine, Holland-Denmark, 435 Submarine, Newfoundland to Nova
Scotia, Repeaters for. 428
Telephony, Wireless. Radar; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX Telescope, 100-in., for Isaac Newton Observatory, Progress with, 310
— 74-in. Reflecting (Sir H. Grubb, Parsons &
Co., Ltd;), 246
— at Royal Observatories, 309
Television Apparatus at National Radio Show, 159, 275, 310
— at British Association Meeting, 177, 203
— British Broadcasting Corporation, Annual
Report, 370
— Convention, 1952, Programme, 371; British
Contribution to, 755
— Early History of, 220
— Equipment, Underwater, in Search for H.M.
Submarine “ Affray,” 765*
— Service, British, Development of, 40
Interference from Ignition Systems, Report on, 211
— and Sound Broadcast Reception, Standard
Code for, 671
— Station, Holme Moss, Transmission Feeders
at, 235 ; Opening of, 459*
— — Mobile, for Canada (Marconi’s Wireless
Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 638*
Temperature Controller, Sensitive (A. J. Amsler and Co.), 203*
— Detector, Magnetic (Graviner Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.), 671*
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermo
metry
Tempering. See Heat Treatmentunder Metallurgy
Tennant, G. H., Co., Reshaping Machine for Concrete Road Joints, 368*
Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials) Terminal Bushing, 275-kV (Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd.), 134*
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terrestrial Magnetism. See Magnetism Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Apparatus, Ultrasonic, for Pneumatic Tyres
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 606*
— of Cooling Towers, 244, 252. See LETTER,
468
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— of 500-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive,
364*
— of Gear Teeth or Undulations, 373*
— 120-h.p. Graf and Stift Two-Stroke Oil
Engine, 1*
— Highly-Supercharged, 1,360-h.p. Diesel En
gine, 524
— House for Gas Turbine (W. H. Allen, Sons &
Co., Ltd.), 609*
— Lead-Sheathed Cables in Ducts, 586*

Tests (Materials) :

Bending Test of Cast Steel, 29
— and Torsional Tests, Combined, Rubber Model for, 661*
Compression Tests of Concrete, with Electrical-Resistance Strain Gauges, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788
Crack Propagation Tests of Mild Steel, 447*. See LETTER, 371
Crushing Tests of Heat-Treated Concrete, 345*
Fatigue Fractures in Notched Tensile Tests, 445*
— Tests on Nickel-Alloy Steels, 215*
— Testing Machine, Repeated-Strain, Six Unit (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 31*
Hardness Diamond Penetrators, Rockwell, Precision Measurement of, 89*; See LETTERS, 180*, 404
— Tests, Brinell, of Welds in Pipelines,125* on Metals (Review), 740
Rockwell, Analysis of, 57*
Impact Tests, Charpy V-Notch, of Ship Plates, 690
of High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
— — Notch-Bar, of Steel Plates, 723, 745,
796
Notch-Bar, in Relation to Welded . Construction, 670, 723, 745, 796
— — of Plastics, 701
— — on Steel, Effect of Notch Radius on,
540*
on Welds in Aluminium Bronze, 443* of Welds in Pipelines, 125* Mechanical Tests of Australian Timbers, 565
Notched-Bar Impact Tests. See Impact Tests (above)
Physical Tests for Raw Rubber. Specification, 736
Relaxation Tests on Cast Iron, 741
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See
Tensile Tests of Concrete, with Electrical- Resistance Strain Gauges, 356*. See LETTERS, 468*, 531, 596, 788
of Forged Steel, 29
on Heat-Treated Aluminium-Cop- per-Cadmium Alloys, 455
of High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
on Nickel-Alloy Steels, 215*
Notched of Mild Steel, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
Testing Machine for Crack-Propagation Test, 446*
Deadweight, for Rockwell Hardness Tests, 57*
Fatigue, Repeated-Strain, Six-Unit (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 31*
E. Hodgkinson (1840) for Cast-Iron Columns, 30*
Universal (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 260*
Tests of 33-kV Metalclad Switchgear for Substations, 331*
— Performance, of Recuperative Heat Ex
changers for Gas Turbines, 449*
— Reinforced-Concrete Piles under Tension,
421*
— Short-Circuit, of High-Voltage Air-Blast
Circuit Breakers, 418. See Errata, 488
Tests, Tractive Resistance of Trolley ’Buses, 256*
— for Transformer Oils, 819
Tester, Gas-Content, Light-Alloy Melt (W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 10*
Testing Authorities, Short-Circuit, Association of, Booklets by, 139
— Boiler and Turbine, 17, 116, 285, 299, 349*,
382*. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Equipment for Moulding Sands (Ridsdale &
Co., Ltd.), 289
— Laboratory. See Laboratory and National
Physical
— Machine, Deadweight, for Rockwell Hard
ness Tests, 57*
(E. Hodgkinson’s, 1840) for Cast-Iron Columns, 30*
— — Impact, for Plastics, 701
Universal (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 260* See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society for, Impact
Test for Miniature Plastic Specimens, by H. W. Woodham, M. G. Wirick and W. H. Markwood, 701
— Notch-Bar, in Relation to Welded Con
struction, Symposium on, 670, 723, 745, 796
— Plant for Turbo-Alternators and Motors,
General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
— See also Tests-(.Materials),- Trials Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textiles, Abrasion and Wear of, 725 Thames Conservancy, Sluice Gates of “ Birmabright ” Light Alloy, 59.2* J Bucket Dredger for Upper Thames, 810*
— Estuary, Investigation on Silt Deposits, 498
— River. Weirs, “ Birmabright ” Sluice Gates
for 592*
Theodolite, Cin6, Use in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 153*
Thermal Efficiency in Electric Power Stations, 508
Graf and Stift Two-Stroke Oil Engine, 1* of Power Stations, 637
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermionic Valves. See Radio Thermocouple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics, Chemical (Review), 675
— Early Work on, 219
— and Heat (Review), 388
Thermodynamic Properties of Gases of Combustion Processes, 347*, 379*
Thermometrical Investigations in Australia, 566 Thermometry. See also Pyrometry
Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., Tanks and Pumping Equipment for Fuelling Lorry, 577*
Thompson, C. N., on Inhibited Transformer Oil, 819
Thompson, Prof. F. C., on Friction in Wire Drawing, 454
Thompson, J., Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., Boiler Plant, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*
Thompson, Sir R. N., the Late; 430
Thornton, B. M., on Unsolved Problems in Civil Engineering, 19. See LETTER, 83
Thornton Hall Branch of Fuel Research Station, 477, 505*
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Diesel-Engined 50-ft. General Service Launch, 496*; 53-ft. Motor Survey Launch for, 798*
Thorpe Brothers (Bessborough Works), Ltd., Aluminium-Alloy Barge, 259*
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thrust Bearing. See Bearing
— Measuring Equipment, M.S. “ Lucy Ash
ton,” 153*
— of Propellers. See Propellers ; Aeronautics Thylox, Hoppers, Process for Sulphur Recovery
181 .
T.I. Aluminium, Ltd., Aluminium-Alloy Barge, 259*
Tiberias, Lake, and Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes, 481*
Tidal Variations in Aberdeen Harbour, 283* Timber Investigations in Australia, 565. See Erratum, 603
Time Service at Royal Observatories, 310 Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Economics of, 520, 554, 702*, 732*
— in Ferro-Tungsten and Tungsten Metal,
Method of Analysis, 736
— Plate Production by Columbia Steel Co.,
California, 770*
— World Production and Consumption of, 519,
702*, 732*
Tinning Plant, Electrolytic, Columbia Steel Co., California, 771*
Tinsley (Industrial Instruments), Ltd., Differential-Pressure Meter for Open-Hearth Furnace, 10
Tipler, H. R., on High-Purity Iron and Iron Alloys, 777
Tipper, Dr. C. F., on Notch-Bar Tests in Relation to Service Performance, 723, 745, 796
Tipper Notched Tensile Tests of Mild Steel, 445* Titanium, Use in Aircraft, 767
Tobias, Dr. S. A„ on Vibrations of Elastic Bodies of Revolution, 409*. See 278
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Tolmon, F. R., on Precision Measurement of Rockwell Hardness Diamond Penetrators, 89*. See LETTERS, 180*, 404
Tomlinson, R. C., on Sampling of Small Coal, 692*. See 452*. See LETTER, 756
Tools, Machine. See AfacAine Tools
Tooth Surfaces of Creep-Cut Helical Gears, Investigations on, 484*, 517*, 550*. 582*
Toothed Gear. See GearGearing; Marine Propulsion
Topper, Beet, Multi-Row (K. Hudson and Son), 119*
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torque Meters. See Dynamometers
Torsion Tests. See Tests (Materials) Torsionmeters. See Dynamometers
Tower, Cooling, Heat Exchange in, 244, 252. See LETTER, 468
— — Reinforced-Concrete, West Ham “ B ”
Power Station, 77*
— Debutaniser, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Transmission, Foundations for, Reinforced-
Concrete Piles for, 420*
7 275-kV, Model of (Painter Brothers, Ltd.),
133*
— Vacuum, and Atmospheric Column, Esso
Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
Towler, F. H., on Investigations of Hydraulic Lock, 630. See 513*, 580*. See LETTERS, 660*, 788
Town Gas. See Gas
— Water Supply to, Consumption and Waste,
231
Townley, J. W. J., West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 76*
Tracers, Radioactive, Use in Industry, 63 Track Frame Assembly for “ Challenger” 50- b.h.p. Diesel-Crawler Tractor, 673*
— Pitching, for Motor-Vehicle Research, 716*
— Plotting Instrument for Aircraft, Automatic
(Decca Navigator Co., Ltd.), 589*
Trackless Trolley System—Road Traction. See Trolley ’Bus
“ Trackmaster” Agricultural Tractor, 53* Traction, Electric. See Railways ; Trolley ’Bus Tractive Resistance Curves for Trolley ’Buses, 256*
Half-Track Conversion, for (J. A. Cuthbertson, Ltd.), 54*
Narrow-Width (H. Ferguson, Ltd.), 21*
17-h.p. Petrol or Kerosene Driven, “ Monarch.” (Oak Tree Applicances, Ltd.), 758*
— Crawler, 30-h.p. Diesel-Engined, “ Dragon,”
with Rear Winch (V. Loyd and Co., Ltd.), 713*
Tractors (London), Ltd., 14-5-b.h.p. Petrol- Driven “ Trusty-Steed ” Agricultural Tractor, 149* ; “ Mowmeter ” Attachment for Hand Mowing Machine, 150*
Trade Disputes. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Dollar Export Board’s Report, on “ Dollars
and Industry,” 305
—- Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Electrical Equipment for Canada,
Standards Approval Procedure, 275
Locomotive, 753
Motor Vehicles, 816
to United States, Dollar Exports Board Conference, 305
— Publications, 32, 64, 95. Ill, 159, 191, 224,
256, 287, 352, 384, 448, 479, 540, 576, 638, 672, 764, 799. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Unions. See Labour and Trade Societies in
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Trailer, Tracked, Agricultural (Whitlock Brothers, Ltd.), 714*
Train. See Railway
Training. See Education
Transatlantic Radio Communication, 50th Anniversary, 723
Transfer, Heat, in Condensers of Vapour, 339 Conference on, Programme, 96, 339;
Dinner, 371
Transformation in Tempering of Martensitic Steels, 779
Transformer, 2,0C0-kVA 33/11/0 • 433-kV (Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd.), 134*
— Arc-Welding, Single-Operator (Quasi-Arc
Co., Ltd.), 672*
— Grudie Bridge Power Plant, 131*
— High-Voltage, for Hydro-Electric Schemes,
249
— Oil, Investigations on, 819
— Set for 250-300 Ampere Arc Welding, 324*
— Sheets, Silicon-Iron, Metallography and
Properties of, 708
— for Single-Phase Electric Traction at 50
Cycles, 499, 521*, 545*, 583*
— Surges on, Investigation of, 615*
— Temperature Indicators for, 572 Transients, Hydraulic (Review), 579 Transmission Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Electric, • Ship Propulsion. See Afarfae
Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— of\Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
— Tower Foundations, Reinforced-concrete
Piles for, 420*
Transmitter, Pneumatic (Electroflo Meters Co., Ltd.), 105
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., 25- ton Motor Lorry, with Loading Winch, 301*
— Ministry of, Notice on Prevention of Fire in
Cargo Ships Using Oil Fuel, 279 ; Inquiry into Railway Accident at Weedon, Northamptonshire, 403. See 430, .437 ; Circular on Street Lighting, 435 ; Report on Railway Accidents in 1950, 722; Report on Boiler Explosion at Guildford Power Station 749
Traughber Filter Co., Ltd., Dust-Removing Plant, 265*
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trenching by Explosives in Bed of River Neath, 567*
Trent, Dr. E. M., on Factors Affecting Wear on Cemented Carbide Tools, 594
Trials, Agricultural Tractors. See Tractors
— of Machinery for H.M. Ships, 116, 285, 299,
349*,382* -
— Resistance, of M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 17, 41,
121*,153*
— Trips and Launches, 15, 47, 96, 128, 160,
175, 207, 239, 288, 330, 395 (See Erratum, 566), 431, 500, 511, 544, 608, 640, 704, 800
— See also Tests
Triebnigg, Prof. H., on Flow Processes in Combustion Chambers of Diesel Engines, 525
Trier Brothers, Ltd., Multi-Point Grease Lubricator, 576*
Triode Amplifiers in Range 100-450 Megacycles per second, 63
— Germanium, Developments in (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 329*. See Erratum, 490
Tritton, J. S., on Inspecting Engineers’ Contribution to Railway Economy, 562
Trolley ’Buses, Tractive Resistance Curves for, 256*
Trucks, Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
“ Trusty-Steed ” Four-Wheel Petrol-Driven Tractors, 149*
Truvox Engineering Co., Ltd., versus Biddle, Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Third Party, Decision on, 816
Tubs, Colliery, Turntable for, 416*
Tube, Aluminium-Bronze, for Surface Condensers, 643
— Dall (G. Kent, Ltd.), 43
— Railways. See Underground Railways;
London Transport Executive
— Rolling Mill, Welding Bead for (Asea Elec
tric, Ltd.), 321*
— Steel, Buried, Corrosion of, 786
for Mechanical, Structural and General Engineering Purposes, Specification, 603
— See also Pipes
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Tin in, Method of Anal y is of, 736
Tunnel, Box, on Great W< stern Railway, 600
— Construction by I. K. Brunei, 600 for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 254
— Dust, for Motor-Vehicle Research, 716*
— Fannich Hydro-Electric Scheme, 65*
— Pedestrian, under River Tyne, Opening of,
115
— Spraying for Animals “ Downham-Simplex ”
(SimplexDairy Equipment Co., Ltd.). 757* Tuplin, Prof. W. A., on Post-Graduate Courses in Applied Thermodynamics, 83. See LETTER, 53; on Form of Tooth Surfaces of Creep Cut Helical Gears, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*; on Some Unknowns in Gear Design, 789. See 734, 763
Turbine and Boiler Testing, 17, 116, 285, 299, 349,* 382*. See LETTERS, 404, 436
—• Gas, for 1,000-kW Alternator for Royal Navy, 609*
Coal-Burning, Experiments with, 659, 728*,793*
— — Combination with Steam,, Turbine for
Power Stations, 509
Development of Alloys for, 277, 343, 378. See LETTER, 371
for Electricity and Process Heat, 601* Heat Exchangers for, 244, 252. See LETTER,468
Heat Exchangers for, Design of, 229*
Heat Exchangers for. Recuperative (Heat Exchangers, Ltd.), 449*
Industrial, 750-kW, Model of (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 108
Investigations by Fuel Research Board, 657
Peat-Burning, Experiments with, 824* Recuperative Heat Exchangers for (Heat Exchangers, Ltd.), 449*
10 MW Turbo-Alternator, Model of (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 280*
Work of Fuel Research Station, 506* See also Engines under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic, 12-MW Francis, Grudie Bridge
Power Plant, 129*
— — Francis for Hydro-Electric Schemes,
185*, 213, 217*. See LETTER, 404
Pelton-Wheel, Francis and Kaplan, for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 185*, 213, 217.* See LETTER, 404
Pelton-Wheel, 39,000-h.p., Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Scheme, 208
Manufacture in Scotland, 314
See also Power Plant; Pelton Wheels
— Lubricating Oil, Centrifugal Separator for
(Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 294*
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, 60-MW (English Electric Co., Ltd.),
668*
Blading for. See Blading
Early History and Development of, 219
— — High-Speed, for Naval Auxiliaries, Tests
of, 383*
Mainly for Electric Power Stations, Specification, 512
Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion J-kW, Model of (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 133*
Possibility of Combination with Gas Turbines for Power Stations, 509
60 MW, Rotor and Casing for, 260* (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.)
30-MW, West Ham “ B ” Power Station, 77*
See also Turbo- Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships Turbo-Generators, 60-MW, Bankside Power
Station, 624*
52-5-MW, Carmarthen Bay Power Station, 16*
Gas-Turbine Driven, 10-MW Model of, 260*
60-MW J. C. Keith Power Station, Windsor, Ontario, 668*
Turbo-Generators, 60-MW Littlewood “C” Power Station, 80
50-MW, Model of (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 155*
60-MW, North Tees “ C ” Power Station, 112*
Testing Plant for, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
— — 11-8-kV, Uskmouth Power Station, 48
— — 400ikW, S.S. “ Verena,” 643*
— — 30-MW, West Ham “ B ” Power Station,
77*
Turkey, International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Arrangements for, 632
Turner, Major V., the Late, 750
Turning Rolls, Twinner, for Rotating Workpieces (D. Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 327*
— See Machine Tools
Turntable for Colliery Tubs, 416*
“ Twinner ” Turning Rolls for Rotating Workpieces, 327*
Tye, W., on Trends in Civil Airworthiness Requirements, 586
Tylecote, R. F„ on Adherence of Oxide Scales on Copper, 423; on Oxidation of Copper at 350 deg. to 900 deg. C. in Air, 423
Tyne, River, Pedestrian Tunnel Under, Opening of, 115
Tyres, Factors Influencing Road Wear, 791,818
— Pneumatic, Ultrasonic Testing of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 606*
— Rubber, Abrasion Testing of, 759

ULSTER Farm and Factory Festival Exhibition, 266
Ultrasonic Testing of Pneumatic Tyres (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 606*
Underground Corrosion of Metals, Investigations on, 786
— Gasification of Coal, Experiments with, 795, 823*
— Power Houses for Hydro-Electric Schemes, 213, 254
— Railways, London, Proposed Development of, 779
See also London Transport Executive
Undulation Records of Gear Teeth, Analysis of, 373*
Unesco Investigation on Scrap Supplies, 179
Union Castle Mail Steamship Co., S.S. “ Rhodesia Castle,” 587*
— Trade. See Labour and Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
“ Unionmelt' ” 900-Ampere Welding Machine, 322* ; 1,200-Ampere Welding Head, 322* United Aircraft Corporation, Hollow Steel Propeller Blades for Aircraft, 161
United Kingdom Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd., Gas Pipeline Beneath River Neath, 567*
Iron and Steel Industry, Statistics of, for 1950, 529
Technical Training in, British Council Lectures, 52
— Nations Economic and Social Council,
Recommendations for Electricity Supply in Europe, 605
— States, British Welding Productivity Team’s
Visit to, 337
— — Electricity Supply Industry Statistics,
508*
Hot-Dip Galvanising Team’s Visit to, 434 Iron and Steel Production in, 519
Navy. See United States under Warships
Ships, High-Pressure Installations in, 87 Steel Corporation, Cold-Reduction Sheet Mill, Pittsburg, California, 769*
Transonic Research in, 359
—- — Valve Industry Productivity Team’s Visit to, 81
See also America
Universal Crop Protection, Ltd., “ Whirlwind ” Agricultural Dusting Machine, 714* “Universal” Portable Milking Machine, 757* University, Aberdeen, Model Investigation of Aberdeen Harbour, 283*
— Birmingham, Babcock and Wilcox Experi
mental Boiler for, 51; Investigation of Hydraulic Lock, 513*, 580*. See LETTERS 630, 660*, 788
— British, Mechanical Engineering Research
at, 338
— Cambridge, Investigation on Friction and
Surface Damage of Non-Metals, 797
— College of Swansea, Investigation on
Critical Reynolds Numbers for Steady and Pulsating Flow, 389*
— Durham, Lectures on Chemistry of Water
Treatment, 427; Opening of Stephenson Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 681*, 691. See LETTER, 817
— Edinburgh, Investigation on Vibrations of
Elastic Bodies, 409*
—- Glasgow, Post-Graduate Courses in Applied Thermodynamics, 53. See LETTER, 83
— and Higher Technological Education in
Great Britain, 401. See LETTER, 662.
— Dlinois, Bulletin on Cleavage Fractures of
Ship Plates, by Prof. W. M. Wilson, R. A. Hechtman and Prof. W. H. Bruckner, 690
— Leeds, Investigation on Heat-Treated
Concrete, 345*
— Liverpool, The University and the Civil
Engineer of Future, by Prof. J. B. B. Owen, 791, 821
— Nottingham, Stuart Lecture on Properties
of Gases of Combustion Processes, by Prof. J. H. Keenan, 347*, 379*
— Sheffield, Appointment of Sorby Research Fellow, 139
— and Technical Colleges and Scientific and Technical Man-Power, 298, 348
Colleges, Engineering Education in, 169
— See also Education
Uskmouth Power Station, 48*

VACUUM CLEANER, Jubilee of, 51
— Methods of Producing and Measuring, 64
— Pump. See Pump
— Tower and Atmospheric Column, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
“ Valiant ” Bomber Aircraft, 342*
Valradio, Ltd., Television Projection Equipment, 159, 275, 311
Valves, Control, Hydraulic, Reciprocating Seals for, 787
— Cooling Plant, Holme Moss Television Station (Rosser and Russell, Ltd.), 459*
— Electronic, Quality and Reliability Standards, 63
— Gate, Flanged, Cast-Iron, for Petroleum
Industry, Specification, 79
— Hydraulic Lock in, Investigation of, 513*,
580*. See LETTERS, 630, 660*, 788
— Industry, Productivity Teams’ Visit to United States, Report on, 81
— 16-in., for Iraq Petroleum Co. (Audley Engineering Co., Ltd.), 259*
—- Oilfield, Newman-McEvoy (Newman, Header and Co., Ltd.), 260*
— and Piping, Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 386*
— Radio. See Radio
— Rubber, for Industrial Users (Warren,
Morrison, Ltd.), 287*
— Safety, for High Pressures (Dewrance &
Co., Ltd.), 404
— Shut-Off, for Hydraulic Turbines, 218*.
See LETTER, 404
—? Thermionic. See Radio
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines “ Vampire ” Training Aircraft, 354
van der Veen, Dr. J. H., on Testing Method, on Brittle Fracture of Steel Plates, 723 745, 796
van der Ven, A. J. H., on Dynamic Measurements on Receiving Radio Valves, 63
Van, Goods, Standard 12-ton Covered, British Railways, 493*
van Rest, E. D., on Analysis of Rockwell Hardness Test, 61*
Vane, Wind, and Anemometer in M.S. “ Lucy Ashton,” 153*
Vapours and Vapour Mixtures, Condensers of, Researches on, 339
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., “ Velox ” Motor Car, 533*
“ Velonic ” Control Unit for Electric Motor, 263*, 264*
“ Velox ” Motor Car, 533*
“ Velutina,” 28,000-ton Oil Tanker, 641*
“ Venom I ” Intercepter Fighter, 354
Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Ventilation in Mines, Progress in, 232
Verein deutscher Ingenieure, Celebration of 75 Years of Otto Four-Stroke Engine, 522 “ Verena,” 28,000-ton Oil Tanker, 641* Vernon, Dr. W. H. J., on Investigations in Underground Corrosion, 786
Viaduct for Road Bridge Over River Tagus, 801*
— Wharncliffe, on Great Western Railway,
599*
— See also Bridges
Vibrated Concrete Construction Co., Ltd., Prestressed Work for Garage with Concrete Shefi Roof, 588*
Vibrations and Balancing, Mechanics Applied to (Review), 549
— of Elastic Bodies of Revolution, Theory of
Imperfection from, 409*
— Investigations in Australia, 614
— Problems, Generalised Co-ordinates in, 276 Vibrator, Bin, Electromagnetic (Magnetic
Equipment Co., Ltd.), 768*
— Concrete (Compactors Engineering, Ltd.)
32*
— Mechanical, for Sieving, 429*
Vickers-Admiralty Gearing Research Association, Work of, 116, 286 ; Investigations on Creep-Cut Helical Gears, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Rotary Kilns, Grinding Mills and Electric Motors for Cement Works at Shoreham-by-Sea, 98* ; “ Valiant ’’ Bomber Aircraft, 342*; “ Swift ” Supermarine Fighter Aircraft, 343*; Supermarine 508 Naval Fighter Aircraft, 343*; Launch of Oil Tanker World Unity,” 500
Victorian Government Railways, 4-6-4-Type Locomotive for North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 168*, 237*
Vila Nova Hydro-Electric Power Station, Portugal, 208*
Vines, A., the Late, 755
Viscous and Corrosive Liquids, Variable- Capacity Pump for (Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd.), 767*
Vision Transmitter, Holme Moss Television Station, 459*
Visitors, Control Apparatus for, South Bank Exhibition, 55
Visual Aids to Industry Exhibition, Leeds, 564
Vodden, C. C., on Line Scanning Valves.and Circuits, 64
von Karman, Dr. T., Presentation of Kelvin Medal to, 595
“ Vortex ” Combustion Chamber for Pul- verised-Coal Burning, 505*
Vultee Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Radio- Controlled Seaplane Model, 341,441*, 478*

WAGES. See Labour; PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles
— Railway, Standard 12-ton Covered Goods Van, British Railways, 493*
Wakefield, J. A., on Reinforced-Concrete Piles Under Tension, 420*
Wales Gas Board, Gas Pipeline Beneath River Neath, 567*
Walker, F., the Late, 430
Walker, T. R., “ Kaybee ” Hammer Mill, 757*
Wallace, Dr. F. J., on Superimposition of Plane Waves of Finite Amplitude, 423*
Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., British India Liner “ Kenya,” 82; 13,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Velutina,” 642*
Walton, Prof. E. T. S., Award of Nobel Prize for Physics, 659
Walzel, Prof. R., on Austrian Iron and Steel Industry, 372
War Damage to United States Ships in Pacific, Repair of, 18, 227
— Office, Standardisation of Internal-Combustion Engines for, 700
— Time Demand on Scientific and Technical Man-Power, 298, 348
Warfare, Use in Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Warnings, Broadcast 01 Electricity Cuts, 566* Warren, Morrison, Ltd., Rubber Valve for
Industrial Users, 287*

Warships :

Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, Work of, 116, 286, 383
— Fuel Experimental Station, Haslar, Work of, 116, 286, 299
— Standardisation of Internal-Combustion Engines for, 700
— Vickers Gearing Research Association, Work of, 116, 286 ; Form of Tooth Surfaces of Creep-Cut Helical Gears, 484*, 517*, 550*, 582*
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronawfics
Guns, Naval. See Guns
H.M. Destroyers, Daring Class, Tests of Machinery for, 116, 286, 299, 349*
—Dockyards, Select Committee Report on, 273
— Motor Gunboat P.5559, Tests of Gas Turbines in, 382
— Navy, 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Alternator Set for, 609*
— Ship “ Greyhound,” Resistance Trials of, 41, 121
High-Pressure Steam in, 86
" Machinery Tests for, 17, 116, 285,
299, 349*, 382*. See LETTERS, 404, 436
— Submarine “ Affray,” Use of Television Equipment in Search for, 765*
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Construction Research Establishment, Investigation in Brittle Fracture of Mild Steel, 278, 445*. See LETTER, 371
— Fuel Oils, Characteristics of, 136
— Guns. See Guns
Royal Navy. See H.M. Navy (above)
United States Navy Department, Investigations of Ship Motions, 17, 165; Investigations on Cleavage Fracture of Ship Plates, 690
Navy, Battle Damage Repairs i n Pacific, 18, 227 ; Resistance Trials of Ships, 41
See also Naval in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washers, Bolts, Screws and Nuts, Specification, 440
Screws and Nuts, B.A., Specification, 47. Washing, Coal, Plant for, Development Centre.,
Simon Engineering Group, 19, 75* Washington, International Conference of Ship
Tank Superintendents, 437
Washmills at Cement Works at Shoreham-by- Sea, 98*
Waste Water and River Pollution, 498 Watch, Mechanism of (Review), 5 Water Department, Glasgow Corporation,
Annual Report, 287
— Friction. See Hydrodynamics
— Hot, Central Heating by Gas-Fired Boilers
for, Standard Code, 207
1 for District Heating of Housing Estates, 411*
— Pollution Research Board, Annual Report,
498
and Sewage Disposal, 233
— Power. See Hydraulic; Pelton Wheel;
Power Plant; Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Pressure System, Automatic, for Ships
(Mono Pumps, Ltd.), 265*
— Sea, Piping, Corrosion-Resisting Alloys for,
422
— Service in Buildings, Jointing Materials for,
Specification, 671
— Splash for Motor-Vehicle Research, 716*
— Supply, London, William Girling Reservoir,
Opening of, 307
and Public Health, 6
to Towns, Consumption and Waste, 231 See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic ; Pelton
Wheel; Power Plant
— Waste, and River Pollution, 498
— Wheels. See Pelton Wheel; Turbine,
Hydraulic ; Power Plant
Waters, Dr. P. L., on Froth Flotation of Coal, 491*
Waterways. See Rivers ; Canals Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Watson, D. M., on Sewerage and Sewage Disposal, 233
Watson, Manasty and Co., Ltd., Optical Projector for Inspection Work, 469*
Watt, James, Dinner, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 499 Wauchope, G. A., on Design of Large Pumping Installations, 627
Waves, Electromagnetic. See Radio
— Generator for Model Investigation of Aber
deen Harbour, 283*
— Plane, of Finite Amplitude, Superimposition
of, 423*
Wear and Abrasion, International Conference on, Delft. See Rubber Research Foundation, Butch
— Chemical Causes of, 724
— and Friction, Research on, 649*, 697*
— of Materials, Prevention of, 658, 724
Weather. See Meteorology
Weedon, Northamptonshire, Railway Accident at, 403, 430, 437
Weekes, R. W., on Water Turbines for Hydro- Electric Schemes, 185*, 217*. See 213. See LETTER, 404
Weights and Measures, Relative Merits of Imperial and Metric, 52
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Pair of Direct-Acting Feed Pumps, 406*; Twin Ammonia Compressor, 407*
— River Thames, “ Birmabright ” Sluice
Gates for, 592*
Welch, L. H., on Stability of Oil in Transformers, 819
Welds in Pipelines, Heat Treatment of, 125*, 157*, 191*
Welded Construction and Notch-Bar Testing, Symposium on, 670, 723, 745, 796
— — in Ships, 10, 192
— Deck Highway Bridges (Review), 355
Welders, Health of, Report on Investigation on, 530
Welding with Aluminium Bronzes, Investigations on, 443*
— Arc, for Structural Steelwork, Code of
Practice, 512
— — 250-300-Ampere Transformer Set for
(Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 324*
— Bronze, by Gas, Specification, 671
— Congress, International, London, 115
— Engineering and Marine Exhibition, Olym
pia, 211, 257*, 289*, 321*, 359*, 404*
— Equipment, Alternating-Current (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 322
Arc-, Automatic (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 325*
— — Automatic (Murex Welding Processes,
Ltd.), 324*
—- Fume Extractor (Spencer and Halstead, Ltd.), 327*
— Gas, of Bronze, Specification, 671
— Generator, Direct-Current (May Arc and'
Electrics, Ltd;), 363*
— Head, 1,200-Ampere “ Unionmelt ” (Quasi
Arc Co., Ltd.), 322*
for Tube Mill (Asea Electric. Ltd.), 321*
— Investigations by British Electrical and
Allied Research Association, 615*
— Plant, Diesel-Driven, Mobile (Cooper and
Turner, Ltd.), 327
— Inert-Gas (Arc Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
327*
— and Prefabrication in Shipbuilding, 18, 200
— Productivity Report on, 337
— Machine, 20/300-Ampere (A. Reyrolle &
Co., Ltd.), 322*
900-Ampere “ Unionmelt ” (Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd.), 322*
Butt-, 250-kVA Flash (A.I. Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 322*
— — Butt, for Steel Strip (British Federal
Welder and Machine Co., Ltd.), 820*
Cross-Wire Multiple (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 322*
Seam, 10-kV Air-Operated (Siemens- Schuckert (Great Britain), Ltd.), 361st
— Spot-, 15-kVA (Holden and Hunt, Ltd.), 363*
-- — Spot, Bench Mounted (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 322*
Spot, Control Equipment (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 323*
— — Stud- (Cyc-Arc, Ltd.), 326*
Welding Research Association, British, Annual Report, 178
— and Riveting of Aluminium-Alloy Struc
tures, 627
— Set, Diesel-Driven (Arc Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.), 327*
— — Diesel-Driven (Rockweld, Ltd.), 328 Petrol-Driven, Portable (Lincoln Electric
Co., Ltd.), 324*
Wells, F., on Pulse Circuits for Millimicrosecond Range, 63
West Ham “ B” Power Station, Opening of, 76*
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See
Iron and Steel
Westminster Engineering Co., Ltd., Electrically-Driven Scaling Machines for Steel Plates, 360
Westwood Dawes and Co., Sluice Gates of “ Birmabright ” Light Alloy, 592*
Wharncliffe Viaduct on Great Western Railway, 599*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Knurling, Specification, 440
Whieldon Works, Stoke-on-Trent, of Doulton and Co., Ltd., 670*
“ Whirlwind ” Agricultural Dusting Machine, 714*
Whiskin, L. C., on Investigations in Underground Corrosion, 786
White, J. M., on Interlingual Technical Dictionaries, 693. See 626
— Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
White and Others versus Kuzych, Judicial Decision in, 274
Whitehead, Dr. S., on British Achievements in Electrical Measuring Instruments, 8.
Whiteley, Dr. A. L., on Servo-Mechanisms, 825
Whitham, J. H., on Late F. Clements, 468. See 403
Whitlock Brothers, Ltd., Agricultural Tracked Trailer, 714*
Whitworth Register, New Edition, 1951, 660
Wiggin, Sir W. H., the Late, 366
Willans, K. W., on P. W. Willans, 598*, 685
Williams, G., the Late, 494
Williams, Ivor, the Late, 206
— Lecture on Properties of Materials and
Engineering Uses of Cast Metals,. 29*
Wilson, Prof. W. M., on Cleavage Fractures of Ship Plates, 690
Wimperis, Simpson, Guthrie and Fyffe, Holme Moss Television Station, 459*
Wimpey, G., and Co., Ltd., Excavation Work for Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 387
Winch, Electrically-Driven (Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd.), 362*
— Hydraulic (Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd.),
362*
— Loading, Mounted on 25-ton Motor Lorry
(Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., '301*
— for Tractor (C. M. Hesford and Co., Ltd.},
713*
Wind, Electric Power from, 276, 315, 615
— Pressure on Radio Masts, 168
— Vane and Anemometer in M.S. “ Lucy
Ashton,” 153*
Windmill, 100-kW Experimental, Costa Head, Orkney, 276, 315, 615
Window, Ship, Manufacture by Bull’s Metal and Melloid Co., Ltd., 717*
Windsor, Ontario, J. C. Keith Power Station, 668*
Winter, B. B., on British Mechanical Road Transport Vehicles, 1851-1951, 69
Wire, Copper, Round, Enamelled, Specification, 15
— Drawing Die Profilometer (British Iron and
Steel Research Association), 9*
Friction in, Investigations on, 454
— Galvanising Plant, Hot-Dip (R. Johnson
and Nephew, Ltd.), 556*
— for Prestressed-Concrete Structures, 676*
707*
— Prestressing, for Concrete Reservoir Tank,
sac*
— Tse in Garage with Concrete Shell Roof, 588*
Wirick, M. G., on Impact Test for Plastics, 701 Wiring Regulations for Small Houses, 691 Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Witton, Heavy Engineering Works, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials')
Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd., Portable Electric Tools, 135
Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co., Ltd., Variable-Height Elevator, 714*
Women’s Engineering Society, Annual Conference and Dinner, 340
Wood, H., and Co., Ltd., “ Python ” 30-in. Coal Conveyor, 33*
Wood, J. G., on Precision Measurement of Rockwell Hardness Diamond Penetrators, 89*. See LETTERS, 180*, 404
Woodham, H. W., on Impact Test for Plastics, 701
Woods of Colchester, Ltd., -Smoke-Extraction Unit for Fire Fighting, 602*
Woodward Governor Co., Governors for 12-MW Hydraulic Turbines, 130*
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Woolman, J., on Poisson’S Ratio for Cast Iron for Ingot Moulds, 710 ; on Relaxation Tests of Cast Iron, 741
Worcester, Marquess of (1601-1667), Workshops of, 91
Work Consciousness and Standards of Living, 721
— Study (Review), 402
— — and Incentives (Review), 402
Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Causeway Works, Staines, of Petters, Ltd., 747*
East Hecla Works, Sheffield, Hadfields, Ltd., Heavy Forge Shop at, 595, 616*
Forge Lane Works, Manchester, Hot-Dip Wire-Galvanising Plant at, 556*
Gateshead Factory of Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., 652*
Heavy Engineering Works, Witton, General Electric Co., Ltd., 620*
— Forge Shop, Hadfields, Ltd., 595, 616*
Power Gas Corporation, Stockton-on-Tees New Factory, 267
Whieldon - Works, Stoke-on-Trent, of Doulton and Co., Ltd., 670*
Yoker Works of Bull's Metal and Melloid Co., Ltd., 717*
Works Management and Training of Engineers, 201
Work Study (Review), 402
Work Study and Incentives (Review), 402
Workshop Technology, Part III (Review), 195
— Ministry of, Report on Building and Civil-
Engineering Work, 307; Smoke-Extraction Unit for Fire Fighting, 602* ; Codes of Practice. See Standards
Workshop Technology, Part III (Review), 195
— Training. See Education
— See also Works; Machine Tools
World Geography of Petroleum (Review), 195
— Industrial Destiny of (Review), 516
— Supply and Demand for Metals, 519, 553,
5QR 69^ 709* 7Q9*
— — of Non-Ferrous Metals, 519, 702*, 732* “ World Unity,” Oil Tanker, Launch of, 500 Wrecks. See Accidents
Wright, D. A., on Rare Metals in Electron Tubes, 63
— Lecture on the Well-Tempered Aircraft , 339 Writing, Technical, Scheme for Encouragement of, -627
Wrought Iron. See Iron
Wunsch, H. L., on Design Characteristics of Cross-Spring Pivots, 473*

X-RAY Equipment, 250-kV Industrial-(Newton Victor, Ltd.), 295*
--Equipment, 140-kV Mobile (Solus-Schall, Ltd.), 326*

YACHT “ America,” 1851, Centenary of, 243
Yarmuk River, and Jordan Valley Irrigation Schemes, 481*
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX
Yoker Works of Bull’s Metal and Melloid Co., Ltd., 717*
Young, A. H., on Production and Utilisation of Electricity, 637

ZAMBESI River, Hydro-Electric Power from, 49
Zeebrugge-Harwich Service, M.S. “ Norfolk Ferry ” for, 139*
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Bath for Wire Galvanising (R. Johnson and Nephew, Ltd.), 556*
— Ores, Estimated Reserves of, 520, 702*, 732*
— World Production and Consumption of, 519, 702*, 732*
Zinner, Dr. K., on Diesel Engine with Exhaust- Gas Turbo Supercharger, 525
Zuckerman, Prof. S., on Metals as Natural Resources, 519

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