Engineering 1952 Jan-Jun: Index: General

Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: General

Note: This is a sub-section of Engineering 1952 Jan-Jun: Index

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

ABBEY Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Port Talbot, 1*, 40*, 129*
Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Prestressed-Concrete Road Bridge at, 413*
Abrasion of Paint, Investigations on, 504*
— Testing Apparatus, 725*
Abrasion and Wear Conference, Delft:
Abrasion and Wear of Rubber, by J. M. Buist, 169*
Elementary Aspects of Rubber Abrasion, by Dr. A. Schallamach, 217*
Factors Influencing Road Wear of Tyres, by R. D. Stiehler, M. N. Steel, and J. Mandel, 219*
Morphological Aspects of Abrasion and Wear, by Dr. G. Salomon, 310*
Some Investigations on Abrasion of Paint, by Dr. N. A. Brunt, 504*
War on Wear, by Prof. H. Blok, 594*, 625* Chemical Causes of Wear, by Prof. J. J. Broeze, 693*
Survey of Papers Presented, by Dr. H. C. J. de Decker, 699
Methods of Testing‘Abrasion and Wear in Netherlands, by P. Braber and G. Salomon, 725*
Accelerometers for Determining Aircraft Flight Loads, 473*, 506*

Accidents :

Explosions, Flames and Combustion of Gases (Review), 260
— in Internal-Combustion Engine Crank cases, 187, 632*, 661*, 695*
— in Oil Drums and Tanks, Report, 183
— Suppression' Equipment for Tanks (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 11*
Factory Accidents, Chief Inspector's Report, 274
Failures of Suspension Bridges, 299
— of Welded Ships, Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
Fire Hazards from Hydraulic Fluids, 213 —-in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, Report on, 680
Mining Accidents, Chief Inspector of Mines Report, 242, 654
Train Derailment at Doncaster, Report, 160
at Weedon, Report, 681 Vessels' Lost, Lloyd’s Statistics, 83 Accumulator, Air-Hydraulic, for Extrusion
Press (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 365*, 392*
— Electric. See Battery under Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck Acetylene Welding. See Welding
Acoustic Velocity in Humid Air, 609
Acoustics, Room, and Sound Insulation (Review), 228
Acratork Engineering Co., Ltd., Torque Spanners, 645*
Activated Sludge. See Sewage
Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77*. See Erratum, 152
Adams, Capt. G. C., on Basic Engineering Standards, 380*,411*
Adamson-Alliance Co., Ltd., 300-ton Overhead Crane, 3
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Adelaide, Australia, Single-Deck Trolley ’Buses for, 320*
“A. D. Mackenzie,” Multi-Bucket Dredger,378* Admiralty. See Warships
A.E.C., Ltd., 150-h.p. Dual-Purpose, Oil- Engined Heavy Tractor, 141*; Synchromesh Gearbox for Passenger Chassis, 190*; Case versus Latimer, Legal Decision on, 370, 715; Chassis for Motor Coach for Airways Services, 681*
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics Aerial Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics
Aeronautical Engineers, and Technicians, French Association of, Bleriot Lecture on Future of Flying Boat, by H. Knowler, 329*, 382*. See Erratum, 592
— Society, Royal, Air Intakes for Aircraft Gas
Turbines, by Dr. J. Seddon, 94*; Discussion on Availability and Use of Aeronautical Information, 216; Some Aspects of Civil Jet Aircraft Performance, by D. R. Newman, 428 ; Awards by Society, 559 ; Wright Lecture on Prophesy and Achievements in Aeronautics, by Sir H. M. Garner, 711*, 793*. See 719; Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome, 783

Aeronautics :

Aerodynamic Investigation on Severn Suspension Bridge, 299, 347
Aerodynamics Division National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 804
— Research Association, Low Speed, Radio-Controlled Model Glider, 783
Aeronautical Experiments of Leonardo da Vinci, 581
Aeronautical Group, Aslib, Conference at Cranfleld, 467
— Information, Discussion on Availability and Use of, 216
— Research in Australia, 309 Aeronautics, Prophesy and Achievements in, 711*, 719*, 793*
Aeroplanes, Drag and Thrust Curves for, 793*
— See also Air Liner; Aircraft; Flying Boat; Seaplane (below)
Air Liner Bristol Brabazon I, Report on
Expenditure on, 435
— — “ Britannia ” Experimental “ Mock-Up” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.) 343*
Jet-Propelled, Flying Boat Type, 383*. See Erratum, 592
Jet-Propelled, Optimum Cruising
Conditions tor, 428
Jet-Propelled, First Service, 402;
Inauguration of, 591
— Registration Board, Annual Report, 814 — Transport, Effect on Shipping, 513, 537 Aircraft Carrier, H.M.S. “ Eagle,” 373* — Development of (1910-1952), 711*, 719., 793*
— Flight Loads, Accelerometer for Determining, 483*, 506*
— Humidifier, Electric Boiler for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 298*
— Hydraulic Fluids for Use in, 213*, 254 — Industry, Position and Prospects in, 6, 197
— Night-Fighter,de Havilland “Vampire,” Performance of, 635
— Training, Jet-Propelled, Italian, 225
— Turnbarrels, Tension Rods and Swaged Cable-End Connections for, Specification, 287
Bristol “ Brabazon I ” Air Liner, and Saunders-Roe “ Princess ” Flying Boats, Report on Expenditure on, 435 “ Bristol 173 ” Helicopter (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 33*
“ Britannia ” Air Liner, Experimental “Mock-Up” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 343*
British European Airways Corporation, Statistics for 1951, 603; Motor Coach for, 681*
British Overseas Airways Corporation, Inauguration of Jet Air-Liner Service, 402, 591; Statistics for 1951, 603; Financial Review of, 626
Civil Aviation, Ministry of, Airways Operation and Traffic, Statistics of, 1951, 603
“ Comet ” Air Liner, Jet-Propelled (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 402, 591 —:— Liner, Jet-Propelled, London to
Johannesburg Flight, 402, 591
Liner, Series 2 (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 288*
“ Convair XP5Y-1 ” Ocean-Patrol Flying Boat, 329*
Drag and Thrust Curves for Aeroplanes, 793*
Engine, Aeroplane, Development of (1910- 1952), 712, 794
— — for Flying Boats, 382. See Erratum, 592
— Gas-Turbines, Air Intakes for, 94*
— — History of, 54
Propeller-Turbine, “ Proteus ” 700 Series (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 792*
See also Turbines, Gas
Fiat G.80 Jet-Propelled Training Aircraft, 225*
Flight, Transonic and Supersonic, 712, 793*
Flying Boats, Developments of, 795 Future of, 329*, 332*. See Erratum 592
and Its Place in Aviation, 211
— — “ Princess ” Saunders-Roe, 329* ;
Report on Expenditure on, 435
— Controls, Powered, Design of, 179,183 Glider, Model, Radio-Controlled, 783 Helicopter Association, Some Recent Helicopter Research Investigations, by W. Stewart, 396
— “ Hillier,” Use for Erection of Trans
mission Line, 128*
— Twin-Engined Transport “ Bristol 173” (Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.), 33*
“ Hillier” Helicopter, Use. for Erection of Transmission Line, 128*
“ Princess ” Flying Boat, Saunders-Roe, 329* ; Report-on Expenditure on, 435
“ Proteus ” 700 Series Propeller Turbine, 792*
Redhill Aerodrome Branch of College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, 196*
Rotors for “ Bristol 173 ” Helicopter, 33*
— for Helicopters, Researches on, 396 Royal Air Force Estimates for 1952-1952,
273 ; Performance of “ Vampire ” N.F. 10, 635
Schneider Trophy Contests, Engines Used in, 55
Seaplanes, Developments of, 711, 719,795
Speeds of Aeroplanes and Seaplanes, 1910- 1952, 711*, 719, 793*
Steel for Aircraft Bolts, Specification, 635 “ Vampire ” Night Fighter Aircraft, Performance of, 635
Washers, Tab, for Aircraft, Specification 182
Wind Tunnels at Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 309
— Investigations on Severn Suspension Bridge, 299, 347
— — Tests of Air Intakes for Aircraft Gas Turbines, 94*
Tests of Flying Boats, 329* Wing Loadings in Aircraft, 711, 794* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 513 Agricultural Hall. See Exhibition
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects
6, 102, 338
— Motors. See Engines; Motors; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture. See also Irrigation and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Air, Compressed. See Compressed Air; Pneumatic
— Compressor for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine
Electric Locomotive, 161*, 193*
High-Pressure,. Light-Weight (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 712*
High-Pressure Portable (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 74*
“ Hydrovane ” (A. Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 643*
Single-Cylinder (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 642*
Single-Stage (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 267*
See also Gas Compressor
— Conditioning Plant, Lime Grove Television
Studios, 518
— Filter, Multi-Brush (Heather Filters, Ltd.),
601*
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— and Gas Mixing Machines (Radiant Heating
Ltd.), 548
— Heater for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 9*
— Humid, Thermodynamics of, 609*
— Humidity, Effect on Working of Cupolas,
761
— Infiltration in Open-Hearth Furnaces, Mea
surement of, 672
— Intakes for Aircraft Gas Turbines, 94*
— Pump. See Pump
Air Reduction Co., Inc., of America, “Air- coraatic ” Process for Welding Aluminium, 762*
— Temperatures and Humidity in H.M. Ships
in Tropics, 646
— Ventilation in Coal Mines, Utilisation of
Energy of Methane for, 678
— See also Atmosphere
“ Aircomatic ” Process for Welding Aluminium, 762*
Aircraft. See Aeronautics
— Carriers. See Aeronautics
Airedale Works, Leeds, J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., 364
Aklebolaget Karlstads Mekanista Werkstad, 31,700-h.p. Kaplan Turbine, 775*
“ Albuera,” H.M. Destroyer, Hogging Tests on, 157 ; Structural Strength Investigations of, 615
Alchemical Books Exhibition of, Science Museum, 814
Aidham Substation, Manchester-Sheffield- Wath Railway, 164*
Alkali Degreasing Plant (Orcene Co., Ltd.),764*
Allan, E. P., and Co., Ltd., 3-h.p. Petrol-Driven Tamping Machine, 476*
Alien, C. E„ the Late, 21
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Exhibits of Steels at British Industries Fair, 645
Allen, J. F„ on Open-Hearth Furnace Combustion Problems, 656
Allen, W. H., Sons, and Co., Ltd., 464-b.h.p. Diesel-Driven Fire Pumps, 736*
Allenwood Power Station, Southern Ireland, 770
Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, 30-MVA Alternator, 775*
Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs: PARAGRAPH INDEX
Alluvial or Mining Dredgers, Examples of, 379*
Alternating Stress. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Alternators. See Generators, Electric ; Turbo- Generators
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under flfetaZ- lurqy
— Coating of Steel Strip and Wire, Hot-Dip
ping Process, 604
— Construction Compared with Prestressed
Concrete Construction, 317
— Method for Analysis of, Specification, 571
Aluminium Plastic Deformation of, Investigations on, 580
— Sections, Specification, 666
— as Shipbuilding Material, 413
— Use in Ship Construction, 513, 538
— See also Metallurgy
Amalgamated Building Contractors, Ltd., versus Urban District Council of Holy Cross, 750
Amari, S. on Gas Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts, 550
America. See United States
American Bureau of Shipping, Circular on Strengthening Welded Tankers, 667
— Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 18,
623
— Corps of' Engineers and River Works
(Review), 579
— Electricity-Supply Engineers, Visit to Great
Britain, 275
— Society of Civil Engineers. See Civil
Engineers
— See also United States
Ammeter. I See Ammeter and Meter under Efectric
Ammonia-Sulphate Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
—- Synthesis Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Amplifier, Selective (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 426* Amsler Abrader for Testing Concrete Slabs, 728*
Analyser, Harmonic, Mechanical, and Applications to Servo Systems, 52*, 68*
— Wave, Muirhead-Pametrada (Muirhead &
Co., Ltd.), 425*. See Erratum, 491
Analysis, Chemical, of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, Standard Methods, 571
Cadmium in Copper-Cad mium Alloys, Specification, 732
— — Flue Gases, Specification, 732
of Manganese in Iron and Steel, Specification, 382
of Raw Copper, Methods of, Specification, 256
— Colorimetric of Materials, 800
— Dimensional, and Theory of Models (Re
view), 322
Ando, E., on Gas Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts, 550
Andrade, Prof. E. N. Da C., on Flow of Metals, 601. See 558, 592. See LETTER, 624
Andreav, J., 100-kW Wind-Power Generator, 343
Anemometer, Electrical Recording, for British Railways, 490*
Angle Collet Fixtures (W. H. Marley and Co., Ltd.), 636*
Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Report on Coal Productivity Team, 81; Visit of American Electricity-Supply Engineers of Great Britain, 275; Report on Visit of Drop-Forging Team to United States, 517; Report on British Steelfounding Industry, 569; Final Session, 623
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Investigations on “ Knock ” in Automobile Engines, 279. See LETTER, 468 ; 20-ton Transporter for Oilfield Equipment, 284*; Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Propelling Unit, M.S. “ Auris,” 119; Burning of Boiler Fuels in M.S. “ Auricula,” 501
Anhydrite Mine, 34-h.p. Diesel-Driven Shot- Firers’ Carriage for, 457*
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Annuaire pour 1952, Bureau des Longitudes (Review), 322
Annuals and Reference Books, 64, 151, 223, 416, 540, 604, 636, 807. See LITERATURE INDEX
Apparatus for Abrasion Testing, 725*. See also Abrasion
— Scientific, Exhibition, Institution of Civil
Engineers, 816
Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 51, 348, 404*, 425*, 470*. See Erratum, 491
Appleby, F. W., Rainfall Run-Off Recorder, 817
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Smoke Eliminator for Shunting Locomotives, 29*
Appointments. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Apprenticeship. See Education ; Labour Arc. See Electric; Furnace ; Welding. Arch, Reinforced-Concrete, for 90,000-ton
Sulphate Ammonia Silo, 449*
Architects’ Cooperative Partnership, Bryn- mawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
— Naval. See Naval Architects
“ Ardil ” Fibre Meal, Continuous Extraction Plant for (Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd.) 323*
Argentine National Grain Elevators Scheme, 785*
Armament. See Owns
Armoured Ships. See WarsAips
Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co. (Tron- founders), Ltd., “ Kue-Ken ” Balanced- Jaw Rock Cru.-her,2C3*
Army Estimates for 1952-1953, 273
Arrol, SirW., and Co., Ltd., Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3* ; Rolling Lift Bridge for Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 396* ; Model of Temple Bridge, Glasgow, 553*
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Artificial-Fertiliser Factory, Sindri, India, 44*, 289*
Artillery. See Guns and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Arts, Royal Society of, Supplementary Sources of Power: Wind, Volcanic Heat, Sun and Tide, by C. W. Marshall, 445
Arup, O., and Partners, Brynmawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
Asbestos, Compressed, Jointing, for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 694
Ash Separators for Coal-Fired Gas Turbine Locomotive, 18, 623
— and Slag, Fusion and Viscosity, Investiga
tions on, 800*
Ashbridge, Sir N., on Television Development, 553
Ashlared Masonry Walls, Code of Practice, 63
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd., “ Krystal ” Evaporators for Ammonia Sulphate Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
Ashton, Diesel-Engine Factory of National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
Ashton, R., on Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Position, 435
Aslib, Consulting Service, 19; Aeronautical Information Group, Discussion on Availability and Use of Aeronautical Information, 216 ; Conference on Information Services and Industry, 371; Aeronautical Information Group Conference, Cranfield, 467 ; Annual Report, 623
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Aston Chain and Hook Co., Ltd., Automatic Extrusion Plant, 374*, 392*
Astronomy, Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571
Ateliers des Charmilles, S.A., 14,250 h.p. Kaplan Turbines, 774
Athens, Piraeus Electricity Co., Ltd., Twenty- Five Years’ Work of, 396
Atkins, W. S„ and Partners, Abbey Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 1*. 40*. 129*
Atlantic Liners. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., Pneumatic Shaving Tool for Countersunk Rivet Heads (Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd.), 572*
Atmosphere, Chemical Attack of Metals by. 693*
Atoms, Iron, in Service of Electrical Engineers, 551
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Course of Electronics, 169 ; Work of, in 1946-51, 686
“ Atreus,” M.S., Contra-Rotating Ventilation Fans for, 45
“ Auricula,” M.S., Burning of Boiler Fuels in, 50}
'Auris,” M.S., 1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Alternator Propelling Unit, 119 ; Piston Temperature Measuring Device in, 663*. See 397
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Automatic Conveyor Control by Punched Cards. 752
Australia, Adelaide, Single-Deck Trolley ’Buses for, 320*
— Commonwealth Scientific Conference, Ar
rangements for, 212
— Morwell Power Station, Model of, 816
— and New Zealand, Empire Mining and Metal
lurgical Congress, 1953, Arrangements for, 211
Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Annual Report, 309
Austria, Hydro-Electric Potentialities of, 72
Authorisation Scheme for Steel, 497. See LETTERS, 468, 624
Autobiography of R. A. Millikan (Review), 145 Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automobiles. See Motor Cars
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine
Aveling-Barfords, Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Aviation. See Aeronautics'
Axle Assemblies for Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 89*,121*
— Boxes, Locomotive, Want of Freedom in,
Accident from, 681
— Drive Unit, Hypoid (D. Brown and Sons
(Huddersfield), Ltd.), 614*
Ayre, Sir A., the Late, 84*
Ayre, Sir W., on Merchant Ship Design, 537. See 513

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Boiler for Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*; Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267, Boilers, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*; Renfrew Research Laboratories, Work of, 797*, 813
Bagging, Screening and Weighing Unit, Automatic (R. Cort and Son, Ltd.), 710*
Bagnall, W. G., Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Bailey, D. R. L„ on Buckling of Struts, 340*. See 804
Baird, J. L., Memorial at Helensburgh, 522
Bakelite, Ltd., Bakelite Laminated Components, 645*
Baker, Prof. J. F., on Shortcomings of Structural Analysis, 57*, 92*
Bales, Straw, Conveying Plant for (G. W. King, Ltd.), 313*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tools (Materials)
Ball, Sir W. V., on “ Dangerous ” Machinery, 340; on Prof. C. Inglis, 592. See 528*
Ballard, F. J., and Co., Ltd., Gas-Fired Foundry Dryers, 545
Ballistics, Interior, of Guns, Theory of (Review), 98
» — Internal (Review), 98
j Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
j Banks, Air Cmdre. F. R„ on Enterprise in Engineering, 54
j Bar Cutting-Off Machine. See Machine Tools
< — Steel, for Production of Machined Parts, Specification, 480
’ Barber, P., on Methods of Testing Abrasion and Wear, 725*
Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., Launch of M.S. “ Windsor,” 681*
Barlow, Prof. H. M., Demonstration of Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves along Conductors, 690
, Barlow, H. S„ on Education for Industry, 751
, Barnsley Junction Substation, Manchester- Sheffield Wath Railway, 164*
?Barnstaple, Temporary Radio Transmitting Station, 331
, Barr, J. C„ on Pressure Still with Diluent Air, 235*
; Bascule. Bridge. See Bridges
? Basic Engineering Standards, 380*, 411* Batchelor, T. C. (1857-1947) (Review), 451
: Batteries. See Electric
j — Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles ; Motor Truck Battleships. See Warships
'Baxter, J. M., the Late, 179
I Beacon, “Winker,” Police-Type (Londex, Ltd.), 543*
Beam, Elastic Stresses in, 47*, 92*
i— Leonardo da Vinci’s Tests of, 561*
!— Reinforced-Concrete, Pre-Erected Reinforcement for, 791*
:— Transversely-Loaded, Elasto-Plastic Stresses in, 359*. 389*
'— Unrestrained., Lateral Stability of, Investigations on, 65*, 99*
Bearing, Chemical Attack by Lubricants on, 693*
1— Hot, Crankcase, Explosions from, 632*, 661* — Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
?— Roller Ends, Grinding Machine for, 446* Wear of, 603*
•— Thrust, for High-Speed Alternator for Water-Power Plants, 444*
Bede Products, Inc., Heating Unit for Spraying Hot Lacquer, 331*
Beere, O. G. R„ the Late, 569
“ Beetle ” Wagon-Marshalling Machine, 795* Beilby Memorial Awards, 527
? Belfast Meeting, .British Association, Pro
gramme, 467
, Bell, Sir T., the Late, 46, 84* ; Memorial to, 778
I Bellamy, G. S„ the Late, 714
? “ Belomorskaya,” Self-Propelled Multi-Bucket
Dredger, 378*
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
Belting, Conveyor and Elevator, Specification 155
j — — for Mines, at Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 753
i Bending Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Benn versus Kamm and Co., Ltd., Legal Decision on, 340
Bennett, W. D. G., on Diffusion of Hydrogen in Iron at Elevated Temperatures, 673
I Benson, N. D., on Copper for Alternator Rotor Windings, 424
Bentham, C., Maintenance Shop, Rotherham Works of Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., 765* 805*
Bentham, M., on Factory Maintenance Engineering Department," 467
Benzene, Determination of Dielectric Constant of, 804
> Beresford, J., and Son, Ltd., 2-in. Contractors’ Centrifugal Pump, 640*
? Berre Oil Refinery, Shell, France, Extensions
to, 283*
Berridge, P. S. A., on Economy in Railway Civil Enginepring, 50
i Berths, Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
? Bessel Functions, Tables of (Review), 388
' Bessemer Medal, Presentation to H. H. Burton, 558
j — Steel Rail, The First, 181
; Betatron, 31-MeV, at Zurich University Radiological Institute, 412
i Bevan, P. A. T., on Television Broadcasting Stations, 603
? Bevel Gears. See Gears
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles
; Biggs, A. J., on Television Receivers, 603
Billets, Conveyor, for Automatic Extrusion Plant, 393*
i Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
? Bingham, A. E., on Fluids for Hydraulic Power
Transmission, 213*, 254
1 Bingley, P., on Rectifier-Motor Variable-Speed Drives, 61*
Biographies of German Bridge Builders (Review), 292
Birch, A., on First Bessemer Steel Rail, 181; on Blast Furnaces in Early Nineteenth Century, 657
“ Birkenhead,” H.M. Troopship, Centenary of Loss, 278
Birkinshaw, D. C., on Television Programme Origination, 603
Birlec, Ltd., Induction Heater for Surface Hardening of Shafts, 286* ; Dryers for Compressed Air and Industrial Gases, 543* ; 25th Anniversary Luncheon, 628
Birmingham, British Industries Fair. 541* 557, 573*, 612*, 618, 639*, 650, 669*
— Gas Works, Drummond Flue-Gas Washing
Plant, 140*
— Industrial Gas Conference, 591
— Museum of Science and Industry, Opening
of, 298
— Tame and Rea Drainage Board, Report for
1949-51, 308
— University, Mechanical Harmonic Analyser,
52*, 68*; Investigations on Thermodynamics of Humid Air, 609* ; Establishment of S; J. Ellis Memorial Lectureship, 650
Birthday Honours List, 723, 747
Bitumen Road Emulsion for Penetration and Surface Dressing, Specification, 756
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., United States, Report on Coal-Fired Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 18, 623
— Mixtures and Soils, Triaxial Testing of (Re
view), 607
Road Construction. See also 7?oa<t« Blache, Dr. H. H„ the Late, 372*
Blackburn Factory of Mullard, Ltd1., Vertical Drawing of Glass Tubing, 701*
Blackwood Hodge, J., and Co., Ltd., 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Road Grader, 541*; “ Euclid” 154-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Dump Truck, 541* Blades, Gas-Turbine, Air-Cooled, Heat Transferin, 21*
— Turbine, Apparatus for Measuring Fre
quencies (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
Blading for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive, 162*
— Turbine, Anti-Corrosive Coatings for, 625
? Apparatus for Measuring Frequencies of
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
Bland, D. R., on Cold Rolling with Strip Tension, 608
Blast- Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blaw Knox, Ltd., Manufacture of Gears by, 659*
Blbriot Lecture on Future of Flying Boats, 329*. 382.* See Erratum, 592
“ Blesbok ” Bow-Well Suction Hopper Dredger, 441*
Block, G. D, M., on W. H. Fox Talbot and Photo-Mechanical Illustration, 563*
— Wedge, Malleable-Iron, for Shipbuilding
Berths (Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd;), 318* Blok, Prof. H„ on War on Wear, 594*, 625* Blower for Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Boards, Wood-Chip and Wood-Waste, Specification, 635
Boat, Flying. See Aeronautics
— Motor. See Motor Boat
Bobbin, Ring Doubling Frame, for Cotton and Rayon, Specification. 382
Boehringer, Gebr., G.m.b.H., Deep-Hole Boring Machine, 285*
Bogie Assembly for 150-h.p. Dual-Purpose, Oil-Engined Heavy Tractor, 141*
— for Bo 4- Bo Electric Locomotives, 321*
— Design for Electric Railways, 51
— Locomotive, Resilient Suspension and Pivot
for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 287*
— for Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 89*, 121*
— Welded, for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric
Locomotive, 195*
— See also Trucks
Boilers, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Investigation on, 797*, 813
— Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd;, Sindri Fertiliser
Factory, India. 44*
— Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Shell Haven Oil
Refinery, 735*
— Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Electric, for Aircraft Humidifier (General
Electric Co., Ltd.)-, 298*
— Feed Pump. See Pump
W'ater. See Feed and Water
— Foster Wheeler, S.S. “ Normannia,” 350
— Fuels, Burning in M.S. “ Auricula,” 501
— Furnaces. See Stoker
— Gas-Fired, Margam Power Station, 129*
— Groupings in British Power Stations, 153*
188*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Low-Pressure (Bouellat Engineering, Ltd.),
548*
— Marine, Investigations with, 186*
— Monotube, High-Pressure, Dieppedalle
Power Station, France, 385*
— Performance, Investigations by British
Coal Utilisation Research Association, 653
— Plant at Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 129 Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77
— — Drakelow “ A ” Power Station, 204 Industry, Position and Prospects in, 131.
See LETTER, 212
— — Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox,
Ltd., 797*, 813
— Shell, of Riveted Construction, Specifica
tion, 320
— Smoke Eliminators for, Experiments with.
337
— Stirling, Fulham Power Station, 300*
— Systems, Small, Using Solid Fuel, Specifica
tion, 382;.
— Underfeed Stoker-Fired, Combustion Con
trol Equipment for, 30*
— Unit, “Cyclone,” for Combustion Tests, 800*
— Waste Heat, for Knitwear Factory, 744*.
See Erratum, 824
— Welded-Steel, for Hot-Water Central Heat
ing, Specification, 587
— See also Engines and Boilers in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Bolson, J., and Son, Ltd., Diesel-Electric Chain Ferry for Cowes, 808*
Bolts and Nuts, Hexagonal, in B.A. Range, Spanners for, Specification, 732
— for Petroleum Industry, Specification, 182
— Steel, for Aircraft; Specification, 635
Books, Alchemical, Exhibition of, at Science Museum, 814
— New, Notes on, 32, 96, 152, 192, 224, 285,
320, 352, 384, 448, 508, 572, 763. See LITERATURE INDEX
— Received, 32,64, 96,128,160,192, 224, 256,
288, 320, 352, 384, 416, 448, 480, 508, 540, 572, 604, 636, 668, 700, 732 (see Erratum, 743), 764, 796, 828
Boosters. Gas, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Bore Profilometer, Hilger and Watts (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 614*
Boreholes. See Wells
Borings, Cast-Iron, Melting in Foundry Cupola 459*
— Machine. See Machine Tools
Bottle-Crating Machine (Crawley Industrial Products, Ltd.), 752
Bouellat Engineering, Ltd., Low-Pressure
Boiler, 548*
Bournemouth, British Electrical, Power Convention. See British Electrical Power Convention
Boving and Co., Ltd., Francis-Type Turbines, Errochty Hydro-Electric Scheme, 16* Bowaters Lloyd Pulp and Paper Mills, Conveying Plant for Straw Bales, 313*
Bowen, I. G., on Protection of Flame-Zone Walls, 559
Bowhill, Air Chief Marshal Sir F., on Flying Boat and Its Place in Aviation, 211
“ Boxmag” Feeder Head, 578
Boydell, E„ and Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
“ Brabazon I,” Bristol Air Liner, Report bn Expenditure oh, 435
Bradbury, E. J., on Bright Annealing of Nickel and Its Alloys, 455. See .483
’ radbury, F. J., on Design of Powered Flying Controls, 183. See 179
Brake, Automatic, for British Railways Goods Wagons, 83
, — Shoes, Forces and Pressure Distribution in, 418*. See LETTER, 815*
— See also Dynamometer
Braking Equipment for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine
Electric Locomotive, 193
— Systems for Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 123 Brancker Lecture on Flying Boat and Its
Place in Aviation, 211
Brass Founder’s Productivity Conference, 619 Brassey, Shield of, 1851, 817
Bray, G„ and Co., Ltd., Butane-Air Mixture Burner, 548
Brazing, Filler Alloys for, Specification, 779 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breathing.Apparatus for Use in Sewers, 817 “ Bremang No. 3,” Alluvial Gold Dredger, 379* Brent Cross Service Co., versus G. H. Myers, Legal Decision in, 801
Brewer, C. D., on Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, 249*, 281*
Bricks, Paving, Rattler Abrasion Testing Apparatus for, 729*
Bridge, Bascule, Rolling-Lift, Model of, 553*
— Builders, German, Biographies of (Review),
— Designs by Leonardo da Vinci,. 561*
— Foot, Prestressed-Concrete, Tests of, 595*,
690*
— Road, Deadweight Trailer for Testing, 721* Prestressed-Concrete, at Abertillery,
Monmouthshire. 415*
— Rolling, Lift, for Surrey Docks Lock
Entrance, 396*
— Suspension, Over River Severn, Aero
dynamic. Investigation on, 299, 347
— Tacoma. Narrows, Failure of, 299
— See also Culvert; and PARAGRAPH INDEX Brisch Classification System for Engineering
Stores, 407*
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., “Bristol 173 ” Helicopter. 33* ; Experimental “ Mock- Up” of “Britannia” Air Liner. 343* ; Expenditure on “Brabazon I” Air Liner, 935 ;. “ Proteus ” 700 Series Propeller Turbine, 792* .; Work of Company' 817
— “ Brabazon I ” Air Liner, Expenditure on,
435
“ Bristol 173 ” Helicopter, 33*
— Summer Meeting of Institution of Mech
anical Engineers, 180 , 783, 817
— Motor-Vehicle Development in, 783, 818 Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., History i
of, 783, 818
— University, Investigations on Lateral
Stability of Unrestrained Beams, 65*, 99*; Model of Engineering Building, 817';
Bristow, Dr. J. R„ on Torsional Fatigue Machine with Torque Control, 25*; on Noise in Private Cars, 201, 252*
Britain’s Deep-Sea Liner Trade, 1945-1951, 433, 469, 487, 499
Britain Steamship Co., Ltd., Launch of M.S.
“ Windsor,” 681*
“ Britannia ” Air Liner, Experimental “ Mock- Up,” 343*
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Aluminium- Alloy Sheet for Motor Launch, 540*
— Association, Belfast Meeting, Programme,
467
— Broadcasting Corporation, Temporary
Transmitting Station, Barnstaple, 331 ; Kirk o’ Shotts Television Transmission Station, 361* ; Unattended Operation of Daventry Transmitter, 412 ; Lime Grove Television Studios, 518*; Television Developments, 553, 603
— Coal Utilisation Research Association,
Annual Luncheon, 623; Annual Report, 653; Coal Science Lecture on Methane and Coal, by Sir A. Egerton, 678
— Colour Council, Exhibition of Colour and
Light in Industry, 623
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 275; Experiments on Wind Power, 445 ;? Report on High-Voltage Direct-Current Power Transmission, 477* and Allied Manufacturers’ Association Annual Dinner, 147 ; Jubilee Celebration, 526 ; Annual Luncheon, 559
Power Convention, Bournemouth Meeti ing, Programme, 243
— Electricity Authority; ; GeneratingrPlant
Construction in 1951, 54; Acton Lane “B” Power Station, 77*. See Erratum, 152 ; Helicopterfor Erecting Transmission Line, 128* ; Programme of New General ting Plant, 132. See LETTER, 212; Plant Sizes and Boiler Groupings in Power Stations; 153*, 188* ; DrakeloW “ A ” Power Station, 204* ; Fulham Power Station, 300*; Wind-Power Generation at Mynydd Anelog, North Wales, 343; Effect of Sudden Load Reduction oh Electricity Supply Conditions, 479*; Thermal Efficiency of British Power Stations, 583
British Extracting Co., Ltd., Bromborough, Continuous Solvent Extraction Plant for “ Ardil ” Fibre Meal, 323*
British Foundrymen, Institute of, Buxton Conference : Programme,. 619; Report of Council, 796 ; Report of Technical Council, 796 ; Awards, 769; Election of Officers, 796; Presidential Address by Dr. C. J. Dadswell, on A Sense of Proportion, 758 ; Williams Lecture on Fuel and Metal, by Prof. R. J. Sargant, 759*
— Grid, Economic Plant Sizes and Boiler Set
Groupings on, 153*, 188*
— Hydromechanics Research Association,
Annual- Report, 83
British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., Hydraulic Pelleting Machine for Plastics, 644*
— Industries Fair, Birmingham, 541*, 557,
573*, 612*, 618, 639*, 650, 669*
—'— Federation of. See Federation
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., Cables for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 130; Overhead Equipment for Manchester-Sheffield -Wath Railway, 165* ; Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 548 British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd., Overhead Equipment for Railway Electrification in Subsidence Areas, 180* : Aerial Masts for Kirk o’ Shotts Television Transmitting Station, 361
— Iron and Steel Federation, Statement on
Steel Position, 83; Statement on Real Steel and Scrap Position, 403; Annual Report, 434
— — and Steel Research Association, Load
meter for Industrial Rolling Mills, 116*, 137 ; Annual Report, 604
— Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment,
Council of, Activities, 587
— Navy. See H.M, under Warships
British Overseas Airways Corporation, Inauguration of Jet Air-Liner Service, 402, 591; Financial Review of, 626
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Universal Oxy- Acetylene Cutting Machine, 215* ; Potentiometric Oxygen Meter, 470*; Polaro- graph, 470*
— Railways, Electrical Equipment for South
ern Region Electric Trains, 76*; Automatic Brakes for Goods Wagons,. 83; Mixed-Traffic 4-6-2 Locomotive, 108*; Train Derailment at Doncaster, Report on, 160 ; 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive, 161*, 193*; Electrification of Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 164*, 321* ; Instructional Films for Staff, 200 ; Rolling Stock for, 294 ; Restricted Programmes for, 339; Cross-Channel S.S. “ Normannia,” 349* Railway Widening and Station Reconstruction at Potters Bar, 407; Train Describer System on Liverpool Street-Romford Railway, 428 ; Electrical Recording Anemometer for, 490*; Improvement of Locomotive Design and Operation, 590 ; 13-ton Standard Wagons, 602*; Use of Mobile Rectifier in Emergency, 635; Tests of Brown-Boveri Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 664* ; Fire in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, 680 ; Passenger Train Derailment at Weedon, 681; 2-6-2 Tank. Locomotive, 698* ; Locomotive Test Bulletins, Publication of, 719; Financial and Statistical Accounts, 782
British Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., Crewe Works of, 777*
— Rubber Producers’ Research Association,
Investigations On Rubber Abrasion, 217*
— Shipbuilding Research Association, Review
of Work of, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
> See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
—- Standards Institution. See Standards
— Steelfounding Industry, Productivity in, 569 British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.,'Motors
and 700-kW Rectifier for Rolling-Mill Finishing Stands, Abbey Steelworks, 42*; 1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Alternator Propelling Unit, 119; Circuit-Breakers for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 165*; Electrical Equipment for Single-Deck Trolley ’Buses, 320* ; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 404; Contactors for Reversing and Braking Electric Motor, 542* ; Electronic Ignitron Control Panel, 543*; Photo-Electric Relay, 710*; Stacreep Control for Electric Cranes, 710
— Transport Commission, Financial and
Statistical Accounts, 782
— Trade. See Trade
— Welding Research Association, “ Aircoma-
tic ” Process for Welding Aluminium, 762*
Brittle Fracture of Ship Plates, Investigations on, 156*
Broadcasting Stations for Television, 553, 603 Broeze, Prof. J. J., on Chemical Causes of Wear, 693*
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., 60-ton Brake Press, 612*; Continuous Tube Forming and. Welding Machine, 737*
Brook, Col. E. T„ the Late, 172
Brook, G. B., on Precipitation in Aluminium- Magnesium Alloys, 512
Brotherhood, P., Machine Shop in 1883, 564* Brown, Dr. A. F., on Slip Bands and Hardening Processes in Aluminium, 580
Brown Boveri A.G., MeV Betratron Installation at Zurich, 412; 12-5-MVA Alternator, 774 ; 5,150-kVA Alternator, 774
Brown, D., and Son (Huddersfield), Ltd., Hypoid Axle-Drive Unit, 614* ; Turbine Reduction Gear, 614*
Brown, J., and Co.-, Ltd., Experimental Peat- Fired Gas Turbine, 8*. See LETTERS, 527, 592
Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd., Rectifiers for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 165* Bruce, R. F. D.,:the Late, 46
Brunt, Dr. N. A., on Abrasion of Paint, 504* Brush Coachwork, Ltd., Battery-Operated Industrial Tractors and Trucks, 753
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 2,400- kW Brush-Ljungstrom Turbo-Generator, 575* ; 250-MVA 11-kV Metal-clad Switchgear, 575*; 500-kVA 11,000/433-Volt
Transformer, 576*
Brynmawr Rubber, Ltd., Brynmawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
Bucket Conveyor. See Conreyor
— and Grabs, Anti-Twisting. Device for (B.
and A. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 183* Buckling of Struts, Abnormal Cases of, 340*. See 804
Buggy, Ingot, for - Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4.*
Building and Civil Engineering Plant, Purchase, Application and Operation of (Review), 607
— Heating by Electricity, Problems of, 476
— Industrial, Steel Windows for, Specification,
63
— Industry, Technical Information Service
for, 723
— Light-Weight (Cambridge Engineering and
Structural Developments, Ltd.), 234*
— Materials, Abrasion Testing of, 728*
— Reinforced-Concrete, for Acton Lane
“ B ’’Power Station 77*. See Erratwm, 152 Concrete, for Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
— Research Station, Speech Amplification
System for St. Paul’s Cathedral, 12* ; Tests of Pre-Erected Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, 791*
— Structures, Elastic Stresses in, 57*, 92*
— Telecommunication in, Staff Location
System, Code of Practice, 320
— Thermal Insulating Materials for, Specifi
cation, 63
— —- Properties of (Review), 737
Buist, J. M„ on Abrasion and Wear of Rubber, 169*
Bulldozing Equipment, Cable-Controlled, for Vickers Tractor (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 542*
Bullen, F. R., Model of Workshop of Power Gas Corporation, Ltd., 817
Bullows, A., and Sons, Ltd., “ Hydrovane ” Air Compressor, 643* ; Water-Wash Spraying Booth, 644* ; Automatic Scummer, 644*
Bureau des Longitudes, Annuaire pour 1952 (Review), 322
— of Mines. See United States
Burettes and Bulb Burettes, Specification, 779 Burmeister and Wain, M.S. “ Kongedybet,” 491*
Burner, Butane-Air Mixture (G. Bray and Co., Ltd.), 548
— Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., Grinding Machine for Bearing-Roller Ends, 446*
Burton, H. H„ Presentation of Bessemer Medal to, 558
Bush, Resilient, for Links of 3,000-h.p. Gas- Turbine Locomotive, 195*
Butane-Air Mixture Burner (G. Bray and Co., Ltd.), 548
Butler, Dr. J. M., on Interdiffusion and Sintering in Copper-Nickel Compacts, 424
Butters, Brothers and Co., Ltd., Crane Repair Depot, Hillingdon, 406
Button-Blanking Machine, Semi-Automatic (G. H. Whitehouse and Son, Ltd.), 538*

CABLE COVERS, LTD:, Talurit Wire-Rope
Clamping System, 723*
— End Connections, Swaged, for Aircraft,
Specification, 287
— of Grabs and Buckets, Device to Prevent
Twisting (B. and A. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 183*
—•'‘See also Wire Ropes and Electric Cadmium in Copper-Cadmium Alloys, Deter
mination of, Specification, 732 Caernarvonshire, North Wales, 100-kW Wind-
Power Generation at Mynydd Anelog, 343
Cahn, Dr. R. W., on Slip and Polygonisation in Aluminium, 580
Caisson, Compressed-Air, for Uskmouth Power
Station, Model of, 817
Calcium Carbide, Specification, 155 Calculations, Critical, on Speed, Tabular
Methods for, 674*, 704*
Calibrator, Milliwatt, Direct-Current (Standard
Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 281* California, Central Valley Reclamation Scheme, 819
— Institute of Technology, Investigation of
Cavitation in High-Speed Water Tunnel at, 534*, 566*, 597*
Callander, Sir J., the Late’, 403 Calorific Value, Gas, Controller for (Sigma
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 448*
Cambridge Engineering and Structural Developments, Ltd., Light-Weight Building, 234*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Martens-Type Extensometers, 108* ; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 425; ’Needle- Type Pyrometer, 699*
— University, Investigations on Structural
Analysis, 92*; Report on Engineering
Department, 297; Investigation on Elasto-Plastic Stresses in Transversely-
Loaded Beams, 359*, 389*
Canada, Electric Power Supply, Report on, 19. See Erratum, 298
— — Supply in, Government Report on, 75
— Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission,
Annual Report,- 210
— St. Lawrence Seaway Scheme, 87
— Wood Preservation in, 525
Canadian Nickel Industry, Statistics of, 371 Canal, Don and Volga, Completion of, 783
— Navigation and Power, on St. Lawrence
Seaway Schemes, 87
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Cantilever Bridge. See Bridge
— Cranes. See Cranes Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway Carbon-Dioxide Scrubbers, Sindri Fertiliser
Factory, India, 290*
— Monoxide Conversion Plant, Sindri Ferti
liser Factory, India, 290*
Carbonising Plant at Sheffield University, 760
Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cargo Handling Equipment for Ships, 513, 537
— Steamers. See Steamers
“ Carlisle ” 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Road
Grader, 541*
Carriage, Railway, Diesel Railcar, for Norwegian State Railways, 201*
Electric, Electrical Equipment for, 76* Lightweight Steel (Metal Sections, Ltd.), 521*
Railcar with 125-h.p. Twin-Diesel Engines, 520*
— Shot-Firers’, 34-h.p. Diesel-Driven, for
Anhydrite Mine, 457*
Carrier Engineering Co., Ltd., Air-Conditioning Plant, Lime Grove Television Studios, 519
Carter, Dr. F. W., the Late, 720
Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cast-Iron Borings, Melting in Foundry Cupolas, 459*
Non-Magnetic (Ferranti, Ltd.), 544
Production and Consumption, 1948-51, 200
Casting, Continuous, of Steel, Recent Progress, 604
— Malleable-Iron and Alloy (Follsain-Wycliffe
Foundries, Ltd.), 639
Catalogues. See Trade Publications Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor
Cathaleen’s Fall Hydro-Electric Plant on River Erne, 772*
Cathedral, St. Paul’s, London, Speech Amplification System for, 12*
Caunter, C. F., on J. Day, Inventor of Crankcase Compression Engine, 527
C. A.V., Ltd., Fuel-Injection Equipment, 645
Cavitation Mechanics and Design of Hydraulic Equipment, 533*, 566*, 597*
— in Ships Propellers, Investigations on, 185* Cefn Gwrgan Substation for Abbey Steelworks,
Port Talbot, 129*
Celluloid Models, Stress Determination by. See Photo-Elastic
Cement and Concrete Association, Tests of Prestressed-Concrcte Foot Bridge, 595*, 690*
— See also Concrete and PARAGRAPH INDEX Cementation Co., Ltd., Sindri Fertiliser
Factory, India, 289*, 449*; Foundations for Brynmawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*; Poulaphuca, Golden Falls, Leixlip, Cathaleen’s Fall and Cliff Hydro-Electric Plants, 773*
Centenary of American Society of Civil Engineers, 591
— Engineering, in 1952, 18
— of London Association of Engineers, 591
— of Loss of H.M.Troopship“Birkenhead,” 275 —- of S. Osborn and Co., Ltd., 558
— of W. H. Fox Talbot’s Patent for Photo
Mechanical Illustration, 563*
— See also Quincentenary
Central Valley Reclamation Scheme, California, 819
Centrifugal Machines and Hydro-Extractors, Specification, 155
— Pumps. See Pumps
Centring Machine. See Machine Tools Ceramics, Elevated-Temperature Fatigue-
Testing Machine for, 422*
C.E.S.D. Lightweight Building, 234*
Ceylon, Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Chain Ferry, Diesel-Electric, for Cowes, Isle of Wight, 808*
— Forming Machine, Automatic (Heenan &
Froude, Ltd.), 826*
— Testing Machines, 75-ton Hydraulic, 805* Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., 3-ton “ Staffa ’
Oil-Driven Mobile Crane, 202*; Hydraulic Lifter for Tramway Track, 479*
Chang, Dr. P. L., on Diffusion of Hydrogen in Iron at Elevated Temperatures, 673
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear
Charging Frame for Miners’ Lamps (Oldham and Son, Ltd.), 574*
— Machine, Furnace, Die-Block Plant,
Halesowen, 617*
Charmilles, Ateliers des, S.A., 14,250-h.p. Kaplan Turbines, 774
Charrington, Warren, Ltd., Coal Lorry with Integral Conveyor, 616*
Charrold, Ltd., Motor Lorry for Coal Delivery, with Integral Conveyor, 616*
Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., Mechanical Shovel 710 »
Chassis, Passenger (A.E.C., Ltd.), Synchromesh Gearbox for, 190*
Chelsea, College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, 196*
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Causes of Wear, Investigations on, 693*
— Construction Corporation, Artificial-Fer
tiliser Factory, Sindri, India, 44*, 289*
— Elements and Man, from Stone-Age Hearth
to Cyclotron (Review), 260
— Engineers, Institution of, Annual Dinner,
559; Presidential Address by Sir H. Hartley on Chemical Engineering at the Cross Roads, 626
—- — Training of, 626
— Engineering at the Cross Roads, 626 Research Committee, Report of, 49
— Industry, Growth of, 626
— Works, Engineer in (Review), 451 Chemistry of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cheshire, Jodrell Bank, Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571
Chilton, H., on Natural-Draught Water- Cooling Towers, 315*
Chingford, William Girling Reservoir, Pre- stressed-Concrete Fencing for, 759*
Chinn, G. I., on Hydraulic Lock, 341*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752. See 509*
“Choshi,” Rock Dredger, 409*
Cinema Film, Experiments with Germanium, 690
— — Instructional, for Railway Staffs, 200 Strip, on Use of Portable Electric
Tools (Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.), 361
Cinematography of Cavitation, 536*, 566*, 597*
Circulating Pumps. See Pumps Civil Aviation. Sue."Aeronautics
— Engineers, American Society of, Centenary
of, 591

Civil Engineers, Institution of :

Certificates of Practical Engineering Training, Revised Form, 83
Views on Publicity for Engineers, 339 Report on Deterioration of Structures of Timber, Metal and Concrete Exposed to Action of Sea Water, 525
Annual Dinner, 591
Conversazione and Exhibition, 816 Discussion on Economy in Railway Civil Engineering:
Economy Through Organisation, by J. T. Thompson, 50
Economy Through Design, by P. S. A. Berridge, 50
Economy Through Labour Productivity and Incentive Schemes, by G. C. Stevens, 50
Economy by Supervision, by A. K. Terris, 50
Discussion on Relative Economics of Prestressed Concrete Compared with Other Forms of Construction—Aluminium, Reinforced Concrete, Steel and Timber :
General Review, by J. Ratter, 317 Aluminium Construction, by D. V. Pike, 317
Reinforced Concrete, by F. S. Snow, 317
Steel Construction, by H. S. Smith, 317
Timber Construction, by P.O. Reece, 318
Prestressed-Concrete Construction, by J. Cuerel, 318
Conference on Civil Engineering Problems in Colonies:
Arrangements for, 339
Civil Engineering and Building Plant, Purchase Application and Operation of (Review) 607
— — Problems in Colonies, Conference on,
Arrangements for, 339
—? — Railway, Economy in, 50
— — Work, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
Clamps for Wire Ropes (Skandinaviska Talurit A.B.), 723*
Classification System for Engineering Stores, Brisch, 407*
Clayton Lecture on Cavitation Mechanics and Design of Hydraulic Equipment, 533*, 566*,597*
Cleaning Plant for Grain, Buenos Aires Elevator, 787*
Clegg, L„ on Fuel, Heat and Power Auditing, 415
Clerks of Works, Proposed Registration of, 211 Cleveland and Northern Counties, Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430, 462, 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 650, 682, 714, 746, 778, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Cliff Hydro-Electric Plant on River Erne, 772* Clock and Watch Industry, Position and Prospects in, 358
Clockwork Mechanisms, Gears for, Specification, 508, 635
Cloths, Screening, Textile, Specification, 382 Cloud Chamber and C. T. R. Wilson (Review), 451
Cluanie and Loyne Dams. Use of Blast- Furnace Slag in, 635
Clyde Ironworks, Experiments on Hot Blast at, 658
CO,. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal, Constitution of, Investigations on, 760
— Consumption and Estimated Future
Demand, 267
of Locomotives, 590
Ministry of Fuel and Power Statistics, 337
— — See also Trials
— Economy. See also Fuel Economy; and
Pulverised Coal
— Gas, and Electricity, Efficiency for Domestic
Heating, 621. See LETTERS, 689,752,815 See Gas
— Handling Plant, Drakelow “A” Power
Station, 204
— Hydraulic Transportation of, Report on, 171
— Lorry with Integral Conveyor for Bulk
Delivery, 616*
— Methane in, Origin and Utilisation of; 678
— Mine. See Colliery
— Mining Machinery Industry, Position and
Prospects in, 131
Productivity Team’s Visit to United States, Report of, 81
— Problem, Heating and Ventilation iD
Relation to, 827
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Sampling and Analysis, Investigations on,
799*,813
— Slurry, Wet, Pelleting Process for, 653
— Utilisation Research Association, British,
Annual Luncheon, 623 ; Annual Report, 653; Coal Science Lecture on Methane and Coal, by Sir A. Egerton, 678
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Coast Lines with Wave Generators, Model, 816 Coating, Aluminium, of Steel Strip and Wire Hot-Dipping Process, 604
— Anti-Corrosive, Application of, 625
Codes of Practice, Standard. See Standards Cofferdam, Pump House, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
Cohen, H., on Heat Transfer in Air-Cooled Gas-Turbine Blades, 21*
Coilers for 80-in. Continuous Strip Mill at Abbey Steelworks, 42*
Coke for Foundries, Investigation on 759*
Cold Drawing of Creep-Resisting Molybdenum- Steel Steam Pipe, Effects of, 345*
Cole, Dr. B. N„ on Thermodynamics of Humid
Air, 009*
Cole, G., on Growth of Universities, 403.
See 266
Coleman, E. H., on Explosions in Oil Drums and Tanks, 183
College. See Education Collet, Angle Fixtures (W. H. Marley and Co.,
Ltd.), 636*
Colliery, Chief Inspector of Mines, Annual
Report, 242, 654
— Lighting. See Safety Lamps
— Ventilation Problems in, 827
— See also Mines and Coal
Colombo Plan Exhibition, Ceylon, 147, 267 Colonies, Civil Engineering Problems in,
Conference on, Arrangements for, 339 Colorimetric Analysis of Materials, 800 Colour Code for Thermocouple Twin Com
pensating Cables, Specification, 756
— for Hazard Warnings, Issue of “ Safety”
Code Abandoned, 189
— and Light in Industry, Exhibition, 623 Columbia River Reclamation Scheme, 819 Columns, Elastic Stresses in Stanchions, 57*
— Fractionating, Shell Haven Oil Refinery,
733*
— Leonardo da Vinci’s Tests of, 561*
— Reinforced-Concrete, Pre-Erected Rein
forcement for, 791*
Concrete, for Rubber and Plastics
Factory, 437*
— Struts, Abnormal Cases of Buckling of, 340 *.
See 804
— Tubular-Steel, for Street Lighting, Speci
fication, 732
Combined Stress. See under Tests (Materials} Combustion Chamber, Dieppedalle Power
Station, France, 386*
for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric
Locomotive, 161*
for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 9*
— of Coke in Cupolas, Investigations on, 760*
— Control Equipment, Automatic (Unitherm,
Ltd.), 30*
— Flames and Explosions of Gases (Review),
260
— of Methane for Energy Production, 678
— Pressurised, Characteristics of, 797*
— Problems in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 656
— Products, Chemical Attack in Engines bv,
693
— Research by Babcock <fc Wilcox, Ltd ,
800*, 813
— See also Fuel; Gases
“ Comet ” Air Liner, Series 2, 288*
“ Comet ” Jet-Propelled Air Liner, 402, 591 Commerce. See Trade] See also Industries and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX Commercial Forms, Sizes and Layout
Specification, 256
— Motor Cars. See Motor
Commonwealth Scientific Conference, Australia, Arrangements for, 212
— See also Australia
Communication Problems and Television, 603 Compacts, Copper-Nickel, Interdiffusion and
Sintering in, 424 Zinc, Sintering of, 424 Compacting Machine for Roads and Footpaths
(E. P. Allan and Co., Ltd.), 476* Companies. See PARAGRAPH INDEX Comparator for Measuring Variation in
Diameter of Wires, 529*
— Turret, for Ten Dimensions (Sigma
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 149*
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Stress. See Tests (Materials) Compressed-Air Dryer (Birlec, Ltd.), 543* See also Pneumatic
Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor Concrete Piles, “Dri-Por” Method of
Repairing (Masonry Resurfacing and Construction Co., Inc.), 237*. See ERRATUM 455
— Prestressed Development Group, Tests of
Prestressed Concrete Footbridge, 595*, 690*
Fencing, at Chingford Reservoir, 759* Foot Bridge, Tests of, 595*, 690* Reinforced-Concrete, Aluminium, Steel
and Timber for Construction, Relative Economics of, 317
— — for Road Bridge at Abertillery, 413*
-— --for Sheet Piles (Dow-Mac (Products),
Ltd.), 272*
Statically-Indeterminate Structures, 21
— Reinforced, Use in Acton Lane “B”
Power Station, 77*. See ERRATUM, 152 British Standard Code of Practice, 341 Compared with Prestressed-Concrete
Construction, 317
Use for Rubber and Plastics Factory 437*
— Slabs, Amsler Abrader for Testing, 728*
— Structures, Pre-Erected Reinforcement for
(T. C. Jones and Co., Ltd.), 791*
and Corrosion, 84
— Tests on, with Electrical-Resistance Strain
Gauges, 468*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Condensate, Salts in, Investigations on, 800* Conductivity. See Electric
Conduit Dies, Dimensions, Specification, 480 Conference on Abrasion and Wear, Delft.
See Aftraston and Wear Conference, Delft
— Annual, Association of Teachers in Tech
nical Institutions, 751
— Aslib Aeronautical Group, Cranfield, 467
— Brass Founders’ Productivity, 619
— on Civil Engineering Problems in Colonies,
Arrangements for, 339
— Commonwealth Scientific, Australia,
Arrangements for, 212
— European Sanitary Engineers, Rome.
See Sanitary Engineers, European Conference, Rome
— and Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 119, 279,
407, 531, 691, 819
— Gas, Industrial, Birmingham, 591
— Industrial Physics, Glasgow, Programme,
497
— Information Services and Industry, 371
Conference International, on Hot-Dip Galvanising, Dusseldorf, Programme, 655
on Large High-Tension Systems, Paris, Programme, 109; Proceedings, 687, 749
— Paintshop Productivity, 784
— Plant Maintenance, Philadelphia, United
States, 466
— on Preventive Maintenance, 720
— on Properties of Metallic Surfaces, Pro
gramme, 789
Congress, Empire Mining and Metallurgical, Australia and New Zealand, 1953, Arrangements for, 211
— Mechanical Engineering, International,
Stockholm, Arrangements for, 497
Connell, C., and Co., Ltd., Use of Malleable- Iron Wedge Blocks in Shipbuilding, 318* Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel; Pulverised Coal
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Portable High-Pressure Air Compressor, 74*
Contactor, Relay (Londex, Ltd.), 543* Contracts, 31, 43, 76, 184, 246, 288, 349, 383, 429, 4.79% 538, 572, 636, 668, 68:3, 759. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— for Work and Extension of Time, Legal
Decisions on, 750
Control, Automatic, Fundamentals of (Review), 451
— Board, 11-kV, at Abbey Steelworks, Port
Talbot, 131*
Central, Buenos Aires Elevator, 789*
— Desk for 80-in. Continuous Strip Mill, 42* Kirk o’ Shotts Television Transmission
Station, 361*
— Equipment, Combustion, Automatic (Uni
therm, Ltd.), 30*
— Gear, Abbey Steelworks Melting-Shop
Cranes, Port Talbot, 3*
— — for Automatic Extrusion Press, 375*,
392*
for Bo + Bo Electric Locomotives, 322* Boiler, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 387*
for Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*
Rolling Lift Bridge at Surrey Docks, 397*
— Instruments for Gauge in Sheet and Strip
Rolling, 604
— in Mechanical Engineering, Theory of (Re
view), 388
— Orders, Ministry of Supply. See Industries
and Commerce in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Panel, Electronic Ignitron (British Thom
son-Houston Co., Ltd.), 543*
for Newspaper Printing Machinery, 127*, 150*
— Remote, Umtata Falls Hydro-Electric
Plant, 215
— Room, Fulham Power Station, 300*
Penistone, Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 165*
Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 45* Sound and Vision, Lime Grove Television Studios, 518*
— Stacreep, for Electric Cranes (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 710
Controllers, Electric Motor. See J/oZors, Electric
— for Gas Calorific Value (Sigma Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 448*
— Gas-Mixture (Keith Blackman, Ltd.), 546*
— Temperature (Elliott Brothers (London),
Ltd.), 575*
“ Convair XP5Y-1 ” Ocean-Patrol Flying Boat, 329*
Convention on British Contribution to Television, 553. 603. See Erratum, 619
— on Electrical Contacts, 501
Converter Equipment for High-Voltage Direct- Current Power Transmission, 477
Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., 4,000-lb., Petrol-Driven Fork-Lift Truck, 678*
Conveying Plant for Straw Bales (G. W. King, Ltd.), 313*
Conveyor Belting for Mines at Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 753
Rubber, Specification, 155
— for Billets for Automatic Extrusion Plant,
393*
— Control, Automatic, by Punched Cards
(G. W. King, Ltd.), 752
— Cullet, for Glass-Making Materials, 663*
— Driving Head (Crofts (Engineers), Ltd.),
677*
— Grain, Buenos Aires Elevator, 788*
— Raw-Materials, Margam Steelworks, 1*
— Scraper, on Coal Delivery Lorry, 616*
— Transportable (Fourways (Engineers), Ltd.),
755*
— Tunnel for 90,000-ton Sulphate of
Ammonia Silo, 449*
— Vibratory-Trough, and Screen (McKenzie &
Brown, Ltd.), 641*
Tube (McKenzie and Brown, Ltd.), 641*
Cook, R. M., on Determination of Hydrogen in Liquid Steel, 673
Cook, S', S., the Late, 688*
Cooking Range, Solid-Fuel, Heavy-Duty, Specification, 732
Cooler, Water, for Waste-Heat Recovery, Plant, 744*. See Erratum, 824
Cooling Tower, Natural-Draught, Performance of, 315
— — Reinforced-Concrete, Acton Lane “ B ”
Power Station, 77*
— Water Intake, Reinforced-Concrete, for
Coryton Oil Refinery, 332*
— — System, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735* Cooper, A., and Sons, Ltd., Maintenance Workshop of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765*, 805*
Cooper, A. B., on Mechanical Engineering Around Bristol, 783, 817
Cooper Bessemer Co., Ltd., Six-Stage Compressor for Ammonia Synthesis Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Copenhagen-Bornholm Service, M.S. " Konge- dybet,” 491*
Copper Alloys. See Brass and Alloys under Metallurgy
— for Alternator Rotor Windings, Properties
of 424
Copper Mine, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Diorama of, 817
— Powder, Oxide-Reduced, Production and
Properties, of, 424
— Raw, Methods of Analysis of, Specification,
256
— Wire, Enamelled, Round, Specification, 756
— See also Metallurgy
Core-Drying Stove, Continuous Vertical (Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd.)', 545*
Corlett, Dr. E. C. B., on Aluminium as Shipbuilding Materia], 413
Corrosion Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 800, 813
— of Propellers. See Propellers
— in Ships, Investigations in, 158
— Stress, in Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys,
513
Cort, R., and Son, Ltd., Automatic Screening, Weighing and Bagging Unit, 710*
Corti, Prof. U. A., on Development of International Drinking Water Standards, 718
Coryton Oil Refinery, Cooling-Water Intake for, 332*
Cosslett, Dr; V. E,, on X-Ray Tube with Magnetic Lens, 690
Costain-John Brown, Ltd., Transporter for Large Steel Cylinder, 667*
Coupling, Flexible, for Shafts (Metaducts, Ltd.), 578*
— for Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 90
Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd., Diesel- Engined 10,000-lb. Fork-Lift- Trucks, 752
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation
Cowan, G. M„ the Late, 650
Cowes, Isie of Wight, Diesel-Electric Chain Ferry for, 808*
Cowlishaw, Walker and Co., Ltd., 100-ton Power Press, 641*
Cox, H. L., on Buckling of Struts, 340*. See 804
Cox, Brig. M. H., Artificial-Fertiliser Factory, Sindri, India, 44*, 289*
Crack Detection, Fluorescent Ink for (Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.), 724*
— Detector, Magnetic Portable (Solus-Schall,
Ltd.), 470*
Cracking Plant, Catalytic, Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Craik, R. L., on Sintering of Copper-Zinc Powder Compacts, 424
Cranes (Dereham), Ltd., Oilfield-Equipment Transporter with Tipping Body, 284*
Crane, 20-ton, Coles (Steels Engineering Products, Ltd.), 677*
— Derrick, Hand, Steam and Electric, Repair
Depot, Hillingdon, 406*
— Diesel Locomotive, 5-ton (T. Smith and Sons
(Rodley), Ltd.), 710*
— Electric, Stacreep Control for (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 710
— Installation for Welded Prefabricated Ship
Construction, 823*
— Mobile 10-ton (R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd.), 710* 3-ton Oil-Driven “ Staffa ” (Chamberlain
Industries, Ltd.), 202*
— Overhead, 300-ton, Abbey Steelworks, Port
Talbot, 3
— — Travelling, Radio Control for (Vaughan
Crane Co., Ltd.), 752
— See also Transporters
Cranfield, Conference, Aslib Aeronautical Group, 467
Crankcases, Engine, Explosions in, Investigations on, 632*, 661*, 695*
— Explosions in Marine Oil Engines, Investi
gations on, 187
Crankshafts, Built-Up, Gas Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of, Investigations on, 550
— Cast, Torsional Fatigue Testing Machine for,
25*
— for Medium-Size Diesel-Engine Production,
649*
Cranston, Dr. J. P., on Sintering of Copper-Zinc Powder Compacts, 424
Crawley Industrial Products, Ltd., Bottle- Crating Machine, 752
Creep of Copper Rotor Windings, 424
— Tests. See under Tests (Materials) Cremer Report on Chemical Engineering
Research, 626
Creosote, Use for Timber Preservation, 525
Crewe Works of British Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777*
Critical Speed Calculations, Tabular Methods for, 674*, 704*
Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., Swarf-Feeding Device for Foundry Cupolas, 459* ; Conveyor Driving Head, 677* ; Motor-Driven Roller Unit for Tube Handling, 677*
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Moving-Iron Voltmeter, 700* ; Moving Iron Ammeter, 700*
Crompton, T. A., the Late, 468
Crone and Taylor, Ltd., 25-ft. Light Mobile Stacker, 755*
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Crusher, Rock, Balanced-Jaw “ Kue-Ken ” (Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. (Ironfounders), Ltd., 203*
Crystal, Metal, Plastic Deformation of, Investigations on, 580
— Structure Investigations, Optical Apparatus
for, 690
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See Microphotographs
Cuerel, J., on Prestressed -Concrete Construction, 318
Cullemeyer Railway Wagon Transporter, 124*
Cullen, Dr. A. L., Demonstration of Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Along Conductors, 690
Culvert, Cooling-Water, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
Cumberland Hotel, London, Structural Stresses in, 58*
Cupolas, Foundry, Swarf-Feeding Device for (Crofts (Engineers), Ltd.), 459*
— Reactions in, Investigations on, 760
Cutters, Milling. See MiZZing under Machine Tools
Cutting Machine, Universal, Oxy-Acetylene (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 215*
Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects in, 358
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
“ Cyclone ” Boiler Unit for Combustion Tests, 800*
Cyclotron, from Stone-Age Hearth. Man and Chemical Elements (Review), 200
Cylinder, Steel, Large, Transporter for, 667*

DADSWELL, Dr. C. J., on Effect of Mechanisation in Foundries, 758
“ Daily Mail ” Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia, 307
Dam, Loyne and Cluanie, Use of Blast-Furnace Slag in, 635
— at Poulaphuca, Golden Falls, Leixlip,
Cathaleen’s Fall and Cliff Hydro-Electric Stations, 772*
— World’s Four Highest in United States, 818 Dampers, Hydraulic, for Motor Cars, 381
“ Dangerous ” Machinery, Legal Decisions, 340
Daventry Radio Transmitter, Unattended Operation of, 412
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 500-b.h.p. Diesel Engines for Railcars, 201; 400-h.p. Diesel Engine for Oil-Well Drilling Equipment, 461*
Davies, Capt. H. L., on Cold Reduction Tin- Plate Plant at Trostre, 629*. See 558,592
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Performance of Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Davis, B., on Annealing of Copper and Copper Alloys, 455. See 483
Davis, J. D., on Utilisation of Anti-Knock Fuel in Automobile Engines, 278
Davis, R. W. G., Breathing Apparatus for Use in Sewers, 817
Dawson Washing Plant for Oil-Engine Castings, 584*
Day, J., Inventor of Crankcase Compression Engine, 527
Deckhouses of Aluminium Alloy, Scantlings of, 708
Decomposition Plant for Ammonia Sulphate Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
de Decker, Dr. H. C. J., on Review of International Symposium on Abrasion and Wear, 699
Defence, Estimates 1952-53, Statement on, 273
— Ministry of, on Acceptance of Unified
System of Screw Threads, 751
Definitions, Terms and Symbols for Gas Quantities in Internal-Combustion Engines, 256
Deformation, Plastic, of Metals, Investigations' on, 580
Degreasers, Solvent-Emulsion, for Metals (Sunbeam Anti-Corrosives, Ltd.), 42
Degreasing Plant, Alkali (Orcene Co., Ltd.), 764*
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., “ Comet ” Air Liner, Series 2, 288*; “Comet” Jet- Propelled Air Liner, 402, 591; Performance of “ Vampire ” N.F.10, 635
de la Rue, R., and Co., Ltd., Infra-Red Drying Tunnel, 545*
Delft, Conference on Abrasion and Wear. See A6r«rs»on and Wear Conference, Delft
Delft, Rubber-Stitching, Tyre-Testing Machine at, 725*
De-Nationalisation of Iron and Steel Industry, 497
-of Road-Transport Industry, 497
Denison, S., and Son, Ltd., Creep Testing Machine, 107*
Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., S.S. “ Norman- nia,” 349*
Deposits in Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, 250*
Derby Station, Laying of First Bessemer Steel Rail, 181
Derricks. See Cranes
“ Derwent V ” Jet Engines in “ Lucy Ashton,” 159*
Design and Basic Engineering Standards, 380*, 411*
Desoutter, M„ the Late, 498
Destroyers. See Warships
Desulphurisation of Iron by Lime, Pilot-Scale Trials, 604
Detector, Crack, Fluorescent Ink for (Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.), 724*
Magnetic Portable (Solus-Schall, Ltd.), 470*
Developing Unit for X-Ray Film (Nucleonic and Radiological Developments, Ltd.), 415*
Devereux, Col. W. C., the Late, 816*
Dewpoint Hygrometer, Automatic (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 634*
Diagram Plotter, Nyquist (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 426
Diameters, Standard Nominal, for Metric and Inch Units, 244
" Diana,” H.M. Destroyer, Launch of, 790
Dick, J„ on Fatigue Testing Machine for Ceramic Materials, 422*
Dickie, W. H., on High-Powered Single-Screw Cargo Liners, 582
Dickinson, Dr. H. W., Obituary of, 242, 276* ; His Work on History of Technology, 248
Diderot, D., Work on Technology, 247
Die-Block Plant of W. Somers, Ltd., at Halesowen, 617*
— Casting Foundry, Pressure, for Light Alloys
(High Duty Alloys, Ltd.), 297*. See Erratum, 428
Machine, Herbert-Reed-Prentice (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 614*
— — Machine, IMP-96 (A. Herbert, Ltd.),
614*
— Conduit, Dimensions of, Specification, 480 Dieppedalle, Electric Power Station, France,
385*
Diesel Engine Users Association, Annual Luncheon, 527
. ; See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Pro
pulsion
Differential Gear. See Gear
Diffraction Gratings at National Physical Laboratory, 804
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Dimensional Analysis and Theory of Models (Review), 322
Dinsmore, Dr. R. P., on Economic and Physical Aspects of GR-S Rubber, 719
Directories. See LITERATURE INDEX
Dirt, Hydraulic Lock Due to, 510*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
Distillation Receivers, Specification, 811
— Unit at Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
—; — Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 733*
Distington Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Carlisle ” , Road Grader, 541*
Diving Equipment of Leonardo da Vinci, 560* Dock Gates, Welded (Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 722*
— Pontoon, Floating, for Flying Boats, 382*
— Surrey, London, Rolling Lift Bridge for,
396*
Doctor-Treatment Plant, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
Documents and Technical Information Unit, Services of, 527
Domestic Appliances Burning Solid Fuel, Flues for, Code of Practice, 256
— Electric Water-Heating Installation, Code
of Practice, 256
-r Heating Appliances, Improvements in Efficiency, 337
Appliances, Investigations on, 653 Efficiency of Coal, Gas, and Electricity for, 621. See LETTERS, 689, 752, 815
-> by Solid Fuel, Investigations On, 827
Don and Volga Canal, Completion of, 783 Donald, R. S., the Late, 46
Doncaster, Train Derailment at, Report on, 160 Donkin, B., on Electrical Plant Sizes and Boiler Groupings, 153*, 188*
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3*
Double Helical Gears. See Gears
— Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Dougherty, R. W., on Hydraulic Transportation of Coal, 171
Dow-Mac (Products), Ltd., Prestressed-Con- crete Sheet Piling, 272*
— Prize Competition, Illuminating Engineer
ing Society, 191
Dowel Pins, Parallel, Steel, Specification, 320 Downs, D„ on “ Knock ” Research, 278 Dowson <fc Mason Gas Plant Co., Ltd., Continuous Bright-Annealing Gas-Fired Furnace,- 223;* Portable-Cover Gas-Fired Furnace, 544*
Dowty Equipment, Ltd., Variable-Delivery Hydraulic Pump, 445*; Hydraulic Selector Valve with Electric Control, 668* Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., Shipyard Re- Organisation for Welded Prefabricated Construction, 821*
Drabert, Fr., Sohne, Guillotine for Sheet Metal, 255*
Drafting Machines (Mavitta Drafting Machines, Ltd.), 645
Drainage Board, Birmingham, Tame and Rea, Report for 1949-51, 308
— of Firedamp from Mines, Report on, 178 Drakelow “ A ” Power Station, 204* Draw-Works of Oil-Well Drilling Equipment
for Tunisia, 460*
Dredging Craft, Types, Examples and Performance of, 377*, 409*, 441*
— Machines of Leonardo da Vinci, 560*
“ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing Concrete Piles, 237*.\See Erratum, 455
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
Drilling Equipment, Oil-Well, for Tunisia (Oil Well Engineering Co., Ltd.), 460*
Drinking Water Standards, International, Development of, 718
Drives, Variable-Speed Rectifier-Motor, 61*
Driver, G., and Son, Ltd., Enclosed Vibratory Screen, 753*; Feeder Conveyor, with Automatic Feed Mechanism, 753*
Driving Chains. See Chains
Drop Forgers and Stampers, National Association of, Memorandum on Productivity, 517
— Forging Industry, British, Increase of
Productivity by, 517
Drum, Oil, Explosions in, Experiments on, 183 Drummond, D., the Late, 430
Drummond Patents (Holdings), Ltd., Flue-Gas Washing Plant, Birmingham Gas Works, 140*
Dryers for Compressed Air and Industrial Gases (Birlec, Ltd.), 543*
— - Foundry, Gas-Fired (F. J. Ballard and Co.,
Ltd.), 545
Drying Ovens, Infra-Red, for Motor Cars (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 236*
— Plant for Grain, Buenos Aires Elevator, 788*
— Tunnel, Infra-Red (T. de la Rue and Co.,
Ltd.), 545*
Dump Truck, 154-b.h.p. Oil-Engined “ Euclid” (J. Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd.), 541*
Duncan, Sir A. R„ the Late, 436*
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Apprentice-Training School, Manchester, 651
Du Pont-Grasselli Abrasion-Testing Machine, 725*
Durham University, Investigation on Overturning of Piles, 134*
Dursley, Diesel-Engine Factory of R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 647*
Dusseldorf, International Conference on Hot- Dip Galvanising, Programme, 655
Dust, Coal. See Pulverised Coal
— Collecting System, Buenos Aires Elevator,
788*
— Flue,' Investigations on Sampling of, 229*,
261*. See LETTER, 436
Dutch. See Holland
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dynamometer, Installations by Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 826*
— See also Torsionmeter
Dyson 100-ton Trailer, 122*

“ EAGLE,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 373*
Earnings of Industry: Truth About Prices and Profits (Review), 113
Earth-Moving Equipment (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 542*
East African Railways, 2-8-2 Type Locomotives for, 73*
— Midlands Gas Board, Gas-Fired Crucible Furnace, 544*
Eatwell, H. J., on Octane Numbersin Relation, to Road Performance, 279. See LETTER, 468
“ Ebro,” M.S., Royal Mail Cargo Liner, 819 Economic Situation, Government Statement on, 146
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
Economy, Fuel. ? See FweZ *
Edeleanu, Dr. C„ on Stress-Corrosion in Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, 513
Eden, J. J., on Standard Nominal Diameters for Metric and Inch Units, 244
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Pen-Oscillograph Equipment, 426

Education :

Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Chelsea, 196*
Apprenticeship Scheme of Lockheed Organisation, 124
Apprentices. See also Zaftour
Birmingham University, Mechanical Harmonic Analyser, 52*, 68*; Investigations on Thermodynamics of Humid Air, 609*; Establishment of S. J. Ellis Memorial Lectureship, 650
Bristol University, Investigations on Lateral Stability of Unrestrained Beams, 65*, 99* Model of Engineering Building, 817
Cambridge University, Investigations on Structural Analysis, 92*; Report on Engineering Department, 297; Investigation on Elasto-Plastic Stressc s in Transversely-Loaded Beams, 359*, 389*
Chemical Engineers, Training of, 626 College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, Chelsea, 196*
Durham University, Investigation of Overturning of Piles, 134*
Education, Ministry of, Scholarships in Production Technology and Management, 299 ; Training Scheme for Merchant-Navy Officers, 615. See 211
— and Productivity, Sir H. Kipping on,
307
E. M.I. Institutes, Scholarships in Electronic Engineering, 663
Engineering Education in United States, 114
Graz Technical High School, Tests of Jen- bach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Course on Electronics, 169
King’s College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Investigation of Air-Cooled Gas- Turbine Blades, 21*
Leverhulme Research Fellowships and Grants, 655
Maudslay Society Scholarships, Award of, 687
Merchant-Navy Engineer Officers, Training Scheme for, 651. See 211
Metallurgical Students, Growth in Numbers in United-Kingdom Colleges, 395
Mond Nickel Fellowships, Aims and Objects, 314
National Foundry College, Report 1948-51 506
Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., Training Scheme of, 495
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Lectures on Liquid Fuels, 203
Nottingham University, Investigations with Potential Flow Tank, 292*
Oxford University, Fatigue-Testing Machine for Ceramics, 422*
Production Engineers, Institution of, Summer School, Programme, 489
Research Work, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 340
School of Gas-Turbine Technologv, Courses at, 251
Sheffield University, Investigations on Coke, 760*
Shipwrights, Worshipful Company of, Apprentices’ Competitirn, 275
Swansea University College, Investigation on Overturning of Piles, 134*
Teachers in Technical Institutions, Association of, Annual Conference, 751
Technological Education, Higher, 20. See LETTERS, 148, 403, 497'
Training of Engineers, 54
— of Mercantile-Marine Engineer Officers,
211, 651
United States, Engineering Education in, 114
University College London, Annual Report, 307; Flying-Spot Microscope, 689
— Development, Report of University Grants Committee, 266. See LETTER. 403
— and Potential Ability in the Population,
401
— and Scientific Man-Power, 687, 717 See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Heavy-Duty Bar- Cropping Machine, 182* ; Shearing and Cropping Machine, 613*; 17-ton Press Brake, 613*; Dowel and End-Forming Machine, 613* ; Turret Saw Bench, 614*
Edwards, W., and Co. (London), Ltd., Quartz- Crystal Frequency-Control Unit, 471*
Efficiency of Boiler Plants. See Eoilers
— of Engines. See Engines
Egerton, Sir A., on Methane and Coal, 678
Electric :
Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Ammeter, Moving-Iron (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 700*
—- Voltmeter, Clip-On (Ferranti, Ltd.), 544*
Amplifier, Selective (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 426*
Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, -Electric ?— Welding. See Welding
Battery Units for Mine-Shaft Signalling (Nife Batteries, Ltd.), 86*
-— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles ; Motor Truck
Betatron, 31-MeV, at Zurich University Radiological Institute, 412
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 275 ; Experiments on Wind Power, 445 ; Report on High- Voltage Direct-Current Power Transmission, 477*
and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Dinner, 147; Jubilee of, 526 ; Annual Luncheon, 559
Power Convention. See British Electrical Power Convention
— Electricity Authority, Generating-Plant
Construction, in 1951, 54; Action Lane “ B” Power Station, 77*. See Errafton, 152; Helicopter for Erecting Transmission Line, 128*; Programme of New Generating Plant, 132. See LETTER, 212; Plant Sizes and Boiler Groupings in Power Stations. 153*, 188* ; Drakelow- “ A ” Power Station, 204* ; Fulham Power Station, 300* ; Wind-Power Generation at Mynydd Anelog, North Wales, 343 ; Effect of Sudden Load Reduction on Electricity Supply Conditions, 479* ; Thermal Efficiency of British Power Stations, 583
Cables for High-Voltage Direct-Current Power Transmission, 477*
— Industry, Position and Prospects in,
265
— 33-kV, for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath
Railway, 164*
— Thermocouple Twin Compensating,
Colour Code for, Specification. 756
Calibrator, Milliwatt, Direct-Current (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 281*
Circuit, Electric, Transients in, Using Heaviside Operational Calculus (Review), 67
Coil, Field, of High-Speed Alternators, 442*
Conducting Films, Transparent, on Glass, Investigations on, 333
Conductors for High-Voltage Direct Current, 477*
Contacts, Theory and Practice of, 501 Converter Equipment for High-Voltage
Direct-Current Power Transmission, 477
Cranes. See Cranes
Dielectric Constant of Benzene, Determination of, 804
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Electrical-Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects in, 6,131. See LETTER, 212
— Equipment for British Multiple-Unit
Trains, 76*
Industry, Position and Prospects in. 6, 263. See Erratum, 297
for Rolling Lift Bridge for Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 397*
— Practices, Graphical Symbols for,
Specification, 182
Electricity, Coal and Gas, Efficiency for Domesti c Heating, 621. See LETTER, 689, 752, 815
— Division, National Physical Labora
tory, Work of, 804
Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding of Steel, Specification, 756
Electromagnetic Waves, Demonstration of Propagation Along Conductors, 690 Electronic Circuits, “ Transistors ” for, 690
— Engineering, Scholarships in, 663 Electronics Symposium and Exhibition,
Arrangements, 815
Frequency-Control Unit, Quartz-Crystal (W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 471*
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo
“ Grid,” Economic Plant Sizes and Boiler Set Groupings on, 153*, 188*
Heating and Lighting Equipment for Newspaper Printing, 124, 150
High-Tension Systems, International Conference on, Paris, Programme, 109 ; Proceedings, 687, 749
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal Combustion Engines. See Ignition
Induction Motors. See Motors, Electric Insulation for High-Speed Alternators, 442 Lamp Industry, Position and Prospects in, 265
— Manufacture of Glass Bulbs for, 662*
— Miners’, Charging Frame for (Oldham
and Son, Ltd.), 574*
Lifts, Electric. See Lifts
Lighting for Newspaper Printing, 124,150 Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators ; Motors ; Turbo Magnetos. See Ignition Mains. See Cables (above)
Meters, Electricity, Specification, 666
Electric— continued.
Meters-Testing Set, Polyphase (Ferranti Ltd.), 544*
— See also Ammeter above and Voltmeter below
Milliwatt Calibrator, Direct-Current (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 281*
Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See' Switchgear Oscillator, Assembly, Local (Milliard,
Ltd.), 426*
Oscillograph Equipment, Pen (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 426
Photometer,Spherical Integrating (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pj/rowieter Railways. See Railways Rays. See X-Rays
Rectifier, Mercury, 1,000-kW, 500-volt
Mobile, Use in Plant Breakdown, 635 — Mining, 50-kW (English Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 641*
— Motor, Variable-Speed Drives, 61*
— 700-kW, for Rolling-Mill Finishing Stands, Abbey Steelworks, 42*
— Steel-Cylinder, Manchester-Sheffield- Wath Railway, 165*
Relay, Delayed-Action, Electronic (Sunvic
Controls, Ltd.), 64*
Resistances, Starting, for Multiple-Unit
Electric Trains, 76*
— Welding. See Welding
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See
Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays Rural Electrification in Ontario, 19. See
Erratum, 298
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric Street Railways. See Tramways Substation. See Substation
Switchgear; See Switchgear; Motors, Electric
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony Thermocouple Twin Compensating Cables,
Colour Code for, Specification, 756 Traction. See Locomotives, Electric ; Trolley ’Bus; Railways ; Tramways Tramways. See Tramways Transformers. See Transformers “ Transistors ” for Electronic Circuits, 690 Tube, Cathode-Ray, for Television, Manufacture of, 603
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Vacuum Tubes. See Vacuum Tubes ;
Rbntgen
Voltmeter-Ammeter, Clip-On (Ferranti,
Ltd.), 544*
— Moving-Iron (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 700*
Water-Heating Installations, Domestic, Code of Practice, 256
Waves, Electromagnetic, Demonstration of Propagation Along Conductors, 690 See also Telegraphy, Wireless Welding. See Welding
Wire Industry, Position and Prospects, 265 Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy;
Radar; Radio ; Television
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radar ; Radio; Television
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Electric Construction Co., Ltd., 800-h.p Motor for Edger Mill at Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4*; Motor Alternator Generator Set, 640*; Direct On Starter for Squirrel-Cage Electric Motor, 640*
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., Transmission LiDe for Kirk o’ Shotts Television Station, 361 ; Equipment for Lime Grove Television Studios, 518*; Training in Electronic Engineering, 663
Electrical Engineers, American, Visit to Great Britain,, 275

Electrical Engineers, Institution of :

Annual Dinner, 307 Annual Report, 662
Electricity in Newspaper Printing, by A.. T. Robertson, 124*, 150*
Faraday Medal, Award to Prof. E. O. Lawrence, 211
Sir A. Fleming and Sir E. Appleton, Election as Honorary Members, 211 Electronic Telephone Exchanges, by T. H
Flowers, 447
Kelvin Lecture on Iron Atoms in Service of Electrical Engineers, by Sir C. Goodeve, 551
Radio Section :
Should Further Television Development Be Concentrated on Colour to Exclusion of .Black-and-White, by L. C. Jesty, 179
Conuention on British, Contribution to Television :
Television Development, by Sir N. Ashbridge, 553
History of Tele vision, by G. R. M. Garratt and A. H. Mumford, 553. See Erratum, 619
Programme Organisation, by D. C. Birkinshaw, 603
Television Broadcasting ‘Stations, by P. A. T. Bevan, 603
Wave Propagation and Television, by Dr. R. L. Smith-Rose, 603
Permanent Point-to-Point Links for Relaying Television, by H. Faulkner, 603
industrial Television, by Dr. -R. C. G. Williams, 603
Valves and Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television, by J. D. Stephenson,
F. H. Powell, T. W. Price and F. M. Walker, 603
Television as Communication Problem, by L. C. Jesty, 603
Electrical Engineers, Institution of— continued.
British Domestic Receivers, by A. J. Biggs and E. O. Holland, 603 Supply Section:
Economic Plant Sizes and Boiler-Set Groupings on British Grid, by B. Donkin and P. H. Margen, 153*, 188* Natural-Draught Water-Cooling Towers, by H. Chilton, 315*
High-Speed Salient-Pole Alternators for Water-Power Plants, by E. M. Johnson and C. P. Holder, 442*
Utilization Section:
Rectifier-Motor Variable-Speed Drives, by P. Bingley, 61*
Logical Approach to Problems of Space Warming by Electricity, by D. H. Parry, 476
East Midland Centre:
Convention on Electrical Contracts, 501 Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding of Steel, Specification, 756
Electromagnets, Ltd., Magnetic Separator, 577* ; “ Boxmag ” Feeder Head, 578
Electromagnetic Waves. See Electric and Radio
Electronic Optics, Elements of (Review), 418
— Telephone Exchanges, Equipment of, 447 Electronics Symposium and Exhibition,
Arrangements, 815
Elevator Belting, Rubber, Specification, 155
— Grain, in Argentina, 785*
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 405; 10-Channel Strain Display Equipment, 574*; Temperature Controller, 575* ; Automatic Dewpoint Hygrometer. 634*
Ellis, F., on Cold Rolling with Strip Tension, 608
Ellis, S. J., Memorial Lectureship. Establishment at Birmingham University, 650
Ellwood, Dr. E. C., on Oxide-Reduced Copper Powder, 424
Elsdon, C. G.R., the Late, 302
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine Tools
E.M.I. Institutes, Scholarships in Electronic Engineering, 663
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 1953, Australia and ’ New Zealand, Arrangements for, 211
Employees. See Labour Employers’ Liability. See Laftowr Employment. See Labour
Emulsion Degreasers, “ Stripalene ’ for Metals, 42
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials)
Enfield Cables, Ltd., 100-kW Wind-Power Generator, 343
Engines, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
— Chemical Attack by Lubricants in, 693*
— Crankcases, Explosions in, Investigations
on, 187, 632*, 661*, 695*
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Motorships
— Fire. See Fire Equipment
— Gas, Manufacture by National Gas and Oil
Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
— — Mixing and Governing Valve for
(National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 32* See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion, Explosions in Crank
cases of, 187, 632*, 661*, 695*
Combustion, Gas Quantities in, Symbols, Terms and Definitions for, 256
Combustion, Methane as Fuel for, 678 Combustion, Two-Stroke, Day, Crankcase Compression, 527
—• — Combustion. See also TwrMnes, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel, 500-b.h.p., Davey-Paxman for
Railcars, 201
Diesel, 420-b.h.p. Eight-Cylinder Mirrlees, Waste-Heat Recovery from, 744*. See ERRATUM, 824
Diesel, Manufacture by National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
Diesel, Marine, Developments in, 187 513,537
Diesel, Marine, Explosions in Crankcases of, 187, 632*, 661*, 695*
— Diesel, Marine, 4,400-b.h.p. Four-
Cylinder, Barclay Curle-Doxford, 681 Diesel, Marine, 3,600-b.h.p., M.S.
“ Auricula,” Burning of Boiler Fuels in, 501
Diesel. Medium Size. Production:' by J. and J. McLaren, Ltd., 364*
Diesel, 400-h.p., for Oil-Well Drilling Equipment (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 461*
Diesel, Production by R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 647*
— — Diesel, 180-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Rolls-
Royce Ltd.), 257*
Diesel, 125-b.h.p., for Twin-Engined Trains (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 520*
Diesel, 16-h.p. Two-Cylinder (R. A. Lister and Co;, Ltd.), 647*
Diesel. See also Motorships; Marine Propulsion ; Diesel Engine Users Association
Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical, Performance of, 738*, 768*, 802*
Marine, Auxiliary, Fuels for, 249*, 281* Marine, 2,700-b.h.p. Seven-Cylinder B. and W., M.S. “ Kongedybet,” 491*
See also Tractors and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Motor-Car, Grinding Machine for Pistons of (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 417*
Motor-Car, Investigations on “ Knock ” in, 278. See LETTER, 468
See also Aeronautics ; Motor Gars
— Steam, Marine. See Marine Propulsion;
Turbines
Engines See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Engineers, Advocation of Publicity for, 339
— American Army, and River Works
(Review), 579
— in-Charge, Institution of, Annual Dinner,
655
— in Chemical Works (Review), 451
— Council for Professional Development,
Annual Report, 114
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution
of, Considering Dredging Craft, by
D. W. Low, 377*, 409*, 441*
Engineering Apprentices. See Education and Labour
— Centenaries in 1952,18
— Contracts. See Contracts ; Legal Engineering Diamonds, Ltd., Radius Tool for
Grinding Wheels, 384*
— Division, National Physical Laboratory,
Work of, 804. See LETTER, 340*
— Education. See Education
— Enterprise in, Address on, 54
— Laboratories. See Laboratories ; National
Physical
— Metrology, Development of, 369 ENGINEERING, New Front Cover for, 17, 53 Engineering Outlook, 5, 37, 102, 131, 166, 197
230, 263,294, 326, 338, 356. See LETTER 212. See Errata, 297
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards
— Work of Leonardo da Vinci. 560*, 580*
See LETTERS, 719, 784
—- Works. See IPorl's
English Electric Co., Ltd., Motors for 45-in Slabbing Rolling Mill, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4* ; Transformer and Switchgear for Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India 44*, 289; Electrical Equipment for Multiple-Unit Trains, 76*; 60-MW
Turbo Generator, Drakelow “A” Power Station, 205; Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267 ; 60-MW Turbo-Generator, 300*; 3,600-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct- Current Electric. Locomotive, 562*; Standard Induction Electric Motor, 517 ; 50-kW Mining Rectifier, 641*; 50-kW Excitrons, 641*; 25-kW Induction
Heater, 641*; 15-MW Poulaphuca
Hydro-Electric Plant, 773*; 4-MW Golden Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, 773* Equilibrium Diagrams, Alloys. See Metallurgy. Erne, River, Cathaleen’s Fall and Cliff Hydro-
Electric Plants, 772*
Erosion, Wear by, Investigations on, 594*, 625*
Errochty Hydro-Electric Scheme, 16*
Escher Wyss A.G., 50,000-kW Steam Turbine, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 385* : 4-MW Kaplan Turbines, 774
Estrade, J. (1857-1936), Memorial to, 719
Euclid (Great Britain), Ltd., 9-7-Cub. Yd. Dump Truck, 541*; 154-b.h.p. Oil-
Engined Dump Truck, 541*
Europe, Steel Production and Consumption, Trends in, 622
European Co-operation on Nuclear Physics, Proposals for, 340
— Engineering Industry, Survey of, Report.
338
— Sanitary Engineers Conference, Rome.
See Sanitary Engineers, European Conference, Rome
Evans, C. J., on Electric Furnaces for Thermal Treatment, of Non-Ferrous Metals, and Alloys, 455. See 483
Evans, Dr. J. C., on Comparator for Measuring Variation in Diameter of Wires, 529*
Evans, W., and Partners, Prestressed-Concrete Road Bridge, Abertillery, 413*
Evaporators, “ Krystal,” for Ammonia Sulphate Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
Ewbank and Partners, Ltd., Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Excavators, Dragline, Walking, RapierW.1400 Model of, 816
Exchanges, Telephone, Electronic, Equipment of, 447
Exchanger, Heat (Wellington Tube Works, Ltd.), 645*
for Marine Gas Turbine, 147 for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 9* —1— Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
— — for Waste-Heat Recovery Plant, 744*.
See ERRATUM, 824
Excitrons, 50-kW (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 641*
Exhibition, Alchemical Books, Science. Museum, 814
— British Industries Fair, 541*, 557, 573*
612*, 618, 639*, 650, 669*
— Colombo Plan, Ceylon, 147, 267
— Colour and Light in Industry, 623
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 119, 279,
407, 531, 691, 819
— “Daily Mail” Ideal Home, Olympia, 307
— Engineering, Instution of Civil Engineers,
816
— Leonardo da Vinci, Royal Academy, 307,
465, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784 —- Mechanical Handling, Olympia, 677*, 709*, 751, 752*, 795*, 821*
— of Multi-Gauging Equipment, 149*
— Scientific Apparatus, Physical Society’s, 51,
348. 404*, 425*, 470*. See ERRATUM. 491 Instruments, Royal Society’s Conversazione, 689
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Expansion, Isentropic, Investigations on Thermodynamics of Humid Air, 609*
Expeller, Oil, for Groundnuts, 323* Experimental Tank. See Tank Explosions, Colliery. See Accidents
— Crankcase, In Marine Oil Engines, Investi
gations on, 187
— in Engine Crankcases, Investigations on,
632*,661*,695*
— Flames and Combustion of Gases (Review),
260
— in Oil Drums and Tanks, Report on, 183 Explosion-Suppression Equipment for Tanks, (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 11* Exponential Functions e®, Tables of (Review) 355
Export Trade. See Trade; and Industries in PARAGRAPH TNDEX
Extensometers, Martens-Type (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 108*
Extraction Plant, Solvent, Continuous, for “ Ardill ” Fibre Meal, 323*
Extrusion Machine, Triple-Screw, for Plastics (R. H. Windsor, Ltd.), 481*
— Plant. Automatic, Aston Chain and Hook Co., Ltd., 374*, 392*

FACTORY Accidents. See Accidents
— Artificial-Fertiliser. Sindri, India, 44*
289*,449*
— Blackburn, of Mullard, Ltd., Vertical Drawing of Glass Tubing, 701*
— Chief Inspector of, Annual Report, 274
— Design in Relation to Industrial Trucks, 632
— Diesel-Engine, of National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
— Experimental, for Valves, Whyteleafe, Surrey, 427*
— Extension, Use of Frameweld Reinforcement in, 792*
— Fuel, Heat and Power Auditing Surveys of, 415
— Knitwear, of Pasolds, Ltd., Waste-Heat
Recovery at, 744*. See Erratum, 824
— Maintenance in America, 466
— — Engineering Department, 467
— Management. See liorl's Management
— for Manufacture of Glass Bulbs, Harworth,
662*
— Rubber and Plastics, Brynmawr, South
Wales, 437*
Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fans, Contra-Rotating for Ship Ventilation (Woods of Colchester, Ltd.), 45
— Ventilation (Keith Blackman, Ltd.), 547* Faraday Medal, Award to Prof. E. O. Lawrence,
211
Farming. See AyricwZiwraZ; Tractors
Fatigue of Metals, New Observations on, 580
— Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
Faulkner, H., on Permanent Point-to-Point Links for Relaying Television, 603
Federation of British Industries, Annual General Meeting of Scottish Members, 115 ; Statement on National Fuel Policy, 267; Conference on Information Services and Industry, 371
Feed Pumps. See Pumps
— Water, Investigations on, 800*, 813
System, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 386*
See also Water
Feeder, Conveyor, with Automatic Feed Mechanism (G. Driver and Son, Ltd.), 753*
— Head, “Boxmag” (Electromagnets, Ltd.),
578
— Pulverised-Coal, for Uniform Flow, 243*
— Vibratory, “ Velofeeder ” (Simon Handling
Engineers, Ltd.), 754*
Fencing, Prestressed-Concrete, at William Girling Reservoir, Chingford, 759*
Ferguson Hydraulic System for Tractor Implements, 605*
Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., 3-3-kV Air Insulated Circuit-Breaker. 793*
Ferranti. Ltd., Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 405 ; “ Tesvac ” High Frequency Power Unit, 405; Polyphase Meter-Testing Set, 544* ; Clip-on Voltmeter-Ammeter, 544* ; Non-Magnetic Cast Iron, 544; Early Steam-Driven Alternator Sets, Information Required, 816
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced, and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ferry, Chain, Diesel-Electric, for Cowes. Isle of Wight, 808*
Fertiliser, Artificial, Factory, Sindri, India 44*,289*, 449*
—? Placing Machine, with Hydraulically- Actuated Cranked Axle, 606*
Fiat Company, Fiat G.80 Jet-Propelled Training Aircraft, 225*
Fibres, Abrasion-Testing Apparatus for, 727*
— Meal, “ Ardil,” Continuous Extraction
Plant for (Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd.), 323*
— Textile, Abrasion and Wear of, 310*
Fielding and Platt, Ltd., 2,000-ton Horizontal Extrusion Press, 374*, 392*
Film, Cinema, Experiments with Germanium, 690
Instructional, for Railway Staffs, 200 Mechanics of Cavitation, 536*, 566*, 597*
— Conducting, Transparent, on Glass, Investi
gations on, 333
— Strip on Use of Portable Electric Tools
(Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.), 361
— X-Ray, Automatic Processing Unit for
(Nucleonic and Radiological Developments, Ltd.), 415*
Filter, Air, Multi-Brush (Heather Filters, Ltd.), 601*
— Endflow, for Ammonia Sulphate Plant,
Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
— for Flue-Gas Washing Plant at Birmingham
Gas Works, 140*
Fire Equipment, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
— in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, Report
on, 680
Firedamp in Mines, Drainage of, Report on, 178
— Explosions. See Accidents
Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., Fabrication of Large Steel Cylinders Separated by Course of Concrete. 667*
Fischer “ Iron Library ” at Schaffhausen, 592* Fish Pass, Hydraulic Lift, Leixlip Hydro- Electric Plant, 773*
Fisher Governor Co., Ltd., Pneumatically- Controlled Butterfly Valve, 192*
Fits and Limits and Basic Engineering Standards, 380*, 411*
Proposed Specification, 558, 561
Fitton, A., on Collection of Representative Flue-Dust Samples, 229*, 261*. See LETTER, 436
Flames, Combustion and Explosions of Gases (Review), 260
— and Furnaces, Science of (Review), 579
— Radiation from Oil, Researches on, 781
— Trap for Marine Diesel-Engine Crankcase,
695*
— Zone Walls, Protection of, 559
Fleet. See Warships
Fletcher, A. II., on Marine Gas Turbines,. 147 Flight. See Aeronawte'cs
Flint, Dr. A. R., on Lateral Stability of Unrestrained Beams, 65*. 99*
“ Floater,” Magnetic (J. Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 641*
Floating Dock. See Dock
Flooring, Coloured Pitch Mastic, Incorporating Lake Asphalt and Bitumen, Specification, 63
Flow, Laminar and Turbulent, in Ships, 160*
— Measurement with Orifice Meters (Review),
322
— of Metals, Investigations on Creep, 601.
See LETTER, 624
— Through Nozzle of Humid Air, 609*
— Through Orifices and Parallel-Throated
Nozzles, Bibliographical Survey of . (Review), 483
— Tank, Electrolytic or Potential. Use of, 292*
— Turbulent, Frictional Resistance of Smooth
Plane Surfaces in, 675
Flowers, T. H., on Electronic Telephone Exchanges, 447
Flues for Domestic Appliances Burning Solid Fuel, Code of Practice, 256
— Dust Sampling, Investigations on, 229*,
261*. See LETTER. 436
— Gases, Code for Sampling and Analysis, 732
— Sulphur Removal from, Experiments on, 338
— Washing Plant, Drummond, at Birmingham GasWorks, 140*
Fluid Friction. See Aeronautics; Hydrodynamics
— for Hydraulic Power Transmission, 213*,
254
— for Hydraulic Shock Absorbers for . Motor
Cars, 381
— Mechanics (Review), 768
Fluorescent Ink for Crack Detection (Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.), 724*
Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Foil and Strip, Nickel-Silver, for Telecommunications Industry, Specification, 694 Follsain-Wycliffe Foundries, Ltd., Malleable- Iron and Alloy Castings, 639
Food Transport by Sea, Developments in, 537 Footbridge, Prestressed-Concrete, Tests of, 595*,690*
Footpaths and Roads, Compactins' Machine for (E. P. Allan and Co., Ltd.), 476*
Ford, Prof. H., on Cold Rolling with Strip Tension, 608
Forest Products Research Board’s Report, Annual Report. 1949,83 ; Annual Report, 1950, 525
— Research Laboratory, Test House for Timber Structures, 127*
Forging, Drop. See Drop Forging
— Manipulator for Die-Block Plant, Haleso
wen, 617*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Steel, Distribution of'Hydrogen in, 673 Forington, M. S., on Man-Power and Productivity, 371. See 305. See LETTER, 468
Fork, Stripper, Hydraulically-Controlled, on Nuffield Tractor, 606
Forms, Commercial, Sizes and Layout, Specification, 256
Formulae, Rating Gear-Tooth Stresses, 301
Forrest, P. G., on Fatigue Strength in Bending and Direct Stress, 757*
Forsyth, P. J. E., on Metallographic Observations on Fatigue of Metals, 580
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Boiler, S.S. “ Norman- nia,” 350 : Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 733* Foundations for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 2*
— Pump House, Shell Haven Oil Refinery,
735*
Foundry of British Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777*
— Coke for, Investigation on, 759*
— Cupolas, Swarf-Feeding Device for (Crofts
(Engineers), Ltd.), 459
Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., Continuous Vertical Core-Drying Stove, 545*
Foundry Equipment, Ltd., “Major” Sand Rammer, 644*
— Mechanisation, Effect of, 758
— of National Gas and Oil Engine C'o., Ltd., 585*
— Patterns, Wooden, Colouring and Marking
of, Specification, 571
— Pressure Die-Casting, for Light Alloys
(High Duty Alloys, Ltd.), 297*. See Erratum, 428
— Steel, Increased Productivity, Report, 569
— Work. Sec also Die Casting
— See also Castings
Foundrymen, Institute of British. See British Fourways (Engineers), Ltd., Transportable Conveyor, 755
Fracture, Brittle, of Ship Plates, Investigations on, 156*
Frame Analysis, Displacement, Method of (Review), 736
— Charging, for Miners’ Lamps (Oldham &
Son, Ltd.), 574*
— Structures, Steel, Elastic Stresses in, 57* Frameweld Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (T. C. Jones and Co., Ltd.), 791*
France, Dieppedalle Electric Power Station, 385*
— High-Voltage Power Transmission^ 687, 749
— Shell Bern Oil Refinery, Extensions to, 283*
— St. George’s Power Station, Memorial to
J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
— Trailer Construction in, 89*, 123*
— See also French
Francis Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic
Franki Compressed Pile Co., Ltd., 21st Anniversary Dinner, 784
Frazer, Dr. R. A., on Severn Bridge Aerodynamic Investigation, 299, 347
“ Freightlifter” Heavy-Duty Fork-Lift Truck, 821*
FrSmont, C., Work on History of Technology, •248
French National Railways, Cullemeyer Wagon Transporter, 124*
— See also France
Frequency-Control Unit, Quartz-Crystal (W.
Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd.), 471*
Friction, Abrasion of Paint by, 504*
Fruehauf Axle Assemblies for Semi-Trailers, 89*
Fuels, Boiler, Burning in M.S. “ Auricula,” 501
— Consumption, Brown-Boveri Gas-Turbine
Locomotive, 664*
of Coal-Fired Gas'Turbine for Locomotive, 18, 623
Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 740*, 768*, 802*
— Distributor for Chain-Grate Stokers (Reiss
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 565*
Fuel Furnaces, Ltd., Oil-Fired Billet-Heating Furnace, 394*
— Heat and Power Auditing, 415
— Injection Equipment (C.A.V., Ltd.), 645
— Institute of, Fuel, Heat and Power Audit
ing, by L. Clegg and J. P. Walters, 415 ; Award of Melchett Medal to Dr. D. T. A. Townend, 467 ; Annual Luncheon, 559 ; Railways and Coal, by R. G. Jarvis, 590
— Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.,
800*,813
— Liquid, Lecture Course at Northampton
Polytechnic, London, 203
— — See also Oil Fuel
—? for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, 249*,281*
— Motor, Anti-Knock, Investigations on, 278
See LETTER, 468
See also Benzene; Gas ; Motor
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Policy, National, Statement by Federation
of British Industries, 267
—• and Power, Economics of, 621. See LETTERS, 689, 752, 815
— — Ministry of, Report on Drainage of Fire
damp from Mines, 179; Statistical Digest, 1950, 337 ; Work of Mobile Testing Units of, 415
Supply for Engineering Industries, 6
— Research at Australian Aeronautical Re
search Laboratories, 309
— — Board, Annual Report, 1949-50, 337 Station, Investigation of Flue-Dust
Sampling, 229*, 261*. See LETTER, 436
— See also Goal; Oil; Gas; Peat; Pulverised
Goal
Fulham Power Station, 300*
Furnace, Annealing, at Tin-Plate Works, Trostre, 630*
— Blast, in Early Nineteenth Century, 657
— Boiler. See Stoker
— Electric, for Creep-Testing Machine, 108*
— — 25 Years of Manufacture by Birlec, Ltd.,
628
— Experimental, for Flame Radiation Re
search, 781
— and Flames, Science of (Review), 579
— Gas-Fired, Bright-Annealing, Continuous
(Dowson and Mason Gas Plant Co., Ltd.), 223*
Fired, Crucible (East Midlands Gas Board), 544*
— — Fired, Forge (Thermic Equipment and
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 545
Fired, Muffle (Selas Gas and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 545
Fired, Portable Cover (Dowson and Mason Gas Plant Co., Ltd.), 544*
— Glass-Making, Harworth Factory, 663*
— Heat-Treatment, for Die-Block Manufac
ture, 617*
Treatment, for Gears, Blaw Knox, Ltd., 659*
Treatment, for Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455, 483
— High-Vacuum, Graphite Heating Element
for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 406*
—• Investigations at Sheffield University, 761
— Oil-Fired, for Billets, for Automatic Extru
sion Plant, 394*
— Open-Hearth, Air Infiltration and Roof
Wear in, 672
— — Hearth, Combustion Problems, 656
— — Hearth, Instrumentation of (Review),
195
— — Hearth Oil-Fired, Abbey Steelworks,
Port Talbot, 3
— — Hearth, Steel, Peech and Tozer Melting
Shop, 765*, 805
Hearth, Wear of Roofs of, 672
— Pipe-Still, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 733*
— Semi-Producer (Gas Council Coke Department), 547*
— Slab-Heating, Abbey Steelworks, Port
Talbot, 40*
— Steel Melting. See Furnace, Open-Hearth
— See also Cupolas
Furse, W. J., and Co. (London), Ltd., Electrical Equipment for Rolling Lift Bridge for Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 397*

GABRIELLI, Prof. G„ Fiat G.80 Jet-Propelled Training Aircraft, 225*
Galvanising, Hot-Dip, International Conference, Dusseldorf, Programme, 655
Gammon, J. C., Ltd., SindriFertiliser Factory, . India, 289*, 449*
Gantry. See Crane
Gardner Machine Co., Grinding Machine for Bearing-Roller Ends, 446*
Garner, Sir H. M., on Prophesy and Achievements in Aeronautics, 771*, 793*. See 719
Garrard versus A. E. Southey and Co. and Others, Legal Decision on, 370
Garrard, Dr. C. C., on Higher Technological Education, 20, 403. See LETTERS, 148, 497
Garratt, G. R. M.,on History of Television, 553. See Erratum, 619
Gas and Air Mixing Machines (Radiant Heating, Ltd.), 548
— Boosters, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
— Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts, Investigations of, 550
— Calorific Value, Controller for (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 448*
?— Carbon Dioxide. See Carbon Dioxide
— Coal and Electricity Efficiency for Domestic
Heating, 621. See LETTERS, 689,752,815
— Combustion, Flames and Explosions of
(Review), 260
— Compressors for Ammonia Synthesis Plant,
Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Rotary, for Industrial Installations (Keith Blackman, Ltd.), 547*
— Conference, Industrial, Birmingham, 591
— Council, Exhibits at British Industries Fair
544*
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Equipment for Heat Treatment of Non-
Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455, 483
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnace
— Flue, Drummond Washing Plant, Birming
ham Gasworks, 140*
Standard Code for Sampling and Analysis, 732
— and Gas Works. See also- PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— High-Velocity, Temperature-Measuring Ap
paratus for, 696*
— Installation, Flame-Failure Protective De
vice for (Sperryn and Co.), 548
— in Liquid Steel, Investigations on, 673
— Liquefied, Pump for (Mono Pumps, Ltd.),
577*
— Mixture Controller (Keith Blackman, Ltd.),
546*
— Quantities in Internal-Combustion En
gines, Specification of Symbols and Terms, 256
— Temperature Measurement by Velocity of
Sound,799
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Water Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory,
India, 289*
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Carbon Dioxide ; Carbon Monoxide ;
Hydrogen; Oxygen, etc.
Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol
Gasworks, Birmingham, Drummond Flue-Gas Washing Plant, 40*
Gates, Dock, Welded (Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 722*
— Lock, Mitred, of Leonardo da Vinci, 560*
— Sluice, Model of, 817
Gaubschat Four-Wheel Passenger Trailer, 123* Gauge, Pressure, Specification, 63
— Strain, Electrical Resistance, Tests on Con
crete with, 468*
— and Tool Makers’ Association Luncheon. 243 Gauging, Fits; Proposed Specification, 558,
561
— Limits and Fits and Basic Engineering
Standards, 380*, 411*
— Machines, Multi, Exhibition of, 149* Gear-Cutting Machines. See AfacAine Tools
— Designs by Leonardo da Vinci, 561*
— for Instruments and Clockwork Mechan
isms, Specification, 635
— for Intermittent Motion, 452*, 485*, 740*
— Manufacture by Blaw Knox, Ltd., 659*
— Reduction for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Elec
tric Locomotives, 161*, 193*
— — Turbine (D. Brown and Sons (Hudders
field), Ltd.), 614*
— Steering. See Steering
— Teeth, Pitting of, 594*, 625*
— — Stresses and Rating Formulae, 301
— for Turbine Drives, Specification, 508 Gearboxes, Reduction, for 1,250-b.h.p. Steam
Turbine, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
—- — (Varatio Strateline Gears, Ltd.), 639*
— Synchromesh, for Passenger Chassis (A.E.C ,
Ltd.), 190*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Chemical Attack by Lubricants on, 693*
— Hypoid Axle-Drive Unit (D. Brown and Sons
(Huddersfield), Ltd.), 614*
— for Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*
Gee, Walker and Slater, Brynmawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
General Electric Co., Ltd., Motors for Cranes at Abbey Steelworks, 3*; Motors for Roller Tables of 80-in. Continuous Strip Rolling Mill, Abbey Steelworks, 41; 8-MW Turbo-Generator for Margam Power Station, 129* ; Safety Electrode Holder for Alternating-Current Welding, 160* ; 225- h.p. Francis Turbine with Generator, 215 ; Electric Boiler for Aircraft Humidifier, 298*; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 405* ; Graphite Heating Element for High-Vacuum Furnace, 406* ; Brisch Classification System for Engineering Stores, 407*; Spherical-Integrating Photometer, 573*; Apparatus for Measuring Frequencies of Turbine Blading, 573*; Instruments for Steam Turbine Tests, 573*; Tests for Thermionic Valves, 573*; Film of Experiments on Germanium, 690 ; Electrical Equipment, Buenos Aires Elevator, 789*
Generating Machine, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
Generating Set, 2J-kW Diesel-Driven (A.. C. Morrison (Engineers), Ltd.), 576*
— Station. See Power Station
Generators, Electric, 30-MW, Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77
— — Alternating-Current High-Speed, for
Water-Power Plants, 442*
Commissioned in 1951 for British Power Stations, 54
—? — 50,000-kW, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 385*
Generators, Electric, 93-kW Diesel-Driven (Houchin, Ltd.), 644*
Early Ferranti, Steam-Driven, Information Required, 816
60-MW, Fulham Power Station, 300*
—• — for 3,000 h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive, 161*, 193*
105-MVA, Harspranget Hydro-Electric Plant, 783
—? — 100-MW, R. L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, 353*, 391*. See Erratum, 396
— — Motor, Set for Multiple-Unit Electric Trains, 76*
at Poulaphuca, Golden Falls, Leixlip, , Cathaleen’s Fall and Cliff Hydro-Electric Plants, 773*
—? — 15-MW and 12 • 5-MW, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*
200-kVA, Umtata Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, 215
100-kW Wind-Driven, Mynydd Anelog, North Wales, 343
See also Turfio-Generators
Geneva Mechanisms for Intermitten Motion, 452*, 485*, 740*
Georg Fischer “Iron Library” at Schaffhausen, 592*
German Bridge Builders, Biographies of (Review), 292
German’s Special-Purpose Abrader, 727* Germanium, Film on Experiments on, 690 Germany, Trailer Construction in, 89*, 123* Germe, G. P., on Patent-Law Reform, 212 Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Errochty Hydro- Electric Scheme, 16*; Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
Gibson, G., 2-8-2 Type Locomotives for East African Railways, 73*
Gibson, J., and Son, Ltd., Electrically-Operated Mobile Ladder Tower, 796*
Gilbert, K. R., on Mirror Writing of Leonardo da Vinci, 784. See 581*. See LETTER, 719
Gildemeister Plano-Milling Machines, 585* Girders. See Beams; Bridges
Girling Reservoir, Chingford, Prestressed- Concrete Fencing at, 759*
Glasgow, Industrial Physics Conference, Programme, 497
— Royal Technical College, Research Work at,
340
— Temple Bridge, Model of, 553*
Glass Bulbs, Ltd.', Harworth Factory for Manufacture of Glass Bulbs, 662
— Gold Film on, Deposition of, 804
— Models for Stress Determination. See
PAoto-NZostic
— Organic, “ Mar ” Resistance Apparatus for,
726*
— Transparent, Conducting Films on, Investi
gations on, 333
— Tubing, Vertical Drawing of, 701*
Gleason Curved-Bevel Hypoid Generator, 659* Godwin, H. J., Ltd., Jet Pump, 576*
Gold Film on Glass, Deposition of, 804
Golden Falls Hydro-Electric Plant on River Liffey, 772*
Goodeve, Sir C., on Iron Atoms in Service of Electrical Engineers, 551
Gordon, J., and Co., Ltd., High-Torque Servo- Motor, 349*
Government Railways. See Railways
— Statement on Economic Situation, 146 Governor, Centrifugal, for Direct-Current
Motors (W. Jones and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 763*
— Gear, 100-MW Generator, R. L. Hearn
Power Station, Toronto, 353*. See ERRATUM, 396
Grabs,and Buckets, Anti-Twisting Device for (B. and A. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 183*
— Scraper, with 19-ft. Spread (Priestman
Brothers, Ltd.), 754*
Grader, Road, 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined, “Carlisle” (J. Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd.), 541*
Graff-Baker, W. S., on Bogie Design for Electric Railways, 51; Obituary Notice of, 244*
Grain Handling and Storage Plant, Buenos Aires (Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd.), 785*
Grain, Isle of, Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Graphite Heating Equipment for High- Vacuum Furnace (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 406*
Grates. See Furnace ; Stoker
Gratings, Diffraction, at National Physical Laboratory, 804
Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Explosion Suppression Equipment for Tanks, 11*
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
Gray, J. A. B., on Prediction of Thermal Conditions in H.M. Ships in Tropical Waters, 646
— Lecture on Ship Research, 105*, 115, 156*,
185*
Graz Technical High School, Austria, Tests of Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Grease Removal from Meters, Solvent Emulsion Agents for, 42
Great Britain, Surface-Water Year-Book of, 1937-45 (Review), 685
Green, T., and Co., Ltd., Continuous Vertical Core-Drying Stove, 545*
Grid, British, Economic Plant Sizes and Boiler Set Groupings on, 153*, 188*
— Winding Machine for Thermionic-Valve
Manufacture, 427*
Grimston Astor, Ltd., Aluminium-Alloy Motor Launch or Royal Navy, 540*
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools Groundnuts, Oil, Extraction Plant for, 323*
Grove, J., and Sons, Ltd., Semi-Automatic Button-Blanking Machine, 538*
Guns, Interior Ballistics of, Theory of (Review), 98
— Multi-Barrelled, of Leonardo da Vinci, 581*
— See also Ballistics and PARAGRAPH INDEX Gunboats. See Warships
G.W.B. Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Electrical Thermal-Storage Plant, 614*
Gwynnes Pumps, Ltd., Circulating Pumps for Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*

HACKING, Sir J., on Economics of Fuel and Power, 752. See 621. See LETTERS, 689, 815
Hadley, W., the Late, 174
“Haffar” Trailing-Suction Hopper Dredger, 410*
Hale and Hale (Tipton,); Ltd., Malleable Cast-Iron Manhole Cover, 246*; Malleable-
Iron Wedge Blocks for Shipbuilding Berths, 318*
Halesowen, Die-Block Plant of W. Somers, Ltd., 617*
Hall, J. R., on Open-Hearth Furnace Combustion Problems, 656
Hallpike, A. W., on Development of Motor Vehicles in Bristol, 783,818
Hamblin, H. J., on Hydraulics in Agricultural
Engineering, 605*, 637* Hammers. See Machine Tools Hammersmith. Lime Grove Television Studios
at, 518*
Hancock, P. F., on Electric Furnaces for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455. See 483 Handling, Cargo, Equipment for Ships, 513, 537
— Mechanical, Exhibition, Olympia, 677*,
709*, 751, 752*, 795*, 821*
— Plant, Coal, Drakelow “A” Power Station,
204
— and Storage Plant, Grain, Buenos Aires
(Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd.), 785* Hankey Report on Supply of Chemical
Engineers, 626
Harbour, Takoradi, Extensions to, 381
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardness Tests. See Tests {Materials) Hardy, Dr. H. K., on Ageing Characteristics of
Binary Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 513 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., H.M. Aircraft Carrier
“ Eagle,” 373* ; S.S. “ Kenya Castle,” 435 ; M.S. “ Ebro,” 819
Harley-Mason, J. H., the Late, 341, 373 Harmonic Analyser, Mechanical, and Applications to Servo Systems, 52*, 68*
'— Response Test Gear (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 425*
Harris, G. T., Creep-Testing Machine, 107* Harspranget 350-MW Hydro-Electric Plant, 783
Hartley, Sir H., on Chemical Engineering at the Cross Roads, 626
Hartley, H. J., on Bright Annealing of Nickel and Its Alloys, 455. See 483
Harvey, G. A. (London), Ltd., Fabricated
Steel Components, 645
Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Course on Electronics, 169; Work of Establishment During 1946-51, 686 Harworth Factory for Manufacture of Glass
Bulbs, 662*
Hatfield Lecture on Flow of Metals, 558, 592, 601. See LETTER, 624
Haulage in Mines, Accidents from, 242 Hay, N., on Potential Flow Tank, 292 Haynes, R., on Air Infiltration in Open-
Hearth Furnaces, 672
Haywood, Dr. F. W., on Electric Furnaces for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455. See 483
Hazard Warnings,' Colours for, Issue of “ Safety ” Code Abandoned, 189
Head, A. K., on Mechanism of Fatigue in Metals, 580
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Mixers and
Ladles for Abbey Steelworks. 3; Welded Dock Gates, 722*
Hearn, R. L„ Power Station, 100 MW Turbo- Generator at, 353*, 391*. See ERRATUM, 396
Heat Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aeronautics
— Exchanger for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 9* for Rolls-Royce Marine Gas Turbine, 147
— •— Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
for Waste-Heat Recovery Plant, 744*.
See ERRATUM, 824
(Wellington Tube Works, Ltd.), 645*
— Fuel and Power Auditing, 415
— Insulating Materials, for Buildings, Speci
fication, 63
— Transfer in Air-Cooled Gas-Turbine Blades,
21*
Industrial (Review), 767
in Open-Hearth Furnaces, Investigations in, 656
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy
— Waste. See Waste Heat
Heater, Air, for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 9*
— Feed-Water. See Feed-Water
— Induction, 25-kW (English Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 641*
— — for Surface Hardening of Shafts (Birlec,
Ltd.), 286*
Heather Filters, Ltd., Multi-Brush Air Filter, 601*
Heating Appliances, Domestic, Improvements in Efficiency, 337
— — Domestic, Investigations on, 653
— Domestic, Efficiency of Coal, Gas and
Electricity for, 621. See LETTERS, 639, 752,815
by Solid Fuel, Investigations in, 827
— Electric, for Newspaper Printing, 124, 150
— Equipment, High-Frequency Induction,
Power Rating of. Specification, 756
— Industrial, Investigations in, to Increase
Fuel Efficiency, 827
— Space, by Electricity, Problems of, 476 in Factory, by Waste Heat, Plant for,
744*. See ERRATUM, 824
— Unit for Spraying Hot Lacquer (Spray
Finishing Systems), 331*
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Annual Dinner, 339; Summer Meeting, Torquay, 783 ; Torquay Meeting, Heating and Ventilation in Relation to Coal Problem, by Dr. W. I. Jones. 827
Heating and Ventilation in Relation to Coal Problem, 827
Heenan and Frou.de, Ltd., 50th Anniversary Booklet, 472; Golden Jubilee Celebrations, 825*
Helensburgh, Memorial to J. L. Baird, 522
Helicopters. See Aeronautics
Henderson, J. G., on Mechanical Harmonic Analyser, 52*, 68*
— Universal Tube and Section Mill, 669*
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., 33-kV Cables for Manchester-Sheffield- Wath Railway, 164*
Herbert, A., Ltd., Herbert-Reed-Prentice Die- Casting Machine, 614* ; Hilger and Watts Bore Profilometer, 614*
Herbert, D. C., on Molybdenum-Steel Steam Pipe, 345*
Hessenberg, W. C. F., on Torque and Roll Force in Cold Strip Rolling, 608
Hetherington, Sir R. G., the Late, 277
Hey Engineering Co., Ltd., Double-End Centring Machine, 500*
Heyman, J., on Elasto-PiastJc Stresses in Transversely-Loaded Beams, 359*, 389*
High Duty Alloys, Ltd., Light-Alloy Pressure Die-Casting Foundry, 297*. See Erratum, 428
— Frequency. See Electric
— Speed Steel. See Steel
— Temperature Tests. See Tests (Materials) Highways. See Roads
Hilger and Watts, Ltd., Bore Profilometer, 614* “Hillier” Helicopter, Use for Erection of Transmission Line, 128*
Hirschom, J., on Forces and Pressure Distribution in Brake Shoes, 418*. See LETTER, 815*
Hirst, A., and Son, Ltd., 1-ton Battery-Driven Fork-Lift Truck, 677*; |-ton Petrol- Driven Fork-Lift Truck, 677*
History of Blast Furnace, 657
— and Technology, Hobhouse Lecture on, 246
H. M.SS. See under Warships
Hoar, Dr.T. P., on Interdiffusion and Sintering in Copper-Nickel Compacts, 424
Hoare, A., on Man-Power and Productivity. 468. See 305. See LET PER, 371
Hobhouse Lecture on Technology and History, 246
Hobson, J. D., on Determination of Hydrogen in Liquid Steel, 673; on Effect of Hydrogen on Properties of Low-Alloy Steels, 673; on Distribution of Hydrogen in Ingots and Forgings, 673
Hodge, J. Blackwood and Co., Ltd., 154-b.h.p. Oil-Engined “ Euclid ” Dump Truck, 541* ; 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined Road Grader, 541*
Hodgson, J. E.,the Late, 498
Hoists. See Cranes ; Transporters
Holder, C. P., on Alternators for Water- Power Plants, 442*
— Magnetic (J. Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.),
641*
Holes, Standard Nominal Diameters for, 244 Holland, E. O., on Television Receivers, 603 Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., Brynmawr Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
— Methods of Testing Abrasion and Wear in,
725*
Hollow-Ware, Stainless-Steel, Specification, 694
Holt, A., and Co., High-Powered Single-Screw Cargo Liners, 582
Holy Cross Urban District Council versus Amalgamated Building Contractors, Ltd., 750
Honeycombe, Dr. R. W. K., on Plastic Deformation of Metal Crystals, 580
Honours List, Birthday, 723. 747
New Year, 19
“ Hoobler” Semi-Trailer, 89*
Hopper Dredger. See Dredger
Hospital Laboratories, St. George’s, Use of Frameweld Reinforcement in, 792*
Hot Blast Application to Cupolas, 761
— Lacquer, Heating Unit for Spraying (Spray
Finishing Systems), 331*
Hotel, Cumberland, London, Structural Stresses in, 58*
Houchin, Ltd., 93-kW Diesel-Driven Generator Set, 644*
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of, Surface-Water Year-Book of Great Britain, 1937-45, 685
Howat, Dr. D. D., on Sintering of Copper- Zinc Powder Compacts, 424
Howe, Rt. Hon. C. D., on St. Lawrence Seaway, 87
Hudswell, Clarke and Co., Ltd., Oil-Fired Tank Locomotive, 503*
Hughes, Dr. G„ on Frictional Resistance in Turbulent Flow, 675
Hull Failure of S.S. “ Schenectady,” 156*
Humid Air, Thermodynamics of, 609*
Humidifier, Aircraft, Electric Boiler for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 298*
Humidity, Air, Effect on Working of Cupolas, 761
— and Air Temperatures in H.M. Ships in
Tropics, 646
Hunter, N. M., on Changes in Ship Construction Methods, 1850-1950, 730. See 549
Hunting Aero Surveys, Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Huntingdon, Fire in Passenger Train at, Report on, 680
Husband and Co., Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571
Hutchinson, A. C., on Hydraulic Lock, 20*. See LETTERS, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624. 655, 689, 752. See 509*
“ Hydel ” Lightweight Hydraulic Selector Valve, 668*
Hydrant Systems, Code of Practice, 811
Hydraulic Dampers for Motor Cars, 381
— Equipment, Cavitation in, Investigations
on, 533*, 566*, 597*
— Fluids, Characteristics of, 213*, 254
— Lock, Preliminary Investigation of, 509*.
See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
Hydraulic Pumps. See Pump
— Research Station, Model of River Thames
for Tidal Investigations, 139*
— Transportation of Coal, Report on, 171
— Turbines. See Turbines ; Power Plant
Hydraulics in Agricultural Engineering, 605*, 637*
— and Hydraulic Engineering (Review), 163
— See also Hydrodynamics ; Irrigation ; Water Hydrodynamics Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Investigations at, 534*, 566*, 597*
Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Extractors and Centrifugal Machines,
Specification, 155
Hydrogen Escape from Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts, Investigations of, 550
— in Steel, Distribution and Effect of, 67 Hydromechanics Research Association,
British, Annual Report, 83
“ Hydrovane ” Air Compressor (A. Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 643*
Hygrometer, Dewpoint, Automatic (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 634*
Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., Single-Stager Air Compressor, 267*; Single-Cylinder Air Compressor, 642; Light-Weight High- Pressure Air Compressor, 712*

.

ICE Formation on Conductor Rails, Prevention of, 30
— See also Refrigeration
Ickles Works, Sheffield, Railway Steel Mill, 515*
Ideal Home Exhibition, “ Daily Mail,” Olympia, 307
Ignition Quality of Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Engines, Influence of, 249*
Igranic Electric Co., Ltd., Control Gear, Melting-Shop Cranes, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3* ; Control Gear for Rolling Lift Bridge at Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 397*
Ijmuiden, Royal Netherlands Steelworks, Researches on Flame Radiation, 781
Illuminating Engineering Society, Dow Prize Competition, 191
Illumination. See Light; Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
“ Imp-96 ” Die-Casting Machine, 614*
Impact, Abrasion of Paint by, 504*
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Artificial- Fertiliser Factory, Sindri, India, 44*, 289*, 449*; Creep-Test Research Station, Witton, 107*; Diesel-Driven Shot- Firers’ Carriage for Anhydrite Mine, 457*; Titanium Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 618
Imperial Chemical Industries (Paints Division), Conference on Paintshop Productivity, 784 Import Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
Incandescent Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
Inch and Metric Units, Standard Nominal Diameters for, 244
India Rubber. See Rubber
— Sindri, Artificial-Fertiliser Factory, 44*,
289*, 449*
Indicator, Engine, Portable (Shell Refining and Marketing Co., Ltd.), 470*
Induction Motor. See Motor, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements ?? and Disputes. See Trade
Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Centres, Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142,
174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430, 462, 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 650, 682, 714, 746, 778, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heating, Investigations to Increase Fuel
Efficiency, 827
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Truck Manufacturers’ Association, Influence
of Factory Design on Adoption of Power- Driven Trucks, '632
—- — See Motor Trucks ; Motor Vehicles
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— and Information Services, Conference on,
371
— Light and Colour in, Exhibition, 623
— and Sterling Crisis, 113
— See also Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Information Services and Indu°try, Conference on. 371
Technical, for Building Industry, 723
Ingle.bv, A. W., on Hvdraulic Lock, 655. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 689, 752. See 509*
Inglis, Sir O., Tidal Investigations on River Thames, 139*
Inglis, Sir C. E„ the Late, 528*. See LETTER, 592
Ingot-Breaking Machine for Railway Wheel Mill, 515*
— Buggy for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot,
4*
— Large, Distribution of Hydrogen in, 673
Injection, Exhaust-Steam, Use in Locomotives, 590
Ink, Fluorescent, for Crack Detection (Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.), 724*
Inland Navigation. See Canals; Rivers, etc.
Inspection Machines (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 149*
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— of Production Engineers. See Production
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Engineers and Technicians, French Association of; Aeronautical Society, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Aslib; British Association; British Foundrymen, Institute of; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Civil Engineers, American Society of ; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Diesel Engine Users Association; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineers-in- Charge, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Fuel, Institute of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Helicopter Association; Illuminating Engineering Society; Iron and Steel Institute; Junior Institution of Engineers; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of ; London Association of Engineers; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Materials Handling, Institute of ; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of ; Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Society of; Naval Architects, Institution of ; Newcomen Society ; North , East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders; North-East Metallurgical Society; Oceanography, Institute of; Petroleum, Institute of ; Physical Society ; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of; Royal Society; Rubber Industry, Institution of; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of ; Technical Institutes, Association of; Transport, Institute of; Washington Society of Engineers ; Welding, Institute of; Whitworth Society; and Zinc Development Association
Instruments, Gears for, Specifications, 508, 635
— Industry, Position and Prospects in, 358
— Scientific, Exhibition, Royal Society’s
Conversazione, 689
— for Steam Turbine Tests (General Electric
Co., Ltd.), 573*
— See also Aeronautics ; Electric Instrumentation of Open-Hearth Furnaces
(Review), 195
Insulation, Sound, and Room Acoustics (Review), 228
— See also Heat; Electric
Intake, Cooling-Water, Reinforced-Concrete, for Coryton Oil Refinery, 332*
Integrator, Vector, Wind-Velocity (Nash and Thompson, Ltd.), 316*
Interchangeability and Standardisation, Beginning of, 369
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics ; Engines ; Motor Cars ; Motor Boats ; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
International Combustion, Ltd., Boiler Plant for Drakelow “ A ” Power Station, 204 International Conference on Hot-Dip Galvanising, Dusseldorf, Programme, 655
— on Large High-Tension Systems, Paris, Programme, 109; Proceedings, 687, 749 International Construction Co., Abbey Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 1*, 40*, 129*
— Drinking Water Stand ards, Development of,
718
International Harvester Co., Lift-All Hydraulic Systems for Tractor Toolbars, 605
— Mechanical Engineering Congress, Stock
holm, Arrangements for, 497
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Annual Report, 371
— Trade. See Trade
Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci, 307,465,560* 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784
— See also Patents
Iraq Petroleum Co., Oil-Fired Tank Locomotive, 503*
Ireland, Southern, Electricity Supply Board, Power Plants of, 772*
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Atoms in Service of Electrical Engineers, 551
— Case-Hardening. See Heat Treatment under
Metallurgy
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Desulphurisation by Lime, Pilot-Scale
Trials, 604
— at Elevated Temperatures, Diffusion of
Hydrogen in, 673
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy “ Iron Library,” Schaffhausen, 592*
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
— Production and History of Blast Furnace,
657
— Refining, Early, in England, 51
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Soldering (Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.), 577*
— and Steel Corporation of Great Britain,
Developments in, 275
Industry, De-Nationalisation of, 497
— Industry, Position and Prospects in, 5
Iron and Steel Institute :
Annual General Meeting, London: Programme, 502
Report of Council, 558, 592 Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 558, 592 Award of Bessemer Medal to H. H. Burton, 558
Awards and Prizes, 558, 592
Annual Dinner, 591
Changes in Council, 592
Hatfield Lecture on Flow of Metals, by Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade, 601. See 558, 592. See LETTER, 624
Reports of Discussions, 608, 656, 672
Cold Rolling with Strip Tension. Part I. New Approximate Method of Calculation and Composition with Other Methods, by Prof. H. Ford, F. Ellis and D. R. Bland, 608
Effect of Tension on Torque and Roll Force in Cold Strip Rolling, by W. C. F. Hessenberg and R. B. Sims, 608 ..
Pressure Distribution Between Stock and Rolls in Hot and Cold Flat Rolling, by Drs. C. L. Smith and F. H. Scott and W. Sylwestrowicz, 608
Iron and Steel Institute—coniinned.
Softening of Metals During Cold Work, by N.H. Polakowski, 608
Presidential Address by Capt. H. L. Davies on Cold-Reduction Plant for Production of Tin-Plate at Trostre, Llanelly, 629*. See 558, 592
Experimental Furnace for Investigation of Open-Hearth Furnace Combustion Problems. Part V. Experiments with Venturi Port and Modifications Thereof,, by J. F. Allen, 656 ; Part VI. Summary of Results and Their Application in Practice, by J. R. Hale and Dr. A. H. Leckie, 656
Measurement of Air Infiltration in Open- Hearth Furnaces, by R. Haynes, 672
Aerodynamic Factors Associated with Wear of Open-Hearth Furnace Roofs, by J. A. Leys and E. T. Leigh, 672
Determination of Hydrogen in Liquid Steel, by R. M. Cook and J. D. Hobson, 673
Diffusion of Hydrogen in Iron and Iron Alloys at Elevated Temperatures, by Dr. P. L. Chang and W. D. G. Bennett, 673
Distribution of Hydrogen in Large Ingots and Forgings, by J. D. Hobson and Dr. C. Sykes, 673
Effect of Hydrogen on Properties of I.ow- Alloy Steels, by J. D. Hobson and Dr. C. Sykes, 673
Iron and Steel, Manganese in, Analysis of, Specification, 382
— — in 1951, Report on Production Statistics,
434
— — Research Association, British, Load
meter for Industrial Rolling Mills, 116*, 137 ; Annual Report, 604
— — Works. See TForits
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Tests. See Tests (Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast Iron ; Steel; Metallurgy Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, Statistics on Cast-Iron Production and Consumption, 200
Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges ; Columns Irrigation Projects in Unitc-d States, 818
— Vertical-Spindle Pump for (Ruston and
Hornsby, Ltd.), 60*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX Irvin, Sir J. H., the Late, 430 Irvine, Sir J. C„ the Late, 778
Isle of Grain, Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
— of Wight, Diesel-Electric Chain Ferry at
Cowes, 808*
Italian Jet-Propelled Training Aircraft, 225* Italy, Leonardo da Vinci Quincentenary
Celebrations, 179, 465. See LETTERS, 719, 784
I.T.D., Ltd., Diesel-Driven Fork-Lift Truck, 578* ; Battery-Operated Lift Truck with Grab, 579*

JACK, Hydraulic, Synchronised (Power Jacks, Ltd.), 753
Jack, Prof. J. R., the Late, 78
Jacob, A. H. M„ the Late, 755
Jane’s Fighting Ships (Review), 241
Jarvis, R. G„ on Railways and Coal, 590
Jenbacher Werke, Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Jenkins, A. E., on Properties of Titanium- Oxygen Alloys, 512
Jenkinson, E. A., on Molybdenum Steel Steam Pipe, 345*
Jesty, L. C., on Black-and-White or Colour Television, 179; on Television and Communications, 603
Jetty, Prestressed Concrete, Shell-Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571
Johnson Brothers (Steel Erectors), Ltd., Steel Sheeting for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3*
Johnson, E. H., the Late, 586
Johnson, E. M., on Alternators for Water- Power Plants, 442*
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 250-MVA Oil Circuit-Breaker, 573* ; Fuse-Switch Unit, 574
Jointing, Compressed-Asbestos, Specification,
694
Jones, T. C„ and Co., Ltd., Pre-Erected Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, 791*
Jones, W., and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Centrifugal
Speed Governor for Electric Motor, 763*
Jones, Dr. W. I., on Heating and Ventilation and Coal Problem, 827
Journals. See Bearings
Jubilee of British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 526
— Golden, of Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Booklet, 472; Celebrations, 825*
— of [[Paterson Engineering Co##., Ltd., 815
Juhlin, G. A., the Late, 51
Junior Institution of Engineers, Presidential Address by Air Cmdre. F. R. Banks on Enterprise in Engineering 54; Annual Dinner, 371

“ KALA NAG ” Steam-Operated Dipper Dredger, 409*
Kamm and Co., Ltd., versus Benn, Legal Decision on, 340
Kano, Nigeria, 2,400-kW, Brush-Ljungstrom Turbo-Generator, 575*
Kaplan Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic
Karlsson, N., on X-Ray Study of Copper- Titanium System, 512
Karlstads Mekanista A.B., 31,700-h.p. Kaplan Turbine, 775*
Keelavite Rotary Pumps and Motors, Ltd., High-Pressure Rotary Pump, 645* Keith Blackman Ltd., Gas-Mixture Controller, 546* ; Rotary Gas Compressor for Industrial Installation, 547* ; Ventilation Fan, 547*
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., 50-Cycle Motor- Generator, 471* ; Yarn Tension Pick-up Unit and Strain Recorder, 471*
— Lecture on Iron Atoms in Service of Electrical Engineers, 551
Kent, G„ Ltd., Controller for Gas Calorific Value, 448*
—Oil Refinery, Isle of Grain, 552*
“ Kenya Castle,” S.S., Maiden Voyage of, 435 Kier, J. L., and Co., Ltd., Cooling Towers for
Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77* Kinchin, J. W., on Shock Absorbers for Motor
Cars, 381
Kinematograph. See C'inemalojrapA
King’s College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Investigations of Air-Cooled Gas-Turbine Blades, 21*
King George VI, the Late, 177*
King, G. W., Ltd., Conveying Plant for
Straw Bales, 313* ; Automatic Conveyor
Control by Punched Cards, 752 Kingman, Dr. F. E. T„ on Explosions in Oil
Drums and Tanks, 183
Kingsway Tramway Subway, Closing of, 436 Kipping, Sir N., on Education and Productivity, 307
Kirk and Kirk, Ltd., Tests of Prestressed-' Concrete Foot Bridge, 595*, 690*
Kirk o’ Shotts Television Transmitting Station, 361*
Knapp, Prof. R. T., on Cavitation Mechanics and Design of Hydraulic Equipment, 533*, 566*, 597*
Knitwear Factory of Pasolds Ltd., Waste-Heat
Recovery at, 744*. See Erratum, 824 “ Knock ” in Automobile Engines, Investigations on, 278. See LETTER, 468 Knowler, H„ on Future of Flying Boat, 329*, 382*. See Erratum, 592
“ Kongedybet,” M.S., for Copenhagen-Bornholm Service, 491*
Konigshofer, Dr. E., on Hydro-Electric
Potentialities of Austria, 72
Kraumendahl, W., G.m.b.H., Tool-Grinding
Machines, 222
Krul, Prof. W. F. J. M., on Formation of
Associations of Sanitary Engineers, 718 “Krystal” Evaporators for Ammonia Sul
phate Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291*
“ Kue-Ken ” Balanced-Jaw Rock Crusher, 203*

LABORATORY, Creep Testing, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Witton, 107
— Hydrodynamics, California Institute of
Technology, Investigations at, 534*, 566*, 597*
— Research, Aeronautical, Australian, Annual
Report, 309
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Renfrew, Work of, 797*, 813
Forest Products, Test House for Timber Structure, 127
— —? Road, Exhibits at Institution of Civil
Engineers’ Conversazione, 817
— St. George’s Hospital, Use of Frameweld Reinforcement in, 792*
— Testing, College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, 196*
— See also National Physical

Labour :

Apprentices, Former, of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Register of, 591
— Period of Training for, 39
— Training Scheme of Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., 495
— — School, Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.,
Manchester, 651
— See also Education
Employers’ Liability, Legal Decisions on, 370, 815
Employment in Engineering Industries, 5, 37, 70,102,131,166,197, 230, 263, 294, 326, 338, 356. .See LETTER, 212. See Erratum, 297
Ex-Apprentices of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Register of, 591
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
Labour in Mechanised Foundries, 758
— and National Service, Ministry of, Re
port on Explosions in Oil Drums and Tanks, by Dr. F. E. T. Kingman,
E. H. Coleman and Z. W. Rogowski, 183
— Notes, 24, 56, 88, 120, 152, 184, 216, 248, 280, 312, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472, 502, 532, 564, 596, 628, 660, 692, 724, 756, 790, 820. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Man-Power in Engineering Industries, 37 and Productivity, Parliamentary
Debate, 305. See LETTERS, 371, 468
Resources and Utilisation (Review), 496
in Shipyard Steel Trades, 824
Wages on British Railways, 782
— in Engineering Industries, 38
Lacquer, Hot, Heating Unit for Spraying (Spray Finishing Systems), 331*
Lacy-Hulbert, D., on Productivity of Maintenance, 720
Ladder, Tower, Mobile, Electrically-Operated (J. Gibson and Son., Ltd.), 796*
“ Lady Combe,” Self-Propelled Multi-Bucket Dredger, 378*
“ Lady Thomson,” Self-Propelled Reclamation
Dredger, 441*
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., Reinforced-Con'crete
Cooling-Water Intake for Coryton Oil Refinery, 332*
— Lecture on Shortcomings of Structural
Analysis, 57*, 92*
Lamb, J., on Explosions in Engine Crankcases, 632*, 661*, 695*
La Mont Boiler, Investigations with, 186* Lamourdedieu, M„ on Continuous Heat Treatment of Aluminium Alloys, 455. See 483 Lamps, Electric. Sec Electric
Lancashire and South Yorkshire, Notes from 14, 46, 78,110,142,174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430, 462. 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 650, 682, 714, 746, 778, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Lang, D. W., on Structural Strength of Destroyer “ Albuera,” 615
Lansing-Bagnall, Ltd., Electrically-Operated 1-ton Die-Handling Truck, 753*
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Latimer versus A.E.C., Ltd., Legal Decision on, 370, 815
Launch, Motor. See Motor Boat
— and Trial Trips, 32, 63, 91, 128, 160, 190
(See Erratum, 192), 224, 288, 349, 384, 447, 479, 508, 570, 636, 666, 695, 715, 764, 790, 811
Launching Gear for Ships, 731
— of Ships, Investigations on, 159
'— of S.S. “ World Concord,” 147
Laurent, L„ Historical Writings of, 246
Law. See Legal; Labour ; Patents
Lawrence, Prof. E. O., Award of Faraday Medal to, 211
Lawson, Prof. A. C., the Late, 810
Lawton, F. W., Drakelow “ A ” Power Station, 204*
Leather, Abrasion-Testing Machine for, 727*
Leckie, Dr. A. H., on Open-Hearth Furnace Combustion Problems, 656
“ Lectrodryers ” for Compressed Air and Gases, 543*
Lee, A., and Sons, Ltd., Use of Mobile Rectifiers in Emergency, 635
Leeds, Airedale Works, J. <fc H. McLaren, Ltd., 364*
Lens and Prism Making: Textbook for Optical Glassworkers (Review), 292
Lewis, Sir A. J. W„ the Late, 206
Legal :
Contracts for Work and Extension of Time, Decisions on, 750
“ Dangerous ” Machinery, Decisions on, 340
Employers’ Liability, Decision on, 370,815 Garrard versus A. E. Southey and Co. and Others, Decision on, 370
Labour Legislation. See Labour
Latimer versus A.E.C., Ltd., Decision on, 370, 815
Patent Law. See Patents
Protection of Trade Secrets and Methods, Decisions on, 85
Spare Parts, Liability for Defects in, 801 Whittle Gas-Turbine Patent, Extension of, 275
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Legislation. See Legal; Labour ; Patents
Leigh, E. T., on Wear of Open-Hearth Furnace Roofs, 672
Leixlip Hydro-Electric Plant on River Liffey, 772*
Length Bars and Accessories, Specification, 666 Leonardo da Vinci Quincentenary Celebrations, 179, 307; His Life and Times, 465; as Engineer, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784
Letters to the Editor, 20*, 84, 148, 212, 243*, 340*, 371, 403, 436, 468*, 497, 527, 559, 592, 624*, 655, 689, 719, 752, 784, 815*
Leverhulme Research Fellowships and Grants, 655
Leyland Motors, Ltd., Oilfield-Equipment. Transporter with Tipping Body, 284*; Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*; Fatigue-Testing Machine for Thermostats, 570*
Leys, J. A., on Wear of Open-Hearth Furnace Roofs, 672
“ Library, Iron,” Schaffhausen, 592*
— Special, and Information Bureaux, Associa-
? tion of. See Aslib
Licences, Manufacturing, Transatlantic Arrangements for, 655
Lichtwitz, O., on Mechanisms for Intermittent Motion, 452*, 485*, 740*
Liebert, H. A., the Late, 650
Liffey, River, Poulaphuca, Golden Falls and .Leixlip Hydro-Electric Plants on, 772*
Lift, Passenger and Goods, Electric, Code of Practice, 155
Lifter, Hydraulic, for Tramway Track (Chamberlain Industries, Ltd.), 479*
Lifting Bridges. See Bridges
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— and Colour in Industry, Exhibition, 623
— Division, National Physical Laboratory,
Work of, 804
— Polarised, Stress Determination by. See
Photo-Elastic
— See also Diffraction
Lighting, Electric, for Newspaper Printing 124, 150
— Street, Code of Practice for, 224
Tubular-Steel Columns for, Specification, 732
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lime Grove, Hammersmith, Television Studios at, 518*
Limits and Fits and Basic Engineering Standards, 380*, 411*
— — Proposed Specification, 558, 561
Liners. See Ships ; Steamers ; Motorships
Link, Swing, Suspension, for 3,000-h.p. Gas- Turbine Locomotive, 195*
Lipson, Dr. H., Optical Apparatus for Crystal Structure Invest'gations, 690
Liquid-Ammonia Storage Tanks, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India. 291*
— Fuel. See Oil Fuel. See also Benzene; Motor List, Dr. H., Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil
Engine, 738*, 768*, 802*
Lister, R. A., and Co, Ltd.,1 Production of Medium-Size Diesel Engines by, 647*
Literature, 4, 81, 98, 163, 195, 228, 260, 292, 322, 355, 388, 418, 451, 482, 511, 579, 607, 703, 736, 767. See LITERATURE INDEX
Lithgow, Sir J., the Late, 277*
Litigation. See Legal; Labour; Patents Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute,
Annual Report, 243
— Street-Romford Railway, Electric Train
Describer on, 428*
Llanelly, Trostre, Cold-Reduction Plant for Tin-Plate Production at, 629*
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of Vessels Lost, 83; Statistics of Vessels under Construction, 115, 527; Statistics of Vessels Launched, 319 ; Statement on Welded Ships, 406 ; Annual Report, 467
Loadmeter for Industrial Rolling Mills, 116*, 137
Lobnitz and Co., Ltd., Dredging Craft, 378* Location, Systems, Staff, Code of Practice, 320 Lock Entrance, Surrey Docks, Rolling Lift Bridge, for, 396*
— Gates, Mitred, of Leonardo da Vinci, 560*
— Hydraulic, Investigations on, 509* See
LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 402, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
Lockheed Organisation, Apprenticeship Scheme of, 124
Locomotive Bogie, Resilient Suspension and Pivot for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 287*
— and Coal Consumption, 590
— Cranes. See Cranes
— 2-8-2 Type, East African Railways, 73*
— Electric, 3,600 h.p.. 3,000-Volt Direct-Cur
rent (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 562*
— — Bo + Bo. for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath
Railway, 321*
— Engineers, Institution of, Railways and
Coal, by R. G. Jarvis, 590
— Gas-Turbine, Brown-Boveri, Tests of, 664*
— Turbine Coal-Fired, 4,250-li.p. American, Report on, 18, 623
— Turbine Electric, 3,000-h.p. British Railways, 161*, 193*
— Industry, Position and Prospects in, 294
—Mining, Accidents with, 242
— 4-6-2 Type, Mixed-Traffic, British Railways,
108*
— “ Princess Arthur of Connaught,” Report of
Derailment, 681
— Shunting, Smoke Eliminators for (Appleby-
Frodingham Steel Co.), 29*
— Tank, Oil-Fired (Hudswell, Clarke and Co.,
Ltd.), 503*
— Test Reports, Rugby and Swindon, Publica
tion of, 719
—- Testing Plant, Rugby, Dynamometer Equipment, 826*
— and Their Working (Review), 511
— Works, Swindcn, Visit of Institution of
Mechanical Engineers to, 718
— See also Railways in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Londex, Ltd., Electronic Planimeter, 426; Relay Contactor, 543*; Police-Type “ Winker ” Beacon, 543*
London Association of Engineers, Centenary, 591
— County Council, Tests of Prestressed-Con
crete. Foot Bridge, 595*. 690*
— Cumberland Hotel, Structural Stresses in,
58*
— Master Builders’ Association, Technical
Information Service, 723
— School of Economics, Hobhouse Lecture on
Technology and History, by Prof. C. Singer, 246
— St. Paul’s Cathedral, Speech Amplification
System for, 12*
— Transport Executive, Prevention of Ice
Formation on Conductor Rails, 30 ; Bogie Design for Electric Railways, 51; Cleaning Railway Telephone Wires Underground, 256*; Closing of Kingsway Tramway Subway, 436; Financial and Statistical Accounts-, 782
— Underground Railways. See Underground
and London Transport Executive
— University College, Annual Report, 307;
Flying Spot Microscope, 689
— Water Supply, Metropolitan Water Boards’
Report, 82
Long, E., on Water-Tube Boilers for British Electricity Authority, 212. See 131
Longitudes, Bureau des, Annuaire pour 1952 (Review), 322
Lord, A., the Late, 270
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles ; Tractors
Low, D. W., on Dredging Craft, 377*, 409*, 441*
Loyne and Cluanie Dams, Use of Blast-Furnace Slag in. 635
Lubricants, Chemical Attack of Metals by, 693* Lubricating Oils. See Oils
Lubrication, Dry, Anti-Scuffing Paste for (Ragosine Oil Co., Ltd.), 172
“ Lucy Ashton,” M.S., Resistance Experiment with, 159*
Lummus Co., Ltd., Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 733*
Lyon, I. M„ on Mirror Writing of Leonardo da Vinci, 719. See 581*. See LETTER, 784

MACADAM. See Roads
MacColl, Sir E„ Unveiling of Plaque Memorial to, 462
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
(Materials')

Machine Tools :

Bar-Cropping Machine, Heavy-Duty (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 182*
Boring Machine, Deep-Hole (Boehringer, Gebr., G.m.b.H.), 285*
— — for Diesel-Engine Production, 649*
— — for Horizontal Oil Engines, 584
— — of Leonardo da Vinci, 560* Button-Blanking Machine, Semi-Automatic(G. H. Whitehouse and Son, Ltd.), 538*
Centring Machine, Double-Ended (Hey Engineering Co., Ltd.), 500*
Machine Tools—continued.
Cropping Machine, Heavy-Duty (F. J Edwards, Ltd.), 182*
— and Shearing Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 613*
Cutting Machine, Oxy-Acetylene, Universal (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 215*
Dowel and End-Forming Machine (F.J„ Edwards, Ltd.), 613*
Drilling Machine, 14-in. Heavy-Duty (W. J. Meddings, Ltd.), 480*
for Medium-Size Diesel Engines 649*
Gauge and Tool Makers’ Association Luncheon, 243
Gear Generators, Curved-Bevel Hypoid, Gleason, 659*
Grinding Machine for Automobile Pistons (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 417*
— — for Bearing-Roller Ends (Gardner
Machine Co.), 446*
— — Cam-Profile, for Medium-Size Diesel-
Engine Production, 649*
— — of Leonardo da Vinci, 465, 580 Tool (W. Kraumendahl, G.m.b.H.),
222*
— Wheels, Marking System for, Speciflca- 1 tion, 447
Radius Tool for (Engineering Diamonds, Ltd.), 384*
Guillotine for Sheet Metal (Fr. Drabert Sohne, 255*
Hammering Machine of Leonardo da Vinci, 580*
Hardening Machine, Surface, Using Town Gas and Oxygen (Surfard, Lid.), 268* Hydraulic Pri ss. See Press (below) Lathe, Cam-Profiling, for Medium-Size Diesel-Engine Production, 649*
— Maximatic, for Crankpin Turning, 649* Machine Shop, Crewe Works of British
Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777* Management. See IForis Management
— Tools at Die-Block Plant of W. Somers
Ltd., 617*
for Diesel-Engine Production by R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., 648*
— — at Factory of National Gas and Oil
Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
— —Industry, Position and Prospects, 6,
70
— for Production of Medium Size Diesel Engines by J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., 365*
— in Shipyards, 1850-1950, 549, 730
— Trades Association, Annual Dinner, 403
— for Welded Prefabricated Ship Construction, 822*
— Work, Tolerance in. See Gauging Milling Machines for Diesel-Engine Production, 648*
Plano, Gildemeister, 585*
Press, Brake, 60-ton (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 612*
17-ton (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 613*
— Drawing, Double-Action (Taylor &
Challen, Ltd.), 644*
— Forging, 600/3,000-ton (Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd.), 489*
250-ton and 1,000-ton Mechanical (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 97*
— Hydraulic, 1,500-ton, Dishing for Rail
way Wheel Mill, 517*
— 2,000-ton Extrusion (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 374*, 392*
— 6,000-ton, for Forging Railway Wheels, 516*
for Scrap Metal (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 826*
— 25-ton Inclinable Geared (Turner
Brothers (Birmingham), Ltd.) 612*
— Power, 100-ton (Cowlishaw, Walker <fc
Co., Ltd.), 641*
Saw Bench, Turret (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 614*
Sawing Machine, Bar, Automatic (Noble and Lund, Ltd.), 333*
Screw-Cutting Machines of Leonardo da Vinci, 560*
Shaving Tool, Pneumatic, for Countersunk Rivet Heads (Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd.), 572*
Shears, Slabbing Mill, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4*
Shearing and Cropping Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 613*
Tapping Machine for Diesel-Engine Gearcases, 649*
High-Speed Precision (Motor Gear and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 172*
Tool, Electric, Portable, Film Strip on Use of (Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.), 361 Woodworking Machinery, Dowel and End- Forming Machine (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 613*
Turret Saw Bench (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 614*
See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Maintenance, Planned, at Rotherham Works of Steel, Peech <fc Tozer, 765*, 805*
— of Plant in America, 466
— Preventive, Conference on, 720
— System for Factory, 467
“ Major ” Sand Rammer, 644*
Man and Chemical Elements, from Stone-Age Hearth to Cyclotron (Review), 260
— Power and Productivity, Parliamentary
Debate on, 305. See LETTERS, 371, 468 Resources and Utilisation (Review), 496 Scientific, and Potential Ability, 401 Scientific and Technological, Report on, 687, 717
in Shipyard Steel Trades, 824
Situation in Engineering Industries, 37 Management and Production Technology,
Scholarships in, 299
— of Works. See Works Management Manchester Joint Research Council, Annual
Report, 497
Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd., Fluorescent Ink for Crack Detection, 724*
— Sheffield-Wath Railway, Electrification of,
164*, 321*
— University, Radio Telescope for, 571 Mandel, J., on Road Wear of Tyres, 219* Manganese in Iron and Steel, Chemical Analysis
of, Specification, 382
Manhole Cover, Malleable Cast Iron (Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd.), 246*
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Works Management
Manufacturers and Basic Engineering Standards, 380*, 411*
Manufacturing Licences, Transatlantic Arrangements for. 655
— Machinery for, H.M. Treasury Statement,
309
“ Mar ” Resistance Apparatus for Organic Glasses, 726*
Marconi, G., Commemorative Plaque on Former London Residence, 490
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Transmitters for Kirk o’ Shotts Television Station, 362*; Underwater Television Equipment, 531*
Marcotty Smoke Eliminators for Locomotives, 29*
Marenbon, A., on Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 89*, 121*
Margam Power Station of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 129*
— Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd.,
Extensions to, 1*
Margen, P. H„ on Electrical Plant Sizes and Boiler Groupings, 153*, 188*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery for Dredging Craft, 377*, 409*, 441*
Machinery, Fuels for, 249*, 281*
Machinery, M.S. “ Kongedybet,” 491 Machinery, Self-Priming Pump (Megator Pump and Compressors, Ltd.), 478*
— — Machinery, S.S. “ Normannia,” 349
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines ; Turbines ; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute of, Fuels for Marine
Auxiliary Oil Engines, by C. D. Brewer, 249*, 281* ; Annual Dinner, 371; Joint Session with Institution of Naval Architects : Generation of Gas Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crank shafts for Diesel Engines, by S. Amari and E. Ando, 550 ; High-Powered SingleScrew Cargo Liners, by W. H. Dickie, 582
— Engineering Industry, Position and Pros
pects in, 230
— Propulsion, 4,400-b.h.p. Barclay Curle-
Doxford Engine, M.S. “ Windsor,” 681
2,700-b.h.p. B. and W. Engine, M.S. “ Kongedybet,” 491*
Derwent V Jet Engines in “ Lucy Ashton,” 159*
Diesel-Electric Plant for Chain Ferry, 808*
1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Alternator, M.S “ Auris,” 119
Geared Turbines for Fast Cargo Liners, 582
— — 8,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S.
“ Normannia,” 350*
— — 158,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S.
“ United States,” 809
12,500 s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “World Concord,” 147
Machinery for Dredging Craft, 377*, 409*, 441*
—- — Machinery, Investigations with, 186* Marine Gas Turbine Based on Aeronautical Experience, 147
Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel
Six-Cylinder Opposed-Piston Diesel Engine, M.S. “ Ebro,” 819
Types of Machinery for, 513, 537
See also Engines ; Turbines ; Propellers ;
Torsionmeters ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Markets. See Trade and PARAGRAPH INDEX Markland, E., on Potential Flow Tank, 292* Marley, W. H., and Co., Ltd., Angle Collet Fixtures, 636*
Marriner, !R. S., on Comparator for Measuring Variation-in Diameter of Wires, 529*
Marshall, C. W., on Power Generation by Wind, 445
Marshalling Machine for Railway Wagons, 795* Martens Type Extensometers for Creep Tests, 108*
Masonry Resurfacing and Construction Co. Inc., “ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing Concrete Piles, 237*. See Erratum, 455
Massey, B. and S., Ltd., 250-ton and 1,000-ton Mechanical Forging Presses, 97*
Masts, Adjustable, for Overhead Equipment for Railway Electrification in Subsidence Areas, 180*
— Aerial, Kirk o’ Shotts Television Transmitting Station, 361
Mastic, Pitch, Flooring, Specification, 63
Mat, Rubber, for Electrical Purposes, Specification, 666
Material Handling, Institute of, Formation, 751
— Raw, for Use in Engineering Industry, 5
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Mater
ials)
— Synthetic, Development of by Chemical
Engineering, 627
— Wear of, Investigations on, 594*, 625* Mathematical Analysis of Mechanisms for
Intermittent Motions, 452*, 485*, 740*
— Physics, Introduction to (Review), 703 Mathematics, Exponential Functions ea:
Tables of (Review), 355
— Practical, Part I (Review), 68. See Errata,
139
— Tables of Bessel Functions (Review), 388 Mathew Brothers, 1-ton Petrol-Driven Fork-
Lift Truck, 678*
Maudslay Society, Annual Report and Luncheon, 687
Maunsell, Posford and Pavry, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
Mavitta Drafting Machines, Ltd., Drafting Machines, 645
Maximatic Lathe for Crankpin Turning, 64'9* “ Maxoil-Duplex ” Expeller, 324*
May Lecture on Place of Plastics in Order of Matter, 402, 404
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons, Ltd., Extensions to Margam Steelworks, 1*; Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77*. See Erratum, 152 ; Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons' (Midlands), Ltd., Drakelow “ A ” Power Station, 204*
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (South Wales), Ltd., Prestressed-Concrete Road Bridge, Aber- tillery, 413*
McKenzie and Brown, Ltd., Vibratory-Trough Conveyor and Screen, 641*; Vibratory- Tube Conveyor, 641*
McKeown, Dr. J., on Copper for Alternator Rotor Windings, 424
McLaren, J. and H., Ltd., Airedale Works, Leeds, 364*
McLellan and Partners, Abbey Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 1*, 40*, 129* McMullen, J., on Electric Furnaces for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455. See 483
McMurray, T., the Late, 366
McNaughton, G. M., on Public Health Engineer in Town and Regional Planning, 718
McQuillan, Dr. A. D., on Constitution and Properties of Titanium and Its Alloys, 512
McQuillan, M. K.,-on Constitutional Diagram of Chromium-Titanium System, 512
Me. See also Mac
Meal, Fibre, “ Ardil,” Continuous Extraction Plant for (Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd.), 323*
Measurement, Flow, with Orifice Meters (Review), 322
— Science of, Development of, 369

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of :

London Meetings, Winter Session: Programme of Papers, 40
Considerations of Bogie Design with Particular Reference to Electric Railways, by W. S. Graff-Baker, 51
Gray Lecture on Ship Research, by Dr. S. L. Smith, 105*, 156*, 185*. See 115
Marine Gas Turbine from Viewpoint of Aeronautical Engineer, by A. H. Fletcher, 147
Powered Flying Controls: Some Design Considerations, by F. J. Bradbury and S. M. Parker, 183. See 179
Fluids by Hydraulic Power Transmission, by A. E. Bingham, 213*, 254
A wards of Prizes and Council Nomination List, 243
Factors Affecting Utilisation of Anti- Knock Quality in Automobile Engines, by J. D. Davis, 278
Recent Developments in “ Knock ” Research, by D. Downs and R. W. Wheeler, 278
Significance of Octane Numbers in Relation to Road Performance, by H.
J. Eatwell and J. G. Withers, 279. See LETTER, 468
Gear-Tooth Stresses and Rating Formulae, by Dr. H. E. Merritt, 301
Basic Engineering Standards, by Capt. G. C. Adams, 380*, 411*
Election of Council, 434
Clayton Lecture on Cavitation Mechanics and Design of Hydraulic Equipment, byProf. R. T. Knapp, 533*, 566* 597*
Explosions in Engine Crankcases, by J. Lamb, 632*, 661*, 695*
Summer Meeting, Bristol: Preliminary Programme, 180 Inaugural Proceedings, 783, 817 Mechanical Engineering Around Bristol, by A. B. Cooper, 783, 817
Development of Transport and Commercial Vehicles in Bristol, by A. W. Hallpike, 783, 818
Institution Dinner, 783, 818 Visits and Excursions, 783, 817
Automobile Division:
Trailers and Semi-Trailers, by A. Marenbon, 89*, 121*
Noise in Private Cars, by Dr. J. R. Bristow, 201, 252*
Shock Absorbers, by J. W. Kinchin and
C. R. Stock, 381*
East Midlands Branch:
Annual Dinner, 314
Southern Branch:
21st Anniversary Dinner, 434 Administration and Production Engineering Group:
Considerations Regarding a Factory Maintenance Engineering Department, by M. Bentham, 467
Steam Group: Natural-Draught Water-Cooling Towers, by H. Chilton, 315*
Mechanical Engineering Around Bristol, 783,
817
Congress, International, Stockholm, Arrangements for, 497
— — Control in, Theory of (Review), 388
— Handling Exhibition, Olympia, 677*, 709*,
751, 752*, 795*, 821*
Mechanical Stoker. See Stoker
Mechanics, Fluid (Review), 768 Mechanisms for Intermittent Motion, 452*,
485*, 740*
Meddings, W. J., Ltd., lj-in. Heavy-Duty
Drilling Machine, 480*
Medina, River, Diesel-Electric Chain Ferry for, 808*
Megator Pump and Compressors, Ltd., SelfPriming Marine Pump, 478*
Melchett Medal, Award to Dr. D. T. A. Townend, 467
Memorial to J. L. Baird at Helensburgh, 522
— to Sir T. Bell, 778
— to J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
— to G. Marconi at Former London Residence,
4'90
Mends, D. N., on Copper for Alternator Rotor Windings, 424
Merchant-Navy Engineer Officers, Training Schemes for, 211, 651
— Ships. See Ships; Steamers ; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
Merritt, Dr. H. E., on Gear-Tooth Stresses and Rating Formulae, 301
“ Mersey No. 14,“ Diesel-Electric Self-Propelled Dredger, 379*
Metaducts, Ltd., Flexible Coupling for Shafts, 578*
Metals, Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
— Flow of under Creep, 601. See LETTER, 624
— Hardness and Strength of, 512

Metals, Institute of :

Conference on Properties of Metallic Surfaces, Programme, 789
Annual General Meeting:
Programme, 236
Presidential Address, by Dr. C. J. Smithells, on Some Activities of Institute of Metals, 395. See 404, 424
May Lecture on Place of Plastics in Order of Matter, by Dr. J. J. P. Staudinger, 402. See 404, 424
Report of Council, 404
Honorary Treasurer’s Report, 404
Election of Officers, 404
Award of Medals, 404
Reports of Discussions, 424, 455, 483, 512, 580
Annual Dinner, 424
Production and Properties of Oxide- Reduced Copper Powder, by Dr.
E. C. Ellwood and W. A. Weddle, 424
Unrelated Simultaneous Interdiffusion and Sintering in Copper-Nickel Compacts, by Drs. J. M. Butler and T. P. Hoar, 424
Sintering of Copper-Zinc Powder Compacts, by Dr. D. D. Howat, R. L. Craik and Dr. J. P. Cranston, 424
Creep and Softening Properties of Copper for Alternator Rotor Windings, by N. D. Benson, Dr. J. McKeown and
D. N. Mends, 424
Hardness and Strength of Metals, by Dr. T. Tabor, 512
Some Observations on a/f3 Transformation in Titanium, by Dr. A. D. McQuillan, 512
Application of Hydrogen Equilibrium- Pressure Measurements to Investigation of Titanium-A Hoys Systems, by Dr. A. D. McQuillan, 512
? Constitution of Titanium-Rich Alloys of Iron and Titanium, by H. W. Worner, 512
Titanium-Hydrpgen System for Magnesium-Reduced Titanium, by- Dr. A. D. McQuillan, 512
Provisional Constitutional Diagram of Chromium-Titanium System, by M.
K. McQuillan, 512
X-Ray Study of Phases in Copper- Titanium Svstems, by N. Karlsson, 512
Structure and Some Properties of Titan- ium-Oxygen Alloys Containing 0-5 Atomic per Cent. Oxygen, by A. E. Jenkins and H. W. Worner, 512
Heat Treatment of Titanium-Rich Titanium-Iron Alloys, by H. W. Worner, 512
Effect of Elements of First Long Period in a^=i/3 Transformation in Titanium, by Dr. A. D. McQuillan, 512 Mechanism of Precipitation in Aluminium- Magnesium Alloys, by E. C. W. Perryman and G. B. Brook, 512
Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys with Steam, by A. J. Swain, 513
Mechanism of Stress-Corrosion in Alumin- ium-Magnesium Alloys, by Dr. C. Edeleanu, 513
Ageing Characteristics of Binary Aluminium-Copper Alloys, by Dr. H. K. Hardy, 513
Some New Observations on Mechanism of Fatigue in Metals, by Dr. W. A. Wood and A. K. Head, 580
Some Metallographic Observations on Fatigue of Metals, by P. J. E. Forsyth, 580
Slip and Polygonisation in Aluminium, by Dr. R. W. Cahn, 580
Inhomogeneities in Plastic Deformation of Metal Crystals, by Dr. R. W. K. Honeycombe, 580
Slip Bands and Hardening Processes in Aluminium, by Dr. A. F. Brown, 580
Visits and Excursions, 580
Metals, Institute of—continued.
Symposium on Equipment for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys:
Electric Furnaces for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, by C. J. Evans, P. F. Hancock, Dr.
F. W. Haywood and J. McMullen, 455. See 483
Gas Equipment for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, by J. W. Waight, 455. See 483
Batch and Continuous Annealing of Copper and Copper Alloys, by E. Davis and S. G. Temple, 455. See 483
Bright Annealing of Nickel and Its Alloys, by H. J. Hartley and E. J. Bradbury, 455. See 483
Batch Thermal Treatment of Light Alloys, by C. P. Paton, 455. See 483
Flash Annealing of Light Alloys, by R. T. Staples, 455. See 483
Continuous Heat Treatment of Aluminium Alloys of Duralumin Type, by M. Lamourdedieu, 455. See 483
Metals, Non-Ferrous, Heat Treatment of, Symposium on, 455, 483
—r — Ferrous, Work of Institute of Metals, 395
— Plastic Deformation of, Investigations on,
580
Metal Sections, Ltd., Lightweight Steel Railway Carriage, 521*
— Softening During Cold Working, 608
— Solvent-Emulsion Degreasers for, 42
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallic Surfaces, Properties of, Conference on, Programme, 789
Metallography. See Metals; Metallurgy ; Microphotographs
Metallurgical and Mining Congress, Empire, Australiaand New Zealand, 1953, Arrangements for, 211

Metallurgy :

Alloy, Aluminium-Copper, Ageing of, 513 Use for H.M. Motor Launch, 540*
— — Magnesium, Mechanism of Precipitation in, 512
Magnesium, Mechanism of Stress Corrosion, 513
Magnesium Reaction with Steam, 513
Method for Chemical Analysis of, Specification, 571
R.R.58, Rotating Bending Fatigue Tests of, 757*
Scantlings of Deckhouses of, 708
Sections, Specification, 666
— — Use in Ship Construction, 158, 413,
513, 538, 731
— Copper-Cadmium, Determination of Cadmium in, Specification, 732
Nickel and Copper-Zinc, Sintering of, 424
See also Brass ; etc.
— Light, Use in Ship Construction, 158, 413, 513, 538, 731
— Nickel-Iron, Magnetic Properties of, 691*
— — Silver, Strip and Foil for Tele
communication Industries, Specification, 694
— Non-Ferrous, Heat Treatment of, Symposium on, 455, 483
— — Ferrous, Work of ' Institute of
Metals on, 395
— Titanium, Constitution and Properties, Symposium on, 512
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Brass. See Brass
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion
Diagram, Constitutional, of Chromium- Titanium System, 512
Found ry. See Foundry; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces
Heat Treatment, Bright Annealing, Continuous, Gas-Fired Dowson and Mason Furnace, 223*
Carburisation of Gears, Blaw Knox Ltd., 659*
Furnaces and Quenching Tanks for Die-Block Plant, Halesowen, 617* of Non-Ferrous Metals and .Alloys, 455. 483
— — Plant for Steel Strip for Tin-Plate,
630*
Shops for Gears, Blaw Knox, Ltd., 659*
Steel, Case-Hardening, Specification, 182
Surface-Hardening Machines Using Town Gas and Oxygen, 268*
of Titaniu Iron Alloys, 512
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgical Division, National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 804
— Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 801*, 813
—- Research at Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 309
— Works at Georg Fischer “ Iron Library,” 592*
Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Alloys, Influence of Institute of Metals on, 395 North-East Metallurgical Society, Formation of, 586
Powder Metallurgy, Investigations in, 424 Pyrometers. See Pyrometers
Rolling Mills. See RoZZing AfiZZs
Slag, Blast-Furnace, Use in Dam Construction, 635
— Investigations on Viscosity, 800* Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Manufacture at Abbey Steelworks, 3
Metallurgy—continued.
Steel Manufacture, Air Infiltration and Roof Wear in Open-Hearth Furnaces, 672
Combustion Problems in Open- Hearth Process, 656
Instrumentation of Open-Hearth Furnaces (Review), 195
by Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765*, 805 Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute ; Metals, Institute of; Microphotographs; Foundry ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
Meters, Orifice, Flow Measurement with (Review), 322
— Oxygen, Potentiometric (British Oxygen
Co., Ltd.), 470*
— Testing Set, Polyphase (Ferranti, Ltd.),
544*
— See also Electric
Methane in Coal Mines, Removal Problems of,
827
— in Coal, Origin and Utilisation of, 678 —- Explosions. See Accidents
Metric and Inch Units, Standard Nominal
Diameters for, 244
Metrology Department, National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 805
— Engineering, Development of, 369 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.,
Electrical Equipment for 80-in. Continuous Strip Mill, 41*; 3,000-h.p. Gas-
Turbine Electric Locomotive, 161*, 193*; Infra-Red Ovens for Drying Motor Cars, 236* ; Resilient Suspension and Pivot for Locomotive Bogie, 287* ; 60-MW Turbo- Generator, 300*; Electrical Equipment for Bo 4- Bo Electric Locomotives, 321* ; Sorting Tungsten Steel from Carbon- Steel Scrap, 416*; Register of ExApprentices, 591; 60-MW High-Pressure Rotor for Steam Turbine, 641*; 66-kV Outdoor _ Oil Circuit-Breaker, 641* ; 50-h.p. Direct-Current Steelworks Electric Motor, 641*; 1,225-h.p. Electric Motor for Feed Pump, 695*; Steam-Turbine Critical Speed Calculations, 704* ; Electric Motors at Mechanical Handling Exhibition, 710; 1,250-b.h.p. Steam
Turbine, for Shell Haven Refinery, 736* ; Diesel-Electric Plant for Chain Ferry, 808*
— Water Board, Annual' Report, 82 ; Pre-
stressed-Concrete Fencing at Chingford 759*
— See also London
Micklem, Commdr. Sir E. R., the Late, 625, 657*
Microphotograph, Dirt in Oil Used for Hydraulic Mechanisms, 510*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
— Effect of Falling of Carborundum on
Varnish, 505*
— Hot-Drawn and Cold-Drawn Molybdenum
Steel, 345*
Microscope, Flying-Spot, 689
Microstructure of Metals. See Microphotographs
Midlands, Notes from 14, 46, 78, 110, 142,174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430, 462, 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 650, 682, 714, 746, 778, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mill, Railway-Wheel, of Steel, Peech and Tozer, Sheffield, 515*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills Millen, J. H., the Late, 636
Millikan, R. A., Autobiography of, (Review), 145
Milling Machines and Cutters. See MacAine Tools
Milliwatt Calibrator, Direct-Current (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 281*
Mine, Anhydrite, 34-h.p. Diesel-Driven Shot- Firers’ Carriage for, 457*
— Cars, Retarder and Scotch Block for
(Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 709*
— Chief Inspector of, Annual Reports, 242, 654
— Coal. See Collieries
— Copper, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia,
Diorama of, 817
— Drainage of Firedamp from, Report on, 178
— Ore, Electric-Battery Vehicle for (Smith’s
Electric Vehicles, Ltd.), 191*
— and Quarries, Inspector’s Report for 1950,
654. See 242
— Safety in, Research on, Annual Report, 242
— Shaft Signalling, Battery Units for (Nife
Batteries, Ltd.), 86*
— United States Bureau of. See United
States
— See also Coal; Collieries ; Mining ; Ores ;
and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Miners’ Lamps, Charging Frame for (Oldham and Son, Ltd.), 574*
Mineral Dressing, Symposium on Recent
Advances in, Programme, 211
— Oils. See Oils'
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores; and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Mining or Alluvial Dredgers, Examples of, 379*
— Metalliferous, Inspector’s Report for 1950,
654
— and Metallurgical Congress, Empire, to be
held in Australia and New Zealand, 1953, Arrangements for, 211
— and Metallurgy, Institution of, Symposium
on Recent Advances in Field of Mineral Dressing, Programme, 211
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Ministry of .Labour and National Service. See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
— of Transport. See Transport
Mints, Fillet-Rolling Mill for (Taylor and Challen,
Ltd.), 644*
Mirror-Writing of Leonardo da Vinci, 581*. See LETTERS, 719, 784
Missouri River Reclamation Scheme, 819 Mitchell Engineering Co.,- Ltd., Use of Blast-
Furnace Slag in Dam Construction, 635
Model of Bristol University Engineering
Building, 817
— of Coast Line with Wave Generators, 816
— of Compressed-Air Caisson, for Uskmouth
Power Station, 817
— Experiments. See Aeronautics; Tank
Experiments
— of Morwell Power Station, Australia, 816
— of Rapier W.1400 Walking Dragline
Excavator, 816
— of River Thames for Tidal Investigations,
139*, 816
— of Rolling-Lift Bascule Bridge, 553*
— of Sluice Gate, 817
— for Stress Determination. See Photo-Elastic
— Theory of, and Dimensional Analysis
(Review), 322
— Workshop of Power Gas Corporation, Ltd.,
817
Molybdenum, Economies in Use for Alloy Steel, 491
Mond Nickel Fellowships, Aims and Objects, 314
Monmouthshire, Abertillery, Prestressed-Con- crete Road Bridge at, 413*
Mono Pumps, Ltd., Pump for Liquified Gases, 577*; Pump for Liquids Containing Fibrous Materials, 577*
Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Montagnon, Dr. E. L., Model of Walking
Dragline Excavator, 816
Monte Carlo Rally Results, 147
Morgan, I. G., on Comparator for Measuring
Variation in Diameter of Wires, 529* Morley, A. D., on Loadmeter for Industrial
Rolling Mills, 116*, 137
Morphological Aspects of Abrasion and Wear, 310*
Morris, H., Ltd., Triple-Gear Pulley Block, 709*
Morrison, A. C. (Engineers), Ltd., 2|-kW Diesel-Driven Generating Set, 576*
Morse, W., on Prestressed-Concrete Statically- Indeterminate Structures, 21
Morton, A. J., on Tabular Methods for Critical
Speed Calculations, 674*, 704*
Morwell Power Station, Australia, Model of, 816
Moss, A., Electric Train-Describer System, 428*
Motion, Intermittent Mechanisms for, 452*, 485*, 740*
— and Time Study (Review), 4
Motor Alternator Generator Set (Electric
Construction Co., Ltd.), 640*
— Boat, Aluminium-Alloy Launch for Royal
Navy, 540*
— — “ Queen Elizabeth,” Launch, Welded-
Aluminium Deckhouse for, 762*
— Car, British, in Monte Carlo Rally, 147
— — Chassis, Regal Mark IV (A.E.C., Ltd.),
Synchromesh Gearbox for, 190* Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers,
Institution of, Automobile Division Exports, 814
— Gearbox, Synchromesh (A.E.C., Ltd.), 190*
— Hydraulic Shock Absorbers for, 381
— —Industry, Position and Prospects in, 6,
166. See Erratum, 297
— — Noise in, Investigations on, 201, 252*
. See also Motor Vehicles ; Motor Coach ;
Motor Cycles ; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Coach for Airways Services, 681*
— Cycle Industry, Position and Prospects, 358
— Electric, at Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot,
3*, 40*, 129
— — 750-Volt, for Bo + Bo Electric Loco
motive, 321*
Centrifugal Speed Governor for (W.
Jones and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 763*
— — Electronic Ignition Control Panel for,
543*
1,225-h.p., for Feed Pump (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 695*
Induction, Standard (English Electric
Co., Ltd.), 517
— for Newspaper Printing, 124*, 150* ? Rectifier, Variable-Speed Drives, 61*
—Reversing and Braking Contactors for
(British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 542*
Squirrel-Cage, Direct-On Starter for (Electric Construction Co., Ltd.), 640*
—- — Steelworks, 50-h.p. Direct-Current
(Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 641*
— Traction, for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 163*, 193*
— Gear and Engineering Co., Ltd., High-
Speed Precision Tapping Machine, 172*
— Generator, 50-Cycle (Kelvin and Hughes,
Ltd.), 471*
— —- Set for Multiple-Unit Electric Trains, 76* for 45-in. Slabbing Rolling Mill, Abbey
Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4*
— Hydraulic, for Tractors, 638* -— Industry Exports, 814
— Industry Research Association, Report on
Torsional Fatigue Machine with Torque Control, by R. J. A. Paul and Dr. J. R.
Bristow, 25* ; Investigation of Noise in Private Cars, 201, 252*
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines; Motor Cars ; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
on Motor Industry’s Exports, 814
— Marine. See Engines ; MarinePropulsion ;
Motorships
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics ; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats ; Motor Cars ; Tractors
— and Pumps, Displacement (Review), 703
— -Rectifier, Variable-Speed Drives, 61*
— Road Rollers. See Road
— Servo, High-Torque, Air-Operated (J.
Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 349*
— Tractors. See Tractors
Motor Truck, Battery-Driven, 1-ton Fork-Lift (A. Hirst and Son, Ltd.), 677*
— — Battery-Driven, Industrial, Influence on
Factory Design, 632
— — Battery-Driven, Industrial (Steels Engi
neering Products, Ltd.), 677*
Battery-Operated, Elevating (Brush Coachwork, Ltd.), 753
— — Battery-Operated, Lift, with Grab
(I.T.D., Ltd.), 579*
— Diesel-Driven, Fork-Lift (I.T.D., Ltd.), 578*
— — Diesel-Engined, 10,000-lb. Fork-Lift
(Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd.), 752
Electrically-Operated, 1-ton Die- Handling (Lansing-Bagnall, Ltd.), 753*
— — Oil-Engined, Dump, 154-b.h.p. “Euclid”
(J. Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd.), 541* — Oil or Petrol-Driven, Fork-Lift, Heavy- Duty, 70-h.p. (Shelvoke and Drury, Ltd.), 821*
Petrol-Driven, 4,000-lb. Fork-Lift (Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 678*
— — Petrol-Driven, |-ton Fork-Lift (A.
Hirst and Son, Ltd.), 677*
— — Petrol-Driven, 1-ton Fork-Lift (Mathew
Brothers), 678*
— Vehicle, Battery-Driven, for Ore Mines
(Smith’s Electric Vehicles, Ltd.), 191*
— — Development in Bristol, 783, 818
— 154-b.h.p. Dump Truck, Oil-Engined “ Euclid ” (J. Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd.), 541*
— — Exports, 814
Industry, Position and Prospects in, 6, 166. See Erratum, 297
— — Lorry for Coal Delivery, with Integral
Conveyor (Charrold, Ltd.), 616*
— — Oilfield-Equipment, with Tipping Body
(Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 284*
— — Trailers and Semi-Trailers, for Use with,
89*, 121*
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors Motorship “ Atreus,” Contra-Rotating Ventilation Fans for, 45
— “ Auricula,” Burning of Boiler Fuels in, 501
— “ Auris,” 1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Alternator
Propelling Unit, 119; Piston-Temperature Measuring Device in, 663*. See 397
— Under Construction, Lloyd’s Register
Statistics, 115, 527
— “ Ebro,” Royal Mail Cargo Liner, 819
— “ Kongedybet,” for Copenhagen-Bornholm
Service, 491*
— Launched, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 319
— Launches and Trial Trips, 32, 63, 91, 128,
160, 190 (See Erratum, 192), 224, 228, 349, 384, 447, 479, 508, 570, 636, 666, 695, 715, 764, 790, 811
— Lloyd’s Register Annual Report, 467
—? Lost, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 83
— “ Lucy Ashton,” Resistance Experiments
with, 159*
— “ Newcombia,” Observed and Calculated
Stresses on, 58*
— Welded, Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
— “ Windsor,” Launch of, 681*
— See also Marine Propulsion
Mouchel, L. G., and Partners, Prestressed- Concrete Jetty at Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
Moulds for Glass-Bulb Manufacture, 663* Moulding Machines for Plastics (R. H. Windsor,
Ltd.), 642*
Wood. See Machine Tools
— See also Foundry
Mowlem, J„ and Co., Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
Muckle, W., on Scantlings of Long Deckhouses of Aluminium Alloy, 708
“ Mud-Hog ” Petrol-Driven Pump, 644*
Muddy Waters, Army Engineers and Nation’s Rivers (Review), 579
Muirhead and Co., Ltd., Muirhead-Pametrada Wave Analyser, 425*. See Erratum, 491
Mullard Ltd., Local Assembly Oscillator, 426* ; Whyteleafe Experimental Valve Factory, 427* ; Vertical Drawing of Glass Tubing, 701*
Multi-Gauging Equipment, Exhibition of, 149* Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Mumford, A. H„ on History of Television, 553. See ERRATUM, 619
Municipal Tramways. See Tramways
Murex, Ltd., Sintered Composite Magnet, 425* Museum, Royal Scottish, Model of Bascule
Bridge, 553*
— of Science and Industry, Birmingham,
Opening of, 298
— Science, South Kensington, Leonardo da
Vinci Exhibition 307, 465, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784; Exhibition of Alchemical Books, 814
Mushet, R. F., and First Bessemer Steel Rail, 181
Mutual Security Agency, Transatlantic Arrangements for Manufacturing Licences, 655
Myers, G. H., versus Brent Cross Service Co., Legal Decision in, 801
Mynydd ' Anelog, Caernarvonshire, North Wales, 100-kW Wind-Power Generator, 343

NASH and THOMPSON, LTD., Wind-Velocity Vector Integrator, 316*
National Coal Board Researches in Heating and Ventilation, 827
— Foundry College, Report, 1948-51, 506
— Fuel Policy, Statement by Federation of
British Industries, 267
— Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Mixing and
Governing Valve for Gas Engines, 32* ; Diesel-Engine Factory, Ashton, 584*
— Physical Laboratory, Report on Severn
Bridge Aerodynamic Investigation, by Dr. R. A. Frazer and G. Scrutton, 299, 347; Investigation on Transparent Conducting Films on Glass, 333; Effect of Cold-Drawing on Creep-Resisting Molybdenum-Steel Steam Pipe, by E. A. Jenkinson and D. C. Herbert, 345*; Sensitive Comparator for Measuring Variation in Diameter of Wires, by Dr.
. J. C. Evans, R. S. Marriner and I. G. Morgan, 529*; Tank Experiments on Frictional Resistance in Turbulent Flow, 675 ; Annual Report, 751; Correlation of Fatigue Strength in Bending and Direct Stress, by P. G. Forrest and H. J. Tapsell, 757*; Open-Day Exhibition, 804. See LETTER, 340*
National Research Development Corporation, Annual Report, 212
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Spring Meeting, London : Programme, 397
Report of Council, 433, 434 Election of Officers, 433, 434 Presidential Address, by Lord Runciman, on Work of Institution, 469. See 433, 434
Reports of Discussions, 469, 487, 513, 549, 582, 615, 646. 675, 708
Britain’s Deep-Sea Liner Trade, 1945- 1951, and Some Random Thoughts, by B. Sanderson, 499. See 433, 469, 487
Merchant Ship Design-:—A Thought for the Future, by Sir W. Ayre, 537. See 513
Structural Strength Investigations on Destroyer “ Albuera,” by D. W. Lang and W. G. Warren, 615
Prediction of Thermal Conditions in H.M. Ships in Tropical Waters, by J. A. B. Gray and F. E. Smith, 646
Frictional Resistance of Smooth Plane Surfaces in Turbulent Flow. New Data and Survey of Existing Data by Dr. G. Hughes, 675
The Scantlings of Long Deckhouses Constructed of Aluminium Alloy, by W. Muckle, 708
Changes in Ship Construction, 1850 to 1950, by N. M. Hunter, 730. See 549 Joint Session with Institute of Marine Engineers:
Generation of Gas Bubbles at Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts for Diesel Engines, by S. Amari and
E. Ando,550
High-Powered Single-Screw Cargo Liners, by W. H. Dickie, 582
Naval Architecture, Modern (Review), 228
— — See also WarsAips
— Construction. See IFars/jfps
?— See also Warships
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics
Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See H.M. under TFars/jips
— See also Naval; Warships; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Neal, R. H., and Co., Ltd., 10-ton Mobile Crane, 710*
Negretti <fc Zambra, Ltd., Pyrometers for High-Speed Diesel Engines, 427
Neill, J., and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., Magnetic Floater, 641* ; Magnetic Holder, 641*
Neilson, J. B., Invention of Hot Blast, 658 Neville-Jones, D., on Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Position, 435
New Year Honours List, 19
— Zealand and Australia, Empire Mining and
Metallurgical Congress, 1953, Arrangements for, 211
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, King’s College, Investigation of Air-Cooled Gas-Turbine Blades, 21*
“ Newcombia,” M.S., Observed and Calculated Stresses on, 58*
Newcomen Society, Early Refining of Pig Iron in England, by Dr. H. R. Schubert, 51; Summer Meeting, York, 755
Newhouse, F., on Higher Technological Education, 148, 497. See LETTERS, 20, 403
Newman, D. R., on Aspects of Civil Jet Aircraft Performance, 428
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. S.S. “ United States,” 809*
Newspaper Printing, Electricity in, 124*, 150* Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., Training Scheme of, 495
Newton Victor, Ltd., Mobile X-Ray Equipment, 544*
Nickel Alloys. See Metallurgy
— Clad Steel Plate, Specification, 666
— Economies in Use in Alloy Steel, 491
— Industry, Canadian. Statistics of, 371
Nife Batteries, Ltd., Battery Uuits for Mine- Shaft Signalling, 86*
Nigeria, Kano, 2,400-kW Brush-Ljungstrom Turbo-Generator, 575*
Nixon, W. C., on X-Ray Tube with Magnetic Lens, 690
Nkana Copper Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Diorama of, 817
Noble and Lund, Ltd., Automatic Bar-Sawing Machine, 333*
“ NOduMAG ” Properties of, 544
Noise in Private Cars, Investigations on, 201, 252*
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals ; Metallurgy Nordberg Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Symons
V-Screen, 642*
“ Normannia,” S.S.. Cross-Channel Steamer, 349*
North Atlantic Shipping and Trading Co., Launch of “ World Concord,” 147
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 2-8-2 Type Locomotives for East African Railways, 73*
— East Coast Institution of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, Laing Lecture on Shortcomings of Structural Analysis, by Prof. J. F. Baker, 57*, 92* ; Aluminium as Shipbuilding Material, by Dr. E. C. B. Corlett, 413
Metallurgical Society, Formation of, 586
North Notes from. See Scotland
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Experi
mental Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 8*. See LETTERS, 527, 592; Errochty Hydro- Electric Scheme, 16*; Experiments on Wind Power, 446; Memorial to Sir E. MacColl, 462 ; Annual Report, 623 ; Use of Blast-Furnace Slag in Loyne and Cluanie Dams, 635
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Lectures on Liquid Fuels, 203
Northern Rhodesia, Diorama of Nkana Copper Mine, 817
Norwegian State Railways, Diesel Railcars for, 201*
Notes on New Books. See Boofcs and LITERATURE INDEX
— See Cleveland ; Lancashire and South York
shire ; Midlands ; Scotland ; South-West; Labour. See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Notification of Vacancies Order, 146 Nottingham University, Investigations with
Potential Flow Tank, 292*
Nozzle, Flow Through, of Humid Air, 609*
— Parallel-Throated, and Orifices, Flow
Through, Bibliographical Survey of (Review), 483
Nuclear Physics, European Co-operation on, Proposals for, 340
Nucleonic and Radiological Developments, Ltd., Automatic Processing Unit for X-Ray Films, 415*
Nuffield Foundation, Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571
— Tractor with Hydraulically-Controlled Stripping Fork, 606*
Nuts and Bolts, Hexagonal, in B.A. Range, Spanners for, Specification, 732
Nyquist Diagram Plotter (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 426

Obituary: See Engineering 1952 Jan-Jun: Index: Obituaries

Observatory, Liverpool, and Tidal Institute, Annual Report, 243
“ Ocean Vulcan,” S.S., Investigations on Welded Construction of, 157*
Oceanography, Institute of, Wave Measurer and Recorder, 816
Oerlikon Co., 50,000-kW Generators, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 385*
Oil Burning Installation at Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 386*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars ;
Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Extented Synthetic Rubbers, Future of,719
— Flame Radiation from, Researches on, 781
— Fuel Burners, Investigations on Design, 781
Burners in Ships, Performance of, 582
— from Groundnuts, Extraction Plant for, 323*
— Hydraulic, Characteristics of, 213*, 254- Lubricating and Fuel, Pipe Resistance for (Review), 228
— Lubricating, Chemical Attack of Metals by, 693*
Motor, “ Shell X-100 ” (Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.), 343
Oil Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Boats ; Tractors
— Refinery, Coryton, Cooling-Water Intake for, 332*
— — Kent, Isle of Grain, 552*
— — Shell, Berre, France, Extensions to, 283*
— — Shell Haven, 733*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tanker “ Auricula,” Burning of Oil Fuels in, 501
—- — “ Auris,” 1,200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Alternator Propelling Unit, 119; Piston- Temperature Measuring Device in, 663*. See 397
Under Construction, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 115, 527
Elastic Stresses in, 58
Launched, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 319
— — Launches and Trial Trips, 32, 63, 91,
128,160,190, (see Erratum, 192), 224, 288, 349, 384, 447, 479, 508, 570, 636, 666, 695, 715, 764, 790, 811
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Annual Report, 467
Welded, American, Circular on Strengthening of, 667
Welded, Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
“ World Concord,” Launch of, 117
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Well Engineering Co., Ltd., Oil-Well
Drilling Equipment for Tunisia, 460*
— See also Lubrication ; Petroleum
Oldham and Son, Ltd., Charging Frame for Miners’ Lamps, 574*
Olding, J., and Co., Ltd., Cable-Controlled Bulldozing Equipment for Vickers Tractor, 542* ; 12-cub. yd. Vickers Scraper, 542*
Oliver, D. A., Creep-Testing Machine, 107* Olsen “ Wearometer ” for Plastics, 726* Olympia. See Exhibition
Omnibus, Trolley. See Trolley-’Bus
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Annual Reports, 19, 210. See Errafum, 298 ; R. L. Hearn Power Station, 353*, 391*. , See Erratum, 396
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opening Bridges. See Bridges
Optics, Electronic, Elements of (Review), 418
— Lens and Prism Making : Textbook for
Optical Glassworkers (Review), 292
Oram, G. C., on Preventive Maintenance in Action, 720
Orcene Co., Ltd., Alkali Degreasing Plant, 764* Ordnance. See Ballistics ; Guns
Ore Mines, Electric-Battery Vehicle for (Smith’s Electric Vehicles, Ltd.), 191*
— Pelletising Plant for, 604
— Transporters, Margam Steelworks, 1*
Orifice Meters, Flow Measurement with (Review), 322
— and Parallel-Throated Nozzles, Flow Through, Bibliographical Survey of (Review), 483
Orlandi Tracking Semi-Trailer, 89*
Osborn, S., and Co., Ltd., Centenary of, 558
Osborp, Sir S., the Late, 746, 784. See 558 Oscillations, Electric. See Electric
— in Suspension Bridges, Investigations on,
299, 347
Oscillograph. See Electric
Outlook, Engineering, 5, 37, 70, 102, 131, 166, 197, 230, 263, 294, 326, 338, 356. See LETTER, 212. See Erratum, 297
Ove Arup and Partners, Ltd., Tests of Prestressed-Concrete Foot Bridge, 595*. 690* Oven, Annealing, for Glass-Bulb Manufacture 663*
— Drying, Infra-Red, for Motor Cars (Metro
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.). 236* Overhead Cranes. See Cranas
— Equipment, Manchester-Sheffield-Wath
Railway, 165*
— —- for Railway Electrification in Subsidence
Areas, 180*
— Lines, Power Transmission, Use of Heli
copter for Erection of, 128*
— — Power Transmission, High-Voltage Dir
ect Current, 477*
Power Transmission, High-Voltage, Work of J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
Power Transmission, International High- Tension Conference, Paris, Programme, 109 ; Proceedings, 687, 749
Power Transmission, Southern Ireland, 772*
Power Transmission, 380-kV, Sweden, 783
Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Uganda, Progress with, 435
Oxford University, Fatigue-Testing Machine for Ceramics, 422*
Oxy-Acetylene Welding. See TPeZdw
Oxvgen Meter, Potentiometric (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 470*

PACKAGES, Protection Against Spoilage, Specification, 571
Paddle-Boat Design of Leonardo da Vinci, 561*
Paint, Abrasion of, Investigations on, 504*
Painting, Code of Practice for, 587
Paintshop Productivity, Conference on, 784
Pametrada Experimental Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 8*. See LETTERS, 527, 592
— Muirhead Wave Analyser (Muirhead and Co., Ltd.), 425*. See Erratum, 491
— Research Station, Wallsend, Work of, 186
Pamphonic Reproducers, Ltd., Speech Amplification System for St. Paul’s Cathedral, 12*
Pantograph for Bo + Bo Electric Locomotives, 321*
Paradise Convent, Schaffhausen, Georg Fischer “ Iron Library ” at, 592*
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors
Paris, International Conference on Large High-Tension Systems, Programme, 109 ; Proceedings, 687, 749
Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., Motor Coaches for Airways Services, 681*
Parker, S. M., on Design of Powered Flying Controls, 183. See 179
Parry, D. H.. on Space Heating by Electricity, 476
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd.. Turbo-Generators for Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44* ; 100-MW Turbo-Alternator at R. L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, 353*, 391*. See Erratum, 396
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Pasolds, Ltd.. Waste-Heat Recovery at Factory of, 744*. See Erratum, 824
Passenger Steamers. See Steamers
Paste, Anti-Scuffing, for Dry Lubrication (Ragosine Oil Co., Ltd.), 172
Patent Law Reform, 212
—- Whittle Gas-Turbine, Extension of, 275
Paterson and Dickinson, Ltd., Rolling Lift Bridge for Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 396*
Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., Jubilee of, 815
Paton, C. P., on Batch Thermal Treatment of Light Alloys, 455. See 483
Patterns, Foundry, Wooden, Colouring and Marking of, Specification, 571
— Making Machines. See Machine Tools
Paul, R. J. A., on Torsional Fatigue Testing Machine with Torque Control, 25*
Paving Bricks, Rattler Abrasion Testing Apparatus for, 729*
Peacock, H. M., on Economics of Fuel and Power, 689, 815. See 621. See LETTER, 752
Peat Deposits in Scotland, 11
— Firing Equipment for Experimental Gas
Turbine, 8*. See LETTERS, 527, 592
Peattie, K. R., on Tests on Concrete with Electrical-Resistance Strain Gauges, 468*
Peddinghaus, P. F., Surface Hardening Process Using Town Gas and Oxygen, 268*
Pegson, Ltd., “ Mud-Hog ” Petrol-Driven Pump, 644*
Pelleting Machine, Hydraulic, for Plastics (British Industrial Plastics, Ltd.), 644*
— Plant for Ore, 604
— Process for Wet Coal Slurry, 653
Penistone Control Room, Manchester-Sheffield-1^ Wath Railway, 165*
Permalloy “ F,” Magnetic Properties of, 691* Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
Perryman, E. C. W., on Precipitation in Alu- minium-Magnesium Alloys, 512
Personal, 15, 47, 79, 111, 143, 175, 207, 239, 271, 303, 335, 367, 399, 431, 463, 493, 523, 555, 587, 619, 651, 683, 715, 747, 779, 811
Pest Control, Ltd., Hillier Helicopter for Erection of Transmission Line, 128*
Products, Recommended Common Names for, Specification, 779
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Industry, Bolting for, Specification, 182
Compressed-Asbestos Jointing for, Specification, 694
Production of Equipment for, 687
— Information Bureau, Statistics of Petroleum
Production and Consumption, 655
— Institute of, New South-East Branch, In
auguration, Rochester, 183
— Production and Consumption, Statistics, 655
— See also Oil; Engines, Oil
Philadelphia, United States, Plant Maintenance Conference, 466
Philips Electrical, Ltd., High-Power Stroboscope, 426*
Photo-Elastic Tests of Transversely-Loaded Beams, 390*
— Elasticity. See also Optical Determination
of Stress
Photographic Study of Rapid Events (Review), 195
Photography, Motion-Picture, for Investigation of Cavitation, 536*, 566*, 597*
Photo-Mechanical Illustration, Work of W. H. Fox Talbot on, 563*
Photometer, Spherical Integrating (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
Photomicrographs. See Microphotographs Physical Laboratory. See National Physical
— Society’s Scientific Apparatus Exhibition,
51, 348, 404*, 425*, 470*. See Erratum, 491
Physics, Electronic Optics (Review), 418
— Institute of, Industrial Physics Conference,
Glasgow, Programme, 497
— Magnetron (Review), 703
— Mathematical, Introduction to (Review),
703
— Nuclear, European Co-operation on, Pro
posals for, 340
— Research in United States, Dr. R. A.
Milliken’s Impact on, 145
— Wilson, C. T. R., and Cloud Chamber (Re
view), 451
— See also Physical Society and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Pickling Plant at Tin-Plate Works, Trostre, 629*
Pike, D. V., on Aluminium Construction, 317
Piles, Concrete, “ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing (Masonry Resurfacing and Construction Co., Inc.), 237*. See Erratum, 455
— Overturning of, Soil Failure During, In
vestigation on, 134*
Piling, Sheet, for Cofferdam, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
— — Prestressed-Concrete (Dow-Mac (Pro
ducts), Ltd.), 272*
Pillinger, G. C„ the Late, 341
Pilmour, W. H., the Late, 341
Pins, Dowel, Parallel, Steel, Specification, 320
— Taper, Solid and Split, Specification, 224
Pinions. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Pipe Resistance for Hydraulic, Lubricating and Fuel Oils (Review), 228
Pipe, Steam. See Steam Pipes
— See also 7'wftes
Pipelines for Hydraulic Transportation of Coal, 171
— Steel, High-Temperature and High-Pressure
Oxy-Acetylene Welding of, Specification 635
Piraeus Electricity Co., Ltd., Athens, Twenty- Five Years’ Work of, 396
Piston, Automobile-Engine, Grinding Machine for (A. Scrivener, Ltd.), 417*
— Hot, Crankcase Explosion from, 632*, 661*
Pits, Soaking, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3
Pitch Mastic Flooring, Specification, 63
Pitlochry Power Station, Memorial Plaque to Sir E. MacColl, 462
Pitting. See Corrosion
Place, J. A., on Loadmeter for Industrial Rolling Mills, 116*, 137
Plane Surfaces, Smooth, in Turbulent Flow, Frictional Resistance of, 675
Planimeter, Electronic (Londex, Ltd),, 426
Plant Layout: Planning and Practice (Review) 228
— Maintenance Conference, Philadelphia,
United States, 466
Plastic Deformation of Metals, Investigations on, 580
Plastics, Hydraulic Pelleting Machine for (British Industrial Plastics, Ltd.), 644*
— Moulding Machines for (R. H. Windsor,
Ltd.), 642*
— Olsen “ Wearometer ” for, 726*
— Place of, in Order of Matter, 402, 404
— and Rubber Factory, Brynmawr, South
Wales, 437*
— Triple-Screw Extrusion Machine for (R. H.
Windsor, Ltd.), 481*
Plate, Aluminium, for Shipbuilding, 413
— Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
— Ship, Brittle Fracture of, Investigations on,
156*
— Steel, Nickel-Clad, Specification, 666
Plessey Co., Ltd., Selective Amplifier, 426*; Nyquist Diagram Plotter, 426
Plotter, Diagram, Nyquist (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 426
Plough, Two-Furrow, on Ferguson Tractor, with Hydraulic Control, 605*
Pneumatic Intake Plants, Buenos Aires Grain Elevator, 786*
— See also Compressed Air ; Air Compressor
Pochobradsky, B., on Centrifugal Force in Axial-Flow Turbines, 624*
Polakowski, N. H., on Softening of Metals During Cold Working, 608
Polarograph (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 470*
Poles, Transmission Line and Telephone, Preservation of, 525
Police-Type “ Winker ” Beacon (Londex, Ltd.), 543*
Pollitt, A., the Late, 21
Polytechnic. See Kdttcaiwn
Pontoon Dock, Floating, for Flying Boats, 382* Pope, P. C., the Late, 308*
Port of London Authority, Model of River Thames for Tidal Investigations, 139* ; Rolling Lift Bridge at Surrey Docks, 396*; Welded Dock Gates for, 722*
— Talbot, Abbey Works of Steel Companv of
Wales, Ltd., 1*, 40*, 129*
;— Venturi, in Open-Hearth Furnaces, Experiments with, 656
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. ' See Machine Tools
Portal, Frame, Elastic Stresses in, 92*
Porter, R. B., Prestressed-Concrete Sheet Piles, 272*
Portland Cement. See Cement
Potters-Bar Station Reconstruction and Track Widening, 407
Poulaphuca Hydro-Electric Plant on River Liffey, 772*
Powder, Copper, Oxide-Reduced, Production and Properties of, 424
Powell, F. H., on Cathode-Ray Tubes and Valves, 603
Power, Fuel and Heat Auditing, 415
Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., Artificial-Fertiliser Factory, Sindri, India, 44*, 289*; Model of Workshop of, 817
. See Gas; Engines, Gas
— Generation by Wind, 445
— Hydraulic, Use in Shipyards, 549, 730
— Industrial, Application of Atomic Energy
for Experiments on, 686
Power Jacks, Ltd., Synchronised Hydraulic Jacks, 753
Power Jets (Research and Developments), Ltd., Report on Pressure Still with Diluent Air, by J. C. Barr, 235*
-— Plant, Hydro-Electric, in Austria, Statistics and Outlook, 72
Hydro-Electric, Canadian, Government, Reports on, 75. See 19, 210. See Erratum, 298
Hydro-Electric, Errochty, 16*
Hydro-Electric, Harspranget, Sweden, 783
— — Hydro-Electric, High-Speed Alternator
for, 442*
Hydro-Electric, North of Scotland, Report on, 623
Hydro-Electric, Ontario, Reports on, 19, 210. See Erraittjn, 298. See 75
Hydro-Electric, Owen Falls, Uganda, Progress with, 435
Hydro-Electric, Southern Ireland, 772* Hydro-Electric, and St. Lawrence Seaway Schemes, 87
Hydro-Electric, Umtata Falls, South Africa, 215
Hydro-Electric, in United States, 818
100-kW, Wind, Mynydd Anelog, North Wales, 343
See also Power Stations ; Power, Water ; Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Station, Electric, Acton Lane, “ B,” 77*.
See Erratum, 152
Electric, in Athens, 396
Electric, British, Economic Plant Sizes and Boiler Groupings in, 153*, 188*
Power Station, Electric, British, Plants Commissioned in 1951, 54
Electric, British, Thermal Efficiencv of, 583
— — Electric, Canadian, Government Reports
on, 75. See 19, 210. See Erratum, 298
Electric, Dieppedalle, France, 385*
— — Electric, Drakelow “ A,” 204*
Electric, Fulham, 300*
• Electric, Margam, of Steel Company of
Wales, Ltd., 129*
Electric, Ontario, Report on, 19, 210. See Erratum, 298. See 75
Electric, Pitlochry, Memorial Plaque to Sir E. MacColl, 462
Electric, R. L. Hearn, Toronto, 100-MW Turbo-Generator at, 353*, 391*. See ErraZuwi, 396
Electric, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*, 289
— — Electric, Southern Ireland,. 772*
Electric, St. George’s, France, Memorial to J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
—- — Electric, Uganda, Report on, 435
— — Electric, Uskmouth, Model of Com
pressed-Air Caisson for, 817
See also Power Plants ; Substations
— Supply, Electric, for Abbey Steelworks,
Port Talbot, 129*
— — Electric, in Athens, 396
Electric, in Austria, Statistics and Outlook, 72
Electric, Buenos Aires Elevator, 789* Electric, in Canada, Government Report
on, 75. See 19, 210. See Erratum, 298
Electric, Effect of Sudden Load Reduction, 479*
— — Electric, for Engineering Industries, 6
— — Electric, Gas and Coal, Efficiency for
Domestic Heating, 621. See LETTERS, 689 752, 815
Electric, High-Voltage Direct Current, 477*
Electric, Influence of Chemical Engineering in Development of, 627
Electric, International High-Tension Conference, Paris, Programme, 109 ; Proceedings, 687, 749
Electric, Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 164*
Electric, for Newspaper Printing, 124*,• 150*
Electric, North of Scotland, Report on, 623
Electric, Ontario, Canada, Reports on, 19, 210. See Erratum, 298
Electric, in Southern Ireland, 772*
Electric, Space Heating by, 476
Electric, and St. Lawrence Seaway Scheme, 87
Electric, in Uganda, Report on, 435
Electric, Use of Wind for, 445
and Man Power in United States, 496
— Transmission, Hydraulic, Fluids for, 213*,
254
Overhead Lines, Use of Helicopter for Erection of, 128*
Overhead Lines, High-Voltage Direct Current, 477*
Overhead Lines, High-Voltage, Work of J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
Overhead Lines, International High- Tension Conference, Paris, Programme,' 109 ; Proceedings, 687, 749
Overhead Lines, Southern Ireland, 772*
— — Overhead Lines, 380-kV, Sweden, 783
— — See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Unit, High-Frequency, “ Tesvac ” (Fer
ranti, Ltd.), 405*
— Water, in Austria, Statistics and Outlook,
72
See also Hydraulics; Power Plants, Hydro-Electric ; Turbines, Hydraulic
— Wind, Experimental Plants, 445
Production Engineers, Institution of, Summer School, Programme, 489
Productivity, Brass Founders’, Conference, 619
Practice, Codes of, Ministry of Works. See Standards
Pre-Cooler for Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 11* Presidential Address to Association of- Teachers in Technical Institutions by H. S. Barlow, on Education for Industry, 751
— — to Association of Technical Institutes by
Sir N. Kipping on Education and Productivity, 307
to Institute of British Foundrymen, by Dr. C. J. Dadswell on Effect of Mechanisation in Foundries, 758
to Institute of Metals by Dr. C. J. Smithells on Activities of Institute of Metals, 395. See 404, 424
to Institution of Chemical Engineers, by Sir H. Hartley, on Chemical Engineering at the Cross Roads, 626
— — to Institution of Naval Architects, by
Lord Runciman on Work of Institution, 469. See 433, 434
to Iron and Steel Institute, by Capt. H. L. Davies on Cold-Reduction Tin-Plate Plant at Trostre, 629*. See 558, 592
to -Junior Institution of Engineers by Air Cmdre. F. R. Banks on Enterprise in Engineering, 54
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure Gauges, Specification, 63
— Still with Diluent Air, Report on, 235*
— Vessels, Welded, Determination of Stresses
in, 798*, 813
Prestressed-Concrete Development Group, Tests of Prestressed-Concrete Foot Bridge, 595*, 690*
— — See Concrete, Prestressed
Preventive Maintenance, Conference on, 720
Price, T. W., on Cathode-Ray Tubes and Valves, 603
Prices and Profit in Industry, 113
Priestman Brothers, Ltd., Scraper Grab with 19-ft. Spread, 754*
“ Princess Arthur of Connaught ” Locomotive, Report of Derailment, 681
“ Princess ” Flying Boat, Saunders-Roe, 329* ; Expenditure on, 435
Printing, Newspaper, Electricity in, 124*, 150* Prism and Lens Making, Textbook for Optical
Glassworkers (Review), 292
Production Engineers, Institution of, Herbert Paper on Development of Engineering Metrology, by F. H. Rolt, 369
— Engineering Research Association, Confer
ence on Preventive Maintenance : Management Aspects of Preventive Maintenance, by B. White, 720 ; Productivity of Maintenance, by D. Lacy-Hulbert, 720 ;
Preventive Maintenance in Action, by
G. C. Oram, 720
— Technology and Management, Scholarships
in, 299
Productivity, Anglo-American Council of,
Final Session, 623
— in British Steelfounding Industry, 569
— and Education, Sir N. Kipping on, 307
— and Man-Power, Parliamentary Debate on,
305. See LETTERS, 371, 468
— and Preventive Maintenance, 720 Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau,
Annual Report, 339
Profilometer, Bore, Hilger and Watts (A. Her- . bert, Ltd.), 614*
Profit and Prices in Industry, 113 Propeller, Marine, Investigations on, 185*
— Marine, Cavitation in, Investigations on,
533*, 566*, 597*
— Variable-Pitch and Reversing (Slack and Parr (Marine), Ltd.), 173*
Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines : Turbines ; Propellers
Protection of Trade Secrets and Methods, Legal Decisions on, 85
“ Proteus ” 700 Series Propeller Turbine, 792* Public Health Engineer in Town and Regional Planning, 718
Publicity for Engineers, Advocation of, 339 Pulley Block, Triple-Gear (H. Morris, Ltd.), 709*
Pulverised-Coal Feeder for Uniform Flow, 243* Plant, Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 386*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Centrifugal, Cavitation in, Investigations
on, 533*, 566*, 597*
2-in. Contractors’ (J. Beresford and Son, Ltd.), 640
— — Deep-Well Vertical-Spindle (Ruston <fc
Hornsby, Ltd.), 60*
— Feed, Dieppedalle Power Station, France,
386*
1,225-h.p. Electric Motor for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 695* Fulham Power Station, 300*
— House, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 735*
— Hydraulic, for Railway Wheel Mill, 516*
— Variable-Delivery (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 445*
— Jet (H. J. Godwin, Ltd.), 576*
— for Liquids Containing Fibrous Materials
(Mono Pumps, Ltd.), 577
— for Liquified Gases (Mono Pumps, Ltd.),
577*
— Marine, Self-Priming (Megator Pump &
Compressors, Ltd.), 478*
— and Motors, Displacement (Review), 703
— “ Mud-Hog,” Petrol-Driven (Pegson, Ltd.),
644*
— Rotary, High-Pressure (Keelavite Rotary
Pumps and Motors, Ltd.), 645*
— Self-Priming, 14-in. (Saunders Valve Co ,
Ltd.), 644*
— Slush, for Oil-Well Drilling Equipment, 461*
— W ater-Circulating, for W aste-Heat Recovery
Plant, 744*. See Erratum, 824
Pumping Engines of Metropolitan Water Board, 82
— Plant, Cooling-Water Intake, Coryton Oil
Refinery, 332
for Hydraulic Transportation of Coal, 171
Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
— and Sealing Machine for Thermionic-Valve Manufacture, 427*
Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
Pye, Ltd., Equipment for Lime Grove Television Studios, 518
Pyrometers for High-Speed Diesel Engines (Negretti and Zambra, Ltd.), 427
— for High-Velocity Gases, 696*
— Needle-Type (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 699*

QUARRIES and Mines, Inspector’s Report for 1950, 654.. See 242
“ Queen Elizabeth,” Motor Launch, Welded-
Aluminium Deckhouse for, 762*
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment, under
Metallurgy
Ouincentenary Celebrations of Leonardo da Vinci, 179, 307 ; His Life and Times, 465 ; as Engineer, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784

RADIANT HEATING, LTD., Gas and Air Mixing Machines, 548
Radiation, Flame, from Oil, Researches on, 781 Radio-Control Equipment for Model Glider, 783.
for Overhead Travelling Crane (Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd.), 752
— Equipment Industry, Position and Prospects in, 263. See ERRATUM, 297
—: Telescope for Manchester University, 571
— Transmitter, Daventry, Unattended Operation of, 412
— Transmitting Station, Temporary, at Barnstaple, 331
— Waves, Investigations at National Physical Laboratory, 805
Propagation and Television, 603
— See also Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless ; Television; Valves, Thermionic Radiological Institute, Zurich University,
31-MeV Betatron at, 412
Radius Tool for Grinding Wheels (Engineering Diamonds, Ltd.), 384*
Ragosine Oil Co., Ltd., Anti-Scuffing Paste for Dry Lubrication, 172
Rail, Bessemer Steel, The First, 181
— Conductor, Prevention of Ice Formation on,
30
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British, Electrical Equipment for Southern
Region Electric Trains, 76* ; Automatic Brakes for Goods Wagons, 83; Mixed- Traffic 4-6-2 Locomotive, 108*; Train Derailment at Doncaster, Report on, 160 ; 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive, 161*, 193*; Electrification of Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 164*, 321* ; Instructional Films for Staff, 200 ; Rolling Stock for, 294; Restricted Programmes for, 339; Cross-Channel, S.S. “ Normannia,” 349* ; Railway Widening and Station Reconstruction at Potters Bar, 407 ; Train Describer System on Liverpool Street-Romford Railway, 428 ; Electrical Recording Anemometer for, 490*; Improvement of Locomotive Design and Operation, 590; 13-ton Standard Wagons, 602* ; Use of Mobile Rectifier in Emergency, 635; Tests of Brown-Boveri Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 664* ; Fire in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, 680; Passenger Train Derailment at Weedon, 681; 2-6-2 Tank Locomotive, 698*; Locomotive Test Bulletins, Publication of, 719 ; Financial and Statistical Accounts, 782
— Carriage. See Carriages
— Civil Engineering, Economy in, 50
— East African, 2-8-2 Type Locomotives, 73*
— Electric, Bogie Design for, 51
— — Prevention of Ice Formation on Con
ductor Rails, 30
— Electrification in Subsidence Areas, Over
head Equipment for, 180*
— Executive. See Bailways, British
— French National, Cullemeyer Wagon Trans
porter, 124*
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— Norwegian State, Diesel Railcars for, 201*
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages; Loco
motives ; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Spanish, 3,600-h.p. 3,000-Volt Electric
Locomotives, 562*
— Staffs, Instructional Films for, 200
— Station, Derby, Laying of First Bessemer
Steel Bail, 181
— Street. See Tramways
?— Train Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See Underground; London Trans
port Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London
Transport Executive
— Wagons. See Wagons
— Wheel Mill, Sheffield, of Steel, Peech &
Tozer, 515*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Railcars. See Carriages, Railway Rainfall Run-Off Recorder, 817 Ralston, S. B., the Late, 498
Ramp, Entrance, Reinforced-Con Crete, for Rubber and Plastics Factory, 440*
Rand Water Board Annual Report, 223 Range, Cooking, Solid-Fuel, Heavy-Duty, Specification, 732
Ransomes and Rap’er, Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd., Hinged Magnetic Separator, 575*
Ratchet Gear for Intermittent Motion, 452* Ratter, J„ on Prestressed Concrete and Other Forms of Construction, 317
Rattler Abrasion Testing Apparatus for Paving Bricks, 729*
Rawlinson, J., Rolling Lift Bridge for Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, 396*
Ravs. See X-Rays
Reactivity of Coke, Investigations on, 761* Reactors at Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 686
Rearmament, Effect on Shipbuilding, 469
— and Engineering Industries, 5, 37, 70, 102,
131, 166, 197, 230, 263, 294, 326, 338, 356. See LETTER, 212. See ERRATA, 297 Reavell’s Garage wersws Stewart, Legal Decision in, 801
Receivers, Distillation, Specification, 811 Reclamation Projects in United States, 818 Recorder, Rainfall Run-Off, 817
— Wave, and Measurer, Institute of Oceano
graphy, 816
Recording Dynamometer. See Dynamometer Rectifiers. See Electric
Redhill Aerodrome Branch of College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineerins, 196*
Reduction Gears. See Gears;' Marine Propulsion
Reece, P. O., on Timber Construction, 318 Reference Books. See Annuals
Refinery, Oil, Coryton, Cooling-Water Intake for, 332*
Kent, Isle of Grain, 552*
Shell Haven, 733*
Re-Forming Plant, Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 734*
Refrigeration, Institute of, Anniversary Banquet, 148
Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Regulating. System Design and Servomechanisms (Review), 482
Regulator, Temperature, Compensated (Sunvic Controls, Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum, 64 Reheating Furnace. ’ See Furnace
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete Reinforcement, Pre-Erected, for Concrete
Structures (T. C. Jones and Co., Ltd.), 791*
Reiss Engineering Co., Ltd., Fuel Distributor for Chain-Grate Stokers, 565*
Relay, Delayed-Action, Electronic (Sunvic Controls, Ltd.), 64*
— Photo-Electric (British Thomson-Houston
Co., Ltd.), 710*
Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Prestressed- Concrete theet Piles, 272* ; Extension to Takoradi Harbour, 381; Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Renfrew Research Laboratories, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Work of, 797*, 813
Report, Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Visit of Drop-Forging Team to United States, 517
— Annual, Air Registration Board, 814
— — Aslib, 623
— Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 309
British Coal Utilisation Research Association, 653
British Hydromechanics Research Association, 83
— British Iron and Steel Federation, 434
— British Iron and Steel Research Association, 604
— — Chief Inspector of Factories, 274
— Chief Inspector of Mines, 242, 654
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 589
— Engineers’ Council for Professional Development, 114
Forest Products Research Board, 525 Fuel Research Board, 1949-50, 337 International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., 371
Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute, 243
— Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 467
-• Manchester Joint Research Council, 497
Maudslay Society, 687
Metropolitan Water Board, 82
National Physical Laboratory, 751
National Research Development Corporation, 212
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 623
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, 19, 210. See Krra/MMi, 298
— Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 339
—? — Rand Water Board, 223
Safety in Mines Research, 242
Tin Research Institute, 570
— — Uganda Electricity Board, 435
— —- University College, London, 307
— Birmingham, Tame and Rea Drainage
Board. 1949-51, 308
— Bristol Brabazon I Air Liner and Saunders-
Roe “ Princess ” Flying Boat, Expenditure on, 435
— Cambridge University Engineering Depart
ment, 297
— of Chemical Engineering Research Com
mittee, 49
?— Coal Productivity Team’s Visit to United States, 81
— Cremer, on Chemical Engineering Research,
626
— Deterioration of Structures Exposed to Sea
Water, 525
— Drainage of Firedamp from Mines, 178
— Explosions in Oil Drums and Tanks, 183
— Fire in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, 680
— Flame Radiation from Oil, 781
—- Forest Products Research Board, 1949, 83
— Hankey, on Supply of Chemical Engineers,
626
— High-Voltage Direct-Current Power Trans
mission, 477*
— Hydraulic Transportation of Coal, 171
— of Locomotive Tests at Rugby and Swindon,
Publication of, 719
— on Mines and Quarries, 1950, 654. See 242
— National Foundry College, 1948-51, 506
— Passenger Train Derailment at Weedon, 681
— Pressure Still with Diluent Air, 235*
— Productivity in British Steelfounding
Industry, 569
— Scientific and Technological Man-Power,
687, 717
— Steel Production and Consumption Trends,
622
— Survey of European Engineering Industry,
338
— Train Derailment at Doncaster, 160
— United States Market, Principal Features
and Basic Statistics (Review), 306
— University Grants Committee on Univer
sity Development, 266. See LETTER, 403
— World Health Organisation, Rome Seminar
for European Sanitary Engineers, 718
Research Association, Aerodynamics, Low- Speed, Radio-Controlled Model Glider, 783 Coal Utilisation, British, Annual Luncheon, 623 ; Annual Report, 653 ; Coal Science Lecture on Methane and Coal, by Sir A. Egerton, 678
— — Electrical and Allied Industries, British,
Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 275; Experiments on Wind Power, 445; Report on High-Voltage Direct-Current Power Transmission, 477*
Hydromechanics, British, Annual Report, 83
Iron and Steel, British, Loadmeter for Industrial Bolling Mills, 116*, 137;
Annual Report, 604
Motor Industry, Report on Torsional Fatigue Machine with Torque Control, by
R. j. A. Paul and Dr. J. R. Bristow, 25* ; Investigation of Noise in Private Cars, 201, 252*
— — Production Engineering. See Produc
tion Engineering
—'— Rubber Producers’, British, Investigations on Rubber Abrasion, 217*
Shipbuilding, British, Report of Work of, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
Welding, British, “ Aircomatic ” Process for Welding Aluminium, 762*
— Board, Forest Products, Report, 1949, 83;
Annual Report, 525
Fuel, Annual Report, 1949-5Q, 337
Research Centre, Thornton, Experiments on Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, 249*, 281*
— Chemical Engineering, Cremer Report on,
626
— Committee, Chemical Engineering, Report
of, 49
— Council, Manchester Joint, Annual Report,
497
— Department, Scientific and Industrial,
Survey of Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Position, hy R. Ashton, A. L. Thorogood and D. Neville-Jones, 435; Technical Information and Documents Unit, Services of, 527; Radio Telescope for Manchester University, 571; Annual Report, 589
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Investigation on Hydraulic Lock, 509*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
— Development Corporation, National, Annual
Report, 212
— Engineering, at Cambridge University, 297
— Establishment, Atomic Energy, Harwell,
Course on Electronics, 169; Work of, during 1946-51, 686
— Fellowships and Grants, Leverhulme, 655
— on Helicopters, 396
— Institute, Tin, Annual Report, 570
— Laboratories, Aeronautical, Australian,
Annual Report, 309
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., Renfrew, Work of, 797*, 813
Forest Products, Test House for Timber Structures, 127*
Road, Exhibits at Institution of Civil Engineers Conversazione, 817
— Metallurgical, Influence of Institute of
Metals on, 395
— Safety in Mines, Annual Report, 242
— Ship, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
— Station, Building, Speech Amplification
System for St. Paul’s Cathedral, 12* ; Tests of Pre-Erected Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, 791*
Creep Test, Witton, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 107*
Fuel, Investigation of Flue-Dust Sampling, 229*, 261*. See LETTER, 436
Hydraulic, Model of River Thames for Tidal Investigations, 139*
Wallsend, Pametrada, Work of, 186
— Wood Preservation, in United States and
Canada, 525
— Work, Royal Technical College, Glasgow,
340
— Workers, Need for Increase in Numbers, 401
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir, William Girling, Chingford, Prestressed-Concrete Fencing at, 759*
Resistance, Electric. See Electric
— Welding. See Welding
Retarder and Scotch Block fur Mine Cars (Westinghouse Brake and Signal C'o., Ltd.), 709*
Reviews. See LITERATURE INDEX
Reyrolle and Co., Ltd., 11-kv Control Board, for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 131* ; Switchgear for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 165*
Rhodesia, Northern, Diorama of Nkana Copper Mine, 817
“ Ribble ” Single Side-Pipe Suction Hopper Dredger, 411*
Ribbon Machines for Glass-Bulb Manufacture, 663*
Ricardo and Co., Engineers (1927), Ltd., Investigations on “Knock” in Automobile Engines, 278
Riddles, R. A., Mixed-Traffic 4-6-2 Locomotive, 108*; 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric
Locomotive, 161*, 193* ; 13-ton Standard Goods Wagons, 602* ; 2-6-2 Tank Locomotives, 698*
Rings, Toroidal Sealing, Dimensions of, Specification, 447
River, Columbia, Reclamation Scheme, 819 :—- Control Projects in Unitc-d States, 818
— Erne Cathaleen’s Fall and Cliff Hydro-
Electric Plants, 772*
— Liffey, Poulaphuca, Golden Falls and
Leixlip Hydro-Electric Plants on, 772*
— Medina, Diesel-Electric Chain Ferry for,
808*
— Missouri, Reclamation Scheme, 819
— Severn, Suspension Bridge Over, Aero
dynamic Investigation on, 299, 347
— St. Lawrence Seaway Scheme, 87
— Thames, Model of, for Tidal Investigations,
139*, 816
— Works and American Army Engineers
(Review), 579
Rivet, Bifurcated, Tubular and Semi-Tubular, Specification, 779
Road Bridges, Deadweight Trailer for Testing, 721*
— — Prestressed-Concrete, at Abertillery,
Monmouthshire, 413*
—- Emulsion, Bitumen, for Penetration and Surface Dressing, Specification, 756
— and Footpaths, Compacting Machine for
(E. P. Allan and Co., Ltd.), 476*
— Grader, 75-b.h.p. Oil-Engined “ Carlisle ”
(J. Blackwood Hodge &\Co., Ltd.), 541*
— Research Laboratory, Exhibits at Institu
tion of Civil Engineers’ Conversazione, 817
— Services, British, Financial and Statistical
Accounts, 782
— Traction, Railless Electric. See Trolley
’Bus
— Transport Industry De-Nationalisation, 497
— Wear of Tyres, Investigations on, 219* Roberts, T. A. M., the Late, 206
Robertson, A. T., on Electricity in Newspaper Printing, 124*, 150*
Robertson, J., the Late, 682
Rock-Crusher, Balanced-Jaw “ Kue-Ken” (Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. (Iron- founders), Ltd.), 203*
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Tool- Grinding Machines, 222* : Guillotine for Sheet Metal, 255* ; New Showroom, 514
Rods. Tension, for Aircraft, Specification. 287
Rodger, J., the Late, 492
Rogers 300-ton Trailer, 121*
Rogowski, Z. W., on Explosions in Oil Drums and Tanks, 183
Rolfe, J. A. S-> Model of Coast Line with Wave Generators, 816
Roll, Cast-Iron, Production at Crewe Works of British Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777*
Rolland, T. C., Pre-stressed Concrete Jetty at Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— Road. See Road
—'Unit for Tube Handling, Motor-Driven (Crofts (Engineers), Ltd.), 677*
Rolling, Cold, with Strip Tension, Method of Calculation for, 608
— Mill, Continuous Strip, 80-in., Abbey
Steelworks, 41*
Fillet-, for Mints (Taylor and Challen Ltd.), 644*
— Henderson, for Tubes and Sections, 669*
— — Industrial, Loadmeter for, 116*, 137
Railway-Wheel, of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 515*
Slabbing, 45-in., Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4*
— of Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., 515*, 765*, 805
Strip, Torque and Roll Force in, 608
for Tin-Plate Production at Trostre, 629*
— Sheet and Strip, Control Instruments for
Gauge in, 604
— Stock for Electric Railways, Bogie Design
for, 51
— Industry, Position and Prospects in, 294 See also Carriages ; Locomotives ; Wagons Rolls-Royce Ltd., 180-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 257*
Rolt, F. H„ on Development of Engineering Metrology, 369
Rome, European Sanitary Engineers Conference. See Sanitary Engineers, European Conference, Rome
Romford-Liverpool Street Railway, Electric- Train Describer on, 428*
ROntgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roof, Reinforced-Concrete, for Rubber and Plastics Factory, 437*
— Truss, Timber, Tests of, 127*
— Wear in Open-Hearth Frunaces, 672
Room Acoustics and Sound Insulation (Review), 228
— Heating by Electricity, Problems of, 476 Ropes, Wire. See Wire Ropes
Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., Continuous Solvent Extraction Plant for “ Ardil ” Fibre. Meal, 323*
Rotary Blowers. See jBZowers
— Engine. See Engine ; Aeronautics
— Pump. See Pump
Rotherham Works of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765*, 805*
Rotor for 3,000-h.p. Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive, 162*
— High-pressure for 60-MW Steam Turbine
(Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 641*
— for High-Speed Salient Pole Alternators,
442*
— for 100-MW Steam Turbine, R. L. Hearn
Power Station, Toronto, 353*, 391*. See Erratum, 396
— Whirling, Tabular Methods for Critical
Speed Calculations of, 674*, 704*
— Windings, Alternator, Properties of Copper
for, 424
Royal Academy, Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition^ 307, 465, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784
— Aeronautical Society. See Aeronautical
— Agricultural Hall. See Exhibition Royal Mail Lines, Ltd., M.S. “ Ebro,” 819
— Netherlands Steelworks, Ijmuiden, Re
searches on Flame Radiation, 781
— Scottish Museum, Model of Bascule Bridge, 553*

Royal Society :

Warren Research Committee, Programme of Work, 106
Election of New Fellows for 1952, 402 Conversazione, 689
Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— Technical College, Glasgow, Research Work at, 340
Rubber, Abrasion-Testing Machines for, 725* and Wear of, Investigation on, 169*, 217* 21Q,*, 311?
— Industry, Institution of. Foundation Lecture on Economic and Physical Aspects of GR-S Modifications, by Dr. R. P. Dinsmore, 719
— Lined Tanks for Corrosive Liquids, 84
— Mat for Electrical Purposes, Specification,
666
— and Plastics Factory, Brynmawr, South Wales, 437*
— Producers’ Research Association, British,
Investigations on Rubber Abrasion, 217*
— Raw, Methods of Testing, Specification, 756
— Stichting, Delft, Tyre-Testing Machine at,
725
— Synthetic, Tough, Oil-Treatment Process
for, 719
Rugby and Swindon Locomotive-Test Reports, Publication of, 719
Runciman, Lord, on Work of Institution of Naval Architects, 469. See 433, 434
Rural Electrification in Ontario, 19. See Erratum, 298
Russia, Don and Volga Canal Completion, 783
— High-Voltage Power Transmission in, 749 Rusting. See Corrosion
Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., Chassis for Diesel- Driven Shot-Firers’ Carriage, 457*
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Ver tide-Spindle Deep-well Centrifugal Pump, 60*; Progress with 750-kW Gas Turbine, 74;. Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267

SAFETY LAMPS, Miners’, Charging Frame for (Oldham and Son, Ltd.), 574*
— in Mines Research, Annual Report, 242 Saint. See St.
Salomon, Dr. G., on Morphological Aspects of Abrasion and Wear, 310* ; on Methods of Testing Abrasion and Wear, 725*
Salts in Condensate, Investigations on, 800* Sampling, Coal, and Analysis, Investigations on, 799*, 813
-— Flue-Dust, Investigations on, 229*, 261*. See LETTER, 436
Sand Rammer, “ Major ” (Foundry Equipment, Ltd.), 644*
Sandberg, C. P., Model of Sluice Gate, 817
Sanderson, B., on Britain’s Deep-Sea Liner Trade, 1945-51, 499. See 433, 469, 487 Saner, Col. J. A., the Late, 308
Sanitary Engineers, European Conference, Rome: Considerations Involved in
Development of International Drinking Water Standards, by Prof. U. A. Corti, 718 ; Public Health Engineer in Town, Regional and General Planning, by G. M. McNaughton, 718 ; Formation of National and European Associations of Sanitary Engineers, by Prof. W. F. J. M. Krul, 718 National and European Associations of, Formation of, 718
Sarjant, Prof. R. J., on Fuel and Metal, 759* Saunders-Roe, Ltd., Types of Flying Boats, 329*, 382*. See Erratum, 592 ; “ Princess ” Flying Boat, Expenditure on, 435
Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., 14-in. Self-Priming Pump, 644*
“ Savage,” H.M.S., Trials of, 187
Saws. See Machine Tools
Sayles, C. P., on Collection of Representative Flue-Dust Samples, 229*, 261*. See
LETTER, 436
Scaffolding. Metal, Specification, 63
Scaling, High-Temperature, of Metals, Investigations on, 800
Scantlings of Deckhouses of Aluminium Alloy, 708
Scari 200-ton Trailer, 122*
Schaffhausen, Georg Fischer “ Iron Library ” at, 592*
Schallamach, Dr. A., on Elementary Aspects of Rubber Abrasion, 217*
“ Schenectady,” S.S., Hull Failure of, 156*
Schiefer Abrasion-Testing Machines for Textiles, 727*
Schneider Trophy Contests, Engines Used in, 55 Scholarships. See Education
School of Gas-Turbine- Technology, Courses at, 251
Schopper Abrasion-Testing Apparatus for Textiles, 727*
Schubert, Dr. H. R., on Early Refining of Pig Iron in England, 51
Schuler, W., Vertical Drawing of Glass Tubing, 701*
Science and Industry, Opening of Museum of, at Birmingham, 298
— of Measurement, Development of, 369
— Museum, South Kensington, Leonardo da
Vinci Exhibition, 307, 465, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784; Exhibition of Alchemical Books, 814
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Institution of Civil Engineers, 816
— Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 51, 348, 404*, 425*, 470*. See Erratum, 491
— Conference, Commonwealth, Australia, Ar
rangements for, 212
— Instruments Exhibition, Royal Society’s
Conversazione, 689
— Manufacturers’ Association of Great Britain. Ltd., Electronics Symposium and Exhibition, London, Arrangements, 815
— Investigations by Leonardo da Vinci, 560*,
580*
— Management. See Works Management
— Policy, Advisory Council of, Report on
Scientific Man-Power, 687, 717
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See JnsZiZuZiows
— Staffs, Need for Increase in Numbers, 401
— and Technological Man-Power, Report on.
687, 717
Scotch Block and Retarder for Mine Cars (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 709*
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, Experi
mental Peat-Fired Gas Turbine, 8*. See LETTERS, 527, 592; Errochty Hydro- Electric Scheme, 16* ; Trials of Wind Power, 446 ; Memorial to Sir E. MacColl, 462; Annual Report, 623 ; Use of Blast- Furnace Slag in Lome and Cluanic Dams, 635
— Notes from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206,
238, 270, 302, 334, 366, 398, 430, 462, 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 650, 682, 714, 746, 778, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Peat Deposits in, 11
Scott, Dr. F. H., on Pressure Distribution in Hot and Cold Flat Rolling. 608
Scottish Iron Industry and Introduction of Hot Blast, 658
Scrap, Carbon-Steel, Sorting Tungsten Steel from (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.). 416*
— Metal Position, Actual, Statement by Brit
ish Iron and Steel Federation, 403
Scraper, 12-cub. yd. Vickers (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 542*
Screen, Symons V- (Nordberg Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 642*
— Vibratory, Enclosed (G. Driver and Son,
Ltd.), 753*
Trough, and Conveyor (McKenzie and Brown, Ltd.), 641*
Screening Cloths, Textile, Specification, 382 —- Weighing and Bagging Unit, Automatic (R. Cort and Son, Ltd.), 710*
Screw Propellers. See Propellers
— Threads, Unified System of, Adoption for
Armed Services, 751
Screwing Machine. See Machine Tools Scrivener, A., Ltd., Grinding Machine for
Automobile Pistons, 417*
Scrubbers, Carbon-Dioxide, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Scrutton, G„ on Severn Bridge Aerodynamic Investigation, 299, 347
Scuffing, Paste for Prevention (Ragosine Oil Co., Ltd.), 172
Scummer, Automatic, for Water-Wash Spraying Booth (A. Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 644*
Sealing and Pumping Machine for Thermionic- Valve Manufacture, 427*
— Rings, Toroidal, Dimensions of, Specifica
tion, 447
Seaplanes. See Aeronauics
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric; also Motor Vehicles; Motor Trucks
Secrets, Trade, and Methods, Protection of, Legal Decisions on, 85
Section and Tube Mill, Universal (Tube Making Machines, Ltd.), 669*
Seddon, Dr. E., the Late, 13 Seddon, Dr. J., on Air Intakes for Aircraft Gas
Turbines, 94*
Selas Gas and Engineering Co., Ltd., Gas-Fired Muffle Furnace, 545
Separators, Ash, for Coal-Fired Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 18, 623
— Disc, for Grain, Buenos Aires, 787*
— Magnetic (Electromagnets, Ltd.), 577*
— Hinged (Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd.), 575*
— Warehouse, for Grain, Buenos Aires, 787* Service Aviation. See Aeronautics Servomechanisms (Review), 607
— Hydraulic, for Aircraft, 179,183
— and Regulating System Design (Review),
482
Servo-Motor. High-Torque (J. Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 349*
— Systems, Applications of Mechanical Har
monic Analyser to, 52*, 68*
Severn, River, Suspension Bridge Over, Aerodynamic Investigation on, 299, 347
Sewage Disposal by Birmingham, Tame an
Rea Drainage Board, 308
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Sewers, Breathing Apparatus for Use in, 817 Shaft Coupling. See CowpZwy
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer and Torsionmeter
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauging
— Induction Heater for Surface Hardening
of (Birlec, Ltd.), 286*
— Intake, Cooling-Water, Shell Haven Oil
Refinery, 735*
— Propeller, Experience with, 582
— Whirling, Tabular Methods for Critical
Speed Calculations of, 674*, 704* Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools Sheet Metal, Guillotine for (Fr. Drabert Sohne),
255*
Sheffield-Manchester-Wath Railway, Electrification of, 164*, 321*
— Railway Wheel Mill of Steel, Peech and
Tozer, 515*
— University, Investigations on Coke, 760* Shell Berre Oil Refinery, France, Extensions to,
283*
— Haven Oil Refinery, 733*
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., “Shell X-100” Lubricating Motor Oil, 343
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., Exhibits at Colombo Plan Exhibition, 267
Shell Refining and Marketing Co., Investigations on “ Knock ” in Automobile Engines, 278 ; Portable Engine Indicator, 470* ; Shell'Haven Oil Refinery, 733*
“ Shell X-100 ” Lubricating Motor Oil, 343 Shelvoke and Drury, Ltd., 70-h.p. Heavy-Duty
Fork-Lift Truck, 821*
Ship, Use of Aluminium in, 413
— Canal. See CanaZ
— Cargo, Single-Screw. High-Powered, Design
and Operation of, 582
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Register Sta
tistics, 115, 527
— Construction Methods, Changes in, 1850-
1950, 549, 730
— Deep-Sea, British, 1945-1951, 433, 499
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Division, National Physical Laboratory,
Work of, 804
?— Elastic Stresses in, 58*
— Electric Propulsion. See AZhrwe Propulsion
— Launched, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 319
— Launching. See LawMcAiny
— Lloyd’s Register Annual Report, 467
— Lost, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 83
— Merchant, Design of, 513, 537
— — Researches on Measurement of Tonnage
of, 469
— Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion
— Paddle Boat of Leonardo da Vinci, 561*
— Plates. Brittle Fracture of, Investigations
on,156*
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; En
gines ; Turbines; Propellers
— Research, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
— Ventilation, Contra-Rotating Fans for, 45
— Welded, Failures in, Investigations on, 156* Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
— See also Marine; Motorships ; Shipping;
Steamers; Warships; and PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
— — in Scotland, Institution of. See Engi
neers
Shipbuilding, Aluminium Deckhouse for Motor Launch “ Queen Elizabeth.” 762*
Deckhouses, Scantlings of, 708 as Material for Building Ships,
*
Shipbuilding Berths, Malleable-Iron Wedge Blocks for (Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd.), 318*
— Design of Dredging Craft, 377*, 409*, 441*
— Effect of Rearmament on, 469
— Elastic Stresses in, 58*
— Industry, Position and Prospects in, 230
— Launch of M.S. “ Windsor,” 681* of S.S. “ World Concord,” 147
— Launches and Trial Trips, 32, 63, 91, 128,
160,190, (See Erratum, 192), 224, 288, 349, 384, 447, 479, 508, 570, 636, 666, 695, 715, 764, 790, 811
— Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of
Vessels Under Construction, 115, 527; Statistics of Vessels Launched, 319 ; Statement on Welded Ships, 406 ; Annual Report, 467
— Methods, Changes in, 1850-1950, 549, 730
— M.S. “ Kongedybet,” Channel Vessel, 491*
— Naval. See Warships
— Research Association, British, Report of
Work of, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
— Strengthening of American Welded Oil
Tankers, 667
— Structural Strength of H.M. Destroyer
“ Albuera,” 615
— Vessels Under Construction, Lloyd’s Regis
ter Statistics, 115, 527
Launched, Lloyd’s Register Statistics.
319
— Welded Prefabricated Construction by W.
Doxford and Sons, Ltd.,'821*
Ships, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Statement on, 406
— Yard Re-Organisation for Welded Pre
fabricated Construction, 821*
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships and
PARAGRAPH INDEX
Shipping Gallery, Buenos Aires Elevator, 788*
— Services of British Transport Commission,
Financial and Statistical Accounts, 782 Shipwrights, Worshipful Company of, Apprentices’ Competition, 275
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shock Absorbers, Hydraulic, for Motor Cars, 381
Shoes, Brake, Forces and Pressure Distribution in, 418*. See LETTER, 815*
Shop Management. See Works Management Shot-Firers’ Carriage, 34-h.p. Diesel-Driven, for Anhydrite Mine, 457*
Shovel, Mechanical (Chaseside Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 710*
Show. See Exhibition Shrapnell-Smith, E. S„ the Late, 498 Shrinkage Boundaries of Built-Up Crankshafts,
Gas Bubbles at, Investigations of, 550 Shuttering for Reinforced-Concrete Arch for 90,000-ton Sulphate of Ammonia Silo, 449* Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., Underwater Television Equipment, 531*
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co., Ltd./ Signalling System for Man- chester-Sheffleid-Wath Railway, 166*; Electric Train-Describer System, 428*
— Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces
Sieves, Fine-Mesh, Methods for Use of, Specification, 779
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., Multi-Gauging Equipment, 149*; Controller for Gas Calorific Value, 448*
Signalling, Mine-Shaft, Battery Units for (Nife Batteries, Ltd.), 86*
—- System for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Railway, 166*
Silo, Reinforced-Concrete, for Ammonia Sulphate, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 292*, 449*
Simon-Carves, Ltd., Boilers for Margam Power Station, 129*
Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd., “ Velo- feeder ” Vibratory Feeder, 754* ; Grain Handling and Storage Plant, Buenos Aires, 785*
Sims, R. B„ on Loadmeter for Industrial Rolling Mills, 116*, 137 ; on Torque and Roll Force in Cold Strip Rolling, 608
Sindri Fertilisers and Chemicals, Ltd., Sindri Artificial-Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*, 289*, 449*
Singer, Prof. C., on Technology and History, 246 Singh, R„ on Pulverised-Coal Feeder for Uniform Flow, 243*
Sintering of Copper-Nickel and Copper-Zinc Compacts, 424
Skandinaviska Talurit A.B., Clamps for Wire Ropes, 723*
Slabs, Concrete, Amsler Abrader for Testing, 728*
Slack and Parr (Marine), Ltd., Variable-Pitch and Reversing Marine Propeller, 173*
Slag. See Metallurgy
Slough Factory, Pressure Die-Casting Foundry of High Duty Alloys, Ltd., 297*. See Erratum, 428
Sludge. See Sewage Slurry, Coal, Investigations on Utilisation by
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 800 Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, Dr. C. L., on Pressure Distribution in
Hot and Cold Flat Rolling, 608
Smith, F. E„ on Prediction of Thermal Condi- tionsin H.M. Ships in Tropical Waters, 646
Smith, H. S., on Steel Construction, 317 Smith, Dr. R. A., Infra-Red High-Speed
Spectrometer, 689
Smith, S„ and Sons (England), Ltd., Standard Nominal Diameters Used by, 244
Smith, Dr. S. L., on Ship Research, 105*, 115, 156*, 185*
Smith, T., and Sons (Rodley), Ltd., 5-ton Diesel Locomotive Crane, 710*
Smith-Rose, R. L., on Wave Propagation and Television, 603
Smithells, Dr. C. J., on Activites of Institute of Metals, 395. See 404, 424
Smith’s Electric Vehicles, Ltd., Electric- Battery Vehicle for Ore Mines, 191*
Smoke Eliminators for Boilers, Experiments with, 337
— — for Shunting Locomotive (Appleby-
Frodingham Steel Co.), 29*
Snow, F. S„ on Reinforced-Concrete Construction, 317
Soaking Pits, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 3 Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ; Labour Notes ; PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Softening of Metals During Cold Working, 608 Soils and Bituminous Mixtures, Triaxial Testing of (Review), 607
— Failure During Overturning of Piles, Inves
tigation on, 134*
— Testing for Engineers (Review), 356 Soldering Irons (Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.),
577*
Solid-Fuel Burning Appliances, Domestic, Flues for, Code of Practice, 256
Solus-Schall, Ltd., Portable Magnetic Crack Detector, 470*
Solvent Emulsion Degreasers for Metals, 42
— Extraction Plant, Continuous for “ Ardil ”
Fibre Meal, 323*
Somers, W., Ltd., Die-Block Plant, Halesowen, 617*
Sorting Machine, High-Speed (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 149*
Sound Insulation and Room Acoustics (Review), 228
South Africa, Rand Water Board Annual Report, 223
— Umtata Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, 215
— Kensington, Science Museum, Leonardo da
Vinci. Exhibition, 307, 465, 560*, 580*. See LETTERS, 719, 784; Exhibition of Alchemical Books, 814
— West England and South Wales, Notes
from, 14, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 206, 238, 270, 302, 334, 366. 398, 430, 462, 492, 522, 554, 586, 618, 651, 682, 714, 747, 779, 810. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Yorksliire, Notes from. See Lancashire and
South Yorkshire.
Southampton, Whitworth Society’s Summer Meeting at, 751
Southern Ireland Electricity Supply Board, Power Plants of, 772*
Southey, A. E., and Co., and Others versus Garrard, Legal Decision on, 370
Space Heating by Electricity, Problems of, 476 -in Factory by Waste Heat, Plant for, 744*. See Erratum, 824
Spanish Railways, 3,600 h.p. 3,000-Volt Electric Locomotives, 562*
Spanners for Hexagonal Bolts and Nuts in B.A. Range, Specification, 732
— Torque (Acratork Engineering Co., Ltd.),
645*
Spare Parts, Liability for Defects in. 801 Specifications, Standard. See Standards;
Standardisation
Spectrographic Analysis of Materials, 800 Spectrometer, Infra-Red High-Speed, 689 Speech Amplification System for St. Paul’s
Cathedral (Pamphonic Reproducers, Ltd.), 12*
Speed Calculations, Critical, Tabular Methods for, 674*, 704*
— Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion
— Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion
— Regulation. See also Governor
— Trials. See Trials
Sperryn and Co., Flame-Failure Protective Device for Gas Installations, 548
S.P.M. Variable-Pitch and Reversing Propeller, 173*
Spray Finishing Systems, Heating Unit for Spraying Hot Lacquer, 331*
Spraying Booth, Water-Wash (A. Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 644*
— Hot Lacquer, Heating Unit for (Spray
Finishing Systems), 331*
Springing Systems for Trailers and Semi- Trailers, 90*
Sprinkler Systems, Code of Practice, 811
Spur Gearing. See Gears ; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
“ St. David,” Multi-Bucket Hopper Dredger, 377*
St. George’s Hospital Laboratories, Use of Frameweld Reinforcement in, 792*
St. George’s Power Station, France, Memorial to J. Estrade (1857-1936), 719
St. Lawrence Seaway Scheme, 87
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Speech Amplification System for, 12*
Stability, Lateral, of Unrestrained Beams, Investigations on, 65*, 99*
Stacker, 25-ft. Light Mobile (Crone and Taylor, Ltd.), 755*
Stacreep Control for Electric Cranes, 710 Staff Location Systems, Code of Practice, 320 “ Staffa ” Hydraulic Tramway Track Lifter.
479* ; 3-ton Oil-Driven Mobile Crane, 202* Stairmand, C. J., on Flue-Dust Sampling, 436.
See 229*, 261*
Stairway, Escape, Reinforced-Concrete, for Rubber and Plastics Factory, 439*
Stampers and Drop Forgers, National Association of, Memorandum on Productivity, 517 Stanchions. See Columns
Standard Nominal Diameters for Metric and Inch Units, 244
Standard Telecommunications Laboratories, Ltd., “Transistors” for Electronic Circuits, 690
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., Direct- CurrentMilliwatt Calibrator, 281* ; Equipment for Kirk o’Shotts Television Station, 362 ; Magnetic Nickel-Iron Alloy, 691*
Standard Welders, Ltd., Air-Operated Spot Welder, 732*
Standardisation and Interchangeability, Beginning of, 369
Standards, Engineering, Basic, 380*, 411*
— Institution, British, Abandonment of Code
for Colours for Hazard Warnings, 189; Handbook on Mechanical Tests for Metals, 382
British, Codes of Practice, Masonry Walls Ashlared with Natural or Cast Stone, 63; Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts, 155; Street Lighting, 224; Domestic Electric Water-Heating Installations, 256; Flues for Domestic Appliances Burning Solid Fuel, 256 ; Masonry Rubble Walls, 287 ; Staff Location Systems, 320; Reinforced Concrete, 341'; Small Boiler Systems Using Solid Fuel, 382 ; Code on Painting, 587 ; Hydrant Systems, 811; Sprinkler Systems, 811
Standards Institution, British, Specifications, Therm al Insulating Materialsfor Buildings, 63; Metal Scaffolding, 63; Coloured Pitch Mastic Flooring, Incorporating Lake Asphalt and Bitumen, 63; Pressure Gauges, 63; Steel Windowsfor Industrial Buildings, 63; Hydro-Extractors and Centrifugal Machines, 155 ; Steel Spring Washers, 155 ; Calcium Carbide, 155 ; Rubber Conveyor and Elevator Belting, 155; Graphical Symbols for General Electrical Purposes, 182 ; Tab Washers for Aircraft, 182 ; Case- Hardening Steels, 182; Bolting for Petroleum Industry, 182 ; Solid and Split Taper Pins, 224 ; Methods of Analysis for Raw Copper, 256 ; Symbols, Terms and Definitions for Gas Quantities in Internal Combustion Engines, 256; Sizes and Layout of Commercial Forms, 256 ; Turnbarrels, lension Rods and Swaged Cable-end Connections for Aircraft, 287 ; Shell Boilers of Riveted Construction, 320 ; Parallel Steel Dowel Pins, 320 ; Analysis of Manganese in Iron and Steel, 382; Textile Screening Cloths, 382 ; Ring Doubling Frame Bobbins for Cotton and Spun Rayon, 382; Dimensions of Toroidal Sealing Rings, 447 ; Marking System for Grinding Wheels, 447 ; Dimensions of Conduit Dies, 480 ; Steel Bars for Production of Machined Parts, 480; Gears for Turbine Drives, 508 ; Gears for Instruments and Clockwork Mechanisms, 508 ; Limits and Fits, 558, 561; Protection of Packages Against Spoilage, 571; Colouring and Marking of Wooden Foundry Patterns, 571; Methods of Analysis of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, 571; Welded-Steel Boilers for Hot-Water Central Heating and Hot- Water Supply, 587; Gears for Instruments and Clockwork Mechanisms, 635 ; Wood-Chipand Wood-Waste Boards, 635 ; Aircraft Steels, 635 ; Oxy-Acetylene Welding of High-Temperature and High-Pressure Steel Pipelines, 635; Length Bars and Accessories, 666 ; Scheme of Symbols for Welding, 666 ; Electricity Meters, 666 ; Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Sections, 666 ; Nickel-Clad Steel Plate, 666 ; Rubber Mats for Electrical Purposes, 666 ; Stainless-Steel Hollow-Ware, 694; Compressed-Asbestos Jointing for Petroleum Industry, 694; Nickel-Silver Strip and Foil for Telecommunications Industry, 694; Tubular-Steel Columns for Street Lighting, 732 ; Determination of Cadmium in Copper-Cadmium Alloys, 732 ; Heavy- Duty Solid-Fuel Cooking Ranges, 732; Spanners for B.A. Hexagonal Range, 732 ; Sampling and Analysis of Flue Gases, 732 ; Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding of Steel, 756 ; Colour Code for Thermocouple Twin Compensating Cables, 756; Enamelled Round Copper Wire, 756 ; Bitumen Road Emulsion for Penetration and Surface Dressing, 756 ; Methods of Testing Raw Rubber, 756 ; Power Rating of High- Frequency Induction Heating Equipment, 756; Methods for Use of Fine-Mesh Sieves, 779; Filler Alloys for Brazing, 779 ; Burettes and. Bulb Burettes, 779 ; Dimensions of Bifurcated, Tubular and Semi-Tubular Rivets, 779 ; Recommended Common Names for Pest Control Products, 779 ; General Requirements for Metal-Arc Welding of Mild Steel, 811; Distillation Receivers, 811
Staples, R. T., on Flash Annealing of Light Alloys, 455. See 483
Star-Wheel Mechanisms for Intermittent Motions, 452, 740*
Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric State Railways. See Railways Stations, Power. See Power Stations
— Railway, Derby, Laying of First Bessemer
Steel Rail, 181
Potters Bar, Reconstruction and Track Widening at, 407
Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Stator for 100-MW Electric Generator
R.L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, 391
— for High-Speed Alternator, 443 Staudinger, Dr. J. J. P„ on Place of Plastics
in Order of Matter, 402. See 404
Steam Boats. See Steamers -— Boilers. See Boilers
— Consumption. See Coal Consumption
— Crane. See Crane
— Engines. See Engines
— High-Pressure and Temperature, Use of,
Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 385*
— Pipe, Molybdenum-Steel, Creep-Resisting,
Effect of Cold-Drawing on, 345*
— Reaction of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys
with, 513
— Separation Tests, Boiler Drums for, 801*
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers under Construction, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 115, 527
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Pro
pulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Pro
pulsion
— “ Kenya Castle,” Maiden Voyage of, 435
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics,* 319
— Launching of. See Launching
— Lloyd’s Register Annual Report, 467
— Lost, Lloyd’s Register Statistics, 83
— “ Ocean Vulcan,” Investigations with, 157*
— Oil-Tank, “ World Concord,” Launch, 147 '
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines ; Propellers
Steamer “ Schenectady,” Hull Failure of, 156*
— “ United States,” Quadruple-Screw, Use of
Aluminium in, 413 ; Maiden Voyage, 809*
— Welded, Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion ;
Shipbuilding ; Shipping; Ships; Turbines ; Warships; PARAGRAPH INDEX Steamships. See Ships ; Steamers ; Warships Steel for Aircraft Bolts, Specification, 635 —Alloy, Economies in Use of Nickel and
Molybdenum in, 491
— Austenitic/Ferritic, Tests of Joints Between,
797*
— Authorisation Scheme, 497. See LETTERF,
468, 624
— Bars for Production of Machined Parts,
Specification, 480
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment,
under Metallurgy
— Cold Rolling of, Investigations on, 608 Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Abbey Works,
Port Talbot, 1*, 40*, 129*; Cold-
Reduction Tin-Plate Plant, 629*
— Components, Fabricated (G. A. Harvey
(London), Ltd.), 645
— Construction Compared with Prestresscd-
Concrete Construction, 317
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Electrodes for Metal-Arc Welding of,
Specification, 756
— Exhibits, at British Industries Fair
(E. Allen and Co., Ltd.), 645
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue, under Tests
(Materials)
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Frame Structures, Elastic Stresses in, 57*
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment,
under Metallurgy
— Hydrogen in, Investigations on, 673
— Liquid, Distribution of Hydrogen in, 673
— Low-Alloy, Effect of Hydrogen on, 673
— Manufacture. See Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs Steel, M. N„ on Road Wear of Tyres, 219*
— Molybdenum, Creep-Resisting, Effects of
Cold Drawing on, 345*
— Output by Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765, 805 Steel, Peech and Tozer, Sheffield, Railway-Wheel
MUI, 515*; Centralised Maintenance at Rotherham Works, 765*, 805*
— Pipelines, High-Temperature and High-
Pressure, Oxv-A cetylene WeldiDg of, Specification, 635
— Plate, Nickel-Clad, Specification, 666
— Production and Consumption Trends,
Report on, 622
— Rails. See Rails
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Rotating Bending Fatigue Tests of, 757*
— Stainless, Hollow Ware Specification, 694
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress ; Tests
(Materials)
— Supplies, Government Statement on Allo
cation, 51
and Industry, 209
Statement by British Iron and, Steel Federation, 83
— Tests of. See Tests (Materials)
— Tungsten, Sorting from Carbon-Steel
Scrap (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 416*
— Works. See Works
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., Coles 20-ton Crane, 677*; Battery-Driven Industrial Truck, 677*
Steelfounding Industry, British, Productivity in, 569
Steelworks. See Works
Steering Gears for Trailers and Semi-Trailers, 89*
Stein and Atkinson, Ltd., Slab-Heating Furnace Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 40* Stephenson, C., on Shipyard Re-Organisaticn for Welded Prefabrication Construction, 821*
Stephenson, J. D., on Cathode-Ray Tubes and Valves, 603
Sterling Crisis and Industry, 113
Stevens, G. C„ on Economy in Railway Civil Engineering, 50
Stewart, D. A„ on British Standard Code of Practice for Reinforced Concrete, 341
Stewart versus Reavell’s Garage, Legal Decision in, 801
Stiehler, R. D., on Road Wear of Tyres, 219* Still, Pressure, with Diluent Air, Report on, 235*
Stirling Boilers, Fulham Power Station, 300* Stock, C. R., on Shock Absorbers for Motor Cars 381
Stockdale, Dr. H. F„ the Late, 14
Stockholm, International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Arrangements for, 497 Stoker, Mechanical, Chain-Grate, Fuel Distributor for, 565*
Stone-Age Hearth to Cyclotron, Man and Chemical Elements (Review), 260
Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation,
R. L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, • 353*, 391*. See Erratum, 396
Storage Battery. See Battery, under Electric ; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Trucks
— and Handling Plant, Grain, Buenos Airrs
(Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd.), 785*
— Tanks, Liquid-Ammonia, Sindri Fertiliser
Factory, India, 291*
Stores, Engineering, Brisch Classificaticn System for, 407*
Storey, H. H., on Overhead Equipment for Railway Electrification in Subsidence Areas, 180*
Stove, Cooking Range, Solid-Fuel, Heavy- Duty Specification, 732
— Core-Drying, Continuous Vertical (Foundry
and Engineering Co., Ltd.). 545*
— Domestic for Burning Solid Fuel, Flues for,
Code of Practice, 256
— Mould-Drying, Crewe Works of British
Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777*
Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd., Wagon-Marshalling Machine, 795*
Stradling, Sir R„ the Late, 148*
Strafford Crossing Substation, Manchester- Sheffield-Wath Railway, 165*
Strain Display Equipment, 10-Channel (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 574*
— Gauges, Electrical-Resistance, Tests of Con
crete with, 468*
— Recorder and Yarn Tension Pick-Up Unit
(Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 471*
— See also Stress
Straw Bales, Conveying Plant for (G. W. King, Ltd.), 313*
Street Lighting, Code of Practice for, 224
— — Tubular-Steel Columns for, Specification,
732
— Railway. See Tramways
— See also Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests (Materials')
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests (Materials)
— Analysis, Elastic, of Structures, Advances
in, 57*, 92*
— Bending and Direct, Correlation of Fatigue,
Strength in, 757*
— Corrosion, in Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys
513
— Elasto-Plastic, in Transversely-Loaded
Beams, 359*, 389*
— in H.M. Destroyer “ Albuera,” 615
— in Materials Due to Impact, 504*
— Meters. See Strain
— Optical Determination of. See Photo-Elastic
— and Rating Formulae, Gear-Tooth, 301
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— in Ships, Investigations on, 157*
— in Structures. See also Strain
— in Welded Pressure Vessels, Investigations
on, 798*
Stringer, J. E. C., on Hydraulic Lock, 509*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752
Strip and Foil, Nickel-Silver, for Telecommunications Industry, Specification, 694
“ Stripalene ” Degreasers for Metals, 42 Stroboscope, High-Power (Philips Electrical
Ltd.), 426*
Strommens Vaerksted A/S, Diesel Railcars for Norwegian State Railways, 201*
Structural Analysis, Shortcomings of, 57*, 92*
— Engineering, Position and Prospects in, 358 Structures, Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete,
— Ship, Researches on, 105*
— Statically-Indeterminate, Prestressed Con
crete, 21
Struts. See Columns
Substation, Cefn Gwrgan, for Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 129*
— for High-Voltage Direct-Current Power
Transmission, 477*
— for Manchester-Sheffield-Wa’h Railway,
164*, 321*
— for Southern Ireland Electricity Supplv
Board, 773*
Subway, Tramway, Kingsway, Closing of, 436 Suction Dredger. See Dredger
— Gas Engine. See Engine, Gas
Sulphate of Ammonia Plant, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 289*, 449*
Sulphur in Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, Effects of, 250*
— Removal from Flue Gas, Experiments on,
338
— and Sulphuric-Acid Position, Survey of, 435 Sulphuric Acid, Regeneration from Pickling
Plants, 604
— — and Sulphur, Position, Survey of, 435
Sulzer Brothers (London), Ltd., Waste-Heat Recovery Plant for Knitwear Factory, 744*. See Erratum, 824
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Dieppedalle Power Station, France, 385*
Sunbeam Anti-Corrosives, Ltd., Solvent- Emulsion Degreasers for Metals, 42
Sunbeam Trolleybus Co., Single-Deck Trolley ’Buses for Adelaide, Australia, 320*
Sunvic Controls, Ltd., Compensated Temperature Regulator, 23*. See Erratum, 64; Electronic Delayed-Action Relay, 64*
Superheater Tubes, Investigation on Bends in, 797*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Annual Dinner, 467
Supply, Ministry of, Exhibition of MultiGauging Equipment, 149*; Iron and Steel Distribution Order No. 2006, 210: Developments in Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, 275 ; Statement on “ Super-Priority ” Scheme, 435 ; Statements on Bristol Brabazon I Air Liner and Saunders-Roe “ Princess ” Flying Boat, 435 ; Statement on Steel Authorisations, 497. See LETTERS, 468, 624; Accelerometer for Determining Aircraft Flight Loads, 473*, 506*; Economy Directions in Use of Nickel and Molybdenum in Alloy Steel, 491 ; British Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, 1946-51, 686; Deadweight
Trailer for Testing Road Bridges, 721
Surface-Water Year-Book of Great Britain, 1937-45 (Review), 685
Surfard, Ltd., Surface-Hardening Machines Using Town Gas and Oxygen, 268*
Surrey Docks Lock Entrance, Rolling Lift Bridge for, 396*
— Whyteleafe, Experimental Valve Factory
of Mullard, Ltd., 427*
Suspension Bridge Over River Severn, Aerodynamic Investigation on, 299, 347
Swain, A. J., on Reaction of Aluminium- Magnesium Alloys with Steam, 512
Swansea University College, Soil Failure During Overturning of Piles, 134*
Swarf Feeding Device for Foundry Cupolas (Crofts (Engineers), Ltd.), 459*
Sweden, High-Voltage Power Transmission in, 687, 749
Swedish State Power Board, Harspranget Hydro-Electric Plant, 783
Sweeney, Dr. D. C., on Hydraulic Lock, 148, 403, 624, 752. See LETTERS, 20*, 341*, 559, 655,. 689. See 509*
Swindin, N., on Concrete Structures and Corrosion, 84
Swindon Locomotive Works, Visit of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 718
— Rugby Locomotive Test Reports, Publica
tion of, 719
Switches, Motor Starting. See Moiors, Electric bwitchgear, Circuit-Breaker, 250-MVA (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 573*
Breaker, 3 ? 3-kV Air-Insulated (Ferguson Pailin, Ltd.), 793*
— — Breaker, Oil, 66-kV Outdoor (Metro
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 641*
— Fuse-Switch Unit (Johnson and Phillips,
Ltd.), 574
— for High-Voltage Power Transmission, 750
— Manchester-Sheffleld-Wath Railway, 1 5*
— Metalclad, 250-MVA 11-kV (Brush Elec
trical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 575*
— Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 45*, 289
— for Southern Ireland Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 773*
— Station, 132-kV, Drakelow “ A ” Power
Station, 205*
Sykes, Dr. C., on Distribution of Hydrogen in Ingots and Forgings, 673 ; on Effect of Hydrogen on Properties of Low-Alloy Steels, 673
Sykes Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Deep-Hole Boring Machine, 285*
Sylwestrowicz, W., on Pressure Distribution in Hot and Cold Flat Rolling, 608
Symbols, Graphical, for General Electrical Purposes, 182
— Terms and Definitions for Gas Quantities
in Internal-Combustion Engines, 256
Symposium on Recent Advances in Mineral Dressing, Programme, 211
Synchromesh Gearbox for Passenger Motor- Car Chassis (A.E.C., Ltd.), 190*

TABER Abrasion-Testing Machine, 725*
Tables of Bessel Functions (Review), 388
Tabor, Dr. T., on Hardness and Strength of Metals, 512
Tabular Methods for Critical Speed Calculations, 674*, 704*
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Failure of, 299
Takoradi Harbour, Extensions to, 381
Talbot, W. H. Fox, and Photo-Mechanical Illustration, 563*
Talurit Wire-Rope Clamping System (Cable Covers, Ltd.), 723*
Tamping Machine, 3-h.p. Petrol-Driven (E. P. Allan and Co., Ltd.), 476*
Tank, Experimental, Experiments on Frictional Resistance in Turbulent Flow, 675 Investigations in, 105, 159*
Tests of Hulls of Flying Boats, 330*
— Explosion-Suppression Equipment for (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 11*
— Flow, Electrolytic or Potential, Use of, 292*
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Oil, Explosions in, Experiments on, 183
— Rubber-Lined, for Corrosive Liquids, 84
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships ; Oil Tankers
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Oil Tankers
— Storage, Li quid-Ammonia, Sindri Fertiliser
Factory, India, 291*
Taper Pins, Solid and Split, Specification, 224 Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools
Tapsell, H. J., on Fatigue Strength in Bending and Direct Stress, 757*
Taxation of British Shipping, 433
Taylor and Challen, Ltd., Fillet-Rolling Mill for Mints, 644*; Double-Action Drawing Press, 644*
Taylor, F., and Sons (Manchester), Ltd., Diesel- Driven Shot-Firers’ Carriage for Anhydrite Mine, 457*
Taylor, J., on Accelerometers for Determining Aircraft Flight Loads, 473*, 506*
Taylor, W. H., the Late, 110
Taylor Woodrow (West Africa), Ltd., Extensions to Takoradi Harbour, 381
Teachers in Technical Institutions, Association of, Annual Conference, 751
Teaching. See Education
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Information and Documents Unit, Services
of, 527 .
— Institutes, Association of, Presidential Ad
dress of Sir N. Kipping on Education and Productivity, 307
— Institutions, Teachers in, Association of,
Annual Conference, 751
— Societies. See Institutions and PARAGRAPH
INDEX
Technological Education, Higher, 20. See LETTERS, 148, 403, 497
— and Scientific Man-Power, Report on, 687,
717
Technology and History, Hobhouse Lecture on, 246
— Production, and Management, Scholarships
in, 299
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecommunication in Buildings, Staff Location System, Code of Practice, 320
—? Industry, Nickel-Silver Strip and Foil for, Specification, 694
Telegraphy, Wireless. See Valves, Thermionic; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telephone Equipment Industry, Position and Prospects in, 265
— Exchanges, Electronic, Equipment of, 447
— Wires, Underground Railway, Cleaning of,
256*
Telephony, Wireless. See Valves, Thermionic ; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity in PARAGRAPH INDEX
Telescope, Radio, for Manchester University, 571
Television, Black-and-White or Colom, Developments, 179
— British Contribution to, Convention on, 553, 603. See Drraiwm, 619
— Equipment Industry, Position and Pros
pects, in, 263. See Eradum, 297
Underwater (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 531*
— History and Developments of, 553, 603.
See Erratum, 619
— Studios, Lime Grove, Hammersmith, 518*
— Transmitting Station, Kirk o’ Shott-s, 361* Temperatures, Air and Humidity, in H.M.
Ships in Tropics, 646
— Controller (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.),
575*
— Measurement. See Pyrometry
— Regulator Compensated (Sunvic Controls,
Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum, 64
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Temple Bridge, Glasgow, Model of, 553* Temple, S. G., on Annealing of Copper and
Copper Alloys, 455. See 483 Tensile Tests. See Tests (Materials) Tension Rods for Aircraft, Specification, 287 Terms, Definitions and Symbols for Gas Quan
tities in Internal-Combustion Engines, 256 Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terris, A. K., on Economy in Railway Civil
Engineering, 50 Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronawfrics
— of Beams and Columns by Leonardo da
Vinci, 561*
— Brown-Boveri Gas-Turbine Locomotive,664*
— on Concrete with Electrical-Resistance
Strain Gauges, 468*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— for Foundry Cokes, 759*
— of Frameweld Reinforcement for Concrete
Structures, 791*
— of Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines.
249*, 281*
— Gear, Harmonic Response (Vickers-Arm
strongs, Ltd.), 425*
— House for Timber Structures, 127*
— of Jenbach Two-Stroke Vertical Oil Engine,
738*, 768*, 802*
—- Loading, of Beams and Portals, 92*

Tests (Materials) :

Abrasion and Wear Tests of Rubber, 169*, 217*, 219*
Bending Fatigue Tests, Rotating, of Steel and Aluminium Alloy, 757*
Creep in Metals, Laws Underlying, 601. See LETTER, 624
— Tests of Copper for Rotor Windings, 424 Molybdenum Steels, 346*
— Testing Machine (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 107*
Fatigue of Metals, New Observations, 580
— Rotating Bending Tests of Steel and Aluminium Alloy, 757*
— Testing Machine for Bellows and Valve Gear of Thermostats, 570*
— —Machine, Elevated-Temperature, for
Ceramics, 422*
— Strength of Steel and Aluminium Alloy, Correlation of Bending and Direct Stress, 757*
— Torsional, Machine for Testing, 25* Photo-Elastic Tests of Transversly-Loaded
Beams, 390*
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tests. Lateral Stability of Unrestrained Beams, 65*, 99*
— Mechanical, British Standard, for Metals, Handbook on, 382
Testing Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 797*, 813
— Laboratory, College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, 196*
— Machine Creep (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 107*
— — Torsional Fatigue, with Torque Con
trol, 25*
Torsional Fatigue Tests of Cast Crankshafts, 25*
Tests of Prestressed-Concrete Foot Bridge, 595*, 690*
— Rigs for Fiat G.80 Jet-Propelled Training
Aircraft, 227*
for Tractor Wheel. Hydraulic Motor, 639*
—- “ Shell X-100 ” Lubricating Motor Oil, 343
— Steam-Separation, Dummy Boiler Drums
for, 801*
— Structural, of H.M. Destroyer “ Albuera.”
615
— for Thermionic Valves (General Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 573*
— Tower for Helicopter Rotors (Bristol Aero
plane Co., Ltd.), 36*
Testing Apparatus, Abrasion, 725* Ultrasonic, for Welded Joints, 797*
— Department for Medium-Size Diesel En
gines, J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., 365*
— Laboratory, College of Aeronautical and
Automobile Engineering, 196*
— — Creep. Imperial Chemical Industries,
Ltd., Witton. 107*
See also National Physical
— Machines. Chain. 75-ton Hydraulic, 805*
— — Creep (S. Denison and Son, Ltd.), 107* Fatigue, Elevated- Temperature, for
Ceramics, 422*
Fatigue, for Thermostats (Levland Motors, Ltd.). 570*
Impact, for Coke, 760
— —- for Ships’ Structural Members, 105* Torsional Fatigue, with Torque Control,
25*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Plant, Locomotive, Rugby, Dynamometer
Equipment, 826*
of National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
— Raw Rubber, Methods of. Specification, 756
— Road Bridges, Deadweight Trailer for, 721*
— Set, Meter, Polyphase (Ferranti, Ltd.), 544*
Testing, Soil, for Engineers (Review), 356
— Thermal Fatigue of Austentic/Ferritic
Junctions in Stainless Steels, 797*
— Triaxial, of Soils and Bituminous Mixtures
(Review), 607
— Unit, Mobile, of Ministry of Fuel and Power,
415
— See also Tests (Materials); Trials
" Tesvac ” High-Frequency Power Unit, 405* Text-Books. See LITERATURE INDEX Textiles, Abrasion-Testing Apparatus for, 727*
— Fibres, Abrasion and Wear of, 310*
— Machine of Leonardo da Vinci, 581*
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects
in, 6, 326
— Screening Cloths, Specification, 382 Thames Launches, Ltd.. Motor Launch “ Queen
Elizabeth,” 762*
—- River. Model of, for Tidal Investigations, 139*', 816
Theory of Models and Dimensional Analysis (Review), 322
Thermal Conditions in H.M. Ships in Tropical
Waters. 646
— Efficiency of British Power Stations, 583 Brown-Boveri Gas-Turbine Locomotive-,
665*
of Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 18, 623 of Locomotives, 590
— Properties of Buildings (Review), 737
— Storage Plant, Electrical (G.W.B. Electric
Furnaces, Ltd.), 614*
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermic Equipment and Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Gas-Fired Forge Furnace, 545 Thermionic Valves. See Valves, Thermionic Thermocouple. See Pyrometer Thermodynamics of Humid Air, 609* Thermometer. See Pyrometer Thermostats, Fatigue-Testing Machine for
(Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 570*
Thomas, Sir P., and Sons, Abbey Works of Steel
Company of Wales, Ltd., 1*, 40*, 129* Thompson, J., Ltd., Carbon-Dioxide Scrubbing
Towers, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 290*
Thompson, J. T., on Economy in Railway Civil Engineering, 50
Thorncliffe Works, Sheffield, Training Centre at, 495
Thornton Research Centre, Experiments in Fuels for Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines. 249*, 281*
Thorogood, A. L., on Sulphur and Sulphuric
Acid Position, 435 Threads, Screw. See Screw Thrust Bearing. See Bearing Tidal Institute and Liverpool Observatory,
Annual Report, 243
— Investigations of River Thames. Model for,
139*, 816
Timber Construction Compared with Pre- stressed-Concrete Construction, 317
— Development Association, Tests of Timber
Roof Truss, 127*
— Investigations by Forest Products Research
Board, 83
— Preservation, Researches on, 525
— Structures, Test House for, 127* Time and Motion Study (Review), 4
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy ?— Plate Production at Trostre, Llanelly, Cold-
Reduction Plant for, 629*
— Research Institute, Annual Report, 570 Tinning, Electrolytic and Hot-Dip, at Tin-
Plate Works, Trostre, 631*
Tipping Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles Titanium, Constitution and Properties of,
Symposium on, 512
— Exhibits at British Industries Fair, 618 Tolerances in Machine Work. See Limits and
Fits
Tool Grinder. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Steel. See Steel
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing ; Marine
Propulsion
Toroidal Sealing Rings, Dimensions of, Specification, 447
Toronto, R. L. Hearn Power Station, 100-MW Turbo-Generator, 353*, 391*. See Erratum, 396
Torpedo. Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torquay, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Summer Meeting. 783 Torque Meters. See Dynamometers ; Torsionmeters
Torsion Tests. See Tests (Materials) Torsionmeter, National Physical Laboratory, for Use on Ship Trials, 804
— See also Dynamometers
Tower, Adjustable, for Overhead Equipment for Railway Electrification in Subsidence Areas, 180*
— Cooling, Natural-Draught, Performance of, ' 315*
Reinforced-Concrete, Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77*
— Ladder, Mobile, Electrically-Operated (J.
Gibson and Son, Ltd.), 796*
— Mixing, Reinforced-Concrete, for Glass
Making Materials, 662*
— Scrubbing, Carbon-Dioxide, for Sindri
Fertiliser Factory, India. 290*
— Test, for Helicopter Rotors (Bristol Aero
plane Co., Ltd.), 36*
Towler. F. H.. on Hydraulic Lock, 559. See LETTERS,'20*, 148, 341*, 403, 624. 655, 689, 752. See 509*
Town Gas. See Gas
— and Regional Planning, Public Health Engi
neer in. 718
Townend. Dr. D. T. A., Award of Melchett Medal to, 467
Track, Tramway, Hydraulic Lifter for (Chamberlain Industries, Ltd.), 479*
— Widening and Reconstruction Work at
Potters Bar Railway Station, 407
Trackless Trolley System, Road Traction. See Trolley ’Bus
Traction Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Electric. See Railways; Trolley ’Bus;
Tramways
Tractor, Agricultural, Application of Hydraulics to, 605*, 637*
Production of, 103, 338
— Crawler, 180-b.h.p. Diesel-Engined (Vickers-
Armstrongs Ltd.), 257*
— Heavy, 150-h.p. Dual-Purpose, Oil-Engined
(A.E.C., Ltd.), 141*
— Industrial, Battery-Operated (Brush Coach
work, Ltd.), 753
Trade, Britain’s Deep-Sea Liners, 1945-1951, 433, 469, 487, 499
— Cast-Iron, Statistics of Production and
Consumption, 200
— Disputes. See Trade Societies in PARA
GRAPH INDEX
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Agricultural Machinery, 6,102, 338 Aircraft, 6, 199
Boiler Plant, 131. See LETTER, 212 —- — and British Industries Fair, 557, 650 Coal-Mining Machinery, 131
— — Electrical Engineering. 6, 131. See
LETTER, 212
Electrical Equipment. 263. See Erratum, 297
Electrical Machinery, 131, 263. See Erratum, 297
Electrical, Statistics, 526
and'Import, Statistics of Engineering and Allied Industries, 5, 37, 70, 102, 131, 166, 197, 230, 263, 294, 326, 338, 356, See LETTER, 212. See Errata, 297
Iron and Steel. Statistics, 5
— — Locomotive and Rolling Stock, 294
— — Machine-Tool, 6, 70
Motor-Cycle and Cycle, 358
Motor Vehicles. 6, 166, 814. See Erratum, 297
Radio Equipment, 263, See Erratum, 297
— — Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.
230
Telephone Equipment, 265 Textile Machinery, 6, 326
to United States, Difficulties and Problems, 306
— Iron and Steel Export Statistics, 5
— Publications, 29, 63, 96. 107, 151, 192, 255,
283, 316, 352, 384, 416, 448. 480. 572. 667, 700, 732, 795, 828. See PARAGRAPH INDEX
— Secrets and Methods, Protection of, Legal
Decisions on, 85
— Unions. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH
INDEX
— United States Market, Principal Features
and Basic Statistics (Review) 306
—Trailer, Deadweight, for Testing Road Bridges,-721*
— and Semi-Trailers, Design and Construction
of, 89*, 121*
Train Derailment at Doncaster, Report on, 160
— Describer, Electric, on Liverpool Street-
Romford Railway, 428*
— Electric, Four-Car, Electrical Equipment
for, 76*
— Passenger, Derailment at Weedon, Report,
681
Fire in, at Huntingdon, Report on, 680
— Multi-Engined Diesel, Ulster Transport
Authority, 520*
— See also Railway
Training. See Kducoiion ; Labour
Tramway Subway, Kingsway, Closing of, 436
— Track, Hydraulic Lifter for (Chamberlain
Industries, Ltd.), 479*
— See also PARAGRAPH INDEX
Transatlantic Arrangements for Manufacturing Licences, 655
Transfer, Heat, Industrial (Review), 767 Transformers for 80-in. Continuous Strip Mill at Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 42*
— 17-5-MVA and 10-MVA, 66/11-kV, at
Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 129*
— 500-kVA, 11,000/433-Volt (Brush Electrical
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 576*
— Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*, 289 Transients in Electric Circuits Using Heaviside
Operational Calculus (Review), 67
“ Transistors ” for Electronic Circuits, 690
Transmission Dynamometer. See Dywajno- jneter ; Torsionmeter
— Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine
Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion ; Power
Transmission
Transmitter, Radio, Daventry, Unattended Operation of, 412
Transmitting Station, Radio, Temporary, Barnstaple, 331
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Institution of, Brancker Lecture on Flying
Boat and Its Place in Aviation, by Air Chief Marshal Sir F. Bowhill, 211
— Ministry of, Report on Train Derailment at
Doncaster, 160 ; Training of Mercantile- Marine Engineer Officers, 211, 651;
Report on Severn-Bridge Aerodynamic Investigation, 299, 347; Report on Fire in Passenger Train at Huntingdon, 680 ; Report on Train Derailment at Weedon, 681; Deadweight Trailer for Testing Road Bridges, 721*
— Motor. See Road; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road; Motor ; Trolley ’Bus Transportation, Hydraulic, of Coal, Report
on, 171
Transporter for Large Steel Cylinder, Costain- John Brown, Ltd., 667*
— Oilfield-Equipment, with Tipping Body
(Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 284*
— Ore, Margam Steelworks, 1*
— Railway Wagon, Cullemeyer, 124*
Trap, Flame, for Marine Diesel-Engine Crankcase, 695*
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Treasury, H.M., on Machinery for Manufacturing, 309
Trial Trips and Launches, 32, 63, 91, 128, 160, 190 (See Erratum, 192), 224, 288, 349, 384, 447, 479, 508, 570, 636, 666, 695, 715, 764, 790, 811
— See also Tests
Trief, V., Use of Blast-Furnace Slag in Dam Construction, 635
Trolley ’Buses, Single-Deck, for Adelaide, Australia (Sunbeam Trolleybus Co.), 320*
Trostre, Llanelly, Cold-Reduction Plant for Tin-Plate Production at, 629*
Truck, Battery-Operated, Oil or Petrol- Driven. See Motor Truck; Motor Vehicle
— Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Truss, Roof, Timber, Tests of, 127*
Tube, Boiler, Investigations on Expanding of, 800, 813
— Forming and Welding Machine, Continuous
(Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.). 737*
— Hot-Rupture and Steam Rupture Testing
of, 798*
Tube Making Machines, Ltd., Universal Tube and Section Mill, 669*
— Railways. See London Transport Executive
— and Section Mill, Universal, Tube Making
Machines, Ltd., 669*
— Superheater, Investigation on Bends in,
797*
— Wells. See Wells
— See also Pipes
Tubing, Glass, Vertical Drawing of, 701*
Tucker, A. W. G., on Early Ferranti Alternator Sets, 816
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps, under Electric Tunisia, Oil-Well Drilling Equipment for (Oil Well Engineering Co., Ltd.), 460*
Tunnel, Conveyor, for 90,000-ton Sulphate- Ammonia Silo, 449*
— Cooling-Water. Shell Haven Oil Refinery,
735*
— Drying, Infra-Red (T. de la Rue and Co., Ltd.), 545*
— for Errochty Hydro-Electric Scheme, 16*
— Mine, Ventilation of, 827
— Water, High-Speed, at California Institute
of Technology, Investigation of Cavitation at, 534*, 566*, 597*
Turbines, Gas, Aircraft, Air Intakes for, 94* Alternator Propelling Machinery in
M.S. “ Auris,” 119
Coal-Fired, for Locomotive, 18, 623 Courses at School of Gas-Turbine Technology, 251
— Derwent V Jet Engines in “ Lucy Ashton,” 159*
3,000-h.p., for Electric Locomotives, 161*, 193*
— — Extension of Whittle Patent, 275
— Heat Transfer in Air-Cooled Blades, 21* Marine, Design Based on Aeronautical Experience, 147
— Peat-Fired, Experimental (J. Brown and Co., Ltd.), 8*. See LETTERS, 517, 592
— Protection of Flame-Zone Walls in, 559 — 750-kW Ruston and Hornsby, Progress with, 74
— — Theory (Review). 388
— — See also Engines, under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic, Cavitation in, Investigations on,
533*, 566*, 597*
— Francis-Type, Errochty Hydro-Electric Scheme, 16*
— — Francis 105-MVA Harspranget Hydro-
Electric Plant, 783
Francis, 225-h.p., Umtata Falls Hydro- Electric Plant, 215
Kaplan, 31,700-h.p., Cathaleen’s Fall Hydro-Electric Plant, 775*
Kaplan. 14,250-h.p., Cliff Hydro-Electric Plant, 774
— — Kaplan, 4-MW, Leixlip Hydro-Electric
Plant, 774
Kaplan, 15-MW, Poulaphuca Hydro- Electric Plant, 772*
— — See also Power Plant
— Propeller, 4-MW, Golden Falls Hydro-
Electric Power Plant, 773*
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Axial-Flow Type, Effect of Centri
fugal Force in, 624*
— —- Blading for. See Blades ; Blading —- — Critical Speed Calculations for, 704*
— — 50,000-kW, Dieppedalle Power Station,
France, 385
Gears for Drives, Specification, 508 60-MW High-Pressure Rotor for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 641* Instruments for Tests of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
— — Marine, Geared- See Marine Propulsion 100-MW, R. L. Hearn Power Station,
Toronto, 353*, 391*. See Krrotujn, 396 1,250-b.h.p., Shell Haven Oil Refinery, 736*
See also Twrfto-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers ; Warships
— Wind. Experiments with, 445
Turbo-Generators, 30-MW, Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 77
for British Power Stations, Economic Sizes of, 153*, 188*
2,400-kW Brush-Ljungstrom (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 575*
Commissioned in 1951 for British Power Stations, 54
— — 60-MW Drakelow “ A ” Power Station
205
60-MW, Fulham Power Station, 300* 8-MW Mixed-Pressure, Margam Power Station, 129*
15-MW and 12-5-MW, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 44*
Turnbarrels for Aircraft, Specification, 287
Turner Brothers (Birmingham), Ltd., 25-ton Inclinable Geared Press, 612*
Turning Gear, Motor-Driven, for 100-MW, Turbo-Generator, R. L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, 355*
Turning. See Machine Tools
Turnspits of Leonardo da Vinci, 580*
Twist-Drill Grinder. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Twisting Cable of Grabs and Buckets, Device to Prevent (B. and A. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 183*
Tyne Dock, Use of Prestressed-Concrete Sheet Piling at, 272*
— Improvement Commission, Use of Pre
stressed-Concrete Sheet Piles, 272*; Wagon-Marshalling Machine, 793*
Tyres, Rubber, Abrasion and Wear of, Investigations on, 169*, 217*, 219*
— Testing Machine at Rubber-Stichting, Delft, 725

UGANDA' ELECTRICITY BOARD, Annual Report, 435
Ulster Transport Authority, Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*
Umtata Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, South Africa, 215
Underframe for Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*
Underground Railways. See London Transport Executive
Unemployment. See Lafiour
Unesco’s Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind, 246
Union Castle Liner S.S. “ Kenya Castle,” Maiden Voyage of, 435
— Trade. See Trade Societies in PARAGRAPH INDEX
United Engineering and Foundry Co., 45-in. Slabbing Mill, Abbey Steelworks, Port Talbot, 4* ; SO-in. Continuous Strip Mill, 41*
— Kingdom Foreign-Going Merchant Fleet,
433, 499
— — Petroleum Industry Advisory Committee
Statistics of Petroleum Production and Consumption, 655
— Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
Report on Steel Production and Consumption, 622
— States Bureau of Mines, Report on Hydrau
lic Transporation of Coal, by R. W. Dougherty, 171
— Bureau of Reclamation, Projects of, 818
- — Coal-Mining Productivity Team’s Visit to, Report, 81
— — Drinking-Water Standards in, 718
— Drop Forging Productivity Team’s Visit to, 517
Engineering Education in, 114
High-Voltage Power Transmission in, 749
Lines, S.S. “ United States,” Quadruple- Screw, Use of Aluminium in, 413 ; Maiden Voyage of, 809*
— Machine-Tool Industry in, 71
— — Market, Principal Features and Basic
Statistics (Review), 306
— Philadelphia, Plant Maintenance Conference, 466
— Physics Research in, Dr. R. A. Milliken’s Impact on, 145
— — Power and Man Power in, 496
“ United States,” S.S., Quadruple-Screw, Use of Aluminium in, 413; Maiden Voyage, 809*
and St. Lawrence Seaway Scheme, 87 Trailer Construction, 89*, 123*
— — Visit of Coal-Mining Productivity Team
to, Report, 81
— — Visit of Drop-Forging Productivity
Team to, Report, 517
— Wood Preservation Research in, 525 See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Electric-Battery Vehicles for Ore Mines, 191*
-United Steel Structural Co., Ltd., Maintenance Shop, Rotherham Works of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765*, 805*
Unitherm Ltd., Automatic Combustion Control Equipment, 30*
University, Birmingham, Mechanical Harmonic Analyser, 52*, 68*; Investigations on Thermodynamics of Humid Air, 609* ; Establishment of S. J. Ellis Memorial Lectureship, 650
— Bristol, Investigations on Lateral Stability
of Unrestrained Beams, 65*, 99* ; Model of Engineering Building, 817
— Cambridge, Investigations on Structural
Analysis, 92*; Report on Engineering Department, 297; Investigation on Elasto-Plastic Stresses in Transversely- Loaded Beams, 359*, 389*
— College, London, Annual Report, 307;
Flying-Spot Microscope, 689 i
— — Swansea, Soil Failure During Over
turning of Piles, 134*
— Development, Report of University Grants,
Committee, 266. See LETTER, 403
— Durham, Investigation on Overturning of
Piles, 134*
— Manchester, Radio Telescope for, 571
— Nottingham, Investigations with Potential Flow Tank, 292*
— Oxford, Fatigue-Testing Machine for Ceramics, 422*
— and Potential Ability in the Population, 401
— and Scientific Man-Power, 687, 717
— Sheffield, Investigations on Coke, 760*
— and Training of Chemical Engineers, 626
— Zurich, Radiological Institute, 31-MeV Betratron at, 412
— See also Education
Uskmouth Power Station, Model of Compressed Air Caisson for, 817

VACANCIES, Notification of, Order, 146 Vacuum Brake. See Brake
Vacuum Oil Co., Coryton Refinery Cooling- Water Intake for, 332*
Vacuum Tube. See X-Rays; Valves,
Thermionic
Value, Calorific, Gas, Controller for (Sigma Instrument. Co., Ltd.), 448*
Valve, Butterfly, Pneumatically-Controlled (Fisher Governor Co., Ltd.), 192*
— Gas Sampling for Tests of Jenbach Oil Engine, 769*
— Hydraulic Selector, with Electric Control (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 668*
— Marine Oil Engine, Deposits in, 250*
— Mixing and Governing, for Gas Engines
(National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 32*
— Relief, for Marine Diesel-Engine Crankcase,
663*
— Safety, “ Lightning,” for Marine Diesel-
Engine Crankcase,’695*
— Thermionic, Factory, Wllyteleafe, Surrey,
427*
Manufacture of Glass Bulbs for, 662* for Television, Manufacture of, 603
— Testing Apparatus for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 573*
See also Radio
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
" Vampire ” Night-Fighter Aircraft, 635 Varatio-Strateline Gears, Ltd., Reduction
Gearbox, 639*
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear Varnish, Abrasion by Impact on, 505* Varnished Surfaces, Abrasion-Testing, Apparatus for, 726*
Vaughan Crane Co., Ltd., Radio Control for
Overhead Travelling Crane, 752
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Infra-Red Ovens for Drying Motor Cars, 236*
“ Velofeeder ” Vibratory Feeder, 754* Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Ventilation Fans, Contra-Rotating for Ships,
45
— and Heating in Relation to Coal Problem,
827
— of H.M. Ships in Tropics, 646
— Manual of (Review), 483
— in Ships, Investigations in, 187
Venturi Ports in Open-Hearth Furnaces,
Experiments with, 656
— Tube, Cavitation in, 534
Vertical Lift Bridges. See Bridges
Vessels, Pressure, Welded, Determination of
Stresses .in, 798*, 813
“ Vestrad ” Radio Control for Cranes (Vaughan
Crane Co., Ltd.), 752
Viaduct. See Bridges
Viberti Four-Wheel Tracking Trailer, 89* ;
Two-Wheel Passenger Trailer, 123*
Vibrated Concrete Construction Co., Ltd., Prestressed-Concrete Road Bridge, Abertillery, 413*
Vibration in Ships, Investigations on, 158*
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Launch of S.S. “World Concord,” 147; 180-b.h.p.
Diesel-Engined Crawler Tractor, 257*;
Harmonic Response Test Gear, 426* ; Research Department, Investigation on
Hydraulic Lock, 509*. See LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 624, 655, 689, 752 ; Earth-Moving Equipment, 542*
Volga and Don Canal, Completion of, 783
Voltmeter-Ammeter, Clip-on (Ferranti, Ltd.)» 544*
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., 3,600-h.p. 3,000-Volt Direct-Current Electric Locomotive, 562*

WADE, R. C., the Late, 14
Wages. See Labour-, PARAGRAPH INDEX Wagon, British Railway, Automatic Brakes for,
83 ; 13-ton Standard, 602*
— Marshalling Machine (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 795*
— Motor. See Motor Vehicles : Tractors
— Railway, Transporters, Cullemeyer and German, 124*
Waight, J. F., on Gas Equipment for Thermal Treatment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 455. See 483
Wailes, R. P„ the Late, 115 Wales and Monmouthshire Industrial Estates
Ltd., Rubber and Plastics Factory, Brynmawr, 437*
Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., Multi-Engined Diesel Trains, 520*
Walker, F. M., on Cathode-Ray Tubes and Valves, 603
Wall, Dock, at Tyne Dock, Use of Prestressed- Concrete Piles, 272*
— Flame-Zone, Protection of, 559
— Masonry, Ashlared with Natural or Cast
Stone, Code of Practice, 63
—? Rubble, Code of Practice, 287
Wallace, G. A., on Overhead Equipment for Railway Electrification in Subsidence Areas, 180*
Wallsend Research Station, Pametrada, Work of, 186
Walters, J. P., on Fuel, Heat and Power Auditing, 415
War, Effect on Shipping, 433, 499
— on Wear, by Prof. H. Blok, 594*, 625* Warfare, Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Warnings, Hazard, Colours for, Issue of “ Safety ” Code Abandoned, 189
Warren, W. G., on Structural Strength of Destroyer" Albuera,” 615
Warships :
Admiralty Experimental Station, La Mont Boiler at, 186*
— Ship Welding Committee, Investigations of, 156*
Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
H. M. Aircraft Carrier “ Eagle,” 373* — Destroyer “ Albuera,” Hogging Tests on, 157 ; Structural Tests of, 615
“ Diana,” Launch of, 790
W arships—continued.
H.M. Motor Launch, Aluminium-Alloy, 510*
— Ship “ Savage,” Trials of, 187
— in Tropical Waters, Prediction of Thermal Conditions in, 646
— Troopship “ Birkenhead,” Centenary of Loss, 278
Jane’s Fighting Ships (Review), 241
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Navy Estimates for 1952-53, 273
See also NavaZ in PARAGRAPH INDEX Washer, Steel Spring, Specification, 155
— Tab, for Aircraft, Specification, 182 Washing Plant, Dawson, for Oil-Engine Castings, 584*
— — Flue-Gas, Drummond, at Birmingham
Gas Works, 140*
Washington Soc’ety of Engineers, St. Lawrence Seaway, by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, 87
Waste-Heat Recovery at Knitwear Factdry of
Pasolds Ltd., 744*. See ErraZum, 824 Watch and Clock Industry, Position and
Prospects in, 358
Water Board, Rand, Annual Report, 223
— Cooler for Waste-Heat Recovery Plant,
744*. See ErraZwm, 824
— Cooling, Reinforced-Concrete Intake, for
Coryton Oil Refinery, 332*
Towers, Natural-Draught, 315*
— Drinking, International Standards, De
velopment of, 718
— Gas. See Gas
— Heaters. See Feed-Water
?— Heating Installations, Electric, Domestic, Code of Practice, 256
— Muddy, Army Engineers and Nation’s
Rivers (Review), 579
— Power. See Hydraulic; Power Plant;
Power, Water ; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Supply of London, Metropolitan Water
Board’s Report, 82
See also Irrigation ; Wells
— Surface, Year-Book of Great Britain, 1937-
45 (Review), 685
— System, Cooling, Shell Haven Oil Refinery,
735*
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Tunnel, High-Speed, at California Institute
of Technology, Investigations of Cavitation at, 534*, 566*, 597*
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic ; Power
Plant
— Wheels. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Power
Plant
Waterways. See Rivers; Canals Waterworks. See Water Supply and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Wath-Manchester-Sheffield Railway, Electrification of, 164*, 321*
Watson, H. D„ Model of Morwell Power Station, 816
Wave Analyser, Mui rhe ad-Pame trad a (Muir- head and Co., Ltd.), 425*. See Erratum, 491
— Electromagnetic. See Electric; Radio
— Generators, Coast Line with, Model of, 816
— Recorder and Measurer, Institute of
Oceanography, 816
Wear and Abrasion, Conference on. See Abrasion and Wear Conference, Delft
— Chemical Causes of, Investigations on, 693*
— in Marine Auxiliary Oil Engines, Effects of
Fuel in, 250*, 281*
— of Materials, Investigations on, 594*, 625* “ Wearometer,” Olsen, for Plastics, 726*
Weddle, W. A., on Oxide-Reduced Copper Powder, 424
Wedge Blocks, Malleable-Iron, for Shipbuilding Berths (Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd.), 318*
Weedon, Passenger Train Derailment at, Report on, 681
Weighing, 'Screening and Baggng Unit, Automatic (R. Cort and Son, Ltd.), 710*
Welded Construction in Ships, Lloyd’s Register Statement on, 406
Welded Joints, Ultrasonic Testing Apparatus for, 797*
— Prefabricated Ship Construction, W. Dox-
ford and Sons, Ltd., 821*
— Structures, Elastic Stresses in, 58*, 92*
Welder, Spot, Air-Operated, 16-kVA and 25-kVA (Standard Resistance Welders, Ltd.), 732*
Welding, Alternating-Current, Safety Electrode Holder for (General Electric Co., Ltd.) 160*
—Aluminium “ Aircomatic ” Process for, 762*
— of Aluminium in Shipbuilding, 413
— Head, for Continuous Tube-Forming
Machine (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.) 737*
— Institute of, North-Eastern (Tyneside)
Branch, Shipyard Re-Organisation for Welded Prefabricated Construction, by
C. Stephenson, 821*
— Investigations by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.,
800,813
— Machine, Air-Operated Spot, 16-kVA and
25-kVA (Standard Resistance Welders, Ltd.), 732*
— Metal-Arc, of Mild Steel, General Require
ments of, Specification, 811
— Oxy-Acetylene, of High Temperature and
High Pressure Steel Pipelines, Specification, 635
— Scheme of Symbols for, Specification, 666
— in Ship Construction, Progress in, 549, 730
— in Ships, Investigations on, 157*
— of Steel, Metal-Arc, Electrodes for, Specifica
tion, 756
— Unit-for Henderson Universal Tube and
Section Mill, 670*
Wells, Deep, Vertical-Spindle Pump for (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 60*
Wellington Tube Works, Ltd., Heat Exchanger, 645*
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Soaking Pits for Abbey Steelworks, 3
Werkstad, A.B. Karlstads Mekanista, 31,700-h.p. Kaplan Turbine, 775*
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd. Retarder and Scotch Block for Mine Cars, 709*
Wheels, Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
—Grinding. See Grinding, under Machine Tools
— Hydraulic-Motor, for Tractors, 638*
— Railway, Mill for Producing, Steel, Peech &
Tozer, Sheffield, 515*
Wheeler, R. W., on “ Knock ” Research, 278 Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Co., Liquid Ammonia Storage Tanks, 291*
Whitaker, A., Wind-Velocity Vector Integrator, 316*
White, B., on Management Aspects of Preventive Maintenance, 720
— Waltham Aerodrome, Royal Aeronautical
Society Garden Party, 783
Whittle Gas-Turbine Patent, Extension of, 275
Whitworth Society, Annual Dinner, 402 ; Summer Meeting, Southampton, 751
Whyteleafe, Surrey, Experimental Valve Factory of Milliard Ltd., 427*
Wiebe, R., on Experimental Peat-Fired Closed-Cycle Gas Turbines, 527. See 8*. See LETTER, 592
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Heat- Treatment Furnaces for Gears, 659*
Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd., 600/3,000-ton Forging Presses, 489*
William Girling Reservoir, Chingford, Pre- stressed-Concrete Fencing at, 759*
Williams Lecture on Fuel and Metal, 759*
Williams, Dr. LI. S., on Fatigue Testing Machine for Ceramic Materials, 422*
Williams, Dr. R. C. G., on Industrial Television, 603
Williams, T. E. H., on Soil Failure During Overturning of Piles, 134*
Williams,W. H„ the Late, 115. See Erratum, 191
Wilmot-Monsour and Co., Radio-Control Equipment for Model Glider, 783
Wilson, C. T. R., and Cloud Chamber (Review). 451
Wilson, W. S., Model of Compressed-Air Caisson for Uskmouth Power Station, 817
Wimpey, G., and Co., Ltd., Kent Oil Refinery, 552*
Wind Effects on Susp' nsion Bridges, Investigations on, 299, 347
— Power Generation by, 445
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
— Velocity Vector Integrator (Nash and Thomp
son, Ltd.), 316*
Windings, Rotor, Alternator, Properties of Copper for, 424
Window, Steel, for Industrial Buildings, Specification, 63
“ Windsor,” M.S., Launch of, 681*
Windsor, R. H., Ltd., Triple-Screw Extrusion Machine for Plastics, 481*; Moulding Machines for Plastics, 642*
“Winker,” Beacon, Police-Type (Londex, Ltd,). 543*
Wire, Copper, Enamelled Round, Specification, 756
— Diameters, Variation in, Comparator for
Measuring, 529*
— Ropes, Clamps for (Skandinaviska Talurit
A. B.), 723*
— Telephone, Underground Railway, Cleaning
of, 256*
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
— Telephony. See Telephony
Withers, J. G„ on Octane Numbers in Relation to Road Performance, 279. See LETTER, 468
Witton Creep Test Research Station of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 107* Wohler-Type Tests. See Fatigue, under Tests (Materials)
Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd., Film Strip on Use of Portable Electric Tools, 361; Soldering Irons, 577*
Wombwell Junction Signalbox, Manchester- Sheffield-Wath Railway, 166*
Wood, Abrasion-Testing Machine for, 728*
Wood, B_, on Experimental Peat-Fired Closed-Cycle Gas Turbines, 592. See 8* See LETTER, 527
— Chip and Wood-Waste Boards, Specifica
tion, 635
— Preservation Research in United States and
Canada,525
Wood, Dr. W. A., on Mechanism of Fatigue in Metals, 580
Woods of Colchester, Ltd., Contra-Rotating Fans for Ship Ventilation, 45
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Abbey Works, Port Talbot, of Steel Company of Wales, 1*, 40*, 129*
Airedale Works, Leeds, J. and H. McLaren. Ltd., 364*
Blackburn Factory of Mullard, Ltd., Vertical Drawing of Glass Tubing. 701*
Blaw Knox, Ltd., Gear-Cutting and Heat-Treatment Shops, 659*
Crane Repair Depot, Hillingdon, Butters Brothers and Co., Ltd., 406*
Crewe Works of British Rollmakers Corporation, Ltd., 777*
Die-Block Plant of W. Somers, Ltd., Halesowen, 617*
Diesel-Engine Factory of National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 584*
Gasworks. See Gasworks
Ickles Works, Sheffield, Railway Steel Mill, 515*
Margam Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Extensions to, 1*
Rotherham Works of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 765*, 805*
Slough Factory, Pressure Die-Casting Foundry of High Duty Alloys, Ltd., 297*. See Erratum, 428
Thorncliffe Works, Sheffield, Training Centre at, 495
Trostre Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 629*
Union G.E.C. Works, Wembley, Use of Brisch Classification System for Engineering Stores, 407*
Welding Sheds of W. Doxford and Sons, Ltd., 821*
Worcester Works of Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 825*
Works Management, Conference on Preventive Maintenance, 720
— — Motion and Time Study (Review), 4 Plant Layout: Planning and Practice
(Review), 228
— Ministry of, Codes of Practice. See
Standards
Workshop of Power Gas Corporation, Ltd., Model of, 817
— Training. See Education ; Labour
— See also Works ; Machine Tools
“ World Concord,” S.S., Launch of, 147
— Health Organisation Report of Rome
Seminar for European Sanitary Engineers, 718
— Navies, Jane’s Fighting Ships (Review), 241
— Ship Tonnage, 1905-1950, 433, 499
— Steel Production and Consumption Trends, 622
Worlidge, R. F., on Hydraulic Lock, 624. See
LETTERS, 20*, 148, 341*, 403, 559, 655, 689, 752. See 509*
Worm Gear. See Gear ; Gearing
Worner, H. W., on Properties of Titanium-Oxygen Alloys, 512 ; on Titanium-Rich* Alloys of Iron and Titanium, 512
Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Ammonia Compressors, Sindri Fertiliser Factory, India, 291
Wrecks. See Accidents
Wright Lecture on Prophesy and Achievements in Aeronautics, 711*, 793*. See 719 Writing, Mirror, of Leonardo da Vinci, 581*.
See LETTERS, 719, 784

X-RAY Equipment, Mobile (Newton Victor, Ltd.), 544*
— — Film, Automatic Processing Unit for (Nucleonic and Radiological Developments. Ltd.), 415*
Study of Copper-Titanium Systems, 512 Tube with Magnetic Lens, 690
Xylonite Models, Stress Determination. See PAoZo-EZa-stic

YARN Tension Pick-Up Unit and Strain Recorder (Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 471*
Year Books. See LITERATURE INDEX “ Yokohama ” 22-in. Cutter Suction Dredger 441*
York, Newcomen Society’s Summer Meeting at, 755
Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Co., Ltd., Prestressed-Concrete Sheet Piling at Tyne Dock, 272*
Young’s Modulus. See Elastic Modulus

ZINC Alloys. See Alloys, under Metallurgy
— Development Association, International Conference on Hot-Dip Galvanising. Dusseldorf, Programme, 655
Zurich University Radiological Institute. 31-MeV Betatron at, 412

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