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Engineering 1952 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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

PARAGRAPH INDEX

Accidents :

  • Birmingham, Railway Accident at, 618
  • Boiler Explosion at Guildford Power Station, Erratum, 29
  • Drop-Forging Industry, Unusual Accident in, 366
  • Fires in Pre-Fabricated Buildings, 522

Aeronautics :

  • Aberdare Aircraft Factory to Make Tubing, 270
  • Aeronautical Information, 141
  • Aircraft Factory, Re-Opening of, 462
  • Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Aero Engine, 601
  • Aslib Aeronautical Group Conference, 246
  • Atlantic Tourist Service of B.O.A.C., 562
  • Aviation Films of Hunting Group of Companies, 472
  • Avon Aeroplane Engine Production at Glasgow, 714
  • Avro Anson Aircraft, Last, 689
  • Avro-Canada Orenda Jet Engine, 308
  • Birmingham, Air Freights from, 746
  • Birmingham to London Helicopter Freight Service, 492
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Australian Interests of, 322
  • Bristol Hercules 634 Engines, Overhaul Life of, 134
  • British Airways Corporations, Traffic Statistics of, 376
  • British Industries Fair, Air Service for, 462
  • Cardiff Airport, Future of, 238
  • Cardiff to Dublin Air Service, 430
  • Cardiff, Rhoose Aerodrome, Construction of, 747
  • Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures, 344
  • Comet Air Liner, Certificate of Airworthiness for, 139
  • Comet Air Liner, First, for B.O.A.C. Fleet, 172
  • Comet Air Liner, Fuelling Vehicle for, 807
  • Comet Air Liners, Production at Belfast, 347 Compressor Blades for Aero Engines, Dimensioning of, 519
  • de Havilland Heron Air Liner, 428
  • Dublin to Cardiff Air Service, 430
  • Exports of Aircraft, 803
  • Flying Boat, Future of,Erratum, 592 .Fuelling Vehicle for Comet Air Liner, 807 Gipsy Queen 70 Engine, Overhaul Life of, 423 Gloster Aeroplane for Royal Air Force, 747 Hastings Transport Aircraft for New Zealand, 344
  • Hawker Hunter Aircraft, 593
  • Helicopters, Bristol, Deck Landing Trials of, 318
  • Helicopter, Use for Cable Erecting, 14
  • Helicopter, Use for Crop Spraying, 746
  • Helicopter Freight Service, Birmingham to London,492
  • Helicopter Landing Site in Black Country, 46
  • Hydraulic and Electrical Aircraft Equipment (Trade Publication) 667
  • Ireland to Wales Air Service, 462
  • London Ai-rport, Noise at, 31
  • Louis Bleriot Lecture, Fifth, 268
  • Navigation Equipment, Aircraft, 329
  • Orenda Jet Engifies, 308, 475
  • Prestwick Airport, Developments at, 46,142, 302
  • Renfrew Airport, Developments at, 46
  • Research Fellowship in Aeronautics, 720
  • Research Fellowship at Cranfield, 655
  • Runways at Prestwick Airport, Extension of, 302
  • Scholarships and Grants, Aeronautical, 317
  • Sheffield, Ban on Airport at, 522
  • Tools, Aircraft (Trade Publication), 480
  • Traffic Statistics of British Airways Corporations, 376
  • Training Aircraft for Royal Australian Air Force, 331
  • Transonic Speeds of Aircraft, Wind Tunnel for Research on, 155
  • Wales to Ireland Air Service, 462
  • Woolsington Airport, Development at, 650

Agriculture :

  • Crop Spraying by Helicopter, 746
  • Factories for Agricultural Machinery Production, at East Kilbride, 522
  • Farms, Scrap Metal Collections from, 206
  • Machinery, Agricultural, Belgian Exhibition of, 723
  • Machinery, Agricultural, Company for Production of, 476
  • Royal Agricultural Show, 329
  • Tractors, Agricultural,for Turkey, 212
  • Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

  • Bayliss Prizes, Awards of, 461
  • Bessemer Medal, Award of, 355
  • Birmingham City Architect, Appointment of, 142
  • Bristol University, Conferment of Degrees at, 31
  • Factory Design, Award for, 618
  • Inventions, Awards for, 396
  • Manufacturing Efficiency Panel, Formation of, 618
  • Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, Awards of, 732
  • Research Fellowship in Aeronautics, Award of, 720
  • Appointments, Awards and Honours— continued.
  • Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., Executive Appointments of, 86
  • Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists, Installation of President, 142 Transport Consultative Committee, Appointments to, 119
  • University College of South Wales and Mor - mouthshire, Appointment of Head, 142

Associations :

  • Aircraft Research, 155
  • Aluminium Development, 355, 700
  • British Association, 181
  • British Industries, Federation of, 771 Bronze and Brass Founders, 414 Cambridge University Engineers, 688 Cardiff Port Development, 110 Cement and Concrete, 151, 649 Coke-Oven Managers, 78 Combustion Engineering, 96 Constructional Steelwork, British, 601 Copper Development, 283
  • Drop Forgers and Stampers, National, 238, 302
  • Edgar Allen Foremen’s, 398
  • Electrical and Allied Industries Research, British, 230, 244
  • Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’, 347 Electrical Development, 230
  • Engineering Industries, 398
  • Ex-British Westinghouse, 331
  • Gas Council, 411
  • Gas Industries, British, Society of, 411
  • Gas Manufacturers, Scottish, 554
  • Inland Waterways, 302, 398, 714
  • Iron and Steel Corporation, British, 778
  • Iron and Steel Engineers, 486
  • Iron and Steel Federation, British, 359, 398. 810
  • Iron and Steel and Kindred Trades, British,
  • 398
  • Iron and Steel Research, British, 238, 270, 444, 810
  • Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, 365 Mechanical Handling Engineers, 762 National Union of Manufacturers, 174 Nautical Instrument Trade, British, 107 North of England Shipowners’, 447 Old Centralians, 298 Old N’lons, 32
  • Overseas Science Students’, 506
  • Petroleum Equipment, British Manufacturers of, 398
  • Petroleum Films Bureau, 738
  • Production Engineering Research, Great
  • Britain, 602
  • Radio Industry Council, 745
  • Road Haulage, 398, 430
  • Sales Managers, Incorporated, 430
  • Scientific Film, 564
  • Scottish Council (Development and Industry), 14
  • Scottish Plant Owners’, 174, 492
  • Scrap Iron, Steel, and Metal Merchants, Federation of, 682
  • Sheet and Strip Metal Users’ Technical, 379
  • Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers, 270, 746
  • Sheffield Lighter Trades Employers’, 778
  • Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’, 682 Smoke Abatement Society, 462 Supervising Electrical Engineers, 230 Talyllvn Railway Preservation Society, 302 Valve Manufacturers’, British, 763 Wales and Monmouthshire, Industrial, 302 Welsh Plate and Steel Manufacturers’, 522
  • Automobiles. See Motor Cars, Etc.
  • Boilers. See Engines and Boilers

Bridges and Viaducts :

  • Chepstow Bridge, Centenary of, 810
  • Margate Precast-Concrete Road Bridge, 710 Newcastle, Closure of High-Level Bridge at, 78
  • Tipton Bridge, Question of Ownership of, 366 Westbury, Demolition of Obsolete Railway Bridge at, 14

Buildings and Building Construction :

  • Agricultural-Machinery, Factory for, 522 Ayr-Kilmarnock Road Construction, 142 Banbury Railway Station, Rebuilding of, 14 Bingley Exhibition Hall, Birmingham, Alterations to, 174
  • Birmingham, Development Plan for, 46 Brick Drying (Trade Publication), 192 Building Centre, New Premises of, 91 Building Research Station Digest, 776 Bulldozers and Angledozers (Trade Publication), 795
  • Canteen Buildings Constructed of Aluminium
  • Alloy, 348
  • Cardiff to Bristol, Proposed Motor Road for,
  • 270
  • Cardiff, Construction of High Building at, 14 Cardiff, Road Works at, 46
  • Cellulose-T ape Factory at Gorseinon, 714
  • Chimney Stack, Felling of, 302
  • Contractors, Building, Appeal to Pool Resources, 174
  • Contractors’ Plant (Trade Publication), 63 Dalmarnock Power Station, Extensions to, 206
  • Derelict Land, Use for, 810
  • Diesel-Engine Factory, Licence for, 522
  • Doors and Windows, Metal (Trade Publication), 732
  • Buildings and Building Construction— continued.
  • Earth-Moving Equipment, Film on, 24 Earth-Moving Operations in Daer Valley, 238 Excavator, Light (Trade Publication), 63 Exhibition of Building Plant, Cardiff, 625 Factory, Cellulose-Tape, at Gorseinon, 714 Factory Design, Award for, 618
  • Factory for Finishing Blades for Gas Turbines, 554
  • Factories, “ Flatted,” Construction of, 238
  • Factories, Scottish, Extensions to, 302
  • Factory, Underground, Re-Opening of, 462 Factories, War-Damaged, Repair of, 301 Flour Mills, Leith, Construction of, 398 Glasgow, Glass-Tube Factory at, 110 Glass-Tube Factory in Glasgow, 110 Glenrothes, Fife, New Town of, 462 Granulator, Swing-Hammer (Trade Publication), 667
  • Hackney Power Station, Extension to, 569
  • Harecrag Quarry, Improvements at, 586
  • Hirwaun Collieries, Improvements at, 398
  • Houses Damaged by Vibration at London Airport, 31
  • Irvine Gas Works, Extensions at, 682
  • Kilmarnock-Ayr Road Construction, 142
  • Laboratory for Mechanical Engineering Research Board, 810
  • Land Movement on Banks of Severn, 174
  • Landslip in Shropshire, 492, 554
  • Leicester College of Technology, New Premises for, 366
  • London, County of, Development of, 227
  • Machynis Works, Opening of, 492
  • Maintenance Licences, Building, for Machinery Installation, 519
  • Mechanisation in Building Industry, 492
  • Mercantile Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Works Improvements for, 366
  • “ Mud ” Building Construction, 334
  • Neath, Construction at, 398
  • Newport, Town Planning at, 586 Ore-Discharging Quay at Tyne Dock, 714
  • Pile Foundations, Short Bored, 730
  • Portable Buildings; Uniport Altent, 7
  • Power Stations, Extensions to, 552, 569
  • Power Stations, New, Construction of! 190
  • Prestwick Airport, Extension of Runways at, 302
  • Prestwick Airport, Road Construction at, 142 Refuse Destructor at Greenock, 554 Resolven, Factory Extensions at, 651
  • Road Materials and Construction, Lectures on, 807
  • Road, Motor, Proposed, from Bristol to Cardiff, 270
  • Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Extensions to, 430
  • Scottish Building Centre, Visitors to, 206
  • Sheffield, New Factories at, 110
  • Sieve for Soil, 583
  • South Africa, New Works Construction in, 554 1
  • South Bank Exhibition Buildings, Demolition of, 662
  • Structural Steel Design, Brochure on, 601 ‘Swedish Architecture, Modern, Exhibition of, 308
  • Underground Factory, Re-Opening of, 462 Uniport Altent Portable Buildings, 7 Windows and Doors, Metal (Trade Publication), 732
  • Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College, Extensions to, 270, 554

Canals and Waterworks :

  • Abbot’s Bromley, Staffordshire, Reservoir Construction at, 78
  • Arid Zones, Underground Water Problems in, 683
  • Avon, Lower, Navigation on, 586
  • Birmingham Canals, Maintenance Works on, 554
  • Birmingham, Water Consumption at, 238 Cambeltown, Water Scheme for, 462 Cardiff, Reservoir Construction at, 142 Claerwen Dam. Construction of, 334
  • Coast Defence Scheme, Llandudno, 554
  • Colliery De-Watering Scheme in South-West Durham, 650
  • Filters, Gravity (Trade Publication), 828
  • Glasgow Water Supply, Developments in, 682, 714
  • “ Ionomatic ” Water Purification (Trade Publication), 352
  • Lady Hill Service Reservoir, 334
  • Llanelly, Water Supply at, 142, 586
  • Loch Recawr Dam, Completion of, 810
  • Midland Canals, Tour of, 302
  • Midlands, Water Supply in, 747
  • Mines, Water from, Industrial Use of, 462 Newport, Usk River Crossings at, 554, 586 Regulators, Diffusing Water-Discharge (Trade Publication), 480
  • Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 714, 778
  • Tees-Side Factories, Water Supplies to, 682
  • Tees-Side, Water Shortage on, 238, 366
  • Tees-Side, Water-Supply Schemes for, 554 Tees Valley Water Board, Problems of, 778 Trostre Works, Llanelly, Water for, 142 Underground Water Problems in Arid Zones, 683
  • Usk River Crossings at Newport, 554, 586
  • Water-Cooling Units (Trade Publication) 384
  • Water Supplies, Need for Conservation of, 430
  • Catalogues. See Trade Publications

Cement and Concrete :

  • Batching and Mixing Plants, Concrete (Trade Publication), 63
  • Cement Shortage in North-East Area, 398
  • Concrete in the Making (Trade Publication), 151
  • Construction, Reinforced-Concrete, at Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, Erratum, 152 Culvert, Precast-Concrete, Under Railway, 586
  • “ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing Concrete Piles, 455
  • Floors, Concrete, 189
  • Mixing and Batching Plants, Concrete (Trade Publication), 63
  • Piles, Concrete, “ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing, 455
  • Portland Cement Manufacture in Wales, 618 Precast-Concrete Road Bridge at Margate, 710
  • Prestressed Concrete, Lectures on, 256
  • Shell Roof Construction, Concrete, 649 Whitehaven, Cement and Sulphuric-Acid Plant at, 746
  • Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal :

  • Beech Tree Colliery, Staffordshire, Improvements at, 14
  • Bilsten Glen Colliery, Opening of, 682 Blaenavon, Opencast Coal Schemes at, 522 Blyth. Coal Traffic at, 810
  • Brierley Hill, Mining Subsidence at, 746 Bunkering Trade, 174
  • Burnmoor, Coke-Oven Plant at, 586
  • Caerphilly Mines, Developments at, 462
  • Cannock, Mining Under Town of, 334
  • Clackmannan, Construction of Glenochil Mine at, 46
  • Coal Board, South-Western Divisional, Finances of, 779
  • Coal and Coke from Hartlepools, Export of, 618
  • Coal Exports, Urgent Need for, 586
  • Coal Milling (Catalogue), 283
  • Coke, Blast-Furnace, Quality of, 78
  • Coke, Metallurgical, Requirements for, 586 Coke-Oven Plant at Burnmoor, 586
  • Coke Supplies from England to Scotland, 492 Coombs Wood Colliery, Closure of, 714 Disabled Miners, Employment of, 78 Drift Mines, Durham, Opening of, 430 Dustin Collieries, Complaints Regarding, 811 Eastertide, Production at, 492, 522 Emergency Fuel Deliveries in Sheffield and Rotherham, 14
  • Employment, Increased ,in Mines, 206
  • Fife Coal Co., Nationalisation of, 492 France, Exports to, 462
  • Glasgow, Exports from, 462
  • Go-Slow Tactics at South Wales Collieries, 14
  • Grit Nuisance at Nantgarw Colliery, 78 Hartlepools, Coal and Coke Exports from, 618
  • Havannah, Coal Drift at, 714
  • Hirwaun Colliery, Improvements at, 398 Indian Coal for Scotland, 78
  • Italians! Employment in Yorkshire, 714
  • Italian Miners for West Midlands Pits, 142
  • Italians, Transfer to Steel-Plate Industry, 715
  • Laboratory, Mobile, for Collieries, 682
  • Lanchester, Closure of Hamsteels Colliery at, 110
  • Lea Hall Colliery, Work on, 746
  • Llanelly, Opencast Mining at, 779
  • Losses in Production Due to Strikes, 618
  • Lydbrook, Reduced Production at, 554 Mechanical Coal-Cutting, Developments in, 371
  • Methane Gas, Transfer from Mine to Surface, 366
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Grit Nuisance at, 78
  • Nantgarw Colliery, Tipping of Waste from, 270
  • North Staffordshire, Supplies in, 586 Northern Collieries, Developments in, 778 Nottingham, All-Electric Colliery in, 810 Opencast Coal Schemes at Blaenavon, 522 Opencast Mining, Intensification of, 462 Opencast Mining at Llanelly, 779 Opencast Mining in Warwickshire, 334 Opencast Mining in Yorkshire, 746 Pit Waste, Underground Stowage of, 302 Plough, Coal, 371
  • Price Structure of Coal, 771
  • Reclamation Centre for Colliery Scrap, 334
  • Refuse Heaps, Colliery, Export of Coal from, 270
  • Rhondda Valley, Saturday Working at, 430
  • Rivers, Recovery of Fine Coal from, 110
  • Road Transport of Coal, Displacement by Railways, 714
  • Rossington Miners’ Pledge to Raise Production, 302
  • Saturday Shifts at Coalfields, Ban on, 206
  • Saturday Working at. Collieries, 206, 430, 462
  • Scotland, Coal Exports from, 110, 238, 398, 522, 682
  • Scotland, Coal Imports from India, 78
  • Scotland, Coal Output and Stocks in, 366
  • Scotland, Coal Production in, 14
  • Scraper and Cutter Plough, 554
  • Sheffield and Rotherham, Emergency Fuel Deliveries in, 14
  • Sieve for’ Coal and Cinders, 583
  • South Wales Collieries, Unrest at, 238
  • Coal—continued.
  • Staffordshire, Construction of Mine at Rugeley, 46
  • Staithes, Coal, at Derwenthaugh, 554
  • Steel Exchanged for Coal, 206 Underground Stowage of Pit Waste, 302 Warwickshire, Opencast Mining in, 334 Wear, Exports from, 462
  • Wear, Shipments from, 810
  • Welsh Coal Production, 366
  • West Midlands, Production Prospects of, 746 Whitsun, Absenteeism During, 747 Workshops, Central,for Colliery Repairs, 618 Yorkshire, Exports from, 522
  • Yorkshire, Improved Position of Coal Industry in, 586, 714
  • Yorkshire, Production by, 778
  • Colleges. See Education

Companies :

  • Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement C,o., Ltd., 618
  • A.B. Metal Products, Ltd., 618
  • Aero Research, Ltd., 580
  • Air Liaison, Ltd., 746
  • Aircraft Research Association, Ltd., 155
  • Airwork, Ltd., 134
  • Alginate Industries, Ltd., 398
  • Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., 398
  • Alpema Agricultural Machinery Development Co., Ltd., 476
  • Amplivox, Ltd., 67
  • Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., 172, 196, 331, 334, 347, 478, 506
  • Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., 397 Anglo-Scottish Tool Co., Ltd., 174 Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Ltd., 565 Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 601 Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., 714
  • Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 110, 618
  • Austin Motor Co. of South Africa, Pty., Ltd., 592
  • Avery, W. and T., Ltd., 270
  • Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 764
  • Baglah Engineering Co. (1919), Ltd., 398
  • Bakelite, Ltd., 110
  • Baker,- J., and Bessemer, Ltd., 142
  • Bangrin Tin Dredging and Siamese Tin Syndicate, Ltd., 810
  • Basrah Petroleum Co., Ltd., 37
  • Behr Manning Incorporated, 93
  • Belmos Co., Ltd., 238
  • Birmingham Small Arma Co., Ltd., 14 Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., 155 Blade Research and Development, Ltd., 554 Boliden Mining Co., 490
  • Booth and Co. (England), Ltd., 7
  • Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., 155
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 134, 155, 318, 322
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co. (Australia) Proprietary, Ltd., 322
  • British National Electrics, Ltd., 206
  • British Overseas Engineering and Construction Corporation, Ltd., 212
  • British Plaster Board, Ltd., 746
  • British Standard Electric Cable Co., Ltd., 334
  • British Tanker Co., Ltd., 618
  • British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 397, 618
  • British Xylonite Co., Ltd., 816
  • Briton Ferry Steel Co., Ltd;, 398
  • Brown Bayley’s Steels, Ltd., 650
  • Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., 586, 778
  • Cambrian Dress Products, Ltd., 78 Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., 724 Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., 714 C.A.V.,Ltd., 141
  • Chambers Bros., 14
  • Chance Brothers, Ltd., 110
  • Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., 24
  • China Tanker Co., Ltd., 430 Clayton-Wright, H., Ltd., 623 Cohen, G., Sons., and Co., Ltd., 662
  • Colville Group of Companies, 46
  • Colvilles, Ltd., 174, 492, 586 Commonwealth Engineering Co., Ltd., 7 Concrete, Ltd., 189
  • Consett Iron Co., Ltd., 682
  • Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 334, 586
  • Decca Navigation Co., Ltd., 329 de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 139, 173, 331 347 428
  • de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., 318, 423 Denny, W., and Brothers, Ltd., 430, 586 Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., 334 Dorman and Smith, Ltd.,, 270
  • Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., 810
  • Dubs and Co., 270
  • Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., 424
  • Ega Electric, Ltd., 174
  • Electrical Remote Control Co., Ltd., 593
  • Ellerman Lines, Ltd., 78
  • Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 96
  • Eltron (London), Ltd., 24
  • E.M.I. Factories, Ltd., 707
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., 655, 720
  • English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 554
  • Eyre Smelting Co., Ltd., 480
  • Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., 155
  • Federated Foundries, Ltd., 746
  • Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., 618
  • Ferguson, H„ Ltd., 206
  • Ferguson Radio Corporation, Ltd., 46
  • Ferguson Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 238 Fiberoid, Ltd., 238
  • Fife Coal Co., Ltd., 492
  • Firth, T., and J. Brown, Ltd., 618
  • Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Co., Ltd;, 366 Follard Aircraft, Ltd., 155
  • Fox, S., and Co., Ltd., 46, 430, 522
  • Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 46, 366, 778
  • Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., 554, 747 Garraway, Ltd., 792
  • Gaumont-British Instructional, Ltd., 657 General Electric Co., Ltd., 191, 318, 585, 660 Gibbons (Dudley), Ltd., 714
  • Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., 593, 747
  • Companies—continued.
  • Gray, W„ and Co., Ltd., 238, 618, 778
  • Greenwell, T. W., and Co., Ltd., 714
  • Hadley Shipping Co., Ltd., 192
  • Haldin and Co., Ltd., 714
  • Handley Page, Ltd., 155, 344
  • Hardypick, Ltd., 110
  • Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 430
  • Harris, L. G., Ltd., 650
  • Harrison, McGregor and Guest, Ltd., 14
  • Harrison, T. and J., Ltd., 810
  • Harts Hill Iron Co., Ltd., 810
  • Haward, E. R., Ltd., 190
  • Hawker Siddeley Group, 155, 593
  • Hawthorn, R. and W., Leslie and Co., Ltd., 14, 554, 618
  • Haybridge Steelworks (1945), Ltd., 810
  • Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 618
  • Helliwells, Ltd., 270
  • Hennebique Contracting Co., Ltd., 714 Herbert, A., Ltd., 263
  • High Duty Light Alloys, Ltd., 428
  • Hoover (Washing Machines), Ltd., 747, 811
  • Houlder Brothers <fc Co., Ltd., 192
  • Hunting Group of Companies, 472
  • Hurst Nelson and Co., Ltd., 206
  • Immingham Agency,, Ltd., 192
  • Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 14, 238, 334, 554, 618, 746, 778
  • Industrial Distributors (Sales), Ltd., 415
  • Innoxa Laboratories, 171
  • International Combustion, Ltd., 657
  • International Nickel Co. of Canada, 649
  • Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd., 283, 463
  • Jessop, W., and Sons, Ltd., 730
  • Kent, G., Ltd., 651
  • Lange, E. H., and Co., 583
  • Lees, J. B. and S., Ltd., 78
  • Lewis, J„ and Son, Ltd., 650
  • Llanelly Steel (1907) Co., Ltd., 492
  • Lloyd, F. H., and Co., Ltd., 78, 784
  • Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Co., Ltd., 746
  • Lydney Coach Works, Ltd., 366
  • Marconi International Marine Communication Co.; Ltd., 722
  • Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 98
  • Marley, W. H., and Co., Ltd., 23
  • Martin Black and Cd., Ltd., 366
  • Masonry Resurfacing and Construction Co., Ltd., 455
  • Masteradio, Ltd., 683
  • McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons, Ltd;, 152
  • McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 476
  • Mercantile Dry Dock Co., Ltd., 366
  • Metal Industries (Salvage), Ltd., 430
  • Metal Processes, Ltd., 11
  • Metro-Cutanit, Ltd., 730
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Pictures, Ltd., 476
  • Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock, Ltd., 618
  • Middle Docks and Engineering CQ., Ltd., 618
  • Midland Tar Distillers, Ltd., 206
  • Miller and Richard, 302
  • Minnesota Mining <fc Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 398
  • Moray Firth Seaweed Products, Ltd., 778
  • Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., 398
  • Muirhead and Co., Ltd., 491
  • Murphy Radio, Ltd., 46
  • National Refineries, Ltd., 110,142
  • Needham, Veall and Tyzack, Ltd., 78
  • Needle Industries, Ltd., 618
  • Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., 298
  • Newall Group Sales, Ltd., 404
  • Newman’s Tubes, Ltd., 682
  • Newton Chambers and Co., Ltd., 174,334, 746
  • Newton Victor, Ltd., 398
  • Normalair, Ltd., 270
  • North East Coast Yacht Building and Engineering Co., Ltd., 714
  • North Eastern Trading Estates, Ltd., 206, 746
  • Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 398, 554
  • Olley Air Services, Ltd., 462
  • Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd., 404
  • Owen Group of Companies, 11
  • Overseas Tankships (U.K.), Ltd., 554
  • Palmers (Hebburn) Co., Ltd., 78, 618
  • Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd., 810
  • Park Gate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 110
  • Pasolds, Ltd., 824
  • Pergamon Press, Ltd., 743
  • Petroleum Films Bureau, 77
  • Pickersgill, W., and Sons, Ltd., 714
  • Port Line, Ltd., 14
  • Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., 174
  • Preller’s and Samson’s Belting Co., 699
  • Protolite, Ltd., 583
  • Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 192
  • Rank, J., Ltd,., 398
  • Readhead, J., Sons and Co., Ltd., 554
  • Rees and Kirby, Ltd., 302
  • Rockingham Plate Ltd., 682
  • Roe, A. V., <fc Co., Ltd., 689
  • Roe, A. V. (Canada), Ltd., 308, 475
  • Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 155, 586, 714
  • Round Oak Steelworks, Ltd., 650
  • Rubery, Owen and Co.; Ltd., 11, 238
  • Scottish Industrial Estates, Ltd., 522
  • Scottish Oils, Ltd., 347
  • Scotts’ Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., 192
  • Shaw and M’Innes, 366
  • Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., 86
  • Shell Film Unit, 602
  • Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., 602, 778
  • Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., 506, 807
  • Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 347
  • Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd., 714
  • Skinningrove Iron Co., Ltd., 778
  • Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., 618, 778
  • Sobell Industries, Ltd., 46
  • Society for Visiting Students, Ltd., 506
  • Solway Chemicals, Ltd., 746
  • South Durham Steel and Iron Co., Ltd., 554
  • South Staffordshire Water Works Co., Ltd., 430
  • South Wales Switchgear, Ltd., 78,174
  • Speirs, Ltd., 810
  • Standard Motor Cd., Ltd., 14, 206
  • C ompanies—continued.
  • Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd., 75
  • Steel Co. of Scotland, Ltd., 238
  • Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 142, 174, 189, 206, 334, 398, 492, 618, 639
  • Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., 78, 302, 430, 554
  • Stephenson and Hawthorn, Ltd., 746
  • Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 142, 238, 334, 462, 810
  • Structural and Mechanical Engineers1, Ltd., (S.M.D.), 348
  • Summers, J., and Co., Ltd., 174
  • Sunvic Controls, Ltd., 64
  • Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 522, 618, 810
  • Tarslag, Ltd., 810
  • Taylor, C. W., and Co., Ltd., 46
  • Tees Navigation Co., Ltd., 778
  • Thomas, R., and Baldwins, Ltd., 492 Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., 807 Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., 807
  • Unit Construction Co., Ltd., 7
  • Union-Castle Steamship Co., Ltd., 227
  • United Africa Co., Ltd., 60
  • United Coke and Chemicals Co.., Ltd., 78
  • United Steel Cos., Ltd., 366, 430, 565 Vaughan, E„ and Co., Ltd., 817
  • Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 78,155, 462, 586, 714, 810
  • Vokes, Ltd., 778
  • Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co., Ltd., 192, 618
  • Warne, Wright and Rowland, Ltd., 746
  • Wellings, T. B., and Co., Ltd., 746
  • Wellington Tube Co., Ltd., 810
  • Westclox, Ltd., 302
  • Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 109
  • Westland Aircraft Ltd., 155
  • Whessoe, Ltd., 402
  • Wilkins, J., and Co., Ltd., 413
  • Woodward, Grosvenor and Co., Ltd., 462 Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 142 World Tankers Corporation of Liberia, 462 Wraight, F. L., and Co., Ltd., 398
  • Zammit, J. and P„ Ltd., 492
  • Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Contracts :

  • 31, 43, 76,184, 246, 288, 349, 383, 429, 479, 538, 572,. 636, 668, 683, 759
  • Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 572, 683
  • Aiton and Co,, Ltd., 43
  • Alexander, G. H., Machinery, Ltd., 759 Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 43 (3), 246, 429, 683 (2)
  • Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., 636 Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., 31
  • Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd., 246
  • Brims and Co., Ltd., 683
  • Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 31,184
  • British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 683
  • British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd., 429, 538
  • British Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., 429 British Polar Engines, Ltd., 288, 349, 683 British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 31, 43 (2), 429, 683
  • British Timken, Ltd., 668
  • British United Traction Ltd., 76 Brotherhood, P., Ltd., 184
  • Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., 31, 76, 572
  • Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., 31, 668'
  • Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., 43 (2), 429
  • Bull’s Metal and Melloid Co., Ltd., 383 Burmeister and Wain, Ltd., 349
  • Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 246,288, .383,572,683
  • B. V.C. Industrial Constructors, Ltd., 683 Cable Belt, Ltd., 31
  • Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., 479
  • Central Marine Engine Works of W. Gray and Co., Ltd., 683
  • Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd.', 43 (2), 246 Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Ltd., 479 Crompton Parkinson <fc Co., Ltd., 31 (2) Crossley Bros., Ltd., 43
  • Crypton Equipment Ltd., 31
  • Darlington Forge, Ltd., 683
  • Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 349
  • Demolition and Construction Co., Ltd., 31, 76 Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., 538, 759 Easten, S., Ltd., 538
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., 43 (4), 429 (3). 479, 538, 668
  • English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 683 Fairclough Ltd., 668, 759
  • Ferguson, H„ Ltd., 31
  • Ferranti, Ltd., 429
  • Fletcher and Co. (Contractors), Ltd., 288 General Electric Co., Ltd., 43, 184, 429 (2), 538, 572
  • Gleeson, M. J. (Contractors), Ltd., 683 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd., 31
  • Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd., 349 Gray, W„ and Co., Ltd., 683, 759
  • Guy Motors, Ltd., 479
  • Hackbridge and Hewittic Co;, Ltd'., 246, 429 Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., 288
  • Handley Page, Ltd., 636
  • Handley Page (Reading), Ltd., 636 Hawker-Siddeley Group, 184
  • Hawthorn, R. <fc W., Leslie and Co., Ltd., 246, 1 479
  • i Hick, Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., 43 (2), 429 Holmes, C. D., and Co., Ltd., 479
  • Horseley Bridge and Thos. Piggott, Ltd., 246 Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 31
  • International Combustion Ltd., 43 (3) Jarvis, J., and Sons, Ltd., 246
  • Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 43
  • Kilpatrick, J., and Son, Ltd., 184
  • , Kincaid, J. G., and Co., Ltd., 246, 288, 349 Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., 246
  • Lancashire Dynamo Group, 81
  • Contracts—continued.
  • Leyland Motors, Ltd., 759 Livesey and Hendeson, 31
  • Lobnitz and Co., Ltd., 479
  • Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., 184, 668, 759
  • Mellowes and Co., Ltd., 31
  • Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., 683 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 43 (3), 429
  • Mills Scaffold Co., Ltd., 76
  • Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., 636 Mitchell Engineering Co., Ltd., 43, 429 Mitchell, J., and Son, Ltd., 479
  • Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd., 636
  • North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. (1938), Ltd., 349, 683
  • Palmers (Hebburn) Co., Ltd., 759
  • Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., 429, 538 (2), 683 Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., 184 Pirelli-General Cable Works Ltd., 184 Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 429, 538 Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., Ltd., 43 Robb, H., Ltd., 683
  • Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., 184
  • Rosser and Russell, Ltd., 288
  • Scott and Sons, 43
  • Simon-Carves, Ltd., 43 (3), 246, 683 Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., 759
  • Stephen, A., and Sons, Ltd;, 383 Stirling Boiler Co., Ltd., 43 Sulzer Bros. (London), Ltd-, 31
  • Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 759
  • Thompson, J., Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., 246 Thompson, J. L., and Sons, Ltd., 538 “ Twisteel ” Reinforcement Ltd., 668 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., 184, 246, 383, 668 Waddington, A., and Son, 683
  • Watsham’s, Ltd., 429
  • Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., 31 Worthington-Simpson, Ltd.,.429
  • Yarrow and Co., Ltd., 43
  • Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Co., Ltd., 43

Cranes and Conveyors :

  • Conveying, Crushing arid Grinding Machines (Trade Publication), 572
  • Hoists and Cranes (Trade Publication). 667
  • Hoists and Cranes, Overhead Electric (Trade Publication), 667
  • Lifting and Handling Equipment (Trade Publication), 795
  • Materials Handling Equipment (Trade Publication), 448
  • Mechanical Handling Equipment (Trade Publication), 316, 795
  • Mechanical Handling, Films on, 762
  • Mining Conveyor Systems (Trade Publication), 63
  • Pneumatic Conveying (Trade Publication), 255
  • Pulleys (Trade Publication), 795
  • Pulley Blocks, Electric-Tractor, Unit for (Trade Publication), 828
  • V-Belt Drives and Bushes (Trade Publication), 795

Education :

  • Aeronautical Research Fellowship, Cran- field, 655, 720
  • Apprentices, Steelworks, Exchanges between England and Germany, 270
  • Apprentices’ Visit to da Vinci Exhibition, 618
  • Apprenticeship QuestioriS, Review of, 430 Austria, Metallurgical Lectures in, 602 Birmingham College of. Technology, Metrology Laboratory at, 618
  • Boilermen, Classes for, 462
  • Bristol University, Conferment of Degrees at, 31
  • Bursary, Travelling, Old N’lons, 32
  • Cambridge University Educational Film Council, 619
  • Cambridge University Engineers’ Association, 688
  • Caroline Haslett Trust, Travelling Exhibitions of, 527
  • Competitions, Design of Ships’ Cabins, 174; Institute of Metals, 284
  • Conferences, Fuel and Power Shortage, 96; High-Tension Electrical Transmission', 109 ; Human Relations in Industry, 212 ; Information in Industry, 235 ; Aslib Aeronautical Group, 246; Hydraulics, 341; Scrap-Metal Merchants, 682
  • Congresses, World Petroleum 329 ; Industrial Heat and Applied Thermodynamics, 651; Health, 779
  • Conventions on Electrical Contracts, 32 ; British Electrical Power, 379
  • Courses, Industrial Safety, 78 ; Electronics, 169 ; Welded Structures, 196; Management for Foremen, 237; High-Voltage Circuit-Breakers, 244; British Council, 284 ; Information Work, 406 ; Applied Sciences, 406; Work Study, 423 ; for University Students, 424 ; United States Metallurgical Industry, 502; Public- Health Engineering, 645
  • Durham University, Proposed Change of Name, 381
  • Education in Scotland, Report of Advisory Council on, 430
  • Ellis, S. J., Memorial to, 650
  • Engineering Training Mission to Latin America-, 604
  • Examinations, Institution of Metallurgists, 246
  • Exhibitions, Travelling, Caroline Haslett I Trust, 527
  • Foremen, Steelworks, Conference of, 238, 398 Founders’ Company, Fellowships of, 446 Foundry School at Burbank, 746
  • , Horology, National College of, Prospectus, 826
  • Juvenile Employees, Character Development Among, 650
  • I King’s College,. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Overcrowding at, 238
  • Education—continued.
  • Latin America, Engineering Training Mission to, 604
  • Lectures, on Corrosion, 54; Institute of Metals “ May,” 182 ; Diamond Tools, 192; Education for Management, 212, Prestressed Concrete, 256; Fifth Louis BlSriot, 268 ; Ferraris Disc, 294 ; Heat Treatment of Metals, 320 ; Hydro-Electric Power Development, 555 ; Metallurgical, in Austria, 602; Road Materials and Construction, 807
  • Leicester College of Technology and Commerce, Library at, 31
  • Leicester College of Technology, New Premises for, 366
  • Mercantile Marine Engineer Officers, Training of, 248
  • Microscopy, Electron, Instruction on, 270
  • Outward Bound Mountain School, Attendance of Young Employees at, 650
  • Overseas’ Science Students’ Association, 506 Photo-Elasticity, Summer School on, 795 Premiums for'Technical Writing, 745
  • Reading University Museum, Acquisition of Edge-Runner Mill, 778
  • Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Extensions to, 430
  • Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Research at, 238
  • Rutherford Scholarship, First, 609
  • Scholarships and Grants, Aeronautical, 317 ; Application of Light Alloys to Ship Construction, 355; Rutherford, 609; Marine Radio Officers, 722
  • Sheffield, College of Commerce and Technology for, 586
  • Students, Vacation Work for, 682
  • Symposiums, Physical Chemistry of Structural Changes in Solids, 86 ; Mechanical Properties of Plastics, 212 ; Fatigue of Personnel, 277 ; Simplification in Stainless-Steel Specifications, 397; Concrete Shell Roof Construction, 649
  • Technical Writing, Premiums for, 745 Thomas Gray Memorial Trust, 446 University Graduates, Industrial Posts for, 586
  • University Students, Vacation Courses for, 424
  • University Training of Men for Industry, 554 Vacation Work for Students, 682
  • Warren Research Fund Committee, 106
  • Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College, Extensionsto, 270,554 ; Proposed Change of Name, 366

Electricity :

  • Accumulators, Alkaline (Trade Publication), 667
  • Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, Reinforced - Concrete Construction at, 152
  • Ammeters, Alternating-Current (Trade Publication), 795
  • Amplifiers, Photo-Electric, Auxiliary Relay for, 660
  • Atomic Energy, Electric Power from, 19 Bridgend, Electricity Breakdown at, 683 British Broadcasting Corporation, Courses Arranged by, 284
  • British Electrical Power Convention, 24,379, 816
  • Bulk Electricity Supply, Charges for, 283
  • Bunanuisg Power Station, Extensionsto,430 Cable Couplers, Bolted Flameproof (Tra<Je Publication), 255
  • Cable, Electric, Manufacture at Carlin, 334 Cable Erection by Helicopter, 14
  • Cables Non-Draining, Mass-Impregnated (Trade Publication), 448
  • Cables, Overhead, in Lakeland, 492
  • Cable Repairs, Electric Vulcaniser for (Trade Publication), 700
  • Cable-Testing Equipment (Trade Publication), 828
  • Carlisle to Stella Power Transmission Line, 746
  • Charges for Electricity Current, Increases in, 110
  • Circuit-Breakers (Trade Publication), 29
  • Circuit-Breaker, Air, Tests of (Trade Publication), 795
  • Circuit-Breakers, High-Voltage, Course on, 244
  • Circuit-Breaker, Miniature, 270
  • Clyde’s Mill Power Station, 334 Colliery, All-Electric, 810
  • Contactor, Midget, for Starting Motors, 593 Control Boards, Electrical (Trade Publication), 667
  • Controllers, Contactor, Cam-Operated (Trade Publication), 29
  • Cookers, Electric, for Blind, 191
  • Cords, Electric, Flexible (Trade Publication), 448
  • Cubicles, Control and Relay (Trade Publication), 795
  • Dalmarnock Power Station, Extensions to, 206
  • Diagrams, Mosaic, for Control Rooms (Trade Publication), 255
  • “ Direct Current,” New Quarterly Publication, 792
  • Earphone, Magnetic, Miniature, 67 Electrical Contracts, Convention on, 32 Electrical Current Consumption in Midlands, 110
  • Electrical Power Convention, British, 24, 379, 816
  • Electricity Supplies, Cost of, 430, 462
  • Electronics Course at Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 169
  • Electronics Exhibition, 793
  • Fluorescent Tubes (Trade Publication), 828 Furnaces, Electric (Trade Publication), 732 Generating Plant Programmes, 816
  • Generation in Great Britain, 32, 127, 283, 412, 570
  • Grid, Highland, Projected Extension of, 498 Guildford Power Station, Boiler Explosion at, Erratum, 29
  • Hackney Power Station, Extension to, 569
  • Electricity—continued.
  • Hams Hall Power Station, Extensionsto, 778
  • Heaters, High-Frequency, Hand Applicator for, 707
  • Heaters, Induction, 25-kW (Trade Publication), 795
  • High-Tension Electrical Transmission, Conference on, 109
  • Hydro-Electric Power Development, Lectures on, 555
  • Infra-Red Heating for Wood Finishing (Trade Publication), 384
  • Inverters and Rectifiers, Mercury-Arc (Trade Publication), 448
  • Kirk o’ Shotts, Television Station at, 78
  • Lighting, Combined Mercury-Arc and Tungsten, 585
  • Lighting Fittings, Fluorescent (Trade Publication), 151
  • Lighting, Fluorescent, Fittings for (Trade Publication), 572
  • Lighting Installations (Trade Publication), 667
  • Link' Blocks, Terminal (Trade Publication), 151
  • Load Spreading, Probable End of, 142
  • Loud Speakers (Trade Publication), 572
  • Low-Voltage Equipment for Trolley-’Buses (Trade Publication), 151
  • Marconi, Commemorative Plaque to, 490
  • Mosaic Diagrams for Control Rooms (Trade Publication), 255
  • Motor-Control Panels, Direct-Current (Trade Publication), 151
  • Motors, Electric (Trade Publication), 151, 480
  • Motors, Squirrel-Cage, High-Torque (Trade Publication), 448
  • Motors, Starting, Midget Contactor for, 593 Multiplier, Electronic, 270
  • North Eastern Electricity Board, Quarterly Report of, 554
  • North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Bill, 270, 651
  • Ontario, Electricity Supply in, Erratum, 298 Pedestrian-Controlled Traffic Lights, 522 Polarised Track Relay, “ Brown,” 260 Power Cuts, Avoidance of, on North-East Coast, 302
  • Power Cuts, Electric, 386
  • Power Cuts, Freedom from, in Sheffield, 14
  • Power Stations for British Electricity Authority, 190
  • Power Stations, Extensions to, 553, 569
  • Power Transmission Line, Carlisle to Stella, 746
  • Pump, Suds, Electric (Trade Publication), 151
  • Radio and Electronics Exhibition, India, 508, 811
  • Radio Industry Council, 745
  • Radiology, Industrial (Trade Publication), 828
  • Rectifiers and Inverters, Mercury-Arc (Trade Publication), 448
  • Refinery, Electronically-Controlled, 334
  • Relay, Auxiliary, for Photo-Electric Amplifiers, 660
  • Relay, Mercury-Tube, Tilting (Trade Publication), 572
  • Richard L. Hearn Power Station, Toronto, 396
  • Rural Electrification in North-East Coast, 142
  • Scotland, Electricity Supply in, 60
  • Scotland, Schemes for Transmission of Electricity in. 650
  • Scottish Electricity Supply, Improvements in, 142
  • Searchlight Projectors (Trade Publication), 384
  • Signalling, All-Electric, in Brazil, 109
  • Solenoids (Trade Publication), 96
  • South Wales Electricity Board, Activities of, 651
  • Speed-Indicating Equipment, Electrical (Trade Publication), 29
  • Starters, Contactor, Direct-On (Trade Publication), 29
  • Starters, Motor (Trade Publication), 29
  • Switches, Knife, Quick-Break (Trade Publication), 795
  • Switchgear, Flameproof (Trade Publication), 107
  • Switchgear, Industrial (Trade Publications), 700, 795
  • Switchgear, Metalclad (Trade Publications), 151,255
  • Traffic Lights, Pedestrian-Controlled, 522
  • Telephone Developments in Sheffield, 398
  • Telephones, Intercommunication (Trade Publication), 29
  • Telephone Selector Equipment (Trade Publication), 828
  • Telephone Service Congestion, 424
  • Telephone Statistics of World, 609
  • Television, British Contribution to, Erratum, 619
  • Television Components (Trade Publication), 572
  • (Television on North-East Coast,' 110, 174
  • Television Station at Kirk o’ Shotts, 78
  • Television, Underwater, 98
  • Transformers, Current (Trade Publication), 384
  • Tubes, Fluorescent (Trade Publication), 828
  • Tubes, Mercury-Arc. (Trade Publication), 795
  • Valves, Electronic (Trade Publication), 828 Voltmeters, Alternating-Current (Trade Publication, 795
  • Vulcaniser, Electric, for Cable Repairs (Trade Publication), 700
  • Wolverhampton Power Station, Return to Service of, 618

Engines and Boilers :

  • Beam Engine, Breakdown of, 810
  • Boiler Explosion at Guildford Power Station, Erratum, 29
  • Boiler-Plant Performance in Hospitals, Records of, 203
  • Boilermen, Classes for, 462
  • Engines and Boilers—continued.
  • Control System for Steam Plants, 96 Economisers (Trade Publication), 151 Steam Plants, Control System for, 96 Steam Turbines (Trade Publication), 795

Errata and Addenda :

  • Boiler Explosion at Guildford Power Station, 29
  • “ Dri-Por ” Method of Repairing Concrete Piles, 455
  • Electricity Supply in Ontario, 298
  • Engineering Outlook, 297
  • Flying Boat, Future of, 592
  • Late Mr. W. H. Williams, 191
  • Launches and Trial Trips, 192
  • Light-Alloy Pressure Die-Casting Foundry, 428
  • Low-Temperature Physics, 743
  • Physical Society’s Exhibition, 491 Reinforced-Concrete Construction at Acton Lane “ B ” Power Station, 152
  • Research in Friction and Wear, 722 Television, British Contribution to, 619 Temperature Regulator, Compensated, 64 Turbo-Alternators, 100-MW, at Richard L.
  • Hearn Station, Toronto, 396
  • “ Vanguard,” H.M.S., 53
  • Waste-Heat Recovery Plant, 824

Exhibitions :

  • Agricultural Machinery, Belgium, 723 British Industries Fair, 110, 142, 522, 618, 650
  • Brussels Motor Show, 110
  • Building Plant, Cardiff, 625
  • Business Efficiency, 142, 270
  • Cleveland Iron and Steel Exposition, 486 da Vinci, Apprentices’ Visit to, 618 Electrical Engineers’, 230
  • Electronics, 793
  • Fitters and Silencers, Manchester, 778
  • Flying Display and Exhibition at Farnborough, 19, 745
  • Industrial Physics, Glasgow, 778
  • Industrial Safety, Birmingham, 110
  • Instrument Congress and Exposition, First International, 655
  • Measuring Equipment, 263
  • Modern Swedish Architecture, 308 Northern Productivity, Newcastle, 46 Permanent Trade Exhibition in Midlands 398
  • Physical Society, 491
  • Radio and Electronics, India, 508, 811
  • Royal Agricultural Show, 329
  • South Bank, 662
  • Explosions. See Accidents
  • Explosives. See Guns and Explosives

Gas and Gasworks :

  • Bewdley Gasworks, Closure of, 46, 462
  • Butane, Use in Rural Areas, 142
  • Furnaces, Gas (Trade Publication), 732
  • Gas, Rise in Price of, 142
  • Gaseous Discharge, Low-Pressure, Research on,106
  • Irvine Gasworks, Extensions at, 682
  • Meters, Flow (Trade Publication), 448
  • Methane Gas, Supplies of, 430
  • Methane Gas, Transfer from Mine to Surface, 366
  • Methane Gas, Industrial and Domestic Uses of, 683
  • Midlands, Gas Supplies in, 714
  • Natural Gas in North Yorkshire, Search for, 238
  • Newton-on-Ayr, Gasholder for, 522
  • North-East Coast, Gas Grid System for, 14 Noxious Gases, Control of, 618
  • Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., Progress of, 174
  • Propane for Lighting Buoys, 334
  • Research Policy in Gas Industry, 411
  • Sheffield, Gas Supply in, 78

Gas and Oil Engines :

  • Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Engines, 601
  • Compressor Blades for Aero Engines, Dimensioning, 519
  • Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 29
  • Diesel-Engine Factory, Licence for, 522
  • Doxford Diesel Engines, Construction at Aberdeen, 650
  • Drilling Rig Unit, Diesel-Engined (Trade Publication), 795
  • Gas-Turbine Alternator in Anris, 397
  • Gas-Turbine Blades, Factory for Finishing, 554
  • Internal-Combustion Engines, Preheating of, 24
  • Jet Propulsion (Trade Publication), 255
  • Orenda Jet Engines, 308, 475

Guns and Explosives :

  • Birmingham Gun Trade, 492
  • High Callerton Explosives Store, 746

Harbours, Docks, Piers and Rivers :

  • Dee, River, Estuary, Work on, 302
  • Dock Gates, Welded, for Port of London, 682
  • Dock Improvements at West Hartlepool, 238 Glamorgan, River Pollution at, 810 Grangemouth Harbour, Facilities at. 778 Isle of Jura, Construction of Pier at, 650 Kyle Ferry Pier, Reconstruction Work on, 492
  • Larne Harbour, Extensions at, 46
  • Mid Yell Pier, Construction of, 492
  • Peterhead Harbour, Improvements to, 778 River Pollution, 206, 522, 810
  • Severn, Land Movement on Banks of, 174 Taff River, Silting of, 174
  • Tees,- River, Conservancy Commission, Revenue of, 206
  • I Tees, River, Prevention of Pollution on, 206
  • Harbours, Docks, Piers and Rivers— continued.
  • Tyne Dock Ore-Discharging Quay, 714
  • Wear, Prevention of Pollution on, 206
  • West Hartlepool, Dock Improvements at, 238

Hydraulics :

  • Aircraft Equipment, Hydraulic (Trade Publication), 667
  • Fifth Hydraulics Conference, Iowa, 341
  • Hydraulic Marking Machine (Trade Public- tion), 29
  • Hydraulics Research Laboratory, Contract for, 810

Industries and Commerce :

  • Aberdale Aeronautical Factory to Make Tubing, 270
  • Aircraft Export Possibilities, 803
  • Aluminium, Virgin, Price Increase of, 478
  • American Industry in Northern Ireland, 93
  • American Steel, Imports of, 302
  • Australian Import Cuts, Effects of, 366, 430, 618, 682, 746
  • Barcaldine Seaweed Factory, Closure of, 398
  • Black Country Factory, Sale of, 810
  • Blyth, Coal Traffic at, 682
  • British Industries Fair, Accommodation for Visitors at, 110 ; Admission Charges at, 142
  • British Industries Fair Publicity, Criticism of, 522
  • Bulk Electricity Supply, Charges for, 283
  • Call-Up, National-Service, Effects on Industry,- 270
  • Centenary, Deptford Belting Co., 699
  • Civil Defence in Factories, 650
  • Coal, Exports of, 110, 682
  • Coal, Price Structure for, 771
  • Competition in Sheffield Steel Trade, 14
  • Contracts, Government, Placing with Private Firms, 366
  • Copper Prices, Increase in, 457
  • Copper Prices, Reduction of, 506
  • Cutlery for Jugoslavia, 682
  • Cutlery Manufacture by Engineering Processes, 238
  • Cutlery Manufacture, Sheffield, 78,110, 206, 238, 334, 398, 430, 462, 492
  • Cutlery Research Council, 270
  • Defence Orders Received in Midlands, 14,462 Derelict Land, Use for, 810
  • Development Charges on Industry, 522
  • Diamond-Tool Industry in 1951, 376
  • Dowlais, South Wales, Factory to Change Ownership, 14
  • Engineering-Trade Opportunities, Loss of, 430
  • Engineering Training Mission to Latin America, 604
  • Exports, Effects of Concealed Unemployment on. 110
  • Factory, Black Country, Sale of, 810
  • Factory Facilities in Northern Ireland, 699
  • Factories, “ Flatted,” at Walsall, 238
  • Factories, War-Damaged, Repair of, 301
  • Families, Visits to Works by, 618
  • Foremen, Course on Management for, 237
  • Foremen, Steelworks, Conferences of, 238, 398
  • France, Coal Exports to, 462
  • Gas Prices, Rise in, 142
  • German Competition with Sheffield, 78, 778
  • Glasgow, Coal Exports from, 462
  • Grangemouth, Industrial Development of, 746
  • “ Hints to Business Men,” Handbooks on, 500, 763
  • Imported Machinery, Suspension of Duty-' Free Licences for, 421
  • Information in Industry, Conference on, 235
  • Iron Ore, Imports of, 740
  • Iron and Steel, Import Licensing Control of, 594
  • Ladle Linings for Finland, 14
  • Lanarkshire, Industrial Development of, 462
  • Lanarkshire Industrial Estates, Progress at, 302
  • Lead, Prices of, 602, 619
  • Lead, Scrap, Removal of Price Control on, 281
  • Leith, Import Trade of, 554
  • Lock Trade, Recruitment of Boys for, 682
  • Management, Task of, 462
  • Manufacturers, National Union of, 174
  • Methane, Industrial Uses of, 683
  • Motor Cars, Exports of, 294, 555
  • Newcastle, Northern Productivity Exhibition at, 46
  • Newport, Development of, 779
  • North-East Coast, Development Prospects of, 522
  • North-East Engineering Bureau, Annual Report of, 302
  • North Eastern Trading Estates, Development of, 746
  • North Eastern Trading Estates, Progress of, 206
  • Nuts and Bolts, Increased Prices for, 333
  • Productivity Team, American, in Birmingham, 366
  • Re-Armament Orders, Priority of, 554
  • Research, Help for Industry, 174
  • River Tyne, Import and Export Trade on, 564
  • Road-Haulage Rates, Increase in, 430
  • Rural Works, Use of Butane in, 142
  • Scotland, Trade Position in, 14
  • Scottish Steel, Prices of, 302
  • Seaweed, Products from, 778
  • Sheffield Cutlery Trade, 78, 110, 206, 238, 334, 398, 430, 462, 492
  • Sheffield Lighter Steel Industries, Export Difficulties of, 586, 778
  • “ Sheffield, Made in,” Use of Trade Mark, 334
  • Sheffield, New Factories in, 110
  • Smethwick, Concentration of Industry in, 206
  • South Wales Imports and Exports, 110
  • South Wales, New Contracts for, 586
  • Industries and Commerce—continued.
  • South Wales Ports, Facilities at, 810
  • South Wales Ports, Traffic at, 206, 334, 714
  • Swansea Imports and Exports, 747
  • Tees, River, Conservancy Commission, Centenary of, 778
  • Tees, River, Conservancy Commission, Trading Statistics of, 206, 618, 778
  • Tees-Side Ports, Trade Statistics of, 334, 492
  • Tin-Plate Output, Record, 639
  • Tyneside, Export Statistics of, 650
  • Type Foundry, Closing of, 302
  • University Training of Men for Industry, 554 Wear, River, Trade on, 46, 650, 746, 810 Wellfleld Works, Purchase of, 492
  • Welsh Board for Industry, Meeting of, 334
  • Wolverhampton, Classified Trades in, Directory of, 78
  • Wolverhampton, Industrial Developments at, 430
  • Yugoslavia, Cutlery for, 682
  • Institutions. See Associations; and Technical Societies
  • Internal-Combustion Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel :

  • Aberdeen, Demands for Steel in, 78
  • Absenteeism at Steelworks, 110
  • Apprentices, Steelworks, Exchange Between England and Germany, 270
  • Bar Mill at Port Talbot, 206, 334, 398
  • Bilston, Furnace Relining at, 238
  • Bilston Steelworks, Output at, 142
  • Blast-Furnace Coke, Quality of, 78
  • Board of Trade Regulations, Hampering Effect on Steel Exports, 618
  • Briton Ferry Rolling Mill, Record Production at, 110
  • Castings, Steel, Production at Darlaston, 78 Cleveland Iron and Steel Exposition, 486 Cleveland Iron and Steel Industry, 46, 78, 110, 142, 174, 302, 586
  • Coal Welsh, Exchanged for Overseas Steel, 206
  • Cold-Reduction Steel Plant, Site for, 618 Colville Group, Steel Production by, 46 Competition in Sheffield Steel Trade, 14 Cutlery Trade, Steel for, 462
  • Drop-Forging Industry Accident, 366 Economies in Steel Production, 238 Factory Requests for More Steel, 398
  • Forge, Historic, at Wortley Ironworks, 174 Foundries, Iron, Output from, 365
  • Foundry, Steel, Film bn, 784
  • Furnace, Blast, Break-Out at Bilston, 810 Furnace, Blast, at Middlesbrough, 714 Furnace, Blast, at Skinningrove, 778 Furnace, Open-Hearth, Alternative Fuels for, 430
  • Furnace Relining at Bilston, 238
  • Hand-Tool Industry, Sheffield Steel for, 206 Ingots from America, 302
  • Inspection, Problems Relating to, 430 Iron-Ore Cargo, Rapid Discharge of, 778 Iron Ore, United Kingdom Imports of, 740 Iron and Steel Board, Formation of, 746 Iron and Steel, Import Licensing Control of, 594
  • Italians, Transfer from Collieries to Steel- Plate Industry, 715
  • Japanese Steel, Import of, 270, 334
  • Japanese Steel for Clyde, 398
  • Japanese Steel for Sheffield, 174
  • Ladle of 175-tons Capacity, 174 .Ladle Linings for Finland, 14 Lancashire Steel Industry, 398
  • Lancashire and Yorkshire, Steel Allocations in, 206
  • Levelling Machines, Roller (Trade Publication), 63
  • Llangyfelach, New Works at, 302
  • Midlands, Steel Supplies in, 398, 586
  • Midlands Steel Industry, Distribution of Steel to, 206, 270
  • Mo-i-Rana Steelworks, Norway, 586
  • North-East Coast Iron and Steel Industry, 398
  • Norwegian Steelworks, Model at, 586
  • Ore Shipments for Cumberland Delayed by Storms, 142
  • Pig Iron for Steel Manufacture, 237, 302
  • Production Statistics for United Kingdom, 359, 810
  • Quotas, Possibility of Increase in, 270
  • Rationing of Steel in Midlands, 46
  • Rationing of Steel in Sheffield, 46
  • Reclamation Centre for Colliery Steel Scrap, 334
  • Re-Rolling, Shortage of Steel for, 78
  • Research by British Iron and Steel Research Association, 810
  • Research Station, Steel, 238
  • ? Rolled Sections from Railway Rails, 810
  • Roller-Levelling Machines (Trade Publication), 63
  • Rolling-Mill Plant, Model of, 586
  • Rolling-Mill Plant Reconstruction in Turkey, 334
  • Rolling Mill, Obsolescent, Replacement of, 334
  • Rolling Mills, Reduction of Shifts at, 334 Rolling-Mill Rolls (Trade Publication), 63 Rolling Mills, Short-Time Working at, 238 Salvage Drive in Yorkshire Area, 46 Scotland, Iron and Steel Production in, 110, 206, 238, 492, 586, 650
  • Scotland, Steel Distribution in, 270
  • Scottish Iron and Steel Production, 366, 778
  • Scottish Ironworks, Construction and Modernisation of, 174
  • Scottish Steel Prices, 302
  • Scrap-Metal Campaign at Newcastle, Intensification of, 682
  • Scrap-Metal Collection in Rural Areas, 398, 522
  • Scrap-Metal Collection in Shropshire, 206 Scrap Metal Merchants, Conference of, 682 Scrap Metal Position in South Wales, 78 Scrap Metal Recovery from Old Tramway Bails, 142
  • Iron and Steel—continued.
  • Scrap Metal Shortage in Scotland, 78, 206
  • Scrap Metal from Wrecked Ship, 302
  • Scrap, Steel, Collection of, 778
  • Sheffield Imports of Japanese Steel, 174
  • Sheffield Imports of United States Steel, 78
  • Sheffield Steel Industry, 142, 238
  • Shipbuilding, Steel for, 46, 110, 682, 810
  • Silicosis Research at Steelworks, 682
  • South Wales, Steel Production in, 78
  • Stainless Steels, “ Enchiridion,” Publication
  • on, 416
  • Stainless-Steel Specifications, Symposium on, 397
  • Steel Board, Proposed, Attitude of Drop Forgers to, 302
  • Steels, Chromium, Production of, 522
  • Steel Co. of Wales, Finances of, 174
  • Steel Distribution Scheme, Amendments to,
  • 180
  • Steel Exports, Restrictions on; 714
  • Steel, Quenching of, 817
  • Steel Sheet Piling at Frodingham, 565
  • Steel and Steel Products (Trade Publication), 352
  • Steels, Tool, Heat Treatment of (Trade Publication), 700
  • Steelworks Products (Trade Publication), 192
  • Strip Mills, Electrical Equipment for (Trade Publication), 384
  • Structural Steel Design, Brochure on, 601
  • Swansea, Steel Shipments from, 462
  • Tube Mill, American Yoder, 682
  • United States, Steel Imports from, 462, 492, 618, 746
  • United States Steel for Sheffield, 78
  • Valves, Iron and Steel, 763
  • Wear Iron-Ore Imports, 462
  • Welsh Steel and Iron Production, 189, 238, 366, 522
  • Wheels, Steel, Improvislon in Manufacture of, 142
  • Wortley Ironworks, Historic Forge at, 174 Labour Questions. See Trade Societies, Etc. Lighting. See Electricity; and. Gas Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX Locomotives. See Railways and Locomotives

Machine and Other Tools :

  • Aircraft Tools (Trade Publication), 480
  • Diamond-Tool Industry in 1951, 376
  • Diamond Tools, Lecture on, 192
  • Grinding Wheels, Truing of, 415
  • Hand-Tool Industry, Sheffield, Steel for, 206
  • Milling Cutter, Shell Face, 583
  • Optical Measuring Tools, Demonstrations of, 404
  • Prehistoric Toolbox, 682
  • Saws, Band (Trade Publication), 828
  • Saw, Bench, Pedestal-Type, 75
  • Saw, Chain, Pneumatic (Trade Publication), 151
  • Sawing Machine, Band (Trade Publication),
  • 480
  • Marine Engineering. See Engines and
  • Boilers; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Alloys, Light, for Ship Construction, Scholarship on, 355
  • Aluminium-Alloy Canteen Buildings, 348
  • Alumlnium-Alloy Castings and Forgings (Trade Publication), 316
  • Aluminium and Aluminium-Alloy Specification (Trade Publication), 732
  • Aluminium-Bronze Die Castings (Trade Publication), 700
  • Aluminium, Virgin, Price Increase of, 478
  • Anhydrite Mining in Cumberland, 746
  • Asbestos Insulation, Factory for Production of, 724
  • Boliden Mining Co., Sweden, Activities of, 490
  • Brass and Iron Founding (Trade Publication), 283
  • Bronze-Aluminium Die Castings (Trade Publication), 700
  • Carmock, Mining Under Town of, 334
  • Coke, Metallurgical, Requirements of, 586
  • Colour Chart of Metal Finishes, 413
  • Copper: Its Ores, Mining and Extraction
  • (Trade Publication), 283
  • Copper Prices, Increase in, 457
  • Copper, Price Reductions in, 506
  • Copper and Zinc, Prohibited Uses of, 96
  • Corrosion, Lectures on, 54
  • Die Castings, Aluminium-Bronze (Trade
  • Publication), 700
  • Drilling and Pneumatic Equipment (Trade Publication), 828
  • Engineers, Mining, Shortage of, 366
  • Forging, Film on, 764
  • Founders’ Company Fellowships, 446
  • Foundry, Die-Casting, Light Alloy, 428
  • Foundry Extension at South Shields, 40
  • Foundry School at Bumbank, Falkirk, 746
  • Furnaces, Blast, in South Wales, 302
  • Furnaces and Furnace Atmospheres (Trade Publication), 384
  • Furnaces, Gas and Electric (Trade Publication), 732
  • Furnaces, Industrial (Trade Publication), 667
  • Furnaces, Open-Hearth, Fuels for, 430
  • Furnaces, White-Metal Melting (Trade Publication), 352
  • Granite Block, Large, at Stirlinghall Quarry, 650
  • Gravel and Sand Working in Severn Valley,
  • Heat Treatment of Tool Steels (Trade Publication), 700
  • Inventions, Mining, Awards for, 396
  • Iron and Brass Founding (Trade Publication), 283
  • Labour Shortage in Mining Industry, 492
  • Ladle of 175-tons Capacity, 174
  • Ladle Linings for Finland, Transport of, 14
  • Mining and Metallurgy—continued.
  • Lead Mining in Scotland, 810
  • Lead Mining in Wales, 270
  • Lead, Prices of, 602, 619
  • Lead, Scrap, Removal of Price Control on, 281
  • Malvern, Quarrying at, 682
  • Metals, Heat Treatment of, Lecture on, 320
  • Metallurgical Industry in United States, Lectures on, 502
  • Metallurgical Lectures in Austria, 602
  • Metallurgic, Soci6t6 Fran?aise de, 691
  • Miners’ Cap Lamps, 56
  • Miners’ Cap Lamps, Battery-Powered (Trade Publication), 283
  • Mining Conveyor Systems (Trade Publication), 63
  • Moulding, Film on, 764
  • Nickel-Ore Mining, Methods of, 649
  • Nickel-Plate Finishing Process, Imitation, 11
  • Non-Ferrous Trades, Short-Time Working in, 334
  • Oil-Well Drilling in Isle of Wight, 478 Ore-Discharging Quay at Tyne Dock, 714 Paints, Zinc-Rich, 444
  • Quarry, Harecrag, Improvements at, ,586
  • Quarrying at Malvern, 682
  • Rogerstone Aluminium Works, Supplies for, 398
  • Rolling-Mill Installations (Trade Publication), 700
  • Rust Prevention by Coated Papers (Trade Publication), 416
  • Sand and Gravel Working in Severn Valley, 682
  • Steels, Alloy, Production of, 522 Subsidence Mining at Brierley Hill, 746 Sulphur Production from Petroleum, 506 Sweden, Mining in, 490
  • Tin-Plate Output, Record, 637
  • Titanium in Form of Ingots, Strip, Wire and Tubes, 618
  • Valves, Non-Ferrous, 763
  • Zinc and Copper, Prohibited Uses of, 96
  • Zinc Mining in Scotland, 810
  • Zinc Mining in Wales, 270
  • Zinc-Rich Paints, 444

Miscellaneous :

  • Acoustic Shroud for Leyland Vehicles, 363
  • Adhesion Agent for Road-Surface Dressings, 636
  • Adhesives for Plywood, 480
  • Air-Conditioning Plant and Fans (Trade Publication), 151
  • Air Conditioning and Ventilation (Trade Publication), 572
  • Air Filters (Trade Publication), 316
  • Baird, J. L., Memorial to, 522
  • Bank Notes, Checking by Weight, 270
  • Bearings, Ball and Roller (Trade Publication), 63
  • Bell, Sir T., Memorial to, 778
  • Bench Assembly Trays (Trade Publication), 255
  • Bin Vibrators (Trade Publication), 96 Bingley Exhibition Hall, Alterations to, 174 Blind, Electric Cookers for, 191
  • “ Blueprint for Industry,” Brochure on Factory Facilities in Northern Ireland, 699
  • Breakers, Single-Roll (Trade Publication), 667
  • British Industries Fair, Publicity, Criticisms of, 522
  • Cellulose Surfaces, Cleaning of, 190 Cellulose-Tape Factory at Gorseinon, 714 Centenary of Chepstow Bridge, 810 Centenary, Deptford Belting Co., 699 Centenary of Tees Conservancy Commission, 778
  • Centurion Tanks, Visit to Sheffield, 522
  • Cider Making, Old Mill for, 778
  • Clip, Anti-Vibration, 633
  • “ Closeloy ” Steels for Rolling-Mill Rolls (Trade Publication), 63
  • Clutches and Power Take-Offs (Trade
  • . Publication), 63
  • Coastal Oil Pollution, 142
  • Contract, Model Form of, 503
  • Conveying, Crushing and Grinding Machines (Trade Publication), 572
  • “ Copyrapid ” Reproduction of Documents (Trade Publication), 316
  • Core-Binding Technique, Developments in, 580
  • Crushing, Grinding and Conveying Machines (Trade Publication), 572
  • Crushing, Milling and Mixing Plant (Trade Publication), 96
  • Cutting and Wrapping Machines (Trade Publication), 96
  • De-Asphalting Tower for Oil Refinery, 196
  • Dermatitis, Industrial, Prevention of, 171
  • Dictating- Machines, Electrical (Trade Publication), 316
  • “ Direct Current,” New Quarterly Publication, 792
  • Document Reproduction (Trade Publication), 316
  • Dome of Discovery, Demolition of, 662
  • Durham University, Proposed Change of Name, 381
  • Dust Collectors (Trade Publication), 63
  • Dust in Collieries, Complaints of, 810 Dust-Control Plant (Trade Publication), 151 Earphone, Magnetic, Miniature, 67
  • Elliott-Hagan Control System for Steam Plants, 96
  • Ellis, S. J., Memorial to, 650
  • “Emidicta” Dictating Machines (Trade Publication), 316
  • “ Enchiridion ” Publication on Stainless Steels (Trade Publication), 416
  • Engineering Centre, Glasgow, Office Facilities at, 174
  • Engineering Drawing Films, 476
  • Fans and Air-Conditioning Plant (Trade Publication), 151
  • Fans, Axial, Ring-Mounted (Trade Publication), 828
  • Fans, Propeller (Trade Publication), 828
  • Fans, Small (Trade Publication), 480
  • Miscellaneous—continued.
  • Federation of British Industries, 604
  • Feeders, Automatic (Trade Publication), 29
  • Fertiliser Society Meeting, 406
  • Films, Aviation, 472
  • Film on Combustion, 657
  • Film Council, Educational, Cambridge University, 619
  • Films, Documentary and Industrial, 738
  • Film on Earth-Moving Equipment, 24
  • Films, Engineering Drawing, 476
  • Films on Forging, Moulding, Welding and Tube Making, 764
  • Films, Instructional, Shell Film Unit, 602
  • Film on Lubrication, 763
  • Film on Mechanical Handling, 762
  • Films, Scientific, 564
  • Films, Technical, 77
  • Floor Cleaning (Trade Publication), 572
  • Flour Mills at Leith, 398
  • Fluids, Cutting (Trade Publication), 828
  • Fuel Economy by Use of Waste Steam, 366
  • Fuel and Power Shortage, Conference on, 96
  • Fumes, Welding, Extractor for (Trade Publication), 667
  • Gears Made from Nylon, 174
  • Glass-Tube Factory, Glasgow, 110
  • Glass-Yarn Mats for Yacht Building, 714
  • Government Publications, List of, 404
  • Graphite Lubrication for Steam Hammers, 366
  • Grinding, Crushing and Conveying Machines (Trade Publication), 572
  • Grit Nuisance at Nantgarw Colliery, 78
  • “ Hints to Business Men ” Handbooks, 500, 763
  • Horology, National College of, 826
  • Hospital Engineering Services, Economy in, 203
  • “ Instant-Self-Start ” Fluorescent Light System (Trade Publication), 151
  • Instrument Congress and Exposition, First International, 655
  • Instrument ard Meter Manufacture (Trade Publication), 255
  • Inventions, Awards for, 396
  • Joints, Truss, Gusset-Plate (Trade Publication), 480
  • Joints, Universal (Trade Publication), 63
  • Jubilee, Eyre Smelting Co., Ltd., 450
  • Jubilee, Golden, of British Thomson- Houston Works, 618
  • Lamps, Cap, Miners’, Battery-Operated (Trade Publication), 283
  • Lamps, Cap, Miners’, for Locomotive-Shed Staff, 56
  • Land Movement on Banks of Severn, 174
  • Library, Engineering, at Leicester College of Technology and Commerce, 31
  • Licences, Duty-Free, for Imported Machinery, 421
  • Lighting Buoys, Propane Gas for, 334
  • Llandarcy Oil Refinery, 238, 334
  • Lubrication, Film on, 763
  • Lubrication of Wire Ropes (Trade Publication)’, 572
  • MacColl, Sir E., Memorial to, 462
  • Machinery Installations, Building Maintenance Licences for, 519
  • Marconi, Commemorative Plaque to, 490 Marking Equipment (Trade Publication), 29 Measuring Equipment, Exhibition of, 263 Meters, Flow (Trade Publication), 448 Meter and Instrument Manufacture (Trade Publication), 255
  • Mill, Edge-Runner, Acquired by Reading University, 778
  • Milling, Crushing and Mixing Plant (Trade Publication), 96
  • Mixing, Milling and Crushing Plant (Trade Publication), 96
  • Museum, Engineering and Shipbuilding, 586
  • Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., History of, 298 Noise at London Airport, 31
  • Northern Ireland, American Industry in, 93 Nylon, Use for Gears, 174
  • Oil Agreement with Iraq, Ratification of, 283
  • Oil, Crude, from English Oilfields, 331
  • Oil Pollution in Coastal Areas, 142
  • Oil Production by Basrah Petroleum Co., Ltd., 37
  • Oil Refinery, Equipment for, 746
  • Oil Refinery, Ide of Grain, 196
  • Oil Refinery in Western Australia, 506
  • Oil Shale, Scottish, 347
  • Oil Survey Party for Aden, 172
  • Oil-Well Drilling in Isle of Wight, 478
  • Package Type Drilling Rig (Trade Publication), 795
  • Paints, Zinc-Rich, 444
  • Parallels, Measuring, for Screw Threads, 23
  • Patent Office Library, Opening Hours of, 182 Peat Deposits in Lewis, 810
  • Petrol Distribution in West Africa, 60
  • Petroleum Congress, World, Fourth, 329
  • Petroleum Equipment Manufacturers, Council of, 398
  • Petroleum, Sulphur Production from, 506
  • Pick-Up Devices (Trade Publication), 192 Pipe-Founding Firm, Glasgow, Sale of, 366 Pipeline, Kirkuk-Banis's, 463
  • Plastic Extrusions (Trade Publication), 480
  • Plastics, Mechanical Properties of, 212
  • Plywood, Adhesives for, 480
  • Power Take-Offs and Clutches (Trade Publication), 63
  • Prehistoric Toolbox, 682
  • Propeller Fans (Trade Publication), 828
  • Public Health Engineering Course, 645 Pulverised-Fuel Firing (Trade Publication), 283
  • Pumps, Suds, Electric (Trade Publication), 151
  • Pyrometers (Trade Publication), 384
  • Refinery Tower, Sea Transport of, 110
  • Refuse Destructor, Greenock, 554
  • Road Construction in Belgium, 223
  • Road-Surface Dressings, Adhesion Agent for, 636
  • Roller Bearings (Trade Publication), 63
  • “ Royal Tiger ” Vehicles, Acoustic Shroud for, 363
  • Miscellaneous—continued.
  • Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd., History and Activities of, 11
  • Safety, Industrial, Birmingham Exhibition of, 110
  • Safety in Industry Course in Birmingham, 78 Saw Bench, Pedestal-Type, 75
  • Scientific Instruments, Safe Transit of, 446
  • Screens, Vibrating (Trade Publication), 828 Screw-Thread Measuring Parallels, 23 Seaweed Factory, Closure of, 398
  • Seaweed, Products from 778
  • Semaphore Keys, Rotary (Trade Publication), 107
  • “ Shim ” Surface Cleaning Preparation, 190 Shroud, Acoustic, for Leyland Vehicles, 363 Sieve for Cinders and Coal, 583
  • Silicosis, Risks of, 682
  • Silting of River Taff, 174
  • Smoke Pollution, Prevention of 334, 492
  • Smoke Prevention, Research on, 650
  • Solenoids (Trade Publication), 96 Solvent-Extraction Plant (Trade Publication), 795
  • South Bank Exhibition Buildings, Demolition of, 662
  • South Wales Switchgear, Ltd., Tenth Anniversary of, 78,174
  • Speed-Indicating Equipment (Trade Publication), 29
  • “ Statistics, Applied,” First Issue of New Publication, 784
  • Steel Foundry, Film on, 784
  • Strain-Recording Equipment (Trade Publication), 192
  • Sulphur Production from Petroleum, 506
  • Technical Writing, Premiums for, 745
  • Tees-Side Local Authorities, Joint Meeting of, 650
  • Timber, Research on, 141
  • Tower, De-Asphalting, for Oil Refinery, 196
  • Tower for Oil Refinery, 238
  • Transit, Safe, of Scientific Instruments, 446
  • Transport Consultative Committee, Appointments to, 119
  • Transport by Sea of Refinery Tower, 110
  • Transport Statistics, United Nations Bulletin on, 183
  • Tube Making, Film on, 764
  • Type Foundry, Closure of, 302
  • V-Belt Drives, Bushes and Pulleys (Trade Publication), 795
  • Valves, Operating, Ross (Trade Publication), 667
  • Valves, Steel, Iron and Non-Ferrous, 763 “Velofeeder” Automatic Feeders (Trade Publication), 29
  • Ventilating and Heating Equipment (Trade Publication), 6.67
  • Ventilation and Air Conditioning (Trade Publication), 572
  • Vibration, Anti, Clip, 633
  • Vibrators, Bin (Trade Publication), 96
  • Visual-Aid Equipment (Tradepublication),29
  • Vulcaniser, Electric, for Cable Repairs (Trade Publication), 700
  • Welded, Arc, Band-Sawing Machine (Trade Publication), 480
  • Welded Dock Gates at Port of London, 682
  • Welded Structures, Course on, 196
  • Welder, Spot, Electrically-Controlled (Trade Publication), 384
  • Welding Electrodes (Trade Publication), 352
  • Welding, Film on, 764
  • Welding-Fume Extractor (Trade Publication), 667
  • Welding Installation at Shipyard, 586
  • Welding Process, Twin-Arc (Trade Publication), 795
  • Winding Engine for York Railway Museum, 142
  • Wire Rope Lubrication (Trade Publication), 572
  • Wood Finishing, Infra-Red Heating for (Trade Publication), 384
  • Wrapping and Cutting Machines (Trade Publication), 96
  • Xylonite Group of Companies, 75th Anniversary of, 816

Motor Cars, Etc. :

  • Exports of Motor Vehicles, 294, 555
  • Fuelling Vehicle for Comet Air Liner, 807 Lydney Coach Works, Closure of, 366 Motor-Car Bodies, Finishing of, Lecture on, 379
  • Motor-Car Plants, British, for Overseas, 592 i Motor Vehicles, Transport Overseas, 110 Omnibus, Experimental, for New South Wales, 7
  • Omnibus, Sixty-Seater, 462
  • Rear Lights for Vehicles, 141
  • . “ Royal Tiger ” Vehicles, Acoustic Shroud for, 363
  • Sheffield Changeover from Trams to Omnibuses, 302, 462
  • Short Time in Motor Industry, 174
  • Spare Parts for Lorries, Shortage of, 398 Standard Motor Cars, New Design for, 206 Surface-Cleaning Preparation for Motor Vehicles, 190
  • Tractors, Agricultural, for Turkey, 212
  • Tractors, Ferguson, Output of, 14, 238
  • Tractor Manufacture on Tyneside, 586
  • Tractor, Unit, Electric, for Pulley Blocks (Trade Publication), 828
  • Transport Statistics, United Nations Bulletin i on,183
  • Trolley-’Buses, Low-Voltage Equipment for (Trade Publication), 151
  • Trucks., Pallet, Battery-Operated (Trade Publication), 480

Naval:

  • “ Maille Brez6,” French Warship, Wreck of, ' 398, 746
  • Royal Australian Navy, Helicopter Landing on Ships’ Decks, 318
  • “ Sao Paulo,” Battleship, Loss of, 190
  • Short-Service Commissions, Instructor Branch, 490
  • , Swedish Light Naval Craft, 415
  • “ Vengeance,” H.M.S., Loan to Australia, 394 ,
  • Naval. See also Aeronautics
  • Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
  • Oil. See Miscellaneous
  • Oil Engines. See Gas and Oil Engines

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Atmospheres, Furnace (Trade Publication), 384
  • Atomic Energy, Electric Power from, 19
  • Atomic Energy, Reports Relating to, 51
  • Bomb, “ Atomic ” or “ Nuclear,” 522
  • Cemented-Carbide Resistance to Wear and
  • Chemical Corrosion, 730
  • Centrifuges, Laboratory (Trade Publication), 667
  • Combustion, Film on, 657
  • Cosmic-Ray Particles, Detection of, 430
  • Cosmic-Ray Research, Balloon for, 522 Electron-Microscopy, Instruction in, 270
  • Four Ashes Chemical Works, 206
  • Friction and Wear, Research on, 722
  • Heat, Industrial, and Thermodynamics, Congress on,651
  • Industrial Physics Exhibition, 778
  • Laboratory Centrifuges (Trade Publication), 667
  • Laboratory for Mechanical Engineering Research Board, 810
  • Laboratories, Mechanical Testing (Trade Publication), 107
  • Laboratory, Metrology, Formation of, 618
  • Laboratory, Mobile, for Collieries, 682
  • Laboratories, Refractory Ware for (Trade Publication), 352
  • Low-Temperature Physics, 743
  • Mechanical Engineering Research .Board, Laboratory for, 810
  • Metrology Laboratory, Formation of, 618
  • Optical Measuring Tools, Demonstrations of, 404
  • Petroleum Chemicals Plant (Trade Publication), 63
  • Photo-Elasticity, Summer School on, 795
  • Physical Chemistry of Structural Changes in Solids, 86
  • Pyrometers (Trade Publication), 384
  • Refractories, Basic (Trade Publication), 352
  • Refractory Ware for Laboratories (Trade Publication), 352
  • Research, Assistance Given to Industry by, 174
  • Research, Mechanical Engineering, in Scotland, 522
  • Research at Royal Technical College, 238
  • Soda Ash, Wagons for Transport of, 76
  • Sulphuric Acid and Cement Plant at Whitehaven, 746
  • Temperature Regulator, Compensated, Erratum, 64
  • Wear and Chemical Corrosion, Cement- Car bide Resistance to, 730
  • Wear and Friction, Research on, 722
  • Wind Tunnel for Aircraft Research, 155
  • Wind Tunnel Construction at Coventry, 714
  • Power Plants. See Efectricity
  • Prestressed Concrete. See Cement and Concrete

Railways and Locomotives :

  • Banbury Railway Station, Rebuilding of, 14
  • Birmingham, New Street Station, Improvements at, 650
  • Birmingham Railway Station, Rebuilding of, 46
  • “ Brown ” .Polarised Track Relay, Last, 260
  • Carriages, Railway, Construction at Doncaster, 174
  • Coaches, Battery-Driven, in Scotland, 398
  • Coal Transport by Railway, 714
  • Coalport Branch Railway, Closing of, 302
  • Culvert, Pre-Cast Concrete, Under Railway 586
  • Euston Station, Reconstruction of, 183
  • Fire in Passenger Train, 398
  • Gretna Railway Junction, Reconstruction of, 172
  • Kilmarnock Locomotive Repair Shops, Closing of, 142
  • Lamps, Miners’ Cap, for Locomotive-Shed Staff, 56
  • Locomotive Building on North-East Coast, 746
  • Locomotive Building at Stockton, 618
  • Locomotive Class, Last of, 183
  • Locomotive, Old, Withdrawal of, 270
  • Rails, Old, Rolled Sections from, 816
  • Railway Electrification (Trade Publication)
  • 795
  • Signal Box at Carlisle, 86
  • Signalling, All-Electric, in Brazil, 109
  • Staff Exchanges on British and French Railways, 565
  • Stephenson Locomotive Society, 660
  • Stratford-Blisworth Branch Railway, 492
  • Talyllyn Railway, Work of, 302, 746
  • Transport Consultative Committee, Appointments to, 119
  • Tyre, Railway, Mill, Modernisation of, 554
  • Wagons, Shock-Absorbing, 824
  • Wagons for Transport of Soda Ash, 76
  • Westbury, Railway Demolition Work near, 14
  • Winding Engine for York Railwav Museum, 146
  • Window Wiper for Railway Use (Trade Publication), 29
  • York Railway Museum, Winding Engine for, 146
  • Reinforced Concrete. See Cement and Concrete
  • Schools. See Education

Sewerage and Drainage :

  • Forth River Purification Board, Formation of, 746
  • Glamorgan, River Pollution in, 810 Grangemouth, Drainage Scheme at, 174 Leven Purification Scheme, 650
  • Tees, River, Prevention of Pollution on, 206
  • Wear, River, Prevention of Pollution on, 206

Ships and Shipbuilding :

  • Aluminium, Marine Developments of (Trade Publication), 700
  • “ Atlantic,” S.S.,for Breaking up, 430
  • “ Auris,” Gas-Turbine Alternator in, 397
  • Bunkers, Coal, Scottish Trade in, 174
  • “ City of Hull,” S.S., New Stem for, 78
  • Clyde and North America. Sailings Between, 554
  • “ Countess of Breadalbane,” S.S., Transportation of, 398, 746
  • Dangerous Goods, Carriage in Ships, 722
  • Deck Machinery for Ships (Trade Publication), 29
  • “ Duchess of Argyll,” Sale of, 430
  • “ Duchess of Argyll,” Transfer to Portland, 650
  • Ferryboat, Renfrew-Yoker, 586
  • “ Flying Foam,” Sale of, 142
  • “ Framlington Court,” M.S., Inspection of, 714
  • Glasgow-West Pacific Shipping Service, 554
  • Holidays in Shipyards in 1952, 270
  • “ John Bowes,” Collier, Career of, 810
  • “ Kenya Castle,” S.S., 227
  • “ King Edward,” S.S., Sale of, 430, 778
  • “King Edward,” S.S., Withdrawal from Service of, 142
  • “ Lady of Lorn,” Launching of, 746
  • Launches on River Tyne, 714
  • Light Alloys for Ship Construction, Application of, Scholarship on, 355
  • Mercantile Marine Engineer Officers, Training of, 248
  • Merchant Ships, New Tonnage of, 51
  • “ Monarch,” H.M. Telegraph Ship, 502 •
  • Museum, Engineering and Shipbuilding, Glasgow, 586
  • Newcastle Quay, Largest Ship to Dock at, 14
  • Newport, Shipbuilding Scheme for, 714
  • ' Oil Pollution by Oil Tankers, 142
  • Ore Ships Delayed by Storms, 142
  • Oil Tankers, British, Overhaul of, 618
  • Pacific Coast, Shipping Services to, 554, 747 Paddle Steamer, Sale of, 522
  • “ Pandora,” S.S., Loss of, 255
  • “ Port Auckland,” at Newcastle Quay, 14 Radio Officers, Marine, Scholarship for, 722 “ Regent Jane,” Oil Tanker for Avonmouth- Swansea Service, 810
  • “ Sao Paulo,” Battleship, Loss of, 190 Scottish Shipyards, Activity at, 14, 462 Scrap Metal from Wrecked Ship, 302 Ships’ Cabins, Competition for Design of, 174 Ships’ Compasses, Adjustment of (Trade Publication), 107
  • Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing Industries, Trading Difficulties of, 618
  • Shipping Industry, Problems of, 447
  • Shipyard Welding Installation, Cost of, 586
  • “ Sir William High,” S.S. Sale of, 522
  • “ Solidarity,” S.S., Loss of, 314
  • Steel for Shipbuilding, 46,110,810
  • Steel Shortage in Shipbuilding Industry, 682
  • Stem, New, for S.S. “ City of Hull,” 78
  • Swiss Mercantile Marine, 618
  • Tanker, Chinese, at Middlesbrough, 430
  • Tug, Clyde, Sale of, 142
  • Tugs, Fire-Fighting, 142
  • Tug, Stranded, Refloating of, 618
  • Tyne, River, Shipbuilding on, 554, 810 Underwater Television, 98
  • Usk, Shipbuilding Yard at, 779
  • “ Vanguard,” H.M.S.,JErrtftu»i, 53
  • Wallsend Shipyard, Reorganisation of, 522 Wear, River, Shipbuilding on, 810 “ World Unity,” S.S., Delivery of, 462 Yacht Built of Glass-Yarn Mats, 714
  • Societies. See Associations; Technical Societies ; and Trade Societies, Etc.
  • Strikes. See Trade Societies, Etc.

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 141, 268, 317, 333
  • Arts, Royal Society of, 446
  • Aslib, 141, 246, 256, 347, 406, 413
  • British Aircraft Constructors, Society of, 11, 155, 519, 745
  • British Architects, Royal Institute of, 618
  • British Association, 181
  • Cambridge University Engineers’ Association, 688
  • Chemical Society, 86
  • Chemical Industry, Society of, 212
  • Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 397, 475 Civil Engineers, Institution of, 212, 461 Electrical-Association for Women, 527 Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 7,32,73, 485, 552
  • Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of, 230
  • Electronics, Institution of, 793
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 700, 722
  • Ergonomics Research Society, 277
  • Ex-British Westinghouse Association, 331
  • Fertiliser Society, 406
  • Fuel Luncheon Club, 322
  • Gas Engineers, Institution of, 554
  • Industrial Administration, Institute of, 462 Industrial Supervisors, Institute of, 237, 423 Iron and Steel Engineers, Association of, 486 Iron and Steel Institute, 355
  • Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 40, 180, 314, 376, 414
  • Metallurgie, Soci6t6 Fran^aise de, 691 Metallurgists, Institution of, 246, 320 Metals, Institute of, 182, 284
  • Technical Societies—continued.
  • Mining Engineers, Institution of, 715
  • Mining Engineers, Western Society of, 715
  • Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, 395,
  • 732
  • Naval Architects; Institution of, 355
  • North-East Metallurgical Society, 586
  • Old Centralians, 298
  • Old N’lons, 32
  • Petroleum, Institute of, 183, 329
  • Physical Society, 491
  • Plant Engineers, Incorporated, 522
  • Radio and Electronics Society of India, 508,
  • 811
  • Royal Society, 106,141, 609
  • Sanitary Institute, Royal, 779
  • Sewage Purification, Institute of, 522
  • Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists, 142
  • South Wales Institute of Engineers, 110 142, 715
  • Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute, 14
  • Statistical Society, Royal, 476, 784
  • Stephenson Locomotive Society, 660
  • Water Engineers, Institute of, 522
  • Women’s Engineering Society, 203
  • Works Managers, Institution of, 78 Telegraphy. See Electricity Telephony. See Electricity Tools. See Machine and Other Tools Trade. See Coal; Electricity; Industries and
  • Commerce; Iron and Steel; and Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Publications :

Trade Societies, Etc. :

  • Aberdare and District Employment Committee, 564
  • Aberdare Valley Coal Strike, 651 Absenteeism at Collieries at Whitsun, 747 Absenteeism at Steelworks, 110
  • Admiralty Dockyards, Holidays with Pay for Employees at, 408
  • Admiralty, Recall of Draughtsmen from Other Departments, 24
  • Advertising Association, 408
  • Agricultural Workers, National Union of, 628 Ambrose, Shardlow and Co., Ltd., Strike of
  • Apprentices at Works of, 344
  • Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 56, 692
  • Appointments Offices of Ministry of Labour and National Service, Closure of, 756
  • Apprentices, Engineering and Shipbuilding, Wage Claims of, 344, 376; 408, 440, 472, 532
  • Baddeley, A., on Restrictive Practices, 440 Bardsley, H. P., on Need for Longer Working Hours, 216
  • Battersea Park Festival Gardens, Strike at, 724
  • Bicycle Production at Birmingham, 46 Birch, J. A., on Need for Higher Wages, 502 Birmingham, Bicycle Production at, 46 Boyd-Carpenter, J., on Need for Continued
  • Hard Work, 376
  • Boys, Recruitment for Lock Trade, 682
  • Brannigan, J., on Trade-Union Responsibilities, 564
  • British Electricity Authority, Wage Negotiations with, 502, 756 ; Views on Joint Consultation, 596
  • British Legion, Employment of Ex-Service Men, 56
  • British Productivity Council, Establishment of, 692
  • British Transport Commission, 532, 628 Budget Proposals, Opposition to, 376, 440, 472
  • Butler,, R. A., on Retirement of Civil Servants, 184 ; on Budget Proposals, 440 ; on Need for Restraint in Making Wage Claims, 596
  • Bwllfa Colliery, Strike at, 618
  • Call-up for National Service, Effects on Industry, 270
  • Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Strike of Apprentices at, 376
  • Chemical Workers’ Union, Wage Claims of, 532
  • Citrine, Lord, on Joint Consultation in Industry, 596
  • Civil Defence in Factories, 650
  • Civil Service Alliance, 184
  • Civil Service National Whitley Council, 184, 248
  • Civil Service Trade Unions, Concern at Reduction in Numbers of Civil Service, 184, 248
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union, 502
  • Closed-Shop Dispute with Durham County Council, 344, 376, 408, 532, 660, 820
  • ?Closed Shop for Post Office, Rejection of, 660,
  • Coal Imports from India and United States, 56
  • Coal Production Statistics, 24, 56
  • Colliery Man-Power Statistics, 24, 120, 216 •Colliery Managers, National Association of, 724
  • Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shot Firers, National Association of, 440, 790, 820 •Collieries, South Wales, Unrest at, 14, 238 Collieries, Welsh, Saturday Working at, 430, 462
  • Collieries, Whitsun Absenteeism at, 747
  • Control of Engagements Order, 152 Co-operative Societies’ Employees, Wage
  • Claims of, 532
  • Cutlery Trade, Holidays with Pay in, 554
  • Cutlery Wages Council, Award of Wage Increases by, 650
  • Deakin, A.,on Strikesfor Political Ends, 280; on Effects of Government’s Economy Measures, 280 ; on Need for Discipline in Trade-Union Movement, 344 ; on Budget Proposals, 440 ; on Need for Restraint in Making Wage Claims, 790
  • Denationalisation of Industry, Opposition to, 628, 790
  • Dilutees in Engineering Industry, 660
  • Direction of Labour, Not to be Introduced, .88
  • Disabled Miners, Employment of, 78
  • Discipline in Trade-Union Movement, Need for, 344, 440
  • Dockyards, Royal, Labour Requirements of. 24
  • Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Extension of Works of, 628
  • Trade Societies, Etc-—continued.
  • Draughtsmen, Recall to Admiralty Service, 24 Durham County Council, Closed-Shop Dispute, 344, 376, 408, 532, 660, 820
  • Eastertide, Coal Production During, 492, 522 “ Economy Survey for 1951,” 24/ “ Economic Survey for 1952,” 564 Elderly Persons, Employment of, 238, 344 Electrical-Contracting Industry, Joint Industrial Council for, 724
  • Electrical Power Engineers’ Association, 502
  • Electrical Trades Union, Engineering Members’ Wage Claim, 376, 692 ; Women Engineers’ Wage Claims, 564; Strike at Battersea Park Festival Gardens, 724; Annual Conference at Eastbourne, 724
  • Electricity-Supply Industry, Meeting of Shop Stewards in, 756
  • Employees’ Lack of Control of Industry, 502
  • Employment of Ex-Service Men, 56 ; of Disabled Miners, 78 ; of Italians, 88,142, 280, 472, 692, 714, 715, 724, 756!: of Marine Engineer Officers, 88 ; in Midlands, 110, 270, 398; in Welsh Factories, 110 ; in Sheffield Steel Industry, 120 ; of Civil Servants, 120 ; in North Wales, 174, 692 ; in Coal Mines, 206; of Elderly Persons, 238, 344 ; in Scotland, 564 ; of Professional Persons, 596; in Ulster, 628; at Swansea, 682 ; at North Eastern Trading Estates, 683, 779; at South Wales Trading Estates, 683, 779; at Merthyr, 747
  • Employment Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 248, 660
  • Employment. See also Unemployment
  • Engineer Officers, Merchant Navy, Pay and Service Conditions of, 88
  • Engineers’ Guild, Closed Shop' Dispute, 344; 376, 408, 532, 660, 820
  • Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Wage Claims of Women Engineering Employees, 24,152, 564, 696 ; Dispute at Works of E.N.V. Engineering Co., Ltd., 88,120 ; Engineering and Shipbuilding Apprentices’ Wage Claims, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472, 532; Wage Claims of Male Engineering Employees, 312, 376, 472, 532, 596, 820
  • Engineering and Allied Trades, Shop Stewards’ National Council, 312
  • Engineering and Mining Industries in Midlands, Employment Statistics for, 682
  • Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association, 248
  • Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of, 502
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Women Engineers’Wage Claims, 24,152,564,696; Dispute at Works of E.N.V. Engineering Co., Ltd., 56, 88, 120; Male Engineers’ Wage Claims, 312,376,472,532, 596,820 ; Annual Conference of Women’s Section, 408; Apprentices’ Wage Claims, 408; Effects of Budget Proposals on Employment, 472; Membership Statistics, 502; Annual Conference at Blackpool, 628,660; Dilutees in Engineering Industry, 660
  • English Electric Co., Ltd., Production of Canberra Jet Bomber, 88; Strike at Works of, 344
  • English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Strike of Apprentices at, 376
  • E.N.V. Engineering Co., Ltd., Dispute at Works of, 56, 88, 120
  • Equal Pay for Women, 280, 650
  • Evans, L., on Effect of Steel Production on Employment, 120 ; on Strikes for Political Reasons, 376; on Causes of Short Time, 692 ; on Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 692
  • Executives’ Need of Incentives, 408
  • Export Trade and Unemployment, 110, 596 Ex-Service Men, Employment of, 56 Factories, Civil Defence in, 650
  • Farm Employees, Wages of, 628
  • Federation of British Industries, Views on Taxation, 152
  • Ferguson Radio Corporation, Ltd., Redundancy at Works of, 24
  • Ferndale Colliery, Strike at, 564 Foremen, Wage Increases for, 692 Foulkes, F„ on Wages of Electricians, 692 Foundry Workers. Amalgamated Union of, Wage Claims of, 564, 724
  • Fowler, G., on Employees’ Lack of Control of Industry, 502
  • Fuel Experts’ Productivity Team’s Visit to United States, 56
  • Gaitskell, H., on Wage Claims and Cost of Living, 790
  • Gebbie, J. R., on Steel Requirements of Shipbuilding Industry, 24
  • Geddes, C., on Working Conditions in Post Office, 660
  • General and Municipal Workers, National Union of, Withdrawal from London Trades Council, 184; Need for Loyalty to Trade-Union Movement, 440; Wage Claims for Women Engineers, 564; Need for Restraint in Making Wage Claims, 790
  • Godwin, B. A., on Employment of Professional Persons, 596
  • Gooch, E. G., on Wages of Farm Employees, 628
  • Government Economy Proposals, 216, 280, 376, 440, 472
  • Griffiths, J., on Dangers of Strike Action, 280 Hicks , M.,on Taxation Problems, 724 Hirwaun Trading Estate, Labour Position at, 24, 46, 564
  • Holidays, Annual, in Midlands, 366
  • Holidays, New Year, in Scottish Steelworks, 14’
  • Holidays with Pay at Royal Ordnance I Factories and Dockyards, 408 ; in Cutlery Trade, 554 ; in Sheffield Steel Trade, 778 I Hopkin, W. E., on Working of Overtime, 790 Houldsworth, Sir H., on Difficulties of National Coal Board, 56; on Need for Better Human Relations in Mining Industry, 312, 724
  • Trade Societies. Etc—continued.
  • House of Commons Debate on Unemployment in Wales, 184
  • Housing Accommodation for Miners, 344 Human Relations in Industry, Conference on, 216
  • Human Relations in Mining Industry, Need for, 312, 724
  • Incentives, Need of Executives for, 408 Index of Retail Prices, 120
  • Industrial Court, 312, 40'8
  • Industrial Disputes Tribunal, 24,56,152,216 Industrial Disputes. See also Strikes industrial Effects of National Service, 270 Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, on Effect of Steel Production on Employment, 120 ; on Strikes for Political Reasons, 376 ; on Causes of Short Time, 692; on Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 692
  • Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Good Relations in Industry, 628
  • Italians, Employment in Britain, 88, 142, ?280, 472, 692, 714, 715, 724, 756
  • Juvenile Employees on Education Courses, Wage Payments to, 650
  • Knight, H. G., on Wage Increases for Foremen, 692
  • Labour, National Council of, 120 Labour in industry, Shortage of, 88 Lanarkshire Industrial Estates, Unemployment at, 302
  • Lightermen, Port of London, Wage Claims of, 56, 216
  • Lock Trade, Recruitment of Boys for, 682 Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, Wage Claims of, 532, 506, 628, 692, 820
  • London Airport, Wage Dispute at, 756 London, Port of, Lightermen’s Wage Claims, 56, 216
  • London Society of Compositors, 184 London Trades Council, 184
  • Longer Working Hours, Need for, 216
  • “ Man and Metal,” on Effect of Steel Production on Employment, 120; on Strikes for Political Reasons, 376; on Causes of Short Time, 692; on-Anglo- American Council on Productivity, 692
  • Manchester Chamber of Commerce, President’s Views on Longer Working Hours, 216
  • Manual Employees, Security for, 334 Manufacturers, National Union of, 440 Marine Engineers’ Association, 88 Maritime Board, National, 88
  • Master Lightermen, Association of, 24, 216 Merchant Navy, Pay and Service Conditions of Engineer Officers, 88
  • Merthyr, Employment at, 747 Midlands, Annual Holidays in, 366 Midlands, Employment Statistics for Mining and Engineering Industries in, 682
  • Mineworkers, National Union of, Employment of Italians, 88, 142, 280, 472, 692, 714, 715, 724, 756; Miner’s Travelling Expenses, 216, 312; Tax-Free Holiday Pay, 248; Opposition to Government’s Economy Measures, 280, 376 ; Voluntary Working on Saturdays, 280, 312, 472; Wage Claims, 440,756 ; Strike at Ferndale Colliery, 564 ; Annual Conference at Scarborough, 724; Strike in Yorkshire Coalfield, 820
  • Miners, Pension Scheme for, 434
  • Mining Industry, Coal, Production Statistics,
  • 24, 56 ; Man-Power Statistics, 24, 120 ; Coal Imports from Oversea, 56 ; Supplementary Pension Scheme for Miners, 56 ; Employment of Italians, 88, 280, 472, 692, 724, 756; National Coal Board’s Assumption of Responsibility for Open- Cast Mining, 184; Travelling Expenses of Miners, 216,312 ; Opposition to Government’s Economy Measures, 216, 280, 376 ; Tax-Free Holiday Pay, 248; Voluntary Working on Saturdays, 280, 472.; Human Relationships in Mining Industry, 312, 724; Housing Accommodation for Miners, 344; Wage Claims of Colliery Overmen, 440
  • Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., Training of Young Persons for Industry by. 628
  • Non-Ferrous Trades, Shoit Time in, 334
  • NorthEastern Trading Estate, Employment at, 206, 746
  • Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Unemployment at Rogerstone Works of, 554
  • Notification of Vacancies Order, 152, 302
  • Older Men and Women, National Advisory Committee on Employment of, 344
  • Older People in Population, Proportion of, 532
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Pension Scheme for Miners, 434
  • Population, Proportionof Older People in, 532 Population, Working, Statistics of, 248, 660 Post Office Engineering Union, Rejection of Proposed Rule Allowing Strike Action, 790 Post Office, Recognition of Trade Unions by, 248
  • Post Office Workers, Union of, Opposition to Strikes for Political Enas, 376; Annual Conference of, 660
  • Productivity, Increased, Need for, 376 Professional Organisations’ Joint Committee, 344, 376, 532, 660, 820
  • Professional Workers, National Federation of, 596
  • Public Administration, Institute of, 312
  • Railway Executive, Wage Claims pf Railway Shopmen, 312, 408; Wage ’Claims of Other Railway Employees, 532, 596, 628, 692, 820 ; Employment of Italians by, 724 ; Strike at London Goods Depot, 756 “Railway Review,” Views on Trade-Union Recruiting of New Members, 248; on Wage Claims of Railwaymen, 532
  • Railway Shopmen’s National Council, 660 Railway Staff National Council, 820 Railway Staff National Tribunal, 408, 820 Railwaymen, National Union of, Recruitment of New Members, 248; Wage Claims of Railway Shopmen, 312, 408; Wage Claims of Other Railwaymen, 532, 596, 628, 692, 820 ; Staff Relations with Railway Executive, 628; Strike at London Goods Depot, 756
  • Raw Materials Position, Trade-Union Inquiry into, 46
  • Rearmament Programme, Effects on Engineering Production, 628
  • Recession in Trade, Scheme to Overcome, 650 Redundancy Due to Shortages of Steel, 174 ;
  • in Wales, 24, 564, 618, 811
  • Restrictive Practices for Political Ends, 440 Restrictive Practices, Trade-Union, 24 Rhondda Valley, Saturday Working in, 430 Roberts, Sir S., on Training of Young
  • Persons for Industry, 628
  • Rossington Colliers’ Pledge to Increase Production, 302
  • Rover Co., Ltd., Short Time at Works of, 56
  • Royal Ordnance Factories, Holidays with Pay for Employees at, 408
  • Sandys, D., on Production for ReArmament, 88 ; on Ulster Industries, 628 Saturday Shifts in Collieries, Voluntary WorkiDg of, 206, 280, 312, 430, 462, 472 Scotland, Short-Time Working in, 206, 238 Scottish Trades Union Congress, Annual Congress, 564
  • Seamen, National Union of, Annual Conference of, 756, 790
  • Security for Manual Employees, 334
  • Senior, J., on Co-operation in Steel Industry, 628
  • Sheffield District, Employment in, 78, 366 Sheffield Steel Trade, Holidays with Pay in, 778
  • Shipbuilding Conference, Discussion on Steel Requirements of Shipbuilding Industry, 24
  • Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, Wage Claims of Shipbuilding Employees, 532; Apprentices’ W age Claims, 532
  • Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, Wage Claims of Railway Shopmen, 312; Apprentices’ Wage Demands, 344, 376, 408, 440 , 472, 532 ; Claims for All-Round Increase for Male Shipbuilding and Engineering Employees, 472, 532, 596, 820
  • Shipbuilding Industry, Steel Requirements of, 24; Strike of Woodworkers in, 152, 184 ; Apprentices’ Wage Claims in, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472, 532
  • Shipyard Maintenance Men, Wage Rates of, 756
  • Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Union of, 502
  • Short lime, Causes of, 692
  • Short lime in Wales, 24, 811; at Works of Rover Co., Ltd., 56 ; in Motor Industry, 174; in Scotland, 206, 238; in Non- Ferrous Trades, 334
  • Skill and Enterprise, Need to Reward, 88 Skilled Men, Shortage of, 462
  • Sobell Industries, Ltd., Redundancy at Works of, 24
  • “ Socialist Commentary,” View s oh Restrictive Practices of Trade Unions, 24
  • South Wales Collieries, Unrest at, 238
  • South Wales Trading Estates, Employment on, 683, 779
  • Spears, Sir E., on Need for Incentives, 408 “ Statistics, Annual Abstract of,” 532 Steel Industry, Good Relations Between Twro Sides of, 628
  • Steel, Redundancy7 Due to Shortages of, 174
  • Steel Requirements of British Shipbuilding Industry, 24
  • Steel Shortages in Industry, 88
  • Steelworks, Absenteeism at, 110
  • Steelworks, Scottish, New Near Holidays at, 14
  • Stevens, W. C., on Strike at Battersea Park Festival Gardens, 724
  • Stokes, R. R., on Need to Reward Skill and Enterprise, 88
  • Strike Action, Dangers of, 280, 376, 408
  • Strikes as Cause of Loss of Coal Production, 618
  • Strikes and Industrial Disputes, Port of London Lighteimen, 56 ; at Works of E.N.V. Engineering Co., Ltd., 56, 88,120 ; of Woodworkers in Shipbuilding Industry, 152, 184; of Engineering and Shipbuilding Apprentices, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472 ; at Works of J. S. White and Co., Ltd., 532; at Ferndale Colliery, 564 ; at Bwllfa Colliery, 618 ; at Aberdare Valley Collieries, 651; at Battersea Park Festival Gardens, 724; of Railway Employees, 756 ; in Yorkshire Coalfield 820
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Strike Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 56
  • Supervising Staff, Executives and. Technicians, Association of, 692
  • Swansea, Employment in, 682
  • Tanner, J., on Dangers of Strike Action, 408 ; on Need for Caution in Making Wage Demands, 596
  • Tax-Free Holiday Pay for Miners, 248
  • Taxation of Individuals, High Rate of, 152 Taxation, Problems of, 724
  • Thornycroft, J. I., and Cd., Ltd., Strike at Southampton Works of, 152,184
  • Trade-Union Inquiry into Raw-Materials Position, 46
  • Trade Unions, Small, Departmental, Recognition of, 248
  • Trades Union Congress, Views on Budget Proposals, 440, 472 ; Suggested Action on Rearmament by, 628; Views on Wages and Prices, 820
  • Trade Unionists, Ostracism as a Means of Recruiting, 248
  • Transport and General Workers’ Union, Women Engineers’ Wage Claims, 24, 152, 564,696 ; Withdrawal from London Trades Council, 184; Opposition to Budget Proposals, 440 ; Need for Restraint in Making Wage Claims, 790
  • Transport Industry, Labour Shortage in, 492
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association,
  • Wage Claims of, 532, 596, 628, 692, 820 ;
  • Annual Conference of, 628
  • Travelling Expenses of Employees, 216, 312 Treasury Demands for Reduction in Civil
  • Service, 120, 184, 248
  • Ulster, Conditions of Employment in, 628 Unemployment, Concealed, in Wales, 174, 492, 692
  • Unemployment, Effects of Export Trade on, 110, 596 ; Among Women, 492; at Rogerstone Works of Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., 554 ; Low Record of Yorkshire in, 650
  • Unemployment in Wales, House of Commons
  • Debate on, 184 Unemployment. See also Employment Vacancies, Notification of, Order for, 302 Wages Award by Cutlery Wages Council, 650 Wage Claims, Need for Restraint in Making,
  • 596, 790
  • Wages, Equal Increases for Men and Women.
  • 650
  • Wage Statistics, Ministry of Labour, 24, 564 Wages, Women Engineers, 24,152, 564, 596 ;
  • Port of London Lightermen, 56, 216; Railway Shopmen, 312 ; Male Engineering Employees, 312, 376, 472, 532, 596, 820 ; Shipbuilding Employees, 312, 472, '532.
  • . 596; Engineering and Shipbuilding Apprentices, 344, 376, 408, 440, 472, 532 ;
  • Colliery Overmen and Shot-firers, 440, 790, 820 ; Electricians, 502, 692, 756 ; Railwaymen, 532, 596, 628, 692, 820 ; Employees in Chemical Industry, 532; Cooperative Employees, 532 ; Foremen, 692: Foundry Employees, 704 ; Seamen, 756, 790 ; Airport Employees, 756 ; Miners, 756, 790 ; Shipyard Maintenance Men 756 Wales, Employment Statistics for, 779 Wales, Redundancy in, 24, 564, 618, 811 Wales, Unemployment in, House of Commons Debate on, 184
  • Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union, 56, 216
  • Watson. S.,on Restrictive Practices, 24 Welsh Engineers’ and Founders’ Conciliation
  • Board, 376
  • West, Sir H., on Training of Young Persons for Industry, 628
  • White, J. S., and Co., Ltd., Strike at Works of, 532
  • White Paper on Recognition of Trade Unions by Post Office, 248 ; on National Income and Expenditure, 344
  • Whitsun Absenteeism at Collieries, 747 Williamson, T.. on Need for Loyalty to Trade-Union Movement, 440
  • Women, Employment of. 492
  • Women Engineers’ Annual Conference, 408 Women Engineers, Wage Increase Demands of, 24, 152, 564, 596
  • Trade Societies, Etc.—continued.
  • Women, Equal Pay for, 280. 650
  • Woodworkers, Amalgamated Society of, 152
  • Woodworkers Employed in Shipbuilding Industry, Strike of. 152,184
  • Working Hours, Longer, Need for, 216
  • Working Population, Ministry of Labour Statistics, 248, 660
  • Working Week, Proposed Extension of, 78
  • Works College for Training Young Persons for Industry, 628
  • Yates, T., on Conditions in Merchant Navy, 756, 790
  • Yorkshire Coalfield, Unrest in, 302
  • Yorkshire, Low Record of Unemployment in 650

Tramways :

  • Glasgow Tramways, Question of Retention of. 618
  • Sheffield, Changeover from Trams to Omnibuses at, 302, 462
  • Tramway Rails, Recovery for Scrap, 142
  • Turbines. See Engines and Boilers
  • Universities. See Education
  • Vehicles. See Motor Cars, Etc. and Railways and Locomotives
  • Warships. See Naval

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