Engineering 1954 Jan-Jun: Index

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“AARON MANBY,” First Iron Steamship, 229
Abbreviations, Signs and Symbols, Letter, Specification, 482
Abington, Derailment of “ Royal Scot ” near, Report on, 354
Abrasive, Diamond, Wheels and Tools, Specification, 456
— Discs, Specification, 169
Accelerator for Hot-Water Heating Installations (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 734*
— Linear, for X-Ray Treatment (Philips Electrical Ltd.), 694*

Accidents:

Accident Prevention and Electrical Earthing, Edited by D. M. G. Say (Review), 585
in Industry, Conference on, 454
Air Accidents, Prevention of, 334
Aircraft Accidents, Investigations at Farnborough, 132*
Clifton-Hall Tunnel Collapse, Report on, 358
Collapse of No. 2 Parkhouse Road Over- bridge, Ardrossan, Report on, 34, 40
Docks, Accidents at, Third-Party Insurance Against, 127
Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1951, Report on, 100
on Electric Railways, Measures Against, 328
in Factories, Prevention of, 747
— Earthing and Accident Prevention, Edited by Dr. M. G. Say (Review), 585
— Equipment, Portable, Prevention of Accidents with, 592
Fires at Dalmarnock Power Station, 375
Flood Damage on East Coast of England, 34, 38
Foundries, Prevention of Accidents in, 230
Industrial Accidents in 1953, 230
Railway Accident, Abington, Derailment of “ Royal Scot,” Report on, 354
Derailment Between Wilnecote and Kingsbury, Report on, 515. See Erratum, 569
in 1952, Report, 6
— and Safety Measures, 326
Road Accidents and Street Lighting, Connection Between, 327
and Traffic Problems, 168 Safety Precautions in Foundry Industry, 736
Shipping Accidents and Safety Regulations, 356
Steamer, “ Empress of Canada,” Salving of, 359*
Storm Damage to Hot-Blast Stove, 168 Accountancy Service for Works Management, 642
Accumulators, Electric. See Electric
— Pneumatic-Hydraulic, for Universal Testing Machine, 751
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck A. C. E. Machinery Ltd., 10-cwt. Diesel-Driven Mobile Hoist, 21*
Acetylene-Oxygen Blowpipe. See Blowpipe
— Welding. See Welding
Achonokie Hydro-Electric Scheme, 608 Acoustic Controller (Trade Publication), 712 Activated Sludge. See Sewage
Acton Works, London Transport Executive, “ Blowing Out ” Shop for Carriage Underframes, 248*
Adam, H. D., on Preventive Maintenance of Oil Engines, 427. See LETTER, 515
Adamite Co., Ltd., Safety Treads and Flooring (Trade Publication), 266
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Aden, Oil Refinery, Electrical Control Equipment for (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 535*
— Port of, Development Scheme at, 293
“ Adjusticon ” Leather V-belt, 121
Admiralty Dockyards, Holiday Arrangements at, 287
— See also Warships
A.E.G. Electric Co., Ltd., Electric Motors for Home and Export (Trade Publication), 297
Aeration, High-Intensity, for Sewage Plants Ames, Crosta and Co., Ltd.), 436*
Aerex, Ltd., Radial-Flow Fans (Trade Publication), 585
Aerial Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Ropeway. See Wire Ropeway
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aerograph Co., Ltd., Spray Guns (Trade Publication), 776
Aeronautical Society, Royal, Wright Lecture on Buckling and Stability of Columns, by Prof. N. J. Hoff, 13*. See LETTER, 775; Nash Collection of Historic Aircraft, 101; Mitchell Memorial Lecture, by J. Smith, 166. See 162; Practical Experience of Airline Engineering, by R. C. Morgan, 521; Garden Party, 527; Compound Diesel Engines for Aircraft, by E. E. Chatterton, 573. See 571*. See LETTER, 611; Awards by, 614; Wright Lecture on Choice of Power Units for Civil Aeroplanes, by Dr. A. E. Russell, 683

Aeronautics:

Aerial Release of Anti-Tsetse Fly Smoke (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 219*
Aeronautical Work of National Physical Laboratory, 652
Aeroplane, Civil, Choice of Power Units for, 683
— Fighting, “ Spitfire,” Design by R. J. Mitchell, 162, 166
— See also Aircraft: Flying Boat (below) Air Power; Future of, 514
— Transport, Comparison of Types of Aircraft for, 402*
Safety in, 334
Aircraft in Agriculture in United States, Use of (Review), 265
— of British European Airways, Engineering Experiences with, 521
— “ Canberra/’ Equipped as Air Tanker, 61
— “ Comet,” Bending Tests of Wings of, 132*; Wreckage of, Submarine . television Camera for Search of, 253*; Naval Salvage of, 392; Redundancy Among Employees Engaged-on Construction, 607, 768
— Components, Profile Milling Machine for (Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Co.), 194
— Designed by R. J. Mitchell, 162, 166
— Development Plans for Accelerating, 322
— Fatigue Tests at Farnborough, 132*
— Fire Detectors for (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 695*
— Use of G.E.C. Heavy Alloy in, 670
— Heater Mat Constructed for (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 378*
— “ Hermes,” Labour Dispute Concerning, 639
— Historical, Nash Collection of, 101
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 2, 268*
— — User Problems Affecting, 2, 8. See Erratum, 157
— Materials, Development of Plastics for, 372
— Production Problems, Conference on, 2, 7. See Erratum, 157
— Radio Altimeter for (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 473*
— Research Association, Transonic Wind Tunnel, 188*
S.B.5 Adjustable-Wing (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 122
— Structures, Thermal Stresses in, 98, 115
— Undercarriages, Drop Test Rig for (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 20*
— “ Viscount,” Operation of, 674
— Water-Based,. Operational Applications of, 199
— See also Aeroplane (above); Flying Boat (below)
Airfields, Mobile Power Rectifier for (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 85*
Airline, Engineering, Practical Experience of, 521
Airport, Kano, Nigeria, 55-kW Diesel- Driven Generator for, 380*
— London, Refusal to Service Aircraft at, 415; Overtime Ban at, 447; Aluminium-Alloy Doors for Maintenance Hangar, 658*
— Reducing Noise at, 482
— Schiphol, 4-ton Mobile Crane for, 830*
Altitude-Test Tank, Graviner Explosion Suppressors for, 495*
Aviation Medicine, Institute of, Investigations on Clothing for Flying Crews, 117
British European Airways, Dispute at London Airport, 415, 447; Engineering Practices of, 521; Operation of “ Viscount ” Aircraft, 674
— Overseas Airways Corporation, Use of Gas-Turbine Aircraft by, 193, 195; Annual Report, 643; Hangar Doors of Aluminium Alloy, 658*
“ Canberra ” Aircraft Equipped as Air Tanker, 61
Channel Air-Ferry Traffic by Silver City Airways, 70
Civil Aviation, Government’s Policy Condemned, 639
Impact of Gas Turbine on, 193, 195
Clothing for Flying Crews, Investigation of, 117
“ Comet ” Aircraft, Bending Tests of Wings of, 132*; Wreckage of, Submarine Television Camera for Search for, 253* ; Naval Salvage of, 392 ; Redundancy Among Employees Engaged on Construction of, 607, 768
Commercial Aircraft, British, Workmanship of, 2, 8
De-Icing System, Electro-Thermal, for Aircraft (D. Napier &Son Ltd.), 378*
Engine, Aeroplane, for Civil Aircraft, Choice of Type of, 683
Effective Utilisation of Material in, 305*
Gas-Turbine, 717*
Gas-Turbine, Impact on Civil Aviation, 193, 195
Gas-Turbine, Test House for Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 214*
Aeronautics—continued.
Engine, Aeroplane, Gas-Turbine, Thermal Stresses in, 116
“ Ghost,” for High-Speed Wind Tunnel, 788*
3,135-h.p. “ Nomad ” Turbo-Diesel Compound (D. Napier and Sons, Ltd.), 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611
Portable Starter for (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 569*
— — Search for Lightness in, 401
Test Plant in Canada (Bristol Aeroplane Engines (Eastern), Ltd.); 608
— — See also Turbine, Gas
Flight, High-Speed, Thermal Problems of, 98; 115
Flying Boats, Operational Applications of, 199
— Crews, Investigations bn Clothing for, 117
“Ghost” Aeroplane Engines, for High- Speed Wind Tunnel, 788*
Hangar, Maintenance, Aluminium-Alloy DoorS for, 658*
Helicopter Association of Great Britain, Design of Drive, by J. L. Norton, 432*
— Bristol 173, with Stub Wings, 402*
— Developments in, 803
— Mechanical Transmissions for, 432*
— Scope and Possibilities of, 402* Hermes Aircraft, Trade-Union Refusal to Service, 415
Labour Dispute Concerning, 639 Icing Protection, Electro-Thermal, for Aircraft (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 378*
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1953-54 (Review), 169
“ Nomad ” Turbo-Diesel Compound Aero Engine, 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611
Radar for Use on Airfields (Trade Publication), 266
Royal Air Force, Aircraft Production for, 8; Climatic Research Laboratory, Farnborough, 117; Statement on Defence, 1954, 257
— Aircraft Establishment Technical College, Farnborough, Prize Day, 198; Work of, 354, 372
“ Spitfire ” Aeroplane Design by R. J. Mitchell, 162, 166
Test House for Aero Engines, Montreal North, Canada (Bristol Aeroplane Engines (Eastern), Ltd.), 608
“ Viscount ” Airliners, Operation of, 674 Wind-Tunnel Experiments in Radio- Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826
High-Speed and Low-Speed, of de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 788*
Investigations at Royal Aircraft Establishment, 372
Tests, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 523, 540, 565
Transonic, of Aircraft Research Association, 188*
Wing Structures, Fatigue Tests of, 132* Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
“ Affray,” H.M.S., Television Survey of, 555 Africa, Central, Engineering Developments in, 644
Age Hardening of Non-Ferrous Alloys, 682 Agreements, Labour. See Labour Agricultural Engineering, British Council Courses, 231
National Diploma, Examinations for, 294
National Institute of, Demonstrations by, 243; Tractor with Hydraulic Transmission, 708*
— Engineers, Institution of British, Examina
tion for National Diploma, 294
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects' of, 362*
in United Kingdom, Report on, 228
— Motors. See Engines; Motors; Tractors
— Pneumatic Tyre, 21st Birthday of, 584
— Tractors; See Tractors
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of, Demonstration of Land-Drainage Machinery, 484
— Mechanised-Farming Training Centre (Ford
Motor Co., Ltd.), 612
— in United States, Use of Aircraft in (Review), 265
—- See also Irrigation
Ailleret, P., on Evolution of Electric Power Transmission in Europe, 647
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Construction of Doxford Oil Engines by, 616*
Air, Compressed. See Compressed Air: Pneumatic
— Compressor, Diesel-Driven, Protection In
struments for (Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 380
for Gas Turbines, 717*
for 200-h.p. Gas Turbine, 637*
Mobile (Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd.), 767*
Portable, with 93-b.h.p. Rolls-Royce Oil
Engine (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 446*
Reciprocating, Oil-Free (Sulzer Brothers) 533*
Single-Cylinder Industrial (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 408*
Tractor-Mounted, “ Holpack ” (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 350*
12-Stage, for Turbo-Diesel Aero Engine, 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611
Air, Compressor, See also Gas Compressor
— Conditioning (Trade Publication), 456 Equipment, Trends in, 337*
Plant for Climatic Research Laboratory, Farnborough, 117
Plant, H.M. Yacht, “ Britannia,” 486, 565
Air Control Installations, Ltd., “ Dusgard ” Unit for Grinding Wheels, 606*; Dust Filters Exhibition, Birmingham, 671; Ventilation Equipment (Trade Publication); 680
— Filter, “ Reciprojet ” (Visco Engineering
Co., Ltd;), 222*
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Heater, Howden-Ljungstrom, Portobello
Power Station, 175*
— Hoses, Coupling for (Trade Publication),
585
— Pollution Control, 546; 549* See also Smoke Abatement
— Resistance Tests of British Railways
Rolling Stock, 390
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft Establishment, Royal. See ylera- nautics
— Research Association. See Aeronautics
— See Aeronautics
Airscrew Co., Ltd., 12-ft. Diameter Fan for Low-Speed Wind Tunnel, 790
Alton and Co., Ltd., Pipework and Pipe Supports (Trade Publication), 712
Aked, A., on 400-kV Peak Impulse Generator, 109*
Akulon, Engineering Application of, 373*
Albright and Wilson, Ltd., Portishead Factory for Phosphorus Manufacture, 469
“ Alert,” Post-Office Cable Ship, Radio Equipment for, 284
“ Alexander Grantham,” Motor Fire-Float, 120*
“ Al-Fin ” Bi-Metallic Bonding Process, 409* Algemene Kunstzijde N.V., Production of Akulon, 373*
Alignment, Accurate, Over Long Distances, 654*
Allan, Dr. J. F., on Ship Preformance and Model Prediction, 618
Allardyce, W. L., the Late, 421
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., Epicyclic Gear for Marine Propulsion, 185*; 1,512-h.p. and 200-h.p. Naval Gas Turbines, 622; 200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven Generator, 637*; 350-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven
Generator, 638*
Allendale Works, Crawley, of W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd., 381*
Alley and Maclellan, Ltd., Valves for Oil (Trade Publication), 488
Allied Electronics, Ltd., Instrument for Stopping and Starting Stop-Watch, 61*
Allis-Chalmers Co., Trenching Attachment for Tractor, 152;. 4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
Allowance Investment, Suggested, on Machine Tools, 610
— in Machine Work. See Gauges
Alloys. See Metallurgy; Microphotographs Allweather Paints, Ltd., Water Repellants for
Masonry (Trade Publication), 393
Almy, N. V., on Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0 • 65 Block Coefficient, 681
Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials') Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo-
Generators
Altimeter, Radio, for Aircraft (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 473*
Alton and District Chamber of Commerce, Trades and Craftsmanship Exhibition, 546
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Bronze, Use in Marine Engineering, 620
— Cages for Collieries, 295
— and Cast Iron, “ Al-Fin ” Bonding Process
for, 409*
Aluminium Co. of Canada, Kemano Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme, 418, 430*
— Food Containers, Manufacture by Grundy
(Teddington), Ltd., 218*
— Industry, Positions and Prospects of, 42*
— Jibs for 7 A-ton Grabbing Crane (S.M.D.
Engineers, Ltd.), 798
Aluminium, Ltd., Montreal, Canada, Production, Manufacture and Application of Aluminium (Trade Publication), 103
— Plate and Sheet, Production by British
Aluminium Co., Ltd;, 738, 754*, 822*
— Production, Manufacture and Application
of (Trade Publication), 103
— Rolling of, Control of Quality in, 649.
— Roofing, Material, Corrugated (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 407
— Sheet, Embossed (British Aluminium Co.,
Ltd.), 539
— Structural Design in, by J. B. Dwight
(Review), 265
— Torsional Creep Properties of, 683 Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., Port
Tennant Works, 538*
— See also Metallurgy
Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation, Ltd., Plant at Swinburne Quarry, 759*
America. See United States
American Chain and Cable Co., Wire-Rope Splicing with Ferrules, 406*
American Locomotive Co., 4,250-h.p. Coal- Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
American Logging Equipment (Trade Publication), 201
— Navy. See United States under Warships
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers
for Testing Materials. See Testing
— See also United States
Amersham, Radio-Chemical Centre, Radioactive Isotope Preparation Plant, 630*
Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd., “ Simplex ”
System of Aeration of Sewage, 436* Amplidex Control System for Alternators (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 149*
Amplidyne Systems for Alternators, 685 Amplifier, Magnetic, Experimental (Electro Methods, Ltd.), 277
Amplivox, Ltd., Point-Contact and Junction Types of Transistors, 322, 347*; Hearing- Aid Exhibition, 657
Ampress Aluminium Foundry of Wellworthy Ltd., 409*
Amsler, A. J., and Co., Ltd., Centenary of, 710;
Hydraulic Equipment for Universal Testing Machine, 751*
Analyser, Metal Ratio (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 537
— Network, for Electrical Industry, 602* Anderson, J. R., on Electricity for Productivity,
524
Andrews, Dr. H. I., on Measurement of Train Resistance, 390
Andrews, Kent and Stone, Structural Steelwork for Portobello Power Station, 174*, 206* Anemostat Corporation, Ceiling Air-Distributing Units, 337*
Angles, Slotted, for Fabricated Frames (Dexion, Ltd.), 608
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Electrical Control for Oil Refineries, 535*; Extensions at Llandarcy Oil Refinery, 799
Angus, Dr. H. T., on British Cast Iron Research Association and Foundry Hazards, 454
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Ansaldo Co., Genoa, 216-in. Turbine-Gear Hobbing Machine, 510*
Anson, C. J., on Accuracy of Time-Study Rating, 301.* See 290
Ansty Works of Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Aero-Engine Test House at, 214*
Anthropological Institute, Royal, Importance of Custom in Industrial Society, by H. N.C. Stevenson, 614
Anti-Friction Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Apparatus, Electrical, Safety Measures for, 745
— Electro-Magnetic, Laminations in, Heat
Capacity of, 781
— for Measuring Plastic Strains in Steel, 141*
— Optical, for Accurate Alignment Over
Long Distances, 654*
— Scientific, Exhibition, Physical Society’s,
472*, 537
— — Exhibition, Royal Society’s, 677 Appleby-Frodingham Steel Works, Dwight-
Lloyd Sinter Plant at, 45; Experiments with Sinter Production at, 194, 213; Blast Furnace at Scunthorpe, 324
Applied Research Laboratories, Spectrographic Quantometer for Aluminium Blocks, 755*
Appointments Bureau, Professional Engineers’, Work of, 450
Apprenticeship. See Education; Labour “ Aqualev ” U-Tubes, for Levelling (Trade Publication), 680
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour Arc. See Electric; Furnace; Welding “ Arcadia,” S.S., Twin-screw Passenger and Cargo, 474*, 662*
Archibald, F. R., on Beauchamp Tower, 805 Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Ardeltwerke G.m.b.H., Centrifugal Casting Machine for Iron Pipes, 345*
Ardrossan, Parkhouse Road Bridge, Report on Failure of, 34, 40
Argentina, Proposed Tractor Manufacture in, 228
Argentine State Railways, Condensing Locomotive for, 226
Argon-Arc Welding, Electrodes for (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 606
Ariel Motors, Ltd., Arc Welding of Motor- Cycle Frames, 349
“ Aries,” Motor Yacht, Converted Life Boat, 647
Arkless, J. C., the Late, 197
Armaments and Statement of Defence, 1954, 257
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Aero-Engine Compressor and Turbine Test House, 214*; 22-h.p. Twin-Cylinder Diesel
Engines, 767*
Armstrong Whitworth, Ltd., Castings, Crushers and Colour-Printing Machinery (Trade Publication), 456
Army, “ Statement of Defence,” 1954, 257 Arterial Roads. See Roads
Artias Hydro-Electric Scheme, Spain, 36-MVA Alternator, 316
Artificial Respiration After Electric Shock,
Methods of, 745
“ Artouste ” Naval Gas Turbine, 622
Arts, Royal Society of, Evolution of Public-
Health Engineering, by F. E. Bruce and G. M. McNaughton, 232; Cantor Lectures: Safety in Transport: Safety on the Roads, by Dr. W. H. Glanville, 327; Safety in the Air, by Air Commodore Sir V. Brown, 334; Safety on the Railways, by Lieut.-Col. G. R. S. Wilson, 326; Gray Lecture on Safety in Ships, by Capt.
J. P. Thomson, 356; Bicentenary of Society (Review), 424; Engineering Developments in Central Africa, by Sir W. Halcrow, 644
Asea Electric, Ltd., Electrical-Slip Coupling for Whale Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374
Ash Disposal at Emile Huchet Power Station, 309
' Plant, Nechells “ B ” Power Station
(International Combustion, Ltd.), 660
Ash, Fly, Grading Apparatus for, 272*
— Separation Equipment for 4,250-h.p. Gas
Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 502 Ashington Workshops for Colliery Machinery,
311
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and CM, Ltd,, Blast Furnace at Scunthorpe, 324
Ashworth and Parker, Ltd., Self-Cleaning
Strainer (Trade Publication), 617
Aslib, Course on Organisation and Development of Information Services, 173; Circulating Periodicals, by C. W. Hanson, 258; Conference on Production, Arrangements for, 271
Associated Dynamo and Motor Manufacturers Annual Dinner, 316
Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., Sir G. E. Bailey on Need of Recruits for
Engineering Profession, 543, and on
Effects of Foreign Competition, 543 Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions
Association des Industriels de Belgique. See
Belgian Association of Manufacturers
“ Astronomy ” Picture, at Science Museum, South Kensington, 591
— Radio-Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826* Atlantic Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motor*
ships
Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd1., Two-Gun Hot-Spray
Unit, 406*; Pneumatic Riveting Hammer, Converted into Swaging Machine, 440*; Mobile Air Compressor, 767*
— of End-Grain Photomicrographs for Iden
tification of Hardwoods (Review), 232 Atmospheres, Harmful, British Occupational Hygiene Society Conference on, 128
— Protective, by A. G. Hotchkiss and H. M,
Webber (Review), 519
Atmospheric Pollution, Control of, 546, 549* See also Smoke Abatement
Atomic Energy Authority Bill, 265
Commission, Plutonium Production at
Windscale, 610
Information, Release Of, 336
Made Easy, Address on, 386
— — Organisation, Ministry of Supply’s
Message to, 39
Production Department, Construction of Atomic Energy Factories, 289, 313* Research Establishment, Harwell, Course
on Electronics, 232; Zephyr Reactors at, 265; British Experimental Pile, 313*; Electromagnetic Pump for Liquid Metals, 473; Heavy-Water Atomic Reactor, 612 Research in United States, 163
— Factories, Britain’s, by K. E. B. Jay
(Review), 97, 124*
— Power, Application to Industrial Uses, 582
— Reactor, Heavy-Water, at Harwell, 612
“ Auris,” Oil Tanker, 1,200-s.h.p. Gas Turbines of, 720*
Austin, J., and Sons, Ltd., Barugh Green Works of Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Austin and Lang, Ltd., “ Lunzer ” Rotating
Lathe Centres, 408
Austin and Trimingham, Levelling by U-Tube
(Trade Publication), 680
Australia, Experiments on Coke Making from
Non-Caking Coals, 285
— National Standards Laboratory, Balancing
a Rotating Disc, Graphical Construction, 241*. See LETTERS, 323, 419
— Warragamba Dam, 400*
Australian Commonwealth Railways, 955-h.p.
Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 316* Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding Automatic Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., Transportable Wireless Station (Trade Publication), 72
“ Automation ” Exposition, International, New York, Arrangements for, 518
Automobiles. See Motor Cars
Automotive Products CM, Ltd., Lockheed
Mark 8 Hydraulic Pump, 157*; Fuel Filter for Diesel Oil, 471
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Presentation of Tractor to Science Museum, 222*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Axle Failures and Railway Safety, 326
— of London Transport Executive Rolling
Stock, Wear of, 145
— Units, Hypoid, for Electric Railcars
(D. Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.), 342*
Aylesbury Turned Parts (True Screws), Ltd.,
“ Flexidur ” Belting, 475

BABCOCK and WILCOX, LTD., Steam-Raising Equipment at Calder Hall Atomic
Power Station, 701*; Marine Boilers (Trade Publication) 808
“ B.A.C. Brightray ” Anti-Corrosive Coating, 89*
“ Back-Lining ” of Engineering Drawings, 611. See LETTERS, 677, 707, 775
Backhouse, H. R., the Late, 69
Badger, E. B., and Sons, Ltd., Control Desks for
Aden Oil Refinery, 536*
Baghdad Trade Fair, 135
Bagnall, F. T., on Factors Affecting Wear of
Graphite Electrodes, 784
Bailey, Sir G. E., on Need of Recruits for Engineering Profession, 543; on Effects of Foreign Competition, 543
Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd., Temperature
Indicators (Trade Publication), 680
Bailey, S. B., on Drawings in Engineering, 677. See LETTERS, 611, 707, 775
Baillie, I. L. G., on Structural Effects at High
Rates of Heating, 116
Baird, W. A., the Late, 645
Bakelite, Ltd., Vybak Polyvinyl-Chloride
Sheet for Ducting, 60*
Baker Platinum, Ltd., “ Nitroneal ” Generators for Producing Nitrogen, 311*
Balance, 200-ton Spring (E. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 626*
— Vertical-Centre, Six-Component, for Wind
Tunnel (Test Equipment, Ltd.), 791*
Balancing a Rotating Disc, Graphical Construction, 241*. See LETTERS, 323, 419
Balata Belting, Specification, 266
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd., Pneumatic
Valves and Cylinders, 821*
Baling Press for Ferrous Material, Refuse- Disposal Plant at Port Glasgow, 281
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under
Tests {Materials)
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
Bank, International, for Reconstruction and Development, 163
— Rate, Change in, 642
“Bantam” Portable Oxygen-Cutter, 182* Bar Cutting-off Machine. See Machine Tools Bardgett, H., on Production of Metallurgical
Coke, 501
Barlow, fc A., on Aluminium-Alloy Headless
Rivets, 398*
Barnes, D. C., on Precision X-Ray Diffraction
Spectrometer Ring, 82*
Barnett, Sir G., on Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations, 1953, 454
Barometer, Standard, at National Physical Laboratory, 653*
Barr, W., on Work of Institution of Metallurgists, 775
Barrelling Machine (Roto-Finish, Ltd.), 573*
Barritt, D. T., on New Carbonisation Processes and Their Relation to Established
Practice, 277
Barrow-in-Furness, Jubilee Bridge, Operating Equipment for (W. H. Smith and Co., Ltd.), 92*
Barrow Steelworks, Experiments with Continuous Rossi Casting Machine, 194, 213*
Barugh Green Works of Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Bascule Bridge. See Bridge
Bastick, Dr. R. E., on Engineering Aspects of Glass, 462
Batch Counter, Electronic (Ericsson Telephones, Ltd.), 817*
Bates Bros. (S.M.W.), Ltd., Detachable
Tracks for Tractor Wheels, 667*
Bates, Prof. L. F., on Domain Structure of Ferromagnetic Metals, 590. See 583
Bathurst, Lieut-Comdr. J. N., on Underwater Television, 555. See Erratum, 681
Battersea Polytechnic, Lectures on Powder Metallurgy, 29; Lectures oh Protecting Metals by Painting, 32; Course on Corrosion and Its Prevention, 327; Extensions to Buildings, 423
Battery. See Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles; Motor
Truck
Battleships. See Warships
Baty, J. E., and Co., Ltd., High-Magnification
Dial Indicator, 765*
Baumco Process for Coke Making, 277
Baume et Marpent, S.A., Universal Testing Machine, 751*
Baxter, P., the Late, 421
Beams Carrying Distributed Loads, Theory for, 210*
— and Floor Slabs, Prestressed Concrete,
Film on, 753
— Prestressed-Concrete, with High-Tensile
Stresses, 152
— Steel, Trussed, with Central Load, Plastic
Theory for, 77*
Beard, J. R., on Consulting Engineers and Electrical Industry, 806. See 801
Bearings, Ball and Roller, Outsize and Special- Purpose (Trade Publication), 456
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— of Oil Engines, Preventive Maintenance of,
428
— Plastic, Graphite-Loaded (White’s Marine
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 22*
— Roller, Use in Swedish Rolling Mills, 810
— — Tapered, in Rolling Mills, Cinema Film
of (British Timken, Ltd.), 420
Beckman Instruments, Inc., German Factory of, 739
Beechams Buildings, Ltd., Prefabricated Factory Building, 667*
Beetle, Death-Watch, Treatment in H.M.S. “ Victory,” 328
Belgian Association of Manufacturers, Universal Testing Machine for Large Structures, 751*
Bell Green Gas Works, Lower Sydenham, Segas Process for Gas Production, 34, 52*
Bell, W. A., on Electrodeposition of Manganese, 748
Belmos Co., Ltd., Contactor Starter (Trade
Publication);, 72
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Drive, Variable-Speed (Trade Publication),
362
— V, Leather “ Adjusticon ” (Carol Beltings,
Ltd.), 121
Belting, Balata, Specification, 266
— “ Flexidur ” (Aylesbury Turned Parts
(True Screws), Ltd.), 475
Belvedere Power Station, Kent, 827 Bemag Boring and Milling Machine, 377*
Benbow, W. E., the Late, 37
Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Rolls, Plate. See Machine Tools
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
Bennett (Hyde), Ltd., Degreasing Solutions (Trade Publication), 361; Liquid Decar- boniser (Trade Publication), 680
Benns, H. V., the Late, 421
Benson and Robinson, Ltd., Contractors (Trade
Publication), 456
Bentley Engineering Co., Acquisition of Mellor Bromley and Co., Ltd., 803
Bergstrom, L. R., on Limiting of Switching
Overvoltages, 716
Berk, Ltd., Graviner Explosion Suppressors fpr Sulphur Grinding Plant, 494*
Berliner Maschinenbau-A.G., Boring and
Milling Machine with Coordinate Setting, 377*
Berman, Dr. A., on Decomposition of Cementite during Solidification of Cast Iron, 809
Bessel Functions and Formulae, compiled by W. G. Bickley (Review), 265
Betteridge, Dr. W., on Torsional Creep Properties of Pure Aluminium, 682
Bevel Gears. See Gears
Beverstock, Dr. A. G., on Training Commercial Staff for Electricity Supply Industry, 524
Beyer Peacock and Co., Ltd., Centenary of, 261 Beznau Power Station, Experience with Gas Turbines at, 146*
Bibliography on Shell Moulding, 84 Bicentenary of Royal Society of Arts (Review), 424
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Biermanns, J., on Weil Circuit for Testing High-Voltage Current Circuit-Breakers, 716
Bigwood, J., and Son, Ltd., Bending and
Straightening Machine for Steel Plate, 698*
Bilston Steelworks of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Storm Damage at, 168
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binomial Tables, 56-100, by H. G. Romig (Review), 329
B. I.P. Tools, Ltd., Plastics Moulding Tools, 765 Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birkett, F. W., and Sons, Ltd., Abrasive-Wheel Cutting-off Machine (Trade Publication), 553
Birlec, Ltd., Electric Furnace with Steam Atmosphere, 440*
Birmingham, British Industries Fair, 578, 634*, 667*
Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.,. 955-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 316*
— Dust Filters Exhibition (Air Control
Installations, Ltd.), 671
— Exchange Engineering Centre, Opening of,
483, 804
— Industrial Electrical Equipment Exhibition,
135
— Industrial Safety Training Centre, Courses
at, 743
— Power-Factor Correction Equipment, Bir
mingham, 63
Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co., Ltd., Strip- Feeding Machine for Power Press, 765*
— University, Investigations on Physical
Nature of “ Knock,” by Dr. B. N. Cole, 111*; Work Measurement Research Unit, Use of, 290, 301*; Graduate School of Thermodynamics, 514, 526*
Birthday Honours List, 773
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Locomotive Development Committee, 4,250-h.p. Coal- Burning Gas-Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
— Materials, Road Construction. See Roads
and 77zr
Bjurstrom, B., on 100-kV Direct-Current Cable for Gotland Transmission Scheme, 715
Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd., Stretch- Forming Tool, 318*; 376-h.p. Naval Gas Turbines, 622
Blacksmith Shops. See Smith's Shops
Blading for 4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 592
— Compressor, Vibration Investigation, 526*
— of Gas Turbines, Materials for, 620
— Turbine, Metals for, 589
— — Microscope for (Taylor, Taylor &
Hobson, Ltd.), 537
— — for 60-MW Turbo-Generator, 206* Blaina, Monmouthshire, Landslide at, 295 Blair, Dr. J. S.» on Thickness of High-
Temperature Steam Pipes, 259 583. See LETTERS, 67, 131, 197, 643. See 457*
Blake, Sir J. L., the Late, 679
Blakeborough, R. A., the Late, 69, 99
Blase, J., on Post-Arc Currents in High- Voltage Circuit-Breakers, 716
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blaw Knox, Ltd., Earth-Moving Equipment (Trade Publication), 362; Concrete Mixers (Trade Publication), 393
Bleriot Lecture on Domain of Helicopter, by R. Hafner, 402*
Blick Time Recorders, Ltd., Timekeeping Equipment (Trade Publication), 585
Blocks and Strips, Terminal (Trade Publication), 393
Blower, Secomak Statair (Service Electric Co.), 420
— Soot, and Tube-Cleaners (Trade Publica
tion), 266
— and Turbo-Exhausters (Trade Publication),
9
e Blowing Out ” Shop for Railway Carriage Underframes, 248*
Blowpipe, Oxy-Acetylene, Portable Motor- Driven Cutter, 182*
— See also Welding; Cutting
Board, Corrugated, Manufacturing Plant, with “ Dynamatic ” Couplings, 733
— of Trade, Trade Statistics, 2; Notices on
Imports of Ferro-Alloys, 89; Industrial Organisation and Development Bill, 1954, 198; Safety Regulations for Ships, 356; High-Purity Metals Mission to United States, 381; and Association of Consulting Engineers, 801, 807
Boat Equipment, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 566
— Flying. See Aeronautics
— Motor. See Motor Boat
— Specialised (Trade Publication), 72
— Submarine. See Warships
“ Bodymaker ” Tin-Box Making Machinery, 242*
Boel, J., and Sons, S.A., 28,000-ton Floating Dock without Tank Tops, 725
Bogie for 955-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 316*
— for Electric Cars for Toronto Subway, 342*
— of London Transport Executive Rolling
Stock, Wear of, 145
— Three-Axle, for 2,400-h.p. Electric Loco
motive, 184*
— See also Trucks
“Bogmaster” Tractor for Water-Logged
Soils, 285*
Boiler, Central-Heating, Instructions for
Stokers of, 743
— for Coryton Oil Refinery (International
Combustion (Holdings), Ltd.), 688
— Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Feed Water. See Feed and Water Water Softening. See Water
— Foster Wheeler, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 663*
— Furnaces. See Furnace and Stoker
— Heating (Trade Publication), 362
— High-Pressure, for Ships and Power
Stations, 148
— House Practice, by J. N. Williams (Review),
140
— Locomotive, Increase in Steam Pressure,
274
— Marine (Trade Publication), 808
— “ Packaged,” 250-h.p. “ Powermaster ”
(G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd.), 418, 441*
— Plant at Emile Huchet Power Station, 309 for European Power Stations, 423 High-Pressure, Embedded Thermocouple
for, 489*
— — Industry, Position and Prospects of, 139* Nechells “ B ” Power Station (International Combustion, Ltd.), 660
Portobello Power Station, 174*
— Waste-Heat, Portslade Gasworks, 657*
— Water-Tube, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,”
567
Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers, United Society of, Wage Claims by, 832
Bolt, Anchor, for Universal Testing Machine, 751*
— and Hexagon Nuts, Cold-Formed, Machine
for (Review), 617
— Resilient Mounting (L. H. Newton and Co.,
Ltd.), 504*
Bond, J. A., on Ironmaking from High-
Sinter Burdens, 46
Bond-street Substation, London, Re-equipment with Mercury-Arc Rectifiers, 604* Bonding Process, Bi-Metallic, “ Al-Fin ” (Wellworthy, Ltd.), 409*
Bonneville Power Station, 230-kV Series Capacitor Installation, 786
Books Received, 9, 41, 72, 103, 140, 169, 201, 266, 297, 330, 362, 393, 425, 456, 519, 553, 585, 617, 648, 680, 712, 744, 776, 808
— Reviews, 9, 41, 72, 102, 140, 169, 201, 233,
265, 297, 329, 361, 393, 425, 455, 487, 519, 553, 585, 617, 647, 680, 744
Bore-Measuring Gauge (British Indicators, Ltd.), 85*
Boreholes for Proving Coal Seams, 295* Boring Machines, Earth (Trade Publication),
808
Hydraulic-Thrust, for Cable and Pipe Ways Underground (E. Pass and Co., Ltd.), 60*
Pole-Hole, Mounted on Ferguson Tractor (Taymen, Ltd.), 221*
Soil, Mobile (Le Grand, Sutcliffe and Gell, Ltd.), 606*
See also Machine Tools
Boston (Massachusetts) Weather Service, Investigations on Air Pollution, 550
Bottle Conveyor, Chains and Wheels for, Specification, 648
Bouellat Engineering, Ltd., Heating Boilers (Trade Publication), 362
Boving and Co., Ltd., 21,000-h.p. Kaplan
Turbines, 497, 528* Bowman, A., the Late, 197 Box, Tin, Machine for Making, 242 Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., “ Muir-Hill ”
Mechanical Loader, 504*
“ Brabo ” Range of Generating Sets, 799* “ Bracknell ” Hardness Tester, 697* Bradford City By-Products Department, Wool
Grease (Trade Publication), 617
Brake, Electromagnetic, for Motors (Trade Publication), 488
— Electro-Pneumatic, for Electric Railcars
(Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 343*
— Exhaust, Parkwood-Oetiker (Parkwood
(Brakes), Ltd.), 252*
— Magnetic for Electric Motors (Brook
Motors, Ltd.), 55*
— Railway, Vacuum and Air Compared, 326
— See also Dynamometer
Braking, Regenerative, on Electric Railways,
328
— System for 15-MW Alternator at Owen
Falls, 529
Brancker Lecture on Impact of Gas Turbine on Civil Aviation, 193, 195
Brayhead Springs, Ltd., Packing Unit for
Delicate Equipment, 21*
Brazing, Aluminium Alloys and Fluxes fol
(Trade Publication), 103 Breakdowns. See Accidents Brennstoff-technik Process for Coke Making,
277
Brewery Refrigeration Plant of Ind Coope and Allsopp, Ltd., 58*
Bricks, Fire. See Refractory Materials Bridge, Bascule, Barrow-in-Furness, Operating
Equipment for (W. H. Smith and Co., Ltd.), 92*
— Dover Car-Ferry, Winch Gear for, 25*
— Forth, Proposed Roadway Over, 28
— Parkhouse Road, Ardrossan, Report on
Failure of, 34, 40
— Pipe, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant
(Burton Constructional Engineering Co., Ltd.), 59*
— Pipeline, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155*
— Railway, at Carlisle, Welded Girders and
Prestressed-Concrete Deck Slabs for, 181*
— Reinforced-Concrete, Early, 200
— Road, over Firth of Forth, Proposed,
231
Sweden to Denmark, 134
— and Tunnel Projects, United Kingdom,
Booklet on, 168
Bridging and Construction Co., Ltd., Port of
Aden Developments, 293
Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., Roughing Mill for Aluminium Rod, 538*; Rolling Mills for Aluminium, 756*; 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
Briquetting of Cast-Iron Swarf by Leyland Motors, Ltd., 217
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Master Rod for Radial Engine, 306*; Bristol 173 Helicopter, 402*; Gas-Fired Plant of, 437*
Bristol Aeroplane Engines (Eastern), Ltd., Aero-Engine Test Plant, Canada, 608
— Work-Study School, 388
Britain and France, Electric Power Link between, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515
— Atomic Factories, by K. E. B. Jay (Review),
97, 124*
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Embossed Aluminium Sheet, 539; Falkirk Works of, 738, 754*, 822*
— and American Engineering Education
Compared, 321
British American Oil Co., Ltd., Montreal to Toronto Pipeline, 66, 78*

British Association :

Oxford Meeting :
Papers by Young Engineers; 243 Programme, 518
British Association of Machine Tool Merchants. on Investment Allowance, 610
— Broadcasting Corporation, Television De
velopments, 322; High/Ultra-High Frequency Transmitters for, 597*; Views on Colour Television, 802
— Cast Iron Research Association, Work on
Foundry Hazards, 454; “ Dusgard ”
Unit for Grinding Wheels, 606*
— Chemical Manufacturers, Association of,
Report on Work Study Conference, 518; Harrogate Works-Safety Conference Arrangements, 710;
— Columbia, Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Elec
tric Scheme, 418, 430*
— Commonwealth Scientific Office, Science in
U.S.A, for Year Ended June 1953, 163
— Construction Equipment, Directory of
(Trade Publication), 648
— Council, Courses on Agricultural Engineer
ing and Soil Mechanics, 231
British Electric Transformer Co., Ltd., Transformers for British Railways, 282*
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Asso
ciation, Economics of Diesel-Engined Omnibuses, 258; Annual Report, 545
and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Luncheon, 578; Annual Report, 581; Report on Network Analyser, 602*
Development Association, Conference on Street Lighting and Road Safety, 327; Exhibits at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 420; Conference: Inaugural Proceedings, 514, 524; Organisation of Sales and Service to Consumers, by J. Gogan, 524; Selling Electricity: Some Commercial Considerations, by R. E. Gamlen, 524; Training Commercial Staff, by Dr. A. G. Bever- stock, 524; Electrical Floor Warming, by J. W. Moule, 524; Electricity for Productivity: Selling the Idea to Industrialist, by J. R. Anderson, 524; Electronics in Industry, by W. P. Warren, 524; Street Lighting (Trade Publication), 808
Power Convention, Torquay, 1953, Proceedings of (Review), 41; Eastbourne Meeting: Programme, 71. See Erratum, 231; Presidential Address by J. R. Beard on Consulting Engineers and Electrical Industry, 806. See 801. Address on Work by British Electricity Authority, by Lord Citrine, 807. See also Vol. 178.
— Electricity Authority, 60-MW Turbo-
Generators for Uskmouth Station, Tests of, 29*; Revised Tariff for Bulk Supply, 62; Exhibition of Power-Factor Correction Equipment, 63; Generating Plant Installed in 1953, 68; Dust from Dunston Power Station, 122; Exhibition of Industrial Electrical Equipment, Birmingham, 135; Programme for Increasing Capacity, 137; Portobello Power Station, 162, 174*, 206*; Pamphlet on Report of American Electricity Supply Team, 164; Supply Statistics, 190, 259, 454, 597. 742; Pole-Hole Boring Machine, 221*; Status of Power Engineers, 223, 832; Amalgamation of North-Western and Merseyside Divisions, 259; Battery for Keadby Power Station, 273; Fires at Dalmarnock Power Station, 375; Power Link with France, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515; Staythorpe Cable Testing Station, 452; Switchgear at Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 502*; Thermal Efficiencies of Power Stations, 518; 132-kV Wood-Pole Transmission
Line, 600*; Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660*; Booklet 'on Power and Prosperity, 77C, 774; and Consulting Engineers, 801, 806; Lord Citrine on Activities of Authority, 807; Belvedere and Eiland Power Stations, 827
— Employers’ Confederation, Attitude to
Establishment of Impartial Wage Authority, 351, 383
— European Airways, Dispute at London
Airport, 415, 447; Engineering Practices of, 521; Operation of “ Viscount ” Aircraft, 674
— Foundrymen, Institute of, Developments
with Synthetic Resins in Foundry, by P. G. Pentz, 404; Jubilee Banquet, 516 British Indicators, Ltd., Bore-Measuring Gauge, 85*
— Industries Fair, Birmingham, 578, 634*,
66®*
Federation of. See Federation
— Institute of Management, Conference on
Management of Small Firms: Can Small Firms Afford Work Study? by G. J. P. Moorhead, 322; Export Marketing for Small Firm, by J. Davis, 322; Report of Construction of Esso Refinery, Fawley, 353
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 275-kV Cable, 452; Overhead Equipment for Tramways and Trolley-Buses (Trade Publication), 680; Production of Alu- minium-Sheathed Cables, 794*
British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd., Tests on Tubular Welded Radio Masts, 57*; 132-kV Wood-Pole Transmission Line, 600*
— Internal-Combustion Engine Research Asso
ciation, Investigation on Noise Reduction in Diesel Engines, 144
— Iron and Steel Federation, Report on Steel
Supports in Coal Mines, 29; Iron and Steel Production, 1953, 98, 101; Report on Education and Training for Management in Iron and Steel Industry, 196; Booklet on “ Steel is Immortal,” 226; Annual Report, 581
and Steel Industry, 25 Years’ Developments of, 782; History of, 714
and Steel Research Association, Photo- Electric Dust Meter, 146; Annual Report, 713; Investigations on Wear of Graphite Electrodes, 784
— Navy. See H.M. under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
Research on Electroplating and Lead- Pipe Production, 205; Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 547
British Nylon Spinners, Ltd., Radial Heating Plant for Nylon Fabrics, 30
— Occupational Hygiene Society, Conference
on Harmful Atmospheres, 128
— Overseas Airways Corporation, Use of
Gas-Turbine Aircraft by, 193,195; Annual Report, 642; Hangar Doors of Aluminium Alloys, 658*
British Overseas Fair, Ltd., Baghdad Trade Fair, 135
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Portable Oxy- Acetylene Cutter, 182*; New “Torch” Quarterly Bulletin, 525
British Petroleum Chemicals, Ltd., Chemical Plant at Grangemouth, 830
— Productivity Council, Booklet on Review
of Productivity in Valves Industry, 198; Review of Productivity in Pressed-Metal Industry, 791
— Railways, Accidents in 1952, Report, 6;
Apprentice Training by, 30; Suggested Increases in Charges, 31; Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 34, 39; Failure of Parkhouse Road Bridge, Report on, 34, 40; Lighting of Willesden Carriage Sidings, 56*; Ro’ling- Stock Building Programme, 66, 70, 170*. See LETTER, 226; Trials of 2,500-h.p.. Electric Locomotive, 120; Multiple-Unit Electric Rolling Stock, 134; Prestressed- Concrete Beam for Goods Shed Roof, 152; 2-10-0 Freight Locomotive, 158*; Bridge at Carlisle with Steel Girders and Prestressed-Concrete Deck Slabs, 181*; Diesel Railcars for, 200; 135-ton Transformer Wagon, 220*; Frequency Conversion on Southern Region, 258, 282*; Safety Features, 326; 2,500-h.p. Co-Co Electric Locomotives, 344*; Derailment of “ Royal Scot,” Report on, 354; Clifton-Hall Tunnel Collapse, Report on, 358; Train Resistance Tests, 390; Track Renewal Programme, 420; Temple-Mills Marshalling Yard, 422; Colour-Light Signalling on Southern Region, 422; Mechanisation of Permanent-Way Work on, 492; 1,004-h.p. Diesel-Electric Loco
motive, 505*; Buttressing of Retaining Wall, 509* ; Derailment Between Wilne- cote and Kingsbury, 515. See Erratum, 569; Suggested Methods for Reducing Costs on, 575; 250-h.p. Diesel Rail Cars, 601*; Standard 2-6-0 Tender Locomotive, 665*; Strike Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800; 4-6-2 Locomotive “Duke of Gloucester,” 705, 729*; 2,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 735; Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 768
— Road Federation, Booklet, “ Cross That
River,” 168
— Shipbuilding Research Association, Ship
Performance and Model Prediction Investigations. 618; Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0.65 Block Coefficient, 681
See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
— Standards Institution. See Standards
— Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Sweden,
Formation of, 614
British Telecommunications, Ltd., Tests of Tubular Welded Radio Masts, 57*
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 410-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 50*; Substation Equipment for British Railways, 282*; Selsyns for Transmitting Angular and Rotational Movements, 310*; 36- MVA High-Speed Electric Generator, 316; Control Gear for Electric Railcars, 342; 15-MW Alternator, 528*; Electronic Clearance Monitor, 537; 1,200-kW Turbo- Generators, 663*; 1,200-s.h.p. Gas Turbines of Oil Tanker “ Auris,” 719*; Manufacture of Modem Discharge Lamps, 726*; Electric Rolling-Mill Equipment for Falkirk Aluminium Works, 756*; Electrical Equipment for Wind Tunnel for Aircraft, 790
British Timken Ltd'., Cinema Film of Tapered Roller Bearings for Roll Necks in Rolling Mills, 421
— Trade. See Trade
— Transport Commission, Suggested Increases
of Railway Charges, 31; Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; Railway Shopmen’s Wage Demands, 447, 479, 511; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511; Survey of Canals and Inland Waterways, 482; Pay Rates for Salaried Staffs, 543; Suggested Methods for Reducing Costs on, 575; Negotiations on Wages of Conciliation Grades, 639; Strike Due to Lodging- Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800; Pen- sion Scheme for Railwaymen, 768; Gift of Ramsbottom Locomotive to, 772*
British and Union Rubber Manufacturing Co., Rubber Coupling for Pipes, 446
British Vacuum ©leaner and Engineering Co., Ltd., Swaging Machine for Armature Wires, 440*
— Welding Journal, New Publication, 182
— —- Research Association, Reference Block
for Ultrasonic Testing, 157
Brittle Fracture in Carbon-Steel Plate Structures, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
in Steel, Conference on, Report, 295 Brockhouse Heater Co., Ltd., Automatic Oil Burner, 61*
Brockhouse, J., and Co., Ltd., Grinding Head for Machine Tools, 349*
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., Three-Roll Plate- Bending Machine, 343*; 60-ton Press Brake, 624; Plate-Bending Machine, 634; Tube-Straightening Machine, 667*
Brook Motors, Ltd., Magnetic Brake for Electric Motor, 55*; Fractional-Horse-Power Motors (Trade Publication), 330; Control Panels for Electric Motors (Trade Publication), 617; Barugh Green Works for Motor-Stator Production, 761*
Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd., Multi-Pole Rotary Switch, 84*
Brooks, S. H., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45
Broom and Wade, Ltd., Films of Compressed- Air Tools, 391
Brosius “ Manipulet ” Forging Manipulator, 829*
Brown and Aitken Engineering Co., Ltd., Winch Gear for Dover Car-Ferry Bridge, 25*
Brown Boveri Gas Turbine at Beznau Power Station, Experiences with, 146*
Brown, D., Corporation, Ltd., Proposed Tractor Manufacture in Argentina, 228; Helical Gear Units (Trade Publication), 297
Brown, D., and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.,
Hypoid Axle Units for Railcars, 342*
Brown, D., Machine Tools, Ltd., 216-in. Turbine-Gear Hobbing Machine, 510*; High-Speed Gear Hobbing Machine, 700*
Brown, H. H., on Small Hydro-Electric Plants, 47
Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., Launch of S.S. “ Saxonia,” 262*; S.S. “ Arcadia,” 474*; 662*; 21,000-h.p. Kaplan Turbine, 497, 528*
Brown, J., and Co. (Clydebank), Ltd., Her Majesty’s Yacht “ Britannia,” 483, 522, 540*; 565
Brown, Dr. T. W. F., on Marine and Land Turbine Developments, 148; on Long Life Internal-Combustion Turbine, 717*
Brown, Air Comdre. Sir V., on Safety in the Air, 334
Browne, E. H., on Innovations in Coal Mining, 295*
Bruce, F. E., on Evolution of Public-Health Engineering, 232
Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd., 75-MVA Transformers for Portobello Power Station, 207; 11/33-kV Transformers, Owen Falls, 631*
Brush Coachwork, Ltd., Electric-Battery Driven Motor Vehicle, 420; Battery Trucks (Trade Publication), 680
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.., Ampli- dex Control System for Alternators, 149*; 55-kW Alternator, 380*; Alternator for 1J to 25-kW Generating Sets, 799*
Brushes and Wheels, Industrial (Trade Publication), 456
Bryant, C., and Sons, Ltd., Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660*
Bryant Symons and Co., Ltd., High-Precision Lathe, 653*
Bryce Berger, Ltd., Diesel-Engine Starter (Trade Publication), 617
B. S.A. Tools, Ltd., “ Burton ” Hardness Tester, 765*
Buchholz-Type Gas-Actuated Relay for Transformer Protection, 734*
Buck and Hickman, Ltd., Small Tools and Supplies (Trade Publication), 9
Buckling and Stability of Columns, Investigations on, 13*. See LETTER, 775
Budget and Capital Investment Allowances, 482
— and Engineerng Industry, 62
Building, Block Dwellings, Electric Lifts for, 30
— Construction. See also Concrete, Rein
forced
— Prefabricated (Beechams Buildings, Ltd.),
667*
— Research Station, Squat Load-Measuring
Gauge, by C. W. Newberry, 339*. See LETTER, 387; Investigation on Cement for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 500; Load-Measuring Devices for Wires, 812*
— Steel-framed (Trade Publication), 266
— Structural Steel in, Use of, Specification, 233
— Trades Operatives, National Federation of,
Wage Claims of, 415
“ Bulldog ” Cultivator, 787
Bunting, J. W., on Safety in Use of Portable Electrical Equipment, 592
Burs, Tungsten-Carbide Cutting (Trade Publication), 266
Bureau of Mines. See United States
“ Burcol ’,’ Plastic-Covered Steel Tube, 731
Burgess Products Co., Ltd., Hand Engraving (Trade Publication), 103; Micro-Switches (Trade Publication), 617
Burke, W., on Need for Good Relations in Industry, 191
Burmeister and Wain, Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 330.
Burmese Government Development Programme, 706
Burn, G., Ltd., “ Burcol ” Plastic-Covered Steel Tube, 731
Burners, Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel
Burnley, T., and Son, Ltd., Vybak Ducting Installation, 60*
Burstall, Prof. A. F., on Production Engineering Course, 741. See 678; on . Sir
C. A. Parsons in Mechanical Engineering, 771
Burton Constructional Engineering Co., Ltd., Pipe Bridge for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 59*
Burton Griffiths and Co., Ltd., “ Burton ” Hardness Tester, 765*
Burwood, T. H., on High-Temperature High- Vacuum Electric Furnace, 106*
Bury Sewage Plant, High-Intensity Aeration at, 436
Business Changes, 5, 37, 69, 102, 133, 167, 229, 261, 293, 325, 389, 421, 453, 485, 517, 549, 580, 613, 645, 679, 711, 742, 772, 805
Butler, R. A., on Need for Good Relations in Industry, 191; Receives Deputation on Equal Pay for Women, 223
Buttresses, Concrete, for Railway Retaining Wall, 509*
Bylander and Waddell, Building for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
By waters Felt-Hardening Machine with “ Dynamatic ” Coupling, 732*

CABLE-END, Swaged, Connections and Assemblies, Specification, 169
— Laying Ship “ Ocean Layer ” of Submarine Cables, Ltd., 371
— Makers’ Association, Staythorpe Cable
Testing Station, 452; Relations with Monopolies Commission, 674
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., Error Detection and Correction Equipment for Telegraph Circuits, 280*; Jubilee Booklet “World Wide Communications,” 482
— See also Wire Ropes and Electric
Cableway. See Wire Ropeway
Cabul Tool Co., Ltd., “ Bracknell ” and “ Penetrascope ” Hardness Testers, 697* Cadmium Plating, Organic Finishes for, 748 Caerau Colliery, Strikes at, 351
Caesium-137, Preparation of, 631*
Cage, Aluminium, for Collieries, 295
Cahen, F., on Automatic Frequency Regulation in Large Networks, 786
Cairncross, Prof., Views on Export Trade, 738 Caisson Gate, Dry Docking of, King George V Dock, Southampton, 438*
— Sliding, for Entrance Lock of Queen
Elizabeth II Dock, 154*
Caithness-Shin Overhead Lines Power Transmission, 804
Calculating Machines at Royal Aircraft Establishment, 372
Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, 795*
Calendar, Eyre Smelting Co., Ltd., (Trade Publication), 617
— Turner Bros. (B’ham.), Ltd., (Trade
Publication), 72
California University, Wave Research Congress, 800
Californian Bearing Ratio for Roads, 470*
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Polarographs (Trade Publication), 266; Locating Earth Faults (Trade Publication), 617; Process Controller (Trade Publication), 648; Cambridge Tension Indicator, 812*
— St. Catherine’s College, Motor Industry
Summer School, 157
— University, Investigations on Steel Struc
tures in Plastic Range, 210*; Courses on Managers in Industry, 231*; United Steel Companies’ Scholarships, 325; Report on Department of Engineering, 487; Compressible Flow of Semi-Perfect Gas, by Dr. D. B. Spalding, Til*
Camera Equipment, Mark III* for Television (Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 668*
— High-Speed, Use of G. E. C. Heavy Alloy
in (W. Vinten, Ltd.), 671
— Room for Aero-Engine Compressor and
Turbine Test House, 214*
— Television, for Industry and Education
(Pye, Ltd.), 66, 88*
Submarine, Marconi-Siebe Gorman, 253*
— for Underwater Television, 555
Camerer Cuss and Co., Stop-Watch, Instrument for Stopping and Starting, 61*
Campbell, A., the Late, 197
Campbell, J. S., on Methods for Reducing Railway Costs, 575
Canada, Montreal North, Aero-Engine Test Plant at, 608
— New Construction in, 674
— Ontario, Load-Frequency Control in
Interconnected Electrical Systems, 786
— Toronto Subway, Electric Rolling Stock
for, 342*
— Trade-Union Conditions in, 543
— Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, 66,
78*
— Water-Power Resources of, 501
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Review of New Construction, 674
Canadian Liquid Air Co., Ltd., Oxygen- Production Plant, 375*
— Nickel Industry in 1953, 70
Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., Salving of S.S. “ Empress of Canada,” 359*
Canals and Inland Waterways, Survey of, 482 “ Canberra ” Aircraft Equipped as Air Tanker, 61
Canham, H. J. S., on Ship Performance and Model Prediction, 618
Canning, W., and Co., Ltd., Industrial Brushes and Wheels (Trade Publication), 456; Electroplating Equipment, 634*; Centrifugal Dryer, 634*
Cantor Lectures on Safety in Transport, 326, 327, 334
Capacitors, Electrolytic (Trade Publication), 393
—- High-Voltage, for Transmission Lines (Dubilier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd.), 787
— Miniature (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 472
— 380-kV Series, in Sweden, 785
— Variable (Trade Publication), 456
Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., Rock-Wool Factory, Stirling, 350
Capenhurst Atomic Factory, 97, 124*
Capillary and Compression Tube Fittings,
Copper, Specification, 425
Capital Investment Allowances in Budget, Effect of, 482
Need for, 319
Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
— Parking Meters (Trade Publidation), 553
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway
I Carbitracer ’’ Copy-Turning Lathe, 542* Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd., Carbon Dioxide as Tool Cooling Medium, 130, 156* Plant (Trade Publication), 776 as Tool Cooling Medium (Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd.), 130, 156*
— and Graphite for Chemical Plant (Trade
Publication), 266
Carbonisation of Coal, New Processes for, 277 Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cargo Steamers. See Steamers,
Carlisle, Railway Bridge at, Welded Girders and Prestressed-Concrete Deck Slabs for, 181*
Carmarthen-Haverfordwest 132-kV Wood-Pole Transmission Line, 600*
Carol Beltings, Ltd., “ Adjusticon ” Leather V Belt, 121
Carpet Loom with “ Dynamatic ” Couplings, 732
Carr, T. H., on Electricity in Wool-Textile Industry, 161
Carriage, Railway, “ Blowing Out ” Shop for Underframes of, 248*
— — Construction Programme, British Rail
ways, 66, 70
Diesel-Driven, for British Railways, 200
250-h.p. Diesel-Driven Railcars (Cravens, Ltd.), 792*
— — 250-h.p. Diesel-Engined Railcars, British
Railways, 601*
— — Electric, for British Railways, 134
— — Electric, for Toronto Subway (Glouces
ter Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 342*
Industry, Position and Prospects, 170*. See LETTER 226
— — Railcars, Electric, for Toronto Subway
(Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 342*
— — Willesden Siding for, Illumination
System, 56*
Carrington, W. E., on Forgeability, Creep Strength and Ductility of Molybdenum, 683
Carron Co., Windows for Ships, 475
Carruthers, J. H., and Co., Ltd., 15-ton Overhead Travelling Crane, 411*
Carslaw, W. H., the Late, 293
Carter, G. C., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45
Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Cast Iron and Aluminium “ Al-Fin ” Bonding Process for, 409*
— — Industry, History of, 713
— — Research Association, British, Work on
Foundry Hazards, 454; “ Dusgard ”
Unit for Grinding Wheels, 606*
Spheroidal-Graphite, Properties of, 620 Structural Changes in, 809
— — Swarf,Briquetting of, by Leyland Motors,
Ltd., 217
Swarf Briquetting Press for (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 414*
Casting, Continuous, Investigations on Techniques of, 683
— Crushers and Colour-Printing Machinery
(Trade Publication), 456
— Die, Zinc-Alloy, Certification Mark for, 263
— Effective Utilisation of Material in, 306*
— Investment, Exhibition of (Deritend Pre
cision Castings, Ltd.), 455
—- Machine, Centrifugal, for Iron Pipes (Ardeltwerke G.m.b.H.), 345*
Continuous, at W. Jessop and Sons, Ltd., 713
— — Continuous Rossi, Barrow Steelworks,
Experiments with, 194, 213*
— — Semi-Continuous (Glenfield and Kennedv,
Ltd.), 755*
— Non-Ferrous, for Marine Engineering, 620
— Steel (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.),
307*
Recommendations to Users and Makers of (Trade Publication), 330
Catalogues. See Trade Publications Caterpillar Tractor. See Tractor
C. A.V., Ltd., Fuel-Injection Pump, 635* Cavitation Erosion in Marine Propellers, 589
Cawkell, A. E., Oscilloscope and Pulse Equipment (Trade Publication), 488
C.B.M. Fire Extinguisher, 401
C.B.R. Method for Design of Flexible Pavements, by R. E. Kerkhoven and G. M. Dormon (Review), 169
Cells. See Electric
Cement and Concrete Association, Symposium on Quality Concrete, 642; Mechanical Strain Gauges, 791*; Full-Scale Test of Prestressed Concrete Beams, 815*
— Early History of, 200
— for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 500
— Record, Production, 771
— Spreader for Soil-Stabilising Equipment
(Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 54*
— See also Concrete
Cementation Co., Ltd., Cementation Processes (Trade Publication), 456
Cementation (Mufflelite), Ltd., Sound-Absorbent Splitter Panel for Wind Tunnel, 789*
Centenary of A. J. Amsler and Co., 710
Centenary of Beyer Peacock and Co., Ltd., 261
— of Sir Dugald Clark, 419
— Engineering, in 1954, 6
— of Glasgow Waterworks, 231
— of Sir C. A. Parsons, 740*, 771
— of Pickerings, Ltd., 421
— of Society of Engineers, 162, 645
— of Watt Club, 189
— See also Bicentenary
Central Africa, Engineering Developments in, 644
— Film Library, Catalogue of Films for Industry, 98, 100
Centrifugal Casting of Iron Pipes (Ardeltwerke G.m.b.H.), 345*
— Pumps. See Pumps
Ceramic Insulating Material (K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd.), 253
Ceramics Research at National Physical Laboratory, 514, 520*
— A symposium (Review), 553
Chadwick, Edwin, Work on Sanitation, 232
Chadwick, R., on Properties of Aluminium-
Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, 649 Chain-Track Tractor. See Tractor
“ Challenge to Britain,” Labour Party’s Pamphlet, Criticism of Nationalisation Proposals of, 287, 736
“ Challenger ” Diesel-Engined Crawler Tractors, 627*
Chaloner, Dr. W. H., on Aaron Manby and First Iron Steamship, 229
Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., Lorry-Mounted Crane, 829*
Chamberlain, K. B., on Thermal Stresses in Gas-Turbine Engines, 116
Chance Brothers, Ltd., Types of Glass, 537
Chang, Dr. H. C., on Creep of Aluminium at High Temperatures, 682
Change-Speed Gear. See Gear Charging Machine, Wellman Smith Owen, for Aluminium Coils, 822*
— Mechanical, of Iron Foundry Cupolas, 217* Charlesworth, Dr. G., on Roads and Commercial Transport, 168
Charlton, T. M., on Analysis of Rigid-Jointed Plane Frameworks, 239*. See 226
Charrold, Ltd., Bulk-Delivery Motor Vehicle, 471
Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of, Amalgamation with Institute of Mining Surveyors, 81
Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., 4|-ton Dumper Truck, 829*
Chatterton, E. E., on Compound Diesel Engines for Aircraft, 573. See 571*. See LETTER 611
Chaytor, H. J., the Late, 453 Chemical Constitution of Sinters, 17
— Control Equipment for Water Treatment (Trade Publication), 41
— Engineers, Institution of, Symposium on
Fuel and Power, 325; Symposium on Gas Absorption, 325; Examinations of, 373; Graduates’ and Students’ Tour of Holland, 763
Ministry of Supply Training Scheme, 199
— Factories and Air-Pollution Control, 552
— — Work Study in, Formation of Advisory Committee for, 518
— Gas and Mining Engineering, Oil Pros
pecting and Production and Fuel Technology (Review), 680
“ Chemical Industry and Challenge to Britain,” Booklet on, 258
Nationalisation of, Case Against, 287
— — by Dr. T. I. Williams (Review), 102
— Plant, Carbon and Graphite for (Trade Publication), 266
— — Grangemouth, of British Petroleum Chemicals, Ltd., 830
— Resisting Material (Permali, Ltd.), 634
— Stoneware, Methods of Testing, Specification, 71
Chenin, F., on Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at Emile Huchet Power Station, 308
Chevallier, A., on Automatic Frequency Regulation in Large Networks, 786
Chilling and Densening in Foundry Work, by E. Longden (Review), 617
Chilton Electric Products, Ltd., Earth- Leakage Circuit Breaker, 544
Chimney for Windscale Pile of British Atomic Energy Research Organisation, 313*
China Association, Promotion of Trade with China, 738.
— Clay Particles, Assessment of Size of, 595
— Engineering Students in, 67
— Trade with, Promotion of, 738
Chisels, Hand, Importance of Quality of, 676* Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Batteries for Substations of British Railways, 283
Chlorine Compressor, Oil-Free (Sulzer Brothers), 534*
Chlorobromomethane Fire Extinguisher, 401 Chock, Roof, 80-ton, Hydraulic, for Mines
(Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 692* Christie, J., on Research Station for High-
Power Circuit-Breakers, 716 Chromatography, Gas-Liquid Separation by,
Demonstration of, 677
Chromium, Diffusion into Non-Ferrous Metals, 748
— Electrodeposited, Quantitative Adhesion
Test for, 747
Chrysler Corporation, Power-Assisted Motor-
Car Steering, 259 Chuck. See Machine Tools Churchill Medal, Award to Sir W. Wallace, 645 Chute, Coal, Control Device, Robinson, 702* Chuter, S. D. C., on Secret Ballots in Industrial Disputes, 354. See 159
Cinema Films. See Films
Citrine, Lord, on Work of British Electricity Authority, 807
City and Guilds College, Student Statistics, 75 of London Institute. Insignia Awards in
Technology, 387; Course on Instrument Making, 804
— of Oxford College of Technology, Art and
Commerce, New Buildings for, 527
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Defence Centres, Heating, Ventilating and
Power Plants for, 278*
— Engineering Code of Practice, Foundations
(Review), 487
Constructors, Wage Increase for, 575
— Engineers, French Society of, British
Section, Transport, Preparation and Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at Emile Huchet Power Station, by Dr. R. Gibrat and F. Chenin, 308; Ugine-Sejournet Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, by J. Sejournet, 450, 463

Civil Engineers, Institution of:

Engineers’ Task in Future Wars, by Major- Gen. G. N. Tuck, 133
Award of Bayliss Prize, 296
Foundations, Civil Engineering Code of Practice (Review), 487
Annual Dinner, 582
North Sea Flooding Conference:
General Survey of Damage Done and Action Taken, by J. V. Spalding, 39. See 34
Storm Surges on East Coast of England, by Cmdr. W. I. Farquharson, 38. See 34
Some Meteorological Aspects of North Sea Floods with Special Reference to February, 1953, by S. M. Peters, 38. See 34
Soil Mechanics Studies of Failures in Sea Defence Banks of Essex and Kent, by Dr. L. F. Cooling and A. Marsland, 38. See 34
Damage to Kent Coast Line and Restoration Works, by G. C. Crowther, 38. See 34
Design of Sea Defence Works in Relation to Height of Tide and Degree of Exposure, by C. H. Dobbie, 38. See 34
Incidence of Storm Surges as Factor in Design of Coast Protection Works, by J. Duvivier, 38. See 34
Sea Defence Works on Sandy Eroding Coast with Scanty Littoral Drift, by S. W. Motts, 39. See 34
Damage to Essex Coast Line and Restoration Works, by E. L. Snell, 39. See 34
Sea Defences in Wash and Estuary of Great Ouse in Relation to Tidal Surge of 31st January, 1953, by E. W. Doran, 39. See 34
Flood Damage in Norfolk, and Suffolk, by K. E. Cotton, 39. See 34
Damage and Remedial Operations on Lincolnshire Coast, by F. H. Tomes, 39. See 34
London Students’ Section:
Atomic Energy Made Easy, by Sir C. Hinton, 386
Civil Service, Proposals for Equal Pay for Women in, 223, 832
Cladding, Corrugated Aluminium (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 407
Clamp and Ejector for Gear-Shaping Machine, 89*
— Pneumatic, for Machine Tools (Lang Pneu
matic, Ltd.), 786*
Clamping System, Hydraulic, Newton (Power Jacks, Ltd.), 478*
Clarifiers for Cooling Media (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 793*
Clark, Sir Dugald, Centenary of, 419
Clark, E. G., the Late, 548
Clarke, A. W. S., the Late, 517
Clarke, N. W. B., on Measuring Loads in Wires, 812*
Clarke and Smith Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sound Equipment for Schools (Trade Publication), 393
Clarkson (Engineers), Ltd., Side and Face Milling Cutters, 505*
Classification, Decimal, Universal, Treatise on (Review), 102
Clausen, H., on Efficiency of Gear Trains, 366* Clays, Fire. See Refractory Materials
Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., Parkwood- Oetiker Exhaust Brake for Motor Vehicles, 252*
Clayton Equipment Co;, Ltd., 410-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotives, 50*
?— Lecture on Air-Pollution Control, 546, 549*
— — on Nuclear Reactors and Power Production, 289, 313*
Clayton-Wright, H., Ltd., Anti-Vibration Mounting, 760
Clench, C. A., the Late, 485
Clerical and General Workers’ Union, Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447
Cleveland Automatic Machine Co.-, 4-in. High- Speed Single-Spindle Automatic Lathe, 413*
— Works, Developments at, 802
Clifton Hall Tunnel, Collapse of, Report on, 358
Climate. See Meteorological
Climatic Research Laboratory, Farnborough, 117
Climax Molybdenum Co., Statement on Output of Molybdenum, 274
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd., Pneumatic Valves, Cylinders and Line Fittings (Trade Publication), 776
Clocks, Electric (Trade Publication), 553
— and Watch Industry, Position and Prospects in, 296*
Making and Repairing, by W. J. Gazeley (Review), 297
Clockmakers, Worshipful Company of, Founding of Tompion Medal by, 582
Clothing for Flying Crews, Investigation of, 117 Clutha River, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 67
Clyde Crane and Engineering Co., Ltd., 74-ton Grabbing Crane with Aluminium Jibs, 798 CO2. See Carbon Dioxide
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Board, National, Annual Report, 673; Inauguration of Seafield Colliery, 778
— Chute Control, Robinson, 702*
Coal and Coke Handling Plant, Nechells “ B ” Power Station (Mitchell Engineering, Ltd.), 660
— Dust Particles, Assessment of, Size of, 594*
— Gas. See Gas
— Gasification of, International Conference on, Liege, Programme, 501
— Handling Plant for 4,250-h.p. Gas Turbine
for Locomotives, 561*, 592
Plant, Portobello Power Station, 174* Plant, Portslade Gasworks, 656*
— Industrial, Sale Below Cost, 95
— Low-Rank, Blending of, for Metallurgical-Coke Production, 501
— Mining Innovations, 295*
Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects of, 136*
See also Colliery
— Non-Caking, Australian, Experiments on
Coke Making from, 285
— versus Oil for Gas-Turbine Locomotive Operation, 593*
— Production, Need for Improvement, 736 Statistics of, Ministry of Fuel and Power, 511
— Pulverised. See Pulverised Coal
— Reserves and Production of Metallurgical Coke, 501
— and Steel Community, European, Work of, 44; Report on, 324; Annual Report, 581
— Utilisation Council, Conference on Smoke Reduction in London, 355
Coastal Flooding Report of Departmental Committee on, 769
Coating, Anti-Corrosive, for Exhaust Valves (H. Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 89*
— Electroplated, Organic Finishes on, 748 Cobalt Crystal, Domain Structure of, 591 Cobbold, R. H., on Plant Engineering, 679 Codes of Practice, Standard. See Standards Coefficients for Numerical Calculation of
Laplace Transforms, by H. E. Salzer (Review), 102
Cofferdam for Entrance Lock, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 153
— Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 498* Cogswell, C. F., the Late, 69
Cohen, E., on Radiographic Studies of Process of Sintering Iron Ores, 17
Coiling Machine for Aluminium Strip, 822* for 11-in. Continuous Bar-Rolling Mill, 820*
Coke-Breeze Combustion System (J. Thompson Water Tube Boilers, Ltd.), 527*
— and Coal Handling Plant, Nechells “ B ”
Power Station (Mitchell Engineering, Ltd.) 660
— Handling Plant, Portslade Gasworks, 656*
— Making from Australian Non-Caking Coals,
Experiments on, 285
National Fuels (N.F.C.), Brennstoff- technik and Baumco Processes for, 277
— Metallurgical, Production of, by Blending
Low-Rank Coals, 501
— Oven Managers’ Association, New Car
bonisation Processes and Their Relation to Established Practice, by D. T. Barritt and T. Kennaway, 277
— Prices, Effect on Foundries, 578. See
LETTER, 643
Colcough, Dr. T. P., on British Iron and Steel Industry, 782. See 709
Cold-Formed Machine Bolts and Hexagon Nuts (Review), 617
— Junction Container for Thermocouples, 16* Cole, Dr. B. N., on Physical Nature of
“ Knock,” 111 *
Colinese, P. E., on New Layout of “ ENGINEERING,” 35
College. See Education
Colliery, Durham, Flooded, De-Watering of, 168
— Easthouses, 650-b.h.p. Steam Haulage
Engine, 506*
— Hydraulic Props and Chocks for (Dowty
Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 692*
— Machinery, Ashington Workshops for, 311
— Managers, National Association of, Inno
vations in Coal Mining, by E. H. Browne, 295*
— National Coal Board’s Experiments in, 295*
— Officials’ and Staffs’ Association, Wage
Increases for Colliery Clerks, 447
— Pantyffynnon, Electric Drive for Slant
Haulage Plant, 122*
— Seafield, Fife, Inauguration of, 678
— Sludge, Utilisation at Emile Huchet Power
Station, 308
— Use of Steel Supports in, 29
— Strikes at, 351, 383, 768
— Winding. See Winding
— See also Mines and Coal Collisions. See Accidents
Colloidal Graphite, Ltd., Colloidal Graphite (Trade Publication), 266
Colombo-Plan Students in United Kingdom, 387
“ Colossus ” Coles 92,000-lb. Mobile Crane, 797*
Columns, Buckling and Stability of, 13*. See LETTER, 775
Combined Stress. See under Tests {Materials) Combustion Chamber for 200-h.p. Gas Turbine, 637*
for Gas Turbines, 717*
of Gas Turbine, Traversing Mechanism for Pyrometer and Pitot Tube, 624*
— Engineering Association, Conference on
Smoke Reduction in London, 355
— and “ Knock ” in Petrol Engines, 111*
— See also Fuel; Gases
“ Combustors ” for 4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 561*
“ Comet ” Aircraft, Bending Tests of Wings of, 132*; Wreckage of, Submarine Television Camera for Search of, 253*; Salvage of, 392; Redundancy Among Employees Constructing, 607, 768
Commer Cars, Ltd., 90-b.h.p. Opposed-Piston Diesel Engine, 578, 598*
Commerce. See Trade Commercial Motor Cars. See Motor Commonwealth Engineering Institutions,
London Conference, 802
Commonwealth. See also Australia Communication Equipment for Collieries, 296 Compactor for Soil Stabilising Equipment
(Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 54*
Compania Shell de Venezuela, Ltd., Triple
Screw Motor Launch, 182*
Company Level, Wage Negotiations at, Suggestions for, 255
Comparator, Electrical, “ Superset ” (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 765*
— Mechanical, Ultra-Sensitive (C. E. Johansson Ltd.), 23*
— Mikrokator Mechanical, 71
— Photoelectric (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 537
— for Thread Examination, “ Matrix ” (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
Compositors, London Society of, Proposed Merger of, 383
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Stress. See Tests {Materials)
Compressed Air for Cleaning Underframes of
Railway Carriages, 248*
Tools. See Machine Tools See also Pneumatic Compression and Capilliary Tube Fittings,
Copper, Specification, 425 Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
— Ammonia, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant,
58*
— Gas-Turbine, Testing, by Armstrong Sidde-
ley Motors, Ltd., 214*
Compton Energy-Angle Relationship, Graphs of, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72
Computer, Digital, Electronic, Structural, 226, 239*
Symposium on (Review), 9
— Electronic, Small, 483. See 331*, 395*
— Gear-Rating (Fearns and Mear), 338
— Magnetic Tapes and Diffraction Gratings
for Machine-Tool Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
Computing Machine, Digital, Electronic, Structural, 226, 239*
Digital, Symposium on (Review), 9 Concentrates, Iron-Ore, Sierra Leone, Sintering of, 45
Conciliation in Labour Disputes. See Labour Concrete Beams, Prestressed-Concrete, Lee-
McCall Full-Scale Tests of, 815*
— Buttresses for Railway Retaining Wall, 509*
— Durability of, Problems of, 367
— Form-work Ties for (Trade Publication), 617
— Insulating (Trade Publication), 776
Concrete Ltd., Film on Prestressed Concrete
Beams and Floor Slabs, 753
— Mixers (Trade Publication), 393
— Plant, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme,
499
— Prestressed, 19 ft. Pipeline, Derwent River
Hydro-Electric Scheme, 71
— Quality, Symposium on, 642
— Reinforced, Evolution of, 200 Structures, Early, 200
— Slabs for Pedestrian Crossings, 91
— Structural, Non-Destructive Tests for, 749
— Vermiculite as Lightweight Aggregate for,
559
Concreting, Handling and Excavating Equipment (Trade Publication), 72
— Plant, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155*
— Winter, by P. Nerenst, E. Rastrup and
G. M. Idorn (Review), 201
Condensers, Ammonia, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 59*
— Marine, Non-Ferrous Metals for, 589
— Plant, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 662
— Surface, Portobello Power Station, 206 Condensing Equipment for Locomotive (Hen
schel und Sohn G.m.b.H.), 226, 250*
— Steam Locomotive on South African Rail
ways, 274
Conductivity; See Electric
Conduit, Plastic, for Corrosive Conditions
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 463
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Proposals to Ban Overtime and Limit Piecework, 63; Evidence Submitted to Engineering Court of Inquiry, 127; Wage Claims of Railway Shopmen, 447, 479, 511
Conference on Advanced Short Courses for
Scientists and Technologists, 291
— on Aircraft Production Problems, 2, 7. See
Erratum, 157
— Annual, Ergonomics Research Society,
Arrangements for, 416
— British Electrical Development Association,
514, 524
— on Brittle Fracture in Steel, Report on, 295
— and Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 135, 286,
412, 574, 703, 831
— and Exhibition, Welding, Essen, 659
— on Harmful Atmospheres, British Occu
pational Hygiene Society, 128
— Improving Working Environment in Fac
tories, 704
— Incentives in Industry, 479
— International, on Electrodeposition and
Metal Finishing, London. See Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing, International Conference, London
on Gasification of Coal, Liege, Programme, 501
On High-Tension Networks, Paris. See High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris
— London, Commonwealth Engineering In
stitutions, 802
— on Management of Small Firms, 322
— North Sea Flooding. See Civil Engineers,
Institution of
— on Oxidation Processes, Holland, Arrange
ments for, 271
— Radio-Isotope, Oxford, Arrangements for,
199
—1 on Safety in Industry, 454
— Smoke Reduction in London, Arrange
ments for, 355
— on Thermal Stress, 98, 115
— World Power, Vienna Meeting, 1956,
Arrangements for, 743
— Young Engineers’, Demands for Better Pay
and Conditions, 575
— on Young Workers in Industry, 511
Congress and Exhibition, Scottish Industrial
Design, 360
— Internal-Combustion Engine, International,
British Participation in, 323
— Navigation, Permanent International Asso
ciation of, British Section. See Navigation Congresses, Permanent International Association of, British Section
— Paris, International Commission on Large
Dams, Programme, 447
— Wave Research, California University, 500 Conn, R. B., on Electronic Instruments for
Marine Turbine Research, 276* Connecting Rods of Oil Engines, Preventive
Maintenance of, 427
Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90* Conqueror Tank, 483*
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel;
Pulverised Coal
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Portable Air Compressor with 93-b.h.p. Rolls-Royce Oil Engine, 446*
Constant, H., on Search for Lightness, 401 Constructional Engineering Union, Increase in
Danger Money Payments to Steel Erectors, 127
Construction Equipment, British, Directory of (Trade Publication), 648
Consulting Engineers, Association of, Annual Dinner, 453
and Electrical Industry, 801, 806 Contactor Starter (Trade Publication), 72 Containers, Food, Aluminium, Manufacture by Grundy (Teddington), Ltd., 218*
— Rubber-Like Compound for (Dunlop
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 516
Continental Components, Ltd., Small-Room Air Conditioner, 337*
Continuous Casting Machine, Rossi, Barrow Steelworks, 213*
Plant at W. Jessop and Son, Ltd., 713 Contracts, 359, 435, 485, 576, 614, 742 Contractors’ Plant Industry, Position and
Prospects of, 397*
Control Board, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 532
— Desk at Capenhurst Atomic Factory, 124*
— Details for Radio Sets (Trade Publication),
HO
— Electronic, for Oily-Water Separator
(White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 150*
— Equipment, Alternator, Owen Falls Hydro-
Electric Plant, 531*
Automatic (Trade Publication), 585 for 2,400-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 184 Electrical, for Aden Oil Refinery
(Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 535*
— Gear for Bascule Bridge Operating Equip
ment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 92*
— — for 955-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives
(A. West and Co., Ltd.), 317*
for Electric Railcars (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 342*
— Instruments, Automatic, for Diesel Engines
and Air Compressors (Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 380
— Mechanism, Electronic, for Stator Produc
tion at Barugh Green Works, 762*
— “ Microsen,” for Overhead Travelling
Crane (J. H. Carruthers and Co., Ltd.), 411*
— Panels for Electric Motors (Trade Publica
tion), 617
for Stone-Grading Plant, Swinburne
Quarry, 759*
— Room for Aero-Engine Compressor and
Turbine Test House, 214*
for Hebburn Switchgear Testing Station, 418, 444*, 716
Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 503*
— Supervisory (Trade Publication), 712
— System, Amplidex, for Alternators (Brush
Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 149* Photo-Electric, for Converging Conveyors, 344*
Controllers, Electric Motor. See Motors,
Electric
— Liquid, for Electric Slant Haulage Drive
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 122*
— Process (Trade Publication), 648
Auxiliary, Pneumatic Diaphragm Units as (G. Kent, Ltd.), 699*
Convention, Electrical Power, British, Eastbourne. See British Electrical Power Convention, Eastbourne
— Electronics, Industrial, Arrangements for,
413
Converters, Ionic, for Electric Locomotives,
490
— Rotary, Bond-street Substation Removal
of, 604*
Conveyancer Fork-Lift Trucks, Ltd.; Roll- Clamping Attachment for Fork-Lift
Trucks, 414*; Brosius “ Manipulet ”
Forging Manipulator, 829*; Manipulator for Handling Hot Billets, 829*
Conveying System, Tubular (Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd.), 829*
Conveyor, Converging, Photo-Electric Control of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 344*
— Grain, Mobile, Pneumatic (Conveyors
(Ready-Built), Ltd.), 829*
— Hook, for 11-in. Continuous Bar-Rolling
Mill, 820*
— Natural-Frequency (Redler Conveyors,
Ltd.), 797*
— Pallet, Overhead, with “ Dynamatic ”
Coupling, 732*
Conveyors (Ready-Built), Ltd., Mobile Pneumatic Grain Conveyors, 829*
— Roller, Plastic, MacCarthy-White (White’s
Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 22*
— Slat, Single-Bottle Width, Chains and
Wheel's for, Specification, 648
— for Stator Production at Barugh Green
Woiks, 761*
Conway, H. G., on Origins of Mechanical Servo-Mechanisms, 152
Coolants, Clarifiers for (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 793*
Cooler, Oil, with Brass Sheet Casing (J. W.
Lawrence, Ltd.), 307*
Cooling Bank for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
Cooling, Dr. L. F., on Failures in Sea Defence
Banks of Essex and Kent, 38. See 34
— Media, Clarifiers for (Philips Electrical,
Ltd.), 793*
— Plants for Air Conditioning, 337*
— Systems of Oil Engines, Preventive Mainten
ance of, 428
— Tower for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58* Reinforced-Concrete, Nechells “ B ”
Power Station, 661*
— Water Intake; Coryton Oil Refinery, 688* Coombs, A. H„ on Climatic Research Labora
tory, Farnborough, 117
Cooper, H., on Engineering Aspects of Glass,
462
Cooper, L. B., the Late, 69 Cooper, T., the Late, 711 Co-operative Industrial and Commercial
Reference and Information Service, Work of, 39
Copper Alloys. See Gunmetal and Alloys under Metallurgy
Copper Cliff Works, Ontario, Oxygen-Production Plant at, 375*
— Rolling of, Control of Quality in, 649
— Smelting by International Nickel Co. of
Canada, Ltd,, 375*
— Supplies and Engineering Industries, 42*
— See also Metallurgy
Corby, Iron and Steel Works at, 782 Core-Boxes, Steel Vents for (Temple Instruments, Ltd.), 341*
Cornish Mining History, 712
Coronation Day Broadcasts (Review), 9
— Lighting of Westminster Abbey for (Trade
Publication), 41
— Telecommunications (Trade Publication),
140
Corrosion in Action, Film of, 616
— Allowance for High-Temperature Steam
Pipes, 458*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
— Conditions, Severe, Plastic Conduit for
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 463
— Cracking, Stress, Problems of Mechanism of,
367
— of Household Appliance's from Synthetic
Detergents, 420
— and Packaging, Lectures at Northampton
Polytechnic, London, 199
— Prevention Course at Battersea Poly
technic, 327
— Problems in Marine Engineering, 589
— of Propellers. See Propellers
— Resistance of Low-Alloy Steels, 713
— Rust Prevention and Removing Fluids
(Plus-Gas Co., Ltd.), 311
—- Tests of Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors, 183
Corrugated-Board Plant, with “ Dynamatic ”
Couplings, 733
Corrugating Machine for Aluminium Sheets (Streine Tool and Manufacturing Co.), 823*
Corrugations of Ship-Bottom Shell Plating, 586 Cory, W., and Sons, Ltd., 7|-ton Grabbing
Crane with Aluminium Jibs, 798 Coryton Oil Refinery, 687*
Coseley Engineering Co., Ltd., Steel-Framed
Buildings (Trade Publication), 266 Costain-John Brown, Ltd., Coryton Oil
Refinery, 687*
Cotton Congress, International, Plant for
Industry, by Sir H. Pilkington, 674
Cotton, K. E., on Flood Damage in Norfolk and Suffolk, 39. See 34
Counter, Batch, Electronic (Ericsson Telephones, Ltd.), 817*
— Electronic (Trade Publication), 425
— Scintillation, Phosphors for (Isotope De
velopments, Ltd.), 263
Counting Instrument for Microscopical Particles (Mullard, Ltd.), 472
Coupling, “ Dynamatic,” Applications of
(Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 732*
— Electrical Slip, for Whale Catcher “ Setter
IX ” (Asea Electric, Ltd.), 374
— Flexible-Shaft, for Helicopter Drive, 433
— Hose, for Air Lines (Trade Publication), 585
— Magnetic (Trade Publication), 680
— Pipe, Self-Sealing (Dowty Auto Units,
Ltd.), 152*
—- Rubber, for Pipes (British and Union
Rubber Manufacturing Co.), 446
— Shaft (Trade Publication), 71'2 Courts of Inquiry. See under Labour Coventry City Engineer’s Department, Use of
Radio Control by, 373
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd., “ Matrix ”
Comparator for Thread Examination, 697*; Optical Twist-Drill Gauge, 697* Covered Conductors’ Association and Mono
polies Commission, 674
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation
Crabtree, J. A., and Co., Ltd., Starters for Small
Motors (Trade Publication), 393
Crack Genesis and Growth in Steel, Study of, 369
Cracking, Corrosion, Stress, Problems of Mechanism of, 367
Craftsmanship and Trades Exhibition, Alton,
546
Crane, Electric, Safety Measures for, 745
— Grabs for (Trade Publication), 103
— 7|-ton Grabbing, with Aluminium Jibs
(Clyde Crane and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 798
— Hose-Handling, Queen Elizabeth II Dock,
155*
— Lorry-Mounted (Chamberlain Industries,
Ltd.); 829*
— Mobile (Trade Publication), 425
92,000-lb. “ Colossus ” Coles (Steels
Engineering Products, Ltd.), 797* 4-ton, with Telescopic Folding Jib (Uni-
cum Co.), 830*
— Pipe-Laying, Fitted to “ Challenger ”
Tractor (Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 629*
— 1-ton, Self-Propelled, Battery-Operated
(Steels Engineering Products, Ltd.), 119*
— 15-ton Travelling, of Tubular Construction
(J. H. Carruthers and Co., Ltd.), 411*
— Various (Trade Publication), 488
— See also Gantry; Hoists
Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., 42-ft. Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, 48*; Horizontal Boring, Facing, Milling and Drilling Machine, 691*
Cravens, Ltd., 250-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Railcars, 792*
Crawley, Allendale Works of W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd., 381*
Creep in High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 457*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
— of Metals for Gas Turbines at High Tem
peratures, 718
— of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, 682
•— in Pipe Flanges, 275
— Tests. See under Tests (Materials)
Critchell, P. L., on Joints in Water-Retaining Structures, 379
Critical Survey of Brittle Fracture in Carbon Plate Steel Structures Other than Ships, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
Croft, Col. C. M., the Late, 773
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Electrical Equipment for Dover Car-Ferry Bridge Winch Gear, 25*; 240-b.h.p. Auto-Synchronous Motors for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*; Self-Regulating Alternator, 87*; Electrical Equipment for 955-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 317*; 68-h.p.
Electric Traction Motors, 342*; Electrical Equipment for Swinburne Quarry, 760*
Crosby Valve and Engineering Co., Ltd., Safety and Relief Valves (Trade Publication), 266; Control Valves (Trade Publication), 297; Automatic Control Equipment (Trade Publication), 585
Cross Channel Submarine Power Cables, Design and Tests of, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515
“ Cross that River.” British Road Federation Booklet, 168
Crowther, G. C., on Flood Damage to Kent Coast Line, 38. See 34
Croydon Precision Instrument Co., Ltd., Precision Electrical Instruments (Trade Publication) 201
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruise, A. J., on Assessment of Particle Size, 594*
Crushers, Castings and Colour-Printing Machinery (Trade Publication), 456
— Gyratory, Output of, 557*
Crystal, Single, Magnetic, Domain Structure Of, 590
Crystalline Structure of Metals. See MicroPhotographs
Cullum, H. W., and Co., Ltd., Acoustic Treatment of Aero-Engine Test House, 214* Cultivators, Petrol-Driven (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 787
Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., Launch of S.S. “ Saxonia,” 262*
Cunningham, Eng. Rear Adml. J. E. G., the Late, 355
Cupola, Iron-Foundry, Mechanical Charging of, 217*
Current, Electric. See Electric
Custom in Industrial Society, Importance of, 614
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
— Oxy-Acetylene, Portable (British Oxygen
Co., Ltd.), 182*
Cutting-off Machine. See Machine Tools
— Machine, Flame, Portable (Trade Publica
tion), 456
Cycle Industry, Positions and Prospects, 396*
— Maintenance and Road Safety, 327
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— Working, for Gas Turbines, 717*
Cylinder of Oil Engines, Preventive Maintenance of, 428. See LETTER, 515
— Pneumatic, for Industrial Use (Baldwin
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 821*
Valves and Line Fittings (Trade Publication), ’776
Cyprus, Dekhela Power Station, Wave Excluder at, 684

DALLOW LAMBERT and CO., LTD., Fabric- Type Filter with Automatic Dust Shaker, 635;*
Dalmarnock Power Station, Fires at, 375
Dam, Concrete, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
— — Peechi, on Manali River, Southern
India, 243*
Warragamba, New South Wales, 400*
— Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*
— for Kariba and Kafue Hydro-Electric
Schemes, 644
— for Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 418, 430*
— Large, International Commission on,
Paris Congress, Programme, 447
— Luichart, Conon Valley Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 90*
— Steel, Temporary, for Entrance Lock of
Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 154
Dampers, vibration (H. Clayton-Wright, Ltd.), 760
Damping Capacity Changes in Aluminium- Rich Alloys, 682
— — in Steel; Apparatus for Investigation 141* Danielsson, C., on Sintering Practice at
Domnarfvet, Sweden, 46
Danielsson, P., the Late, 37
Danish. See Denmark
Dansie, L. E., on W. Gilbert (or Gilberd), 162 Daralum Castings, Ltd., High-Strength Aluminium Casting Alloy! 217
Darby, A., Metallurgical Work of, 714 Darlington, A. E., the Late, 355
Data Book on Resistance Welding (Trade Publication), 9
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., 410-h.p. Twelve- Cylinder Diesel Engine for Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 50*; Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 362
David, R., on Excitation and De-Excitation of Alternators, 685
Davidson and Co., Ltd., Mine Fans (Trade Publication), 776
Davidson, H. W., on High-Temperature High- Vacuum Electric Furnace, 106*
Davies, Dr. A. E., on Tin-Nickel Electroplating, 748
Davies, C., on New Methods of Wage Negotiations, 255
Davies, Dr. W., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45
Davis, J., on Export Marketing by Small Firms, 322
Davis, Wynn and Andrews, Ltd., Reed-Type Tachometer (Trade Publication), 425; Electronic Counter (Trade Publication), 425
Davison, C. St. C., on Dugald Clerk Two- Stroke Gas Engine, 419
Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., Davy-United Engineering, First Issue of, New Journal, 349; Hot Rolling Mills for Falkirk Aluminium Works, 757*, 822*
Dawe Instruments; Ltd., Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge, 537; Electronic Gauge, 537; “ Strobospot ” Hand Stroboscope, 537
Dawes, S. S., on Training for Motor-Car Industry, 70
Deakin, A., on High Wages and Living Costs, 479; on Equal Pay for Women Industrial Civil Servants, 832; on Abrupt Rejection of Wage Claims, 832
Dean, A., on Mechanisation of Permanent- Way Work, 4§2
Death-Watch Beetle, Treatment in H.M.S. Victory, 328
De Boeck, J. F. M., on Protection of Electric Railway Equipment, 328
Decarboniser, Liquid (Trade Publication), 680 Decca Navigator Co., Ltd., Tubular Welded Radio Masts for, 57*
Decca Radar, Ltd., Airfield Radar (Trade Publication), 266; M.S. “ Navigator,” Equipment of, 615; Marine Radar (Trade Publication), 680
Decimal Classification, Universal, Treatise on (Review), 102
Deck Slabs, Prestressed-Concrete, for Railway Bridge at Carlisle, 181*
Deep-Drawing Properties of Sheet Steel, 806 Degreasing Solution (Trade Publication), 361 de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., High-Speed and Low-Speed Wind Tunnels, 788*
Dekhela, Cyprus, Power Station, Wave Excluder at, 684
Delatycki, O., on Traversing Mechanism for Pyrometer and Pitot Tube, 624*
De Laval. See Laval and Turbines
“ Deluxe Warm White ” Fluorescent Lamps, 316
Delve, F. W., on London Fire Brigade, 514 Demuth, O. A., on 230-kV Capacitors in United States, 786
Denmark to Sweden Roadway Bridge and Tunnel, 134
Dennison, Dr. J. P., on Creep Characteristics of Precipitation-Hardening Alloys, 682 Densening and Chilling in Foundry Work, by E. Longden (Review), 617
Derricks. See Cranes
Derry, L. D., on Smoke-Limited Power Output of Diesel Engines, 144. See 130
Derwent River, Tasmania, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 71
Desiccants, Use in Packaging, Specification, 233
Design, Engineering, Reflections on, 737
— Industrial, Scottish, Congress and Exhibi
tion, 360
— and Inventions (Crown Use) Bill, Criticisms
of, 290
— and Research, Cooperation of, for Greater
Production, 263
Detector, Erosive Ash, for Coal-Burning Gas Turbine, 564
— Fire, for Aircraft (Graviner Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.), 695*
— Flaw, Ultrasonoscope (Glass Develop
ments, Ltd.), 473
— for Graviner Industrial Explosion, 493* Detergents, Synthetic, Effect of Use of,
Report on, 420
Effect on Water Supply, 189
Detonators for Graviner Explosion Suppressor 493*
Developer, Photographic (Trade Publication), 72
Dexion, Ltd., Slotted Angles for Fabricated Frames, 608
Diagrams, Stress-Strain, for Steel, 141*
Dial Cottage, Home of George Stephenson, Proposed Preservation of, 419, 451*
— Indicator, High-Magnification (J. E. Baty
and Co., Ltd.), 765*
Diamond Abrasive Wheels and Tools, Specification, 456
Diaphragm Units, Pneumatic, as Auxiliary Process Controllers (G. Kent, Ltd.), 699* Dickinson Memorial Lecture and Medal, 559, 646*
Didsbury Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Minigrip ” Manually-Operated Trolley, 797*
Die Castings, Zinc-Alloy, Certification Mark for, 263
Dielectric Fatigue of Insulating Materials, 785 Diesel Engine Users Association; Operating Experience with Gas Turbines with Particular Reference to Beznau Plant, by E. A. Kerry, 146*; Diesel Engines in Agriculture, by L. Martland and R. M. Ogorkiewicz, 309; Preventive Maintenance of Oil Engines; by H. D. Adam, 427. See LETTER, 515; Annual Luncheon, 547 See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine Propulsion
Differential Gear. See Gear
Diffraction Gratings, Magnetic Tapes and Computers for Machine-Tool Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
Diffusion of Chromium into Non-Ferrous Metals, 748
Diggin, M. B., on Nickel Plating from Sulphamate Solution, 748
Digging Machines. See Excavator
Dimensional Methods and Their Applications, by C. M. Focken (Review), 744
Directory of British Construction Equipment (Trade Publication), 648
— Electrical Trades (Review), 425
— Post-Office, London (Review), 297
Discs, Abrasive, Specification, 169
— Rotating, Balancing of, Graphical Construc
tion, 241*. See LETTERS, 323, 419
Disputes, Trade. See Labour
Distillers Co., Ltd., Experiments on Carbon Dioxide as Cooling Medium, 130, 156*
Distilling Plant, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 662
Diving Apparatus, Self-Contained (Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd.), 724
D. M.M. (Machinery), Ltd., Crude-Gas Valve (Trade Publication), 456
Dobbie, C. H., on Design of Sea Defence Works 38 See 34
Dock, Floating, 28,000-ton, Without Tank Tops (J. Boel and Sons, S.A.), 725
— London, Overtime Dispute among Dockers,
159, 191, 255, 447
— Queen Elizabeth II, of Manchester Ship
Canal, 130, 153*
Docking, Dry, of Caisson Gate of King George V Dock, Southampton, 438*
Dockyards, Admiralty, Holiday Arrangements at, 287
Documentation, by Dr. S. C. Bradford (Review), 102
Dodds, Dr. E. M., on Smoke-Limited Power Output of Diesel Engines, 144. See 130.
Domain Structure of Ferromagnetic Metals, 590
Domestic Electric Appliances, Demand for, 331*
Dominion Engineering Co., Ltd., Speed Reducing and Increasing Gearboxes (Trade Publication), 680; Shaft Couplings (Trade Publication), 712
Domnarfvet, Sweden, Sintering Practice at, 46 Donova, Meuse Valley, United States, Atmospheric Pollution at, 549
Door, Folding and Sliding, for British Overseas Airways Corporation Hangar, 6.58*
— Sliding, of London Transport Executive
Rolling Stock, Wear of, 145
Doran; W. E., on Sea Defences in Wash and Great Ouse Estuary, 39. See 34
Doretti-Swallow Sports Motor Car for America, 120
Dorey, Dr. S. F., on Metals and Marine Engineering, 589. See 583
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Development Programme of, 802
Double Helical Gears. See Gears
— Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Douglas, R. M. (Contractors), Ltd., Transonic Wind Tunnel, 188*
Dover Harbour Board, Winch Gear for Car- Ferry Bridge, 25*
Dow Memorial Prize Competition of Illuminating Engineering Society, 188
Dowel-Making Machine (Trade Publication), 266
Downer and Co., Ltd., Rimutaka Tunnel, 623
Dowty Auto Units, Ltd., Self-Sealing Pipe Coupling, 152*
Dowty Equipment Ltd., Test and Research Rigs, 18*
Dowty, G. H., on Aircraft Production Problems, 7. See 2
Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd., 20-ton “Monarch” Hydraulic Pit Prop, 692*; 80-ton Hydraulic Roof Chock, 693*
DOxford Oil Engines Construction by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 616*
Drainage, Land, Demonstration of Machinery for, 484
— Main, of London, Investigation of Efficiency
of, 500
— Problems of Fenland, Investigations on, 491 Draughtsmen, Engineering and Shipbuilding,
Grant of Salary Increase to, 832
— Shipbuilding, Wage Increase for, 575
Dravo Corporation, Oil-Fired Space Heaters (Trade Publication), 103; Air Conditioning Plant (Trade Publication), 456
Drawings in ENGINEERING, 611. See LETTERS, 677, 707, 775
— Office, Saving Time in, 258, 259
— Practice, Engineering, Specification, 66, 71
Drew, D. A., on High-Temperature Strain Gauges, 116
Driers for Colliery Sludge at Emile Huchet Power Station, 308
Drill Chuck. See Machins Tools
— and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools Drives, Loom, Induction Motors for (Trade
Publication), 72
Drop Tests. See Tests (Materials)
Drum, Boiler, Embedded Thermocouple for, 489*
Dry Dock. See Dock
Dryer, Centrifugal (W. Canning and Co., Ltd.), 634*
Drying and Mixing Plant; Tar Macadam. See Tar Macadam
“ Duaflex ” Oil-Control Piston Ring, 409*
“ Dualok ” Hub for Pulley Wheel, 600
Dubilier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd., High- Voltage Capacitors for Transmission Lines, 787
Dublin Office of Public Works, 45-ton Road Trailer for, 408*
Duct Work for Air-Conditioning Systems, 337* Ducting and Fans, of Corrosion-Resistant Plastic (Turner and Brown, Ltd.), 60*
— Flexible, “ Spiratube ” (Flexible Ducting,
Ltd.), 187*
— for Wind Tunnels, de Havilland Aircraft
Co., Ltd., 788*
Duff, C. K., on Load Frequency Control in Interconnected Power Systems, 786
Duffwillans Equipment Co., Precision Bench Surface Grinder (Trade Publication), 330
“ Duke of Gloucester,” 4-6-2 Express Locomotive, 705, 729*
Dumper Truck, 4 J-ton, Chaseside Engineering, Co. Ltd., 829*
Dunk, V., Ltd., Barugh Green Works of Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Dunlab Separator Tube for Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine for Locomotives, 563*
Dunlop, L. V., the Late, 293
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Rubber-Like Compound for Containers, 516; 21st Birthday of Agricultural Pneumatic Tyre, 584; Maxaret Automatic Brake Control Unit with G.E.C. Heavy-Alloy Flywheel, 670*
Dunning, H., and Co. (1946), Ltd., Glands for Electric Cables, 119
Dunston Power Station, Dust Nuisance from, 122
Du-Plat-Taylor, F. M. G., the Late, 679, 711 Durand, Dr. W. F., Life and Work of, 101 Durham, Colliery, Flooded, De-Watering of, 168
— University, Course on Growth and Devel
opment of Industry, 741
“ Dusgard ” Unit for Grinding Wheels (Air
Control Installations, Ltd.), 606*
Dussek Bitumen and Taroleum Co., Ltd., Jubilee of, 62
Dust, Coal, Particles, Assessment of Size of, 594*
See also Pulverised Coal
— Collecting Instruments and Air-Pollution
Control, 550
— Collectors, Vacuum, for Collieries, 296*
— Control Plant, Swinburne Quarry, 759*
— Filters Exhibition, Birmingham (Air Control
Installations, Ltd.), 671
— Meter, Photo-Electric, for Blast-Furnace
Gases, 146
— Nuisance from Dunston Power Station, 122
— from Power Stations, Grading Apparatus
for, 272*
Dutch. See Holland
Duvivier, J., on Storm Surges and Design of Coast Protection Works, 38. See 34 Dwellings, Block, Electric Lifts for, 30 Dwight-Lloyd Sinter Plant at Appleby- Frodingham Works, 45
“ Dynamatic ” Couplings, Applications of, 732*
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Dynamometer, 2,000-h.p., Heenan-Dynamatic for Aero-Engine Test House, 214*
— Quantitative, Pendulum, for Universal
Testing Machine, 751*
— See also Torsionmeter
Dyson, R. A., Ltd., 45-ton Road Trailer, 408*

EARTH BORING MACHINE CO., Earth- Boring Machines (Trade Publication), 808
— Faults, Instruments for Locating (Trade
Publication), 617
— Leakage Circuit Breaker (Chilton Electric Products, Ltd.), 544
— Moving Equipment (Trade. Publication), 362
Earthing, Electrical, and Accident Prevention, Edited by Dr. M. G. Say (Review), 585
East Coast of England, Flood Damage on, 34, 38
— German Engineering Buying Campaign, 770 Eastbourne, British Electrical Power Convention. See British Electrical Power Convention, Eastbourne
Eastern Tractors, Ltd., Demonstration of Implements Used with Ferguson Tractors, 220*
Eastham, Oil-Handling Installation at, 304
Easthouses Colliery, 650-b.h.p. Steam Haulage Engine, 506*
Echo Sounder for Fishing Industry (Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 117
Echometer; Recording, for Fishing Vessels (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 525*
Economic Commission for Europe, Steel Production Statistics of, 40
— Survey for 1953, 450
— Systems, Mechanisms of, by Prof. A.
Trustin (Review), 455
Economics, Industrial. See Labour
— Railway. See Railway
Economisers, All-Wielded; Portobello Power Station, 175*
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel Economy
“ Edgwick ” High-Speed Threading Machine, 219*
Edinburgh, Scottish Design Congress, What is Good Design, by Sir W. Puckey, 737
— Scottish Industrial Design Exhibition and
Congress, 360
Edstrom, J. O., on Mechanism of Reduction of Iron Oxides, 16

Education:

Advanced Short Courses for Scientists and Technologists, Conference on, 291
Agricultural Engineers, Institution of British, Examination for National Diploma, 294
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Course on Electronics, 232
Battersea Polytechnic, Lectures on Powder Metallurgy, 29; Course oil Protective Painting of Metals, 32; Course on Corrosion and Its Prevention, 327; Extensions at, 423
Birmingham Industrial Safety Training Centre, Courses at, 743
— University, Investigations on Physical Nature of “ Knock,” by Dr. B. N. Cole, 111*; Graduate School of Thermodynamics, 514, 526*
British Council, Courses on Agricultural Engineering and Soil Mechanics, 231 — Institute of Management, Harvard Fellowships for, 416
— Occupational Hygiene Society, Conference on Harmful Atmospheres, 128
California University, Wave Research Congress, 500
Education—continued.
Cambridge University, Investigations on Steel Structures in Plastic Range, 210*; Courses on Managers in Industry, 231; United Steel Companies’ Scholarships, 325; Report on Department of Engineering, 487; Compressible Flow of Semi-Perfect Gas, by Dr. D. B. Spalding, 777*
Chemical Engineers, Institution of, Symposium on Fuel and Power, 325; Symposium on Gas Absorption, 325; Examinations, 373; Graduates’ and Students’ Tour of Holland, 763
China, Engineering Students in, 67
City and Guilds College, Student Statistics, 75
of London Institute, Insignia Awards in Technology, 387; Course on Instrument Making, 804
— of Oxford College of Technology, Art and Commerce, New Buildings for, 527
Colombo-Plan Students in United Kingdom, 387
Durham University, Course on Growth and Development of Industry, 741
Electricity-Supply Industry, Training Commercial Staff for, 524
Engineering Education, American and British Compared, 321
Federation of British Industries, Committee on Shortage of Science Teachers, 556; Booklet on Overseas Scholarships, 706
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Mechanised- Farming Training Centre, 612
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works Drawing-Office Training School, 771
Glasgow, Royal Technical College, 400-kV Peak Impulse Generator, 109*
— University, Apparatus for Measurement of Plastic Strains in Steel, by D. Morrison, 141*
Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, Training of, 2, 4
Horology and Instrument Technology, National College of, Courses in Tool Technology, 119; Open Day, 388
Industrial Welfare Society, Course on Manual Lifting and Handling, 327
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Annual Report, 75; Courses on Mineral Dressing, 423
Junior Institution of Engineers, Maudslay Scholarship, 678
King’s College, London, Wheatstone Laboratory, Microtome for Thin Sections, 472
Loughborough College of Technology, Training Courses for Motor Industry, 70; Motor-Industry Scholarships, 582
Management in Iron and Steel Industry, Education and Training for, 196
— Training for, Federation of British Industries, Booklet on, 33
Manchester University, Production Engineering Course, 678. See LETTER, 741; Radio-Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer Courses at, 291; Founding of Webster Professorship in Electrical Engineering, 577
Melbourne University, Research on Gas- Turbine Combustion Problems, 624*
Metallurgists, Institution of, Examinations of, 775
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., “ Easter School ” for Head and Science Masters, 546
Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, Travelling Fellowships, 190
Mond Nickel Co., Fellowships, Particulars of, 190
National College of Horology, Open Day, 388
of Rubber Technology, Television Apparatus at, 66, 88*
— Foundry College, Wolverhampton, Opening of Permanent Accommodation, 292
— Service, Inquiry into Effects on Education, 800
Naval Architects, Institution of, Research Scholarship for Applications of Light Alloys, 523
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Lectures on Corrosion and Packaging, 199; National College of Horology, Open Day, 388
Nottingham University, Stuart Lecture on Long Life of Internal-Combustion Turbine, 717*
Old Centralians Luncheons, 354, 514
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, Travel for Education Scheme, 505
Paris School of Electricity, 60th Anniversary, 647
Rolls-Royce Ltd., Brochure on Apprentice Training, 387
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Investigations on Hot Rolling, 806; and on Iron-Ore Beneficiation, 806
— Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, Training Scheme for Chemical Engineers, 199
— School of Mines, London, Summer School in Mineral Dressing, 384
Rubber Technology, National College of, Television Apparatus at, 66, 88*
Shipwrights, Worshipful Company _ of, Prizes for Shipwright Apprentices, 387
Sound Equipment for Schools (Trade Publication), 393
South East London Technical College, Courses on Electronic Instruments, 81
St. Andrews University, Opening of Ewing Building, 232
Education—continued.
St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, Motor Industry Summer School, 157
Stephenson Engineering Society, Place of Sir C. A. Parsons in Mechanical Engineering, by Prof. A. F. Burstall, 771
Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology, Researches on Hot Rolling, 806; and on Iron-Ore Beneficiation, 806
Teachers, Industrial, Young Employees Need For, 571
— Science, Committee on Shortage of, 556 United States Research Fellowships, Award of, 190
University Education, Scope of, 577 Watt Club, Centenary of, 189
West of England Employers’ Association, Work Study School of, 388
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College, Extensions to, 292
Work-Study School, Bristol, 388 Edwards, F. J., Ltd., “ Bodymaker ” Tin-Box Making Machinery, 242*
Edwards, W., and Co. (London), Ltd., Allendale Works, Crawley, 381*
Efficiency of Boiler Plants. See Boiler Plants — of Engines. See Engines; Trials
Effluents, Industrial, and Water Pollution, 584 Eigen Values, Determination of, Simultaneous Linear Equations and (Review), 361
Eire, Galway, Gowla Bog, Trials of “ Bogmaster ” Tractors, 285*
Ejector and Clamp For Gear-Shaping Machine, 89*
E. L. 60A Naval Gas Turbine, 622
“ Eldair 10/140” Hydraulic Press Brake, 86* “ Eldair ” Press Brakes (Trade Publication), 488
Elderly Persons, Employment of, 607

;Electric:

Accumulator, 400 Ampere-Hour Battery, Keadby Power Station, 273
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Trucks
Alternator. See Generator; Generating Set; Turbo
Amplidyne Systems for Alternators, 685 Apparatus, Portable, Accidents from, Report on, 100
Afc Furnaces. See Furna.ce:, Electric
—r Welding. See Welding Battery. See Accumulator (above)
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, Annual Luncheon, 578; Annual Report, 581; Report on Network Analyser, 602* and Allied Manufacturers Association, Economics of Diesel-Engined Buses, 258; Annual Report, 545;
Development Association, Conference on Street Lighting and Road Safety, 327; Exhibits at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 420; Conference, 514, 524
— Electricity Authority, 60-MW Turbo- Generators, for Uskmouth Station, Tests of, 29*; Revised Tariff for Bulk Supply, 62; Exhibition of Power- Equipment, 63; Generating Plant Installed in 1953, 68; Dust from Dunston Power Station, 122; Exhibition of Industrial Electrical Equipment, Birmingham, 135; Programme for Increasing Capacity, 137; Portobello Power Station, 162, 174*,206;* Pamphlet on Report of American Electricity Supply Team, 164; Electricity Supply Statistics, 190, 259, 454, 597, 742; Pole-Hole Boring Machine, 221*; Status of Power Engineers, 223, 832; Amalgamation of North-Western and Merseyside Divisions, 259; Battery for Keadby Power Station, 273; Fires at Dal- marnock Power Station, 375; Power Link with France, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 575; Staythorpe Cable Testing Station, 452; Switchgear at Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 502* ; Thermal Efficiencies of Power Stations, 518; 132-kV Wood Pole
Transmission Line, 600*; Nechells “B” Power Station, 660*; Booklet on Power and Prosperity, 770, 774; Relations with Consulting Engineers, 801, 806; Lord Citrine on Work of AUTHORITY, 807; Belvedere and Eiland Power Stations, 827
Cable, Aluminium-Sheathed, Production of (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 794*
— for Bond-street Substation (W. T.
Glover and Co., Ltd.), 605
— 66-kV for British Railways, 282
— for 100-kV Direct-Current Trans
mission Scheme, Gotland, 715
— Fully - Impregnated Non - Draining (Trade Publication), 266
— Glands for (H. Dunning and Co. (1946), Ltd.), 119
— Hydraulic-Thrust Boring Machine for Placing Underground, 60*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 331* — Makers’ Association and Monopolies Commission, 674
— Manufacture by Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 539
by Dussek Bitumen and Taroleum Co., Ltd., 62
— 275-kV, Staythorpe Testing Station for,
452
— Steel-Cored Aluminium for Kemano- Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme, 431
— Submarine, for Power Link Between Britain and France, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515
Telephone, Transatlantic, 59
— Telephone, Transatlantic (Submarine Cables, Ltd.), 452, 482
Electric—continued.
Capacitors, Electrolytic (Trade Publication), 393
— High-Voltage, for Transmission Lines (Dubilier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd.), 787
— Miniature (Pressey Co., Ltd.), 472
— 380-kV, Series, in Sweden, 785
— Variable (Trade Publication), 456 Cell, Load Measuring, 5-cwt. to 200-tons (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 472*
— Photo-Electric Lead-Sulphide (Mullard, Ltd.), 735
Conductor, Aluminium, Steel-Cored, Corrosion of, 183
— on Electric Railways, Protection of,
328
Conduit, Plastic, Non-Corrodible, for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 463
Contactors (Trade Publication), 456
— Air-Break, for Mines (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 123*
— for Alternating Current (Trade Pub
lication), 617
— Starter (Trade Publication), 72 Converters, Rotary, Bond-street Substation, Removal of, 604*
Cranes. See Cranes
Current, Direct versus Alternating for Railways, 481, 490
— Post-Arc, in High-Voltage Circuit- Breakers, 716
Dielectric Heating (Trade Publication), 648
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Earth Faults, Instruments for Locating (Trade Publication), 617
Earthing, Electrical, and Accident Prevention, Edited by Dr. M. G. Say (Review), 585
— and Electrical Safety in Factories, 745
— Methods and Continuity of Electricity Supply, 65, 76
Electric Drives for Paper-MakingMachines (Trade Publication), 712
Electrical Apparatus, Intrinsically Safe, Test and Certification of (Review), 425
— Earthing and Accident Prevention, Edited by Dr. M. G. Say (Review), 585
— Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects in, 2, 10*, 136*
— Equipment, Industrial, Exhibition of, Birmingham 135
Portable, Safety in Use of, 592 S.S. “ Arcadia,” 663*
— —: for Swinburne Quarry, North
umberland, 760*
— Industry and Consulting Engineers, 801, 806
— Installations, Farm and Horticultural, Specification, 425
— — H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 567
— Safety in Factories, 745
— Trades Directory (Review), 425 Electricity Department of National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 652
— Elements of, by W. H. Timbie, assisted by A. Kusko (Review), 329
Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, Laminations in, Heat Capacity of, 781
Electrodes for Argon-Arc Welding (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 606
— Research by Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 476* Electronic Applications, Nickel for (H. Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 122*
— Equipment (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 472
— Instruments for Marine Turbine Research, 276*
Electronics Convention1, Industrial, Arrangements for, 413
— Course on at Harwell, 232
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 331*. See LETTER, 483
— in Industry, Scope for, 524 Electroplating. See Electro
Filter, High and Low Pass, with Ferrox- cube Cores (Mullard, Ltd.), 56
Floor Warming Installations, 524 Frequency Conversion on British Railways, Southern Region, 258, 282*
— Regulation^ Automatic, in Large Networks, 786
— Transmitters, Ultra-High (Mullard, Ltd.), 597*
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Fuses and Electrical Safety in Factories, 745
Galvanometer and Thermocouple, Measurement by, 180*
Generating Stations. See Power ’Stations Generator. See Generator; Generating
Set; Turbo
Heater Mat formed by Spraying Process (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 378*
Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Impedances, High-Source, Measurement of, 376
Induction Furnace. See Furnace
— Motors. See Motors;, Electric
Instruments, Electrical, Precision (Trade Publication), 201
Insulating Material, Ceramic (K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd.), 253
Dielectric Fatigue of, 785
High-Voltage (Permali, Ltd.), 634 Power Factor and Permittivity of, Specification, 361
— Sheets, Specification, 425
Insulation Failures and Continuity of Electricity Supply, 65, 76
Lamp, Discharge, Mercury-Vapour and Sodium-Vapour, Manufacture of (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 726*
— Fluorescent, “ Deluxe Warm White ” (Electrical Lamp Manufacturers’ Association), 316
— Portable, for Dangerous Atmospheres (Oldham and Sons .Ltd.), 315
Electric—continued;
Lighting, Emergency (Trade Publication))) 330
— Fitting for Underwater Television (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 253*
— of Willesden Railway-Carriage Sidings
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 56*
Lightning, Effect on Power Transmission Lines, 65, 76
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo
Magslips (Muirhead and Co., Ltd.), 473 Mains. See Cables (above)'!
Meters, Electric (Trade Publication), 393 Microvolt Multelec (G. Kent, Ltd.), 376 Modulator, Pulse, High-Power (Mullard, Ltd.), 81
Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear Photo-Electric Control System for Converging Conveyors (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 344*
Plugs (Trade Publication), 617
Potentiometer, Moulded-Track (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 280
— Precision (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 733*
— Toroidal (Trade Publication), 103 Power. See Power
— Factor Correction Equipment Exhibition, Birmingham, 63
— Stations. See Power Stations
Precision Electrical Instruments (Trade Publication), 201
Pyrometer. See Pyrometer
Railways. See Railways
Rays. See X-Rays
Reactors for Tests of Large Alternators, 28*
Recorder, Voltage, Two-Channel Direct- Current (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 245*
Rectifier for British Railways, Southern Region, 282*
— Dual-Current, for Welding (Philips Electrical Ltd.), 315
— on Electric Railways, Protection of, 328
— Germanium (Trade Publication), 680
— 1,000-kW Mercury-Arc, Bond-street
Substation, 604*
— Power, Mobile, for Airfields (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 85*
— Station, Gotland, 100-kV Direct-Current Transmission Scheme, 715
Relay, Capacitor Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 315
— Electronic, Industrial (Londex, Ltd.), 635*
— Gas-Actuated, for Transformer Protection (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 734*
— Protection, Handbook (Trade Publication), 648
Repeaters for Transatlantic Telephone Cables, 452, 482
Resistance Welding. See Welding
Rolling Mills, Electric Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Selsyns for Transmitting Angular and Rotational Movements (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 310*
Semi-Conductor Junctions, Thermo-Electric Effects at (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 677
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Starter, Contactor (Trade Publication), 72 — Motor. See Motors, Electric
Steel Manufacture. See Furnace, Electric Storage Battery. See Accumulator (above) Street Railways. See Tramways Substation. See Substation
Switchgear. See Switchgear; Motors, Electric
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy
Telephony. See Telephony
Testing Laboratory, Mobile (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 88
Thermocouple and Galvanometer, Measurement by, 180*
Thermometer. See also Thermometer Traction. See Locomotives, Electric;
Trolley ’Bus; Railways; Tramways
Tramways. See Tramways Transformers. See Transformers Transistors (Mullard, Ltd.), 245 — Point Contact and Junction Types (Amplivox, Ltd.), 322, 347*
Turbo Generators. See Turbo Generators
Vacuum Tubes. See Valves, Radio; Rontgen
Voltages for Portable Electric Equipment Associated with Accidents, 592
— Recorder, Two-Channel Direct-Current (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), ’245*
— Regulator for Owen Falls Hydro- Electric Plant, 530
— Stabilisers (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 472
Welding. See Welding
Winding Gear. See Winding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Radar; Radio; Television
Wireless Telephony. See Radar; Radio; Television
Wiring and Electrical Safety in Factories, 745
Electric Construction Co., Ltd., Contactors for Alternating Current (Trade Publication), 617
Electric Meter Co., Electricity Meters (Trade Publication), 393
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., Industrial Television Equipment, 472*
Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd., Furnaces for Aluminium Wire Manufacture, 538
Electrical Employees, Wage Demands by, 63, 95, 127
— Engineers’ Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 410
Electrical Engineers, Institution of:
Appeal for Benevolent Fund, 29
Leete, E., Elected Honorary Member, 69
Electrical Engineers, Institution of— continued.
Shoenberg, I., Award of Faraday Medal to, 69
Parsons Lecture on Continuity of Electricity Supply, by H. Heyburn, 76. See 65
Faraday Lecture on Electro-Heat and Prosperity, by O. W. Humphreys, 277
Annual Dinner,-294
Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme, by F. L. Lawton, 430*. See 418
Possibilities of Cross-Channel Power Link Between British and French Supply Systems, by D. P. Sayers, M. E. Laborde and F. J. Lane, 464*. See 450
Ten-Year Index to Proceedings, 525 Kelvin Lecture on Physics of Ionosphere, by J. A. Ratcliffe, 621. See Erratum, 748
Annual Report, 647
Supply Section:
Corrosion of Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors, by Dr. J. S. Forrest and J. M. Ward, 183
Transport, Preparation and Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at Emile Huchet Power Station, by Dr. R. Gibrat and
F. Chenin, 308
Utilisation Section:
Electric Lifts in Block Dwellings, by C. G. L. Morley, 30
Electricity in Wool-Textile Industry, by
A. J. Francis and T. H. Carr, 161
Safety in Use of Portable and Transportable Electrical Equipment, by J. W. Bunting, 592
London Graduates' Section:
Atomic Energy Made Easy, by Sir C. Hinton, 386
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of
— Engineering Industry, Position and Pros
pects, 2, 10*, 136*, 545
Regional Advisory Committee, Conference on Advanced Technological Short Courses, 291
— Lamp Manufacturers’ Association, 316
— Power Convention, British, Eastbourne.
See British Electrical Power Convention, Eastbourne
Engineers’ Association, Desire for Improved Status of Members, 223, 832
Electrical Remote Control Co., Ltd., Process Timer (Trade Publication), 425
— Trades Union, “ Guerrilla ” Strike Action
by, 63, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383; Strike Pay for Non-Unionists, 223; Wage Increase Granted, 543; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575
Electricians’ Wages, Demands for Increase, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383, 415 ; Grant of Increase in, 543
Electro Dynamic Construction Co., Ltd., Magnetic Couplings (Trade Publication) 680; Traction Motors (Trade Publication), 680; Self-Regulating Alternators (Trade Publication), 712
Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, Laminations in, Heat Capacity of, 781
Electro Methods, Ltd., Experimental Magnetic Amplifier, 277
Electrodes, Graphite, in Electric-Arc Furnaces, Wear of, 784
Electrodeposition, International Council for, Conference and Exhibition, 327, 547, 747
— of Manganese, Technique of, 748

Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing, International Conference, London: Programme, 327

Reports of Proceedings, 547, 747 Quantitative Adhesion Test for Electrodeposited Chromium, by C. Williams and R. A. F. Hammond, 747
Diffusion of Chromium into Non-Ferrous Metals, by R. L. Samuel and N. A. Lockington, 748
Nickel Plating from Sulphamate Solution, by M. B. Diggin, 748
Organic Finishes on Electroplated Coatings with Special Reference to Adhesion, by E. C. J. Marsh, 748
Tin-Alloy Plating, by Dr. F. A. Lowen- heim, 748
Progress in Tin-Nickel Electroplating, by A. E. Davies, 748
Laboratory Technique for Electrodeposition of Manganese on Other Metals, by Miss W. A. Bell, 748
Universal Metal-Finishing Problems— Plea for International Co-operation, by Dr. S. Wernick, 748
Electrolytic Capacitors (Trade Publication), 393 Electromagnets, Ltd., Lifting Magnet with Fine Control, 634; Permanent-Magnet Floor Sweeper, 634*
Electron Distribution in Ionosphere, 621. See Erratum, 748
Electronics. See under Electric
Electroplated Coatings, Organic Finishes on, 748
Electroplating Equipment (W. Canning and Co., Ltd.), 634*
— Researches on, 205
— Tin-Alloy, Processes for, 748 Electrostatic Precipitators, Portobello Power
Station, 175*
Eiland Power Station, Yorkshire, 827
Elliot, G. D., on Ironmaking from High-Sinter Burdens, 46
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 5-cwt. to 200-ton Load Measuring Cells, 472*
Elliott, J. W., on Shipbuilding Prospects, 40 Elongation Data, Conversion of (Trade Publication), 362
Elutriator for Grading Fly Ash, 272 Ely, C. F., On Sintering of Iron Ore, 45 Emerson, A., on Wave Resistance and Ship Hull Design, 586. See Erratum, 681
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine Tools
Emile Huchet Power Station, Utilisation of
Colliery Tailings at, 308
“ Empire Frome,” S.S., Conversion for
Cable Laying, 371 Employees. See Labour Employment. See Labour “ Empress of Canada,” S.S., Salving of, 359* Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
Energy-Anglfe Relationship, Compton, Graphs
of, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72
— Resources for Britain, 513
Enfield Cables, Ltd., 275-kV Cable, 452 Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
— Design and Low Weight per Horse-Power,
401
— Diesel. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
propulsion; Motorships
— Fire. See Fire
— Gas, Two-Stroke, Dugald Clerk of 1881,419
— — See also Producer
— Heat, Thermodynamics Applied to, 35.
See LETTER, 98
— Indicators. See Indicators
— Internal-Combustion Industry, Position
and Prospects of, 2, 11 *
— — Combustion, International Congress on,
British Participation in, 323
Combustion, Research Association, Investigation on Noise Reduction in Diesel Engines, 144
Combustion. See also Turbines, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel (Trade Publication), 362 Diesel, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant
(Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 58*
Diesel, Burmeister and Wain (Trade
Publication), 330
Diesel, 34-h.p. Fordson-Major, for I Power Pack,” 187*
— — Diesel, Four 2,000-h.p., Reverse-Re
duction Gearbox for, 410*
Diesel, “ Fullagar,” Preservation by
English Electric Co., Ltd., 165*
Diesel, 125-h.p. Horizontal, for Rail
Cars (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 601 Diesel, Manufacture in France for
F. Perkins, Ltd., 387
Diesel, Marine, Doxford Opposed- Piston Construction by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., §16*
Diesel, Marine, 1,900-b.h.p. Four- Cylinder Doxford Motor Trawler “ Fairtry,” 725
Diesel, Marine, 120-h.p. Six-Cylinder (Fodens, Ltd.), 647
Diesel, Marine, 1,360-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Whale Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374*
Diesel, Motor-Vehicle, 60-b.h.p., Four-
Cylinder (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 376* Diesel, Noise and Smoke Reductions
in, 130, 144
Diesel, Pre-Assembly of Piston, Connecting-Rod and Cylinder Liners for (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd.), 22*
Diesel, Preventive Maintenance of, 427. See LETTER, 515
Diesel, Protection Instruments for (Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 380
Diesel, 5-h.p. Single-Cylinder Horizontal (Porn and Dunwoody, Ltd.), 254*
| Diesel, 93-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder (Rolls-
Royce Ltd.), 446*
— — Diesel, 955-h.p. Six-Cylinder, for Loco
motive (Sulzer Brothers (London), Ltd.), 317*
Diesel, 2,000-h.p. Sixteen-Cylinder, for Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 735
— — Diesel, Starter for (Trade Publication),
617
— — Diesel, 90-b.h.p. Three-Cylinder
Opposed-Piston (Commer Cars, Ltd.), 578, 598*
Diesel Twelve-Cylinder, for Compound
Aero Engine, 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611 Diesel, 410-h.p. Twelve-Cylinder, for
Diesel-Electric Locomotive (Davey Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 50*
Diesel, 22-h.p., Twin-Cylinder (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 767*
Diesel, 20-h.p., Two-Cylinder and
30-h.p. Three-Cylinder for Narrow-Gauge Locomotives; 346*
Diesel, Two-Stage Filter for, 471 Diesel, Types for Farm Tractors, 309 Diesel! See also Motorships; Marine
Propulsion; Diesel Engine Users’ Association
Marine, Allen-Stoeckicht Epicyclic Reduction Gearboxes for, 185*
— — Preventive Maintenance of, 427. See
LETTER, 575
— — See also Tractors
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics “Knock” in, Physical Nature of, ill? Motor-Car, Production in United States,
267
1 • 1-h.p. Single-Cylinder (Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd.), 26*
— — See also Aeronautics; Motor Cans
— Steam, Cornish, Preservation of, 712 Marine. See Marine Propulsion;
Turbines
650-b.h.p. Twin-Cylinder (Walker
Brothers (Wigan), Ltd.), 506*
— Winding. See Winding Engineers-in-Charge, Institution of, Annual
Dinner, 646
— Council for Professional Development,
Annual Report, 99
— Education. See Education
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution
of, Some Electronic Instruments for
Marine Turbine Research, by J. Hare and R. B. Conn, 276*
— Society of, Centenary of, 162; Centenary
Presidential Address by W. R. Howard on Evolution of Ferro-Concrete, 200
— as Writers: Growth of a Literature (Review),
487
ENGINEERING, New Layout, 1, 35; Drawings in, 611. See LETTERS, 677, 707, 775
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Engineering Employees’ Wage Claims Against, 63, 95, 127, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 072; Increases in Danger Money Paid to Steel Erectors, 127; Evidence Submitted to Engineering Court of Inquiry, 127; Recommendations of Engineering Court of Inquiry, 319; Grant of Salary Inerease to Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, 832
— and Allied Shop Stewards’ National
Council, Suggested Ban on Overtime, 287
— Apprentices. See Education; Labour
— Centenaries in 1954, 6
— Contracts. See Contracts; Legal Engineering Diamonds, Ltd1., Radius Forming
on Grinding Wheels (Trade Publication), 140
— Education See Education
— Employees, Wage Demands of, 63, 95, 127,
319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672
— Industries, Association, Statement on
Taxation, 62
Court of Inquiry into Wage Dispute of, Report of, 319
Criticism of Proposals for Nationalisation of, 287, 736. See 639
Demands for Shorter Hours and Quicker Negotiations in, 60S!
Demands by Young Employees in, 575 Dilutees in, 768
Proposals for Nationalisation of, 287, 639, 736
Suggested Bari on Overtime in, 287, 415 Wage Claims in; 63, 95, 127, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672
Wage Increase for Women Employees in, 575
— Laboratories See Laboratories; National
Physical
— Officers (Telecommunications) Association,
Merger of, 119®, 287
— Outlook, 2, iO*1, 42*, 73*. 98, 103*, 136*,
H62, 170*, 202*, 234*, 268*; 298*, 331*, 362*, 386, 394* See LETTERS, 131, 226, 290, 483 See Erratum, 478
— and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Associa
tion of, Wage Increase for Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, 575; Grant of Salary Increase, 832
— Societies See Institutions
— Standards See Standards Institution
— Union, Amalgamated, Conference of
Young Employees, 575; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested New Wage Demands, 607; Annual Conference of, 639, 672; Relations with Other Unions, 672
— Works See IPorkj
English Electric Co, Ltd., 42-ft. Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, 48*; Induction Motors for Loom Drives (Trade Publication), 72; Mobile Electrical Testing Laboratory, 88; Preservation of “ Fullagar ” Diesel Engine, 165*; 2,400-h.p. Direct-Current Locomotives, 184*; Electric Power Drive for Transonic Wind Tunnel, 188; Substation Equipment for British Railways, 282*; “ Superform ” Switch and Distribution Gear, 446*; Graviner Explosion Suppressors for Pulverised-Fuel Plant, 494*; 1,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 505*; Motors for Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*; Corrosion-Proof Electric Motor, 542; 6,500-h.p. Naval Gas Turbines, 622; Gas-Actuated Relay for Transformer Protection, 734*; 2,000-h.p.
Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 735; Electric arid Diesel-Electric Traction (Trade Publication), 744; Electric Motor for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*; Electrical Equipment for Falkirk Aluminium Works, 822*
English Electric Valve Co., Ltd., 4|-in. Image Orthicon Tube for Television, 668*
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., 200-ton Spring Balance, 626*
— the Writing of, by D. J. Graham-Campbell
(Review), 487
Engraving, Hand (Trade Publication), 103 Entropy, Conception of, 35. See LETTER, 98 Entwistle, Dr. K. M., on Changes in Damping
Capacity of Aluminium-Rich Alloys, 682
Epco, Ltd., “ Flexi-Force ” Hydraulic Power Kit, 731
Epicyclic Gear for Marine Propulsion (W. H.
Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 185*
E.P.S.C., Ltd., Batteries for British Railways Substations, 283
Epsom and Ewell Sewage Plant, High- Intensity Aeration at, 436*
Ergonomics Research Society, Annual Conference, Arrangements for, 416
Ericsson Telephones, Ltd., Electronic Batch Counter, 817*
Erosion of Propellers. See Propellers
Error Detector and Corrector for Telegraph Circuits, 280*
Essen; Welding Exhibition and Conference, 659 Essex, Flood Damage in, 34, 38
Esso Development Co., Investigation on Smoke Reduction in Diesel Engines, 130, 144
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., Fawley Oil Refinery, 353
— Refinery, Fawley, Construction of, Report
on, 353
Euco Tools, Ltd.,’ Adjustable Mandrels for Bore Sizes, 413
Europe, Electric Power Transmissions in, 647
— Steel Statistics for, 40
— and United States, Standardisation in
(Review), 329
European Coal and Steel Community, Work of, 44; Report on, 324; Annual Report, 581
— Co-operation in Nuclear Research, 643
— Inland Transport, Report on, 738
— Productivity Agency, Programme of, 130 Evans, Dr. E. B., on Smoke-Limited Power
Output of Diesel Engines, 144. See 130
Evans, K. R., on Training of Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, 4. See 2
Evans, Dr. U. R., on Steel and Aluminium Alloys in Proximity, 34
Evaporative Condenser. See Condenser
Evaporator, Ammonia, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Two-Channel Direct-Current Voltage Recorder, 245*; Electrical Control Equipment for Aden Oil Refinery, 535*
Evertaut, Ltd., Office Furniture (Trade Publication), 297
Ewing Building, Opening of at St. Andrews University, 232
Excavating, Handling and Concreting Equipment (Trade Publication), 72
Excavation Work for Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 154*
Exchanger, Heat, Coiled-Tube, for Oxygen- Production Plant, Ontatio, 375*
for Gas Compressor (Wellington Tube Works, Ltd.), 667*
for Gas Turbines, 719*
Excitation Problems in Power Stations, 685 Exciter, Electronic, for Owen Falls Hydro- Electric Plant, 530
— Rotary, Four Types of, 685
Exhaust-Steam Turbine. See Turbine, Steam
— Valves. See Valves
Exhibition, Alton Trades and Craftsmanship, 546
— I Automation,” International, New York,
Arrangements for, 518
— Baghdad Trade Fair, 135
— British Industries Fair, 578, 634*, 667*
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 135, 286,
412, 574, 703, 831
International, of Electrodepos'tion and Metal Finishing, 327, 547, 747
Welding, Essen, 659
— and Congress, Scottish Industrial Design,
360
— Dust Filters, Birmingham (Air Control
Installations, Ltd.), 671
— Electrical Engineers’, Earl’s Court, 410
— Engineering, at Birmingham Exchange
Engineering Centre, 804
— Factory Equipment, London, 420
— Filtration and Silencing Equipment (Vokes,
Ltd.), 671
—- of Fire Research Station, 135
— Gauge and Tool, London, 591, 697*, 765*
— Hearing-Aid, Amplivox, Ltd., 657
— Industrial Electrical Equipment, Birming
ham, 135
— of Investment Castings by Deritend
Precision Castings, Ltd., 455
— Leipzig Fair, British Exhibits at, 770
— Mechanical Handling, Olympia, 775, 797*,
829*
— Motor-Car, Scottish, Glasgow, 1955, 198
— Physical Society’s Scientific Apparatus,
472*, 537
— Plastics, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.,
Deferment of, 256
— Power-Factor Correction Equipment, Bir
mingham, 63
— “ Production for Plenty,” Olympia, 194
— Road-Research Laboratory, 638
— Scientific Apparatus, Royal Society’s, 677
— Scottish Industries, Glasgow, Arrangements
for, 739
Industries, London, 165
— Television Society’s, 69
— Yates Welding-Shop Plant (Surrey Tool
Development Co., Ltd.), 669
Experimental Tank. See Tank; Ship Resistance “ Explorer,” H.M. Submarine, Launch of, 360* Explosion Suppression System for Industrial
Plants (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.); 493*; Test of, 98; Fire Detectors for Aircraft, 695*
Export Trade. See Trade
Extrusion of Aluminium for Cable Sheathing (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 794*
— of High-Temperature Alloys, Problems
of, 620
— of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, Control
of Quality in, 649. See Errata, 712
Eyre Smelting Co., Ltd., Calendar . (Trade Publication), 617

FABRICATED MATERIALS AND PARTS,
by T. C. DuMond (Review), 169 Facing Machine. See Machine Tools Factory Accidents. See Accidents
— Atomic; Britain’s, by K. E. B. Jay (Review),
97, 124*
— Building, Prefabricated (Beechams Build
ings, Ltd.), 667*
— Developments in Burma, 706
— Electrical, Safety in, 745
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Equipment Exhibition, London, 420 Factory Equipment News, Sponsors of Factory
Equipment Exhibition, 420
— German, of Beckman Instruments, Inc., 739
— Health, Safety and Welfare Encyclopaedia,
by C. C. Plumbe (Review), 41
— Improving Working Environment in,
Conference on, 704
— Management. See (Porks Management Factory Manager, Sponsors of Factory
Equipment Exhibition, 420
— Portishead, for Phosphorus Manufacture
(Albright and Wilson, Ltd.), 469
— Reinforced-Concrete, for Mechanical-
Handling Vehicle Manufacture, Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., 186*
— Rock-Wool, at Stirling, of Cape Asbestos
Co., Ltd., 350
Fagersta Steelworks, Sweden, Extensions to, 358
— Wire-Rod Mill, 810 Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd., Shell
Moulding Machine, 27*; Shelmolda Duplus Moulding Machine, 728*
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, “ Al-Fin ” Bi-Metallic Bonding Process, 409*
Fairmile Construction Co., Ltd., Specialised River and Sea Craft (Trade Publication), 72
“ Fairtry,” Motor Trawler and Fish Factory (J. Lewis and Sons, Ltd.), 724*
Falkirk Works of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 738, 754*, 822*
Fan, Centrifugal (Trade Publication), 488 with Alternative Discharge Angles (Matthews and Yates, Ltd.), 568*
— 12-ft. Diameter, for Low-Speed Wind
Tunnel (Airscrew Co., Ltd.), 790
— and Ducting of Corrosion-Resistant
Plastic (Turner and Brown, Ltd.), 60*
— Engineering Industry, Handbook of
(Review), 297
— Forced and Induced Draught, Portobello
Power Station, 175*
— Mine (Trade Publication), 776
— Radial-Flow (Trade Publication), 585
Faraday Lecture on Electro-Heat and Prosperity, 277
— Medal, Award to I. Shoenberg, 69
Farm and Horticultural Electrical Installations, Specification, 425
Farming. See Agriculture; Tractors
Farnborough, Aircraft Fatigue Tests at, 132*
— Climatic Research Laboratory, 117
— Royal Aircraft Establishment Technical
College, Prize Day, 198; Work of, 354, 372
Farno Engineering Co., Ltd., Slip Gauges (Trade Publication), 201
Farquharson, Comdr. W. I., on Storm Surges on East Coast of England, 38. See 34
Faster Than Thought: Symposium on Digital Computing Machines (Review), 9
Fatigue Damage, Character and Statistical Nature of, Problems of, 368
— Dielectric, of Insulating Materials, 785
— Investigations by Royal Aircraft Estab
lishment, 372
— Life of Materials, Effect of Various Factors
on, Problems of, 368
— in Marine Machinery, 589
— Notch Sensitivity Index, Evaluation of, 369
— Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
Fawcett, Preston and Co., Ltd., Presses, Pumps, Sugar Plant and Cranes (Trade Publication), 488
Fawley, Esso Refinery, Construction of, Report on, 353
Fearns and Mear, Gear-Rating Computer, 338 Federation of British Industries, Booklet on Education and Training for Management, 33; Baghdad Trade Fair, 135; Report on World Bank, 163; Committee on Shortage of Science Teachers, 556; Booklet on Overseas Scholarships, 706; Promotion of Trade with China, 738
Feed Water Softener. See Water System, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 662 Treatment for Locomotives, 274 See also Water
Feeding System, Automatic, for Grinding and Pulverising Machines, 799*
Felt-Hardening Machine, Bywaters, with “ Dynamatic ” Coupling, 732*
Female Labour. See Labour
Fenestration, Continuous (Trade Publication), 680
Fenland, Drainage Problems of, Investigations on, 491
Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Variable-Speed Belt Drive (Trade Publication), 362
Ferguson, H., Ltd., Implements Used with Ferguson Tractor, 220*
Ferguson, J. M., on Model Tests on Ship Form of 0-65 Block Coefficient, 681
Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., Switchgear, Portobello Power Station, 208
Ferodo, Ltd., Extensions to Office Building of, 444*
Ferranti, Ltd., Diffraction Gratings for Length Measurement and Machine-Tool Control, 263; Capacitor Control Relay, 315; Control System for Machine Tools, 766* Ferro-Alloys, Import Regulations, 89
— Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced Ferromagnetism, Domain Structure in Metals,
590
Ferry, Motor-Car, Dover, Winch Gear for Bridge of, 25*
Fescol, Ltd., Fescolised Hydraulic Rams (Trade Publication), 330
Fibre-Glass, Resin-Bonded (Trade Publication), 266
Field, J. F., Portobello Power Station, 162, 174*, 206*
Fielden (Electronics), Ltd., Continuous Thickness Gauge for Strip and Sheet, 537; Electrical Resistance Thermometers (Trade Publication), 680
Fielding and Platt, Ltd., 400-ton Hydraulic Press for Briquetting Cast-Iron Swarf, 414* Files, Engineers’ and Saws (Trade Publication), 201
— Hand, and Plane Combined, “ Surform ”
(Firth Brown Tools, Ltd.), 86*
Films, Cinema, of Compressed-Air Tools, Broom and Wade, Ltd., 391
of Corrosion in Action, 616
Garringtons, Ltd., Progress of, 231 for Industry, Catalogue of, 98, 100 of Mobile Cranes, R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd., 391
Owen Organisation, Catalogue of, 199 on Prestressed Concrete Beams and Floor Slabs, 753
on Production Aids, Philips Electrical, Ltd., 371
of Radio Valve Manufacture (Mullard, Ltd.), 421
of Stainless Steels in Power Production, Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., 504
“ Steel Ride,” of United Steel Companies, Ltd., 671
Tapered Roller Bearings in Rolling Mills (British Timken, Ltd.), 420
— — on Tubular Steel Engineering, 544
Filters, Air-Line (Trade Publication), 744 “ Reciprojet ” (Visco Engineering Co.,
Ltd.), 222*
— Dust, Exhibition, Birmingham (Air Control
Installations, Ltd.), 671
— Fabric-Type, with Automatic Dust Shaker
(Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd.), 635*
—? Fuel, for Diesel Oil (Automotive Products Co., Ltd.), 471
— High and Low Pass, with Ferrocube Cores
(Mullard, Ltd.), 56
— Plant of Metropolitan Water Board, 189 Filtration and Silencing Equipment Exhibition (Vokes, Ltd.), 671
Finishes, Organic, on Electroplated Coatings, 748
Finlay Engineering, Ltd., 120-ton Hydraulic Press, 702*
Fire Appliances (Trade Publication), 266
— Brigade, London, Work of, 514
— Detectors for Aircraft (Graviner Manu
facturing Co., Ltd.), 695*
— from Electrical Equipment, Prevention of,
746
— Extinguishing Equipment, S.S. “ Arcadia,”
664
— Fighting Chemical (Nu-Swift, Ltd.), 401
— Float, Motor, “ Alexander Grantham,”
120*
— Pump, Portable (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.),
508*
— Research Station Exhibition, 135
— Suppression Equipment for Alternator at
Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, 531 Firebricks. See Refractory Materials Firth Brown Tools, Ltd., “ Surform ” Com
bined Hand Plane and File, 86*; “ Hardo- meter ” Hardness Tester, 697*
— of Forth, Proposed Road Bridge Over, 231 Firth, T.,' and J. Brown, Ltd., Film on Forged
Steel Rolls, 98, 100
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., Steel Castings, 307*; Film of Stainless Steels in Power Production, 504
Fish Factory and Motor Trawler “ Fairtry ” (J. Lewis and Sons, Ltd.), 724*
Ship, Design of, 554 Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd., Tubular Conveying
System, 829*
Fisher, R. E. S., on Fifty Years of Heavy- Engineering Plant, 196
Fishing Industry, Echo Sounder for (Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 117
— Vessels, Recording Echometer for (Marconi
International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 525*
“ Fisholow-Hapman ” Tubular Conveyor, 829* Fits, Selection of, Guide to, Specification, 361 Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Flame-Cutting Machine, Portable (Trade
Publication), 456
— Research by Royal Aircraft Establishment,
372
Flanges, Pipe, Research Committee on, Report,
275
Flatness Testing Machine, Monochromatic Interference (Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
Flaw Detector, Ultrasonoscope (Glass Developments, Ltd.), 473
Fleck, Dr. A., on Nationalisation of Chemical
Industry, 287 Fleet. See Warships Fleming Lecture on Colour Television, Ar
rangements for, 294
“ Flexi-Force ” Hydraulic Power Kit, 731 Flexible Drives (Gilmans), Ltd., Tungsten-
Carbide Burs (Trade Publication), 266 Flexible Ducting, Ltd., “ Spiratube ” Flexible
Ducting, 187 “ Flexidur ” Belting, 475 Flexo Plywood Industries, Ltd., Plywood for
Low-speed Wind Tunnel, 790 Flight. See Aeronautics
Flight Refuelling, Ltd., Trials of “ Canberra ”
Aircraft as Air Tanker, 61 Floating Dock. See Dock Flood Damage on East Coast of England, 34, 38 Flooding, Coastal, Report of Departmental
Committee on, 769
— North Sea, Conference. See Civil Engineers,
Institution of
— by River Thames, Investigation on, 684 Floor Slabs and Beams, Prestressed Concrete,
Cinema Film on, 753
— Sweeper, Permanent-Magnet (Electromag
nets, Ltd.), 634*
— Warming by Electricity, 524
Flooring and Treads, Safety (Trade Publica
tion), 266
Flow, Compressible, of Semi-Perfect Gas, 777*
— Turbulent, Ship and Model Resistance in,
651
Fluid Friction. See Air Resistance; Friction; Ship Resistance
— Rust Preventive and Removing (Plus-Gas
Co., Ltd.), 311
Flux, Melting, Light-Alloy, Metal Entrapment in, 649
Flying Boats. See Aeronautics
Flywheel, G. E. C. Heavy-Alloy for Dunlop Maxaret Automatic Brake Control Unit, 670*
Fodens, Ltd., 120-h.p. Diesel Engines, 647 Food Containers, Aluminium, Manufacture by
Grundy (Teddington), Ltd., 218*
Ford, Prof. H., on Control in Rolling of Sheet and Strip, 649
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 60-b.h.p. Diesel Engine for Motor Car, 376*; Mechanised- Farming Training Centre, 612
Ford and Weston, Ltd., Building for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*
Fords (Finsbury), Ltd., Torque Overload Limiter, 734*
Fordson-Major 34-h.p. Diesel Engine for “ Power Pack,” 187*
Forgie, R. G., Portobello Power Station, 174*, 206*
Forging, Effective Utilisation of Material in, 306*
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Steel, Creep-Resisting (W. Jessop and Sons,
Ltd.), 568
Fork, Vibrating, for Measuring Rate of Turn (Sperry Gyroscope Co.), 152
Form-work, Concrete, Ties for (Trade Publication), 617
Forrest, Dr. J. S., on Corrosion of Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors, 183
Forrest, J. S., on 275/300-kV British Transmission Scheme, 715
Forth Bridge, Proposed Roadway Over, 28
Foster Transformers, Ltd., Transformers (Trade Publication), 425
Foster Wheeler Co., Ltd., Esso Oil Refinery, Fawley, 353; Boilers, S.S. Arcadia, 663* Foster, Yates and Thom, Ltd., Wind Tunnels for de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 788*
“ Fotosetter ” Typesetting by, 739
Foundations, Civil Engineering Code of Practice (Review), 487
— Nechells “ B ” Power Station (Sir R.
McAlpine and Sons (Midlands), Ltd.), 660*
— Portslade Gasworks, 656*
Foundry, Ampress Aluminium, of Wellworthy, Ltd., 409*
— and Coke Prices, 578. See LETTER, 643
— Equipment of Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.,
437*
— Industry, National Council for, Effect on
Wages and Health of Shell-Moulding Operations, 287
Safety Precautions in, 736
— Iron and Steel, Regulations, 1953, 454
— Prevention of Accidents in, 230
— Radioactive-Tracer, at National Physical
Laboratory, 514, 520*
Foundry Services, Ltd., Aluminium-Silicon Alloys (Trade Publication), 330
— Work, Densening and Chilling in, by E.
Longden (Review), 617
See also Die Casting
— Workers, Amalgamated Union of, Effects
on Wages and Health of Shell-Moulding Operations, 287; Holiday Arrangements at Admiralty Dockyards, 287; Wage Increase for Women Engineers, 575; Annual Delegate Conference at Southport, 736
— See also Castings; Moulding
Foundrymen, Institute of British. See British Fowler, J., and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Development of 50-h.D. to 150-h.p. “ Challenger ” Crawler Tractors, 627*
Fox, E. J., the Late, 131
Fox, P. X., Ltd., Toroidal Potentiometers (Trade Publication), 103
Fox, S., and Co., Ltd., Steel-Slitting Machines with “ Dynamatic ” Couplings, 733*
Fracture, Brittle, in Carbon-Steel Plate Structures, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
in Steel, Conference on, Report, 295
Frames, Fabricated, Slotted Angles for (Dexion Ltd.), 608
— Multi-Storey Multi-Bay, Theory of Beams
for, 210*
— Rigid, Formulas, by Dr.-Ing. A. Kleinlogel
(Review), 393. See LETTER, 805
Framework, Rigid-Jointed, Analysis by Digital Computers, 226, 239*
France arid Britain, Electric Power Link Between, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 575
— Diesel-Engine Manufacture in, F. Perkins,
Ltd., 387
— Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages
in, 715
— Rheims Power Station, 1,250-kW Free-
Piston Gas-Generator Turbo-Alternator, 686*
— See also French
Francis, A. J., on Electricity in Wool Textile Industry, 161
Franklin Furnace Co., Ltd., 30-f Gas-Fired Bogie Furnace, 437
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works Drawing-Office Training School, 771
Frazer-Nash, A., Safety Mechanism for Zephyr Nuclear Reactors, 265
French Electric Locomotive, Record Speed by, 231, 258
— Electricity Authority, Power Link with
Britain, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515
— Hydro-Electric Power Plants, Excitation
Systems in , 685
— Institution of Civil Engineers. See Civil
Engineers, French Society of
French, J., the Late, 99
— National Railways, Record Speed by 2-D-2
Electric Locomotive, 231. See 258; Locomotives on, 451
French, W. and C., Ltd., British Overseas Airways Corporation Maintenance Hangar, 658*
— See also France
Frequency Conversion on British Railways, 258, 282*
Frey, W., on Control of Frequency and Power of Large Networks, 786
Friction-Test Machine, for Materials in Fluids (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 20*
Frictional Resistance of Ships. See STrip Resistance
Froidevaux, J., on High-Voltage Networks Interconnections, 785
Frontier Bronze Corporation, High-Strength Aluminium Casting Alloy, 217*
Fuel, Auxiliary, Use in Diesel Engine, Effect of, 130, 144
— Consumption of Motor Omnibuses, Factors
Affecting, 749
of Diesel-Engined Tractors, 309
— Efficiency Service, National Industrial,
Formation of, 611; Functions of, 679
— Filter for Diesel Oil (Automotive Products
Co., Ltd.), 471
— Institute of, New Carbonisation Processes
and Their Relation to Established Practice, by D. T. Barritt and T. Kennaway, 277; Production of Metallurgical Coke by Coal Blending, by H. Bardgett, 501; Presidential Address, by Dr. W. I. Jones on Energy for Britain, 513; Annual Report, 518; Annual Luncheon; 582; Melchett Medal, Award to Dr. H. H. Storch, 582
— Liquid. See also Oil Fuel
— Motor. See also Motor; Producer
Fuel Oil. See Oil Fuel
— and Power in Chemical Industry, Sympo
sium on, 325
Ministry of, Production Statistics, 31; Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Bill, 194; National Industrial Fuel-Efficiency Service, 611; Instructions for Stokers of Central-Heating Boilers, 743; Statistical Digest, 1953, 803
for the Nation, 770, 774
— Pump. See Pump
— Research Station, Experiments on Coke
Making from Non-Caking Coals, 285; Production of Metallurgical Coke by Coal Blending, 501
— Saving and Efficient Use of, 354
— Systems of Oil Engines, Preventive Main
tenance of, 428
— Technology, Oil Prospecting and Produc
tion, and Chemical, Gas and Mining Engineering (Review), 680
— Testing Chamber, Sweden, Graviner Explo
sion Suppressors for, 494*. See 98, 695*
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas; Peat; Pulverised
Coal
“ Fullagar ” Industrial Diesel Engine, Preservation at Willans Works, Rugby, 165*
Fulton, H. W., on Training of Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, 4. See 2
Funditor, Ltd., Marking Machines (Trade Publication), 72; Automatic Loading Hoist, 219
Furnace, Annealing, and Melting, at Falkirk Works of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 754*, 822*
Furnace, Blast, Development of. 714
— — 25 Years’ Developments of, 782
— — Permeability Tests of Raw Materials
for, 45
Photo-Electric Dust Meter for, 146
— — Scunthorpe, of Appleby-Frodingham
Steel Co., 324
— Boiler, Locomotive, Improvements in
Grates and Brick Arches for, 274
See also Stoker
— Electric, for Aluminium Rod and Wire
Manufacture, 538
— — Arc, Factors Affecting Wear of Graphite
Electrodes, 784
— — Arc, Stocksbridge Steelworks, Oil-
Fired Pre-Melter for, 194, 212*
— — for G.E.C. Heavy-Alloy Manufacture,
670*
— — High-Vacuum High-Temperature, 106* for Industrial Processes, 277
with Steam Atmosphere (Birlec, Ltd.), 440*
— Gas-Fired, of Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.,
437*
Fired, Tempering (Incandescant Heat Co., Ltd.), 628*
— Oil-Fired, Billet-Heating, for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill (Stein and Atkinson, Ltd.), 819*
— Open-Hearth, Control of Fumes from, 551 Hearth, Life of All-Basic Refractories
713
Hearth, Speed of Charging, Research On, M3
Hearth, Templeborough Steelworks, Experiments with, 194, 212*
Hearth, 25 Years’ Developments in, 782
— See also Coke Ovens; Cupolas
Furniture, Office (Trade Publication), 297

G2 (BERYL) Naval Gas-Turbine, 611
Gabion, Rock-Filled, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 498*
Galvanising Techniques in United States (Review), 648
Galvanometer. See Electric
Galway, Eire, Gowla Bog, Trials of “ Bogmaster ” Tractors, 285*
Gamlen, R. E., on Selling Electricity, 524. See 514
Gammell, J., on Engineering Students in China, 67
Gantries, Landing, for Helicopter, 403*
— Reinforced-Concrete, for Willesden Railway-Carriage-Siding Lighting System, 56*
— See also Crane
Garringtons, Ltd., Film of Progress of, 231
Gas Absorption, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Symposium, 325
— Carbon Dioxide. See Carbon Dioxide
— Chemical and Mining Engineering, Oil
Prospecting and Production and Fuel Technology (Review), 680
— Coke-Oven. See Coke Oven
— Compressor, Heat Exchanger for (Welling
ton Tube Works, Ltd.), 667*
Oil-Free (Sulzer Brothers), 534*
— Council, Segas Process for Making Gas from
Oil, 34, 52*; Search for Natural Gas, 168; Exhibits at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 420; Gas-Fired Plant of Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 437*; Portslade Gasworks, 643, 656*; Industrial Gas Conference, Relation of Gas and Steel Industries, by E. J. Pode, 646; Booklet on Fuel for the Nation, 770, 774; North Wales and South Wales Gas Grids, 830
— Electric Discharge in. See Electric
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Generator, Free-Piston, for 1,250-kW
Turbo-Alternator, 686*
— Grid, North and South Wales, 830
— Industry, Developments in, 130
— Manufacture Gallery at Science Museum,
— Natural, Prospecting by Gas Council, 168 at Sui, Pakistan, 423
— Producer. See Producer «
— Production from Oil, Segas Process for, 34,
52*
— Semi-Perfect, Compressible Flow of, 777*
— and Steel Industries, Relation Between, 646
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding, See Welding
Gas. See also Carbon Dioxide; Nitrogen: Oxygen, etc.
Gasoline. See Engine, Petrol
Gasworks, Bell Green, Lower Sydenham, Segas Process for Gas Production, 34, 52*
— Portslade, Sussex, 643, 656*
Gate, Control, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 498, 528*
Gatesoupe, L., on Excitation and De-Excitation of Alternators, 685
“ Gatric ” Naval Gas Turbine, 622
Gauge, Bore-Measuring (British Indicators, Ltd.), 85*
— Dial, for Linear Measurement, Specifica
tion, 648
— Differential, Pressure, for Calibrating Pipe
Lines (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 20
— Electronic (Dawe Instruments, Ltd.), 537
— Load-Measuring, Squat, 339*. See LETTER,
387
— Slip (Trade Publication), 201
— Strain, Autographic, Use in Launch of
Oil Tanker, 238
High-Temperature, 116
Mechanical, “ Demec ” (Mayton Prototypes), 791*
Resisting (Trade Publication), 103
— Thickness, Continuous for Strip and Sheet
(Fielden (Electronics), Ltd.), 537
for Films and Tissues (Isotope Developments1, Ltd.); 472
Ultrasonic (Dawe Instruments, Ltd.), 537
— and Tool Makers’ Association, Gauge and
Tool Exhibition, 591, 697*, 765*
— Twist-Drill, Optical (Coventry Gauge and
Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
Gauldie, K., on Output of Gyratory Crushers, 557*
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Epicyclic, for Marine Propulsion (W. H.
Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 185*
— Infinitely-Variable, for Turbo-Diesel Aero
Engine, 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611
— Rating Computer (Fearns and Mear), 338
— Reduction, Double-Helical, S.S. “ Arcadia,”
662
— Spur, Efficiency of Trains, 366*
— Tester, Rolling (J. Goulder and Sons, Ltd.),
697*
— Trains, Efficiency of, 366*
— Units, Helical (Trade Publication), 297
— Worm, Efficiency of Trains, 366*
Gearbox, Reverse-Reduction, Marine, for Four 2,000-h.p. Diesel Engines (Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd.), 410*
— Speed Reducing and Increasing (Trade
Publication), 680
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing for Helicopter Drive, 432*
G. E.C. Heavy Alloy, Properties and Applications 670*
General Electric Co., Ltd., Testing Plant for Large Alternators, 28*; Radial Heating Plant for Nylon Fabrics, 30; Lighting of Willesden Railway-Carriage Sidings, 56*; Electrical Equipment for Barrow-in- Furness Bascule Bridge, 92*; High- Temperature High-Vacuum Electric Furnace, 106*; Electrical Equipment for Slant Haulage Plant, Pantyffynnon Colliery, 122*; Multiple-Unit Rolling Stock, 134; Lighting Fitting for Underwater Television, 253*; Witton Works of (Trade Publication), 266; Substation Equipment for British Railways, 282*; Ironclad Switchboards (Trade Publication), 330; Mercury Switches for Mechanical-Handling Equipment, 341; Photo- Electric Control for Converging Conveyors, 344*; 33-kV On-Load Tapping Switch, 405*; 4-kVA Electronically- Controlled Spot Welder, 407*; Seam Welder with Wire Electrode, 445*; Light- Fittings (Trade Publication), 456; 11-kV Switchgear for Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 502*; Alternator Protective Equipment and Switchgear at Owen Falls, 531*; 175-Watt Power Panel for Sound Relay Systems, 605; 550-kW Geared-Turbine Generating Set, 634*; 440-Volt Group Starter Board, 635*; Control Room, Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 661; Properties and Applications of G.E.C. Heavy Alloy, 670*; Thermo- Electric Effects at Semi-Conductor Junctions, 677; Flameproof Switchgear, 793*; High-Tension Oil Switch, 827*
— and Municipal Workers, National Union
of, Dissatisfaction with Engineering Wage Increase, 511; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested Expulsion from Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 672
Generator, Electric, Alternating-Current, Am- plidex, Control System for (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 149*
Alternating-Current, Design of, 685 Alternating-Current, Excitation and De-
Excitation of, 685
Alternating-Current, Self-Regulating (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 87*
Alternating-Current, Testing Plant for, 28*
Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*
5,000-kW, Coryton Oil Refinery, 688* 270-kW, Diesel-Driven, H.M. Yacht "Britannia,” 567
535-kW, for Diesel-Electric Locomotive (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 317*
for European Power Stations, 423 200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven (W. H. Allen, Sons, and Co., Ltd.), 637*
for Hebbum Switchgear Testing Station, 418, 442*, 716
36-MVA High-Speed (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 316
impulse, 400-kV, for Laboratory Work, 109*
Impulse, 3,200-kV, National Physical Laboratory, 625*
Generator, Electric, Induction, for Small Hydro-Electric Plants, 47
106-MVA, Kemano-Kitimat Hydro- Electric Scheme, 418, 430
52-5-MW, Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660*
15-MW, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 497, 528*, 579
60-MW, Portobello Power Station, 174*, 207*
Self-Regulating Alternators (Trade Publication), 712
1,200-kW, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 663*
Synchronous; Variable-Speed, for Hydro- Electric Plants, 685
550-kW Turbine-Driven (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 634*
500-kW, Turbine-Driven, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 567
See also Turbo-Generators
Generators, “ Nitroneal ” for Producing Nitrogen (Baker Platinum, Ltd.), 311*
— Smoke, for Tsetse Fly Control (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 219*
Generating Sets, 1J to 25-kW, Alternating- Current Diesel-Driven (J. and H. McLaren, Ltd.), 799*
8-5-kW, for Civil-Defence Centres (R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd.), 278*
55-kW Diesel-Driven, for Kano Airport, 380*
25-kVA, Ford Diesel-Engined (A. C. Morrison (Engineers), Ltd.), 187*
— Station. See Power Station
Gent and Co., Ltd., Electric Clocks (Trade Publication), 553
Geothermal Power Schemes in New Zealand, 67
German, East, Government, Buying Campaign of Engineering Products, 770
— Engineering Exports, 10, 172
— Export Trade, 738
— Factory of Beckman Instruments, Inc., 739
— Industrial Competition, Effects of, 543
— State Railways, Condensing Locomotive for,
226
— Welding Engineering Association, Exhibi
tion and Conference, 659
Germanium Rectifiers (Trade Publication), 680 Germany, Power Transmission to Extra-High Voltages in, 715
“ Ghost ” Aeroplane Engines for High-Speed Wind Tunnel, 788*
Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*; Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
Gibbons Furnaces Ltd., Re-Heating Furnaces for Falkirk Aluminium Works, 757*
Gibrat, Dr. R., on Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at Emile Huchet Power Station, 308
Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Co., H.S.F. “ Variax ” Profile Milling Machine, 194
Gifkins, R. C., on Structural Studies of Creep in Lead, 682
Gilbert (or Gilberd), W., Spelling of, 162
G. I.M.E.D., Universal Testing Machine for Large Structures, 751*
Gimson, M., the Late, 227
Girder or Tower, Collapsible, Le Roy, 244*
— Welded, for Railway Bridge at Carlisle, 181* ?— See also Beams; Bridges; Floors
Glands for Electric Cables (H. Dunning and Co. v1946), Ltd.), 119
Glanville, Dr. W. H., on Safety on Roads, 327
Glasgow, Royal Technical College, 400-kV Peak Impulse Generator, 109*
— Scottish Industries Exhibition, Arrange
ments for, 739
Motor Show, 1955, 198
— University, Apparatus for Measurement of
Plastic Strains in Steel, by D. Morrison, 141*
— Waterworks, Centenary of, 231
Glass, Building Applications of, 462
Glass Developments, Ltd., Ultrasonoscope Flaw Detector, 473
— Dust Particles, Assessment of Size of, 595
— Electrically-Conductive (Megatron Ltd.),
472
— as Lubricant in Hot Extrusion of Steel, 450,
463
— Types of (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 537 Glazing System, Adaptable (H. Hope and Sons,
Ltd.), 634
Gledhill, Dr. P. K., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45 Glenfield and Kennedy, Ltd., Gates for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Schemes, 498, 528*; Semi-Continuous Casting Machine, 755* Glossop-Manchester Line, Electric Rolling Stock for, 134
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., Railcars for Toronto Subway, 342*
Glover, W. T., and Co., Ltd., Cable for Bond- Street Substation, 605
Gloves, Industrial, and Protective Clothing (Trade Publication), 41
Gogan, J., on Sales Organisation for Electricity Supply Industry, 524
Goodall, C. A., the Late, 197
Goodmans Industries, Ltd., Vibrator for Road Tests, 470*
Gosland, L., on Re-Striking Voltage Conditions on 132-kV and 275-kV Networks, 716
Gotaverken A/B, 28,000-ton Floating Dock Without Tank Tops, 725
Gotland High-Voltage Transmission Scheme, 715
Goulder, J., and Sons, Ltd., Rolling Gear Tester, 697*
government Railways. See Railways
— “ Statement of Defence,” 1954, 257
Governors of Oil Engines, Preventive Maintenance of, 429
Gowla Bog, Galway, Eire, Trials of “ Bogmaster ” Tractors, 285*
G.P.A. Tools and Gauges, Ltd., Welding Machines, Cold-Pressure, for Aluminium and Copper Conductors, 765*
Grabs for Cranes (Trade Publication), 103 Grading Apparatus for Fly Ash, 272* Grainger, H. B., on Properties of Aluminium-
Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, 649
“ GrainVayor ” Pneumatic Mobile Grain Conveyor, 829*
Grande Installation Mecanique pour Essais de Duree, Universal Testing Machine for Large Structures, 751*
Grangemouth, Chemical Plant of British Petroleum Chemicals, Ltd., 830
Grant, Dr. N. J., on Creep of Aluminium at High Temperatures, 682
Granular Bases and Subgrades, Protection by Surface Dressings (Review), 297
Graphs of Compton Energy-Angle Relationship, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72
“ Graphette ” Recording Echometer for Fishing Vessels, 525*
Graphic Arts Research Foundation, Inc., Typesetting by Photography, 739
Graphite and Carbon for Chemical Plant (Trade Publication), 266
— in Cast Irons, Investigations on, 809
— Colloidal (Trade Publication), 266
— Electrodes, in Electric-Arc Furnaces, Wear
of, 784
— Tube Heating Elements for High-Tempera
ture Electric Furnace, 107*
Grates. See Furnace; Stoker
Gratings, Diffraction, Magnetic Tapes and Computers for Machine-Tool Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
Gravel-Handling Plant for Warragamba Dam, 400*
Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Explosion- Suppression System for Industrial Plants, 98, 493*; Fire Detectors for Aircraft, 695* Graving Dock. See Dock
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
Gray Lecture on .Marine and Land Turbine Developments, 148
Grease, Wool (Trade Publication), 617
Grey and Marten, Ltd., Soldering and Brazing Alloys and Techniques (Trade Publication), 361
Grice, M. A. K., on Faster Sintering of Ironstone, 45
Grieve, A., on Softening of Iron Ores at High Temperatures, 17
Grimethorpe Colliery, Strike at, 383
Grinding Machines. See Machine Tools
— Plants, for Sulphur and Wood Flour,
Graviner Explosion Suppressors, 494*. See 98, 695*
Grundmark, B., on Limiting of Switching Overvoltages, 716
Grundy (Teddington), Ltd., Aluminium Food Containers, 218*
G.T.A. Naval Gas Turbine, 622
Guenther, J. C., on Power-Assisted Motor-Car Steering, 259
“ Guerrilla ” Strikes in Electrical Industry, 63, 95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (South Wales), Ltd., Indented-Bar Reinforcement for Concrete, 350.* See Erratum, 406
Gueterbock, Col. Sir P. G. J., the Late, 355* Gunmetal, Leaded, Uses in Marine Engineering; 620
Guzzanti, Prof. C., on Comparison of Electric Traction Systems, 481, 490
G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd., “ Powermaster ” 250- h.p. “ Packaged ” Boiler, 418, 441*
Gyproc Products, Ltd., Photo-Electric Control for Conveyors, 344*
Gyratory Crushers, Output of, 557*

HACK-SAWING Machine. See Machine Tools
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., Transformers and Rectifiers for British Railways, 282*; Re-equipment of Bondstreet Substation, 604*
Haden, G. N., and Sons, Ltd., Heating, Ventilating and Power Plant for Civil-Defence Centre, 278*
Hadley, A. E., the Late, 517
Hafner, R., on Domain of Helicopter, 402* Halcrow, Sir W., on Engineering Developments in Central Africa, 644
Hall, Prof. A. A., on Work of Royal Aircraft Establishment, 372. See 354
Hall; J., and E., Ltd., Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*
Hall, Col. J. V., the Late, 293
Hamblin, H. J., on Hydraulics in Agricultural
Engineering, 708*
Hammers, Hand, Importance of Quality of, 676*
— See also Machine Tools
Hammond, R. A. Fl, on Adhesion Test for
Electrodeposited Chromium; 747
Hampstead Station, High-Speed Passenger Lift at (Waygood-Otis, Ltd.), 509*
Hand Engraving (Trade Publication), 103 Handbook of Fan Engineering Industry (Review), 297
Handling Equipment, Ash, for 4,250-h.p. Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 592 Mechanical, Mercury Switches for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 341*
Mechanical, Production and Export of, 394*
Refuse-Disposal Plant at Port Glasgow, 281*
— Excavating and Concreting Equipment
(Trade Publication), 72
— and Lifting, Manual, Course for Instructors,
327
— Materials, Institute of, Demonstration with
Fork-Lift Trucks, 615; Annual Dinner, 775
— Mechanical, Exhibition, Olympia, 775,
797*, 829*
Plant, at Foundry of Leyland Motors, Ltd., 217*
— Oil, Installation at Eastham, 304
Handling Plant, Coal and Coke, Nechells “ B ” Power Station (Mitchell Engineering, Ltd.), 660
Coal, for 4,250-h.p. Gas Turbine for
Locomotives, 561*, 592
Coal, for Portobello Power Station, 174*
Handling Plant, Coal, Portslade Gasworks, 656* Coke, Portslade Gasworks, 656*
“ Handraulic ” Diesel-Engine Starter (Trade Publication), 617
Hanson, C. W., on Circulating Periodicals, 258 Harcourt-Smith, Capt. C., Motor Yacht “ Aries,” 647
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Precipitation, of Non-Ferrous Metals, 682 Hardness Tests. See Tests (.Materials)
“ Hardometer ” Hardness Tester, 697* Hardwoods, End-Grain Photomicrographs for Identification of (Review), 232
Hardy, Dr. H. K., on Metal Entrapment in Light-Alloy Melting Flux, 649; on Structural Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 682; on Aged Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 682
Hare, J., on Electronic Instruments for Marine Turbine Research, 276*
Harland Drives, Ltd., Electric Drives for Paper-Making Machines (Trade Publication), 712
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., S.S. “Iberia,” 129, 134*
Harrington, E. J., on 230-kV Capacitors in United States, 786
Harris, F. H. B., the Late, 3
Harris, I. R., on Brittleness in Aluminium- Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, 649
Harrison, E., the Late, 3
Harrison, P. W., on Accurate Alignment Over Long Distances, 654*
Harvesting Machinery, Seaweed, 664
Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London), Ltd., Transonic Wind Tunnel, 188*; Wind Tunnels for de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 788*
Harwell, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Course on Electronics, 232; Zephyr Reactors at, 265; British Experimental Pile, 313*; Electromagnetic Pump for Liquid Metals, 473; Heavy-Water Atomic Reactor, 612
Hatfield Lecture on British Iron and Steel Industry, 782. See 709
Hatfield Main Colliery, Strike at, 383
Haulage Engine and Gear, Easthouses Colliery, 506*
— Plant, Slant, Pantyffynnon Colliery, Electric
Drive for, 122*
Haverfordwest-Carmarthen 132-kV Wood- Pole Transmission Line, 600*
Hawkins, H., Ltd., Vibrator Screens Electrically Heated, 569*
Hawley, D. D., the Late, 679
Hayward-Tyler and Co., Ltd., 350-h.p. Electrically-Driven Submersible Pump, 55*
Head, Wrightson Aluminium Ltd., All-Welded Aluminium Portal Frame for- Office Building, 444*; Hangar Doors of Aluminium Alloy, 658*
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 135-ton Transformer Wagon. 220*| Brosius Manipulet Forging Manipulator, 829*
Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd., Heavy-Water Atomic Reactor at Harwell, 6112
Heal, T. J., on Metal Entrapment in Light- Alloy Melting Flux, 649; on Structural Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 682 Health, Ministry of, Linear Accelerator for X-Ray Treatment, 694*
Hearing-Aid Exhibition, Amplivox, Ltd., 657
Heat and Acoustic Insulation, Use of Vermiculite for, 559
— Capacity of Laminations, 781
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Aero
nautics
— Exchanger, Coiled-Tube for Oxygen Pro
duction Plant, Ontario, 375*
for Gas Compressor (Wellington Tube Works, Ltd.), 667*
— — for Gas Turbines, 719*
— Insulating Material, “ Secondite ” (Se-
condite Co., Ltd.), 311
— Transfer by Radiation, by J. H. McGuire
(Review), 361
— Treatment of Metals. See Metallurgy Heater, Feed-Water. See Feed-IFo/er
— Space; Oil-Fired (Trade Publication), 103
— Steam, for Vats (Ward’s Patents, Ltd.), 86* Heating, Dielectric (Trade Publication), 648
— Electric, for Industrial Processes, 277
— Installations, Hot-Water, Accelerator for
(Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 734*
— and Lighting Systems for Electric Railcars
(J. Stone and Co., Ltd.), 343*
— Plant for Civil-Defence Centres, 278*
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of,
Climatic Research Laboratory, Farnborough, by L. C. C. Rayner and A. H. Coombs, 117; New Headquarters, 646 Industry Year Book (Review), 41 Heavy-Water Atomic Reactor at Harwell, 612
Hebburn Switchgear Testing Station, A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd., 418, 442*, 716
Hector Whaling, Ltd., Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374*
Heenan and Froude, Ltd., 2,000-h.p. Dynamometers for Aero-Engine Test House, 214*; Refuse-Disposal Plant at Port Glasgow, 281*; Applications of “ Dyna- matic ” Couplings, 732*
Helical Gears. See Gears Helicopters. See Aeronautics Hemp, Prof. W. S., on Analysis of Thermal Stress, 116
Henderson, Dr. W. O., on Aaron Manby and First Iron Steamship, 229
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Fully-Impregnated Non-Draining Cables (Trade Publication), 266
Henschel und Sohn, G.m.b.H., 4-8-4 Condensing Locomotive, 226, 250*
Heppenstall, N., Barugh Green Works of Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Herbert, A., Ltd., Lathe and Planer Tools (Trade Publication), 41; “ Edgwick ”
High-Speed Threading Machine, 249* ; 6-in. Copy-Turning Lathe, 542*; Grinding Machine with Cooling-Medium Clarifier, 793*
Herbert, E. G., Ltd., Hydraulic Saw-Frame Support for “ Rapidor ” Hacksaw Machine, 279*
Hercules Powder Co., Ltd., Applications of Akulon, 373*
“ Hermes ” Aircraft, Labour Dispute Concerning, 639
Heselwood, W. C., on Factors Affecting Wear of Graphite Electrodes, 784
Hess, O., on Design of Large Alternators, 685 Heywood, S. H., the Late, 3
Hickey, F., the Late, 197
Hicks, R., on Design of Reinforced Annular Plates, 335*; on Reinforced Holes in Plates, 811*
Hiddleston, S.', the Late, 679
High Duty Alloys, Ltd., Hiduminium- 29 Bearing Alloy (Trade Publication), 585
— Frequency. See Electric
— Temperature Tests. See Tests {Materials)

High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris:

Programme, 62
Reports of Proceedings, 609, 675, 685, 715, 785
Design of Large Alternators, by O. Hess, 685
Variable-Speed Synchronous Machines for Hydro-Electric or Pumped- Storage Power Stations, by J. Tittel, 685
Results of Recent Tests Regarding Different Systems of High-Speed Excitation and De-Excitation of Alternators, by R. David and
L. Gatesoupe, 685
Comparison of Four Main Types of Rotary Exciters Employed in Modern Practice, by M. Vidmar, 685
Gotland High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission Scheme, by B. G. Rathsman and A. U. Lamm, 715 100-kV Direct-Current Cable for Gotland Scheme, by B. Bjurstrom and R. Johansson, 715
British 275/300-kV Transmission Scheme, by D. P. Sayers, F. L. Lane and
J. S. Forrest, 715
Alternating-Current Transmission at Extra- High Voltage, by P. Sporn, 715
Field Testing of 380-kV Circuit- Breakers, by G. Jancke and U. Sandstrom, 716
Limiting of Switching Overvoltages, by L. R. Bergstrom, O. Johansen and
B. Grundmark, 716
Switching Overvoltages—Means for Their Reduction and Regulations for Circuit-Breakers, by S. Teszner, E. Maury, and M. Perloni, 716
New Research Station for High-Power Circuit-Breakers, by J. Christie and
H. Leyburn, 716
Weil Circuit for Testing High Voltage Circuit-Breakers with Very High Rupturing Capacities, by J. Biermanns, 716
Present and Prospective Re-Striking Conditions on British 132-kV and 275-kV Networks, by L. Gosland and J. S. Vosper, 716
Post-Arc Currents in High-Voltage Circuit-Breakers, by S. Teszner and J. Blase, 716
On-Load Tap Changing Equipment, by E. C. Rippon, 785
Dielectric Fatigue of Insulating Materials and Maintenance of Electrical Apparatus, Especially Transformers, by R. Langlois-Berthelot, 785
Very High Voltage Network Interconnections—Transformers or AutoTransformers, by C. Rossier and J. Froidevaux, 785
380-kV Series Capacitors in Sweden, by G. Jancke, K. S. Smedsfelt and P. H. Hjertberg, 785
230-kV Series Capacitor Installation on Bonneville Power Administration’s System by O. A. Demuth and E. J. Harrington, 786
Automatic Frequency Regulation in Large Networks, by F. Cahen and A. Chevallier, 786
Load Frequency Control on Large Interconnected Power System, by C. K. Duff, 786
Control of Frequency and Power of Large Networks, by R. Keller and W. Frey, 786
“ Highburton,” H.M. Minesweeper, Launch of, 776
Highways. See Roads
Hilger and Watts, Ltd., Spectrographic Equipment (Trade Publication), 266; Metal Ratio Analyser, 537; Photoelectric Comparator, 537
Hille’t. M., on Growth of Nodular Graphite, 809
Hinton, Sir C., on Nuclear Reactors and Power Production, 289, 313*; on Atomic Energy Made Easy, 386
Hire-Purchase Arrangements, Employment Provided by, 704
History of Iron and Steel Industry, 713 Hitchcock, R. G., on British Five-Ton Deadweight Standard of Load, 468*
Hives, Lord, on Functions of Management, 543; on Trade-Union Conditions in Canada, 543
Hjertberg, P. H., on 380 kV Series Capacitors in Sweden, 785
H. M.SS. See under Warships
Hobbing Machine, Gears. See Gear under Machine Tools
Hodgkin, J. E., the Late, 37 Hoff, Prof. N. J., on Buckling and Stability of Columns, 13*. See LETTER, 775
Hogan, J., the Late, 3
Hoist, Loading, Automatic (Funditor, Ltd.), 219
— Mobile, 10 cwt. Diesel-Driven (A. C. E. Machinery, Ltd.), 21*
Hoist. See also Cranes; Gantries
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauge
— Reinforced, in Flat Plates, Design of, 811* Holland, Conference on Oxidation Processes,
Arrangements for, 271
Hollinghurst, Sir L., on National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, 679
Holman Brothers, Ltd., London Offices of, 261; “ Holpack ” Portable Air Com
pressor, 350*
Holms, A. C., the Late, 197
Holophane, Ltd., Lighting of Westminster Abbey for Coronation, (Trade Publication), 41
“ Holpack ” Portable Air Compressor, 350* Holt, A., and Co., 350-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven Generator, 638*
Honda, Prof. K., the Late, 260
Honeyman, A. W., the Late, 37
Hong Kong Government, Motor Fire-Float “ Alexander Grantham,” 120*
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., Motor Fire-Float “ Alexander Grantham,” 120*
Honours List, Birthday, 773
New Year, 36
Hooke’s Law, Deviation from, Apparatus for Measuring, 141*
Hope, H., and Sons, Ltd., Adaptable Glazing System, 634; Continuous Fenestration (Trade Publication), 680
Hopkin, G. L., on Arc Melting and Its Application to Casting of Molybdenum, 683
Hopkin, Dr. L. M. T., on Creep and Fatigue Properties of Lead and Lead Alloys, 682; on Age-Hardening Properties of Lead- Antimony Alloy, 682 -
Horne, A. N., Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 78*
Horne, Dr. M. R., on Collapse Load Factor for Rigid-Frame Structure, 210*
Horology and Instrument Technology, National College of, Courses in Tool Technology, 119; Open Day, 388
Horticultural and Farm Electrical Installations, Specification, 425
— Implements, Petrol-Driven (Rotary Hoes,
Ltd.), 787
Horton, W. H., on Laboratory Simulation of Kinetic Heating, 116
Hose Coupling for Air Lines (Trade Publication), 585
Hospital Equipment of H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 522, 565*
— Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Linear Accelerator
for X-Ray Treatment, 694*
Hot-Spray Unit, Two-Gun (Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd.), 406*
— Water Heating Installations, Accelerator
for (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 734*
Hours of Labour. See Labour
House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates, Report on Grants to Research Establishments, 675
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of, Circular on River Pollution Tests, 271; Report on Synthetic Detergents, 420
Hovey, B. H., the Late, 711
Howard Foundry of Milwaukee, Blading for Coal-Burning Gas Turbine, 592
Howard, W. R., on Evolution of Ferro- Concrete, 200
Howden Air Heaters and Fans, Portobello Power Station, 175*
Howorth, Col. E. G., the Late, 131
Hoyle, Dr. R. D., on Axially Symmetrical Thermal Stress Problems, 116
H.S.F. “ Variax ” Profile Milling Machine, 194 Huber, R., on Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbo-Alternator, 686*
Hughes, Dr. G., on Friction and Form Resistance in Turbulent Flow and Proposed Formulation for Use in Model and Ship Correlation, 618, 651; on Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0 ? 65 Block Coefficient, 681
Hultgren, Prof. A., on Hypo-Eutectic Cast Irons, 809; on Annealing of White Cast Irons of High Sulphur: Manganese Ratios, 809
Humphreys, O. W., on Electro-Heat and Prosperity, 277
Humphris and Sons, Ltd., Sheet-Metal Decoiler and Straightener, 667*
Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., 45-h.p. Diesel Locomotive for Mines, 505
Huntsman, B., Metallurgical Work of, 714 Husband and Co., Radio-Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826*
Husbands, A. S., on 400-kV Peak Impulse Generator, 109*
Hydraulic Association, Hydraulic Machinery and Equipment (Trade Publication), 585 “ Hydraulic Efficiency,” Booklet on (Trade Publication), 330
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Machinery and Equipment (Trade Publica
tion), 585
— Power Kit, “ Flexi-Force ” (Epco, Ltd.), 731 Plant. See Power Plant
?— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pump
— Transmission on Agricultural Tractor, 708*
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plant Hydraulics Research Board, Annual Report,
684
Station Investigations of Land Reclamation from the Wash, 491
— See also Irrigation; Water
“ Hydrax ” High-Speed Gear-Hobbing Machine, 700*
Hydrodynamics. See Ship Resistance Hydro-Electric Power Plant. See Power Plant Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., Light-Weight Pneumatic Snap-Jack, 348*; Industrial Single-Cylinder Compressor, 408*; Hot- Air Reducing Valve, 702*
Hyster Co., American Logging Equipment (Trade Publication), 201; Fork-Lift Trucks (Trade Publication), 425
Hysteresis Phenomena in Mild Steel, 141*

ICE. See Refrigeration
Ideal Machine Tool and Engineering Co., Ltd., Plastic Oil Containers (Trade Publication), 776
Ilford, Ltd., Photographic Developer (Trade Publication), 72
Illuminating Engineering Society, Dow Memorial Prize Competition, 188 _
Illumination. See Light; Lighting; and Lamps under Electric
Image Orthicon Pick-Up Tube, for Television Camera, 555
Tube, 42-in., for Television (English Electric Valve Co., Ltd.), 668*
“ Impax ” Spring-Loaded Oil Seal, 247* Impedance Network Analyser (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 560*
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Aluminium Alloys and Fluxes for Brazing (Trade Publication), 103; Plastics Exhibition, Deferment of, 256; Booklet “Chemical Industry and Challenge to Britain,” 258; Criticism of Nationalisation Proposals for Chemical Industry, 287; Production _ of Rubber-Like Resin, 445; Profit-Sharing Scheme of, 675; Gift of Ramsbottom Locomotive to British Transport Commission, 772*; Cooling Tubes for Refrigerators (Trade Publication), 808
— College of Science and Technology, Annual
Report, 75; Courses on Mineral Dressing, 423
Import Trade. See Trade
Impregnation Plant for Stators at Barugh Green Works, 763*
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
Ind Coope and Allsopp, Ltd., Brewery Refrigeration Plant; 58*
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Gas-Carburising Plant, 628*
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Ince, Sir G., on Industrial Arbitration, 319 " incentives in Industry ” Conference, 479 Incinerator for Refuse-Disposal Plant at Port
Glasgow, 281*
Index, Retail-Prices, 255, 832 India Rubber. See Rubber
— Southern, Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme,
243*
Indicating and Recording Instruments for Montreal to Toronto Petroleum Pipeline, 66; 80*
Indicator for Bascule Bridge Operating Equipment (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 93
— Controller, for Aden Oil Refinery (Evershed
and Vignoles, Ltd.), 535*
— Dial, High-Magnification (J. E. Baty and Co.,
Ltd.), 765*
— Direction, for Motor Vehicles, 749
— Rotary (Trade Publication), 808
— Smoke (Trade Publication), 617
— Temperature (Trade Publication), 680
— Tension, for Wires (Cambridge Instrument
Co., Ltd.), 812*
Induction Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Motor. See Motor, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour
— Court. See Labour
— Disputes Tribunal, Arbitration by, 383
— Economics. See Labour
— Engineers, Society of, Plant Maintenance
Work-Study Conference, 263
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Gloves and Protective Clothing (Trade
Publication), 41
— Management. See Bjorks Management
— Organisation and Development Bill, 198
— Psychology, National Institute of, Plan
for Selection of Personnel, 159
— Research. See Research
— Society, Custom in, Importance of, 614
— Solenoids (Trade Publication), 456
— Teachers, Young Employees’ Need for, 511
— Welfare Society, Course on Manual Lifting
and Handling, 327; Conference on Improving Working Environment in Factories, 704
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Investment Policy for, 674
— Mobile Radio in (Trade Publication), 103
— Modern, Challenge of, 679
— Nationalised, Proposed Select Committee
on, 225
— Need for Good Relations in, 191, 351
— Proposals for Nationalisation of 639
— and Science in Manchester Area, Report on,
417
— See also Trade
Information, Central Office of, Catalogue of Films for Industry, 98, 100
— and Reference Service, Co-operative Indus
trial and Commercial, Work of, 39
— Services, Organisation and Development,
Course on, 173
Ingenieurs Civils de France, Societe des, British Section, Transport, Preparation and Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at Emile Huchet Power Station, by Dr. R. Gibrat and F. Chenin, 308; Ugine- Sejournet. Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, by J. Sejournet, 450, 463
Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. of America, Milling Machine for Scalping Aluminium Blocks, 755*
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., Air-Operated Spanner (Trade Publication)); 744
Inglis, A. and J., Ltd., Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374*
Tnglis, J., and Co., Ltd., Toronto, 42-ft. Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, 48*
Inland Navigation. See Canals; Rivers, etc. Insignia Awards in Technology, City and Guilds of London Institute, 387
Institute of Transport. See Transport
— See Institutions
Institution, British Standards. See Standards
— of Production Engineers. See Production
Institution, Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Agricultural Engineering^ National Institute of; Anthropological Institute, Royal; Arts, Royal Society of; Aslih; Aviation Medicine Institute of (under Aeronautics); British Association; British Foundrymen, Institute of; British Occupational Hygiene Society; Gement and Concrete Association; Chartered Surveyors, Royal Institution of; Chemical Engineers, Institution of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Coal Utilisation Council; Coke Oven Managers’ Association; Colliery Managers, National Association of; Combustion Engineering Association; Consulting Engineers, Association of; Diesel Engine Users Association^ Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineers-in- Charge, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Engineers! Society of; Ergonomics Research Society.; Fuel, Institute of; Gas Council; Handling, Materials, Institute of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Illuminating Engineers, Society of; Industrial Engineers, Society of; Industrial Psychology, National Institute of; Industrial Welfare Society; Ingenieurs, Civils de France, Societe des; Iron Council, Joint; Iron and Steel Institute; Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland; Ironfoundry Associations, Council of; Junior Institution of Engineers; Lecture and Debating Societies, North Eastern Region, Federation of; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of; Management, British Institute of; Manchester Association of Engineers; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Materials Handling, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metal Finishing, Institute of; Metals, Institute of; Metallurgists, Institution of; Mining Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Association of; Mining Engineers, Institution of; Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of; Mining Surveyors, Institute of; Motor Industry, Institute of; Naval Architects, Institution of; Newcomen Society; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Physical Society; Physics Institute of; Plant Engineers, Incorporated; Production Engineers, Institution of; Radio Engineers, British Institution of; Refrigeration, Institute of; Retired Engineers, Association of; Road Locomotive Society; Road Transport Engineers, Institute of; Royal Institution; Royal' Society; Royal United Service Institution; Sanitary Engineers, Institution of; Seaweed Research, Institute of; Sheffield Metallurgical Association; Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists; Sheffield Trades Historical Society; Stephenson Engineering Society; Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of; Television Society; Testing Materials, American Society for; Transport, Institute of; Welding, Institute of; Whitworth Society
Instruments for Air-Pollution Control, 550*
— Indicating and Recording, for Montreal to-
Toronto Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 80*
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 11*
— Precision, Electrical (Trade Publication),
201
— Recording, Sizes of Sensitised Material for,
Specification, 488
— for Stable-Voltage Power Supply (Salford
Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 247
— Technology, Vol. I, Measurement of
Pressure, Level, Flow and Temperature, by E. B. Jones (Review), 329
— See also Aeronautics; Electric
• Insulation. See Heat; Electric
Insurance of Dockers Against Third-Party Risks of Accidents, 127
— Workmen’s. See Labour
Intake, Cooling-Water, Coryton Oil Refinery, 688*
— for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme,
528*
“ Integron ” Finned Tubing (Trade Publication), 808
Internal-Combustion Engines. See Aeronautics; Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
International Association of Navigation Congresses, Permanent, British Section. See Navigation Congresses, Permanent International Association of, British Section
— “ Automation ” Exhibition, New York,
Arrangements for, 518
— Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Operation of, 163
— Chamber of Commerce, Report on
European Inland Transport, 738
International Combustion, Ltd., Boilers and Coal-Handling Plant, Portobello Power Station, 174; Pulveriser (Trade Publication), 201; Boiler Plant, Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660
International Combustion (Holdings), Ltd., Boilers for Coryton Oil Refinery, 688
— Commission on Large Dams, Paris Congress,
Programme, 447
— Conference on Electrodeposition and Metal
Finishing, London. See Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing, International Conference, London
on Gasification of Coal, Liege, Programme, 501
on High-Tension Networks. Paris. See High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris
— Cotton Congress, Plant for Industry, by
Sir H. Pilkington, 674
— Council for Electrodeposition, Conference
and Exhibition. See Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing
— Internal-Combustion Engine Congress
British Participation in, 323
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Oxygen-Production, Plant, 375*
International Nickel Co., Inc., Film of Corrosion in Action, 616
— Railway Congress, London. See Railway
Congress, International, London
International Telemeter Corporation, “ Pay- as-You-See ” Television (Trade Publication), 140
— Trade. See Trade
Intertype Corporation, Typesetting by Photography, 739
Inventions and Designs (Crown Use) Bill, Criticisms of, 290
— See also Patents
Investment Allowances in Budget, Effect of, 482 Suggested, on Machine Tools, 610
— Capital, Need for, 319
— Castings, Exhibition of (Deritend Precision
Castings, Ltd.), 455
Ionosphere, Physics of, 621. See Erra/inn, 748 Irish Railways, Diesel-Electric Locomotives for, 610
Irish Sugar Co., Trials of “ Bogmaster ” Tractors, 285*
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Case-Hardening. See Heat-Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Casting Production, 1953, 455
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Council, Joint, Statement on Coke Prices,
578. See LETTER, 643
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
Ore See Orc
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Steamship, First, “ Aaron Manby,” 229
— and Steel Board, Statistics on Iron and
Steel Production, 230; Production Statistics, 358, 552, 693
Federation, British, Annual Report, 581 Industry, Accident Prevention in, 454 Industry, British, 25 Years’ Developments of, 782
— — Industry, Management in, Education and
Training for, 196
— — Industry, Position and Prospects of, 2, 11*, 43*

Iron and Steel Institute:

Ugine-Sejournet Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, by J. Sejournet, 463. See 450
Powder Metallurgy Symposium, Programme, 518
Symposium on Sinter:
Sintering as Physical Process, by Dr. H. B. Wendeborn, 16
Mechanism of Reduction of Iron Oxides, by J. O. Edstrom, 16
Softening of Iron Ores at High Temperatures, by A. Grieve, 17
Chemical Constitution of Sinters, by Dr. R. Wild, 17
Radiographic Studies of Sintering Iron Ores, by E. Cohen, 17
Factors Controlling Rate of Sinter Production, by E. W. Voice, S. H. Brooks,
Dr. W. Davies and B. L. Robertson, 45
Permeability of Sinter Beds, by E. W. Voice, S. H. Brooks and Dr. P. K. Gledhill, 45
Permeability Tests on Blast-Furnace Raw Materials, by E. W. Nixon and F. R. Maw, 45
Effect of Mineral Additions and Moisture Control on Sintering of Sierra Leone Concentrates, bv Dr. P. K. Gledhill, G. C. Carter and C. F. Fly, 45
Sinter-Plant Assessment Trials at Dagenham and Cleveland, by R. F. Jennings, E. W. Voice, Dr. P. K. Gledhill,
S. C. Carter and C. F. Ely, 45
Towards Faster Sintering of Ironstone, by
M. A. K. Grice and Dr. W. Davies, 45 Rating of Sinter Plants for Economic
Output, by R. F. Jennings, 45 Ironmaking from High-Sinter Burdens,
by G. D. Elliot, J. A. Bond and T. E, Mitchell, 46
Sintering Practice at Domnarfvet, Sweden, by C. Danielsson, 46
Iron and Steel Engineers Group:
Meeting for Junior Engineers, Programme, 355
Annual General Meeting:
Programme, 640
Report of Council, 709 Presentation of Awards, 640, 709 Presidential Address by Hon. R. G. Lyttelton on Social Consequences of Iron and Steel, 713. See 709
Hatfield Lecture on Developments in Iron and Steel Industry in Great Britain During Last Twenty-Five
Years, by Dr. T. P. Colcough, 782. See 709
Annual Dinner, 709
Reports of Discussions, 709, 783, 809 Presentation of Portraits, 784 Soaking-Pit Practice at Normanby Park
Steelworks of J. Lysaght Ltd., by A. H. Norris, 783
Some Factors Affecting Wear of Graphite Electrodes in Electric-Arc Furnaces, by F. T. Bagnall and W. C. Heselwood 783
Eutectic Solidification of Grey, White and Mottled Hypo-Eutectic Cast Irons, by Prof. A. Hultgren, Y. Lindblom and Prof. E. Rudberg, 809
Structural Changes During Annealing of White Cast Irons of High Sulphur: Manganese Ratios, by Prof. A. Hultgren and G. Ostberg, 809
Growth of Nodular Graphite, by M.
Hillert and Y. Lindblom, 809 Solidification of Nodular Iron, by H.
Morrogh, 809
Undercooled Graphite in Cast Irons and Related Alloys, by H. Morrogh and W. J. Williams, 809
Iron and Steel Institute—continued.
Solidification of Iron-Phosphorus-Carbon Alloys, by H. Morrogh and P. H. Tiitsch, 809
Decomposition of Cementite During Solidification of Cast Iron, by Dr. A. Berman and Dr. Y. Kondic, 809
New Swedish Mill Designs and Layouts for Medium and Small Sections and Wire Rod, by S. E. M. Norlindh, 810 New Fagersta Wire-Rod Mill, by K. E. Pihlblad, 810
Roller Bearings in Swedish Rolling Mills and S.K.F. Rolling-Mill Design, by A. Leufven, 810
Practical Experiences in Use of Repeaters in Looping Mill, by H. W. Ridder- void, 810
Special Meeting in Sweden:
Programme, 324
Report of Proceedings, 806 Presentation of Rinmon Gold Medal to Professor M. Wiberg, 806
Swedish Iron-Ore Concentration, by Prof. P. G. Kihlstedt, 806
Calculation of Roll Pressure and Energy Consumption in Hot-Rolling, by Prof. G. Wallquist, 806
Deep-Drawing Properties of Sheet Steel: Fundamental Principles and Test Methods, by Dr. O. Svahn, 806
See also Vol. 178.
Iron and Steel Institute, West of Scotland, Report on Conference on Brittle Fracture of Steel, 295; Glasgow Autumn Conference Arrangements, 710
Production and Rising Demand, 770 Production, United Kingdom, Statistics, 98, 101, 552, 693
Research Association, British, Photo- Electric Dust Meter, 146; Annual Report, 713
Scrap Order, 134
Social Consequences of, 709, 713
Works. See fPorks
— Tests. See Tests (Materials')
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Cast-Iron; Steel; Metallurgy Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, Formation of Safety Committee, 230; Conference on Safety in Industry: Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations, by Sir G. Barnett, 454; Accident Prevention in Iron and Steel Industry, by J. Wadsworth, 454; British Cast-Iron Research Association, and Foundry Hazards, by Dr. H. T. Angus, 454; Accident Prevention in Rubber Industry, by R. W. Lunn, 454; Statistics of Output of Castings, 455
Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges; Floors; Columns; Steelwork
Irrigation Scheme, Peechi Dam, Southern India, 24'3*
Isler and Co., Ltd., 62-h.p. Sulzer Borehole Pump, 59
Isotope Developments, Ltd., Phosphors for Scintillation Counters, 263; Thickness Gauge for Films and Tissues, 472
— Radioactive, Measuring Tyre Wear with,
584
Italy, Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages in, 715
Ivor Power Specialty Co., Ltd., Soot-Blowers and Tube-Cleaners (Trade Publication), 266

JACK, Hydraulic, Endurance Test Rig for (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 19*
for Universal Testing Machine, 751* — Pneumatic, Light-Weight for Aircraft (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 348*
Jaeger, Prof. H. E., on Design of Large Trawlers, 554
Jago, C., the Late, 773
James, A., the Late, 355
James Dr. A. T., Demonstration of Separation by Gas-Liquid Chromatography, 677 James, E., on Axially Symmetrical Thermal Stress, Problems, 116
Jancke, G., on Testing of 380-kV Circuit Breakers, 716; on 380-kV Series Capacitors in Sweden, 785
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1953-54 (Review), 169
Japanese Industrial Competition, Effects of, 543
“ Jekta ” Movable Floor for Vehicles, 596 Jendrassik, G., the Late, 260*
Jenkin, A. K. H., on Cornish Mining History, 712
Jennings, J., on Balancing Rotating Disc, 323. See 241*. See LETTER, 419
Jennings, R. Fl on Sinter Plant Assessment Trials, 45
Jessop, W„ and Sons, Ltd., Creep-Resisting Steel Forging, 568: Continuous Casting Plant at, 713
Jibs, Aluminium, for 7|-ton Grabbing Crane (S.M.D. Engineers, Ltd.), 798
Jig, Pipe-Flanging, “ Twinner ” (D. Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 478*
J.L.S. Engineering Co., Ltd., Gas-Fired Oven, 437*
Jodrell Bank, Radio-Telescope at, 826* Johansen, O., on Limiting of Switching Overvoltages, 716
Johansson, C. E., Ltd., Mikrokators, 23*;
Mikrokator Mechanical Comparator, 71
Johansson, R., on 100-kV Direct-Current Cable for Gotland Transmission Scheme, 715
Johnson, Dr. A. E., on Work of Pipe-Flanges Research Committee, 275
Johnson, A. J., on Stresses in Tanker During Launching, 238
Johnson, W., and Sons (Leeds), Ltd., Toggle Press for Briquetting Cast-Iron Swarf, 217 Johnstone, S. T. M., on Forgeability, Creep Strength and Ductility of Molybdenum, 683
Joint, Pipe Flange, Investigations on, 275
— in Water-Retaining Structures, 379
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., “ Lunzer ” Rotating Lathe Centres, 408; Compound Table for Machine Tools, 697
Jones, C. W., the Late, 3
Jones, J. E., on Arc Melting and Its Application to Casting of Molybdenum, 683
Jones, Air Marshall Sir R. O., on Aircraft Production Problems, 8. See 2 •
Jones, Dr. W. I., on Energy for Britain, 513 Journals. See Bearings
Jubilee Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness, Operating Equipment for (W. H. Smith and Co., Ltd.), 92*
— Dussek Bitumen and Taroleum Co., Ltd., 62
— of Paris School of Electricity, 647
Junior Institution of Engineers, New Headquarters, 547; 70th Anniversary Dinner, 615; Maudslay Scholarship, 678

“ KABI ” Technical Blocks and Strips, 393
Kafue River, Kafue Hydro-Electric Scheme, 644
Kalis, K. L., Sons and Co., Ltd., Port of Aden Developments, 293
Kano Airport, Nigeria, 55-kW Diesel-Driven Generator for, 380*
Kariba Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme, 644
Kaydon Engineering Corporation, Special- Purpose Ball and Roller Bearings (Trade Publication), 456
Keadby Power Station, 400-Ampere-Hour Battery at, 273
Keay, E. C., and J., Ltd., Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660*
Kee, C. F., on Buckling and Stability, 775. See 13*
Kee, W. W., on Control of Quality in Rolling of Copper and Copper-Base Alloys, 649
Keelavite Rotary Pumps and Motors', Ltd., Multiple-Valve Block for Hydraulic Power Transmission, 797*
Keith-Lucas, D., on Trends of Aircraft Design, 7. See 2
Keller, R., on Control of Frequency and Power of Large Networks, 786
Kelly, W. A., on Dynamical Analogies, 805*. See LETTERS, 67, 162, 775
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., Echo Sounder for Fishing Industry, 117; Exhibits at Physical Society’s Exhibition, 473
Kelvin Lecture on Physics of Ionosphere, 621. See Erratum, 748
Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme, 418, 430*
Kemp, I. M., Blast Furnace at Scunthorpe, 324
Kemworthy Jig and Press Tool Co., “ Weld-
Prober ” for Weld Examination, 765*
Kendrick, J. S., on Kemano-Kitimat Hydro- Electric Scheme, 430*. See 418
Kennaway, T., on New Carbonisation Processes and Their Relation to Established Practice, 277
Kennedy and Donkin, Portobello Power Station, 162, 174*, 206*; Owen Falls Hydro- Electric Scheme, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
Kennedy, W., Ltd., Portable Power-Driven Hacksaw, 376*
Kent, Flood Damage in, 34, 38
Kent, G., Ltd., Microvolt Multelec, 376; Selector Panel for Servicing Pneumatic Plant, 407; Pneumatic Diaphragm Units for Auxiliary Process Controllers, 699*
Kent, Sir S. H., the Late, 421
Kerez, E. A., on Experience with Gas Turbines at Beznau Power Station, 146*
Kettleborough, Dr. C. F., on Traversing Mechanism for Pyrometer and Pitot Tube, 624*
Kihlstedt, Prof. P. G., on Swedish Iron-Ore Concentration, 806
Kinematograph. See Cinematograph
Kinetic Heating and Aircraft Design, 98, 115
King, F., on Control of Quality in Rolling of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, 649
King George V Dry Dock, Southampton, Caisson Gate, 438*
King’s College, London, Wheatstone Laboratory, Microtome for Thin Sections, 472
Kingsbury and Wilnecote, Warwickshire, Train Derailment Between, Report on, 515. See Erratum, 569
Kinnear and Gordon, Foundations for Portobello Power Station, 174*, 206*
Kirk A., the Late, 453
Klann, A. R., on Small Hydro-Electric Plants, 47
Klein-Nishina Formula from 10 Kev to 500 Mev, Graphs of, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72
K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., Ceramic Insulating Material, 253
Knitting-Machinery Prospects, 803
Knives; Long, Grinding Machine for (Muller A.G.), 151*
“ Knock ” in Petrol Engines, Physical Nature of, 111*
Kondic, Dr. V., on Decomposition of Cemen- tile during Solidification of Cast-Iron, 809 “ Kue Ken ” Jaw and Gyratory Crushers (Trade Publication), 456
Kunnen, J., Rubber Coupling for Pipes, 446

LABORATORY Climatic Research, Farnborough, 117
— Electrical, Testing, Mobile (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 88
— Lindley, of Motor Industry Research Association, 730*
— Mobile, Meteorological, 551*
— Mullard Research, High/Ultra-High Frequency Transmitters, 597*
— National Standards, Australia, Balancing a
Rotating Disc, Graphical Construction, 241.* See LETTERS, 323, 419
Laboratory, 400-kV Peak Impulse Generator for Use in, 109*
— Research and Development, of Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 476*
— Road Research, Concrete Slabs for Pedes
trian Crossings, 91; Road Load-Bearing Tests, 470*; Mobile Soil Boring Machine, 606*; Exhibition at, 638; Scottish Branch, Tests of Surface-Dressings Distributing Machines, 285
— Simulation of Kinetic Heating, by W. H.
Horton, 116
— See also National Physical
Laborde, M. E., on Electric Power Link Between Britain and France, 464*. See 450. See LETTER, 515
Labyrinth Seals Replace Piston Rings of Oil- Free Compressor, 533*
Lackenby Works, Developments at, 802
Ladle, Molten-Metal, Plumbago Linings for (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 735

Labour:

Admiralty Dockyards, Holiday Arrangements at, 287
Apprentices, Engineering, Demands for Higher Wages and Improved Conditions, 575
Arbitrations in Industrial Disputes, 191, 351, 383
— in Industrial Disputes, Need for, 319 Ballots, Secret, in Industrial Disputes, 159.
See LETTER, 354
Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers, United Society of, Wage Claims by, 832
British Railways, Apprentice Training by, 30
Canada, Trade-Union Conditions in, 543 Clerical and General Workers’ Union, Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447
Colliery Officials’ and Staffs’ Association, Wage Increases for Colliery Clerks, 447
Constructional Engineering Union, Increase in Danger Money Payments to Steel Erectors, 127
Court of Inquiry for Electrical-Contracting Industry, Views of, 63
for Engineering Industry, Appointment of, 63; Information Desired by, 95; Evidence Submitted to, 127
in Engineering and Shipbuilding
Industries, Reports of, 319
for Shipbuilding Industry, Appointment of, 63; Information Desired by, 95
Danger Money for Steel Erectors, Increase in, 127
Days Lost in Industrial Disputes, 63, 223 Dilutees in Engineering Industrv, Tribute to, 768
Earnings in Front of Living Costs, 223 Elderly Persons, Employment of, 607 Electrical Contracting Employees, Wage Claims of, 63, 95
— Power Engineers’ Association, Desire for Improved Status of Members, 223, 832
— Trades Union, “ Guerrilla ” Strike Action by, 63, 95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383; Strike Pay for Non- Unionists, 223; Wage Increase Granted, 543; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575 Employee Remuneration and Incentives, (Review), 232
— Responsibility for Good Relations in Industry, 191
Employment of Elder’y Persons, 607
— in Engineering and Allied Industries,
10*, 42*, 73*, 98, 103*, 136*, 162, 170*, 202*, 234*, 268*, 298*, 331*, 362*, 386, 394*. See LETTERS, 131, 226, 290, 483. See Erratum, 478
— Provided by Hire-Purchase Arrangements, 704
— Statistics, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 94, 511, 800
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Engineering Employees’ Wage Claims Against, 63, 95, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672; Increases in Danger Money Paid to Steel Erectors, 127; Evidence Submitted to Engineering Court of Inquiry, 127; Recommendations of Engineering Court of Inquiry, 319; Grant of Salary Increase to Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, 575, 832
— and Allied Shop Stewards’ National
Council, Suggested Ban on Overtime, 287
— Apprentices, Demands for Higher Wages and Improved Conditions, 575
— Industry, Employment in. See £m- ployment above
— Officers (Telecommunications) Association, Merger of, 191, 287
— and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Asso
ciation of, Wage Increase for Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, 575; Grant of Salary Increase, 832
— Union, Amalgamated, Conference of Young Employees, 575; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested New Wage Demands, 607; Annual Conference of, 639, 672; Relations with Other Unions, 672
Foundry Industry, National Council for, Effects on Wages and Health of Shell- Moulding Operations, 287
— Workers, Amalgamated Union of, Holiday Arrangements at Admiralty Dockyards, 287; Effects on Wages and Health of Shell-Moulding Operations, 287; Holiday Arrangements and Admiralty Dockyards, 287; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575;- Annual Delegate Conference at Southport, 736
Labour—continued.
General and Municipal Workers, National, Union of, Dissatisfaction with Engineering Wage Increase, 511; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested Expulsion from Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 672
Good Relations in Industry, Need for, 191, 351
Government’s Civil-Aviation Policy Condemned, 639
“ Guerrilla ” Strikes in Electrical Industry, 63,95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383 Hermes Aircraft, Trade-Union Refusal to Service, 415, 639
Hire-Purchase Arrangements, Employment Provided by, 704
Hours of Work in Engineering Industry, Demand for Decrease in, 607
International Labour Organisation’s Inquiry into, 800
“ Incentives in Industry ” Conference, 479 Incentives, Industrial, Need for, 191 Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Disputes Tribunal, Arbitration by, 383 — Teachers, Need for, 511
— Welfare. See Welfare (below) Insurance, Third-Party, Against Accidents at Docks, 127
International Labour Organisation, Inquiry into Hours of Work, 800
Inter-Union Relationships, 672
Labour Attitude in American Farm- Tractor Manufacture, 228
— and National Service, Ministry of, Wage Statistics of, 63, 447; Strike Statistics of, 63; Employment Statistics, 94, 511, 800; Report on Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1951, 100; Brochure on Selection of Personnel, 159; Accident Statistics for 1953, 230 ; Inquiry into Effects of National Service, 800
— Notes, 31, 63, 72, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 287, 319, 351, 383, 415, 447, 429, 511, 543, 575, 607, 639, 672, 704, 736, 768, 800, 832
— Party’s Pamphlet, “ Challenge to Britain,” Criticism of, 287, 736
Living Costs, Relationship to Earnings, 223
Union Co-operation with Employers for Reduction of, 639
?— Standards of Employees, Suggestions for Improving, 800
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of, Examination of Wage and Salary Structure, 31; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511; Strike Due to Lodging- Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800
Lodging-Turns Dispute, Strike Due to, 672, 704, 736, 800
London Society of Compositors, Proposed Merger of, 383
Man-Power in Engineering and Allied Industries, 73*, 268*. See LETTERS, 131
Metals Industry, Employment in, 94 Mineworkers, National Union of, Complaints of Complacency of National Coal Board Regarding Existing Wage Rates, 31; Wage Claims by, 95; Complaints Regarding Sale of Coal to Industrial Consumers at Below Cost, 95; Strike About Overman, 351; Strike Over Stint Requirements, 383 ; Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447; Need to Improve Coal Production, 736; Condemnation of Unofficial Strikes, 768; Amenities for Scottish Miners, 768; Small Mines’ Dispute, 768
National Federated Electrical Association, Wage Claim Against, 53, 95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383, 415; Wage Increase Awarded, 543
— Service, Inquiry into Effects of, 800 Nationalisation of Industry, Case Against, 287; Criticism of Labour Party’s Proposals, 736; Proposals for, 639
Negotiations on Engineering Disputes, Demand for Speeding, 607
Non-Unionists, Strike Pay for, 223 Overseas Competition, Effects on Employment, 543
Overtime in Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries, Suggested Ban on, 63, 287, 415
— at London Docks, Ban on, 159, 191, 255, 447
— Ban at London Airport, 447 Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 768 Personnel Selection, Brochure of Ministry of Labour and National Service on, 159
Piecework, in Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries, Proposals for Limitation of, 63
“ Plan for Engineering.” Pamphlet, Proposals in, 639
Post Office Engineering Union, Merger, 191, 287
Trade Unions, Merger of, 191, 287 Workers, Union, of Wage Claim of, 415, 447
Power Engineers, Desire for Improved Status by, 223, 832
Press-Tool Setters, Safety Courses for, 743 Printing Machine Managers’ Trade Society, Proposed Merger of, 383
Professional Workers, National Federation, of, Employment of Elderly Persons, 607
Profit-Sharing Scheme of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 675
Railwaymen, National Union of, Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; Demands for Increased Wages for Railway Shopmen, 447, 479, 511; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511, 639; Suggestions for Reducing Costs of Railway
Labour—continued.
Service, 575; Strikes at Railway- Marshalling Yards, 575; Strike Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800
Redundancy Among Employees Constructing “ Comet ” Aircraft, 607, 768 Restrictive Practices in Mining Industry, 287
Rolls-Royce .Ltd., Apprentice Training Schemes, 387
Safety in Employment (Inspection and Safety Organisation), Bill, 230
Secret Ballots in Industrial Disputes, 159. See LETTER, 354
Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation, Wage Claims Against, 63, 351, 415, 447, 429, 511; Recommendations of Shipbuilding Court of Inquiry, 319
Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of, Proposals to Ban Overtime and Limit Piecework, 63; Evidence Submitted to Engineering Court of Inquiry, 127; Recommendations of Shipbuilding and Engineering Courts of Inquiry, 319; Wage Claims of Shipbuilding and Engineering Employees, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672; Wage Claims of Railway Shopmen, 447, 479, 511; Criticism of “ Plan for Engineering,” 639
Steel Erectors, Increase in Danger Money for, 127
Stevedores and Dockers, National Amalgamated, Third-Party Insurance of Dockers Against Accidents, 127; Overtime Dispute at London Docks, 159, 191, 255, 447
Stokers of Central-Heating Boilers, Instructions for, 743
Strikes, Colliery, 351, 383, 768
— Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800
— Far-Reaching Effect on Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries, 129, 134
— “ Guerrilla,” in Electrical Industry, 63,
95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383
— at London Docks, 159, 191, 255, 447
— Mining Industry, Twenty-One at One Colliery, 351; About One Overman, 351, 383; About Stint Requirements, 383
— Pay for Non-Unionists, 223
— over Railway Lodging Turns, 672, 704,
736, 800
— at Railway Marshalling Yards, 575
— Secret Ballots in, 159. See LETTER, 354
— at Small Mines in Scotland, 768
— Statistics, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 63, 223
— Unofficial, Union Condemnation of, 768
Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Association of, Annual Conference, 800
Trades Union Congress, Attitude to Establishment of Impartial Wage Authority, 351, 383; Report on Nationalisation Plans, 639; Suggestions for Improving Employees’ Living Standards, 800
Transport and General Workers’ Union, Attitude to Strikes and Arbitration, 351; High Wages and Living Costs, 479; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested Equal Pay for Women Industrial Civil Servants, 832; Criticism of Abrupt Rejection of Wage Claims, 832
— Salaried Staffs’ Association, Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511; Pay Rates for Salaried Staffs, 543
Tribunal, Wage, Complaint Against, 415, 447
United States, Unemployment in, 94 Wage Board, Impartial, Suggested Establishment of, 351, 383
— Boilermakers’, Claims for Increase in, 832
— Builders’, Claims for Increase in, 415
— Civil-Engineering Constructors’, Increase in, 575
— Claims, Abrupt Rejection Condemned, 832
— Colliery Clerks’, Increases in, 447
— Electrical-Contracting Employees, Demands for Increases in, 63, 95
Employees’, Demands for Increases in, 63, 95, 127
— Electricians, Demands for Increase in, 159, 191, 223, 255, 383, 415; Grant of Increase in, 543
— in Engineering and Allied Industries,
10, 73, 298*, 394
— Engineering Employees’, Demands for Increases in, 63, 95, 127, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672
and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Acceptance of Claim for Increase in, 832
— High, Problem of, 255
— Miners’, Demand for Increase in, 31, 127
— Negotiations at Company Level, Suggestions for, 255
— Post Office Employees, Claims for Increase in, 415, 447
— Railway Salaried Staffs, Demand for Increase in, 543
Shopmen, Demands for Increase in, 447, 479, 511
— Railwaymen’s, New Structure for, 479, 511
— and Salary Structure, Railway, Exami
nation of, 31
— Seamens’, Increase of, 31
— Shipbuilding Draughtsmen’s, Increase in, 575, 832
Employees’, Demands for Increases in, 63, 95, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511
Labour—continued.
Wage Statistics, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 63, 447
— Vehicle-Building Industry, Demands for Increase in, 415
— Women Engineering Employees’, Increase in, 575
Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen’s Union, Overtime Dispute at London Docks, 255, 447.
Welfare, Industrial, Society, Course on Manual Lifting and Handling,327; Conference on Improving Working Environment in Factories, 704
Women Civil Servants, National Association of. Demands for Equal Pay for Women, 223
— Demands for Equal Pay for, 223, 832
— Engineering Employees, Wage Increase for, 575
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., Coryton Oil Refinery, 688*
Lake Victoria, Uganda, Rainfall on, 497 Laminations, Heat Capacity of, 781
Lamm, A. U., on Gotland High-Voltage
Transmission Systems, 715 Lamps, Electric. See Electric Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., Electromagnetic Brake (Trade Publication), 488; Alternating-Current Motors (Trade Publication), 585
Lancashire Steel Corporation, Work of, 782 Land Drainage, Demonstration of Machinery for, 484
— Reclamation from the Wash, Investigations
on, 491
Landslide at Blaina, Monmouthshire, 295 Lane, F. L.. on 275/300-kV British Transmission Scheme, 715
Lane, J. F., on Electric Power Link Between Britain and France, 464*. See 450. See LETTER, 575
Lang Pneumatic, Ltd., Miniature Pneumatic Valves (Trade Publication), 9; Pneumatic Clamps and Fittings, 786*
Langlois-Berthelot, R., on Dielectric Fatigue of Insulating Materials, 785
Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Factory for Mechanical- Handling Vehicle Manufacture, 186*; “ Stand-on ” Reach Fork-lift Motor Truck, 829*
Lant, D. P., on Training of Graduates inMechanical Engineering, 4. See 2 Laplace Transforms, Coefficients for Numerical
Calculation of by H. E. Salzer (Review), 102
Lathes. See Machine Tools
Latin, Dr. A., on Creep and Fracture in Lead
Cable-Sheath Alloys, 682 Launch, Motor. See Motor Boat
— and Trial Trips of Ships, 31, 52, 150, 246,
279, 309, 330, 371, 391, 433, 503, 527, 576, 608, 640, 699, 767, 808
Launching Slipway for Small Craft (Saunders-
Roe (Anglesey), Ltd.), 382*
— Stresses in Oil Tanker, 238
Law. See Legal; Labour; Patents
Law, E. F., the Late, 679, 711
Lawrence, J. W., Ltd., Oil Cooler with Brass Sheet Casing, 307*
Lawton, F. L., on Kemano-Kitimat Hydro- Electric Scheme, 430*. See 418
Lead Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Creep of, Extruded Specimens, 682
— Development Association, Formation of,
386
—Pipe Production, Researches on, 205
— Sheet and Pipe Council, Formation of, 386
— Supplies and Engineering Industries, 42* Lecture and Debating Societies, North Eastern
Region, Federation of, Mechanisation of Permanent-Way- Work—Where is it Leading? by A. Dean, 492
— Technical, by Dr. A. H. Willis (Review),
647
Lee Conservancy Catchment Board, Full- Scale Tests of 55-ft. Span Prestressed- Concrete Beam, 815*
Lee, River, and Metropolitan Water Board, 1189
Leedham, L. H., on Impact of Development and Research in Production and Design, 263
Leek, A. E., the Eate, 613

Legal:

Atomic Energy Authority Bill, 265
Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Bill, 132; Debate on, 194
Industrial Organisation and Development Bill, 1 8
Inventions and Designs (Crown Use), Bill, Criticisms of, 290
Iron and Steel Foundries Regulations 1953, 454
Labour Legislation.. See Labour
Legislation on Electrical Safety in Factories, 745
Merchant Ship Legislation, History of, 356
Public Health Act, Smoke Nuisances Section of, 707
Purefoy Engineering Co., Ltd., versus Sykes Boxall and Co., Ltd., Decision on, 454
Safety in Employment (Inspection and Safety Organisation) Bill, 230
Television Bill, Introduction of, 322
Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949, Regulations for Motor-Car Suppressors, 260 Legislation. See Legal; Labour Patents Le Grand, Sutcliff and Gell, Ltd., Mobile Soil
Boring Machine, 606*
Leipzig Fair, British Exhibition at, 770
Length Measurement, Precise, Merton-N.P.L. Diffraction Gratings for, 263
Le Roy Collapsible Girder or Tower, 244* Letters to the Editor, 3, 34, 66, 98, 130, 162,
197, 226, 259, 290, 323, 354, 387, 419, 451, 483, 515, 583, 611, 643, 677, 707, 741, 775, 805*
— Symbols, Signs and Abbreviations, Speci
fication, 482
Leufven, A., on Roller-Bearings in Swedish Rolling Mills, 83,(0
Levelling with U-Tube (Trade Publication), 68®
Lewis, D. M., on Thermal Conditions in Continuous Casting, 683
Lewis, J., the Late, 227
Lewis, J., and Sons, Ltd., Motor Trawler and Fish Factory, 724*
Lewisham Substation, British Railways, 282*
Lewitt, Dr. E. H., on Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines, 35. See LETTER, 98
Ley Colbeck and Partners, Transonic Wind Tunnel, 188*
Leyburn, H., on Continuity of Electricity Supply, 76. See 65; on Research Station for High-Power Circuit-Breakers, 716
Leyland Motors, Ltd., Mechanical Charging of Iron-Foundry Cupolas, 217*; Briquetting of Cast-Iron Swarf, 217; 125-h.p.
Diesel Engines and Control Equipment for Rail Cars, 601*
Libraries, Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of. See Aslib
Liege, International Conference on Gasification of Coal, Programme, 501
Life-Saving Equipment, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 566
Lifts, Electric, for Block Dwellings, 30
and Hand-Power (Trade Publication), 617
— Passenger, High-Speed, at Hampstead
Station (Waygood-Otis, Ltd.), 509
Lifting and Handling, Manual Course for Instructors, 327
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Standard of, Work at National Physical
Laboratory, 653*
— See also Diffraction
Lighting Fittings (Trade Publication), 456
— and Heating Systems for Electric Railcars
(J Stone and Co., Ltd.), 343*
— Street (Trade Publication), 808
and Road Safety, Connection Between, 327
— of Westminster Abbey for the Coronation
(Trade Publication), 41
— of Willesden Railway-Carriage Sidings
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 56*
— See also Lamps under Electric
Lightning. See Electric
Limit Gauges. See Gauges
Limiter, Torque Overload (Fords (Finsbury), Ltd.), 734*
“ Linatex ” Diaphragm Pump, 471* Lincolnshire, Flood Damage in, 34, 38 Lindblom, Y., on Growth of Nodular Graphite, 809; on Hypo-Eutectic Cast Irons, 809 Lindley Laboratories of Motor Industry Research Association, 730*
Line Fittings, Valves and Cylinders, Pneumatic (Trade Publication), 776
Linear Accelerator for X-Ray Treatment (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 694*
— Equations, Simultaneous, and Determina
tion of Eigen Values (Review), 361
— Measurement, Dial Gauge for, Specification
648
Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships Lining, Plumbago, for Molten-Metal Ladle, 735
Link-Belt Co., Hydraulically-Operated Tipping Platform for Lorries, 219
Lipert, J. P., “ Valjoh ” Dowel-Making
Machine (Trade Publication'), 266
“ Liquicolumn ” Unit, Triple-Tube (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 765*
Liquids, Continuous Sieving Plant for (Russell Constructions, Ltd.), 370*
— Fuel. See Oil Fuel. See also Motor
— Powders and Pastes, Mixing Machine for
(Trade Publication), 553
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., 8-5-kW Generating Set:')’ Civil Defence Centres 278*
Litigation. See Legal; Labour
Liverpool Observatory and Tida Institute, Annual Report, 241*
Livesley, R. K., on Analysis of Rigid-Jointed Plane Frameworks, 239*. See 226
Living Costs, Union Co-operation with Employers for Reduction of, 639
Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Extensions to, 799 Lloyd’s Register of Ships, Growth of Regulations of, 356
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Statistics of Vessels Under Construction, 190, 616; Statistics of Vessels Launched, 294; Annual Report, 516
Loach, J. C., on Squat Load-Measuring Gauge, 387. See 339*
Load Cells, for Measuring Loads from 5-cwt. to 200 tons (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 472*
— Factor, Collapse, for Rigid-Frame Struc
ture, 210*
— Frequency Control in Interconnected
Power System, 786
— Standard of, Five-Ton Deadweight, British,
46:8*
— in Wires, Measuring Devices for, 812* Loader, 2,500-lb. Bulk, with Front-Wheel
Petrol or Diesel Drive (Mathew Brothers), 728*
— High-Lift, for Ferguson Tractors, 220* Low, Diesel-Engined Telehoist (Mercury
Truck and Tractor Co., Ltd.), 797*
— Mechanical, “ Muir-Hill ” (E. Boydell &
Co., Ltd.), 504*
— Overhead, Hydraulic, Tractor-Mounted
(F. E. Weaterill, Ltd.),! 77*
— Self-Propelled, for Loose Material (D.
Roberts and Co. (Engineers). Ltd.), 445*
Lock, Entrance, to Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 130, 153*
Lockington, N. A., on Diffusion of Chromium into Non-Ferrous Metals, 748
Locomotive, Applications of Gas Turbines to, 723
— British Railways, Resistance Tests of, 390
— Building by Beyer Peacock and Co., Ltd., 261
— 4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine for,
561*, 592*
Locomotive 4-8-4 Condensing, South African Railways, 226, 250*
— Construction Programme, British Railways,
66, 70
— 4-6-0 Type, Derailment Due to Hunting of,
515. See Erratum, 569
— Development Committee, 4,250-h.p. Coal-
Burning Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
— Diesel 45-h.p., for Mines (Hunslet Engine
Co., Ltd.), 505
Narrow Gauge, 20 and 30-h.p. (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 346*
Electric, 955-h.p., Australian Commonwealth Railways, 316*
— — Electric, 1,000-h.p., for Brazil, 505* Electric, 2,000-h.p. for British Railways,
735
Electric, for Irish Railways, 610
— Electric, 410-h.p. (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 50*
Electric, 275-h.p. and 400-h.p. (Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd.), 248*
— Electric, 2,400-h.p. 1,500-Volt Direct-
Current (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 184* 2-D-2, French, Record Speed by, 231 French, Record Speed by, 258
French National Railways, Particulars of, 451
2,500-h.p. Co-Co, for Manchester- Sheffield Line, 344*
for Railways, Direct or Alternating- Current for, 481, 490
2,500-h.p., Trials of, 120
— Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society
of, Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511; Strike Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800
Institution of, Wearing Parts of Electric Rolling Stock: Experience in London Transport Service, by A. W. Manser, 145; Measurement of Train Resistance, by Dr. H. I. Andrews, 390
— 4-6-2 Express “ Duke of Gloucester,” 705,
729*
— on French National Railways, 451
— Gas-Turbine, Coal-Burning, North British
Locomotive Co., Ltd., 34, 39
— — Turbine, of Union Pacific Railroad, 593
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 162,
170*, 706. See LETTER, 226
— “ 4-ft. Shunter,” by J. Ramsbottom,
Preservation of, 772*
— Steam, Condensing, on South African
Railways, 274
Improving Efficiency of, 274
— 2-6-0 Tender. Standard, British Railways,
665*
Lodge Sintox Bush for Graviner Aircraft Fire Detectors, 695*
Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd., Extrusion Press for Aluminium Sheathing for Cables, 794* Logarithms, Natural, Tables of (Review), 232 Lomonossoff, Dr. G. V., the Late, 131 Londex, Ltd., Triple-Pole Mercury Switch
Contactor, 94; Industrial Electronic Relay, 635*
London Airport Aluminium-Alloy Doors for Maintenance Hangar, 658*
Refusal to Service Aircraft at, 415; Overtime Ban at, 447
— Australia Telegraph Circuit, Mechanical
Error Detection and Correction Equipment for (Cable and Wireless, Ltd.), 280*
— Chamber of Commerce, Promotion of Trade
with China, 738
— Conference, Commonwealth Engineering
Institution, 802
— County Council, Electric Lifts for Block
Dwellings, 30; Investigation of Main Drainage, 500
— Docks, Overtime Dispute at, 159, 191, 255,
447
— Fire Brigade, Work of, 514
— Gauge aud Tool Exhibition, 591, 697*, 765*
— and Home Counties Traffic Advisory
Committee, Report, 675
— International Conference on Electro
deposition and Metal Finishing. See Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing, International Conference, London
— King’s College, Television Equipment
Exhibition, 69; Wheatstone Laboratory, Microtome for Thin Sections, 472
— Smoke Reduction in, Conference on,
Arrangements for, 355
— Society of Compositors, Proposed Merger
of, 383
— South Africa Telegraph Circuit, Mechanical
Error Detection Correction Equipment for (Cable and Wireless, Ltd.), 280*
— Traffic Problems, Investigation of, 168
— Transport Executive, Wear of Electric
Rolling Stock of, 145; Railway Extensions Abandoned, 231; “Blowing Out” Shop for Carriage Underframes, 248*; Safety Measures of, 326; High-Speed Lifts at Hampstead, 509; Diesel Omnibuses to Replace Trolley Buses, 603; Re-equipment of Bond-street Substation, 604*
— Underground Railways. See Underground
and London Transport Executive
— Water Supply, Report of Metropolitan
Water Board, 189
Long, C. T., on Improving Efficiency of
Steam Locomotives, 274
Longacres Works of Marconi Instruments, Ltd., Extensions to, 369.
Longley, J., and Co., Ltd., Allendale Works, Crawley, 381*
Loom Drives, Induction Motors for (Trade Publication), 72
Looping Rolling Mill, Use of Repeaters in, 810
Lorimer, W., the Late, 293
Lorries. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
Loughborough College of Technology, Training Courses for Motor Industry, 70; Motor-Industry Scholarships, 582
Loveless, E., on Thermal Stresses in Aircraft Structures, 116
Lowenheim, Dr. F. A., on Tin-Alloy Plating, 748
Lower Paint Dam, 100-kW, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 47
Lubricants (Trade Publication), 488
Lubricating Oils. See also Oi/s
— Systems of Oil Engines, Preventive Main
tenance of, 428
Lubrication, Early Experiments of Beauchamp Tower, 805
— System for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling
Mill, 820*
Lucas, D. H., on Grading of Fly Ash, 272*
Luichart Dam, Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*
Lummus Co., Coryton Oil Refinery, 687*
Lumsden Grinding Machine with Cooling- Medium Clarifier, 793*
Lunn, R. W., on Accident Prevention in Rubber Industry, 454
“ Lunzer ” Rotating Lathe Centres, 408
Luther, F. M., the Late, 645
Lyn, W. T., on Fuel Addition to Intake Air in Diesel Engines, 144. See 130
Lysaght, J., Ltd., Soaking-Pit Practice at Works of, 783
Lyttleton, Hon. R. G., on Social Consequences of Iron and Steel, 713. See 709

MACADAM. See Roads and Tar Macadam MacCarthy-White Plastic Conveyor-Roller, 22*
MacFarlane, C., the Late, 613
MacFarlane, D., on Mine Fans, Trends in Designs (Trade Publication), 776
Mac. See also Me
Machine Shops. See Works and Machine Tools — Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests {Materials)

Machine Tools:

Abrasive-Wheel Cutting-Off Machine (Trade Publication), 553
Bending Machine, Plate (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 634
Plate, Three-Roll (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 343*
— and Straightening Machines for Steel
Plate (J. Bigwood and Son, Ltd.), 698*
Boring, Facing, Milling and Drilling Machine (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 691*
— and Milling Machine, with Co-ordinate
Setting (Berliner Maschinenbau-A.G.) 377*
— and Turning Mill, 42-ft. Vertical
(Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 48*
British Association of Machine Tool Merchants, Views on Investment Allowance, 610
Chucks, Magnetic, All-Steel (Trade Publication), 585
Chucking Machines, Automatic MultiSpindle (Wickman, Ltd.), 439*
Cooling Medium, Carbon Dioxide, for Tools (Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd.), 130, 156*
Compressed-Air Tools, Films of, Broom and Wade, Ltd.), 391.
Tools. See also Pneumatic (below) Cutter, Milling, Side and Face (Clarkson (Engineers), Ltd.), 505
Cutting-off Machine, Abrasive Wheel (Trade Publication), 553
Decoiler and Straightener, Sheet-Metal (Humphris and Sons, Ltd.), 667*
Drill, Twist, Optical Gauge for (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
Drilling, Boring, Facing and Milling Machine (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 691*
— Machine, Ultrasonic (Mullard, Ltd.), 472*
Ultrasonic, for Hard Materials (Mullard, Ltd.), 632*
Facing, Boring, Milling and Drilling Machine (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 691*
Forming Curved Sections by Stretch Forming Tool, 318*
Gear Hobs, Dimensions of, Specification, 265
— Hobbing Machine, High-Speed (D. Brown Machine Tools, Ltd.), 700*
— —- Machine, 216-in. for Turbine Gears
(D. Brown Machine Tools, Ltd.), -510*
— Shaping Machine, Work Clamp and Ejector for (Michigan Tool Co.), 89* Grinding Head, for Machine Tools (J. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd.), 349*
— Machine with Cooling-Medium Clarifier (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 793*
for Long Knives (Muller A.G.), 151*
— Surface (Trade Publication), 266
— — Surface, Duplex (F. E. Rowland
and Co., Ltd.), 568*
Surface, Precision Bench (Trade Publication), 330
Velofeeder System for (Simon Engineering Group), 799*
— Wheels, “ Dusgard ” Unit for (Air Control Installations, Ltd.), 606*
Radius Forming on (Trade Publication), 140
Guillotines and Shears (Trade Publication), 488
Hacksaw Machine, “ Rapidor,” Hydraulic Saw-Frame Support for (E. G. Herbert, Ltd.), 279*
— Power-Driven, Portable (W. Kennedy, Ltd.), 376*
Hammer, Riveting, Pneumatic, Converted into Swaging Machine (Atlas Diesel Co.. Ltd.), 440*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Lathe, Automatic, 4-in. High-Speed Single-Spindle (Cleveland Automatic Machine Co.), 413*
— Centres, Rotating, “ Lunzer ” (Austin and Lang, Ltd.), 408
— 6-in. Copy-Turning (A. Herbert, Ltd.),
542*
Machine Tools—continued.
Lathe, High-Precision Screw-Thread Cutting (Bryant Symons &Co., Ltd.), 653*
— and Planer Tools (Trade Publication),
41
Limit Gauging. See Gauge Machine-Shop Management. See Works Management
— Tools (Trade Publication), 297 for Aircraft Production, 2, 7
Control, Merton-N.P.L. Diffraction Gratings for, 263
— Ferranti System for Control of (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
— Industry, Position and Prospects, 2, 98, 103*
— Merchants, British Association of, Views on Investment Allowance, 610
— Pneumatic Clamps and Fixtures for (Lang Pneumatic, Ltd.), 786*
— Rotary Switch for Control of (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 84*
— Trades Association, Annual Dinner, 419
— Work, Tolerances in. See Gauge Mandrels, Adjustable, for Bore Size (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 413
Micro-Finishing Machine for Carbide- Tipped Tools (B. O. Morris, Ltd.), 245*
Milling-, Boring, Facing and Drilling Machine (Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd.), 691*
— and Boring Machine, with Co-ordi
nate Setting (Berliner Maschinenbau- A.G.), 377*
— Cutters, Side and Face (Clarkson (Engineers), Ltd.), 505
— Machine with Copying Attachment (Midgley and Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 121*
Profile, H.S.F. “ Variax ” (Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Co.), 194
for Scalping Aluminium Blocks (Ingersoll Millihg Machine Co. of America), 755*
Planing Machine and Lathe Tools (Trade Publication), 41
Plate-Bending Machine (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 634
Machine, Three-Roll (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd'.), 343*
and Straightening Machine (J. Bigwood and Son, Ltd.), 698*
Pneumatic Clamps and Fixtures for Machine Tools (Lang Pneumatic, Ltd.), 786*
— Hammers. See Hammers (above) Presses, Baling (Trade Publication), 488
— Brake (Trade Publication), 488
— 60-ton (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 634
Automatic Guard for (Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd.), 284*
— 140-ton Hydraulic (Weldall and Assembly, Ltd.), 86*
— Extrusion, for Aluminium Sheathing for Cables (Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd.); 794*
for Ugine-Sejournet Process, 463
— Forging, for United States Air Force, 163
— Geared, for Cold Forging of Wire and Strip (Taylor and Challen, Ltd.), 24*
— Hydraulic 120-ton (Finlay Engineering, Ltd.), 702*
— 9, 20 and 50-ton (W. H. Marley and Co., Ltd.), 53*
400-ton, for Briquetting Cast-Iron Swarf (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 414*
— 12-ton, for Testing Shock Absorbers (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 19*
— Plastics Moulding (Trade Publication), 488
— Power, Strip Feeding Machine for (Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co., Ltd.), 765*
— Screw, 450-ton, With Power-Assisted Control Gear (Taylor and Challen, Ltd.), 434*
- Toggle, for Briquetting Cast Iron Siwarf (W. Johnson and Sons (Leeds), Ltd.), 217
— Tool (Plessey Co., Ltd.); 697*
Setters, Safety Courses for, 743
Profiling and Slotting Attachments to Milling Machine (Midgley and Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 121*
Pulverising Machines, Velofeeder System for (Simon Engineering Group), 799*
Riveting Machine, Electro-Pneumatic (Standard Resistance Welders, Ltd.), 246*
— and Welding Equipment, Portable,
Suspension Device for (F. Rankin), 121*
Shearing Machines for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
Slitting Machine, Steel, with “ Dyna- matic” Couplings, 733*
Slotting and Profiling Attachments to Milling Machine (Midgley and Sutcliffe, Ltd.), 121*
Straightener and Decoiler, Sheet-Metal (Humphris and Sons, Ltd.), 667*
Straightening and Bending Machines for Steel Plate (J. Bigwood and Sons, Ltd.), 698*
Machine, Tube (Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 667*
Stretch-Forming Tool (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 318*
Swaging Machine for Armature Wires (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 440*
Table, Compound, for Machine Tools (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 697
— Co-ordinate, for Machine Tools (Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
Threading Machine, High-Speed “ Edg- wick ” (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 249*
Tool, Carbide-Tipped, Micro-Finishing Machine for (B. O. Morris, Ltd.), 245*
Machine Tools—continued.
Tool, Cutting, Carbon-Dioxide as Cooling Medium (Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd.), 130, 156*
— and Gauge Exhibition, London, 591,
697*, 765*
— Portable, Electrical, Safety Measures for, 746
— — Power, Production of, 397. See
Erratum, 478
Turning and Boring Mills. See Boring (above)
Woodworking Machine, “ Versatool ” (Smart and Brown (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 312*
—Machinery (Trade Publication), 201 Machine Work. See Machine Tools
Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Trenching Attachment for Tractor, 152
Mackintosh, Lord, on Provision of Work by Hire-Purchase Arrangements, 704
Maginness, Sir G. S., on Trade with Russia, 578 Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Magnet, Lifting, with Fine Control (Electromagnets, Ltd.), 634
— Permanent, Self-Cleaning (Rapid Magnetic
Machines, Ltd.), 634
Magnetic Amplifier, Experimental (Electro Methods, Ltd.), 277
— Brake for Electric Motors (Brook Motors, Ltd.), 55*
— Couplings (Trade Publication), 680
Magnetic Equipment Co., Ltd., Vibratory Equipment and Magnetic Chucks (Trade Publications), 585
— Separator for Crushed Ore (Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd.), 405*
— Tapes, Computers and Diffraction Gratings
for Machine Tool Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
Control for Profile Milling Machines, 194 Mains, Electric. See Cables under Electric Maintenance of Plant Work-Study Conference, 263
Maisey, E. R., on Test of Graviner Explosion-Suppression System, 98
Makemson, T., the Late, 773
Mallette, F. S., bn Air Pollution Control, 546, 549*
Management, British Institute of, Harvard Fellowships for, 416
— Functions of, 543
— of Works. See (Forks Management
Managers in Industry, Residential Course at Cambridge, 231
Manali, River, Southern India, Peechi Dam on, 243*
Manby, A., Life and Work of, 229
Manchester Association of Engineers, Engineering Aspects of Glass, by Dr. R. E. Bastick and H. Cooper, 462
— Glossop Line, Electric Rolling Stock for,
134
— Industry and Science in, Report on, 417
— Joint Research Council; Report on Industry
and Science, 417
Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.; “ Passivated ” Oil for Transformers, 799
— Sheffield-Wath Railway, 2,500-h.p. Co-Co
Electric Locomotives, 344*
Manchester Ship Canal Co., Ltd., Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 130, 153*
— University, Structural Analysis by Digital
Computer; 226, 239*; Production Engineering Course, 678. See LETTER, 741; Radio-Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826*
— Wakefield Railway, Buttressing of Retaining
Wall on, 509*
Manganese, Electrodeposition of, 748
Manipulator for Handling Hot Billets (Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 829*
“ Manipulet ” Forging Manipulator, 829*
Mann, W. H., on Manpower Situation, 131. See 73*
Mannix, Ltd., Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 78*
Manser, A. W., on Wear of Electric Rolling Stock of London Transport, 145
Manual of Mechanical Power Transmission (Review), 393
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See [Forks Management
Manufacturers’ Export Finance Co., Ltd., Formation of, 12; Proposals for, 418
Manufacturing, Applications of Electric Heating to, 277
Marconi Instruments, Ltd., Extensions to Longacres Works of, 369
Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd., Recording Echometer for Fishing Vessels, 525*
Marconi-Siebe Gorman Submarine Television Camera, 253*
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Demonstration of Television Equipment, 668*; Demonstration of Colour Television, 701
Marfleet Works, Hull, Priestman Brothers, Ltd. 252
Margen, P. H., on High-Temperature Steam Pipes; 457*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
“ Marietta ” Miner for Colliery Tunnelling, 296*
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Fish-Factory Trawler “ Fairtry,” 725
Machinery, 200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven Generator (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 637*
Machinery, 550-kW Geared Turbo Generator (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 634*
— — Machinery, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,”
565
Machinery, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 662*
Machinery, S.S. “ Orsova,” 826
Machinery, Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX,” 375*
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers, Institute, of, Annual Dinner, 389;
New Metals in Engineering, by Dr. L. B. Pfeil, 620; British Naval Gas Turbines,
by Cmdr. (E) G. F. A. Trewby,- 622; Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbine Alternator, by F. A. I. Muntz and R. Huber, 686*; Students’ Lecture on Babcock Marine Boilers (Trade Publication), 808 Marine Engineering, Development of Metals for, 620
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals for, 589 Industry, Position and Prospects of, 298* Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Annual Report, 516
— Propulsion, Allen-Stoeckicht, Epicyclic
Gearboxes, 185*
British Naval Gas Turbines, 622
Developments in Steam and Gas Turbines for, 148
240-h.p. Diesel Engines of Motor Yacht
“ Aries,” 647
2,720-b.h.p. Diesel Engines for Whale- Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374*
Doxford Oil-Engine Construction by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., 616*
1,900-b.h.p. Doxford Oil Engine, Fish-
Factory “ Fairtry,” 725
— Gas Turbines for, 719*
12,000-h.p. Geared Turbines, H.M.
Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 565
12,500-h.p. Geared-Turbine Oil Tanker “ World Harmony,” 262
Geared-Turbine Research, Electronic Instruments for, 276*
34,000-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 474, 662*
Geared Turbines, S.S. “Iberia,” 134 Geared Turbines, S.S. “ Saxonia,” 262 10,000-h.p. Geared Turbine, Test House, 214*
Hydrogen-Peroxide Plant for H.M. Submarine “ Explorer,” 360
Machinery for Large Trawlers, 554 Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel
Radial-Flow Steam Turbines of S.S. “Turbinia, ’ 741*, 771
Reverse-Reduction Gearbox for Four 2,000-h.p. Diesel Engines (Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd.), 410*
— — 600-h.p. Rolls-Royce Oil Engine for
Motor Launch, 182
See also Engines; Turbines; Propellers;
Ship Resistance; Torsionmeters
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam', Marine
Propulsion
“ Marisplice ” Wire-Rope Splicing, 406* Maritime Stores, Ltd., Wire Rope Splicing with Ferrules, 406*
Markets. See Trade
Marketad, Ltd., Resin-Bonded Fibre-Glass
(Trade Publication), 266
Markham and Co., Ltd., 21,000-h.p. Kaplan Turbines, 497, 528*
Marking Machines (Trade Publication), 72 Marley, W. H., and Co., Ltd., 9, 20 and 50-ton
Hydraulic Presses, 53*
Marsh, E. C. J., on Organic Finishes on Electroplated Coatings, 748
Marshall, K., on Dearer Coke, 643. See 578 Marshall Richards Machine Co., Ltd., Wiredrawing Machines for Aluminium, 539
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., Pipe-Laying Crane Fitted to “ Challenger ” Tractor, 629*
Marshalling Yard, Temple Mills, British Railways, 422
Marsland, A., on Failures in Sea Defence Banks of Essex and Kent, 38. See 34
Marston Excelsior, Ltd., Coolant Radiator of Light Alloy, 307*
Martin, Dr. A. J. P., Demonstration of Separation by Gas-Liquid Chromatography, 677 Martland, L., on Diesel Engines in Agriculture, 309
Martonair, Ltd., Pneumatic Equipment (Trade Publication), 617
Masonry, Water Repellent for (Trade Publication), 393
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer Courses at, 291; Founding of Webster Professorship in Electrical Engineering, 577 •
Massey - Harris - Ferguson (Manufacturing), Ltd., 45-h.p. Diesel-Engined Agricultural Tractor, 348*
Masts, Radio, Tubular, Welded, Tests of (British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd.), 57*
Master Patternmakers, National Society of, Formation of, 549, 611
— Rod, for Radial Engine (Bristol Aeroplane
Co., Ltd.), 306*
“ Matbro Super Loadstar ” Bulk Loader, 728* Materials for Aircraft Production, 2, 7. See Erratum, 157
— Effective Utilisation in Manufacture, 305*
— Handling, Institute of, Affiliation with
American Materials Handling Society, 93
— Heat-Resisting and Hard-Surfacing, for
Marine Engineering, 620
— and Parts, Fabricated, by T. C. DuMond
(Review), 169
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials)
— Thermosetting, Mouldings for, Tolerances
for, Specification, 41
Mathematical Work at National Physical Laboratory, 653
Mathematics, Bessel Functions and Formulae, compiled by W. G. Bickley (Review), 265
— Binomial Tables, 56-100, by H. G. Romig
(Review), 329
— Coefficients for Numerical Calculation of
Laplace Transforms, by H. E. Salzer (Review), 102
— Linear Equations, Simultaneous, and
Determination of Eigen Values (Review), 361
— for Students of Engineering and Applied
Science, by L. B. Benny (Review), 744
— Tables of 10x (Antilogarithms to base 10)
(Review), 201
of Natural Logarithms (Review), 232
— Probability Functions, Normal, Tables of
(Review), 393
Mathew Brothers, 2,500-lb. Bulk Loader with Front-Wheel Petrol or Diesel Drive, 728*
Mathews, W., the Late, 548
“ Matrix ” Comparator for Thread Examination, 697*
Matthews and Yates, Ltd., Centrifugal Fan with Alternative Discharge Angles, 568*
Maudslay Scholarship, Junior Institution of Engineers, 678
Maunsell, Posford and Pavry, Launching Slipway for Small Craft, 382*
Maury, E., on Switching Overvoltages, 716
Maw, F. R., on Permeability Tests of Blast- Furnace Raw Materials, 45
May Lecture on Domain Structure of Ferromagnetic Metals, 590. See 583
Mayton Prototypes, “ Demec ” Mechanical Strain Gauge, 791*
McAlpine, Sir A., and Son, Ltd., Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 130, 153*
McAlpine, Sir R., and Sons (Midlands), Ltd., Foundations, Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660*
McBride, J. P., Decorations of S.S. “Arcadia,” 474*
McColl Frontenac Co., Ltd., Montreal to Toronto Pipeline, 66, 78*
McKenzie, Commdre. T., the Late, 580 McLaren, J. and H., Ltd., 88-b.h.p. Four-
Cylinder Diesel Engine, 380*; 11 to 25-kW Alternating-Current Diesel-Driven Generating Sets, 799*
McMinn, E., on Tubular Transmission-Line Tower, 3
McNaughton, G. M., on Evolution of Public- Health Engineering, 232
Me. See also Mac
Measurement, Continuous, of Steam Purity (Trade Publication), 297
— Techniques in Mechanical Engineering, by
R. J. Sweeney (Review), 201
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of,
Presentation to Dr. W. F. Durand, 101

Mechanical Engineers, Institution of:

New Publication, The Chartered Mechanical Engineer, supersedes Journal, 6
List of Awards, 291
George Stephenson aind James Watt Rooms, 323*
Summer Meeting in the Netherlands, 804 London Meetings, Winter Session :
Practical Training in Industry for Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, by K. R. Evans, H. W. Fulton, R. S. Medlock, D. P. Lant and Prof. J. A. Pope, 4. See 2
Experimental Investigations into Effect of Fuel Addition to Intake Air on Performance of Compression-Ignition Engines, by W. T. Lyn, 144
Effect of Auxiliary Fuels on Smoke- Limited Power Output of Diesel Engines, by L. D. Derry, D. Royle, Dr. E. M. Dodds and Dr. E. B. Evans, 144. See 130
Gray Lecture on Marine and Land Steam and Gas Turbine Developments, by Dr. T. W. F. Brown, 148
Impact of Development and Research in Production and Design, by L. H. Leedham, 263
Unveiling of Bust of James Watt, 289
Clayton Lecture on Nuclear Reactors and Power Production, by Sir C. Hinton, 313*. See 289
Clayton Lecture on A New Frontier: Air Pollution Control, by F. S. Mallette, 549*. See 546
Accountancy Service to Works Management, by C. E. Power, 642
Applied Mechanics Group :
Report on Pipe-Flanges Research Committee, by Dr. A. E". Johnson, 275 Yorkshire Branch :
Annual Dinner, 101
London Graduates' Section ;
Atomic Energy Made Easy, by Sir C. Hinton, 386
Mechanical Engineering History, Place of Sir
C. A. Parsons in, 771
Measurement Techniques in, by R. J. Sweeney (Review), 201
— Handling Equipment, Production and
Export of, 394*
Exhibition, Olympia, 775, 797% 829* Plant at Foundry of Leyland Motors,
Ltd., 217*
Mechanical Handling Sponsors of Mechanical Handling Exhibition, Olympia, 775, 797*, 829*
— Lubricator. See Lubrication
— Mucking for Colliery Shafts, 295
?— Stoker. See Stoker
Mechanics, Soil, Studies of Sea-Defence Failures, 34, 38
Mechanism of Economic Systems, by Prof. A. Tustin (Review), 455
Medd, R. T., on New Layout of ENGINEERING, 35
Medlock, R. S., on Training of Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, 4. See 2
Meek, M., on Stresses in Tanker During Launching, 238; on Model Tests on Ship Form of 0-65 Block Coefficient, 681
Megatron, Ltd., Electrically-Conductive Glass, 472
Meikle, G., on Effect of Time on Aircraft Materials at Elevated Temperatures, 116 Melbourne University, Research on Gas- Turbine Combustion Problems, 624*
Melchett Medal, Award to Dr. H. H. Storch, 582
Melesco “ Salagraph ” (Trade Publication), 297 Mellor Bromley and Co., Ltd., Acquisition by
Bentley Engineering Co., 803 Merchant Navy, Wage Increases in, 31
— Ships. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
Mercury Truck and Tractor Co., Ltd., Diesel- Engined High-Low Loader, 797*
Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Typesetting by Photography, 739
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Salving of
S.S. “ Empress of Canada,” 359*
Merton, Sir T., Diffraction Gratings for Length Measurement and Machine-Tool Control, 263
Merz and McLellan, Hebburn Switchgear Testing Station, 442*, 716
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Entrapment in Light-Alloy Melting Flux,
649
— in Fatigue, Effect of Plastic Flow on Notch
Sensitivity, 368
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Ferromagnetic, Domain Structure of, 590
— Finishing and Electrodeposition, Inter
national Conference on, London. See Electrodeposition and Metal Finishing, International Conference, London
Institute of, Conference and Exhibition, 327, 547, 747
— High-Purity, Mission to United States, 381

Metals, Institute of:

Powder Metallurgy Symposium, Programme, 518
Annual General Meeting and Joint Meeting with French Society of Metallurgy : Programme, 292
Presidential Address by Dr. S. F. Dorey on Metals and Marine Engineering, 589. See 583
May Lecture on Domain Structure of Ferromagnetic Metals, by Prof. L. F. Bates, 590. See 583
Report of Council, 583
Election of Officers, 583
Presentation of Presidential Badge of Office, 583
Award of Medals, 583
Dinner to French Society of Metallurgy, 615
Reports of Discussions, 649, 682. See Errata, 712
Visits and Excursions, 649
Investigations of Thickening and Metal Entrapment in Light-Alloy Melting Flux, by Dr. A. H. Sully, Dr. H. K. Hardy and T. J. Heal, 649
Effect of Iron, Manganese and Chromium on Properties in Sheet Form of Aluminium Alloys Containing 0-7 per cent, of Magnesium and 1-0 per cent, of Silicon, by R. Chadwick,
N. B. Muir and H. B. Grainger, 649
Factors Influencing Brittleness in Alu- minium-Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, by I. R. Harris and Major P. C. Varley, 649
Session A. Symposium on Control of Quality in Working Operations of Wrought Non- Ferrous Metals and Alloys :
Statistical Control in Metal-Working Operations, by M. Whyte, 649
Problems of Control of Dimension, Shape, Finish in Rolling of Sheet and Strip and in Drawing of Wire, by Prof.
H. Ford and J. G. Wistreich, 649
Control of Quality in Hot and Cold Rolling of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, by F. King and Dr. A. N. Turner 649
Control of Properties and Structure in Hot and Cold Rolling of Copper and Copper-Base Alloys, by W. W. Kee, 649
Some Factors Affecting the Quality of Extrusions, by C. Smith and Dr. N. Swindells, 649. See Errata, 712
Session A :
Discussion on Recovery and Recrystallisation, 683
Session B. Precipitation Hardening :
Effect of Minor Additions on Age- Hardening Properties of High-Purity Lead-Antimony Alloy, by Dr.
L. M. T. Hopkin and C. J. Thwaites, 682
Some Metallographic Observations on Aged Aluminium-Copper Alloys, by
I. J. Polmear and Dr. H. K. Hardy, 682
Ageing Curves at 110 deg. C. on Binary and Ternary Aluminium-Copper Alloys, by Dr. H. K. Hardy, 682
Structural Ageing Characteristics of Binary Aluminium-Copper Alloys, by Miss J. M. Silcock, T. J. Heal and Dr. H. K. Hardy, 682
Changes of Damping Capacity in Quench- Ageing Aluminium-Rich Alloys, by
Dr. K. M. Entwistle, 682
Session B. Creep :
Some Observations on Creep and Fracture from Investigations on Lead Cable- Sheath Alloys, by Dr. A. Latin, 682
Structural Studies of Creep of Lead, by R. C. Gifkins, 682
Some Creep Characteristics of Group of Precipitation-Hardening Alloys Based on Alpha-Copper-Aluminium Phase, by Dr. J. P. Dennison, 682
Low-Stress Torsional Creep Properties of Pure Aluminium, by Dr. W. Bet- teridge, 682
Effect of Some Constitutional Factors on Creep and Fatigue Properties of Lead and Lead Alloys, by Dr. L. M. T. Hopkin and C. J. Thwaites, 682
Mechanism of Creep Deformation in High- Purity Aluminium at High Temperatures, by Dr. H. C. Chang and Dr. N. J. Grant, 682
Session B. Continuous Casting : Techniques for Investigation of Thermal Conditions in Continuous Casting, by
D. M. Lewis, 683
Use of Autoradiography for Finding Solidification Boundary in Continuously-Cast Aluminium, by J. L. Putman, 683
Metals, Institute of—continued.
Molybdenum and Molybdenum Alloys and Arc Melting of Metals :
Arc Melting of Metals and Its Application to Casting of Molybdenum, by G. L. Hopkin, J. E. Jones, A. R. Moss and D. O. Pickman, 683
Forgeability, Creep Strength and Ducti- bility of Molybdenum and Some of Its Alloys, by J. H. Rendall. S. T. M. Johnstone and W. E. Carrington, 683 Pressure Welding of Molybdenum, by A. R. Moss, 683
Metals, Liquid, Electromagnetic Pump for (Atomic Energy Research Establishment), 473
— New in Engineering, 620
— Non-Ferrous, Control of Quality in
Working of, 649. See Errata, 712
Ferrous; Industry, Position and Prospects of, 42*
Ferrous, for Marine Engineering, 620
— — Ferrous, Research Association, British,
Annual Meeting and Luncheon, 547
— Protection by Painting, Lecture Course, 32
— Structure of. See Microphotographs
— Subjected to Combined Stress, Fatigue
Strengths of, 369
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy ; Microphotographs Metallography. See Metals; Metallurgy ;
Microphotographs
Metallurgical Association, Sheffield. See Sheffield
Metallurgists and Engineers, Sheffield Society of. See Sheffield
— Institution of, Examinations of, 775;
Presidential Address, by W. Barr on Work of Institution, 775

Metallurgy:

Alloys for Aircraft Production, 7. See Erratum, 157
— Aluminium, Bearing, Hiduminium 29 (Trade Publication), 585
— — for Brazing (Trade Publication), 103 Copper, Aged, Metallographic
Observations of, 682
— — Copper, Analyser for (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 537
High-Strength, for Castings, 217
— — Magnesium-Silicon, Brittleness in, 649
Magnesium-Silicon, Effect of Iron, Manganese and Chromium on, 649
for Marine Engineering, 589
Plate and Sheet Production by British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 738, 754*, 822*
Rich, Changes in Damping Capacity of, 682
Silicon (Trade Publication), 330 in proximity with Steel, Electro- Chemical Relations Between, 34
— Bearing Metal, for Marine-Engines, 590
— Copper, See also Gunmetal, etc.
— Heavy, G.E.C., Properties and Applications of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 670*
— Iron-Phosphorus-Carbon, Solidifica tion of, 809
— Lead-Antimony, Age-Hardening Properties of, 682
Cable-Sheath, Creep and Fractures of, 682
— Light, Hard-Anodising Process (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 18
— Molybdenum, Investigations on, 683
— Nickel-Chromium, “ B.A.C. Brightray” (H. Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 89*
— — for Springs (Trade Publication), 362
— Nimonic (Trade Publication), 266
— Non-Ferrous, Control of Quality in Working of, 649. See Errata, 712
Ferrous, for Marine Engineering, 589, 620
— Soldering and Brazing (Trade Publication), 361
— Tin, for Electroplating, 748
— Zinc, for Die Castings, Certification Mark for, 263
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron
Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Fluxes, Aluminium, for Brazing (Trade Publication), 103
Foundry. See Foundry; Moulding Furnaces, Electric. See Furnaces — Metallurgical. See Furnaces
Heat Treatment, Carburising Plant, Gas, for J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., 628*
Generators for, Protective Atmosphere for (Baker Platinum, Ltd.) 311*
— — of Hammers and Chisels, 676* Plant of J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds),
Ltd., 628*
History of Iron and Steel Industry, 713 Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast — Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgical Research at National Physical Laboratory, 514, 520*. See 653
— Work at National Physical Laboratory, 653. See 514, 520*
Metallurgy of Cast Irons, Investigations on, 809
Powder Metallurgy, Lectures on at Battersea Polytechnic, 29
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials; Firebricks
Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See Welding
See also Iron and Steel Institute; Metals, Institute of; Microphotographs; Foundry
Metallurgy and Mining, Institution of. See Mining
Meteorological Aspects of North Sea Floods,
34. 38
— Forecasts and Safety in Ships, 356 Meteorology and Atmospheric Pollution,
Control of, 549*
— Effect of Weather on Radio Communica
tions, 596
Meters, Car Parking (Trade Publication), 553
— Dust, Photo-Electric, for Blast-Furnace
Gases, 146
— PH, as Insulation Tester (W. G. Pye and Co.,
Ltd.), 537
— Station, Montreal, on Trans-Northern
Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 79*
— See also Electric and Water Meters “ Metpak ” Packing Units, 21*
Metrological Work at National Physical Laboratory, 653*
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., Multiply-Unit Electric Rolling Stock, 134
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Dielectric Welder for Plastic Materials, 118*; 2,500-h.p. Electric Locomotive for British Railways, 120; Air Break Contactor for Mines, 123*; 2,250-h.p. Induction Electric Motor for Mine Winder, 285; Electrical Equipment for 2,500-h.p. Co-Co Electric Locomotives, 344*; “ Easter School ” for Head and Science Masters, 546 ; 2,500-h.p. and 4,500-h.p. Naval Gas Turbines, 622; Dielectric Heating (Trade Publication), 648; 5,000- kW Pass-Out Turbo-Generators, 688*
— Water Board, Fiftieth Annual Report, 189 ?— See also London
Meuse Valley, Donova, United States, Atmospheric Pollution at, 549
Mica Particles, Assessment of Size of, 595 Michigan Tool Co., Work Clamp and Ejector for Gear Shaping Machine, 89*
Micrometer, “ Micromaster ” (Tesa, Ltd.), 87* Microphotographs, Aluminium Sheathing for Cables, 794*
— Bi-Metallic Bonding of Cast Iron and
Aluminium, 409*
— End-Grain, for Identification of Hardwoods
(Review). 232
— High-Tensile Steel Chips, 156*
Microscope for Turbine Blading (Taylor, Taj lor and Hobson, Ltd.), 537
“ Microsen ” Control for Overhead Travelling Crane, 411*
Microstructure of Metals. See Microphotographs
Mictotome for Thin Sections, Wheatstone Physical Laboratory, King’s College, 472 Middle East, Trade Mission to, Report, 707 Midgley and Sutcliffe, Ltd., Milling Machine with Copying Attachment, 121*
Midland Silicones, Ltd., Properties of Silicone Rubber, 81
“ Mikrokators ” (C. E. Johansson, Ltd.), 23*; “ Mikrokator ” Ultra-Sensitive Mechanical Comparator, 71
“ Milite ” Resin-Bonded Fibre-Glass (Trade Publication), 266
Miller, N. H., the Late, 197
Millikan, Dr. R. A., the Late, 3*
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Mills, Sir F., the Late, 37
Mills, Sir P., on Arbitration in Industrial Disputes, 191
Mills, Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Mines, Coal See Collieries
— Fans: Trends in Present-Day Designs
(Trade Publication), 776
— Winding. See Winding
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— See also Coal; Collieries; Mining; Ores;
Winding
Miner, “ Marietta ” for Colliery Tunnelling 296*
— Wages, Demand for Increase in, 31, 95, 127 Mineral Dressing, Degree Course at Imperial
College, 423
Summer School in, 384
— Oils. See Oils
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores; and PARA
GRAPH INDEX
Mineworkers, National Union of, Complaints of Complacency of National Coal Board, 31; Wage Claims by, 31, 95, 127; Complaints Regarding Sale of Coal to Industrial Consumers at Below Cost, 95; Strike About Overman, 351.; Strike Over Stint Requirements, 383; Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447; Need to Improve Coal Production, 736; Condemnation of Unofficial Strikes, 768; Amenities for Scottish Mines, 768; Small Mines’ Dispute, 768
Miniature Pneumatic Valves (Trade Publication), 9
“ Minigrip ” Manually-Operated Trolley, 797* Mining, Cornish, History of, 712
— Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Association of. Mine Fans: Trends in Present-Day Designs, by D. MacFarlane (Trade Publication), 776
— Engineers, Institution of, Presidential
Address by N. E. Webster on Recruitment of Mining Engineers, 190
Recruitment of, 1190
— Gas and Chemical Engineering, Oil
Prospecting and Production and Fuel Technology (Review), 680
— Industry, Restrictive Practices in, 287;
Twenty-One Strikes at One Colliery, 351; Strike About Overman, 351; Mining Industry Strike Over Stint Requirements', 383; Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447; Coal Production, Statistics of, 511; Need to Improve Coal Production, 736; Mining Industry, Condemnation of Unofficial Strikes in, 768; Amenities for Scottish Mines, 768; Small Mines’ Dispute, 768; Wage Claims, 31, 95, 127
— Machine “ Marietta ” for Colliery Tunnel
ling, 296*
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects
of, 136*
Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of,
Travelling Fellowships, 190
— Surveyors, Institute of, Amalgamation with
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 81
Ministry of Health. See Health
— of Labour and National Service. See under
Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
—- of Transport. See Transport and Civil A viation
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., Pre-Assembly of Pistons; Connecting-Rods and Cylinder Liners, 22*
Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., Coal and Coke Handling Plant, Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 660
Mitchell, F., and Son, Ltd., Cooling Towers, Nechells “B” Power Station, 661*
— Memorial Lecture on Aeronautical Work of
R. J. Mitchell, 1(62, 166
Mitchell, T. E., on Ironmaking from High- Sinter Burdens, 46
Mixer and Pulveriser for Soil-Stabilising Equipment (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 54* Mixing and Drying Plant, Tar-Macadam. See Tar-Macadam
— Machines, Concrete. See Concrete
for Pastes, Powders and Liquids (Trade Publication), 553
M.K. Electric, Ltd., Switches and Plugs (Trade Publication), 617
M.K.S. System of Units: Guide for Electrical Engineers, by T. McGreevy (Review), 140 Model Experiments. See Aeronautics; Ship Resistance; Tank Experiments
Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd., Oil-Operated Gearbox fpf Four 2,000-h.p. Diesel Engines, 410*
Moderner Bau-Bedarf G.m.b.H., Self-Propelled Loader for Loose Material, 445*
Modulator, Pulse, High-Power (Mullard Ltd.), 81
Moffat, A., on Unofficial Strikes, 768; on Amenities for Scottish Miners, 768; on Small Mines’ Dispute, 768
Molybdenum, Application of Arc-Melting to, 683
— Forgeability, Creep and Ductility of, 683
— Supplies, Removal of Restrictions on, 274 “ Monarch ” Hydraulic Pit Prop, 692* Monckton, Sir W., on Need for Good Relations in Industry, 351; on Establishment of Independent Wage Board, 351, 383; on Inquiry into Effects of National Service, 800
Mond Nickel Co., Particulars of Fellowships, 190; Film of Corrosion in Action, 616
Monitor, Clearance, Electronic (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 537
Monmouthshire, Blaina, Landslide at, 295 Monopolies Commission and Cable Makers, 674
Monotype Corporation, Ltd., Typesetting by Photography; 739
Montague Burton, Ltd., Bywaters Felt- Hardening Machine with “ Dynamatic ” Coupling, 732*
Montreal North, Canada, Aero-Engine Test Plant at, 608
— to Toronto, Trans-Northern Petroleum
Pipeline, 66, 78*
Montrose, Duke of, the Late, 131
Moore, H. W., Allendale Works, Crawley, 381* Moore, J. E., Ltd., High-Strength Aluminium Casting Alloy, 217
Moore, W. H., the Late, 355
Moorhead, G. J. P., on Can Small Firms Afford Work Study, 322
Moreland, Hayne and Co., Ltd. Transonic Wind Tunnel; 188*
Morgan, C., on Power over Nature, 385. See LETTER, 451
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Carbon and Graphite for Chemical Plant (Trade Publication), 266; Duplex Surface Grinding Machine, 568*; Plumbago Linings for Molten-Metal Ladles, 735; Insulating Concrete (Trade Publication), 776
Morgan, R. C., on Practical Experiences of Airline Engineering, 521
Morice, Dr. P. B., on Full-Scale Tests of Prestressed Concrete Beams, 815*
Morley, C. G. L., on Electric Lifts in Block Dwellings, 30*
Morphew, K. L., on Heat Capacity of Laminations; 781
Morris, B. O., Ltd., Micro-Finishing Machine for Carbide-Tipped Tools, 245*
Morrison, A. C, (Engineers), Ltd., Ford Diesel-Engined 25-kVA Generating Set, 187*
Morrison, D., on Deviations from Hooke’s Law within Elastic Range, 141*
Morrison, Prof. I. F., on Rigid Frame Formulas, 805. See 393
Morrison-Knudsen Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., Rimutaka Tunnel, 623
Morrogh, H., on Solidification of Iron- Phosphorus-Carbon Irons, 809; on Solidification of Nodular Iron, 809; on Undercooled Graphite in Cast Irons, 809
Motor Boat, Launch for Venezuela, TripleScrew (Vospers, Ltd.), 182*
Yacht “ Aries,” Converted Life-boat, 647
See also Motor Trawler
—Car Engines. See Engines, Petrol
Fitting of Suppressors to, 260
Industry, Trends in, 802
Power-Assisted Steering, 259
Production Statistics, 546
Swallow-Doretti (Swallow Coach Building Co. (1935), Ltd.), 120
See also Motor Vehicles; Motor Cycles
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Coach. See Motor Vehicles
— Control Gear and Switchgear (Trade Publi
cation), 41
Motor Cycle Frames, Electric Arc-Welding of, 349
— -— Maintenance and Road Safety, 327
— Electric, Air-Break Contactor for (Metro-
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 123*
Motor, Electric, Alternating-Current (Trade Publication), 585
for 11 -in. Continuous Bar-Rolling Mill (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 819*
Control Panels for (Trade Publication), 617
— — Corrosion-Proof (English Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 542
165-h.p., for 955-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 317*
Direct-Current, Variable-Speed Control for (M.T.E. Control Gear, Ltd.), 728*
400-h.p. for 2,400-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 184*
Fractional-Horse-Power (Trade Publiccation), 330
Fractional Horse-Power, Dimensions of, Specification, 9
for Home and Export (Trade Publication), 297
Induction, 240-h.p. for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*
Induction for Loom Drives (Trade Publication), 72
Induction 2,250-h.p. for Mine Winder (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co.,
Ltd.), 285
Induction, Synchronous, by J. Griffin (Review), 3, 29
of London Transport Executive Rolling Stock, Wear of, 145
Magnetic Brake for (Brook Motors, Ltd.), 55*
68-h.p., for Railcars (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 342*
700-h.p., for Slant Haulage Plant (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 122*
Starters for (Trade Publication), 393 Stator Production by Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Traction (Trade Publication), 680
450-h.p., for Wind Tunnel (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 790
in Wool-Textile Industry, 161
— Fire-Float “ Alexander Grantham,” 120* :— Industry, Institute of, Presidential Address
by S. S. Dawes on Training for Motor Industry, 70
Research Association, Lindley Laboratories and Proving Ground', 730*
Scholarships in, 582
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines; Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
Motor Manufacturers and Trade®, Ltd., Society of. Production Statistics, 546
— Marine. See 'Engines; Marine Propulsion;
Motorships
— Omnibuses, Diesel-Engined, Economics of,
258
Diesel, for London Area, 603
Factors Affecting Fuel Consumption of, 749
Power-Operated Doors for, 749
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats; Motor Cars; Tractors
— Road Rollers. See Road Rollers
— Show, Scottish, Glasgow, 1955, 198
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Trawler and Fish Factory “ Fairtry,”
(J. Lewis and Sons, Ltd.), 724*
— Trucks, Battery-Driven (Trade Publication),
680
Battery-Operated Fork-Lift, (Lansing Bagnall, Ltd.), 186*
Battery-Operated, Fork-Lift “ Warehouse^” (Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.), 797*
Battery-Operated Fork, “ Stand-on ” (L. Bagnall, Ltd.), 829*
Battery-Operated Pallet, 3,000-lb. (Lansing Bagnall, Ltd.), 186*
Fork-Lift (Trade Publication), 425
Fork-Lift, Demonstration Of Handling Stores with, 615
Fork-Lift, Roll-Clamping Attachment for (Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 414*
— Vehicle For Bulk-Delivery (Charrold, Ltd.),
471
Channel Air Ferry for, 70
Diesel-Engined Parkwood-Oetiker, Exhaust Brake for, 252*
Electric-Battery Driven (Brush Coachwork, Ltd.), 420
Industry, Position and Prospects in, 211*, 42, 234*
Industry, Trends in, 802
Industry in United States, Report, 267 Lorry, Hydraulically-Operated Tipping Platform for (Link-Belt Co.), 219
Lorry-Mounted Crane (Chamberlain Industries, Ltd.), 829*
Maintenance and Road Safety, 327
90-b.h.p. Opposed-Piston Diesel Engine for Motor Coach (Commer Cars, Ltd.), 578, 598*
Production Statistics, 546
Truck, 4|-ton Dumper (Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd.), 829*
Types of Direction Indicators for, 749
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
— Yacht. See Motor Boat
Motorships under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 190, 616
— “ Fairtry,” Fish-Factory Trawler, 724*
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics; 294
— Launches and Trial Trips, 31, 52, 150, 246,
279, 309, 330, 371, 391, 433, 503, 527, 576, 608, 640, 699, 767, 808
— “ Navigator ” of Decca Radar, Ltd.,
Equipment of, 615
— | Setter IX ” Whale Catcher, 374*
Moss, A. R., on Arc Melting and Its Application to Casting of Molybdenum, 683; on Pressure Welding of Molybdenum, 683 Motts, S. W., on Sea Defence Works on Sandy Eroding Coast, 39. See 34
Mouldings, Injection, of Akulon, 373*
Mouldings, Lost-Wax Process of, Use by
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 437*
— Machine, Shell (Fairbairn Lawson Combe
Barbour, Ltd.), 27*
— — Shelmolda Duplus (Fairbairn Lawson
Combe Barbour, Ltd.), 728*
— Plastics, Tools for (B.I.P. Tools, Ltd.), 765
— Shell, Bibliography on, 84
Developments of Synthetic Resins for, 404
— in Thermosetting Materials, Tolerances for,
Specification, 41
— See also Foundry
Moule, J. W., on Electrical Floor Warming, 524
Mounting, Anti-Vibration (H. Clayton-Wright, Ltd.), 760
M.T.E. Control Gear, Ltd., Variable-Speed Control for Direct-Current Electric Motor, 728*
Mucking, Mechanical for Colliery Shafts, 295 Muir, N. B., on Properties' of Aluminium- Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, 649
“ Muir-Hill ” Mechanical Loader, 504* Muirhead and Co., Ltd., Magslips, 473
Mullard Ltd., High and Low Pass Filter, with Ferrocube Cores, 56; High-Power Pulse Modulator, 81; Transistors, 245; Radio
Equipment for Cable Ship “ Alert,” 284; Cinema Film of Radio Valve Manufacture, 421; Particle Counting Instrument, 472; Ultrasonic Drilling Machine, 472*; Ultrasonic Drilling Machine for Hard Materials, 632*; Lead-Sulphide Photo- Electric Cell, 735
Mullard Research Laboratories, High and Ultra-High Frequency Transmitters, 597*; Linear Accelerator for X-Ray Treatment, 694*
Muller, A. G., Grinding Machine for Long Knives, 151*
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Municipal Services, Radio Control of, 373
— Tramways, See Tra/mvoys
Muntz, A., and Co., Ltd., Free-Piston Gas
Generator, 686*
Muntz, F. A. I., on Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbo-Alternator, 686*
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., Argon-Arc
Electrodes for Welding, 606
Murgatroyd, F., on Electrical Safety in
Factories, 745
Murray-, J. M., on Corrugations of Bottom Shell Plating, 586
Museum, Science, South Kensington; Model of Early Radio Apparatus, 93; Aveling and Porter, Traction Engine at, 222*; Gas Manufacture Gallery at, 742. See Erratum, 808
Musgrave and Co., Ltd., Suction Plant for Railway Carriage “ Blowing Out Shop, 248; Centrifugal Fan (Trade Publication), 488
Myers Sherman Co., Mobile Pneumatic Grain
Conveyor, 829*

NAPIER, D., and SON, LTD., Electric Heater Matting, 378*; 3,135-h.p. “Nomad”
Turbo-Diesel Compound Aero Engines, 57.1*, 573. See LETTER, 611
Napier, J. W., the Late, 3
Nash Collection of Historic Aircraft, Purchase by Royal Aeronautical Society, 101
Nash and Thompson, Ltd., Electrolytic Polisher, 537
National Coal Board, Alleged Complacency Regarding Wage Rates, 31; Electric Submersible Pump, 55*; Wage Demands Against, 127; “Plan for Coal,” 136; De-Watering of Flooded Durham Collieries, 168; Scottish Miners’ Restrictive Practices, 287; Developments in Coal Mining, 295*; Ashington Workshops for Colliery Machinery, 311; Twenty-One Strikes at One Colliery, 351; Strike About Overman, 351; Strike Over Stint Requirements, 383; Wage Increase for Colliery Clerks, 447; 650-b.h.p. Steam Haulage Engine, 506*; Annual Report, 673; Seafield Colliery, 678; Need to Improve Coal Production, 736
of Rubber Technology, Television Apparatus at, 66, 88*
— Federated Electrical Association, Wage
Claim Against, 63, 95, 127, 159; 191, 223, 255, 383, 415; Wage Increase Awarded, 543
— Foundry College, Wolverhampton, Opening
of Permanent Accommodation, 292
— Fuels Corporation Process for Coke
Making, 277
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., 2,720-b.h.p. Diesel Engine for Whale- Catcher “ Setter IX ”, 374*
— General Export Merchants’ Group, Booklet
on Export Selling, 610
— Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, Forma
tion of, 611; Functions of, 679
— Joint Advisory Council, Ministry of
Labour, Views on Need for Good Industrial Relations, 191
— Physical ' Laboratory, Precision X-Ray
Diffraction Spectrometer Ring, by D. C. Barnes and C. Wainwright, 82*; Diffraction Gratings for Length Measurement and Machine-Tool Control, 263; Five-ton Deadweight Standard of Load, by H. V. Pollard and R. G. Hitchcock, 468*; Wind Tunnel Tests of H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 523, 540, 565; Metallurgical Department, Extensions at, 514, 520*; Ship Model Tests at, 618; Annual Report and Open Day, 652*; 3,200-kV Impulse
Generator, 625*; Accurate Alignment Over Long Distances, by P. W. Harrison, 654*; Wind-Tunnel Experiments on Model of Jodrell Bank Radio-Telescope, 826
National Research Development Corporation
Bulletin, 546
— Service, Inquiry into Effects of, 800
— Smoke Abatement Society, Memorandum
on Smoke Abatement, 707
— Society of Master Patternmakers, Objects
of, 549, 611
Nationalisation of Industry, Case Against, 287; Proposals for, 639; Criticism of Labour Party’s Proposals, 736
Nationalised Industries, Proposed, Select Committee on, 223
Natural Gas, Prospecting by Gas Council 168 at Sui, Pakistan, 423
Nature, Power over, in Modern World, 385.
See LETTER, 451 Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Samuel Baxter Prize, 199
Research Scholarship for Application of Light Alloys, 523
Spring Meeting:
Report of Council, 486 Election of Officers, 486 Presidential Address by Lord Runciman on Work of Institution, 486
Annual Dinner, 523
Reports of Discussions, 486,- 522, 554, 586, 618, 651, 681. See Errata, 681
Her Majesty’s Yacht “ Britannia,” by Sir V. Shepheard, 540*, 565*. See 4 86, 522
Note on Large Trawlers, by Prof. H. E. Jaeger, 554
Underwater Television, by Lieut.-Comdr.
J. N. Bathurst, 555. See Errata, 681
Corrugations of Bottom Shell Plating, by J. M. Murray, 586
Application of Wave Resistance Calculations to Ship Hull Design, by A. Emerson, 586. See Errata, 681
Ship Performance and Model Prediction, by Dr. J. F. Allan and H. J. S. Canham, 618
Friction and Form Resistance in Turbulent Flow and Proposed Formulation for Use in Model and Ship Correlation, by Dr. G. Hughes, 618, 651 Model Experiments on Series of 0-65 Block Coefficient Forms
Part I. Effect of Variation in L.C.B. Position and Bilge Radius on Resistance and Propulsion, by N. V. Almy and Dr. G. Hughes, 681
Part II. Effect on Resistance of Variations in Breadth-Draught Ratio and Length-Displacement Ratio, by M. Meek and J. M. Ferguson, 681 Naval Architecture. See also Warships
— See also Warships Navigation Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Congresses, Permanent International Asso
ciation of, British Section, London Meeting, Report of Proceedings, 808 Navigational Aids and Safety in Ships, .356
— Equipment, H.M. Yacht, “ Britannia,” 566 S.S. “ Arcadia,” 664
“ Navigator,” M.S., of Decca Radar, Ltd.,
Equipment of, 615 Navvy. See Excavating Navy British. See H.M. under Warships
— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval; Warships
Neal, R. H., and Co., Ltd., Grabs for Cranes (Trade Publication), 103; Films of Mobile Cranes, 391
Nechells “ B ” Power Station, Switchgear at, 502*; Plant of 660*
Neill, R. A., the Late, 453 Nelson, H. M., on Dynamical Analogies, 775.
See LETTERS, 67, 162, 805*
Netherlands, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Summer Meeting, 804
Network Analyser for Electrical Industry, 602* Impedance (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 560*
New Year Honours List, 36
— York, International “ Automation ” Expo
sition, Arrangements for, 518
— Zealand, Water and Geothermal Projects
in, Report, 67; Ministry of Public Works, Rimutaka Tunnel, 623
Newberry, C. W., on Squat Load-Measuring Gauge, 339*. See LETTER, 387
Newcastle-upon-Tyne General Hospital, Linear Accelerator for X-Ray Treatment, 694*
Newcomen Society, Origins of Mechanical Servo-Mechanisms, by H. G. Conway, 152; Aaron Manby, Builder of First Iron Steamship, by Dr. W. H. Chaloner and Dr. W. O. Henderson, 229; Dickinson Lecture by Dr. C. Singer on Work of Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 559, 646; Presentation of Dickinson Medal, 559, 646*; Summer Meeting, Cornwall, Cornish Mining History, by A. K. H. Jenkin, 712 Newman Industries, Ltd., Machine Tools (Trade Publication), 297
Newman, R. W., the Late, 485 Newton Collins, Ltd., Ventilating Plant for
Refuse-Disposal Plant at Port Glasgow, 281
— Hydraulic Clamping System, 478* Newton, L. H., and Co., Ltd., Resilient Mounting
Bolt, 504*
N.F.C. Process for Coke Making, 277 Nicholas, C. E., the Late, 293
Nickel for Electronic Applications (H. Wiggin
and Co., Ltd.), 122*
— Graphitic, Properties of, 620
— Industry in 1953, 70
— Plating from Sulphamate Solution, 748 Nife Batteries, Ltd., 400-Ampere-Hour Battery,
Keadby Power Station, 273; Emergency Lighting (Trade Publication), 330
Nigeria, Kano Airport, 55-kW Diesel-Driven Generator for, 380*
Nimonic Alloys (Trade Publication), 266 Nitrogen, “ Nitroneal ” Generators for Producing (Baker Platinum, Ltd.), 311*
Nixon, E. W., on Permeability Tests of Blast- Furnace Raw Materials, 45
Nixon, F., on Effective Utilisation of Materials, 305*
Noise at Airports, Reduction of, 482
— from Motor Vehicles, Test Room for, 731*
— Reduction in Diesel Engines by Secondary
Fuel, 144
“ Nomad ” Turbo-Diesel Compound Aero Engine, 571*, 573. See LETTER, 611
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulating
— Ferrous Metals. See Metals; Metallurgy
Nordenholt, G. F., on Saving Time in Drawing Office, 259. See 258
Norfolk, Flood Damage in, 34, 38
Norgren, C. A., Ltd., Air-Line Filters (Trade Publication), 744
Norlindh, S. E. M., on Swedish Rolling Mills for Bars and Rods, 810
Normanby Park Steelworks, Soaking-Pit Practice at, 783
Norris, A. H., on Soaking-Pit Practice at Normanby, 783
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., Coal- Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 34, 39; History of, 39; 4-8-4 Condensing Locomotive, 226, 250*
—- East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Stresses in Tanker During Launching, by A. J. Johnson and M. Meek, 238
North Eastern Swiss Power Supply Co., Gas Turbines at Beznau Power Station, 146*
North of England Engineering and Electrical Co., Ltd., Electrical Equipment for Swinburne Quarry, Northumberland, 759*
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Conon
Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*; Annual Report, 294; Achonokie Scheme, 608; Shin-Caithness Transmission Line, 804
— Sea Flooding Conference. See Civil Engi
neers, Institution of
Storm Surges of January 31, 1953, 241*
— Wales Gas Grid, 830
Northampton Polytechnic, London, Lectures on Corrosion and Packaging, 199; National College of Horology Open Day, 388
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Corrugated Aluminium Cladding, 407
Northfield Colliery, Lanarkshire, Restrictive Practices at, 287
Northumberland, Swinburne Quarry, Mechanical Plant at, 759*
Norton, Sir J. F., and Co., Ltd., Wiredrawing Machines for Aluminium, 539
Norton, J. L., on Design of Drive for Helicopters, 432*
Notch Shape, Effect of, Problems of, 368
Notes, Labour, 31, 63, 72, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 287, 319, 351, 383, 415, 447, 429, 511, 543, 575, 607, 639, 672, 704, 736, 768, 800, 832. See Labour
Nottingham University, Stuart Lecture on Long Life of Internal-Combustion Turbine, 717* •
Nuclear Reactors and Power Production, 289 313*
at Windscale, Cumberland, 610
Zephyr, Harwell, 265
— Research, European Co-operation in, 643
Nunhead Substation, British Railways, 282
Nunn, C. H., the Late, 37
Nu-Swift, Ltd., Fire Fighting Chemical, 401
Nut, Double-Cage, Manufacture of (M. Perks, Ltd.), 306*
— Hexagon, and Bolts, Cold-Formed, Machine
for (Review), 617
Nylon, Engineering Application of, 373*

Obituary: See Engineering 1954 Jan-Jun: Index: Obituaries

Observatory and Tidal Institute, Liverpool, Annual Report, 241*
“ Ocean Layer,” S.S., Conversion for Cable Laying, 371
O.E.E.C. Report on Motor-Vehicle Industry in United States, 287; Report on New Carbonisation Processes, 277; High-Purity Metals Mission to United States, 381; Report on Heavy Equipment for Power Stations, 423; Travel for Education Scheme, 505; Trade Review by, 642 Office Furniture (Trade Publication), 297
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects of, 395*. See LETTER, 483
Ogorkiewicz, R. M., on Diesel Engines in Agriculture, 309
Oil-Burning Installation, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 663
— Versus Coal for Gas-Turbine Locomotive Operation, 593*
— Containers, Plastic (Trade Publication), 776
— Cooler, with Brass Sheet Casing (J. W. Lawrence, Ltd.), 307*
— Discharging Plant, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155*
— Distributing Equipment for Universal
Testing Machine, 752*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Tractors
— Fuel Burner, Automatic (Brockhouse Heater Co., Ltd.), 61*
Burner, High-Efficiency (White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 84*
for Diesel Engines, Two-Stage Filter for, 471
— — for Marine Gas Turbines, 722
Tanks, Dispensing Sludge in (Xzit (Great Britain), Ltd.), 120
— Gas Production from, Segas Process for,
34, 52*
— Handling Installation at Eastham, 304
— for Internal-Combustion Engines, Desirable
Reduction in Duty on, 62
— Lubricating, Production at Coryton Oil
Refinery, 690*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles;
Tractors
— Production (Trade Publication), 808
— Prospecting and Production and Fuel
Technology and Chemical, Gas and Mining Engineering (Review), 680
— Refinery, Aden, Electrical Control Equipment for (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.); 535*
Coryton, 687*
Fawley, Construction of, Report on, 353 Llandarcy, Extensions to, 799
— Seal, Spring-Loaded, “ Impax ” (C. Weston and Co., Ltd.), 247*
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tanker “ Auris,” 1,200-s.h.p. Gas Turbines of, 720*
under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 190, 616
Corrosion Problems in, 589
— — Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 294
Launches and Trial Trips, 31, 52, 150, 246, 279, 309, 330, 371, 391, 433, 527, 576, j6O8, 640, 699, 767, 808
During Launching, Stresses in, 238 “ World Harmony,” Launch of, 262*
— Tractors. See Tractors
— for Transformers, “ Passivated ” (Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd.), 799
— and Water Mixture, Separator for (White's Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 150*
— See also Lubrication; Petroleum
Old Centralians Luncheons, 354, 514
Oldham and Son, Ltd., Portable Electric Lamp for Dangerous Atmospheres, 315
Olding, J., and Co., Ltd., Onions Open-Bowl Scraper, 667*; Cable-Control Unit for Fordson-Major Tractor, 667; Wagon- Mounted Trenching Machine, 798*
Oliver Pell Control, Ltd., “ Varley ” Industrial Solenoids (Trade Publication), 456
Olympia. See Exhibition
Omnibus, Motor. See Motor Omnibus
— Trolley. See Trolley-Bus
“ One-Ten ” Mobile Air Compressor, 767 “ Onion ” Open-Bowl Scrapers, 667* Ontario, Canada, Load Frequency Control in Interconnected Electrical Systems, 786
— Copper Cliff Works, Oxygen-Production
Plant at, 375*
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace
Openshaw, R., Presidential Address to Amalgamated Engineering Union, 639
Operating Wire Rope Cables for Hangar Door, 658*
Operational Research Club Reconstituted as Operational Research Society, 164
Optical Apparatus for Accurate Alignment Over Long Distances, 654*
— Work of National Physical Laboratory, 653*
— Workshop Principles, by C. Deve (Review),
680
Orange Free State, Dynamic Braking on Mine Hoists, 285
Ore, Crushed, Continuous Magnetic Separator for (Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd.), 405*
— Iron, Beneficiation in Sweden, Survey of, 806 Sintering of,- Symposium on, 16, 45
— — Softening at High Temperatures, 17 Organisation for European- Economic Cooperation, Report’ on Aspects of Motor- Vehicle Industry in United States, 267; Report on New Carbonisation Processes, 277; High-Purity Metals Mission to United States, 3'81; Report on Heavy Equipment for Power Stations, 423; Travel for Education Scheme, 505; Trade Review by, 642
Orient Steam Navigation Co., S.S. “ Orsova,” 824*
O’Rorke, E. B., Decorations of S.S. “ Orsova,” 824*
Orr and Sembower, Inc., “ Packaged ” Boiler, 418, 441*
Oscilloscope and Pulse Equipment (Trade Publication), 488
Ostberg, G., on Annealing of White Cast Irons of High Sulphur to Manganese Ratios, 809
Outlook, Engineering, 2, 10*, 42*, 73*, 98, 103*, 136*, 162, 170*, 202*, 234*, 268*, 298*, 331*, 362*, 386, 394*. See LETTERS, 131, 226, 290, 483. See Erratum, 478
Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
— Gas-Fired (J. L. S. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 437*
Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Equipment for Tramways and Trolley-'
’Buses (Trade Publication), 680
— Lines Power Transmission, Accidents
Through Contact with, 747
— — Power Transmission, British, Cost of, 138
— Power Transmission, British 132-kV and 275-kV, Re-Striking Voltage Conditions on, 716
Power Transmission, British 275 300-kV Transmission Scheme, 715
Power Transmission and Continuity of Supply, 65, 76
— — Power Transmission, Corrosion of Steel-
Cored Aluminium Conductors for, 183
Power Transmission in Europe, Evolution of, 647
— — Power Transmission, Extra-High Voltage, 715
Power, Transmission, Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme. 418, 431
Power Transmission, Owen Falls Hydro- Electric Scheme, 497*, 528*
— — Power Transmission, Shin-Caithness, 804 Power Transmission, Tubular Tower for, 3
Power Transmission, 132-kV Wood-Pole Transmission Line, 600*
Overload Torque Limiter (Fords (Finsbury), Ltd.), 734*
“ Overloader ” Tractor mounted, ATI*
Owen Falls Construction Co., Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 290, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
Owen Organisation, Catalogue of Films, 199 Oxford, City of, College of Technology, Art and Commerce, New Buildings for, 527
—- Meeting, British Association, Programme, 518
— Radio-Isotope Conference at, Arrange
ments for, 199
Oxhycarbon Co., Ltd., Portable Flame Cutter (Trade Publication), 456
Oxidation Processes, Conference on, Holland, Arrangements for, 271
Oxy-Acetylene Blowpipe. See Blowpipe Welding. See Welding
Oxygen Compressor, Oil-Free (Sulzer Brothers), 534*
— Production Plant “ Oxyton,” 375*

PACKAGING and Corrosion, Lectures at Northampton Polytechnic, London, 199
— Use of Desiccants in, Specification, 233 Packing Unit for Delicate Equipment (Brayhead Springs, Ltd.), 21*
Paddington Green Civil-Defence Centre, Heating, Ventilating and Power Plant for, 278*
Paint-Reconditioning Machine (Trade Publication), 488
Pakistan Petroleum, Ltd., Natural-Gas Pipeline, 423
— Sui, Natural Gas at, 423
Pallot, Rev, E. G., the Late, 421
Pametrada, 3,5OO-s.h.p. Gas Turbines, 721*
Panel, Selector, for Servicing Pneumatic Plant (G. Kent, Ltd.), 407
Pantyffynnon Colliery, Electric Drive for Slant Haulage Plant, 122*
Paper-Making Machines, Electric Drives for (Trade Publication), 712
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors
Paris Congress, International Commission on
Large Dams, Programme, 447
— International Conference on High-Tension
Networks. See High-Tension Networks, International Conference, Paris
— School of Electricity, 60th Anniversary, 647 Park Gate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 11-in.
Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
Parkes, Dr. E. W., on Design of Wings for Minimum Thermal Stress, 116
Parkhouse Road Bridge, Ardrossan, Report on Failure of, 34, 40
Parkwood (Brakes), Ltd., Exhaust Brake for Diesel-Engined Road Vehicles, 252*
Parnall, Engr. Rear-Adml. W. R., the Late, 325 Parsons, Sir C. A., Centenary of, 740*, 771;
Place in History of Mechanical Engineering, 771
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd.. Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotive, 34, 39; Plant for Hebburn Switchgear Testing Station, 418, 442*, 716; 52.5-MW Turbo-
Generators, 660*; 500-s.h.p. Long-Life Gas Turbine, 718*; Steam Turbines for Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, 795*
— Lecture on Continuity of Electricity Supply,
76. See 65
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., 12,500-s.h.p. Geared Turbines, S.S. “ World Harmony,” 262
Parsons, R. H., on Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines, 98. See LETTER, 35
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Particle Counting Instrument (Mullard Ltd.), 472
— Size, Assessment of, 594*
Pass, E., and Co., Ltd., Hydraulic-Thrust
Boring Machine for Cable and Pipe Ways Underground, 60*
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
— Steamers. See Steamers
“ Passivated ” Oil for Transformers, 799
Pastes, Powders and Liquids, Mixing Machine for (Trade Publication), 553
Patent Office Library, Periodicals at, Extensions, 518
Paterson Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd., Mechanical Charging of Iron-Foundry Cupolas, 217*
Patternmakers, Master, National Society of, Formation of, 549, 611
Patternmaking Machines. See Machine Tools Pauling and Co., Ltd., Port of Aden Developments, 293
Pavements, Flexible, C.B.R. Methods for Design of, by R. E. Kerkhoven and G. M. Dormon (Review), 169
“ Pay-as-You-See ” Television (Trade Publication), 140
Paynter, W., on Complacency of National Coal Board Regarding Existing Wage Rates, 31
Pearn, H. W., the Late, 679
Pearson, G., and Sons, Ltd., Radial Heating Plant for Nylon Fabrics, 30
Peat Production and Use in Scotland, 304
— Use in Power Stations, 138
— Scottish Committee on, Report, 304 Pedestrian Crossings, Coloured Concrete
Slabs for, 91
Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme, India, 243*
Pegson, Ltd., Rock-Crushing Plant, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 499; Coke Screening Plant, Portslade Gasworks, 656
“ Penetrascope ” Hardness Tester, 697*
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.,
S.S. “ Iberia,” 129, 134*; S.S. “ Arcadia,” 474*, 662*
Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 768
Pentz, P. G., on Synthetic Resins in Foundry, 404
Periodicals, Methods of Circulating, 258
— at Patent Office Library, Extensions, 518
Perkins, F., Ltd., Diesel-Engine Manufacture in France, 387; Pneumatic Clamps and Fixtures for Machine Tools, 786*
Perks, M., Ltd., Manufacture of Double-Cage Nuts, 306*
Perloni, M., on Switching Overvoltages, 716
Permali, Ltd., High-Voltage Insulating Material, 634; Chemical Resisting Material, 634
Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, British Section. See Navigation Congresses, Permanent International Association of, British Section
— Magnets. See Magnets
— Way, Failure near Abington, Report on, 354
— — and Safetv on Railways, 326 Work, Mechanisation of, 492 Permeability of Iron-Ore Sinter Beds, 45
Perry Engineering Co., Aerial Ropeway for Warragamba Dam, 400*
Personal, 5, 37, 69,101,133, 167, 197, 229, 261, 293, 325, 357, 389, 421, 453, 485, 517, 548, 580, 613, 645, 679, 711, 742, 772, 805
Personnel Selection. Brochure of Ministry of Labour and National Service on, 159
Perspex Spheres, Calibration Grading of, 273* Peters, S. M., on Meterological Aspects of
North Sea Floods, 3.8. See 34
Petmar Industries, Ltd., Carpet Loom with “ Dynamatic ” Couplings, 732
Petrol Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Information Bureau, Oil Production (Trade Publication), 808
— See also O/7; Engines, Oil
Petters, Ltd., Diesel Engines for Alternating- Current Generating Sets, 799*
Pfeil, Dr. L. B., on New Metals in Engineering, 620
pH Meter as Insulation Tester (W. G. Pye, Ltd.), 537
Philips Electrical, Ltd., Resistance Strain Gauges (Trade Publication), 103; DualCurrent Rectifier for Welding, 315; Arc- Welding Process for Motor-Cycle Frames, 349; Film on Production Aids, 371; Linear Accelerator for X-Ray Treatment, 694*; Clarifiers for Cooling Media, 793*
Phosphors for Scintillation Counters (Tsotope Developments, Ltd.), 263
Phosphorus Manufacture, Portishead Factory for (Albright and Wilson, Ltd.), 469
Photo-Electric Cell, Lead-Sulphide (Mullard Ltd.), 735
Control System for Converging Conveyors (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 344* Photographic Developer (Trade Publication), 72
Photography, Typesetting by, Developments in, 739
— Ultra-High Speed (Trade Publication), 425 Photomicrographs^ See Microphotographs
“ Photon ” Typesetting by, 739
Physical Laboratory^ See National Physical
— Process of Sintering Iron Ore, 16
— Society’s Scientific Apparatus Exhibition,
472*, 537
— Work at National Physical Laboratory, 653
Physics, Applied Thermodynamics, by Dr.
A. C. Walshaw (Review), 72
— Compton Energy-Angle Relationship,
Graphs of, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72

Physics, Institute of:

Stress Analysis Group: Conference on Thermal Stress: Proceedings, 98, 115
New Mechanics of Structural Analysis, by Prof. A. G. Pugsley, 115
Engineering Background to Thermal Problems of High-Speed Flight, by D. G. Rendel, 115
Kinetic Heating of Aircraft Structures, by Dr. P. B. Walker, 116
Problem of Thermal Stress in Aircraft Structures, by E. Loveless, 116
Design of Wings for Minimum Thermal Stress, by Dr. E. W. Parkes, 116
Some Structural Effects at High Rates of Heating, by I. L. G. Baillie, 116
Laboratory Simulation of Kinetic Heating, by W. H. Horton, 116
Thermoelastic Similarity, by A. J. Sobey, 116
Thermal Stresses in Gas-Turbine Engines, by K. B. Chamberlain, 116
Effect of Time on Mechanical Properties of Aircraft Metallic Materials at Elevated Temperatures, by G. Meikle, 116
Theoretical Methods for Analysis of Thermal Stress, by Prof. W. S. Hemp, 116
Axially Symmetrical Thermal Stress Problems, by Dr. R. D. Hoyle and E. James, 116
Some Notes on Measurement of Thermal Stress and Displacements in Turbine Machinery, by B. J. Terrell, 116
High-Temperature Strain Gauges, by D. A. Drew, 116
Non-Destructive Testing Group: Formation of, and Birmingham Meeting, Programme, 515
Physics of Ionosphere, 621. See Erratum, 748
— Klein-Nishina Formula from 10 Kev to
500 Mev, Graphs of, by A. T. Nelms (Review), 72
— Radioactive Isotopes, Production, Proper
ties and Applications of, 630*
— Radio-Isotope Conference, Oxford, Ar
rangements for, 199
— See also Physical Society
Pickerings, Ltd., Centenary of, 421; Electric and Hand-Power Lifts (Trade Publication), 617
Pickman, D. O., on Arc Melting and Its Application to Casting of Molybdenum, 683 Piecework. See Labour
Pig Iron and Steel, Production Statistics in United Kingdom, 230, 358, 552
Pihlblad, K. E., on Fagersta Wire-Rod Mill, 810
Pile, Atomic, at Windscale Atomic Factory, 97, 124*
— of British Atomic Energy Research Organi
sation, 289, 313*
Pilkington, Sir H., on Plant for Industry, 674
Pinions. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Pipe Coupling, Self-Sealing (Dowty Auto Units, Ltd.), 152*
— Flanges Research Committee, Report, 275
— Flanging Jig, “ Twinner ” (D. Ross &
Partners, Ltd.), 478*
— Iron, Centrifugal Casting Machine (Ardelt-
werke, G.m.b.H.), 345*
— Laying Crane, Fitted to “ Challenger ”
Tractor (Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 629*
— and Piping Installations, Ferrous, Specifica
tion, 456
— Rubber Coupling for (British and Union
Rubber Manufacturing Co.), 446
— Soil and Waste, Code of Practice on, 266
— Steam. See Steam Pipes
— Steel, for Water, Gas, Sewage and Air
(Review), 425
— Underground, Hydraulic-Thrust Boring
Machine for, 60*
— See also Tubes
Pipeline Bridge! Queen Elizabeth II Dock, River Mersey, 155*
— Differential Pressure Gauge for Calibrating
Resistance of, 20*
— Natural-Gas, Sui to Karachi, Pakistan, 423
— Petroleum, Trans-Northem, from Montreal
to Toronto, 66, 78*
— 19 ft. Prestressed-Concrete, Derwent River
Hydro-Electric Scheme, 71
— Sludge, at Emile Huchet Power Station, 308 Pipework and Pipe Supports (Trade Publication), 712
Piping Installations and Pipes, Ferrous, Specification, 456
Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., 66-kV Cable for British Railways, 282; 275-kV Cable, 452
Pistons of Oil Engines, Preventive Maintenance of, 427. See LETTER, 515
— Piston Rings and Cylinder Liners (Trade
Publication), 201
Piston Ring, Oil-Control “ Duaflex ” (Wellworthy, Ltd.), 409*
Replaced by Labyrinth Seals for Oil- Free Compressor, 533*
— for Two-Stroke Diesel Engine (Commer
Cars, Ltd.), 578, 598*
Pit Prop, 20-ton Hydraulic “ Monarch ” (Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 692* Steel and Wooden, Use of, 29
Pitot Tube, for Gas-Turbine Research, Traversing Mechanism for, 624*
Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd., Monochromatic Interference Flatness Tester, 697*; Co-ordinate Table for Machine Tools, 697*
Pitting. See Corrosion
Pittsburgh, United States, Air-Pollution Control at, 550
Plane, Hand, and File Combined, “ Surform ” (?Firth Brown Tools, Ltd.), 86*
Planimeter Invented by J. Amsler-Laffon, 710 Planing Machine. See Machine Tools Plant Engineers, Incorporated, Annual Dinner, 189; Scarborough Conference: Presidential Address bj R. H. Cobbold on Plant Engineering, 679; Challenge of Modern Industry, by H. C. I. Rogers, 679; Function of National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, by Sir L. Hollinghurst, 679
— Maintenance Work-Study Conference, 263 Plastic Conduit for Corrosive Conditions
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 463
— Covered Steel Tube, “ Burcol ” (G. Burn,
Ltd.), 731
— Flow, Effect on Notch-Sensitivity of Metals,
368
— Materials, Dielectric Welder for (Metro-
politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 118*
— Oil Containers (Trade Publication), 776
— Theory for Trussed Steel Beam with Central
Load, 77*
Plastics Exhibition, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Deferment of, 256
— Moulding Tools (B.I.P. Tools, Ltd.), 765 Plates, Annular, Reinforced, Simply-Supported
Design of, 335*
— Bending Rolls. See Machine Tools
— Flat, Reinforced Holes in, Design of, 811*
— and Sheet Aluminium, Production by British
Aluminium Co., Ltd., 754*, 822*
— Structures, Carbon-Steel, Brittle Fracture
in, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
— Submerged, Frictional-Resistance Experi
ments on, 651
Platform, Tipping, Hydraulically-Operated, for Motor Lorries (Link-Belt Co.), 219
Plating, Bottom, Shell, Ships’, Corrugations of, 586
— Electro. See Electra
Plessey Co., Ltd., Control Details for Radio Sets (Trade Publication), 140; Moulded- Track Potentiometer, 280; Electrolytic Capacitors (Trade Publication), 393; Variable Capacitors (Trade Publication), 456; Electronic Equipment, 472; Press Tool, 697*
Plumbago Linings for Molten-Metal Ladle (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 735
Plunger, Hydraulic, as Clamp (Power Jacks, Ltd.), 420
Plus-Gas Co., Ltd., Rust Preventive and Removing Fluids, 311
Plutonium Production at Windscale, Cumberland, 610
Plywood for Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (Flexo Plywood Industries, Ltd.), 790
Pneumatic Components, Ltd., Hose Coupling for Air Lines (Trade Publication), 585
— Diaphragm Units as Auxiliary Process Con
trollers (G. Kent, Ltd.), 699*
— Equipment (Trade Publication), 617
— Plant, Selector Panel for Servicing (G. Kent,
Ltd.); 407
— Tools. See Machine Tools
— Tyre, Agricultural, 21st Birthday of, 584
— Valves and Cylinders (Baldwin Instrument
Co., Ltd.)!; 821*
Miniature (Trade Publication), 9
— See also Compressed Air; Air Compressor Pochins (Manchester), Ltd., Launching Slipway
for Small Craft, 382*
Pode, E. J., on Relation of Gas and Steel Industries, 646
Polarographs (Trade Publication), 266
Pole-Hole Borer Mounted on Ferguson Tractor (Taymen, Ltd.), 221*
Polisher, Electrolytic (Nash and Thompson, Ltd.), 537
Pollard, H. V., on British Five-ton Deadweight Standard of Load; 468*
Pollution, Atmospheric, Control of, 546, 549*
— Research Board, Water, Annual Report, 584
— River, Tests of, Circular on, 271
Polmear, I. J., on Aged Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 682
Polytechnic. See Education
Pontoon, Shallow-Draught, Frictional-Resistance Experiments on, 651
Pope, Prof. J. A., on Training of Graduates in Mechanical Engineering; 4. See 2
Porn and Dunwoody, Ltd., 5-h.p. Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine, 254*
Port of Aden; Development Scheme for, 293
— Glasgow, Refuse-Disposal Plant at, 281*
— of Rangoon, Rebuilding of, 706
— Tennant Works, Swansea; Aluminium Wire
and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
Portal Frame, All-Welded Aluminium, for Office Building (Head, Wrightson Aluminium Ltd.), 444*
Porter, A., and Co., Air-Conditioning Plant, 338* Portishead Factory for Phosphorus Manufacture (Albright and Wilson, Ltd.), 469
Portland Cement. See Cement Portobello Power Station, 162, 174*, 206* Portslade Gasworks 643, 656*
Post Office Cable Ship “ Alert,” Radio Equipment for, 284
Engineering Department, Research Station, Deep-Sea Telephone Repeater, 677 Engineering Union, Merger, 191, 287 London Directory, 1954 (Review), 297
Post Office Trade Unions, Merger of, 191, 287 Workers, Union of, Wage Claim of, 415, 447
Postmaster General, Report of Television Advisory Committee, 151; Regulations for Motor-Car Suppressors, 260; Statement on Television, 322
Potentiometer. See Electric
Powders, Continuous Sieving Plant for (Russell Constructions, Ltd.), 370*
— Liquids and Pastes, Mixing Machine for
(Trade Publication), 553..
Power, Atomic, Application to Industrial Uses, 582
Power, C. E., on Accountancy Service to Works Management, 642
— Conference, World, Vienna Meeting, 1956,
Arrangements for, 743
Power, Electrical Convention, British. See British Electrical Power Convention
— Factor Correction Equipment Exhibition,
Birmingham, 63
— and Fuel for the Nation, 770, 77,4
Power-Gas Corporation, Ltd., Segas Process for Gas Production from Oil, 34, 52*; Sulphuric-Acid Plant (Trade Publication), 330; Carbon-Dioxide Plant (Trade Publication), 776
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine
Tools
— House, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155
Power Jacks, Ltd., Hydraulic Plunger as Clamp, 420 ; Newton Hydraulic Clamping System, 478*
— Kit, Hydraulic, “ Flexi-Force ” (Epco
Ltd.), 731
— Panel for Sound-Equipment Installation
(General Electric Co., Ltd-.). 605
— Plant, Hydro-Electric, Achonokie Scheme,
608
Electric, Control of Dust and Fumes from, 552*
Electric, Cory ton Oil Refinery, 688*
— — Electric, Dalmarnock, Fire at, 375
— — Electric, Dekhela, Wave Excluder at, 684 Electric, Dunston, Dust Nuisance from,
1122
Electric, Emile Huchet, Utilisation of Colliery Tailings at, 308
Electric, European, Heavy Equipment for, 423
Electric, Gas Turbines for, 723.
— Electric, Grading of Fly Ash from, 272* Electric, Interconnection of, 65, 76 Electric, Installed in Britain in 1953, 68 Electric, Keadby, 400-Ampere-Hour Battery for, 273
Electric, Nechells “ B,” Switchgear, 502*; Plant, 660*
Electric, North of Scotland, 294
Electric, Portobello, 162, 174*, 206* Electric, Projected in Burma, 706
Electric, Rheims, 1,250-kW Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbo-Alternator, 686*
Electric, Steam Turbines for, 148
Electric, Uskmouth 60-MW Turbo- Generators, Tests of, 29*
See also Power Plants; Substations
— Supply, Electric, British Electricity Author
ity’s Pamphlet on, 164
Electric, British, Statistics, 259, 454, 597, 742
— — Electric, Link Between Britain and
France, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515 Electric, Network Analyser for, 602*
Electric, for Park Gate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 820*
— — Electric, Planning and Operating of Systems, 426
Power, Supply, Electric, Production and
Nuclear Reactors, 289, 313*
Electric, Re-Equipment of Bond-street Substation, 604*
Electric, Revised Tariff for Bulk Supply, 62
Electric, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155 Electric, Queensland, Report on, 179 Electric, Stable-Voltage, Instrument for
(Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 247 Electric, Statistics for December, 1953, 190
Electric, for Swinburne Quarry, Northumberland, 759*
Electric, Uganda, Annual Report, 290 Electric, in Wool-Textile Industry, 161
— System Performance, Analytical, Investiga
tion of, 426
— Transmission, Mechanical, Manual of
(Review), 393
Overhead Lines, Accidents through
Contact with, 747
Overhead Lines, British, Cost of, 138 Overhead Lines, British 132-kV and
275-kV, Re-Striking Voltage Conditions on, 716
Overhead Lines, British 275/300-kV Transmission Scheme, 715
Overhead Lines, and Continuity of Supply, 65, 76
Overhead Lines, Corrosion of Steel-
Cored Aluminium Conductors for, 183 Overhead Lines, in Europe, Evolution of,
647
Overhead Lines, Extra-High Voltage, 715 Overhead Lines, Kemano-Kitimat
Hydro-Electric Scheme, 418, 431 Overhead Lines, Owen Falls Hydro-
Electric Scheme, 497*, 528* Overhead Lines, Shin-Caithness, 804 Overhead Lines, Tubular Tower for, 3 Overhead Lines, 132-kV Wood-Pole
Transmission, 600*
Scheme, 100-kV Direct-Current, Gotland, 715
See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Water, Resources of Canada, 501
See also Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic “Powermaster” “Packaged” Boiler, 418,
441*
Practice, Codes of, Ministry of Works. See Standards
Precipitation Hardening of Non-Ferrous
Metals, 682
Precipitator, Electrostatic, for Atmospheric
Dusts, 550*
Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd., Terminal
Blocks (Trade Publication), 393 Press. See Machine Tools Pressed-Metal Industry, Productivity in, Re
view of,
Pressures and Temperatures, “ Knock ” in Petrol Engines, 111 *
— Vessels, Embedded Thermocouple for, 489* Plastic, for 3,000-lb. per sq. in. Pressure,
372
Presidential Address to Amalgamated Engineering Union, by R. Openshaw, 639
— — to British Electrical Power Convention
by J. R. Beard on Consulting Engineers and Electrical Industry, 806- See 801 to Incorporated Plant Engineers, by
R. H. Cobbold on Plant Engineering, 679 to Institute of Fuel, by Dr. W. I. Jones
on Energy for Britain, 513
to Institute of Metals by Dr. S. F. Dorey on Metals and Marine Engineering) 589. See 583
to Institute of Motor Industry by S. S.
Dawes on Training for Motor Industry, 70 to Institution of Metallurgists by W.
Barr on Work of Institution, 775
to Institution of Mining Engineers by
N. E. Webster on Recruitment of Mining Engineers, 190
to Institution of Naval Architects by Lord Runciman on Work of Institution, 486
to Iron and Steel.Institute by Hon. R. G. Lyttelton on Social Consequences of Iron and Steel, 713. See 709
to Russo-British Chamber of Commerce by Sir G. S. Maginness on Trade with Russia, 578
to Sheffield Metallurgical Association by
F. H. Saniter on Research Work of
United Steel Companies, Ltd., 212. See 194
to Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists by R. E. S. Fisher on Fifty
Years of Heavy Engineering Plant, 196 to Society of Engineers by W. R.
Howard on Evolution of Ferro-Concrete, 200
Preston Paper Co., Ltd., Corrugated-Board
Plant with “ Dynamatic ” Coulings, 733 Prestressed Concrete. See Concrete, Prestressed
Priest Furnaces, Ltd., Furnaces for Falkirk Aluminium Wofks, 755
Priestman Brothers, Ltd., New Marfleet Works, 252
Primary Battery. See Cell under Electric Prince, F. W., on Knitting Machine, 290. See 202*
Printing, Colour, Machinery (Trade Publication), 456
— Machine Managers’ Trade Society, Pro
posed Merger of, 383
—| Trade Unions, Proposed Merger of, 383 Pritchett and Gold, Batteries for British Railways Substations, 283
Probability Functions, Normal, Tables of (Review), 393
Problems, Technical, Awaiting Solution, Booklet, 367
Process Controller (Trade Publication), 648
— Timer (Trade Publication), 425 Producer-Gas Plant, Portslade Gasworks, 657* Production Engineering Course, at Manchester
University, 678. See LETTER, 731
Production Engineers, Institution of, Southern Section: Conferences on Problems of Aircraft Production: Trend of Design, by D. Keith-Lucas, 7. See 2; Production Problems Arising from Trend of Design, by G. H. Dowty and S. P. Woodley, 7. See 2; User Problems Affecting Industry, by B. S. Shenstone and Air Marshal Sir R. O. Jones, 8. See 2. See Erratum, 157; “Production for Plenty” Exhibition, 194; Conference on Production, Arrangements for, 271 ; Derby Branch: Effective Utilisation of Materials, by F. Nixon, 305*
“ Production tor Plenty ” Exhibition, Olympia, 194
— and Time-Study Rating, 290, 301* Productivity Agency, European, Programme
of, 130
— Drive and Engineering Industries, 75
— in Pressed-Metal Industry, Review of,
— in Valves Industry, Review of, 198 Professional Engineers’ Appointment Bureau,
Work of, 540
— Workers, National Federation of, Employ-
msnt of Elderly Persons, 607
Profiling Machine. See Machine Tools
Prop, Pit, 20-ton Hydraulic “ Monarch ” (Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 692* Steel and Wooden, Use of, 29
Propeller, Marine, Controllable-Pitch, for Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX ” (J. Stone and Co. (Charlton), Ltd.), 374*
of H.M. Yacht “ Britannia/’ 486, 522, 540
Metals to Resist Cayitation Erosion, 589 —•,— Model Tests, and Ship Performance, 618 Variable-Pitch, for Large Trawlers, 554 Propulsion of Ships. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance
Protective Atmospheres, by A. G. Hotchkiss and H. M. Webber (Review), 519
— Clothing and Industrial Gloves (Trade
Publication), 41
Proving Ground, Lindley, Motor Industry Research Association^; 730*
Public Health Act, Smoke Nuisances Section of, 707
Engineering, Evolution of, 232 Publications, Trade, 9, 41, 72, 103, 140, 201, 266, 297, 330, 361, 393, 425, 456, 488, 553, 585, 617, 648, 680, 712, 744, 776, 808
Puckey, Sir W., on What is Good Design, 737 Pugsley, Prof. A. G., on New Mechanics of Structural Analysis, 115
Pulley Wheel and Dualok Locking Hub (Zerny Engineering Co., Ltd.), 600
Pulsators, Hydraulic, for Universal Testing Machine, 751*
Pulse and Oscilloscope Equipment (Trade Publication), 488
Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., 17-h.p. Electrically-Driven Pumps, 528
Pulverised Coal Plant for 4,250-h.p. Gas Turbine for Locomotives, 562
— — Plant, Graviner Explosion Suppressors
for, 494*
Pulveriser for Clays and Talcs (Trade Publication), 201
— Coal, Portobello Power Station, 174*
— and Mixer for Soil-Stabilising Equipment
(Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 54*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Borehole, 62-h.p., Sulzer (Isler and Co., Ltd.),
59
— Centrifugal, Integral with Removable
Stator (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 118*
Process (Trade Publication), 553
— Coal, Rotary, for 4,250-h.p. Gas Turbine
for Locomotives, 562*
— Diaphragm, “ Linatex ” (Wilkinson Rubber
Linatex, Ltd.), 471*
— Electromagnetic, for Liquid Metals (Atomic
Energy Research Establishment), 473
— Fire, Portable, Gas-Turbine Driven (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 508*
— Fuel-Injection (C.A.V., Ltd.), 635* Injection, for Diesel Engine (Porn and Dunwoody, Ltd.), 254*
— Hydraulic (Trade Publication), 488
— Lockheed Mark 8 (Automotive Products Co., Ltd.), 157*
Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155
— Submersible, 350-h.p., Electrically-Driven (Hayward-Tyler and Co., Ltd.), 55*
Pumped Storage Plants, Variable-Speed Synchronous Machines for, 685
Pumping Plant for Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 59*
— Coryton Oil Refinery, 688*
for Motor Fire-Float “ Alexander Grantham,” 120*
Nechells “ B ” Power Station, 661
— Portobello Power Station, 206* of Rand Water Board, 484
— Sludge, at Emile Huchet Power Station, 308
— Stations on Montreal to Toronto Petroleum
Pipeline, 66, 78*
Purchase Tax, Desirable Reductions, 62
Purefoy Engineering Co., Ltd., versus Sykes
Boxall and Co., Ltd., Legal Decision on, 454 Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See Water
Putnam, J. L., on Use of Auto-Radiography in Continuously-Cast Aluminium 683
Pye, W. G., Ltd., pH Meter as Insulation Tester, 537
Pye, Ltd., Television Equipment for Industry and Education, 66, 88*
Pyrometer for Gas-Turbine Research, Traversing Mechanism for, 624*

QUANTOMETER, Spectrographic, for Aluminium Blocks (Applied Research Laboratories), 755*
Quarry, Swinburne, Northumberland, Mechanical Plant at, 759*
Quartz Particles, Assessment of Size of, 595
Quasi Arc Co.,x Ltd., Course on Welding
Design, 110; Research and Development Laboratories of, 476*
Queen Elizabeth II Dock of Manchester Ship Canal, 130, 153*
Queen’s Road Substation, British Railways, 283*
Queensland State Electricity Commission, Annual Report, 179
“ Quickv ” Portable Flame-Cutting Machine (Trade Publication), 456

RADAR for Airfields (Trade Publication), 266
— Equipment, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 664 of M.S. “ Navigator,”- 615
— for Marine Use (Trade Publication), 680
Radiation, Heat Transfer by, by J. H. McGuire (Review), 361
Radiator, Coolant, of Light Alloy (Marston Excelsior, Ltd.), 307*
Radio Altimeter for Aircraft (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 473*
?— Apparatus, Early, Model of, at Science Museum, 93
— Broadcasts Coronation Day (Review), 9
— Chemical Centre, Amersham Radioactive
Isotope Preparation Plant, 630*
— Communication and Electronic Engineering
Association, Mobile Radio in Industry (Trade Publication), 103
— Control of Municipal Services, 373
— Engineers, British Institution of, Industrial
Electronics Convention, Arrangements for, 413: Oxford Convention, Arrangements for, 710
— Equipment for Cable Ship “ Alert ”
(Mullard Ltd.), 284
of Motor Yacht “ Aries,” 647
S.S. “ Arcadia,” 664
— Isotope Conference, Oxford, Arrangements
for, 199
— Masts, Tubular. Welded, Tests of (British
Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd.), 57*
— Mobile, in Industry (Trade Publication), 103
— Research Board, Annual Report, 596
— Sets, Control Details for (Trade Publica
tion), 140
— Sound, Very High Frequencies for, 151
— Station, Transportable (Trade Publication),
72
— Telephony Developments by Royal AircraP
Establishment, 372
— Telescope of Manchester University, 826*
— Valve Manufacture, Cinema Film of
(Mullard Ltd.), 421
— Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949, Regulations
for Motor Car Suppressors, 260
— See also Television; Radar; Valves, Radio Radioactive Effluents, Treatment of, 584
— Tracer Foundry at National Physical
Laboratory, 514, 520*
Radiographic Studies of Sintering Iron Ores, 17 Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Smoke Indicator (Trade Publication), 617
Radius Forming on Grinding Wheels (Trade Publication), 140
Rail breakages and Safety, 326 Railcars. See Carriages, Railway Railroad, Union Pacific, Gas-Turbine Locomotives for, 593
— See also Railways
Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Argentine State, Condensing Locomotive
for, 226
— Australian Commonwealth, 955-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotives, 316*
— Brazilian, 1,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Loco
motive, 505*
— Bridges. See Bridge
— British, Accidents in 1952, Report, 6;
Apprentice Training by, 30; Suggested Increases in Charges, 31; Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; Failure of Parkhouse Road Overbridge, Report on, 34, 40; Coal-burning Gas- Turbine Locomotive, 34, 39; Lighting of Willesden Carriage Sidings, 56*; Rolling-Stock Building Programme, 66, 70; Trials of 2,500-h.p. Electric Locomotive, 120; Multiple-Unit Electric Rolling Stock, 134; Prestressed-Concrete Beam for Goods-Shed Roof, 152; 2-10-0 Freight Locomotive, 158*; Rolling-Stock Programme, 170*. See LETTER, 226; Bridge at Carlisle with Steel Girders and Prestressed-Concrete Deck Slabs, 181*; Diesel Railcars for, 200; 135-Ton Transformer Wagon, 220* ; Frequency-Conversion on Southern Region, 258, 282*; Safety on, 326; 2,500-h.p. Co-Co Electric Locomotives, 344*; Derailment of “ Royal Scot,” Report on, 354; Clifton-Hall Tunnel Collapse, Report on, 358; Train Resistance Tests on, 390; Temple Mills Marshalling Yard, 422; Colour-Light Signalling on Southern Region, 422; Mechanisation of Permanent-Way Work on, 492; Track-Renewal Programme, 420; Buttressing of Retaining Wall, 509*; Derailment Between Wilnecote and Kingsbury, 515. See Erratum, 569; Suggested Methods for Reducing Costs on, 575; 250-h.p. Diesel Rail Cars, 601*; Standard 2-6-0 Tender Locomotive, 665*; Strike Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800; 4-6-2 Locomotive “Duke of Gloucester.” 705, 729*;
2,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 735; Pension Scheme for Railwaymen, 768
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Congress, International, London: Reports
on Arrangements and Proceedings, 641, 709; Report on Improving Efficiency of Steam Locomotives, by C. T. Long, 274; Report on Protection of Electric-Railway Equipment, by J. F. M. De Boeck, 328; Report on Comparison of Electric Traction Systems, by S. B. Warder and Prof. C. Guzzanti, 481, 490; Wagon- Mounted Trenching Machine for Railway Track, 798*
Railway Developments in Burma, 706
— Electric, Comparison of Traction Systems
for, 481, 490
Protection of Equipment of, 328
— French National, Record Speed by 2-D-2
Electric Locomotive, 231; Locomotives on, 451
— German State, Condensing Locomotive for,
226
—- and Harbour Administration, South African, 4-8-4 Condensing Locomotives, 226, 250*
— Influence of, on Early Iron and Steel Industry, 714
— Irish, Diesel-Electric Locomotives for, 610
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Lodging Turns, Strike Due to, 672, 704,
736, 800
— London Transport Executive, Extensions
Abandoned by, 231
— Marshalling Yards, Strikes at, 575
— Materials, Film on Production (United
Steel Companies, Ltd.), 671
Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— New Zealand, Rimutaka Tunnel, 623
— Rolling Stock. See Carriages; Locomo
tives; Wagons
— Russian State, Condensing Locomotive
for, 226
— Safety on, 326
— Shopmen Demand for Ir '?’?ease in Wages of,
447, 479, 511
— Signalling. See Signallin i
— South African, Condensin Steam Loco
motive on, 274
— Street. See Tramways
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport
Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London
Transport Executive
— Victorian, Government, Australia, 2,400-
h.p. Direct-Current Locomotives, 184*
— Wagons. See Wagons
— Western Australian Government, 410-h.p.
Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 50*; 250-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Railcars, 792*
— See also Railroads
Railwaymen, National Union of, Examination of Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; Demands for Increased Wages for Railway Shopmen, 447, 479, 511; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511, 639; Suggestions for Reducing Costs of Railway Service, 575; Strikes at Railway-Marshalling Yards, 575; Strike Due to Lodging-Turns Dispute, 672, 704, 736, 800
— Pension Scheme for, 768
Rainfall on Lake Victoria, Uganda, 497
Rajan, R. D., on Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme, 243*
Ram, Hydraulic, Fescolised (Trade Publication), 330
Ramsbottom, J., “ 4-ft. Shunter ” Loco
motive by, 772*
Rangoon, Port of, Rebuilding of, 706
Rankin, F., Suspension Device for Portable Welding and Riveting Equipment, 121*
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Excavating, Handling and Concreting Equipment (Trade Publication), 72; Mobile Cranes (Trade Publication), 425
Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd., Magnetic Separator for Crushed Ore, 405*; SelfCleaning Permanent Magnet, 634
“ Rapidor ” Hacksaw Machine, Hydraulic Saw-Frame Support, 279*
Ratcliffe, J. A., on Physics of Ionosphere, 621. See Erratum, 748
Rathsman, B. G., on Gotland High-Voltage Transmission Systems, 715
Raw Materials and Engineering Industries, 42* Rayner, L. C. C., on Climatic Research Laboratory, Farnborough, 117
Rays. See X-Rays
Reactor, Atomic, Heavy-Water, at Harwell, 612
— Nuclear, and Power Production, 289, 313*
— for Tests of Large Alternators, 28*
— Uranium, at Calder Hall Atomic Power
Station, 795*
Read, T. S., the Late, 679
Rearmament Programme, Effec on Engineering Industries, 103*
Rebbeck, Sir F., on Higher-Wage Demands and Future Trends in Industry, 129, 134; on Shipbuilding Industry, 129, 134
“ Reciprojet ” Air Filter, 222*
“ Reclaim,” H.M.S., Television Equipment of, 555
Reclamation, Land, from the Wash, Investigations on, 491
Recorders, Tape (Trade Publication), 744 Recording and Indicating Instruments for Montreal to Toronto Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 80*
— Instruments, Sizes of Sensitised Material
for, Specification, 488
Recruits Needed by Engineering Profession, 543
Rectifiers. See Electric
Redler Conveyors, Ltd., Natural-Frequency Conveyors, 797*
Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
Reed and Mallik, Ltd., Conon Valley Hydro- Electric Scheme, 90*
Rees Mace Marine Ltd., Radio Equipment for Motor Yacht “ Aries,” 647
Reference and Information Service, Co-opera- ive Industrial and Commercial, Work of, 39
Refinery, Oil, Aden, Electrical Control Equipment for (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 535* Coryton, 687*
Esso, Fawley, Construction of, Report on, 353
Llandarcy, Extensions to, 799 Refractories. All Basic, Life in Open Hearth
Furnaces, 713
Refrigerating Equipment, Marine (Trade Publication), 266
— Plant, Fish-Factory “ Fairtry,” 725
for Warragamba Dam, 400*
Refrigeration, Institute of, Annual Dinner, 389
— for Large Trawlers, 554
— Plants for Air-Conditioning Systems, 337* Brewery, of Ind Coope and Allsopp, Ltd.,
58*
Refrigerators, Cooling Tubes for (Trade Publication), 808
Refuse-Disposal Plant at Port Glasgow, 281*
— Wood, Collection of (Trade Publication)
553
Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Reheating Furnace. See Furnace Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Reinforcement, Indented-Bar, for Concrete (Guest Keen and Nettlefolds (South Wales), Ltd.), 350*. See Erratum, 406
Relay, Capacitor Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 315
Rendall, J. H., on Forgeability, Creep Strength and Ductility of Molybdenum, 683
Rendel, D. G., on Thermal Problem of High- Speed Flight, 115
Repeaters in Rolling Mills, Experience with, 810
Repellant, Water, for Masonry (Trade Publication), 393
Report, Agricultural Machinery in United Kingdom, 228
— American Farm-Tractor Manufacture, 228
— Annual, British Electrical and Allied Indus
tries Research Association, 581
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, 545
British Iron and Steel Federation, 581
British Iron and Steel Research Association, 713
British Overseas Airways Corporation, 643
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 386, 449
Engineers’ Council for Professional Development, 99
— — European Coal and Steel Community,
581
— — Hydraulics Research Board, 684
— Imperial College of Science and Tech
nology, 75
— — Institute of Fuel, 518
Institute of Seaweed Research, 664
— — Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Insti
tute, 241*
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 516
Metropolitan Water Board, 189
National Coal Board, 673
National Physical Laboratory, 652*
— — New Zealand Commissioner of Works,
67
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 294
— — Queensland State Electricity Commis
sion, 179
Radio Research Board, 596
— — Road Research Board, 749
Uganda Electricity Board, 290
— — United States Steel Corporation, 392
— — Water Pollution Research Board, 584
— Brittle Fracture in Steel, Conference on, 295
— Cambridge University Department of
Engineering, 487
— Coastal Flooding, Departmental Com
mittees’, 769
— Collapse of Clifton-Hall Tunnel, 358
— Construction of Esso Refinery, Fawley, 353
— Education and Training for Management in
Iron and Steel Industry, 196
— Electrical Accidents and Their Causes, 1951,
Report on, 100
— European Coal and Steel Community, 324
— European Inland Transport, 738
— Failure of Parkhouse Road Bridge, Ardros-
san, 34, 40
— Industry and Science in Manchester Area,
417
— of London and Home Counties Traffic
Advisory Committee, 675
— Motor Vehicle Industry in United States,
167
— Pipe Flanges Research Committee, 275
— Railway Accidents in 1952, 6
— “ Royal Scot ” Derailment, 354
— Scottish Peat Committee, 304
— on Synthetic Detergents, 420
— Television Advisory Committee, to Post
master-General, 151
— Trade Mission to Middle East, 707
— Train Derailment Between Wilnecote and
Kingsbury, 515. See Erratum, 569
— United Kingdom Delegation to Burma, 706
— on World Bank, 163
— See also Board of Trade
Research in American Motor-Vehicle Industry, 267
— Association, Aircraft, Transonic Wind
Tunnel, 188*
Cast Iron, British, Work on Foundry Hazards, 454 ; “ Dusgard ” Unit for
Grinding Wheels, 606*
— — Electrical and Allied Industries, British,
Annual Luncheon, 578; Annual Report, 581; Report on Network Analyser, 602* Internal-Combustion Engine, Investigation on Noise Reduction in Diesel Engines, 144
Iron and Steel, British, Photo-Electric Dust Meter, 146; Annual Report, 713; Investigations on Wear of Graphite Electrodes, 784
Motor Industry, Lindley Laboratories and Proving Ground, 730*
Non-Ferrous Metals, British, Research on Electroplating and Lead-Pipe Production, 205; Annual Meeting, and Luncheon, 547
Shipbuilding, British, Ship Performance and Model Prediction Investigations, 618; Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0-65 Block Coefficient, 681
— — Value and Influence of, 449
Welding, British, Reference Block for Ultrasonic Testing, 157
— Atmospheric-Pollution, 546, 549*
— Board, Hydraulics, Annual Report, 684
Research, Board, Radio, Annual Report,
596
Road, Annual Report, 749
Water Pollution, Annual Report, 584
— Council, Manchester Joint, Report on
Industry and Science, 417
— Department, Scientific and Industrial,
Annual Report, 386, 449
— and Design, Co-operation of, for Greater
Production, 263
— Development Corporation, National, Bulle
tin of, 546
— and Development Laboratories of Quasi
Arc Co., Ltd., 476*
— Establishment, Atomic Energy, Harwell,
Course on Electronics, 232; Zephyr Reactors at, 265; British Experimental Pile, 313*; Electromagnetic Pump for Liquid Metals, 473; Heavy-Water Atomic Reactor, 612
Ministry of Supply and Admiralty, Grants to, 675
— Fellowships, United States, Award of, 190
— and Iron and Steel Industry, 714
— Laboratory, Climatic, Farnborough, 117 Road, Concrete Slabs for Pedestrian
Crossings, 91; Road Load-Bearing Tests, 470*; Mobile Soil Boring Machine, 606*; Exhibition at, 638; Scottish Branch, Tests of Surface-Dressings Distributing Machines, 285
— Marine Turbine, Electronic Instruments for,
276*
— Metallurgical, at National Physical Labora
tory, 514, 520*
— Nuclear, European Co-operation in, 643
— Operational, Club, Reconstituted as Oper
ational Research Society, 164
— Pipe Flanges, Committee on, Report, 275
— Seaweed, Institute of, Annual Report, 664
— Society, Ergonomics;; Annual Conference,
Arrangements for, 4116
— Station, Building, Squat Load-Measuring
Gauge, by C. W. Newberry, 339*. See LETTER, 387; Investigation on Cement for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 500; Load-Measuring Devices for Wires, 812*
Fire, Exhibition of, 135
— —- Fuel, Experiments on Coke Making from
Non-Caking Coals, 285; Blending of Coal for Coke Production, 501
Hydraulics; Investigations of Land Reclamation from the Wash, 491
— and Test Rigs of Dowty Equipment, Ltd.,
18*
— Unit, Work Measurement, Investigation of
Time-Study Rating, 290, 301*
— In United States, Expenditure on, 163
— Wave, Council of, Annual Conference, 500
— Work of United Steel Companies, Ltd.,
194, 212*
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoirs, Conon Valley Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 90*
— of Metropolitan Water Board, 189
— Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme, 243*
— of Rand Water Board, 484
Resin-Bonded Fibre-Glass (Trade Publication), 266
— Rubber-Like, Production of (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 445
— Synthetic, for Shell Moulding, Develop
ments of, 404
Resistance, Air. See >4zr and Aeronautics
— Electric. See Electric
— of Ships. See Ship Resistance
— Strain Gauges (Trade Publidation), 103
— Welding. See Welding
Respiration, Artificial, After Electric Shock, Methods of, 745
Retail Prices, Index of, 255, 832
Retired Engineers, Association of, Activities, 227
Retort, Vertical, Woodall-Duckham, Portslade Gasworks, 654*
Reviews, Book, 9, 41, 72, 102, 140, 169, 201, 233, 265, 297, 329, 361, 393, 425, 455, 487, 519, 553, 585, 617, 647, 680, 744
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Compressed-Air Equipment for Switchgear (Trade Publication), 330; Hebburn Switchgear- Testing Station, 418, 442* 716; 132-kV Switchgear for Owen Falls, 532*; Impedance Network Analyser; 560*; Transformer Installation (Trade Publication), 648; Handbook of Protection Relays (Trade Publication), 648; Oil-Break High- Tension Switch, 701*
Rheims Power Station, 1,250-kW Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbo-Alternator, 688* Rhodesias, Kariba and Kafue Hydro-Electric Schemes, 644
Rice Husks, “ Secondite’” Insulating Material From, 311
Richardsons Westgarth (Hartlepool), Ltd., 60-MW Turbo-Generators, Portobello Power Station, 174*, 206*
Riddervold, H. W., on Use of Repeaters in Looping Mill, 810
Riddles, R. A., 2-10-0 Freight Locomotive, British Railways, 158*; Standard 2-6-0 Tender Locomotive, 665*; 4-6-2 Express Passenger Locomotive, 705, 729*
Rigid Frame Formulas, by Dr.-Ing. A. Klein- logel (Review), 393. See LETTER, 805
Equipment, 785
Risley Atomic Energy Organisation, 97, 124* River Clutha, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 67
— Derwent, Tasmania, Hydro-Electric Scheme,
71
— Don Steelworks, Sheffield, Plant at, Fifty
Years Ago, 196
— Kafue, Kafue Hydro-Electric Scheme, 644
— Lee and Metropolitan Water Board, 189
— Manali, Southern India, Peechi Dam on,
243*
— Pollution Tests, Circular on, 271
— and Sea Craft, Specialised (Trade Publica
tion), 72
— Severn, Investigations on Flooding by, 684
River Thames, Coryton Oil Refinery, 687*
Investigation on Flooding by, 684
Investigations on Pollution of, 584
— Waikato, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 67
— Waitaki, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 67
— White Nile, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
— Zambesi, Kariba Gorge Hydro-Electric
Scheme 644
Rivet, Headless, Aluminium-Alloy, Investigations on, 398*
Riveter, Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
R.M. 60 Naval Gas Turbine, 622
Road Accidents. See Accidents
— Bridge over Firth of Forth, Proposed, 231 and Tunnel, Sweden to Denmark, 134
— and Commercial Transport, Traffic Prob
lems, 168
— Construction, Soil-Stabilising Equipment
for (Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 54*
— Load-Bearing Tests of, 470*
— Locomotive Society, Presentation of Early
Traction Engine to Science Museum, 222*
— Research Board, Annual Report, 749
Laboratory, Concrete Slabs for Pedestrian Crossings, 91; Road Load-Bearing Tests, 470*; Mobile Soil Boring Machine, 606*; Exhibition at, 638; Scottish Branch, Tests of Surface-Dressings Distributing Machines, 285
— Roller Driven by Ferguson Tractor (E.V.
Twose, Ltd.), 220*
— Safety and Street Lighting, Connection
Between, 327
and Vehicle Maintenance, 327
— Stone Production at Swinburne Quarry,
Northumberland, 759*
— Surface Dressings Distributing Machines,
Tests of, 285
Stresses in, due to Traffic, 749
— Traction, Railless Electric. See Trolley
Bus
— Transport, and Diesel-Engined Omnibuses,
258
Engineers, Institute of, Roads and Commercial Transport, by Dr. G. Charles- worth, 168; Some Factors Affecting Fuel Consumption, by W. T. Skinner, 749
— See also Tar-Macadam
Roadway Bridge and Tunnel, Sweden to Denmark 134
“ Robel ” Ties for Concrete Form-work (Trade Publication), 617
Robens, A., on Need for Capital Investments, 319
Roberts, D., and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Ties for Form-work (Trade Publication), 617; Self-Propelled Loader for Loose Material, 445*
Robertson; B. L., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45; on Rate of Sinter Production, 45
Robertson, N., on Napier “ Nomad ” Engine, 611. See 571*, 573
Robertson, W. H. A., and Co., Ltd., Cold Rolling Mills for Falkirk Aluminium Works, 757*; Wire-drawing Machines for Aluminium, 539
Robinson Coal-Shute, Control, 702*
Robinson, T., and Son, Ltd., Woodworking Machinery, 201
Rock-Wool Factory at Stirling of Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., 350
Rocke International Corporation, Tape Recorders (Trade Publication), 744
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Surface Grinding Machines (Trade Publication), 266; Bemag Boring and Milling Machine, 377*
— Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials') Rocol, Ltd., Lubricants (Trade Publication),
488
Rod, Aluminium, Manufactered by Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*
Rodger, D. G., the Late, 548
Roesch, G., on Drawings in Engineering, 775. See LETTERS, 611, 677, 707
Rogers, H. C. I., on Challenge of Modern Industry, 679
Rogers; J., the Late, 260
Roll, Forged-Steel, Cinema Film Manufacture of, 98, 100
— Plate-Bending. See Machine Tools
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— Road. See Road Roller
Rolling, Hot, Roll-Pressure and Energy Consumption in, 806
— Mills of Aluminium Wire and Cable Co.,
Ltd., 538*
11-in. Continuous Bar (Park Gate Iro1- and Steel Co., Ltd.), 819*
at Falkirk Works of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 754*, 822*
Forged-Steel Rolls for, Cinema Film of Manufacture, 98, 100
Practice in Sweden, 810
Tapered Roller Bearings in, Cinema Film of (British Timken, Ltd.), 420
25 Years’ Developments in, 782
— of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, Control
of Quality in, 649. See Errata, 712
— Stock, British Railways, Resistance Tests
of, 390
Building Programme for British Railways, 66, 70
Electric, of London Transport Executive, Wear of, 145
Electric, for Manchester-Glossop Line, 134
— — Industry, Position and Prospects of,
170*. See LETTER, 226
See also Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons Rolls, Hon. C. S., Life and Work of, 612* Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 600-h.p., Oil Engines for Motor Launch 182; Brochure on Apprentice Training, 387; 93-b.h.p. Six-Cylinder Oil Engine, 446*; Jubilee of (Review), 612*; 5,400-h.p. Naval Gas Turbines,
622; Gas Turbines, 717*
Ronayne, M. W., the Late, 197
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays
Roof Chuck, 80-ton Hydraulic, for Mines (Dowty Mining Equipment, Ltd.), 692*
Roof Goods Shed, Prestressed-Concrete Beams for, 152
Roofing Material, Corrugated Aluminium Sheet for (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 407
Rootes, Ltd., 90-b.h.p. Opposed-Piston Diesel Engine, 578, 598*
Ropes, Coir, Hemp, Manila and Sisal, Specification, 71
— Wire. See Wire Ropes Ropeway, Aerial. See Wire Ropeway
Ross and Anglin, Pumping Stations, Montreal to Toronto Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 78*
Ross, D., and Partners, Ltd., Pipe-Flanging Jig “ Twinner,” 478*; “ Twinner ” 6-ton
Welding Manipulator, 758*
Rossi Continuous Casting Machine, Barrow Steelworks, 194, 213*
Rossier, C., on High-Voltage Networks Interconnections, 785
Rossiter, J. R., on North-Sea’ Storm Surges of January 31 and February, 1953, 241* Rota, General G., the Late, 99
Rotary Blowers. See Blowers; Turbo-Blowers
— Engine. See Engines; Aeronautics
Rotary Hoes, Ltd., Soil-Stabilisation Equipment, 54*; “ Bogmaster ” Tractor for
Water-logged Soils, 285*; 4-2-h.p. and 1-2-h.p. Petrol-Driven Cultivators, 787
— Pump. See Pump
Roto-Finish, Ltd., Barrelling Machine, 573* “ Rotoklene ” Self-Cleaning Fluid Strainer (Trade Publication), 617
Rotor for 15-MW Alternator, 529*
— Gas-Turbine, Temperatures in, 146*
— for Large Alternators, Design of, 685
“ Rotor-Loader ” for Handling Loose Material 445*
— for 60-MW Turbo-Generators, 206* Rouveral, Prof. W. S., on British Technical
Training, 321
Rover Gas Turbines, Ltd., 60-h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine, 507*
Rover Motor Co., Ltd., 200-h.p. Naval Gas
Turbines, 622
Rowland, F. E., and Co., Ltd., Duplex Surface Grinding Machine, 568*
Royal Aeronautical Society. See nautical
— Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Engineers, Corps of, Training for, 133
— Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Inves
tigations on Hot Rolling, 806; and on Iron-Ore Beneficiation, 806
— Institution, Search for Lightness, by H.
Constant, 401
— Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, Training
Scheme for Chemical Engineers; 199
— School of Mines; London, Summer School
in Mineral Dressing, 384

Royal Society:

North-Sea Storm Surge of January 31 and February 1, 1953, by J. R. Rossiter, 241
Work of Royal Aircraft Establishment, by Prof. A. A. Hall; 372. See 354
Annual Election of Fellows, 389
Conversazione and Exhibition, 677 Royal Society of Arts. See Arts
— United Service Institution, Science in War,
by Dr. O. H. Wansbrough-Jones, 133; Operational Applications for Water-Based Aircraft, by Group Capt. G. W. Williamson, 11991; Future of Air Power by Air Marshal Sir J. Slessor, 514
Royce, Sir H. F., Bt., Life and Work of, 612*, Royle, D., on Smoke-Limited Power Output of Diesel Engines, 144. See 130
Rubber Coupling for Pipes (British and Union
Rubber Manufacturing Co.), 446
— Factories and Air-Pollution Control, 552
— Industry, Accident Prevention in, 454
—Like Compound for Containers (Dunlop
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 516
— Products, Conductive and Anti-Static,
Resistance of, Specification, 488
— Silicone, Properties of (Midland Silicones,
Ltd.), 81
Rubery Owen and Co., Ltd., Automatic Guard for Press Brake, 284*
Rudberg, Prof. E., on Hypo-Eutectic Cast Irons, 809
Ruddock and Meighan, Ltd., Anti-Stripping Agent for! Tar Coatings, 735
Rugby, Willans Works, Preservation of “Fullagar” Diesel Engine at, 165*
Runciman, Lord, on Work of Institution of
Naval Architects, 486
Rupture Data for High-Temperature Steam- Pipe Steels, 457*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
Rural Electrification in Queensland, Use of Earth Return System, 179
Russell, Dr. A. E., on Choice of Power Unit for Civil Aeroplanes, 683
Russell Constructions, Ltd., Sieving Plant for Liquids and Powders, 370*
Russian State Railways, Condensing Locomotive for, 226
Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, Presidential Address of Sir G. S. Maginness on Trade with Russia, 578
Rust Preventive and Removing Fluids (Plus-
Gas Co., Ltd.), 311 Rusting. See Corrosion Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Diesel Engine for
Brewery Refrigeration Plant, 58*; 750/ 1,000-kW Gas-Turbine Installation, 68;
20 and 30-h.p. Diesel-Driven Narrow- Gauge Locomotives, 346*

SAFETY, Electrical, in Factories, 745
— in Employment (Inspection and Safety
Organisation) Bill, 230
— in Industry, Conference on, 454
— of Life at Sea. See Life-Saving
— Road, and Street Lighting . Connection
Between, 327
— in Transport, Cantor Lectures on, 326, 327,
334
Safety Training Centre, Birmingham Industrial, Courses at, 743
— Treads and Flooring (Trade Publication),
266
Saint. See St.
“ Salagraph ” Melesco (Trade Publication), 297
Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd. Mobile Power Rectifier for Airfields 85*; Indicator for Bascule-Bridge Operating Equipment, 93; Stable-Voltage Power Supply Instruments, 247; Radio Altimeter for Aircraft, 473*; Precision Potentiometers, 733*
Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd., “ Sherpa ” Hydraulic Hand Truck, 420
Salter, E., and Co., Ltd., 200-ton Spring Balance, 626*
Salvage of “ Comet ” Aircraft, 392
Salvesen, C., and Co., Motor Trawler and Fish Factory, “ Fairtry,” 724*
Sampler, Traversing, for Boiler Flues, 55 i*
Samuel, R. L., on Diffusion of Chromium into Non-Ferrous Metals, 748
Sand, Moulding, Development of Synthetic Resins for Use with, 404
Sanders, Sir J. O., the Late, 421
Sanderson Brothers and Newbould, Ltd., Engineers’ and Saw Files (Trade Publication), 201
Sandstrom, U., on Testing of 380-kV Circuit Breakers, 716
Sanitary Engineers, Institution of, Joints in Water-Retaining Structures, by P. L. Critchell, 379
Sanitation, Ancient and Modern, 232
Saniter, F. H., on Research Work of United Steel Companies, Ltd., 212*. See 194
Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd., Launching Slipway for Small Craft, 382*
Saws. See Machine Tools
“ Saxonia,” S.S., Launch of, 262*
Sayers, D. P., on Electric Power Link Between Britain and France, 464*. See 450. See LETTER, 515; on 275/300-kV British Transmission Scheme, 715
Scaffolding, Tubular (Trade Publication), 488
Scherzer Rolling-Lift System for Bascule Bridge, 92*
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, 4-ton Mobile Crane for, 83C*
Scholarships. See Education
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., Data Book on Resistance Welding (Trade Publication), 9; Multiple-Projection and Cross-Wire Welding Machine, 635*; 75-kVA Pneumatically-Operated Seam Welder, 635
Science and Industry in Manchester, Report on, 417
— Museum, South Kensington, Model of
Early Radio Apparatus, 93; Aveling and Porter Traction Engine, 222*; Picture of “Astronomy” at, 591; Gas-Manufacture Gallery at, 742. See E)ratw7M,-8O8
— in United States for Year Ended June, 1953,
163
— in War, 133
Scientific Apparatus Exhibition, Physical Society’s, 472*, 537
Exhibition, Royal Society’s, 677
— Management. See Works Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions
Scientists and Technologists, Advanced Short Courses for, Conference on, 291
Scotland, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers
— North, Hydro-Electric Board, Conon-
Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*; Annual Report, 294; Achonokie Scheme, 608; Shin-Caithness Transmission Line, 804
— Peat Production and Utilisation in, 304
— Secretary of State for, and Electricity
Reorganisation (Scotland), Bill, 194
— South, Electricity Board, Formation of,
132
Scottish Council (Development and Industry), Scottish Industries Exhibition, 165
— Design Congress, Edinburgh, What is
Good Design, by Sir W. Puckey, 737
— Industrial Design Congress and Exhibition,
360
— Industries Exhibition, Glasgow, Arrange
ments for, 739
Exhibition, London, 165
— Motor Show, Glasgow, 1955, 198
— Peat Committee’s Report, 304 Scott-Paine, FI., the Late, 548
Scovell, R. F., on Position of British Shipping, 770
Scrap Steel, Collection and Utilisation of, 226 Scraper, Open-Bowl, Onions (J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 667*
Screen, Vibrator, with Electric Heating (H. Hawkins, Ltd.), 569*
Screening Plant for Coke, Portslade Gasworks, 656*
— — Sludge at Emile Huchet Power Station,
308
— — Stone, Swinburne Quarry, 759* Screw-Cutting Lathe. See Lathe under
Machine Tools
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Thread, “ Matrix ” Tri-Roll Comparator
for, 697*
Unified (with Metric Equivalents), Specification, 9
Screwing Machine. See Machine Tools Scunthorpe, Blast Furnace, of Appleby- Frodingham Steel Co., 324
Sea Craft, Specialised (Trade Publication), 72
— Deep, Telephone Repeater for Use in, 677
— Defences of East Coast, Repair Work on,
34, 38
Seafield Colliery, Fife, Inauguration of, 678
Seals, Labyrinth, Replace Piston Rings of Oil-Free Compressor, 533*
Sealing Materials, Endurance Testing Machine for (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 19*
Seamen’s Wages, Increase of, 31
Seaweed Harvesting Machinery, 664
— Research, Institute of, Annual Report, 664
“ Secomak Statair ” Blowers, 420
Secondary Battery. See Accumulator under Electric; also Motor Vehicles; Motor Trucks
“ Secondite ” Insulating Material, 311
“Seetru” Resilient Mounting Bolt, 504*
“ Segas ” Process for Gas Production from OU, 34, 52*
Sejournet, J., on Ugine-Sejournet Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, 463. See 450
“ Selecting the Man for the Job,” Brochure of Ministry of Labour and National Service, 159
Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 4-in., High- Speed Single-Spindle Automatic Lathe, 413*
Selsyns for Transmitting Angular and Rotational Movements (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 310*
Semmens, P. W. B., on Diesel Trains, 226. See 162, 170*
Senior Economisers, Ltd., Economisers, Portobello Power Station, 175*
Separator, Magnetic, for Crushed Ore (Rapid Magnetic Machines, Ltd.), 405*
— Oily-Water (White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 150*
— Tube, Dunlab, for Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine for Locomotives, 563*
Serrations and Splines, Straight-Sided, Specification, 488
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
Service Electric Co., Secomak Statair Blower, 420
Servo-Mechanisms, Mechanical, Origins of, 152
Servomex Controls, Ltd., Voltage Stabilisers, 472
“ Setter IX,” Whale-Catcher, 374*
Severn, River, Investigations on Flooding by, 684
Sewage Disposal and Water Pollution, 584
— Plant, Bury, High-Intensity Aeration at, 436 Epsom and Ewell, High-Intensity Aeration at, 436*
— Works, Effect Of Synthetic Detergents at, 420
Sewerage System Of London, Examination of, 500
Shaft Coupling. See Coupling
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer and
Torsionmeter
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges
“ Shear-Speed ” Gear Shapers, Work Clamp and Ejector for, 89*
— Tests. See Tests (Materials')
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
Sheet, Aluminium, Embossed (British Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 539
— and Plate Aluminium, Production by
British Aluminium Cd., Ltd., 754*, 822*
— Steel, Deep-Drawing Properties of, 806 Sheffield City Library, Bibliography on Shell
Moulding, 84
— Metallurgical Association, Presidential
Address by F. H. Saniter on Research Work of United Steel Companies, Ltd., 212*. See 194
— Society of Engineers and Metallurgists,
Presidential Address by R. E. S. Fisher on Fifty Years of Heavy Engineering Plant, 196
— Trades Historical Society, Annual General
Meeting, 483
Shell de Venezuela, Ltd., Triple-Screw Motor Launch, 182*
— Moulding, Bibliography on, 84
— — Effect on Foundry Conditions, 287
—- — Machine (Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour, Ltd.), 27*
Shell Oil Company of Canada, Ltd., Montreal to Toronto Pipeline, 66, 78*
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., Oil-Handling Installation at Eastham, 304; High- Voltage Capacitors for Transmission Lines in Oil Feids, 787
“ Shelmolda Duplus ” Moulding Machine, 728*
Shenstone, B. S., on Aircraft Production Problems, 8. See 2
Shepheard, Sir V., on Her Majesty’s Yacht “ Britannia,” 540*, 565*. See 486, 522
“ Sherpa ” Hydraulic Hand Truck, 420 Shin-Caithness Overhead Lines Power Transmission, 804
Ship of 0-65 Block Coefficient, Model Tests on, 681
— Bottom Shell Plating, Corrugations of, 586
— Canal. See Canal
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics,
190, 616
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Fish Factory, Design of, 554
— Hull Design, Application of Wave Resist
ance to, 586. See Erratum, 681
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 294
— Launches and Trial Trips, 31, 52, 150, 246,
279, 309, 330, 371, 391, 433, 503, 527, 576, 608, 640, 699, 767, 808
— Launching. See Launching
' — Model Experiments. See Tank Experiments and Ship Resistance
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Pro
pulsion
— Performance and Model Prediction, 618
— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; Engines;
Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance, Hull Design and Wave Re
sistance, 588. See Erratum, 681
— — in Turbulent Flow, 651
— Safety in, Gray Lecture on, 356
— Windows for (Carron Co.), 475
— See also Marine; Motorships; Shipping;
Steamers; Warships
Shipbuilders and Engineers, North-East Coast Institution of. See North-East Coast
in Scotland. Institution of. See Engineers
Shipbuilding, “ Aaron Manby,” First Iron Steamship, 229
— Application of Wave Resistance to Hull
Design, 586. See Erratum, 681
— Corrugations of Bottom Shell Plating, 586
Shipbuilding Demand for Tramp Ships, 770
— Design of Large Trawlers, 554
— Draughtsmen, Wage Increase for, 575
— Industry, Effect of Foreign Competition,
129, 134
— Employees, Wage Demands of, 63, 95
— Employers’ Federation, Wage Claims
Against, 63, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511; Recommendations of Shipbuilding Court of Inquiry, 319
— and Engineering Unions, Confederation of,
Wage Claims of Shipbuilding and Engineering Employees, 63, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511i, 607, 672; Recommendations of Shipbuilding and Engineering Courts of Inquiry, 319; Criticism of “Plan for Engineering,” 639
— Her Majesty’s Yacht “ Britannia,” 486,
522, 540*, 565*
— Industry, Court of Inquiry into Wage
Dispute of, Report of, 319
Position and Prospects of, 298*, 319 and Steel Supply Difficulties, 40
Suggested Ban on Overtime in, 287, 415
Wage Claims in 63, 319, 351, 415, 447, 479, 511, 607, 672
— Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Annual
Report, 516
— Motor Fire-Float “ Alexander Grantham,”
120*
= Trawler and Fish Factory “ Fairtry,” 724*
— Naval. See Warships
— Research Association, British, Ship Per
formance and Model Prediction Investigations, 618; Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0-65 Block Coefficient, 681
— and Safety Regulations for Ships, 356
— S.S. “ Arcadia,” 474*, 662*
— S.S. “Iberia,” Launch of, 129, 134*
— S.S. “ Orsova,” 824*
— S.S. “ Saxonia,” 262*
— S.S. “ World Harmony,” 262*
— Stresses in Oil Tanker During Launching,
238
— by J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Woolston,
776
— Vessels Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 294 under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics,
190, 616
— Whale-Catcher, “ Setter IX,” 374*
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships
Shipping, Chamber of. United Kingdom, Position of British Shipping, by R. F. Scovell, 770
Shipwrights, Worshipful Company of, Prizes for Shipwright Apprentices, 387
Shock Absorber, Hydraulic Press for Testing (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 19*
Shop Management. See Works Management Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., Suspension Device for Welding and Riveting Equipment, 121*; S.B.5 Adjustable-Wing
Research Aircraft, 122; Redundancy at Belfast Works of, 607, 768
Shortage of Science Teachers, Committee on, 556
Show. See Exhibition
Shuttering, Climbing, Use at Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 153*
Sidings, Willesden, Railway Carriage, Illumination System, 56*
Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., Self-Contained Diving Apparatus, 724
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Sierra Leone, Iron-Ore Concentrates, Sintering of, 45
Sieving Plant for Liquids and Powders (Russell Constructions, Ltd.), 370*
Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd., “ Liquicolumn ” Unit, 765*; “Superset” Electrical Comparator, 765*
Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., Integral Pump with Removable Stator, 118*; Portable Fire Pump with Gas-Turbine Drive, 508*; Centrifugal Process Pumps (Trade Publication), 553; Accelerator for Hot-Water Heating Installations, 734*
Signs, Symbols and Abbreviations, LETTER, Specification, 482
Signalling Equipment, Flame-Proof Intrinsic- ally-Safe (H. Wood and Co., Ltd.), 830*
— Railway, Colour-Light, on British Railways,
Southern Region, 422
Effect on Safety, 326
Silastomer, Properties of (Midland Silicones, Ltd.), 81
Silcock, J. M., on Structural Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloys, 682
Silencing and Filtration Equipment Exhibition (Vokes, Ltd.), 671
Silica Particles, Assessment of Size of, 595
Silicone “ Rubber,” Properties of (Midland Silicones, Ltd-.), 81
Silver City Airways, Air-Ferry Traffic of, 70 Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., “ Surform ” Combined Hand Plane and File, 86*
Simon-Carves, Ltd., Portishead Factory for Phosphorus Manufacture, 469
Simon Engineering Group, Velofeeder System for Pulverising Machines, 799*
“ Simplex ” System of Aeration of Sewage, 436*
Sims, Dr. L. G. A., on Measuring Fine Temperature Changes, 15*; on Temperature Measurement by Thermocouple and Galvanometer, 180*
Sims, L. G. R., on Heat Capacity of Laminations, 781
Singer, Dr. C., on Work of Dr. H. W. Dickinson, 559, 646*
Sinter Production at Appleby-Frodingham Steelworks, 194, 213
Sintering of Iron Ore, Symposium on, 16, 45 Skenfield, W. M., on Dynamical Analogies, 67.
See LETTERS, 162, 775, 805*
Skin Friction. See Air Resistance; Friction; Ship Resistance
Skinner, W. T., on Factors Affecting Fuel Consumption of Motor Vehicles, 749
Slabs, Concrete, Coloured, for Pedestrian Crossings, 91
— Deck, Prestressed-Concrete, for Railway
Bridge at Carlisle, 181*
Slessor, Air Marshal Sir J., on Future of Air Power, 514
Slide Rule for Tube Calculations (Tube Investments, Ltd.), 87
Slipway, Launching, for Small Craft of Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd., 382*
Sloan, S. G., on Small Electronic Computers, 483. See 331*, 395*
Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools
Sludge, Colliery, Utilisation at Emile Huchet
Power Station, 308
— in Fuel-Oil Tanks, Method of Dispersing
(Xzit (Great Britain), Ltd.), 120
— See also Sewage
Smart and Brown (Machine Tools), Ltd., “ Versatool ” Woodworking Machine, 312*
S.M.D. Engineers, Ltd., Aluminium Jibs for 7J-ton Grabbing Crane, 798
Smedsfelt, K. S., on 380-kV Series Capacitors in Sweden, 785
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
Smith, C., on Factors Affecting Quality of Extrusion, 649. See Errata, 712
Smith, Engr.-Capt. E. C., on Centenary of Sir C. A. Parsons, 740*, 771
Smith, Col. Sir H., on Developments in Gas
Industry, 130
Smith, H. P., the Late, 773
Smith, J., on Aeronautical Work of R. J.
Mitchel], 162, 166
Smith, J. (Keighley), Ltd., Hose-Handling Crane and Pipeline Bridge, Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 155*
Smith, L., on Hammers and Chisels, 676*
Smith, W. H., and Co., Electrical Engineers, Ltd., Operating Equipment for Bascule Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness, 92*
Smith’s Aircraft Instruments, Ltd., Use of
G. E.C. Heavy Alloy by, 671
“ Smog ” and Air Pollution Control, 549* Smoke Abatement Society, National, Memorandum on Smoke Abatement, 707
— and Air-Pollution Control, 549*
— Exhaust from Diesel Engine, Reduction of,
130, 144
— Generator for Tsetse-Fly Control (Tiltman
Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 219*
— Indicator (Trade Publication), 617
— Reduction in London, Conference on,
Arrangements for, 355
Snap-Jack, Pneumatic, Light-Weight (Hymatic
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 348*
Snedden, W. P., the Late, 580
Snell, E. L., on Flood Damage to Essex Coast
Line, 39. See 34
Soaking-Pit Practice at Normanby Park
Steelworks, 783
Sobey, A. J., on Thermoeleastic Similarity, 116 Societe d’Etudes Mecaniques et Energetiques,
Free-Piston Gas Generator, 686*
— des Ingenieurs Civils de France, British
Section: Ugine-Sejournet Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, by J. Sejournet, 463. See 450
Society of Engineers, Centenary Banquet, 645; Churchill Medal, Award to Sir W. Wallace, 645
— of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
See Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour
Softener, Water. See Water
Soil Boring Machine, Mobile (Le Grand,
Sutcliffe and Gell, Ltd.), 606*
— Mechanics, British Council Courses, 231
— — Studies of Sea-Defence Failures, 34, 38
— Stabilisation Equipment (Rotary Hoes,
Ltd.), 54*
— and Waste Pipes, Code of Practice on, 266 Solenoids, Industrial (Trade Publication), 456 Solidification of Cast Irons, Investigations on,
809
Solution, Degreasing (Trade Publication), 361 Somervaille, I. J., on Balancing a Rotating
Disc, 241*. See LETTERS, 323, 419 Sootblowers, Gun-Type, Portobello Power
Station, 175*
— and Tube-Cleaners (Trade Publication), 266 Sound-Equipment Installation, Power Panel
for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 605
— — for Schools (Trade Publication), 393
— Radio, Very High Frequencies for, 151 Sounder, Echo, for Fishing Industry (Kelvin
and Hughes, Ltd.), 117
South Africa, Rand Water Board, 1903-53,
Work of, 484
— African Railways and Harbours Adminis
tration, 4-8-4 Condensing Locomotive, 226, 250*, 274
— East London Technical College, Courses on
Electronic Instruments, 81
— Kensington, Science Museum, Model of
Early Radio Apparatus, 93; Aveling &
Porter Traction Engine at, 222*; Picture of “Astronomy” at, 591; Gas-Manufacture Gallery at, 742. See Erratum, 808
— of Scotland Electricity Board, Formation
of, 132
— Wales Gas Grid, 830
— Iron and Steel Industry, 782
Southampton, King George V Dry Dock,
Caisson Gate, 438*
Southend, Storm Surge at, January 31, 1953, 241*
Southern India, Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme,
243*
Space Heaters, Oil-Fired (Trade Publication),
103
Spain, Artias Hydro-Electric Scheme, 36-MVA Alternator, 316
Spalding, Dr. D. B., on Compressible Flow of Semi-Perfect Gas, Til*
Spalding, J. V., on East-Coast Flooding
Damage, 38. See 34
Spans, Reinforced-Concrete, Precast, for
Buildings (Beechams Buildings, Ltd.), 667* Spanner, Air-Operated (Trade Publication), 744 Sparling-Davis, Trans-Northern Petroleum
Pipeline, 66, 78*
Specifications, Standard. See Standards;
Standardisation
Spectrographic Equipment (Trade Publication),
266
Spectrometer Ring, X-Ray Diffraction, 82*
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Indicator, Gyrotron Angular Tachometer
(Sperry Gyroscope Co.), 152
— — Reed-Type Tachometer (Trade Pub
lication), 425
— Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing;
Marine Propulsion
— Regulation. See also Governor
— Trials. See Trials
Speedometer with Akulon Gears, 373*
Sperry Gyroscope Co., Gyrotron Angular Tachometer, 152; Use of G.E.C. Heavy Alloy by, 671*
Spheres, Perspex, Calibration Grading of, 273* Spillway, Luichart Dam, 90*
Spinning Mule with “ Dynamatic ” Coupling, 732
“ Spiratube ” Flexible Ducting, 187 Spirax-Sarco, Ltd., Heating and Process Steam (Trade Publication), 456
“ Spitfire ” Aeroplane Design by R. J. Mitchell, 162, 166
Splines and Serrations, Straight-Sided, Specification, 488
Splitter Panel, Sound-Absorbent, for Wind Tunnel (Cementation (Mufflelite), Ltd.), 789*
Sporn, P., bn Alternating-Current Transmission at Extra-High Voltage, 715
Spray Guns (Trade Publication), 776
— Unit for Hot Liquids, Two-Gun (Atlas
Diesel Co., Ltd.), 406*
Spring Materials, Nickel-Alloy (Trade Publication), 362
Springfields, Atomic Factory at, 97, 124* Spur Gearing. See Gears
Squire, H., and Sons, Ltd., Geared Press for Cold Forging of Wire and Strip, 24*
St. Andrews University, Opening of Ewing Building, 232
St. Anne Board Mill Co., Ltd., Trailer with Jekta Moving Floor, 596
St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, Motor Industry Summer School, 157
Stabilisers, Denny-Brown, H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 566*
“ Staffa-10 ” Lorry-Mounted Crane, 829*
“ Stamco” Aluminium-Sheet Corrugating Machine, 823*
Stamping Presses. See Machine Tools Standard of Load, Five-ton Deadweight, British, 468*
Standard Resistance Welders, Ltd., ElectroPneumatic Riveting and Projection Welding Machines, 246*
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.., Coronation Telecommunications (Trade Publication), 140; 4-kVA Electronically- Controlled Spot Welder, 407*; Germanium Rectifiers (Trade Publication), 680*; Acoustic Controller (Trade Publication), 712; Supervisory Control (Trade Publication), 712
Standards Institution, British, Certification Mark for Zinc-Alloy Die-Castings, 263; Code of Practice on Soil and Waste Pipes, 266; Assumption of Responsibility for Codes of Practice, 358; Information Wanted on Rockwell Scales, 632
Standards Institution, British, Specifications, Unified Screw Threads, 9; Dimensions of Fractional Horse-Power Motors, 9; Tolerances for Mouldings in Thermosetting Materials, 41; Engineering Drawing-Office Practice, 66, 71; Steel Wire for Spring, 71; Chemical Stoneware, 71; Ropes (Coir, Hemp, Manila and Sisal), 71; Spring Washers, 71; Swaged Cable-End Connections and Assemblies for Aircraft, 169; Abrasive Discs, 169; Use of Structural Steel in Building, 233; Use of Desiccants in Packaging, 233; Gear Hobs, 265; Balata Belting, 266; Guide to Selection of Fits, 361; Power Factor and Permittivity of Insulating Materials, 361; Copper Capillary and Compression Tube Fittings, 425; Insulating Sheets, 425; Farm and Horticultural Electrical Installations, 425; Copper-Alloy Globe Valves, 456; Ferrous Pipes and Piping Installations, 456; Dimensions of Diamond Abrasive Wheels and Tools, 456; Letter Symbols, Signs and Abbreviations, 482; Straight-Sided Splines and Serrations, 488; Sizes of Sensitized Materials for Recording Instruments, 488; Resistance of Conductive and Anti-Static Rubber Products, 488; Dial Gauges for Linear Measurements, 648; Chains and Wheels for Single-Bottle Width Slat Conveyors, 648; Hand Hammers, 676
Standardisation and American Motor-Car Industry, 267
— in United States and Europe (Review), 329 Starter, Aircraft Engine (Westinghouse Brake
and Signal Co., Ltd.), 569*
— for Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 617
— Motor. See Motors, Electric
State Railways. See Railways
Station, Hampstead, High-Speed Passenger Lift at (Waygood-Otis, Ltd.), 509*
— Power. See Power Stations Statistics, Trade. See Trade Stator for 15-MW Alternator, 528*
— for Large Alternators, Design of, 685
— Production for Electric Motors, by Brook
Motors, Ltd., 761*
— Removable, Integral with Pump, 118* Staythorpe Testing Station for 275-kV Cable,
452
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. See Boilers
— Compressor, Oil-Free (Sulzer Brothers),
534*
— Condensation. See Condenser; Condensing
— Consumption. See Trials; Coal
— Engines. See Engines
— Heater for Vats (Ward’s Patents, Ltd.), 86*
— Heating and Process (Trade Publication),
456
— High Pressure and Temperature, Portobello
Power Station, 174*, 206*
Pressure, and Temperature, for Ships and Power Stations, 148
Steam Pipes, High-Temperature, Design and Materials for, 457*. See LETTERS, 583,643
— — High-Temperature, Thickness of, 67.
See LETTERS, 131, 197, 259, 583, 643
— Plant, Superheaters for (Trade Publication),
808
— Purity, Continuous Measurement of (Trade
Publication), 297
— Raising Towers at Calder Hall Atomic
Power Station, 795*
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Trials. See Trials
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamer, “ Aaron Manby,” First Iron, 229
— “ Arcadia,” Twin-Screw Passenger and
Cargo, 474*, 662*
— under Construction, Lloyd’s Statistics, 190,
616
— “ Empire Frome ” Conversion for' Cable
Laying, 371
— “ Empress of Canada,” Salving of, 359*
— Geared Turbines for'. See Marine Pro-
pulsion
— “ Iberia,” Launch of, 129, 134*
— Launched, Lloyd’s Statistics, 294
— Launching of. See Launching
— Oil-Tank, “ World Harmony,” Launch of,
262*
— “ Ocean Layer,” Conversion for Cable
Laying, 371
— “ Orsova,” All-Welded Orient Liner, 824*
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Resistance of. See Ship Resistance
— “ Saxonia,” Launch of, 262*
— “ Turbinia,” Radial Flow Turbines of, 741*,
771
— See also Engines; Marine Propulsion; Ship
building; Shipping; Ships; Turbines; Warships
Steamships. See Ships; Steamers; Warships Stearine Amine Anti-Stripping Agent for Tar
Products (Ruddock and Meighan, Ltd.), 735
Steed, Dr. R. W., on Plastic Theory for Trussed Steel Beam with Central Load. 77*
Steels for Aircraft Production^ 2, 7. See Erratum, 157
— and Aluminium Alloys in Proximity, Elec
tro-Chemical Relations, 34
— Brittle Fracture in, Conference on, Report,
295
— Carbon, Plate Structures, Brittle Fracture in, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Castings (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels,
Ltd.), 307*
— and Coal Community, European, Report on,
324; Annual Report, 581
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
Steel and Cowlishaw, Ltd., Paint-Reconditioning Machine (Trade Publication), 488; Mixing Machines (Trade Publication), 553
— Fabrication, Press Brakes and Guillotines
(Trade Publication), 488
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue and Tests
(.Materials)
— Founders’ Association, British, Recom
mendations to Users and Makers of Steel Castings (Trade Publication), 330
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Fully-Hardened, Fatigue Problems of, 369
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— and Gas Industries, Relation Between, 646
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— for High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 457*.
See LETTERS, 583, 643
— High-Tensile, Carbon Dioxide as Cooling
Medium for Machining of, 157*
— Hot-Extrusion of, Ugine-Sejournet Process
for, 450, 463
“ Steel is Immortal,” Booklet on, 226
— Ingots, Production in United Kingdom, 230
•— and Iron Scrap Order, 134
?— Low-Alloy, Corrosion Resistance of, 713
— Making, 25 Years’ Developments in, 782
— Microstructure of. See Microphotographs
— Output by United States Steel Corporation,
392
— and Pig Iron Production Statistics, 358, 552,
693
— Pipes for, Gas, Water, Sewage and Air
(Review). 425
— for Steam Pipes. See Steam Pipes
— Plastic Strains in, Apparatus for Measuring,
141*
— Production and Rising Demand, 770
— — Statistics for Europe, 40
— Rails. See Rails
“ Steel Ride ” Film, on Production of Railway Materials, 671
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See JKfte Ropes
— for Steam. See Steam Pipes
— Stairdess, in Power Production, Film of,
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd’, 504
—i Stress Distribution in. See Stress: Tests (Materials)
— Structural, Use of, in Building, Specifica
tion. 233
—? Supply Difficulties for Shipbuilding Industry, 40
— Test® of. See Tests (Materials)
— Tube, Plastic-Covered, “ Burcol ” (G. Burn,
Ltd.), 731
— Tubular, Engineering, Film on, 544
— Vents for Core-Boxes (Temple Instruments^
Ltd.), 341*
— Works. See Works
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., 1-ton Bate tery-Operated Self-Propelled Crane, 119*; Coles “ Colossus ” Mobile 92,000-lb. Crane, 797*
Steelwork, Structural, Use of Structural Steel in Building, Specification, 233
Steelworks. See Works
Stein and Atkinson, Ltd., Oil-Fired Billet- Heating Furnace for 11-in. Continuous Bar Rolling Mill, 819*
Stephens and Carter, Ltd., Tubular Scaffolding (Trade Publication), 488
Stephenson Engineering Society, Place of Sir C. A. Parsons in Mechanical Engineering, by Prof. A. F. Burstall, 771
Stephenson, George, Dial Cottage of, Proposed Preservation of, 419*, 451*
— Room at Institution of Mechanical Engi
neers, 323*
Sterling Metals, Ltd., Prefabricated Factory Building, 667*
Stern and Ball, Ltd., Steel Fabrication, Press Brakes and Guillotines (Trade Publication), 488
Stevedores and Dockers, National Amalgamated, Third-Party Insurance of Dockers
Against Accidents, 127; Overtime Dispute at London Docks, 159, 191, 255, 447 Stevens, H., the Late, 37
Stevenson, H. N. C., on Importance of Custom in Industrial Society, 614
Stewart, Major C. J., the Late, 645 Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Storm Damage at
Bilston Steelworks, 168; Conversion of
Elongation Data (Trade Publication), 362; Cinema Film on Tubular Steel, 544
Stock, J. M., Owen Falls Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 483, 497*, 528*, 579* Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology,
Investigations on Hot Rolling, 806; and on Iron-Ore Beneficiation, 806 Stocksbridge Steelworks, Oil-Fired Pre-Melter
for Electric-Arc Furnace at, 194, 212* Stoker, Mechanical, Inefficiency of, in Loco
motives, 274
— Travelling, for Burning Coke Breeze (J.
Thompson Water Tube Boilers, Ltd.), 527* Stone, J. and Co., Ltd., Heating and Lighting
Systems for Electric Railcars, 343*
Stone, J. and Co. (Charlton), Ltd., Controllable- Pitch Marine Propeller for Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374*
Stoneware, Chemical, Methods of Testing,
Specification, 71
Storage Battery. See Accumulator under
Electric; Motor Vehicles; Motor Trucks
— Tanks for Carbon Dioxide Cooling Medium,
157*
Storch, Dr. H. H., Award of Melchett Medal to, 582
Storm of January 31 to February 1, 1953,
Damage by, 34, 38
— Surges on East Coast of England, 34, 38 North Sea, January 31, 1953, 241* Storr, C. P., on Power System Performance, 426 Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., Tar-Macadam Plant,
Swinburne Quarry, 760*
Stove, Hot-Blast, Bilston Steelworks, Storm Damage to, 168
Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools Strain Gauges, Resistance (Trade Publication),
103
— Time Curves for Steam-Pipe Steels, 457*.
See LETTERS, 583, 643
— See also Stress
Strainer, Self-Cleaning (Trade Publication), 617 Streets. See Roads
— Lighting (Trade Publication), 808
and Road Safety, Connection Between,
327
— Railway. See Tramways
Streine Tool and Manufacturing Co., Alumi
nium-Sheet Corrugating Machine, 823* Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests
(Materials)
Stress, Alternating and Combined. See Tests (Materials)
— in Aluminium-Alloy Headless Rivets, 398*
— Corrosion Cracking, Problems of Mechan
ism of, 367
— in Flat Plates with Reinforced Holes, 811*
— History and Fatigue Damage, Relation
Between, 369
— in Oil Tanker During Launching, 238
— in Pipe Flanges, 275
— in Reinforced Annular Plates, 335*
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— in Road Surfaces due to Traffic, 749
— Strain Diagrams for Steel, 141*
— Thermal, Conference on, 98, 115
— Working, in High-Temperature Steam Pipes,
457*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
Strikes. See Labour Strip-Feeding Machine for Power Press
(Birmingham Tool and Gauge Co., Ltd.), *765
— and Wire, Geared Press for Cold Forging, 24* Stroboscope, Mechanical (Dawe Instruments,
Ltd.), 537
Strontium-90, Preparation and Uses of, 631* Structural Analysis by Digital Computers, 226, 239*
New Mechanics of, 115
— Design in Aluminium by J. B. Dwight
(Review), 265
— Steel in Building, Use of, Specification, 233
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures, Carbon-Steel Plate, Brittle Fracture
in, by M. E. Shank (Review), 585
— Domain, of Ferromagnetic Metals, 590
— Reinforced-Concrete. See Concrete, Rein
forced
— Rigid-Frame, Collapse Load Factor for,
210*
— Water-Retaining, Joints in, 379
Stuart Lecture on Long Life Internal-Combus
tion Turbine, 717*
Students of Engineering and Applied Science, Mathematics for, by L. B. Benny (Review), 744
Sturgeon, A. J., the Late, 711
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., TurboExhausters and Blowers (Trade Publication), 9; Electrostatic Precipitators, Portobello Power Station, 175; Wood- Refuse Collection (Trade Publication), 553 Subgrades and Granular Bases', Protection by
Surface Dressings (Review), 297 Submarine Boats. See Warships Submarine Cables, Ltd., S.S. “ Ocean Layer,”
for Cable Laying, 371; Transatlantic Telephone Cable, 452, 482
Submarine Television. See Television Substation, Bond-street, London, Re-Equipment with Mercury-Arc Rectifiers, 604*
— Outdoor, for Testing Plant for Large
Alternators, 28*
— Rectifier, British Railways, Southern Re
gion, 258, 282*
Suction Plant for Railway Carriage “ Blowing Out ” Shop (Musgrave and Co., Ltd.), 248* Suffolk, Flood Damage in 34, 38
Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920), Ltd., Low-Temperature Welding (Trade Publication), 361 Sugar-Processing Machinery (Trade Publication), 488
Sui, Pakistan, Natural Gas at, 423
Sully, Dr. A. H., on Metal Entrapment in Light-Alloy Melting Flux. 649
Sulphamate Solution Nickel Plating from, 748 Sulphur Dioxide and Air Pollution Control 549*
Sulphuric-Acid Plant (Trade Publication), 330 Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Oil-Free Reciprocating Compressor, 533*
Sulzer Brothers (London), Ltd., 955-h.p. Diesel Engine for Locomotive, 317*
“ Superform ” Switch and Distribution Gear, 446*
Superheater Co., Ltd., Continuous Measurement of Steam Purity (Trade Publication) 297; Superheaters for Steam Plant (Trade Publication), 808
“ Superset ” Electrical Comparator, 765*
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition, 410; Annual Dinner, 487
Supervisory Control (Trade Publication), 712
— Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Asso
ciation of, Annual Conference, 800
Supply, Ministry of, Message to Atomic- Energy Organisation Staff, 39; Aircraft Fatigue Tests at Farnborough, 132*; Iron and Steel Scrap Order, 134; Training Scheme for Chemical Engineers, 199; Statement on Accelerating Aircraft Deve- looment, 322; Conqueror Tank, 483*; Cable Makers and Monopolies Commission, 674; Grants to Research Establishments, 675; Helicopter Research and Development by, 803
Suppression System, Explosion, for Industrial Plants (Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 493*
Suppressor for Motor Vehicles, 260
Surface Condensers. See Condensers
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding under
Machine Tools
— Heaters, Electrical, Formed by Spraying
(D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 378*
“ Surform ” Combined Hand Plane and File, 86*
Surges, Storm, on East Coast of England, 34, 38, 241*
Surrey Tool Development Co., Ltd., Exhibition of Yates Welding-Shop Plant, 669
Surveying, Optical Apparatus for Accurate Alignment Over Long Distances, 654*
Sutton, J. W., Winch Gear for Dover Car- Ferry Bridge, 25*
Svahn, Dr. O., on Deep-Drawing Properties of Steel, 806
Swallow Coach Building Co. (1935), Ltd.,
. Doretti Sports Motor Car, 120
Swarf, Cast-Iron, Briquetting of, by Leyland Motors Ltd., 217
Iron, Briquetting Press for (Fielding and Platt, Ltd.), 414*
Sweden, British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in, Formation of, 614
— to Denmark Roadway Bridge and Tunnel,
134
— Fagersta Steelworks, Extensions to, 358
— Fuel-Testing Chamber, Graviner Explosion
Suppressors for, 494*
— Gotland High-Voltage Transmission
Scheme, 715
— Iron and Steel Institute Meeting in, 806
— Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages
in, 715
— Rolling Mill Practice in, 810
— 380-kV Series Capacitors in, 785
— Sintering of Iron Ores in, 17
Sweeper, Floor, Permanent-Magnet (Electromagnets, Ltd.), 634*
“ Swift-Feeder ” Machine for Power Press, 765*
Swinburne Quarry, Northumberland, Mechanical Plant at, 759*
Swindells, Dr. N., on Factors Affecting Quality of Extrusion, 649. See Erratum. 712
Switches, Motor Starting. See Motors, Electric
Switchgear, 11-kV, for Bond-street Substation (Switchgear and Cowans, Ltd.), 604*
— for British Railways, Southern Region, 282*
— Circuit-Breakers and Continuity of Elec
tricity Supply, 65, 76
— — .Breaker, Earth Leakage (Chilton Electric
Products, Ltd.), 544
Breakers for Electric Railways, Protection of, 328
— — Breaker, 380-kV Field Testing, 716 Breakers, High-Voltage, Post-Arc Currents in, 716
Breaker Testing, Weill Current for, 716
— Compressed-Air Equipment for (Trade
Publication), 330
Switchgear and Cowans, Ltd., 11-kV Switchgear for Bond-street Substation, 604*
— Direct-Current, for Bond-street Substation
(B. Thomas (Engineers), Ltd.), 605
— Flameproof (General Electric Co., Ltd.),
793*
— 440-Volt Group Starter Board (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 635*
— for Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme,
431
— 11-kV Metal-Clad, Nechells “B” Power
Station, 502*, 661
—- Micro-Switches (Trade Publication), 617
— and Motor Control Gear (Trade Publica
tion), 41
— On-Load Tap Changing Equipment, 785
— Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 532*
— Portobello Power Station, 208*
—• Safety Measures for, 746
— for Slant Haulage Plant (General Electric
Co., Ltd.), 122*
— Switches (Trade Publication), 617
Contactor, Mercury, Triple-Pole (Lon- dex, Ltd.), 94
-— — High-Tension, Oil-Break (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 701*
Switchgear, Switches Mercury, for Mechanical- Handling Equipment (General Electric Co., Ltd.); 341
Oil, High-Tension (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 827*
— 33-kV On-Load Tapping (General
Electric Co., Ltd.), 405*
Rotary, Multi-Pole (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 84*
— Switchboard, Ironclad (Trade Publication),
330
Totally-Enclosed (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 446*
— Switching Overvoltages, Limiting of, 716
— Testing Station, Hebburn, A. Reyrolle &
Co., Ltd., 418, 442*, 716
Switzerland, Beznau Power Station Experience with Gas Turbines at, 146*
— Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages in, 715
Sydenham, Bell Green Gasworks, Segas Process for Gas Production, 34, 52*
Sydney Metropolitan Water Board, Warragamba Dam, 400*
Sykes Boxall and Co., Ltd., versus Purefoy Engineering Co., Ltd., Legal Decision on, 454
Symbols, Signs and Abbreviations, Letter, Specification, 482

T.8 NAVAL Gas Turbine, 622
Tables of 10x (Antilogarithms to Base 10) (Review), 201
— Binomial, 56-100, by H. G. Romig (Review),
329
— of Natural Logarithms (Review), 232
— of Normal Probability Functions (Review),
393
Tachometer. See Speed Indicator Tank, Army, Conqueror, 483*
— Experimental, Model Resistance in Turbu
lent-Flow Investigations, 651
Model Tests on Ship Forms of 0.65
Block Coefficient, 681
Model Tests and Ship Performance, 618 National Physical Laboratory, Work of, 653
Tests of H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 522, 540*, 565*
See also Ship Resistance
— Fuel-Oil, Dispersing Sludge in (Xzit (Great
Britain), Ltd.), 120
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships; Oil
Tankers
— Steamers. See Steamers; Oil Tankers
— Storage, for Carbon Dioxide Cooling
Medium, 157*
Tapes, Magnetic, Computers and Diffraction Gratings for Machine-Tool Control (Ferranti, Ltd.), 766*
— Recorders (Trade Publication), 744
Tar Coatings, Anti-Stripping Agent for (Ruddock and Meighan, Ltd.), 735
— Macadam Plant, Swinburne Quarry (Sto-
thert and Pitt, Ltd.), 760*
Tasmania Hydro-Electric Commission, Derwent River Scheme, 71
Taxation and Engineering Industries, 62 Taylor and Challen, Ltd., Geared Press for Cold
Forging of Wire and Strip, 24*; 450-ton Screw Press with Power-Assisted Control
Gear, 434*
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., Microscope for Turbine Blading, 537
Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., Atomic
Power Station at Calder Hall, 795*
Taymen, Ltd., Pole-Hole Borer Mounted on Ferguson Tractor, 221*
Teachers and Teaching. See Education Tebby, J. M., on Drawings in Engineering, 677.
See LETTERS, 611, 707, 775
Technical College and Education. See Education
— Lecture, by Dr. A. H. Willis (Review), 647
— Societies. See Institutions
Technologists and Scientists, Advanced Short
Courses for, Conference on, 291
Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Protection Instruments for Diesel Engines and Air Compressors, 380
Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Telecine Projection Equipment for Television (Marconi Wireless Telegrapn Co., Ltd.) 668*
Telecommunications, Coronation (Trade Publication), 140
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 331*
— International, Cable and Wireless, Ltd., 482 Teleflex Products, Ltd., Window and Ventilator
Remote-Control System, 600*; Rotary Indicators (Trade Publication), 808 Telegraph Circuits, Long-Distance Error
Detection and Correction Equipment for (Cable and Wireless, Ltd-!)) 280* Telegraphy, Wireless. See Radar; Radio;
Television; Valves, Radio
“ Telehoist ” High-Low Loader, 797* Telephone Repeater, Deep-Sea, 677
— Transatlantic, Cables for (Submarine Cables
Ltd.), 452, 482
Submarine Cable, 59
Telephony, Wireless Developments, by Royal
Aircraft Establishment, 372
See also Radar; Radio; Television; Valves, Radio
Telescope, Radio, of Manchester University, 826*
Television Advisory Committee, Report to Postmaster-General, 151
— Bill, Introduction of, 322
— Camera, Submarine, Marconi-Siebe Gor
man, 253*. See 392, 555. See Erratum, 681
— Colour, Bibliography of, 802
System of (Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Co., Ltd.), 701
— Coronation Day (Review), 9
— Equipment Exhibition, King’s College,
London, 69
Image Orthicon Tube and Camera Equipment for, 668*
Television Equipment, Industrial (Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd.), 472*
for Industry and Education (Pye, Ltd.), 66, 88*
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 331*
— “ Pay-as-You-See ” (Trade Publication), 140
— Reception, Interference from Motor Cars,
260
— Society, Television Equipment Exhibition,
69; Fleming Lecture on Colour Television, Arrangements for, 294; Bibliography of Colour Television, 802
— Underwater, 555. See Erratum, 681.
See 253,* 392
Use in Salvage of “ Comet ” Aircraft, 392
Temperature Changes, Fine, Measuring of, 15*
— High, Metals for Use at, 589
— Indicators (Trade Publication), 680
— Measurement. See Pyrometer; Thermo
couple; Thermometer
— and Pressures, “ Knock ” in Petrol Engines,
111*
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Temple Instruments, Ltd., Steel Vents for Core- Boxes, 341*
— Mills Marshalling Yard, British Railways
422
Templeborough Steelworks, Experiments with Open-Hearth Furnace at, 194, 212*
Templex Folding and Sliding Doors for Hangar, 658*
Tenders, Locomotive. See Locomotive
Tensile Tests1. See Tests (Materials)
Tension Indicator for Wires (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 812*
Tensometer for Wires, Building Research Station, 812*
Tentor Bar Co., Ltd., Indented Bar Reinforcement for Concrete, 350*. See Erratum, 406
Terminal Blocks and Strips (Trade Publication), 393
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Terrell, B. J., on Measurement of Thermal Stress in Turbine Machinery, 116
Tesa, Ltd., “ Micromaster ” Micrometer, 87* Test, Adhesion, Quantitative, for Electrodeposited Chromium, 747
— Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— of Allen-Stoeckhicht Epicyclic Reduction
Gearboxes, 185*
— and Certification of Intrinsically Safe
Electrical Apparatus (Review), 425
— of 4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning Gas Turbine
for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Drop, of Aircraft Undercarriages (Dowty
Equipment, Ltd.), 20*
Test Equipment, Ltd., Six-Component Vertical- Centre Balance, 791*
— 200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Driven Generator
637*
— House, Aero-Engine, Compressor and Turbine, Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 214*
— Load-Bearing of Roads, 470*
— Magnetic. See Magnetic

Tests (Materials):

Bending Tests, Full-Scale, of 55-ft. Span Lee-McCall Prestressed-Concrete Beam, 815*
Compression Tests of Columns, 1.3*. See LETTER, 775
Creep Tests of Lead', Copper, Molybdenum and Aluminium Alloys, 682 Low-Alloy Steels at High Temperatures, 713
Elongation Data, Conversion Card (Trade Publication), 362
Fatigue Tests of Aircraft at Farnborough, 132*
Effects of Various Factors on, 368 Hardness Tests, Rockwell, Information Wanted on Scales Used) 632
Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic
Non-Destructive Tests of Wood, Problems of, 367
Shear Tests, Aluminium-Alloy Headless Rivets, 398*
Static Tests of Mild Steel, 142*
Stresses in Materials and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Tests, Aluminium-Alloy Headless Rivets, 398*
- — Tentor Reinforcement Bar, 350* See Erratum, 406
Tests for High-Temperature Steam-Pipe
Steels, 457*. See LETTERS, 583, 643
— of Pipe Flanges, 275
Testing Machine for Columns, II®*, See LETTER, 775
Hardness, “ Bracknell ” and “ Pene- trascope ” (Cabul Tool Co., Ltd.) 697*
Hardness, “ Burton ” (Burton Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 765*
Hardness, “ Hardometer ” (Firth- Brown Tools, Ltd.), 697*
Universal, for Large Structures Belgian, 751*
Torsion Tests of Tubular Welded Radio Masts, 57*
Tests, Motor-Vehicle, by Motor Industry
Research Association, 730*
— Non-Destructive, for Structural Concrete,
749
— and Research Rigs of Dowty Equipment,
Ltd., 18*
— River Pollution, Circular on, 271
— of Road-Surface Dressings Distribution
Machines, 285
— of Submarine Power Cables, for Link
Between Britain and France, 450, 464*. See LETTER, 515
— Train Resistance, on British Railways, 390
— of Tubular Transmission-Line Tower, 3
— of Tubular Welded Radio Masts (British
Insulated Callender’s Construction Co., Ltd.), 57*
Testing, Electrical, Safety Measures for, 746
— Field, of 380-kV Circuit-Breakers, 716
Testing Laboratory, Electrical, Mobile (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 88
See also National Physical
— Machines of A. J. Amsler and Co., 710
for Endurance Tests on Sealing Materials (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 19*
Flatness, Monochromatic Interference (Pitter Gauge and Precision Tool Co., Ltd.), 697*
— for Frictional Behaviour of Two Mate
rials Immersed in Liquid, 20*
Gear, Rolling (J. Goulder and Sons, Ltd.), 697*
Hydraulic Press, 12-ton, for Testing Shock Absorbers, 19*
Universal, for Large Structures, Belgian, 751*
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society for, Booklet
on Some Unsolved Problems, 367
— Plant for Large Alternators, of General
Electric Co.,. Ltd., 28*
?— Station for Stators at Barugh Green Works, 763*
Staythorpe, for 275-kV Cable, 452
for Switchgear, Hebburn, A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd., 418, 442*, 716
— Ultrasonic, Reference Block for, 157
— See also Tests (Materials); Trials
Teszner, S., on Post-Arc Currents in High Voltage Circuit-Breakers, 716; on Switching Overvoltages, 716
Textile Industry, Electricity in, 161
Position and Prospects of, 202*. See LETTER, 290
— Machinery Industry, Knitting Machinery
Prospects, 803
Industry, Overseas Demands, 771
— Manufacturing Company, Results of Work
Study by, 322
Thames, River, Coryton Oil Refinery, 687* Investigation on Flooding by, 684 Investigations on Pollution of, 584 Thermal Efficiencies of British Power Stations, 518
for Free-Piston Gas-Generator Turbine, 686*
of Gas-Turbine Installations, 717*
— — of 60-h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine, 508
— — Portobello Power Station, 209
— Stress, Conference on, 98, 115
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
Thermionic Valves. See KzZves, Radio; Radio
Thermocouple, Embedded, Design for, 489*
— and Galvanometer, Measurement by, 180*
— Provision of Constant Thermal Datum for,
15*
— See also Pyrometer
Thermodynamics, Applied, by Dr. A. C. Walshaw (Review), 72
to Heat Engines, 35. See LETTER, 98
— Compressible Flow of Semi-Perfect Gas,
777*
— Graduate School, Birmingham University,
514, 526*
Thermometers, Electrical Resistance (Trade Publication), 680
— See also Pyrometers; Thermocouples Thermosetting Materials, Mouldings for, Tolerances for, Specification, 41
Thomas, B. (Engineers), Ltd., Switchgear for British Railways, 283; Direct-Current Switchgear for Bond-street Substation, 605 Thomas, Sir M., on Impact of Gas Turbine on Civil Aviation, 195. See 193
Thompson, J., Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., Coke-Breeze Combustion System, 527* Thorneycroft, W., the Late, 548
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Fifty Years’ Work at Woolston, 776
Threads, Screw. See Screw
Thwaites, C. J., on Creep and Fatigue Properties of Lead and Lead Alloys, 682; on Age-Hardening Properties of Lead-Anti- mony Alloy, 682
Tidal Basin, Tilbury, Siltation of, 684
— Institute and Observatory, Liverpool,
Annual Report, 241*
Ties for Concrete Form-Work (Trade Publication), 617
Tilbury Tidal Basin, Siltation of, 684
Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd., Smoke Generator for Tsetse Fly Control, 219*
Timber Fasteners Under Load, Fatigue Properties of, 369
— Photomicrographs for Identification of
Hardwoods (Review), 232
Time-Study Rating, Accuracy of, 290, 301* Timekeeping Equipment (Trade Publication), 585
Timer, Process (Trade Publication), 425
Timoshenko, S. P., Collected Papers of (Review), 519
Tin Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Box Making Machinery “ Bodymaker ”
(F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 242*
Tipping Platform Hydraulically-Operated, for Motor Lorries (Link-Belt Co.), 219
— Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles
Tittel, J., on Variable-Speed Synchronous Machines for Hydro-Electric Power Plants, 685
Tolerances on Machine Work. See Gauge
Tomes, F. H., on Flood Damage in Lincolnshire, 39. See 34
Tomlinson, A., on Drawings in Engineering, 707. See LETTERS, 611, 677, 775
Tompion Medal of Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, Founding of, 582
Tookey, W. A., the Late, 227*
Tools, Compressed-Air, Films of, Broom and Wade, Ltd., 391
— Grinder. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
— Hand, Data on Productivity and Factory
Performance (Review), 361
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
— Small-, Engineers’ (Trade Publication), 9
— and Wheels, Diamond Abrasive, Specifica
tion, 456
Toothed Gear, See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Toroidal Potentiometers (Trade Publication),
103
Toronto to Montreal, Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 78*
— Yonge-Street Subway, Rolling Stock for-,
342*
Torque Overload Limiter (Fords (Finsbury), Ltd.), 734*
— Meters. See Dynamometers; Torsionmeters Torsion Tests. See Tests (Materials) Torsionmeter Readings and Ship’s Horse
Power, 618
— See alls® Dynamometers Tortise, Col. H. J., the Late, 293
Tough Brothers, Ltd., Refit of Motor Yacht
“ Aries,” 647
Tower, Beauchamp, Work on Lubrication, 805
— Cooling, for Brewery Refrigeration Plant,
58*
Reinforced-Concrete, Nechells “ B ”
Power Station, 661*
— or Girder, Collapsible, Le Roy, 244*
— Steam-Raising, at Calder Hall Atomic
Power Station, 795*
— Transmission-Line, Tubular, Tests of, 3 Town Gas. See Ga.v
Tracks, Detachable, for Tractor Wheels (Bates Bros. (S.M.W.), Ltd.), 667*
— High-Speed, Motor-Vehicle, Lindley, 730* Trackless Trolley System, Road Traction.
See Trolley ’Bus
Traction Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Electric. See Railways; Trolley ’Bus;
Tramways
— Engine, Aveling and Porter, at Science
Museum, 222*
— Railway, Electric and Diesel-Electric (Trade
Publication), 744
Tractor, Diesel-Engined, for Luggage Trailers (Lansing Bagnall, Ltd.), 186*
— Agricultural, American Manufacture of,
Report on, 228
Diesel Engines for, 309
— — 45-h.p. Diesel-Engined (Massey-Harris-
Ferguson (Manufacturing), Ltd.), 348* with Hydraulic Transmission, 708*
— — Introduction of Pneumatic Tyre for, 584
— Production and Export of, 362*
— —-in United Kingdom, Increased Use of,
228
— “ Bogmaster,” for Water-Logged Soils-
(Rotary Hoes, Ltd.), 285*
— Crawler, 50-h.p. to 150-h.p. Diesel-Engined
“ Challenger ” (J. Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd.), 627*
-— Ferguson, Demonstration of Implements Used with, 220*
— Fordson-Major, Cable-Control Unit for (J.
Olding and Co., Ltd.), 667
— Freight, Industrial and Airport (Lansing
Bagnall, Ltd.), 186*
— Manufacture, Proposed, in Argentina, 228
— Mounted Hydraulic Overhead Loader F. E.
Weatherill, Ltd.), ATI*
— for Soil-Stabilising Equipment (Rotary
Hoes, Ltd.), 54*
— Trenching Attachment for (Allis-Chambers
Co.), 152
— Wheels, Detachable Tracks for (Bates
Bros. (S.M.W.), Ltd.), 667*
Trade with China, Promotion of, 738
— and Craftsmanship Exhibition, Alton, 546
— Directory, Electrical (Review), 425
— Disputes. See Labour .
— Economic Survey for 1953, 450
— European Coal and Steel Community, 44,
324; Annual Report, 581
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Agricultural Machinery, 362*
— — Aircraft, 268*
Boiler Plant, 139*
British, Problems of, 738
Burmese, 706
-— — Clock and Watch, 396*
— — Coal-Mining Machinery, 136*
Cycle, 396*
— — Electrical Engineering, Value and Nature
545
Electrical Engineering and Consulting Engineers, 801, 806
— — Electrical Equipment, 210*, 136*, 331* Electronics, 331*. See LETTER, 483 Engineering, Credits for, 418
and Import, Statistics of Engineering and Allied Industries, 2, 10*, 42*, 73*, 98, 103*, 136*, 162, 170*, 202*, 234*, 268*, 298*, 331*, 362*, 386*, 394*. See LETTERS, 131, 226, 290; 483. See Elrafwn, 478
Instruments^ 11*
Iron and Steel, 2, 11*, 45*
Locomotive, 162, 170*, 706. See
LETTER, 226
Machine-Tools, 98, 103*
Marine-Engineering, 298*
Motor Vehicle, 11*, 42, 234*, 546
Office Machinery, 395*. See LETTER, 483
Railway Carriage, 170*
Railway Wagon, 170*
Rolling Stock, 170*
Selling, Booklet on, 610
Shipbuilding, 298*
by Small Firms, 322
Telegraph and Telephone Equipment, 331*
— — Television Equipment, 331*
Textile Machinery, 202*, 771.. See
LETTER, 290
— — Valve, 198
Wire and Cable, 331*
— Import of Ferro-Alloys, 89
— Knitting Machinery, 803
— Mission to Middle East, Report, 707
— Publications, 9, 41, 72, 103, 140, 201, 266,,.
297, 330, 361, 393, 425, 456, 488, 553, 585a 617, 648, 680, 712, 744, 776, 808
— Russo-British, 578
— Unions. See Labour
— Western European, 642
Trafalgar Engineering Co., Ltd., Cable-
Standing Machines, 539
Traffic, London, Problems of, 675
Trailer Body, Road, with Moving Floor (Walker and County Cars, Ltd.), 596
Trailer Road, 45-ton (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 408*
— Tipping, for Ferguson Tractors, 220* Train Control, Automatic, and Safety, 326
— Derailment, at Abington, of “ Royal Scot,”
Report on, 354
Between Wilnecote and Kingsbury, Report on, 515. See Erratum, 569
— Multiple-Unit, Diesel-Driven, for British
Railways, 200
— Resistance Tests on British Railways, 390
— See also Railway
Training. See 'Education
Tramways, Overhead Equipment for (Trade Publication), 680
Trane Co., Air-Conditioning Plant, 338*
Transformer, 300-kVA, Air-Cooled (Transformers (Watford), Ltd.), 600*
— Auto, for Very-High Voltage Networks, 785
— for Bond-street Substation, 604
— for British Railways Substations, 282*
— on Electric Railways, Protection of, 328
— Foster (Trade Publication), 425
— for Hebburn Switchgear Testing Station,
418, 443*, 06
— Installation (Trade Publication), 648
— Maintenance of Insulating Materials of, 785
— Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 531*
— “ Passivated ” Oil for (Manchester Oil
Refinery, Ltd.), 799
— 75-MVA Portobello Power Station, 207*
— Protection, Gas-Actuated Relay for (English
Electric Co., Ltd.), 734*
— 12-kVA Single-Phase (Woden Transformer
Co., Ltd.), 569
— for Very-High Voltage Networks, 785
— Wagon, 135-ton for British Railways, 220* Transformers (Watford), Ltd., 300-kVA Air-
Cooled Transformers, 600*
Transistors (Mullard, Ltd.), 245
?— Point-Contact and Junction Types (Ampli- vox, Ltd.), 322, 347*
Transmission Dynamometer. See Dynamometer; Torsionmeter
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— Hydraulic, on Agricultural Tractor, 708*
— of Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
Transmitters, High/Ultra-High Frequency (Mullard Research Laboratories), 597*
Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, from Montreal to Toronto, 66, 78*
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— and Civil Aviation, Ministry of, Report,
Railway Accidents in 1952, 6; Proposed Roadway Over Forth Bridge, 28; Report on Derailment of “ Royal Scot ” at Abington, 354; Report on Collapse of Clifton Hall Tunnel, 358; Survey of Canals and Inland Waterways, 482; Report on Derailment Between Wilnecote and Kingsbury, 515. See Erratum, 569; Report of London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, 675
— Commercial, and Roads, Traffic Problems,
168
— and General Workers’ Union, Attitude to
Strikes and Arbitration, 351; High Wages and Living Costs, 479; Wage Increase for Women Engineering Employees, 575; Suggested Equal Pay for Women Industrial Civil Servants, 832; Criticism of Abrupt Rejection of Wage Claims, 832
— Inland, European, Report on, 738
— Institute of, Brancker Lecture on “ Impact
of Gas Turbine on Civil Aviation by Sir M. Thomas, 195. See 193
— Ministry . of. See Transport and Civil
Aviation, Ministry of
— Motor. See Roacl; Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road; Motor; Trolley ’Bus
— Safety in, Cantor Lectures on, 326, 327,
334
— Salaried Staffs’ Association, Examination of
Railway Wage and Salary Structure, 31; New Structure for Railwaymen’s Wages, 479, 511; Pay Rates for Salaried Staffs, 543
Travancore-Cochin, India, Peechi Dam Irrigation Scheme, 243*
Travelling Crane. See Crane Trawlers, Large, Design of, 554
Treads and Flooring, Safety (Trade Publication), 266
Trenching Attachment for Allis-Chambers Tractor (Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 152
— Machine, Wagon-Mounted (J. Olding &
Co., Ltd.), 798*
Trewby, Cmdr. (E) G. F. A., on British Naval Gas Turbines, 622
Trials, Agricultural Tractors. See Tractors
— of H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 567
— of Ships and model Prediction, 618
— Trips and Launches of Ships, 31, 52, 150,
246, 279, 309, 330, 371, 391, 433, 503, 527, 576, 608, 640, 699, 767, 808
— of Triple-Screw Motor Launch for
Venezuela, 182*
— See also Tests
Triplex Group of Companies, Steel Fabrication, Press Brakes and Guillotines (Trade Publication), 488
Trolley, Manually-Operated “ Minigrip ” (Didsbury Engineering Co., Ltd.), 797*
— Buses, Overhead Equipment for (Trade
Publication), 680
— — Replacement by Motor Omnibuses, 603 Truck, Battery-Operated, Oil or Petrol-Driven.
See Motor Truck; Motor Vehicle
— Hand , Hydraulic, “ Sherpa ” (Salisbury
Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 420
— Railway. See Wagons
— See also Bogie
Tsetse-Fly Control, Smoke Generator for (Tiltman Langley Laboratories, Ltd.), 219*
Tube Calculations, Slide Rule for (Tube Investments, Ltd.), 87
— Capillary and Compression, Fittings for,
Copper, Specification, 425
— Cleaners and Soot-Blowers (Trade Publi
cation), 266
Tube, Cooling, for Refrigerators (Trade Publication), 808
Tube Investments, Ltd., Slide Rule for Tube Calculations, 87'
— Railways. See Underground Railways;
London Transport Executive
— Separator, Dunlab, for Coal-Burning Gas
Turbine for Locomotives, 563*
— Steel, Plastic-Covered, “ Burcol ” (G.
Burn, Ltd.), 731
— Straightening Machine (Bronx Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 667*
— See also Pipes
Tubewrights, Ltd., Tests of Tubular Transmission-Line Tower, 3; Exhibits at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 420
Tubular Construction for Travelling Cranes, Advantages of (J. H. Carruthers and Co., Ltd.), 411*
— Steel Engineering; Cinema Film on, 544- Tuck, Major-Gen. G. N., on Engineers’ Task
in Future Wars, 133
• Tunnel and Bridge Projects, United Kingdom Booklet on, 168
— Clifton Hall, Collapse of, Report on, 358
— Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme, 90*
— for Kariba and Kafue Hydro-Electric
Schemes, 644
— for Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric
Scheme, 418, 430*
— Rimutaka, New Zealand, 623
— Roadway, Sweden to Denmark, 134 Tunnelling, Colliery, “ Marietta ” Miner for,
296*
Turbine Gas, Blading for. See Blading
British Naval, 622
at Beznau Power Station, Experiences with, 146*
4,250-h.p. Coal-Burning, for Locomotives, 561*, 592*
— — Developments in, 148
— — Effective Utilisation of Materials in, 305*
— — 60-h.p. Industrial (Rover Gas Turbines, Ltd.), 507*
— —- 750/1,000-kW Installation (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 68
Laboratory, Birmingham University, 514, 526*
500-s.h.o. Long-Life (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 718*
Metals for, 589 Peat-Fired, Experiments with, 304
— — Production of Blading for, 620
200-h.p., for Ships’ Emergency Generators (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 637*
—- — 350-h.p. for Ships’ Generators (W. H. Allen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 638*
Testing by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 214*
— — for Turbo-Diesel Aero Engine, 571*,
573. See LETTER, 611
Types and Development of, 717* Use in Power Stations, 138
Weight-Power Ratio in, 401
— — See also Engines under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic, in Canadian Power Plants,
Statistics, 501
— — Conon Valley Hydro-Electric Scheme,
90*
— — 140,000-h.p., Kemano-Kitimat Hydro-Electric Scheme, 418, 431
21,000-h.p., Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 497, 528*, 579
See also Power Plant
— Internal-Combustion, Long Life, 717*
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— Steam, Blading for. See Blading for Calder Hall Atomic Power Station (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 795* Developments in, 148
— — Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion
60-MW, Portobello Power Station, 174*, 206*
— — Work of Sir C. A. Parsons on, 740*, 771
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships “Turbinia,” S.S., Radial Flow Turbines of 741*, 771
Turbo-Exhausters and Blowers (Trade Publication), 9
— Generating Set, 550-kW Geared (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 634*
— Generators, 5,000-kW, Coryton Oil
Refinery, 688*
— — for European Heavy Equipment, 423 Gas-Generator, 1,250-kW Free-Piston
Alternator, 686* 500-kW H.M. Yacht “ Britannia,” 567 Large, Testing Plant for, 28*
— — 52-5-MW, Nechells “ B ” Power Station,
660*
Original, of Sir C. A. Parsons, 740*, 771 60-MW, Portobello Power Stations, 174*,
206*
1,200-kW, S.S. “ Arcadia,” 663* Turner, Dr. A. N., on Control of Quality in
Rolling of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, 649
Turner Brothers (B’ham.), Ltd., Calendar (Trade Publication), 72
Turner and Brown, Ltd., Fans and Ducting of
Corrosion-Resistant Plastic, 60* Turning. See Machine Tools
— and Boring Mills. See Machine Tools Tustin, Prof. A., on Scope of University
Education, 577
Tiitsch, P. H., on Solidification of Iron-
Phosphorus-Carbon Irons, 809 “ Twinner ” Pipe-Flanging Jig, 478* “ Twinner ” 6-ton Welding Manipulator, 758* Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Twose, E. V., Ltd., Road Roller Driven by
Ferguson Tractor, 220*
Typesetting by Photograph® developments in;
739
Tyre Failures and Railway Safety, 326
— Pneumatic, Agricultural, 21st Birthday of,
584
— Wear of London Transport Executive
Rolling Stock, 145

UGANDA ELECTRICITY BOARD, Annual Report, 290; Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 482, 497*, 528*, 579*
Ugine-Sejournet Process for Hot Extrusion of Steel, 450, 463
Ultrasonoscope Flaw Detector, 473
Undercarriages, Aircraft, Drop Tests of (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 20*
Underground Railway, Toronto, Electric Railcars for, 342*
Tube Railways and London Traffic, 618
— — See also London Transport Executive
— Services; Hydraulic-Thrust Boring Machine
for (E. Pass and Co., Ltd.), 60*
Undersea Workings at Seafield Colliery, 678 Underwater-Coal Seams, Platforms for Proving, 295*
Unicum Co., 4-ton Mobile Crane with Telescopic Folding Jib, 830*
Union Pacific Railroad, Gas-Turbine Locomotives of, 593
— Trade. See Labour
“ Uniporn ” Horizontal Diesel Engines, 254* Units, M.K.S. System of: Guide for Electrical Engineers, by T. McGreevy (Review), 140
United Kingdom, Farm Machinery in, Report on, 228
— States, Agriculture in. Use of Aircraft in
(Review). 265
Air-Pollution Control in, 546, 549*
and British Engineering Education Compared, 321
Bureau of Mines, Circular on Nature and Uses of Vermiculite, 559
— — 230-kV Capacitor Installations, 786
— — Colour Television in, 802
Department of Labor, Report on Productivity and Factory Performance of Farm Tractors, 228
Development of Steam Turbines in, 148
— — Developments in Water-Borne Aircraft
in, 199
— — Engineers’ Council for Professional
Development, Annual Report, 99
and Europe, Standardisation in (Review), 329
Export Trade, 738
Galvanising Techniques in (Review), 648
High-Purity Metals Mission to, 381
— — Motor’-Vehicle Industry in, 267
Navy. See United States under Warships
Power Transmission at Extra-High Voltages in, 715
— — Railways. See Railways; Railroads Research Fellowships, Award of, 190.
— — Science in, for Year Ended June, 1953,
163
— — Small Hydro-Electric Plants in, 47
United States Steel Corporation, Annual Report, 392
— ?— Trends in Motor Vehicle Industry in,
802
—.— See also America
United Steel Companies, Ltd., Iron and Steel Production, 1953, 94; Research Work of, 194; 212*; 275-h.p. and 400-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotives, 248*; Blast Furnace at Scunthorpe, 324; Cambridge Scholarships, 325; “Steel Ride” Film of, 671 Universal Decimal Classification, Treatise on (Review), 102
University, Birmingham, Investigations on Physical Nature of “ Knock,” by Dr. B. N. Cole, 111*; Work Measurement Research Unit, Work of, 290, 301*; Graduate School of Thermodynamics, 514, 526*
— California, Wave-Research Congress, 800
— Cambridge, Investigations on Steel Struc
tures in Plastic Range, 210*; Courses on Managers in Industry, 231; United Steel Companies’ Scholarships, 325; Department of Engineering, Report on, 487; Compressible Flow of Semi-Perfect Gas, by Dr. D. B. Spalding, 777*
— Durham, Course on Growth and Develop
ment of Industry, 741
— Glasgow, Apparatus for Measurement of
Plastic Strains in Steel, by D. Morrison, 141*
— Manchester, Structural Analysis by Digital,
Computer, 226, 239*; Production Engineering Course, 678. See LETTER, 741; Radio-Telescope at Jodrell Bank, 826*
— Melbourne, Research on Gas-Turbine
Combustion Problems, 624*
— Nottingham, Stuart Lecture on Long Life
of Internal-Combustion Turbine, 717*
— St. Andrews, Opening of Ewing Building,
232
— See also Education
Unsolved Technical Problems, Booklet on, 367
Upton, D. E., on Design for Embedded Thermocouple, 489*
Uranium Production Plant, Springfields Atomic Factory, 97, 124*
Uskmouth Power Station, 60-MW Turbo- Generators, Testing of, 29*
U-Tube, Levelling by (Trade Publication), 680

VACUUM BRAKE. See Brake
— Dust Collectors for Collieries, 296*
Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Coryton Oil Refinery, 687*
— Tube. See X-Rays; Valves, Radio
“ Valjoh ” Dowel-Making Machine (Trade Publication), 266
Valve, Block, Multiple, for Hydraulic Power Transmission (Keelavite Rotary Pumps and Motors, Ltd.), 797*
— Control (Trade Publication), 297
— Crude-Gas (Trade Publication), 456
— Exhaust, Anti-Corrosive Coating for (H. Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 89*
— Globe, Copper-Alloy, Specification, 456
Valve Industry, Productivity in, Review of, 198
— for Oil (Trade Publication), 488
— Pneumatic Cylinders and Line Fittings (Trade Publication), 776
for Industrial Use (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 821*
— — Miniature (Trade Publication), 9
— Pneumatically-Controlled, for Aden Oil
Refinery, 536*
— Radio, Manufacture, Cinema Film of
(Mullard, Ltd.), 421
— Reducing, Hot-Air (Hymatic Engineering
Co., Ltd.), 702*
— Safety and Relief (Trade Publication), 266
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
van Iterson, F., on Thickness of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 131. See LETTERS, 67, 197, 259, 583, 643
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gear
“ Variax ” Profile Milling Machine, "194 “ Varley ” Industrial Solenoids (Trade Publication), 456
Varley, Major P. C., on Brittleness in Alu- minium-Magnesium-Silicon Alloys, 649 Vats, Steam Heater for (Ward’s Patents, Ltd.), 86*
Vehicle-Building Industry, Wage Claims in,
415
Velofeeder System for Grinding Machines (Simon Engineering Group), 799*
Venezuela, Triple-Screw Motor Launch for (Vospers, Ltd.), 182*
Venner, Ltd., Car Parking Meters (Trade Publication), 553
Vents, Steel, for Core-Boxes (Temple Instruments, Ltd.), 341*
Ventilating and Heating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating
Industry Year Book (Review), 41
— Plant for Civil-Defence Centres, 278*
— for Refuse-Disposal Installation at Port
Glasgow, (Newton Collins, Ltd.), 28 f Ventilation Equipment (Trade Publication), 680
Ventilator and Window Remote-Control
System (Teleflex Products, Ltd.), 600* Vermiculite, Properties and Uses of, 559 “ Versatool ” Woodworking Machine, 312* Vessels, Pressure, Embedded Thermocouple for, 489*
— Small. Specialised (Trade Publication), 72 Viaduct. See Bridges
Vibration Dampers (H. Clayton-Wright, Ltd.),
760
— in Marine Turbines, Electronic Instruments
for Investigating, 276*
Vibrator, Goodmans, for Load-Bearing Tests of Roads, 470*
— Screens Heated Electrically, 569* Vibratory Equipment (Trade Publication), 585 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Caisson of- Queen
Elizabeth II Dock, 154*; Launch of “ World Harmony,” 262*; Launch of
H. M. Submarine “ Explorer,” 360*; Altitude Test Tank Graviner Explosion Suppressors for, 495*; “Viscount” Aircraft, 674; S.S. “ Orsova,” 824* Victoria, Lake, Uganda, Rainfall on, 497 Victorian Government Railways, Australia,
2,400-h.p. Direct-Current Locomotives, 184*
“ Victory,” H.M.S., Treatment for Death- Watch Beetle, 328
Vidmar, M., on Four Tvpes of Rotary Exciters, 685
Vienna Meeting, World Power Conference, 1956, Arrangements for, 743
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., 1-1-h.p. Single
Cylinder Petrol Engine, 26*
Vinten, W., Ltd., Use of G.E.C. Heavy Alloy in High-Speed Camera by, 671
Virginia Gold Mining Co., Dynamic Braking on Mine Hoists, 285
Visco Engineering Co.; Ltd., “ Reciprojet ”
Air Filter, 222*
“ Viscount ” Airliners, Success of, 674
Voce, Dr. E., on Thickness of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 67. See LETTERS, 131, 197, 259, 583, 643
Voice, E. W., on Sintering of Iron Ore, 45 Vokes, Ltd., Filtration and Silencing Equipment Exhibition, 671
Voltage 'Recorder, Two-Channel Direct-
Cun ent (Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd.), 245*
— Regulator for Owen Falls Hydro-Electric
Plant, 530
Vospers, Ltd., Triple-Screw Motor Launch for Venezuela, 182*
Vosper, J. S., on Re-Striking Voltage Conditions on 132-kV and 275-kV Networks, 716
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., 1,000-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 505*
Vybak Polyvinyl-Chloride Sheet for Ducting
(Bakelite, Ltd.), 60*
WADDINGTON, G., and SON, LTD., Industrial Gloves and Protective Clothing (Trade Publication), 41
Wade, C., the Late, 227
Wadsworth, J., on Accident Prevention in Iron and Steel Industry, 454
Wages. See Labour
Wagon Construction Programme, British Railways, 66, 70
— Mounted Trenching Machine for Railways
(J. Olding and Co., Ltd.), 798*
— Motor. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
— Railway, Industry, Position and Prospects
of, 170*
— 135-ton Transformer, British Railways,
220*
Waikato River, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric Scheme, 67
Wainwright, C., on Precision X-Ray Diffraction Spectrometer Ring, 82*
Waitaki River, New Zealand, Hydro-Electric Scheme 67
Wales, Gas Grid in, 830
Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., 650-b.h.p. Steam Haulage Engine, 506*; Control Equipment for Diesel-Engined Railcars 601
Walker and County Cars, Ltd., Road Trailer Body with Moving Floor, 596
Walker Crump and Co., Whale-Catcher, “ Setter IX,” 374*
Walker, Dr. P. B., on Kinetic Heating of Aircraft Structures, 116
Wall, Concrete, of Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 130, 153*
— Retaining, Railway, Concrete Buttresses
for, 509*
Wallace Productions, Ltd., Film “ Steel Ride,” 671
Wallace and Tiernan, Ltd., Chemical-Control Equipment for Water Treatment (Trade Publication), 41
Wallace, Sir W., Award of Churchill Medal to, 645
Wallquist, Prof. G., on Calculations in Hot Rolling, 806
Walti, F. O., on Oil-Free Reciprocity Air Compressor, 533*
Wansbrough, G., on Power Link Between Britain and France, 515. See 450, 464* Wansbrough-Jones, Dr. O. H., on Science in War, 133
War, Engineers and Scientists in, 133
— Office, Mechanical Handling Vehicles, for,
186*; Conqueror Tank, 483*; Demonstration with Fork-Lift Trucks, 615
Ward, J. M., on Corrosion of Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors, 183
Ward, P. T., the Late, 613
Ward’s Patents, Ltd., Steam Heater for Vats, 86*
Warder, S. B., on Comparison of Electric Traction Systems, 481, 490
“ Warehouser ” Fork-Lift Truck, 797* Warfare, Use of Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Warley, A., the Late, 227
Warragamba Dam, New South Wales, 400*
Warren, W. P., on Scope for Electronics in Industry, 524
Warships:
Admiralty Research Establishments, Grants to, 675
British Naval Gas Turbines, 622
H.M. Minesweeper, “ Appleton,” Launch of, 433
“ Dunkerton,” Launch of, 433 | Highburton,” Launch of, 776 — Navy, Statement of Defence, 1954, 257 — Ships, Gas-Turbine Installations for, 721*
— — “ Reclaim,” Television Equipment of, 555
“ Victory,” Treatment for Death- Watch Beetle, 328
— Submarine “ Affray,” Television Survey of, 555
“ Explorer,” Launch of, 360*
— Yacht “ Britannia,” 486, 522, 540*, 565*
Naval 200-h.p. Gas-Turbine Drives Electric Generator, 637*
— Salvage of “ Comet ” Aircraft, 392
United States Navy, Researches on Buckling of Columns, 13*. See LETTER, 775
Wash, Land Reclamation from, investigations on, 491
Washer, Spring, Phosphor Bronze, Specification, 71
Waste and Soil Pipes, Code of Practice on, 266 Watch and Clock Industry, Position and Prospects of, 396*
Making and Repairing, W. J. Gazeley (Review), 297
— Stop, Instrument for Stopping and Starting
(Camerer Cuss and Co.), 61*
Water Board, Metropolitan, Fiftieth Annual Report, 189
— — Metropolitan, Sydney, Warragamba
Dam, 400*
— Cell, Triple Point, as Thermal Datum, 16*
— Cooling, Intake, Coryton Oil Refinery, 688*
— Filters. See Filters
— Friction. See Ship Resistance
— Hammer in Sludge Pipe Line, Prevention
of, 308
— Heaters. See Feed-Water
— Heavy Atomic Reactor at Harwell, 612
— Level Tubes (Trade Publication), 680
— and Oil Mixture, Separator for (White’s
Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.), 150*
— Pollution Research Board, Annual Report,
584
— Power. See also Hydraulics; Power Plant;
Power, Water; Turbine, Hydraulic
— Repellant for Masonry (Trade Publication),
393.
— Retaining Structures, Joints in, 379
— Supply, for 11-in. Continuous Bar-Rolling
Mill, 820
— — Public, Ancient and Modern, 232
See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Treatment, Chemical Control Equipment
for (Trade Publication), 41
— Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic; Power
Plant
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Wheel. See Turbine, Hydraulic; Power
Plant
Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen’s Union, Overtime Dispute at London Docks, 255, 447
Waterways. See Rivers; Canals
Waterworks, Glasgow, Centenary of, 231
— See also Water Supply
Watkinson, H., on Earnings, Living Costs and Production, 223; on Arbitration in Industrial Disputes, 388; on Employment of Elderly Persons, 607
Watson, Sir A., the Late, 548
Watson, H. H., on Assessment of Particle Size, 594*
Watt Bust for Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 289
— Club, Centenary of, 189
Watt Room at Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 323*
Wave Excluder at Dekhela Power Station, 684
— Making Resistance of Ships. See Ship
Resistance
— Research, Council of, Annual Conference,
500
Way Dam, 1,800-kW,-Hydro-Electric Scheme, 47
Waygood-Otis, Ltd.. High-Speed Passenger Lift for Hampstead Station, 509*
Wear of London Transport Executive Rolling Stock, 145
Weather. SSe Meteorology
Weatherill, F. E., Ltd., Tractor-Mounted Hydraulic Overhead Loader, 477*
Webster, N. E., on Recruitment of Mining Engineers, 190
Weekly Survey, 2, 34, 66, 98, 130, 162, 194, 226, 258, 290, 322, 354, 386,'418, 450, 481, 514, 546, 578, 610, 642, 674, 706, 738, 770, 802
Weight per Horse-Power of Various Types of Engines, 401
Weighing Machine for Crane, 200-ton Spring Balance (G. Salter and Co., Ltd.), 626*
Weil Current for. Testing High-Voltage Circuit-Breakers, 716
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., Marine Refrigerating <• Equipment (Trade Publication), 266 Welbourn, D. B., on Drawings in Engineering, 611, 775. See LETTERS, 677,. 707
“ Weld-Prober,” Portable, for Weld Examination (Kemworthy Jig and Press Tool Co.), 765*
Weldall and Assembly, Ltd., 140-ton Hydraulic Press Brake, 86*; Steel Fabrication, Press Brakes and Guillotines (Trade Publication), 488
Welded Ship, Corrugations of Bottom* Shell Plating in, 586
Welding, ArgOn-Arc Electrodes for (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 606
— Design, Course on, Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 110
— Electric, Safety Measures for, 747
— Engineering Association, German, Exhibi
tion and Conference, Essen, 659
— Institute of, Spring Meeting at Porthcawl
and Bristol, Arrangement for, 355
— Journal, British, New Publication, 182
— Low-Temperature (Trade Publication), 361
— Machines, Cold-Pressure, for Aluminium
and Copper Conductors (G.P.A. Tools and Gauges, Ltd.), 765*
Dielectric, for Plastic Materials (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 118*
Multiple-Projection and Cross-Wire (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 635*
Seam, 75-kVA Pneumatically-Operated (Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd.), 635
— Projection, Electro-Pneumatic (Standard Resistance Welders, Ltd.), 246*
Seam; with Wire Electrode (General ElectricCo., Ltd.), 445*
— •— Spot, 4-kVA Electronically-Controlled
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 407*
— Manipulator, 6-ton “ Twinner ” (D. Ross
and Partners, Ltd.), 758*
— in Marine Engineering, 590
— of Montreal to Toronto Petroleum Pipeline
66, 79*
— Pressure, of Molybdenum, 683
— Process, Arc, for Motor-Cycle Frames
(Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 349
— Research Association, British, Reference
Block for Ultrasonic Testing, 157
— — by Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., 476*
— Resistance, Data Book on (Trade Publica
tion),. 9
— and Riveting Equipment, Portable, Suspen
sion Device for (F. Rankin'), 121*
— Shop. Plant, Yates, Exhibition of (Surrey
Tool Development Co., Ltd.), 669
Welfare Work. See Labour
Wellerman Brothers, Ltd., Concrete Buttresses.for Railway Retaining Wall, 509*
Wellingham, Col. H. J., the Late, 613
(Wellington Tube Works, Ltd., Heat Exchanger for Gas Compressor, 667*
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Charging Machine for Alu- minium-Coil Annealing, 822*
Wellworthy Ltd., Pistons and Piston Rings (Trade Publication), 201; “ Al Fin ” Bi- Metallic Bonding Process, 409*
Wendeborn, Dr. H. B., on Sintering as Physical Process, 16
Wemick, Dr. S., on International Co-operation in Metal-Finishing Problems, 748
West, A., and Co., Ltd., Control Gear for Dover Car-Ferry Bridge Winch Gear, 25*; Switchgear and Motor Control Gear (Trade Publication), 411; Control Gear for 955-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive, 317*
— of England Employers’ Association, Work
Study School of, 388
— of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
West Yorkshire Foundries, Ltd., Overhead Pallet Conveyor with “ Dynamatic ” Coupling, 732*
Western Australian Government Railways, 410-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 50*; 250-h.p. Diesel-Mechanical Railcars, 792*
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Electro-Pneumatic Brake for Electric
Railcars, 343*; Air Compressor for Alternator Brakes at Owen Falls, 529*;
Portable Aircraft Engine Starter, 569*
Westminster Abbey Lighting, for Coronation (Trade Publication), 41
Weston, C., and Co.. Ltd., | Impax ” Spring- Loaded Oil Seal, 247*
“ Westruk ” Portable Aircraft Engine Starter, 569*
Whale-Catcher “ Setter IX,” 374?*
Wheels and Brushes, Industrial (Trade Publication), 456
— and Chains for Single-Bottle Width Slat
Conveyor (Specification), 648
— Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
Wheels Grinding. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— of London Transport Executive Rolling Stock, Wear of, 145
— and Tools, Diamond Abrasive, Specification, 465
Whessoe, Ltd., Pressure Vessels for Uranium Reactors at Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, 795*
Whitburn Colliery, Strikes at, 351, 383
White, Sir B., Wolfe Barry and Partners, Port of Aden Developments, 293
— Metal. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Nile, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 482, 497*, 528* 579*
White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., High- Efficiency Oil Burner, 84*; Oily-Water Separator, 150*
Whitworth Society' Annual Dinner, 391
Whyte, W.. on Statistical Control in Metal-
Working Operations, 649
Wickman, Ltd., Chucking Machine, Automatic Multi-Spindle, 439*
Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd., “ B.A.C. Brightray ” Anti-Corrosive Coating, 89*; Nickel for ?Electronic Applications, 122*; Nimonic Alloys (Trade Publication), 266* Nickel- Alloy Spring Materials (Trade Publication), 362
Wild, M. B„ and Co., Ltd., Winch Gear for Dover Car-Ferry Bridge, 25*
Wild, Dr. R., on Chemical Constitution of Sinters, 17
Wilkinson Rubber Linatex, Ltd., “ Linatex ” Diaphragm Pump, 471*
Willans Works; Rugby, Preservation of “ Fullagar ” Diesel Engine at, 165*
Willcox, Dr. F. A., the Late, 645
Willesden Railway-Carriage Sidings, Lighting of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 56*
Williams Brothers Corporation (Canada), Ltd., Trans-Northern Petroleum Pipeline, 66, 78*
Williams, C., on Adhesion Test for Electrodeposited Chromium, 747
Williams, W. J., on Undercooled Graphite in Cast Irons, 809
Williamson, Group Capt. G. W., on Operational Applications for Water-Based Aircraft, 199
Wilnecote and Kingsbury, Warwickshire, Train Derailment Between, Report on, 515. See Erratum, 569
Wilson, Lieut-Col. G. R. S., on Safety on Railways, 326
Winch Drive for Caisson of Queen Elizabeth II Dock, 154*
Winch, G. R., on Trends in Air-Conditioning Equipment, 337*
— Gear for Dover Car-Ferry Bridge Spans, 25* Wind-Load Tests of Tubular Welded Radio Masts, 57*
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Winding, Colliery, Slant Haulage Plant at Pantyffynnon Pit, 122*
—- Mine, Dynamic Braking of (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 285
—. of Stator Coils at Barugh Green Works, 761*
“ Windogrid ” System of Continuous Fenestration (Trade Publication), 680
Windows for Ships (Carron Co.), 475
— and Ventilator Remote-Control System (Teleflex Products, Ltd.), 600*
Windscale, Cumberland, Atomic Factory’ at, 97, 124*; Pile of British Atomic Energy Research Organisation, 289, 313*; Plutonium Production at, 610
Winget, Ltd., Concrete Plant, Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, 499
Winn, C., and Co., Ltd., Fire Appliances (Trade Publication), 266
Winston Electronics, Ltd., Ultra-High Speed Photography (Trade Publication), 425
Winter Concreting, by P. Nerenst, E. Rastrup and G. M. Idorn (Review), 201
Wire, Aluminium, Manufactured by Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*
— Drawing Machines of Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*
— Loads in, Measuring Devices for, 812*
— Rope Cables, Operating, for Hangar Doors, 658*
Splicing with Ferrules (Maritime Stores, Ltd.), 406*
— Ropeway, for Warragamba Dam Construction, 400*
— Steel, for Springs, Specification, 71
— and Strip, Press for Cold Forging, 24* ? Wireless Telegraphy. See Radio
— Telephony. See Radio
Wisconsin Michigan Power Co., 1,800-kW Dam Hydro-Electric Plant, 47
Wistreich, J. G., on Control in Rolling of Sheet and Strip, 649
Witton Works of General Electric Co., Ltd., Testing Plant for Large Alternators, 28*; Activities of (Trade Publication), 266
Woden Transformer Co., Ltd., 12-kVA Single-Phase Transformer, 569
WOhler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests (Materials')
Wolfe, Lieut.-Col. M. A., the Late, 293
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College, Extensions to, 292
Women Civil Servants, National Association of, Demands for Equal Pay, 223
— Desire for Equal Pay by, 223, 832
— Workers. See also Labour
Wood, Dimensional1 Stability of, 367
Wood Flour Millers, Ltd., Graviner Explosion Suppressors for Wood Grinding Plant,- 494*
Wood, H., and Co., Ltd., Intrinsically-Safe Flame-Proof Signalling Equipment, 830*
— Non-Destructive Tests of, Problems of, 367
— Photomicrographs of Hardwoods (Review), 232
— Refuse Collection (Trade Publication), 553
Woodall-Duckham Vertical Retort and Oven Construction Co., Ltd., Portslade Gasworks, 643, 656*
Woodley, S'. P., on Aircraft Production
Problems, 7. See 2. See Erratum, 157 Woodworking Machinery. S'ee Machine Tools
Wool Grease (Trade Publication), 617
— Industry, Electricity in, 161
Woolston Shipyard of J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., 776
Work Study in Chemical Factories, Formation of Advisory Committee for, 518
School, Bristol, 388
Working Environment in Factories, Conference on Improving, 704
Workmen. See Labour

Works :

Acton Works, London Transport Executive, “ Blowing Out ” Shop for Carriage Underframes, 248*
Allendale Works, Crawley, of W. Edwards and Co. (London), Ltd., 381*
Ampress Aluminium Foundry of Wellworthy, Ltd., 409*
Ansty Works of Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Aero-Engine Test House at, 214*
Barugh Green Works of Brook Motors, Ltd., 761*
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Developments at, 802
Engineering Works, Employment of Women. See Labour
Fagersta Steel Works, Sweden, Extensions to, 358
Falkirk Works of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 738, 754*, 822*
Gasworks. See Gasworks
Longacres Works of Marconi Instruments, Ltd., Extensions to, 369
Marfleet Works, Hull, Priestman Brothers, Ltd., 252
Normanby Park Steelworks, Soaking-Pit Practice at, 783
Port Tennant Works, Swansea, Aluminium Wire and Cable Co., Ltd., 538*
River Don Steelworks, Sheffield, Plant at, Fifty Years Ago, 196
Templeborough Steelworks, Tests with Open-Hearth Furnace at, 194, 212*
Willans Works, Rugby, Preservation of “ Fullagar ” Diesel Engine at, 165*
Witton Works of General Electric Co., Ltd., Testing Plant for Large Alternators, 28*; Activities of (Trade Publication), 266
Works Management Accountancy Service, 642 Education and Training for, Booklet, 33 Effective Utilisation of Materials, 305* — Factory Health, Safety and Welfare Encyclopaedia, by C. C. Plumbe (Review), 41 ’
Management of Small Firms, Conference on, 322
Research and Design, Co-operation of for Greater Production, 263
Time-Study Rating Investigations, 290, 301* ’
— Measurement Research Unit, Investigation
of Time-Study Rating, 290, 301*
— Ministry of, Britain’s Atomic Factories, 97, 124*; Extension to Radio-Chemical Centre, Amersham, 630*; Codes of Practice. See Standards
Workshop Training. See Education
— See Works; Machine Tools
“ World Harmony,” Oil Tanker, Launch, 262*
— Power Conference, Vienna Meeting, 1956,
Arrangements for, 743
World Tankers Corporation, S.S. “ World Harmony,” 262*
Worm Gear. See Gear; Gearing Wrecks. See Accidents
— Raising. See Salvage
Wright, J., Decorations of S.S. “ Orsova,” 824*
— Lecture on Buckling and Stability of
Columns, by Professor N. J. Hoff, 13*. See LETTER, 775
on Choice of Power Units for Civil Aeroplanes, 683
Writers, Engineers as: Growth of a Literature (Review), 487
Writing English, by D. J. Graham-Campbell (Review), 487
Wyatt, Dr. O. H., on Thickness of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 197. See LETTERS, 67, 131, 259, 583, 643

X-RAY Diffraction Research at National Physical Laboratory, 514, 520
Diffraction Spectrometer Ring, 82* Treatment, Linear Accelerator for (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 694*
Xzit (Great Britain), Ltd., Dispersing Sludge in Fuel-Oil Tanks, 120

YALE and TOWNE MANUFACTURING CO., “ Warehouser ” Battery-Operated Fork-Lift Truck, 191*
Yates Welding-Shop Plant, Exhibition of, 669
Year that Made the Day (Review), 9
“ Yeoman ” Cultivator, 787
Yorke, R., on Dynamical Analogies, 162. SEE LETTERS, 67, 775, 805*
Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd., 275-h.p. and 400-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotives, 248
Young, T., Experiment on Optical Interference, 654*
— Worker in Industry, Conference on, 511

ZAMBESI RIVER, Kariba Gorge . Hydro- Electric Scheme, 644
Zephyr Nuclear Reactors, Harwell, 265
Zerny Engineering Co., Ltd., Pulley Wheel with Dualock Locking Hub, 600
Zimmerman and Jansen Crude-Gas Valve (Trade Publication), 456
Zinc Alloy Die Casters Association, Certification Mark for Zinc-Alloy Die Castings, 263 See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Plating, Organic Finishes for, 748
Zoller, R. E., on Babcock Marine Boilers (Trade Publication), 808

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