Engineering 1956 Jul-Dec: Index

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“ ABA” Jig Boring Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 21*
Abbey Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Extensions to, 46
“ ABC " (Automatic Boiling Column) Reactor in America, 379*. See Erratum, 411
Aberporth, Royal Aircraft Establishment at Missile Flight Testing, 550*
Abrasive-Band Machines. See Machine Tools Abrasives, Coated, Stocked by Monks and Crane, Ltd., 117
Use of Radioactive Isotopes in Manufacture, 317
— Steel, in Shot-Blasting Machines (Bradley's (Darlaston), Ltd.), 542
Absorptiometer, Photoelectric, Hilger, Performance of (Book), 146
Abtus, Ltd., Drilling Machine for Rails, 664
Abwood Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Vertical- Spindle Surface-Grinding Machine, 88*
Acbars, Ltd., Graffenstaden Plano-Milling Machine, 25*; Simonet Bench-Type Tool- Makers’ Centre Lathe, 26*; “ Motobloc ” Sliding-Head Automatic Chucking Lathe, 52*; “ Scripta ” Pantograph Engraving Machine, 120*
A.C.C.-Vickers-Babcock (Private), Ltd., Formation of, 645
Accelerators, Particle, Studies on Machines for, 188*
— Proton Linear, 50-MeV, Vacuum Tanks for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 700*
Accidents:
Contractor's Liability in Accidents, 329 Electrical Accidents, Analysis of, 712 Industrial Accidents, Comment on Prevention of, 224
? Prevention, Discussion in Parliament on, 63
“ Javelin ” Aircraft Crash, 191
Pit Disaster at Bois du Gazier Mine, 230 Railway Accidents, Cut-Outs on Third- Rail System, 191
Road Accidents, Analysis of, 326
Comment on Worsening Situation, 104
Engineers’ Guild Proposal for Prevention of, 197. See LETTER, 261
Tipping Materials, Accident-Prevention in (Trade Publication), 114
Two-Handed Air Valve, Safety Control (Martonair, Ltd.), 381*
Accles and Pollock, Ltd., Fuel-Element Sheaths at Dounreay, 506; Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568; Tube Manufacturing Practice and Specifications (Trade Publication), 721
Accumulator Vehicles. See Motor Truck
“ Acme-Gridley ” 8-Spindle Automatic Bar Lathe,52*
Acoustics, Course in, at Southampton University, 824
“Acrilan ” Synthetic Fibre, Factory in Northern Ireland (Chemstrand, Ltd.), 488
Acru Electric Tool Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Electric Hand Grinders (Trade Publication), 688
A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., Towing Chassis for Mobile Colliery Winder, 51; “ Telelever ” Hydraulic Tipping Gear, 215*; “Bridgemaster ’’ Motor Omnibus, 408*
Ad. Auriema, Inc., Electronic, Electrical, and Refrigeration Products (Trade Publication), 244
Adamant and Western Engineering, Ltd., Annual Report, 776
Adaminaby Main Storage Dam, 630*
Adams, L. E., on Boundary Lubrication, 36*, 132. See LETTER, 100
Adamson, H., and Co., Ltd., 410-ton Ladle Crane for Australian Iron and Steel Co., 151*
Adapta-Charts, Ltd., New Version of “ Movi- graph ’’ Wall Chart, 148
Adcock and Shipley, Ltd., General-Purpose Milling Machines, 25*
Addison Electric Co., Ltd., Cable Eccentricity Gauge (Trade Publication), 146; Impregnation Recorder (Trade Publication), 244
Additive, Anti-Friction, “ Dextrol Concentrate 905” (United Lubricants, Ltd.), 286*. Qpp 1 FTTFR A/1 /I
— Fuel-Oil (Trade Publication), 688
Addo Group, Sweden, Export Prospects, 488 Address,Presidential. See Presidential Address Adler, (j. F. W., on Research and Development at Whetstone Works of English Electric Co., Ltd., 314*
Admiralty. See iVarships
Advertisements, Testing the Value of, 789 Advertising, Art of, 533
A.E.C., Ltd., Trade Progress, 71
A.E.L, Ltd., Heavy Electrical Plant Project in India, ^5
A.E.l.-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd., Formation of, 101. See LETTER, 164; Research Reactor for Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 188; Small Power Reactors, 506; Nuclear Power' Station at Berkeley, 793*, 828*
A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., Electric Lamps and Fittings (Trade Publication), 088; Work of Research Laboratories of, 786*
“ Aereal ” Alloys for Nuclear Reactors, 157 “ Aerex ” Portable Blowers (Trade Publica
tion), 791
Aerial Construction, Television, at Crystal
Palace Transmitting Station, 313
— Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics Aerialite, Ltd., Annual Report, 711
Aero Research, Ltd., Aluminium Honeycomb
Core (Trade Publication), 791 Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aerofoils. Cambered, in Cascade, Flexure
Torsion Flutter of, by A. H. Craven and I. Davidson (Book), 18
Aerofoil Fans used with Air Heaters (Woods of Colchester, Ltd.), 752
Aerofoil Flow Metering Co., Ltd., Formation of, 331. See Erratum, 428
— Measuring Flow in Pipelines by, by
C. E. R. Sams, 330*
— See also under Aeronautics Aerojet-General Corp., Study of Gas-Cooled
Nuclear Reactors, 762
Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd., “ Canso ” Amphibious Flying Boat Equipped as Geophysical Laboratory, 226*
Aeronautical Society, Royal: Importance of Time in Aircraft Manufacture, by Air
Commodore F. R. Banks, 513, 517; Air Conditioning of Aircraft Cabins, by Dr. E. W. Still. 692*
Aeronautics:
Aerodynamics, Boundary Layer Effects in, Proceedings of Symposium on (Book), 48
— Solutions of Problems in, by S. A. Urry
(Review), 629
Aerofoils, Cambered, in Cascade, Flexure- Torsion Flutter of, by A. H. Craven and I. Davidson (Book), 18
— See also Aerofoil
Aeronautics, Soviet Education in, by L. Trilling (Review), 208
Aeroplane. See Aircraft: Flying Boot; Helicopter, below
Air Conditioning in Aircraft Cabins, by Dr. E. W. Still, 692*
— Registration Board, Annual Report, 72
— Services to Eire, 605
Aircraft, Bomber, B.58 “ Hustler ”
(General Dynamics Corporation), 689 “ Valiant ” with “ Super Sprite ” Rocket Engines, 350*
“Victor” (Handley Page, Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
“ Vulcan ” (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
— Cabins, Air Conditioning of, 692*
— Civil, Airliner, “ Boeing 707,” Pur
chase of, by British Overseas Airways Corporation, 550*
Airliner, “ Britannia,” for British Overseas Airways Corp. (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 168, 223
Airliner, “ Britannia,” Development
Costs (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 159 Airliner, “ Britannia,” New Orders
for (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 742 Airliner, “ Britannia ” 300 Series
(Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 290* Airliner, “Comet” (de Havilland
Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 291
Airliner, “ Comet ” for Capital Air- lines(de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 134
Airliner, “ Vanguard,” for British European Airways (Vickers-Arm- strongs, Ltd.), 181
Airliner, “ Viscount,” Development Costs, 159
Airliner, “ Viscount 802 ” (Vickers- Armstrongs, Ltd.), 290*
Airliner, “ Viscount 802,” for British European Airways (Vickers-Arm- strongs, Ltd.), 168, 181
Airliner, “ Viscount 806,” for British European Airways (Vickers-Arm- strongs, Ltd.), 181
“ Ambassador,” Development Costs 159
Description of Newer Types, 290* Development Costs, 159
“ E.P.9 ” (Edgar Percival Aircraft,
Ltd.), 316*. See also 294
“ Herald ” (Handley Page, Ltd.), 292
“ Twin Pioneer ” (Scottish Aviation, Ltd.), 292
— Corporations Bill, 679
— Design, Area Rule in, 255
Use of Electronic Computers, 69
— “ DH 110” (de Havilland Aircraft
Co., Ltd.), 372*
— Engineers, Licensed Society of. See
Aircraft Engineers, Licensed
— Electrical Equipment, Convention on,
13
— Exports of, 134, 423
— Failure of Light Alloys in, 72
— “ FD2 ” Delta-Wing (Fairey Aviation
Co., Ltd.), 262*
— Fighter, “ Gnat ” (Folland Aircraft,
Ltd.), 354
“ (jnat,” Orders for (Folland Aircraft, Ltd.), 646
“ Hunter” (Hawker Aircraft, Ltd-), 372*
Aeronautics - continued
Aircraft, Fighter, “ Hunter,” with Re- versed’Thrust Mechanism, 349* _ “ Javelin ” (Gloster Ltd.), 372
“ Javelin,” Crash of,
Super-Jet, Hawker, Parliament on, 605
— Flying Boat, Amphibious, “ Canso,” Equipped as Geophysical Laboratory (Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd.), 226*
— Geophysical Survey, ” Dakota ” (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 226*
— German, Recent Developments, 294 —? Industry, Information for. Discussion in Parliament on, 255
Plastics for Use in, by F. Fahy (Book), 18
— Inspection, Non-Destructive, Symposium on. See Aircraft Engineers, Licensed
— Jane’s All the World’s, Comment on, 775
“ Jet, ‘‘ Miles 100,” Potentialities for Training, 63
Noise from, 671
“ P. 1 ” (English Electric Co., Ltd.) 735
— on Lease, Proposals for, 390
— Manufacture, Importance of Time in, by Air Commodore F. R. Banks, 513, 517
?— Military. Review of, 372
—? “ M.L. Utility,” Mark 1, with Inflatable Wing (M.L. Aviation Co., Ltd.), 312*
— “ N.I 13 ” (Vickers-Armstrongs (Air
craft), Ltd.), 372*
— ” President ” (Hunting Percival Air
craft, Ltd.), 291
— Propulsion by Nuclear Power, 253*
— Prototype, Tests of, 191
— Research, “ SCI,” Vertical Take-Off (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 827*
— Starting Sets (Trade Publication), 791 — Structures, Full-Scale Testing Methods, by J. Taylor, 458
Problems in High-Speed Flight, 458 — Supersonic, Practical Design Problems, by W. G. Heath and B. O. Heath, 458
— “ Swift ” (Vickers-Armstrongs (Air
craft), Ltd.), 372
— Transport, “ Lockheed,” Proposal to Lease, 390
— Washing, Disposal of Waste Water from, 118*
— Wheel Assemblies, Dynamometer for (Sir William Arrol and Co., Ltd.), 491 * — Wingless, ” Flying Atar ” (Societe Nationale d’Etude et de Construction des Moteurs d'Aviation), 570*
Airfield Ground Power Units (Trade Publication), 791
Airport, Prestwick, Improvements, 575 Airship, ” R.34 ” Proposed Memorial to, 228
“ Ambassador ” Aircraft, Development Costs, 159
Area Rule in Aircraft Design, 255 Australia’s Aeronautical Contribution to Commonwealth, 677
“ Avon R.A.-29 ” Jet Engine in ‘‘ Comet ” Airliners for Capital Airlines (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 134, 792
Box Beams under Constraint, by D. Howe and K. H. Griffin, 169*
” Britannia ” Airliner, New Orders for (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 168, 223, 742 300 Series (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 290*
Development Costs, 159
British Aircraft Constructors, Society of. Aircraft Display at Farnborough, 261*, 290*, 348*, 372
” Canso ” Amphibious Flying Boat Equipped as Geophysical Laboratory (Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd.), 226*
“ Comet ” Airliner (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 291
for Capital Airlines (de Havilland Aircraft Co,, Ltd.), 134
Convair ” NB-36H ” Nuclear-Reactor Test Aircraft, 253
‘‘ Conway ” Turbojet Engines in Boeing Airliners (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 550* Cranfield College of Aeronautics. See Cranfield College of Aeronautics
“ Dakota ” Geophysical Survey Aircraft (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 226* Ejector Seat, Rocket-Propelled ” Rescu ” Mark I (General Dynamics Corporation), 691 *
Electrical Equipment of Aircraft, Convention on, 13
Engine, Aeroplane, Axial and Centrifugal Compressor Design for, by N. C. Breddy(Book) 721
Exports, 423 Gas-Turbine, High-Temperature
Materials for, by H. E. Gresham, 818* Gas-Turbine, Orders for (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 645
High-Temperature Materials for, by H. E. Gresham, 818*
Jet, ” Avon R.A.-29 ” in “ Comet ” Airliners for Capital Airlines (Rolls- Royce. Ltd.), 134
Propeller-Turbine, “ Orion ” (Bristol Aerp-Engines Ltd.).348*, 792
Aeronautics continued
Engine, Aeroplane, Propeller-Turbine, “ Tyne ” (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 80, 348* Review of, 348*
Rocket, “ Scorpion ” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 350
Rocket, “ Super Sprite ’* (de Havil- land Engine Co., Ltd.), 350*
“ Screamer ” (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 281*
Shaft-Turbine, “ Gazelle ” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 349*
Turbojet, “ Orpheus ” (Bristol AeroEngines, Ltd.), 349*
Turbine, Investigation of Ice in, 405 See also Turbines, Gas
“E.P.9” Aircraft for Agricultural and General Use (Edgar Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 316*. See also 294
“ FD2 ” Delta-Wing Aircraft (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 262*
“ Fireflash ” Guided Missile (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 372*
Flexure-Torsion Flutter of Cambered Aerofoils in Cascade, by A. H. Craven and I. Davidson (Book), 18
Flight, Boundary-Layer Measurement in, Equipment for, by F. M. Burrows (Book), 688
“ Flying Atar,” Wingless Aircraft (Soci^t^ Nationale d’Etude et de Construction des Moteurs d'Aviation), 570*
— Boat, “ Canso ” Equipped as Geophysical Laboratory, 226*
Fuel Tanks, Drop, Plastics, Manufacture in Belgium and Holland, 75
“ Gazelle ” Shaft-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 349*
“ Gnat ” Fighter Aircraft, Orders for (Folland Aircraft, Ltd.), 646. See 354 Hawker Super Jet Fighter Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 605
Helicopter Association of Great Britain: Strain Gauge and Blade Motion Recording Systems, by P. D. MacMahon, 529*; Development of Skeeter Helicopter, by T. D. Nisbet, 682*
— “ Gazelle ” Shaft-Turbine Engines for
(D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 349*
— for Inter-City Travel, Discussion in
Parliament on, 735
— Recording Strains in Rotors of, 529*
— “ Rotodyne ” (Fairey Aviation Co.,
Ltd.), 344*
— “ Skeeter,” Recording Strains in
Rotors, 529*
Rig-Testing, 682* 5, with Booster Rockets, 350* — Twin-Engine, ” 173 ” for British European Airways (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 181
— ” Wessex,” Production Plans (Westland
Aircraft, Ltd.), 83*
— ” Whirlwind ” on Floats (Westland
Aircraft, Ltd.), 254*
” Herald ” Aircraft (Handley Page, Ltd.), 292
‘‘ Hunter ” Aircraft (Hawker Aircraft. Ltd.), 372*
Reversed-Thrust Mechanism for (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 349*
” Hustler ” B.58 Bomber Aircraft (General Dynamics Corporation), 689
Ice in Aircraft Turbines, Investigation by Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., 405 Instruments, Aeronautical, at Farnborough, 373
“ Javelin ” Aircraft (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 372
Crash of, 191
Lockheed Transport Aircraft, Proposal to Lease, 390
Materials and Processes, Aeronautical, 375 ” Miles 100 ” Jet Aircraft, Potentialities for Training, 63
Missiles, Guided, Comment on, 321 Equipment for, 375* ' ” Fireflash’* (Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd.), 372*
Flight Testing of, at Aberporth, 550* Gyroscopes and Control Mechanisms (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 375 and Rockets, by J. Humphries (Review), 81
Rocket Motor Cases (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 375
Sub-Miniature Radar Receiver for, (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 375 ” Thor ” Ram-Jet for (Bristol AeroEngines, Ltd.), 222*
” M.L. Utility” Inflatable Wing Aircraft (M.L. Aviation Co., Ltd.), 312*
‘‘ NB-36H ” Nuclear Reactor Test Aircraft, 253
” Orion ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 348*, 792
” Orpheus ” Turbojet Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 349*
“ P. I ” Jet Aircraft (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 735
” President ” Aircraft (Hunting Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 291
‘‘ Proteus ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 348
Prototype Aircraft, Tests of, 191
” R34 ” Airship, Proposed Memorial to, 228
Aeronautics—continued
Rocket Aeroplane Engine, “ Scorpion ” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 350 Engine, “ Super Sprite,” for Vickers ‘‘ Valiant ” Aircraft (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 350*
— Booster Lfnits, Review of, 348*
— Equipment for, 375*
— and Guided Missiles, by J. Humphries (Review), 81
— Motor Cases for Guided Missiles (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 375
Liquid-Propellant, Theory of Combustion in, by L. Crocco and Sin-i- Cheng (Book) 751
“ Raven ” Solid-Propellant (Bristol ’ Aircraft, Ltd.), 375
” Screamer ” (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 281*
— Space, Castings for, in ‘‘ ZRE 1 ” Alloy (Magnesium Elektron, Ltd.), 523
“ Rotodyne ” Helicopter (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 344*
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Aberporth, Missile Flight Testing, 550* Establishment, Farnborough, Appointments at, 343; “Raven” Rocket Motor, 375
“ SCI ” Research Vertical Take-Off Aircraft (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 827*
“ Scorpion ” Rocket Aeroplane Engine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 350
“ Screamer ” Aircraft Rocket Motor (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 281*
Silencers for Jet Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
“ Skeeter ” Helicopter, Recording Strains in Rotors (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 529* Rig-Testing (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 682*
“ Skeeter 5 ” Helicopter, with Booster Rockets (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 350* Starters, Turbine, 374*
“ Super Sprite ” Rocket Aeroplane Engines for Vickers “ Valiant ” Aircraft (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 350* Swept-Wing Root Constraint Problem, by D. Howe (Book), 18
“ Swift,” Mark 7, Aircraft (Vickers-Arm- strongs (Aircraft), Ltd., 372
Testing Aeronautical Equipment for, 375* Thermo-Aeroelasticity, by J. Dugundji, 458
Thrust-Reverser Unit in “ Hunter ” Aircraft (Rolls Royce, Ltd.), 349*
“ Twin Pioneer ” Aircraft (Scottish Aviation, Ltd.), 292
“ Tyne ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Rolls-Royce Ltd.), 80, 348* “ Valiant ” Bomber Aircraft with “ Super Sprite ” Rocket Engine, 350*
“ Vanguard ” Airliner for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 181
“ Victor ” Aircraft (Handley Page, Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
“ Viscount ” Airliner, Development Costs, 159
“ Viscount 802 ” Airliner (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 290*
Airliner for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 169, 181
“ Viscount 806 ” Airliners for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 181
“Vulcan” Aircraft (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
“ Wessex ” Helicopter, Production Plan (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 83*
“ Whirlwind ” Helicopter on Floats (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 254*
Wind Tunnel, Supersonic, Storage Sphere for (Whessoe, Ltd.), 190*
Wing, Inflatable, on “ M.L. Utility,” Mark I Aircraft (M.L. Aviation Co., Ltd.), 312*
— Swept, Root Constraint Problem, by D. Howe (Book), 18
— Thin, and Kinetic Heating, 458 Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics Aerothermochemistry, Gas Dynamics Symposium on (Book), 791
Africa, Central, Copper Mining in, 679
— Coal Supplies from, Discussion in Parlia
ment on,831
— Copper Mines, Labour Difficulties, 416
— East, Railway Construction in, by J. McFar
lane Kesson, 105
— French West, Alumina Plant of (Alumi
nium, Ltd.), 686
— West, Railway Construction in, by E. S.
George de la Motte, 105
AGARD Combustion Colloquium, Selected Combustion Problems, Il (Book), 688 Agricultural Engineers Association, Ltd., Statistics on Agricultural Machinery Trade, 645
— Machinery, Exports, 359
Increased Use in Italy, 359 Industry, Position and Prpsoects of, 645 Standardisation of, 159
— Motors. See Engines: Motors; Tractors
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Workers, Wages of. Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 128
Agriculture, Contribution of Nuclear Fission, 572
— “ E.P.9 ” Aircraft for (Edgar Percival Air
craft, Ltd.), 316*. See also 294
— Electricity in, 743
— Farm Electrification, by R. H. Brown
(Review), 467
Machinery, Principles of, by R. Bainer, R. A. Kepner and E. L. Barger (Review), 145
— Fisheries and Food, Ministry of, Research
Vessel “ Ernest Holt,” 451*
— Rubber in, by S. J. Wright, 499*.
Air, Compressed. See Compressed Air; Pneumatic
Air Compressor, Axial and Centrifugal, Design for Aircraft Engines, by N. C. Breddy (Book), 721
Axial-Flow, by A. J. Stedanoff (Review), 81
— Blades, Vibration of, by A. D. S. Carter and D. A. Kilpatrick, 780
Centrifugal, by A. J. Stepanoff (Review), 81
— Mobile, Free-Piston (Trade Publication), 821
Non-Magnetic (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 275*
Portable “ Tractair ” and “ Holpack ” (Holman Bros., Ltd.), 511 *
— Conditioning, Activities of Rootes Motors,
Ltd. 453
in Aircraft Cabins, by Dr. E. W. Still, 692*
Equipment (Thermotank), Ltd.), 445* Unit on Heat-Pump Principle (Denco
Miller, Ltd.), 107
Wall Mounting Units for Heating and Cooling (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
— Control Installations, Ltd., Glass-Wool
Air-Filter Media (Trade Publication), 752
— Dryer, “ Lectodryer ’* (Birlec, Ltd.), 796
— Filter Media, Glass-Wool (Trade Publica
tion), 752
“ Standard ” and “ Duplex ” (Trade Publication), 629
— Finance Corporation, to Lease Aircraft, 390
— Heater, Oil-Fired “ COB 300 ” (Vaporheat,
Ltd.), 752*
— Pollution, Clean Air Act on, 225, 255, 297,
519, 531, 772*
and Coal Burning, Research on, 772* Conference on. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 519
Conference of National Smoke Abatement Society, 531
Estimatesof Cost of, by Dr. R. S. Scorer, 812
Origins and Prevention, by A. R. Meetham (Book), 146
“ Oxycat ” Apparatus for Prevention of, 586
See also Smoke Abatement
Air Registration Board, Annual Report, 72
— Sterilised, Irradiation Unit (Penfold &
Partners), 501
— Transport Association, International, Pro
posals for Leasing Aircraft, 390
— Treatment and Heating (Trade Publication),
146
Aircraft Engineers, Licensed, Society of: Symposium on Non-Destructive Inspection of Aircraft: Practical Application of Magnetic Flaw Detection, by W. H. King, 715; Appreciation of Ultrasonic Flaw Detection Methods, by I. R. Smith, 715; Use of Gamma and X-Rays in Aircraft Inspection, by I. Grant-Murray, 715; Approach to Detection of Corrosion of Thin Aluminium Alloys, by A. Hewett-Emmett, 715
— Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics Aircraft-Marine Products (Great Britain),
Ltd., Solderless Terminals, 562
— See Aeronautics
Airfield. See Aeronautics Airport. See Aeronautics Airship. See Aeronautics
Aiton and Co., Ltd., Pipework at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
Alar, Ltd., Aluminium Casting Alloys (Trade Publication), 210; Heat-Treatment of Aluminium-Alloy Castings (Trade Publication), 407; Aluminium Casting Alloy (Trade Publication), 688
“ Alcho-Re ” High-Temperature Safety Flux (Fry’s Metal Foundries, Ltd.), 539
Alco Products, Inc., APPR Nuclear Reactor at Fort Belvoir, 30*
Alcock, W. Newman, on Proposed Memorial to Airship “ R34,” 288
“ Alcon ” Centrifugal Pumps (Trade Publication), 791
— Electric Pump (Trade Publication), 821
“ Alkalite ” Pipe Connectors (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 575
Alkathene Pipe Fittings, 575
All Precision Engineering, Ltd., “ Microball ” Micrometer Height Gauge, 621
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 166
Allen, P. W., and Co., Industrial Periscopes, 143* Allen West and Co., Ltd., Motor Control Gear, 186*
Allgemeine Elektrizitats Gesellschaft, Hydro- Electric Generators (Trade Publication), 114; Production Activities of (Trade Publication), 467
Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, Liquid Metal to Cool Heavy Water Moderator, 346*; Development of Liquid- Sodium Heavy-Water Reactor, Note on, 378
Allott, C. S., and Son, Carrington Power Station, 347
Alloys. See Metallurgy
“ Alpha Wing ” at Harwell, Toxic Plutonium Emission, 412, 413
Alternators. See Generators, Electric: Turbo- Generators
Altimeter, Radio (Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd.), 374
Alumina Plant in French West Africa (Aluminium, Ltd.), 686
Aluminium Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— and its Alloys, Properties of (Book), 146 Fatigue and Corrosion of, 429, 430
— Bronze. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Building Structures (Trade Publication), 48
— Cables, Jointing of, Use of “ Junal 5 ”
Solder Flux (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 149*
— Casting Alloys (Trade Publication), 210
— Conductors, Steel-Cored, “ Minnifessor ”
Compressors for Jointing (Trade Publication), 114
— Crystals under Alternating Stresses, 429 Aluminium Development Association, Properties of Aluminium and its Alloys (Book), 146
Aluminium Foil Protection for Insulated Pipes (Corrosheath, Ltd., and Venesta, Ltd.), 447*
— Honeycomb Core (Trade Publication), 791 — Jacketing for Pipe Insulation (Trade Publication), 210
— “ Kynal P. 10,” Sheet, for Heat Exchangers,
445*
Aluminium, Ltd., Annual Report, 551; New Plant in French West Africa, 686
— in Lord Mayor’s Show, 518
— Prices and Output, 263
— Production Project in Gold Coast, 134*
— Structural (Book), 339
— for Transmission Lines (Trade Publication),
524
— Ultrasonic Soldering of (Mullard, Ltd.), 773 Aluminium Union, Ltd., Aluminium for
TransmissionLines (Trade Publication), 524 Alvis, Ltd., Annual Report, 805 “ Alzen 305 ” White Bronze Bearing Alloy
(Vereinigte Oesterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke, A.G.), 553*
Amalgamated Engineering Union. See Engi^ neering Union, Amalgamated, under Labour ” Ambassador ” Aircraft, Development Costs, 159
Amber Oils, Ltd., Cutting, Drawing and Heat- Treatment Oils (Trade Publication), 629
” Amerglas ” Air-Filter Media (Trade Publication), 752
America, Independent Grocers Alliance of.
Plans for Push-Button Shopping, 228 — See also United States: blorth American American Broach and Machine Co., ‘‘ American ” Vertical Broaching Machine, 121* American Can Co., Reduction of Production Costs, 103
— Industrial Research Institute, 738
— Iron and Steel Institute. See Iron and Steel
— Navy. See under Warships
— Nuclear Society, New Type of Fuel Element, 442*
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See Mechanical Engineers
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects
of Tool Engineers. See Tool Engineers American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Activities of, 103
“ American ” Vertical Broaching Machine (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 121 *
— Welding Society. See Welding Society,
American
— See also United States
Aminoplastic Mouldings in Tropics (Book), 48 Ammeter. See Electric
Analysis, Absorptiometric, Physical Aspects of (Book), 146
— Instruments, by E. B. Jones (Book), 791
— Numerical, Introduction to, by F. B.
Hildebrand (Review), 751
— of Rolled Asphalt and Coated Macadam
(Book), 433
— Spectroscopic, Microwave, of Gases, by
C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow (Review), 209
— Statistical. See Statistical: Statistics
— of Structures, by N. J. Hoff (Book), 433
— Vibration, Fundamentals of, by N. O.
Myklestad (Review), 658
Andre-Neidhart Dockside Fender Unit, 498* Andrews, F., on Turbine Blade Vibration. 202* Andrews Toledo, Ltd., Steel Works Centenary, 439*
Anglo Great Lakes Corporation, Ltd., Factory for Nuclear-Reactor Graphite, 734
Angula Engineering Co., Composite Drawing Board, 189
Angus, G., and Co., Ltd., ” Maxigrip ” Transmission Belting, 552
Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Anstee, J. W., on Early Methods of Manufacturing Swords, 296
Antarctica for Human Settlement, Comment on. 257, 289
Antill, J. E., on Purifying Uranium, 413* Anti-Neutron, Discovery of, 414 Anti-Oxidants, Application and Action of, by
Prof. C. E. H. Bawn, 322 Antiproton, 124
Anton Roper, K. G., “ Hansberg Coreshooler ” Core Making Machine, 404
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Four-High Plate-Finishing Rolling Mill (Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd.), 213; Re-lining of “ Queen Anne ” Blast Furnace, 236
Applied Mechanics, International Congress of, 622
APPR Nuclear Reactor, 734* Reactor, at Fort Belvoir, 30* Apprenticeship. See Education
A.P.V. Co., Ltd., Reactor Vessel for ‘‘ DIDO,” 635*
Arbitration in Engineering Contracts, 811 “ Arbo ” Automatic Turret Drill Head (Ludwig Gack), 784*
Arc, Argon, Photographic Study of, 131*
— Consumable-Electrode, Study of (Cinema
Film), 430
— See also Furnace: Welding
Archdale, J., and Co., Ltd., Swivel-Head Milling Machine, 25*; 34-in. Vertical Milling
Machine, 25; Self-Contained Hydraulic- Feed Drilling Units, 213*
Architects, Naval. See Naval Architects Architectural Construction, by T. Crane (Book), 407
Ardern, L. L., on Britannia Bridge, 100 Area Rule in Aircraft Design, 255
Argon Arc, Photographic Study of, 131* Argonaut Welding, Automatic (Trade Publication), 146
Armed Forces, Use of Science Graduates in. 671
Armoured Ships. See Warships Armstrong Shock Absorbers, Ltd., Chairman’s
Report, 551
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., “ Screamer ” Rocket Motor, 281 *
Arrol, Sir W., and Co., Ltd., Dynamometer for Aircraft Wheel Assemblies, 491 *
Art Shapes, by R. Bentley Claughton, 482*
Art Undergraduates, Comment on, 450. See LETTER, 549
Artificial Satellite. See Satellite
Asbestos Cement Ridge Ventilator (Trade Publication), 791
Ascough, H. H., on Wide-Strip Rolling and Sheet-Finishing Equipment, 760
Asdic for Fishing Vessels (Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd.), 507*
A.S.E.E. Year Book and Technical Guide, 1955-56 (Book), 178
Ashill, E. R., on Fire Service and Industrial Fires, 663
Ashworth and Parker, Ltd., Self-Cleaning Strainer (Trade Publication), 791
Asia, South-East, Industrial Progress, 422 “ ASL ” Turbine Unit for Shot-Blasting Machines, 747*
ASME Handbook of Engineering Tables, by J. Huckert (Book). 210
Asphalt, Rolled, Sampling and Analysis (Book), 432
Asquith, W., Ltd., Planning Model, 706* Associated British Engineering, Ltd., Trading Profits, 69; Annual Report, 711
Association, British. See British Association
— Engineering. See Institutions Astronautical Congress, International (Rome):
“ Vanguard ” Satellite Launching Vehicle, by N. E. Felt, 478 ; Skin Heating During Re-entry of Satellite Vehicles to Atmosphere, by T. R. F. Nonweiler, 478; Visual Programme for Artificial Satellite Programme of International Geophysical Year, by F. L. Whipple, 478; Artificial Satellites of the Moon, by R. W. Buch- heim, 478; Application of Solar Power in Space Flight, by K, A. Ehricke, 478. See 321
— Federation, International; Annual Congress
at Rome. See Astronautical Congress Astronomy, Automatic and Electronic Devices in, 297*
— Radio, Research on, in Australia, 814 Aswan Dam, Comment on, 97
Discussion in Parliament on, 255
Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, Metal-Clad High-Voltage Circuit- Breaker Cubicles (Trade Publication), 721 Atkinson, Prof. F. S., on Coal-Face Mechanisation in British Mines, 396*
Atlantean ” Motor Omnibus (Leyland Motors, Ltd.), 408*
Atlas Copco A.B., Norlen Turbo-Driven Dental Drill, 758*
Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd., “ H3C’’ Two-Gun Hot-Spray Unit, 84*; Compressed-Air Drilling Equipment for Mines, 150*
Atmospheric Pollution. See Air Pollution; Smoke Abatement
Atom, Information Bulletin of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 670
— Photographed as Separate Entities, 124*
— and the Universe, by G. O. Jones, J.
Rotblat and F. J. Whitrow (Review), 790* “ Atomat ” Nucleonic Thickness Gauges (Trade Publication), 244
“ Atomic Achievement,” Cinema Film, 476 ” Atomic City ” Reported at Dubna, 444 Atomic Energy Agency, International, 475 Authority, United Kingdom; Comment on Criticisms of, 133; Annual Report, 31, 156*, 187*, 221, 572; Personnel Appointments, 156; Reactor Research Programme, 157; Conference on Advanced Power Reactors, 254; Irradiation of Diamonds, 317; Control of Heterogeneous Reactors, 346*; Foresight in Nuclear Planning, 417; Experimental Nuclear Reactors, 506; Atom, Information Bulletin, 670; Research Programme on Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors, 694*; Nuclear Power Programme, 699; Expansion of Nuclear Energy Programme, 795; Information Freed from Security Restrictions, 795
Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., Pilot Nuclear Power Station in Canada, 414
Commission, United States. See United States Atomic Energy Commission
Research Establishment, Harwell, Electro-Magnetic Separator for Isotopes of Plutonium, 91*; Particle Accelerators at, 188* ; “ Alpha Wing ” at, 412, 413
Research Station, Winfrith, Permission for Use of, 635
See also Nuclear Energy
— Physics, An Outline of, by O. H. Blackwood,
T. H. Osgood, and A. E. Ruark (Review), 433*
Atomic Power Co. of Finland, Construction of Atomic Reactors for Process Heating, 700 Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., Formation of, 829
— Reactors. See Nuclear Reactors
— Review, 29*, 61*, 91*, 124*, 156*, 187*,
220*, 252*, 283*, 317*, 345*, 378*, 411*, 441*, 475*, 505*, 541*, 571*, 603*, 635*, 669*, 699*, 734*, 761*, 793*, 828*
— Wastes, Disposal of, 441*
— Weapons, Military Programme, 188
Research Establishment, Research Reactor for (A.E.I.-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd.), 188
Atomnaya Energiya, Translation of, 125 Atomwirtscha/t, Die, Monthly Review, 700 Attitude Indicator, Aircraft (Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 373
Audley Engineering Co., Ltd., Acquisition by Serck Radiators, Ltd., 488
Auriema, Ad., Inc., Electronic, Electrical, and Refrigeration Products (Trade Publication), 244
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Plans for Motor Vehicle Production in Colombia, 229; Planning of Machine Shop at Longbridge Works, 706*; “Sheerline” Turbine Motor Car, 803*
Australia, Aeronautical Contribution to Commonwealth, 677
— Chemical Engineering Fellowship in. 111
— Heavy-Water Supplies, 92
— Increase in Prices and Wages in, 128
— Motor-Car Industry, 102*
Australia, New Trade Agreement with 646
— Reduction in Tool Exports from Britain to, 95
— Scientific Research in, 813*
— Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 232*, 394*, 540*, 630*, 661*
— Trade with Britain, 63
Developments and Restriction of Im. ports, 327
Australian Iron and Steel Co., 410-Ton Ladle Lrane for (Joseph Adamson and Co., Ltd.),
— National Standards Laboratory, 813 Austrian Railways, Amenities at Stations of 166 ’
? 'S{ '-?th..
Autogenous Welding. See IVelds and We/dimr Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Equin- Signal Generator (Trade Publication), 48; AvoMeters for Use in Tropics (Trade Publication), 48
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co Ltd Telephone Exchange (Trade Publication)’ 407; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 566; Light-Current Junction Boxes (Trade Publication), 597* Junction Boxes (Trade Publication)’ 688 Automation, Administration of. Discussion in Parliament on, 31
— Advantages of, by J. F. Coates, 325
— “Compass ” (Bristol Repetition, Ltd.), 552*
Challenge to Trade Unions and Industrv (Review), 17
— Discussion in House of Lords on 639 in Parliament on, 31, 223
— Economic Consequences of, P. Einzig
(Book), 752
— — Effects of, by Prof. H. D. Dickinson 337
— Evolution of. Lecture on, 774
— Fnend or Foe? (Popular Exposition),
R. H. Macmillan (Review), 47
— in Germany, Note on, 480
Historical and Scientific Background
J. F. Coales, 363*
— Human Factor in, 704
— Impact of, 384
— Labour Aspects, 544
— in Nuclear Energy Processes, by Dr
Taylor, 306*
— and Small Firms, Conference on, 480
— Spread of, 768
— in Theory and Practice, by E. M Hugh-
Jones (Book), 721
— Trades Union Congress Views on 352
‘ Automation Week ” in New York, Comment on, 290
Automobile. See Motor Cars
“ ” Motor-Car Transmission
(S. Smith and Sons), 516
“ Autronic” Process-Control Equipment (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd. and Swartwout Co.), 428
Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Tandem Road-Rollers (Trade Publication), 210
Avenue Carbonisation Plant of National Coal Board, 546*. See LETTERS, 614, 677, 741 • Heat Wastage, 741
Avery W. and T., Ltd., 500-ton Vertical Universal Testing Machine for Naval HResearch Establishment, lol*
Aviation. See Aeronautics
Avica Equipment, Ltd., High-Pressure Swivel- A Couplings (Trade Publication), 114
AvoMeter, for Use in Tropics (Trade Publication), 48
“ Avon R.A.-29 ” Jet Engine in “Comet” Airliners for Capital Airlines (Rolls- Royce, Ltd.), 134
Avro Aircraft, Ltd. (Canada), 15.000-ton Hydraulic Rubber Forming Press, 562*
“ B16 y Gear Generator (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 247*
“ B17” Gear-Testing Machine (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 250*
Testing and Lapping Machine
(David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249
B-58 “ Hustler ” Bomber Aircraft (General
Dynamics Corporation), 689
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.: Formation of Atomic Energy Department, 254; Boilers tor Carrington Power Stations, 274*- Heat Exchangers for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 503*; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567; Equipment for “DIDO,” 635*; Reactor Pressure Vessel for Canadian Nuclear Power Plant, 635*; Atomic Energy Pro- jects, 665*. See Erratum, 701
Badische Maschinenfabrik, Foundry Sand Plants, 404; Moulding Plant, 404; 405^^^^^ Finishing Plant for Castings,
Bailey Meters and Controls, Ltd., Smoke Den- sity Meter (Trade Publication), 629
Bailey, N. G., and Co., Ltd., Installation Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station. 567 Avenue Carbonisation Plant, LETTER, 677; on Heat Wastage at Avenue Carbonisation Plant, 741.
Bainbridge-Bell, L. H., the Late, 197 Baines, C. P., on Tal-y-llyn Railway, 165
358* Chloride Sheeting,
Baker, F., on Pipe-Line Calculations, 11 Baker, H. Wright, on Thermodynamics, 100 Baker, Prof. J. F., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Baker Perkins, Ltd., Shot-Blasting Machines with Two-stage Shot Projection, 747*
Balancing Machines, Dynamic (Hofmann Machine Tools), 185*
Dynamic, Calibration of, by J. A.
Macinate, 174*
Balancing Machines, Static “ SV ” (Benrath Machine Tools, Ltd.), 184
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.; “ Atomat ” Nucleonic Thickness Gauges (Trade Publication), 244; Controller for Air- Operated Clutches and Brakes, 245*; Electromagnetic Pilot Valves (Trade Publication), 752
Balfour, Beatty and Co., Ltd., Contract for Work on St. Lawrence Seaway, 677; Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 829*
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
— and Rollers for Bearings, Viewer for Inspecting, 425*
Ballot, Secret, Comment on, 96 Band Conveyors. See Conveyors — Saws. See under Machine Tools
Bank, World. See International Bank Banks, Air Commodore, F. R., Importance of
Time in Aircraft Manufacture, 513, 517
Bar and Chucking Machines, Automatic, “ Gildemeister ” (Trade Publication), 433
— Steel, Tubes and Fittings (Trade Publication), 146
Barium Titanate Strain Gauges, 271* Barnett, Sir G., on Industrial Fires, 663 Barriers, Crush, Portable (Trade Publication), 48
Barrow Steel Works, Ltd., Continuous Casting of Steel, 358
— Wheel, Clamp-Lift, “ Sherpa Grippa ” (Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 94*
Barrus, E. P. (Concessionaires), Ltd., “ Devcon Plastic Steel” for Metal Joining, 186; “ Porto-Power ” Portable Hydraulic Power Kit, 500*
Barwell, Dr. F. T,, on Effect of Lubricant on Pitting Failure of Ball Bearings, 9*
Batch Production, Economic Lol Size in, by Dr. S. Eilon, 522*
Quantities in, by Dr. S. Eilon, 298* Bateman, E. H., on Physical Meaning of
Section Modulus, 357. See LETTER, 516 Bateman, E. P., on Motor-Car Repairs, 165 Bates, Lieut.-Col. A. G., on Fire Organisation in Ships, 598
Battelle Memorial Institute, Non-Destructive Inspection of Plastics Laminates, 309
Battery Vehicles. See Motor Truck
Baty, J. E., and Co., Ltd., Dial Gauges for Measuring Small Bores, 183
Bawn, Prof. C. E. H., on Application and Action of Anti-Oxidants, 322
Baynton, M. J., on Method of Sample Inspection, 426*
“ BBD 11 WH ” Light Jack Hammer (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
“ BBD 41 WK ” Rock Drill (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
“ BBD 45 WR ” Rock Drill (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
Beacon Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Surface Grinding Machine, 88*
Beams, Box, Under Constraint, by D. Howe and K. H. Griffin, 169*
— Shear Deflection in, by Dr. R. P. N. Jones,
428*, 644. See LETTERS, 484, 549, 740*
Beardmore, W., and Co., Ltd., Reconstruction of Steel-Melting Shop, 143
Beardsley and Piper, “Formatic” Shell Moulding Machine, 404
Bearing, Air-Lubricated, in Epicyclic Gear Test, 78*
— Alloy, “ Alzen 305” (Vereinigte Oester-
reichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke), 553*
” T.R.I.” Aluminium-Tin-Copper, 748
— Ball, Effect of Lubricant on Pitting Failure
of, by Dr. F. T. Barwell and D. Scott, 9* Equivalents (Trade Publication), 688 Industry, Current Trading Experience, 582
Maintenance, by J. Riddle (Review), 47 and Rollers for, Viewer for Inspecting, 425*
— Friction, Loading of, by Prof. Dr.-Ing. G.
Vogelpohl (Book), 821
— Gas-Lubricated, 559*
— Gas-Lubricated, in Nuclear Plants, 604*
— Lubrication Analysis, by R. R. Slaymaker
(Review), 242
— Tapered-Roller, Heavy-Duty (British Tim
ken, Ltd.), 684*
— Tufnol Stem-Tube, 477*
Beavan, A., on Flow-Coat Paint System, 709 Beaver, Sir H., on Clean Air Act, 532 Beck, O. N., ‘‘Aerex ” Portable Blowers
(Trade Publication), 791
Beer Abrasive-Band Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 90*
Belgian Congo, Electric Power Link-Up with Northern Rhodesia, 522
Belgium, Miners’ Wage Increase Following
Bois du Gazier Disaster, 416
— Pit Disaster at Bois du Gazier Mine, 230 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Transistor
Developments, 70
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors Belting (Trade Publication), 821 —• Transmission, ” Maxigrip ” (George Angus
and Co., Ltd.), 552
“ Bemag K.B.F.2 ” Production Boring Machine with Preselective Positioning (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 19* Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— Rolls, Plate. See Machine Tools
—? Theory of, Physical Meaning of Section
Modulus, by M. Daniloff, 324 Bennett, A. L., on Welding Processes in United
States, 779*
Benrath Machine Tools, Ltd., “SV” Static Balancing Machine, 184
Benzole Recovery and Rectification “ UCB- Wilton ” Process (Trade Publication), 629
BEPO Nuclear Reactor, 157, 158
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 793*, 828*; Permission Granted for, 125; Tendersfor, 136, 231
Bertenshaw, N. W., on Watt Steam Engine, 614
Beryllium-Copper Dies (Trade Publication), 18
— Powder, Production and Use for Nuclear
Reactors, 157
Beryllium Smelting Co., Ltd., Beryllium- Copper Dies (Trade Publication), 18
Bessemer Centenary, 165; Cinema Film “Steel Road,’’ 570
“ BH Permali ’’ Densified Wood Laminates (Permali, Ltd.), 377*
Biazzi Process for Nitroglycerine Manufacture, 74
Bibby, H. Mason, on Managerial Responsibility in Fire Protection, 664
Bibby, Dr. J., the Late, 356
Bibliography on Hardness and Hardness Tests (Book), 687
Bicycles. See Cycles and Motor Cycles Bigwood, J., «& Son, Ltd., Shear for Cutting-up Steel Scrap, 180*
Bi-Metal Strip, Contact (Trade Publication), 407
Bin Vibrators (Trade Publication), 721 Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Biology, Contribution of Nuclear Fission, 572 Biomechanical Research Unit, London University, Grant for, 389
B.I.P. Chemicals, Ltd., Beetle Polyester, Use in Boat Building, 381
Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birfield Industries, Ltd., “ Straitflo’’ Filter (Trade Publication), 597; staflo ’’ Constant-Flow Valve (Trade Publication), 791
Birlec, Ltd., General-Purpose Induction- Hardening Machine, 57*; 50-ton Electric Arc Furnace for Production of Plain Carbon Steels, 83; Furnace for Case- Hardening Motor-Car Gears, 277*; Induction Melting Furnace (Trade Publication), 407; Ten-Year Development Plan, 520; “ Lectodryer ” Air Dryer, 796 Birmetals, Ltd., Magnesium Alloys (Trade Publication), 721
Birmid Industries, Ltd., Annual Report, 776 Bismuth Shielding for Nuclear Reactors (Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie), 345*
Bisplinghoff, Prof., on Thermo-Aeroelasticity, 458
Bitumen-Impregnated Fibre Pipes (Union Fibre Pipes (Great Britain), Ltd.), 595* Bituminous Roads. See Roads
Black and Decker, Ltd., Electric Sander, 381 Blackbum and General Aircraft, Ltd., Compressed Air Units for Aircraft Starter Turbines and Palouste Turbo-Compressor, 374*
Blades, Steam-Turbine, Hydro-Copying Milling Machine for (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 24*
Blair, Dr. J. S., on The Skilful Driver, 5. See also Vol. 181
Blake, L. R., on Electromagnetic Pumps for Liquid Metals, 484*
Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 535* Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blasting Explosives, Manufacture, 75*
Blaw Knox,* Ltd., Pneumatic Conveying Equipment (Trade Publication), 791
Blending Machine Co., Ltd., Immersion-Type Vibratory Head, 151*; All-Purpose Vibratory Unit, 606*
Bliss, E. W. (England), Ltd,, Automatic Strip- Feed Press, 155*
Blohm Surface-Grinding Machine, 88* Blood Formation, Effect of Radiation, 734 Blowers at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
— Portable, “ Aerex ’’ (Trade Publication), 791
— Turbo, Theory, Design and Application, by
A. J. Stepanolf (Review), 81
“Bluebird” Speedboat, 166* Boat-Building Industry, Booklet on Career in, 768
Plastics Hulls for Fishing Boats, 293
— Flying. See Flying Boat under Aeronautics
— Submarine. See Warships
Bodson, J., et Fils, Industrial Periscopes, 143* Boeing Airplane Co., Testing Fuel Tanks for Leaks, 500; Purchase of “ Boeing 707 ” Air-Liners by British Overseas Airways Corporation, 550*
Bogies, Railway, Rubber Suspension of, 440*
— See also Trucks
Boilers for Carrington Power Stations (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., and John Brown Land Boilers, Ltd.), 274*
— “ Economic,” for Meeting Fluctuating
Demands (Edwin Danks and Co. (Oldbury), Ltd.), 604*
— Feed Water, Hydrazine in (Trade Publica
tion), 688
— High-Pressure, in Locomotives, 612
— Locomotive, Designs that Failed, by C. R. H
Simpson, 610, 674*, 808*. See LETTER, 677. See also 609.
See also Locomotive
— Oil-Fired, Prevention of AcL. Condens '.tion,
490
— Operators, Training of, 162* —? Shell, Research on, 770*
?—? Three-Pass, Wet-Back, for Oil-Heating Installation (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 105
— Water-Tube (Trade Publication), 467 Tube, Corrosion Problems in, 771 * Tube, in Locomotives, 612
Boilermakers, United Society of. See Boilermakers under Labour
Bois du Gazier Mine, Disaster at, 230
Bold Power Station, 30-MW Water-Cooled Generator for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 781*
Bomb, Hydrogen, Cinema Film on Defence Against, 107
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Bondina (B.D.A., Ltd.), Activities of, 40
Bonding System, Earth
“ Portaway ” (Trade Publication), 688 Bones, J. A., on Thick-Walled Cylinders under Internal Pressure, 324
Bonus System. See Labour
Books, New, 18, 48, 114, 146, 178, 209, 244, 276, 339, 370, 407, 433, 524, 659 687, 721, 751, 791, 821
Book Reviews, 17, 47,81, 113, 145, 176, 208, 242, 276, 308, 371, 406, 433, 467, 524, 554, 596, 629, 658, 687, 720, 751, 790, 821. See LETTERS, 164, 196
Booms, Gooseneck (Trade Publication), 791
Booth, Dr. A. D., on Nature of a Translating Machine, 302*
“ BORAD,” British Oxygen Research and Development, Ltd., Formation, 453
Borg and Beck Double Clutch and Power Take-Off Unit for “ Universal ” Tractor, 117*
Borg-Warner, Ltd., New Factory for Motor- Car Parts, 93*; Motor-Car Transmission Factory at Letchworth, 101; Automatic Motor-Car Transmission, 514*. See LETTER, 196
Boring Machine. See Machine Tools
Boston Oceanographic Institute, 814
Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., Portable Refrigeration Plant for Low-Temperature Research, 49*
Boundary-Layer Effects in Aerodynamics, Proceedings of Symposium on (Book), 48 Measurement in Flight, Equipment for, by F. M. Burrows (Book), 688
— Lubrication, by L. E. Adams, 36*, 132.
See LETTER, 100
Bourner, F. H. (Brighton), Ltd., “Coronation ’’ Universal Hose Clip (Trade Publication), 244
Bovis, Ltd., Testing Laboratory for Toughened Glass Insulators at Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.), 650*
Bowater Paper Corporation, Ltd., New Newsprint Plant at Kems’ey Mill, 716*
Bowden, Dr. F. P., on Metallic Transfer in Engineering Operations, 619*
Bowden Friction Machine, Modified, Measuring Head of, 57*
Bowmaker, Ltd., Rental Plan for Machines, 599 Box Beams under Constraint, by D. Howe and K. H. Griffin, 169*
Box, Dr. G. E. P., on “ Evolutionary ” Technique in Industry, 295
“ BQ " Moulding Machine (British Moulding Machines, Ltd.), 404
Bradford Dyers Association, Ltd., Financial Interest in Bondina (B.D.A., Ltd.), 40
Bradford Technical College, Expenditure, 63 Bradley, G. W. J., on Fuel Economy at Carbonisation Plant, 677. See LETTER, 741
Bradley, J. N., on Welding of High-Pressure Pipe Lines, 399*
Bradley's (Darlaston), Ltd., Steel Abrasive for Shot-Blasting Machines, 542
Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 793, 795, 828*; Permission Granted for, 92* Tenders for. 136, 231
Brakes, Air-Operated, Controller for (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 245*
— Air and Vacuum, on Railways, 482
— Exhaust (Trade Publication), 467
— Press (Trade Publication), 146
— See also Dynamometer
Braking System, Air, for Vehicles (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 625
Brass Forgings and Pressings, New Factory at Tipton of Hot Pressed Products Co., Ltd., 572
Bray, W. E., and Co., Ltd., “ Hydraloader 20 " Hydraulic Loading Shovel, 376*
Brazil, Economic Development in, 360
— Industrial Development, 71, 615 Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breathing Machines, Mechanical, by Capt. G. T. Smith-Clarke, 782*
Mechanical, Nuffield Both, 782*
Brick Kilns, Speeding up Unloading of (Cattybrook Brick Co., Ltd.), 309*
— Refractory, “ Kirby Kiln ” Tunnel Kiln
for, 179
Bridge, Britannia. See LETTER, 36, 100. See also Vol. 181
— Decks, Right, Subjected to Abnormal
Loading, Analysis of, by P. B. Morice and G. Little (Book), 524
— Forth Road, Statement on Commencement
of, 63; Financing, 605
— Highway, Rational Approach to Heavy
Loads, Symposium on, 235
— Prestressed-Concrete (Trade Publication),
629
Bridge and Structural Engineering, International Association of. Congress of, Portugal (1956), 8, 235
“ Bridgemaster ” Motor Omnibus (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), 408*
Bridges, S. N., and Co., Ltd., “Copyrite’’ Copy-Turning Attachment, 53
Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd., Press and Welding Shops, 756*
Brightside Engineering Holdings, Ltd., Trade Report, 616
Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., Trade Report, 616
Brightside Heating and Engineering Co., Ltd., Heating and Air Treatment (Trade Publication), 146
Brimelow, E. 1., on Organising for Research, 617, 681, 749. See also 39, 737
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Brisch, E. G., on Cost of Variety in Design, 644 Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., “ Thor ” Ram-Jet for Long-Range Guided Missile, 222*; “ Orion ’’ Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 348* 792; “Proteus” Pro
peller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 348; “ Orpheus ” Turbojet Aeroplane Engine, 349*; Investigation of Ice in Aircraft Turbines, 405
Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., Manufacture of Plastic Drop-Tanks in Belgium and Holland, 75; Twin-Engine “ 173 ” Helicopter for British Overseas Airways, 181; “Britannia ” Airliners for British Overseas Airways Corporation, 168, 223; “ Britannia ” 300 Series Airliner, 290*; Gas- Storage Vessels, 375*; New Orders for “ Britannia ” Airliners, 742
Bristol Repetition, Ltd., “ Compass Mark VII Automation Base,” 552*
Bristol University, Machine for Testing Structural Members, 817*
“ Britannia ” Airliners, for British
Ltd.), 168, 223
Development Costs (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 159
New Orders for (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 742
300 Series (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 290*
Britannia Bridge. See LETTER, 36, 100.
See also Vol. 181
British Acheson Electrodes, Ltd., Graphite for Nuclear Reactors, 157, 563*
— Aircraft Constructors, Society of, Aircraft Display at Farnborough, 261*, 290* 348*, 372
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Refrigerated Vehicles, 382*; Pageant at Lord Mayor’s Show, 518
British Association:
British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., Canacitors for 3-Phase Electricity buppiy at Palethorpes, Ltd., 533;
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 566^ Irradiation of Polythene ^nd Other Dielectric Materials, 670*. See Erratum, 1Q\; Overseas
British Insulated Callender s Construction Co.^
Ltd., Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power
— Manufecture% of Petroleum Equipment,
Council of. See Petroleum ^uipment British Motor Corporation, Dismissal of 6,000 Employees, 2, 31, ^2, 6^ 3«4, Strike at, 96, 160; Agreement in Dispute at, 192, 224; Annual Report 616, 679; 806 British Moulding Machines, Ltd., BW
Moulding Machine, 404 .
Naw See H.M. under iyar5/»p5
— Nuclear Energy Conference. See Nuclear
Energy Conference, British
British Nylon Spinners, Ltd., Nylon Ropes
(Trade Publication), 752
— Occupational Hygiene Society. See Occu
pational Hygiene Society
British Overseas Airways Corporation. Tech nical Mission to United States, 31, “ Britannia ” Airliners for, 168, 223, Need for Faster Aircraft, 328; Purchase of “ Boeing 707 ” Airliners, 550 ; Purchase of Boeing Jet Aircraft, 605 ,
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Automatic Argonaut Welding (Trade Publication), 146; C.H. and “ F.H.” Type Equipment for Kame Cleaning of Horton Ellipsoidal Water Tank, 148; Oxygen Tonnage Plant at Margam Steelworks, 168*
British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd., Aut^atic Degreasing Plant at Edmontori Wo ks (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), IM , Personnel Training, 672
British Oxygen Research and Development,
Ltd., Formation, 453
British Petroleum Co., Ltd., Developments al Milford Haven, 391; Supply of Refinery Gas, 486; Prevention of Acid Condensation in Boilers, 490; “ Visco-Static Oil, 644 , ..
— Plastics Year Book, 1956 (Book), 48
— Productivity Council, Productivity stat
istics, 70; Simplification of Desi^ m Engineering Practice, 584; Review of Iron and Steel Costs, 654
— Railways, Radio Telephony for Wath
Hump Marshalling Yard, 107; Multiple- Unit Diesel Trains, 215; Modification ot Electric Locomotives, 328; Continuous Brakes on Freight Vehicles, 482; British Railways in Action, by O. S. Nock (Review), 554; Government Loans to, 615
— Road Services, Re-Organisation into Five
Groups, 198; Lorry Crews’ Strike, Comment on,704
— Scientific Instruments, 1956 (Book), 48
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
— Shipping. See Shipping
British Sidac, Ltd., Application of Densihed
Wood Laminates to Fume Hoods, 377
— Standards Institution. See Standar(^ British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., Formation of Computer Developments, 710
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Germanium Rectifier for Cinema Projectors, 182*; Automatic Control Systems, 185*; Electronic Equipment for Controlling 50-h.p. Planer Table Drive, 185*; Silicon Junction Rectifiers, 505; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567; Frequency Meter, 628*; Vibration Measuring Equipment, 690*; Current-Limiting Reactors Supplied to Holland, 760
British Timken, Ltd., Trading Report, 582; Heavy-Duty Tapered-Roller Bearings, 684*
— Trade. See Trade
Transport Commission: Annual Report and Accounts for 1955, 7; Manning of Diesel and Electric Locomotives, 224; Reply to Wage Claim, 288; Handbook on Joint Consultation, 288; Problem of Off- Peak London Traffic, 389; Government Loan for, 550, 615; Orders for Locomotives, 550; Road Hire Services (Trade Publication), 688 ,,
British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., “ Plastidry Fibre and Plastics Fire Hose, 685
Welding Research Association. See Welding Research
Brittle Fracture, Research on, 190* Broaching Fluids, 55
— Machines. See Machine Tools Brockhouse, J., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Brod, S., and Co., Ltd., Electronic Controllers for Electric Motors (Trade Publication), 821
Brodie-Kent Pre-set Meters in Road Tanker (Stemco, Ltd.), 601 *
Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., Press Brakes (Trade Publication), 146 ,
Bronzes, Continually-Cast (Trade Publication), 688
— Semi-Continuous Casting of, 429
White, “ Alzen 305 ” (Vereinigte Oester- reichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke, A.G.), 553*
Brook Motors, Ltd., Fan-Cooled and Drip- Proof Electric Motors (Trade Publication), 146; New Factory for Small Electric Motors, 398; Electric Motor Service Centres (Trade Publication), 467
Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd., Automatic Starting Equipment for Small Electric Motors, 185*
Brookman, R. S., Ltd., Hydraulectnc Morticer, 59; Self-Feed Multiple Drilling System, 59* .
Broom, Dr. T., on Aluminium-Alloy Fatigue and Structural Changes, 429
Brotherhood, P., Ltd., Annual Report, 551,646 Brotherton, H. G., on Wage Increases, 230 Brown-Boveri, Ltd., History and Activities of, 68; Very-High-Pressure Turbine for Margam “ B ” Power Station of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 758
Brown, D., Industries, Ltd.,Combined Turbine Gear Hobber and Shaver, 217; BI6 Gear Generator, 247*; “ B27 ” Gear Testing and Lapping Machine, 249; “MH150S” Combined Turbine-Gear Robbing and Shaving Machine, 249*; “ S6H ” and “S12H” Automatic High- Speed Gear Shaving Machines, 249; “B17” Gear-Testing Machine, 250*; High-Tensile Steel Investment Castings, 375 Brown, D., Tool Division, Portable Instrument for Checking Gear-Teeth Profiles, 54*
Brown, J. Guthrie, on Hydro-Electric Plants, 477*
Brown, J. V. S., on Shape of Things 614; on Scale Models for Factory Layouts. 706* Brown Land Boilers, J., Ltd., Boilers for Carrington Power Stations, 274
Brown, S. G., Ltd., Aircraft Master Reference Gyro, 373 , _ ,
Brown and Sharpe “ No. 1 ” Universal Grinding Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89; “ Rangemaster ” Universal Milling Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
Brownlee, L. D., on Powder Metallurgy, 331* Bruce, F. E., on Post-Graduate Courses in Public Health Engineering, 5
Bruce, Lord, Annual Statement to Shareholders of Finance Corporation for Industry, 38 Brunei Development Plan, 422
Brunt, Sir D., Re-Election as Physical Secretary of Royal Society, 750
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Air- Cooled Exhaust Turbochargers for Diesel Engines, 110*; Measurement of Turbine Blade Vibration, by F. Andrews and J. P. Duncan, 202*
“ Brushmatic,” Osborne 3A, Gear Brushing Machine (Osborne Manufacturing Co.),
Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 724 . _ _ . .
Bryant Automatic Internal Grinding Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89 .
Bryce Electric Construction Co., Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 566
Bryon, J. F. W., on Research on James Nasmyth. 196
B. S.A. Co., Ltd., Sir Bernard Docker relinquishes positions of Chairman and Managing Director, 128, 192; Annual Report, 743 , ,,
B.S.A. Tools, Ltd., “ 68L ” Single-Spindle Automatic Screw Machine, 28*; “Acme- Gridley " 8-Spindle Automatic Bar Lathe, 52*; Huller Vertical Tapping Machine, 53*; Centreless Grinding Machine, 89*; “ T7 ” Vertical Broaching Machine, 124*; “ Tru-lok *’ Chuck for Screwed-Shank Tools, 765* .
BSR Nuclear Reactor (Review), 177*
P.S.V. Development Co., Automatic Traverse Bench Grinder, 440 ,
Buchheim, R. W.. on Artificial Satellites of
Moon, 478 ,,,, .
Buck and Hickman, Ltd., Pratt Whitney “ Velvetrace ” Milling and Die-Sinkmg Machine, 24*; “ Rangemaster” Universal Milling Machine, 24*; Brown and Sharpe “ No. 1 ” Universal Grinding Machine, 89; Bryant Automatic Internal Grinding Machine, 89; Jones and Lamson Automatic Form Grinding Machine, 89; Gleason 116 Hypoid Production Generator with “Unitool” Generation, 247*; Gleason 104 Straight-Bevel “ Coniflex ” Gear Generator, 248*; Gleason 16 Pinion- Quenching Machine, 250*
Buckley and Taylor, Ltd., Trade Report, 616 Buckling of Aircraft Structures, by Prot. Hoff and Prof, van der Neut. 458
Budd Co., “ Pioneer III ” Lightweight Railway Coach, 723*
Budgets and Administrative Controls in Research Establishments, 749
Buffer, Railway, with Controlled Recoil (Dowty Group), 722* .
Builders' Tools and Plant (Trade Publication), 629
Building Construction. See also Concrete
— Design of, for Research Establishments, 749 — Efficiency of, 510
— Electrical Equipment for. Interpretation, of Regulations for, 773
Electric Wiring Regulations, 432; (Book), 524
— Light-Alloy Structures (Trade Publications)
48
Materials, Research on, in Australia, 813
— Repairs “ Compit Scaffold-Jack Adjustable Platform for (Comley and Pitt, Ltd.), 797*
— Research Board, Report for 1955, 510 Station, Stresses in Cast-Iron Tunnel Linings, 437*
Steel-Framed, Standard (Trade Publication), 244
Trades Employers, Eastern Federation ol. Training Foremen and Executives, 672
— Tubular (Trade Publication), 752
Bureau of Analysed Samples, Ltd., British Chemical Standards, 111
of Mines’ See United States
— of Standards. See United States
Burma, Industrial Bank, 422
Burne, A. G., on Calculation of Water Speed Record, 485
Burners, Oil Fuel. See Oil Fuel „
Burness, Corlett and Partners, Ltd., Sabre Quick-Turn Twin-Screw Diesel Tug, 319* Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Ltd. “ E. 101 ” Electronic Computer, 785*
Bursgreen Sales, Ltd., Woodworking Machinery (Trade Publication), 629
Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd., Deckel F.P.2 Universal Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine, 23; Vertical-Spindle Lathe, 28; Blohm Horizontal-Spindle Surface- Grinding Machine, 88*; Surface-Grinding Machine, 88*; Maag HSS-60BC Gear- Grinding Machine, 219*; Maag SH75C Gear-Cutting Machine, 246
Burton, J. E., on Welding of High-Pressure Pipe Lines, 399*
Bushings, Condenser (Trade Publication), 467 Bussey, W. S., on United States Weights and
Measures Administration, 175
Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Open-Side Hydraulic Planing Machine, 216; 16-in.
Precision Tool-Room Slotting Machine, 216*; 26-in. “Super Shaper’’ Shaping Machine with Hydraulic Copying Mechanism, 217 _ , -
Butterfield, W. P., Ltd., Storage Tank tor
Liquid Nitrogen, 443* M
BX Plastics, Ltd., “ Cobex’’ and Velbex
Polyvinyl Chloride Acid-Resistant Ducting, 413*
CABS for Farm Tractors, 159
Cables, Aluminium, “ Junal 5 Solder riux for Jointing of (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 149* ..
— Aluminium, Steel-Cored, “ Minnifessor
Compressor for Jointing (Trade Publication), 114 . \ le-y
— Armoured Plastics (Trade Publication), 752 Cable Covers, Ltd., Electricity Supply Equipment, Wire Splicing and Prestressing System (Trade Publication), 791
— Eccentricity Gauge (Trade Publication), 146
— Entry Glands for Deep-Sea Rei^aters, by
Dr. V. G. Welsby and H. H. Grunwald,
— pfe^xlble Guide for, “ Kabelschleppkette ’*
(Kabelschlepp, G.m.b.H.), 501*
Glands, Compression (Trade Publication), 752
— Installations, Oil-Filled (Trade Publica-
Polythene, Joint Boxes for (Trade Publication), 524
— Power, Development of, by P. V. Hunter
and J. Temple Hazell (Review), 308
Railway Signal Control (Trade Publication), 146
— Remote-Control (Trade Publication), 752 Thermoplastic Insulated, Components ot,
by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48
Trade Position and Prospects, 678 Trunking (Trade Publication), 146
— See also HTre Ropes A
Cableflow, Ltd., Cable Trunking (Trade
Publication), 146 „ j o u
Cableship, “ Ocean Layer (Trade Publication), 752 z-T- J
Calculator, Limits and Fits Pocket (Trade Publication), 629 . .
Calculus, Matrix, by E. Bodowig (Review), 790 Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Progress on, 187*; General Description ot, 418 , 469*, 502*, 534*, 563*. See also 417; List of Contractors and Subcontractors, 569; Routine Check at, 635; Heat Exchanger Construction, 665*; Research, 665*’ British Nuclear Energy Conference Symposium, 669, 694*, 725*; Comment on, 673; Wall Chart on, 700; Second Reactor in Operation, 795; Reactor Capacity of, 799 ,
Calibration of Dynamic Balancing Machines, by J. A. Macinate, 174*
“ Calmet ” Chromium-Nickel Cast Heat' Resisting Alloy Steel (Trade Publication), 721
“ Calorier ” Unit Heaters (Trade Publication), 244
Calorizing Corporation of Great Britain, Ltd., Heat-Resisting Alloy Steel (Trade Publication), 721
Cambodia, Two-Year Investment Plan, 422 Cambridge Instrument Co- Ltd., Thermocouple Pyrometer for Molten Metal, 182
Camera, High-Speed, in Electrical Research, 130*
— Streak, Use of, 131*
— Underwater, Automatic, 738* Television (Pye, Ltd.), 733 ,, Campbell, D., Work on “Bluebird, 166 , World Water-Speed Record, 391. See LETTERS, 424, 485
Cans Metal, Production by American Can
’ . - ...
Canada, Civil Engineering in, 742
— Columbite Deposits, 40 , .
Experimental Stress Analysis in (Book), 752 Nuclear Power Plant, “ NPD ' Reactor
Cars, Mine, Man-Riding, with Automatic Overspeed Brake (John Ingham and Sons, Ltd.), 16*
— Motor. See Motor Cars
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway
Caravans for Display of Engineering Products, 789
— Electrical Installations in (Book), 18
“ Carbijunior ” Centre Lathe with Hydraulic Copying Attachment (A. Herbert Ltd.), 53*
“ Carbodrip ” Gas-Carburising Installation (Wild Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd.), 57 Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd., Ce De Cut Coolant System, 56; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Carbonisation, Avenue Plant of National Coal Board, 546*. See LETTERS, 614, 677, 74’, —? Plants, Gas Waste from, 159
Carborundum Company, Use of Radioactive Isotopes in Coated Abrasive Manufacture, 317
Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Careers in Engineering, 608
Carlstedt “Type HCI. 25-100 “ Boring Machine (Wickman, Ltd.), 21
Carnot Cycle, Use in Refrigerator, 237* Carpeting, Needle-Loom, “ Raymar “ (Petmar Industries, Ltd.), 715
Carriages, Railway, Lightweight, New Ideas in, by C. R. H. Simpson, 66*
Lightweight, “ Pioneer III “ (Budd Co.), 723*
Motor (Trade Publication), 752
and Wagon Industry, Position and Prospects, 231
Carrier Engineering Co., Ltd., Annual Report. 583
Carrington Power Stations, 480-MW, 274*. See Erratum, 347
Carron, W. J., Election as President of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 32
Carter, A. D. S., on Vibration of Compressor Blades, 780
Carter Gears, Ltd., Hydraulic Variable-Speed Gears (Trade Publication), 48
Carter, L. T., on Naval Procedure in Fire Organisation, 598
C. A.S. (Industrial Developments), Ltd., Plans for Developing Milford Haven, 391
Case-Hardening. See Heat-Treatment under Metallurgy
Cash, B. E., on Qualifications of Machine Tool Distributors, 40
Cass, H. V., on Clean Air Act, 532
Cassa per il Mezzogiorna, Agricultural Development in Italy, 359
Cast Iron Research Association, British, Conference on Foundry Ventilation and Dust Control (Book), 114
Tunnel Linings, Stresses in, 437*
Casting Alloys, Aluminium (Trade Publication), 210, 688
— Aluminium-Alloy, Heat-Treatment
(Trade Publication), 407
Bronze (Trade Publication), 210
— for British Space Rockets in “ ZRE
(Magnesium Elektron, Ltd.), 523
— of Bronze, Semi-Continuous, 429
— Continuous, B.I.S.R.A. Method, 296* Experimental Work on, 358
— and Fabricating of Magnesium (Book),
— Ferrous, “ Kolene ” Cleaning Process
(Castingite, Ltd.), 60*
— Fettling and Finishing Plant (Badische
Maschinenfabrik), 405
— High-Chromium Alloy (Trade Publication),
407
— Iron, Output of, 615, 724
— Precision, 375
Alloy Steels (Precision Alloy Castings (Birmingham), Ltd.), 279*
— Sand, Running and Gating of by R. W.
Ruddle (Book) 146
— Steel (Trade Publication), 407
— of Steel, by W. C. Newell (Review), 17* Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 407
— “ ZRE 1 “ Alloy, for Space Rockets (Mag
nesium Elektron, Ltd.), 523
Castingite, Ltd., “Kolene” Cleaning Process for Ferrous Castings, 60*
Catalogues, Air-Mail, 599
— Foreign-Language (Trade Publication), 752
— See also Trade Publications
Catenary Curve, Definition of, 482*. 549, 581
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Earthwork Machinery (Trade Publication), 210; Civil-Engineering Plant (Trade Publication), 752
See Tractor
Cathode-Ray Tubes and Oscilloscopes (Trade Publication), 210
Tubes and Valves (Trade Publication), 146
Cathodic Protection, “ Guardion “ System (Trade Publication), 244
Cattybrook Brick Co., Ltd., Speeding up Unloading of Brick Kilns, 309*
Cave, F., on Casual Dock Labour, 512
Cavitation Erosion in Turbines and Pumps, Plant for Studying, 431 *
Cawkell, A. E., Electronic Apparatus (Trade Publication), 18; Non-Destructive Testing of Engineering Materials (Trade Publication), 433
Ce De Cut Carbon-Dioxide Coolant System (Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd.), 56, 568
Ceilings, Illuminated, Light-Alloy Framework for (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 757*
Celluloid Models, Stress Determination by. See Photo-Elastic
Cement, Chemistry of, by F. M. Lea (Book), 407
— and Concrete Association, Pre-Cast Con
crete in Factory Building, 404; Analysis of Right Bridge Decks Subjected to Abnormal Loading, by P. B. Morice and G. Little (Book), 524
— Makers’ Federation, Accident Prevention in
Tipping Materials (Trade Publication), 114
Cementation Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 742
— See also Concrete
Centenary, Andrews Toledo Steelworks, 439* — Bessemer, 165
— of Gilbert Gilkes and Gordon, Ltd., 15*
— of Manchester Association of Engineers 456
— Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., 102 ’
— John Saxby’s Patent for Signals and Points Interlocking, 104
— See also Tercentenary Central Advisory Water Committee, Sub-Com
mittee on River Pollution, 582
Central Electricity Authority: Electricity Supply Statistics, 35, 440; Deterioration of Timber in Cooling Towers, 77; Permission Granted for Nuclear Power Station at Bradwell, 92; Permission Granted for Nuclear Power Station at Berkeley, 125* Plans for New Power Stations, 135; Experimental Automatic Welder for Re- Surfacing of Coal Pulveriser Rolls, 214*; Efficiency of Steam Power Stations in England and Wales, 254; 480-MW Carrington Power Stations, 274*; Output Statistics for July, 1956, 311; Direct Current for Cross-Channel Connection 326; Construction of High Marnham’ Power Station, 361 *; Annual Report, 385 423; Increase in Estimated Capacity of Atomic Power Stations, 413; Fleetwood Power Station, 435*; Nuclear Power Station Siting, 441; Use of Underground Gasification in Pilot Plant, 485; Future Nuclear Power Stations, 505; Comment on Electricity Bill, 705; Plan for 550-MW Turbo-Generator, 710; Site for Nuclear Power Station at Inkley Point, 734’ Government Bill for Dissolution of, 735; 30-MW Water-Cooled Generator at Bold Power Station (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 781*; Nuclear ‘ Station Contracts, 793*; Nuclear Stations, 828*
Centrifugal pumps. See Pumps Centrifuge, Continuous, “ Dynocone ” national Combustion, Ltd.), 147* Ceramic Cutting-Tool, Rectangular
Brown Tools, Ltd.), 250*
— Piezo-Electric (Trade Publication), 721 CERN. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Certificates in Engineering Contracts, 745 Ceylon, Industrial Development, 422 CF2-Polytetrafluoroethylene Coating for
Springs (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 523* Chains for Conveyors (Trade Publication), 752
— and Couplings (Trade Publication), 821
— Track Tractor. See Tractor
Challenge of Change, by L. Thompson (Review), 791
“ Challenger 2 ” Diesel Crawler Tractor (Trade Publication), 629
Chalmers Engineering Works, Handbook on Belt Conveyor Design (Book), 791
Change, Challenge of, by L. Thompson (Review), 791
— Speed Gear. See Gear
Chard, E. A., on Rolling-Mill Operation Studies, 760
Charles Colston Trust, 224
Charlton, T. M., on the Reciprocal Theorem, 293; on Statically Indeterminate Frames’. 822*
Chart, Wall, “ Movigraph,” New Version of (Adapta-Charts, Ltd.), 148
Chatham Dockyard, Proposed Technical College at, 605
“ ” Projector (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.),
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
— Engineers, Automatic Process Control for
(Book), 791
— Engineering Fellowship in Australia, 111 Industry, Control Equipment for (Trade
Publication), 244
Introduction to, by W. L. Badger and J. T. Banchero (Review), 47
Chemical Engineering Wiltons, Ltd., “ UCB- Wilton Benzole Recovery and Rectification Process (Trade Publication), 629
— Industry, Changes in, 103
Economic Development in Italy, 359 Society of: Annual Meeting and 75th Anniversary, 103
Chemical and Insulating Co., Ltd., Work on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 504
— Plant (Trade Publication), 434, 688
— Processing and Equipment in Atomic Energy
(Review), 176
— Pure, Precious Metals and (Trade Publica
tion), 434
— Research Laboratory, Discussion in Parlia
ment on Work of, 159
— Standards, British, 111 Chemistry of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Role in Nuclear Energy Product, by Dr.
R. Spence, 61 Chemstrand, Ltd., “ Acrilan ” Synthetic Fibre Factory in Northern Ireland, 488 Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., Materials for
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568 Chicago Box and Pan Press Brake (Oliver Machinery Co., Ltd.), 156*
Chimney Cowl, “ Supira ” (Omnia Constructions, Ltd.), 757*
“ Chipmaster ” 5-in. Centre Lathe (Colchester Lathe Co., Ltd.), 26
Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
Chromium Alloy Castings, High- (Trade Publication), 407
— Chemistry of, by M. J. Udy (Book), 688
— Deposits “ Climax-Durion Hard-Crome ”
(Trade Publication), 688
for Re-Surfacing Pulveriser Rolls, 214*
— Nickel Austenitic Steels, by F. H. Keating
(Book), 146
— Plated Plastics (Industrial Mouldings
(Warwick), Ltd.), 529
Chrysler Corp., Marketing Organisation, 659 Chuck. See Machine Tools
Churchill. C., and Co., Ltd.. Single-Spindle Multi-Tool Automatic Lathe, 28*; ‘‘ Vertimax” Vertical Production Lathe, 28 ; ‘P16” Sliding-Head Automatic
Lathe, 52; Annual Report, 103
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., “ Fulcro- sizer ” Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 88; Internal Cylindrical Grinding Machine with Automatic Cycle, 88*
Churchill-Redman, Ltd., Churchill Cleveland S.8I5 Mark IV “ Rigidhobber ” Gear- Hobbing Machine, 218*
Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd., “ HyPower- matic ” Heavy-Duty Production Milling Machine, 25
Cinema Films. See Films
— National Film Theatre, 72
Circuit Breaker. See Switchgear
— Electric, Theory and Operational Calculus,
by J. R. Carson (Book), 407
— Pulse and Digital, by J. Millman and H.
Taub (Book), 721
Circular Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
Citrine, Lord, Remarks on Monopoly and Price-Fixing, 66
Citroen Co., “ Indentometer ” Hardness Tester, 468*
Citroen ‘‘DS19” Engine-Transmission Unit, 573*
Civil Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Defence, Cinema Film on Defence Against
Hydrogen Bomb, 107
Civil Engineers, Institution of:
Conference on Civil Engineering Problems in the Colonies, 105
Problem of Liquid and Gaseous Effluent Disposal at Windscale, by F. R. Farmer, 441 *
H. J. F. Gourley, the Late, 806*
Civil Engineers, Surveying for, by P. Kissam (Book), 114
— Engineering, Calder Hall Nuclear Power
Station, 469
in Canada, 742
Construction, Cinema Film on, 820
Industry, Prosperity in, 742
Overseas Contracts, 294
Plant (Trade Publication), 752
Problems in the Colonies, Conference on, 105
Research (Trade Publication), 524
— Servants, Professional, Institution of. Views
on Civil Service Superannuation, 768
— Service, Decline in Recruitment for, 480;
Superannuation Dispute, 768*; Engineers and Scientists in Higher Grades, 831
Cladding, Aluminium, for Pipe Insulation (Trade Publication), 210
Claims for Damage, Schedule of, 811
Clamps, Adjustable Work (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 241*
Clark, E. F., on Britannia Bridge, 36. See LETTER, 100
Clark, W. D., on Atmospheric Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 430
Clarke, S. H., on Research in Ship Fires, 598 Claughton, R. Bentley, on the Shape of Things, 482*, 581. See LETTERS, 549, 614
Clausen, H., on Export Trade, 516 Clays. Fire. See Refractory Materials Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., Exhaust Brake (Trade Publication), 467
— Lecture on Mechanical Breathing Machines,
by Capt. G. T. Smith-Clarke, 782*
Clean Air Act, 225, 255, 297, 519, 531, 772*
Cleaning, Electrolytic, Strip Line at Velindre Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 45
— Flame, of Horton Ellipsoidal Water Tank,
148
— Grains and Seeds (Trade Publication), 407
— “ Kolene ” Process, for Ferrous Castings
(Castingite, Ltd.), 60*
Clerical Salaries Analysis, Sample Survey, 384 Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., Sea Boring Unit in Firth of Forth, 44
Clifton and Baird, Ltd., Automatic-Cycle Circular Saw, 86*
Climate. See Meteorological
“ Climax-Durion Hard-Crome ” Deposition Process (Trade Publication), 688
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd., Hard-Chromium Deposits (Trade Publication), 688
Clock, Pendulum, Tercentenary Exhibition at Science Museum, 644
Clutches, Air-Operated, Controller for (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 245*
?— Double, Borg and Beck, for “ Universal " Tractor, 117*
— Electromagnetic, “ Igranic-Stromag "(Trade
Publication), 146
— Electronic, “ Igranic-Stromag ” (Igranic
Electric Co., Ltd.), 186
Clyde Shipbuilders’ Association, Settlement of Dispute with United Society of Boilermakers, 416
— Shipyards, Strike in, 320
Coaches, Railway. See Carriages
Coal Board, National. See National Coal Board
— Bonuses, 832
— Brown, Study of Hydrogenation of, 812*
— Carbonisation at Avenue Plant of National
Coal Board, 546*. See LETTERS, 614, 677, 741
— Cleaning, Progress in, 805
— Concessionary, Discussion in Parliament on,
191
— Constitution of. Research on, 772*
— Enrichment by Radioactive Isotopes, 317
— Face Mechanisation in British Mines, by
W. H. Sansom, A. Scott, and Prof. F. S. Atkinson, 396*
— Gas. See Gas
?— Industry, Russian Delegation to, 70
— Mine, Bois du Gazier, Disaster at, 230 French, Industrial Incentives, 456
— Mining Equipment, Development Work at
National Coal Board’s Central Engineering Establishment, 815*
Machine Loading, 448
Machinery, Open-cast, Comment on, 261
Open-cast, Comment on, 261
Sea Boring Unit in Firth of Forth, 44
— Price of, 32
Coal Production, Discussion in Parliament on , 831
Problems, 191
— Rationing of, Discussion in Parliament on,
191
— Research on, 770*
— Resources, 653
— Ruhr, Sales Organisation, 230
— Solvent Extraction of. Research on, 773
— Supplies from Africa, Discussion in Parlia-
men on, 831
?— Tar Fuel, Use of, 826
— Tippling Plant, Wagon Movement at, Equip
ment for (Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works), 278*
— Utilisation Research Association, Brjdsh:
Problems of Efficient Use of Coal, British, Work of, 770*
Coales, J. F., Historical and Scientific ground of Automation, 325, 363*
Coatings, Plastics, Griesheim Whirl Process (Horwitch Smith and Co., Ltd.), 586
— Processes for Metals (Trade Publication),
434
“ COB 300 ” Oil-Fired Air Heater (Vaporheat. Ltd.), 752*
Cobalt Radioactive Isotopes, Use of, 220*
— Therapy Unit, “ Orbitron ” (Newton Victor, Ltd.), 220*
Cobex ” Polyvinyl Chloride for Acid- Resistant Ducting (BX Plastics, Ltd.), 413* Chloride for Nitric Acid Fume Stacks (Plastic Constructions, Ltd.), 765* Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., Annual Report, 646
Cockcroft, Sir J., on British Nuclear Energy Conference, 5; on Development of Nuclear Power, 29
Cohen, G., Sons and Co., Ltd., Demoor Centre Lathe with Hydraulic Attachment for Screw Cutting, 27; Annual Report, 328
Coke Research Association, British, New Coke Research Centre, 686
Coking of Coal. See Coal
Colchester Lathe Co., Ltd., “Chipmaster” 5-in. Centre Lathe, 26
Cold Rolled Sections Association, Cold-Rolled Steel Construction in United States, by Prof. G. Winter, 788
— Store and Hot Water from Heat Pump
(J. Samuel White and Co., Ltd.), 796*
Cole, R. T.. on Design of Rigid Structures, 497 College. See Education
Colliery Winder, Mobile (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
—? See also Mines and Coal Collisions. See Accidents Colloidal Graphite, Ltd., Graphite for Recording Flaw Patterns on Metal Surfaces, 553* Colombia, Austin Motor Co.’s Plans for Plant in, 229
Colombo Plan: Government Expenditure on, 63; Note on, 422
Colonial Development Corporation, Structural Timbers (Trade Publication), 629
Colonies, Civil-Engineering Problems in. Conference on, 105
— Labour Problems in, 160
— Markets for British Engineering Industry,
261
Coloured Workers, Employment of, 224 Colston, Charles, Trust, The, 224
Colt Ventilation, Ltd., Marketing in America, 659
Columbite, Newly Discovered Deposits of, 40 Columbium, New Sources of, 40
Columns, Elastic Stability of, by A. N. Procter, 655*, 740*. See LETTER, 708
Colvilles, Ltd., Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Combine Harvesters, Regulations on Movement by Road, 127
Combustion, Automatic Control of Secondary Air in, by M. G. Perry, 304*
— Cyclone, Research on, 771*
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Shippingport Nuclear Pressure Vessel, 761*
— in Liquid-Propellant Rocket Motors,
Theory of, by L. Crocco and Sin-i Cheng (Book), 751
— of Petroleum in Diesel Engines, by J. Lamb
(Review), 113
?— Selected Problems (Book), 688
— See also Fuel: Gases
“ Comet ” Airliner (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 291
“ Comet ” Airliner for Capital Airlines (de Havilland Aircraft Co,, Ltd.), 134
Comley and Pitt, Ltd., “ Compit Scaffold-Jack ” Scaffolding System, 797*
Commerce. See Trade
Commonwealth, Australia’s Aeronautical Contribution to, 677
— Emigration from Britain to, 610
— Infiation in, 200
— Investment in, 72
— Motor-Car Exports to, 831
— Mineral Development, Question on, 671
— Opportunities in, 257
— See also Australia
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial search Organisation, Annual Report Activities of, 813*
— Trade, Review of, 742
Communications, Long-Distance Radio, proved, 427
Communication Systems, Ltd., Streamlined Intercommunication System (Trade Publication), 210
Communism in Industry, Effect of Uprising in Hungary, 672
Communists, Decline of Infiuence of, in Amalgamated Engineering Union, 128 Compagnie Generale des Conduites d’Eau, “ M.B.C.” Hot-Blast Cupola, 405 Company Meetings, Annual General, Policy on Review of, 456
— Profits, Decline in, 200
Comparators (Sigma Instrument Co., Ltd.), 183
— Bore, “ Talymin ” (Taylor, Taylor and Hob
son, Ltd.), 183
— Units, Air (Wickmans, Ltd.), 183 “Compass” Mark VII Automation Base
(Bristol Repetition, Ltd.), 552*
Compensating Rest Allowance, Framework for, by R. M. Belbin (Book), 18
Compensation. See Labour
“ Compit Scaffold-Jack ” Scaffolding System (Comley and Pitt, Ltd.), 797*
Compoflex Co., Ltd., Flexible Hoses (Trade Publication), 629; Remote-Control Cables (Trade Publication), 752
Compound Locomotives. See Locomotives
Compressed Air, Power Operators (Trade Publication), 434
See also Pneumatic
Tools. See Machine Tools Compressor, Air. See Air Compressor
— for Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors,
“ Minnifessor ” (Trade Publication), 114
Computer, Analogue, for Simulating Kinetic Behaviour of Nuclear Power Station (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 284*
— Controlled Machine Tools, by D. T. N.
Williamson, 362
Computer Developments, Ltd., Formation of 710
— Digital, Automatic, as Translating Machine,
by Dr. A. D. Booth, 302*
— Electronic, in Aircraft I)esign, 69
for Business and Accounting, Production of, 360
^Convention of London Computer Group, “E.lOl” (Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Ltd.), 785*
“ Mercury ” and “ Pegasus,” Production of (Ferranti, Ltd.), 489*. See Erratum, 668
— and Human Brain, by Dr. W. Grey Walter
519
Concrete Bridges, Prestressed (Trade Publication), 629
— Chemistry of, by F. M. Lea (Book), 407
— Frames, Reinforced and Prestressed, Ulti
mate-Load Theory Applied to Design of, by A. L. L. Baker (Book), 114
— Precast, for Cooling Towers, by D. J. Tow.
76*
in Factory Building, 404
— Prestressed, for Roads, Experiments on, 159
— — Theory of Design, by H. J. Cowan
(Book), 407
— Reinforced, Design of, by B. W. Boguslav
sky (Book), 114
Condenser Bushings (Trade Publication), 467
— Gas, and Coolers (Trade Publication), 244 Conductivity. See Electric
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. See Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions under Labour
Conference, Annual, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 192, 256 Institute'of Weights and Measures Administration. See Weights and Measures Administration
Labour Party, Comment on, 160
National Smoke Abatement Society, 531 National Union of Mineworkers, 32
— on Automation and Small Firms, 480
— British Coke Research Association, 686 Institute of Management, 659, 672 Nuclear Energy. See Nuclear Energy
Conference, British
— Civil Engineering Problems in the Colonies,
105
— on Clean Air, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, 519
— on Direction of Research Establishments,
39, 617, 681, 749. See also 737
— on Electricity in Food Production, 743
— and Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 126, 287,
415. 543, 702, 825
— on Foundry Management, 714
— on Foundry Ventilation and Dust Control,
British Cast Iron Research Association (Book), 114
— on Physics of Nuclear Reactors. See Physics
of Nuclear Reactors
— on Reactor Physics, 29*, 61*
— on Rubber in Engineering, National Rubber
Development Board, 498*
— on Steel Foundry Dust Control and Ven
tilation (Book), 178
— Study, Duke of Edinburgh’s, Comment on,
129; by L. Thompson (Review), 791
— on Supply of Students for Higher Techno
logical Education, 778
— United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority,
254
— World Power, at Vienna. See World Power
Conference
Congress, International, of Applied Mechanics, 622
— of International Association for Bridge and
Structural Engineering, Portugal, 8, 235
— International Astronautical Federation, See
Astronautical Congress
Foundry, 23rd, at Dusseldorf, 404. See also 386
Scientific Film Association, Vienna, 487 “ Coniflex ” Straight-Bevel Gear Generator, Gleason 104 (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 248*
“ Connor Single-Wheeler ” Locomotive, Model of, 136*
Conservation of Coal. See Coal; Fuel
Consett Steel Co., Ltd., Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., Electrically Operated Impact Wrench, 62; Air-Mail Catalogue, 599
“ Constaflo ” Constant-Flow Valve (Trade Publication), 791
Constructional Engineering, Economic Position of, 487
— Kit for Engineering Models, ‘‘ FAC ”
(Mark Sylwan, AB.), 580*
Consulting Engineers, Association of. Booklet on Functions of Consulting Engineer, 710 Contact Bi-Metal Strip (Trade Publication), 407
— Materials (Trade Publication), 18 Containers, Metal Cans, Production by American Can Co., 103
— for Paraffin, Comment on, 34
Contracts, Defence, Report of Committee on, 8
Contracts, Engineering, by F. H. B. Layfield, 137, 201, 265, 329, 393, 457, 521, 585, 649, 713, 745, 777, 822. See also 130
— and Insurance, Conditions of, by G. T. N.
Hagart (Book), 18
— Model Forms of General Conditions of, 117
— for New Nuclear Power Stations, 505, 506 Control Boards (Trade Publication), 467
for Chemical-Engineering Industry (Trade Publication), 244
Electrical, at Machine-Tool Exhibition, 185*
— Gear (Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.), 186
Electronic, for 50-h.p. Planer Table Drive (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 185*
Motor (Allen West and Co., Ltd.), 186*
Motor (Trade Publication), 688
“Progress” (M.T.E. Control Gear, Ltd.), 185*
— in Nuclear Energy Processes, Application of
Automation, by Dr. D. Taylor, 306*
— Panels, Reactor, at Calder Hall Nuclear
Power Station, 565*
— Systems, Automatic (British Thomson-
Houston Co., Ltd.), 185*
Controller for Air-Operated Clutches and Brakes (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 245*
— Electric Motor. See Motors, Electric
— Pressure, for Pneumatic Systems, “ FAF ”
(George Kent, Ltd.), 689*
— Tub and Mine Car (Trade Publication), 629
— Electric Motor. See Motors, Electric
Convair Division. See General Dynamics Corporation
Convention on Electrical Equipment of Aircraft. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
— on Ferrites for Magnets, 579
— London Computer Group, 69
Conveying, Belt, Sutcliffe’s Manual of, by H. Streets (Book), 752
— Equipment, Pneumatic, for Granular and
Flaked Materials (Trade Publication), 791 Conveyors, Belt, Components, “ Huwood ” (Trade Publication), 210
Design Handbook on (Book), 791
— Chains for (Trade Publication), 752
“ Conway ” Turbojet Engines in Boeing Air-Liners (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 550*
Coogan, Dr. C. K., on Aluminium Crystals under Alternating Stresses, 429
Cooke, W., and Co., Ltd., Wire-Rope Works, 312 Coolants, Cutting. See Cutting Fluids
Coolers, Gas, and Condensers (Trade Publication), 244
Cooling, Air-Conditioning Units (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
— Electrical Equipment on Aircraft, by C. S.
Hudson, 14
— Nuclear, 443
—? by Sea-Water at Fleetwood Power Station, 435*
— Systems for Aircraft, 692*
— Towers, Timber Deterioration in, 77
Use of Precast Concrete, by D. J. Tow, 76*
Co-partnership. See Labour
Copper Alloys. See Brass: Bronze
Copper Mines, Labour Difficulties, 416
— Mining, in Central Africa, 679
— Phthalocyanine, Study of Crystal Lattice, 44
— Prices on London Metal Exchange, 518
— Scrap, Shortage of, 200
— Tubes (Trade Publication), 467
— Valuation Calculator (Trade Publication),
434
“ Copyrite ” Copy-Turning Attachment (S. N. Bridges and Co., Ltd.), 53
Core-Box Turn-Over Machine (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 824*
— Honeycomb, Aluminium (Trade Publica
tion), 791
— Making Machine, “Hansberg'Coreshooter”
(Anton Roper, K.G.), 404
— Material, “ Dufaylite ” (Dufaylite Develop
ments, Ltd.), 755
Cornford, E. C., Appointment at Royal Aircraft Establishment, 343
“ Coronation ” Universal Hose Clip (Trade Publication), 244
Corrosheath, Ltd., Aluminium Jacketing for Pipe Insulation (Trade Publication), 210, 447*
Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 429, 430
— Pitting Failure of Ball Bearings, Effect of
Lubricant on, by Dr. F. T. Barwell and D. Scott, 9*
— Preventives and Lubricants (Trade Publica
tion), 597
— Research on, 190
— Test, Accelerated, Tank for (Sir Joseph
Isherwood and Co., Ltd.), 85*
— of Thin Aluminium Alloys, by A. Hewett-
Emmett, 715
— in Water-Tube Boilers, 771*
“ Corrtherm ” Heating Element (Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd.), 57
Cory, W., and Sons, Ltd., 100-Ft. Aluminium- Alloy Crane Jib, 180*; Replacement of Colliers by Oil Tankers, 199; Order for Ore-Carrying Ships, 199
Coseley Engineering Co., Ltd., Standard Steel Framed Buildings (Trade Publication), 244
Cossor, A. C., Ltd., Position and Prospects of, 357; Export Position, 488
Costs, Distribution, Analysis of, 659
— Labour, Rise in, 263
Costain-John Brown, Ltd., Work on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 503*
Cotton and Allied Textile Industries, International Federation of. Development of Automatic Looms in East, 389
— Industry, New Agreement in, 608
Cottrell, Dr. A. H., on Effects of Irradiation on Physical Properties of Solids, 61
Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment. See Petroleum Equipment, Council of British Manufacturers of
— for Holidays in Britain, 736
Counter, Electromechanical, Photographic Checking of, 131*
— Electronic, “ Dekatron ’ (Dowty Nucle
onics, Ltd.), 690*
Counter, Scintillation, Use in Aerial Geophysical Prospecting, 226*
— Transistor (Venner Electronics, Ltd.), 437* Coupling, Bibby, 356
— Chain (Trade Publication), 821
— Fluid, Development of, 326
— High-Pressure Swivel-Pipe (Trade Publica
tion), 114
— Tube, “ Supakone ” (Kay and Co. (Engin
eers), Ltd.), 361*
— See also Clutch
Courtaulds, Ltd., Chairman’s Statement, 40 Courtybella Works of Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Extensions to Bright- Annealing Plant for Steel Strip, 341
Cousin, F., Invitation by Institute of Directors, 384
Coventry Cathedral, Stained-Glass Windows for, 106*
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd., “ Matrix ” Jig-Boring Machines, 21; “ Matrix ”
Thread Grinding Machines, 89; “ American ” Vertical Broaching Machine, 121*; Instrument for Plain Pitch Measuring, 184; “ Matrix ” Instrument for Measuring Diameters, 184*; “Matrix No. 61’’ Gear-Grinding Machine, 220; Limits and Fits Pocket Calculator (Trade Publication), 629
Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., “Victor Vixen ’’ Air-Cooled Diesel Power Pack, 468*
Cowl, Chimney, “ Supira ’’ (Omnia Constructions, Ltd.), 757*
Cox, H. L., on Design of a Thin Wing, 458 Crack Detector, Ferromagnetic (Rudkin and Riley, Ltd.), 149*
Craftsmen, Rural, Iron Supplies for, 605 Cranes at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
— Jib, Aluminium-Alloy, 100-Ft. (Hawksley
S.M.D., Ltd.), 180*
— Ladle, 410-ton, for Australian Iron and
Steel Co. (Joseph Adamson and Co., Ltd.), 151*
— and Mill Motors (Trade Publication), 146
— Packing, Ltd., “ Fluon ’’ Coating for
Springs, 523*
— See also Hoists
Cranfield College of Aeronautics: Symposium on Structural Problems of High-Speed Flight, 458; Reports of (Book), 18,688
Craven Brothers (Manchester), Ltd., Wheel Lathe (Trade Publication), 688
Credit Policy, Government’s, Comment on, 520
— Restrictions and Labour Movements, 96 and Trade, 582
Creed and Co., Ltd., Airborne Teleprinter, 374 Creep. See under Tests {Materials} Creosote, Use of, 826
Cricket Industry, Broadsheet, 256
Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., Foreign-Language Catalogues (Trade Publication), 752
Croftshaw (Engineers), Ltd., “ Dual ’’ Mobile Welding Bench, 116*
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., Enclosed Fan- Cooled Squirrel Cage Induction Motor, for Machine Tools, 185*; Speed Control System for Lathe, 185; Fluorescent and Tungsten Lighting Fittings (Trade Publication), 244; Annual Report, 711
Crop-Spraying, “ E.P.9 ’’ Aircraft for (Edgar Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 316*. See also 294
Cross V. Leeds Corporation, 745
Crossland, B., on Thick-Walled Cylinders under Internal Pressure, 324
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., Chairman’s Report, 551
Crowe, T. A., Presidential Address to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 513
Crowley, Russell and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Crowthorn Engineering Co., Ltd., Centre Lathes (Trade Publication), 244
Croydon Precision Instrument Co., Precision- Instrument Switches and Transfer Unit (Trade Publication), 146
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines^ Oil Crush Barriers, Portable (Trade Publication), 48
Crushing and Mixing under Controlled Conditions, by Dr. M. S. Frenkel, 41*
“ Crusilite ’’ Silicon Carbide Electric-Furnace Heating Elements (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 686*
Crystal Lattices, Direct Study of, with Electron Microscope, 44*
Crystal Palace, Television Transmitting Station, Aerial Construction at, 313
Cryston Equipment, Ltd., “ Magmaster ’’ Test Unit (Trade Publication), 524
Cubicles, High-Voltage Metal-Clad (Trade Publication), 721
Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Diesel-Engine Factory at Shotts, 698
Cuneo, T., Work of, 167*
Cupodel, Ltd., Hot-Blast Cupolas (Trade Publication), 688
Cupolas, Hot-Blast (Trade Publication), 688
— Hot-Blast, “ M.B.C.’’ (Compagnie Generale
des Conduites d’Eau), 405
Curl, R. L., on Correcting Orifice Meters, 677. See LETTER, 774
Current, Electric. See Electric Curtiss-Wright, Collaboration baker-Packard, 199
“ Cushyfoot ’’ Anti-Vibration (Metalastik, Ltd.), 46*
Customs Union, European, 671 Cutlers, Company of. Sir P.
Cutting Tools. See under Machine Tools
Cycle Gears, 3-Speed, Efficiency of, by Dr. A. Thorn, P. G. Lund, and Dr. J. D. Todd, 78*
— Manufacture, British Cycle Corporation,
262
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— and Motor Cycle Exhibition, 326 Cyclone Combustion, Research on, 771*
“ Cyclosteel ” Process for Reducing Iron Ore, by Sir C. Goodeve, 295
Cylinders, Thick-Walled, Pressure, by B. Bones, 324 Walled, Under H. G. David and See LETTER, 324.
Cylindrical Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Cyprus Electricity Authority, Annual Report, 221
Czechoslovakia, Engineering Progress in, 486
Under Internal Crossland and J. A.
Internal Pressure, by S. D. Hamann, 292*. See also Vol. 180
DADSON, R. S., on Equal-Loudness Contours for Pure Tones, 142*
Daimler Co., Ltd., Diesel Engines for General Use, 392*
“ Dakota ” Geophysical Survey Aircraft (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 226*
Dale Electric (Yorkshire), Ltd., Mobile Diesel-Driven Power Units (Trade Publication), 146
Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd., Wet-Type Dust Collectors (Trade Publication), 467
Dam, Adaminaby, 630*
— Aswan, Comment on, 97
Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Earth-Fill, at Medicine Creek, Test Installa
tions on, 340*. See also Vol. 180
— Guthega, 233*, 394*
— Kariba, 6, 97
— Navet, Model of Spillway, 660*
— Volta River, 134*
Damage, Claims for, Schedule of, 811 Damascus International Fair, 1956, 293
Dana, R. W., the Late, 741
Daniel, Dr. A. H., on Britain’s Energy Prospects, 744
Daniloff, M., on Physical Meaning of Section Modulus, 324, 516. See LETTER 357
Danish. See Denmark
Danks, E., and Co. (Oldbury), Ltd., “ Economic” Boiler for Meeting Fluctuating Steam Demands, 604*
Darlington Insulation Co., Ltd., Work on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 504* Darwins, Ltd., Heyman v , 811
Data Analysis in Operational Research, by R. Solt, 652*
— Processing Industry, Comment on, 328 Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., “ Drilpak,”
Power Units for Oil Industry, 615, 697*
David, H. G., on Thick-Walled Cylinders Under Internal Pressure, 292*. See LETTER, 324
Davidson, G. P., Wrightson and Co.,Ltd.,413. 542
Davidson, K. S. M., on Size Ships, 622
Davis, A. W., on Reheating in Turbine, 700
Davis, S., Ltd., Horizontal Machine, 23*; ‘‘Heligrind Grinding Machine, 219*
Davison, Dr. C. St. S., on Development of Internal-Combustion Engines, 258*
Davy and United Engineering Co., Four-High Plate-Finishing Rolling for Appleby-Frodingham Steel Ltd., 213; Chairman’s Report, 392
De Brouwer Chains for Conveyors (Trade Publication), 752
Decca Radar, Ltd., Glide-Path Radar, 374; Wind-Finding Radar, 374; ‘‘TM 46”
True-Motion Radar, 597*, 824
Decisions, Analysis of Data for, by R. Solt, 652*
Deckel ‘‘ F.P.2 ” Universal Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine (Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 23
Defence Contracts, Report of Committee on, 8 •— Expenditure, Comment on, 7
•— Western Germany, Foreign Orders for Armaments, 37
Deflection of Concentrically Loaded Plates, 528
— Shear, in Beams, by Dr. R. P. N. Jones,
428, 644. See LETTERS, 484, 549, 740*
Degreasing Plant, Automatic, for British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd. (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 151 *
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., “Comet” Airliners for Capital Airlines, 134; “Comet” Airliner, 291; “D.H.llO” Aircraft, 372*
de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., “Super Sprite ” Rocket Aeroplane Engines for Vickers “ Valiant ” Aircraft, 350*
“ Dekatron ” Electronic Counters (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 690*
de la Motte, E. S. George, on Railway Construction in West Africa, 105
Demag-Elektrometallurgie, Electric Arc Furnace, 405
Democracy, Design for (Review), 720
Demoor Centre Lathe (George Cohen, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 27
Dempster, R., and Sons, Ltd., Steel Pickling and Painting Service, 654
De-Nationalisation of Iron and Steel Industry, 735
— See also Nationalisation
Denco Miller, Ltd., Air-Conditioning Unit on Heat-Pump Principle, 107
Dendix Brushes, Ltd., Osborne 3A “ Brush- matic ” Gear-Brushing Machine. 250
Denham’s Engineering Co., Ltd., Denham- Metropolitan-Vickers Hydraulic Copying Attachment, 53*
Denmark, Anti-Monopoly Law in, 616
Appointment to Head, See Erratum,
and Speed of
Marine Steam
Fine Boring ” Spur-Gear
Ltd., Mill Co.,
Dennis Brothers, Ltd., “Pax” Chassis for Road Tanker, 601*; Annual Report 805
Dental Drill, Norlen, Turbo-Driven (Atlas Copco A.B.), 758*
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, See Scientific and Industrial Research
Dermatitis Protection, by “ Syl ” Barrier Preparation (Lloyd-Hamol, Ltd.), 491
Design, Council of Industrial, Exhibition Comment on, 325
— for Democracy (Review), 720
— in Engineering, Need for Simplification of
584. See LETTER, 644
— Machine, by J. E. Shigley (Book), 244
~ and Marketing, Policy of Owen Organisation, 724
— Relation to Sales and Production bv R W Morphy, 659
— Unregistered, Report of Committee on Use ot. 8
Desoutter Brothers, Ltd., Pneumatic Multiple Tapping Machine, 251*; “ RF6 ” Pneumatic Portable Rackfeed Drilling Machine, 251*
Detector, Electromagnetic, Use in Aerial Geophysical Prospecting, 226*
Devcon Corp., “ Devcon ” “ Plastic Steel ” for Metal Joining, 186
Devonport Dockyard, Effects of Economy Measures on, 159
Dewrance and Co., Ltd., High-Chromium Alloy Castings, 407; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 535*
“ Dextrol Concentrate 905 ” Additive for Oils and Greases (United Lubricants Ltd.), 286* ’
D.F.S. Shrinking and Stretching Machine (Robert Kelly and Sons, Ltd.), 156
D.G.B. See German Trade Union Federation “D.H.llO” Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 372*
Diagrams, Constitutional, of Alloys, by J. L. Haughton (Book), 210
Diamond Information Bureau, Industrial, Hardness and Hardness Testing from 1937 to 1955, Bibliography (Book), 687
— Irradiation of, 317
Dickerson, P. D., on Time Characteristics of Slabbing Mill, 760; on Design of Ingots for High Output in Slabbing Mill, 760
Dickinson, Prof. H. D., on Economic Effects of Automation, 337
DIDO Nuclear Reactor, 157, 158*, 187, 413* 694
Reactor (Review), 177
Reactor, Inauguration of, 635*, 670 Die Atomwirtschaft, Monthly Review, 700 Dies, Beryllium-Copper (Trade Publication), 18
— Casting Machines, Pressure, at Dusseldorf
Fair, 405
Pressure, Magnesium-AIIoy (Trade Publication), 210
Process, by H. K. Barton (Book), 339
— Design Handbook (Book), 48
— Sinking Machines. See Machine Tools Dielectric Materials, Irradiation of (British
Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 670*. See Erratum, 701
— and Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing
of Plastics Laminates, 309
Diesel-Electric Traction. See Engines, Oil, Diesel: Railways
— Engines. See Engines, Oil, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion
— Engineers and Users Association; Use of
Internal Combustion Plant for Peak Loads on Electricity Supply Systems, by J. R. P. Smith, 485; Report on Heavy Oil Engine Working Costs and Performance, 805
— Trains. See Railways
Dietrich, Dr. J. R., on Physics of Advanced Reactors, 29
Differential Equations, by S. V. Fagg (Book),
in Engineering and Physical Sciences, Ordinary Non-Linear, by N. W. McLachlan (Review), 687
Diffractometer, Optical (Trade Publication),
Diffusion, Mathematics of, by J. Crank (Book), 791
Digging Machine. See Excavator
Dilutees in Engineering Industry, Discussion in Parliament on, 63
Dingle Bank Petroleum Installation, “ Thermax ’’ Boilers for Oil Heating, 105
Diode, Silicon, Study of, with Streak Camera, 131*
Diploma in Technology, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Directors, Institute of, Invitation to F. Cousins, 384
— Scientistsas, Discussion in Parliament on, 95 “ Discovery II,” Royal Research Ship, 450* Dished and Flanged Ends (Trade Publication),
407
Disputes, Trades. See Labour
Distillation in Practice, by C. H. Nielsen (Book), 146
Distillers Co., Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Distortion in Girders under Torsion, by J. S. Terrington, 587*
— in Telegraphy, Instrument for Measuring
(Winston Electronics, Ltd.), 625*
Distribution Costs, Analysis of, 659 Distributors, Engineering, Association of.
See Engineering Distributors
— Machine Tool, Discussion on Qualifications
of, 40
District Heating in Europe, 35
Diving, Deep-, Vessel, H.M.S. “ Reclaim,” 647*
DIXI 60 ” Horizontal Optical Precision Jig Boring Machine (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 22
Dock Labour, Casual, 512 Problems of, 160
— Working Conditions at, 831
— Unions’ Dispute, 320
Docker, Sir B., Deposition as Chairman and Managing Director of B.S.A. Co., Ltd., 128, 192
Docker Brothers, Painting of Nacton Works of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd. See Erratum, 466. See LETTER, 709
Dockyard, Chatham, Proposed Technical College at, 605
— Devonport, Effects of Economy Measures
on, 159
— Rosyth, Effects of Economy Measures on,
159
Doctors, Pay Claim of, 160, 288 Domestic Heating. See Healing Dominion Gulf Co., Columbite Deposits, 40 Doors, Flexible Transparent (Superbuilt Products, Ltd.), 602
— Flush, Solid-Core (Trade Publication), 210 Double Reduction Gears, Marine. See Marine
Propulsion
Dounreay, Fast Breeder Reactor: 157*, 158; Progress on, 735
— Nuclear Power Station, Contracts for, 506 Dowding and Doll, Ltd., Vertical Fine Boring
Machine, 22; “DIXI 60” Horizontal Optical Precision Jig-Boring Machine, 22; “ Rigid Model ST. 100/2 ” Hydro-Copying Milling Machine for Turbine Blades, 24* Eeishauer ZA Gear-Grinding Machine, 220
Dowson and Mason Gas Plant Co., Ltd., Heating Plant and Oil-Refuelling Systems (Trade Publication), 467
Dowty Group, Ltd., Electronic Tachometer, 375*; Position and Prospects of, 551; Railway Buffer with Controlled Recoil, 722*
Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd., Activities of, 678; “ Dekatron ” Electronic Counters, 690*; Photo-Transistors for Batch Counting, 690*; Magnetic Position Indicator, 792* Doxford, W., and Sons, Ltd., Annual Report, 583
Drake, D. D., on Internal Liquid Cooling in Gas-Turbine Rotors, 140*
Draughtsmanship, Drawings and Dimensions, by S. Parker (Review), 524
Draughtsmen, Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding, Pay Conditions, 800
Dravo Corp., Process Equipment (Trade Publication), 210
Drawbench, Automatic, for Light-Alloy Tubes (Head Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 273
Drawing Board, Composite (Angula Engineering Co.), 189
— and Dimensions, by S. Parker (Review), 524
— Oils (Trade Publication), 629
Drever, Prof. J., Presidential Address to Psychology Section of British Association, 295
Drift Measuring Instrument (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.), 374
Drills and Drilling Machines. See Machine Tools
— Steels, New (Atlas Copco (Great Britain),
Ltd.), 150
“ Drilldust Bucket ” Device for Dust Collection from Fluted Mining Drills (Mine Safety Appliances Co.), 282*
“ Drilpak ” Power Units for Oil Industry (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 615, 697*
Driver, Skilful, Letter on Review, 5. See also Vol. 181
Drop-Forging Hammers. See Hammers under Machine Tools
Droughts in America, Note on, 454. See LETTER, 485
Drum-Sander, Double, Type BDB (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 60
Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd., Ram-Type Horizontal Dual-Purpose Milling and Boring Machine, 22*; Krause Inverted- Spindle Fine Boring Machine, 23; “ Pitchmaster ” Thread-Rolling Machine, 54*; Ohler Vertical Hydraulic Cold-Sawing Machine, 87*; “ PeTeWe ” Projection
Grinding Machine, 89*; 30-ton Hydraulic Press, 154*; “ Maxicut 2A ” High-Speed Gear-Shaping Machine, 218*; Wadtool lA Production Gear-Testing Machine, 250*
Dryer, Air, “ Lectodryer ” (Birlec, Ltd.), 796 “ Dual ” Mobile Welding Bench (Croftshaw (Engineers), Ltd.), 116*
“ Dublo-Matic ” Drilling and Tapping Machine (Mulhead Engineering Co., Ltd.), 376*
Dubna, “ Atomic City,” Reported at, 444
Duckham, A., and Co., Ltd., Extreme-Pressure
Cutting Oils, 55; Radioactive Machinability Laboratory, 56*
Ducts al Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
Ducting, Acid-Resistant, for Nuclear Chemical Processes, 413*
Dufaylite Developments, Ltd., “ Dufaylite ” Honeycomb Core Material, 755
Dugundji, J., on Thermo-Aeroelasticity, 458
Duke of Edinburgh, H.R.H., Remarks on Need for Blending Work and Leisure, 96; Study Conference of. Comment on, 129; Study Conference of, by L. Thompson (Review), 791
Duke of Hamilton’s Trustees, Halliday r., 745 Dulrae, Ltd., “ Medrae ” Electric Radiant
Heating Panels (Trade Publication), 688
Duncan. J. P., on Turbine-Blade Vibration, 202*; on Rational Design of Stayed Tube-Plates, 459*, 525*
Dunlop Research Centre, Irradiation of Rubber and Plastics, 317*
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Dynamometer for Aircraft Wheel Assemblies, 491*
Dunne, P. C., on Shear Deflection in Beams, 549, 740*. See LETTER, 644
“ Duplex ” Air Filters (Trade Publication), 629 Du Pont Co. (U.K.), Ltd., Synthetic Rubber Plant in Northern Ireland, 748
Du Pont de Nemours, E. L, and Co., “ Memomotion ” Work-Study Technique, 466; “ Hypalon ” Heat-Resistant Synthetic Rubber, 490; Study of Heavy-Water- Moderated Nuclear Reactors, 762
Durgapur Steelworks, Construction and Provisional Output, 581
Dusseldorf, International Foundry Congress and Fair at, 404. See also 386
Dust Collection from Fluted Mining Drills, “ Drildust Bucket” Device for (Mine Safety Appliances Co.), 282*
— Collectors, Wet-Type (Trade Publication),
467
— Control, Foundry, Conference on (Book),
114
and Ventilation in Steel Foundry, Report of York Conference, 1955 (Book), 178
— Sampling and Measurement, Research on,
772*
Dutch. See Holland
Dye-Penetrant Flaw Detection Inks (Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales), Ltd.), 12
Dyna Panhard Twin-Cylinder Motor-Car Engine, 574*
Dynamic Balancing Machines, Calibration of, by J. A. Macinate, 174*
— Engineering, Vol. II, by C. B. Biezeno and
R. Grammel (Review), 596
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric: Turbo- Generators
Dynamometer for Aircraft Wheel Assemblies (Sir William Arrol and Co., Ltd.), 491*
— “ Cj-Type” (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 375*
— See also Brake
“ Dyna-shift ” Centre Lathe (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 26*
“ Dynocone ” Continuous Centrifuge (International Combustion, Ltd.), 147*
“ ElOl ” Electronic Adding Machine Earth Continuity “ Portaway ” (Trade Publication), 688
— Loop Impedance Test Set (Trade Publica
tion), 434
Earth’s Magnetism. See Magnetism
Earthwork Machinery (Trade Publication), 210 East Kilbride, Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Work of, 386*
East Lancashire Chemical Co., Ltd., “ Elco- meter ” for Rapid Determination of Ferrite in Austenitic Welds, 143*
East Midlands Gas Board, Increase in Price of Gas, 159
Eastern Federation of Building Trades Employers, Training Foremen and Executives, 672
Eberspacher,Turbo-Charger for Diesel Engines, 438*
Ebonite and Rubber Linings and Coverings (Trade Publication), 721
Eccentricity Gauge, Cable (Trade Publication), 146
Echo-Sounding Equipment for Fishing Vessels (Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd.), 507* “ Economic ” Boiler for Meeting Fluctuating Steam Demands (Edwin Danks and Co. (Oldbury), Ltd.), 604*
Economic Commission for Europe: Trend of European Gas Economy, 39; Survey of European Steel Market, 198; European Steel Market in 1955, 229; Report on Economic Expansion in Europe, 359; Organisation of Electric Power Services in Europe, 618; Report on Oil Shortage, 775
— Development in Middle East, 70
— of Electrical Installation Design, by G. A.
Wedge (Book), 751
— Industrial. See also Labour
— Policy, Government, Comment on, 357
— and Social Research, National Institute of,
Inquiry into Industrial Capital, 678
Economy, Fuel. See Fuel
Edging Machine. See Machine Tools Edinburgh, Duke of, H.R.H.: Remarks on Need for Blending Work and Leisure, 96; Study Conference of, Comment on, 129; Study Conference of, by L. Thompson (Review), 791
“EDM 103” Portable Fluorescent Light (Engineering Developments (England), Ltd.). 118*
Education :
Apprentice Education in Scotland, 831 — Engineering (Trade Publication), 244 Apprenticeship Scheme, Group, Comment on,485
Atomic Energy Instruction Courses, 189, 28", 347, 414, 795
Automation, Evolution of. Lecture on, 774 — Technical Training for, House of Lords Debate on, 639
Boiler Operators, Training of, 162*
Bradford Technical College, Expenditure, 63
Careers in Engineering, 608
Chatham Dockyard, Proposed Technical College at, 605
Chemical Engineering Fellowship in Australia, 111
Civil Engineering as Career, Cinema Film on,820
Crypton Course of Engine and Electrical Servicing (Book), 524
Design for Democracy (Review), 720 Diploma in Technology, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Educational Background in Management, by Miss R. Stewart, 322
Effluent Disposal, Course on, 554 Engineers, Education and Training of, 766, 767
Engineering Education, Discussion in House of Lords on, 703. See also 704
— Industry, Training Operators for, by W. D. Seymour, 2*. See also 1
Executives, Building Trade, Week-End Courses for, 672
Financial Help for Technical Students, 112 Foremen in Europe, Selection and Training of, by S. Grabe and P. Silberer (Review), 821
— and Executives, Building Trade, Week- End Courses for, 672
— Training of, 192
Foundry Managers and Technologists, Training of, 714
Education—cotitinued
Graduate Employment, Review, Comment on, 512
Harwell Reactor School, Courses at, 795 Higher National Certificate Workshop Technology, by T. Nuttall (Review), 243
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, 607
London University, Nuclear Power Instruction Courses, 347
Management Studies, by Lt.-Col. Urwick, 640
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Soviet Education in Aeronautics, by L. Trilling (Review), 208
Maudslay Scholarship Foundation, Awards, 318
Merchant Navy Training Board, Shipping Federation Scholarships, 357
Nuclear Energy Courses, 285, 347, 795
— Engineering, Courses in, 189
— Power, Course on, 414
— Reactors for Research and Training, Discussion in Parliament on, 223
Operators, Training for Engineering Industry, by W. D. Seymour, 2*. See also 1
Oxford University Business Summer School, 325
Plastic Theory of Structures, Teaching, 497 Public Health Engineering, Post-Graduate Course in. Lack of Applicants for, 5. See also Vol. 181
Quick-Reading Courses, 672
Radio-Isotopes, Courses on, at Sir John Cass College, 670
Reading, Quick, Courses in, 672
Retraining of Older Men, 608
Russian Education in Aeronautics, by L. Trilling (Review), 208
Scholarship, Machine Tool Trades Association, 558
— Shipping Federation, 357
— Technical State, Discussion in Parliament on, 671, 799
— Trust, Frederick D. Edwards, 112 Shipping Federation Scholarships, 357
Sir John Cass College, Courses on Radio- Isotopes, 670
Students, Science and Technology, Need for Increase in Numbers of, 191
— Technical, Financial Help for, 112
— Vacation Experience in Canada for, 175
Supervisors, Training of, 192
Teachers, Better Distribution of, 800
— Science, Call-up of, 352, 384 and Engineering, Shortage of, Comment on, 416
Improvement in Supply of, 127
Technical Colleges, Advanced, Comment on, 193
Discussion in Parliament on, 159, 223
— Education, Desirability of Broad Basis for, 95
Discussion in Parliament on, 223 Vital Need for, 601
White Paper on, 223
Technicians, Training of, 672
Technological Education, Higher, Supply of Students for, 778
Need for, 455
Technology, Diploma in. Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Television, Use of, in Teaching, 100
Training Operators for Engineering Industry, by W. D. Seymour, 2*. See also 1
— Scheme for Graduate Engineers at Thomas Hedley and Co., 323*
Undergraduate, Arts, Comment on, 450. See LETTER, 549
— Overseas Vacation Work for, 607 Universities, Science and Technology at, 575
— Technical Students at, 193
Vacation Employment, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 549. See LETTER, 581
— Experience in Canada for Students, 175
— Work, Overseas, for Undergraduates, 607
Whitworth Fellowships, Substitution of, in Place of Whitworth Scholarships, 40
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Nibbling Shearing Machine, 154
Edwards, G. A., on Analysis of Cost of Distribution, 659
Edwards High Vacuum, Ltd., Financial Help for Technical Students, 112
Edwards, J. O., on Fatigue in Aluminium Alloy Sheet, 429
“ Eel ” Powder Reflectometer (Trade Publication), 146
Efco-Edwards Vacuum Metallurgy, Ltd., Vacuum Furnaces, 220*
Effluents, Atomic, Disposal of, 441*
— Disposal, 582
Course on ^54
— Trade, Inquiry by Central Advisory Water
Committee, 778
Egypt, British Military Action in, Comment, on 577
— Comment on Aswan and Kariba Dams, 97
— Trade with, Impact of Suez Crisis on, 264
— See also Suez Canal
Ehricke, K. A,, on Solar Power in Space Flight, 478
Eickhoff, Dr. K. G., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Eilon, Dr. S.: on Quantities in Batch Production, 298*; on Economic Lot Size in Batch Production, 522*
Eire, British Air Services to, 605
Ejector Seat, Rocket-Propelled, “ Rescu " Mark I (General Dynamics Corporation), 691*
Ekco Electronics, Ltd., Drift Measuring Instrument, 374
Elastic Band Theory, 830*
— Problems of Single Machine Elements:
Engineering Dynamics: Vol. II, by C. B Biezeno and R. Grammel (Review), 596
Elastic Stability under Combined Loadine bv A. N. Procter, 655*, 740*. See LETTER,*708 — Systems. Hyperstatic Plane. Tables for Calculation of, by A. Linari (Book) 210 Elasticity, Mathematical Theory of bv T S Sokolnikoff (Book), 791
Elboume Memorial Lecture on Management Studies, by Lt.-Col. Urwick, 640
“Elcometer” for Rapid Determination of Ferrite in Austenitic Welds (East Lancashire Chemical Co., Ltd.), 143*
“ Electrabore ” Wide-Bed Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine (George Richards and Co. Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum, 91
Electric :
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Ammeter, Volt, Clip-On (Trade Publication), 146
Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Welding. See Welding
AvoMeter, for Use in Tropics (Trade Publication), 48
Cable. See Cable
Capacitors for 3-Phase Electricity Supply at Palethorpes, Ltd. (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 533
— Standard, and their Accuracy in Practice (Book), 244
— Sub-Miniature (Trade Publication), 597 Cathode Rays. See Cathode
Central Electricity Authority. See Central Electricity Authority
Circuits, Electric, Analysis of, by W. H. Middendorf (Book), 244
— Theory and Operational Calculus, by J. R. Carson (Book), 407
Conductors, Aluminium, “ Minnifessor ” Compressor for Jointing Steel-Cored (Trade Publication), 114
— Semi-, in High-Energy Ignition Units (Foster Transformers, Ltd.), 591*
Progress in. Vol. I, by Dr. A. F. Gibson, Prof. P. Aigrain, and Prof. R. E. Burgess (Book), 244
Contact Materials (Trade Publication), 18 Control. See Control
Cranes. See Cranes
Cross-Channel Electricity Supply, Direct Current, 326
Cubicles, High-Voltage Metal-Clad (Trade Publication), 721
Direct-Current for Cross-Channel Electricity Supply, 326
Duplicate Busbar Switchboard (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 405*
Dynamo. See Generator: Turbo-Generator Earth Continuity and Bonding System, “ Portaway ” (Trade Publication), 688 — Loop Impedance Test Set (Trade Publication), 434
Electric Insulation, Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, and Thermoplastics, by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48
— Traction in France, 497
Electrical Components (Trade Publication), 114
— Control Equipment at Machine-Tool Exhibition, 185*
— Equipment of Aircraft, Convention on, 13
— Installations in Caravans (Book), 18 Design, Economics of, by G. A. Wedge (Book), 751
— Machinery and Plant, Report of Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission on, 159, 639
— Plant at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 565*
Heavy, Monopolies Commission Report, Discussion in Parliament on, 639
— Principles, by H. Cotton (Book), 276 — Products (Trade Publication), 244
— Research, High-Speed Photography in, by H. H. W. Losty, 130*
Electricity, District-Heating Requirements, 159
— Equipment for Generation, Transmission and Distribution (Trade Publication), 467
— in Ford Production, 743
— Supply Capacity at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 799
Equipment, Wire Splicing and Prestressing System (Trade Publication), 791
Garcke’s Manual of (Book), 276 Industry, Output Statistics, 35, 311 Industry, Reorganisation of, 763 at Palethorpes, Ltd., 532* in Russia, 616
Statistics, Cyprus, 221
— in Textile Industry, by W. E. Swale
(Book), 114
Electrode Arcs, Consumable, (Film), 430
Electroplating. See Electro Factory Electrification, by F. and C. H. Pike (Review),
Frequency Meter (British Houston Co., Ltd.), 628* — See also Frequency Furnace. See Furnaces
Garcke’s Manual of Electricity Supply (Book), 276
Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition. See Ignition
Impedance Test Set, Earth-Loop (Trade Publication), 434
Impulse Testing, High-Voltage (Book), 524 Induction Motors. See Motors, Electric Infra-Red Lamps in Industry (Trade Publication), 48
Installation Design, Electrical, Economics of, by G. A. Wedge (Book), 751 Insulation, Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, and Thermoplastics, by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48
Insulators, Glass, Testing (Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.), 650*
Electric—continued
Junction Boxes, Light-Current (Trade Publication), 597
Lamp Fitting, Corrosion-Proof (British Central Electrical Co., Ltd.), 691*
— and Fittings (Trade Publication), 688 — Fluorescent, Portable, “ EDM103 ”
(Engineering Developments (England) Ltd.), 118*
— Infra-Red, in Industry (Trade Publication), 48
— Integral Sodium (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 827
— Obstruction, Portable (Trade Publication), 48
— Photoflash, Use in Argon-Arc Studies, 131*
— Research on, at A.E.I, Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., 786*
— Underwater, Osram (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 798*
Lighting (Trade Publication), 688
— Fittings, Fluorescent, Rustless (Trade Publication), 688
Fluorescent and Tungsten (Trade Publication), 244
Industrial (Trade Publication), 688
— Fluorescent, Manufacture of 8-ft. Tubes (Thom Electrical Industries, Ltd.), 50*
— Light-Alloy Framework for Illuminated Ceilings (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 757*
— Research on, at A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., 786*
— Transformers (Trade Publication), 178 Load Distribution, Analysis of, 506 Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Machines. See Generators; Motors; Turbo Mains. See Cables
Meter, Clip-on Ammeter, Voltmeter (Trade Publication), 146
— Frequency (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 628*
Motors. See Motors, Electric Networks, Synthesis of Three-Terminal RC, by K. M. Adams (Book), 18
Oil Switch. See Switchgear Photo-Electric Equipment (Trade Publication), 114
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations Pyrometer. See Pyrometer Railways. See Railways Rays. See Cathode Rays; X-Rays Rectifier, Germanium, for Cinema Projectors (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 182*
— for Inert-Gas Arc Welding, 797*
— Silicon Junction (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 505
Regulations for Electrical Equipment of Buildings, Interpretations of, 432, 773; (Book), 524
Relays, Inverse Time Over-Current (Trade Publication), 467
Resistance Welding. See Welding Resistors, Fixed, by G. W. A. Dummer (Review), 209
— Variable, by G. W. A. Dummer (Book), 276
Rolling Mills, Electric. See Rolling Mills, Driving of
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays Semi-Conductors in High-Energy Ignition Units (Foster Transformers, Ltd.), 591*
Progress in. Vol. I, by Dr. A. F. Gibson, Prof. P. Aigrain, and Prof. R. E. Burgess (Book), 244
Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Signal Generator (Trade Publication), 48 Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric Steel Manufacture. See Metallurgy; and Furnace, Electric
Switchgear. See Switchgear; Motors, Electric
Telegraphy. See Telegraphy Telephony. See Telephony
Terminals, Solderless, for Electrical Work (Aircraft-Marine Products (Great Britain), Ltd.), 562
Thermometer. See Thermometer Traction. See Locomotives, Electric; Trolley 'Bus; Railways
Transformers. See Transformers Transistor. See Transistor
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Valves, Thermionic, Miniature, Manufacture of (Hivac, Ltd.), 50
Volt-Ammeter, Clip-On (Trade Publication), 146
Voltage Measurement in Testing Toughened Glass Insulators, 651*
Welding. See Welding Winding Gear. See Winding
Wireless Telegraphy. See Radar; Radio: Television
— Telephony. See Radar; Radio; Television
Wiring of Buildings, Interpretations of Regulations for, 432, 773; (Book), 524
Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., 80-ton Electric Arc Steel-Melting Furnace for W. Beard- more and Co., Ltd., 143; Work on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 504*
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., Annual Report, 678
Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd., “ Corr- therm ” Heating Element, 57
— Traction Manufacture (Metropolitan-
Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 311
Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association, British, Resistance Welding Applications (Trade Publication), 210
— Contracting, National Inspection Council
for, 39
— Development Association, British, Electric
Motors and Control (Review), 113; Film on Washing Machines, 768
— Engineers, American Society of. Year
Book and Guide (Book), 178
Electrical Engineers, Institution of:
Summer Meeting in Birmingham, 8 Presidential Address on Telecommunications, by Sir G. Radley, 454
Recommended Practice for Electrical
Installations in Caravans (Book), 18 Model Forms of General Conditions ol Contract, 117 . .
Regulations for Electrical Equipment ot
Buildings, Interpretations of, 432, 773 Lecture on Evolution of Automation, 774, (Book), 524 , . r
Convention on Electrical Equipment oj
Aircraft: . u
Electrical Equipment m Aircrait, by
S. F. Follett, 13 r.
Cooling Electrical Equipment on Aircraft, by C. S. Hudson, 14
Future Trends, by Dr. D. C. Flack, 13 Radio and Telecommunications Section:
Growth of Radio Industry, by Dr.
R. C. G. Williams, 417
Convention on Ferrites for Magnets, 57y Supply Section: ,
Engineering Efficiency, Econoinics and Expediency, by P. J. Ryle, 600 Utilisation Section: , u ,
Selective Electric Load Development, by H. J. Gibson, 506 Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of. See Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of • A
Electrical-Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects of, 711
Electrical Research Association, Conference on Electricity and Food Production, 743
Workers, International Brotherhood ot, Agreement with Electric Light and Power Industry, 256 .
Electricals, Ltd., Compression Cable Glands (Trade Publication), 752
Electricity Bill, Comment on, 705
— and Magnetism, by J. H. Fewkes and
J. Yarwood (Book), 178
— See also under Electric
— See also Power Supply, Electric ACT
Electro-Luminescence, Research on, at A.E.l.
Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., 786 Electrode Arcs, Consumable, Study ot (hilm) 430
— “Fineries” (Trade Publication), 244
— Welding (Trade Publication), 407 Electrolytic Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Strip-Cleaning Line at Velindre Works ot
Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 45
Electromagnetic Detector, Use in Aerial Geophysical Prospecting, 226*
Electromagnetic Engineering Co., Ltd., Automatic Electroplating Equipment at New Factory, 144
Electromagnets. See also Magnets
“ Electromatic ” Lathe with Automatic Speed Regulation (Max Muller-Brinker Masch- inenfabrik), 279* r. j er' *1
Electron Microscope Direct Study of Crystal Lattices 44*
Electronic Apparatus for Noise and Vibration Measurement, etc. (Trade Publication), 18 at Very High Temperatures, 391 — and Automatic Devices in Astronomy, 297 — Components (Trade Publication), 688 Radio and. Vol. I: Fixed Resistors, by
G. W. A. Dummer (Review), 209
— Computers. See Computers
— Counters, ” Dekatron ” (Dowty Nucleonics,
— Engineering, by S. Seely (Book), 18
— Equipment, Exhibition by E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd., 730
Ground, Reliability Factors for, by K. Henney (Book), 276 .
Measurements and Measuring In^ruments, by F. G. Spreadbury (Book), 209
Products (Trade Publication), 244 — Radio, by S. Seely (Book), 244 Electroplating Equipment, Automatic (Electromagnetic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 144 Electrotechnical Commission, International, and British Standards Institution, 455 “ Ellerwerke,” Continuous Swarf-Oil Separator (Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.), 654*
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., Nuclear Power Station Simulator, 284 ; 405
Data Processing Machines, 360; Lltra- High-Frequency Radio Equipment, 373; “ Autronic ” Process-Control Equipment, 428; Equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 564* .
Ellison, G., Ltd., Withdrawable Switchgear for Medium Voltages, 436*
Ellwood, Dr. E. C., on Semi-Continuous Casting of Bronze, 429
Embassy Machine and Tool Co., Ltd., Hydraulic Rail Straightening Press (Pitzmann and Pfeiffer), 602* j nx i.-
Emery Wheels. See Grinding under Machine
E M.I. Electronics, Ltd., Industrial Television Equipment, 98*; Exhibition of Electronic Equipment, 730
Emigration to Commonwealth, 610 Emitron Television Cameras at Lime Grove, 260
Employees. See Labour
“ EmprSs of BHtain,”^™Ls., Reheat Cycle in
Steam Turbines of, 700 “ Encon ” Continuous-Casting
(Trade Publication), 688
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue
(Materials')
— Industrial (Trade Publication), 48
— Internal-Combustion, Development of, by
Dr. C. St. C. Davison, 258* _
Combustion,
808
Combustion,
599* Combustion.
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Marine (Trade Publication), 48
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
— Oil, Diesel (Trade Publication), 48 Diesel, Air-Cooled (Petters, Ltd.), 797 Diesel, Combustion of Petroleum in, by
J. Lamb (Review), 113
Diesel, 9-Cylinder, Turbo-Charged Marine (Sulzer Bros.), 313*
Electric Traction (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 311
Diesel, Exhaust Turbochargers for (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 110*
Diesel, Fuel-Injection Equipment (Joseph Lucas, Ltd.), 327
Diesel, for General Use (Daimler Co., Ltd.), 391*
Diesel, for High-Speed Road Vehicles (Henry Meadows, Ltd.), 438*
Diesel, Log Books for, 95 Diesel, Lubrication of. Cinema Film on, 558
Diesel, Manufacture (Trade Publication), 244
Diesel, Manufacture at Shotts Cummins Engine Co., Inc., 698
Diesel, Marine, Turbo-Charged, 9- Cylinder (Sulzer Bros.), 313*
Diesel, Mobile Power Units (Trade Publication), 146
Diesel, Newage/B.M.C. 5-Litre (Newage (Manchester), Ltd.), 826*
Diesel, for Oil Industry, “ Drilpak ” Sets (Davey Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 615, 697*
— — Diesel, Operator’s Guide, by C. M.
Jones (Book), 276
Diesel, Power Pack, Air-Cooled, “ Victor Vixen” (Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 468*
Diesel, Simms-Eberspacher Automotive Turbo-Charger for, 788*
Diesel, Small, for Marine Use (Petters, Ltd.), 533*
Diesel, Uses of. Cinema Films on, 175 Diesel, Use for Electric-Power-Supply
Peak Loads, 485
Diesel, for Vehicles, “ P ” Series (Trade Publication), 210
Diesel, Working Costs and Performance, Report on, 805
Diesel. See also Motor ships; Marine Propulsion; Diesel Engineers and Users Association
— Petrol (Trade Publication), 48 Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
Motor-Car, Design, by G. Wilkins, 573* Motor-Car, Rubber in, by R. Dean-
Averns (Book), 821
Motor-Car, Supercharged, 573
— Steam, Marine. See also Marine Propulsion:
Turbines
— Winding. See Winding
Engineer and Artist, by R. Bentley Claughton» 482*
— in Civil Service Higher Grades, 831
— Education. See Education
— Efforts and Need to Obtain New, 766, 767
— Emigrant and Immigrant, Discussion in
Parliament on, 159
— Graduate, Training Scheme for, at Thomas
Hedley and Co., 323*
Engineers Guild, Ltd., Pension Scheme, 64; Proposal for Prevention of Road Accidents, 197. See LETTER, 261; Group Insurance Scheme, 736
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Loose Use of Title of, 546
Engineers, Manchester Association of. Centenary, 456
— National Service for, in United States, 768
— Output and Education of, 703. See also 704
— Production, Institution of. See Production
— Professional Standing of, in United States,
128
— in Senior Company Positions, 33 Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland,
Institution of, James Watt Dinner, 455
— Women, 712
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National
Federation, Committee for Study of Redundancy, 512
— Apprentices. See Education
— as Career, 608
— Contracts. See Contracts: Legal
— Developments of 1956, 801
Engineering Developments (England), Ltd., “EDM 103 ” Portable Fluorescent Light. 118*
— Distributors, Association of, Discussion on
Qualifications of Machine Tool Distributors, 40
— Dynamics, Vol. II, by C. B. Biezeno and R.
Grammel (Review), 596
— Education. See Education
— Electrical, Efficiency, Economics and Ex
pediency in, by P. J. Ryle, 600
— Fluid Mechanics, by C. Jaeger (Book), 210
— Foundations, Design and Construction of,
by F. D. C. Henry (Review), 596
— in History, by R. S. Kirby, S. Withington,
A. B. Darling, and F. G. Kilgour (Review), 208
— Hydraulic, Elements of, by R. K. Linsley,
Jr., and J. B. Franzini (Review), 81
— Industries Association, London Regional
Display, 485; Guide to Finance Act, 1956, 579
of Czechoslovakia, Progress in, 486 in Europe, Report on, 7. See also Vol. 181
Export Statistics of, 229 Industrial Groups in, 641 Training Operators for, by W. D. Seymour, 2*. See also 1
ENGINEERING INFORMATION SERVICE, Co-ordination of Design, Production and Sales, 584. See LETTER, 644
Inspection, Measurement and Testing, by
H. C. Town and R. Colebourne (Book), 751
Laboratories. See Laboratories: National Physical
— Materials, Non-Destructive Testing (Trade
Publication), 433
as Profession, Efforts and Need to Obtain New Entrants, 766, 767
Rubber in, Conference on, 498*. See also 487
and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of: Modern Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, and Thermoplastic Insulated Cables, by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48; Axial and Centrifugal Compressor Design for Aircraft Engines, by N. C. Breddy (Book), 721
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards
— Tables, ASME Handbook of, by J. Huckert
(Book), 210
— Works. See Works
English Electric Co., Ltd., Mobile Colliery Winder, 51*; Relinquishment of Managing Directorship, by Sir G. Nelson, 69; Work at Whetstone Plant, 136; Crane and Mill Motors (Trade Publication), 146; Current Transformers (Trade Publication), 244; “ Filleries ” Electrodes (Trade Publication), 244; Radio-Link Remote Control of Electric Power Plant, 279; Research and Development at Whetstone Works, by G. F. W. Adler, 314*; AirBreak Switchgear (Trade Publication), 467; Condenser Bushings (Trade Publication), 467; Control Boards (Trade Publication), 467; Inverse Time OverCurrent Relays (Trade Publication), 467; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 566*; Portable Arc-Welding Equipment (Trade Publication), 597; “Speedees” Electrodes for Mild Steel (Trade Publication), 597; Equipment for Snowy Mountains Scheme, 633; Nuclear Energy Projects, 665*; “ P.I.” Jet Aircraft, 735; Arc-Welding Equipment (Trade Publication), 752; Railway Traction (Trade Publication), 752
English Electric-Babcock and Wilcox-Taylor Woodrow Group, Nuclear Power Station in Somerset, 793
English Electric Co. Proprietary, Ltd., Guthega Power Station Equipment, 394*
English Electric Group, Developments in Diesel and Electric Locomotive Manufacture, 327
English Steel Castings Corporation, Ltd., 143- ton Forging-Hammer Block for Rotherham Forge, 312*
English Steel Corporation, Ltd., Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
English Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation, Ltd., Stainless-Steel Liner for Forging Press, 377*
Engraving Machines. See Machine Tools Envelope, Protective (E. S. and A. Robinson, Ltd.), 94
“ Envoy ” Gas Cooker (Flavel, Sidney and Co., Ltd.), Use of I.M.-Plastichrome Mouldings in, 529
“ E.P.9 ” Aircraft for Agricultural and General Use (Edgar Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 316*. also
Equal-Loudness Contours for Pure Tones, by D. W. Robinson and R. S. Dadson, 142* Equations, Differential, by S. V. Fagg (Book), 791
— Ordinary Non-Linear, by N. W. McLachlan
(Review), 687
Equilibrium Diagrams of Alloys, by J L. Haughton (Book), 210
Ericsson, Ltd., Field Ratemeter (Trade Publication), 114
“ Ernest Holt ” Fisheries Research Vessel, 451 * Escher Wyss, Ltd., Plant for Studying Turbines and Pumps, 431 *
Essex, Water Supplies in, 223
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., Expansion of Fawley Refinery, 102; Surplus Gas for Southern Gas Board, 221; Developments at Milford Haven, 391
Etherington, H. E., on E. B. Wedmore s Work on Bee-Keeping, 100
Eucumbene-Tumut Development, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 394 , 630*
“ Euler ” Members, Elastic Stability under Combined Loading, by A. N. Proctor, 655*, 740*. See LETTER, 708
Euratom ” Nuclear Agency, Progress of, 476 Eurofirma, Formation for Purchase of Rolling Stock, 679
Europe, District Heating in, 35
— Eastern, Selling to, 533
— Economic Commission for. See Economic
Commission
— Electric Power Organisations in, 618
— Energy Supplies for. Working Party on, 191
— Engineering Industries in. Report on, 7.
See also Vol. 181
— Iron and Steel Industry in, Report on, 7 and Steel Output, 7
— Oil Pipeline Project, 37
— Selection and Training of Foremen in, by
S. Grabe and P. Silberer (Review), 821
— Western, Economic Development in, 359 Economic Integration of, 804
Gas Industry in, 39
Housing Accommodation for Workers, 416
Oil-Demand Forecast, 453
European Coal and Steel Cornmunity, Discussion in Parliament on Britain’s Co-operation with, 95; Comment on Working under, 197
— Common Market, 133, 449, 486, 578, 583,
799, 804
European Customs Union, 671
— Organisation for Nuclear Research* 600-
MeV Synchro-Cyclotron, 189*; Grant from Ford Foundation, 285; Site for Nuclear Research, 475; Progress of 476* United Kingdom’s Financial Contribution ’ 575; Proceedings of Symposium on High- Energy Accelerators and Pion Physics 700; Vacuum Tanks for 50-MeV Proton Linear Accelerator (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 700*
— Productivity Agency: Productivity Mea
surement Review, 6; Use of American Productivity Data, 359; Market Research Methods in Europe, 789
— Steel Market, Comment on, 229
Market, Survey of, 198
Evans Electroselenium, Ltd., “Eel” Powder Reflectometer (Trade Publication), 146; Photo-Extraction Sedimentometer (Trade Publication), 178
Evans Medical Supplies, Ltd., v. Moriarty, 103 Evans, Dr. U. R., on Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 430
Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., Automatic Firing Control at Dingle Bank, 105
*^'"199!? S.T., Launch of, 133,
Evolution, Application to Industry, bv Dr G. E. P. Box, 295
Ewbank, M. H., on Future of Nuclear Power, 38
Excavator, Skoda, 486*
Exhibition, British Industries Fair, Comment on, 724
— Brussels Universal and International, 724
— Caravans, 789
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 126, 287
415, 543, 702, 825
— Council of Industrial Design, 325
— Cycle and Motor Cycle, 326
— Damascus International Fair, 1956, 293
— Electronic, by E.M.L Electronics, Ltd., 730
— Engineering Industries Association, Lon
don Regional Display, 485
Industry in Czechoslovakia, 486*
— Festival of Wales, 228
— Fuel Efficiency, Remarks at Opening of, 450
— Gas Industry, 746
— Commercial Motor Transport,
Foundry Trade Fair, Dusseldorf, 404 See also 386
Machine Tool, 5, 19*, 52*, 86* 119* 152*, 183*, 216*, 246*. See also Vol. 181
— Mobile Units, 789
— Model Engineer, Comment on, 264
— National Radio and Television, 263
— Oil-Burning Appliances, Shell Petroleum
Co., Ltd., 390*
— Pendulum Clocks, 644
— Smithfield and Agricultural Machinery, 645
— Stained-Glass Windows, 106*
— Trade Fairs, Comment on, 194, 605, 724 Expenditure, Defence, Comment on, 7 Experimental Spirit, by C. R. H. Simpson, 610*,
674*, 808*. See LETTER, 677. See also 609
“ Explorer,” Fisheries Research Vessel, 452* Explosives, Blasting, Manufacture, 75* Export Trade. See Trade
Extensometer for 2-in. Gauge Length (Thomas Mercer, Ltd.), 103*
Eyemouth Harbour Model, 660*
FABRICA Colombiana De Automores S.A., Formation by Austin Motor Co., Ltd., 229 “ FAC ” Constructional Kit for Models (Mark Sylwan, AB.), 580*
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
~ Act, 1937, on Industrial Fire Protection, 664
— Chief Inspector of, on Spread of Automa
tion, 768
— Electrification, by F. T. Bartho and C. H
Pike (Review), 687
— Employment of Women. See Labour
— Inspector of, H.M. Senior Electrical, Report
on Electiieal Accidents, 712. See 768
— Layouts, Scale Models for, by J. V. Spenlove
Brown, 706*
— Management. See Management
“ FAF ” Pressure Controller for Pneumatic Systems (George Kent, Ltd.), 689*
Fairs, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., “ FD2 ” Delta-Wing Aircraft, 262*; “ Rotodyne ” Helicopter, 344*; “ Fireflash” Guided Missile, 372** High-Tensile Steel Castings, 375; Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 563 Fairey, Sir R., the Late, 446
Fairhurst, H. S. and Son, Fleetwood Power Station, 435*
Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, R.R.S. “ John Biscoe,” 718*
Fall-Out, Radioactive, Comment on, 414
Fans, Aerofoil, Used with Air Heaters (Woods of Colchester, Ltd.), 752
— at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
— Polyvinyl Chloride (Trade Publication), 467
— Theory, Design and Application, by A. J.
Stepanoff (Review), 81
Farms, Farming. See Agriculture; Tractors Farmer, F. R., on Disposal of Nuclear Wastes and Effluents, 441 *
Farmer, J. S., Association with John Saxby, 104 Farmer Norton, Sir J., and Co., Ltd., Centreless Bar-Turning Machine, 54*
Farmers’ Union, National, Agricultural Wages Dispute, 128
Farmery, Dr. H. K., on Stress-Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 430
Farnborough, Annual Display of Society of British Aircraft Constructors, 261*, 290*, 348*, 372
Fatigue of Metals. See under Tests {Materials} Fawley Refinery, Expansion of, 102; Surplus Gas for Southern Gas Board, 221
— Synthetic Rubber Plant of International
Synthetic Rubber Co. at, 748
“ FD2 ” Delta-Wing Aircraft (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 262*
Federation of British Industries, Survey of
Indian Industrial Development, 517- Problem of River Pollution, 582
Feed Controlling Machine, “Schaffer Poido- (Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd.),
— Water, Boiler, Hydrazine in (Trade Publication), 688
Heating, in Locomotives, 675*
See also Heater
Feeder, Electric Vibratory, “ Syntron,” 148*
‘ Feedex “ Exothermic Compounds for Foundries (Foundry Services, Ltd.), 479*
Felt, N. E., on “ Vanguard ” Satellite Launching Vehicle, 478
Female Labour. See JVomen under Labour
Fender, Dockside, Andre-Neidhart, 498*
Ferguson, H., Research Activities of, 805
Ferguson Tractor, Comment on New, 805
Ferguson “35” Tractor (Standard Motor Co., Ltd.), 466*
Ferranti, Ltd., Clip-On Volt-Ammeters (Trade Publication), 146; Valves and Cathode- Ray Tubes (Trade Publication), 146; Computer-Controlled Template-Making Machine, 376; Production of “ Mercury ” and Pegasus ” Electronic Computers. 489*. See Erratum, 668
Ferrites, Magnetic, Hysteresis Loops in, by R. G. George, 333*
— for Magnets, Convention on, 579
— Rapid Determination of, in Austenitic
Welds, “ Elcometer ” for (East Lancashire Chemical Co., Ltd.), 143*
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced
Festiniog Railway, 165; by J. 1. C. Boyd (Book), 276. See also Vol. 181
Festival of Wales, 228
“ F-IA ” Instrument for Exact Measurement of Length and Diameter (Societe Genevoise dTnstruments de Physique), 184
“ Fiat 600 ” Motor Car, Records Held by, 37
Fibres, Fused-Quartz, Survey of, by N. J. Tighe (Book), 48
— Pipes, Bitumen-Impregnated (Union Fibre
Pipes (Great Britain), Ltd.), 595*
— Pre^paration Plant (Petmar Industries, Ltd.)
— Synthetic, “ Acrilan,” Factory in Northern
Ireland (Chemstrand, Ltd.), 488
Developments in Techniques, 40
Fibreglass Reinforced Plastics, Lifeboats of,
— Use in Gas-Storage Vessels, 375*
“ Field-Fone ” Portable Radio Set (Trade Publication), 721
Field, H. W., and Son, Ltd., Rustless Fluorescent Lighting Fittings (Trade Publication), 688
Fielden Electronics, Ltd., Electronic Precision Thermostat (Trade Publication), 114
Fielding and Platt, Ltd., Machine for Testing Structural Members, 817*
Fighting Vehicles, Inspectorate of, Test Facilities, 79*
“ Filleries ” Electrodes (Trade Publication), 244 Films, Cinema, “ Atomic Achievement,” 476 “ Birth of a Car,” 574
on Civil Engineering Construction, 820 on Defence against Hydrogen Bomb, 107 “ Diesel Engine Lubrication ” (Mobil Oil Co., Ltd.), 558
Diesel Engines, Uses of, 175
in Electrical Research, 130*
“Hydraulic Systems” (Mobil Oil Co..
Ltd.), 558
on Industrial Subjects, 518
International Scientific Association, Vienna Congress, 487
Manufacture of “ Saroy ” Polystyrene Sheet (Saro Film Unit), 686
on Mining for Nickel, 167 on Nuclear Energy, 667
on Nuclear Research in United States. 414
on “ Pyrolith,” Timber Flame-Retardant (Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (G.B.), Ltd.), 748
Rubber in Engineering, 498, 500
“ Steel Road ” by Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 570
Study of Consumable-Electrode Arcs 430
Technical and Industrial, 487
on Television Servicing (Trade Publication), 244
on Uranium Ore, 414
on Washing Machines, 768
on Welding of High-Nickel Alloys (Henry Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 75
— Thin, Vacuum Deposition of, by L. Holland
(Review), 658
Filters, Air “ Standard ” and “ Duplex ” (Trade Publication), 629
— Application of Densified Wood Laminates
377*
— Media, Glass Wool, Air (Trade Publica
tion), 752
— Pipeline “ Straitflo ” (Trade Publication),
597
Filtering of Pulverised Materials, Test Plant for (International Combustion, Ltd.), 147*
Finance Corporation for Industry, Chairman’s Annual SUtement to Shareholders, 38
International, Formation and Activities of, 198
— Inquiry into Industrial Capital, 678
Financial Information, Presenting to Employees, 672
Findlay, A., and Co., Ltd., Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Fire Alarms (Trade Publication), 629
— Bars, Sinter-Plant, Heat-Resisting Steel,
“ Vesuvius ” (Firth-Vickers Stainless
Steels, Ltd.), 780*
— Detection Installation (Pyrene Co., Ltd.),
637*
— Detector System (Trade Publication), 752 Tests on, 664
— Hose, Fibre and Plastics “ Plastidry ”
(British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.), 685
— in Industry, Conference on. See Occupa^
tional Hygiene Society
— Protection Association, Fire Alarms, 629;
Industrial Fires, 663
Fire Research Association, Joint, Tests on Fire Detectors, 664
— in Ships, Symposium on, 598
Fireboxes, Locomotive, 610*. See LETTER, 677
Firebricks. See Refractory Materials
“ Fireflash ” Guided Missile (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 372*
“ Firepak ” Oil Burner (White’s of Hebburn (Engineers), Ltd.), 62*
First-Aid for Fire Casualties, by D. McG. Jackson, 664
Firth Brown Tools, Ltd., Rectangular Ceramic Cutting-Tool, 250*; Engineer’s Tools (Trade Publication), 688
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., “Vesuvius ’’ Heat-Resisting Steel, Use in Fire- Bars, 780*
Fish Friers, National Federation of, on Incidents in Great Yarmouth Buses, 480 “Fisherman’s Asdic’’ (Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd.), 507*
Fishing Boat Hulls, Manufacture in Plastics Reinforced with Glass-Fibre, 293
— Industry, Possible Requirements of Engi
neering Industry, 38
Fission Products, Uranium, Eliminating, 413*
Fixture Design, by P. S. Houghton (Book), 687
Flack, Dr. D. C., on Future Trends in Electrical Equipment of Aircraft, 13
Flags of Convenience, 229, 671
Flame Cleaning of Horton Ellipsoidal Water Tank,148
— Failure Protection, “ Flamestat Type
FU.56 ’’ (Trade Publication), 629
?— — Protection in Gas-Fired Plant, 816
— Planing Machine, “ Hancoplane ’* (Trade
Publication), 114
“ Flamestat Type FU.56 ’’ Flame Failure Protection (Trade Publication), 629
Flammability of Materials, 671
Flanged Ends, Dished and (Trade Publication), 407
Flavel, Sidney, and Co., Ltd., Use of I.M.- Plastichrome Mouldings in “ Envoy ” Gas Cooker, 529
Flaw Detection Inks, Dye-Penetrant (Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales), Ltd.), 12
— Patterns on Metal Surfaces, “Speedfix’’
Tapes for Recording (Industrial Ltd.), 553*
Fleet. See Warships Fleetwood Power Station, 435* Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd., R.R.S.
Biscoe,’’ 718*
Fletcher Miller, Ltd., Cutting Oils, 55
Flexible Drives (Gilmans), Ltd., master’’ Multi-Speed Milling Machine, 252*
Flexure-Torsion Flutter of Cambered Aerofoils in Cascade, by A. H. Craven and
I. Davidson (Book), 18
Flight. See Aeronautics
Flooding, of River Thames, Survey, 127 Flour-Milling Machinery (Trade Publication), 244, 407
Flow Measurement by Differential-Pressure Method (Book), 791
in Pipelines by Aerofoil, by C. E. R. Sams, 330*
— Pulsating, Correcting Orifice Meters for, by
M. V. Nesbitt, 108*, 774. See LETTER, 677
Flowmeter, Aerofoil Flow, by C. E. R. Sams, 330*
Flue Gases, Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in, by M. G. Perry, 304*
Fluids, Broaching, 55
— Couplings, Development of, 326
— Cutting, 55
Assessment by Radioactive Tools, 56*
— Grinding, Oil-Free, 55
— Mechanics, Engineering, by C.
(Book), 210
Fluidisation, by D. F. Othmer (Book), Fluidrive Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Sinclair Fluid Couplings, 326
“ Fluon ” Coating for Springs (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 523*
Fluorescent Light, Portable, “ EDM 103 ’’ (Engineering Developments (England), Ltd.), 118*
Fittings (Trade Publication), 244
Fittings, Rustless (Trade Publication), 688
— Tubes, 8-ft., Manufacture of (Thorn Elec
trical Industries, Ltd.), 50*
Fluorine, Disposal of, 221
— Use in Atomic Energy, 221
Flux, High-Temperature Safety, “ AIcho-Re ’’ (Fry’s Metal Foundries, Ltd.), 539
— Solder, “ Junal 5,” for Jointing of Alumi
nium Cables (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 149*
“ Flying Atar,’’ Wingless Aircraft (Societe Nationale d’Etude et de Construction des Moteurs d’Aviation), 570*
?— Boats. See Aeronautics
Fokker Company, Manufacture of Plastics Fuel Drop-Tanks, 75
Fokker-Eckold Universal Sheet-Metal Forming Machine (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 156*
Fdldes, G., on Politics in Swiss Industry, 614 Folland Aircraft, Ltd., “Gnat” Jet Fighter Aircraft, 354, 646; Annual Report, 646
Follett, S. F., on Electrical Equipment in Aircraft, 13
Fonadek (Branson), Ltd., “ Kedafon’’ Intercommunication System (Trade Publication), 210
Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association, British, Machinery and Plant in Relation to Control of Insect Pests (Book), 791
— Production, Electricity in , 743
Ford Foundation, Grant towards European Organisation for Nuclear Research, 285
Ford, (j. W. K., on Gas-Lubricated Bearings, 559*; on Pressurised-Water and Sodium- Graphite Nuclear Power Reactors, 727*
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Half-Yearly Report 488; Waste Heat from Coke, 614
Foremen in Europe, Selection and Training of by S. Grabe and P. Silberer (Review), 821
Foremen and Executives. Building Trade, Week-End Courses for. 672
?— Training of, 192
Forest Products Research Board, Investigation into Wood Planing Problems, 301*
Forging, Cold-Heading, Training of Operators on, 3
— Drop. See Hammers under Machine Tools
— Hammers. See Hammers under Machine
Tools
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools Forms, Model, of General Conditions of Contract, 117
“ Formatic ” Shell Moulding Machine (Beardsley and Piper), 404
Forming, Vacuum, of Plastics, 275
Forrest, P. G., on Measurement of Fatigue Damage in Mild Steel, 266*
Forsyth, P. J. E., on Slip-Band Extrusion Effect in Aluminium Alloys, 429
Fort Belvoir, APPR Nuclear Reactor at, 30*
Forth Road Bridge: Statement on Commencement of, 63; Financing, 605
Foster Transformers, Ltd., Mining, Portable Tool, Lighting and Neon Transformers (Trade Publication), 178; Earth-Loop Impedance Test Set (Trade Publication), 434; High-Energy Spark-Ignition Units, 591*
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Heat Exchanger with Intermediate Fluid, 221*; Oil-Fired Superheater for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, 762
Foundations, Design and Construction of Engineering, by F. D. C. Henry (Review), 596
and Practice, by E. E. Seelye (Review), 596
Foundries, Chemical and Metallurgical Products for (Foundry Services, Ltd.), 479*
Foundry Equipment, Ltd., “ JPM " Moulding Machine, 404; “Junior” Sandrammer, 404; “ S.P. 10 ” Shell Moulding Machine, 404
— Management of, 714
— Materials, Research on, in Australia, 813
— Mechanisation at Leyland Motors, Ltd.,
638*
Foundry Services, Ltd., “ NAVAC ” Vacuum- Processed Metallic Sodium, 405; Chemical and Metallurgical Products for Foundries, 479*
— Steel, Dust Control and Ventilation, Report
of York Conference, 1955 (Book), 178
— Trade Fair, International, Dusseldorf, 404.
See also 386
— Ventilation, Conference on (Book), 114
— See also Castings; Moulding
— Work. See also Die Casting
Fowler, J., and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., “ Challenger 2 ” Diesel Crawler Tractor (Trade Publication), 629
Fox, Dr. E. N., on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Fox, S., and Co., Ltd., Polyvinyl Chloride Stacks for Nitric Acid Fumes (Plastic Constructions, Ltd.), 765*
Fracture and Creep of Metals at High Temperatures (Book), 178
Frames, Concrete, Reinforced and Prestressed, Ultimate-Load Theory Applied to Design of, by A. L. L. Baker (Book), 114
— Portal, Design and Construction, 496
— Statically Indeterminate, by T. M. Charlton
822*
Framework for Compensating Rest Allowance, by R. M. Belbin (Book), 18
France, Electric Traction in, 497
— Incentives for Coal Miners, 456
— Redundancy in, 167
— Uranium Supplies, 92
— See also French
Franklin Institute, Earth Satellites as Research Vehicles (Book), 721
Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works, Railway Wagon Marshalling Equipment, 278*
Free-Piston Engine Co., Ltd., Activities of, 456 Engine Development, 517
” Freon 12” Refrigerating Medium, 236 French Commisariat a ”
Water Supply from 441*
— See also France
Frenkel, Dr. M. S., on _
Under Controlled Conditions, 41 *
Frequency Meter (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 62d*
-- Modulation Engineering, by C. E. and G. G. Johnstone (Book), 339
Receivers, by J. D. Jones (Book), Friction Bearings, Loading of, by Dr.-Ing. G. Vogelpohl (Book), 821
— Machine, Bowden, Modified, Measuring
Head of, 57*
Friendly Societies, Report of Chief Registrar of, 768
Frigidaire, Design of Equipment in Refrigerated Vehicles, 382*
Fruit Growing in Russia, Inducement for, 160 Pry’s Metal Foundries, Ltd., ” Alcho-Re ” High-Temperature Safety Flux, 539
Fuel Cans, Nuclear, Test Rig for, 666*
— Coal-Tar, Use of, 826
— Demand and Weather, by Prof. G. Manley,
296
— Domestic, Containers for Paraffin, Comment
on, 34
— Efficiency Exhibition, Remarks at Opening
of. 450
Service, National Industrial, Activities of, 162*
•— Efficient Use of. Comment on, 450
— injection Equipment for Diesel Engines
(Joseph Lucas, Ltd.), 327
in Motor-Car Engines, 573
— Institute of: Appeal Against Lands
Tribunal, 71; Estimates of Cost of Air Pollution, by Dr. R. S. Scorer, 812
— Liquid. See also Oil Fuel
— Locomotive, 674*
— Nuclear. See Huclear Fuels
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— and Power, Alternatives to Oil, 807. See
also 801
Fuel and Power, Ministry of, Producer Gas for Road Transport, 240*
— Problems, Research on Coal Utilisation,
770*
— Research on, Discussion in Parliament on,
605
— Solid, Smokeless. 531
— Tanks, Plastics, Manufacture in Belgium
and Holland, 75
Testing for Leaks, 500
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas; Peat; World
Power Conference
“ Fulcro-sizer ” Cylindrical Grinding Machine (Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 88
Fume Hoods, Application of Densified Wood Laminates to, 377*
Funditor, Ltd., Heavy-Duty Pressure Marking Machine, 119*; Shot-Blast Marking Machine, 120
Furnace, Blast, Instruments for (Trade Publication), 721
“ Queen Anne,” Re-lining of, 236
— Bogie-Hearth, Stress-Relieving (Trade Pub
lication), 752
— Case-Hardening, for Motor-Car Gears
(Birlec, Ltd.), 277*
— Electric, Arc (Demag-Elektrometallurgie),
405
Arc, ” Lectromelt,” 50-ton, for Production of Plain Carbon Steels (Birlec, Ltd.), 83
Arc, Steel-Melting, 80-ton. for W. Beardmore and Co., Ltd. (Electric Furnace Co., Ltd.), 143
for Bright-Annealing Plant of Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 341
“ Crusilite ” Silicon Carbide Heating Elements for (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 686*
Induction, for Melting and Alloying Metals (Trade
GACK, L., “ Arbo ” Automatic Turret
Drill Head, 784*
Gamma Rays in Aircraft Inspection, by I. Grant-Murray, 715
Gamma Rays, Ltd., Pipe-Line Spider for Examination of Welds, 220*
Garcke’s Manual of Electricity Supply (Book), 276
Gas-Carburising, “ Carbodrip ” Installation (Wild Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd.), 57
— Coal, Research on Gasification, 771 *
Underground Gasification, 485, 805
— Condensers and Coolers (Trade Publica
tion), 244
— Development Board, Industrial, Report on
Flame Protection Practice, 816
— Dynamics, Symposium on Aerothermo
chemistry (Book), 791
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
— Fired Furnaces. See Furnaces
Plant, Flame-Failure, Protection in, 816
— Heater, Convector, “ Halcyon ” (William
Sugg and Co., Ltd.), 150
Radiant, “ Raymaster ” (William Sugg and Co., Ltd.), 150*
— Industry, Exhibition of, 746
Financial Problems in, 486
in Western Europe, Trends in, 39
— Liquid, in Nuclear Physics, 443
— Lubricated Bearings, 559*
— Meters, Bulk, Holmes-Connersville (Trade
Publication), 244
— Microwave Spectroscopy of, by C. H.
I ownes and A. L. Schawlow (Review), 209
— Molecular Flow of, by G. N. Patterson
(Book), 821
— Natural, for Internal Combustion Engines,
808
— Producer. See Producer
— Refinery, for Southern Gas Board, 221
— Storage Vessels, Lightweight (Bristol Air
craft, Ltd.), 375*
?— Turbine. See Turbine
— Waste, from Carbonisation Plants, 159
— See also Hydrogen; Oxygen, Etc.
Gascoigne, G. H., Co., Ltd., ” Kee Klamp ” Storage Racks (Trade Publication), 752
Gasification of Coal, Research on, 771*
Underground, 486, 805
— Oil, Progress in, 486
Gasifier, Pescara Free-Piston, 456
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics
Gauges, Block, Accuracy of. Use of Light Waves for Controlling (Trade Publication), 244
— Built-Up, for Checking Turbine Blades
(British Indicators, Ltd.), 183*
— Cable Eccentricity (Trade Publication), 146
— for Continuous Measurement of Strip
Thickness (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd.), 183
— Dial, for Measuring Small Bores (J. E. Baty
and Co., Ltd.), 183
— Height, Micrometer, ” Microball ” (All
Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 621
— Making and Inspection at Inspectorate of
Fighting Vehicles, 79
Gauges, Multi-Dimensional Semi-Automatic, for Cylinder LI _ . ’ ’ \
183*
— for Surface
“ Talysurf ” Ltd.), 184
— Thickness, Nucleonic, “ Atomat ” (Trade
Publication), 244
— Workshop, “ Verdict ” (Trade Publication),
752
“ Gazelle ” Motor Car (Singer Motors, Ltd.), 423
Car Engine (Singer Motors, Ltd.), 573* “ Gazelle ” Shaft-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 349*
Gear-Cutting Machines. See Machine Tools
— Cycle, 3-Speed, Efficiency of, by Dr. A.
Thorn, P. G. Lund, and Dr. J. D. Todd, 78*
Gear Grinding Co., Ltd., “Orcutt” Automatic Spur Tooth Gear-Grinding Ma- cnme, 219*: Orcutt Mark V Individual Base-Circle Involute Gear Measuring Machine, 250*
— Motor-Car, Case-Hardening Furnace for
(Birlec, Ltd.), 277*
— Pinion-Quenching Machine, Gleason 16
(Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 250*
— Teeth, Portable Instrument for Checking
Profiles (David Brown Tool Division), 54*
— Units, Radiation (Trade Publication), 752
— Varialjle-Speed, Hydraulic (Trade Publica
tion), 48
Gearbox, Reverse-Reduction, for Small Marine Engines (Parsons Engineering Co., Ltd.), 179*
—? Synchromesh (Henry Meadows, Ltd.), 438*
— Up to 800 lb.-ft. Torque (Trade Publica
tion), 48
Gearing, “ Lantern-Wheel,” by W. H. Mann, 138*
G.E.C. Simon-Carves Atomic Energy Group: Activities of, 92; Research Work on Nuclear Power Stations, 231*; Nuclear- Research Activities, 283*; Research on Materials, Heal Transfer, Prototype Testing and Power Station Simulator, 283*; Nuclear Power Station for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 793, 794*, 795
Gemeentelijk Electriciteils Bedrijf, Current- Limiting Reactors for, 760
General Dynamics Corporation, Convair Division: ” NB-36H ” Nuclear-Reactor Test Aircraft, 253; B.58 “Hustler”
Bomber Aircraft, 689; “ Rescu ” Mark 1 Rocket-Propelled Ejector Seat, 691*
General Electric Co., Ltd.: Training ol Operators at, 4*; Air-Conditioning Units for Heating and Cooling, 51*; 58-kW
Motor-Generator Set and Ward-Leonard Control System for Veneer-Peeling Lathe, 245*; Railway Wagon Marshalling Equipment, 278*; Turbo-Alternators at Dounreay, 506; Guide to Exports, 599; Formation of Computer Developments, 710; Handbook on Belt Conveyor Design (Book), 791; Osram Underwater Lamp, 798; Integral Sodium Lamps, 827. See also G.E.C.
General Electric Company of America, Very High Temperature Electronic Apparatus, 391; Dual-Cycle Boiling Nuclear Reactor, 670*
General Motors, Ltd., Frigidaire Division, Use of Kynal Heat-Transfer Sheets, 445* General Refractories, Ltd., “ Kirby Kiln Tunnel Kiln for Refractory Bricks, 179
Generating Machine, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
— Station. See Power Station
Generators, Electric, Alternating-Current, at Carrington Power Stations (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 275*
Alternating-Current, Turbine-Driven, 15-MW, for Dounreay Nuclear Power Station (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 506 Alternating-Current, Turbine-Driven, Heat-Rate Tests on, by G. Woodhead, 42* and Associated Equipment (Trade Publication), 114
Mobile, for Starting and Servicing Aircraft (Trade Publication), 791
for Snowy Mountains Scheme (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 633*
58-kW, for Veneer-Peeling Lathe (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 245*
30-MW, Water-Cooled, for Bold Power Station (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co.. Ltd.), 781*
Wind-Driven (Enfield Cables, Ltd.), 325. See also Vol. 179
See also Turbo-Generators
— Hydro-Electric (Trade Publication), 114
— Signal (Trade Publication), 48
Genl, Dr. A. N., Load-Defieciion Relations for Rubber Pads, 498
Geological Surveys, in Engineering Contracts, 585
Summary of Progress for 1955, 653 Geophysical Prospecting, Aerial, 226*; (Trade Publication), 629
— Year, International, Castings tor Space
Rockets in, 523
GEORG, Sales Organisation for Ruhr Coal, 230
George, R. G., on Control of Flux Waveform in Tracing Hysteresis Loops, 333*
Geothermal Heat, as Source of Power, 807 German Aircraft Industry, Recent Developments, 294
-Machine Tools, Reference Manual, by H. P. Gentzel (Book), 210
— Steelworks, Lubrication Engineers’ Visit to,
186 ...
— Trade Union Federation (D.G.B.), Activi
ties, of, 168
Germanium Photo-Transistor, Type OCP71 (Milliard, Ltd.), 14* .
— Recliners for Cinema Projectors (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 182*
Germany, Automation in, 480
— Economy of, Comment on, 198
— Heavy Industry, Unrest in, 576
— Sales of Nuclear Reactors to, 31
Germany, Western, Foreign Orders for Armaments, 37
—? — Trade Unions in, 167
Gibb, Sir A., and Partners, Consultants to National Coal Board on Underground Gasification, 805
Gibbons Brothers, Ltd., Heat-Treatment Furnaces (Trade Publication), 434; Bogie- Hearth Stress-Relieving Furnaces (Trade Publication), 752
Gibson, H. J., on Selective Electric Load Development. 506
Gibson, N., on Teaching Thermodynamics and Theory of Machines, 164. See LETTER, 196
Giddings and Lewis “ 460-FUAR ” 6-in.
Spindle Horizontal Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ud.), 22*
“ Gildemeister ” Bar and Chucking Machines (Trade Publication), 433
Gildersieve Design and Tools, Pneumatic Multiple Tapping Machine, 252*
Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., Centenary of Water-Turbine Manufacture, 15*
Gillespie, W. H., on Engineers’ Guild Proposal for Study of Road Accidents, 261
Girders Under Torsion, Stresses and Distortion in, by J. S. Terrington, 587*
— See also Beams: Bridges
?•Girdle Ness,” H.M.S., Guided-Weapons Trial Ship, 135
Glands, Cable-Entry, for Deep-Sea Repeaters by Dr. V. G. Welsby and H. H. Grunwald. 626*
Glass Fibre Products (London), Ltd., Corrugated Translucent Sheeting (Trade Publication), 752
— Stained-, Windows, 106*
— Toughened, Insulators, Testing of (Pilking
ton Brothers, Ltd.), 650*
— Wool Air-Filter Media (Trade Publication)
752
Gleason 16 Pinion-Quenching Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 250*
— 104 Straight-Bevel “ Coniflex ” Gear
Generator (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 248*
— 116 Hypoid Production Gear-Generator
with “ Unitool ” Generation (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 247*
Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.: “Javelin” Aircraft Crash, 191; “ Javelin ” Aircraft,
372; Electro-Hydraulic Servo Mechanisms, 375-376
Glycerine and its Applications, 764
— Producers’ Association, Ltd., United
Kingdom, Production and Uses of Glycerine, 764
“ Gnat ” Jet Fighter Aircraft (Folland Aircraft, Ltd.), 354
Fighter Aircraft, Orders for (Folland Aircraft, Ltd.), 646
Godfrey, Dr. D. A., on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Godfrey, Sir G., and Partners, Ltd., Portable Refrigeration Plant for Low-Temperature Research, 49*
Gold Coast, Aluminium Production Project, 134*
Civil-Engineering Problems in, Conference on, 105
Goodeve, Sir C.: on “ Cyclosteel ” Process for Reducing Iron Ore, 295; on Scientific Method in Measurement, 814
Goodlass, Wall and Co., Ltd., Paint for Steel Structures (Trade Publication), 434
Gordon, J., and Co., Ltd., Pneumatic Power
Operators (Trade Publication), 434
Goulden, Aiderman G. H., on Smoke Abatement, 532
Gourley, H. J. F., the Late, 806*
Government Credit Policy, Comment on, 520
— Economic Policy, Comment on, 357
Policy and Trade Unions, 416
— Railways. See Railways
— Relations with Trade Union Congress, 832 Graders, Motor (Trade Publication), 752 Grad^u^a^te Employment, Review, Comment on.
— Engineering and Science, Emigrant and
Immigrant, Discussion in Parliament on,
— Science, Use of in Armed Forces, 671 Graf Zeppelin, Use of Bibby Couplings, 356 GrafFensiaden Plano-Milling Machine (Acbars
Ltd.), 25* ’
Graham and Woolnough, R.R.S. “John Biscoe,” 718*
Grain-Handling Plant, Mobile, Pneumatic, for Handling Engineers, Ltd.),
Granby, P., and Co., Ltd.: Hasenclever Friction Screw Press, 152*; Peddinghaus Billet Shearing Machine, 152*; Hasenclever Dual-Drive Horizontal Forging Machine 153; Hasenclever Electric Upsetter, 153; Lasco Hammer Press, 154*
Grant-Murray, I., on Gamma and X-Rays in Aircraft Inspection, 715
Graphite Inter-Faces in “ Polybloc ” Heat Exchanger (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd.). 755*
— Lubricant, “ Jenograph ” (Trade Publica
tion), 721
— Melting and Welding (National Carbon
Co.), 444
— for Nuclear Reactors, 157
Reactors (Anglo Great Lakes Corporation, Ltd.), 734
Gravel, Sand and (Trade Publication), 752
Gravity Conveyors. See Conveyors
Graz Railway Station, Amenities of, 166
Grease Gun, Electric, “ Kama ” (Trade Publication), 18
Great Yarmouth, Comment on Behaviour in Buses, 480
Heat-Exchanger Design, Greenwich Observa^tory, Royal, Annual Report Greenwood and Batley, Ltd.. Solid-Die Double
Blow Cold-Forging Machine, 153*
Gresham, H. E., on High-Temperature Materials for Aircraft Engines, 818*
Grey, R. E., on Internal Liquid Cooling in Gas-Turbine Rotors, 140*
” Gridswitch ” Two-Way Switches and Accessories (Trade Publication), 48
Griesheim Whirl Sinter Process (Horwitch Smith and Co., Ltd.), 586
Griffin, K. H., on Box Beams Under Constraint, 169*
Griggs “ Rotopark,” Automatic Motor Car Park, 606*
Grinding Fluids, Oil-Free, 55
— Machines. See Machine Tools
— of Roller-Bearing Components (British
Timken, Ltd.), 684*
Grocers Alliance of America, Independent, Plans for Push-Button Shopping, 228
Groups, Industrial, Recent Growth of, 641
Grunwald, H. H., on Cable-Entry Glands for Deep-Sea Repeaters, 626*
Guarantees, Trade, Registration, 799
“ Guardion ” Cathodic Protection (Trade Publication), 244
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Training of Operators on Machine Tools, 3*
Guides, Flexible, for Cables and Hoses, “ Kabelschleppkette ” (Kabelschlepp, G.m.b.H.), 501*
— Technical, and Year Book, A.S.E.E.,
1955-56 (Book), 178
Guided Missiles. See Missiles under Aeronautics
— Weapons Trial Ship, H.M.S. “ Girdle
Ness,” 135
Gulf Oil (Great Britain), Ltd., Hi-Jet Oil-Jet Coolant System, 56. See LETTER, 100
Guthega Dam and Power Station, 233*, 394* Guy, Sir H., the Late, 104
Guy Motors, Ltd., Annual Report, 776
Gyro, Master Reference, Aircraft (S. G. Brown. Ltd.), 373
H3C ” Two-Gun Hot-Spray Unit (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 84* Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., Electric Transformer Production, 464* Hadfields, Ltd.: Manganese Steel (Book), 146; Arc-Welding Electrodes and Welding Rods (Trade Publication), 629; Tub and Mine Car Controllers (Trade Publication), 629
Hadley Co., Ltd., Industrial Safety Spectacles (Trade Publication), 629
Hahn and Kolb, “ Tornamat ” Special-Purpose Turning Machine, 54
“ Halcyon ” Gas Convector Heater (William Sugg and Co., Ltd.), 150
Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd., Annual Report, 805
Halliday v. Duke of Hamilton’s Trustees, 745 Halmatic, Ltd., Fishing Boat Hulls in Glass- Fibre Reinforced Plastics, 293
Ham River Grit Co., Ltd., Installation of Double-Skip Hoist (Humphries and Glasgow, Ltd.), 377
Hamenn, S. D., on Thick-Walled Cylinders Under Internal Pressure, 292*. See LETTER, 324
Hamilton, I., Composer and Former Engineer, 353
“ Hammel-Dahl ” Diaphragm-Operated Valve (Trade Publication), 721
Hammers. See Machine Tools
— Block, Forging, 143-ton, for Rotherham
Forge (English Steel Castings Corporation, Ltd.), 312*
Hampton, C. J., Ltd., Annual Report, 711 Hancock and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., “ Hancoplane ” Flame-Planing Machine (Trade Publication), 114
Handbook, Die Design (Book), 48
— of Engineering Tables, A.S.M.E., by J.
Huckert (Book), 210
— Reactor, Engineering (Review), 176 Materials (Review), 176
Physics (Review), 176
Handley Page, Ltd.: ” Herald ” Aircraft, 292; “ Victor ” Aircraft, 372*. See LETTER, 388
Handling Equipment, Mechanical (Trade Publication), 688
Hanika, P., on Industrial Organisation, 480 Hanovia, “ Radisil ” Enclosed Radiant Heater, 286*
“ Hansberg Coreshooter,” Core Making Machine (Anton Roper, K.G.), 404 Harbour, Eyemouth, Model of, 660*
— Works, Research on, at Hydraulics Research
Station, 660*
Hard-Surfacing Coal-Pulveriser Rolls, 214* Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardman and Holden, Ltd., Use of Densified Wood Laminates in Filters, 377* Hardness Tests. See Tests {Materials} Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Dismissals at, 256 Harris, D. M., on Gas-Lubricated Bearings, 559*
Harris, P. K. (Shipbuilders), Ltd., ” Sabre ” Quick-Turn Twin-Screw Diesel Tug, 319* Hartley, A. C., on Oil and Industry, 268 Harvesters, Combine, Regulations on Movement by Road, 127
Harvey, G. A., and Co. (London), Ltd., Dished and Flanged Ends (Trade Publication), 407 Harwell Reactor School, Courses at, 347, 795 Hasenclever Dual-Drive Horizontal Forging Machine (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 153
- Electric Upsetter (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 153
— Friction Screw Press (Paul Granby and Co.,
Ltd.), 152*
Hastings, W. W., on Rolling-Mill Operation Studies, 760
Hauser “Type OP 3 (Wickman, Ltd.),
Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.: ..u.nv.
372*; Super Jet Fighter Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 605
Hawker-Siddeley Group, Research on Liquid Metal in Nuclear Fuels, 635
Hawkins Brothers Holdings (Gosport), Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Hawksley-SMD, Ltd.: Light-Alloy Building Structures (Trade Publication). 48- 100-ft. AIuminium-Alloy Crane Jib, 180* ’ Hawson, Ltd., Refrigerated Vehicles, 382* Hawthorn, R. and W., Leslie and Co. Ltd Annual Report, 551 * ’’
Hayes Engineers (Leeds), Ltd., “Tracemaster” Hydraulic Automatic Copy-Milling Machine, 24*
Hayward T^er and Co., Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station 536* Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiations, Report, 571
“ HE 30 WP ” Aluminium Alloy for Crane Jib, 180*
Head Wrightson and Co.. Ltd.: Automatic Drawbench for Light-Alloy Tubes 273* Appointment of G. P. Davidson 413* See Erratum, 542; Nuclear Power'Activities, 795
Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd., Plant Con- struction (Trade Publication), 629
Heading, Cold, Training of Operators on, 3 Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd “Kama” Electric Grease Gun (Trade, Publication), 18
Health and Atmospheric Pollution, 531
— and Nuclear Reactions, 542
Universal Screwing Machine, 53*
Heat Engines. See Engines; Turbines: Aeronautics
~~ Exchangers, Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 469*, 503*, 665
with Intermediate Fluid, 221* for Nuclear Reactors, 284*, 442* :Polybloc,’’ with Graphite Inter-Faces (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd ) 755*
Method for Cold- Roll-Welded Panels (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 445*
Tube-Plates, Rational Design of by J. P. Duncan, 459*
— Insulation (Trade Publication), 407
Aluminium Jacketing for (Trade Publication), 210
— Output of Nuclear Fuel, 603*
— and Power, Efficiency in Coal Utilisation
for, 770*
— and Power Surveys of National Industrial
Fuel Efficiency Service, 162*
Air-Conditioning Unit (Denco Miller), Ltd.), 107
Air-Conditioning Unit (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
Combined Hot Water and Cold 796*^^® White and Co., Ltd.),
Developments, 35
— — Domestic, by M. Komedera, 236*
Tests on Turbo-Alternators, by G Woodhead, 42*
— Technology of, by Prof. H. Wright Baker (Review), 17. See LETTER, 100
— Transfer in Boiling Liquids, 442
— 7" Nuclear Reactors. Research on, 284* —• Ireatment. See under Metallurgy Heater, Air, Oil-Fired “ COB 300 ” (Vaporheat, Ltd.), 752*
“* Convector, “ Halcyon ’’ (William
Sugg and Co., Ltd.), 150
~ ~&’co.'^Ltd.M
Heaters,
— for Machine-Tool Industry, 57*
— Radiant, “ Radisil ” (Hanovia). 286*
77 ‘ Caloner ” (Trade Publication), 244
Heath, B. O., on Practical Design Problems of Supersonic Aircraft, 458
Heath, W. G., on Practical Design Problems of Supersonic Aircraft, 458
Heating and Air Treatment (Trade Publication), 146
Heating and Air Treatment Co., Ltd., Trade Report, 616
-Axiomatic Oil Burners in (Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 327
.Systems, Research on, 772*
— District, Discussion in Parliament on 159 in Europe, 35
— Domestic (Trade Publication), 244
Air-Conditioning Units (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
Appliances, Research on, 772* Appliances, Use of Paraffin, 390* Atomic Fuels for, 443
Element, “ Corrtherm ” (Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd.), 57
7^° Furnaces, “ Crusilite ” Uarbide (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 686*
Ir^uction Practice, by D. Warburton- Brown (Book), 659
— Kinetic, and Aircraft Wings, 458
— Panels Electric Radiant, “ Medrae ”
(Trade Publication), 688
““ Oil-Refuelling Systems (Trade
Publication), 467
— Process, Nuclear Energy for, 700
— Radio-Frequency, “ T.R.B.” Universal
Platen for (Technical Resin Bonders) 105*
— Space, Nuclear Energy for, 700 Use of Heat Pump for, 239*
Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution oi: owwner Meeting at Harrogate: Future of Nuclear Power, by M. H. Ewbank, 38; Can the Meteorological Office Help You*^ R-O. Veryard, 38; Works Visits, 38 Ouide to Current Practice (Book), 244 Design of, by F. W. Hutchinson (Book), 339
— Water Domestic, by Solar Energy, 813* Heavy-Water Supplies for Australia, 92 Hedley, T., and Co., Training Scheme for
Graduate Engineers, 323*
Heenan and Froude, Ltd.: Hydraulic “ Multi- Strip-Forming Machine, 155*- Slide Strip-Forming Press, 155- “
Type” Dynamometer, 375*
Heenan Group, Annual Report, 711 Height Gauge, Micrometer, “ Microball ” (All
Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 621 Helicopters. See under Aeronautics
Heligrind ” Spur-Gear Grinding Machine
(Stuart Davis, Ltd.), 219*
Heller Heavy-Duty Milling Machines (Wickman, Ltd.), 25
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Jubilee of Gravesend Works, 607
Henschel Flugmotorenbau, G.m.b.H., Sand
Mixer, 404
‘‘Herald ” Aircraft (Handley Page, Ltd.), 292 Herbert, Sir A., 90th Birthday, 558
Herbert, A., Ltd.: “ Preoptive ” Capstan
Lathe with Preselective 16-Speed Geared Head, 28 ?; “ Carbijunior ” Centre Lathe with Hydraulic Copying Attachment, 53*; Fokker-Eckold Universal Sheet-Metal Comparators, 183; Automatic Bar and Chucking Machines (Trade Publication), 433; Kos- feld Nut-Tapping Machine, 444*
Herb^jt Committee, Comment on Findings of, Hercules Powder Company. Partnership Agreement with Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 103
Hewett-Emmett, A., on Detection of Corrosion of Thin Aluminium Alloys, 715
Heyligenstaedt Copy-Turning Machine with Automatic Work Cycle (Lee C. Steinle, Ltd.), 53*
Heyman v. Darwins, Ltd., 811
Heyman, Dr. J., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Hi-Jet Oil-Jet Coolant System (Gulf Oil (Great Britain), Ltd.), 56. See LETTER, 100
Hi-Ton Machine Tools, Ltd., 30-ton Hydraulic Press, 154*
Hick Hargreaves, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall, Nuclear Power Station, 534*
Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (G.B.) Ltd., “ Pyrolith ” Flame-Retardant for Timber, 748
Higgs Motors, Fractional Horse-Power Elec- J”® Motors (Trade Publication), 114
High Duty Alloys, Ltd.: High-Duty Light
Alloys (Trade Publication), 434; Alumi- TT- Alloys (Trade Publication), 721
High Mynham Power Station, Construction, 361 *
High-Temperature Materials for Aircraft- Engine Construction, by H. E. Gresham, 818 *
-Materials, “Vitreosil” Ware (Thermal Syndicate, Ltd.), 496
Higher National Certificate Workshop Tech- nology, by T. Nuttall (Review), 243
Highways. See Roads
Hilger Photoelectric Absorptiometer, Performance of (Book), 146
Hilger and Watts, Ltd.: “ Optimetric ” Optical Setting System, 20, 21; “ Chekker ” Projector, 184; Interferometric Surface- Roughness Measurement, 184; Magnified Projection Instruments, 184; Use of Light Waves for Controlling the Accuracy of Block Gauges (Trade Publication), 244- Photogrammetric Plotter (Trade Publication), 629
Hindustan Aircraft, Ltd., Manufacture of
“ Gnat ” Aircraft, 354
Hinshelwood, Sir C., Re-Election as President of Royal Society, 750
Hire, in Engineering Contracts, 521
— Purchase, in Engineering Contracts, 521
— Services, Road (Trade Publication), 688 Hirschman, F., Rectifier for Inert-Gas Arc
Welding, 797*
Historical and Scientific Background of Auto- mation, by J. F. Coales, 363
History, Engineering in, by R. S. Kirby S Withington, A. B. Darling, and F.’G Kilgour (Review), 208
Manufacture of Miniature Thermionic Valves, 50
Hives, Lord, Retirement as Chairman of Rolls- Royce, Ltd., 455
H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hob^Testing Machine (Klingelnberg Sohne), Hobbing Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine Toots
Hodges, S. A., Research on Ship Fires 598
Hodkinson, W., on “ Thermax ” and “ Therm- alite,” Smokeless Fuels, 531
H^^sch Werke A.G., Annual Report, 37
458*^^ ’ Buckling of Aircraft Structures,
Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd.: Trading 583; Ball-Bearing Equivalents (Trade Publication), 688
Hofrnann Machine Tools, Ltd., Dynamic Balancing Machine, 185*
Hog^r, Capt. H. C., on Naval Procedure in Fire Organisation, 598
Hoist, Double Skip for Ham River Grit Co
Ltd. (Humphries and Glasgow, Ltd.) 377 ”
— Electro-Hydraulic Wire-Rope, “ Hydra
hoist ” (Lifting Gear Products), 62*
— See also Cranes
Holbrook Machine Tool Co., Ltd 24-in M rr Swing Toolroom Centre Lathe, 26*
Holden Motor Car (General Motors), 102* Moles, Small, Measurement of bv I A Grigor’ev (Book), 48 / • •
Holex-Werkzeuge Drifting Tools for Metal Cutting, 466*
Holidays in Britain, Council for 736
— Comment on 226
— Reflections of, 161
Holland, Britain’s Best European Customer,
— Population Problem in, 519 Hollings, J. S., the Late, 5
Holman Brothers, Ltd., “Tractair” and u 1 Portable Compressors, 511*
Holme Moss Television Transmitter, Aerials Discussion in Parliament on, 95
(Trade
Light-Alloy
T-' LW-- Gas Condensers
^d Coolers (Trade Publication), 244: Holmes-Corinersville Bulk-Gas Meters P^Lhcation), 244 ; Chemical Plant (Trade Publication), 688
Holmstrom, Dr. J. E.. on Records and Research in Engineering and Industrial Science, Comment, 769
HoJophane, Ltd., Industrial Lighting Fittings (Trade Publication), 688
“ Holpack ” Portable Compressor (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 511 *
Honeycomb Core, Aluminium (Trade Publication), 791
Material, “ Dufaylite ” (Dufaylite Developments, Ltd.), 755
Hoover (Washing Machines), Ltd., Installation of Ransburg Electrostatic Painting Plant and Electric Infra-Red Stoving Ovens, 118*
Hopkinsons, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 534*, 535*, 536*
Hoppmann, Prof., on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Horne, Dr. M. R., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Horton Ellipsoidal Water Tank (Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148
Horvay, Dr. G., on Stresses in Pressure Vessels, 141
Horwitch Smith and Co., Ltd., Griesheim Whirl Sinter Process for Plastics Coating of Metal Articles, 586
Hose Clip, Universal, “ Coronation ” (Trade Publication), 244
— Fire, “ Plastidry ” (British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.), 685
— Flexible (Trade Publication), 629 Guide for, “ Kabelschleppkette ” (Kabelschlepp, G.m.b.H.), 501*
— Metal, Seamless Flexible, “ Plessiflex ” (Trade Publication), 178
— Reel-Mounted, Delivery, in Road Tanker, 601*
— Water, Spray Nozzle for (Meynell and Sons, Ltd.), 180*
Hot Pressed Produc.s Co., Ltd., Transfer of Works to Tipton, 572
Hours of Labour. See Labour
Housing Accommodation for Workers in Western Europe, 416
— and Local Government, Ministry of. Surface Water Year-Book of Great Britain (Book), 407
Howard, Souster and Fairbairn, New Factory of Borg-Warner, Ltd., 93*
Howden, J., and Co., Ltd.: Increased Orders, 520; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
Howe, D., on Box Beams under Constraint, 169*
Howell, Dr. H. B., on Health Aspects of Air Pollution from Road Vehicles, 531
Howells, R. G., Calculation of Water Speed Record, 424. See LETTER, 485
Howitt Committee on Rights of Private Industry, 8
H.R. Crown Max and Nimonic C.75, Effect of Vibrations on Mechanical Properties of, by J. Jagaciak and J. W. Jones (Book), 688 Hudson, C. S., on Cooling Electrical Equipment on Aircraft, 14
Hudson, R., Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Hufton, P. A., Appointment at Royal Aircraft Establishment, 343
Hughes, F. A., and Co., Ltd., “Guardion” System of Cathodic Protection (Trade Publication), 244
Hulls, Fishing Boat, Manufacture in Plastics Reinforced wth Glass-Fibre, 293
Huller Vertical Tapping Machine, 53*
Human Element, 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 384, 416, 448, 480, 511. 544, 576, 608, 640, 672, 704, 736, 768, 800. 832
“ Human Engineering,” Demands in Modern Works, 704
“Hummer” Electric Vibratory Screen, 148* Humphries and Glasgow, Ltd., Installation of Double-Skip Hoist for Ham River Grit Co., Ltd.), 377
Humphris and Sons, Ltd.: Power-Driven Combined Decoiler and Straightener, 153*; 25-ton Inclinable Crank Press, 154*
Hungary, Effect of Uprising on Communism in Industry, 672
— Refugees in Britain, 738
— Trade Union Support for, 704
Hunt, N. Dermott, on Britannia Bridge, 100 “Hunter” Aircraft (Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.), 372*
Reversed-Thrusi Mechanism for (Rolls Royce, Ltd.), 349*
Hunter, P. V., the Late, 569*
Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.: “Dakota” Geophysical Survey Aircraft, 226*; Aerial Geophysical Prospecting (Trade Publication), 629
Hunting Percival Aircraft, Ltd., “ President” Aircraft. 291
Hunting Technical Services, Ltd., Exploiting Natural Resources (Trade Publication). 688
Huntington, Heberlein and Co., Ltd., Wet-Contact Process Plants (Trade Publication), 178
“ Hustler ” B.58, Bomber Aircraft (General Dynamics Corporation), 689
“ Huwood ” Belt Conveyor Components (Trade Publication), 210
“ Hydrahoist ’’ Electro-Hydraulic Wire-Rope Hoist (Lifting Gear Products), 62*
“ Hydraloader 20,” Hydraulic Loading Shovel (W. E. Bray and Co., Ltd.), 376*
“ Hydraulectric ” Morticer (R. S. Brookman. Ltd.), 59
Hydraulic Engineering, Elements of, by R. K. Linsley, Jr.,and J. B. Franzini(Review), 81
— Feeds on Woodworking Machinery, 59
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Power Plant. See Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools
— Pumps. See Pump
— Research Station, Wallingford, Activities of.
660*
— Systems, Cinema Film on, 558
—- Tests, at Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, East Kilbride, 386*
— Transmissions, Use of Fluid Couplings, 326 —• Turbines. See Turbines: Power Plant
— See also Hydrodynamics: Water
Hydrazine in Boiler Feed Water (Trade Publication), 688
Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Temporary Increases) Bill, 776
Hydrodynamic Stability, Theory of, by C. C. Lin (Review), 242
Hydro-Electric Power in Great Britain, by J. Guthrie Brown, 477
Power Plant. See Power Plant
Hydrogen Bomb, Cinema Film on Defence Against, 107
Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.: Non-Magnetic Air Compressor, 275*; Core-Box Turn- Over Machine, 824*
“ Hypalon,” Heat-Resistant Synthetic Rubber (E.I. Du Pont de Nemours), 490
“ Hypowermatic ” Heavy-Duty Production Milling Machine (Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd.), 25
Hysteresis Loops, (Control of Flux Waveform in Tracing, by R. G. George, 333*
ICE in Aircraft Turbines, Investigation by Bristol Aero Engines, Ltd., 405
— See also Refrigeration
Icebreaker Vessel, Nuclear-Powered, 252 Ignition, High-Eiergy Units for (Foster Transformers, Ltd.), 591 *
— Motor-Car, Developments, 574
— Spark, High-Energy Units for (Foster
Transformers, Ltd.), 591*
Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.: “ Igranic-Stromag ” Electromagnetic Clutches (Trade Publication), 146; Control Gear, 186; “Igranic- Stromag ” Electronic Clutches, 186
“ Igranic-Stromag ’’ Elec'.romagnelic Clutches (Trade Publication), 146
Electronic Clutches (Igranic Electric Co., Ltd.), 186
Illumination, Research on, at A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., 786*
— See also Lamps; Lighting under Electric
“ l.M.-Plastichrome’* Mouldings (Industrial Mouldings (Warwick), Ltd.), 529
Impedance Test Set, Earth-Loop (Trade Publication), 434
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.: Manufacture of Nitroglycerine at Ardeer, 73*; Partnership Agreements, 103; Chromlum- Nickel Austenitic Steels, by F. H. Keating (Book), 146; Automatic Degreasing Plant for British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd., 151*; Stabilisation of Prices, 168; Comment on Profit-Sharing Scheme, 225; Stabilisation of Prices, 423; Printed-Pattern Method for Heat-Exchanger Panels, 445*; Copper Tubes (Trade Publication), 467; Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567; “ Alkathene “ Pipe Fittings, 575; Wrought Titanium (Trade Publication), 629; Dyestuffs Project in India, 645
Imperial Institute, Transfer of Functions of, 63 Import Trade. See Trade
Impregnation Recording Equipment (Trade Publication), 244
Impulse Testing, High-Voltage (Book), 524
— Turbines. See Turbines
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., Twin-Chamber Preheated-Air Town-Gas Fired Tool- Hardening Furnace, 58
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Incomes, Distribution of Individual, 63
“ Indentometer,” Hardness Tester (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd.,and Citroen Co.), 468*
Independent Grocers Alliance of America, Plans for Push-Button Shopping, 228
Independent Television Authority, Discussion in Parliament on Use of Aerial at Holme Moss Television Transmitter, 95
Index of Industrial Production, 7, 167, 582 India, British Contribution to Five-Year Plan, 645
— Engineering in Second Five-Year Plan, 354*
— Five-Year Plan, Second, 228, 422
— Heavy Engineering in, 294 Engineering Expansion in, 599
— Industrialisation Progress, 101
— Rubber. See Rubber
— Third Five-Year Plan, 517
— Trade Prospects, 599
Indian Government, Formation of New Shipping Corporation, 8
— Point Nuclear Power Plant, Oil-Fired Super
heater for (Foster Wheeler Corp.), 761
Indian Steelworks Construction Co., Ltd., Construction of Durgapur Steelworks, 581, 645
Indicator Position, Magnetic (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 792*
Indonesia, Five-Year Plan, 422 Induction Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Hardening Machine (Birlec, Ltd.), 57*
— Heat-Treatment Plant, 57*
— Heater, “ Radyne C50 ” (Radio Heaters.
Ltd.), 57*
— Heating Practice, by D. Warburton-Brown
(Book), 659
— Motor. See Motor, Electric
Inductor, Tuning, Frequency-Modulated
(Trade Publication), 48
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents Industrial Administration (R. and A.), Ltd., Group Apprenticeship Scheme, 485
— Administration, Institute of, Elbourne
Memorial Lecture on Management Studies and Training for Managing, by Lt.-Col. Urwick, 640
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour
— Co-Partnership Association, Comment on,
225; Aims and Officers of, 228
— Design, Council of, Exhibition, Comment
on,325
— Economics. See Labour
Industrial Electrical Co., Ltd., Electric Motors, Generators and Associated Equipment (Trade Publication), 114
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Gas Development Board, Report on Flame
Protection Practice, 816
— Groups, Recent Growth of, 641
— Management. See Management
Industrial Mouldings (Warwick), Ltd., “ I.M.- Plastichrome ” Mouldings, 529
— Organisation, by P. Hanika, 480
Industrial Radio Sales, “ Pak-Fone ” and “ Field-Fone ” Portable Radio Sets (Trade Publication), 721
— Research. See Research
Industrial Tapes, Ltd., “Speedfix Recording Flaw Patterns on faces, 553*
Industries, British, Federation of. tion
— Co-partnership in. See Labour
— “ Evolutionary ’’ Technique, Applied to, by
Dr. G. E. P. Box, 295
— National Joint Advisory Council for, on
Service Contracts, 576
— Private. See Private Industry
— Psychology in, Comment on, 295
— Publicity-Consciousness in. Comment on,
418
Inflammability of Materials, 671 Inflation in Commonwealth. 200
Inflator, Automatic, for “ Mae West ” Life- Jacket (North American Aviation, Inc.), 189*
Information for Aircraft Industry, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Financial, Presenting to Employees, 672
— in Research Establishments, 749
— Statistical, on Industry, Government Re
quirements, 165
— Theory and Engineering Applications, by
D. A. Bell (Book), 659
Infra-Red Lamps in Industry (Trade Publication), 48
Ingham, J., and Sons, Ltd., Safety Man-Riding Mine Cars, 16*
Ingots, Principles Covering Design of, by H. G. Jones, D. T. Steer and P. D. Dickerson, 760
Inks, Dye-Penetrant Flaw Detection (Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales), Ltd.), 12
Inkley Point Nuclear Power Station, 734, 793, 828
Inland Navigation. See Canals: Rivers, etc. Insect Pest Control, Design of Machinery and Plant in Relation to (Book), 791
Inspection of Aircraft, Non-Destructive, Symposium on. See Aircraft Engineers, Licensed
— Council, National, for Electrical Contract
ing, 39
— of Engineering Materials, by J. H. Lamble
(Book), 721
— Engineering, Measurement and Testing, by
H. C. Town and R. Colebourne (Book), 751
Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles, Test Facilities, 79*
Institute. See Institutions
Institutions, Engineering, Exemption from Rates, 71
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Agricultural Engineers Association: Aircraft Engineers, Licensed Society of; Batelle Memorial Institute; British Aircraft Constructors, Society of: British Association; Chemical Industry, Society of; Civil Engineers, Institution of; Civil Servants, Professional, Institution of; Consulting Engineers, Association of; Electrical Engineers, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of: Engineering Distributors, /l.s- sociation of; Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of: Industrial Psychology, National Institute of; Interplanetary Society, British; Iron and Steel Institute; Iron and Steel Institute, American; Management, British Institute of; Manchester Association of Engineers: Marine Engineers, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of: Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Metals, Institute of; Naval Architects, Institution of; Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society of; Nuclear Society, American; North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders: Oceanography, National Institute of: Occupational Hygiene Society, British; Packaging, Institute of; Petroleum, Institute of; Physics, American Institute of; Physics, Institute of; Production Engineers, Institution of: Radio Engineers, Institute of British: Royal Society: Smoke Abatement Society: Standards Institution, British: Structural Engineers, Institution of; Supervising Electrical Engineers Association of; Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Association of; Tool Engineers, American Society of; Transport, Institute of; Weights and Measures Administration, Institute of: Welding, Institute of; Welding Society, American Instruments, Aeronautical, at Farnborough, 373
— for Blast Furnaces and Process Control
(Trade Publication), 721
— Charts and Scales, “ Multelec ’* (Trade
Publication), 467
— for Coal Research, 773*
— Design, Application of Spring Strips (Book),
721
— for Exact Measurement of Length and Dia
meter, “ F-IA ’’ (Societe Genevoise d'Tn- struments de Physique), 184
— Magnetometer, Direct-Reading (Trade
Publication), 178
Magnified Projection (Hilger and Watts. Ltd.), 184
Projection, “ Chekker ” (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 184
— Measuring, for Diameters, “ Matrix ’’
(Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 184* and Electronic Measurements, by F. G. Spreadbury (Book), 209
at Machine-Tool Exhibition, 183*
— for Nuclear Reactor in Switzerland (Isotope
Developments, Ltd.), 636
— Portable, for Gear-Teeth Profiles (David
Brown Tool Division), 54*
Instruments, for Rolling-Mill Research, 760
— Spare Parts (Trade Publication), 467
— Technology, Vol. 11, E. B. Jones (Book), 791
— See also Aeronautics: Electric
Instrumentation, Open-Hearth Furnace (Trade Publication), 467
— of Reactors, by W. Macrae, 29 Insulation. See Heat: Electric: Sound Insurance and Contract, Conditions of, by
G. T. N. Hagart (Book), 18
— of Nuclear Power Plants, 572
— Scheme of Engineers* Guild, Ltd., 736 Intellectuals, Declining Prestige of, 448 Intercommunication System, Streamlined, for
Office Use (Trade Publication), 210
Two-Way, “ Kedafon ” (Trade Publication), 210
Interferometric Surface-Roughness Measurement (Hilger and Watts, Ltd,), 184
Internal-Combustion Engines. Set Aeronautics: Engines: Motor Cars: Tractors: Turbine, Gas
— Grinder. See Grinding Machine under
Machine Tools
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Congress of, 8, 235 for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience: Reciprocal Arrangements for Canadian Vacation Experience, 175; Work of, 607
— Astronautical Congress (Rome). See Astro-
nautical Congress
— Atomic Co-operation, 475
— Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Loan for Kariba Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 6; India's Five-Year Plan, 228, 645; Annual Report, 422, 677
— Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Agree
ment with Electric Light and Power Industry, 256
International Combustion, Ltd.: “ Dynocone ” Continuous Centrifuge, 147*; Test Plant for Grinding, Screening and Filtering, 147*
— Congress of Applied Mechanics, 622 International Finance Corp., Formation and
Activities of, 198
International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, New Periodical, 254
— Labour Office. See Labour Office under
Labour
Organisation, Support of Hungarian People, 704
— Machine Tool Exhibition, 5, 19*, 52*, 86*,
119*, 152*, 183*, 216*, 246*. See also Vol. 181
— Maritime Committee, Shipowners’ Lia
bilities, 763
International Nickel Co. Painting of Forging Hammer, by Terence Cuneo, 167*; Expansion Plans of, 776
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Cinema Film on Mining for Nickel,
— Organisation for Standardisation.
Standardisation
— Radio Consultative Committee, 231
— Scientific Film Association, Congress in
Vienna, 487
Radio Union, 231
International Synthetic Rubber Co., Synthetic Rubber Plant at Fawley, 748
International Telemeter Corporation, “ Pay- as-you-See ” Television System, 434
— Trade. See Trade
Interplanetary Society, British, Comments on Guided Missiles, 289, 321
Inventions, Unpatented, Report of Committee on Use of, 8
Investments, Capital, Increase of, 127
— in Commonwealth, 72
— in Private Industry, 38
— Trends in, 135
— in United Kingdom, Comment on, 263 Ionospheric Scatter System (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 427
Ireland, Northern, Nuclear Power Station for, 92
Irish Republic, Engineering Exports to, 197 Iron Castings, Output Statistics, 724
— Council, Joint, Annual Report, 615
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Lungs and Positive Pressure Machines, by
Capt. G. T. Smith-Clarke, 782*
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
— Products, Maximum Price Increase, 804
— and Steel, Cutting Costs of, 654
Board: Output of Iron Castings, 724; Review of Price Structure, 804
Federation, British: Steel Productivity Progress, 518; Cinema Film on Steels in Motor Cars, 574; Oil Shortage and Steel Production, 645
Industry, De-Nationalisation of, 735 Industry Dispute, Findings of Court of Inquiry on, 288
Industry in Europe, Report on, 7
Iron and Steel Institute:
Physical Aspects of Absorptiometric Analysis (Book), 146
Housz, A. H. Ingen, Nominated as President, 719
Autumn General Meeting:
Recording Techniques for Rolling-Mill Operation Studies, by E. A. Chard, W. W. Hastings and D .F. Nettell, 760
Time Charac.eristics of the Slabbing Mill, by H. G. Jones, D. T. Steer and P. D. Dickerson, 760
Principles Governing the Design of Ingots for High Output in the Slabbing Mill, by H. G. Jones, D. T. Steer and P. D. Dickerson, 760
Maximum Utilisation and Wide-Strip Rolling Finishing Equipment, Ascough, 760
Iron and Steel Institute, American, Survey of American Market for Stainless Steel, 391
Iron and Steel Output, European, 7
Research Association, British: Open Days at Sheffield Laboratories. 112; Physical Aspects of Absorptiometric Analysis (Book), 146; Developments and Research at Sheffield Laboratories, 296*; Continuous Casting Method, 296*; Continuous Casting of Steel, 358; Rope Tension Recorder, 753*
To-Day, by J. Dearden (Book), 339 Works. See kk'orks
— Supplies, Comment on, 198 to Rural Craftsmen, 605
— See also Cast Iron; Steel: Metallurgy
Ironfoundry Associations, Council of: Conference on Men, Management and Metal, 714; Comments on Production of Iron Castings, 724
Ironwork, Structural. See Bridges; Columns; Steelwork: Structures
Irradiation of Dielectric Materials (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 670*. See Erratum, 701
— Effects on Physical Properties of Solids, by
Dr. A. H. Cottrell, 61
— of Plastics, Rubber and Diamonds, 317*
— Unit for Sterilising Air (Penfold and Partners),
501
“ ISCON.” Indian Steelworks Construction Co., 645
Isherwood, Sir J., and Co., Ltd., Tank for Accelerated Corrosion Test, 85*
Isotope Developments, Ltd.: Courses on Atomic Energy, 347; Equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station. 565; Contract for Nuclear Monitoring Instruments in Switzerland, 636
— Radioactive, Coal-Enrichment Experiments,
317
Courses on Radiological Protection, 700 Price Reduction in United States, 318 Use in Coated Abrasives Manufacture, 317
Use for Judging Cleaning Laundries, 317
Italy, Agricultural Improvement in,
— Economic Development of
Industry, 359
— Industry and the Press, 487
— Taxation of Foreign Residents in, 454 Ivanoff, Dr. A., on Training of Foundry
Managers and Technologists, 714
JACKETING, Aluminium, for Pipe Insulation (Trade Publication), 210
Jackman, G., Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Disc Surface Grinding Machine, 87*
Jackson, D, McG., on Fire Casualty First- Aid, 664
Jacobs, J. L, Review of World Tanker Situation, 358
Jaguar Motor Car in Le Mans Motor-Car Race, 135
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft. Comment on, 775
Japan, Insurance against Raw-Material Price Changes, 646
— Nuclear Energy Delegation to Britain,
636, 670
— Overseas Industrial Activities, Comment on,
802
— Shipbuilding Statistics, 133
Jarvis, J., and Sons, Ltd., New Factory of Borg-Warner, Ltd,, 93*
“Javelin” Aircraft (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 372
Crash, 191
— Electric Etching Machine (Taylor, Taylor
and Hobson, Ltd.), 120*
Jenkins, R., and Co., Ltd., of Rotherham, History of, by E. N. Simons (Book), 210; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567; “ Polybloc ” Heat Exchanger, 755*
Jenkins, W. G., and Co., Ltd., Chains for Conveyors (Trade Publication), 752
Jenograph, Ltd., “Jenograph” Graphite Lubricant (Trade Publication), 721
Jenolizing Co., Ltd., Coating Processes for Metals (Trade Publication), 434
Jerrican, Comment on, 34
Jig and Fixture Design, by P. S. Houghton (Book). 687
” John Biscoe,” R.R.S., 718*
Johnson, A. Pemberton, on Selection of Technical Managers, 39
Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd.: Contact Bi- Metal Strip (Trade Publication), 407; Contact Materials (Trade Publication), 18; Thermocouples (Trade Publication), 48; Precious Metals and Pure Chemicals (Trade Publication), 434
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.; 27'5-MVA SingleBreak Circuit-Breaker, 83*; “ Junal 5” Solder Flux for Jointing of Aluminium Cables, 149*; Duplicate Busbar Switchboard, 405*
Joint Boxes for Polythene Cables (Trade Publication), 524
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd.: Tool and Cutter Grinding Machine, 89*; “ Micro- matic ” Automatic Honing Machine, 90*; Circular Form-Tool Grinding Machine 798*
Jones, H. G., on Time Characteristics o Slabbing Mill, 760; on Design of Ingots for High Output in Slabbing Mill, 760
Jones and Lamson Automatic Form Grinding Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89
Jones, Dr. R. P. N., on Shear Deflection in Beams, 428*, 644. See LETTERS, 484, 549, 740*
Jones, S. G., Ltd.; “ Tornamat ” Special- Purpose Turning Machine, 54; Dynamic Balancing Machines, 185*; Koepfer WUM52 Gear-Hobbing Machine, 218*; Liebherr S4 High-Speed Gear-Hobbing Machine, 218
Jones, Dr. W. Idris, on Beaver Report, 531
Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes International, New Periodical, 254
Journal of Nuclear Energy, Translation of Soviet Journal in, 125
— Scientific, Impact of, 750
— Technical, for Poland, 671
— See also Literature
— See Bearings
“ JPM ” Moulding Machine (Foundry Equin- ment, Ltd.), 404
Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia
“ Junal 5 ” Solder Flux for Jointing of Aluminium Cables (Johnson and Phillips. Ltd.), 149*
Junction Boxes (Trade Publication), 688
Light-Current (Trade Publication), 597 “ Junior ” Sandrammer (Foundry Equipment, Ltd.), 404
KABELSCHLEPP, G.m.b.H. “ Kabelschlepp- kette ” Flexible Guide for Cables and Hoses, 501 *
“ Kama ” Electric Grease Gun (Trade Publication), 18
Kariba Dam, 6, 97
Kay and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., “ Supakone ” Tube Coupling, 361*
Kay, J. A. R., on Avro “ Vulcan ” and Handley Page “ Victor ” Aircraft, 386
Kay, Dr. J. M., Data on Plutonium Enrichment, 411
Kearns, H. W., and Co., Ltd.: “OB” Jig- Boring Machine with “ Optimetric ” Optical Setting System, 20; Series “ O ” Horizontal Boring Machines (Trade Publication), 210
“ Kedafon ” Two-Way Intercommunication System (Trade Publication), 210
“ Kee Klamp ” Storage Racks (Trade Publication), 752
Keith Blackman, Ltd., P.V.C. Fans (Trade Publication), 467
Kell, R. C., on Measuring Turbine-Blade Vibrations, 271 *
Kelly, R., and Sons, Ltd., D.F.S. Shrinking and Stretching Machine, 156
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.: Ship-Borne Radar Equipment, 309*; Aircraft Attitude Indicator, 373
Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd., Echo- Sounding for Fishing Vessels, 507*
Kendall and Gent, Ltd., Plano-Milling Machine, 25
Kennedy and Donkin, Consultants to South of Scotland Electricity Board, 829
Kent, G., Ltd.: Control Equipment (Trade Publication), 244; Instrument Spare Parts (Trade Publication), 467; “Multelec” Instrument Charts and Scales (Trade Publication), 467; Open-Hearth Furnace Instrumentation and Control Publication), 467; Equipment at Hall Nuclear Power Station, “ FAF ” Pressure Controllers, Instruments for Blast Furnaces and Control of Process Variables (Trade Publication), 721; Flow Measurement by Differential-Pressure Measurement (Book), 791
Kenya, Civil-Engineering Problems in, Conference on,105
Kesson, J. McFarlane, on Railway Construction in East Africa, 105
Ketay, Ltd., Formation for Production Data Processing Equipment, 328
Ketter, Dr. R. L., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Keyboard, Typewriter, Failure of New, 64 Kilns, Brick, Speeing up Unloading of (Cattybrook Brick Co., Ltd.), 309*
— Tunnel, “ Kirby Kiln,” for Refractory
Bricks (British Ceramic Service Co., Ltd.), 179
Kilpatrick, D. A., on Vibration of Compressor Blades, 780
Kindersley, Lord, Appointment as Chairman of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 455
King, G. W., Ltd., Mechanical Handling Equipment (Trade Publication), 688
King, W. H., on Magnetic Flaw Detection, 715 “ Kirby Kiln ” Tunnel Kiln for Refractory Bricks (British Ceramic Service Co., Ltd.), 179
Kitchen and Wade, Ltd., Horizontal Drilling, Boring, Tapping and Milling Machine, 23 Klingelnberg AGW30 Gear Hob Sharpening Machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 250
— LKP90AVAU Gear-Lapping Machine
(W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249
— Sohne, Gear-Cutting Testing Machines,
558*
K. and L. Steelfounders and Engineers, Ltd., Steel Castings (Trade Publication), 407
“ KnitMesh,” Knitted Metal or Plastic Wire Mesh (Knitted Mesh Manufacturing Co.), 383
Knowles, J. Russell, on “ Hi-Jet ” Metal- Cutting Method, 100
Kodak, Ltd., Photography in Office and Factory (Trade Publication), 114
Koepfer WUM52 Gear-Hobbing Machine (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218*
“ Kolene ” Cleaning Process for Ferrous Castings (Castingite, Ltd.), 60*
Komedera, M., on Domestic Heat Pump, 236* Kopp Milling Machines for Cylindrical Cams, Worms and Trapezoidal Threads (Wickman, Ltd.), 24
“ Kopy-kat ” Attachment for Hydraulic Shaping Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217*
Kosfeld, F. W., Automatic Nut-Tapping Machine, 444*
Koster, Prof. Werner,
Advances, 430 Krause Inverted-Spindle
LABORATORY, Administration of, 749
— Mineral-Processing, 763
— Standards, Australian National, 813
— of Timber Development Association,
— See also National Physical
Labour:
Agricultural Workers, Wages of, cussion in Parliament on, 128
Amalgamated Engineering Union. Engineering Union, below
Automation, Challenge to Trade Unions and Industry (Review), 17
— Discussion in Parliament on, 223
— Economic Effects, by Prof. H. D. Dickinson, 337
— Human Factor in, 704
— Impact of, 384
— Labour Aspects, 544
— Trades Union Congress Views on, 352 Ballot, Secret, Comment on, 96
Bank Employees, National Union of. Wage Claim, 576
Boilermakers, United Society of: in Ship-Repairing Industry, Settlement of Dispute with Shipbuilders’ Association, 416
British Motor Corporation: Dismissal of 6,000 Employees by. Comment on. 2; Dismissal of Employees, 31, 32, 65, 384; Strike at. 96; Settlement of Dispute at, 192, 224
— Road Services Lorry Crews’ Strike, Comment on, 704
— Transport Commission: Handbook on Joint Consultation, 288; Relations with Railway Unions, 832
Carron, W. J., Election as President of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 32 Clerical Salaries Analysis, Sample Survey, 384
Clyde Shipbuilders’ Association, Settlement of Dispute with United Society of Boilermakers, 416
Coal Workers and Machine Loading, 448 Colonies, Trade Unions in. Comment on, 800
Coloured Workers, Employment of, 224 in Industry, Problem of, 480 Communism in Industry, Effect of Uprising in Hungary. 672
Compensation for Loss of Employment, House of Lords Debate on, 639
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. See Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions below
Co-Partnership Association, Industrial, Comment on, 225; Aims and Officers of, 228
— Schemes, Comment on, 225 Copper Mines, Labour Difficulties, 416 Costs, Labour, Rise in, 263
Cotton Industry, New Agreement in, 608 (Tousins, F., Invitation by Institute of Directors, 384
Dilutees in Engineering Industry, Discussion in Parliament on, 63
Directors, Institute of, Invitation to F. Cousins, 384
Dock Labour, Casual, 512
? Problems of, 160
— Unions’ Dispute, 320
— Working Conditions at, 831 Dockers’ Wage Increase, 640 Draughtsmen, Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding, Pay Conditions, 800 Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of, Agreement with Electric Light and Power Industry, 256
Employees, Presenting Financial Information to, 672
Employment Position in Midlands, 544 — Vacation, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 549. See LETTER, 581
Engineers’ Activities. See Engineers Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Committee for Study of Redundancy, 512
— Union, Amalgamated, Election of W. J. Carron as President, 32; Communist Defeat in, 128; Wage Claims, 576, 640, 832; Ballot for General Secretaryship of, 608
Farmers’ Union, National, Agricultural Wages Dispute, 128
Foremen in Europe, Selection and Training of, by S. Grabe and P. Silberer (Review), 821
— and Executives, Building Trade, Week-
End Courses for, 672
— Training of. 192
German Trades Union Congress—Discussion on Automation, 480
Germany, Heavy Industry, Unrest in, 576 — Western, Trade Unions in, 167 Government Economic Policy and Trade Unions, 416
— Relations with Trades Union Congress,
832
Hours, Working, Staggered, 736, 763 Housewife versus Women Workers, Comment on, 352
Housing Accommodation for Workers in Western Europe, 416
Incentives, Discussion on. 96
— Maintenance Men.
— in Russia, 640
— Scientists, 681 Incomes, Distribution
Industrial Accidents.
— Disputes Tribunal, Municipal Transport Workers, 640 International Labour Office. See Labour Office below
Iron and Steel Industry Dispute, Findings of Court of Inquiry on, 288
Labour Costs, Rise in, 263
— Movements and Credit Squeeze, 96
Dis-
See
Amalgamated,
Strike 256; Clyde
792
of Individual, 63 See Accidents Wage Increase for
Labour—continued
— and National Service, Ministry of,
Economy Measures, 95; Annual Report, 128; Report of Technical Sub-Committee of Joint Standing Committee on Conditions in Iron Foundries (Book), 370
— Office, International, Government Rejection of Holidays Recommendation, 640
— Party, Annual Conference of, Comment on,160
— Problems in Engineering Contracts, by F. H. B. Layfield, 457
— Turnover, Cost of, to Industry, 608. See LETTER, 677, 741
Local Government Employees, Problem of Representation, 288
Locomotives, Diesel and Electric, Manning of, 224
— Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of. Wage Claim, 519, 832; Comment on Accounting Methods, 704
Long Service, Recognition of, 512 Maintenance Men, Bonus Scheme, 792 Management, British Institute of. Presenting Financial Information to Employees, 672
— and Human Relations, Frustrations in,
by H. W. S. Marshall, 709
Manpower, Scientific, Discussion in Parliament on, 95
and Engineering in Great Britain, Comment on, 545. See LETTER, 581
Midlands, Employment Position in, 544 Miners, French, Collective Production Bonus, 456
— Wage Increase, in Belgium, 416 Mineworkers, in Africa, Unrest Among, 416
— National Union of. Annual Conference of, 32; Wage Claims, 64, 576; Piece- Work Agreement with National Coal Board for Machine Loading, 448; Coal Bonuses, 832
Motor-Car Industry, Redundancy in, 672 Industry, Report on, by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 224
— — Industry, Shop Stewards’ Strike
Resolution, 64
Industry, Short-Time Working in, 736
National Farmers’ Union, Agricultural Wages Dispute, 128
— Service. See National Service
Nationalised Industries, Government Motion on Accounts of, 706
— —• Stabilisation of Charges, 31
Older People, Employment and Training of, 800
Pension Plan, National Industrial, Proposed, 512
— Scheme of Engineers’ Guild, Ltd., 64 Personnel Selection Tests (Review), 145 Piece-Work, Abandoned for Time Rates, 832
Port Employers, National Association of, Agreement with Dockers’ Unions on Wage Increase, 640
Printing Industry Unions, Comment on Lack of United Outlook, 288
Professions, Declining Prestige of, 448 Railway Clerks, Wage Claims, 544 — Unions, Joint Pay Demand, 64 Joint Wage Claims, 288 Railwaymen, National Union of. Manning of Diesel and Electric Locomotives, 224; Wage Claims, 519, 576, 640, 832 — Suspension of Call-Up of, 741 Rate-Fixers, Salary Gradings, 544 Redundancy, Comment on, 480 — Discussion on, 230
— in France, 167
— in Motor-Car Industry, 672
— Problems of, 71
— Remedying, 512
— Settlement on, at British Motor Corporation, 224
— at Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 256. Sec
also 225
Russia, Trade Unions in, 640
— Wages and Incentives in, 640 Scientists. See Scientists
Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of. Rejection of Claim for 40-hour Week, 32; Comment on Forthcoming Annual Conference, 192; Report of Motor-Car Industry, 224; Annual Meeting at Hastings, 230; Comment on Dismissals at Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 256; Wage Demands, 263; Wage Increase, Comment on, 384
Snobbery and Work, 544
Standard of Living, Comment on Letter by Rev. J. C. Vaughan Wilkes, 320
Steel Industry Dispute, Discussion in Parliament on, 575
Strike in United States, 64, 192, 256 Strikes in, 32, 96, 192
— .— United States, Settlement of Strike
of, 256
— Maintenance Workers, Strike of. Comment on Secret Ballot, 96
Stevedores and Dockers Union, National Amalgamated, Dispute with Transport and General Workers’ Union, 320
Strike, Boilermakers, in Ship-Repairing Industry, 256
— British Motor Corporation, 96, 160 Road Services Lorry Crews, 704 — Clyde Shipyards, 320
— Motor-Car Industry, 64, 96, 160
— Steel Industry, 32, 192
Industry, in United States, 64, 192; Settlement of, 256
Maintenance Workers, Comment on Secret Ballot, 96
Technological Changes, Impact of, on Workpeople, by Prof. R. W. Russell, 325
Labour -continued
Textile Workers’ Union of America. Work Measurement and Production Standards, 800
Time Rates in Place of Piece-Work, 832
Trade Unions, Challenge by Automation to (Review), 17
in Colonies, Comment on, 800
Congress: Branches’ Criticism of, 192; General Council’s Report, 258; Rejection of Wage Restraint, 352; Views on Automation, 352; Relations with Government, 832
Expenditure of, 768
and Government Economic Policy, 416
Leader, “ Professional,” 192
Support for Hungarian People, 704 in Western Germany, 167
Transport and General Workers’ Union. Dispute with National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union, 320; Address to Institute of Directors, by F. Cousins, 576
— Salaried Staffs’ Association, Wage Claim, 544
— Workers, Municipal, Wage Increase, 640
Unemployment Benefit and Short-Time Working, 288
— Comment on, 98
— and Credit Squeeze, 96
United States, Strike of Steel Industry, 64, 192
Strike in Steel Industry, Settlement of, 256
Trade Unions and Shorter Working Week, 448
Wages, Agricultural Workers, Discussion in Parliament on, 128
— Claim, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 576
Bank Employees, National Union of, 576
British Transport Commission’s Reply to, 288
Comment on, 448, 576^^ Engineering Unions’, Mineworkers Union, 576
Railway Clerks, 544 Railway Unions, 64, 736
Railwaymen, National Union of, 288, 576
— Clerks, Analysis, 384
— Draughtsmen, 800
— Guaranteed, Comment on, 736
— Increase in, in Australia, 128
British Broadcasting Corporation, 448
H. G. Brotherton’s Views on, 230 Confederation of Shipbuilding Engineering Unions, Comment 384
Dockers, 640
Municipal Transport Workers,
— Miners’, in Belgium, 416
— Railwaymen, 519. See 64, 288, 576, 736
— Rate-Fixers, 544
— Restraint, Rejection of, by Trades Union Congress, 352
?— Rise in, 263
— in Russia, 640 Women Engineers, 712
— Married, Importance of, in Industry, 608
— Workers versus Housewife, Comment on, 352
Work and Snobbery, 544
Workers’ Attitude to Jobs, Survey on, 96
— British, Comment on, 98
— Survey of, 96, 352
Working Conditions and Security Desired by Workers, 352
Workpeople, Impact of Technological Changes on, by Prof. R. W. Russell, 325
Ladle Crane, 410-ton, for Australian Iron and Steel Co. (Joseph Adamson and Co., Ltd.). 151*
Lagging Materials. See Heat Insulation
Laing. J., and Son, Ltd., Cinema Film on Civil Engineering Construction, 820; Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 829*
Laminates, Plastics, Non-Destructive Inspection of. Research at Battelle Memorial Institute, 309
— Wood, Applications of Densified, 377* Lamps, Electric. See under Electric Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., Motors for Machine Tools (Trade Publication), 178; Annual Report, 583
Lancaster and Tonge, Ltd., Small Steam Trap, 497*
Lancia Flamina V-Six Motor-Car Engine, 574* Lang, J., and Sons, Ltd., 20-in. Swing Centre Lathe,26*
Langham Thompson, J., Ltd., Integrating Motor Pneumo-Tachograph. 382*
‘‘ Lantern-Wheel” Gearing, by W. H. Mann, 138*
Lapointe Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Horizontal Continuous Broaching Machine, 123* LAPRE Test Nuclear Reactors, 380
Largs Nuclear Power Station, Tenders for, 125 Lasco Hammer Press (Paul
Ltd.), 154*
” Lasso Zevra,” Adhesive (Smith and Nephew, Ltd.), Lathes. See Machine Tools Lattices, Crystal, Direct Study of, with Electron Microscope, 44*
Latymer Engineering Co., Silent Bar Guides for Capstan and Automatic Lathes (Trade Publication), 721
Launch of S.T. ” Evgenia Niarchos,” 133, 199* Laundries, Use of Radioactive Isotopes in Judging Cleaning Action, 317
Law. See Lcfial
Law, F., on Droughts, 485
Lawther, Dr. P. J., on Clinical Significance of Dirty Air, 531
Laycock Engineering, Automatic Motor-Car Transmission, 101
Layfield, F. H. B., on Engineering Contracts, 137, 201, 265, 329, 393, 457. 521, 585, 649, 713, 745, 777, 811. See also 130
Layton, M. C., Ltd., Stanley lOl-in. Centre Lathe, with Sliding Bed and Back-Bed, 27
Lead, Applications of (Trade Publication), 210 — Development Association, Applications of Lead (Trade Publication), 210; Information on Lead (Trade Publication), 407
Leak, H. J., and Co., Ltd., Electrostatic Loudspeakers (Trade Publication), 18; Frequency-Modulated Tuner (Trade Publication), 48
Learning, Declining Prestige of, 448
“ Lectodryer " Air Dryer (Birlec, Ltd.), 796 “ Lectromelt " Electric Arc Furnace, 50-ton, for Production of Plain Carbon Steels (Birlec, Ltd.), 83
Lee-McCall Prestressed-Concrete Bridges (Trade Publication), 629
Leeds Corporation, Cross v., 745
Legal:
Aircraft Corporations Rill, 679 Anti-Monopoly Law in Denmark, 616 Clean Air Act (1956), 225, 255, 297, 519, 531, 772*
Conditions of Contract and Insurance, by G. T. N. Hagart (Book), 18
Contracts, Engineering, by F. H. B. Layfield, 137, 201, 265, 329, 393, 457, 521, 585, 649, 713, 745, 777, 811. See also 130
Cross V. Leeds Corporation, 745 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Act (1956), 255
Evans Medical Supplies, Ltd., v. Moriarty Factories Act, 1937. on Industrial Fire Protection, 664
Finance Act, 1956, Guide for Engineers, 579
Halliday r. Duke of Hamilton’s T.sustees, 745
Heyman r. Darwins, Ltd.. 81 1
Model Forms of General Conditions of Contract, 117
Nuclear Processes, Legislative Control, 572 Report of Committee of Inquiry on Powers of Crown to Authorise Use o( Unpatented Inventions and Unregistered Designs in Defence Contracts, 8 Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act, 1951, Comment on, 582
Road Traffic Act (1956), 255 Scientific Societies Act (1843), 71 Selling Technical Knowledge,
Aspects of, 103
St. John Shipping Corp. v. Joseph Ltd., 582
Trade Effluents, Inquiry Into Aspects of, 778
Transport (Railway Finances) Bill and Government Loans to British Railways, 615
Workmen's Compensation. See Compensation under Labour
Legislation. See Legal
Lehnert. Dr. Bo. on Electrical Braking Force on Artificial Satellites, 581
Leivers, T. E.. on Elastic Stability under Combined Loading, 708*. See LETTER, 740*
Le Mans Sports Car Race, Comment on. 135 Letters to the Editor, 5, 36, 100, 132, 164, 196, 228, 261, 292, 324, 357, 388, 424. 484, 516, 549, 581, 614, 644, 676, 708. 740, 774 Lewis Berger (Great Britain), Ltd., Flow-Coat Paint System at Nacton Works of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd. See Erratum, 466. See LETTER, 709
Lewis, Dr. W. B., on Canadian Research Reactors, 29
Lex Garages, Ltd., Proposed Automatic Motor-Car Park, 606*
Leyland Motors, Ltd.: Trade Progress, 71; Purchase of Tank Factory at Farington. 95; “Atlantean” Motor Omnibus, 408*; Reorganisation and Mechanisation of Foundry, 638*; Position and Prospects of, 711
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., “ Seismitron ” Instrument for Detecting Rock Falls, 540* Libraries, National Science Reference and Lending, Discussion in Parliament on, 763 LIDO Nuclear Reactor (Review), 177 Reactor, Work Associated with, 414 Liebherr S4 High-Speed Gear-Hobbing Machine (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218
Life-Jacket, “ Mae West,” Automatic Inflator for (North American Aviation, Inc.), 189* Lifeboats of Fibreglass Reinforced Plastics, 381 * Lifting Appliances, Care and Use of (Book), 114
— Gear Products, “ Hydrahoist ” Electro-
Hydraulic Wire-Rope Hoist, 62*
Light Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Gauge, Cold-Formed Steel Design Manual,
788
Lighting. Sec under Electric
— See also Lamps under Electric
Limit Engineering, Ltd., Increased Orders, 520
— and Fits Pocket Calculator (Trade Publica
tion), 629
— Gauges. See Gauges
Lincoln Electric Co., Ltd., Welding Electrodes (Trade Publication), 407
Liner, Stainless-Steel, for Forging Press (English Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 377*
— See Ships; Steamers; Motorships
Lines Brothers, Ltd.. Annual Report, 805 Linings, Ebonite and Rubber (Trade Publication), 721
— “ Prodorfilm,’’ for Tanker Vessels (Pro-
dorite, Ltd.), 85*
Linotype and Machinery, Ltd., Annual Report, 583
Liquid Fuel. See Oil Fuel.
Paraffin; Petrol
— Gases. See Gases
— Metals. See Metals Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd.,
Uses of Diesel Engines,
Literature, Scientific, Russian, Discussion in Parliament on, 763
— See also Journals Litigation. See Le^jal Liungstrom Turbines, Blade Vibration, 203* Lloyd, F. H., and Co., Ltd., Core-Box Turn-Over Machine, 824*
Lloyd-Hamol, Ltd., “ Syl Silicone Barner Preparation for Dermatitis Protection. 491
I.MFR Nuclear Reactor, 380
Loading Combined, Elastic Stability Under, by A. N. Procter. 655*, 740*. See LETTER, 708 , r
Local Government Employees, Problem ot Representation, 288
Lock. A. M.. and Co., Ltd., Smoke Meter (Trade Publication), 467
“ Lockheed” Transport Aircraft. Proposal to Lease, 390 . , r- , *
Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers Association of Great Britain, Formation and Activities of, 165 , , r
Connor Single-Wheeler, Model of. 136 Diesel, for British Transport Commission, 550
Comments on Production, 327
Electric (Trade Publication), 752 Electric, Comments on Production. 3^8 Electric, Data Sheets on (Trade Publication), 18
Electric, in Shunting and Marshalling, Cinema Film on, 175
Manning of, 224
Mechanical, Data Sheets on (Trade Publication), 18
— Electric (Trade Publication), 752
Data Sheets on (Trade Publication), 18 Manning of, 224
Modification of, 328
Engineers and Firemen, Associated Society of: Wage Claim, Comment on, 519; Comment on Accounting Methods, 704; Wages Claim of, 832
— Industry, Position and Prospects ot, 327. 550
— Propulsion by Nuclear Power, 253*
Steam, Cylinder Variations and Compounding, by C. R. H. Simpson, 808* Data Sheets on (Trade Publication), 18 Designs that Failed, by C. R. H. Simpson. 610*, 674*, 808*. See LETTER, 677. See also 609
Feedwater Heating, 675*
Fireboxes, 610*. See LETTER, 677
Fuels for, 674*
Smoke-Boxes, 675*
Superheaters, 675*
Log Books for Diesel Engines, 95
Londex Ltd., Portable Obstruction Light (Trade Publication), 48; Photo-Electric Equipment (Trade Publication), 114
London Computer Group, Convention, 69 Manchester Motorway, Construction, 95
— Metal Exchange, Reaction to Reduction
of Metal Reserve, 775
— One-Way Traffic at Bridges, 763
— Traffic Problem, 775
London Transport Executive, Problem ot Off-Peak Traffic, 389; Experiments in Rubber Suspension of Bogies, 440*; Bus Maintenance and Overhaul, 578
University, Nuclear Power Instruction Courses, 347; Grant for Biomechanical Research Unit, 389
— Yorkshire Motorway, Construction, 95 Long Service, Recognition of, 512
Looms, Automatic Weaving, Development ot, in East, 389
Lord, C., Remarks on Export Trade, 486. See LETTER, 516
Lord Mayor's Show, Aluminium in, 518
Lorenz FN6 Heavy-Duty Double-Frame Gear- Hobbing Machine (Wickman. Ltd.), 218
— - SR-0 High-Speed Short-Stroke Gear-
Shaping Machine (Wickman, Ltd.), 218 Lorries. See Motor Vehicles: Tractors Losty, H. H. W., on High-Speed Photography in Electrical Research, 130*
Loudness Contours, Equal, for Pure Tones, by D. W. Robinson and R. S. Dadson. 142
Loudspeakers, Electrostatic (Trade Publication), 18
Low-Temperature Equipment for Research, 49*
Lubricants, Corrosion Preventives and (Trade Publication), 597
Effect on Pitting Failure of Ball Bearings, by Dr. F. T. Barwell and D. Scott, 9*
— Graphite, “ Jenograph ” (Trade Publica
tion), 721
— Slideway, 56
Lubricating Oils and Greases, Dextro) Concentrate 905 ” Additive (United Lubricants, Ltd.), 286*
Road Tanker for (Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd.), 601 *
See also Oils
Lubrication, Bearing, Analysis of, by R. R. Slaymaker (Review). 242
Boundary, by L. E. Adams, 36*, 132. See LETTER, 100
— of Diesel Engines, Cinema Film, 558
Engineers, Visit to German Steelworks. 186 Lucas, J.. Ltd., Training of Operators on Machine Tools, 3*; Fuel-Injection Equipment, 327; Expansion into Oil-Burner Field, 488; Annual Report, 679
Luck, G. A., on Measuring Turbine Blade Vibrations, 271 *
Luke and Spencer, Ltd., Swing Grinding Machine, 87
Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd., Light-Alloy Framework for Illuminated Ceilings, 757
Lund, J., Ltd.: “Precimax” Special-Purpose Milling Machine, 25; External Grinding Machine with Automatic Sizing Control, 88*
Lund, P. G., on Efficiency of 3-Speed Cycle Gears, 78*
Lyle Shipping Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 551,, Lyon, A., and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.: “ Alcon Centrifugal Pumps (Trade Publication), 791; Alcon Electric Pump (Trade Publication), 821
Lyons, D. J., Appointment at Royal Aircrait Establishment, 343
MAAG HSS-60 BC Gear-Grinding Machine (Burton, (Sriffiihs and Co., Ltd.), 219*
— SH.75C Gear-Cutting Machine (Burton
Griffiths and Co.. Ltd.),246
Macadam. See Koads
Machinability Laboratory, Radioactive, of Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., 56*
Machine Design, by J. E. Shigley (Book), 244
Machine Products, Ltd.. Sintered-Metal Components (Trade Publication), 434
Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd., Wohlaupter “ UK 4 Tapermaster" Taper Boring and Turning Head, 251*
— Shops. See IVorks and Machine Tools
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
{Materials}
— Theory of, by W. G. Green (Review), 113.
See LETTER, 164: by T. Bevan (Book), 687
Machine Tools:
“ ABA " Jig-Boring Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 21* Abrasive-Band Machines, 90*
Machine (R.J.H. Tool and Equipment Co., Ltd.), 90*
Machine, Beer (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 90*
Acme-Gridley" 8-spindle Automatic Bar Lathe, 52*
American ’’ Vertical Broaching Machine (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 121*
Auto-Grip Work Driver" for Centre Lathes (F. Pratt and Co., Ltd.), 252
B16’’ Gear Generator ([)avid Brown Industries, Ltd.), 247*
“ B17 " Gear-Testing Machine (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 250*
" B.27 " Gear-Testing and Lapping Machine (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249
Bandsaw, Throat, " Volant " (Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd.), 701*
— “ Tridraulic " 3-Wheel Toolroom (Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd.), 86*
Bar and Chucking Machines, Automatic, " Gildemeister " (Trade Publication), 433
— Turning Machine, Centreless, Farmer Norton, Sir J., and Co., Ltd.. 54*
“ BBD II WH ” Light Jack Hammer (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
‘‘ BBD 41 WK " Rock Drill (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
“ BBD 45 WR ’’ Rock Drill (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
Beer Abrasive-Band Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 90*
“ Bemag K.B.F.2" Production Boring Machine with Preselective Positioning (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 19*
Bending, Plate, by Rolling, by E. L. Tinley, 592*, 623*
Blohm Surface-Grinding Machine. 88* Boring, Drilling and Milling Machine, Heavy-Duty, Skoda " HVF160D " (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 23 and Milling Machine. Horizontal, Giddings and Lewis " 460-FUAR Spindle (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 22*
and Milling Machine, Wide-Bed. " Electrabore " (George Richards and Co., Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum. 91 — Machines, 19*
Automatic Control Systems for (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 185
mond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 23 Precision, " Spacematic," with Electro-Magnetic Positioning (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 19*
Production, " Bemag K.D.F.2 " with Preselective Positioning (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 19*
Vertical, Fine (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 22
See also Jig Boring Machine below
— Milling and Drilling Machine, Univer
sal, Deckel “ F.P.2 " (Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 23
Machine, Ram-Type Horizontal Dual-Purpose (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 22*
— Tapping, Milling and Drilling Machine,
Horizontal (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 23
— and Turning Head, Wohlaupter " UK 4
Tapermaster ’’ (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251 *
Mill, Heavy-Duty Vertical, Skoda "SK12" (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 22*
Broaching Machines, 120*
- Horizontal, Continuous (Lapointe Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 123*
Horizontal, “ XL ” (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 124*
Universal Slab (Surface), " XSS ” (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 123
Vertical, " American " (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 121 * Vertical, Surface, " XS 30 x 66A "
(Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 122* Vertical, " T.7’’ (B.S.A. Tools,
Ltd.), 124*
Vertical, XM “ Cyclematic ’’ (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 120*
Brown and Sharpe " No. 1 " Universal Grinding Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89
draulic Copying Attachment Herbert, Ltd.). 53*
CarJstedt “Type HCJ. 25-100“ Boring Machine (Wickman. Ltd.), 21
Chicago Box and Pan Press Brake (Oliver Machinery Co.. Ltd.), 156* “Chipmaster” 5-in. Centre Lathe (Colchester Lathe Co., Ltd.), 26
Chuck for Screwed-Shank Tools, “ Tru- lok” (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 765*
Chucking Machines, Automatic, “Cilde- meister ” (Trade Publication), 433 “ Compass” Mark VII Automation Base (Bristol Repeiiticn, Ltd.), 552*
“ Coniflex “ Straight-Bevel Gear Generator. Gleason 104 (Buck and Hickman Ltd.), 248*
Control Equipment, Electrical, at Machine Tool Exhibition. 185*
Copy Turning, 53*
— — Attachment on “ Carbi-junior ”
Centre Lathe (A. Herbert, Ltd.), 53
Attachment, “Copyrite” (S. N. Bridges and Co., Ltd.), 53
Machine, Heylignstaedt, with Automatic Work Cycle, 53*
Template-Controlled, Metropolitan-Vickers Attachment, 53*
. , . 117
Drilling, Boring and Milling Machine, Heavy-Duty, Skoda “ HVF160D ” (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 23
— — Tapping and Milling Machine,
Horizontal (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 23
— Equipment, Compressed-Air, for Mines
(Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
--Machine, Rackfeed. Pneumatic. Portable, “ RF6 " (Desoutter Brothers, Ltd.), 251 *
? for Rail Circuit Bonds (Abtus
Ltd.), 664
Self-Contained Hydraulic-Feed Units (James Archdale and Co., Ltd.), 213*
Training of Operators on, 3*
— Milling and Boring Machine. Hori
zontal, Giddings and Lewis “460- FUAR ” 6-in. Spindle (Rockwell
Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 22*
and Boring Machine, Universal, Deckel “F.P.2" (Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 23
and Boring Machine, Wide-Bed, “ Elccirabore “ (George Richards &. Co.. Ltd.). 23*. See Erratum, 91
— Multiple, Self-Feed System (R. S.
Brookman, Ltd.), 59*
— and Tapping Machines, “ Rota-Matic ’’
and “ Dublo-Matic “ (Mulhead Engineering Co., Ltd.), 376*
Drum-Sander, Double, Type BDB (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 60
“ Dyna-shift “ Centre Lathe (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 26*
Edging Machine, Straight-Line, “ Tru- feed ’’ Type SJB (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 59*
“ Electrabore ” Wide-Bed Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine (George Richards and CQ., Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum, 91
Electrical Control Equipment at Machine- Tool Exhibition, 185*
Engineers' Tools (Trade Publication), 688 Engraving Machines. 119*
— - Pantograph (Taylor, Taylor and
Hobson Ltd.), 11
Pantograph, '‘Scripta” (Acbars, Ltd.), 120*
Engraving Machine, Two and Three- Dimensional (Trade Publication), 407 Etching Machine, Electric, “ Javelin ” (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 120*
Flexmaster ” Multi-Speed Milling Machine (Flexible Drives (Gilmans), Ltd.), 252*
Fokker-Eckold Universal Sheet-Metal Forming Machine (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 156*
Forging Hammer Block, 143-Ton, for Rotherham Forge (English Steel Castings Corporation, Ltd.), 312* and Presses. 152*
Painting of, by Terence Cuneo
(International Nickel Co.), 167* —Machine, Cold, Solid-Die Double-Blow
(Greenwood and Batley, Ltd.). 153* Horizontal, Dual-Drive, Hasen-
clever(Paul Granby and Co.. Ltd.), 1^3 — Press, Stainless-Steel Liner for (English
Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 377*
Forming Machine, Sheet-Metal. Universal Fokker-Eckold (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.) 156*
‘‘ Fulcro-sizer ” Cylindrical Grinding chine (Churchill Machine Tool Ltd.), 88
Gear-Brushing Machine, Osborne
“ Brushmatic ” (Osborne Manufacturing Co.), 250
— Cutting Machines, 217*, 246* Machine, Maag SH.75C (Burton.
Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 246 Precision Milling Machine for, 250* Testing Machines (Klingelnberg Shone). 558* --(ienerator, ‘‘B16” (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 247* Horizontal. Sykes 3C (W. E. Sykes,
Ltd.), 246* Hypoid Production, Gleason 116, with “ Unitool ” Generation (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 247* Straight-Bevel, Gleason 104, “ Coni- flex ” (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 248* Vertical, “V. lOA “
Ltd.), 246*
— Grinding Machine, Tooth, ** Orcutt ” Co., Ltd.), 219* Machine, Maag HSS-60 BC (Burton,
Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 219* Machine, “ Matrix No. 61 ” (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 220 Machine, Reishauer ZA (Dowding and Doll. Ltd.), 220 Machine, Spur, “ Heligrind ” (Stuart
Davis, Ltd.), 219*
- - Hob Sharpening Machine, Klingelnberg AGW.30 (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 250
— Hobbing Machine, Churchill Cleveland S.815 Mark IV. “ Rigidhobber ” (Churchill-Redman. Ltd.), 218*
- - Machine. Heavy-Duty, DoubleFrame. Lorenz FN6 (Wickman, Ltd.), 218
Machine, High-Speed, Liebherr S4 (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218
Machine, Koepfer WUM52 (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218*
and Shaving Machine. Turbine, Combined (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 217
and Shaving Machine, Turbine, Combined, “MH150S*’ (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249*
— Lapping Machine, Klingelnberg LKP. 90.AVAU (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249
— Measuring Machine, Individual BaseCircle, Involute, Orcutt Mark V (Gear Grinding Co., Ltd.), 250*
— Planing Machine, Double-Helical, Sunderland 26 (J. Parkinson and Son, (Shipley) Ltd.), 219*
— Shaping Machine, High-Speed, “ Maxicut 2 A” (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.),218*
Machine, High-Speed Short-Stroke, Lorenz SR-O (Wickman, Ltd.), 218 — Shaving and Finishing Machines (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 217
Machines, Automatic, High-Speed, “ S6H ” and “ S12H ” (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249
Machine, Fine-Pitch, “ VS.4A ” (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249*. See Erratum, 432
— Testing and Lapping Machine, “ B.27 ” (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249 Machine, “B17” (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 250*
Machine, Production Wadtool IA (Waddington Tools, Ltd.), 250* German Machine Tools, Reference Manual of, by H. P. Gentzel (Book), 210
Giddings and Lewis “ 460-FUAR ’’ 6-in. Spindle Horizontal Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd,), 22*
“ Gildemeister ” Bar and Chucking Machines (Trade Publication), 433 Gleason 16 Pinion-Quenching Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 250*
— 104 Straight-Bevel “ Coniflex’’ Gear Generator (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 248*
— 116 Hypoid Production Gear-Generator with “ Unitool ” Generation (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 247*
Graffenstaden Plano-Milling Machine (Acbars, Ltd.), 25*
Grinding Machine, Bench, with Automatic Traverse (B.S.V. Development Co.), 440
Centreless (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 89* Circular Form-Tool (Jones, A.A., and Shipman, Ltd.), 798*
'Cutter, 89* ^Cylindrical. 88*
Grinding Machine, External, with Automatic Sizing Control (John Lund, Ltd.), 88*
Form, 89* Form, Automatic, Jones and Lam- son (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89 “ Fulcro-sizer ” (Churchill Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 88
Hand, Electric (Trade Publication), 688
Internal, Automatic, Bryant and Hickman, Ltd.), 89 Internal, with Automatic (Churchill Machine Tool Co., 88*
• Projection, “ PeTeWe ” (Drum
mond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 89* Review, 87*
Special-Purpose. 90
Surface (Beacon Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 88*
Surface, Blohm Horizontal-Spindle (Burton. Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 88* Surface, Disc
Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 87*
Surface, Duplex (F. E. Rowland and Co.. Ltd.), 88*
Surface, Rotary, 88
Surface, Vertical-Spindle (Abwood Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 88*
Swing-Frame Cut-Off, “ Uni ” (Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Ltd.), 90* Swing-Type (Luke and Spencer, Ltd.), 87
Thread, “ Matrix ” (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.). 89
Tool, 89*
Tool and Cutter (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.). 89*
Universal, Brown and Sharpe “ No. 1 ” (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89
Wet Abrasive Belt (Taylor Tools and Supplies, Ltd.), 668*
- of Pulverising Materials, Test Plant for
(International Combustion, Ltd.),147*
— Spindle, “ Offen-Reilly ” Hydraulic (Reilly Engineering Ltd.), 698*
- Wheels. 91
Hammer, Drop, “ Marathon ” (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 152*
— Light Jack, “ BBDl 1WH ” (Atlas- Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
— Pneumatic (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 152* — Press, Lasco, 154*
Hasenclever Dual-Drive Horizontal Forging Machine (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 153
— Electric Upsetter (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 153
— Friction Screw Press (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 152*
Hauser “ Type OP3 " Jig-Boring Machine (Wickman, Ltd.), 21
“ Heligrind ” Spur-Gear Grinding Machine (Stuart Davis, Ltd.), 219*
Heller Heavy-Duty Milling Machines (Wickman, Ltd.), 25
Heylignstaedt Copy-Turning Machine with Automatic Work Cycle (Leo C. Steinle, Ltd.), 53*
Honing Machines, 90* Automatic, “ Micromatic " Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 90* Huller Vertical Tapping Machine, “ Hydraulectric ” Mortiser (R. S. man, Ltd.), 59
Hydraulic Press. See Press below “ Hypowermatic ” Heavy-Duty Production Milling Machine (Cincinnati Milling Machines, Ltd.), 25
“ Javelin ” Electric Etching Machine (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 120* Jig-Boring Machines, 19*
Machine, “ ABA ” (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 21 *
Machine, Hauser “ Type OP3 ” (Wickman, Ltd.), 21
Machine, Horizontal Optical Precision, “ DIXI 60 ” (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 22
“ Matrix ” (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 21
Machine, “ OB,” with ” Opti- metric ” Optical Setting System (H. W. Kearns), 20
Machine, “ Optical ” (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 20*
Jones and Lamson Automatic Form Grinding Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 89
Klingelnberg AGW30 Gear Hob Sharpening Machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 250 — LKP.90.AVAU Gear-Lapping Machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249
Koepfer WUM52 Gear-Hobbing Machine (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218*
Kopp Milling Machines for Cylindrical Cams, Worms and Trapezoidal Threads (Wickman, Ltd.), 24
Kopy-kat Attachment for Hydraulic Shaping Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217*
Krause Inverted-Spindle Boring Machine (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 23 Lasco Hammer Press (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 154*
Lathe, Automatic, 28*, 52*
- - Bar, 8-Spindle, “ Acme-Gridley **
(B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 52*
Chucking, Sliding-Head, Motobloc (Acbars, Ltd.), 52*
Multi-Spindle, Chucking, Verticalauto (Thomas Ryder and Son, Ltd.), 52 Single-Spindle Multi-Tool (Charles Churchill and Co., Ltd.), 28*
Single-Spindle Multi-Tool, Sund- strand 4A (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 28
Single-Spindle Turret-Type Screw Machine, “ 68L” (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.) 28*
Sliding-Head, “ Pl6 ” (CharlesChurchill and Co., Ltd.), 52
and Back-Bed
27 20-in. Swing
Ltd.), 26*
24-in. Swing Machine Tool
— Chucking Turret, “ Prelector,” with
Preselective Head (H. W. Ward and Co.. Ltd.), 28*
— Electrical Control Gear for (Allen
West and Co., Ltd.), 186*
— - “ Electromatic.” with Automatic Speed
Regulation (Max Muller-Brinker Maschinenfabrik), 279*
— Facing, Ravensburg KT45 (Mortimer
Engineering Co.), 792*
— Speed Control System for (Crompton
Parkinson, Ltd.), 185
— Turret, Chucking, ” Prelector,” with
Preselective Head (H. W. Ward and Co., Ltd.), 28*
— Veneer-Peeling, for Tyne Timber &
Veneers, Ltd.), 245*
— Vertical Production, “ Vertimax ”
(Charles Churchill and Co., Ltd.). 28
Spindle (Burton Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 28
— for Wheel Threads and Flanges (Trade
Publication), 688
Liebherr S4 High-Speed Gear-Hobbing Machine (Sidney G. Jones, Ltd.), 218 Limit Gauge. See Gauge
Lorenz FN6 Heavy-Duty Double-Frame Gear-Hobbing Machine (Wickman, Ltd.), 218
Lorenz SR-0 High-Speed Short-Stroke Gear-Shaping Machine (Wickman, Ltd.), 218
Maag HSS-60BC Gear-Grinding Machine (Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 219*
— SH.75C Gear-Cutting Machine
(Burton, Griffiths and Co., Ltd.), 246
Machine Shops, Training of Operators in, 4
— Tools, Computer Control of, by
D. T. N. Williamson, 362
Developments in Design, 86* Distributors, Discussion on Qualifications of, 40
Exhibition, International, 5, 19*, 52*, 86*, 119*, 152*, 183*, 216*, 246*. See also Vol. 181
German, Reference Manual of, by H. P. Gentzel (Book), 210
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 103, 551
— — Industry, Review of, 119* Models of, 706*
Motors for (Trade Publication), 178 New, Secondhand and Overhauled (Trade Publication), 48
Trade, Decline in Orders, 264 Trades Association, Scholarship Recognition of Services of Sir Herbert, 558
“Marathon** Drop Hammer (B. and Massey, Ltd.), 152*
Marking Machines, 119*
Pigment (Masson Seeley and Co., Ltd.), 120*
Pressure, Heavy-Duty (Funditor, Ltd.), 119*
Shot-Blast (Funditor, Ltd.), 120 “ Matrix ” No. 61 Gear-Grinding Machine (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 220
— Jig-Boring Machines (Coventry Gauge
and Tool Co., Ltd.), 21
— Thread-Grinding Machines (Coventry
Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 89
Maxicut 2A ” High-Speed Gear-Shaping Machine (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 218*
MH150S ’* Combined Turbine-Gear Hobbing and Shaving Machine (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249* Micromatic” Automatic Honing Machine (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 90*
Milling and Boring Machine, Ram-Type Horizontal Dual-Purpose (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 22*
— Cutter, Face, “ Prolite Futur Mill ’*
(Protolite, Ltd.), 250*
—? and Die-Sinking Machine, Pratt and Whitney, “ Velvetrace ” (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
— and Die-Sinking Machine, Vertical
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 24
Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine, Heavy-Duty, Skoda “ HVF160D " (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 23 and Boring Machine, Horizontal. Giddings and Lewis “ 460-FUAR “ 6-in. Spindle (Rockwell Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 22*
and Boring Machine, Universal, Deckel “ F.P.2 ” (Burton, Gritnths and Co., Ltd.), 23
— and Boring Machine, Wide-Bed, “ Electrabore ” (George Richards and Co.. Ltd.), 23*. See Erratum, 91 Boring and Tapping Machine, Horizontal (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.),
23
Machines. 19* Copy, Hydraulic Automatic, “Tracemaster “ (Hayes Engineers (Leeds). Ltd.), 24*
General-Purpose, 24* Heavy-Duty, Heller (Wickman, Ltd.), 25
Heavy-Duty Production, powermatic ” (Cincinnati Machines, Ltd.), 25
Hydro-Copying, “ Rigid
STI00/2,” for Turbine Blades (Dowding and Doll. Ltd.), 24*
Kopp “ E.S.F.l •’ and “ U.K.F.2,” for Cylindrical Cams. Worms and Trapezoidal Threads (Wickman, Ltd.),
24
Multi-Speed, “ Flexmaster “ (Flexible Drives (Gilmans), Ltd., 252* Pattern (Wadkin, Ltd.), 58* Plano (Kendall and Gent, Ltd.), 25 Plano, Graffenstaden (Acbars, Ltd.), 25*
Piano, Morey (Selson Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 25*
Precision, for Cutting Instrument Gears (Wahli Freres), 250*
Special-Purpose, 25
Special-Purpose, “ Precimax *’ (John Lund, Ltd.), 25
Swivel-Head (James Archdale and Co., Ltd.), 25*
Training of Operators on, 3* Universal, “Rangemaster” (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
Vertical 34-in. (James Archdale and Co., Ltd.), 25
Vertical Reciprocal (Sykes Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 25
Models for Planning, 706* Morey Plano-Milling Machine (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 25*
Morticer, Hydraulectric (R. S. Brookman, Ltd.), 59
“ Motobloc ” Sliding-Head Automatic Chucking Lathe (Acbars, Ltd.), 52*
Nut-Tapping Machine, Automatic (Kos- feld, F. W.), 444*
“ O ” Series Horizontal Boring Machines (Trade Publication). 210
“ Offen-Reilly ” Hydraulic Grinding Spindle (Reilly Engineering, Ltd.), 698*
“ Optical “ Jig-Boring Machine (Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.), 20*
“ Optimetric ” Optical Setting System for “ OB ” Jig-Boring Machine (H. W. Kearns), 20
Orcutt Automatic Spur Tooth Gear- Grinding Machine (Gear Grinding Co., Ltd.), 219*
— Mark V Individual Base-Circle Involute (Gear
“ Preoptive ” Capstan Lathe, with Pre- selective 16-Speed Geared Head (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 28*
Press Brakes (Trade Publication), 146 Box and Pan, Chicago (Oliver Machinery Co., Ltd.), 156*
— Deep-Drawing, Hydraulic (Pearson Panke, Ltd.), 154*
— Forging, Mechanical (Trade Publication), 178
— Friction Screw (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 152*
— Hammer, Lasco (Paul Granby and Co.. Ltd.), 154*
— Hydraulic, 30-ton (Hi-Ton Machine Tools, Ltd.), 154*
Rubber-Forming 15,000-ton (Siem- pelkamp, G., and Co.), 562*
for Straightening Rails (Pitzmann and Pfeiffer), 602*
— Inclinable Crank, 25-ton (Humphris and Sons, Ltd.), 154*
— Mechanical, Single-Action (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 154
— Power, Auxiliary Equipment for (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.),
? Training of Operators on, 3*
— Shop Mechanised for Motor-Car Bodies (Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd.), 756*
— Straightening, for Rails (Pitzmann and Pfeiffer), 602*
— Strip-Feed, Automatic (E. W. Bliss (England), Ltd.), 155*
Forming, Hydraulic “ Multiform ” (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.(, 155*
Forming, Slide (Heenan and Froude. Ltd.), 155
— Stripping and Setting, 200-ton Crankless (Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd.), 154
— Tie-Rod, Single-Action Crankless, 350-ton (Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd.), 154
— Transfer Feed, Schuler Pearson, Panke, Ltd.), 155*
— Trimming, Crank-Type (B. and S.
Massey, Ltd.), 153
“ Prolite Futur Mill ” Face Milling Cutter (Protolite, Ltd.), 250*
Punch, Explosive, for Rail Bonding (Velocity Power Tool Co.), 490*
Quenching Machine, Pinion, Gleason 16 (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 250*
” Rangemaster ” Universal Milling Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24* Reishauer ZA Gear-Grinding Machine (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 220
“ RF6 ” Pneumatic Rackfeed Portable Drilling Machine (Desoutter Brothers, Ltd.), 251*
“ Rigid Model STIOO/2 ” Hydro-Copying Milling Machine for Turbine Blades (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 24*
“ Rigidhobber ” Churchill-Cleveland S815 Mark IV Gear-Hobbing Machine (Churchill-Redman, Ltd.), 218*
Rolls, Plate-Bending, by E. L. Tinley, 592*, 623*
Sander, Electric (Black and Decker, Ltd.), 381
Saw Bench, 18-in. Tilting-Spindle Electrical Dimension (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 58*
— Circular, Automatic-Cycle (Clifton and Baird, Ltd.), 86*
— Filing Machine, Thiel Produro (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 86*
— Re-, Band, 54-in. Vertical (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 58*
— Review of Developments, 86*
— Sharpening Machine, Automatic (Noble and Lund, Ltd.), 87*
— See also Bandsaw (above)
Sawing Machine, Circular, Cold, Ohler Vertical Hydraulic (Drummond- Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 87*
Schuler Guillotine Shearing Machine (Pearson, Panke, Ltd.), 154*
— Transfer Feed Press (Pearson, Panke, Ltd.), 155*
Screw, Wood-, Machines, Training of Operators on, 3*
Screwing, 26*
— Machines, 53*
(Trade Publication), 48
Universal (Joshua ” "" Ltd.), 53*
See also Threading “ Scripta ” Pantograph chine (Acbars, Ltd.),
Shaping Machines, 216* 60-in., with “Kopy-kat” Attachment (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217*
Spindle, Automatic (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 58*
26-in., “ Super-Shaper,” with Copying Mechanism (Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217
Shaving Machines, Training of Operators on, 3*
Shearing Machine, Billet, Peddinghaus (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 152*
Guillotine, Schuler (Pearson, Panke, Ltd.), 154*
Nibbling (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.). 154 for Steel Scrap (Joshua Bigwood and Son, Ltd.), 180*
Sheet-Metal Forming Machines, 155* Working, 153*
Shrinking and Stretching, Machine, D.F.S. (Robert Kelly and Sons, Ltd.), 156
Simonet Bench-Type Tool-Makers’ Centre Lathe (Acbars, Ltd.), 26*
Skoda Centre Lathe (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 27
— “HVF160D” Heavy-Duty Boring,
Drilling and Milling Machine (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 23
— ‘‘ SK12 ” Heavy-Duty Vertical Boring
and Turning Mill (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 22*
MultiTool Automatic Lathe (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 28
“ Super Shaper ” Shaping Machine, 26-in., with Hydraulic Copying Mechanism (Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217 Superfinishing Machines, 90* Surface-Finishing Machines (Review), 87* Sykes 3C Horizontal Gear ~
(W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 246*
— “ VlOA ” Vertical Gear
(W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 246*
“ T.7 ” Vertical Broaching (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 124*
Tapping Machine, Multiple, (Desoutter Brothers, Ltd.), 251 *
Nuts, Automatic (Kosfeld, F. W.). 444*
Vertical (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 53*
— Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine,
Horizontal (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 23
Thiel Produro Saw-Filing Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 86*
Thread Rolling, 53*
Machine, “ Pitchmaster ” (W.S. Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 54*
Threading, 26*
— Machines, 53*
Training of Operators on, 3*
See also Screwinf^: Tapping (above) Tools, Cutting. See Cutting Tools (above)
— Engineers’ (Trade Publication), 688
— Room Lathe. See Lathe (above)
“ Tornamat ” Special-Purpose Turning Machine (Hahn and Kolb), 54
“Tracemaster” Hydraulic Automatic Copy-Milling Machine (Hayes Engineers (Leeds), Ltd.), 24*
“ Tridraulic ” 3-Wheel Toolroom Bandsaw (Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd.), 86*
Trimming Press, Crank-Type (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 153
“ Trufeed ” Straight-Line Edging Machine, Type SJB (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 59*
Turning, 26*
— and Boring Head, Wohlaupter “ LIK4
Tapermaster ” (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251 *
Mill. See Boring (above)
— Copy. See Copy Turning (above)
— Machine, Centreless, Bar (Sir James
Farmer Norton and Co., Ltd.), 54*
“ Tomamat ” (Hahn and Kolb), 54
— See also Lathes (above)
Turret Lathes. See Lathes (above)
“ UK4 Tapermaster,” Wohlaupter, Boring and Turning Head (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251*
“ Uni ” Swing-Frame Cut-Off Grinding Machine (Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Ltd.), 90*
Upsetting Machine, Electric, Hasenclever (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 153
Velvetrace ” Milling and Die-Sinking Machine, Pratt and Whitney (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
Verticalauto ” Multi-Spindle Automatic Chucking Lathe (Thomas Ryder and Son, Ltd.), 52
Vertimax ” Vertical Production Lathe (Charles Churchill and Co., Ltd.), 28
Volant ” Throat Bandsaw (Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd.), 701*
VS4A ” Fine-Pitch Gear-Shaving Machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249*. See Erratum, 432
Wadtool lA Production Gear-Testing Machine (Waddington Tools, Ltd.), 250*
Wohlaupter “ UK4 Tapermaster ” Boring and Turning Head (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251* _
Wood-Screw Machines,
Operaiors on, 3*
Woodworking Machinery
Making, 58*
— Planing Problems, Forest Products Research Board, 301 * (Trade Publication), 629
Drum-Sanding Equipment (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 60
Work Driver, “ Auto-Grip,” for Centre Lathes (F. Pratt and Co., Ltd.), 252
Wrench, Impact, Electrically Operated (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 62
“ XL ” Horizontal Broaching Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 124*
XM “ Cyclematic ” Vertical Broaching Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 120*
" XS30x66A ” Vertical Surface Broaching Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 122*
“ XSS ” Universal Slab (Surface) Broaching Machines (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 123
Machine Work. Sec Machine Tools Machinery, Earthwork (Trade Publication), 210 Electrical, and Plant, Report of Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission on. 159
— Export Statistics of, 229
— Flour-Milling (Trade Publication), 244 and Plant, Capital Allowances on, 579 Design of, in Relation to Insect Pest
Control (Book), 791
Macinate, J. A., on Calibrating Dynamic Balancing Machines, 174*
Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Mobile Free-Piston Air Compressor (Trade Publication), 821
MacMahon, P. D., on Recording Strains m Rotating Mechanisms, 529*
Macrae, W., on Instrumentation of Reactors, 29
Mac. See also Me .
Mae West” Life-Jacket, Automatic Inflator for (North American Aviation, Inc.), 189* “ Magmaster ” Test Unit (Trade Publication), 524 . .
“ Magnaflux ” Non-Destructive Testing (1 rade Publication), 721
” Magnaglo ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Magnesium Alloys. See Alloys under MetaT Inrgy
Magnesium Elektron, Ltd., Castings in “ ZREI ” Alloy for Space Rockets, 523
— Fabricating and Casting (Book), 146 Magnet, Electro-, High-Performance (Trade
Publication), 48
— Ferrites for, Convention on, 579
Permanent, Manufacture (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd.), 112*
— Types of Small (Trade Publication), 721 Magnetic Amplifiers in Strip Mill (Steel Co. ot
Wales, Ltd.), 685*
Magnetic Equipment Co., Ltd., Bin Vibrators (Trade Publication), 721
— Flaw Detection, by W. H. King, 715
— Tests, “Magnaflux” and “ Magnoflaw
(Trade Publication), 721 .
Magnetism, Control of Flux Waveform in Tracing Hysteresis Loops, by R. O. George, 333*
— and Electricity, by J. H. Fewkes and
J. Yarwood (Book), 178
Magnetometer for Aerial Geophysical Prospecting (P.S.C. Applied Research. Ltd.) 226*
— Direct-Reading (Trade Publication), 178 Mains, Electric. See Cables
Malaya, Rubber Industry Development, 422 Management, British Institute of, Use of Tests in Selection Procedure (Review), 145; Report on Use of American Productivity Data, 359; Design and Sales and Production, by R. W. Morphy, 659; Analysis of Cost of Distribution, by G. A. Edwards, 659; National Conference of, 659, 672; Presenting Financial Information to Employees, 672; Quick-Reading Courses, 672 . , „
— Cost of, in Relation to Industrial Pro
ductivity, 6 .
— in Course of Industrialisation: Work and
Authority in Industry, by R. Bendix (Review), 720
— at Oxford University Business Summer School, 325
— Educational Background in, by Miss R. Stewart, 322
— Foundry, Conference on, 714
and Human Relations, Frustrations in, by H. W. S. Marshall, 709. See LETTER, 774 — Industrial Organisation, by P. Hanika, 480 — Responsibility of. and Fire Prevention, by H. Mason Bibby, 664
— Site, by F. H. B. Layfield, 329
— Studies, by Lt.-Col. Urwick, 640
— Training Scheme at Thomas Hedley and Co., 323*
Managers, Technical, Selection of, by A. Pemberton Johnson, 39
Manchester Association of Engineers, Centenary, 456
— London-, Motorway, Construction, 95 Manchester Oil Refinery, Ltd., Extreme- Pressure Cutting Oils, 55
Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales), Ltd., Dye- Penetrant Flaw Detection Inks, 12
Manchester Ship Canal Co., ” Sabre ” Quick- Turn Twin-Screw Diesel Tug (P. K. Harris (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 319*
Manganese Steel (Book), 146
Manley, Prof. G.. on Weather and Fuel Demand, 296
Mann. W. H., on “ Lantern-Wheel ” Gearing, 138*
Mannesmann Rohrenwerke, Activities of, 358 Manufacture, Quantities in Batch Production in, by Dr. S. Eilon, 298*
“ Manumatic ” Automatic Motor-Car Transmission, 516
“ Marathon ” Drop Hammer (B. and S. Massey, Ltd.), 152* ,
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Industrial Television Equipment, 98*; Radio Telephone Equipment for Wath Hump Marshalling Yard, 107; Marconi Type S.232 Crystal Controlled Radar, 374; Radar Equipment, 374; Radio Teleprinter Receiver, 374; Ionospheric Scatter System f^or Long-Distance Radio, 427
Margam “B” Power Station, Very-High- Pressure Turbine for (Richardsons Westgarth (Hartlepool), Ltd.), 758
Margam Works of Steel Company ol Wales, Ltd., Extensions to, 46
Marine Biological Association, R.V. “ Sarsia. 451*
— Boilers. Sec Boilers
— Engines. See Engines; Turbines; Manne Propulsion
Marine Engineers, Institute of. Symposium on Fires in Ships: Survey of Causes and Methods of Extinction of Fires in Ships, by F. J. Welch, 598; Principles ot Fire Organisation in Ships at Sea and in Port, by Lt.-Col. A. G. Bates, 598; Naval Procedure in Relation to Fire Organisation, by L. T. Carter and Capt. H. C. Hogger, 598- Research in Relation to Ship Fires, by S. H. Clarke and S. A. Hodges, 598: Reheating as Contribution to Economy ot Marine Steam Turbine, by A. W. Davis, 700 .
and Naval Architects, American Society of. See l^aval Architects
— Propulsion Diesel Engines, Small (Petters,
Ltd.), 533*
Diesel Engine, 4-Stroke for “ Sabre Twin-Screw Tug (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 319
by Nuclear Power, 252
Reverse-Reduction Gearbox for Small Marine Engines (Parsons Engineering Co.. Ltd.), 179*
R.R.S. “ John Biscoe,” 719
Tufnol Stern-Tube Bearings, 477* Turbo-Charged Marine Diesel Engine, 9-Cylinder (Sulzer Bros.), 313*
See also Engines; Turbines
Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Maritime Committee, International, Shipowners’ Liabilities, 763
— Transport Committee of Organisation for
European Economic Co-operation: Annual Report, 199, 229; Trends in Economic Sectors, 253
Markets in Colonies for British Engineering Industry, 261
— Research, 759
in America by Colt Ventilation, Ltd., 659 Methods in Europe, 789
— See also Trade
Marketing, 533, 599, 724, 759, 789
— and Design, Policy of Owen Organisation.
724
— New Concepts of, 659
— Organisation of Chrysler Corp., 659 Marking Machines. See under Machine Tools Marriott, G. A., on Radio Industry, 582 Marseilles, Oil Pipeline Project, 37
Marsh, S. W., on Rubber in Heavy Engineering, 499*
Marshall, H. W. S., on Management and Human Relations, 709. See LETTER, 774 Marshall, P., and Co., Ltd., Model Engineer Exhibition, 264
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., Wheeled Diesel Tractor (Trade Publication), 629
Marshalling, Cinema Film on Use of Diesel- Electric Locomotive, 175
— Yard, Wath Hump, Use of Radio Tele
phony, 107
Martonair. Ltd., Two-Handed Safety Air Valve, 381 *
Maschinenfabrik Axmann, K.G., ‘‘Simplax ” Sand Ramming Machine, 404
Maschinenfabrik Stromag, ” Igranic-Stromag ” Electronic Clutches, 186
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Soviet Education in Aeronautics, by L. Trilling (Review), 208
Massey, B. and S., Ltd., “Marathon” Drop Hammer, 152; Pneumatic Hammers, 152*; Crank-Type Trimming Press, 153; Mechanical Forging Press (Trade Publication). 178
Masson Seeley and Co., Ltd., Pigment Marking Machine, 120*
Materials, Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials'}
Mathematics of Diffusion, by J. Crank (Book), 791
— Numerical Analysis, Introduction to, by
F. B. Hildebrand (Review), 751
Mather and Platt, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 534*, 536
Matheson, Prof. J. A. L., on Vacation Employment, 549. See LETTER, 581
Matrix Calculus, by E. Bodowig (Review), 790 “ Matrix ” No. 61 Gear-Grinding Machine (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 220
— Instrument for Measuring Diameters
(Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 184*
— Jig-Boring Machines (Coventry Gauge &
Tool Co., Ltd.), 21
— Thread-Grinding Machines (Coventry
Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 89
Matthew Hall and Co., Ltd., Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 563
Maudslay Scholarship Foundation, Awards, 318
Maunsell, Posford and Pavry: Sea Boring Unit in Firth of Forth, 44; Central Engineering Establishment of National Coal Board, 815*
Maxicut 2A “ High-Speed Gear-Shaping Machine (Drummond-Asquith Ltd.), 218*
Maxigrip “ Transmission Belting Angus and Co., Ltd.), 552
Mayflower II,” Sails and Rigging M.B.C.”
Measurements,’fEngineering Inspection and Testing, byiH. C. Town and R. Colebourne (Book), 751
— Scientific Method in, 814
Mea.suring Head of Modified Bowden Friction Machine. 57*
— Instruments and Electronic Measurements,
by F. G. Spreadbury (Book), 209
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of:
Selection of Technical Managers, by A. Pemberton Johnson, 39; Diamond Jubilee Annual Meeting: Internal Liquid Cooling in Gas-Turbine Rotors, by R. E. Grey and D. D. Drake, 140*; ASME Handbook of Engineering Tables, by J. Huckert (Book), 210; Symposium on Nuclear Gas-Turbine Power Plants, 725*
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
Sir H. Guy, the Late, 104
Model Forms of General Conditions of Contract, 117
Presidential Address, by T. A. Crowe, 513 Conference on Clean Air, 519 Gas-Lubricated Bearings, by G. W. K. Ford, D. M. Harris and D. Pantali, 559*
Need for High-Level Technologists, by Sir E. Smith, 767
Vibration of Compressor Blades, by A. D. S. Carter and D. A. Kilpatrick, 780
James Clayton Lecture on Mechanical Breathing Machines, by Capt. G. T. Smith-Clarke, 782*
Comparative Studies of Methane and Propane as Engine Fuels, by N. P. W. Moore and B. M. Roy, 808
Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory: Effect of Lubricant on Pitting Failure of Ball Bearings, by Dr. F. T. Barwell and D. Scott, 9*; Work of, 386*
— Testing Equipment for Toughened Glass
Insulators, 651*
Mechanics, Applied, International Congress of, 622
— Fluid, Engineering, by C. Jaeger (Book),
210
“ Mecontrol ” Motor Control (Trade Publication), 752
Meddings, W. J., Ltd., Drilling Head with Pacera-Maxam Air-Hydraulic Feed, 444*
Medical Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Mecontrol ” Motor Control (Trade Publication), 752
— Profession, Case for Increased Income,
160, 288
— Research Council, Integrating Motor
Pneumo-Tachograph (J. Langham Thompson, Ltd.), 382*; Health and Nuclear Reactions, 542; Hazards of Nuclear and Allied Radiation, 571
Medicine, Contribution of Nuclear Fission, 572
— Creek Dam, Test Installations on, 340*.
See also Vol. 180
“ Medrae ” Electric Radiant Heating Panels (Trade Publication), 688
Meetings, Company, Policy on Review of, 456
— Noticesof, 286, 319, 351, 383, 410, 446, 476,
510, 540, 570, 602, 636, 668, 698, 731, 764, 796, 826
Megaphone, Electronic, “ Transhailer ” (Pye, Ltd.), 278
Meigh Castings, Ltd., Aluminium-Bronze Castings (Trade Publication), 210
Melting. See under Metallurgy “Memomotion ’’ Work-Study Technique (E.I.
du Pont de Nemours and Co.), 466
Mercer, T., Ltd., Extensometer for 2-in. Gauge Length. 183*
Merchant Navy Training Board, Shipping Federation Scholarships, 357
— Ships. See Ships; Steamers: Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
Merchant, Dr. W., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
“ Mercury ’’ Electronic Computer, Production (Ferranti, Ltd.), 489*
MERLIN Nuclear Reactor (Review), 177
Mesh, Knitted Wire and Plastic (Knitted Mesh Manufacturing Co.), 383
Metals and Alloys, High-Temperature, for Aircraft Engines, by H. E. Gresham, 818*
Metal Box Co., Ltd., Annual Report. 133
— Coating Processes for (Trade Puljlication),
434
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
— Creep and Fracture, at High Temperatures
(Book), 178
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue under Tests
(Materials)
— Hose, Seamless Flexible, “ Plessiflex ’’
(Trade Publication), 178
Metal Industries, Ltd., Sale of Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., 488
Metals, Institute of :
Running and Gating of Sand Castings, by R. W. Ruddle (Book), 146
Constitutional Diagrams of Alloys, by J. L. Haughton (Book), 210
Control of Quality of Wrought Non- Ferrous Metals and Alloys (III) (Book), 339
Stuttgart Meeting:
Discussion on Fatigue of Aluminium and its Alloys, Based on Slip-Band Extrusion Effect Observed in Aluminium Alloys Subjected to Cyclic Stress, by P. J. E. Forsyth and C. A. Stubbing- ton, 429
Experiments on Aluminium Crystals Subjected to Slowly Alternating Stresses, by Dr. N. Thompson, Dr. C. K. Coogan and Dr. J. G. Rider, 429 Metallographic Observations on Fatigue Failure of Bare and Clad Aluminium- Copper-Magnesium Alloy Sheet, by J. J. Sebisty and J. O. Edwards, 429
Structural Changes During Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys, by Dr. T. Broom, J. H. Molineux and V. N. Whittaker, 429
558
Metal, Liquid, Coolant for Heavy-Water Moderator (Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget), 346*
Electromagnetic Pumps for, by H. J. Northfield, 292. See LETTER, 484
Use in Nuclear Reactors (Hawker- Siddeley Group), 635
— Non-Ferrous, Wrought, Quality Control IH
(Book), 339
— Physics, Research on, in Australia, 813’
— Precious, and Pure Chemicals (Trade
Publication), 434
— Stocks and Prices, 775 ,,
— Surfaces, Flaw Patterns on, Speedifix
Tapes for Recording (Industrial Tapes, Ltd.), 553*. See also Surface
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Metallurgy
Metalastik, Ltd.: “ Cushyfoot ” Anti-Vifcra- tion Mounting, 46*; Rubber Suspension in Railway Bogies, 440*
Metallic Extractors (Non-Ferrous), Ltd., Copper Valuation Calculator (Trade Publication), 434
— Transfer in Engineering Operations, by
Dr. F. P. Bowden and Dr. J. B. P. Williamson, 619*
Metallurgical Reviews, Quarterly Publication of Institute of Metals, 558
Metallurgiy :
Alloys, “ Aereal,” for Nuclear Reactors,
— Aluminium (Trade Publication), 721 Bronze, Castings (Trade Publication), 210 .
Casting (Trade Publication), 210, 688
Corrosion of Thin, by A. Hewett- Emmett, 715
Fatigue and Corrosion of, 429 “HE 30 WP,” for Crane Jib, 180* Heat-Treatment of Castings (Trade Publication), 407
Properties of (Book), 146
— Bearing, “T.R.l.” Aluminium-Tin- Copper, 748
— Castings, High-Chromium (Trade Publication), 407
— Constitutional Diagrams of, by J. L. Haughton (Book), 210
— Copper. See Brass; Bronze
— Creep-Resisting, “ Nimonic 100,” Data on,301* .
— High-Temperature, for Aircraft Engines, by H. E. Gresham, 818*
— Light, Building Structures (Trade Publication), 48
Failure in Aircraft, 72
Framework for Illuminated Ceilings (Lumenated Ceilings, Ltd.), 757*
High-Duty (Trade Publication), 434 Sections for Structural Components (Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.), 414* Tubes, Drawbench for (Head Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 273
— Magnesium (Trade Publication), 721 Pressure Die Casting (Trade Publication), 210 .
Zinc-Zirconium “ ZRE I, in Space Rockets, 523
— Nickel, Welding, Cinema Film on (Henry Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 75
— Non-Ferrous, Wrought, Quality Control (HI) (Book) 339
— Steel, Heat-Resisting, “ Calmet,” Properties of (Trade Publication), 721
Pipelines, Welding ot, by J. E. Burton and J. N. Bradley, 399*
Precision Casting (Precision Alloy Castings (Birmingham), Ltd.), 279*,,
— Zinc-Aluminium-Copper, “ Alzen 305 ” (Vereinigte Oesterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke, A.G.), 553*
— Zirconium, Ingot Production of, 148* Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Brass. See Brass
Bronze. See Bronze
Cast Iron. See Cast Iron
Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion Equilibrium Diagrams of Alloys, by J. L. Haughton (Book), 210
Foundry. SQQ Foundry: Moulding Furnaces, Metallurgical. See Furnaces Heat-Treatment of Aluminium-AUoy Castings (Trade Publication), 407
Annealing, Continuous, Plant lor Strip at Velindre Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 45*
Annealing Furnaces for Coiled Steel Strip at Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 341
Case-Hardening,” Carbodrip ” Gas- Carburising, 57
Case-Hardening Motor-Car Gears, 277*
Case-Hardening by ” Nitrocycle Process (United Slates Steel Corporation), 343
. Furnaces for (Trade Publication), 434
Hardening Furnace, Tool-. Twin- Chamber Preheated-Air Town-Gas Fired (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 58
Hardening, Induction, Machine (Bir- lec, Ltd.), 57*
—. — Induction Plant, 57*
Oils (Trade Publication), 629
Metallurgy —continued
Pinion-Quenching Machine, Gleason 16 (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 250* in Quality Control of Wrought Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys (Ill), (Book), 339
of Roller-Bearing Components (British Timken, Ltd.), 684*
H.R. Crown Max and Nimonic C.75, Effect of Vibrations on Mechanical Properties of, by J. Jagaciak and J. W. Jones (Book), 688
Iron Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast
— Ore. See Ore
Melting and Smelting Practice, Electric, by A. G. E. Robiette (Review), 371 Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials) Metallurgical Advances, by Prol. W. Koster. 430
Metallurgy, Role in Nuclear Energy Project, by L. Rotherham, 61
Nimonic C.75 and H.R. Crown Max, Effect of Vibrations on Mechanical Properties of, by J. Jagaciak and J. W. Jones (Book), 688
Powder Metallurgy, by L. D. Brownlee, 331*
Sintered-Metal Components (Trade Publication), 434
Pyrometers. See Pyrometers Refractories. See Refractory Materials Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Smelting and Melting Practice, Electric, by A. G. E. Robiette (Review), 371 Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Steelmaking at Andrews Toledo, Ltd., 439*
Welding. See JVelding See also Iron and Steel Institute of
Meteorological Office, Can
R. G. Veryard, 38 Meteorology, Weather and Prof. G. Manley, 296
Meter, Gas, Bulk-, Holmes-Connersville (Trade Publication), 244
— Orifice, Correcting for Pulsating Flow, by
M. V. Nesbitt, 108*, 774. See LETTERS. 677, 774
— Oxygen Concentration, for Use with Flue
Gases, by M. G. Perry, 304*
— Pre-set, Brodie-Kent, in Road Tanker
(Stemco, Ltd.), 601 *
— Smoke (Trade Publication), 467 Density (Trade Publication), 629
— See also Electric
Methane, as Engine Fuel, 808 Metrology, Research on, in Australia, 813 Metropoliian-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.: Visit by Whitworth Society, 40^^ Intra-Red Heating
Painting of Washing Machines, Register —
Trainees, 132; Experimental Automatic Welder 2.
Pulveriser Rolls, 214*; Equipment at Carrington Power Stations, 275*; Extension of Electric and Diesel Electric Traction Works at Sheffield, 311; Direct-Current Arc-Welding Set, 351 *; Canadian Nuclear Power Station, 506; Equipment lor 3- Phase Electricity Supply at, 532*; Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 536*; Testing Equipment tor Toughened Glass Insulators, 650* ; Vacuum Tank for CERN Accelerator, 700*; 30-MW Water-Cooled Generator at Bold Power Station, 781 *
Mexico, Trade Restrictions, 264
Meynell and Sons, Ltd., Water-Saving Spray Nozzle, 180*
“MH150S” Combined Turbine-Gear Hob- bing and Shaving Machine (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 249*
“ Microball ” Micrometer Height Gauge (All Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 621
•• Micromatic ” Automatic Honing Machine A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 90*
Microscope, Electron, Direct Study of Crystal Lattices, 44* ,
— Stereoscopic, “ Technoscope ” (Carl Zeiss),
80*
Middle East, Economic Development in, 70 Export Trade with, 293
Midgley, H. E., the Late, 36
Midland Saw and Tool Co., Ltd.. “ Tridraulic ” 3-Wheel Toolroom Bandsaw, 86*
Midlands, Employment Position in, 544 “Miles 100“ Jet Aircraft, Potentialities for Training, 63
Milford Haven, Development, of, for Oil and Tourist Industries, 230, 391
Military Atomic Programme, 188
— Service. See National Service _ Mill and Crane Motors (Trade
146
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills Millett, Levens (Engravers),
Adhesive Name Plates, 810 Milling Machines and Cutters.
Tools
Milnes, H., Ltd., Sliding-Head Horizontal Boring Machine, 21*
Mines, British, Coal-Face Mechanisation in, by W. H. Sansom, A. Scott, and Prof. F. S. Atkinson, 396*
— Car Controllers, Tub and (Trade Publica
tion), 629
Man-Riding, with Automatic Overspeed Brake (John Ingham and Sons, Ltd.), 16*
— Coal, Bois du Gazier, Disaster at, 230 See also Coal Mines; Collieries
— Drilling Equipment for (Atlas Copco
(Great Britain), Ltd.), 150*
Mine Safety Appliances Co., “ Drildust Bucket “ Device for Dust Collection from Mining Drills, 282*
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Winding. See Winding
— See also Con/; Collieries; Mining; Ores;
Winding
Mineral Oils. See Oils
— Processing Laboratory, 763
Mineral Research in United States, 273
— See also Coal: Mining: Ores
Minerva Detector Co., Ltd., Fire Detector
System (Trade Publication), 752 Mineworkers, National Union of. See under
Labour
Mining Drills, Dust Collection from, Device for (Mine Safety Appliances Co.), 282*
— Equipment, Coal, Development Work at
National Coal Board’s Central Engineering Establishment, 815*
— for Nickel. Cinema Film on, 167
— Transformers (Trade Publication), 178 Ministry of Labour and National Service
See under Labour
— of Supply. See Supply
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd., Coated Abrasives, 117
“ Minnifessor ” Compressors for Jointing Steel-Cored Aluminium Conductors (Trade Publication), 114
Miracle Sprayers (Distributors), Ltd., " Sicmo- Bendix ” Paint Sprayers (Trade Publication), 721
Missiles, Guided. See under Aeronautics Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., Steam Generating
Plant (Trade Publication), 467
Mixing and Crushing under Controlled Conditions, by Dr. M. S. Frenkel, 41*
— “ Select-O-Weigh ” System (Henry Simon,
Ltd.), 701*
M.K. Electric, Ltd., “Gridswitch" Two-Way Switches and Accessories (Trade Publication), 48
M.L. Aviation Co., Ltd., M.L. Utility" Aircraft, Mark 1, with Inflatable Wing. 312*
"M.L. Utility” Inflatable Wing Aircraft (M.L. Aviation Co., Ltd.), 312*
Mobil Oil Co., Ltd.: Cinema
" Hydraulic Systems,” and
Engine Lubrication,” 558;
Preventives and Lubricants (Trade Publication), 597; Cutting Fluids (Trade Publication), 629
Model, DIDO Nuclear Reactor, 635*
Model Engineer Exhibition, 264
— Eyemouth Harbour, 660*
— "FAC” Constructional Kit for (Mark
Sylwan. AB.), 580*
— Forms of General Conditions of Contract,
117
— Locomotive, " Connor Single-Wheeler.”
136*
— Motor Car Park, 606*
— National Film Theatre, 72
— Navet Dam Spillway, 660*
— Nuclear Power Stations, 828*
— Scale, for Factory Layouts, by J. V. Spen-
love Brown, 706*
Moderator, Low-Pressure-Water, for Power Reactors, Liquid-Metal Coolant for (Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktie- bolaget), 346*
Modulus, Section. Physical Meaning of, 324, 516. See LETTER, 357
Molineux, J. H., on Aluminium Alloy Fatigue and Structural Changes, 429
Monarch Machine Tool Co., ” Dyna-shift ” Centre Lathe, 26*
Monk, A., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 776 Monks and Crane, Ltd., New Premises or
Twist Drills, etc., 117
Mono Pumps, Ltd., Coming of Age of, 6;
Annual Report, 583 Monoplane. See Aeronautics Monopolies in Denmark, 616
— Remarks by Lord Citrine on, 66
— and Restrictive Practices Commission,
Report on Electrical and Allied Machinery and Plant, 159; Discussion in Parliament on, 639
Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., Developments in Production of Petrochemicals, 293
Moon, Artificial Satellites of, by R. W.
Buchheim,478
" Moonwatch ” Project, Amateur Visual Observation of Satellites, 478
Moore, N. P. W., on Methane and Propane as Engine Fuels, 808
Moore, R. V., on VHT Gas-Cooled Reactor. 725
Morey Plano-Milling Machine (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 25*
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Centenary of, 102; "Crusilite” Silicon Carbide Electric-Furnace
Heating Elements, 686*
Moriarty, Evans Medical Supplies Ltd. v., 103 Morphy, R. W., on Design and Sales and
Production, 659 Morphy-Richards, Ltd., Annual Report, 711 Morris Minor 950-c.c. Motor-Car Engine,573* Morrison, Prof. J. L. M., on Criteria of Yield
708
Mortimer Engineering Co., Ltd., Osmond Abrasive Cutting-Ofi* Machine, 468*; Ravensburg KT45 Facing Lathe, 792*
Morticer, " Hydraulectric ” (R. S. Brookman, Ltd.), 59
Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd.: Horton Ellipsoidal Water Tank, i48; Work on Nuclear Energy Projects, 231
" Motobloc ” Sliding-Head Automatic Chucking Lathe (Acbars, Ltd.), 52*
Motor-Car Bodies, Press and Welding Shops at Briggs Motor Bodies. Ltd., 756*
— ?— Body Styling, Comment on, 481
Bodywork, Design and Construction of, by S. F. Page (Book), 244
Design of British and Foreign, by G.
Wilkins, 508*
Engines. See Engines, Petrol Engineering, Rubber in, by R. Dean-
Averns (Book), 821 Exports of, 134, 262 Exports to Commonwealth, 831 “ Fiat 600 ” Records Held by, 37 Gas-Turbine, 6*, 424*, 574, 802* ” Gazelle ” (Singer Motors, Ltd.), 423^ Gears, Case-Hardening Furnace for
(Birlec. Ltd.), 277*
— — “ Holden ” (General Motors), 102*
— Ignition Systems, 574 Industry, Australia, 102*
Motor-Car Industry, Effects of Recession in,
616
Industry, Forecast of Boom in United States, 520
Industry, Overseas, Imports and Exports in, 229
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 65, 679
Industry, Redundancy in, 672 Industry, Report on, by Confederation of
Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 224 Industry, Shop Stewards’ Strike Resolution, 64
Industry. See also 65, 514. See LETTER, 165
Jaguar, in Le Mans Motor-Car Race, 135 Manufacture, Cinema Film on, 574 Overdrive, Comment on American and
British, 101
Park, Automatic, 606*
Parks, Automatic, Griggs Rotopark,606* Productivity in Volkswagen Works, 320 Renting of, 294
Transmission, New Factory for (Borg- Wamer, Ltd.), 93*, 101. See LETTER, 196 Transmission Systems, by G. Wilkins, 514*
Volkswagen, 167 See also Motor Vehicles; Motor Cycles
— Carriages, Railway. See Carriages
— Control Gear (Trade Publication), 688
— Cycles, Developments in, 326
History and Development of, by C. F.
Caunter (Review), 406*
— Electric, and Associated Equipment (Trade
Publication), 114
and Control (Review), 113
Control Gear for (Allen West and Co., Ltd.), 186*
Control, “ Mecontrol ” (Trade Publication), 752
Crane, and Mill (Trade Publication), 146 Electronic Controllers for (Trade Publication), 821
Fan-Cooled and Drip Proof (Trade Publication), 146
Fractional Horse-Power (Trade Publication), 114
Fractional Horse-Power, Factory for (Brook Motors, Ltd.), 398
Induction, Enclosed Fan-Cooled Squirrel Cage, for Machine Tools (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 185*
for Machine Tools (Trade Publication), 178
Service Centres (Trade Publication), 467 —- — Small (Trade Publication), 244
Small, Automatic Starting Equipment for (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 185* Squirrel-Cage, Magnetic Reversing Starters for (Square D, Ltd.), 755
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics;
Engines: Motor Cars; Tractors
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
18th International Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 408*
— Marine. See Engines; Marine Propulsion:
Motorships
— Omnibus, “ Atlantean ” (Leyland Motors,
Ltd.), 408*
“ Bridgemaster ” (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), 408*
at International Commercial Transport Exhibition, 408*
London Transport, Maintenance and Overhaul, 578*
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics: Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars: Tractors
— Racing at Le Mans, Comment on, 135 at Oulton Park, Description of Recent
Meeting, 391
— Road Rollers. See Road Rollers
— Rocket. See Rocket under Aeronautics
— Show, London, 508*. See also 514
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transport Exhibition, 18th International
Commercial, 408*
— Truck, Battery-Driven, Platform, “ Warc-
houser ” (Trade Publication), 18
at International Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, 409
— Vehicles, Air-Braking System (Westing
house Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 625 Commercial, Expansion in Production at Leyland Motors, Ltd., 711
Commercial, Trade Prosperity, 71 High-Speed, Diesel Engines for (Henry
Meadows, Ltd.), 438*
Muir-Hill Dumpers at Dounreay, 506* Refrigerated (Hawson, Ltd.), 382*
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors Motorships, Tug, Quick-Turn Twin-Screw
Diesel, “ Sabre,” for Manchester Ship Canal Co. (P. K. Harris (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 319*
— See also Marine Propulsion
Motorway, London-Manchester, Construction, 95
— London-Yorkshire, Construction, 95 Mouchel, L. G., and Partners, Fleetwood
Power Station, 435*
Moulds, Drying of, by Portable Driers (Book), 370
Mouldings, Aminoplastic, in Tropics (Book), 48
— Machine, “ BQ ” (British Moulding Ma
chines, Ltd.), 404
“ JpM ” (Foundry Equipment, Ltd.), 404 Shell, “ Formatic ” (Beardsley and
Piper), 404
Shell, “S.P.IO” (Foundry Equipment, Ltd.), 404
— Phenolic, in Tropics (Book), 48
— Plant (Badische Maschinenfabrik), 404
— Plastic, Chromium-Plated (Industrial
Mouldings (Warwick), Ltd), 529
— See also Foundry
” Movigraph ” Wall Chart, New Version of (Adapta-Charts, Ltd.), 148
Mowlem, J., and Co., Ltd., Work on Nuclear Energy Projects, 231
M.T.E. Control Gear, Ltd., “Progress Control Gear, 185*
MTR Nuclear Reactor (Review), 176*, 413
Muckle, W., on Shear Deflection in Beams, 484 Muir-Hill Dumpers, Use for Site Clearance at Dounreay, 506*
Mulhead Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Rota-Matic” and “ Dublo-Matic ” Drilling and TapDine Machines, 376*
Mullard, Ltd.: Germanium Photo-Transistor, Type OCP71, 14*; Radar Trainer, 84*; Television Servicing (Filmstrip) (Trade Publication), 244; Ultrasonic Soldering of Aluminium, 773
Muller-Brinker, Max, Maschinenfabrik, “ Elec- tromatic ” Lathe with Automatic Speed Regulation, 279*
“Multelec” Instruments, Charts and Scales for (Trade Publication), 467
Multitubular Boilers. See Boilers
Murphy, T. J., on Science v. Arts Undergraduates, 549
Museum, Royal Scottish, Model of “ Connor Single-Wheeler” Locomotive, 136*
— Science: Collection of Motor Cycles, by C. F. Caunter (Review), 406; Villiers Engine on Display, 422; Tercentenary Exhibition of Pendulum Clocks, 644
N
“N.I 13” Aircraft (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 372*
Name Plates, Self-Adhesive (Millett, Levens (Engravers), Ltd.), 810
Napier, D., and Son, Ltd.: Ram-Jet Test Vehicle, “NRJl,” 222*; “Gazelle” Shaft-Turbine Helicopter Engine, 349*; Booster Rockets in “ Skeeter 5 ” Helicopter, 350*; “Scorpion” Rocket Aeroplane Engine, 350
Nash, P., on Detection and Extinction of Industrial Fires, 664
Nasmyth, James, Research on Work and Life of, 196
National Association of Port Employers. See Port Employers
National Carbon Co., Melting and Welding of Graphite, 444
National Coal Board: Freezing of Coal Prices, 32; Sea Boring Unit in Firth of Forth, 44; Mobile Colliery Winder at Newburgh Colliery (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*; Care and Use of Lifting Appliances (Book), 114; Surplus Gas from Carbonisation Plants, 159; Piece-Work Agreement with National Union of Mineworkers for Machine Loading, 448; Coal Gasification, 485; Avenue Carbonisation Plant, 546* See LETTERS, 614, 677, 741; Progress in Coal Cleaning, 805; Underground Coal Gasification, 805; Work of Central Engineering Establishment, 815*; Coal Bonuses, 832
— Farmers’ Union, Agricultural Wages Dis
pute, 128
— Film Theatre, 72
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., Engine Manufacture (Trade Publication), 244
— Gas Turbine Establishment. See Turbine,
Gas, Establishment
— Income and Expenditure, Investments in
United Kingdom, 263
— Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service. See
Fuel Efficiency Service
— Inspection Council for Electrical Contract
ing, 39
— Institute of Industrial Psychology, Activities
of, 832
— — of Oceanography. See Oceanography National Physical Laboratory: Symposium on
Direction of Research Establishments, 39, 617, 681, 737, 749; Symposium on Boundary Layer Effects in Aerodynamics (Book), 48; Equal-Loudness Contours for Pure Tones, by D. W. Robinson and R. S. Dadson, 142*; Symposium on Creep and Fracture of Metals at High Temperatures (Book), 178;
— Science Reference and Lending Libraries,
Discussion in Parliament on, 763
— Service, Harmful Effect of, 682
Railwaymen, Exemption of, 741
for Scientists and Engineers in United States, 678
— Smoke Abatement Society. See Smoke
Abatement Society, National
National Supply Co., Torque Converters (Trade Publication), 467
Nationalised Industries, Government Motion on Accounts of, 706
Stabilisation of Charges, 31 See also T>e-Nationalisation Natural Gas, for Internal Combustion Engines, 808
— Resources, Exploiting (Trade Publication),
688
— Rubber Development Board; Conference
on Rubber Engineering: Rubber in Engineering (Cinema Film), 498, 500; Rubber Must be Used Correctly, by Dr. W. J. S. Naunton, 498; Load-Deflection Relations and Surface Strain Distributions for Flat Rubber Pads, by Dr. A. N. Gent, 498; Use of Rubber in Heavy Engineering, by S. W. Marsh, 499*; Dynamic Fatigue Life of Rubber Components, by P. W. Turner, 499*; Rubber in Agriculture, by S. J. Wright, 499*; Rubber for Roads (Trade Publication), 752; Rubber in Automobile Engineering, by R. Dean-Avems (Book), 821
Naunton, Dr. W. J. S., on Rubber in Engineering, 498*
“ Nautilus,” Nuclear-Powered Submarine, 252 “ NAVAC ” Vacuum-Processed Metallic Sodium (Foundry Services, Ltd.), 405
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
Naval Architects, Institution of :
Symposium on Fires in Ships:
Survey of Causes and Methods of Extinction of Fires in Ships, by F. J. Welch, 598
Principles of Fire Organisation in Ships at Sea and in Port, by Lieut.-Col. A. G. Bates, 598
Naval Architects, Institution of—continued Naval Procedure in Relation to Fire Organisation, by L. T. Carter and Capt. H. C. Hogger, 598
Research in Relation to Ship Fires, by S. H. Clarke and S. A. Hodges, 598 Dana, R. W., the Late, 741
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Society of. Design and Construction of Steel Merchant Ships (Review), 276. See also 262
Naval Architecture. See Warships
— C'onstruction Research Establishment, 500- Ton Vertical Universal Testing Machine for (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 181 ?
— Construction. See also Warships ~~ P^ep-Diving Vessel, H.M.S. Reclaim, 647* — Warfare. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navet Dam Spillway, Model of, 660* Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British. See under Warships
— See also Naval; Warships
"^^53^” "Test Aircraft,
Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation, In- creased Orders, 520
Co- (Sheffield), Ltd.: Permanent Magnet Manufacture, 112*; Types of XT 1 Magnets (Trade Publication), 12\
Nelson, Sir G., Relinquishment of Managing Directorship of English Electric Co., Ltd., 69
Neon Transformers (Trade Publication), 178 Neoprene Synthetic Rubber Plant in Northern Ireland of Du Pont Co. (U.K.), Ltd.), 748 Nepal Development Plan, 422
Nesbit, M. V., on Correcting Orifice Meters for Pulsating Flow, 108*, 774 See LETTER, 677
Nettell, D. F., on Rolling-Mill Operation Studies, 760
Networks, Synthesis of Three-Terminal RC by K. M. Adams (Book), 18
Neutrino, Detection of, 124
Neutron, Anti, Discovery of, 414
Cross Sections, by D. J. Hughes and J.A. Harvey (Review), 176
— Possible New Sources of, 125
New Western (Engineering), Ltd., Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 565
Newage (Manchester), Ltd., Newage/B M C 5-Litre Diesel Engine, 826*
Newall Engineering Co., Ltd.: “ Spacematic " Precision Boring Machine with Electro- Magnetic Positioning, 19*; “Optical" Jig-Boring Machine, 20*
Newalls Insulation Co., Ltd., Thermal and Sound Insulation (Trade Publication), 407
Newburgh Colliery, Mobile Winder at (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 51*
Newman Render and Co., Ltd., Forged Steel Valves (Trade Publication), 18
Newport Instruments (Scientific and Mobile), L High-Performance Electromagnet (Trade Publication), 48; Direct-Reading Magnetometer (Trade Publication). 178 Newsprint Plant, Bo water Paper Corporation Ltd., 716* ’
Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd., Metallic Recuperators (Trade Publication). 407 Newton Victor, Ltd., “ Orbitron’’ Cobalt Therapy Unit, 220*
Newtondrive Centrifugal Clutch, 516* ^^®ctrical, Ltd., High-Vacuum Rotary
Piston Pumps (Trade Publication), 407
Niarchos (London), Ltd.: Launch of S.T Evgenia Niarchos,” 133, 199*; Shipbuilding Orders, 133
Niarchos, Stavros, Policy on Shipbuilding Orders, 262
Nickel, Mining for, Cinema Film on, 167 “Production, Expansion of, 776
Nimonic 100,” Creep-Resisting Alloy, Data on, 301 *
Nimonic C.75 and H. R. Crown Max, Effect of Vibrations on Mechanical Properties of KT- and J. W. Jones (Book), 688
Nitric Acid Fumes, Polyvinyl Chloride Stacks » KT-^®’’ (P'astic Constructions, Ltd.), 765* Nitrocycle” Closed Retort Case-Hardening 343^^^^ States Steel Corporation),
Nitrogen, Liquid, Storage Tank for (W P Butterfield, Ltd.), 443*
Nitroglycerine, Manufacture at Ardeer Fac- W Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 73*
Noble and Lund, Ltd., Automatic Saw-Sharpen- ing Machine, 87*
Noise, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— from Jet Aircraft, 671
— and Vibration, Electronic Measuring Equin-
XT ment for (Trade Publication), 18 Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
Non-Ferrous Metals. Metals; Metallurgy Nonweiler, T. R. F., on Skin-Heating of Satellite Vehicles, 478
Norgren, C. A., Ltd., Spray-Lube Oil-Mist Lubrication System, 56*
Norlen Dental Drill. Turbo-Driven (Atlas Copco A.B.), 758*
Normalair, Ltd., Position and Prospects of, 520
Norsk Jemverk, Postponement of Seamless- Tube Mill Project, 804
North American Aviation, Inc., Automatic Mae West Life-Jacket Inflator, 189*- Small Nuclear Reactors, 762
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, 327
Institution of Engineers and
Shipbui ders, Steel Supply Problems in XT Shipbuilding, by R. C. Thompson, 486 North Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd Superheaters (Trade Publication), 467 Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.. Extruded Light-Alloy Structural Sections, 414* Northern Ireland, Financial Assistance to New Industries in, 799
-Neoprene Synthetic Rubber Plant of Du
Pont Co. (U.K.), Ltd., 748 Nuclear Power Station for, 92
Northfield, H. J., on Electromagnetic Pumps for Liquid Metals, 292
Norway, Postponement of Seamless Tube Miil Project, 804
Notices of Meetings, 286, 319, 351, 383, 410, 446, 476, 510, 540, 570, 602, 636, 668, 698, 731, 764, 796, 826
Nozzles in Pressure Vessels, Research on, 190
— Spray, for Water Hose (Meynell and Sons,
Ltd.), 180*
NPD, Canadian Nuclear Power Demonstration Plant, 506; Reactor Pressure Vessel for (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 635*. See Erratum, 670
“ NRJ 1 " Ram-Jet Test Vehicle (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 222*
NRX Nuclear Reactor, 157
Nuclear and Allied Radiation, Hazards of, 571
— Cooling, 443
— Development, International
475
— Energy and Automation in
Control, by Dr. D. Taylor, Cinema Films on, 667
Conference, British: Disposal of Nuclear Wastes, by F. R. Farmer, 441*; Symposium on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Plant, 669, 694*, 725*. See also Nuclear Reactors, Conference on Physics of
Contribution to Medicine, Biology and Agriculture, 572*
Courses at Harwell Reactor School, 795 Development Speculation, 318
Direct Conversion into Electrical Power 30
Health Aspects, 542
Instruction Courses, 347
International Developments, 541 Nuclear Energy, Journal of, Translation of Society Journal in, 125
Product, Role of Chemistry, by Dr. R. Spence, 61
Programme, United Kingdom, 699, 763. See 191, 671, 680, 831
Programme, United States, 761
Progress in. Series III, Process Chemistry, Volume I (Book), 687
~ — Project, Role of Metallurgy, by L. Rotherham, 61
Publications on, 700
Research and Development, 665*
Research Station at Winfrith, Site for, 635
for Space and Process Heating, 700 Stations, Inland Sites, Water from Ground,441 *
Terminology, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Trade Associations Conference, Formation of, 762
— Engi leering, Courses in, 189, 285
Industrial Groups Formed for, 541 Rapid Progress of, 541
Standards in, 189
— Fuel, Charging and Discharging at Calder
Hall Nuclear Power Station, 473
Cost of Processing, 411 for Domestic Heating, 443 Elements, at Calder Hall Nuclear Power
Station, 473
Elements, Detection of Faulty, at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 475
Elements, Development of, 442* Elements, Production of, by Sylvania- Corning Nuclear Corp., 762
Heat Output of, 603* Processing, Cost of, 411
Processing in United States, 413 Rod, Unequal Expansion of, 667* Use of Liquid Metal (Hawker-Siddeley Group), 635
— Gas-Turbine Power Plants, Symposium on,
725*
— Particles, Discovery of Anti-Neutron, 414
— Physics and Engineering, Courses on, 189,
285
By Dr. I. Kaplan (Review), 308
Liquid Gases in, 443
— Plant and Equipment, Bilateral Agreements
on,475
Legal Considerations, 572
— Power, Cost of, per Kilowatt-Hour, 795 Course on, 414
Future of, by M. H. Ewbank, 38 Generating Capacity, Britain’s Lead in, 828*
Plant, Indian Point, Oil-Fired Superheater for (Foster Wheeler Corp.), 761
Plants, Insurance and Depreciation, 572 Plant, “ NPD ” Canada, 506, 635* Plants, Pentane as Working Fulid, 700 Plant at Shippingport, 761 *
Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd., Nuclear Power Station at Bradwell, 793, 795, 828*
Programme, Comment on, 680 Programme, Discussion in Parliament on, 191, 671, 831. See 699, 763
Programme, Effect of Oil Supply Shortage, 743, 744*
Propulsion by, 252*
Research and Development, 665*
Scientific Problems in, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 29
Station, Berkeley, 793*, 828*; Permission Granted for, 125 ; Tenders for, 136
Station, Bradwell, 793, 795, 828*; Permission Granted for, 92; Tenders for, 136, 231
Station, Calder Hall. See Calder Hall Station, Canada, 414, 506
Station Contracts, 505, 793* Station, Dounreay, Contracts for, 506 Stations, Heat Exchangers for, 442* Station, Heat-Exchanger Construction, 665*
Stations, Increase in Estimated Capacity by Central Electricity Authority, 413
Station, Inkley Point, 734, 793, 828 Station, Largs, Tenders for, 125 Stations, New Group for Building, 635 Station, Northern Ireland, 92
Stations, Projected, 505
Stations, Scotland, Plans for, 605
Station, Simulator (Elliott Brothers (London). Ltd.), 284*
Nuclear Power Station, Siting, 441
Nuclear Power Station, South of Scotland, 793, 794*, 795, 828
Stations, Water Supplies for, 223
— Processes, Disposal of Wastesand Effluents, 441
Nuclear Reactor, ABC, 379*. See Erratum, 411
Advanced, 725*, 734
Advanced, Physics of, by Dr. J. B. Dietrich, 29
APPR, 30*, 734*
BEPO- 157, 158
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 793*
Bismuth Shielding for (Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie), 345*
Boiling-Water, 699, 830
BSR (Review), 177*
Concepts 9 and 10, 378*
Nuclear Reactors, Conference on Physics of :
Scientific Problems in Development of Nuclear Power, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 29. See also 5
Physics of Advanced Reactors, by Dr. J. R. Dietrich, 29
Instrumentation of Reactors, by W. Macrae, 29
Canadian Research Reactors and Uses by Dr. W. B. Lewis, 29
Effects of Irradiation on Physical Properties of Solids by Dr. A. H. Cottrell, 61
Role of Chemistry in Nuclear Energy Product, by Dr. R. Spence, 61
Role of Metallurgy in Nuclear Energy Project, by L. Rotherham, 61
Nuclear Reactor, Control Panels at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 565*
Control-Rod System for, at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 537*
Coolants, 187
Coolant, Droplet Suspension in Gas as, 30*
Core. Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 563*
Developments. 378*, 379* Developments in America, 378* DIDO, 157, 158*, (Review), 177, 187,
413*, 635*, 694 Differential Temperature and Pressure
Problems, 347 Dounreay, 157*, 158, 735 Dual-Cycle Boiling, 670* Experimental, 10-15 MW, for United
Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 506 Export of, Discussion in Parliament on,
31 Fluidised, 345* Fluidised Uranium Slurry System, 30 Forced Circulation Boiler, 669* Fuel-Rod Removal, Problems of, 380* Future of. Discussion on, 669 Gas-Cooled, 695* Gas-Cooled, I—
Output, 669. Gas-Cooled,
505
Gas-Cooled,
General Corp., 762 Gas-Cooled, Very-High-Temperature, 725*
Graphite for (Anglo Great Lakes Corporation, Ltd.), 734
Handbooks on Engineering, Materials, and Physics (Review), 176
Heat-Transfer Methods, 284* Heavy-Water-Moderated, Study of (by
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.), 762 Heterogeneous, Control of, 346* Homogeneous System, 699 Instrumentation of, by W. Macrae, 29 LAPRE, 380
LIDO: (Review), 177; Work Associated with, 414
Liquid-Metal Cooling (Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget), 346* LMFR, 380
Materials for, 157 for Medical Treatment, 762* MERLIN (Review), 177 MTR (Review), 176*, 413 New Overseas Projects, 443 NRX, 157
Physics of. Conference on. See Nuclear
Reactors, Conference on Physics of PIPPA, 673, 695 PLUTO, 158; (Review) 176 Portable, American Development of,
734*
Pressure Vessel for Canadian Nuclear Power Plant (Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.), 635* .
Pressurised-Water and Sodium-Graphite Systems, by G. W. K. Ford, 727*
Progress in, 505
Prototype Testing, 284* Research (Review), 176* Research on Advanced Types, 694 Research, for Atomic Weapons Research
Establishment (A. E. I.-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd.), 188
Research, Canadian, by Dr. W. B. Lewis, 29
Research, Therapy and Export, 762 for Research and Training, Discussion in
Parliament on, 223
Rotating-Core, Facilitating Fuel Rod Management, 380*
Safety Aspects, 730 . .
Sales to Germany, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Shielding of, 187
Shippingport, Pressure Vessel for (Combustion Engineering, Inc.), 761 *
SIC, for Small Submarine, 253 Small (North American Aviation Co.), 762
Sodium Coolant, 700
Sodium-Deuterium, in America, 378 South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 794
Nuclear Reactor Specialisation by Canada,
United Kingdom and United States, 30 SPERT, 30, 379 Swiss, Instruments for (Isotope Develop'
ments, Ltd.), 636
Tests of Materials for, 283* Use of Liquid Metal in (Hawker-Sidde-
ley Group), 635
ZEPHYR, 158 ZEPHYR, Tests in Plutonium Core in,
635
Zero Energy, at Harwell, Contract for,
795
ZETR, 158
ZEUS, 158
— Research Activities of G.E.C. Simon-
Carves Atomic Energy Group, 283*
European Organisation for. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research
at Geneva, 575
in United States, Cinema Films on, 414 Vacuum Tank for (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 700*
— Society, American, New Type of Fuel Element, 442*
— Thermo-, Fusion, Problems of, 124. See Erratum, 189
Reactions, Controlled, 187
— Waste Products, Disposal of. 572
— Weapons, Hydrogen Bomb, Cinema Film on Defence against, 107
Nuffield Both Breathing Machine, 782
Nuffield Organisation, Borg and Beck Double
Clutch and Power Take-off Unit for “ Universal ” Tractor, 117*
“ Nu-lip ” Synthetic Rubber Sealing Rings (Trade Publication), 821
Numerical Analysis, Introduction to, by F. B. Hildebrand (Review), 751
Nuts, Nylon, for Stainless-Steel Fittings (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 748
— Tapping Machine, Automatic (Kosfeld, F. W.), 444*
Nylon Nuts for Stainless-Steel Fittings (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 748
— Ropes (Trade Publication), 752

“ O " SERIES Horizontal Boring Machines (Trade Publication), 210

Obituary: See Engineering 1956 Jul-Dec: Index: Obituaries

Observatory, Royal Greenwich. See Greenwich Observatory
Obstruction Light, Portable (Trade Publication), 48
Occupational Hygiene Society, British: Conference in London: Opening Address, by Sir G. Barnett, 663; Technical Survey of Fires in Industry, by N. C. Strother Smith, 663; Industrial Fires from Point of View of Fire Service, by E. R. Ashill, 663; Fire: Its Detection and Extinction, by P. Nash, 664; First-Aid for Casualties from Fire, by D. McG. Jackson, 664; Managerial Responsibilities and Fire Prevention, by H. Mason Bibby, 664
“ Ocean Layer ” Cable-Laying Ship (Trade Publication), 752
— Research Ships, 450*
Oceanographic Institute, Boston, 814
Oceanography, National Institute of: R.R.S. “ Discovery II,” 450*; Underwater Photography, 738*
“ Oifen-Reilly ” Hydraulic Grinding Spindle (Reilly Engineering, Ltd.), 698*
Office Machinery Industry, Expansion of, 710
— Management Association, 384
Ohler, J. F., Vertical Hydraulic Cold Sawing Machine, 87*
Ohmart Corp., Detection and Measurement of Radioactivity, 221
Oils, Cutting, Drawing and Heat-Treatment (Trade Publication), 629
— Demand in Western Europe, Forecast of,
453
— Engines. See Engines, OU; Motor Cars;
Tractors
— Fields, Diesel Engines for, “ Drilpak ” Sets
(Davey Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 615, 697*
— Fuel Additives (Trade Publication), 688 Burners, Automatic (Simms Motor
Units), 327
Burner, “ Firepak ” (White’s of Hebburn (Engineers), Ltd.), 62*
Industrial Economic Use of, by J. T. B. Bookey (Book), 659
Recommendations for Economy in Consumption, 648
— Gasification, Progress in, 486
— Heating Installation at Dingle Bank, 105
— and Industry, by A. C. Hartley, 268
— Industry, “ Drilpak ” Power Units for
(Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 615, 697* Future Development of (Book), 791
— Lubricating, “ Dextrol Concentrate 905 ”
Additive (United Lubricants, Ltd.), 286* Road Tanker for (Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd.), 601*
— Mist Lubrication for High-Speed Machin
ery, 56*
— Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles;
Tractors
— Pipeline in Europe, Project for, 37
— Pollution from ^ips ,63
Tooth Gear- Grinding Co.,
Base-Circle Involute Gear Measuring Machine (Gear Grinding Co., Ltd.), 250*
Ore-Carrying Ships, Orders Placed by William Cory and Son, Ltd., 199
— Iron, “ Cyclosteel ” Process for Reduction
of, by Sir C. Goodeve, 295
Organisation for European Economic Cooperation, Report on Iron and Steel Industry in Europe, 7; Report on Engineering Industries in Europe, 7. See also Vol. 181; Meeting of Council of, 101; Magnesium Fabricating and Casting (Book), 146; Working Party on Future Supplies of Energy in Europe, 191; Report of Maritime Transport Committee, 199, 229; Productivity Measurement. Vol. II: Plant Level Measurements, Methods and Results, by J. Carrie (Review), 242; Trends in Economic Sectors, 253; Free Trade Area Proposal, 449; Forecast of Demand for Oil in Western Europe, 453; “Euratom” Nuclear Agency, 476; Report on United Kingdom and Foreign Competition, 486; Work of Petroleum Emergency Group, 775; Market Research Methods in Europe, 789; Selection and Training of Foremen in Europe, by S. Grabe and P. Silberer (Review), 821. See also European Productivity Agency
Orifice Meters, Correcting for Pulsating Flow, by M. V. Nesbitt, 108*, 774. See LETTERS, 677, 774
“ Orion ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 348*, 792
“ Orpheus ” Turbojet Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero Engines, Ltd.), 349*
Orr, J. G., on Recruitment of Scientific and Engineering Manpower, 581
Osborne 3A “ Brushmatic ” Gear-Brushing Machine (Osborne Manufacturing Co.), 250
Osborne Manufacturing Co., Osborne 3A “ Brushmatic " Gear-Brushing Machine, 250
Oscilloscopes and Cathode-Ray Tubes (Trade Publication), 210
Osmond, A. and S., Ltd., Abrasive Cutting-off Machine, 468*
Osram Underwater Lamp (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 798*
Ott, Messrs., Bavaria, Compensating Polar Planimeters, 398
Oulton Park, Motor Racing Circuit, 391 Oven, Heating, Electric, for Re-Surfacing Pulveriser Rolls, 214*
— Infra-Red, Use in Electrostatic Painting of
Washing Machines (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 118
Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Power Transmission, Equipment (Trade
Publication), 48
Overloading of Ships, 735 Overseas Civil Engineering Contracts, 294
— (Opportunities, Comment on, 257
— Travel, Hints on, 175
Owen, Prof. J. B. B., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Owen Organisation: History and Activities of, 228; Design and Marketing Policy, 724 Oxford University Business Summer School, 325
Oxidants, Anti-, Application and Action of, by Prof. C. E. H. Bawn, 322
Oxley Engineering Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Oxy-Catalyst Sales, Ltd., “Oxycat” Purifier for Industrial Waste Gases and Exhaust Fumes, 586
“ Oxycat ” Apparatus for Purifying Waste Gases (Oxy-Catalyst Co.), 586
Oxygen Concentration Meter, for Use with Flue Gases, by M. G. Perry, 304*
— Tonnage Plant at Margam Steelworks, 168*
“ P " SERIES Diesel Engines for Vehicles (Trade Publication), 210
“P.l” Jet Aircraft (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 735
“P.i6'’ Sliding-Head Automatic Lathe (Charles Churchill and Co., Ltd.), 52
Pacera-Maxam Air Hydraulic Feed in Drilling Head (W. J. Meddings, Ltd.), 444*
Packaging Design, Importance of, 789
— Institute of. Convention on Packaging, 724
— Methods and Machines, 724 Packard V8 Motor-Car Engine, 574*
Paint Sprayers, “ Simco-Bendix ” (Trade Publication), 721
— for Steel Structures (Trade Publication), 434 Painting, Electrostatic, of Washing Machines
(Hoover (Washing Machines), Ltd.), 118*
— and Pickling Service (Robert Demster &
Sons, Ltd.), 654
— and Polishing, Techniques at Ransomes,
Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 342*. See Erratum, 466. See LETTER, 709
“ Pak-Fone ” Portable Radio Set (Trade Publication), 721
Pakistan, Proposed Five-Year Plan, 422
Palethorpes, Ltd., Adoption of 3-Phase Electricity Supply, 532*
Panama Canal Co., Annual Report, 229
Panel Planing and Thicknessing Machine (Wadkin, Ltd.), 58*
Pantail, D., on Gas-Lubricated Bearings, 55S* Pantometer, Projection, for Inspection of Turbine Blades (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 723*
Paper-Making Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects of. 103
Paraffin, Containers for, Comment on, 34
— in Domestic Appliances, Exhibition of, 390*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors
Parcelling Machine, Spriggs (Spicers, Ltd.), 758*
Paripan, Ltd., “ Pateena ” Surface-Finishing Process (Trade Publication), 721
Parker, Dr. A., Retirement as Director of Fuel Research, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 806
Parkes, Dr. E. W.: on Incremental Collapse Due to Thermal Cycles, 458; on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Parkinson, J., and Son (Shipley), Ltd., Sunderland 26 Double-Helical Gear-Planing Machine, 219*
Parkinson, Sir L., and Co., Ltd.: Increase 1 Orders, 520; Annual Report, 743
Parliament, In, 31, 63, 95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 255, 575, 605, 639, 671, 703, 735, 763, 799, 831
— Measures Envisaged during New Session
of, 639
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., Plant and Equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 472, 473, 534*, 565
Parsons Engineering Co., Reduction Gearbox for Engines, 179*
Parsons Marine Turbine Co., Orders, 520
— Turbines. See Turbines,
Propulsion
“ Partek ” Non-Destructive Publication), 721
Partnership, Co-. See Co-Partnership Partridge, Dr. J. H., the Late, 774 Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
— Steamers. See Steamers
“ Pateena ” Surface-Finishing Process (Trade Publication), 721
Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Solobed *’ Water Purification Process, 586
Paterson, Sir W., the Late, 196 Pattern-Making Machines. See Machine Tools Paul, K. S., Ltd., “ Eiectromatic ” Constant Cutting Speed Lathe, 279*
“ Pax ” Chassis in Road Tanker (Dennis Brothers, Ltd.), 601*
Peabody, H. (Industrial), Ltd., Ransburg Electrostatic Painting Equipment, 118*
Pearson Panke, Ltd.: Schuler Guillotine Shearing Machine, 154*; S.M.G. Hydraulic Deep-Drawing Press, 154*; Schuler Transfer Feed Press, 155*
Peat as Source of Fuel and Power, 807. See also 801
Peddinghaus Billet Shearing Machine (Paul Granby and Co., Ltd.), 152*
“ Pegasus " Electronic Computer, Production (Ferranti, Ltd.), 489*. See Erratum, 668
Pegson, Ltd., Vertical Electrical Pump, 432 Pelapone Engines, Ltd., Emergency “NoBreak “ Power Plant, 468
Penfold and Partners, Irradiation Unit for Sterilising Air, 501
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Orders for Oil Tankers, 358
Penney, Sir W., Election as Treasurer of Royal Society, 750
Pension Plan, National Industrial, Proposal for, 512
— Scheme of Engineers’ Guild, Ltd., 64, 736 Pentane as Working Fluid in Nuclear Power
Plants, 700
“ Pentramor ” Dye-Penetrant Flaw Detection Ink (Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales), Ltd.), 12
P.E.P. See Political and Economic Planning
Percival Aircraft, E., Ltd.: Activities, 294; “E.P.9” Aircraft for Agricultural and General Use, 316*. See also 294
Periscopes, Industrial (J. Bodson et Fils), 143* Perkins, F., Ltd., “P” Series Diesel Vehicle Engines (Trade Publication), 210
Perkins, H. E., on “ Visco-Static ” Oil, 644
Permali, Ltd., “ BH Permali ’’ Densified Wood Laminates, 377*
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
Permutit Co., Ltd., Effluent Process Plant at Avenue Carbonisation Plant, 548
Perry, M. G., on Automatic Control of Secondary Air in Combustion, 304*
Personnel Selection Tests (Review), 145 Pescara Free-Piston Engine, 456, 517
Pest Control, Use of Radiation in, 318
Petbow, Ltd., Airfield Ground Power Units (Trade Publication), 791
“ PeTeWe ” Projection Grinding Machine (Drummond-Asquith (Sales), Ltd.), 89*
Petmar Industries, Ltd., Fibre, Preparation Plant, 715
Petrocarbon Developments, Ltd., Chemical Plant (Trade Publication), 434
Petrochemicals Industry, Position and Prospects of, 293
Petrol-Injection Systems (Joseph Lucas, Ltd.) 327
— Motors. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars; Tractors
— Rationing and Price Increase, Comment on,
776. See 741
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum, Combustion in Diesel Engines, by J. Lamb (Review), 113
— Equipment, Council of British Manu
facturers of: Annual Report, 134; Hints on Overseas Travel, 175; Petroleum Equipment and Services (Trade Publication), 434
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 8 and Services (Trade Publication), 434
— Increase in Price of, 741, 776
— Institute of, Essential Factors in Future
Development of Oil Industry (Book), 791
— See also Oil; Paraffin; Engines, Oil Petter McLaren Service, Ltd., Activities of,
599*
Petter, W. E. W., Designer of “ Gnat ” Jet Fighter, 354
Petters, Ltd.: New Small Marine Diesel Engines, 533*; After-Sales Service, 599*; Air-Cooled Diesel Engines, 797
Phelps, E. F., on Semi-Continuous Casting of Bronze, 429
Phenolic Mouldings, in Tropics (Book), 48 Philips Electrical, Ltd., Infra-Red Lamps Industry (Trade Publication), 48
Phillips Petroleum Co., Safety Experiments SPERT 1, 2 and 3 Reactors, 30
Phillips, R. P., on History of Company Cutlers, 390
Phosphating Process (Trade Publication), 433 for Steel and Zinc (Trade Publication), 407
Photo-Elastic Measurement of Surface Strains, by J. R. Linge (Book), 688
Photo-Electric Equipment (Trade Publication), 114
— Transistors, for Batch Counting (Dowty
Nucleonics, Ltd.), 690*
Germanium, Type OCP71 (Mullard, Ltd.), 14*
Photoflash Lamp, Use in Argon-Arc Studies, 131*
Photogrammetric Plotter, Thompson-Watts (Trade Publication), 629
Photography, Applications of High-Speed, in Electrical Research, by H. H. W. Losty, 130*
— Lapse-Time, 131
— in Office and Factory (Trade Publication),
114
— Underwater, 738*
— See also Xerography
Physics of Advanced Reactors, by Dr. J. R. Dietrich, 29
— American Institute of. Temperature: Its
Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, by H. C. Wolfe (Book), 752
— Extra-Terrestrial, Research on, in Australia,
814
— Institute of. Conference on Physics of
Nuclear Reactors. See Nuclear Reactors, Conference on Physics of
— Metal, Research on, in Australia, 813*
— Nuclear. See Nuclear Physics Physical Laboratory. See National Physical Pickling and Painting Service (Robert Demster
and Sons, Ltd.), 654
Piecework. See Labour
Piezo-Electric Ceramics (Trade Publication), 721
Pike, G., Ltd., Builders’ Tools and Plant (Trade Publication), 629
Pile-Driving Equipment (Trade Publication), 467
Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., Testing Laboratory for Toughened Glass Insulators, 650*
Pilot Valves, Electromagnetic (Trade Publication), 752
Pinions. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
“ Pioneer III,” Lightweight Railway Coach (Budd Co.), 723*
Pioneer Oilsealing and Moulding Co., Ltd., ” Nu-lip ” Synthetic Rubber Sealing Rings (Trade Publication), 821
Pipes of Bitumen-Fibre (Union Fibre Pipes (Great Britain), Ltd.), 595*
— at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
— Connectors, ” Alkathene ” (Imperial Chem
ical Industries, Ltd.), 575
— Fibre, Bitumen-Impregnated (Union Fibre
Pipes (Great Britain), Ltd.), 595*
— Insulated, Aluminium Foil Protection for
(Corrosheath, Ltd., and Venesta, Ltd.), 447*
— Insulation, Aluminium Jacketing for (Trade
Publication), 210
— See also Tubes
Pipelines, Compression Joints for (Trade Publication), 821
— End Reactions and Stresses in, by L. F.
Randolph, 492*, 555*. See LETTER, 774
— Filter ‘‘ Straitflo ” (Trade Publication),
597
— Measuring Flow in, by Aerofoil, by C. E. R.
Sams, 330*
— Oil in Europe, Project for, 37
— Spider for Examination of Welds in (Gamma
Rays, Ltd.), 220*
— Welding of High-Pressure, by J. E. Burton
and J. N. Bradley, 399*
Piping Systems, Design of (Book), 370 PIPPA Nuclear Reactor, 673, 695 Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd.: (Overhead Line Equipment (Trade Publication), 48; Oil-Filled Cable Installations (Trade Publication), 114
“ Pitchmaster ” Thread-Rolling Machine (W.S.
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 54* Pitting. See Corrosion Pitzmann and Pfeiffer, 4-Direction Hydraulic
Press for Straightening Rails, 602* Plain Words, 2, 34, 66, 98, 130, 162, 194, 226,
258, 290, 322, 354, 386, 418, 450, 482, 514, 546, 578, 610, 642, 674, 706, 738, 770, 802 Planimeter, Compensating Polar (Messrs. Ott,
Bavaria), 398
Planing Machines. See Machine Tools Plant Construction (Trade Publication), 629
— and Machinery, Capital Allowances on, 579 Plastic, Amino-, Mouldings in Tropics (Book),
48
— British, Year Book, 1956 (Book), 48
— Cables, Armoured (Trade Publication), 752
— Coatings for Metal Articles Horwitch
Smith and Co., Ltd.), 586
for Springs (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 523* Plastic Constructions, Ltd., Polyvinyl Chloride
Stacks for Nitric Acid Fumes, 765*
— Engineering, by F. T. Barwell (Book), 721
— Federation, British, Vacuum Forming
Processes, 275
— Fibreglass Reinforced, in Lifeboat Manu
facture, 381 *
— Industry, Classified Guide to (Book), 48 Expanding Trade in, 591
Position and Prospects of, 293
— Laminates, Non-Destructive Inspection of.
Research at Battelle Memorial Institute, 309
— Mouldings, Chromium-Plated (Industrial
Mouldings (Warwick), Ltd.), 529
— Pipe Connectors, “ Alkalite ” (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 575
— Polyvinyl Chloride. See Polyvinyl Chloride
— Reinforced (Trade Publication), 597 with Glass-Fibre, for Boat Building, 293
— and Rubber, Irradiation of, 317*
“ Plastic Steel,” “ Devcon,” for Metal Joining (Devcon Corp.), 186
— Theory, Application of, 496
— Thermo-, Insulated Cables, Components of,
by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48
— in Tropics (Book), 48
— Use in Aircraft Industry, by F. Fahy
(Book), 18
— Vacuum Forming, 275
“ Plastidry ” Fibre and Plastics Fire Hose (British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.). 685 Plate Bending Rolls. See Machine Tools
— Concentrically Loaded, Deflection of, 528
— Finishing Rolling Mill, Four-High, for
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co. (Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd.), 213
— Steel, Priorities for, 799
— Thickness, Value of Tube-Plate Stays in
Terms of, 528
Platen, Universal, “T.R.B.” for Frequency Heating (Technical Bonders), 105*
Platform Truck, ” Warehouscr ” Publication), 18
Plating, Electro. See Electro
Platinum Phthalocyanine, Study of
Lattice, 44
— Resistance Thermometers (Trade Pub
lication), 752
Plessey Co., Ltd., Ultra-High-Frequency Equipment, 373; “ P.T.S.A. 400 ” Aircraft Turbine Starter, 374*; “ Standard ” Plugs and Sockets (Trade Publication), 597; Sub-Miniature Capacitors (Trade Publication), 597; Electronic Components (Trade Publication), 688
Plessey Nucleonics, Ltd., Equipment for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 563* “ Plessiflex ” Seamless Flexible Metal Hose (Trade Publication), 178
Pliers (Trade Publication), 244 Plugs and Sockets, “ Standard ” (Trade
Publication), 597 Plumbing, Use of Plastics, 575
PLUTO Nuclear Reactor, 158; (Review), 176 Plutonium, Formation of, 411 *
— Isotopes, Electromagnetic Separator for, 91 *
— Price of, 795
— Properties, 412*
as Reactor Fuel, 700
— Separation of. Improved Method, 411
— Use of, Comment on, 254
” Plymax ” Panels for “ On-Site ” Construction of X-Ray Rooms (Trade Publication), 210
Plysu Products, Ltd., Welding of Polyvinyl Chloride Sheeting, 358*
Pneumatic Power Operators (Trade Publication), 434
— System, Pressure Controllers,
(George Kent, Ltd.), 689*
— Tools. See Machine Tools
— See also Compressed Air; Air Compressor Pneumo-Tachograph, Integrating Motor (J.
Langham Thompson, Ltd.), 382*
‘‘ Pocketscope ” Measuring Instrument (Trade Publication), 210
Poidometer, Schaffer, Feed-Control Machine (Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd.), 507
Poland, British Technical Literature for, 671 Polishing and Painting, Techniques, at
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., 342*. See Erratum, 466. See LETTER, 709
Political and Economic Planning: The Cricket Industry, 256; Report on Traffic Problems, 360, 710; Survey on Graduate Employment, 512; Report on European Common Market, 804. See also 814
Pollution, Atmospheric, Estimates of Cost of, by Dr. R. S. Scorer, 812
Origins and Prevention, by A. R. Meetham (Book), 146
See also Air Pollution
— Oil, from Ships, 63 —. of Rivers, 582
“ Poiybloc ” Heat Exchanger (Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd.), 755*
Polystyrene Sheet, “ Saroy ” (Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 686
Polytechnic. See Education Polythene Cables, Joint Boxes for Trade Publication), 524
Polythene Insulation, Continuous Processing at Irradiation Laboratory of British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 670*. See Erratum, 701
— Pipe Fittings (Imperial Chemical Industries,
Ltd.), 575
— Tubing (Trade Publication), 597
Polyvinyl Chloride Fans (Trade Publication), 467
Sheeting, Illustration of, 358
Sheeting, Improvements in, 327
Stacks for Nitric Acid Fumes (Plastic Constructions, Ltd.), 765*
Porges, F., on Boundary Lubrication, 100
Port Employers, National Association of, Agreement with Dockers’ Union on Wage Increase, 640
Portable Engine. See Engine
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
Portaway ” Earth-Continuity and Bonding System (Trade Publication), 688
Porter Electrical Products, Ltd., “ Portaway ” Earth Continuity and Bonding System (Trade Publication), 688
Porter, R. W., on Training of Building Trade Foremen and Executives, 672
Portland Cement. See Cement
“ Porto-Power,” Portable Hydraulic Power Kit (E. P. Barrus (Concessionnaires), Ltd.), 500*
Position Indicator, Magnetic (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 792*
Post Office Advisory Committees, 95
Expenditure on Telephone, Telegraph and Postal Service, 103
Powder Metallurgy. See under Metallurgy
— Reflectometer,“ Eel ” (Trade Publication),
146
Power Auxiliaries, Ltd., “ Plessifiex ” Seamless Flexible Metal Hose (Trade Publication), 178
— Cables, Development of, by P. V. Hunter
and J. Temple Hazell (Review), 308
— Electric, Organisations in Europe, 618
— and Fuel, Alternatives to Oil, 807. See
also 801
— Gas. See Engines, Gas; Producers
— Hammer. See Hammer under Machine
Tools
— Hydro-Electric, Development Proposals, 191
— Kit, Portable Hydraulic, “ Porto-Power ”
(E. P. Barrus (Concessionnaires), Ltd. 500*
— Link-Up, Electric, between Northern
Rhodesia and Belgian Congo, 522
— Operators, Pneumatic (Trade Publication),
434
— Plant, Electric, on Warragamba River,
Sidney, Radio-Link Remote Control for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 279
Emergency (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., and Pelapone Engines, Ltd.), 468
Hydro-Electric, in Great Britain, by J. Guthrie Brown, 477
Hydro-Electric, Kariba, Scheme for, 6 Hydro-Electric, in Russia, 633*
Hydro-Electric, Snowy Mountains Scheme, 232*, 394*, 540*, 630*, 661*
Steam, by B. G. A. Skrotzki (Book), 18 Steam, Comment on Caution for, 101 See also Power Stations; Power, Water;
Nuclear Power Stations and Power Plant
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production, by H. Thirring (Review), 821
“ Power-Puller ” Airfield Ground Power Unit (Trade Publication), 791
Power Station, Atomic. See Nuclear Power Station
Electric, Bold, 30-MW Water-Cooled Generator for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 781*
Electric, Carrington, Details of, 274*. See Erratum, 341
Electric, Efficiency of, in England and Wales, 254
Electric, Fleetwood, 435*
Electric, High Marnham, 361*
Electric, Margam “ B,” Very-High- Pressure Turbine for (Richardsons Westgarth (Hartlepool), Ltd.), 758
Electric, Plans for New, 135
Electric, Taff Bank (Cardiff), 33-kV Switchgear for (South Wales Switchgear, Ltd.), 280*
Hydro-Electric, Guthega, Snowy Mountains Scheme, 394*
Nuclear. See Nuclear Power Station Nuclear, Calder Hall. See Calder Hall See also Power Plants
— Supply, Electric, Cross-Channel Connec
tion, 326
Electric, Peak Loads, Use of Internal Combustion Plant, 485
Electric, South Africa, 789
Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Linkup, 522
Peak Loads in, by J. R. P. Smith, 485
— Transmission, Overhead, Equipment (Trade
Publication), 48
Towers for Snowy Mountains Hydro- Electric Power Scheme, 663*
See also Gearing; Marine Propulsion; Transmission
— Units, Mobile, Diesel-Driven (Trade Pub
lication), 146
— Water Development Proposals, 191
— Water. See also Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric; Turbines, Hydraulic
— World, Conference, at Vienna. See World
Power Conference
Practice, Codes of. Ministry of Works. See Standards
Practitioners, Medical, Pay Claim of, 160, 288 Prager, Prof. W., on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Pratt, F., and Co., Ltd., “Auto-Grip Work Driver ” for Centre Lathes, 252
Pratt and Whitney “ Velvetrace ” Milling and Die-Sinking Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
“ Precimax ” Special-Purpose Milling Machine (John Lund, Ltd.), 25
Precision Alloy Castings (Birmingham), Ltd., Precision Casting in Alloy Steels, 279*
Precision Castings, 375
“ Prelector ” Chucking Turret Lathe with Preselective Head (H. W. Ward and Co., Ltd.), 28*
“ Preoptive ” Capstan Lathe with Preselective 16-Speed Geared Head (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 28*
“ President ” Aircraft (Hunting Percival Aircraft, Ltd.), 291
Presidential Address to British Association, by Sir R. Priestley, 257, 289
to British Institute of Radio Engineers on Radio Industry, by G. A. Marriott, 582 to Institute of Transport on Casual Dock Labour, by F. Cave, 512
to Institution of Electrical Engineers, by Sir G. Radley, on Telecommunications, 454
to Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Marine and Locomotive by T. A. Crowe, 513
to Institution of Structural Hydro-Electric Plants, by Brown, 477
to North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders on Steel Supply Problems in Shipbuilding, by R. C. Thompson, 486
Press. See Machine Tools
Pressure Controllers for Pneumatic Systems, “ FAF ” (George Kent, Ltd.), 689*
— Die Casting, Magnesium-Alloy (Trade
Publication), 210
— Vessel, at Calder Hall Nuclear Power
Station, 469, 503*
Nozzles in. Research on, 190 Nuclear, 665*
Nuclear Reactor, for Canadian Nuclear Power Plant, 635*. See Erratum, 670
Nuclear Reactor, at Shippingport (Combustion Engineering, Inc.), 761 *
Nuclear Reactor, for South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 794
Nuclear Reactors, Strengthening Bands for. Comment on, 830
? Stresses in, Lecture on, by Dr. G.
Horvay, 141
Prestressed Concrete. See Concrete, Prestressed
Prestwick Airport, Improvements at, 575 Prices, Coal, 32
— Copper, on London Metal Exchange, 518
— Discussion in Parliament on, 31
— Effect of Suez Canal Closure, 741
— Fixed, by Imperial Chemical Industries,
Ltd., 168
in Industry, Comment on, 38 Remarks by Lord Citrine on, 66
— Freezing, Note on, 423
— Increase in, in Australia, 128
— Steel Scrap, 95
Priestley, Sir R., Presidential Address to British Association, 257, 289
Prince, D. S., on Cost of Labour Turnover, 677. See LETTER, 741
Printing Industry Unions, Comment on Lack of Unity, 288
Private Industry,
Rights of, 8 Investment in, Price Control,
on, 31 Process Control Analysis, by M. H. LaJoy and
E. A. Baillif (Book), 821
Automatic, for Chemical Engineers, by N. C. Ceaglske (Book), 791
Equipment, “ Autronic ” (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., and Swartwout Co.), 428
— Equipment, Large-Scale and Special-Pur
pose (Trade Publication), 210
— Plants, Wet-Contact (Trade Publication),
178
— Timer, “ PT4 ” (Venner, Ltd.), 715 Proctor, A. N., on Elastic Stability under
Combined Loading, 655*, 740*. See LETTER, 708
“ Prodorfilm ” Lining for Tanker Vessels (Prodorite, Ltd.), 85*
Prodorite, Ltd., “Prodorfilm” Lining for Tanker Vessels, 85*
Producer, Gas, for Road Transport, 240* Practice, Research on, 772*
Production Engineers, Institution of:
Heat-Exchanger Design, by F. M. Greenlees, 442*
Viscount Nuffield Paper on Computers, by Dr. W. Grey Walter, 519
Viscount Nuffield Paper on Britain’s Energy Prospects, by Dr. A. H. Daniel, 744
Production, Industrial, Index of, 7, 167, 582
?— Standards and Measurement, Work Criticism of, and New Approach to, 800
Productivity Council, British, Why Not Work Study? (Pamphlet), 32: Productivity Statistics, 70
— Increased, Problems of, 800
— Industrial, Dynamic Factors in, by S.
Melman (Review), 751
in Relation to Cost of Management, 6
— Measurement, Vol. II, by J. Carrie (Review),
242
Advisory Service, Productivity Measurement Review, 6
— Statistics, by British Productivity Council, 70
— Steel, Progress in, 518
— Use of American Case-Study Data, 359
Professions, Declining Prestige of, 448 Profiles, Gear-Teeth, Portable Instrument for Checking (David Brown Tool Division), 54*
Profits, Company, Decline in, 200
— Sharing. See Co-Partnership under Labour “Progress” Control Gear (M.T.E. Control
Gear, Ltd.), 185*
Projection Instruments (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.), 184
— Pantometer for Inspection of Turbine
Blades (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 723*
“ Prolite Futur Mill ” Face Milling Cutter (Protolite, Ltd.), 250*
Propaganda, Comment on ,418
Propane, as Engine Fuel, 808
Propulsion by Nuclear Power, 252*
— of Ships. See Marine Propulsion: Engines;
Turbines
Prospecting Geophysical, Aerial, 226*; (Trade Publication), 629
Prostheses, Current Research on, 389
“ Proteus ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 348
Protolite, Ltd., “ Prolite Futur Mill” Face Milling Cutter, 250*
Prototype Aircraft, Tests of, 191
Prytherch, Dr. J. C., on Semi-Continuous Casting of Bronze, 429
P.S.C. Applied Research, Ltd., Magnetometer for Aerial Geophysical Prospecting, 226*
Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of, Activities of, 832
— in Industry, Comment on, 295
” PT4 ” Process Timer (Venner, Ltd.), 715
PTFE Coating for Springs (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 523*
” P.T.S.A. 400,” Aircraft Turbine Starter (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 374*
Public Health Engineering, Post-Graduate Course in. Lack of Applicants for, 5. See also Vol. 181
Publications, Trade, 18, 48, 114, 146, 178, 209, 244, 407, 433, 467, 524, 597, 629, 688, 721, 751, 791, 821
Publicity-Consciousness in Industry, Comment on, 418
— Overseas, for Exports, 799
Pugsley, Prof. Sir A., Machine for Testing Structural Members, 817*
Pullin, R. B., and Co., Ltd., Optical Diffractometer (Trade Publication), 114
Pulverising Materials, Test Plant for Grinding, Screening and Filtering (International Combustion, Ltd.), 147*
Pumps, Air. See Air Compressors
— Barrel, Portable Electric, ” 300 SR ” (British
Central Electrical Co., Ltd.), 693
— for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 536*
— Centrifugal, “ Alcon ” (Trade Publication),
791
• ” PumPak ” (Trade Publication), 821
— Double-Helical, in Road Tanker (Varley-
F.M.C., Ltd.), 601*
— Electric, Alcon (Trade Publication), 821
— Electromagnetic, for Liquid Metals, by
H. J. Northfield, 292. See LETTER, 484
— Heat. See Heat Pump
— Mono, 6
— Rotary Piston, High-Vacuum (Trade
Publication), 407
— Testing, Controlling Temperature Rise in
Cooled Circuit, by S. Weinberg, 211*
— and Turbines, Swiss Plant for Studying, 431 *
— Vertical Electric (Pegson, Ltd.), 432
‘‘ PumPak ” Centrifugal Pump (Trade Publication), 821
Punch, Explosive, for Rail Bonding (Velocity Power Tool Co.), 490*
Purification of Water. See IVater
Push-Button Shopping, 228
P.V.C. See Polyvinyl Chloride
Pye, Ltd.: Industrial Television Equipment, 98*; Annual Report, 166, 520; ” Trans- hailer ” Electronic Megaphone, 278; Underwater Television Camera, 733; Equipment for Close Separation of Wavelengths, 750
Pye Industrial Electronics, Ltd., 4-Watt Transistors, 70
Pyrene Co., Ltd.: Phosphate Metal-Finishing Process (Trade Publication), 433; Fire- Detection System, 637*
“ Pyrolith ” Flame-Retardant for Timber (Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (G.B.), Ltd.), 748
Pyrometer, Thermocouple, for Molten Metal (Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.), 182*
— See also Thermocouple: Thermometer
QUALCAST, Ltd., Annual Report, 583
Quality Control, in Production of Wrought Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys (HI) (Book), 339
Quartz, Fused-, Fibres, Survey of, by N. J. Tighe (Book), 48
Quasi-Arc, Ltd., Automatic Submerged-Arc Welding Equipment for Refrigeration Industry, 280*
“ Queen Anne ” Blast Furnace, Re-lining of, 236
Quenching of Steel. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Quick Reading, Courses in, 672
‘‘ R34 ” Airship, Proposed Memorial to, 228 Racks, Storage, ” Kee Klamp ” (Trade Publication), 752
Radalloyd, Ltd., Recording Metal Surfaces, 553*
Radar Equipment, 373 (Marconi’s Wireless
Ltd.), 374
— Glide-Path (Decca Radar,
— Marconi Type S.232, Crystal Controlled
(Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 374
— Microwave, Link (Marconi Researc.i
Laboratories), 374*
— Ship-Borne (Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd.), 309
— Trainer (Mullard, Ltd.), 84*
— True-Motion, ” TM.46 ” (Decca Radar,
Ltd.), 597*, 824
— Wind-Finding (Decca Radar, Ltd.), 374 Radiation, Effect on Blood Formation, 734
— Gear Units (Trade Publication), 752
— Nuclear and Allied, Hazards of, 571
Radio, Vol. HI, by J. D. Tucker and D. F. Wilkinson (Book), 659
Radio Astronomy, Research on, in Australia, 814
— Chemical Research, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 159
— Communication, Equipment for Close
Separation of Wavelength (Pye, Ltd.), 750
— Electronics, by S. Seely (Book), 244
— and Electronic Components. Vol. I: Fixed
Resistors, by G. W. A. Dummer (Review), 209
— Engineers, British Institute of, Presidential
Address on Radio Industry, by G. A. Marriott, 582
— Frequency Modulation Receivers, by J. D.
Jones (Book), 721
Radio Heaters, Ltd., “ Radyne C50 ” Induction Heater, 57*
— Industry, Growth of, 517, 582
— Link Remote Control of Electric Power
Plant (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 279
— Long-Distance, Improved, 427
— Research, Report on, 231
Board, Work of, 231
— Sets, Portable, “ Pak-Fone ” and “ Field-
Fone,” (Trade Publication), 721
— Telephony for Wath Hump Marshalling
Yard, 107
— Teleprinter Receiver (Marconi’s Wireless
Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 374
Receiver (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 373
— and Television Exhibition, National, 263
— Ultra-High-Frequency, Equipment (Elliott
Brothers (London), Ltd.), 373
— Ultra-High-Frequency (Plessey Co., Ltd.),
373
— Wavelengths, Equipment for Close Separa
tion of (Pye, Ltd.), 750
Radio. See also Telegraphy; Telephony; Television; Radar; Valves
Radioactive Fall-Out, Comment on, 414
— Isotopes, Coal-Enrichment Experiments, 317 Cobalt, Uses of, 220*
Courses on, at Sir John Cass College, 670 Price Reduction in United States, 318 Protective Measures, Courses on, 700 Use of, 221
Use in Coated Abrasives Manufacture, 317
Use for Judging Cleaning Laundries, 317
— Machinability Laboratory, of
Duckham and Co., Ltd., 56*
— Study of Metallic Transfer, by
Bowden and Dr. J. B. P. Williamson, 619*
Radioactivity, Detection and Measurement (Ohmart Corp.), 221
Radiography in Aircraft Inspection, by Grant-Murray, 715
Radiological Protection, Courses on, 700 Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Smoke Control Dingle Bank Petroleum Installation, 105; “ Flaraestat Type FU.56” F.'ame-Failure Protection (Trade Publication), 629
“ Radisil ” Enclosed Radiant Heater (Hanovia), 286*
Radley, Sir G., Presidential Address on Telecommunications, 454
“ Radyne C50 ” Induction Heater (Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 57*
Rail Bonding, Explosive Punch for Velocity Power Tool Co.), 490*
— Drilling Machine. See Machine Tools
— Straightening Press. See Machine Tools Railcars. See Carriages, Railway Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— Austrian, Amenities at Stations of, 166
— Bogies, Rubber Suspension of, 440*
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British. See British Railways
— Buffer with Controlled Recoil (Dowty
Group), 722*
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Clerks, Wage Claim, 544
— Coach, Lightweight, “Pioneer III” Budd
Co.), 723*
— Conversion .o Roads, 255
— uiesel, Multiple-Unit Trains, 215
Traction, Cinema Film on “ Diesel on Rail,’’ 663
Electric Traction (Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 311
— East and West Africa, Problems of Survey
and Construction, 105
— Electric, Cut-Outs on Third-Rail System,
191
— Electrification, Southend, Progress of, 671
— Festiniog, 165; by J. I. C. Boyd (Book),
276. See also Vol. 181
— Freight Vehicles, Continuous Brakes for, 482
— French, Electric Traction in, 497
— Locomotive. SQQ Locomotive
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
?— Rolling Stock, European, Renewal of, 679 Stock. SQQ also Carriages; Locomotives; Wagons
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Station, Graz, Amenities of, 166
— Tal-y-llyn, 165
— Traction (Trade Publication), 752
— Traffic, Increaseof, Due to Oil Shortage, 741
— Train Brake. See Brake
— Tube. See London Transport Executive
— Underground. SQQ London Transport Execu
tive
— Unions, Joint Pay Demand, 64
— Wagons. See Wagons
Railwaymen, National Union of. See under Labour
Rain, Radioactive, Comment on, 414
Ram-Jet Test Vehicle, “ NRJ 1 ” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 222*
“ Thor,” for Long-Range Guided Missile (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 222* Randolph, L. F.: on End Reactions and Stresses in Pipe-Lines, 492*, 555*. See LETTER, 774
“Rangemaster” Universal Milling Machine (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
Rank, J., Ltd., St. John Shipping Corp., v., 582, 605
Rank Organisation, Exports and Expansion, 488
Rank-Xerox, Ltd., Xerographic Electrostatic Reproduction Process, 654
Ranney Method of Induced Infiltration, 441
Ranney Method Water Supplies, Ltd., Water Supply Plant. 442*
Ransburg Electrostatic Painting Equipment, 118*
Ransome and Maries Bearing Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 583
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Painting and Polishing Techniques, 342*. See Etratuni, 466. See LETTER, 709
Rate-Fixers, Salary Gradings, 544
Ratemeter. Field (Trade Publication). 114 Ravensburg KT45 Facing Lathe (Mortimer Engineering Co.), 792*
Rays. See Cathode Rays; X-Rays
" Raymar ” Needle-Loom Carpeting (Petmar Industries, Ltd.). 715
“Raymaster” Gas Radiant Heater (William Sugg and Co., Ltd.), 150*
Reactors, Atomic. See Nuclear Reactors
— Current-Limiting, Supplied to Holland
(British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 760
— High-Pressure, for Study of Hydrogenation
of Brown Coal, 812*
— Nuclear. See Nuclear Reactors
Reading, Quick, Courses in, 672
Reciprocal Theorem, by T. M. Charlton, 293. See also Vol. 180
“ Reclaim,” H.M.S., Deep-Diving Vessel, 647* Records and Research in Engineering and Industrial Science, by Dr. J. E. Holmstrom, Comment on, 769
Recorder, Rope Tension, by H. N. Wilkinson, 753*
Recording Equipment, Impregnation (Trade Publication), 244
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Techniques for Rolling Mill Studies, by
E. A. Chard, W. W. Hastings and D. F. Netiell, 760
Rectifiers, See Electric
Recuperators, Metallic (Trade Publication), 407 Redler Conveyors, Ltd., Fire-Detection Installation (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 637*
Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
Redundancy. See under Labour
Reference Books. See Year-Books
Refinery, Oil, Fawley, Expansion of, 102 Reflectometer, Powder, “ Eel ” (Trade Publication), 146
Refractory Bricks, “ Kirby Kiln ” Tunnel Kiln for, 179
— Metals, Separation from Ores by Use of
High-Intensity Electrical Arcs, 318
Refrigeration Equipment in Motor Vehicles, 382*
— Industry, Welding Equipment for (Quasi
Arc, Ltd.), 280*
— Plant, Portable, for Low-Temperature
Research, 49*
— Products (Trade Publication), 244
— See also Heat Pump
Refrigerators, Domestic, Sales of, 711
— Use of Kynal Heat-Transfer Sheets, 445* Regenerative Furnace. See Furnace Regulations of Electric Wiring of Buildings
432, 773; (Book), 524
Reheat Cycle in Marine Steam Turbines, 700 Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reilly Engineering Co., Ltd., “Offen-Reilly” Hydraulic Grinding Spindle, 698*
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Reishauer ZA Gear Grinding Machine (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 220
Renault, Ltd., Gas-Turbine Motor Car, “ Shooting Star,” 6*
Rendle. L. K., on Prevention of Acid Condensation in Boilers, 490
Renold Chains, Ltd.: Position and Prospects of, 72; Chains and Couplings (Trade Publication), 821
Rental Plan for Machines, etc. (Bowmaker, Ltd.), 599
Repeaters, Deep-Sea Telegraphic, Cable-Entry Glands for, by Dr. V. G. Welsby and H. H. Grunwald, 626*
Report, Annual, Adamant and Western Engineering, Ltd., 776
Aerialite, Ltd., 711
Air Registration Board, 72
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., 166
Aluminium, Ltd., 551
Alvis, Ltd., 805
Armstrong Shock Absorbers, Ltd., 551 Associated British Engineering, Ltd., 711 Birmid Industries, Ltd., 776
British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment, Council of, 134
British Motor Corporation, 679, 806
British Transport Commission, 7
? British Welding Research Association, 190*
Brockhouse, J., and Co., Ltd., 743
Brotherhood, P., Ltd., 551, 646
B.S.A. Co., Ltd., 743
Carrier Engineering Co., Ltd., 583
Cementation Co., Ltd., 742
Central Electricity Authority, 385, 423
Chief Inspector of Factories, 768. See 712
Churchill, C., and Co., 103
Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., 646
Cohen, G., and Sons, Ltd,, 328
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 813*
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 711
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., 551
Crowley, Russell and Co., Ltd., 743
Cyprus Electricity Authority, 221
Dennis Brothers, Ltd., 805
Doxford, W., and Sons, 583
Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., 678 Factories, Chief Inspector, 768. See 712 Folland Aircraft, Ltd., 646
Guy Motors, Ltd., 776
Hale and Hale (Tipton), Ltd., 805
Hampton, C. J., Ltd., 711
Hawkins Brothers Holdings (Gosport), Ltd., 743
Heavy Oil Engine Working Costs and Performance, 805
Heenan Group, 711
Hoesch Werke A.G., 37
Hudson, R., Ltd., 743
Report, Annual, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 422, 677
? Joint Iron Council, 615
Krupp, F., 37
Lancashire Dynamo Group, 583
Lines Brothers, Ltd., 805
Linotype and Machinery, Ltd., 583
Lucas, J., Ltd., 679
Lyle Shipping Co., Ltd., 551
Maritime 1 ransport CommUtee of Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, 199, 229
McKechnie Brothers, Ltd., 805
Metal Box Co., Ltd., 133
Ministry of Labour and National Service, 128
Monk, A., and Co., Ltd., 776
Monopumps, Ltd., 583
Morphy-Richards, Ltd., 711
Oxley Engineering Co., Ltd., 743
Panama Canal Co., 229
Parkinson, Sir L., and Co., Ltd., 743
Pye Ltd., 166
Qualcast, Ltd., 583
Ransome and Maries Bearing Co., Ltd., 583
Rhodesian Anglo-American Ltd., 679 Roads Re-construction (1934), Ltd., 743 Roberts, C., and Co., Ltd., 231
Rolls-Royce Ltd., 7
Roneo, Ltd., 583 Rover Co., Ltd., 679
Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1955/ 1956, 297*
Saunders, H. A., 551
Seddon Diesel Vehicles, Ltd., 711
Serck Radiators, Ltd., 616
Smith, S., and Sons (England), Ltd., 806 Smith’s Stamping Works (Coventry), Ltd., 711
Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd., 711 Spurling Group, 583
Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 679, 805 Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., 776 Stone, J. and F., Lighting and Radio, Ltd., 711
Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., 776 Telecommunications Engineering
Manufacturing Association, 103 Tube Investments, Ltd., 646 United Kingdom Atomic Energy
thority, 31, 156*, 187*, 221, 572
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., 711 Vokes, Ltd., 711
Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H., 320
Walmsey (Bury) Group, Ltd., 776
Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., 646
Warsop Power Tools, Ltd., 776 Water Research Association, 657 Wellington Tube Works, Ltd., 551 Whessoe, Ltd., 8
Wolverhampton Die Casting Co., 743
Research Practical Application of, Discussion in Parliament on, 127
— Radio, Report on, 231
Chemical, Discussion in Parliament on 159
— Rolling-Mill, 760
— Scientific, in Australia, 813*
Research Services, Ltd., Survey on Workers’ Attitudes to Jobs, 96
— in Ship Fires, 598
— See also National Physical Laboratory Resistance Welding. See IVelding Resistors. See under Electric Retraining of Older Men, 608 Reversed-Thrust Mechanism in “ Hunter ”
Aircraft (Rolls Royce, Ltd.), 349*
Reviews, Book, 17, 47, 81, 113, 145, 176, 208, 242, 276, 308, 371, 406, 433, 467, 524, 554, 596, 629, 658, 687, 720,751, 790,821. See LETTERS, 164, 196
Revol, Ltd., Belting (Trade Publication), 821 Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 565*
“ RF6 ” Pneumatic Rackfeed Portable Drilling Machine (Desoutter Brothers, Ltd.), 251* Rhodesia Congo Border Power Corporation, Power Link-Up, 522
— Northern, Electric Power Link-Up with
Belgian Congo, 522
— and Nyasaland, Federation of. Economic
Development, 679
Rhodesian Anglo-American, Ltd., Annual Report, 679
R.H.R. Productions, Ltd., Cinema Film on Defence against Hydrogen Bomb, 107
Richards, G., and Co., Ltd., “ Electrabore ” Wide-Bed Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine, 23*. See Erratum, 91
Richardsons Westgarth Group, Engineering Apprenticeships (Trade Publication), 244
Richardsons Westgarth (Hartlepool), Ltd., Very High Pressure Turbine for Margam “ B ” Power Station of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 758
Rider, Dr. J. G., on Aluminuim Crystals under Alternating Stresses, 429
Ridge Ventilator, Asbestos Publication), 791
“Rigid Model ST. 100/2’’ Milling Machine for (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.),
“ Rigidhobber ” Churchill Cleveland S.815 Mark IV Gear-Hobbing Machine (Churchill-Redman, Ltd.), 218*
Rijeka Shipyard, Yugoslavia, Capacity Leased to Indian Government, 8
Ritter, Fleck und Roller Maschinenfabrik A.G., Veneer-Peeling Lathe, 245*
Rivers, Pollution of, 582
— Thames, Flooding of, Survey, 127
— Volta, Dam Project, 134*
— Works, Research on, at Hydraulics Re
search Station, 660*
R.J.H. Tool and Equipment Co., Ltd., Abrasive- Band Machine, 90*
Road Accidents. See under Accidents
— Bituminous, Development Group, ;
tion of, 614
— Bridges, Rational Approach to
Loads, Symposium on, 235
— Construction, London-Manchester
way, 95
London-Yorkshire Motorway, 95 Projects, Discussion in Parliament on, 605
Sampling and Analysis of Rolled Asphalt and Coated Macadam (Book), 433
— Conversion of Railways to, 255
— Hire Services (Trade Publication), 688
— Prestressed-Concrete, Experiments on, 159 Road Re-Construction (1934), Ltd., Annual
Report, 743
— Rollers, Tandem (Trade Publication), 210
— Rubber for (Trade Publication), 752
— Safety, 5. See also Vol. 181
— Services, British, Re-Organisation into Five
Groups, 198
— Traffic Act (1956), 255
— Transport, Application of Scientific Mea
surement to, 814
of Deep-Frozen Food, Equipment, 382* Effect of Oil Shortage on, 704 Producer Gas for, 240*
Roberson, A. H., Cinema Film on Consumable-Electrode Arcs, 430
Roberts, C., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 231 Roberts, Sir P., Master Cutler, 360
Robey and Co., Ltd., Trailer for Mobile Colliery Winder, 51 *
Robinson, D. W., on Equal-Loudness Contours for Pure Tones, 142*
Robinson, E. S., and A., Ltd., Protective Envelope, 94
Robinson, T., and Son, Ltd., 18in. Tilting- Spindle Electrical Dimension Saw Bench, 58*; 54-in. Vertical Band Re-Saw, 58*; Self-Contained Top Throating Head for Planing and Moulding Machines, 59; Flour-Milling Machinery (Trade Publication), 244, 407; Seed Cleaning and Grading (Trade Publication), 407; Advisory Service, 599
Rock Falls, Electronic Detection by “ Seis- mitron’’ (Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.), 540*
Rockets. See under Aeronautics
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.: “ Bemag K.B.F. 2-in. Production Boring Machine with Preselective Positioning, 19*; “ABA’’ Jig-Boring Machine, 21*; Giddings and Lewis “ 460-RUAR’’ 6-in. Spindle Horizontal Milling, Drilling and Boring Machine, 22*; “ Dyna-shift’’
Centre Lathe, 26*; Sundstrand “ 4A’’ Single-Spindle Multi-Tool Autornatic Lathe, 28; Thiel Produro Saw-Filing Machine, 86*; Beer Abrasive-Band Machine, 90*; “American” Vertical Broaching Machine, 121*; Auxiliary Equipment for Power Presses, 153; SingleAction Mechanical Presses, 154; 60-in. Shaping Machine with “ Kopy-kat ’’ Attachment, 217*: Adjustable Work Clamps, 241*
Rodene Electrical Co., Ltd., Self-Reset Timer (Trade Publication), 629
Rodger, J. W., the Late, 261
Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd.: Storage Sphere for Supersonic Wind Tunnel (Whessoe, Ltd.), 190*; “Vulcan” Aircraft, 372*. See LETTER, 388
Rolls, Plate Bending. See Machine Tools
— Pulveriser, Coal, Automatic Welder for
Re-Surfacing, 214*
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
— Road, Tandem (Trade Publication), 210 Rolling Mills, Four-High, Five-Strand Cold-
Reduction Tin-Plate, at Velindre Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 45*
Operation, Instruments for Research on, 760
Operation Studies, Recording Techniques for, by E. A. Chard, W. W. Hastings and D. F. Nettell, 760
Plant, Manufacture by Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., 392
Plate-Finishing, Four-High, for Appleby- Frodingham Steel Co. (Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd.), 213
Screwdown, Remote-Position Control Drive of, 760
— — Slabbing, Time Characteristics of, by
H. G. Jones, D. T. Steer and P. D. Dickerson, 760
Strip, at Velindre Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 685*
— Plate Bending by, by E. L. Tinley, 592*;
623*
— Wide-Strip, by H. H. Ascough, 760 Rolls-Royce Ltd., Annual Report, 7; “Tyne”
Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 80, 348*; “Avon R.A.-29 ” Jet Engines in “ Comet ” Airlinders for Capital Airlines, 134; 16-in. Precision Tool-Room Slotting Machine, 216*; Purchase of Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., 325; Reversed-ThruSt Mechanism in “ Hunter ” Aircraft, 349*; Commercial Vehicle Engine and Transmission Developments, 409; Activities and Progress of, 455; Succession of Lord Hives by Lord Kindersley as Chairman, 455; Orders for Gas-Turbine AeroEngines, 645
Roneo, Ltd., Annual Report, 583
Rootes Group, Merger with Singer Motors, Ltd., 423
Rootes Motors, Ltd., Activities in Air Conditioning, 453
Ropes, Nylon (Trade Publication), 752
— Tension Recorder, by N. H. Wilkinson, 753*
— Wire. See Wire Ropes
Roscoe, K. H., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Rose Mount Iron Works of Robert Demster and Sons, Ltd., Steel Pickling and Painting Shop, 654
Rosyth Dockyard, Effects of Economy Measures on, 159
“ Rota-Matic ” Drilling and Tapping Machine (Mulhead Engineering Co., Ltd.), 376*
Rotating Mechanisms, Recording Strains in, 529*
“ Rotodyne ” Helicopter (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 344*
Rotors, Gas-Turbine, Internal Liquid Cooling in, by R. E. Grey and D. D. E)rake, 140*
Round Oak Steelworks, Ltd., 50-ton Electric Arc Furnaces for Production of Plain Carbon Steels (Birlec, Ltd.), 83
Rover Co., Ltd.: “ T.3 ” Gas-Turbine Motor Car, 424*, 574, 802*; Annual Report ,679 Rover Gas Turbines, Ltd., 424*
Rowland, F. E., and Co., Ltd., Duplex Grinding Machine, 88*
Roy, B. M., on Methane and Propane as Engine Fuels, 808
Royal Aircraft Establishment. See Aeronautics
— Dutch-Shell Group, European Pipeline Pro
ject, 37
— Greenwich Observatory. See
Observatory, Royal
— Scottish Museum, Model of
Single-Wheeler ” Locomotive,
2, Rectangular Polar Conversion Tables, by
E. H. Neville (Book), 370 Election of Officers, 750
Rubber in Agriculture, by S. J. Wright, 499*
— in Automobile Engineering, by R. Dean-
Averns (Book), 821
— Components of, by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48
— Development Board, Natural. See l^atural
Rubber Development Board
— and Ebonite Linings and Coverings (Trade
Publication), 721
— in Engineering, Cinema Film on, 498, 500 Comment on, 487
Conference on, 498*
Fatigue in, by P. W. Turner, 499*
— Forming Press, 15,000-ton Hydraulic
(Siempelkamp, G., and Co.), 562*
— in Heavy Engineering, by S. W. Marsh, 499*
— Industry, Development in Malaya, 422
— Pads, Load-Deflection Relations, by Dr.
A. N. Gent, 498
— and Plastics, Irradiation of, 317*
— for Roads (Trade Publication), 752
— Suspension of Railway Bogies, 440*
— Synthetic, by C. C. Barnes (Book), 48 Heat-Resistant, “Hypalon” (E. 1. Du
Pont de Nemours), 490
Imports of, 487
“ Nu-lip ” Sealing Rings (Trade Publication), 821
Plant of Du Pont Co. (U.K.), Ltd., in Northern Ireland, 748
Plant at Fawley of International Synthetic Rubber Co., 748
Production of, 735 Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd., “ Alzen 305 ” Bear
ing Alloy, 553
Rudd, E., on Expenditure on Research and Development, 322
Rudder Bearings, Tufnol, 477*
Rudkin and Riley, Ltd., Ferromagnetic Crack Detector, 149*
Ruhr Coal, Sales Organisation, 230
Rural Transport, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
Russel Construction, Ltd., Contract for Work on St. Lawrence Seaway, 677
Russell, Prof. R. W., on Impact of Technological Changes on Workpeople, 325
Russia, Academy of Sciences, Radioactive Isotopes for Coal Enrichment, 317
— “ Atomic City ” at Dubna, 444
— Delegation to British Coal Industry, 70
— Education in Aeronautics, by L. Trilling
(Review), 208
— Electricity Supply in, 616
— Fruit Growing in. Inducement for, 160
— Hydro-Electric Power Developments in,
633*
— Output of Engineers and Scientists in, 703.
See also 704
?— Shipbuilding Orders for, 63
— Technical Literature, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 763
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.: “Thermax” Boilers for Oil Heating Installation, 105; 4-Stroke Diesel Engine for “ Sabre ” Twin- Screw Tug, 319
Ryan, C., and Co., Ltd., Compression Joints lor Pipe-Lines (Trade Publication), 821
Ryder, T., and Son, Ltd., “ Verticalauto " MultiSpindle Automatic Chucking Lathe, 52
Ryle, P. J., on Efficiency, Economics and Expediency in Engineering, 600
“ SABRE," Quick-Turn Twin-Screw Diesel Tug for Manchester Ship Canal Co. (P. K. Harris (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 319*
Safety Experiments on SPERT 1, 2 and 3 Nuclear Reactors, 30
— “ Lasso Zevra ” Adhesive Warning Tape
(Smith and Nephew, Ltd.), 307
— Nuclear and Allied Radiations, 571
Reactor Systems, 730
— Precautions at Nitroglycerine Plant, 75
— Radiological Protection, Courses on, 700
— Road Accidents, Analysis of, 326
— Spectacles, Industrial (Trade Publication)
629
Saint. See St.
Sales, Planning and Organisation of, 533
— Psychology, Cinema Film on Washing
Machines, by British Electrical Development Association, 768
— Service, Comment on, 599
— Statistics, Analysis of, 789
Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., Radio Altimeter, 374
Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd., “ Sherpa Grippa ” Clamp-Lift Wheel-Barrow, 94*
Salvage and Clearance of Sunken Vessels in Suez Canal, 642*, 680, 770
Sample Inspection, A Method of, by M. J. Baynton, 426*
Sampling and Control of Nuclear Energy Processes, Application of Automation, by Dr. D. Taylor, 306*
— of Rolled Asphalt and Coated Macadam
(Book), 433
Sams, C. E. R., Measuring Flow in Pipelines by Aerofoil, 330*
Samuels Committee on Inner London Parking, 775
Sanbra Group, Transfer of Hot Pressed Forgings Co. to Tipton, 572
Sand Castings, Running and Gating of, by R. W. Ruddle (Book), 146
— and Gravel (Trade Publication), 752
Association of Great Britain, Sand and Gravel (Trade Publication), 752
— Mixer (Henschel Flugmotorenbau, G.m.
b.H.), 404
— Plants for Foundries (Badische Maschinen-
fabrik), 404
— Ramming Machine “ Junior " (Foundry
Equipment, Ltd.), 404
Machine, “ Simplax " Maschinenfabrik Axmann, K.G.), 404
Sandale Television Station, Opening of, 606 Sander, Electric (Black& Decker, Ltd.), 381 Sansom, W. H., on Coal-Face Mechanisation in British Mines, 396*
Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.: Reinforced Plastics (Trade Publication),597*; “ Saroy " Polystyrene Sheet, 686
“ Sarsia," Research Vessel, 451 *
Satellites, Artificial, Comments on, 321
Electrical Braking Force on, 581
and Interplanetary Society, Comment on, 289
Optical Tracking of, by F. L. Whipple, 478
— Earth, as Research Vehicles (Book), 721
— Launching Vehicle, “ Vanguard,” by N. E.
Felt, 478
— of Moon, Artificial, by R. W. Buchheim, 478
— Skin-Heating of, by T. R. F. Nonweiler, 478 Saunders, H. A., Company Report, 551 Saunders-Roe, Ltd.: “ Skeeter 5 ’’ Helicopter
with Booster Rockets, 350*; Helicopter Rotor Strain Gauges, 529*; Development of “ Skeeter ” Helicopter, 682*
Savage and Parsons, Ltd., Platinum Resistance Thermometers (Trade Publication), 752
Saws. See Machine Tools
Saxby, John, Centenary of Patent for Signals and Points Interlocking, 104
Scaffolding System, “ Compit Scaffold-Jack ’’ (Comley and Pitt, Ltd.), 797*
Scannell, D. J., on Automotive Transmission, 196
“ Schaffer Poidometer," Feed-Controlling Machine (Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd.), 507
Schmid Process for Nitroglycerine Manufacture, 74
Schofield, A. N., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
Scholarships. See Education
Schuh, Dr. H., on Temperature Distribution as Function of Time, 458
Schuler Guilotine Shearing Machine (Pearson Panke, Ltd.), 154*
— Transfer Feed Press (Pearson Panke, Ltd.),
“ SCI ” Research Aircraft, Vertical Take-Off (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 827*
Sciaky Electric Weldine Machines. Ltd.: Electric Welding Machines (Trade Publication), 210; Permutation Welder (Trade Publication), 597
Science Museum: Collection of Motor Cycles, by C. F. Gaunter (Review), 406*; Villiers Engine on Display, 422; Tercentenary Exhibition of Pendulum Clocks, 644
Scientific Film Association, International, Congress of, 487
•— and Industrial Research, Department of: Measurement of Small Holes, by 1. A. Grigor’ev (Book), 48; Economies at, 63; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bill, 127; Standard Capacitors and their Accuracy in Practice (Book), 244; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Act (1956), 255; Expenditure on Research and Development, 322; Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, East Kilbride, 386*; Working Stresses for Structural Softwoods, by J. G. Sunley (Book), 433; Sampling and Analysis of Rolled Asphalt and Coated Macadam (Book), 433; High-Voltage Impulse Testing (Book), 524; Financial Arrangements, 575; Amending Constitution of, 639; Effusion-Cooled Turbine Nozzles, by S. J. Andrews, H. Ogden, and J. Marshall, 686 ; Application of Spring Strips to Instrument Design (Book), 721 ; Experimental Stress Analysis in U.S.A, and Canada (Book), 752; Mineral Processing Laboratory, 763; Retirement of Dr. A. Parker as Director of Fuel Research, 806; Grant to National Institute of Industrial Psychology, 832
— Instrument Manufacturers Association of
Great Britain, Ltd., Directory and Handbook of (Book), 48
— Management. See Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions Act (1843), 71
— Workers, Association of, Conference on
Supply of Students for Higher Technological Education, 778
Scientists in Civil Service Higher Grades, 831
— as Directors, Discussion in Parliament on, 95
— Emigrant and Immigrant, Discussion in
Parliament on, 159
— National Service for. in United States, 768
— Output and Education of, 703. See also
704
Scintillation Counter, Use in Aerial Geophysical Prospecting, 226*
Scleroscope Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials}
Scorer, Dr. R. S., on Air Pollution, 812
“ Scorpion ” Rocket Aeroplane Engine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 350
Scotland, Apprentice Education in, 831
— Effects of Credit Squeeze, 453
— Industrial Development in, 799
— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in.
See Engineers
— Nuclear Power Stations in, Plans for, 605
— South, Electricity Board, Nuclear Power
Station, 793, 794*, 795, 829
Scott, A., on Coal-Face Mechanisation in British Mines, 396*
Scott, D., on Effect of Lubricant on Pitting Failure of Ball Bearings, 9*
Scottish Aviation, Ltd., “Twin Pioneer” Aircraft, 292
Scottish Cables, Ltd., Contract for Scottish Electricity Board, 678
— Home Department Marine Laboratory,
Fisheries Research Ship “ Explorer,” 452*
— Museum, Royal, Model of “ Connor Single
Wheeler ” Locomotive, 136*
Scrap, Copper, Shortage of, 200
— Steel, Prices, 95
“ Screamer ” Aircraft Rocket Motor (Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.), 281 *
Screen, Electric Vibratory, “ Hummer,” 148* Screening of Pulverised Materials, Test Plant for (International Combustion, Ltd.), 147*
Screw Threads, “ Matrix ” Instrument for Measuring Diameters of (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 184*
— Wood, Machines, Training of Operators
on, 3*
~ Wrapping, Training of Operators on. 4 Screwdriver, Special Design for Awkward Places (J. Stead and Co., Ltd.), 380 Screwing. See Machine Tools
— Machines. See Machine Tools
Scripta Machines a Graver, Two and Three- Dimensional Engraving (Trade Publication), 407
“ Scripta ” Pantograph Engraving Machine (Acbars, Ltd.), 120*
Sea-Water Cooling at Fleetwood Power Station, 435*
Sealing Rings, “ Nu-lip ” Synthetic Rubber (Trade Publication), 821
Sebisty, J. J., on Fatigue in Sheet, 429
Section Modulus, Physical M. Daniloff, 324, 516.
— Structural, Cold-Rolled,
United States, 788
Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd • «;knda " SK12 ” Heavy-Duty Vertical Boring and Turning Mill, 22*; Skoda “ HVF160D ” Heavy-Duty Boring, Drilling and Milling Machine, 23; Morey Plano-Milling Machine, 25 , Skoda Centre Lathe with Tandem System of Two Driving Motors,
Semiconductors. See Conductors under Elec- trie
Semple, Prof. A. B., on Air Pollution, 532
Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., Purchase of bv Rolls-Royce Ltd., 325
Separator, Electromagnetic, for Plutonium Isotopes, 91 *
— Swarf-Oil, “ Ellerwerke ” (Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.), 654*
Serck Radiators, Ltd.: Acquisition of Audley Engineering Co., Ltd., 488; Annual Report, 616
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Contracts, Comment on, 576
— Sales, Comment on, 599
Servo Mechanisms, Electro-Hydraulic (Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 375-376
Severn Barrage Project, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
Seymour, W. D., on Training Operators for n. Engineering Industry, 2*. See also 1 Shalt Coupling. See Coupling — Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
•’y R- Bentley Claughton, 482*, 581. See LETTERS, 549, 614 Shaping Machines. See Machine Tools Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd., “ Ellerwerke ” Continuous Swarf-Oil Separator, 654*
Shear Deflection in Beams, by Dr. R. P. N. Jones, 428*, 644. See LETTERS, 484 549* 740* ’
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., “Schaffer Poidometer’’ Feed-Control Machine, 507 Sheerline ” Turbine Motor Car (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.) 803*
Sheet-Finishing Equipment, by H. H. Ascough, 760
— Metal Working, 153*
Polystyrene (Saro Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), 686
Sheeting, Corrugated Translucent (Trade Publication), 752
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.: Oil-Free Grinding Fluid, 55; Measuring Head of Modified Bowden Friction Machine, 57; Oil-Heating Installation at Dingle Bank, 105- Cinema Film on “ Diesel on Rail,’’ 663 Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd.: Exhibition of Oil- Burning Appliances, 390*; Lubrication at » o. Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Sherpa Grippa ’’ Clamp Lift Wheel-Barrow (Salisbury Precision Engineering, Ltd ) 94*
Ship and Boat Builders’ National Federation, Booklet on Career in Boat Building Industry, 768
— Cable-Laying, “ Ocean Layer (Trade
Publication), 752
— Canal. See Canal
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships: Marine
Propulsion
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Fires In, Symposium on, 598
— Flags of Convenience on, 229, 671
— Icebreaker, Nuclear-Powered, 252
— Launching. See Launch
— “ Mayflower II,’’ Sails and Rigging for, 389*
— Merchant, Nuclear-Powered, 252
Steel, Design and Construction of, by D. Arnott (Review), 276. See also 262 Training Board, Shipping Federation Scholarships, 357
— Motor. See Motorships; Marine Propulsion -Ore-Carrying, Orders Placed by William
Cory and Son, Ltd., 199
— Overloading of, 735
of. Comment on Penalties for, 582; Discussion in Parliament on, 605
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion; En
gines; Turbines
— R.R.S. “ John Biscoe," 718*
— Research, 450*
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— Size and Speed of, by K. S. M. Davidson,
622
— 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 Costs, Increase in, 229
— and Engineering, Need for Technological
Education, 455
Unions, Confederation of. See under Labour
— Industry, Comment on Modernisation of,
262
Japan, Statistics of, 133
Position and Prospects of, 133
— Naval. See Warships
— Orders, Discussion in Parliament on, 127,
575
PoJcy of S. Niarchos, 262
from Russia, 63
— Standardisation in, 486
— Steel Supplies for, 486, 671, 763
— United States, Increase of, 520
— See also Steamers; Naval; Warships Shipowners’ Liabilities, Discussion in Parliament on, 763
Shipping Corporation, Formation of, by Indian Government, 8
— Costs, Allowances for Increased, 605
— Federation Scholarships, 357
— Flags of Convenience, 229, 671
Shippingport, Nuclear-Reactor Pressure Vessel (Combustion Engineering, Inc.), 761* ‘Shooting Star” Gas-Turbine Motor Car (Renault, Ltd.), 6*
Shop Management. See Management
Shopping, Push-Button, 228
Shore Scleroscope Tests. See Hardness under Tests {Materials)
Ebonite Linings and Coverings Publication), 721
“ Simco-Bendix ” Paint Sprayers Publication), 721
Simms-Eberspacher Automotive
Charger (Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 788*
Simms Motor Units, Ltd.: Automatic Oil Burners, 327; Simms-Eberspacher Automotive Turbo-Charger, 788*
Simon, H., Ltd., “ Select-O-Weigh ” Mixing System, 701 *
Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd., Mobile Pneumatic Grain-Handling Plant for Turkey, 85*
Simonet Bench-Type Tool-Makers’ Centre Lathe (Acbars, Ltd.), 26*
“ Simplax ” Sand Ramming Machine (Maschinenfabrik Axmann, K.G.), 404
Simpson, C. R. H., on Locomotive Boiler Designs that Failed, 610*, 674*, 808*. See LETTER, 677. See also 609
Singer Motors, Ltd.: Merger with Rootes Group, 423; “ Gazelle ” 1,500 c.c. Engine, 573*
Sinter Plant, Fire Bars, Use of “ Vesuvius “ Heat-Resisting Steel for (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 780*
Sintered-Metal Components (Trade Publication), 434
Site, Possession and Management of, by
F. H. B. Layfield, 329
“ Skeeter ” Helicopter, Booster Rockets for (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 350*
Development of (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 682*
Recording Strains in Rotors (Saunders- Roe, Ltd.), 529*
Skeleton, Steel, Vol. 2, by J. F. Baker, M. R. Horne, and J. Heyman (Review), 243
Skelton, Engr. Vice-Admiral Sir R. W., the Late 324*
Skilful Driver, The, 5. See also Vol. 181 “Sklerograf” Pocket Hardness Tester (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 764*
Skoda Centre Lathe (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 27
T7 Y Q V 54 t" /t Q *
— '* HVF160b ” Heavy-Duty Boring, Drilling
and Milling Machine (Selson Machine Tool Co.. Ltd.), 23
— “ SK12 ” Heavy-Duty Vertical Boring and
Turning Mill (Selson Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 22*
Slabbing Mill, Time Characteristics cf, by H. G. Jones, D. T. Steer and P. D. Dickerson, 760
Slave Trade, United Nations Convention, 352 Slideway Lubricants, 56
Slip Group of Companies, Fuel-Oil Additives (Trade Publication), 688
Slotting Machines. See Machine Teels
Smail, Sons and Co., Ltd., Compensating Polar Planimeters (Messrs. Ott, Bavaria), 398
Smelting. See under Metallurgy
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
S.M.G. Hydraulic Deep-Drawing Press (Pearson Panke, Ltd.), 154*
Smith, C. F., Viewer for Inspecting Balls and Rollers for Bearings, 425*
Smith-Clarke, Capt. G. T., on Mechanical Breathing Machine, 782*
Smith, Sir E., on Need for High-Level Technologists, 767
Smith, I. R., on Ultrasonic Flaw Detection, 715
Smith, J. R. P., on Peak Loads in Electricity Supply, 485
Smith, N. C. Strother, on Fires in Industry, 663 Smith and Nephew, Ltd., “Lasso
Adhesive Warning Tape, 307
Smith, S., and Sons, Electromagnetic Clutch, 515*; “ Autoselectric’’ Car Transmission, 516
Smith, S., and Sons (England), Ltd., Report, 806
Smithfield and Agricultural Machinery Show, 645
Smith’s Industrial Instruments, Ltd., Hermetically-Sealed Limit Switch (Trade Publication), 146
Smith’s Stamping Works (Coventry), Ltd., Annual Report, 711
Smoke Abatement Society, National: Note on Clean Air Act, 297; Annual Conference: Clinical Significance of Dirty Air, by Dr. P. J. Lawther, 531; Health Aspects of Air Pollution from Road Vehicles, by Dr.
H. B. Howell, 531; Smokeless Fuels, by D. P. Welman, 531; “Thermax” and “Thermalite,” by W. Hodkinson, 531; Beaver Report, by Dr. W. Idris Jones, 531; Air Pollution, by Prof. A. B. Semple, 532; Industrial Smoke Abatement, by Aiderman G. H. Gould, 532; Clean Air Act, by H. V. Cass, 532; Clean Air—the Next Chapter, by Sir Hugh Beaver, 532
— Boxes in Locomotives, 675*
— Control at Dingle Bank Petroleum Installa
tion, 105
— Density Meter (Trade Publication), 629
— Meter (Trade Publication), 467
Smyth, W. A., on Circular Fireboxes for Locomotives, 677
Snobbery and Work, 544
Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 232*, 394*, 540*, 630*, 661*
Societe Anonyme Beige de Constructions Aeronautiques, Manufacture of Plastics Drop-Tanks, 75
Societe Anonyme Etablissements Sisson- Lehmann, Shot-Blasting Machines with Two-Stage Shot Projection, 747*
Societe Genexoise dTnstruments de Physique, “ F-IA ” Instrument for Exact Measurement of Lengths and Diameters, 184
Societe Nationale d’Etude et de Construction des Moteurs d’Aviation, “ Flying Atar ” Wingless Aircraft, 570*
Society of British Aircraft Constructors. Sec British Aircraft Constructors
— of Chenjical Industry. See Chemical
Industry
— of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. See
Motor
— Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour
Soddy, Prof. F., the Late, 392 Sodium Coolant for Nuclear Reactors, 700
— Deuterium Reactor in America, 378*
— Lamps, Integral (General Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 827
— Metallic, Vacuum-Process, “ NAVAC ”
(Foundry Services, Ltd.), 405
Softwoods, Working Stresses for Structural, by J. G. Sunley (Book), 433
Soil-Testing Machine. “ Versa-Tester ” (Trade Publication), 752
Soiltest, Inc., “Versa-Tester” Soil-Testirg Machine (Trade Publication), 752
Solar Aircraft Co.: Internal Liquid Cooling for Gas-Turbine Rotors, 140*; Work of Welding Shops, 779*
— Energy, Discussion in Parliament on, 191 as Source of Power, 807, 813*. See
also 801
— Power in Space Flight, by K. A. Ehricke, 478 Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd., Annual
Report, 711
Soldering of Aluminium Cables, “ Junal 5 ” Flux for (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 149* Ultrasonic (Mullard, Ltd.), 773 Solex Gauges, Ltd., Multi-Dimensional Semi- Automatic Gauge for Cylinder Liners, 183*
Solids, Effects of Irradiation on Physical Properties of, by Dr. A. H. Cottrell, 61 Soligni m, Ltd.. Wood Preservatives (Trade Publication), 434
” Solobed ” De-lonisation Water Purification Process (Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd.), 586
(Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd.), 586
Solt, R., on Analysis of Data in Operational Research, 652*
Solus-Schall, Ltd.: Fluorescent Media for Recording Flaw Patterns on Metal Surfaces, 553*; Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Somerset Nuclear Power Station. See Inklcy Point
Sopwith, D. G., on Criteria of Yield. 708 Sound Insulation (Trade Publication), 407 Sound Services, Ltd., Cinema Film ” Rubber in Engineering,” 500
— Waves, Equal-Loudness Contours for Pure Tones, by D. W. Robinsen and R. S. Dadson, 142*
South Africa, Electricity Supply in, 789
South Wales Switchgear, Ltd., 33-kV Air- Insulatcd Metalclad Switchgear at Taff Bank Substation, 280*
Southampton University, Acoustics Course, 824
Southend, Railway to. Progress in Electrification of, 671
“S.P. 10” Shell Moulding Machine (Foundry Equipment, Ltd.), 404
Space Flight, Comment on, 289, 321 Solar Power in, by K. A. Ehricke, 478 — Heating. See Heating
” Spacematic ” Precision Boring Machine with Electro-Magnetic Positioning (New all Engineering Co., Ltd.), 19*
Spark Ignition, High-Energy Units for {Foster Transformers, Ltd.), 591*
Specifications, Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
Spectacles, Industrial Safety (Trade Publication), 629
Spectroscopy. Microwave, by C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow (Review), 209
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
— Indicator, Electronic Tachometer (Dowty Group, Ltd.), 375*
— Record, Water, 391. See LETTERS, 424, 485 — Reduction Gears. See
Marine Propulsion
** Speedees ” Electrodes for Mild Steel (Trade Publication), 597
“ Speedfix ” Tapes for
Patterns on Metal Surfaces (Industrial Tapes, Ltd.), 553*
Spencer, G., Moulton and Co., Ltd., Rubber Suspension in Railway Bogies, 440*
Spencer Wire Co., Ltd., Wire (Trade Publication), 721
SPERT Nuclear Reactors, 30, 379
Sphere, Storage, for Supersonic Wind Tunnel (Whessoe, Ltd.), 190*
Spicers, Ltd., Spriggs Parcelling Machine, 758* Spider for Examination of Welds in Pipe-Lines (Gamma Rays, Ltd.), 220*
Spindle-Shaping Machine, Automatic (Thomas White and Sons Ltd.), 58*
Spray-Lube Oil-Mist Lubrication (C. A. Norgren, Ltd.), 56*
— Nozzle for Water Hose (Meynell
Ltd.). 180*
Spraying, Hot, Two-Gun Unit,
St. John Shipping Corp. r. Joseph Rank, Ltd., 582, 605
St. Lawrence Seaway, Contract to Russell Construction, Ltd., 677
Stability, Elastic, under Combined Loading, by A. N. Proctor, 655*, 740*. See LETTER, 708
— Hydrodynamic, Theory of, by C. C. Lin
(Review), 242
Stacks, Polyvinyl Chloride, for Nitric Acid Fumes (Plastic Constructions, Ltd.), 765* Stained-Glass Windows, 106*
Stainless Steel Fabricators’ Association of Great Britain, Stainless-Steel Products (Trade Publication), 407
Staircase Time Switch ( Trade Publication), 114 Stamping Hammers and Presses. See Machine Tools
Stanchions. See Columns
" Standard ” Air Filters (Trade Publication) 629
— Institution, British: Specification, Poly
vinyl Chloride Sheeting, 327; Annual General Meeting, 351; Changes in Officers and Personnel, 351; International Cooperation, 455; Specification, Flammability of Materials (in Preparation), 671. See also 210
— Laboratory, Australian National, 813
— of Living, Comment on Letter by Rev.
J. C. Vaughan Wilkes, 320
Standard Motor Co., Ltd.: Ferguson “35" Tractor, 466*; Annual Report, 616, 679; Annual Report and Policy of, 805; Lord Tedder’s Remarks on Anonymous Buyer of Company’s Shares, 805
— in Nuclear Engineering, 189
“ Standard ’’ Plugs and Sockets (Trade Publication), 597
Standard and Pochin Brothers, Ltd., “ Calorier “ Unit Heaters (Trade Publication), 244
— Research on, in Australia, 813
— Specifications, Streamlined, Vol. II, by
L. Axelbank and B. J. Small (Book), 210 Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.: Radio Teleprinter Receiver, 373; Emergency “ No-Break ’’ Power Plant, 468; Contract in Portugal, 678
— United States Bureau of. See United Stales Standardisation, Agricultural Machinery, 159
— International Organisation for: Work on
Nuclear Engineering Standards, 189 Co-operation with British Standar Institution, 455
Stanley lOi-in. Centre Lathe (M. C. Layton, Ltd.), 27
Starters, Motor. See Motors, Electric
— Turbine, 374*
Compressed Air Units for (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 374*
“ P.T.S.A. 400 ’’ (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 374* Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd., “Volant” Throat Bandsaw, 701*
State Railways. See Railways
Statics, Shear Deflection in Beams, by Dr. R. P. N. Jones, 428*
“ Statiflux ” Non-Des.ructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Stations. Power. See Power Stations
Stationery Office, Her Majesty's, Economic Development in Middle East, 70; Scientific and Engineering Manpower in Great Britain, Comment on, 545. See LETTER, 549
Statistics, Trade. See Trade
Statistical Analysis of Data, by R. Solt, 652* Introduction to, by F. B. Hildebrand (Review), 751
— Information on Industry, Government
Requirements. 165
— Method of Sample Inspection, by M. J.
Baynton, 426*
Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 776
Stays, Tube-Plate, Plate Thickness Value in Terms of, 528
Stead, J., and Co., Ltd.: Screwdriver for
Awkward Places, 380; Combination Pocket Tool (Trade Publication), 688
Steam Boats. See Steamers
— Boilers. SecBoile-s
— Engines. See Engines
— Generating Plant (Trade Publication), 467 Stations, by B. G. A. Skrotzki (Book), 18
— Linkage Schemes, 163
— Plant, Comment on Caution for, lOl
— Producing Sets, Self-Contained, Gas-Fired,
for Experimental Work (Trade Publication), 210
— Superheater. See Superheater
— Trap, Small (Lancaster and Tonge, Ltd.), 497*
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamers, Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propul
sion
?— Launching of. See Launch
— Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion:
Engines: Turbines
Steamers, Salvage of. See Salvage
— See also Engines; Marine Eropuhictr
Shipbuilding; Shipping; Ships
Steamships. See Ships; Steaniers; ti^arships Steel, Alloy. See Alloy under Metallurgy
— and Its Alternatives, Comment on, 22'9
— Austenitic, Chromium-Nickel, bv F H
Keating (Book), 146
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
— Casting of, by W. C. Newell (Review), 17* (Trade Publication), 407
Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 407
Research Association, British, Steel Foundry Dust Control and Ventilation Report of York Conference, 1955 (Book)* 178
Steel and Co., Ltd., Trading Position and Prospects, 392
Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd. History and Constitution of, 45*; Cold-Reduction Tin- Plate Plant at Velindre Works, 45*; Electrolytic Cleansing Line at Velindre Works, 45; Continuous-Annealing Plant at Velindre Works, 45; Extensions at Margam and Abbey Works, 46; Oxygen Tonnage Plant at Margam Works, 168*; Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568; Strip Mill, 685*; Very High Pressure Turbine for Margam “ B ” Power Station (Richardsons (Hartlepool), Ltd.), 758
— Cold-Rolled, Construction
States, 788
— Continuous Casting of, 358
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue
{Materials}
— Founders’ Association, British, Non
Destructive Testing of Steel Castings (Trade Publication), 407; Convention on Customer-Supplier Collaboration, 724
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Framed Buildings, Standard (Trade Pub
lication), 244
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat-Resisting, “ Vesuvius ” (Firth-Vickers
Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 780*
Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Industry Dispute, Discussion in Parliament
on, 575
Economic Outlook, 357
Effect of Strike in United States, 64 Effects of Oil Shortage on, 735
Sv.ikwj in, 32, 192
Steel, Peech and Tozer, I43^ton Hammer Block (English Steel Corporation, Ltd.), 312*
— Pickling and Painting Service
Dempster and Sons, Ltd.), 654
— Plates, Priorities for, 799
— Products, Maximum Price Increase, 804
— Productivity, Progress in, 518
— Rails. See Rails
“ Steel Road ” Cinema Film, 570
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Scrap Prices, 95
— Skeleton, Vol. 2, by J. F. Baker, M. R.
Horne and J. Heyman (Review), 243
— Stainless Liner for Forging Press (English
Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation, Ltd.), 377*
Nylon Nuts for Fittings (Talbot Stead Tube Co., LtdJ, 748
Products (T^de Publication), 407 Survey of American Marke^for, 391 Tubes and Fittings (Trade
146
— Stress Distribution in. See
{Materials}
— Strip, Coiled, Extensions
Annealing Plant (Whitehead Co., Ltd.), 341
— Structural, Weldability of (Book), 339
— Structures, Paint for (Trade Publication),
434
— Supplies, Comment on, 198 to Rural Craftsmen, 605
in Shipbuilding Industry, 486, 671, 763
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Trade, Current Position of, 487
— Tubes, Fittings and Bars (Trade Pub
lication), 146
— Works. See under Works
Steelwork, Structural (Trade Publication), 524 Steer, D. T., on Time Characteristics of Slabbing Mill, 760; Design of Ingots for High Output in Slabbing Mill, 760
Steinle, L. C., Ltd.: Heyligenstaedt Copy- Turning Machine with Automatic Work Cycle, 53*; “ T.7 ” Vertical Broaching Machine (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 124*
Stemco, Ltd., Pre-Set Brodie-Kent Meters in Road Tanker, 601 *
Sterilising Air, Irradiation Unit (Penfold and Partners), 501
Sternol, Ltd., Oil-Free Grinding Fluid, 55 Stewart, D., and Co., Ltd., Sugar Plant Manufacture, 392
Stewart, Miss R., on Educational Background in Management, 322
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.: Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567; Testing Station for Tall Structures, 732* Stichting voor Fundamental Onderzoek der Materie: Bismuth Shielding for Nuclear Reactors, 345*; Pressure Problems in Nuclear Reactors, 347; Removal of Undesirable Fusion Products, 347*
Still, Dr. E. W., on Air Conditioning in Aircraft Cabins, 692*
Stillages, Portable (Trade Publication), 48
Stirk, J., and Sons, Ltd., Double-Housing Planing Machine, 216*
Stone-Fry Magnesium, Ltd., Magnesium-Alloy Pressure Die Casting (Trade Publication), 210
Stone, J. and F., Lighting and Radio, Ltd., Annual Report, 711
Stop Watch (Trade Publication), 114
Storage Racks, “ Kee Klamp ” (Trade Publication), 752
Stothert «& Pitt, Ltd., Annual Report, 776 Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.: Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 536* 566
Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools
Strain Gauges, Barium Titanate, Use in Measuring Vibrations in Turbine Blades, 271*
and Blade Motion Recording Systems for Helicopters, 529*
— in Rotating Mechanisms, Recording of, 529*
— Surface, in Metal Components, Photo
elastic Method for Direct Measurement of, by J. R. Linge (Book), 688
— See also Stress
Strainer, Self-Cleaning (Trade Publication), 791 “ Straitflo ” Pipeline Filter (Trade Publication), 597
Streak Camera, Use of, 131*
Streets. See Roads
Strength of Materials. See Stress and Tests {Materials}
Stress Analysis, Experimental, in U.S.A, and Canada (Book), 752
— in Cast-Iron Tunnel Linings, 437*
— Corrosion of Aluminium Alloys, 430
of Aluminium Alloys, by Dr. H. K. Farmery and Dr. U. R. Evans, 430; Metallurgical Advances, by Prof. W. Koster, 430
Cracking, Research on, 190
— in Girders under Torsion, by J. S. Terring
ton, 587*
— in Pipelines, by L. F. Randolph, 492*, 555*.
See LETTER, 774
— in Pressure Vessels, Lecture on, by Dr.
G. Horvay, 141
— Repetitions. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials}
— Working, for Structural Softwoods, by
J. G. Sunley (Book), 433
— See also Tests {Materials}
" Stresscoat ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Strikes. See Labour
Strip, Bi-Metal Contact (Trade Publication), 407
— Metal Working, 153*
— Mills at Velindre Works of Steel Co. of
Wales, Ltd., 685*
— Thickness-Measuring Gauge, Continuous
(Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 183
-- Wide, Rolling of, by H. H. Ascough, 760 “ Stroboflash,” Use in Measuring Vibrations in Machines (Dawe Instruments, Ltd.), 310*
Structural Engineers, Institution of. Presidential Address on Hydro-Electric Power, by J. Guthrie Brown, 477
— Members, Machine for Testing, at Bristol
University, 817*
— Sections, Cold-Rolled, Development in
United States, 788
— Steelwork (Trade Publication), 524
— Timbers (Trade Publication), 629
— Work at Calder Hall Nuclear Power
Station, 568
Structures, Analysis of, by N. J. Hoff (Book), 433
— Elastic Stability under Combined Loading,
by A. N. Proctor, 655*
— Light-Alloy (Trade Publication), 48 Alloy Sections for (Northern Aluminium
Co., Ltd., 414*
— Reinforced Concrete. Sec Concrete, Re
inforced
— Rigid, Symposium on. Design of, 496
— Statically Determinate, Prestressed Con
crete, by H. J. Cowan (Book), 407
Indeterminate, by T. M. Charlton, 822*
— Steel Skeleton, Vol. 2, by J. F. Baker,
M. R. Horne and J. Heyman (Review), 243
— Tall, Testing Station for (Stewarts and
Lloyds, Ltd.), 732*
— Theory of, Introduction to, by W. Merchant
and A. Bolton (Book), 178; (Review), 371 ? ,190
Alloys, 429 Collaboration with
Suez Canal, Impact of Crisis on Trade with Egypt, 261
Oil Shortage Due to Closure, 704 Oil Transport Problems, 453
Remedies for Oil Shortage Due to Closure of, 680
Sugar Machinery, Manufacture by Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd. 392
Sugg, W., and Co., Ltd., “Halcyon” and “ Raymaster ” Gas Heaters for Industrial Premises, 150*
Sukulu Mines, Ltd., Formation of, 40
Sulzer Bros., 9-Cylinder, Turbo-Charged Marine Diesel Engine, 313*
Sun. See Solar
Sunderland 26 Double-Helical Gear-Planing Machine (J. Parkinson and Son (Shipley) Ltd.), 219*
Sundstrand “ 4A ” Single-Spindle Multi-Tool Automatic Lathe (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 28
“ Supakone ” Tube Coupling (Kay and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 361*
“ Super Shaper ” Shaping Machine, 26-in. with Hydraulic Copying Mechanism (Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 217
“Super Sprite” Rocket Aeroplane ’ Engines for Vickers “ Valiant ” Aircraft (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 350*
Superannuation, Civil Servants’, 768
Superbuilt Products, Ltd., Flexible Transparent Doors, 602
Superheaters (Trade Publication), 467
— in Locomotives, 675*
— Oil-Fired, for Nuclear Power Plant at Indian Point (Foster Wheeler Corp.), 761
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of, Year Book and Technical Guide, 1955- 56 (Book), 178; Guide to 13th Edition
I. E.E. Regulations for Electrical Equipment of Buildings, 1955 (Book), 524
Supervisors, Training of, 192
Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians Association of. Automation: Challenge to Trade Unions and Industry (Review), 17
“ Supira ” Chimney Cowl (Omnia Constructions, Ltd.), 757*
Supply, Ministry of: Reports on Plastics in Tropics (Book), 48; Use of Polyvinyl Chloride Sheeting, 358*; Stand at Farnborough Air Display, 373
Surface-Finishing Machines. See Machine Tools
Process, “ Pateena ” (Trade Publication),
Grinding Machine. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Metal, Flaw Patterns on, “ Speedfix ” Tapes for Recording (Industrial Tapes Ltd.), 553*
Flaw Patterns on. Fluorescent Media for Recording (Solus Schall, Ltd.), 553*
— Strains, Photoelastic Measurement, by
J. R. Linge (Book), 688
— ^07^ Year-Book of Great Britain (Book).
Surveys, Geological, in Engineering Contracts, 585
— Ship, R.R.S. “John Biscoe.” 718*
Surveying for Civil Engineers, by P. Kissam (Book), 114
Sutcliffe s Manual of Belt Conveying bv
H. Streets (Book), 752
“ SV ” Static Balancing Machine (Benrath Machine Tools, Ltd.), 184
Swarf, Continuous De-Oiling of, by “ Eller- werke ” Separator (Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.), 654*
Swartwout Co., “ Autronic ” Process-Control Equipment, 428
Swept-Wing Root Constraint Problem, by p. Howe (Book), 18
“ Swift,” Mark 7, Aircraft (Vickers-Arm- strongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 372
Switches, Motor Starting. See Motors, Electric
Switchgear, Air-Blast, 275-kV, at Carrington Power Station, 275*
Break (Trade Publication), 467
Insulated, Metalclad, 33-kV, at Tafi' Bank Substation (Cardiff) (South Wales Switchgear, Ltd.), 280*
— Alternating-Current, Vol. 1, by J. R.
Mortlock (Book), 339
— Assembly, Training of Operators on, 4
— Circuit-Breakers, Oil, Condenser Bushings
for (Trade Publication), 467
Breaker, Single-Break, 27.5-MVA (Johnson and Phillips, Ltd.), 83*
— Motor, up to 11 kV (Trade Publication), 688
— Switches, Limit, Hermetically-Sealed (Trade
Publication), 146
Precision-Instrument, and Transfer Unit (Trade Publication), 146
Staircase Time (Trade Publication), 114 Two-Way, “ Gridswitch ” (Trade Publication), 48
— Switchboard, Duplicate Busbar (Johnson &
Phillips, Ltd.), 405*
— Withdrawable, for Medium Voltages
(George Ellison, Ltd.), 436*
Switzerland, Politics in Industry, 518. See LETTER, 614
Swords, Early Methods of Manufacturing, bv
J. W. Anstee, 296
Sykes 3C Horizontal Gear Generator (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 246*
— “ VlOA” Vertical Gear Generator (W. E
Sykes, Ltd.), 246*
Sykes Machine Tool Co., Ltd.: Vertical Reciprocal Mill, 25; Gear-Cutting Testing Machines, 558*
Sykes, W. E., Ltd.: Gear Shaving and Finishing Machines, 218; “ 3C ” Horizontal
Gear Generator, 246*; “VlOA ” Vertical Gear Generator, 246*; Klingelnberg LKP.90.AVAU Gear-Lapping Machine, 249; “ VS.4A ” Fine-Pitch Gear-Shaving Machine, 249*. See Erratum, 432; Khngelnberg AGW.30 Gear Hob Sharpening Machine, 250. See Erratum, 432
“ Syl,” Silicone Barrier Preparation for Dermatitis Protection (Lloyd-Hamol. Ltd.), 491
Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corp., Formation
of, 762 . ,
Sylwan, M., AB, “ FAC ” Constructional Kit
for Models, 580* . ,
Symonds, Prof. P. S., on Design of Rigid Structures, 497
Symposium on Boundary Layer Effects in
Aerodynamics (Book), 48 Synchro-Cyclotron, 600-MeV, for European
Organisation for Nuclear Research, 189 Synthetic Fibres. See Fibres “ Syntron " Electric Vibratory Feeder, 148
“T3” GAS-TURBINE Motor Car (Rover
? Co., Ltd.), 424*, 574, 802*
“T7” Vertical Broaching Machine (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 124* ,
Tables, Engineering, ASME Handbook ot, by 1. Huckert (Book), 210
— Rectangular Polar Conversion, by E. H.
Neville (Book), 370
Tachometer. See Speed Indicator
Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.: Steel Tubes, Fittings and Bars (Trade Publication), 146; Stainless-Steel Tubes and Fittings (Trade Publication), 146; Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568; Nylon Nuts for Stainless-Steel Fittings, 748 Tal-y-llyn Railway, 165
“ Talymin ” Bore Comparator (Taylor, Taylor
and Hobson, Ltd.), 183
“Talysurf” Gauge for Surface Roughness Measurement (Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 184
Tanganyika, Civil-Engineering Problems in. Conference on, 105
Tank Factory, Farington, Purchase of, by
Leyland Motor Co., Ltd., 95
— Fuel, Testing for Leaks, 500
— Ships, Motor. See Motorships: Tankers
— Vacuum, for 50-MeV Proton Linear
Accelerator (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co.. Ltd.), 700*
— Water, Horton Ellipsoidal (Motherwell
Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148
— Welded, for Accelerated Corrosion Test
(Sir Joseph Isherwood and Co., Ltd.), 85* Tankers, Oil, Dimensions of, 269
“ Evgenia Niarchos,” S.T., Launch of, 133,199*
Impact of Suez Canal Closure on, 744 Increased Tonnage of. 69
Large, 680, 735, 763, 799 Orders for, 358
Orders Placed by William Cory and Son, Ltd., 199
— Road, for Lubricating Oils (Thompson
Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., 601*
Tap and Die Corporation, Ltd., Export Trade, 488
Tapes, “ Speedfix,” for Recording Flaw Patterns on Metal Surfaces (Industrial Tapes, Ltd.), 553*
Warning, “ Lasso Zevra ” (Smith &
Nephew, Ltd.), 307
Tapping Machine. See Machine Tools
Tar, Coal-, Fuel, Use of, 826
Tate Bros., Ltd., ” Minnifessor ” Compressor for Jointing Steel-Cored Aluminium Cables (Trade Publication), 114
Taxation of Foreign Residents in Italy, 454 Taylor, C. (Birmingham), Ltd., Capstan Lathe for up to H-in. Diameter Stock, 27*
Taylor, Dr. D., on Atomic Energy and Automation in Sampling and Control, 306*
Taylor, J., on Full-Scale Testing Methods of
Aircraft Structures, 458
Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.: Vertical Milling and Die-Sinking Machine, 24; Pantograph Engraving Machines, 119; “ Javelin ” Electric Etching Machine, 120*; Gauge for Continuous Measurement of Strip Thickness, 183; “Talymin Bore Comparator, 183; “ Talysurt
Gauge for Measurement of Surface Roughness, 184
Taylor Tools and Supplies, Ltd., Wet Abrasive Belt Grinding Machine, 668*
Taylor Woodrow, Ltd., Atomic Energy Projects, 665*
Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd., Work on
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 503* Teachers, Better Distribution of, 800
— Science, Call-up ot, 384
and Engineering, Shortage of, Comment on,416
Improvement in Supply of, 127
Mobilisation of, by War Office, 352 Teaching. See Education
Technical Ceramics, Ltd., Piezo-Electric
Ceramics (Trade Publication), 721
College and Education. See Education
— Guide and Year Book, A.S.E.E., 1955-56
(Book), 178
— Journals for Poland, 671
— Knowledge, Selling, Legal Aspect of, 103
— Managers, Selection of, by A. Pemberton
Johnson, 39
Technical Resin Bonders, Universal Platen for Radio-Frequency Heating, 105*
— and Scientific Register, Reduction of Range
of Service, 95
— Societies. See Institutions Technician, Use of Term, 546 Technological Changes on Workpeople,
Impact of, by Prof. R. W. Russell, 325
Technology, Diploma in, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
— of Heat, by Prof. H. Wright Baker (Review),
17. See LETTER, 100
” Technoscope ” Stereoscopic Microscope (Carl Zeiss), 80*
Tees-Side Bridge and Engineering Works, Ud., Structural Steelwork (Trade Publication), 524
Teeth, Gear. See Gear Telecommunications, Emergency Power Plant for (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., and Pelapone Engines, Ltd.), 468
Telecommunications, Engineering and Manufacturing Association, Annual Report, 103
— Presidential Address to Institution of Elec
trical Engineers, by Sir G. Radley, 454
— Solution of Problems in, by C. S. Henson
(Book), 244
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd.: Railway Signal Control Cables (Trade Publication), 146; Joint Boxes for Polythene Cables (Trade Publication), 524; Polythene Tubing (Trade Publication), 597; Armoured Plastics Cables (Trade Publication), 752
Telegraphic Distortion, Instrument for Measuring (Winston Electronics, Ltd.), 625*
— Repeaters, Deep-Sea, Cable-Entry Glands
for, by Dr. V. G. Welsby and H. H. Grunwald, 626*
Telegraphy, Wireless. See Radar; Radio; Television
Telehoist, Ltd., “ Telelever ” Hydraulic Tipping Gear, 215*
Telephone Exchange (Trade Publication), 407
— Post Office, Statistics on, 103
— See also Intercommunication
Telephony, Radio, for Wath Hump Marshalling Yard, 107
See also Radar; Radio; Television
Teleprinter, Airborne (Creed and Co., Ltd.), 374 Television, British-American Co-operation, 454
— Camera, New Emitron Type, at Lime Grove,
260
Underwater (Pye, Ltd.), 733
— Colour, American and British Research
in, 454
Experimental Transmissions in, 517
— Engineering, Principles and Practice, Vol. II,
by S. W. Amos and D. C. Birkinshaw (Book), 114
— Exhibition, National Radio and, 263
— Industrial Applications, 98*
— “ Pay-as-You-See,” 434
— Servicing Filmstrip on (Trade Publication),
244
— Transmitter, at Crystal Palace, Aerial
Construction, 313
Holme Moss, Aerials at, Discussion in Parliament on, 95
Sandale, Opening of, 606
— Tuners, Very-High-Frequency, by D. H
Fisher (Book), 751
Tell the People, by M. Williams-Thompson (Book), 524
Tempair (Dorking), Ltd., Acquisition of Controlling Interest by Rootes Motors, Ltd., 453
Temperature Distribution as Function of Time, by Dr. H. Schuh, 458
— High, Technology, by I. E. Campbell
(Book), 370
— Measurement. See Pyrometry; Thermo
metry
Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Template-Making Machine, Computer-Controlled (Ferranti, Ltd.), 376
Tennant, G., Sons and Co., Ltd.: ” Indento- meter ” Hardness Tester, 468*; “ Sklero- graf ” Pocket Hardness Tester, 764*
Tercentenary of Pendulum Clocks, Exhibition, 644
Terminals, Solderless, for Electrical Work (Aircraft-Marine Products (Great Britain), Ltd.), 562
Ternary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Terrington, J. S., on Stresses and Distortion in Girders under Torsion, 587*
Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Heat-Rate, on Turbo-Alternators, by
G. Woodhead, 42*
— Magnetic. See Magnetic
Tests (Materials) :
Aircraft Structures, Full-Scale Tests, by J. Taylor, 458
Balls and Rollers for Bearings, Viewer for Inspecting, 425*
Coke, Full-Scale Tests by British Coke Research Association, 686
Crack Detector, Ferromagnetic (Rudkin and Riley, Ltd.), 149*
Creep and Fracture of Metals at High Temperatures (Book), 178
— Resisting Alloy, “ Nimonic 100,” 301* Engineering Materials, Non-Destructive Testing of (Trade Publication), 433
Fatigue of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, 429
— Damage in Mild Steel, Measurement of, by P. G. Forrest, 266*
— Research on, 190
— in Rubber Components, by P. W. Turner, 499*
— Tests on Nuclear Plant Materials, 667* Fuel Tanks, Testing for Leaks, 500 Glass Insulators, Testing of (Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.), 650*
Hardness Tester, Pocket, “Sklerograf” (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 764* Portable “ Indentometer ” (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd., and Citroen Co.), 468*
— Testing, Bibliography (Book), 687 Magnetic Tests. See Magnetic Mechanical Testing and Inspection of Engineering Materials, by J. H. Lamble (Book), 721
Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Testing of Engineering Materials (Trade Publication), 433
Nuclear Reactor Materials, Tests of, 283* “ Partek ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Sample Inspection, by M. J. Baynton, 426 Soil-Testing Machine, ‘‘ Versa-Tester ” (Trade Publication), 752
“ Statiflux ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Steel Castings, Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 407
Stresses in Materials. See Stress
“ Stresscoat ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721
Structures, Tall, Testing Station for (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 732*
Structural Members, Testing Machine for, 817*
Testing Machine, Hardness, “ Sklerograf ” (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 764* Hardness, Portable “ Jndento- meter ” (C. Tennant, Sons and Co., Ltd., and Citroen Co.), 468*
Hob (Klingelnberg Sdhne), 558* for Soils, “ Versa-Tester ” (Trade Publication), 752
—? —• for Structural Members, 817*
Universal Vertical, 500-ton, for Naval Construction Research Establishment (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 181 * Tunnel Linings, Cast-Iron, Stresses in 437*
Welds, Testing of, 780
“ Zyglo ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication, 721
Test Unit “ Magmaster ” (Trade Publication), 524
— Use in Staff Selection Procedure (Review),
145
Testing, Engineering Inspection and Measurement, by H. C. Town and R. Colebourne (Book), 751
— Machine, Universal Vertical, 500-ton, for
Naval Construction Research Establishment (W. and T. Avery, Ltd.), 181*
See also Tests {Materials')
Texaco Development Corporation, Fluidised Reactor Design, 345*
Textiles Industry, Developments in Techniques, 40
Electricity in, by W. E. Swale (Book), 114
— Looms, Automatic Weaving, Development
of, in East, 389
— Machinery and Accessory Manufacturers’
Association, Textile Machinery Index (Book), 688
Index (Book), 688
— Workers’ Union of America, Work
Measurement and Production Standards, 800
Thailand, Loan for Economic Projects, 422 Thames, River, Flooding of. Survey, 127 Therapy Unit, Cobalt, “ Orbitron ” (Newton Victor, Ltd.), 220*
Thermal Cycles, Incremental Collapse Due to, by Dr. E. W. Parkes, 458
— and Sound Insulation (Trade Publication),
407
Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., “Vitreosil” Products, 496
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treatment
under Metallurgy
“ Thermalite ” Smokeless Fuel, 531
“ Thermax ” Boilers for Oil-Heating Installation (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 105
— Smokeless Fuel, 531
Thermo-Aeroelasticity, by J. Dugundji, 458 Thermo - Industrieofenbau, G.m.b.H.,
“ Thermo ” Reheating Furnace, 82*
Thermocouples (Trade Publication), 48
— Pyrometer for Molten Metal (Cambridge
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 182*
— See also Pyrometer; Thermometer Thermodynamics, Book Reviews on. Comments on,164, 196
— Technology of Heat, by Prof. H. Wright
Baker (Review), 17. See LETTER, 100
Thermodynamique et le Theoreme de I’Energie Utilisable, by R. Marchal (Book), 524
Thermometers, Platinum Resistance (Trade Publication), 752
Thermometry, Temperature Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, by H. C. Wolfe (Book), 752
— See also Pyrometer Thermonuclear Fusion,
See Erratum, 189
— Reactions, Controlled, Thermostat, Electronic
Publication), 114
Thermotank, Ltd., Air-Conditioning Equipment, 445*
Thickness Gauges, Nucleonic, “ Atomat ” (Trade Publication), 244
— Measuring Gauge, Continuous, for Strip
(Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd.), 183
Thiel Produro Saw-Filing Machine (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 86*
Thoka Machinery Supplies, Ltd., “ Arbo ” Automatic Turret Drill Head (Ludwig Gack), 784*
Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., Road Tanker for Lubricating Oils, 601*
Thompson, E., on Teaching Thermodynamics and Theory of Machines, 164
Thompson, J., Ltd.; Activities of, 101; Heat Exchangers for Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 793*. See also A.E.I.—John Thompson
Thompson, J., Water Tube Boilers, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568
Thompson, Dr. N., on Aluminium Crystals under Alternating Stresses, 429
Thompson, R. C., on Steel Supply Problems in Shipbuilding, 486
Thompson-Watts Photogrammetric Plotter (Trade Publication), 629
“ Thor ” Ram-Jet for Long-Range Guided Missile (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 222* Thorium, Production and Use for Nuclear Plant, 157
Thom, Dr. A., on Efficiency of 3-Speed Cycle Gears, 78*
Thorn Electrical Industries, Ltd., Manufacture of 8-ft. Fluorescent Tubes, 50* Thread-Rolling Machines. See Machine Tools
— Screw. See Screw
Threading. See Machine Tools
“ Thumbturn ” Wrench (Trade Publication), 244
Tidal Power, 807. See also 801
Timber Deterioration in Cooling Towers, 77
— Development Association, Work of New
Laboratory, 115*
Timber, “Pyrolith” Flame-Retardant for (Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (G.B.), Ltd.), 748
— Softwoods, Working Stresses for Structural,
by J. G. Sunley (Book), 433
— Structural (Trade Publication), 629
Time Factor, Comment on, 513
— Importance of, in Aircraft Manufacture, by
Air Commodore F. R. Banks, 513, 517
— Switch, Staircase (Trade Publication), 114 Timer, Process, “ PT4 ” (Venner, Ltd.), 715
— Self-Reset (Trade Publication), 629
Tin-Plate Plant at Velindre Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 45*
— Research Institute, Road Tests on “ T.R.l.”
Aluminium-Tin-Copper Bearing Alloy, 748
— Stocks and Prices, 775
Tinley, E. L., on Plate Bending by Rolling, 592*, 623*
Tipping Gear, Hydraulic, “ Telelever ” (Telehoist, Ltd.), 215*
— Materials, Accident Prevention (Trade
Publication), 114
Titanium Production Costs, 423
— Welding of. Research on, 190
— Wrought (Trade Publication), 629
“ TM46 ” True-Motion Radar (Decca Radar, Ltd.), 597*, 824
Todd, Dr. J. D., on Efficiency of 3-Specd Cycle Gears, 78*
Tones, Pure, Equal-Loudness Contours for, by D. W. Robinson and R. S. Dadson, 142*
Tools, Builders’ (Trade Publication), 629
— Combination, Pocket (Trade Publication).
688
— Cutting, 250*
— Drifting, for Metal Cutting (Holex-
Werkzeuge), 466*
— Engineers’ (Trade Publication), 688
American Society of, Die Design Handbook (Book), 48
— Grinder. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
— Hardening Furnace, Twin-Chamber Pre-
heated-Air Town-Gas Fired (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 58
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
— Screwed-Shank, “ Tru-Iok ” Chuck for
(B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.), 765*
— Small, 250*
— Trade, Reduction in Exports to Australia, 95
— Transformers, Portable (Trade Publication),
178
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Top-Throating Head, for Planing and Moulding Machines (Thomas Robinson and Son, Ltd.), 59
“ Tornamat ” Special-Purpose Turning Machine (Hahn and Kolb), 54
Torque Converters (Trade Publication), 467
— Meters. See Dynamometers
Torsion, Girders in, by J. S. Terrington, 587* Torsionmeters. See Dynamometers
Tostevin, Eng. Capt., H. B., the Late, 774 Tow, D. J., on Precast Concrete for Cooling Towers, 76*
Towers, Cooling, Timber Deterioration in, 77 Use of Precast Concrete, by D. J. Tow, 76*
— Power Transmission, for Snowy Mountains
Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, 663*
Towing Chassis for Mobile Colliery Winder (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), 51
“Tracemaster” Hydraulic Automatic Copy- Milling Machine (Hayes Engineers (Leeds), Ltd.), 24*
Track-Laying Plant (Trade Publication), 752 ” Trackmaster ” Unit in Marine Radar (Decca Radar, Ltd.), 597*
“Tractair” Portable Compressor (Holman Brothers, Ltd.), 511 *
Traction, Electric. See Railway; Trolley 'Bus Tractors (Trade Publication), 752
— Agricultural, Trade Statistics, 645
— Diesel Crawler “ Challenger 2 ” (Trade
Publication), 629
Wheeled (Trade Publication), 629
— Farm, Cabs for, 159
— Ferguson, Comment on New, 805
— Ferguson “ 35 ” ? (Standard Motor Co.,
Ltd.), 466*
— ” Universal,” Borg and Beck Double Clutch
and Power Take-off Unit for, 117*
Trade Agreement with Australia, New, 646
— Agricultural Machinery Industry, 645
— Anglo-Australian, 63
— Australian, Developments, 327
— Cable, Position and Prospects of, 678
— Commonwealth, Review of, 742
— Disputes. See Labour
— Effects of Credit Squeeze in Scotland, 453
~ with Egypt, Impact of Suez Crisis on, 264
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Export, Agricultural Machinery, 359 Aircraft, 134
Aircraft and Aircraft Engines, 423
Comment on, 488
Comment on, by C. Lord, 486. See LETTER, 516
Effect of Suez Canal Closure, 646
Engineering Industry, 229
Engineering Industry, to Irish Republic 197
Guide to (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 599 with Holland, Comment on, 454
Machinery, 229
with Middle East, 70, 293
Motor Cars, 134, 262
? Motor Cars, to Commonwealth, 831
Motor Cycles, 326
Nuclear Reactors, 31
Overseas Publicity for, 799
Refrigerators, 711
Tools to Australia, Reduction in, 95
— Fairs, Comment on, 194, 605, 724
?— Free, European. See European Common Market
— Guarantees, Registration of, 799
— Impact of Credit Squeeze on, 582
— Import, Australian, 327 Synthetic Rubber, 487
Trade Publications, 18,48, 114, 146, 178,209, 244, 407, 433, 467, 524, 597, 629, 688, 721, 751, 791, 821
— Restrictions by Mexican Government, 264
— Unions. See Labour
Congress. See under Labour
Traffic Engineering, by T. M. Matson, W. S. Smith and F. W, Hurd (Review), 554
— One-Way, at London's Bridges, 763
— Problem in London, Comment on, 775
— — Report on, by Political and Economic Planning, 360
Solution of, 710
Trailer for Mobile Colliery Winder (Robey and Co., Ltd.), 51*
Train. See Kail way
Training. See Education
Transfer Unit and Precision-Instiument Switches (Trade Publication), 146
Transformers, Current (Trade Publication), 244
— Mining, Portable Tool, Lighting and Neon (Trade Publication), 178
— Production at Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., 464*
“ Transhailer ” Electronic Megaphone (Pye, Ltd.), 278
Transistor Counter (Venner Electronics, Ltd.). 437*
— Developments, 70
— Photo, for Batch Counting (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 690*
Germanium, Type OCP 71 (Mallard, Ltd.), 14*
Translating Machine, Nature of a, by Dr. A. D. Booth, 302*
Transmission, Automatic, for Motor Cars (Borg-Warner, Ltd.), 93, 101. See LETTER, 196
for Motor Cars, by G. Wilkins, 514*
— Belting, “ Maxigrip ” (George Angus and Co., Ltd.), 552
— Commercial Vehicle Engines, Developments, 409*
— Gear. See Gear: Gearing: Marine Propulsion
— Hydraulic, Use of Fluid Couplings, 326
— Lines, Aluminium for (Trade Publication), 524
— of Power. See also Marine Propulsion:
Power Transmission
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Commission, British. See British Transport Commission
— in Engineering Contracts, 265
Transport and General Workers’ Union. See under Labour
— Institute of. Presidential Address on Casual Dock Labour, by F. Cave, 512; Man Must Measure, by Sir C. Goodeve, 814
— Motor. See Road: Motor
— Railway. See Railway
— Road. See Road: Motor: Trolley 'Bus
— Rural, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Salaried Staffs’ Association, Wage Claim, 544
— Users’ Consultative Committee for London,
Investigation of Staggered Working Hours, 736
Trap, Steam. See Steam Trap
Travel, Overseas, Hints on, 175 Travelling Crane. See Crane
" T.R.B.” Universal Platen for Radio-Frequency Heating (Technical Resin Bonders), 105*
Treasury, Division of Functions of, 101
“ T.R.I.” Alloy, for Bearings, Road Tests on (Tin Research Institute), 748
“ Tridraulic ” 3-\Mteel Toolroom Bandsaw (Midland Saw and Tool Co.. Ltd.), 86* Trimming Press, Crank-Type (B. and S. Massev, Ltd.), 153
Trist, R., «& Co., Ltd., Use of Caravan as Exhibition Stand, 789
Trolley, “ Dual " Mobile Welding (Croftshaw (Engineers), Ltd.), 116*
— Ruses. Recent Technical Improvements, 422 Tropics, AvoMeter for Use in (Trade Publication), 48
— Plastics in (Book), 48
Truck. Railway. See Wagons
— See also Motor Truck: Motor Vehicle
•— See also Bof^ie
“ Trufeed" Straight-Line Edging Machine, Type SJB (Thomas White and Sons, Ltd.), 59*
“ Tru-Iok " Chuck for Screwed-Shank Tools (B.S.A. Tools, Ltd.). 765*
Tub and Mine Car Controllers (Trade Publication), 629
Tubes at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
— Cathode-Ray and Valves (Trade Publica
tion), 146
— Copper (Trade Publication), 467
— Coupling for High Pressures, “ Supakoiie ”
(Kay and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 361 *
— Flexible (Trade Publication), 629
Tube Investments, Ltd.: Reorganisation of Cycle Manufacturing Facilities, 262; Materials for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 568; Annual Report, 646
— Light-Alloy, Automatic Drawbench for
(Head Wrightson and Co., Ltd.), 273
— Manufacturing Practice and Specifications
(Trade Publication), 721
— Plates, Stayed, Rational Design of, by J. P.
Duncan, 459*, 525*
— Polythene (Trade Publication), 597
— Railways. See London Transport Executive
— Stainless-Steel, and Fittings (Trade Publica
tion), 146
— Steel, Fittings and Bars (Trade Publication),
146
— “ Tungum,” in Non-Magnetic Air Com
pressor (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 275*
— See also Pipes
Tubewrights, Ltd., Testing Station for Tall Structures, 732*
Tubular Barriers, Ltd., Crush Barriers (Trade Publication), 48
— Buildings (Trade Publication), 752 Tudor Accumulator Co., Ltd., Equipment at
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 566
Tufnol Stern-Tube Bearings. 477*
Tug, Quick-Turn Twin-Screw Diesel, ” Sabre,” for Manchester Ship Canal Co. (P. K. Harris (Shipbuilders), Ltd.), 319*
Tuner, Frequency-Modulated (Trade Publication), 48
Tungsten Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Lighting Fittings (Trade Publications), 244 “Tungum ” Tube in Non-Magnetic Air Compressor (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 275*
Tunnel Kiln, ” Kirby Kiln,” for Refractory Bricks (British Ceramic Service Co Ltd ) 179
— Linings, Cast-Iron, Stresses in, 437*
— Tyne, Project. 799
— Wind. See Wind Tunnel under Aeronautics Turbines, Aircraft, Investigation of Ice in, 405
— ” ASL ” Unit for Shot-Blasting Machines,
747*
•— Blades, Projection Pantometer for Inspection of (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 723*
Vibration, by F. Andrews and J. P. Duncan, 202*
Vibrations, Measurement of, by G. A. Luck and R. C. Kell, 271 *
— Gas, Analysis of Papers and Discussions on,
at World Power Conference, Vienna, 35 Combustion Chambers, Performance Criteria of, by D. B. Spalding (Book), 721 Establishment, National, “ NRJ 1 ” Ram- Jet Test Vehicle (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 222*; Vibration of Compressor Blades, by A. D. S. Carter and D. A. Kilpatrick, 780
Internal Liquid Cooling of Rotors for, by R. E. Grey and D. D. Drake, 140*
in Motor Cars, 6*, 424*, 574, 802* Nuclear Power Plants, Symposium on, 725*
Propulsion in Liberty Ships, 520 See also Engines under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic. See Power Plant
— Ljungstrom, Blade Vibration, 203*
— Nozzles, Effusion-Cooled, Research on, 686
— Pumps. See Pumps, Centrifugal
— and Pumps, Swiss Plant for Studying, 431 *
— Starter, for Aircraft, Compressed-Air Units
for (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 374*
for Aircraft. ” P.T.S.A. 400 ” (Plesscy Co., Ltd.), 374*
— Steam, Blades, Hydro-Copying Milling
Machine for (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 24* Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 472 Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion Reheat Cycle for T.S.S. “Empress of Britain,” Data on, 700
Very-High-Pressure, for Margam “ B ” Power Station of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd. (Richardsons Westgarth (Hartlepool), Ltd.), 758
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers: Warships
— Water, Centenary of Manufacture by Gil
bert Gilkes and Gordon, Ltd., 15*
See also Power Plant
Turbo-Blowers, Theory, Design and Application, by A. J. Stepanoff (Review), 81
— Charger, Automotive, Eberspacher (Simms
Motor Units, Ltd.), 788*
Exhaust, Air-Cooled, for Diesel Engines (Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 110*
— Compressor, Blackburn - Turbomeca
Palouste (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 374*
— Drive Dental Drill, Norlen (Atlas Copco
A.B.), 758*
— Generator Plant at Calder Hall Nuclear
Power Station (C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 534*
550-MW, Plan for, by Central Electricity Authority, 710
Turkey, Grain-Handling Plant for (Simon Handling Engineers, Ltd.), 85*
Turnbull, Commander J. C., on Frustrations in Management, 774
Turner. P. W., Fatigue in Rubber, 499* Turning. See Machine Tools
— and Boring Mills. See Machine Tools Turret Lathes. See Lathes under Machine
Tools
‘‘Twin Pioneer” Aircraft (Scottish Aviation, Ltd.), 292
Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools ‘‘ Tyne ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (Rolls Royce, Ltd.), 80, 348*
Tyne Timber and Veneers, Ltd., Veneer-Peeling Lathe, 245*
— Tunnel Project, 799
Typewriter Keyboard, Failure of New, 64 Tyres, Off-the-Road (Special-Purpose), by H. Willshaw, 144*
“ UCB-WILTON ” Benzole Recovery and Rectification Process (Trade Publication), 629
Uganda, Civil-Engineering Problems in, Conference on, 105
— Columbite Deposits, 40
“ UK 4 Tapermaster,” Wohlaupter, Taper Boring and Turning Head (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251 *
Ultrasonic and Dielectric Non-Destructive Testing of Plastics Laminates, 309
— Flaw Detection, by I. R. Smith, 715 Undergraduates, Arts, Comment on, 450. See
LETTER, 549
Underground Railways. See London Transport Executive
— Work, in Engineering Contracts, by F. H. B.
Layfield, 585
Underwater Camera, Automatic, 738*
— Lamp, Osram (General Electric Co., Ltd.),
798*
Unemployment. See Labour
” Uni ” Swing-Frame Cut-ofl' Grinding Machine (Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd.), 90*
Union Fibre Pipes (Great Britain), Ltd., Bitumen-Impregnated Fibre Pipes, 595*
— Trade. See Labour
Units and Systems of Weights and Measures: Origin, Development and Present Status, by L. V. Judson (Book), 146
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. See Atomic Energy Authority
Glycerine Producers Association, Ltd., Production and Uses of Glycerine, 764
Investment in. Comment on, 263 Specialisation in Gas-Cooled Reactors, 30
United Lubricants, Ltd., “ Dextrol Concentrate, 905*; Anti-Friction Lubricant Additive, 286*
United Merchants, Ltd., Tubular Buildings (Trade Publication), 752
— Nations, Comment on Steel and Its Alterna
tives, 229
Convention on Rights of Women, 352 Economic Commission for Europe,
Organisation of Electric Power Services in Europe, 618
Proposed International Atomic Energy Agency, 475
United States Atomic Energy Commisssion: Ninth Reactor System with Fluidised Uranium Slurry, 30; Research Reactors (Review), 176; Reactor Handbooks: Engineering, Materials, and Physics (Review), 176; Neutron Cross Sections, by D. J. Hughes and J. A. Harvey (Review), 176; Chemical Processing and Equipment (Review), 176; SIC Reactor Plant for Small Submarine, 253; Reduction in Prices of Radioisotopes, 318; Developments in Nuclear Reactors, 378*, 379; Nuclear Fuel Processing, 413; Nuclear Energy Programme, 761; Liaison Offices in London and Paris, 762
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Data on Productivity, 359
Bureau of Mines: Zirconium-AIIoy Ingot Production at North-West Electrodevelopment Experiment Station, 148*; Data on Titanium Production Costs, 423 ; Zirconium; Production and Properties (Book), 659
Bureau of Standards: Units and Systems of Weights and Measures: Origin, Deve- velopment and Present Status, by L. V. Judson (Book), 146; Activities and Organisation of, 175; Booklet on Energy Loss and Range of Electrons and Positrons, 285
Cold-Rolled Steel Construction in, 788 Development of Portable Nuclear Plant, 734*
Droughts and Water Shortages in, 454. See LETTER, 485
Economy of, Comment on, 198
Engineers in Senior Company Positions, 33
Experimental Stress Analysis in (Book), 752
Forecast of Boom in Car Sales, 520
? Information Service, Films on Nuclear
Research, 414
International Trade Fairs, Policy of, 194 Minerals Research, 273
National Service for Scientists and Engineers in, 768
Navy. See IVarships
Nuclear Energy Programme, 761
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Activities of, 318
Output of Engineers and Scientists in, 703. See also 704
Professional Standing of Engineers in, 128
Shipbuilding Trends, 520
Specialisation in Water-Cooled Reactors, 30
United States Steel Corporation, “ Nitrocycle ” Process of Case-Hardening, 343 Steel Industry, Strike in, 64, 192; Settlement of, 256
Technical Mission of British Overseas Airways Corporation to, 31
Trade Unions and Shorter Working Week, 448
Welding Processes in, 779* See also America: American United Steel Companies, Ltd., Continuous Casting of Steel, 358
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Asbestos Cement Ridge Ventilator (Trade Publication), 791
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine under Machine Tools
Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Ltd., “ Uni ” Swing-Frame Cut-Off Grinding Machine, 90*
“ Universal ” Tractor, Borg and Beck Double Clutch and Power Take-off Unit for, 117*
Universe, Atoms and the, by G. O. Jones, J. Rotblat and F. J. Whitrow (Review), 790*
University. See Education
Uranium, Commonwealth Sources of, 605 — Extraction and Fabrication, 157 — Fission Products, Eliminating, 413* — Fluidised Slurry, in Reactor System, 30 — Fuel, Heat Outputs of, 603* — Isotope Separation, 91 *
— Ore, Cinema Film on, 414 Composition, 62 Extraction Processes, 91 Supplies, 156
Plutonium Fuel, Use in United States, 378
— Resources, 653
— Resources and Supplies, 61
— Supplies for France, 92
Urwick, Lt.-Col., on Management Studies, 640 U.S.S.R. See Russia
V
VACATION Work. See under Education Vacuum Deposition of Thin Films, by L.
HolJand (Review) ,658
Vacuum Forming of Plastics, 275
— Furnaces (Efco-Edwards Vacuum Metallurgy, Ltd.), 220*
— Tank for 50-MeV Proton Linear Accelerator (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 700*
“ Valiant ” Aircraft (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.) with “ Super Sprite ” Rocket Engine, 350*
Valve, Air, Two-Handed Safety (Marionair. Ltd.), 381*
— for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 535*
— and Cathode-Ray Tubes (Trade Publica
tion), 146
— Constant-Flow, “ Constaflo ” (Trade Publication), 791
— Diaphragm-Operated, “ Hammel-Dahl ” (Trade Publication), 721
— Forged Steel (Trade Publication), 18
— Pilot, Electromagnetic (Trade Publication), 752
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
van der Neut, Prof., on Buckling of Aircraft Structures, 458
“ Vanguard ” Airliner for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 181
— Satellite Launching Vehicle, by N. E. Fell, 478
Vaporheat, Ltd., “COB 300 “ Oil-Fired Air Heater, 752*
Variable-Speed Gear.
Varley-F.M.C., Ltd., for Road Tanker,
Varley Magnet Co., ponents (Trade Publication), 114
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Redundancy at, 256. See also 225
“ Velbex ” Flexible Polyvinyl Chloride for Acid Resistant Ducting (BX Plastics. Ltd.), 413* Velindre Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Cold-Reduction Tin-Plate Plant. 45*; Electrolytic Cleaning Line, 45; Continuous-Annealing Plant, 45
Velocity Power Tool Co., Explosive Punch for Rail Bonding, 490*
“ Velvetrace ’’ Milling and Die-Sinking Machine, Pratt and Whitney (Buck and Hickman, Ltd.), 24*
Venesta, Ltd.; Flush Doors (Trade Publication), 210; “ Plymax “ Panels for “On- Site “ Construction of X-Ray Rooms (Trade Publication), 210; Aluminium Jacketing, 447*
Venner, Ltd.: Staircase Time Switch (Trade Publication), 114; Stop Watch (Trade Publication), 114; “ PT4 “ Process Timer, 715
Venner Electronics, Ltd., Transistor Counter, 437*
Ventilating and Heating Engineers. Institution of. See Heating
Guide to Current Practice (Book), 244 Systems, Design of, by F. W. Hutchinson (Book), 339
— See also Heating and Ventilating Ventilation and Dust Control in Steel Foundry,
Report of York Conference, 1955 (Book) 178
— Foundry, Conference on (Book), 114 Ventilator, Ridge, Asbestos Cement (Trade
Publication), 791
“ Verdict “ Workship Gauges (Trade Publication), 752
Vereinigte Oesterreichische Eisen- und Stahl- werke, A.G., “ Alzen 305 “ Bearing Alloy, 553*
“ Verimor ” Dye-Penetrant Flaw Detection Ink (Manchester Oil Refinery (Sales) Ltd.), 12
“ Versa-Tester “ Soil-Testing Machine (Trade Publication), 752
“ Verticalauto “ Multi-Spindle Automatic Chucking Lathe (Thomas Ryder and Son Ltd.), 52
“ Vertimax “ Vertical Production Lathe (Charles Churchill and Co., Ltd.), 28
Veryard, R. G., Can the Meteorological Office Help You?, 38
“ Vesuvius “ Heat-Resisting Steel (Firth- Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 780*
V.H.F. Television Tuners, by D. H. Fisher (Book). 751
Vibration Analysis, Fundamentals of, by N. O. Myklestad (Review), 658
— of Compressor Blades, by A. D. S. Carter
and D. A. Kilpatrick, 780
— “ Cushyfoot ” Mounting for Absorption of
(Metalastik, Ltd.), 46*
— Effect on “ H.R. Crown Max “ and
“ Nimonic C.75,“ by J. Jagaciak and J. W. Jones (Book), 688
— Measuring Equipment (British Thomson-
Houston Co., Ltd.), 690*
— of Mechanisms, “ Stroboflash “ for (Dawe
Instruments, Ltd.), 310*
— and Noise, Electronic Measuring Equip
ment for (Trade Publication), 18
— Turbine Blade, by F. Andrews and J. P.
Duncan, 202*
Blades, Measurement of, by G. A. Luck and R. C. Kell, 271*
Vibrators, Bin (Trade Publication), 721 Vibratory Head, Immersion-Type (Blending
Machine Co., Ltd.), 151 *
— Unit, All-Purpose (Blending Machine Co.,
Ltd.), 606*
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.: guard” and “Viscount”
British European Airways, 168, 181;
“Viscount 802 “ Airliner, 290*; “Valiant “ Aircraft Fitted with “ Super Sprite ” Rocket Engines (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 350*; “N.113” Aircraft, 372*; “ Swift ” Mark 7 Aircraft, 372
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd., Launch of S.T. “ Evgenia Niarchos,” 133, 199*
“ Victor ” Aircraft (Handley Page, Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
“ Victor Vixen,” Air-Cooled Diesel Power Pack (Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd.), 468*
Vienna, World Power Conference at. See IVorld Power Conference
Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd.: Industrial Progress, 422; Annual Report, 711
Visco Engineering Co., Ltd., “Standard and “ Duplex ” Air Filters (Trade Publication), 629
“ Visco-Static ” Oil, 644
“ Viscount ” Airliner, Development Costs, 159 “ Viscount 802 ” Airliner (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 290*
Airliner for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 168, 181
“ Viscount 806 ” Airliners for British European Airways (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 181
Viscount Nuffield Paper on Britain’s Energy Prospects, by Dr. A. H. Daniel, 744
Viscount Nuffield Paper on Computers, by Dr. W. Grey Walter, 519
Visual Planning Systems, Ltd., Scale Models for Factory Layouts, 706*
“ Vitreosil ” Products (Thermal Syndicate, Ltd.), 496
Vokes, Ltd., Annual Report, 711
Vokes Genspring, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 534*
“ Volant ” Throat Bandsaw (Startrite Engineering Co., Ltd.), 701*
Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H.: Constitution and Management, 167; Production and Employment Statistics, 320. See Erratum, 448; Use of Shell Moulding Process, 404 Volt-Ammeter, Clip-On (Trade Publication), 146
Volta River Dam and Aluminium Production Project, 134*
“ VS 4A ” Fine-Pitch Gear-Shaving Machine (W. E. Sykes, Ltd.), 249*. See Erra/ww, 432
“ Vulcan ” Aircraft (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.), 372*. See LETTER, 388
Vulcan Foundry, Ltd.; Data Sheets on Locomotives, 18; Diesel and Diesel-Electric Locomotive Manufacture, 327
Vulcan-Sinclair Fluid Couplings (Fluidrive Engineering Co., Ltd.), 326
WADDINGTON TOOLS. LTD., Wadtool lA
Production Gear-Testing Machine, 250*
Wadkin, Ltd., Pattern Milling Machine, 58*;
Panel Planing and Thicknessing Machine. 58*
Wadtool lA Production Gear-Testing Machine (Waddington Tools, Ltd.). 250* Wages. See Labour
Wagon and Carriage Industry, Position and
Prospects of, 231
— Railway, Marshalling Equipment (Fraser
and Chalmers Engineering Works), 278* Wahli Freres, Precision Milling Machine for
Cutting Instrument Gears, 250* Wales, Festival of, 228
— Increase in Prosperity and Employment in,
228
Wall Chart, “ Movigraph ” New Version of (Adapta-Charts, Ltd.), 148
Walmsley (Bury) Group, Ltd., Annual Report, 776
Walsall and District Productivity Association: on
Warships:
Aviation, Naval. H.M.S. “ Girdle Ness,” Guided-Weapons
Trial Ship, 135
— “ Reclaim,” Deep-Diving Vessel, 647* “ Nautilus,” Nuclear-Powered United
States Submarine, 252
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics Submarine, Nuclear-Powered United
States, “ Nautilus,” 252
— Nuclear-Powered, SIC Reactor for, 253 — Progress in Escape Methods, 159 Warship Designs, Discussion in Parliament on, 575
See also Naval
Warsop Power Tools, Ltd., Annual Report, 776 Washing Machines, Cinema Film on, 768 Electrostatic Painting of (Hoover (Washing Machines), Ltd.), 118*
Wastes, Atomic, Disposal of, 441*
— Gases, “Oxycat” Apparatus for Purifying
(Oxy-Catalyst Co.), 586
— Industrial, Principles of Treatment, by C. F.
Gurnham (Review), 145
— Products, Nuclear, Disposal of, 572 Watch, Stop (Trade Publication), 114
Water Committee, Central Advisory, Inquiry into Law on Trade Effluents, 778
— Filters. See Filters
— Friction. See Friction: Hydrodynamics
— Heating, Domestic, by Solar Energy 813* -— Heavy, Supplies for Australia, 92
— Hose, Spray Nozzle for (Meynell and Sons
Ltd), 180*
— Pollution Research Board, Treatment of
Waste Water After Use for Washing Aircraft, 118*
— Power. See Hydraulic: Power Plant
— Purification, “ Solobed ” System (Pater on
Engineering Co., Ltd.), 586
— Research Association, Annual Report, 657
— Resources, 653 in Britain, 831
Water Shortagesin America, Comment on, 454
— Speed Record, 391. See LETTERS, 424, 485 —-Supplies in Essex, 223
for Nuclear Energy Station at Marcoule, 441*
for Nuclear Power Stations, 223
Organisations, Proposed Re-Grouping, 642
— Surface, Year-Book of Great Britain
(Book), 407
— Tank. See Tank
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plant
— Waste, Treatment of. After Use for Washing
Aircraft, 118*
— Wheels. See Turbine; Power Plant
— See also Hydraulic
Waterman Products Co., Oscilloscopes and Cathode-Ray Tubes (Trade Publication), 210
Waterways, Inland, Discussion in Parliament on, 763
•— See also Rivers; Canals
Wath Hump Marshalling Yard, Use of Radio Telephony, 107
Wavelengths, Radio, Equipment for Close Separation of (Pye, Ltd.), 750
Weapons, Guided, Trial Ship, H.M.S. “ Girdle Ness,” 135
— Nuclear, Hydrogen Bomb, Cinema Film
on Defence Against, 107
— See also Atomic Weapons Weather. See also Meteorology Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.: XM “ Cyclematic”
Vertical Broaching Machine, 120*; “XS 30 X 66A ” Vertical Surface Broaching Machine, 122*; “ XSS " Universal Slab (Surface) Broaching Machines, 123; “ XL ” Horizontal Broaching Machine, 124*
Webster, R. L., on Cost of Labour Turnover. 677, 741. See LETTER, 677
Wedmore, E. B., the Late, 100. See also Vol. 181
Weekly Survey, 5, 37, 69, 101, 133, 165, 197, 228, 261, 293, 325, 357, 389, 422, 453, 485, 517, 550, 582, 615, 645, 667, 710, 742, 775, 804
Weighing and Mixing System, “ Select-O- Weigh ” (Henry Simon, Ltd.), 701*
Weights and Measures Administration, Institute of: Annual Conference, 175; United States Weights and Measures Administration, by W. S. Bussey, 175
Units and Systems of: Origin, Development and Present Status, by L. V. Judson (Book), 146
Weinberg, S., on Temperature Rises in Cooled Pump Circuit, 211 *
Welbourn, D. B., on Shape of Things, 549 Welch, F. J., on Fires in Ships, 598
Welds, Austenitic, “ Elcometer ” for Rapid Determination of Ferrite in (East Lancashire Chemical Co., Ltd.), 143*
— Pipeline, Spider for Examination of (Gamma
Rays, Ltd.), 220*
— Testing of, 780
Weldability, Structural Steels (Book), 339 Welded Sphere for Supersonic Wind Tunnel (Whessoe, Ltd.), 190*
— Structures, Research on, 190
Welder, Automatic, for Re-Surfacing Pulveriser Rolls, 214*
— Permutation (Trade Publication), 597 Welding, Arc, Equipment (Trade Publication),
752
Inert-Gas, 779*
Inert-Gas, Rectifier for, 797*
Portable Equipment (Trade Publication), 597
— Argonaut, Automatic (Trade Publication),
146
— Bench, Mobile, “ Dual ” (Croftshaw (Engi
neers), Ltd.), 116*
— Electrodes (Trade Publication), 407
? for Mild Steel, “ Speedees ” (Trade
Publication), 597
and Welding Rods, Arc (Trade Publication), 629
— Equipment, Automatic Submerged-Arc, for
Refrigeration Industry (Quasi-Arc, Ltd.), 280*
— of High-Nickel Alloys, Cinema Film on
(Henry Wiggin and Co,, Ltd.), 75
— of High-Pressure Pipelines, by J. E. Burton
and J. N. Bradley, 399*
— Institute of. Annual Dinner, 601
— in Locomotive Boilers, 613
— Machines, Electric (Trade Publication), 210
— Processes, Research on, 190 in United States, 779*
— Research Association, British: Annual
Report, 190*; Weldability of High-Tensile Structural Steels, by C. L. M, Cottrell, R. Winterton, and B. J. Bradstreet (Book), 339
— Resistance, Applications (Trade Publica
tion), 210
in United States, 779*
Theory and Use (Book), 688
— Set, Arc, Direct-Current (Metropolitan-
Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 351*
— Shop for Motor-Car Bodies (Briggs Motor
Bodies, Ltd.), 756*
— Society, American, Resistance Welding,
Theory and Use (Book), 688
(Salisbury
94*
— Gear. See
pulsion
— Grinding.
Tools
Whessoe, Ltd.: Annual Report, 8; Storage Sphere for Supersonic Wind Tunnel, 190*; Pressure Vessels for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 503*
Whiffen and Sons, Ltd., Hydrazine in Boiler Feed Water (Trade Publication), 688
Whipp and Bourne, Ltd., Equipment at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 567
Whipple, F. L., on Optical Tracking of Artificial Satellites, 478
" Whirlwind ” Helicopter on Floats (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.), 254*
White, J. S., and Co., Ltd., Heat Pump for Combined Hot Water and Cold Storage, 796*
— Paper on Nuclear Power Station Pro
gramme, 671, 793
on Technical Education, 223
White, T., and Sons, Ltd.: Automatic Spindle Shaping Machine, 58*; Planing and Moulding Machine, Type 444, " Trufeed ” Straight-Line Edging chine. Type SJB, with Hydraulic Feed, 59*; Type BDB Double Drum Sander, 60
Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Extension to Bright-Annealing Plant for Coiled Steel Strip, 341
White’s of Hebburn (Engineers), Ltd., ‘‘ Fire pak ” Oil Burner, 62*
Whittaker, V, N., on Aluminium Alloy Fatigue and Structural Changes, 429
Whitworth Fellowships, Substitution of, in Place of Whitworth Scholarships, 40
Whitworth Society: Summer Meeting: Report of, 40; Induction of P. L. Jones as President, 40; Discussion on Whitworth Fellowships, 40; Visit to Works of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., 40
Wickman, Ltd.: Hauser "Type OP 3” Jig- Boring Machine, 21; Carlstedt "Type HCI. 25-100” Boring Machine, 21; Kopp " E.S.F.l ” and Kopp " U.K.F.2 ” Milling Machines for Cylindrical Cams, Worms and Trapezoidal Threads, 24; Heller Heavy-Duty Milling Machines, 25; Air Comparator Units, 183; Lorenz FN6 Heavy-Duty Double-Frame Gear- Hobbing Machine, 218; Lorenz SR-O High-Speed Short-Stroke Gear-Shaping Machine. 218
Wiggin, H., and Co., Ltd.: Cinema Film on Welding of High-Nickel Alloys, 75; " Nimonic 100 ” Creep-Resisting Alloy, 301*
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., " Carbodrip ” Gas-Carburising Installation, 57 Wilhelmshaven, Oil Pipeline Project, 37
Wilkes, Rev. J. C. Vaughan, on Working Harder, 320
Wilkins, G.: on British and Foreign Car Design, 508*; on Motor-Car Engine Design, 573*; on Motor-Car Transmissions, 514*; on Turbine Motor Cars,802*
Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd.: 200-ton Crankless Stripping and Setting Press, 154; 350-ton Single-Action Crankless Tie-Rod Press, 154
Wilkinson, H. N., on Rope Tension Recorder, 753*
Williams, Dr. R. C. G., on Growth of Radio Industry, 517
Williamson, D. T. N., on Computer-Controlled Machine Tools, 362
Williamson, Dr. J. B. P., on Metallic Transfer in Engineering Operations, 619*
Willmott, F. B., Ltd., Time Rates in Place of Piece-Work, 832
Willshaw, H., on Off-the-Road Tyres, 144*
Wilsdon, R. D., on Prevention of Acid Condensation in Boilers, 490
Wimpey, G., and Co., Ltd.: Civil Engineering Research (Trade Publication), 524; Central Engineering Establishment ofNational Coal Board, 815*
Wind-Driven Electric
Cables, Ltd.), 325. ?— Power, 807. See also
Generator (Enfield
See also Vol. 179
801
Wind Tunnels. See Aeronautics Winder, Colliery, Mobile (English Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 51*
Winding, Hand, Training of Operators on, 4* Windows, Stained-Glass, 106*
Windscale Plutonium-Producing Piles, Effluent Disposal, 441 *
Winfrith Nuclear Energy Research Station, Permission for Use of, 635
Wing. See Aeronautics
Winn, C., and Co., Ltd., Screwing and Cutting-
Off Machines (Trade Publication), 48 Winston Electronics, Ltd., Instrument for
Measuring Telegraphic Distortion, 625* Winter, Prof. G., on Cold-Rolled Steel Construction in United States, 788
Wire, History and Review of Manufacture (Trade Publication), 721
— Mesh, Knitted, “ KnitMesh ” (Knitted
Mesh Manufacturing Co.), 383
— Rope Hoist, Electro-Hydraulic, “ Hydra
hoist ” (Lifting Gear Products), 62*
Works of William Cooke and Co., Ltd. 312
Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraphy;
Radar; Television
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radio;
Television
Wohlaupter “UK 4 Tapermaster’’
Radio;
Radar;
Boring and Turning Head (Machine Shop Equipment, Ltd.), 251 *
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials}
Wolseley Engineering, Ltd., Pliers (Trade Publication), 244
Wolverhampton Die Casting Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 743
Wolverhampton Metal Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 200
Women's Engineering Society, 712
— Engineers, 712
— - Rights of. United Nations Convention, 352
— See also Labour
Wood, H., and Co., Ltd., “ Huwood “ Belt Conveyor Components (Trade Publication), 210
— Laminates, Applications of Densified, 377*
— Planing Problems, Investigation by Forest
Products Research Board, 301 *
— Preservatives (Trade Publication), 434 Wood, Dr. R. H., on Design of Rigid Structures, 496
— Screw Machines, Training of Operators on,
3*
— as a Source of Fuel and Power, 807.
also 801
Woodall-Duckham Construction Avenue Carbonisation Plant, LETTERS, 614, 677, 741
Woodfield Hoist and Associated
Ltd., Publication), 467
Woodhead, G., on Heat-Rate Tests on Turbo- Alternators, 42*
Woodnut and Co., Ltd., Reinforced Plastic Lifeboat, 381*
Woods of Colchester, Ltd., Aerofoil Fans Used with Air Heaters, 752
Woodworking Machinery. See Machine Tools Work and Authority in Industry, by R. Bendix (Review), 720
— Measurement and Production Standards,
Criticism of, and New Approach to, 800
— Study, “Memomotion’’ Technique (E. 1.
du Pont de Nemours and Co.), 466
Why Not? (Pamphlet), 32
Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., “Steel Road ’’ Cinema Film, 570
Workmen. See Labour
— Compensation. See Compensation under
Labour
Co., 546*.
See
Ltd.,
See
Industries,
Pile-Driving Equipment (Trade
Works:
Abbey Works of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., Extensions to, 46
Avenue Carbonisation Plant of National Coal Board, 546*. See LETTERS, 614, 677, 741
Canal Iron Works of Gilbert Gilkes and Gordon, Ltd., 15*
Courtybella Works of Whitehead Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Extension to Bright- Annealing Plant for Coiled Steel Strip, 341
Daventry Works of British Timken, Ltd., 684*
Foundry Services, Ltd., Products for Foundries, 479*
Gravesend Works of W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Jubilee of, 607
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., Extension of Transformer and Rectifier Works, 464*
Kemsley Mill of Bowater Paper Corporation, Ltd., 716*
Ltd.: Plant, Line, Plant, 45; Strip Mill, 685* Wire-Rope Works, Rotherham, of William Cooke and Co., Ltd., 312
Workshop Accuracy (Trade Publication), 244
— Technology, Higher National Certificate,
by T. Nuttall (Review), 243
— Training. See Education
— See also Works; Machine Tools World Bank. See International Bank
— Power Conference, Vienna: Analysis of
Papers and Discussions, 34, see also 33; Finding Efficient Roles for the Gas Turbine, 34; District Heating in the New Pattern of Europe, 35; Heat-Pump Developments, 35
Worm Gear. See Gear; Gearing
Wrapping, Screw, Training of Operators on, 4 Wreck Raising. See Salvage
Wrench, Impact, Electrically Operated (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 62
— “ Thumbturn ” (Trade Publication), 244 Wright, G. M., the Late, 325
Wright. S. J., on Rubber in Agriculture, 499* W.S. Manufacturing Co., Ltd., “ Pitchmaster ” Thread-Rolling Machine, 54*
Wynne-Edwards, R. M., on Vacation Employment, 581
Wyvern Machines, Capstan Head, Electrostatic Method of Reproduction (Rank-Xerox, Ltd.), 654

“ XL ” Horizontal Broaching Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 124*
XM “ Cyclematic" Vertical Broaching Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 120*
X-Rays in Aircraft Inspection, by I. Grant-Murray, 715
Rooms, “ On-Site " Construction “ Ply- max " Panels for (Trade Publication), 210 “ XS 30 X 66A ’’ Vertical Surface Broaching
Machine (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 122* “ XSS ” Universal Slab (Surface) Broaching
Machines (Weatherley Oilgear, Ltd.), 123

YALE AND TOWNE MANUFACTURING CO.: “ Warehouser " Platform Truck (Trade Publication), 18; Gooseneck Booms (Trade Publication), 791
Yarmouth. Great, Comment on Behaviour in Buses, 480
Year Book, British Plastics, 1956 (Book), 48 Surface Water, of Great Britain (Book), 407 and Technical Guide, A.S.E.E., 1955-56 (Book), 178
Yield Criteria, by D. G. Sopwith and Prof. J. L. M. Morrison, 708
Yorkshire, London-, Motorway, Construction, 95
Youth Organisations, Growth of, 576
— Service Work, Growth of Voluntary, 576
Yugoslavia, Rijeka Shipyard Capacity Leased to Indian Government, 8

ZEISS, CARL, “Technoscope" Stereoscopic Microscope, 80*
ZEPHYR Nuclear Reactor, 158; Tests on Plutonium Core in, 635
ZETR Nuclear Reactor, 158
ZEUS Nuclear Reactor, 158
Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Zirconium Alloy. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Production and Properties (Book), 659
— Welding of. Research on, 190
“ ZRE 1 ” Alloy in British Space Rocket Castings (Magnesium Elektron, Ltd.), 523
“ Zyglo ” Non-Destructive Testing (Trade Publication), 721

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