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“A55” Motor Car (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.), by G. Wilkins, 285*
“AB.18” Eight-Unit Cock Manifold at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 382*
Abbey Chemicals, Ltd., “ Bentone ” Gelling Agent, 393
Abbey Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., Operation Performance of Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
ABC (Abridged Building Classification) for Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, 502
Aberdare Cables (Holdings), Ltd., Annual Report, 615
Abridged Building Classification (ABC), for Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, 502 Absorptiometer, Spekker Photoelectric, Metallurgical Analysis by Means of, by F. W. Haywood and A. A. R. Wood (Book), 271 Abstracts of Articles Submitted to ENGINEERING, Note on, 686
— Discussion in Parliament on, 799
“ Abul ” Milling Cutter (H. Milnes, Ltd.), 760* AC Discharge Detector for Testing Effectiveness of Insulation (Hivolt, Ltd.), 569
Academy of Sciences. See Russia
Accaderaia del Cimento, Anniversary of Foundation, 6
Accelerators, 572
— 1,000-GeV, 572
— Electromagnets for, 540
— Forms of, 539*
— Heavy Ion, Hilac, at Berkeley Radiation
Laboratory, 572
— Linear (Applied Radiation Corp.), 573 Definition of, 539
Electron, Type V-4800 (Varian Associates), 573
Facility for Manufacture and Testing of at High Voltage Engineering Corp., 573
4-MeV (Mullard, Ltd.), 573
4-MeV, at Peter McCallum Institute, 540 Proton, 50-MeV, at Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 540*
Proton, 32-MeV, at California University, 539*
2-MeV, Thermal Neutron Flux (General Electric Co.), 574
— — Types LD-5 and LD-10 (High Voltage
Engineering Corp.), 573
— Particle, Britain’s Need for, 33, 58
for Projected Nuclear Physics Centre, 60 as Thrust Producers, 220
— Projects at Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, 539*
— Van de Graaff, Definition of, 539
Facility for Manufacture and Testing of, at High Voltage Engineering Corp., 573
2 million V, for Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute (High Voltage Engineering Corp.), 28
500-KeV, at Magnolia Petroleum Co., 442
2-MeV, at Nuclear Research Centre of Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., 442
Accidents:
Accident Prevention, Foreman’s Importance in, 192
Importance of Human Relations in, 192
See also Safety
Aircraft, “Vulcan,” Report on Investigation into, by Dr. Touch, 483
Building Industry, Accidents in, sion in Parliament on, 639
Accles and Pollock, Ltd., 101-in. Long Cold- Drawn Tube for de Havilland Propellers, Ltd., 86*; Fuel Element Sheaths for Dounreay Experimental Contracts for Tubing for Stations, 442 ommodation. Residential, and Colleges, Comment 577. See LETTER, 421 ountant and Engineer, No-Man’s Land Between, 519
xountant ” Prizes for Company Reports, 647
punting. Digital Computers for, 638* Vages, by Electronic Computer, 519 jmulator. See Electric
chicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
ACE Digital Computer, 715* Acetylene-Oxygen Blowpipe. See Blowpipe
— Plant, Site for, near Londonderry (Carbide,
Ltd.), 199
— Welding. See Welding
— See also Oxy-Acetylene
ACF Industries, Research Reactor for Italy, 796 Acheson Colloids, Ltd., Colloidal Graphite (Trade Publication), 535
Acoustics for Architects, by W. Furrer (Review), 596*
— Slabs “ Astik,” for Sound Insulation
(Gunther Jahne), 627
Acrow (Engineers), Ltd., Agreement with German Demag Group, 616
Activated Sludge. See Sewoge Actuator, Industrial (Trade Publication), 311 A.C.V. See Associated Commerc'a Vehicles, Ltd.
Sales, Ltd., “Automonocontrol” Automatic Gear Changing System. 112* “ Adam ” Nuclear Reactor, 75-MW, for Sweden, 826*
Adamson. D., and Co., Ltd., Package Nuclear Reactors, 185*; Experimental Work on Burning of Coal Slurries, 330; Extension to Dukinfield Engineering Works, 575
Adapta-Charts, Ltd., New Wall Chart for Time/Load Systems, 507
Addison, H., on Sir Murdoch MacDonald, 580*
Address, Presidential. See Presidential Address Adhesion Trials on “ BB12000 ” Electric
Locomotives of French Railways, 792* Adhesives, High-Temperature, Discussion on, 522
— Resin, Epoxy, Discussion on, 522 Administration, Laboratory, by E. S. Hiscocks
(Review), 562
Admiralty, Appointment of Rear-Admiral
G. A. M. Wilson as Rear-Admiral Nuclear Propulsion, 381
— Inquiry into Material Organisation, 31
— “ Sunvic ” Analogue Computer for Study
of Heat-Flow Problems, 343*
— See also Advertiser,
321
Advertising Comment on, 440
— Association, Export Advertising Conference,
390
— in Export Trade, Importance of, 390
— Overseas, Need for Effective, 440
A.E.G. Hilfsbuch fiir Elektrische Wicht und Kraft, 63
A.E.I. (India), Ltd., Handling of Interests of Birlec, Ltd., in India and Pakistan, 664
A.E.I. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., Shop and Display Lighting (Trade Publication), 147; Industrial Lighting (Trade Publication), 147; Commercial Lighting (Trade Publication), 183; “Satina” Range of Pendant Lighting Fittings with Opal Glass Shades (Trade Publication), 757
A.E.I.-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd., Construction Capacity, 121; Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 121; Formation of New Company for Machining Moderator Graphite, 121; Site Layout of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 121*; Activities of, 121; Plant for Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 152*; see also Berkeley hluclear Power Station
Aeon Laboratories, Establishment and Activities of, 531
“ Aerial Bobsled ” Ejection Seat for Supersonic Jet Aircraft (General Dynamics Corp.), 663*
— Navigation. See Aeronautics
— Propellers. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Transport. See Aeronautics
— Very High-Frequency, at Holme Moss, 21
— Yagi, Use in “ Roving Eye Mark II ”
Mobile Television Unit, 378*
Aero Research, Ltd.; Epoxy Jigs and Tools (Trade Publication), 85; “Redux” Metal-to-Metal Bonding Process, 522 Aerodynamics. See Aeronautics Aerojet-General Corp., Agreement with D. Napier and Son, Ltd., for Exchange of Technical Knowledge on Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines, 592
Aerojet-General Nucleon cs. Description of AGN-201 Research Reactors, 281; Licence to Operate AGN-201 100-MW Nuclear Reactor, 733*
Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd., “ Ronka Ground EM ” Lightweight Sulphide Ore Detector, 426*
Aeromatic Co., Ltd., B.S.P. Injectors for Burners for Tempering Furnace, 170*
Aeronautical Education, Advanced, Conference on, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 438
— Engineering, Training in, Grants for, 696
— Society, Royal: Discussion on Restrictions
on Supersonic Flying, by F. W. Page, 228; Henson and Stringfellow Memorial Lecture on Eland Convair Conversion, by
H. Sammons, 336*; Appeal for Early Aeronautical Papers, by F. H. Smith, 356; lOth Louis Bleriot Lecture on Modern Methods of Aircraft Production, by P. Badre, 372*; Grants for Training in Aeronautical Engineering, 696
Aeronautics:
“ Aerial Bobsled ” Ejection Supersonic Jet Aircraft Dynamics Corp.), 663* Aerodynamic Jet Deflection
“ Volant ” Aircraft, 790
Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures and
Design Practice, by E. A. Bonney,
M. J. Zucrow, and C. W. Besserer (Review), 822
Aeronautical Education, Advanced, Conference on, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 438
— History in Pictures (Book), 51
— Industries, International Directory of (Book), 632
Aeronautics, Early Papers on. Appeal for, 356
Aeronautique, Association Internationale des Constructeurs de Materiel, 688
— 22nd Salon International de 1'. See
Salon Internationale
Aeroplane. See Aircraft; Helicopter; (below)
“Aerovan” Fuselage in “ HDM 105” Experimental Light-Transport Aircraft (F. G. Miles, Ltd.), 762*
Air Corporations, Subsidisation of. Comment on, 582
— Crew Performance, Remarks on, by A. Rodger, 352
— Force, Royal, Aircraft in New Defence Policy 644* ; Future of. Remarks by Lord Tedder on, 706
— Freight, Progress of, 776
— Service, British, to South Restoration of, 767
— Transport Association of Comparison of Operating
“ Convair 340 ” Airliner with Piston Engines and with Propeller Turbines, 337*
— — Industry, Position and Prospects of,
582
Aircraft, Anti-Submarine, Carrier-Based, Three-Seat, “ 1050 Alize,” (Louis Breguet), 712*
— Bomber, “ Canberra,” Manufacture of, by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 360
“ Victor,” Engines for, “ Victor,”
447 “ Vulcan,”
Special Investigation into, A. G. Touch, 483
“ Vulcan,” Rolls-Royce “Conway ” Turbo-Jet Engines for, 735
— ” Canberra ” Mark 9 Photographic
Reconnaissance, to be Built by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 205
— Cargo, “ Nord 2502,” 762* “ Nord 2504,” 762 “ Nord 2506,” 762
— Carriers. See under Warships
— Civil, Air-Liner, “ Britannia,” Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on, 352
Air-Liner, “ Britannia,” Dispute at Beginning of Commercial Operation, 192, 352
Air-Liner, “ Britannia,” Fuselage Fire-Protection System for (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 116
“ Britannia,” in Service on London- Johannesburg Route of British Overseas Airways Corp., 134
Airliner, “ Caravelle,” Prototype (Sud Aviation), 762*
Air-Liner, “ Civil Victor ” (Handley Page, Ltd.), 689*
— — Air-Liner, “ Comet,” Deferrment
of Capital Airlines’ Order for, 647 Air-Liner, “ Comet I,” Operating Costs, 245*
Air-Liner, “ Comet 4 ” Engines Installed in “ Comet 3 ” for Certification Flying (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 148*
Air-Liners, Consultations on New, for British Overseas Airways Corp, and British Overseas Airways, 383
Air-Liner, “ Convair 340 ” Conversion to “Eland” Propeller-Turbine Engines (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
Air-Liner, Douglas “ DC7.C,” Cabin-Pressure System, Test Rigs for (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Air-Liners, French, 762* Airliner, “ Friendship ” (Fokker
N. V.), 763*
Air-Liner, “ Ilyushin 14P,” 660 Air-Liners, “ Seven Seas,” Test-
Rigs for Cabin-Pressure Systems of (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Air-Liner, Supersonic, Joint Project, 164
— — Air-Liner, “Vanguard,” for Trans
Canada Air Lines (Vickers-Arm- strongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 62*
Air-Liner, “VC-10,” for British Overseas Airways Corporation (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 676
Air-Liner, “ Viscount,” Deferrment of Capital Airlines’ Order for, 647
Aeronautics—continued
Aircraft, Civil, Air-Liner “ Viscount 701,” Crash of, at Ringway Airport, 392 Air-Liner, ” Viscount 701,” Operating Costs, 245*
Competition for Markets Between America, France, and Britain, 729
“ Freightliner ” Transport (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 158*
Light Passenger-Transport, ” Super Broussard ” (Avions Max Holste), 762
Position and Prospects of, 75 Trade Boom in, 582
— Communications, Twin-Jet, Four-Seat, “ Paris 760 ” (Societe Morane- Saulnier), 763
— Constructors, British, Society of. See British Aircraft Constructors
— Development, Concentration of, by K. Frydag, 65
and Production, Cost of Government Equipment Supplied for, 383
— Establishment, Royal, Research on Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287
— Experimental, Delta-Wing, ” Griffon II ” (Societe Nationale des Constructions Aeronautique du Nord), 711* Light-Transport, “ HDM 105 (H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd.), 762*
— Fatigue of, by Major P. L. Teed, 89
— Fighter, Cost of, 479 “D.H.IIO” “Sea Vixen” Carrier Borne, All-Weather, for Royal Navy (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439 “P.l,” Available to Royal Air Force, 479
“ P.l,” Progress in Development of (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 319
in Sound-Barrier Incident at Southport Infirmary, 351
” Swift,” £40 million Expenditure on, 328
Two-Seat, All-weather, “ Vautor ” (Sud Aviation), 712
— for Fish Finding, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 479
— French, Production Types and Statistics, 791
Review of, 711*, 729, 762*, 790* Transport and Telecommunications, 790*
— Fuel Consumption, Apparatus for Calibrating Mass-Flow Meters (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 157*
— Gas Turbines, by C. W. Smith (Book), 563
— ” Hermes,” Crash of, at Blackbushe
Airport, 392
— Industry, Decision to Accept Recommendation of Select Committee on Estimates on Selecting Allocation of Contracts in, 424
Expenditure on Research and Development, 447
Export Record of, 184
French, Changes in, 688* French, Exports of, 791 Increase in Sales of, 390 Position and Prospects of, 74*, 184, 647
Prospects of. Discussion in Parliament on, 447
Research Financed by Government, 424
Titanium in. Conference on (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd), 298* Trade Boom in, 582
Training Future Leaders for, 438
— Interceptor, Prototype Delta-Wing, ” Mirage III ” (General Aeronautique Marcel Dassualt), 711 *
Prototype Single-Seat Delta-Wing, “SE212 Durandal” (Sud Aviation), 711*
Research, Mixed-Power, (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 689*
Research, Mixed-Power, “ SR3,” “Spectre ” Liquid-Fuel Rocket Motor for (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689*
Research, Mixed-Power, “ SR3,” ” Viper ” Turbojet Engine for (Armstrong Siddeley), 689*
Rocket-Powered, “ Trident (Sud Aviation), 711
Single-Seat Supersonic, “ Gerfaut Il ” (Societe Nationale des Constructions Aeronautique du Nord), 712
Supersonic, “ Leduc 022 ” (Soiete Rene Leducet Fils), 711*
— Jet, All-Purpose, Negotiations on. Between British Overseas Airways Corp, and de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 191
Cost of Flying, 319
Lightweight Trainer, ” Magister ” (Air Fouga), 688*
Position and Prospects of, 75 Supersonic, “ Aerial Bobsled ” Ejection Seat for (General Dynamics Corp.), 663*
Trainer, “M.lOO Student” (F. G, Miles, Ltd.), 695
Ratio, “H.D.34, graphique National Construction des Dubois), 762
— Positioning Device,
Netherlands Navy, 5
— Power Distribution in, “ Hitemp ”
Transformer for (Ferranti. Ltd.), 505*
— Production, Annual Conference on.
See Production Engineers, Institution of
Modern Methods of, by P. Badre, 372*
— Protection of Electrical Equipment on,
Miniature High-Rupturing-Capacity Circuit Breakers for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 688
— Rear-Facing Seats in, Discussion in
Parliament on, 511
— Research, “SC.l VTOL,” First Flight
of (Short Brothers and 523
— Salvage of Damaged,
Parliament on, 287
— for Search and Rescue
or Sea, “ Nord 2507,
— Short Range, “ Comet 4B,“ for Conti
nental Routes (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689
— STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing),
Development of, by United States Army, 396
— Structures, Bonded (Aero Research,
Ltd.), 522
— Supersonic, Restrictions Relating to,
by F. W. Page, 228
— Tactical Fighter, Twin-Engine Single
Seat, “ Breguet 1000 " (Louis Bre- guet), 712*
Support and Bomber, “ Vautour ’’ (Sud Aviation), 688*
Support Fighter, “ Etendard VI ’’ (Dassault), 712
Support, Lightweight Twin-Jet, “Etendard IV” (Dassault), 712
— Transport, “ Beverley,” Development
Progress (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 319
Jet V5. Turbo-Prop, by Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, 244*
Light, Experimental, “ HDM 105 ” (H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd.), 762*
and Telecommunications, French, 790*
Twin-Engine, DHC4 “ Caribou ” (de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.), 396*
— Transporter, Skid-Wheel, Develop
ment of, 494*
— Use of Magnesium in, 309
— Vertical Take-Off, Coleopter, 790 Take-Off and Landing Research,
Atar “ Volant ” (Societe National d’J^tude et de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation), 790*
— VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing),
Development of, by United States Army, 396
Development Progress, 447
— “ Vultur ” (Louis Breguet), 712
— Weight-Control Exhibition, Society of
British Aircraft Constructors, 309 Saving Possibilities of Titanium for, 309
— Workers. See United Automobile,
Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America under Labour
Airframe Construction, Resistance Welding in, by N. K. Gardner, 90
Airlines, Private, New Deal for, 743
Airport, Blackbushe, Crash of “ Hermes ” Aircraft at, 392
— Cinema Film on, 347
— Civil, Financial Losses at, 167
— Helicopter, Possible Sites in London
for, 222
— London, Construction of Earth Walls
to Combat Aircraft Noise at, 191
Rail-Link with Centre of London, Proposed, 191
“Talk-Down” at, 482*
Precision Approach Radar (P.A.R.) at, 483*
Travelling Time from. Discussion in Parliament on, 351
— Losses in Running, Discussion in
Parliament on, 222
— Lympne, Radar, Decca Type 424,
installed at, 179
— Nairobi, Cost of, 543
— Piarco, Fire-Fighting Crash Tender for
(Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504*
— Ringway, Crash of “ Viscount 701
Air-Liner at, 392
— Runways Refuse, Sweeper-Collector
for (Zwicky Ltd.), 631
“ Alouette II ” Five-Seat Shaft-Driven Turbine-Powered Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
Association Internationale des Construc- teurs de Materiel Aeronautique, 688
“ Atar 9 ” Turbojet Aero Engine ,with Afterburner (Societe National d’Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation), 790*
Atar “ Volant ’’ Vertical Take-Off and Landing Research Aircraft (Society National d’J'kude et de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation), 790*
Aviation and Aeronautical Industries, International Directory of( Book), 632
Aviation, Canadian, Periodical, Note on, 632
— Civil, Financial Losses at Airports, 167 See also Transport and Civil Aviation, Ministry of
— Medicine Congress in Naples, 544
” Beverley ” Transport Aircraft, Development Progress, 319
Bloodhound ” Surface-to-Air Guided Missile (Bristol/Ferranti), 601
Breguet 1000 ” Twin-Engine Single-Seat Tactical Fighter Aircraft (Louis Breguet), 712*
“ Breguet 1050 Alize ” Three-Seat Carrier- Based Anti-Submarine Aircraft (Louis Breguet), 712*
“ Britannia ” Air-Liners, Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on, 352
Dispute at Beginning of Commercial Operation of, 192
Fuselage Fire-Protection System (Pyrene Co., Ltd.). 116
in Service on London-Johannesburg Route of British Overseas Airways Corporation, 134
“ Canberra ” Bomber Aircraft, Manufacture of, by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.. 360
— Mark 9 Photographic Reconnaissance Aircraft to be Built by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 205
“ Caravelle ” Prototype Airliner (Sud Aviation), 762*
“ Caribou,” DHC4, Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.), 396*
Civil Aviation Organisation, International, Rate of Drift of Inflatable Life- Rafts, 504
See also Transport and Civil Aviation, Ministry of
” Civil Victor ” Air-Liner (Handley Page, Ltd.), 689*
Coleopter Vertical Take-Off Aircraft, 790 “ Comet ” Air-Liner, Deferment of Capital Airlines’ Order for, 647
“ Comet 1 ” Air-Liner, Operating Costs, 245*
” Comet 3 ” Air-Liner, Engines for “ Comet 4 ” Installed in, for Certification Flying (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 148*
” Comet 4 ” Air-Liner Engines Installed in ” Comet 3 ” for Certification Flying (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 148*
“ Comet 4B ” Short Range Aircraft for Continental Routes (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689
“ Convair 340 ” Airliner, Conversion to ” Eland ” Propeller-Turbine Engines (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
” Conway ” Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Vulcan ” Bomber Aircraft, 735
“ Dart ” Propeller-Turbine Engines for ” Freightliner” Transport Aircraft (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 158*
De-Icing, “ Spraymat ” Electrical System of. Manufacture of, by PacAero, Inc., 631
— System in Eland Convair Conversion (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 337
’’D.H.IIO” ‘‘Sea Vixen” Carrier-Borne All-Weather Fighter Aircraft for Royal Navy (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439
“ Djinn ” Two-Seat Cold-Tip-Jet Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
Douglas “ DC7C ” Airliner, Cabin- Pressure System, Test Rigs for (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Education, Aeronautical, Advanced, Conference on, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 438
Ejection Seats, Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
for Supersonic Jet Aircraft, “Aerial Bobsled ” (General Dynamics Corp.), 663*
“ Eland ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 360 Turbine Aeroplane Engine, Conversion of “ Convair 340 ” Airliner for (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
Engine, Aeroplane, Ducted Fan Types (Turbomeca), 791
Exports of, 582
French, Survey of, 790*
Gas-Turbine, “ Gazelle,” for Helicopters with Shaft Drive (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 629*
Gas-Turbine Types (Turbomeca), 791*
“ Gyron ” (de Havilland Engine Co., Ltd.), 328
Helicopter, Tilting Test Bed for, at Alvis, Ltd., 253*
Jet, Comparison with Turbo-Prop, by Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, 244*
Piston, “Leonides,” for Bristol 171 Mark 14 “ Sycamore ” Helicopters (Alvis, Ltd.), 359
Propeller-Turbine (Turbomeca), 791 Propeller-Turbine, Comparison with Jet, by Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, 244*
Propeller-Turbme, “ Dart,” for “Freightliner” Transport Aircraft (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 158*
Propeller-Turbine, “Eland” (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 360
Propeller-Turbine, “ Eland,” Conversion of “ Convair 340 ” Airliner for (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
“ R-2000,” 1,450 h.p., for DHC4 “ Caribou ” Transport Aircraft (Pratt and Whitney), 396
Ramjet-Powered Aircraft, French, 711*
Ramjet, “ ST450 ” Test Vehicle (Societe National de Constructions Aeronautiques du Nord), 791 *
Ramjet, Test Cell for Free-Jet Test of, 753*
Aeronautics—continued
Engine, Aeroplane, Ramjet, “Thor" ^or “ Bloodhound’’ Guided
Missile (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 601
Simulated Flight Testing of, by H. Constant, 750*
in Supersonic Flight, 751 * Test Facility at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 814* Turbo-Gas Generators (Turbo- meca), 791 *
Turbojet, with Afterburner, "Atar 9 " (Societe National d’Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation), 790*
Turbojet, “ Conway," for “ Vulcan " Bomber Aircraft, 735
Turbojet, " Gabiro,” with Afterburner (Societe National de Constructions Aeronautiques du Nord), 791
Turbojet, “ HS804,’’ for High- Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft (Societe d'Exploitation des Materiels Hispano-Suiza), 790*
Turbojet, “Nene," for Wind Tunnel at Radletl Works of Handley
Page, Ltd. (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 142* - Turbojet, “ Olympus 6," for
“ Victor " Bomber Aircraft, 735 Turbojet, “ R.7 " (Generale Aero-
nautique Marcel Dassault), 791 Turbojet, “ RA29,’’ for “ Comet 4 "
Air-Liner Installed in “ Comet 3"
Air-Liner for Certification Flying (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 148* Turbojet Types (Turbomeca), 791 Turbojet, “ Viper," for “ SR3 "
Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (Armstrong Siddeley), 689* See also Turbines, Gas — Rocket, French, 711 * “ SEPR 661 " (Societe d'Etude de la
Propulsion par Reaction), 791 “ Etendard IV " Lightweight Twin-Jet
Tactical Support Aircraft (Dassault), 712
“ Etendard VI " Tactical Support Fighter
Aircraft (Dassault), 712
Fireflash" Air-to-Air Missile (Fairey
Aviation Co., Ltd.), 601
“ Firestreak" Air-to-Air Missile (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 601*
Flight, High-Speed, by E. Ower and J. L. Nayler (Review), 310
— Oscillatory Instability in, Theoretical Research on, at National Physical Laboratory, 753
— Simulated, Engine-Test Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, by W. G. Fletcher, 780*
— Simulator, Electronic, Contract for (F. G. Miles, Ltd.), 72
— Supersonic, Aero-Engines in, 751*
— — Commercial. Possibilities and Diffi
culties of, 164
Engine Development Problems, 814* — Testing, Simulated, of Aero Engines, by H. Constant, 750*
“ Flying Seat," Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
— Test Bed, Jet-Gyrodyne, dyne" Helicopter, Air in, 590*
Free-Jet Testing at National Establishment, 815* “Freightliner" Transport Aircraft (Sir
W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.), 158*
“Friendship" Airliner (Fokker N.V.), 763*
Fuel Consumption in Aircraft, Apparatus for Calibrating Mass-Flow Meters (Elliott Brothers (London), 157*
Fuselage, “Aerovan" in “ HDM Experimental Light-Transport plane (F. G. Miles, Ltd.), 762*
— “ Mystere IV," Construction of, 372.
See Erratum, 504
— Production of, Using Plastics Tools and Jigs from Plaster Moulds, 372*
“ Gabiro ” Turbojet Aero Engine with Afterburner (Societe Nationale Constructions Aeronautiques Nord), 791
“ Gazelle" Free-Turbine Engine Helicopters with Shaft Drive Napier and Son, Ltd.), 629*
“ Gerfaut II " Single-Seat Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft (Societe
Nationale de Constructions Aero- nautiques du Nord), 712
“ Grift'on II" Experimental Delta-Wing Aircraft (Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques du Nord), 711*
“H.D.34" High-Aspect-Ratio Photographic-Survey Aircraft for Instiiut Geographique National (Socieie de Construction des Avion Dubois), 762
“ HDM 105 " Experimental
Drop Tower for Shock-Loading Components (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 602*
Ship-to-Air, '* Seaslug," 744*
Surface-to-Air (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 602
Surface-to-Air, “Bloodhound" (Bristol, Ferranti), 601
Mystere IV Aircraft, Construction of Rear Fuselage, 372*. See Erratum, 504
“ Nene" Turbojet Engines for Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd. (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 142* Noise, Jet, Nozzles for Suppression of. Experimental Work on, 592*
“ Nord 2502 " Cargo Aircraft, 762* “ Nord 2504 " Cargo Aircraft, 762 “ Nord 2506 " Cargo Aircraft, 762 “ Nord 2507 " Aircraft for Search and Rescue Work on Land or Sea, 762
“ Olympus 6" Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Victor " Bomber Aircraft, 735 “P.l" Fighter Aircraft, Available to Royal Air Force, 479
Aircraft, Progress in Development of (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 319
Aircraft, in Sound-Barrier Incident at Southport Infirmary, 351
Parachute-Equipped " Flying Seat ’’ (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344 “Paris 760 ” Twin-Jet Four-Seat Communications Aircraft (Societe Morane- Saulnier), 763
“ Pembroke ” Helicopters, Contract with Germany for (Hunting Percival), 359 Propellers, Cold-Drawn Tube for (Accles and Pollock, Ltd.), 86*
“ R.7 " Turbojet Aero Engine (Generale Aeronautique Marcel Dassault), 791
“ RA29 " Turbojet Aeroplane Engines for “Comet 4" Air-Liner Installed in “ Comet 3 ” Air-Liner for Certification Flying (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 148* Ramjet. See Engine, Aeroplane (above). ” Raven " Rocket Motors for “ Skylark " High-Altitude Research Vehicle (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 164
Rocket Motors, “ Raven," for “ Skylark " High-Altitude Research Vehicle (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 164
— Propulsion Elements: Introduction to Engineering of Rockets, by G. P. Sutton (Review), 822
— Skylark, Use for Research on Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287
“ Rotodyne ” Transport Helicopter, Air Compressor in Jet-Gyrodyne Flying Test Bed for, 590*
Helicopter, Application of Pressure- Jet Development Work to, 590*
Royal Air Force: “ P. 1 " Fighter Aircraft Available to, 479; Remarks by Lord Tedder on,706
Sailplane, LOM55, “ Libelle," Dihedral Tailplane, 324*
Salvage of Damaged Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 287
“ SC.l VTOL " Research Aircraft, First Flight of (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 523
“SE212 Durandal" Prototype SingleSeat Delta-Wing Interceptor Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 711*
“SE313O Alouette II” Five-Seat Shaft- Driven Turbine Powered Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
“Sea Vixen” “D.H.llO” Carrier-Borne All-Weather Fighter Aircraft for Royal Navy (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439
“ Seaslug ” Ship-to-Air Guided Missile, 744*
Seats, Ejection, Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
for Supersonic Jet Aircraft, “ Aerial Bobsled ” (General Dynamics Corp.), 663*
— Rear-Facing, in Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
“ SEPR 661 ” Nitric Acid ^Furaline Rocket Engine (Societe d’Etude de la Propulsion par Reaction), 791
“ Seven Seas ” Air-Liners, Test Rigs for Cabin-Pressure Systems Langley, Ltd.), 396* Silencers for Pressure-Jet Design of, 592*
“Skylark” Rockets, Use for Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287
“SO1221 Djinn” Two-Seat Cold-Tip-Jet Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
“ SR3 ” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 689*
— — Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, “ Spectre ” Liquid-Fuel Rocket Motor for (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689*
Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, “ Viper ” Turbojet Engine for (Armstrong Siddeley), 689*
“ ST450 ” Ramjet Test Vehicle (Societe Nationale de Constructions Aero- nautiques du Nord), 791*
STOL (Short Take-Off and Aircraft, Development of, States Army, 396
“ Super Broussard ” Light Transport Aircraft (Avions Max Holste), 762
Supersonic Flight, Aero-Engines, in, 751* Commercial, Possibilities and Difficulties of, 164
Engine Development Problems, 814* Restrictions on, by F. W. Page, 228 “ Swift ” Fighter Aircraft, £40 million Expenditure on, 328
“Sycamore” Helicopters, Bristol 171 Mark 14, for Germany (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 359
“ Thor ” Type Ramjet Engine for “ Bloodhound ” Guided Missile (Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.), 601
“ Tramontane ” Turbo-Gas Generators (Turbomeca), 791*
Transporter, Aircraft, Skid-Wheel, Development of, 494*
“ Trident 11 ” Rocket-Powered Interceptor Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 711
“ Ultra-Light ” Helicopter, Application of Pressure-Jet Development Work to, 590*
“ Vanguard ” Airliners for Trans-Canada Air Lines (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 62*
“ Vautour ” Two-Seat All-Weather Fighter Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 712
— Tactical-Support and Bomber Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 688*
“VC-10” Air-Liner for British Overseas Airways Corporation (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 676
“ Victor ” Bomber Aircraft, Bristol “ Olympus 6 ” Engines for, 735
Aircraft, Development Progress, 447 “ Viscount ” Air-Liner, Deferment of Capital Airlines’ Order for, 647
“ Viscount 701 ” Air-Liner, Crash of, at Ringway Airport, 392
Operating Costs, 245*
VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Aircraft, Development of, by United States Army, 396
“ Vulcan ” Aircraft, Accident to, Report on Special Investigation into, by Dr. A. G. Touch, 483
Development Progress, 447
Rolls-Royce “ Conway ” Turbo-jet Engines for, 735
“ Vultur ” Aircraft (Louis Breguet), 712 Weight Control, Aircraft, Exhibition on. Society of British Aircraft Constructors, 309
Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., Acoustical Design of, by Dr. A. J. King, 142*
Tests on Power Output of Racing Cyclists at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 586*
Wing, High-Aspect-Ratio, Hurel-Dubois (H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd.), 762* Aeronautique, Association Internationale des
Constructeurs de Materiel, 688 Aeroplanes. See Aeronautics
Aeroplastics, Ltd., Reorganisation and Activities, 247
“ Aerovan ” Fuselage in “ HDM105 ” Experimental Light-Transport Aeroplane (F. G. Miles, Ltd.), 762*
Aertssen, Prof. G., on Cavitation and Propeller Performance, 556
Afco Private, Ltd., “Floating” Showroom, 440
A.F.L.-C.I.O. Collective Bargaining Report, 455
Africa, Copper Mining Industry, Co-Partnership in, 487
— Economy of, 582
— Industrial Development in, 119
— Mineral Resources of. Survey of, 582
— Oil Pipeline Across, as Alternative to
Suez Canal, 222
— South. See South Africa
— South-West, Vanadium Resources, 198
— West, New Industrial Communities in, by
R. K. A. Gardiner, 768
Africa, West, Oil Supplies from, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
African-Asian Co-operation in Nuclear Power, 92
After-Sales Service for Electronic Equipment, C.H.T. Johnson’s Views on, 216
Agencies. Export, Function of, 323
“Agency Safeguards ” (Nuclear Weapons), 543 AGN-201 Nuclear Reactor, Description of, 281 Reactor, 100-MW, Licence to Operate, Issued to Aerojet-General Nucleonics, 733*
Aggregate, Plant for Conversion of Fly-Ash to, for Building Blocks at Battersea Power, Station, 721 *
Agreements, Labour. See Labour
Agricultural Engineers Association, Ltd.: Role in Relaxation of Embargo on Exports to China, 549; Increase in Agricultural Machinery Exports, 550; Position and Prospects of Agricultural Machinery Industry, 708
Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of: Weighing Machine for Continuously Recording Weight Changes of Crops, 420*; Development of Potato Harvester, 422
Agricultural Implement Workers. See United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America under Labour
Agricultural Machinery, Contracts for Servicing of, 703
Effect of Rust on Life of, 331. See also 322
Exports of, 550, 708
Exporting of, to China, 549
and Implements Industry Standards Committee. Work of, 255
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 41*, 135, 550. See LETTER, 133
Industry, Probable Effect of European Common Market on, 708
at Leipzig Fair, 564*, 628
Massey-Harris-Ferguson’s Activities in Western Europe, 229
Russian Exhibits of, at Leipzig Fair, 564* Standardisation of Spare Parts for, 255
— Motors. See Engines; Motors; Tractors
— Products, World, Output of, 455
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture, De-Rating Percentage Unaltered, 230
— See also Irrigation
Ahcol Rotamill, for Semi-Automatic Milling of Slots, Flats and Faces (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 347*
Ahwas, 300-Mile Oil Link with Azna, Cinema Film “ Pipeline into Persia,’’ on, 589
Air. See also Atmosphere
— Bags for Self-Adjusting Suspension for
Goods Road Vehicles (Andre Rubber Co., Ltd.), 823*
— Compressed. See Compressed Air; Pneu
matic
— Compression System at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 816*
— Compressors (Trade Publication), 85
Axial-Flow, in “ Gazelle ’’ Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 629*
Axial-Flow, 17-Stage, for Compressor- Exhauster Plant at National Gas Turbine Establishment (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 233*
Bicera, for Pressure-Charging Diesel Engines, 559
Diaphragm, Twin-Cylinder, “DP. 14,” with Neoprene Fittings (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 189*
Exhauster Units at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 233*
Freon, High-Speed Single-Acting (Lightfoot Refrigeration Co., Ltd.), 365
in Jet-Gyrodyne Flying Test Bed for “ Rotodyne ” Helicopter, 590*
Large, “ Hydrovane ” (Whittaker Hall and Co. (1929), Ltd.), 605
Mechanically-Driven, for Pressure Charging Small Diesel Engines, by B. W. Millington, 559
Mobile (Trade Publication), 757
Oversize, in “ Ultra-Light ” Helicopter, 590*
Petrol-Driven, “ Hydrovane,” with Specially Designed Silencers (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 438
Plant at National Gas Turbine Establishment (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 780*
Portable, F.80A Mark IV (Trade Publication), 147
Portable, “ Hydrovane ” (Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd.), 605
Portable, “ Hydrovane ” (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 605
“ Proteus,” at National Gas Turbine Establishment Ltd.), 781*
Rotary.
Air Filter, Electrostatic “ Precipitron ” (Trade Publication), 147
— Flow Controller for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Force, Royal. See Aeronautics
— Fouga, “ Magister” Lightweight Jet Trainer Aircraft, 688*
— Fuel Ratio Controller for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Line Pilots Association, British, Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352
— Nozzles, Use of, for Horticultural Spraying, 771*
— Pollution by Dust and Sulphur Dioxide Around Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, by W. D. Jarvis and L. G. Austin, 465
-Handbook, by P. L. Magill, F. R. Holden and C. Ackley (Review), 243
from Power Stations, 465
Sulphur Dioxide, Instruments for Measuring Small Quantities of, by W. G. Cummings and M. W. Redfearn, 465 See also Clean Air
— Pump. See Pump
— Screw. See Propellers under Aeronautics
— Supplies at Simulated-Flight Engine-Test
Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, by W. G. Fletcher, 780*
— Surveys (Trade Publication), 109
— Transport Association of America, Com
parison of Operating Costs of “ Convair 340 ” Airliner with Piston Engines and with Propeller Turbines, 337*
Association, International, Cinema Film, “ Song of the Clouds,” 347
Cinema Film, “Song of the Clouds,” 347
—; — Industry, Position and Prospects of, 582 Aircraft. See Aeronautics
— Carriers. See under IVarships
— Constructors, Society of British. See
British Aircraft Constructors
— Establishment, Royal. See Aeronautics —• Industry. See Aeronautics
Air-Liner. See Aircraft, Civil under Aero^ nautics
Airlocks at DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725
Airpel, Ltd., Industrial Fluid Filters for High and Low Pressure Systems (Trade Publication), 371
Airports. See Aeronautics
Air Research Divisions of Garrett Corp., Licence Agreement Covering Auxiliary Power Gas-Turbines and Air-Turbine Starters with Armstrong Siddeley Motors, 729
“ Ajaxomatic ” Induction Furnace for Feeding Molten Aluminium and Zinc Alloys to Die-Casting Machines (Birlec, Ltd.), 605* Aktiebolaget Ljungstrom Angturbin, Construction of First Ljungstrom Turbine for Locomotives, 290
Alar, Ltd., Aluminium Casting Alloys (Trade Publication), 147
Alarm, Smoke Density (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 407*
Alarm Systems, Fire (Trade Publication), 51 Fire, ” Blaze-larm ” (Gent and Co., Ltd.), 792
— Tele-, Unit for Safeguarding Unattended
Equipment (Auto Call Co., Ltd.), 317*
Albright and Wilson, Ltd.: “ Phosbrite ” Aluminium-Polishing Solutions (Trade Publication), 215; Galling of Titanium, 388; Phosphorus Production at Portishead Factory of, 466*
Alco Products, Inc., Guided Missiles, 23; Springs (Trade Publication), 147; Package Nuclear Reactors, 185*; APPR Reactor Commenced Operation, 574; APPR Nuclear Reactor, 602*
Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd., Diesel and Lubricating Oil Purifiers for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445
Algebra, Tables of, by M. Boll (Book), 465
Algoma Steel of Canada, Acquisition of Controlling Interest by Hawker Siddeley Group, 583
Allan, Dr. J. F.: on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231; on National Physical Laboratory New Hydromechanics Laboratory, 498*; on Ocean Iron Ore Carriers, 526; on National Physical Laboratory New Ship Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Discussion on, 555; on ” Lubumbashi ” Cargo Motorship, 587; the Late, 804
Allen, E., and Co., Ltd., Electromagnet Constructed of Steel Castings, 540
Allen, J. E., on Elementary Theory of Transient Pinched Discharge, 123*
Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft, Annual Report, 455
Allibone, Dr. T. E., on Nuclear Energy in Service of Man, 94, 217*
Allied Art Industries, Ltd., Coupling for Tubes, 170*, 264, 170*. See LETTER, 229 Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Nuclear Power Plant for Northern States Power Co., 476*
Allmanna Svenska Elektriska A/B. See Asea “ Alouette II ” Five-Seat Shaft-Driven Turbine- Powered Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763 Allowances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Alloys. See Metallurgy
” Alpica ” Pull-up Protective Scaffolding (Thilo Hoffmann), 627
ALPR Nuclear Reactor, 281
Alston Foundry Co., Ltd., Casting-Riser Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Machine for Steel Foundry, 212*
Alternating Current. See Electric
— Stress. See Fatigue
Alternators. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators
Alumina for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234
Aluminium and Its Alloys, Application of, High Voltage Transmission Lines Central Electricity Authority, by C. Jackson, 650
— Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Aluminium “ Apron ” for Oxford Playhouse, 393
in British Telephone Service, by J. Gerrard and T. P. A. Urben, 650
— Bronze Castings (Trade Publication), 371 Components Cast on Steel Shaft (Meigh
Castings, Ltd ), 594-*
Pump Screw Cast on Steel Shatt (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 595*
and Steel, Composite Castings of, by C. H. Meigh and G. E. E. Marshall, 594* Tools, Non-Sparking (Trade Publication), 371
— for Bus-bars, by A. R. Parish, 650
— Cables, Soldering of (Trade Publication),
147
— Casting Alloys, by A. V. Carless, 553 Alloys (Trade Publication), 147
Coaches, Unpainted, Prototype Trains of, for London Transport Underground Service, 810 .
— Conductors, Cables with Problems of Using,
on Medium-Voltage Systems of Midlands Electricity Board, by G. F. Peirson, 650 for Overhead Distribution Lines, by R. Cloke and R. Fyfe, 650
Aluminium Development Association: Symposium on Use and Welding of Aluminium in Shipbuilding (Book), 182; Symposium on Aluminium in Electrical Engineering: Economies of Aluminium in Electrical Engineering, by Dr. E. G. West, 650; Physical Properties of Aluminium, by C. H. E. Ridpath and D. F. J. Worth, 650; Jointing Processes for Aluminium, by J. C. Bailey and P. Gregory, 650; Application of Aluminium and its Alloys to High-Voltage Transmission Lines of Central Electricity Authority, by G. B. Jackson, 650; Aluminium Conductors for Overhead Distribution Lines, by R. Cloke and R. Fyfe, 650; Problems of Midlands Electricity Board in Using Cables with Aluminium Conductors on Medium* Voltage Systems, by G. F. Peirson, 650; Economic Advantage of Using Aluminium Instead of Copper for Transformer Windings, by F. W. Gee and R. J. Gresley, 650; Use of Aluminium for Bus-bars, by A. R. Parish, 650; Use of Aluminium in Telecommunication Cables, by R. C. Mildner and Miss B. F. Thorne, 650; Aluminium in British Telephone Service, by J. Gerrard and T. P. A. Urben, 650; Use of Aluminium in France, by M. P. Jacomet, 650; Use of Aluminium in Germany, by Dipl.-Ing. W, von Zwehl, 650
in Electrical Engineering, Economies ot, by Dr. E. G. West. 650
— in Electrical Engineering, Symposium on, 650
Footbridge, Welded, over River Ebbw, 361 * Hatch Cover, Welded, for M.S. “ Kepwick Hall ” (Head, Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd.), 202* _ . .
Hydrate, Conversion of, to Aluminium Oxide, in Production of “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329 p ,, ,r ,
Use in Manufacture of Hylumina Heat-Resisting Ceramic (K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd.), 329
— Industry, Future Development ot, 50 Influence of, in Zinc Die-Casting Alloys, by L. A. J. Lodder and K. P. Scott, 746
— Jointing Processes for, by J. C. Bailey and P. (Gregory, 650
— Laboratories (Geneva), Welded Aluminium Footbridge over River Ebbw, 361*
Aluminium, Ltd., Centre d'fitudes Industrielles, at Geneva, 675
— Magnesium Alloy.
Metallurgy
Oxide Coating for Dies (Union Carbide International Co.),
Conversion of, from Aluminium Hydrate, in Production of “ Hylumina ” Heat- Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329
— Paint, "Noral Alpaste ” (Trade Publication), 85
Physical Properties of, by C. H. E. Ridpath and D. F. J. Worth, 650
— Plugs and Sockets (Trade Publication), 659 — Polishing Solutions, " Phosbrite ” (Trade Publication), 215
— Pressure Die Castings, by Dr.-Ing. C. Biicken, 746
— Sheathed Cable (Trade Publication), 789 and Silvered Glass Reflectors " Brytal " (Trade Publication), 757
— in Telecommunication Cables, by R. C.
Mildner and Miss B. F. Thorne, 650
for Transformer Windings, Economic Advantage of Use of, by F. W. Gee and R. J. Gresley, 650
Tube, for Heater for Measurement of Rate of Flow of (Slaciers (A.P.V. Co., Ltd.), 491
Aluminium Union, Ltd., Soldering of Aluminium Cables (Trade Publication), 147
— Use of, in France, by M. P. Jacomet, 650
— Use of, in Germany, by Dipl.-Ing. W. von Zwehl, 650
— Welding and Use of, in Shipbuilding, Symposium on (Book), 182
Wrought, and Aluminium Alloys, Gas Welding of, Revision of British Standard 1126 Covering, 621
— and Zinc Die Castings, Surface Treatment
of, by H. Ruegg, 746
Alvis, Ltd., Tilting Test Bed for Helicopter Engines, 253*; "Leonides" Piston Engine for Bristol 171, Mk. 14 " Sycamore " Helicopters, 359
" Alzen 305 " Zinc-Aluminium-Copper Bearing Alloy (Hill, Alzen (Sales), Ltd.), 810
Amal, Ltd., Injectors for Burners for Hardening Furnace, 170*
Amalgamated Engineering Union. See Engineering Union, Atnalgatnated, under Labour Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. See Woodworkers under Labour
— Union of Foundry Workers. See Foundry Workers under Labour
America. See Latin America,' South America' United States
— United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricul
tural Implement Workers of, Long-Term Wage Agreement with General Motors, 677; Constitution and Activities of, 677 American Anthropological Association. See Anthropological
American Brake Shoe Co., Formation of
Lloyds Brake Shoe, Ltd., 296
— Businessman, Comment on, 673
Commercial Motor Vehicles, Comparison with British and German, 208*
— Cycle Manufacturers, Application to Tariff
Commission for Greater Protection Against Imports from Europe, 486
— Economists, Annual Convention of, 119
— Embassy, Library and Information Service
at, 693
— Engineers, Survey of, 194*
Institute of Electrical Engineers. See Electrical Engineers
— Lithium Institute, Inc. See Lithium American Machine and Foundry (A.M.F.
Atomics), German Order for Privately- Owned 16-MW Nuclear Reactor, 294 Motor Cars, Trends of, at Geneva Motor
Show, 388
— Navy. See United States under iVarships
— Nuclear Society. See Nuclear
— Power Conference (Chicago), Remarks by
F. J. Lane on Central Electricity Authority’s 275-kV “Super-Grid," 532*
— Railway Trade Union System, 576
— Society of Mechanical Engineers. See
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of for Testing Materials. See Testing
— Technicians, Supply Problem of, 194*
— See also United States
Ames Crosta Mills and Co., Ltd., Sewage
Settling Tanks (Trade Publicaton), 109 A.M.F, Atomics, Inc.: Atomic Power Station for Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitats werk, A.G., 413*, 441*; Atomic Power Station for Rural Co-operative Power Assocation at Elk River (Minnesota), 413* Ammeter, Clip-On (Ferranti, Ltd.), 473
— Moving-Coil, and Voltmeters (Crompton
Parkinson, Ltd.), 592 Ammonium Nitrates/T.N.T., Explosives, 460 “ Amphibian Otter ” Caravan-Houseboat, 57* Amplifier, Direct Current (Trade Publication),
789
— Light (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 360
— Magnetic, for Supplying Generator Field
Windings in 72-Ton High Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 558
— Transistor (Venner Electronics, Ltd.), 589* 200-mW, for Use in Printed Circuits
(Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd.), 505*
— 10-watt, Use in Portable Public Address
System (Lustraphone, Ltd.), 505
— Use of Solid-State Oscillator as (Bell Tele
phone Laboratories), 362
Amsler, A. J,, and Co., 1,000-Ton Compression Testing Machine at Building Research Station, 180*
Analmatic Uranium Analyser (Baird and Tat- lock, Ltd.), 360
Analogues, Electrolytic Tank for Flow Studies, 691
Analyser for Identification of Radio-Active Materials (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 419*
— Particle, Film Scanning, for Counting and
Sizing Microscopic Particles (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
— “ Titrornatic ” for Automatic Chemical
Analysis (Electronic Instruments, Ltd.), 419*
— Trace Record, Oscar Model J (Trade
Publication), 109
— Type 1438B, for Measuring Amplitude
Distribution of ‘ . . .
Nuclear-Particle trical, Ltd.), 360
— Uranium, Analmatic (Baird and Tatlock, Ltd.)
360
Analysis, Chemical, Automatic, “ Titromatic ** Analyser for (Electronic Instruments, Ltd.), 419*
— of Engineering Structures, by A. J. S.
Pippard and J. F. Baker (Review), 659
— Engineering: Survey of Numerical Proce
dures, by S. H. Crandall (Review), 182
— Gas, Carbon Dioxide Metering Equipment
(Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 139
— of Machining Time, Device for (Headland
Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 375*
— Metallurgical, by Means of Spekker Photo
electric Absorptiometer, by F. W. Haywood and A. A. R. Wood (Book), 271
— Plastic. See Plastic Analysis
— Spectrochemical (Trade Publication), 311
— of Steel, Automatic, “ Fluorite Polychro-
mator ” for (Trade Publication), 789
— Stress, Notation in, by J. Case, 616. See
LETTERS, 679, 710
— Structural, Plastic Methods of, by B. G.
Neal (Review), 214
Type URS-55 Table, X-Ray Set for, 566*
— Vibration Tables of. By R. E. D. Bishop
and D. C. Johnson (Book), 597
Andre Rubber Co., Ltd., Air Bags for Self- Adjusting Suspension for Goods Road Vehicles, 823*
Andreae Automatic Spraying and Drying Machine (Lavino (London), Ltd.), 213*
Anemometer, Gust, for Wind Turbulence Investigations in Orkney, 554*
Angel Truck Co., Ltd., “ Celtruck ” Platform Truck (Trade Publication), 535
Angle Checker for Measuring Plane Surfaces (Trade Publication), 311
— Plane Surfaces, Auto-Collimator for Mea
surement of (Trade Publication), 311
— Slotted (Trade Publication), 757 Anglo-American Corp, of South Africa, Offer
to Acquire Interest in South West Africa Co., 198; Participation in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358; Joint Pricing Policy with Rhodesian Selection Trust, 741
Anglo-American Group, German Order for Privately-Owned 15-MW Nuclear Reactor, 294
Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Co., Lisbon- Montijo Radio-Telephone System, 183* Anglo-Soviet Trade: A Guide for Prospective Exporters and Importers (Booklet,) 744 Ankara, Photographic Display of British Nuclear Research Achievements, 476
ANL Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240 Annealing. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Antennas, Linear, Theory of, by R. W. P. King (Review), 109
Anthracite Strip Mining Act, 464
— Use in Production of Phosphorus (Albright
and Wilson, Ltd.), 466
Anthropological Association, Arnerican, Studies on Intellectual Capability of Negro Children, 448
Anti-Nucleons, Experiments on, 539 Anti-Protons, Experiments on, 539 “Anti-Spatter” Emulsion Containing Silicones, for Use with Welding Equipment (Union Carbide International Co.), 361 Antwerp, Port of. Modernisation and Re- Equipment, 549
Aokam Tin, Ltd., Conversion of “ Pibul ” Oil Tanker to Deep-Sea Grab Dredge (Priestman Brothers), 570*
“AP-1” Automatic Sample Picking Device, 566*
Apapa Wharf at Lagos, Construction oi. Cinema Film “ Cutting the Queue,” on, 589
“ APM ” Fully Automatic Packing Plant, 660 Apparatus, Automatic, for Stress-Corrosion Tests at British Iron and Steel Research Association Corrosion Exhibition, 746 Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co.: 150,000- cub. ft. Turbo-Blower, 107; 300-350-Ton Tilting Open-Hearth Furnace, 107; Expansion Scheme, 458
Applied Radiation Corp., Linear Accelerators, 573
Appointments, Professional, Arrangements tor, at Employment Exchanges, 447
APPR Nuclear Reactor, Control Rod Flux- Peaking in, 795*
Reactor, Description of, 602*
Reactor, Operation Commenced, 574 — Type Plants, Cost of Electricity from (Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd.), 574
APPR-I Nuclear Reactor, 185* apprenticeship. See Education; Labour •* Apron,” Aluminium, for Oxford Playhouse, 593 , „
A.P.V. Co., Ltd., Aluminium Tube, for Heater for Measurement of Rate of Flow of ^jlncicrs 491
Aqua Lights’, Sea Marker Lights (McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd.), 190
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Energieversor- gungsunternehemen zur Vorbereitung der Errichtung eines Leistungsversuchsreak- tors (A.V.R.)e. V., 15-MW Nuclear Power Plant, 635
Arbitration in Labour Disputes. See Labour Arbon Hydro-Electric Power Station, Plans for, 354 „
ARBOR Nuclear Reactor, New Research Facility, 29, 281
Arc-Chute Features of 500-MVA 11-kV Resin- Insulated Air-Break Circuit-Breaker (A. Reyrolle Co., Ltd.), 490* .
— Short Duration, Between Separating Plati
num and Palladium Contacts, Oscillographic Observation of, by J. Riddlestone (Book), 789
— See also Furnace; ]Velding
Architects, Acoustics for, by W. Furrer (Review), 596* .
Builders and Civil Engineers, Abridged Building Classification for, 502
Architects, Naval. See Haval Architects Archives Council, Business, Work of, by Prof. R. S. Sayers, 452 .
Archivist, Records and the, by R. C. Jarvis, 452 Arenas, Sports, Developments in Design and Construction of, in Germany, 271 Argentine Republic, Export Trade to, 645 Argonaut Reactor Critical, 574* Description of, 574*
Argonne National Laboratory: Power from EBWR Nuclear Reactor, 93; EBWR Nuclear Reactor, 153*; ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor System, 154; ALPR Nucley Reactor, 281; Zero Power Reactors, 281; Description of ” Fast-Slow Reactor ZPR-5, 281; ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor, Detailed Description of, 404*; Argonaut Reactor, 574*; Argonaut Reactor Critical, 574*; EBWR Nuclear Reactor, 636; THUD Research Programme on Fuel Moderator System Based on Thorium- Uranium-Deuterium, 636; Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731 Arithmetic, Tables of, by M. Boll (BoolO. 465 Armament of Guided Missiles, by Dr. H.
Goldberg, 227
— Reduction in, 102
— See also Guns; Rifles; Warships
Armed Forces, Re-settlement of Ex-Ofhcers due to Contraction of, 576
Strength of, 643* Armour. See Warships Armoured Ships. See Warships Arms, Dr. H. S., on Capital Costs of Nuclear Power Stations, 794 ,,
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.;
Turbojet Engine for “ SR3 ’ Mixed-Po^wer Interceptor Research Aircraft, 689 ; Licence Agreement Covering Auxiliary Power Gas-Turbines and Air-Turbine Starters, with Air Research Divisions of Garrett Corp., 729
Armstrong Whitworth, Ramsay Condensing Turbo-Electric Locomotive, 290
Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries), Ltd., “ Kue-Ken ” Jaw and Gyratory Type Crushers (Trade Publication), 789
Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W. G., Aircraft, Ltd., ‘‘ Freightliner” Transport Aircraft, 158*; “Seaslug” Ship-to-Air Guided Missile, 744*
Army Equipment in New Defence Policy of United Kingdom, 645*
— Estimates, Memorandum on, 645
Arterial Roads. See Roads
Arthur D. Little Research Institute, Establish- ment of, at Inveresk, 200. See also 193
Articles Submitted to ENGINEERING, Note on Publication as Digests or Abstrcts, 686
— Technical, Index of, 403
Artificial Horizon Instrument, High-Precision Stainless-Steel Castings for (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 809*
— Limbs, 36*
Artillery. See Guns
Arts, Royal Society of, Foundation of Benjamin Franklin Medal and Award to Prof. F. C. Williams, 155; Development and Use of Glass Fibres, by A. Hudson Davies, 331
“ Asbestolux ” Asbestos Insulation Board for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Building Products Ltd.), 745*
Asbestos Insulation Board, “Asbestolux,” for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Building Products, Ltd.), 745*
“ Asdet ” Electronic Detector for Tramp Metals (ASEA Electric, Ltd.), 473*
ASEA, Activities of, 617*: 828; Profits, Output and Capital of, 617*; Product Range of, 617*; Group Subsidiaries of, 617; Export Statistics of, 618; Possible Effect of European Common Market and Free Trade Area on, 618*; Agreement for Co-operation on Nuclear Energy Projects with Atomics International, 828
ASEA Electric, Ltd., “Asdet” Electronic Detector for Tramp Metals, 473*
Ashford Common Pumping Station, Reducing Engine Noise at, by Dr. A. J. King, 16*
Ashley, J. W., on Nuclear Power Costs, 794 Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Gas Storage Tanks (Trade Publication), 215
Asia and Far East, United Nations Economic Commission for. Economic Survey of Asia and Far East, 1956, 440
— Nuclear Centre in Philippines, 93 Asian-African Co-operation in Nuclear Power, 92
Aslib: Meeting on Archive Preservation:
Records Requirements of Industry, by H. R. Mathys, 452; Records and the Archivist, by R. C. Jarvis, 452; Work of the Business Archives Council, by Prof. R. S. Sayers, 452; Business Records in Historical Research, by Prof. J. Simmons, 452; British Scientific and Technical Books, by J. Clarke, 502; Reorganisation of Institution of Civil Engineers’ Library, by H. C. Richardson, 502; Information on Atomic Energy, by R. M. Fishenden, 510*; Note on April Proceedings, 632; Annual Conference, 693. See LETTER, 709; Discussion in Parliament on Work of, 799
Asquith Machine Tool Corp., Position and Prospects of, 456
Asquith, R. W., Remarks on Position and Prospects of Asquith Machine Tool Corp., 456
Asquith, W., Ltd., Large-Capacity Planing and Grinding Machine, 561*
“ Asrec ” Speed Control System (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
Associated British Engineering, Ltd., Chairman’s Overseas Tour, 63
Associated Commercial Vehicles Group, Position and Prospects of, 408
Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., Annual Report, 136
Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., Hydro gen-Fusion Research, 59; Annual Report, 296; Project Report for Electrical Engineering Factory in India, 375; Annual Report, 455
Associated Engineering Holdings, Ltd., Effect of Oil Shortage, 168; Activities of, 231
Associated Motor Cycles, Annual Report, 296
— Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men. See Locomotive Engineers and Firemen under Labour
Association, British. See British Association
— of British Chambers of Commerce. See
Chambers of Commerce
— Engineering. See Institutions
— des Ingenieurs Sortis de P Ecole de Liege,
Centenary of La Revue Universelle des Mines, 171
— Internationale des Constructeurs de Materiel
Aeronautique, 688
— of Short-Circuit Testing Authorities (Inc.)
Short-Circuit Testing (Trade Publication),
— Suisse pour I’Essai des Materiaux, Joint
Meeting with Institute of Metals, 302
Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Joint Meeting with Institute of Metals, 302
Astik ” Acoustic Slabs for Sound Insulation (Gunther Jahne), 627
Astley, J. M., on Frustrated Leaders, 69. See LETTER, 228
Astronomy, Early Work of William Herschel, 6
—' Planetarium for Madame Tussaud’s Ltd. (Carl Zeiss), 258*
Aswan Dam, 580
Possible Interest of Germany and Russia in, 440
“ Atar 9 ” Turbojet Engine with Afterburner (Societe Nalionale d’Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation), 790*
Atar ” Volant ” Vertical Take-Off and Landing Research Aircraft (Societe Nationale d’Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation), 790*
“ Ataraxics,” Report on, by World Health Organisation, 384
Ateliers Metallurgique, “ Franco ” Articulated Steam Locomotive, 339*
Atha, A., Dollar Export Council Mission to Canada, 440
Atkins, M., on Physical Metallurgy of Low- Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron,713
Atlantic Cable, Anniversary of First Attempt to Lay, 7
— Liners. See Ships; Steamers; Motorships Atlantic Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Welded
Aluminium Footbridge over River Ebbw, 361*
Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd., Establishment of Company in Belgian Congo, 119 ; Pneumatic Hoist for Engine Room of Motor Tanker “ Ferncrest,” 829
Atmosphere Pollution. See Air Pollution; Clean Air; Smoke
— Upper, Research on, during International
Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287
” Atoms and Health ” Exhibition on, by Royal Society of Health, 220, 382
— ” Super-Atomic ” Energy by Application
of Extreme Cold to, 30
“ Atomat ” Four-Channel Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 269
— Nucleonic Thickness Gauges (Baldwin
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 93, 360
Atomenergi, S. B., Uranium Production in Sweden, 828*
Atomic Battery, Pocket, 220
— Bomb Tests, Safety of. Comment on, 454
— Development and Research Centre, Pro
jected, at Talsarnau, 187
— Energy Achievements of United Kingdom,
Criticism of, by United States, 642
Agency, International: Representation of United Kingdom on. Preparatory Commission, 415; Activities of Preparatory Commission of, 415; Statute and Objects of, 508; “Agency Safeguards,” 543
Authority, United Kingdom: Commercial Department, 30; Winfrith Heath Research Station, Comment on, 94; Exhibits at Het Atoom, Holland, 155; Co-operation with United States Atomic Energy Commission, 191; Exhibition of “ Atoms and Health,” 220; Discussion in Parliament on, 383; Siting of Nuclear Power Stations, Discussion in Parliament on, 383; Technical Discussions with Representatives of Euratom, 383; Contract for Purchase of Uranium from Canadian Government Agency, 423; Interest in Uranium Oxide from Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 423; Mobile Atomic Energy Exhibition for Australia, 442; Exhibits at Safety and Factory Efficiency Exhibition, 510; Activities at Dounreay, 610*; Offer to Purchase Uranium-Bearing Ores from Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 697; Appointment of J. R. V. Dolphin as Chief Engineer to Research Group, 698; Appointment of F. R. Farmer as Chief Safety Officer, 698; Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor. See Dounreay; see also Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., Nuclear Fuel Rod Assemblies with Heavy Water as Cooling Medium, 731
for Civil Use, Co-operation between United Kingdom and United States, 191
Commission, United States. See United States
Conferences on, 604
Co-operation between United Kingdom and Western Europe on, 383
Establishment, Dounreay. See Dounreay Establishment, Indian. See Indian Atomic Energy Establishment
Exhibition, Mobile, for Australia, 442 Health and Safety of Workers in, 510 in Industry, Conference on, 251
in Industry Conference, Cost of Building and Operating Nuclear Reactors, by W. K. Davis, 642
Industry in Sweden, 827
Information on, by R. M. Fishenden, 510 Information Sources in, by L. J. Anthony, Note on, 403
Insurance Problems Associated with, 153 Medicine and Research, by C. L. Dunham, 454
Ministerial Responsibility for, 51!
Peaceful Uses of, Conference on, Tokyo, 604
Peaceful Uses of, Proceedings of International Conference on (Review), 240*
Programme, Steel-Plate Shortage, Effect on Production of, 458
Projects, Cost of, 479
Remarks on. by C. L. Dunham, 454
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell): MS2 Spectrometer, 30*; Conference on Utilisation of Heat from Nuclear Reactors, 123; HERMES Electromagnetic Separator, 187; Symposium on Glove- Box Design, 219; Catalogue of Isotopes, 219; Helium Drier for DIDO Nuclear Reactor (British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd.), 283*; Facilities for Training of Personnel from European Atomic Energy Commission, 294; Apparatus for Metallographic Examination of Radioactive Materials, 315; Stereoscopic Television Camera (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 315; Master-Slave Manipulator (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 315*; Hotspur Suite for Processing Nuclear Fuel, 315*; Criticality Reached by NERO Nuclear Reactor, 346; Derivation of Name of NERO Nuclear Reactor, 346; Work on Production of Uranium Fuel to Withstand Higher Temperatures, 381; Modification of ZEPHYR Reactor to Fast-Slow, 382; Course on Radiological Protection, 413; Measurement of Critical Masses of Uranium 235 and Uranium 233, 443; Accelerator Projects, 539; Work on Concept of Parity, 540; Nuclear Reactor Courses for Executives, 698; Electronics Course, 698; Course on Auto-Radiography, 796
Research Station, Winfrith Heath, Permission Granted for, 251
“ Super-Atomic ” Energy by Application of Extreme Cold, 30
Work (British), Cinema Films on, 796
— Exhibition, “ Het Atoom,” 155, 604
— Nucleus, Binding Forces of, 539
Atomic Physics, 538*
— Physics, Plasma and. Conference on, 604 Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd.: Appointment of Civil Contractors, 93; Appointment of Col. G. W. Raby as Managing Director, 698; Firms Comprising, 698
Lubricants, Shell, for Nuclear Power Plants (Shell Research Centre), 810
Prophecy Disproved on Possible Use of, 252
Review, New Periodical, 155 Station. See Nuclear Power Station Works in Wales, Plea for, 383
— Reactor. See Nuclear Peactor
— Research Centre, Iran, Proposal for, 220
— Review, 28*, 58*, 92*, 121*, 152*, 185*,
217*, 249*, 281*, 313*, 345*, 380*, 411*, 441*, 474*, 508*, 538*, 572*, 602*, 634*, 668*, 697*, 731*, 764*, 794*, 826*
— Space Heating in Sweden, 826
— Weapons. See Weapons, Nuclear
— Weapons Research Establishment (Alder-
maston), Van de Graaff Electrostatic Precipitator, 346*
Research Establishments, Electromagnets for Deflecting Beam from Electrostatic Generator (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 30*
— See also Nuclear
Atomics International: SRE Nuclear Reactor, 217*, 636, 765*; OMRE Reactor Experiment, 281; Self-Controlling Reactor KEWB, 282; OMRE Nuclear Reactor, 635*; Agreement for Co-operation on Nuclear Energy Projects with Asea, 828 Atomkraftkonsortiet Krangede and Co., Formation of, 828
Aura Power Station, Norway: Hydro-Electric Generators at (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical 658*; 37-5-MVA Waterwheel Generators at (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.) 658*
Austerdalsbreen Expedition, Cambridge, Glaciers, Measurement of Rate of Travel of, 491
Austin, L. G., on Routine Surveys of Atmospheric Pollution by Dust and Sulphur Dioxide Around the Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, 465
Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Petrol-Economy Advisory Service, 210; “ A55 ” Motor Car, by G. Wilkins, 285*; Development of Gas-Turbine Motor Car, 318; Induction Heat Treatment Machine for Camshafts (Birlec, Ltd.), 593*
Austin and Pickersgill, Expansion Plans, 200 Austinlite, Ltd., Automatic Power Plant (Trade Publication), 311
Australia, Atomic Energy Exhibition for, 442
— Bauxite Deposits in, Development of, 50
— Import Restrictions Relaxed, 102
— Loan by International Bank to, 614
— Relaxation of Import Controls by, 440
— Tariff Reductions in, 677
— Trade Treaty with United Kingdom, 294,
677
— Uranium Production, 220
Austria, Metallography in. Lecture on, by Prof. R. Mitsche, 189
— Organisations of Interest to Technical
Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
Auto Call Co., Ltd., Tele-Alarm Unit for Safeguarding Unattended Equipment, 317*
— Radiography. See Radiography Autocollimator on N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator
(Watts), 365*
Autoform Mantle Burner for Lighthouse Assembly, 56*
Autogenous Welding. See Welds and Welding “ AutoJet " Sprinklers and Couplings for Irrigation Pipes (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 22*
Automatic Control. See Control
— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Stokers. See Stokers
Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.: Lisbon-Montijo Radio-Telephone System, 183*; Private Automatic Branch Telephone Exchange Type 211 (Trade Publication), 823; School of Electronics (Trade Publication), 823
Automation in Banking, 295
— Cinema Film, “ This is Automation," 435
— Congressional Hearings on, by United
States Congressional Sub-Committee on Economic Stabilisation, 296
— Effect of European Common Market on, 320
— Hopper Feeds as Aid to (Book), 270
— Impact of, on Plant Engineer, by J. F.
Coales, 680
— Industry in United States, Problems in
Development of, 296
— Instruments. Electronics and, Comment on, 545; Exhibits at, 636*
Automation, Ltd., Screw Slotting Machine, 793*
— Machine-Tool, by Electronic Control
(Book), 270
— Policy Statement on, by Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, 320
— Possible Effect on British Worker, 320
— Progress, New Periodical, Note on, 403
— and Redundancy, 608
?— Remarks on, by V. Taylor, 680
— in Retail Establishments in United States,
729
— Standardisation, Need for, 308
— and Trade Unions, Trades Union Congress
Pamphlet on, 64
Automaton, Electronic Reading (ERA), for Translation of Typed Figures into Computer Code (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 348*
Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, United Long- Term Wage Agreement with General Motors, 677; Constitution and Activities of, 677
— See Motor Cars
Automobilwerk Eisenach, “ Wartburg-Sport Motor-Car, 660*
Automobilwerk Zwickau, “ P70 ” Two-Seater Coupe Motor-Car, 660*
“ Automonocontrol ” Automatic Gear-Changing System (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), 112*
Automotive Engineers, Society of. West European Motor Industry, by L. Pomeroy, 150 “ Autosonics ” Automatic Ultrasonic Continuous-Scan Flaw-Detection Equipment (Kelvin &, Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377* “ Autronic ” Electro-Magnetic Clutches (Newport Instruments (Scientific and Mobile), Ltd.), 825
Auxiliary Machinery, Marine. See Marine Aviation. See Aeronautics
Avenue Carbonisation Plant, Tar Distillation and Extraction Plant (Trade Publication), 183
Aviation Medicine, Progress of Science in. Paintings on, by Capt. Soldatini, 544
Avions Max Holste, “ Super Broussard ” Light Passenger-Transport Aircraft, 762
Axel Ax:son Johnson Lecture on Future of Nuclear Power, by Sir C. Hinton, 380
Axel Wenner-Gren Foundation, Survey for Minerals, Power Resources and Timber in British Columbia, 286
Axford, N., on Planned Develpment of Domestic, Farming and Agricultural Load, 517
Axle Loading of Commercial Vehicles, 207
— Locomotive, Chains for Coupling, 340 Axleboxes for “ Mark LWS ” Diesel Locomotive (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 527*
Aylen, Capt. I. G., on Training of Engineer Officers in Royal Navy, 223
Ayrshire Nuclear Power Station, Projected, 31 “ Azel ” Displays in Precision Approach
Radar at London Airport, 483*
Azna, 300-Mile Oil Link with Ahwas, Cinema Film “ Pipeline into Persia ” on, 589
“ B.221 ” Transformer Bridge (Wayne Kerr Laboratories), 221 *
Babcock and Wilcox, Operating Licence for Critical Experiments Facility near Lynchburg, Virginia, 766
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.: Position and Prospects of, 708
Badre, P., on Modern Methods of Aircraft Production, 372*
Bags, Air, for Self-Adjusting Suspension for Goods Road Vehicles (Andre Rubber Co., Ltd.), 823*
— Powders, Explosives, 460
Baghdad Pact Nuclear Centre, 735; Opening and Objects of, 476
Bahn, G. S., on Engineer’s Card Index, See LETTER, 648
Bailey, J. C., on Jointing Processes for minium, 650
Bailey, R. W., on Work Study, 169 Baird Associates—Atomic Instrument Instrument for Testing Transistors, l.tv Baird Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., Installation of Chromium-Deposition Plant at Port Glasgow Works of Fescol, Ltd., 331 * Baird and Tatlock, Ltd., Analmatic Uranium Analyser, 360
Bakelite, Ltd.: Epoxide-Resin Vacuum Forming Moulds, 141; Epoxide and Polyester Resins for Manufacture of Chemical Apparatus and Plant, 280*; Epoxide and Polyester Resins for Manufacture of Storage Tank and Stand, for Zinc Chloride, 361*; Printed Circuits for Ferranti “Mercury” Computer, 459; Copper- Clad Laminate for Use in Printed Circuits, 505; “ VI7O85 ” High-Temperature
Phenolic Laminating Resin, 588
Baker, F., on Pipeline Calculations. See LETTER, IOI. See also Vol. 182
Baker Perkins, Selection for Management, 674 Baker, W. A., Designer of “ Mayflower II,” 578*
Baking of Textiles, Use of Fluid-Bed Heat- Transfer Technique, 362
Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd., “Atomat” Nucleonic Thickness Gauge, 93; Automat Beta-Ray Transverse Profiler for Thickness Control of Kraft Wrapping Paper (Reed Paper Group), 205; Four-Channel “ Automat ” Beta-Ray Thickness Gauge, 269; “Atomat” Nucleonic Thickness Gauge, 360; Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for Hot Steel Strip, 489*
Baldwin Locomotive Works: 6-8-6 Steam- Turbine Locomotive, 291; Automatically Controlled Oil-Fired Shunting Locomotive, 338
Balfour, A., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 742 Balfour Beatty and Co., Ltd., Contract for Laying Transmission Lines in North Iraq, 678
Balfour, Hon. R. A., on Position and Prospects of Arthur Balfour and Co., Ltd., 742
Baling Press, Scrap, at Steel Peech and Tozer (Lindemann Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H.), 723
Ball Bearings. See Bearings
— Hardness Tests. See Hardness under Tests
{Materials)
— Mill for “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting
Ceramic Manufacture at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329*
— and Socket Little-End for Steam Locomo
tives, 339
Ballard, F. J., and Co., Ltd., Camel-Back Conveyor Oven, 139
Ballast Tanks, Cathodic Protection of (Metal and Pipeline Endurance, Ltd.), 202
Ballots, Strike, Secrecy for. Discussion in Parliament on, 511
Bamfords, Ltd., Infra-Red Heating for Drying Paint on Complex Shapes, 117*
Bampton, J. F., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Band Conveyors. See Conveyors
— Saws. See Saws under Machine Tools Bangay, R. Dorrington, Retirement of, 40 Banks, Annual Statements of. Comment on,
134
Bank, Commonwealth, Need for, 607
— Employees, National Union of, 831; Desire forWage NegotiationMachinery,640
— International, for Reconstruction and Development, Activities of (1947-56), 614
— of London and South America, Increase in
Profits, 374
— Staff Associations, Central Council of, 831 Bankers Committee, London Clearing, Electronics Sub-Committee on Automation in Banking, 295
Banking, Automation in, 295
— Industry, Negotiating Machinery in, 831 Bannister, Prof. F. K., on Transient Temperatures in Racing-Car Brake Drums, 304*, 485, 616. See LETTERS, 388, 516
“ Bantam ” Flame-Gouging Machine (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 394*
Bars, Defects in. Ultrasonic Detection, 653*
— Packing Machine, Type “ U460 ” (VEB
Verpackungs und Schokoladen Maschi- nen), 660
— and Rod Rolling Mill, New, at Stocksbridge
Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 755
— and Tubes, Steel (Trade Publication), 693 Barbados, Contract for Construction of Deep-
Water Harbour at Bridgetown (Richard Costain, Ltd.), 678
Barclay, A., Sons and Co., Ltd., Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive with “Twin-Disc” Three- Stage Torque Converter Transmission, 757*
Bardgett, W. E., on Mechanical Properties of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron, 713
Bardsleys-Colchester, Ltd., Trucks and Ladders, 51
Barimar, Ltd., Repairs of Broken Parts by Welding (Trade Publication), 147
Barium Titanate Transducers, Use of, for Delay Line for Computers, 715
Use in Memory Matrix for Transistor Computer (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 360
Barker, H. P., on Top Management Planning and Control, 608
Barlow Commission Report, 514*
Base Load and Nuclear Power Stations, by P. J. Squire, 346
Basel Casino Hall, 597*
Baseplate, Machined, Duralumin, for Trial Rigs (Vatric Control Equipment, Ltd.), 730*
Basse Alpes, Saint Michel Observatory, Air- Conditioned Telescope for (Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 459*
Batch Counting, Mixed, Machine for (Sinex Engineering Co., Ltd.), 696*
Batcher and Mixer, Concrete, 13/00.4 (VEB Regulus Betonmischerbau), 627
Bateman, E. H., on Notation in Stress Analysis, 679
Battelle Institute, Tests on Influence on Drafting Equipment on Efficiency and Health of Draughtsmen, 364*
Batteries. See Accumulator under Electric
— Vehicles. See Motor yehicles; Motor
Truck
Battersea Polytechnic, Course on Nuclear Metallurgy, 283
— Power Station, Plant for Conversion of Fly-
Ash to Aggregate for Building Blocks at, 721*
Battleships. See Warships Bauersfeld, Prof. Dr. Ing. W., Awarded James
Watt International Medal, tarium, 258* Bauxite Deposits, Development tralia, 50 Baxter, B. N., on Ship Model
557; on “ Lubumbashi ” ' Ship, 587; on Ship Superstructuresand Strength, 625
Baxter, E. G., on Training in Use of Information, 679. See LETTER, 740, 772, 804
Bayley, F. J., on Heat-Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Metal in Closed Thermosyphon, 300*
“BBI2000” Electric Locomotives of French Railways, Adhesion Trials on, 792*
Beacon, Microwave, for Use by Fishing Vessels in Poor Visibility, 407*
Beagle Transportable Oxygen Profile-Cutting Machine (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 139 Beale, Sir S. R., on Position and Prospects of Worthington-Simpson, 678
Beams, Continuous, Use in Construction of Prestressed-Concrete Bridges, 271
— with Full End Fixity, by Dr. R. M. Hay-
thornthwaite, 110*
— Prestressed-Concrete, Hard-Drawn Steel
Wires in. Effect of Fire on, 714
— Warping Machine, Dividing (Schar und Spul
Maschinenbau Burgstadt), 627
Beans Industries, Ltd.: Manufacture of Castings, Components, and Sub-Assemblies, 265*; Engineering Works for Batch Production of Light and Medium Components and Assemblies, 303*
Bearing Alloy. See Alloy, Bearing under Metallurgy
— Ball, History of Development of, by Dr.
C. St. C. Davison, 4*. See LETTER, 292* Precision, Machine for Determining
Vibration of, by H. L. Wunsch, 52*
— Exports of (British Timken, Ltd.), 24
— History of Development of, by Dr. C. St. C.
Davison, 2*. See LETTERS, 292*, 485
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 807
— Metals. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Plain, Failures of. Diagnosis and Analysis
of, by P. P. Love, 620
— Roller, History of Development of, by
Dr. C. St. C. Davison, 4*, 326. See LETTERS, 292*, 485
— Thin-Wall, in Large Sizes (Glacier Metal
Co., Ltd.), 407
— V-Jewel, for Instruments, 236* Beaufort, Rear-Admiral Sir F., Commemora
tive Plaque at Former Residence of, 72 Beauharnois Lock, Lower, Concrete Batching
Plant for, 548*; Excavation, for St. Lawrence Seaway, 548*
BEBO Nuclear Reactor, 381 Bed, “Emmett,” 198
Bedford Commercial Vehicles, New Range of,
209*
Bedford Diesel Engine, 300 cub. in., for Motor Vehicles, 209* . -
— Petro! Engines, 214 and 300 cub. in., tor
Motor Vehicles, 209
Bedford, T., and Partners, Central Research Building of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633
— Trucks, Diesel Engine, 300 cub. m.,
r.p.m. for (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 209 .
Bedworth Coal Dump, Dust at. Discussion in Parliament on, 671
Beer, S., on Operational Research, f/J Beet, Sugar-, Harvester “ SKEM-3, 565
— Production at Mallow Factory ot Irish
Sugar Co., 467*
Slicing Machines, 467*
Belbin, Dr. R. M., on New Fields for Quality Control, 107, 119 . . .
Beldam Asbestos Co., Ltd., Packing, JojpV”® and Insulation Material (Trade Publica-
BelgJan Congo, Atlas Copco, Establishment of Company by, 119
Uranium Production, 220
Belgium, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 549 .
— Centenary of La Revue UmverseUe des
Mines, 171
— Export Trade to, 549 .
— Organisations of Interest to Technical In
formation Services (Pamphlet), 502
— Views on Free Trade Area and European
Common Market, 773 . .
Bell N on Heat-Transfer Characteristics ot ’Liquid Metal in Closed Thermosyphon, 300* . ,
Bell Telephone Laboratories: Supermendur High-Purity Magnetic Alloy, 202; Solid- State Oscillator, 362; The Technical Information Library—Its Services and How to Use Them (Pamphlet), 502, IJ Short-Distance Microwave Relay System with Dual Polarisation, 560*; Data Subset for Transmitting Information at 1 000 Words per Minute over Commercial Telephone Lines, 570; Disc-Loaded Delay Lines for Automatic Computers, 787, Work on New Ferrite Materials, 793; p-n-i-p Silicon Power Transistor, 821
Beiliss and Morcom, Ltd., Pressure-Charged Six-Cylinder Vertical Engine, 606
Bellows Co., Formation of Richardson- Bellows S.A., 374; Additions to British Bellows Range of Pneumatic Equipment, 409*
Belt Conveyors. See Conveyors
Driving Rigid or Braided-Rubber Endless Round, for Light High-Speed Machinery (Luke, Turner and Co., Ltd.), 491
B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., Air Compressors (Trade Publication), 85
Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
Bendix Aviation Corp., Electronic Control Equipment for Numerically Controlled Horizontal-Spindle Milling Machine, 722 Bengtsson, K., on Steels for Pressure Die Cast- ing Dies, 746
Benjamin Franklin Medal, Awarded to Prot. F. C. Williams, 155
Medal, Foundation of, 155 Benson-Lehner Corporation, Oscar Model_ J Trace Record Analyser (Trade Publica- BentaU."L'’HL, and Co., Ltd., Effect of Rust on Life of Agricultural Machinery, 331. See also 322
Bentham, Sir Samuel, Anniversary, 6
Benton and Stone, Ltd., Additions to British Bellows Range of Pneumatic Equipment, 409*
“ Bentone " Gelling Agent (Abbey Chemicals, Benzofe-Recovery Plant (Trade Publication). 215 BEPO Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240 Beresford, J., and Son, Ltd., “Watermaster Mounted Pump for Use with Ferguson Tractors, 628*
Berk, F. W., and Co., Ltd., “ Bentone Gelling Agent, 393 .
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station: 121; Site Layout, 121*; Constructional Steel Contract, 152; Description of Plant, 152*; Contractors for, 152, 153; Contr^t for Detection of Faulty Fuel Elements (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd,), 251; Model of, 423, Heavy Ion Accelerator, Hilac, at, 5/2; Progress of, 697*
Berkin, J. P., on Oil Developments, 134 Bermuda, Transfer of Shipping Fleets to, 386 Berners-Lee, C. M., on Application ot Electronic Computers, 487
Bernfield, E. H., Ltd., Measuring Instruments, (Trade Publication), 183
Berridge, C. V., Remarks on Dispute at Briggs Motor Bodies, 384
Beryllium as Canning Material for Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor, 380
Extraction Treatment and Analysis ot (Review), 242 . T, fl .
Use for Reactor Moderators and Renectors,
Besserer, C. W., on Design Studies on Guided Missiles, 227
Beta-Ray Four-Channel Thickness Gauge, “ Atomat ” (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 269 . .
Bethlehem Steel Corp., United States Nucleai- Powered Surface Warship “ Long Beach, 381; Vapour Container for APPR Nuclear Reactor, 603
Bevel Gears. See Gears
“ Beverley” Transport Aircraft, Development Progress (Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd.), 319 ,
“ Bextrene ” Toughened Polystyrene Sheet (Trade Publication) 147
Beyer, F. C., on ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory, 404* Beyer-Garratt Locomotive, 163* Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive, 2W Beyer, Peacock and Co., Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive, 290
Bhabha Dr. H. J.: on Nuclear Developments in India, 92*; on Cost of Enriched Nuclear Fuels, 794; on Nuclear Power Stations for India, 794
Biancht Production of Miniature Motor Cars, Bibliography of Ceramic Tools 537
Bicera Compressor for Pre’ssure-Charging
Diesel Engines, 559 “’Kmb
Bicycles. See Cyles and Motor Cycles
in Ships’ Plates
Billet Cutting, Oxygen Blow-Pipes for (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 365
~ Shearing Machine, Cold, Fully-Automatic 0-1 /4"^^rton and Co., Ltd.), 140*
Distribution of Industry
Bins Storage, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Binary Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy Binding Forces of Atomic Nucleus 539 Biomechanics: Application of Engineering to Man, by Dr. J. M. Zarek, 34*
Biplanes. See Aeronautics
Birch A., on Structure of British Trade Union Movement, 256
r’’ Commemoration
75- of Whitworth Society, 392
Birfidd Group: Annual Report, 328; New T7- c Selling Organisation, 31^
Industries, Ltd., Flow Metering Valve Formation of, 328; Flowmax " Solenoid Flow Valve DWater Systems (Trade Publication), 403
Birlec-Detroit Rocking-Arc Electric Melting Furnaces (Trade Publication), 311
Birlec, Ltd., 200-lb. Horizontal Sealed Quench Furnace 139*; 2,400 kVA 4-ton Basic- Lined Electric-Arc Furnaces at Carntyne Steel Castings Co., Ltd., 247; Furnaces for Metals (Trade Publication), 311- Coreless Mains-Frequency Induction Melt- !"?. .555® International Combustion,
xrf L- ’ Induction Heat Treatment Machine for Camshafts, 593*; “ Aiaxo- matic” Induction Furnace for Feeding Molten Aluminium and Zinc Alloys to Die-Casting Machines, 605*; Variable- Speed Rotary-Hearth Type Furnace for Heat-Treatment of Motor-Vehicle Transmission Gears at David Brown Industries Ltd.^ 619*; Activities in Indian and Pakistan Markets, 664
Birlec-Tama 60-kW Induction Furnace for Schultz Die Casting Machines, 395
20-kW Low-Frequency Induction Furnace for Schultz Die-Casting Machines,
Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Co., Prototype Tram of Unpainted Aluminium Coaches lor London Transport Underground Services, 810
— College of Technology: Work and Organisation of Department of Metallurgy 426* Request for Trade Publications, 616’
— Exchange and Engineering Centre, Participation in Continental Fairs, 184* at Leipzig Fair, 660
— Safejy and Factory Efficiency Exhibition at, Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd., Acquisition of Cycle Manufacturing Business by Raleigh Industries, 676. See also B,S.A. University, Study of Ionosphere during International Geophysical Year 286* Conference of, at Metals Division of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. 392* Student Expenditure, 480 ’ ’
Birthday Honours List, 775, 805 Birtvdstle, W., Appointment as Honorary General Secretary of Institution of Electronics, 680
Bishop, Sir H., on Colour Television, 196
Bisk^orn, M. C., on Transatlantic Telephone
Cable System, 150
Bismuth, Availability of, 698
— ^^/So^Pding of, Discussion in Parliament on
698
~ Use in Nuclear Reactors, 698
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Study of
G^t^al-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotives,
— Materials, Road Construction. See Road
and Tar
Black, Prof. A. N., on A Student’s Full Life, 421 Black and Decker, Ltd., Activities in Canadian Market, 598
Black, Dr. J., Experiments on Latent Heat of Steam, 6
Black Hill, Lanarkshire, New Television Transmitter at, 703, 792
“Black Sal’’ Refractory Products (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
Blackall, F. S., Jnr., on Recent Technical and Economic Developments in Western Europe, 166
Blackburn and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., Redundancy at, 255; Development Progress of “ Beverley ” Transport Aircraft, 319
Blackbushe Airport, Crash of “ Hermes ’’ Aircraft at, 392
Blackman, K., Ltd., “Tornado” Shot-Cleaning Plant (Trade Publication), 23; P.V.C. Fans (Trade Publication), 147
Blackwell, R. E., on Model Experiments on Series of 0.70 Block Coefficient Forms, 557; Discussion on, 557
Blades, Axial, Potential Flow through Lattices, by T. Ginsburg (Book), 271
— Gas-Turbine, Ceramic Nozzle, Investiga
tion on, at Pametrada Research Station, 272*
Turbine, in “ Gazelle ” Aero Engine, 629 -Turbine, Locomotive, Haynes Stellite ‘HS-31 ” and General Motors “ GMR- 235 ” Alloys for, 337
Turbine, Pitch Errors in, Fir-Tree Roots of. Device for Measuring, 714*
Nozzle, Ceramic, for High-Temperature Liquid-Cooled Gas Turbine, 272*
— Stator, Refractory, for Gas Turbines, 234
— Turbine, Cooling of, by F. J. Bayley and
N. Bell, 300*
Blaenau Festiniog, Possible Site for Nuclear Power Station, 794
-7“ Pumped Storage Project, 441
Blair, Dr. J. S., on Thickness of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, 334*
Blakeley, Dr. T. H., on Refractory Nozzle Blades for Gas Turbines, 234
Blakeman, L. V., Remarks on Dispute at Briggs Motor Bodies, 384
Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces
Blasting Gelatine Explosive, 460
— Legal Aspects of, 463
— in New Jersey, Rules Governing, 464
— in Strip Mine Operations in Anthracite
Region of Pennsylvania, Rules Governing, 464
— Vibrations, by G. A. Teichmann and R.
Westwater, 460*
“ Blaze-larm ” Fire Alarm System (Gent and Co., Ltd.), 792
Bleriot, Louis, Lecture on Modern Methods of Aircraft Production, by P. Badre, 372* “ Bleuet ” Portable Butane Gas Stove (Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd.), 533*
Bliss, E. W. (England), Ltd., Unit Construction of Power Presses, 30
Blois, V., First Scholarship in Engineering Awarded by Hoover, Ltd., to, 384
Blom, M., on Three-Point Linkage Equipment, 133 . ..
“ Bloodhound ” Surface-to-Air Guided Missile, (Bristol/Ferranti), 601
Bloom Cutting, Oxygen Blow-Pipes for (British ()xygen Gases, Ltd.), 365
— Ultrasonic Testing, 653*
Blow-Pipes, Oxygen, for Bloom and Billet
Cutting (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 365 See also Welding; Cutting
Blower, Turbo-, 150,000-cub. ft. at Appleby- Frodingham Steel Co., 107
“ Bluebird ” Speedboat, Story of, 424
B.M.W. Isetta Motor Car (Isetta of Great Britain, Ltd.), 387*, 600*
Board of Trade, Mobile Atomic Energy Exhibition for Australia, 442; First Directive to Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements, 517
Boats, High-Speed Small Craft, by P. Du Cane (Review), 182
— Show, National, 57*; Aqua Lights, Sea
Marker Lights (McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd.), 190
— Submarine. See Warships Boatbuilding Industry, Increase in Sales of, 390 Boehringer, G., G.m.b.H., Gear Tooth De-
Burring Machine, 504*
Bogie Structures, Determining Stresses in, 238
— See also Trucks
Boilers, Changes in Structure, Rating, and Size, by F. J. Hutchinson, 277*
— Coverings. See Heat Insulation
— Economic (Trade Publication), 535
— Feed Pump. See Pump
Water. See Feed and Water
— Furnaces. See Furnace and Stoker
— House Plant Industry, Position and Pros
pects of, 488
— Locomotive. See also Locomotive
— Making at Boston Lodge Works of Fes-
tiniog Railway, 708
Industry, Contribution of, to Economic Development of Electrical Power Generation, by W. F. Simonson, 812
Industry, Development of, 708 Industry, Position and Prospects of, 46*, 488
— Oil-Fired, Automatic Control Apparatus
for (Trade Publication), 403
Fired, Model of, 520*
Fired, “ S/D ” Control for (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Packaged, for Heating, at Factory Equip
ment Exhibition, 520
— Plant for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor
(John Thompson, Ltd.), 667*
Instrumentation, by W. R. L. Kent and D. C. Gunn (Review), 402
— Shell, Request by Registrar of Restrictive
Trading Agreements to Justify Price Fixing of, 517
Stoking of. Use of Unskilled Labour for, 384
— for Turbo-Alternators, Decrease in Spare
Capacity of, by F. J. Hutchinson, 276*
— Water-Tube, Experimental, D. Drum
mond’s, for Steam Locomotives, 340* Tube, for Experimental Work on Burning of Coal Slurries, at Daniel Adamson and Co., Ltd., 330
— See also Steam
Boilermakers, United Society of. See Boilermakers under Labour
Boiling Heat Transfer, Review of, by J.
McNeillis, 686*
Bollinder Single-Cylinder Marine Engine at
Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707 _ ..
Bolts, High-Tension, Use in Railway Bridge and Other Structures, 271
“Loctite” Anti-Vibration Sealant for
(Douglas Kane, Ltd.), 722
Bolted Joints, Fatigue Strength of, 174* Bomb, Hydrogen, Comment on, 737 Explosion, Note on, 476
Bombing Aeroplane. See Aircraft under Aeronautics
Bond, R. C., Presidential Address to Institution of Locomotive Engineers, 340
Bonded Aircraft Structures, Conference on
(Aero Research, Ltd.), 522
Bonding Process, “ Redux,” Metal-to-Metal
(Aero Research, Ltd.), 522
Bonn, Dr. T. H., on Vacuum Tube in Computers, 552
Bonus System. See Labour
Books, British, Scientific and Technical, by J. Clarke, 502
— on Engineering—A Subject Catalogue ot Books in the Science Library, 693
— Keeping Machines, ” SR ” Range (Mercedes Muromaschinenwerk A.G.), 628
— New, 51, 85, 109, 147, 182, 215, 270, 311, 333, 403, 465, 563, 597, 632, 692, 720, 756, 789, 822 , . . . .
— Press, “ KI4K ” (VEB Buchbinderei- maschinenwerk), 628
— Reviews, 23, 51, 84, 108, 146, 182, 214, 240*, 270, 310*, 332, 370, 402, 434, 465, 502, 534*, 562, 596*, 632, 659, 692, 720, 756, 788, 822
Bookguide, Technical, Note on, 632
Booster on Locomotives, by C. R. H. Simpson,
Booth, E. S., on Coal and Oil-Fired Power Stations, 812
Booth, J., and Co., Ltd., Large Stress-Relieved Duralumin Plates, 235
Borax^Consolidated, Ltd., Boron Tribromide, BORAX-4 Nuclear Reactor, 731
Borden and Busse, “ Closing of Sale,” Cinema Film on Salesmanship, 435
Bores up to 3-in. Diameter, N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator for (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 365*
Borgward Group, 1,100 c.c. Engine for Goliath ” Motor Car, 318*
Boring Machine. See Machine Tools Boron-IO Isotopes, Increased Quantities Available for Civilian Uses, 346
— Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing, Mechanical Properties of, by W E Bardgett and Dr. L. Reeve, 713
Low-Alloy Steels Containing, Physical Metallurgy of, by Dr. K. J. Irvine, F. B. Pickering, W. C. Heselwood and M. Atkins, 713
Boron-10 Separation Plant (Twentieth Century Electronics, Ltd.), 30
Treated Low-Carbon Steels, Strain-Ageing of, by E. R. Morgan and J. C. Shyne, 713 — Tnbromide (Borax Consolidated, Ltd.), 621 Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 706*
Boule, Synthetic Sapphire, Manufacture of, 236 Bowden (Engineers), Ltd., “ Bowdenfix ” r. Coupling for Pressure Hose, 120*
Bowdenfix ” Nylon Coupling for Pressure Hose (Bowden (Engineers), Ltd.), 120* Bow^, G., on Economic and Commercial Conditions in Canada, 807
Bowman, J., on Annual Report of National Coal Board, 741
Bowser International, Ltd., Filter Separators, 695
Boxer, G., on Wave Action in Dilfusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems, 181
Boyd, G. M., on Engineer’s Card Index, 485. See LETTER, 648; on Ship Superstructures and Strength, 625; on Conditions for Unstable Rupturing of Wide Plate, 656; Discussion on, 656
Boyle, Sir E., on Women Teachers for Technical Colleges, Proposal for, 640
Boyle Lecture, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 380, 540 Brabazon, Lord: on Position and Prospects of Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd 136; on Mechanics of Golf, 359
Brackett, F. W., and Co., Ltd., Rotary and Band Screens for Filtering Liquids (Trade Publication), 85
Bradbury, C. H., on Turbo-Charging of Small Diesel Engines, 560
Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 121*, 423* Description of, 249*, 697*
Braga, F. J., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Brain, Human, Serial Section of, 420
Brake Drums, in Racing Motor Cars, Transient Temperatures in, by Prof. F. K. Bannister 304.* See LETTERS, 388, 485, 516, 616
— Vacuum, for British Railways,
— Gear, Oerlikon-Type, for 8SVT Mark II
l,(W0-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive for British Railways (Davies and Metcalfe) 825*
Hoist, for 74^-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (Elliston Evans and Jackson), 558
Mechanical, Variable-Pressure, for Winders at Silverwood and Cadeby Collieries, 178*
— for British Railways,
—,— Use on Goods Wagons, 296
— See also Dynamometer
Braking Requirements of Commercial Motor Vehicles for Motorways, 208
— Systems on Ship Tank Carriage at National
Physical Laboratory, 500*
Brammer, H., and Co., Ltd., Need to Increase Sales, 616
Branckner Memorial Lecture on Economics of Speed: Jet and Turbo-Prop Transport Aircraft, by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, 244* Brazil, British Export Trade with, 374
— Formation of New Company by Massey-
Harris, Ferguson, 374
— Loan by International Bank to, 614
— Uranium Deposit, 154
Brazing, “ Universal 10 ” Self-contained 10-kW Radio-Frequency Induction Heater for (Trade Publication), 789
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Brebner, J. H., on Public Relations, 24 Breden, C. R., on Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731
Breeding in Nuclear Reactors, Explanation of Term, 412
Breguet, L., Merger with Fokker, 688; ” 1050 Alize ” Three-Seat Carrier-Based Anti- Submarine Aircraft, 712*; ”960 Vultur ” Aircraft, 712; ” Breguet 1000” Twin-Engine Single-Seat Tactical Fighter Aircraft, 712*; “Breguet 1100” Twin-Engine Single-Seat Tactical Fighter Aircraft, 712*; “ Breguet 1050 Alize ” Three-Seat Carrier- Based Anti-Submarine Breguet), 712*
BRF Nuclear Reactor, Use 731*
Bremsstrahlung Radiation, charge Cooled by, 122
Bricks, Fire. See Refractories
Bridges, Concrete, Long-Span Prestressed, Constructed by Freyssinet System, by Y. Guyon, 271
— Design in Germany Since 1945, 271
— Foot, Welded Aluminium, Over River
Ebbw, 361*
— Forth, Discussion in Parliament on, 255 Road, Cost of. Discussion in Parliament
on, 287
Road, Progress of, 767
Road, Prospect of Commencement of, 543
Bridge, Kew, Steam Pumping Plant. Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— on Preston By-Pass, 700
— Severn, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Strain-Gauge, Direct-Reading (Trade Pub
lication), 311
— and Structures, Steel, Post-War Develop
ments in German, by G. B. Godfrey, 271
— Tay, Failure of, by J. Prebble (Review), 310*
— Transformer, “ B.221 ” (Wayne Kerr
Laboratories), 221*
— and Tunnels of the World, Famous, by
H. A. Hartley (Book), 215
— Werratal, Replacement of One-Half by
Steel-Plate Deck Bridge, 271
Bridgeton Cross Junction Signal Box, Colour- Light Signals for Glasgow Underground Railway, 181*
Bridgetown, Barbados, Deep-Water Harbour at. Contract for Construction of (Richard Costain, Ltd.), 678
Bridgland, A. V., on Position and Prospects of Humphreys, Ltd., 807
Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd., Dispute at, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 512; Multi-Head Spot Welding Machines for Pressed Steel Motor-Car Components, 585*
Brighton Technical College, Remarks by Sir W. Puckey to Students of, 239
Brinell Tests. See Hardness under Tests (Materials)
Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., “Thor” Type Ramjet Engine for “ Bloodhound ” Guided Missile, 601; “Olympus 6” Turbo-jet Engines for “ Victor ” Bomber Aircraft, 735; “Proteus” Air Compressors at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 781*
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., “Bloodhound” Surface-to-Air Guided Missile, 601; Annual Report, 647
Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., Fuselage Fire-Protection Systems for “Britannia” Air-liner, 116; “ Britannia ” Air-Liner in Service on London-Johannesburg Route of British Overseas Airways Corp., 134; “Raven” Rocket Motors for “ Skylark ” High- Altitude Research Vehicle, 164; Dispute at Beginning of Commercial Operation of “Britannia” Air-Liner, 192; Contract for Fifty Bristol 171 Mk. 14 “ Sycamore ” Helicopters for Germany, 359
Britain, F. H., on Need for Communication between Engineers and Laymen, 427
Britain’s Economic Problems and Policies, Report on. Federation of British Industries, Comment on, 289
“ Britannia ” Air-Liners, Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on, 352
Dispute at Beginning of Commercial Operation of, 192
Fuselage Fire-Protection System (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 116
in Service on London-Johannesburg Route of British Overseas Airways Corp., 134
BRITAVEMA. See Transport Vehicles Manufacturers* Association, British
British Air Line Pilots* Association, Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” AirLiners, 352
— Aircraft Constructors, Society of: Announcement on Export Sales and Position and Prospects of Aircraft Industry, 184; Aircraft Weight-Control Exhibition, 309; Grants for Training in Aeronautical Engineering, 696
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Development Programme, 50
British Association:
Dublin Meeting:
Preliminary Details, 805
Section G (Engineering):
Papers by Young Engineers (Preliminary Announcement), 318
Sheffield Meeting:
Section G (Engineering):
Review of Boiling Heat Transfer, bv J. McNeillis, 686*
British Association of Industrial Editors.
See Editors, Industrial, British Association of “ British Atomic News,” Cinema Films, 796 British Bellows, New Methods of Mounting
Standard Valve-Air Cylinder Units, 409*; Heavy-Duty ‘‘ Hydrocheck ” Self-Contained Hydraulic Cylinder, 409; lO-in. Diam. Rotary Indexing Table, 409*
British Bitumen Emulsions, Ltd., “ Plycomor ” Mortar Additive, 634
— Broadcasting Corporation: Holme Moss
Very-High-Frequency Transmitting Station, 21; Controversy in Colour Television, by Sir H. Bishop, 196; “ Roving Eye Mark 11 ” Mobile Television Unit, 378*; Comment on Third Programme of, and Engineering, 481; “ Network Three,” New Programme of, 481; New Sound and Television Stations in Scotland, 703 British Bronson, Ltd., ” Dynaplus ” Two-
Speed Electric Motor, 472
— Businessman, Comment on, 673
— Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers,
Institute of. Remarks on Channel Tunnel by R. Geddes, at Annual Dinner, 312
— Ceramic Research Association. See Cera-
rnic Research Association
— Chambers of Commerce, Association of.
See Chambers of Commerce
— Columbia, Survey for Minerals, Power
Resources and Timber, 286
British and Commonwealth Shipping Co,, Order for 47,000 ton d.w. Oil Tanker, 295
— Constructional Steelwork Association, See
Constructional Steelwork Association, British
— Electrical and Allied Industries Research
Association. See Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, British
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation. See Electrical and Allied
— Electrical Development Association. See
Electrical Development Association
British Electrical Power Convention. See Electrical Power Convention
— European Airways, Expansion of Maintenance Facilities, 169; Operating Costs of "Viscount 701” Air-Liner, 245*; Consultations on Future Needs for New AirLiners, 383; Crash of “Viscount 701 ” Air-Liner at Ringway Airport, 392; Comment on Subsidisation of, 582
— Federation of University Women, Ltd. Opportunities for Girls and Women in Science and Technology (Booklet), 512
— Ferrograph Recorder Co., Ltd., Echo- Sounding Depth Indicator, 57
“ British House Journals,” Note on, 403
British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, Expansion Programme at Grangemouth, 200
— Hydromechanics Research Association.
See Hydromechanics Research Association, British
British Indicators, Ltd., Precision Bench Comparator for Internal and External Work, 189*
British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., Economical Use of Cooling Water (Trade Publication), 403
— Industries Fair, Change in Organisation of,
551; Exhibits at, 605*
Federation of. See Federation
— Institute of Management. See Management,
British Institute of
British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., P.T.F.E. Insulated Wire, 505; Series Capacitor Installation at Hartley, Southern Rhodesia, 589; “ M.I.” (Mineral-Insu
lated) Cables, 649*; Annual Report, 709
— Insurance Association, Formation of
British Insurance (Atomic Energy) Committee, 187
— Internal Combustion Engine Research
Association. See Internal Combustion Engine Research Association, British
British Iron and Steel Corp. (Ore), Ltd., Contracts for Ore Supplies, 646
— Iron and Steel Federation. See Iron and
Steel Federation, British
— Iron and Steel Research Association. See
Iron and Steel Research Association
British Jeffrey-Diamond Ltd., “Flextooth” Crusher, for Coke-Oven plant at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 588*
— Manufacturers and Representatives Asso
ciation in South Africa, Golden Jubilee of, 248
British Motor Corp., Foundation of Staff College, 167; Wolseley 1500 Saloon Motor Car, 488*; Manufacture of Rolling Stock, 709
— Navy, See H.M, under Warships
— Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association,
Programme of Research on Metallurgical Problems in Nuclear Power, 796
— Nuclear Energy Conference. See Nuclear
Energy Conference
British Nylon Spinners, Ltd., Nylon-Corded Rubber Tyre for Earth-Moving Machine, 491
— Occupational Hygiene Society. See Occu
pational Hygiene Society
— Overseas Airways Corp., Fuselage Fire-
Protection System for Bristol “ Britannia ” Airliner, 116; “Britannia” Air-Liner in Service on London-Johannesburg Route, 134; Negotiations with de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., on Construction of General-Purpose Aircraft, 191; Dispute at Beginning of Commercial Operation of “Britannia” Air-Liner, 192; Operating Costs of “Comet 1” Air-Liner, 245*; Interest in Central African Airways, 262; Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352; Consultations on Future Needs for New Air-Liners, 383; Test Rigs for Cabin-Pressure System of Douglas “ DC7.C ” Air-Liner (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*; Comment on Subsidisation of, 582; “ VC-IO ” Air-Liners for
(Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd,), 676; Purchase of Central African Airways, 743 British Oxygen Co., Ltd., Report by Monopolies Commission, 39; Purchase of Site near Londonderry for Acetylene Plant, 199; “Bantam” Flame Gouging Machine, 394*; Reply to Report of Monopolies Commission (Booklet), 423
British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd., Helium Drier for DIDO Reactor at Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 283*; Participation in Davy British Oxygen, Ltd,. 582
British Oxygen Flame-Hardening Process for Starter Rings for Automobiles, Installation of, by Francis B. Wilmot (Dalmans), Ltd., 527
British Oxygen Gases, Ltd., Beagle Transportable Oxygen Profile-Cutting Machine, 139; Casting-Riser Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Machine for Alston Foundry Co., Ltd., 212*; Strip-Cutting Machine, 216*; Oxygen Blow-Pipes for Bloom and Billet Cutting, 365; Position and Prospects of, 456; Use of Liquid Nitrogen for
Shrinkage of Capstan Shaft, 651*
British Oxygen Linde, Ltd., Participation in Davy British Oxygen, Ltd., 582
— Packaging Contractors, Association of.
See Packaging Contractors, British
British Petroleum Co., Ltd.: News in Pictures (Brochure), 63; Orders for New Oil Tankers, 295; Search for Oil (Trade Publication), 311; Increased Profits, 615; Statistical Review of World Oil Industry, 677; Annual Report, 679
— Plastics Federation. See Plastics Federation,
British
— Plastics Year Book, 1957 (Book), 692
— Productivity Council, Discussion in Parlia
ment on Productivity Team Visits Overseas, 159; Conference on Organisation and Methods, 520; Studies on Use of
Films in Industry, 520; Cinema Films on Productivity, 599
British Radio Valve Manufacturers’ Association. See Radio Valve
— Railways: Electrification between Shenfield
and Southend-on-Sea, 25*; Electrical Traction Equipment, 103; Colour-Light Signals for Glasgow Underground Railway, 181*; Vacuum Brake Equipment for, 199; Prototype Coaches (Metro- poIitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 210*; Effect of Petrol Rationing, 225; Teleprinter Network for London Midland Region, 230; Use of Semi- Resilient Suspension for Traction Motors, 238; Two-Way V.H.F. Radio Equipment for Wath Marshalling Yard (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 239; Discussion in Parliament on Contracts for Modernisation Programme, 287; Effect of Fuel Shortage on Diesel- Engined Services, 319; Electrification of Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, 341*; Contracts for Signalling Work for 50- Cycle Electrification on Eastern Region, 358; Packing-Case Hire Service, 379; Problems of Stoking on Steam Locomotives, 384; Contracts with Four Companies for Electric Locomotives, 456; Electrification Progress, 456; Diesel Rail Buses for Experimental Use by, 543; Diesel Services in Rural Areas, 543; Introduction of Diesel-Electric Trains on Southern Region, Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines, 584*; Third-Rail Electrification from Gillingham and Sevenoaks to East Kent Coast in Southern Region, 676; Booklet Welcoming the New Recruit, 704; Need for Improved Working Conditions, 704; Three-Car Multiple-Unit Electric Train for London Midland Region, 758*; Decentralisation of Management of London Midland Region of, 806; Modernisation Progress, 806; I,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Main-Line Locomotive, 824*
— Rayon Research Association. See Rayon
Research Association
British Resin Products, Ltd., “Cellobond JX5040 ’’ High-Speed Shell-Moulding Resin, 554
— Road Services, Agreement with Trade
Unions on New Speed Limit, 800
— Scientific Instrument Research Association.
See Instrument Research Association
— Scientific and Technical Books, by J.
Clarke, 502
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
Research Association. See Shipbuilding Research Association, British
— Shipping. See Shipping
British South Africa Co.: Offer to Acquire Interest in South West Africa Co., 198; Participation in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358
— Standards Institution. See Standards Insti
tution, British
— Steel Castings Research Association. See
Steel Castings Research Association
British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 168, 456
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Review of Developments during 1956, 70; TurboElectric Machinery of New Liner “ Number 1621 ’’ of Pensinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., 136*; High- Power Short-Circuit Testing Station at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.), 436*; Generators for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445; Contract for Main-Line Electric Locomotives, 456; Electric Equipment for Locomotives, 456; Mobile Units for Servicing Turbo-Alternators, 493; Stress-Relieving Transformer Laminations at, 523*; Resistance Welding Control (Trade Publication), 535; Endurance Tunnel, 620*; Need for Individual Skill in Mass Production, 620; Germanium Power Rectifiers for Traction Purposes (Trade Publication), 659; Forced Oil Air-Blast Cooler for Transformers, 719*; 400-kV Single-Phase Power Transformer, 785; Electric Heaters for I iquid and Space Heating (Trade Publication), 823
British Thomson-Houston Export Co., Survey of Power Resources in British Columbia, 286
British Thomson-Houston Summer School, Function of Engineer in Nuclear Energy, by D. F. Welch, 382
British Timken, Ltd., Report on C. R. D. Tuckey’s World Tour, 24; Training Schemes (Trade Publication), 85; Annual Report, 808
British Titan Products, Ltd., Negotiations with Government of Sierra Leone for Extraction of Rutile, 607
— Trade. See Trade
— Transport Commission, Wootton Tramway
Locomotive Presented by Industrial Locomotive Society, 104*; Exhibition of Vacuum Brake Equipment for British Railways, 199; Rejection of Wage Offer by Railway Workers, 256; Discussion in Parliament on Placing of Contracts for British Railways Modernisation Programme, 287; Opposition to Wage Claim by National Union of Railwaymen, 320; Good Firemanship (Booklet), 384; Contracts with Four Companies for Electric Locomotives, 456; Breakdown of Negotiations with Railway Unions, 544; Appointment of J. E. M. Roberts as Director of Education and Training, 576; Newcomen Society’s Visit to Historical Record Department of, 763. See also British Railways
— Transport Vehicles Manufacturers’ Associa
tion. See Transport Vehicles Manufacturers' Association
British Tungsten, Disposal of Tungsten Ores by, 389
British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., Annual
Brown, D., Industries, Ltd., Automobile
Gearbox Division, S.550 Gearbox for Commercial Vehicles, 53; Annual Report, 424; Installation of Equipment for Heat Treatment of Vehicle Transmission Gears, 619*
Brown, E. N. Phelps, on Fluctuations in Craftsmen’s Wages since Thirteenth Century, 365
Brown, F. H. S., on Coal and Oil-Fired Power Stations, 812
Brown, J., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231; on Ship Superstructures and Strength, 624
Brown, J., and Co., Ltd., T.S. “Essex Ferry,” Rail Ferry for Harwich-Zeebrugge Service, 190*; Formation of Atomic Energy Development Group, 583
Brown and Tawse Plant, Ltd., Plant Hire (Trade Publication), 85
Brown, W., on Position and Prospects of Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., 807
Brown, Major W. R., Remarks on Expansion of Overseas Trade by Power-Gas Corp., Ltd., 390
Brush Group, Annual Report, 424; Acquisition by Hawker Siddeley Group, 518, 583
Brush Traction, Ltd., Operation Performance of Diesel-Electric Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 549
Bryce Berger, Ltd., Diesel Fuel Pump with Pneumatic Governor, 113*
Brymbo Steel Works, Expansion at, 742 “ Brytal ” Aluminium and Silvered Glass Reflectors, (Trade Publication), 757
B.S.A. Group, Installation of High-Temperature Graphite-Resistor Vacuum Furnace at Research Powder-Metallurgy Laboratory of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 600*. See also Birmingham Small Arms
B. S.A. Tools Group: Expansion of Iron Foundry at Cardiff Foundry and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
“ B.S.I. News,” Note on, 403
BSVL Roentgen Tube for Type URS-55 Table X-Ray Set, 566
Buchi, Dr. A. J., on Telescope or Concentric Valve System for Internal Combustion Engines, 797*
Buck, D. A., Development of Cryotron for Use in Electronic Computer, 342; Awarded Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize, 342
Biicken, C., Dr.-Ing., on Aluminium Pressure Die Castings, 746
Buckling, Explanation of Term, 411 *
Budget, Engineering Industries Association's Memorandum on, 229
— Investment and the, Comment on, 486 Builders, Architects, and Civil Engineers, Abridged Building Classification for, 502
— Cradles and Slung Staging for Use with “Skyscraper” Scaffold Winch (Non- Corrosive Metal Products, Ltd.), 592
Building Blocks, Plant for Conversion of Fly-Ash to Aggregate for, at Battersea Power Station, 721*
— and Civil Engineering Works, Estimate of
Amount Spent on, during 1956, 351
— Classification, Abridged (ABC), for Architects, Builders and Civil Engineers, 502
— and Construction Equipment at Leipzig
Fair, 627
— Corrosion of Metals in. Symposium on. Announcement of, 151
— Exhibition, Developments in Design and Construction in Germany, 271
— Failures, by R. Hammond (Review), 434
— Industrial, Developments in Design and Construction of, in Germany, 271
— Industry, Accidents in, Discussion in Parliament on, 639
Output of, 678 Position and Prospects of, 79, 807 — Machinery, by O. Walch (Book), 311
— Material Data at Materials and Information Section of London County Council, 407
Delegation to Canada on, 119, 517 Vibration of, 718*
Building Matting, “ Rocksil,” for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Building Products Ltd.), 745*
— Practice, Work of Department of Scientific
and Industrial Research in Collaboration with European Productivity Agency, 255
— Research Station, 1,000-Ton Compression
Testing Machine for Structural Elements, by C. W. Newberry, 180*; Inclinometer for Use in Measurement of Rate of Travel of Glaciers, 491
Studies and Documentation, International Council for. Abridged Building Classification for Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, 502
— Sites, Safe Use of Electricity on, by S. J.
Emerson, 373
— Steel for. Plea for Replacement by Rein
forced Concrete, 639
— Trades Operatives, National Federation of.
Wage Claim, 256
Bulgaria, Trading Possibilities with, 662
Bulleid, O. V. S.; “Leader” Class Steam Locomotive, 338*; Use of Chains for Coupling Axles in “Leader” Class Locomotive, 340
Bullows, A., and Sons, Ltd.,Small “ Hydrovane” Air Compressors, 605
Bulover Research and Development Labora- Torquemeter
, on Proposed National Lending Library for Science and Technology, 693
Bureau of Mines. See United States
— of Standards. See United States
Burgess Products, Ltd., Work on Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., 143*; Microswitches, 471 *
Burners, Gas. See Gas Burners
— Mantle, Autoform, for Lighthouse Assem
bly, 56*
— Oil Fuel. See Oii Fuel
— Smoke, “ Godber ” (Trade Publication), 535 Burrill, Prof. L. C., on University Education
and Training of Naval Architects, 223. See also 232; on Effect of Cavitation on Performance of Series of 16-in. Model Propellers, 556; Discussion on, 556; on “ Lubumbashi ” Cargo Motorship, 587 Burroughs Corporation, “ Nixie ” Counter Indicator, 419
Burrows, F. M., New Whitworth Fellow, Remarks at 32nd Commemoration Meeting of Whitworth Society, 392
Bursk, E. C., on Human Relations for Management, Comment on, 673
Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd., Portable “ Hydrovane ” Air Compressors, 605
Bus. See Motor Omnibus; Trolley Bus Busbars. See Electric Business in 1957, 9*
— Archives Council, Work of, by Prof. R. S.
Sayers, 452
— Economics Group, 63; Forecasts of, 119
— Economist, Functions of, 63
— and Industry, Electronic Data Processing
for, by R. G. Canning, 519
— Records in Historical Research, by Prof.
J. Simmons, 452
Businessman, British and American, Comparison of, 673
Bussard, R. W., on Use of Electric Fields to Produce Thrust, 220
Butane Gas Stove, Portable, “ Bleuel ” (Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd.), 533*
B.X. Plastics, Ltd., “ Cobex ” Rigid Vinyl Sheet and “ Bextrene ” Toughened Polystyrene Sheet (Trade Publication), 147; “ Polybex ” Protective Packaging Material Suitable for Low-Temperature Insulation, 205
By-Pass. See Motorways; Roads
By-Products Recovery Plant, Coke-Oven, at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 588*
CAB, Front-End, for Steam Locomotives (Southern Pacific Railroad), 339
Cabin-Pressure System of Douglas “ DC7.C” Air-Liner, Test Rigs for (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Cabinets, Construction from Prefabricated Parts, 198
Cables with Aluminium Conductors, Problems of Using, on Medium-Voltage Systems of Midlands Electricity Board, by G. F. Peirson, 650
— Aluminium-Sheathed (Trade Publication),
789
Soldering of (Trade Publication), 147
— Atlantic, Anniversary of First Attempt to
Lay, 7
Cable Covers, Ltd., “ Talurite ” Safety Sling for Handling Fragile Goods, 279
— Cutting of, “ Carricut,” Hydraulic Portable
Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
— Industry, Brighter Outlook for, 709
Effect of Restrictive Trade Practices Act on, 615
Position and Prospects of, 78*, 615
— “ M.l.” (Mineral-Insulated) (British Insu
lated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 649*
— Oil-Filled, Paper-Insulated, Concentric,
25-kV, for Trackside Substation at Heaton Norris (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 825
— Overhead, Scylla-Charybdis, 61
— Small, Current-Carrying Capacity of, for
Domestic and Small Commercial Installations, by R. G. Parr (Book), 632
— Telecommunication, Use of Aluminium in,
by R. C. Mildner and Miss B. F. Thorne, 650
— Telephone, Transatlantic, for Canadian
Traffic, 651
— Thermoplastic, Telcon Glands for (Trade
Publication), 789
Cable, Transatlantic, Monitoring Equipment for (Kolster-Brandes, Ltd.), 525
— Transatlantic Telephone System, Meeting
on. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of Cable and Wireless, Ltd., Transatlantic Telephone Cable for Canadian Traffic, 651
— See also Wire Ropes

CABMA Register, Comment on, 248. See LETTER, 293
Cadbury, L. J., on Full and Overfull Employment, 736
Cadeby Colliery, 3,700 h.p., Direct-Current Winder (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 178*
Cadmium in High-Conductivity Alloys, 87
— Titanate and Sodium Tantalate, Structure
and Properties of, by J. L. Miles (Book), 822
Cairo, Exhibitions in, 440
Calcining in Production of “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329
Calculators, High-Speed, Replacement of Transistor in, 552
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station: Model of, at Het Atoom, 155; Remarks on, by Sir C. Hinton, 219; Operating Experience of “A" Station, 249; Cottrell Effect in Fuel Elements, 380; Gas Leakage at, 381; Cock Manifold, “AB.18” Eight-Unit (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 382*; Discussion in Parliament on Site of, 383
Calder, J. D., on Training Naval Architects and Marin® Engineers, 231
Caldwell, Dr. J. B., on Effect of Superstructures on Longitudinal Strength of Ships, 624; Discussion on, 624
Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Flame Gouging of Hawse-Pipe Collars, 394*
Calenders for Rubber Processing, by H. Willshaw (Book), 51
California Institute of Technology, 1,200-MeV Synchrotron at, 573
— University, 32-MeV Proton Linear Accelerator, 539*
Callen, Dr. H., on Replacement of Transistor in High-Speed Calculators, 552
Calverley, H. B., on Electrical Equipment for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
Calverley, T. E., on Circuit Calculations for Rectifier Locomotives and Motor Coaches, 363
“ CAM80 ” Automatic Sausage Dividing and Filling Machine (VEB Saxonia Fleischerei- maschinenfabrik), 660
Cams: Design, Dynamics and Accuracy, by H. A. Rothbart (Book), 51
Cambridge Austerdalsbreen Expedition, Measurement of Rate of Travel of Glaciers, 491
— University, Summer School on “ The Use
of Electrons in the Examination of Metals,” 349; Students’ Accommodation at. Comment on, 577
Cambridge Vibrograph for Recording Ground Vibration, 463*
Camera, Television. See Television Camera
Cameron, Lt. D. H., on Nylon Pipe Joints for Use in Hydraulic Services up to 3,000 Ib. per sq. in., 748*
Cameron, J. C. F., on Work Study and Its Application to Railway Civil Engineering Maintenance, 169
Cameron, Lord, Inquiry into Dispute at Briggs Motor Bodies, 320
Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Reconstruction Programme, 200; Dispute with United Society of Boilermakers, 288; Shipbuilding Dispute, 326; Nuclear Staff, 476; Annual Report, 774, 775
Campbell, D., on “ Bluebird ” Speedboat, 424 Campbell, J., Remarks on Wage Claim by National Union of Railwaymen, 320
“ Camping Gaz ” Portable Butane Gas Stoves (Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd.), 533*
Camshafts, Induction Heat Treatment Machine for (Birlec, Ltd.), 593*
Can, Reactor, Extended Surface of, 380
— Temperature, Maximum Allowable, in
Nuclear Reactors, 380
Canada, Activities of British Firms in, 598
— Chemical Industry, Expenditure of, 422
— Delegation to, on Building Materials, 119,
517
— Economic and Commercial Conditions in,
by G. Bowen, 807
— Economic Prospects, Royal Commission
on,521
— Educational Establishments for Technicians,
Expansion of, 521
— Efforts to Secure Markets in, 248
— Electrical Industry, Expenditure of, 422
— Emigration of Young People to. Discussion
in Parliament on, 415
— Engineers Needed for Industrial Expansion,
521
— Engineering Institute of. See Engineering
Institute
— Export and Import Trade with, 248, 807.
See LETTER, 293
Market in. Views of W. M. Robb on, 184
— Future Openings for Young Engineers, 522
— Industrial Expansion in, 521
— Metallurgical Industry, Expansion of, 521
— Mining industry, Expansion of, 521
— Mission to, by Council of British Manu
facturers of Petroleum Equipment, 664
— Mission to. Dollar Export Council, 440
— Mission to Explore Possibility of Increasing
Exports of Building Materials to, 119, 517
— Qualifications Required in Engineers for,
522
— Royal Commission Report on Economic
Prospects of, 262
— Scientists Employed in Research and
Development Work in, 422
— St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
— Survey of British Columbia, 286
— Survey of Industrial Research and Develop
ment in, 422
— Telex Service to, 24
— Transatlantic Telephone Cable to, 651
— Transportation Equipment Industry, Expen
diture of, 422
— Uranium Production, 124, 220, 423
Canadian Association of British Manufacturers and Agencies, CABMA Register, 248. See LETTER, 293
— Aviation, Periodical, Note on, 632
— Government Agency, Contract for Purchase
of Uranium from, 423
Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation, Transatlantic Telephone Cable for Canadian Traffic, 651
Canadian Steel Wheel, Ltd., Formation of, 583 Canal, Moselle, Plans for Construction of, 8
— Naviglio della Martesana, 6
— Naviglio Grande, 6
— Suez. See Suez Canal
“ Canberra ” Bomber Aircraft, Manufacture of, by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 360
— Mark 9 Photographic Reconnaissance Air
craft to be Built by Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 205
Canham, H. J. S., on “ Lubumbashi ” Cargo Motorship, 587
Canning Materials for Nuclear Reactors, 380 Canning, R. G., on Electronic Data Processing for Business and Industry, 519
Cannon Street Station Signal Box, Fire at, 738 Canteens, Management Problems of, 224 Capacitor. See under Electric
Cape Asbestos Co., “ Rocksil ” Building Matting, for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings, 745*
Cape Building Products, Ltd., Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings, 745*
Capital Airlines, Deferment of Orders for “Comet” and “Viscount” Air-Liners, 647
— Formation Figures for Fourth Quarter of
1956, 581
— Funds, Supply of, for Industrial Develop
ment in Europe, by Lord Piercy, 375
— Investment in Coal, Gas and Electricity
Industries, 510
Comment on Need for, 375
for Fourth Quarter of 1956, 581
in Industry, Comment on Decline in, 1 See also Investment
Capstan, “ Junior Hydro-hauler,” 57
— Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
— Portable, “ Fifer,” for Beach Use (James M.
Miller and Co., Ltd.), 57
— Shaft, Use of Liquid Nitrogen for Shrinkage
of (Emmerson Walker, Ltd.), 651*
Cars, Motor. See Motor Cars
— Rail. See Carriages, Railway Caravan-Houseboat, “Amphibian Otter,” 57*
— Industry, Boom in, 536. See LETTER, 616
— “ Rapier,” Mobile Studio in (Technivision,
Ltd.), 664
— Use for Exhibitions, 536
“ Caravelle ” Airliners, Prototype (Sud Aviation), 762*
Carbides, Hard-Metal, Tool Tips, New Grades (Wickman, Ltd.), 106*
Carbide, Ltd., Site near Londonderry for Acetylene Plant, 199
“ Carbion ” Protective Wrapping Material (Spicers, Ltd.), 205
Carbon-Cycle Fusion Reaction, 252
— Dioxide Leakage at Calder Hall “A”
Nuclear Power Station, 381
Metering Equipment (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 139
for Nuclear Reactors, 380
Shield in Arc Welding, “ Fusarc/COg ” Process (Quasi-Arc, Ltd.), 140
Tester, “Mono” (Trade Publication), 147
— Ejectors for Corrosive Fluids (Powell
Duffryn Carbon Products, Ltd.), 202*
— Monoxide, Product of Phosphorus Pro
duction at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466*
— for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234
Carbonisation Plant, Avenue, Tar Distillation and Extraction Plant (Trade Publication), 183
Carburisation. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Card Index, Engineer’s, by R. Silvester, 38. See LETTERS, 101, 165, 326, 388, 453, 485 551*, 648
Cardiff Foundry and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., Expansion of Iron Foundry, 13*
Careers for Girls in Engineering, Conference on,805
— for Girls and Women in Science and
Technology (Booklet), 512
— in Plastics, 426
“ Caribou,” DHC4, Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.), 396*
Carless, A. V., on Aluminium Casting Alloys, 553
Carntyne Steel Castings Co., Ltd., 2,400-kVA 4-ton Basic-Lined Electric-Arc Furnaces (Birlec, Ltd.), 247
Carr, C., Ltd.: Non-Ferrous Castings (Trade Publication), 371; Non-Sparking Tools (Trade Publication), 371
Carriages, Railway, Aluminium, Unpainted, Prototype Trains of, for London Transport Underground Service, 810
for Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit Train Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines, 584*
Diesel Railcars, Construction and Maintenance of, by T. F. B. Simpson, 104
Diesel Railcars, Experiences with, by M. J. Devereux, Comment on, 641
Diesel Railcar Set, Automatic Gear Changing for, 829*
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 42* Motor, Rectifier, and Locomotives, Circuit Calculations for, by T. E. Calverley and D. G. Taylor, 363
Motor, for Three-Car Multiple-Unit Electric Trains for London Midland Region of British Railways, 758*
Prototype, for British Railways (Metro- politan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd.), 210*
Toilet Compartment, Thermostatic Water Heater for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 303 Carriages, Ship Tank, at National Physical Laboratory, 500*
“ Carricut ” Hydraulic Portable Shear, for Cutting Rod, Wire Ropes, Cables, or Chains (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
Carrier Equipment, Single-Channel, for Provision of Additional Telephone Circuit on Existing Overhead Line (Pye Telecommunications, Ltd.), 655
Carron Co., Exhibition of Ships’ Cooking Apparatus, 295
Carron, W. J., Views on Wage Claims, 608; on Engineering and Shipbuilding Industry Dispute, 640
Carruthers, J. H., and Co., Ltd., 25-ton Rotating Crane at Dounreay, 728
Carruthers, R., on Instability of Constricted Gaseous Discharges, 123; on Characteristics of Ring Discharges, 540
Carter, Prof. C. F., on Industry and Technical Progress; Factors Governing the Speed of Application of Science, Comment on, 705 Carter and Co. (Nelson), Ltd., Fire Alarm Systems (Trade Publication), 51
Carter’s Tile Co., Ltd., Commemorative Plaques, 72
Carving and Lettering Tools, Pneumatic, for Stone Workers (Trade Publication), 85
Case Hardening. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
QSLSQ, J., on Notation in Stress Analysis, 616. See LETTERS, 679, 710
Cassleton, E., on Position and Prospects of Kerry's (Great Britain), Ltd., 806
Casson, W., on Economic Aspects of High- Voltage Transmission* 813
Cast Iron, Melting, with Fuel Oil, Furnace for (Lees Hall and Sons, Ltd.), 605
Spheroidal Graphite, Properties and Uses, 234
Spheroidal-Graphite, Use of, in Pressure Die Casting of Zinc and Aluminium Alloys, by L. Oltrasi, 746
Casting, Aluminium Alloys for, by A. V. Carless, 553
Alloys (Trade Publication), 147
— Composite, of Aluminium Bronze and Steel,
by C. H. Meigh and G. E. E. Marshall, 594*
in Pump Manufacture, 594*
— Copper-Base Alloy, by A. R. French, 553
— Green-Sand, Mechanised Moulding of, at
Beans Industries, Ltd., 266
— Grey-Iron, Foundry for Production of
(Beans Industries, Ltd.), 265*
Iron, Practical Guide to Design of (Review), 146
— Iron, for Machine Tools, Production
Methods at Cardiff Foundry and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
— Machine, Pressure, Horizontal, “GDH3600,"
626
— Magnesium-Base Alloy, by Dr, E. F. Emley
and P. A. Fisher, 553
— Non-Ferrous (Trade Publication), 371
Quality Control of. Metallurgical Aspects of. Symposium on, 553
Quality Control of, Metallurgical Principles, by R. W. Ruddle and A. Cibula, 553
— in Nuclear-Fuel Processing, 314*
— Nuclear Reactor, X-Ray Machine for
Testing, 796
— Riser Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Machine for
Steel Foundry of Alston Foundry Co., Ltd., 212*
— Sand, Nickel-AIloy, Quality Control in
Production of, 553
— Stainless-Steel, High-Precision, for Artificial
Horizon Instrument for Jet Aircraft (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 809*
— Uranium, High-Frequency Induction
Vacuum Furnaces for (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 727
Castle Pit Coal Mine, Pump Set, High-Tension Wet-Type Submersible at (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148
Catalogue, Isotopes, 219
— Radioactive Materials, 220
— See also Trade Publications
Catapult, Steam, Adoption by French and Netherlands Navies, 5
Catering Arrangements at Houses of Parliament, Discussion on, 287
Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, Four-Channel, with Automatic Brilliance Control, by M. T. Cree (Book), 632
Oscilloscope, Velocity Pick-Up for, for Indicating Gas Speed, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 368*
Tubes, Monopolies Commission Report on, 230
Tube, Use in Measurement of Eye Movement by Electro-Oculography, 492* Cathodic Protection of Ballast Tanks (Metal
& Pipeline Endurance, Ltd.), 202. See LETTER, 264
Caulking, Pneumatic Tools for (Trade Publication), 789
C. A.V., Ltd., Exhaust Turbo-Chargers for High-Speed Diesel Engines, 22*; “Auto- monocontrol ” Automatic Gear-Changing System, 112*; “DPA" Single-Cylinder Opposed-Piston Injection Pump for Diesel Engine for “ Land Rover," 808*
Cavitation, Effect of, on Performance of Series of 16 in. Model Propellers, by Dr. R. W. L. Gawn and Prof. L. C. Burrill, 556; Discussion on, 556
Cayley, Sir George, Anniversary of, 6 Ceiling Hanging, Demarcation Dispute on, 160 Cells, Photoconductive (General Electric Co.
Ltd.), 360
— Photo-Electric, Use in Furnace Flame Indicator for Remote Inspection of Combustion Conditions, 376*
— Sedimentation, Use in Comparison of Dust Sampling Methods, 366*
Cellactite and British Uralite, Ltd., vs. H. H. Robertson and Co., Inc., 312
“ Cellobond JX5040 " High-Speed Shell Moulding Resin (British Resin Products Ltd.), 554
Celluloid Models, Stress Determination by, See Optical; Photo-Elastic
“ Celtruck ” Platform Truck (Trade Publication), 535
Cement and Concrete Association, Design of Preston and Longton By-Passes, 699*
— Production in Qatar, by H. T. Hale, 228
— Types Used for New Sewage Sedimentation
Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478
— See also Concrete
Cementation Co., Ltd., Plant for Conversion of Fly-Ash to Aggregate for Building Blocks at Battersea Power Station, 721*
— See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy Census (1951), Report of General Register
Office on Industry, from, 832
Centenaries, Engineering (1957), 6
— La Revue Universelle des Mines, Belgian
Journal, 171
Central African Airways, Future of, 262; Purchase by British Overseas Airways Corporation, Comment on, 743
— Electricity Authority, Position and Prospects
of, 46; Generating Plant Installed in 1956, 61*; Expansion of Nuclear Power Branch, 153; Comment on Proposed Permission to Manufacture Own Plant, 197; Replacement of, by Central Electricity Generating Board, 197; Dispute with Electrical Power Engineers’ Association on Technical Staff Salaries, 256; Installation of Furnace Flame Indicator for Remote Inspection of Combustion Conditions, 376*; Model of Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 423; Model of Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 423; Investigation of New Sites for Nuclear Power Stations, 443; Reported Prospecting for South Coast Site for Nuclear Power Station, 447; Application of Aluminium and Its Alloys to High- Voltage Transmission Lines, by G. B. Jackson, 650; Changes in Bulk-Electricity Supply Charges, 458; Dust and Sulphur Dioxide Pollution Around Power Stations of, by W. D. Jarvis and L. G. Austin, 465; Expenditure on Nuclear Power Stations, 510; Boiler Feed Pump Groups for Power Station at West Thurrock (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 531; 275-kV “Super-Grid,” 532*; 550-MW Power
Station for Thorpe Marsh, 614; Management Training Courses, 675; Investigation of Sites for Atomic Energy Station for Wales, 767
— Film Library, “ The Film that Never Was,”
Cinema Film on Works Consultation, 435
— Office of Information. See Information,
Central Office of
— Statistical Office. See Statistical Office Centre d'Etudes Industrielles, at Geneva
(Aluminium, Ltd.), 675
— d'Information du Cobalt, Development and
Exploitation of Cobalt, 357
Centrifuge for Missile Components with Accelerations of 100 g (D. Napier and Son Ltd.), 297*
Ceramic Fuel Elements for Nuclear Reactor, 636
— Heat-Resisting, “ Hylumina,” Production
of, by K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329*
— Nozzle Blades for High-Temperature
Liquid-Cooled Gas Turbine, Investigation on, at Pametrada Research Station. 272*
— Pellets of Urania-Thoria as Nuclear Fuel,
731
— Record-Player Pick-up (Trade Publication),
23
— Research Association, British, Co-operative
Trials on All-Basic Furnace Roofs, 713
— for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234 — Tools, Bibliography of, 537
— Transducer, Lead-Titanate/Lead-Zirconate (Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 360
Cermets for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234
CERN. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Cezeta Motor Scooter, 175 c.c., 569*
Chain Belt Co., Monorail Conveyor System, 184
— Conveyor, Overhead, for Handling Bags of Parcels at Southampton Post Office, 695
— for Coupling Locomotive Axles, 340
— Cutting of, “ Carricut ” Hydraulic Portable Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co. Ltd.), 347*
— Drives (Trade Publication), 535 “Challenger” Traction Engine, by J. M. C. Winn, 804
Chambadal, Dr. P., on Intercooling in Gas Turbines, 356, 516* See LETTER, 421
Chambers of Commerce, British, Association of. Apprenticeship Scheme for Clerks, 704 Chambers, Prof. G. H., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Chambers, L. R., on Fire at Jaguar Works, 389. See LETTERS, 453, 647
— of Shipping of United Kingdom.
Shipping, Chamber of
“ Champ ” British-Type Jeep, Tendering Discussion in Parliament on, 511 Champion, C. L., on Ship-Model Tank,
Charts, Wall, for Time/Load Systems (Adaota- Charts, Ltd.), 507
for Visual Production Records at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520 Chartered Institute of Secretaries, Steel in 1957 with Particular Reference to South Wales, by E. J. Pode, 646
Charybdis-Scylla Overhead Power Cables, 61 Chas^ Manhattan Bank, Trend of Nuclear
’ by Dr. P. F. Genachte
Chatterton, E., on High-Speed Diesel Engines 91 *
Chemical Analysis. See Analysis
Chemical Apparatus and Plant, Manufacture from Resin and Glass Laminates (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 280*
Chemical Engineers, Institution of:
New Premises, 12
High-Intensity Combustion, by R. P. Fraser, 20*
Chemical Processing of Nuclear Fuels, by C. M. Nicholls and Dr. R. Spence, 313*
Homogeneous Aqueous Reactor, by Dr. R. Hurst, I. Wells, and D. Newby, 443 Chemical Engineering Practice. Vols. 1 and 11, by H. W. Cremer and T. Davies (Review),
Chemical Engineering Wiltons, Ltd., Tar Distillation and Extraction Plant at Avenue Carbonisation Plant Tar Works (Trade Publication), 183
— Equipment, Trading Possibilities with
East Germany, 662
— and Plastics (Trade Publication), 757
— Process Equipment at Leipzig Fair, 627
— Industry, Canada, Expenditure of, 422 in Europe, Report on, by Organisation
for European Economic Co-operation, 50 Expansion of, 200
Society of; Announcement of Symposium on Corrosion of Metals in Buildings, 151
— Milling, 88*
— Plant, Glass, Production of, 393*
— Processing of Nuclear Fuels, by C. M.
Nicholls and Dr. R. Spence, 313*
— Products, “ New ” and “ Virtually New,”
327
— ^5?^^^’ ** Vlopumps ” (Trade Publication),
— Service in Defence of the Realm, by
W. G. Norris (Book), 721
— Society, Difficulties of Journal of, 799
— Workers, Wage Increase, 480 Chemistry of Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Nuclear (Review), 241*
Cheques Bill, 160
— Proposed Marking with Magnetic Ink, 295
— Wage Payment by, 160, 222
Cherwell, Viscount, on Fear of Mathematics, 703
Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., History and Development of (Trade Publication), 215 Chevrier, Hon. L., Remarks on St. Lawrence Seaway, 548
“ Chevron ” Rings for Gland Packings, Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
Children, Reading Standards of, 832 Chimney, Demolition of, 460*
China, Embargo on Trade with. Lifting of, 549, 677, 708
on Trade with, Desire for Removal of, 374
on Trade with, by United States, 440
— Industrialisation of, 440
— Interest of, in Egypt, 199
— Nuclear Reactor, Heavy-Water Moderated,
7-MW, 733
— Science and Civilisation in. Vol. II, by Dr.
J. Needham (Review), 146
— Selling to, 322. See also 321
— Thorium Mining in, 733
— Trade and Economic Newsletter, Statistics
on Market Potential, 550
— Uranium Mining in, 733 Chippindale, T., on Storage of Fuel Oil, 12 Chipping, Pneumatic Tools for (Trade Publication), 789
Chlorine Trifluoride Process for Separation of Nuclear Fission Products, 314*
Chopper, Fast. Brookhaven, 241 *. See Erratum, 283
— Meat, Electrical, High Capacity, ‘‘ ETW ”
fVEB Saxonia Fleischereimaschinenfabrik),
Chromium Electrochemical Deposition Plant for Large Components at Port Glasgow Works of Fescol, Ltd., 331 *
— Electrodeposition of (Trade Publication),
— in High-Conductivity Alloys, 87
— Plating, “Zero-Mist” Spray-Suppressing
Agent for (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 107
Chronometers, Anniversary of John Harrison’s Work, 6
— Microsecond, Types “ CU. 552 ” and
“ CU. 542 ” Dekatrons in (Racal Engineering, Ltd.), 418*
Chugach Electric Association, Nuclear Reactor for (Nuclear Development Corporation of America), 29
Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd., Mark IV Churchill-Cleveland “ Rigidhobber ” with Fully-Automatic Loading and Unloading Arm, 172*
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 50 Years’ History of, 308
Cia Shell de Venezuela, Passenger Launches for (John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd.), 127*
Cibula, A., on Metallurgical Principles of Control of Quality of Non-Ferrous Castings, 553
Cinema Films. See Film (Cinema) Cinema-Television, Ltd., “ Cintel ” Automatic
Frequency Monitor, 418*
“ Cintel ” Automatic Frequency Monitor (Cinema-Television, Ltd.), 418*
CIR Nuclear Reactor for India, 92*
Circuit ot Alternating-Current Bridge in Pullmeter Amplifier Indicator, 623*
— Breaker. See Switchgear
for Rectifier Locomotives and Coaches, by T. E. Calverley and
D. G. Taylor, 363
Electronic Control, Industrial, Handbook of, by J. Markus and V. Zeluff (Book), 721
— input* Magnetic Tape, for Data Subset (Bell Telephone Industries), 570
Printed, Boards, Soldering (Trade Publication), 183
Connectors (Power Controls, Ltd.), 505 Copper-Clad Laminate for Use in (Bakelite, Ltd.), 505
- Equipment for, at Radio Components Show, 505*
’Without Etching or Plating (Rogers Corporation), 571
Ferranti “ Mercury ” Computer (Bakelite, Ltd.), 459
Standardisation, Need for, 308
Trigger, for Providing Output Pulses at Carrier Frequency (Furzehill Laboratories, Ltd.), 360
Circular Saws. See 5'«H’5' under Machine Tools Circulating Pumps. See Pumps
System for Fast Reactor, Patent on, 282 Circulators, Reactor, Safety Aspects of, 283 Civil Aviation Organisation, International: Work on Salvage of Damaged Aircraft, 287; Cinema Film, “ Song of the Clouds,” 347; Rate of Drift of Inflatable Life- Rafts, 504
also Aeronautics; Transport and Civil Aviation, Ministry of
Engineers, Builders and Architects, Abridged Building Classification for, 502
Civil Engineers, Institution of:
Election of Miss M. I. Fergusson as Full Member, 128
Women Members, 128
Work Study and Its Application to Railway Civil Engineering Maintenance, by D. D. T. Pescod and J. C. F. Cameron, 169
Civil Engineering—A Creative Career (Leaflet), 256
Long-Span Prestressed Concrete Bridges Constructed by Freyssinet System, by Y. Guyon, 271
Reorganisation of Library, by H. C. Richardson, 502
Annual Dinner, 583
Civil Engineering Capacity for Nuclear Power Stations, 479
Cinema Films on, 589
Concerns, Comprehensive Contracting by, 483
A Creative Career (Leaflet), 256
Industry, Accidents in. Discussion in Parliament on, 639
Industry, Output of, 678
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 79* 807
Maintenance, Railway, Work Study in, J’y D. T. Pescod and J. C. F. Cameron, 169
Overseas, Progress of, 678
Plant at Leipzig Fair, 627*
Work on Electrification of Shenfield— Southend-on-Sea Railway Line, 26*
Works, Estimate of Amount Spent on. During 1956, 351
— Servants, Professional, Institution of:
Claims for Better Pay for Technical Classes, 192; Desire to Simplify Specialists’ Salaries, 448; Annual Conference, 704 Technical, Salaries of, 704
— Service, Overseas, Appointments in, 448 Salaries of. Comparison with 1939, 222 “ Civil Victor ” Air-Liner (Handley Page,
Ltd.). 689* ’
Civilisation in China, Science and, Vol. II, by Dr. J. Needham (Review), 146
Clapp, D. M., on Commercial Vehicles and New Motorways, 206*. See LETTER, 264
Clark, F. le Gros, Report on Retirement of Motor Omnibus Workers, 352
Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd.: Annual Report, 488; “ Brytal ” Aluminium and Silvered Glass Reflectors (Trade Publication), 757
Clarke, Nicholls and Marcel, Central Research Building of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633*
Clarkson (Engineers), Ltd., Solid Shank Reamers for Autolock or Taper-Shank Mounting, and Shell Reamers (Trade Publication), 403
Class H Insulation, Comment on, 505
Classical Association, Case for Latin in the Middle School (Leaflet), 544
Clausen, H., on “Hot Shift” Gearbox, 773 Clavering, J. C., Architect for Central Research Building of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633* Clays, Fire. See Refractories
Clay, Sir H., on Selection, Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Plant in Factories, 811
Clayton-Wright, H., Ltd., “ Nylastic ” Adjustable Support Clips (Trade Publication), 51; “ Stickastrip ” Rubber Sealing Strip (Trade Publication), 51
Clean Air Act, Non-Applicability of, 671
Act, by P. C. G. Isaac (Book), 85
Act, Smoke Control Order Under, at
West Bromwich, 544
Council, Constitution of, 639
Mechanical Engineers’ Contribution to. Conference on. Preliminary Announcement, 133
Cleaning Plant, Shot, “ Tornado ” (Trade Publication), 23
— Steel Pens (Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 269*
Clelands (Successors), Ltd., Construction of Keels with Double Bottoms in “ Upside- Down ” Position, 550
Clerks, Apprenticeship for, 704
Cliff, J. S., on Power Station and Distribution Switchgear, 812
CliflTord and Snell, Ltd., Plug-in Relays with Perspex Cover, 631*
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd. Rock Drills, 51; Transportable Two-Too Air Compressor (Trade Publication), 51- Carving and Lettering Tools for Stone Workers (Trade Publication), 85; F.80A Mark IV Air Compressor (Trade Publication), 147
Clips, Support, Adjustable, “ Nylastic ” (Trade Publication), 51
Cloke, R., on Aluminium Conductors for Overhead Distribution Lines, 650
Clothing, Protective, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Clubs in Factories, Comment on, 672 — Jones Crane Drivers, Comment on, 544 — Perkins Drivers’, Comment on, 544 — for Users of Equipment, Potential Dangers of, 578
Clutch, Automatic, “ Saxomat,” for DKW Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke Motor Car (Fichtel and Sachs), 387
Electro-Magnetic, “ Autronic ” (Newport Instruments (Scientific and Mobile), Ltd.), 825
Clyde, Facilities for Discharging of Large Oil Tankers, 767
Clyde Shipbuilding Industry, Fitting-Oui Basin Project for Super-Tankers, 263
Industry, Graving Dock for Large Oil Tankers, Discussion in Parliament on, 351 -Industry, Graving Dock, Proposed, for, 264
Meter, Low-Flow, Semi-Positive Rotary-Piston Type (George Kent, Ltd.), 279*
CO2. See Carbon Dioxide
Coches, Motor, Production Statistics, 408
— Railway. See Carriages
Coal Blasting, “ Hydrox ” Device for, 68* Pulsed Infusion Shotfiring Technique (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 68 Board, National. See National Coal Board
— Conservation, Need for, 646
Consumption of Steam Locomotives, Improvements in, 340
— Cutting Combine, “ PK-3,” for Cutting Single Track Trapezoidal Drifts through Coal, 564*
Machine for use in Narrow Galleries, 626
Dressing Laboratory at Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., 779*
Dump in Bedworth, Dust at, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
Hard, European, Production Statistics, 294
— Industry, Capital Investment in. White
Paper on, 510
in Germany, Krupp Plan for De-Concentration of, 735
"Number of Technical Employees in. 639
Position and Prospects of, 263
Survey of Progress Since Nationalisation, 37
See also Coal-Mining Industry
— Mine, Castle Pit, Pump Set, High-Tension
Wet-Type Submersible at (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148
Flameproof Lamp for Photography in, 27*
Fluorescent Lighting in, 141
Roof Loadings, Dynamometer for (Dowty Group, Ltd.), 761*
Russian, Conditions in, 416
Russian, Education and Training in, 416 Russian, National Coal Board Mission to, 416
See also Colliery
— Mining, “Continuous Miner’’ for (Trade
Publication), 403
—? — Industry, Nationalised, Review of First Decade of (Book), 147
Industry, Output Statistics, 74!
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 45* Industry. See also Coal Industry
— Off-Shore Boring Project, 12
— Preparation Plant (Trade Publication), 147 Plant. Manvers, Wath-on-Dearne, Use of
Television at (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 631 *
— Price of. Comment on, 70
— Pulversied. See Pulverised Coal
— Quality, Effect on Locomotive Performance.
418
— Slurries, Experimental Work on Burning
of, by Daniel Adamson and Co., Ltd., 330
— Supplies for Gas Industry, by C. Johnson,
646
Position of, 358
— Surplus, Stocks of. Discussion in Parliament
on, 639
Coales, J. F., on Impact of Automation on Plant Engineer, 680
Coastal Protection Schemes, Estimate of Amount Spent on. During 1956, 351
Coating, Floor, “ Exon," Heavy-Duty Liquid (“ Exsud ’’ South American Minerals and Products Co., Ltd.), 87
— Protective, Neoprene, Semprene Adcora
(Semtex, Ltd.), 425*
Coats, G., on Cracks in Ships’ Plates, 657
Cobalt Development Institute, First General Meeting in Brussels, 357
— Information Center, Development and
Exploitation of Cobalt, 357
— Mine, Kilembe, Production and Develop
ment, 199
— Production Statistics, 357
— Uses, 357
“ Cobex ’’ Rigid Vinyl Sheet (Trade Publication), 147
Cock Manifold, Eight-Unit, “AB.18,’’ at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 382*
— Sleeve-Packed Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard
Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
Cockcroft, Sir J.: on Need for Nuclear Power Stations to Blend with Landscape. 347; on Technical Advances Since Calder Hall, 380; on Power by Fusion of Light Elements, 540; on Small Nuclear Power Units, 636; on United Kingdom Nuclear Power Programme, 636
Cohen, G., Sons and Co., Ltd., “ Eldair’’ Alligator Shears for Cutting Scrap, 595*
Coils, Healing, Cast-Iron and Aluminium-
Brass, for Tanks (Trade Publication), 85 Heavy, Face-Plate Winder for (Westool,
Ltd.), 504
Coke Ovens at Dorman, Long (Steel), Ltd., Commencement of Operation of (Simon- Carves, Ltd.), 113
Gas. See Gas, Coke-Oven
Gas Compressor, Three-Stage, Horizontal Twin Design (VEB Maschinenbau), 323*
Plant for New Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd. (Simon-Carves, Ltd.), 588*
and Steelworks Plant in India (Trade Publication), 183
Colbeck, Capt. W. R., on Salvaging ot S.b.
“ Empress of Canada,” 98*
Colburn, Zerah, Anniversary of First Visit to England, 7
Coleopter Vertical Take-off Aircraft, 790
Collars, Hawse-Pipe, Flame Gouging ol (Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 394*
Collector, Sweeper-, for Airport Runways Refuse (Zwicky, Ltd.), 631
College. See Education .
Collico Ltd. Packing-Case Hire Servic^ 379 Colliery, Cadeby. Winder, 3,700 ^.p.. Direct-
Current (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 17»
— Silverwood, Winder, 3,700 h.p.,
Current (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 178
— Winders. See Winders
— See also Mines and Coal
Collimator, Auto, on N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator (Watts), 365* .
for Rapid Measurement of Angles oi Plane Surfaces (Trade Publication), 311
Collisions. SQQ Accidents ,
Colloidal Graphite (Trade Publication), 555 Colombia, Loan by International Bank to, 614 Colombia Southern Chemicals, Negotiations with Government of Sierra Leone tor Extraction of Rutile, 607
Colonial Development Corporation, Need tor Own Bank, 607
— Mineral Deposits, Development on, 607 Colonies, Trade Unions in, Comment on, 69 Coloured Races, Study of Intellectual Capability. 448
Colt Ventilation, Ltd., Dual Purpose, Heat and Smoke Exhaust Ventilators, for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings, 745*
Colt, W. H. (Engineers) Ltd., Wilson Turret Jaw Vice, 760 .
“Coltuf 28” Steel for Pressure Vessel for South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 218*
for Reactor-Containing Sphere at Doun- reay, 612*, 724*
Columbia, British, Survey for Minerals, Power Resources and Timber, 286
Colombo Plan, Report on Progress of, 103
Colvilles, Ltd.: Annual Report, 8; “ Coltut 28 ” Steel for Pressure Vessel for South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 218* ; Expansion Scheme, 458; “Coltuf 28 Steel for Reactor-Containing Sphere at Dounreay, 612*, 724*
Colvin-Smith, Ltd., Tank Heating Coils (Trade Publication), 85
Combination of Local Energy Resources to Provide Power Supplies in Under-Developed Areas, by E. W. Golding, Comment on, 417
— Planting Machine for Hitching to Tractor (VEB Bodenbearbeitungsgeriite), 628
Combine Harvester, Massey-Harris, Hydraulic Power Pack for Use with (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181*
Combined Stress. See under Tests (Materials) Combustion Chambers for Diesel Engine for “Land Rover,” “Comet” (Ricardo), 808*
Limitations of, for High-Intensity Combustion, 20*
in Pressure-Jet Helicopters, 590*
Tests on Pressure-Jet Helicopters, 591*
— Conditions, Remote Inspection of. Furnace Flame Indicator for, by R. D. Watts, 376*
— Control Equipment (Trade Publication), 183
— and Flame, New Magazine, Note on, 403
— Gases, Properties of, Vols. I and H (Book), 109
— High-Intensity, by R. P. Fraser, 20*
— See also Fuel: Gases
“ Comet ” Air-Liner, Deferment of Capital Airlines' Order for, 647
“ Comet 1 ” Air-Liner, Operating Costs, 245* “ Comet 3 ” Air-Liner, Engines for “ Comet 4 ” Installed in, for Certification Flying (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 148*
“ Comet 4 ” Air-Liner Engines Installed in “ Comet 3 ” for Certification Flying (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 148*
“ Comet 4B " Short Range Aircraft for Continental Routes (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689
“Comet” Combustion Chambers for Diesel Engine for “ Land Rover ” (Ricardo), 808*
Commerce. See Trade
— British Chambers of. Association of. See Chambers of Commerce
Commercial and Economic Conditions in Canada, by G. Bowen,807
— Motor Cars. See Motor
— Vehicles. See Motor Vehicles, Commercial Commission, Royal. See Royal Commission Common Market, European. See European Common Market
Commonwealth Aluminium Corp., Development of Bauxite Deposits in Cape York Peninsula, 50
— Bank, Need for, 607
— Countries, Exhibitions in, Britain's Part in, 287
— Development Agency, Proposal for, 831
— Economic Development, Discussion in Parliament on, 831
— and Empire, British, Need to Increase Integration and Development of Natural Resources of, 543
Commonwealth and Empire, Industrial Communities within, Human Problems of, 768 See also 377
Empire, Resources of. Discussion in Parliament on, 607
— Industry and Trade Exhibition, Proposal
tor, 287
— Investment in, 607
— Migration, Britain and, 614
— Money Markets in. Discussion in Parliament
on, 767
Relaxation of Import Controls by, 440
— Trade Preference on Exports to Britain, 287
— See also Australia, etc.
Communications, Basic Psychological
in, by T. M. Higham, 448
— Lines of, by Dr. E. Martindale, 743
— Power System, by E. Openshaw
(Book), 215
Communists, Activities of, at Brices Bodies, 192
— State, Absence of Salesmen in, 321
General-Purpose (Short
Harland, Ltd.), 637 ‘‘NDI81,” to Simulate
Nuclear Reactor, 637 Resistance - Network, “ ,
Study of Heat-Flow Problems at Imperial College of Science and Technology, 343*
— Automatic, Disc-Loaded Delay Lines for
(Bell Telephone Laboratory), 787*
— Delay Line for, Use of Barium Titanate
Transducers, 715
Computer Developments, Formation of, by British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 168
— Digital, ACE, 715*
— Digital, Characteristics of. Shown at Instru
ments, Electronics and Automation Exhibition, 636*, 637*
DEUCE, 715
DEUCE, Discussion in Parliament on Use of, 735
Medium-Sized, at Instruments, Electronics and Automation Exhibition, 637* ” Metrovick950 ” (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 638*
” National-Elliott 405 ” (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 638*
“ Stantec-Zebra ” (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 637*
Type 650 (IBM United Kingdom, Ltd.), 744
— Electronic, Application of, by Dr. D. G.
Prinz and C. M. Berners-Lee, 487 for Automation in Banking, 295 for Clerical Problems, Staff Engaged on, at National Physical Laboratory, 159 Cryotron for Use in, 342
; Electronic Reading Automaton (ERA) for Use with (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 348*
Linked with Radar Simulator (Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd.), 636
and Management Control, by G. Koz- metsky and P. Kricher, 519
Principles and Applications, by T. E. Ivall(Book), 720
Standardisation, Need for, 308
Wages Accounting by (National Physical Laboratory), 519
— “ Mercury,” Ferranti, Printed Circuits for
(Bakelite, Ltd.), 459
— Operation and Applications of, by E. C.
Berkeley and L. Wainwright (Book), 756
— Switches in, International Symposium on,
at Harvard University, 552
— Transistor, Memory Matrix for (Plessey
Co., Ltd.), 360
— Unit, Electromechanical (Nash and Thomp
son, Ltd.), 419*
Computing Centre, IBM, Facilities at, 744 Concentric Valve System, for Internal Combustion Engines, by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797* Concert-Hall Design, by W. Furrer (Review), 596*
Concierge, Peace for the. Comment on, 288
Concrete Batching Plant for Lower Beau- harnois Lock at Melocheville, Quebec, 548*
— Beams, Prestressed, Hard-Drawn Steel
Wires in, Effect of Fire on, 714
— Bridge, Long-Span Prestressed, Constructed
by Freyssinet System, by Y. Guyon, 271
— Carriageways on Longton By-Pass, 699*
— Mixer and Batcher, 13/00.4 (VEB Regulus
Betonmischerbau), 627
— Reinforced, Construction, Application of
Freezing Method of Photoelastic Stress Analysis, 401*
Plea for Replacement of Steel for Building, 639
Smooth-Faced Structures, for New Sewage Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478*
— Road Finisher, “ SBF4 ” (VEB Bau-
maschinen), 627
— Steel Shuttering for (Trade Publication), 535 Condensate Re-Heating System for Skoda 2*5
to 6 MW Condensing Steam Turbines, 568*
Condensers for Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Order for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 442
— Tubes, Titanium, at Uskmouth Power
Station, 255
Condensing in Locomotives, Experiments on, by C. R. H. Simpson, 81*
Conduction, Heat, Fourier Equation for, 304* Conductivity, Super-, Phenomenon of, 342
— Thermal, Device for Comparison of, 715 Conductors, Aluminium, Cables with. Problems
of Using, on Medium-Voltage Systems of Midlands Electricity Board, by G. F. Peirson, 650 .
for Overhead Distribution Lines, by R. Cloke and R. Fyfe, 650 ,
— Lightning, Radioactive, for St. Peter s
Basilica and Vatican Palaces, 283
— Rails, Electric, De-Icing Tenders for, 145*
— Semi, 690*
Diamonds as, Work on, by Diamond Research Laboratory, 821
Surface Effects in, 691*
— 5/10, Twelve-Way, “ Kabi FLX5 ” Flexible
Terminal Strip for (Trade Publication), 789
— See also Semiconductors
Conference on Advanced Aeronautical Education at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 438
— Aircraft Production, Problems of. See
Production Engineers, Institution of
— American Nuclear Society, on Fusion, 60
— Annual, Amalgamated Engineering Union,
608
Aslib, 693. See LETTER, 709
Chartered Institute of Secretaries, 646 Council of Branch Secretaries of National Union of Railwaymen, 736
Institution of Professional Civil Servants, 704
National Union of Public Employees, 736 National Union of Teachers, 576 Scottish Trades Union Congress, 512
— on Atomic Energy, 604 Energy in Industry, 251
Energy in Industry, Cost of Building and Operating Nuclear Reactors by W. K. Davis, 642
on Automatic Production: Changes and Control, 663 .
— of Birmingham University at Metals Divi
sion of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., 392
— on Bonded Aircraft Structures (Aero Re
search, Ltd.), 520 ,
— British Institute of Management, in Scot
land, 488, 608
Nuclear Energy. See Nuclear Energy Conference .
Occupational Hygiene Society, on Fires in Industry, 789 .
on Careers for Girls in Engineering, 805
— on Direction of Research Establishments,
Findings of, 201. See also Vol. 182
— Exhibitions, Forthcoming, 126, 254, 414, 452, 702, 830
— Export Advertising, 390
— on Greater Efficiency in Industry, 520
Information, on Nuclear Energy for Management, Cost of Nuclear Reactor Systems, by J. A. Jukes, 764
— International, Fatigue of Metals. See Fatigue of Metals
on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Proceedings of (Review), 240*
on Pressure Die Casting, London, 1954, Proceedings of (Book), 311
on Synthetic Rubber, 438
— Mechanical Engineers’ Contribution to Clean Air, Preliminary Announcement,
— on Misconceptions of Work Study, 288
— North London Productivity Committee Proposal for Women Teachers tor Technical Colleges, 640
— Nuclear, Announcements of, 155 Energy for Management, 94 Physics, Physical Society, 347, 604
— on Organisation and Methods, 520
Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Tokyo, 604
— Plasma and Atomic Physics, 604
— Power, American (Chicago), 532
— on Radioisotopes, UNESCO, 155, 796
— Regional, of Institute of Industrial Supervisors, Proceedings of, 384
— on Reinforced Plastics, 651, 685
— on Rubber in Engineering, Proceedings ot
(Book), 822 ....
— on Shipowners’ Liabilities, 543
— Standards Officers’, 774
— Study, of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, at Oxford, Comment on, 768. See also 737
— System, Shipping, Rernarks by Sir W. Rootes and Viscount Simon on, 806
— Titanium in Aircraft Industry (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 298*
— on Training in Electrical Industry, 458
— on Use of Technical Market Research, 729
— Utilisation of Heat from Nuclear Reactors, 123 ,
— World Power. See World Power Conference
Congress of Aviation Medicine at Naples, 544
— International, of Combustion Engines,
Summary of Papers Presented, 797; Telescope or Concentric Valve System, by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797*
for Promotion of Labour and Workers, 704
Sales, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 776
— Nuclear, Chicago (1958), 796
Philadelphia, Announcement of, 155
Congressional Hearings on Automation and Technical Change, by United States Congressional Sub-Committee on Economic Stabilisation, 296
Conn, Dr. J. F. C., on Ship Superstructures and Strength, 625
Connolly, J. V., on Management Training Courses, 772
Conoco Somal, Ltd., Negotiations with Government of Somaliland for Oil Prospecting Licences, 607
Conoscope, Adaptation of Polariscope to, by Dr.-Ing. A. Kuske, 399*
Conservation of Coal. See Coal: Fuel; Pulverised Coal
Consett Ironworks, Expansion Scheme, 458
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.: Representation in Southern Rhodesia, 119; Riveting Tools (Trade Publication), 215; Silent Pneumatic Screwdriver, 438*; Lightweight Pneumatic Drill, 535; Vane-Type Industrial Pneumatic Tools (Trade Publication), 659; Penumatic Tools for Chipping, Caulking, Scaling, Stone-Working and Scraping (Trade Publication), 789 Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. (India), Private, Ltd., Formation of 664
Constant, H., on Simulated Flight Testing of Aero Engines, 750*
Constantine College, Future Plans for, 767
Constants and Units, Table of, by M. Boll (Book), 465
Construction and Building Equipment at Leipzig Fair, 627
— Equiprnent, Production Statistics of, 517 Constructional Engineering Industry, Position and Prospects of, 79*
— Steelwork Association, British, Erection of Constructional Steelwork, Textbook of, by T. Barron (Book), 215
— Steelwork Erection: Textbook of, by T. Barron (Book), 215
Consultation, Works, Cinema Film on, 435 Consumer Credit in United States, Study of, 536
— Expenditure for Fourth Quarter of 1956, 581
— Goods in United States, New Tastes in. 729 Containers, Ferrous-Metal, Electrolytic Descaling of, by D. S. Tulloch and C. L. Wilson, 425
— Light Collapsible Returnable (Tracons, Ltd.), 279*
— Metal, for Packing-Case Hire Service (Collico, Ltd.), 379
— Storage, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Continent, Bridges on. Use of Freyssinet System for Prestressed Concrete, 271
“ Continuous Miner ” for Coal Mining (Trade Publication), 403
Contour Etching, by A. W. Sheppard, 88* Contracts, Engineering, by F. H. B. Layfield, 196. See LETTER, 165. See also Vol. 182
— Government, Allotting, Discussion in Parliament on,831
Contracting by Civil-Engineering 423
— Comprehensive, by Taylor (Building Exports), Ltd., 423
Contractors’ Plant, Federation of
turers of, Production Statistics of Construction Equipment in 1956, 517
Control Apparatus, Automatic, for Oil-Fired Boilers (Trade Publication), 403
— Automatic, Course at Queen Mary College, 507
and Instrumentation, Applications of (Review), 332
Random Processes in, by J. Halcombe Laning and R. H. Battin (Book), 563 of Steam Locomotives, 338
— Circuits, Electronic, Industrial, Handbook
of, by J. Markus and V. Zeluff(Book), 721
— Devices, Miniature, for Use in Servo-
Mechanisms (Trade Publication), 693
— Electronic, Machine-Tool Automation by
(Book), 270
— Equipment and Accessories for Packaged
Boilers for Heating, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Combustion (Trade Publication), 183 at Electrical Engineers Exhibition, 470* Electronic, for Numerically Controlled Horizontal-Spindle Milling Machine (Bendix Aviation Corp.), 722*
at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co. (English Electric Co.), 467
— — Motor (Lancashire Dynamo Nevlin, Ltd.), 470
— Gear, Motor (J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd.), 471
— and Measurement of Humidity, by H.
Spencer-Gregory and E. Rourke (Review), 692
— Motor (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 471
— Panels, at Instruments, Electronics and Automation Exhibition, 637
Special-Purpose (G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd.), 472
— Precision, of Hydraulic Forging Presses, by F. H. Towler, 747
— of Resistance Welding (Trade Publication), 535
— Rods and Drives in APPR Nuclear Reactor, 604*
Flux Peaking in APPR Nuclear Reactor, 795*
for Nuclear Power Station for South Scotland Electricity Board, 186
for Pressurised-Water Reactors Westinghouse Electric Corp., 795* Reactor, Safety Aspects of, 283
— Room at Switchgear Testing Station Trafford Park, Manchester, 436*
Control “ S/D ” for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Speed, for Grinding Mill (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 470
— System, Electrical, for Gas-Turbine Research at Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd. (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 634
Electronic, “ Velonic ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
“ Magistor ” (Metropolitan - Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 470
Motor (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
Nuclear Reactor, Automatic, 796
“ Revcon ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
Speed, “ Asrec ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
Testing, “ LF51 ” Low-Frequency Waveform Generator for (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 246
Thermostatic (Trade Publication), 311
— and Telemetering in Instrument Technology, by E. B. Jones (Review), 756
— Transformer, Tap-Changer Gear for (Fuller
Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 472*
— Unit, Fuel, for Small Gas-Turbines (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 792*
in SRE Nuclear Reactor, 766*
— of Voltage, Current or Speed, Calibrated
Relay for (Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
Controller, Air-Flow, for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Air/Fuel Ratio, for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— for Bowl and Instrument Sterilisers (Trade Publication), 403
— Cybernetics, Definition and Uses, 636
— Electric Motor, Type M.C. 43 (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 115
— Electronic, Automatic, for Oil Burners (Trade Publication), 23
— Feed, Proportional, for Regulating Flows of Materials (30-98 Co., Ltd.), 376
— pH (A. M. Lock and Co., Ltd.), 821*
— Press Sequence (Press Guards, Ltd.), 606
— Process (Measuring Instruments (Pullin), Ltd.), 473
— Programme (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 471 “ Convair 340 ” Airliner, Conversion to
“ Eland ” Propeller-Turbine Engines (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
Convention, Annual, American Economists, 119
— British Electrical Power. See Electrical Power Convention
— for Representatives of Frigidaire, Ltd., 776
— Sales, Comment on, 776
Converter, Photo-Electric, Use in Furnace Flame Indicator for Remote Inspection of Combustion Conditions, 376*
— Transmission, Torque, Three-Stage, “ Twin-Disc,” for Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive (Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 757
Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., Flameproof Fork-Lift Truck, 605
Conveyor Belts, “ Cordura ” Rayon Yarn for Thin (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.), 127
Design of (Book), 597
Portable, Capable of Vertical Adjustment (VEB Montan), 626
Rubber, Splicing of, ” On-Site ” Service (Trade Publication), 535
— Chain, Overhead, for Handling Bags of Parcels at Southampton Post Office, 695
— at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520*
— Indexing, “ Flowmaster ” (Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd.), 395*
— Monorail, Marketing of (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 184
— Power-Pushed, with Loose Pallets (Transmission Accessories, Ltd.), 605
— Steel, for Curves and Gradients (Wharton Engineers (Elstree), Ltd.), 149*
Plate, ” Crocodile ” (Trade Publication), 371
Conway, H. G., Remarks at Leonardo da Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424
“ Conway ” Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Vulcan ” Bomber Aircraft, 735
Cook, Dr. M., Remarks on Titanium in Aircraft Industry, 298*
Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd., “Tellurometer ” Electronic Surveying Instrument for Accurate Distance Measurement without Tapes, 446*
Cooking Apparatus, Ships', Coal, Oil, and
Electric, Exhibition of (Carron Co.), 295 Cooler, Forced-Oil Air-Blast, for Transformers
(British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 719
Cooling Apparatus for Chromium-Deposition
Plant at Port Glasgow Works of Fescol, Ltd., 331
— Inter-, Effect on Efficiency of Gas Turbines,
by Dr. B. W. Martin, 274*
— System of Compressor-Exhauster Units at
National Gas Turbine Establishment, 233* Liquid, for Fast Reactor, Patent on, 282 Metal-Clad Insulation Panels for, for
Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 668
at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 784*, 818*
— Towers, “ Fluor Counterflo,” for DMTR
Nuclear Reactor (Head, Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 725*
at National (jas Turbine Establishment (Head Wrightson). 785*
— Water, Economical Use of (Trade Publication), 403
Cooper and Co. (Birmingham), Ltd., Felt Mops and Washers (Trade Publication), 403
Cooper, G. C., on Maintenance and the Supervisor (Pamphlet), 800
Co-Partnership in African Copper Mining Industry, 487
Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd., “Carricut’ Hydraulic Portable Shear for Cutting Rod, Wire Ropes, Cables, or Chains, 347
Copelin, P. W., on Position and Prospects of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 455
Aluminium Bronze and Steel, by C. H. Meigh and C. E. E. Marshall, 594* of Steel Wires, Effects of Low-Alloy Additions on, 746
— in Steam-Generating Plant, Action of Sulphuric Acid, 204*
— Stress, Tests, Automatic Apparatus for, at British Iron and Steel Research Association Corrosion Exhibition, 746
— See also Cathodic Protection
Corrosive Fluids, Carbon Ejectors for (Powell Duffryn Carbon Products, Ltd.), 202*
— Medium, Horizontal Rotor Revolving in Drum Filled with, at British Iron and Steel Research Association Corrosion Exhibition, 746
Costs, Arc-Welding, by A. G. Thompson, 683
— Comment on Confusion in, 70
— Discussion in Parliament on Authori
tative and Impartial Inquiry on, 639
— of Living and Wages, Review of, 11*
— Product, in Relation to Economics of
Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Study of, by Authoritative and Impartial
Body, 831
Costain-John Brown, Ltd., Cinema Film “ Cutting the Queue ” on Construction of New Apapa Wharf at Lagos, 589
Costain, Sir R., on Position and Prospects of Richard Costain, Ltd., 807
Costain, R., Ltd.: Diffused-Air Plant for New Sewage Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478; Cinema Film “ Pipeline into Persia ” on Construction of 300-Mile Oil Link between Ahwas and Azna, 589; Contract for Construction of Deep-Water Harbour at Bridgetown, Barbados, 678; Entry into Nuclear Field, 796; Annual Report, 807
Cotton Industry, Scholarships in, 32
— Mill, Re-deployment in, 224
Cottrell Effect in Nuclear Fuel Elements, 380 C-O-Two Fire Equipment of Canada, Ltd., Purchase of, by Pyrene Co., Ltd., 184
Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum
Equipment. See Petroleum Equipment
— House. Decoration of. Comment on, 64
— of Ironfoundry Associations. See Iron-
foundry
Counters (Londex, Ltd.), 471
— Indicator, In-Line (Hilger and Watts, Ltd.),
418*
“ Nixie ” (Burroughs Corporation), 419
— Lightweight Electromagnetic (Counting
Instruments, Ltd.), 280
— at Physical Society Exhibition, 418* Counting Instruments, Ltd., Leightweight
Electromagnetic Counter, 280
— Mixed-Batch, Machine for (Sinex Engi
neering Co., Ltd.), 696*
— and Sizing Microscopic Particles, Film
Scanning Particle Analyser for (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
— Units, Dekatron (Ericcson Telephones,
Ltd.), 216*
Electro-Mechanical (Ericcson Telephones Ltd.), 216*
Coupling, “ Bowdenfix,” Nylon, for Pressure Hose (Bowden (Engineers), Ltd.), 120*
— Quick-Release, for Refuelling Ships at Sea
(Flight Refuelling, Ltd.), 433*
— and Sprinklers, “ AutoJet ” for Irrigation
Pipes (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 22*
— for Tubes (Allied Art Industries, Ltd.), 170*.
See LETTERS, 229, 264
— See also Clutch
Courses, Government-Sponsored, 255 Courtaulds, Ltd., “ Fibroceta ” Cellulosic
Textile Fibre Wadding, 204
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.: N.P.L.- Matrix Comparator for Bores up to 3 in. Diameter, 365*; Demonstration Unit for
“ Feel” of Limits and Fits, 507*; Gear- Grinding Service for Spur and Helical Gears (Trade Publication), 659
Coverings, Non-Conducting. See Heat Insulation . .
Cowan-Douglas, A. H., on Position and Prospects of Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., 679
Cowls for Fume-Extraction System, Manufactured from Resin and Glass Laminates (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 280* ,
Cox, Sir H. Roxbee: on Training for Diploma in Technology, 391; Elected Member of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 773
Crabtree, J. A., and Co., Ltd.; Motor-Control Gear, 471; Switches, 471
Cracks, Fatigue, in ’* Vibrac V30 Steel Cylinders, 431 *
Hairline, Detection of, by Ultrasonic Testing, 653*
in Ships’ Plates, Discussion on Papers on,
656 . _ ,,
Cradles, Builders’, and Slung Staging for Use with “Skyscraper” Scaffold Winch (Non- Corrosive Metal Products, Ltd.), 592 Craftsmen, Need for Offensive on Own Behalf, 672 .
Wages of. Fluctuations in, since Thirteenth Century, by E. N. Phelps Brown and S. V. Hopkins, 365
Young, Federal Competition for. Awards for, at Handicrafts and Trade Fair (Munich), 452
National Service Deferments tor, 343
Crago W. A.; on Ship-Model Tank, 555; on Cavitation and Propeller Performance, 557
Craig, Sir J., the Late, 168 Cranes (Trade Publication), 85
— Circular-Motion, 25-ton at Dounreay
(Wharton Crane and Hoist Co., Ltd.). 728 Claw, 15-metric ton (VEB Schwermaschin- enbau), 323*
— at Dounreay, 728
Electric Overhead Travelling, 30-ton, lor Dounreay (Paterson Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd.), 728
— Gantry Claw (VEB Schwermaschinenbau),
627*
— Grab, Travelling (VEB Kranbau), 626 High-Speed, 72-Ton, at Dagenham Dock
(Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 558*
“ Hydrocon ” Lorry-Mounted (Trade Publication), 757
Crane J. R., Remarks on Titanium Alloys, 299 Crane Packing, Ltd.; “ Fluoseal ” Seal tor Rotating Shafts, 90*; ” Superlon Inert Gland Packing Material (Trade Publication), 371 ; Rotating Seals for Abrasive Services, 621
— Road, Mobile, 10-Ton, Jones (K and L
Steelfounders and Engineers, Ltd.), 734
— Rotating, 25-ton, at Dounreay (J. H.
Carruthers and Co., Ltd.), 728
Hammer-Head Tower, ‘
(VEB Schwermaschinenbau), 323*
— See also Hoists; Transporters
Cranfield College of Aeronautics; Conterence on Advanced Aeronautical Education, 43o, Wind Tunnel Tests on Power Output of Racing Cyclists, 586*; Method Study of Hot Working Conditions, by J. A. C. Williams, 800
Crash Tender, Fire-Fighting, for Ptarco Airport (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504*
Craven Brothers, Ltd., Annual Report, 806 Cravens, Ltd., Manufacture of H P.M. Hydraulic Injection Moulding Machines, 171 *
Crawshaw, C. J., on Survey of Dust Deposition in Neighbourhood of a Power Station, 465 Credit, Consumer, in United States, Study ot, 536
— Guarantees Bill, Exports, 536
— System Inquiry, Committee lor, 607
Creed and Co.; Teleprinter Equipment for British Railways, 231; Teleprinter tor Use with Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for Hot Steel Strip, 489*
Creep of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, by Dr. J. S. Blair, 334* . u A w
— Properties of Plastics Laminates, by A. W. Thompson, 651
of Titanium Alloys at High tures, 299
in Reactor Pressure Vessels, 250
Crosthwaite Furnaces and Scriven Machine Tools, Ltd., Annual Report, 390
Crow, Dr. J. F., Remarks on Radiation Hazards, 320
Croydon Precision Instrument Co., Direct- Reading Strain-Gauge Bridge (Trade Publication), 311
Crude-Oil Engines. See Engines, Oil
Cruise, A. J., on Deposition Patterns of Dust Particles and Effect on Sampling Methods, 366*
Cruisers. See Warships
Crusher, “ Flextooth,” for Coke-Oven Plant at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd. (British Jeffrey-Diamond, Ltd.), 588*
— Jaw and Gyratory Type, “
(Trade Publication), 789
Crushing, Fine, of Lime Marl Containing Stone, Finishing (VEB Kema), 626
— and Screening Plant, Individual
Kue-Ken ”
and Clay- Rolls for
Motors for
(Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 46
Cryotron for Use in Electronic Computer, 342 Crystals, Germanium, Grown at Research Laboratory of General Electric Co., Ltd., 331*
Csanady, G. T., on Design Parameters for Diesel Engines, 459*
‘ CU.542 ” and “CU.552 ” Dekatron, in Microsecond Chronometer (Racal Engineering, Ltd.), 418*
Cuba, Exploitation of Nickel Deposits in, by International Nickel Co. of Canada, 357
Cubitt, T., Commemorative Plaque at Former Residence of, 72
Culley, A. E., the Late, 229
Cultivating Equipment, Agricultural, 770* Culture, Comment on, 481
Cummings, W. G., on Instruments for Measuring Small Quantities of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere, 465
Cummins Engine Co., Ltd.: Annual Report, 487; Formation of, 487; Diesel Engine Servicing (Trade Publication), 757
Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd.: Annual General 581; New Liner for North Service, 709; Annual Report,
Meeting, American 775
Cunnison, J., Comment on, 129
Cupolas, Foundry, at Beans Industries, Ltd., 265*, 266*
Curing Oven, Camel-Back Conveyor (F. J. Ballard and Co., Ltd.), 139
Currency Exchange Rates, Effect on East- West Trade, 324
— Instability, Effect on East-West Trade, 324 Current Affairs, Cinema Film on Electricity
on the Farm, 165
— Electric. See Electric
Cushions, Super, for Power Cylinders (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 432
Customer Records, Use of Market Research, 151
Cut Thread Screwing Tool Manufacturers’ Association, Replacement of, by Screw Thread Tool Manufacturers’ Export Association, 188
Cutters, Milling. See Milling under Machine Tools
Cutting Attachment, CW200, for Purox W.200 Blow Pipe (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
— Bloom and Billet, Oxygen Blow-Pipes for
(British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 365
— Coal-, Combine, “ PK-3,'’ for Cutting
Single Track Trapezoidal Drifts through Coal, 564*
? Machine for Use in Narrow Galleries,
626
— Machine, Oxy-Acetylene, for Steel Foundry
of Alston Foundry Co.. Ltd., 212*
Strip (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 216*
— Rod, Wire Ropes, Cables, or (Chains,
“ Carricut " Hydraulic Portable Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
— Scrap by “ Eldair ” Alligator Shears
(Weldall and Assembly, Ltd.), 595*
— Spark, Use of, on Tungsten-Carbide
Extrusion and Blanking Dies, 266
— Tools. See Tools
CW20() Cutting Attachment for Purox W200 Blow-Pipe (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
Cybernetics, Comment on, 672
“ Cybernetics Controllers,” Definition and Uses, 636
Cybernetique, Association Internationale Formation of, 672
Cycles, Export of, to United States, 486
— Industry, Altered Structure of. Due
Competitive Selling. 676
Competitive Selling in, 676
Position and Prospects of, 80*
— Manufacjurers, American, Application
“ * Protection
486
on In Their Early Twenties,
de,
to
to
Tariff Commission for Greater Against Imports from Europe,
— Motor. See Motor Cycle
— Tariffs, American, 486
Cyclists, Racing, Power Output Tunnel Tests on, at Cranfield Aeronautics, 586*
Cyclotron, Definition of, 539
— Phase Stability in, 540
Cylinder Blocks and Heads, Internal-Combustion Engine, Foundry for Production of (Beans Industries, Ltd.), 265*
— Hydraulic, Heavy-Duty, Self-Contained,
“ Hydrocheck ” (British Bellows), 409
— Test, for Fatigue Testing under Triaxial
Stress, 428
Czechoslovakia, Aid to Egypt, 199
— Engineering Display al Leipzig Fair, 566*
— Trading Possibilities with, 662
of, Wind College of
DAGENHAM Dock, Installation of Two 7|-Ton Grabbing Cranes at, by Samuel Williams and Sons, Ltd. (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 558*
1,000 Words Per Minute over Commercial Telephone Lines (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 570
Davenport, P. A., on Instability of Constricted Gaseous Discharges, 123; on Characteristics of Ring Discharges, 540
Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., Industrial Diesel Locomotives (Trade Publication), 109; “ 12 YHAX” Marine Diesel Engine for Paddle Tugs, 445
Davie Shipbuilding, Ltd., S.S. “ Sunrip,” Cargo Liner with Unpainted Aluminium Superstructure, 280*
Davies, A. Hudson, on Development and Use of Glass Fibres. 331
Davies, D. G., on Water Economics, 584
Davies, E. J., on Economics of Well-Wired Home, 813*
Davies, J. Burton, on Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers, 526
Davies and Metcalfe, Oerlikon-Type Brake Gear for 8SVT Mark 11 1,000-h.p. Diesel-
Electric Locomotive for British Railways, 825*
Davis, W, K., on Future Developments of Nuclear Energy, 474*; on Cost of Building and Operating Nuclear Reactors, 642; on Nuclear Power Trends, 642
Davison, Dr. C. St. C.: on Bearings Since the Stone Age, 2*, 326. See LETTERS, 292*, 485
Davy British Oxygen, Ltd., Formation and Objective of, 582
Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., Participation in Davy British Oxygen, Ltd. 582
Dawe “ Visigauge ” for Tube Wall-Thickness Measurement, 87*
Dawes, S. S., on Training for the Motor Industry, 167
“ Dayspring,” S.S., Anniversary of Launch of, 7
Dean, Sir J., on Position of Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., 615
De-Burring Machine, Gear Tooth (Sykes Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 504*
Decca Navigator, Discussion in Parliament on,479
Decca Radar, Ltd., Installation of Type 424 Airfield Control Radar at Lympne Airport, 179
Deckhouses and Superstructures, Stresses in, by Dr. A. J. Johnson, 624; Discussion on, 624
Defence Expenditure, 166 Reduction of, 102, 134, 226, 449
— by Guided Weapons, by J. Menken, 226*
— Industrial Contracts for, Discussion in Parliament on, 543
— Policy, Effect on Military Aircraft, Comment on,706
Engineering Consequences of New, J. Menken, 642*
White Paper on, 642
— Programme, Redundancy Due to Cuts 543
Redundancy Due to. Ministry Labour’s Scheme for, 608
— of the Realm, Chemical Service in,
W. G. Norris (Book), 721
— Urgent Needs of, 645
Engines Installed in “ Comet 3 ” AirLiner tor Certification Flying, 148*; Negotiations with British Overseas Airways Corp., on Construction of General- Purpose Aircraft, 191; Operating Costs of ‘‘ Comet 1 ” Air-Liner, 245*; “ D.H.l 10 ” “ Sea Vixen " Carrier-Borne All-Weather Fighter Aircraft for Royal Navy, 439; Annual Report, 456; General Policy of, 518; “Comet 4B “ Short-Range Aircraft for Continental Routes, 689; “Spectre” Liquid-Fuel Rocket Motor for “ SR3 ” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, 689*
Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., DHC4 “ Caribou ” Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft, 396*
Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., “ Gyron ” Aeroplane Engine, 328
Havilland Propellers, Ltd., 101-in. Long Cold-Drawn Tube (Accles and Pollock, Ltd.), 86*; “Firestreak” Air-to-Air Missile, 601*
De-Icing, “ Spraymat ” Electrical System of. Manufacture of, by PacAero, Inc., 631
— System in Eland Convair Conversion
(D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 337
— Tenders for Electric Conductor Rails, 145* Dekatron Counting Units (Ericcson Telephones, Ltd.), 216*
— Digital Display in Instruments by, 418
— Types “CU.552 ” and “ CU.542,” in
Microsecond Chronometer (Racal Engineering, Ltd.), 418*
De Lavals Angturbin, A.B., Order for Six Glandless Pump and Motor Units, to Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd., 828
Delay Lines, Disc-Loaded, for Automatic Computers (Bell Telephone Laboratory), 787*
Deloro Stellite, Ltd., Hard-Facing Material (Trade Publication), 147
Delta Metal, Annual Report, 456
“ Deltic ” Diesel Engine in Passenger Launches for Cia Shell de Venezuela (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 127
Demag Group, Agreement with Acrow (Engineers), Ltd., 616
Demolition of Chimney Over 100 ft. High, 460* Demonstration Unit for “ Feel ” of Limits and Fits (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 507*
Denmark, Loan by International Bank to, 614
— Organisations of Interest to Technical
Information Services (Pamphlet), 502 Denny, Dr. D. F., Work on Seals at the Hydro-Mechanics Laboratory, 749*
Density, Smoke, Indicating and Alarm Equipment (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 407*
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Radioactive Lamp, 283
Depot for Spares and Parts at Aveley, of Ford Motor Co., 599*
Depreciation Policy, in Relation to Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by
C. W. Griffiths, 203
Depression in United States, Fears of, 197 Depth Indicator, Echo-Sounding (British Ferrograph Recorder Co., Ltd.), 57
“Deran” Treatments for De-Rusting and Passivation of Steel Articles (Trade Publication), 789
Derating, Industrial, Prospects, 159
de Reaumer, Rene Antoine Ferchault, Anniversary of, 6
“ Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for Blanking, Piercing and Forming (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
De-Rusting and Passivation of Steel Articles, " Deran ” Treatments for (Trade Publication), 789
— See also Rust
Derwent, Lord, Remarks on Modernisation and Expansion of Roads, 358, 408
Descaling, Electrolytic, of Ferrous-Metal Containers, by D. S. Tulloch, and C. L. Wilson, 425
Design of Grey Iron Castings for Engineering Purposes, Practical Guide to (Review), 146
— Parameters for Diesel Engines, by G. T.
Csanady, 459*
— Product, in Relation to Economics of Plant
Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Simplification of, Use of Market Research,
151
— of Welded Joints in Mild and Low-Alloy
Steels, by C. R. Harman, 683
Designers, Engineering, Institution of. See Engineering Designers, Institution of
Technical Education of. Report on, 640 Destroyers. See ^^arships
Detector, Discharge, A.C., for Testing Effectiveness of Insulation (Hivolt, Ltd.), 569
— Echo-Sounding, “ Fishfinder,” for Salvage
Work, Mine Detecting and Fish Finding from the Air (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395
— Electronic, “ Adset,” for Tramp Metals
(ASEA Electric, Ltd.), 473*
— Metal, Portable Light-Weight, “ Transitect”
(Metal Detection, Ltd.), 810*
Detergents, Marketing Techniques for, in the United States, Report on, 776
Detonators, Blasting, Types Available for, 463
— for Nitroglycerine Ignition, 68*
DEUCE Electronic Digital Computer, 715; Discussion in Parliament on Use of, 735 Deutsche Werft, Facilities for Construction of Oil Tankers of Over 100,000 d.w. tons, 327 Development Areas, Comment on, 516* Discussion in Parliament on Government Assistance in, 447
Devereux, M. J., on Experiences with Diesel Railcars, Comment on, 641
Devons, Prof. S., Nuclear Physics Conference of Physical Society, 604
Dewrance and Co., Ltd., “ Endewrance ” Hard- Facing Welding Rods (Trade Publication), 215
Dexion, Ltd., Slotted-Angle Grandstands for Celebration of Independence of Ghana, 267*; Experience in Establishing Export Sales, 390; Slotted Angle (Trade Publication), 757
“ Dexterous ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (Yarrow and Co., Ltd.), 445*
“DH. 110” “Sea Vixen” Carrier-Borne Ail-Weather Fighter Aircraft for Royal Navy (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439
“ DIA ” (Deutscher Innen und Aussenhandel), East German Trading Organisations, 660 Diamond Motors (Wolverhampton), Ltd., “ Mechocleen ” Floor-Cleaning Machines, 503*
Diamond Research Laboratory, Work on Diamonds as Semi-Conductors, 821
as Semi-Conductors, Work on, by Diamond Research Laboratory, 821
Tool Manufacture, by Dr.-Ing. P. Orod- zinski, 138* ,
Diaphragms, Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330* . x
Valve (Saunders Valve Co., Ltd.), 605 “ Diard ” Grinding-Wheel Dressers (Trade
Publication), 147 „ „ ,
Dictaphone Corporation, “ Dictet Pocket Tape Recorder. 439* , z-orQ
Dictating Machines for Representatives Cars of A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd., 248
“ Dictet” Pocket Tape Recorder (Dictaphone Corporation), 439* .
Dictionary of Physics and Electronics, International, by Prof. W. C. Michels et al. (Review), 371 . ,
Dictionary, Technical, English-French, by G. Malgorn (Book), , x
French-English, by G. Malgorn (Book), 147
DIDO Nuclear Reactor, 381 Reactor (Review), 240*
Reactor, Glandless Pumps for (Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd.), 30* ZD u
Reactor, Helium Drier for (British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd.), 28y
Die Casting Alloys, Choosing of, by Dr.-Ing. W. Wolf, 745 . . • • •
Alloys, Zinc, Influence of Aluminium in, by L. A. J. Lodder, and K. P. Scott, 746 in Europe, Development of, by R. L. Stubbs, 745 _
Machines, Schultz (Vincent Engineering Co., Ltd.), 395* T . r
Pressure, Aluminium, by Dr.-ing. e. Bucken, 746 u TZ T
Pressure, Dies, Steels for, by K. i. Bengtsson, 746
Pressure, Plant, at Wolverhampton Die Casting Co., Ltd., 395*
Pressure, Proceedings of International Conference, London, 1954 (Book), ^1
Pressure, Quality Control ot, by H. J. Sharp, 553 . .
Pressure, of Zinc and Aluminium Alloys, Use of Spheroidal-Graphite Cast Iron in, by L. Oltrasi, 746
Zinc-Alloy, Finishing of, by Dr. J. Edwards, 746
Zinc and Aluminium, Surface Treatment of, by H. Ruegg, 746
— Extrusion and Blanking, Tungsten-Cartide, Spark Cutting, 267 u iz i
Pressure Die-Casting, Steels for, by K. i- Bengtsson, 746
— Wear of, Flame Plating Process lor Increasing (Union Carbide International Co.),
DielecUic and Induction Heating (Review), 788 Irradiated Polythene, “ Merad (Mersey — MaterFaVs,Effects of High-Energy Radiation on. Investigation into (Tube Investments,
— andVlasma, Oscillations of, by H. Pelzer — Ter^lene', Use in “ Terecap ’’ High-Tem^r- ature Capacitor (Dubilier Condenser Co.
0,1.
Marine Propulsion . .
— Engineers and Users Association, World Supplies of Oil, by M. E Hubbard, 72
Generators for Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, 341
— Locomotives. See Locomotives Oil. See Oil . , i r u Diesel Rail Buses, for Experimental Use by British Railways, 543 .
Railcars, Construction and Maintenance of bv T. F. B. Simpson, 104
Experiences with, by M. J. Devereux, Comment on. 641
See also Coaches Differential Gear. See Gear Diffused-Air Plant for New Sewage Segmentation Plant at Northern Outtall Works, 478
Diffusers, for Exhaust Pipe Systerns, Wave Action in, by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
System at National Gas Turbine Establish- Digests^f Arhcles Submitted to ENGINEERING, Note on, 686 .
Diggers, Pneumatic, Composite, Use by Gas Industry, 594
Digging Machine. See Excavator
— Rotary Hoe for, 772* rx i *
Digital Display in Instruments by Dekatrons, 418
on Instruments at Physical Society Exhibition, 418 , , _ .
Digital Engineering Co., Ltd., Performance Recorder, 432* , • i
Dimplex, Ltd., Domestic and Commercial Infra-Red Heater, 473
Diode, Junction, Silicon (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 505 . • * 1-
— Physics, Technology, and Circuit Applications of by L. P. Hunter (Book), 333
Diphenyl Organic Moderator in Ship Nuclear Reactors, 382 . . r .
Diploma in Technology, Training Courses foi, 391 • •
Direct Mail Advertising Association, Prize Awarded to Perkins ,, .
Directions des £tudes et Fabrication d Arme- ment, Missile Production, 712
Direction Finder, Automatic, Type AD.712 (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 173*
“ Director ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (Yarrow and Co., Ltd.), 445*
— Institute of. Remarks by Lord Piercy on Planning in Industry, 646
Directory of Aviation and Aeronautical Industries, International (Book), 632
Disabled Workers. See Labour
Discs, Gas-Turbine, Pitch Errors in, Fir-Tree Roots of. Device for Measuring, 714*
Discharges, Capacitive, Ignition of Methane- Air Gas Mixtures by. Effect of Series Resistance on, by H. G. Riddlestone (Book), 789
— Corona, Direct Current, in Air at Atmos
pheric Pressure, Electrical and Optical Characteristics of, by B. Murphy (Book), 692
— Detector, A.C., for Testing Effectiveness
of Insulation (Hivolt Ltd.), 569
— Gas Constricted, Instability of, by R.
Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 123 Polarization of Continuous Spectrum in, by B. V. Paranjape (Book), 789
Ring, by R. Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 540
— Pinched Gas, Equilibrium Characteristics
of, by R. S. Pease, 122
— Transient Pinched, Elementary Theory of,
by J. E. Allen, 123*
Discovery, Contribution of Measurement to, by Sir H. Hartley, 755
— Dome of. Structural Analysis of, 754* Diseases, Respiratory, Due to Microscopic
Particles, 366*
Dispersal of Industry from Congested Areas, Survey on, 516
Displacement, Turbine Shaft, Instrument for Measurement of, by C. A. Scoles, 786* Disputes, Trades. See Labour
Distance Measurement Without Tapes, “ Tellurometer " Electronic Surveying Instrument for (Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd.), 446*
Distilling and Evaporating Plant for Fresh Water Production (Trade Publication), 215 Distribution of Industry Act, 514
— of Industry Act, 1945, Effect on Production
and Employment, 447
—? Lines, Overhead, Aluminium Conductors for, by R. Cloke and R. Fyfe, 650
— Mechanisation in, Mr. Moody's Views on,
248
Dixon, J. A., at Dinner of Engineering Golfing Society, 359
“ Djinn ” Two-Seat Cold-Tip-Jet Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
DKW Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke Motor Cars, “ Saxomat " Automatic Clutch for (Fichtel and Sachs), 387
DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 611*; Description of, 669*; Irradiation Programme for, 670 ; Construction Work on, 725*
Dock Charges at Welsh Ports, 543
— Dagenham, Installation of Two 7.|-Ton
Grabbing Cranes at, by Samuel Williams and Sons, Ltd. (Stothert and Pitt Ltd.), 558*
— Dry, for Large Oil Tankers, 767
— Estimate of Amount Spent on, During
1956, 351
— Graving, for Clydeside, Proposed, 264
for Large Oil Tankers, Clydeside, Discussion in Parliament on, 351
— Safety Precautions at. Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 607
— Tilbury, Strike of Tally Clerks at, 128 Dockyard, Portsmouth, Nuclear Shipbuilding
at. Discussion in Parliament on, 351
— Royal, Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs for, 445* Doctors, Emigration of, 480
— Pay Dispute of, 96, 288, 416. See LETTER,
133
— Problem of Dealing with Malingerers, 384 Documentation, Building Research Studies
and. International Council for. Abridged Building Classification for Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, 502
Dohm Group, Ltd., Universal Export Service, 664
Dohm, Ltd., “ Dohmlag ” Plastic Lagging Material, 22
“ Dohmlag ” Plastic Lagging Material (Dohm, Ltd.), 22
Doiras Hydro-Electric Power Station, 54-M VA, Plans for, 354*
Dolland, John, Anniversary of Invention of Achromatic Telescope, 6
Dollar Export Council Mission to Canada, 119, 440, 517; Conferences on Use of Technical Market Research, 729
“ Dollars and Sense," Cinema Film on Job Simplification, 435
— Shortage, Comment on, and Methods of
Remedying, 312
Dolphin, J. R. V., Appointment as Chief Engineer to United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Research Group, 698
Dome of Discovery, Structural Analysis of, 754*
— Framed, Shell Analogy for, by Dr. L. H.
Mitchell, 754*
Domestic Appliances, Demand for, 119 Industry, Position and Prospects of, 78* Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Survey of Industrial Research and Development in Canada, 422
Doors for DMTR Nuclear Reactor (J. Stone and Co. (Charlton), Ltd.), 725
—to-Door Selling, Comment on, 24
Dorey, Dr. S. F., on Training of Engineers for Merchant Navy, 223. See also 232
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 8*, 71
Dorman, Long (Steel), Ltd., Commencement of Operation of Coke Ovens (Simon- Carves, Ltd.), 113; Coke-Oven Plant for New Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of (Simon-Carves, Ltd.), 588*
Dorman, W. H., and Co., Ltd., Activities in Canadian Market, 598
Douglas ” DC7.C ” Airliner, Cabin-Pressure System, Test Rigs for (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Douglas, F. W. R., Remarks on Increased Manufacturing Facilities of Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 328
Douglas, Lord, on Jet and Turbo-Prop Transport Aircraft, 244*
Dounreay Atomic Energy Establishment: Nuclear Reactors and Research on Nuclear Fuels at, 610*. See Erratum, 728; 665*, 724*; Construction Work at, 724*; Chemical Group, 725*; Work of Laboratories, 726*; Electrical Power Supply and Auxiliaries, 727. See also Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor; DMTR
— Fast Breeder Reactor, 345*; Fuel Element
Sheaths (Accles and Pollock, Ltd.), 198; Stainless-Steel Pressure Vessel (John Thompson, Ltd.), 509*, 610*, 665*; Ventilation and Insulation at (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 509; Description of, 611*, 665*, 724*; Hazards of, 612; Arrangement of Reactor 612*; Reactor Containing Sphere 612*; Shielding 612; Core and Blanket, 612*; Heat-Exchange Systems, 412*, 613*; Charge and Discharge Facilities, 613*; Construction Work on, 724*; Electricity Supply, 728*
— Materials Testing Reactor. See DMTR Doust, D. J., on Model Experiments on Series
of 0-70 Block Coefficient Forms, 557; Discussion on, 557; on “Lubumbashi” Cargo Motorship, 587
Dowding and Doll, Ltd., Ahcol Rotamill for Milling of Slots, Flats and Faces, 347*; Wiedemann Turret Punch Presses at General Electric Co., Ltd., 524*
Dowty Group, Ltd., Hydraulic Test Equipment (Trade Publication), 183; Dynamometer for Recording Roof Loadings and Measuring Floor Penetration and Roof Convergence in Coal Mines, 761*
Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.: Contract for Detection of Faulty Fuel Elements at Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 251; Vibrating- Reed Hand-Held Vibrometer and Revolution Indicator, 316*
Dowty Seals, Ltd., Sponsorship Scheme with Remploy, Ltd., at Bristol, 239
Dover Publications Inc., Production of “ Paperbacks ” Text-Books, 403
D. P. Battery Co., Ltd., Replacement of Water Wheels by 100-kW Hydraulic Turbo-Generator, 54*
“DP. 14” Twin-Cylinder Diaphragm Air Compressor, with Neoprene Fittings (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 189*
“ DPA ” Single-Cylinder Opposed-Piston Injection Pump for Diesel Engine for “ Land Rover ” (C.A.V.), 808*
Drafting Equipment, Influence of, on Efficiency and Health of Draughtsmen, 364*
— Machine, Hydraulic, “Nike President”
(M.B.C. (Office Systems), Ltd.), 760*
Draglines, Walking (Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.), 85
Draining of Fens, by Dr. H. C. Darby (Review), 332
Draughtsmen, Engineering and Shipbuilding, Association of. See Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of
— Health and Efficiency of, Influence of
Drafting Equipment on, 364*
“ Draughtsmen Superweld,” Koh-I-Noor Pencils (L. and C. Hardmuth (Gt. Britain), Ltd.), 469
Dravo Overhead Heatei^ Burning Fuel Oil, at of Ford Motor Duct Fracture, Reactor, Safety Aspects of, 283 Ductility of Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594*
Ducting for Fume-Extraction System, Manufactured from Resin and Glass Laminates (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 280*
Ductwork at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 783*
Dufour, G., on “ Lubumbashi ” Cargo Motorship, 587
Duke of Edinburgh, H.R.H., Study Conference at Oxford, Comment on, 768. See also 737 Dumpy-Level Work by J. Vose (Book), 215 Duncan, F. B., on Position and Prospects of Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., 679
Duncan, Prof. W. J., on Receptances Applied to (Oscillations in Pipe Systems, 821 *
Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Injectester ” Portable Test Set for Fuel Pumps and Injectors on Diesel Engines, 216*
Dungeness, Possible Site for Nuclear Power Station, 794
Dunham, C. L., on Atomic Energy, Medicine and Research, 454
Dunlop and Ranken, Ltd., Steel Sheets and Sections (Trade Publication), 789
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Synthetic-Rubber Plant, 50*; “ Polimul” Emulsions in
Manufacture of Paints, 393
Dunsheath, P., Industrial Research, 201 Dunster, H. J., on Use of Glove Boxes, 314* “ Duo-Head ” Fire Extinguishers in Fuselage Fire-Protection System for “ Britannia ” Airliner (Pyrene (3o., Ltd.), 117
“ Duplex ” Filter for Easy Servicing (Plenty and Son, Ltd.), 503*
du Pont, E.L, de Nemours and Co., Functions of Business Economist, by I. T. Ellis, 63* Approval for Erection of Neoprene Plant in Northern Ireland, 199; “ Cor- dura ” Rayon Yarn for Thin Conveyor Belts, 127; Erection of Factory in Northern Ireland, 425; “ Hypalon ’’ Neoprene Synthetic Rubber for Protective Coatings, 425
“ Duraglas ” Pure Glass Textiles (Turners Brothers Asbestos Co., Ltd.), 491
Duralumin Machined Baseplate for Trjal Rigs (Vatric Control Equipment, Ltd.), 730*
Plates, Large, Stress-Relieved (James Booth and Co., Ltd.), 235
Durham University, Anniversary of Foundation, 6 . ,
Dust Bowl, Tragedies of, in United States, loo
— at Coal Dump in Bedworth, Discussion in
Parliament on, 671
— Coal. See also Pulverised Coal
— Collector for Closed Carbon Dioxide
Circuit of Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors (Mancuna Engineering, Ltd.), 510. See Erratum, 605
Mechanical, Multi-Cell Cyclone-Type, Holmes-Rothemuhle (W. C. Holmes and Co., Ltd.), 156; (Trade Publication), 403
— Deposition of. Certain Aspects of, by D. H. Lucas, 465
in Neighbourhood of a Power Station, by G. England, C. J. Crawshaw, and H. J. Fortune, 465 , „ .
— Meter, Electrostatic, for Gases, by Prot.
E. Feifel and Dr. R. Prochaska, 235*
— Particles, Deposition Patterns of, and Effect on Sampling Methods, by A. J. Cruise, 366* ,,
— and Sulphur Dioxide, Atmospheric Pollu
tion by, Around Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, by W. D. Jarvis and L. G. Austin, 465
Dustless Grinding Machine, Modified (Murad Developments, Ltd.), 213*
Dutch Steel Industry, by A. H. Ingen-Housz, 713 , ,
— See also Holland; Netherlands
Dyeing of Textiles, Use of Fluid-Bed Heat- Transfer Technique, 362
Dykes, Dr. P. de K., on Piston Rings, 132
Dynamic Characteristics, Plant and Process (Book), 720
Dynamics of Machinery, by J. B. Hartman (Review), 108 .
Dynamos. See Generators, Electric; Turbo- Generators . _
Dynamometer for Coal Mine Roof Loadings (Dowty Group, Ltd.), 761*
— in Helicopter Engine Test Bed at Alvis,
Ltd., 253* . o *,u
— at Ship-Model Testing Tank at St. Albans,
131
— See also Brake; Torsionmeter: Torquemeter
“ Dynaplus ” Two-Speed Electric Motor (British Bronson, Ltd.), 472
Dyson, A., on Lubricants for Diesel Engines,
Dysom R. A.. and Co., Ltd., Trailer for Mobile Sub-Station for Damodar Valley Electric Scheme, India, 439*; Self-Adjusting Suspension for (joods Road Vehicles, 823
E
EARLY Twenties, In Their, by T. Ferguson and J. Cunison, Comment on, 129
Earth-Electrode Systems for Large Electric Stations, by J. D. Humphries, 473
— Structures, Failures, by R. Hammond (Review), 434
Earthing, Protective Multiple, by S. J. Emerson,
Earthquake. See also Seismograph; Seismol- Ebbw^^ale Works of Richard Thomas &
Baldwins, Ltd., Hydraulic Installations at, by F. E. C. Probyn, 747
EBR-2 Nuclear Reactor, 281
Reactor, Cost of, 796
EBWR Nuclear Reactor, 153*
Reactor, Cost of, 795
Reactor, Opening of, 636
Reactor, Power from, 93
Eccles, Sir J., Presidential Address to British Electrical Power Convention on Business without Paternalism, 811
Echo-Sounding Depth Indicator (British Ferro- graph Recorder Co., Ltd.), 57
Detector, “ Fishfinder,” for Salvage Work, Mine Detecting and Fish Finding from the Air (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395
Ecole Polytechnique (Montreal), Training of French Canadian Engineers at, 552 Economic and Commercial Conditions in Canada, by G. Bowen, 807
— Commission for Asia and Far East, United
Nations, Economic Survey of Asia and Far East, 1956, 440
for Europe: European Hard Coal Production Statistics, 294; Design for
Road Network for Europe, 358; Economic Survey, 517
— Co-operation, European, Organisation for.
See Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
— Development, Commonwealth, Discussion
in Parliament on, 831
of Electrical Power Generation, Contribution of Boiler Making Industry to, by W. F. Simonson, 812
in Western Europe, Recent Technical and, by F. S. Blackall, Jnr., 166
— Problems and Policies, Britain’s, Report on.
Federation of British Industries, Comment on, 289
— Progress, World, 455
— Prospects of Canada, Royal Commission
on, 262, 521
— and Social Research, National Institute of:
Classified List of Large Companies, 384; ” Company Income and Finance, 1949- 53 ” (Booklet), 549
— Survey of Asia and Far East, 1956, by
United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East,440
by Economic Commission for Europe, 517
— Trends, Supplement on Statistics of Current
and Capital Expenditure, 166
Economics Group, Business, Forecasts of, 119
— Industrial. See Labour
— of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by
C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Railway. See Railway
— of Well-Wired Home, by E. J. Davies, 813* Economists, American, Annual Convention of,
119
— Business, Functions of, 63
Economy of Aluminium in Electrical Engineering, by Dr. E. G. West, 650
— of Africa, 582
— Britain’s, Fifty Facts About (Booklet), 319
— of France, 391
— Fuel. See Fuel Economy
— National, Contribution of Turbo-Alter
nator Manufacturers to, by L. S. Robson, 812
— Welsh, and Water Resources, 513 Eddystone Lighthouse, Anniversary of, 6 Edgar, L.: on Battery-Driven Road Vehicles,
220; on Use of Off-Peak Nuclear Power, 441
Edinburgh, Duke of, H.R.H., Study Conference at Oxford, Comment on, 768. See also 737.
Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Electrical Control System for Gas-Turbine Research at Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd. (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 634
Editors, Industrial, British Association of, ” British House Journals,” 403
Edmunds, Dr. H. G., on Stress-Raising Effects of Holes in Web Plates, 18*. See LETTER, 421*
Education:
Accademia del Cimento, Anniversary of Foundation, 6
Accommodation, Residential at Universities and Colleges, 391,482, 577. See LETTER, 421
Advanced Technology, Teaching of, in North-East England, 767
Aeronautical Education, Advanced, Conference on, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 438
— Engineering, Training in. Grants for, 696
Air-Conditioning Lectures at National College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering, 658
Apprentices, National Service Deferments for, 543
— Night Work for. Discussion in Parliament on, 671
Battersea Polytechnic, Course on Nuclear Metallurgy, 283
Birmingham College of Technology, Work and Organisation of Department of Metallurgy, 426; Request for Trade Publications, 616
— University: Study of Ionosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286; Conference of, at Metals Division of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 392; Student Expenditure, 480
Brighton Technical College, Remarks by Sir W. Puckey to Students of, 239
British Motor Corp., Foundation of Staff College, 167
British Thomson-Houston Summer School, Function of Engineer in Nuclear Energy, by D. F. Welch, 382
British Timken, Ltd., Training Schemes
(Trade Publication), 85
British Transport Commission, Appointment of J. E. M. Roberts as Director of Education and Training, 576
Cambridge University: Summer School on “ The Use of Electrons in the Examination of Metals,” 349; Students’ Accommodation at. Comment on, 577
Canada, Educational Establishments for Technicians, Expansion of, 521
Careers for Girls in Engineering, Conference on, 805
— for Giris and Women in Science and
Technology (Booklet), 512
— in Plastics, 426
E ducation— < ontinued
Centre d’Etudes Industrielle, at Geneva (Aluminium, Ltd.), 675
Civil Engineering, A Creative Career (Leaflet), 256
Coal Mines, Russian, Education and Training in, 416
Colleges and Universities, Residential Accommodation at, Comment on, 577 Constantine College, Future Plans for, 767 Control, Automatic, Course at Queen Mary College, 507
Cotton Industry, Scholarships in, 32 Courses, Government-Sponsored, 255 Craftsmen and Technicians, Education and Training of, by Dr. W. S. Cormack, 129
Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Conference on Advanced Aeronautical Education, 438
Designers, Engineering, Technical Education of. Report on, 640
Diploma in Technology, Training Courses for, 391
Durham University, Anniversary of Foundation, 6
Tlcole Polytechnique (Montreal), Training of French Canadian Engineers at, 552 Education, French Ministry of, Investigation on Absenteeism in Government Departments, 364
— Liberal, Comment on, 802
— Ministry of: Health Education (Pamphlet), 288; Report on Standards of Reading, 832
— of Physicists in Universities and
Colleges of Technology (Report), 832
— Policy, Government’s, Remarks on, by Lord Hailsham, 416
— Technical and Scientific, Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition, Educational Stands at, 423
— Industry, Conference in Training in, 458 — Training Scheme, Ltd., Scottish, 736 Electron Microscopy, Summer School on, Cambridge University, 349
Electronics Course at Atomic Energy
Research Establishment, Harwell, 698 — School of (Trade Publication), 823 Engineers’ Council for Professional
Development, Accreditation of Engineering Courses, 391
— Need for Imagination and Communication in Training of Future, Speeches on,239
— Problems of Education of, 448
— Professional, Training of, by Dr. W. Jackson, 512
— Training for Merchant Navy, 223. See also 231
Engineering, Careers for Girls in, Conference on, 805
— Courses, Accreditation of, by Engineers’ Council for Professional Development, 391
— Designers, Technical Education of, Report on, 640
— Education, Liberal, Comment on, 802 Plea for Broader Syllabus, 832 in United States, Survey of, 194 — Encouraging Young People to, 31
— Industry, Training for, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
— Scholarship in, Awarded by Hoover, Ltd., 384
Vickers, 391
English, Lessons in Scientific and Technical, by P. Naslin (Review), 214 European Coal and Steel Community, School at Luxembourg for, 544 Factory and Industrial Law, Course on, 389
— Workers, Training of (Review), 108 Fusion, Thermonuclear, Course on, at
Stevens Institute of Technology, 60 Germany, Technical Training in, 671 Girls, Encouraging to Study Engineering and Science, 31
— in Engineering, Careers for. Conference
on,805
Glasgow University, Student Expenditure, 480
Government Grants to Universities, 639 Graduates, Adjustments of, on Leaving
College, 802
— Problems of, in Industry of Tomorrow, by Prof. H. M. Harlow, 832
— Survey of, 832
— Training of, Comment on Report by
Institution of Electrical Engineers, 130 Granada Television Network, Interest in
Academic Study of Television, 678 Grocers, Management Course for, 96 Hall of Residence for Imperial College of
Science and Technology, 391. See LETTER, 421. See Erratum, 616 of Universities, by D. B. Welbourn, 616
Health Education (Pamphlet), 288 Higher National Certificates in Engineering, Statistics on, 735
Hostels, Need for, at Technical Colleges, 352
Humanities in Technical Education, Lord
Hailsham on, 672
Imperial College of Science and Technology: Post-Graduate Courses on Nuclear Power, 294; Chair of Nuclear Engineering, 313; “ Sunvic ” Analogue Computer for Study of Heat-Flow Problems, 343*; Post- Graduate Course on Nuclear Power, 347; Provision of Hall of Residence for, 391. See LETTER, 421. See Erratum, 616; Inaugural Lecture by Professor of Nuclear Power, 413; Opening of Roderic Hill Building, 734; Remarks by Dr. R. P. Linstead at Jubilee Celebration Dinner of, 734; See also London University
Industrial and Factory Law, Course on, 389 Information, Training in Use of. Comment on, 610. See LETTERS, 679, 740, 772, 804
Latin for the Engineer, Comment on, 544
Education—continued
Lectures, Government-Sponsored, on Technical Subjects, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
Lecturers, University, Salaries of, 354 Liverpool University, Nuclear Engineering Course, 187
London University: Study of Ionosphere during International Geophysical Year, by University College, 286; Study of Wind Distribution, during International Geophysical Year, by Imperial College (London), 286; Study of Wind Speed during International Geophysical Year, by University College, 286; Course on Automatic Control at Queen Mary College, 507; Students’Accommodation at, Comment on, 577. See also Imperial College
Luxembourg, School at, for European Coal and Steel Community, 544
Management Course for Retailers, 96 —Selection and Training for, 674*. See also 708
— Training Courses and Colleges, 675*. See LETTER, 772
Managers in Industry, Residential Course for, 95
— Selection and Training of, 674*. See also 708
Manchester College of Science and Technology, Appointment of Dr. W. Merchant as Professor of Structural Engineering, 162
— University, Students’ Accommodation at, Comment on, 577
Marine Engineers, Education and Training of. Symposium on. See Naval Arcbi- tects, Institution of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Reactor Technology Course, 698
Metallurgy, Courses in, at Birmingham University, 426
— Nuclear, Course Polytechnic, 283
Motor-Car Industry, Staff College of British Motor Corp., 167
— — Industry, Training for, by S. S. Dawes, 167
National Certificates, Higher, in Engineering, Statistics on, 735
— College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering, Air-Conditioning Lectures at, 658
Naval Architects, Education and Training of. Symposium on. See Naval Architects, Institution of
North-East England, Teaching of Advanced Technology in, 767
Nottingham and District Technical College, Annual Assembly of, 391
—University: Residential Course on
Nuclear Engineering, 347; Nuclear Engineering Course, 698
Nuclear Energy, Need for Scientific and Technical Education in. 415
— Engineers, Training of, 479
— Engineering, Chair of, at Imperial College, 313
Course, Nottingham University, 698 Course at Queen Mary College, 540 Post-Graduate Course, at Liverpool University, 187
Residential Course, Nottingham University, 347
— Metallurgy, Course on, at Battersea Polytechnic, 283
— Power, Post-Graduate Courses on. at Imperial College of Science and Technology, 294, 347
Programme and Its Impact on Education, by Prof. J. M. Kay, 413 — Reactor Courses for Executives, 698 Technology Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 698
for Training Purposes, 733* Overseas Service, Organisation for Training Representation Abroad. 435
Oxford University, Students’ Accommodation at. Comment on, 577
Part-Time Training in Engineering Industry, 671
Physicists, Education of, in Universities and Colleges of Technology (Report), 832
Plastics, Careers in, 426
— Training in, for Pupil-Apprentices, 685 Polytechnique. Lcole /Montreal), Training of French Canadian Engineers at, 552 Queen Mary College, Nuclear Engineering Course, 540
Queen’s University (Belfast), Study of Night Air-Glow during International Geophysical Year, 286
Radiography, Auto, Course on, 796 Reading, Standards of. Report on, 832 Reading University, Sedimentology Laboratory, 158
Report of Technical Education of Engineering Designers, 640
Residential Accommodation at Universities and College?, Comment on, 577 Roderic Hill Building, Imperial College, Opening of, 734
Russian Coal Mines, Education and Training in, 416
Rutherford Technical College, Proposal for Teaching Advanced Technology, 767
Sandwich Courses, Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Increases in, 607
Scholarships in Cotton Industry, 32
— Engineering, Awarded by Hoover Ltd., 384
Vickers, 391
— Offered by Foreign Countries for Study Abroad, 133
— State, Debate in House of Lords on, 703 Means Test for, 415
School of Electronics (Trade Publication), 823
Science, Encouraging Young People to Study, 31
Education—continued
Scientists, Problems of Education of, 448
— and Technologists, Supply and Educa
tion of, 703
— Training of, in Operation and Maintenance of Electronic Microscope, at Aeon Laboratories, 531
Scotland, Technical Education in. Discussion in Parliament on, 383
Scottish Electrical Training Scheme, Ltd., 736
Sex Education (Pamphlet), 288 Special Aptitude Scheme of Ministry of Labour, Allowances under, 671
Sport in Education (Brochure), 160 Staff Training Courses and Colleges, 674* Staffordshire, North, University College, Broadening of Curriculum at, 703 State Scholarships, Debate in House of Lords on, 703
Means Test for, 415
Stevens Institute of Technology, Course on Thermonuclear Fusion, 60 Students, Accommodation of. Comment on, 391,482 577. See LETTER, 421 — Expenditure at Glasgow and Birmingham Universities, 480
— Technological, Decline in, at Wales University, 222
Sundridge Park Management Centre, by J. V. Connolly, 772
Sussex, University of, Prospects of, 703 Sutherland Technical College, Future Plans for, 767
Teachers, Graduate, Science, Supply of, Discussion in Parliament on, 222 — National Union of, Annual Conference, 576
— Science, frcin Armed Forces, Training of, 639
E. W, Greensmith’s Remarks on Shortage of, 416
Women, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Specialist, Need for, 64
— for Technical Colleges, Report of
Committee on Supply and Training of, 511, 672
— Technical, Supply Position of, 319
— Training Course, Extension to Three Years, 831
— University, Salaries of, 354, 447
— Women, for Technical Colleges, Proposal for, 640
Technical College, Advanced, in North- East England, Need for, 767
Courses for Diplomas in Technology at, 391
Education of Physicists in (Report) 832
Information Service Based on, by G. H. Wright, 743
Need for Hostels, 352 Teachers for, Report on Supply and Training of, 672
Women Teachers for. Proposal for, 640
— Education of Engineering Designers, 640
Humanities in, Lord Hailsham on, 672
in North-East England, 767 Promotion of. Lord Hailsham on, 672
in Scotland, Discussion in Parliament on, 383
Technicians and Craftsmen, Education and Training of, by Dr. W. S. Cormack, 129
Technology, Advanced, Teaching of, in North-East England, 767
— Diploma in. Training Courses for, 391 Television, Chair or Lectureship in, 678 Training Schemes at British Timken, Ltd., 85
University, Applications for Admission to. Comment on Report on, 832
— College (London). See London University
— and Colleges, Residential Accommodation at. Comment on, 577
— College (Swansea), Study of Ionosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286
— Development, 1952-1956, Interim Report on, 482
— Education, Debate in House of Lords on, 703
for Naval Architects, 223. See also 231
of Physicists (Report), 832
— Government Grants to, 639
— Grants Committee, Interim Report on University Development, 1952-1956, 482
— Lecturers, Salaries of, 354
— Plans for Expansion in Science and
Technology Departments, 415
— Quinquennial Grant for, 703 — Teachers, Salaries of, 354, 447 — See also under Cambridge, etc. Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Expansion of Education Centre, 160
Vickers, Ltd., Appointment of C. L. Old as Group Education Officer, 576 Vickers Scholarships in Engineering, 391 Wales University, Decline in Technological Students at, 222
See also University College (Swansea)
Women Teachers for Technical Colleges, Proposal for, 640
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., Folding Machines (Trade Publication), 147 „
Edwards High Vacuum, Ltd., “ Telegas Hydrogen-Content Meter (Trade Publication), 215
Edwards, Dr. J., on Problems in Finishing ot Zinc-Alloy Die Castings, 746
“ Ee-75A” Frequency Changer, 565 Efficiency in Industry, Conference on, 520 Effluent Disposal for Dounreay Nuclear Reactors, 726*
Eggert, Capt. E. F., on Cavitation and Propeller Performance, 557
Egypt, China’s Interest in, 199
— Czechoslovakian Aid for, 199
— Russia’s Interest in, 199, 440
— Trade Interest of Germany in, 440
— Trade Interest of Russia in, 190, 440
— See also River Nile; Suez Canal Eilon, Dr. S., on Piston Rings, 132 Einsteinium, Isotopes of, 252
Eire, Telephone System, Completion of National Network of Underground Cables, 17
Eisenhower Doctrine, Comment on, 39 Ejection Seats, Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
for Supersonic Jet Aircraft “ Aerial Bobsled ” (General Dynamics Corp.), 663 * Ejectors, Carbon, for Corrosive Fluids (Powell Duffryn Carbon Products, Ltd.), 202*
Ekco Electronics, Ltd.: Equipment for Nuclear Reactor Instrumentation, 360; Nucleonic Instrumentation for Nuclear Reactor at Lucas Heights, Sydney, 442
“ Eland ” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine (D, Napier and Son, Ltd,), 360
Turbine Aeroplane Engine, Conversion of “ Convair 340 ” Airliner for (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 336*
Elastic Constants of Steels, Changes of, with Tempering Temperature, 714
Elasticity, Fracture and Flow, with Engineering and Geological Applications, by J. C. Jaeger (Review), 146
Elcontrol, Ltd.: Controller for Oil Burners, 23; Photo-Electric Temperature Control (Trade Publication), 23
“ Eldair ” Alligator Shears for Cutting Scrap (Weldall and Assembly, Ltd.), 595*
Elections, Trade Union, “ Interference ” i
— Battery Charger and Heater Combined, “ Peregrine ” (Power Frequency Heating, Ltd.), 785*
— Miniature Batteries, for Use in Portable Transistorised Equipment (Mallory Batteries, Ltd.), 506
Alternating-Current Supply in Marine Electrical Installations, by A. N. Savage, 396
Alternator. See Generator and Turbo Ammeter, Clip-On (Ferranti, Ltd.), 473 Amplifiers, Transistor (Venner Electronics, Ltd.), 589*
Arc Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Welding. See Welding Battery. See Accumulator (above) — Vehicles. See Motor Vehicle; Motor Truck
Busbars, Aluminium for, by A. R. Parish, 650
— Support Structure (Permali, Ltd.), 473* Cable. See Cable
Capacitors (Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd.), 505
— Fixed, by G. W. A. Dummer (Book), 85 — High-Temperature, “ Terecap ” (Dubi- lier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd.), 505*
— Impregnated Paper, Life-Testing of: Variability of Results, by H. F. Church (Book), 789
— Series, Installation at Hartley, Southern Rhodesia (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 589
Cathode Rays. See Cathode Cells. See Cells Circuits. See Circuits
Commutators, Small, Lathe for Machining (Small Electric Motors, Ltd.), 723* Conductivity. See Conductivity Conductors, Aluminium, Cables with. Problems of Using, on Medium- Voltage Systems of Midlands Electricity Board, by G. F. Peirson, 650
— 5/10, Twelve-Way, “ Kabi FLX5 ”
Flexible Terminal Strip for (Trade Publication), 789
Cranes. See Cranes Current, Control of. Calibrated Relay for (Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
Damping in Synchronous Machines, by E. W. Kimbark (Book), 85
Dielectric. See Dielectric Discharge. See Discharge
Distribution Lines, Overhead, Aluminium Conductors for, by R. Cloke and R. Fyfe, 650
Domestic Appliances Industry, Position and Prospects of, 78*
Dynamo. See Generator; Turbo-Generator
Earth-Electrode Systems for Large Electric Stations, by J. D. Humphries, 473 Earthing, Protective Multiple, by S. J. Emerson, 141
Electric Fields, Use of, to Produce Thrust, 220
— Lamp Industry Council. See Electric Lamp Industry
Manufacturers’ Association. See Electric Lamp Manufacturers'
— Traction Equipment for British Railways, 103
Electrical Accessories (Trade Publication). 51
— and Allied Industries Research Associa
tion. See Electrical and Allied Industries
Machinery and Plant Monopoly Commission’s Report on the Supply and Trade Exports of, 423
Manufacturers’ Association, British. See Electrical and Allied Manufacturers'
— Association for Women. See Electrical Association
— Control System for Gas-Turbine Research at Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd. (Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd.), 634
— Development >n Uganda, 422
Electric—continued 1
Electrical Development Association. See Electrical Development
— Drives for Control of Equipment of Blast-Furnace Pig Machine, 564
— Energy Requirements (1955-71), Estimated, 282*
— Engineers. See Electrical Engineers
— Engineering. See Electrical Engineering
— Equipment, Heavy, Plan for Factory for, in India, 375
Lubricant for (Electrolube, Ltd.), 507
for Rectifier Locomotives, by H. B. Calverley, E. A. Jarvis, and E. Williams, 363
for Three-Car Multiple-Unit Electric Trains for London Midland Region of British Railways (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 758*
— Gear, Obsolete, for Museum (George Ellison, Ltd.), 169
— Goods Industry, Employment in, 11*
— Industry, British, Exhibits at Hanover Fair, Discussion in Parliament on, 831 Canada, Expenditure of, 422 Conference on Training in, 458
— Installation Contracting, National Inspection Council of. Activities of, 118 Marine, Developments in, by A. N. Savage, 396
— Machines, General Theory of, by B. Adkins (Review), 597
— Machinery Exports in Sweden, 617* Industry, Price and Efficiency Agreement, 423
Industry, Trading Returns, 390
at Leipzig Fair, 627*
and Plant, Monopolies Commission Report on, Comment on, 257
— Measurements, Applied, by Kinnard (Review), 270
Methods, 221*
— and Optical Characteristics of
Current Corona Discharges in
Atmospheric Pressure, by B. Murphy (Book), 692
— Plant in Factories, Selection, Installation and Maintenance of, by Sir H. Clay and G. Ovens, 811
and Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects of, 45*
at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466
for Quarry Plant of X.L. Granite (Ingleton), Ltd. (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 46
— Power Convention, British. trical Power Convention
Engineers’ Association. trical Power Engineers"
Generation, Economic ment of, Contribution
Making Industry to, by W. F. Simonson, 812
— Production of Music, by A. Douglas, (Review), 534*
— Research Association. See Electrical Research
— Test Equipment (Trade Publication), 823
— Trades Directory, 1957 (Book), 311
— Training Scheme, Ltd., Scottish, 736 Electricity, by G. Goudel (Book), 311
— by Y. Rocard (Book), 215
— Basic, Laboratory Manual for Radio and Television Technicians, by P. B. Zbar and S. Schildkraut (Book), 85
— Bill, Comment on Conflict over, 197
— Consumption and Requirements in Uganda, 774
— Cost of, from APPR Plants (Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd.), 574
— Distribution of. Post War Development of, by G. F. Pierson and J. Henderson, 813
— on the Farm (Cinema Film), 165
— and the Fire Risk in Industrial and
Commercial Premises (Trade Publication), 215
— Generation of, by Wind Power, Wind Data Related to, by J. R. Tagg (Book) 789
— in the Home, Remarks on, at Annual,
Luncheon of Electrical Association for Women, 488
— in National Economy, Preliminary
Announcement of British Electrical Power Convention on, 230
— from Nuclear Power, Cost of, 765
— from Nuclear Sources, Cost of, by
Prof. J. M. Kay, 413
— Price Increases, 517
— Regulations Governing Supply of, in Europe (Pamphlet), 294
— Safe Use of, on Building Sites, by S. J. Emerson, 373
— Supply, Bulk, Changes in Charges, 458 Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 728*
to Industry, by C. T. Melling, 811 Industry, Capital Investment in. White Paper on, 510
Industry in Europe, Present Position and Future Trends in, 373
Industry, History and Industrial Applications of, by F. J. Hutchinson, 276*
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 45*
to Kenya, 422 Rural, Experiments with Lloyd- Mandeno Single-Wire Earth Return, 831
“Super-Grid," 275-kV, 532*
— Use for Space Heating in Scotland, 359 Electrode Systems, Earth, for Large Electric Stations, by J. D. Humphries, 473
Electroplating. See Electro Excitation Systems in Synchronous Machines, by E. W. Kimbark (Book), 85 Fluorescent Lighting. Szo, Lamps; Lights; Lighting (below)
Electric—continued
Frequency Changer, “ Ee-75A,” 565 Frequency Response, by R. Oldenburger (Book), 563
Furnaces. See Furnaces
Galvanometer, Spot(Trade Publication),23 Generating Stations. See Power Stations Generator. See Generator and Turbo Germanium Power Rectifiers for Traction Purposes (Trade Publication), 659 Hydro-Electric Power Plants. See Power Plants
Ignition for Internal-Combustion Engines See Ignition
Impulse Voltage Testing Apparatus, for 1-5 MV, at Leipzig Fair, 627 Induction Motors. See Motors^ Electric Installation Contraction, Electrical, National Inspection Council of. Activities of, 118
Insulation, Class E, of Motors, British Standard Specifications, 317*
for Range of Drip-Proof Electric Motors, from | to 50 h.p. (Newman Industries, Ltd.), 317*
in Three-Phase Axially-Ventilated Squirrel-Cage “ Class C ” Electric Motors (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 278*
— Exhibits at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition (Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd.), 473
— “ Permali,” Use in Busbar Support
Structure (Permali, Ltd.), 473*
— Testing Effectiveness of, A.C. Discharge Detector for (Hivolt, Ltd.), 569
— “ Tufnol ” (Tufnol, Ltd.), 473* Lamps, Exhibits at Electrical Engineers
Exhibition, 470
— Flameproof, for Photography in Coal Mines, 27*
— Fluorescent, in Coal-Mines, 141
— Gas in Manufacture of (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 139
— Mercury, 4,750-Watt, at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition (Hackbridge and Hewittic Electrical Co., Ltd.), 422, 470
— Radioactive (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad) 283
— Reflector, Fluorescent, Dustproof (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 470
Lights, Fluorescent (Holophane, Ltd.), 470 — Sea Marker, Aqua Lights (McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd.), 190
Lighting, Commercial (Trade Publication), 183
— Exhibits at Electrical Engineers* Exhibition, 470
—Fittings, Pendant, with Opal Glass Shades, “ Satina ” Range (Trade Publication), 757
— Fluorescent, in Coal-Mines, 141 Fittings (Trade Publication), 51 Fitting, “ Storelight ” (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 470
System, “ Holoflux ” (Trade Publication), 789
— Industrial (Trade Publication), 147
— Service, Osram (Trade Publication), 403
— Shop and Display (Trade Publication), 147
Lightning Conductor, Radioactive, for St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Palaces, 283
— Protection, Demonstration of, 422 Lloyd-Mandeno Single-Wire Earth Return, Experiments with, for Rural Electricity Supply, 831
Locomotives. See Locomotives, Electric Loop Impedance Tester for Phase to Earth (Ferranti, Ltd.), 472
Machines, Synchronous, Power System Stability of, by E. W. Kimbark (Book), 85
— See also Electrical (above); Generators: Motors; Turbo Mains. See Cables
Marine Electrical Installations, I ments in, by A. N. Savage,
Motors. See Motors, Electric Oil Switch. See Switchgear Oscillations. See Oscillations Oscillator. See Oscillator Oscillograph. See Oscillograph Oscilloscope. See Oscilloscope Phase Sequence Indicator, (English Electric Co., Ltd.), Plugs and Sockets, Aluminium Publication), 659
Power. See Power
— Stations. See Power Stations ; Power Stations
— Railways. See Railways Rays. See Cathode Rays; X-Rays Rectifier Locomotives, Electrical Equipment for, by H. B. Calverley, E. A. Jarvis, and E. Williams, 363
and Motor Coaches, Circuit Calculations for, by T. E. Calverley and D. G. Taylor, 363
— Mercury-Arc, for Locomotives, 363
— Metal, “ Westalite,” for High-Temperature Operation (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 505
Rectifiers, Power, Germanium, for Traction Purposes (Trade Publication), 659
— as Switches in Computers, 552 Relay, Electric (Trade Publication), 109 — Plug-in, with Perspex Cover (Clifford
and Snell, Ltd.), 631*
— Sub-Miniature, Hopwood-Par (Trade Publication), 23
Resistance Welding. See Welding Rolling Mills, Electric, Driving of. See Rolling Mills
Rontgen Rays. See X-Rays Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion Short-Circuit Testing (Trade Publication) 371
Sockets and Plugs, Aluminium (Trade Publication), 659
Starters. See Starters
Stators, Direct-Cooled, for 200-MW Alternators (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 824*
Electric—continued
Steel Manufacture. See Metallurgy; and Furnace, Electric
Storage Battery. See Accumulator (above) “ Storelight ” Fluorescent Light Fitting (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 470 Substation. See Substation “ Super-Grid,” 275-kV, 532*
Switchgear. See Switchgear; Motors, Electric
Telegraphy. See Telegraph Telephony. See Telephone; Telephony Terminal Strip, Flexible, ” Kabi FLX5,” for Twelve-Way 5/10 Conductors (Trade Publication), 789
Traction. See Locomotives, Electric; Trolley "Bus; Railways
Transducers, Torsional, Use with Disc- Loaded Delay Lines for Automatic Computers, 787*
Transformers. See Transformers Transistor Amplifiers (Venner Electronics, Ltd.), 589*
— for Higher Temperatures, 821
— Instrument for Testing (Baird Associates—Atomic Instrument Co.), 120*
— Silicon, 821 Transmission, Aspects of, by F. Casson, 813
— Lines, High-Voltage, tricity Authority, Aluminium and Its Alloys to, by G. B. Jackson, 650
Turbo-Generators. See Turbo-Generators Uganda, Electrical Development in, 422 Vacuum Tubes. See Vacuum Tubes; Rdntgen
Valves, Price of, 78
Voltage, Constant, Devices (Trade Publication), 823
— Control of, Calibrated Relay for (Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
— Regulator (Trade Publication), 823
— Stabilisers (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 471
— Testing Apparatus, Impulse, for 1-5 MV, at Leipzig Fair, 627
Waves. See leaves. See also Telegraphy; Wireless, etc.
Welding. See Welding Winding Gear. See Winding Wireless Telegraphy. See Telegraph; Radar; Radio; Television
Wireless Telephony. See Telephone; Telephony: Radar; Radio; Television
Wiring, Electric, History of, by J. Mel- lanvy (Review), 371
— Practice, Modern, by W. E. Steward (Book), 465
Electric Lamp Industry Council, Formation of, 166
Manufacturers’ Association, Dissolution of, 166; Discussion in Parliament on Dissolution of, 255
— and Musical Industries, Ltd., Merger of
Radio and Television Receiver Interests with Thorn Electrical Industries, 487
— See also under Electric
Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association, British: Combination of Local Energy Resources to Provide Power Supplies in Under-Developed Areas, by E. W. Golding, 417; Wind Gust Patterns, by M. P. Wax, 554*; Current-Carrying Capacity of Small Cables for Domestic and Small Commercial Installations, by R. G. Parr (Book), 632; Four-Channel Cathode-Ray Oscillograph, with Automatic Brilliance Control, by M. T. Cree (Book), 632; Electrical and Optical Characteristics of Direct Current Corona Discharges in Air at Atmospheric Pressure, by B. Murphy (Book), 692; Reports of (Books), 789, 822
Manufacturers’ Association, British, Conference on Training in Electrical Industry, 458
— Association for Women, Annual Luncheon
of, 488
— Development Association, British: Cinema
Film on Electricity on the Farm, 165; 20^'1 Annual Conference: Planned Development of the Domestic, Farming and Agricultural Load, by N. Axford and F. A. Hitchcock, 517; Induction and Dielectric Heating (Review), 788
— Engineers, American Institute of. Meeting
on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of Exhibition, 470*
Exhibition, Preliminary Announcement, 422
Electrical Engineers, Institution of:
Faraday Lecture on Nuclear Energy in Service of Man, by Dr. T. E. Allibone, 94, 217*
Women Members, 128
Training of Graduates, Comment on Report on, 130
Meeting on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System:
Introduction, by Dr. M. J. Kelly and
G. Radley, 149 Planning and Overall Performance,
E. T. Mottram, R. J. Halsey, J.
Emling and R. G. Griffith, 149
System between Newfoundland and Scotland, by H. A. Lewis, R. S. Tucker, G. H. Lovell and J. M. Fraser, 149
Design of Repeaters, by T. F. Gleichmann,
A. H. Lince, M. C. Wooley and F. J. Braga, 149
Production of Repeaters, by H. A. Lamb and W. W. Heffner, 150
Power Supply for Repeaters, by G. W. Meszaros and H. H. Spencer, 150
Valve for Section between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, by J. L. McNally, G. H. Metson, E. A. Veazie and M. F. Holmes, 150
Design and Manufacture of Cable between Newfoundland and Scotland, by
Locomotives and Motor Coaches, by T. E. Calverley and D. G. Taylor, 363 Educational Stand at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition, 423
Earth-Electrode Systems for Large Electric Stations, by J. D. Humphries, 473 Unconventional Current Transformers, 593 Symposium on Aluminium in Electrical Engineering at, 650
Deep Electrolytic Tank for the Solution of 2- and 3-Dimensional Problems in Engineering, by E. R. Hartill, J. G. McQueen, and P. N. Robson, 691
Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association of: Protective Multiple Earthing, by S. J. Emerson, 141; Lecture on Nuclear Generation, by P. J. Squire, 219, 282*, 346
— Engineering, Aluminium in. Symposium on,
650
Economies of Aluminium in, by Dr. E. G. West, 650
Industry, Light, Position and Prospects of, 77*
— Power Convention, British (Eastbourne):
Preliminary Announcement, 230; Presidential Address, by Sir J. Eccles, 811; Electricity Supplies to Industry, by C. T. Mailing, 811; Selection, Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Plant in Factories, by Sir H. Clay and G. Ovens, 811; Contribution of Boiler Making Industry to Economic Development of Electrical Power Generation, by W. F. Simonson, 812; Contribution of Turbo-Alternator Manufacturers to Technical Advancement and to National Economy, by L. S. Robson, 812; Nuclear Energy in Great Britain, by J. C. Duckworth and W. H. C. Pilling, 812; _Coal and_ Oil-Fired I^wer Stations, by ” ” “
Booth, 812; Transmission Switchgear for 132 kV and Higher Voltages, by C. H. Flurscheim, 812; Power Station and Distribution Switchgear, by J. S. Cliff, 812; Economic Aspects of High-Voltage Transmission, by F. J. Lane and W. Casson, 813; Developments in Transformers for 132-kV and Higher Voltages, by E. C. Rippon, 813; Distribution Transformers, by S. Z. de Ferranti, 813; Post-War Development of Distribution of Electricity, by G. F. Pierson and J. Henderson, 813; Economics of Well-Wired Home, by E. J. Davies, 813*
Engineers’ Association, Dispute with Central Electricity Authority on Technical Staff Salaries, 256
Electrical Remote Control Co., Ltd.: Electric Relay (Trade Publication), 109; Eight- Circuit Timer, 471*; High-Voltage Relay, 471
?— Research Association: Study of Wind Power in Orkneys, 359; AC Discharge Detector for Insulation Testing, 569
— Trades Directory, 1957 (Book), 311
— See also under Electric Electricity. See under Electric Electrochemical Deposition of Chromium,
Plant for Large Components, at Port Glasgow Works of Fescol, Ltd., 331*
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Zero-Mist ” Spray-Suppressing Agent for Chromium Plating, 107
Electrodes, Stainless, for Welding Austenitic Stainless Steels (Trade Publication), 789
— Systems, Earth, for Large Electric Stations,
by J. D. Humphries, 473
Electrodeposition of Metals (Trade Publication), 311
Electrolube, Ltd.; “ Electrolube ” Conducting Lubricating Fluid (Trade Publication), 311; Lubricant for Electrical Equipment and for Instruments, 507
Electrolytic Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Tank, Deep, for the Solution of 2- and 3-
Dimensional Problems in Engineering, by E. R. Hartill, J. G. McQueen, and P. N. Robson, 691
for Flow Studies, 691 Electromagnets for Accelerators, 540
— Constructed of Steel Castings (Edgar Allen
and Co., Ltd.), 540
Electromagnetic Waves. See Waves. See also Telegraph., Wireless
Electrons, in Examination of Metals, Summer School on, Cambridge University, 349
— Microscope “ Elmiskop I,” at Aeon Labora
tories (Siemens und Halske A.G.), 531 “ EM6 ” (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 420*
Operation and Maintenance of, Training of Scientists in, at Aeon Laboratories, 531
— Microscopy, Summer School on, Cambridge
University, 349
— and Optical Microscopy for Research
Workers, Specialist Service for, at Aeon Laboratories, 531
— Uses of, by J. G. Cook (Book), 789 Electronic Automatic Controller for Oil
Burners (Trade Publication), 23
“ Electronic Clerk ” (Solartron Electronic Group). 205
— Components at Radio Components Show,
505*
— Computers. See Computers
Electronic Control Circuits, Industrial, Handbook of, by J. Markus and V. Zeluff (Book), 721
Equipment for Numerically Controlled Horizontal-Spindle Milling Machine (Bendix Aviation Corp.), 722*
Machine-Tool Automation by (Book), 270
System. “ Velonic ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
— Course, at Atomic Energy Research Estab
lishment, Harwell, 698
— Data Processing for Business and Industry,
By R. G. Canning, 519
Processing Techniques, by D. W. Hooper, 519
— Engineering, Need for Communication
between Engineers and Laymen, 427
and Radio Communication Association. See Radio Communication
— Equipment, After-Sales Service for, C. H. T.
Johnson’s Views on, 216
for Defence, 645
Exports of. Group Capt. G. Fennessy’s Views on, 216
Industrial (Trade Publication), 693
— Flight Simulator,’ Contract for (F. G. Miles,
Ltd.), 72
— Instrumentation (Trade Publication), 659 Electronic Instruments, Ltd., “ Titromatic ”
Automatic Chemical Analyser, 419*
— Machine Co., Exhibits at Packaging Exhi
bition, 205
— and Radio Components: Fixed Capacitors
(Vol. 3), by G. W. A. Dummer (Book), 85
— Reading Automaton (ERA), for Transla
tion of Typed Figures into Computer Code (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 348*
— Surveying Instrument, “ Tellurometer,” for
Accurate Distance Measurement without Tapes (Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd.), 446
— Valves. See Valves
Electronics Industry, Development in Japan, 28
— Institution of, Change of Address of Head
quarters of, 680; Appointment of W. Birtwistle as Honorary General Secretary, 680
— Instruments and Automation Exhibition:
Comment on, 545; Exhibits at, 636*
— Machine-Tool Control by, 44
— and Physics, International Dictionary of,
by Prof. W. C. Michels et al. (Review), 371
— School of (Trade Publication), 823
— Semiconductor, Handbook of, by L. P.
Hunter (Book), 333
Electro-Oculography, Measurement of Eye Movement by (E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.), 492*. See LETTER, 647
Electroplating, Chromium, “Zero-Mist” Spray-Suppressing Agent for (Electro- Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 107
— for Corrosion Protection of Fertiliser Dis
tributors, 331
— of Hinges at Haydock Factory of Thomas
Crompton and Sons, Ltd., 619
— Nickel, for Engineers (Trade Publication),
311
of Special-Purpose Metals, 234 Electrostatic Precipitation in Theory and Practice, Introduction to, by Dr. H. E. Rose and A. J. Wood (Review), 84
“ Elettra II ” Yacht, Mobile Exhibition in (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
Elevators and Skip Hoists for Handling Coal, Sand, Grain, Ash, etc. (Trade Publication), 311
— for “ Zidpark ” Automatic Car Park, 344* Elgin National Watch Co., Pocket Atomic Battery, 220
Elliot Equipment, Ltd., “ Numax ” Inflatable Hut, 362
Elliott, B., and Co., Ltd., Machine Tools (Trade Publication), 535
Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.: Sub-Miniature Radar Receiver, 55; Indicating, Recording and Controlling Instruments, 139; Carbon Dioxide Metering Equipment, 139; Apparatus for Calibrating Mass- Flow Meters, 157*; General-Purpose Analogue Computer, 360; Simulator for Training Operators, 637;
Reactor Simulator, 637; Elliott 405 ” - -
Emigration of Doctors, 480
— Incident at Italian Customs, 320
— Statistics for Britain and Commonwealth, 614
— of Young People to Canada and United States, Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Emley, Dr. E. F., on Magnesium-Base Alloy Castings, 553
Emling, J. W., on Transatlantic Telephone
Cable System, 149
Emmerson Walker, Ltd., Use of Liquid Nitrogen for Shrinkage of Capstan Shaft, 651 *
Emmerton, J. T., on History of Roller Bearings, 292*. See Erratum, 326, 485. See LETTER, 326
“ Emmett ” Bed, 198
Empire, British, Need to Increase Integration and Development of Natural Resources of,
Resources of. Discussion in Parliament on, 607
— Commonwealth and, Industrial Communities within, Human Problems of, 768. See also 737
Employees. See Labour
Employer, World of. Compared with Employee, 385. See LETTERS, 421, 485
— See also Labour Employment. See Labour “ Empress of Canada,” S.S., Salvaging of by
Capt. W. R. Colbeck, 98*
Emulsions, “ Polimul,” for Use in Manufacture of Paints (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 52 Silicon-Chromium Valve Steel, Corrosion Tests on, 331
54 High Nickel-Chromium-Tungsten Valve Steel, Corrosion Tests on, 331 58J Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Steel Corrosion Tests on, 331
59 Hardened and Tempered Chromium- Nickel-Silicon Valve Steel, Corrosion Tests on, 331
Encyclopaedia of Iron and Steel Industry, bv A. K. Osborne (Book), 147
End Reactions and Stresses in Pipe-Lines, bv L. F. Randolph, 101
” Endewrance ” Hard-Facing Welding Rods (Trade Publication), 215
Endurance Tests. See Fatigue under Tests {Materials)
— Tunnel for Electric Motors at British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 620*
Energy Consumption, World, 455
— Resources, Combination of Local, to Pro
vide Power Supplies in Under-Developed Areas, by E. W. Golding, Comment on, 417
— World Requirements (Review), 240* Enfield Rolling Mills, Ltd., Annual Report, 424 Engines, Aero. See Aeronautics
Combustion, International Congress of Summary of Papers Presented, 797- Telescope or Concentric Valve System by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797*
— Diesel. See Engines, OH, Diesel; Marine
Propulsion; Mot or ships
— Exhaust Fumes, Researches into, by Medical
Research Council, 287
— Fire. See Fire
— Gas, by J. D. Troup, 38 See also Producer
— House, Turbojet, for Wind Tunnel, Silenc
ing, by Dr. A. J. King, 142*
— Internal-Combustion, Foundry for Produc
tion of Components of (Beans Industries Ltd.), 265*
“? Combustion, Telescope or Concentric Valve System for, by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797* Combustion. See also Turbine, Gas
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
Marine, BoIIinder Single-Cylinder, at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707
Brown-Sulzer, 6-Cylinder, for T.S.
” Essex-Ferry,” 190
— Motor Car. See Engines, Petrol
~ Oil, Crossley Vertical Hot Bulb, at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707
— Oil, Diesel, Air-Cooled (Klockner-Hum-
boldt-Deutz A.G.), 456
Diesel, Air-Cooled, Comment on, 456 Diesel, Air-Cooled, High-Speed, “PC” Range (Petters, Ltd.), 808*
Diesel, Air-Cooled 4-Stroke, in ” Hydrocar ” 2-Ton Industrial Truck (Guldner- Motoren-Werke), 278
Diesel, Air-Cooled, ” PH ” Ranee (Petters, Ltd.), 808
Diesel, Air-Cooled, 8-litre, for Road Vehicles (Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.), 456
Diesel, Air-Cooled, YBA Range (Ruston
and Hornsby, Ltd.), 571*
Diesel, for Bedford Trucks (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 209*
Diesel, Bicera Compressor for Pressure- Charging, 559
Diesel, ” Deltic,” in Passenger Launches for Cia Shell de Venezuela (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 127
Diesel, Design Parameters for, by G. T. Csanady, 459*
Diesel, Fuel-Oil Requirements, Comment on, 135
Diesel, Fuel Pumps, ” Injectester ” Portable Test Set for (Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd.), 216*
-Diesel, Fuel Pump, with Pneumatic Governor (Bryce Berger, Ltd.), 113*
Diesel, Future of, 72
Diesel, for Heavy Motor Vehicles, 408 T^iesel, High-Speed, by A. W. Judge (Book), 271
Diesel, High-Speed, Future Developments of, by E. Chatterton, 91*
-Diesel, High-Speed, Low-Grade Fuels for. Investigation on, 394
Diesel, High-Speed, Maintenance of, by A. W. Judge (Book), 51
I^’^sel, Injectors, ” Injectester ” Portable T (Dunedin Engineering Co.,
Ltd.), 216*
Diesel, “ KV ” Range (Trade Publication), 183
Engine Oil, Diesel, for “ Land Rover ”
Motor-Vehicle (Rover Co., Ltd.), 808* Diesel, Lubricants for, by A. Dyson
L. J. Richards and K. R. Williams, 651 Diesel, Marine, New Range of (Ruston
and Hornsby, Ltd.), 13
Diesel, Marine Propulsion, Single-Acting Two-Stroke Turbo-Charged, Stork, to be Built Linder Licence by Fairfield Ship- Building and Engineering Co., Ltd., 759* Diesel, Marine, “ 12 YHAX ” for Diesel-
Electric Paddle Tugs (Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd.), 445
Diesel, Medium-Speed, “ JL ” (Trade Publication), 183
Diesel. Mixed-Fuel Operation of (F. Perkins, Ltd.), 267
Diesel, Reducing Noise of, at Ashford Common Pumping Station, by Dr. A. J. King, 16*
Diesel, Scavenge Pump, for Dounreay (Crossley Brothers, Ltd.), 728*
Diesel, Servicing (Trade Publication), 757 Diesel, Six-Cylinder, 108 b.h.p. (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 700*
Diesel, Small, Pressure-Charging,
D. W. Tryhorn, 559 Diesel, Small, Pressure Charging
Mechanically-Driven Compressors,
B. W. Millington, 559
Diesel, Small, Supercharging, Symposium on, 559
Diesel, Small, Turbo-Charging of, by
C. H. Bradbury, 560
Diesel, “4SRKT/H” in Diesel-Electric Multiple-Unit Train Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 584*
Diesel, “ 8SVT Mark II,” l.OOO-h.p., for Diesel-Electric Locomotive for British Railways (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 824* Diesel, “ SX ” Inertia Starter for (Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 427*
Diesel, Turbo-Chargers for (C.A.V., Ltd.), 22*
Diesel, Utilisation of Gases of, in Turbines, by Dr. W. A. Pullman, 14*
Diesel. See also Diesel; Marine Propulsion; Motorships
Manual, by D. S. D. Williams (Book). 270
Tangye 40-h.p. Single-Cylinder Horizontal, at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707
Turbo-Charged Version of ” C ” Range (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 583*
See also Tractors
— Petrol, Aeroplane. See Aeronautics
“ B ” Series, for West German Army Military Vehicles (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 248 Motor-Car, Air-Cooled Twin-Cylinder
Two-Stroke in “ Frisky ” Motor Car (Villiers), 386
Motor Car, ” B Type,” in Wolseley 1500 Motor Car (British Motor Corp.), 488*
Motor Car, Comparison of British and American, by G. Wilkins, 318
Motor Car, Fuel Consumption of, by G. Wilkins, 72
Motor-Car, Fuel-Economy Advisory Service for (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.), 210
Motor Car, 1,100 c.c., for “Goliath” Motor Car (Borgward Group), 318*
Motor Car, Jaguar, Increased Performance of, for American Markets, 318
Motor-Car, New, for “ Velox ” and “ Cresta ” Motor-Cars (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 778
Motor-Vehicle, 214 and 300 cub. in., Bedford, 209
Six-Cylinder, 115 b.h.p. (Ford Motor Co. Ltd.), 700
See also Aeronautics; Motor Cars
— Piston, Research Facilities of Ruston &
Hornsby, Ltd., 633*
— Rocket, Liquid-Fuel, Agreement for Ex
change of Technical Knowledge on. Between Aerojet-General Corp, and D. Napier and Son, Ltd., 592
— Steam, Cornish, at Severn Tunnel Pumping
Stations (Harvey and Co.), 341*
Early Work on, 6
Marine. See also Marine Propulsion; Turbines
Pumping, Preservation of Cornish, 5 at Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations,
Replacement of, by Electrical Plant, 341 *
— Test Facility, Model of, at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 753*
— Traction, “ Challenger,” by J. M. C. Winn,
804
— Two-Stroke, Scavenging of. Wave Action
in Diffusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems with Special Reference to, by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
— Vertical, Pressure-Charged, Six-Cylinder
(Beiliss and Morcom, Ltd.), 606
— Winding. See Winding
Engineer and Accountant, No-Man’s Land Between, 519
— American, Licensed, Regulations for, 195* Survey of, 194*
— Annual Output of, 448
— in Canada’s Expansion, Need for, 521
— for Canada, Qualifications Required of, 522
— Card Index, by R. Silvester, 38. See
LETTERS, 101, 165, 326, 388, 453, 485, 551*, 648
— Council for Professional Development,
Annual Report and Activities and Functions of, 390
— Deportment of, Comment on, 390
— Education of. See Education
— Employment Statistics on, 448
— Guild: Bargaining on Professional Salaries,
133; Activities of, 416; Training of Professional Engineers, by Dr. W. Jackson, 512
— Immigration of, to United States, 32
— Industrial, Society of. See Industrial
Engineers
— Institutions. See Institutions
— Manchester Association of. See Manches
ter Association
— Modern Mathematics for, by E. F. Becken-
bach (Review), 502
Engineers, Need for More, 327
— in Nuclear Energy, Function of, by D. F.
Welch, 382
— Officers, Claims of, for Clearer Demarcation
of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352
Training in Royal Navy, by Capt. I. G. Aylen, 223. See also 231
— Plant. See Plant Engineer
— Professional, Training of, by Dr. W. Jack-
son, 512
— Project, Functions of, by D. B. O’Shea, 333
— Quality, Comment on, 832
— and Shipbuilders, Institution of. Founda
tion of, by Prof. W. J. M. Rankine, 7
North East Coast Institution of. See North East Coast
in Scotland, Institution of: Papers on Education and Training, 129; Diagnosis and Analysis of Plain Bearing Failures, by P. P. Love, 620
— Shortage of, Effect on Nuclear Power Pro
gramme, 345
— Training for Merchant Navy, 223. See also
231
— Woman, 128
— See also Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Marine,
Mechanical, Production, Structural, etc.
ENGINEERING, Articles Submitted to, Digests or Abstracts of, Note on, 686. See LETTERS, 356. See also Engineering Information Service
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Non-intervention of Government in Dispute with Engineering Unions, 191
— Analysis: Survey of Numerical Procedures,
by S. H. Crandall (Review), 182
— Application to Man, by Dr. J. M. Zarek, 34*
— Apprentices. See Education: Labour
— Books on, Subject Catalogue of Books in
Science Library, 693
— Careers for Girls in. Conference on, 805
— Centenaries (1957), 6
— Consequences of New Defence Policy, by
J. Menken, 642*
— Contracts. See Contracts: Legal
— Designers, Institution of. Report on Tech
nical Education of Engineering Designers, 640
Technical Education of. Report on, 640
— Distributors, Association of. Announce
ment of Formation of Screw Thread Tool Manufacturers’ Association and of Screw Thread Tool Manufacturers’ Export Association, 188
— Education. See Education
— Encouraging Young People to, 31
— Firms in Free Trade Area, 617, 681*, 777*.
See also 609
— Golfing Society, Activities of, 359
— Graduates, National Service Deferments
for. Discussion in Parliament on, 415
— Graphics and Practical Geometry, by W.
Abbott (Book), 757
— Heavy, United Kingdom, Mission to India,
Report of, 375
— Industrial Handbook, by H. B. Maynard
(Review), 23
Work Study and. New Journal, Note on, 403
— Industries Association: Memorandum on
Budget, 229
Comment on Dispute in, 385
Complete Service Trend in, 807 Demand for 40-Hour Week, 800 Dispute in, 416, 608, 640
Employment in, 11 *
General and Constructional, Position and Prospects of, 79*
Increase in Numbers Employed in, 96 Increase in Unemployment in, 255 Position and Prospects of, 9*
Profits of, 229
Strike of, 357, 448
Training in, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
United States, Part Played by Consumer Credit in Growth of, 536
ENGINEERING INFORMATION SERVICE, How Use Market Research, 151
Engineering Institute of Canada: Note on Publishing Activities, 632; Meeting on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
— Laboratories. See Laboratories: National
Physical
Engineering Outlook, 9*, 41*, 73*
— Products, “New” and “Virtually New,” 327 from the Soviet Bloc, 564*, 626*, 660*
— Recruits for, Methods of Procuring, by Sir
I. Evans, 224
— Rubber in. Proceedings of Conference on
(Book), 822
— Scholarship in. Awarded by Hoover, Ltd.,
384
Vickers, 391
— Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of. See
Swedish Academy
— and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Associa
tion of, Introduction to Stud Welding, by W. T. Amison (Book), 182
— Societies. See Institutions
— Standards. See Standards Institution
— Status of, by Sir I. Evans, 224
— Structural Failures, by R. Hammond
(Review), 434
— Structures, Analysis of, by A. J. S. Pippard
and J. F. Baker (Review), 659
— Technology, Comment on Discrimination
in Growth of, 737. See LETTER, 773
— and Third Programme Status, Comment on,
481
— Works. See Works
— See also Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Marine,
Mechanical, Production, Structural, etc.
England, G., on Survey of Dust Deposition in Neighbourhood of a Power Station, 465
England, Organisation of Science in, by D. S. L. Cardwell (Review), 756
English Channel, Tunnel under. See Channel Tunnel
English Electric Co., Ltd., Annual Review of Activities, 7; 100-kW Hydraulic Turbo- Generator at D. P. Battery Co., Ltd., 54* “ Canberra ” Mark 9 Photographic Reconnaissance Aircraft to be Built by Short
Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 205; Annual Report, 263; Three-Phase Axially-Ventilated Squirrel-Cage “ Class C Electric Motors with Class E Insulation, 278*; Industrial Actuator (Trade Publication), 311; Progress in Development of “ P.l ” Fighter Aircraft, 319; Type EM27P Gas- Turbine, 337; “ P.l ” Aircraft in Sound Barrier Incident at Southport Infirmary, 351; Annual Report, 440; Order for Steam Turbines and Condensers for Nuclear-Powered Submarine, 442; Contract for Main-Line Electric Locomotives, 456; Control Equipment and Motors for Beet Sugar Production at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co., 467*; “ EM2'^ ”
Multi-Purpose 2,700-h.p. Production Gas Turbine, 468*; “Red Spot” Range of Fuse-boards, 472; Portable Instrument for Indicating Phase Sequence, 473*; “ P.l ” Fighter Aircraft Available to Royal Air Force, 479; Main Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Malayan Railway, 497; Electric Motors for 7i-Ton High Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock, 558; Generator Set for 7J-Ton High- Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock, 558; Magnetic Amplifiers for Supplying Generator Field Windings in 7J-Ton High Speed Grabbing Cranes al Dagenham Dock, 558; Six-Pole Generator for Diesel-Electric Multiple-Unit Tram Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines, 584*; ‘'4SRKT,11
Diesel Engine in Diesel Electric Multiple- Unit Train Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines, 584*; Drop Tower for Shock-Loading Missile Components, 602*; Surface-to-Air Guided Missile System, 602; Cinema Films on Guided Missiles, 602; Electromagnetic Flat Linear Induction Type Pump for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 667*, Radio-Frequency Induction Heating (Trade Publication), 789; Stainless Electrodes for Welding Austenitic Stainless Steels (Trade Publication), 789; Medium- Voltage Air-Break Switchgear, Type “ OB3,’’ “064," and “ OB5 ’’ for Use on Alternating Current on Direct Current Systems (Trade Publication), 789’ Oil-Filled Current Transformers (Trade Publication), 823; 8SVT Mark 11 1 000-h.p. Engine for Diesel-Electric Locomotive for British Railways, 824*
English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd., Equipment for Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station, 355*
English Electric Group: Activities and Position and Prospects of, 359; Annual Report, 359
French Technical Dictionary, by G. Malgorn (Book), 147
Lessons in Scientific and Technical, by
P. Naslin (Review), 214
English Steel Corporation, Ltd.; Extension at Tinsley Park, Sheffield, 235; “ Vibrac
V 30 ” Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum Steel, Fatigue under Triaxial Stress in, 428*; Annual Report, 742
Engraving and Machining (Trade Publication), 403
Entrained Water Inertia Coefficient Values for Hull Forms, Study of, 715
Epoxide-Resin Vacuum Forming Moulds (Bakelite, Ltd.), 141
Epoxy-Resin Adhesives, Discussion on, 520 ERA (Electronic Reading Automation), for Translation of Typed Figures into Computer Code (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 348*
Ericsson Telephones, Ltd.: Plug-in Counting Units, 216*; Nuclear Reactor Control Channel, 360
Ernst, H., on Standardisation of Screw Threads, 453*
Essay Contests, John S. Owens and John Edward Worth, Announcement by Royal Society of Health, 486 .
“ Essex Ferry,’’ T.S., Rail Ferry for Harwich- Zeebrugge Service, 190*
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., Expansion at Fawley, 200 . .
Estimates, Select Committee on. Decision to Accept Recommendation of, on Selective Allocation of Contracts in Aircraft Indus- Ipy 424
Etching’, Contour, by A. W. Sheppard 88* “ Etendard IV ’’ Lightweight Twin-Jet Tactical
Support Aircraft (Dassault), 712
“ Etendard VI ” Tactical Support Fighter Aircraft (Dassault), 712
ETR Nuclear Reactor for National Reactor Testing Station, 281
“ ETW ” High-Capacity Electrical Meat (i'hopper (VEB Saxonia Fleischerei- maschinenfabrik), 660
“ Euco ’’ Micrometer Spacing Collar, Adaptation of, for Gang Milling (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 409*
Euco Tools, Ltd., Micro-Adjustment ot Milling-Cutter Width, 409*
“ Eucrates ’’ Computer Device Linked with Radar Simulator (Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd.), 636
Euler, Leonhard, Anniversary of, 6
Euratom. See European Atomic Energy Commission
Europe, Chemical Industry in. Report on, by Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, 50
Continental Manufacturers of Steel Tube in, 681
Die Casting in. Development ot, by R. L. Stubbs, 745
— Eastern, Selling to, 322. See also 321
Economic Commission for. See Economic Commission for Europe
Electricity Supply, Regulations Governing (Pamphlet), 294
Industrial Development in, Supply ot Capital Funds for, by Lord Piercy, 375
— Motor Industry in, by G. Wilkins, 150 — Oil Needs of, in 1965, by W. J. Levy, 422 — Road Network for, Design for, 358
Europe, Western, Co-operation with United
Kingdom on Atomic Energy Matters, 383 Loan by International Bank to, 614 Motor Industry in, by L. Pomeroy, 150 Oil Consumption, 677 Oil Problems of, by P. C. Ingalls, 358 Oil Supplies, Improved Position of, 358 Recent Technical and Economic Deve
lopments in, by F. S. Blackall, Jnr., 166 European Atomic Energy Commission; Basis
for Agreement Established, 262; British Government’s Assistance for, 294; Visit of Representatives to Britain, 294; Desire for Co-operation with Britain, 346; Progress and Objects of, 346; Visit of Representatives of, to Britain, 346; Discussion in Parliament on Progress of, 351; Progress in Formation of, 383; Technical Discussions of Representatives of, with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 383; Signing of Treaty Establishing, 440; Objects and Activities of, 508; Constitution of Mission to Europe, 634; Target for Euratom (Report), 634; Gas-Cooled and Pressurised-Water Reactor Systems for, 642
— Coal and Steel Community: Proposal for
Single Parliamentary Body for, 440; School at Luxembourg for, 544; Discussions on Import Duties on Iron and Steel Products, 742
— Common Market, 517
Market, Basis for Agreement Established
262 Market, Comment on, 609 Market, Comment on, in Export Guide of General Electric Co., Ltd., 184 Market, Competition Effect of, 709 Market, Discussion in Parliament on,
31, 351
Market, Effect on Automation, 320 Market, Effect on Heavy Motor-Vehicle
Industry, 408
Market, Government's Views on, 102 Market, Influence of French Economy on Signing of Treaty of, 391
Market, Possible Effect on British Worker, 320
Market, Probable Effect on Agricultural Machinery Industry, 708
Market, Problems and Objectives of, 581 Market, Prospects of, 773
Market, Question of “ Harmonisation ” of Wages Clauses, 8(50
Market, Signing of Treaty Establishing, 440
Market, Standardisation in, 774
Market, Views of Directors of Hoover, Ltd., on, 359
Market, Views of European Countries on, 773
Market, Views of Sir G. Nelson on, 359
— Economic Co-operation, Organisation for.
See Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
— Electricity Supply Industry, Present Position
and Future Trends in, 373
— Free Trade Area. See Free Trade Area
— Hard Coal, Production Statistics, 294
— Manufacturers, Federation of. Meeting of
Industrial Truck Section on Standardisation in Free Trade Area, 677
— Market, Example of Method of Entering,
327
Potentialities for Heavy Motor Vehicles,
408 United States Interest in, 374
— Movement, International Secretariat of,
“ L’Atome au Service de la Prosperite et de la Paix (Pamphlet), 155
— Organisation for Nuclear Research: Work
of, by Sir B. Lockspeiser, 251; Progress and Activities of, 287
European Productivity Agency: Prevention of Occupational Accidents in United States (Booklet), 192; Scientific Manpower for Applied Research, 193; Collaboration with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 255; Report on Supply of Capital Funds for Industrial Development in Europe, by Lord Piercy, 375; Pamphlets on Technical Information Services, 502; New Management of, 614; Conferences on Use of Technical Market Research, 729; Report on Soap Detergents, Paint, Varnishes—Marketing Techniques in United States, 776
Euston Station, Newcomen Society’s Visit to 763
Eutectic Welding Alloys Co., Ltd., Factory for Manufacture of Low-Heat Input Welding Alloys, 125
“ Eva ” Nuclear Power Station, 100-MW for Sweden, 826*
Evans Electroselenium, Ltd., Spot Galvanometer (Trade Publication), 23
Evans, Sir I., on Status of Engineering, 224 Evaporating and Distilling Plant for Fresh
Water Production (Trade Publication), 215 Ever Ready Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., Syn
thetic Resin Storage Tank and Stand for Zinc Chloride, 361
Excavation for Lower Beauharnois Lock for St. Lawrence Seaway, 548*
— Modern Techniques of, by H. L. Nichols,
Jr. (Book), 692
Excavator “ 414 ” (Trade Publication), 85 Exchange, Foreign, of Trainees, 352 Excitation Systems in Synchronous Machines,
by E. W. Kimbark (Book), 85
Exhaust Fumes, Engine, Researches into, by
Medical Research Council, 287
— Pipe System, Wave Action in Diffusers for,
by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
— Pulse Energy, by Dr. W. A. Pullman, 14*
— Steam Turbine. See Turbine^ Steam
— Valves. See Valves
Exhauster-Compressor Units at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 233*
— at National Gas Turbine Establishment
(General Electric Co., Ltd.), 780*
Exhibition, Aerial Photography, “ Open Skies for Peace,” 80
— Aircraft Weight-Control, Society of British
Aircraft Constructors, 309
Exhibition “ Atoms and Health,” by Royal Society of Health, 220, 382
— Atomic Energy, Mobile, for Australia, 442
— British Industries Fair: Change in Organ
isation of, 551; Exhibits at, 605*
— Brussels Universal and International, 549
— Buildings, Developments in Design and
Construction of, in Germany, 271
— Caravans for, 536
— in Commonwealth Countries, Britain’s
Part in, 287
— Commonwealth Industry and Trade, Pro
posal for, 287
— and Conferences, Forthcoming, 126, 254,
414, 542, 702, 830
— of Cooking Apparatus and Equipment, and
Ships’ Fittings (Carron Co.), 295
— on Corrosion, British Iron and Steel
Research Association, 746
— Electrical Engineers’, 422, 470*
— Factory Equipment, 119, 520*; Horse-
Power and Wealth, 615
— Floating (Afco Private, Ltd.), 440 Discussion in Parliament on, 287 Japanese Machinery, 287
— Fluon, Industrial Applications of (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 202
— Furniture, Comment on, 198
— Gas at Work in Industry, 139*
— Geneva Motor Show, New Designs at, by
G. Wilkins, 386*
— German, in Cairo, 440
Industries Fair (Hanover), Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184; Nuclear Power Exhibits at, 575; British Electrical Industry Exhibits at. Discussion in Parliament on, 831
— Handicrafts and Trade Fair (Munich),
Awards for Federal Competition for Young Craftsmen, 452
— Het Atoom, Holland, 155, 604
— Instruments, Electronics and Automation
Exhibits at, 636*
— International Autumn Trade Fair (Vienna),
Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184
— Leipzig Fair: 63; Participation by Birming
ham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184; Equipment Exhibited by Pye, Ltd., 312; Exhibits at, 322*. See also 321; Russian Exhibits at, 564*; Czechoslovak Engineering Display at, 566*; Exhibits at, 626*, 660*
— of Marconi Instruments at Institute of
Radio Engineers National Show (New York), 312
— Mobile, Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., 598 in Yacht “ Elettra II ” (Marconi
International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
— National Boat Show, 57*
— Oil and Colour Chemists’ Association, 393
— Packaging, Olympia, 205
— Physical Society, 360; Instruments at, 418*
— Poznan Trade Fair, Exhibits at, 776
— Radio Components Show, Exhibits at, 505*
— Russian, in Cairo, 440
— Safety and Factory Efficiency, Birmingham,
510
— Salon International de I’Aeronautique,
711*; French Aircraft Engines Exhibited at, 790*. See also 729, 762*
— Trade, Industrial Textiles, 491
— United States World Trade (New York), 598
— Utrecht Trade Fair, British Exhibit at, 569
— Vacuum Brake Equipment, 199
” Exon ” Heavy-Duty Liquid Floor Coating (“ Exsud ” South American Minerals and Products Co., Ltd.), 87
Expanders, Tube, for Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes (Trade Publication), 535 Expandite, Ltd., Sealing Joints (Trade Publication), 147
Expedition, Austerdalsbreen, Cambridge, Glaciers, Measurement of Rate of Travel of, 491
Expenditure, Capital, on Power Stations, Government Plans for, 488
— Consumer, for Fourth Quarter of 1956, 581 —• Current and Capital, 166
— Forecast of, in 8th Annual Report of
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, 549
— Research and Development, Comment on,
198
Experimental Spirit, by C. R. H. Simpson, 81 *, 114*, 290*, 338*. See LETTERS, 133, 647
— Tank. See Tank; Ship Models
Expert Tool and Case Hardening Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 806
— Views v.v. Layman’s, 98
Explosion Precautions at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 818
— See also Accidents
Explosives, Industrial Types Available, 460
— Use in Engineering, 66*. See LETTERS,
228, 325
— Use in Shock Forming (Lockheed Aircraft
Corp.), 280
Exponentials, Tables of, by M. Boll (Book), 465 Export Advertising Conference, 390
— Agencies, Function of, 323
— Credit Guarantees Bill, 536
Guarantee Department, Report on Activities of, 184
— Institute of. Annual Meeting, 645
— Trade. See Trade
“ Exsud ” South American Minerals and Products Co., Ltd., “ Exon ” Heavy-Duty Liquid Floor Coating, 87
Extraction, Liquid-Liquid, Use in Nuclear Fuel Processing, 314
Eye Movement, Measurement of, by ElectroOculography (E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.), 492*. See LETTER, 647
— Strain Due to Infra-Red Radiation,
“ Uropal ” Tinted Glass for Prevention of (Zeiss Foundation), 785
FACE-PLATE Winder for Heavy Coils
(Westool, Ltd.), 504
Facing Machine. See Machine Tools
Factory Accidents. See Accidents
Design and Equipment, Modern Trends in, by E. C. Stevens, 520
Efficiency Exhibition, Safety and, Birmingham, 510
Electrical Plant in, Selection Installation and Maintenance of, by Sir H. Clay and G. Ovens, 811
— Equipment Exhibition, 119, 520*; Paper on Horse-Power and Wealth, by E. C. Stevens, 615
Factory Equipment News, Factory Equipment Exhibition Sponsored by, 520*
— Employment of Women. See Women under Labour
— Fires, Control of, 745*
Precautions Against, 544. See also Fire
— and Industrial Law, Course on, 389 Inspectorate, Staffing and Organisation of.
Report on, Discussion in Parliament on, 159
— Location of, 514*
Factory Manager, Factory Equipment Exhibition Sponsored by, 520*
— Management. See Management
— Space for Increase in, 159
— Welfare Work in. See Labour
— Work, Attitudes to, 32
Failures, Engineering Structural, Hammond (Review), 434
Fair, Trade. See Exhibition
Fairclough, L., Ltd., Bridges on By-Pass, 700
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Pressure Helicopters, 590*; “Fireflash” Air Missile, 601
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Licence to Build Stork Marine Diesel Engines in Glasgow, 759*
“ Faithful ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (Yarrow and Co., Ltd.), 445*
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, Electrical Controls of “ John Biscoe,” 24
Fans, Draught (Trade Publication), 403
— Engineering, National College for. See
National College
— 15-Propeller, for Air-Conditioned Telescope
for Saint Michel Observatory (Woods of Colchester, Ltd.), 459*
— P.V.C., (Trade Publication), 147
— P.V.C., Turbo-Cyclone, for Chemical
Fumes, Corrosive Gases and Laboratory Ventilation (Trade Publication), 85
Far East, Economic Survey of 1956, by United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, 440
German Export Trade Strategy in, 550 Faraday Lecture on Nuclear Energy in Service of Man, by Dr. T. E. Allibone, 94, 217* Farm, Electricity on the (Cinema Film), 165
— Products, Surplus, Agreement between
United States and Poland on, 778
— Waste Matter, Methane from, 417
— See also Agriculture; Tractors
Farmer, F. R., Appointment as Chief Safety Officer to United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 698
Farnborough, Information Centre at, 13 Farradane, J., on Information Scientists, 709 Fatigue of Aircraft, by Major P. L. Teed, 89
— Causes of, by A. Rodger, 352
— Cracks in “ Vibrac V30” Steel Cylinders,
431*
— and Creep Properties of Plastics Laminates
by A. W. Thompson, 651
— Industrial. See under Labour
— of Metals (Book), 182
— of Metals, International Conference on:
Fatigue Under Triaxial Stress: Development of a Testing Machine and Preliminary Results, by Dr. J. L. Morrison, Dr. B. Crossland and Dr. J. S. C. Parry, 428*; Further Results of Fatigue Under Triaxial Stress, by Dr. J. S. C. Parry, 428*
— Strength of Simplified Bolted Joints, by
Dr. R. B. Heywood, 174*
— Tests of Metals. See Fatigue under Tests
{Materials)
— Alloys at High Temperatures,
— under Triaxial Stress, by Dr. J. L. Morrison,
Dr. B. Crossland and Dr. J. S. C. Parry, 428*
“ Favourite ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd.), 445*
Federal Reserve Board, Study of Consumer Credit in United States, 536
Federation of British Industries, Report on Britain's Economic Problems and Policies, Comment on, 289; Views on Need for Restoration of Incentives to Capital Investment, 320; Applications of Instrumentation and Automatic Control (Review), 332
— of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. See Rhodesia
and Nyasaland
Feed Controller, Proportional, for Regulating Flows of Materials (30-98 Co., Ltd.), 376
— Pumps. See Pumps
— Water Treatment Plant for Dounreay Fast
Breeder Reactor (John Thompson Ken- nicott, Ltd.), 667
— — See also Water
Feifel, Prof. E., on Electrostatic Dust Meter 235*
Fein, Portable Hacksaw for Pipes or Metal Sections, 761 *
Felt Mops and Washers (Trade Publication), 403
Female Labour. See Women under Labour Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., Torque-Arm Speed
Reducers, 55; Chairman’s Report, 119 Fennessy, Group Capt. G., on Exports of
Electronic Equipment, 216
Fens, Draining of, by Dr. H. C. Darby (Review), 332
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow), Ltd., “ Favourite ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards, 445*
Ferguson Pailin, Ltd., High-Power Short- Circuit Testing Station at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.), 436*; High-Voltage Switchgear, 472*; 33-kV 1,000-MVA Lidooi MetalClad Switch Unit, 472; I32-kV Outdoor Air-Blast Circuit-Breaker, 472*
Ferguson, T., on In Their Early Twenties, Comment on, 129
Ferguson Tractors, “ Watermaster ” Mounted Pump for Use with (James Beresford and Son, Ltd.), 628*
Fergusson, Miss M. I Elected Full Member of Institution of Civil Engineers. 128
“ Ferncrest ” Motor Tanker, Pneumatic Hoist for Engine Room of (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 829
Ferranti, Ltd., Electrical Summating Metering (Trade Publication), 311; “Mercury" Computer, Printed Circuits for (Bakelite, Ltd.), 459; Loop Impedance Tester for Phase to Earth, 472; Clip-On Ammeter, 473; “Lock Wound Core" Rural Distribution Transformer, 473; “ Hitemp " Transformer for Power Distribution in Aircraft, 505*; Lead-Through Heat Insulators, 505; “Bloodhound" Surface- to-Air Guided Missile, 601
Ferrite Store, Transistorised (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 360
— Tube, Nickel-Zinc, Use as Vibrating Element for Highly-Selective Band-Pass Filter (Mullard, Ltd.), 360
Ferrites, Studies on (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 793
— Use as Isolators, 793
Ferro-Concrete. See Concrete, Reinforced Ferry, Rail, “ Essex Ferry," T.S., for Harwich- Zeebrugge Service, 190*
Fertiliser Distributor, Corrosion Protection of, 331. See also 322
— Heavy Water as By-Product of, 93
Fescol, Ltd., Electrodeposition of Metals (Trade Publication), 311; Chromium Electrochemical Deposition Plant for Large Components at Port Glasgow Works, 331 *
Festiniog Railway, Engineering Works at Boston Lodge, 706*
— — Steam Locomotives on, 706*
Fiat Motor Co., Production of Miniature Motor Cars, 196; Conversion of Ships for Motor-Car Transporting, 775
Fibre Building Board Development, Fire at Jaguar Works, by L. R. Chambers, 389 — Glass, Development and Use of, by A. Hudson Davies, 331
Reinforced Plastics, by H. Hagen (Book), 403
— Synthetic, Expansion in Production of, 7 at Industrial Textiles Trade Fair, 491 — Wadding, Cellulosic Textile, “ Fibroceta " (Courtaulds, Ltd.), 204
— See also Textiles
Fibreboard, Guidance on Fire Prevention of. 319
“ Fibroceta " Cellulosic Textile Fibre Wadding (Courtaulds, Ltd.), 204
Fichtel and Sachs, “ Saxomat" Automatic Clutch for DKW Three-Cylinder Two- Stroke, 387
Field, Miss M., Remarks at Annual Luncheon of Electrical Association for Women, 488 “ Fifer" Portable Capstan for Bench Use (James M. Miller and Co., Ltd.), 57
Filling, Moulding and Jointing, Hermetal “ Double Bond" Plastics Material for (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 595 Film (Cinema), “ Airports," 347
of Atomic Energy Work (British), 796 Automation, 435
7 Cutting the Queue " on Construction of New Apapa Wharf at Lagos, 589
Electricity on the Farm, 165
“ The Film that Never Was," on Works Consultation, 435
Guided-Missile Development Work (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 602
in Industry, Studies on Use of, 520 on Job Simplification, 435
Milling and Smelting the Sudbury Nickel Ores, 221
“ Mirror in the Sky," Reconstruction of, 451*; Model of Jodrell Bank Radio- Telescope Used in Making of, 452*
“ Pipeline into Persia " on Construction of 300-Mile Oil Link Between Ahwas and Azna, 589
Problems of Making, by A. Strasser and
B. Wright, 450*
on Productivity, 599
Projector, with Non-Intermittent Motion, by O. Wittel and D. G. Haefele 760
on Salesmanship, 435
“ Song of the Clouds " (Air Transport), 347
“ Spyros Niarchos," Oil Tanker, Construction of (Vickers, Ltd.), 184
“ The Unforgiving Minute " on Time Measurement, 599
“A Vitamin Emerges," Production of, 452*
on Work of Local Productivity Committees, 599
on Work Study, 599
— Scanning Particle Analyser for Counting
and Sizing Microscopic Particles (Mullard. Ltd.), 563*
— Transparent, Permeable, “ Telcophane ”
(Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd.), 205
Filter, Air (Trade Publication), 147
— Band-Pass, Highly-Selective, Nickel-Zinc
Ferrite Tube as Vibrating Element for (Mullard, Ltd.), 360
— “ Duplex," for Easy Servicing (Plenty &
Son, Ltd.), 503*
— Industrial Fluid, for High and Low
Pressure Systems (Trade Publication), 371
— Oil, Micronic Purolator, in “ EM27P "
Multi-Purpose 2,700-h.p. Production Gas- Turbine, 469*
— Separators (Bowser International, Ltd.), 695 Filtering, Rotary and Band Screens for
Liquids (Trade Publication), 85
Finance, Company Income and (Booklet), 549 Finance Corporation, Industrial and Commercial, Activities and Problems of, 646
— for Industry, Comment on, 375
— Local Authority, Reorganisation of, 230
Financial Information, Presenting to Employees, Report by British Institute of Management, 288
Finishing Handbook and Directory, 1957, by I. S. Hallows (Book), 721
— “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic Com
ponents at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 330
— and Pre-Treatment Plant (Trade Pub
lication), 215
— Rolls for Fine Crushing of Lime Marl and
Clay-Containing Stone (VEB Kema), 626
— Steel Pens (Joseph
269*
— of Zinc-Alloy Die
Edwards, 746
Fink, P. T., Remarks Lecture for Boys, 424
Finland, Flour Mill at Hameenlinna, 95*
— Vanadium Plant in, 198
Finnish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Flour Mill at Hameenlinna, 95*
Fire Alarm Systems (Trade Publication), 51 System, “ Blaze-larm ” (Gent and Co., Ltd.), 792
— at Cannon Street Station Signal Box, 738
— Control of, in Factory Buildings, 745*
— Effect of, on Hard-Drawn Steel Wires in
Prestressed-Concrete Beams, 714
— Electrical (Trade Publication), 215
— Extinguishers, “Duo-Head,” in Fuselage
Fire-Protection System for “ Britannia ” Airliner (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 117
— Factory, Precautions Against, 544
— Fighting Crash Tender for Piarco Airport
(Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504*
Tender and Pump Trailer for London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd. (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504
— Hazards of Roof Coverings. See also
Fire at Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
— in Industry (Book), by C. N. Davies, 789
— at Jaguar Cars, Ltd., by G. Wilkins, 232*,
319, 351. See LETTERS, 325, 389, 453, 647. See Erratum, 284
— Nash-Kelvinator Works, Crewe, Discussion
in Parliament on, 319
— Prevention, Fibreboard, Guidance on, 319 in Fuel-Oil Storage, 12
— Protection (Trade Publication), 757
Association, Electricity and the Fire Risk in Industrial and Commercial Premises (Trade Publication), 215; Electricity and Fire (Trade Publication), 757 System, Fuselage, for “ Britannia ” Airliner (Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 116
— Risk and Electricity in Industrial and
Commercial Premises (Trade Publication), 215
— at Signal Boxes, 738 Firebricks. See Refractories
“ Fireflash” Air-to-Air Missile (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 601
Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. Collapsible Water Storage Tanks (“ Whales ”), 631 * “ Firestreak ” Air-to-Air Missile (de Havilland Propellers, Ltd.), 601*
Firth, D., on Work of the Fluid Mechanics Division of the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, 749*
Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., High- Precision Castings in Stainless Steel for Artificial Horizon Instrument for Jet Aircraft, 809*
Fischer, H. B., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Fish Conservation Activities of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 359
— Finding from the Air, “ Fishfinder ”
Echo-Sounding Detector for (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395; Discussion in Parliament on, 479
— Screens, Electric, Experiments on Improve
ment in Design, by North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 359
Fishenden, R. M., on Information on Atomic Energy, 510
Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd., “Flowmaster” Indexing Conveyor, 395*; Pallet for Use with Fork-Lift Trucks, 605*
Fisher, P. A., on Magnesium-Base Alloy Castings, 553
Fishfinder ” Echo-Sounding Detector for Salvage Work, Mine Detecting and Fish Finding from the Air (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395
Fishing Vessels, Microwave Beacons for Use by, in Poor Visibility, 407*
Fission, Nuclear, 217
and Capture Products, 313* Products, Separation of, 314*
Fits and Limits, Demonstration Unit for “ Feel ” of (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 507*
Fitting of Shafts in Holes. See Gauges Fitting-Out Basin Project, Clydeside, for Super-Tankers, 263
“ FKS2 ” Bench-Type Core-Making Equipment (VEB Leipziger Eisen und Stahl- werke), 626
Flags of Convenience, British Ships, Discussion in Parliament on, 31
Comment on, 386
Flame, Combustion and. New Magazine, Note on, 403
— Gouging of Hawse-Pipe Collars (Caledon
Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 394*
Machine, “ Bantam ” (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 394*
— Hardening Machine. See Machine Tools Process, British Oxygen, for Starter
Rings for Automobiles, Installation of, by Francis B. Willmott (Dalmans), Ltd., 527
— Indicator, Furnace, for Remote Inspection
of Combustion Conditions, by R. D. Watts, 376*
— Plating Process for Increasing Wear Life of
Dies (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
Flameproof Fork-Lift Truck (Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 605
“ Flaminia ” V6-Engined Saloon Motor Car (Lancia), 387
Flask (Moulding Box) Lifting Machine, Jolt
RPS160 ” (VEB Giesserei und
TT1 Maschmenbau Ferdinand Kunert), 626
&^oir®LM (Dowding
FIaw-Detect\on Equipment, Automatic Ultra- c “Autosonics”
T., Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377*
hlecl^ Sir A., on Increased Profits of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 615; Review of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., 775
Fleet. See iVarships
Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd., R.R.S. “John Biscoe, 24
Fletcher, P. J., on Design Case History of Prototype Rotary Rock-Drill, 528*
Fletcher, Rylands v., 463
Fletcher, W. G., on Simulated-Flight Engine- facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 780*
“Flextooth ” Crusher for Coke-Oven Plant at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd. (British Jeffrey-Diamond Ltd.), 588*
Flight Refuelling, Ltd., Quick-Release Coupling for Refuelling Ships at Sea, 433*
— See also Aeronautics Floating Dock. See Dock Floor-Cleaning Machines, “ Mechocleen ” (Diamond Motors (Wolverhampton), Ltd.), 503*
r, E^on,” Heavy-Duty Liquid ( Exsud ” South American Minerals and Products Co., Ltd.), 87
— Space Heating Through, by E. Danter 433 Florida University, Proposed Nuclear Reactor, 187
Flour Mill at H’ameenlinna, Finland, 95*
Flow, Air-, Controller, for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Elasticity, Fracture and, by J. C. Jaeger (Review), 146
— of Materials, Regulating, Proportional Feed
Controller for (30-98 Co., Ltd.), 376
— Meter. See Meter
— in Pipes with Drilled Holes, by J. K
O’Sullivan, 684*
— Potential, through Axial Blade Lattices (Book), by T. Ginsburg, 271
— Studies, Electrolytic Tank for, 691 “Flowmaster” Indexing Conveyor (Fisher
and Ludlow, Ltd.), 395*
“ Flowmax ” Solenoid Flow Valve for Hot or Cold Water Systems (Trade Publication) 403
“ Flowsolder ” Soldering Machine (Trade Publication), 183
Flue Gas, Corrosive Action of Sulphuric Acid in, 204*
Fluid-Bed Heat-Transfer Processing Technique for Textiles, 362
— Degreasing, “ Hilo ” (Trade Publication),
693
— Friction. See Aeronautics; Air Resistance:
Friction; Hydrodynamics: Ship Resistance
— Ideally-Conducting, Hydromagnetic In
stabilities of, by R. J. Taylor, 123
— Lubricating, Conducting, “ Electrolube ”
(Trade Publication), 311
— Mechanics Division of the Mechanical
Engineering Research Laboratory, Work of, by D. Firth, 749*
Fluidrive and its Application to the Iron and Steel Industry, by A. Vickers, 748
Fluon, Exhibition on Industrial Applications of (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.). 202
— in “ Fluoseal ” for Rotating Shafts (Crane
Packing , Ltd.), 90*
“Fluor Counterflo ” Cooling Towers for DMTR Nuclear Reactor (Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd.), 725*
Fluorescent Lighting. See Lighting under Electric
“ Fluorite Polychromator ” for Automatic Analysis of Steel (Trade Publication), 789
‘ Fluoseal ” Seal for Rotating Shafts (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 90*
Flurscheim, C. H., on Transmission Switchgear for 132 kV and Higher Voltages, 812
Flux Flattening in Nuclear Reactors, 732*
— Mapping Device, Use with ZPR-5 Nuclear
Reactor at Argonne National Lablratory, 405*
Fly-Ash, Plant for Conversion to Aggregate for Building Blocks at Battersea Power Station, 721*
Flyer and Ring Twisting Frames (Spinn und Zwirnerei Maschinenbau Karl-Marx- Stadt), 627
“ Flying Seat,” Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
— Test Bed, Jet-Gyrodyne, for “ Rotodyne ”
Helicopter, Air Compressor in, 590*
“ FN ” Rifles for British Army, 645
Foam Prevention, Silicones for (Trade Publication), 215
— in Rivers, Nuisance of, 447
Fokker, N.V., Merger with Louis Breguet, 688;
“ Friendship ” Airliner, 763*
Folding Machine, Plate. See under Machine Tools
Fontaine Geared Steam Locomotive, 338* Food, Sterilisation of, by Radiation, 802 Footboards for Locomotives (Societe Alsa- cienne de Constructions Mecaniques), 339 Footbridge, Welded Aluminium, over River Ebbw, 361 *
“ Forceful ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (Yarrow and Co., Ltd.), 445*
Ford Group, Annual Report, 679
Ford, H., on Changing Pattern of Motor-Car Sales, 776
Ford Instrument Co., Proposed Nuclear Reactor Project, 187
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dispute with Amalgamated Engineering Union, 256; Annual Report, 424; Spares and Parts Depot at Aveley, 599*; “Thames Trader” Range of Lorries, 700*; 6-Cylinder 108 b.h.p. Diesel Engine, 700*; 6-CyIinder 115 b.h.p. Petrol Engine, 700. See also Briggs Motor Bodies^ Ltd.
Fordson Major Tractor, Power-Assisted Steering, 27*
Foreign Exchange of Trainees, 352
Foreman, Function of, by A. W. Waring, 384 Future of, Proceedings of Regional Conferences of Institute of Industrial Supervisors, 384
Importance of, in Accident Prevention, 192 — Qualities Required of, 384
— Role of, by F. Zweig, 416
Forging Press. See Press under Machine Tools
Rotor, Automatic Fault Detection (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 140*
— Ultrasonic Testing, 653*
Fork-Lift Truck (Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd.), 605
Trucks and Conveyors at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520*
Truck, Diesel-Engined, “Freightlifter” (Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd.), 605*
Truck, Flameproof (Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 605
Trucks, Pallet for Use with (Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd.), 605*
Forming, Hot, of Magnesium Alloys, by R. G. Wilkinson, 90
— and Shaping, Final, of Wrought Non-
Ferrous Metals (Book), 789
— Shock (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 280 Forrestal Research Centre, James, 3-GeV Synchrotron at, 573
Fortescue, Dr. P,, Appointment as Research and Development Manager of General Atomic, Inc., 698
Forth Bridge, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Road Bridge, Cost of. Discussion in Parlia
ment on,287
Bridge, Progress of, 767
Bridge, Prospect of Commencement of, 543
“ Fortrex 35 ” Welding Electrodes for Containing Sphere for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Murex Welding Processes, Ltd.), 724*
Fortune, H. J., on Survey of Dust Deposition in Neighbourhood of a Power Station, 465 Foseco, Progress of, 776
Foster Transformers, Ltd., Electrical Test Equipment (Trade Publication), 823
Foster Wheeler, Ltd., Work on Nuclear- Powered Submarine, 381
Foster, Yates and Thom, Ltd., Annual Report, 296; Position and Prospects of, 390
Fouga Company, Reconstitution as Air Fouga, 688
Foundations of Machines, Effect on Vibration and Noise, 718*
Founding, Steel, Opening of Research Station on,809*
Foundry, at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707*
— Equipment at British Industries Fair
(Foundry Mechanisations (Baillot), Ltd.), 605
— Experimental, of British Steel Castings Re
search Association, 809*
— Grey-Iron, at Beans Industries, Ltd., 265*
— Iron, Expansions at Cardiff Foundry &
Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
Foundry Mechanisations (Baillot), Ltd., Foundry Equipment at British Industries Fair, 605
— Moulding Machine, Jolt-Squeeze, at Cardiff
Foundry and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
— Plastics Patterns in, 522*
— Plastic Ramming Material for Use in
(Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
— Pneumoconiosis in, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 31
— Sand-Slinging Machine, at Cardiff Foundry
and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
Foundry Services, Ltd., Factory near Okayama, 374; Growth Through Sales Promotion, 776; Services Offered by, 807
— Steel, Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Machine for
Casting Risers (Alston Foundry Co., Ltd.), 212*
— Work. See also Die Casting
— See also Castings: Moulding
Fourier Equation for Heat Conduction, 304* Fox, S., and Co., Ltd., 65-Ton Cast of Titanium- Bearing Stainless Steel at, 507; New Bar and Rod Rolling Mill at Stocksbridge Works, 755
Fracture, Brittle. See Brittle Fracture
— and Flow, Elasticity, by J. C. Jaeger
(Review), 146
Frames, Determination of Sway Movement in, by Dr. B. G. Neal, 47*
— Flyer and Ring Twisting (Spinn und
Zwirnerei Maschinenbau Karl-Marx- Stadt), 627
— Tubular Steel, for Scaffolding (VEB Wutra-
Werk), 627
France, Aircraft Production in. Modern Methods of, by P. Badre, 372*
— Economy of, 391
— Loan by International Bank to, 614
— Organisations of Interest to Technical In
formation Services (Pamphlet), 502
— Railway Electrification in, Five-Year Plan
for, 589*
— Views on Free Trade Area and European
Common Market, 773
— Use of Aluminium in, by M. P. Jacomet, 650
— See also French
“ Franco ” Articulated Steam Locomotive (Ateliers Metallurgique), 339*
Fraser, J. M., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Fraser, Sir L., on Position and Prospects of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 708
Fraser, R. P., on High Intensity Combustion, 20*
Free-Jet Testing at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 815*
— Trade Area, 517
Area, Effect of Channel Tunnel on, 312 Area, Engineering Firms in, 617, 681*, Til*. See also 609
Area, Possible Opposition to, by National Union of Manufacturers, 455
Area, Problems of, by Sir G. Nelson, 440 Area, Problems and Objectives of, 581 Area, Progress of, 609, 831
Area, Prospects of, 773
Free Trade Area, Question of “Harmonisation ” of Wages Clauses, 800
Area, Removal of Tariff Protection Within, 517
Area, Reports on, 197
Area, Review of Developments in, 598 Area, Standardisation in, 677, 774
European Countries on,
“ Freightlifter ” Diesel-Engined Fork-Lift Truck (Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd.), 605* Freightliner” Transport Aircraft (Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd.) 158*
Friendly Societies, Opposition of, to Trade Unions, 191, 319
^^^^553^’ Copper-Base Alloy Castings,
—• Aircraft, Combat, Review of, 711 * Engines, Survey of, 790*
Industry, Changes in, 688* Industry, Exports of, 791
Industry, Production Types and Statistics, 791
Transport and Telecommunications, 790*
— English Technical Dictionary, by G. Malgorn (Book), 147
— Ministry of Education, Investigation on Absenteeism in Government Departments, 364
— Navy, Adoption of Steam Catapult and Aircraft-Positioning Device, 5
— Railway, Adhesion Trials on “ BB12000 ” Electric Locomotives, 792*
Administration, Five-Year Plan for Railway Electrification, 589*
— Railways, Electrification Progress, 145
— See also France
Freon Compressors, High-Speed Single-Acting (Lightfoot Refrigeration Co., Ltd.), 365 Frequency Changer, ” Ee-75A,” 565
— Monitor, ” Cintel,” Automatic (Cinema- Television, Ltd.), 418*
— Response, by R. Oldenburger (Book),
Fresh-Air Treatment Plant for Office Building of W. Oertli, A.G. (Sulzer Brothers, Ltd.), 537*
— Water Production, Evaporating and Distil
ling Plant for (Trade Publication), 215 Freyssinet System, Long-Span Prestressed Con- cre^te Bridges Constructed by, by Y. Guyon Friction Clutch. See Clutch
— and Lubrication, by F. P. Bowden and D
Tabor (Book), 85
Friendly Societies, Opposition of, to Trade Unions, 191, 319
” Friendship Airliner ” (Fokker N.V.), 763* Frigidaire, Ltd., Convention for Representatives, 776
“ Frisky ” Motor Car (Henry Meadows, Ltd ) 386*
Frozen-Stress Techniques in Three-Dimensional Photoelastic Stress Analysis bv Dr.-Ing. A. Kuske, 397*
“ FRPS 160” Jolt-Squeeze Flask (Moulding Box) Lifting Machine (VEB Giesserei und Maschinenbau Ferdinand Kunert), 626
Fruit-Processing Equipment at Leipzig Trade Fair, 660
— and Vegetables, Universal Sorting Machine
for Sizing (VEB Maschinenbau Burg), 660 Fry, S. L., on Non-Destructive Testing in Control of Quality, 553
Frydag, K., on Concentration of Aircraft Development, 65
Fry’s Metal Foundries, Ltd. “ Flowsolder ” Soldering Machine (Trade Publication), 183 Fuel/Air Ratio Controller for Oil-Fired Boilers (James Gordon «& Co., Ltd.), 656*
— Chemistry Laboratory at Central Research
Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd., 779*
— Consumption, Aircraft, Apparatus for Cali
brating Mass-Flow Meters (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 157*
Automobile, by G. Wilkins, 72 in Britain, Trends of, 479
— Control Unit for Small Gas-Turbines
(Plessey Co., Ltd.), 792*
— Economies in Oil-Fired Central-Heating
Plant, by A. B. Pritchard, 410
— Element, Nuclear. See Nuclear
— Injection System with Telescope or Con
centric Valve System, 798*
— Injector. See Injector
— Institute of: Routine Surveys of Atmo
spheric Pollution by Dust and Sulphur Dioxide Around the Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, by W. D Jarvis and L. G. Austin, 465; Survey of Dust Deposition in the Neighbourhood of a Power Station, by G. England, C. J. Crawshaw, and H. J. Fortune, 465; Certain Aspects of Deposition of Dust, by D. H. Lucas, 465; Instruments for Measuring Small Quantities of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere, by W. G. Cummings and M. E. Redfearn, 465
— Liquid. See Oil Fuel
— Low-Grade, for High-Speed Diesel Engines,
Investigation on, 394
— Mixed, for Diesel Engines (F. Perkins,
Ltd.), 267
— Motor. See Motor; Petro
— Nuclear. See Nuclear Fuel
— Oil. See Oil Fuel
— Pump. See Pump
— Shortage, Restrictive Effect of Diesel-
Engined Services of British Railways, 319 Supplies at Simulated-Flight Engine-Test Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, by W. G. Fletcher, 780*
— See also Coal; Oil; Gas; Pulverised Coal Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
Eccentrically-Operated Rotary Type Selector Switches for Tap-Changer Gear for Transformer Control, 472*; Toggle-Type Diverter Switches for Tap-Changer Gear for Transformer Control, 472*; Tap- Changer Gear for Transformer Control, 472*
Fulmer Research Institute, Ltd., Oxidation- Resistant Silicon-AIuminium Steels, by E. A. Brandes (Book), 182; Sponsored Research, by E. A. G. Liddiard, 264
Fumes, Engine Exhaust, Researches into, by Medical Research Council, 287
— Extraction System, Manufactured from
Resin and Glass Laminates (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 280*
Furaline, Use of Fuel in “ SEPR 661 ” Rocket Engine, 791
Furnaces, Annealing, Bell (G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd.), 798*
— Continuous, Stress Relieving Transformer
Laminations in, 523*
— Crucible, Miniature, for Firing on Paraffin,
Town Gas or Coke (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 793
— Electric-Arc, 4-ton Basic-Lined 2,400-kVA
at Carntyne Steel Castings Co., Ltd. (Birlec, Ltd.), 247
Induction, “ Ajaxomatic,” for Feeding Molten Aluminium and Zinc Alloys to Die-Casting Machines (Birlec, Ltd.), 605*
Induction, Birlec-Tama, 60-kW, for Schultz Die Casting Machines, 395
Induction, Low-Frequency, 20-kW, Birlec-Tama, for Schultz Die-Casting Machines, 395
Induction Melting, Mains-Frequency, Coreless, at International Combustion, Ltd. (Birlec, Ltd.), 406*
Mains-Frequency Non-Ferrous Metal- Melting (Trade Publication), 183
Reduction, at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 467
Steel-Melting Graphite-Rod Resistor, 5-cwt., at Research Station of British Steel Castings Research Association (O. Junker G.m.b.H.), 809*
— Flame Indicator for Remote Inspection of
Combustion Conditions, by R. D. Watts, 376*
— Gas-Fired, 200-lb. Horizontal Sealed
Quench (Birlec, Ltd.), 139*
— Heat-Treatment, at Beans Industries, Ltd.,
303
Treatment, Hardening and Tempering, for Steel Strip (G. F. Homer (Redditch), Ltd.), 170*
Treatment, Twin-Chamber Precision, for High-Speed Steels (Trade Publication), 311
— for Melting Cast Iron with Fuel Oil (Lees
Hall and Sons, Ltd.), 605
— for Metals (Trade Publication), 311
— Open-Hearth, P.T. Oxygen Gun for, 140 Hearth, 300-350 Ton Tilting, at Appleby-
Frodingham Steel Co., 107
— Reheating, Variable-Speed, Rotary-Hearth,
for Motor-Vehicle Transmission Gears at David Brown Industries, Ltd. (Birlec, Ltd.), 619*
— Titanium-Melting, 298*
— Vacuum, Graphite-Resistor, for High Tem
perature Work at Research Powder- Metallurgy Laboratory of B.S.A. Group (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 600*
High-Frequency Induction, for Casting Uranium at Dounreay (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 727
NRC Equipment Corp., Licence to Manufacture, to Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 598
— See also Coke Ovens; Cupolas
Furniture Development Council, Work of, 198
— Exhibition, Comment on, 198
Furnival Steel Company, Statement on Steel Exports, 194
Furzehill Laboratories, Ltd., Trigger Circuit for Providing Output Pulses at Carrier Frequency, 360
“ Fusarc, COo” Arc-Welding Process (QuasiArc, Ltd.), 140; (Trade Publication), 789 Fuseboards, “ Red Spot ” (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 472
Fuselage, Production of, Using Plastics Tools and Jigs from Plaster Moulds, 372*
Fusion, American Nuclear Society's Conference on, 60
Fusion, Hydrogen, Act of, 217
— Hydrogen, Cold, 121. See also 98
Reaction, Recent Developments on, 58*. See also 33
Reaction, Research by British and American Firms, 59
Reaction, al Sub-Zero Temperatures, 58*. See also 33
Reaction, Use of Shock Waves and Whirlpools, 59
— of Light Elements, Power Production by,
540
— Nuclear, 217
Process, Remarks by Prof. J. M. Kay on 413
— Probability of, 540
— Reactions, Fundamentals of, 59
— Thermonuclear, Course on, at Stevens
Institute of Technology, 60
Papers on, 122
Reservoirs and Geothermal Energy, 59
Stellarator for Research into, at Princeton University, 540
— See also Thermonuclear
Futcher, R. G., on Notation in Stress Analysis, 679
Fyfe, R., on Aluminium Conductors for Overhead Distribution Lines, 650
“ GABIRO ” Turbojet Aero Engine with Afterburner (Societe Nationale de Con* structions Aeronautiques du Nord), 791 Gadolinium Ethyl Sulphate, Use in Solid-State Oscillator (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 362
“ Galbestos ” Corrugated Sheeting for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Robertson Thain, Ltd.), 745*
Galley, Ship’s, Cooking Apparatus for, Exhibition of (Carron Co.), 295
Galling of Titanium, 300. See LETTER, 388 Galvanometers. See Electric
Gamage, L., Plea for Wider Use of Market Research, 374
Gamma-Ray Safety Precautions, Booklet on, 698
Gantry. See Crane; Hoist
Gardening Tools, Developments in, 772*
Gardiner, R. K. A., on The New Industrial Communities in West Africa, 768
Gardner, J., on Conditions Accepted by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 736
Gardner, N. K., on Resistance Welding in Airframe Construction, 90
Garland, G. S., on Possible Opposition of National Union of Manufacturers to European Free Trade, 455; on Trade with China, 708
Garnets, Wave-Reflection Properties, 793
Garrett Corp., Air Research Divisions, Licence Agreement Covering Auxiliary Power Gas- Turbines and Air-Turbine Starters with Armstrong Siddeley Motors, 729
Garrett, Sir R., Appointment as Chairman of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 805
Garton, J. W., on Position and Prospects of Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 808
Gas Analysis, Carbon Dioxide Metering Equipment (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 139
— Burners, Injectors, B.S.P., for, in Tempering
Furnace (Aeromatic Co., Ltd.), 170*
Injectors for, in Hardening Furnace (Amal, Ltd.), 170*
Coke-Oven, Utilsation of, at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 588*
Combustion, Properties of, Vols. 1 and 11 (Book), 109
Compressor. See Compressor
Diesel Engine, Utilisation in Turbines, by Dr. W. A. Pullman, 14*
Discharge, Pinched, Equilibrium Characteristics of, by R. S. Pease, 122
Polarization of Continuous Spectrum in, by B. V. Paranjape (Book), 789
Ring, by R. Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 540
Dust Content of, Electrostatic Meter for, by Prof. E. Feifel and Dr. R. Prochaska, 235* Electric Discharge in. See Discharge in Electric-Lamp Manufacture (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 139
— Engine. See Engine, Gas
Engineers, Institution of. Annual General Meeting: Coal Supplies for Gas Industry, by C.Johnson, 646 . .
— Flue, Corrosive Action of Sulphuric Acid in,
204*
— Industrial and Medical, Supply of, Reply
by British Oxygen Company to Report by Monopolies Commission on, 423
— Industry, Capital Investment in, White
Paper on, 510
Coal Supplies for, by C. Johnson, 646
— Leakage at Calder Hall “A" Nuclear Power
Station, 381
— Liquid, Shipment of, from Overseas Oil
fields, Proposals for, 351 ,,
Meters, “ Kromschrdder's ” “ One-Pipe (Trade Publication), 215 _
Mixtures, Methane-Air, Ignition ot, by Capacitive Discharges, Effect of Series Resistance on, by H. G. Riddlestone (Book), 789 . _ . .
— Natural, Deposits in Britain, 70J
for Nuclear Reactors, Choice of, 380
— Producer. See Producer .
— Speed, Indicating: Velocity Pick-Up for
Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 368*
Storage (Trade Publication), 215
Stove, Butane, Portable, “ Bleuet (Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd.), 533*
— Town, in Industry, Exhibition on, 139
See also Oxy/Town-Gas
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Welding. See Welding ., ,
See also Acetylene: Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Monoxide: Hydrogen; Nitrogen', Oxygen, etc
Gaskets, Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330* „ , .
Gasoline. See Petrol; Engine, Petrol; Aeronautics , „ „ . . .
Gass, N. A., on Increased Profits of British Petroleum Co., Ltd., 615
Gassiot Committee of Royal Society, Research on Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287 _
Gasworks, Litchurch, Opening ot New Extension to, 805
G.A.T.T. See General Agreement on larijjs and Trade ,
Gauges, Level, for Caustic Fluids, Use of Poly- trifluorochloroethylene Transparent Plastic in, 330 «
Profile, for Measurement and Recording ot Profile of Continuously Extruded Tube (Isotope Developments, Ltd.), 360
— Surface-Roughness, for Ships Hulls, 132 Gamma-Ray, for Hot Steel Strip (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 489*
Nucleonic, “ Atomat ” (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 93, 269, 360
Gavrilov, Dr. M. A., Survey of Switching in Soviet Union, 552
Gawn, Dr. R. W. L., on Effect of Cayitatjon on Performance of Series of 16-in. Model Propellers, 556; Discussion on, 556
GAZ Volag M21 Motor Car, 323* “Gazelle” Free-Turbine Engine for Helicopters with Shaft Drive (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 629* , ,
“ G.C.A.” (Ground Controlled Approach) System at London Airport, 482*
GCRE Nuclear Reactor Experiment, 281 GDH3600 ” Horizontal Pressure Casting
Machine, 626 . u A
Gear-Changing System, Automatic,
monocontrol ” (A.C.V. Sales, Ltd.), U2
— Conical, Machining of, by V, Lehel, 325
— Cutting Machines. See
— Grinding Service for Spur and Helical Gears
(Trade Publication), 659 .
— Hobbing and Shaving, by A. Sykes (Review),
534
Quenching Press for (W. Ferd. Klingelnberg Sohne), 56* _ , . ,
Reduction, in “ Gazelle ” Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 630*
Gear Skew, Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan, 212*
— Spur, Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan,
212*
— Severing. See Steering
— Teeth, Micro, Precision Testing Instrument
for (VEB Feinmesszeugfabrik Suhl), 660
— Tooth De-Burring Machine (G. Boehringer
G.m.b.H.), 504
— Transmission, Motor-Vehicle, Heat-Treat
ment of. Installation of Equipment for (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 619* Talbot Semi-Automatic, by G. Roesch, 773
Variable, in “ SX ” Inertia Starter for Diesel Engines (Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 427*
— Worm, Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan,
212*
Gearbox, All-Synchromesh, for “ Velox ” and “ Cresta ” Motor-Cars (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 778
— Commercial-Vehicle, S.55O (David Brown
Automobile Gearbox Division), 58
— Epicyclic, for Tractors, Production of
(Beans Industries, Ltd.), 303*
— Forward and Reverse, “ Hot-Shift,” for
Heavy-Duty Tractors (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 730*. See LETTER, 773
— Getrag “ Selectromat ” Four-Speed, for
Goggomobil Motor Car, 387
— Internal-Combustion Engine, Foundry for
Production of (Beans Industries, Ltd.), 265*
— Vibration and Noise of. Causes and
Remedies of, 718*
— Wilson Four-Speed Epicyclic Power-Shift,
for Diesel Railcar Units (Self-Changing Gears, Ltd.), 829*
Geared Turbines, Marine. See Marine Propulsion
Gearing, Planetary, Design and Efficiency of, by H. W. Hardy (Book), 597
G.E.C.-Simon-Carves Atomic Energy Group, Design Data of Nuclear Power Station for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 185*; Nuclear Power Station for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 218*
Geddes, R., on English (Channel Tunnel, 312 Gee, F. W., Economic Advantage of Using
Aluminium Instead of Copper for Transformer Windings, 650
Gelatine, Blasting, Explosive, 460
— Semi-Explosives, 460 Gelignite , Explosive, 460
Gelling Agent, “ Bentone ” (Abbey Chemicals,
Ltd.), 393
Genachte, Dr. P. F., on Trend of Nuclear Development (Booklet), 475
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Activities and Progress of, 598, 807
General Atomic, Inc., Appointment of Dr. P. Fortescue as Research and Development Manager, 698
General Dynamics Corp.: Homogeneous Solid Fuel Reactor Concept, 29; Convair Division, ” Aerial Bobsled ” Ejection Seat for Supersonic Jet Aircraft, 663*
General Electric Co. of America: Development of New Magnet Material, 357; Contracts for Nuclear-Powered Warships, 381; Cinema Film ” This is Automation,” 435; Thermal Neutron Flux from 2-MeV Linear Accelerator. 574; Management Training Courses, 675*
General Electric Co., Ltd.: R.R.S. “John Biscoe,” 24; Review of Activities, 103; Gas in Manufacture of Electric Lamps, 139; Automatic Fault Detection in Rotor Forgings, 140*; Loudspeaker Telephone, 158*; 3,700 h.p. Direct-Current Winders at Silverwood and Cadeby Collieries, 178*; Export Guide, 184; Thermostatically Controlled Water Heater for Railway Rolling Stock Toilet Compartments, 303; Germanium Crystal Grown at Research Laboratory of, 331*; Photoconductive Cells and Light Amplifiers, 360; Osram Lighting Service (Trade Publication), 403; Model of South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 423; Pump Unit for Lillehei Oxygenator (Artificial Heart and Lungs), 443*; Contract for Main-Line Electric Locomotives, 456; Electrical Plant at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466; Slipring Induction Motor for Suction Pumps at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466; Motor- Control Exhibits at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition, 471; Heater in Aluminium Tube for Measurement of Rate of Flow of Glaciers, 491; Silicon Junction Diode, 505; Wiedemann Turret Punch Presses (Wiedemann Machine Co.), 524*; Export Guide, 598; Graphite-Resistor Vacuum Furnace for High-Temperature Work at Research Powder-Metallurgy Laboratory of B.S.A. Group, 600*; Railway Electrical Equipment (Trade Publication), 693; 5,000 MVA, 132 kV Three-Phase Oil Circuit-Breaker, 696*; Electrical Generating Plant for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 728; Electrical Equipment for Three-Car Multiple-Unit Electric Trains for London Midland Region of British Railways, 758*; Air Compressor Plant at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 780*; Exhausters at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 780*; Direct-Cooled Stators for 200-MW Alternators, 824* General Motors Corp.: “ GMR-235 ” Alloy for Locomotive Gas-Turbine Blades, 337; Long-Term Wage Agreement with United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 677; Annual Report, 679
— Post Office. See Post Office
— Register Office, Report on Industry from
1951 Census, 832
Generale Aeronautic Marcel Dassault: “ Mirage III ” Prototype Delta-Wing Interceptor Aircraft, 711*; ” Evendard VI” Tactical Support Fighter Aircraft, 712; “ R 7 ” Turbojet Aero Engine, 791 Generating Machine, Gear. See Gear under Machine Tools
iGenerating Sets, 60-kW 220-V., Foden
I “ F.D.6 ” Type for Auxiliary Power for t Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445
— Station, Automatic Power Plant for Use as
(Trade Publication), 311
See also Power Station
Generators, Electric, Alternating-Current, 200- MW, Direct-Cooled Stators for (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 824*
Alternating-Current, “ Newphase ” (Arthur Lyon and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., 472
Alternating-Current, 35-MVA, 11-kV, at Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 356*
Alternating-Current, 2 Difference in Rating of British Continental, 440
Alternating-Current, Mobile Units f.
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.),'’493
for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs (British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 445
Diesel, for Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, 341
Direct-Current, for 8SVT Mark II 1,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive for British Railways (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 824*
Gas-Turbine, for Oil-Fields, 7
Plant Installed by Central Electricity Authority in 1956, 61 *
Portable Set (Trade Publication), 23
Six-Pole, for Diesel-Electric Multiple- Unit Train Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 584*
Three-Phase, at High-Power Short- Circuit Testing Station, 436*
See also Turbo-Generators: Generating Sets
— Electrostatic, Van de Graaff, Definition of,
539
Van de Graaff, at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 346*
— Hydro-Electric. See Hydro-Electric
— Inert-Gas, Gas and Oil-Fired (Trade
Publication), 789
— Nitrogen (Trade Publication), 147
— Pulse (E.M.l. Electronics, Ltd.), 360
— Set for 7.V-Ton High-Speed Grabbing
Cranes at Dagenham Dock (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 558
Motor, Ward Leonard, for Winch Mechanism of “ Pibul ” Deep-Sea Grab Dredge, 570
— Steam, in APPR Nuclear Reactor, 603*
— Waterwheel, 37-5-MVA, at Aura Power
Station, Norway (Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 658*
— Waveform, Low-Frequency.
(Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 246 Geneva, Formation of Richardson-Bellows S.A. at, 374
— International Conference on Peaceful Uses
of Atomic Energy, Proceedings of (Review), 240*
— Motor Show. New Designs
Wilkins, 386*
Gent and Co., Ltd., “ Blaze-larm ” System, 792
Geographique, Institut, National,
High-Aspect-Ratio Photographic-Survey Aircraft for (Societe de Construction des Avion Hurel-Dubois), 762
Geological Applications, Elasticity, Fracture and Flow with, by J. C. Jaeger (Review), 146
Geometry, Practical, and Engineering Graphics (Book), by W. Abbott, 757
Geophysical Year, International, “ Skylark ” High-Altitude Research Vehicle, 164; Royal Society’s Programme of Upper Atmosphere Research, 286. See also 287; Britain’s Part in, 671; Annals of. Note on, 693
George Bray Memorial Lecture on Operational Research, by S. Beer, 353
Geothermal Energy, Suggested Application by Controlled Thermonuclear Explosions, 59
Gercke, Dr.-Ing. M. J., on Collapsing Load of Strut with Crossed Hinges, 820*
“ Gerfaut II ” Single-Seat Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft (Societe National des Constructions Aeronautique du Nord), 712 German Commercial Motor Vehicles, Comparison with British and American, 208*
— Democratic Republic, Intended Purchases
by, 663*
Republic, Orders Placed with, 663*
— Export Trade Strategy in Middle and Far
East, 550
— Federal Government, Proposal to Waive
Allied Post-War De-Concentration Measures, 735
Railways, Tests on Henschel 4-6-0 Locomotive, 291
— Industries Fair (Hanover), Participation
by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184
— Structural Steels, 271
— See also Germany
Germanium Crystal, Grown at Research Laboratory of General Electric Co., Ltd., 331*
— Power Rectifiers for Traction Purposes
(Trade Publication), 659
— Transistors, Production and Use of (Mul-
lard, Ltd.), 690*
Germany, Bridges and Structures in, Post-War Developments, by G. B. Godfrey, 271
— Contract with Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., for
Fifty Bristol 171 Mk. 14 “Sycamore” Helicopters, 359
— Contract with Hunting Percival for “ Pem
broke ” Helicopters, 359
— East, Demand for British Goods, 661 Engineering Production of, 660* Exhibits at Leipzig Fair, 626* Import Requirements of, 660 Machine-Tool Production, 661 Organisation of Trading, 660 Sectional Trade Organisations, 661 Trade with the West, 661
Trading Possibilities and Difficulties, 660
Germany, Heavy Industry in, Dispersing, 735
— Krupp Plan for De-Concentration of Coal,
Iron and Steel Industries in, 735
— Labour Troubles in, 384
— Machine Tool Production and Exports, 777*
— “ Miniature ” Motor-Car Production in,
387*
— Nuclear Power Plants for, 635 Reactor for, 413*, 441 *
Reactor, Order for 15-MW Privately- Owned, 294
— Organisations of Interest to Technica
Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
— Technical Training in, 671
— Trade Interest in Egypt, 440
— Use of Aluminium in, by Dipl.-Ing. W.
von Zwehl, 650
— Views on Free Trade Area and European
Common Market, 773
— Western, Chronic Surplus Position, Export of Steel Tube from, 682* Hard Coal Production Statistics, Increase in Wage Costs, 480 Military Vehicles, “ B ” Series
Engines for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 248
— — Pension Scheme for Workers, 128 Share in World Trade, 390
— See also German
Gerrard, J., Aluminium in British Telephone Service, 650
Getrag “ Selectromat ” Four-Speed Gearbox for Goggomobil Motor Car, 387
Ghalib, S. A., on Gas-Cooled Reactors, 794 Ghana, Dominion of. Formation of, 262 Grandstands, Slotted-Angle, for Celebration of Independence of (Dexion, Ltd.), 267*
Gibb, Sir C. D.: on Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 249*; on Safety of Gas-Cooled Reactors, 283; on Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 697*; on Competition Effect of European Common Market, 709 Gibbings, J. G., on Engineer’s Card Index, 648 Gilkes, G., and Gordon, Ltd., Horizontal Francis Turbine for Hydraulic Turbo- Generator at D.P. Battery Co., Ltd.. 54*; Water-Power Equipment (Trade Publication), 147
Gillott, J., and Sons, Ltd., History of Manufacture of Steel Pens, 268*
Girders, High, by J. Prebble (Review), 310*
— See also Beams; Bridges; Floors
Girls, Encouraging to Study Engineering and Science, 31
— in Engineering, Careers for. Conference on,
805
— and Women, Opportunities for, in Science
and Technology (Booklet), 512
Glaciers, Measurement of Rate of Travel, by Cambridge Austerdalsbreen Expedition, 491
Glacier Metal Co., Ltd.: Thin-Walled Bearings in Large Sizes, 407; Annual Report, 807 Gland Packing Material, Inert, “ Superlon ” (Trade Publication), 371
— “ Telcon,” for Thermoplastic Cables (Trade
Publication), 789
Glanfield, D. J., -
Electricity Board,
Glasgow Underground Railway, Colour-Light Signals for, 181 *
— University, Student Expenditure, 480
— Youth Employment in. Report on, 129
Glass Blocks, for Protection Against High- Energy Radiation (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 360
— Chemical Plant, Production of, 393*
— Fibres, Development and Use of, by A.
Hudson Davies, 331
for Manufacture of Storage Tank and Stand for Zinc Chloride (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 361*
Reinforced Laminates, “ Permaglass ” (Permali, Ltd.), 473
Textiles, “VI7085'’ High Temperature Phenolic Laminating Resin for Impregnation of (Bakelite, Ltd.), 588
— for Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy (Chance
Brothers, Ltd.), 360
— Models for Stress Determination. See
Optical Determination and Photo-Elastic
— Pipelines (Q.V.F., Ltd.), 393
— Reflectors, Silvered, “ Brytal ” (Trade
Publication), 757
— Reinforced Plastics, Production and Uses,
by A. Hudson Davies, 331
— Textiles, " Duraglas ” (Turner Brothers As
bestos Co., Ltd.), 491
— Tinted, “ Uropal,” for Prevention of Eye
Strain Due to Infra-Red Radiation (Zeiss Foundation), 785
—? Wool, Production of, by A. Hudson Davies, 331
Glasshouse, Horticultural, Heating and Ventilation of, 771
Mobile, 772*
Glassware, Chemical and Industrial, Production of (Quickfit and Quartz, Ltd.), 393*
Gleichmann, T. F., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Glenaldie Woodworking and Engineering Co., Ltd., Tractor-Mounted Hoist, 156*
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., Prototype Train of Unpainted Aluminium Coaches for London Transport Underground Services, 810
Glove-Box Design, Symposium on, 219 Radioactivity Levels Necessitating Use of, 314*
Glyn, Sir F., on Latin American Market, 374 “ Godber ” Smoke Burner (Trade Publication), 535
Godfrey, G. B., on Post-War Developments in German Steel Bridges and Structures, 271 Godiva Critical Assembly, at Los Alamos Reactor, Explosion of, 443
Goggomobil Motor Car, Getrag “ Selectromat ” Four-Speed Gearbox for, 387
Goldberg, Dr. H., on Guided Missiles, 227 Golding, E. W., Combination of Local Energy Resources to Provide Power Supplies in Under-Developed Areas, Comment on, 417
Goldsworthy, E. C., “ Voith-Schneider ”
Propellers (Trade Publication), 757
Golf, Mechanics of, by Lord Brabazon, 359 “Goliath” Motor Car, 1,100 c.c. Engine for (Borgward Group), 318*
Car, Failure to Obtain Advantage of Flat Floor, 387
Golmet, Ltd., Increase in Range of Roller Shutters, 277
Goodeve, Sir C., Remarks at Opening of Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., 779*
Goodrich, G. J., on Model Experiments on Series of 0-70 Block Coefficient Forms, 557; Discussion on, 557
Gordon, Lord Dudley: Remarks on Efforts to Shorten Delivery Times, 263; on Progress of Hadfield Group, 389
Gordon. J., and Co., Ltd.: “Mono” Carbon Dioxide Tester (Trade Publication), 147; Combustion Control (Trade Publication), 183; Automatic Control Apparatus for Oil-Fired Boilers (Trade Publication), 403; “ S/D ” Control for Oil-Fired Boilers, 656*
Gordon Report on Canada’s Economic Prospects, 521
Gott, H. H., on Nuclear Power Plant, 794
Gouging, Flame, of Hawse-Pipe Collars (Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 394*
Machine, “ Bantam ” (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 394*
Gourock Ropework Co., Ltd., Rigging and Cordage for “ Mayflower 11,” 579* Government Assistance in Development Areas, 447
— Contracts, Allotting, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 831
— Departments, Individual’s Dealings with, 64
— Equipment Supplied for Aircraft Develop
ment and Production, Cost of, 383
— Expenditure, and Investment, 166
— Grants to Universities, 639
— Ministers, Salaries of, 736
— Plans for Capital Expenditure on Power
Stations, 488
— Policy, Comment on, 449
Comment on Necessity for Careful Planning of, 226
— Railways. See Railways
— Statistics for. Comment on, 161
— See also Municipal
Grab Crane, Travelling (VEB Kranbau), 626
— Heavyweight, Priestman, 4-cub. yd., for
“ Pibul ” Deep-Sea Grab Dredge, 570*
Grabber Units, Priestman, for “ Pibul ” Deep- Sea Grab Dredge, 570*
Grading Powders, “ Super Classifier ” Machine for (Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.), 213* Graduates, Adjustments of, on Leaving College, 802
— Arts, Salaries of, 392
— Directory of Opportunities for (1957),
Comment on, 160
— Engineering, National Service Deferments
for. Discussion in Parliament on, 415
— in Industry, Salaries of, 392
— Problems of, in Industry of Tomorrow, by
Prof. H. M. Harlow, 832
— Survey of, 832
— See also Education
Graham Clark Lecture on Status of Engineering, by Sir I. Evans, 224
Grain Processing Plant at Hameenlinna, 95* Granada Television Network, Interest in
Academic Study of Television, 678
Grandstands, Slotted-Angle, for Celebration of Independence of Ghana (Dexion, Ltd.), 267*
Granulators, and Stone Crushers, Single-Toggle (Trade Publication), 789
Granville, J. J., on Coupling Tubes, 229. See LETTER, 264
Graphics, Engineering, and Practical Geometry, by W. Abbot (Book), 757
Graphite, Colloidal (Trade Publication), 535
— Extraction Treatment and Analysis of
(Review), 242
— for Nuclear Reactor Moderators, Forma
tion of New Company for Machining (Nuclear Graphite, Ltd.), 121
— for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234
— Welding of, 251
Grass-Verge Cutters, 772*
Graving Dock. See Dock
Greases. Special-Purpose, “ Molytone ” (Rocol Ltd.), 30
“Great Eastern” Anniversary of First Attempt to Launch, 7
Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 547*
Greathead, Henry, Anniversary of, 6
Greece, Organisations of Interest to Technical Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
Green, B. K., on Use of Photochromism Process for Very Small Switch, 552
Green, Cmdr. J. I. T., on Problems Relating to Steelworks Hydraulics, 748
Greensmith, E. W., Remarks on Shortage of Science Teachers, 416
Greenwood, J. R., on Position and Prospects of Craven Brothers, Ltd., 806
Gregg, J. F., on Control of Quality in Production of Nickel-Alloy Sand Castings, 553
Gregory, P., on Jointing Processes for Aluminium, 650
Gresley, R. J., on Economic Advantage of Using Aluminium Instead of Copper for Transformer Windings, 650
Griffith, R. G., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Griffiths, C. W., on Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, 203
“ Griffon II ” Experimental Delta-Wing Aircraft (Societe Nationale des Constructions Aeronautique du Nord), 711*
“ Grinder ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug foi Royal Dockyards (William Simons and Co., Ltd.), 445*
Grinding, Attrition, in Production of “ Hylu- mina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 330
‘— Gears, Service for Spur and Helical (Trade Publication), 659
— Machines. See Machine Tools
Grinding, Wet, in Manufacture of “ Hylumina” «« K;L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329* Griper Diesel-Electric Paddle Tug for Royal Dockyards (William Simons and Co., Ltd.), 445*
Grocers, Management Course for, 96 Grodzinski, Dr. Ing. P., on Diamond Tool Manufacture, 138*
Grosvenor, Air Charter, Tests on “Fishfinder ” Echo-Sounding Detector for Salvage Work, Mine Detecting and Fish Finding from the Air (Pye Marine, Ltd.),
Ground Controlled Approach System at London Airport, 482*
Thread Tap Association, Replacement of, by Screw Thread Manufacturers’ Association, 188
Group Idea, in Current Industrial Social Thinking, 128
Grubb, Sir H., Parsons and Co., Ltd., Air- Conditioned Telescope for Saint Michel Observatory, 459*
Guest Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Annual Report, 742; Capital Expenditure for Expansion Programme, 742
Guided Missiles. See Missiles under Aero~ nautics
— Weapons. See Weapons
Guilloton, Dr. R. S., on Ship Hull Pressure Measurements, 657
Guldner-Motoren-Werke, “ Hydrocar ” Industrial Truck with Hydraulic mission, 278*
“Gulf” Hot-Water Radiators for Heating (Trade Publication), 659
Guns. See also Explosives; Warships
— Reaming of Precision Components
Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 116* Gunboats. See Warships
Steel Shuttering
5
Research Unit, (Artificial Heart
Special-Purpose
Bell Annealing
HACK-SAWING Machine. See
Tools
Hackbridge and Hewittic Electrical
4,750-Watt Mercury Lamp, at Electrical Engineers Exhibition, 422, 470; Transformers (Trade Publication), 789
HaddreJl, V. J., on Metallographic Examination of Radioactive Materials, 315
Hadfield Group, Annual Report, 389 Hadfields, Ltd., Single-Toggle Stone Crushers and Granulators (Trade Publication), 789
Haefele, D. G., on Cinema Film Projector with Non-Intermittent Motion, 760
Hague, A. P., Remarks on Position and Prospects of Cronite Foundry Co., 296
Hague, E. N.: on Demand for Plant and Machinery for Oil Exploration. Output and Transportation in the Middle East, 664; on Suppliers to Oil Industry, 664
Hailsham, Lord: Remarks on Government’s Education Policy, 416; on Humanities in Technical Education, 672; on Promotion of Technical Education, 672; on University Education, 703
Hairline Cracks, Detection of, by Ultrasonic Testing, 653*
Halcyon ” Gas-Fired Convector Air Heater (Wm. Sugg, Ltd.), 139
Hale, H. T., on Cement Production in Qatar 228
Hall, E. N., on Lower Profit Margins, 616 Hall Engineering Industries, Annual Report 616
Hall, J. and E., Annual Report 263
Hall, Sir J. Hathorn, on Position and Prospects of Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., 807
— of Residence for Imperial College of Science and Technology, 391. See LETTER, 421, See Erratum, 616
at Universities, by D. B. Welbourn, 616 Hall, Viscount: on Siting of Atomic Power
Stations, 383; on Uranium Requirements for Nuclear Power Stations, 479
Hallett, C. W., Election as General Secretary of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 256 Halsey, R. J., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149, 150
Hameenlinna (Finland), Flour Mill at, 95* Hamilton, R. G., on Standard Components for
Oil-Hydraulic Power in Steelworks, 747 Hammers. See Machine Tools Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd., Bilge,
Salvage and Diesel-Oil Transfer Pumps for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445 Hancock, Thomas, Anniversary of Work on
India Rubber Manufacture, 6 Handicrafts and Trade Fair (Munich), Federal
Competition for Young Craftsmen, 452 Handley Page, Ltd.: Acoustical Design of
Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works, by Dr. A. J. King, 142*; “Civil Victor” Air Liner, 689*; Rolls Royce “Conway” Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Vulcan ” Bomber Aircraft, 735
Handwerk, J. H., on Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731
Hanover Fair: Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184; Nuclear Power Exhibits at, 575; British Electrical Industry Exhibits at. Discussion in Parliament on, 831
Harbour, Deep-Water, at Bridgetown, Barbados, Contract for Construction of (Richard Costain, Ltd.), 678
— Developments at Milford Haven, 767
— Zeebrugge, Proposal to Extend. 549 Hard-Facing Material(Trade Publication), 147 Welding Rods, “ Endewrance ” (Trade Publication), 215
Hardening of Metals. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Hardmuth, L. and C. (Gt. Britain), Ltd., Koh-I- Noor “ Draughtsman Superweld ” Pencils, 469
Hardwick, H. C., on Galling of Titanium, 388 Hargreaves, H., and Sons, Ltd.: Ventilation and Insulation at Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 509; Metal-Clad Insulation Panels for Cooling System for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 668; Ventilation of Buildings at Dounreay, 726
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.: High-Tension Wet-Type Submersible Pump Set at Castle Pit Coal Mine, 148; Boiler Feed Pump Groups for (ientral Electricity Authority Power Station at West Thurrock, 531; Annual Report, 679
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Annual Report, 774, 775
Harlow, Prof. H. M., on Problems of Graduate in Industry of Tomorrow, 832
Harlow, W. F., on Sulphuric Acid in Flue Gas, 204*
Harman, C. R., on Arc Welds in Mild Steel, 683; on Design of Welded Joints in Mild and Low-Alloy Steels, 683; on Jigs and Positioners for Fusion Welding, 683
Harrison, John, Anniversary of Work on Chronometers. 6
Harrisons Ramsay Pty. Ltd., Joint Enterprise with Pyrene Co., Ltd., 184
Harrow County Girls’ School, First Scholarship in Engineering Awarded by Hoover, Ltd., to Girl Student of, 384
Hariill, E. R., on Deep Electrolytic Tank for the Solution of 2- and 3-Dimensional Problems in Engineering, 691
Hartley, Sir H.. on Contribution of Measurement to Discovery, 755
Hartsilver, L., on Construction of New Motorways. 264
“ Harvard Business Review,” Collection of Essays from, 673
— University, International Symposium on
Switching, 552
Harvester, Combine, Massey-Harris. Hydraulic Power Pack for Use with (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181*
— Potato, Development of, by National
Research Development Corp., 422
— Sugar-Beet, “ SKEM-3,” 565*
Harvey and Co., Cornish Steam Engines at Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, 341 * Harwich-Zeebrugge Service, Rail Ferry, T.S. ‘’Essex Ferry” for, 190*
Haslett, Dame Caroline, the Late. 40
Hatch Cover of Welded Aluminium for M.S. ” Kepwick Hall ” (Head Wrightson Aluminium Ltd.), 202*
Hawker Aircraft Co., Ltd.. Reorganisation of Administrative, Design, Experimental, Research and Development Sections, 293 Hawker Siddeley Group: Chairman’s Report, 104; Expansion of Manufacturing Interests, 583; Acquisition of Brush Group, 518, 583; Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Algoma Steel of Canada, 583; Formation of Canadian Steel Wheel, Ltd., 583; Formation of Atomic Energy Development Group. 583
Hawse-Pipe Collars. Flame Gouging of (Caledon Shipbuilding &. Engineering Co., Ltd.), 394*
Hayman, Sir G.: Remarks on Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 328; Remarks on Increasing Competition in Industry, 374 Haynes Stellite ” HS-31 ” Alloy for Locomotive Gas-Turbine Blades, 337
Haythornthwaite, Dr. R. M., on Beams with Full End Fixity, 1 10*
Hayward Tyler and Co.. Ltd,: Glandless Pumps for DIDO Nuclear Reactor, 30*; Order from A.B. De Kavals Angturbin of Sweden for Six Glandless Pump and Motor Units, 828
Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiation, Report on, by Medical Research Council, 454
Hazen-Williams Formula in Tarrant Hydraulic Slide-Rule, 95
“H.D.34’ High-Aspect-Ratio Photographic- Survey Aircraft for Inslitut Geographique National (Societe de Construction des Avion Hurel-Dubois), 762
H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd.: Formation of, by F. G. Miles, Ltd., and Hurel-Dubois Co., 762; ” HDM 105 ” Experimental Light- Transport Aeroplane, 762*
HE30 Aluminium Alloy, “Noral,” for Welded Footbridge over River Ebbw, 361*
Head Wrightson Cooling Tower at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 785*
Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd., Hatch Cover of Welded Aluminium for M.S. “ Kepwick Hall,” 202*
Head Wrightson Machine Co., Ltd., Heavy- Duty Roller-Type Levelling Machine for Steel Plate, 497*
Head Wrightson Processes, Ltd.: Construction Work on DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725*; “ Fluor Counterflo ” Cooling
Towers for DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725*
Headlam, C. G., on “ Two Worlds,” 421
Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.: “ Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for Blanking, Piercing and Forming, 309*; Device for Analysing Lost Machine Time, 375*
Health, Atoms and, Exhibition on, by Royal Society of Health, 220, 382
— Education (Pamphlet), 288
— Effect of Radiation Hazards on, 320
— and Efficiency of Draughtsmen, Influence ol
Drafting Equipment on, 364*
grine,” (Power Frequency 785*
— Electric, for Liquid and
(Trade Publication), 823
— High-Frequency, “ LG3 ”
Hardening, 565
— Immersion “ Vitreosil ” (Trade Publication),
535
— Induction, 1-kW (Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 526 Radio-Frequency, 10-kW Self-Contained,
“ Universal 10,” for Brazing, Hardening, Soldering or Annealing (Trade Publication), 789
— Infra-Red, Domestic and Commercial
(Dimplex, Ltd.), 473
— Overhead, Dravo, Burning Fuel Oil, at
Spares and Parts Depot of Ford Motor Co., at Aveley, 599
— Water, Thermostatic, for Railway Carriage
Toilet Compartments (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 303
Heating Apparatus, Radiant, Low-Temperature (Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd.), 473
— Central, Expected Increase in, 198
Plant. Oil-Fired, Fuel Economies, by
A. B. Pritchard, 410
— Coils, Cast-Iron and Aluminium-Brass,
for Tanks (Trade Publication), 85
— Element in Lillihei Oxygenator (Artificial
Heart and Lungs), 443*
— Engineering, National College for. See
National College
— Equipment, Off-Peak (Panelec (Great
Britain), Ltd.), 473
— for Fuel-Oil Storage, 12
— Induction and Dielectric (Review), 788 Radio-Frequency (Trade
789
— Infra-Red, for Paint Drying
Ltd., 117*
— Liquid and Space, Electric
( Trade Publication), 823
—? Manual (Trade Publication), 535
— Packaged Boilers for, at Factory Equipment
Exhibition, 520
— Process, Technical Service Offered by
Weatherfoil, Ltd., 807
— Radio-Frequency, for Wood Industry, by
J. Pound (Review), 788
— Scheme, Pimlico District, by F. J. Hutchin
son, 276
— Space, Atomic, in Sweden, 826 Electricity for, in Scotland, 359
“Gulf” Hot-Water Radiators for
(Trade Publication), 659
and Liquid, Electric Heaters for (Trade Publication), 823
Technical Service Offered by Weatherfoil, Ltd., 807
Through the Floor, by E. Danter, 433
— Systems, Hot-Water, Principles of Forced
Circulation in (Booklet), 536
— Units, Air, at Factory Equipment Exhibi
tion (Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd.), 520
— and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of:
Storage of Fuel Oil, by T. Chippindale, 12; Remarks on Government Training Scheme for Engineers, by H. Nicholls, 239; Space Heating through the Floor, by E. Danter, 433
Heating and Ventilation of Horticultural Glasshouse, 771
Heaton Norris, Trackside Substation at, 25-kV Concentric Paper-Insulated Oil- Filled Cable for (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 825
Heaviside, O., Commemorative Plaque at Former Residence of, 72
Heavy Water as Cooling Medium for Nuclear Fuel Rod Assemblies (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.), 731
Cost of Importing, 479
Extraction Treatment and Analysis of (Review), 242
as Fertiliser By-Product, 93
Plant at Dana, Indiana, Closure of, 153 H.E.C. Compressors and Engines, Ltd., Single- Stage Portable Petrol-Engine Driven Air Compressor, 605
Hedge Cutters, 772*
Hedlunds Travarn A.B., Forestry Surveys in British Columbia, 286
Heenan and Froude, Ltd.: Tilting Test Bed for Helicopter Engines at Alvis, Ltd., 253*; Speed Control for Grinding Mill, 470; Programme Controller, 471
Heffner, W. W., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Helicopters. See Aeronautics
Helium Drier for DIDO Nuclear Reactor at Atomic Energy Research Establishment (British Oxygen Engineering, Ltd.), 283*
— for Nuclear Reactors, 380
Henderson, J., on Post-War Development of Distribution of Electricity, 813
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 709; Aluminium Sheathed Cable (Trade Publication), 789; 25-kV Concentric Paper-Insulated Oil-Filled Cable for Trackside Substation at Heaton Norris, 825
Henly, R. G., Equipping of Steam Locomotive with Automatic Firing, Boiler Feed, and Draught Control, 338
Henschel 4-6-0 Steam-Turbine Locomotive, 291 Henson and Stringfellow Memorial Lecture on Eland Convair Conversion, by H. Sammons, 336*
Herbert, Sir A., the Late, 680*
Herbert, Sir E. D. A., Address to Export and Advertising Conference, 390
“ Hermes ” Aircraft, Crash of, at Blackbushe Airport, 392
HERMES Electromagnetic Separator, 187 Hermetal “ Double Bond ” Plastics Material for Filling, Moulding and Jointing (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 595 Herschel, William, Early Work as Astronomer, 6
Hertfordshire Technical Library Service, 743 Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf, Anniversary of, 6 Heselwood, W. C., on Physical Metallurgy of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron, 713
Hessaby, Dr. Mahmoud, Visit to United Kingdom to Study Atomic-Energy Experience and Equipment, 220
Hessian, Presewn, Wrapping Material in Tubular Form (" Quick-Wrap ” Tubing Co., Ltd.), 491
“ Het Atoom ” International Atomic Exhibition, 604; Exhibits of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at, 155
Hey, P. D., on Processing Nuclear Fuel (Hotspur Project), 315*
Heyes and Co., Ltd., Wigan ’* Railway Signalling System (Trade Publication), 147
Heywood, Dr. R. B., on Simplified Bolted Joints for High Fatigue Strength, 174*
Heyworth, Lord, on Research at Unilever, Ltd., 615
“ Hi-Nitrogen ” Plant for Protective Furnace Atmosphere (Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd.), 523
“ Hi-Pres ” Air-Conditioning Systems (Trade Publication), 85
“ Hiduminium 100 ” Alloy (Trade Publication), 789
High Duty Alloys, Ltd., “ Hiduminium 100” Alloy (Trade Publication), 789
— Speed Steel. See Steel
— Temperature Adhesives, Discussion on, 520 Materials (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 360
High Voltage Engineering Corp.: 2-million V. Van de Graaff Accelerator for Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, 28; Facility for Manufacture and Testing of Van de Graaff and Linear Accelerators, 573; Types LD-5 and LD-10 Linear Accelerators, 573
Higham, T. M., on Basic Psychological Factors in Communications, 448
Higher National Certificates in Engineering, Statistics on, 735
Highways. See Motorways; Roads
Hilac Heavy Jon Accelerator at Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, 572
Hilger and Watts, Ltd.: Projectors for Close Inspection of Articles (Trade Publication), 311; Auto-Collimator for Measuring Angles of Plane Surfaces, 311; Spectro- chemical Analysis (Trade Publication), 311; In-Line Counter Indicator, 418*; Direct Current Amplifier (Trade Publication), 789; “Fluorite Polychromator ” for Automatic Analysis of Steel (Trade Publication), 789
Hill, Alzen (Sales), Ltd., “ Alzen 305 ” Zinc- Aluminium-Copper Bearing Alloy, 810
Hill, E. J.: Remarks on Boilermakers’ Wage Claim, 352; on Conditions Accepted by Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 736
Hill, F. E., Remarks on Position and Prospects of Foster, Yates and Thom, Ltd., 296
Hill, H. E.: Remarks on Position and Prospects of Birfield Group, 328; Remarks on Centralised Selling Organisation of Birfield Group, 374
Hill, T., on Dispute in Shipbuilding Industry, 480
Hills, S. C., on “A Claim to be Treated as Human,” 512
Hilmor, Ltd., Tube-Bending Machine, 205* “ Hilo ” Degreasing Fluid (Trade Publication), 693
Hinges, New Factory for Manufacture of, at Haydock (Thomas Crompton and Sons, Ltd.), 618*
Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station: 794; Proposed, Inquiry into, 443
Hinton, Sir C.: Remarks on Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 219; on Operating Experience at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 249; on Gas-Cooled Reactors, 251; on Future of Nuclear Power, 380; on Reactor Bulk Coolant Gas-Outlet Temperature, 441; Remarks Energy Programme, 828
Hire of Plant (Trade Publication), 85
— Purchase of Heavy Motor Vehicles, Discussion in Parliament on, 159
of Motor Vehicles, Statistics of, 197
— Service, Packing-Case, 379
Hispano Suiza, Gas-Turbine Production, 689 See also Societe d'Exploitation
Historical, Craftsmen’s Wages, Fluctuations in, since Thirteenth Century, by E. N. Phelps Brown and S. V. Hopkins, 365
— Prices, Fluctuations in, since Thirteenth Century, 365
— Records Department of British Transport Commission, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— Research, Business Records in, by Prof. J. Simmons, 452
History, Aeronautical, in Pictures (Book), 51
— of Bearings, by Dr. C. St.C. Davison, 2*.
See LETTER, 292*
— of Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 308 — Company, Archives Preservation for, 452
— of Electric Wiring, by J. Mellanby (Review),
— of Scientific Thought: Science and Civi
lisation in China. Vol. II, by J. Needham (Review), 146
Hitchcock, F. A., on Planned Development of Domestic, Farming and Agricultural Load, 517
“ Hitemp ” Transformer for Power Distribution in Aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 505*
Hivolt, Ltd., AC Discharge Detector for Testing Effectiveness of Insulation, 569
H.M.SS. See under Warships
Hoare, E. R., on Modern Machinery in Horticulture, 770*
Hobbing and Shaving, Gear, by A. Sykes (Review), 534
— Machines, Gear. See Gear under Machine
Tools
Hobson, H. M., Ltd., Annual Report, 263 Hodgson, J., on Ocean Iron Ore Carriers, 525 Hoenig, C. L., on Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731
Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 803
Hoffmann, “ Alpica ” Pull-Up Protective Scaffolding, 627
Hofstadter, Dr. R. F., Description of Proton, 60 Hogben, Dr. N., on Ship Hull Pressure Measurements, 657; Discussion on, 657
Hogg, S. R., Remarks on Position and Pros- pects of Associated Motor Cycles, 296
Hoist Brake for 7.»-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (Elliston, Evans and Jackson), 558
— Het Atoom Exhibition, 155
— Low Head-Room, 6-ton, “ Munck,” at
Chromium-Deposition Plant of Fescol, Ltd., 331
— Oscillating (Trade Publication), 85
— Pneumatic, for Engine Room of Motor
Tanker “ Ferncrest ” (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 829
— Skip, and Elevators, for Handling Coal,
Sand, Grain, Ash, etc. (Trade Publication)
— Tractor-Mounted (Glenaldie Woodworking
and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 156*
— See also Cranes
Holes, Fitting of Shafts in. See Gauging
— in Web Plates, Stress-Raising Effects of,
by Dr. H. G. Edmunds, 18*. See LETTER, 421*
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts, Ltd., 93
— See also Dutch: Netherlands
Hollins, W.. and Co., Ltd., Experience in United States Markets, 390
Holloway Brothers (London), Ltd., Merger with John Laing and Son (Holdings), Ltd.,
Holman Brothers: Merger with Broom Wade, Ltd., 39; Merger with Broom Wade Abandoned, 199
Holman Geared Steam Locomotive, 338*
Holman, T.. on Fund for Preservation Cornish Engines, 5
Hooper, D. W., on Electronic Data-Processing Techniques, 519
Hoover (Electric Motors), Ltd., “ Mark IV " Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors of 1 10 to i h.p., 503
Hoover, H., Views on Possibility of Depression in United States, 197
Hoover, Ltd.i Annual Review, 359; Engineering Scholarship Awarded to Miss V. Blois, 384
Hopewell, G. H., at Dinner of Engineering Golfing Society, 359
Hopkins, S. V., on Fluctuations in Craftsmen's Wages since Thirteenth Century, 365
Hopkinsons, Ltd., Machine for Lapping Valve Seats in situ, 379*
Hopper Feeds as Aid to Automation (Book), 270
— for Feeding Granulated Plastics to Injection
Moulding Machine (Southall and Smith, Ltd.), 171*
— for Use in Weighing Fluffy or Sticky
Materials (Richardson Scale Co.), 269
Hopwood-Par Sub-Miniature Relay (Trade Publication), 23
Horse-Power and Wealth, by E. C. Stevens, 615
Horticulture, Modern Machinery in, by E. R. Hoare, 770*
Hose, Pressure, “ Bowdenfix ” Nylon Coupling for (Bowden (Engineers), Ltd.), 120*
— Seamless Stainless-Steel Convoluted, for Use inside Nuclear-Reactor Furnaces, 442 “Hostaflon," Polytrifiuorochloroethylene Transparent Plastic, 330
Hostels, Need for, at Technical Colleges, 352 “HOT 100 ’’ Slotting Machine (TOS), 567* Hot Dip Galvanizers Association, Cinema Film on Work Study, 599
— Working Conditions, Method Study of, by J. A. C. Williams, 800
Hotspur Suite for Processing Nuclear Fuel, 315*
Hours of Labour. See Labour
— Well-Wired, Economics of, by E. J. Davies,
813 *
House Journals, British, Note on, 403 Houseboat-Caravan, Amphibian “ Otter," 57* Household. See Domestic
Housing Management Sub-Committee, Report on Re-Housing, 32
H.P.M. Hydraulic Injection Moulding Machines, Manufacture of, in Britain, 171*
HRE-2 Nuclear Reactor, 154*, 796*
Reactor, Cost of, 796
Reactor, Delay in Commencement of Operation, 154*
— — Reactor, Description of Process, 154* HRE-3 Nuclear Reactor, 796*
HS804 ’’ Turbojet Aero Engine for High- Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft (Societe d'Exploitation des Materiels Hispano- Suiza), 790*
Hubbard, M. E., on World Supplies of Oil, 72 Hudson, T. I., on Modern Trends in Water-
Works Pumping Machinery, 493
Hughes, G. H., Ltd., Additions to British Bellows Range of Pneumatic Equipment 409*
Hull Forms, Values of Entrained Water Inertia Coefficient and Damping Coefficient, Study of, 715
— Ship’s, and Long Superstructure, Interaction
between, by Dr. J. C. Chapman, 624; Discussion on, 624
Pressure Measurements, by Dr. N. Hog- ben, 657; Discussion on, 657
Surface-Roughness Gauges, 132
Human Element, 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224 256, 288, 320, 352, 384, 416, 448, 480, 512 544, 576, 608, 640, 672, 703, 736, 768, 800, 832
— Problems of Industrial Communities Within
the Commonwealth and Empire, 768. See also 737
— Relations, Importance in Accident Preven
tion, 192
for Management, by E. C. Bursk, Coniment on, 673
Humanities in Technical Education, Lord Hailsham on, 672
Humidity Measurement and Control, by H. Spencer-Gregory and E. Rourke (Review), 692
Hummel, H, H., on ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory, 404* Humphrey, R., on Mechanised Production of Instrument Jewels, 236*
Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd.: Package Nuclear Reactors, 185*; Cost of Electricity from APPR Plants, 574; APPR Nuclear Reactor, 602*
Humphreys, Ltd., Annual Report, 807 Humphries, J. D., on Earth-Electrode Systems
for Large Electric Stations, 473
Hundy, B. B., on Temperature in Brake
Drums, 388, 516. See LETTERS, 485, 616 Hungarian Refugees, Comment on, 32 Hunger, Sir E., on Expanding Steel Production, Hunterston Nuclear Power Station, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., Air Surveys
(Trade Publication), 109
Hunting-Clan Air Holdings, Interest in Acquiring Controlling Interest in Central African Airways, 262
Hunting-Clan Air Transport, Air-Freight Survey, 776
Hunting Percival Aircraft, Ltd., Contract with ^^many '* Pembroke " Helicopters, Hurel-Dubois Co., Agreement with F. G.
Miles, Ltd., for Formation of H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd., 762
Hurel-Dubois High-Aspect-Ratio Wing (H.D.M. Aviation Ltd.), 762
Hurseal Group Sales, Ltd., “ Gulf ’’ Hot-Water Radiators for Space Heating (Trade Publication), 659
Hurst, Dr. R., on Homogeneous Aqueous Reactor, 443
Hut, Inflatable, “ Numax ’’ (Elliot Equipment, Ltd.), 362
Hutchinson, F. J., on Post-War Trend of Power Station Plant Design, 276
Hutchison, J. S., on Monopolies Commissicn Report on Industrial and Medical Gases, 423
Hyde-Clarke, M., on Colonial Trade Unions, 69
Hyde Park Corner, Proposed Roundabout at, 671
“ Hydralite ” Hydraulic Jack Powered by Small Two-Speed Hand Pump (Tangyes, Ltd.), 535*
Hydration, Lime, “ Sturtevant-Knibbs " Process (Trade Publication), 215
Hydraulic Cylinder, Heavy-Duty Self-Contained, “ Hydrocheck ” (British Bellows), 409
— Equipment (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181 *
— Forging Presses, Precision Control of, by
F. H. Towler, 747
— Installations at Ebbw Vale Works, by
F. E. C. Probyn, 747
Works, by R. L. Willott, 747
— Jack, ” Hydralite,” Powered by Small
Two-Speed Hand Pump (Tangyes, Ltd.), 535*
•— Machine Tools. See Machine Tools
— and Mechanical Leathers Manufacturers’
Association. See Mechanical and Hydraulic Leathers Manufacturers' Association
— Motors and Pumps, their Application, by
F. B. Levetus, 748
— Oil-, Power in Steelworks, Standard
Components for, by R. G. Hamilton, 747
— Packings, Leather, Manual (Book), 182
— Power Pack for Use with Massey-Harris
Combine Harvester (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181*
— Power Plant. See also Power Plant
— Press. See Press under Machine Tools Hydraulic Press Co., Manufacture of H.P.M.
Hydraulic Injection Moulding Machines in Britain, 171 *
— Pumps. See Pump
— Services up to 3,000 lb. per sq. in.. Nylon
Pipe Joints for Use in, by Lt. D. H. Cameron, 748*
— Slide-Rule, Tarrant, 95
— Test Equipment (Trade Publication), 183
— Turbines. See Turbines; Power Plants;
Water Wheel
— Valves with Hand or Compressed Air
Control for Pressures up to 10,000 lb. per sq. in. (George Ellison, Ltd.), 605
Hydraulics, Steelworks, Problems Relating to, by Cmdr. J. I. T. Green, 748
— See also Hydrodynamics; Hydromechanics,
Irrigation; Water
Hydrides, Metal, as Nuclear Reactor Moderators, 93
Hydro-Electric Development on River Nadia, 354*
Generators, 62-5-MVA, at Aura Power Station, Norway (Metropolitan Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 658*
Power Commission of Ontario, Work on St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
Power Plant in St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
Scheme, Piave-Boite-Mae-Vajont (Book), 311
Power Plant. See also Power Plant
“ Hydrocar ” 2-Ton Industrial Truck with Hydraulic Transmission (Giildner-Moto- ren-Werke), 278*
“ Hydrocheck ” Heavy-Duty Self-Contained Hydraulic Cylinder (British Bellows), 409
“ Hydrocon ” Lorry-Mounted Cranes (1 rade Publication), 757
Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Ship, at National Physical Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, Discussion on, 555
Hydrogen Bomb, Comment on, 737
Explosion, Note on, 476
— Content Meter, ” Telegas ” (Trade Publica
tion), 215
— Discharge Cooled by Bremsstrahlung
Radiation, 122
—? Fusion, Action of, 217
Cold, 121. See also 98
Reaction, Recent Developments on, 58*. See also 33
Reaction, Research by British and American Firms, 59
Reaction, at Sub-Zero Temperatures, 58*. See also 33
Reaction, Use of Shock Waves and Whirlpools, 59
See also Fusion', Thermonuclear
— Mechanism of Uniform Field Breakdown
in, by A. Wilkes (Book), 822
— for Nuclear Reactors, 380
Hydromagnetic Instabilities of Ideally Conducting Fluid, by R. J. Taylor, 123
Hydromechanics Laboratory, New, at National Physical Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, 498*
Work on Seals at, by Dr. D. F. Denny, 749*
— Research Association, British: Open Days
581; Ignorance of Research Facilities of, 610
“ Hydrovane ” Air Compressors, Large (Whittaker Hall «& Co. (1929), Ltd.), 6o5
Compressors, Portable (Burionwood Engineering Co., Ltd.), 605
Compressors, Portable (Hymalic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 605
Compressors, Small (Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 605
— Petrol-Driven Air Compressor with Speci
ally Designed Silencers (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 438
“ Hydrox ” Coal-Blasting Device, 68*
Hygrometry, by H. Spencer-Gregory and E. Rourke (Review), 692
Hylton, Lord, on Siting of Atomic Energy Works, 383
” Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic, Production of, by K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329*
Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.: Hymatic- Hydrovane Type 7P100 Rotarj Mobile Compressor (Trade Publication), 23; ‘‘DP.14” Twin-Cylinder Diaphragm Air Compressor with Neoprene Fittings, 189*; ” Hydrovane ” Petrol-Driven Air Compressor with Specially Designed Silencers, 438; Portable “Hydrovane” Air Compressors, 605; Mobile Air Compressors (Trade Publication), 757
Hymatic-Hydrovane Type 7P100 Rotary Mobile Compressor (Trade Publication), 23
“ Hypalon ” Neoprene Synthetic Rubber for protective Coatings (E. 1. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc.). 425
Hyster Co., Mechanisation in Distribution, 248
Computing Centre, Facilities at, 744 IBM United Kingdom, Ltd., Activities in Canadian Market, 598
Ice, Rate of Flow in Glaciers, 491
— See also Refrigeration
Icebreaker Vessel, Nuclear-Powered, “Lenin,”
Icing. See also De-Jcing Ideas, New, Export of, 327 Ignition of Methane-Air Gas Mixtures bv Capacitive Discharges, Effect of Series
It Rectification
Electric Locomotives French Railways, 792*
Ijmuiden Works of Royal Netherlands Blast Hou"sz'^^7B
Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., CABMA Register MS Illununating Engineering Society, Educational at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition,
Illumination. See Z.ZgA/; Lig/jting,- and Lamps under Electric
** Soviet Passenger Aeroplane
oov
Immigration of Scientists and Engineers to United States, 32
Statistics for Britain and Commonwealth 614 ’
Impedance Tester, Loop, for Phase to Earth (Ferranti, Ltd.), 472
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.: Expansion in Terylene Production, 7; Pulsed Infusion Shotfiring Technique, 68*- Expansion Plans, 200; Exhibition on Industrial Applications of Fluon, 202- Silicones for Foam Prevention (Trade Publication), 215; Titanium 130 for Condenser Tubes for Uskmouth Power Station, 235; Conference on Titanium in Aircraft Industries, 298*; Rolling-Mill Plant at Waunarlwydd, 299; Manufacture of Explosives, by I. O. Lewis, 325; Manufacture of P.T.F.E. Powder, 330; Conference of Birmingham University at 392- Rubine Toner 2BOS Pigment, 393; Applications of “ Terylene ” Polyester Fibre, 491,- Engineering Materials and Plastics Products at British Industries Fair, 606* Increased Sales, 615; Staff Training Centre, 675; Annual Report, 679;
Imperial College of Science and Technology: Post-Graduate Courses on Nuclear Power, 294; Chair of Nuclear Engineering, 313’ “ Sunvic ” Analogue Computer for Study of Heat-Flow Problems, 343*; Post- Graduate Course on Nuclear Power, 347* Provision of Hall of Residence for, 391* See LETTER, 421. See Erratum, 616; Inaugural Lecture by Professor of Nuclear Power, 413; Opening of Roderic Hill Budding, 734; Remarks by Dr. R. P Linstead at Jubilee Celebration Dinner oL 734; See also London University
Implants for Artificial Limbs, 37* Import Duties on Automatic Lathes, 777*
— Trade. See Trade
Impulse Turbines. See Turbines
— Voltage Testing Apparatus for 1-5 MV
at Leipzig Fair, 627
Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., “ Hi-Nitrogen” ^23^^ Protective Furnace Atmosphere,
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric Ince Power Station, 61*
Incinerators, Gas-Fired (Wm. Sugg, Ltd.), 139 Inclinometer, Use in Measurement of Rate of Trave! of Glaciers, 491
Inclusions in Steel Plate, Automatic Detection of, by “ Autosonics ” Flaw-Detection Equipment (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377*
Income Figures, National, for Fourth Quarter of 1956, 581
Incorporated Plant Engineers. See Plant Engineers
— Sales Managers’ Association. See Sales
Managers' Association
Independent Television Authority, Television Transmitting Station at HlackbiU, 703, 792 Index, Card, Engineer’s, by R. Silvester, 38.
See LETTERS, 101, 165, 326, 388, 453, 485, 551*, 648 ’
— for Industrial Production, 423, 480
— to Information, Need for Improved, 799
— Productivity, Need for, 416
— of Retail Prices, 255
Prices, Comparison with Wages, 222 —? — Price, Estimated Rise in, 64
— — Price and Wage Rates, 10*
— of Technical Articles (IOTA), Note on, 403
— Werke K.G., Activities of, 777*
Indexing Mechanisms (Manifold Machinery Co., Ltd.), 116*
— Table, Rotary, lO-in, Diam. (British
Bellows), 409*
India, Birlec, Ltd.’s Activities in, 664
— British Firms in, 664
— Coke Ovens and Steelworks Plant in (Trade
Publication), 183
— Damodar Valley Electric Scheme, Mobile
Sub-Station for (Parolle Electrical Plant Co., Ltd.), 439*
— Exhibitor at United States World Trade
Fair (New York), 598
India, Factory for Heavy Electrical Equipment, Plan for, 375
— Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors, 794
— Heavy Water as Fertiliser By-Product, 93
— Industrial Development Progress, 375
— Industrialisation of, 440
— Loan by International Bank to, 614
— New, Rivers of, by H. C. Hart (Review), 402
— Nuclear Energy Developments in, 92*
Power Stations for, 794
Reactor, CIR, 92*
Reactor, Swimming-Pool Type, 92*
— Railway Expansion Programme, 440
— Readership Survey, 24
— Rubber. See Rubber
— Russian Credit Offer to, 664 Mission to. Report of, 375
— Thorium Plant at Tromaby, 93
— United Kingdom Heavy Engineering Mis
sion to. Report of, 375
Indian Atomic Energy Establishment, 92*; Inauguration of, 124
— Point Nuclear Power Plant: Increase in
Cost Estimate, 635; New Core for, 635
Nuclear Reactor, Authorisation to Perform Critical Experiments with, 766
Indicator, Depth, Echo-Sounding (British Ferrograph Recorder Co., Ltd.), 57
— Furnace Flame, for Remote Inspection of
Combustion (Conditions, by R. D. Watts, 376*
— Radar Track, for Use with Marconi Marine
“ ()uo Vadis XII” and “Radiolocator IV ” Equipment (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 785
— Revolution, and Vibrometer, Vibrating-
Reed and Hand-Held (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 316*
Indium, Use in Transistors (Mullard, Ltd.), 690*
Induction. See Electric
— Furnaces. See Furnace, Electric
— Heating. See Heating
— Motor. See Motor, Electric Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Administration, Institute of: Merger with
British Institute of Management, 71; New Fields for Quality Control, by Dr. R. M. Belbin, 107, 119
— Agreements and Disputes. See Labour
— Alcohol. See Motor Fuels
— Chemistry. See Chemistry
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, Activities and Problems of, 646
— Communities within the Commonwealth
and Empire, Human Problems of, 768. See also 737
— Derating Prospects, 159
— Disputes Tribunal, Findings on Dispute on
Wages in Lieu of Notice, 672
See also Labour
— Economics. See Labour
— Electronic Equipment (Trade Publication),
693
— Engineers, Society of. Conference on Mis
conceptions of Work Study, 288
— Engineering Handbook, by H. B. Maynard
(Review), 23
— Expansion, World, 455
— and Factory Law, Course on, 389
— Fatigue. See Labour
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Location, Planning of, by P. Self, 514
— Locomotive Society. See Locomotive
Society
•— Management. See Management
?— Production, Index of. See Index of Industrial Production
— Psychology, National Institute of, Training
Factory Workers, 108
— Relations and Technical Change, by Dr.
W. H. Scott, J. A. Banks, A. H. Halsey and T. Lupton, Comment on, 97
— Research. See Research
— Supervisors, Institute of. See Supervisors,
Industrial
Industrial Tapes, Ltd., Double-Sided Self- Adhesive Tapes for Sticking Small Parts in Place for Grinding, 585*
— Textiles Trade Fair, 491
— Trade Associations: Activities and Organi
sation (Review), 692
— Welfare Society, Course on Industrial and
Factory Law, 389
Industries, British, Federation of. See Federation
— Cinema Films in. Studies on Use of, 520
— Competition in, Increasing, 374
— Crew Escape Systems Committee (ICESC),
663
— Decentralisation of, 514*
— Distribution of. Act of, 514
— Electronic Data Processing for, by R. G.
Canning, 519
— Finance for. Comment on, 375
— Graduates in. Salaries of, 392
— Greater Efficiency in. Conference on, 520
— Labour Control of. See Labour
Relations in, Discussion in Parliament on, 575
— Materials in. Specification and Management
of, by C. H. Starr (Review), 720
— Planning in. Remarks by Lord Piercy on,
646
— and Planning in Stepney, 1951, Report by
D. L. Munby on, 515
— Rates, Increase in, 230
?— Records Requirements of, by H. R. Mathys, 452
— Report of General Register Office on, from
1951 Census, 832
— Service to, Machine Tools (Trade Publica
tion), 403
— Siting of, 514*
— and the State, by Prof. P. Sargant Florence
(Review), 310
— and Technical Progress: Factors Governing
the Speed of Application of Science, by Prof. C. F. Carter and Prof. B. R. Williams, Comment on, 705
— of Tomorrow, Problems of Graduate in, by
Prof. H. M. Harlow, 832
Information on Atomic Energy, by R. M. Fishenden, 510*
Energy, Sources of, by L. J. Anthony, Note on, 403
Information, Central Office of: Fifty Facts About Britain's Economy (Booklet), 319; “ The Film that Never Was,” Cinema Film on Works Consultation, 435
— Centre, at Farnborough, 13
— Conference on Nuclear Energy for Management, Cost of Nuclear Reactor Svstems, by J. A. Jukes, 764
— Indexes, Need for Improved, 799
— Library, Technical, Its Services and How to
Use Them (Pamphlet), 502
— on Nuclear Energy, Classification of, 509,
510
— Officers, Discussion on, at Aslib Annual
Conference, 693. See LETTER, 709
— Room at Scotland Yard, 55*
— Scheme, Centralised, in Russia, 799
— Scientists, Institute of, Proposal for, by
J. Farradane,
— Service Based on Technical Colleges, by
G. H. Wright, 743
Engineering. See Engineering Inforina- tion Service
Scientific, Discussion in Parliament on. 799
Technical, European Productivity Agency Pamphlets on, 502
— for Small Firms, Discussion in Parliament
on,799
— Training in Use of, Comment on, 610. See
LETTERS, 679, 740, 772, 804
See also Communications
Infra-Red Heating. See Heating
Radiation, Eye strain Due to, “ Uropal ” Tinted Glass for Prevention of (Zeiss Foundation), 785
Ingalls, P. C., on Western Europe's Oil Problems, 358
Ingen-Housz, A. H., on Dutch Steel Industry, Ingeniors Vetenskaps Akademien, Gas-Cooled Reactors, by Sir C. Hinton, 251
Inglis, Dr. N. P., Remarks on Research and Development of Titanium Alloys, 299 Ingots, Pipe in. Ultrasonic Detection of, 653* ” Injectester ” Portable Test Set for Fuel Pumps and Injectors on Diesel Engines (Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd.), 216* Injectors, Diesel Engine, “Injectester” Portable Test Set tor (Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd.), 216*
for (jas Burners for Hardening Furnace (Amal, Ltd.), 170*
— for Gas Burners for Tempering Furnace,
B.S.P. (Aeromatic Co., Ltd.), 170*
Ink, Magnetic, Proposed Use for Marking Cheques, 295
— Printing, Exhibition of Developments in, 393 Inkley Point. See Hinkley Point
Inland Navigation. See Navigation: Canals; Rivers, etc.
— Revenue, Commissioners of. Statistical
Appendix on Companies, 229
Insects and Pests, Control of, by Radiation, 803 Inserts, Self-Tapping (Trade Publication), 109 Insley Industrial Supply Co., Ltd., Hand- Operated Drift for Removing Taper- Shank Tools from Machine Spindle, 410* Inspection of Profiles or Surfaces, Large DualCapacity Projector for (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 394*
— Records, Statistical Methods of Interpreta
tion of Information Provided by, by A. R. Martin, 553
Inspectors, Control of Quality, 107 Instability of Constricted Gaseous Discharges, by R. Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 123
— Hydromagnetic, of Ideally Conducting
Fluid, by R. J. Taylor, 123
— Oscillatory, in Flight, Theoretical Research
on, at National Physical Laboratory, 753 Installation, Electrical. See Installation under Electric
— of Machines, Effects on Vibration and Noise
718*
Institute. See Institutions, Technical and Scientific
Institutions, British Engineering, Visit to Russia of Team from, 416
— British Standards. See Standards
— Royal. See Royal Institution
— Technical and Scientific. See Aeronautical
Society, Royal; Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of; Aluminium Development Association: Arts, Royal Society of; Automotive Engineers, Society of; British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers, Institute oj; Chemical Engineers, Institution oj; Chemical Industry, Society of; Civil Engineers, Institution of: Civil Servants, Professional, Institution of; Constructional Steelwork Association, British; Cyberndtique, Association Internationale de; Dairying, National Institute for Research in; Directors, Institute of; Economic and Social Research, National Institute oJ; Editors, Industrial, British Association o/; Electrical Engineers, American Institute of: Electrical Engineers, Institution cf; Electrical Engineers, Supervising, Association oJ; Electronics, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders, Institution of; Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of; Engineering Designers, In- stition oJ: Engineering Institute of Canada; Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of; Export, Institute of; Fire Protection Association; Fuel, Institute of; Fulmer Research Institute, Ltd.; Gas Engineers, Institution of; Health, Royal Society of; Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of; Illuminating Engineering Society: Industrial Administration, Institute of; Industrial Engineers, Society of: Industrial Psychology, National Institute of; Industrial Welfare Society; Instrument Technology, Society of; Iron and Steel Institute; Locomotive Engineers, Institution of: Management, British Institute of: Manchester Association of Engineers; Manchester Statistical Society; Marine Engineers, Institute of; Materials Handling, Institute of; Mechanical Engineers, American Society of; Mechanical Engineers, Institution of; Mechanical and Hydraulic Leathers Mani^facturers' Association;
Metals, fnstitate of: Metallurgists, Institution of; Motor Industry, Institute oj the; Motor Manufacturers, Society oJ; Naval Architects, Institution of; North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders; Nuclear Science, National Institute for Research in; Oc<. upational Hygiene Society, British: Permanent Way Institution: Personnel Management, Institute o/; Physical Society; Plant Engineers, Inco'-porated; Plastics Institute; Production Engineers, Institution of: Radio Engineers, Institute of: Refrigeration, Institute oJ; Rubber Industry, Institution of the; Seaweed Research, Institute of; Solar Energy, Applied, Association for; Standards Institution, British: Statistical Society, Royal; Stephenson Engineering Society; Supervisors, Industrial, Institute of: Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, Association of; Tin Research Institute; Transport, Institute of; Welding, Institute of Instrument, Artificial Horizon, High-Precision Stainless-Steel Castings tor (hirth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.), 809*
— Digital Display in, by Dekatrons, 418
Display on, at Physical Society Exhibition, 418 . .
Electronics and Automation Exhibition: Comment on. 545; Exhibits at, 636*
— Indicating, Recording and Controlling
(Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 139
— Industry, Employment in, 11*
— Jewels, Mechanised Production of, by R.
Humphrey and R. E. Leeds, 236*
— at Leipzig Trade Fair, 660*
— Lubricant for (Electrolube, Ltd.), 507
for Measurement of Turbine Shaft Displacement, by C. A. Scoles, 78u*
— Measuring (Trade Publication), 183
for Measuring Amplitude Distribution of
Pulses Produced by Nuclear-Particle Detector (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 360 Small Quantities of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere, by W. G. Cummings and M. W. Redfearn, 465 ,, .
— Navigating, for “ Mayfloweo" 11 (Kelvin &
Hughes, Ltd.), 580*
— for Nuclear Energy Applications, 360
— at Physical Society Exhibition, 418*
Portable, for Indicating Phase Sequence of a Svstem (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 473*
— Preci'sion, Trading Possibilities with East
Germany, 661 . .
— Scientific, Research Association, British,
Determination of Moisture in Solids, by P. J. Geary (Book), 311
— Technology, Society of: Conference on
Automatic Measurement of Quality in Process Plants, Swansea, 682; Plant and Process Dvnamic Characteristics, Proceedings of Conference at Cambridge, 720; Contribution of Measurement to Discovery, by Sir H. Hartley, 755
Vol. Ill: Telemetering and Control, by
E. B. Jones (Review), 756
— Testing, for Transistors (Baird Associates-
Atomic Instrument Co.), 120*
— See also Aeronautics; Electric Instrumentation and Automatic Control
Applications of (Review), 332
— Boiler-Plant, by R. W. L. Kent and D. C.
Gunn (Review), 402
— for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 668*
— Electronic (Trade Publication), 659
— Nucleonic, for Nuclear Reactor at Lucas
Heights, Sydney (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.), 442
System at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 820*
Insulation Board, Asbestos, “ Asbestolux,” for Testing Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Building Products, Ltd.), 745*
— Packing and Jointing Material (Trade
Publication), 757
— Panels, Metal-Clad, for Cooling System tor
Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 668
— Resin, Use in 500-MVA ll-kV Air-Break
Circuit-Breakers (A. Reyrolle Co., Ltd.), 490*
— and Ventilation in Dounreay Fast Breeder
Reactor (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 509
— See also Heat: Electric: Sound
Insulators, Cast-Resin, in 500-MVA 11-kV Resin-Insulated Air-Break Circuit-Breaker (A. Reyrolle Co., Ltd.), 490*
— P.T.F.E., for Wire (British Insulated Callen
der's Cables, Ltd.), 505
Insurance and Nuclear Energy, Problems Associated with, 153
— of Nuclear Power Stations, 187 Integral, Ltd., Annual Report, 263 Intensifiers, Thermoplastic (P.V.C.), for Improved Rubber-Press Technique (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 362*
Inter-Com System, " Minihaler" (Lee Sc Son Development Co.), 57
Inter-Firm Comparison, Increases in Productivity through, 774
Interavia ABC, 1957, International of Aviation and Aeronautical (Book), 632
Intercooling. See Cooling, Inter- Jnternal-Combuslion Engines. See
tics; Engines: Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors; Turbine, Gas
Engine Research Association, British, Investigation on Low-Grade Fuels tor High-Speed Diesel Engines, 394
International Air Transport Association. See Air Transport Association
— Atomic Energy Agency. See Atomic Energy Agency
— Autumn Trade Fair (Vienna), Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184
— Bank for Reconstruction and Development. See Bank, International, for Reconstruction and Development
— Civil Aviation Organisation. See Civil Aviation
International Combustion, Ltd.. Coreless Mains-Frequency Induction Melting Furnace (Birlec, Ltd.), 406*
International Combustion (Holdings), Ltd.: Annual Report, 328; Annual Report, 390; Position and Prospects of, 390; Annual Report, 488
International Combustion Products, Ltd., Sulphuric Acid in Flue Gas, 204*
International Computers Corp., Formation of, by British Tabulating Machine Co., 168
— Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
Trade Unions, Free, under Labour
— Conference on Fatigue of Metals. See
Fatigue of Metals
— Council for Building Research Studies and
Documentation, Abridged Building Classification for Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers, 502
— Directory of Aviation and Aeronautical
Industries (Book), 632
— Geophysical Year. See Geophysical Year
— Labour Office. See Labour Office under
Labour
International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd.: Development of Nickel Deposits in Northern Manitoba, 10; Cinema Film on Milling and Smelting Sudbury Nickel Ores, 221; Annual Report, 357; Expansion Programme, 357; Chairman's Speech, 614
— Rapids Section of St. Lawrence Seaway
Project, 546*
— Roads Federation. See Roads Federation,
358
— Tin Council, Trend of Tin Prices, 389
— Trade. See Trade
Interviewing, Comment on, 736 Investments Abroad by United States, 487
— Allowance on Shipbuilding, Increase in, 486
— and the Budget, Comment on, 486
— Capital, in Coal, Gas and Electricity Indus
tries, 510
Decrease in, 806
for Fourth Quarter of 1956, 581
Need for Restoration of Incentives to, 320
See also Capital
— in Commonwealth, 607
— and Government Expenditure, 166
— in Industry, Comment on Decline in, I
— in Shipbuilding Industry, 486
Ionosphere, Cinema Film on, “ Mirror in the Sky,” Reconstruction of, 451*
— Study of. during International Geophysical
Year, 286
IOTA (Index of Technical Articles), Note on, 403
Iran, Atomic Research Centre, Proposal for, 220
Iraq, North, Contract for Laying Transmission Lines in (Balfour Beatty and Co., Ltd.), 678
— Pipeline, Projected Expansion of, 422 Ireland, Northern. See Northern Ireland Irish Railways, Comment on Travellers on, 225.
See LETTER, 293
Irish Sugar Co., Beet Sugar Production at Mallow Factory, 467
Iron Alloys. See Metallurgy and Steel
— Case-Hardening. See Heat Treatment under
Metallurgy
Iron, Cast. See Cast Iron
— Castings. See Castings
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment. See Metallurgy
— Manufacture. See Furnaces, Blast: Metal
lurgy
— Ore. See Ore
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Spheroidal-Graphite, Mechanical and Physi
cal Properties (Trade Publication), 85
— and Steel Board, Forecasts of Demand for
Steel Plate, 457
Exports of. Comment on Anomalous Position Arising from, 194
Federation, British: Criticisms on Rights of, 71; Annual Meeting: Remarks by Sir A. McCance on Steel Industry’s Expansion Plans, 458; Annual Report, 550
Industry, Application of Fluidrive to, by A. Vickers, 748
Industry, Encyclopaedia of, by A. K. Osborne (Book), 147
Industry, Expansion Plans, 550
Industries in Germany, Krupp Plan for De-Concentration of, 735
Industry, Trading Returns, 390
Industry, Use of Tonnage Oxygen in, 582
Iron and Steel Institute:
Admission to British Nuclear Energy Conference, 124
Formation of Powder Metallurgy Joint Group, 679
Annual General Meeting:
Presidential Address on Dutch Steel Industry, by A. H. Ingen-Housz, 713
Mechanical Properties of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron, by W. E. Bardgett and Dr. L. Reeve, 713
Physical Metallurgy of Low-Carbon Low- Alloy Steels Containing Boron, by Dr. K. J. Irvine, F. B. Pickering, W. C. Heselwood and M. Atkins, 713
Strain-Ageing of Boron-Treated Low- Carbon Steels, by E. R. Morgan and J. C. Shyne, 713
Co-operative Trials on All-Basic Furnace Roofs, 713
Iron and Steel Products, Tariffs on, Discussion on, 742
Research Association, British: Performance Recorder, 432*; Ignorance of Research Facilities of, 610; Co-operative Trials on All-Basic Furnace Roofs, 713; Exhibition on Corrosion, 746; Conference on Use of Hydraulic Plant in Industry: Works Hydraulic Installations, by R. L. Willott, 747; Installations at Ebbw Vale Works, by F. E. C. Probyn, 747; Standard
Components for Oil-Hydraulic Power in Steelworks, by R. G. Hamilton, 747; Precision Control of Hydraulic Forging Presses, by F. H. Towler, 747; Modern Pumps and Hydraulic Motors and Their Application, by F. B. Levetus, 748; Problems Relating to Steelworks Hydraulics, by Cmdr. J. I. T. Green, 748; Fluidrive and its Application to the Iron and Steel Industry, by A. Vickers, 748; Nylon Pipe Joints for Use in Hydraulic Services up to 3,000 lb. per sq. in., by Lt. D. H. Cameron, 748*; Work on Seals at the HydroMechanics Laboratory, by Dr. D. F. Denny, 749; The Work of the Fluid Mechanics Division of the Mechanical Research Laboratory, D.S.I.R., by D. Firth, 749*; Method for Inspecting Flaws in Cold-Rolled Sheet, by B. O. Smith, 772 Iron and Steel Works. See Works
— Tests. See Tests {Materials)
— Welding. See Welding
— See aiso Cast Iron; Steel; Pig Iron; Metal
lurgy
Ironfoundry Associations, Council of, practical Guide to Design ' ’
(Review), 146
Ironwork, Structural.
Columns; Roofs; Irradiation Facilities
Atomic Energy Authority, Wantage, 804*
— Nuclear, Effects of (Review), 241*
— Programme for DMTR Nuclear Reactor,
670
— Studies at Argonne National Laboratory,
731
— Testing in Nuclear Reactors, 669
— Vulcanising Motor Tyres by (National
Reactor Testing Station), 283
— See also Radiation
Irrigation, Nuclear Power Plants for, 636
— Pipes, “ Autojet ” Sprinklers and Couplings
for (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 22*
Irvine, Dr. K. J., on Physical Metallurgy of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels, Containing Boron,713
Isetta of Great Britain, Ltd., B.M.W. Motor Vehicles and Motor Cars, 387*, 600* Isochromatic Patterns Obtained by Freezing Method of Photoelastic Stress Analysis, 401* .
Isolator, Absorption of Wave Reflection by, 793
Isopropylbiphenyl Organic Moderator lor Nuclear Reactors, 382
Isostatics in Plane of Symmetry Obtained by Freezing Method of Photoelastic Stress Analysis, 401 * . - *
Isotopes, Boron-10, Increased Quantities Available for Civilian Uses, 346
— Catalogue of, 219
Isotope Developments, Ltd.; Merger with R. A. Stephen and Co., 283; Profile Gauge for Continuously-Extruded Tube, 360
— of Einsteinium, 252
Radioactive. See Radioactive Isotopes Italy, Appointment of First Minister of State Participation, 487
— Emigration Incident, 320
Miniature Motor-Cars, Production of, 196
— Nuclear Power Station tor, 794 Reactor for (ACF Industries), 796
Organisations of Interest to Technical Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
Overhead Power Cable across Straits of Messina, 61
— - State Control of Industry in, 487
Views on Free Trade Area and European Common Market, 773
JACK Hydraulic, “ Hydralite,” Powered by Small Two-Speed Hand Pump (Tangyes, Ltd ), 535*
Jack, J. s’., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150 . . .
Jackson, G. B., on Application of Aluminium and its Alloys to High-Voltage Transmission Lines of Central Electricity Authority,
Jackson, Dr. W.: on Training of Professional Engineers, 512; on Supply and Training of Teachers for Technical Colleges. 672
Jacomet, M. P., on Use of Aluminium in France, 650 . A u-
Jaeger, Prof. H. E., on Training Nava! Architects and Marine Engineers. 231 lacuarCars Ltd.: Fire at Works of, 232, 319, Jagu^si See LETTERS, 325, 389, 453, 647.
See Erratum, 284; Resumption of Production after Fire at, by G. Wilkins, 232 , “ XK!50 *’ Motor Car, 701 *; Completion of Factory Extensions, 778
Jahne, G., “ Astik ” Acoustic Slabs for Sound Insulation, 627 .
James Forrestal Research Centre, 3-GeV Synchrotron at, 573 .
James, Sir J., Views on Price Fixing in Steel Industry, 230 .»<,,* . j .
James Watt International Medal Awarded to Prof. Dr. Ing. W. Bauersfeld, 137
Jamieson, D. R., on Training in the Use of Information, 740. See LETTER, 804
Japan, Electronic-Industry Development,.28 Exhibitor at United States World Trade
Fair (New York), 598
— Foundry Services, Ltd., Factory near
Okayama, 374
— Labour Troubles in, 384
Loan by International Bank to, 614
Nuclear Developments in, 28 Reactors for, 697 .
— Offer of 134-MW Enriched Uranium
Pressurised Water Reactor to, by Westinghouse Corp., 536 .
Possible Purchase of Calder Hall B Type Nuclear Power Station, 121
— Radio Network Installed from Osaka to
— ShipbuHdtng Industry, Use of Prefabrica
— Trade Treaty with Britain, 294
Japanese Machinery Floating Fair, 287
Jarvis, E. A., on Electrical Equipment for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
Jarvis, R. C., on Records and the Archivist, 452 Jarvis, W. D., on Routine Surveys of Atmospheric Pollution by Dust and Sulphur Dioxide Around the Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, 465
Jeep, British-Type, “ Champ,” Tendering for, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Motor Vehicle, Conversion by Riemer-
schmid Track, for Travel over Powdered Snow, 388*
Vehicle, Forward-Control (Willys), 388* JEEP Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240
Jennings, J., on Virtual Work and Moment Distribution Method, 165. See LETTER, 196
Jet-Gyrodyne Flying Test Bed for ” Rotodyne ” Helicopter, Air Compressor in, 590*
— Noise, Nozzles for Suppression of. Experi
mental Work on, 592*
— Pressure, for Helicopters (Fairey Aviation
Co., Ltd.), 590*
Jewels, Instrument, Mechanised Production of, by R. Humphrey and R. E. Leeds, 236* Jigs, Plastics, from Plaster Moulds, Use in Aircraft Industry, 372*
— and Positioners for Fusion Welding, by
C. R. Harman, 683
— and Tools, Epoxy Resin (Trade Publica
tion), 85 . z-T- I
•?JL” Medium-Speed Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 183 ,,
Job Simplification, ” Dollars and Sense, Cinema Film on. 435
Jodrell Bank Radio-Telescope, Model of. Used in Making Cinema Film “ Mirror in the Sky,” 452*
“ John Biscoe,” Royal Research Ship, Electrical Controls on, 24
‘•John Bull” Frictionless Transmission Unit for Precision Bench Comparator (British Indicators, Ltd.), 189*
John Edward Worth Essay Contest, Announcement by Royal Society of Health. 486
John S. Owens Essay Contest. Announcement by Royal Society of Health. 486
Johnson, Dr. A. J., on Stresses in Deckhouses and Superstructures, 624; Discussion on,
Johnson, C., on Coal Supplies for Gas
Industry, 646
Johnson, C. H. T., on After-Sales Service. 216
Johnson. C. M., Conferences on Use cl
Technical Market Research, 729
Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd.: Platinum
Metals Review, 90; Development of
Pigments of High Colouring Power, 393
Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., Annual Report, 615 Johnson, W. H., on Water Conservation, 740 Joints, Bolted, Fatigue Strength of, 174 Nuclear Research Institute, lO.OOO-MeV Proton Synchrotron at, 572
Nylon, Pipe, for Use in Hydraulic Services up to 3,000 lb. per sq. in., by Lt. D. H. Cameron, 748*
— Sealing (Trade Publication), 147
Jointing. Filling and Moulding Hermetal “ Double Bond ” Plastics Material for (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., LttM*
Packing and Insulation Material (Trade
Publication), 757
— Plastics, for Polythene Tubes (Mange Plastics. Ltd., and Tube Investments (Group Services), Ltd.). 621
Processes for Aluminium, by J. C. Baiiey and P. Gregory. 650
Jones. A. A.. and Shipman. Ltd.; Surface-
Grinding Machine, with Hydraulic Table
Traverse and Feed, 125*; Seini-Auto- matic Production Cylindrical Grinder. 125*' Dictating Machines for Representatives’ Cars. 248; Honing Machines (Trade Publication), 311; Annual Report. 806
Jones, A. R . on Design of Nuclear Power Plants for Underdeveloped Countries, 795*
Jones Crane Drivers Club, Comment on, 544 Jones. G. A., on Funds for British Steel 551 Jones 10-ton Mobile Road Crane (K_ and L Steelfounders and Engineers, Ltd.), 734
Jones, T. R.. Remarks on Military Service in
United States, 296
Jones, Sir W. Benton, on Problems of Expanding Steel Production, 71
Journals, House, British. Note on, 403
— Scientific, Russian, Discussion in Parliament on,735 , _
of Solar Energy Science and Engineering, Note on, 403
— Technical, of Russia, by O. Tedder. 105
— See also Deat-ings
Joy Manufacturing Co., Annual Report, 40
Joy-Sullivan, Ltd., “ Continuous Miner for
Coal Mining (Trade Publication), 403
Judson, C. A., on Design of Small Radial-
Flow Turbo-Chargers, 560
Jugoslavia. See Yugoslavia r> .
Jukes, J. A.; on Cost of Nuclear Reactor
Systems, 764; on Economics ol Gas- Cooled Reactors, 794
‘‘Junior Hydro-hauler” Capstair ,
Junker, O., G.m.b.H., 5-cwt Graphite-Rod
Resistor Electric Steel-Melting Furnace at Research Station of British^ Steel Castings Research Association, 809*
“K14K” Book Press (VEB Buchbinderei- maschinenwerk), 628
“K117” Universal Thresher (VEB Ernte- bergungsmaschinen Fortschritt), 628
“ Kabi ” Midget Assembly and Storage Trays (Trade Publication), 183 . .
“ Kabi FLX5 ” Flexible Terminal Strip lor Twelve-Way 5/10 Conductors (Trade Publication), 789 r-
Kaiser Engineers, P.T. Oxygen Gun for Open- Hearth Furnace, 140
Kane. Ltd., “ Loctite” Anti-Vibration Liquid Sealant for Nuts and Bolts, 722
Kaplan Turbine (Type 5K53) Runner, Five- Vane, 569*
Kasschau, K., on Control Rod Flux Peaking in APPR Nuclear Reactor, 795*
Kay, Prof. J. M., on Nuclear Power Programme and Its Impact on Education, 413
Kearney and Trecker Co., Numerically Controlled Horizontal-Spindle Milling Machine, 722* . ,,
Keels, Construction of, in ” Upside-Down Position (Clelands (Successors). Ltd.), 550
Keeton, Sons and Co., Ltd.. Hollow Tube Blank for de Havilland Propeller Co., Ltd., 86
Keighley Grinders (Machine Tools), Ltd., Fully-Automatic Internal Grinding Machine, 446
Kekule, Friedrich August, Anniversary ot Work on Molecular Structure, 6
“ Kel-F ” Polytrifluorochloroethylene Transparent Plastic, 330
Kellett, E., on Design of Small Radial-Flow Turbo-Chargers, 560
Kelly, Dr. M. J., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Kelly, R., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Kelly's Directories, Ltd., CABMA Register, 248
Kelvin &. Hughes (Industrial), Ltd., " Autosonics” Automatic Ultrasonic Continuous- Scan Flaw-Detection Equipment, 377*
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., Navigating Instruments for “ Mayflower II,” 580*
Kendall and Gent, Ltd., Trading Position of, 8 Kenilworth Manufacturing Co.. Ltd.. Hermetal
“ Double Bond ” Plastics Material for Filling, Moulding and Jointing. 595
Kennedy, Dr. R.. on Ultrasonic Testing of Heavy Steel Products, 652*. See LETTER, 772 .
Kent, G., Ltd., “ CM ” Low-Flow, SemiPositive Rotary-Piston Type Oil Meter, 279*
Kenya, Electricity Supply to, 422
*• Kepwick Hall,” M.S., Hatch Cover of Welded Aluminium for (Head, Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd.), 202*
Kerry’s (Great Britain), Ltd., Annual Report, 806 . .
Ketay, Ltd.. Miniature Position-Indicating ana Control Devices for Use in Servo- Mechanisms (Trade Publication), 693
Kew Bridge Steam Pumping Plant, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
KEWB Nuclear Reactor. Self-Controlling, 282
Kidde, W.. Laboratories, Pocket Atomic Battery, 220
Kilembe Mine, Production and Development, 199 . .
Kilns for ” Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic Manufacture at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 329*
Kindersley, Lord, on Position and Prospects cf Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 775
King, Dr. A. J.: on Reducing Engine Noise at Ashford Common Pumping Station, 16*; on Silencing a Turbojet Engine House, 142*; on Unconventional Current Transformer, 593; on Vibration and Noise of Mechanisms and Machines; Causes and Remedies, 716*
King, Dr. H. C., on Planetarium for Madame Tussaud’s, Ltd.. 258*
King H. G. C.. Plastics Patterns for Foundries, 522*
King’s College (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). Clean Air Act, 1956, by P. C. G. Isaac (Book), 85 Kingsford. P. W., on Biography of Dr.
F. W. Lanchester, 5
Kircher, P.. on Electronic Computers and Management Control, 519
Kirk o’ Shotts, Very-High-Frequency Sound Transmitting Station at, 703
Kitson-Still Diesel-Steam Locomotive, 292*
Kittel, R. J., on Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731
Kjellberg G.m.b.H.. “Traktor” Submerged- Arc Automatic Welding Machine 627; Hollow-Cable Arc-Welding Units, 627
K and L Steelfounders and Engineers, Ltd., 10- Ton Jones Mobile Road Crane, 734*
K L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., Production of “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic, 329*
Klingelnberg, W. Ferd., Sohne, “ D.H.55O Quenching Press for Gears, 56*
Klinger. R., Ltd. ; Use of P.T.F.E. for Gaskets, Diaphragms and Packings. 330*; “AB.18 ” Eight-Unit Cock Manifold at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, 382*
Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G., Air-Cooled Diesel Engines, 456
Knockout Grid, ” Spenstead,” at Research Station of British Steel Castings Research Association (Spencer and Halstead, Ltd.), 809
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory; Operation of Preliminary Pile Assembly, 282*; Pressurised Water Nu:lear Propulsion System, 540
Knollys, Lord; on Hall of Residence for Imperial College of Science and Technology and Vickers Engineering Scholarships, 391; on Annual Report of Vickers, Ltd., 742
Kodak, Ltd., Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763 Koh-I-Noor ” Draughtsmen Superweld ” Pencils (L. and C. Hardmuth (Gt. Britain), Ltd.), 469
Koi Repeater Station in Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
Kolster-Brandes, Ltd., Monitoring Equipment for Transatlantic Cable, 525
“ Koordinatograph,” Universal, Type BAK, for Automatic Reproduction of Families of Valve Characteristics, 324*
Kozmetsky, G., on Electronic Computers and Management Control, 519
Kromschrdder’s ” One-Pipe ” Gas Meters (Trade Publication), 215
Krupp Plan for De-Concentration of Coal, Iron and Steel Industries in Germany, 735
Krushchev, N. S., on Over-Centralisation, 450 “ Kue-Ken ” Jaw and Gyratory Type Crushers (Trade Publication), 789
Kurze Produktionsiibersicht (Springer-Verlag), Note on, 693
Kuske, Dr.-Ing. A., on Three-Dimensional Freezing Method of Photoelastic Stress Analysis, 397*
“ KV ” Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 183
LABORATORY Administration, by E. S. Hiscocks (Review), 562
— Commercial, Research and Development in,
in United States, 201
— at Dounreay, Work of, 726*
— Hydromechanics, New, at National Physical
Laboratory, by J. F. Allan, 498*; Discussion on, 555
— Metallurgical, Equipment (Trade Publica
tion), 147
— Sedimentology, at Reading University, 158
— See also National Physical
Labour :
A.F.L.-C.I.O. Collective Bargaining Report, 455
Agreement between Management Trade Unions, Comment on for, 288
— Wage, in United States. 455 Agricultural Implement Workers.
United Automobile, Aircraft
British Air Line Pilots’Association, Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia " Air-Liners, 352. See also 192
— Transport Commission, Breakdown of Negotiations with Railway Unions, 544
Building Trades Operatives, National Federation of. Wage Claim, 256
Carron, W. J., Views on Wage Claims, 608 Ceiling Hanging, Demarcation Dispute on, 160
Central Electricity Authority, Dispute with Electrical Power Engineers’ Association on Technical Staff Salaries, 256
Chemical Workers, Wage Increase, 480 Clerks, Apprenticeship for, 704 Congress, International, for Promotion of
Labour and Workers, 704
Cost of Living and Wages, Review of, 11 * Cotton Mill, Re-deployment in, 224 Craftsmen’s Wages, Fluctuations in, since Thirteenth Century, 365
Demarcation Dispute on Ceiling Hanging, 160
of Engineer Officers on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352
Disabled Workers, Remploy, Ltd., 239 Dock, Tilbury, Strike of Tally Clerks at, 128
Elections, Trade Union, “ Interference ” in, 128
Electrical Power Engineers’ Association, Dispute with Central Electricity Authority on Technical Staff Salaries, 256
— Trades Union, Finances of, 608 Employees’ Interest in Profits, 288
— Presenting Financial Information to. Report by British Institute of Management, 288
— Report for, by United Steel Companies, Ltd., 389
— Welfare Display at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
— World of, (Compared with Employer, 385. See LETTERS, 421, 485
Employer, World of, Compared with Employee, 385. See LETTERS, 421,485
Employment, Changes in, from 1931-51,
832
— Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, Effect on, 447
Employment, Distribution of Working Population in, 96
— Exchanges, Arrangements for Pro
fessional Appointments at, 447
— Figures, Trend of, 800
— Full, Human Aspect of, 512
and Overfull, 736
Prospects of. Remarks on, by Sir H. Pilkington, 488
— High Court Ruling on Terms of, 192
— Increase in, 640
— in Metal Manufacturing and Engi
neering Industries, 11*
— in Motor-Car Industry, Statistics, 319
— of Older People, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 191
— Scientists and Engineers, Statistics, 448 Engineer Officers, Claims of, for Clearer
Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352. See also 192
Engineering Industry, Comment on Dispute in, 385
Demand for 40-Hour Week, 800 Dispute of, 416, 608, 640
Strike of, 357, 448, 640
— and Shipbuilding Unions, Confedera
tion of. Strike of Engineering Industry, 357
— Union, Amalgamated: Case of Expelled
Union Member, 32; Dispute at Briggs Motor Bodies, 192; Decision to Strike in Ford Dispute, 256; Annual Conference, 608; Interest in Productivity, 704; New Demands of, 704
European Common Market, Possible Effect on British Worker, 320
Expelled Union Member, Case of, 32 Factory Work, Attitudes to, 32
— Workers, Training (Review), 108 Fatigue, Industrial, Draughtsmen, 364* Foreman, Function of, by A. W. Waring,
384
— Future of. Proceedings of Regional
Conferences of Institute of Industrial Supervisors, 384
— Importance of, in Accident Prevention,
192
— Role of, by F. Zweig, 416
Foundry Workers, Amalgamated Union of, “Interference” in Election, 128
Friendly Societies: Opposition of, to Trade Unions, 191, 319
General Motors, Long-Term Wage Agreement with United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 677
Germany, Labour Troubles in, 384
— Western, Increase in Wage Costs, 480 Group Idea, in Current Industrial Social
Thinking, 128
Hallett, C. W., Election as General Secretary of Amalgamated Engineering Union, 256
Hill, T., on Dispute in Shipbuilding Industry, 480
Hot Working Conditions, Method Study of, by J. A. C. Williams, 800
Human. See Human
Industrial Accidents. See Accidents
— Disputes Tribunal, Findings on Dispute
on Wages in Lieu of Notice, 672
Welfare. See Welfare (below) Insurance, Unemployment. See Unemployment (below)
Japan, Labour Troubles in, 384
Labor Department of New York State, Concessions Announced by, 576
Labour, Management and Community, by D. C. Thomson (Review), 822
— and National Service, Ministry of:
Non-Intervention in Engineering Dispute, 191; Professional Appointments Service, 447; Transfer Scheme for Redundancy Problem, 319, 608, 639, 640; Allowances under Special Aptitude Scheme, 671
Office, International, “The Travelling Journeyman Takes the Road Again ” (Book), 352
— Productivity, Increase in, 543
— Re-deployment of, in Cotton Mill, 224 of. Facilities Existing for, 319
— Relations in Industry, Discussion in
Parliament on, 575
Shortage in Machine-Tool Industry, 43
— Troubles in Germany, 384
in Japan, 384
and Workers, International Congress for Promotion of, 704
Locomotive Engineers and
Motor-Car Industry, Labour Problems, Discussion in Parliament on, 159
— Omnibus Drivers, Provincial, Dispute
of, 832
Workers, Retirement of, Report on, 352
Nationalisation of Industry in Italy, 487 Nationalised Industries, Overdrafts of, 639 New York State Labor Department,
Concessions Announced by, 576 Notice, Wages in Lieu of, Note on, 672 Office Workers as Members of Trade Unions, 640
Officers, Engineer, Claims of, for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 352. See also 192
Older People, Employment of, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
— Workers, Comment on, 801 in United States, 736
Pattern Makers’ Association, United: Analysis of Productivity of Pattern Making, by E. Smith, 416; Dangers of Complacency in Pattern-Makers, by E. Smith, 672
Pensions Agreements in United States, 704
— for Professional Men, Comment on, 672
— Scheme, Workers’, in Western Ger
many, 128
Piecework System, Abandonment of, by Francis B. Willmott (Dalmans), Ltd., 69. See also Vol. 182
Plasterers, Operative, National Association of. Demarcation Dispute on Ceiling Hanging, 160
Prices, Comparison of, with Wages, 415
— Wage Spiral, Discussion in Parliament
on, 575
Productivity, Workers’, Increases in, 543 Public Employees, National Union of, Annual Conference of, 736
Purchasing Power, Comparison with Wages, 222
Railway, American, Trade Union System, 576
— Unions, Breakdown of Negotiations
with British Transport Commission, 544
Disagreement Between, 448 Separate Negotiations of, 160
— Workers’ Wage Claim, 256 Railwaymen, Attack on Recommendation
for Investigation on Wages Policy, 640
— National Union of: Effect of Accept
ance of 3 per cent. Wage Increase by Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, 96; Rejection of Wage Increase Offer, 160; Rejection of British Transport Commission's Wage Offer, 256; Opposition to Wage Claim of, by British Transport Commission, 320: Rejection of Wage Increase Offer, 416; Wage Increase, 448; Disagreement with Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, 448; Annual Conference of Council of Branch Secretaries of, 736 Re-deployment in Cotton Mill, 224
— of Labour, Facilities Existing for, 319
608, 639, 646
Redundancy and Automation, 608
— at Blackburn Aircraft Co., Ltd., 255
— Due to Cuts in Defence Programme,
543
— New Scheme for Assisting Transfer of
Workers Due to, 639, 640
— Problem. Ministry of Labour’s Transfer
Scheme for, 319, 608. 639, 640
— at Royal Ordnance Factories, Dis
cussion in Parliament on, 799
Restrictive Labour Practices, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
Retirement of Bus Workers, Report on, 352
Salaries, Civil Servants, Technical Classes, 192
— Desire by Institution of Professional
Civil Servants to Simplify, 448
— of Technical Civil Servants, 704 Scottish Trades Union Congress, Annual
Conference, 512
Security, Workers’, in United States, Comment on, 128
Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, Confederation of: Wage Dispute, 352; Comment on Conditions Accepted by, 736; Comment on Wage Agreement, 800; Demand for 40-Hour Week, 800
— Industry, Dispute in, 288, 385, 416, 480,
550, 608, 640, 704. See LETTER, 326 Strike of, 357, 448, 550, 640
Shop Stewards, Discussion in Parliament on,575
Role of, by F. Zweig, 416
Sloan, N. A., on Dispute in Shipbuilding Industry, 480
Spanish Worker, Case of Over-Conscientious, 224
Staff Associations v. Trade Unions, Discussion in Parliament on, 831
Strike, Amalgamated Engineering Union, in Dispute with Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 256
—? Ballots, Secrecy for, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Briggs Motor Bodies, 224
— Comment on, 385
— Discussion in Parliament on, 575
— Engineering Industry, 357, 448, 640
— Motor Omnibus Drivers, Provincial,
Unions’ Support for, 832
— Shipbuilding Industry, 357, 448, 550,
640
— Tally Clerks at Tilbury Docks, 128 Tally Clerks, Strike of, at Tilbury Docks,
128
Teachers. See under Education
Tilbury Docks, Strike of Tally Clerks at, 128
Trade Unions, Agreement with British Road Services on New Speed Limit, 800
American Railway, System of, 576
Trade Unions, Automation and, Pamphlet on, 64
in Colonies, by M. Hyde-Clarke, 69.
See also Vol. 182
Congress: Pamphlet on Automation and Trade Unions, 64; Suggested Change in Functions of, 256; Memorandum on Presenting Financial Information to Employees, 288; Views on Government Action to Prevent Increase in Unemployment, 320; Views on Special AdvisoryCom- mittee on Price Stability, Productivity and the Cost of Living, 800 Congress, Scottish, Annual ference, 512
Discussion in Parliament on, Elections, “ Interference ” in,
Con-
575
128
Free, International Confederation
of. Remarks by G. Meaney on, 608 Interest in Productivity, 704 Movement, Structure of British, by
A. Birch, 256
Office Workers as Members of, 640 Opposition of Friendly Societies to,
191, 319
Transport and General Workers Union, Report on Effect of Suez Canal Crisis on Members’ Earnings. 224
— Salaried Staffs’ Association: Rejection
of British Transport Commission's Wage Offer, 256; Resolutions on National Wages Policy, 704 Unemployment Benefit for Non-Unionists, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Decrease in, 640
— Discussion in Parliament on, 575 —? Effect of Oil Shortage, 224
— in Engineering Industry, Increase
255
— in Midlands, 640 •— in North Wales, Need for Action
447
— in Northern Ireland, 199
— Statistics, 800 •—• Views of Trades Union Congress
Government Action to Increase in. 320
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Long-Term Wage Agreement with General Motors, 677; Constitution and Activities of, 677 United States, Older Workers in, 736 Wage Agreements in, 455 See also American (above) Wages Accounting by Electronic Computer, 519
— Agreement by Confederation of Ship
building and Engineering Unions, 800 Long-Term, between United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and General Motors, 677
in United States, 455
— Average, Discussion in Parliament on
255
— Bill, Total, 222
— Cheques for Payment of, 160
— Claim. Building Workers’, 256
Discussion on, at Amalgamated
Engineering Union Annual Conference, 608
— — National Federation of Building
Trades Operatives, 256 Railway Workers’, 256 Railwaymen, National Union of.
Opposition to, by British Transport Commission, 320
— Clauses, “ Harmonisation of,” in
European Common Market, 800
— Comparison of, with Prices, 415 with Purchasing Power, 222
— Costs, Increase in, in Western Ger
many, 480
— and Cost of Living, Review of, 11 *
— Craftsmen’s, Fluctuations in, since
Thirteenth Century, 365
— Demands, Comment on, 70
— Discussion in Parliament on Authori
tative and Impartial Inquiry on, 639
— Dispute, Boilermakers, 352
Engineering Industry, Findings of
Court of Inquiry on, 608 Shipbuilding Industry, Findings of
Court of Inquiry on, 608 Shipbuilding Workers, 352 Electrical Power Engineers’ Associa
tion. Dispute with Central Electricity Authority, 256
— Increase. Chemicals Workers, 480 Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
Associated Society of, 96, 448 Miners. Offer of, 480 Railwaymen, National Union
448 Railwaymen, National Union
Rejection by, 160, 256, 416
— in Lieu of Notice, Note on, 672
— National Oversight of. Views
Trades Union Congress on, 800
— Negotiating Machinery, Desire for.
National Union of Bank Employees, 640
— Payment of, by Cheque, 222
— Policy, National, 704, 736
Recommendation for Investigation on, 639, 640
?— Price Spiral, Discussion in Parliament on, 575
— Rates, Comment on Increases in, 192 Linking to Productivity, 480 and Retail Price Indexes, 10*
— Study of, by Authoritative and
Impartial Body, 831
— Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association,
Rejection of British Transport Commission’s Offer, 256
Workers, Effect of Suez Canal Crisis, 224
— See also Salaries
Welfare, Employee, Display at Factory
Equipment Exhibition, 520
in,
on,
on Prevent
of.
of.
of
by
Women Engineers, 128
— Married, in Employment, Statistics of, 96
— in Russian Coal Mines, 416
Teachers for Technical Colleges, Proposal for, 640
Woodworkers, Amalgamated Society of. Demarcation Dispute on Ceiling Hanging, 160
Workers Abroad, Vol. 3; “ The Travelling Journeyman Takes the Road Again ” (Book), 352
Comfort of. Importance of, 678
Labour and. International Congress for the Promotion of, 704
— Older, Comment on, 801 Older, in United States, 736 Productivity of. Increases in, 543 Rights and Obligations, Comment on, 64
— Shareholders on the Board, by E. O. Landau, 576
Working Conditions, Altitude to, 32 Comment on Results of Surveys on, 128
Right of. Comment on, 64
Youth Employment in Glasgow, Report on, 129
Lackenby, H.; on Ship-Model Tank, 556; on Ship Hull Pressure Measurements, 658 Lacquers, Exhibition of Developments in, 393 Ladders and Trucks (Trade Publication), 51 Lagging Materials. See J-ieat Insulation Iagos, Apapa Wharf at. Construction of. Cinema Film “ Cutting the Queue ” on, 589
Laing, J., and Son (Holdings), Ltd., Merger with Holloway Brothers (London), Ltd., 517 Lamb, H. A., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150 .
Lamberton and Co., Ltd., Fully-Automatic Cold Billet Shearing Machine, 140*
Laminate, Copper-Clad, for Use in Printed Circuits (Bakelite, Ltd.), 505
Glass-Fibre Reinforced, ‘ Permaglass (Permali, Ltd.), 473
— Plastics, Fatigue and Creep Properties of,
by A. W. Thompson, 651
— Resin “ V17O85 ” High-Temperature (Bake
lite, Ltd.), 588 .
Laminated Materials, Nut-Forming Machine for (Permali, Ltd.), 91 * .
Lamination in Steel Plate, Automatic De ec ion of by “ Autosomes Flaw-Detection Equipment (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377* .
Plates, Ultrasonic Detection of, 653 Transformer, Stress Relieving, in. Continuous Furnace, 523*
Lamps, Electric. See Electric
Lancashire Boiler. See Boiler ,
Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd
Horse-Power Electric Motors (Trade Publication), 311; Electric Motor Insulated to Class H, 472 . , ,
Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products, Ltd., Industrial Electronic Equipment (Trade Publication), 693
Lancashire Dynamo Group, Annual Report, 709
Lancashire Dynamo Neylin, Ltd., Motor Control Equipment, 470
Road Construction in. Progress on, 699 Lancashire Steel Corp LtdParticipa ion in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (i rivaie;, Ltd., 358 . _
Lanchester, Dr. F. W., Biography of, 5
Lancia V6-Engined Flaminia Saloon “ Land-Rover Motor-Vehxle. Diesel Engine Landau,'E.°O^'S’wkAer’-Shareholders on the Lane^-p'^j’ Fon 275-kV “ Super-Grid,” 532*;
bn Economic Aspects of High-Voltage Transmission, 813 ,
Lane, P. H. R., on Heat Treatment of Welded Constructions, 683
KSu?' K v.„..
tronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 349
Lansing Bagnall R^^ch Trucks at Spares and Parts Depot of Ford Motor Co., at
Lapptag* Machine. See under Machine Tools Last, William Isaac, Anniversary of, 7 Lathes. See Machine Tools
Latin America, Loan by International Bank
- American Market, Sir F. Glyn’s Remarks
— for"the^ Engineer, Comment on, 544 Lattices, Axiaf Blade, Potential Flow through,
by T. Ginsburg (Book), Mi
Launch, Motor. See Motor Boat
Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.,. Motor Control Systems, 470; Ayec Control System, 470; “ evcon^’
tronic Control System, 470, Control System. 470; Electric Inductio Motors (Trade Publication), 789
Lavi^ (London), Ltd., Andreae Automatic Spraying and Drying Machine, 213
T aw See Lesal: Labour; Patents
Law,' Dr. F. W., on Measuring Eye Movement,
Lawm7ce, Lw‘:'ud^O^"Jrseas Manufacturing Lawson,‘'jD’.,'on Power-Producing Thermo- nuclear Reactor, 122 A„tkr^ritv
Lawson, Lord, on Atomic Energy Authority, QQ'l
?-•’"s v“;“i
in Large Sizes (Glacier Metal Co., Ltd.), 407
— Mines in Britain, Statistics, 159
— Price of, 10
Lead-Through Heat Insulators (Ferranti,
Ltd.), 505
“ Leader ” Class Locomotives, Use of Chains for Coupling Axles, 340
Steam Locomotive, 338*
Leaders, Frustrated, by J. M. Astley, 69.
See LETTER, 228
Leading Edges, Aircraft, Use of Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425
Leather Hydraulic Packings Manual (Book), 182
— Mechanical and Hydraulic, Manufacturers’ Association. See Mechanical and Hydrau^ lie Leathers Manufacturers' Association
Leather, W. H., on Top Management Control and Planning, 608
Lebert, A. W., on Transatlantic Telephone
Cable System. 150
Lectures, Government-Sponsored, on Technical Subjects, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
Lecturers, University, Salaries of, 354
“ Leduc 022 ” Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft
(Societe Rene Leduc et Fils), 711*
Lee and Son Development Co., “Minihaler” Inter-Com System, 57
Lee, T. D., on Parity, 538*
Leech, W. H., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Leeds, R. E., on Mechanised Production of Instrument Jewels, 236*
Lees Hall and Sons, Ltd., Furnace for Melting Cast Iron with Fuel Oil, 605
Liverpool Corporation Bill for Reservoir in Tryweryn Valley, 253, 255
Nuclear Energy, Legal Aspects of (Review), 243
Nunns v. Wilcock, 464 Patent Law. See Patents Radioactive Substances Act (1948), 447 Restrictive Trade Practices Act: 70, 166;
Objects of, 255; Remarks on, by Sir G. Hayman, 328; Comment on, 374; First Cases under, 517; Effect on Cable Industry, 615
Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts, 1944-55, Grants Paid Under, 607
Rylands v. Fletcher, 463 Special Roads Act, 206, 207 Swindells and Another v. Naybro Stone,
Ltd., 463 -
Truck Acts, Plea for Amendment ot, 222 Walter v . Selfe, 463
Weights and Measures, Bill on, 479 Legislation. See Legal; Labour; PateiUs Le Havre, New Oil Berth for Large Tankers, 327
Lehel V., on Machining of Conical Gears, 325* Leipzig Fair: 63; Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184; Equipment Exhibited by Pye, Ltd., 312, Exhibits at, 322*, 626*, 660*; Russian Exhibits at, 564; Czechoslovak Engineering Display at, 566*. See also 321
Leitz, E., G.m.b.H., Optical Microscopes at Aeon Laboratories, 531
Lenaghan, J.: on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231; on Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers—Design Considerations, 525; Discussion on, 525
“Lenin” Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker Vessel, 382
Lens System for Lighthouse Assembly for Perotan Island (Stone-Chance. Ltd.), 56
Leonardo da Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424 “Leonides” Piston Engine for Bristol 171
Mark 14 “ Sycamore ” Helicopters (Alvis,
Lessons in Sdentific and Technical English, by P. Naslin (Review), 214
Letters to the Editor, 5, 38, 69, 101, 133, 165, 196 228 264, 292*, 325, 356, 388, 421 , 453*, 485, 516*. 551, 584, 616, 647, 679, 709, 740, 772, 804 .
Lettering and Carving Tools, Pneumatic, for Stone Workers (Trade Publication), 85
Levelling Machine, Heavy-Duty, for Steel Plate (Swan, Hunter and Wigham- Richardson, Ltd.), 497*
Lever Brothers, Marketing Agreement with Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., 776
— Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan, 212*
Levetus F. B., on Modern Pumps and Hydraulic Motors and Their Application, 748
Levy, W. J., on Europe’s Oil Needs in.1965 422 Lewis H. A., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149, 150
I ewis I O., on Explosives, 325
Leyland Group, Position and Prospects of 408 Levland Motors, Ltd., Annual Rep^t, 328 “ LF51 ” Low-Frequency Waveform Generator (Servomex (Controls, Ltd.), 246
“ LG3 ” High-Frequency Units for Suriace Hardening, 565 , ext
Liabilities, Shipowners , Conference on, 543
Libby, W. R., on Electrical Output of Nuclear Reactors in United States, 476
“ Libelle ” LOM55 Sailplane with Dihedral Tailplane, 324*
Library and Information Service at American Embassy, 693
— Institution of Civil Engineers’, Reorganisation of, by H. C. Richardson, 502
— National Lending, for Science and Technology, Projected, Note on, 632; Remarks on, by Miss R. M. Bunn, 693
— Science, Subject Catalogue of Books on Engineering in, 693
— Service, Technical, Hertfordshire, 743
— Special, and Information Bureaux, Association of. See ASLIB
— Technical Information, Its Services and How to Use Them (Pamphlet), 502
Licensing of Engineers in United States, Regulations for, 195*
Liddiard, E. A. G., on Sponsored Research. 264 Liege International Fair, Poor British Representation at, 536
Life-Rafts, Inflatable, Drifting at Sea, 504 Lifeboats at National Boat Show, 57 Lifting Bridges. See Bridges
Lights. See under Electric
— Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Amplifiers (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 360 Light, H. R., on Nature of Management, Comment on, 128
— Polarised, Stress Determination by. See Optical and Photo-Elastic
— Standards, Secondary, Checking at National Physical Laboratory, 17
— See also Spectrum
Lightfoot Refrigeration Co., Ltd., New Range of High-Speed Single-Acting Freon Compressors, 365
Lighthill, Prof. M. J., on Approach of Operational Research to Transport Problems, 353
Lighthouse Assembly for Perotan Island (Stone-Chance, Ltd.), 56*
— Eddystone, Anniversary of, 6 Lighting. See under Electric Lightning. See Electric Lima Locomotive Works, Shay Steam Locomotive, 338
Limbs, Artificial, 36*
Lime Hydration Process “ Sturtevant-Knibbs ’ ’ (Trade Publication), 215
— Marl and Clay-Containing Stone, Finishing Rolls for Fine Crushing (VEB Kema). 626 Limits and Fits, Demonstration Unit for “ Feel ” of (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 507*
— Gauges. See Gauges; Gauging
Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., Annual Report, 807
“ Linatex ” Rubber-Lined Straight-Through Valve (Trade Publication), 215
Lince, A. H., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Lindemann Maschinenfabrik, G.m.b.H., Scrap Baling Press at Steel, Peech and Tozer. 723
Linear Antenna, Theory of, by R. W. P. King (Review), 109
— Systems, Unified Treatment of, by
Pelzer (Book), 822
Liner, “Number 1621,” New, for Service Australia and Vancouver (Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Co.), 136*
—- See also Ships; Steamers; Motorships
Remarks at Jubilee Imperial College,
“Monkey Hole” Testing Station at Wirksworth (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622*
Local Authorities. See Municipal
Lock, A. M., and Co., Ltd., pH Controller, 821 *
— Lower Beauharnois, Concrete Batching
Plant for, 548*
Beauharnois, Excavation, for St. Lawrence Seaway, 548*
— St. Lambert, for St. Lawrence Seaway, 547* “ Lock Wound Core ” Rural Distribution
Transformer (Ferranti, Ltd.), 473
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.; Shock Forming, 280; Parachute-Equipped “ Flying Seat,” 344
Lockspeiser, Sir B., on Work of European Organisation for Nuclear Research, 251
Locomotive Cranes. See Cranes
— Diesel, Comment on, 641
Comment on Design of, 514
Construction and Maintenance of, by T. F. B. Simpson, 104
Effect of Fuel Shortage on British Railways Services, 319
Industrial (Trade Publication), 109
“ Mark LWS ” (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 527*
Progress of, 163*
Electric, in Multiple-Unit Diesel-Electric Train Sets for Kent Coast, Dover and Folkestone Main Lines, 584*
Electric Main-Line, for Malayan Railway (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 497
Electric, 1,000-h.p., for Main-Line Traffic of British Railways (Vulcan Foundry Works), 824*
Electric, Steelworks, Operation Performance, 825*
Hydraulic, with “ Twin Disc ” Three- Stage Torque Converter Transmission (Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 757* Steam, Kitson-Still, 292*
— Electric, “ BB12000,” of French Railways,
Adhesion Trials on, 792*
Comment on Design of, 514
Industrial, “ EL3 ” (Bo-Bo) (VEB Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke Hans Baimler), 660*
Main-Line, Contracts for, 456
— Engineers, Institution of; Construction and
Maintenance of Railway Diesels, by T. F. B. Simpson, 104; Presidential Address on Coal Consumption of Locomotives, by R. C. Bond, 340; Experiences with Diesel Railcars, by M. J. Devereux, Comment on, 641
— Footboards for (Societe Alsacienne de
Constructions Mecaniques), 339
— Gas-Turbine, Coal-Burning, Study of, by
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., 337
— Industry, Positions and Prospects of, 42*
— Nuclear-Powered, 29, 191
— Oil-Fired, Shunting, Automatically Con
trolled (Baldwin Locomotive Works), 338
— Rectifier, Electrical Equipment for, by
H. B. Calverley, E. A. Jarvis, and E. Williams, 363
and Motor Coaches, Circuit Calculations for, by T. E. Calverley and D. G. Taylor, 363
— Society, Industrial, Presentation ofWootton
Tramway Locomotive to British Transport Commission, 104*
— Steam, “A816,” 81. See LETTER, 133 Articulated, “ Franco ” (Ateliers Metal-
lurgique), 339
with Automatic Firing, Boiler Feed, and Draught Control, 338
Average Mileage Run Per Failure, 340 with Ball and Socket Little-End, 339 Beyer-Garratt, 163*
Boosters on, by C. R. H. Simpson, 114* Chains for Coupling Axles, 340 Coal Consumption, Improvements 340
Condensing in. Experiments on, C. R. H. Simpson, 81*
Developments and Improvements 339*
Effect of Coal Quality on Performance, 418
on Festiniog Railway, 706 Firing, Booklet on, 384 with Front-End Cab (Southern Pacific Railroad), 339
Geared, 338*
Geared, Fontaine, 338*
Geared, Holman, 338*
High-Pressure, Winterthur (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works), 338
“ Leader ” Class, 338*
“ Leader ” Class, Use of Chains for Coupling Axles, 340
Paget, 291 *
Shay (Lima Locomotive Works), 338* Special Types, by C. R. H. Simpson, 338* Special Types, Unsuccessful Designs, by C. R. H. Simpson, 290*
Stephenson Form in Design and Progress cf, 341
Stoking of. Hand v.?. Mechanical, 418 Streamlining on, by C. R. H. Simpson, 114*
Thermal Efficiency, Improvement in, 340 Turbine, Construction of First (Societa Anonima Meccaniche of Milan), 290
Turbine, 4-6-0, Henschel, 291
Turbine, Oil-Fired, with Electric Drive, on Norfolk and Western Railroad, 291*
Turbine, 6-8-6, for Pennsylvania Railroad, 291
Turbine, Reid-MacLeod, 290 Turbine, Unsuccessful Designs, C. R. H. Simpson, 290*
Use of, and Decline in Use of, 163* Valves, Experiments on, by C. R. Simpson, 81*. See LETTER, 647
Valve Gears, Experiments on, C. R. H. Simpson, 81*. See LETTER, 647 Wheel Arrangements on, by C. R. H. Simpson, 114*
Wootton Tramway, 104*
— Steelworks, Operation Performance at
Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 825*
— Turb'ne, Beyer-Ljungstrdm, 290 Condensing, Reid-Ramsay, 290
Locomotive, Turbine, Condensing, of Swiss Federal Railways, 290
Turbo-Electric, Ramsay Condensing, 290 “Loctite” Anti-Vibration Liquid Sealant for Nuts and Bolts (Douglas Kane, Ltd.), 722 Lodder, L. A. J., on Influence of Aluminium in Zinc Die-Casting Alloys, 746
LOM55 Sailplane (Libelle), with Dihedral Tailplane, 324*
Londex, Ltd., Relays, Timers and Counters, 471
London Airport: Construction of Earth Walls to Combat Aircraft Noise at, 191; Rail- Link with Centre of London, Proposed, 191; Travelling Time from. Discussion in Parliament on, 351; “Talkdown” at, 482; Precision Approach Radar (P.A.R.) at, 483*
London Building Centre, Fuel Economies in Oil-Fired Central-Heating Plant by A. B. Pritchard, 410
and Engineering Contractors Accident Prevention Group, Safe Use of Electricity on Building Sites, by S. J. Emerson, 373 Chamber of Commerce: Survey on Dispersal of Industry from Congested Areas, 516; Anglo-Soviet Trade: A Guide for Prospective Exporters and Importers (Booklet), 774
Clearing Bankers Committee, Electronics Sub-Committee on Automation in Banking, 295
County Council: Materials and Information Section, 407; Smooth-Faced Reinforced- Concrete Structures for New Sewage Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478*; Installation of Gas-Turbines for Supply of Power at Northern Outfall Works (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 730 Helicopter Airports, Possible Sites for, 222 London, J. C., on Turbo-Generator Efficiencies, 228
— Midland and Scottish Railway, Beyer- Ljungstrdm Turbine Locomotive, 290
North, Productivity Committee Conference, Proposal for Women Teachers for Technical Colleges, 640
and North Western Railway, Tests on Ramsay Condensing Turbo-Electric Locomotive, 290 . . .
Proposal to Increase Speed Limit in, 287 London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd., Fire-Fighting Tender and Pump Trailer for (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504
Traditional Areas for Specific Trades in, 515*
Transport Executive: De-Icing Tenders for Electric Conductor Rails, 145*; Survey of Londoners’ Travel Habits, 516; New Methods to Keep Buses Running to Time, by Sir J. Elliott, 646; Portable Hydraulic Pinion Press (Power Jacks, Ltd.), 760*; Underground Service, Prototype Trains of Unpainted Aluminium Coaches, 810
Underground Railways. See London Transport Executive and Railway
University: Study of Ionosphere during International Geophysical Year, by University College, 286; Study of Wind Distribution, during International Geophysical Year, by Imperial College, 286- Study of Wind Speed during International Geophysical Year, by University College, 286; Course on Automatic Control at Queen Mary College, 507; Nuclear Engineering Course at Queen Mary College, 540; Students’ Accommodation at. Comment on, 577. See also Imperial College.
“ Long Beach,” United States Nuclear- Powered Surface Warship, 381
Longhurst, H., at Dinner of Engineering Golfing Society, 359 .
Longmuir, T. W., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Loop Impedance Tester for Phase to Earth (Ferranti, Ltd.), 472
Lopez-Rua, Ing. J. A., on Gas-Cooled Graphite-Moderated Reactor for Spam, 794
Lorant and Co., Ltd., “ Suhner ” Electric Hand- Held Disc Grinding Machine (Irade Publication), 789
Lord Sempill Lecture on Concentration of Aircraft Development, by K. Frydag, 65 Lorries. See Motor Vehicles: Tractors Los Alamos Nuclear Reactor, Explosion ot, 443 Losenhausenwerk A.G., Accelerated Fatigue- Testing Machine for Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 247*
Loudspeaker Unit with High Impedance Centre-Tapped Coil (Reproducers and Amplifiers, Ltd.), 505 .
Louis Bleriot Lecture on Modern Methods ol
Aircraft Production, by P. Badre, 372* Love, P. P., on Plain Bearing Failures, 620 Lovell, G. H., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Low, Prof. David Allan, Anniversary ot, 1
— Temperature Insulation, “ Polybex Protective Packaging Material for (B.X. Plastics, Ltd.), 205 .
Lower Beauharnois Lock, Concrete Batching Plant for, 548*
Lock, Excavation, for St. Lawrence Seaway, 548*
Lowestoft, Shipbuilding Industry, Steel I late Shortage in, 319 ,
Lubricant, Conducting, “ Electrolube (Irade Publication), 311
— for Diesel Engines, by A. Dyson, L. J.
Richards, and K. R. Williams, 651
for Electrical Equipment (Electrolube, Ltd.). 507 , , r-.
— and Friction, by F. P. Bowden and D.
Tabor (Book), 85
— for Instruments (Electrolube, Ltd.), 50/.
“R.T.D. ” Compound, for Machining Difficult Materials (Rocol, Ltd.), 599
— Shell Atomic Power, for Nuclear Power Plants (Shell Research Centre), 810
Lubricating Oils. See also Oils -System in “EM27P” Multi-Purpose 2,700-h.p, Production Gas-Turbine, 469
Lubrication of Compressor-Exhauster Units at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 233*
— Dry-Sump, in “ Gazelle ” Gas-Turbine
Aero Engine, 630
— Equipment (Trade Publication), 789
— Machine-Tool (Trade Publication), 85
— Mechanical, of “ Mark LWS ” Diesel Loco
motive (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 527*
— of Piston Rings, by Dr. P. de K. Dykes,
and by Dr. S. Eilon and Prof. O. A. Saunders, 132
“ Lubumbashi ’’ Cargo Motorship, Further Sea Trials on, by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587
Lucas, D. H., on Certain Aspects of Deposition of Dust, 465
Lucas Heights, Sydney, Nucleonic Instrumentation for Nuclear Reactor at (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.), 442
Lucas, J. (Industries), Ltd., Policy on Plant Renewals, 203; Selection for Management, 674
Lucas, Lord, on Siting of Nuclear Power Stations, 479
“ Lumiplex ” Plates for Directing Light Downward (Trade Publication), 789
Lundberg Explorations Ltd., Mineralogical Surveys in British Columbia, 286
Lung Diseases, Due to Microscopic Particles, 366*
— and Heart, Artificial, Lillehei Oxygenator,
at Guy’s Hospital, 443*
Machine, 35*
Lustraphone, Ltd., Portable Public Address System Containing 10-watt Amplifier, 505 Luxembourg, Loan by International Bank to, 614
Lyle, Sir O., on Plant Engineer’s Orbit, 680 Lympne Airport, Radar, Decca Type 424, Installed at, 179
Lyon, A., and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.: Portable Generating Set (Trade Publication), 23; “ Newphase ” Alternator, 472
Lyons, C., Ltd., Constant-Voltage Devices (Trade Publication), 823
Lysaght, J., Scunthorpe Works, Expansion 742
“ M.IOO Student ” Jet Trainer Aircraft (F.
Miles, Ltd.), 695 Mac. See also Me. Macadam. See Motorways: Roads Macdonald, Sir M.; the Late, 580*; Work
Control of the River Nile, 580
Machines, Foundations of, Effect on Vibration and Noise, 718*
— Installation of. Effects on Vibration and
Noise, 718*
— and Mechanisms, Noise and Vibration of:
Causes and Remedies, by Dr. A. J. King, 716*
— Shops. See Works and Machine Tools
— Synchronous, Power System Stability of,
by E. W. Kimbark (Book), 85
— Testing. See Testing Machine and Tests
{Materials}
Machine Tools:
Abrasive-Belt Machine for Large Flat Surfaces (Taylor Tools and Supplies, Ltd.), 829*
“ Abul ” Milling Cutter (H. Milnes, Ltd.), 760*
Ahcol Rotamill, for Semi-Automatic Milling of Slots, Flats and Faces (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 347*
Automation, Machine-Tool, by Electronic Control (Book), 270
Tool, Hopper Feeds as (Book), 270
Cutting Machine (British Gases, Ltd.), 139
Bending and Folding Machine. Universal, for Steel Plate (Scottish Machine Tool Corp.. Ltd.), 606
Blanking, “ Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
Boring and Milling Machine, Horizontal, “WDI60” (Skoda), 566*
Cutting Tools. See Tools (below) De-Burring Machine, Gear Tooth (Sykes Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 504* “Derota” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for Blanking, Piercing and Forming (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
Drill, Pneumatic, Lightweight (Trade Publication), 535
— Ridge, Type 182 Automatic (VEB
Landmaschinenbau) Bernburg, 628
— Rock (Trade Publication), 51
—..— Rotary, Prototype, Design Case History of, by P. J. Fletcher, 528*
— Ultrasonic, New Accessories for 50-
Watt (Mullard, Ltd.), 117*
Drilling Machine, Radial, MAS “ VRM 50,” 567*
Radial, Universal, MAS ” VRM50,” 323*
— Rig “ Uralmash 3D,” for Forced
Turbine and Rotary Drilling of Oil and Gas Wells up to 5,000 Metres Deep, 564*
Face Milling, Ahcol Rotamill for (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 347*
Finishing Machine, Abrasive-Belt, for Large Flat Surfaces (Taylor Tools and Supplies, Ltd.), 829*
Flame-Hardening Machine, Peddinghaus Automatic Oxy-Town-Gas (Surfard, Ltd.), 139*
Folding and Bending Machine, Universal, for Steel Plate (Scottish Machine Tool Corp., Ltd.), 606
— Machine, Box and Pan, for Steel
Plate (Trade Publication), 147
— Light, Hand Operated, for Steel Plate
(Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd.), 606
Forging Presses, Hydraulic, Precision Control of, by F. H. Towler, 747
Machine Tools—continued
Forming, “ Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
Gear-Cutting Machines at Beans tries, Ltd., 303*
— Mobbing Machines at Beans tries, Ltd., 303*
Machine, “ Rigidhobber,” chill-Cleveland Mk. IV, with Automatic Loading and Unloading Arm (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 172*
and Shaving, by A. Sykes (Review), 534
— Tooth Rolling Machine, “ Type ZStWZ ” (VEB Zahnschneidemas- chinenfabrik Modul Karl-Marx- Stadt), 628*
Grinding Machine, Centreless, “SASL125” (VEB Werkzeugmaschinen und Vor- richtungsbau), 628*
Cylindrical, Adaptation for Spark Grinding, 267
Cylindrical, Production, Semi-Automatic (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 125*
Disc, Hand-Held, Electric, “ Suh- ner ” (Trade Publication), 789
Double-Sided Self-Adhesive Tapes for Sticking Small Parts in Place on (Industrial Tapes, Ltd.), 585*
Dustless, Modified (Murad Developments, Ltd.,) 213*
History of Development of, by Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., 308 Internal, Fully-Automatic (Keighley Grinders (Machine Tools), Ltd.), 446 for Metallurgical Specimens (Trade Publication), 147
Surface, with Hydraulic Table Traverse and Feed (A. A, Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 125*
Surface, and Planing, Heavy-Duty, with Detachable Heads, for William Asquith,Ltd. (George Richards and Co., Ltd.), 561*
Universal Cylindrical Hydraulic, “ TOS BUA3I,'’ 567
— of Sapphire Instrument Bearings, 236* — Surface, and Planing Machine, Heavy-
Duty, with Detachable Heads, for William Asquith, Ltd. (George Richards and Co., Ltd.), 561*
— Wheel Dressers, “ Diard ” (Trade Publication), 147
Gun-Reaming of Precision Components (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.),l 16* Hack-Saw, Portable, for Pipes or Metal Sections (Fein), 761 *
Honing and Lapping Machine, Spindle, Model “ SZSM4 ” Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik burg), 628*
— Machines (Trade Publication), “HOT 100” Slotting Machine 567*
H.P.M. Hydraulic Injection Moulding Machines, Manufacture of, in Britain, 171*
Hydraulic Press. See Press (below) Indexing Mechanisms (Manifold Machinery Co., Ltd.), 116*
— Table, Rotary, 10-in. Diam. (British Bellows), 409*
Lapping and Honing Machine, Spindle, Model Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik berg), 628*
—Machine for Valve Seats in situ (Hop- kinsons, Ltd.), 379*
Lathes, Automatic, Import Duties on, 777* Imports and Exports of, 778*
— at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog
Railway, 707*
— Capstan and Turret, Handbook, by F. J. Camm (Book), 270
— Copying, Semi-Automatic, “ TOS SP 31,” 567
— Czechoslovak, 567
— for Machining Small Commutators
(Small Electric Motors, Ltd.), 723*
— Semi-Automatic, “SPE50” (MAS), 567
“ No. 28 ” and Small Pressings Tool Co., Ltd.),
Machine
(Permali, Ltd.), 91 *
Automatic Oxy/Town-Gas Flame-Hardening Machine (Surfard, Ltd.), 139*
Piercing, " Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
Planing and Grinding Machine, Heavy- Duty, with Detachable Heads, for William Asquith Ltd. (George Richards and Co., Ltd.), 561*
Pneumatic Drills. See Drills (above)
— Tools. See Tools (below)
Polishing Machine for Metallurgical Specimens (Trade Publication), 147 for Sapphire Instrument Bearings, 236*
Presses, Enclosed-Type, Geared Eccentric (E. W. Bliss (England), Ltd.), 30
— Hand, for Steel-Pen Manufacture
(Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 269*
— Horizontal Five-Stage Transfer-Feed
(Taylor and Challen, Ltd.), 137*
— Hydraulic (Trade Publication). 659
— Multi-Tool Transfer, “ Derota,” for
Blanking, Piercing and Forming (Headland Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 309*
— Rubber, Technique, Improved, Using
Thermoplastic (P.V.C.) Intensifiers (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 362*
— Turret Punch, at General Electric Co.,
Ltd. (Wiedemann Machine Co.), 524* Pressing Machines, Multi-Slide, “ No. 28 ” and ” No. 35 ” (Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd.), 205*
Profile-Cutting Machine, Oxygen, Beagle Transportable (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 139
“ Promaiska ” Universal Milling Machine, 325*
Reaming, Gun, of Precision Components (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.),116*
Recessing Machine for Sapphire Instrument Bearings, 236*
“ Rigidhobber,” Churchill-Cleveland Mk. IV, with Fully-Automatic Loading and Unloading Arm (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 172*
Riveting Tools (Trade Publication), 215 Rotamill, Ahcol, for Semi-Automatic Milling of Slots, Flats and Faces (Dowding &. Doll, Ltd.), 347* Rubber-Press Technique, Improved, Using Thermoplastic (P.V.C.) Intensifiers (Short Brothers and Harland. Ltd.),362* Sand-Slinging Machine at Cardiff Foundry and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13* Saw, Band, High-Speed Machine (VEB Knohoma), 628
— See also Hack-Saw (above)
Sawing Machine for Sapphire Instrumen Bearings, 236*
Screw Slotting Machine (Roy Machinery and Sales, Inc.), 793*
Shaping of “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic Components at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 330
Shearing Machine, Billet, Cold, Fully- Automatic (Lamberton and Co., Ltd.), 140*
Skoda “ WD160” Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine, 566*
Slotting Machine, “HOT 100” (MAS) 567*
Screw (Roy Machinery and Sales, Inc.), 793*
“ SPE 50 ” Semi-Automatic Lathe (MAS) 567
“ Suhner ” Electric Hand-Held Disc Grinding Machine (Trade Publication), 789
Tools, Cutting, New Grades of Carbide Tips (Wickman, Ltd.), 106*
— Pneumatic, for Chipping, Caulking,
Scaling, Stone-Working and Scraping (Trade Publication), 789
Industrial, Vane-Type (Trade Publication), 659
— Taper-Shank, Hand-Operated Drift
for Removing from Machine Spindle (Insley Industrial Supply Co., Ltd.), 410*
“ TOS BUA31” Hydraulic Universal Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 567
Machine Tools—continued
“ TOS SP 31 ” Semi-Automatic Copyinj Lathe, 567
Tube-Bending Machine (Hilmor, Ltd.) 205*
Turning and Tilting Roll Assembly “ Twinner,” for Welding (Donalc Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
Turret Lathes. See Lathes (above)
Vice, Turret Jaw, Wilson (W. H. Colt (Engineers, Ltd.), 760
“ WD160 ” Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine (Skoda), 566*
Wiedemann Turret Punch Presses at General Electric Co., Ltd. (Wiedemann Machine Co.), 524*
Wilson Turret Jaw Vice (W. H. Colt (Engineers), Ltd.), 670
Machine Vice. See Vice under Machine Tools
— Work. See Machine Tools
Machinery, Agricultural. See Agricultural
— Building, by O. Walch (Book), 311
— Dynamics of, by J. B. Hartman (Review),108
— Electrical. See Electrical under Electric
— Floating Fair, Japanese, 287
— Mining. See Mining
— Modern, in Horticulture, by E. R. Hoare,
770*
— and Plant, Electrical and Allied, Supply and
Trade Exports of. Monopolies Commission’s Report on, 257, 423
— Spinning and Weaving, Industry, Production
Statistics, 735
— Textile, Drafting Equipment, “ SKF,”
Mobile Exhibition of (Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd.), 598
— Trading Possibilities with East Germany,
661
Machining of Conical Gears, by V. Lehel, 325*
— Contract (Trade Publication), 403
— Difficult Materials, “ R.T.D.” Compound
Lubricant for (Rocol, Ltd.), 599
— and Engraving (Trade Publication), 403
— Graphite for Nuclear Reactor Moderators,
Formation of New Company for (Nuclear Graphite, Ltd.), 121
— of Sapphire for Instrument Bearings, 236
— Small Commutators, Lathe for (Small
Electric Motors, Ltd.), 723*
— Spark, Theory and Practice of, by D. W.
Rudorff, 266
— Time, Analysis of, Device for (Headland
Engineering Developments, Ltd.), 375* Mackenzie, I. M., on Ultrasonic Testing of Heavy Steel Products, 652. See LETTER, 772
Macmillan, H., Remarks on Potential Dangers of Nuclear Radiation, 454
Macmillan, R. H.. on Efficiency of Linear Mechanisms, 211 *
MacTaggart, Scott and Co., Electro-Hydraulic Steering Gear for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445
Madame Tussaud’s Ltd., Zeiss Planetarium for, 258*
Magazine, British, in Russia, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
“ Magister ” Lightweight Jet Trainer Aircraft (Air Fouga), 688*
“Magistor” Control System (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 470
Magnesia, Use in “ M.I.” Cables (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 649*
Magnesium Alloy. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Oxide, Use in “M.I.” Cables (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 649* Magnet, Electro, for Deflecting Beam from Electrostatic Generator (Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 30*
— Material, Development of New, by General
Electric Co. of America, 357
Magnetic Alloys. See Alloys under Met at-
— Amplifiers for Supplying Generator Field
Windings in 7i-ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 558
— Ink, Proposed Use for Marking Cheques.
295
— Spin Effects, Use for Switching, 552
— Tape Input Circuit for Data Subset (Bell
Telephone Laboratories), 570
Magnolia Petroleum Co., 500-KeV Van de Graaff Accelerator, 442
Mains, Electric. See Cables
Maintenance Records, in Relation to Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Sales and Servicing Organisation in Nairobi, Establishment of, by Rootes Group, 374
— and the Supervisor, by G. C. Cooper
(Pamphlet), 800 ,,
Makore, Use in Manufacture of Plydek Resin-Bonded Plywood (Thames Plywood Manufacturers, Ltd.), 248
Malaney, M. S., on Engineering Contracts, 165. See LETTER, 196 .
Malayan Government, Consultations with United Kingdom Government on Issuing of Licences for Importation of Synthetic Rubber, 351
— Railway, Main-Line Diesel-EIectric Locomotives for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 497
Malik, H. S., Appointment by Simon-Carves, Ltd., as Special Director in India, 63
Malingerers, Problem of Dealing with, by Medical Practitioners, 384
Mallory Batteries, Ltd., Miniature Batteries tor Use in Portable Transistorised Equipment, 506 .
Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Company, Beet Sugar Production at, 467*
Man, Application of Engineering to, by Dr. J. M. Zarek, 34*
Management, British Institute ofj _ Merger with Institute of Industrial Administration, 71, See LETTER, 133; New Fields for Quality Control, by Dr. R. M. Belbin, 107, 119; Report on Presenting Financial Information to Employees, 288; Preparing for Tomorrow’s Problems, by S. r. Steward, 480; Conference ot, 48«; 608; “ A Claim to be Treated as Human, 5*2; Talk on Workershareholders on the Board, by E. O. Landau, 576; Top Management Control by W. H. Leather, 608; lop Management Planning and Control by H. P. Barker, 608
— ot Canteens, Problems of, 224
— Control and Electronic Computers, by G.
Kozmetsky and P. Kircher, 519
— Course tor Retailers, 96
^224**^^^ R-e-deployment in Cotton Mill, Foremen’s Function in, 384. See also Foreman
L*‘ustrations in, 69. See LETTER, 228
— and Human Relations, by J. M. Astley, 69
See also Vol. 182 '
— Human Relations for, by E. C. Bursk
Comment on, (>13
j^^^strial, Labour’s Share in. See Labour
— Labour and Community, by D. C. Thomson
(Review), 822
— of Materials in Industry, by C. H. Starr
(Review), 720
Ly H, R. Light, Comment on, 128 Secure Workers’ Confidence, 512
Nuclear Energy for. Conference on, 94; Cost of Nuclear Reactor Systems, by J. A. Jukes, 764
Personnel, Institute of. See Personnel Management, Institute of
— Planning and Control, Top, bv H. P.
Barker, 608
and Control, Top, by W. H. Leather, 608 Management Publications, Ltd., Work Study 403 Engineering (New Journal),
— Selection and Training for, 674*. See also
708
— of Small Firms, New Company for Aid to, 70
— Training Courses and Colleges, 675*. See
LETTER, 772
Managers in Industry, Residential Course for,
— Selection and Training of, 674*. See also
708
Manchester Association of Engineers, Post War Trend of Power-Station Plant Design, by F. J. Hutchinson. 276*
— College of Science and Technology, Appoint
ment of Dr. W. Merchant as Professor of Structural Engineering, 162
— Statistical Society, Structure of British
Trade Union Movement, by A. Birch, 256
— Surge Recording at 33-kV Substation
(High Street), by E. L. White (Book), 822 Manchester University, Development of Variable-Speed Squirrel-Cage Type Induction Motor, 422; Students’ Accommodation at. Comment on, 577
Mancuna-Dustex D.450-2 Dust Collector for Closed Carbon Dioxide Circuit of Gas- Cooled Reactors (Mancuna Engineering, Ltd.). 510. See Erratum, 605
Mancuna Engineering, Ltd., Two-Stage Dust Collector for Closed Carbon Dioxide Circuit of Gas-Cooled Reactors, 510. See Erratum, 605
Manganese Bronze Castings (Trade Publication). 371
Mange Plastics, Ltd., Plastics Jointings for Polythene Tubes, 621
Manifold Machinery Co., Ltd., Mechanical Indexing Mechanisms, 116*
Manipulating Unit, Radioactive-Isotope, for Non-Destructive Workshop Testing (VEB Transformatoren und Rontgenwerk), 661* Manipulators, Master Slave, for Dounreay, 727 Slave, for Use with Stereoscopic Television Camera (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 315*
— Welding-Head, Automatic, “ Twinner ”
(Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
Manitoba, Exploitation of Nickel Deposits in, by International Nickel Co. of Canada, 357 Mannesmann Group, History and Tube- Manufacturing Activities of, 681
Manning Formula in Tarrant Hydraulic Slide- Rule, 95
Manpower. See Labour
Manufacture, Scientific Methods in. See Management
Manufacturers of Contractors’ Plant, Federation of. Production Statistics of Construction Equipment in 1956, 517
— National Union of: Formation of New
Company for Management Aid to Small Firms, 70; Possible Opposition of, to European Free Trade, 455
Manufacturing Facilities Overseas, of British Firms, 374
— Materials and Processes in, by Prof. E. P.
DeGarmo (Book), 823
Manvers Coal-Preparation Plant, Wath-on- Dean, Use of Television at (Marconi’s WirelessTelegraph Co., Ltd.), 631 *
Marchwood Power Station, 61*
Marco Conveyor Sc Engineering Co., Ltd., Skip Hoists and Elevators for Handling Coal, Sand, Grain, Ash, etc. (Trade Publication), 311
Marconi Instruments, Ltd.: Marconi X-Ray Image Amplifier, 54*; Sales of Telecommunication Test Equipment to United States, 312; Electronic Instrumentation (Trade Publication), 659
Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.: Mobile Exhibition in Yacht Elettra II,” 729; Radar Track Indicator for Use with Marconi Marine ” Quo Vadis XII ” and ” Radiolocator IV” Equipments, 785
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.: 10-kW Very-High-Frequency Transmitters at Holme Moss, 21; Retirement of R. Dorrington Bangay, 40; Telerecording Equipment Type BD.679, 158*; Automatic Direction Finder Type AD.712, 173*; Lisbon- Montijo Radio-Telephone System, 183*; Two-Way V.H.F. Radio Equipment for Wath Marshalling Yard, 239; Stereoscopic Television Camera Unit for Nuclear Research, 315; Underwater Television Trials, 359; Industrial Television Equipment for Manvers Coal
Preparation Plant at Wath-on-Dearne, 631*; Vectorscope for Checking Colour Television Signals, 723*
Margam Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., Operation Performance of Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
Marine Boilers. See Boilers
— Electrical Installations, Developments in, by
A. N. Savage, 396
— Engines. See Engines;
Propulsion
— Engineers, Education
Symposium on. See Institution of
Institute of: Remarks on Shipbuilding Industry at Annual Dinner of, by H. Watkinson, 352; Developments in Marine Electrical Installations with Particular Reference to A.C. Supply, by A. N. Savage, 396; Further Sea Trials on the “ Lubumbashi,” by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587; Symposium on Education and Training of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. See Naval Architects, Institution of. See LETTER, 293
— Propulsion, Nuclear, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 191
Nuclear Reactors for, 381, 382
Nuclear. See also Nuclear Reactors;
Oil Tankers and under Warships Oil Fuel for. See Oil Fuel Systems, Torsional Vibration of, Torsio- graph Record Analysis, 687*
Turbine Shaft Displacement, Instrument for Measuring, by C. A. Scoles, 786* by Viscount Runciman, 525
See also Engines; Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance; Torsionmeters; Naval Architects, Institution of
?— Radar, Types of, 785
— Salvage. See Salvage
— Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine
Propulsion
Maritime Museum, National, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— Works, Failures, by R. Hammond (Review),
434
“ Mark LWS ” Diesel Locomotive (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 527*
Marker Lights, Sea, Aqua Lights (McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd.), 190
Markets, Overseas, Need for Effective Promotion of, 440
— Research, How to Use, by ENGINEERING
INFORMATION SERVICE
Plea for Wider Use of, by L. Gamage, 374 Technical, Conferences on Use of, 729
— See also Trade
Marketing, 24, 63, 119, 184, 248, 312, 374, 440, 536, 598, 664, 729, 776
— Centralised, New Organisation for, by
Birfield Group, 374
— for Export Trade, 390
— of Monorail Conveyor System
Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 184 ?— Techniques in United States for Detergents, Paint, and Varnishes, on, 776
Marking Equipment (Trade Publication), 535 Marshall and Field, Cinema Film “ Dollars and Sense,” on Job Simplification, 435
Marshall, G. E. E., on Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594*
Marshall, H. W. S., on Management and Human Relations, 228. See LETTER, 69. See also Vol. 182
Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., Export Difficulties, 104
Marshalling Yard, Wath, Two-Way V.H.F. Radio Equipment for (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 239
Martens, F. H., on ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory, 404*
Martin, A. R., on Statistical Methods of Interpretation of Information Provided by Inspection Methods, 553
Martin, Dr. B. W.: on Improving Gas- Turbine Performance, 272*. See LETTER, 356, 516*; on Intercooling in Gas Turbines, 421
Martin Co., Numerically Controlled Horizontal Spindle Milling Machine, 722*
Martindale, Dr. E., on Lines of Communication, 743
Martonair, Ltd., Oscillating Hoists (Trade Publication), 85
MAS “ SPE 50 ” Semi-Automatic Lathe, 567 MAS “VRMSO” Universal Radial Drilling Machine,323*, 567*
” Maser,” Definition of Term, 362
Mass Production, Need for Individual Skill in, 620
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Theory and Technique of Ship Design, by G. C. Manning (Review), 23; Nuclear Reactor Technology Course, 698
Massey-Harris Combine Harvester, Hydraulic Power Pack for Use with (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181*
Massey-Harris-Ferguson; Activities in Western Europe, 229; Transmission Cases for ” Model 745” Tractor (Beans Industries Ltd.), 303*; Formation of New Company in Brazil, 374
Master Slave Manipulators for Dounreay, 727 Materials Handling, Institute of. Conference on Greater Efficiency in Industry, 520
— in Industry, Specification and Management
of, by C. H. Starr (Review), 720
— and Information Section of London County
Council, Building Material Data at, 407
— and Processes in Manufacturing, by Prof.
E. P. DeGarmo (Book), 823
— Strength of. See Stress and Tests {Materials} Mathematical Tables, by L. Fox (Review), 788
— Tool-Kit for Engineers, by H. A. Webb and
D. G. Ashwell (Review), 434
Mathematics is Easy, by D. S. Wyatt (Review), 465
— Fear of. Remarks on, by Viscount Cherwell,
703
— Modern, for the Engineer, by E. F. Becken-
bach (Review), 502
Mather, J. C., on Reconstruction Scheme of Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., 775
Mather, L. E., Remarks on Overseas Business of Mather and Platt, Ltd., 390
Mather and Platt, Ltd., Annual Report, 390 Mathys, H. R., on Records Requirements of Industry, 452
Matrix, Memory, Suitable for Transistor Computer (Plessey Company, Ltd.), 360
Matthews and Yates, Ltd., Turbo-Cyclone P.V.C. Fans for Chemical Fumes, Corrosive Gases and Laboratory Ventilation (Trade Publication), 85
Matting, Building, “ Rocksil,” for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Asbestos Co.), 745*
Mattresses, New Construction Methods, 198 Maxwell Research Centre, Research and Development by Non-Profit Research Institutes and Commercial Laboratories. 201
“ Mayflower II,” Description of Vessel and Project, 578*
Mayo, Major R. H., the Late, 293
M.B.C. (Office Systems), Ltd., “Nike President ” Hydraulic Drafting Machine, 760* McAlpine, Sir R., New Hydromechanics Laboratory at National Physical Laboratory, 498*
McArthur Microscopes, Ltd., Miniature Microscope, 360
McCallum Institute, Peter, 4-MeV Linear Accelerator, 540
McCance, Sir A.: Views on Raw-Material Supplies, 230; Remarks on Steel Industry’s Expansion Plans, 458
McCandlish. J. E. C., on Scottish Electrical Training Scheme, Ltd., 736
McFadzean, W. H., on Position and Prospects of British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd., 709
McLoughlin, J.: Dismissal from Briggs Motor Bodies, 192; in Dispute with Briggs Motor Bodies, 224, 256, 320, 384
McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd., Aqua Lights Sea Marker Lights, 190
McNally, J. O., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
McNeillis, J., on Review of Boiling Heat Transfer, 686*
McQueen, J. G., on Deep Electrolytic Tank for the Solution of 2- and 3-Dimensional Problems in Engineering, 691
Me. See also Mac
Meadmore, G. F., on Methods of Reaching Overseas Customers, 440
Meadows, H., Ltd., “ Frisky ” Motor Car, 386* Meaney, G., on International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 608
Means Test for Research Scholars, Discussion in Parliament on. 415
Measurement, Automatic, of Quality in Process Plants, Conference on, 682
— Contribution of, to Discovery, by Sir H.
Hartley, 755
— Electrical Methods of, 221*
— of Eye Movement by Electro-Oculography
(E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.), 492*. See LETTER, 647
Measuring Instruments (Pullin), Ltd., Process Controller, 473
Meat Chopper, Electric, High Capacity, “ ETW ” (VEB Saxonia Fleischerei- maschinenfabrik), 660
Mechanical Engineers, American Society of: High-Speed Diesel Engines, by E. Chatterton, 91*; Sulphuric Acid in Flue Gas, by W. F. Harlow, 204*; Cinema Film Projector with Non-Intermittent Motion, by O. Wittel and D. G. Haefele, 760 Contribution to Clean Air, Conference on. Preliminary Announcement, 133
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of:
Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture on Salvaging of Ships, by Capt. W. R. Colbeck, 98*
Women Members, 128
Piston Rings: Function and Lubrication, by Dr. P. de K. Dykes, and by Dr. S. Eilon and Prof. O. A. Saunders, 132
Conference on Mechanical Engineers’ Contribution to Clean Air, Preliminary Announcement, 133
James Watt International Medal Awarded to Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Bauersfeld. 137
Wave Action in Diffusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems with Special Reference to Scavenging of Two-Stroke Engines, by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
Principles and Applications of Spark Machining, by D. W. Rudorff, 266
Leonardo da Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424 Modern Trends in Water-Works Pumping Machinery, by T. I. Hudson, 493
Symposium on Supercharging Smail Diesel Engines:
Pressure Charging Small Diesel Engines, by D. W. Tryhorn, 559
Pressure Charging Small Diesel Engines by Mechanically Driven Compressors, by B. W. Millington, 559
Turbo-Charging of Small Diesel Engines, by C. H. Bradbury, 560
Design of Small Radial-Flow TurboChargers, by C. A. Judson and E. Kellett, 560
Appointment of Sir G. Nelson as President, 583
Lubricants for Diesel Engines, by A. Dyson, L. J. Richards and K. R. Williams, 651
Mechanical Engineers, Pocket Book for, by D. A. Low (Book), 720
Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory:
Machine for Determining Vibration of Precision Ball Bearings, by H. L. Wunsch, 52*; Ignorance of Research Facilities of, 610; Work of Fluid-Mechanics Division, by D. Firth, 749*
Handling Equipment Industry, Position and
Prospects of, 80*
and Hydraulic Leathers Manufacturers’ Association, Leather Hydraulic Packings Manual (Book), 182
Causes and 716*
“ Mechocleen ” (Diamond Ltd.), 503*
Medical Practitioners, Emigration of, 480 Pay Dispute of, 96, 288, 416. See LETTER, 133
— Research Council: Report on Attitudes to
Factory Work, 32; Researches into Fumes from Engine Exhausts, 287; Report on Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiation, 454
— Uses of Radiation, 802
Mediterranean, Eastern, Oil Pipeline from Persian Gulf to. Proposals for, 422
“ MEeS-10” Comparison Microscope, 566*
Meetings, Notices of, 26, 60, 94, 124, 156, 188, 220, 252, 284, 316, 350, 378, 410, 444, 477, 506, 541, 570, 606, 638, 670, 701, 734, 766, 798, 829
Meigh, C. H., on Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594*
Meigh Castings, Ltd., Aluminium Bronze Components Cast on Steel Shaft, 594*
Melling, C. T.. on Electricity Supplies to Industry, 811
Melting and Casting in Nuclear-Fuel Processing, 314*
— Vacuum, of High-Temperature Materials,
234
Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.: Manufacture of Chemical Apparatus and Plant from Resin and Glass-Fibre Laminates, 280*; Storage and Tank and Stand, for Zinc Chloride, Manufactured from Epoxide and Polyester Resins Reinforced with Glass-Fibre Materials, 361*
Meneghetti, D., on ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory, 404*
Menken, J.: on Defence by Guided Weapons, 226*; on Engineering Consequences of New Defence Policy, 642*
“ Merad ” Irradiated Polythene Dielectric (Mersey Cables, Ltd.), 761
Mercedes-Benz “ 300SL ” Roadster Motor Car, New Rear Suspension on, 387*
Mercedes Buromaschinenwerke A.G., “ SR ” Range of Book-Keeping Machines, 628
Merchant Navy. See Navy
— Ships. See Navy; Ships; Steamers;
Motorships
— Shipbuilding. See Shipbuilding
Merchant. Dr. W. Appointment as Professor of Structural Engineering, Manchester College of Science and Technology, 162
“ Mercury ” Computer. Ferranti, Printed Circuits for (Bakelite. Ltd.), 459
Mercury Lamp. See Lamp under Electric
— Use in Study of Heat-Transfer Characteris
tics of Liquid Metal in Closed Thermosyphon, by F. J. Bayley and N. Bell, 300* Merrill, Capt. G., on Principles of Guided Missile Design, 226
Merriman, S., “ Rodin’s Corner,” Comment on, 678
Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.: Fire-Fighting Crash Tender for Piarco Airport, 504*; Fire-Fighting Tender and Pump Trailer for London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd., 504
Mersey Cables, Ltd., ” Merad ” Irradiated Polythene Dielectric, 761
— Facilities for Discharging of Large Oil
Tankers, 767
Messina, Straits of, Overhead Power Cable, 61 Messina (Transvaal) Development Co., Participation in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358
Meszaros, G. W., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Metals, Anti-Friction. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Corrosion of. See Corrosion
Metal Detection, Ltd., “ Transitect ” Portable Light-Weight Metal Detector, 810*
— Detector, Portable Light-Weight, ” Transi
tect ” (Metal Detection, Ltd.), 810*
— Electrodeposition of (Trade Publication),
311
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue
— Furnaces for. See Furnaces
Metals, Institute of:
Admission to British Nuclear Energy Conference, 124
Joint Spring Meeting with Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Association Suisse pour I’Essai des Materiaux, and Societe Suisse des Constructeurs de Machines, 302
Symposium on Metallurgical Aspects of the Control of Quality in Non-Ferrous Metal Castings:
Metallurgical Principles of Control of Quality of Non-Ferrous Castings, by R. W. Ruddle and A. Cibula, 553
Statistical Methods of Interpretation of Information Provided by Inspection Records, by A. R. Martin, 553 Non-Destructive Testing in Control Quality, by S. K. Fry, 553 Aluminium Casting Alloys, by A.
Carless, 553 Copper-Base Alloy Castings, by A.
French, 553
Magnesium-Base Alloy Castings, by Dr.
E. F. Emley and P. A. Fisher, 553
Control of Quality in Production of Nickel-Alloy Sand Castings, by D. R. Wood and J. H. Greggs, 553
Control of Quality of Pressure Die-Castings, by H. J. Sharp, 553
Applications of Nickel in Industry, by Dr. L. B. Pfeil, 621
Formation of Powder Metallurgy Joint Group, 679
Final Forming and Shaping of Wrought Non-Ferrous Metals (Book), 789
Mechanism of Phase Transformations in Metals (Book), 789
Metal, Liquid, Heat-Transfer Characteristics of, in Closed Thermosyphon, by F. J. Bayley and N. Bell, 300*
— Manufacturing Industry, Employment in,
11*
— Non-Ferrous, Castings, Quality of, Control
of, Metallurgical Aspects of, Symposium on 553
Ferrous, Price of, 10
Ferrous, Wrought. Final Forming and
Shaping of (Book), 789
— Phase Transformations in. Mechanism of
(Book), 789
— and Pipeline Endurance, Ltd., Cathodic
Protection of Ballast Tanks, 202. See LETTER, 264
— Structure of. See Metallography
— Welding. See Welding
— Windows Association, Inquiry by Mono
polies Commission, 70
— See also Metallography; Metallurgy
“ Metalectric-Calamari ” Mains-Frequency Electric Non-Ferrous Metal-Melting Furnaces (Trade Publication), 183
Metalectric Furnaces, Ltd.; “Metalectric- Calamari ’’ Mains-Frequency Electric Non-Ferrous Metal-Melting Furnaces (Trade Publication), 183; Stress Relieving Transformer Laminations in Continuous Furnace, 523*
Metallographic Examination of Radioactive Materials, by E. C. Sykes, V. J. Haddrell, and A. W. Elson, 315
Metallography in Austria, Lecture on, by Prof. R. Mitsche, 189
— See also Metals: Metallurgy
Metallurgical Industry, Canada, Expansion of, 521
Metallurgists, Institution of: Fatigue of Metals (Book), 182; Presidential Address by J. Mitchell, 744
Metallurgy:
Alloys, Aluminium Casting, by A. V.
Carless, 553
Casting (Trade Publication), 147 D.T.D. 363A and D.T.D. 364B,
Fatigue Tests on Bolted Joints in, 174* Gas Welding of, 621 Magnesium, All-Welded Midship
Superstructure for S.S. “ Sunrip,”
Cargo Liner, 280* “Noral” B5IS, for Welded Foot
bridge over River Ebbw, 361*
— Bearing, Zinc-Aluminium, Copper, “ Alzen 305 ” (Hill Alzen (Sales), Ltd.), 810
— Castings, Copper-Base, by A. R. French 553
Magnesium-Base, by Dr. E. F.
Emley and P. A. Fisher, 553
— Copper, High-Conductivity, 87
— for Die Casting, Choosing of, by
Dr.-Ing. W. Wolf, 745
— Die-Casting, Zinc, Influence of Aluminium in, by L. A. J. Lodder and K. P. Scott, 746
— Haynes Stellite “ HS-31 ” and General
Motors “ GMR-235,” for Locomotive Gas-Turbine Blades, 337
— “ Hiduminium 100” (Trade Publica
tion), 789
— Magnesium, Hot Forming, Assembly and Service Applications, by R. G. Wilkinson, 90
Use in Aircraft, 309
— Magnetic, Supermendur (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 202
— Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Molybdenum-
Titanium, Vacuum Melting of, 234 Sand Castings, Quality Control in
Production of, by D. R. Wood and
J. F. Gregg, 553
— Non-Ferrous, Castings (Trade Publication), 371
— Series in Physical Metallurgy, by M. C.
Smith (Review), 659
— Titanium, Creep Properties at High Temperatures, 299
Fatigue Strength at High Temperatures, 299
Notch-Fatigue Characteristics of, 299
Production, Properties and Uses (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 299
Research and Development of, by
Dr. N. P. Inglis, 299
— Welding, Low-Heat Input, Factory for Manufacture of (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co., Ltd.), 125
— Zinc - Aluminium - Copper, Bearing, “ Alzen 305 ” (Hill, Alzen (Sales), Ltd.), 810
and Aluminium, Pressure Die Casting, Use of Spheroidal-Graphite Cast Iron in, by L. Oltrasi, 746
Die Castings, Finishing of, by Dr. J. Edwards, 746
“ Alzen 305 ” Zinc-Aluminium-Copper
Bearing Alloy (Hill, Alzen (Sales), Ltd.), 810 Blast Furnaces. See Furnaces Cast Iron. See Iron Coke Ovens. See Coke Ovens Corrosion of Metals. See Corrosion
Heat- Treatment of Motor-Vehicle Transmission Systems at David Brown Industries, Ltd., 619
Hardening of Steel Pens (Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 269
Hardening, “ Universal 10 ” Self- Contained lO-kW Radio Frequency Induction Heater for (Trade Publication), 789
Hardening. See also Flame-Hardening Machine under Machine Tools Low-Temperature Camel-Back
Conveyor Oven for (F. J. Ballard and Co., Ltd.), 139
Machine, Induction, for Camshafts (Birlec, Ltd.), 593*
of Motor-Vehicle Transmission Gears, Installation of Equipment for (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 619* Quench Furnace, 200-Ib. Gas-Fired
Horizontal Sealed (Birlec, Ltd.), 139* Quenching Press, “ D.H. 550," for
Gears (W. Ferd. Klingelnberg Sohne), 56*
Shop at Beans Industries, Ltd., 303 Tempering Furnace for Steel Strip
(G. F. Homer (Redditch), Ltd.), 170* Tempering of Steel Pens (Joseph
Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 269
Tempering Temperature, Changes of
Elastic Constants of Steels with, 714 of Welded Constructions, by A. G.
Thompson, 683
“ Hiduminium 100 ’’ Alloy (Trade Publication), 789
Iron Manufacture. See also Furnaces^
Blast
— Ore. See Ore
Metals, Tests of. See Tests (Materials} Metallographic Examination of Radioactive Materials, by E. C. Sykes, V. J. Haddrell, and A. W. Elson, 315 Metallography in Austria, Lecture on, by
Prof. R. Mitsche, 189
Metallurgical Aspects of Control of Quality in Non-Ferrous Metal Castings, Symposium on, 553
— Industry, Canada, Expansion of, 521
— Laboratory Equipment (Trade Pub
lication), 147
— Principles of Control of Quality of Non-
Ferrous Castings, by R. W. Ruddle and A. Cibula, 553
— Problems in Nuclear Power, Research
on, 796
Metallurgy, Courses in, at Birmingham University, 426
— Nuclear, Course on, at Battersea Poly
technic, 283
— Phase Diagrams in. Development and
Application, by F. N. Rhines (Book), 333
— Physical Alloy Series in, by M. C.
Smith (Review), 659
of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Containing Boron, by Dr. Irvine, F. B. Pickering, W. C.
wood and M. Atkins, 713 Principles of, by M. C.
(Review), 659
and Process, by J. E. Garside (Book) 756
— Powder, Joint Group, Formation of,
by Iron and Steel Institute and Institute of Metals, 679
Research Laboratory of B.S.A. Group, Installation of High-Temperature Graphite-Resistor Vacuum Furnace at (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 600*
— Process and Physical, by J. E. Garside
(Book), 756
Microscope. See Microscope Microscopy. See Microscopy
Nuclear Metallurgy. See Metallurgy (above)
Phase Diagrams in Metallurgy, Development and Applications of, by F. N. Rhines (Book), 333
— Transformations in
ism of (Book), 789
Physical Metallurgy.
(above) Powder Metallurgy.
(above) Process Metallurgy.
(above) Pyrometallurgy Building search Laboratories
Pty. Co., Ltd., 779* Refractories. See Refractories Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills Steel Furnaces. See Furnaces Welding. See Welding Zinc-Alloy Die Castings, Problems in
Finishing of, by Dr. J. Edwards, 746
See also Iron and Steel Institute; Metals, Institute of; Metallography: Metallurgists, Institution of: Foundry , n c
Meter, Dust, Electrostatic, for Gases, by Prol.
E. Feifel and Dr. R. Prochaska, 235*
Electrical Summation (Trade Publication),
311 ,,
Gas. “ Kromschroder’s ” “ One-Pipe ” (Trade Publication), 215 „ ZT- ,
— Hydrogen-Content, “Telegas (Irade
Publication), 215 r z- r
— Mass-Flow, Aircraft, Apparatus tor Cali
brating (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 157* . „
— Oil. Low-Flow, Semi-Positive Rotary-Piston
Type, “ CM ” (George Kent, Ltd.), 279
— See also Electric .
Metering, Electrical Summation (Trade Publication), 311 ,
— Equipment, Carbon Dioxide (Elliott
Brothers (London), Ltd.), 139
— Valve, Flow (Trade Publication), 109 Methane-Air Gas Mixtures, Ignition of, by
Capacitive Discharges, Effect of Series Resistance on, by H. G. Riddlestone (Book), 789
— from Farm Waste Matter, 417
Method Study of Hol Working Conditions, by
J. A. C. Williams, 800 ,
Methyl Chloride, Dangers of Using in Ships Refrigerating Machinery, 370
“ Metior ” Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings (Trade Publication), 51
Metric System for Screw Threads, Discussion in Parliament on, 607
Suggested Adoption in United Kingdom, 440
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., Prototype Coaches for British Railways, 210*; Prototype Tram of Unpainted Aluminium Coaches for London Transport Underground Services, 810
— Police, Information Room at Scotland
Yard 55*
Metropoli’tan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.; Magnets for Deflecting Beam from Electrostatic Generator, 30*; MS2 Spectrometer, 30*; Electrical Installation for Ship- Model Testing Tank at St. Albans, 131; Work on Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., 142*; Motor- Driven Axial-Flow Compressor Sets lor Compressor-Exhauster Plant at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 233*; “ EM6’’ Electron Microscope, 420*; High-Power Short-Circuit Testing Station at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.), 436*; Contract for Main-Line Electric Locomotives, 456; “ Magistor ” Control System, 470; “ Open Week” for Potential Graduates, 512; 4-MeV Linear Accelerator at Peter McCallum Institute, 540; Multi-Head Spot Welding Machines for Pressed Steel Motor-Car Components, 585*; Newton Victor “ Raymax 150 ” Lightweight Radiographic Equipment for Use in Factory or on Open Erection Sites, 593*; “ Metro- vick 950 ” Digital Computer, 638*; 62.5- MVA Hydro-Electric Generators at Aura Power Station, Norway, 658*; 37.5-MVA Waterwheel Generators at Aura Power Station, Norway, 658*; “ MS2 ” Mass Spectrometer for Dounreay, 727; High- Frequency Vacuum Induction Furnaces for Casting Uranium at Dounreay, 727; Turbine Front-End Pedestal, 761;* Air Compressors at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 781*
— See also London
“ Metrovick 950” Digital Computer (Metro- politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 638*
Metson, G. H., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Mexico, Loan by International Bank to, 614 “ M.I.” (Mineral-Insulated) Cables (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 649*
Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd., Insulation Exhibits at Electrical Engineers Exhibition, 473
Michael, M. E., on Stresses in Web Plates, 421 Micro-Teeth, Precision Testing Instrument for (VEB Feinmesszeugfabrik Suhl), 660
Microfilm for Periodical Storage, Use of, Note on, 632
Micrometer Spacing Collar, “ Euco ’ Adaptation of, for Gang Milling (Euco Tools, Ltd.), 409*
Micronic Purolator Oil Filters in “ EM27P Multi-Purpose 2,700-h.p. Production Gas- Turbine, 469*
Micronisers, Use in Manufacture of ” Hylu- mina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 330*
Microscope, Comparison, “ MEeS-10,” 566* — Electron, “ Elmiskop I,” at Aeon Laboratories (Siemens und Halske A.G.), 531 “ EM6 ” (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 420*
Operation and Maintenance of. Training of Scientists in, at Aeon Laboratories, 531
— Miniature (McArthur Microscopes, Ltd.), 360
— Optical, at Aeon Laboratories (Ernst Leitz G.m.b.H.), 531
— for Use with Hotspur Suite for Processing Nuclear Fuels, 315*
Microscopic Particles, Counting and Sizing, Film Scanning Particle Analyser for (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
Microscopy, Electron and Optical, Specialist Service for Research Workers, at Aeon Laboratories, 531
Summer School on, Cambridge University, 349
Microstructure of Metals. See Metallography Microtome Drive for Use in Neurology (Servomer Controls, Ltd.), 420
— Spencer Rotary, 420
Microwave Beacon for Use by Fishing Vessels in Poor Visibility, 407*
— Generator, New, at National Physical Laboratory, 715
Microwave Relay System, “ TJ ” (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 560*
Middle East, Demand for Plant and Machinery for Oil Exploration, Output and Transportation in, by E. N. Hague, 664
Eisenhower Doctrine on, 39
German Export Trade Strategy in, 550 Oil Industry, Effect of Suez Canal Crisis, 664, 677
Oil, Prices and Supplies of, 708
Oil Production in, 358
Oil Production, Effect of Suez Canal Crisis on, 664, 677
Russian Penetration in, 199
Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., Air- Cooled 8-litre Diesel Engine for Road Vehicles, 456
Midland Pneumatic, Ltd., Pneumatic Control Valves, 406
Midland Silicones, Ltd., Silicone-Based Paints (Trade Publication), 789
Midlands Electricity Board, Problems of Using Cables with Aluminium Conductors on Medium Voltage Systems, by G. F. Peir- son, 650
— Unemployment in, 640
Midwestern Universities Research Association, 15,000-MeV Double Synchrotron, 572
Mild and Low-Alloy Steels, Welded Joints in. Design of, by C. R. Harman, 683
Mild Steel. See Steel, Mild
Mildner, R. C., on Use of Aluminium in Telecommunication Cables, 650
Miles, F. G., Ltd.: Contract for Electronic Flight Simulator, 72; “ M.lOO Student” Jet Trainer Aircraft, 695; Agreement with Hurel-Dubois Co., for Formation of H.D.M. Aviation, Ltd., 762; “ HDM
105 ” Experimental Light-Transport Aeroplane, 762*; ” Aerovan ” Box-Type
Fuselage, 762*
Milford Haven, Development of, 102
Facilities for Discharging of Large Oil Tankers, 767
— — Harbour Developments at, 767 Military Motor Transport. See Motor
— Service. See National Service
Milk, Freezing, Ultrasonic Waves for, 422 Milking Machine, ” Piccolo ” (VEB Elfa), 628 Milky Way, Study of, by Planetarium, 260* Mills, Fluid-Energy, Use in Manufacture of ” Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting Ceramic at K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 330*
— Rolling. See Rolling Mills
Miller, J. M., and Co., Ltd., ‘‘ Fifer ” Portable Capstan, 57
Miller, R. A., Remarks on Overseas Sales Tour, 776
Miller and Scraper, “ OSH ” Combination ^Optima Fabrik Graphischer Maschinen),
Millett, Levens (Engravers), Ltd., Engraving and Machining (Trade Publication), 403
Milling Machines and Cutters. See Machine Tools
Millington, B. W., on Pressure Charging Small Diesel Engines by Mechanically-Driven Compressors, 559
Mills, Lord: on Nuclear Power Programme, 345; on Siting of Atomic Power Stations, 383; on Safety of Nuclear Power Stations, 454; on Forthcoming Projects for Utilisation of Nuclear Power, 479; see also Mills, Sir P.
Mills, Sir P. (now Mills, Lord, ^.v.). Appointment as Minister of Power, 66
Milne, J. A., Remarks on Position and Prospects of J. Samuel White and Co., Ltd., 263
Milnes, H., Ltd., ‘‘ Abul ” Milling Cutter, 760* Mines, Coal. See Coal; Collieries
— Detecting from the Air, ” Fishfinder ”
Echo-Sounding Detector for (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395
— Kilembe. Production and Development, 199 Mines, La Revue Universelie des. Centenary of,
Belgian Journal, 171
— Non-Ferrous Metals, in Britain, 159
— United States Bureau of. See United States
— Winding. See IVinding
— See also Mining; Ores
Miners, Offer of Wage Increase to, 480
Mineral Deposits, Colonial, Development of 607
— Insulated Cables, “ M.L” (British Insulated
Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 649*
— Oils. See Oils
— Resources of Africa, Survey of, 582
— Survey for, in British Columbia, 286
— See also Coal; Mining; Ores
‘‘ Minihaler ” Inter-Com System (Lee &. Son Development Co.), 57
Mining and Chemical Products, Ltd., Bismuth Suppliers, 698
— Coal, ‘‘Continuous Miner” for (Trade
Publication), 403
— Industry, Canada, Expansion of, 521
— Machinery, Agreement between United
States and Poland on, 778
— ~ Russian Exhibits of, at Leipzig Fair, 564* Ministers, Government, Salaries of, 736 Ministry of. See Health; Labour under Lw/powr;
Supply; Transport, etc.
Minneapolis, Southdale Shopping Centre, Use of Heat Pump, 302
Mint, Royal (Tower Hill), Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
“ Mirage III ” Prototype Delta-Wing Interceptor Aircraft (Generale Aeronautique Marcel Dassault), 711*
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., ” JL ” Medium-Speed Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 183; ” KV ” Range of
Diesel Engines (Trade Publication), 183 ” Mirror in the Sky,” Cinema Film on: Reconstruction of, 451*; Model of Jodrell Bank Radio-Telescope Used in Making of, 452*
Missile Components with Accelerations of lOOg, Centrifuge for (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 297*
— Guided. See Aeronautics. See also
IVeapons
Mission to India, Russian, Report of, 375 United Kingdom Heavy Engineering,
Report of, 375
Mitchell Engii^ering, Ltd.: German Order for 15-MW Nuclear Reactor, ’ cnj.^rnic Power Station forRheinisch- A.G., 413 ; Atomic Power Station for Rural Co-operative Power Association at Elk River (Minnesota), 413*; Nuclear Reactor tor Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitiits- werk, A.G., 413*, 441 *
J’** Remarks on Annual Report of Mitchell, Shackleton and Co., Ltd., 296; Presidential Address to Institution of Metallurgists, 744
Mitchell, Dr. L. H.. on Shell Analogy for Framed Domes, 754*
Mitchell, R. J., Tube Coupling, 170*, 264. See LETTER, 229
Mitchell, Shackleton and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 296
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Use of Prefabrication, 775
Mixer and Batcher, Concrete, 13 004 (VEB Regulus Betonmischerbau), 627
M.K. Electric, Ltd., Electrical Accessories (Trade Publication), 51
Mobil Oil Co., Ltd.: “ Western Europe’s Oil Problems,” by P. G. Ingalls, 358; Oil- Water Separation (Trade Publication), 403 Model of “ Adam ” Nuclear Reactor for Sweden, 826*
— Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 423
— Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, 423
— Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station at Het
Atoom, 155
— at Electrical Engineers’ Exhibition, 422
— of Engine Test Facility at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 753*
— of” Eva ” Nuclear Power Station, 100-MW,
for Sweden, 826*
— Experiments. See Aeronautics; Ship Re
sistance; Tank Experiments
— of Jodrell Bank Radio-Telescope Used in
Making Cinema Film ” Mirror in the Sky,” 452*
— of Oil-Fired Boiler, 520*
— Propellers, Effect of Cavitation on the Per
formance of, by Dr. R. W. L. Gawn and Prof. L. C. Burrill, 556; Discussion on, 556
— Ship, Experiments on Series of 0-70 Block
Coefficient Forms, by R. E. Blackwell, G. J. Goodrich and D. J. Doust, 557; Discussion on. 557
Laboratory, at National Physical Laboratory, 498*
Laboratory, at National Physical Laboratory, by J. F. Allan, Discussion on, 555 Paraffin Wax, 132*
Testing at St. Albans (Vickers-Arm- strongs, Ltd.), 130*
— South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station,
423
— of SRE Nuclear Reactor, 765*
— for Stress Determination. See Optical and
Photo-Elastic
— ” Zidpark ” Ten-Storey Automatic Car
Park, 344*
Moderator, Organic, Diphenyl, for Nuclear Reactors, 382
Isopropylbiphenyl, for Nuclear Reactors, 382
— Reactor. Possible Use of Graphite for, 251 Solid Metal Hydrides as, 93
Use of Beryllium for, 731
Moisture, Determination in Solids, by P. J. Geary (Book), 311
“ Molytone ” Special-Purpose Greases (Rocol, Ltd.), 30
Moment Distribution Method and Virtual Work, by Dr. B. G. Neal, 47*, 196. See LETTER, 165
Monarch,” H.M.T.S.,
phone Cable System. 150
Mond, Dr. L., Work on Producer, by J. Troup, 38
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.: Modern Uses Nickel, 234; Nickel Electroplating Engineers (Trade Publication), 311
Monetary and Credit System, Committee Inquiry into, 607
Money Markets in the Commonwealth, Discussion in Parliament on, 767
Monitor, Frequency, “ Cintel,” Automatic (Cinema-Television, Ltd.), 418*
— Machine-Tool, at National Physical Labora
tory, 714
Monitoring Equipment for Transatlantic Cable (Kolster-Brandes, Ltd.), 525
” Monkey Hole ” Testing Station at Wirks- worth. Pullmeter Precision Load Measuring Device at (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622*
Monoplane. See Aeronautics
Monopolies Commission: Report on British Oxygen Co., Ltd., 39; Inquiry into Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 70; Report on Supply of Electronic Valves and Cathode- Ray Tubes, 230; Report on Supply and Trade Exports of Electrical and Allied Machinery and Plant, 257, 423; Reply by British Oxygen Co., Ltd., to Report on Supply of Industrial and Medical Gases, 423
Monorail Conveyor System, Marketing of (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 184
Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd.: Isopropylbiphenyl Organic Moderator for Nuclear Reactors, 382; Annual Report, 679; Chemicalsand Plastics (Trade Publication), 757; Marketing Agreement with Lever Brothers, 776 Mont Blanc, Tunnel under. Approval for, 358 Montijo-Lisbon Radio-Telephone System, 183* Montreal, Rcole Polytechnique, Training of French Canadian Engineers at, 552 Moody, Mr., Remarks on Mechanisation in Distribution, 248
Moore, M., Remarks on Recovery in Motor Industry, 296
Mops and Washers, Felt (Trade Publication), 403
” Mopumps ” Chemical Pumps (Trade Publication), 51
— High-Temperature Pumps (Trade Publica
tion), 85
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.: Formation of New Company for Machining Moderator Graphite 121; “Black Sal” Refractory Products, 426; Miniature Crucible Furnace for Firing on Paraffin, Town Gas or Coke, 793
Morgan, E. R., on Strain-Ageing of Boron- Treated Low-Carbon Steels, 713
Morris, F. G., on Position and Prospects of A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd., 806
Morris Minor Motor Car, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Morris, Sir P., Remarks at H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Study Conference at Oxford, 768
Morrison, Dr. J. L., on Fatigue under Triaxial Stress, 428*
Mortar Additive, “ Plycomor " (British Bitumen Emulsions, Ltd.), 634
Moselle Canal, Plans for Construction of, 8
Moss, W., and Sons, Ltd., Central Research Building of Ruston& Hornsby, Ltd., 633* Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., Containing Sphere for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 724*; Construction Work on DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725*
Motor Boat, Passenger Launch for Cia Shell de Venezuela (John I. Thorneycroft and Co., Ltd.), 127*
Motor Car “ A55 ” (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.), by G. Wilkins, 285*
American, Trends of, at Geneva Motor Show, 388
B.M.W. Isetta (Isetta of Great Britain, Ltd.), 600*
Comparison of Engine Performance of British and American, by G. Wilkins, 318 Components, Pressed-Steel, Multi-Head Spot Welding Machine for (Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 585*
Coupe, Two-Seater, “ P70 ” (Auto- mobilwerk Zwickau), 660*
— “ Cresta,” New Engine and Gearbox for (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.). 778
Design and Road Accidents, 87
Engine. See EnginePetrol; Turbine^ Gas
Exports of, 456
“ Frisky ” (Henry Meadows, Ltd.), 386* Fuels. See Fuels
Gas-Turbine. See Turbine, Gas, Motor- Car
GAZ Volag M21, 323*
Goggomobil, Getrag “ Spectromat " Four-Speed Gearbox for, 387
Goliath,” 1,100 c.c. Engine for (Borgward Group), 318*
” Goliath ” Failure to Obtain Advantage of Flat Floor, 387
Hire-Purchase Statistics for, 197
Industry, Comment on Production Prospects, 2
Industry, Employment Statistics, 319 Industry, Europe's, by G. Wilkins, 150 Industry, Exports of, 319
Industry, Fall of Sales in, 390
Industry, Improved Position of, 456 Industry, Inquiry into. Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Industry, Interest in American Markets, 456
Industry, Labour Problems, Discussion in Parliament on, 159
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 284, 319
Industry, Problems of Growth of, 709 Industry, Production Statistics, 135 Industry, Seasonal Fluctuations Decreasing, 536
Industry, Signs of Recovery in, 284 Industry, Standardisation in. Comment on, 258. See LETTER, 326
Industry, Steel Sheet Supplies for, 607
— — Industry, Struggle of Leadership in, 197 Industry, Training for, by S. S. Dawes,
167
Industry, United States, Constitution of, 677
Industry, West European, by L. Pomeroy, 150
— Industry. See also Motor Industry and Motor- Vehicle Industry
•• Isetta ” (B.W.W.), 387*
Jaguar, Increased Performance of Petrol Engine of, for American Markets, 318 Mercedes-Benz ” 300SL ” Roadster, New Rear Suspension on, 387*
Military. See Motor Vehicles
Miniature, British Policy Concerning, 196 Miniature, Production in Germany, 387* Miniature, Production in Italy, 196
Morris Minor, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Park, ” Zidpark,” 344*
Purchase Tax on, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Racing, Transient Temperatures in Brake Drums in, by Prof. F. K. Bannister, 304*. See LETTERS, 388, 485, 516, 616
on Roads, Estimate of Number of, 799 Sales of British, in Switzerland, 386 Sales, Changing Pattern of, 776
Saloon, Lancia “ Flaminia ” V6-Engined, 387
Secondhand, Hire-Purchase Statistics for. 197
Secondhand, Prices of, as Barometer on Consumer Spending, 119
” Skoda 440,” 569*
Spare Parts for, 248
Sports Coupe, Rear-Engined, Miche- lotti’s Design, 388*
Starter Rings for, British Oxygen Flame- Hardening Process for. Installation of, by Francis B. Willmott (Dalmans), Ltd., 527
Towing, Problems of, 701. See LETTER, 773
Travel, Comparison with Railway Travel, 225
— — Tyres, Vulcanising by Irradiation (Na
tional Reactor Testing Station), 283
“ Velox,” New Engine and Gearbox for (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 778
” Victor,” Press Pre-view of (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 197
“ Victor ” (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), by G. Wilkins, 285*
Volkswagen, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
See Carriages Locomotives, Circuit Calculations for, by T. E. Calverley and D. G. Taylor, 363
— Control. See Control, Controllers
— Cycles, Hire-Purchase Statistics for, 197 Secondhand, Hire-Purchase Statistics for,
197
— Electric, Alternating-Current,
Squirrel-Cage (Crompton Ltd.), 120*
Controller Type M.C. 43 (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 115
Direct-Current, 3,700 h.p., for Winders at Silverwood and Cadeby Collieries, 178* Direct-Current, Traction , for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
Drip-Proof, i to 50 h.p., with Class E Insulation (Newman Industries, Ltd.), 317*
Endurance Tunnel for, at British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 620*
Fractional Horse-Power (Trade Publication), 311
for 7i-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 558
Induction (Trade Publication), 789 Induction, Slipring, for Suction Pumps at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466
Induction, Squirrel-Cage, “ Mark IV " of 5) to 4 h.p. (Hoover (Electric Motors), Ltd.), 503
Induction, Squirrel-Cage, Variable- Speed, Development of, by National Research Development Corp., 422
Insulated to Class H (Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd.), 472
at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co. (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 467
Salient-Pole Synchronous, with Directly- Coupled Overhung Exciter, for Compressor at National Gas Turbine Establishment (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 233*
Speed Control System, for, 3,700 h.p. Direct-Current Winders at Silverwood and Cadeby Collieries, 178*
Squirrel-Cage, Three-Phase Axially-Ventilated, “ Class C,” with Class E Insulation (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 278*
Squirrel-Cage, Ventilated-Type, Three- Phase, 4 to 50 h.p. (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 472
Suspension in Multiple-Unit Railway Stock, 238
Synchronous, at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 781*
Two-Speed, “ Dynaplus ” (British Bronson, Ltd.), 472
— Hydraulic, in “Hydrocar” 2-Ton Indus
trial Truck (Guldner-Motoren-W erke), 278*
and Pumps, Application of, by F. B. Levetus, 748
— Industry, Institute of the: Presidential
Address on Training for the Meur Industry, by S. S. Dawes, 167; Sumner School, 196
Position and Prospects of, ' 5 Sheet Steel Supplies for, 518
— — See also Motor-Car Industry and Motor-
Vehicle Industry
— Internal-Combustion. See Aeronautics,
Engines: Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Launches. See Motor Boats
— Lorries. See Motor Vehicles
— Manufacturers, Society of, Position of
Motor-Vehicle Industry, by E. A. Perkins. 615
— Marine. See Engines; Marine Propulsion,
Motorships
— Omnibus Drivers, Provincial . Dispute of,
832
Export Statistics, 408
London Transport, New Methods of Running to Time, by Sir J. Elliott, 646
Production Statistics, 408
Workers, Retirement of, P.eport on, 352
— Paraffin. See Engines, Oil
— Petrol. See Aeronautics; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Boats: Motor Cars; Tractors
— Rocket, “ Spectre,” Liquid-Fuel, for
“ SR3 ” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689*
?— Scooter, Cezeta, 175 c.c., 569*
— Show, Geneva, New Designs at,
Wilkins, 386*
— Spirit. See Fuel
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Trucks, Battery-Driven, L. Edgar’s
on, 220
Bedford, 97-h.p., 2,800 r.p.m.
Engine for (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 209* Commercial, Bedford, New Range of, 209*
— Vehicles, Air-Cooled 8-litre Diesel Engine
for (Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd.), 456
Battery-Driven, L. Edgar's Views on, 220 B.M.W. Isetta (Isetta of Great Britain, Ltd.), 600*
Commercial, Axle Loading of, 207
Commercial, Bedford. New Range of, 209*
Commercial, braking Requirements for Motorways, 208
Commercial, Comparison of British, American and German, 208*
Commercial, Heavily Loaded, on Motorways, 207
Commercial, Hire-Purchase Statistics of, 197
Commercial, Performance Required for New Motorways, by D. M. Clapp and J. A. Proudlove, 206*. See LETTER, 264 Motor Vehicle, Commercial, S.55O Gearbox tor (David Brown Automobile Gearbox Division), 53
Commercial, Typical Specification for Motorways, 208
Commercial, Wind-Resistance Reduction of, 207
Goods, Self-Adjusting Suspension for (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 823*
Heavy, Hire-Purchase of. Discussion in Parliament on, 159
Heavy, Increase in Demand for, 408 Heavy, Praga V35, 569
Industry, Brisk Recovery in, 615 Industry, Constitution of, 408 Industry, Employment in, 11* Industry, Heavy, Effect of European Common Market on, 408
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 408 Industry, Problems of Growth of, 709 Industry, Production Statistics, 135 Industry, Steel-Plate Shortage in, 458* Industry. See also Motor Industry and Motor-Car Industry
Jeep, British-Type, “ Champ,” Tendering for. Discussion in Parliament on, 511
Jeep, Conversion of, by Riemerschmid Track, for Travel over Snow, 388*
Jeep, Forward Control (Willys), 388* “ Land Rover,” Diesel Engine for (Rover Co., Ltd.), 808*
Lorries, Heavy, Increase in Demand for, 408
Mechanics’ Textbook, by F. K. Sully (Book), 270
Military, ” B Series,” West German Army, Petrol Engines for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 248
on Roads, Estimate of Number of, 799 Spare Parts for, 248
” Thames Trader,” New Range of (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 700*
Transmission Gears, Heat-Treatment of. Equipment for (David Brown Industries, Ltd.), 619*
— Wagons. See Motor Vehicles; Tractors
Motorship, Cargo, “ Lubumbashi,” Further Sea Trials on, by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587
— “Essex Ferry,” T.S., Rail Ferry for Har-
wich-Zeebrugge Service, 190*
— ” Kepwick Hall,” Hatch Cover of Welded
Aluminium for (Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd.), 202*
— Tanker “ Ferncrest,” Pneumatic Hoist for
Engine Room of (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd,), 829
— See also Marine Propulsion
Motorways, Commercial-Vehicle Requirements for, by D. M. Clapp and J. A. Proudlove, 206*. See LETTER, 264
— Parking on, 207
— Requirements of, by D. M. Clapp and J. A.
Proudlove, 206.* See LETTER, 264
— See also Road
Mottram, E. T., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Moulds, Epoxide-Resin Vacuum Forming (Bakelite, Ltd.), 141
— Plaster, Plastics Press Tools from. Use in
Aircraft Industry, 372*
Moulding Box Lifting Machine, “ FRPS 160 ” (VEB Giesserei und Maschinenbau Ferdinand Kunert), 626
— Equipment at Research Station of British
Steel Castings Research Association, 809
— Jointing, and Filling, Hermetal “ Double
Bond ” Plastics Material for (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 595
— Machine, Jolt-Squeeze, at Cardiff Foundry
and Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
— Mechanised, of Green-Sand Castings at
Beans Industries, Ltd., 266*
Preparation at Beans Industries, Ltd., 265*
Shell, “ Cellobond JX5040,” High-Speed Resin for (British Resin Products, Ltd.),
— See also Foundry
Moulijn, E., on Engineer’s Card Index, 388. See LETTERS, 453, 648
Mount Pleasant, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
Mount Tuahu Repeater Station in Radio Relay Systeni from Hamilton to Palmerston (New Zealand), 427
Mountings, Resilient, Use in Reducing Vibration and Noise of Machines, 716*
Moviegraph Signals, Use in Wall Chart for, T^me/Load Systems (Adapta-Charts, Ltd.) “ MS2 ” Mass Spectrometer for Dounreay (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd.), 727
MTR Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240
Muckle, Dr. W.: on Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers, 526: on Ship Superstructures and Strength,’ 625
Mullard, Ltd.: New Accessories for 50-watt Ultrasonic Drill, 117*; Sales of Electronic Valves and Cathode-Ray Tubes, 230; Nickel-Zinc Ferrite Tube as Vibrating Element for Highly-Selective Band-Pass Filter, 360; Valve Oscillators, 360; Comment on Restrictive Practices Concerning, 374; Film Scanning Particle Analyserfor Counting and Sizing Microscopic Particles, 563*; 4-MeV Linear Accelerator at, 573; Transistor Production at Southampton Factory, 690
Multi-Slide Machines. See Machine Tools
Multi-Stroke ” Hand-Lift Trucks (Trade Publication), 789
Munby, D. L., on Industry and Planning in Stepney, 1951, 515
Mimck ’ 6-ton Low Head-Room Hoist, at Chromium-Deposition Plant of Fescol, Ltd., 331
Munich Handicrafts and Trade Fair, Awards for Federal Competition for’ Young Craftsmen, 452
Municipal Authority Finance, Reorganisation of, 230
Government Industrial Derating, 159
Munro, J. R., American Engineer, ’195* Munro, R. V^, Ltd.,Apparatus for Ship-Model
Testing Tank at St. Albans, 131, 132
Murad Developments, Ltd., Modified Dustless Grinding Machine, 213*
Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., “ Fortrex 35 ” Welding Electrodes for Containing Sphere for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 724*
Murphy, T. J., on Functions of Salesman, 741. See also 737
Murray, J. M.: on Ocean Iron Ore Carriers, 526; on Cracks in Ships’ Plates,
Museum, Electrical Gear (George Ltd.), 169
— National Maritime, Newcomen
Visit to, 763
— Science, Aeronautical History in
(Book), 51
Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— Trevithick Site, 5
Music, Electrical Production of, by A. Douglas (Review), 534*
Myrdal, G., on Power as a Factor of Development of Underdeveloped Countries, 769
“ Mystere IV ” Aircraft, Construction of Rear Fuselage, 372*. See Erratum, 504
Diesel Engines in Passenger Launches for Cia Shell de Venezuela (John 1. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd.), 127*; Centrifuge for Missile Components with Accelerations of lOOg, 297*; Conversion of “ Convair 340 ” Air-Liner to “ Eland ” Propeller- Turbine Engines, 336*; “Eland” Propeller-Turbine Aeroplane Engine, 360; Ignition System for Pressure-Jet Helicopters, 590*; Agreement with Aerojet- General Corp., for Exchange of Technical Knowledge on Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines, 592; “Gazelle” Free-Turbine Engine for Helicopters with Shaft Drive, 629*; Agreement with PacAero, Inc., to Manufacture and Sell “ Spraymai ” Electrical De-Icing System, 631
Naples, Congress of Aviation Medicine at, 544 Nash and Hodge Engineers, Ltd., Tool Making, Contract Machining and Machine-Tool Re-Building (Trade Publication), 403
Nash-Kelvinator Works, Crewe, Fire at. Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Nash and Thompson, Ltd., Electromechanical Computer Unit, 419*
National Association of Operative Plasterers. See Plasterers under Labour
— Boat Show, 57*
National Carbon Co., Welding of Graphite, 251 National Cash Register Co., Ltd., “National- Elliott 405 ” Digital Computer, 638*
— Certificates. Higher, in Engineering, Statis
tics on, 735
— Coal Board: Off-Shore Coal Boring Pro
ject, 12; Progress over 10 Years, 37; Use of Power Loaders, 45; Comment on Postponement of Decision on Bonus Shift Problem, 64; Explosives Specified 67*; Policy and Progress, 103; Review of First Ten Years (Book), 147; High-Tension Wet-Type Submersible Pump Set at Castle Pit Coal Mine (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148; 3,700 h.p. Direct-Current Winders at Silverwood and Cadeby Collieries, 178*; Production Problems, 358; Mission to Russian Coal Mines, 416; Use of Television at Manvers Coal-Preparation Plant, Wath-on-Dearne, 631*; Selection for Management, 674*; Staff College, 675*; Annual Report, 741
— College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigera
tion and Fan Engineering, Air-Conditioning Lectures at, 658
— Economy. See Economy
“ National-Elliott 405 ” Digital Computer (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 638*
— Federation of Building Trades Operatives.
See Building Trades Operatives
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., R.R.S. “ John Biscoe,” 24
Turbine Establishment: Motor-Driven Axial-Flow Compressor Sets for Compressor-Exhauster Plant (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 233*; Simulated Flight Testing of Aero Engines, by H. Constant, 750*; Model of Engine Test Facility at, 753*; Simulated-Flight Engine-Test Facility at, 780*; Simulated- Flight Engine-Test Facility at, by R. P. Probert, 814*
— Industrial Conference Board, Conference on
Atomic Energy in Industry, 251
— Inspection Council for Electrical Installation
Contracting, Activities of, 118
— Institute of Agricultural Engineering. See
Agricultural Engineering, National Institute of
of Economic and Social Research. See Economic and Social Research, National Institute of
for Research in Dairying. See Dairying, National Institute for Research in
for Research in Nuclear Science. See Nuclear Science
— Lending Library for Science and Tech
nology: Projected, Note on, 632; Proposed, Remarks on, by Miss R. M. Bunn, 693
— Maritime Museum, Newcomen Society’s
Visit to, 763
— Physical Laboratory: Checking Secondary
Light Standards, 17; Staff Engaged on Electronic Computers for Clerical Problems, 159; Findings of Conference on Direction Research Establishments, 201. See also Vol. 182; N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator for Bores up to 3-in. Diameter, 365*; New Hydromechanics Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, 498*; Wages Accounting by Electronic Computer, 519; New Ship Hydrodynamics Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, Discussion on, 555; Exhibits and Work of, at Open Days, 714*;
Machine-Tool Monitor, 714; 1,200-ton
Compression-Testing Machine, 714; Device for Measuring Pitch Errors in Fir-Tree Roots on Gas-Turbine Discs, 714*; Pneumatic Thickness Measuring Instrument for Thin Plastic Film or Metal Foil, 714;
714*; v-uiiipuici, iij ,
Study of Ship Motions in Rough Water, 715; .
puter,
735; Theoretical Research on Oscillatory Instability in Flight, 753
— Reactor Testing Station: New Reactors at,
281; Vulcanising Motor Tyres by Irradiation, 283
National Research Development Corporation: Small Steam Power Plants for Utilising Waste Vegetable Matter, 417; Annual Report, 422
— Service Deferments for Apprentices, 543 Deferments for Engineering Graduates,
Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Deferments for Young Craftsmen, 543 in United States, Views of T. R. Jones on, 296
National Trade Press, Ltd., Industrial Textiles Trade Fair, 491
— Union of Bank Employees. See Bank
Employees
of Manufacturers. See Manufacturers, National Union of
of Public Employees. See Public Em~ ployees under Labour
of Railwaymen. See Railwaymen^ National Union of^ under Labour
Nationalisation of Coal Industry, Progress over 10 Years, 37
— of Industry in Italy, 487 Nationalised Industries, Overdrafts of, 639 Salaries of Leaders of, 736 Natural Gas Deposits in Britain, 703
— Rubber Development Board, Proceedings
of Conference on Rubber in Engineering (Book), 822
— Sciences Foundation, Cost of Research and
Development in United States, 198
“ Nautilus,” Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Overhaul and Refuelling, 93, 123
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics
— Architects, Education and Training of.
Symposium on. See Naval Architects, Institution of
Naval Architects, Symposium on
Aluminium
182
Symposium on The Education and Training of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers: A New Deal for Naval Architecture in University Education and a few Related Professional Questions, by Prof. E. V. Teller, 223. See also 231, 232
University Education and Training of Naval Architects, by Prof. A. M. Robb and by Prof. L. C. Burrill, 223. See also 232
Selection, Education and Training of Officers for Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, by Prof. S. J. Palmer, 223. See also 231
Training of Engineer Officers in the Royal Navy, by Capt. I. G. Aylen, 223. See also 231
Training of Engineers for the Merchant Navy, by Dr. S. F. Dorey, 223. See also 231
Discussion on Papers, 231
See LETTER, 293 Spring Meeting:
National Physical Laboratory New Hydromechanics Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, 498*
Presidential Address by Viscount Runciman, 525
Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers, by J. Lenaghan, 535; Discussion on, 525
National Physical Laboratory New Ship Hydrodynamics Laboratory, by Dr. J. F. Allan, Discussion on, 555
Effect of Cavitation on Performance of Series of 16-in. Model Propellers, by Dr. R. L. Gawn and Prof. L. C. Burrill, 556; Discussion on, 556
Model Experiments on Series of 0-70 Block Coefficient Forms: Part I, by R. E. Blackwell and G. J. Goodrich; Part 11, by R. E. Blackwell and D. J. Doust, 557; Discussion on, 557
Further Sea Trials on the “ Lubumbashi,” by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587
Interaction Between Ship’s Hull and Long Superstructure, by Dr. J, C. Chapman, 624; Discussion on, 624
Stresses in Deckhouses and Superstructures, by Dr. A. J. Johnson, 624; Discussion on, 624
Effect of Superstructures on Longitudinal Strength of Ships, by Dr. J. B. Caldwell, 624; Discussion on, 624
Conditions for Unstable Rupturing of Wide Plate, by G. M. Boyd, 656; Discussion on, 656
Ship Hull Pressure Measurements, by Dr.
N. Hogben, 657; Discussion on, 657 Naval Architecture in University Education. 223. See also 231
See also H^arships
— Construction. See Warships
— Constructors, Royal Corps of. Selection,
Education and Training of Officers for by Prof. S. J. Palmer, 223. See also 231
— Guns. See Guns
— Warfare. See Warships
— See also Warships
Navia, River, Hydro-Electric Development on 354* ’
Navigating Equipment for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, 445
— Instruments for “ Mayflower 11 ” (Kelvin &
Hughes, Ltd.), 580*
Navigation, Aerial. See Aeronautics Navigator, Decca, Discussion in Parliament on 479 ’
Naviglio della Martesana, 6
Naviglio Grande, Resumption ol’ Work on, in 1257, 6
Navvy. See Excavator
Navy, British, See H.M. under Warships
— Estimates, Explanatory Statement on, 645
— Merchant and Airline Officers’ Association,
Claims of Engineer Officers for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners, 192, 352
Training of Engineers for, by Dr. S. F. Dorey, 223. See also 231
— Royal, Aircraft in New Defence Policy, 645* “D.H.llO” “Sea Vixen’’ Carrier-
Borne All-Weather Fighter Aircraft for (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439 Engineer Officers, Training in, by Capt.
I. G. Aylen, 223. See also 231
— United States. See United States under
Warships
— See also Naval: Warships
Naybro Stone, Ltd., Swindells and Another v., 463
“ND 181 ’’Reactor Simulator (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., 637
Neal, Dr. B. G., on Virtual Work and Moment Distribution Method, 47*, 196. See LETTER, 165
Negretti, P. A., Remarks on Profits and Turnover of Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., 456 Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., Annual Report, 456 Negro Children, Study of Intellectual Capability, 448
Nelson, Sir G.: Remarks on European Common Market, 359; Report on English Electric Group, 359; on Problems of European Free Trade Area, 440; Appointment as President of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 583
“ Nene ’’ Turbojet Engines for Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 142*
Neoprene-Coated Fabric, Use in “ Numax ’’ Inflatable Hut (Elliot Equipment, Ltd.), 362
— Fittings in “DP.14’’ Twin-Cylinder Dia
phragm Air Compressor (Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd.), 189*
— Plant, Approval for, in Northern
(du Pont Company), 199
— Protective Coatings, Semprene
(Semtex, Ltd.), 425*
— Synthetic Rubber, “ Hypalon,’’ for
tive Coatings (E.l. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc.), 425
NERO Nuclear Reactor at Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Criticality Reached, 346; Derivation of Name, 346 Netherlands, Loan by International Bank to, 614
— Navy, Royal, Adoption of Steam Catapult
and Aircraft-Positioning Device, 5
— Organisations of Interest to Technical
Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
— See also Dutch: Holland
“ Network 3 ’’ New Programme of British Broadcasting Corporation, 481
Neurology, Microtome Drive for Use in (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 420
Neuropsychiatric Research Centre, Microtome Drive for Use in Neurology (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 420*
Neutron Fast Chopper, Brookhaven, 241*. See Erratum, 283
— Flux, Thermal, from 2-MeV Linear Acceler
ator (General Electric Co.), 574
•— Prompt and Delayed, Explanation of, 412
New Caledonia, Exploitation of Nickel Deposits in, by International Nickel Co. of Canada, 357
— Consolidated Gold Fields, Offer to Acquire
Interest in South West Africa Co., 198
— Jersey, Quarry Blasting in, Rules and
Regulations Governing, 464
— Year Honours List, 38
— York State Labor Department, Concessions
Announced by, 576
State of. Power Authority of. Work on St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
United States World Trade Fair in, 598 “ Zidpark ’’ Ten-Storey Automatic Car Park, 344*
— Zealand, Broad-Band Radio Relay System
from Hamilton to Palmerston, 427
Relaxation of Import Controls by, 440 Newall Group Sales, Ltd.; Large DualCapacity Projector for Inspection of Profiles or Surfaces, 394*; Fully-Auto- matic Internal Grinding Machine, 446 Newberry, C. W., on 1,000-Ton Compression Testing Machine for Structural Elements. 180*
Newby, D., on Homogeneous Aqueous Reactor, 443
Newcomen Society, Summer Meeting and Visits of, 763
Newfoundland, Transatlantic Telephone Cable System at, 149, 150
Newman, Hender and Co., Ltd., Valves for Petroleum Industry (Trade Publication), Newman Industries, Ltd., Range of Drip- Proof Electric Motors from | to 50 h.p., with Class E Insulation, 317*
Newman, W. H., on ENGINEERING, 356
“ Newphase ” Alternator (Arthur Lyon and Co. (Engineers), Ltd.), 472
Newport Instruments (Scientific and Mobile), Ltd., “ Autronic ” Electro-Magnetic Clutches, 825
News in Pictures, Brochure of British Petroleum Co., Ltd., 63
Newton, R. N.: on Ship-Model Tank, 555; on Cavitation and Propeller Performance, 5 5 6
Newton Victor “ Raymax 150’’ Lightweight Radiographic Equipment for Use in Factory or on Open Erection Sites (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.) 593*
Nicholls, C. M., on Chemical Processing of Nuclear Fuels, 313*
Nicholls, H., on Government Training Schemes for Engineers, 239
Nickel Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
Nickel Alloy Sand Castings, Quality Control in the Production of, by D. R. Wood and J. F. Gregg, 553
— Electrodeposition of (Trade Publication), 311
— Electroplating for Engineers (Trade Publi
cation), 311
— — of Special-Purpose Metals, 234
— Improvement in Supply Position, I"
— in Industry, Applications of, by
Pfeil, 621
— Modern Uses of, 234
— Ores, Sudbury, Milling and
Cinema Film on, 221
— Production and Consumption
(International Nickel Co.), 614
— Prospects of Increasing Demand for
Civilian Uses, 357
— Shortage of, 357
— Zinc Ferrite Tube, Use as Vibrating Element for Highly-Selective Band-Pass Filter (Mullard, Ltd.), 360
Nigeria, Plastics Tubes Manufacture in (Yorkshire Copper Works, Ltd.), 198
Night Air-Glow, Study of, during International Geophysical Year, by Queen’s University (Belfast), 286
— Work for Apprentices, Discussion in Parliament on, 671
“ Nike President ” Hydraulic Drafting Machine (M.B.C. (Office Systems) Ltd.), 760
Nile, River, Need for Conference on Waters of, 607
New Dam on, Under Consideration, 774 Work of Sir M. Macdonald on Control of, 580
Nippon Electric Co., Ltd., Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
Nitric Acid, Use as Oxidant in “ SEPR 661 ” Rocket Engine, 791
Nitrogen Generators (Trade Publication), 147
— Liquid, Use for Shrinkage of Capstan Shaft (Emmerson Walker, Ltd.), 651
Nitroglycerine, Properties, Testing, Manufacture and History of, 66*
Niwa, K., on Prefabrication in Japanese Shipbuilding Industry, 775
“ Nixie ” Counter Indicator (Burroughs Corporation), 419
Nixon, Vice-President, on Economic Aid to Poland, 778
Nixon, W. E., on General Policy of de Havil- land, 518
Nobel Vibrograph for Recording Ground Vibration, 463*
Noise, Aircraft, at London Airport, Construction of Earth Walls to Combat, 191
— Jet, Nozzles for Suppression of, Experimental Work on, 592*
— Reduction at Ashford Common Pumping
Station, by Dr. A. J. King, 16*
— from Turbojet Engine House for Wind Tunnel, Silencing, by Dr. A. J. King, 142*
— and Vibration of Mechanisms and Ma
chines: Causes and Remedies, by Dr. A. J. King, 716*
Non-Conducting Coverings. See Heat Insulation
Non-Corrosive Metal Products, Ltd., Builders' Cradles and Slung Staging, for Use with “Skyscraper” Scaffold Winch, 592
— Ferrous Castings (Trade Publication), 371 Castings, Quality Control of. Metallurgical Principles, by R. W. Ruddle and A. Cibula, 553
Metals. See Metals: Metallurgy
Ores in Britain, 159
“ Noral Alpaste ” Aluminium Paint (Trade Publication), 85
“ Noral ” B51S Aluminium Alloy, for Welded Footbridge Over River Ebbw, 361*
— Sheet for Welded Hatch Cover for M.S.
“ Kepwick Hall ” (Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd.), 202*
“ Nord 2502 ” Cargo Aircraft, 762*
“ Nord 2504 ” Cargo Aircraft, 762
“ Nord 2506 ” Cargo Aircraft, 762
“ Nord 2507 ” Cargo Aircraft for Search and Rescue Work on Land or Sea, 762
— See also Societe Nationale des Constructions
Aeronautique du Nord
Norfolk and Western Railroad, Oil-Fired Steam-Turbine Locomotive with Electric Drive, 291*
Norris, L. H., Remarks at Leonardo da Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.: Reid- MacLeod Steam-Turbine Locomotive, 290; Reid-Ramsay Turbine Condensing Locomotive, 290; Annual Report, 424; Mechanical Parts for Electric Locomotives, 456
— Carolina State College, Aqueous Homogeneous Research Reactor, 796
—East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Development of Refractory Nozzle Blades for Use in High-Temperature Gas Turbines, by Dr. T. H. Blakeley and R. F. Darling, 234
England, Teaching of Advanced Technology in, 767
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. See Scotland, North of
— Staffordshire. See Staffordshire
— Western Electricity Board, Increase in Price of Electricity, 517
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd.: “Noral Alpaste” Aluminium Plant (Trade Publication), 85; Welded Aluminium Footbridge Over River Ebbw, 361*; Aluminium “ Apron ” for Oxford Playhouse, 393
— Ireland, Acetylene Plant, Purchase of Site for, by British Oxygen Co., Ltd., 199 Erection of Factory in, for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., 425
Industrial Development in, 199 Neoprene Plant, Approval for (du Pont Company), 199
Nuclear Power Station Proposed for, 345 Unemployment in, 199
— Outfall Works: New Sewage Sedimentation
Plant for London County Council, 478*; Installation of Gas-Turbines for Supply of Power at (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 730
Northern States Power Co., Proposed Nuclear Power Plant, 476*
Norton Giles and Co., Ltd., “ Hilo ” Degreasing 1 Fluid (Trade Publication), 693
Norway Aura Power Station, 62'5-MVA Hydro-Electric Generators at (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 658* Power Station, 37-5-MVA Waterwheel Generators at (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 658*
— Organisations of Interest to Technical Information Services (Pamphlet), 502
Notation in Stress Analysis, by J. Case, 616. See LETTERS, 679, 710
Notch-Fatigue of Titanium Alloys at High Temperatures, 299
Notes on New Books. See Books Notices of Meetings, 26, 60, 94, 124, 156, 188, 220, 252, 284, 316, 350, 378, 410, 444, 477, 506, 541, 570, 606, 638, 670, 701, 734, 766, 798, 829
— Wages in Lieu of. Note on, 672 Nottingham and District Technical College, Annual Assembly of, 391
— University, Residential Course on Nuclear
Engineering, 347; Nuclear Engineering Course, 698
Nova Scotia, Transatlantic Telephone Cable System at, 149, 150
Novy, H. J., on Threat of Scarcity of Steel Plate, 457. See also 550
Nozzles, Air, Use of, for Horticultural Spraying, 771*
— for Suppression of Jet Noise, Experimental Work on, 592*
NPD Nuclear Reactor, Design Modifications, 636
N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator for Bores up to 3-in. in Diameter (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Ltd.), 365*
NRC Equipment Corp., Licence for Manufacture of Vacuum Furnaces, to Wild- Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., 598
NRX Nuclear Reactor, at Chalk River, Ontario, 92*
Nuclear and Allied Radiation, Hazards to Man of, Report on, by Medical Research Council, 454
— Centre, Baghdad Pact, 735 in Philippines, 93
— Chemistry (Review), 241* Nuclear-Chicago, Note on Catalogue of, 693
— Congress (Chicago), 796 (Philadelphia), 155
Nuclear Development Corp, of America, Nuclear Reactor for Chugach Electric Association, 29
in Japan, 28
— Energy, Applications, Instruments for, 360 Asian-African Co-operation in, 92 Basic Principles of, by G. Cahen and P. Treille (Book), 597
Classification of Information on, 509, 510 Conference, British: Admission ol Institute of Metals, and Iron and Steel Institute, 124; Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, by Sir C. D. Gibb, 249*; Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Engineering Problems and Nuclear Energy, by Sir C. Gibb, 283; Homogeneous Aqueous Reactor, by Dr. R. Hurst, 1. Wells, and D. Newby, 443; Chemical Processing of Nuclear Fuels, by C. M. Nicholls and Dr. R. Spence, 313*
Developments in. Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Developments in United States, 29 Direct Conversion to Electricity, 59
Engineer’s Function in. by D. F. Welch, 382
Exchange of Knowledge on, between United Kingdom and United States, 474
Explanation of Terms, 411 *
Future Developments of, by W. K. Davis and L. M. Roddis, 474*
in Great Britain, by J. C. Duckworth and W. H. C. Pilling, 812
Health and Administration Aspects (Review), 243
India, Developments in, 92*
Insurance Problems Associated with, 153 Inter-American Symposium on "
Applications of, 604
International Exhibition, Het Holland, 155, 604
for Management, Conference
Nuclear Fuel Elements, Bradwell Nuclear
Power Station, 250*
Elements, Ceramic, 636
Elements, Cottrell Effect in, 380
Elements, Cylindrical Uranium Bars as, 380
Elements,
Berkeley Nuclear Power Nucleonics, Ltd.), 251
Element Fabrication in Reactor, 603*
Elements, Irradiated, (Pye, Ltd.), 726
Element Sheaths for Dounreay Nuclear
Reactor (Accles and Pollock, Ltd.), 198 Element, Shield Plugs for DMTR
Nuclear Reactor (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.) 725
Elements for South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 219
Elements, in SRE Nuclear Reactor, 766* Element Support at Calder Hall, 249 Element System in Dounreay Fast Reactor, 613*
Enriched, Cost of, 794
Fluid, Pumping of, 732*
Hotspur Suite for Processing, 315*
Melting and Casting, 314*
Moderator System, THUD Research Programme on, 636
Remote Control of, 313* Research on, at Dounreay, 610*, 665*, 724*
Rod Assemblies with Heavy Water as Cooling Medium (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.), 731
Rod, Inspection of Behaviour of, with Miniature Television Camera (Pye, Ltd.), 117
Rods as Radiation Sources, 802*
Slagging Process, 314*
Standardisation of, 313*
Suspensions, Circulation of, 733*
as Tape, 251
Work on, at Dounreay, 610*, 665*, 724*
— Fusion. See Fusion
— Generation, Lecture on, by P. J. Squire, 219, 282*
Nuclear Graphite, Ltd., Formation of, 121
— Insurance Rating Bureau, Formation of, 187
— Metallurgy, Course on, at Battersea Polytechnic, 283
— Physics Centre, 60
Conference, Physical Society, 347, 604 Equipment at Leipzig Fair, 660*
Research Centre, Statement on, 222 Scandinavian Institute for Study of, 828
— Power, Classification of Information on, 509, 510
Consideration of, by North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 359
Cost of, 474*, 508
Cost of, by Dr. P. F. Genachte, 475 Cost Factors of, 764
Development of. Mains Factor Delaying, 510
Electricity from. Cost of, 765
Exhibits at Hanover Trade Fair, 575 Future of, by Sir C. Hinton, 380 Load Factor, 282
Lord Mills’ Statement on Forthcoming Projects for Utilisation of, 479
for Marine Propulsion, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
for Merchant Ships, Committee on, 381 Nuclear Power Plant Co., Ltd.: Activities of Member Firms, 93; See also Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
Plants, Cost of, 474* Plants for Germany, 635 Plant, Indian Point, Increase in Cost Estimate, 635
Plant, Indian Point, New Core for, 635 Plants for Irrigation, 636
Plant, Monroe, Michigan (Power Reactor Development Co.), 476
Plant, Northern States Power Co., 476* Plants, Pacific Northwest Utilities, Plans for, 346
Plants, Safety at. Discussion in Parliament on, 383
Plants, Shell Atomic Power Lubricants for (Shell Research Centre), 810
Plants for Underdeveloped Countries, by Dr. W. E. Shoupp and A. R. Jones, 795*
Plants, United States, Anticipated Construction and Output of, 474*
Plants, United States, List of, 475*
Plants, United States, Plans for New, 346 Post-Graduate Courses on, at Imperial
College of Science and Technology, 294, 347
Programme, 345
Programme, Expansion of, 121
Programme and Its Impact on Education, by Prof. J. M. Kay, 413
Programme, Limiting Factors of, 345 Programme, United Kingdom, 636 Projects, United States, Increases in Capital Cost of, 635
Publications, 155
Pumped-Storage Scheme, 283
Research on Metallurgical Problems in, 796
Role in Meeting World Energy Requirements (Review), 240*
Station, Ayrshire, Projected, 31
Stations, Base Load and, by P. J. Squire, 346
Station, Berkeley: 121; Site Layout, 121*; Constructional Steel Contract, 152; Description of Plant, 152*; Contractors for, 152, 153; Detection of Faulty Fuel Elements (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 251; Model of, 423; Heavy Ion Accelerator, Hilac, at, 572; Progress of, 697*
Station, Bradwell: 121; Details of, 249*;
Model of, 423; Description of, 697* Station, Calder Hall: Model of, at
Het Atoom, 155; Remarks on, by Sir C. Hinton, 219; Operating Experience, of “A” Power Station, 249; Cottrell Effect in Fuel Elements, 380; Gas Leakage at, 381; Cock Manifold, “AB.18” Eight-Unit
(Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 382*; Discussion in Parliament on Site of, 383
Nuclear Power Stations, Capital Costs of, 764, 794
Stations, Civil-Engineering Capacity for, 479
Stations, Constructional Problems and Limitations, 345
Stations, Conversion of Coal-Fired Power Stations to, 639
Stations, Cooling-Water Requirements, Explanation of, 441
Stations, Costs of, 508, 794
Stations, Cost of, for Britain’s Programme, 345
Stations, Costings of Contracts for Construction of. Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Stations, Economies of Scale, 764
Station, “ Eva,” 100-MW, for Sweden, 826*
Stations, Expenditure on, 510
Stations, Expenditure on New, 479
Stations, Fluctuating Loads. 441
Stations, Future Trends, 381
Station, Hinkley Point, 443, 794
Station, Hunterston, Discussion Parliament on, 671
Stations for India, 794
Stations, Inspection of, by Lloyds Stations, Insurance of, 187
Station for Italy, 794
Station, Japan, Possible Purchase Calder Hall “ B ” Type, 121
Station, Larger Outputs Forecast, 153 Stations, Load Factor in United Kingdom, 764
Stations for Messina Countries, 634
Stations, Need to Blend with Landscape, 347
Station, Northern Ireland. Proposed, 345 Stations, Off-Peak Loads, Use of, 441 Stations, Programme Expansion and Possible New Sites for, 121
Stations, as Pumping Unit at Off-Peak Periods, 441
Station for Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elek- trizitatswerk. A.G., 413*
Stations, Running Costs, 488
Station for Rural Co-operative Power Association at Elk River (Minnesota), 413*
Station for Russia, 420-MW, Description of. 794
Stations, Safety of, 382, 479 Stations, Safety of. Remarks on, by Lord Mills, 454
Station, Scotland, Comment on Opposition to, 674
Station, Shippingport: PWR Reactor, 154*; Installation of Pressure Vessel for, 154*
Stations, Sites for New, 443, 704 Stations, Siting and Output of, 383, 441, 479
Station for South Africa, 794 Station, South Coast, Reported Prospecting by Central Electricity Authority, 447
Station, South of Scotland: Design Data, 185*; Problem of Site for, 187; Description of, 218*; Model of, 423 Stations for Spain, 794 Stations, Steel-Plate Shortage, Effect on, 458
Station, for Sweden. 100-MW. 826* Stations, Thermal Efficiency, 765 Stations, Tendering for Construction of. Discussion in Parliament on, 383
Stations, Uranium Requirements for, 424, 479
Station, Wales: Possible Sites for, 187; Efforts to Find Site for, 345; Investigation of Sites, 767
Survey of Britain’s Prospects, by P. J. Squire, 282*
Units, Small, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 636 See also Atomic; Nuclear Energy
— Powered Aircraft Carrier, United States, 381 Icebreaker Vessel ” Lenin,” 382
Locomotives, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
Oil Tanker, 123 Oil Tanker, Propulsion Machinery for, 382
Ships, Discussion in Parliament on, 159 Ships, Shield Configuration in, 382 Submarine. See under Warships
? Warships, Discussion in Parliament on
Construction at Portsmouth Dockyard, 351
• Warship “ Long Beach,” 381
— Propulsion, 29
Discussion in Parliament on, 191 Rear-Admiral, Appointment of Rear- Admiral G. A. M. Wilson as, 381
System, Pressurised Water, at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, 540
— Radiation, Applications of (Review), 242,
243
Discussion on, at American Society for Testing Materials, 574
Potential Dangers of, 454
— Reactor, “Adam,” 75-MW, for Sweden,
826*
AGN-201, Description of, 281 AGN-201 100-MW, Licence to Operate Issued to Aerojet-General Nucleonics, 733*
ALPR, 281 Analogue Computer to Simulate Operation of, 637
ANL (Review), 240 APPR, Control Rod Flux Peaking in, 795*
APPR, Description of, 602* APPR, Operation Commenced, 574 APPR-1, 185*
Aqueous Homogeneous, 217 Aqueous Homogeneous Research, at North Carolina State College, 796
ARBOR, New Research Facility, 281 Argonaut, Critical, 574* Argonaut, Description of, 574* BEPO, 381
Nuclear Reactor BEPO (Review), 240
Berkeley Power Station, 152*
Boiling-Water, Advantages of System, 413
Boiling-Water, Closed-Cycle, for Rhein- isch-Westfalisches Elektrizitiitswerk, A.G., 413*. 441*
BORAX-4, 731
Breeder, Control of Susceptibility of Reactivity to Fluctuations, 732
Breeder. See also Douiireay Fast Breeder Reactor
Breeding in. Explanation of Term, 412 BRF, Use of Beryllium in, 731* Can, Extended Surface of, 380
Can Temperature, Maximum Allowable, 380
Canning Materials, 380
Castings, X-Ray Machine for Testing, 796
Centripetal, Cooling System, 733* with Ceramic Fuel Elements, 636 for Chugach Electric Association (Nuclear Development Corp, of America), 29
CIR, for India, 92*
City of Holyoke, Proposed,
City of Orlando, Proposed,
Classification of, 794
Control Channel (Ericsson Ltd.), 360
Enriched Uranium Pressurised Water, 134-MW, Offer of, to Japan, by Westinghouse Corp., 536
ETR, for National Reactor Testing Station, 281
Experimental, “ RI,” Sweden, Description of, 826*
Explanation of Terms, 411*
Facility, ARBOR, 29
Fast Breeder, 217
Fast Breeder, Dounreay. See Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor
Fast, Circulating System, Patent on, 282 Fast, Explanation of Term, 412* Fast-Thermal, 404”
Florida University, Proposed, 197
Flux Flattening in, 732*
Fuel Processing in, 313*
Gas for, Choice of, 380
Gas-Cooled, 217
Gas-Cooled, by Sir C. Hinton, 251
Gas-Cooled, Canning Materials for, 380 Gas-Cooled, Development of System, 249*
Gas-Cooled, Dust Collector for Closed Carbon Dioxide Circuit of (Mancuna Engineering, Ltd.), 510
Gas-Cooled, Graphife-Moderated, Advantages of, 794
Gas-Cooled Graphite-Moderated, Discussion on, 794
Gas-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated, Safety of, 794
Gas-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated, for Spain, 794
Gas-Cooled, Increase in Bulk Gas- Outlet Temperature, 380*
Gas-Cooled, in India, 794
Gas-Cooled, Safety of, by Sir C. Gibb, 283
Gas-Outlet Temperature of, 441
GCRE, 281
Heat from. Conference on Utilisation of, 123
Heavy-Water-Moderated, 7-MW, for China, 733
Homogeneous Aqueous, by Dr. R. Hurst, 1. Wells and D. Newby, 443
Homogeneous, Comparison of Systems, 476*
Homogeneous Solid-Fuel, New Concept of General Dynamics Corp., 29
Homogeneous, Study of System, 476* HRE-2, 154*, 796*
HRE-2, Cost of, 796
HRE-2, Delay in Commencement of Operation, 154*; Description of Process, 154*
HRE-3, 796*
Indian Point, Authorisation to Perform Critical Experiments with, 766
Instrumentation, Equipment for (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.), 360
Irradiation Testing in, 669
Isopropylbiphenyl Organic Moderator for, 382
for Japan, 28, 697
JEEP (Review), 240
KEWR. Self-Controlling, 282
Liquid-Metal-Fuel, 217
Liquid-Metal-Fuel, Cooling of, 733* Los Alamos, Explosion of, 443
Lucas Heights, Sydney, Nucleonic Instrumentation for (Ekco Electronics, Ltd.), 442
for Marine Propulsion, 29, 123, 155, 381, 382
Materials Testing, 670. See also DMTR
Nuclear Reactor for Merchant Ships, 381 Moderator. See Moderator
MTR (Review), 240
Natural-Uranium, for Poland, 794 NERO, at Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, Criticality Reached, 346; Derivation of Name, 346
NPD, Design Modifications, 636 NRX. at Chalk River, Ontario, 92*
— — Ohio River Valley, Plans for, 346 OMRE, 281
OMRE, Progress of, 635*
ORNL (Review), 240
Package, Marketing of, by Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd., 185*
Pebble Bed, 732*
Physics of (Review), 241*
Post-War Trend, by F. J. Hutchinson, 277
Power (Review), 240
Preliminary Pile Assembly for Study of, 282*
Pressure Vessel. See Pressure Vessel Pressurised-Water, II-5-MW. 15-MW, 58-MW, and 143-MW (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 795*
Privately-Owned, 15-MW, Order from Germany for, 294
for Propulsion. 29
PWR, Cost of, 634, 635
PWR, Installation of Pressure Vessel, 154*
PWR. Shippingport, 154*
Research (Review), 240*
Research, for Italy (ACF Industries), 796 Research and Materials Testing, “ R2,” for Sweden, Description of, 827
Research Projects in United Slates, 282* RPT (Review), 240
for Russian 420-MW Nuclear Power Station 794
Safety Device, 796
Sales, Keen International Competition for, 536
Ship, Diphenyl Organic Moderator in, 382
in Ships, Need for Rigid Structure, 382 in Ships, Requirements of, 381 SIR, Shut-Down of, 540
Sodium-Graphite, 217*
South of Scotland: 218*; Charge and Discharge, 218*; Double Pressure Vessel, 218*; Servicing Machine, 218; Shielding Structure, 218*
SPERT-1, Commencement of Operation, 281*
SRE, 154, 217*
SRE, Cost of, 796
SRE, Description of, 765*
SRE, Progress of, 636
Submarine Advance, Development of, 540
SUPO (Review), 240
Swimming-Pool, in India, 92*
System, 2PR-5, 154
Technology Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 698
Thermal, Explanation of Term, 412* Thermo-, Criteria for, by J. D. Lawson, 122
Thermo-, Possibilities of, 59
for Training Purposes, 733*
United States, 28, 635
United States, Cost Estimates, 795
United States, Electrical Output of, by W. R. Libby, 476
in United States, New, 281
United States, Progress of Projects, 153*, 154*
Unloading, 732
Uranium Centre Temperatures, 380
Use of Bismuth in, 698
Versatility in Use of, 281
ZEBRA, 827
ZEPHYR, 413
ZEPHYR, Modification to Fast-Slow, 382
ZPR-1, 281
ZPR-2, 281
ZPR-3, 281*
ZPR-4, 281
ZPR-5, at Argonne National Laboratory, Detailed Description of, 404*
ZPR-5, Description of, 281
— Research Centre of Socony Mobil Oil Co.,
Inc.. 442
Centre, Sterling Forest (Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.), 574
Equipment for (VEB Carl Zeiss), 660* European Organisation for. See European
Photographic Display of Ankara, 476
— Science, National Institute for
Formation of, 251, 255
— Shipbuilding at Portsmouth
Discussion in Parliament on, ..,
— Society, American: Conference on Fusion.
60; Description of ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor, by F. H. Martens et alia, 404*
— Thermo-. See Thermonuclear
— Weapons. See Weapons, Nuclear
— See also Atomic
Nucleons. Anti-, Experiments on, 539
Nuffield Foundation, Report on Retirement of Motor Omnibus Workers, 352
Numax ” Inflatable Hut (Elliot Equipment Ltd.), 362
“ Number 1621 ” New Liner for Service to Australia and Vancouver (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.), 136*
Numerical Procedures in Engineering Analysis,
Survey of, by S. H. Crandall (Review), 182
— Tables, by M. Boll (Book), 465 Nunns v . Wilcock, 464
Nuts, “ Loctite Anti-Vibration Sealant for (Douglas Kane, Ltd.), 722
— Forming Machine for Laminated Material
(Permali, Ltd.), 91 *
Nutting, Capt. A. R. S., on Annual Report of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., 231
“ NVI.400 ” Tubes for Use with “ Raymax 150” Lightweight Radiographic Equipment (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd.), 593*
NVI.450 ” Tubes for Use with “Raymax 150” Lightweight Radiographic Equipment (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 593*
Nyasaland. See Rhodesia
“ Nylastic ” Adjustable Support Clips (Trade Publication), 51
Nylon-Corded Rubber Tyre for Earth-Moving Machine (British Nylon Spinners, Ltd.), 491
— Coupling, “ Bowdenfix,” for Pressure Hose
(Bowden (Engineers), Ltd.), 120*
— Dyeing of, 362
— Pipe Joints for Use
Services up to 3,000 lb. Lt. D. H. Cameron, 748*
in
per
Hydraulic sq. in., by
of.
in Bristol

“O” RINGS, Production Factory of Remploy, Ltd., 239
Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, APPR Nuclear Reactor, 602*; Homogeneous Reactor Experiments, 796*
“ OB3 ” Type Medium Voltage Air-Break Switchgear, for Use on Alternating Current or Direct Current Systems (Trade Publication). 789
“ OB4 ” Type Medium Voltage Air-Break Switchgear, for Use on Alternating Current or Direct Current Systems (Trade Publication), 789
“ OB5 ” Type Medium Voltage Air-Break Switchgear, for Use on Alternating Current or Direct Current Systems (Trade Publication), 789

Obituary : - See Engineering 1957 Jan-Jun: Index: Obituaries

Observatory, Saint Michel, Air-Conditioned Telescope for (Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 459*
Occupational Hygiene Society, British, Fires in Industry, by C. N. Davies (Book) 789
Oerhkon-Type Brake Gear for 8SVT Mark II 1,000-h.p. Diesel-Electric Locomotive for British Railways (Davies and Metcalfe). 825*
Oerili, W., A.G. Air Conditioning in Office Building for, 537*
Office Blocks, Developments in Design and Construction of, in Germany, 271
— Machinery Industry, Position and Prospects of, 80*
at Leipzig Fair, 628
— Workers as Members of Trade Unions, 640 Officers’ Association, Re-settlement of ExOfficers, 576
— Engineer, Claims of, for Clearer Demarcation of Duties on “ Britannia ” Air-Liners. 352. See also 192
Training in Royal Navy, by Capt. I. G. Aylen, 223. See also 231
— Equipment, Trading Possibilities with East
Germany, 661
— Ex-, Re-settlement of, Due to Contraction
of Armed Forces, 576
Ohio River Valley, Nuclear Reactors, Plans for, 346
Oil, Bunker, Screw-Type Pumps for Use with (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 759*
— and Colour Chemists’ Association, Tech
nical Exhibition of. Advances in Materials, Equipment and Technology by Member Firms, 393
— Consumption in Western Europe, 677
— Devfe.upments, Comment on, 134
— Diesel, Increase in Use of, Comment on 135
— Equipment Industry, Position and Prospects
of, 229
— Fields, Gas-Turbine Generating Sets for, 7
— Fuel Applications, by A. T. Henly (Book),
85
Burners (Trade Publication), 215
? Burners, Automatic Electronic Controller for (Trade Publication), 23
Burning Equipment, 520*
— Engines. See Engines, Oil; Motor Cars:
Motor Boats; Tractors
— Fuel, Furnace for Melting Cast Iron with
(Lees Hall and Sons, Ltd.), 605
Rationing of, 40
Storage of, by T. Chippindale, 12
— Supplies, Impact of Shortage on Trade, 168
— “Supplies, Position and Prospects of, 167
Power in Steelworks, Standard Components for, by R. G. Hamilton, 747
— 1Developments in. Comment on, 1.14
East, Effect of Suez Canal Crisis, 684
Suppliers to, by E. N. Hague, 664 ^V^’ted States Leading Part in. 614 World, Statistical Review of, 677 Low-Flow, Semi-Positive Rotarv- Ltd*)^279*^^’ " ” (George Kent,
~ Motors. See Engines, Oil; Motor Vehicles’ Motor Boats; Tractors
“ Europe’s, in 1965, by W. J. Levy 422
Pipeline, Trans-African, Pipeline as Alternative to Suez Canal, 222
~ 327’ for Large Tankers,
— Price of, 708
— Problems of Western Europe, by
Ingalls, 358
— Production in Britain, 351
.Middle East, Effect of Suez
Crisis on, 677
Middle East, Remarks on, by Shepard, 358
P. C.
Canal
D. A.
Oil Prospecting, Negotiations of Conoco Somal
Ltd., and Standard Vacuum Oil Co., with Government of Somaliland for Licences for, 607
— Purifier, Diesel, for Diesel-Electric Paddle
Tugs (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 445
for Heavy, “One-Pass” (Trade Publication), 51
Lubricating, for Diesel-Electric Paddle
Tugs (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 445
— Search for (Trade Publication), 311
— Shale, Uranium Production from, in
Sweden, 828*
— “Shell Tellus 15,” Use in Fatigue-Testing
Machine, 428
— Supplies, Improvement in Position of, 263,
358
Independent of Suez Canal, 422. See also Suez Canal
Position, Discussion in Parliament on, 159 and Prices of, 708
Shortage, Effect on Unemployment, 224 from Western Africa, Discussion in
Parliament on, 191
— Switches. See Switchgear
— Tankers, Britain’s Need for, 31
Construction of, in United Kingdom, 73* Financing of Construction Programme for, 200
Large. Comment on Trends Towards, 135
Large, Discharging Facilities for, 767 Large, Dry Docking for, 767
Large, Graving Dock for, at Clydeside,
Discussion in Parliament on, 351
Large, New Fitting-Out Basin Project for, on Clydeside, 263
Large, Statistics of Vessels in Use and Under Construction, 327
Large, Use of, 327 Larger than 100,000 d.w. Tons, Facilities
at Duetsche Werft for Construction of, 327 Nuclear-Powered, 29, 123
Nuclear-Powered, Propulsion Machinery for, 382
Orders for New, by British Petroleum Co., Ltd., 295
“ Pibul,” Conversion to Deep-Sea Grab Dredge (Priestman Brothers), 570*
Plans for New, 7, 295
“ Spyros Niarchos,” Construction of,
Cinema Film on (Vickers, Ltd.), 184 Steel to be Available for, 646
— Texas, Producers, Refusal to Co-operate
with Western Europe, 102
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Transport, Steel to be Available for, 646
— Water Separation (Trade Publication), 403
— World Production in 1956, 677
Supplies of, by M. E. Hubbard, 72
— See also Lubrication: Petroleum
Oily-Water Separators for Dry-Cargo Ships,
Discussion in Parliament on, 511 Okayama, Foundry Services, Ltd., Concession for Factory near, 374
Old, C. L., Appointment as Group Education Officer by Vickers, Ltd., 576
Older People, Employment of, Discussion in
Parliament on, 191
— Workers, Comment on, 801 in United States, 736
Oltrasi, L., on Use of Spheroidal-Graphite
Cast Iron in the Pressure Die Casting of
Zinc and Aluminium Alloys, 746
“ Olympus 6 ” Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Victor ” Bomber Aircraft, 735
Omnibus, Motor. See Motor Omnibus
— Trolley. See Trolley-'Bus
OMRE Nuclear Reactor Experiment, 281 Reactor, Progress of, 635*
“ On-Site ” Splicing of Rubber Conveyor
Belts (Trade Publication), 535
“ One-pass ” Centrifugal Heavy-Oil Purifier (Trade Publication), 51
Ontario, Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Work on St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
Open-Hearth Furnace. See Furnace Opening Bridges. See Bridges Opera House, Bonolong Point, Sydney, 596* Operation Research. See Research Operational Research Society, Operational
Research Approach to Transport Problems, 353
Opposition to Public Projects, Comment on, 674
Optical Determination of Stresses in Three- Dimensional Photoelastic Stress Analysis, 398*
— and Electrical Characteristics of Direct
Current Corona Discharges in Air at Atmospheric Pressure, by B. Murphy (Book), 692
— Equipment at Leipzig Fair, 660
— Glass. See Glass
Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd., Large Dual
Capacity Projector for Inspection of Profiles or Surfaces, 394*
— Microscopy, Specialist Service for Research
Workers, at Aeon Laboratories, 531 Optics at Leipzig Trade Fair, 660*
— Trading Possibilities with East Germany, 661 Optima, Fabrik Graphischer Maschinen,
“ OSH ” Combination Paper Miller and Scraper, 627
Ordnance Factory, Dalmuir, Civil Work at, Discussion in Parliament on, 383 Future of, 447
Royal, Civil Production in, 383, 704 Royal, Redundancy at, Discussion in Parliament on, 799
Ordnance. See also Explosives; Guns; IFar- ships
Ore Carriers, Iron, Ocean, Design Considerations, J' Discussion on,
— Carrying Ships, Heavy Demand for, 646
Dressing Laboratory at Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., 779*
— Iron, Supplies of, 646
— Metallic, “ Asdet ” Electronic Detector for
(ASEA Electric, Ltd.), 473*
Nickel, Sudbury, Milling and Smelting, Cinema Film on, 221
Ore, Non-Ferrous, in Britain, 159
— Slilpliidc, Detector Lightweight, “ Ronka Ground EM (Ronka Geophysical Instruments), 426*
Organic Chemistry. See Chentistry
Organisation for European Economic Co-oper- ation. Chemical Industry in Europe 50' Conference on Nuclear Energy for Management, 94 ; Report on European Free Trade Area, 197; Regulations Governing Supply of Electricity in Europe (Pamphlet), 294; Present Position and Future Trends in European Electricity Supply Industry, 373; Plans for Nuclear Power Sponsored by, 508; 8th
Annual Report (Vol. 2). 549; Information Conference on Nuclear Energy for Management, 764. See also European Productivity Agency
— and Methods, Conference on, 520
— for Trade Co-Operation, Formation of, 807 Orkneys, Very-High-Frequency Sound and
lelevision Transmitting Stations at. Proposal for, 703
— Wind-Power Studies in, 359
Turbulence Investigations in, by M. P. Wax, 554*
Orlando, City of. Proposed Nuclear Reactor, 187
ORNL Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240 Bargaining on Professional Salaries, 133
Osb(^n, S., and Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 8; Tube Expanders for Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes (Trade Publication), 535 Oscar Model J Trace Record Analyser (Trade Publication), 109
Oscillations of Dielectrics and Plasma, by H Pelzer (Book), 822
— in Pipe Systems, Receptances Applied to,
by Prof. W. J. Duncan, 821 *
Oscillator, Solid-State (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 362
— Valve (Mullard, Ltd.), 360
Oscillatory Instability in Flight, Theoretical Research on, at National Physical Laboratory, 753
Oscillograph, Cathode-Ray, Four-Channel, with Automatic Brilliance Control, by M. T. Cree (Book), 632
for Recording High-Frequency Transient Voltages at Switchgear Testing Station at Trafford Park, Manchester 438* Oscillographic Observation of Short Duration Arcs between Separating Platinum and Palladium Contacts, by J. Riddlestone (Book), 789
Oscilloscope, Cathode-Ray, Velocity Pick-Up for, for Indicating Gas Speed, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 368*
“ OSH ” Combination Paper Miller and Scraper (Optima Fabrik Graphischer Maschinen), 627
O’Shea, D. B., on Functions of Project Engineers, 333
Osram Lighting Service (Trade Publication), 403
O Sullivan, J. K., on Flow in Pipes with Drilled Holes, 684*
Ouest Aviation: Use of Plastic Tools and Jigs from Plaster Moulds, 372*; Merger with Sud-Est Aviation, 688
Outlook, Engineering, 9*. 41*, 73* Output, Need for Increasing, 581 Ovens, Coke. See Coke Ovens
— Conveyor, Camel-Back, for Drying, Curing
or Low-Temperature Heat-Treatment (F. J Ballard and Co., Ltd.), 139
Ovens, G., on Selection, Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Plant in Factories, 811
Over-Centralisation, Mr. Krushchev’s Views on, 450
Overdrafts of Nationalised Industries, 639 Overhead Cranes. See Cranes
— Dravo Heaters Burning Fuel Oil at Spares
and Parts Depot of Ford Motor Co., at Aveley, 599
— Work, Lorry-Mounted Turn-Table Hy
draulic Working Platform for (Simon Engineering (Midlands), Ltd.), 588*
Overseas Advertising, Need for Effective, 440
— Civil Engineering, Progress of, 678 Service, Appointments in, 448
— Employers’ Federation. Relations with
Trades Union Congress, 69
— Manufacturing Facilities of British Firms,
374
— Markets, Need for Effective Promotion of,
440
— Service, Organisation for Training Repre
sentation Abroad, 435
— Visits, Press Conferences After, Comment
on, 24
Owen Falls Dam, Electric Power Capacity and Consumption Due to, 774
Dam, Uganda’s Association with, 198 Electric Power Station, 422 Owens, John S., Essay Contest, Announcement by Royal Society of Health, 486
Oxford Playhouse, Aluminium “ Apron ” for, 393
— University Institute of Statistics, Survey of
Finances and Saving Habits of Upper Middle Classes, 96
— University, Students’ Accommodation at.
Comment on, 577
Oxy-Acetylene Blowpipe. See Blowpipe Cutting Machine for Steel Foundry of Alston Foundry Co., Ltd., 212* Welding. See iVelding
— Town-Gas Flame-Hardening Machine,
Automatic, Peddinghaus (Surfard, Ltd.), 139*
Oxygen Blow-Pipes for Bloom and Billet Cutting (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 365
— Cutting Machine for Steel Strip (British
Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 216*
— Gun, P. T., for Open-Hearth Furnace, 140
— Profile-Cutting Machine, Beagle Transport
able (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 139
— Tonnage, Use in Iron and Steel Foundry,
582
Ozalid Co., Ltd., Influence of Drafting Equipment on Efficiency and Health of Draughtsmen, 365*
P.l. Fighter Aircraft, Available to Royal Air Force, 479
-Aircraft, in Sound-Barrier Incident at Southport Infirmary, 351
-Aircraft, Progress in Development of ‘c Electric Co., Ltd.), 319
, P.6,” P.7,” and ” P.8 ” Semprene
“ D -TA M Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425 P.70 Two-Seater Coupe Motor-Car (Auto- mobilwerk Zwickau), 660*
PacAero, Inc., Agreement with D. Napier and Ltd., to Manufacture and Sell Spraymat ” Electrical De-Icing System, 631
Pacific Northwest Utilities, Nuclear-Power Plans, 346
Packaged Boilers for Heating, Exhibited at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Packaging Association, British, Association of, Activities of, 536
— Exhibits at Leipzig Trade Fair, 660
— Exhibition, Olympia, 205
— Industry, Need for Co-operation in, 536
— Materials, New, 205
Packet and Parcel Sorting Machine, Mechanical, for Post Offices (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 695*
— Stamping Device at Southampton Post Office, 695
Packing-Case Hire Service, 379
— Hydraulic, Leather, Manual (Book), 182
— Jointing and Insulation Material (Trade Publication), 757
— Machine, Bar, Type “ U460 ” (VEB Verpackungs und Schokoladen Maschi- nen), 660
— Material, Gland, Inert, ” Superlon ” (Trade Publication), 371
— Plant, ” APM ” Fully Automatic, 660
— Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
” Pact,” Discussion in Parliament on Significance of Word, 511
Page, F. W., on Restrictions on Supersonic Flying, 228
Paget Steam Locomotive, 291*
Paint Additive, ” Bentone ” Gelling Agent as (Abbey Chemicals, Ltd.), 393
— Aluminium, “Noral Alpaste ” (Trade Publication), 85
— Drying, by Infra-Red Heating, on Complex Shapes at Bamfords, Ltd., 117*
— Exhibition of Developments in, 393
— Manufacture of. Use of “ Polimul ” Emulsions (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 393
— Marketing Techniques in the United States for. Report on, 776
— Silicone-Based (Trade Publication), 789 Paintings on Progress of Science in Aviation
Medicine, by Capt. Soldatini, 544
Pakenham, Lord, on Higher Education, 703 Pakistan, Birlec, Ltd.’s Activities in, 664
— Loan by International Bank to, 614 Palladium and Platinum Contacts, Separating,
Oscillographic Observation of Short Duration Arcs between, by J. Riddlestone (Book), 789
Pallets, Loose, Power-Pushed Conveyor with (Transmission Accessories, Ltd.), 605
— for Use with Fork-Lift Trucks (Fisher &
Ludlow, Ltd.), 605*
Palmer, Prof. S. J., on Training of Officers for Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, 223. See also 231
Pametrada Research Station, Ceramic Nozzle Blades for High-Temperature Liquid- Cooled Gas Turbine, 272*
Panels, Control, at Instruments, Electronics and Automation Exhibition, 637
Special-Purpose (G.W.B. Furnaces, Ltd.), 472
— Insulation, Metal-Clad, for Cooling System
for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 668 Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd., Off-Peak Heating Equipment and Low-Temperature Radiant Warming Apparatus, 473
Pantograph for Rectifier Locomotives, 363 Paper, Kraft Wrapping, Thickness Control with Baldwin Automat Beta-Ray Transverse Profiler (Reed Paper Group), 205
— Making Machinery, British, for Papeteries
de Belgique, 549
Machinery at Leipzig Fair, 627
— Miller and Scraper, Combination, “ OSH ”
(Optima Fabrik Graphischer Maschinen), 627
— and Pulp, Survey of Developments in
British Columbia, 286
“ Paperbacks ” Text-Books (Dover Publications, Inc.), 403
Papeteries de Belgique, British Paper Making Machinery for, 549
PAR (Pennsylvania Advanced Reactor) Project, 476*
P.A.R. (Precision Approach Radar) at London Airport, 483*
Parachute-Equipped “ Flying Seat ” (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
Paraffin Engines. See Engines, Oil
— Tractors. See Tractors
— Wax for Ship Models, 132*
Parameters, Design, for Diesel Engines, by G. T. Csanady, 459*
Parcels, Bags of, Overhead Chain Conveyor for Handling ,at Southampton Post Office, 695
— Sorting Machine, Mechanical, for Post
Offices (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 695*
“ Paris 760 ” Twin-Jet Four-Seat Communications Aircraft (Societe Morane-Saulnier), 763
Parish, A. R., Use of Aluminium’for Bus-bars, 650
Parity, Concept of, 538*, 540
— Law, Formulation of, 538*
Parker, M. N., on Ship Model Experiments, 557 Parking, Automatic, 344*
— on Motorways, 207
Parliament, In, 31, 159, 191, 222, 255, 287, 319, 351, 383, 415, 447, 479, 511, 543, 575, 607, 639, 671, 702, 735, 767, 799, 831
Parliament, Houses of, Discussion on Catering Arrangements at, 287
Parolle Electrical Plant Co., Ltd., Mobile Sub-Station for Damodar Valley Electric Scheme in India, 439*
Parry, Dr. J. S. C., on Fatigue Under Triaxial Stress, 428*
Parsons Turbines. See Turbines, Steam; Marine Propulsion
Parts and Spares Depot at Aveley of Ford Motor Co., 599*
— Time Training in Engineering Industry, 671 Particle Accelerator. See Accelerator
— Analyser, Film Scanning, for Counting and Sizing Microscopic Particles (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
— Dust, Deposition Patterns of, and Effect on Sampling Methods, by A. J. Cruise, 366*
— Microscopic, Counting and Sizing, Film Scanning Particle Analyser for (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
Pascoe, Sir J.: on Position and Prospects of Aberdare Cables (Holdings), Ltd., 615; on Position of British Timkin, Ltd., 808
Passenger Aeroplane. See Aeroplane under Aeronautics
— Launch. See Motor Boat
— Steamers. See Steamers
Passivation, De-Rusting and, of Steel Articles, Deran ” Treatments for (Trade Publication), 789
Patent Office, Staffing Problems at, 159
Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., Ltd., Expansion Scheme, 458
— United States, on Fast Reactor Circulating System, 282
States, on Water Corrosion, 282
Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., Tarrant Hydraulic Slide-Rule, 95
Paterson Hughes Engineering Co., Ltd., 30-Ton Electric Overhead Travelling Crane for Dounreay, 728
Pattern Making, Productivity in. Analysis of, by E. Smith, 416
— Plastics, in Foundry, 522*
— Shop at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog
Railway, 707*
Patternmakers' Association, United, Dangers of Complacency in Pattern-Makers, by E. Smith, 672
“ PC" Range of High-Speed Air-Cooled Diesel Engines (Petters, Ltd.), 808*
Peacock, K. S., on Position and Prospects of Guest Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., 742
Peake, H., on Position and Prospects of Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 135
Pearson, Prof. K., Anniversary of, 6
Pease, R. S., on Equilibrium Characteristics of Pinched Gas Discharge, 122
Peddinghaus Automatic Oxy-Town-Gas Flame-Hardening Machine (Surfard, Ltd.) 139*
Pedestal, Turbine Front End (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 761*
Peglen^ Ltd., Water Taps (Trade Publication), Peirson, G. F., on Problems of Midlands Electricity Board in Using Cables with Aluminium Conductors on Medium Voltage Systems, 650
Pemberton, H. N., on Annual Report of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 805
" Pembroke ” Helicopters, Contract with Germany for (Hunting Percival), 359
Pens, Steel, History of Manufacture of, by Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd., 268*
Pencils, Koh-I-Noor “ Draughtsmen Superweld " (L. and C. Hardmuth (Gt. Britain). Ltd.), 469
Pengelly, H. S., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Pensinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., “ Number 1621," New Liner for Service to Australia and Vancouver, 136* Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Group, Negotiations with Oil Companies for Charter of Tankers, 295
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co., PAR (Pennsylvania Advanced Reactor) Project, 476*
— Railroad, 6-8-6 Steam-Turbine Locomotive,
291
— Rules Governing Blasting in Strip Mine
Operations in Anthracite Region of, 464* Pensions Agreements in United States, 704
— for Professional Men, Comment on, 672
— Scheme, Workers', in Western Germany, 128 Penstocks at Salime Hydro-Electric Power
Station, 354*
“ Peregrine ’’ Combined Heater and Battery Charger (Power Frequency Heating, Ltd.). 785*
Performance Recorder (Digital Engineering Co., Ltd.), 432*
Periodicals Proprietors’ Association, Efforts to Increase Periodical Sales in South Africa, 248
—- Scientific, Russian, Discussion in Parliament on, 735
— Storage, Use of Microfilm for. Note on, 632 Perkins Drivers’ Club, Comment on, 544 Perkins, E. A., on Position of Motor-Vehicle
Industry, 615
Perkins, F., on Economies in Production, 615 Perkins, F., Ltd.: Mixed-Fuel Operation of Diesel Engines, 267; Activities in Canadian Market, 598; Annual Report, 615; " Driver," Quarterly Journal (Trade Publication), 693
Perkins News, Prize Awarded by Direct Mail Advertising Association, 536
Perkiss, H. A., Remarks on Position and Prospects of Crosthwaite Furnaces and Scriven Machine Tools, Ltd., 390
“ Permaglass ’’ Glass-Fibre Reinforced Laminates (Permali, Ltd.), 473
Permali, Ltd.: Automatic Nut-Forming Machine for Laminated Material, 91*; Bus-bar Support Structure, 473*; “ Permaglass ’’ Glass-Fibre Reinforced Laminates, 473
Permanent Magnets. See Magnets
— Way Institution, Work Study, by R. W.
Bailey, 169
See also Railways
Perotan Island, Lighthouse Assembly for (Stone-Chance, Ltd.), 56*
Persia, Pipeline into, Cinema Film on 300-Mile Oil Link Between Ahwas and Azna, 589
Persian Gulf, Oil Pipeline to Eastern Mediterranean, Proposals for, 422
Personnel Management, Institute of, The Role of the Personnel Officer: A Group Review, by G. Hunter (Review), 562
— Officer, Role of: A Group Review, by G.
Hunter (Review), 562
Pescod, D. D. T., on Work Study and Its Application to Railway Civil Engineering Maintenance, 169
Pests and Insects, Control of, by Radiation, 803 Peter McCallum Institute, 4-MeV Linear Accelerator, 540
Peters, G. D., and Co., Position and Prospects of, 296
Petrochemicals Industry, Expansion ol, 200 Petrol Consumption, Automobile, by G. Wilkins, 72
— Economy Advisory Service (Austin Motor
Co., Ltd.), 210
— Motors. See Aeroftautics; Engines, Petrol;
Motor Cars; Motor Boats; Tractors
— Over-Production Tendency, 646
— Rationing of, 40
Effect on British Railways, 225 Effect of Easier Position on Motor-Car
Industry, 284
— Supplies, Improved Position of, 358
— Tractors. See Tractors
Petroleum Equipment, Council ot British Manufacturers of: 229; Demand for Plant and Machinery for Oil Exploration, Output and Transportation in the Middle East, by E. N. Hague, 664; Mission to Canada, 664
Industry, Boom in, 327
Industry, Position and Prospects of, 327
— Films Bureau, Cinema Films, “ Airports ”
and “ Song of the Clouds,” 347
— Industry, Steel-Plate Shortage in, 458
— Industry, Valves for (Trade Publication), 789
— Products, Rationing of, 40
— See also OU; Paraffin; Engines, Oil
Petters, Ltd.: “PC” Range of High-Speed Air-Cooled Diesel Engines, 808*; “ PH ” Range of Air-Cooled Diesel Engines, 808 Pfeil, Dr. L. B., on Applications of Nickel in Industry, 621
pH Controller (A. M. Lock and Co., Ltd.), 821 * pH Measurement, Symposium on (Book), 693
— Measuring Equipment, 821*
“ PH ” Range of Air-Cooled Diesel Engines (Petters, Ltd.), 808
Phase Sequence Indicator, Portable (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 473*
— Stability in Cyclotrons, 540
— Transformations in Metals, Mechanism of
(Book), 789
Philippines, Nuclear Centre, 93
Philips Electrical, Ltd.: Analyser Type 1438B for Measuring Amplitude Distribution of Pulses, 360; Analyser for Identification of Radio-Active Materials, 419*; Fluorescent Light Fittings, 470
Phoenix Telephone and Electrical Works, Ltd., “Universal 10” Self-Contained 10-kW Radio Frequency Induction Heater lor Brazing, Hardening, Soldering or Annealing (Trade Publication), 789
“ Phosbrite ” Aluminium-Polishing Solutions (Trade Publication), 215
Phosphate Rock, Use in Production of Phosphorus (Albright and Wilson, Ltd.), 466
Phosphor Bronze Castings (Trade Publication), 371
Phosphor Bronze Co., Ltd., Works Expansion on Restricted Site, 759
Phosphorus Production at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466*
Photo-Copiers, Direct-Printing, Dual-Purpose, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Photocells, Physics, Technology, and Circuit Applications of, by L. P. Hunter (Book), 333
Photochromism Process, Use for Very Small Switch, by B. K. Green, 552
Photoconductive Cells (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 360
Photoelastic Stress Analysis, Three-Dimensional Freezing Method, by Dr.-Ing. A. Kuske, 397*
— Study on Stress-Raising Effects of Holes in
Web Plates, by Dr. H. G. Edmunds, 18* Photo-Elasticity. See also Optical Determination of Stress
Photoelectric Absorptiometer, Spekker, Metallurgical Analysis by Means of, by F. W. Haywood and A. A. R. Wood (Book), 271
— Cell, Use in Furnace Flame Indicator lor
Remote Inspection of Combustion Condi- sions, 376*
— Converter, Use in Furnace Flame Indicator
for Remote Inspection of Combustion Conditions, 376*
— Temperature Control (Trade Publication), 23 Photography, Aerial, ” Open Skies for Peace "
Exhibition, 80
— in Coal Mines, Flameproof Lamp for, 27*
— in Development of Air-Break Circuit-
Breakers, 491
Physical Chemistry. See Chemistry
— Laboratory. See National Physical
— Metallurgy. See Metallurgy, Physical, under
Metallurgy
— Society: Some Criteria for a Power-
Producing Thermonuclear Reactor, by J. D. Lawson, 122; Thermonuclear Reaction Rates, by W. B. Thompson, 122*; Equilibrium Characteristics of Pinched Gas Discharge Cooled by Bremsstrahlung Radiation, by R. S. Pease, 122; Hydromagnetic Instabilities of an Ideally Conducting Fluid, by R. J. Taylor, 123; Observations of the Instability ot Constricted Gaseous Discharges, by R. Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 123; Elementary Theory of Transient Pinched Discharge, by J. E. Allen, 123*; Coriler- ence on Nuclear Physics, 347; Exhibits at Exhibition of, 360; Exhibition, Instruments at, 418*; Nuclear Physics Conference, 604
Physicists, Education of, in Universities and Colleges of Technology (Report), 832
Physics, Atomic, 538*
— and Electronics, International Dictionary of,
by Prof. W. C. Michels et al. (Review), 371
— Electronics Laboratory at Central Research
Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., 779*
— Institute of, Report on Education of
Physicists in Universities and Colleges of Technology, 832
— Nuclear. See Nuclear Physics
— Plasma and Atomic, Conference on, 604
— Reactor (Review), 241*
— Theoretical, Relaxation Methods in (Vol.
11), by R. V. Southwell (Review), 370. See LETTER, 453
See also Physical Society
Piarco Airport, Fire-Fighting Crash Tender for (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.). 504*
Piave - Boite - Mae - Vajont Hydro - Electric Scheme (Book), 311
“ Pibul ” Oil Tanker, Conversion to Deep-Sea Grab Dredge (Priestman Brothers), 570* “ Piccolo ” Small Mechanical Milker (VEB Elfa), 628
Pick-Up, Velocity, for Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope, for Indicating Gas Speed, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 368*
Pickering, F. B., on Physical Metallurgy of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron, 713
Pidd, G. S., on Evaluation of Seismic Torsio- graph Records, 687*
Piecework. See Labour
Piercing by Shock Forming (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 280
Piercy, Lord: Report on Supply of Capital Funds for Industrial Development in Europe, 375; on Planning in industry, 646 Pierson, G. F., on Post-War Development of Distribution of Electricity, 813
Pig-Casting Machinery, Electrical Drives for Control of Equipment of, 564
Pigments, High Colouring Power (Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd.), 393
— Rubine Toner 2BOS (Imperial Chemical
Industries, Ltd.), 393
Pilkington, Sir H., Remarks on Prospects of Full Employment, 488
Pilltng, W. H. C., on Nuclear Energy in Great Britain, 812
Pilots’ Association, Air Line, British. See Air Line Pilots Association
Pimlico District Heating Scheme, by F. J. Hutchinson, 276
Pinched Gas Discharge, Equilibrium Charac- teristics of, by R. S. Pease, 122
Pinions. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
Pipes, Coupling for (Allied Art Industries, Ltd.), i70*
— with Drilled Holes, Flow in, by J. K.
O'Sullivan, 684*
— Exhaust. See Exhaust
— Fittings, Stainless Steel, “ Metior ” (Trade
Publication), 51
— in Ingots, Ultrasonic Detection of, 653* Irrigation, “ AutoJet ” Sprinklers and
Couplings for (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 22*
? Joints, Nylon, for Use in Hydraulic Services up to 3,000 lb. per sq. in., by Lt. D. H Cameron, 748*
— Steam, High-Temperature, Thickness of,
by Dr. J. S. Blair, 334*
Metallurgical Problem of, by F. J. Hutchinson, 277
Systems, Oscillations in, Receptances Applied to, by Prof. W. J. Duncan. 821*
— Work for Effluent Disposal for Dounreay
Nuclear Reactors, 726*
—7 See also Tubes
Pipelines, End Reactions and Stresses in, by L. F. Randolph, 101. See also Vol. 182
— Fittings lor Pressures up to 7,500 lb. per
sq. in. (Trade Publication), 85
— Glass (Q.V.F., Ltd.), 393
— Oil, Iraq, Projected Expansion of, 422 from Persian Gulf to Eastern Mediterranean, Proposals for, 422
Steel-Plate Shortage, Effect on Production of, 458
Tapline, Projected Expansion of, 422 " Trans-Atrican, Pipeline as Alternative to Suez Canal, 222
“Pipeline into Persia,” Cinema Film on Construction of 300-Mile Oil Link Between Ahwas and Azna, 589
— System to Circumvent Suez Canal, Esti
mates of Cost of, 518
Pipework, Thermal Expansion in, at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 783*
Piston Rings, Function and Lubrication of, by Dr. P. de K. Dykes and by Dr. S. Eilon and Prof. O. A. Saunders, 132
Pitch Errors in Fir-Tree Roots on Gas-Turbine .Discs, Device for Measuring 714*
Pitting. See Corrosion
" ” Coal-Cutting Combine for Single
Track Trapezoidal Drifts through Coal 564*
PJain Words, 2, 34, 66, 98, 130, 162, 194, 226 386, 418, 450, 482, 514, 546, 578, 610, 642, 674, 706, 738, 770, 802 ^^^25^8*^^ Planetarium,
Planetarium for Madame Tussaud’s, Ltd bv Dr. H. C. King, 258*
Planetary Gearing, Design and Efficiency of by H. W. Hardy (Book), 597
P aning Machine. See Machine Tools
Planning in Industry, Remarks by Lord Piercy on, 646
Plant, B. G. (Sales Agency), Ltd., “ Hydrocon” Lorry-Mounted Cranes (Trade Publication), 757
Plant Engineer, Impact of Automation on by J. F. Coales, 680
Incorporated: An Engineer Looks Forward—Modern Trends in Factory Design and Equipment, by E. C. Stevens, 520; Horse-Power and Wealth, by E. C. Stevens, 615; iOtk Annual Conference on Plant Engineer's Adaptability to Change- Remarks on Automation, by V. Tavlor 680; Plant Engineer’s Orbit, by Sir o’
Lyle, 680; Impact of Automation on Plant Engineer, by J. F. Coales, 680 Orbit, by Sir O. Lyle, 680 — Hire of (Trade Publication), 85
— and Process Dynamic Characteristics
(Book), 720
— Renewal and Replacement, Economics of, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
Planting Machine, Combination, for Hitching to Tractor (VEB Bodenbearbeitungs- geriite), 628
Plaques, Commemorative, in London, 72 Plasma and Atomic Physics Conference, 604
— and Dielectrics. Oscillations of, by H.
Pelzer (Book), 822
Plaster Moulds, Plastics Press Tools from. Use in Aircraft Industry, 372*
Plastic Analysis, Beams with Full End Fixity, by Dr. R. M. Haythornthwaite, 110* Plastics, Careers in, 426
— and (Chemicals (Trade Publication), 757
— Epoxide-Resin Vacuum Forming Moulds (Bakelite, Ltd.), 141
— Exports of, 426
— Federationj British: Production and Export Statistics of Plastics, 426; Conference on Reinforced Plastics: Fatigue and Creep Properties of Plastics Laminates, by A. W. Thompson, 651; Reinforced Plastics Pressure Vessels, by A. Wilson, 685
— Fibre-Glass Reinforced, by H. Hagen
(Book), 403
— Foamed, Use in Upholstery, 198
— Glass-Reinforced, Production and Uses,
by A. Hudson Davies, 331
~ Industry, Position and Prospects of, 10
— Institute, Registration of Pupil-Appren
tices for Training in Plastics, 685
— Jigs from Plaster Moulds, Use in Aircraft
Industry, 372*
— Jointings for Polythene Tubes (Mange
Plastics, Ltd., and Tube Investments (Group Services), Ltd.), 621
— Lagging Material, “ Dohmiag ” (Dohm,
Ltd.), 22
— Laminates, Fatigue and Creep Properties
of, by A. W. Thompson, 651
— Material, Hermetal “ Double Bond,*’ for
Filling, Moulding and Jointing (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 595
— Methods of Structural Analysis, by B. G.
Neal (Review), 214
— Moulding Machines. See Moulding Ma
chines under Machine Tools
— Patterns in Foundry, 522*
— Press Tools, from Plaster Moulds, Use in
Aircraft Industry, 372*
— Pressure Vessels, Reinforced, by A. Wilson,
685
— Products (Trade Publication), 147
— Production of, in United Kingdom, 426
— Ramming Material for Foundry Use
(Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
— Reinforced, Conference on, 651, 685
— Training in, for Pupil-Apprentices, 685
— Tubes, Manufacture in Nigeria (Yorkshire
Copper Works, Ltd.), 198
— Year Book, British, 1957 (Book), 692 Plasticity: Elasto-Plastic Deformation, Theory
of, by A.-A. Iliouchine (Book), 183
Platarg Manufacturing Co., Ltd. “ Derota ” Multi-Tool Transfer Press for Blanking, Piercing and Forming, 309*
Plate-Bending Machine. See Machine Tools
— for Directing Light Downward, “ Lumi-
plex ” (Trade Publication), 789
— Duralumin, Large, Stress-Relieved (James
Booth and Co., Ltd.), 235
— Finite Thickness, Heat Input to, by Prof.
F. K. Bannister, 304*
— Mild Steel, Brittle Fracture of, by G. M,
Boyd. 656; Discussion on, 656
— Steel, Export Demand for, 357
7 Lamination in. Automatic Detection of, by “ Autosonics ” Flaw-Detection Equipment (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377*
Laminations in, Ultrasonic Detection of, 653*
Levelling Machine, Heavy-Duty, Roller- Type, lor (Head, Wrightson Machine Co., Ltd.), 497*
— — Shortage in Shipbuilding Industry at
Lowestoft, 319
Threat of Scarcity of, by H. J. Now 457. See also 550
Wide, Conditions for Unstable Rupturing of, by G. M. Boyd, 656
— V^^b, Stress-Raising Effects of Holes in by
yj’' G. Edmunds, 18*. See LETTER, 421* ’
Platform, Hydraulic, Turn-Table, Lorry- Mounted, for Overhead Work (Simon Engineering (Midlands), Ltd.), 588* Celtruck ” (Trade Publication), 535
— Working, for Inside and Outside Main-
Purposes, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Plating, Electro. See Electro
— Flame. See Flame Plating
Platinum Metals Review (Johnson, Matthey and Co., Ltd.), 90
and Palladium Contacts, Separating, Oscillographic Observation of Short Duration Arcs between, by J. Riddlestone (Book),
Playhouse, Oxford, Aluminium “ Apron ” for, 393
Plenty and Son, Ltd., “Duplex” Filter for Easy Servicing, 503*
Plessey Co., Ltd.: New Factory for Production ol Hydraulic Pumps, Rams and Valves, lol*; Hydraulic Power Pack, 181*- Materials for High-Temperature Applica- cations, 360; Memory Matrix Suitable for Transistor Computer, 360; Aluminium Sockets (Trade Publication), 0^9; Miniature High-Rupturing-Capacity Circuit-Breakers for Protection of Elec- mcal Equipment on Aircraft, 688; Fuel ni Small Gas-Turbines, 792*
P^^g^ Shield, Nuclear Fuel Element, for DMTR Nuclear Reactor (Savage and Parsons, Ltd.), 725
and Sockets, Aluminium (Trade Publication), 659
Plunibago-Silicon Carbide Plastic Refactories (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
— Ware (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426 Plutonium, Chemistry of (Review), 241, 242
— Conversion in Nuclear Reactor, 217, 218
— Developments in United States, 29
— Price of, 30
— Use as Reactor Fuel, Problems of, 315
— Value of. Effect on Fuel Costs of Nuclear
Power Station, 765
— Yield in Nuclear Reactors, 313*
— 239, Critical Size of, 411
" Plycomor " Mortar Additive (British Bitumen Emulsions, Ltd.), 634
“ Plydek ” Resin-Bonded Plywood, Increase in Sales of (Thames Plywood Manufacturers, Ltd.), 248
Plywood, Resin-Bonded, “ Plydek ” (Thames Plywood Manufacturers, Ltd.), 248
Pneumatic Screwdriver, Silent (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 438*
Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd., “ Bleuet " Portable Butane Gas Stove, 533*
— Tools. See Machine Tools
— See also Compressed Air; Air Compressor Pneumoconiosis in Foundries, Discussion in
Parliament on, 31
“ PNP ” Type Silicon Transistors for High Temperatures (Raytheon Manufacturing Co.), 580
Pocket Book for Mechanical Engineers, by D. A. Low (Book), 720
Pode, E. J., on Steel in 1957 with Particular Reference to South Wales, 646
Poland, Agreement with United States on Surplus Farm Products and Mining Machinery, 778
— Economic Aid to, 778
— Nuclear Reactor, Natural-Uranium, for, 794
— Trading Possibilities with, 662
Polarisation of Continuous Spectrum in Gas Discharge, by B. V. Paranjape (Book), 789
— Dual, in “ TJ ” Short-Distance Microwave
Relay System (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 560*
Polariscope, Adaptation of Conoscope to, by Dr.-Ing. A. Kuske, 399*
Polarised Light. See Light: Optical Determination of Stress and Photo-Elastic
Polaron Rest Energy and Effective Mass, by G. R. Allcock (Book), 789
Poles, Terminal, Calculations for Multi- Stressed Groups of, by Dr.-Ing. K. Miesel (Book), 271
Police, Metropolitan, Information Room at Scotland Yard, 55*
“ Polimul ” Emulsions for Use in Manufacture of Paints (Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 393
Polishing, Aluminium, “ Phosbrite ” Solutions (Trade Publication), 215
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— of Sapphire Instrument Bearings, 236*
— of Steel Pens (Joseph Gillott and Sons,
Ltd.), 269*
Political and Economic Planning: Comment on Statistics for Government, 161; Salaries of Graduates in Industry, 392; Britain and Commonwealth Migration, 614; Industrial Trade Associations; Activities and Organisation (Review), 692
Pollution, River Thames, New Treatment Plant for, 479
— See also Air Pollution
“ Polybcx ” Protective Packaging Material Suitable for Low-Temperature Insulation (B.X. Plastics, Ltd.), 205
“ Polychromator, Fluorite,” for Automatic Analysis of Steel (Trade Publication), 789
Polyethylene, Effect of Radiation on, 804* Polygraph Export-Import, 662
Polymerisation, Use of Radiation in, 803
Polystyrene Sheet, Toughened, “Bextrene” (Trade Publication), 147
Polytechnic. See Education
Polytechnique, Ecole (Montreal), Training of French-Canadian Engineers at, 552
Polytetraffuorethylene. See Fluon Polytetrafluoroethylene. See P.T.F.E. Polythene, Irradiated, Dielectric, ” Merad
(Mersey Cables, Ltd.), 761
— Tubes, Plastics Jointings for (Mange
Plastics, Ltd., and Tube Investments (Group Services), Ltd.), 621
Polytrifluorochloroethylene Transparent Plastic, 330
Polyvinyl Chloride Fans (Trade Publication), 85, 147
Intensifiers for Improved Rubber-Press Technique (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 362*
Pomeroy, L., on West European Motor Industry, 150
Port of Antwerp, Modernisation and Re- Equipment, 549
— Oil, Development of, for Large Tankers, 327
— Welsh, Dock Charges at, 543
Portal Frames, Use in Construction of Pre- stressed-Concrete Bridges, 271
Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., Phosphorus Production at, 466* Portland Cement. See Cement
Portobello Substation, 132-kV, Surge Recording at, by E. L. White (Book), 822
Portsmouth Dockyard, Nuclear Shipbuilding at. Discussion in Parliament on, 351
Portugal, Lisbon-Montijo Radio-Telephone System, 183*
Position-Indicating and Control Devices, Miniature, for Use in Servo-Mechanisms (Trade Publication), 693
Positioners for Fusion Welding, by C. R. Harman, 683
Post Office, General, Newcomen Society's Visit to Mount Pleasant, 763
Mechanical Sorting Machines for (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 694*. See also 678
Southampton, Mechanical Sorting Machines at (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 694*. See also 678
Southampton, Overhead Chain Conveyor for Handling Bags of Parcels at, 695
— — Southampton. Packet Stamping Device
at, 695
Potato Harvester, Development of, by National Research Development Corp., 422
_ “Super Classifier” (Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.), 213*
— for Guns. See Explosives
— Metallurgy. See Metallurgy, Powder under
Metallurgy
Powell Dutt'ryn Carbon Products, Ltd., Carbon Ejectors for (Corrosive Fluids, 202*
Power Alcohol. Sec Motor Fuels
— Authority of State of New York, Work on
St. Lawrence Seaway Project, 546*
Power Auxiliaries, Ltd., Searnless Stainless- Steel Convoluted Hose for Use Inside Nuclear Reactor Furnaces, 442
— Conference, American. See American
Power Conference
World. See World Power Conference
Power Controls, Ltd., Printed Circuit Connectors, 505
— Cylinders, “ Super Cushions ” for (Baldwin
Instrument Co., Ltd.), 432
— Distribution in Aircraft, “ Hitemp ” Trans
former for (Ferranti, Ltd.), 505*
— as a Factor of Development of Under-
Developed Countries, 769
Power Frequency Heating, Ltd., “ Peregrine ” Combined Heater and Battery Charger, 785*
— Gas. See Gas: Engines, Gas; Producers
Power-Gas Corp., Ltd.: Annual Report, 296, 390; Position and Prospects of, 390
Power Jacks, Ltd., Portable Hydraulic Pinion Press for London Transport, 760*
— Minister of, Appointment of Sir Percy Mills,
66
— Oil-Hydraulic, in Steelworks, Standard
Components for, by R. G. Hamilton, 747
— Output of Racing Cyclists, Wind Tunnel
Tests on, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 586*
— Pack, Hydraulic, for Use with Massey-
Harris Combine Harvester (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181*
— Plant, Automatic (Trade Publication), 311 at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog
Railway, 707*
at Leipzig Fair, 627*
Packaged, 1,500 kW, Employing Steam Turbine, 568*
See also Power Stations: Power, Water: Substations
— Press. See Machine Tools
— Production by Fusion of Light Elements,
540
Power Reactor Development Co., Nuclear Power Plant at Monroe, Michigan, 476
— Resources, Survey for, in British Columbia,
286
— Stations, Atmospheric Pollution from, 465 Atomic. See Nuclear Power Stations Coal and Oil-Fired, by F. H. S. Brown
and E. S. Booth, 812
and Distribution Switchgear, by J. S. Cliff, 812
— Electric, Aura, Norway, Generators for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 658*
Electric, Battersea, Plant for Conversion of Fly-Ash to Aggregate for Building Blocks at, 721 *
Electric, Coal-Fired, Conversion to Nuclear Energy, 639
Electric, Earth-Electrode Systems for, by J. D. Humphries, 473
Electric, Expenditure on New, 479 Electric, Ince, 61*
Electric, Little Barford, Survey into Dust Deposition in Neighbourhood of, 465
Electric, Marchwood, 61*
Electric, New Installations of Central Electricity Authority in 1956, 61*
Electric, Owen Falls, 422
Electric, Stella, 61 *
Electric, Sulphur Removal at, 415
Electric, Thorpe Marsh, 614
Electric, Uskmouth, Titanium Condenser Tubes for, 235
Electric, West Thurrock, of Central Electricity Authority, Boiler Feed Pump Groups for (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 531
Government Plans for Capital Expenditure on,488
Hydro-Electric, Arbon, Plans for^354 Hydro-Electric,
Plans for, 354*
Hydro-Electric, Hydro-Electric, tails of, 354*
Hydro-Electric,
Plans for, 354
Hydro-Electric, Nuclear. See Nuclear Power Station Plant Design, Post-War Trend of, by F. J. Hutchinson, 276*
Water, at Blaenau Ffestiniog, 441 See also Power Plants: Substations
— Supply, Alternating-Current, Developments
in Marine Electrical Installations with Particular Reference to, by A. N. Savage, 396
at Simulated-Flight Engine-Test Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, by W. G. Fletcher, 780*
in Under-Developed Areas, Combination of Local Energy Resources to Provide, by E. W. Golding, Comment on, 417
— System Communications, by E. Openshaw
Taylor (Book), 215
— Transmission Mechanisms, Efficiency of, by
R. H. Macmillan, 211*
Overhead Lines, for Electrification of Shenfield—Southend-on-Sea Railway Line, 25*
Overhead Lines, Scylla-Charybdis, 61 See also Gearing: Marine Propulsion; Transmission
— Water. See also Hydraulic; Power Plants,
Hydro-Electric: Water Wheels; Turbines, Hydraulic
“ Pownall Grid Plan,” Comment on, 253
Poznan Fair: Participation in, by United Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., 598; Exhibits at, 776
PPA. See Preliminary Pile Assembly
Practice, Codes of, Ministry of Works. See Standards
Practitioners, Medical, Emigration of, 480 Pay Dispute of, 96, 288, 416. See LETTER,133
Problem of Dealing with Malingerers, 384
Praga V35 Heavy Motor Vehicle, 569
Pratt and Whitney “ R-20000 ” 1,450-h.p.
Engines for “ Caribou *’ DHC4 Transport Aircraft, 396*
Precipitation, Electrostatic, in Theory and Practice, Introduction to, by Dr. H. E. Rose and A. J. Wood (Review), 84
Precipitator, Thermal, Use in Comparison of Dust Sampling Methods, 366*
“ Precipitron ” Electrostatic Air Filter (Trade Publication), 147
Precision Approach Radar (P.A.R.) at London Airport, 483*
Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd.: “ Kabi ” Midget Assembly and Storage Trays (Trade Publication), 183; “ Kabi FLX5 ” Flexible Terminal Strip for Twelve-Way 5/10 Conductors (Trade Publication), 789 Preece, R. L., Remarks on Galling and Seizing of litanium, 300. See LETTER, 388
Preliminary Pile Assembly, Operation of, at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, 282* Presidential Address to British Electrical Power Convention, by Sir J. Eccles, 811
to Institute of Metals on Applications of Nickel in Industry, by Dr. L. B. Pfeil, 621
to Institute of the Motor Industry, on Training for the Motor Industry, by S. S. Dawes, 167
to Institution of Locomotive Engineers on Coal Consumption of Locomotives, by R. C. Bond, 340
to institution of Metallurgists, bv J. Mitchell, 744
to Institution of Naval Architects, by ‘ on Ship Propulsion,
Institute on Dutch H. Ingen-Housz, 713 (VEB Buchbinderei-
Station for South of Scotland Electricity Board, 186
Plastics, Reinforced, by A. Wilson, 685 for PWR Reactor, Installation Reactor, Berkeley
Station, 697*
Reactor, Bradwell
Station, 250*
Reactor, Brittle Fracture in, 250
Reactor, Creep in, 250
Reactor, Design of, for Civil Stations, 381
— — Reactor, Design Trends, 380
Reactor, Double-Skin, with cooling, 380
Reactor for Homogeneous Experiment at Oak Laboratory, 796*
Reactor, Stainless-Steel, for Fast Breeder Reactor (John Thompson, Ltd.), 509*, 610*, 665*
Reactor, Steels for, 249
Prestressed Concrete. See Concrete, Prestressed Pre-Treatment and Finishing Plant (Trade Publication), 215
Prices, Comment on Confusion in, 70
— Comparison with Wages, 415
— of Copper, Decrease in, 741
— Discussion in Parliament on Authoritative
and Impartial Inquiry on, 639
— Export, of Steel Plate, Increase in, 71
— Fixing, Comment on, 257
and Efficiency Standards, Comment on, 423
Shell Boilers, 517
— Fluctuations in, since Thirteenth Century,
365
— Increases for Electricity, 517
— Index, Retail, 10*
Retail, Estimated Rise in, 64
— Rise in, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Steel, Comment on, 34. See LETTER, 551
— Steel, Views of Sir J. James on, 230
Pricey Study of, by Authoritative and Impartial Body, 831
— Tin, Trend of, 389
— of Tungsten, Comment on, 389
— United States, 390
Spiral, Discussion in Parliament on,
Priestrnan Brothers, Conversion of “ Pibul ” Deep-Sea Grab Dredge, 570*
Primary Battery. See Cell and Electric
Princeton University, Stellarator for Research into Thermonuclear Fusion at, 540
Principle of Virtual Work, Application of, 47* Printed-Circuit Boards, Soldering (Trade Publication), 183
Connectors (Power Controls, Ltd.), 505 — Copper-Clad Laminate for Use in (Bakelite, Ltd.), 505
" Equipment for, at Radio Components Show, 505*
-without Etching or Plating (Rogers Corporation), 571
Ferranti “ Mercury ” Computer (Bakelite, Ltd.), 459
—.— Standardisation, Need for, 308
^*^*^^393 Exhibition of Developments in, — Machinery at Leipzig Fair, 627
? Marking Cheques with Magnetic Ink, Need for, 295
-Trading Possibilities with East Germany, 661
Prin^Dr. D. G., on Application of Electronic Computers, 487
Pritchard, A. B., on Fuel Economies in Oil- Fired Central-Heating Plant, 410
Probabilities, Tables of, by M. Boll (Book), 465 Probert, R. P., on Simulated-Flight Engine-
Test Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 814*
Probyn, F. E. C., on Hydraulic Installations, at Ebbw Vale Works, 747
Process Controller (Measuring Instruments (Pullin), Ltd.), 473
— Dynamic Characteristics (Book), 720 Equipment, Use of Semprene Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425
— Heating, Technical Service Offered by Weatherfoil, Ltd., 807
— and Materials in Manufacturing, by Prof.
E. P. DeGarmo (Book), 823
— Metallurgy. See Metallurgy, Process under Metallurgy
— Plants, Quality in. Automatic Measurement of. Conference on, 682
Processing, Industrial, Radiation for, by Dr. R. Roberts, 802*
Prochaska, Dr. R., on Electrostatic Dust Meter, 235*
Procter, A. N., on Notation in Stress Analysis, 710
Producer-Gas Engine. See Engines, Gas by J. D. Troup, 38 Waste Vegetable Matter for, 417 Product-Cost Data in Relation to Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Design in Relation to Economics of Plant
Renewal and Replacement, by C. W.. Griffiths, 203
— “New" and “Virtually New," by G. L
Rees, 327
Production, Automatic: Changes and Control, Conference on, 663
— and Employment, Effect of Distribution of
Industry Act, 1945, on, 447
Production Engineers, Institution of : Annual Conference on Problems of Aircraft Production:
Lord Sempill Lecture on Concentration of Aircraft Development, by K. Frydag, Comment on, 65
Contour Etching, by A. W. Sheppard, 88*, 90
Fatigue of Aircraft, by Major P. L. Teed. 89
Numerical Control of Machine Tools in Aircraft Manufacture, by Puckle, 89
Hot Forming, Assembly and Applications of Magnesium Alloys, by R. G. Wilkinson, 90
Recent Advances in the Application of Resistance Welding to Airframe Construction, by N. K. Gardner, 90 George Bray Memorial Lecture on Operational Research, by S. Beer, 353 Conference on Automatic Production: Changes and Control, 663
Production. Industrial, Forecast of Increase in, 741
Higher Output Forecast, 729 Index for, 423, 480
— Planning, Use of Market Research, I5I Productivity, Comment on, in 8th Annual
Report of Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, 549
— Committee Conference, North London,
Proposal for Women Teachers for Technical Colleges, 640
Local, Work of, Cinema Film on, 599
— Council, British. See British Productivity
Council
— Increase in, through Measurements and
Comparisons, 774
— Index, Need for, 416
— Interest of Trade Unions in, 704
— in Pattern Making, Analysis of, by E.
Smith, 416
— Suggestion for Linking Wage Rates to,
— Workers’, Increases in, 543 Professional Appointments, Arrangements
at Employment Exchanges, 447
— Men, Pensions for, Comment on, 672
— Salaries, Bargaining on, by J. G. Orr, Profile-Cutting Machine. See Machine Tools
— Gauge for Measurement and Recording of
Profile of Continuously Extruded Tube (Isotope Developments, Ltd.), 360
— Inspection of, Large Dual-Capacity Pro
jector for (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 394*
Profiling Machine. See Machine Tools
— Employees’ Interest in, 288
— of Engineering Industry, 229
— Trend of, 328
Programme Controller (Heenan and Froude, Ltd.), 471
Progress and Growth, by T. J. Murphy, 741. See also 737
— Technical, and Industry, by Prof. C. F.
Carter and Prof. B. R. Williams, Comment on, 705
Project Engineers, Functions of, by D. B. O'Shea, 333
— Sherwood, United States, Progress on
Fusion Studies, 59
Projector, Cinema Film, with Non-Intermittent Motion, by O. Wittel and D. G. Haefele, 760
— for Close Inspection
Publication), 311
— Large Dual-Capacity,
Profiles or Surfaces Tools, Ltd.), 394*
— for Planetarium Installation at Madame
Tussaud’s, Ltd., 258*
“ Promaiska
325*
Promethium Battery,
Promotion, Remarks by S. F. Steward on, 480 Proof Stress, Revision of, in British Standard, 140
Propellants for Guns. See Explosives Propellers, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— Model, Effect of Cavitation on the Perform
ance of, by Dr. R. W. L. Gawn and Prof. L. C. Burrill, 556; Discussion on, 556
— Screw,Water Tunnel for Testing, at National
Physical Laboratory, 501*
— “ Voith-Schneider " (Trade Publication) 757
— See also Aeronautics
Propulsion, Nuclear, 29
— Rocket, Elements: Introduction to Engineering of Rockets, by G. P. Sutton (Review), 822
— of Ships. See Marine Propulsion; Engines;
Turbines; Propellers; Ship Resistance
— Space. See Space
Protective Clothing at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Protective Relaying, Art and Science of, by C. R. Mason (Book), 109
“ Proteus ” Air Compressors at National Gas Turbine Establishment (Bristol Aero Engines, Ltd.), 781*
Protons, Anti-, Experiments on, 539
— Description of, 60, 123
Proudlove, J. A., on Commercial Vehicles and New Motorways, 206*. See LETTER, 264
Psychological Factors, Basic, in Communications, by T. M. Higham, 448
— Study of Social Issues, Society for. Studies on Intellectual Capability of Negro Children, 448
Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of. See Industrial Psychology
P.T. Oxvgen Gun for Open-Hearth Furnace, 140
P.T.F.C.E. See Polytrifluorochloroethylene
P.T.F.E. Insulator, for Wire (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 505
— Use for Gaskets, Diaphragms and Packings (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
Public Address System, Portable, Containing 10-watt Amplifier (Lustraphone, Ltd.), 505
— Health Engineering, Co-ordinating Committee on, 7
— Projects, Opposition to. Comment on, 674
— Relations, by J. H. Brebner, 24 Publications, Nuclear Energy, 155
— Trade, 23, 51, 85, 109, 147, 182, 215, 311, 371, 403, 535, 659, 693, 756, 789, 822 Request for, 616
Publicity, in South Africa, Need for, 248 Publishing Activities of Engineering Institute of Canada, Note On, 632
Puckey, Sir W.: Remarks to Students of Brighton Technical College, 239; on Service Provided in United States Retail Establishments (Booklet), 729
Puckle, O. S., on Numerical Control of Machine Tools in Aircraft Manufacture, 89
Pulley, Differential, Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan, 212*
Pullman, Dr. W. A., on Exhaust Pulse Energy, 14*
Pullmeter Precision Load Measuring Device at “ Monkey Hole ” Testing Station at Wirksworth (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622*
Pulp and Paper, Survey of Developments in British Columbia, 286
Pulses, at Carrier Frequency, Trigger Circuit for (Furzehill Laboratories, Ltd.), 370
— Generator (E.M.L Electronics, Ltd.), 360
— Produced by Nuclear-Particle Detector,
Instrument for Measuring Amplitude Distribution of (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 360 Pulsed Infusion Shotfiring Technique (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 68*
Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 679
Pulverised Coal in Gas-Turbine Locomotives, Study of, by Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., 337
Pulveriser for Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotives (Riley Stoker Co.), 337
Pumps, Air. See also Air Compressors
— Axial-Piston, Swash-Plate-Type, in “ Hydrocar ” 2-Ton Industrial Truck (Guldner- Motoren-Werke), 278*
— Bilge, for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs, (Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd.), 445
— Blades, Effect of Potential Flow Through, by T. Ginsburg (Book), 271
— Chemical, “ Mopumps ” (Trade Publication), 51
— Circulating, “ ThermoPak ” (Trade Publication), 535
— Electromagnetic, Flat Linear Induction
Type, for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 667*
— Feed, Boiler, Groups, for Central Electricity Authority Power Station at West Thurrock (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 531
Pumps, Fuel, Diesel, with Pneumatic Governor (Bryce Berger, Ltd.), 113*
Diesel Engine, “ Injectester Portable Test Set for (Dunedin Engineering Co Ltd.), 216*
-- Gear, Submerged, for “ Hydrocar 2-Ton Industrial Truck (Guldner-Motoren- Werke), 278*
— Glandless, for DIDO Nuclear Reactor
(Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd.), 30*
Order from A.B. De Lavals Angturbin of Sweden (Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd.), 828 .
— Hand, for Portable Hydraulic Pinion Press (Power Jacks, Ltd.), 760*
— Heat, Use of, in Southdale Shopping Centre,
Minneapolis, 302
High-Pressure, Three-Throw Reciprocating (Trade Publication), 311
Temperature, “ Mopumps ” (Trade Publication), 85
— Hydraulic (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181* .
and Hydraulic Motors, Modern, and their Application, by F. B. Levetus, 748
— Injection, Single-Cylinder Opposed-Piston,
“ DPA ” for Diesel Engine for “ Land Rover ” (C.A.V.), 808*
— Manufacture, Composite Castings in, 594
— Manufacturing Industry, Favourable Reports of, 678
Salvage, for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs (Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd.), 445
— Screw, Aluminium-Bronze, Cast on Steel
Shaft (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 595*
for Use with Bunker Oil (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 759*
— Selection and Application, by T. G. Hicks (Book), 465
— Set High-Tension Wet-Type Submersible,
at Castle Pit Coal Mine (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 148
Steam-Driven, at Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, Replacement of, by Electrically- Driven Submersible-Type, 34!
— Submersible Drainage (Sumo Pumps, Ltd.), 342*
Electrically-Driven, for Severn Tunnel Pumping Stations, 341
Sales of, in United States (Sumo Pumps, Ltd.), 312
— Suction, at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466
— Trailer and Fire-Fighting Tender for Lon
don and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd. (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504
— Transfer, Diesel-Oil, for Diesel-Electric
Paddle Tugs (Hamworthy Engineering Co., Ltd.), 445
— Unit for Lillehei Oxygenator (Artitwial Heart and Lungs) (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 443*
— •* Watermaster,'’ for Use with Ferguson
Tractors (James Beresford and Son, Ltd.), 628*
Pumped-Storage in Nuclear Power Stations, 441
Project at Blaenau Ffestiniog, 441
Pumping Machinery, Water-Works, Modern Trends in, by T. I. Hudson, 493
— Plant. Steam, at Kew Bridge, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— Station, Ashford Common, Reducing Engine Noise at, by Dr. A. J. King, 16* Severn Tunnel, Electrification of, 341
Punched-Card Standards, Study of, by Committee of British Standards Institution, 409
— Tape Standards, Study of, by Committee of British Standards Institution, 409
Use in Numerically Controlled Milling Machine at Martin Co., 722*
Use in Performance Recorder, 432 Purchase Tax on Motor Cars, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Purchasing Power, Comparison with Wages 222
of Pound Sterling, Decline in, 255
Purfleet-Dartford Tunnel, Commencement of, 222
Purification of Sewage. See Sewage
— of Water. See Water
Purifier, Diesel-Oil, for Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 445
— Lubricating-Oil, for Diesel-Electric Paddle
Tugs (Alfa-Laval Co., Ltd.), 445
Purox W.200 Blow-Pipe (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
P.V.C. see Polyvinyl Chloride PWR Nuclear Reactor, 154* Reactor, Cost of, 634, 635 Reactor, Installation of Pressure Vessel, 154*
Pye, Ltd.: Miniature Television Camera tor Inspection of Nuclear Fuel Rod Behaviour, 117; Equipment Exhibited at Leipzig Fair, 312; Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Elements for Dounreay, 726; Master Slave Manipulators for Dounreay, 727
Pye Marine, Ltd., " Fishfinder” Echo-Sounding Detector for Salvage Work. Mine Detecting and Fish Finding from the Air, 395
Pye Telecommunications, Ltd., Single-Channel Carrier Equipment for Provision of Additional Telephone Circuit on Existing Overhead Line, 655
Pyrene Co., Ltd.: Fuselage Fire-Protection System for Bristol ” Britannia ” Airliner, 116; Overseas Manufacturing Activities, 184
Pyrometallurgy Building at Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., 779*

QATAR, Cement Production in, by H. T. Hale, 228
Qualcast, Ltd. Effect of Oil Shortage, 168
Quality Control, New Fields for, by Dr. R. M. Belbin, 107, 119
Non-Destructive Testing in, by S. L. Fry, 553
in Non-Ferrous Metal Castings, Metallurgical Aspects of, Symposium on, 553 Quality Control, of Pressure Die-Castings, by H. J. Sharp, 553
in Production of Nickel Alloy Sand Cast- ings, by D. R. Wood and J. F. Gregg, 553 Engineers, Comment on, 832
— in Process Plants, Automatic Measurement of. Conference on, 682
Quantum Mechanics, Comment on, 53y Quarry Blasting in New Jersey, Rules and Process, 140, (Trade Publication),_789, Equipment lor Arc Welding (Trade Publication) 215 ,
Que Que Works of Rhodesian Iron and Steel Commission, Expansion Programme at, 358
Queen Mary College. See London Queen’s University (Belfast), Study of Air-Glow during International Geophysical Year, 286 /
Quenching. See Heat-Treatment under Metal-
“ Quick-AVrap ” Tubing Co., Ltd., Hessian Packaging Tubes, 491 .
Quickfit and Quartz, Ltd., Production of Chemical and Industrial Glassware, 393
Quicksilver. See Mercury .
Quo Vadis XII,” Marconi Marine Equipment, Radar Track Indicator for Use with (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 785 . p
O.V.F., Ltd., Development and Marketing ot Chemical and Industrial Glassware, 393

“ Rl ” EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR REACTOR, Sweden, Description of, 826
“ R2 ” Research and Materials Testing Nuclear Reactor for Sweden, Description of, 827
“ R7 ” Turbojet Aero Engine (Generale Aero- nautique Marcel Dassault), 791
“ RA29” Turbojet Aeroplane Engines tor “ Comet 4 ” Air-Liner Installed in “ Comet 3 ” Air-Liner for Certification Flying (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 148*
Raby, Col. G. W., Appointment as Managing Director of Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., 698
Racal Engineering, Ltd., Dekatron U^hs “CU.552 ” and “CU.542 ” in Microsecond Chronometer, 418*
Races, Coloured, Study of Intellectual Capability, 448
Racks, Adjustable, “Vizusell” (Versatile Fittings (W.H.S.), Ltd.), 406
Radar, Airfield Control, Decca Type 424, Installed at Lympne Airport, 179 .
Apparatus Exhibited in Mobile Exhibition ‘‘Elettra 11 ” (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
Ground Controlled Approach System at London Airport, 482*
Industry, Position and Prospects ot, 7»’
— Marine, Types of, 785
Receiver, Sub-Miniature (Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd.), 55
— Simulator Linked with Eucrates Computer Device (Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd.), 636 .
— Track Indicator, for Use with Marconi
Marine ** Quo Vadis XII ” and Radiolocator IV ” Equipments (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 785 , .
Radcliffe, Lord, Remarks at Annual Dinner ol Institution of Civil Engineers, 583
Rader, H. P., on Cavitation and Propeller Performance, 557
Radial Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools Radiant Warming Apparatus, Low-Temperature Panelec (Great Britain), Ltd.). 473 Radiation, Bremsstrahlung, Hydrogen Discharge Cooled by, 122
— Commercial Exploitation of, 804
Control of Pests and Insects by, 803
— Effect on Polyethylene, 804*
Glass Blocks for Protection Against (Chance Brothers , Ltd.), 360
Hazards in Dounreay Fast Reactor, 612* Remarks by Dr. L, S. Taylor and Dr. J. F. Crow on, 320
at Sea, Work of United Nations Scientific Committee on, 543
Symposium on, 454 ,
— High-Energy, Effects on Dielectric Materials Investigation into (Tube Investments, Ltd.), 761
Infra-Red, Eye Strain Due to, Uropal Tinted Glass for Prevention of (Zeiss Foundation), 785
— for Industrial Processing, by Dr. R. Roberts, 802*
— Medical Uses of, 660*, 802
Nuclear and Allied. Hazards to Man of. Report on, by Medical Research Council, 454
Applications of (Review), 242, 243 Discussion on, at American Society for Testing Materials, 574
Potential Dangers of, 454
Safety Precautions, Booklet on, 698
— Sources, Nuclear Rods as, 802* Separated Radioactive Isotopes as, 802 — Sterilisation of Drugs by, 803
of Food by, 802
of Living Tissues by, 803
Therapy, Deep, “ TuRTG2 ” Radiation Unit for (VEB Transformatoren und Rontgenwerk), 660* . .
Unit, ” TuRTG2,” for Deep Radiation Therapy (VEB Transformatoren und Rontgenwerk), 660*
Use in Polymerisation, 803
Vulcanisation of Silicone Rubber by, 804* — See also Irradiation
Radiators, Hot-Water, “ Gulf,” for Space Heating (Trade Publication), 659
— Stainless Steel (Washington Engineering Co., Ltd.), 792*
Radio Apparatus Exhibited in Mobile Exhibition “ Elettra 11 ” (Marconi international Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
— Automatically Tuned Direction Finder,
Type AD. 712 (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 173*
Radio Communication and Electronic Engineering Association, Annual Report, 216; Remarks on After-Sales Service, by C. H.T Johnson, 216; Remarks on Exports, by Group Capt. G. Fennessy, 216
— Components Show, Exhibits at, 505*
— Control for Ship Models at National Physical Laboratory (Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 501
Radio Corporation of America, Comment on Colour Television Activities, 676
— and Electronic Components: Fixed Capacitors (Vol. 3), by G. W. A. Dummer (Book), 85
— Electronics-Television Manufacturers' As
sociation, Basic Electricity, Laboratory Manual for Radio and Television Technicians, by P. B. Zbar and S. Schildkraut (Book), 85
— Engineers, Institute of: National Show,
Exhibition of Marconi Instruments (New York), 312; Report on Cryotron Research, by D. A. Buck, 342; Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Awarded to D. A. Buck, 342
— Equipment, Two-Way, V.H.F., for Wath Marshalling Yard (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 239
— Frequency Induction Heater, 10-kW Self-Contained, Universal 10," for Brazing, Hardening, Soldering or Annealing (Trade Publication), 789
Induction Heating (Trade Publication), 789
Heating for Wood Industry, by J. Pound (Review), 788
Radio Heaters, Ltd.: Lead-Titanate Lead- Zirconate Ceramic Transducer, 360; 1-kW Induction Heater, 526
— Industry Council, Need for Communication between Engineers and Laymen in Electronic Engineering, by F. H. Britain, 427
Position and Prospects of, 78*
— Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
— Relay System, Broad-Band, from Hamilton to Palmerston (New Zealand), 427
— Telemetry, by M. H. Nichols and L. L. Rauch (Book), 311
— Telephone System, Lisbon-Montijo, 183*
— Telephony, Information Room at Scotland Yard, 55*
— Telescope, Jodrell Bank, Model of. Used in Making Cinema Film " Mirror in the Sky,” 452*
— Transistors in, by M. S. Kiver (Review), 332
— Valve Manufacturers’ Association, British
Former Restrictive Practices of, 230
— See also Telegraph, Wireless; Telephony,
Wireless, Television: Radar; Valves Radioactive Fall-out from Bomb Explosions, by C. W. Shilling, 454
— Isotopes, Applications of (Review), 242, 243 Conference on, UNESCO, 155, 796 Displays on Use of, at Safety and Factory Efficiency Exhibition, 510
Export Statistics, 93
Manipulating Unit for Non-Destructive Workshop Testing (VEB Transformatoren und Rontgenwerk), 661*
Separated, as Radiation Sources, 802 Separation Plant for Boron 10 (Twentieth Century Electronics, Ltd.), 30
— Lamp (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad), 283
— Lightning Conductor for St. Peter’s Basilica
and Vatiban Palaces, 283
— Materials, Analyser for Identification of (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 419*
Catalogue, of, 220
Handling, Course on, 413
Metallographic Examination of, by E. C. Sykes, V. J. Haddrell and A. W. Elson, 315
— Substances Act (1948), 447 Radioactivity of Fission Products, Use of, 802
— Protection, Discussion in Parliament on, 447
— Safety Precautions Relating to, 383 Radiochemical Centre, Catalogue of Radioactive Materials, 220
Radiographic Equipment, Lightweight, Newton Victor ” Raymax 150,” for Usein Factory or on Open Erection Sites (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 593*
Radiography, Auto, Course on, 796
“ Radiolocator IV,” Marconi Marine Equipment, Radar Track Indicator for Use with (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 785
Radiological Protection Course at Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell), 413
Radiovisor Parent, Ltd., Smoke Density Indicating and Alarm Equipment, 407*
Radley, Sir G., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
“ Raffinerie Tirlemontoise ” Method for Extraction of Sugar from Beet, at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co., 467*
Rafts, Life-, Inflatable, Drifting at Sea, 504 Rail Car. See Carriage, Railway
— Ferry, “Essex Ferry,” T.S., for Harwich-
Zeebrugge Service, 190*
Railcars. See Carriages, Railway Railway Accidents. See Accidents
— American, Trade Union System, 576
— Bridge. See Bridge
— Carriage. See Carriage
— Civil Engineering Maintenance, Work Study in, by D. D. T. Pescod and J. C. F. Cameron, 169
— Diesel Railcar. See Carriages
— Effect of Road Transport Competition, 295
— Electric. See Carriages
Traction Equipment for British Railways, 103
— Electrical Equipment (Trade Publication), 693
— Electrification, in France, 145
in France, Five-Year Plan for, 589*
Railway Electrification Between Shenfield and Southend-on-Sea, 25*
in Southern Region of British Railways, 676
Throughout World, 163*
— Expansion Programme, India, 440
— Festiniog: Engineering Works at Boston
Lodge, 706*; Steam Locomotives, 706
— French, Adhesion Trials on “BB12000"
Electric Locomotives, 792*
Electrification Progress, 145, 589*
— Irish, Comment on Travellers on, 225.
See LETTER, 293
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Malayan, Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 497
— Modernisation Plan, 199
— Monorail, Proposed,for British Columbia, 286
— Motor Carriage. See Carriage
— Multiple-Unit Trains, Arrangement of, 8
— Permanent-Way Maintenance, Work Study in, 169
— Rails, Electric Conductor, De-Icing Tenders for, 145*
Stresses in. Determination of, 238
— Rolling-Stock Industry, Position and Prospects of, 42*
Stock, Manufacture of, by British Motor Corp., 709
Stock, for Shenfield-Southend-on-Sea line, 25*
Stock, Steel-Plate Shortage, Effect on Production of, 458*
Stock. SQQ aiso Carriages; Locomotives; IVagons
— Shunting Yard, Wath, Two-Way V.H.F.
Radio Equipment for (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 239
— Signalling. See Signalling
— Staff National Tribunal, Hearing of National
Union of Railwaymen’s Wage Claim, 256
— Traction-Motor Suspension, Semi-Resilient, 238
— Train Brake. See Brake
Control, Automatic, Progress of, 767
— Travel, Comparison with Motor-Car Travel, 225
Need of Psychological Study of, 225
— Tube. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Underground. See Underground; London Transport Executive
— Vehicles Industry, Trading Returns. 390
— Wagons. See IVagons
— Western Maryland, Last Shay Steam Locomotive Constructed for, 338*
— World (1956-57), 162*
Rainfall, Utilisation of Staggered Effect of, for Water Supply, 253
Raleigh Industries, Ltd.: Trading Position of, 8; Acquisition of B.S.A. Cycle Manufacturing Business, 676
Ralph and G. Wolff Studios, Cinema Film “ This is Automation," 435
Rams, Hydraulic (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181 * Rambush, N. E., Remarks on Position and Prospects of Power-Gas Corporation, 296
Ramjet. See Engine, Aeroplane Ramjet, under Aeronautics
Ramming Material, Plastic, for Foundry Use, (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
Ramsay Condensing Turbo-Electric Locomotive, 290
Randolph, L. F., on Pipe-Line Calculations, 101
Rank-Xerox, Ltd., Xerography Process, 582
Rankin Co., Survey of Pulp and Paper Developments in British Columbia, 286
Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd.: Cranes and Excavators (Trade Publication), 85; Walking Draglines (Trade Publication), 85
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Fork-Lift Truck. 605
“ Rapid III " Rotating Hammer-Head Tower Crane (VEB Schwermaschinenbau), 323*
“ Rapier ” Caravan, Mobile Studio in (Technivision, Ltd.), 664
Rates, Industrial, Increase in, 230
Rationing of Petroleum Products, 40
Raumund Bauakustik fur Architekten, by W. Furrer (Review), 596*
“ Raven ’’ Rocket Motors for " Skylark ’’ High-Altitude Research Vehicle (Bristol Aircraft. Ltd.), 164
Raw-Material Supplies, Views of Sir A. McCance on, 230
Rays. See Cathode Rays; X-Rays
“Raymax 150" Lightweight Radiographic Equipment for Use in Factory or on Open Erection Sites (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 593*
Rayon Research Association, British, Fluid- Bed Heat-Transfer Processing Technique for Textiles, 362
— Yarn, “ Cordura," for Thin Conveyor Belts
(E.l. du Pont de Nemours and Co.), 127
Raytheon Manufacturing Co., “ PNP’’ Type Silicon Transistors for High Temperatures, 580
Rea, Lord, on Calder Hall Atomic Power Station, 383
Reactions, Chemical. See Chemistry
— Thermonuclear. See Thermonuclear Reactor, Atomic. See Nuclear Reactor
— Nuclear. See Nuclear Reactor
— Smoothing, for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
— Vessel. See Pressure Vessel
Reading, Standards of. Report on, 832 Reading University, Sedimentology Laboratory, 158
Reamer, Gun, “ Short-Serco ’’ (Serco, Ltd.). 497
— Shell (Trade Publication), 403
— Solid-Shank, for Autolock or Taper-Shank
Mounting (Trade Publication), 403
Reaming. See under Machine Tools Rear-Admiral Nuclear Propulsion, Appointment of Rear-Admiral G. A. M. Wilson as 381
Rebbeck, Sir F., on Position and Prospects of Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 775
Receptances Applied to Oscillations in Pipe Systems, by Prof. W. J. Duncan. 821*
Recessing Machine. See Machine Tools
— of Sapphire Instrument Bearings, 236* Record Analyser, Trace, Oscar Model “ J ”
(Trade Publication), 109
— and the Archivist, by R. C. Jarvis, 452
— Business, in Historical Research, by Prof.
J. Simmons, 452
— Customer, Use of Market Research, 151
— Department, Historical, of British Trans
port Commission, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— Maintenance, in Relation to Economics of
Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Player Pick-up, Ceramic (Trade Publica
tion), 23
— Requirements of Industry, by H. R. Mathys
452 ...
Recorder, Performance (Digital Engineering Co., Ltd.), 432*
— Tape, Pocket, “ Dictet ” (Dictaphone Cor
poration), 439*
Recording Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Ground Vibration, Cambridge Vibrograph
for, 463*
Vibration, Nobel Vibrograph for, 463*
— Weighers, Williams, for 7i-Ton High-Speed
Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (Samuel Williams and Sons, Ltd.), 559* Rectifiers. See Electric
Rectilinear Co-ordinate System, Use of Universal Type BAK “ Koordinatograph ” for, 324*
“ Red Spot ” Fuseboards (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 472
Reddish, H., Dollar Export Council Mission to Canada, 440
Re-deployment. See under Labour
Redfearn, M. W., on Instruments for Measuring Small Quantities of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere, 465
Redfern, A. H., on Position and Prospects of Expert Tool and Case Hardening Co., Ltd., 806
Reduction Gears. See Gears; Marine Propulsion
Redundancy. See Labour
" Redux ” Metal-to-Metal Bonding Process (Aero Research, Ltd.), 522
— Use for Bonding Magnesium Alloy in the
“ F7U-3 ” Cutlass Aircraft and “ Regulus I ” Guided Missile, 523
Reed Paper Group, Control of Thickness of Kraft Wrapping Paper with Baldwin Automat Beta-Ray Transverse Profiler, 205
Rees, G. L., on “ New ” and “ Virtually New ” Products, 327
Reeve, Dr. L., on Mechanical Properties of Low-Carbon Low-Alloy Steels Containing Boron,713
Reflectors, Reactor, Use of Beryllium for, 731
— Silvered Glass, and Aluminium, “ Brytal ”
(Trade Publication), 757
Refractories, Plumbago-Silicon Carbide Plastic (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
— Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234 Refrigerating Machinery, Ships’, Dangers of
Using Methyl Chloride in, 370
Refrigeration Engineering, National College for. See National College
— Handbook of (Vol. 4), by R. Plank (Book),
333
— Institute of. Remarks by Sir H. Beaver on
Future Requirements of Engineers, 239
— Use of Ultrasonic Waves for Freezing Milk,
422
Refuelling Ships at Sea, Quick-Release Coupling for (Flight Refuelling, Ltd.), 433*
Refugees, Hungarian, Comment on, 32 Refuse, Airport Runways, Sweeper-Collector for (Zwicky, Ltd.), 631
Regulator, Voltage (Trade Publication), 823 Reheating Furnace. See Furnace
Reid, D. M., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Reid-MacLeod Steam-Turbine Locomotive, 290
Reid-Ramsay, Turbine Condensing Locomotive, 29()
Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete
Relays (Londex, Ltd.), 471
— Calibrated, for Control of Voltage, Current
or Speed (Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
— Electric (Trade Publication), 109
— High-Voltage (Electrical Remote Control
Co., Ltd.), 471
— Plug-in, with Perspex Cover (Clifford &
Snell, Ltd.), 631*
— Sub-Miniature, Hopwood-Par (Trade Publi
cation), 23
— as Switches in Computers, 552
— System, “ TJ,” Short-Distance Microwave,
with Dual Polarisation, 560*
Relaying, Protective, Art and Science of, by C. R. Mason (Book), 109
Relaxation Methods in Theoretical Physics (Vol. II), by Sir R. V. Southwell (Review), 370. See LETTER, 453
Reliance Rubber Co., Ltd., Rubber for Precision Components, 189
Remploy, Ltd., Activities of, 239
Rennie, Sir G., Remarks at Annual Dinner of Institution of Civil Engineers, 583
Renold Chains, Ltd., Chain Drives (Trade Publication), 535
Renton, D., Remarks at Annual Luncheon of Electrical Association for Women, 488
Repairs of Broken Parts by Welding (Trade Publication), 147
— Shop, Inflatable, “Numax” Hut as (Elliot
Equipment, Ltd.), 362
Repeater Station, Koi, in Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
Mount Tuahu, Radio Relay System from Hamilton to Palmerston (New Zealand) 427
Tsune Yama, in Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
— for Transatlantic Telephone Cable System,
149, 150
Report, Annual, Aberdare Cables (Holdings). Ltd., 615
A.E.G. (Allgemeine Elektricitfits-Gesell- schaft), 455
Asquith Machine Tool Corp.. 456 Associated Commercial Vehicles, 136
Associated
296, 455
Associated
168, 231
Associated Babcock and Wilcox. Ltd., 708 Balfour, A., Ltd., 742 Birfield Group, 328 Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 647 British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd., 709
British Iron and Steel Federation, 550 British Oxygen Gases, Ltd., 456 British Petroleum Co., Ltd., 679 British Tabulating Machines, 456 British Timkin, Ltd., 8C8 British Tyre and Rubber, 328 Broom and Wade, Ltd., 295 Brown, D., Industries, Ltd., 424 Brush Group, 424 Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., 774, 775 Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom (1956-57), 295
Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd., 488 Colvilles, Ltd., 8
Commissioners of Inland Revue, 229 Costain, R., Ltd., 807 Craven Brothers, Ltd., 806 Crofts Engineers, Ltd., 456 Cronite Foundry Co., 296
Crosthwaite Furnaces and Scriven Machine
Tools, Ltd., 390
Cummins Engine Co., 487
Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Ltd., 775 Darwins, 742 ‘
de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., 456 Delta Metal, 456
Dorman Long and Co., Ltd., 8, 71
Enfield Rolling Mills, Ltd., 424
Engineers’ Council for Professional Development, 390
English Electric Co., Ltd., 263, 440 English Electric Group, 359 English Steel Corp., Ltd., 742
Expert Tool and Case Hardening Co., Ltd., 806
Fenner, J. H., and Co., Ltd., 119 Ford Group, 679
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 424 Foster, Yates and Thom, Ltd., 296, 390 General Motors Corp., 679 Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., 807 Guest Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., 742 Hadfield Group, 389
Hall Engineering Industries, 616 Hall, J. and E., 263
Harland Engineering Co., Ltd., 679 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., 774, 775 Hawker Siddeley Group, 104 Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co.,
Ltd., 709
Hobson, H. M., Ltd., 263
Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 808 Hoover, Ltd., 359
Humphreys, Ltd., 807
Imperial Chemical Industries. Ltd., 679, 775
Integral, Ltd., 263
International Combustion (Holdings),
Ltd., 328, 390, 488
International Nickel Co. of Canada, 357, 614
.lohnson and Phillips, Ltd., 615 Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., 806 Joy Manufacturing Co., 40 Kendall and Gent, Ltd., 8 Kerry’s (Great Britain), Ltd., 806 Lancashire Dynamo Group, 709 Leyland Motors, Ltd., 328
Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., 807
Lister, R. A., and Co., Ltd., 104
Liverpool Shipowners’ Association, 386 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 774, 805 Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 104 Mather and Platt, Ltd., 390
Mitchell, Shackleton and Co., Ltd., 296
Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., 679 National Coal Board, 741 National Research Development Corporation, 422
Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., 456
North British Locomotive Co., Ltd., 424 Osborn, S., and Co., Ltd,, 8 Perkins, F., Ltd., 615
Power-Gas Corp,, Ltd., 296, 290
Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., 679 Qualcast, Ltd., 168
Radio Communication and Electronic Engineering Association, 216
Raleigh Industries, Ltd., 8
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., 424
Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 775
Rootes Group, 296
Senior Economisers, Ltd., 488 South Durham Steel and Iron Co., Ltd., 71 Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., 135 Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 167, 168 Streetly Co., Ltd., 328
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 550
Tecalemit, Ltd,, 296
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., 615
Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., 8 Thyssen-Hiitte, A., 742
Trawlers, Grimsby, Ltd.. Prize for, 647 Triplex Safety Glass, 328
Unilever, Ltd., 615, 679
United States Steel Corp., 389
United Steel Companies, Ltd., 8, 71; Prize for, 647
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 328
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 455, 615 Vickers, Ltd., 647, 742
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., 678
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., 231
Report, Annual, White, J.S and Co., Ltd., 263
Woodhead, J., and Sons, Ltd., 296
Worthington-Simpson, 678
Yorkshire Copper Works, Ltd., 198
— on Britain's Economic Problems and
Policies, Federation of British Industries, Comment on, 289
— British Electrical and Allied Industries
Research Association. See Electrical and Allied Industries
— Collective Bargaining, A.F.L.-C.I.O., 455
— Colombo Consultative Committee, 103
— of Committee on Supply and Training of
Teachers for Technical Colleges, 511
— Company Executive Development Schemes,
708
— Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research. See Scientific and Industrial Research
— on Development and Research Programme
of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, 359
— on Economic Conditions in Asia and Far
East, 1956, by Uaited Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, 140
— on Education of Physicists in Universities
and Colleges of Technology, 832
— for Employees by United Steel Companies,
Ltd. (Brochure), 389
— of European Productivity Agency. See
European Productivity Agency
— of General Register Office on Industry,
from 1951 Census, 832
— on Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied
Radiation, by Medical Research Council, 454
— Housing Management Sub-Committee, on
Re-Housing, 32
— on Industry and Planning in Stepney, 1951,
515
— Interim, on University Development, 1952-
1956,482
— Medical Research Council, on Attitudes to
Factory Work, 32
— Monopolies Commission. See Monopolies
Commission
— Organisation for European Economic Co
operation. See Organisation
— Presenting Financial Information to Em
ployees, British Institute of Management, 288
— Research and Development by Non-Profit
Research Institutes and Commercial Laboratories in United States, 201
— on Retirement of Motor Omnibus Workers,
352
— Royal Commission: on Economic Pros
pects of Canada, 262; on Distribution of Industrial Population, 514*
— by Russian Mission to India, 375
— Sales, Use of Dictating Machines for, 248
— on Special Investigation by Dr. A. G.
Touch into Accident to “ Vulcan ” Aircraft, 483
— Staffing and Organisation of Factory
Inspectorate, Discussion in Parliament on, 159
— on Standards of Reading, 832
— on Supply of Capital Funds for Industrial
Development in Europe, by Lord Piercy, 375
— on Supply and Training of Technical
Teachers, 319, 672
— Target for Euratom, 634
— on Technical Education of Engineering
Designers, 640
— on “ Tranquiliser ” Drugs, by World Health
Organisation, 384
— Transport and General Workers Union, on
Effect of Suez Canal Crisis on Members’ Earnings, 224
— of United Kingdom Heavy Engineering
Mission to India, 375
United Nations, on Technical Assistance Programme, 788
Reproducers and Amplifiers, Ltd., Loudspeaker Unit with High Impedance Centre-Tapped Coil, 505
Research, Applied, Scientific Manpower for. Comment on, 193
Association, British Electrical and Allied Industries. See Electrical and Allied Industries Association, British
British. Hydromechanics. See Hydromechanics Research Association
British Internal Combustion Engine. See Internal Combustion Engine Research Association „ . ,
British Non-Ferrous Metals. SQQ British Hon-Ferrous Metals
British Rayon. See Rayon Research Association
British Scientific Instrument. See Instrument Research Association
British Steel Castings. See Steel Castings Research Association
Iron and Steel, British. See Iron and Steel Research Association
Shipbuilding, British. See Shipbuilding Research Association, British
Welding, British. See Welding Research Association, British
Building. See Building Research
Central, of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633*
— Centre, Nuclear Physics, Statement on, 222 in Dairying, National Institute for. See
Dairying, National Institute for Research in Department, Scientific and Industrial. See Scientific and Industrial Research
and Development in Canada, Survey of, 422
Research Development Corp., National, An nual Report, 422
and Development, Cost ot, zui
Cost of. Inquiry into, by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 198 in United States, Cost of, 198
— Establishments, Conference of. Findings ot,
201. See also Vol. 182
— Financing, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Historical, Business Records in, by Prol.
J. Simmons, 452
— Industrial, by P. Dunsheath, 201
— Institute, Fulmer, Ltd. See Fulmer Re
search Institute, Ltd.
Research Institute, Tin. See Tin Research Institute
— Laboratories, Central, of Broken Hill Pty.
Co., Ltd., 779*
— Market. See Market Research
— National Institute of Economic and Social.
See Economic and Social Research
— Nuclear. See Nuclear
— in Nuclear Science, National Institute for.
See Nuclear Science
— Operational, by S. Beer, 353
— into Research, 201
— Scientific, in British Universities (1955-56),
201
— Seaweed. See Seaweed
— Space, and Exploration, by D. R. Bates and
P. Moore (Review), 720
— Sponsored, by E. A. G. Liddiard, 264
— Station Building, See Building Research
— Surveys on, 201
— Teams, Investigations on Composition of,
by Dr. W. C. Schutz, 512
— in United States, Survey of, 201
— Vehicle, High-Altitude, “ Skylark," 164
— See also National Physical Laboratory Reservoir at Tryweryn Valley, Liverpool Corporation Bill for, 253, 255
Residential Accommodation at Universities and Colleges, Comment on. 577
Resin, Araldite Synthetic Tools and Jigs (Trade Publication), 85
— Epoxide and Polyester, for Manufacture of
Chemical Apparatus and Plant (Bakelite, Ltd.), 280*
Use for Manufacture of Storage Tank and Stand for Zinc Chloride (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 361*
Vacuum Forming Moulds (Bakelite, Ltd.), 141
— Epoxy, Adhesives, Discussion on, 522 Jigs and Tools (Trade Publication), 85 Use for Jigs in Aircraft Production, 372*
— Insulation, Use in 500-MVA 11-kV Air
Break Circuit-Breaker (A. Reyrolle Ltd.), 490*
— Laminating High-Temperature Phenolic,
" V17085 " (Bakelite, Ltd.), 588
— “ Polimul." Use in Manufacture of Paints
(Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.), 393
— Polyester, Use for Manufacture of Storage
Tank and Stand for Zinc Chloride (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 361*
— Shell-Moulding, High-Speed, " Cellobond
JX5040 " (British Resin Products, Ltd.), 554
— Synthetic, Shell-Moulding, High-Speed,
“ Cellobond JX5040 " (British Resin Products, Ltd.), 554
Resistance, Air.
— of Ships.
— Welding. See Welding
Respiratory Diseases due to Microscopic Particles, 366*
Restrictive Labour Practices, Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Practices, Comment in Parliament on, 191 Registration of Agreements on, 374, 517
— Trade Practices Act: 70, 166, 374; Objects
of, 255; Remarks on, by Sir G. Hayman, 328; First Cases Under, 517; Effect on Cable Industry, 615
— Trading Agreements, Board of Trade’s
First Directive to Registrar of, 517
Retail Establishments, United States, Service Provided in, Sir W. Puckey (Booklet), 729
— Price Index, 10*, 255
Index, Comparison with Wages, 222 Retailers, Management Course for, 96 Retirement of Bus Workers, Report on, 352 " Revcon " Control System (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
Reviews, Book, 23, 51, 84, 108, 146, 182, 214, 240, 270, 310, 332, 370, 402, 434, 465, 502, 534, 562, 596, 632, 659, 692, 720, 756, 788, 822
Revolution Indicator and Vibrometer, Vibrating-Reed, Hand-Held (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 316*
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd.; Annual Report, 424; 500-MVA ll-kV Resin-Insulated
Air-Break Circuit-Breaker, 490*; Switchgear at Dounreay, 728
Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk
A.G., Closed-Cvcle Boiling-Water Reactor for, 413*, 441*
Rhodes, Brydon and Youat, Ltd.: " Mopumps ’’ Chemical Pumps (Trade Publication), 51; High-Temperature " Mopumps " (Trade Publication), 85
Rhodesia, Loan by International Bank to, 614
— and Nyasaland, Federation of: Transfer cf
Assets of Rhodesian Iron and Steel Commission to Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 357; Uranium Oxide from Interest of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in, 423; Uranium Plant in, 423; Offer to Purchase Uranium-Bearing Ores from, by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 698
— Southern, Consolidated Pneumatic Tool
Co., Ltd., Representation in, 119
Series Capacitor Installation at Hartley (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 589
Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., Transfer of Assets of Rhodesian Iron and Steel Commission to, 358
— Iron and Steel Commission, Transfer of
Assets of, to Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358
— Selection Trust: Participation in Rhodesian
Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358; Scheme for Employees to become Shareholders, 487; Joint Pricing Policy with Anglo-American Corp., 741; Reduction in Copper Production, 741
Rhys-Williams, Lady, Remarks at Annual Luncheon of Electrical Association for Women, 488
Ricardo “ Comet” Combustion Chambers for Diesel Engine for ” Land Rover,” 808* Richards, G., and Co., Ltd., Large-Capacity Planing and Grinding Machine, 561*
Richards, L. F., on Lubricants for Diesel Engines, 651
Richardson-Bellows S.A., Formation of, at Geneva, 374
Richardson, E. and F., Ltd., Semprene Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425*
Richardson, H. C., on Reorganisation o^Insti- tution of Civil Engineers’ Library, 502
Richardson Scale Co.: Device for High-Speed Weighings, 269; Hopper for Use in Weighing Fluffy or Sticky Materials, 269; Formation of Richardson-Bellows S.A., 374
Ridenour, L. N., Remarks on Unreliability of Vacuum Tube in Electronic Automation, 296
Ridge Drill, Automatic, Type 182 (VEB Land- maschinenbau Bernburg), 628
Ridpath, C. H. E., on Physical Properties o Aluminium, 650
Riemerschmid Track for Conversion of Jeep Motor Vehicle for Travel over Powdered Snow, 388*
Rifles, “ FN," for British Army, 645
“ Rigidhobber,” Churchill-Cleveland Mk. IV, with Fully-Automatic Loading and Unloading Arm (Churchill Gear Machines, Ltd.), 172*
Riley Stoker Co., Pulveriser for Coal-Burning Gas-Turbine Locomotives, 337
Rings, “ Chevron ” for Gland Packings, Use ot P T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330* and Cords, Rubber-Braided, for Shock- Absorbing and Suspension Requirements (Luke Turner and Co., Ltd.), 491
Discharges, Characteristics of, by R. Carruthers and P. A. Davenport, 540
Rings, “ O,” Production of in Bristol Factory of Remploy, Ltd., 239
Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
— Piston. See Piston Rings
— Starter, for Automobiles, British Oxygen
Flame-Hardening Process for. Installation of by Francis B. Willmott (Dalmans), Ltd., 527 . .
— Twisting Frames (Spinn und Zwirnerei
Maschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt), 621
Ringway Airport, Crash of “Viscount 701 Air-Liner at, 392
Rippon, E. C., Developments in Transformers for 132 kV and Higher Voltages, 813
Riser. See Casting
Rivers, Foam in, Nuisance of, 447
— Navia, Hydro-Electric Development on,
354*
— of New India, by H. C. Hart (Review), 402 Nile, New Dam on, Under Consideration,
774
Nile Waters, Need for Conference on, 607 Work of Sir M. MacDonald on Control
of, 580 . o , u c .
— Severn Barrage Heating Scheme, by F. J.
Hutchinson, 276 , - r* i-
Barrage Project, Discussion in Parliament on,222
Bridge, Discussion in Parliament on, 255 Tunnel Pumping Stations, Electrification of, 341*
Ta<^us, Radio-Telephone System Across, 183* , ,
— Thames, Dartford-Purfleet Tunnel Across,
Commencement of, 222
Pollution, New Treatment Plant for, 479 Volta, Project, of Hydro-Electric Power, 262 Riveting’Tools. See Machine Tools
Road Accidents. See Accidents
— Act, Special, 206, 207 .
— Bridge, Forth, Cost of. Discussion in Par
liament on, 287
Forth, Prospect of Commencement ot, 543
Concrete, Finisher for, “ SBF4 '* (VEB Baumaschinen), 627
— Construction in Lancashire, Progress on,
699*
Non-Traditional Methods, 222
Estimate of Amount Spent on. During 1956,
Expenditure on. Comment on. in 8th Annual Report of Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, 549
Federation, International, Design for Road Network for Europe, 358 _ .
— Haulage Operation, Effect of New Speed
Limit on, 800
— Longton By-Pass, Progress on, 699*
— Machines (Drayton), Ltd., Marketing ot
Monorail Conveyor System 184
Markings, Discussion in Parliament on, 799
— Modernisation and Expansion of, Govern
ment Expenditure on, 558
and Expansion of, Remarks by Lord Derwent on. 358, 408
— Network for Europe, Design for, 358
— Petition for Improvement of, 287
— Preston by-Pass, Progress on, 699
— Research Laboratory, Work on Traffic
Roundabouts, 671 .
— Roundabouts, Traffic at, Discussion
Parliament on, 671
— Speed Limit, Proposal to Increase
Robertson, Gen. Sir B., on National Wages Policy, 736
Robertson, H. H., and Co., Inc., Cellactite and British Uralite, Ltd., v.v.
Robertson Thain, Ltd.: Fire at Jaguar Works, 325; “ R.P.M.” (Robertson’s Protected Metal) and “ Galbestos ” Corrugated Sheeting for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings, 745*
Robinson, D., and Co.: Hopwood-Par SubMiniature Relay (Trade Publication), 23;
* Rodene ” Self-Resetting Sequence Timer, 120
Robinson, J. S., on Symposium on Education and Training of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 293
Robinson, T., and Son, Ltd., Plant for Finnish Flour Mill at Hameenlinna, 95*
Robson, L. S., on Contribution of TurboAlternator Manufacturers to Technical Advancement and to National Economy, 812
Robson, L. W., Impressions of Overseas Tour, 63
Robson, P. N.J on Deep Electrolytic Tank for the Solution of 2- and 3-Dimensional Problems in Engineering, 691
Rock Drills (Trade Publication), 51 Rotary, Prototype, Design Case History of, by P. J. Fletcher, 528*
Rocket. See Aeronautics Rocket Engine. See E^ngine, Rocket, under Aeronautics
“ Rocksil ” Building Matting for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Cape Buildings Products, Ltd.), 745* Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., “ No. 28 ” and “ No. 35 ” Multi-Slide Machines for Production of Small Pressings, 205* Rocol, Ltd.: “Molytone” Special-Purpose Greases, 30; “ R.T.D.” Compound Lubricant for Machining Difficult Materials, 599
Rod and Bar Rolling Mill, New, at Stocks- bridge Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 755
— Cutting of, ” Carricut,” Hydraulic Portable
Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
— Synthetic Sapphire, Manufacture of, 236 Roddis, L. M., on Future Developments of
Nuclear Energy, 474*
“ Rodene ” Self-Resetting Sequence Timer (D. Robinson and Co.), 120
Roderic Hill Building, Imperial College, Opening of, 734
Rodger, A., on Causes of Fatigue, 352 Rodgers, Prof., Views on Possibility of Depression in United States, 197
“ Rodin’s Corner,” by S. Merriman, Comment on, 678
Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., Bristol “ Olympus 6 ” Engines for “ Victor ” Bomber Aircraft, 735
Roentgen Tube for Type URS-55 Table X-Ray Set, 566
Roesch, G., on Fool-Proof Gear Changing, 773 Rogers Corporation, Printed Circuits Without Etching or Plating, 571
Rogers, F., on Introducing Explosives, 228. See LETTER, 325
Roll Assembly, Tilting and Turning, “ Twin- ner,” for Welding (Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
— Finishing, for Fine Crushing of Lime Marl
and Clay-Containing Stone (VEB Kema), 626
Roller Bearings. See Bearings
Rolling Mill, Bar and Rod, at Stocksbridge Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 755 Plant at Waunarlwydd (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 299
of Steel, Peech and Tozer, Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for Hot Steel Strip at (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 489* Rolls-Royce, Ltd.: “ Nene ” Turbojet Engines for Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., 142*; “ RA29 ”
Turbojet Aeroplane Engines for “ Comet 4 ” Air-Liner Installed in “ Comet 3 ” Ai.-Liner for Certification Flying, 148*; “Dart” Propeller-Turbine Engines for “ Freightliner” Transport Aircraft, 158*; B ” Series Petrol Engines for West German Army Military Vehicles, 248*; Work on Nuclear-Powered Submarine, 381; Turbo-Charged Version of “(2” Range of Oil Engines, 583*; “Hot- Shift ” Forward and Reverse Gearbox for Heavy-Duty Tractors, 730*. See LETTER, 773; “Conway” Turbo-Jet Engines for “ Vulcan ” Bomber Aircraft, 735; Position and Prospects of, 775
Ronka Geophysical Instruments, “ Ronka Ground EM ” Lightweight Sulphide Ore Detector, 426*
“ Ronka Ground EM ” Lightweight Sulphide Ore Detector (Ronka Geophysical Instruments), 426*
Ronka, V., “ Ronka Ground EM ” Lightweight Sulphide Ore Detector, 426*
Roof Coverings, Fire Hazards of, 647. See also Fire at Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
— of Factory of Jaguar Cars, Ltd., Insulating
Material of. Discussion in Parliament 351
— Furnace, All-Basic, Co-operative Trials
713
— Loadings, Coal Mine, Dynamometer
(Dowty Group, Ltd.), 761 *
Roofing, Bituminous, in Fire at Nash-Kelvina- tor Works, Crewe, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Rootes Group: Annual Report, 296; Establishment of Sales, Servicing and Maintenance Organisation in Nairobi, 374
Rootes Motors (Parts), Ltd., Formation and Activities of, 248
Rootes, Sir W., Remarks on Shipping Conference System, 806
Rope, Wire. Cutting of, “ Carricut ” Hydraulic Portabel Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
Rosemarkie, Television Transmitting Station at, 703
Rosemarkie, Very-High-Frequency Sound Transmitting Station at, 703
Ross, D., and Partners, Ltd., “ Twinner ” Tilting and Turning Roll Assembly for Welding, 188*; “Twinner” Automatic Welding- Head Manipulator, 188*
Rotamill. Ahcol, for Semi-Automatic Milling of Slots, Flats and Faces (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 347*
Rotary Hoe, Use of, 772*
Rotating Seals for Abrasive Services (Crane Packing, Ltd.), 621
Rotation, Speed of, Measurement with Tachometer-Generator Using Polyphase Alternating Current (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 19
“ Rotodyne ” Helicopter, Application of Pressure-Jet Development Work to, 590*
“ Rotodyne ” Helicopter, Air Compressor in Jet-Gyrodine Flying Test Bed for, 590*
Rotor Forgings, Automatic Fault Detection (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 140*
— Horizontal, Revolving in Drum Filled
with Corrosive Medium, at British Iron and Steel Research Association Corrosion Exhibition. 746
Roughness, Surface, Scales (Trade Publication), 215
Roundabout at Hyde Park Corner, Proposed, 671
— Traffic at. Discussion in Parliament on, 671 Rouverol, Prof. W. S., on New Infinitely-
Variable Transmission, 754*
Rover Co., Ltd., Diesel Engine for “Land Rover” Motor Vehicle, 808*
“ Roving Eye Mark II ” Mobile Television Unit, 378*
Roy Machinery and Sales, Inc., Screw Slotting Machine, 793*
Royal Air Force. See Air Force, Royal, under Aeronautics
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Research on Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 287
Royal Commission on Canada’s Economic Prospects, 262, 521
on Distribution of Industrial Population (Barlow Commission), 514*
— Corps of Naval Constructors. See Naval
Constructors
— Institution, Work of European Organisa
tion for Nuclear Research, by Sir B. Lockspeiser, 251
— Mail Lines, Position and Prospects of, 774
— Mint (Tower Hill), Newcomen Society’s
Visit to, 763
— Navy. See Navy
— Netherlands Blast Furnacesand Steelworks
limuiden Works, by A. H. Ingen-Housz,’
— Ordnance Factories. See Ordnance Fac
tories, Royal
Royal Society:
international Geophysical gramme of " Atmosphere, Royal Society of Arts.
of
of Health. See
— Statistical Society.
— Swedish Academy _
See Swedish Acadetny
Royce Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Twin-Chamber Precision Heat-Treatment Furnace for High-Speed Steels (Trade Publication), 311
” R.P.M.” (Robertson’s Protected Metal) Covering for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Robertson Thain, Ltd.), 745*
RPT Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240
“ R.T.” Method for Extraction of Sugar from Beet at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co., 467*
' Compound Lubricant for Machining
Difficult Materials (Roeol, Ltd.), 599
Rubber, Braided, Cords and Rings for Shock- Absorbing and Suspension Requirements (Luke Turner and Co., Ltd.) 491
— Conveyor Belts, Splicing of, “ On-Site ”
Service (Trade Publication), 535
— in Engineering, Conference on, Proceedings
of (Book), 822
— Industry, Institution of the, Calenders for
Rubber Processing, by H. Willshaw (Book), 51
— Natural, Development Board, Proceedings
of Conference on Rubber in Engineering (Book), 822
Rubber and Plastics Age, International Conference on Synthetic Rubber Organised by,
— Press Technique, Improved, Using Thermo
plastic (P.V.C.) Intensifiers (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 362*
— Processing, Calenders for, by H. Willshaw
(Book), 51
— Sealing Strip, “ Stickastrip ” (Trade Publi
cation), 51
Silicone, Vulcanisation by Radiation 804*
— Synthetic, Consultations on Issuing of
Licences for Importation of, between United Kingdom, Singapore and Malayan Governments, 351 Consumption of, 518 Cost of, 518 International Conference on, 438 Hypalon,” for Protective
Coatings (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co Inc.), 425 ’
New Plants for Production of, 518 Plant of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd 50* Uses of, 518 ”
Components (Reliance
Rubber Co., Ltd.), 189
J^^bejt and Co., Ltd., Surface Roughness Scales (Trade Publication), 215
Rubine Toner 2BOS Pigment (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 393
Rudffie, R. W on Metallurgical Principles of Control of Quality of Non-Ferrous Castings, 553
Rudorflf D. W on Principles and Applications of Spark Machining, 266
Ruegg, H., on Experiences and Problems in the Surface Treatment of Zinc and Aluminium Die Castings, 746
Runciman, Lord; on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231; on Ship Propulsion, 525
Runways, Airport, Refuse, Sweeper-Collector for (Zwicky, Ltd.), 631
Rupture, Unstable, of Wide Plate, Conditions for, by G. M. Boyd, 656
Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts, 1944-1955, Grants Paid Under, 607
Russell, S., and Sons, Ltd., Spheroidal-Graphite Iron (Trade Publication), 85
Russia, Academy of Sciences, Injector for Proton Synchrotron at, 539*; 10-GeV Proton Synchrotron at, 573*; BRF Nuclear Reactor, 731
— British Magazine in, Discussion in Parlia
ment on, 511
— Centralised Information Scheme, 799
— Credit Offer to India, 664
— Engineering Products from, 564*
— Export Trade to, 774
— Import and Export Licences, 663
— Malingerers, Problem of Dealing with, by
Medical Practitioners, 384
— Nuclear Power Station, 420-MW, for,
Description of, 794
— Over-Centralisation in, Comment on Mr.
Krushchev’s Views on, 450
— Policy of Penetration in Middle East, 199
— Switching in, Survey of, by Dr. M. A.
Gavrilov, 552
— Technical Journals of, by O. Tedder, 105
— Trade Interest in Egypt, 440
— Trading Possibilities with, 662
— Visit to, by Team from British Engineering
Institutions, 416
— See also Soviet
Russian Coal Mines, Conditions in, 416 Mines, Education and Training in, 416 Mines, National Coal Board Mission to, 416
— Designations of Items at Leipzig Fair, 566
— Mission to India, Report of, 375
— Scientific Periodicals, Discussion in Parlia
ment on,735
— Trade Delegation in United Kingdom, 662
— See also Soviet
Rust, Effect of, on Life of Agricultural Machinery, 331. See also 322
— Effect on Machinery Progress, 322
— Removal. See also De-Rusting
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.: New Range of
Marine Diesel Engines, 13; Special Department for Sales to Oil Industry, 63; Small Engine Sales Department, 63; Spares and Service Depot, 118*; Gas-Turbines for New Sewage Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478; Mark LWS ” Diesel Locomotive, 527*- YBA Range of Small Air-Cooled Diesel Engines, 571*; Central Research Building, 633*; Installation of Gas-Turbines for Supply of Power at Northern Outfall Works of London County Council, 730- International Sales Congress, 776 Rutherford Technical College, Proposal for Teaching Advanced Technology, 767 Rutile, Extraction of. Negotiations of British Titan Products, Ltd., and Colombia Southern Chemicals with Government of Sierra Leone for, 607 Rylands v. Fletcher, 463
s
SAFETY of Atomic Bomb Tests, Comment on, 454
— Device, Nuclear Reactor, 796
Devices in ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory. 405
— in Electricity on Building Sites, by S J
Emerson, 373
— Explosion Precautions at National Gas
Turbine Establishment, 818
— and Factory Efficiency Exhibition, Birming
ham, 510
— of Gas-Cooled Reactors, by Sir C. Gibb, 283 and Health of Atomic Energy Workers 510
~ Nuclear Energy (Review), 243
P^^er Plants, Discussion in Parliament on, 383
Power Stations, 382, 479
Remarks on, by Lord Mills, 454
Radiation, Potential Dangers of 454 Reactor AGN-201, 282
Gas-Cooled Graphite-Moderated, 794
Precautions at Docks, Discussion in Parliament on,607
in Fuel-Oil Storage, 12
Relating to Radioactivity, 383
— X- and Gamma-Ray, Booklet on, 698
— Radioactivity Protection, Discussion in
Parliament on, 447
~~ **/?*? Handling Fragile
Goods (Cable Covers, Ltd.), 279
— Units in SRE Nuclear Reactor, 766
— See also Accident Prevention
Saggars for “ Hylumina ” Heat-Resisting
Saguenay Terminals, Ltd., S.S. “Sunrip”
*"'*"*"
Saint Michel Observatory, Air-Conditioned Telescope for (Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Co., Ltd.), 459*
— See also
Salaries, Civil Service, Comparison with 1939, “ — Servants, Technical Classes, 192
— of Government Ministers, 736
— of Graduates in Industry, 392
— of Nationalised Industry Leaders, 736 Professional, Bargaining on, by J. G. Orr,
— Taxation of, Comment on, 546
— See also Wages under Labour
Sale, Closing the, Cinema Film on Salesmanship, 435
Sales Congress, International, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.. 776
— Convention, Comment on, 776
— Export, Universal Service of Dohni Group,
Ltd., 664
— Managers’ Association, Incorporated, Re
marks on Wider Use of Market Research, by L. Gamage, 374
— — Functions of, 374
— Motor-Car, Changing Pattern of, 776
— Policy, Examination of, in Relation to
Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— Promotion, Growth of Foundry Services,
Ltd., through, 776
— Reports, Use of Dictating Machines for, 248
— Servicing and Maintenance Organisation in
Nairobi, Establishment of, by Rootes Group, 374
— Targets and Promotion, Use of Market
Research, 152
— See also After-Sales
Salesman, Creative Work of. Comment on, 321. See LETTER, 741. See also 737
Salesmanship, Cinema Film on, 435 Salime Dam, Arch Gravity Type, 354*
— Hydro-Electric Power Station, 140-MVA,
Details of, 354*
Salisbury, Lord, Remarks at Atoms and Health Exhibition, 382
Salon International de I’Aeronautique, French Aircraft at, 711*; French Transport and Telecommunications Aircraft, 790*; French Aircraft Engines Exhibited at, 790* See also 729, 762*
Salts, Removal from Sea Water, Discussion in Parliament on, 767
Saitos del Navia en Comunidad, Hydro- Electric Development on River Navia, 354*
Salvage of Damaged Aircraft, Discussion in Parliament on, 287
— Work from the Air, “ Fishfinder ” Echo-
Sounding Detector for (Pye Marine, Ltd.), 395
Salvaging, “ Empress of Canada,” S.S., by Capt. W. R. Colbeck, 98*
— Ships, by Capt. W. R. Colbeck, 98* Sammons, H., on Eland Convair Conversion,
336*
Sample Picking Device, Automatic, “AP.l,” 566*
Sampling Methods, Effect of Deposition Patterns of Dust Particles on, by A. J. Cruise, 366*
— See also Quality Control
Samuels, H., Lecturer at Course on Industrial and Factory Law, 389
Sand-Blasting Machines at Leipzig Fair, 626
— Moulding at Beans Industries, Ltd., 265*
— Slinging Machine at Cardiff Foundry and
Engineering Co. (1947), Ltd., 13*
Sandwich Courses. See under Education Sapphire, Synthetic, for V-Jewel Instrument Bearings, 236*
“SASL125” Centreless Grinding Machine (VEB Werkzeugmaschinen und Vorrich- tungsbau), 628*
‘‘ Satina ” Range of Pendant Lighting Fittings with Opal Glass Shades (Trade Publication), 757
“Saturn” 1,000 h.p. Marine Gas-Turbine for United States Navy (Solar Aircraft Co.), 341
Saunders, B., on British Institute of Management, 133
Saunders, Prof. O. A., on Piston Rings. 132 Saunders-Roe, Ltd., “ SR3 ” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, 689*
Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., Diaphragm Valve, 605
Sausages, Discussion in Parliament on, 287
— Dividing and Filling Machine, Automatic,
“ CAM80 ” (VEB Saxonia Fleischerei- maschinenfabrik), 660
Savage, A. N., on Developments in Marine Electrical Installations with Particular Reference to A.C. Supply, 396
Savage and Parsons, Ltd.: Equipment for Determining Stresses in Bogie Structures, 238; Master-Slave Manipulator for Use with Stereoscopic Television Camera, 315*; Nuclear Fuel Element Shield Plugs for DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725
Saville, D. T., Remarks at Annual Report of Engineers’ Council for Professional Development, 390
Savings Habits of Upper Middle Classes, 96 Saws. See Machine Tools
Sawmill at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707*
“ Saxomat ” Automatic Clutch Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke (Fichtel and Sachs), 387
Sayers, Prof. R. S., on Work Archives Council, 452
“ SBF4 ” Concrete Road Finisher (VEB Baumaschinen), 627
“ SC.l VTOL ” Research Aircraft, First Flight of (Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.), 523
Scaffold Winch, Climbing, “ Skyscraper,” for Builders’ Crjdles (Tirfor, Ltd.), 592
Scaffolding, Protective, “ Alpica ” Pull-Up (Thilo Hoffmann), 627
— Tubular Steel Frames for (VEB Wutra-
Werk), 627
Scales, Surface Roughness (Trade Publication), 215
Scaling, Pneumatic Tools for (Trade tion), 789
Scandinavian Institute for Study of Physics, 828
Scanner, Flying-Spot, in Electronic
Automaton (ERA) (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 348*
Scanning Particle Analyser, Film, for Counting and Sizing Microscopic Particles (Mullard, Ltd.), 563*
Scavenging Pumps. See Pumps, Air
— of Two-Stroke Engines, Wave Action in
Diffusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems with Special Reference to, by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
Schiir und Spul Maschinenbau Burgstadt, Dividing Beam Warping Machine, 627 Scholarships. See Education
School of Electronics (Trade Publication), 823 Schultz Die-Casting Machines (Vincent Engineering Co., Ltd.), 395*
Schutz, Dr. W. C., Investigations on Composition of Research Teams, 512
Schwermaschinenbau Heinrich Rau, Section Straightening Press, 626
Sciaky Electric Welding Machines, Ltd., Spot- Welding Machines (Trade Publication) 789
Sciences, Academy of. See Russia
— and Civilisation in China. Vol. II, by
J. Needham (Review), 146
— Encouraging Young People to, 31
— in England, Organisation of, by D. S. L.
Cardwell (Review), 756
— Factors Governing the Speed of Application
of, by Prof. C. F. Carter and Prof. B. R. Williams, Comment on, 705
— Library, Subject Catalogue of Books on
Engineering in, 693
— Museum: Aeronautical History in Pictures
(Book), 51; Earliest Roller Bearing, by C. St.C. Davison, 326; Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
— and Technology, Opportunities for Girls
and Women in (Booklet), 512
Proposed National Lending Library for, Remarks on, by Miss R. M. Bunn, 693
Scientific and Industrial Research, Council for, Election of Sir H. Roxbee Cox and Dr. C. J. Smithells as Members of, 773
Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of: Research in United States on Car Design and Road Accidents, 87; Inquiry into Research and Development Expenditure, 198; Scientific Research in British Universities, 201; Collaboration with European Productivity Agency, 255; Staff at, 255; De-Salting of Sea-Water, 671; Work of Fluid Mechanics Division, of the Mechanical Engineering Research Labofatory, by D. Firth, 749*; Mathematical Tables, by L. Fox (Review), 788; Work on Co-ordinating Information and Research, 799
— Instruments Research Association, British.
See Instruments, Scientific
— Management. See Management
— Research. See Research
— Societies. See Institutions Scientists, Annual Output of, 448
— Education Problems of, 448
— Employed in Research and Development
Work in Canada, 422
— Employment Statistics on, 448
— Immigration of, to United States, 32
— Need for More, 327
— and Technologists, Supply and Education of,
703
Scoles, C. A., on Instrument for Measurement of Turbine Shaft Displacement, 786* Scooter, Motor, Cezeta, 175 c.c., 569* Scoresby, William, Anniversary of, 6 Scotland, Arthur D. Little Research Institute, Establishment of, 200. See also 193
— British Institute of Management Conference
in, 608
— Increase of Population in Areas of New
Factories, 447
•— Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in. See Engineers and Shipbuilders
— New British Broadcasting Corporation
Sound and Television Stations in, 703
— North of, Hydro-Electric Board: New
Generating Plant, 12; Development and Research Programme, 359; Fish Conservation Activities, 359; Interest in Nuclear Power and Wind Power, 359
— Nuclear Power Station for. Comment on
Opposition to, 674
— South of. Electricity Board: Nuclear
Power Production, 31; Design Data of Nuclear Power Station, 185*; Problem of Site for Nuclear Power Station, 187; Nuclear Power Station for (G.E.C.-Simon- Carves Atomic Energy Group), 218*; Model of Nuclear Power Station, 423
— Space Heating, Electricity for, 359
— Technical Education in, Discussion
Parliament on, 383
— Transatlantic Telephone Cable System
149, 150
— Yard, Information Room at, 55* Scott, K. P., on Influence of Aluminium
Zinc Die-Casting Alloys, 746
Scott, Dr. W. H., Study on Technical Change and Industrial Relations, Comment on, 97 Scottish Council, Proposal for New Graving Dock for Clyde Shipbuilding Industry, 264
— Electrical Training Scheme, Ltd., 736 Scottish Machine Tool Corp., Ltd., Universal
Folding and Bending Machine for Steel Plate, 606
— Trades Union Congress, Annual Conference,
512
Scrap Baling Press at Steel Peech and Tozer (Lindemann Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H.), 723
— Cutting, by “ Eldair ” Alligator Shears
(Weldall and Assembly, Ltd.), 595*
— Steel, Restriction on Importation from
United States, 807
Scraper and Miller, Paper, “ OSH ” Combination (Optima Fabrik Graphischer Mas- chinen), 627
Scraping, Pneumatic Tools for (Trade Publication), 789
Screen and Crushing Plant, Individual Motors for (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 46
— Fish, Electric, Experiments on Improvement
in Design, by North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, 359
— Rotary and Band, for Filtering Liquids
(Trade Publication), 85
Screw-Cutting Lathe. See Lathe under Machine Tools
— Propellers. See Propellers: Aeronautics
— Threads, Metric System for. Discussion in
Parliament on, 6()7
Standardisation of. Discussion in Parliament on, 351
Standardisation of, by H. Ernst, 453*
Screw Threads, Tool Manufacturers’ Association, Formation of. 188
Tool Manufacturers’ Export Association, Formation of, 188
Tools, Speedicut Manual of (Book), 182 Unified, 774
Screwdriver, Pneumatic, Silent (Consolidated
Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 438* Screwing Machine. See Machine Tools Scylla-Charybdis Overhead Power Cables, 61 “ S/D ” Control for Oil-Fired Boilers (James
Gordon and Co., Ltd.), 656*
“SE212 Durandal" Prototype Single-Seat Delta-Wing Interceptor Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 711 *
“SE313O Alouette
Aviation), 763
Sea Marker Lights, Aqua Lights (McMurdo Instrument Co., Ltd.), 190
— Trials on ” Lubumbashi ” Cargo Motor
ship, by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587
“ Sea Vixen ” ‘‘ D.H. 110 ” Carrier-Borne
All-Weather Fighter Aircraft for Royal Navy (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 439 Sea-Water, De-Salting of, 671, 767 Seals, Bonded, Production of, in
Factory of Remploy, Ltd., 239
— “ Fluoseal,” for Rotating Shafts
Packing, Ltd.), 90*
— Rotating, for Abrasive Services
Packing, Ltd.), 621
— Work on, at the Hydro-Mechanics Labora
tory, by Dr. D. F. Denny, 749*
Sealant, Liquid, Anti-Vibration, for Nuts and Bolts, “Loctite” (Douglas Kane, Ltd.), 722
Sealing Joints (Trade Publication), 147
— Strip, Rubber “ Stickastrip ” (Trade Publi
cation), 51
“Seaslug” Ship-to-Air Guided Missile, 744* Seats, Ejection, Parachute-Equipped (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 344
for Supersonic Jet Aircraft, “Aerial Bobsled ” (General Dynamics Corp.), 663*
— Rear-Facing, in Aircraft, Discussion in
Parliament on, 511
Seaweed Research, Institute of. Activities of, 200
“ Seawolf “ Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Leaks in Steam Superheater System, 123 Sections and Sheets, Steel (Trade Publication), 789
— Straightening Press (Schwermaschinenbau
Heinrich Rau), 626
Secretaries, Chartered Institute of. Annual Conference: Steel in 1957 with Particular Reference to South Wales, by E. J. Pode, 646
Security, Workers’, in United States, Comment on, 128
Sedimentation Cell, Use in Comparison of Dust Sampling Methods, 366*
— Unit, Horizontal, Use in Comparison of
Dust Sampling Methods, 366*
Sedimentology Laboratory at Reading University, 158
Seeding Machine. Agricultural, 770*
Seismic Torsiograph Records, Evaluation of, by G. S. Pidd, 687*
Seismograph Records in Rulesand Regulations Governing Quarry Blasting, 464
Seizing of Titanium, 300
Select Committee on Estimates, Accept Recommendation of. Allocation of Contracts Industry, 424
“ Selectromat,” Getrag, Four-Speed for Goggomobil Motor Car, 387
Self-Changing Gears, Ltd., Wilson Four-Speed Epicyclic Power-Shift Gearbox for Diesel Railcar Sets, 829*
Self, P,, on Planning of Industrial Location, 514 Selfe. Walter v., 463
Selling to China, 322. See also 321
— Door-to-Door, Comment on, 24
— Organisation, Centralised, of Birfield
Group, 374
— to Soviet Bloc, 322. See also 321 Semiconductor Electronics, Handbook of, by
L. P. Hunter (Book), 333
— See also Conductors
Semi-Gelatines, Explosives, 460
Semprene Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings (Semtex, Ltd.), 425*
Semtex, Ltd., Semprene Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425*
Senior Economisers, Ltd., Position and Prospects of, 488; Annual Report, 488
Separation of Nuclear Fission Products, 313*
— Oil and Water (Trade Publication), 403
— Plant, Boron 10 (Twentieth Century Elec
tronics, Ltd.), 30
Separator, Electromagnetic, HERMES, 187
— Filter (Bowser International, Ltd.), 695
— Oily-Water, for Dry-Cargo Ships, Discus
sion in Parliament on, 511
“ SEPR 661 " Nitric Acid Furaline Rocket Engine (Societe d’Etude de la Propulsion par Reaction), 791
Sequence Controller, Press (Press Guards, Ltd.), 606
— Timer, “ Rodene ” Self-Resetting (D.
Robinson and Co.), 120
Serco, Ltd., “ Short-Serco ” Gun Reamer, 497 Series Resistance, Effect of, on Ignition of Methane-Air Gas Mixtures by Capacitive Discharges, by H. G. Riddlestone (Book), 789
Service Aviation. See Aeronautics
— Complete, Offered by Engineering Firms,
807
Servicing, Sales and Maintenance Organisation in Nairobi, Establishment of, by Rootes Group, 374
Servo-Mechanisms, Miniature Position-Indicating and Control Devices for Use in (Trade Publication), 693
Servomex Controls, Ltd.: High-Precision Motor Controller Type M.C. 43, 115; “ LF51 ” Low-Frequency Waveform Generator, 246; Microtome Drive for Use in Neurology, 420
Settling Tanks, Sewage (Trade Publication), 109 “Seven Seas” Air-Liners, Test
Cabin-Pressure Systems of Langley, Ltd.), 396*
Severn Barrage Heating Scheme, Hutchinson, 276
Project, Discussion in Parliament on, 222
— Bridge, Discussion in Parliament on, 255
— Tunnel Pumping Stations, Electrification
of, 341*
Sewage Disposal: Calculations and Design, by L. B. Escritt (Review), 214
— Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall
Works, Smooth-Faced Reinforced-Con- crete Structures for, 478*, 730
— Settling Tanks (Trade Publication), 109
— Treatment at Northern Outfall Works of
London County Council, 478, 730
Plant for River Thames, 479*
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal: Calculations and Design, by L. B. Escritt (Review), 214
Sex Education (Pamphlet), 288
Seymour, Prof. R. G., Conferences on Use of Technical Market Research, 729
Shackel, B., on Measuring Eye Movement, 647 Shaft, Capstan, Use of Liquid Nitrogen for Shrinkage of (Emmerson Walker, Ltd.), 651*
•— Coupling. See Coupling
— Dynamometer. See Dynomometef and
Torsionmeter
— and Holes, Fitting of. See Gauges; Gaug
ing
— Seal, “ Fluoseal ” (Crane Packing, Ltd.),
90*
— Turbine, Displacement, Instrument for
Measurement of, by C. A. Scoles, 786*
Shale-Oil Industry, Reduction in Output by, 351
Shandon Scientific Co., Ltd., Metallurgical Laboratory Equipment (Trade Publication), 147
Shaping and Forming, Final, of Wrought Non- Ferrous Metals, (Book) 789
— Machine. See Machine Tools
Sharp, H. J., on Control of Quality of Pressure Die-Castings, 553
Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd.: “One-pass” Centrifugal Heavy-Oil Purifier (Trade Publication), 51; “Super Classifier” Powder-Grading Machine, 213*; Official Opening of New Offices and Works at Camberley, 773
Shaving, Gear, and Hobbing, by A. Sykes (Review), 534
Shay Steam Locomotive (Lima Locomotive Works), 338*
Shear, Hydraulic, Portable, “ Carricut,” for Cutting Rod, Wire Ropes, Cables, or Chains (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
Shearing Machine. See Machine Tools
Sheen, R. T., Remarks at Congressional Hearings on Automation and Technical Change by United States Congressional Sub-Committee on Economic Stabilisation, 296
Sheet, Plastics (Trade Publication), 147
— and Sections, Steel (Trade Publication),
789
•— Steel, Cold-Rolled, Inspection for Flaws in, by B. O. Smith, 772
Demand and Supply Position, 518 Supplies for Motor Industry, 518, 607
— Titanium Alloy, Flatness and Gauge
Tolerances (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 299
Sheffield City Libraries, Bibliography of Ceramic Tools, 537
Shelf, on the, by F. H. Smith, 403, 502, 632, 693
Shell Analogy for Framed Domes, by Dr. L. H. Mitchell, 754*
— Atomic Power Lubricants for Nuclear
Power Plants (Shell Research Centre), 810
Shell Chemical Co., Ltd., Expansion Programme, 200
Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Oil-Burning Equipment at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520*
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd.: Gas-Turbine Generating Sets for Oil-Field Power Stations, 7; Grant for Sedimentology Laboratory at Reading University, 158; Financing of Tanker-Building Programme. 200; Cinema Film, “ Song of the Clouds,” 347; Staff Training System, 675
Shell Research Centre, Lubricants for Nuclear Power Plants, 810
Shell and Royal Dutch Group, Survey of Activities, 664
“Shell Tellus 15” Oil, Use in Fatigue- Testing Machine, 428
Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., “Freightlifter” Diesel-Engined Fork-Lift Truck, 605*
Shepard, D. A., Remarks on Oil Production in Middle East, 358
Shepheard, Sir V., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Shepherd, W., on Motor-Car Standardisation, 326
Sheppard, A. W., on Contour Etching, 88* Sherwood Project, United States, Progress on Fusion Studies, 59
Shield Configuration in Nuclear-Powered Ships, 382
Shielding in APPR Nuclear Reactor, 603*
— in Dounreay Fast Reactor, 612*
— for Hotspur Suite for Processing Nuclear
Fuels, 315*
— in Nuclear-Fuel Processing, 313*
Shilling, G. W., on Radioactive Fall-Out from Bomb Explosions, 454
Ships, British, Transfer to Overseas Registrations, 31 See also 386
— Canal. See Canal; !^avigation. Inland
— Cooking Apparatus, Coal, Oil, and Electric,
Exhibition of (Carron Co.), 295
— Diesel-Engined. See Motorships; Marine
Propulsion
— Design, Theory and Technique of, by
G. C. Manning (Review), 23
— Dry-Cargo, Oily-Water Separators for,
Discussion in Parliament on, 511
— Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
Physical Laboratory, by J. F. Allan, Discussion on, 555 Paraffin Wax, 132*
Testing at St. Albans (Vickers- Armstrongs, Ltd.), 130*
— Motions of, in Rough Water, Study of, 715
?— Motor. See Motorships: Marine Propulsion
— Nuclear Power for. Discussion on, 155
Powered, 29, 123, 159,381, 382 Powered, Shield Configuration in, 382 Reactors. See Nuclear Reactors
— Ore-Carrying, Heavy Demand for, 646
— Plate, Cracks in. Discussion on Papers on,
656. See also Steel Plate
?— Propellers. See Propellers
— Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion;
Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Refrigerating Machinery. Dangers of Using
Methyl Chloride in, 370
— Refuelling, at Sea, Quick-Release Coupling
for (Flight Refuelling, Ltd.), 433*
— Repairing, Facilities for. Discussion in
Parliament on, 31
Industry, Lowestoft, Steel Plate Shortage in, 319
— Resistance. See Hydrodynamics
— Salvage of. See Salvage
— Steering Control Unit, ” Gyro-Hydraulic ”
(Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd.), 308*
— Superstructures. See Superstructures
— Trials. See Trials
— Welded, Failures, by R. Hammond
(Review), 434
— See also Liners: Marine; Motorships
Shipping; Steamers; Warships; Tankers, etc. Shipbuilders and Engineers, North East Coast Institution of. See North East Coast Shipbuilders and Engineers in Scotland, Institution of. See Engineers and Shipbuilders
Shipbuilding, Aluminium in. Welding and Use of, Symposium on (Book), 182
— Draughtsmen, Engineering and. Association
of. See Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Association of
— Employers Federation, Dispute in Ship
building Industry, 480
— Increase in Investment Allowance on, 486
— Industry, Boom in, 550
Clyde, New Fitting-Out Basin Project for Super-Tankers, 263
Decrease in Output of, 550 Dispute in, 288, 385, 416, 480, 550, 608, 640, 704. See LETTER, 326
Employment in, 11 * Expansion Plans of, 200 Increase in Sales of, 390 Investment in, 486
Japan, Use of Prefabrication, 775
Lowestoft, Steel Plate Shortage in, 319 Position and Prospects of, 7, 73*, 774 Steel Plate Shortage in, 457*
Strike of, 357, 448
— Keel Construction in “ Upside-Down ”
Position, 550
— Naval. See Warships Estimates, 645
— New Techniques in British Shipyards, 550
— Nuclear, at Portsmouth Dockyard, Dis
cussion in Parliament on, 351
— Research Association, British, Symposium
on Use and Welding of Aluminium in Shipbuilding (Book), 182
— Steel Supplies for, Discussion in Parliament
on, 351
Supply Shortages for, 31
— Yards, Steel Supplies for. Discussion in
Parliament on, 351
— See also Steamers: Naval: Warships: etc. Shipowners’ Association, Liverpool, Annual
Report, 386
— Liabilities, Conference on, 543
Shipping, Chamber of. of United Kingdom, Annual Report, 295
— Coastal, Effect of Road Transport Com
petition, 295
— Conference System, Remarks by Sir W.
Rootes, and Viscount Simon on, 806
— Effect of Increase in Investment Allowance
on New Ship Construction, 486
— Flags of Convenience, Comment on, 386.
See also 31
— United Kingdom, Effect of Taxation on, 386 Shippingport Nuclear Power Station, PWR
Reactor, 154*; Installation of Pressure Vessel for, 154*
Shipyard. See Shipbuilding Yard
Shock Forming (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 280 Shop Lighting (Trade Publication), 147
— Management. See Management
— Steward, Role of, by F. Zweig, 416 Shopping Centre, Southdale, Minneapolis,
Use of Heat Pump for, 302
Shorrock Superchargers, Ltd., Oil Burners (Trade Publication), 215
Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.: Gun- Reaming of Precision Components, 116*; Contract for “ Canberra ” Mark 9 Photographic Reconnaisance Aircraft, u- Accelerated Fatigue-Testing Machines for Aircraft Components, 247*; Manufacture of “ Canberra ” Bomber Aircraft, 360* Improved Rubber-Press Technique Using Thermoplastic (P.V.C.) Intensifiers, 362*; “ Short-Serco ” Gun 497: First Flight of “ SC.l VTOL Research Aircraft, 523; General Analogue Computer, 637
Short-Circuit Testing (Trade Publication), 371 Authorities (Inc.), Association of, Short-Circuit Testing (Trade Publication),
"Station, High-Power, at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.), 436*
‘Short-Serco ” Gun Reamer (Serco, Ltd.), 497 Shot-Cleaning Plant, “ Tornado ” (Trade Publication), 23
Shoupp, Dr. W. E., Power Plants for tries, 795*
Shovelling Machine, Generator Materials 324*
Spherical maschinenbau), 627*
Show. See Exhibition Showroom, “ Floating ” (Afco Private, Ltd.),
Shunting. See also Marshalling; Railway Shutters, Roller, Increase in Range of (Golmet,
Ltd.), 277 \ ,
Shuttering, Steel (Trade Publication), 535 on Strain-Ageing of Boron- Treated Low-Carbon Steels, 713
Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co.. Ltd.: Colour-Light Signals for Glasgow Underground Railway, 181*; Contract for Railway Signalling Work for 50-Cycle Electrification, 358
Siemens und Halske A.G., “ Elmiscop I” Electron Microscope at Aeon Laboratories, 531
Siemens-Martin Furnaces. See Furnaces Sierra Leone, Government of. Negotiations of British Titan Products, Ltd., and Colombia Southern Chemicals with, for Extraction of Rutile, 607
Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.: “AutoJet ’’ Sprinklers and Couplings for Irrigation Pipes, 22*; Heating Manual (Trade Publication), 535; ThermoPak ’’ Circulating Pump (Trade Publication), 535; Principles of Forced Circulation in Hot-Water Heating Svs- tems (Booklet), 536
Signal Box at Cannon Street Station, Fire at, 738
Fires at, 738
— Moviegraph, Use in Wall Chart for Time/
Load Systems (Adapta-Charts, Ltd.), 507
— Railway, Colour-Light, for Glasgow Under
ground Railway, I8I*
Colour-Light, on Shenfield—Southend- on-Sea Line, 26*
50-Cycle Electrification, Contracts for, 358
Need for Standardisation of, 738
147^*^^^” (Trade Publication), Silencers for Pressure-Jet Helicopters, Design of, 592*
Silencing Turbojet Engine House for Wind Tunnel at Radlett Works of Handley Page, Ltd., by Dr. A. J. King, 142*
Silicon-Aluminium Steels, Oxidation-Resistant by E. A. Brandes (Book), 182
— Carbide for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines.
234
— 5OT^*^^ F>iode (General Electric Co., Ltd.)
— Plumbago-, Carbide Plastic Refractories
(Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426
— Transistors, 821
; ” Type, for High Temperatures
(Raytheon Manufacturing Co.), 850
Sihcone-Based Paints (Trade Publication) 789 “’ojjPoam Prevention (Trade Publication).
— Rubber Vulcanisation by Radiation, 804*
“Anti-Spatter" Emulsion for Welding Equipment (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
Silver in High-Conductivity Alloys, 87 Silverleaf, A., on Cavitation and Propeller Performance. 556
Silverwood Colliery, Winder, 3.700 h p Direct-Current (General Electric Co" Ltd.), 178* ’
Silvester, R.. on Engineer’s Card Index 38 551*^6™^’
Silvon Hydro-Electric Power Station, 35-MVA Plans for, 354
Simmonds, G. E., on Hotspur Suite for Processing Nuclear Fuels, 315*
Simmons, Prof. J., on Business Records in Historical Research, 452
Simms Molor Units Ltd., “ SX " Inertia Starter for Diesel Engines, 427*
Simcm-Carves, Ltd.: Appointment of H S Malik as Special Director in India 63- Commencement of Operation of Coke Ovens at Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 113- Coal-Preparation Plant (Trade Publication), 147; Coke Ovens and Steelworks Plant in India (Trade Publication) 183* Coke-Oven Plant for New Clay Lane FsteelX
Simon Engineering (Midlands). Ltd.. Lorrv- Mounted Turn-Table Hydraulic Working Platform for Overhead Work, 588*
Simon. Viscount, Remarks on Shipping Conference System, 806
Simony W„ and Co., Ltd.. “Grinder" and Gnpper Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs ^r Royal Dockyards, 445*; Purchase by G. and J. Weir, Ltd., 678
Simonson, W. F., on Contribution of Boiler Making Industry to Economic Development of Electrical Power Generation, 812
Simpson, C. R. H., on Experimental Spirit, 81* 114*. 290*, 338*. See LETTERS,
133*647
Simpson, T., Remarks on Position and Prospects of H. M. Hobson, Ltd., and Integral, Ltd., 263
Simpson, T. F. B., on Railway Diesels, 104 Sims, A. J., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Simulator, Radar, Linked with “ Eucrates Computer Device (Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd.), 636
Simulator for Training Operators (hlliot Brothers (London), Ltd.), 637
Sinex Engineering Co., Ltd., Machine tor Mixed-Batch Counting, 696*
Singapore Government, Consultations on Issuing of Licences for Importation ot Synthetic Rubber, with United Kingdom Government, 351
Singh, R., on Engineer’s Card Index, 551. See LETTER, 648
Sino-British Trade Committee, Desire tor Removal of Strategic Embargo on Trade with China, 374
Sinterlite, Ltd., Plant for Conversion of Lly- Ash to Aggregate for Building Blocks at Battersea Power Station, 721*
SIR Nuclear Reactor, Shut-Down of, 540
Sizing Microscopic Particles, Film S^canning Particle Analyser for (Mullard, Ltd.), 563
Skeat, W. O., on Southern Railway Locomotive No. A816, 133
Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., Mobile Exhibition, 598
“ SKEM-3 ” Sugar-Beet Harvester, 565*
Skemp, Prof. J. B., Plea for More Latin to be Taught, 544
“ SKF ” Textile Machinery Dralting Equipment, Mobile Exhibition of (Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd.), 598
Skid-Wheel: New Method of Moving Heavy Loads on Soft Ground, by E. R. Stables, 494*
Skoda, Condensing Steam Turbines, 2-5 to 6 MW, 568*
“ Skoda 440 ” Motor Car, 569*
Skoda “WD160” Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine, 566*
Skortstov, Dr. S., on 420-MW Nuclear Power Station for Russia, 794
“ Skylark ” High-Altitude Research Vehicle, 164. See also 286, 287
— Rockets, Use for Research on Upper Atmosphere during International Geophysical Year, 286. See also 164,287
“ Skyscraper ” Climbing Scaffold Winch for Builders’ Cradles (Tirfor, Ltd.), 592
Skyways, Ltd., Installation of Decca Type 424 Airfield Control Radar, 179
Slab, Semi-Infinite, Heat Input to, 304* Slagging Process for Nuclear Fuels, 314* Slattery, Sir M., Special Adviser to Prime Minister on Transport Facilities for Oil, 646
Sleeve, Cock-Packing, Use of P.T.F.E. for (Richard Klinger, Ltd.), 330*
Slicing Machines, Beet, 467* Slide-Rule, Tarrant Hydraulic, 95 Sling, Safety, “ Talurite,” for Handling Fragile
Goods (Cable Covers, Ltd.), 279
Slip-Rings, Shielded, for Low-Voltage Electrical Supplies and Instrumentation Purposes, on Centrifuge for Missile Components (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 297*
Sloan, N. A., on Dispute in Shipbuilding Industry, 480
Slots, Milling of, Ahcol Rotamill for (Dowding and Doll, Ltd.), 347*
Slotted Angle (Trade Publication), 757 Slotting Machines. See Machine Tools Slum Clearance, Report of Housing Management Sub-Committee, 32
Slurries, Coal, Experimental Work on Burning of, by Daniel Adamson and Co., Ltd., 330 Smail Electric Motors, Ltd., Lathe for Machining Small Commutators, 723* Smallword, A. W., Windlasses, Winches, Capstans and Steering Gear, 57
Smeaton, John, Anniversary of Eddystone Lighthouse, 6
Smelting Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Sudbury Nickel Ores, Cinema Film on, 221 Smiles, S., Commemorative Plaque at Former Residence of, 72
Smith, B. O., on Testing Steel Sheets, 772
Smith, Dr. D. M., Remarks at Leonardo Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424
Smith, E.: on Analysis of Productivity Pattern Making, 416; on Dangers Complacency in Pattern-Makers, 672
Smith, F., and Co., School for Staff Training, 675*
Smith, F. H.: Appeal for Early Aeronautical Papers, 356; on Engineer’s Card Index, 453. See LETTER, 648; on “On the Shelf’’ (Literature Survey), 403, 502, 632, 693
Smith, N. C. S., on Fire Hazards of Roof Coverings, 647
Smith, Sir R. Verdon, on Prospects of Aircraft Industry, 647
Smith, Dr. S. Livingston, on Ship Superstructures and Strength, 625
Smithells, Dr. C. J., Elected Member of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 773
Smiths Industrial Instruments, Ltd., Calibrated Relay for Control of Voltage, Current or Speed, 471
Smithy at Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 707*
Smoke Burner “ Godber ’’ (Trade Publication), 535
Smoke Burners, Ltd., “Godber” Smoke Burner (Trade Publication), 535
— Control Order Under Clean Air Act, at West Bromwich, 544
— Density Indicating and Alarm Equipment (Radiovisor Parent, Ltd.), 407*
Smoke Detectors, Aircraft, Photoelectric
(Pyrene Co., Ltd.), 116 ,
— and Heat Exhaust Ventilators, Dua
Purpose, for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Colt Ventilation, Ltd.), 745*
See also Air Pollution: Clean Air Smokeless Powder. See Explosives .
Snow, Conversion of Jeep Motor Vehicle by Riemershmid Track, for Travd
“ SO1221 Djinn” Two-Seat Cold-Tip-Jet Helicopter (Sud Aviation), 763
Soag Machine Tools, Ltd.. Machine Tools (Trade Publication), 535 .
Soaps, Embossing, Semi-Automatic Pt^er Press for (VEB Maschinenfabrik Heidenau), 660 , T T
Marketing Techniques for, in the Uniteo States, Report on, 776
Social Organisations in Factories, Comment
— Research, Economic and. National Insti
tute of. See Economic and Social Research, l^ational institute of
Society Adriatica di ElettricitA, Piav^-Boite- Ma^-Vajont (Book), 311
Societa Anonima Construction Locomotive, 290
Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques. Footboards for Locomotives, 339
Societe de Construction des Avion Hurek Dubois, “ HD34 ” High-Aspect-Ratio Photographic-Survey Aircraft for Institut Geographique National, 762
— d’Etude de la Propulsion par Reaction Development of Liquid Fuel Rocket Engines, 711; ” SEPR 661 ” Nitric Acid Furaline Rocket Engine, 791
— d’Exploitation des Materiels Hispano-Suiza, HS804 Turbojet Aero Engine for High Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft, 790. See also Hispano Suiza
— Matra, Missile Production, 712,
— Morane, Saulnier, Pans 760 Twin-Jet
Four-Seat Communications Aircraft, /oJ
— Nationale des Constructions Aeronautique
du Nord: “Griffon 11” Experimental Delta-Wing Aircraft, 711; “ Gerfaut II Single-Seat Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft 712; Missile Production, 712; “ Gabiro ” Turbojet Aero Engine with Afterburner, 791; “ ST450 ” Ram-Jet Test Vehicle, 791 *. See also Hord
— Nationale d’Etude et de Construction de
Moteurs d’Aviation, Atar Volant
Vertical Take-Off and Landing Research Aircraft, 790* ,,
— Rene Leduc et Fils, “ Leduc 022 Super
sonic Interceptor Aircraft, 711 *
— Suisse des Constructeurs Machines
Joint Meeting with Institute of Metals, 302 Society of British Aircraft Constructors. See British Aircraft Constructors
of Industrial Engineers. See Industrial Engineers ?
Technical and Scientific. See Institutions
— Trade. See Labour ZT- i D u
Sockets and Plugs, Aluminium (Trade Publication), 659 . n U
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., Nuclear Research Centre, 442 , c. j r
Sodium Emission in Night Air-Glow, Stu^ of, during International Geophysical Year, by Queen’s University (Belfast), 286
— Reactor Experiments. See SRE
Tantalate and Cadmium Titanate, Structure and Properties of, by J. L. Miles (Book), 822
Soft Ground, Heavy Loads on, New Method for Moving, by E. R. Stables, 494
Soil Mechanics Testing Equipment (Irade Publication), 85
— Steam Sterilisation of, 771 .
Soiltest, Inc., Soil Mechanics Testing Equipment (Trade Publication), 84
Solar Aircraft Co., “Saturn” 1,000 h.p. Marine Gas-Turbine for United States Navy, 341 . . r i i
Energy, Applied, Association tor. Journal of Solar Energy Science and Engineering, Note on, 403 ... . r
Science and Engineering, Journal of, Note on, 403
Source of, 252
Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd., ERA Electronic Reading Automaton for Translation of Typed Figures into Computer Code, 348* I J A 1
Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd.: Annual Review, 168; “ Electronic Clerk, 205,, Radar Simulator Linked with “ Eucrates Computer Device, 636
Soldatini, Capt., Paintings on Progress of Science in Aviation Medicine, 544
Solders and Soldering Machines (Trade Publication), 183
Soldering Aluminium Alloys (Trade tion), 147
— Machine, “ Flowsolder ” (Trade
tion), 183
— “Universal 10” Self-Contained
Radio Frequency Induction Heater for (Trade Publication), 789
Solids, Determination of Moisture in, by P. J. Geary (Book), 311
Solidification Characteristics of Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594*
Solus-Schall Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, Use on Rotor Forgings, 140* . .
Somaliland, Government of. Negotiations with Conoco Somal, Ltd., and Standard Vacuum Oil Co., for Oil Prospecting Licences 607
Sorting Machine, Mechanical, for Parcels and Packets, for Post Offices (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 695*
Mechanical, for Post Offices (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 694*. See also 678
— Machines, Universal, for Sizing Fruit and Vegetables (VEB Maschinenbau Burg), 660
— America, British Export Trade with, 374 Export Markets in, 645
Restoration of British Air Service to, 767
— Coast Nuclear Power Station, Reported Prospecting by Central Electricity Authority, 447
South Durham Steel and Iron Co., Ltd.: Annual Report, 71; Expansion Scheme, 458
— Wales, Steel in 1957 with Particular
Reference to, by E. J. Pode, 646
South West Africa Co., Offer of Controlling Interest in, by British Firms, 198
Southall, Prototype of “ Zidpark ” Automatic Car Park to be Built by Taylor Woodrow, Ltd., 344*
Southall and Smith, Ltd., Hopper for Feeding Granulated Plastics to Injection Moulding Machine, 171 *
Southampton, Facilities for Discharging of Large Oil Tankers, 767
— Post Office: Mechanical Sorting Machines
at (Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd.), 694*. See also 678; Overhead Chain Conveyor for Handling Bags of Parcels at, 695; Packet Stamping Device at, 695
Southdale Shopping Centre, Minneapolis, of Heat Pump for, 302
Southern Electricity Board, Comment Dispute with Mr. Glanfield, 96. LETTER, 165
— Pacific Railroad, Steam Locomotives with Front-End Cab, 339
— Rhodesia. See Rhodesia
Southport Infirmary, Sound-Barrier Incident at, 351
Southwell, Sir R. V., on Relaxation Methods in Theoretical Physics, Vol. II, 453
Soviet, Anglo-, Trade: A Guide for Prospective Exporters and Importers (Booklet), 774
— Bloc, Engineering Products from, 564*, 626*, 660*
— Bloc, Selling to, 322. See also 321
— Countries, Need for Revision of Embargo List on Exports, 708
— See also Russia Space Propulsion, Particle Accelerators for, 220
— Research and Exploration, by D. R. Bates and P. Moore (Review), 720
Spain, Exports to. Opportunities for, 518
— Hydro-Electric Development on River Navia, 354*
— Nuclear Power Stations for, 794
Reactor, Gas-Cooled, Graphite Moderated, for, 794
Spanish Worker, Case of Over-Conscientious, 224
Spanner, W. F., on Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers. 526
Spare Parts for Agricultural Machinery, Standardisation of, 255
— and Parts Depot at Aveley of Ford Motor Co., 599*
— Parts, Formation and Activities of Rootes Motors (Parts), Ltd., 248
and Service Depot of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 118*
Spark Machinery. See Machining
" SPE50 ” Semi-Automatic Lathe (MAS), 567 Spear, P., on Training in the Use of Information, 772
Special Aptitude Scheme of Mirustry of Labour, Allowances under, 671
— Roads Act, 206, 207 Specialisation, Comment on, 162 Specialist’s Views vs. Layman’s, 98 Specification and Management of Materials in
Industry, by C. H. Starr (Review), 720
— Standard. See Standards; Standardisation
“ Spectre ” Liquid-Fuel Rocket Motor for “ SR3 ” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689*
Spectrochemical Analysis (Trade Publication),
Spectrographic Laboratory at Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd., 779*
Spectrometer, Mass, “ MS2,” at Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Metro- politan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 30* “ MS2,” for Dounreay (Metropol’itan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 727
Spectroscopy, Gamma-Ray, Glass for (Chance Brothers, Ltd.), 360
Spectrum, Continuous, Polarization of in a Gas Discharge, by B. V. Paraniape (Book), 789
Speed-Changing Gears. See Gears; Gearing- Marine Propulsion; Motor-Car Details
— Control of. Calibrated Relay for (Smiths
Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
for Grinding Mill (Heenan and Froude Ltd.), 470 ’
System, “ Asrec ” (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
— Indicator. See Tachometer
— Limit, New, Effect on Road Haulaee
Operation, 800
Road, Proposal to Increase in London Area, 287
— Reducers, Torque-Arm (J. H. Fenner and Co., Ltd.), 55
— Reduction Gears. See Gears; Gearing-Marine Propulsion; Motor-Car Details
— of Rotation, Measurement with Tachometer-Generator Using Polyphase Alternating Current (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 19
Speedboat, “ Bluebird,” Story of, 424
Speedicut Manual of Screw Thread Tools (Book), 182
Spekker Photoelectric Absorptiometer, Metallurgical Analysis by Means of, by F. W. Haywood and A. A. R. Wood (Book), 271
Spence, Dr. R., on Chemical Processing of Nuclear Fuels, 313*
Spencer, H. H., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Spencer and Halstead, Ltd., “ Spenstead ” Knockout Grid at Research Station of British Steel Castings Research tion, 809
Spencer Rotary Microtome, 420 " Spenstead ” Knockout Grid at Station of British Steel Castings Association (Spencer and Halstead, Ltd.), 809
Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., ” Gyro- Hydraulic” Ship's Steering Control Unit, 308*
SPERT-1 Nuclear Reactor, Commencement of Operation, 281*
Sphere, Containing, for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 724*
Spicers, Ltd., ” Carbion ” Protective Wrapping Material, 205
Spinn und Zwirnerei Maschinenbau Karl- Marx-Stadt, Flyer and Ring Twisting Frames, 627
Spinnereimaschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt, Textile Machinery at Leipzig Fair, 627
Spinning and Weaving Machinery Industry, Production Statistics, 735
Spinrad, B. I., on ZPR-5 Nuclear Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory, 404*
Spiral Surfaces, and Curved Supports, by C. Menn (Book), 215
Spirax-Sarco, Ltd.: Steam Plant Equipment (Trade Publication), 215; Steam Systems (Trade Publication), 311; Controllers for Bowl and Instrument Sterilisers (Trade Publication), 403
Spirit, Motor. See Fuels
Splicing of Rubber Conveyor Belts, On- Site ” Service (Trade Publication), 535 Sporn P., Chairman of Committee for Ohio River Valley Nuclear-Reactor Project, 346 Sports Arenas, Developments in Design and Construction of, in Germany, 271
Sport in Education (Brochure), 160 Spray-Suppressing Agent, ‘‘Zero-Mist for Chromium Plating (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.), 107
Spraying and Drying Machine, Automatic, Andreae (Lavino (London), Ltd.), 213
— Horticultural, Use of Air Nozzles, 771
“ Spraymat ” Electrical De-Icing System, Manufacture of, by PacAero, Inc., 631
Springs (Trade Publication) 147 .
Springer Verlag, Kurze Produktionsubersicht, Note on, 693 , M r
Sprinklers and Couplings, AutoJet, for Irrigation Pipes (Sigmund Pumps, Ltd.), 22*
Spur Gearing. Propulsion
Spurrier, Sir Common Vehicle Industry, 408 . .
“ Spyros Niarchos,” Oil Tanker, Construction of Cinema Film on (Vickers, Ltd.), 184
Square, D., Ltd., “ 9050 Type Q " Pneumatic Timer, 56
Snuire P J.: on Nuclear Generation, 219, 282*; on Base Load and Nuclear Power Stations, 346 . u-
“SR” Range of Book-Keeping Machmes (Mercedes Buromaschinenwerke A.G.), 628
“SR3” Mixed-Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), 689*
Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, “ Spectre ” Liquid-Fuel Rocket Motor for (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd.), 689
Power Interceptor Research Aircraft, “ Viper ” Turbojet Engine for (Armstrong Siddeley), 689*
SRE Nuclear Reactor, 154, 217 Reactor, Cost of, 796 Reactor, Description ot, /63 Reactor, Progress of, 636
St. Albans, Ship-Model Testing at (Vickers- Armstrongs, Ltd.), 130
St. Lambert Lock for St. Lawrence Seaway, 547*
St Lawrence Seaway Project, 546* Leonard’s West Marina, Maintenance Fadlities for Diesel-Electric Multiple- Unit Train Sets, 584* . .
Peter's Basilica, Radioactive Lightning Conductor for, 283 See also Saint , zc
“ ST450 ” Ram-Jet Test Vehicle (Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques du Nord), 791 * , , , ,
Stabilisers, Voltage (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), Stabilitv Power System, of Synchronous ^^^Machines by E W. Kimbark (Book), 85 “ Stacalrucs^” Electrically-Operated Trucks at Spares and Parts Depot of Ford Motor Co., at Aveley, 599*
Stacks for Fume-Extraction System, Manufactured from Resin and Glass Laminates (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 280*
Staff Associations v. Trade Unions, Discussion in Parliament on, 831 *
Training Courses and Colleges, 674 Staffordshire, North, Un^ersity ^^College,
Corrosive Metal Products, Ltd.), ->92 Stainless Steels, Austenitic, Welding, Stainless Electrodes for (Trade Publication), 7 Hish-Precision Castings in,
Horizon Instrument for High-Speed Jet Aircraft (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, ^Pip^Fittings, “ Metior ” (Trade Publication), 51
Stainless Steel Radiators (Washington Engineering Co., Ltd.), 792*
Reactor Vessel for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (John Thompson, Ltd.), 509*, 610* 655*,
Seamless Tubing for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 668
Titanium-Bearing, 65-Ton Cast of, at Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 507
Tube for DMTR Nuclear Reactor (Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.), 725
Valves from Stock (Langley Alloys, Ltd.), 798
Stamping Device for Packets at Southampton Post Office, 695
— Hammers and Presses, See Machine Tools Stanchions. See Columns
Standards, British, Department, Role of, 774
— Engineers’ Society, Need for Standardisation in Research and Progress, 308
— Engineering, Publication of Standards
Engineers’ Society, 308
— Institution, British: Specifications: Tensile
Testing of Metals, 140; Tractors and Agricultural Machinery, 255; Class E Insulation of Electric Motors, 317; “ B.S.I. News,” Note on, 403; Abridged English Edition of the Universal Decimal Classification, 403; Study of Punched- Card and Punched-Tape Standards, 409; Gas Welding of Wrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys, 621
— Light, Secondary, Checking at National
Physical Laboratory, 17
— Officers' Conference, 774 Duty of, 774
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.: Telephone Equipment for Eire, 17; Transistorised Ferrite Store, 360; Broad-Band Radio Relay System from Hamilton to Palmerston (New Zealand), 427; Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427; Power Transformers, 472; “ Stantec- Zebra ” Digital Computer, 637*; Voltage Regulator (Trade Publication), 823
Standard Telephones and Cables (Pty.), Ltd., Broad-Band Radio Relay System from Hamilton to Palmerston (New Zealand), 427
— United States Bureau of. See United States Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Negotiations with
Government of Somaliland for Oil Prospecting Licences, 607
Standardisation, Advantages of, 774
— of Equipment for 275-kV “ Super-Grid,” 533*
— in European Common Market, 774
— in Free Trade Area, 677, 774
— in Motor-Car Industry, Comment on, 258. See LETTER, 326
— Need for, in New Fields, 308
— of Nuclear Fuels, 313*
— of Railway Signalling, Need for, 738
— in Relation to Economics of Plant Renewal and Replacement, by C. W. Griffiths, 203
— of Screw Threads, Discussion in Parliament on, 351
Threads, by H. Ernst, 453*
— of Spare Parts for Agricultural Machinery, 255
Standwell Equipment Co., Ltd., Marking Equipment (Trade Publication), 535
Stanley Aviation Co., Contract for Parachute- Equipped ” Flying Seat,” 344
Stanley, C. O., Remarks on Colour Television and Big Business, 675
“ Stantec-Zebra ” Digital Computer (Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.), 637*
Stars and Planets, Study of, by Planetarium, 258*
Starter, Inertia, ” SX,” for Diesel Engines (Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 427*
— Motor. See Motors, Electric
— Rings for Automobiles, British Oxygen
Flame-Hardening Process for, Installation of, by Francis B. Willmott (Dalmans), Ltd., 527
Starting System, Auto-Transformer, for Driving Motor for Compressor-Exhauster Units at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 233*
State, Industry and the, by Prof. P. Sargant Florence (Review), 310
— Participation, Appointment of First Minis
ter of in Italy, 487
— Railways. See Railways
— Scholarships, Debate in House of Lords on,
703
Stations, Power. See Power Stations Statistical Appendix on Companies, by Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 229
Methods of Interpretation of Information Provided by Inspection Records, by A. R. Martin, 553
— Office, Central, Industrial Production Provisional Estimates, 423
— Review of World Oil Industry, 677
— Society, Manchester. See Manchester Statistical Society
Society, Royal; Forecasts of Industrial Production, 729; Forecast in Industrial Production, 741
— Yearbook (1956), 455 Statistics, Current and Capital 166
— Dominion Bureau of, Survey
Steam Pipes, Metallurgical Problem of, by F. J Hutchinson, 277
— Plant Equipment (Trade Publication), 215 — Power Plant, Burning Waste Vegetable Matter in, 417
— Quality, Symposium on (Book), 563 Raising Plant, United Kingdom Deliveries of, 46*
— Shovel. See Excavator
— Sterilisation of Soil, 771 *
— Systems (Trade Publication), 311
— Turbines. See Turbines
Steamer, “ Dayspring," Anniversary of Launch of, 7
Electric Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion — Geared Turbines for. See Marine Propulsion
Propulsion of. See Marine Propulsion: Engines; Turbines; Propellers
— Salvage of. See Salvage
~ ^^Sines; Marine Propulsion:
Shipbuilding: Shipping; Ships
Steamships. See Einer; Ships; Steamers’
Warships
Steel and Aluminium Bronze, Composite Castings of, by C. H. Meigh and G. E. E. Marshall, 594*
Articles, De-Rusting and Passivation, “ Deran" Treatments for (Trade Publication), 789
— Austenitic Chromium-Nickel, En 58J, Corrosion Tests, 331
— Automatic Analysis of, “ Fluorite Poly- chromator” for (Trade Publication), 789 Availability for Oil-Tanker Construction 646
for Building, Plea for Replacement by Reinforced Concrete, 639
— Case-Hardening of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— Castings, Electromagnet Constructed of (Edgar Allen and Co., Ltd.), 540
Research Association, British, Opening of^Research Station on Steel Founding, Chromium, Creep Properties of. Work on at Corby Research Department of Stewarts and Lloyds, 334*
Molybdenum, High-Temperature Creep Properties of, by Dr. J. S. Blair, 334*
— ~ Stainless
— “ Coltuf 28," for Containing Sphere for
Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Colvilles Ltd.), 724*
for Pressure Vessel for South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 218*
Steel Company of Wales, Ltd.: Position and Prospects of, 135; P.T. Oxygen Gun for Open-Hearth Furnace, 140; Share Issue 328; Progress in Development, 328* Position and Prospects of, 328; Extensions to Sheet Producing Capacity, 550- Operation Performance of Diesel-Electric Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
Research Publications on (No. 12), by Dr. Ing. K. Miesel (Book), 271 — Consumption Estimate, 357
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Elastic Constants of. Changes of, with Tempering Temperature, 714
Exports of. Comment on Anomalous Position Arising from, 194
— Fatigue of. See Fatigue
^809* Opening of Research Station on,
— Foundry. See Foundry
— Frames, Tubular, for Scaffolding (VEB Wutra-Werk), 627
— Furnaces. See Furnaces
— Heat Treatment of. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
— High-Speed, Twin-Chamber Precision Heat-
Treating Furnace for (Trade Publication),
— Industry, Dutch, by A. H. Ingen-Housz, 713 Expansion ot, Views of Sir A. McCance
on,230
Expansion Plans, 458, 550
Position and Prospects of, 8, 39 742 Price-Fixing Policy of, Views ’of Sir J. James on, 230
and Iron Products, Tariffs on. Discussion on, 742
— Low-Carbon, Boron-Treated, Strain-Ageing
of, by E. R. Morgan and J. C. Shyne, 713 "Carbon Low-Alloy, Containing Boron Mechanical Properties of, by W E Bardgeti and Dr. L. Reave, 713 -Carbon Low-Alloy, Contaming Boron Physical Metallurgy of, by Dr K j’ Irvine, F. B. Pickering, W. C. Heselwood and M. Atkins, 713
— Manufacture. See Furnace: Metallurgy
— Microstructure of. See Metallography
— Mild, Arc Welds in, by C. R. Harman 683 Fatigue Strength of, at High Temperatures, Effects of Cyclic Speed on, 714
and Low-Alloy, Welded Joints in Design of, by C. R. Harman, 683
Plate, Brittle Fracture of, by G. M Bovd 656; Discussion on, 656 ’
— Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum, “ Vibrac
under Triaxial Stress in 428*
— in 1957 with Particular Reference to South
Wales, by E. J. Pode, 646
Steel, Peech and Tozer: Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for Hot Steel Strip, 489*; Scrap Baling Press (Lindemann Maschinen- fabrik G.m.b.H.), 723
— Pen, 268
Plate, Availability for Oil Transport, 646 Export Demand for, 357 Increase in Export Price of, 71 Laminations in. Automatic Detection of, by “Autosonics” Flaw-Detection Equip- Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), ill*
' — Laminations in, Ultrasonic Detection of, 653*
Levelling Machine, Heavy-Duty, Roller- Type (Head Wrightson Machine Co Ltd.), 497*
Shortage in Shipbuilding Industry at Lowestoft, 319
Steel Plate, Threat of Scarcity of, by
Novy, 457. See also 550
Wide, Conditions for Unstable luring of, by G. M. Boyd, 656
— for Pressure Die-Casting Dies, by
Bengtsson, 746
Vessel, for Nuclear Reactors, 249
— Price of. Comment on, 34. See LETTER, 551
— Products, Heavy, Ultrasonic Testing of, by
1. M. Mackenzie and Dr. R. Kennedy, 652*. See LETTER, 772
— Production, Statistics of, 357
— Rails. See Rails
— Rolling Mills. See Rolling Mills
— Ropes. See Wire Ropes
— Scrap, Restriction on Importation from
United States, 807
— Sheetsand Sections (Trade Publication), 789 Supplies for Motor Industry, 518, 607
— Shuttering (Trade Publication), 535
— Silicon-Aluminium, Oxidation Resistant, by
E. A. Brandes (Book). 182
— Stainless, Austenitic, Welding, Stainless
Electrodes for (Trade Publication), 789 High-Precision Castings in, for Artificial Horizon Instrument for High-Speed Jet Aircraft (Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd.), 809*
for Pen Manufacture, 268
Radiators (Washington Engineering Co., Ltd.), 792*
Titanium-Bearing, 65-Ton Cast of, at Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 507
Valves from Stock (Langley Alloys, Ltd.), 798
— Stress Distribution in. See Stress; Tests
{Materials}
— Strip, Hardening and Tempering Furnaces
for (G. F. Homer (Redditch), Ltd.), 170*
— Structural, German, 271
— Supplies for Shipyards, Discussion in
Parliament on, 351
Shortage, Effect on Petroleum Equipment Industry, 327
Shortages of, for Shipbuilding, 31
— Tests of. See Tests {Materials}
— Tubes and Bars (Trade Publication), 693 Export of, from United Kingdom and
Western Germany, 682*
History and Development of (Trade Publication), 215
Manufacturers of, in Continental Europe, 681
Manufacture by Mannesmann Group, 681
— Valve, Hardened and Tempered Chromium-
Nickel-Silicon, En 59, Corrosion Tests on, 331
High Nickel-Chromium-Tungsten,En 54, Corrosion Tests on, 331
Silicon-Chromium, En 52, Corrosion Tests on, 331
— Wires, Corrosion Resistance of. Effects oi
Low-Alloy Additions on, 746
Hard-Drawn, in Prestressed-Concrete Beams, Effect of Fire on, 714
Products, Vols. I and II (Book), 271
— Works. See Works
Steelwork Association, Constructional, British See Constructional Steelwork Association, British
— Constructional, Erection ol: Textbook of,
by T. Barron (Book), 215
— Structural, Use of Semprene Adcora
Neoprene Protective Coatings, 425
Steering Control Unit, Ship's, " Gyro- Hydraulic” (Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd.), 308*
— Gear, Electro-Hydraulic, for Diesel-Electric
Paddle Tugs (MacTaggart, Scott and Co.), 445
Hydraulic-Powered, 57 Stella Power Station, 61* Stellarator for Research into Thermonuclear Fusion at Princeton University, 540
“ Stellite,” Applications of (Trade Publication), 147
Stephen, R. A., and Co., Merger with Isotope Developments, 283
Stephenson Engineering Society, Stephenson Lecture on Simulated Flight Testing ot Aero Engines, by H. Constant, 750*
Stephenson Form in Locomotive Design and Progress, 341
Stephenson Lecture on Simulated Flight Testing of Aero Engines, by H. Constant, 750*
Stepney, Industry and Planning in, in 1951, Report by D. L. Munby on, 515
Sterilisation of Drugs by Radiation, 803
— of Food by Radiation, 802
— of Living Tissues by Radiation, 803
— of Soil, Steam, 771*
Sterilisers, Bowl and Instrument, Controllers for (Trade Publication), 403
Stevens, E. C.: on Modern Trends in Factory Design and Equipment, 520; on Horse- Power and Wealth, 615
Stevens Institute of Technology, Course on Thermonuclear Fusion, 60
Steward, S. F., on Preparing for Tomorrow’s Problems, 480
Stewart, Commander W. H., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.: Annual Report, 167, 168; Tube Production and Plant Developments, 167; Effect of Oil Shortage on Production, 168; Work on Creep Properties of Chromium Steel, at Corby Research Department, 334*; Participation in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358; Expansion Scheme, 458; 50 Years’ History, 536; Pullmeter Precision Load Measuring Device at “ Monkey Hole ” Testing Station at Wirksworth, 622*; Production of Welded and Seamless Steel Tubes, 681
“ Stickastrip ” Rubber Sealing Strip (Trade Publication), 51
Stiffness of Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, by C. H. Meigh and G. E. E. Marshall, 594*
Stocksbridge Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., New Bar and Rod Rolling Mill at, 755
“ Storelight ” Fluorescent Light (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 470
Stork and Co., N.V., Agreement with Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Build Stork Marine Diesel Engines in Glasgow, 759*
Stothert& Pitt, Ltd.: 71-Ton Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock, 558*; Aluminium- Bronze Pump Screw Cast on Steel Shaft, 595*; Screw-Type Pumps for Use with Bunker Oil, 759*
Stove, “ Bleuet ” Portable Butane Gas (Pneumatic Tent Co., Ltd.), 533*
Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd,: Rotary Railway- Wagon Tipplers for Coke-Oven Plant at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd., 588*; Nuclear Fuel Charging and Discharging Equipment for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 668 Straightening Machine. See Machine Tools
— Press, Section (Schwermaschinenbau Hein
rich Rau), 626
Strain-Ageing of Boron-Treated Low-Carbon Steels, by E. R. Morgan and J. C. Shyne, 713
— Gauge Bridge, Direct-Reading (Trade
Publication), 311
for Determining Stresses in Bogie Structures, 238
— See also Stress
Straits of Messina, Overhead Power Cable, 61 Strasser, A., on Problems of Cinema-Film Making, 450*
Streamlining on Locomotives, by C. R. H. Simpson, 114*
Streets. See also Roads Streetly Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 328 Strength of Materials.
{Materials}
Stress, Alternating and
{Materials}
— Analysis, Notation
See LETTERS, 679, 710
Photoelastic. See Photoelastic Stress Analysis
— in Bogie Structures, Determination of, 238
— Corrosion Tests, Automatic Apparatus for,
at British Iron and Steel Research Association Corrosion Exhibition, 746
— in Deckhouses and Superstructures, by Dr.
A. J. Johnson, 624; Discussion on, 624
— Design, in High-Temperature Steam Pipes,
by Dr. J. S. Blair, 334*
— Formation in Composite Castings of
Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594*
— Optical Determination of. See Optical and
Photo-Elastic
— in Pipe-Lines, End Reactions and, by
L. F. Randolph, 101. See also Vol. 182
— Proof, Revision of, in British Standard. 140
— in Rails, Determination of, 238
— Raising Effects of Holes in Web Plates, by
Dr. H. G. Edmunds, 18*. See LETTER, 421*
— Relieving of Transformer Laminations in
Continuous Furnace, 523*
— Repetitions. See Fatigue
— Triaxial, Fatigue under, by Dr. J. L.
Morrison, Dr. B. Crossland, and Dr. J. S. C. Parry, 428*
Strikes. See Labour
Strip, Steel, Cutting Machine (British Oxygen Gases, Ltd.), 216*
Hardening and Tempering Furnaces for (G. F. Homer (Redditch), Ltd.), 170*
Hot, Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for, (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 489*
— Terminal, Flexible, “ Kabi FLX5,” for
Twelve-Way 5/10 Conductors (Trade Publication), 789
Strojniski Vestnik, Note on, 683
Strong Electric Corp. (Great Britain), Ltd., Fluorescent Lighting Fittings (Trade Publication), 51
Structural Analysis, Plastic Methods of, by
B. G. Neal (Review), 214
Type URS-55 Table X-Ray Set for, 566*
— Elements, Compression Testing Machine,
1,000-Ton, for, at Building Research Station (A. J. Amsler and Co.), 180*
— Engineers, Institution of, Post-War De
velopments in German Steel Bridges and Structures, by G. B. Godfrey, 271
— Engineering, Professor of, Appointment of
Dr. W. Merchant, at Manchester College of Science and Technology, 162
— Failures, Engineering, by R. Hammond
(Review), 434
— Steel Producers, Request by Registrar of
Restrictive Trading Agreements to Justify Price Fixing, 517
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures and Bridges, Steel, Developments in Germany, Godfrey, 271
— Engineering, Analysis of, by
Pippard and J. F. Baker (Review), 659
— Reinforced Concrete. See Concrete, Re
inforced
— Tubular, Testing Station for, at Wirksworth
(Stewards and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622*
Strut with Crossed Hinges, Collapsing Load of, by Dr.-Ing. M. J. Gercke, 820*
Stubbs, R. L., on Development of Die Casting in Europe, 745
Students, Accommodation of, Comment on, 482
— Expenditure at Glasgow and Birmingham
Universities, 480
Studio, Mobile, in “ Rapier ” Caravan (Technivision, Ltd.), 664
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Precipit- ron ” Electrostatic Air Filter (Trade Publication), 147; “Sturtevant Knibbs’’ Lime Hydration Process (Trade Publication), 215; Draught Fans (Trade Publication), 403
“ Sturtevant-Knibbs ’’ Lime Hydration Process (Trade Publication), 215
Suarna Hydro-Electric Power Station, Plans for, 354
Submarine Boats. See Warships
Subset, Data, for Transmitting Information at 1,000 Words Per Minute over Commercial Telephone Lines (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 570
Substation at Dounreay (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 728
— Heaton Norris, 25-kV Concentric Paper-
Insulated Oil-Filled Cable for (W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd.), 825 ?— at High Street (Manchester), 33-kV, Surge Recording at, by E. L. White (Book), 822
— Mobile, for Use in Damodar Valley
Electric Scheme, India (Parolle Electrical Plant Co., Ltd.), 439*
— at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson,
Ltd., 466
— Portobello, 132-kV, Surge Recording at, by
E. L. White (Book), 822
— for Railway Electrification in Southern
Region of British Railways, 676
— at Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station,
140-kV, 356
Suction Dredger. See Dredger
— Gas Engine. See Engine, Gas Producer. See Producer
Sud-Aviation: Formation of, 688; Tactical- Support and Bomber Aircraft “ Vautour,’’ 688*; “SE212 Durandal “ Prototype
Single-Seat Delta-Wing Interceptor Aircraft, 711*; “Trident II’’ Rocket- Powered Interceptor Aircraft, 711; Missile Production, 712; “Vautour’’ Two-Seat Allweather Fighter Aircraft, 712; “ Cara- velle’’ Airliners, Prototype, 762*; “SE3I3O Alouette 11“ Five-Seat Shaft- Driven Turbine-Powered Helicopter, 763; “SO 1221 Djinn’’ Two-Seat Cold-Tip-Jet Helicopter, 763
Sud-Est Aviation, Merger with Quest Aviation, 688
Sudbury Nickel Ores, Milling and Smelting, Cinema Film on, 221
Suez Canal Crisis, Effect on Middle East Oil Industry, 664, 677
Crisis, Effect on Oil Supplies and Prices, 708
Effect of Closure on Position and Prospects of Engineering Industry, 9*
Effect of Closure on Unemployment, 224 Effect of Crisis on Retail Price Index, 64 Oil Supplies Independent of, 422. See also Oil
Pipeline to Circumvent, Cost of, 518 Trans-African Pipeline as Alternative to, 222
Sugar-Beet Harvester “ SKEM-3,” 565* Production at Mallow Factory of Sugar Co., 467*
Slicing Machines, 467*
Sugg, W., Ltd., Gas-Fired Incinerators, Halcyon ’’ Gas-Fired Convector Heater, 139
“ Suhner “ Electric Hand-Held Disc Grinding Machine (Trade Publication), 789
Sulphide Ore Detector, Lightweight, “ Ronka Ground EM ’ (Ronka Geophysical Instruments), 426*
Sulphur Dioxide and Dust, Atmospheric Pollution by. Around Power Stations of the Central Electricity Authority, by W. D. Jarvis and L. G. Austin, 465 Instruments for Measuring Small Quantities of, in the Atmosphere, by W. G Cummings and M. W. Redfearn, 465
— Removal at Power Stations, 415
Sulphuric Acid, Action of, in Corrosion of Steam-Generating Plant, 204*
Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Fresh-Air Treatment Plant for Office Building of W. Oertli A.G.,537*
Summers. J., and Sons, Ltd., Extensions to Sheet-Producing Capacity, 550
Sumo Pumps, Inc., Formation for Sales of Submersible Pumps in United States 312 Sumo Pumps, Ltd.: Sales of Submersible Pumps in United States, 312; Submersible Drainage Pump, 342*
Sun Steamship Co., S.S. “ Sunrip,’’ Cargo Liner with Unpainted Aluminium Suner- structure, 280*
Sundridge Park Management Centre, bv J. y. Connolly, 772
“Sunrip,’’ S.S., Cargo Liner with Unpainted Aluminium Superstructure, 280*
Association of. Policy Statement Automation, 320
SUPO Nuclear Reactor (Review), 240 Suppliers, Obtaining Information on,
Market Research, 151
Supply, Ministry of. Chemical Service ... Defence of the Realm, by W. G. Norris (Book), 721
Supports, Curved, and Spiral Surfaces, by C. Menn (Book), 215
Surface Grinding Machine. See Grinding under Machine Tools
— Hardening, “ LG3 ” High-Frequency Units
for, 565
— Inspection of. Large Dual-Capacity Projec
tor for (Optical Measuring Tools, Ltd.), 394*
— Roughness Scales (Trade Publication), 215 of Ships’ Hulls, Gauges for, 132
— Spiral, and Curved Supports, by C. Menn
(Book), 215
— Treatment of Zinc and Aluminium Die
Castings, by H. Ruegg, 746
Surfard, Ltd., Peddinghaus Automatic Oxy/ Town-Gas Flame-Hardening Machine, 139*
Surge Recording at High Street (Manchester) 33-kV Substation, by E. L. White (Book), 822
at Portobello 132-kV Substation, by E. L. White (Book), 822
Surging, Suppression of, at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 782*
Survey, Air (Trade Publication), 109
— for Minerals, Power Resources and Timber
in British Columbia, 286
Surveying Instrument, Electronic, “ Tellurometer,” for Accurate Distance Measurement without Tapes (Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd.), 446*
Suspension, Rear, New, for Mercedes-Benz ” 300SL ” Roadster Motor Car, 387*
— Self-Adjusting, for Goods Road Vehicles
(R. A. Dyson «& Co., Ltd.), 823*
— Semi-Resilient, for Electric Traction Motors.
238
Sussex, University of. Prospects of, 703 Sutcliffe, R., Ltd., “Crocodile” Steel Plate
Conveyor (Trade Publication), 371
Sutherland Technical College, Future Plans for, 767
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd • Cathodic Protection of Ballast Tanks for Ore-Carrying Vessel, 202; Heavy-Duty Roller-Type Levelling Machine for Steel Plate, 497*; Annual Report, 550
Sway Movement in Frames, Determination of, by Dr. B. G. Neal, 47*
Sweden, Atomic Energy Industry in, 827
— Atomic Space Heating for, 826
— Electrical Machinery Exports, 617*
— Nuclear Energy Programme, 826* Energy Programme, Cost of 828 Energy Programme, Remarks by Sir C.
Hinton on, 828
Power Station, “ Eva,” lOO-MW, 826* Reactor, “ Adam,” 75-MW, for, 826* Reactor, Experimental, “Rl,” Description of, 826*
Reactor, Research and Materials Testing, “ R2 ” for, Description of, 827
— Organisations of Interest to Technical In
formation Services (Pamphlet), 502
— Uranium Production in, 828*
Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Royal: Axel Axison Johnson Lecture on Future of Nuclear Power, by Sir C Hinton, 380
Sweeper Collector for Airport Runways Refuse (Zwicky, Ltd.), 631
“ Swift ” Fighter Aircraft, £40 million Expenditure on, 328
Swindells and Another v. Naybro Stone Ltd 463 ’
Swiss Federal Railways, Turbine Condensing Locomotive, 290
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Win- H*gh"Pf®ssure Steam Locomotive 338 *
Switchgear, Air-Break, Medium Voltage, Type “ OB3,” “ OB4.” and “ OB5 ” for Use on Alternating Current or Direct Current Systems (Trade Publication), 789
Switchgear, Circuit-Breaker, Air-Blast. Outdoor, 132-kV (Ferguson-Pailin, Ltd.). 472* Breakers, Air-Blast, at Salime Hydro- Electric Power Station (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 356
Breaker, Air, 132-kV, “ VV-3002,” 565* Breaker, Air-Break, 35-MVA, for Doun- reay (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 728
Breaker, Air-Break, Resin-Insulated, 550-MVA ll-kV (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 490*
Breakers, Low Oil-Content, at High- Power Short-Circuit Testing Station, 436* Breakers, Miniature High-Rupturing Capacity, for Protection of Electrical Equipment on Aircraft (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 688
Breakers, Oil, Horizontal Isolation Type at Dounreay (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 728 Breaker, Oil, Three-Phase, 5,000 MVA, 132-kV (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 696* Breakers, Photography in Development of, 491
Breaker, for Rectifier Locomotives, 363 Breaker, for 275-kV “ Super-Grid,” 533
— Distribution, by J. S. Cliff, 812
— High-Voltage (Ferguson-Pailin, Ltd.), 472* -- Metalclad, Duplicate Busbar with Breaking
Capacity of 350 MVA, for Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466
— at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson,
Ltd., 466
— Power Station and Distribution, by J. S.
Cliff, 812
— ll-kV, for Salime Hydro-Electric Powe
Station (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 356
— for 275-kV ” Super Grid,” 533
— Switches (J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd.), 471
Diverter, Toggle-Type, for Tap-Changer Gear for Transformer (Control (Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 472*
International Symposium on, at Harvard University, 552
Micro (Burgess Products Co., Ltd.), 471 * Selector, Eccentrically-Operated Rotary Type, for Tap-Changer Gear for Transformer Control (Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 472*
Unit, Indoor, Metal-Clad, 33-kV 1,000- MVA (Ferguson-Pailin, Ltd.), 472
Very Small, Using Photochromism Process, 552
— Switchboard, Cubicle, Pillar-Type
(Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 472*
for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Brookhirst Switchgear, Ltd.), 728*
High- and Low-Voltage, at Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 466
Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd., High-Power Short-Circuit Testing Station at Trafford Park, Manchester, 436*
Station for, at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.) 436*
— Transmission, for 132-kV and Higher Volt
ages, by C. H. Flurscheim, 812
Switching, International Symposium Harvard University, 552
Switzerland, Emigration Incident, 320
— Introduction of New Tariffs, 682
— Sales of British Motor Cars in, 386 “ SX ” Inertia Starter for Diesel
(Simms Motor Units, Ltd.), 427* “Sycamore” Helicopters. Bristol 171
for Germany (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 359
Sykes, E. C., on Metallographic Examination of Radioactive Materials, 315
Sykes, Machine Tool Co., Ltd.: “ D.H.55O ” Quenching Press for Gears (W. Ferd. Klingelnberg Sbhne), 56*; Gear Tooth De-Burring Machine, 504*
Sykes, W. E., Ltd., “Service to Industry” (Trade Publication), 403
Symposium on pH Measurement (Book), 693 Synchro-Cyclotron, Definition of, 539 Synchrophasotron. Definition of, 539 Synchrotron, Alternating Gradient, at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 572*
— 1,200-MeV, at California Institute of Tech
nology, 573
— Definition of, 539
— Double, 15,000-MeV, Midwestern Univer
sities Research Association, 572
— 3-GeV, at James Forrestal Research Centre,
573
— Proton, 6.5-GeV, at Atomic Energy Re
search Establishment, 540
at U.S.S.R. Academy of
at Joint Nuclear Research
TABLES, Mathematical, by L. Fox (Review),
788
“ Tables Numeriques Universelles,” by M. Boll (Book), 465
Tables, Vibration Analysis, by R. E. D. Bishop and D. C. Johnson (Book), 597
Tachometer, Conversion of Vibrometer and Revolution Indicator to (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 316*
— Generator Equipment, Three - Phase
(Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 473
Using Polyphase Alternating Current (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 19
Tagus, River, Radio-Telephone System Across. 183*
Talbot, B. Chetwynd, on British Iron and Steel Federation, 71
Talbot Semi-Automatic Transmission, by G. Roesch, 773
Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd.: “ Metior ” Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings (Trade Publication), 51; Stainless-Steel Seamless Tubing for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 668; Steel Tubes and Bars (Trade Publication), 693; Stainless-Steel Tube for DMTR Nuclear Reactor, 725 “Talk-Down” at London Airport, 482* Talking During Working, Comment on, 608 Tally Clerks, Strike of, at Tilbury Docks, 128 Talsarnau, Projected Atomic Development and
Research Centre at, 187
“ Talurite ” Safety Sling for Handling Fragile
Goods (Cable Covers, Ltd.), 279
Tanganyika Concessions, Participation in Rhodesian Iron and Steel Co. (Private), Ltd., 358 Tangye 40-h.p. Single-Cylinder Horizontal Oil
Engine at Boston Lodge Works of Festi- niog Railway. 707
Tangyes, Ltd.: “ Hydraulite ” Hydraulic Jack Powered by Small Two-Speed Hand Pump, 535*; Hydraulic Presses (Trade Publication), 659
Tanks, Ballast, Cathodic Protection of (Metal and Pipeline Endurance, Ltd.), 202. See LETTER, 264
— Experimental. See also Ship Resistance
— Heating Coils, Cast-Iron and Aluminium-
Brass (Trade Publication), 85
— Locomotives. See Locomotives
— Reinforced-Concrete, for New Sewage
Sedimentaion Plant at Northern Outfall Works, 478*
— Settling, Sewage (Trade Publication), 109
— Ship-Model, at National Physical Labora
tory, 498*
Model Testing at St. Albans (Vickers- Armstrongs, Ltd.),130*
Motor. See Motorships: Oil Tankers
— Steamers. See Steamers: Oil Tankers
— Storage, and Stand, for Zinc Chloride,
Manufactured from Epoxide and Polyester Resins Reinforced with Glass-Fibre Materials (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.), 361 *
— for Thermonuclear Power Plant, 59
— Water Storage, Collapsible, “ Whales ”
(Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.), 631 * Tanker, Motor, “ Ferncrest,” Pneumatic Hoist for Engine Room of (Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd.), 829
— Oil. See Oil Tankers
Tap-Changer Gear for Transformer Control (Fuller Electrical «& Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 472*
On-Load, for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
— Water (Trade Publication), 147
Tape, Magnetic, Input Circuit for Data Subset (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 570
— Punched, Standards, Study of, by Com
mittee of British Standards Institution, 409 Use in Numericially Controlled Milling Machine at Martin Co., 722*
Use in Performance Recorder, 432*
— Reactor Fuel as, 251
— Recorder, Pocket, “ Dictet ” (Dictaphone
Corporation), 439*
— Self-Adhesive, Double-Sided, for Sticking
Small Parts in Place for Grinding (Industrial Tapes, Ltd.), 585*
Tapline, Pipeline, Projected Expansion of, 422 Tappex Thread Inserts, Ltd., Self-Tapping
Inserts (Trade Publication), 109 Tar Distillation and Extraction Plant at
Avenue Carbonisation Plant (Trade Publication), 183
Tariffs, Cycle, American, 486
— Introduction of New, by Switzerland, 682
— on Iron and Steel Products, Discussion on,
742 . .
— and Trade, General Agreement on. Activi
ties of, 807
General Agreement on, Progress of, 598 Tarmac, Ltd., Preston and Longton By-Passes, 699*
Tarrant Hydraulic Slide-Rule, 95
Tatford, Dr. F. A., Appointment as Director of Contracts, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritv, 575
Tay Bridge, Failure of, by J. Prebble (Review), 310*
Taylor, B. H., on ENGINEERING, 356 Taylor and Challen, Ltd., Horizontal Five-Stage
Transfer-Feed Press, 137*
Taylor-Cook, C. H., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Taylor, D. G., on Circuit Calculations for Rectifier Locomotives and Motor Coaches, 363
Taylor, G, R. T.: Remarks on Increase in Output of International Combustion (Holdings), Ltd., 328; Remarks on Position and Prospects of International Combustion (Holdings), Ltd., 390; Report on International Combustion (Holdings), Ltd., 488 .
Taylor, Dr. L. S., Remarks on Radiation Hazards, 320 .
Taylor, R. J., on Hydromagnetic Instabilities ol Ideally Conducting Fluid, 123
Taylor Stoker Co., Ltd., “ Munck ” 6-ton Low Head-Room Hoist, 331
Taylor Tools and Supplies, Ltd., Abrasive-Belt Surface Finishing Machine for Large Flat Surfaces, 829*
Taylor, V., Remarks on Automation, 680 Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports), Ltd.,
Comprehensive Contracting by, 423
Taylor Woodrow, Ltd., Prototype of “ Zid- park ” Automatic Car Park, 344*
Taxation, Effect on United Kingdom Shipping, 386
— of Salaries, Comment on, 546
Tea Drinking, Comment on, 576 Teachers. See under Education Teaching. See Education Tearing of Titanium, 300
Tecalemit, Ltd., Position and Prospects of, 296 Technical Articles, Index of (IOTA), Note on, 403
— Bookguide, Note On, 632
Technical Ceramics, Ltd., Ceramic Player Pick-up (Trade Publication), 23
— Change and Industrial Relations, by Dr.
W. H. Scott, J. A. Banks, A. H. Halsey and T. Lupton, Comment on, 97
— College and Education. See Education
— Education in North-East England, 767
— Knowledge, Distortion of, by Debating
Skill, 770
— Progress and Industry, by Prof. C. F. Carter
and Prof. B. R. Williams, Comment on,
705
— Societies. See Institutions
Technicians, American, Supply Problem of, 194* . . „
Technivision, Ltd., Mobile Studio in “ Rapier Caravan, 664
Technology, Advanced, Teaching of, in North- East England, 767
— Diploma in. Training Courses for, 391
— Science and, Opportunities for Girls and
Women in (Booklet), 512
and, Proposed National Lending Library for. Note on. 632; Remarks on, by Miss R. M. Bunn, 693
Tedder, Lord, on Future of Royal Air Force,
706
Tedder, O., on Soviet Technical Journals, 105
Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Solenoid-Operated Valve for Large Flows at High Pressures, 503*
Teed, Major, P. L., on Fatigue of Aircraft, 89 Teeth, Gear. See Gear
Teichmann, G. A., on Blasting Vibrations, 460* Tekon, “ Kromschrdder’s ” “ One-Pipe ” Gas Meters (Trade Publication), 215
“ Telcon ” Glands for Thermoplastic Cables (Trade Publication), 789
“ Telcophane ” Transparent Impermeable Film (Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd.), 205
Tele-Alarm Unit for Safeguarding Unattended Equipment (Auto Call Co., Ltd.), 317* Telecommunications Apparatus Exhibited in Mobile Exhibition “ Elettra II ” (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
— Cables, Aluminium in, by R. C. Mildner
and Miss B. F. Thorne, 650
— Test Equipment, Sales of, in United States
312 ,
“ Telegas ” Hydrogen-Content Meter (Trade Publication), 215
Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd.: Capacitors, 505; 200-mW Transistor Amplifier for Use in Printed Circuits, 505*
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd.: “Telcophane” Transparent Impermeable Film, 205; Annual Report, 615; “ Telcon ” Glands for Thermoplastic Cables (Trade Publication), 789
Telegraphy. See also Electricity
Wireless. See also Valves, Thermionic; Radar; Radio; Television
Telemetering and Control in Instrument Technology, by E. B. Jones (Review), 756
Telemetry, Radio, by M. H. Nichols and L. L. Rauch (Book), 311
Telephone Cable System, Transatlantic, Meeting on. See Electrical Engineers, Institution of
Transatlantic, for Canadian Traffic, 651 Channels in Radio Network Installed from Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
— Circuit, Additional, on Existing Overhead
Line, Single-Channel Carrier Equipment for Provision of (Pye Telecommunications, Ltd.), 655
Exchange, Private Automatic Branch Type 211 (Trade Publication), 823
— Loudspeaker (General Electric Co., Ltd.),
158*
— Radio-, System, Lisbon-Montijo, 183*
— Service, British, Aluminium in, by J. Ger
rard and T. P. A. Urben, 650
— System in Eire, Completion of National Network of Underground Cables, 17
Telephony, Radio, Information Room at Scotland Yard, 55*
— Wireless. See also Valves, Thermionic: Radar; Radio; Television
— See also Electricity
Teleprinter, Creed, Use with Gamma-Ray Thickness Gauge for Hot Steel Strip (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 489*
Network for British Railways, London Midland Region, 230
Telerecording Equipment, Type BD. 679 (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 158*
Telescope, Achromatic, Anniversary of, 6
— Air-Conditioned, for Saint Michel Observatory, 459*
— or Concentric Valve System for Internal-
Combustion Engines, by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797*
— Radio, Jodrell Bank, Model of. Used in Making Cinema Film “ Mirror in the Sky,” 452* , ,
Television Camera, Miniature, for Inspection of Nuclear Fuel Rod Behaviour (Pye, Ltd.), 117
Miniature, for Use in Nuclear Reactor, 442
in “ Roving Eye Mark II ” Mobile Television Unit, 378*
Television Camera Stereoscopic, for Nuclear Research (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 315
Use at South of Scotland Nuclear Power Station, 218, 219
— Chair or Lectureship in. Discussions on, 678
— Channel in Radio Network Installed from
Osaka to Fukuoka (Japan), 427
— Colour, and Big Business, Remarks by
C. O. Stanley on, 676
Comment on Progress of, 166
Controversy in, by Sir H. Bishop, 196 Problem of Standard Required, 427 Vectorscope for Checking Signals (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 723*
— and Data-Processing, Automatic, at Na
tional Gas Turbine Establishment, 819
— Engineering Principlesand Practice. Vol. 3:
Waveform Generation, by S. W. Amos and
D. C. Birkinshaw (Book), 721
— Explained, by W. E. Miller and E. A. W.
Spreadbury (Book), 215
— Interest of Granada Television Network in
Academic Study of, 678
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 78*
— Telerecording Equipment, Type BD. 679
(Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 158*
— Transistors in, by M. S. Kiver (Review), 332
— Transmission Equipment Exhibited by Pye,
Ltd., at Leipzig Fair, 312
— Transmitting Station at Blackhill, 703 Station at Rosemarkie, 703
— Underwater, Trials, by North of Scotland
Hydro-Electric Board, 359
— Use at Manvers Coal-Preparation Plant,
Wath-on-Dearne (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 631*
— and Very-High Frequency Sound Trans
mitting Station in Orkneys, Proposal for, 703
Telex Service to Canada, 24
Telfer, Prof. E. V.; on Naval Architecture in University Education, 223. See also 231, 232; on Ocean Iron-Ore Carriers, 526; on Ship-Model Tank, 556, 557; on Ship Model Experiments, 557; on “ Lubum- bashi ” Cargo Motorship, 587; on Ship Superstructures and Strength, 625
Telford, Thomas, Anniversary of, 6 Tellurium in High-Conductivity Alloys, 87 “ Tellurometer ” Electronic Surveying Instrument for Accurate Distance Measurement without Tapes (Cooke, Troughton and Sims, Ltd.), 446*
Temperature, Can, Maximum Allowable, in Nuclear Reactors, 380
— Control, Photo-Electric (Trade Publication),
— Uranium Centre, in Nuclear Reactors, 380 Tempering. See Heat Treatment under Metallurgy
Tender, Crash, Fire-Fighting, for Piarco Airport (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504*
— De-Icing, for Electric Conductor Rails, 145*
— Fire-Fighting, and Pump Trailer for London
and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd. (Merryweather and Sons, Ltd.), 504 Tendering, Level, Comment on, 423 Tensile Strength of Composite Castings of Aluminium Bronze and Steel, 594* Revision of, in British Standard, 140
— Tests. See Tests {Materials}
“ Terecap ” High-Temperature Capacitors (Dubilier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd.), 505*
Terminal Strip, Flexible, “ Kabi FLX5,” for Twelve-Way 5 10 Conductors (Trade Publication), 789
Terrestrial Magnetism. See Magnetism Terrington, J. S., on Ocean Iron Ore Carriers. 526
Terylene Dielectric, Use in “ Terecap ” High- Temperature Capacitors (Dubilier Condenser Co. (1925), Ltd.), 505*
— Dyeing of, 362
— Expansion in Production of, by Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd., 7
— Polyester Fibre, Applications of (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 491 Tests, Aeronautical. See Aeronautics
— Beds, Engine, at Research Building of
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633
— Combustion Chamber, on Pressure-Jet
Helicopters, 591 *
— Corrosion. See Corrosion
— Cylinder for Fatigue Testing under Triaxial
Stress, 428
— Equipment, Electrical (Trade Publication),
823
Hydraulic (Trade Publication), 183
Tests (Materials) :
Compression Testing Machine, 1,000-Ton at Building Research Station (A. J. Amsler and Co.), 180*
Corrosion Tests on Steels, Effect of Artificial Fertilisers, 331
Drop Tower for
Components Ltd.), 602*
Explosives, 67*
Fatigue Tests on ,
R. B. Heywood, 174*
— Testing Machines for Aircraft Components, at Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd.. 247*
Machine for Fatigue under Triaxial Stress, by Dr. J. L. Morrison, Dr. B. Crossland, and Dr. J. S. C. Parry, 428*
Machine, Losenhausenwerk, at Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., 247* Nuclear Reactor Castings, X-Ray Machine for Testing, 796
Rotor Forgings, Automatic Fault Detection (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 140* Stress Determination, Optical. See Optical and Photo-Elastic
— in Materials, and Structures. See Stress
Tensile Testing of Metals, British Standard 18, Fifth Revision, 140
Tests, Non-Destructive, in Control of Quality, by S. L. Fry, 553
Tests (Materials)—continued
Titanium Condenser Tubes at Uskmouth Power Station, 235
Tube Wall-Thickness Measurement with “ Visigauge ” (Dawe), 87*
Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, Solus-Schall, Use on Rotor Forgings, 140*
— Testing, Applications, 652* of Heavy Steel Products, by 1. M. Mackenzie and Dr. R. Kennedy, 652*. See LETTER, 772
Techniques, 652*, 654* V-Jewel Instrument Bearings, 236
Test Rigs for Cabin-Pressure System ot Douglas “ DC7.C ” Airliner (Tiltman Langley, Ltd.), 396*
— Set, “ Injectester,” for Fuel Pumps and
Injectors of Diesel Engines (Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd.), 216*
Wind Tunnel, on Power Output of Racing Cyclists, at Cranfield College of Aeronautics, 586*
Tester, Loop Impedance, for Phase to tartn (Ferranti, Ltd.), 472
— Carbon Dioxide, “ Mono ” (Trade
cation), 147 .
Testing Apparatus, Impulse Voltage, lor 1-5 MV, at Leipzig Fair, 627
— Control Systems, “ LF51 " Low-Frequency
Waveform Generator for (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 246
— Equipment, Soil Mechanics (Trade Publica
tion), 85 .
Flight, Simulated, of Aero Engines, by H. Constant, 750*
— Instrument, Precision, for Micro-Teeth
(VEB Feinmesszeugfabrik Suhl), 660
Laboratory. See also PJational Physical Machine, Compression, 1,000-Ton, at Building Research Station (A. J. Amsler and Co.), 180* ,
Compression, 1,200-Ton, at National Physical Laboratory, 714
See also Tests (Materials)
— Materials, American Society of: Symposium
on Steam Quality (Book), 563; Discussion of Nuclear Radiation, 574; Symposium on pH Measurement, 693
Non-Destructive, in the Control of Quality, by S. L. Fry, 553 . .
Radioactive Isotope Manipulating Unit for (VEB Transformatoren und Rontgen- werk), 661 *
— Station, “ Monkey Hole ” at Wirksworth,
Pullmeter Precision Load Measuring Device at (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622* Short-Circuit, High-Power, at Trafford Park, Manchester (Switchgear Testing Co., Ltd.), 436* ZT, • . *
— Transistors, Instrument for (Baird Asso-
ciates-Atomic Instrument Co.), 120*
Ultrasonic, of Heavy Steel Products, by 1 M Mackenzie and Dr. R. Kennedy, 652*
— See also Tests (Materials)
Texas Oil Producers, Refusal to Co-operate with Western Europe, 102
Railroad Commission, Agreement to Increase Oil Shipments to Europe, 263
Text-Books, “Paperbacks” (Dover Publications, Inc.), 403
Textiles, Fluid-Bed Heat-Transfer Processing Technique for, 362
— Glass, “ Duraglas ” (Turner Brothers
Asbestos Co., Ltd.), 491
Fibre, “ V17085 " High-Temperature Phenolic Laminating Resin for Impregnation of, 588
— Industry, Cotton, Scholarships in, 32 Re-deployment in Cotton Mill, 224
— Machinery Drafting Equipment, SKF,
Mobile Exhibition of (Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd.), 598
Industry, Position and Prospects ot, 44 at Leipzig Fair, 627
— Trade Fair, Industrial, 491
— See also Fibres
Thain, C., on Fire at Jaguar Works, 325, 454. See LETTER, 389
Thames Plywood Manufacturers. Ltd., Increase in Sales for “ Plydek ” Resin- Bonded Plywood, 248
River, Dartford-Purfleet Tunnel Across, Commencement of, 222
Pollution, New Treatment Plant for, 479 “ Thames Trader ” Range of Lorries (Ford Motor Co., Ltd.), 700*
Thaon, A., “ Zidpark ” Automatic Car Park, 344*
Thenard, Louis Jacques, Anniversary ot, 6 Thermal Conductivity, Device for Comparison of, 715 , _
— Expansion in Pipework at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 783*
Precipitator, Use in Comparison ot Dust Sampling Methods, 366*
Properties of Materials, Device tor Comparison of, 715
Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., “ Vitreosil Immersion Heaters (Trade Publication), 535
— Treatment, Metals. See Heat Treattnent under Metallurgy .
Thermionic Valves. See Valves, Thernuonic; Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony, Wire-' less; Radio
Thermonuclear Fusion. See Fusion
— Power Plants, Possibilities of, 59
— Reactions, Criteria for, 122
Information Exchange between United Kingdom and United States, 219
Rates, by W. B. Thompson, 122*
“ ThermoPak ” Circulating Pump (Trade Publication), 535
Thermoplastic Cables, “ Telcon Glands tor (Trade Publication), 789
Thermostatic Control Systems (Trade Publication), 311 „
Thermosyphon, Closed, Heat-Transfer Characteristics of Liquid Metal in, by F. J. Bayley and N. Bell, 300*
Thickness Control of Kraft Wrapping Paper with Baldwin Automat Beta-Ray Transverse Profiler (Reed Paper Group), 205
Thickness Gauge, Four-Channel Beta-Ray, “ Atomat ” (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 269
Gamma-Ray, for Hot Steel Strip (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 489*
Nucleonic, “ Atomat ” (Baldwin Instrument Co., Ltd.), 93, 360
— of High-Temperature Steam Pipes, by Dr.
J. S. Blair, 334*
— Measuring Instrument, Pneumatic, for
Thin Plastic Film or Metal Foil at National Physical Laboratory, 714
“ Third Force,” Comment on, 168
Third Programme of British Broadcasting Corporation, Comment on, 418
30-98 Co., Ltd., Proportional Feed Controller for Regulating Flows of Materials, 376
Thomas Hawksley Lecture on Engineering Problems and Nuclear Energy, by Sir C. Gibb, 249*, 283
Thomas, J. F. P., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture on Salvaging of Ships, by Capt. W. R. Colbeck, 98*
Thomas, R., and Baldwins, Ltd.: Scheme for New Integrated Steelworks, 550; Siting of New Steel Mill, 709
Thompson, A. G., on Arc-Welding Costs, 683 Thompson, A. W., on Fatigue and Creep Properties of Plastics Laminates, 651
Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., Trading Position of, 8
Thompson, J., Ltd.: Stainless-Steel Pressure Vessel for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 509*: Stainless-Steel Reactor Vessel for Dounreay Fast Reactor, 610*; Stainless- Steel Vessel for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 665*; Boiler Plant for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 667*
Thompson Kennicott. J., Ltd., Boiler Feed- Water Treatment Plant for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor, 667
Thompson-Schwab, P., on Position and Prospects of Darwins, 742
Thompson, W. B., on Thermonuclear Reaction Rates, 122*
“ Thor ” Type Ramjet Engine for ” Bloodhound ” Guided Missile (Bristol AeroEngines, Ltd.), 601
Thoria-Urania Bodies and Irradiation Studies, 731
Thorium, Action in Nuclear Reactor, 217, 218
— Conversion Product of, 728
— Extraction Treatment and Analysis of
(Review), 242
— Mining of, in China, 733
— Ore, Geology and Location of (Review),
241*
~ Plant, Trombay, 93
— Supplies in Colonies, 31
—? Uranium-Deuterium, THUD Research Programme on Fuel Moderator System Based on, 636, 731
Thorley, W. G. F., on Experimental Spirit, 647 Thorn Electrical Industries, Merger of Radio and Television Receiver Interests with Electric and Musical Industries, 487
Thorne, Miss B. F., on Use of Aluminium in Tele-Communication Cables, 650
Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Passenger Launches for Cia Shell de Venezuela, 127* Thorpe Marsh Power Station, 614 Threads, Screw. See Screw
Threshing Machine, Universal, “KI 17” (VEB Erntebergungsmaschinen Forts- chritt), 628
Thrissell Engineering Co., Ltd., Mechanical Sorting Machines for Post Offices, 694*. See also 678
Thrust Bearing. See Bearing
Thrust Producers, Particle Accelerators as, 220
— of Propellers. See Propellers; Aeronautics THUD Research Programme on Fuel Moderator System Based on Thorium-Uranium- Deuterium, 636, 731
Thurgood, Son and Chidgey, Central Research Building of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633* Thyssen-Hutte, A., Annual Report, 742 Tilbury Docks, Strike of Tally Clerks at, 128 Tiltman Langley, Ltd., Test Rigs for Cabin- Pressure System of Douglas “ DC7.C ” Airliner, 396*
Tilting and Turning Roll Assembly, “ Twin- ner,” for Welding (Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
Timber, Survey for, in British Columbia, 286 Times of India. Readership Survey, 24 Time Measurement, Cinema Film “ The Unforgiving Minute,” on, 599
— and Motion Study, Bad Name of, Comment
on, 288
Timers (Londex, Ltd.), 471
— Eight-Circuit (Electrical Remote Control
Co., Ltd.), 471*
— Pneumatic. “ 9050 Type Q” (Square D,
Ltd.), 56
— Sequence, “ Rodene ” Self-Resetting (D.
Robinson and Co.), 120
Tin Mines in Britain, Statistics, 159
— Price of, 10 Trend of, 389
— Research Institute, Tinplate Handbook, bv
W. E. Hoare (Book), 182
— World Consumption of, 389
Tinplate Handbook, by W. E. Hoare (Book), 182
Tipplers, Rotary Railway-Wagon, for Coke- Oven Plant at Clay Lane Blast Furnace Plant of Dorman Long (Steel), Ltd. (Strachan and Henshaw, Ltd.), 588*
Tirfor, Ltd., “Skyscraper” Climbing Scaffold Winch for Builders’ Cradles, 592
Titanium in Aircraft Industry, Conference on (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 298*
— Alloy. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Bearing Stainless Steel, 65-Ton Cast of at
Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., 507
— Condenser Tubes at Uskmouth Power
Station, 235
— Corrosion-Fatigue Performance, 299
— Extraction, Melting and Working (Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 298*
— Fatigue Strength at High Temperatures, 299
— Galling of, 300. See LETTER, 388
Titanium Production, Properties and Uses (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 298*
— Seizing of, 300
— Tearing of, 300
— Weight-Saving Possibilities for Aircraft, 309
— World Output of, 298
Titanium 130 for Condenser Tubes at Usk- mouth Power Station (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), 235
“ Titromatic ” Analyser for Automatic Chemical Analysis (Electronic Instruments, Ltd.), 419*
“ TJ ” Short-Distance Microwave Relay System with Dual Polarisation, 560* T.N.T./Ammonium Nitrates, Explosives, 460 Tokyo, Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 604
Tolerances in Machine Work. See Gauges; Gauging
Tools, Carving and Letter, Pneumatic, for Stone Workers (Trade Publication), 85
— Ceramic, Bibliography of, 537
— Cutting, New Grades of Carbide Tips
(Wickman, Ltd.), 106*
— Diamond, Manufacture, by Dr. Ing. P.
Grodzinski, 138*
— Follow-On, for Steel-Pen Manufacture
(Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 268*
— Grinder. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
— Holder. See Machine Tools
— and Jigs, Epoxy Resin (Trade Publication),
85
— Machine. See Machine Tools
— Making (Trade Publication), 403
for Steel-Pen Manufacture (Joseph Gillot and Sons, Ltd.), 269*
— Non-Sparking, 595; (Trade Publication),
371
— Pneumatic. See Machine Tools
— Press, Plastics, from Plaster Moulds, Use in
Aircraft Industry, 372*
— Riveting (Trade Publication), 215
— Room at Beans Industries, Ltd., 303
for Steel-Pen Manufacture (Joseph Gillott and Sons, Ltd.), 269*
— Screw Thread, Speedicut Manual of (Book),
182
Tool Steel. See Steel
— Taper-Shank, Hand-Operated Drift for
Removing from Machine Spindle (Insley Industrial Supply Co., Ltd.), 410*
— Tips, Tungsten-Carbide, Expendable (Wick
man, Ltd.), 506*
Toothed Gear. See Gear; Gearing; Marine Propulsion
“ Tornado ” Shot-Cleaning Plant (Trade Publication), 23
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. See Warships Torque-Arm Speed Reducers (J. H. Fenner and Co., Ltd.), 55
— Converter Transmission, Three-Stage,
“ Twin Disc,” for Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive (Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 757*
Torquemeter fn ” Gazelle ” Gas-Turbine Aero Engine, 630*
— Reversible (Trade Publication), 823
— See also Dynamometers
Torsiograph, Seismic, Records, Evaluation of by G. S. Pidd, 687*
” TOS BUA31 ” Hydraulic Universal Cylindrical Grinding Machine, 567
TOS ” Hot 100 ” Slotting Machine, 567* *’ TOS SP
Lathe, 567
Touch, Dr. A. G., Report on Special Investigation into Accident to “ Vulcan ” Aircraft, 483
Towers for 275-kV “ Super-Grid,” Construction of, 532*
Towing, Motor-Car, Problems of, 701. See LETTER, 773
Towler, F. H., on Precision Control of Hydraulic Forging Presses, 747
Town Gas. See Gas
— New, Progress of, 515*
Towveyor System, Use of, at Spares and Parts Depot of Ford Motor Co., at Aveley, 599*
“ Tracdrive ” Mobile Tractor-Mounted Air Compressors (Trade Publication), 85
Trace Record Analyser, Oscar Model ” J ” (Trade Publication), 109
Track Indicator, Radar, for Use with Marconi Marine ” Quo Vadis XII ” and “ Radiolocator IV ” Equipments (Marconi International Marine Communication Co Ltd.), 785
Tracons, Ltd., Light Collapsible Returnable Containers, 279*
Traction Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Electric. See Railways; Trolley 'Bus
— Engine, ” Challenger,” by J. M. C. Winn
804
Tractor, Agricultural, Cultivating Equipment on, 770*
— Crawler, ” Urtrak,” KS30 (VEB Branden-
burger Traktorenwerk), 660*
— Epicyclic Gearbox for. Production of
(Beans Industries, Ltd.), 303*
— Exports of. 708
— Exporting of, to China, 549-550
— Ferguson. “ Watermaster ” Mounted Pump
for Use with (James Beresford «& Son Ltd.), 628*
— Fordson Major, Power-Assisted Steering, Heavy-Duty, “ Hot-Shift ” Forward and
Reverse Gearbox for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.) 730*. See LETTER, 773
— Industry, Position and Prospects of, 41*
— Manufacture in Europe by Massey-Harris-
Ferguson, 229
Model 745 ” Massey-Harris-Ferguson Transmission Cases for. Production of (Beans Industries, Ltd.), 303*
— Mounted Hoist (Glenaldie Woodworking
and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 156*
— Standards for, 255
— Three-Point Linkage, by M. Blom, 133 Trade Agreements with East European
Countries, 323
— Agricultural-Machinery Industry, 41*
Trade, Anglo-Soviet: A Guide for Prospective
Exporters and Importers (Booklet), 774
— Associations, Industrial: Activities and
Organisation (Review), 692
— Commonwealth, Preference on Exports to
Britain, 287
— Co-operation, Organisation for, Formation
of, 807
— Disputes.
— European.
Market
— Exhibition.
— Export, Advertising and Marketing for, 440 Aero-Engines, 582
Agricultural Machinery, 41*. 135, 708 —;—Agricultural Machinery, to China, 549 Agricultural Machinery, Increase in, 550 Aircraft, 74*, 582
Aircraft Industry, Record of, 184 to Argentine Republic, 645
of Asea Organisation, 618* to Australia, Cqrnment_on, £02 to
677
to
to to to
708 to Coal-Mining Machinery, 45* Comment on, 806 to Commonwealth, Discussion In Parlia
ment on,287 to Commonwealth, Increase in, due to
Relaxation of Restrictions, 440 Construction Equipment, 517 Credit for, 536 Cycles, to United States, 486 to Czechoslovakia, Possibilities of, 662 Difficulties of, in Britain and United
States, 312 Domestic Appliances, 78* to East Germany, 660 to Eastern Europe, 322. See also 321 Electrical Products, 77* Electronic Equipment, Group Capt. G.
Fennessy’s Views on, 216 Engineering Industry, 9* Forecast of, 741 Forecast of Increases in, 119 of French Aircraft Industry, 791 General Engineering, 79* German, Strategy in Middle and Far
East, 550
Guide to (General Electric Co.. Ltd.). 184 Importance of Advertising in, 390 Iron and Steel, Comment on Anomalous
Position Arising from 194 to Latin America. 374 Locomotive, 42* Machine Tools, 43* Market Difficulties, 104 Marketing for, 390 Monorail Conveyor System (Road
Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 184
Motor Cars, 456
Motor-Car Industry, 319 Motor Omnibuses, 408 Motor Vehicles, 76*, 135 Need for Increase in, 449, 581, 645 New Ideas, 327
to New Zealand, Increase in, due to
Relaxation of Restrictions, 440 Plastics, 426 to Poland, Possibilities of, 662 Position and Prospects of, 263 Radar Apparatus, 78* Radio Apparatus, 78* Radioactive Isotopes, 93 Railway Rolling Stock, 42* Returns for February, 1957, 390 to Russia, 774 to Russia, Possibilities of, 662 Shipbuilding Industry, 73* to South America, 645 to Soviet Bloc, 322. See also 321 with Spain, Opportunities for, 518 Steel Plates, 357 Steel Plate, Increase in Price of, 71 Steel Tubes, 682* Television Apparatus, 78* Textile Machinery, 44* Tractors, 41 *, 708 Tractors, to China, 549 to United States, Analysis of Influences
Against, 312
to United States, Opportunities for, 729 Universal Export Service of Dohm
Croup, Ltd., 664 to Venezuela, 645 —? Fair. See Exhibition
Trade Fairs and Promotions, Ltd., Industrial Textiles Trade Fair, 491
— Free, European. See European and Free
Trade Area
— Import, during 1956, 263 Automatic Lathes, 778* from Canada, 807 Comment on, 806
from Commonwealth, Discussion in
Parliament on, 287
Iron and Steel, Discussion on Reduction of Tariffs, 742
Steel Scrap, Restriction on, 807
Synthetic Rubber, Discussion in Parliament on, 351
— Publications, 23, 51, 85, 109, 147, 182 215
311, 371, 403, 535, 659, 693, 756, 789, 822 Request for, 616
— Returns, World, 390
— Tariffs and, General Agreement on. Pro
gress of, 598
Trade, Tariffs and, General Agreement on. Activities of, 807
Treaties with Australia and Japan,2^ between Australia and United Kingdom, 677
— Unions. See Labour .
United States, Signs ol Decline in Boom, 296 World, United Kingdom’s Share in, 390 See also European Conunon Market and Free Trade Area
Traffic at Roundabouts, Discussion in Parliament on, 671 ,
Trailer for Mobile Sub-Station for Damodar Valley Electric Scheme, India (R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd.), 439*
Train Control, Automatic, Progress of, 767
— Electric, Three-Car Multiple-Unit, for
London Midland Region of British Railways, 758*
— See also Railway
Training Factory Workers (Review), 108 Training. See Education “Traktor” Submerged-Arc Automatic Welding Machine (Kjellberg G.m.b.H.), 267
“ Tramontane ” Turbo-Gas Generators (Turbomeca), 791 *
“ Tranquiliser ” Drugs, Report on, by World Health Organisation, 384
Trans-Canada Air Lines, “Vanguard Airliners for (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 62*
Transatlantic Cable, Monitoring Equipment for (Kolster-Brandes, Ltd.), 525
— Telephone Cable for Canadian Traffic, 651 Cable System, Meeting on. See Electrical Engineers, Institution oj
Transducers, Barium Titanate, Use of, for Delay Line for Computers, 715
— Ceramic, Lead-Titanate/Lead-Zirconate
(Radio Heaters, Ltd.), 360
— Electro-Mechanical, by Dr. A. J. King, 593 Torsional, Use with Disc-Loaded Delay
Lines for Automatic Computers, 787* Transformations, Phase, in Metals, Mechanism of (Book), 789
Transformers (Trade Publication), 789
— Bridge, “ B.221 ” (Wayne Kerr Labora
tories), 221 *
— Control, Tap-Changer Gear for (Fuller
Electrical and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 472*
— Current, Oil-Filled (Trade Publication), 823 for 500-MVA 11-kV Resin Insulated
Air-Break Circuit-Breaker (A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd.), 490*
Unconventional, 593
— Differential, Sensitive, Pullmeter, Load-
Measuring Device (Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd.), 622*
— Distribution, by S. Z. de Ferranti, 813
— Forced-Oil Air-Blast Cooler for (British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd.), 719*
— Furnace, 3-Phase, 4,140-kVA, at Portishead
Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., 467
— for 132 kV and Higher Voltages, by E. C.
Rippon, 813
— “ Hitemp,” for Power Distribution in
Aircraft (Ferranti, Ltd.), 505*
— Laminations, Stress Relieving, in Con
tinuous Furnace, 523*
— Power (Standard Telephones and Cables,
Ltd.), 472
40() kV, Single Phase (British Thomson- Houston Co., Ltd.), 785
— for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
— Rural Distribution, “ Lock Wound Core ”
(Ferranti, Ltd.), 473
— for Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station,
11 140-kV, (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 356
— for 275-kV “ Super-<jrid,” Design of, 532
— Testing, 700-kVA, at National Physical
Laboratory, 714*
— Units at Switchgear Testing Station
Trafford Park, Manchester, 436*
— Windings, Use of Aluminium Instead
Copper for. Economic Advantage of, F. W. Gee and R. J. Gresley, 650
Transistor Amplifiers (Venner Electronics, Ltd.), 589*
200 MW, for Use in Printed Circuits (Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd.), 505*
— Applications of, 690*
of, at Radio Components Show, 505*
— Computer, Memory Matrix for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 360
— for Higher Temperatures, 821
-- Instrument for Testing (Baird Associates- Atomic Instrument Co.), 120*
— Physics, Technology and Circuit Applications of, by L. P. Hunter (Book), 333
—’Production at Southampton Factory of Mullard, Ltd., 690*
— in Radio and Television, by M. S. Kiver
(Review), 332
— Replacement of, in High-Speed Calculators, 552
— Silicon, 821
“ PNP ” Type, for High Temperatures (Raytheon Manufacturing Co.), 580
— as Switches in Computers, 550 “Transitect” Portable Light-Weight Metal
Detector (Metal Detection, Ltd.), 810* Translation of Language, Electronic Reading Automaton (ERA) for (Solartron Electronic Business Machines, Ltd.), 349*
Transmission Accessories, Ltd., Power-Pushed Conveyor with Loose Pallets, 605
— Cases, Production of, for “ Model 745 ” Massey-Harris-Ferguson Tractors (Beans Industries, Ltd.), 303*
— Dynamometer. See Dynatnotneter
— Electric, Ship Propulsion. See Marine Propulsion
— Gear. See Gear; Gearing: Marine Propulsion
— High-Voltage, Economic Aspects of, by F. J. Lane and W. Casson, 813
— Hydraulic, for “ Hydrocar ” 2-Ton Industrial Truck (Giildner-Motoren-Werke), 278*
— Infinitely-Variable, New, by Prof. W. S. Rouverol, 754*
Transmission Lincs, High-Voltage, of Central Ele.fic.ty Authority, Application of Alu- miriim and Its Alloys to, by G. B. Jackson, 650
in North Iraq, Contract for (Balfour Beatty «&, Co., Ltd.), 678
— Power. See Marine Propulsion; Power
Transmission
— Switchgear for 132 kV and Higher Voltages,
by C. H. Flurscheim, 812
— Torque Converter, Three-Stage, “ Twin-
Disc," for Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive (Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 757*
— Unit, Frictionless, for Precision Bench
Comparator (British Indicators, Ltd.),189*
— Vibration and Noise of. Causes and
Remedies of, 718*
Transmitter, Television, New, at Black Hill, Lanarkshire, 792
at Rosemarkie, 703
— Very-High-Frequency, 10-kW, at Holme
Moss (Marconi's Wireless Telegraoh Co Ltd.), 21
Transmitting Station, Very-High-Frequency, at Holme Moss, 21
Transparent Materials, Polyphasic Nature of, 397*
Transport, Aerial. See Aeronautics
— and Civil Aviation, Ministry of: Financial
Losses at Civil Airports, 167; Dangers of Using Methyl Chloride in Ships’ Refrigerating Machinery, 370; Microwave Beacon for Use by Fishing Vessels in Poor Visibility, 407*; Village Bus (Book on Rural Traffic Problems), 543
— Equipment, Trading Possibilities with East
Germany, 662
— and General Workers
Labour
— institute of: Annual
Public Relations, by Branckner Memorial mics of Speed: Transport Aircraft, by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtle- side, 244*
— Motor. See Road; Motor; Motorways
— Operational Research Approach to Prob
lems of, 353
— Railway.
— Road, f
Trolley
— Salaried
British Offer, Wages
— Vehicles
British, 408
Transportation Equipment Industry, Canada, Expenditure of, 422
Transporter, Aircraft, Skid-Wheel, Development of, 494*
Travelling Crane. See Crane
Trawlers Grimsby, Ltd., “Accountant" Prize for Company Report of 647
Trays, Storage, “ Kabi " (Trade Publication), 183
“ Treaty," Discussion in Parliament on Significance of Word, 511
Trend Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Portable Hacksaw for Pipes or Metal Sections, 761 * Trevithick Site Museum. 5
Trials, Adhesion, on “BB12000 " Electric Locomotives of French Railways, 792*
— Sea, on the “ Lubumbashi," Cargo Motor
ship, by Prof. G. Aertssen, 587; Discussion on, 587
Tribromide, Boron (Borax Consolidated, Ltd.), 621
Tributyl Phosphate, Use in Nuclear Fuel Processing, 314
“Trident II" Rocket-Powered Interceptor Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 711
Trigger Circuit for Providing Output Pulses at Carrier Frequency (Furzehill Laboratories, Ltd.), 360
Trigonometry, Tables of, by M. Boll (Book), 465
Triplex Safety Glass, Annual Report, 328 “ Triton ” Nuclear Powered Submarine, Development of, 540
Trolley Bus, Development of, by H. Brearly (Review), 632
— for Towveyor System at Spares and Parts
Depot of Ford Motor Co., at Aveley, 599*
Trollope &. Colls, Ltd., Civil Contractors Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., 93
Trombay, Nuclear Energy Development 92*, 93
Troup, J. D.: on Dr. Ludwig Mond, 38; Brains in Series, 773
Truck Acts, Plea for Amendment of, 222
— Electrically-Operated, “ Stacatrucs "
Lloyds,
— Travelling-Wave, in Lisbon-Montijo Radio- Telephone System, 183*
— Types “ NVI.400 ” and “ NVI.450,” for Use with “Raymax 150” Lightweight Radiographic Equipment (Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd), 593*
— See also Pipes
Tubular Steel Frames for Scaffolding (VEB Wutra-Werk), 627
Tucker, R. S., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Tuckey, C. R. D., Report on World Tour, 24 Tufnol, Ltd., “ Tufnol ” Insulation, 473* Tugs, Paddle, Die^el-Eleclric, for Royal Dockyards, 445*
Tulloch. D. S., on Electrolytic Descaling of Ferrous-Metal Containers, 425
Tungsten Carbide Coating for Dies (Union Carbide International Co.), 362
Expendable Tool Tips (Wickman, Ltd.), 506*
Extrusion and Blanking Dies, Spark Cutting of, 267
— Lamps. See Lamps under Electric
— Ores, Disposal of, by British Tungsten, 389 Production and Stocks of. United States,
389
World Production of, 389
— Over-Production of, 389
— Prices of, Comment on, 389 in United States, 390
Tunnels and Bridges of the World, Famous, by H. A. Hartley (Book), 215
— Channel. See Channel Tunnel
— Dartford-Purfleet, Commencement of, 222
— Endurance, for Electric Motors at British
Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., 620*
— Failures, by R. Hammond (Review), 434
— under Mont Blanc, Approval for, 358
— Severn, Pumping Stations, Electrification of,
341*
— Tyne, Prospects, Discussion in Parliament
on. 767
— Water, for Testing Screw Propellers at
National Physical Laboratory, 501*
Turbine Blades, Effect of Potential Flow through, by T. Ginsburg (Book), 271
— Compressor, in ” Gazelle ” Gas-Turbine
Aero Engine, 629*
—? Francis, Horizontal, for Hydraulic Turbo- Generator at D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., 54*
— Front-End Pedestal (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co., Ltd.), 761*
— Gas, Aircraft, by C. W. Smith (Book), 563 Aircraft, Simulated Flight Testing of, by
H. Constant, 750*
Blades, Pitch Errors in, Fir-Tree Roots of. Device for Measuring, 714*
Discs, Pitch Errors in, Fir-Tree Roots of, Device for Measuring, 714*
Effect of Intercooling on Dr. B. W. Martin, 272*. 356, 421, 516*
Establishment, National. Gas Turbine Establishment
” Gazelle,” for Helicopters with Shaft Drive (D. Napier and Son, Ltd.), 629*
Generating Sets for Oil-Fields, 7 High-Temperature Liquid-Cooled, Ceramic Nozzle Blades for. Investigation on, at Pametrada Research Station, 272*
Improving Performance of, by F. J. Bayley, and N. Bell, 300*
Improving Performance of, by Dr. B. W. Martin, 272*. See LETTERS, 356, 421, 516*
Installation of, for Supply of Power at Northern Outfall Works of London County Council, 730. See also 478
Locomotives, Coal-Burning, Study of, by Bituminous Coal Research Inc., 337
Turbine Blades, Marine, 1,000 h.p., “ Saturn for United States Navy (Solar Aircraft Co.), 341
Motor Car, Development of (Austin Motor Co., Ltd.), 318
Multi-Purpose, Production, 2,700-h.p., “ EM27P ” (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 468*
for New Sewage Sedimentation Plant at Northern Outfall Works (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 478. See also 730
Refractory Stator Blades for, 234
Research Facilities of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 633*
Small, Fuel Control Unit for (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 792*
Thermal Efficiency at High Temperatures, by Dr. B. W. Martin, 272*
Type EM27P (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 337
Vertical Shaft Reaction Type, for Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station (Engf.’sh Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 355*
See also Engines under Aeronautics
— Hydraulic. See also Power Plant; Water
Wheels
— Kaplan (Type 5K53) Runner, Five-Vane,
569*
— for “ Lenin ** Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker
Vessel, Completion of, 382
— Pumps. See Pianps^ Centrifugal
— Shaft Displacement, Instrument for Mea
surement of, by C. A. Scoles, 786*
?— Steam, Back-Pressure (VEB Gorlitzer
Maschinenbau), 627*
Blading for. See Blades: Blading
Condensing, 2-5 to 6 MW (Skoda), 568* Locomotive, by C. R. H. Simpson, 290* Marine, Geared. See Marine Propulsion at National Gas Turbine Establishment, 781*
for Nuclear-Powered Submarine. Order for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 442
See also Turbo-Generators
— Steamers. See Steamers; Warships
— Utilisation of Diesel Engine Gases in, by
Dr. W. A. Pullman, 14*
— Vertical Shaft Francis Reaction Type, for
Salime Hydro-Electric Power Station (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.). 355*
Turbo-Alternators, Boilers for, Decrease in Spare Capacity of, by F. J. Hutchinson, 276*
Changes in, by F. J. Hutchinson, 277* Industry, Effect of Technical Change on, 708
Manufacturers, Contribution to Technical Advancement and to National Economy, by L. S. Robson, 812
— Blower, 150,000-cub. fl., at Appleby-Frod-
ingham Steel Co., 107
— Chargers for High-Speed Diesel Engines
(C.A.V.. Ltd.). 22*
Radial-Flow. Small, Design of, by C. A. Judson and E. Kellett, 560
— Charging of Small Diesel Engines, by C. H.
Bradbury, 560
— Electric System, Ship Propulsion. See Marine
Propulsion
— Generator Efficiencies, Standard of Com
parison, by E. T. G. Emergy, 144*. See LETTER, 228
Hydraulic, 100-kW, at D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., 54*
Plant Installed by Cen.ral Electricity Authority in 1956, 61*
Set, 25-MW (VEB Bergmann-Borsig), 627 Set, 5-MW (VEB Turbinenfabrik), 627 Set. 5-MW, with Double-Cased Bled- Steam Condensing Turbine (VEB Turbinenfabrik), 324*
See also Generator, Electric
Turbojet Engine House for Wind Tunnel, Silencing, by Dr. A. J. King, 142*
Turbomachinery, Principles of, by D. 'G. Shepherd (Book), 721
Turbomeca: Gas-Turbine Production, 689; Gas-Turbine Aero Engines Manufactured by, 791*
Turbulence Investigations of Wind Gust Patterns in Orkney, by M. P. Wax, 554*
Turner Brothers Asbestos Co., Ltd., “ Dura- glas " Pure Glass Textiles, 491
Turner, L., &. Co., Ltd., Braided-Rubber
Cords and Rings for Shock-Absorbing and Suspension Requirements and Rigid or Braided-Rubber Endless Round Driving Belts, for Light High-Speed Machinery, 491
Turning. See Turret Lathes.
Tools
“TuRTG2" Radiation Unit for Deep Radiation Therapy (VEB Transformatoren und Rdntgenwerk), 660*
Tussaud's. Madame, Ltd., Zeiss Planetarium for, 258*
Twentieth Century Electronics, Ltd., Boron 10 Separation Plant, 30
“ Twin Disc ” Three-Stage Torque Converter Transmission for Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive (Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co., Ltd.), 757*
Twining, R., «& Co., Ltd., History of, 576 “Twinner” Automatic Welding-Head Manipulator (Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
— Tilting and Turning Roll Assembly for
Welding (Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
Twist Drill. See Drill under Machine Tools
Tyne Tunnel Prospects, Discussion in Parliament on, 767
Tyres, Motor, Vulcanising by Irradiation (National Reactor Testing Station), 283
— Rubber, Nylon-Corded, for Earth-Moving
Machine (British Nylon Spinners. Ltd. 491
u
UGANDA, Economic Development of, 198
— Electrical Development in, 422
Uganda, Electricity Consumption and Requirements, 774
“ Ultra-Light ” Helicopter, Application of Pressure-Jet Development Work to, 590* Ultrasonic Continuous-Scan Automatic Flaw- Detection Equipment, “ Autosonirs " (Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), Ltd.), 377*
— Drill, New Accessories for 50-Watt (Mullard
Ltd.), 117*
— Flaw Detector, Solus-Schall, Use on Rotor
Forgings, 140*
— Testing, Applications, 652*
— — of Heavy Steel Products, by I. M.
Mackenzie and Dr. R. Kennedy, 652*. See LETTER, 772
Techniques, 652*, 654*
— Waves for Freezing Milk, 422 Underground, Railway, Glasgow, Colour-
Light Signals for, 181 *
at Mount Pleasant, Newcomen Society’s Visit to, 763
See also London Transport Executive Unemployment. See Labour
UNESCO. See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
“ Unforgiving Minute," Cinema Film on Time Measurement, 599
Unified Screw Thread, 774 Unilever, Ltd.: Annual Report, 615, 679 Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., Nuclear Research Centre, Sterling Forest, 574
Union Carbide International Co., New Equipment for Cutting and Welding, 361 Union-Melt Welding Heads (Union Carbide International Co.), 36!
— Trade. See Labour
Units and Constants, Tables of, by M. Boll (Book), 465
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Long- Term Wage Agreement with General Motcrs, 677; Constitution and Activities of, 677
United Construction Co., Ltd., Monorail Conveyor System, 184
United Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Formation of, 598
— Kingdom Atomic-Energy Achievements,
Criticism of, by United States, 642
Atomic Energy Authority: Appointment of Dr. F. A. Tatford as Director of Contracts, 575; Exhibits at Hanover Trade Fair. 575; Irradiation Facilities, at Wantage, 804*
Chamber of Shipping of. See Shipping, Chamber of
Co-operation with United States on Atomic Energy for Civil Use, 191
Co-operation with Western Europe on Atomic Energy Matters, 383
Defence Policy, White Paper on, 642. See also Defence
Economy of. Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Heavy Engineering Mission to India, Report of, 375
Nuclear Energy in. by J. C. Duckworth and W. H. C. Pilling, 812
Organisations of Interest to Technical Information Services (Pamphlet), 502 Production of Plastics in. 426
Representation of, on Preparatory Commission of International Atomic Energy Agency, 415
Share in World Trade, 390 Trade Treaty with Australia, 294, 677 Trade Treaty with Japan, 294 ?— Nations Economic Commission for . and Far East, Economic Survey of . and Far East, 1956, 440
United Nations Educational, Scientific Cultural Organisation: Conference Radioisotopes, 155, 796; Place of Sport in Education (Brochure), 160; “The Travelling Journeyman Takes the Road Again (Book), 352
Report on Technical Assistance Programme, 778
Scientific Committee, Work on Radiation Hazards at Sea, 543
Statistical Office, 1956 Statistical Yearbook, 455
•— Pattern Makers Association. See Pattern Makers Association under Labour
— Society of Boilermakers. See Boilermakers
under Labour
— States, Accident Prevention, Occupational,
in (Booklet), 192
Agreement with Poland on Surplus Farm Products and Mining Machinery, 778
Army, Purchase of DHC4 “ Caribou ’’ Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft (de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.), 396*
United States Atomic Energy Commission: Expenditure in 1956, 29; Closure of Heavy Water Plant at Dana, Indiana, 153; Progress of Reactor Projects, 153*, 154*; Rejection of Reactor Projects by City of Holyoke, City of Orlando and Florida University, 187; Power Demonstration Reactor Programme, Proposals Made to, 187; Co-operation with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 191 ; Nuclear Reactor Developments, 281 *; Publication of Patent on Water Corrosion, 282; Publication of Patent on Fast Reactor Circulating System, 282; Symposium on Radiation Hazards: Atomic Energy, Medicine and Research, by C. L. Dunham, 454; Radioactive Fall-Out from Bomb Explosions, by C. W. Shilling, 454; Assistance for Nuclear Power Plant at Monroe, Michigan, 476; Shut-Down of SIR Reactor. 540; Stellarator for Research into Thermonuclear Fusion, 540; Future Programme, 635; Revised Cost Estimates for Experimental Reactors, 795; Licence to ACF Industries for Export to Italy of Research Reactor. 796. See also Argonne National Laboratory
Bureau of Mines: Flameproof Lamp for Photography in Coal Mines, 27*; Fluorescent Lighting in Coal-Mines, 141
United States Bureau of Standards of Industrial Engineering, Cinema Film ‘‘ Dollars and Sense,” on Job Simplification, 435
Congessional Hearings on Automation and Technical Change, by United Statts Congressional Sub-Committee on Economic Stabilisation, 296
Consumer Credit in, 536
Co-operation with United Kingdom on Atomic Energy for Civil Use, 191
Criticism of United Kingdom Atomic- Energy Achievements, 642
Depression Fears in, 197 Dust Bowl, Tragedies of, 166 Economic Co-operation with Other Countries, 807
Eisenhower Doctrine on Middle East, 39 Emigration of Young People to, Discussion in Parliament on, 415
Engineering Education in, Survey of, 194 Engineering Industry in. Part Played by Consumer Credit in Growth of, 536
Exploitation of Nickel Deposits in, by International Nickel Co. of Canada, 357 Export of Cycles to, 486
Export Trade to. Analysis of Influences Against, 312
Export Trade Difficulties in, 312 Interest in European Markets, 374 Investments Abroad, 487
Licensing of Engineers in, Regulations for, 195*
Marketing Techniques for Soap, Detergents, Paint and Varnishes in, Report on, 776
Military Service in, Views of T. R. Jones on, 296
Motor-Car Industry, Constitution of, 677 Motor-Car Industry’s Interest in. 456 National Science Foundation, Research and Development by Non-Profit Research Institutes and Commercial Laboratories, 201
Navy. See United States under Warships Nuclear Developments Survey, 28 Nuclear Energy News, 153*
Nuclear Power Plants, Anticipated Construction and Output of, 474*
Nuclear Power Plants, List of, 475* Nuclear Power Plants, Plans for New, 346
Nuclear Power Projects, Increases in Capital Cost of, 635
Nuclear Reactors, Cost Estimates, 795 Nuclear Reactors, Electrical Output of, by W. R. Libby, 476
Nuclear Reactor Projects, 635
Nuclear Reactors, Research Projects, 282*
Nuclear Reactors for Research and Testing in, 281 *
Oil Industry, Leading Part in, 614
Older Workers in, 736
Pensions Agreements in, 704
Project Sherwood, Progress on Fusion Studies, 59
Research and Development in, Cost of, 198
Research in. Survey of, 201
Retail Establishments, Service Provided in, by Sir W. Puckey (Booklet), 729
Road Accidents and Car Design, Research on, 87
Sales of Submersible Pumps in (Sumo Pumps, Ltd.), 312
Sales of Telecommunication Test Equipment in, 312
Security of Workers in. Comment on, 128 Share in World Trade, 390
Signs of Decline in Trade Boom, 296 United States Steel Corp., Annual Report, 389 Steel Scrap, Restriction on Importation of, 807
Strategic China, 440 United States Britain of Multi-Slide
Small Pressings, 205*
Trading with. Opportunities for, 729 Tungsten Ore, Production and Stocks of, 389
Tungsten, Price of, 390 Uranium Production, 220 Wage Agreements in, 455 World Trade Fair (New York), 598 See also America: American United Steel Companies, Ltd.: Annual Report, 8; Problems of Expanding Steel Production, 71; Annual Report, 71; Report for Employees (Brochure), 389; “ Accountant ” Prize for Company Report of, 647
United Steel Structural Co., Ltd., Erection of New Buildings for New Bar and Rod Rolling Mill at Stocksbridge Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd.. 755
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 328
— Decimal Classification, Abridged English
Edition, B.S. lOOOA. Note on, 403
Classification, by R. Singh, 551*
— Grinding Machine. See Grinding Machine
under Machine Tools
“Universal 10” Self-Contained 10-kW Radio Frequency Induction Heater for Brazing, Hardening, Soldering or Annealing (Trade Publication), 789
Universities, Applications for Admission to, Comment on Report on, 832
— British, Scientific Research in (1955-56), 201
— College (London). SQQ London University
— and Colleges, Residential Accommodation
at. Comment on, 577
— College (Swansea), Study of Ionosphere
during International Geophysical Year, 286
— Development. 1952-1956, Interim Report
on, 482
— Education, Debate in House of Lords on,
703
of Physicists in (Report), 832
— Lecturers, Salaries of, 354
— Quinquennial Grant for, 703
— Teachers, Salaries of, 354
Universities. See also Education
Upham, J. W. and A., Ltd., “ Mayflower II,” 579*
Upholstery, New Construction Methods, 198 Upper Atmosphere. See Atmosphere
— Middle Classes, Finances and
Habits of, 96
“ Uralmash 3D ” Drilling Rig for
Turbine and Rotary Drilling of
to Purchase from Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasalard, by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 697
— Casting, High-Frequency Induction Vacuum
Furnaces for (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 727
— Centre Temperatures in Nuclear Reactors,
380
— Contract for Purchase of, from Canadian
Government Agency, 423
— Deposit, Brazil, 154 in Britain, 703
— Developments in United States, 29
— Extraction Treatment and Analysis of
(Review), 242
— Fuel Elements, Cost of, 636
Elements, Cottrell Effect in, 381
for Nuclear Power Stations, Cost of, for Britain’s Programme, 345
— Mining of, in China, 733
— Ore, Geology and Location of (Review),
241*
— Oxide, from Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland, Interest of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in, 423
?— Plant in Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 423
— on Plastic Tape as Nuclear Fuel, 251
— Price of, 30, 764
— Production in Canada, 423
in Japan, 28
Order of Countries in, 220
in Sweden, 828*
of, to Withstand Higher Temperatures, Work on, 381
— Refining Plant in Sweden, Plans for, 828
— Requirements of Nuclear Power Stations,
424, 479
— Supplies, 423
in Colonies, 31
and Production Statistics, 124
and Sources, 479
— Transformations in Nuclear Reactor, 313*
— World Production of, 30
Uranium 233, Critical Mass of. Measurement of, 443
Uranium 235, Critical Mass of. Measurement of, 443
(Critical Size of, 411
Fission Cross-Sections, 412*
Uranium 238 Absorption Cross-Sections, 412* Urben, T. P. A., on Aluminium in British Telephone Service, 650
Ure, Dr. Andrew, Anniversary of, 6
“ Uropal ” Tinted Glass for Prevention of Eye Strain due to Infra-Red Radiation (Zeiss Foundation), 785
Urquhart, Dr. D. J., on Projected National Lending Library for Science and Technology, Note on, 632
“ URS-55 ” Table X-Ray Set for Structural Analysis, 566*
“ Urtrak" Crawler Tractor, KS30 (VEB Brandenburger Traktorenwerk), 660*
Utrecht Trade Fair, British Exhibit at, 569 Urwick, Lt.-Col. L., Invitations to Lecture in United States, 312
Urwick, Orr and Partners, Ltd., Management Course for Retailers, 96
Uskmouth Power Station, Titanium Condenser Tubes at, 235
“ V17085 ” High-Temperature Phenolic Laminating Resin (Bakelite. Ltd.), 588 V-Jewel Bearings for Instruments, 236* Vacuum Brake. See Brake
— Melting of High-Temperature Materials, 234
— Pump. See Pump
— Tubes as Switches in Computers, 552 Unreliability of, in Electronic Automation, 296
See also X-Rays; Telegraphy, Wireless; Telephony, Wireless; Valves
Valentine, A. B. B., Remarks on Wage Claim by National Union of Railwaymen, 320 Valve-Air Cylinder Units, Standard, New
Methods of Mounting (British Bellows), 409*
— Characteristics, Use of Universal Type BAK
“ Koordinatograph ” for Automatically Reproducing, 324*
— Concentric, System, for Internal Combus
tion Engines, by Dr. A. J. Buchi, 797* in Telescope or Concentric Valve System, 797*
— Control, Pneumatic (Midland Pneumatic,
Ltd.), 406
— Diaphragm (Saunders Valve Co., Ltd.), 605
— Electronic, Monopolies Commission Report
on, 230
— Gears in Steam Locomotives, Experiments
on, by C. R. H. Simpson, 81*. See LETTER, 647
— Hydraulic (Plessey Co., Ltd.), 181* with Hand or Compressed Air Control
for Pressures up to 10,000 lb. per sq. in. (George Ellison, Ltd.), 605
— Oscillators (Mullard, Ltd.), 360
— for Petroleum Industry (Trade Publication),
789
— Rubber-Lined Straight-Through, “ Lina-
tex ” (Trade Publication), 215
— Seats, Machine for Lapping, in Situ (Hop-
kinsons, Ltd.), 379*
Valve Solenoid Flow, “ Flowmax ” for Hot or Cold Water Systems (Trade Publication), 403
Operated, for Large Flows at High Pressures (Teddington Industrial Equipment, Ltd.), 503*
Operated Water-Flow Control (Trade Publication), 109
— Stainless-Steel, from Stock (Langley Alloys,
Ltd.), 798
— in Steam Locomotives, Experiments on,
by C. R. H. Simpson, 81*. See LETTER, 647
— Steel. See Steel
— Thermionic. See also Telenraphy^ Wireless:
Telephony, Wireless
— Turbine. Straight-Flow, for Salime Hydrc -
Electric Power Station (English Electric Export and Trading Co., Ltd.), 355*
— and Valve Gear. See also Engines
Van de Graaff Accelerator, 500-KeV, at Magnolia Petroleum Co., 442
2-MeV, at Nuclear Research Centre of Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., 442
— Electrostatic Generator at Atomic Weapons
Research Establishment, 346*
Generator, Definition of, 539 Vanadium, Atomic-Energy Applications of, 198
— Supplies and Uses, 198
“ Vanguard ” Airliners for Trans-Canada Air Lines (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.), 62*
Vansittart, G. N., on Position and Prospects of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., 455
Vapour Container for APPR Nuc’ear Reactor, (Bethlehem Steel Corp.), 603
Variable-Speed Gear. See Gears
Varian Associates, Type V-4800 Electron Linear Accelerator, 573
Varnishes, Exhibition of Developments in, 393
— Marketing Techniques for, in the United
States, Report on, 776
Vatican Palaces, Radioactive Lightning Conductor for, 283
Vatric Control Equipment, Ltd., Duralumin Machined Baseplate for Trial Rigs, 730* “ Vautour" Two-Seat Allweather Fighter Aircraft (Sud Aviation), 712
— Tactical-Support and Bomber Aircraft
(Sud Aviation), 688*
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.: Expansion of Education Centre, 160; Press Pre-View of “Victor” Motor Car, 197; 97-h.p.,
2,800 r.p.m., Diesel Engine for Bedford Trucks, 209*; “Victor” Motor Car, by G. Wilkins, 285; Annual Report, 455. 615; New Engine and Gearbox for “ Velox ” and ” Cresta ” Motor-Cars, 778 ” VC-10” Air-liner for British Overseas Airways Corporation (Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft). Ltd.), 676
Veazie, E. A., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
VEB Baumaschinen, “ SBF4 ” Concrete Road Finisher, 627
— Bergmann-Borsig, 25-MW Turbo-Generator
Set, 627
— Bodenbearbeitungsgeriite, Combination
Planting Machine, 628
— Brandenburger Traktorenwerk, “ Urtrak ”
Crawler Tractor KS30, 660*
— Buchbindereimaschinenwerk,
Book Press, 628
— Carl Zeiss, Equipment for Nuclear Research,
660* See also Zeiss
— Elfa, ” Piccolo ” Small Mechanical Milker,
628
— Erntebergungsmaschinen Fortschritt,
“ K.I17 ” Universal Thresher, 628
— Fahrzeugwerk, Small Tip Truck, 325*
— Feinmesszeugfabrik Suhl, Precision Testing
Instrument for Micro-Teeth, 660
— Giesserei und Maschinenbau Ferdinand
Kunert, “ FRPS 160” Jolt Squeeze Flask (Moulding Box) Lifting Machine, 626
— Gdrlitzer Maschinenbau, Back-Pressure
Steam Turbine, 627*
— Kema, Finishing Rolls for Fine Crushing of
Lime Marl and Clay-Containing Stone, 626
— Knohoma, High-Speed Band-Sawing
Machine, 628
— Kranbau, Travelling Grab Crane, 626
— Landmaschinenbau Bernberg, Type 182
Automatic Ridge Drill, 628
— Leipziger Eisen und Stahlwerke, “ FKS2 ”
Bench-Type Core-Making Equipment, 626
— Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke
Hans Baimler, “ EL3 ” (BoBo) Industrial Electric Locomotive, 660*
— Maschinenbau, Three-Stage Coke-Oven Gas
Compressor of Horizontal Twin Design, 323*
?— Maschinenbau Burg, Universal Sorting Machine for Sizing Fruit and Vegetables, 660
— Maschinenfabrik Heidenau, Semi-Automa
tic Pendulum Power Press for Embossing Soaps, 660
— Meaning of, 325
— Montan, Portable Belt Conveyors Capable
of Vertical Adjustment, 626
— Regulus Betonmischerbau, 13,00-4 Con
crete Mixer and Batcher, 627
— Saxonia Fleischereimaschinenfabrik
“ CAM80 ” Automatic Sausage Dividing: and Filling Machine, 660; “ ETW ” High- Capacity Electrical Meat Chopper. 660
— Schwermaschinenbau: 15-metric ton Claw
Crane, 323*; “ Rapid III ” Rotating
Hammer-Head Tower Crane, 323* ; Spherical Shovelling Machine with Diesel Generator and Materials, 324*; 627*; Spherical Machine, 627*
— Transformatoren und Rdntgenwerk: Radio
active-Isotope Manipulating Unit for Non-Destructive Workshop Testing, 660*; “ TuRTG2 ” Radiation Unit for Deep Radiation Therapy, 660*
— Turbinenfabrik: 5-MW Turbo-Generator
Set with Double-Cased Bled-Steam Condensing Turbine, 324*; 5-MW Turbo- Generator Set, 627
VEB Verlade und Transportanlagenbau. “RapidlH” Rotating Hammer-Head Tower Crane, 323*
— Verpackungs und Schokoladen Maschincn,
Bar-Packing Machine, Type “ U460,” 660; Sweet-Packing Machine, 660; “ APM ” Fully Automatic Packing Plant for Bagged Materials, 660
— Werkzeugmaschinen und Vorrichtungsbau,
“ SASLI25 ” Centreless Grinding Machine, 628*
— Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Naumburg,
“ SZSM4 ” Four-Spindle Honing and Lapping Machine, 628*
— Wutra-Werk, Tubular Steel Frames for
Scaffolding, 627
Marx Stadt, “ ZStWZ Rolling Machine, 628*
Vectorscope for Checking Colour Television Signals (Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 723*
Vegetable Matter, Waste, Burning in Steam Power Plant, 417
— Universal Sorting Machine for Sizing
(VEB Maschinenbau Burg), 660
Vehicles, Commercial. See Motor yehides
— Military, “ B ” Series, West German Army,
Petrol Engines for (Rolls-Royce, Ltd.), 248
— Railway, Industry, Trading Returns, 390 Velocity Pick-Up for Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope, for Indicating Gas Speed, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 368*
“Velonic” Electronic Control System (Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd.), 470
“ Velox ” Motor-Car, New Engine and Gearbox for (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 778
Venezuela, Export Trade with, 374, 645
Venner Electronics, Ltd., Transistor Amplifiers, 589*
Ventilating Engineering, National College for. See National College
— and Heating. See Heating and yentilating Engineers, Institution of. See Heating Ventilation of Buildings at Dounreay, 726
— in Channel Tunnel Project, 740*
— and Heating of Horticultural Glasshouse,
771
— and Insulation in Dounreay Fast Breeder
Reactor (Henry Hargreaves and Sons, Ltd.), 509
Ventilators, Dual-Purpose, Smoke and Heat Exhaust, for Test Building for Control of Fires in Factory Buildings (Colt Ventilation, Ltd.), 745*
Versatile Fittings (W. H. S.), Ltd., “ Vizusell ” Adjustable Racks, 406
Very-High-Frequency Sound and Television Transmitting Station in Orkneys, Proposal for, 703
Frequency Sound Transmitting Station at Kirk o’ Shotts, 703
Frequency Sound Transmitting Station at Rosemarkie, 703
Vessels, Fishing, Microwave Beacon for Use by, in Poor Visibility, 407*
Viaduct. See also Bridges
“ Vibrac V 30 ” Nickel-Chromium-Molyb- denum Steel, Fatigue Under Triaxial Stress in. 428*
Vibration Analysis Tables, by R. E. D. Bishop and D. C. Johnson (Book), 597
— Blasting, by G. A. Teichmann and R. West
water, 460*
— Ground, Recording Methods, 463*
Reduction of, 462
— and Noise of Mechanisms and Machines:
Causes and Remedies, by Dr. A. J. King, 716*
— of Precision Ball Bearings, Machine for
Determining, by H. L. Wunsch, 52*
— Torsional, Torsiograph Record Analysis,
by G. S. Pidd, 687*
Vibrograph, Cambridge, for Recording Ground Vibration, 463*
— Nobel, for Recording Ground Vibration,
463*
Vibrometer and Revolution Indicator, Vibrating-Reed Hand-Held (Dowty Nucleonics, Ltd.), 316*
Vice. See Machine Tools
Vickers, A., on Fluidrive and its Application to the Iron and Steel Industry, 748
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.: Vanguard Airliners for Trans-Canada Air Lines, 62*; Operating Costs of “ Viscount 701 ” Air-Liner, 245*; £40 million Expenditure on “ Swift ” Fighter Aircraft, 328; Radio Control for Ship Models at, 501; “VC-10” Air-Liners for British
Overseas Airways Corporation, 676
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.: Ship-Model Testing Tank at St. Albans, 130*; Work on Nuclear-Powered Submarine, 381
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders), Ltd., Constructional Steel Contract for Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, 152
Vickers, Ltd.: Cinema Film on Construction •of Oil Tanker “Spyros Niarchos,” 184; Provision of Hall of Residence for Imperial (College of Science and Technology, 391. See Erratum, 616; Appointment of C. L. Old as Group Education Officer, 576; Annual Report, 647, 742
Vickers Nuclear Engineering Ltd., Nuclear Machinery for Submarine, 381
Vickers Scholarships in Engineering, 391
“ Victor ” Bomber Aircraft, Bristol “ Olympus 6 ” Engines for, 735
Aircraft, Development Progress, 447
— Motor Car (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), by G.
Wilkins, 285*
Car, Press Pre-view of (Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.), 197
“ Victorious,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 645 Vienna, International Autumn Trade Fair, Participation by Birmingham Exchange and Engineering Centre at, 184
Villa, L., Remarks at Leonardo da Vinci Lecture for Boys, 424
Village Bus, Book on Rural Traffic Problems, 543
Villiers, Air-Cooled Twin-Cylinder Two-Stroke Petrol Engine, in ‘‘ Frisky ” Motor Car, 386
Vincent Engineering Co., Ltd., Schultz Die
Casting Machines, 395*
“ Viper ” Turbojet Engine for “ SR3 " Mixed- Power Interceptor Research Aircraft (Armstrong Siddeley), 689*
Virtual Work, Principle of. Application of, 47* “ Viscount ” Air-Liner, Deferment of Capital
Airlines’ Order for, 647
“ Viscount 701 ’’ Air-Liner, Crash of, at Ringway Airport. 392
- Air-Liner. Operating Costs. 245* “ Visigauge ’’ for Tube Wall-Thickness Mea
surement (Dawe), 87*
Vitamin Emerges^ A, Cinema Film, Production of, 452*
“ Vitreosil ’’ Immersion Heaters (Trade Publication), 535
Vivian, A. C., on Cathodic Protection of Ballast Tanks, 264
“ Vizusell ’’ Adjustable Racks (Versatile Fittings (W. H. S.). Ltd.), 406
“ Voith-Schneider ’’ Propellers (Trade Publication), 757
Volkswagen Motor Car, Discussion in Parliament on, 319
Volta River Hydro-Electric Project, 262 Voltage, Constant, Devices (Trade Publica
tion), 823
— Control of, Calibrated Relay for (Smiths
Industrial Instruments, Ltd.), 471
— Regulator (Trade Publication), 823
— Stabilisers (Philips Electrical, Ltd.), 471
— Testing Apparatus, Impulse, for 1-5 MV,
at Leipzig Fair, 627
Voltmeters and Moving-Coil Ammeters (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 592
von Zwehl, Dipl.-Ing. W., on Use of Aluminium in Germany. 650
“ VRM 50 ’’ Universal Radial Drilling Machine (MAS), 567*
VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and craft. Development of, by Army, 396
“ Vulcan ’’ Bomber Aircraft, Report on Special Investigation into, by Dr. A. G. Touch, 483
Aircraft, Development Progress, 447 Aircraft, Rolls-Royce “Conway ’’ Turbo-
Jet Engines for, 735
Vulcan Foundry Works, 1.000-h.p. Diesel- Electric Locomotive for British Railways, 824*
Vulcanisation of Motor Tyres by Irradiation
(National Reactor Testing Station), 283
— of Silicone Rubber by Radiation, 804* “ Vultur ’’ Aircraft (Louis Breguet), 712
“ VV-3002 “ I 32-kV Air Circuit Breaker, 565*
W.200, Purox, Blow Pipe (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
Wadding, Fibre, Cellulosic Textile, “ Fibro- ceta ” (Courtaulds, Ltd.), 204
Wadley, T. L., Development of “Tellurometer ” Electronic Surveying Instrument for Accurate Distance Measurement without Tapes, 446*
Wagons, Motor. See Motor Vehicles: Tractors
— Railway, Use of Vacuum Brakes, 296 Wages. See Labour and Salaries
Wakefield, C. C., and Co., Ltd., Machine-Tool Lubrication (Trade Publication), 85
Wakefield-Dick Industrial Oils, Ltd., Lubrication Equipment (Trade Publication), 789 Waleran, Lord, on Inadvisability of Training Foreign Nuclear Engineers, 479
Wales, Atomic Power Works for, Plea for, 383
— Discussion in Parliament on Matters Relat
ing to, 255
— Natural Resources of, 513
— North, Unemployment in, Need for Action
on,447
— Nuclear Power Station, Possible Sites for,
187
Power Station, Efforts to Find Site for, 345
— — Power Station for. Investigation of Sites,
767
— South, Dock Charges at Ports in, 543 Effect of Distribution of Industry
1945, in, 447
— University, Decline in Technological
dents at, 222
— Water Resources of. 513.
— See also Welsh
Walker, D. C., on Transatlantic Telephone
Cable System, 150
Walking Draglines (Trade Publication). 85 Wall Charts for Time^Load Systems (Adapta- Charts, Ltd.), 507
for Visual Production Records, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Wallace. F. J., on Wave Action in Diffusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems, 181
Walsh. H. N., on Irish Railway Travel, 293 Walter v. Selfe, 463
Walterisation Co., Ltd., “ Deran ’’ Treatments for De-Rusting and Passivation of Steel Articles (Trade Publication), 789
Ward, B., on Advertising Practitioner and Management/Worker Relationships, 485
Ward Leonard Motor-Generator Set for Winch Mechanism of “ Pibul ’’ Deep-Sea Grab Dredge, 570
Ward, T. W.. Ltd., Effluent Disposal Plant for Dounreay Nuclear Reactors, 726*
Warfare, Aircraft in. See Aeronautics
— Naval. See Warships
Waring, A. W., Remarks on Function of Foreman, 384
Warping Machine, Dividing Beam (Schar und Spul Maschinenbau Burgstaat), 627
Warships :
Aircraft Carriers, French, Adoption of Steam Catapult, 5
Netherlands, Adoption of Steam Catapult and Aircraft-Positioning Device, 5
United States, Nuclear-Powered, 381 Aviation, Naval. See Aeronautics
Warships—continued
Cruiser, Guided-Missile, Nuclear-Powered, for United States Navy, 29 Guns, Naval. See Guns
H.M. Aircraft Carrier “ Victorious,” 645 — Submarines under Construction, 645 “ Dreadnought,” Nuclear-Powered, 381
Nuclear-Powered, 123
“ Long Beach,” United States Nuclear- Powered Surface Warship, 381
“ Monarch,” H.M.T.S.. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
— Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Overhaul and Refuelling, 93, 123
Naval Aeronautics. See Aeronautics — Estimates for Shipbuilding, 645 ?—• Guns. See Guns
Nuclear-Powered Warships. Discussion in Parliament on Construction at Portsmouth Dockyard, 351
“Seawolf” Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Leaks in Steam Superheated System, 123
Submarine, Nuclear-Powered, Discussion in Parliament on, 191
Powered, Machinery for (Vickers Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.), 381 Powered, Order for Steam Turbines and Condensers for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 442
Powered, “ Triton,” Development of. 540
Powered, for United States Navy, 29 — United States, Nuclear-Powered, Contracts for Five New, 381
“ Triton ” Nuclear Powered Submarine, Development of. 540 _
United States Navy: Guided-Missile * Nuclear-Powered 29; “ Saturn "I
Gas-Turbine for (Solar Aircraft Co.), 341
Warships Under Construction, 645 — See also Naval: Navy
“ Wartburg-Sport ” Motor-Car (Automobil- werk Eisenach), 660*
Warwick. W. C., on Position and Prospects of Royal Mail Lines, 774
Wash Coat, Refractory (Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd.), 426 .
Washers and Mops, Felt (Trade Publication), 403
Washing Machine, ‘Horticultural, 771 Washington Engineering Co., Ltd., Stainless Steel Radiators, 792*
Wastes, Organic, as Power Resources, 417 Water Analogue Techniques for Observation of Flow Pattern Inside Combustion Chambers on Pressure-Jet Helicopters, 590*
— Cooling, Economical Use of (Trade Publica
tion), 40.3
— Corrosion. Patent on, 282
— Filters. See Filters
— Friction. See Friction: Hydrodynamics:
Ship Fesistanee
— Fresh, Production, Evaporating and Dis
tilling Plant for (Trade Publication), 215 ?— Gas. See Gas
— Heater. See Heater. Water
Heating Systems, Principles of Forced Circulation in ,536
Heavy, as Cooling Medium for Nuclear Fuel Rod Assemblies (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.), 731
Cost of Importing, 479
Extraction Treatment and Analysis of (Review), 242
as Fertiliser By-Product, 93
Plant at Dana, Indiana, Closure of, 153
— Improvement Schemes, Discussion in Par
liament on, 607
— Oil Separation (Trade Publication), 403
— Oily, Separators for Dry-Cargo Ships, Dis
cussion in Parliament on, 511
?— Power Equipment (Trade Publication), 147 Station at Blaenau Ffestiniog, 441
— _ See also Hydraulic; Power Plant: Power,
Water: Turbine, Hydraulic: Water Wheel
— Resources of Wales, 513. See LETTER, 584
and Welsh Economy, 513. See LETTER,
584
Retaining Works, Failures, by R. Hammond (Review), 434
— Storage Tanks, Collapsible, “Whales”
(Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.), 631* Supplies and Demands for. Discussion in Parliament on, 671
Liverpool, 253, 255 Position of. See LETTER, 740 at Simulated-Flight Engine-Test Facility at National Gas Turbine Establishment, by W, G. Fletcher, 780*
Utilisation of Staggered Effect of Rainfall, 253
See also Irrigation
— Tanks. See Tanks
— Taps (Trade Publication), 147
— Tube Boiler. See Boiler
Tunnel for Testing Screw Propellers at National Physical Laboratory, 501*
Turbines. See Turbines, Hydraulic: Power Plant: Water Wheel
Wheel Generators, 37-5-MVA, at Aura Power Station, Norway (Metropoh'tan- Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.), 658*
Replacement of, by lOO-kW Hydraulic Turbo-Generator at D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., 54*
Watering in Horticulture. 772
“ Watermaster” Mounted Pump for Use with Ferguson Tractors (James Beresford and Son, Ltd.), 628*
Waterworks Pumping Machinery, Modern Trends in, by T. 1. Hudson, 493
— See also Water Supply
Waterways. See Rivers; Canals; Navigation, Inland
Wath Hump Marshalling Yard, Two-Way V.H.F. Radio Equipment for Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.), 239
Watkinson, H.. Remarks on Shipbuilding Industry, 352
Watt, James: Development of Steam Engine, 6; International Medal Awarded to Prof. Dr. Ing. W. Bauersfeld, 137
Wattmeter. See Electric
Watts Autocollimator on N.P.L.-Matrix Comparator (Coventry Gauge and Tool Co. Ltd.), 365*
Watts, R. D., on Furnace Flame Indicator for Remote Inspection of Cumbustion Conditions, 376*
Wave Action in Diffusers for Exhaust Pipe Systems, by F. J. Wallace and G. Boxer, 181
— Electromagnetic. See also Telegraphy, Wireless: Telephony, Wireless: Electric
— Generator at National Physical Laboratory, 499
— Micro. See Microwaves
— Reflection, Absorption of, with Isolators, 793
— Ultrasonic, for Freezing Milk, 422
Waveform Generation in Television Engineering, by S. W. Amos and D. C. Birkinshaw (Book), 721
— Generator, Low-Frequency, “ LF51 " (Servomex Controls, Ltd.), 246
Wavemaker for Ship-Model Testing Tank at St. Albans (Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 131*
Wax, M. P.. on Wind Gust Patterns: Turbulence Investigations in Orkney, 554*
Wayne Kerr Laboratories, “ B.221 ” Universal Transformer Bridge, 221*
“WD160” Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine (Skoda), 566*
Wealth, Horse-Power and, by E. C. Stevens, 615
Weapons, Atomic. See Weapons, Nuclear
— Guided, Defence by, by J. Menken, 226* See also Missiles under Aeronautics
— Nuclear, Agency Safeguards Relating to, 543 in Defence Policy of United Kingdom, 642*
Wear of Dies, Flame Plating Process for Increasing (Union Carbide International Co.), 361-362
Weatherfoil, Ltd., Services Offered by, 807 Weaving and Spinning Machinery Industry, Production Statistics, 735
Web Plates, Stress-Raising Effects of Holes in, by Dr. H. G. Edmunds, 18*
Week. Dr. R.. on Cracks in Ships' Plates, 657
Wedge Mechanism, Efficiency of, by R. H. Macmillan, 212*
Weekly Survey, 7, 39, 70, 102, 134. 166 197 229, 262, 293, 327, 357, 389, 422, 454, 486, 517, 549, 581, 614, 645, 676, 708, 741, 744 806
Weeks Hall, Hall of Residence for Imperial College, 616. See also Imperial College
Weighers, Recording, Williams, for 7|-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (Samuel Williams and Sons, Ltd.), 559*
Weighing Device, Automatic, “ Weighto- meier ” at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co. , 467
High-Speed (Richardson Scale Co.), 269
— Fluffy or Sticky Materials, Hopper for Use
in (Richardson Scale Co.), 269
— Machine for Continuously Recording
Weight Changes of Crops, 42C*
Weight-Control, Aircraft. Exhibition of Society of British Aircraft Constructors, 309
— and Measures, Bill on, 479
“ Weightometer ” Automatic Weighing Device at Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co., 467
Weir, G. and J., Ltd.: Evaporating and Distilling Plant for Fresh Water Production (Trade Publication), 215; Three-Throw Reciprocating High-Pressure Pumps (Trade Publication), 311 ; Annual Report, 678; Purchase of William Simons and Co., Ltd., 678
Weir, Hon. J. K., on Purchase of William Simons and Co., Ltd., by G. and J. Weir, Ltd., 679
Welbourn, D. B., on Residential Accommodation for Students, 616
Welch, D. F., on Function of Engineer in Nuclear Energy, 382
Welds, Arc, in Mild Steel, by C. R. Harman, 683
— Metal, “Anti-Spatter" Emulsion for Pre
vention of Adhesion of Particles of (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
Weldall and Assembly, Ltd., “ Eldair " Alligator Shears for Cutting Scrap, 595*
Welded Aluminium Footbridge over River Ebbw, 361 *
— Constructions, Heat Treatment of, bv
P. H. R. Lane, 683
— Hatch Cover of Aluminium for M.S.
“ Kepwick Hall " (Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd.), 202*
— Joints in Mild and Low-Alloy Steels, Design
of, by C. R. Harman, 638
— Structures, Failures, by R. Hammond
(Review), 434
— Superstructure. Unpainted Aluminium, on
S.S. “ Sunrip," Cargo Liner, 280*
Welding Alloys, Low-Heat Input, Factory for Manufacture of (Eutectic Welding Alloys Co., Ltd.), 125
— Arc-, Automatic, “ Fusarc-COu ” Process
(Trade Publication), 789
Costs, by A. G. Thompson, 683
Equipment for (Trade Publication), 215 “ Fusarc/CO2 " Process (Quasi-Arc, Ltd.), 140
Hollow-Cable Units (Kjellberg G.m.b.H.), 627
— Austenitic Stainless Steels, Stainless Elec
trodes for (Trade Publication), 789
— Electrodes, “ Fortrex 35 " for Containing
Sphere for Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor (Murex Welding Processes. Ltd.), 724*
— Fusion, Jigs and Positioners for, by C. R.
Harman. 683
— Gas, of Wrought Aluminium and Alumi
nium Alloys, Revision of British Standard 1126 Covering, 621
— Graphite, 251
Welding Head Manipulator, Automatic, “Twinner” (Donald Ross and Panners Ltd.), 188*
Vnion-Melt (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
— Institute of. Symposium on Use and Weld
ing of Aluminium in Shipbuilding (Book), 182
— Machines, Spot- (Trade Publication), 789 Spot, Multi-Head, for Pressed-Steel
Motor-Car Components (Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 585*
Submerged-Arc, Automatic, “ Traktor ” (Kjeliberg G.m.b.H.), 627
— Repairs of Broken Parts by (Trade Publica
tion), 147
— Research Association, British: Symposium
on Use and Welding of Aluminium in Shipbuilding (Book), 182; Resistance Welding, by J. E. Roberts, 683; Arc Welds in Mild Steel: Production and Inspection, by C. R. Harman, 683; Design of Welded Joints in Mild and Low-Alloy Steels, by C. R. Harman, 683; Jigs and Positioners for Fusion Welding, by C. R. Harman, 683; Heat Treatment of Welded Constructions, by P. H. R. Lane, 683; Arc-Welding Costs, by A. G. Thompson, 683; X- and Gamma-Ray Safety Precautions (Booklet), 698
— Resistance, in Airframe Construction, by
N. K. Gardner, 90
Control (Trade Publication), 535
by J. E. Roberts, 683
— Rods, Hard-Facing, “ Endewrance ” (Trade
Publication). 215
— Seam, in Airframe Construction, by N. K.
Gardner, 90
— Spot, in Airframe Construction, by N. K.
Gardner, 90
?— Stud, Introduction to, by W. T. Amison (Book), 182
— Submerged-Arc, New Line of Union-Melt
Welding Heads and Assemblies for (Union Carbide International Co.), 361
— “ Twinner ” Turning and Tilting Roll
Assembly for (Donald Ross and Partners, Ltd.), 188*
— and Use of Aluminium in Shipbuilding,
Symposium on (Book), 182
Welfare. See under Labour
— Society. Industrial. See Industrial Welfare
Society
— Work. See Labour
Wells. Dr. A. A., on Cracks in Ships' Plates, 657 Wells, I., on Homogeneous Aqueous Reactor, 443
Welsby, V. G., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 150
Welsh Economic Development Council, Water Resources and Welsh Economy, 513. See LETTER, 584
— Water Resources Council, 513. Sec LETTER,
584
Wenner-Gren, Axel, Foundation, Survey for Minerals, Power Resources and Timber, in British Columbia, 286
Werraial Bridge, Replacement of One-Half by Steel-Plate Deck Bridge, 271
West Bromwich, Smoke Control Order under Clean Air Act, 544
West, Dr. E. G., on Economies of Aluminium in Electrical Engineering, 650
West, J., on Ship-Model Tank, 555
West Thurrock Power Station of Central Electricity Authority, Boiler Feed Pump Groups for (Harland Engineering Co., Ltd.), 531
“Westalite” Metal Rectifiers for High-Temperature Operation (Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd.), 505
Western Maryland Railway, Last Shay Steam Locomotive Constructed for, 338*
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., Annual Report, 231; Contract for Railway Signalling Work for 50-Cycle Electrification, 358; “Westalite” Metal Rectifiers, for High-Temperature Operation, 505
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: 6-8-6 Steam- Turbine Locomotive, 291; Contracts for Nuclear-Powered Warships, 381; PAR (Pennsylvania Advanced Reactor) Project, 476*; Offer of 134-MW Enriched Uranium Pressurised Water Reactor to Japan, 536; 11-5-MW, 15-MW, 58-MW and 143-MW Pressurised-Water Nuclear Reactor, 795*
Westool, Ltd., Faceplate Winder for Heavy Coils, 504
Westwater. R., on Blasting Vibrations, 460* “ Whales.” Collapsible Water Storage Tanks (Firestone Tyre &. Rubber Co., Ltd.), 631 *
Wharf, Apapa, at Lagos. Construction of» Cinema Film “ Cutting the Queue,” on, 589
Wharton Crane and Hoist Co., Ltd., Cranes at Dounreay, 728
Wharton Engineers (Elstree), Ltd., Steel Conveyors for Curves and Gradients, 149*
Wheel Arrangements on Locomotives, by C. R. H. Simpson, 114*
— Gear. See Gears; Gearing; Marine Pro
pulsion
— Grinding. See Grinding under Machine
Tools
— Paddle, Feathering, for Diesel-Electric
Paddle Tugs, 445
White, E. W., on Progress of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 598
White, J. S.. and Co,. Ltd.. Annual Report. 263 White-Metal Linings for Thin-Walled Bearings in Large Sizes (Glacier Metal Co., Ltd.), 407
White Paper on Capital Investment in Coal, Gas and Electricity Industries, 510
on Defence Policy, 642
on European Free Trade Area, 197 Whitelegg, R.. The Late. 421
Whiteman. W. M.. on Boom in Caravans, 616 Whittaker Hall and Co. (1929), Ltd., Large
“ Hydrovane ” Air Compressors. 605 Whitworth Foundation, New Stage in Historv of, 392
Whitworth Society, 32nd Commemoration Meeting of, 392
Wickman, Ltd.: New Grades of Carbide Hard Metals for Tool Tips, 106*: Manufacture of H.P.M. Hydraulic Injection Moulding Machines, 171*; Tungsten-Carbide Expendable Tool Tips, 506*
Wiedemann Machine Co., Turret Punch Presses at General Electric Co., Ltd..524* “ Wigan ” Railway Signalling System (Trade Publication), 147
Wight, R. B.. on Shipbuilding Dispute, 326 Wigley, W. C. S., on Ship Hull Pressure Mea-’ surements, 657
Wilcock, Nunns r., 464
Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces, Ltd., Licence to Manufacture Vacuum Furnaces of NRC Equipment Corp., 598
Wilkins, G.: on Automobile Fuel Consumption, 72; on Europe’s Motor Industry, 150; on Minimum Motoring, 196; Resumption of Production after Fire at Jaguar Cars, Ltd.,' 232*. See LETTERS, 325, 389, 453;, on Vauxhall “ Victor ” and Austin “ A55 ” Motor Cars, 285*; on Comparison of Performance of British and American Motor-Car Engines, 318; on New Designs at Geneva Motor Show, 386*
Wilkinson. R. G., on Hot Forming, Assembly, and Service Applications of Magnesium Alloys, 90
Wilkinson Rubber Linatex, Ltd., “ Linatex ” Rubber-Lined Straight-Through Valve (Trade Publication), 215
Williams, Prof. B. R., on Industry and Technical Progress: Factors Governing the Speed of Application of Science, Comment on, 705
Williams, E., on Electrical Equipment for Rectifier Locomotives, 363
Williams, Prof. F. C.: Awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal, 155; Development of Variable-Speed Squirrel-Cage Type Induction Motor. 422
Williams, J. A. C., on Method Study of Hot Working Conditions, 800
Williams, K. R., on Lubricants for Diesel Engines, 651
Williams Recording Weighers for 7l-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock (Samuel Williams and Sons, Ltd.), 559*
Williams, S., and Sons, Ltd.: Installation at Dagenham Dock of Two 7|-Ton Grabbing Cranes (Stothert and Pitt, Ltd.), 558*; Williams Recording Weighers for 7i-Ton High-Speed Grabbing Cranes at Dagenham Dock, 559*
Williams, Dr. T. J., on Indicating Gas Speed: Velocity Pick-Up for Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope, 368*
Willmott, F. B., on Abandonment of Piecework System, 69
Willmott, F. B. (Dalmans), Ltd.: Abandonment of Piecework System, 69; British Oxygen Flame-Hardening Process for Starter Rings for Automobiles, 527
Willott, R. L., on Works Hydraulic tions, 747
Willys Forward-Control Jeep Motor 388*
Wilson, A., on Reinforced Plastics Vessels, 685
Wilson, C. L., on Electrolytic Descaling of Ferrous-Metal Containers, 425
Wilson Four-Speed Epicyclic Power-Shift Gearbox for Diesel Railcar Sets (SelfChanging Gears, Ltd.), 829*
Wilson, Rear-Admiral G. A. M., Appointment as Rear-Admiral Nuclear Propulsion, 381 Wilson, H. M., on Training in Use of Information, 804
Wilson, J. C., on Xerography Process, 582 Wilson Turret Jaw Vice (W. H. Colt (Engineers), Ltd.), 760
Wimet Cutting-Tool Carbide, New Grades (Wickman, Ltd.), 106*
Winch, Cargo, Electrically-Driven, Exhibition of (Carron Co.), 295
— Mechanism of “ Pibul ” Deep-Sea Grab
Dredge, 570
— Scaffold. Climbing, “ Skyscraper,” for
Builders' Cradles (Tirfor, Ltd.), 592
Wind Data Related to Generation of Electricity by Wind Power, by J. R. Tagg (Book), 789
— Distribution. Study of, during International
Geophysical Year, by Imperial College (London), 286
— Gust Patterns: Turbulence Investigations in
Orkney, by M. P. Wax, 554*
— Power, Generation of Electricity by. Wind
Data Related to, by J. R. Tagg (Book), 789 Interest in. by North of Scotland Hydro- Electric Board, 359
— Resistance, of Commercial Vehicles, Reduc
tion of, 207
— Speed, Study of, during International
Geophysical Year, by University College (London), 286
— Tunnels. See Aeronautics
Winders, Direct-Current, 3,700 h.p., at Silver- wood and Cadeby Collieries (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 178*
Winders, Face-Plate, for Heavy Coils (Westool, Ltd.), 504
Winfrith Heath Atomic Energy Research Station, Comment on, 94
Permission Granted for Atomic Energy Research Station. 251
Winn, J. M. C., on “Challenger” Traction Engine, 804
Winterthur High-Pressure Steam Locomotive (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works), 338
Wires, Face-Plate Winder for (Westool, Ltd.), 504
Insulated with P.T.F.E. (British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Ltd.), 505
— Ropes. Cutting of, “ Carricut ” Hydraulic,
Portable Shear for (Copelaw Engineering Co., Ltd.), 347*
— Steel, Corrosion Resistance of, Effects of
Low-Alloy Additions on, 746
— — Hard-Drawn, in Prestressed-Concrete
Beams, Effect of Fire on, 714
?— — Products, Vols. 1 and II (Book), 271
Wireless, Foundations of, by M. G. Scroggie (Book), 789
— Telegraphy. See Telegraphy; Radio; Radar;
Television
— Telephony. See Telephony; Radio; Radar;
Television
Wiring, Electric, History of. by J. Mellanby (Review), 371
— Practice, Modern, by W. E. Steward
(Book), 465
Wittel, O., on Cinema-Film Projector with Non-Intermittent Motion, 760
Wohler’s Tests. See Fatigue Tests under Tests {Materials)
Wolf, Dr.-Ing. W., on Choosing of Alloys for Die Casting, 745
Wolseley 1500 Saloon Motor Car (British Motor Corp.), 488*
Wolverhampton Die Casting Pressure Die-Casting Plant, 395*
Women. Electrical Association for. Annual Luncheon of, 488
— Engineers, 128
— Engineering Society. Conference on Careers
for Girls in Engineering, 805
— and Girls, Opportunities for, in Science and
Technology (Booklet), 512
— Science Teachers, Discussion in Parliament
on,511
— Teachers for Technical Colleges, Proposal
for, 640
— Workers. See Labour
Wood, D. R., on Control of Quality in Production of Nickel-Alloy Sand Castings, 553 Wood Industry, Practical Radio Frequeicy Heating for, by J. Pound (Review), 788
Woodeson, J. B.. Report on Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd., 488
Woodfield Hoist and Associated Industries, Ltd., Pipe-Line Fittings for Pressures up to 7,500 lb. per sq. in. (Trade Publication), 85 Woodhead, J., and Sons, Ltd.. Annual Report, 296
Woods of Colchester, Ltd., 15-Propeller Fans for Air-Conditioned Telescope for Saint Michel Observatory, 459*
Wooley, M. C., on Transatlantic Telephone Cable System, 149
Woollard, L., on Training Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 231
Wootton Tramway Locomotive, 104*
Work Study, Cinema Film on, 599
by R. W. Bailey, 169
Conference on Misconceptions of, 288 and Industrial Engineering, New Journal, Note on, 403
in Railway Civil Engineering Maintenance, by D. D. T. Pescod and J. C. F. Cameron, 169
Society, Conference on Misconceptions of Work Study, 288
— Virtual, and Moment Distribution Method,
by Dr. B. G. Neal, 47*, 196. See LETTER 165
Worker. See Labour
Working Conditions, Attitude to, 32
— Platform, for Inside and Outside Main
tenance Purposes, at Factory Equipment Exhibition, 520
Workmen. See Labour and Workers under Labour
Works :
Abbey Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd. Operation Performance of Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
Boston Lodge Works of Festiniog Railway, 706*
Camberley Offices and Works of Sharpies Centrifuges, Ltd., Official Opening of, 773
Ebbw Vale Works of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., Hydraulic Installations at, by F. E. C. Probyn, 747
Engineering Works for Batch Production of Light and Medium Components and Assemblies (Beans Industries, Ltd.), 303*
Employment of Women. See Labour Foundries of Beans Industries, Ltd., 265* Gasworks. See Gasworks
Works—continued
Ijmuiden Works of Royal Netherlands Blast Furnaces and Steelworks, by A. H. Ingen-Housz, 713
Jaguar Cars, Ltd., Fire at Works of, by G. Wilkins, 232*, 319, 351. See LETTERS, 325, 389, 453, 647
Mallow Factory of Irish Sugar Co., Production of Beet Sugar at, 467* Margam Works of Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., Operation Performance of Steelworks Locomotives, 825*
Northern Outfall Works: New Sewage Sedimentation Plant for London County Council, 478*; Installation of Gas Turbines for Supply of Power at (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 730 Port Glasgow Works of Fescol. Ltd., Chromium-Deposition Plant, 331*
Portishead Factory of Albright and Wilson, Ltd., Phosphorus Production at, 466* Que Que Works of Rhodesian Iron and Steel Commission, Expansion Programme at, 358
Steelworks Hydraulics, Problems Relating to, by Cmdr. J. I. T. Green, 748
— New, of Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd., Site for, 709
— Oil-Hydraulic Power in. Standard Components for, by R. G. Hamilton, 747
— Plant and Coke Ovens in India (Trade Publication), 183
— Royal Netherlands Blast Furnaces and, by A. H. Ingen-Housz, 713
— Scheme for a New Integrated. 550
— Use of Semprene Adcora Neoprene Protective Coatings in, 425
Stocksbridge Works of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., New Bar and Rod Rolling Mill at, 755
Tar Distillation and Extraction Plant at Avenue Carbonisation Plant (Trade Publication), 183
Treforest Works of K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., Production lumina ” Heat-Resisting 329*
Welfare Movement in Works.
Wortley Ironworks, Story of, by C. R. Andrews (Book), 756
Works Consultation, Cinema Film on, 435
— Hydraulic Installations, bv R, L. Willott, 747
Workshops. See Works; Machine Tools
— Training. See Education
World Agricultural Products, Output of, 455
— Bank. See Bank, International, for Re
construction and Development
— Economic Progress, 455
— Energy Consumption, 455
— Health Organisation: Report on “ Tranquiliser ’’ Drugs, 384; Study Group on Nuclear Radiation, 454
— Industrial Expansion, 455
— Power Conference: Eleventh Sectional
Meeting in Belgrade on Power as a Factor . of Development of Underdeveloped Countries: 769; Economics of Gas-Cooled Reactors, by J. A. Jukes, 794; 420-MW Nuclear Power Station for Russia, by Dr. S. Skortstov. 794; Gas-Cooled Graphite-Moderated Reactor for Spain, by Ing. J. A. Lopez-Rua, 794; Design of Nuclear Power Plants for Underdeveloped Countries, by Dr. W. ” A. R. Jones, 795*
— Railways (1956-57), 162*
— Trade Returns, 390 World Wide Pictures, Ltd.,
Never Was,” Cinema Consultation, 435
Worm Gear. See Gear; Gearing Worth, D. F. J., on Physical Properties of
Aluminium, 650
Worth, John Edward, Essay Contest, Announcement by Royal Society of Health, 486
Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., Annual Report, 678
Wortley Ironworks, Story of, by C. R. Andrews (Book), 756
Wrapping Material, Protective, “ Carbion ” (Spicers, Ltd.), 205
Wreck Raising. See Salvage
— See Accidents Wright, B., on Problems of
Making, 450*
Wright, C. H., on Information on Technical Colleges, 743 Wrought Iron. See Iron
— Non-Ferrous Metals, Final
Shaping of (Book), 789
Wunsch, H. L., on Machine for Determining Vibration'of Precision Ball Bearings, 52* Wykeham, W., and Co., Ltd., Establishment of Aeon Laboratories, 531
of “ Hy- Ceramic,
See Labour
E. Shoupp and
“ The Film that Film on Works
Cinema-Film
Service Based
Forming and
“ X8 ” Cutting-Tool Tip (Wickman, Ltd.) ’ 106*
Xerography Process (Rank-Xerox, Ltd.), 582
“XK150” Motor-Car (Jaguar Cars, Ltd.), 701*

X.L. Granite (Ingicton), Ltd., Individual Motors in Quarry Plant of (Crompton Parkinson, Ltd.), 46
“XL2” Cutting-Tool Tip (Wickman, Ltd.), 106
“ XL3 ” Cutting-Tool Tip (Wickman, Ltd.), 106*
X-Ray Equipment. “ Raymax 150 ” for Open Erection Sites (Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.), 593*
and Gamma-Ray Safety Precautions (Booklet), 698
Image Amplifier (Marconi Instruments, Ltd.). 54*
Laboratory at Central Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., 779*
Machine for Testing Nuclear Reactor Castings, 796
Set, Table, Type URS-55, for Structural Analysis, 566*
“ XX ” Cutting-Tool Tip (Wickman, Ltd.), 106 “ XX7 ” Cutting-Tool Tip (Wickman, Ltd.), 106

YACHT “ Elettra II,” Mobile Exhibition in (Marconi International Marine Communication Co., Ltd.), 729
Yagi Aerials, Use in ‘‘ Roving Eye Mark II ” Mobile Television Unit, 378*
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., ” MultiStroke ” Hand-Lift Trucks (Trade Publication), 789
Yang, C. N., on Parity, 538*
Yarrow and Co., Ltd., “ Director,” ” Dexterous,” ” Faithful ” and “ Forceful ” Diesel-Electric Paddle Tugs for Royal Dockyards, 455*
YBA Range of Small Air-Cooled Diesel Engines (Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.), 571* Yorkshire Copper Works, Ltd.: Annual
Report, 198; Manufacture of Plastics Tubes in Nigeria, 198
— Natural-Gas Deposits in, 703
— Power Station at Thorpe Marsh, 614
Young, G., Remarks on Status and Financial Independence of Export Sales Department, 390
Young, P. S., on Britain’s Exports to Canada, 293
Young’s Modulus. See Elastic Modulus
Youth Emplovment in Glasgow, Report on, 129
Yuille, I. M., on Ship Superstructure and Strength, 624

ZAREK, Dr. J. M., on Biomechanics: Application of Engineering to Man, 34*
ZEBRA Nuclear Reactor, 827
Zeebrugge Harbour, Proposal to Extend, 549
— Harwich Service, Rail Ferry, T. S. “ Essex
Ferry ” for, 190*
Zeiss, Carl, Planetarium for Madame Tussaud’s, Ltd., 258*. See also VEBCarl Zeiss
Zeiss Foundation, “ Uropal ” Tinted Glass for Prevention of Eye Strain Due Red Radiation, 785. See also Zeiss
ZEPHYR Nuclear Reactor, 413 Reactor, Fast-Slow, Modified “ Zero-Mist ” Spray-Suppressing Agent for Chromium Plating (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co.. Ltd.), 107
“ Zidpark ” Automatic Car Park, 344* Zinc Alloys. See Alloys under Metallurgy
— Aluminium Copper Bearing Alloy. See
Alloys under Metallurgy
— and Aluminium Die Castings, Surface
Treatment of, by H. Ruegg, 746
— Chloride, Synthetic Resin Storage Tank
and Stand for (Mendip (Chemical Engineering), Ltd.). 361*
— Development Association, Proceedings of
International Pressure Die Casting Conference, London, 1954 (Book), 311
— Die-Casting Alloys, Influence of Aluminium
in, by L. A. J. Lodder and K. P, Scott, 746
— Mines in Britain, Statistics, 159
— Price of, 10
Zircon for Stator Blades for Gas Turbines, 234 Zirconium as Canning Material for Gas- Cooled Nuclear Reactor, 380
— Extraction Treatment and Analysis of (Review), 242
Nuclear Reactor, 281
Nuclear Reactor, 281 Nuclear Reactor, 281 * Nuclear Reactor, 281
Nuclear Reactor: 154; Description of,

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