Engineering 1959 Jan-Jun: Index

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A1 Electric Washing Machines, order from Czechoslovakia, 312
A55 motor car (Austin), 104
Abbe, E., document on welfare at Carl Zeiss Foundation, 199
Abbott, M. B,, on structural analysis by digital computer, 666
Abbreviations of associations, institutions, research and trade associations, 501
Abelson and Co (Engineers), Ltd., tower cranes, 226
Aberdeen, Government assistance for new factories, in, 363
Able (monkey in rocket), 726, 727
Abrasive materials. Nylon gloves for protection against (British Nylon Spinners), 453
Absolute co-ordinates in machine-tool design, 53
Absorption bands, infra-red, intensity of (bibliography), by R. G. Gillis, 713
Abstracts, nuclear science, annual index to, 745
— Plastics, 311
— Rheology, note on, 61
AC-3 aircraft, magnetometer equipped, for oil prospecting (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 296
AC-Delco, new factory at Liverpool, 16
Academy of Technical Sciences (Denmark), Preparation of samples for microscopic investigation (book), 253; durability and maintenance of concrete structures on Danish railways, by A. Jeppesen, 384
Acalor, Ltd., anti-corrosive cement at Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578; pavoir floors at Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
ACC-Vickers-Babcock, Ltd., formation of, 231
Accelerator, linear, with beam scanner (Metropolitan-Vickers), 491
Stanford University, 772
— Particle, at AWRE, 768
— — for Europe, 391
Large, throughout the world, 772 Metropolitan-Vickers work on, 771
— — Van de Graaff, tandem, at Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., 771
See also Generator, electrostatic; Proton synchrotron
— Post-deflection, for cathode-ray tube (Mullard), 88
Accelerometer in inertial navigation, 679
Accidents, atomic plant, analysis of, 674 Reactor, Soviet, 395
— Boiler room in frigate, 605
— Cement industry, 671
— Crane, 235
— Natural gas tank rupture, 232
— Prevention Group, London Building and Engineering Contractors’. See London Budding Progress, 701
— Radiation, Vinca, recovery of victims of, 302
— Rate reduction, 701
— Road, Protective headgear in, 392 Remedy for, 644
Research at Road Research Laboratory, 298
US, problems of, 368, 680 US, statistics, 368
— — Worsening position of, 235
— Windscale reactor, radioactivity survey after, 237
Accles and Pollock, Ltd., tubes in new metals, 504; production planning, 526
Accumulator. See Battery
Accuratool capstan lathe for seated operator (Dowding and Doll), 132
ACF Industries Inc. See Kaiser Engineers
Acheson Colloids, Ltd., nuclear applications of “dag” colloidal graphite, 47; Emralon resin-bonded dispersions of ptfe, 379
Acid, teeth erosion by, investigation on insurance benefit for, 733
Ackery, E. M., on electric floor heating, 663, ( 64
Acoustic ceiling, illuminated, Siemens Ediswan Calotex, 589
— Pyramids, noise-absorbing (Marley), 653
Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, 713
Activating agents, surface, 747
Acton Trust, Creative Leadership in a State Service (survey on hospital administration), 270
Actuator for remote control of valves (Limitorque Valve Controls, Ltd.), 422
— for servo or non-servo operation (Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Ltd.), 487
Ad. Auriema, Incorp., differential voltmeter, 390; multi-switch indicator for checking temperatures, 455
Adams, C. C., on space flight (book), 61
Addison Electric Co., Ltd., Schmidt rope tension gauge, 455
Addison, H., pump users’ 217
Adhesive, “ Aerodux 185,”
— Aerolite, 707
— Resin based. Bondarc, long rails, 32
handbook (book). 706
for rigid joints in
—? Twinstik, for name plates (Evode, Ltd.), 309 Adjusto-Spede fractional h.p. drive (Heenan and Froude), 327
Administration, Business, Institute of. See Institute
— Industrial, courses on, 385 Administrators, cross-fertilisation of, 270
— Engineer, place of. in British industry, 385
Admiralty Oil Laboratory, miniature oil velocity indicator, 82
Advertisements control regulations, 660
Advertising agency, technical—what it is, what it offers (book), 57
— Association annual conference, speech at, by Sir K. Hague, 659
— Campaign, introducing employees to (Projectile and Engineering Co.), 796
— by Post Office, 699
Advisory Committee on Further Education for Commerce, report of, 397
AEI-John Thompson Nuclear Energy Co., Ltd., direct cycle natural circulation BWR reactor for ship propulsion, 639; access hours permissible for boiling-water reactor for ship propulsion, 674; See also Berkeley atomic power station
AEI Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., fluorescent lighting for control room of Chapel Cross atomic power station, 491
Aerial, “ criss-cross,” in radio telescope, 121
— Long-wave, at Ongar Radio Station, 307
— Radar, metal honeycomb sandwich (A. V. Roe), 375
—? Rhombic, at Ongar Radio Station, 307 for spectra of Sun’s radio waves study, 121
—? Spike, for guided missile (Armstrong-Whitworth), 113
Aero-engine. See Aircraft engine
Aero Research, Ltd. See CIBA (ARL), Ltd.
Aerodromes, disused, hardcore for roadmaking from 543
Aerodynamics of aircraft. Vol. I, Part I, by H. Schlichting and E. Truckenbrodt (book) 802
— High speed, and jet propulsion, by H. W. Emmons (review), 713
— Theoretical, by L. M. Milne-Thomson (book), 746
Aerodux 185 adhesive, 706
Aeroelasticity—retrospect and prospect, by Prof. A. R. Collar, 17
Aeroflot, London-Moscow air service, 458, 700
Aerolite adhesive, 707
— Glued timber beams, Cawood Wharton, 707
Aeronautical dictionary, Agard’s, 61
— Research Laboratories, damage petal air turbine, 127
— Sciences, American Institute American Institute
— Society, Royal. See Royal Aeronautics, Cranfield College of. field
Aeroplane. See Aircraft
—? Directory of British Aviation, 1959 (review), 649
— Engines. See Aircraft engine: Turbine, gas Aerosol filler machine, Presil, 198
— Packaging for domestic use, 448 AFL-CIO, 35 hour week claim in, 429
Africa, Economic Commission for. See Economic
— Heavy-duty roads in, 671
— Shortage of skilled manpower in, 170
— South. See South Africa
— West, observers at International Labour
Conference (Geneva), 765
Aga Dictating Machine Co,, Agavox Telediction system, 698; Model C dictating machine, 698
Agard’s Aeronautical Dictionary, 61
Agavox Telediction centralised dictating system (Aga Dictating Machine Co.), 698
AGR reactor. See Atomic reactor, advanced gas-cooled
Agricultural Engineering, National College of. See National College
— Industry, batteries standard, plea for, 458
— Machinery, economic use of, 227 Exports of, 111-112
Industry, effect of European Common Market on, 112
Industry, position and prospects of. 111 Syndicate purchase of, 535
— Tractors. See Tractors
Agriculture, mechanisation of, discussion on, 227
— Radioisotopes in, conference on, 537
— See also Farm: Irrigation
Ahmad, Dr. V., on A.C. dynamic braking of induction motors, 590
Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait, packaged water chilling sets for (York Shipley), 781
Aide-Memoire Martinenq des Constructions Navales, by E. Giboin, J. Legris, and A, Rialland (book), 311
Aigrain, P., progress in semi-conductors. Vol. HI (review), 801
Aims of Industry, Ltd., 259
AIMO. See Audio Instructed Manufacturing Operation
Ainsley, J. W., on need for financial assistance for non-ferrous mining, 330
Air Automation, air control valve with neoprene diaphragm, 717
— Bearing in balancing machine, 179 “Air-Car ” prototype (Curtiss-Wright), 695 Air, clean. See dean Air
— Compressed. See Compressed Air; Pneu
matic
— Compressors, axial-flow, by J. H. Horlock
(book), 61
Diesel driven, Jenbach, with air cooling (Chamberlain Plant, Ltd.), 728
for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive, 277
Air compressor, foundations at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214 Gasifier-turbine-driven, 49 Gasifier-turbine-driven, control for, 51
Gasifier-turbine-driven, safety tions, 51
— ?— Hydrovane, for dental drills
Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 230
system
precau-
(Alfred
Mackay DAC130, sales promotion for, 627
Oil-free (Williams and James), 809
Power Vane (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co.), 634
Rotary, oil-flooded, design development of (Broom and Wade), 522
Two-stage, Broomwade (Broom& Wade), 485
— ?— Warning equipment
Industrial Equipment),
— Conditioning, dual-duct,
Brightside Heating and Ltd., 158
for (Teddington
192
high-velocity, at Engineering Co.,
Equipment for transport (J. Stone), 134 and refrigeration, by W. H. Severns and J. R. Fellows (book), 154
— — for strip mill control cabin at Stewarts &
Lloyds, Ltd., 557
Transmatic electronic controller for, design development of (Teddington), 522
Trends in, 525
— ?— Unit for deck mounting on ships (Non is
Warming Co.), 762
Air Control Installations, Ltd., Fumeguard hood (trade publication), 283
Valve with neoprene diaphragm Automation), 717
— Coolers, tubular, for Priest Rapids
(Heenan and Froude), 114
— Cylinder, midget (A. Schrader’s Son),
?— Filter panel, Super-Vee (Vokes), 760
(Air
Dam
534
to centri-
of. See
See Cran-
for pressurised assembly cabinets, ^15 Throw-away, Ozotez (Ozonair), 381
— Flow in straight ducts and pipes, friction
charts for, by R. H. Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book), 746
— Force, Royal. See Royal
United States. See United States
— Heater. See Heater
— House with PluViaC skin (Gourock Ropework Co.), 610
Air-Lok Damper for boilers (Combustion Equipment, Ltd.), 601
Air motors, Rotomotor, remote control equipment for (Maxam Power, Ltd.), 420
?— Pollution, effect on health, 351
by oil refinery, discussions on, 11
from power stations in fog, CEGB- Fairey tests, 30
by solid particles, by Dr. D. H. Grindell 350
See also Smoke
Air Products (Great Britain), Ltd., tonnage oxygen plant at Brymbo Steel Works, 658
Air-Rail, Ltd., monorail project for London Airport, 387
— Registration Board, investigation of altimeter readings, 298 ; modification of presentation of sensitive altimeters, 403
— Service to Moscow, 458, 700
— Screws. See Propellers
— Traffic control officers, pay claim by, 73 Control, problem of, by E. W. Pike, 67
— Transport competition to shipping, 766 of motor cars (Vauxhall), 57 Pilots, training of, 458
Position and prospects of, 40
— — Supersonic airliner for, by R. C. Sebold, 215
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Union, effect on BEA, 764. See also 763
— See also Atmosphere
Aircraft, AC-3, magnetometer equipped, for oil prospecting (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 296
— Aerodynamics. Vol. I, Part 1, by H, Schlichting and E. Truckenbrodt (book), 802
?— Alouette turbine-driven helicopter, 536
— Argosy freighter/passenger, 74, 523
AW65O freighter, for Riddle Airlines, 369 ?— Arrow supersonic aircraft, Avro, Canadian Government discontinues work on, 290
— Avro 748 turbo-prop airliner project, 103
— Boeing 707 airliners, fail-safe tests on, 623
— ?— 707 Intercontinental airliner, 456 707 Intercontinental jet airliner for BOAC, 434
— Britannia airliner. Operations Development department for investigating problems on (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 787
— Britannic freighter, description of, 274
— — SC-5 strategic freighter (Short Brothers and Harland), 226
— Cabins, pressurising of, 215
— Canberra bomber for Science Museum, 536 Bomber, successor for, 39. See also 2
— Caravelle jet airliner, airworthiness certificate and progress of, 536
— Deformable, dynamics of, 17
— De-icing system. Spraymat, 749
— Djinn black-tip jet helicopter, 536
— Ejection seat for escape from submerged aircraft, 278
— Electrical equipment with Sundstrand drive and brushless alternator (English Electric), 296
— Electronic equipment, mountings for, 373
Aircraft engine, Conway by-pass turbojet. Air Registration Board’s approval, 381 Dart turboprop, BEA overhaul facilities, 223
Gas turbine, by A. W. Judge (review), 343
? Gas-turbine. See also Turbine, gas
Iroquois turbojet, development of (Orenda), 26
Orpheus B Or 12 turbojet, brief details of, 374
Orpheus 803 turbojet, manufacture under licence by German Federal Republic, 604 Penalty clauses in development contracts for, 428
Proteus turbo-prop, overhaul life extension, 403
Proteus turbo-prop, twin cell test bed for, at Nantgarw (BOAC), 95
Ramjet, for hypersonic aircraft, 656 Ramjets for Kolibrie helicopter,
— — Turbine design for, by N. C.
(book), 746
Turbine, development of, 41 Tyne turboprop, for Vanguard 14. See Correction, 75
— Exports of, 40-41, 563 Credit extension for, 163
— Flight testing, transistors for, 742
— Freight lift (Short Bros. and Harland), 809
— Friendship F.27 passenger, undercarriages
for (Dowty Equipment, Ltd.), 505
— Fuel, automatic monitor for, 647
— ?— Purity of. Shell research on, 647
Tanks, Martin, nitrous oxide gas for tracing leaks in, 659
Water contamination, 647 —• Fuelling, hydrant system, 648 Static electricity in, 648
— Gannet early warning. Spraymat de-icing system for, 749
— Helicopter hangar (Chuter), 579
— Helio Super Courier STOL, 264
— Hercules, static line retriver system for paratroopers on (Lockheed), 374
— Hercules C-130 troop carrier, boundary layer control for (Lockheed Aircraft Corp), 505
?— Hovercraft, principle of, 767
Prototypes (Saunders-Roe), 637
— Hypersonic, hypothetical two-stage “ pickaback,” with speed of Mach 7, 656
— Industry, American graphite blocks (Union Carbide), 683
— ?— Change in, by D. W. Douglas, 572 Diversification in, 41 Exports for 1958, 2 French, difficulties of, 163
— ?— Position and prospects of, 40
Relationship with Government, plea clarification, by E. C. Bowyer, 2
— Jane’s All the World’s, 1958-59, by
Bridgman (review), 474
— Jet airliners, fuelling of. Shell research 647
Airliners, introduction of, 40 Anti-vibration camera mountings for, 372
Introduction of, 40
Services around the world, BOAC and Quantas, 296
Sound suppressing nozzles for, 456
— Kolibrie twin ram-jet helicopter, 88
— Landing. See Landing
— Lightning, attains Mach 2, 103
— Noise, TU104 airliner at London Airport, 458
— Operation calculations, Bristol team’s study on, 787
— OR 339 strike project, 41
— Production conference (l.Prod.E.), 566
— Project TSR 2 reconnaissance, 39. See also
2
?— Radar identification of, 656
— Research Association, supersonic wind tunnel, 187; transonic wind tunnel tests, 187
— Rotodyne, vertical-take-off, U.S. orders for 328
Vertical take-off, world class speed record for, 103
— Secondhand, Ayer-AA deal in, 628
— Signalling to ground, 656
— Submerged, escape from, 278
— Supersonic airliner, detailed design work
recommended on, 536
Airliner, development of, by R. C. Sebold, 215
Airliners, I.Prod.E. committee recommendations, 566
— ?— Airliners, position and prospects of, 566 ?— —Transport, discussion in Parliament on,
635
— Tactical support and strike, successor for
Canberra, 2
— Towing tugs, hydrostatic drive for, 655
— TSR2 tactical-strike reconnaissance, 668
— TU104 airliner, 700
— TUI 14 Rossiya airliner, 700
— Vanguard airliner, 668
Airliner, design and construction, 14. See Correction, 75
Airliner, preparation and testing for airline service, 736
Airliner, progress on, 536
— Viscount airliner, earning power of, 563
— X-15 upper atmosphere research (North
American Aviation), 361
Airlift, new name for American Aviation journal, 553
88 Breddy
airliner.
for
for
L.
on.
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Airlines, co-operation between, 195
— European Common Market’s pplicy, 195
? Consortium proposal, 763, 764
Airliner. See under Aircraft
Airport, Elisabethville, instrument landing system (Pye), 604
— Heliport on Battersea bank of River
Thames, 542
•— Hong Kong, new runway opened, 428
— Landing. See Landing
— Leopoldville, instrument landing system
(Pye), 604
— London, FIDO at, 763
Monorail project, 387. See LETTER, 567 Noise of TU104 airliners, 458
— Moscow, Pye aircraft landing system,
756
— Prestwick, improvements planned for,
— San Francisco, Epon asphalt concrete
way, 804
755-
143 run-
Airways, authorised extent of, discussion in Parliament on changes in, 458
— Maps, discussion in Parliament on, 458 AKK, atomic power plant projects for (Asea),
425
Akroyd, T. N. W., on accelerated curing tests on concrete. See LETTER, 759
Alacoil aluminium alloy tank heating coils, 250 Alaflor extruded aluminium grating (Archibald
Low), 159
Alarm for air compressors, 192
— Fire, automatic, Fidela (Associated Fire
Alarms, Ltd.), 32
— Photoelectric, for flow meters (Rotameter),
633
Albania, economic position, 727 Albion-Cuthbertson Water Buffalo tractor transporter for swamp lands (Albion Motors), 358
Albion Motors, Ltd., Reiver range of commercial vehicles, 297; Albion-Cuthbertson ” Water Buffalo ” transporter for swamp lands, 358
Albion Reiver haulage and
(Leyland Motors), 634
Albu, A., review of History
Vol. 5: late 19th century, Alcan interlocking aluminium
nium Union, Ltd.), 183
tipper chassis
of technology.
216
ingots (Alumi-
ALCO Products Inc., modified version of
APPR-1 for US Army, 268; high-tem- perature gas-cycle graphite moderated pebble-bed reactor (PBR) under study, 734 Aldington, Dr. J. N., on Sir Joseph Swan and development of the electric lamp, 231 Aldridge Careers Forum, 457
ALFRED electronic reading machine (EMI
Electronics), 218
Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, negotiations with British Industrial Plastics, 251
Allday, William, and Co., Ltd., oil free blowers, 760
Allen, P. W., and Co., fluorescent work lights, 729
Allen, W. H., Sons and Co., Ltd., reduction gearbox for marine Proteus gas turbine, 52; self-regulating alternator, 133; water circulating pumps for Chapel Cross atomic power station, 490; diesel generator sets for AGR reactor (Windscale), 491
Alley, R. P., physical laws and effects (book), 746
Allgaier windmill, 679 Allied Product Co., Ltd., Cup-O-Matic bulk milk machine, 325; Squash-O-Matic drink-vending machines, 325
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., superheated atomic reactor at Sioux Falls, 267;
“ life-long ” lubrication for crawler tractor track group, 479
Alloys, binary, constitution of, by M. Hansen and K. Anderko (review), 154
— Light. See L/g/zZ Alloy and under specific
types of light alloy
— Magnetic platinum, Platinax 11 (Johnson
Matthey), 183
— Metals and, vacancies and other point
defects in (book), 475
— Steel. See Steel
— See also under specific type of alloy Allweather Paints, Ltd., Pitan metal primer
(trade publication),
Alnor Dewpointer dew
Resistance Furnace Alouette helicopter, 536 Alpha class sailing dinghy (Bossoms Boatyard), 86
— Thermonuclear research apparatus, 702 ALPR reactor, 463
Alps, Mont Blanc road tunnel through, 494
— Road tunnels through, 162, 739 Altair tanker, diesel-engined, 752 Alternating current for dynamic braking
induction motors, by Dr. O. I. Butler and Dr. V. Ahmad, 590
— Stress. See Fatigue
Alternator, brushless, for aircraft electrical equipment (English Electric), 296
— Gas-turbine, 3 MW, mobile or standby
(Bristol Siddeley), 569
— for mobile gas-turbine power station for
. Russia (Ruston and Hornsby), 806
— Self-regulating (W. H. Allen), 133
— Sets, diesel, for multiple-unit Pullman trains
(J. Stone), 134
— Turbo, 200 MW, for High Marnham power
station (English Electric), 594
Stability limits of, operation tests on, 254
— See also Generator
Altimeter readings, investigation of, 298 ?— Sensitive, modified presentation for, 403 Alumina ceramic, Sintox, 555
— See also Chromium-alumina; Molybdenum-
chromium-alumina
Aluminium alloys for Cargo Lift vans and trucks (Northern Aluminium Co.), 781 Free cutting, Kynal 11S, 555
— — Grain carriers (Scammell), 749
Pulleys, flame-plating, for wiredrawing machine, 59. See LETTER, 419
Tank heating coils, 250
— Bending (booklet) (ADA), 210
— Brass for tank heating coils, 250
— Busbars (trade publication), 746
— Canning for atomic reactor, 136
586
point meter (Electric
Co., Lid.), 808
of
Aluminium Co. of America, bid for control of British Aluminium, Ltd., 3; bid for takeover of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 39. See also Plain Words, 34; conclusion of bids for control of British Aluminium Co., 71
— as construction material, 525
Aluminium Corp., continuous flash annealing furuace, 633
— Development Association, bending alumi
nium (booklet), 210; competition for aluminium street lighting standards, 560
— Effect on ductility of Kanthal iron alloy, 139
— Gold-anodised, curtain wall for Hollywood
office building, 804
— Grating, extruded. Alaflor (Archibald Low),
159
— Honeycomb (trade publication), 283
— Industry, position and prospects of, 7, 71
— Ingots, interlocking, Alcan (Aluminium
Union, Ltd.), 183
— for insulated cables (booklet), 780 Aluminium, Ltd., reduction in production
primary aluminium, 3
— Machining of (trade publication), 746
— Nickel alloy, X-800I, in ALPR reactor, 463
— Piping for BR.2 reactor, 46
— Plant in Valencia (Reynolds), 723
— and plywood canopy for Melbourne’s
music bowl, 610
— Producing project, Volta River, Ghana
Government’s work on 543
— Production, reduction in, by Aluminium,
Ltd., 3
— Rocket fuel, 279
— Street lighting standards, competition for,
560
— Superstructure in liner Oriana (Vickers-
Armstrongs, Ltd.), 505
— Thin, ” pull-through ” welding gun for
(British Aluminium Co.), 503
— Tube from roll-formed strip, high-frequency
welding of (Elm Engineering), 446
Aluminium Union, Ltd., Alcan interlocking aluminium ingots, 183
— Vitreous enamelled, Judgelite, 587
Alyn tube profile cutter (Saturn Industrial Gases), 534
Amalgamated Engineering Union, strike of maintenance workers at Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 48; dispute at Universal Pattern and Precision Co., Ltd., 105; re-election of W. Carron a§ president, 637; demand for wage increase and shorter hours, 637
Amateur Yacht Research Society, activities of, 86
America. See North America; South America; United States; Latin America
American Airlines, sale of surplus aircraft to Frederick B. Ayer and Associates, 628
— Astronauiicjl Society, Astronautical Sciences
Review, 501
American Aviation journal, change of name to Airlift, 553
— Chamber of Commerce, remarks on protec
tionism, by Sir D. Eccles, 354
— Concrete Institute, recommended practices
for hot weather concreting, 495; revised standard on concrete, 543; meeting in Mexico, preliminary notice, 671
— Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Louis W.
Hill Space Transportation Award to Dr. R. H. Goddard, 207; commercial air transportation beyond the subsonic jets, by R. C. Sebold, 215; journals of, 343
— Public Relations Associations, annual con
vention (Chicago), 701
American Railroad Curvelining Corp., Bondarc resin-based adhesive for long rails, 32
— Society for Engineering Education, Evalua
tion of Engineering Education (report), 170
— Society for Testing Materials, 1958 book of
ASTM standards including tentatives (review), 714
— States, Organisation of, activities of, 354
— See also United States Americium, recovery of, 174
Ammonax printing papers (Hall Harding), 345 Ammonia plants for Chemical Construction Corp., 391
Amory, Rt. Hon. D. Heathcoat, on Government grants for universities, 235
Amplifier, giant high-fidelity, for missile research (Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 678
— Parametric, semiconductor diodes in, 743
— Rotating, by G. Loocke (review), 475 Amplivox, Ltd., noise (trade publication), 216;
microphones (trade publication), 474; Sonett hearing aid, 788
Ampol Petroleum, Ltd., Australian-built tanker for, 16
Amsler, Alfred J., and Co., wear-testing machine, 117; universal static and fatigue testing machine for Secretaria de Comunica- ciones y Obras Publicas, 433
Analogue computer. See Computer
— Methods for process control, 784
Analyser, spectrum, for audio and supersonic frequencies (James Scott and Co.), 808
— Transfer function, for testing servo-mechan
isms and control gear (Servo Consultants), 665
Analysing, data, transistorised neutron spectrometry (EMI 182
Analysis, asymptotic methods in, Bruijn (book). 111
of
system for Electronics),
by N. G.
de
L.
— Circuit, of tranmission lines, by J.
Stewart (book), 184
— of coal ash, slag and boiler deposits, by
Archer et al., 64
— Engineering systems, by R. L.
(review), 586
— of flow from pipe manifolds,
Markland, 150
— of grid frameworks and related ... ,
by A. W. Hendry and L. G. Jaeger (book), 154
— Nonlinear, introduction to, by W. J. Cun
ningham (book), 29
•— of pipe structures for flexibility, by J. Gascoyne (book), 746
— Structural, by digital computer, by M. B.
Abbott, 666
K.
Sutherland
by Dr. E.
structures.
Analytical design of linear feedback controls, by G. C. Newton, Jr., L. A. Gould, and J. F. Kaiser (review), 252
Anderko, J., on constitution of binary alloys (review), 154
Anderson Construction Co., Ltd., ceiling panels for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Andre Rubber Co., Raykin Fender of rubber sandwich construction, 504
Anfimov, S. R., on Anglo-Russian trade, 755
Angel Ore and Transport Co., Milford Haven project, 700
Angel Truck Co., Ltd., Flagship platform trucks, 762
Angle, slotted, universal grid for (Dexion), 685 Anglesey, atomic power station sites in, 303 Anglo-European Exhibitions, Ltd., Teenagers' Fair (Blackpool), 563
Angus, George, and Co., Ltd., Autoram electromechanical thrust units, 665
Angus-Butterworth, L. M., on Insignia Awards in Technology, 727
Angwin, Sir S., obituary, 568
Annealing. See Heat Treatment
— Furnace. See Furnace
Annual Register of World Events, 745
Ansafone telephone message recorder (Southern Instruments, Ltd.), 37
Anthony, H. D., scientific books of the 18th century and emergence of modern science, 713
Anti-corrosion manual, 1958 (book), 184
— Vibration mounting. See Mounting Anticlastic shells, lectures by F. Candela on,
495
Appearance designer, work of, by T. B. Dunne, 565
Appia 1090 c.c. motor car (Lancia), 329
Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., new appoint ments, 423
Applied Mechanics Reviews, changes in, 343
Appointments Bureau, Professional Engineeis, 573
APPR reactor, uranium dioxide stainless-steel cermets as fuel components for, 141
Apprentices, American tours for (Plessey Co.), 170
— Cost of training, 635
— Further education facilities, 457
— in Post Office service, decrease in, 699
— Recruitment statistics, 207
— Training schemes, problems of, 105
Tax relief for, 105
— in US, safeguarding interests of, 537 Apprenticeships, criticism of, by R. Steel, 170
— Discussion in Parliament on, 635, 637
— for girls (Plessey Co.), 170
— Government grant for, 635, 637
— Group schemes, discussion in Parliament
on, 635
— Need for more, 635, 637
— Schemes, need for more (Birmingham Con
ference), 299
— Statistics of girls and boys in, 234
— Training centres, Government, 635, 637 Approvals scheme for electrical industry, 535 APV Paramount, Paralloy Forging Quality
cast pipe fittings, 504
Aquaflash flash distillation plant for sea water (Buckley and Taylor, Ltd.), 229
Arakie, C. M., on tests for motor-car safety belts, 324
Araldite epoxy resins, 706
Arc-furnace. See Furnace, electric
— Welding. See Welding
Archer, K., on analysis of coal ash, 64 Architect and engineer, acknowledgment of, by Prof. J. A L. Matheson, 664
— Engineer collaboration, scholarship study
of, 804
and surveyors’ plastics scales, British Standard on, 340
— in factory design, 565, 576
Architects, Naval, Institution of. See Institution
?— Remarks by Frank Lloyd Wright on, 565 Architectural aspects of iron and steel works buildings, by F. Gibberd, 221
— Shells, Candela’s, 643. See Correction, 671 Architecture in Heinz factory at Kitt Green,
576
Arcon buildings steelwork fabricated in Lagos, 543
— Steel-framed buildings for National Iranian
Oil Co., 391
Ardleigh Engineering, Ltd., governors, 101 Argentine, atomic energy programme, 12
— Investment prospects, 354
Arghyropoulos, P. A., Calcul de I’Ecoulement en Conduites Sous Pression on a Surface Libre (book), 650
Argonne Low Power Reactor. See ALPR
— National Laboratory, Greek scientists and
engineers training at, 46. See LETTER, 228; removal of plutonium for living organisms, 302; ?<-8001 aluminium-nickel alloy, 46?
Argosy AW650 freighter aircraft for Riddle Airlines, 369
— FreigiivCr/passenger aircraft, 523 Argyriadis, D. A., on container ships, 451 Arithmetic, workshop, by H. A. Darling (book),
343
Arma Brown gyroscopic compass, 749 Armand, L., resignation as Euratom president, 258
Armourcast toughened glass, larger sheets of (Pilkington Bros.), 379
Armourclad toughened glass, larger sheets of (Pilkington Bros.), 379
Armourplate toughened glass (trade publication), 377; larger sheets of (Pilkington Bros.), 379
• Glass in Rhodes site flow indicator, 569
Armstrong Cork Co., Ltd., Bondarc resinbased adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32; Uniphase Cork cork-elastomer gasket material, 210
Armstrong Research and Development Center, resin-bonded adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32
Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., merger with Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., 231
Armstrong Whit'
;wbrth. Sir W. G., Aircraft. Ltd., descriplton of Argosy freighter/pas- senger aircraft, 74; high-speed rotary sampling switeh for air-borne telemetry, 113; spike aerial for guided missile, 113; provisional order for Argosy AW650 freighter aircraft for Riddle Airlines, 369; design and production of Argosy freightercoach aircraft, 523; material fabrication exhibits, 556 '
Army, United Statjes. See United States Army Aromatic extraction unit, Udex, for Stanlow refinery (Univ^sal Oil Products), 620
Arrow supersonic fighter aircraft, Avro, Canadian Government discontinues work on, 290
A RS Journal, new title of Jet Propulsion, 343 Art and engineering, Plain Words on integration of, 694
— and musical interests of engineers, Plain
Words on, 322
Arteriosclerosis treatment, electronic equipment for, 573
Arthurs, J., treatment of water for industrial high-pressure boiler plant, 247
Arts, Royal Academy of. See Royal Academy Society of. See Royal Society
Arup, Ove and Partners, new building for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., 707
Asbestos cement, fire protection of structures by (booklet), 804
Products (Turners Asbestos Cement Co.), 452
Roof sheets. Magnum (Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), 683
Sheet, Turnall plastics washer and protective cap for, 495
— Fire protection of structures by (booklet),
804
— Friction material, MW48, for oil well
drawworks (Ferodo, Ltd.), 780
— and ptfe packings and jointings, Lascarflon
(Beldam Asbestos), 5()3
— Reinforcement for plastics bearings, 27
— Sheeting, Everite (trade publication), 185
— Slabs (trade publication), 283
Asea, atomic power projects at, 425 Aseismic reinforcement for Calder Hall type reactor, by Tachu Naito et al., 79
Ash, coal, analysis of, by K. Archer et al., 64 Ashanti frigate, with steam plus gas turbine 434
Ashby, R. J., on problems in engineering structures (book), 184
Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., Ltd., activities of, 337
Asia, Central, development of, conference on. preliminary notice, 450
— South East, increase in Australian trade
with, 322
Asiatic Society of Bengal, sponsorship of science in India, 300
Aslib, new headquarters of, 123; Engineering Group’s visit to Charrington’s Anchor Brewery, 377
Asphalt concrete, Epon, for runway, 804 Assembly cabinets, pressurised, Bassaire, 415 Associated Cement Companies of India, association with Vickers Ltd. and Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 231
Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., extended notice for wage-earners in event of redundancy, 48; overseas tour by Lord Chandos, 177; steam plus gas turbines for frigate Ashanti, 434; annual report, 456; new holding companies, 456; Swiss “ Rigid ” transportable drilling, boring and milling machine, 562; chairman’s annual statement, 572; cinema film on electricity generating industry, 756; cinema film on training with AEI, 756; See also A El; MERLIN reactor'. Sceptre
Associated Fire Alarms, Ltd., Fidela automatic fire alarm, 32
Associations, abbreviations of, 501
— British Machinery Merchants, change of
name to Association of Industrial Machinery Merchants, 359
— of Consulting Engineers, activities of, 489
— of Industrial Machinery Merchants, new
name for Association of British Machinery Merchants, 359; activities of, 359
— of Supervising Electrical Engineers, exhibi
tion at Earl’s Court, 326; Annual Dinner: Electrification of British Railways, by Sir B. Robertson, 567; year book and technical guide, 1958-1959 (review), 649; automatic landing, by E. H. Bruce-Clayton, 656
— of Teachers in Technical Institutions, annual
conference (Leicester), 733
— of Technical Institutions, need for post-
_graduate research, by Sir H. Melville, 331 ~ . Aeronautique,
bulletin cf
— Technique Maritime et Annuaire 1958 (review), 310; (book), 746
Aston, A. C., consulting engineer
factory at Kitt Green, 576
Aston Martin, DBRl/30 sports car
for Heinz
in Florida race, 393; motor car chassis fabrication 78 <
Astronautical Sciences Review, 501 Astronomical telescope kit, Orion “ do it yourself” (W. Ottway and Co., Ltd.), 416
Astronomy, radio, and navigation, by C. M. Cade, 744
Aswan High Dam, Russian agreement on, 34 Dam, West German consortium ment offer, 34
Asymptotic methods in analysis, by N. G. de Bruijn (book), 777
AT nickel for phenol road tanker, 748 Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, transformer bank for Sweden, 375
Atkins, C. J., review of Technical Drawing, 342 Atkins, Capt. H. F., on marine nuclear reactor systems, 792
Atkins, W. S., on foundations to iron and steel works buildings, 220
Allas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd., quiet pneumatic screwdriver, 485
Atlas floating 400 ton diesel-electric crane for Lake Maracaibo oilfields, 595
— Missile in orbit, 3
invesl-
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Atmosphere, heat treatment. See Heat Treatment
— Lunar, nature of, 333
— Upper, X-15 aircraft for research on (North
American Aviation), 361
Atmospheric pollution. See Air Pollution; Clean Air; Smoke
Atoms for Peace Award for Prof. G. C. de Hevesy, 47
Atoms for Peace Digest, 1956-1958, highlights from (booklet), 80
Atomic bonds in ceramics, by D. A. Robins, 90 Atomic Energy, quarterly journal of Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 463
—? Energy Agency, International. See International
in Argentine, 12 in Belgium, 12 in Brazil, 12
Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., tandem accelerator, 771
in Chile, 12
Commission, Australian. See Australian Commission, United States. See United States
Community, European. See European Consortia in Consortia Consortia Consortia
— — Consortia in Cuba, 12
— — in Czechoslovakia, 12
in Denmark, 12
Direct conversion to electrical energy, 13, 575
in East Germany, 12
in Egypt, 12
Establishment (Trombay, India), activities of, 301
Exhibits at Engineering Exhibition, 490 Exhibitions, UKAEA, 535
European organisations, 176
— ?— Films at Engineering Exhibition, 490
?—? — in Finland, 12 in Greece, 46
Industrial prospects of, conference on (OEEC, Stresa), 176
Industry, chemical processing in, by Dr. R. Hurst, 172
Insurance, State settlement of excess claims, 240
in Israel, 46 in Italy, 46
in Japan, 46
Medical applications of, research reactor for, 462
-in
— — in in in in
in in in in
Belgium, 12 Italy, 46 Japan, 46 Norway, 80 Portugal, 110
Mexico, 80 Netherlands, 80 New Zealand, 80 Norway, 80 Pakistan, 110
Peaceful Uses of, 2nd International Conference on (Geneva), consolidated report on metallurgy and fuels, by L. M. Wyatt, 106, 136; list of papers presented, 141, 175, 205, 237, 238-239; consolidated report on chemical processing, by Dr. R. Hurst, 172; consolidated report on isotope separation, by F. 1. Hurley, 202; consolidated report on radiation protection, by I. S. Eve, 236; consolidated report on reactor safety, by F. R. Farmer, 237 in Poland, 110
— ?— in Portugal, 110
Prize, Council of Europe, 176 Products, tariff's on, 176 Programmes, R. McKinney on, 789 Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell), discussion in Parliament on staff losses and increases at, 272; reorganisation of Isotope Division, 395; work of safety branch, 397; atomic light sources, 497
Research at Grenoble, 176
— — Research in India, 301
Research Institute, Japanese. See Japanese
• Research in New Zealand, 80
Safety Precautions, UKAEA, 397 Society, European. See European in West Germany, 12 World programmes, 12, 46, 80, 110 See also Atomic power: Nuclear
— Engineering, Course on, 80
— — Demonstration experiments in, by Dr.
P. H. Price, 141
Home-study course, 141
— Explosions for earth moving, AWRE study,
795
for harbour construction, 206
— ?— for oil release from shale beds, 206 —? — Peaceful uses of, 205-206
— — for rocket propulsion, 206
? in Siberian forest, theory, 637
?— Fission, direct conversion to electricity, 13 Product release from fuels, 238
— Fuel cans, beryllium, development of, 239 Canning, beryllium for, 412
Canning, impermeable graphite for, 490 Consolidated report on, by L. M, Wyatt, 106, 136
Diluted, 141 ? Elements, behaviour under irradiation, 238
Element bundle for Hawker Siddelcy marine reactor, 674
Elements, burst, detection of, 750
Element, Capricorn’s, 130 Element, co-extrusion of, 80 Elements, compartmented plate, 140
— •— Element, Dounreay, 335
Elements for EBR-1 reactor, 141 Elements for EBWR reactor, 141 Elements for Enrico Fermi reactor, 141 Elements, equipment for detection of faulty (Plessey), 491
Elements, fissile and fertile material in mineral or glass-fibre for, 110
Elements, integral canning methods for, 141
Element, longitudinal finned spiral splitter, 137
— ?—? Elements, manufacture by Rolls-Royce,
575
Atomic fuel element, polyzonal spiral, 137 Element for Russian gas-cooled reactor, 137
Element sheaths, detection of defective, 687
Elements, sleeved, at Chapelcross, 702
— — Element, temperature of, 269
Element testing by Hawker Siddeley, 303
— — Elements, trends, in, 139-140
Fission-product release from, 238 Fluid, reactors for, USAEC interest in, 268
for French submarine, 675
Gaseous UFo, 735
— — Hire-purchase terms for, 394
as independent variable of reactor design, 238
— — for Japanese power station, 427, 492 Liquid, chemical studies of, 175
? Liquid-metal, 302
Liquid-metal, advantages of, 313
Liquid-metal, poisons removal from, 315 Liquid-metal, problems of, 313 Liquid-metal, processing of, 315
— ?— Liquid-metal, types of, 314
Loading-unloading machine for Berkeley atomic power station, 490
Rods for BICEP reactor, 239
Rods manufacture by industry, 238 Technology, proceedings of conference on, 394
See also under specific types Atomic Industrial Forum, United States. United States
— Light, by Dr. E. J. Wilson and J. D.
Hughes, 497
— — See also Light, radioactive
— Physics and Human Knowledge, by
Bohr (review), 155
— Plant accidents, analysis of, 674
— Power in Australia, prospects of, 463 Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., memberfirms of, 273; contract for Trawsfynydd atomic power staion, 795
Course on. Imperial College (booklet), 463
in Pakistan, prospect for (report), 531
— — Plants, experimental programme for, by
J. Edwards, 460
Plants, by G. Cahan and P. Treille (book), 502
Plant, Hallam, 425
Plants for marine propulsion, shielding of, by H, E. Vann, M. L. Weiss and B. Wolfe, 545
Plant, modular, proposals to USAEC, 13 Plant, portable, Lockheed, 735 Plant, portable, PM-1, 735
Plant, 330 MW (Westinghouse), 267 ? Plant
(Puerto Rico), 79
Plant, prefabricated, for US Army, 268 Plant, R3-Adam (Asea), 425
Plant, R4-Eva (Asea), 426
Plant, for Saxton (Penn.) (Westinghouse), 267
— — Programme, British, by Sir J. Cockcroft,
269
Projects at Asea, 425
Prospects for (PEP booklet), 427 Stations, AGR system for, 269 Station, Berkeley, progress of, 206; gas circulator for, 269. See Correction, 395; research laboratories at, 367; ball bearings for reactor servicing machine, 484; fuel loading-unloading machine, 490 Station, Bradwell, auxiliary transformers ordered for, 491 ; heat exchangers for, 525 Station, Chapel Cross, in operation, 387; centrifugal circulating water pumps for, 490; fluorescent lighting for control room, 491; opening of, 608; contractors for, 608; sleeved fuel elements, 702; storage pond, 702
Stations under construction by CEGB, 426
Station, design of (GEC), 523
Station, Earnley site, discussion in Parliament on, 535
Station, Germany, British tenders rejected, 367
Station, Greencastle site survey, 735
Station, Hunterston, progress on, 34; shield construction, 426; Loch Awe construction scheme in association with, 451, 463
Station for India, Dr. H. J. Bhabha on, 269
Stations, instrumentation for, by Dr. D. Taylor, 750
?— — Station for Japan, 427; contract negotiations for, 206; negotiations on, 269; fuel for, 427; earthquake safety precautions, 463; details of, 492
? Station, Latina, thermal rating of
reactors, 367
Stations, lubricant requirements, 715
— — Station, Oldbury-on-Severn, site appli
cation for, 426
Stations, plutonium production in, discussion in Parliament on, 731
Stations, progress of, 490
Stations, safety in. Plain Words on, 790 Station sites in Anglesey, 303
Station sites investigated by CEGB, 269 Station site investigations on Severn Estuary, 426
Stations, siting of (CEGB pamphlet), 694 Station, Sizewell, marine survey of, 240
— —? Station, for Spain, projected, 80 Station, Swedish, projected, 80
Station, Trawsfynydd, contract for Atomic Power Constructions Ltd., 795
— Propulsion of icebreaker vessel Lenin, trials
on, 548
Merchant Parliament <
— -— Merchant
548
Merchant tion for, 80
Merchant ship Savannah, details of, 548; launching of, 674; proposed schedule of operation, 674; model of reactor plant, 6'74; radiation level permitted in, 675
See
H.
N.
with nuclear-fired superheater
ship (British), discussion in on, 676
ships, Dutch research body.
ships, Netherlands Founda-
Atomic propulsion, naval vessels, 545, 675 Plant, gas-turbine (General Dynamics Corp.), 735
Plant, weight of, 676
Reactors for. See Atomic reactors of rocket by explosion, 206 Ships, discussion in Parliament on, 672 Ships, exhibits at Engineering, Marine,
Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition, 545
Ships, firms interested in, 608
— — Ships in Italy, 46 Ships in Japan, 46
Ships, operating costs of, by H. W.
Bowker, 676
Ships, position and prospects of, 545 Ships, progress in, Lloyd’s Register report on, 359
Ships, proposals for, 630
Ships, prospects of, by A. J. Taylor, 548 Ships, reactors for. See Atomic reactors Ships, references to, 548 Ships, safety in, 675
? Ships, shielding in, by H. E. Vann, M. L.
Weiss and B. Wolfe, 545
? Ships, systems proposed for, 630, 638
Submarine cargo ship Moby Dick, 546 Submarine cargo vessels, by J. A.
Teasdale, 676
Submarine Dreadnought, 546, 668, 675; floating dock and hull design, 80; reactor plant for, 367; keel laying of, 735
Submarine, land-based, at Dounreay,675 Submarines, RN programme, 675 Submarine Skipjack, 546
Submarine tanker (Mitsubishi), 675 Submarines (US), 545 Tanker, British project, 546
Tanker with gas-cooled reactor (US), 547 Tanker project (Babcock and Wilcox), 547 Tanker project (Vickers), 547
Tanker, reactor design for (Vickers), 638 US Navy, 545
West German work on, 13 Whaling fctory ship, 548
— Reactor accident, Soviet, 395
Advanced gas-cooled, for future power stations, 269
Advanced gas-cooled, graphite-moderated, for tanker project, 546
Advanced gas-cooled. Windscale, diesel generator sets for, 491; refuelling machine contract, 491; for ship’ propulsion, 639 ALPR, 463
APPR, uranium dioxide stainless-steel cermets as fuel components for, 141
Aqueous homogeneous, Westinghouse and Pennsylvania withdrawal from project, 79
Beryllium for, AWRE study, 795 BICEP, special rods for, 239 BN-50, comparison of, 334 BN-250, comparison of, 334
— ?— Boiling heavy water, Halden, joint
programme for, 80, 176
Boiling-water, design study proposal invited by USAEC, 268
Boiling-water, with nuclear-fired superheater (Puerto Rico), 79
Boiling-water, Operation Sunrise development programme (General Electric Co. (U.S.)), 426
Boiling-water, for ship propulsion, 548, 793
Boiling-water, for ship propulsion, access hours permissible for (AEI-John Thompson), 6'74
Boiling-water, for ship propulsion, details of (Mitchell-Fairfield-Combustion Engineering), 641, 673
Borax-4, 426
• Borax-5, for superheater testing, 267
BR-1 (Belgium), 12 BR-2 (Belgium), 12, 46 BR-3 (Belgium), 12, 47
of Brazil, 12
Calder Hall type, aseismic reinforcement for, by Tachu Naito et al., 79
Canning, aluminium, 136 Canning, beryllium, 139 Canning, magnesium, 136 —? — Canning materials, 136 Canning rods, installation by distillation method, 137
Canning, steel, 138 Canning, zirconium, 137 Chapelcross, 702 Charging mechanisms, lubrication of, 715 Chemistry of, 175 Circulating-fuel, 316
Containment, safety aspects of, 238
? Control of, course on, 80
Control, neutron-sensitive, ionisation chamber for, 751
Controls, by J. Walker, 686
Control rod mechanism, lubrication of, 715
Core arrangement for LMFR, 313 Core, neutron-flux distribution measurement across, 750
Core processing, 315 ?— ?—of Czechoslovakia, 12 DIDO, high-pressure water loop for, 460 Direct cycle BWR, for ship propulsion (AEl-John Thompson), 639
DR-1 (Denmark), 12 DR-2 (Denmark), 12 DR-3 (Denmark), 12 DR3 (Riso), instrumentation for (Ekco), 462
DRAGON (HTGC) project at Winfrith Heath, 239, 425; agreement signed for, 395 for Dreadnought submarine, 367
Dual-core, light-water moderated, Cornell, 79
of East Germany, 12 EBR, melt-down, 237 EBR-1, comparison of, 334 EBR-1, fuel element for, 141 — ?— EBR-2, comparison of, 334 EBR-II, non-aqueous processing for, 174 EBWR, fuel elements for, 141
EBWR-2, 426
EFFBR, comparison of, 334
Atomic reactor, enriched-uranium graphitemoderated, for West Germany, 735
Enrico Fe mi, fuel element for, 141 ; comparison of, 334; details of, 336
EUREKA experiment for water-moderated (Vickers), 462-463
Fast breeder, Dounreay, comparison of, 334; fuel element, 335; tests on, 335; core skirt fabrication, 366; instrumentation for (CJB), 491
Fast breeder, liquid-metal fuelled, 317 Fast breeder, PRDC, permit to build but not operate, 47
Fast, charging of, 335 Fast, comparisons of, 334 Fast, melt-out containment of, 427 Fast, references to, 336 Fast, US, 335
Fast, world examples compared, 334 Fluid-fuel, USAEC interest in, 268 Fluidised breeder, 426
Fuel circuits, design of, 316 G2, electricity for grid from, 575 Gas-cooled, engine, 427
Gas-cooled,
425
Gas-cooled, ium compared (Kaiser-ACF), 734
Gas-cooled, with gas turbine, higher thermal efficiency for, 547
Gas-cooled, GCR-2 (Oak Ridge), 734 Gas-cooled graphite moderated, for gas turbine propulsion plant (General Dynamics Corp.), 735
Gas-cooled graphite-moderated, for ship propulsion (GEC-Simon-Carves), 639
Gas-cooled graphite moderated, for tanker, model of (Babcock and Wilcox), 547 Gas-cooled, for heavy-water reactor development (USAEC), 425
Gas-cooled, for Japan, 303
Gas-cooled, for Jiilich, Germany, 206 Gas-cooled, Kaiser Engineers-ACF Industries programme, 734
Gas-cooled, kinetics of, by Sir J. Cockcroft, 269
Gas-cooled, operating experience, 238 Gas-cooled, for ship propulsion, 793 Gas-cooled, for ship propulsion (General Dynamics Corp.), 676
— ?— Gas-cooled, for tanker (US), 547
Gas-cooled, US projects, 734 Gas engine system (Oak Ridge), 427, 734 Gaseous UFj fuel for, 735
Graphite blocks for, test rig for, 47
Graphite-moderated, for ship propulsion, 793
Halden Boiling Heavy Water (Norway), 80, 176
Heavy-water moderated, design study proposals invited by USAEC, 268
Heavy-water control of, 491
Heavy-water Heavy-water of, 47
Heavy-water Atomic reactor, steam-cooled
Helium-cooled graphite-moderated project of High Temperature Reactor Development Associates, 78
Helium-cooled partially enriched (Kaiser-ACF), 734
HERO experimental, for Windscale, 206 HERO project at Windscale, 239
High-temperature gas-cooled, Daniels- Boyd, 268
High-temperature gas-cooled, experiments to commence, 141
High-temperature gas-cooled, Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, 463 High-temperature gas-cooled, for ship propulsion (de Havilland), 640
•—? — High-temperature gas-cycle graphite moderated pebble-bed reactor (PBR) (Sanderson and Porter-Alco Products), 734
• India, 80
Instrumentation of, course on, 80 Instrumentation requirements, 687 Ispra (Italy), operation commenced, 462 in Italy, 46 in Japan, 46
for Japan, Kyushu Co. project, 269
JASON, for research and training, 303, 461, 491
JEEP heavy-water cooled and moderated (Norway), 80
JRR-1 to 3, Japan, 46
LAM PRE, proposed design for, 303 LAMPRE-I, at Los Alamos, 318 LAPRE-2 (Los Alamos), criticality achieved, 492; purpose of, 492
Liquid-metal fuelled, Babcock and Wilcox (USA), 302
Liquid-metal fuelled, heat removal circuits for, 317
• Liquid-metal fuelled, by S. B. Hosegood
and P. M. C. Lacey, 313
Liquid-metal fuelled, internally cooled, 316
Liquid-metal fuelled, prospects of, 318 Liquid-metal fuelled, safety of, 317
— — Liquid-metal fuelled, types of, 313 LMFRE, new facility for, 302
Los Alamos Molten Plutonium, details of, 336
Materials, properties of, 269
Materials testing, Dounreay. See Dounreay
MERLIN, functions of, 460
Moderator and refiector, beryllium as, 412
Moderator temperature coefficient, 269 MRR, for medical use (Brookhaven), 462
— — Natural-circulation pressurised-water
with nucleate boiling (Westinghouse), 675
Natural-uranium gas-cooled heavy-water moderated, for West Germany, 269
NEPTUNE water-moderated, instrumentation for, 675
Neutron flux measurement, 686
? in Norway, 80
Operating experience, 237
coupled to reciprocating
Dragon project, 239, 395,
enriched and natural uran-
moderated, gearboxes for
moderated, for India, 269 moderated, USAEC study
moderated. See also
NG, VOL. IS7 (1959)
ENGINEER)]
Atomic reactor, organic-cooled, design study proposal invited by USAEC, 268
Organic liquid moderated, for ship propulsion, 793
Organic moderated and cooled, in Piqua (USAEC), 425
Organic-moderated fluid-bed (Westinghouse), 13
Organic-moderated, for ship propulsion (German), 548
Organic-moderated, for ship propulsion (Hawker Siddeley), 641; fuel element bundle for (Hawker Siddeley), 674
—. — OKR (Oak Ridge), 462
PLUTO, closed-circuit television for, 491 Plutonium for, AWRE study, 795
?—? — in Poland, 110
Pressurised-water, BR-3, for Belgium, description of, 12, 47
Pressurised-water, design study proposal invited by USAEC, 268
Pressurised-water, for East Germany, 269 Pressurised-water, for merchant ships
(^abcock and Wilcox), 547
radioactive deposits
Pressurised-water, build-up, 79
Pressurised-water,
of, 674
Pressurised-water,
792
Pressurised-water, (Babcock and Wilcox), 640
— — Pressurised-water, Shippingport, fuel
elements for, 140
Pressurised-water, for whaling factory ship, 548
Protection circuits, 687 RA-1 (Argentine), 12 Reactivity control, 686 • Research, classification of, 460
Research in Netherlands, 80 ? Research, prototype assemblies, 460
Research, radiation-source type, 460 Russia, comparisons of, 334
Safety, consolidated report on, by F. R. Farmer, 237
Safety of, control and, 687
Safety devices, 238 Shielding. See Shielding for ship propulsion, choice of, 792 for ship propulsion, firms interested in, 608
—? — for ship propulsion, hazard analysis, 674 for ship propulsion, systems proposed for, 630, 638
— •— for ship propulsion, systems submitted
to Galbraith Committee, 792
for ship propulsion, US projects, 545 for ship propulsion. See also Atomic propulsion
Shut-down devices, 238
Sodium-cooled graphite-moderated, Hallam project, 425
SPERT-lIl, criticality achieved, 79 SPERT-111, experiments on, 79 Steam-cooled heavy-water moderated (East Central Nuclear Group and Babcock and Wilcox Co.), 674
Steam-cooled heavy-water moderated, for ship propulsion (Vickers), 641, 793
Sub-critical, light-water-moderated, for research and education (Miles Hivolt), 141 Superheated, design for, 267
Superheated, at Sioux Falls, 267 Swimming-pool, for Italian Navy, 675 Temperature coefficient, 269
Temperature-zoned, by F. H. Clark and C. N. Klahr, 463
Test, USAEC meeting on, 460 Thermal breeder power, 315 Thermal output measurement, 686 Thermal, plutonium breeding in, 334 Thermal ratings of British, 367 Transient ReactorTest Facility (TREAT), criticality achieved, 366
TRIGA, for training and research, 461 URANIE light-water moderated, 461. See also 141
— — US, 78
US new concepts, 13
Water-cooled, BR.2 (Belgium), 12, 46 Water cooled and moderated, safety of, 237
Water decomposition in, 238 of West Germany, 13
Westinghouse Electric Corp, new design concepts, 13
WTR, progress on, 461
ZENITH (HTZER) at Winfrith Heath, data on, 239
Zerlina (India), 80
— Research at AWRE, 768
Centre at Berkeley, CEGB, 367 in Pakistan, 110
— Spin, electrical uses of, by G. Phillips, 743
— Terminology, by L. Lettenmeyer (book), 650
— Time standard. Dr. L. Essen’s work on, 397
— Weapons Research Establishment (Alder-
maston), automatic monitor for end point recording, 102; thermonuclear experiments on injection of pre-accelerated particles into magnetic fields with mirror geometry, 366; pressureless sintered beryllium, 412; fast pinch device, 703; plasma heating and confining 703; Maggi, capacitor bank (million ampere generator), 703; atomic research at, 768; nuclear physics research division 768; particle accelerators operated by, 768; tandem generator, 769, 771; Sir W. Penney’s work at, 765; Dr. N. Levin’s work at, 765; Cockcroft Walton type machine as neutron source, 770; neutron spectrometry, 770; charged particle analysis, 770; liquid scintillation counter as neutron detector, 771; beryllium and plutonium for fission reactor study, 795; nuclear explosions for earth moving, 795
Atomics International, Hallam atomic power plant, 425
Atta, Dr. V., on thermonuclear research, 702 Attache, scientific, Moscow, D. A. Senior appointed, 489, 493
Attenuation formula for marine reactor shielding, 545
for
for
for
Savannah, model
ship propulsion,
ship propulsion
Auckland Harbour Bridge, opening of, 739 Audio equipment, high fidelity, BBC programme on, 96
— Frequency oscillator(trade publication), 618
— Instructed Manufacturing Operation
(AIMO), 786
Aurora, radar station for study of, at Hillhead, nr. Fraserburgh, 363
Austin A55 motor car, 104 Austin, H., obituary, 228 Austin. See also British Motor Corp,, Ltd. Australia, atomic power prospects in, 463
— Economic recovery hope, 251
— Electrical engineering industry in, 273
— Import policy of, 251
— Power developments in Victoria, 707
— Racial questions in, 142
— Shipbuilding industry in, 208
—Tait’s electrical directory of 1958-59 (review), 649
— Trade policy review, 251
with South East Asia, increase in, 322
— Vickers Ltd.’s activities in, 208
Australian Academy of Science, concrete dome for, 776
— Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Energy^
quarterly journal of, 463; 6th annual report, 492
— Citizenship Convention,
racial questions, 142
— Commonwealth Scientific
Research Organisation, . .
Radiophysics Laboratory (Sydney), 121
— Finance and Commerce Newsletter, com
ment on Australian trade prospects, 322
— Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineer
ing, activities of, 463
Authors, notes for. Institute of Physics, 801 Auto-Klean Strainers, Ltd., marine filters (trade publication), 443
Autobars Co., Ltd.,automatic drink-dispensing machines, 325
Autoclave for quartz crystal production, 219 Autocorrelation function and power spectrum of nonstationary shot noise, by L. P. Hyvarinen (book), 586
Automat Machine
machines, 266;
shop”
Azofiex document-copying machine (Ilford), 487
i
Base, G. D., tranimission length in tensioned concrete (book), 93
Basildon monorail jyototype, 387
Basrah Petroleum Co., Ltd., deep-water for supertankers in Persian Gulf,
pre-
discussion on
and Industrial
equipment at
Sales, Ltd., cigarette self-filling ” ever open vending machine, 266; pushbutton type micro-resonance vibrator for relief of tension, 453; vending machines for hot meals and drinks, 453
Automatic Canteen Co., Ltd., “Canteen” automatic tea service, 325
Automatic control. See Control and Automation
— Landing. See Landing
Automatic Welding, translation of Russian journal by BWRA, 501
Automation (trade publication), 586
— Bibliography, 475
— Computation and control handbook, Vol.
I, by E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (review), 713
—? Discussion in Parliament on, 272
— Effects of, discussion in Parliament on, 330
— Human control in, 365
— Impact on business and labour, by J.
Diebold (report), 796
— in production engineering, by J. A. Oates
(review), 253
- Research in, Government promotion of, 234
— in rubber tyre manufacture, 352
— Terms, glossary of, 475
— in textile industry, 77
— See also Control, automatic; International
Instruments, Electronics and Automation Exhibition: National Control
Automobile. See Motor cars
Automobile Association, ten years of road radio services, 297; Foreign Touring Guide, 368; Ford Escort breakdown vehicles for Preston By-pass, 393; Commonwealth Motoring Conference, 544
Automobile Club, Royal. See Royal Automobiles M. Berliet, “ Magic” muIti-fuel engine and “ Relaxe ” cab for TlOO heavy commercial vehicles, 45
Automobile Plastics Co., Ltd., repair of glass- reinforced plastics coachwork, 448
— Workers, United. See United
Automotive inventions of Ettore Bugatti, by H. G. Conway, 200, 207
Autopark (trade publication), 185
Autophoto Co., automatic photographing machine, 325
Autoplot automatic electronically-controlled tool positioning machine (Mullard), 5 Autoram electromechanical thrust units (George Angus and Co.), 665
Auto-transformer control of induction motor, 590
Aveling-Barford, Ltd., scholarship in highway engineering, 105; sales in Latin America, 812
Avery, W. and T., Ltd., spring testing machine, 486; electrodynamic balancing machine, 632
Aviation, British, aeroplane directory of, 1959 (review), 649
— Medicine, Royal Air Force Institute of.
See Royal Air Force
— Techniques, managing, by C. J. McCarthy,
669
Avica Equipment, Ltd., Seawings hydrofoils, 87; swivel pipe couplings for hydraulic systems, 621. See Correction, 720
Avo, Ltd., acquisition of, by Metal Industries, Ltd., 296; low-power scaling unit, 318; electrical testing (trade publication), 802 Avro 748 turbo-prop airliner project, 103 Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, Canadian Government discontinues work on, 290 Supersonic interceptor aircraft, development of Iroquois turbojet engine for (Orenda), 26
Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Automatic Welding), Russian journal, translation by BWRA, 160 AW650 aircraft. See Argosy
Axial elasticity, Newtonian theory of, by A. N. Procter, 798
Axle cases for Toronto underground trains, 786 Ayer, Frederick B., and Associates, purchase of surplus aircraft from American Airlines, 628
BABANI, B. B., international radio tube encyclopaedia, 1958-59, 310
Babbitless Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., gyratory crushers, 728
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., association with ACC of India and Vickers, Ltd., 231; activities in Commonwealth, 402; history and activities of, 402; subsidiaries of, 402; competitors of, 402; atomic energy activities, 403; licensees, 403; range of boilers manufactured propulsion work, 490; and policy, 521; PWR merchant ships, 547;
pulsion development, 547; model of gas-cooled graphite-moderated reactor in tanker, 547; pressurised-water reactor for ship propulsion, 640; annual report, 668 Babcock and \Vilcox Co. (US), liquid metal fuel reactor facility for design information for LMFRE, 302; steam-cooled heavywater moderated reactor, 674. See also Savannah merchant ship
BAETA for plutonium removal from living organisms, 302
Bailey, Sir W. H., and Co., Ltd., “ Bi-Seat ” control stop valve for steam lines, 621
Bakelite, Ltd., polyester dough moulding material, 160; Vybak Industrial rigid pvc sheet for Hydrotron vapour blasting equipment, 284; electrical potting resin, 309; polyester resin, reinforced, for van body, 557; plastics review (trade publication), 746
Baker (monkey in rocket), 726, 727
Baker, A. J. S., on miniature oil velocity indicator, 82
Baker, C., Instruments, Ltd., Sterimag stereoscopic magnifier, 730
Baker, G., parking (review). 111
Baker, Prof. J. F., impact machine for Naval Construction Research Establishment, 800 Taccone diaphragm 722
UK, 1956 to 1958,
by, 403; atomic research activities reactor project for nuclear ship pro
Baker Perkins, Ltd., moulding machine.
Balance of payments, White Paper, 531
— Rooms, by A. Stucky (book), 618
— Spring, Mancur, by J. F. Perrin, 355. See
LETTERS, 419, 531
Balancing, dynamic, with gas film bearings, 179 of grinding spindle with gas bearings, 678
— Machine, Electrodynamic (W. and T.
Avery), 632
with pressurised air bearing, 179
Balency and Schuhl, Paris exhibition hall, 738 Ball bearings. See Searings
Seal (Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd.). 294
— Bushings for precision linear motion
(Ransome and Maries), 471
— Mill for beryllium powder production, 413 Ballasts for gas-discharge lamps, life of, by
T. Hehenkamp, 32
— Tray, Glitsch (Metal Propellers, Ltd.), 665 Ballentyne, D. W. G., dictionary of named
effects and laws (review), 311
Banbury mixers, electronically-controlled, in rubber manufacture, 352
Band conveyors. See Conveyors
— Strapping, HSD tensioner for
Supply Co., Ltd.), 293
Bandamatic spirit duplicator (Block son), 698
Bandavelop photocopying machine Anderson), 698
Banks, annual reviews of, 135
— European Investment. See European
— International. See International Bank of
Reconstruction and Development
— World. See International Bank oj Recon
struction and Development
Banking industry’s annual reviews, 135 Bantu, development of, 397
Bars, bored (trade publication), 746
— Shearing machine, Beton (Thos. W. Ward),
293
— Steel, bending machine for (Chamberlain
Industries), 761
Barash, Dr. M. M., on controlled shot peening, 222
Barbados suction cutter dredger, Heenan Dynamatic coupling for blade protection of, 114
Barber-Colman Co., multi-switch indicator for checking temperatures, 455
Barclay, Andrew, Sons and hydraulic locomotive torque converter, 51
Barford, Dr. N. C., on chambers, 367
Barium titanate transducer for ultrasonic flaw detector, 570
Barking flyover, completion of, 670
Barlow-Whitney, Ltd., Hyvacoilfil high vacuum drying and impregnation plant, 416; gas-fired forced-convection trolley-loading ovens, 422; gas-fired tray-loading industrial ovens, 664
Barnes, D. E., on radiation hazards and protection (review), 377
Barnes Milling, Ltd., new flour-mill layout at, 156
Barr and Stroud, Ltd., automatic scanner for nuclear research emulsions, 102
Barrage, Taunsa, Pakistan, opening of, 473
Barrels, lifting tongs for close stacking of (Waiter Somers), 808
Barrett, T. R., on pressureless sintered beryllium: Part 1—production techniques, 412; Part 2—evaluation of new process, 437
Barrier, traffic, electrically operated (Bolton Gate), 263
Barron, D. A., on subscriber trunk dialling, 160
Barron, W. S., and Son, Ltd., Sureseal filling valve (trade publication), 443
Bartlett, R. L., steam turbine performance and economics (review), 745
(Packers
& Ander-
(Block &
Co., Ltd., diesel- with Twin Disc
hydrogen bubble
berth 231; deep-water oil terminal at Shatt al Arab, 495
Bass, John, Ltd., ejquipment for ultra clean production, 415
Bassaire clean rooms for ultra-clean production, 415 I
— Personal decontaminator, 415
— Pressurised assernbly cabinets, 415
Bastow, F., on specifications for rubber products, 476
Bates, Col. D. H., on replacement of Queen liners, 636 |
Battelle Memorial Institute, research on cobalt oxides for catalytic combustion of exhaust gases, 684
Battersea College of Technology, fog dispersal experiments, 428
Battery for agricultural industry, plea for standard, 458
— Lightweight, for motor car, TEL, 393. See
Correction, 496
— Tape recorder, miniature (Fi-Cord, Ltd.)
454
— Vehicles. See Motor car; Motor vehicle:
Tractor: Truck
— Wrist watch. Lip, 256
— See also Cell
Baumeister, T., mechanical engineers’ handbook (book), 746
Bayha, F. H., engineered work measurement (review), 282
Bayman, Dr. B,, on collective motions of nucleus, 466
BBC. See British Broadcasting Corp.
Beacon satellite, summary of details of, 616 Beale, Sir S. R., on Worthington-Simpson’s trading profits, 796
Beams, floor, section determination Pegasus computer, 18
— Prestressed concrete, for Heinz factory
Kitt Green, 578
— and slabs design, tables for, by J.
Cohen (book), 184
— Timber, Aerolite glued, Cawood Wharton,
707
Bearing, air, in balancing machine, 179
— Ball, for Berkeley reactor servicing machine,
484
British Standard on, 188
Effect of water in lubricant on, 403 Roballo slewing rings, 340
wire-race, 339
-— for David Brown 950 tractor, 406
— Equivalents (trade publication), 554
— Expansion, for bridges, Neoprene for, 543
— Gas, applications of, 181
— — (Bristol Siddeley), 490 Film, applications of, 181
Film, shaft stability in, by V. H. Brix, 178 Hydrodynamic, for grinding spindle, by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
Stiffness of, 182
— in gas turbine for gasifier-turbine plant, 50
— Manufacture (trade publication), 650
— Materials, dry (Glacier Metal), 503
— Miniature, production under ultra-clean
conditions (BMB), 415
— Needle, Nadella, for cam followers (trade
publication), 554
— Oil-film, shaft whirl with, 180
— Parallel-roller, British Standard on, 188
— Reinforced plastics, manufacture, pro
perties and applications (Railko, Ltd.), 27
— Roller, Max-Load (trade publication), 554 Nadella, for cam followers (trade publication), 554
Wire-race, 339
— Water-lubricated, turbo-pump unit with
(G. and J. Weir), 487
Bechtel Corp., Hallam atomic power plant, 425 Bedford diesel industrial units, glass fibre castings for (W. and J. Tod, Ltd.), 505
Beldam Asbestos Co., Ltd., Lascarflon packings and jointings in asbestos and ptfe, 503; activities and new factory of, 604 Belgian Congo, Pye instrument landing system for Elisabethville and Leopoldville airports, 604
Belgium, atomic energy consortia in, 12 Energy programme, 12 Reactor BR2, 46 Reactor BR-3, 47
— Coalminers’ strike, 355
— Glass industry, position and prospects of,
636
— Speed limits in ,644
Bell Aircraft Co., control rocket engines for X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 361
Bell, L. R. H., overseas tour of, 177
Bell Telephone Laboratories, five-advance twistor shift register, 53; thermocompression bonding of metallic leads and semiconductors, 55; hydrothermal process for quartz crystal production, 219; “ compatibility ” circuit for single channel stereophonic reception, 384; retirement of Dr. M. J. Kelly, 549; field effect tetrode, 680; low melting point glasses for electronic components, 747; transistorised artificial larynx, 788
Bell, W. D., management guide to computers (review), 122
Bellows, applications of, by Teddington Aircraft Controls, Ltd., 39
— Joints (trade publication), 554
Belmos Co., Ltd., flameproof lighting transformer to NCB specifications, 357; SBU-1 hand-operated flameproof circuit breaker, 665
Belt conveyor. See Conveyor
— Safety, for motor cars, 297, 324
— Timing, Powergrip, for One-20 diesel
dumper, 589
Belting, conveyor, Terylene-rubber, for Russian ore field (BTR Industries), 284
— Transmission, nylon Roko, 504
— Tup, Roko nylon, for drop stamp, 504
by
at
S.
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Bench, fettling, with bui t-in dust extraction equipment (Newton Collins), 722
Bending aluminium (booklet) (ADA), 210
— Machine for plate, vertical (Hugh Smith
(Possil)), 570
Staffa, for steel bars (Chamberlain Industries), 761
— Pipe (trade publication), 474
— Plate, Besco rollers for (F. J. Edwards), 454
— Tube, angle of, calculator for (Chamberlain
Industries, Ltd.), 324
Benesovsky, F., on silicides and borides, 90 Benge, R. C., technical and vocational education in UK (bibliographical survey), 61
Benjamin Electric, Ltd., Taskmaster range of Flurolier fluorescent lamp fittings, 198
Benjamin Franklin medai awarded to H. G. Nelson, 142
Bennett, F. S., obituary, 2
Bennett, J. D., design of eccentrically-loaded columns by load-factor method (book), 184 Bentall-Alley, Ltd., Easy-Roll roll-up ladders, 628
Benton and Stons, Ltd., air control (trade publication), 93; packing, stocking and despatching system in new warehouse, 721
Berk, E. W., and Co., Ltd., bentonite and zircon sand,722
Berkeley atomic power station, progress of, 206; gas circulator for, 269. See Correction, 395; research laboratories at, 367; ball bearings for reactor servicing machine, 484; fuel loading-unloading machine, 490
Berkeley sports car, 329
Berliet. See Automobiles M. Berliet
Berlin, West, radio link with German Federal Republic, by tropospheric scattering, 711 Berridge, P, S. A., on Brunei’s contribution to bridge engineering, 538
Berry, Henry, horizontal press for wheel rim rolling (David Brown), 785
Berth, deep-water, for supertankers, in Persian Gulf, 231
Beryldur beryllium-copper alloy, 588
Beryllium in atomic energy, 412
— Atomic fuel cans, development of, 239
— as atomic reactor moderator and reflector,
412
— Canning for atomic reactor, 139
—? Copper alloy, Beryldur, 588
— Crystal structure of, 412
— for fission reactor study, AWRE, 795
— Handling precautions, 412
— Irradiation tests on, 139
— Magnesium alloy for atomic fuel elements,
137
— Powder techniques, 412
— Pressureless sintered, production techniques,
by T. R. Barrett, 412
Sintered, properties and fabrication, by T. R. Barrett, 437
— Production methods, 412
— Rocket fuel, 279
Beryllium Smelting Corp., Beryldur berylliumcopper alloy, 588
— Toxicity of, 412
— Types of, 412
— Tube, extrusion of (Chesterfield Tube), 491 Besco plate bending rollers (F. J. Edwards), 454
— Pneumatic slide feed for power presses
(F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 295
Besco-Truebend press brakes (F. J. Edwards), 808
Besco-Truecut metal guillotines (F. J. Edwards, Ltd.), 730
Beta ray emitting radioactive isotopes, 497 Betatron, East Germany, 772
Bethlehem Steel Corp., resin-bonded adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32
Bethnal Green rail-over-road bridge replacement, 408
Beton-Kalender 1958. Vols. 1 and II (review), 310
Beton portable bar shearing machine (Thos. W. Ward), 293
Bevans Works (Swanscombe), discussion in Parliament on electrostatic precipitators at, 298
Beverages, refrigerated, vending machines for (Coca-Cola Export Corp.), 453
Bevinda plastics-hulled motor yacht, 87 Beyer-Garratt steam locomotives on Rhodesia Railways, 52
Beyer Peacock and Co., Ltd., Beyer-Garratt steam locomotives for Rhodesia Railways, 52
Bhabha, Dr. H. J., on atomic power station for India, 269
Bhattacharyya, H. P., on tyre and road adhesion, 631
Bi-Seat control stop valve for steam lines (Sir W. H. Bailey and Co.), 621
Bibliography, automation, 475
— Crushing and grinding (book), 376
— Heat (1955-56), 123
— Shell moulding, 343
— Technical writing, 553
BICEP atomic reactor, special rods for, 239 Bicycles, handbook of collection at Science Museum, Part II, by C. F. Gaunter (book), 29
— Industry, position and prospects of, 147
— Manufacture in Ireland, Tube Investments-
Raleigh, 595
— Motorised, position and prospects of, 147 Big Ben centenary stamp, 298
Bildworterbuch, Dudden, Der grosse, 343 Bins and trays, plastics (trade publication), 474 Binary alloys, constitution of, by M. Hansen and K. Anderko (review), 154
Binding cases for ENGINEERING, 122
Binks hose coupling for fluid lines (Alfred Bullows and Sons), 728
Biochemical oxygen demand, 679 Biochemistry, general, by J. S. Fruton and
S. Simmonds (review), 411
Biological effects of radiation, 236
— Research, electronic apparatus for, by
P. E. K. Donaldson, 475
Birfield Industries, Ltd,, university scholarship awards, 701
Birkett, Samuel, Ltd., pressure reducing valves, 761
Birlec-Efco (Melting), Ltd., electric furnaces, 722
Birlec, Ltd., high-frequency furnaces for stainless steel production, 58; electric furnace equipment for annealing pearlitic malleable iron castings at Ley’s Malleable Casting Co., Ltd., 245; new works at Aldridge for heat treatment under contract, 478; hump-back furnaces for annealing and brazing, 484; mesh-belt conveyor furnaces with continuous internal gas-tight muffles, 556; heat treatment atmosphere generator, 556
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, trades directory, 1959, 310
— College of Technology, course for technical
representatives, 12b
— Engineering Centre, expansion of activities,
251; at British Trade Fair, Lisbon, 369
— Lanterns for inner ring road, 215
— Museum of Science and Industry, old steam
engines at, 380; engineering hall extension, 380
— Stainless steel plant for (Spartan Steel &
Alloys, Ltd.), 58
— University, scholarship in highway engi
neering, 105; developinent of Highway Engineering School, 573, 579; cyclotron conversion, 772
— See also London-Birmingham Motorway Birwelco, Ltd., contract for all-radiant air
heater for National Gas Turbine Establishment, 423
Bischoff tower purifiers for desulphurisation in Lurgi gasification, 588
Bismuth, liquid, mass transfer in, 317
— Molten, for atomic reactors, 302
Bison precast concrete (trade publication), 185 Bituminous Coal Research Inc., coal-fired gas turbine, 441
— Paint, Blackpete (trade publication), 650
— Road surfacings, skidding of, polishing of
roadstone in relation to resistance to, by D. J. Maclean and F. A. Shergold (book), 343
Black and Decker, Ltd., U. 10 electric jigsaw, 224 Black, E., on subsidising in underdeveloped countries, 530
Black Knight rocket, second test firing, 362 Black, Sir W., remarks on activities of NRDC, 182
Blackburn, R. G., sheet metal work. Part II (book), 475
Blacker, Lt.-Col. L. V. S., on flashless and recoilless gun, 186
Blackman, Keith, Ltd., TllOO dust collector, 569; hydro-precipitator for extracting fine dusts, 570
Blackman, R. V. B., Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1958-59 (review), 474
Blackpete bituminous paint (trade publication), 650
Blackwall Tunnel, new North Approach and road improvements to, 803
Blades, cutter dredger, protection by Heenan Dynamatic coupling, 114
— Turbine, frequency of, effect of disc
elasticity, by J. P. Ellington and Dr. H. McCallion, 645. See Correction, 800
—? —? for Iroquois turbojet aircraft engine (Orenda), 26
— Vibration test rig, dynamically isolated, by
Dr. W. Carnegie, 54
Blagdon-Durham, Ltd., air-driven submersible sump pumps, 455
Blake, John, marketing of ram-type pump, 528 Blakeborough, J., and Sons, Ltd.,
operated steel butterfly valve for reactor gas duct, 490
Blankets, atomic reactor, breeding, media for, 315
Reactor, processing for, 315
Reactor, “ thermalised,” for fast breeder reactor, 317
Blast furnace. See Furnace Gas. See Gas
Blasting, shot. See Shot blasting
— Vapour, Hydrotron equipment (Meta
chemical Processes, Ltd.), 284
Blaw Knox Co., Ltd., self-energised bucket (trade publication), 155; annual report for employees, 669
Blee, D., on improvements in rail traffic, 163 Blending Machine Co., Ltd., flameproof rotary vibrators, 420; vibrators for hoppers and bunkers, 447
Bleuet campers cooking stove, 224
Blick Time Recorders, Ltd., time recorder for components, 324
Blo-flex automatic moulding machine (J. W. Jackson and Co.), 722
Blo-shooter machine for blowing or shooting cores or moulds (Pneulec), 722
Block and Anderson, Ltd., Bandamatic spirit duplicator, 698; Bandavelop photocopying machine, 698
— Concrete inertia, for air compressor
foundations, 214-215
Bloodhound missile for RAF, 604 Blough, R. M., on US Steel Corp., 423 Blount, P. Clavell, on suggestion schemes, 164, See LETTERS 195
Blowers, oil free (William Allday and Co.), 760
— Turbo. See Turbo
Blue Book on Free Trade Area negotiations, 194
— Hawk tiles for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., new
building, 707
— Streak rocket for satellite, discussion in
Parliament on, 571
— Zone parking system, 195
Blulf Harbour extensions. New Zealand, 671 BN-50 atomic reactor, Russian, comparison of, 334
BN-250 atomic reactor, Russian, comparison of, 334
Board, elbow, for reducing fatigue at British Typewriters, Ltd., 319
— of Trade, letter on Distribution of Industry
(Industrial Finance) Act (1958), 130;
delegation to Russia, 571. See also Export Credits Guarantee Department
Boat building, “ do-it-yourself,” 87
— Glass-fibre construction for, 86
— Motor. See Motor Boat
Boat Show, National. See National
— Submarine. See Submarine
— See also Dinghy; Yacht
Bobbins, nylon coil, for miniature transformers (George Goodman, Ltd.), 653
BOC Metallurgical Powder Dispenser for desulphurisation and recarburisation of cast iron, 748
Bochumer Verein fiir Gusstahlfabrikation, acquisition of majority shares by Hiitten- und-Bergwerke Rheinhausen, 264
BOD. See Biochemical oxygen demand Bodies, slender cambered, subsonic drag and pitching moment characteristics of, by K. D. Harris (book), 778
— See also Motor car; Motor vehicle
Boeing Airplane Co., hypersonic wind tunnel with 18,000 m.p.h. airflow, 219; development centre at Seattle, 488
Boeing Bomarc missile, bases for, 700
Boeing 707 Intercontinental jet airliner, 456; for BOAC, 434; fail-safe tests on, 623
Boggs, H., Foreign Investment Incentive Tax Bill, 724
Bogod, M., on productivity in food industry, 690
Bohr, N., atomic physics and human knowledge (review), 155
Boilers (trade publication), 502
— Air-Lok Damper for (Combustion Equip
ment), 601
— Availability Committee, improved methods
of analysis of coal ash, slag and boiler deposits, by.K. Archer et al., 64
— Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 402, 403
— Deposits, analysis of, by K. Archer et al., 64
— Exports, 402
— Feed regulator (trade publication), 443 water. See Water
?— Furnaces, dust and grit emission, measurement of (BCURA), 613
See also Stoker
?— Hot-water, radiant-heat, coal or oil fired (Fraser), 570
— House plant exports, 402
?—? Integral furnace (Babcock and Wilcox), 403
— Locomotive, reflex gauge glasses on, 31
— — See also Locomotive
— Making, Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 402, 403
— Marine, refractories research, 619 —? Monolithic linings for, 619
— Oil-fired, domestic, Oil-Crat, 596
—? — Fired domestic. Silver Flame (Kimber and Lovegrove), 96
Firing unit for, MacFire. printed circuit for control system of (Urquharts), 592
— Plant, industrial high-pressure, treatment of
water for, by J. Arthurs, J. A. Robins and T. B. Whitefoot, 247
— Powermaster packaged (GWB Furnaces),
452
—- Radiant-heat hot-water, coal or oil fired (Fraser), 570
— Reflex gauge glasses, longer life for, by
W. R. Hoes, 31
—• Refractories, by W. McClimont, H. M. Richardson and B. Taylor, 619
— Room accident in frigate, 605
— Selectable Superheat (Babcock and Wilcox),
403
— Single-pass header (Babcock and Wilcox), 403
— Steel, metal-arc welded, rules for con
struction testing of scantlings of (book), 746
—? Three-pass packaged, steampacket (Cradley Boiler Co., Ltd.), 295
Pass header (Babcock and Wilcox), 403
— Vertical (trade publication), 377 (Cocheran and Co.), 760
— Water. See Water
Level indicator, closed-circuit television system (Hopkinsons), 166
Boissiron, Paris exhibition hall, 738
Boll, C. R., on Cummins diesel engines for Canada, 435
Bollinger, Dr. L. L., STOL aircraft, 264 Bolts, cylinder head, tests on, 304
— Driver, Bosch (Trend Industrial Equip
ment), 762
— Long, Diesel engine, fracture of, 96
— Nut, Screw and Rivet Federation, British.
See British
Bolton Gate Co., Ltd., electrically operated traffic barrier, 263
Bolton, Matthew, work with James Watt, 520 Bolton, W. F., Railwayman’s diesel manual (book), 311
Bomarc missile, Boeing, bases for, 700 Bond Minicar, Mark F, threewheeler, 45 Bondarc resin-based adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32
Bonding in ceramics, by D. A. Robins, 90
— in ceramic-metals, 91
— Redux, for Argosy aircraft, 75
— Thermocompression, of metallic leads and
semiconductors (Bell Telephone), 55
Bonnell, Dr. J. A. L., appointed nuclear medical officer to CEGB, 302
Bonnington, J. S., review of Parking, HI Bonus scheme for Austin motor workers, 537 in building industry, 73
Book exports, discussion in Parliament on, 458
— Sales overseas, discussion in Parliament on,
731
— Scientific, of 18th century, and emergence
of modern science, by H. D. Anthony, 713
— Trade overseas, discussion in Parliament on,
458
Boome, Col. K. E., heavy-duty roads for Africa, 671
Booth, A. D., on mechanical resolution of linguistic problems (review), 184
Booth, James, and Co., Ltd., light-alloy sections for Manchester bus shelter, 94
Boots the Chemists, price reductions by, 251 Borax-4 atomic reactor, 426
Borax-5 reactor for superheater testing, 267 Bore casing in Wairakei geothermal power project, 400
— Discharging in Wairakei geothermal power
project, 400
Bored bars (trade publication), 746
Boreholes. See Wells
Borgward Group, activities of, 297
Borides, developments in, by R. Kieffer and F. Bcnesovsky, 90
Boring and drilling machine, Co-Ordinate (Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 532
?— Machine, jig. Master Bar (Buswell and Sweeney), 5
Jig, No. 3 (Catmur Machine Tool Corp.), 600
?—? — for restricted positions (Burna Engineering), 600
Transportable, Swiss “ Rigid,” 562
— — Universal horizontal, with BTH co
ordinate setting system (Kearns), 562 Vertical, equipped with outriggers (George Richards), 723
— Tool holders. Eclipse, for English pattern
lathes (James Neill and Co.), 696
Boron rocket fuel, 279
— Steel balls for earthquake safety of Japanese
atomic power station, 463
— 10 isotopes, separation of, 204 Boronhydride rocket fuel, 279
Bosch Arma Corp., Arma Brown gyroscopic compass, 749
Bosch bolt driver (Trend Industrial Equipment), 762
Bossoms Boatyard, Alpha class sailing dinghy, 86
Botanic Garden, Royal, Edinburgh. See Royal Botanic
Botterill, J. S. M., review of Atomic physics and human knowledge, 155; review of Principles of modern physics, 502
Bouellat Engineering, Ltd., boilers (trade publication), 502
Boundary layer control for Hercules C-130 troop carrier aircraft (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 505
Bourner, F. H., and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., cartridge-operated fixing tool, 327 Bowater-Eburite Fibre Containers, Ltd., packing paper (trade publication), 283 Bowater Organisation, ceiling panels, 192 Bowater-Scott Corp., paper towels, 453 Bowden, F. P., friction and lubrication of solids (book), 746
Bower, J. L., design of servomechanisms (review), 713
Bowers, E. H., on hydrostatic drives, 654 Bowes and Bowes, directory of opportunities for qualified men 1959, 29
Bowes Committee on canals, 290
Bowker, H. W., on operating costs of nuclear- powered ships, 676
Bowl, music, at Melbourne, with plywood and aluminium canopy, 610
Bowman, Sir J., remarks on position and prospects of National Coal Board, 66
Bowser, Monks and Whitehouse, Ltd., Don Brake Meter for motor vehicle testing, 612
Bowyer, E. C., plea for clarification of Government and aircraft industry relationship, 2
Boyd, G. M., on jargon, 259
Boyd-Carpenter, J., on processes for combating pneumoconiosis, 330
Boydell, E., and Co., Ltd., Muir-Hill lOB dumper, 454
BP Trading, Ltd., order statistics, 369; self- service pumps, 369
BR-I atomic reactor (Belgium), 12
BR-2 atomic reactor (Belgium), 12; description of, 46
BR-3 atomic reactor (Belgium), 12; description of, 47
Brackets, roller, for advancing girder supports, 623
Bradford, redevelopment of city centre, 190 Bradley and Craven, Ltd., automatic car loader for cutting, palletising, and loading bricks, 454
Bradley and Foster, Ltd., refined irons, 722 Bradshaw-Jones, M. H., on suggestion schemes, 99-100, 163 164. See LETTER, 131
Bradwell atomic power station, auxiliary transformers ordered for, 491; heat exchangers for, 525
Brady, G., and Co., Ltd., sliding doors (trade publication), 377
Brain surgery by proton beam, 302 Brainstorming, 457
Brakes, disc, cinema film on (Dunlop Rubber Co.), 368
Electromagnetic (Newman Industries), 455
for hydraulic or mechanical operation . (Twiflex Couplings), 533
— Drum temperatures in racing cars, by
T. P. Newcomb, 709
— Electromechanical (trade publication), 474
— Meter, Don Brake Meter, for motor
vehicle testing, 612
— Motor car, working party on, 544
—? Press, Besco-Truebend (F. J. Edwards), 808
— Tester, home made, by H. Clausen, 663
— Trailer, working party on, 544
— See also Dynamometer
Braking, dynamic, of induction motors, a.c., by Dr. O. 1. Butler and Dr. V. Ahmad, 590
— Regenerative, cargo winch with (Clarke,
Chapman), 484
Bramigk and Co., Ltd., tea-making automatic vending machines, 325
Brand, Charles, and Son, Ltd., Potters Bar railway tunnels, 707
Brandhurst and Co., krypton 85 as light source, 492
Brandwood, L., on mechanical resolution of linguistic problems (review), 184
Brass, aluminium, for tank heating coils, 250
— Strip for triangular spindle (Plessey), 622 Braun, B., on wire-race anti-friction bearings,
339
Brave Borderer patrol boat with gas-turbine engines, 52
Brazil, atomic energy programme, 12
— Cement plant (COMINCI), 57
— Hydroelectric power project, 57
— Investment prospects, 354
Brazing and annealing furnaces. Hump-back (Birlec), 484
?— Rods for Sifbronze process (Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920)), 503
?— Service, Newton Victor, 264
Breakdowns. See Accidents
Breathing apparatus (trade publication), 216
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Brecknell, Dolman and Rogers, Ltd,, cigarette machines, 266; Vendol “ automatic shop,” 266
Breddy, N. C., turbine design for aircraft engines (book), 746
Brennan, John, Radio Corp, of America licence to, 264; formation and activities of, 264
Breswood laminated plywood sheets, 739 Brick bankers, vibration of, 447 ?—? Fire. See Refractory materials ?— Handling, packed system, 671
— Loader, for automatic cutting, palletising
and loading (Bradley and Craven), 454
— Perforated (BRS), 495
— Tests on, and use of, work of Building
Research Station on, 63 Brickwork. See also Refractory materials Bridge, Auckland Harbour, opening of, 739
— Chepstow, over River Wye, 538
— Clifton Suspension, 538
— Concrete, on Danish railways, durability
and maintenance of, by A. Jeppesen, 384
— Concrete slab, for abnormal loading,
design of right, by R. E. Rowe (book), 253
— Construction, cast iron in, 538 Wrought iron in, 538
— Early, 10
— for East India Dock Road over Blackwall
Tunnel North Approach, 803
— Engineering, Brunei’s contribution to, by
P. S. A. Berridge, 538
— Expansion bearing of Neoprene, 543
— Hull, opposition withdrawn, 642
— Humber, opposition withdrawn, 642
— Hungerford Suspension, over River Thames,
538
— Personnel, at Heinz factory at Kitt Green,
578
— Queensbrough, across Fraser River, con- Laing and Son (Canada),
tract to John Ltd., 391
— Rail-over-road, Green, 408
— Royal Albert, 538-540
— Runcorn-Widnes, new north approach to, 543
— Steel and concrete for, composite construction in, by 1. M. Viest, R. S. Fountain and R. C, Singleton (book), 29 Girder, British Standard (revised), 280
— Suspension, modern large-span, by O. A, Kerensky, 190
— over Tagus at Lisbon, competition for, 643
— Tamar, construction of, 171
— Thames, Maidenhead, 540
— Windsor, over River Thames, 538
— Wye, Chepstow, 538
— See also Viaduct
Bridges, S. N., motorised hand drill, 288; Nu-Gear gearbox attachment for hand drill, 288
Bridgman, L., Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1958-59 (review), 474
Brie, Wing Cmdr. R. A. C., on London heliport, 542
Brightside Heating and Engineering Co., Ltd., dual-duct high-velocity air conditioning system at, 158
Brimar, Ltd., PCC89 television tuner amplifier valve, 583
Brindisi, petrochemical plant project by Montecatini Chemical Co., 509
Brine, W. L, and Sons, prefabricated timber drying shed, 739
Brinsworth Mill, medium width steel strip production at, 22
Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd., marine Proteus turbines for patrol boat Brave Borderer, 52; merger with Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., 231; overhaul life of Proteus 705 propeller turbine engine extended, 403
Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., Operations Development department for Britannia airliner, 787; Operations Development investigation for Canadian Pacific Airlines, 787
Bristol-Ferranti Bloodhound missile for RAF, 604
Bristol-Siddeley Engines, Ltd., jet engines for OR 339 strike aircraft project, 41; organisation pattern for, 231; brief details of Orpheus B Or 12 turbojet aircraft engine, 374; Maybach diesel engines, 484; gas bearings, 490; 3 MW gas turbine alternator, 569; appointment of T. P. Frost as chief test pilot of,_573; manufacture under licence turbojet engine by Republic, 604
— University, Symposium
Flow, 656
Britannia airliner. Operations Development department for investigating problems on (Bristol Aircraft, Ltd.), 787
— Royal Naval College (Dartmouth), change
in entry regulations, 364
Britannic freighter aircraft, description of, 274 ?— SC-5 strategic freighter aircraft (Short Bros. and Harland), 226
British Aluminium Co., Ltd., bid for contro of, by Alcoa and Reynolds Metals, 3; bids for take-over of 39. See also Plain Words, 34; control secured by Reynolds Metals and Tube Investments, 71; appointments to board of, 328; “ pull-through ” welding gun for thin aluminium, 503
— American Chamber of Commerce, booklet
on Greer’s Ferry turbine contract, 456
— Association: Glasgow Meeting: Section G
(Engineering): Nuclear reactor controls, by J. Walker, 686; Lubricants in the nuclear age, by Dr. C. G. Williams, 715; instrumentation in nuclear power stations, by Dr. D. Taylor, 750
British Automatic Co., Ltd., vending machines, 266; automatic tea-vending service, 325
—? Aviation, aeroplane directory of, 1959 (review), 649
— Bolt, Nut, Screw and Rivet Federation,
heads and threads: buyers’ guide, 1959 (review), 649
British Broadcasting Corp., “Sound” programme on high fidelity audio equipment
replacement at Bethnal
Saltash, centenary of.
of Orpheus 803 Federal German
on Hypersonic
and tape recording, 96; Spotlight on Television (bookXeV), 128; handbook, 1959 (review), 310; VHF transmissions from Wenvoe, 384; Television in the Public Service (booklet), 457; pamphlet on broadcasts on seeking jobs for young people, 765
British Brown-Boveri Ltd., death of H. Oswald, 68
— Cast Iron Research Association, growth and creep of iron castings, 683
British Celanese Ltd., fibres in polypropylene and polyethylene, 748
— Ceramics Research Association, marine boiler refractories research, 619
British Commercial Computer Bulletin, 585 British Computer Society, symposium on instrumentation and computation in process development and plant design, 783
— Coal Utilisation Research Association, faster analysis in steam boiler operation, 64; 21st anniversay, 613; current research activities, 613; automatic control for miniature chain-grate stoker, 613; measurement of dust and grit emission from boiler furnaces, 613; sulphur release from house coal, 613; conversion of small coal to gas and oil, 613; experimental slagging gasifier, 613; industrial and domestic heating investigations, 613
— Council, catalogue of nuclear courses, 395
— Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation Leading the World, 48th anniversary publication, 391; remarks on electrical exports, by J. D. Knowles, 418; abbreviations of associations, institutions, research and trade associations, 501
Development Association, Recommended Electrical Appliances, 628
Power Convention (10th), 1958, proceedings of (book), 184
— Electronic Component Show, exhibitsat, 583
— Employers’ Confederation, report on
training of young workers during “ bulge ” years, 207
— Engineers’ Association, handbook, 1958
(book), 29
Handbook, 1958 (book), 29
British European Airways, overhaul facilities for Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop aircraft engines at London Airport, 223; air service to Moscow, 458, 700; effect of Air Union on, 764. See also 763
British Fulmar, tanker, Sulzer diesel engine for (Alexander Stephen), 134
British Geon, Ltd., air-house with PluViaC skin, 610
— Hat and Allied Feltmakers Research Associ
ation, discussion in Parliament on work of, 392
British Industrial Engineering Co. (Staffs), Ltd., Reel overhead travelling crane with Vierendeel girders, 357
British Industrial Plastics, negotiations with Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, 251
— Industries, Federation of. See Federation
— Institute of Management, Retail Manage
ment Conference (Harrogate, 1959), preliminary note on, 57; appointment of P. G. Malins as manager of Midland Region, 299; avoiding trouble in selling goods overseas, by R. Joscelene, 457; Centre for Interfirm Comparison, 662; course in sales management, preliminary notice, 812
Northern Management Conference (Southport):
Whole company as sales organisation, by K. W. J. Jones, 511; planning the sales effort, by P. Randolph, 511; recruitment, training and development of sales force, by H. C. White, 511; controlling large sales force, by W. R. Bruce, 512; forecasting as function of management, by E. Broke Evans, 512
of Radio Engineers, library services and technical information, 185
— Instruments Directory and Buyers’ Guide
(review), 649
British Insulated Callenders Cables, Ltd., interest in Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., 16; contract by Indian Railway Board for overhead equipment, 177; mineral insulated cable for damp atmospheres, 508; mineral insulated thermocouples, 717
— Internal Combustion Engine Research
Association, research on engine exhaust fumes, 428
— Interplanetary Society, combustion in
liquid-propellent rocket engines, by D. Carton, 36; rocket nozzles and exhaust jets, by E. T. B. Smith, 36; rocket propellents, by F. Fitzgerald, 279; plea for British space research in collaboration with Commonwealth, 362; radio astronomy and navigation, by C. M. Cade, 744
— Iron and Steel Federation, Safety (publica
tion), 235; Statistical Handbook, 311; Durgapur steelworks staff training scheme in UK, 537; co-operative training scheme in Sheffield forges, 537; exchange scheme, 605
—? — and Steel Industry Translation Service, 283
and Steel Research Association, Steel Users Section, 99; research on steelworks cranes, 163; television in steel industry, 191; determination of nitrogen in steel (book), 411; development of gaugemeter, 521; exchange visits with Russia, 763 Conference on Iron and Steelworks Buildings: Foundations to iron and steelworks buildings, by W. S. Atkins, 220; some notes on iron and steelworks buildings at Corby Works, by T. E. Clements,220; some notes on modern steelworks structures, by E. F. Wooldridge, and N. Lancaster, 220; load distribution through melting shop stage and gantry rail maintenance, by p. B. Wilson, 220; superstructures to iron and steel works buildings, by K. F. Geesin, 220; iron and steel
works buildings, by E. Ibbotson, 220; framework of buildings in France, by A. Delcamp, 221 ; iron and steelworks buildings in Germany, by Dr. G. F. Drath, 221; research and development in buildings and structures in the iron and steel industry, by Dr. J. S. Terrington, D. Buchanan, and P. D. Thompson, 221; architectural aspects of iron and steelworks buildings, by F. Gibberd, 221
British Journal Photograph Almanac 1959 (review), by A. J. Dalladay, 649
British LaBour Pump Co., Ltd., DSZ direct mounting horizontal centrifugal pump, 485; MSZ horizontal flooded suction centrifugal single-stage process pump, 485 British Lead Mills, Ltd., Voboma 34 and 68 for moisture-combatting plasters, 587
British Manufactured Bearings Co., Ltd., production of miniature bearings under ultra-clean conditions, 415
British Methane, constitution of, 232
British Motor Corp., Ltd., chairman’s annual statement, 39; 1,489 cc series B motor car engine for MG Magnette, 171; overseas tour by Sir L. Lord, 177; successes at Sestriere Rally, 368; additional bonus scheme for day-rate operatives of Austin motor works, 537; Riley 4/68 motor car, 612; manufacturing agreement with SIAM Di Telia, 723
British Moulding Machine Co., Ltd., automatic moulding machines, 722
British Museum, Mancut spring balance, 531
— National Association of Suggestion Schemes,
proposed formation of, 451
British Northrop Ltd.,U.G.l universal grinding machine, 632; P.G.I plain cylindrical grinding machine, 632
— Nuclear Energy Conference, convention on
thermonuclear processes, 574
British Nylon Spinners, Ltd., overalls for factory use, 453; gloves for protection against abrasive materials, 453
British Oil Equipment Credits, Ltd., formation, 628
British Overseas Airways Corp., twin cell test bed for Proteus turbo-prop aero engines at Nantgarw, 95; jet services around the world, 296; Boeing 707 Intercontinental jet airliner for, 434
British Oxygen Co., Ltd., flame-cutting machine with computer control, for ships’ plates, 485; Linde low-temperature stress relieving method for welded platework, 651; BOC Metallurgical Powder Dispenser for desulphurisation and recarburisation of cast iron, 748
British Oxygen Gases, Ltd,, Model LC3 storage cylinders for liquid oxygen, 684; Coval storage container for liquid oxygen, 684
— Paper Industry (1495-1860), industrial
growth, by D. C. Coleman (book), 61
British Petroleum Co. Ltd., formation of Sinclair and BP Sales Inc., 435; 50 years anniversary, 536; Milford Haven project, 700; trading profits, 796
British Physical Laboratories, surface roughness tester, 69
British Plaster Board, Ltd., Blue Hawk tiles for CI BA (ARL), Ltd., new building, 707 British Plastics Yearbook 1959 (review), 649 British Plimber Ltd., chipboard (trade publication), 283
— Railways, PEP broadsheet Paying for the
Railways, 2; effect of policy of, on locomotive and rolling stock industry, 77; diesel locomotion plan, 78; improvements for London Midland Region traffic, 163; progress of Fenchurch Street-Southend railway electrification scheme, 171; diesel passenger trains in Scotland, 201; delays due to engineering works, 298; discussion in Parliament on supersession of steam locomotive, 298; electrification progress, 298; modernisation plan, 298; Bethnal Green rail-over- road bridge replacement, 408; timber conoid roof for Oxford Road station, Manchester, 408; crucible deliveries by Condor express freight train, 435; modernisation programme, discussion in Parliament on, 535; electrification progress, by Sir B. Robertson, 567; driverless trucks at Newton Abbot goods shed, 589; prefabricating stations for LM Region, 611; centralised signalling system at Newcastle Central Station, 624; repairs to Cononish Viaduct, 642; contracts, 643; re-align- ment and flyover at Barking, 670; railway closure proposals, 672; completion of Potters Bar tunnels, 707; Temple Mills marshalling yard, 738; workshop and sidings extension and modernisation for East Kent coast services at Ramsgate and Stewarts Lane, Battersea, 776; drivers’ training school at Stewarts Lane, 776
Locomotive 1803-1853, by G. F. Westcott (book), 343
British Reinforced Concrete, BOAC test bed at Nantgarw, 95
British Resin Products, Ltd., Rigidex polyethylene for Handycan liquid container, 600; Cellobond synthetic resins for shell moulding, 722; Rockite K501 moulding compound (trade publication), 746; polymer for Courlene X3 polyethylene yarn, 748
— Road Federation, urban roads exhibition,
190; schedule on road schemes, 323; “ See How They Go,” chart on road schemes in Scotland, 776
— — Services, grain carriers of aluminium
alloy (Scammell), 749
British Rototherm Co., Ltd., Rototherm high-temperature thermometer for diesel engines, 486
— Safety Council
harnesses for vehicles, 297. examination of equipment and seal of approval, 595
report on seat belts and private and commercial See LETTER, 324; safety
British Scientific Instr ation, instrumen See LETTER, 451
— Shipbuilding
310 Research refractories
— Standards Institution, work on flameresistance and ron-inflammability, 201; work on volunttry committees of, 321; national approvals scheme for electrical industry, 535;
“ideal ” office cliir, 685; conference on application of staidards to industry, 781; conversion factors and tables. Part I (book), 778 j
Codes of Practice: lEarthworks, 775; Fire resistance of pre(stressed concrete, 763; tile flooring and Slab flooring, 611
Specifications: balj and parallel-roller
bearings, 188; coke, 234; conversion factors and tables, 553; electric refrigerators, 628; fusion-welded pressure vessels in carbon and low alloy steel, 59; grinding wheels, 125; letter symbols, signs and abbreviations, 631; plastics scales for architects, 340; plastics tests (miscellaneous), 59; refrigerated display cabinets, 340; split cotter-pins, 340; steel girder bridges (revised), 280
British Steel Piling Co., Ltd., Driam machine for helically welded pile casings, 804
British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., merger with Power-Samas Accounting Machines, 103; amalgamation with Powers-Samas Accounting Machines, Ltd., 167
British Tanker Co., Ltd., Sulzer diesel engine for tanker British Fulmar (Alexander Stephen), 134
British Tap and Die Co., new factory at Edmonton, 536
British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., changes in directorate, 71; gas circulator for Berkeley atomic power station, 269. See Correction, 395; Explorer diesel-electric mixed-traffic locomotive for varying climates, 276; electric voltage regulator, 326; synchronous welding equipment, 326; Escort marine radar, 407; library, 519; two-dimensional electronic coordinate setting system for Kearns universal horizontal boring machine, 561-562; selsyns (trade publication), 586
British Timken Ltd., Isomantle electric surface heaters for grease tanks, 382; Timken Roller Bearing Co.’s offer for control of, 536; bearing manufacture (trade publication), 650
British Titan Products Co., Ltd., extension to titanium pigment plant, 796
— Trade Fair, Lisbon, 234, 251, 369, 691
— Transport Commission, electrical testing
laboratory at Willesden, 218; redundancy agreement in railway workshops, 573; see also British Railways
British Typewriters Ltd., elbow board for reducing fatigue, 319
British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd., floor cleaning and drying machines, 256
— Welding Research Association, resistance
casting (stud raising) spot welding process 59; translation of Russian journal Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Automatic Welding), 160, 501
Brittle materials compression tests on, 799
Brix, V. H., on shaft stability in gas film bearings, 178
Broadcasting, stereophonic, “ compatibility ” circuit for single channel reception (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 384
Brock, Dr. G., on direct models as aid to reinforced concrete design, 468
Brodie, J. L. P., obituary, 419
Bronowski, Dr. J., director-general of Process Development Department, NCB, 630 Bronx Engineering Co., Ltd., levelling machines, 390; six roll plate levelling machine, 762
Bronze, sintered element in fuel filter, 45
Brooke, H., on piped water supplies, 596; on advertisements control, 660
Brookes, A. M. P., impact machine for Naval Construction Research Establishment, 800 Brookhaven National Laboratory, MRR research reactor for medical use, 462 Brookhirst Switchgear, merger with Igranic Electric, 16
Broom, H. S. Dick, annual statement on Broom and Wade, 199
Broom and Wade, Ltd., air power units (trade publication), 93; annual statement, 199; Broomwade two-stage air compressor, 485; design development of oil-flooded rotary compressors, 522
Broomwade two-stage air compressor (Broom and Wade), 485
Brown, Boveri Corp., tenders for US heavy engineering equipment, 328; generator order for Los Angeles, 369
Brown, D., on Aston Martin DBRI/30 sports car, 393
Brown, David, Corp,, position and prospects of, 167; proposal to purchase interest in Foote Bros. Gear and Machine Corp., 536 Brown, David, Industries, Ltd., position and prospects of Automobile Gearbox Division, 296; full load efficiency testing of turbine gear units, 306; David Brown 950 tractor, 406; steel fabrication work at St. Andrew’s Road (Huddersfield) factory, 785; gear manufacture by welding, 785; axle cases for Toronto underground trains, 786; chassis fabrication for Aston Martin motor car, 786; pipeline valve body, 786; Perspex model of frigate gear case, 786
Brown, David, Jackson Division, manufacture rights of Knapp Mills shielding, 303
Brown, John, and Co., Ltd., contract for refuelling machine for AGR reactor. Windscale, 491
Brown, S. G., Ltd., Arma Brown gyroscopic compass, 749
Brown, T., on processes for combating pneumoconiosis, 330
iment Research Associ- inquiry service, 392.
compmdium, 1959 (review),
Asso
reseai
stiation, iijch, 619
marine boiler
recommendations for
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Bruce, H. H,, off-peak floor heating fallacies, 592. See LETTER, 463
Bruce, W. R., on control of sales force, 512 Bruce-Clayton, E. H., on automatic landing, 656 Brunel, I. K., anniversary of, 10; contribution to bridge engineering, by P, S. A. Berridge, 538
Brunner, C. T., on large scale organisation and change: oil marketing, 562
Brush Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., battery-operated tractor for factory use, 453
?—? Gas turbine for gasifier-turbine-driven compressor, 49
Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Philips pavilion at (review), 778; The Survey (publication), 801
Brymbo Steel Works, Ltd., pre-refining hot metal for electric arc furnaces, 657
BSA Tools, Ltd., Snap-Lock Switch, 762 BTR Industries, Ltd., Terylene-rubber conveyor belting for Russian ore field, 284; industrial hose (trade publication), 554
Buchanan, D., on buildings and structures in iron and steel industry, 221
Buckle, G. H., and Partners, heat recovery in sterilisation process at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 782
Buckley and Taylor, Ltd., Aquaflash flash distillation plant for sea water, 229
Buckling, plastic, of plates in shear, values of reduction factor for, by B. Emslie (book), 778
Budget, comments on, 599
— Effect on engineering industry, 482
— National Institute’s views on, 418
— Tax concession forecast in, 418
— Taxation reduction, plea for, 162 Buffers, hydraulic railway, Maranyl nylon
seals for, 432
Bugatti, Ettore, automotive inventions of, 200, 207
Building, Arcon, steelwork fabricated in Lagos, 543
—- Construction, applied, 2nd year course, by A. Medlycott (book), 123
—? — New methods of Coseley Buildings, Ltd., 39
See also Concrete, reinforced
— Cranes, boom in Germany, 226
— Design of, as composite whole, work of
Building Research Station, 63
of, requirements of, 525
— Early industrial, functional tradition in, by
J. M. Richards (review), 777
— Exhibition, Dexion Ltd., preliminary notice,
685
—? Factory, requirements and performance, 354
— House, conservatism in. Plain Words on,
162. See LETTER, 291
under plastics tents, 272
— Industrial, discussion in Parliament on, 234
— Industry, incentives in (report), 73
— — Position and prospects of, 148
— Iron and steelworks, architectural aspects
of, by F. Gibberd, 221
and
220 —? — and
T. E.
— — and
and steelworks, foundations to, by W. S. Atkins, 220
and steelworks, in France, framework of, by A. Delcamp, 221
— -— and steelworks, in Germany, by Dr.
G. F. Drath, 221
and steelworks, research and development in, by Ur. J. S. Terrington, D. Buchanan and P. D. Thompson, 221
— — and steelworks, superstructures to, by
K. F. Geesin, 220
— Materials (trade publication), 618
— Modular coordination in, 7u7
— Northern Canada, technical report, 643
— Office, with gold-anodised aluminium cur
tain wall, Hollywood, 804
New, in London, 234
— Operations, safety in, chemical engineer
looks at, by B. Halfpenny, 397
— Railway, at Hither Green, contract to
Taylor Woodrow, 495
— Research Division of National Research
Council (Ottawa), study of damaging reactions in concrete, 128. See LETTER, 483
International Council for. 8*^0 International Council
National Institute of. See National Institute
Station, review of work at, 62; roof drainage (digest), 64; surveys on factory noise, 234; heat pumps for house warming, 352; design of multi-storey factory (booklet), 354; perforated brick, 495; survey of drawing offices, 506; survey of design and equipment of drawing offices, by Dr. F. J. Langdon, 558; packed system of brick handling, 671; efect of wind loading on roofs, 707
— Standardisation in, ECE meeting, 611
— Steel and concrete for, composite construc
tion in, by I. M. Viest, R. S. Fountain and R. C. Singleton (book), 29
Framed, Arcon, for National Iranian Oil Co., 391
Framed, automatic design of, by Dr. J. Heyman. See LETTERS, 68
— Structures to withstand earthquakes, by
D. A. Howells, 346, 631, See LETTER, 599
— Thin shell structures, by F. Candela, 495
— Work for RAF, 392
Bulgaria, economic position, 727 Bulge, Carr Report on, 417
— Industrial impact, by J. Wellens (pamphlet),
417
— of school-leavers, comment on, 481
— — Leavers, discussion in Parliament on, 493 —? the, by J. Wellens (booklet), 386
Bulk materials elevator (Russell Constructions), 601
Bulletin de L’Association Technique Maritime et Aeronautique, No. 58 (book), 746
Bullows, Alfred, and Sons, Ltd., Hydrovane air compressors for dental drills, 230; Binks hose coupling for fluid lines, 728
Burna Engineering Co., Ltd., boring machine for restricted positions, 600
Bunkers, vibration of brick or concrete, 447 Bureau of Standards. See United States National
— Veritas rules, 1958, 443
Burgess Products Co., Ltd., microswitches (trade publication), 746
Burgess, R. E., progress in semi-conductors. Vol. Ill (review), 801
Burington, R. Stevens, handbook of mathematical tables and formulas (book), 746
Burmeister and Wain, diesel engine output, 167; licence agreement with Russia for building new diesel engines, 264; 10,400 b.h.p.
6-cylinder diesel engine for tanker, 752; 15,000 b.h.p. 12-cylinder diesel engine for tanker Altair, 752; 25,000 b.h.p. 12-cylinder diesel engine, 752
Burndept Ltd., detector for counting press output, 70
Burner, oil, MacFire automatic (Urquarts), 38 Natural draught vaporising pot type, for Silver Flame domestic boiler, 96
Burnet, Sir M., on migration, 142
Burns, T., on Management in the Electronics
Industry (pamphlet), 386
Burroughs Adding Machines, Ltd., high-speed electronic teleprinter, 5
Burroughs Corp., high-speed electronic teleprinter, 5
Bursary in timber engineering, 707
Burton Griffiths and Co., Ltd., RIG Spark erosion equipment, 761
Burton, H. C., on suggestion schemes, 259
Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd., ball bearing seal, 294
Bus design and operation, improvements in, by R. Cox, 621
— Shelter, Manchester, with light-alloy struc
ture, 94
Busbars, aluminium (trade publication), 746
— Relays for high current d.c. systems
(Londex), 809
Bush, carbon, for grinding spindle with hydrodynamic gas bearings, by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
Bush Crystal Co., Ltd., commercial production of piezoelectrics, 345
Bushing, ball, for precision linear motion (Ransome and Maries), 471
— Electrical apparatus, Dialam (Permali), 557 Business Administration, Institute of. See
Institute
— Efficiency Exhibition, Olympia, preliminary
notice, 659; exhibits at, 698
— Enterprise: its growth and organisation, by
R. S. Edwards and H. Townsend (review), 28
— Small, hardship due to clearance schemes,
428
See also Small Business Investment Act
— and specialised publications of Great
Britain (booklet), 217; (review), 310
Buswell and Sweeney, Ltd., Master Bar jig boring machine, 5
Butadiene production at Fawley (Esso), 24
— in synthetic rubber production, 25
Butex system for processing irradiated uranium, 173
Butler, Dr. O. I., on A.C. dynamic braking of induction motors, 590
Butterfield, W. P., stainless steel road tanker for gas liquor, 748; AT nickel road tanker for phenol, 748
Butterworth Publications, Young Scientist, note on, 29
Buyers’ guide and directory, British instruments (review), 649
Engineer (review), 649
Heads and threads (review), 649
Machinery’s annual, 1959, by K. A. Hill (review), 649
BX Plastics Ltd., Velbex and Cobex-Velbex plastic for Stelvetite plastics coated steel, 210; injection moulding materials (trade publication), 283
Bypass, construction work on new, 450
— Doncaster, contracts for, 579
— Kingston, dual carriageways for, 707
— Maidstone, contract for western section to
Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons, 391
— Preston, frost damage to, 131, 171
— Stamford, on Great North Road, 776
CAB, “Relaxe,” for Berliet heavy commercial vehicles, 45
Cabin, aircraft, pressurising of, 215
Cabinets, assembly, pressurised, Bassaire, 415
— Display, refrigerated, British Standard on,
340
— Furniture, design manual for, comment on
book, 96
— Shot-blasting, Sitdown (Guyson Industrial
Equipment), 487
Cable, copper (booklet), 780
?— Electric, fixed bobbin stranding machine for (Larmuth and Bulmer), 623
Polythene insulated and sheathed, for Southend Pier (Telcon), 374
— Exports of, 146-147
— Insulated, aluminium for (booklet), 780
— Manufacturing industry, position and
prospects of, 145
— Mineral insulated, for damp atmospheres
(BICC), 508
— Price fixing terminated, 691
— Repair ship, tender invitation for new, 720
— Rubber conduit strip for (Vulcascot), 633
— Rubber, shore hardness, elastomer E372
(ICI), 309
— Scotland-Newfoundland, 418
— Ship for GPO, 418
— Tracer, transistorised, Metrawatt (Metrix),
600
— See also Electric Cable Makers Federation
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., invitation to tender for new cable repair ship, 720
CABMA Register of British Industrial Products for Canada with the Canadian Distributors, 1959-60 edition, 126
Cade, C. M., on radio astronomy and navigation, 744
Cadmium sulphide luminescent crystals, 497 Caesium gas for thermoelectric device, 492 —? Liquid, in thermoelectric device, 394 — Recovery from radioactive wastes, 394 Cahan, G., atomic power plants (book), 502 Caisson foundations for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
Calcium silicate insulation, Newtherm (Newalls Insulation), 503
Calcul de I’Ecoulement en Conduites Sous Pression ou a Surface Libre, by P. A. Arghyropoulos (book), 650
Calculation, how to do it quickly, by H. Sticker (review), 801
Calculator, magnetic core (IBM), 698
— Relay (trade publication), 650
Calder Hall type reactor, aseismic reinforcement for, by Tachu Naito et al., 79
Calibration of miniature oil velocity indicator, 84
Calico Printers’ Association, extension of Terylene patents, 391
California University, discovery of Xi-zero particle, 367
Callover internal telephone system (Siemens Edison Swan), 698
Callway, M. (H.R.), Ltd., Presil bench top aerosol filler machine, 198
Caltex (UK) Ltd., withdrawal of planning permission application for oil refinery at Southampton, 701
Calyton Dewandre Co., Ltd., D9 combined heater and demister, 143
Cam followers, Nadella needle and roller bearings for (trade publication), 554
— Operated rotary Style C-switches (Chilton),
21
Cambered bodies, slender, subsonic drag and pitching characteristics of, by K. D. Harris (book), 778
Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., instrument pointer position for desired value at centre of scale, 69; electronic recorder (trade publication), 802
Cambridge University, course on manager’s role and responsibilities, 11; industrial management course, 605; Titles of Dissertations, 649; see also Churchill College Camera, cine, and industrial research, DSIR conference, 763
— Miniature, document copying with, note on,
111
— Mountings for jet aircraft, anti-vibration,
372
Cammell Laird, demarcation dispute, 669
Camp Bird, Ltd., review of growth of, 16
Campbell Denis Ltd., ceiling for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Campbell, Donald, world water speed record, 694
Camping equipment, new designs in, 224
Camps, M., on Free Trade Area negotiations, 726
Camshaft for AT diesel engines (Ruston and Hornsby), 305
Can, polyethylene. Handycan, for liquids (Lacrinoid),600
Canmaking at Heinz fcatory at Kitt Green, 576 Canada, British firms in, 509 Sales in, 723
— CABMA Register of British Industrial
Products for, 1959-60 edition, 126
— as electrical machinery market, 274
— Exports to, discussion in Parliament on, 635
— Northern, building in, technical report, 643
— Trans, highway progress, 776
— Vickers Ltd.’s activities in, 208
Canadian Association of British Manufacturers and Agencies, CABMA Register, 1959-60 edition, 126
Canadian Industries, Ltd., TA type gas turbine for (Ruston and Hornsby), 312 Canadian National Industrial Production Show (Toronto), British exhibits at, 723 Canadian Pacific Airlines, Operations Development investigation on Britannia airliner by Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., 787 Canadian Standards Association, specification on modular coordination in building, 707 Canadian-Vickers, Ltd., history and activities of, 208; office machinery manufacture, 208; printing machinery manufacture, 208 Canals, Bowes Committee on, 290
— Monkland, improvements to, 776
— Pocklington, improvements to, 776
— Rajasthan, progress on, 804
— Staffordshire and Worcestershire, improve
ments to, 776
— Stratford-on-Avon, improvements to, 776
— Worcestershire and Staffordshire, improve
ments to, 776
— See also Waterways
Canberra aircraft for Science Museum, 536 Successor for, 39. See also 2
Candela, Prof. F., on anticlastic shells, 495; on architectural shells, 643. See Correction, 671
Canned food, production at Heinz actory at Kitt Green, 576, 782
Canning, atomic reactor, aluminium 136 Reactor, beryllium, 139
Reactor, magnesium, 136
Reactor, materials for, 136
Reactor, steel, I 38
Reactor, zirconium, 137
Canning, R. G., installing electronic data processing system (review), 122
— Rods, atomic reactor, installation by
distillation method, 137
Canning, W., and Co,, Ltd., new building for’ metal finishing technical service, 509; electroplating laboratory for CSFRO, 744 Canopy, aluminium and plywood, for Melbourne’s music bowl, 610
“ Canteen ” automatic tea service (Automatic Canteen Co.), 325
Cap, protective, plastics, for asbestos cement sheets, Turnall, 495
Capacitance probe in miniature oil velocity indicator, 83
Capacitor bank, Maggi, AWRE, 703
— Tantalum, solid-electrolyte (Plessey), 70
Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd., Caposite asbestos slabs (trade publication), 283
Capital Issues Committee, limitation of activities, 194
Capricorn. See Plain Words articles
Capstan lathe. See Lathe
— Winch, pneumatic, portable (Globe Pneu
matic Engineering Co.), 358
Car loader, automatic, for cutting, palletising and loading bricks (Bradley and Craven), 454
— Motor. See Motor car
— Rail. See Carriage; Railcar
Caravelle jet airliner, airworthiness certificate and progress of, 536
Carbide tools, turning alloy steels with, PERA report on, 319
Carbon bushes for grinding spindle with hydrodynamic gas bearings, by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
— Dioxide fire extinguishing plant for BOAC
test bed at Nantgarw, 95
for inflation of Dracone D1 flexible cargo vessel, 381
— Tube, metal-clad, Metica, 491 Carbonisation of coal, discussion in Parliament
on, 201
— Low-temperature, for oil and smokeless
fuel production, 428
— Plant for Walsall Gas Works (Woodhall-
Duckham), 594
Carburetted water gas. See Gas
Cardboard cartons, Thermotex glueing machine for (Lerner Machine Co.), 685
Careers, directory of opportunities for qualified men, 1959 (Bowes and Bowes), 29
— Engineering (booklet), 11, 765
— Exhibition, preliminary notice, 605
?—for young people, NUT annual guide, 364
— See also National Education and Careers
Exhibition
Careless Talk Costs Jobs (booklet) (Vauxhall),
270
Cargo handling in container ships, 451
— Lift vans and trucks with elevating bodies
(Rootes Motors), 781
— Ship. See Ship
— Submarine. See Submarine, cargo
— Vessel, flexible, Dracone DI, for oil trans
port, 381
— Winch with regenerative braking (Clarke
Chapman), 484
Cargon Transport (GB) Ltd., Cargon transport system, 787
Carl Zeiss. See Zeiss
Carlyle, Robert, and Co., Ltd., Manchester bus shelter, 94
Carnegie, Dr. W., on dynamically isolated blade vibration test rig, 54; review of Matrix Theory for Physicists, 60
Carpenter, M., overseas technical representative, Siemens Edison Swan, 787
Carr, C. C., on electric machinery (book), 154 Carr report on “ the bulge,” 417 Training for Skill, 635
Carriage, railway, maintenance extensions for
East Kent coast services, 776 Production statistics, 77 Wood or all-metal, 428 See also Railcar
— Steam, Gurney, model of, 424 Carrimore Six Wheelers Ltd., aluminium alloy
grain carriers, 749
Carron, W., re-election as president of AEU, 637
Carter, F. C., on Post Office 700-type telephone, 512
Carter Gears, Ltd., variable-speed gears (trade publications), 60; type F variable speed gear, 484
Carter Refrigeration and Airconditioning, Ltd., reorganisation of, 480; formation of, 480
Carter Refrigeration Display, formation of, 480 Carter Thermal Engineers, formation of, 480 Carter Thermal Industries, formation of, 480 Carton, cardboard, Thermotex glueing machine for (Lerner Machine Co.), 685
Carton, D., on combustion in liquid-propellent rocket engines, 36
Cartwright, A., on noise in fiats, 192 Case-hardening. See Heat treatment Case, lifting tongs for close stacking of (Walter Somers), 808
Casella electronic particle counter and sizer machine, 647
Cashmore, D. J., on inertial navigation in solar system, 679
Casings, glass fibre, for Bedford diesel industrial units (W. and J. Tod), 505
Cass Electronics, Ltd., Nira Tele-Tracer staff location system, 357
Cassegrain focus, parallax work at, 341 Cassidy, J., sheet metal work. Part II (book), 475
Cast iron in bridge construction, 538 Cylinders and prisms, failure in compression of, 799
Desulphurisation and recarburisation with BOC Metallurgical Powder Dispenser for (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 748
Pipe flanges, tool for machining (Kitchen
and Wade, Ltd.), 295
?—? — by E. Piwowarsky (review), 216
— Pipe fittings. Paralloy Forging Quality (APV
Paramount), 504
Research Association, British. See British Cast Iron
— Tools, by Z. Eminger and V. KoSelev
(book), 475
Castigliano’s theorem of compatibility for nonlinear frameworks, 581
Casting, continuous, of ingots, in Russia, 797
— Epoxide resins. Epophen Mould Seal for
(Leicester, Lovell and Co.), 183
— Finishing and dressing equipment at
Foundry Exhibition, 722
— Iron, creep of, BCIRA work on, 683
— — Dimensional and structural stability at
high temperatures, 683
Growth of, BCIRA work on, 683 Output, fall in, 359
Pearlitic malleable, electric furnace equipment for, at Ley’s Malleable Casting Co., Ltd., 245
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Casting, iron, steam applications, higher working temperatures study, 683
— Machines, die, semi-automatic, for light
metals and brasses (Peco), 196
— Resin for electrical industry (Bakelite), 309 Catalytic combustion of exhaust gases, cobalt
oxides for, 684
Catamarans at National Boat Show, 86 Catch phrases. Plain Words on, 130 Cathode ray tube, flat, NRDC, 128 —? — Tube, instrument, using helical postdeflection acceleration (Mullard), 88
? Tube, Memotron, in Infinite Persistence
Solarscope oscilloscope (Solartron), 70 Tube, temperature measurement display on, for up to 24 thermocouples, 102 Tubes, Truvu (John Brennan), 264 Tube, wide-angle, 128, 583
Cathodic protection. Guardion (trade publication), 586
Catmur Machine Tool Corp., universal measuring machine, 357; No. 3 jig boring machine, 600
Catterson-Smith, Prof. J. K., work for Indian Institute of Science, 130
Gaunter, C. F., handbook of cycles collection at Science Museum: Part 11 (book), 29 CAV Co., DPA distributor pump for fuel injection, 17
Cawkwell Research and Electronics Ltd., instruments (trade publication), 618
Cawood Wharton glued timber beams, 707 Cebertowitz, Prof. A., preservation of leaning tower of Pisa, 73
CEGB. See Central Electricity Generating Board
Ceiling for Heinz factory at Kitt Green (Campbell Denis, Ltd.), 578
— Illuminated acoustic, Siemens Ediswan
Celotex, 589
— Panels of hardboard and stellite (Bowater),
192
Celene petrochemical plant, loan for, 791 Cell, conductivity measuring, for electrolytes (trade publication), 618
— Living, radiation and mutations in, by Dr.
H. E. Kubitschek, 537
— Photoelectric. See Photoelectric
Celotex Ltd., illuminated acoustic ceiling panels, 589
Cement-aggregate reactions in concrete, 128. See LETTER, 483
— Anti-corrosive, Acalor, at Heinz factory at
Kitt Green, 578
— Asbestos, fire protection of structures by
(booklet), 804
Products (Turners Asbestos Cement Co.), 452
Roof sheets. Magnum (Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), 683
? Sheet, Turnall plastics washer and
protective cap for, 495
— and Concrete Association, guide to concrete
road construction: questions and answers (review), 61; transmission length in pretensioned concrete, by G. D. Base (book), 93; car parks (trade publication), 155; design of right concrete slab bridges for abnormal loading, by R. E. Rowe, 253; specific surface of concrete aggregates and its relation to workability of concrete, by B. W. Shacklock and W. R. Walker (book), 253; Candela’s shells, 643; symposium on electronic digital computers, 667; clearing house for digital computer programmes, 671
— Industry, accidents in, 671 India, 209
— Limestone reaction with, 128
— Masonry, leaner mixes for, 804
— Plant in Brazil (COMINCl), 57
— Removal, Solution No, 307 for (Grant &
West), 477
— See also Concrete
Centenary, Big Ben, commemorative stamp for, 298
?— Engineering, in 1959, 10
— Potter, Thomas, Ltd., 231
— Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, 538-540
— Science, in 1959, 10
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and
Exchanges, activities for 1959, 207
— Electricity Generating Board, “ Operation
Chimney Plume,” 30. See LETTER, 99; appointment of E. Forth as chief generating engineer. North Eastern Division, 105; appointment of W. Warren as chief generating engineer. East Midlands Division, 105; report on activities of, 144; feed water and boiler water standards in, by R. L. L. Rees and F. J. R. Taylor, 247; sites for nuclear power stations investigated, 269; new shield bearings for, 270; 275,000 volt overhead double circuit supergrid for Northfleet-Canterbury line, 291; Dr. J. A. L. Bonnell appointed nuclear medical officer, 302; atomic power station sites in Anglesey, 303; research laboratories at Berkeley, 367; site examination for coal-fired power stations in East Midlands, 419; application for atomic power station site at Oldbury- on-Severn, 426; atomic power station site investigations on Severn Estuary, 426; atomic power stations under construction, 426; examination of Earnley site for atomic power station, 535; civil engineering contracts for power station work, 579; Siting Nuclear Power Stations (pamphlet), 694; contracts placed for civil engineering work, 739. See also Power stations and Atomic power stations Central Eletrica de Furnas SA, hydroelectric power project for Brazil, 57
— Heating. See Heating
Centre National des Industries et Techniques (Paris), exhibition hall construction, 738 Centrifugal pump. See Pump Ceramic, alumina, Sintox, 555
— High-temperature properties of, by E.
Glenny and T. A. Taylor, 91
— Manufacture methods, 90
— Metals, bonding in, 91
Materials, powder metallurgy of, symposium on, 90
Ceramics, piezoelectric, polycrystalline, in commercial production, 345
— Research Association, British. See British
Ceramics
— Spray forming with plasma arc torch, 652
— Tools, turning alloy steels with, PERA
report on, 319
— Valve, oscillator/amplifier ULll (Ferranti),
583
Cerium 144 for thermoelectric generator, 395 Cermets, chromium-alumina, by J. B. Huffa- dine, L. Longland and N. C. Moore,
— High-temperature properties of, by
Glenny and T. A. Taylor, 91
— Manufacture methods, 90
— Molybdenum-chromium-alumina,
Huffadine, L. Longland and Moore, 91
— Uranium dioxide stainless-steel,
components for APPR reactor, 141
— ?— Oxide-iron, fabrication and properties
of, by W. J. Wright, R. B. Gibbon and J. Williams, 91
CERN. See European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Chadburns (Liverpool), Ltd., cup-model vending machine, 266; vending machine for refrigerated beverages, 453
Chain pulley blocks with flameproof electrical equipment (Geo. W. King), 809
Chair, office, “ ideal,” 685 Chalkley, A. P., obituary, 568
Chamberlain Group, overseas tour by L. R. H. Bell, 177
Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., calculator for angle of tube bending, 324; pipe bending (trade publication), 474; Staffa bending machine for steel bars, 761
Chamberlain Plant, Ltd.. Jenbach diesel driven mobile air compressor with air cooling, 728
Chambre d’ Lquilibre, by A. Stucky (book), 618 Chandler, K. N., reflex reflectors (book), 253 Chandos, Lord, overseas tour of, 177; annual statement on AEl, 572
Channel Tunnel, borings across possible line for, 495
— Water flow in, formulae in graphical form
for, 473
Chapel Cross atomic power station in operation, 367; centrifugal circulating water pumps for, 490; fluorescent lighting for control room, 491; opening of, 608; contractors for, 608; sleeved fuel elements, 702; storage pond, 702
Charles, D., commercial and industrial photography (book), 618
Charrington, Aslib Engineering Group’s visit to Anchor Brewery, 377
Chart, friction, for air flow in straight ducts and pipes, by R. H. Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book), 746
— on road schemes in Scotland, “ See How
They Go,” 776
— Trainer-Tester, 511
Chassis, Aston Martin motor car, fabrication, 786
— Haulage and tipper, Albion Reiver (Leyland
Motors), 634
— Motor-vehicle, aluminium alloy, 749 Checking Prepackaged Commodities, handbook on, 745
Cheese, Gouda, bulk handling by De Producent, 58
Chemical Construction Corp, of New York, international expansion, 391
— Distillation plant, platinum (Johnson,
Matthey), 747
— Engineers, demand for, 605 Institution of. See Institution
Looks at safety in building operations, by B. Halfpenny, 397
— ?— Nomograms for, by O. P. Kharbanda
(book), 154
— Engineering course for Diploma in
Technology, I I
Degree course, I.Chem.E. scheme, 757 Development trends, 758
— Industry, safety aspects of, 397
— Plant, Russian order for (Vickers), 328
— Processing in atomic energy industry, I
Dr. R. Hurst, 172
— Vessels (trade publication), 185 Chemico. See Chemical Construction Corp. Chemistry of atomic reactors, 175
— Solution, papers on, 175
Chepstow Bridge over River Wye, 538 Cheque, wage payment by, committee on, 699 Chest X-ray examinations for mineworkers, 142 Chester, G. V., on properties of liquid helium, 466
Chesterfield Tube Co., Ltd., extrusion of beryllium tube, 491
Chew, V., experimental designs in industry (review), 501
Chile, atomic energy programme, 12
Chilton Electric Products, Ltd., cam operated rotary Style C-switches, 21
Chilver, A. H., on problems structures (book), 184
Chimney plume operation by 30. See LETTER, 99
China, copper exports to. Parliament on, 493
— Economic development, 791
— Progress in Szechwan, 791
— Exports to, 98
— Industrialisation of, 98
— Steel production statistics, 419
— Trade potentials of, by Earl of Verulam, 788 Chip formation in metal cutting: hydrodynamic theory, by M. M, Lamm, 444
Chipboard (trade publication), 283 Chipmunk floor cleaning machine (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Chlorinated rubber. See Rubber
Chokes for fluorescent lighting tubes, testing life of, 32
Chromium-alumina cermets, by J. B. Huffadine, L. Longland and N. C. Moore, 91
?— Ore, purchase of Russian, by US, 387
— Silicon-boron-nickel system, properties of,
90
? Boron system, properties of, 90
by J.
N.
91
E.
B.
C.
as fuel
by
in engineering
CEGB-Fairey,
discussion in
Chrysler Corp., agreement with Simca, 796 Chuck, magnetic, Fimex (Darwins), 697 Churchill College, progress of, 142; Sir J.
Cockcroft as Master of, 142
Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., automatic electronic feed mechanism, 127; heavy- duty roll grinding machines, 127
Chuter, E., Ltd., helicopter hangar, 579
CIB. See International Council for Building Research and Documentation
CIBA (ARL), Ltd., Aeroweb aluminium honeycomb, 283; new buildings for research laboratory, Araldite production plant and sales division, 706
Cigarette machines, 266
Cimex-Fraser Tuson, factory cleaning machines, 524
Cine camera and industrial research, DSIR conference, 763
Cinema film. See Film, cinema
Circuit analysis of transmission lines, by J. L. Stewart (book), 184
— Breaker. See Switchgear
— Design in oil hydraulic equipment, NEL, 749
— Power, relief valves for, NEL study on, 685
— Printed, 3A, for control system for MacFire
oil-firing unit for boilers (Urquharts), 592
— Switching, with computer applications, by W. S. Humphrey, Jr. (review), 585
Circulating Pump. See Pump
Circulator, gas, for Berkeley atomic power station, 269. See Correction. 395
Citrine, Lord, on trade unionism and modern industry, 11
Citroen motor cars, assembly in South Africa, 322
City and Guilds of London Institute, award of honorary membership, 321 ; expansion and activities of, 637; Insignia Awards in Technology, 727
Civil engineer; education of, remarks on, by Prof. A. J. Sutton Pippard, 707
Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering computer problem, clearing house for, 667
Contracting industry workers, wage increase for, 164
— ?— Contractors, Federation of. See Federation
?— — Dictionary, by J. S. Scott (review), 310 Industry, position and prospects of, 148 Plant, output statistics and exports of, 148
Problems, digital terrain model for, 751 Work for RAF, 392
— Servants, dispersal from London, 363
Institution of Professional. See Institution oj Professional
— Service clerks, pay offer to, 73
— — Communication between management
and technical workers, 726
Salaries, Coleraine Committee on, comments on, 364
Salary increases in, 235
Scientific, career booklet for graduates, 235
Clad metal for graphite tube, Metica, 555
Clark, F. H., on temperature-zoned reactor, 463
Clark, Graham. See Graham Clark Lecture
Clarke, Chapman and Co., Ltd., cargo winch with regenerative braking, 484; heat exchangers for Bradwell atomic power station, 525; tests on low-temperature stress-relief method, 652
Classification and construction of steel ships, rules and regulations for, 310
Clausen, H.,plea for presentation of company histories to Newcomen Society, 3; on design of steel buildings, 68; on homemade brake tester, 663
Clay, trees planted in, ground movement near, 611
Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., air pressure gearbox servo unit, 464; wire wound heat exchanger tubes, 504
Clayton Equipment Co., Ltd., mechanical parts for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive, 276
Clean Air Act, requirements of, 525
— — National Society of. See National
Society
— Assembly conditions at International
Combustion, Ltd., 723
— Production, equipment for (John Bass), 415
— Rooms, Bassaire, for ultra-clean production,
415
Cleaner, man, Bassaire, 415-416
Cleaning and de-misting cabinet for goggles (Fleming Safety Equipment), 166
— and drying machines for floors (British
Vacuum Cleaner and Encineering Co., Ltd.), 256
— Factory, trends in, 524
— Floor, machines for (Cimex-Fraser Tuson,
Ltd.), 452
?— Machines for factories, 524
— of parts, Efco spray washing machine for
(Electro-Chemical Engineering Co.), 729
— of Sulfinuz treated parts, 119
— Tool for small parts (Martindale Electric
Co., Ltd.), 421
Clearance schemes, hardship to small businesses due to, 428
Cleave, J. P., on mechanical resolution of linguistic problems (review), 184
Clements, T. E., on iron and steel works buildings at Corby Works, 220
Clerks, Civil Service, pay offer to, 73
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., automatic shot-blasting machine for heavy steelwork, 439; Auckland Harbour Bridge, 739
Clifton Suspension Bridge, 538
Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Ltd., Maxam control valves for pneumatic hoists, 563
Clock, electric, automatic synchronous, with remote control (Electrical Remote Control Co.), 166
— and watch yearbook, 1959 (review), 649 Clocking-in, Plain Words on, 566
“ Closed shop ” dispute at Ford Motor Co., 299
Clothing monitor (tifide publication), 216
— Protective (RED) Cloud study by satel Clow, A. (Ed.), Science News 50 (book), Clow, N. (Ed.), Science News 50 (book). Clutch, Sprag (tradi
Clyde shipbuilding industry,
prospects of, 5'ffi
COj. See Carbon (tioxide
Coach, railway. S» Carriage; Railcar Coachwork, plastics, repairs (Automobile Plastics Co., Ltd.), 448
Coal ash, analysis of', by K. Archer et al., 64
— Board, National.) See National Coal Board
— By-product research, 630
— Carbonisation, discussion in Parliament on,
201 [
— Competition betvsieen oil and, 201
— Conversion into g!as and oil (BCURA), 613
— Conversion research, 630
— Conveyors at Walsall Gas Works, 595
— Delivery methods, 660
— Demand estimates, fall in, 66
— Exports, position of, 144
— Fired gas turbine. Locomotive Development
Committee, 441
— Gas. See Gas
— Gasification, discussion in Parliament on,
201
— Gasification, new type plant for, 731
— Handling, hydraulic grabs for (George
Cohen 600 Group), 292
by tractor, U-blade for (Marshall Organisation), 643
— House, sulphur release from (BCURA), 613
— Industry in Europe, position and prospects
of, 355
?—?— Position and prospectsof, 7, 144,630,759
— Mine. See Colliery
— Miners’ strike in Belgium, 355
— Mining industry. See Coal industry Law, by J. Sinclair (review), 376
?—?— Machinery, position and prospects of, 144
— Oil from, by low-temperature carbonisation,
428
— Pipeline for transport of, 258
— Pulverised, firing for closed-cycle air
turbine (Escher Wyss), 63
— Statistics for Europe, ECE, 355
— Stocks, accumulation of, 630
Position of, 144
?— Summer prices, 660
— Utilisation Council, list of approved
distributors for domestic solid appliances, 660
Research Association, British. British Coal Utilisation
— See also European Coal and Steel
munity
Coales, J. F., on instrumentation as engineering discipline, 790
Coastal erosion in Isle of Sheppey, 392
Coastwise Marine Disposal Co., licence for radioactive waste disposal in Pacific Ocean, 394
Coating for concrete floors, Glocrete SR (Corrosion, Ltd.), 747
— Dip, Telcothene HD polyethylene powder
for (Telegraph Construction and Maintenance), 748
— Nickel-phosphorus alloy, Kanigan process,
555
— Powder spray, 31-C (Metallizing Equip
ment Co.), 504
— Protective, chlorinated rubber (trade pub
lication), 650
— PTFE, resin-bonded, Emralon (Acheson
Colloids), 379
— Spray-formed, of high-temperature materials
652
— Tretoplast, for ceiling of Heinz factory at
Kitts Green, 578
Cobalt, journal on, 475
— Oxides for catalytic combustion of exhaust
gases, 684
— from sea bed, 567
Cobex-Velbex plastics for coated
Coca-Cola
266
Coca-Cola
for refrigerated beverages, 453
Cochran and Co., Annan, Ltd., vertical boilers (trade publication), 377, 760
Cockburns (Springs), Ltd., springs (trade publication), 554
Cockcroft, Sir J., Master of Churchill College, 142; on British nuclear power programme, 269
Cockcroft Walton neutron source machine, AWRE, 770
Cockerell, C. S., hovercraft prototypes, 637 Co-extrusion of atomic fuel element, 80 Coffee vending machine, 267
Cogdale, R. L., European representative for Marconi Instruments, 787
Cohen, George, 600 Group, Ltd., hydraulic grab for cranes handling coal, 292; Jones KL12-20M mobile crane, 532
Cohen, George, Sons and Co., Ltd., disposal of London Transport trolleybuses, 264; Eldair alligator shear for mild steel, 696
Cohen, J. S., tables for design of beams and slabs (book), 184
Coignet, Paris exhibition hall, 738 Coil, heating, for tankers, 250
— for Sceptre IIIA thermonuclear apparatus,
608
— Spring Federation Research Organisation,
new laboratories of, 744
?— Tinplate in, at Velindre Works of Steel Co. of Wales, 478
?— Winder (trade publication), 474
Coiling of steel strip at Brinswerth Mill, 23 Coke, British Standard for, 234
— Conveyors at Walsall Gas Works, 595
— for open-burning grate, 234
Cole, E. H., thermodynamics of heat power (review), 217
Cole, H. G., on corrosion of metals by vapours from organic materials (book), 343
Colebrook-White formula for water flow in channels and pipes, 473
Coleman, D. C., on British paper industry (1495-1860) (book), 61
491 ite, 259
publication), 554 position
steel, 210
Co., cold-drink
Export Corp.,
586
586
and
fuel
See
Com-
Stelvetite plastics
vending machine.
vending machines
9
Coleraine Committee on Civil Service salaries, 235, 364
Collacott, Dr. R. A., on impact of drops; photographic record of disintegration, 440
Collar, Prof. A. R., on aeroelasticity, 17 Collective motions confe ence. Physical Society, 465
College of Technologists, membership of, 733 Collet’s Russian catalogue of scientific books, 1959, 649
Colliery, closure of, by NCB, 144
— Gas drainage, 779
—• Kiveton Park, Roofmaster supports for goaf debris, 717
— Methane extraction, 779
— Rufford, skip winding plant at, 338
— See also Mine; Coal: Winding Collins Radio Co., radio sextant, 744 Collins Submarine Pipelines, Ltd., pipeline for
effluent from Winfrith Heath, 394
Collins Submarine Pipelines Overseas, Ltd., Shatt al Arab oil terminal, 495
Collisions. See Accidents
Colloidal graphite. See Graphite Colmonoy Cr-Si-B-Ni alloy, 90
Colombo Plan aid for Trisuli hydroelectric power project, 803
Colonial horizontal steam engine, Tangyes, 381 Colston Research Society, Symposium Hypersonic Flow, 656
Colt shearing machine (Thos. W. Ward), Colt Ventilation, Ltd., natural and operated ventilating equipment, 452
Columbium, position and prospects for, 8
— Technology of, ed. by B. W. Gouser and
E. M. Sherwood (book), 123
Column, eccentrically-loaded, design by loadfactor meihod, by J. D. Bennett (book), 184
— Zebra, for solvent extraction process, 172 Colvilles, Ltd., Treasury Ioan for building of
new strip mill, 103; roof ventilation and lighting at Ravenscraig works, 221; new strip mill, 354; annual report, 732 Combustion, catalytic, of exhaust gases, cobalt oxides for, 684
Combustion Engineering Inc. See Mitchell- Eairfield Combustion Engineering
Combustion Equipment, Ltd., Air-Lok Damper for boilers, 601
— in liquid-propellent rocket engines,
D. Carton, 36
— “ M ” system, licence agreements
(MAN), 296
COMINCI. See Companhia Mineira Cimento Portland SA
on
293
fan
by
for
Commemorative lectures. Plain Words on, 98 Commerce, Advisory Committee on Further Education for. See Advisory
— and industry, legal aspects of, by W. F.
Frank (review), 376
Commercial education, discussion in Parliament on, 571
Report on, 397
Co.mmercial Patents, Ltd., Hydropulsion unit for tug Tom Jay, 655-656
Commissariat a I’Energie Atomique, nuclear fusion course, 575
Committee on Space Research, constitution and officers of, 55
Commonwealth, companies in: Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 402
—? — in: Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 273 in: Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 337
— —-in: Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 89 in: Vickers, Ltd., 208
— Conferences, discussion in Parliament on,
571
Commonwealth Development Finance Co., financial resources of, 363
— Education Conference (Oxford), preliminary
notice, 733
— and Empire Year Book 1958-59, by R. S.
Russell (Ed.) (book), 92
—? Institute, hyperbolic roof, 804
— Motoring Associations and Clubs, Federa
tion of. See Federation
Conference, 544
— Scientific co-operation in, by Duke of
Edinburgh, 227
— Space research in collaboration with UK,
362
— Spaceflight Symposium, preliminary notice,
362
— Training scheme for engineers from, 669
— See also Australia, etc. Communard motor car. 740 Communications, plans of improvements in,
418
— Sources (trade publication), 802
—? System, Deccafax Visual, at King’s Cross Station, 659
Communism in France, 162
Compagnie Navale des Petroles, Altair motor tanker, 752
Compagnie de Recherches et d’Exploitation de Petrole au Sahara, oil explorations in Sahara, 431
Companhia Mineira de Cimento Portland SA, cement plant project, 57
Companies in the Commonwealth; Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., 402
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., 273 Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 337 Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 89
—? — Vickers, Ltd., 208
— Histories, plea for presentation to New
comen Society, 3
See also History
— “ House style ” exhibition, 564
— Signs and symbols, 126
— Small, research in, 520
Research results available to, 520 Compass, gyroscopic, Arma Brown, 749 Competition for aluminium street lighting standards, 560
— for inventions. Freeman, Taylor Machines,
457
—? for new bridge over Tagus at Lisbon, 643 Complementary energy applied to non-linear braced frameworks, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 581
Components (trade publications), 554
— Structural, probability of service failure of,
by 1. J. Somervaille, 806
Components, time recorder for (Blick Time Recorders, Ltd.), 324
Compound-slide table, low height (Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 292
Compressed-air equipment (trade publication),
93
for extinguishing oil fires, 620
— ?—? Gearbox servo unit (Clayton Dewandre),
464 See also Pneumatic Compression of cast iron cylinders and prisms, failure in, 799
— of concrete cubes, failure in, 799
— of sandstone cylinders and prisms, failure
in, 799
— Tests on brittle materials, 799
—? — in elastic materials study under axial loading, 798
Compressor, air. See Air compressor Computation, automation and control hand
book. Vol. I, by E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (review), 713
— and instrumentation in process development
and plant design, symposium, 783
— Laboratories, International Repertory of.
See International
Computers . analogue, instrument lating delays for (Elliott Bros.
Ltd.), 230
— Applications, switching circuits
W. S. Humphrey, Jr. (review), 585
— Automatic decimal point (IBM), 698
— for building resistance to earthquakes, 347
— Bulletin, British commercial, 585
— at Business Efficiency Exhibition (Inter
national Computers and Tabulators), 698
— Centre, International. See International Computer Consultants, Ltd., British Commercial Computer Bulletin, 585
— Consultancy service, Urwick Diebold, 695
— Control of flame-cutting machine for ships’
plates, 485
— for design of steel frameworks for buildings,
by W. J. Sutcliffe, 68
— Digital, components and circuits, 1
R. K. Richards (review), 682
? in design of electrical machines, 1
D. D. Stephen, 718
—? — Electronic, symposium on, 667
? Programmes, clearing house for, 671
Stantec Zebra (trade publication), 802 Structural analysis by, by M. B. Abbott,
666
— — Superconducting’element for, 550 System design of, at National Bureau
of Standards (review), 682
Transistorised, for control, 784 Transistorised, PCTC (Ferranti), 87
— Electro-hydraulic output printing
for (Creed and Co., Ltd.), 241
— as electromagnetic balance, 784
— Electronic, management guide
W. D. Bell (review), 122
—- — for motor car suspension problems (A. V. Roe). 644
—? — Structural frame analysis by,
E. Lightfoot and F. Sawko, 18
— Elements, superconducting: cryotrons, by
Dr. J. M. Lock, 550
— EMIDEC 1100, for J. Sainsbury, 695
— Language translation by, by A. D. Booth,
L. Brandwood and J. P. Cleave (review), 184
— for “ Management Decision Game,” 65
— Mercury, programmes for, 53
— Pegasus, for floor beam section determina
tion, 18
— Perseus (trade publication), 650
?— Photogrammetry for civil engineering problems, DTM system, 751
— Printing machine, xerographic (Rank
Precision Industries). 241
— Problems civil engineering clearing house
for, 667
— in process control, symposium, 783
— in production planning, 526
— Programmes library (Ferranti), 132
— Sirius (Ferranti), 696
— Society, British. See British
— Twistor shift register for, five advance
(Bell Laboratories), 53
— in US industry, 419
— Zebra, for transonic wind tunnel, 187
— See also Data processing
Concrete, accelerated curing tests on, M. S.
Thompson, 759
— Aggregates specific surface, and its relation
to workability of concrete, by B. W. Shacklock and W. R. Walker (book), 253
— Asphalt, Epon, for runway, 804
— Association. See Cement and Concrete
Association
— Blocks for factory-built roads, 543
— Bunkers, vibration of, 447
—-Cement-aggregate reactions in, 128. See LETTER, 483
— as construction material, 525
?—? in construction of Notting Hill Gate Underground station, 383
— Cubes, failure in compression of, 799
— Curing by Ritecure spraying, 426
— Damaging reactions in, 128. See LETTER, 483
— Dome for Australian Academy of Science,
776
— Floors, Glocrete SR coating for (Corrosion,
Ltd.), 747
— Inertia blocks for air compressor founda
tions, 214-215
— Institute, American. See American
— Intrusion Prepakt, for repairs to Cononish
Viaduct, 642
Concrete, Ltd., Bison precast concrete (trade publication), 185
— Precast, Dow-Mac Process, for Russia, 435
— Prestressed, beams for Heinz factory at
Kitt Green, 578
for BOAC test bed at Nantgarw, 95 Elevated roadways, design competition for, 190
Fire resistance of, 763
• Piles at Hull docks, 670
Tests on, and properties of, work of
Building Research Station on, 63
See also Prestressed Concrete Development Group
for simu- (London),
with, by
by
by
machine
to, by
design
by Dr.
Concrete, prestressing, Lee-McCall system, developments in (McCalls Macalloy, Ltd.), 610
— Pretensioned, transmission length in, by
G. D. Base (book), 93
— Reinforced, construction for stamp shop
at Hawker Aircraft factory at Gate, 214
Design, direct models as aid Dr. G. Brock, 468
Design method for, 276
?—? — Foundations for Heinz factory Green, 577
?—? — at Heinz factory at Kitt Green. 578 Hyperbolic cooling towers (Mitchell Construction), 579
Loading bay for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
— — Moment-rotation curve for, 275
Prestressed for exhibition hall of Centre National des Industries et Techniques, 738 Quay at Hull docks, 670
— Road construction, guide to; questions and
answers (review), 61
— Roof for Manchester bus station, 94
— Roofing tiles, increased use of. 192
— Shell, anticlastic, lectures by F. Candela
on, 495
— Shell roof for exhibition hall of Centre
National des Industries et Techniques, 738
— Slab bridges for abnormal loading, design
of right, by R. E. Rowe (book), 253
— Standard revised by American Concrete
Institute, 543
— and steel, composite construction in, for
bridges and buildings, by I. M. Viest, R. S. Fountain and R. C. Singleton (book), 29
— Structures on Danish railways, durability
and maintenance of, by A. Jeppesen, 384 Concreting in hot weather, recommended practices for, 495
Condensing plant for High Marnham power station, 594
Condon, E. U., handbook of physics (review), 681
Condor express freight train, 435
Conductivity measuring cells for electrolytes (trade publication), 618
— Recorder, electrolytic, for electrolytes
(Electronic Switchgear (London), Ltd.), 717
— See also Superconductivity Conductor, semi. See Semiconductor
— Super. See Superconductor
Conduit strip, rubber, for cable (Vulcascot), 633 Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, agreement on Payment for Holidays—Manual Workers, 637
Conference on application of standards to industry, 781
— Aircraft production (I.Prod.E.), 566
-— Atomic energy industrial prospects (OEEC, Stresa), 176
—; — Energy. Peaceful Uses of. See Atomic Energy, Peaceful Uses of
— Buildings for iron and steelworks (BISRA),
220
— Central Asia, preliminary notice, 450
— Cine camera and industrial research,
DSIR,763
— Collective motions. Physical Society, 465
— Commonwealth, discussion in Parliament
on, 571
— — Education (Oxford), 733
— — Motoring, 544
— Ergonomics Society, 10th anniversary
(Oxford), 489
— European Conference for Industrial Man
agement on Industrial Prospects in Nuclear Energy (Stresa), programme for, 492
— Fitting the job to the worker, EPA, 365
— Foremen and shop stewards,
Welfare Society, 105
— House magazines, IWS, 364
— Human engineering, TUC, 693
— Inspectors selection and training,
— Institution of Professional Civil
726
— International Labour (Geneva), 765
— Management, Solartron, 131
— National Federation of Ironmongers, —- National Power Farming (Harrogate), Society for Clean Air (Llandudno),
— Packaging training (New York), 177
— Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Atomic Energy, Peaceful Uses of
— Price reduction. Incorporated Sales Man
agers’ Association, 435
— Radioisotopes in agriculture, 537
— Reactor fuel technology, proceedings of, 394
— Retail Management (Harrogate, 1959), 57
— Suggestion schemes, IWS, 701
— Youth employment and industrial training
schemes, 299
Conformal mapping and univalent functions, by J. A. Jenkins (book), 184
Congress, automatic controls, USSR, 553
— Nuclear, preliminary notice, 395
Conical shock, yawed, exact flow behind, by G, Radhakrishnan (book), 311
Connecting rods of frame saws, fatigue failure under corrosion, by J. Salokangas (book), 586
Cononish Viaduct, repairs to, 642
Conquest bench-type photocopying and developing machines (Hall Harding, Ltd,), 389
Consolidated Electrodynamic Corp., agreement with Solartron Electronic Group on pressure pickups, 71
Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd,, lightweight support leg for rock drills, 230; Power Vane air compressors, 634; track-mounted drilling rig for large deep holes, 760
Consort radar equipment for small craft (Marconi), 471
Consortia, atomic entigy Jn Norway, 80 Energy, in Portugal, 110 Energy, in Japan, 303
— See also under specific names of consortia Constitution of Binary Alloys, by M. Hansen
and K, Anderko (review), 154
Squires
to, by
at Kitt
Industrial
125
Servants,
787
227
227
See
Constock International Methane, interest in British Methane, 232
Construction (trade publications), 155, 185
— Building, applied, 2nd year course, by
A. Medlycott (book), 123
New methods of Coseley Buildings, Ltd., 39
— and classification of steel ships, rules and
regulations for, 310
— Composite, in steel and concrete, for
bridges and buildings, by 1. M. Viest, R. S. Fountain and R, C. Singleton (book), 29
— Equipment, European Committee for. See
European Committee
— Materials (supplement), 525
— Prospect (supplement), 525
— Testing of scantlings of metal-arc welded
steel boilers and other pressure vessels, rules for (book), 746
— Welded, for technologists, by P. Sahmel
(review), 501
Constructional engineering industry, position and prospects of, 147
— Work, statistics, 776
?'onstructors John Brown, Ltd., pipeline for effluent from Winfrith Heath, 394; instrumentation for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 491
Consul motor car, restyling of (Ford), 265 Consultant engineering in US, EPA report (book), 123
Consulting Engineers, Association Association
Edwardian life of, 258
and his contribution to the economy, by J. S. Tritton, 489
Role of, 489
Consumers Association, Ltd., survey of electric razors, 160; appraisal of domestic refrigerators, 628; Which! (publication), 628
Containers, refrigerated, for marine use (J. and E. Hall), 570
— Ships, by D. A. Argyriadis, 451 Containment, atomic reactor. See Atomic
reactor
— Nuclear fusion. See Nuclear fusion Continuous casting. See Casting Contracts, British Railways, 643
— Iron and steel works buildings, 220
— Penalty clauses in, 428
Contracting industry, position and prospects of, 148
— Plant, output statistics and exports of, 148 Controls for Argosy aircraft, 75
— Atomic reactor, course on, 80 Reactor, by J. Walker, 686
— Auto-transformer, of induction motor, 590
— Automatic excitation, cargo winch with
(Stothert and Pitt), 664
— — Industrial processes, PCTC digital com
puter for (Ferranti), 87
International congress, USSR, 553
— — Metering pumps with (Distillers Co.), 633
— — Miniature chain-grate stoker (BCURA),
613
— — Progress of, 526
— — Tractor, 112, 114
— — Trend to, 524
— —? See also Automation
— Automation and computation handbook.
Vol. 1, by E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (review), 713
— Boundary layer, for Hercules C-130 troop
carrier aircraft (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 505
— Cabin, strip mill, air conditioning for, at
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., 557
— Computer, of flame-cutting machine for
ships’ plates, 485
— Dust, equipment for (Dallow Lambert), 452
— Electrical, finger tip, for Werner milling
machines (Rockwell Machine Tool Co.), 261
— Equipment, types and applications, 784
.— on Escort marine radar (BTH), 407
— Feedback, linear, analytical design of, by
G. C. Newton, Jr., L. A. Gould, and J. F. Kaiser (review), 252
— — Systems, by O. J. M. Smith (review), 252
— Gear, transfer function analyser for testing
(Servo Consultants), 665
— Instrumentation exhibits at Engineering
Exhibition, 491
— Monitoring instruments for, 783
Position, of massive objects, by A, Tustin and others (review), 713
— Process, analogue methods, 784
— — Computers in, symposium, 783
— — Industries, 524
— Remote, Dupar system (trade publication),
650
— — Equipment for Holman Rotomotors
(Maxam Power, Ltd.), 420
— — Valves, actuator for (Limitorque Valve
Controls, Ltd.), 422
— Room equipment for London heliport, 543
— Stop valve, Bi-Seat, for steam lines (Sir
W. H. Bailey and Co., Ltd.), 621
— Strata, glossary, tri-lingual (book), 29
— System for Explorer diesel-electric loco
motive, 277
— — MacFire oil-firing unit for boilers,
printed circuit for (Urquharts), 592
— — Sampled-data, by J. R. Ragazzini and
G. F. Franklin (review), 617
— — Turbocompressor plant, 51
— Tape, of machines and production lines, 524
— Theory, terminology and epistemology of,
by Dr. L. Couffignal (review), 713
— Thermotex glueing machine, Sextet auto
manual pulley for (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 685
— Valve. See Valve
— See also National Control
Controller, electronic, for air conditioning systems, Transmatic, design development of (Teddington), 522
Convair. See General Dynamics Corp.
Convair-Astronautics. See General Dynamics Corp.
Convector open fires, 660
Convention, American Public Relations Associations (Chicago), 701
of. See
national
ENGINEERlIsIG, VQL. 187 (1959)
Convention, Australian Citizenship, 142
— Thermonuclear Processes, BNEC, 574, 598, 606, 702
— Transistors, lEE, 741
— Vending machine (London), 325 Conversion factors and tables, British Standard, 553
and tables. Part I (book), 778 Converter-coupling, torque, compared with hydrostatic drive, 654
— Torque, compared with hydrostatic drive,
654
Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., battery-operated “ reach ” truck, 453; “ Handtruck,” “ Skidtruck ” and “ Drumtruck ” hand trucks, 453
Conveyor, belt, for cheese handling, 58
— Belting, Terylene-rubber, for Russian ore
field (BTR Industries), 284
— Coal and coke, at Walsall Gas Works, 595
— Furnace, mesh-belt (Birlec), 556
— Life roller, Rapistan (Manufacturers’
Equipment Co.), 665
— Pendulum, Flowlink (Fisher and Ludlow), 721
— Pneumatic, at flour mill of Barnes Milling,
Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
Sonic-valve operated (Simon Engineering Group), 341
— Sandvik steel belt, for mineral wool blankets
(Mineral Wool Insulation Co.), 294 Conway by-pass turbojet aircraft engine. Air Registration Board’s approval, 381
Conway, H. G., on automotive inventions of Ettore Bugatti, 200, 207
Coode and Partners, Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, 579
Cook, M. A., on science of high explosives (review), 28
Cook, Sir W., on manufacture of atomic fuel rods and on uranium processing, 238; member for development and engineering, UKAEA, 427
Cooke, R. Gresham, on effects of automation, 330; on foreign distribution of British science journals, 330
Cooke, Troughton and Simms, Ltd., self-adjusting levels, 101
Cooker, combined microwave and standard (Westinghouse), 812
Cooking stove, Bleuet, for campers, 224 Cooler, air, tubular, for Priest Rapids Dam (Heenan and Froude), 114
— Hydrogen, for High Marnham power
station, 594
Coolers and Vendors, Ltd., vending machines, 266; coffee and tea vending machines, 267 Cooling coil for gravimetric flue-gas sampling apparatus, 2»7
— Diesel engine (15,400 b,h.p.) (Stephen-
Sulzer), 688
— Evaporative, for diesel engine installation,
Voice of America (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day), 38
— Plant for sterilisation heat recovery process
at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 783
— Systems, Philips gas liquefying machine for
(Research and Control Instruments, Ltd.), 679
— Tower, hyperbolic, reinforced
(Mitchell Construction), 579 Packaged, glass fibre (Film
Towers (1925) Ltd.), 601
Coombs, K. L., appointed divisional
Webb Conveyors and Automation, 456 Cooper Roller Bearings Co., Ltd., ball hearings for Berkeley reactor servicing machine, 484 Co-ordinates, absolute, in machine-tool design, 53
— Drilling and boring machine (Grimston
Electric fools), 532
— Setting system, electronic, for Kearns
universal horizontal boring machine (BTH), 562
Co-Partnership Association, Industrial. See Industrial
Copelin, P. W., on Vauxhall Motors, 488 Copper alloy strip, Kuniform, 555 See also Brass; Bronze
— Cables (booklet), 780
— Development Association, copper cables
(booklet), 780
— Exports to China, discussion in Parliament
on, 493
— High-conductivity silver-bearing, for con
ductors (Yorkshire Imperial Metals), 556
— Price of, 8
— from sea bed, 567
—? Sections for electrical industry (Yorkshire Imperial Metals), 556
— Tubes, plastics-covered, Kuterlex, 556 Copyflo automatic printer for xerographic
computer printing machine (Rank-Xerox), 241
Copyflo 5 microfilm reproduction of Ltd.), 698
Copying, document,
(Ilford), 487
— Profiling and routing machine (Rank Pre
cision Industries), 455
Corby Works. See Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd. Cores and core-making, by F. D. Roper (book), 184
Cork-elastomer, Uniphase Cork, gasket material, 210
Corliss motion in valve steam engine, 381 Cornell Dual Reactor facility, 79 Corning Glassworks, US agents for QVF Ltd, industrial glass, 251; agreement with QVF Ltd., 723
Corrosion, anti-, manual, 1958 (book), 184
— Fatigue failure of connecting rods of frame
saws under, by J. Salokangas (book), 586 Corrosion Lid., Glocreie SR coating for concrete floors, 747
— of metals by vapours from organic materials,
by V. E. Rance and H. G. Cole (book), 343
— Resistance, effect of Sulfinuz treatment on,
120
of Qzhennite alloy, 138
Corrosive situations, lighting in (lES report) (book), 93
Coseley Buildings, Ltd., progress struction methods, 39 Cosmic rays, studies of, 334
COSPAR. See Committee on Space Research Costs, trend of, 451
Costain, Sir R., on Richard Costain, Ltd., 732 Costain, Richard, Ltd., staff share purchasing scheme, 142; award of contract for con- structibn of deep-water berth for super- tankeiK in Persian Gulf, 231; Shatt al Arab oil terminal, 495; annual report, 732; contract for work at West Thurrock powet) station, 804
Cotter-pir^, split, British Standard, 340
Cotton remforcement for plastics bearings, 27
?— Yarn, price fall in, 251
Couffignall Dr. L., terminology and epistomo- logy of control theory (review), 713
Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment, formation of British Oil Equipment Credits, Ltd., 628
— of Europe, membership of, 176; prize for
nuclear research, 176
— for Industrial Design, “ ideal ” office chair,
685 \
— of Scientific and Industrial Research (India),
foundation and activities, 300
Councils and Their Houses (report), 429
— of Trade and Technical Press, business and
specialised publications of Great Britain (booklet), 217
Counter, decatron, Elcontrol, in miniature oil velocity indicator, 83
— Impulse (trade publication), 650
— Particle, electronic, Casella, 647
— for press output (Burndept), 70
— Scintillation, as neutron detector, AWRE,
771
— Tally, Domatic (EJF Manufacturing Co.),
166
Counting equipment, type 1700 Scaler, 102
— tube, trochotron high-speed decimal (Mul-
lards), 653
Coupler, hose, quick action (A. Schrader’s Son), 632
Coupling, eddy-current, Heenan Dynamatic, for blade protection on cutter-dredger Barbados, 114
— Electromagnetic, computer calculations for,
720
— Flexible, for Explorer diesel-electric loco
motive (Blackstone), 277
— Hose, Binks, for fluid line (Alfred Bullows
and Sons), 728
— Pipe, demountable vacuum-tight, by W. P.
White (book), 92
Quick-action, for pipelines (Simon Handling Engineers), 505
Swivel, for hydraulic systems (Avica Equipment), 621. See Correction, 720
— Torque transfer, for marine drive (Meta
lastik), 434
— Tube, KeelaTite (Industrial Hydraulics,
Ltd.), 487
— See also Clutch
Courlene X3 polyethylene yarn for ropes, 748 Course, atomic engineering and arc and glow discharges, 80
— Chemical engineering degree, I.Chem.E.
scheme, 757
Engineering, for Diploma in Technology,
11
— Control and instrumentation of reactors, 80
— Diploma in Technology, 11, 731
— Industrial administration, 385
Management, Cambridge University, 605 ?— Manager’s role and responsibilities, Mading- ley Hall, Cambridge, 11
— Modern developments in marketing and dis
tribution, preliminary notice, 812
— Nuclear energy, catalogue of, 395
Engineering, 395
Engineering for home study, 141
Fusion (France), 575
Power, Imperial College (booklet), 463
— — Technology (chemical). Imperial College,
492
— Qil-firing (NIFES), 73
— Operational research, London School of
Economics, 258
— Packaging (New York), 177
— Part-time, student wastage in, 143
— Presentation of technical information, 185
— Road materials and construction, 739
— Sales engineers, Newman Industries, 724 Management, preliminary notice, 812
— Sandwich, student statistics, 701
?—. School-leavers, Metropolitan-Vickers, 573
— Schoolboys, Wates, Ltd., 53 Z
— Senior technical executives (Harwell Reactor School), 80
— Technical representatives, Birmingham Col
lege of Technology, 126
— Traffic engineering, Yale University, 672
Courtaulds, Ltd., sales to Russia, 636
Courtney, Hughes and Partners, Ltd., Dautataro fire fighting vessel for Port Fiji, 622
Coval storage cylinder for liquid oxygen (British Oxygen Gases), 684
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co., Russian orders for machine tools, 328
Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., engines (trade publications), 60; 20 h.p. air cooled diesel set, 569
Cowper, D., on suggestion schemes, 163, 195- 196
Cox, R., on improvements in omnibus design and operation, 621
Crabtree, R. W., printing press order from Canada, 723
Crack detector, portable, for ferromagnetic materials (Fraser-Smith), 600 Ultrasonic. See Ultrasonic
Cradley Boiler Co., Ltd., Steampacket three- pass packaged boiler, 295
Crago, W. A., on transport on and under the sea, 676; on new horizons for ships, 766
Craig, A. F., and Co., Ltd., air coolers (trade publication), 155
Crane accidents, 235
— Building work, boom in Germany, 226
— Crawler, with cantilever jib (R. H. Neal), 664
— Floating, diesel-electric 400 ton. Atlas, for Lake Maracaibo oilfields, 595
— Gantry, lightweight (Dexion), 808
Rail maintenance, by D. B. Wilson, 220
— Hydraulic grabs for handling coal (George Cohen 600 Group), 292
Crane, Hydrostatic drive for, 655
— Industry in Germany, boom in, 226
— Mobile, Jones KLI2-20M (George Cohen 600 Group), 532
— Overhead travelling, Reel, with Vierendeel girders (British Industrial Engineering Co (Staffs), Ltd.), 357
Crane Packing, Ltd., free offer of gland extractor tool, 312; mechanical seals (trade publication), 554
— Safety in iron and steel industry (report), 235
— Steelworks, research on, 163
— Tower, 226
— Truck, MEI (Thomas Smith and Sons), 728
— Truck-mounted (R. H. Neal and Co.), 761
— See also Hoist: Transporter
Cranfield College of Aeronautics, exact flow behind a yawed conical shock, by G. Radhakrishnan (book), 311; flow over delta wings at low speeds with leading edge separation, by D. J. Marsden, R. W Simpson, and W. J. Rainbird (book), 311; theory of structural design (book), 311; subsonic drag and pitching moment characteristics of slender cambered bodies, by K. D. Harris (book), 778; some values of reduction factor for plastic buckling of plates in shear (book), 778
Crankcase deflection measurement by model tests, 304
Crankshaft for AT diesel engines (Ruston and Hornsby), 305
Crawford, William, and Sons, sonic conveyor at bakery of, 341
Creed and Co., Ltd., electro-hydraulic output printing machine, 241
Creep of iron castings, BCIRA work on, 683
CREI atomics, home-study course on nuclear engineering, 141
Cresswell, R. A., review of rising economy and productivity through welding technology 501; review of welded construction for technologists, 501
Crewe, Plain Words on passing of era at, 2
Criticality, avoidance in dissolver and mixer settler vessels, 174
Crockett, J. H. A., consulting engineer for Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 215
Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., activities in the Commonwealth, 273; T45 fractional h.p. motors, 697
Crops, frost protection by irrigation equipment (Wright Rain), 705
— Spraying helicopter, Kolibrie, 88
Crossley Brothers, Ltd., HTBD series 6 cylinder diesel engine, 534
Crouch and Hogg, Loch Glashan hydro-electric scheme, 579
Crowe element (cryotron), 551
Crowley, J., on Crowley, Russell and Co., Ltd., 71
Crowley, Russell and Co., Ltd., position and prospects of, 71
“ Crowning ” in plate rolling, 754
Crucibles, delivery by Condor express freight train, 435
— Furnace. See Furnace
Crusader Brand NSR quality ground round tool and die steel stock, 414
Crusher, gyratory (Babbitless Co.), 728 Crushing and grinding: bibliography (book), 376
Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea, site of factory for Pressed Steel Co., Lid., 328
Cryotron, Crowe element, 551
— in flip-flop, 550
— Superconducting computer elements, by Dr. J. M. Lock, 550
Crystal, luminescent, 497
— Quartz, synthetic, production by hydro-thermal process, 219
Cuba, atomic energy programme, 12 Cubitts. See Holland and Hannen Cubitts Fitzpatrick, Blackwall Tunnel, improvements, 803
Cummins Diesel International, establishment and activities of, 126
Cummins Engine Co., Inc., establishment of Cummins Diesel International, 126; British-built diesel engines for Canada, 435; trading report, 572
Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd., replacement of Queen liners, 482, 636
Cunlilfe, G., retirement from board of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 328
Cunningham, W. J., nonlinear analysis (book), 29
Cup-O-Matic bulk milk machine (Allied Produce Co., Ltd.), 325
Cupola blast heater, independently fired (Incandescent Heat Co.), 722
— Hot blast equipment (Fuel and Metallurgical Processes, Ltd.), 722
Curing tests on concrete, accelerated, by M. S Thompson, 759
Curium radioisotopes, production of, 174
— Separation of, 174 Currency conversion factors, 2
Current, alternating, for dynamic braking of induction motors, by Dr. O. 1. Butler and Dr. V. Ahmad, 590
Curtain wall, gold-anodised aluminium, for Hollywood office building, 804
Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577
Curtis, W. K., Shamrock plastics bodied prototype sports car, 708
Curtiss-Wright Corp., “ Air-Car ” prototype, 695
Cushyfoot “ S ” anti-vibration mounting for high-speed diesel engines (Metalastik, Ltd.) 485
Customs formalities, goods vehicles, 143
? Motorists, 143
Cutter, tube profile, Alyn (Saturn Industrial Gases), 534
Cutting, bricks, automatic car loader for (Bradley and Craven), 454
?— Machine, flame, with computer control, for ships’ plates, 485
Glass tube (Electrothermal Engineering Ltd.), 730
Oxygen, Hancomatic, 785
— Metal, chip formation in; hydrodynamic
theory, by M. M. Lamm, 444
Cutting, strip, autonptic production machine for (Press Equipiient), 600
CVA Jigs, Tools and Moulds, Ltd., tape control of machines and production lines, 524 Cycle. See Bicycle I
— Motor. See Motor cycle
Cyclotron conversioa at Birmingham University, 772 I
— Spiral ridge, at Djjbna, 772
Cylinder, air, midget (A. Schrader’s Son), 534
— Block productioij for oil engine (Rolls-Royce), 810 j
— Head bolts, tests on, 304
Fracture in diesel engines, 96
— Liquid oxygen storage (British Oxygen Gases), 684
Cylindrical components, straightness-measuring apparatus, by F. R. Tolmon, 124
Czechoslovakia, atomic energy programme, 12 ?— Economic position, 727
— FT Magazine on foreigh trade, 369
— International trade fair, 177
— Orders from, 312
Czechoslovakian motor cars at Geneva Motor Show, 329

DAG colloidal graphite, nuclear applications of, 47
Daimler Dart sports motor car, 496
Daisley, P. A., review of Experimental designs in industry, 501-502
Dalgleish, J., review of Camp Bird Ltd., 16
Dallender, J. A., mechanical engineering thermodynamics (review), 185
Dallow Lambert and Co., Ltd., dust control equipment, 452; wet deduster, 721; Dustmaster, 721
Dam, Aswan High, Russian agreement on, 34 High, West German consortium investment offer, 34
— Kariba, strike of employees at, 428
?— Loch Glashan, contractors for, 579
— Priest Rapids, tubular air coolers for (Heenan and Froude), 114
— South Saskatchewan river, 739
Damper, Air-Lok, for boilers (Combustion Equipment), 601
— Foundation, Lockheed, for stamp shop at
Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
— Nodal, for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive (Blackstone), 277
— Torsional vibration, viscous, and its vector diagram, by G. S. Pidd, 784
— Units, hydraulic, for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive (Blackstone), 277
Daniels, T. H., and J., Ltd., Daniels-Latymer vacuum forming machine, 485
Daniels-Boyd Nuclear Steam Generator, details of, 268
Daniels-Latymer vacuum forming machine (T. H. and J. Daniels, Ltd.), 485
Danish National Institute of Building Research, preparation of samples for microscopic investigation, by E. Poulsen (book), 253
— Railways, concrete structures on, durability and maintenance of, by A. Jeppesen, 384
— See also Denmark
Darby, Abraham, commemoration of his work in 1709, preliminary notice, 245
D’Arcy, W. K., founder of British Petroleum Co., Ltd., 536
Darling, H. A., on workshop arithmetic (book), 343
Darlington, Prof. C. D.,on control of evolution in man, 11
Dart, Daimler, sports motor car, 496
— Turboprop aircraft engines, BEA overhaul facilities, 223
Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, progress on, 579 Dartmouth, Britannia Royal Naval College, change in entry regulations, 364
Darwins, Ltd., Fimex magnetic chucks, 697; annual report, 732
Data processing systems, electronic, installation of, by R. G. Canning (review), 122 System, IBM 7090 (IBM United Kingdom, Ltd.), 318
Tape recorder for (Emidata 1), 101
Transducers for aircraft industry (CEC), 71
— Recording and analysing system, transistorised, for neutron spectrometry (EMI Electronics), 182
— Sampled, control systems, by J. R. Ragazzini
and G. F. Franklin (review), 617 Dautataro fire fighting vessel for Port Fiji, 622 Davey, Paxman and Co., Ltd., activities in Commonwealth as associate of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., 89 ; Vega range of air cooled diesel engines, 197; Ventura range of lightweight water-cooled diesel engines, 197
David Brown 950 tractor, 406
Davies, J. H., silicones in electrical insulation, 309
Davies, Prof. S. J., on Jenbach two-stroke oil engines, 404
d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir H., on NATO science studentships, 330
Davison, C. St. C., on Mancur spring balance, 531
Davy and United Engineering Co., Ltd., automatic gauge control for strip, 521; strip mill for Steel, Peech and Tozer, 636
Dawe Digest house journal (Dawe Instruments) Ltd.), 155
Dawe Instruments, Ltd., Dawe Digest house journal, 155; audio oscillator (trade publication), 618; transistorised instruments (trade publication), 802
Deadman, G. E., review of Management guide to electronic computers, 122; review of Installing electronic data systems, 122.
“ Deaf-Aid ” internal telephone mens Edison Swan), 698
de Bruijn, N. G., asymptotic analysis (book). 111
Decca Flight Log chart in “ Operation Chimney Plume,” 30
Decca Navigator System, discussion Parliament on, 143
— Radar for Vickers-Armstrongs Wisley, 737
Deccafax Visual Communication King’s Cross Station, 659
Decimal stepping tube, trochotron (Mullards), 653
airfield
System
at
at
high-speed
Decisions, arithmetical checks on, by W. E. Duckworth, 459
— Making and productivity, comment on book by Prof. S. Melman, 1
— See also Management Decision Game Decontaminator, personnel, Bassaire, 415 Defence Plan, Five-Year, White Paper on, 226 Deflection, crankcase, measurement by model
tests, 304
Deformation of metals, effect of surface-active medium on, by V. I. Likhtman, P. A. Rebinder, and G. V. Karpenko (book), 502 Degenhardt and Co., Ltd., toolmaker’s measuring microscope, 420; Technoscope hole viewer, 422
De Havilland award for initiative, 170
De Havilland Engine Co., Ltd., HTGC reactoi for ship propulsion, 640
De Havilland Propellers, Ltd., activities of, 521 Hevesy, Prof. G. C., Atoms for Peace Award, 47
De-icing, Spraymat system, 749
Delapena and Son Ltd., induction heater generators, 696
De Lavel Steam Turbine Co., Savannah atomic merchant ship, 548
Delay simulation for analogue computers, instrument for (Elliott Bros.), 230
Delcamp, A., framework of iron and steel works buildings, 221
DeLong Corp., deep-water berth for supertankers in Persian Gulf, 231
De Long Ltd., Shatt al Arab oil terminal, 495
Deloro Stellite, Ltd., sprinkle-fuse method of applying hard-facing alloys, 209; automatic spray-fuse hardfacing machine, 503 Deltic diesel locomotive for main-line operation, 298
Demag, organic-moderated ship reactor, 548 Demarcation disputes, 605, 669
Demister, motor vehicle, and heater, D9 (Clayton), 143
Denmark, atomic energy programme, 12
— See also Danish
Density, gas, calculation in flue-gas sarr.pling,
287
— Smoke, of diesel exhausts. Smokemeter for,
196
Ringelman Scale for determination of, 351
Dental drills. Hydrovane air compressor for (Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 230
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, new five-year plan for research expenditure, 33; grants for research projects, 105; noise in flats (report), 192; control of Tropical Products Institute by, 259; crushing and grinding: bibliography (book), 376; research on engine exhaust fumes, 428; 5-year plan for National Lending Library for Science and Technology, 458; activities of, 520; regional technical information centres, 672; report on social and psychological projects in industry, 672; committee for review of fatigue in structures, 739; productivity measurement (booklet), 744; Fomescol emulsion breaking agent for reducing sea pollution, 747; conference on cine camera and industrial research, 763; see also under specific laboratories, research associations, research stations, etc.
Dependencies, overseas, research in (booklet), 227
— Students in UK from, 733
— Technical education in (publication), 323
Depreciation of plant and machinery, Brownlie Hendry, 479
— Rates, periodical revision of, 479
De Producent, bulk handling of cheeses, 58
Design, automatic, of steel buildings, J. Heyman. See LETTERS, 68
— Beams and slabs, tables for, by J. S. Cohen (book), 184
— Data (supplement), 522
— Domestic appliances, 692
— Duke of Edinburgh Prize for Elegant, first award of, 692
— Eccentrically-loaded columns by load-factor method, by J. D. Bennett (book), 184
— Elastic, of structures, 275
— Electrical machines by digital computer, by D. D. Stephen, 718
— Experimental, in industry, by V. Chew (review), 501
— Industrial, law of protection of, 731
Protection of, committee for inquiry into laws on, 759
in US (OEEC), 624
— Limit, of framed structures, by Dr. Heyman, 275
— Machine tool, scholarships in, 97
— Manual for cabinet furniture, 96 Design-by-Model policy (Matthew Hall), 525
— New or improved, origin of (supplement), 522
— Plant, and process development, instrumentation and computation in, symposium, 783
— Plastic, of structures, 275
— Processing of (supplement), 522
— Reinforced concrete, direct models as aid to, by Dr. G. Brock, 468
— Research on, 646
— Right concrete slab bridges for abnormal loading, by R. E. Rowe (book), 253
— Selection of best, by leading designers, 646
— See also Patents, designs and trade marks Designer, appearance, work of, by T. B. Dunne, 565
— Industrial, functions of, 624
— Selection of best designs by, 646 Despatching in warehouse of Benton and Stone, 721
Desulphurisation of cast iron, BOC Metallurgical Powder Dispenser for (British Oxygen Co.), 748
by W.
Gouda
by Dr.
J.
Detector for counting press output (Burndept), 70
— Flaw, ultrasonic. See Ultrasonic
— Neutron, scintillation counter as, AWRE, 771
— Oil mist (Graviner Manufacturing Co.), 486
Detergent foam for clearing gas wells, 747
— Synthetic, in river pollution, trials on, 747
Deuterium cross section for break up of molecular ions, 702
— Deuterium total reaction power density as function of deuteron particle density, 574
— Tritium total reaction power density as function of deuteron particle density, 574
— See also Heavy water
de Vaucouleurs, Dr. G., life on Mars theory, 637
Developing and photocopying machines, Conquest bench-type (Hall Harding, Ltd.), 389
Development and Resources Corp., development of Khuzestan region of Iran, 642
Dew point meter, Alnor Dewpointer (Electric Resistance Furnace Co.), 808
Dewhurst and Partners, Ltd., Dupar remote control (trade publication), 650
Dexion Ltd., Tecon timber products for roof construction, 543; building exhibition, preliminary notice, 685; universal grid for slotted angle, 685; lightweight gantry crane, 808
Dez hydroelectric and irrigation scheme (Iran), 642
Diakon as uncoloured powder polymer, 210
Dial gauges, high-precision, Junghans (Rubert and Co.), 358
Dialam apparatus bushings for electrical apparatus (Permali), 557
Diamond grits, “ Pressure-Tested ” (Diamond Tool Research Co. Incorp.), 309. See Correction, 588
Diamond Tool Research Co., Incorp., “ Pressure-Tested ” diamond grits, 309, See Correction, 588
Diavite Microtester for surface measurement (H. Hediger), 352
Dictaphone Corp., Audio Instructed Manufacturing Operation (AIMO), 786
Dictating machines at Business Efficiency Exhibition (Aga Dictating Machine Co.), 698
— System, centralised, Agavox Telediction (Aga Dictating Machine Co.), 698
Dictionary, aeronautical, Agard’s, 61
— Civil engineering, by J. S. Scott (review), 310
— English law, by Earl Jowitt, 649
— Named effects and laws, by D. W. G. Ballentyne and L. E. Q. Walker (review), 31 1
— Oxford English, list of words for earlier references, 553
— Portuguese-English, 343
DIDO reactor, high-pressure water loop for, 460
Die casting. See Diecasting
?— Steel, Crusader Brand NSR ground round stock, 414
Diebold, J., on automation: impact on business and labour (report), 796
Diebold, John, and Associates Inc., computer statistics for US industry, 419; formation of Urwick Diebold Ltd., 695
Diecasting machines, semi-automatic, for light metals and brasses (Peco), 196
— Pressure, machine for (Peco Machinery Sales), 722
Diesel-alternator sets for multiple-unit Pullman trains (J. Stone), 134
— Electric crane. Atlas 400 ton floating, 595 Locomotive. See Locomotive Propulsion for trawler Falstaff, 375
— Engine. See Engine, diesel: Marine propulsion
— Engineers and Users Association, annual report of working costs and performance, 95
— Generator set. See Generator set
— Plant operators’ handbook, by A. K. L. McCrone (book), 502
— Trains. See Railway trains: Railcar; and Locomotive, diesel
Diesindicator peak pressure indicator for diesel engines (Dunedin Engineering Co.), 729 Dietert sand strength testing machine (Ridsdale and Co.), 722
Differential voltmeter, d.c. and a.c. (Ad, Auriema, Incorp.), 390
Diffusion plants for uranium isotope separation, 202
— Stream, for isotope separation, 203 Digital computer. See Computer
— Terrain model, by C. L. Miller and R. A. Laflamme, 751
— Voltmeter. See Poltmeter Dinghy, sailing. Alpha class yard), 86 “ Do-it-yourself,” 87 Diode, semiconductor, types
742 Diploma in Technology, 605,
Direct reduction of iron ore into sponge iron. HyL process (M. W. Kellogg), 159
Directors, Institute of. See Institute Directory and buyers’ guide, British ments (review) 649
— French industry, 1959 (review), 649
— Graphical signs and symbols, 343
— and handbook, metal industry,
(review), 649
—? Norwegian export, 1958-59 (review),
— Opportunities for qualified men
(Bowes and Bowes), 29
(Bossoms Boat-
and applications
ins'ru-
1959
649
1959
— Railway Officials and Year Book 1958-59 (book), 92
— Tait’s electrical, of Australia and New Zealand, 1958-59 (review), 649
Disc brakes. See Brakes
— Turbine. See Turbine Discharge, arc and glow, course on, 80
Discoverer 1 satellite, summary of details of, 616
Discoverer II satellite, summary of details of, 616
Dish washing machine, ultrasonic (Westinghouse), 812
Dispersions, ptfe, resin-bonded, Emralon (Acheson Colloids), 379
Displacement meter, photo-transistor, for vibration analysis (Fairey Air Surveys), 522
Display units for Kelvin Hughes unit system for marine radar, 262
Dissertations, titles of, Cambridge University, 649
Dissolver, Eversafe, at Dounreay, 174 Distillation of hydrogen, low-iemperature, 204
— Plant, chemical, platinum (Johnson, Matthey), 747
Flash, Aquaflash, for sea water (Buckley and Taylor, Ltd.), 229
Distillers Co., Ltd., temperature measurement display on cathode ray tube for up to 24 thermocouples, 102; metering pumps with automatic control, 633; CO^ equipment, 722
Distribution of Industry Act (1945), grants towards water and sewerage services in unemployment areas, 386
Acts (1945-58), refusal of financial assistance under, 493
(Industrial Finance) Act (1958), requirements of, and provisions under, 130; impact of, 143; claims submitted under, 258
in Scotland, 363
Distributive thaw, by N. A. H. Stacey, 787
Ditchburn Vending Machines, Ltd., Vitrinomat vending machine, 266
Diversification in aircraft industry, 41
Dixon, j. C., on low temperature stress relieving of welded platework, 651. See LETTER, 695
Djinn helicopter, 536
“ Do-it-yourself” boat building, 87
—? — Orion astronomical telescope kit (W. Ottway and Co., Ltd.), 416
Dobson, Sir R., on Hawker Siddeley in Australia, 264
Dock, dry, construction and modernisation. Finance Bill amendment rejected, 695
— Floating, for submarine Dreadnought, 80
— and harbour engineering, introduction to, by R. Hammond (review), 554
— Hull, new facilities commissioned, 670
— Labour Board, National, See National Dock
— Royal Victoria, < tensions to, 94
Dockers, average ean.’ngs of, 733
— Claim for pension and sickness benefit scheme, 48
— Statistics on, 733
Dockyard, Portsmouth, floating dock for submarine Dreadnought, 80
Document-copying machine. Azoflex (Ilford), 487
with miniature camera, note on, 777
Dollar area, exports to, increase in, 595
Dollin, F., review of steam turbine theory and practice, 745; review of steam turbine performance and economics, 745
Dolphin Floating Strainer (Megator Pumps and Compressors), 229
— Suction strainer (trade publication), 474
Domatic tally counter (EJF Manufacturing Co.), 166
Dome, concrete, for Australian Academy of Science, 776
— Geodesic, for railway repair shop, 473 Domestic appliances, effect of controls relaxation on, 67
Electrical, design of (GEC), 523
Elegant design in, 692
Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., steel structures (trade publication), 185; annual report and activities of, 423
Don Brake Meter for motor vehicle testing, 612
Donaldson, P. E. K., electronic apparatus for biological research, 475
Doncaster by-pass, contracts for, 579
Doncaster, Daniel and Sons, Ltd., manipulation of difficult materials (trade publication), 283
Door, sliding (trade publication), 377
Dorking Brick Co., Ltd., perforated brick, 495
Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Auckland Harbour Bridge, 739
Dorman and Smith, Ltd., new Atherton Works, 16
Dossett, H. A., petroleum industry handbook (book), 217
Dough moulding material, polyester (Bakelite), 160
Doughty, C., on work for elderly persons, 330
Douglas, D. W., on need foi space research, 66; on aircraft industry and airborne weapons, 572
Douglas Equipment, Ltd., 30 ton transporter, 200
Douglas, R. M., remarks on road construction capacity, 671
Doulton Industrial Porcelains, Ltd., stoneware (trade publications), 554
Dounreay Experimental Reactor Establishment, Eversafe dissolver at, 174; land- based atomic submarine project, 675
— Fast breeder reactor, comparison of, 334 Breeder reactor, core skirt fabrication, 366
Breeder reactor, instrumentation for (CJB), 491
Breeder reactor, tests on, 335
— Materials testing reactor, flow diagram of chemical plant for, 174
Dover, television programmes from, ITA contract with Southern Television Ltd. for, 480 Dow-Mac Process precast concrete for Russia, 435
Dowding and Doll, Ltd., Accuratool capstan lathe for seated operator, 132; Russian orders for machine tools 328; Swiss “ Rigid ” transportable drilling, boring and milling machine for AEI, 562
Dowsett Group, precast cement plant for Russia, 435
Dowsett Holdings, Ltd., 25 kW windmill for Isle of Man, 679
Dowson, Prof. A. G., on Operation Chimney Plume, 99
Dowty Equipment, Ltd., undercarriages for F.27 Friendship passenger aircraft, 505
Dowty Group, purchase of Rotol by, 199; staff planning, 517
Dowty Hydraulic Units Ltd., hydrostatic drives, 654
Dowty Mining Equipment, Roofmaster hydraulic roof support at Cleveland coal show, 660
Doxford, William, and Sons, Ltd., new appointments at, 71
DPA distributor pump for fuel injection (CAV Co.), 17
DR-1 atomic reactor (Denmark), 12
DR-2 atomic reactor (Denmark), 12 DR-3 atomic reactor (Denmark), 12
Reactor (Denmark), instrumentation for (Ekco), 462
Dracone DI flexible cargo vessel transport, 381
Dracone Developments, Ltd., DI cargo vessel for oil transport, 381
Drag, subsonic, and pitching moment for oil
flexible charac-teristics of slender cambered bodies, by K. D. Harris (book), 778
DRAGON reactor project at Winfrith Heath, 239, 425; agreement signed for, 395
Drainage, roof (BRS Digest), 64
Drainer, suction, for machine tool sumps (Progress (Universal), Ltd.), 358
Drainpipes, Welvic pvc (ICI), 416
Drakelow C power station, plans for, 611
Drath, Dr, G. F., on iron and steel works buildings, 221
Draughting tables and machines, 559
Dravo Corp., annual report, 572
Drawing boards, design of, 559
— Engineering, first year, by A. C. Parkinson (book), 29
? by P. S. Houghton (book), 61
— Offices, comfort in, 560
Design and equipment of, by Dr. F. J.
Langdon, 506 Equipment, 559 ?—?— Layout and equipment of, by Dr. F. .1.
Langdon, 558
Lighting in, by Dr. F. j. Langdon, 506 Noise in, 560
Practice, by P. S. Houghton (book), 61 Space and layout, 558
-— — Ventilation in, 560
— Paper, translucent, Duralax (Hall Harding), 345
— Reproduction, Copyflo microfilm xerography system for (Rank Xerox), 698
— Storage of, 558
— Technical, by F. E. Giesecke, A. Mitchell and H. C. Spencer (review), 342
Dreadnought atomic submarine, 668; floating dock and hull design for, 80; tor plant for, 367; commander and of, 546; Skipjack-type propulsion for, 546; keel laying of, 735
675; reac- crew unit
Dredger, suction cutter, Barbados, Heenan Dynamatic coupling for blade protection of, 114
Dredging, new method of, discussion in Parliament on, 392
Driam machine for helically welded pile casings, 8C4
Drier, rotary, for ICl fertiliser plant (Head Wrightson), 589
Drill, air-driven general-purpose hand (Ingersoll-Rand), 101
— Dental, Hydrovane air compressors for
(Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd.), 230
— Hand, electric, Safe-D-Speeder reduction
gear for (John M. Perkins and Smith), 480
— Kit, motorised (Selecta), 288
— Motorised hand (Bridges), 288 Hand, Safetymaster (Wolf), 288
— Rock, lightweight support leg for (Consoli
dated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 230
Drilling and boring machine, Co-Ordinate
(Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd.), 532
— Fluid in Wairakei geothermal power
project, 399
— Machine, horizontal, Kolb (Stanley Howard
Ltd.), 730
Tape controlled. Wadkin (EMI Electronics), 762
— ?— Transportable, Swiss “ Rigid,” 562 See also Boring machine, universal horizontal
— Rig, track-mounted, for large deep holes
(Consolidated Pneumatic), 760
— in Wairakei geothermal power project, 398 Drinks, hot, vending machines for (Automat
Machine Sales), 453
Drive, Adjusto-Spede fractional h.p. (Heenan
and Froude), 327
— Hydrokinetic, compared with hydrostatic,
654
— Hydrostatic, compared with torque con
verter and torque-converter coupling, 654 Design and applications (Dowty), 654
— Sundstrand, for aircraft electrical equipment
(English Electric), 296
— See also Power; Transmission
Drivers, locomotive, training school, Stewarts Lane, 776
DRNS insulating coating for magnet sector plates (Sankey), 755
Drobig, K. N., on contracts for iron and steel works buildings, 220
Drop stamp tup belting, Roko nylon, 504 Droplet, impact of, photographic record of, by Dr. R. A. Collacott, 440
Drum, brake. See Brake drum
— Suction strainer (Watson), 621
“ Drumtruck ” hand truck (Conveyancer Fork Trucks), 453
Dry dock. See Dock
— Processing at elastomers research labora
tory of Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Dryer. See Drier Drying and cleaning machines for floors (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
— and impregnation plant, high vacuum,
Hyvacoilfil (Barlow-Whitney), 416
— Shed, prefabricated timber, 739
DSIR See Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
DTM. See Digital terrain model
DTPA for plutonium removal from living organisms, 302
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
efleet of
Ductility of Kanthal iron alloy, aluminium on, 139
Duckworth, J, C., appointment as director of National Research ment Corp., 331
Duckworth, W, E., on decisions, 459
Ducts, straight, air flow in, friction charts for, by R. H, Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book), 746
Duden Bildworterbuch, Der grosse, 34.3
Duke of Edinburgh Prize for Elegant Design, first award of, 692
See also Edinburgh Dumper truck. See Truck Duncan, F, B,, on Pulsometer’s trading profits, 796
Dunedin Engineering Co., Ltd., Diesindicator peak pressure indicator for diesel engines, 729
Dunham, Prof. K. C., on need for financial assistance for non-ferrous mining, 330
Dunlop Rim and Wheel Co., orders from Czechoslovakia, 312
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., electronic machinery for mixing rubber ingredients, 352; cinema film on disc brakes, 368
Dunne, T. B., on appearance designer, 565 Dupar remote control (trade publication), 650 Duplicator, spirit, Bandamatic (Block and Anderson), 698
Du Pont Co, (United Kingdom), Ltd., elastomers research laboratory at Kernel Hempstead, 684
du Pont de Nemours, E. L, and Co., study of heavy-water moderated reactors, 47; establishment of Swiss sales company, 391; use of mathematics, 529; annual report, 572, 604
du Pont de Nemours International SA, formation of, 391
Duralax translucent drawing paper (Hall Harding), 345
Durchflussmessung, by M. Hansen (book), 93 Durgapur steelworks staff' training scheme in U.K., 537
Durham, Government department for, discussion in Parliament on, 363
Durham, W,, on Successful Suggestion Schemes, 131. See LETTER, 163
Dust, coal. See Coal, pulverised
— Collector, Ludgate (trade publication), 502 T1100 (Blackman), 569
— Control equipment (Dallow Lambert), 452
— Emission from boiler furnaces, measurement
of (BCURA), 613
— Extraction equipment, fettling bench with
built-in (Newton Collins), 722
Equipment at Foundry Exhibition, 72 Hydro-precipitator for (Blackman), 570
— in flue gases, gravimetric sampling of, by
R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
?—? Protector (trade publication), 216
— Radioactive, elimination of, 236 Dutch nuclear ship research body, 548
— See also Holland
Dwell-linkages in space, by K. H. Hunt, 248 Dynamatic coupling for blade protection on cutter-dredger Barbados (Heenan and Froude), 114
Dynamic balancing with gas film bearings, 179 of grinding spindle with gas bearings, 678
— Breaking of induction motors, a,c,, by
Dr, O. 1. Butler and Dr. V. Ahmad, 590
— Response of process equipment, computa
tion of, 783
?— Soil testing for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 213
Dynamics of deformable aircraft, 17
— Gas, fundamentals of. Vol. Ill, by H. W.
Emmons (review), 713
Dynamo. See Generator, electric: Turbo- Generator
Dynamometers for hydraulic equipment testing (Plessey), 549
-— See also Brake
managing Develop-
EARNLEY atomic power station site, discussions in Parliament on, 535
Earth continuity testers. Metrowatt (Metrix), 634
— Crust, Mohole project to drill hole through,
567
— Mass loss of, 257
— Moving, atomic explosions for, AWRE
study, 795
Machinery industry, position and prospects of, 148
Earthquakes, building structures to withstand, by D. A. Howells, 346, 631. See LETTER, 599
— Safety precautions for Japanese atomic
power station, 463
— See also Aseismic; Seismograph Earthworks, British Standard, 775
East Central Nuclear Group Inc., heavy-water gas-cooled reactor research project, 425; steam-cooled heavy-water moderated reactor, 674
— India Dock Road bridge over Blackwall
Tunnel North Approach, 803
— Midlands, power station site examination,
419
— Moors Works. See Guest Keen Iron and
Steel
Eastern Electricity Board, electric floor warming, 192
Easton Amos and Sons, compound beam engine,
381
Easy-Roll roll-up ladders (Bentall-.411ey), 628 EBR atomic reactor melt-down, 237
EBR-1 atomic reactor in US, comparison of,
334
Reactor, fuel element for, 141
EBR-II atomic reactor in US, comparison of,
334
Reactor plant, non-aqueous processing for, 174
EBWR reactor, fuel elements for, 141 EBWR-2 atomic reactor, 426
ECCE. See European Committee for Construction Equipment
ECE. See Economic Commission for Europe Eccles (Birmingham), Ltd., Flattie lift truck, 728
Eccles, Sir D., on need for financial assistance for non-ferrous mining, 330; on protectionism, 354
Echo-sounders, development of (Kelvin and Hughes), 522
Eckersley, Dr. T. L., obituary, 260
Eclipse boring tool holders for English pattern lathes (James Neill and Co.), 696
— Magnetic positioning unit for welding and
fabrication (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield),
570
Economic analysis, forecasting by, 528
— Commission for Africa, establishment of, 98 for Europe, customs formalities eased
for motorists, 143; coal statistics for Europe, 355; meeting on standardisation in building, 61 I; Gas Statistics for Europe, 631 ; Inland Transport Committee report on road traffic accidents, 644; problems of the gas industry, 659; Economic Survey of Europe, 726, 727
— Co-operation. European Organisation for.
See Organisation for European
— Planning and town and country planning,
566
— Policy of UK in US, 535
— Position and prospects in UK, 758
— Recovery in Australia, 251
— Review, National Institute, new publication,
99
of Western Europe, 289
— and Social Research, National Institute of.
See National Institute of Economic and Social Research
— Survey of Europe, 726, 727 World (1958), 758
Economics of ships in port, by R. M. Thwaites, 34
— Telecommunications, by T. J. Morgan
(review), 342
Economy and productivity through welding technology (review), 501
— of Russia, Mr. Khrushchev’s review of, 194 Edge preparation machine. Hancoplane, 723 Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, on scientific
cooperation in Commonwealth, 227; See also Duke of Edinburgh Prize
Edison, Thomas, work of, 520 Ediswan-Mazda XAI03 and XAI04 transistors
for home constructors, 96
Education, civil engineers, remarks on, by Prof. A. J. Sutton Pippard, 707
?— Commercial, discussion in Parliament on,
571
Report on, 397
— Conference, Commonwealth (Oxford), 733
— Engineering, American Society of. See
American Society
Evaluation of (report), 170
Requirements of, 170
Toronto, 1851-1919, by C. R. Young (book), 29
— Exhibition. See National Education
— Further, for Commerce, Advisory Com
mittee on. See Advisory
for workers in Russia, 235
— Industrial, facilities for, 457
— McMeeking report on, 733
— Ministry of, three-year capital investment
programme for advanced technical education, 537
— Technical, advanced, three-year capital
investment programme, 537
in India, 302
Progress in programme for, 701
Regional Advisory Council for. See Regional Advisory Council
in UK (bibliographical survey), 61
in UK Dependencies (publication), 323 and vocational, in Russia, by M. 1.
Movsovic, 733
— in US, progress of (publication), 733
— Vocational further, in Scotland, council for,
672
in UK (bibliographical survey), 61
— See also Apprenticeship: Course: Scholar
ship: Teachers: Training: National
Education and Careers Exhibition
Educational Visits and Exchanges. See Central Bureau for
Edwards, F. J., Ltd., “ Besco ” pneumatic slide feed for power presses, 295; Besco plate bending rollers, 454; FJE machine hire plan, 631; Besco-Truecut metal guillotines, 730; Besco-Truebend press brakes, 808
Edwards High Vacuum, Ltd., electron beam welding process, 69
Edwards, J., appointed to chair of nuclear science and technology, R.N. College, Greenwich, 206; table of reactor materials, 269; on nuclear power plants; experimental programme, 460
Edwards, R. S., on business enterprise (review), 28
Edwards, S. F., on gaseous plasma, 465
Efco industrial spray washing machines (Electro-Chemical Engineering Co.), 729 EFFBR atomic reactor in US, comparison of, 334
Effects and laws, physical, by C. F. Hix, Jr., and R. P. Alley (book), 746
Efficiency testing of turbine reduction gear units at full load, 306
Effluent from Winfrith Heath, pipeline for, 394
— See also Waste
Egypt, atomic energy programme, 12
— Financial discussions with UK, 34
— Order for Ruston and Hornsby diesel engines
and pumps, 57
— Trade resumed with, 435
80 Quick Kieselguhr for filtration (Charles H. Windschuegl, Ltd.), 683
80 Special Kieselguhr for filtration (Charles H. Windschuegl, Ltd.), 683
Eiselen, Dr. W. W. M., on harmonious multi-community development, 397
Ejection seat for escape from submerged aircraft, 278
Ejector, Giesl, exhaust system for steam locomotives, 510
EJF Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Domatic tally counter, 166
Ekco Electronics Ltd., instrumentation for DR3 reactor (Riso), 462
— Plastics polystyrene moulding for refrigera
tor, 345
Elastic design of structures, 275
— Materials, properties under axial loading,
798
Elasticity, axial, Newtonian theory of, by A. N. Procter, 798
— Turbine disc, effect on blade frequency, by
J. P. Ellington and Dr. H, McCallion, 645 Elastomer-cork, Uniphase Cork, gasket material, 210
— E372 shore hardness cable rubber (ICI), 309
— Research laboratory of Du Pont Co,
(United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Elbow board for reducing fatigue at British Typewriters, Ltd,, 319
Elcontrol Ltd,, decatron counter, in miniature oil velocity indicator, 83; process timers (trade publication), 746; photoswitches (trade publication), 802
Eldair alligator shear for mild steel (George Cohen, Sons and Co.), 696
Electric appliances, domestic boom in, 57 Recommended (EDA), 628 Sales position of, 145
— Cable Makers Federation, formation and
activities of, 147
— Clock, automatic synchronous, with remote
control (Electrical Remote Control Co.), 166
— Components, low melting point glasses for
(Bell Telephone Laboratories), 747
— Equipment for aircraft, with Sundstrand
drive and brushless alternator (English Electric), 296
?— Field for thermonuclear containment, 575
— Furnace. See Furnace
— Generator. See
Turbo
—• Locomotive. See
— Machines, digital
by D. D. Stephen, 718
? Synchronous, digital computer for design of, 719
See also Alternator; Generator; Motor; Turbo
— Machinerv, by C. C. Carr (book), 154
— Delivery statistics, 145
Practical, by F. Unger (review), 123
— Mains. See Cable
— Motor. See Motor, electric
— Ovens with external fan and heater (Hedin),
632
— Plugs, fused, advantages of, 724
— Power. See Power
Station. See Power station; see also Atomic power station
— Railways. See British Railways; Loco
motive, electric: Railways
Electric Resistance Furnace Co., Ltd., Alnor Dewpointer dew point meter, 808
— Switchgear. See Switch: Switchgear
— Technology USSR (Vol. 1) (book), 92
— Train. See British Railways: Locomotive:
Railway train
— Vehicle Association of Great Britain,
battery-electric vehicles, 663
— See also Electrical
Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, British. See British
— Appliances. See Electric
— Directory, Tait’s, of Australia and New
Zealand, 1958-59 (review), 649
— Energy, direct conversion of atomic energy
to, 13, 575
Direct conversion of heat to, 98, 110, 394
— Engineers, Association of Supervising. See
Association of Supervising
Exhibition (London), exhibits at, 326 Institution of. See Institution
Supervising, Association of. See Association
— Engineering, development trends, 758 Exports, fall in, 418 Industry in Australia, 273 Industry in Canada, 274 Indust. V, effect of electrification
British Rtilways, 567 Industry in India, 274 Industry in Italy, 291 Industry, position and prospects major firms in, 668
Industry, price reductions in, 251
Industry, Restrictive Trade Practices Act in, 572
?— ?— Industry in South Africa, 273
Industry, US, under bidding by overseas firms, 668
Industry, US, foreign competition, 369 Industry, US, protection for, 129 Physical basis, by T. L. Martin (book), 92
— Equipment, flameproof, chain pulley blocks
with (Geo. W. King), 809
Industry, light, position and prospects of, 145
— Industry, national approvals scheme, 535
— Insulation. See Insulation
Electrical Journal Blue Book and Electrical Trades Directory, 1959 (review), 649
— — Red Book (1958-59) (book), 61
— Machine and machinery. See Electric
— Plant, delivery statistics, 145
— Potting and casting resin (Bakelite), 309
— Power Convention, British (10th), 1958,
proceedings of (book), 184
Electrical Remote Control Co., Ltd., remote control automatic synchronous electric clock, 166; SMS subminiature soldering iron, 454; miniature timer (trade publication), 650; load indicator (trade publication), 802
— Research Association, programme-con-
trolled tractor, 112, 114; technical reports (book), 217; ' '
progress, 679;
power systems lines (review), (books), 802
— Resistance materials, properties of (book
let) (Henry Wiggin and Co., Ltd.), 501
— Testing (trade publication), 802
— Trades Directory, 1959, and Electrical
Journal Blue Book (review), 649
Aiternator; Generator;
Locomotive, electric computers in design of.
of
of
wind power generator interference between and telecommunication 745; technical reports
Electrical Trades Union, TUC’s approach to alleged balloting irregularities, II; ‘closed shop” dispute at Ford Motor Co., 299
— Uses of atomic spin, by G. Phillips, 743
— Year book, mechanical world, "
(review), 649
— See also Electric Electricity, basic. Parts 1-5 (review), 802 by P. B. Zaar and S. Schildkraut (book),
746
— Board, Eastern, See Eastern
— ?— Co-operation with Gas Boards, Weir
Committee report on, 511
— (Borrowing Powers) Bill, proposals under,
34
— (Borrowing Powers) Bill, text of, 144-145
— Council, boom in domestic appliances, 57;
capital investment plans, 145
— Direct conversion of fission heat to, 13, 575 from heat, 98, 110; caesium for, 394
— Generating Board. Central. See Central
— — Industry, cinema film on, AEI, 756
— in Scotland, plans for the future (publica
tion), 34
— Static, in aircraft fuelling, 648
— Supply to Canterbury and East Kent areas,
291
Industry in France, 195
Industry, position and prospects of, 144 North Scotland, 563
Standardisation of, 724
— Undertakings of the world (1958-59) (book),
61
Electro-Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Efco spray washing machines, 729
Electrode, welding. See Welding Electrodeposition at Canning technical centre, 509
Electrodynamic balancing machine (W. and T. Avery), 632
Electroflo Meters, Ltd., potentiometers (trade publication), 650
Electro-hydraulic output printing machine for computers (Creed and Co., Ltd.), 241
Electrolytes, conductivity measuring cells for (trade publication), 618
— Electrolytic conductivity recorder for
(Electronic Switchgear (London) Ltd.), 717
— Solid, in tantalum capacitors (Plessey), 70 Electrolytic conductivity recorder for electrolytes (Electronic Switchgear (London), Ltd.), 717
Electromagnetic disc brakes (Newman Industries), 455
— Transducer (Woden Transformer Co. and
T. S. Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 421
Electromechanical brakes (trade publication), 474
— Themes in machine-tool design, by Earl
of Halsbury, 53
— Thrust units. Autoram (George Angus &
Co.), 665
Electron beam welding. See Welding
?— Energy loss in pinch machines, mechanism of, 575
— Gas in metal, 465
Electronic aids in Escort marine radar (BTH), 407
— Apparatus for biological research, by
P. E. K. Donaldson, 475
— Components (trade publication), 650 Show, British. See British
— Computer. See Computer
— Controller for air conditioning
Transmatic, design development dington), 522
— Co-ordinate setting system for
universal horizontal boring (BTH), 562
— Data processing. See Data processing
— Engineer’s Reference Book, by L. E. C.
Hughes (review), 649
— Equipment for aircraft, mountings for, 373 for arteriosclerosis treatment, 573
— Feed mechanism for roll-grinding machines
(Churchill), 127
— Instruments for factory processes, 524
— Load-measuring tester at elastomers re
search laboratory of Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Electronic Machine Co., monitoring service, 299. 573
— Measuring instrument,
vibration mounting for, 373
— Particle counter and sizer machine, Casella,
647
— Reading machines, FRED and ALFRED
(EMI Electronics), 218
— Recorder (trade puljlication), 802 Electronic Switchgear (London), Ltd., conductivity cells (trade publication), 618; RIC3 electrolytic conductivity recorder for electrolytes, 717
— Teleprinter, high-speed (Burroughs Adding
Machines). 5
Electronically-controlled automatic tool positioning machine. Autoplot (Mullard), 5
Electronics (trade publications), 650, 746
— Engineer, information service for, 185 Library service for, 185
Electronics Engineering Co., High Range for X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft 362
— Industry, management in, by T. Burns
(pamphlet), 386
— of microwave valves, by W. J. Kleen (re
view), 184
— Research in. Government promotion of, 234
— See also International Instruments, Elec
tronics and Automation Exhibition
Electropetrification of leaning tower of Pisa, 73 Electroplating shop for Canning technical centre, 509
— Wastes, treatment of, 763 Electrostatic generator. See Generator
— Precipitators. See Precipitators
— Sampler for polluted gas, 351 Electrothermal Engineering, Ltd., glass tube
cutter, 730
Elektrische Maschinenverstarker, by G. Loocke (review), 475
Elevator for bulk materials (Russell Constructions), 601
Elisabethville airport, instrument landii system (Pye), 604
‘closed
1959
systems, of (Ted-
Kearns machine
Ltd., radiation
See Correction,
airborne, anti-
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Elixir of youth, research on, 796
Ellington, J. P., on blade frequency of turbines, 645. See Correction, 800
Elfiott-Automation Group, formation ol Swartwout Co., Ltd., 456
Elliott-Automation, Ltd., automation operations (trade publication), 586
Elliott Bros. (London). Ltd., instrument for simulating delays for analogue computers, 230
Elliott Nucleonics Ltd., formation, appointment of directors and activities of, 47
Ellison, George, and Co., Ltd., air-insulated circuit-breaker, 327; 400A oil switch, 327; market research by, 528
Elm Engineering, Ltd., high-frequency welding of aluminium tube from roll-formed strip, 446
Emanueli, Dr. L., obituary, 292
Embassy Machine and Tool Co., Ltd., Leifeld Pl b 1200 spinning lathe, 263; Pilzmann and Pfeiffer hydraulic deep drawing press, 601
Embrittlement, hydrogen, of zirconium alloys, 138
Emery wheels. See Grinding wheels
EMI Electronics Ltd., high speed tape recorder for data processing (Emidata 1), 101; transistorised data recording and analysing system for neutron spectrometry, 182; clothing monitor (trade publication), 216; FRED electronic reading machine, 218; ALFRED electronic reading machine, 218; closed-circuit television for PLUTO reactor, 491; Robotug driverless trolley system adapted for BR Newton Abbot goods shed, 589; EMI DEC 1100 computer for J. Sainsbury, 695; Wadkin tape controlled drilling machine, 762; industrial television (trade publication), 802 Emidata 1 tape recorder for data processing, 101
EMIDEC 1100 computer for J. Sainsbury, 695 Eminger, Z., cast tools (book), 475 Emmet, E., on work for elderly persons, 330 Emmons, H. W., fundamentals of gas dynamics, Vol. HI (review), 713
Empire and Commonwealth Year Book, 1958- 59, by R. S. Russell (Ed.) (book), 92 Employees, annual report of Blaw-Knox Co. for, 669
Employers’ Confederation, British. See British
— National Federation, Engineering and
Allied. See Engineering and Allied Employment in engineering industry, position and prospects of, 9
— Machine tool industry, 110
— North-East trading estates, statistics, 363
— School-leavers. See School-leavers
— Statistics, 637, 701
— Trend of, 451
— Young people, BBC pamphlet on broad
casts on, 765
— Youth, discussion in Parliament on, 635
— See also Unemployment
Emralon resin-bonded dispersions of ptfe (Acheson Colloids), 379
Emslie, B., some values of reduction factor for plastic buckling of plates in shear (book), 778
Emulsion breaking agent, Fomescol, for reducing sea pollution (Glovers (Chemicals), Ltd.), 747
— Mixing unit for (Wakefield Dick), 422
— for nuclear research, automatic scanner for
(Barr and Stroud), 102
— Road, modern (book), 376
— Silicone, M401 (ICI), 309 Enamel, vitreous. See Vitreous enamel Encyclopaedia, radio tube, international,
1958-1959, by B. B. Babani (review), 310 End point recording, automatic monitor for (AWRE), 102
ENEA. See European Nuclear Energy Agency Energie Atomique, Commissariat a 1’. See Commissariat
Energy, complementary, applied to non-linear braced frameworks, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 581
— Human, frozen. Prof. F. Roethlisberger on,
796
Engesser’s theorem of compatibility for nonlinear frameworks, 581
Engines (trade publications), 60
— Aircraft. See Aircraft engine
— Diesel (trade publications), 60 Assembly of (Rolls-Royce), 811
? AT range, designed from first principles,
304
Bedford industrial, glass fibre casings for (W. and J. Tod, Ltd.), 505
Burmeister and Wain, licence agreement with Russia, 264
Burmeister and Wain 10,400 b.h.p. 6-cylinder, for tanker, 752
Burmeister and Wain 15,000 b.h.p. 12-cylinder, for tanker Alkdir, 752
Burmeister and Wain 25,000 b.h.p. 12 cylinder, 752
Cooling in Stephen-Sulzer 15,400 b.h.p., 688
Cummins British-built, for Canada, 435 Diesindicator peak pressure indicator for (Dunedin Engineering Co.), 729
Direct injection, for agricultural, industrial, and marine applications (Perkins), 165 Exhaust of. Smokemeter for,
? Fuel injection with DPA
pump (CAV Co.), 17
Glow plug for (KLG), 496 High-speed, Cushyfoot “
Engine, diesel, marine, running and maintenance (book), by J. Lamb, 554
Marine (Thornycroft), 697
Maybach (Bristol Siddeley Engines, Ltd.), 484
Monarch range (Mirrlees), 569
Output of (Burmeister and Wain), 167 Performance of (report), 95
Polar Start primer for (MGA), 37
Progress in industry (report), 95
Rolls-Royce development and production, 810
Rototherm high-temperature thermometer for (British Rototherm Co.), 486
Ruston and Hornsby, 89
Scavenging in Steohen-Sulzer 15,400 b.h.p., 688
Set, 20 h.p. air-cooled (Coventry Victor), 569
— — Stephen-Sulzer RSAD76, 15,400 b.h.p.
two-stroke turbocharged, 688
Testing of (Rolls-Royce), 811
Turbo-charged Sulzer, for tanker British Fidmar (Alexander Stephen), 134
Two-stroke 6-cylinder (Crossley Bros.), 534
Valve seats repair, 96
Vega range of air-cooled (Davey, Paxman), 197
— ?—? Ventura range of lightweight water-
cooled (Davey, Paxman), 197
Victor Vixen (Coventry Victor), 569 Working costs of (report), 95
See also Diesel Engirieers and Users; Locomotive; Marine propulsion
— Gas, nuclear (Oak Ridge), 427, 734
— House foundations at Hawker Aircraft fac
tory at Squires Gate, 214
— Internal-combustion, power increase by
induction ramming, by Dr. T. J. Williams, 370
?—? — Combustion. See also Turbines, gas
— Motor-car. See Motor-car engines
— Multi-fuel, 600 h.p., “ Magic,” for Berliet
commercial vehicles, 45
-—? Oil. See Engine, Diesel
— Petrol. See Aircraft engine: Motor-car
engine
— and pumps (trade publications), 28
— Reciprocating, induction ramming, by Dr.
T. J. Williams, 370
—? — Overspeed trip for, by R. Malpas and O. P. Woodroffe, 508
— Rocket. See Rocket engines
— Steam, at Birmingham Museum, 380 Colonial horizontal, Tangyes, 381 Compound beam, Easton Amos, 381
?—- — Corliss valve, Pollitt and Wigzell, 381 Reader single-cylinder, 432 Uniflow, Galloways, 381 Engineer-administrator, place of, in British industry, 385
— Adviser to International Finance Corp., 790
— Architect and, acknowledgment of, by Prof.
J. A. L. Matheson, 664
Collaboration, scholarship study of, 804
— Art and musical interests of. Plain Words
on, 322
— Association, British. See British
— British, handbook 1958 (book), 29
— Buyers Guide, 1959 (review), 649
— Deficiencies of, questionnaire on, 170
— Education of. See Courses: Education;
Training: etc.
— Fall in demand for, 449
— Guild, investigation into clocking-in by
professional engineers, 566; special tie for members, 573; financial advantages of membership of, 573; take-over of Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 573
— Institution of (Australia). See Institution
— Junior Institution of. See Junior
— Manchester Association of. See Manchester
— Professional, Appointments Bureau, 573 Career booklet, 765
Income of, 377
Requirements of, 170
— Scientist and. Plain Words on, 418
— and Shipbuilders, North East Coast Institu
tion of. See North East Coast
— Training of. See Courses: Education;
Training; etc.
— Women as. See Women
— Year-Book, Kempe’s, 1959, by C. E. Prock-
ter and B. W. Pendred (review), 649
— See also Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mech
anical, Production, Structural, etc.
Engineered work measurement, by D. W. Karger and F. H. Bayha (review), 282
ENGINEERING, binding cases, 122; The 196O’s Now (supplement), facing 512; request for subscription under special students’ rate, 605
Engineering and Allied Employers’ National Federation, Looking at Industrial Relations (booklet), 170; agreement on Payment for Holidays—Manual Workers, 637
— Apprentices. See Apprentice
— Buyers’ guide. Northern region, 1958-1959
(review), 310
— as career (booklet), 11, 765
— Centenaries in 1959, 10
— Centre, Birmingham. See Birmingham
— Contracts. See Contracts
— Drawing and drawing office practice, by
P. S. Houghton (book), 61
First year, by A. C. Parkinson (book), 29
— Education. See Education
— Foundation, annual report, 443
— Industries Association, Your Retirement
(booklet), 299; National Control (or Automation) College project, 693
Budget effect on, 482
— —? Employment in. Sec Employment
Exports, 147
Exports of, position and prospects of, 6 General, position and prospects of, 147 Hours of labour in. See Hours
Position and prospects of, 6, 450, 791 Prospects for 1960, 481; supplement, facing 512
Unemployment in. See Unemployment
— —? Wages in. See Wages
Engineering Journal of General Motors, 801
Engineering laboratories. See Laboratories; National Engineering: National Physical
— Manpower in Russia, 701
— Manual, by J. H. Perry and R. H. Perry
(book), 746
— Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Ex
hibition, exhibits at, 484; atomic energy exhibits, 490; materials at, 503; exhibits at, 533; nuclear ship propulsion exhibits, 545; material exhibits, 555; exhibits at, 569
— Mechanics applied to, by G. H. Ryder
(book), 123
— Records, firms’, plea for presentation of
Newcomen Society, 3
— Societies Library, bibliography on shell
moulding, 343
?— Standards. See British Standards Institu
tion: Standards
— Structures, problems in, by R. J. Ashby and
A. H. Chilver (book), 184
— Systems, analysis, by R. L. Sutherland
(review), 586
— Thermodynamics: work and heat transfer,
by G. F. C. Rogers and Y. R. Mayhew (review), 442
— Union, Amalgamated. See Amalgamated
— Western Society of. See Western
— Women in. See Women
Engineering Work for Boys (career booklet), 11 —• See also Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Production, Structural, etc.
English Channel, tunnel under. See Channel Tunnel
English Electric Aviation, formation, appointments to board and activities of, 103; Lightning aircraft attains Mach 2, 103
English Electric Co., Ltd., welding equipment, 4; project TSR 2 reconnaissance aircraft, 39. See also 2; OR 339 strike aircraft project, 41; formation of English Electric Aviation, 103; bid for turbines in Greer’s Ferry hydroelectric project, 129; rejection of bid for turbines for Greer’s Ferry hydroelectric project, 171; aircraft electrical equipment with Sundstrand drive and brushless alternator, 296; generator equipment for trawler Falstaff, 375; chairman’s annual statement, 423; export prospects, 423; atomic energy activities, 490; Canberra bomber aircraft for Science Museum, 536; 200 MW turbo-alternator for High Marnham power station, 594; TSR2 tactical-strike reconnaissance aircraft, 668; reactor agreement with North American Aviation Inc., 735
— Language in India, 169
— Law, dictionary of, by Earl Jowitt, 649
— Pattern lathes. Eclipse boring tool holders
for (James Neill and Co.), 696
— Portuguese dictionary, 343
— Speaking Union, grant for UK business men
to visit US, 299
English Steel Co., Ltd., annual report, 732
— as universal technical language, by Dr. E.
Holmstrom, 168. See LETTER, 195
ENI, oil pipeline from Genoa to Switzerland and Germany, 356
ENIMS, gas bearing work at, 677 Enrico Fermi
334
Atomic Atomic
Europe, steel production statistics, 419
— Unit trusts in, 355, 727
— Western, co-operation in, 353
Economic position and prospects in, 726 Economic review of, 289
? Industrial growth in, by C. Saunders, 387 Research in, 499
Europe I investment trust, 727
Europe-Air, proposed combined airlines, 195 Europe-Chemie investment trust , 727 European airlines consortium, 763, 764
— Atomic Energy Community, co-operation of
Britain with, 13; joint research board with USAEC, 13; membership of, 176; agreement with U.K., 176 ; tariff and quota restrictions under, 176; United Kingdom’s relationship with, 225; E. Hirsch appointed president of, 258; standards for radiation protection, 302; general report on activities, 366; constitution of, 366; Supply Agency activities, 366; provisions of agreement with UK, 366; joint programme with US, 366; 2nd general report, 427, 727; research programme, 427; legal status of by M. Gaudet, 483; proposals for plant projects under agreement with US, 567; US agreement with, 789; atomic energy programme, 789
Energy Society, membership of, 176
— Broadcasting Union, Eurovision television
programmes, 756
— Coal and Steel Community, comment on
6th annual report, 35; United Kingdom’s relationship with, 225; authorisation for Hiitten-und-Bergwerke Rheinhausen
majority shares in Bochumer Verein fur Gussstahlfabrikation, 264; problem of Belgian coal industry, 35,5
— Committee for Construction Equipment,
first meeting of, 804
— Common Market, airlines policy of, 195 Market, British role in, 726
Market, effect on agricultural machinery industry, 112
Market, effect on British firms, 787 Market, effect on British motor industry, 272
•— — Market, effects of opening of, 791 Market, effect on tariffs, 126 Market, investment trusts in, TM —? — Market and motor industry, 44 Market, UK membership of, 731 Market, US investments in, 791
— Conference for Industrial Management on
Industrial Prospects in Nuclear Energy (Stresa), programme for, 492
— Economic Community, 2nd general report,
483; investment projects, 483; Britain as outsider, 791
Co-operation, Organisation for. See Organisation for
European Helicopters Ltd., Kolibrie twin ramjet helicopter, 88
— Investment Bank, loan to S. Italy Develop
ment Fund, 791
— Machine Tool Exhibition, quota for.
See Correction, 312
— Nuclear Energy Agency, membership
176; comment on activities of, 597. also Dragon: European Conference Industrial Management on Industrial Prospects in Nuclear Energy (Stresa): Halden reactor
— Organisation for Nuclear Research, mem
bership of, 176; proton synchrotron at Mayrin, 771, 772
— Productivity Agency, consultant engineering
in US (book), 123; Project 335 on ergonomics, 365; report on technical policy 519
Europoort Plan for port of Rotterdam, 62 Eurovision television link, 5th anniversary and organisation of, 756
Eurunion investment trust, 355, 727 Evans, E. Broke, on forecasting as function o management, 512
Evaporative cooling for diesel engine installation for Voice of America (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day), 38
Eve, 1. S., consolidated report on radiation protection, 236
Everite asbestos sheeting (trade publication), 185
Eversafe dissolver at Dounreay, 174
Evode, Ltd., “ Twinstik ” adhesive for name plates, 309
Evode weatherproofing process for timber conoid roof, 408
Evolution in man, control of, by Prof. C. D. Darlington, 11
Examination guide, elementary telecommunications, by W. T. Perkins (book), 217
— Syllabuses, art and music in, Plain Words on,
322
Exchange scheme, BISF, 605
— Visits by Russian specialists, 763 Exciters for High Marnham power station, 594 Executives course at Harwell Reactor School,
80
— Offices to be more homely, 73 Exhaust, diesel engine. Smokemeter for, 196
— Fume emission, research on, 428
— Gas, catalytic combustion of, cobalt oxides
for, 684
— Jets, rocket, by E. T. B. Smith, 36
— Noise, discussion in Parliament on, 392
— System, Giesl ejector for steam locomotives,
510
Exhibition, atomic energy, UKAEA, 535 Industrial Forum—Atom Fair, 395
— Automatic vending machine (London), 325
— British Electronic Component Show, exhi
bits at, 583
Trade Fair, Lisbon, 234, 251; note on, 369; Scottish exhibits at, 535; preview of, 691
— Brussels, Universal and International, The
Survey (publication), 801
World Fair, 1958, Philips pavilion at (review), 778
— Building, Dexion Ltd., preliminary notice,
685
— Business Efficiency (Olympia), preliminary
notice, 659; exhibts at, 698
— Canadian National Industrial Production
Show (Toronto), 723
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Exhibition, careers See National Education —? Czechoslovak trade fair, 177
— Education, See National Education
— Electrical Engineers (London), 326
— Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear
Energy, See Engineering, Marine, Welding
— European Machine Tool, quota for, 177,
See Correction, 312
— Exchange of UK with Russian, 571
— Factory Equipment, exhibits at, 452
— Ford May Fair (Manchester), 691
— Foundry, Birmingham, exhibits, 721, 722
— French, quotas for, 177, See Correction, 312
— Geneva International Motor Show, 329
— German Industries Fair, note on, 312;
description of, 602
— Hall of Centre National des Industries et
Techniques (Paris), 738
— Hanover Fair, note on, 312; description of,
602
— “ House style,” 564
— International Instruments, Electronics and
Automation (1960), space-selling tour of Europe for, 435
— International Samples Fair, 563 Scientific Research, 84
— Leipzig Fair, note on, 312; comment on,
596; Isotope Developments Ltd. at, 492
— Milan Fair, atomic energy exhibits
(UKAEA), 492
— National Boat Show, 86
— National Education. See National Educa
tion
— Packaging (Amsterdam), 369
— Physical Society, 102
— Radioisotopes, UKAEA, 535
— Road, 190 Town, 45
— Russian, exchange with UK, 571
— Stone, J., and Co. (Deptford), Ltd., 134
— Teenagers Fair (Blackpool), 563
— Town road, 45
— Urban road schemes, 45
Exolit liquid fire retardant (Exsud), 780
Expaflex chlorinated rubber coatings (trade publication), 650
Expandit Ltd., Expafelx chlorinated rubber protective coatings (trade publication), 650 Expansion bearing for bridges. Neoprene for, 543
Experts, views of. Plain Words on, 354
Explorer diesel-electric mixed-traffic locomotive, 276
— 1 satellite, summary of details of, 615
— II satellite, summary of details of, 615
— Ill satellite, summary of details of, 615
— IV satellite, summary of details of, 615
— V satellite, summary of details of, 615
Explosions, atomic. See Atomic
Explosives (trade publication), 283
— High, science of, by M. A. Cook (review), 28
— Situations, lighting in (lES report) (book),
93
Export achievements of C. A. Parsons, 135
— Agricultural machinery, 111-112
?— Aircraft, 40-41, 563
Credit extension for, 163
Industry, for 1958, 2
— Avoiding trouble in selling, by R. Joscelene,
457
— Boilers, 402
— Boiler-house plant, 402
?— Books, discussion in Parliament on, 458
— Cables, 146-147
— to Canada, discussion in Parliament on, 635
— to China, 98
— Civil engineering and contracting plant, 148
— Coal, position of, 144
— Competition from foreign markets, 596
— Co-operation in, by British firms, 595
— Copper to China, discussion in Parliament
on, 493
— Council of Norway, Norwegian export
directory, 1958-59 (review), 649
— Credits Guarantee Department, increase in
business covered by, 163; extension o facilities offered by, 695
— Czechoslovak, FT Magazine on, 369
?— Directory, Norwegian, 1958-59 (review), 649
— to dollar area, increase in, 595
— Electrical appliances, 146
Engineering, fall in, 418
Equipment, 146
Machinery, 146
Plant, 146
— Engineering industry’s, position and pros
pects of, 6
— General engineering industry, 147
— German (W.), 290
— Guide to, FBI survey, 631
— Locomotives 78
— Machine tools, 111
— Market position and prospects, 251, 595
— Motor cars, Jaguar, 177
Car, Market changes, 488
Cars, to North America, 103
Vehicle, 43
— to North America, 723
— Periodicals, discussion in Parliament on, 458
— to Portugal, 234
— Position and prospects of, 692, 758
and prospects of, by Sir K Hague, 659
— Rolling stock, 78
—? to Russia, increase in, 755
— Russian, publications on, 369
— Soviet, quarterly advertising review, 369
— Textile machinery, 76
— Tractors, 111-112
— Trade facilities, survey of (booklet), 631
— to US, discussion in Parliament on, 493
Position and prospects of, 692
— Victor motor car, to North America, 103
— Wires, 146-147
— Wood, world statistics, 183
Exsud Engineering, Ltd,, Exolit liquid fire retardant, 780
Extractor pump for gravimetric flue-gas sampling apparatus, 287
— Ridge line, tor ventilation (Greenwood’s &
Airvac), 665
— Tool for gland packings, free offer of (Crane
Packing), 312
Extragalactic radio noise sources, 744
Extrusion of beryllium tube (Chesterfield Tube), 491
Extrusion, l-section, for Alaflor grating panels
(Archibald Low), 159
— Magnesium-aluminium sections with fine
grain (ICI), 555
— See also Co-extrusion
Eye shields (trade publication), 216
FABIAN Society, What Shall we do about the Roads ? (pamphlet), 323
Faceplate with wire-race ball bearing, 339 Factory accidents. See Accidents
— Acts, railway running shed included in, 535 Washing facilities in, 535
— Architecture in, at Kitt Green (Heinz), 576
— Bill, new clauses in, discussion in Parliament
on, 535
— Building, requirements aud performance,
354
— Cleaning machines, trends in, 524
— Design, architect’s role in, 565, 576
?— Equipment Exhibition, exhibits at, 452
— Multi-storey, design of (booklet), 354
— New, for John Mackintosh, 525
for Langstone, Portsmouth, discussion in Parliament on, 493
— Plans approved for new, statistics, 530
— Ship, whaling, atomic-propelled, proposal
for, 548
— Sites, information on, 763
— of Texas Instruments at Dallas (Texas)
(trade publication), 586
— Visits, Industrial Trave! organisation for,
235
Fail-safe structure for Argosy aircraft, 74, 75 Tests on Boeing 707 jet airliners, 623 Failure of cast iron cylinders and prisms in compression, 799
— of sandstone cylinders and prisms in com
pression, 799
— Service, of structural components, by 1. J.
Somervaille, 806
Fair, trade. See Exhibition
Faires, V. M., thermodynamics of heat power (review), 217
Fairey Air Surveys Ltd., CEGB “ Operation Chimney Plume,” 30; anti-vibration mountings for camera installations on jet aircraft, 372; vibration isolator unit for camera in jet aircraft, 372; anti-vibration mounting for airboru electronic measuring instrument, 372; mountings for standard electronic equipment in aircraft, 373; laboratory vibration anaivser, 373; test rig for applying horizontal, vertical and angular vibration modes on anti-vibration mountings, 373; photo-transistor directreading displacement meter for vibration analysis, 522
Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., world class speed record for Rotodyne airliner, 103; US orders for Rotodyne airliner, 328; core skirt for Dounreay fast breeder reactor, 366
Fairey Gannet early warning aircraft. Spraymat de-icing system for, 749
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., double-reduction gear unit for ore carrier Morar, 349; agreement with Mitchell Engineering Ltd. for marine nuclear energy development, 546; brochure on activities of 572; See also Mitchell Engineering Ltd. (consortium)
Faiveley pantograph for railway electrification (J. Stone), 134
Falstajf, diesel-electric trawler, 375
Fan, electric, single backward curved for dualduct high-velocity air conditioning system at Brightside Heating and Engineering Co,, Ltd., 159
F.A.O. Yearbook of Foest Products Statistics, 183
Fararc 200 portable heavy duty arc welder (Portable Welders, Ltd.), 37
Farina, Dr. G., styling studio for motor car manufacturers, 708
Farina, P., MG Magnetic motor car body, 171; Morris Oxford Series V body shell, 464; Riley 4/68 13 litre motor car body, 612
Farmer, F. R., consolidated report on reactor safety, 237
Farming. See Agriculture: Irrigation: National Power Farming Conference: Tractors
~ Instruments Ltd., fuel consumption
puter, 53; PCTC transistorised computer, 87; computer library 132; manufacture of klystrons licence by Raytheon Corp., 135; former production statistics, 231; cutting machine with computer control, for ships’ plates, 485; ceramic oscillator/ amplifier valve ULIl, 583; Perseus computer (trade publication), 650; valves (trade publication), 650; Sirius computer, 696
Ferret floor cleaning machine (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Ferro Enamels Co., Ltd., vitreous-enamelled torus for Zeta, 205; vitreous enamel for aluminium, 587
Ferromagnetic materials, portable crack detector for (Fraser-Smith), 600
Fertile media for LMFR power reactor, 314 Fertiliser plant of ICL rotary driers for (Head Wrightson), 589
Festival of Films in Service of Industry (Harrogate), 598, 627
Fettling bench with built-in dust extraction equipment (Newton Collins), 722
Fi-Cord Ltd., miniature battery tape recorder, 454
Fiat 1,800 and 2,000 c.c. motor cars, 329 Fibres, portable X-ray equipment for (Marconi Instruments), 533
— Synthetic, production in UK, 748
Ficep model Beton portable bar shearing machine (Thos. W. Ward), 293
Colt shearing machine (Thos. W. Ward), 293
Fidela automatic fire alarm (Associated Fire Alarms Ltd.), 32
FIDO fog dispersal system, 392
— at London Airport, 763
Field, H. W., and Son, Ltd., Fildenex plastics lampshades, 596
Fielden Electronics Ltd., Pneutronic level controller (trade publication), 618
Fierro Esponja SA, HyL process of direct reduction of iron ore into sponge iron, 159 Figures for electronic reading machines (EMI Electronics), 218
Fiji, Port, fire fighting vessel Dautataro, 622 Fildenex plastics lampshades, 596 File, hand shaper (Stanley), 64
Filing machine, Limax (South Coast Engineering Co.), 760
Film, cinema, AEI training courses, 756
Atomic energy, at Engineering Exhibition, 490
Disc brakes (Dunlop Rubber Co.), 368 Electricity generating industry, AEI, 756 Film News (G.B.), 585
Harrogate Festival, 598, 627 for hire, catalogue of (Rank), 812 History of radio, 142
Industrial research and, DSIR conference, 763
— —Library catalogue 1958-59 (Shell-Mex),
93
—?— Milford Haven project, 700 Schlieren, award for, 598 for schools, etc., list of, 280 Sponsored, from commerce and industry (booklet), 713
—? — “ Tour of the Works ” (Thomas Firth and John Brown), 587
in Training Within Industry for Supervisors scheme, 382
Visual Aids Information and Advisory Service, activities of, 131
Film Cooling Towers (1925), Ltd., cooling towers (trade publication), 155; glass fibre packaged cooling tower, 601
— Gas. See Gas
— Oil. See Oil
Film Producers’ Guild, cinema film on disc brakes, 368
Filter, air, for pressurised assembly cabinets, 415
Super-Vee (Yokes), 760
Throw-away, Ozotex (Ozonair), 381
— for aircraft fuels. Shell research on, 647
— Fuel, Wipac Filter-Link, 45
— Glass fibre and Terylene (ICI), 620
— Magnetic, for David Brown 950 tractor, 406
— Mancuna-Fumex (Mancuna Engineering),
620
— Mancuna-Mister (Mancuna Engineering),
620
— Marine (trade publication), 443
— Micro, Shell research on, 647
— Multi-purpose, with throw-away cartrideg
(Menrow Ltd.), 533
— Oil, are they necessary? by G. Wilkins, 544.
— Tests on (Shell Research), 647
Filter unit for flue-gas sampling, 286
Filtration, Kieselguhr for (Charles H. Wind- schuegl Ltd.), 683
Filtration and Valves, Ltd., valves and strainers (trade publication), 443
Fimex magnetic chucks (Darwins), 697
Finance Bill amendment of dry docks rejected, 695
Finance Corp., International. See International
Financial policy of UK in US, 535
Finish, surface, Diavite Microtester for (H Hediger), 352
for granite, Thermal-Texturing (Union Carbide), 284
Finishing of castings, equipment for, at Foundry Exhibition, 722
— of magnet sector plates, 755
— Metal, technical service (Canning), 509 Finland, atomic energy programme, 12
— Plain Words on, 530
Fire alarm, automatic, Fidela (Associated Fire Alarms Ltd.), 32
— Engine, Firemaster (Leyland), 265
— Extinguisher for the home (Pyrene Co.), 480 Hose reel foam (Pyrene Co.), 534
Pyromet dry chemical (Pyrene Co.), 534
— Extinguishing plant, CO., for BOAC test
bed at Nantgarw, 95
— Fighting vessel, Dautataro, for Port Fiji, 622
— Hazard bulletin 501
— Hoses (trade publication) 283
— Oil, compressed air for extinguishing, 620
— Open convector, 660
— Precautions at CIBA (ARL) Ltd, new
buildings, 706
— Proofing (trade publication), 216
— Protection (trade publication), 216
Association, fire hazard bulletin, 501 Equipment in test plant of BEA for Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop aircraft engines, 224
of structures by asbestos and asbestos cement (booklet), 804
— of radioactive materials, bulletins on, 395
— Resistance of prestressed concrete beams
and floors, 763
— Retardant, liquid. Exolit (Exsud), 780 Firedamp drainage at collieries, 779 Firemaster fire engine (Leyland), 265
Firms’ histories, plea for presentation to Newcomen Society, 3
First Atomic Power Industrial Group, atomic reactor consortium, 303
— Federal Savings and Loan Association,
office building with aluminium curtain wall, 804
Firth Cleveland Steel Strip, Ltd., strip and wire (trade publication). 283
Firth, Thomas, and John Brown Ltd., cinema film “ Tour of the Works,” 587
Fish-finding equipment on trawler Falstaff, 375
— Trawling unit (MacGregor International &
Robertsons (Fleetwood)), 781
Fisher, J. M., on research into road construction, 671
Fisher and Ludlow Ltd., Flowlink pendulum conveyor, 721
Fishermen’s cooperatives, recommendation for development of, 790
Fishery Cooperatives, Technical Meeting on. 790
Fishing gear, modern, of the world, by H. Kristjonsson (book), 650
— Industry, mechanisation of, 790
Fitch, W. K., on Dravo Corp., 572
Fitting the job to the worker (book), 746; EPA conference, 365
Fitzgerald, F., on rocket propellents, 279
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, S., on Instrument Inquiry Service, 451
Fitzpatrick and Son (Contractors) Ltd., Doncaster by-pass, 579; London-Birmingham motorway, 776
Fixture and jig details and units, by H. W. Hardy (book), 475
FJE machine hire plan, 631
Flags of convenience in shipping industry, 766
— Discrimination in shipping industry, 766 Flagship platform trucks (Angel Truck Co.),
762
Flame photometer for analysis in boiler house, 64
— Plating of aluminium allov pulleys for
wiredrawing machine, 59. See LETTER,419
— Resistance, British Standards work on, 201 Flameproof rotary vibrators (Blending Machine
Co., Ltd.), 420
Flaminia 2i litre motor car (Lancia), 329
Flammable situations, lighting in (lES report) (book), 93
Flash distillation plant, Aquaflash, for sea water (Buckley and Taylor, Ltd.), 229
Flats and Houses, 1958 (layout in residential development schemes), 64
— Layout in residential development scheme.',
64
— Modern, by F. R. S. Yorke and F. Gibberd
(review), 778
— Multistorey, walls for (Wales Ltd.), 525
— Noise in, DSIR report on, 192
— Off-peak floor heating in, 592 Flattie lift truck (Eccles), 728
Flaw detection in honeycomb composite panels (Martin Co.), 284
Ultrasonic. See Ultrasonic
— detector, ultrasonic. See Ultrasonic
Fleck, Sir A., appointment as president of Industrial Co-Partnership Association, 331 Fleming Safety Equipment, goggle cleaning and de-misting cabinet, 166; eye shields (trade publication), 216
Flight Log chart in “ Operation Chimney Plume ” (Decca), 30
— Operation calculations, Bristol team’s study
on, 787
— Space, by C. C, Adams (book), 61
— Testing of aircraft, transistors for, 742 Flint, D., on analysis of coal ash, 64 Flip-flop, basic and complete, cryotrons, 550 Float glass. See Glass
Floating dock. See Dock
Flood defences, closing breaches in, by M. Nixon, 609
Floodgate Steel Fabricating Co., Ltd., automatic mould closing machine, 722
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
15
Floor beam section determination by Pegasus computer, 18
— Cleaning and drying machines (British
Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Machines (Cimex-Fraser Tuson Ltd.), 452
— Concrete, Glocrete SR coating for (Corro
sion Ltd.), 747
— Heating, off-peak,
Bruce. 592. See
— Pavoir at Heinz
(Acalor), 578
— Polyvinyl chloride
415
fallacies of, by
LETTER, 663 factory at Kitt
sheet for clean
H. H.
Green
rooms,
factory
— Reinforced concrete slab, at Heinz
at Kitt Green, 578
— Warming, electric, 192
Flooring, slab, British Standard on, 611
— Tile, British Standard on, 611
Florida West Coast Nuclear Group, heavywater gas-cooled reactor research project, 425
Floride motor car (Renault), 708
Flour mill at Barnes Milling, Ltd., 156
Flow, air, in straight ducts and pipes, friction charts for, by R. H. Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book). 746
— Control valve, design of, 749
?— over delta wings at low speeds with leading edge separation, by D. J. Marsden, R. W. Simpson and W. J. Rainbird (book), 311
— Exact, behind a yawed conical shock, by
G. Radhakrishnan (book), 311
— Fluid, thermodynamics of, by N. A. Hall
(review), 585
— Heat, in brake drums, by T. P. Newcomb,
709
— Hypersonic. See Hypersonic Flow Sym
posium
— Indicators, sight (Rhodes), 569
— Meter. See Meter
— from pipe manifolds, analysis of, by Dr.
E. Markland, 150
— Supersonic, unsteady, potential theory of,
by J. W. Miles (review), 681
— Water in channels and pipes, formulae in
graphical form for, 473
Measurement of large. National Engineering Laboratory report on, 643
Speed and direction of, meter for (Kelvin Hughes), 70
Flowline production at nrinting factory of Perivan Group, 690
Flowlink pendulum conveyor (Fisher and Ludlow), 721
Flue gases, dust in, gravimetric sampling of, by R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
— Grit in, gravimetric sampling of, by R. A.
Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
Fluid flow, thermodynamics of, by N. A. Hall (review), 585
— Mechanics textbook, by J. R. D. Francis
(book), 61
— Processing at elastomers research laboratory
of Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom) Ltd., 684
Fluke, John, Manufacturing Co., differential voltmeter, 390
Fluon ptfe material for flexible hoses (ICT), 780 Price reduction, 692
Fluorescent lamps fittings. See Lamp fittings
— Lighting. See Lighting
Fluorine and fluorine compounds, Wiggin nickel alloys v., 343
— Rocket fuel, 279
Flurolier fluorescent lamp fittings. Taskmaster range of, 198
Flyover, Barking, completion of, 670
— Tilbury, construction of, 670
Foam, detergent, for clearing gas wells, 747 River contamination by, 747
— Fire extinguisher, hose reel (Pyrene Co.),
534
— Urethane rigid (ICI), 556
Foamed glass insulation, Stay-Dry, for piping (Pittsburg Corning Corp.), 183
Foamsill foamed glass, properties and applications of (Pittsburg Corning Corp.), 379
Fog, aircraft landing in, 763
— Dispersal experiments at Battersea College
of Technology, 428
FIDO system, 392, 763
— Pollution by, 350
— Tests on chimney plumes by CEGB-Fairey,
30. See LETTER, 99
Foil guillotines. Giant (Furnival), 808
Folsom, Dr., on new curriculum and teaching methods study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 66
Fomescol emulsion breaking agent for reducing sea pollution (Glovers (Chemicals) Ltd.), 747
Food and Agriculture Organisation, Technical Meeting on Fishery Cooperatives, 790
— Canned, production at Heinz factory at
Kitt Green, 576; sterilisation at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 782
— Hot, vending machines. 325
— Industry, productivity in, by M . Bogod, 690 Foote Bros. Gear and Machine Corp., David
Brown Corp, proposal to purchase interest in, 536
Ford Instrument Co., tanker powered by gas- cooled reactor, 547
Ford May Fair (Manchester), 691
Ford Motor Co., Ltd., high output statistics, 135; new projects, 135; restyling of Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac motor cars, 265 “closed shop” disputes, 299; Escort as AA breakdown vehicles for Preston Bypass, 393; review of operating conditions, 488; staff planning, 517
Ford Motor Co. (US), “ 704 ” gas turbine for rnotor cars and lorries, 676; 705 gas turbine motor car engine scheduled for testing, 772
Fordath Engineering Co., Ltd., shell moulding and casting machine, 722
Forecasting by economic analysis, 528
— as function of management, by E. Broke
Evans, 512
Foreign Investment Incentive Tax Bill, 724 Foremen, conference with shop stewards, Industrial Welfare Society, 105
Forest Products Research Laboratory, annaul report, 772
Statistics yearbook, 183
Forging, training in Sheffield, BISF scheme, 537 Fork-lift truck. See Truck
Forming machines, strip, Heenan manual on (book), 92
Wire, Heenan manual on (book), 92
— Spray, of high-temperature materials, 652 Formula E tannating process, 555
Forth, E., appointed chief generating engineer. North Eastern Division, CEGB, 105
Fortrex welding electrodes (Murex), 556
Foster Instrument Co., Ltd., test rig for graphite blocks for reactors, 47
Foster Wheeler Ltd., direct heating of fuel oil, 191; pneumatic hose-handling equipment at Fawley Refinery 563; atomic submarine land-based project at Dounreay, 675. See also Pickers Nuclear Engineering Ltd.
Foundations, air compressor, at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
— Caisson, for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft
factory at Squires Gate, 214
— Dampers, Lockheed, for stamp shop at
Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
— Engine house, at Hawker Aircraft factory
Squires Gate, 214
— Iron and steel works buildings, by W.
Atkins, 220
— Machine, at Hawker Aircraft factory
Squires Gate, 212
Foundry dust extraction equipment, 721
— Exhibition, Birmingham, exhibits at, 721,
722
— Industry, iron, position and prospects of,
359
— Non-ferrous, committee on conditions in,
635
Foundry Plant and Machinery Ltd., Servoslinger sandslinger, 722
Foundry Suppliers Ltd., moulding sand testing equipment, 722
— Trades’ Equipment and Supplies Association
Foundry Exhibition (Birmingham), 721,722
— See also Castings; Moulding
Fountain, R. S., on composite construction in steel and concrete for bridges and buildings (book), 29
Foxboro-Yoxall Ltd., magnetic flow meter, 524 Fracture of diesel engine components, 96 Frames, multi-storey, work of Building Research Station on, 62
— Plastic, behaviour of. 275
— Portal, Heycon, for helicopter hangar, 579
— Rigid, formulas, by A. Kleinlogel (book),
154
— Statically determinate, 276
?— Strain-hardening materials, 276
— Structural, analysis by electronic computer,
by Dr. E. Lightfoot and F. Sawko, 18
Framed structures, limit design of, by Dr. J. Heyman, 275
Frameworks, braced, non-linear, virtual work and complementary energy applied to, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 581
— Buildings for iron and steel works in France,
by A. Delcamp, 221
— Grid, analysis of, by A. W. Hendry and
L. G. Jaeger (book), 154
Resolved by generalised slope-deflection, 18
France, aircraft industry difficulties in, 163
— Common voltage range, 195
— Communism in, 162
— Electricity supply industry, 195
— Framework of iron and steel works build
ings, by A. Delcamp, 221
— Hydro-electric power in, 195
— Motor industry, 796
— See also French
Francis, J. R. D., textbook of fluid mechanics (book), 61
Francis turbine. See Turbine, hydraulic
Frank, W. F., on legal aspects of commerce and industry (review), 376
Frank! Pile Co., reinforced concrete foundations for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577 Franklin, Benjamin. See Benjamin Franklin medal
Franklin, G. F., sampled-data control systems (review), 617
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.), Ten Steps into Space, note on, 155
Fraser and Fraser Ltd., coal or oil fired radiant heat hot water boiler, 570
Fraser, W. J., and Co., Ltd., caesium recovery from radioactive wastes, 394
Fraser, W. L. on Babcock and Wilcox, 668 Fraser-Smith, R. F., portable crack detector for ferromagnetic materials, 600
FRED electronic reading machine (EMI Electronics), 218
Free-cutting alloy, Kynal I IS, 555
Free Piston Engine Co., Ltd., GS34 Pescara gasifiers for ore carrier Morar, 349
Gas-turbine engines for ore carrier Morar, 349
? Gasifiers. See Gasifiers
— Trade Area Britain’s views on, 458
— — Area, failure in negotiations on, 597 Area, Little, comment on, 725
Area, Little, member countries for, 758 Area, Little, progress of, 758
Area, negotiations on. Blue Book on, 194 Area negotiations, by M. Camps, 726
— — Area, negotiations on. White Paper on,
194
Area, position and prospects of, 194 Freeman, Fox and Partners, Beyer-Garratt steam locomotives for Rhodesia Railways, 52; Auckland Harbour Bridge, 739
Freeman, Taylor Machines Ltd., competition for inventions, 457
Freight lift for aircraft (Short Bros. and Harland), 809
French, A. P., principles of modern physics (review), 502
— Fairs and exhibitions, quotas for, 177. See
Correction, 312
— Industry, directory of, 1959 (review), 649
-— Railways, passenger-carrying railcar for (Renault), 471; new Paris-Lille express train service with radio telephone, 758
at
S.
at
French, W. C., and Co., Ltd., BOAC test bed at Nantgarw, 95; London heliport, 543; Barking flyover, 670
—? See also France
Friction charts for air flow in straight ducts and pipes, by R. H. Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book), 746
— Coefficient, effect of Sulfinuz treatment on
mild steel, 119
— and lubrication of solids, by F. P. Bowden
and D. Tabor (book), 746
— Manifold with, examples of, 151
— Material, asbestos, MW48, for oil well
drawworks (Ferodo Ltd.), 780
— Properties of reinforced plastics bearings, 27
— between tyre and road, by Dr. D. Tabor.
See LETTER, 631
Friendship F.27 passenger aircraft, undercarriages for (Dowty Equipment Ltd.), 505
Frigate Ashanti, with steam plus gas turbine, 434
— Boiler room accident in, 605
— Gear case. Perspex model of, 786 Frontloader 59 shovel loader (Merton Engineering), 632
Frost damage to motorways, 171
— Protection of crops by irrigation equipment
(Wright Rain), 705
Frost, T. P., appointed chief test pilot of Bristol Siddeley Engines, 573
Fruton, J. S., general biochemistry (review), 411 Fry and Cowell (Pindisports) Ltd., camping equipment, 224
FT Magazine on Czechoslovak foreign trade, 369
Fuel, aircraft, automatic monitor for, 647 Purity of. Shell research on, 647 Water contamination, 647
— Consumption test equipment at Leyland
Motors Ltd., 200
— Efficiency Service, National Industrial. See
National Industrial
— Efficient use of (review), 410
— Element, atomic. See Atomic
— Injector with distributor pump (CAV Co.),
17
Fuel and Metallurgical Processes Ltd., hot blast equipment, 722
— Oil. See Oil fuel
— Policy, Government’s discussion in Parlia
ment on, 201
— Pump. See Pump
— Rocket, 279
-— Smokeless, from coal by low-temperature carbonisation, 428
Discussion in Parliament on, 234 Warmco, 234
— Solid, appliances, approved distributors of,
660
— Tanks in Martin aircraft, nitrous oxide gas
for tracing leaks in, 659
— See also under specific types of fuel Fuelling, aircraft, hydrant system, 648
— ?— Static electricity in 648
— Jet airliners. Shell research on, 647 Fulgar “ dream ” motor car (Simca), 200 Full-load efficiency testing of turbine reduction
gear units, 306
Fuller. R. Buckminster, geodesic dome, 473 Fullers Earth Union Ltd., Fullbond material, 722
Fumes (trade publication), 283 ?— Exhaust, research on, 428
— Extraction plant in test plant of
Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines, 224
Funaro, B., parking (review), 777
Functional tradition in early industrial buildings, by J. M. Richards (review), 777
Furnaces, annealing and brazing. Hump-back (Birlec), 484
Continuous flash, at Aluminium Corp.
(Royce Electric Furnaces), 633
— Blast. Russian practice, 797
— Boiler, dust and grit emission, measurement
of (BCURA), 613 See also Stoker
— Crucible (Morgan Crucible Co.), 722
— Electric arc, pre-refining of hot metal for
(Brynibo), 657 (Birlec-Efco), 722 Equipment for annealing pearlitic mal
leable iron castings at Ley’s Malleable Casting Co., Ltd., 245
High-frequency, for stainless steel production (Spartan Steel and Alloys, Ltd.), 58
— Gas-fired (trade publication), 443
?— Glass-melting tank, by R. Gunther (book), 123
— Heat treatment, at Birlec’s Aldridge works,
478
— Hump-back, for annealing and brazing
(Birlec), 484
?—? Induction high frequency, for sintering beryllium powder, 414
— Mesh-belt conveyor (Birlec), 556
— Open-hearth, magnesite-chromite roofs, 797 Hearth, Russian practice, 797
— Reheating, for Brinsworth Mill (Stein &
Atkinson), 22
— Resistance, platinum wound, for sintering
beryllium powder, 414
— Shaker hearth (Hedin, Ltd.), 293
— Sintering, for beryllium powder, 414
— Slags textbook by W. Gumz, H. Kirsch and
M-T. Mackowsky (review), 554
— Vacuum, consumable-arc (W. C. Heraeus),
626
Induction (Wild-Barfield-NRC), 627
— ?— for sintering beryllium powder, 414 Small general-purpose (GEC). 532
— See also Cupola
Furniture, cabinet, design manual for, comment on book, 96
— Development Council, Design Manual for
Cabinet Furniture, comment on book, 96 Furnival and Co., Ltd., Giant guillotines for paper, foil, or hardboard, 808
Fused silica for spectrophotometer prism, 59 Fuselage, semi-monocoque, for Vanguard airliner, 15
Future Growth of IVorld Population (book), 331
bonding
BEA for aircraft
G2 atomic reactor, electricity for grid from, 575 Gabor, Prof. D., inventor of NRDC flat television tube, 128
Galactic radio noise sources, 744
Galbraith Committee, marine nuclear reactor systems submitted to, 792
Galloways Ltd., uniflow steam engine, 381 Gamma spectrometry. See Spectrometry Gannet early warning aircraft. Spraymat deicing system for, 749
Gantry crane. See Crane
— Rail maintenance, by D. B. Wilson, 220 Gardner, F. W., on C. A. Parsons, 668 Gardners, contract for marine diesel engines for
Egypt, 435
Garment Workers’ Union, Ladies, International. See International Ladies' Garment Gas bearing. See Bearing
— Blast furnace, production, consumption and
sale statistics, 631
— Board Co-operation with Electricity Boards,
Weir Committee report on, 511
North Thames. See North Thames Scottish. See Scottish
— — West Midlands. See IVest Midlands
Gas Board
— Circulator for Berkeley atomic power sta
tion, 269. See Correction, 395
— Conversion of coal into (BCURA), 613
— Council, interest in British Methane, 232
— Density, calculation in flue-gas sampling,
287
— Drainage at collieries, 779
— Dynamics, fundamentals of. Vol. Ill, by
H. W. Emmons (review), 713
— Electron, in metal, 465
— Exhaust. See
— Film bearing,
Brix, 178
— Flue, dust in, _ . _ . .
R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
Grit in, gravimetric sampling of, by R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
— Industry, ECE study on problems of, 659 Position and prospects of, 630-631 US. natural gas impact on, 232
— Liquefaction plans in Venezuela and
Mexico, 663
— Liquefied, imports of, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 392
See also Methane; Natural gas
— Liquefying machine for cooling systems.
Philips type PW7000 (Research and Control Instruments, Ltd.), 697
— Liquor disposal in River Trent in Stoke
area, 672
Stainless steel road tanker for, 748
— Main, boring for Hyde Park road improve
ment, 611
— Natural. See Natural gas
— Nitrous oxide, for tracing leaks in Martin
aircraft fuel tanks, 659
— Scrubbers (trade publication), 474
?— Statistics for Europe, 630-631
— Turbine. See Turbine
— Velocity, calculation in flue-gas sampling,
287
-—? Water, carburetted, equipment for Walsall Gas Works (Humphreys and Glasgow), 594
— Wells, detergent foam for clearing, 747
— Works. See Gasworks
?— See also under specific gases
Gascoyne, J., analysis of pipe structures for flexibility (book), 746
Gases Licuados Constock, gas liquefaction plans, 663
Gasification of coal, discussion in Parliament on, 201
New type plant for, 731
— Lurgi, Bischoff tower purifiers for desul
phurisation in, 588
Gasifier, free-piston, development of, 521 Piston, GS34 Pescara (Alexander Stephen), 134
— — Piston GS34 Pescara, for ore carrier
Morar (Free Piston Engine Co.), 349
Piston, GS34, for turbine-driven compressor plant (National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd.), 49
— Slagging, experimental (BCURA), 613 Gasiorek, J. M., friction charts for air flow in
straight ducts and pipes (book), 746
Gasket material, Uniphase Cork, corkelastomer, 210
Gasoline. See Petrol
Gass, Sir N., on economic difficulties in petroleum industry, 796
Gass, S. L, linear programming (review), 310; Linear programming methods and applications (book), 554
Gasworks, Walsall, completion of plant for, 594 GATT. See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gaudet, M., on legal status of Euratom, 483 Gauge control, automatic, for strip, 521
— Dial, high-precision, Junghans (Rubert &
Co.), 358
— Glasses, reflex, for boilers, longer life for,
by W. R. Hoes, 31
— Plug, straightness-measuring apparatus, by
F. R. Tolmon, 124
— Rope tension, Schmidt (Addison Electric),
455
— Talymin, for gear teeth errors, 614 Gaugemeter, development by BISRA, 521 G.B. Film Library, Film News, 585; sponsored
films from commerce and industry (booklet), 713; catalogue of cinema films for hire, 812
GCR-2 reactor. See Atomic reactor, gas-cooled Gears (trade publications), 60
— Case fabrication, welding in (David
Brown), 786
Frigate, Perspex model of, 786
— Manufacture by welding (David Brown), 785
— Reduction, Safe-D-Speeder, for electric
hand drills (John M. Perkins and Smith), 480
Turbine, full load efficiency testing, 306
— Steering. See Steering gear
— Teeth errors, measurement under load, by
B. Wood, 614
Stick-slip effect at, 614
Exhaust
shaft stability in, by V. H.
gravimetric sampling of, by
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Gears, variable speed, hydraulic, type F (Carter Gears Ltd.), 484
— Wheel rims, lamination inspection, ultra
sonic, 785
— ?— Rim rolling on Henry Berry horizontal
press (David Brown), 785
Gearbox attachment, Nu-Gear, for hand drill (Bridges), 288
— For reactor control, 491
— Reduction, for marine Proteus gas turbine
(W. H. Allen), 52
— Servo unit, air pressure (Clayton Dewandre)
464
Gearing, optimum transmission, for machine tools, by E. Stephen (review), 618
GEC Overseas Services Ltd., formation of, 596 GEC—Simon-Carves Atomic Energy Group, atomic power station project for Japan, 427: gas-cooled graphite moderated reactor for ship propulsion, 639; See also Hunterston atomic power station
Geesin, K. F., on superstructures to iron and steel works buildings, 220
Geisler, C. F. R,, Ltd., vibration monitor, 633 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, study of restrictive practices in international trade, 272
General Atomic. See TRIG A reactor
General Dynamics Corp., Atlas missile in orbit (Convair-Astronautics division), 3; supersonic airliner development (Convair Division), 215; US Air Force Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles, 245; Space Primer (Convair Division), 388; gas- cooled reactor for ship propulsion, 676; gas-turbine nuclear propulsion plant, 735
General Electric Co., Ltd., agreement with Vacuum Industrial Applications Ltd. in vacuum heating, 16; meter for germanium classification, 69; new appointments at Witton and Erith works, 71; appointments to directorate, 199; contract for turbo-generator sets for CEGB, 199; post-top lantern for Birmingham inner ring road, 215; negotiations with Japan Atomic Power Co. for nuclear power station, 269; gas-cooled reactor project for Japan, 303; boron-steel balls for earthquake safety of Japanese atomic power station, 463; atomic energy activities, 490; impermeable graphite for atomic fuel canning, 490; atomic power station for Japan, 492; design of nuclear power station, 523; work of Appliance Design Centre, 523; production planning at Witton Engineering Works, 526; small general-purpose vacuum furnace, 532; formation of GEC Overseas Services Ltd., 596; agreement with Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Niarnberg AG, 703; Ophitron microwave oscillator, 774; reorganisation of London Sales area, 788; see also GEC
General Electric Co. (US), hydrogen peroxide turbo-generator for X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 361; boilingwater reactor development programme (Operation Sunrise), 426; boiling-water reactor for propulsion plant, 548; glassfibre radome for, 579
General Industrial Co., circular slide rule, 420 General Motors Corp., samarium 153 as low- energy photon source, 395; agreement with United Automobile Workers for advancement of semi-skilled operatives to skilled trades, 537; hydraulic power steering system, 708; Engineering Journal, 801 General Post Office, remote-controlled radio transmitters for Ongar Radio Station, 307; capital expenditure by, 418; Scotland- Newfoundland cable 418; new cable ship 418; Post Office telephone “ No. 706, ” 512; Post Office 700-Type telephone, by F. E. Williams and F. C. Carter, 512; telephone dialling codes for London, changes in, 564; new telephones, statistics, 609; automatic postal order dispensing machines, 658; decrease in apprentices in 699; discussion in Parliament on capital expenditure policy of, 699; advertising expenditure, 699; telephone waiting list, 699; staff exchange scheme with industry, 701
Generating station. See Power Station Generator, auxiliary, for Explorer dieselelectric locomotive, 277
— Electric, for diesel-electric trawler Falstaff
(English Electric), 375
—? — for Los Angeles (Brown Boveri), 369 —? — See also Alternator: Turbo-generator ?—? Electrostatic, advantages and defects of, 768 —? — Felici, 466
?—? —? High-voltage d.c., Felici, 466
—? —-as neutron source, 770
Packaged (Miles Hivolt Ltd.) 389 Principle of, 768
Van de Graaff, 768 See also Accelerator, particle
— Induction heater (Delapena), 696
— Main, for Explorer diesel-electric loco
motive, 277
— Million ampere, Maggi, AWRE, 703
— Sets, diesel, for AGR reactor (Windscale)
491
—? Signal (trade publication), 618
— Steam See Steam. See also Boiler
— Tandem, advantages of, 769
— — at AWRE, 769, 771 Construction of, 768 Principle of, 768
— Thermoelectric, 743
?—? ?—? for direct conversion of heat to electrical energy using *’ polonium 210,” 98, 110 Snap III, 394
— Turbo, hydrogen peroxide, for X-15 upper
atmosphere research aircraft (General Electric Co. (US)), 361
— Wind. See iVind; Windmill
— See also Alternator
Geneva International Motor Show, 329 Geodesic dome for railway repair shop, 473 Geological structures and maps, by A. Roberts (book), 92
Geothermal power project, WairaJeei, by J. H. Smith, 398
German committee on steel construction, by O. Steinhardt and K. Mohler (book), 746
German Industries Fair, Hanover, note on, 312; description of, 602
— Motor cars at Geneva Motor Show, 329
— See also Germany
Germanium classification meter (GEC), 69
— Semiconductor material, 741
— Transistors, manufacture, 743
Germany, atomic power station, British tenders rejected, 367
— Crane industry boom, 226
— Eastern, atomic energy programme, 12 Atomic reactor for, 269
Trade with, 251 596
— Industrial expansion in, 387
— Inflation spectre in, 726
— Iron and steel industry, deconcentration, 699 and steel works buildings in, by Dr. G. F
Drath, 221
— State-controlled firms sale in, 259
— Steel industry, pattern of, 700
— Western, atomic energy programme, 12 Atomic reactors, 13
Atomic reactor contract, 269
Atomic reactor at Julich, 206
British interests in, 66
Export position and prospects, 290
Foreign interests in, 66
Foreign trade position in, 290
Orpheus 803 turbojet engine manufacture under licence, 604
— ?—Population statistics on 15 year old
children, 693
Radio link by tropospheric scattering, with West Berlin, 71 I
Speed limits in, 644
Gesellschaft fur Kernenergieverwertung, organic-moderated ship reactor, 548
Ghana Government in Volta River project, 543
— Trade mission to, 312
GHH. See Gutehoffnungshlitte
Giant guillotines for paper, foil or hardboard (Furnival), 808
Gibb, Sir Alexander, and Partners, West Thurrock power station, 804
Gibb, Sir C., obituary, 100; achievements with C. A. Parsons, 135
Gibberd, F., on architectural aspects of iron and steel works buildings, 221 ; modern flats (review), 778
Gibbon, R. B., on uranium oxide-iron cermets 91
Giboin, E., aide-memoire martinenq des constructions navales (book), 31 I
Gibson, A., on “ runaway ” ions in Zeta, 205
Gibson, A. F., progress in semi-conductors. Vol. HI (review), 801
Gibson, Prof. A. H., obituary, 260. See LETTER, 387
Gibson, Battle and Co., Ltd., activities of, 337 Giesecke, F. E., technical drawing (review), 342 GiesI ejector exhaust system for steam locomotives, 510
Gillis, R. G., intensity of infra-red absorption bands (bibliography), 713
Girder bridges, steel, British Standard (revised) 280
— Shot-blasting (Cleveland Bridge and Engineer
ing), 439
— Stressed steel, for underpinning without
props (Westwood), 280
-— Supports, roller brackets for advancing, 623
— Vierendeel, Reel overhead travelling crane
with (British Industrial Engineering Co, (Staffs), Ltd.), 357
— See also Beams: Bridges: Floors
Girl apprenticeships, statistics, 234
— See also Women
Glacier Metal Co., dry bearing materials and surface treatments, 503; Staff planning, 517
Gland packings, extractor tool for, free offer of (Crane Packing), 312
Glass, “ Armourplate,” in Rhodes site flow indicator, 569
— Engineering handbook, by E. B. Shand
(review), 29
— Fibre construction for boats, 86
— — Fissile and fertile material in, for atontic
fuel elements, 110
Insulation (trade publication), 185
Packaged cooling tower (Film Cooling Towers (1925) Ltd.), 601
Radome, construction of (Goodyear Aircraft Corp.), 579
and Terylene filters (ICI), 620
— Float process (Pilkington Bros.), 120
— Foamed, Foamsil, properties and applica
tions of (Pittsburgh Corning Corp.), 379 Insulation, Stay-Dry, for piping (Pittsburgh Corning Corp.), 183
— Industrial, QVF Ltd. sales in US, 251
— Industry, Belgium, position and prospects
of, 636
— Low melting point, for electronic com
ponents (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 747
— Melting tank furnaces, by R. Gunther
(book), 123
— in passenger-carrying railcar for French
Railways (Renault), 471
— Reflex gauge, for boilers, longer life for, by
W. R. Hoes, 31
— Reinforced plastics casings for Bedford
diesel industrial units (W. and J. Tod, Ltd.), 505
— Technology, Society of. See Society
— Toughened, Armourplate (trade publica
tion), 377
Larger sheets of (Pilkington Bros.), 379 —? Tube cutter (Electrothermal Engineering Ltd.), 730
— Water attack on, 31
Glasscloth laminates (trade publication), 746 Glenny, E., on high-temperature properties of ceramics and cermets, 91
Glitsch ballast tray (Metal Propellers Ltd.), 665 Globe Pneumatic Engineering Co., Ltd., portable pneumatic capstan winch, 358
Glocrete SR coating for concrete floors (Corrosion Ltd.), 747
Glossary of automation terms, 475
— Optics and spectroscopy, 475
— Strata control, tri-lingual (book), 29
— Vacuum technology (book), 650
Gloves, nylon, for protection against abrasive materials (British Nylon Spinners), 453
Glovers (Chemicals) Ltd., Fomescol emulsion breaking agent for reducing sea pollution, 747
Glow plug for diesel engines (KLG), 496 Glow-worm Boilers Ltd., Oil-Crat oil-fired domestic boiler, 596
Glueing machine, Thermotex, for cardboard cartons (Lerner Machine Co.', 685
Glyn, Col. R., on work for elderly persons, 330 Godber, Lord, on petroleum industry, 796 Goddard, Dr. R. H., awarded Louis W. Hill
Space Transportation Award, 207 Godfrey, J. W., on technical writer (book), 123 Goggin, K. M. M., review of efficient use of fuel, 410
Goggle cleaning and de-misting cabinet (Fleming Safety Equipment), 166
Golovin, Dr. 1. N., on thermonuclear research, 702
Goodman, George, Ltd., nylon coil bobbins for miniature transformers, 653
Goodyear Aircraft Corp., construction of glassfibre radome, 579
Goodyear Pumps Ltd., positive displacement pump for ships’ water mains, 486
Gordon, Lord Dudley G., on politicians and steel industry, 359
Gordon and Gotch Ltd., Perf-A-Matic rotary perforator for commercial stationery, 262 Gbtaverken AB, steel hatch cover with hydraulic screwjack operation, 486; new shipyard for line production at Arendal, Sweden, 561; hydraulic screw jacks for hatches on cargo liner Gudrun Bakke, 688 Gouda cheeses, bulk handling by De Produ- cent, 58
Gould, L. A., analytical design of linear feedback controls (review), 252
Goulder, J., and Sons, Ltd., bench-mounting lead measuring machine, 664
Gourock Ropework Co., Ltd., air-house with PluViaC skin, 610: ropes in polyethylene yarn, 748
Gouser, B. W. (Ed.), technology of columbium (book), 123
Government department for Durham, discussion in Parliament on, 363
— Grants for universities, 235 Governors (Ardleigh), 101
— Four-weight, for Explorer diesel-electric
locomotive (Blackstone), 277
Grab, hydraulic, for cranes handling coal (George Cohen 600 Group), 292
Grabbe, E. M., handbook of automation, computation and control (review), 713
Graduates in industry, fall in demand for, 449
— Science, invitation to (scientific Civil Service
career booklet), 235
Graham Clark Lecture, by Sir A. Plant, 385 Grain carriers of aluminium alloy (Scammell), 749
— Scourer (trade publication), 474 Gramdeck tape recorder deck for use with
radiogram (Andrew Merryfield), 564
Granite surface finish, Thermal-Texturing (Union Carbide), 284
Grant and West Ltd., Solution No. 307 for cement removal, 477
— Government, for universities, 235
— for research projects (DSIR), 105 Granville, R. A., on dust and grit in flue gases,
285
Graphical signs and symbols, directory of, 3^3 Graphite blocks for American aircraft industry (Union Carbide), 683
for reactors, test rig for, 47
— Colloidal, nuclear applications of, 47
— Impermeable, for atomic fuel canning, 490 for HTGC reactor system, 239
— Tube, metal-clad, Metica, 491,555 Grating, extruded aluminium. Alaflor (Archibald Low), 159
Gravimetric sampling of dust and grit in flue gases, by R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd., oil mist detector, 486
Gravity, lunar, calculations on, 333 Gray, P. G., on noise in flats, 192 Gray Tool Co., licence agreement with Ruston
and Hornsby for high pressure and temperature connections, 636
Grease, radiation effects on, 716
— Tanks, Isomantle electric surface heaters for,
382
Great Eastern, centenary of, 10
— North Road, construction work progress
on, 450
Road, Stamford bypass on, 776 Greece, atomic energy in, 46 Energy programme, 46
Green, Dr. D. C. Lycett, on Senior Economisers, 668
Green, George, and Co., water quenched cupola spark and dust collector, 721
Greencastle site survey for atomic power station, 735
Greenwich, R.N. College, chair of nuclear science and technology at, 206
Greenwood’s and Airvac Ventilating Co., Ltd., ridge line ventilator, 665
Greer’s Ferry hydroelectric project, rejection of English Electric bid in, 129, 171, 272; turbine contract to Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Co., 456
Gregory, E., on heat-treatment of steel (book), 376
Grenoble atomic energy centre, 176 Gresham Transformers Ltd., auxiliary transformers for Bradwell atomic power station, 491
Grid frameworks’ analysis, by A. W. Hendry and L. G. Jaeger (book), 154
Resolved by generalised slope-deflection, 18
— for replica device for strain measurements,
by V. M. Hickson, 483
— Universal, for slotted angle (Dexion), 685
— See also Supergrid
Griffin, D., review of Network Synthesis and Passive Networks, 92
Griffiths (Caterers), Ltd., vending machines 267 Grimston, B., Skie stabiliser, 87
Grimston Electric Tools, Ltd., low height compound-slide table, 292; drilling and boring machine, 532
Grindell, Dr. D. H., on atmospheric pollution by solid particles, 350
Grinding and crushing: bibliography (book), 376
— Head with hydrodynamic gas bearings for,
by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
— Machine, cylindrical, for manual operation
(Myford Engineering Co., Ltd.), 534
High-precision (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 324
Plain cylindrical, P.G.I (British Northrop), 632
—?— Roll, heavy-duty (Churchill), 127
U.G.I universal (British Northrop), 632
— Wheat, rollermills for, at Barnes Milling,
Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
— Wheels, standardisation of, 125
Grits, diamond, “ Pressure-Tested ” (Diamond
Tool Research Co. Incorp.), 309. See Correction, 588
— Emission from boiler furnaces, measure
ment of (BCURA), 613
— in flue gases, gravimetric sampling of, by
R. A. Granville and W. G. Jaffrey, 285
Ground Explorations Ltd., site survey for stamp and press shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 213
— Movement near trees planted in clay, 61 I Grouting, low pressure, for Cononish Viaduct
repairs, 642
Growth of iron castings, BCIRA work on, 683 Grubenmann, M., I, x-Diagramme feuchter
Luft (book), 746 Grumbling, Plain Words on, 226 GS34 gasifier. See Gasifier Guardion cathodic protection (trade publication), 586
Gudrun Bakke cargo liner, hydraulic screw jacks for hatches on (Getaverken), 688
Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co,, Ltd., ore handling at East Moors Works, by T. Jenkins, 593 Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Grotip, history and activities of constituent companies (brochure), 423; library and information division, 519
Guide to concrete road construction: questions and answers (review), 61
Guided weapons. See Weapons: see also Atomic weapons
Guillemin, E. A., on synthesis of passive networks (review), 92
Guillet, L., metallography (book), 802 Guillotines, Giant, for paper, foil or hardboard (Furnival), 808
Besco-Truecut
HACKING, Sir J., on work of plant engineers, 331
Haden, G. N., and Sons, Ltd., heating and ventilating for new building for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., 707
Hadfield Group, reorganisation of sales activities, 312
Hadfields Ltd., annual report, 359
Hague, Sir K., on British export problems, 659 Hair packaging material, Tuflite (Xetal Products), 780
Halcrow, Sir William, and Partners, Volta River project, 804
Halden boiling heavy water reactor, joint programme for, 176
Heavy water reactor (Norway), 80 Halfpenny, B., on chemical engineer looks at safety in building operations, 397
Halides of heavy elements, properties of, 175 Hall, A. J. C., on interstitial patterns (book), 586
Hall, A. N., review of General biochemistry, 411
Hall, A. R., history of technology. Vol. 5 (review), 216
Hall and Co., Ltd., building materials (trade publication), 618
Hall Harding Ltd., Ammcnax printing papers, 345; Duralax translucent drawing papers, 345; Conquest bench-type photocopying and developing machines, 389
Hall, J. and E., Ltd., refrigerated containers for marine use, 570; amalgamation proposal with Thermotank Ltd., 764
Flail, Matthew, and Co. Ltd., design-by-mode 1 policy, 525
Hall, N. A., thermodynamics of fluid flow (review), 585
Hall Telephone Accessories, Ltd., soft drink vending machines, 266; vending machines, 266
Hall, W. B., appointed to chair of nuclear engineering, Manchester University, 703
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Hallam atomic power facility, contractors for, 425
Hallsworth moulding system (Rubery, Owen). 722
Halmatic Ltd,, Bevinda plastics-hulled motor yacht, 87
Halsbury, Earl of, on electromechanical themes in machine-tool design, 53; remarks on activities of NRDC, 182
Haltrac, Ltd,, Midget Hoist for lifting 1,000-lb. loads, 160
Hammer, steam, B. and S. Massey, 381 Hammond, P. H., feedback theory and its applications (review), 252
Hammond, R., introduction to dock and harbour engineering (review), 554
Hamworthy Engineering, market research by, 528
Hancomatic oxygen cutting machine, 785 Hancoplane edge preparation machine, 723 Handbook of automation, computation and control. Vol. I, control fundamentals, by E. M. Grabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (review), 713
— British Engineers’, 1958 (book), 29
— Checking Prepackaged Commodities, 745
— Cycles collection at Science Museum.
Part 11, by C. F. Caunter (book), 29
— Glass engineering, by E. B. Shand (review),
29
— Materials testing. Vol. I: qualitative and
quantitative instrumentation, by E. Siebel and N. Ludwig (review), 553
?— Mathematical tables and formulas, by R. Stevens Burington (book), 746
— Mechanical Engineers’, by T. Baumeister
and L. S. Marks (book), 746
— Petroleum industry, by G, Sell and H. A.
Dossett (book), 217
— Physics, by E. U. Condon and H. Odishaw
(review), 681
— Pump users’, by H. Addison (book), 217 Handley Page, 50 years’ history of, 636 Handling bricks, packed system, 671
— Coal, hydraulic grabs for (George Cohen
600 Group), 292
by tractor, U-blade for (Marshall Organisation), 643
— of Gouda cheeses by De Producent, 58
— Iron ore, meeting of Iron and Steel Engineers Group, 593
— Long welded rails, 739
—- Mechanical, trend to, 524
“ Handtruck ” hand truck (Conveyancer Fork Trucks), 453
Handycan polyethylene container for liquids (Lacrinoid), 600
Haney, D. C., on tractor power, 227 Hanger, helicopter (Chuter), 579
Hangers, constant support (Yokes Genspring), 491
Hanover Fair, note on, 312; description of, 602 Hansen, M., durchflussmessung (book), 93;
on constitution of binary alloys (review), 145 Heenan Multiform Manula
Hanson, T., (book), 92
Harbour, Bluff,
— and channel
sion, 206
— and dock engineering, introduction to, by
R. Hammond (review), 554
— Malta deep-water, tenders for, 363 Harbourmaster outboard propulsion unit for
fire float, 622
Hard facing. See Hardfacing
Hardboard guillotines, Giant (Furnival), 808
— Masonite Benelex (trade publication), 377 Hardcore for roadmaking from, disused aerodromes, 543
Hardening. See Heat treatment
— Strain. See Strain-hardening
Hardfacing alloys, sprinkle-fuse method o applying (Deloro Stellite), 209
— Spray-fuse, automatic machine for (Deloro
Stellite), 503
Harding, H. J. B., London heliport, 543 Hardware buyers’ guide and ironmonger diary (review), 310
— Trade, new thinking plea for, 787
Hardy, H. W., jig and fixture details and units (book), 475
Harker G. F. Herrenden, Review of Handbook of Physics, 681-682
Harris, A. J. and J. D., hyperbolic roof for Commonwealth Institute. 804
Harris, K. D., subsonic drag and pitching moment characteristics of slender cambered bodies (book), 778
Harris, S. T.. model of Gurney steam carriage, 424
Harrogate Festival of Films in the Service of Industry, 598, 627
Hartley, Sir H., on pipeline transport of coal, 258
Hartridge, Leslie, Ltd., Smokemeter for smoke density of diesel exhausts, 196
Harwell. See Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell)
— Isotope School. See Isotope
— Reactor School. See Reactor
Hat and Allied Feltmakers Research Association, British. See British
— Company, trade union ownership of, 207
— Protective, discussion in Parliament on, 392 Hatch with hydraulic screw jacks on cargo liner
Gudrun Bakke (Gdtaverken), 688
— Covers, Erman’s rolling, 349
Steel, with hydraulic screwjack operation (Gdtaverken), 486
Haulage and tipper chassis, Albion Reiver (Leyland Motors), 634
Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., design and construction of machine foundations in stamp and press shop at Squires Gate factory, 212
Hawker Siddeley Australia Pty., Ltd., formation of, 264
Hawker Siddeley Group, Avro 748 turbo-prop airliner project, 103; progress and activities of, 167; formation of Hawker Siddeley Australia Pty. Ltd., 264; provisional order for Argosy AW650 freighter aircraft for Riddle Airlines, 369
Hawker Siddeley Industries, activities of, 167 Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., heat transfer testing of fuel element bundles, 303; organic-moderated reactor
extensions. New Zealand, 671
construction by atomic explo-
for ship propulsion, 641; fuel element bundle for organic moderated reactor for ship propulsion, 674; See also JASON atomic reactor
Haycock, H. F., flame plating, 419
Hayes, J. G., on interstitial patterns (book), 586
Hayward and Martin, Ltd., technical publications service (trade publication), 586
Hayward Tyler and Co., Ltd., glandless pumps for German reactor, 491
Head loss, test rig for, NEL, 749
— and Threads: Buyers’ Guide, 1959 (review),
649
Head Wrightson Aluminium, Ltd., activities of, 338
Head, Wrightson and Co., Ltd., Commonwealth activities of, 337; nuclear activities of, 337; associated companies, 337; overseas steelworks orders, 337; heat exchangers for Bradwell atomic power station, 525
Head Wrightson Colliery Engineering, Ltd., activities of.
Head Wrightson
of, 337
Head Wrightson
337
Head, Wrightson Stockton Forge, Ltd., winding plant at Rufford colliery, 338; rotary driers for ICI fertiliser plant, 589
Head Wrightson Teesdale, Ltd., activities of, 337
Heading, J., matrix theory for physicists (review), 60
Headlamps, vehicle, testing (book), 154 Health, air pollution effects on, 351
— Mental, progress in treatment of, 669
— Mineworkers, X-ray examinations for, 142
— Organisation, World, See World Health
— Physics, gamma spectrometry in, 236 Symposium, 703
— and safety in Canadian atomic energy
operations, 236
— Shift workers, 365
— See also Safety
Hearing aid, Amplivox Sonett, 788
Types and methods, 788
— and speech, connection between, 788 Heat bibliography, 1955-6, note on, 123
— Direct conversion to electrical energy, 98,
1 10, 394
— Exchangers: applications to gas turbines,
by W, Hryniszak (review), 376
? for Bradwell atomic power station, 525
Dynamic response computation, 783 Flame/air (Johnson and Starley), 452 for sterilisation heat recovery process at
Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 782 Tubes, wire wound (Clayton Dewandre), 504
— Flow in brake drums, by T, P, Newco
709
— Insulation, See Insulation
— Power thermodynamics, by V. M. Faires
(review), 217
— Pumps for house warming, 352
— Recovery in sterilisation precess at Kitt
Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 782
— Transfer and thermodynamics, by D. A,
Mooney (review), 442
— Treatment, annealing, bright, at Birlec’s
Aldridge works, 478
Annealing of Pearlitic malleable iron castings, electric furnace equipment for, at Ley’s Malleable Casting Co., Ltd., 245
Annealing of plates for magnetic sectors, 754
Atmosphere generator (Birlec), 556
at Birlec’s Aldridge works, 478
Case-hardening compared with Sulfinuz process, 117
Furnace. See Furnace
Hardening, at Birlec’s Aldridge works, 478
Nitriding compared with Sulfinuz process, I 18
Normalising, at Birlec’s Aldridge works, 478
of steel, by E. Gregory and E. N. Simons (book), 376
Stress relief, low temperature, of welded platework, by J, C, Dixon, 651, See LETTER, 695
Sulfinuz process for surface treatment of ferrous metals, by F. D. Waterfall, I 16
Sulphiding compared with Sulfinuz process, I 18
Tempering, at Birlec’s Aldridge works, 478
Heater, air, all-radiant, contract for, for National Gas Turbine Establishment (Birwelco), 42.3
— Cupola blast, independently
descent Heat Co.), 722
— Direct-fired, for heavy fuel
Wheeler), 191
— Electric surface, development
522
Surface, Isomantle, for grease tanks, 382
— Induction (Delapena), 696
— Motor vehicle, and demister, D9 (Clayton),
143
—? Water. See Boiler; Water
Heating, central, electric floor warming as, 192
? Heat pumps for, 352
Oil-fired, growth in, 73
Safrax water circulator for (Sanders Valve Co.), 352
— Coils, tanker, developments in, 250
— Compression, for nuclear fusion research,
703
— Domestic, BCURA work on, 613
— Equipment for transport (J. Stone), 134
— Floor, off-peak, falacies of, by H. H. Bruce,
592. See LETTER, 663
— Industrial, BCURA work on, 613
— and Ventilating industry year book (review),
310
— See also Fires
Heavy element halides, properties of, 175
Oxides, properties of, 174
Production of, 174
— Water, production of, 204
? Production plants, 204
Separation processes, 204
Thoria-urania systems, nuclear properties of, 426
338
Machine Co., Ltd., activities
Processes Ltd., activities of.
fired (Incan-
oil (Foster
of (Isopad),
Heckman, T. P., on superheated atomic reactor, 267
Hedgehog floor cleaning machine (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Hediger, H., Daivite Microtester for surface measurement, 352
Hedin, Ltd., shaker hearth furnace, 293; electric ovens with external fan and heater, 632
Heenan Dynamatic coupling for blade protection on cutter-dredger Barbados, 114 Heenan and Froude, Ltd., equipment for BOAC test bed at Nantgarw, 95; Heenan Dynamatic coupling for blade protection on cutter-dredger Barbados, 114; tubular air coolers for Priest Rapids Dam, 114; test plant for Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop aircraft engines for BEA, 223;
Spede fractional h.p. drive, 327; for Rolls-Royce oil engines, 811 Heenan Multiform Manual, by T.
(book), 92 Hehenkamp, T., on life of ballasts discharge lamps, 32
Heinz, H. J., Co., Ltd., architecture of new factory at Kitt Green, 576; heat recovery Green
Adjusto- test-beds
Hanson
for gas-
in sterilisation process at Kitt factory, 782
Helical post-deflection acceleration in ment cathode-ray tube (Mullard),
Helicar trailer for Kolibrie helicopter. Helicopter. See Aircraft
Helio Aircraft Corp., Helio Super Courier STOL aircraft, 264
Heliport on Battersea bank of River Thames, 542
Helium-cooled reactors. See Atomic reactors
— Liquid, properties of, by G. V. Chester, 466 Hellyer Bros., Ltd., diesel-electric trawler
Fa!staff, 375
“ Help Yourself Game ” (individual productivity incentive). 765
Hemp, W. S., theory of structural design (book), 311
Hendry, A. W., analysis of grid frameworks and related structures (book!, 154
Hendry, W. Brownlie, on depreciation of plant and machinery, 479
Henley’s, W. T., Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., plastics joint boxes, 588
Hennessy, Sir P., on Ford Motor Co., 488
Hensoldts (of Wetzlar), Technoscope hole viewer, 422
Heraeus, W. C., consumable-arc vacuum furnace. 626
Herald motor car (Triumph), by G. Wilkins, 580
Herbert, Alfred, Ltd., portable lapping attachment for milling machine, 293
Hercules aircraft, static line retriever system for paratroopers on (Lockheed). 374
— C-130 troop carrier aircraft, boundary layer
control for (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 505
HERO atomic reactor project, Windscale, 206 239
Heron, on Prof. A. H. Gibson, 387 Herstmonceux Castle. See Royal Observatory Heycon portal frames for helicopter hangar, 579 Heyman, Dr. J., on automatic design of steelframed buildings. See LETTERS, 68; on limit design of framed structures, 275
Hickson, V. M., on replica device for strain measurements using grid, 483
Higgs and Hill, Ltd., transit shed for Royal Victoria Dock, 94
High Duty Alloys, Ltd., decentralisation of sales activities, 312; staff planning, 517
High Marnham power station, 200 MW turboalternator completed for, 594
High Range for radar and telemetry studies on X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 362
— Temperature materials, spray-forming, 652 High Temperature Reactor Development
Associates, helium-cooled reactor project, 78
High Voltage Engineering Corp., plans for manufacturing plant in Amersfoort (Netherlands), 391; tandem accelerator, 771
Highlands, Government assistance factories in. 36.3
Highways Engineers, Institution Institution
— Engineering, digital terrain model
tion system for, 751
Scholarship at Birmingham University, 105
School
instru-
88
88
for new
of. See
computa-
of Birmingham University, development of, 573, 579
— Research Board, publications, 61
— Trans-Canada, progress, 776
— See also Road
Hilger and Watts, Ltd., self-adjusting levels, 101. See Correction, 324
Hill, Prof. A. V., scientific advisory wcrk in India, 300
Hill, Dr. C., on foreign distribution of British science journals, 330
Hill, Dr. D. W., on engineering attainment in textile industry, 77
Hill, K. A., Machinery’s annual buyers’ guide 1959 (review), 649
Hill, Louis W., Space Transportation Award to Dr. R. H. Goddard, 207
Hill, Richard, Ltd., Maxweld fabric reinforcing material (trade publication), 283
Hillman Minx motor car test on Belgian cobblestones, 368
Hire of machines, FJE plan, 631
— Purchase on domestic appliances, effect of,
67
—? — of machinery, 631 on petroleum equipment, 628
Hirsch, E., appointment as Euratom president, 258; on Euratom Supply Agency, 366 Historical, engineering centenaries, 10
— Review of time measurement (Part I), by
F. A. B. Ward (book), 29
History, company, plea for presentation to Newcomen Society, 3
— Guest Keen and Nettlefold Group, 423
— Handley Page, 636
— Jarrow Metal Industries, 764
— Jarrow Tube Works, 764
History, paper industry (book), 61
— Radio (film strip), 142
— Skoda Works centenary, 700
— Standard Telephones and Cables. 604
— of Technology. Vol. 5: late 19th century,
by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and T. 1. Williams (review), 216
— Ultra Electric, Ltd. (brochure), 411
— Ed. Ziiblin AG, 707
Hitchman, Sir A., full-time member, UKAEA, 141
Hither Green, railway building at, contract to Taylor Woodrow, 495
Hives Chair of Thermodynamics , Nottingham University, 48
Hives, Lord, report of National Council for Technological Awards, 605
Hivolt, Miles, Ltd., sub-critical reactor for research and education, 141; packaged electrostatic generator, 389
Hix, C. F., Jr., physical laws and effects (book), 746
Hobson-AERE honeycomb unit for radioisotope manufacture, 491
Hobson-CRL master-slave manipulator, 491 Hobson, H. M., Ltd,, exhibits at Engineering
Exhibition, 491
Hochwertiges Gusseisen (Grauguss), by E. Pi wo warsky (review), 216
Hodge, J., review of Gas Turbines for Aircraft, 343
Hoes, W. R., on reflex gauge glasses, 31
Hoist, Midget Hoist, for lifting 1,000-lb. loads (Haltrac), 160
— Mine, recorder for (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co.), 327
— Pneumatic, for Fawley Refinery, 563
— See also Crane: Gantry: Transporter
Hole viewer. Technoscope (Degenhardt and Co., Ltd.), 422
Holidays .Abroad, AA Guide, 368
— Payment for—manual
on, 637 Holland and Hannen and
Doncaster by-pass, mingham motorway,
Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (North West)
Ltd., annual report, 732
Holland, J. P., review of digital computer components and circuits, 682; review of system design of digital computers at National Bureau of Standards: methods for high-speed addition and multiplication, 682
— Metal products from, 1958 (review), 649
— See also Dutch
Holloway Bros. (London), Ltd., railway maintenance extensions at Ramsgate and Stewarts Lane depot, 776
Holman Bros., Ltd., skip winding plant at Rufford Colliery, 338; service organisation of, 527; pneumatic hoists for Fawley Refinery, 563; Sinex Turbo Vibrator for shell concrete, 738
Holman Rotomotors, remote control equipment for (Maxam Power, Ltd.), 420
Holmes purifiers for Walsall Gas Works, 594 Holmes, W. C., and Co., Ltd., Holmes-Schneible multi-wash system, 721
Holmstrom, Dr. E., on English as universal technical language, 168. See LETTER, 195 Holmyard, E. J., history of technology. Vol.
5 (review), 216
Homalloy body for refrigerated containers, 570 Home Fire Extinguisher (Pyrene Co.). 480 Homogeniser, liquid whistle. Minisonic (Ultrasonics Ltd.), 781
Honeycomb composite panels, flaw detection in (Martin Co.), 284
Honeywell Controls, Ltd., electric control switches, 327
Hong Kong Airport, new runway opened, 428 Honours, New 'Year, 36
Hooke s Law, 798 Hoover, Ltd., production planning of Hoover- matic washing machine, 526
Hoovermatic washing machine, production planning, 526
Hopkinsons, Ltd., closed-circuit televi'^ion water-level indicator, 166
Hopkirk, K. R., obituary, 568 Hoppers, materials flow from, 447
— Vibrators for, 447
Internal (Sinex), 729 Horlock, J. H., on axial-flow compressors (book), 61
Hormone, juvenile, research on, 796 Hose clips. Jubilee Clipdriver screwdriver for (L. Robinson and Co.), 697
— Coupler, quick action (A. Schrader’s Son),
632
— Coupling, Binks, for fluid lines (Alfred
Bullows and Sons), 728
— Fire (Trade publication), 283
— Flexible, in ptfe (William Rose Ltd.), 780
— Handling equipment, pneumatic, at Fawley
Refinery,563
— Industrial (trade publication), 554
— Reel foam fire extinguisher (Pyrene Co.),
534
Hosegood, S. B., on LMFR power reactors, 313 Hospital administration, note on, 270
— Ahmadi, Kuwait, packaged water chilling
sets for (York Shipley), 781
Houghton, P. S., on engineering drawing and drawing office practice (book), 61
Hours of labour, demand for sho; ter, AEU, 637 Engineering industry, position and prospects of, 8
Reduction of, note on, 270 35 hour week claim in US, 429 Trend of, 451
See also Shift
House, air, with PluViaC skin (Gourcck Ropework Co.), 610
— Building, conservatism in, Plain Words on
162. See LETTER, 291
Under plastic tents, 272
— Council (report), 429
— Layout in residential development schemes,
64
— Magazines, role of, IWS conferenc.i, 364
— Style exhibition, 564
workers, agreemen
Cubitts (GB) Ltd., 579; London-Bir- 776
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of. Flats and Houses, 1958 (layout in residential development schemes), 64; Councils and Their Houses, (report), 429
— Standards inquiry, plea, 699 Hovercraft, principle of, 767 — Prototypes (Saunders-Roe), 637 How to calculate quickly, by H. Sticker (review), 801
Howard, Stanley, Ltd., Master Bar jig boring machine, 5; Kolb horizontal drilling machines, 730
Howells, D. A., on building structures to withstand earthquakes, 346, 631. See
LETTER, 599
Howitt, L. C., Manchester bus shelter, 94 H.P. actuators for servo or non-servo operation (Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Ltd.), 487 — Automatic variable delivery pump (Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Ltd.), 486
Hryniszak, W., on heat exchangers: application to gas turbines (review), 376
HSD tensioner for strapping bands (Packers Supply Co., Ltd.), 293
HTGC reactor. See Atomic reactor, high- temperature gas-cooled
Hudson, G. F., on industrialisation of China, 98 Huffadine, J. B., on Cr-AUOa and Cr-Mo- AI2O3 cermets, 91
Hugh Macmillan Memorial Lecture on place of technologist in management, by Viscount Simon, 207
Hughes, F. A., and Co., Ltd., Guardion cathodic protection (trade publication), 586 Hughes, J. D. H., on atomic light, 497 Hughes, L. E. C., Electronic Engineer’s Reference Book (review), 649
Hull Bridge, opposition withdrawn, 642
— New dock facilities commissioned, 670
— Plastics, for boats, 86-87
— Resistance, research on, 766
Human beings, overload rate for, by K. F. H.
Murrell, 364
— Element in productivity, 429
— Energy, frozen, Prof. F. Roethlisberger on,
796
— Engineering, trade unions’ interest in, 693 Humber Bridge Bill, opposition withdrawn, 642 Hump-back furnaces for annealing and
brazing (Birlec), 484
Humphrey, W. S., Jn., switching circuits with computer applications (review), 585 Humphreys and Glasgow, Ltd., plant for (Jnia-Gegi catalytic oil-gas process for Japan, 435; carburetted water gas equipment for Wallsail Gas Works, 594; carburetted water gas plants for Japan, 75'7 Hungary, economic position, 727
— Industrial development plans, 131 Output position in, 67
Hungerford Suspension Bridge over River Thames, 538
Hunt, K. H., on dwell-linkages in space, 248 Hunter, E. J., annual report on Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., 572 Hunter, G. (London), Ltd., Piccolift fork truck for confined spaces, 760
Hunterston atomic power station, progress on, 34; shield construction, 426; Loch Awe construction scheme in association with, 451, 463
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd., survey for Iranian Oil Exploration and Producing Co., 804 Hunting Geophysics, Ltd., magnetometer equipped AC-3 aircraft for oil prospecting, 296
Hurd, A., Shipping World year book and who’s who (book), 29
Hurley, F. L, consolidated report on isotope separation, 202
Hurry, C., survey on nationalisation of iron and steel industry, 194
Hurst, Dr. G. M., consolidated report on chemical processing, 172
Hurst Nelson and Co., Ltd., threatened closure of, 36.3
Huthsteiner, R. E., on Cummins Diesel International, 126
Hiitte: taschenbuch fiir betriebsingenieure (betriebshtitte). Vol. II (book), 778 Hiitten-und-Bergwerke Rheinhausen, acquisition of majority shares in Bochumer Verein fur Gussstahlfabrikation, 264 Hutton and Mitton, Ltd., four-way valves for hydraulic rams, 685
HWR reactor. See Atomic reactor, heavywater moderated
Hyde Park road improvement scheme, twin- main boring for, 611
Hydrant fuelling system for aircraft, 648 Hydraulic copying lathe, Mini-Kop (Myford Engineering), 533
— Deep drawing press (Pitzmann and Pfeiffer),
601
— Driving unit for spinning lathe (Leifeld), 263
— Equipment development laboratory
(Plessey), 549
Mobile field research unit for (Plessey), 549
Oil, circuit d sign in, NEL, 749
— Grab for cranes handling coal (George
Cohen 600 Group), 292
— Lift system for David Brown 950 tractor, 406
— Machinery for hydro-electric pump-storage
schemes, 763
— Mono-Rail transporter (Road Machines
(Drayton), Ltd.), 390
— Motion in spinning lathe (Leifeld), 263
— Power steering system (General Motors
Corp.), 708
— Press.
— Pump. See Pump
— Rams, four-way valves for (Hutton &
ivlitton), 685
— Relief valves, analogue method for design
of(MERL), 151
— Screw jacks for hatches on cargo liner
Gudrun Bakke (Gdtaverken), 688
— Steering unit for small vessels (Keelavite
Hydraulics, Ltd.), 487
— Systems, swivel pipe couplings for (Avica
Equipment), 621. See Correction, 720
— Test set, portable (Charles S. Madan), 455
— Transport of coal, 258
— Turbine. See Turbine: Power plant
— Variable speed gear (Carter Gears Ltd.), 48
Hydraulics, general, by A. Schlag (book), 802 Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Ltd., H.P. automatic variable delivery pump, 486; H.P. actuators for servo or non-servo operation, 487
— Research Station, silting studies, 392;
resistance of fluids flowing in channels and pipes, 473; charts for hydraulic design of channels and pipes, 473
— See also Irrigation: Water
Hydride rocket fuel, 279
Hydro-Electric Board, North of Scotland. See North oj' Scotland
Board, South of Scotland. See South of Scotland
Power in France, 195
Power project for Brazil, 57
Power project, Dez (Iran), 642 Power project. Loch Awe, 451, 463 Power project, Trisuli, India financing of, 803
Power project, Volta River, Ghana Government’s work on, 543
Power scheme, Strathfarrar and Kil- morach, contracts for, 322
Power station. Loch Glashan, contractors for, 579
Project, Greer’s Ferry, rejection of English Electric’s bid for turbines for, 171, 129, 272; turbine contract to Baldwin- Lima-Hamilton Co., 456
Project, Koyna, International Bank loan for, 707
Project Snowy Mountains, progress of, 418; commission of, 776
— — Pump-storage schemes, hydraulic machi
nery for, 763
Hydrocarbon oils, radiation effects on, 716 Hydrodynamic gas bearings for grinding spindle, by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
— Theory of chip formation in metal cutting,
by M. M. Lamm, 444
Hydrodynamics. See Ship resistance
Hydroflo reciprocating oil-powered pump (Tangyes. Ltd.), 534
Hydrofoils, Seawings, for outboard motor boats (Avica), 87
Hydrogen bubble chambers, by Dr. N. C. Ba ford, 367
—- Coolers for High Marnham power station, 594
— Distillation, low-temperatures, 204
— Embrittlement of zirconium alloys, 138
— Peroxide turbo-generator for X-15 upper
atmosphere research aircraft (General Electric Co. (US)), 361
— Rocket fuel, 279
— Sulphide removal with Bischoff tower
purifiers, 588
Hydrokinetic drives compared with hydrostatic, 654
Hydropropulsion unit in tug Tom Jay, 655 Hydrostatic drive compared with torque converter and torque-converter coupling, 654
—? —? Design and applications (Dowty), 654 Hydrothermal process for quartz crystal production, 219
Hydrotron vapour blasting equipment (Metachemical Processes, Ltd.), 284
Hydrovane air compressors for dental drills (Alfred Bullows and Sons. Ltd.), 230
HyL process of direct reduction of iron ore into sponge iron (M. W. Kellogg), 159 Hynd, H., on work for elderly persons, 330 Hyperbolic paraboloids, 643. See Correction, 671
— Roof for Commonwealth Institute, 804 Hypersonic aircraft. See Aire aft
— Flow Symposium, basic studies for hyper
sonic aircraft, by Dr. R. R. Jamison, 656
Hyvacoilfil high vacuum drying and impregnation plant (Barlow-Whitney). 416
Hyvarinen. L. P., on nonstationary shot noise (book), 586
I, x-Diagramme feuchter Luft, by M. Gruben- mann (book), 746
IAEA. See International Atomic Energy Agency
Ibbotson, E., on iron and steel works buildings, 220
IBM United Kingdom, Ltd., data processing system, magnetic core calculator, automatic decimal point electric typewriter, 728. national Business
Ice cream factory at Bridge Park (Lyons), 690 Vending machines, 267
Ice-Matic, Ltd., ice cream and confectionery vending machines 267
— See also Refrigeration
Icebreaker Lenin, atomic-powered, trials on, 548
— Nuclear-powered, for St. Lawrence Estuary,
291
ICI (Belgium) S.A, aluminium piping for BR.2 reactor, 46
ICT. See International Computers and Tabulators, Ltd.
Ideal Home Exhibition, Royal Automobile Club, mobile office at. 393
Ides, Ltd., engine houses for Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 215
lengar, H. V. R.,on India’s 3rd 5-year plan, 130 IFORS. See International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Ignitron as switch in pulsing circuits, 608 Igranic Electric Co.. Ltd., merger with Brookhirst Switchgear, 16
Ilford, Ltd., Azoflex document-copying machine, 487
Illinois, surface waters, quality of, by T. E. Larson and B. O. Larson (book), 154
— University, engineering education at, 170 Illuminated acoustic ceiling, Siemens Ediswan
Calotex, 589
Illuminating Engineering Society, lighting in corrosive, flammable and explosive situations (report) (book), 93; Golden Jubilee: Sir Joseph Swan and development of the electric lamp, by Dr. J. N. Aldington, 231. See also 326
Illumination. See Light: Lighting; Lamps
Impact of drops, photographic secord of, by Dr. R. A. Collacott, 440
— Machine for Naval Construction Research
Establishment, 800
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., gasifierturbine-driven compressors for Wilton chemical plant, 49; appointments to board, 199; Diakon as uncoloured powder polymer, 210; treatment of water for industrial high-pressure boiler plant, 247; explosives (trade publication), 283; tery- lene fire hoses, 283; elastomer E372 shore hardness cable rubber, 309; silicone emulsion M40I, 309; silicon plant, 309; Welvic pvc drainpipes and roof gutters, 416; Maranyl nylon seals for buffers, 432; annual report, 456 ; retirement of Sir E. Smith from board, 488; Kynal IIS free-cutting aluminium alloy, 555; extrusion of fine-grain magnesium-aluminium sections, 555; rigid urethane foams, 556; rotary driers for fertiliser plant (Head Wrightson), 589; annual report, 604; filters of glass fibre and Terylene, 620; price reduction for Fluon ptfe, 692; staff exchange with GPO, 701; titanium, 746; phenol road tanker in AT nickel, 748; Fluon ptfe for flexible hoses, 780
?—? College of Science and Technology, postgraduate course in nuclear power (booklet), 463; course in nuclear technology (chemical), 492
“ Impero Unificatore ” lathe tooling set (A. A. Jones and Shipman, Ltd.). 230
Imports, Australia’s policy for, 251
— Liquefied gas, discussion in Parliament on,
392
— Marking of, discussion in Parliament on,
493
—? Motor cars, from Europe and US, 544
— from Russia, increase in, 755
— Sewing machines, from Ireland, 731
— Wood, statistics on, 363 World statistics, 183
Impregnation and drying plant, high vacuum, Hyvacoilfil (Barlow-Whitney), 416
Impulse counters (trade publication), 650 Incandescent Heat Co., Ltd., manufacturing rights agreement with Swenson Evaporator Co., 423; gas-fired furnace (trade publication), 443; independently-fired cupola blast heater, 722
Incentives in building industry (report), 73 Income, engineers’, 377
— Tax and Budget, 418
— — Guide to (book), 162
Recommendations for Dudget on, 162
— See also Pay: Salary: Wage
Incorporated Plant Engineers, new style of, 324
— Sales Managers’ Association, price reduc
tion conference (Torquay), 435
Independent Television Authority, contract to Southern Television Ltd., for programmes from Dover, 480
Index to nuclear science abstracts, 745
— to Transactions of Institute of Welding,
and Welding Research Supplement 1938- 53, 311
India, atomic energy research activities, 301 Power station for. Dr. H. J. Bhabha on, 269
Reactors, 80
— Cement industry in, 209
—? Development plans and problems, 130
— Electrical machinery and equipment market,
274
— English language in, 169
— Financing of Trisuli hydroelectric power
project, 803
— Formation of ACC-Vickers-Babcock, Ltd.,
for joint projects, 231
— National laboratories and institutes, 300
— Road construction programme, 543 Development plan, 130
— Science policy of, 300
— Scientific and industrial research in, by V. S.
Swaninathan, 300
—? Steelworks projects, 791
— Technical education in, 302
— Vickers Ltd.’s activities in, 209
Indian Institute of Science, progress and activities of, 130
of Technology, new and old buildings of, 300, 355
— Railway Board, contract to British Insulated
Callender’s (jables, Ltd., for overhead equipment, 177
Indicator, flow, sight (Rhodes), 569
— Load (trade publication), 802
— Motor car, working party on, 544
— Multi-switch for checking temperatures
(Ad. Auriema, Inc.), 455
— Oil velocity, miniature, by A. J. S. Baker,
R. Tourret, and J. T. Jones, 82
Induction furnaces. See Furnace, Vacuum. See Furnace
— Heater. See Heater
— Melting, vacuum, 627
— Motor. See Motor, electric
— Ramming of reciprocating engines, by Dr.
T. J. Williams, 370
Industrial administration, courses on, 385
— Co-Partnership Association, appointment
of Sir A. Fleck as president, 331
— Design. See Design
— Designer. See Designer
Industrial Drives, Ltd., Sextet auto-manual pulley for control of Thermotex glueing machine, 685
— Engineers reference book (book), 778
— Estate at Whitstable, 643
Industrial Hydraulics, Ltd., KeelaTite tube coupling, 487
— Injuries Act, investigation on benefit for
teeth erosion by acid under, 733
— Law, by H. Samuels (review), 376
— Management Center (New York), annual
packaging training conference, 177
Industrial Plant Review, Henry Simon, Ltd., 801 Industrial Psychology, National Institute of.
See National Institute
Industrial relations, looking at (booklet), 170 — Revolution, 520
— Training Council, 693
— Travel, inter-factory visits organisation, 235 — Trends survey by FBI, 451
— Welfare Society, Successful Suggestion Schemes (booklet). See LETTERS, 3, 67, 99, 131, 132, 163, 195, 227, 259, 291. See also Vol. 186; weekend conference for foremen and shop stewards, 105; house magazines conference, 364; Suggestion Scheme Group, 452; conference on suggestion schemes, 701
Industry, application of standards to, conference on, 781
— and commerce, legal aspects of, by W. F.
Frank (review), 376
— Distribution of. See Distribution
— Voluntary work for, 321
Inertia blocks, concrete, for air compressor foundations, 214-215
Inertial guidance system for X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft (Sperry), 362
— Navigation in solar system, by D. J. Cash- more, 679
Infinite Persistence Solarscope oscilloscope (Solartron), 70
Information Bureau, Petroleum. See Petroleum
— Departments, industrial, 519
— Flow of, problems of (supplement), 519
— Industrial (supplement), 519
— for management direction in l960’s (supple
ment), 516
— Service for electronics engineer, 185 for radio engineer, 185
— Stimulus (supplement), 519
— Technical, course on presentation of, 185 Regional centres of DSIR, 672
Infra-red absorption bands, intensity of (bibliography), by R. G. Gillis, 713
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., general-purpose air-driven hand drill, 101
Ingots, continuous casting, in Russia, 797
— Interlocking alum' 'urn, Alcan (Aluminium
Union, Ltd.), 183
Injection moulding materials (trade publication), 283
Inland Waterways Redevelopment Committee, canal improvements, 7'76
White Paper on, 290 See also Canal: River, etc.
Insignia Award in Technology, 727 Insley (London), Ltd., Nadella needle and roller bearings for cam followers (trade publication), 554
Inspection lamp, “ Probe-Lite,” for small orifices (Morris and Ingram), 4
— Operator control in, 811
— Ultrasonic. See Ultrasonic
Inspectors, selection and training of, conference on, 125
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, American. See American
Institute of Business Administration, proposed activities of, 353
— of Directors, 259; Isotope.s at Work (publi
cation), 395
?— of Experimental Psychology, work on musical pitch, 695
— of High Speed Mechanics (Tohoku Univer
sity), activities of (report), 93
— of Marine Engineers, boiler refractories, by
W. McClimont, H. M. Richardson and B. Taylor, 619
— of Metals, symposium on powder metal
lurgy of ceramic-metal materials, 90; symposium on vacancies and other point defects in metals and alloys (book), 475
— of Physics, Stress Analysis Group overseas
meeting (Delfdt), 482; revised edition of notes for authors, 801
— of Road Transport Engineers, improvements
in omnibus design and operation, by R. Cox, 621
— of Scientific Information, change of name,
649
and Technical Information of China, new title for Institute of Scientific Information, 649
— of Welding, index to Transactions and
Welding Research Supplement, 1938-53, 311
Institutions, abbreviations of,
— of Chemical Engineers:
boiler water standards Electricity Board, by R.
F. J. R. Taylor, 247; treatment of water for an industrial high pressure boiler plant, by J. Arthurs, J. A. Robins, and T. B. Whitefoot, 247; Regulations for the Admission of Student, Graduate and Corporate Members, and for the Examination of the Institution (booklet), 429 ; scheme for degree course in chemical engineering, 757; symposium on instrumentation and computation in process development and plant design, 783
— of Civil Engineers, town roads for today
and tomorrow (exhibition), 45; Victoria Tube project, by F. S. P. Turner, 193. See LETTER, 227; Mining Subsidence (report), 579; research into road construction, by J. M. Fisher, Dr. A. R. Lee, and Dr. R. S. Millard, 671; amalgamation with kindred societies, remarks on, by Prof. A. J. Sutton Pippard, 707
— of Electrical Engineers: subscriber trunk
dialling, by D. A. Barron, 160; Radio and Telecommunication Section renamed Electronics and Communications Section, 270; meeting on Women in Engineering, 489; design of automatic sensitivity control for new subscriber telephone set, by F. Williams and F. A. Wilson, 512; new Post Office 700-Type telephone, by F. E. Williams and F. C. Carter, 512; position control of massive objects, by A. Tustin and others (review), 713; International Convention of Transistors and Associated Semiconductor Devices, 741; electrical uses of atomic spin, by (3. Phillips, 743
— of Engineers (Australia), new publications,
61
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
to Civil Service clerks, 73; Delegate Conference: Remarks Mayne, 726
— of the Rubb;r Industry, formation
section in South Africa, 228
— of Structural Engineers, conditions of
Maitland Lecture, 98; Maitland Lecture on large-span suspension bridges, by O. A. Kerensky, 190; Maitland Silver Medal, 190; annual dinner, 495
— of Water Engineers, emergency methods for
closing breaches in flood defences, by M. Nixon, 609; presidential address on water engineers, by D. Whiteley, 759
Instruction system, audio, AIMO, 786 Instruments (trade publications), 618, 802
— Airborne, anti-vibration mounting for, 373
— British, directory and buyers’ guide (review),
649
— Cathode-ray tube using helical post-deflec
tion acceleration (Mullard), 88
Instrument Construclicn, translation of Russian journal, 681
Instruments, electronic, for factory processes, 524
— in factory processes, 524
— Inquiry service of BSIRA, 392.
LETTER, 451
— Landing system for Elisabethville
Leopoldville airports (Pye), 604
? System for overseas airports (Pye),
— Monitoring, for process control, 783
— Pointer position for desired value at centre
of scale (Cambridge Instrument), 69
— for radiation measurement, 236
— Scientific, Manufacturers’ Association. See
Scientific
Research Association, British. See British Scientific Instrument
— Servicing (trade publication), 474
Instrument Screw Co., Ltd., Rosan permanently locked studs and inserts, 557
— for simulating delays for analogue computers
(Elliott Bros. (London), Ltd.), 230
— Switch (W. G. Pye), 70
— Technology, Society of. See Society
— Unit for gravimetric flue-gas sampling
apparatus, 287
— See also International Instruments, Elec
tronics and Automation Exhibition
Instrumentation, atomic reactor, 687 Reactors, course on, 80 Reactor NEPTUNE, 675
— and computation in process development
and plant design, symposium, 783
— Control, exhibits at Engineering Exhibition,
491
— for Dounreay fast breeder reactor (CJB), 491
— for DR3 reactor (Riso) (Ekco), 462
— as engineering discipline, by J. F. Coales,
790
— for nuclear power stations, by Dr. D.
Taylor, 750
— Qualitative and quantitative. Vol. I of
materials testing handbook, by E. Siebel and N. Ludwig (review), 553
— for X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft,
362
Insulated cables, aluminium for (booklet), 780 Insulating sections, Stilag, for underground pipework, 579
Insulation Act, Thermal, 525
— Calcium silicate, Newtherm (Newalls
Insulation), 503
?— DRNS, for magnet sector plates (Sankey), 755
?— Electrical, silicones in, by J. H. Davies, 309
— Foamed glass, Stay-Dry, for piping (Pitts
burgh Corning Corp.), 183
— Glass fibre (trade publication), 185
— Heat, exhibits at Factory Equipment
Exhibition, 452
— Paper mica, Samica (trade publication), 746
— Sound, exhibits at Factory Equipment
Exhibition, 452
— with sprayed foams, 556
— Testers, Metrowatt (Metrix), 634
Insurance in atomic energy. State settlement of excess claims, 240
— for teeth erosion by acid, 733
Integra approach warning device on Rhodesia locomotives, 52
Integral equations, by F. Smithies (book), 184 Inter-Continental Qffice Equipment, Ltd., device for identifying keys, 389
Interference between power systems and telecommunication lines, by H. R. J. Klewe (review), 745
Interfirm Comparison, Centre for, 662 Interlanguage Dictionaries Publishing Corp., glossary on optics and spectroscopy, 475 Intermatic master station for internal telephone systems (Siemens Edison Swan), 698
Internal-combustion engine. See Engine. See also Aircraft engine; Motor-car engine; Motor-boat: Tractor: Turbine, gas
International Academy of Management, formation and election of members of, 701
International Aeradio, Ltd., control room equipment for London heliport, 543
— Atomic Energy Agency, appointments to
scientific advisory committee, 176
— .Automatic vending machine exhibition
and convention (London), 325
— Bank of Reconstruction and Development,
loan for Brazil hydroelectric project, 57; loan to India for Koyna hydroelectric project, 707; road construction in Western Iran, 775; mission to Tanganyika, 776 International Business Machines, computers for “ Management Decision Game,” 65. See also IBM
International Combustion, Ltd., extensions at Derby works for large scale fabrication, 723
— Commission on Radiological Protection,
history and activities of, 236
— Computer Centri, activities of, 21 International Computers and Tabulators, Ltd.,
formation and share capital of, 103; formation of, 167; computors in production control 526; computers at Business Efficiency Exhibition, 698
— Council for Building Research and Docu
mentation (CIB), working party on timber roof construction, 495
— Federation of Operational Research Socie
ties, formation and objects of, 34
International Finance Corp., investment in Brazil cement plant, 57; investment in Kirloskar Oil Engines, Ltd., 572; work of engineer adviser to, by Dr. W. J. Jenkins, 790
— Instruments, Electronics and Automation
Exhibition (I960), space-selling tour of Europe for, 435
—? Labour Conference (Geneva), preliminary note on, 765
Organisation, report of textile committee of, 77; British action under Technical Assistance Programme of, 699; Technical Meeting on Fishery Cooperatives, 790
—? Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, 20-page supplement in New York Times, 765
— Manufacturing organisations, 391
— Organisation for Standardisation, standards
for the motor industry, 104
yearbook, 1958-9, 283
— Packaging Exhibition (Amsterdam), pre
liminary notice, 369
— Radio tube encyclopaedia, 1958-1959, by
B. B. Babani (review), 310
— Repertory of Computation Laboratories,
801
— Road Federation, heavy-duty roads for
Africa, 671
— Samples Fair, radioisotopes exhibits, 563
— Scientific Research Exhibition, preliminary
notice, 84
International Synthetic Rubber Co., synthetic rubber production at Fawley, 25
— System of Units, by E. Schmidt, 695 Interplanetary Society, British. See British Interpolation over cartesian grid, tables for, by
H. E. Salzer and G. M. Kimbro (book), 586
Interstitial patterns, by A. J. C. Hall and J. G. Hayes (book), 586
Interviews, user, 528
Interviewing, training for, 48 Intrusion Prepakt Concrete for repairs to Cononish Viaduct, 642
Inventions, automotive, of Ettore Bugatti, by H. G. Conway, 200, 207
— Competition, Freeman, Taylor Machines,
457
— See also Patents
Investment allowances, restoration in Budget, 482
— Bank, European.
— in Europe, by US,
— Overseas, inquiry
availability, 672
? US, development of, 790 US incentive tax Bill, 724
— Position and prospects of, 258
— in Post Office telephone service, 699
— Private, indicators of outlook for, 387
— Projects, Europenn Economic Community
report on, 483
— Prospects in Australia, 322
— in sterling area, UK, 531
— Trusts in Europe, 355, 727
— US, in South America, prospects of, 354 Ions, “ runaway,” in Zeta, 205
Ionisation chamber, neutron-sensitive, 751 Ionosphere, lunar, nature of, 333
Iran development programme, 642
— Western, road construction, 775
Iranian Oil Exploration and Producing Co. survey by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. for, 804
Ireland, bicycle manufacture in. Tube Invest- ment-Raleigh, 595
— Sewing machine imports from, 731
Iron alloy, Kanthal, as atomic reactor canning material, 139
— Cast, in bridge construction, 538
Cylinders and prisms, failure in compression of, 799
— Castings. See Castings
— Council, Joint. See Joint
— Foundry industry, position and prospects
of, 359
— Ore. See Ore
— Pig, output of, 694
— Sponge. See Sponge iron
— and Steel Board, Sir C. Musgrave ap
pointed chairman to, 167
Engineers Group. See Iron and Steel Institute
Federation, British. See British
Industry, crane safety in (report), 235 industry, German, deconcentration of, 699
Industry, nationalisation of, Colin Hurry’s survey on, 194
Industry, position and prospects of, 7, 694
Iron and steel industry, Russia, destruction, recovery and achievements of, 797
Institute, symposium on powder metallurgy of ceramic-metal materials, 90; Iron and Steel Eng’neers Group Meeting on Bulk Handling of Iron Ore: Survey of world iron ore situation, by C. R. Wheeler, 593; ore handling at Seven Islands, Quebec, by D. H. Sharp, 593; unloading in USA and Canada, by Dr. H. R. Mills, 593; Royal Netherlands Blast Furnaces and Steelworks, Ijmuiden, 593; Muller-Hanna ore-handling installation, by F. D. Vines, 593; Margam Works, by J. E. Robson, 593; East Moors Works, by T. Jenkins, 593; transportation and handling in Britain, by T. V. Nicholson, 593
Research Association, British. See British
Works buildings, architectural aspects of, by F. Gibberd, 221
— — Works, buildings for, conference on
(BISRA), 220
— •— Works buildings at Corby Works, by
T. E. Clements and J. T. E. Williams, 220 Works buildings, by E. Ibbotson, 220 Works buildings, foundations to, by W. S. Atkins, 220
Works buildings of, by A. Delcamp,
Works buildings
G. F. Drath, 221
Works buildings, ment in, by Dr. Buchanan and P. D. Thompson, 221 Works buildings, superstructures to, by K. F. Geesin, 220
Works, siting of, by F. Gibberd, 221 Works structures, research and development in, by Dr. J. S. Terrington, D. Buchanan and P. D. Thompson, 22!
— and steelmaking, oxygen in, in Russia, 797
— Wrought, in bridge construction, 538
— See also Cast iron: Steel: Pig iron: Metal
lurgy
Ironex welding electrodis (Murex), 556 Ironmonger diary and hardware buyers guide (review), 310
— National Federation of. See National
Federation
Ironmongery trade, new thinking plea for, 787 Ironwork, structural. See Bridge: Floor: Column: Poof: Steelwork; Structure
Iroquois turbojet aircraft engine, development of (Orenda), 26
Irradiation, atomic fuel element behaviour under, 238
— Damage of metals, 238
— Laboratory, Metropolitan-Vickers, 491
— Reactions taking place under, 238
— Tests on beryllium, 139
— of thorium, 109
— of uranium, effects of, 107
— See also Radiation
Irradiator, gamma process development, USAEC interest in, 395
Irrigation, centrifugal pump for (Wright Rain), 705
?— Equipment for frost protection of crops (Wright Rain), 705
— Mechanised equipment (Wright Rain), 704
— Scheme, Dez (Iran), 642
?— Sprinkler, 704
— by Taunsa Barrage, 473
Isaac Newton telescope, for Royal Observatory, parallax work with, 341
Isaacson, E. de St. Q., rock pressure in mines (book), 475
Isbrantsen Co., tanker powered reactor, 547
Islam, S., on universal language. Isle of Sheppey, coastal erosion. Isomantle electric surface heaters for grease tanks, 382
Isopad Ltd., Isomantle electric surface heaters for grease tanks, 382; development of electrical surface heaters, 522
Isotope, Boron 10, separation of, 204
Isotope Developments Ltd., type 1700 Scaler counting equipment, 102; stand at Leipzig Fair, 492
— of light elements, separation of, 203
— Oxygen, separation of, 204
— School, Harwell, distribution of science
branches at, 80
— Separation, consolidated report on, by
F. 1. Hurley, 202
by diffusion in gas stream, 203
— Uranium, diffusion plants for separation of,
202
Separation methods, 202
Isotype Institute Ltd., director of graphical signs and symbols, 343
— See also Radioisotope
Ispra reactor (Italy), operation commenced, 462 Israel, atomic energy in, 46
— See also Technion: Weizmann Institute ISRE. See International Scientific Research
Exhibition
Italian Navy, swimming-pool reactor for, 675 Italy, atomic energy in, 46 ?—? — Energy consortia in, 46 Reactors in, 46
— Electrical engineering industry, 291
— Profitability of different sized firms, 194
— Southern, petrochemical plant project at
Brindisi, 509
— See also Southern Italy Development Fund Izzard, A., on vending machines, 451
JACK, hydraulic screw, for hatches on cargo
liner Gudrun Bakke (Gdtaverken), 688 Jackman, J. W., and Co., Ltd., Blo-Flex auto
matic moulding machine, 722
Jaeob, Sir L, on Television in the Public Service (booklet), 457
Jaeger, L. G., analysis of grid frameworks and related structures (book), 154
Jaffrey, W. G., on dust and grit in flue gases, 285
Jaguar Cars Ltd., export sales progress by, 177 Jakhau lighthouse, equipment for (Stone-
Chance), 681
Jamison, Dr. R. R., on hypothetical two-stage “ pickaback ” aircraft with speed of Mach 7, 656
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1958-59, by L. Bridgman (review), 474
— Fighting Ships, 1958-59, by R. V. B. Black
man (review), 474
Jansen type on-load tap changer (Transformers (Watford)), 326
Japan, atomic energy in, 46
Energy consortia in, 46, 303 Energy group formed, 427
Japan Atomic Power Co., negotiations with GEC for nuclear power station, 269
Power station for, 427
Power station for, contract negotiations for, 206
Power station, details of, 492
— — Power station, earthquake safety pre
cautions, 463
—? — Power station, fuel for, 427
—? — Reactors, 46, 303
Reactor, aseismic reinforcement for, 79 Reactor project of Kyushu Co., 269
— Motor-car sales in U.S., 328
— Shipbuilding industry, 41-43
— Trade with, 435
Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, HTGC reactor experiment, 463
Jargon, G. M. Boyd on, 259
Jarrow Metal Industries, history and 21st anniversary of, 764
Jarrow Tube Works, history and 21st anniversary of, 764
JASQN atomic reactor for training and research (Hawker Siddeley), 303, 461, 491
JEEP reactor (Norway), 80
Jeffreys, Rees, Road Fund. See Rees Jeffreys Jegri lighthouse, equipment for (Stone-Chance), 681
Jenbach diesel driven mobile air compressor with air cooling (Chamberlain Plant Ltd ), 728
— Two-stroke oil engines, comparison of
4-cylinder and single-cylinder, by Prof. S. J. Davies, 404
Jenkins, H. F. L., on specifications for rubber products, 476
Jenkins, J. A., univalent functions and conformal mapping (book), 184
Jenkins, T., on ore handling at East Moors Works, 593
Jenkins, Dr. W. J., engineer adviser to International Finance Corp., 790
Jeppesen, A., on durability and maintenance of concrete structures on Danish railways, 384
Jervolino, B., on fishermen’s cooperatives, 790 Jessop-Saville Ltd., vacuum melting of alloy steel, 626
Jets, exhaust, rocket, by E. T. B. Smith, 36
— Propulsion, high-speed aerodynamics and,
by H. W. Emmons (review), 713
Jet Propulsion renamed A RS Journal, 343
Jig boring machine. See Boring machine
?—? and fixture details and units, by H. W. Hardy (book), 475
•— Saw, Black and Decker U. 10, 224
? Pacera (W. J. Meddings Ltd.), 729
Job .fitting to the worker (book), 746 to the worker, EPA conference, 365 Joderell Bank radio telescope, discussion in Parliament on, 272
Johns Hopkins University, linear programming and associated techniques, by V. Riley and S. I. Gass (review), 10
Johnson, C. H. (machinery), Ltd., One: 20 diesel dumper with Powergrip timina belt 589
Johnson Matthey and Co., Ltd., Platinax II platinum magnetic alloy, 183; Mallory 1000 alloy for watches, 345; interest acquired in Metalli Preziosi, 604; Mallory No-Chat tungsten based shank material, 620; platinum chemical distillation plant, 747
Johnson and Starley, Ltd., flame/air heat exchanger, 452
Joints, bellows (trade publication), 554
— Boxes, plastics, 588
— Iren Council, iron foundry statistics, 359
— Nuclear Research Institute (Dubna), spiral
ridge cyclotron, 772
— Rigid, in long rails. Bondarc resin-based
adhesive for, 32
Jointings, Lascarflon, in asbestos and ptfe (Beldam Asbestos), 503
Joists, intermediate span, woodfilled (Metal Sections, Ltd.), 776
Jones, A. A., and Shipman, Ltd., “ Impero Unificatore ” iathe tooling set, 230; new showrooms of, 324; high precision cylindrical grinding machine, 324
Jones, E. H., Ltd., stainless steel for road tankers, 748
Jones, J. T., on miniature oil velocity indicator, 82
Jones, K. W. J., on whole company as sales organisation, 511
Jones mobile cranes, hydraulic grabs for handling coal (George Cohen 600 Group) 292
?—? — Crane, KLI2-20M (George Cohen 600 Group), 532
Jones and Stevens, Ltd., RZR laboratory stirrer, 454
Jones, Sir W. Benton, on position and prospects of steel industry, 135; on United Steel Cos., Ltd., 423
Jordan, J., on analysis of coal ash, 64
Joscelene, R., on avoiding trouble in selling gods overseas, 457
Joseph, Sir K., on work for elderly persons, 330
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, new publication of I.Meeh.E., 93
Journal of Nuclear Materials, new quarterly, 377 Journal of Research, 681
Journals, science, British, foreign distribution of, 330
?— See also Bearings
Journalism, Plain Words on, 758
Jowitt, Earl, Dictionary of English Law, 649 JRR-1 to 3 atomic reactors in Japan, 46 Jubilee Clipdriver screwdriver for hose clips (L. Robinson and Co.), 697
Judge, A. W., gas turbines for aircraft (review), 343
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Judgelite vitreous enamelled aluminium, 587 Judgment of colleagues. Plain Words on, 450 Jugoslavia, See Yugoslavia
Jiilich, atomic reactor at, 206
Junction transistor and its applications, by
E. Wolfendale (review), 801
Junghans high-precision dial gauges (Rubert and Co.), 358
Junior Institution of Engineers, 75th anniversary, 637
Juno 11 rocket for launching of Pioneer IV space probe, 360
— Space probe vehicle, 388
Jupiter engine for Juno II space probe vehicle,
388
— Missile, monkeys in, 726, 727
“ Just price ” policy of Servomex Controls, Ltd., 3. See also Vol. 186
Juvenile hormone, research on, 796
Inc.,
KAISER Engineers-ACF Industries gas-cooled reactor programme, 734 Kaiser Engineers and Contractors Inc., River project, 804
Kaiser Industries. Henry J., Volta project, 543
Volta
River
Kaiser, J. F., analytical design of linear feedback controls (review), 252
Kalla-Bishop, P. M., on standard symbols, 631-632
Kanigan nickel-phosphorus alloy coating process, 555
Kanthal iron alloys as atomic reactor canning material, 139
Kapp, Prof. R. O., on theory of planetary system. 196; biographical note on, 270; on origin of planetary system, 257, 270, 323-324
Karbanda, O. P., on nomograms for chemical engineers (book), 154
Karger, D. W., engineered work measurement
(review), 282
Kariba Dam, strike of employees at, 428
— Gorge scheme, financing of, 530
Karpenko, G. V., effect of surface-active medium on deformation of metals (book), 502
Katamar inboard runabout motor boat, 86 Kauderer, H., non-linear mechanics (review), 475
Kay, J., krypton 85 light source. 492 Kay, Prof. J. M., lecture tour of, 269 Kaylor and Pick, structural engineers for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Kazantsev, Prof, atomic explosion theory, 637 KDG Instruments, Ltd., transducers (trade publication), 818
Kearns, H. W., and Co., Ltd., universal horizontal boring, surfacing, drilling, tapping and screwcutting machine with two- dimensional electronic coordinate setting, 561-562
Kearsey, H. E., review of engineered work measurement, 282
Kearton, W. J., on steam turbine theory and practice (review), 745
KeelaTite tube coupling (Industrial Hydraulics, Ltd.), 487
Keelavite Hydraulics, Ltd., hydraulic steering unit for small vessels, 487
Keeton, Sons and Co., Ltd., bored bars (trade publication), 746
Kellogg International Corp., gasifier-turbine- driven compressors for ICI (Wilton), 49 Kellogg, M. W., Co. (New York), HyL
process of direct reduction of iron ore into sponge iron, 159
Keily, Dr. M. J., retirement from Bell Telephone Laboratories, 549
Kelvin and Hughes, Ltd., meter for water flow speed and direction, 70; collaboration with Sperry Gyroscope Co., 135; development of echo-sounders and sounding techniques, 522; ultrasonic crack detector for valve manifold blocks (Towler Bros.) 626; components (trade publication), 650; solar radio sextant, 744
Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial), order from Czechoslovakia, 312
Kelvin and Hughes (Marine), Ltd., survey of Sizewell atomic power station, 240; unit system for marine radar, 262
Kempe’s Engineers’ Year Book. Vols. I and 11, 1959, by C. E. Prockter and B. W. Pendred (review), 649
Kenilworth Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ready- mixed plastics for tooling, 588
Kennedy, W. C., heavy-duty roads fcr Africa, 671
Kennedy-Ervin Bill on Kerensky, O. A., on
bridges, 190
Kestin, J., review of
King, Prof, J, W. H., on accelerated curing tests on concrete. See LETTER, 759
King’s Cross Station, Deccafax Visual Communication System at, 659
Kingsbury, J. E., founder of Standard Telephones, 604
Kingston Bypass, dual carriageways for, 707 Kirchmayer, L. K., economic operation of power systems (book), 618
Kirkaldy flats, off-peak floor heating in, 592 Kirloskar Oil Engines, Ltd., International Finance Corp.’s investment in, 572; history and activities of, 572
Kirrage, T. V., in Universal Pattern and Precision Co. dispute, 105
Kirsch, H., furnace slags textbook (review), 554 Kitchen and Wade, Ltd., tool for machining cast iron pipe flanges, 295
Kiveton Park (Z2olliery, Roofmaster supports for goaf debris, 717
Klahr, C. N., on temperature-zoned reactor, 463
Kleen, W. J., electronics of microwave valves (review), 184
Kleinlogel, A., on rigid frame formulas (book), 154
Klewe, H. R. J., interference between power systems and telecomminication lines (review), 745
KLG Sparking Plugs, Ltd., Training Within Industry for Supervisors at, 382; glow plug for diesel engines, 496
Klystron 3-cavity KLS2 (Marconi Osram), 583
— Development by Ferranti, Ltd., 135
— Manufacture by Raytheon Corp, under
Ferranti licence, 135
Knap Mills Inc., shielding manufacture rights in UK, 303
Knitmesh, Ltd., separators (trade publication), 283
“ Knockers ” for fertiliser driers, 589 Knowles, J. D., on electrical exports, 418 Koepe winder towers, at Rufford Colliery, 338 Kolb horizontal drilling machines (Stanley Howard, Ltd.), 730
Kolibrie twin ram-jet helicopter, 88
Koppen, Prof. O., STOL aircraft, 264 Koselev, V., cast tools (book), 475
Koyna hydroelectric project. International Bank loan for, 707
Kozyrev, Dr. N. A., discovery of vapour on the moon, 332
Krangede, construction of atomic station, 80
Kraus and Naimer, cam-operated Style C-switches, 21
Kristjonsson, H., modern fishing gear world (book), 650
Krivoi Rog iron ore deposits, 797
Krupp. Friedrich, comment on activities under ECSC, 264; deconcentration of, 699; annual report, 732
Krypton in lunar atmosphere, 333
— 85, cost of, 499
Increased availability of, 492
Radioactive light source, 492, 497
Radioactive light sources, design cf, 498 Radioactive light sources, equipment required for, 498
Radioactive light sources, performance of, 498
Separation and purification, 492 Kubitschek, Dr. H. E., on radiation and mutations in living tissues, 537
Kuniform copper alloy strip, 555
Kuterlex plastics-covered copper tubes, 556 Kuwait Oil Co., packaged water chilling sets for Ahmadi Hospital (York Shipley), 781 Kynal 1 IS free cutting aluminium alloy, 555 Kyushu Electric Power Co., atomic reactor project, 269
carbon
power
rotary
of the
Birmingham motorway, 525; annual report, 732; London-Birmingham motorway, 776
Laing, John, and Son (Canada), Ltd., contract for Queensbrough bridge across Fraser River, 391
Lake Maracaibo oilfields. Atlas 400 ton floating crane for, 595
Lamb, J., running and maintenance of marine diesel engine (book), 554
Laminates, glasscloth (trade publication), 746 Laminations in gear wheel rims, ultrasonic inspection for, 785
Lamm, M. M., on chip formation in metal cutting: hydrodynamic theory, 444
Lamp, development of. Sir Joseph Swan and, by Dr. J. N. Aldington, 231
— Fittings, fluorescent. Taskmaster range of
Flurolier, 198
— Gas-discharge, life of ballasts for, by
T. Hehenkamp, 32
— Headlamps, vehicle, testing (book), 154
— Incandescent, laboratory for development
of (Osram), 85
— Inspection, “ Probe-Lite,” for small orifices
(Morris and Ingram), 4
— Price reductions in, 251
— Projector, with ellipsoidal ?•eflector (Osram),
85
— Quartz as light source in (Osram), 85
— Shock effects on, 85
— Vibration effects on, 85
— See also Lantern: Light: Lighting LAMPRE-I reactor at Los Alamos, 318 Reactor, proposed design for, 303 Lampshade, plastics, Fildenex, 596 Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto, Ltd., electromechanical brakes (trade publication), 474
Lancaster, N., on steelworks structures, 220 Lancelec variable inductance transducer in escape from submerged aircraft tests, 278 Lanchester Memorial Lecture on aeroelasticity, by Prof. A. R. Collar, 17 Lancia, Appia and Flaminia motor car, 329 Land works, digital terrain model computation system for, 751
Landing, aircraft, disputes, 599 in fog, 392, 763
— Automatic, by E. H. Bruce-Clayton, 656
— Disputes at airports, 599
— Instrument, for Elisabethville and Leopold
ville airports (Pye), 604
for overseas airports (Pye), 604
— System, Pye, for Moscow airport, 755-756 Landis Machine-Maiden, Ltd., Maiden 2C/ST
screwing and threading machine, 633; Maiden type A threading machine, 809 Lang, E. H., on damaging reactions in concrete, 483
Lang Pneumatic, Ltd., pneumatic calculator (trade publication), 93
Langdon, Dr. F. J., on lighting in drawing offices, 506; layout and equipment of drawing offices, 558
Language, English as universal technical, by Dr. E. Holmstrom, 168. See LETTER, 195
— Translation by computers, by A. D. Booth,
L. Brandwood and J. P. Cleave (review), 184
— Universal, Pei plan for, 169 Lantern, post-top, for Birmingham
road, 215
Lapping attachment for milling (Alfred Herbert, Ltd.), 293
LAPRE-2 reactor (Los Alamos), achieved, 492; purpose of, 492
inner ring
machine
criticality
GS trade unions, 331 large-span suspension
Engineering Thermodynamics; Work and Heat Transfer, 442; review of Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 442 Kestner Golden Jubilee Book (book), 93 Keys, identifying device (Inter-Continental Office Equipment, Ltd.), 389
Keyswitch Co., relay calculator (trade publication), 650
Kharitonov, A. M., on hydrodynamic gas bearings, 677
Khrushchev, N., review of Soviet economy, 194 Khuzestan capital works progress, 642 Kiefter, R., on silicides and borides, 90 Kieselguhr for filtration (Charles H. Wind- schuegl, Ltd.), 683
Kiewit, Peter, Sons’ Co., Hallam atomic power facility, 425
Kilmister, C. W., special relativity for physicists (review), 410
Kilmorach and Strathfarrar hydro-electric scheme, contract for, 322
Kimber and Lovegrove, Ltd., Silver Flame oil- fired domestic boiler, 96
Kimbro, G. M., on interpolation over cartesian grid (book), 586
Kinetheodolites, satellite observation by, 440 King, Geo. W., Ltd., Marvex and Mammoth chain pulley blocks with flameproof electrical equipment, 809
LABORATORIES at Berkeley. CEGB, 367
— Computation, International Repertory of.
See International
— Coil Spring Federation Research Organ
isation, 744
— Elastomers research, of Du Pont Co.
(United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
— Electric locomotive testing at Willesden, 218
— Hydraulic equipment testing (Plessey), 549
— Irradiation, Metropolitan-Vickers. 491
— Mechanical Engineering Research.
Mechanical Engineering
— National, in India, 300
— Osram Lamp Development, 85
— Radiophysics (Sydney), equipment at. Stirrer, RZR (Jones and Stevens), 454
Lapunov, Prof, atomic explosion theory, 637 Lardge, H. E., on suggestion schemes, 195 Larke, W. M., on Junior Institution of Engineers, 637
Larmuth and Bulmer, Ltd., fixed bobbin stranding machine for electric cables, 623 Larson, B. O., on quality of surface waters in Illinois (book), 154
Larson, T. E., on quality of surface waters in Illinois (book), 154
Larynx, artificial, transistorised (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 788
Lascarflon packings and jointings in and ptfe (Beldam Asbestos), 503
Lathe, capstan, with screw cutting slide (Murad), 532
for seated operator (Dowding 132
asbestos
at cross
& Doll),
See
121
— See also National Engineering: National
Physical
Labour in cargo ship loading and discharging, 34
— Conference, International (Geneva), 765
— Disputes, position and prospects of, 457
— Exchanges, international, 483
— Management relations. See Management
labour
— and National Service, Ministry of. Engi
neering kYorh lor Boys (career booklet), II; length of working life (booklet), 364; Training Within Industry for Supervisors at KLG Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 382; Professional Engineers (career booklet). 765
— Organisation, International. See Inter
national
— Party, nationalisation proposals in engi
neering industry, 629
— Shortage, skilled, in Africa, 170
— Supply of, European Economic Community
report on, 483
Lacey, P. M. C., on LMFR power reactors, 313 Lacrinoid Products, Ltd., Handycan polyethylene container for liquids, 600
Ladders, roll-up, Easy-Roll (Bentall-Alley), 628 Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, International, See International Ladies' Garment
Laflamme, R. A,, on digital terrain model, 751 Laing, John, and Son, Ltd , civil engineering work at Berkeley atomic power station, 206; contract schedule for London-
— Centre, 5 in. (Raglan Engineering), 729
— English pattern. Eclipse boring toolholders
for (James Neill and Co.), 696
— Hydraulic copying.
Engineering), 533
— Spinning, Leifeld PIb
— Tooling set, ” Impero
Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 230 Latimer-Needham, C. H,, on suggestion schemes, 227
Latin America, Aveling-Barford sales in, 812 Gas liquefaction plans, 663
Latina atomic power station, thermal rating of reactors, 367
L aunch, motor. See Motor boat
Launching by flooding at Gdtaverken new yard at Arendal, Sweden, 561
— Preparations for X-15 rocket ship, 678
— of Savannah, atomic-powered merchant
ship, 674
Laurence, Scott and Electromotors, Ltd., squirrel-cage electric motor for centrifugal pumps for Chapel Cross atomic power station, 490
Law, coal mining, by J. Sinclair (review), 376
— and effects, physical, by C, F. Hix, Jr.,
and R. P. Alley (book), 746
— English, dictionary of, by Earl Jowitt, 649
— Industrial, by H. Samuels (review), 376
— on protection of industrial designs, 731
— See also Legal
Lawton, V. G., in Universal Pattern and Precision Co. dispute, 105
Layfield, F. H. B., review of Industrial law, 376; revie wof Coal mining law, 376; review of Legal aspects of industry and commerce, 376
Layton diaphragm pump (Henry Sykes, Ltd.), 697
Lead measuring machine, bench-mounting (Goulder), 664
Mini-Kop (Myford
1200, 263 Unificatore ” (A. A.
Lead quota imposed by US for, 8
— Zirconate transducer for ultrasonic flaw
detector, 570
Leading the World, BEAMA 48th anniversary publication, 391
Leak detection (trade publication), 283
—- Tracing in Martin aircraft fuel tanks, nitrous oxide gas for, 659
Leaning tower of Pisa, electropetrification, 73 Lectures, commemorative, Plain Words on, 98
— Theatre for Royal Aeronautical Society, 671 Ledlie Prize awarded to Prof. F. Roethlisberger,
796
Lee, Dr. A. R., on research into road construction, 671
Lee, Howl and Co., Ltd., pumps for North Approach of Blackwall Tunnel, 803
Lee, Dr. J. A. N., on relaxation methods for two-dimensional plate problems, 752 Lee-McCall stressing bars and jacks for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gaie, 214
System of prestressing concrete, developments in (McCalls Macalloy, Ltd.), 610 Leg, lightweight suppori, for rock drills (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 230
Legal aspects of industry, and commerce, by W. F. Fran'K (review), 376
— — of radiation injury, 237
— Status of Euratom, by M. Gaudet, 483
— See also Law
Le Grand Adsco, Ltd., soil tests for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577
Legris, J., aide-memoire martinenq des constructions navales (book), 31 I
Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand, Ltd., Doncaster bypass, 579; London-Birmingham motorway, 776
Lehigh University, resin-bonded adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32
Leicester, Lovell and Co., Ltd.. Epophen Mould Seal for casting epoxide resins, 183; Resnit mouldable reinforced plastics sheet, 588
Leifeld spinning lathe, Plb 1200, 263 Leipzig Fair, comment on, 596 Isotope Developments, Ltd., at, 492 Note on, 312
Lenin icebreaker vessel, atomic-powered, trials on. 548
Lenson Engineering Co., H-type mobile extending platform, 292
Leopoldville airport, instrument landing system (Pye), 604
Lerner Machine Co., Ltd., Thermotex machine for glueing cardboard cartons, 685
Les piles atomiques h neutrons I nt, by J. Maurin (book), 411
Letcher, J. S., Westinghouse scholarship award, 397
Lettenmeyer, L., atomic terminology (book), 650
Levatron thermonuclear research apparatus, 702
Level controller, Pneutronic (trade publica- cation), 618
— Self-adjusting (Cooke, Troughion and Simms
and Hilger and Watts), 101. See Correction, 324
Levelling machines (Bronx Engineering), 390 Plate, 6-roll (Bronx Engineering), 762 Levermatic soil consolidator (traoe publication), 443
Levin, E., on timber roof structures (report), 579
Levin, Dr. N., work at AWRE, 765 Lewis and Duvivier, London heliport, 543 Lewis, J. Spcdan, on John Lewis Partnership, 67
Lewis, John, Partnership, by J. Spedan Lewis, 67
Ley, Ccibeck and Partners, lecture theatre for Royal Aeronautical Society, 671
Leyland Motors, Ltd., fuel consumption test equipment, 200; Firemaster fire engine, 265; position and prospects of, 296; library for employees, 378; price reductions for home market, 488; Albion Reiver haulage and tipper chassis, 634 Ley’s Malleable Casting Co,, Ltd., electric furnace equipment for annealing pearlitic malleable iron castings, 245
Libby, Dr, W. F., resignation from USAEC,
269
Library for employees at Levland Motors, Ltd., 378
— Industrial use of (supplement), 519
?— National Lending, of Science and Technology, site for, at Thorp Arch, 123, 458
— Public, service, structure of (White Paper),
270
— Royal Institution, notes on, 29
— Service for electronics engineer, 185 for radio engineer, 185
— Special and Information Bureaux Associa
tion of. See AsHb
Liebherr, H., tower cranes, 226
Life of ballasts for gas-discharge lamps, by T. Hehenkamp, 32
— Rafts, infiatable, preloaded with passen
gers, 763
— Understanding of, in molecular terms, by
Dr. M. F. Perutz, 796
Lift, freight, fcr aircraft (Short Bros. and Harland), 809
— Hydraulic system for David Brown
tractor, 406
Lifting tongs for close stacking of barrels cases (Walter Somers), 808
Light alloys, portable X-ray equipment (Marconi Instruments), 533
950
and
for
Structure for Manchester bus shelter, 94
— Fluorescent, work (P. W. Allen and Co.), 729
— Motor vehicle, working party on, 544
— Radioactive, krypton 85 as source, 492
? Sources of, by Dr, E. J. Wilson and
J. D, H. Hughes, 497
Sources, radiation hazards, 499
Uses of, 499
— Source, quartz envelope (Osram), 85
— See also Lamp: Lighting: Spectrum Lightfoot, Dr, E.. on struciural frame analysis
by elecironic computer, 18
Lighthouse, Jakhau, equipment for (Stone- Chance), 681
ENGINEERING, VQL. 187 (1959)
21
Lighthouse, Jegri, equipment for (Stone- Chnace), 681
Lighting in corrosive, flammable and explosive situations (lES rerort) (book), 93
— in drawing offices, ay F. J. Langdon, 506
— Fluorescent, in Chtpel Cross atomic power
station control room, 491
in drawing offices, 507 Tube, chokes, testing life of, 32 -— in iron and steel works buildings, 221
— for Mont Blanc road tunnel, 495
— Street, aluminium standards competition,
560
— Transformer, flameproof, to NCB speci
fications (Belmos), 357
—? See also Illuminated: Illuminating; Lamp; Light
Lightning aircraft attains Mach 2, 103
Ligtenburg, F, K., on stress analysis without strain measurement, 483
Likhtman, V. L, effect of surface-active medium on deformation cf metals (book), 502
Limax filing machine (South Coast Engineering Co.), 760
Limestone reaction with cement, 128
Limit design of framed structures, by Dr. J. Heyman. 275
Limitorque Valve Controls, Ltd., actuator for remote control of valves, 422
Lincoln Electric Co., geodesic dome, 473
Linde Air Products Co., low-temperature stress relieving of welded platework, 651; plasma arc torch for spray forming of high-temperature materials, 652
Lindsay’s international register of wire rod and strip, 1957-1958 (review), 310
Linear feedback confols, analytical design of, by G. C. Newton, Jr., L. A, Gould, and J. F. Kaiser (review), 252
— Programming and associated techniques, by
V. Riley and S. 1. Gass (review), 310
Methods and applications, by S. I. Gass (book), 554
Liner, cargo, Gudrun Bakke, hydraulic screw jacks for hatches on (Gdtaverken), 688
— Oriana, aluminium superstructure in
(Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.), 505
— Queen, replacement of (Cunard), 482, 636
— See also Ships
— Stainless steel, for ZETA, 703
Linguistic problems, mechanical resolution of, by A, D. Booth, L. Brandwood and J. P, Cleave (review). 184
Linings, monolithic, for boilers, 619
Link-Belt Co., reduction gears (trade publication), 60
Link Belt Inc., trading report, 572
Linkages, dwell, in space, by K. H. Hunt, 248 Lip battery wrist watch, 256
Liquefied gas. See Gas
Liquid container. Handycan polyethylene (Lacrinoid), 600
— Methane. See Methane
— Oxygen. See Oxygen
Liquor, gas, disposal in River Trent in Stoke area, 672
Lisbon, bridge ever Tagus, competition for, 643
— British Trade Fair, 234, 251, 369, 691;
Scottish exhibits at, 535
Lisborg, N., personnel bridge at Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Lister Blackstone Rail Traction, Ltd., Explorer diesel-electric mixed-traffic locomotive for varying climates, 276
Literature of mathematics and physics, guide to, by N. G. Parke HI (review), 310
— Scientific, Russian, translations of, note
on, 29
Lithgows, Ltd., Morar bulk ore carrier, 349 Lithium, liquid, as atomic fuel, 314
— Rocket fuel, 279
Little, Arthur D., Inc., satellite sail for Venus space project, 441
— Free Trade Area. See Free Trade Area Lloyds Register of Shipping, Register book
1958-59. Vol. IV: directory, 310; rules and regulations for classification and construction of steel ships, 310; annual report, 359
LMFR power reactors, by S. B. Hosegood and P. M. C. Lacey, 313
LMFRE reactor, new facility for, 302
Load distribution through melting shop stage and gantry rail maintenance, by D. B. Wilson, 220
— Full, efficiency testing of turbine reduction
gear units at, 306
— Indicator (trade publication), 802
— Measurement in Amsler 500 tons universal
testing machine, 433
— Measuring electronic tester at elastomers
research laboratory of Du Pont Co, (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Loader, brick, for automatic cutting, palletising and loading (Bradley and Craven), 454
— Hydrostatic drive for, 655
— Shovel, Frontloader 59 (Merton Engineer
ing), 632
Loading, axial, properties of elastic materials under, 798
— Bay, reinforced concrete, for Heinz factory
at Kitt Green, 578
— Bricks, automatic car loader for
and Craven), 454
— Wind, effects on roofs, 707 Loch Awe power scheme, 451, 463
— Glashan hydro-electric power
contractors for, 579
Lock, Dr. J. M., on cryotrons, 550 Lockheed Aircraft Corp., static line system for paratroopers on aircraft, 374; electronic equipment adapted for arteriosclerosis treatment, 573; giant high-fidelity amplifier for missile research, 678; portable nuclear power plant, 735; R. Smelt appointed head of Discoverer satellite launching programme, 537
Lockheed foundation dampers for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
Locknuts, Philidas (trade publication), 554 Lockwood, J. D., 227-228
Locomotive boilers.
— British Railway,
Westcott (book), 343
•>
(Bradley
scheme.
retriever Hercules
on suggestion schemes,
See Boilers
1803-1853, by G. F.
Locomotive Development Committee, coal-fired gas turbine, 441
?— Diesel, for British Railways, 78 Comparison with steam, 298 Cost comparison with steam, 672 Davey, Paxman engines for, 89
? Deltic, for main-line operation, 298
Maintenance extensions for East Kent
coast services, 776
— -— Manual, by W. F. Bolton (book), 311 Operation and maintenance
Royce), 689
Production statistics, T1
Transmission unit, Mekydro (J.
134
Underground (book), 311
— Diesel-electric, Bo-Bo 400 h.p., for
Guiana (Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd.), 132
? Electric, control system for, 277
Electric. Explorer, 276
Hydraulic, for main-line operation, 298 —?—Hydraulic, with Twin Disc torque converter drive, for High Marnham power station (Andrew Barclay), 51
Mechanical shunting, 170 h.p. (Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd.), 132
— Drivers’ training school, Stewarts Lane, 776 ?— Electric, maintenance extensions for East
Kent coast services, 776
Storage battery, underground (book), 311 Testing laboratory at Willesden, 218
— Exports of, 78
— Gas-turbine, coal-fired, project of Loco
motive Development Committee, 441
— Industry, position and prospects of, 77
— Narrow-gauge, hydrostatic drive for, 655
— for South African Railways (Metropolitan-
Vickers South Africa), 563
— Steam, Beyer-Garratt, on Rhodesia Rail
ways, 52
Comparison with diesel, 298 Cost comparison with diesel, 672 Giesl ejector exhaust system, 510 Plain Words on completion of last, 2 Production statistics, 77 Supersession of, 298
— Underground (diesel and storage battery)
(book), 311
Lodge Plugs, Sintox alumina ceramic, 555 Loewy Engineering Co., Ltd., rolling-mill plant for Brinsworth Mill, 22
Loncraine, D. C., and Co. (JifFytex), Ltd., Jiffybond sealing paste (trade publication). 283
Londex, Ltd., smoke alarm (trade publication), 283; relays (trade publication), 650; busbar relays for high current d.c. systems, 809
London Airport, FIDO at, 763 Monorail project, 387. See LETTER, 567 Noise of TUI04 airliners. 458
— Birmingham motorway, construction sche
dule for, 525; service areas for, 543; progress on, 776
— Building and Engineering Contractors’
Accident Prevention Group, chemical engineer looks at safety in building operations, by B. Halfpenny, 397
— Chamber of Commerce, negotiations for
UK-Russian exhibition exchange. 571
— Dispersal of civil servants from, 363 London, K. S., on work of plant engineers, 331
— New office buildings in, 234
— School of Economics and Political Science,
course on operational research, 258
— Telephone dialling codes, changes in, 564
— Traffic in, by H. D. Morgan 227
London Traffic (40 m.p.h. Speed Limit) (No. 1) Regulations, 1959. 297
London Transport Executive, plan for Victoria-King’s Cross underground system, 99; problems of peak travel periods, 99; Victoria tube project, I9T See LETTER, 227; Victoria tube project, discussion in Parliament on, 201; disposal of trolleybuses, 264; ticket machines, 266; reconstruction of Notting Hill Gate undergrouna station, 383; flyover and underpass at Barking, 670 handling device for long welded rails, 739; tube train tests to determine impact of wheels on rails, 774
— Underground Railways. See London
Transport Executive
— University. See also Imperial College Longland, L., on Cr-AUOj and Cr-Mo-AUOs
cermets, 91
Loocke, G., rotary amplifiers (review), 475 Loom, Shirley, for continuous filament yarns, 77
Loop, water, high-pressure, for DIDO reactor, 460
Lord, Sir L., annual statement on British Motor Corp., 39; overseas tour of BMC factories and distributors. 177
Lorry. See Motor vehicle
Los Alamos Molten Plutonium Reactor Experiment, details of, 336
Los Angeles generator order to Brown Boveri, 369
Loser, B., methods of mearurement (book), 802 Lotus Eleven Le Mans sports motor car, 240
— Elite sports motor car, 240
— Fifteen sports motor car, 240
— Seventeen sports motor car, 240
— Sports cars racing programme for, by
G. Wilkins 240
Loughborough College of Technology chemical engineering course for Diploma in Technology 11
Louis W. Hill Award. See Hid, Louis Low, Archibald, and Sons, Ltd., extruded aluminium grating, 159; heating coil developments, 250 Lowe, J. G., monorail system, 387 Lubricants, ball bearing, effect of wate.’' in, 403
— under radiation, by Dr. C. G. Williamsj715 Lubricating oil unit for gasifier-turbine plant,
51
See also Oil
Lubrication of atomic mechanisms, 715 Reactor control rod
— and friction of solids,
and D. Tabor (book).
(Rolls-
Stone),
British
IV. Alaflor tanker
reactor charging
mechanism, 715 by F. P. Bowden 746
Lubrication, “ Life-long,” of Allis-Chalmers crawler tractor track group, 479
Lucas Heights, radioactive waste disposal, 394 Lucas, Joseph, Ltd., chairman’s annual statement, 39
Liiders’ lines, phenomenon of, 798
Ludgate dust collector (trade publication), 502 Ludwig, N., handbook of materials
Vol. I (review), 553
Luminescent crystals, 497
Lunar atmosphere, 333
— Journey, conditions and prospects
— Magnetic field, nature of, 334
— Probe, Lunik, summary of details
Pioneer I, summary of details of, 615 Pioneer II, summary of details of, 616 Pioneer IV, 322, 323, 333, 360; summary of details of, 616
Television in, 333
Thor Able I, summary of details of, 615
— Sextants, 744
—? Trajectories, calculations relating to, 332
Lunik lunar probe, summary of details of, 616 Lurgi gasification, Bischoff tower purifiers for desulphurisation in, 588
Lyon, Arthur, and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Alcon centrifugal pump (trade publication), 28
Lyons, J., and Co., Ltd., ice cream factory at Bridge Park, 690
testing.
of, 332
of, 616
“ M ” combustion system, licence agreements for (MAN), 296
MacFire automatic oil burner with natural draught (Urquharts), 38
MacFire oil-firing unit for boilers, printed circuit for control system of (Urquharts), 592
MacGregor International, trawling unit, 781 Machines, automatic tool changing on, 524
— Electrical. See Electrical Machines
— Foundations at Hawker Aircraft factory at
Squires Gate, 212
— Hire plan, FJE, 631
— Man relationships, by Dr. Taube. 489
— Tape control, 524
— Tool design by absolute coordinates, 53
Design, electromechanical themes in
by Earl of Halsbury, 53
? Design, scholarships in, 97
Exhibition, European, quota for, 177. See Correction, 312
Exports of. III
?—? — Industry, design scholarships for, 97 Industry, employment in, 110
Industry, position and prospects of, 110 Industry, productivity in. III
Industry, research and development expenditure in. 97
Optimum transmission gearing for, by E. Stephan (review), 618
Russian orders for British, 328
Sumps, suction drainer for (Progress (Universal), Ltd.), 358
Trades Association, scholarships in machine tool design. 97; comment on quotas for French fairs and exhibitions, 177. See Correction. 312; elected vice-president, 562
— Transfer, 524
Machinery, depreciation of, by Hendry, 479
— Hire purchase of, 631
— of magnet sector plates, 755
— Merchants, Association of I
Association of British
Association of Industrial. See Association of Industrial
Machinery’s Annual Buyers’ Guide 1959, by K. A. Hill (review), 649
Machining of aluminium (trade publication), 746
— Automatic control of, 526
— Cast iron pipe flanges, tool for (Kitchen &
Wade, Ltd.), 295
— Spark erosion equipment, RIG (Burton
Griffiths), 761
Mackay DAC130 compressor, sales promotion for, 627
Mackay Industrial Equipment^ Ltd., Allis- Chalmers “ life-long ” lubrication of crawler tractor track group, 479; FL4 crawler tractor wiih shovel and 3-tined ripper. 761
Mackintosh, John, and Sons, Ltd., new building for, 525
Mackowsky, (review),
Maclean, D. relation bituminous road
Macmillan, Hugh, Macmillan
Mac. See also Me
Madan, Charles S., hydraulic test set, 455
Magdalena valley oil exploration, 430
Maggi million ampere generator, AWRE, 703 “ Magic ” multi-fuel 600 h.p. engine for Berliet commercial vehicles, 45
Magnesite-chromite for open-hearth furnace roofs in Russia, 797
Magnesium-aluminium extrusions of fine grain (ICI), 555
?— Canning for atomic reactor, 136
— Rocket fuel,
Magnet sectors for proton synchrotron for Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, 753 Magnetic alloy, platinum, Platinax II (Johnson Matthey), 183
?— Chucks, Fimex (Darwins), 697
— Core calculator (IBM), 698
Magnetic Devices, Ltd., series 335 subminiature relay, 196
— Field, lunar, nature of, 334
— Filter for David Brown 950 tractor, 406
— Flow meter (Foxboro-Yoxall), 524
— Mirror in thermonuclear research, 702
?— Particle spectrograph, 771
Spectrometer, 771
— Positioning unit. Eclipse, for welding and
fabrication (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield)), 570
J. C. Snow
W. Brownlie
British. See
M.-T., furnace slags textbook 554
J., on polishing of roadstone in to resistance to skidding of surfacings (book), 343 Lecture. See Hugh
& Co., Ltd., portable
Magnetic saturation calculation with digital computer, 719
— Tape control of machinery, 526 Magnetic Valve Co., Ltd., automatic control
valves (trade publication), 474 Magnetometer equipped AC-3 aircraft for oil prospecting (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 296
Magnette motor car with Farina body (MG), 171
Magnifier, stereoscopic, Sterimag (C. Baker Instruments, Ltd.), 730
Magnum asbestos cement roof sheets (Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), 683 Mago, R. N., on Indian Institute of Technology, 355
Mahindra Owen Private, Ltd., formation of, 177
Maiden 2C/ST screwing and threading machine, 633
— Type A threading machines
Machine-Maiden, Ltd.), 809 Maidstone by-pass, contract for section to Sir Robert McAlpine 391
Mains, electric. See Cable
— Gas, boring for Hyde Park road improve
ment, 611
— Twin, boring for Hyde Park road improve
ment, 61 I
— Water, boring for Hyde Park road
improvement, 611
Mains Cable Manufacturers’ Association, termination of price fixing, 691
Maintenance operation (supplement), 527
— Organisation (supplement), 527
— Preventive, organisation of, 527
— Training centre, Rolls-Royce,
— Workers of Steel Co. of
strike of, 48 Maitland Lecture of Institution
Engineers, 98 on modern large-span
bridges, by O. A. Kerensky,
— Silver Medal, 190 Malfettani, A., on fishermen’s
790 Malins, P. G., appointed Midland Region manager of BIM, 299
Mallory No-Chat tungsten based shank material (Johnson Matthey and Co., Ltd.), 620
— 1000 sintered high-density metal, use in
watches, 345
Malmo Oil Harbour, compressed air equipment for oil cisterns (Mobil Oil), 620
Malpas, R., on overspeed trip for reciprocating engines, 508
Malta, deep-water harbour, tenders for, 363 Mammoth chain pulley blocks with flameproof electrical equipment (Geo. W. King), 809 Man cleaner, Bassaire, 415-416
— Licence agreements for “ M ” combustion
system, 296
— Machine relationships, by Dr. Manabe, D., on wave formation
water, 776 Management, British Institute of.
— Conference, Retail (Harrogate,
preliminary note on, 57 Solartron, 131
— Decision Game, comment on, 65
— Direction in l960’s (supplement), 516 Management in the Electronics Industry,
T. Burns (pamphlet), 386 Management, forecasting as function of,
E. Broke Evans, 512
— Guide to electronic computers, by W.
Bell (review), 122
— Industrial, course at Cambridge University,
605
European Conference for, on Industrial Prospects in Nuclear Energy (Stresa). See European Conference for Industrial Man- agement
— ’nternational Academy of. See Inter
national
— Labour relations, comment on, 1
— Place of technologist in, by Visccunt
Simon, 207
— Sales, course in, preliminary notice, 812
— See also Supervisors
Manager, role and responsibilities of, course at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, 11
Managing aviation techniques, by C. J. McCarthy, 669
Manchester Association of Engineers, electromechanical themes in machine-tool design, by Earl of Halsbury, 53
— Bus shelter with light-alloy structure, 94
— College of Science and Technology,
scholarships for machine tool design course, 97; course on presentation of technical information,
— Education Committee,
matics (report), 529
— University, W. B. Hall
of nuclear engineering, 703
Mancuna Engineering, Ltd., glass fibre and Terylene filters, 620
Mancuna-Fumex filter (Mancuna Engineering), 620
Mancuna-Mister filter (Mancuna Engineering), 620
Mancur spring balance, by J. F. Perrin, 355. See LETTERS, 419, 531
Manganese from sea bed, 567 Manifolds, pipe, analysis of flow from, by
Dr. E. Markland, 150 Manipulator, Hobson-CRL master slave, 491
— for pipe welding on site (Quasi Arc), 222 Mann, R. W., on tariffs for Common Market
countries, 126
Mannesmann Co., fuel supply pipeline for Egypt, 435
Manpower, practices impeding the full and efficient use of (report). 235
Mansell and Fisher, Skie stabiliser, 87 Manufacturers’ Equipment Co., Ltd., Rapistan live roller conveyor, 665
Manufacturing operation, audio instructed, AIMO, 786
Manure Rain system (Wright Rain), 705 Map, airways, discussion in Parliament on, 458
— Geological structures and, by A. Roberts
(book), 92
(Landis
western
& Sons,
527
Wales, Ltd.,
of Structural
suspension
190
cooperatives.
Taube, 489 in shallow
See British 1959),
by
by
D.
185
teaching of mathe-
appointed to chair
ENGINEERS G, VOL. 187 (1959)
Mapping, conformal, and univalent functions, by J. A. Jenkins (book), 184
Maranyl nylon seals for buffers, 432
Marconi Instruments, Ltd., exhibits at Leipzig Spring Fair and IRE Convention (New York), 312; fish-finding equipment for trawler Falstajf, 375; portable X-ray equipment for plastics, fibres and light alloys, 533; Marconi Large Screen Image Amplifier, 773; R. L. Cogdale as European representative, 787; communication sources (trade publication), 802
Marconi Large Screen Image Amplifier, 773 Marconi Marine, Consort radar equipment for small craft, 471
Marconi-Osram Valve Co., Ltd., 3-cavity klystron KLS2, 583
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., mobile microwave telephone and telegraph system for US Air Force bases in UK, 456; travelling wave systems, 650; closed- circuit television for slabbing mill of Steel Co. of Wales, 691; order from Recife, Pernambuco, 723
Marechai tent, 224
Margam Works. See Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd. Marine Engineers, Institute of. See Institute
— Exhibition. See Engineering, Marine,
Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition
— Filters (trade publication), 443
— Propulsion, atomic. See Atomic propulsion Diesel-electric, for trawler Falstaff, 375 Future trends in, 767
See also Engine; Turbine; Propeller; Ship resistance
Market research by George Ellison and Co., 528 by Hamworthy Engineering, 528 Techniques for, 528
— Survey of 196O’s (supplement), 528
— See also Trade
Marketing and distribution, course on modern developments in, preliminary notice, 812
— Oil, by C. T. Brunner, 562
— of ram-type pump (John Blake), 528
— Reorganisation by High Duty Alloys and
Hadfields, 312
— Trends in (supplement), 528
Marking of imports, discussion in Parliament on, 493
— Machine, hot press, pneumatically-operated
(Phillips Bros. and Ellis), 358
Markland, Dr. E., analysis of flow from pipe manifolds, 150
Markland Scowcroft, Ltd., stainless steel tube (trade publication), 377
Marks, L. S., mechanical engineers' handbook (book), 746
Marley Group noise-absorbing acoustic pyramids, 653
Mars, life on, theories on, 637
?— Space programme, 388
Marsden, D. J., flow over delta wings at low speeds with leading edge separation (book), 311
Marshall Organisation, U-blade for coal handling by tractor, 643
Marshalling yard. Temple Mills, 738
Marston Excelsior, Ltd., aluminium piping for BR2 reactor, 46
Martin Co., thermoelectric generator for direct conversion of heat to electrical energy using polonium 210, 98, 110;
flaw detection in honeycomb composite panels, 284; nitrous oxide gas for tracing leaks in aircraft fuel tanks, 659; PM-1 portable nuclear power plant, 735
Martin, T. L., physical basis for electrical engineering (book), 92
Martindale Electric Co., Ltd., tool for cleaning small parts, 421
Marvex chain pulley blocks with flameproo electrical equipment (Geo. W. King), 809 Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., tanker powered by gas-cooled reactor, 547 Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg AG, agreement with General Electric Co., Ltd., 703
Masefield, P., on supersonic airliners, 566 Mason, R., on British earth satellite programme, 330
Masonite Benelex hardboard (trade publication), 377
Masonry cement, leaner mixes for, 804
Mass production, laboratory investigation of (Osram), 85
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, digital terrain model, 751
Massey, B. and S., steam hammer, 381 Massey-Ferguson, take-over bid for F. Perkins, Ltd., 135
Massive objects, position control of, by A. Tustin and others (review), 713
Master Bar jig boring machine (Buswell and Sweeney), 5
Master Vending Machines Co., Ltd., cigarette machines, 266; sales methods, 564
Materials (trade publication), 283, 746
— Cycle (supplement), 518
?— Development of new (supplement), 518
— at Engineering Exhibition, 503, 555
— Properties of, at high rates of strain (book),
502
— Testing handbook. Vol. I: qualitative and
quantitative instrumentation, by E. Siebel and N. Ludwig (review), 553
Mathematical tables and formulas, handbook of, by R. Stevens Burington (book), 746 Mathematics, literature guide, 185
— for National Certificate students, by E. G.
Shalders (book), 343
— Periodicals on, 185
— and physics, guide to literature of, by
N. (j. Parke III (review), 310
— in science and industry, comment on, 529 ?— Teaching of, Manchester report on, 529 Mather, L. E., on Mather and Platt, 359 Mather and Platt, annual report, 359
Matheson, Prof. J. A. L., virtual work and complementary energy applied to nonlinear braced frameworks, 581; on architect and engineer, 664
Matheson, W. G., fourth national symposium on vacuum technology; transactions (review), 553
Matrix theory for physicists, by J. Heading (review), 60
Group, fire protection (trade
Matthew Hall C publication), 216
Matthew, Rol
architects
804 Matthews and IV
Mancheste Maurin, J.,
(book), 411 Mavor, Dr. J. I ., obituary, 196 Max-Load higi
(trade pubtication), 554
Maxam control valves for pneumatic hoists (Climax), ^63
Maxam Power) Ltd., remote control equipment for Holman Rotomotors, 420
Maxoil-Duplex oil expeller (trade publication), 443
Maybich diesel engines (Bristol Siddeley Engines, Ltp.), 484
Mayhew, Y. R., engineering thermodynamics: work and heat transfer (review), 442 Mayne, S., on pay claim of air traffic control officers, 73; on pay offer to Civil Service clerks, 73; on Civil Service salaries, 364; on research expenditure and Civil Service negotiating machinery, 726
McAlister, K., work on radio telescopes in Australia, 121
McAlpine, R. E., elected chairman.
Power Plant Co., Ltd., 176 McAlpine, Sir Robert, and Sons, Ltd.,
for western section of Maidstone 391; Doncaster by-pass, 579
McCallion, Dr. H., on blade frequency of turbines, 645. See Correction. 800
McCalls Macalloy, Ltd., developments in Lee-McCall system of prestressing concrete, 610
McCarthy, C. J., on managing aviation techniques, 669
McClimont, W., on boiler refractories, 619 McCrone, A. K. L., diesel plant operators’ handbook (book), 502
McDonnel Aircraft Corp., environmental test chamber, Foamsil foamed glass for, 379 McFadzean, W. H., election as president.
Federation of British Industries, 488; views on the Budget, 599
McKinney. R., on nuclear energy programmes, 789
McMeeking report on commercial education, 733
McMinn, S. J., review of Torsiontheorie, 282 MCT. See Member of College of Technologists Me. See also Mac
Me-silicon-boron system, possible practical applications of, 90
Meals, hot, vending machines for (Automat Machine Sales), 453
Measurement, methods of, by B. Loser (book), 802
Measuring machine, universal (Catmur Machine Tool Corp.), 357
— Microscope, toolmaker’s (Degenhardt
Co.), 420
Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook, by Baumeister and L. S. Marks (book), Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering, development trends, 758 ?— — Research Laboratory, summaries
ert, and Johnson-Marshall,
for Commonwealth Institute,
lumby, Ltd., concrete roof for
? bus station, 94 les biles atomiques a neutrons lent
Ji-capacity roller bearings
Nuclear
contract by-pass.
T.
746
of research at, 121; note on heat bibliography 1955-56, 123; analogue method for design of hydraulic relief valves, 151; research summaries, 185; tests on effect of water in lubricant on pitting in ball bearings, 403; research summaries, 411; renamed National Engineering Laboratory, 583. See also National Engineering Laboratory Science, Journal of. See Journal Thermodynamics, by D. A. Mooney (review), 185
— Handling, trend to, 524
— Resolution of linguistic problems, by
A. D. Booth, L. Brandwood, and J. P. Cleave (review), 184
— World Electrical Year Book 1959 (review),
649
Year Book, 1959 (review), 649 Mechanics applied to engineering, by G. H. Ryder (book), 123
?— Fluid, textbook of, by J. R. D. Francis (book), 61
— High Speed, Institute of. See Institute
— Higher technical, by 1. Szabo (review), 122
— Non-linear, by H. Kauderer (review), 475 Mechanisation of fishing industry, 790 Meddings, W. J., Ltd., Pacera jigsaw, 729 Medical applications of atomic energy,
research reactor for, 462 of nuclear materials, 302
— Research Council, work
noise, 234
Reactor. See MRR Medicine, Aviation, Royal Air of. See Royal Air Force Medlycott, A., on applied struction (book), 123 Megator Pumps and Compressors, Ltd., pumps for paraffin wax, 156; Dolphin floating strainer, 229; Dolphin suction strainer (trade publication), 474
MEI truck crane (Thomas Smith and Sons). 728 Meili, Ernst, Metrac lorry with lifting nose, 72 Mekydro transmission unit for diesel locomotives and railcars (J. Stone), 134 Melbourne, music bowl with plywood and aluminium canopy, 610
Melman, Prof. S., comment on book Decision- Making and Productivity, 1
Melting of metals, equipment for, at Foundry exhibition, 722
— Shop roof design, 221
Stage, load distribution through, by D. B. Wilson, 220
— Vacuum. See Facuum melting
Melville, Sir H., on need for post-graduate research, 331
Member of College of Technologists, 733 Memotron cathode-ray tube in Infinite Persistence Solarscope oscilloscope (Solar- tron), 70
Menrow, Ltd., multi-purpose filter with throwaway cartridge, 533
Mental health, progress in treatment of, 669
on industrial
Force Institute
building con-
range of motor trucks,
Mercedes-Benz,
496
Merchant ships. See Ships: Liners; Tankers: etc. Mercian fungicidal wallpaint
Jackson), 379
Mercure thermal electric power for, 791
Mercury computer, programmes MERLIN reactor, functions of, 460
Merry, 1. W., review of handbook of automation, computation and control, 713-714; review of Introduction to design of servomechanisms, 713-714; review of Position control of 713-714; review of Les 713-714
Merryfield, Andrew, Ltd.,
(Farrow &
project, loan
for, 53
massive objects, notions de base.
Gramdeck tape recorder deck for use with radiogram, 564 Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., Dautataro fire fighting vessel for Port Fiji, 622
Merton Engineering Co., Ltd., Frontloader 59 shovel loader, 632
Mervyn Instruments. Mervyn-Harwell square wave polarograph (trade publication), 618 Mervyn-Harwell square wave polarograph (trade publication), 618
Merz and McLellan, Chapelcross atomic power station, 367
Metachemical Processes, Ltd., Hydrotron vapour blasting equipment, 284
Metals and alloys, vacancies and other point defects in (book), 475
— Clad graphite tube, Metica, 555
— Corrosion by vapours from organic
materials, by V. E. Rance and H. G. Cole (book), 343
— Cutting, chip formation in: hydrodynamic
theory, by M. M. Lamm, 444
— Deformation of, effect of surface active
medium on, by V. 1. Likhtman, P, A. Rebinder, and G. V. Karpenko (book), 502
— Electron gas in. 465
— Finishing technical service (Canning), 509 Metal Gravure Co., Ltd., name plates with
“ Twinstik
— Guillotines,
Ltd.), 730
— Honeycomb
Roe), 375
Metal Industries, Ltd,, acquisition of Avo, Ltd., 296
— — Handbook and Directory. 1959 (review)
649
— Institute of. See Institute
— Irradiation damage of. 238
— Liquid, atomic fuel. See Atomic fuel
— Melting equipment at Foundry Exhibition,
722
Metal and Pipeline Endurance, Ltd., leak detection (trade publication), 283
— Products from Holland, 1958 (review), 649 Metal Propellers, Ltd., chemical vessels (trade
publication), 185; Glitsch ballast tray, 665
— Refractory. See Refractory
Metal Sections, Ltd., woodfilled intermediate span joists, 776
— Special-purpose, for atomic energy, 491
— See also Ceramic-metals; Metallography;
Metallurgy
Metalastik, Ltd., torque transfer coupling for marine drive, 434; Cushyfoot “ S ” antivibration mounting for high-speed diesel engines, 485
Metalli Preziosi S.p.A., interest acquired by Johnson, Matthey, 604
Metallizing Equipment Co., 31-C powder spray coating, 504
Metallography, by L. Guillet (book), 802
— See also Metals; Metallurgy Metallurgy of atomic fuels, consolidated
report on, by L. M. Wyatt, 106, 136
— Powder. See Powder metallurgy
— Symposium of special (book), 8O2
— See also Iron and Steel Institute: Institute of
Metals: Metallography: Foundry
Meter, accelerometer, transistorised (J. Langham Thompson), 69
— Brake, Don Brake Meter, for motor vehicle
testing, 612
— Dew point, Alnor Dewpointer (Electric
Resistance Furnace Co.). 808
— Displacement, photo-transistor for vibra
tion analysis (Fairey .Air Surveys), 522
— Flow, magnetic (Foxboro-Yoxall), 524 Photoelectric alarm for (Rotameter), 633
— for germanium classification (GEC), 69 ?— Smoke, for diesel exhausts, 196
— for water flow speed and direction (Kelvin
Hughes), 70
Metering pumps with automatic control (Distillers Co.), 633
Methane drainage at collieries, 779
— Gas import, effect on mining industry, 201
— Liquid, discussion in Parliament on, 428
— Liquid, discussion in Parliament on im
portation from US, 571
Transportation by sea, discussion in Parliament on, 731
Methane Pioneer natural gas tanker, 232, 233, 571
— Properties and uses, 779
Metica metal-clad carbon or graphite tube, 491, 555
Metrac lorry with lifting nose, 72
Metrawatt insulation and earth continuity testers (Metrix), 634
— Transistorised cable tracer (Metrix), 600 Metrix Instruments Ltd., Metrawatt transistorised cable tracer, 600 ; Metrawatt insulation and earth continuity testers, 634
Metropolitan-Vickers-Beyer, Peacock Ltd., locomotives for South African Railways, 563
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., irradiation laboratory, 491; glow plug for diesel engines, 496; Intelligence and Interchange Section, 519; research policy, 520; pole-modulated tapped winding
electric motor, 326; mine hoist recorders, 327; course for school-leavers, 573; AWRE tandem accelerator, 771; work on accelerators, 771
Metropolitan-Vickers South Africa (Pty.) Ltd., locomotives for South African Railways, 563
” adhesive, 309 Besco-Truecut (F. J. Edwards
sandwich radar aerials (A. V.
Water Board, 55th
Metropolitan-Vickers
annual report (1917-8), 311
— See also London
Mexico, American Coicrete Institute meeting
in, preliminary ne jee, 671
— Atomic energy programme, 80 Meynell and Sons, Ltd.
valve for showers,
(trade publication
MG Magnetic motor c ir with Farina body, 171 MGA Industries, Ltd.
diesel engines, 37
Mica insulation, Samiia paper (trade publication), 746
Micanite and Insulators
mica insulation (t Michell, A. G. M., ob Michelotti, G., body a
car, 580
Micro sub-sub-miniature
(Honeywell Controls), 327 Microfilm xerography
reproduction of drawings (Rank-Xerox),
698
hot/cold water-mixing 453; valves and fittings , 502
Polar Start primer for
2o., Ltd., Samica paper ade publication), 746 tuary, 260 yling for Herald
motor
control
switch
system, Copyflo
5, for
Microphones (trade publication), 474 Microscope, measuring! toolmaker’s (Degenhardt and Co.), 420 '
Microscopic investigation, preparation o samples for, by E. Poulsen (book), 253 Microstructure. See also Metallography Microtester, Diavite, for surface measurement (H. Hediger), 352 1
Microwave oscillator, Ophitron (GEC), 774
— and standard combined cooker (Westing
house), 812
— Valves, electronics
(review), 184
of, by W. J. Kleen
. ,, . . . I
Midas recording apparatus, price reduction, 692
Midget hoist for lifting 1,000 1b loads (Hal- trac), 160
Midland Heating and Ventilation Co., formation of, 480; reorganisation of, 480
Midland Silicones Ltd., glasscloth laminates (trade publication), 746
Midlands, East. See Eitst Midlands
— West. See West Midlands
Migration and racial questions, by Sir M. Burnet, 142
Milan Fair, atomic energy exhibits (UKAEA) 492
Mild steel. See Steel
Miles Hivolt, sub-critical reactor for research and education, I4L static generator, 389 461. See also 141;
generator, 466
Miles, J. W., potential theory of unsteady supersonic flow (review), 681
Milford Haven project, 700
Milk vending mcahines, 266, 267, 325 Mill, ball, for beryllium powder production 413
— Flour, at Barnes Milling Ltd., 156
— Rolling. See Rolling mill and under
specific types of rolling mill
Millard, Dr. R. S., on research into road construction, 671
Millars’ Machinery Co., Ltd., repairs to Cononish Viaduct, 642
Miller, C. L., on digital terrain model, 751 Milling macliines, continuous rotary (Wadkin, Ltd.), 420
Lapping attachment (Alfred Herbert,
Ltd.), 293
Transportable, Swiss “ Rigid,” 562 Werner, with finger tip control (Rockwell Machine Tool Co.), 261
Millington, Thomas, and Co., Ltd., history and activities of, 764; opening of warehouse 764
Mills beverage service, automatic drink-dispensing machines, 325
Mills, Dr. H. R., on unloading of iron ore ships in USA and Canada, 593
Mills, Lord, remarks at opening of Fawley petrochemicals plant, 24
Mills Scaffold Co., Ltd., Self-Lock scaffolding (trade publication), 185
Milne-Thomson, L. M., theoretical aerodynamics (book), 746
Mine, coal. See Colliery
— Hoist recorder (Metropolitan-Vickers Elec
trical Co.), 327
— Pegson Marlow centrifugal pump for
(Pegson), 634
?— Rock pressure in, by E. de St. Q. Isaacson (book), 475
— United States National Bureau
United States
— See also Coal; Colliery; Mining: Miners, coal, strike in Belgium, 355 Mineral insulated thermocouples
Insulated Callenders Cables), 717
— Wool blankets, Sandvik steel belt conveyor
for (Mineral Wool Insulation Co.), 294 Mineral Wool Insulation Co., Sandvik steel belt conveyor for mineral wool blankets, 294
Pipe insulating section (Stillite), 579
— See also Coal; Colliery; Mining; Ores Mineworkers, X-ray examination of, 142 Mini-Kop hydraulic copying lathe (Myford
Engineering), 533
Mining, coal, law, by J. Sinclair (review), 376
— Deep-sea, for metals, 567
— Engineers from Yugoslavia, visit to UK, 73
— Equipment (trade publication), 474
— Industry, position and prospects of, 201
?— Non-ferrous, discussion in Parliament on 330
— Subsidence report (I.C.E.), 579 Minisonic liquid whistle homogeniser (Ultrasonics Ltd.), 781
Ministry of. See Education: Health, etc. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
thermoelectric generator for direct conversion of heat to electrical energy suing polonium—210, 98, 110
Minx motor car test on Belgian cobblestones (Hillman), 368
Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day, Ltd., diesel engine installation with evaporative cooling, for Voice of America, 38; J-range diesel engines (trade publication), 60; Monarch range of diesel engines, 569
packaged electro- U RAN IE reactor, Felini electrostatic
of. See
Ores
(British
ENGINEERING, VCL. 187 (1959)
-Mirror geometry for thermonuclear research, 366
— Machine experiment at Ogra, 702
— Magnetic, in thermonuclear research, 702 Missile, Atlas, in orbit, 3
— Ballistic, intercontinental. Atlas (General
Dynamics Corp.), 245
— Bases in US for Boeing Bomarc, 700
?— Bloodhound, for RAF, 604
— Bomarc, Boeing, bases for, 700
— Guided, Seacat, Admiralty orders for (Short
Bros. and Harland), 226
Spike aerial for (Armstrong-Whitworth), 113
See also Rocket: Satellite; Weapon, guided
— Jupiter, monkeys in 726, 727
— Research, giant high-fidelity amplifier for
(Westinghouse Electric Corp.), 678
Mitchell, A., technical drawing (review), 342 Mitchell Construction Co., Ltd., reinforced concrete hyperbolic cooling towers for Padiham B power station, 579
Mitchell Engineering Group, nuclear power projects, 427
Mitchell Engineering Ltd., Moby Dick atomic cargo submarine, 546; agreement with Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., for marine nuclear energy development, 546;
Mitchell-Fairfield-Combustion Engineering Group, details of boiling-water reactor for ship propulsion, 641, 673
Mitchell, Sir G. W., on George Wimpey and Co., 732
Mitsubishi, atomic submarine tanker, 675
Mixer, Banbury, electronically-controlled, in rubber manufacture, 352
Mixing unit for emulsions (Wakefield Dick), 422
Mobil Oil Co., discussions on air pollution, 11 ; compressed air equipment for oil cisterns in Malmo Oil Harbour, 620
Moby Dick atomic cargo submarine, 546 Model of atomic reactor and plant for Savannah, 674
— for crankcase deflection measurement, 304
— Design by, policy (Matthew Hall), 525
— Gurney steam carriage, 424
— Gypsum plaster, for reinforced concrete
design, 468
— Perspex, of frigate gear case, 786
— for reinforced concrete design, by Dr. G.
Brock, 468
— for schools, etc., list of, 280
— Tankers, atomic-propelled, 547
— Tests on turbine disc and blades, 645 Modern flats, by F. R. S. Yorke and F. Gibberd
(review), 778
Modern Furnaces and Stoves Ltd., recirculating type annealing furnace for stress relieving, 785
Mohler, K., German committee on steel construction (book), 746
Mohole project to drill hole through Earth’s crust, 567
Mohorovicic discontinuity, project to drill hole through, 567
Moir, J., high-quality sound reproduction (review), 282
Molybdenum-chromium-alumina cermets, by J. B. Haffadine, L, Longland and N. C. Moore, 91
— Disulphide dry bearing surface treatments
(Glacier Metal), 503
Process compared with Sulfinuz process, 118
Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., nickel alloy steels (trade publication), 283
Monitor, automatic, for aircraft fuel, 647 for end point recording (AWRE), 102
— Vibration (Giesler), 633
Monitoring instruments for process control, 783
— Service, radiation, 299. See Correction, 573 Monk, Arthur, and Co., Ltd., contractor for
Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577 underground pipeline for Stanlow refinery, 611; new works at Hull docks, 670; Stamford bypass on Great North Road, 776 Monkeys as space pilots, 331
— in space research, comment on, 727
— — Research, Plain Words on, 726 Monkland canal improvements, 776 Monmouthshire, Wales and. Report on Developments and Government action in, 672
Monolithic linings for boilers, 619
Mono-Rail transporter, hydraulic (Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 390
Monorail project for London Airport, 387. See LETTER, 567
— Prototype track at Basildon, 387
Monsanto Chemicals Ltd., polyethylene plant at Fawley, 22; annual report, 456
Mont Blanc road tunnel through Alps, 162, 494, 739
Montecatini Chemical Co., petrochemical plant project at Brindisi (S. Italy), 509
Moon as radio noise source, 744
— Rocket, Russian, 36
Russian, 323
? See also Lunar
Mooney, D. A., mechanical engineering thermodynamics (review), 185; thermodynamics and heat transfer (review), 442
Moonman, E., on suggestion schemes, 195 Moore, N. C., on Cr-ALOj and Cr-Mo-ALOs cermets, 91
Moore, P., on Orion “do it yourself” astronomical telescope kit, 416
Moore Special Tool Co. Inc., universal measuring machine, 357; No. 3 jig boring machine, 600
Moped. See Bicycle, motorised
Morar bulk ore carrier for Scottish Ore Carriers Ltd., 349
Morfax Ltd., activities of, 520
Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., crucible deliveries by Condor express freight train, 435; crucible furnaces, 722
Morgan, H. D., on Victoria Tube project, 193, 227; Potters Bar railway tunnels, 707
Morgan Refractories Ltd., Purox refractories, 683
Morgan, T. J., telecommunications economics (review), 342
Morris, B. O., Ltd., hand pneumatic tools
(trade publication), 93
Morris, Herbert, Ltd., rationalisation agreement with Steels Engineering Products, 199 Morris and Ingram (London) Ltd., “ Probe-
Lite ” inspection lamp for small orifices, 4 Morris Oxford Series V motor car, 464 Mortality rates, effects of improved, 364 Morton Machine Co., Russian orders for, 312 Moscow, air service to, 458, 700 —• Airport, Pye aircraft landing system, 755-756
— Scientific attache, D. A. Senior appointed,
489, 493
Moseley, William (Engineers), Ltd., wheel washer for motor vehicles, 297
Moskvitch motor car, 740
Motion, collective, conference on, Physical Society, 465
— Linear, ball bushings for precision (Ran
some and Maries), 471
Motors, air, Rotomotor, equipment for (Maxam
— Boat, inboard runabout,
? Outboard, Seawings
(Avica), 87
remote
Power, Ltd.),
Katamar, 86
hydrofoils
control
420
for
Skie stabiliser for, 86-87
— Car accidents. See Road accidents Air transport for delivery of
(Vauxhall), 57
Appia 1,090 c.c. (Lancia), 329 Assembly in South Africa, Government inquiry into, 322
Aston Martin, chassis fabrication, 786 Austin A55, 104
—• — Battery-operated, TEL, 393. See Cor
rection, 496
? Berkeley sports, 329
Bond Minicar threewheeler, Mark F, 45 Chassis, Aston Martin, 786
Communard, 740
Components, service for, 57 Consul, restyling of (Ford), 265 Czechoslovakian, at Geneva Motor
Show, 329
Daimler Dart sports, 496
— — Design and development (Vauxhall), 523 Engine, Engine, Engine,
704
— ?— Engine,
pects of, 368 Export markets, changes in, 488 Export sales progress by Jaguar, 177
— — Fiat, four-cylinder 1,800 and 2,100 cc,
329
Flaminia 23 litre (Lancia), 329 German, at Geneva Motor Show, 329 Herald (Triumph) by G. Wilkins, 580 Hillman Minx, test on Belgian cobblestones, 368
—? — Imports of foreign, 544 Industry. See Motor industry: Motorvehicle industry
Lotus Eleven Le Mans sports, 240 —? — Lotus Elite sports, 240 —? — Lotus Fifteen sports, 240 Lotus Seventeen sports, 240
Lotus sports, racing programme for, by
G. Wilkins, 240 Morris Oxford Series V, 464 Moskvitch, 740
— — NSU Prince, 329
? Output statistics (Ford), 135
Parking, by G. Baker and B. Funaro
(review). 111
Pobieda, 740 Production trends, 44 Racing, brake drum temperatures in, by
T. P. Newcomb, 709
— — Racing, Vanwall, G. A. Vandervell’s
work on, 105
Radio, Touchbutton Pyeway, 104 Rally at Sestriere, results of, 368 Reconditioned parts, 57 Renault Floride, 708
Riley 4/68 13 litre, with Farina-styled body, 612
Russian, 740 Safety belts, 297, 324
Simca Fulgar “ dream,” 200
Skoda, 329
Sports, Aston Martin DBRI/30, in
Florida race, 393 Sports, Lotus types, 240 Sports, plastics bodied prototype. Shamrock, 708
Spring cleaning guide, 393 Standard, discontinuance of, 644 —? — Styling studio. Dr. G. Farina, 708
Suspension design problems, electronic
computer for (A. V. Roe), 644
— — Tests by Ministry of Transport and Civil
Aviation, 104
Toyopet sales in U.S., 328
Tschaika, 740
Victor, exports to North America, 103 —? — Victor Series 2 (Vauxhall), 265
. Volga, 740
Volkswagen, proving ground for, 143 Zephyr, restyling of (Ford), 265 Zim, 740
ZIS, 740 Zodiac, restyling of (Ford), 265 See also Motor vehicles
— Cycle exhaust. See Exhaust
—? Electric, a.c. dynamic braking, by Dr. O. L
Butler and Dr. V. Ahmad, 590
Fractional h.p. (Crompton Parkinson), 697
Slip-ring, normal and unbalanced- voltage torque speed curves for, 591
—? — Squirrel-cage, normal and unbalanced- voltage torque speed curves for, 591
Synchronous, digital computer for design of, 719
Tapped winding, pole-modulated (Metro- politan-Vickers), 326
?—? — Traction, for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive, 277
?— Industry, effect of European Common
Market on, 272 and European Common Market, 44 ? France, 796
Research Association, research on engine exhaust fumes, 428
new
BMC 1,489 cc, 171 Fiat, four-cylinder, 329 gas turbine. Ford “ 704,” 676,
gas turbine, position and pros-
Motor industry, in Russia, by G. Wilkins, 740 Standards in, 104
— Internal-combustion. See Engine
— Launches. See Motor boats
— Lorry. See Motor vehicle
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of. See
Society
— Omnibus. See Bus
— Show, International, Geneva, 329
— Spirit statistics, 631
— Torque (Woden Transformer Co. and T.S.
Precision Engineering), 421
— Truck. See Truck
— Vehicle, battery-electric, position and pros
pects of, 663
Body of aluminium alloy, 749 Bonnets, plastics for, 392 Brakes, working party on, 544 Cargo lift vans and trucks with elevating
bodies (Rootes Motors), 781 Chassis of aluminium alloy, 749 Coachwork, glass-reinforced plastics,
repair of (Automobile Plastics Co., Ltd.), 448
Commercial, Berliet 600 h.p., “ Magic” multi-fuel engine and “ Relaxe ” cab for, 45
— — Commercial, production trends, 44 Commercial, Reiver range (Albion
Motors), 297
— — Commercial, transporter, 30 ton (Douglas
Equipment), 200
Don Drake Meter for testing, 612 Electric. See Electric Vehicle Association. See also Motor car, battery
Exhaust. See Exhaust
Exports of, 43
Ford Escort, as AA breakdown vehicles for Preston By-pass, 393
Goods, customs formalities affecting, 143 Grain carriers of aluminium alloy (Scammell), 749
— -— Headlamp Testing (book), 154
Heater and demister for, D9 (Clayton), 143
Heavy, price reductions by Leyland Motors, 488
Indicators, working party on, 544
Industry, heavy, competition from mass producers, 103
Industry, position and prospects of, 43 Lights, working party on, 544
— — Lorry, Cargon freighting system for, 787
— — Lorry, ' '
Lorry, by K.
443
Output statistics (Ford), 135
— ?—? Safety seat belts and harnesses, 297, 324 Standards, working party on, 544
Tests by Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 104
Trucks, Cargo Lift, with elevating bodies (Rootes Motors), 781
Trucks, Mercedes-Benz “ L ” range, 496 Van, reinforced polyester resin body for (Samlesbury Engineering), 557
Wheel washer (William Moseley (Engineers), Ltd.), 297
Wings, plastics for, 392
— Workers, Austin, bonus scheme for, 537
— Yacht. See Yacht
— See also Engine
Motoring Associations and Clubs, Federation of Commonwealth. See Federation
— Conference, Commonwealth, 544 Motorists, customs formalities eased for, 143
— Spring cleaning guide, 393
Motorway construction in Europe, 643
— Frost damage to, 171
— London-Birmingham, construction schedule
for, 525
Birmingham, progress on, 776 Birmingham, service areas for, 543
— Progress on new projects, 450
Mott, Hay and Anderson, Notting Hill Gate underground station, 384; Dartford- Purfleet tunnel, 579
Mould closing machine, automatic (Floodgate Steel Fabricating Co., Ltd.), 722
— Plastics, ready-mixed compositions
(Kenflworth Manufacturing Co.), 588 resins
Mullard Equipment, Ltd., Autoplot automatic electronically-controlled tool positioning machine, 5
Mullard, Ltd., instrument cathode-ray tube using helical post-deflection acceleration, 88; “ History of Radio ” (film strip), 142 packaged transistors, 583; trochotron high-speed decimal stepping tube, 653 Muller-Hanna ore handling installation, by F. D. Vines, 593
Munton, R., on shipowners’ problems 530
Muntz, Alan and Co., Ltd., GS34 Pescara gasifiers for ore carrier Morar, 349-350
Murad Developments Ltd. 4D capstan lathe with screw cutting at cross slide, 532
Murex Welding Processes Ltd., welding electrode exhibits, 556
Murgatroyd, Prof. W., lecture tour of, 269
Murrell, K. F. H., on overload rating for human beings, 365
Museum, Birmingham, of Science and Industry, old steam engines at, 380; engineering hall extension. 380
— British, Mancur spring balance, 531
— National, US, annual report, 343
— Science, Canberra aircraft for, 536
Handbook of cycles collection. Part II, by C. F. Caunter (book), 29
— — Time measurement. Part 1. historical
review, by F. A. B. Ward (book), 29
Musgrave, Sir C., appointed chairman to Iron and Steel Board, 167
Music bowl at Melbourne, with plywood and aluminium canopy, 610
Musical and art interests of engineers. Plain Words on, 322
— Pitch, discussion by Acoustics Group of
Physical Society, 695
Musquash floor cleaning machine (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.) 256
Mutations in living tissues, radiation and, by Dr. H. E. Kubitschek, 537
Myford Engineering Co., Ltd., Mini-Kop hydraulic copying lathe, 533; MG12 cylindrical grinding machine for manual operation, 534
gas turbine, “ 704 ” (Ford), 676 Metrac, with lifting nose, 72 Newton and W. Steeds (review).
for
— Seal, Epophen, for casting epoxide
(Leicester, Lovell and Co.), 183
Mouldable reinforced plastics sheet, (Leicester, Lovell), 588
Moulding compound, Rockite K501 publication), 746
— Machine, automatic, Blo-flex (J.
man and Co.), 722
? Automatic (British Moulding
Co.), 722
Blo-shooter, for blowing or cores or moulds (Pneulec), 722
• Diaphragm, Taccone (Baker
722
at Foundry Exhibition, 722
Shockless jolt squeeze, SJ5 (Pneulec), 722
— Materials at Foundry Exhibition, 722 Injection (trade publication), 283 Polyester dough (Bakelite), 160
— Plastics, Diakon for, 210
— Polystyrene, for refrigerator, Ekco Plastics,
345
— Shell, bibliography, 343
— System, Hallsworth (Rubery, Owen), 722
— See also Foundry
Mountings for aircraft electronic equipment, 373
—• Anti-vibration, for airborne electronic measuring instrument, 373
Vibration, for camera installations, 372 Vibration, Cushyfoot “ S ” for highspeed diesel engines (Metalastik), 485 Vibration, for low frequencies, 372
— ?— Vibration, test rig for vibration of
(Fairey), 373
Movsovic, M. L, on education in Russia, 733 Mowlem, John, and Co., Ltd., extensions to Royal Victoria Dock, 94
MRR research reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 462
Muir-Hill lOB dumper (E. Boydell and Co.), 454 Muirhead and Co., Ltd., two-phase decade oscillator, 70
Mulder, J. E., steam turbine performance and economics (review), 745
Resnit
(trade
W. Jack-
Machine
shooting
Perkins),
NAITO, Tachu, on aseismic reinforcement for Calder Hall type reactor, 79
Name plates, “ Twinstik ” adhesive for (Evode, Ltd ), 309
Named effects and laws, dictionary of, by
D. W. G. Ballentyne and L, E. Q. Walker (review), 311
Napier Spraymat de-icing system, 749 National Boat Show, exhibits at, 86
— Bureau of Standards. See United States
— Certificate students, mathematics for, by
E. G. Shalders (book), 343
— Coal Board, tri-lingual strata control
glossary (book), 29; fall in coal demand estimates, 66; remarks on position and prospects of, by Sir J. Bowman, 66; X-ray examination of mineworkers, 142; position and prospects of coal industry, 144; Warmco smokeLss fuel, 234; underground locomotives (diesel and storage battery) (book), 311; formation of Process Development Department, 630; coal; summer prices and delivery methods, 660; report and accounts (1958), 759; methane, from coalfields, 779
?— College of Agricultural Engineering, establishment of, 226; discussion in Parliament on establishment and activities of, 234
— Control (or Automation) College project,
693
?— Council of Social Service, work for young people, 321
for Technological Awards, report of, 605
— Dock Labour Board, annual report, 733
— Education and Careers Exhibition, 364, 605,
669
— Engineering Laboratory, activities and
constitution of Steering Committee for, 583; report on measurement of large water flows, 643; study on design of r;lief valves for power circuits, 685; circuit design in oil hydraulic equipment, 749; test rig for head loss characteristics of fittings, 749; test rigs for pumps, 763; see also Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory
— Federation of Ironmongers, Diamond
Jubilee Conference: Distributive thaw, by N. A. H. Stacey, 787
National Gas and Oil Engine Co., Ltd., GS34 free-piston gasifiers for turbine-driven compressor plant, 49; free-piston gasifier, 521
— Gas Turbine Establishment, all-radiant air
heater for (Birwelco), 423
— Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, oil-firing
course, 73
Safety Conference, accident prevention progress, by M. Robert, 701
— Institute of Building Research (Denmark), maintenance of concrete Danish Railways, by A.
durability and structures on Jeppesen, 384
National Institute publication, 99
National Institute of Economic and Social Research, National Institute Economic Review, new publication, 99; budget recommendations, 418
of Industrial Psychology, conference on selection and training of inspectors, 125
National Iranian Oil Co., contract for Arcon prefabricated buildings for, 391
— Joint Advisory Council, report on restrictive
practices, 235
— Lending Library for Science and Tech
nology, site for, at Thorp Arch, 123, 458
— Office Management Association, automa
tion bibliography, 475; glossary of automation terms, 475
Economic Review, new
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
National Physical Laboratory, straightnessmeasuring apparatus for cylindrical components, 124; work on industrial noise problems, 234
— Planning Association (US), nuclear power
in Pakistan (report), 531; automation: impact on business and labour, by J. Diebold (report), 796
— Power Farming Conference (Harrogate),
discussion on mechanisation in agriculture, 227
— Reactor Testing Station, criticality of
TREAT facility, 366
National Research Corp. (US), vacuum induction furnace, 627
Council (Canada), study of damaging reactions in concrete by Division of Building Research, 128. See LETTER, 483; ground movement near trees planted in clay, 611; building in Northern Canada, technical report, 643
Development Corp., annual report, 182; appointment of J. C. Duckworth as managing director, 331
— Science Foundation, Science Information
News, 617
— Society for Clean Air, proceedings of
Llandudno Conference (booklet), 227
— Union of Teachers, annual guide to careers
for young people, 364; National Education and Careers Exhibition, 364, 605, 669 Nationalisation in engineering industry, Labour Party’s proposals, 629
— Iron and steel industry, Colin Hurry’s
survey on, 194
?— Steel industry, W. Benton Jones on, 135 NATO science studentships, discussion in Parliament on, 330
Natural frequency of cantilevered blade-type testpieces, effect of isolation on, 54
Natural gas, fluctuating demand for, 659 Impact on gas industry in US, 232 Industry, position and prospects of, 663 Liquefaction and storage of, 232 • Production of, 233
Reserves of, 232 Sea transport to Britain of, 232 Tanks at Canvey Island (North Thames
Gas Board), 232
?— — Tank, rupture of, 232
Well at Cousland (Midlothian), 232
— Quartz replaced by fused silica for spectro
photometer prism, 59
Nature Conservancy, activities of first ten years (booklet), 429
Naval Architects, Institution of.
Institution
See
— Construction Research Establishment,
impact machine for, 800
Navigation, inertial, in solar system, by D. J. Cashmore, 679
— Radio astronomy and, by C. M. Cade, 744 Navigational aid, Decca system, discussion in
Parliament on, 143 on trawler Falstaff, 375 Navy, Royal. See Royal Navy
— Unitea States. See United States Navy Neal, R. H., and Co., Ltd., acquisition by Steel
and Co., 199; purchased by Steels Group, 595; crawler crane with cantilever jiP, 664; NL250 truck-mounted crane, 761 Nechleba, M., hydraulic turbines (review), 617 Nederlandse Helicopter Industrie, Kolibrie twin ram-jet helicopter, 88
Needle bearings. See Bearings
Negretti and Zambra, Ltd., instrument servicing
(trade publication), 474
Neill, James, and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., Eclipse magnetic positioning unit for welding and fabrication, 570; Eclipse boring tool holders for English pattern lathes, 696
Nelson, Sir G., on English Electric Co., Ltd., 423
Nelson, G. H., awarded Benjamin Franklin medal, 142
Neoprene in bridge expansion bearing, 543
— Diaphragm, air control valve with (Air
Automation), 717
— for Powergrip timing belt, 589
Nepal, Trisuli hydroelectric power project for,
803
NEPTUNE zero-energy water-moderated reactor, instrumentation for, 675
Neptunium oxides, properties of, 174
— Recovery of, 174
Netherlands, atomic energy programme, 80
— Speed limits in, 644 Networks, passive, synthesis of, by E.
Guillemin (review), 92
— Synthesis (Vol. 1), by D. F. Tuttle,
(review), 92
Neutron detector, scintillation counter
AWRE, 771
A.
Jr.
as
•I
— Flux distribution measurement across
reactor core, 750
Measurement in atomic reactor, 686
— Sensitive ionisation chamber, 751
— Source, Cockcroft Walton machine as, 770 Electrostatic generator as, 770
— Spectrometry, transistorised data recording
and anlysing system for (EMI Electronics), 182
— Spectrum, measurement of, 770
— lime of Hight spectrometer, 770
New Nuclear Data 1957 Cumulation, USAEC, 463
New Rochelle Tool Corp., Thermatool high- frequency welding Head for aluminium tube, 446
New Year Honours, 36
New York Airways, orders for Fairey Roto- dyne vertical take-off aircraft, 328
New Zealand, atomic energy programme, 80 Bluff Harbour extensions, b7l ? Tait's electrical directory of, 1958-59
(review), 649
Wairakei geothermal power project, 398 Newall Engineering, Russian oraers for machine tools, 528
Newalls Insulation, Newtherm calcium silicate insulation, 503
Newcastle Central Station, centralised signalling system, 624
Newcomb, T. P., on brake drum temperatures in racing cars, 709
Newcomen Society, plea for firms’ centenary or historical publications, 3; automotive inventions of Ettore Bugatti, by H. G. Conway, 200, 207
Newfoundland-Scotland cable, 418
Newman Electric Motors, Inc., activities of, 724 Newman Industries, Ltd., electromagnetic disc brakes, 455; sales engineers course, 724; sales drive, 724
Newmarket Transistors, Ltd., manufacture of germanium transistors, 743
News Chronicle, 1959 competition for £5,000 for business investment, 207
Newtherm calcium silicate insulation (Newalls Insulation), 503
Newton Collins, Ltd., fettling bench with built-in dust extraction equipment, 722
Newton, G. C., Jr., analytical design of linear feedback controls (review), 252
Newton, Isaac. See Isaac Newton telescope Newton, K., the motor vehicle (review), 443 Newton Victor Ltd., brazing service, 264 Newtonian theory of axial elasticity, by A. N. Procter, 798
Nicholls, H., on NATO science studentships, 330
Nichols Construction Co., geodesic dome, 473 Nicholson, T. V., on transportation and handling of iron ores, 593
Nichtlineare mechanik, by H. Kauderer (review), 475
Nickel alloy steels (trade publication), 283 Wiggin, V. fluorine and fluorine compounds, 343
— AT, for phenol road tanker, 748
— Industry, position and prospects of. 8
— Phosphorus allo> coating, Kanigan process,
555
— from sea bed, 567
— Stripping bath, Niplex (Roto-Finish, Ltd.),
284
Nicrex welding electrodes (Murex), 556 NIFES. See National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service
NIG Manufacturing Co., printing machine, 532
Night school in Russia. 235 Nimbus T3 diesel dumper truck (Thwaites
Engineering), 730 Nimonic alloys (trade publication), 746 Nimrod proton synchrotron for Rutherford
High Energy Laboratory, 772 1958 book of ASTM standards including tentatives (review), 714
196O’s Now, The (supplement), facing 512 Niobium. See Columbium
Niplex nickel stripping bath (Roto-Finish, Ltd.), 284
Nira Tele-Tracer staff location system (Cass Electronics, Ltd.), 357
Nitralloy steel wheel spindle on Churchill rollgrinding machine, 127
Nitriding. See Heat treatment Nitrogen determination in steel (book), 411
— Hydride rocket fuel. 279
Nitrous oxide gas for tracing leaks in Martin aircraft fuel tanks, 659
Nixon, M., closing breaches in flood defences, 609
Nodal dampers for Explorer diesel-electric locomotive (Blackstone), 277
Noise (trade publication), 216
— Absorbing acoustic pyramids (Marley). 653
— Building Research Station’s work on, 234
— in drawing offices, 560
?— Exhaust of motor vehicles, discussion in Parliament on, 392
— in fiats, DSIR report on, 192
— Medical Research Council’s work on, 234
— National Physical Laboratory’s work on,
234
— Shot, autocorrelation function and power
spectrum of nonstationary, by L. P. Hyvarinen (book), 586
— of TUI04 airliner at London Airport, 458 Nomograms for Chemical Engineers, by O. P.
Kharbanda (book), 154
Non-ferrous foundries, committee on conditions in, 635
Non-inflammability, British Standards work on, 201
Non-linear analysis, introduction to, by W. J. Cunningham (book), 29
Mechanics, by H. Kauderer (review), 475 Noral aluminium alloy for grain carriers, 749 Noratom A/S, atomic-energy consortium, 80 Norcross Ltd., annual report, 359 Nord-West Oelleitung oil pipeline, 663 Normalising. See Heat treatment
Norman and Dawbarn, architects for Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 215
Norris Bros,, Ltd., tooling and test rigs (trade publication), 586
Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., 6LX automotive diesel engine, 60
Norris Warming Co., Ltd., air conditioning unit for deck mounting on ships, 762
North America, British Sales in, 723 North American Aviation Inc., X-15 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 361; Jupiter engine for Juno II space probe (Rocketdyne Division), 388; reactor agreement with English Electric Co., Ltd., 735
North American railways. Bondarc resin-based adhesive for rigid joints in long rails, 32 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. See NATO North British Rubber Co., Powergrip timing belt for One-20 diesel dumper, 589 North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, economics of ships in port, by R. M. Thwaites, 34; shipowners’ problems, by R. Munton, 530; nuclear- powered submarine cargo vessels, by J. A, Teasdale, 676
North east, trading estate employment statistics in, 363
North Eastern Trading Estates, Ltd., employment statistics, 363
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, generating capacity position and prospects, J4; capital investment plans, 145; contracts for Strathfarrar and Kilmorach scheme, 322; Loch Awe power scheme, 451, 463; annual report on electricity demand, 563; contractors for Loch Glashan scheme, 579
Zephyr photo
North Thames Gas Board, natural gas tanks at Canvey Island, 232; work on liquid methane, 428
Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., aluminium busbars (trade publication), 746; aluminium alloys for grain carriers, 749; aluminium alloys for Cargo Lift vans and trucks, 781
Northern region engineering buyers’ guide, 1958-1959 (review), 310
Norton Tool Co., Ltd., 7y ton high-speed hydraulic press, 198
Norway, atomic energy programme, 80 Reactors, 80
— Export Council of. See Export Norwegian Export Directory 1958-59 (review),
649
Notched-bar tests. See Impact Notice extension for wage-earners of Associated Electrical Industries, 48
Notting Hill Gate underground station, reconstruction of, 383
Nottingham University, endowment of Hives Chair of thermodynamics by Rolls-Royce Ltd., 48
Nozzles, rocket, and exhaust jets, by E. T. B. Smith, 36
— Sampling, for flue gas, 286
— Sound Suppressing, for jet aircraft, 456 NRDC flat television tube, 128
NSU Prince motor car, 329
Nu-Gear gearbox attachment for hand drill (Bridges), 288
Nuclear Chemical Plant, Ltd., constitution and appointment of directors, 47
— Congress, preliminary notice, 395
Nuclear Data 1957 Cumulation, New, USAEC, 463
— Energy Conference, British. See British Courses, catalogue of, 395
Exhibition. See Engineering, Marine, Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition European Conference for Industrial Management on Industrial Prospects for. See European Conference for Industrial Management
— Engineering courses. 395 See also Atomic engineering
Nuclear Enterprises (GB), Ltd., formation of Saro-Nuclear Enterprises, Ltd., 176
— Energy. See Atomic
— Explosion. See Atomic
— Fired superheater for Puerto Rico atomic
power plant, 79
— Fusion apparatus. Sceptre III A, experi
mental results of, 575
British work on, 205 Compression heating for, 703 Containment, electric fields for, 575 Containment systems, 575, 702
— —? Course on (France), 575
Devices, 575
Devices, direct conversion to electrical energy in, 575
Fast and slow pinches, 702
Heating and containment for, 702
Mirror geometry to replace ZETA, 366 Position and prospects of, 606
—- —? Present state of research on, by Dr.
B. F. J. Schonland, 598
Reaction cross sections as function of relative particle energy, 574
Reaction power density, calculation of, 574
References to, 608 Research vin, 702
Research stations, British, siting of, 205 ? Research ' "
Research.
Toroidal pinch, fundamental problems of, 575
— Gas engine, 427, 734
Nuclear Investment Co., Ltd., annual report, 303
Nuclear Materials, Journal of, new quarterly, 377
Medical applications of, 302
— Physics. See Atomic physics
— Power. See Atomic Nuclear Power Plant Co.,
Sir C. Gibb in, 100; elected chairman, 176;
Station. See Atomic
— Reactor. See Atomic
— Research emulsions, automatic scanner for
(Barr and Stroud), 102
European Organisation for. See European Organisation for
— Science abstracts, annual index to, 745 and Engineering, Australian Institute of.
See Australian
and technology, chair of, at R.N. College, Greenwich, 206
?—? Technology (chemical) course. College, 492
— See also Atomic Nucleus, collective motions of, 466 Numerals for electronic reading
(EMI Electronics), 218
Nuts, locking, against vibration, (trade publication), 554
?— Self-locking, Philidas (trade publication), 554
Nuttall, Edmund, Sons and Co. (London), Ltd., Dartford-Purfleet tunnel, 579
Nylon belting for drop stamp tup, Roko, 504
— Coil bobbins for miniature transformers
(George Goodman, Ltd.), 653
— Gloves for protection against abrasive
materials (British Nylon Spinners), 453
— Overalls for factory use (British Nylon
Spinners), 453
— Seals for buffers, Maranyl, 432
— Transmission belting, Roko, 504
in Russia, by Dr. 1. N. Golo-
in US, by Dr. V. Atta, 702 See also Sceptre; Zeta
Ltd., activities of R. E. McAlpine activities of, 668
Imperial
machines
Palnuts
OAK Ridge National Laboratory, gas engine reactor system, 427, 734; GCR-2 reactor, 734
Research Reactor. See ORR
Oates, J. A., automation in production enginering (review), 253

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Observatory, Royal. Sec Royal
Odishaw, H., handbook of physics (review), 681
OEEC. See Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
Off-peak floor heating, fallacies of, by H. H. Bruce, 592. See LETTER, 663
Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades Association, Business Efficiency Exhibition, 659, 698
— Building with gold-anodised aluminium
curtain wall, Hollywood, 804
New, in London, 234
— Chair, “ ideal,” 685
— Executives, to be more homely, 73
— Machinery industry, position and prospects of, 147
Manufacture by Canadian-Vickers Ltd., 208
Oil burner. See Burner
— coal conversion into (BCURA), 613
— from coal by low-temperature carbonisation, 428
— Competition between coal and, 201
— Consumption and refinery production, statistics, 631
Oil-Crat oil-fired domestic boiler, 596
— Engine. Se : Engine, diesel
— Expeller (trade publication), 443
— Exploration, 430
Offshore, Persian Gulf, 431
— Film bearings, shaft whirl with, 180
— Filters, are they necessary?, by G. Wilkins,
544
— Fires, compressed air for extinguishing, 620
— Fired boiler. See Boiler
Central heating, growth in, 73
— Firing, NIFES course on, 73
Unit for boilers, MacFire, printed circuit for control system of (Urquharts), 592
— Fuel, heavy, direct-fired heater for (Foster
Wheeler), 191
Oil-gas process, plant for, for Japan (Humphreys and Glasgow), 435
Oil hydraulic equipment, circuit design in, NEL, 749
— Hydrocarbon, radiation effects on, 716
— Marketing, by C. T. Brunner, 562
— Mist detector (Graviner Manufacturing Co.).
486
— Port, Wilhelmshaven, 663
— Prospecting, magnetometer equipped AC-3
aircraft for (Hunting Geophysics, Ltd.), 296
— Refinery, air pollution by, discussions on, I I Caltex (UK) Ltd., withdrawal of planning permission application at Southampton, 701
Fawley, pneumatic hose-handling equipment, 563
Output statistics, 662 Plans for new, 662 Production statistics, 631 Size and output details, 662 Stanlow, pipeline for, 663 Stanlow, Udex aromatic extraction unit for (Universal Oil Products), 620
Stanlow, underground pipeline, 611
— Release from shale beds by atomic explo
sion, 206
—? Reserves, search for new, 430
— Switch. See Switchgear
— Terminal at Shatt al Arab, 495
— Transport, Dracone DI towed flexible
cargo vessel for, 381
— Velocity indicator, miniature, by A. J. S.
Baker, R. Tourret and J. T. Jones, 82
— W. Walker’s Century No. 6, in gear test, 306
— Well drawworks, MW48 asbestos friction
material for (Ferodo Ltd.), 780
— See also Lubrication: Paraffin: Petroleum Oilfields, Lake Maracaibo, Atlas 400 ton
floating crane for, 595
— Olobiri (Nigeria), 430 Oldbury-on-Severn atomic power station, site
application for, 426
Older persons, work for, discussion in Parliament on, 330
Oleo Pneumatics, Ltd., Maranyl nylon seals for buffers, 432
Oliver, D. R., review of Reports on Progress in Physics, 93
Olobiri oilfield (Nigeria), 430
OMFBR. See Atomic reactor, organic-moder- ated fluid-bed
Omnibus. See Bus
— Trolley. See Trolley bus
OMR. See Atomic reactor, organic-moderated One-20 diesel dumper with Powergrip timing belt, 589
O’Neill, D. B., consulting engineer for Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 215
Ongar Radio Station, remote-controlled transmitters for, 307
Onia-Gegi catalytic oil-gas process, plant for, in Japan (Humphreys and Glasgow), 435 Open-hearth furnace. See Eurnace Opera on space flight, 457
“ Operation Chimney Plume,” fog tests by CEGB-Fairey, 30. See LETTER, 99
Operations research for printing factory of Perivan Group, 690
— Sunrise, atomic reactor programme, 426 Operational research course, London School
of Economics, 258
Societies, Federation of. See Federation
Operator control in oil engine production (Rolls-Royce), 811
Ophitron microwave oscillator (GEC), 774 Opportunities for qualified men, 1959, directory of (Bowes and Bowes), 29
Optics and spectroscopy, glossary on, 475 OR 339 strike aricraft project, 41
Oram, G. C., works manager (production services), Appleby-Frodingham, 423
Ore carrier, Morar, for Scottish Ore Carriers, Ltd., 349
Position and development prospects, 593 Special-purpose, 593
Unloading, by Dr. H. R. Mills, 593
— Chromium, purchase of Russian, by US, 387
— Field, Russian, Terylene-rubber conveyor
belting for (BTR Industries), 284
— Handling at East Moors Works, by
Jenkins, 593
Installation, Muller-Hanna, by F. Vines, 593
at Margam Works, by J. E. Robson, 593 at Seven Islands, by D. H. Sharp, 593
— Iron, deposits in Russia, 797
Direct reduction into sponge iron, HyL process (M. W. Kellogg), 159
Handling in Great Britain, by T. V. Nicholson, 593
Handling, meeting of Iron and Steel Engineers Group, 593
Preparation, 593
? Ships for, unloading, by Dr. H. R.
Mills, 593
Shipment, 593
? Transportation, 593
Transportation in Great Britain, by T. V. Nicholson, 593
World situation, by C. R. Wheeler, 593
— Unloading at Port of Rotterdam, 593 Orenda Engines, Ltd., development of Iroquois turbojet aircraft engine, 26
Organic materials, vapours from, corrosion of metals by, by V. E. Rance and H. G. Cole (book), 343
Organisation of American States, activities of, 354
— for European Economic Co-operation,
conference on industrial prospects in nuclear-energy (Stresa), 176, Policies for Sound Economic Growth (10th annual economic review), 289; publications of, 475; 4th symposium on organisation and administration of applied research, 499; report by Secretary General on work of, 597; Industrial Design in the United States (publication), 624; fitting the job to the worker (book), 746; See also European Productivity Agency: European Nuclear Energy Agency
— International, yearbook,
— Large scale, and change;
C. T. Brunner, 562
Oriana liner, aluminium (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 505
Orient liner Oriana, aluminium superstructure in (Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 505
Orifices, small, “ Probe-Lite ” inspection lamp for (Morris and Ingram), 4
Orion “ do it yourself ” astronomical telescope kit (W. Ottway and Co., Ltd.), 416
Orpheus 803 turbojet engine, manufacture under licence by German Federal Republic, 604
— B Or 12 turbojet aircraft engine, brief
details of, 374
ORR research reactor. Oak Ridge, 462 Oscillator, audio frequency (trade publication), 618
— Microwave, Ophitron (GEC), 774
— Two-phase decade (Muirhead), 70 Oscilloscope, Infinite Persistence Solarscope
(Solartron), 70
Osram Lamp Development Laboratory, work in progress at, 85; quartz envelope light source, 85; laboratory study of mass production, 85; reflector projector lamp, 85: effect of vibration and shock on lamps, 85
Oswald, H., obituary, 68
Otis Elevator Co., escalators for Notting Hill Gate underground station, 384
Otter floor cleaning machine (British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Ottway, W., and Co., Ltd., Orion “ do it yourself” astronomical telescope kit, 416
Otway, F. O. J., on monorail for London Airport, 567
Outboard propulsion unit. Harbourmaster, for fire float, 622
Output printing machine, electro-hydraulic, foi computers (Creed and Co., Ltd.), 241 Oven, electric, with external fan and heater (Hedin), 632
— Gas-fired forced-convection trolley-loading
(Barlow-Whitney, Ltd.), 422
— Industrial, gas-fired tray-loading (Barlow
Whitney), 664
Overalls, nylon, for factory use (British Nylon Spinners), 453
Overload rating for human beings, by K. F. H. Murrell, 364
Overseas information services. White Paper on, 330
?— Scholars scheme of FBI, 537
— Science Students Association, activities of,
299
Overspeed trip for reciprocating engines, by R. Malpas and O. P. Woodroffe, 508
Owen, Sir L., member for production nate), UKAEA, 427; on atomic prospects in Australia, 463
Owen Organisation, formation of company in Bombay, 177
Owen, T., on house magazines, 364
Oxford English Dictionary, list of words for earlier references, 553
Oxford motor car. Series V (Morris), 464 Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, limber conoid roof for, 408
Oxides, cobalt, for catalytic combustion of exhaust gases, 684
?—? of heavy elements, properties of, 174 Oxley, Dr. P. L. b., on controlled shot peening, 222
Oxygen cutting machine, Hancomatic, 785
— in iron and steelmaking in Russia, 797
— Isotopes, separation of, 204
—? Liquid, storage cylinders (British Oxygen Gases), 684
— in pre-refining of hot metal for electric arc
furnace (Brymbo), 657
— Rocket fuel, 279
— Tonnage plant at Brymbo Steel Works, 658 Ozalid Co., Ltd., Printmaster photocopier, 696 Ozhennite alloy, corrosion resisting properties,
138
Ozonair Ltd., Ozotex throw-away air filter, 381 Ozone rocket fuel, 279
Ozotex throw-away air filter (Ozonair), 381
PACERA jigsaw (W. J. Meddings, Ltd.), 729 Packaging, aerosol, for domestic use, 448
— Centre, Tuflite hair packaging material at,
780
— Exhibition, International (Amsterdam),
preliminary notice, 369
— Material, hair, Tuflite (Xetal Products), 780
— Pressurised, for domestic use, 448
— Training conference (New York), 177 Packers Supply Co., Ltd., HSD tensioner for
strapping bands, 293
Packing, gland, extractor tool for, free offer of (Crane Packing), 312
— Paper (trade publication), 283
— Lascarflon, in asbestos and ptfe (Beldam
Asbestos), 503
— in warehouse of Benton and Stone, 721 Padiham B power station, hyperbolic cooling
towers for (Mitchell Construction), 579
Paint, bituminous, Blackpete (trade publication), 650
— Fungicidal, Mercian (Farrow and Jackson),
379
— Luminous, 497
— Primer, Pitan (trade publication), 586 Painters, great. Plain Words on, 630 Painting, pretreatment, tannating process, 555 Pakaway refrigerator, functional design of, 692 Pakistan, atomic energy in, 110
Power in, prospect for (report), 531
— Planning in, PEP, 531
— Steel mill at Multan, 791
— Taunsa Barrage opening, 473
— Water and power authority. 495 Palletising, bricks, automatic car loader for
(Bradley and Craven), 454
Palnut Co., Ltd., Palnuts for locking against vibration (trade publication), 554
Panel, air filter, Super-Vee (Vokes), 760
— Honeycomb composite, flaw detection in
(Martin Co.), 284
Pannett, W. E., radio engineering formulae and calculations (book), 217
Panorama Equipment, Ltd., dust protector (trade publication), 216
Pantograph, Faiveley, fo." railway electrification (J. Stone), 134
Paper, drawing, translucent, Duralax (Hall Harding), 345
— Guillotines, Giant (Furnival), 808
— Industry, British (1495-1860), industrial
growth, by D. C. Coleman (book), 61
— Mica insulation, Samica (trade publication),
746
— Packing (trade publication), 283
— Printing, Ammonax (Hall Harding), 345
— Towels (Bowater-Scott Corp.), 453 Paraboloids, hyperbolic, 643
for roof of Commonwealth Institute, 804 Paraffin wax pumping and distribution at Price’s Patent Candle Co., Ltd., 156
Parallax work with Isaac Newton telescope at Royal Observatory, 341
Paralloy Forging Quality cast pipe fittings (APV Paramount), 504
Paratroopers, static line retriever system for, on Hercules aircraft (Lockheed), 374
Paris, industrial decentralisation in, 3
Parke, N. G., HI, guide to literature of mathematics and physics (review), 310
Parker and Dannen, Ltd,, tea-making automatic vending machines, 325
Parker, Frederick (Canada), Ltd., formation of, 509
Parkin, P. H., on noise in flats, 192
Parking, by G. Baker and B. Funaro (review), 111
— Blue Zone system, 195
Parkinson, A. C., on first year engineering drawing (book), 29
Parkinson Howard, Ltd., access roads for Volta River project, 804
Parkinson, Sir Lindsay, and Co., Ltd., Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 215
Parr, G., on technical writer (book), 123
Parsons, C. A., and Co., Ltd., death of Sir C.
Gibb, 100; new appointments to Board, 135; export achievements of Sir C. Gibb, 135; contract for turbo-generators for Tennessee Valley Authority, 199; tender for 500 MW turbogenerator for US. 328; purchase of turbogenerator b/ Tennessee Valley Authority, 456; nuclear exhibits at Engineering Exhibition, 490; annual report, 668
Parsons Memorial Prize award, 299
Part-time technical courses, student wastage in, 143
Particle accelerator. See Accelerator
— Charged, analysis of, 770
— Counter and sizer machine, electronic,
Casella, 647
— Emission, focusing for observation of,
— Size distribution, ring slit sifter for, 70
— Solid, atmospheric pollution by, by
D. H. Grindell, 350
— Spectrograph, magnetic, 771
— Spectrometer, magnetic, 771
— Xi-zero, discovery of, 367 Paste, sealing (trade publication), 283 Patchboard (Woden Transformer Co.
T. S. Precision Engineering), 421
Patents, designs and trade marks, comptrollergeneral’s report, 758
Paterson, S., review of Science of High Explosives, by M. A. Cook, 28
Patrol boat Brave Borderer with gas-turbine engines, 52
Patten, B., Melbourne’s music bowl, 610 Pauli principle for superconductivity, 465 Pavilion, Philips, at 1958 Brussels World Fair (review), 778
Pavoir floors at Heinz factory at Kitt Green (Acalor), 578
Paxman diesel engines. See Davey, Paxman Pay claim by air traffic control officers, 73 ?—? Offer to Civil Service clerks, 73
Pay, R. G., review of Dictionary of named effects and laws, by D. W. G. Ballentyne and L. E. Q. Walker, 311
— Ratio of woman-to-man, 489
— Research Unit, report on Civil Service
clerks, 73
— See also Income: Salary: Wages
Paying for the Railways, PEP broadsheet, 2
Payne Products International. Ltd., Diavite Microtester for measuring surface finish, 352
PBR reactor. See Atomic reactor, high-temperature gas-cyde
Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 2nd International Conference on. See Atomic Energy, Peaceful Uses of
Peake, H., on Steel Co. of Wales, Ltd., 71
Pearce, R. S., and Co., Ltd., Autopark (trade publication), 185
Peco Machinery Sales (Westminster), Ltd., diecasting machines for semi-automatic casting of light metals and brasses, 196; pressure diecasting machine, 722
Peers, J., and Associates, Technical Advertising Agency — What it is. What it Offers (book), 57
Pegasus computer for floor beam section determination, 18
Pegson, Ltd., Pegson Marlow centrifugal pump for mines, 634
Pegson Marlow centrifugal pump for mines (Pegson), 634
Pei, Prof. M., on need for universal language, 169
Peirson and Co., Ltd., steelwork for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577
Pemex, gas liquefaction plans, 663
Pendred, B. W., Kempe’s Engineers’ Year- Book, 1959 (review), 649
Penney, Sir W., member for scientific research UKAEA, 427; work at AWRE, 765 Pennsylvania Power and Light Co., withdrawal from aqueous homogeneous reactor project, 79
Pension, dockers’ claim for, 48
— Schemes, 299
PEP. See Political and Economic Planning Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., vending machines, 266 Perf-A-Matic rotary perforator for commercial stationery (Gordon and Gotch), 262
Perforator, rotary, Perf-A-Matic, for commercial stationery (Gordon and Gotch), 262
Periodicals, exports of, discussion in Parliament on, 458
— Sales overseas, discussion in Parliament on,
731
Perivan Group, Ltd., flowline production in new printing factory, 690
Perkins Engines, Ltd., reorganisation of European export organisation, 787
Perkins, F., Ltd., take-over bid by Massey- Ferguson, 135; 270D direct injection
diesel engine for agricultural, industrial and marine applications, 165; appointments to board of, 328; changes in board of, 328; staff planning, 517; formation of Perkins Gas Turbines, Ltd., 764
Perkins Gas Turbines, Ltd., formation for
Solar gas-turbine manufacture, 764
Perkins, John M., and Smith, Ltd., Safe-D- Speeder reduction gear for electric hand drills, 480
Perkins, W. T., elementary telecommuncations examination guide (book), 217
Permagon Press, Solid State Physics USSR, 617 Permali Ltd., Dialam bushings for electrical apparatus, 557
Perrin. J. F., on Mancur spring balance, 355. See LETTERS, 419, 531
Perry, J. H., engineering manual (book), 746 Perry, R. H., engineering manual (book), 746 Perseus computer (trade publication), 650 Persian Gulf, deep-water berth for supertankers, 231
— — Offshore oil exploration, 431 Personality, quality in. Plain Words on, 630 Personnel bridge at Heinz factory at Kitt Green,
578
— Decontaminator, Bassaire, 415
Perspex models for crankcase deflection measurement, 304
of frigate gear case, 786
Perutz, Dr. M. F., on life in molecular terms, 796
Pescara GS34 free-piston gasifier (Alexander Stephen), 134
Free-piston gasifiers for ore carrier Morar (Free Piston Engine Co.), 349
Petrochemicals plants at Fawley, 24
Project at Brindisi (S. Italy), by Monte- catini Chemical Co., 509
Petrol fires, compressed air for extinguishing, 620
— Motor. See Aircraft engine; Motor-car
engine: Motor boat: Tractor
— Pump, self-service, 369
— See also Motor spirit
Petroleum Equipment, Council of British
Manufacturers of. See Council Deferred terms for, 628 ?— Industry handbook, by G. Sell and H. A.
Dossett (book), 217
Position and prospects of, 796
Statistics, 631
— Information Bureau, United Kingdom
Petroleum Industry: Statistics, 631
— See also OH: Paraffin: Petro!
Phase shift, apparatus for measurement of (Servomex), 70
Phenol-formaldehyde resins for reinforced plastics bearings, 27
— Road tanker in AT nickel, 748
1958, 310; hydrogen by Dr. N. C. Barford, on collective motions, on musical pitch by 695
preview of exhibits at, 69; exhibits at, 102
— Testing at elastomers research laboratory of
Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684 Physicists, matrix theory for, by J. Heading (review), 60
— Special relativity for, by G. Stephenson and
C. W. Kilminster (review), 410
Physics, atomic. See Atomic physics
— Handbook of, by E. U. Condon and H.
Odishaw (review), 681
— Institute of. See Institute of Physics
— Literature guide, 185
— and mathematics, guide to literature of, by
N. G. Parke Ill (review), 310
— Modern, principles of, by A. P. French
(review), 502
— Reports on progress in (Vol, XXI), by A. C.
Stickland (Ed.) (review), 93
— Solid state, USSR (publication), 617
— See also Physical Society
Piccolift fork truck for confined spaces (G. Hunter (London), Ltd.), 760
Pickering, R. Y., and Co., Ltd., Erman’s rolling hatch covers, 349
Pickups, pressure, for aircraft industry (CEC), 71
Pidd, G. S., on viscous damper and its vector diagram, 784
Pierhead Ltd., prestressed concrete beams for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Piezoelectrics, commercial production of (Bush Crystal Co.), 345
Pig iron, output of, 694
Pike, E. W., on air traffic control problem, 67
Pile casings, helically welded, Driam machine for, 804
— Prestressed-concrete, at Hull docks, 670
— System for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft
factory at Squires Gate, 213
— Welded steel, stress relieving of, 651
Pilkington Bros. Ltd., float glass process, 120; Armourplate toughened glass (trade publication), 377; larger sheets of toughened glass, 379
Pilkington, L. H. A., review of Glass Engineering Handbook, 29
Pilots, air transport, training of, 458
— Space, monkeys as, 331 Pins, cotter. See Cotter-pins Pinch device, fast, AWRE, 703
— Effect in plasma heating and confining, 702
— Machines, direct conversion in, 575
Electron energy loss mechanism in, 575
— Toroidal, fundamental problems of, 575 Pinions. See Gear; Gearing
Pioneer I lunar probe, summary of details of, 615
— Il lunar probe, summary of details of, 616
— Ill space probe, summary of details of, 616
— IV lunar probe, 322, 360
Lunar probe, summary of details of, 616 Lunar probes, value of, 333
Pipe bending (trade publication), 474
— Connections, high pressure, Ruston-Gray-
loc, 636
— Coupling, demountable vacuum-tight, by
W. P. White (book), 92
Quick-action, for pipelines (Simon Handling Engineers), 505
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Pipe coupling, swivel, for hydraulic systems (Avica Equipment), 621. See Correction, 720
— Fittings, cast. Paralloy Forging Quality (APV Paramount), 504
— Flanges, cast iron, tool for machining (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 295
— Manifolds, analysis of flow from, by Dr. E. Markland, 150
— Straight, air flow in, friction charts for, by
R. H. Young and J. M. Gasiorek (book), 746
— Structures, analysis of, for flexibility, by J.
Gascoyne (book), 746
— Water flow in, formulae in graphical form
for, 473
— Welding, manipulator for on site (Quasi
Arc), 222
— See also Tube
Pipeline for coal transport, 258
— for effluent from Winfrith Heath, 394
— for fuel supplies for Egypt, contract to
Mannesmann Co., 435
— Qil, in Britain, 663
? from Genoa to Switzerland and Ger
many, 356
Nord-West Qelleitung, 663
for Russian satellite countries, 758
— Quick-action pipe coupling for (Simon
Handling Engineers), 505
— Underground, Stanlow Refinery to Shell
Chemical’s works, Carrington, 611,663
— Valve body fabrication (David Brown), 786
— — Electrical actuator for remote control of
(trade publication), 554
Pipework, underground, Stilag insulating sections for, 579
Piping, aluminium, for BR.2 reactor, 46
Pippard, Prof. A. J. Sutton, remarks on amalgamation of Institution of Civil Engineers with kindred societies, 707; remarks on education of civil engineers, 707
Piqua, organic moderated and cooled reactor project at (USAEC), 425
Pisa, leaning tower of, electropetrification, 73 Piston, free. See Free piston
Pitan metal primer (trade publication), 586 Pitching moment and subsonic drag characteristics of slender cambered bodies, by K. D. Harris (book), 778
Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Stay-Dry foamed glass insulation for piping, 183; properties and applications of Foamsil foamed glass, 379
Pitzmann and Pfeiffer, hydraulic deep drawing press, 601
Piwowarsky, E., Hochwertiges Gusseisen (Grauguss) (review), 216
Plane, hand shaper (Stanley), 64
Planets as radio noise source, 744
Planetary system, origin of, by Prof. R. Q. Kapp, 196, 257, 270, 323-324
Planning in Pakistan, PEP, 531
Planning, production (supplement), 526 Plansifter for grading stocks at flour mill of Barnes Milling, Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
Plant (trade publications), 443, 474
Plant, Sir A., Graham Clark Lecture, 385
— Depreciation of, by W. Brownlie Hendry,
479
— Design and process development, instru
mentation and computation in, symposium, 783
— Engineers, Incorporated. See Incorporated
?— — Institution of. See Institution Work of, 331
— Guide to trends in (supplement), 524
Plasma arc torch for spray forming of high- temperature materials, 652
— Containment field, 703
— Gaseous, properties, of, 465
— Heating and confining, AWRE, 703
? and confining, pinch effect in, 702
Mechanism, by D. Reagan, 205
— Ratio of energy released in, and supplied to,
574
— Research on making and containment of, 598
— Theory, present state of, 574
— Thermonuclear, confined by magnetic field,
575
Plaster, gypsum, models for reinforced concrete design, 468
?— Moisture-combatting, Voboma 38 and 64 for, 587
— Reinforced, ultimated strength of models
of, 468
Plastic buckling of plates in shear, values of reduction factor for. by B. Emslie (book), 778
— Design, computer for calculations in, by
W. J. Sutcliffe, 68
— •— of structures, 275
Plasticisers (Charles H. Windschuegl, Ltd.), 747 Plastics Abstracts, 31 1
Plastics bodied prototype sports car. Shamrock, 708
— Casings, glass-reinforced, for Bedford
diesel industrial units (W. and J. Tod, Ltd.), 505
?— Coachwork repairs (Automobile Plastics Co., Ltd.), 448
— Coated steel, Stelvetite, applications of, 210
— Covered copper tubes, Kuterlex, 556
— Ekco, polystyrene moulding for refrigerator,
345
— Frame, behaviour of, 275
— Hulls for boats, 86-87
— Industry, position and prospects of, 8, 662
— Joint boxes, 588
— Lampshades, Fildenex, 596
— for motor vehicle wings and bonnets,
discussion in Parliament on, 392
— Moulds, ready-mixed compositions for
(Kenilworth Manufacturing Co.), 588
— Mouldings, Diakon for, 210
— in passenger-carrying railcar for French
Railways (Renault), 471
— Portable X-ray equipment for (Marconi
Instruments), 533
— Protective cap for asbestos cement sheets,
Turnall, 495
— Ready-mixed, for tooling (Kenilworth
Manufacturing Co.), 588
Plastics, reinforced (trade publication), 746 Bearings of, manufacture properties and applications (Railko Ltd.), 27
— — Sheet, mouldable, Resnit (Leicester,
Lovell), 588
— Review (trade publication), 746
— Scales, architects’, British Standard, 340
— Tents, house building under, 272
— Testing methods for (miscellaneous), British Standard, 59
— Thermoplastic, 662
— Thermosetting, 662
— Tools, ready-mixed compositions for (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co.), 588
— Trays and bins (trade publication), 474
— Washer for asbestos cement sheets. Turnall, 495
— Yearbook, British, 1959 (review), 649 Plate bending machine, vertical (Hugh Smith
(Possil)), 570
— — Rollers, Besco (F. J. Edwards), 454
— “ Crowning,” rolling defect, 754
— Levelling machines (Bronx Engineering), 390 Machine, 6-roll (Bronx Engineering), 762
— Name, ‘‘Twinstik” adhesive for (Evode,
Ltd.), 309
— Plastic buckling of, in shear, values of
reduction factor for, by B. Emslie (book), 778
— Preparation for magnet sectors, 753
—? Problems, two-dimensional, relaxation
methods for, by Dr. J. A. N. Lee, 752
— Rolling, ‘‘crowning ” defect, 754
— Ships’, flame-cutting machine with com
puter control for, 485
— Steel, fabrication at David Brown, 785, 786
— Welding for magnet sectors, 753 Plateaus spheroid droplet, 440
Platework, welded, low temperature stress relieving, by J. C. Dixon, 651. See LETTER, 695
Platform, mobile, H-type, extending (Lenson Engineering Co.), 292
Platinax II platinum magnetic alloy (Johnson Matthey), 183
Plating, electro. See Electroplating
— Flame. See Flame-plating
Platinum chemical distillation plant (Johnson, Matthey), 747
— Magnetic alloy, Plalinax II (Johnson
Matthey), 183
Plessey Co., Ltd., solid electrolyte tantalum capacitors, 70; American tours for apprentices, 170; apprenticeships for girls, 170; development laboratory and mobile field research unit for hydraulic equipment testing, 549; triangular spindles from flat brass strip, 622
Plessey Nucleonics Ltd., equipment for detection of faulty fuel elements, 491
Plugs, fused, advantages of, 724
— Gauges, straightness-measuring apparatus,
by F. R. Tolmon, 124
— Glow, for diesel engines (KLG), 496 Plus-Gas Co., Ltd., tannating process for paint
pretreatment, 555
PLUTQ atomic reactor, closed-circuit television for, 491
Plutonium-aluminium alloy, irradiation stability of, 394
— as atomic fuel, 109
— Basic charge for (USAEC), 394
— Breeding in thermal reactors, 334
— Detection by gamma spectrometry, 236
— Exchanges with US, 731
— for fast breeder liquid-metal fuelled reactors,
317
— for fission reactor study, AWRE, 795
— Health hazards in handling, 236
— Liquid, as atomic fuel, 314
— Molten, for LAMPRE reactor, 303
— Oxide, properties of, 174
— Processing of, 174
— Production, discussion in Parliament on, 731 ?— Purchase by USAEC from UK, 394
— Removal from living organisms
DTPA and BAETA, 302
— 242, properties of, 394
— Uranium 235 exchange, UK and US, PluViaC skin for air-house (Gourock
work Co.), 610
Plywood and aluminium canopy for bourne’s music bowl, 610
— Sheets. Breswood, 739
— World production, 183
— See also Wood
PM-I portable nuclear power plant, 735
Pneulec Ltd., Blo-shooter moulding machine, 722; SJ5 jolt squeeze moulding machine, 722
Pneumatic capstan winch, portable Pneumatic Engineering Co.), 358
— Conveying systems at flour mill of
Milling, Ltd. (Thomas Robinson),
with
703 Rope-
Mel-
(Globe
Barnes
156
— Conveyor, sonic-valve operated (Simon
Engineering Group), 341
— Drill. See Drill
— Hoists for Fawley Refinery, 563
— Hose-handling equipment at Fawley Refin
ery, 563
— Screwdriver, quiet (Atlas Copco), 485
— Slide feed, Besco, for power presses (F, J.
Edwards, Ltd.), 295
— Tools (trade publications), 93 See also under specific types of tool —? See also Compressed air: Air compressor Pneumoconiosis, discussion in Parliament on,
330
Pneutronic level controller (trade publication), 618
Pobeida motor car, 740
Pocklington canal improvements, 776
Point defects in metals and alloys (book), 475 Poisons, metallic fission product, removal of, 315
Poisson’s ratio, relation to earthquake waves, 346
Poland, atomic energy in, 110 Reactors in, 110
— Economic position, 727
Polar Start primer for diesel engines (MGA), 37 Polarograph, square-wave, Mervyn-Harwell (trade publication), 618
Polhill, Eng. Lieut. H. W., Queen’s Commendation, 605
Polishing of roadstone, by D. J. Maclean and F. A. Shergold (book), 343
Political and Economic Planning, Paying for the Railways (broadsheet), 2; Prospects for Nuclear Power (booklet), 427; Planning in Pakistan (broadsheet), 531; Free Trade Area negotiations, by M. Camps, 726 Politics in steel industry, 359
Pollard Bearings Co., Ltd., bearing equivalents (trade publication), 554; Max-Load high-capacity roller bearings (trade publication), 554
Pollitt and V/igzell Corliss valve steam engine, 381
Pollution, air. See Air pollution
— River, synthetic detergent trials, 747
— Sea, Fomescol emulsion breaking agent for reducing (Glovers (Chemicals), Ltd.), 474 Polonium, half-life of, by R. G. Tee, 259
— 210 as heat source for direct conversion to
electrical energy, 98, 110
as heat source in Snap III thermoelectric generator, 394
Polyester dough moulding material (Bakelite), 160
— Resin van body (Samlesbury Engineering),
557
Polyethylene container. Handycan, for liquids (Lacrinoid), 600
— Plant at Fawley (Monsanto Chemicals), 24
— Powder, Telcothene HD, for dip coating
(Telegraph Construction and Maintenance), 748
— Yarn for ropes, 748
Polymer powder, uncoloured, Diakon as, 210 Polypropylene fibres production in UK, 748 Polystyrene moulding "
Plastics, 345
Poly tet raff uorethylene. Polythene insulated cable for Southend Pier (Telcon), i
Polyvinyl chloride for air-house with skin (British Geon, Ltd.), 610 Based sprayed film, Tretol, 578 Coated steel. See Stelvetite for joint boxes, 588 Sheet for clean-room floors, 415 Sheet, Vybak Industrial, for Hydrotron vapour blasting equipment (Bakelite), 284 Welvic, for drainpipes and roof gutters (ICl), 416
Poole power station, operation tests on 60 MW turbo-alternator, 254
Population, world, future growth of (book), 331 Porges, F., on suggestion schemes, 3-4. See LETTERS, 67, 99, 131
Port Fiji, fire fighting vessel Dautataro, 622
— of London Authority, silting studies, 392
— Oil, Wilhelmshaven, 663
Port of Rotterdam, Europoort Plan for, 62 Muller-Hanna ore-handling installation at, by F. D. Vines, 593
— Ships in, economics of, by R. M. Thwaites,
34
— Silting of, discussion in Parliament on, 392 Portable Welders, Ltd., Fararc 200 portable
heavy duty arc welder, 37
Portal frames, Heycon, for helicopter hangar, 579
Portal, Lord, retirement from board of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 328
Portland cement industry, accidents in, 671 Portsmouth Dockyard, floating dock for submarine Dreadnought, 80
— New factories for Langstone area
discussion in Parliament on, 493 Portugal, atomic energy in, 110
— British trade with, 234 Portuguese-English Dictionary, 343 Position and control of massive objects, by A.
Tustin and others (review), 713 Positioning machine, tool, automatic electronically-controlled, Autoplot (Mullard), 5
— Unit, magnetic. Eclipse, for welding and
fabrication (James Neill and Co. (Sheffield)), 570
Post Office, General. See Genera! Post Office Postal order dispensing machines, automatic, 658
Poster for shipbuilding industry sales publicity, 627
Potassium, liquid, as atomic fuel, 314 Potential theory of unsteady supersonic flow, by J. W. Miles (review), 681 Potentiometers (trade publication), 650 Potter, J., review of Voice across the sea, by
A. C. Clarke (review), 283
Potter, Thomas, Ltd., centenary and activities of, 231
Potters Bar railway tunnels, completion of, 707 Potting resin for electrical industry (Bakelite), 309
Poulsen, E., preparation of samples for microscopic investigation (book), 253 Pound (avoirdupois), international, standards laboratories’ agreement on, 35
Powder, beryllium, commercial techniques for, 412
?—? Injector for desulphurisation and recarburisation of cast iron (British Qxygen Co.), 748
— Metallurgy of ceramic-metal materials,
symposium on, 90
— Particle size distribution, ring slit sifter for,
70
— Polyethylene, Telcothene HD, for dip
coating (Telegraph Construction and Maintenance), 748
— Spray coating, 31-C (Metallizing Equipment
Co.), 504
Power circuits, relief valves for, NEL study on, 685
— Developments in Victoria, Australia, 707
— Geothermal, Wairakei project, 398 Power Jets (Research and Development), Ltd.,
gas turbine for ore carrier Morar, 349; patent agreement for sound suppressing nozzles for jet aircraft, 456
— Ministry of, efficient use of fuel (review), 410 ?—? Plant. See Power station: Atomic power
station: Hydro-electric
— Policy, Government’s, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 201
— Press. See Press
for refrigerator, Ekco
See PTFE
and sheathed
electric
374
PluViaC
of.
Power Reactor Development Co., permit to build but not operate fast breeder reactor, 47
— Spectrum of nonstationary shot noise, by L. P. Hyvarinen (book), 586
— Station, atomic. See Atomic
Chimney plume fog tests (CEGB- Fairey), 30
Civil engineering contracts, 579, 739 Coal-fired, in East Midlands, site examination for, 419
Development position and prospects of, 145
Drakelow C, plans for, 61 I
Geothermal, Wairakei project, 401
High Marnham, 200 MW turbo-alternator completed for, 594
— — Hydro-electric. See Hydro-electric Mercure thermal electric, loan for, 791 Mobile gas-turbine, for Russia (Ruston
and Hornsby), 805
Padiham B, hyperbolic cooling towers for (Mitchell Construction), 579
Poole, operation tests on 60 MW turbo-alternator, 254
Thermal efficiencies improved, 691
— — West Thurrock, contract to Richard
Costain, 804
— Supplies, subsidising in underdeveloped
countries, 530
See also Supergrid
— Systems, economic operation of, by L. K.
Kirchmayer (book). 618
and telecommunication lines, interference between, by H. R. Klewe (review), 745
— Transmission. See also Gearing: Drive;
Transmission
Power Vane air compressors (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co.), 634
— Water. See Hydraulic;
Turbines, hydraulic
Powergrip timing belt for dumper, 589
“ Powermaster ” packaged Furnaces), 452
Hydro-electric
One-20 diesel
boiler (GWB
Powers Samas Accounting Machines, Ltd., amalgamation with British Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd., 103, 167
Praise, Plain Words on, 226
Precipitator for burst fuel-element detection, 750
— Dust, hydro (Blackman', 570
— Electrostatic, for Be' ans Works (Swans-
combe), discussion in Parliament on, 298 Precision Components (Barnet), Ltd., plastics trays and bins (trade publication), 474 Prepackaged commodities, checking, handbook on, 745
Prepacking in warehouse of Benton and Stone, 721
Preparation of samples for microscopic investigation, by E. Poulsen (book), 253 Pre-refining of hot metal for electric arc furnace (Brymbo), 657
Presil aerosol filler machine, 198
Press brakes, Besco-Truebend (F. J. Edwards), 808
Press Equipment, Ltd., automatic production strip cutting machines, 600
— Horizontal, for wheel rim rolling (Henry
Berry), 785
— Hydraulic deep drawing (Pitzmann &
Pfeiffer), 601
High-speed 7.1 ton (Norton Tool Co.), 198
— Marking, pneumatically-operated (Phillips
Bros. and Ellis), 358
—? Output, detector for counting (Burndept), 70
— Power, Besco pneumatic slide
(F. J. Edwards Ltd.), 295
—? Shaw, 5,500 ton, for Hawker factory at Squires Gate, 214
— Shop foundations at Hawker
factory at Squires Gate, 212
— Tool manufacture (David Brown), Press, William, and Son, Ltd., twin-main
boring for Hyde Park road improvenient, 611
Pressed Steel Co., Ltd,, development and activities of (book), 126; acquisition of site for factory near Swansea, 328
Pressure indicator, peak, Diesindicator, for diesel engines (Dunedin Engineering Co.), 729
— Pickups for aircraft industry (CEC), 71
— Reducing valves (Samuel Birkett, Ltd.), 761
— Rock, in mines, by E. de St. (j. Isaacson
(book), 475
“ Pressure-Tested ” diamond grits (Diamond Tool Research Co. Inc.), 309. See Correction, 588
Pressure vessels in carbon and low alloy steel, fusion-welded, British Standard, 59
Fabrication at International Combustion, Ltd., 723
Pressurised packaging for domestic use, 448 Prestcold Packaway refrigera'or, functional design of, 692
Preston By-Pass, AA breakdown vehicles for, 393
—? — Frost damage to, 131, 171 Prestressed concrete. See Concrete, prestressed Development Group, competition for concrete design, 190
Prestwick Airport, improvements planned for 143
Preussag, denationalisation of, 259 Prices, downward trend in, 251
— Fixing, cables, termination of, 691
— ?— Restrictive Practices Court’s ruling on
agreements of Yarn Spinners Association, 161
— “ Just,” policy of Servomex Controls, Ltd.,
3. See also Vol. 186
Price, Dr. P. H., on demonstration experiments in nuclear engineering, 141
— Reductions, 692 Conference, Incorporated
Managrs’ Association, 435
— Trend of, 451
Price’s Patent Candle Co,, Ltd., pumping and distribution of paraffin wax, 156
Priest Rapids Dam, tubular air coolers for (Heenan and Froude), 114
feed for
Aircraft
Aircraft
785
Sales
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
27
Prime, F. J. and T. E., new building for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., 707
Primer, Polar Start, for diesel engines (MGA), 37
Prinex, Ltd., Russian order placed with, 636; contract for machinery for Russia, 757 Printed circuit. See Circuit
Printed Circuits, Ltd., printed circuit for control system for MacFire oil-firing unit, 592
Printer, “ Copyflo ” automatic, for xerographic computer printing machine (Rank-Xerox), 241
Printing factory of Perivan Group, 690
?— Machine, output, electro-hydraulic, for computers (Creed and Co., Ltd.), 241
Photo-, Zephyr (NIG Manufacturing Co.), 532
Xerographic, for computers (Rank Precision Industries), 241
— Machinery manufacture by Canadian-
Vickers, Ltd., 208
— Paper, Ammonax (Hall Harding), 345 Printmaster photocopier (Ozalid), 696 Prism, spectrophotometer, fused silica for, 59 Probability of service failures of structural
components, by 1. J. Somervaille, 806 Probe, lunar. See Lunar
— Sampling, for flue gas, 286
— Space. See Lunar; Satellite; Space
“ Probe-Lite ” inspection lamp for small orifices (Morris and Ingram), 4
Proceedings of Royal Society, contents lists of, 501
Process control, analogue methods, 784 Computers in, symposium, 783
— Development and plant design, instrumenta
tion and computation in, symposium, 783
— Equipment, dynamic response of, com
putation of, 783
— Industries, continuous operation and
control, 524
— Operating conditions, statistics for optimum,
783
— Timers (trade publication), 746
Prockter, C. E., Kempe’s Engineers’ Year Book, Vols. I and II, 1959 (preview), 649 Procter, A. N., on Newtonian theory of axial elasticity, 798
Production control, computers in (ICT), 526
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Engineering automation, by J. A. Oates
(review), 253
— ?— Research Association, report on turning
alloy steels with ceramic and carbide tools, 319; activities of, 521
— Flowline, at printing factory of Perivan
Group, 690
— Planning (supplement), 526 Productivity control chart, 245
— Decision-making and, comment on book
by Prof. S. Melman, 1
— and economy through welding technology
(review), 501
— in food industry, by M. Bogod, 690
— Human element in, 429
— Incentive, individual, “ Help Your Self
Game,” 765
— in machine tool industry. 111
— Measurement, DSIR booklet, 744
in heavy arc welded construction, by A. G. Thompson, 242
Object and methods of, 244
Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau, 573
Profile cutter for tubes, Alyn (Saturn Industrial Gases), 534
Profiling, copying and routing machine (Rank Precision Industries), 455
Profits, company, “ just price “ policy on, 3. See also Vol. 186
— Trend of, 451
Profitability of different sized firms in Italy, 194 Programmes for Mercury computer, 53 Programming, linear, and associated niques, by V. Riley and S. I. (review), 310
Methods and applications, by Gass (book), 554
iech-
Gass
S. I.
Progress oj Public Education in the USA, 733 Progress (Universal), Ltd., suction drainer for machine tool sumps, 358
Project 335 on ergonomics, EPA, 365
— Score satellite, summary of details of, 616
— TSR2 reconnaissance aircraft, 39. See also 2 Projectile and Engineering Co., introducing
employees to advertising campaign, 796 Projector lamp. See Lamp
Propellents, rocket, comparison and selection of, by F. Fitzgerald, 279
Free-radical, 279
Liquid, combustion in by D. Carton, 36 Propeller as sensing element in miniature oil velocity indicator, 82
Properties of materials at high rates of strain (book), 502
Propulsion of ships. See Atomic propulsion; Marine propulsion; Turbines; Propellers; Ship resistance
Prospects for Nuclear Power (PEP booklet), 427 Prospect for Nuclear Power in Pakistan (report), 531
Prospecting of Wairakei geothermal power project, 398
Protactinium, recovery of, 174 Protection (trade publication), 586
— Cathodic. See Cathodic
— for US electrical industry, 129
— in US industry, 272, 354
Protective cap, plastics, for asbestos cement sheets, Turnall, 495
— Clotjiing (RFD), 491
Proteus gas turbine for alternator set, 569
— Marine gas turbines for patrol boat Brave
Borderer, 52
— 705 propeller turbine engine, overhaul life
extension (Bristol Aero-Engines), 403
— Turbo-prop aero engines, twin cell test bed
for (BOAC), 95
Proton beam, 769, 770 in brain surgery, 302
— Synchrotron, CERN (Mayrin), 771, 772 Magnet sectors for, at Rutherford High
Energy Laboratory, 753
Nimrod, for Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, 772
Proving ground for Volkswagen motor cars, 143
Psychological projects in industry, DSIR reports on, 672
Psychology, Industrial, National Institute of. See National Institute
PTFE and asbestos packings and jointings, Lascarflon (Beldam Asbestos), 503
— Coatings, resin-bonded, Einralon (Acheson-
Colloids), 379
— Dispersons, resin-bonded, Emralon (Ache
son Colloids), 379
— Flexible hoses (William Rose, Ltd.), 780
— Fluon, price reduction, 692
— Insulated instrument wire ’
Swan), 345
Public library. See Library
— Relations Associations,
American in US, 701
— Utilities, subsidising in
countries, by E. Black, 530 Publications, business and specialised, of
Great Britain (booklet), 217; (review), 310
— Technical, service (trade publication), 586 Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority,
BWR power plant with nuclear-fired superheater, 79
Pulleys, aluminium alloy, flame-plating for wiredrawing machine, 59. See LETTER, 419
— Auto-manual, Sextet, for control of
Thermotex glueing machine (Industrial Drives, Ltd.), 685
— Blocks, chain, with flameproof electrical
equipment (Geo. W. King), 809
Pullin, R. B., on R. B. Pullin Group, 391 Pullin, R. B., and Co., traffic barrier (trade publication), 216
Pullin, R. B., Group, trading report, 391 Pulsator in Amsler 500 tons fatigue testing machine, 434
Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., “ Pacific ” steam turbo-pump for boiler feed service (trade publication), 28; trading profits, 796 Pulverised coal. See Coal
Pumps (trade publications), 60
— Air. See also Air compressors
— Automatic variable deliverv, H.P. (Hy
draulics and Pneumatics, Ltd.), 486
— Centrifugal circulating water, for Chapel
Cross atomic power station (W. H. Allen),
490
?—• — Direct mounting horizontal (British LaBour Pump Co.), 485
for irrigation (Wright Rain), 705
Open vane impeller, for Manure Rain system, 705
Pegson Marlow, for mines (Pegson), 634 Single-stage, horizontal flooded suction (British LaBour Pump Co.), 485
Three-stage high lift, for sterilisation heat recovery process at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 783
— Diaphragm, Layton (Henry Sykes, Ltd.),
697
— Distributor, for diesel engine fuel injection
(CAV Co.), 17
— and engines (trade publications), 28
-— Extractor, for gravimetric flue-gas sampling apparatus, 287
— Fuel, for AT diesel engines (Ruston &
Hornsby), 305
for Stephen-Sulzer 15,400 b.h.p. diesel engine, 688
— Glandless circulator, for German reactor,
491
— Heat, for house warming, 352
— Hydraulic, batch production by Towler
Bros., 625
— for hydrostatic drive, 654
— Metering, with automatic control
tillers Co.), 633
— for paraffin wax (Megator Pumps &
pressors, Ltd.), 156
— Petrol, self-service, 369
— Positive displacement, for ships’
mains (Goodyear Pumps), 486
— Ram-type, marketing of (John Blake), 528
— Reciprocating oil-powered, Hydroflo Tan-
gyes, Ltd.), 534
— Sampling, for gravimetric flue-gas sampling
apparatus, 287
— Storage. See Hydro-electric pumped storage
— Submersible sump, air-driven (Blagdon-
Durham, Ltd.), 455
— Test rigs, NEL, 763
— Three-stage, for hydraulic motion of ^spinning lathe (Leifeld), 263
lubricated bearings
Pyrene Co., Ltd., Home Fire Extinguisher, 480; RFVl hose reel foam fire extinguisher, 534; Pyromet dry chemical fire extinguisher, 534
Pyromet dry chemical fire extinguisher (Pyrene Co.), 534
(Siemens Edison
American. See
underdeveloped
(Dis-
Com-
water
— Turbo-, with water
(G. and J. Weir), 487
— Users’ handbook, by
217
— Water-lubricated,
Valve Co., Ltd.), 352
— Zero Leakage (Sigmund), 696
Pumped storage. See Hydro-electric pump storage
Pumping and distribution of paraffin wax at Price’s Patent Candle Co., Ltd., 156
Punched card control of machinery, 526
— Tape control of machinery, 526
Purex system for processing irradiated uranium, 173
Purfleet. See Dartford-Purfleet
Purifiers for flour mill of Barnes Milling, Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
— Tower, Bischoff, for desulphurisation in
Lurgi gasification, 588
— for Walsall Gas Works (Holmes), 594 Purox refractories (Morgan Refractories), 683 PVC. See Polyvinyl chloride
PWR. See Atomic reactor, pressurised-water
Pye, Ltd., withdrawal of US export privileges for six months, 488; instrument landing system for overseas airports,_604; instrument landing system for and Leopoldville airports, landing system orders, 755
Pye Telecommunications, Ltd., Pyeway car radio, 104; withdrawal of US export provileges for six months, 488
Pye, W. G., and Co., Ltd., instrument switch, 70 Pvramids, acoustic, noise-absorbing (Marley), 653
H. Addison (book).
Safrax ” (Saunders
Elisabethville 604; aircraft
Touchbutton
QUALITY of Surface Waters in Illinois, by T. E. Larson and B. O. Larson (book), 154
Quaker Hall and Co., Ltd., skip winding plant at Rulford Colliery, 338
Quantas Airways, jet services around the world, 296
Quarl blocks, materials and service experience, 619
Quartz crystals, synthetic, production hydrothermal process, 219
— Envelope light sources (Osram), 85
— Natural, replaced by fused silica
spectrophotometer prism, 59
by
for
Quasi-Arc, Ltd., manipulator for pipe welding on site, 222; production planning of welding electrodes, 526
Quay, reinforced-concrete open-piled, at Hull Docks, 670
Queen liners, replacement of, 482, 636
Queensbrough bridge across Fraser River, contract to John Laing and Son (Canada), Ltd., 391
QVF, Ltd., industrial glass sales in US, 251; agreement with Corning Glass Works, 723
R3-Adam atomic power plant (Asea), 425 R4-Eva atomic power plant (Asea), 426 RA-I atomic reactor (Argentine), 12
Racial questions in Australia, 142
Radar aerials, metal honeycomb sandwich (A. V. Roe), 375
— Aircraft identification by, 656
?— Consort equipment for small craft (Marconi), 471
— Decca, for Vickers-Armstrongs airfield at
Wisley, 737
— Equipment for trawler Falstaff, 375
— Marine, Escort (BTH), 407
Unit system for (Kelvin Hughes), 262
— Range for X-15 upper atmosphere research
aircraft, 362
— Station for aurora study at Hillhead, near
Fraserburgh, 363
Radhakrishnan, G., exact flow behind yawed conical shock (book), 311 Radiation accident. Vinca, recovery victims of, 302
— Biological effects of, 236
— Effects on greases, 716
on silicone fluids, 716
on synthetic fluids, 716
— Exposure experience in UKAEA, 236
— Hazards of light sources, 498 and protection, by D. E. Barnes and
D. Taylor (review), 377
?— Injury, legal aspects of, 237
— Level permitted in Savannah atomic
merchant ship, 675
— Lubricants under, by Dr. C. G. Williams,
715
— Measurement, 236
— Monitoring service of Electronic Machine
Co., Ltd., 299. See Correction, 573 —? and mutations in living tissue, by
H. E. Kubitschek, 537
— Permissible levels and control, 236
— Protection, consolidated report on,
I. S. Eve, 236 Standards for (Euratom), 302
— Source reactors, 460
— See also Irradiation
Radio astronomy and navigation, by C. Cade, 744
Radio Corp, of America, licence Brennan, 264
—• Chemical Centre (Amersham), isation of, 395
— Engineers, British Institution
British Institution
Information service for, 185 Library service for, 185
— Engineering formulae and calculations, by
W. E. Pannett (book), 217
— Equipment for trawler Falstaff, 375
?— History of (film strip), 142
— Industry Council, RIC premium awards
for technical writing, 573
— Manufacturing industry, position and
prospects of, 146
— Motor-car, Touchbutton Pyeway, 104
— Noise, sources of, 744
— Receiver. See Receiver
— Research Station, observation of artificial
satellites, 440
— Road services of AA, 297
— Sales position of, 145
— Sextants, solar, 744
— Sources, celestial, 744
— Station, Ongar, remote-controlled trans
mitters for, 307
— Telephone. See Telephone
— Telescope. See Telescope
— Transistors for, 742
— Transmissions, VHF, from Wenvoe, 384 —? Transmitter. See Transmitter
— Tube encyclopaedia, international, 1958-59,
by B. B. Babani (review), 310
— Wave sources, 744
of sun, study of spectra of, 121
— See also Television; Radar; Valves Radioactive deposits build-up in pressurised
water reactors, 79
— Dust, elimination of, 236
— Fallout, discussion in Parliament on, 609
— Isotopes. See Radioisotopes
— Light sources, by Dr. E. J. Wilson and
J. D. H. Hughes, 497
—? — Source, krypton 85 as, 492
Sources, radiation hazards, 499 Sources, uses of, 499
— Materials, fires of, bulletins on, 395
of
Dr.
by
M.
to John
reorgan-
of. See
Radioactive wastes, caesium recovery from, 394
Disposal by distribution in insoluble medium, 237
Disposal at Lucas Heights, 394
Disposal in Pacific Ocean, 394
Disposal, pipeline for, at Winfrith, 394 Disposal in the sea, 237
Radioactivity survey after Windscale accident, 237
Radioisotopes, 395
— in agriculture, conference on, 537
— Applications of, classified index of, 395
— Beta-ray emitting, 497
— Exhibitions, UKAEA, 535
— at International Samples Fair, 563
— Manufacture, Hobson-AFRE honeycomb
unit for, 491
— Service of UKAEA, reorganisation of, 395
— Standards for uranium, 110
— Trans-curium, production of, 174
— at work (publication), 395
Radiological Protection, International Commission on. See International Commission
Radiophysics Laboratory (Sydney), equipment at, 121
Radome, glass-fibre, construction of (Goodyear Aircraft Corp.), 579
Rae, W. J. S., review of Telecommunications Economics, 342
Raft, life, inflatable, preloaded with passengers, 763
Ragazzini, J. R., sampled-data control systems (review), 617
Raglan Engineering Co. (1954), Ltd., 5-in centre lathe, 729
Rail, gantry, maintenance of, by D. B. Wilson, 220
— Long, rigid joints in. Bondarc resin-based
adhesive for, 32
Welded handling of, 739
— Tube train, tests to determine impact of
wheels on, 774
Rail-bus, diesel. See Railway trains
Railcar, passenger-carrying, for French Railways (Renault), 471
— Transmission unit, Mekydro (J. Stone), 134
— See also Carriage, railway
Railko, Ltd., manufacture of reinforced plastics bearings, 27
Railly, J. W., review of special relativity for physicists, 410
Railroad. See Railway Railway accident. See Accident ?— Board, Indian. See Indian
— Bridge. See Bridge
— British.
— Building at Hither Green, contract to
Taylor Woodrow, 495
— Carriage. See Carriage; Railcar
— Closure proposals, 672
— Construction, centenaries in 1959, 10
— Conversion to roads, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 143
— Danish, concrete structures on, durability
and maintenance of, by A. Jeppesen, 384
— Electric, Faiveley pantograph for (J. Stone),
134
— Electrification of. See British Railways
— Engineering works, delays due to, 298
— French. See French Railways
— Locomotive. See Locomotive
— Marshalling yard. See Marshalling yard
— Modernisation schemes, world, by Major-
General L. Wansbrough-Jones, 531
— Monorail. See Monorail
— North American, Bondarc resin-based
adhesive for rigid joints on long rails, 32
— Officials, directory of (book), 92
— Paying for the, PEP broadsheet, 2
— Rails. See Rails
— Reorganisation, White Paper on, 330
— Repair shop, geodesic dome as, 473
— Rhodesia, Beyer-Garratt steam loco
motives, 52
— Rolling stock, exports of, 78
Stock industry, position and prospects of, 77
Stock, wood or all-metal, 428
Stock. See also Carriage; Locomotive; Railcar; Wagon
— Running sheds, inclusion in Factories Acts,
535
— Signalling. See Signalling
— South African. See South African
— Station, King’s Cross, Deccafax Visual
Communication System at, 659
— ?— Newcastle Central, centralised signalling
system, 624
Notting Hill Gate underground, reconstruction of, 383
Oxford Road, Manchester, timber conoid roof for, 408
Prefabricating, 611
— Students’ Association, world railway
modernisation schemes, by Major-General L. Wansbrough-Jones, 531
— Train brake. See Brake
?—? — Diesel passenger, in Scotland, 201
?—• — Electric, behaviour at very slow speeds, 218
Electric, wheel adhesion study at Willesden laboratory, 218
Freight, Condor, 435
Heating equipment (J. Stone), 134
Underground. See London Transport Executive; Underground
Ventilation equipment (J. Stone), 134
— Tube. See London Transport Executive
Underground
— Tunnels, Potters Bar, completion of, 707
— Underground. See London Transport
Executive; Underground
— Wagon. See Wagon
— Workshops, redundancy agreement in, 573
— World, 1958-59, by H. Sampson (review),
474
Railwaymen’s diesel manual, by W. F. Bolton (book), 311
Raimes, S., on electron gas in metal, 465 Rainbird, W. J., flow over delta wings at low speeds with leading edge separation, 311 Rainham Timber Engineering Co., Ltd., timber trusses for CIBA (ARL), Ltd,, new building, 706
Rajasthan canal, progress on, 804
See British Railways
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1759)
Raleigh Industries, joint company for cycle manufacture in Ireland, 595
Rams, hydraulic, four-way valves for (Hutton and Mitton), 685
Ramjet. See Aircraft engine
Ramo, S., handbook of automation, computation and control (review), 713
Ramsgate, railway maintenance extensions, 776 Rance, V. E.. on corrosion of metals by vapours from organic materials (book), 343
Rand Corporation, studies on rocket flights and lunar conditions, 332
Rand Development Corp., activities in USSR, 678
Randolph, P., on planning the sales effort, 511 Rank Precision Industries, Ltd.. “ Xeronic ” high-speed computer printer, 241; model JR copying, profiling, and routing machine, 455; catalogue of cinema films for hire, 812
Rank-Xerox, Ltd., “ Copyflo ” automatic printer for xerographic computer printing machine, 241; Copyflo 5 microfilm xerography system for reproduction of drawings. 698
Rankin and Blackmore, Ltd., exhaust turbine for ere carrier Morar, 349
Ransome and Maries Bearing Co., Ltd., bushings for precision linear motion,
gas
ball
471
Rapi, Ing. F., body styling for Fiat motor cars, 329
Rapistan live roller conveyor (Manufacturers’ Equipment Co.), 665
Rashleigh Phipps and Co., Ltd., electrical work for new building for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., 707
Ravenscraig works. See Colvilles, Ltd.
Raw materials for engineering industry position and prospects of, 7
Prices of, 8
Rawcliffe, Prof. G. H., pole-modulated tapped winding electric motor, 326
Ray, beta. See Beta
— Cosmic, studies of, 334
— See also Cathode ray ; X-ray
Raykin Fender of rubber sandwich construction (Andre), 504
Raymond Concrete Pile Construction Co., Shatt al Arab oil terminal, 495
Raymond International, deep-water berth for supertankers in Persian Gulf, 231
Raytheon Corp., manufacture of Ferranti klystrons under licence, 135
Razors, electric, survey by Consumers Association, 160
Reactivity and atomic reactor control, 686
Reactor School, Harwell, course on control and instrumentation of reactors, 80; course for senior technical executives, 80;
Reader, E., and Sons, Ltd., steam power plant for underdeveloped countries 432
Reading machines, electronic, FRED and ALFRED (EMI Electronics), 218
Reading University, programme-controlled tractor, 112, 114
Ready reckoning, by H. Sticker (review), 801 Reagan, D., on plasma heating mechanism, 205 Reason for complex procedures. Plain Words on, 66
Rebinder, P. A., effect of surface-active medium on deformation of metals (book), 502 Recarburisation of cast iron, BOC Metallurgical Powder Dispenser for (British Oxygen Co., Ltd.), 748
Receiver. See Transmitterfieceiver
Recession after-effects, 726
Recorder, electronic (trade publication), 802
— for mine hoists (Metropolitan-Vickers
Electrical Co.), 327
— Tape. Tape recorder
— Time, for components (Blick Time Re
corders, Ltd.), 324
Recording apparatus, Midas, price reduction, 692
— Data, transistorised system for neutron
spectrometry (EMI Electronics), 182
— Tape. See Tape recording
Recruitment to Skilled Trades, by Lady G. Williams, 635
Rectifier, semiconductor, types and applications, 742
— Silicon (trade publication), 650
Reddaway, J. L., impact machine for Naval Construction Research Establishment, 800
Redheugh Iron and Steel Co. (1936), Ltd., low-temperature stress relieving of welded steel piles, 651
Redox system for processing irradiated uranium, 173
Reduction factor for plastic buckling of plates in shear, values of, by B. Emslie (book), 778
— Gear. See Gear
Redundancy agreement in railway workshops, 573
— Dispute at Universal Pattern and Precision
Co., Ltd., 105
— Increases in, 669
— Notice extension for wage-earners
Associated Electrical Industries, 48
— Problem of, 669
Redux bonding for Argosy aircraft, 75
Reece P. O., on timber roof structures (report), 579
Reed and Mallik, Ltd., Loch Glashan hydroelectric scheme, 579
Reel overhead travelling crane with Vierendeel girders (British Industrial Engineering Co. (Staffs), Ltd.), 357
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund, grant for Traffic Engineering Fellowship, 643
Rees, R. L. L., feed water and boiler water standards in CEGB, 247
Refinery, oil. See Oil refinery
Refining. See also Pre-refining
Reflectors, reflex, by K. N. Chandler and J. A. Reid (book), 253
Reflex gauge glasses for boilers, longer for, by W. R. Hoes, 31
— Reflectors, by K. N. Chandler and J.
Reid (book), 253
Refractory materials for boilers, by McClimont, H. M. Richardson and Taylor, 619
for marine boilers, research, 619
of
life
A.
W.
B,
Refractory metals, spray forming with plasma arc torch, 652
— Purox (Morgan Refractories), 683 Refrigerated beverages, vending machines for
(Coca-Cola Export Corp.), 453
— Containers for marine use (J. and E. Hall), 570
— Display cabinets, British Standard, 340 Refrigerating unit for dry storage (Westool,
Ltd.), 532
Refrigeration and air conditioning, by W. H. Severns and J. R. Eellows (book), 154
Refrigerators, domestic. Consumers’ Association appraisal of, 628
— Electric, British Standartl .on, 628
— Pakaway, functional design of, 692
— Polystyrene moulding for (Ekco Plastics),
345
— Sales position of, 145
— Semiconductor, 743
Regenerator efficiency, by Prof. O. A. Saunders.
35
Regie Renault, passenger-carrying railcar for Erench Railways, 471
Regional Advisory Council for Technical Education, changes in constitution of, 73
— Technical information centres of DSIR, 672 Regulator, electric voltage (BritishThomson-
Houston), 326
Reheating furnace. See Furnace
— Voltage, automatic, type CVR7, 254 Reid, J. A., reflex reflectors (book), 25.3 Reinforced concrete. See Concrete Reinforcement (trade publication), 283 Reiver range of commercial vehicles (Albion
Motors), 297
Relativity, special, for physicists, by G. Stephenson and C. W. Kilmister (review), 410
Relaxation methods for two-dimensional plate problems, by Dr. J. A. N. Lee, 752
“ Relaxe ” cab for Berliet heavy commercial vehicles, 45
Relays (trade publication), 650
— Busbar, for high current d.c. systems
(Londex), 809
— Calculator (trade publication), 650 ?—? Photo (trade publication), 802
— Sub-miniature, series 335 (Magnetic De
vices), 196
— Wire contact (Woden Transformer Co. and
T.S. Precision Engineering), 421
Relief valve. See Valve Remington Rand, Ltd., electric typewriters at
Business Efficiency Exhibition, 698 Remote control. See Control Renault, Communist activities at, 162; motor cars assembly in South Africa, 322; Eloride motor car, 708 ; see also Regie Renault Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, deep-water berth for supertankers in Persian Gulf, 231
Renold Chains, Ltd., chains (trade publication), 155; Sprag clutches (trade publication), 554
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, new curriculum at, 66; investigation into new teaching methods, 67
Rentaset, Ltd., television hire, 320 Repair shop, railway, geodesic dome as, 473 Replica device for strain measurements using grid, by V. M. Hickson, 48.3
Reports on Progress in Physics (Vol. XXI), by A. C. Stickland (Ed.) (review), 93 Representatives, technical, course for, 126 Research, applied, organisation and administration of, OEEC symposium, 499 —? Associations, abbreviation of, 501 Research and Control Instruments, Ltd., Philips type PW7000 gas liquefying machine for cooling systems, 697
— on design, 646
— and development in buildings and structures
in iron and steel industry, by Dr. J. Terrington, D. Buchanan and P. Thompson, 221
Research Development Corp., National.
National
— — DSIR five-year plan for expenditure
33
— Expenditure, comment on, 726
— Grants for (DSIR), 105
— Industrial (supplement), 520
— Institute of National Defence (Sweden),
ring slit sifter for powder particle size analysis, 70
— Lines of communication in. Plain Words
on, 386
— in management direction (supplement), 516
— Organisations, cooperative, 520
—? in overseas dependencies (booklet), 227
— Project (supplement), 520
— Results, availability to small firms, 672
— by Royal Navy, cost of, 530
— Scientific and industrial, in India, by V. S.
Swaninathan, 300 ?—? — in schools, 142
— — See also International Scientific Research
Exhibition
— in small firms, 520
— in Western Europe, 499 Residual stress. See Stress
Resin-based adhesive. Bondarc, for rigid joints in long rails, 32
— Epoxide, casting. Epophen Mould Seal for
(Leicester, Lovell and Co.), 183
— Epoxy, for road surfacing, 587 for runway, 804
— for potting and casting in electrical industry
(Bakelite), 309
Resinates (Charles H. WindschuegI, Ltd.), 747 Resistance of ships. See Ship resistance Resnit mouldable reinforced plastics sheet (Leicester, Lovell), 588
Restrictive Trade Practices Act, effects of, 691 Practices Act, effect on electrical engineering industry, 572
Practices Court, ruling on price-fixing agreements of Yarn Spinners Association, 161
Practices, international, discussion in Parliament on, 272
Practices, National Joint Advisory Council report on, 235
Retail Management Conference (Harrogate, 1959), preliminary note on, 57
Retailing, next ten years in (conference), 57
D,
See
on
Retarder, wagon, at Temple Mills marshalling yard, 738
Retirement, Your (booklet), 299
Reynolds Industrial Inc., aluminium plant in Valencia, 723
Reynolds Metals Co., bid for control of British Aluminium, Ltd., 3, 39. See also Plain Words, 34; control of British Aluminium Co., 71; position and prospects of, 71 ; machining of aluminium (trade publication), 746; aluminium for office building curtain wall, 804
Reynolds, R. S., Jnr., on Reynolds Metals Co., 71
Reyrolle, A., and Co., Ltd., air-break circuitbreakers up to 500 MVA at 15 kV, 499
RFD Co., Ltd., protective clothing, 491 Rheinhausen. See Hutten-und-Bergwerke Rheology Abstracts, note on, 61
Rhodes, B., and Son, Ltd., sight flow indicators, 569
Rhodesia Railways, Beyer-Garratt steam locomotives, 52
Rialland, A., aide-memoire martinenq des constructions navales (book), 31 I
Richards, George, vertical boring machine equipped with outriggers, 723
Richards, J. M., functional tradition in early industrial buildings (review), 777
Richards, R. K., digital computer components and circuits (review), 682
Richardson, Prof. E. G., on musical pitch, 695 Richardson. H. M., on boiler refractories, 619 Richardson, Sir O., obituary, 228
Riddle Airlines Inc., Argosy AW650 freighter aircraft for, 369
Ridsdale and Co., Ltd., Dietert universal sand strength testing machine, 722
RIG spark erosion equipment (Burton Griffiths), 761
Rigid Frame Formulas, by A. Kleinlogel (book), 154
‘ Rigid ” transportable drilling, boring and milling machine for AEI (Swiss), 562 Rigidex polyethylene for Handycan liquid container (British Resin Products), 600 Riley, V., linear programming (review), 310 Riley 4/68 H litre motor car with Farina- styled body, 612
Ring, ball-bearing slewing, Roballo, 340
— Slit sifter for powder particle size analysis,
70
— Wiring system, 724
Ringelmann Scale for determination of smoke densities, 351
Ritchie, G. P., resignation from board F. Perkins, Ltd., 328
Ritecure concrete curing material, 426 River flow measuring stations, 291
— Pollution, synthetic detergent trials, 747
— Trent, gas liquor disposal in Stoke area, 672
— Volta, project, road construction for
(Parkinsoii Howard), 804
RJC Motors and Marine Engines, Ltd., glass fibre casings for Bedford industrial units, 505
Road accidents. See Accidents
— Building programme in UK. 148
Techniques, discussion in Parliament on, 201
?— Construc'ion capacity, remarks on, by R. M. Douglas, 671
Capital expenditure estimates on, 418 —- — Concrete, guide to: questions and answers (review), 61
Course, 739 —- — Estimates, 195
Hardcore for, from disused aerodromes, 543
in India, programme for, 543
Programme, 418
Programme extension, 195 Program.me, progress of, 450 Research into, by J. M. Fisher, Dr.
A. R. Lee and Dr. R. S. Millard, 671 Schemes, schedule on, 323
— — in Scotland, 776
— — for Volta River project (Parkinson
Howard), 804
in Western Iran, 775
— Development Plan for India, 130
— Emulsions, modern (book), 376 —? Fabian Society pamphlet on, 323
— Factory-built concrete blocks for, 543 —? Federation, British. See British International. See International
— Great North, construction work progress
on, 450
North, Stamford bypass on, 776
— Heavy-duty, in Africa, 671
— Improvement, Hyde Park, twin-main boring
for 611
Road Machines (Drayton), Ltd., hydraulic Mono-Rail transporter, 390
— Making materials, comparison of, 131
— Materials course, 739
— Radio services of AA, 297
?—? Railways conversion to, discussion in Parliament on, 143
— Research Laboratory, guide to concrete
road construction: questions and answers (review), 61; vehicle headlamp testing (book), 154; Reflex reflectors, by K. N. Chandler and J. A. Reid (book), 253; road accident research, 298; discussion in Parliament on, 428; polishing of roadstone, by D. J. Maclean and F. A. Sher- gold, 343; road materials and construction courses, 739
— Rollers, hydrostatic drive for, 655
?— Surfaces, effect of materials used, 131 -in Scotland, dangerous condition of, 143 ?— Surfacings, bituminous, skidding of, polishing of roadstone in relation to resistance to, by D. J. Maclean and F. A. Shergold (book), 343
Epoxy resins for, 587
— Town, for today and tomorrow (exhibition),
190
— Transport Association, Traders’. See
Traders'
Engineers, Institute of. See Institute
— Tunnel, Mont Blanc, through Alps, 162, 494
739
St. Bernard, 162
of
Road and tyre, friction between, by Dr. D. Tabor. See LETTER, 631
— Urban, traffic congestion in, exhibition on,
45
— See also By-pass; Highway; Motorway Roadstone, polishing of, in relation to resistance to skidding of bituminous road surfacings, by D. J. Maclean and E. A. Sher- gold (book), 343
Roadways, elevated prestressed concrete, design competition for, 190
Roballo Engineering Co., Ltd., ball-bearing slewing rings, 340
Robens, A., on work for elderly persons, 330 Robert, M., on accident prevention progress, 701
Roberts, A., geological structures and maps (book), 92
Robertson, Sir B., on B.R. electrification progress, 567
Robertson, C., review of modern flats, 778 Robertson electric trawl winch for trawler Fa!staff, 375
Robertson, James, and Sons (Fleetwood), Ltd., trawling unit, 781
Robertson, R. E., on control concepts for satellites and space vehicles, 332
Robins, D. A., on atomic bonds in ceramics, 90 Robins, J. A., treatment of water for industrial high-pressure boiler plant, 247
Robinson, D., on house magazines, 364 Robinson, D. M., on High Voltage Engineering Corp, in Europe, 391
Robinson, I. V,, obituary, 568 Robinson, L., and Co. (Gillingham), Ltd.,
Jubilee Clipdriver screwdriver for hose clips, 697
Robinson, S. T., on operation of a company standards department, 781
Robinson, Thomas, and Son, Ltd., machinery for flour mill of Barnes Milling, Ltd., 156; grain scourer (trade publication), 474
“ Robot ” boiler feed regulator (trade publication), 443
Robotug driverless troller system (EMI), 589 Rock, D., review of Functional tradition in early industrial buildings, 777-778
Rock drills, lightweight support leg for (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co.. Ltd.), 230
— Pressure in mines, by E. de St. Q. Isaacson
(book), 475
Rocket, atomic propulsion by explosion, 206
— Black Knight, 2nd test firing, 362
— Blue Streak, for satellite, discussion in
Parliament on, 571
— Engines for control of X-I5 upper atmos
phere research aircraft (Bell Aircraft Co.), 361
— Engine, Jupiter, for Juno II space
vehicle, 388
Liquid-propellent, combustion in. Carton, 36
Thrust reaction, XLR11, for X-15 atmosphere research aircraft, 362
— Dr. R. H. Goddard's work on, 207
— Juno 11, for launching of Pioneer IV space
probe, 360
— Monkeys in, comment on, 727 in. Plain Words on, 726
— Moon, Russian, 36 See also Lunar
— Nozzles and exhaust jets, by E. T. B. Smith,
36
— Propellents, comparison and selection of,
by F. Fitzgerald, 279
Free-radical, 279 Liquid, combustion in, by D. Carton, 36 ?—-Ship, X-15, launching preparations, 678
— Skylark research, telemetry equipment in,
113
— See also Missile; Satellite; Weapon,
guided
Rocketdyne. See North American Aviation Inc.
Rockite K501 moulding compound (trade publication), 746
Rockweld Ltd., Vertomatic automatic slag welding machine, 556
Rockwell Machine Tool Co., Ltd., milling machines with finger tip 261
Rod, brazing, for Sifbronze process
Iron Foundry (1920)), 503
probe
by D,
upper
Werner control,
(Suffolk
— Wire and strip, Lindsay’s international
register, 1957-1958 (review), 310
Rodgers, J., aid for depressed area in S. Wales, 328
Roe, A. V., and Co., Ltd., metal honeycomb sandwich radar aerials, 375; electronic computer for motor car suspension design problems, 644
Roethlisberger, Prof. F., on frozen human energy, 796; Ledlie Prize awarded to, 796 Rogers, G. F. C., engineering thermodynamics; work and heat transfer (review), 442
Roko nylon heavy tup belting for drop stamp, 504
Transmission belting, 504
Roll, rolling-mill. See Rolling-mill roll Roll-up ladders, Easy-Roll (Bentall-Alley), 628 Roller bearings. See Bearings
— Brackets for advancing girder supports, 623 Roller, plate bending, Besco (F. J. Edwards),
454
—? Road See Road roller
Rollermills for wheat grinding at Barnes Milling, Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156 Rolling mill for medium strip at Brinsworth Mill (Loewy), 22
Roll grinding machine, heavy-duty (Churchill), 127
Stewarts and Lloyds, progress of, 167 —- — See also under specific types of rolling mill
?—- Plate, “ crowning ” defect, 754
— Stock, railway. See Railway. See also
Carriages; Locomotives; Railcars; Wagons
— Wheel rim, on Henry Berry horizontal press
(David Brown), 785
Rolls-Royce and Associates, formation and constitution for nuclear activities, 240; purchase of propulsion unit from US for submarine Dreadnought, 546
Rolls-Rc zee Ltd., endowment of Hives Chair of thermodynamics, Nottingham University, 48; C8SFL diesel-hydraulic engine
for Twin Disc torque converter locomotive, 51; Tyne turboprop engine for Vanguard airliner, 14. See Correction, 75; Dart turboprop aircraft engine overhaul facilities of BEA, 223; Newsletters of, 343; Air Registration Board’s approval for Conway by-pass turbojet aircraft engine, 381; patent agreement for sound suppressing nozzles for jet aircraft; 456, maintenance training centre, 527; manufacture of atomic fuel elements, 575; atomic submarine land-based project at Doun- reay, 675; NEPTUNE atomic reactor, 675; operation and maintenance of diesel locomotives, 689; development and production of oil engines (Sentinel Works), 810; operator control, 811; see also Vickers Nuclear Engineering Ltd.
Rontgen rays. See X-ray
Roof, concrete, for Manchester bus station, 94
— Construction, Tecon timber products for, 543
— Drainage (BRS Digest), 64
— Gutters, Welvic pvc (ICI), 416
— Hyperbolic, for Commonwealth Institute,
804
— Melting shop, design of, 221
— Sheets, asbestos cement. Magnum (Univer
sal Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), 683
— Shell concrete, for exhibition hall of
Centre National des Industries et Techniques, 738
— Structures, timber, research development
and design of, by E. Levin and P. O. Reece (report), 579
— Support, hydraulic. Roofmaster, at Cleve
land coal show (Dowty), 660
— Timber conoid, for Oxford Road railway
station, Manchester, 408
Construction, international working party on, 495
— Wina loading effects on, 707
Roofing tiles, concrete, increased use of, 192 Roofmaster hydraulic roof support at Cleveland coal show (Dowty), 660
— Supports for goaf debris at coalfaces, 717 Rooke, G. W.. London heliport, 543
Room, clean, Bassaire, for ultra-clean production, 415
Rootes Motors Ltd., Cargo Lift vans and trucks with elevating bodies, 781
Rope, polyethylene yarn, 748
— Tension gauge, Schmidt (Addison Electric),
455
Roper, F. D., cores and core-making (book), 184
Rosan permanently locked studs and inserts (Instrument Screw Co., Ltd.), 557
Rose Construction Co., Ltd., new printing factory of Perivan Group, 690
Rose, Downs and Thompson, Ltd., oil expeller (trade publication), 443
Rose, William, Ltd., flexible hoses in ptfe, 780 Rosen, A., review of Interference Between Power Systems and Telecommunication Lines, 745-746
Rotameter Manufacturing Co., Ltd., photoelectric alarm for How meters, 633
Rotating amplifiers, by G. Loocke (review), 475 Rotator, welding (Yates Plant Ltd.), 294 Roto-Finish Ltd., Niplex nickel stripping bath, 284
Roto-Finish Record, 649
Rotodyne vertical take-off airliner, world class speed record for, 103
Rotol, purchase by Dowty, 199
Rotomotors, Holman, remote control equipment for (Maxam Power, Ltd.), 420
Rotor angle limiter, type KAL, 254
— for Kolibrie helicopter, 88
— Whirl, with gas film bearing on, 178
Rotork Engineering Co., Ltd., remote control valves (trade publication), 554
Rototherm high-temperature thermometer for diesel engines (British Rototherm Co.),486 Rotterdam, port of, Euroooort Plan for, 62 of, Muller-Hanna ore-handling installation at, by F. D. Vines, 593
Roughness tester, surface (British Physical Laboratories), 69
Routing, copying and profiling machine (Rank Precision Industries), 455
Rowe, R. E., design of right concrete slab bridges for abnormal loading (book), 253 Royal Academy of Arts, Plain Words on summer exhibition of, 598
— Aeronautical Society, 2nd Lanchester
Memorial Lecture on aeroelasticity, by Prof. A. R. Collar, 17; air traffic control problem, by E. W. Pike, 67; aircraft industry and airborne weapons, by D. W. Douglas, 572; lecture theatre, 671
— Air Force, civil engineering and building
work for, 392
Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, escape from submerged aircraft, 278
— Albert Bridge, Saltash, centenary of, 538-540
— Automobile Club, mobile office at Ideal
Home Exhibition, 393; spring cleaning guide, 393; Guide and Handbook, 496; Commonwealth Motoring Conference, 544
— Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, mineral insu
lated cable for (BlCC), 508
— Institution, control of evolution in man, by
Prof. C. D. Darlington, I I ; library, note on, 29; scientific books of the 18th century and emergence of modern science, by H. D. Anthony, 713
— Naval College, Greenwich, chair of nuclear
science and technology at, 206
— — Scientific Service, research by, 530
— Navy, research, 530; atomic propulsion
programme, 675
Royal Netherlanus Blast Furnaces and Steelworks (Ijmuiden), unloading of iron ore ships, 593
Royal Netherlands Harbour Works Ltd., tender for Malta deep-water harbour, 363 Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, parallax work with Isaac Newton telescope, 341
— Society, 1st report of committee on scientific
research in schools, 142; report on UK observations of artificial satellites, 440; content lists of Froceedings and Philosophical Transactions, 501; British National Committee on Space Research, 661 Royal Society of Arts, Benjamin Franklin medal awarded to H. G. Nelson, 142; consulting engineer and his contribution to the national economy, 489; large scale organisation and change; oil marketing, by C. T. Brunner, 562; trade and the bamboo curtain, by Earl of Verulam, 788
— Victoria Dock, extensions to, 94
Royce Electric Furnaces Ltd., continuous flash annealing furnace at Aluminium Corp., 633
Royston Instruments, price reduction for Midas recording appratus, 692
Rubber, cable, shore hardness, elastomer E372 (ICI), 309
?—? Chlorinated (trade publication), 650
— Conduit strip for cable (Vulcascot), 633
— Industry, Institution of the. See Institution
— Products, specifications for; call for ration
alisation. by H. F. L. Jenkins and F. Bastow, 476
Tests on, 476
— Sandwich fender. Raykin Fender (Andre),
504
— Silicone, models for crankcase deflection
measurement, 304
— Springs for air compressor foundations, 214
— Swelling tests on, 476
— Synthetic, production at Fawley (Inter
national Synthetic Rubber Co.), 25
— Technology section for Institution of the
Rubber Industry (South Africa), 228
— Terylene conveyor belting for Russian ore
field (BTR Industries), 284
Rubber and Thermoplastic Cable Manufacturers’ Association, termination of price fixing, 691
— Tyres, electronic machinery used in pro
duction of, 352
Rubert and Co., Ltd., Junghans high-precision dial gauges, 358
Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd., Hallsworth moulding system, 722
Rufford Colliery, skip winding plant at, 338 Ruhr iron industry, history of foundation of, 264
Rules for construction testing of scantlings of metal-arc welded steel boilers and other pressure vessels (book), 746
Rumania, economic position, 727
Runcorn Viaduct, strengthening of, 671 Runcorn-Widnes Bridge, new north approach to. 543
Running sheds, railway, inclusion in Factories Acts, 535
Runway, San Francisco airport, Epon asphalt concrete runway, 804
Russel, Newbery and Co., Ltd., single-cylinder engine for induction ramming tests, 370
Russell Constructions Ltd., bulk materials elevator, 601
Russell, R. S. (Ed.), Commonwealth and Empire Year Book (book), 92
Russia, Acacemy of Sciences, international congress on automatic controls, 553
— Atomic reactor accident, 395 Reactors, fast, 335
— Blast furnace practice, 797
— Board of Trade delegation to, 571
— British trade mission to, 659
— Burmeister and Wain diesel engine licence
agreement with, 264
— Cine films for scientific purposes, 763
— Continuous casting of ingots, 797
— Cultural relations with, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 363
— Dow-Mac Process precast concrete plant
for, 435
— Economy of, Mr. Khrushchev’s review of,
194
— Electric technology (Vol. 1) (book), 92
— Exchange programme with 363, 763
— Export publications. 369
— Further education for workers, 235
— Industrial output plans, 194
— Iron ore deposits, 797
— Iron and steel industry; destruction, re
covery and achievements of, 797
—? Mobile gas-turbine power station for (Ruston and Hornsby Ltd.), 805
— Moon rocket attempt, 323
— Motor industry, by G. Wilkins, 740
— Nuclear fusion research, 702
— Oil pipeline for satellite countries, 758
— Orders for British machine tools, 328
?— Order for chemical plant (Vickers), 328
— Patents and prediction in, 678
— Population statistics, 693
— Rocket flight and lunar conditions studies,
332
?— Scientific and engineering manpower statistics, 701
— Space projects, summary of, 615
— Steel output, 694
— Student statistics, 701
— Technical and vocational education in, by
M. 1. Movsovic, 733
— Telephone calls to, reversed charges for, 364
— Terylene-rubber conveyor belting for ore
field (BTR Industries), 284
— Trade with, 636
with, discussion in Parliament on, 363, 493, 571
-— ?— with, factors affecting, by S. R. Anfimov, 755
with, recent contracts, 757
Agreement with, 755
Expansion with, 435
Mission to, discussion in Parliament on, 493
Russian catalogue of scientific books. Collet’s, 1959, 649
— Chromium ore purchases by US, 387
— Journal, Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Auto
matic Welding), translation by BWRA, 160
— Scientific literature, translations of, note on,
29
Rusting. See also Corrosion
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd., activities in Commonwealth as associate of Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., 89
Ruston-Grayloc high pressure connections, 636 Ruston and Hornsby Ltd., Egyptian Government’s order for diesel engines and pumps, 57; position and prospects in Commonwealth, 89; AT series of marine and industrial diesel engines, 261; AT range of diesel engines designed from first principles, 304; gas-turbine order from Canadian Industries Ltd., 312; licence agreement with Gray Tool Co., for high pressure and temperature connections, 636; mobile gas-turbine power station for Russia, 805
Rustyfa Ltd., member-firms of, 273; new orders for, 312; tyre factory order for Russia, 757
Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, magnet sectors for proton synchrotron, 753; Nimrod proton synchrotron, 772
Ryan, M., architect for Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 576
Ryder, G. H., on mechanics applied to engineering (book), 123
RZR laboratory stirrer (Jones and Stevens), 454
SAFE-D-SPEEDER reduction gear for electric hand drills (John M. Perkins and Smith), 480
Safety (trade publications), 216, 283
— Atomic merchant ship Savannah, 548 Power stations. Plain Words on, 790
— ?— Propelled ships, 675 Reactor, consolidated report on,
F. R. Farmer, 237 Reactor containment, 238 Reactor, control and, 687 Reactors, liquid-metal fuelled fast breeder, 317
Reactors for ship propulsion, 674, 793 Reactor. See also Safety precautions
— Belts and harnesses for motor vehicles, 297,
324
— in building operations, chemical engineer
looks at, by B. Halfpenny, 397
— in Canadian atomic energy operations, 236
— in chemical factory, 397
— Council, British. See British
— Crane, in iron and steel industry (report)
235
— Devices for atomic reactors, 238
— Equipment for air compressors, 192
—? of equipment, examination and seal cf approval by British Safety Council, 595
Safety Guide (booklet), Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, 408
— Integra warning device for locomotives, 52
— Measures in natural gas tanker Methane
Pioneer, 233
— Precautions in atomic energy UKAEA, 397 in atomic reactor for ship propulsion
(Mitchel-Fairfield-Combustion Engineering), 674
— — in beryllium handling, 412
for Japanese atomic power station, boron-steel balls for, 463
in radiation, standards for (Euratom), 302
for turbocompressor plant, 51
Safety, publication of British Iron and Steel Federation, 235
— Seal of (British Safety Council), 595 Safetymaster motorised hand drill (Wolf), 288 “ Safrax ” water-lubricated pump (Saunders
Valve Co,, Ltd,), 352
Sahara, oil explorations, 431
Sahmel, P., welded construction for tech- logists (review), 501
Sail, satellite, for Venus space project, 441 Sailing dinghy. See Dinghy
— See also Boats; Yachts
Sain, K., integrated water utilisation (book), 93 Sainsbury, J., Ltd., EMIDEC 1100 computer for, 695
Saint. See St.
Salary, Civil Service, Coleraine Committee on, comments on, 364
Service, increases in, 235
— See also Income: Pay: Wages
Sales effort, planning the, by P. Randolph, 511
— Engineers, course for Newman Industries,
724
— Force, control methods for, by W. R,
Bruce, 512
Training of, by H. C. White, 51 I
— Management course, preliminary notice, 812
— Managers’ Association,
Incorporated
— Organisation, whole
K. W. J. Jones, 51 I
— Promotion for Mackay
sor, 627
— Publicity for shipbuilding industry, poster
for, 627
— Reorganisation of London area of GEC, 788
— Technique of Master Vending Machine Co.,
Ltd., 564
— See also Selling
Salesmen, training of, by H. C, White, 511 Salokangas, J., on fatigue failures of connecting rods of frame saws under corrosion (book), 586
Salzer, H. E., on interpolation over cartesian grid (book), 586
Samarium 153 as low-energv photon source, 395
SAMES. See Societe Anonyme de Machines Electrostatiques
Samet, P. A,, review of Mechanical Resolution of Linguistic Problems, 184
Samica paper mica insulation (trade publication), 746
Samples Fair, International, 563
— Preparation for microscopic investigation,
by E, Poulsen (book), 253
— Volume, dry, calculation in flue-gas
sampling, 287
Sampler, electrostatic, for polluted gas, 351 Sampling, gravimetric, of dust and grit in flue gases, by R. A, Granville and W G. Jaffrey, 285
— Nozzles and probes for flue gas sampling, 286
— Pump for gravimetric flue-gas sampling
apparatus, 287
— Rate, calculation in flue-gas sampling, 287 Sampson, H., world railways, 1958-59 (review),
474
Samson Controls Ltd., bellows joints (trade publication), 554
Samuels, H., industrial law (review), 376 San Francisco airport, Epon asphalt concrete runway, 804
Sand strength testing machine, Dietert (Rids- dale and Co., Ltd.), 722
Sander, wide belt, Sherrill Speed Feed (Wadkin), 634
Sanders, L., Mancur spring balance, 419. See LETTER, 531
Sanderson and Porter, high-temperature gascycle graphite moderated pebble-bed reactor (PBR) under study, 734
Sandslinger, Servo-slinger (Foundry Plant and Machinery Ltd.), 722
Sandstone cylinders and prisms, failure in pression, 799
Sandvik steel belt conveyor for mineral blankets (Mineral Wool Insulation 294
Sandwich course. See Course
Sankey, Joseph, and Co., Ltd., Vendo vending machine, 266, 325;
sectors for proton synchrotron, DRNS insulation coating, 755
Saro-Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., formation of, 176
Saskatchewan, South, river dam, 739 Satellite, Beacon, summary of details of, 616
— Blue Streak rocket for, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 571
— British programme, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 330
— for cloud study, 259
— Discoverer 1, summary of details of, 616
— Discoverer 11, summary of details of, 616
— Explorer 1, summary of details of, 615
— Explorer II, summary of details of, 615
— Explorer Ill, summary of details of, 615
— Explorer IV, summary of details of, 615
— Explorer V, summary of details of, 615
— Lunar journeys of, calculations for, 332
— Observation of. Royal Society report on, 440
— Project Score, summary of details of, 616
— Sail for Venus space project, 441
—? Sputnik 1, summary of details of, 616
— Sputnik 11, summary of details of, 616
— Sputnik 111, summary of details of, 616
— Sputnik 111, value of, 333
— Summary of, 615
— Vanguard, summary of details of, 615
— Vanguard 1, summary of details of, 615
— Vanguard II, summary of details of, 616
— See also Lunar: Moon: Space
Saturn Industrial Gases Ltd., Alyn tube profile cutter, 534
Saunders, C., on West Europe, 387
Saunders, Prof. O. A., on regenerator efficiency, 35
Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Ltd., Manchester bus station, 94; work on CIBA (ARL) Ltd. new building, 707
Saunders-Roe Ltd., formation of Saro-Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., 176; Hovercraft prototypes, 637; experimental work on new ship designs, 766; principle of Hovercraft, 767
Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., Safrax water- lubricated pump, 352; diaphragm valves for atomic energy industry, 490
Savage Memorial Prize award, 299
Savage and Parsons, 1959 memorial prize awards, 299
Savannah atomic merchant ship, details of, 548; launching of, 674; proposed schedule of operation, 674; model of reactor plant, 674; radiation level permitted in, 675; stabilisers for, 795
Savannah River heavy-water production plant, 204
Saw, frame, connecting rod failure under corrosion, by J. Salokangas (book), 586
— Jig, Black and Decker U. 10, 224 Pacera (W. J. Meddings), 729
Sawko, F,, on structural frame analysis by electronic computer, 18
SC-5 aircraft. See Britannic
Scaffolding, Self-Lock (trade publication), 185
— Suspended (Wates Ltd.), 439
(Wates Ltd.), 439
Scales, plastics, architects’, British Standard, 340
Scaler type 1700 counting equipment, 102 Scaling unit, low-power (Avo Ltd.), 318 Scammell, G., and Nephew Ltd., aluminium alloy grain carriers, 749
Scan Group, Scandinavian co-operative trading organisation, 756
Scandinavia, trade with, 756
Scandinavian co-operating trading mission to London, 756
?— Council for Applied Research, Acta Poly- technica Scandinavica, 713
Scanner in Consort radar equipment (Marconi), 471
— for nuclear research emulsions, automatic (Barr and Stroud) 102,
— Slotted waveguide, for Kelvin Hughes unit
system for marine radar, 262
Scantlings of metal-arc welded steel boilers and other pressure vessels, rules for construction testing of (book), 746
Scavenging in diesel engine of 15,400 b.h,p. (Stephen-Sulzer), 688
Sceptre III thermonuclear fusion apparatus, experimental results of, 575
Sceptre 111 A, coils for, 608 Structural details of, 608
Schildkraut, S,, basic electricity (book), 746 Schlag, A., general hydraulics (book), 802 Schlichting, H., aircraft aerodynamics. Vol. I, Part I (book), 802
Schlieren cinema film award, 598
Schmidt, E., technical thermodynamics (te- view), 60; on engineering units, 695
Schmidt rope tension gauge (Addison Electric), 455
Scholars, overseas, FBI scheme of, 537 Scholarship in highway engineering at Birmingham University, 105
— in machine tool design, 97
— Truscon Travelling awards, 804
— University, Birfield Industries, 701
— Westinghouse Electric Corp,, 397
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959
Schonland, Dr. B. F. J., on present state of thermonuclear research, 598
School-leavers, absorption of, 733 Bulge of, comment on, 481 Bulge of, discussion in Parliament on, 493 Course, Metropolitan-Vickers, 573 Employment of, 693 See also Bulge
School, night, in Russia, 235
— Scientific research in, 142 Schoolboys, course for, Wates Ltd., 537 Schrader’s, A., Son, midget air cylinder, 534;
quick action hose coupler, 632
Schultheiss, P. M., design of servomechanisms (review), 713
Schuster, Sir G., on hospital administration, 270
Science, centenaries in 1959, 10
— Foundation, National. See National
— Graduates, invitation to (Scientific Civil
Service career booklet), 235
— of high explosives, by M. A. Cook (review),
28
— Indian Institute of. See Indian
Science Information News, 617
Science journals, British, foreign distribution of, 330
— Modern, emergence, and scientific books of
the 18th century, by D. H. Anthony, 713
— Museum, Canberra aircraft for, 536
?—? — Handbook of cycles collection. Part II, by C. F. Caunter (book), 29; time measurement. Part 1, historical review, by F. A. B. Ward (book), 29
Science News 50, ed. by A. and N. Clow (book), 586
— Studentships, NATO, discussion in Parlia
ment on, 330
— and Technology, National Lending Library
for. See National Lending Library
Scientific attache, Moscow, D. A. Senior appointed, 489, 493
— Books, Collet’s Russian catalogue of, 1959,
649
? of the 18th century and emergence of
modern science, by H. D. Anthony, 713
— Civil Service. See Civil Service
— Information, Institute of. See Institute
— Instrument Manufacturers Association,
British instruments directory and buyers’ guide (review), 649
Research Association, British. See British
— Literature, Russian, translations of, note on,
29
?— Manpower in Russia, 701
— Research. See Research
— and Technical Information of China, Insti
tute of. See Institute
Scientist and engineer. Plain Words on, 418
— Fall in demand for, 449
— and technologists, future requirements for,
635
— Young, note on publication, 29
Scintillation counter as neutron detector, AWRE, 771
Scotland, diesel passenger trains, 201
— Electricity plans for the future (publication),
34
— Government assistance for new factories
in, 363
— Newfoundland cable, 418
— North of, Hydro-Electric Board. See
North of Scotland
— Road construction in, 776
— Road surfaces in, dangerous condition of,
143
— South of, Hydro-Electric Board. See South
of Scotland
— Unemployment in engineering industry, 493
— Vocational further education council, 672 Scott Electric Vehicles Ltd., driverless trucks
for BR Newton Abbot goods shed, 589
Scott, J. S., dictionary of civil (review), 310
Scott, James and Co. (Electrical Ltd., spectrum analyser for supersonic frequencies, 808
Scottish Electricity: Plans for (publication), 34
Scottish exhibits at Lisbon Trade Fair, 535
— Gas Board, Bischoff tower purifiers for
desulphurisation in Lurgi gasification, 588 Scottish Ore Carriers Ltd., Morar bulk ore carrier for, 349
— Technical Education Consultative Council,
672
Scourer, grain (trade publication), 474
Scrap yard at Spartan Steel and Alloys Ltd., 58 Screw-cutting machine. See Boring machine, universal horizontal
— Propeller. See Propeller
— See also Thread
Screwdriver, Jubilee Clipdriver, for hose clips (L. Robinson and Co.), 697
— Pneumatic, quiet (Atlas Copco), 485 Screwing and threading machine. Maiden
2C/ST (Landis Machine-Maiden), 633 Scrubbers, gas (trade publication), 474 Scuffing, Sulfinuz process for resistance to, 116 Sculpture, monolithic, of Taylor Woodrow sign, 126
Scylla magnetic mirror device, 702
Sea bed, metals from 567
— Pollution, Fomescol emulsion breaking agent
for reducing (Glovers
747
— Voice across the, by A.
283
— Water. See Water, sea Seacat missile. Admiralty
Bros. and Harland), 226
Seal, ball bearing (Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd.), 294
— Mechanical (trade publication), 554
— Mould, Epophen, for casting epoxide resins
(Leicester, Lovell and Co.), 183
— Nylon, for buffers, Maranyl, 432
— of safety (British Safety Council), 595 Sealing paste (trade publication), 283 Seaslug guided weapon, telemetry equipment
in, 113
Seat belts and harnesses for motor vehicles renort), 297
engineering
Engineers), audio and
the Future
(Chemicals) Ltd.),
C. Clarke (review).
orders for (Short
Seat ejection, for escape from submerged aircraft, 278
Seaway, St.
Seaway
Seawings hydrbfoils for outboard motor boats (Avica), 87
Sebold, R. C.Jon supersonic airliner, 215 Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Obras Publicas, Amsler 1 fatigue testing machine for laboratories of, 433 1
Seddon DieseljVehicles, competition from mass producers ifor, 103
Seddon, R. H. on heavy motor vehicle industry, 103
“ See How They Go,” chart on road schemes in Scotland, 776
Seismograph, earthquake, classical, behaviour of, 346
Seismology. See Earthquake Selecta motorised drill kit, 288 Self-Service Co., Ltd., vending machines, 266 Sell, G., petroleum industry handbook (book), 217
Selling, course on, Birmingham College of Technology, 126
— Goods overseas, avoiding trouble
R. Joscelene, 457
— See also Sales Selsyns, performance and
publication), 586
Semiconductor application Instruments), 475
— Convection of, lEE, 741
— Development progress of,
— Diodes, types and applications, 742
— Engineering, future trends, 743
— Germanium as material for, 741
— Manufacture, 743
— Photocells, 743
— Price reduction in, 126
— Progress in. Vol. Ill, by A. F. Gibson,
P. Aigrain and R. E. Burgess (review), 801
— Rectifiers, types and applications, 742
— Refrigerators, 743
— Tetrode, four-terminal (Bell Telephone
Laboratories), 680
— Theory and practice, introduction to, by
A. A. Shepherd (review), 801
— Thermocompression bonding of metallic
leads to (Bell Telephone), 55
Semolina purifiers for flour mill of Barnes Milling Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
Senior, D. A., appointed scientific attache to Moscow, 489, 493
Senior Economisers, annual report, 668 Separators (trade publication), 283
— Water, evaluation by Shell Research, 647 Sergent, R., on work of OEEC, 597
Service failures of structural components, by 1. J. Somervaille, 806
Servis washing machines, service arrangements for, 527
Servo components. Feedback (trade publication), 650
Servo Consultants Ltd., transfer function analyser for testing servomechanisms and control gear, 665
Servo mechanisms in co-ordinate setting system (BTH), 562
Design, introduction to, by J. L. Bower and P. M. Schultheiss (review), 713
Transfer function analyser for testing (Servo Consultants), 665
Servo-slinger sandslinger (Foundry Plant and Machinery Ltd.), 722
Servo unit, gearbox, air pressure (Clayton Dewandre), 464
Servomex Controls Ltd., ” just price ” costing formula, 3. See also Vol. 186; apparatus for measurement of transmission and phase shift, 70; training and advancement at, by R. Steel, 170; feedback servo components (trade publication), 650 Sestriere Rally, results of, 368
Seven Islands (Quebec), ore handling at, by D. H. Sharp, 593
Severn Estuary atomic power station site investigations, 426
Severns, W. H., on air conditioning and refrigeration (book). 154
Sewell, R., review of Hochwertiges Gusseisen (Grauguss), 216
Sewerage services, grants for unemployment areas, 386
Sewing machine imports from Ireland, 731 Sextants, lunar and stellar, 744
— Radio, solar, 744
Sextet auto-manual pulley for Thermotex glueing machine
Drives Ltd.), 685 Shacklock, B. W., specific surface
aggregates and its relation to of concrete (book), 253 Shaft coupling. See Coupling
— Crank. See Crankshaft
— Dynamometer. See Dynamometer
— Stability in gas film bearings, by V. H.
Brix, 178
— Torsion, in turbine reduction gear unit,
static torsional test on, 306
— Whirl, amplitude calculation, 181 with gas film bearings on, 178 •—?— Measurement of, 178 with oil-film bearings, 180 Shakeout machines for solidified castings
(Sterling Foundry Specialities), 722 Shaker hearth furnace (Hedin, Ltd.), 293 Shalders, E. G., on mathematics for National
Certificate students (book), 343 Shamrock plastics bodied prototype sports car,
708
Shand, E. B., glass engineering handbook (review), 29
Shank material, tungsten based, Mallory No-Chat (Johnson Matthey), 620
Shaper, hand, file or plane (Stanley), 64 Share purchasing scheme for staff of Richard
Costain, Ltd., 142
Sharp, D. H., on ore handling at Seven Islands, 593
Sharp’s Commercials, Ltd., Mark F Bond Minicar threewheeler, 45
Shatt al Arab, oil terminal at, 495 Shaw, John, and Sons, 5,500 ton press for Hawker
Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
Lawrence. See St. Lawrence
00 tons universal static and
operation
reports
741
in, by
(trade
(Texas
control of (Industrial
of concrete workability
Shear, alligator, Eldair, for mild steel (George Cohen, Sons and Co.), 69 6
Shearing machine, bar, Beton (Thos. W. Ward), 293
Colt (Thos. W. Ward), 293
— of steel strip at Brinsworth Mill, 23
Sheby, S. A., solvents, resinates and plasticisers, 747
Shed, drying, prefabricated timber, 739
— Transit, for Royal Victoria Dock, 94
Sheet, asbestos, cement, Turnall plastics washer and protective cap for, 495
— Metal work. Part II: calculations and
science, by R. G. Blackburn and J. Cassidy (book), 475
— Polyvinyl chloride, for clean-room floors,
415
— Reinforced plastics, mouldable, Resnit
(Leicester, Lovell), 588
— Roof, asbestos cement. Magnum (Universal
Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), 683
Sheinberg, Dr. S. A., ton hydrodynamic gas bearings, 677
Sheldon, R. C., steam turbine performance and economics (review), 745
Shell, anticlastic. Candela’s, 643. See Correction, 611
Concrete, lectures by F. Candela on, 495
— Architectural, Candela’s, 643. See Correc
tion, 61 {
Shell-BP Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria, Ltd., Albion-Cuthbertson Water Buffalo tractor transporter for swamp lands, 358
Shell Chemical Co., Epikote epoxy resin for road surfacing, 587; Epon epoxy resin for road surfacing, 587
Shell Chemical Works, underground pipeline from Stanlow refinery, 61 1
Shell Co. of Qatar, Ltd., offshore oil exploration in Persian Gulf, 431
Shell Condor SA, oil exploration in Magdalena valley, 430
Shell Film Unit, award for Schlieren film, 598 Shell Group, helical or conical tank heating coil, 250
Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., film library catalogue, 1958-9, 93; urban roads exhibition, 190; oil marketing, by C. T. Brunner, 562; underground pipeline at Stanlow refinery, 611
— Moulding, bibliography, 343
Shell Oil Co., Epon asphalt concrete for runway, 804
Shell Oil Co. of Canada, oil exploration in Yukon, 430
Shell Research, Ltd., researcf^on fuelling of jet airliners at Thornton 647; lubricants under C. G. Williams, 715
Shell Transport and Trading profits, 796
Shelter, bus, Manchester, with light-alloy structure, 94
Shepherd, A. A., theory and practice of semiconductors (review), 801
Shepherd, R. A., on suggestion schemes, 67-68; 131; 291-292. See LETTERS, 99, 164 Sheppey. See Isle of
Shercliff, J. A., review of Fundamentals of gas dynamics. Vol. Ill, 713
Shergold, F. A., on polishing of roadstone in relation to resistance to skidding of bituminous road surfacings (book), 343 Sherrill Speed Feed wide belt sanders (Wadkin) 634
Sherwood, E. M. (Ed.), technology of columbium (book), 123
Shielding for atomic merchant ship Savannah, 548
Power plant, for marine propulsion, by H. E. Vann, M. L. Weiss and B. Wolfe, 545 Power station, Hunterston, 426
Reactor, attenuation formula, 545
Reactor, for marine propulsion, 545 Reactor, materials for, 545
Reactor, thickness of, 238
— Manufacturing rights in UK, Knapp Mills
Inc., 303
Shift register, twistor, five-advance (Bell Laboratories), 53
— Work, biological basis of, 365
— Workers, health of, 365
Ships, atomic propulsion of. See Atomic propulsion
— Cable, for GPO, 418
— Cable repair, tender invitation for new, 720
— Canal. See Canal: Inland waterways
?— Cargo, labour in loading and discharging, 34
Submarine, advantages over surface vessels, 676
Submarine atomic-powered, Moby Dick, 546
Submarine, atomic-powered, by J. Teasdale, 676
Submarine. See also Tanker
— Construction, future trends in, 767
Steel for, reduction in number of grades of, 359
— Container, by D. A. Argyriadis, 451
— Design and construction of new, 530 Position and prospects of, 766 Rules, regulations, traditions and superstitions, 767
— Iron-ore, unloading, by Dr. H. R. Mills, 593
— Jane’s Fighting, 1958-59, by "
Blackman (review), 474
— Launching. See Launching
— Losses, further study of, by C. V. Manley,
386
— Merchant, age of, 42
Atomic propulsion of. See Atomic propulsion
— Model experiments. See Model; Ship
resistance
— Motor. See Motorships
— New horizons for, by W. A. Crago, 766
— Ore-carrying, position and development
prospects, 593
Carrying, special purpose, 593
— Plates, flame-cutting machine with computer
control for, 485
— in port, economics of, by R. M. Thwaites, 34
Research Centre, radiation, by Dr.
Co., Ltd., trading
A.
R. V. B.
Ship propulsion. See Atontic propulsion- Marine propulsion; Turbines: Propellers
— Resistance, effect of hull form on, 766
— Rocket, X-15, launching preparations, 678
— Small, hydraulic steering gear for (Keelavite
Hydraulics, Ltd.), 487
— Steel, classification and construction,
rules and regulations for, 310
— Water mains, positive displacement pump
for (Goodyear Pumps), 486
— Whaling factory, atomic propulsion of, 548
— See also under specific types of ship Shipbuilders and Engineers, North East Coast
Institution of. See North East Coast
Shipbuilding, British, compendium, 1959 (review), 3IO
— Industry in Australia, 208
Clyde, position and prospects of, 572 in Japan, 41-43
? Position and prospects of, 41
— -— Poster for sales publicity, 627 Tyne, position and prospects of, 572
— Line production, at Gdtaverken new yard,
Arendal, Sweden, 56I
— Merchant, construction trends, 42
— Orders, decline in, 171, 699 Position and prospects of, 41-43
— Research Association, British. See British
Shipbuilding
— Welding in, 561
— Yard. See Shipyard Shipowners’problems, by R. Munton, 530 Shipping, air transport competition, 766
— Flag of convenience, 766 Discrimination of, 766
— Foreign, discriminatory action alleged 763 ?— Industry, research need in, 766
— Operational techniques, 767
Shipping World year book and who’s who, by A. Hurd (book), 29
Shippingport pressurised-water reactor, fuel elements for, 140
Shipyard for line production, Gbtaverken, at Arendal, Sweden, 561
Shirley loom for continuous filament yarns, 77 Shklovsky, Dr. L., life on Mars theory, 637 Shock absorber, Wipac Filter-Link, 45
— Effects on lamp, 85 •— Tests. See Impact
— Yawed conical, exact flow behind, by G,
Radhakrishnan (book), 311
Shop, George, Inc., boiling-water reactor for propulsion plant 548
— Stewards, conference with foremen. Indus
trial Welfare Society, 105
— ?— Writ claiming damages against, 105 Short Bros. and Harland, Ltd., Admiralty orders
for Seacat missile, 226; SC-5 Britannic strategic freighter aircraft, 226; Britannic freighter aircraft, 274; freight lift for aircraft, 809
Shorter, D. E. L., review of high quality sound reproduction, 282
Shot-blasting cabinet. Sitdown (Guyson Industrial Equipment), 487
Equipment at Foundry Exhibition, 722 Machine, automatic, for heavy steelwork (Cleveland Bridge and Engineering), 439
— Fixing Tool, cartridge-operated (F. H.
Bourner and Co.), 327
— Noise, autocorrelation function and power
spectrum of nonstationary, by L. P. Hyvarinen (book), 586
— Peening, controlled, by Dr. M. M. Barash
and Dr. P. L. B. Oxley, 222
Shovel loader. Frontloader 59 (Merton Engineering), 632
?— Mechanical, hydrostatic drive for, 655 Show. See Exhibition
Showers, hot/cold water-mixing valve for (Meynell and Sons, Ltd.), 453
SIAM Di Telia, manufacturing agreement with British Motor Corp., Ltd., 723
Siberian forest, atomic explosion theory, 637 Sibson, R., on structures to withstand earthquakes, 599. See LETTER, 631
Sickness benefit, dockers’ claim or scheme for, 48
Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., breathing apparatus (trade publication), 216
Siebel, E., handbook of materials testing. Vol.
I (review), 553
Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd., Ediswan-Mazda XAI03 and XA104 transistors for home constructors, 96; wide-angle cathode ray television tubes, 128; PTFE insulated instrument wire, 345; illuminated acoustic ceiling panels, 589; Celotex illuminated acoustic ceiling panels, 589; internal telephone systems, 698; type R2285 transistor tester, 761; M. Carpenter appointed overseas technical representative, 787
Siemens Group, West German power reactor contract, 269
Siemens and Halske, radio telephone link by tropospheric scattering between West Berlin and German Federal Republic, 711 Sigmund Pumps, Ltd., Zero Leakage pump. 696 Signs, company, 126
Signal generator (trade publication), 618
— Lights, motor vehicle, working party on, 544 Signalling, aircraft, to ground, 656
— Railway, at Newcastle Central Station, 624 at Temple Mills marshalling yard, 738 Sigrist and Weiss photometer type UP21D
(Southern Instruments, Ltd.), 533
Silbronze process, lOl and 104 brazing rods for (Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920)), 503
“ Silent-Call ” internal telephone system (Siemens Edison Swan), 698
Silica, fused, for spectrophotometer prism, 59 Silicides, developments in, by R. Kieffer and F. Benesovsky, 90
Silicon photodiodes, 743
— Plant at ICI, 309
— Rectifiers (trade publication), 650
Silicone cable rubber, shore hardness, elastomer E372 (ICI), 309
— in electrical insulation, by J. H. Davies, 309
— Emulsion M401 (ICI), 309
— Fluids, radiation effects on, 7I6
— Rubber models for crankcase deflection
measurement, 304
Silicosis, discussion in Parliament on, 330
1'
I ;
i
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959;
of Heat exchangers: applications to gas turbines (review), 376 Singleton, R. C., on composite construction in steel and concrete for bridges and buildings (book), 29
Sintered bronze element in fuel filter, 45 Sintering furnaces for beryllium powder, 414 — Pressureless, of beryllium, by T. R. Barrett, 412, 437
Sinton, Dr. W. M., life on Mars theory, 637 Sintox alumina ceramic, 555
Sirius computer (Ferranti), 696
Sitdown shot-blasting cabinet (Guyson Industrial Equipment), 487
Sites, factory, information- on, 763
Site Investigations Co., Ltd., site inspection (trade publication), 185
— Survey for stamp and press shop at Hawker
Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 213
Siting of atomic power stations. See Atomic power stations
Sizewell atomic power station, marine survey of, 240
Skid pans for Tow Line pipeline irrigation system (Wright Rain), 705
Skidding of bituminous road surfacings, polishing of roadstone in relation to resistance to, by D. J. Maclean and F. A. Shergold (book), 343
“Skidtruck” hand truck (Conveyancer Fork Trucks), 453
Skie stabiliser for motor boats, 86-87 Skilled workers, shortage of, 635
Skin, PluViaC, for air-house (Gourock Ropework Co.), 610
Skinner, J. S., on house magazines, 364 Skipjack atomic submarine, 546 Skoda motor car, 329
Skoda Works, 100th anniversary 700 Skylark research rockets, telemetry equipment in, 113
Slabs, asbestos (trade publication), 283
— and beams design, tables for, by J. S. Cohen
(book), 184
— Flooring, British Standard on, 611 Slabbing mill, closed-circuit television for
(Steel Co. of Wales), 691
Slag, analysis of, by K. Archer et al., 64
— Furnace, textbook, by W. Gumz, H. Kirsch
and M-T. Mackowsky (review), 554
Slide rule, circular (General Industrial Co.), 420 Sliding doors (trace publication), 377 Slip bands, phenomenon of, 798-799 Slot machines. See Vending machines
Small Business Investment Act (1958), purpose of, 790
— Firms, research in, 520
Research results availability to, 672 Small, Prof. J., on standard symbols, 567. See
LETTER, 631. See Correction, 695
Small and Parkes, Ltd., Roko nylon heavy tup belting for drop stamp, 504; Roko nylon transmission belting, 504; Don Brake Meter for motor vehicle testing, 612
Smart, R. M., review of Philips pavilion at 1958 Brussels World Fair, 778
Smeaton, John, anniversary of, 10 Smell disposal in Tees-side, 392 Smelt, R., appointment to Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 537
Smith, D. F., Truscon Scholarship, 804
Smith, Sir E., retirement from board of ICI, 488 Smith, E. T. B., on rocket nozzles and exhaust jets, 36
Smith, F. H., reviews of reference books, 310-311, 649; review of 1958 Book of ASTM standards including tentatives, 714; see also On the Shelf articles
Smith, H. (Possil), Ltd., vertical plate bending machine, 570
Smith, J. H., Wairakei geothermal power project, 398
Smith, O. J. M., feedback control systems (review), 252
Smith, Thomas, and Sons (Rodley), Ltd., MEI truck crane, 728
Smith-Gander, R. G., on accelerated curing tests on concrete, 759
Smithies, F., integral equations (book), 184 Smiths Aircraft Instruments, collaboration with Sperry Gyroscope Co., 135
Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., diesel-electric trawler Falstaff, 375
Smoke alarm (trade publication), 283
— Control, position and prospects of, 226
— Density of diesel exhausts, Smokemeter for,
196
Smoke density, Ringelmann Scale for determination of, 351
— Dispersion of, 351
— Plumes for power stations in fog, 30. See LETTER, 99
Smokeless fuel from coal by low-temperature carbonisation, 428
Discussion in Parliament on, 234
Warmco, 234
Smokemeter for smoke density of diesel exhausts, 196
SMS subminiature soldering iron (Electrical Remote Control, Ltd.), 454
Snap III thermoelectric generator, 394
Snap-Lock Switch (BSA Tools), 762
Snow, Frederick S., and Partners, new building for (John Mackintosh), 525
Snow, J. C., elected vice-president of MTTA, 562
Snowy Mountains hydroelectric and irrigation scheme, progress of, 418
Power station commissioned, 776
SNTL Technical Digest, 311
Social projects in industry, DSIR reports on, 672
— Research. See National Institute of Economic and Social Research
— Service, National Council of. See National Council of Social Service
Societe Anonyme de Machines Electro- statiques, URANIE reactor, 461. See also 141; packaged electrostatic generator, 389; Felini electrostatic generator, 466
— Financiere Italo-Suisse, oil pipeline from Genoa to Switzerland and Germany, 356
Society of British Aircraft Constructors, Ltd., de Havilland award for initiative, 170
— of Glass Technology, glass-melting tank
furnaces, by R. Gunther (book), 123
— of Instrument Technology, symposium on
instrumentation and computation in process development and plant design, 783; presidential address on instrumentation as engineering discipline, by J. F. Coales, 790
— of Motor Manufacturers and Traders,
standards for the motor industry, 104
— of Visiting Scientists, annual report of, 299 Sodium for fast breeder liquid-metal fuelled
reactor, 317
— Liquid, as atomic fuel, 314
— Rocket fuel, 279
— Technology of, papers on, 175
Soil consolidator (trade publication), 443
— Testing, dynamic, for stamp shop at
Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 213
Soiltest Inc., Levermatic soil consolidator (trade publication), 443
Solar Aircraft Co., gas turbines manufacture by Perkins, 764
— Radiation conversion into electrical energy,
743
— Radio sextants, 744
— System, inertial naviga ion in, by D, J.
Cashmore, 679
— See also Sun
Solartron Electronic Group Ltd., activities of Solartron Group Productivity Services, 48, Infinite Persistence Solarscope oscilloscope 70; agreement with Consolidated Electrodynamic Corp, on pressure pickups, 71; 2nd management conference, 131; growth of, 764; type 902 digital voltmeter, 809 Solartron France SA, formation of, 764 Solartron Group Productivity Services, activities of, 48
Soldering iron, SMS subminiature (Electrical Remote Control, Ltd.), 454
Solids, friction and lubrication of, by F. P. Bowden and D. Tabor (book), 746
Solid State Physics USSR, 617 Solution chemistry, papers on, 175
— No. 307 for cement removal (Grant and
West), 477
Solvents (Charles H. Windschuegl Ltd.), 747
— Extraction process. Zebra column for, 172 Somers, Walter (Materials Handling), Ltd.,
lifting tongs for close stacking of barrels and cases, 808
Somervaille, I. J., on probability of service failures, 806
Sommerfield, H. G., Ltd., compressed air plants, 722
Sopwith, Sir T., on Hawker Siddeley Group, 167
Sorby, George, Ltd., Crusader Brand NSR quality ground round tool and die steel stock, 414
Sound absorption in ceiling, Siemens Ediswan Celotex, 589
— Insulation. See Insulation
— Programme on high fidelity audio equipment
and tape recording (BBC), 96
— Reproduction, high quality, by J. Moir
(review), 282
— Suppressing nozzles for jet aircraft, 456 Sounding techniques, development of (Kelvin
and Hughes), 522
South Africa, electrical engineering industry in, 273
Motor car assembly in, Government enquiry into, 322
?— — Multi-racial composition problems, 397
— African Railways, order for locomotives
from Metropolitan Vickers South Africa (Pty) Ltd., 563
— America, dollar investment prospects, 354 Industrial development, 723
South Coast Engineering Co., Limax filing machine, 760
South Durham Steel and Iron Co., deep-water berth for supertankers in Persian Gulf, 231
— East Asia. See Asia, South East
— Saskatchewan river dam, 739
— of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, generat
ing capacity position and prospect, 34; capital investment plans, 145
— Wales, aid for under-employed area, 328 Depressed area factory for Pressed
Steel Co., Ltd., 328
Southend Pier, polythene insulated and sheathed electric cable for, 374
Southern Instruments, Ltd., Ansafone telephone message recorder, 37; Sigrist and Weiss photometer type UP2ID, 533
Southern Italy Development Fund, loan by European Investment Bank to, 791
Southern Television, Ltd., contract with ITA for programmes from Dover, 480
Soviet Export, quarterly advertising review,369 Soviet. See also Russia
Space! Aeronautics, new format version Aviation Age, 377
Space, Cislunar, details of, 333
— Dwell-linkages, by K. H. Hunt, 248
— Flight, by C. C. Adams (book), 61
— •— Opera, 457
— Pilots, monkeys as, 331 Space Primer (Convair), 388
Space probe. Pioneer III, summary of details of, 616
Summary of, 615 Vehicle, Juno II, 388
— Projects, Russia, summary of, 615 US, summary of, 615
— Research, British, in collaboration with
Commonwealth, 362
British, comment on, 661
British, discussion in Parliament on, 609 Comment on, 66
—- —’ Committee on. See Committee Government, discussion in Parliament on, 598
International co-operation in, 662 International, discussion in Parliament on, 609
projects, discussion in Parliament on, 571 UK activities in, 616
— Ten steps into, note on, 155
— Transportation award, Louis W. Hill, to
Dr. R. H. Goddard, 207
— Vehicles, lunar journeys of, calculations for,
332
Spaceflight Symposium, Commonwealth, preliminary notice, 362
Spain, atomic power station projected, 80 Spal, Dr. J,, on regenerator efficiency. See
LETTER, 35
Spark erosion equipment RIG (Burton Griffiths), 761
Sparks, F. H., Co., aluminium curtain wall for office building, 804
Spartan Steel and Alloys, Ltd., manufacture of stainless steel in Birmingham, 58
Special relativity for physicists, by G. Stephenson and C. W. Kilmister (review), 410
Specific surface of concrete aggregates and its relation to workability of concrete, by B. W. Shacklock and W. R. Walker (book), 253
Specifications for rubber products: call for rationalisation, by H. F. L. Jenkins and F. Bastow, 476
— See also British Standards Institution
Standards: Standardisation
Spectrograph, magnetic particle, 771 Particle, broad range, 771 Particle, multichannel, 771 Spectrometer, magnetic particle, 771
— Neutron time of flight, 770 Spectrometry, gamma, in health physics, 236
— Neutron, transistorised data recording and
analysing system for (EMI Electronics), 182
Spectrophotometer for analysis in boiler house, 64
— Prism, fused silica for, 59 Spectroscopy and optics, glossary on, 475 Spectrum analyser for audio and supersonic
frequencies (James Scott and Co.), 808
— Neutron, measurement of, 770
— Power, of non-stationary shot noise, by
L. P. Hyvarinen (book), 586
— of Sun’s radio waves, study of, 121 Speech and hearing, connection between, 788 Speed control. See Governors
— Limits in Belgium, 644 in Netherlands, 644
Regulations for London traffic, 297 in Western Germany, 644
— Record, Water, US challenge, 694
— See also Overspeed
Spencer, H. C., technical drawing (review), 342 Spencer and Halstead, Ltd., blast cleaning rooms, 722
Sperry-Atlas gyro-hydraulic steering control for tanker Hadrian, 653
Sperry Gyroscope Co., collaboration with Smith Group, 135; reorganisation of administration, 231; inertial guidance system for X-I5 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 362; new factory at Bracknell, 604 SPERT-lII reactor, criticality achieved, 79
— •— Reactor, experiments on, 79
Spike aerial. See Aerial Spin, atomic, electrical uses, of, by G. Phillips, 743
— Dryers, sales position of, 145
Spindle, grinding, hydrodynamic gas bearings for, by Dr. S. A. Sheinberg and A. M. Kharitonov, 677
— Triangular, from flat brass strip (Plessey),
622
— Valve, for hydraulic pumps (Towler Bros.),
625
Spinning lathe. See Lathe Sponge iron, direct reduction of iron ore into,
HyL process (M. W. Kellogg), 159 Spotlight on Television, BBC booklet, 128 Sprag clutches (trade publication), 554 Spray coating, powder, 3I-C (Metallizing
Equipment Co.), 504
— Forming of high-temperature materials, 652
— Fuse hardfacing, automatic machine for
(Deloro Stellite), 503
— Washing machine, industrial, Efco (Electro-
Chemical Engineering Co.), 729
Spraymat de-icing system, Napier, 749 Springs (trade publication), 554
— Balance, Mancur, by J, F. Perrin, 355.
See LETTERS, 419, 531
—? Cleaning guide for motorists, 393
— Coil. See Coil Spring Federation
— Rubber, for air compressor foundations, 214
— Testing machine (W. and T. Avery), 486 Springfields Works, uranium processing expansion at, 238; beryllium fuel cans project, 239
Sprinkler irrigation, 704
— Lightweight low-capacity (Wright Rain),705
Spurrier, Sir H., on position and prospects of Leyland Motors, 296
Sputnik I satellite, summary of details of, 616
— Il satellite, summary of details of, 616
— Ill satellite, summary of details of, 616 Satellite, value of, 333
Squash-O-Matic drink-vending machines (Allied Produce Co., Ltd.), 325
SSA. See Statistical sampling and analysis St. Bernard road tunnel, 162
St. Ives Sand and Gravel Co., Ltd., hardcore from disused aerodromes, 543
St. Lawrence Estuary, nuclear-powered icebreakers for, 291
Seaway, comment on, 291; opening of, 566
Stabilisers, hydrostatic drive for, 655
— for nuclear ship Savannah, 795
— Skie, for motor boats, 86-87
Stability limits of turbo-alternator, 254 Stacey, N. A. H., on distributive thaw, 787 Stacking, close, of barrels and cases (Walter Somers), 808
Staff location system, Nira Tele-Tracer (Cass Electronics, Ltd.), 357
— Planning, objects of (supplement), 517
— Policy, objects and planning (supplement),
517
Staffa bending machine for steel bars (Chamber- lain Industries), 761
Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal improvements, 776
Stainless steel. See Steel
Stamford bypass on Great North Road, 776 Stamp for Big Ben centenary, 298
— Drop, Roko tup nylon belting for, 504
— Shop foundations at Hawker Aircraft
factory at Squires Gate, 212
Stanchion. See Beam; Column
Standards, application in the firm, by B. White, 781
to industry, conference on, 781
— Batteries for agricultural industry, plea for,
458
— Concrete, revised by American Concrete
Institute, 543
— Department, company, operation of, by
S. T. Robinson, 781
— Engineering group, IPE proposals on, 457
— Housing, inquiry plea, 699
-— Institution, British. See British
Standard Motor Co., Ltd., dispute over smaller gang system, 48; discontinuance of Standard motor cars, 644
— Motor industry, 104
— Motor vehicle, working party on, 544
— Radiation protection (Euratom), 302
— Symbols, by Prof. J. Small, 567. See
LETTER, 631
Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., Standard Sunbury engine indicator (trade publica- t’on), 60; Zebra computer for ARA transonic wind tunnel, 187; remote- controlled transmitters for Ongar Radio Station, 307; brochure on 75th anniversary, 604; Stantec Zebra digital computer (trade publication), 802
— United States. See United States National
Bureau of
— Uranium isotopes, 110
Standardisation in Building, ECE meeting, 611
— Grinding wheels, 125
-— International Organisation for. See International Organisation
Stanford University, linear accelerator, 772 Stanley Works (G.B.), Ltd., hand shaper file or plane, 64
Stanlow refinery, pipeline for. 663 Udex aromatic extraction unit for (Universal Oil Products), 620
Underground pipeline, 611
Stantec Zebra digital computer (trade publication), 802
Starr, A. T., on telecommunications (book), 61 State-controlled firms in Germany, sale of, 259
— Service, creative leadership in (survey), 270 Statesman electric typewriter (Remington
Rand), 698
Static electricity in aircraft fuelling, 648 Statistical Handbook, BISF, 311
— Sampling and analysis (SSA) as alternative
to work measurement, 245
— Tests as aids to decisions, by W. E. Duck
worth, 459
Statistics for optimum process operating conditions, 783
Stay-Dry foamed glass insulation for piping (Pittsburgh Corning Corp.), 183
Steam carriage, Gurney, model of, 424
— Generator, mobile, Stone-Vapor, 134
— ?— Nuclear, Daniels-Boyd, details of, 268 Reader, for underdeveloped countries,
432
as train heater, Stone-Vapor, 134
— from Geothermal sources, 398
— Geothermal, utilisation of, 401
— Lines, Bi-Seat control stop valve for (Sir
W. H. Bailey &Co., Ltd.), 621
— - Plant, iron castings for, higher working
temperatures study, 683
— Power plant for underdeveloped countries
(Reader), 432
— Roller. See Road roller
— Turbine. See Turbine
Steampacket three-pass packaged boiler (Cradley Boiler Co., Ltd.), 295
Steamship. See Liner; Ship
Stedeford, Sir 1. A. R., appointment to board of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 328
Steeds, W., the motor vehicle (review), 443
Steel, alloy, turning with ceramic and carbide tools, PERA report on,
— -— Vacuum melting, 626
— Bars, bending machine
Industries), 761
— Belt conveyor, Sandvik,
32
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (195 )
'I
Steel Co. of Wales Ltd., strike of maintenance workers, 48; position and prospects of, 71; slackening of demand, 135; automatic canteen, 325; tinplate in coils at Velindre Works, 478; ore handling at Margam Works, by J. E. Robson, 593; closed circuit television for slabbing mill at Abbey Works, 691; annual report, 732
— and concrete, composite construction in, for
bridges and buildings, by 1. M. Viest, R. S. Fountain and R. C. Singleton (book), 29
— Construction, German, committee on, by
O. Steinhardt and K. Mohler (book), 746
— as construction material, 525
— Die, Crusader Brand NSR ground round
stock, 414
-— Foundry, See Foundry
— Furnace. See Furnace
— Girder bridges, British Standard (revised),
280
?— Heat treatment of. See Heat treatment
— Industry, Germany, pattern of, 700
— Industry, nationalisation of, W. Benton
Jones on, 135
Politics in, 359
Positions and prospects of, 135, 732, 791 Television in (BISRA), 191
— Microstructure of. See Metallography
— Mild, Eldair alligator shear for (George
Cohen, Sons and Co.), 696
Friction coefficient of, effect of Sulfinuz treatment on, 119
Tubes, Besco plate bending rollers for (F. J. Edwards), 454
— Nickel alloy (trade publication), 283
— Nitralloy, wheel spindle on Churchill roll
grinding machine, 127
— Nitrogen determination in (book), 411
— Output of, 694
• in " free world,” 694
— — in Russia, 694
Steel, Peech and Tozer, medium width steel strip production at Brinsworth Mill, 22; new strip mill project, 636
— Plastics coated, Stelvetite, applications of,
210
— Production in China, statistics on, 419 in turope, statistics on, 419
Steel, R., on “ just price ” policy of Servomex Controls, Ltd., 3. See also Vol. 186; on training and advancement at Servomex Controls, 170
— Rail. See Rail
— Ships classification and construction, rules
and regulations for, 310
— for ship construction, reduction in number
of grades of, 359
— Stainless, liner for ZETA, 703
Manufacture in Birmingham (Spartan Steel and Alloys, Ltd.), 58
for road tankers, 748
Spray-forming with plasma torch, 652 Tube (trade publication), 377
Uranium dioxide cermets as fuel components for APPR reactor, 141
— Strip, medium width, production at Brins
worth Mill of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 22
—? Tool, Crusader Brand NSR ground round stock, 414
?— Users Section of BISRA, 99
— Vacuum melting, 626
— See also European Coal and Steel Commun
ity
Steelmaking, pre-refining of hot metal for electric arc furnace (Brymbo), 657
Steels Engineering Installations, Ltd., tanker heating coil developments, 250
Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., rationalisation agreement with Herbert .Morris, Ltd., 199; ball-bearing slewing rings, 340
Steels Group, purchase of R. H. Neal and Co., Ltd., and F. Taylor and Sons (Manchester), Ltd., 199, 595
Steelwork for Heinz factory, Kitt Green (Peirson and Co., Ltd.), 577
— Shot-blasting machine for (Cleveland
Bridge and Engineering), 439
—? Structural, fabrication by Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., 423
— Structures, by E. F. Wooldridge and N.
Lancaster, 220
— Tubular, for Arcon buildings fabricated in
Lagos, 543
Steelworks cranes, research on, 163
— Durgapur, staff training scheme in UK, 537
— in India, new projects, 791
— for Pakistan at Multan, 791
Steering control, gyro-hydraulic, for tanker Hadrian (Sperry-Atlas), 65.3
— Gear, marine, hydrostatic drive for, 655
— Hydraulic system (General Motors Corp.),
708
— Hydraulic unit for small vessels (Keelavite
Hydraulics, Ltd.), 487
Stein and Atkinson Ltd., reheating furnaces for Brinsworth Mill, 22
Steinhardt, O., German committee on steel construction (book), 746
Stelvetite plastics coated steel, applications of, 210
Stephan, E., optimum transmission gearing for machine tools (review), 618
Stephen, Alexander, and Sons, Ltd., turbocharged Sulzer diesel engine for tanker British Fulmar, 134; Pescara GS34 free piston gasifier, 134; Sulzer RSAD76 15,400 b.h.p. two-stroke turbocharged diesel engine, 688
Stephen, D. D., on digital computers in design of electrical machines, 718
Stephenson, G., special relativity for physicists (review), 410
Stephenson, H. W., on stress relieving, 695 Stephenson, Robert, anniversary of, 10 Stepping tube, trochotron high-speed decimal (Mullards), 653
Stereophonic broadcasting, “ compatibility ” circuit for single channel reception (Bell Telephone Laboratories), 384
Sterilisation in tinned food production at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 782
Sterimag stereoscopic magnifier (C. Baker Instruments, Ltd.), 730
Sterling Foundry Specialities, Ltd., shakeout machines for solidified castings, 722
Stevens, E., Ltd., Judgelite vitreous-enamelled aluminium, 587
Stewart, J. L., circuit analysis of transmission lines (book), 184
Stewarts Lane depot, railway maintenance extensions, 776
Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., position and prospects of, 167; progress of new rolling mill, 167; expansion programme, 167; iron and steel works buildings at Corby Works, by T. E. Clements and J. T. E. Williams, 220; air conditioning for strip mill control cabin, 557; Bilston training centre, 605
Stichting Kernvoortstuwing Koopvaardijsche- pen, nuclear ship research body, 548
Stickland, A. C. (Ed.), Reports on Progress in Physics (review), 93
Still, W. M., and Sons, Ltd., hot-drink vending machines, 267; hot food dispensers, 325 Stillite Products Ltd., Stilag insulating sections for underground pipework, 579
Stirling, Maynard and Partners, Stamford bypass on Great North Road, 776
Stirrer, laboratory, RZR (lones and Stevens), 454
Stocks, trends in levels of, 386
Stocking in warehouse of Benton and Stone, 721 Stoke-on-Trent, gas liquor disposal problem, 672
Stoker, miniature chain-grate, automatic control (BCURA), 613
Stone-Chance Ltd., equipment for Jakhau and Jegri lighthouses, 681
Stone, J., and Co. (Deptford), Ltd., exhibition of transport equipment, 134; Mekydro transmission unit for diesel locomotives and railcars, 134; Faiveley pantograph for overhead electrification of British Railways, 134; diesel-alternator sets for diesel multiple-unit Pullman trains, 134; heating, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment, 134; Stone-Vapor steam generators, 134
Stone-Smith overspeed control (J. Stone), 134 Stone-Vapor steam generator, mobile, 134 Steam generator as train heaters, 134 Stonebridge Electrical Co., Ltd., impulse counters (trade publication), 650
Stoneware, chemical and industrial containers and plant (trade publication), 554
Stonex, K. A., on road accidents in US, 368 Stop valve. See Valve
Storage cylinders for liquid oxygen (British Oxygen Gases), 684
Stothert and Pitt Ltd., cargo winch with automatic excitation control, 664
Stove, cooking, Bleuet, for campers, 224 Straightness of plug gauges and other cylin- for measur-
drical components, apparatus ing, by F. R. Tolmon, 124
Strain-hardening materials for frames, 276
— Measurements, replica device
grid, by V. M. Hickson, 483
— See also Stress
Strainer, floating. Dolphin (Megator Pumps and Compressors), 229
— Suction (trade publication), 474
Drum (Watson), 621
— and valves (trade publication), 443 Stranding machine, fixed bobbin, for electric
cables (Larmuth and Bulmer Ltd.), 623
Strapping bands, HSD tensioner for (Packers Supply Co., Ltd.), 293
Strata control glossary, tri-lingual (book), 29 Stratford-on-Avon canal improvements, 776 Strathfarrar and Kilmorach hydro-electric scheme, contract for, 322
Stratosphere, strontium 90 in, 763
Street lighting standards, aluminium, competition for, 560
Stress, alternating. See Fatigue
— Analysis developments, 482
Group. See Institute of Physics
— — Replica device using grid, by V. M.
Hickson, 483
Without strain measurement, by F. K. Ligtenburg, 483
— Relief, low temperature, of welded plate
work, by J. C. Dixon, 651. See LETTER, 695
— •— in recirculating type annealing furnace
(Modern Furnaces and Stoves Ltd.), 785
Stressing bars and jacks, Lee-McCall, for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 214
Strike, coal miners in Belgium, 355
— Demarcation, 605, 669
— on interunion disputes, 605
— Kariba Dam employees, 428
— Maintenance workers. Steel Co. of Wales
Ltd., 48
— Review of 1958, 9
— at Universal Pattern and Precision Co., Ltd.
105
•—? Unofficial, reasons for, 669
Strip, automatic gauge control, 521
— Brass, for triangular spindle (Plessey), 622
— Copper alloy, Kuniform, 555
— Cutting machines,
(Press Equipment),
— Forming machines,
(book), 92
— Mill, Colvilles, 354
Colvilles, Treasury loan for,
Control cabin, air conditioning for, at Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., 557
Steel, Peech and Tozer, 636
?—? —? Richard Thomas and Baldwins (Newport), financing of, 354
— Roll-formed, high-frequency welding of aluminium tube from (Elm Engineering), 446
— Rubber conduit, for cable (Vulcascot), 633
— Steel, medium width, production at Brins-worth Mill of Steel, Peech and Tozer, 22
?— Tinplate, in coils, at Velindre Works of Steel Co. of Wales, 478
— and wire (trade publication), 283
— Wire rod and, Lindsay’s international
register, 1957-1958 (review), 310
Strontium 90 levels in stratosphere, 609
— ?— as radioactive light source, 497 —• — in stratosphere, 763
automatic 600 Eleenan
structural
for, using
production
manual on
103
Structural analysis by digital computer, by M. B. Abbott, 666
— Components, probability of service failures of, by 1. J. Somervaille, 806
— design, theory of, by W. S. Hemp (book), 311
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution
— Frame analysis by electronic computer, by Dr. E. Lightfoot and F. Sawko, 18
— Steelwork. See Steelwork
Structures analysis, by A. W. Henry and L. G. Jaeger (book), 154
— Concrete, on Danish railways, durability and maintenance of, by A. Jeppesen,
— Earthquake resistant, building of, Howells, 346, 631. See LETTER,
— Elastic design of, 275
— Engineering, problems in, by R. and A. H. Chilver (book), 184
— Fatigue in, DSIR committee on, 739
— Fire protection by asbestos and asbestos cement (booklet), 804
— Framed, limit design of, by Dr. J. Heyman, 275
— Geological, and maps, by A. Roberts (book), 92
— Iron and steel works, research and development in, by Dr. J. S. Terrington, " Buchanan and P. D. Thompson, 221
— Plastic design of, 275
— Reinforced concrete. See Concrete,
inforcetl
— Statically determinate, design of, 276
—? Steelworks, by E. F. Wooldridge and Lancaster, 220
— Temporary, pin-jointed structural members
for (Guyrex Equipment, Ltd.), 408
?— Thin Shell building by F. Candela, 495
— See also Superstructures Strut. See Beam: Column
Studs and inserts, Rosan permanently locked (Instrument Screw Co., Ltd.), 557
Stud welding. See kVelding
Stud Welding Applications Co., stud welding equipment for arc welding transformers, 730
Students from dependencies in U.K., 733
— in Russia, statistics, 701
— University, statistics forecast on, 235 Studentships, science, NATO, discussion
Parliament on, 330
Sturrock, F. G., economic use of farm machinery, 227
Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., gas scrubbers (trade publication), 474; Ludgate dust collector (trade publication), 502
Stuttgart, factory-built roads, 543
Style C-switch, cam-operated rotary (Chilton), 21
Styrene in synthetic rubber production, 25 Sub-Aqua-Jet underwater tug (Tough Bros.), 87
Subak, W. K., review of practical electrical machinery, by F. Unger, 123
Submarine, atomic powered. Dreadnought, 675, 668; floating dock and hull design for, 80; reactor plant for, 367; commander and crew of, 546; Skipjack-type propulsion unit for 546; keel laying of, 735 Powered, French, fuel for, 675
— Atomic powered, land-based, at Dounreay,
675
Powered, RN Programme, 675
?— —- Powered, Skipjack, 546
Powered, US, 54.5
— Cargo vessel. See Ship, cargo and Tanker
— Tanker. See Tanker
Submersible sump pumps, air-driven (Blagdon- Durham, Ltd.), 455
Subscriber trunk dialling, by D. A. Barron, 160 Subsidence, mining, report (I.C.E.), 579 Subsidising of power supplies in underdeveloped countries, 530
Subsonic drag and pitching moment characteristics of slender cambered bodies, by K. D. Harris (book), 778
Suction drainer for machine tool sumps (Progress (Universal) Ltd.), 358
— Strainer (trade publication), Drum (Watson), 621 Sud Aviation, Caravelle jet
Alouette helicopter, 536; ter, 536
Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920), brazing rods, 503
Suggestion schemes, association proposal 451
by M. H. Bradshaw-Jones, 99-100. LETTER, 131
by H. C. Burton, 259
? by P. Clavell Blount, 163. See LETTERS,
195
Conference, IWS, 701
by D. Cowper, 163, 195-196
by W. Durham, 131. See LETTER, 163 E. Lardge, 195 H. Latimer-Needham, 227 Moonman, 195
Forges, 3-4. See LETTER, 67, 99,
384 by D. A.
599
J. Ashby
D.
re-
N.
in
474
airliner, 536;
Djinn helicop-
101 and
104
for.
See
Sump pumps, submersible air-driven (Blagdon- Durham Ltd.), 455
Sun as radio noise source, 744
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., low-temperature stress relieving of welded platework 651
— Spectrum of radio waves of, study of, 121 —? See also Solar
Sundridge Park Management Centre, course on modern developments in marketing and distribution, preliminary notice, 812
Sundstrand drive for aircraft electrical equipment (English Electric), 296
Super-Vee air filter panel (Vokes), 760 Superconducting computer elements: cryotrons, by Dr. J. M. Lock, 550
Superconductivity of metals, 465 Superconductor, properties of, 550
Supergrid, overhead double circuit 275,000 volt, for Northfleet-Canterbury line, 291 Superheater for atomic reactors, 267
— for atomic reactor at Sioux Falls, 267
—• Nuclear-fired, for Puerto Rico atomic power plant, 79
Superlatives, Plain Words on, 530
Supernova effects on terrestrial communications, 744
Supersonic aircraft. See Aircraft
— Flow, unsteady, potential theory of, by J. W.
Miles (review), 681
— Wind tunnel. See IVind tunnel Superstructure, aluminium, in liner Oriana
(Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.), 505
— to iron and steel works buildings, by K. F.
Geesin, 220
Supertankers. See Tankers, super
Supervising Electrical Engineers, Association of. See Association
Supervisors, Training Within Industry for, at KLG Sparking Plugs Ltd., 382
Supplement; The l960’.s Now, facing 512. See also 481
Supply, Ministry of. Invitation to Science Graduates (booklet), 235
Support leg, lightweight, for rock drills (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd.), 230
Supreme Automatic Vending Co., Ltd., coffee and tea vending machines, 267
Sureseal valve for bag filling plant (trade publication), 443
Surface activating agents, 747
— Condenser. See Condensing plant
— Finish, Diavite Micotester (H. Hediger), 352
— ?— for granite, Thermal-Texturing (Union
Carbide), 284
— Heaters, electric. Isomantle, for grease
tanks, 382
— Measurement, “ Daivite Microtester ” for
(H. Hediger), 352
— Roughness tester (British Physical Labora
tories), 69
— Treatments, dry bearing (Glacier Metal), 503
— Water Year-book of Great Britain 1956-57,
291
Surfacing machine. See Boring machine, universal horizontal
Surgery, brain, by proton beam, 302 Suspension design in motor cars, electronic computer for problems in (A. V. Roe), 644
Sutherland, R. L., engineering systems analysis (review), 586
Swamp lands, Albion-Cuthbertson Water Buffalo tractor transporter for (Albion Motors), 358
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. position and prospects of, 572
Swan, Sir Joseph, and development of the electric lamp, by Dr. J. N. Aldington, 231 Swaninathan, V. S., on scientific and industrial research in India, 300
Swansea, Crymlyn Burrows, site of factory for Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., 328
Swartwout Co., Ltd., formation of, 456 Sweden, atomic power station projected, 80
— Self-service petrol pumps, 369
Swedish State Power Board, transformer bank for, 375
Sweeping machines for factories, 524 Swelling tests on rubber products, 476 Swenson Evaporator Co., manufacturing rights, agreement with Incandescent Heat Co. Ltd., 423
Swiss “ Rigid ” transportable drilling, boring and milling machine for AEI, 562
Switch, cam-operated rotary. Style C (Chilton), 21
— Control (Honeywell Controls),
— Ignitron as, in pulsing circuits,
— Instrument (W. G. Pye), 70
— Micro (trade publication), 746 Sub-sub-miniature control
Controls), 327
327
608
(Eloneywell
H.
C.
E.
F.
by R. A. Shepherd, 67, 131, 291-292. See LETTERS, 99, 169
Successful (IWS booklet). See LETTERS, 3, 67, 99, 131, 132, 163, 195, 227, 259, 291 Sulby Engineering Development Co., Ltd., Perf-A-Matic rotary perforator for commercial stationery, 262
Sulfinuz process. See Heat treatment Sulphiding. See Heat treatment
Sulphur release from house coal (BCURA), 613 Sulzer Bros., Ltd., death of Dr. H. Sulzer, 68 Sulzer diesel engine, RSAD76 (Stephen), 688 Sulzer diesel engine for tanker British Fulmar (Alexander Stephen), 134
Sulzer, Dr. H., obituary, 68
Sulzer turbo-blowers for diesel engine for tanker British Fulmar (Alexander Stephen), 134
Summers, John, and Sons, Ltd., trading results of, 135; applications of Stelvetite plastics coated steel, 210; annual report, 732
Summers, R., on. position and prospects of steel industry, 135
Sump, machine tool, suction drainer for (Progress (Universal) Ltd.), 358
— Oil, 400A (George Ellison Ltd.), 327
— Photo (trade publication), 802
— Snap-Lock (BSA Tools), 762
Switchgear, air-insulated metal-clad (Ferguson Pailin), 327
— Circuit-breakers, air-break, up to 500 MVA
at kV (Reyrolle), 499
Breaker, air-insulated (George Ellison Ltd.), 327
Breaker, flameproof hand-operated (Belmos), 665
Breaker, oil-operated, Dialam bushings for (Permali), 557
— Switch. See Switch
Switching circuits with computer applications, by W. S. Humphrey, Jr. (review), 585
Sykes, Henry, Ltd., Layton diaphragm 697
Symbols, company, 126
— Standard, by Prof. J. Small, 567.
LETTER, 631
Symonds, Ralph, Ltd., prefabricated drying shed, 739
Symposium on vacuum technology, national: transactions, by W. G. son (review), 553
pump.
See
timber
fourth
Mathe-
Syndicates for agricultural machinery purchase, 535
Synthetic fluids, radiation effect on, 716
— Rubber. See Rubber
System design of digital computers at National Bureau of Standards: methods for high speed addition and multiplication 682
(review).
/ENGINEERING, VOL. IS? (1959)
Systems engineering analysis, by R. L. Sutherland (review), 586
Szabo, E, higher technical mechanics (review), 122
Szechwan, economic progress in, 791
TlOO commercial vehicle (Berliet), 45
Table, compound-slide, low height (Grimston Electric Tools Ltd.), 292
— Conversion factors and, British Standard,
553
Factors and. Part I (book), 778
— for design of beams and slabs, by J. S.
Cohen (book), 184
— for interpolation over cartesian grid, by
H. E. Salzer and G. M. Kimbro (book), 586
Tabor, Dr. D., on friction between tyre and road. See LETTER, 631; friction and lubrication of solids (book), 746
Taccone diaphragm moulding machine (Baker Perkins), 722
Taecker, R. G., on International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 228
Tagus, bridge over, at Lisbon, competition for, 643
Tait’s Electrical Directory of Australia and New Zealand, 1958-59 (review), 649
Take-over bids. Plain Words on, 34
Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd., tube for atomic power plant, 491; Metica metal-clad graphite tube, 555
Tally counter, Domatic (EJF Manufacturing Co.), 166
Talymin gauge for gear teeth errors, 614 Tamar Bridge, construction of, 171
Tandem generator. See Generator Tanganyika, World Bank mission to, 776 Tangyes Ltd., Colonial engine, 381; Hydroflo powered pump, 534
Tank, grease. Isomantle heaters for, 382
?— Heating coils, 250
— Natural gas, at Canvey Island (North
Thames Gas Board), 232
Gas rupture of, 232
Tanker, Altair, diesel engined, 752
— for Ampol Petroleum Ltd., Australian-
built, 16
—? Atomic-propelled, British project, 546 Propelled, with gas-cooled reactor (US), 547
— ?— Propelled, reactor project for (Babcock
and Wilcox), 547
Propelled, reactor project for (Vickers), 547, 638
Propelled submarine (Mitsubishi), 675
— British Fulmar, diesel engine for (Alexander
Stephen), 134
—? Construction trends, 42
— Heating coils, developments in, 250
— Natural gas. Methane Pioneer, 232, 233;
discussion in Parliament on, 731
— Pneumatic hose-handling equipment for
faster turn-round (ESSO), 563
?—? Road, AT nickel for, 748 Stainless steel for, 748
— Super, deep-water berth for, in Persian Gulf,
231
Tannating process for paint pretreatment, 555 Tantalum capacitors, solid-electrolyte (Plessey), 70
Tap changer, on-load, Jansen type (Transformers (Watford)), 326
Tape control of drilling machine. Wadkin (EMI Electronics), 762
of machines and production lines, 524
— Magnetic, machinery control by, 526
— Punched, machinery control by, 526
— Recorder, battery, miniature (Fi-Cord Ltd.),
454
for data processing (Emidata 1), 101 Deck, Gramdeck, for use with radiogram (Andrew Merryfield), 564
— Recording, BBC programme on, 96 Tapping machine. See also Boring machine,
universal horizontal
TarilT, cuts in, European Economic Community report on, 483
— Effect of European Common Market on, 126
— European Economic Community, com
parison with UK (report), 290
— on nuclear products, 176
— United Kingdom, comparison with Euro
pean Economy Community (report), 290
Tarkowski, Z. M. T., work on interviewing, 48 Tarmac Ltd., London-Birmingham motorway, 776
Taskmaster range of Flurolier fluorescent lamp fittings, 198
Taube, Dr., on man-machine relationships, 489 Taunsa Barrage, Pakistan, opening of, 47.3 Tawse, William, Ltd., Lodi Glashan hydroelectric scheme, 579
Tax relief for apprentice training, 105
— Structure, Plain Words on, 290 Taxation reduction in budget, plea for, 162 Taxpayer, simple guide to, by J. Wood (book),
162
Taylor, A. J., on nuclear ship propulsion prospects, 548
Taylor, B., on boiler refractories, 619
Taylor, D., on radiation hazards and protection (review), 377; on instrumentation for nuclear power stations, 750
Taylor Electrical Instruments Ltd., signal generator (trade publication), 618
Taylor, F., on Taylor Woodrow, 732
Taylor, F., and Sons (Manchester), Ltd., purchased by Steels Group, 199, .595
Taylor, F. J. R., feed water and boiler water standards in CEGB, 247
Taylor, John, and Sons, cooling plant for sterilisation heat recovery process at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 783
Taylor, T. A., on high-temperature properties of ceramics and cermets, 91
Taylor, W. J., on British earth satellite programme, 330
horizontal steam reciprocating oil-
electric surface
Taylor Woodrow, monolithic group sculpture of Taylor Woodrow sign, 126; annual report, 732
Taylor Woodrow (Arcon) Ltd., formation of, 391
Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports) Ltd., contract for Arcon prefabricated buildings for National Iranian Oil Co., 391; tubular steelwork fabricated in Lagos, 543
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd., pipeline for effluent from Winfrith Heath, 394; contract for railway building at Hither Green, 495
TBP. See Tributy! phosphate Tea vending machine, 267, 325
Teachers, National Union of. See National Union
?—? in Technical Institutions, Association of. See Association
Teaching of mathematics, Manchester report on, 529
— New methods investigation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 67
— See also Education
Teasdale, J. A., on nuclear-powered submarine cargo vessels, 676
Technical Advertising Agency—IVhat it is, IVhat it Offers (book), 57
Technical colleges, student wastage in part- time courses at, 143
Technical Designs Etd., Trainer-Tester charts, 511
— Drawing. See Drawing
Technical Education in UK Dependencies (publication), 323
— Education. See also Education
Technical Guide, Year Book and, 1958-1959 (review), 649
— Institutions, Association of. See Association
— Press, Council of Trade and. See Trade and Technical
— Publications service (trade publication), 586
— Representatives, course for, 126
— Sciences, Academy of. See Academy
— Thermodynamics, introduction to, by E. Schmidt (review), 60
Technical and Vocational Education in the USSR, by M. 1. Movsovic, 733
— Writer, by J. W. Godfrey and G. Parr (book), 123
— Writing, bibliography of, 553 RIC premium awards for, 573
Technion (Israel), activities of, 259
Technologists, welded construction for, by P. Sahmel (review), 501
— See also Scientists and technologists Technology, history of. Vol. 5: late 19th century, by C. Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, and T. 1. Williams (review), 216
— Insignia Award in, 727
— Welding, economy and productivity through (review), 501
Technoscope hole viewer (Degenhardt and Co., Ltd.), 422
Tecon timber products for roof construction, 543
Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd., developments in bellows applications, 39; stainless steel liner for ZETA, 703
Teddington Industrial Equipment Ltd., warning equipment for air compressors, 192; design development of Transmatic electronic controller for air conditioning systems, 522
Tee, R. G., on power from heat direct, 259
Teenagers’ Fair (Blackpool), preliminary notice, 563
Tees-side, smell disposal, 392
Teeth, acid erosion to, investigation on insurance benefit for, 733
— Gear. See Gear
TEL all-electric runabout motor car, 393. See Correction, 496
Telcon. See Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd.
Telcothene HD polyethylene powder for dip coating (Telegraph Construction and Maintenance), 748
Telecommunications, by A. T. Starr (book), 61
— Economics, by T. J. Morgan (review), 342
— Examination guide, elementary, by W. T. Perkins (book), 217
— Lines and power systems, interference between, by H. R. J. Klewe (review), 745
Telefunken, radio telephone link by tropospheric scattering, between West Berlin and German Federal Republic, 71 1
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., Ltd., British Insulated Callender’s Cables Co.’s interest in, 16; polythene insulated and sheathed electric cable for Southend Pier, 374; Telcothene HD polyethylene powder for dip coating, 748
Telegraph, microwave, mobile system for US Air Force bases in UK, 456
Telegraphy, wireless. See Ongar Radio Station See also Valves; Radar; Radio; Television
Telemetry, airborne, equipment for (Armstrong-Whitworth), 113
— Range for X-I5 upper atmosphere research aircraft, 362
Telephone dialling codes for London, changes in, 564
— Equipment, transistors for, 742 —-Internal
698
— Kiosk, “
— Message
Instruments, Ltd.), 37
— Microwave, mobile system for US Air
Force bases in UK, 456
— New, statistics, 609
— Post Office, No. 706, 512
— — Office, 700-Type, by F. E. Williams and
F. C. Carter, 512
— Radio, on French Railways express trains,
758
Link by tropospheric scattering between West Berlin and German Federal Republic, 711
— to Russia, reversed charges for, 364
— Subscriber set, automatic sensitivity control
for, by F. E. Williams and F. A. Wilson, 512
Telephone subscriber, trunk dialling, by D. A. Barron, 160
of Zanzibar, Plain Words on, 482
— Waiting list, discussion in Parliament on,
699
Teleprinter, electronic, high-speed (Burroughs Adding Machines), 5
Telescope, astronomical, Orion “ do it yourself ” kit (W. Ottway and Co., Ltd.), 416
— Isaac Newton, for Royal Observatory,
parallax work with, 341
— Lunar observations with, 333
— Radio, “criss-cross,” 121
?—? — Jodrell Bank, discussion in Parliament on, 272
at Radiophysics Laboratory (Sydney), 121
Television Advisory Committee, recommendations for television bands 4 and 5, 512
—? Bands 4 and 5, Television Advisory Committee recommendations for, 512
— Closed-circuit, for PLUTO reactor, 491 Circuit, for slabbing mill (Steel Co. of
Wales), 691
Circuit, water-level indicator (Hopkin- sons), 166
— Eurovision link, 5th anniversary and organi
sation of, 756
— Industrial (trade publication), 802
(Epsylon), 774
— in lunar probes, 333
— Manufacturing industry, position and pros
pects of, 146
—- Programmes from Dover, ITA contract with Southern Television Ltd. for, 480
Television in the Public Service (BBC booklet). 457
Television, rent or buy?, 320
— Sets, sales position of, 145, 146
— Spotlight on, BBC booklet, 128 —-in steel industry (BISRA), 191
— Tube. See Cathode-ray tube
— Tuner amplifier valve, PCC89 (Brimar), 583 Temperature measurement display on cathode
ray tube for up to 24 thermocouples, 102 in marine boiler research, 619 ?—? — with Tempilstiks, 651-652
See also Thermocouple: Thermometer
— Multi-switch indicator for checking (Ad.
Auriema, Inc.), 455
Tempering. See Heat treatment Tempilstiks, temperature measurement with, 651-652
Temple Mills marshalling yard, 738 Ten Steps into Space, note on, 155 Tenders, cost of, by Sir K. Hague, 659 Tennessee Valley Authority, contract to C. A. Parsons and Co. for turbo-generator, 199; overseas tenders for heavy engineering equipment, 328; purchase of turbogenerator from C. A. Parsons, 456
Tennet Engineering, Foamsil foamed gla» environmental test chamber for McDonn Aircraft Corp., 379
Tension gauge for ropes, Schmidt (Addison Electric), 455
— Relief, micro-resonance vibrator for (Auto
mat Machine Sales), 453
— Surface. See Surface tension
Tensioner, HSD, for strapping bands (Packers Supply Co., Ltd.), 293
Tent, Marechai, 224
-— Plastics, house building under, 272 Terrestrial magnetism. See Magnetism Terrington, Dr. J. S., on buildings and structures in iron and steel industry, 221
Tersons Ltd., Temple Mills marshalling yard, 738
Terylene and glass fibre filters (ICl), 620
— Patents, extension of, 391
— Rubber conveyor belting for Russian ore
field (BTR Industries), 284
Test. See under specific types of test and materials and items tested
— Beds for Rolls-Royce oil engines, 811
Twin cell, for Proteus turbo-prop aero engines at Nantgarw (BOAC), 95
— Chamber, environmental, at McDonnel
Aircraft Corp., Foamsil foamed glass for, 379
— Plant for Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop air
craft engines for BEA. 223
—? Rigs (trade publication), 586
Blade-vibration, dynamically isolated, by Dr. W. Carnegie, 54
— —? for head loss of fittings, NEL, 749 for pump models, NEL, 763
for vibration of anti-vibration mountings (Fairey), 373
— Set, hydraulic portable (Charles S. Madan),
455
Testing, efficiency, of turbine reduction gear units at full load, 306
— Electrical (trade publication), 802
— Machine, universal, 500 tons, Amsler, for
Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Obras
systems (Siemens Edison Swan),
packing experiments ” in, 397 recorder, Ansafone (Southern
Secretaria de Comunicaciones Publicas, 433 See also under specific types
machine
— Materials, American
American
— See also Test Tetrode, field effect (Bell
tories), 680 Texas Instruments Ltd., semi-conductors, 126;
plication reports, 475; factory at Dallas (Texas) (trade publication), 586; silicon rectifiers (trade publication), 650
Textile Committee of ILO, report of 6th session of, 77
— Industry, automation in, 77 Engineering attainment in,
— — Position and prospects of.
Parliament on, 201 Technological progress in,
— Machinery, design trends of, 77 Exports, 76
Index, 1958 (review), 310 —• ?—? Industry, discussion in Parliament on,
201 Industry, position and prospects of, 76 Thames Bridge, Maidenhead, 540 Theatre, lecture, for Royal Aeronautical
Society, 671
of testing
Society
for. See
Telephone Labora-
price reduction in
semiconductor ap-
77 discussion in
77
Thermal conductivity of zirconium-uranium- hydrogen alloy, 138
?— Insulation Act, requirements of, 525
— Texturing surface finish for granite (Union
Carbide), 284
— Turbines vol. I, thermodynamic-fluid.
dynamic calculation, by W. Traupel (review), 60
Thermatool high-frequency welding head for aluminium tube (New Rochelle Tool Corp.), 446
Thermionic valve. See Valve
Thermocouple measurements display on cathode ray tube. 102
— Mineral insulated (British Insulated Callen
ders Cables), 717
Thermodynamics, engineering; work and heat transfer, by G. F. C. Rogers and Y. R. Mayhew (review), 442
— Fluid-dynamic calculation, by W. Traupel
(review), 60
— of fluid flow, by N. A. Hall (review), 585
— of heat power, by V. M. Faires (review), 217
— and heat transfer, by D. A. Mooney (review),
442
— Hives Chair of, Nottingham University, 48
— Mechanical engineering, by D. A. Mooney
(review), 185
?—? Technical, introduction to, by E. Schmidt (review), 60
Thermoelectric device, caesium gas and enriched uranium thermocouple for, 492 Liquid caesium in, 394
— Generator, See Generator
— Materials for direct conversion of fission
heat to electricity, 13, 575
Thermometer, high-temperature, Rototherm, for diesel engines (British Rototherm Co.), 486
Thermonuclear criteria, summary of, 574
— Piles, theory of, by J. Maurin (book), 411
— Processes, Convention on, BNEC, 574, 598,
606; American controlled thermonuclear research, by Dr. Van Atta, 702; Russian controlled thermonuclear research, by Dr.
I. N. Golovin, 702
See also Nuclear fusion; Pinch; Plasma; Sceptre: Torus; ZETA
Thermotank Ltd., amalgamation proposal with
J. and E. Hall Ltd., 764
Thermotex glueing machine for cardboard cartons (Lerner Machine Co.). 685
Thomas, E. Lloyd, on technical writing, 573 Thomas, G. and R., Ltd., metals and alloys for foundries, 722
Thomas, Sir M., on Monsanto Chemicals Ltd., 456
Thomas, Petty Officer M. D., Queen’s Commendation, 605
Thomas, Richard, and Baldwins, Ltd., new strip mill project, 103, 354
Thompson, A. G., work measurement and productivity comparison in heavy arc welded construction, 242
Thompson, J. Langham, Ltd., accelerometer, 69
Thompson, John, Ltd., work atomic power station, 206; unloading machinery for Berkeley atomic power station, 490; technical library, 519; AWRE tandem accelerator, 771
Thompson, John, Ordnance Co,, ball bearings for Berkeley reactor servicing machine, 484
Thompson, M, S,, on accelerated curing tests on concrete, 759
Thompson, P. D., on buildings and structures in iron and steel industry, 221
Thompson, W. B,, on gaseous plasma, 465 Thor Able I lunar probe, summary of details of, 615
Thorex plant for processing irradiated urani j i. 174
Thoria, See Heavy water-thoria-urania Thorium as atomic fuel, 109
— Compounds in bismuth as fertile material,
315
— Deposits in New Zealand, 80
— Irradiated, processing of, 174
— Irradiation of, 109
— Liquid, as atomic fuel, 314
— Ore, processing of, 173
Thornycroft, Ltd., RKRN6 marine diesel engines, 697
Threads and heads: buyers’ guide, 1959 (review), 649
— Screw. See Screw
Threading machines. Maiden type A (Landis Machine-Maiden, Ltd.), 809
— and screwing machine. Maiden 2C/ST
(Landis Machine-Maiden), 633
Throttle valve for gasifier-turbine plant, 49 Thrust units, electromechanical. Autoram (George Angus and Co.), 665
Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd., Nimbus T3 diesel dumper truck, 730
Thwaites, R. M., on economics of ships in port, 34
Thyssen-Hiitte Aktiengesellschaft, August, annual report, 732
Ticket machines, London Transport, 266 Tie, Engineers’ Guild, 573
Tilbury flyover, construction of, 670
Tile, Blue Hawk, for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., new building, 707
— Flooring, British Standard on, 611
— Roofing, concrete, increased use of, 192
— Vitreous-enamelled aluminium, 587 Tilghmans, Ltd., shot blasting equipment, 722 Timber beams. Aerolite glued, Cawood
Wharton, 707
— Conoid roof for Oxford Road railway
station, Manchester, 408
— as construction material, 525
— Construction, promotion of, 707
— Development Association, timber roof
structures, by E. Levin and P. O. Reece (report), 579; annual report, 707; bursary in timber engineering, 707
— Drying shed, prefabricated, 739
— Engineering, bursary in, 707
— Roof construction, international working
party on, 495
Construction, Tecon products for, 543 Structures, research development and design of, by E. Levin and P. O. Reece (report), 579
transistorised
at Berkeley fuel loading-
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959)
Time measurement. Parti: historical review, by F. A. B. Ward (book), 29
— Recorder for components (Blick Time
Recorders, Ltd.), 324
— Standard, atomic, Dr, L. Essen’s work on,
397
Timer, miniature (trade publication), 650
— Process (trade publication), 746
Timing belt. Powergrip, for One-20 diesel dumper, 589
Timken Roller Bearing Co., offer for control of British Timken, 536
Tin, price of, 8
Tinker and Young, Ltd., timber structure for Oxford Road (Manchester) railway station, 408
Tinned food. See Canned food
Tinplate in coils at Velindre Works of Steel Co. of Wales, 478
Tipper and haulage chassis, Albion Reiver (Leyland Motors), 634
Titanium (trade publication), 746
— Carbide, oxidation of, by W. Watt, 91
— Development of (supplement), 518
— in Iroquois turbojet engine, 26
— Position and prospects for, 8
— Vacuum melting, 626
Titles of Dissertations, Cambridge University, 649
Tod, W. and J., Ltd., glass fibre casings for Bedford diesel industrial units, 505
Tohoku University, activities of Institute of High Speed Mechanics, 93
Tolmon, F. R., on straightness of cylindrical components, 124
Tom Jay tug with Hydropulsion unit, 655
Tongs, lifting, for close stacking of barrels and cases (Walter Somers), 808
Tonks, E., and Sons, Ltd., acquisition by Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., 488
Tools, carbide, turning alloy steels with, PERA report on, 319
— Cast, by Z. Eminger and V. Koselev (book), 475
— Ceramic, turning alloy steels with, PERA report on, 319
— Changing, automatic, 524
— for cleaning small parts (Martindale Electric Co., Ltd.), 421
— Cutting, effect on chip formation, 444
— Extractor, for gland packings, free offer of (Crane Packing), 312
— Fixing, cartridge-operated (F. H. Bourner and Co.), 327
— Holders, boring. Eclipse, for English pattern lathes (James Neill and Co.), 696
— for machining cast iron pipe flanges (Kitchen and Wade, Ltd.), 295
— Plastics, ready-mixed compositions for (Kenilworth Manufacturing Co.), 588
— Pneumatic (trade publications), 93
— Positioning machine, automatic electronically-controlled, Autoplot (Mullard), 5
— Press, manufacture of (David Brown), 785
— Steel. See Steel
Tooling (trade publication), 586
— Set, lathe, “ Impero Unificatore ” (A. A.
Jones and Shipman, Ltd.), 230
Toolmaker’s measuring microscope (Degenhardt and Co.), 420
Torch, plasma arc, for spray forming of high- temperature materials, 652
Toroidal pinch. See Pinch Toronto, engineering education at, 1851-1919, by <3. R. Young (book), 29
— Underground trains, axle cases for, 786
Torque converter compared with hydrostatic drive, 654
Coupling compared with hydrostatic drive, 654
Twin Disc, for diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 51
— Meter. See Dynamometer
— Motor (Woden Transformer Co. and T.S. Precision Engineering), 421
— Test on turbine reduction gear unit, 306
— Transfer coupling for marine drive (Metalastik), 434
Torsion box, wing, on Vanguard airliner, 15
— Shafts in turbine reduction gear unit, static torsional test on, 306
— Theory of, by C. Weber and W. Gunther (review), 282
Torsional test on torsion shafts in turbine reduction gear unit, 306
— Vibration damper and its vector diagram, by G. S. Pidd, 784
Torus, designs of, 606
— Liner systems, 606
Touchbutton Pyeway car radio, 104
Tough Bros., Ltd., Sub-Aqua-Jet underwater tug, 87
“ Tour of the Works,” Firth-Brown film, 587
Tourret, R., on miniature oil velocity indicator, 82
Tow Line pipeline irrigation system (Wright Rain), 705
Towels, paper (Bowater-Scott Corp.), 453 Tower, cooling. See Cooling
Tower Cranes, Ltd., tower cranes, 226
— Leaning, of Pisa, electropetrification, 73
— Transmission, damage to crops in erection of, 731
— Winder, Koepe, at Rufford Colliery, 338
Towing tugs, aircraft, hydrostatic drive for, 655
Towler Brothers (Patents), Ltd., batch production of hydraulic pumps, 625
Town and Country Planning Association, 1959 annual report, 566
—? — Planning and economic planning, 566
— Planning programme, Yale University, 573 Townsend, H., on business enterprise (review), 28
Toyopet motor car, sales in US, 328
Traction Electric, Ltd., all-electric runabout motor car, 393. See Correction, 496
Tractor, Albion-Cuthbertson Water Buffalo, for swamp lands (Albion Motors),
— Battery-operated, for factory use
Electrical), 453
Standard plea for, 458
— Crawler, hydrostatic drive for, 655 ” Life-long ” lubrication of track
Allis-Chalmers, 479
with shovel and 3-tined ripper (Mackay), 761
Tractor, David Brown - 950, 406
— Economic use of, 227
— Exports of, 111-112
— Hydrostatic drive for, 654
— New developments in, 112
— Power in farming, 227
— Programme-controlled, 112, 114
— Statistics, 227
— Vigor, and earth-moving equipment, for
British Army (Vickers-Armstrongs (Tractors), Ltd.), 319
— Water Buffalo, for swamp lands (Albion
Motors), 358
Trade agreement with East Germany, 251 with Russia, 755
— Associations, abbreviations of, 501
— Australian, policy review for, 251
with South East Asia, increase in, 322
— and the bamboo curtain, by Earl of Veru-
1am, 788
— Board of. See Board
— with China, potential of, by Earl of Veru-
1am, 788
— Directory, 1959, 310
— with East Germany, 596
— Exhibition. See Exhibition
— Foreign, in Western Germany, 290
— International, restrictive practices in, dis
cussion in Parliament on, 272
— Marks. See also Patents^ designs and trade
marks
— Mission, British, to Russia, 659
to Ghana, 312
to Russia, discussion in Parliament 493
Scandinavian, in London, 756
— with Russia, discussion in Parliament
363, 493, 571
Factors affecting, by S. R. Anfimov, Five-year agreement, 755 Recent contracts, 757
— with Scandinavia, 756
— and Technical Press, Council of, business
and specialised publications of Great Britain (booklet), 217
— Unions* activities in 1958, 9
Advisory research staffs of, 353
Attitude to disputes, 457
Demarcation disputes and strikes, 605 Effects of changes in society and industry on, 353
Membership and financial statistics, 323 Ownership of hat company, 207
US, growth of, 11
? US, lawlessness in, 331
Trade Union Congress, approach to alleged balloting irregularities in Electrical Trades Union, 11; conference on human engineering, 693
See also under names of specific unions
— Unionism and modern industry, by Lord
Citrine, 11
Traders’ Road Transport Association, scheme on road parking, 323
Tradition, functional, in early industrial buildings, by J. M. Richards (review). 111
Traffic barrier (trade publication), 216
Electrically operated (Bolton Gate), 263
— Congestion problems, exhibition on, 45
— Engineering course at Yale University, 672 Diploma, 397
Fellowship, 643
Programme, Yale University, 573
Staffing at Ministry of Transport, 272
— London, by H. D. Morgan, 227
40 m.p.h. speed limit regulations, 297 Trailers, brakes for, working party on, 544
— Helicar, for Kolibrie helicopter, 88
— Limitations, working party on, 544
— Low load, Wrigley (Wessex Industries), 634 Train. See Railway train
Trainer-Tester charts, 511
Training at AEl, cinema film on, 756
— Air transport pilots, 458
— British Employers* Confederation report on,
207
— Centre of Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd. at
Bilston, 605
— Commonwealth engineers, scheme for, 669
— Council, Industrial. See Industrial
— Durgapur steelworks staff* in UK, 537
— in ergonomics, facilities for, 365
— Forging industry, Sheffield, BISF scheme,
537
— of inspectors, conference on, 125
— Maintenance, Rolls-Royce, 527
— Salesmen, by H. C. White, 511
— School, locomotive drivers’, Stewarts Lane,
776
-— for Skill, Carr committee report, 635
— in UK under ILO projects, 699
— Within Industry for Supervisors at KLG
Sparking Plugs, Ltd., 382
— See also Education
Trajectories, lunar, calculations relating to, 332 Trans-Canada highway progress, 776
Transceiver in Consort radar equipment (Marconi), 471
Transducer, barium titanate, for ultrasonic flaw detector, 570
— Data processing, for aircraft industry
(CEC), 71
— Electromagnetic (Woden Transformer Co.
and T.S. Precision Engineering, Ltd.), 421
—Lead zirconate, for ultrasonic flaw detector, 570
— Pressure resistance (trade publication), 618
— Variable inductance, Lancelec, in escape
from submerged aircraft tests, 278
Transfer function analyses, apparatus for (Servomex), 70
Analyser for testing servo-mechanisms and control gear (Servo Consultants), 665
— Line, 524
— Machine, 524
Transformers, auxiliary, for Bradwell atomic power station, 491
— Bank for Swedish State Power Board, 375
— Bushings, Dialam (Permali), 557
— Control, auto-, of induction motor, 590
— Lighting, flameproof, to NCB specifications
(Belmos), 357
— Miniature, nylon coil bobbins for (George
Goodman, Ltd.), 653
—? Production statistics (Ferranti), 231; activities and progress of, 231
Transformers, for toroidal discharge systems, 608
— Welding (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 4 Transformers (Watford), Ltd., Jansen type
on-Ioad tap changer, 326
Transient Reactor Test Facility Critical (TREAT), criticality achieved, 366 Transistor, applications of, 742
— Convention of, lEE, 741
— Development progress of, 741
— Exhibits at British Electronic Component
Show, 583
— for Home Constructors, Ediswan-Mazda
XA103 and XA104, 96
— Junction, and its applications, by E.
Wolfendale (review), 801
— Manufacture, 743
— Packaged (Mullard), 583
— Tester (Siemens Edison Swan, Ltd.), 761 Transistorised accelerometer (J. Langham
Thompson), 69
— Data recording and analysing system for
neutron spectrometry (EMI Electronics), 182
— Digital computer, PCTC (Ferranti), 87
— Units, plug-in (Venner Electronics), 102 Transit shed for Royal Victoria Dock, 94 Translation, language, by computers, by A. D.
Booth, L. Brandwood, and J. P. Cleave (review), 184
— of Russian journal Avtomaticheskaya Svarka
(Automatic Welding), by BWRA, 160 Scientific literature, note on, 29
— Service, British Iron and Steel Industry, 283 Transmatic electronic controller for air conditioning systems, design development of (Teddington), 522
Transmission belting, nylon, Roko, 504
— Length in pretensioned concrete, by G. D.
Base (book), 93
— Lines, circuit analysis, by J. L. Stewar
(book), 184
— and phase shift, apparatus for measurement
of (Servomex), 70
— Towers, damage to crops in erection of, 731
— Unit for diesel locomotives and railcars,
Mekydro (J. Stone), 134
— See also Drive; Power
Transmitter, radio, remote-controlled, for Ongar Radio Station, 307
— Receiver, Type 14, for Kelvin Hughes unit
system for marine radar, 262
Transport, air. See also Air; Aircraft; A viation
Transport and Civil Aviation, Ministry of, tests on motor vehicles.
Traffic (40 m.p.h.
Regulations^ 1959, altimeter readings, ing staffing at, 272; ways, 290; modification of presentation of sensitive altimeters, 403
— and General Workers* Union, dockers*
section claim for pension and sickness benefit scheme, 48
— Road. See Motor; Road
— Railway. See Railway
— Sea. See Ship; Shipping
— System, Cargon, 787
Transporter, hydraulic, Mono-Rail (Road
Machines (Drayton), Ltd.), 390
— Tractor, Water buffalo, for swamp lands
(Albion Motors), 358
— 30 ton (Douglas Equipment), 200 Traupel, W., thermal turbines, vol. 1 (review),
60
Travel abroad for young people, 207 Travelling wave systems (trade publication), 650 Travers, Dr. M. W., work for Indian Institute of Science, 130
Trawler, Falstaff., diesel-electric, 375 Trawling unit (MacGregor International and
Robertsons (Fleetwood)), 781 Trawsfynydd atomic power station, contract for Atomic Power Constructions, Ltd., 795 Trays and bins, plastics (trade publication), 474 TREAT. See Transient Reactor Test Facility Trees planted in clay, ground movement near, 611
Treille, P., atomic power plants (book), 502 Trend Industrial Equipment, Ltd., Bosch bolt driver, 762
Trent, River, gas liquor disposal in Stoke area, 672
Tretol, Ltd., Tretoplast pvc spray coating, 578 Tretoplast coating for ceiling of Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 578
Triax thermonuclear research experiment, 702 Tributyl phosphate for processing uranium, 173, 174
TRIGA reactor for training and research, 461 Trimarian yacht (P. Webster, Ltd.), 86 Trisuli hydroelectric power project, India financing of, 803
Tritium, cost of, 499
— as radioactive light source, 497 Tritton, J. S., on consulting engineer, 489 Triumph Herald motor car, by G. Wilkins, 580 Trochotron high-speed decimal stepping tube
(Mullards), 653
Trolley bus, disposal of, by London Transport, 264
— Driverless, Robotug system (EMI), 589 Troop carrier aircraft, Hercules C-130,
boundary layer control for (Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), 505
Tropical Products Institute, research station of DSIR, 259
Tropospheric scattering radio telephone link between West Berlin and German Federal Republic, 711
Truck crane, MEI (Thomas Smith and Sons), 728
— Driverless, at BR Newton Abbot goods
shed, 589
— Dumper, diesel. Nimbus T3 (Thwaites
Engineering), 730
Diesel, One-20, with Powergrip timing belt, 589
Muir-Hill lOB (E. Boydell and Co.), 454
— Fork, Piccolift, for confined spaces (G.
Hunter (London), Ltd.), 760
— Fork-lift, hydrostatic drive for, 655
— Hand, “ Drumtruck ’* (Conveyancer Fork
Trucks), 453
“ Handtruck ” (Conveyancer Fork Trucks), 453
Truck, hand, ” Skidtruck ” (Conveyancer Fork Trucks), 453
— Lift, Flattie (Eccles), 728
— Mounted crane (R. H. Neal and Co.), 761
— Platform, Flagship (Angel Truck Co.), 762
— Railway. See Wagon
— ” Reach ”, battery-operated (Conveyancer
Fork Trucks, Ltd.), 453
— Wheel, “ life-long ** lubrication of, 479
— See also Motor vehicles
Truckenbrodt, E., aircraft aerodynamics. Vol.
1. Part I (book), 802
Truscon Travelling Scholarship award to D. F. Smith and P. Whiteley, 804
Truss, aseismic reinforcing, for Calder Hall type reactor, 79
Trusts in Europe, 355, 727
Truvu television tubes (John Brennan), 264
T.S. Precision Engineering, Ltd., wire contact relay, patchboard, and torque motor, 421
Tschaika motor car, 740
TSR 2 tactical support and reconnaissance aircraft, 39, 668. See also 2
TU104 airliner, 700
Noise of, at London Airport, 458
TUI 14 Rossiya airliner, 700
Tube, aluminium, from roll-formed strip, high- frequency welding of CEIm Engineering), 446
— for atomic power plant (Talbot Stead), 491
— Bending, angle of, calculator for (Chamber-
lain Industries), 324
— Beryllium, extrusion of (Chesterfield Tube),
491
— Carbon, metal-clad, Metica, 491
— Cathode-ray. See Cathode-ray tube
—? Copper, plastics-covered, Kuterlex, 556
— Coupling, KeelaTite (Industrial Hydraulics,
Ltd.), 487
— Gilled (Accles and Pollock), 504
— Glass, cutter (Electrothermal Engineering,
Ltd.), 730
—- Graphite, metal-clad, Metica, 491, 555
— Heat exchanger, wire wound (Clayton
Dewandre), 504
Tube Investments, Ltd , bid for control of British Aluminium, Ltd., 3; bid for takeover of British Aluminium Co., Ltd., 39. See also Plain Words, 34; control of British Aluminium Co., 71; joint company with Raleigh Industries for cycle manufacture in Ireland, 595
— Mild steel, Besco plate bending rollers for
(F. J. Edwards), 45 +
— in new metals (Accles and Pollock), 504
— Profile cutter, Alyn (Saturn Industrial
Gases), 534
— Radio, international encyclopaedia, 1958-
1959, by B. B. Babani (review), 310
— Railway. See Underground railway; London
Transport Executive
— Stainless steel (trade publication), 377
— Stepping, trochotron high-speed decimal
(Mullards), 653
— See also Pipe
Tubewrights, transit shed for Royal Victoria Dock, 94
Tubular steel, welded, construction for dock transit shed, 94
— Steelwork for Arcon buildings fabricated in
Lagos, 543
Tuflite hair packing material (Xetal Products Ltd.), 780
Tufnol, brands of, 556
Tufnol, Ltd., Tufnol brands, 556
Tug, Tom Jay, with Hydropulsion unit, 655
— Underwater, Sub-Aqua-Jet (Tough Bros.),
87
Tungsten based shank material, Mallory NoChat (Johnson Matthey and Cc- Ltd,), 620
— Spray-forming with plasma torch, 652 Tunnel, Blackwell, new North Approach and
road improvements, to, 803
— Channel. See Channel Tunnel
— Dartford-Purfleet, progress on, 579
— Mont Blanc road, 162
— for Notting Hill Gate underground station,
383
Tunnel Portland Cement Co., Leaner mixes for Masonry cement, 804
— Railway, Potters Bar, completion of, 707
— Road, Mont Blanc, through Alps, 494
Mont Blanc, progress on, 739
— St. Bernard road, 162
— Tyne, financing of, 298
— Wind. See Wind tunnel
Turbine, air, centripetal, damage by welding slag to, 127
Closed-cycle pulverised-coal-fired (Escher Wyss), 63
— Blades, frequency of, effect of disc elas
ticity, by J. P. Ellington and Dr. H. McCallion, 645. See Correction, 800
for Iroquois turbojet aircraft engine (Orenda), 26
—? Casings for gasifier-turbine plant, 49
— Design for aircraft engines, by N. C.
Breddy (book), 746
— Disc elasticity, effect on blade frequency, by
J. P. Ellington and Dr. H. McCallion, 645
— Gas, for aircraft, by A. W. Judge (review),
343
Alternator. See Alternator
Application of heat exchangers to, by W. Hryniszak (revie v), 376
Atomic propulsion plant (General Dynamics Corp.), 735
Coal-fired, Locomotive Development Committee, 441
Free-piston, for ore carrier Morar (Rankin and Blackmore, Ltd.), 349
with gas-cooled reactor, higher thermal efficiency for, 547
for gasifier-turbine plant as compressor drive (Brush), 49
Marine Proteus, for patrol boat nrave Borderer, 52
Motor car. Ford 704, scheduled for testing, 772
for motor cars and lorries, ” 704 ” (Ford), 676
for motor cars, position and prospects of, 368
Plus steam, for destroyers and frigates, 434
Proteus, for alternator set, 569
Turbine, gas, Ruston and Hornsby, 89
Solar range manufacture by Perkins, 764
— — TA type for Canadian Industries, Ltd., 312
TA type, for mobile power station for Russia (Ruston and Hornsby), 805
See also Aircraft engine
Turbine Gears, Ltd,, “ Velomesh ” reduction gears (trade publication), 28
— Hydraulic: design and equipment, by M. Nechleba (review), 617
— Pump. See Pump, centrifugal
— Reduction gear units, full load efficiency testing, 306
?— Steam, performance and economics, by R. L. Bartlett, J. E. Mulder, and R. C. Sl el Jon (review), 745
Plus gas, for destroyers and frigates, 434 Reheat, for High Marnham power station (English Electric), 594
Theory and practice, by W. J. Kearton (review), 745
— ?— See also Turbo-generator
— Thermal, vol. I, thermodynamic-fluid-
dynamic calculation, by W. Traupel (review), 60
— See also Aircraft engines
Turbo-alternator, 200 MW, for High Marnham power station (English Electric), 594
Stability limits of, operation tests on, 254
— Blower for Stephen-Sulzer 15,400 b.h.p.
diesel engine, 688
— ?—? Sulzer, for diesel engine for tanker
British Fulmar (Alexander Stephen), 134
— Charged diesel engine. See Engine, diesel
— Generator, hydrogen peroxide, for X-15
upper atmosphere research aircraft (General Electric Co. (US)), 361 See also Alternator, gas-turbine Turnall plastics washer and protective cap for asbestos cement sheets, 495
Turner, F. S. P., on Victoria Tube project, 193.
See LETTER, 227
Turners Asbestos Cement Co., Ltd., Everite asbestos sheeting (trade publication), 185; asbestos cement products, 452; Turnall plastics washer for asbestos cement sheets, 495; Turnall plastics protective cap, 495; fire protection of structures, (booklet), 804 Turning alloy steels with ceramic and carbide tools, PERA report on, 319
Tustin, A,, and others, position control of massive objects (leview), 713
Tuttle, D, F,, Jr., on network synthesis (Vol. I) (review), 92
TWl. See Training Within Industry
Twiflex Couplings, Ltd., disc brakes for hydraulic or mechanical operation, 533 Twin Disc torque converter for diesel-hydraulic locomotive, 51
Twine Co., Ltd., ropes in polyethylene yarn, 748
Twinstik adhesive for name plates (Evode, Ltd.)
309
Twist drill. See Drill
Twistor shift register, five-advance (Bell Laboratories), 53
Twyman, F., obituary, 356
Tyler, R. D., review of Thermodynamics of fluid flow, by N. A. Hall, 585-6
Tyne shipbuilding industry, position and prospects of, 572
— Tunnel, financing of, 298
— Turboprop engine for Vanguard airliner, 14.
See Correction, 75
Typeface for electronic reading machines (EMI Electronics), 218
Typewriters, electric, at Business Efficiency Exhibition (Remington Rand), 698
(IBM), 728
— in the home, sales drive. Plain Words on, 662 Typing, teaching in schools. Plain Words on,
662
Tyre and road, friction between, by Dr. D. Tabor. See LETTER, 631
— Rubber, electronic machinery used in
production of, 352
U-BLADE for coal handling by tractor (Marshall Organisation), 643
HAM Group of Companies, fire proofing (trade publication), 216
Udex aromatic extraction unit for Stanlow refinery (Universal Oil Products), 620
Ultra Electric Ltd., history (brochure), 411 Ultrasonic crack detector for valve manifold blocks (Kelvin Hughes), 625
— Dish washing machine (Westinghouse), 812
— Flaw detection and inspection service
bureau (Ultrasonoscope), 264
Detector, Mark II (Ultrasonoscope Co.), 570
?— Test for laminations in gear wheel rims, 785 Ultrasonics Ltd., Minisonic liquid whistle hoinogeniser, 781
Ultrasonoscope Co. (London), Ltd., technical service bureau on ultrasonic flaw detection and inspection, 264; Mark 11 ultrasonic general-purpose flaw detector, 570
Undercarriages for F.27 Friendship passenger aircraft (Dowty Equipment Ltd.), 505 Underdeveloped countries, steam power plant for (Reader), 432
— ?— Subsidising public utilities in, by E.
Black, 530
Underground locomotives (diesel and storage battery) (book), 311
— Pipework, Stilag insulating sections for, 579
— Railway trains, Toronto, axle cases for, 786 ?—? Railway. See also London Transport
Executive
Underpinning in Cononish Viaduct repairs, 642
— without props, stressed steel girder for
(Westwood), 280
— of walls for Notting Hill Gate underground
station, 383
Unempioved, re-employment and resettlement of, European Economic Community report on, 48J
Unemployment areas position and prospects of, 386
Unemployment, discussion in Parliament on, 35, 143
— Effect of winter conditions on, 235
— in engineering industry, position and pros
pects of, 9
— in engineering industry in Scotland, 493 —? Fall in, statistics on, 489
— Position and prospects of, 235
— Statistics, 637, 733
— See also Employment
UNESCO. See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Unger, F., on electrical machinery (review), 123 Unicam Instruments Ltd., fused silica in place of natural quartz for spectrophotometer prism, 59
Unicorn Head Visual Aids Ltd., “ History of Radio ” (film strip), 142
Union Carbide Corp. See ORR research reactor
Union Carbide International Co., flame-plating of aluminium alloy pulleys for wiredrawing machine, 59; Thermal-Texturing surface finish for granite, 284; graphite blocks for American aircraft industry, 683
Union Carbide Ltd., activities of Chemical Division, 24; petrochemicals plant at Fawley, 24: literature list, 617; metals and alloy.s for foundries, 722
Union Tank Car Co., geodesic dome for railway repair shop, 473
— Trade. See Trade Union and under name of
specific unions
Uniphase Cork cork-elastomer gasket material, 210
Units, International System of, by E. Schmidt, 695
United Africa Co., shortage of skilled manpower, 170
— Automobile Workers, agreement with
General Motors for advancement of semiskilled operatives to skilled trades, 537
United Dairies, Stone-Vapor mobile steam generator for, 134
— Hatters’, Caps and Millinery Workers’
International Union, majority shareholder in hat company, 207
— Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, inven
tions available for industrial use, 46; Sir A. Hitchman full-time member, 141; radiation exposure experience, 236; appointments, 303; new appointments, 395; reorganisation of radioisotope service, 395; safety precautions, 397; revised structure of, 427; activities of Development and Engineering Group, 427; activities of Production Group, 427; provincial exhibitions on radioisotopes and atomic energy, 535; AGR reactor. Windscale, for ship propulsion, 639; see also under specific establishments and projects
United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1956 to 1958, White Paper, 531
United Kingdom dependencies. See Dependencies
Treasury and Supply Delegation (in US), functions of, 535
— Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul
tural Organisation,technical and vocational education in UK (bibliographical survey), 61
Establishment of Economic Commission for Africa, 98
Future Growth
(book), 331
— States Air Force,
ballistic missiles Corp.), 245; mobile microwave telephone and telegraph system of bases in UK, 456 Air Force Research and Development Centre, research on monkeys, 331
Aircraft industry, graphite blocks for (Union Carbide), 683
Apprentices, safeguarding interests of, 537
Army, modified APPR-1 reactor, 268 Army Signal Corp.s Research and Development Laboratory, high-speed electronic teleprinter, 5
Atomic energy agreement with Euratom, 33o, 567, 789
Atomic Energy Commission, joint research board with Euratom, 13; new reactor concepts, 13; modular atomic power plant proposals, 13; study of heavy-water moderated reactors, 47; thermoelectric generator for direct conversion of heat to electrical energy using polonium 210, 98, 110; atomic superheater, 267; design study of heavy-water moderated reactor, 268; fluid-feed reactors, 268; design studies on boiling-water, pressurised-water, and organic cooled reactor concepts, 268; resignation of Dr. W. F. Libby, 269; 25th semi-annual report, 334; purchase of plutonium from UK, 394; basic charges for uranium 233 and plutonium, 394; interest in gamma process development irradiator, 395; organic moderated and C'ooled reactor project at Piqua, 425; meeting on test reactors, 460; New Nuclear Data 1957 Cumulation, 463; annual index to nuclear science abstracts, 745; see also under specific establishments and projects
Atomic Industrial Forum, proceedings of conference on reactor fuel technology, 394; Atom Fair, preliminary notice, 395 Atomic reactors in, 78 Atomic reactors, fast, 335
Atomic reactors, gas-cooled projects, 734 British sales in, 723
Chromium ore purchases from Russia, 387
Computers in use in, 419
Congress, inquiry on lawlessness in trade unions, 331
Consultant engineering in, EPA report (book), 123
Education progress in (publication), 733 Electrical engineering industry, foreign competition, 369, 668
Euratom Co-operation Agreement, 336, 567, 789
United States, exports to, discussion in Parliament on, 493
Exports to, position and prospects of, 692 Heavy-engineering equipment, European tenders for, 328
? Industrial design in (OEEC), 624
— — Industry, protection in, discussion in
Parliament on, 272
Information Agency (Voice of America), diesel engine installation with evaporative cooling for (Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day), 38
Investments in Europe, 791
— ?— Investments overseas, development of,
790
— ?— Investment overseas, incentive tax Bill,
724
Japanese motor car sales in, 328 Missile bases for Boeing Bomarc, 700
— ?— National Academy of Sciences, Mohole
project to drill hole through Earth’s crust, 567
National Bureau of Mines, detergent foam for clearing gas wells, 747
—• — National Bureau of Standards, standards for uranium isotopes, 110; Journal of Research, 681; system design of digital computers at (review), 682; wind pressures in US (report), 739; handbook on Checking Prepackaged Commodities, 745;
National Museum, annual report, 343 —?—Navy, satellite for cloud study, 259;
atomic-propelled vessels, 545 Nuclear fusion research, 702 Protectionism in, 129, 272, 354, 456
— — Recession after-effects in, 726
— ?— Road accidents in, 368, 680
— — Road accidents statistics, 368
Rocket flight and lunar conditions
studies, 332
— — Space project, summary of, 615 United States Steel Corp., annual report, 423 35 hour week claim in, 429
Trade with, discussion in Parliament on, 493
Trade unions, growth of, 11 —? — Trade unions, lawlessness in, 331 United Kingdom Treasury and Supply
Delegation in, functions of, 535 Vending machines in, 267 Wind pressures in (report), 739 See also America
United Steel Cos., Ltd., Pegasus computer for floor beam section determination, 18; chairman’s annual statement, 135; Annual report, 423
Univalent functions and conformal mapping, by J. A. Jenkins (book), 184
Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
Magnum asbestos cement roof sheets, 683
— Boring machine. See Boring machine Universal Oil Products Co., Udex aromatic
extraction unit for Stanlow refinery, 620 Universal Pattern and Precision Co., Ltd., writ claiming damages against shop stewards, 105
Universe, theory of, by Prof. R. O. Kapp, 257, 270, 323-324
University foundations, claims for new, 105
— Government grants for, 235
— Population, plans for increase in, 105
— Student statistics forecast, 235
— See also under specific universities and
under Education
Unloading of iron ore ships. Mills, 593
— of ore at Port of Rotterdam, Upper atmosphere research
(North American Aviation), 361 Urania. See also Heavy water-thoria-urania URANIE reactor, 461 Uranium as atomic fuel, 106
— Carbide as atomic fuel, 108
— Deposits in Mexico, 80 in New Zealand, 80
— Dioxide as atomic fuel, 107, 140, 141
Stainless-steel cermets fuel components for APPR reactor, 141
— Enriched, for French submarine, 675 Processing of, 174
for thermoelectric device, 492
— Fluoride, gaseous, fuel for atomic reactor
735
— Handling of, 236
— Hydrofluorination of, 173
— Irradiated effects of, 107 Processing of, 173
— Isotopes, diffusion plants for separation of,
202
Separation methods, 202
Standards, 110
— Liquid, as atomic fuel, 314
— Ore, processing of, 172 Processing to oxide, 172
— Oxide-iron cermets, fabrication and pro
perties of, by W, J. Wright, R. B. Gibbon and J, Williams, 91
Processing to metal, 172 Properties of, 174 Quotations for, 176
— Processing expansion at Springfields Works
of UKAEA, 238
by fluoride volatility process, 174 by non-aqueous methods, 174
— Production methods, 106
— Properties of, 106, 107
— Time-temperature-transformation diagram
for, 106
— World production and demand, 394
— 233, basic charge for (USAEC), 394 in bismuth as atomic fuel, 315
— 235-plutonium exchange, UK and US, 703 Urethane foams, rigid (ICl), 556
Urquharts (1926) Ltd,, MacFire automatic oil burner with natural draught, 38; printed circuit for control system for MacFire oil-firing unit, 592
Urwick Diebold Ltd., computer consultancy service, 695
Urwick, Orr and Partners, formation of Urwick Diebold Ltd., 695
User interviews, 528 USSR. See Russia
USSR solid state physics (publication), 617
VACANCIES and other point defects in metals and alloys (book), 475
Vacuum forming machine, Daniels-Latymer (T. H. and J. Daniels Ltd.), 485
?—? Furnace. See Furnace
?—? High, drying and impregnation plant, Hyvacoilfil (Barlow-Whitney), 416
Vacuum Industrial Applications Ltd., agreement with General Electric Co., Ltd., in vacuum heating, 16; small general- purpose vacuum furnace, 532
— Melting of alloy steels, 626 Furnace. See Furnace
— — of titanium, 626
of zirconium, 626, 627
— Pump. See Pump
— Technology, fourth national symposium
on: transactions, by W. G. Matheson (review), 553
— ?— Glossary of terms used in (book), 650 Vajk, J. P., Westinghouse scholarship award,
397
Valatin, J. G., on electron lattice forces, 466 Valves (trade publication), 650
— Actuator for remote control of (Limitorque
Valve Controls Ltd.), 422
— Air control, with neoprene diaphragm (Air
Automation), 717
— Automatic control (trade publication), 474
— Body, pipeline, fabrication of (David
Brown), 786
— Butterfly, motor-operated, for atomic
reactor gas duct (Blakeborough), 490
— Control stop, for steam lines, Bi-Seat (Sir
W. H. Bailey and Co., Ltd.), 621
— Diaphragm, for atomic energy industry, 490
— Filling (trade publication), 443
— and fittings (trade publication), 502
— as flow controller, design of, 749
— Four-way, for hydraulic rams (Hutton &
Mitton), 685
— Hot/cold water-mixing, for showers (Mey-
nell and Sons, Ltd.), 453
— Manifold blocks, ultrasonic crack detector
for (Kelvin Hughes), 625
— Maxam control, for pneumatic hoists
(Climax), 563
— Microwave, electronics of, by W. J. Kleen
(review), 184
— Pipeline, electrical actuator for remote
control of (trade publication), 554
— Pressure reducing (Samuel Birkett), 761
— Relief, hydraulic, design of, analogue
method for (MERE), 151
— — for power circuits, NEL study on, 685
— Rotary, in hydraulic power steering system
(General Motors Corp.), 708
— Seats repair for diesel engines, 96
— Sonic, for conveyor systems (Simon Engi
neering Group), 341
— Spindles for hydraulic pumps (Towler
Bros.), 625
— and strainers (trade publication), 443
— Thermionic, ceramic oscillator/amplifier
ULIl (Ferranti), 583
with frame grid, 583
Klystron development by Ferranti Ltd. 135
Klystron manufacture by Raytheon Corp, under Ferranti licence, 135
Klystron microwave KLS2 (Marconi Osram), 583
Television tuner amplifier, PCC89 (Brimar), 583
— Throttle, for gasifier-turbine plant, 49 Vampire floor cleaning machine (British
Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co., Ltd.), 256
Van. See Motor vehicle
Van de Graaff particle accelerator at AWRE, 768
Tandem accelerators at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 771
Vandervell, G. A., retirement from international motor racing, 105
Vanguard airliner, design and construction, 14. See Correction, 75
Preparation and testing for airline service, 736
Progress on, 536, 668
?— Satellite, summary of details of, 615
— 1 satellite, summary of details of, 615
— II satellite, summary of details of, 616 Vann, H. E., on shielding of marine atomic
power plants, 545
Vanwall racing cars, G. A. Vandervell’s work on, 105
Vapour blasting equipment, Hydrotron (Metachemical Processes, Ltd.), 284
— from organic materials, corrosion of metals
by, by V. E, Rance and H, G. Coles (book), 343
Vattenfall. See Swedish State Power Board Vauxhall Motors Ltd., air transport for delivery of new cars, 57; production statistics, 103; success of Victor motor car in North America, 103; Victor Series 2 motor car, 265; Careless Talk Costs Jobs (booklet), 270; review of operating conditions, 488; design and development, 523 Vector diagram of viscous damper, by G. S Pidd, 784
VeeBee valves and strainers (trade publication), 443
Vega diesel engine range (Davey, Paxman), 197 Velbex plastics for Stelvetite plastics coated steel, 210
Velocity, gas, calculation in flue-gas sampling, 287
?— Indicator, oil, miniature, by A. J. S, Baker R. Tourret and J. T. Jones, 82
Vendepac Ltd., snack vending machines, 267 automatic canteens, 325
Vending machine, automatic, international exhibition and convention (London), 325 Cigarette, 266 Conveyor-belt, 266 Development of, 266 “ Ever open shop,” 266 Gravity-feed, 266 for hot drinks, 267 for hot meals, 267
ENGINEERING, VOL. 187 (1959j
Vending machine for hot meals and drinks (Automat Machine Sales), 453
for ice cream, 267 Industry in US, 267 for refrigerated beverages (Coca-Cola
Export Corp.), 453
Revolving-drum, 266
Sales developments in, 369
and slot machine, by S. Fitzmaurice- Kelly, 451
— — for soft drinks, 266, 267
—? — for snacks, 267
Vendo, for milk, 266, 325 Vendol “ automatic shop,” 266 Vitrinomat ’* shop window,” 266 Vendo milk-vending machine (Joseph Sankey
and Son, Ltd.), 266, 325
Vendol “ automatic shop ” vending machine, 266
Venner Electronics Ltd., transistorised plug-in units, 102
Vent-Axia Ltd., Hall-Thermotank offer to shareholders of, 764
Ventilating equipment, natural and fan operated (Colt Ventilation Ltd.), 452
— and heating industry year book (review), 310 Ventilation in drawing offices, 560
— Equipment for transport (J. Stone), 134
— of iron and steel works buildings, 221 Ventilator, ridge-line (Greenwood’s and Airvac),
665
Ventura diesel engine range (Davey, Paxman), 197
Venus, satellite sail for space project to, 441 Vereinigte Stahlwerke, deconcentration of, 699, 700
Verschure of Amsterdam, Atlas 400 ton floating crane, 595
Versil Ltd., glass fibre insulation (trade publication), 185
Vertoniatic slag welding machine (Rockweld), 556
Verulam, Earl of, on trade and the bamboo curtain, 788
Viaduct, Cononish, repairs to, 642
— Runcorn, strengthening of, 671
— Wharncliffe, 540
— See also Bridge
Vibratechniques, vibrator for shell concrete, 738
Vibration analyser, laboratory (Fairey), 373
— Analysis, photo-transistor direct-reading
displacement meter for (Fairey Air Surveys), 522
— Blade, dynamically isolated test rig for, Dr.
W. Carnegie, 54
— Effects on lamp, 85
— of hoppers, 447
— Isolator unit for camera on jet aircraft, 372 ?— Low frequency, mounting for prevention of,
372
— Monitor (Giesler), 633
— Palnuts for locking against (trade publica
tion), 554
— in stamp and press shop at Hawker Air
craft factory at Squires Gate, prevention of, 212
— Test rig
(Fairey),
— Torsional,
diagram, by G. S. Pidd, 784
— of turbine blades and discs, 645 Vibrators for bunkers, 447
— Flameproof rotary (Blending Machine Co.,
Ltd.), 420
?— for hoppers, 447
— Internal, for hoppers (Sinex), 729
— Micro-resonance, push-button type, for
tension relief (Automat Machine Sales), 453
— for shell concrete, Sinex Turbo, 738 Vickers-Armstrong (Aircraft) Ltd., Vanguard
airliner, design and construction, 14. See Correction, 75; project TSR 2 reconnaissance aircraft, 39. See also 2; OR 339 strike aircraft project, 41; atomic energy work of, 462; EUREKA experiment for water-cooled reactor, 462-463; progress on Vanguard airliner, 536; earning power of Viscount airliner, 563; Vanguard turboprop airliner, 668; TSR2 tactical- strike reconnaissance aircraft, 668; preparation and testing of Vanguard turboprop airliner for airline service, 736; Decca radar at Wisley airfield, 737
Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., Russian order for complete chemical plant, 328; atomic submarine land-based project at Dounreay, 657
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., aluminium superstructure in liner Oriana, 505
Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., position and prospects of, 668. See also Dreadnought atomic submarine
Vickers-Armstrongs (Tractors) Ltd., Vigor tractors and earth-moving equipment for British Army, 319
Vickers Australia Proprietary Ltd., activities of, 208
Vickers Group, exhibits at Atom Fair, 395; annual report of activities, 668
Vickers Group Research Establishment, activities of, 668
Vickers Hoskins, activities of, 208
Vickers Ltd., activities in Canada, 208; activities in Australia, 208; activities in India, 209; manufacturing subsidiaries in the Commonwealth, 208; position and prospects overseas, 209; association with ACC of India and Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., 231
Vickers Nuclear Engineering Ltd., model of nuclear tanker with AGR reactor, 547; reactor plant components at Engineering Exhibition, 547; advanced gas-cooled reactor in 65,000 ton tanker, 638; steam- cooled heavy-water moderated reactor for ship propulsion, 641, 793
Vickers Ruwolt, activities of, 208 Victor motor car exports to North America, 103 Car, Series 2 (Vauxhall), 265
Victor Vixen diesel engine (Coventry Victor), 569
Victoria State Electricity Commission, Australia, power developments, 707
Victoria Tube project, preliminary planning of, by F. S. P. Turner, 193. See LETTER, 227
Project, discussion in Parliament on, 201 Prospects of, 193
Vierendeel girders. Reel overhead travelling crane with (British Industrial Engineering Co. (Staffs), Ltd.), 357
Viest, I. M., on composite construction in steel and concrete for bridges and buildings (book), 29
Vigor tractors and earth-moving equipment for British Army (Vickers-Armstrongs (Tractors), Ltd.), 319
Vinca, recovery of victims of radiation accident, 302
Vines, F. D., on Muller-Hanna ore-handling installation, 593
Virtual work and complementary energy applied to non-linear braced frameworks, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 581
Visco Engineering Co., Ltd., cooling plant for sterilisation heat recovery process at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 783
Viscount airliner, earning power of, 563 Viscous damper and its vector diagram, by
G. S. Pidd, 784 Visionhire television hire, 320 Visual Aids Information and Advisory Service, films advisory service, 131
Vitreous Enamel Development Council, activities of, 587
for torus of Zeta, 205
— Enamelled aluminium, Judgelite, 587 Vitrinomat vending machine, 266
Voboma 38 and 64 for moisture-combatting plaster, 587
Voice of America. See United States Information Agency
— across the sea, by A. C. Clarke (review), 283 Vokes Genspring Ltd., constant support hangers, 491
Vokes Ltd., library, 519; Super-Vee air filter panel, 760
Volga motor car, 740
Volkswagen, proving ground, 143
Volta River hydroelectric and aluminium producing project, Ghana Government’s work on, 543
Project, road construction for (Parkinson Howard), 804
Voltage, common, for France, 195
— Level control for self-regulating alternator
(W. H. Allen), 133
— Regulator (British Thomson-Houston), 326 Automatic, type CVR 7, 254
Voltmeter, differential, d.c. and a.c. (Ad.
Auriema, Incorp.), 390
— Digital (Solartron), 809
Volume, sample, dry, calculation in flue-gas sampling, 287
Voluntary work for industry, 321 Vosper, Ltd., Brave Borderer patrol boat, 52 Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co.,
Vulcan (publication), 649
Vulcan, journal of Vulcan Boiler and General
Insurance Co., 649
Vulcanising, wire, high-pressure unit, at elastomers research laboratory of Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Vulvascot (Great Britain) Ltd., rubber conduit strip for cable, 633
Vybak Industrial rigid pvc-sheet for Hydrotron vapour blasting equipment (Bakelite), 284
WADKIN, Ltd., continuous rotary milling machines, 420; Sherrill Speed Feed wide belt sanders, 634; tape controlled drilling machine (EMI Electronics), 762
Wage claims, comment on current, 429
— Demand, AEU, 637
?— — Position and prospects of, 364, 457
— in engineering industry, position and
prospects of, 8
— Increase for civil engineering contracting
industry workers, 164
— Payment by cheque, committee on, 699
— See also Income; Pay; Salary
Wagons, production statistics, 77
— Railway, for mobile power station for
Russia (Ruston and Hornsby), 805
Purchase of, discussion in Parliament on, 535
Repairs allocation of, 731
Wood or all-metal, 428
— Retarders at Temple Mills marshalling
yard, 738
Wairakei geothermal power project, by J. H. Smith, 398
Wakefield Dick Industrial Oils Ltd., mixing unit for emulsions, 422
Wakeman, D. W., review of constitution of binary alloys, 154
Wales and Monmouthshire, report on developments and Government action in, 672
Walker, D. L., retirement as secretary. Federation of British Industries, 488
Walker, G. E., on AEI. 456
Walker, J., on atomic reactor controls, 686
Walker, L. E. Q., dictionary of named effects and laws (review), 311
Walker, W., Century No. 6 oil in gear test, 306
Walker, W. R., specific surface of concrete aggregates and its relation to workability of concrete (book), 253
Wall, clad, trends in, 525
— Curtain, gold-anodised aluminium, for
Hollywood office building, 804
at Heinz factory at Kitt Green, 577
Wall, T., and Sons (Ice Cream), Ltd., plans for new factory at Gloucester, 199
— Underpinning, for Notting Hill Gate
underground station, 383
Walling, trends in, 525
Walmsleys (Bury), Ltd., Correction, 16
Walsall Gas Works, completion of plant for, 594
Wansbrough-Jones, Major-General L., on world railway modernisation schemes, 531
Ward, F. A. B , time measurement (book), 29
Ward, G. N., review of Potential theory of unsteady supersonic flow, 681
Ward, Thos. W., Ltd. ' Compri-Strip ” filling strip (trade publication), 155; Beton portable bar shearing machine, 293; Colt shearing machine, 293
Ward-Leonard control for Churchill rollgrinding machine wheelhead carriage motor, 127
Sets at Willesden electrical testing laboratory, 218
Wareing Bros. and Co., Ltd., Blackpete bituminous paint (trade publication), 650 Waring, A. B., annual statement on Joseph Lucas, Ltd., 39
Warmco smokeless fuel, 234 Warner, L. W., obituary, 419 Warning device, Integra, on Rhodesia locomotives, 52
Warren, W., appointed chief generating engineer. East Midlands Division, CEGB, 105
Warship. See under specific type of warship Washer, plastics, for asbestos cement sheets, Turnall, 495
— Wheel, for motor vehicles (William Moseley
(Engineers), Ltd.), 297
Washing facilities in Factories Acts, 535
— Machine for dishes, ultrasonic (Westing
house), 812
Hoovermatic, production planning, 526 Servis, service arrangements for, 527
— Spray, Efico industrial machine for (Electro-
Chemical Engineering Co.), 729
Waste, electroplating, treatment of, 763
— Gas liquor disposal in River Trent in
Stoke area, 672
— Radioactive, caesium recovery from, 394 —? — Disposal by distribution in '
medium, 237
Disposal of, at Lucas Heights, —? — Disposal of, in Pacific Ocean, Disposal of, pipeline for, at
Heath, 394
Disposal in the sea, 237
— Water treatment and disposal. Water
Pollution Research Laboratory, 679
— See also Effluent
Watch and Clock Yearbook, 1959 (review), 649
— Use of Mallory 1000 sintered high-density
metal in, 345
— Wrist, battery. Lip, 256 Water attack on glass, 31
— Board, Metropolitan, 55th annual repor
(1957-58), 311
•— Boiler, standards in CEGB, by R. L. L. Rees and F, J. R. Taylor, 247
— Buffalo tractor transporter for swamp lands
(Albion Motors), 358
— Chilling sets, packaged, for Ahmadi
Hospital, Kuwait (York Shipley), 781
— Contamination of aircraft fuels, 647
— Decomposition in water reactors, 238
— Engineers, Institution of. See Institution Plea for establishing identity of, by
D. Whiteley, 759
— Feed, standards in CEGB, by R. L. L.
Rees and F. J. R. Taylor, 247
— Flow in channels and pipes, formulae in
graphical form for, 473
Measurement of large. National Engineering Laboratory report on, 643
Speed and direction, meter for (Kelvin Hughes), 70
— Gas. See Gas
— Geothermal, utilisation of, 401
— Heater, oil-fired domestic. Silver Flame
(Kimber and Lovegrove), 96
— Heavy. See Heavy water
— Hot, in Factories Acts, 535 See also Boiler
— Level indicator, closed-circuit television
system (Hopkinsons), 166
?— Loop, high-pressure, for DIDO reactor, 460
— in lubricant, effect on pitting in ball
bearings, 403
?—? Main, boring for Hyde Park road improvement, 611
Ships’, positive displacement pump for (Goodyear Pumps), 486
— Mixing valve, hot,'cold, for showers
(Meynell and Sons, Ltd.). 453
— Pollution Research Laboratory, waste
water treatment and disposal, 679
— power. See Hydraulic; Hydro-electric;
Turbine, hydraulic
?—Research Association, activities of, 759
— Sea, Aquafiash flash distillation plant for
(Buckley and Taylor, Ltd.), 229
— Separators evaluation by Shell Research, 647
— Shallow, wave formation in, by D. Manabe,
776
— Speed record, US challenge, 694
— Supply industry, rationalisation of, 291 Piped, in England and Wales, 596 Services, grants for unemployment
areas, 386
See also Irrigation
— Surface, quality of, in Illinois, by T. E.
Larson and B. O. Larson (book), 154
— ?— Yearbook, 291
— Treatment for industrial high-pressure
boiler plant, by J. Arthurs, J. A. Robins and T. B. Whitefoot, 247
— Turbine. See Turbine, hydraulic
— Undertakings, rationalisation of, 291
— Utilisation, integrated, master plans for, by
K. Sain (book), 93
— Waste, treatment and disposal. Water
Pollution Research Laboratory, 679
Waterfall, F. D., Sulfinuz surface treatment process, 116
Waterways, inland. See Inland Waterways Wates, Ltd., suspended scaffolding, 439; walls for 18 storey flats, 525; 3-day course for schoolboys, 537
Watkinson, H., on effects of railway reorganisation, 330
Watson, H. T,, Ltd., drum suction strainer, 621 Watson Industrial Plastics, Ltd., reinforced plastics (trade publication), 746
Watt, James, work with Matthew Bolton, 520 Watt, W., oxidation of zirconium carbide, 91 Wave formation in shallow water, by D. Manabe, 776
— Radio, of sun, study of spectra
tory of Du Pont Co.
Ltd., 684
Weatherproofing, Evode
conoid roof, 408 Webb Conveyors and
K. L. Coombs appointed manager, 456; activities of, 456 Weber, C., theory of torsion (review), 282 Webster, Peter, Ltd., Trimarian yacht, 86 Wedgwood, Josiah, and Sons, Ltd., work study in training, 429
Weir Committee report on cooperation between electricity and gas boards, 511
Weir, G. and J., Ltd., steam turbines (trade publication), 28; boiler feed regulator (trade publication), 443; WL turbo-pump unit, 487
Weir, G. and J., Holdings, Ltd., trading profits, 796
Weir, Hon. J. K., on G. and J. Weir’s trading profits, 796
Weiss, M. L., on shielding of marine atomic power plants, 545
Weizmann Institute of Science, Graduate
School of Natural Science at Rehovot, 259 Welbourn, D. B., review of Engineering systems analysis, by R. L. Sutherland, 586 Welds, X-ray examination at International
Combustion, Ltd., 723
Welded construction, heavy, arc, w'ork measurement and productivity comparison in, by A. G. Thompson, 242
for technologists, by P. Sahmel (review), 501
—? Fabrication at International Combustion, Ltd., 723
— Platework, low temperature stress relieving,
by J. C. Dixon, 651. See LETTER, 695
— Rails, long, handling of, 739
— Steel boilers, metal-arc, rules for con
struction testing of scantlings of (book), 746
Piles, stress relieving of, 651
— Tubular steel construction for dock transit
shed, 94
Welding, arc, equipment for (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 4
— Automatic, translation of Russian journal
by BWRA, 501
— Electrodes, Fortrex (Murex), 556 Ironex (Murex), 556
Manufacture of (English Electric Co.,
Ltd.), 4
Nicrex (Murex), 556
Production planning of (Quasi-Arc,
Ltd.), 526
—? Electron beam (Edwards High Vacuum), 69
— Equipment, synchronous (British Thomson-
Houston), 326
— Exhibition. See Engineering, Marine,
Welding and Nuclear Energy Exhibition
— in gear manufacture (David Brown), 785
— in gearcase fabrication (David Brown), 786
— Gun, “ pull-through,” for thin aluminium
(British Aluminium Co.), 503
— Head, high-frequency, Thermatool, for
aluminium tube (New Rochelle Tool Corp.), 446
?—? High-frequency, of aluminium tube from roll-formed strip (Elm Engineering), 446
— Institute of. See Institute
— Machine, arc, Fararc 200 portable heavy
duty (Portable Welders, Ltd.), 37
Driam, for helically welded pile casings, 804
Slag, Vertomatic automatic (Rockweld),
556
—? Pipe, manipulator for on site (Quasi-Arc), 222
—? Plate, for magnet sectors, 753
— Research Association, British. See British
Welding Research Association
— Resistance casting (stud raising) spot
process (BWRA), 59
— Rods, storage of (David Brown), 786
— Rotator (Yates Plant, Ltd.), 294 —? in shipbuilding, 561
— Spot, stud raising process (BWRA), 59
— of Stelvetite plastics coated steel, 210
— Stud, equipment for arc welding trans
formers, 730
Raising process (BWRA), 59
Welding Technical Services, Ltd., Weltexa stainless steel piping system (trade publication), 155
— Technology, economy and productivity
through (review), 501
— Transformers (English Electric Co., Ltd.), 4 Stud welding equipment for (Stud
Welding Applications Co.), 730 Welfare at Carl Zeiss Foundation, 199
— Society, Industrial. See Industrial Wells, gas, detergent foam for clearing, 747 Wellens, J., on The Bulge; Its National Impact,
A National Plan (booklet), 386; on The Bulge; Its Industrial Impact (pamphlet), 417
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Corp., Ltd., pre-refining vessel for Brymbo Steel Works, 657
Welsh Statistics, Digest for, publication of, 672 Welvic pvc drainpipes and roof gutters (ICI), 416
Wenvoe, VHF transmissions from, 384 Werner Institute for Nuclear Chemistry, brain
surgery by proton beam, 302
— Milling machines with finger tip con'rol
Rockwell Machine Tool Co.), 261
Wessex Industries, Ltd., Wrigley 3-ton capacity low load trailer, 634
West, Allen, and Co., Ltd., machining of steel sheet cover by turret lathe, 524
— Midlands Gas Board, completion of I Walsall Gas Works, 594
— Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority, 495
— Thurrock power station, contract to Richard Costain, 804
Westcott, G. F., on British railway locomotive 1803-1853 (book), 343
Western Counties Brick Co., perforated brick, 495
Western Electric Co., Inc., hydrothermal process for quartz crystal production, 219 — Society of Engineering (Chicago), questionnaire on deficiencies of engineers, 170 Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd., mining equipment (trade publication), 474 Westinghouse Electric Corp., new atomic reactor design concepts, 13; thermoelectric substances for direct conversion, 13; organic-moderated fluid-bed reactor, 13; withdrawal from aqueous homogeneous reactor project, 79; 330 MW atomic power plant, 267; 5 MW atomic power plant for Saxton (Penn.), 267; scholarship awards, 397; natural-circulation pressurised-water reactor with nucleate boiling, 675; giant high-fidelity amplifier for missile research, 678; combined standard and microwave cooker, 812; ultrasonic dish washer, 812 — Testing Reactor. See WTR Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Heliport on Battersea bank of River Thames, 542
Westool, Ltd., refrigerating unit for dry storage, 532; air conditioning for strip mill control cabin at Stewarts and Lloyds, 557; “ Help Yourself Game ” (individual productivity incentive), 765
West’s Piling and Construction Co., Ltd., pile system for stamp shop at Hawker Aircraft factory at Squires Gate, 213
Westwater, F. L., review of Switching circuits— with computer applications, by W. S. Humphrey, Jr., 585. See also 586
Westwood, Joseph, and Co., stressed steel girder for underpinning without props, 280; rail-over-road bridge replacement at Bethnal Green, 408
Westwood, Sons and Partners, new building for CIBA (ARL), Ltd., 707
Weyl, A. R., reviev of technical thermodynamics by E. Schmidt, 60; review of thermal turbines, vol. 1, by W. Traupel, 60; review of Higher Technical Mechanics, by I. Szabo, 122
Whaling factory ship, atomic-propelled, proposal for, 548
Wharncliffe Viaduct, 540
Wheat grinding rollermills at Barnes Milling, Ltd. (Thomas Robinson), 156
Wheel adhesion in electric trains, study of, at Willesden laboratory, 218
— Gear. See Gear wheel
— Truck, “ life-long ” lubrication of, 479
— Tube train, tests to determine impact on rails, 774
— Washer for motor vehicles (William Moseley (Engineers), Ltd.), 297
Wheeler, C. R., on world iron ore situation, 593 Whessoe, Ltd., history of (trade publication), 155
Which ? publication of Consumers’ Association, 628
Whirl, shaft, amplitude calculation, 181 with gas film bearings on, 178 Measurement of, 178 with oil film bearings, 180 Whitaker’s Almanack, 1959 (review), 310 White, B., on application of standards in the firm, 781
White, Sir Bruce, Wolfe Barry and Partners, new works at Hull docks, 670
White, H. C., on training the sales force, 511 — Paper. See under subject
White, W. P., demountable vacuum-tight pipe coupling (book), 92
Whitefoot, T. B., treatment of water for industrial high-pressure boiler plant, Whitehead, L. and W., Ltd., Notting Hill underground station, 384
Whitehouse Industries, Ltd., Philadas locking nuts (trade publication), 554 Whitelegg, Frank, Ltd., coil-winder (trade publication), 474
Whiteley, D., on water engineers, 759 Whiteley, P., Truscon Scholarship, 804 Whitlock Bros., Ltd., diggers (trade publication), 155
Whitstable industrial estate, 643
Whitworth Fellowship, increase in value of, 566; modification in rules of, 566
Who’s Who, Shipping World, by A. Hurd (book), 29
Wico-Pacy Sales Corp., Wipac Filter-Link visible fuel filter and shock absorber, 45 Widnes-Runcorn Bridge, new north approach to, 543
Wiggin, Henry, and Co., Ltd., Wiggin nickel alloys V. fluorine and fluorine compounds (publication), 343; booklet on some properties of Wiggin electrical resistance materials, 501; Nimonic alloys (trade publication), 746
Wigglesworth, Dr. V. B., hypothesis on juvenile hormone, 796
Wigner, Prof. E. P., 2nd Enrico Fermi Award, 47
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture on managing aviation technologies, by C. J. McCarthy, 669
Wild-Barfield-NRC vacuum induction melting furnace, 627
Wilhelmshaven oilport, 663
Wilkins, G., on standards for the motor industry, 104; on Lotus sports car pro-
241
Gate
self-
gramme, 240; on Geneva International Motor Show, 329; on oil filters, 544; on Triumph Herald motor car, 580; on Riley 4/68 motor car, 612; on Standard motor cars, 644; on hydraulic power steering system, 708; on Dr. G. Farina’s car styling studio, 708; on Renault Floride motor car, 708; on Shamrock plastics- bodied prototype sports car, 708; on Russian motor industry, 740
Wilkins and Mitchell, Ltd., service arrangements for Servis washing machine, 527
Wflkinson, John, work with James Watt, 520 Williams, A., on design of bungalow, 291 Williams, Dr. C,
radiation, 715 Williams, Prof. C.
hormone, 796 Williams, F. E.,
G.,
M.,
on
on lubricants under
research on juvenile
automatic sensitivity control for new subscriber telephone set, 512; on Post Office 700-type telephone, 512 Williams, Lady G., Recruitment to Skilled Trades, 635
Williams, J., on uranium oxide-iron cermets, 91 Williams, J. T. E., on iron and steel works buildings at Corby Works, 220
Williams and James (Engineers), Ltd., oil-free air compressors, 809
Williams, T. L, history of technology. Vol. 5 (review), 216
Williams, Dr. T. J,, on induction ramming of reciprocating engines, 370
Williams, W. C., obituary, 356 Wilson, A. H., chairman of coal by-products committee, 630
Wilson and Co., Ltd., bodies for Cargo Lift vans and trucks, 781
Wilson, D. B., on melting shop load distribution and gantry rail maintenance, 220 Wilson, Dr. E. J., on atomic light, 497 Wilson, F. A., on automatic sensitivity control for new subscriber telephone set, 512 Wilson and Longbottom, Ltd., Shirley loom for continuous filament yarns, 77
Wilson, R., on house magazines, 364 Wimpey, George, and Co., Ltd., borings for
Channel Tunnel project, 495; report, 732
Winch, capstan, pneumatic, portable Pneumatic Engineering Co.), 358
— Cargo, with automatic excitation
(Stothert and Pitt), 664
?—? — Hydrostatic drive for, 655 with regenerative braking (Clarke,
Chapman), 484
— Trawl, Robertson electric, for trawler
Falstaff, 375
Wind loading effects on roofs, 707
— Power generator progress, ERA, 679
— Pressures in US (report), 739
— Tunnel, hypersonic, with 18,000 m.p.h.
airflow (Boeing), 219
Supersonic, at Aircraft Research Association, 187
Transonic, at Aircraft Research Association, 187
Winder, coil (trade publication), 474
Winding, fractional slot, digital computer for design of, 719
— Plant, skip, at Rufford Colliery, 338 Windmill, Allgaier, 679
— for Isle of Man, 25 kW (Dowsett), 679
— Research developments, ERA, 679 Windscale accident, radioactivity survey after,
237
— AGR reactor for ship propulsion, 639
— HERO reactor for, 206, 239
— Refuelling machine contract for AGR
reactor, 491; diesel generator sets for AGR reactor, 491
Windschuegl, Charles H., Ltd., solvents, resinates and plasticisers, 747
Windsor Bridge over River Thames, 538 Windsor, Ltd., factory contract for Russia, 757 Winfrith Heath, reorganisation at, 205;
thermonuclear research at, 205; DRAGON atomic reactor project, 239, 395; ZENITH (HTZER) reactor, data on, 239; personnel requirements estimate, 240; pipeline for elfiuent from, 394; Dragon reactor project, 425
Wings, delta, flow over, at low speeds with leading edge separation, by D. J. Marsden, R. W. Simpson, and W. J. Rainbird (book), 311
— Structure of Vanguard airliner, 15
— Torsion box on Vanguard airliner, 15 Winterberg, F., on higher thermal efficiency
for gas-cooled reactor, 547
Wipac Filter-Link fuel filter and shock absorber, 45
Wires, exports of, 146-147
— Forming machines, Heenan manual on
(book), 92
— Instrument, PTFE insulated (Siemens
Edison Swan), 345
— Manufacturing industry, position and
prospects of, 145
— Race anti-friction bearings, 339
— Rod and strip, Lindsay’s international

register, 1957-1958 (review), 310

— and strip (trade publication), 283
— Vulcanising unit, high-pressure, at elastomers research laboratory of Du Pont Co. (United Kingdom), Ltd., 684
Wiredrawing machine, flame-plating of aluminium alloy pulleys for, 59
Wireless telegraphy. See Ongar Radio Station See also Radar; Radio; Telegraphy; Television
Wiring, electrical, ring system, 724
Woden Transformer Co., Ltd., wire contact relay, patchboard, and torque motor, 421
Wolf “Safetymaster” motorised hand drill, 288
Wolfe award to Dr. L. Essen, 397
Wolfe, B., on shielding of marine atomic power plants, 545
Wolfendale, E., junction transistor and its applications (review), 801
Women, apprenticeships, for (Plessey Co.), 170 “ —• See also Girl
— in engineering, meeting at lEE, 489
—? to man pay ratio, 489
Wonfor, R., promotion of British trade with Russia, 328
Wood, B., on measuring gear teeth errors under load, 614
Wood export statistics, 183
Wood Fibre Wallboard Co., Ltd., Masonite Benelex hardboard (trade publication), 377 Statistics on, 183, 363
Wood, J., guide to taxpayer (book), 162 Wood, R., on work for elderly persons, 330
— for railway rolling stock, 428
— Sawn, world output, 183
— See also Plywood; Timber
Woodbridge, E., on standards in motor industry, 104
Woodfield Rochester, Ltd., pneumatic hosehandling equipment at Fawley Refinery, 563
Woodhall-Duckham, carbonising plant for Walsall Gas Works, 594
Woodroffe, O. P., on overspeed trip for reciprocating engines, 508
Wool, mineral, pipe insulating section (Stillite), 579
Wooldridge, D. E., handbook of automation, computation and control (review), 713
Wooldridge, E. F., on steelworks structures, 220
Worcestershire and Staffordshire canal improvements, 776
Work measurement, engineered, by D. W. Karger and F. H. Bayha (review), 282 Methods of, 243
Objects and problems of, 242
and productivity comparison in heavy arc welded construction, by A. G. Thompson, 242
— Study for ice cream factory at Bridge Park (Lyons), 690
School (Cranfield), new printing factory of Perivan Group, 690
in training at Josiah Wedgwood, 429
— Virtual, and complementary energy applied to non-linear braced frameworks, by Prof. J. A. L. Matheson, 581
Worker, fitting the job to the (book), 746 the job to the, EPA conference, 365
— Skilled, shortage of, 635
Working hours. See Hours of labour
— Life, length of (booklet), 364
Workshop arithmetic, by H. A. Darling (book), 343
World Bank. See International Bank
World Development Corp., proposed formation of, 790-791
— Economic survey (1958), 758
— Events, Annual Register of, 745
— Health Organisation, “ Mental Health,” 669
— Population, future growth of (book), 331
— Railways, 1958-59, by H. Sampson (review), 474
— Wood import and export statistics, 183
Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., pumps for sterilisation heat recovery process at Kitt Green factory of H. J. Heinz, 783; trading profits, 796
Wright Boag and Heat Wrightson (Pty.), Ltd., activities of, 337
Wright, Frank Lloyd, on architects, 565
Wright Rain, Ltd., mechanised irrigation equipment, 704; frost protection of crops with irrigation equipment, 705; centrifugal pump for irrigation, 705; Manure Rain system, 705; Tow Line pipeline irrigation system, 705; lightweight garden sprinkler, 705
Wright, W. J., on uranium oxide-iron cermets, 91
Wright, Wilbur. See Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture
Wright-Patterson, school for training monkeys as pilots, 331
Wrigley 3-ton capacity low load trailer (Wessex Industries), 634
Wrist watch. See Watch
Writer, technical, by J. W. Godfrey and G. Parr (book), 123
Writing, technical, bibliography of, 553
RIC premium awards for, 573 Wrought iron. See Iron
WTR reactor, progress on, 461
Wyatt, L. M., consolidated report on metallurgy and fuels, 106, 136
Wye Bridge, Chepstow, 538
Wyer, J., review of The motor vehicle, 443
Xetal Products, Ltd., Tuflite hair packagin g material, 780
Xi-zero particle, discovery of, 367

YACHT, motor, Bevinda, plastics-hulled, 87
— at National Boat Show, 86
— Research Society, Amateur. See Amateur
— Trimarian (P. Webster, Ltd.), 86
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., acquisition of E. Tonks and Sons, Ltd., 488
Yale University, graduate programme in urban planning and traffic engineering, 573; town planning and traffic engineering programme, 573; traffic engineering course, 672
Yard, international, standards laboratories, agreement on, 35
Yarn, polyethylene, for ropes, 748
— Spinners Association, Restrictive Practices Court’s ruling on price fixing agreements of, 161
Yarrow and Co., Ltd., Ashanti frigate with steam plus gas turbines, 434
Yates Plant Ltd., welding rotator, 294
Yawed conical shock, exact flow behind, by G. Radhakrishnan (book), 311
Yeabsley, Sir R., resignation from board of F. Perkins, Ltd., 328
Yearbook, British Plastics, 1959 (review), 649
— Forest Products Statistics, 183
— International Organisations, 1958-59, 283
— Kempe’s Engineers’, 1959, by C. E. Prockter and B. W. Pendred (review), 649
— Mechanical World, 1959 (review), 649 World Electrical, 1959 (review), 649
— Physical Society, 1958, 310
— Shipping World, by A. Hurd (book), 29
— and Technical Guide, 1958-59 (review), 649
— Watch and Clock, 1959 (review), 649
Yegorov, V. A., on trajectories for lunar flights, 332
York Shipley, Ltd., packaged water chilling sets for Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait, 781
Yorke, F. R. S., modern flats (review), 778
Yorkshire Engine Co., Ltd., Bo-Bo 400 h.p. diesel-electric locomotive for African Manganese Co. (Mines Management), Ltd,, 132; 170 h.p. diesel-mechanical
shunting locomotive, 132
Yorkshire Imperial Metals, unorthodox copper sections, 556; plastics-covered copper tubes, 556
Young, C. R., early engineering education at Toronto, 1851-1919 (book), 29
Young, James (Contractors), Ltd., Loch Glashan hydroelectric scheme, 579
Young people. See Youth
Young and Purves skip winding plant at Rufford Colliery, 338
Young, R. H., friction charts for air flow in straight ducts and pipes (book), 746
Young Scientist (Butterworth), note on, 29
Youth, careers for, NUT annual guide, 364
— Elixir of, research on, 796
— Employment, BBC pamphlet on broadcasts on, 765
Discussion in Parliament on, 635 Yttrium in workable form, 176
Yugoslavian mining engineers visit to UK, 73
Yukon oil exploration, 430

X-15 upper atmosphere research (North American Aviation), 361; ing preparations, 678
X-8001 aluminium-nickel alloy in reactor, 463
aircraft launch- ALPR
X-ray equipment, portable, for plastics, fibres and light alloys (Marconi Instruments), 533
Examination of mineworkers, 142
Examination of welds at International Combustion, Ltd., 723
Image amplifier, Marconi, 773
Xenon in lunar atmosphere, 333
Xerographic computer printing machine, “Xeronic ” (Rank Precision Industries), 241
Xerography, microfilm, Copyflo system, for reproduction of drawings (Rank-Xerox), 698
Xeronic ” xerographic computer printing machine (Rank Precision Industries), 241

ZAAR, P. B., basic electricity (book), 746
Zanzibar telephone subscribers. Plain Words on, 482
Zebra column for solvent extraction process, 172
— Computer for transonic wind tunnel, 187
Zeiss, Carl, Foundation, welfare at, 199
Toolmakers’ measuring microscope, 420
ZENITH (HTZER) reactor at Winfrith Heath data on, 239
Zephyr motor car, restyling of (Ford), 265
— Photoprinting machine (NIG Manufacturing Co.), 532
Zerlina reactor (India), 80
Zero Leakage pump (Sigmund), 696
ZETA, circuit changes in, 607
— Continuous liner for, 606
— Energy of ions in, 205
— Engineering problems outstanding, 606
— Modifications to, 606
— Pumping arrangements, 607
— “ Runaway ” ions in, 205
— Stainless steel liner for, 703
— Switching modifications, 607
— Torus design, 606
— Vacuum system, 607
— Vitreous-enamelled torus for, 205
— I, modification to, 205
— lA, continuous liner for, 607
Pulse circuit of, 607
Zim motor car, 740
Zinc, quota imposed by US for, 8
— Sulphide luminescent crystals, 497
Zircaloy-2 as atomic reactor canning material, 137
Zirconium alloys for atomic reactor canning material, 138
Hydrogen embrittlement of, 138
Ozhennite, corrosion resistance of, 138
— Canning for atomic reactor, 137
— Carbide, oxidation of, by W. Watt, 91
— Dissolution in bismuth, 317
— Nitrate protective layer, 317
— Uranium-hydrogen alloys, thermal conductivity of, 138
— Vacuum melting, 626, 627
ZIS motor car, 740
Zodiac motor car, restyling of (Ford), 26
Zublin, Ed., AG, 60th anniversary, 707

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